Our rock and roll soul from Portland, Oregon talks the new rules of baseball, the summer hopes of the Baltimore Orioles and why tribute bands matter in the modern music scene.
SUMMARY KEYWORDS
baseball, game, band, money, clock, long, orioles, lamar, play, happen, batter, team, league, tours, friends, angelo, scorpions, frampton, minutes, network
SPEAKERS
Maury Brown, Nestor Aparicio
Nestor Aparicio 00:01
W and S T, Towson Baltimore and Baltimore positive Spring has sprung and weโre getting the Maryland crabcakes. Weโre back out on the road. And itโs all presented by our friends at the Maryland lottery, these sort of old school if you recognize them from like 45 years ago, itโs because these are the same artwork and the tickets. Itโs the instant lottery scratch offs. Weโll be giving these away at the Maryland crab cake tour. Weโre going to be at Costas in early April, as well as families. Iโm working on a new date with families to make sure weโre at the old market. We had a little rescheduling going on there before the Ides of March but weโre gonna get that back out of the road included with our friends at winter nation. 866 90 nation do what I did over the winter, getting the windows man itโs awesome. Keeping the bugs out and keeping the kitty in keeping the squirrels out you buy two you get two free 24 months 0% financing our friends at window nation. This is a guy Iโd love to have a crab cake with this guy. I have had some awesome Asian food as well as some adult beverages on some of the breweries in the Greater Portland area. He is out in Portland, Oregon. Never Oregon as my eighth grade girlfriend once said donโt call it Oregon. Itโs Oregon. He is out there doing baseball Maury Forbes above and beyond that all over the place and showing up in sports radio in various places as well as playing the role of Malcolm young in the Rock and Roll tribute. ACDC band shoot to thrill we welcome Maury brown back onto the program in front of an electric guitar and acoustic guitar. The only thing itโs missing thereโs a ball and a bat in the glove Mario. I mean, youโre I think baseball and rock and roll was where you are.
Maury Brown 01:37
Yeah, man. I mean, if you canโt tell by the way I look today, Iโm doing the full on 90s grunge thing, man. Itโs cold and wet and damp and yeah, man. I mean, got a pretty happening gig happening Friday. So you know and baseball is cruising up. Thereโs a lot going on. Man. Thereโs a lot going on.
Nestor Aparicio 01:58
Before we get to baseball. I must say this because I gotta give a plug out for anybody that does tribute bands. Okay. My wife and I went on Saturday night to the record theater right here in Towson. We saw something right up your alley REM cover band dead letter office phenomenal. Had the singer on Christiane Kericho last week. Also big New York Giants fan group upstate had a great conversation about loving the band and Stipe in the old you know, IRS like we had a music conversation and a sports conversation they played and then the unforgettable fire played which used to cover band so it was the back the backer Iโm sure youโre doing an AC DC Metallica night somewhere in AC DC Floyd night or whatever it is youโre doing in Portland but tribute bands. My wife said to me in the middle of things sheโs like, correct me. I donโt want to call them a cover band. Whatโs the word? Iโm like? Tribute. Theyโre a tribute band, you know. So for you in being involved in this, it really is a beautiful thing when you can go see get the lead out. Or you can go see almost queen or see anyone. Thereโs a band here, that friend of mine for rookies in they do journey songs better than anybody. I mean, really cool to go out and be a part of and itโs made live music even more relevant, I think.
Maury Brown 03:15
Yeah, man, I mean, it works a couple of different ways. One price points a lot cheaper than then going to see some of these bands or the fact that some of these fans play in, you know, stadium tours, I may not come to your town. Some of the bands, of course are no longer touring, because you know, members have passed away or whatever it is, but itโs largely about nostalgia luck. Itโs not high art now, sir. I mean, Iโm not gonna say that itโs anything grandiose that way. Itโs a lot of fun, itโs entertainment. But yeah, I mean, the key difference between a cover band and attribute is obviously you kind of dress the part you really hone in on just one band and really, really, really work to get just exactly as close to the record as possible. cover bands give you a little more leeway with that, you know youโre largely in a club where itโs dancin. So thatโs the big deal you know, weโre playing in place weโre playing
Nestor Aparicio 04:07
a cover band youโre doing stones and Mellencamp and but youโre doing right okay, so thatโd be more like a dance more like a like a Friday night out at the bar tributes more you can dance to it a little bit but you know, you know what youโre stepping into and when you do it well is your bad long your band been doing this 15 years?
