Wilmette

And the matter at issue was a report of something that was happening in Iran, and they weren't quite sure whether this report could be rela- relied on or not.

And, uh, one of these States, uh, State Department people said to the other one, "Have you tried, have you checked with Wilmette?" [laughs] Now, this is extraordinary.

The faith is a very small thing in America in a sense, but you see the intimacy.

Two things.

One is if Wilmette says it's okay, it's okay, and that's this, the reputation we established.

The other is that the faith is so well known that one State Department, uh, member could refer to another, uh, to, speak to another about Wilmette.

Not the headquarters of the Bahá'ís in Chicago, but just Wilmette.

They know what they're talking about.

I interact with you on Spotify, known as Bob.

Originally from Wilmette, just out of Chicago, but I've lived in Boston for the last 13 years, in Chelmsford now.

And two things.

I have a correction from a couple of days ago.

Coach Rudolph, you know, kinda knew everybody and, and knew him right away even though he introduced himself and, um, it was one of those ones where it's like if Notre Dame does choose to pursue an offer, I would anticipate their leaping, you know, towards the front of this list with rather quick effect just because everything he talked about with, with this visit, the, the details from like conversations to what he saw in the game to, you know, getting to spend time around the team after the game, everything just really impressed him and, and left him with a, a strong impression of like, "Wow, I could really see myself thriving in a place like this."

And then Eric, kind of similarly, Brock Thompson, he's a actually unranked athlete out of Loyola, Loyola Academy in Wilmette, Illinois.

He's 6'4", 280 pounds, so I'm sure he could be a prospect on either side of the lines.

He's, um, while he's unranked he does have offers from Arizona, Cal, and Colorado, so it does seem like his recruitment's picking up a little bit.

Oh, he was bad.

And yeah, New Trier Neighbors brought him to, uh, Wilmette or Winnetka or whatever last year.

So this new garbage they're, that they're doing is par for the course.

They are bringing this filmmaker called Steele and his daddy.

Joe Cronin also down there, the Chairman of the Board of the American League.

is also here, Will Harry from Chicago and from Wilmette.

And we have people from just all over the United States of America here at this game today, although, of course, the majority of them will be rooting for the National League because after all, most of them are from Pittsburgh.

Ladies and gentlemen, our National Anthem.

So you, y- you manage to get a job.

So you're a scrappy kid from the Chicago area, Wilmette, and you decide, "Let's see.

Maybe I'll, maybe I'll go be a Hollywood agent." So you g- you move out to Hollywood.

You get a job in the mail room.

Strike one, one, one.

First down is 6'2", 190 pounds from Wilmette, Illinois.

Last year was with Phoenix in the Pacific Coast League.

111 or 7.