By Alex
4:00 Hour – Phone Calls
Blue Jays, CFL, etc
Notes: Bob made reference to people asking abput lack of CFL talk on show.
5:00 Hour – Co-host Stephen Brunt
Segment 1 – open segment
* Bob deals with wildlife at Chez Bob
* Bob’s old dogs vs a skunk
* Bob’s golden doodle dog vs a hamster
* discussion of NHL talks today
* Changing the national sport
* Fish murdering
Notes: another day of outdoors talk with Brunt
Segment 2 – Marc Cohan, CFL Commissioner
* Brunt plugs his Grey Cup book
* Discussion of Cohan not being on the show
* Grey Cup gala
* no Braley Bowl
* Grey Cup returning to Toronto
* Grey Cup rotation
Notes: what a surprise. A gratuitous number of cheap shots about Cohan being on with a large audience and such. bob being Bob i guess.
Segment 3 – Scott Mitchell, President Hamilton Tiger-Cats
* Attendance in Guelph for Ti-Cats games next year
* All home games in Guelph not a done deal yet
* Offer to have games hosted in US, but not doing it
* Buffalo was one offer
* getting season ticket holders to Guelph
Notes: Brunt, as a season ticket holder, was a very eager questioner in this segment, about where he will have to travel next season.
6:00 Hour
Segment 1 – Bob Ryan
* view of Jays/Marlins trade in Boston
* Ryan says Boston would still be fifth in AL East right now
* Boston would have been interest in Johnson
* Trade puts pressure on Ben Sherrington
* Ryan says neutral fans would love to see Sox / Yankees miss playoffs
* Ryan talks about a Red Sox STH letter from last season
* fans in Boston think John Henry distracted by Liverpool
* Boston fans jealous of Dodgers money
* resurgence of Notre Dame
Notes: good of Ryan to admit he was one of people who said Notre Dame would not be relevant again.
Segment 2 – Butch Carter
Basketball talk
Segment 3 – John Shannon
* “dire but not that dire” is how Shannon described today
* Shannon says they are finally both talking apples
* Players shocked there wasn’t more movement from league
* No public acknowledge by league that progress was made
* Bob annoyed they are taking the holiday off
* Shannon says next bunch of games will be cancelled Friday
* Bob has run out of questions about lockout
* Shannon says these talks should have happened in August
* Shnnon expects decertification talk, which will drive Bob crazy
Notes: Shannon in the third segment is manageable
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