Maury Brown 04:27
Oh my gosh. dozen years, 12 years.
Nestor Aparicio 04:32
I mean, yeah. Once you fall into this and you start doing this, and you can make some money, have some fun, shake your groove, show off your guitar skills, get to have a little ways etc. I mean, I I think you would prefer to be in a UFO cover band, right?
Maury Brown 04:47
Oh, but I picked that up to Nestor. I picked up a scorpions tribute. Both No I did the ACDC thing because after you know they Got a 40 year catalog. And you can play 90 minutes and nothing but balls to the walls hits for the most part,
Nestor Aparicio 05:09
did you hear a lot, because I wonder this about the REM bed, they broke at Koya hoga. They broke out like real beside stuff. And Iโm thinking, Well, youโre in REM cover band, they only had 100 songs, you probably can really master 70 or 80 of them that arenโt too weird or out of range or involving instruments that you can play or whatever. But AC DC, like Did you know st the bank? Did you could you do shake the foundation? I mean, or did you just stick to any sort of 25 songs they want to hear it he said once weโre gonna do
Maury Brown 05:38
now we got about three hours worth of stuff. But I mean for you know, like the the upcoming show that weโre about to do. Itโs you know, in a hall that holds about 2000. So, you know, itโs a nice theater. And you know that they want us to focus mostly on hits. So I mean, thereโs some stuff weโre doing flicking the switch, which is kind of cool. Or doing bad. Which is another one thatโs kind of a beside, but most of the stuff is stuff you would know. I mean, itโs a lot of stuff from Highway to Hell, a lot of stuff from back in black. So if
Nestor Aparicio 06:10
I came to the to your show, I know youโre doing shoot to thrill i know youโre doing. You know, why would I know youโre doing that? I would be looking more for like, what do you do for money? Honey, I have a drink on me. Do you do those? Yeah. Okay, what do you do? Letโs get it up. Yep. Oh, see, thatโs that would be my special request me. Letโs get it up straight to the top.
Maury Brown 06:35
You know that that is one of those ones that we you know, occasionally drop it off the list. Itโs not in the next gigs. One, but we rotate stuff in and out. Because after like you said, after a dozen years, youโre trying to mix it up. So you know, increased production, I went out Iโve gotten out to full stacks. You know, Marshall stacks, and you know, it looks the part and you know, I wonโt look like this obviously when I play but
Nestor Aparicio 07:01
youโre getting there, right? I mean, so youโre in a scorpions band now too, right? Yeah.
Maury Brown 07:05
Yeah, I went out and bought Flying V is and look like Rudolph Schenker. Iโll grow the handlebar mustache, and oh, yeah, man, itโs a gas. And Iโm really digging that one. Just because I get to do a bunch of leads after doing nothing but rhythm. I mean, Malcolmโs a lot of fun. And thereโs no doubt about it. I just get to hang back. And basically, you know, play do the platform for the guy that does the Angus, but the scorpions things allows me Iโm doing about how to solo so itโs a good time.
Nestor Aparicio 07:33
Nice. I canโt wait to hear you come out and do the zoo. Whatโs the name is scorpions tribute band. Love, drive. Love drive. Perfect. Perfect. All of my German relatives will appreciate that. So mario Brown is here, we usually talk baseball. So letโs take this back to the beginning of our friendship and our relationship. Youโre in a non baseball town, non major league baseball town, you run up to Seattle, so itโs further than you think but closer than you want it to be. In general, you know, youโve done that but you were trying to lower baseball to Portland at one point we talked about this the Nashville situation where the Angeloโs boy or boys or mama and where he is with the governor running around Sarasota taking BP last week here. But for this time of the year and ramping up I know of no one that covers baseball who thinks about baseball more than you? Whatโs on your mind. I mean, the World Baseball Classic the pitch clock, your games anything weird because of the pitch clock and the shift with a fan and here we donโt have the games. Masson doesnโt put the games on. Itโs goofy, right? The whole network was set up for Angeles but the game we have no games. Once it starts two weeks from now and Terps are eliminated. We figure Lamar out with Lamar Lamar, Lamar Lamar down and happy to be talking about Malcolm young and Rudolph Shankar because Iโm gonna mark it out. At some point thatโll happen, but baseball people are gonna come through it, theyโre gonna be like, Oh, they changed the rules. They mix they like thereโs just a lot thatโs going to be different this year. I think even for somebody like you that follows it closely.
