Lorenzo Romar

Had it all.

Uh, a lot of guys came up under him, Lorenzo Romar, some of the guys who made it through to the NBA, Freeman Williams.

Uh, but Raymond, um, was the guy that, uh, went to Cal State LA 'cause they gave him a whole lot of money.

Jerry Tarkanian, the one in, at Long Beach State.

Damn.

They blackballed him, and he just never got another chance to play in the NBA.

Um, uh, Lorenzo Romar tells a story of talking to Gene Shue when he was the coach of San Antonio, and Raymond was in camp and Raymond was the last guy cut, and, and Lorenzo was asking Gene Shue, was, was, was he good enough to make the team? He said, "He was the best player on the floor." He said, "Well, why didn't you keep him?" "It's out of my hands.

Nothing I can do."

Guys like that.

Lorenzo Romar, right? Yeah.

These are just good dudes, and people love them, and you know what, man? He's positive.

He may be a bit of a homer, but he is the absolute best, and we love him because everybody's got to fill a role, and Rick Riz filled a role for 41 years, as a matter of fact, 52 overall in Major League Baseball, that no matter where he was, no matter what he was doing, he was going to be a positive force for the Mariner baseball team.

W- in fact, what was the trigger, other than it was home because you're from Missouri, what, what, was there another trigger that said, "Okay, Missouri, I'm gonna, I'm gonna go here"?

Um, uh, honestly, you know, I committed to the University of Washington to play under Lorenzo Romar, my godfather, who, you know-

Yeah

... you know very well.