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Is baseball moving in the right direction?

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    Rick Horrow on what opening weekend means for MLB's 2012 season

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Talk sports but at least I feel like I haven't talked sports and a long time with -- -- we should do that right now because Rick we got a lot going on.

Hi cannot believe -- baseball season already.

Season if you've been weed out with a talk exports -- I Gama I know I'm I'm glad you're down -- even.

Obviously your -- weakening as it -- -- you don't -- so I think what -- that would also talk that.

But -- -- baseball person opening weeks better than expected.

Viewership is great and that's not doing well yankees -- all right but the bottom line is the Mets are doing well doing better than expected at the bottom line is this is an early.

Indication of the support that Major League baseball's gonna have.

The economic serve a really good we've got some labor peace just like we -- in football and basketball looks like baseball's moving in the right direction.

I friends it opening day Yankee Stadium they said it was jammed to the -- people came out people came to see these games so that is something I suppose.

But man -- -- that we so that other stuff hangover right basketball's still a mess.

Well basketball is is frankly much better than we expected it to be because.

Be constricted schedule and the rivalries.

Mean if you guys have Ford games a week when he used that to.

And we're heading into the playoffs so everybody's -- for those positions.

In my immediate Chicago Bulls on the eastern side to Jeremy -- phenomenon came and went -- -- and if -- -- and we don't talk about any -- By the western side Oklahoma City Thunder looks really good.

The Charlotte hornets sold to Tom Benson the guy who owns the saints.

Over 320 million dollars with a commitment to keep that even doors through 224 the only issue now is.

Fifty Sacramento Kings thought they had a deal to keep the team in Sacramento.

Mayor Kevin Johnson -- -- -- family at odds again.

That he may look Dan -- unless we have some last minute dramatic so that deal is not as certain as soon as it was -- talked about it for a.

We have -- cyclical Intel and others for a while now.

I -- we gotta talk tell us a little bit right up Maria Sharapova is out there again.

Yes Samsung Electronics Company she -- three year deal.

I -- -- he heard a big and relevant at the bottom line is she is huge in Russia and that she's becoming the definitive -- Not just to the Summer Olympics which -- run and obviously but the next Winter Olympics as -- knows in Sochi.

So she has a tremendous business market which counts Nike.

Tiffany thank you or call hot eight -- water 24.

Billion dollar a year global endorsement portfolio whether she wins another -- great work of you can get it.

Speaking of the Olympics 2012 Olympic Games Riley got hundred days -- way I know last time you and I talked and talked about how the hunger games has made.

What well.

Jerry and RT yeah of course good surgery OK so given that we -- Tennessee you know woman actually pretty big deal as well right.

Yeah -- Roger -- call this Olympics the biggest Olympics in his lifetime because.

-- in play at Wimbledon it's going to be a hot ticket and everybody really excited about is held only three weeks after the Wimbledon championship.

The gold -- tennis tickets already going for fifty -- hundred plus so get your tickets.

Now BQ's and lives in London for Olympics goers is gonna be around a black now I can buy Wimbledon tickets.

In that same line and people are really excited about it people work.

I used to waiting for tickets in London then and there -- a -- discussion now with the one organizing committee about who gets which tickets and how and when.

Well we're looking for a release plan pretty so we haven't seen it here.

Speaking -- tickets.

What do you think about this Broadway tickets in magic bird.

Bring in these guys to Broadway I mean I'm not I think maybe that's a good -- for some women get their husbands -- to see -- shell.

Well there's a practical answer to incite thought but yeah I think summit theater -- that -- last Wednesday -- -- red carpet opening.

I interviewing no Larry Bird and and and then Magic Johnson.

What they are realizing their much taller that I and then -- been a lot more money that I did and because of the success of Lombardi vitality comptroller Fred -- -- to.

Producers here there's a template there's a structure -- is and the NBA is -- marketing partner.

David -- talked about how wonderfully and that is going to be I'm not sure of the long term viability.

-- future plays like this but -- rivalry.

Between Magic Johnson Larry Bird.

Crazy is a great story and Obama.

I'd say I check some cute about it all my my son at least about it all the time and I remember watching games leverage lying on the court right -- back -- him so much she would just be lying Marion between playing.

And of course watching Magic Johnson my it's like watching you know the -- Chicago -- and NCs it's good stuff.

But remember -- real quick you know you gotta go your magic just one the bid for the Los Angeles Dodgers and I have them.

Congratulations and orchestrating good timing of that bid to coincide with the Broadway play gotta -- -- -- that.

You know not good for him on around all our regular rounds but there are you all around -- justice -- sports business analyst president our sports ventures and that I -- believe your -- up on the website you guys.

-- opinion they they did is he in the opinion section.

Yet there it is column at sports professor thank you -- -- see you next week to see actually about.

I think it would go -- -- -- leasing licensee that magic bird wanna bring.

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