Maury Brown 09:03
Yeah, I mean, you know, I did manage that I had was just that I had watched quite a few minor league games with the clock. And it be it does become transparent. Now the broadcasts are kind of different. Because depending on where youโre watching, theyโll put the clock as a bug on the screen. And so youโre aware of when itโs starting to wind down, you know, theyโre all treating it different. Thatโs why itโs doing a different than someone else is doing it and valleys doing a different than others, right? So what do you mean
Nestor Aparicio 09:32
like a 10 seconds or 15? Five or whether itโs up there the whole time, right? Or
Maury Brown 09:36
why theyโre actually putting it in the actual score bug thatโs up above that shows where the runners are the position, score outs, all that itโs actually embedded in that graphic. Others are putting a camera just on the clock and either having it there the whole time, or just when it gets to like 10 seconds. So it is something thatโs different and it does I think add to people wanting to stick around and watch games. Now, Iโm saying that anecdotally, Iโve had friends that are like not big baseball people go, you know, I think I can do this. The games are around, you know, two and a half hours long now, I think Iโm going to be more interested in this. And it just is a lot crisper. I mean, you know, pitching ninja for those that donโt know that if you follow it on Twitter, theyโve done a couple of things. One was they showed, I canโt remember who it was that Gretzky I believe it to pitch to pitch sequence and overlaid the entire running of the Kentucky Derby over the top of it. I mean, that tells you how long it was for some pitchers and batters. And so itโs changed a lot. I think the longest game now in spring training has been three hours and 15 minutes. And youโre itโs a lot different, itโs back to the way that it was no verbiage like, I wish they wouldnโt change it. I donโt like the idea of the clock, right. But it is reminds me a lot more of the game. So we saw in the 70s 80s and 90s. Well, you
Nestor Aparicio 11:04
mentioned is that cranky thing and I did see that and I would say that we talked about Mike Hargrove and human rain delays can singleton around here was famous for picking imaginary rocks out of the batterโs box and trying to toss pebbles out of Memorial Stadium. When one batter does it when itโs one at bat, and itโs five pitches or six pitches, whatever it would be maybe even eight or nine pitches of its full count in there fouling it off, right. And you have that eight minute at bat or whatever the hell it would be. That would just be god awful at that point. But it might be at a key point in the game, there might be a mound visit or might be you know, backing off there might be pick offs. I mean, there could be all sorts of things in a one eighth inning World Series game, right? I mean, you strategically Iโm talking about. But all of that drama in that moment, where a guy steps out of the box and everybody catches there, we have all those moments that are part of the cadence of baseball, theyโre gone now ask for timeout right Iโm going to ask for time out you know, get gonna granted or not sometimes it pitcher groove strike, right? That overnight innings, times two sides, over the course of forever turned into where Mike Hargrove began in 1978. And some batterโs box in municipal stadium to turning into for our games, right like not to mention pitching changes, all of the things that went on, and it got out of control. It feels to me like this is one thing that theyโve been on for 20 years and they finally are going again, Bud ceiling and you know, contraction back in the day, right. But this to your point, itโs, itโs a global change, because itโs for everybody, thereโs not going to be any more World Series is going to be pregnant pauses and timeouts. And weโre going to catch our breath, and weโre going to do all of the things that you would feel when that tension would get hot. Theyโre gonna have to play like, you know, literally, and thatโs going to change all of it to I think and, and to your point, itโs going to make every game faster all the time. Thereโs no way to skirt it. And I think that thatโs the part of it that I I didnโt take into account you know, in watching selected minor league games and the independent leagues trying and tinkering rules. Iโm thinking now that itโs here. This is going to happen in the same way that putting a dude on second base gets everybody home by 11 oโclock. I donโt like the rule. But it ends the game in the same way that hockey doesnโt go to three in the morning because theyโre gonna play six periods, you know?
Maury Brown 13:40
Yeah, I mean it. Itโs a change it you like I said, I got used to it in about an inning and a half. And I just preferred it now the postseason will be interesting, right? When you talk about that, thereโs still going to be pauses in the game. I mean, look, man, weโre still gonna blow through a bunch of levers. I mean, thatโs not going to change. So what youโre of course trying to do is I guess look at it I look at it more like this the implementation of the shot clock in the NBA. You know, we got to that and that that sped things up now NBA has its own pace problems. I mean, the last two minutes any NBA game, or any college game seems to take forever, you just can no longer dribble it out at some point you got to shoot. And so I look at it that way with with pitchers and batters in the box what I donโt want to see and what the league is really trying to hone in on right now is avoiding a game outcome due to to violation of the clock. And thatโs just as weird and we had it happen. We had it happen really early on. Batter wasnโt in the box. bases were loaded to out bottom on the night. The guy didnโt get into the box, you know, park called and struck him out and thatโs how the game ended. And now was a little bit weird. So youโre looking to avoid that and the league understands that kind of chaos is going to happen. We havenโt seen that happen. I mean, weโre still getting violations. But itโs about you know, at the first week, it was about to a game a little less. So you know, youโre trying to make
Nestor Aparicio 15:18
a difference for a 30 year old and a 22 year old right now, too, whoโs had it a little bit more. Right. Itโs been itโs been more indoctrinated, that itโs not unfamiliar to Adley rutschman and Gunder Henderson around here, but it might be very unfamiliar to, you know, Verlander.
Maury Brown 15:35
Yeah, you know what the strange thing about this Nestor is that some of these guys that are veterans, Max Scherzer. For one, heโs trying to use it to his advantage. He honestly believes that by changing the cadence because the batter will go, we just got to throw it right in between here. So heโs going to wait until the end of the clock, where heโs going to do it early.
Nestor Aparicio 15:54
So knows what heโs doing ahead of time Sure, sure knows what heโs doing the minute the umpire goes ball or strike on the first pit, like, you know, these guys that are scientist, they they have no problem working quickly, I donโt think because they theyโre not confused about what theyโre doing. Right.
Maury Brown 16:09
Yeah, and I think the key thing about it is thereโs the clock, but thereโs the other changes. And when you put it all together, I think it makes for more what I see is more old school, baseball more station to station, youโre gonna start to see I think more balls through the middle, more balls basically skirting through the infield, youโre gonna start to see because the bases are bigger, youโre about four and a half inches shorter, you should theoretically see more steals because now you can throw the firt you can only throw the first twice. If you donโt throw the guy out. Itโs a balk and the guy gets awarded, you know, second base or third base. So theoretically, you should see more steel attempts, you should start to see more, you know, Iโm going to look for the you know, rightfielder throwing to third, where you got you know, you think about Clemente or you think about Ichiro, you think about Vladimir Guerrero, Sr, those throws from right field. The third, you know, when you get these incredible put outs, youโre going to start to see more weight on that. So itโs going to be different man. And, you know, theoretically, you should see more action, and Iโm all about that. strikeouts have been way up batting averages have been down. That doesnโt make for good baseball in my mind.
Nestor Aparicio 17:27
Use the word action, right like more action. Thatโs what I was gonna say just more more guys on base more things happening that arenโt strikeouts, or homeruns, or pitchers grabbing their knots or catchers coming out to visit the mound and fit, you know, TV commercials with all of that. Weโve been yelling about it for a long, long time you and Iโve gone gray. Since you know since all of this has happened, it finally feels like itโs here. And you know what else feels like? Itโs here in Mari brown. It feels like the Orioles relevance has arrived to some degree. You and I have known each other a number of years. Iโm not sure weโve had a relevant baseball conversation during our friendship because itโs been in the last decade weโve known each other but this feels to be different. Luke has sort of indicted them and listen. incompetence never takes a day off. Iโve learned this with ownership and competence is its DNA. And itโs Angeloโs. And it is what it is and I donโt need to rewrite the book on the Peter principles and their money and whoโs really going to own the team when itโs all done. But weโre in a major negotiation here for leasing and where the team is going to be and whoโs going to own it. Whoโs gonna run it, the brothers Sewanee we have all of that going on. But Luke really indicted them in a big way when I because I It looks not look loves the team. He said they could have done more, they should have done more. Where do you stand on the outside of that with this baseball thing where a lot of teams donโt do anything ever Oakland Tampa, you know, even Kansas City wins they tank Pittsburgh gets there for five minutes. These other franchises that arenโt gank heโs Red Sox Dodgers. You know, weโll see how long the Astros can keep this going or other places. But once you get to that point where you can be competitive, the fans change and theyโre like, Letโs go buy players man. You said you said you said they didnโt buy anything here. And they still might be good enough to be a playoff team. Right?
Maury Brown 19:24
Yeah, I think that for the Orioles last year, it was winning in spite of what ownership and general management did. Which was unfortunate because I think that it sets that tone for oh, theyโre gonna you know, theyโre gonna be there again, and I donโt know if you can guarantee that. Look, I mean, itโs pretty obvious with what was whatโs been going on recently with ownership traveling to the battery in Atlanta to go look at it and traveling, you know, with, you know, political figures to go ahead and look at it that whatโs really gonna happen here is theyโre gonna try and develop around the ballpark, thatโll be the excuse that then theyโll have the money, but thereโs no guarantee, right? Thereโs just no guarantee. But if theyโre gonna start to use Atlanta as the barometer, then you better look at how they conduct business on the field. Because you donโt get people come into your ancillary development around your ballpark, if a teamโs not doing well. And look, man, we havenโt even touched on it. And that is the regional sports network model changes. Teams are going to be on the hook for being able to have to put on decent teams, and you donโt have a decent team man, you are really going to be in a difficult situation. You really are youโre going to be in a position to where if you go direct to consumers and your team isnโt very good, then youโre going to have trouble.
Nestor Aparicio 20:47
Well, I mean, we saw the 0.0 is that the Astros put up, you know, before Astro ball and they started cheating and Elias got his gig here and the Orioles were in nowheresville, Mari eight staggering to me, because, you know, I remember when, when there werenโt no nationals, and when anti trust and they were gonna get the team and there was going to be a network. And I mean, I was here for every Rob every tog, every push every pole, you know, every visit from Bob to pay down to try to get this network together, and the network was going to benefit both teams. Yeah, nationals have had a parade down there, and they busted it up in the old manโs dead, and theyโre gonna sell the team, they canโt even figure out how to sell the team because of a business transaction they went into with a maniac 18 years ago, whose kid has control the team now, they canโt do anything because of all the money thatโs really in dispute, over two decades of the Angeloโs family, taking just taking the money siphoning the money out of the regional sports network. And now the regional sports network is sort of a burnt up car at the end of a highway. Well, Springsteen reference there for you. I mean, itโs like after our carbecue like, what, what do we salvage from this network that was never built on anything other than my 98 year old dead motherโs cable television bill, knowing they were siphoning a couple 100 bucks a year out of every single pocket in the region that happened to have cable television, not to mention six other ancillary states before the Nationals got involved. So Iโve been on this business thing from the beginning. It is fascinating that this family that somehow the governor and the mayor and the city thatโs decayed in the area around me, where I lost a quarter million dollars in investment property, over 20 years, theyโre just going to like annex and like, raise the Atlanta thing under the guise that weโre going to make this family wealthier, or the next group wealthier if they get it done under the bridge and daddy stays alive. This would all roll into the value of the team. Heโs trying to make his team worth $2 billion more off of state money and building an area and theyโve never done anything, not even this offseason to spend 20 or 30 million box and try to make the team a little better. You know what I mean? Like the math is so sideways, Mari for how much money maths and really brought in over the 18 years. And whatever happened to that money. Itโs really amazing.
Maury Brown 23:20
Yeah, I mean, look, the, the entire regional sports network models about is being upended on this thing with Valley sports, which is diamond, you know, itโs the name of a valley Sports Group, the diamond that owns that those regional sports networks going under the 18 tโs fortunately, going under those two are basically two thirds of the regional sports networks for the league. And so Masson is on borrowed time nescens on borrowed time, you know, maybe some of these others might hang out a little bit longer, but eventually, itโs direct to consumer. And youโre just canโt sit and collect money out of the TV bundles. Now look, the league is gonna try and go ahead and shop this stuff. And linear television still matters to them. It still matters to most everybody. But I mean, again, it is going to come down to this thing, you just canโt sit around and collect the money and do nothing without having a decent product on the field. If youโre gonna go direct to consumers, like anything else, I donโt know about you, man, but my, you know, Netflix or Hulu or Apple or whatever it is, right? If youโre not giving me good content, well, Iโm gonna start to spend my subscription money elsewhere.
Nestor Aparicio 24:40
Well, you know what, Iโm off screen here. But you know, I love to have these belt buckle I collect these Pacifica belt buckles. So Iโm grabbing a couple right now. So hereโs what Iโm gonna show you because youโre gonna appreciate this. All right, because youโre the right age. All right. Remember this album? You remember this album? Yeah. Well tell everybody about what what belt buckle Iโm holding up and what album that Iโm showing you right here.
Maury Brown 25:01
All right. Thatโs the cover for Frampton comes alive.
Nestor Aparicio 25:04
Okay. And he was the biggest guy in the world, right? I mean, whoever name was good, right? product was good, right? They got rid of Machado, you know, things went away. Maybe you get rid of Lamar, you know, LeBron goes away Michael Jordan. And all of a sudden youโre releasing I mean, you you donโt Iโm saying so when Iโm in you comes out you know, just differently. More or you got a man whoโs a different product for Peter after that, right? It
Maury Brown 25:27
was I went to both tours. It was not the same.
Nestor Aparicio 25:34
You never know what youโre getting on his show. Do you mark when you saw me? You love the unpredictability,
Maury Brown 25:40
quality. Thatโs quality right there, man. Now Iโm going to be thinking about so Frampton comes alive with the first first concert I ever went to. Dan the green and Oakland that was amazing. But
Nestor Aparicio 25:54
that thatโs an A legendary show, right?
Maury Brown 25:57
Yeah, it was it was UFO Gary, right Fleetwood Mac. First tour with Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks and Fleetwood Mac,
Nestor Aparicio 26:05
thereโs video of that show, right? With Fleetwood Mac for sure. Right? Yeah, Iโm
Maury Brown 26:10
sure itโs out there somewhere thatโs seen that yes, thereโs Jim Marshall photo of Frampton jumping and splashing his legs out in the crowd behind him. Itโs a black and white photo, Iโll send it to some
Nestor Aparicio 26:23
I have seen footage from that specific show, because Frampton was the biggest star in the world that day. Right?
Maury Brown 26:29
Yeah, I mean, so your analogy is pretty good. You know. I will say this, what the Angeloโs family is doing is not dissimilar from what Liberty Media is doing with Atlanta, or what John Fisher was trying to do with the Aโs, or what the, you know, the Cardinals have done, everybody is trying to do the, quote unquote, ballpark village, you know, it allows them that off their baseball books, itโs money that they collect, they take the advantage of walk up for games and concerts, that does not go on the Orioles ledger. So if you own development around your ballpark, you get to earn that money and make that money. And for those who donโt know, Liberty Media, because itโs a public company, publishes that information. This is another reason why theyโre looking to spin that off and do its own thing. But it you know, you can see the amount of money that the battery makes. And itโs not small. I mean, it you know, it is and itโs does not sit on the Braves books, this would be the same drill for the Orioles. So look, I mean, if youโre gonna sit there and go, weโre just going to put a substandard product on the field and just make our money over here on the side. Thatโs not something thatโs very hopeful. Again, I hope that the silver lining to this RSN collapse for the regional sports networks, is that teams realize if youโre gonna go direct to consumers, you better put a good product on the field. And that speaks largely to the Orioles.
Nestor Aparicio 28:10
Well, I mean, I have no problem believing that your scorpions a tribute band, as well as your AC DC band shirt. The thrill is putting a good product up on the stage, much like we saw at the record theater last weekend. I love hanging out with you. Our time is short, I will try to use belt buckles in the future to sort of bring life together and baseball together at some point Iโll ask you about this f1 thing that youโre all worked up and wet about out in Las Vegas and I got JT that brick all soaked up about that too. Iโll bring him on a little anything on Lamar you want to say because you mean you do cover the business of sports real quick. Lamar. Is he going somewhere? Is he staying? What do you think?
Maury Brown 28:48
I donโt know man. I really donโt I itโs such a itโs such a complicated thing that sir I donโt know. I think it could go either way. I really do.
Nestor Aparicio 28:57
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