Thank you for joining us for a special
Hutch Award celebration.
I'm Rick Rizzs with the Mariners and I'm
thrilled to have you here today. Now
today we're bringing together the
Seattle baseball community and Fred
Hutch supporters to celebrate Dee Gordon
the 55th recipient of the Fred Hutch
Award. Way to go Dee.
Now even though we can't be together out
of T-Mobile Park like we are annually
we're still finding ways to stay
connected, connected to family, friends
colleagues and the organizations that we
care about. This event brings together
two organizations I'm personally
passionate about - the Seattle Mariners
and the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research
Center I'm joined here by my fellow
Hutch Award Luncheon emcee and my good
friend Mike Gastineau. How you doing
buddy? It's great to have you here. Rick
it's great to see you. I'm doing great. This is one of the terrific
traditions in Seattle sports and in the
Seattle sports community and like any
great tradition sometimes it has to overcome adversity and that's what
we're doing this year. What a great way
to honor Dee Gordon during this
different time that we're all going
through. Now if you're new to the Seattle
community or new to the Hutch community
let me tell you a little bit about Fred
Hutchinson the man they call Hutch and
the man whom this award is named for. He
graduated, he's a Seattle native who
graduated from Franklin High School in
1938 I don't know what you did after you
graduated high school.
what Fred Hutchinson did was go out and win 25
games that season for the Pacific Coast
League Seattle Rainiers. One of the
great individual athletic
accomplishments we've ever seen in
Seattle. He then went on to spend over a
decade in the major leagues. He won 95
games as a Major League Baseball starter. He
was an American League all-star in 1951.
After his playing career he became a
manager and spent a decade managing the
Cardinals, the Tigers and the Reds. He led
the Reds to a National League pennant in
1961. He had a terrific baseball career
but in 1964 he was diagnosed with cancer.
Now the man who made that diagnosis was
his brother Bill Hutchinson who was a cancer
researcher and Fred Hutchinson died
later in 1964. To give you an idea of the
measure of the man, the Hutch Award was
immediately created and presented for
the first time the very next year in
1965. Now winners of the Hutch Award
over the years
truly a who's who of baseball legends
and Hall of Famers including, Rick, and
amazing one-two punch in the first two
years of the award, amazing first two
winners. How about that. The first one
Mickey Mantle of the New York Yankees
the great outfielder with the Yankees
and the second one of the Hutch Award
Sandy Koufax one of the greatest
pitchers in the history of the game of
baseball. Now Sandy and each of the other
former winners are the ones who actually
vote for the Hutch Award winner for the
upcoming year. Fred and the Hutchinson
family have been an important part of
Seattle sports history as you know as
you outlined. Of course Fred's
inspiration didn't end on the field. His
brother Bill as you talked about was
driven to create the Fred Hutchinson
Cancer Research Center in his honor.
Bill is really the big hero in this huge
story. The Hutch is a living memorial to
Fred. Not only is it one of the foremost
cancer centers in the world but it's
also leading numerous efforts in the
fight against COVID-19. Let's give a
quick shout out to the long-standing
corporate partners of Fred Hutch's
annual Hutch Award Luncheon. The luncheon
at T-Mobile Park is where we annually
celebrate the Hutch Award winner. Thanks
to each of you for your commitment to
Fred Hutch. Now before we talk to Dee and
our special panelists - we're gonna have a
lot of fun - today I want to introduce a
very special friend, Seattle Mariners
Chairman and Managing Partner Mr. John
Stanton. John how you doing buddy? It's
great to have you here. Doing great Rick.
Thank you for your annual role of
hosting this event, your your role as a
as an inspirational leader in doing the
right thing in this community. Well John
it's great to be here as we honor Dee.
It's nice to have you here. So let's
spend some time talking about, of course,
our honoree today. Why is this such a
great celebration for Dee, the Seattle
Mariners and the Fred Hutchinson Cancer
Research Center? Well I have to start
Rick by just saying that this is very
personal to me in in many ways. We lost
my dad to cancer in 1977. Fred Hutchinson
Cancer Center was important to us even
back then. The dynamic for us, baseball, is
obviously important. I'm a passionate
supporter of Dee Gordon. He is he he
lights up a room every time he's there
and and personally my wife is also on
the Fred hutch board and and for us it's
a very important part of what we do. But
but Fred Hutch is deeply embedded in the
Seattle Mariners and T-Mobile Park. Most
people don't notice that the end of each
row has an image of Fred Hutchison on
the seat frame itself and it's a tribute
on for us to the important role that
Fred Hutch plays and every first day of
the season we have a young cancer
survivor or cancer victim run around the
bases and get embraced by players when
they their favorite players when they
get there. Fred Hutchison, Fred Hutchinson
Cancer Center, cancer research is
important and Dee Gordon is just a spark
plug, incredibly important player to this
team. In just a minute John we're going
to be joined by Tom Lynch from the Fred
Hutch Cancer Research Center. Tell us why
the Mariners nominated Dee for this
incredible opportunity and award. Well
first of all, Dee is simply a great player.
He he has been a spectacular player for
us, stealing bases, getting on base,
igniting comebacks. He's also a great
mentor within the organization for other
players. Mallex Smith in particular but
other players as well that he helps
patiently teach. But in the community is
where you know from my perspective he
has really shined. He has been through a
lot of personal challenges in his life.
Domestic violence is a very important
and personal issue to him and his
efforts with Flash of Hope have been
incredibly important. He also
participates in the annual run that we
have to raise money for domestic
violence. It's the DAWN program that in
South King County has been important
He's also during the pandemic raised
money for for food in his home in
Orlando. He's raised money for the
Dominican Republic and he's just, he does
everything and he also inspires other
players to do things in the community
which is incredibly important. What a
resume for Dee Gordon on and off the
field John. Now Dee, this is really
something very special. Dee is the third
Seattle Mariners player to win the Hutch
Award joining Raul Ibañez and also Jamie
Moyer. Tell us what it means John to you
and the Mariners organization to have
three of your players win the Fred
Hutch Award. Well each of the players has
that has won the award I think has
exemplified some of the qualities that
both the Mariners and Fred hutch share.
You know the to me Jamie Moyer is
synonymous with persistence. A guy, heck
Rick, I think he was practically our age
when he was hired. Dee plays for over years
and was, excuse me, Jamie played for
20 years well into his 40s and made a
difference on every team that he was on.
And in every community he worked he was
incredibly generous. For us Raúl Ibañez
to me simply brings to
mind the word teamwork. He was a player
who was patient with others. I think
he'll eventually be a major league
manager. He makes a difference in every
community he was with and we brought him
back to this organization - he had three
tours of duty with the Mariners - because
each time
he came back we knew that he would
inspire a new group, particularly in the
last two times, of young players. And we
shouldn't forget Rick that we've got a
couple other Mariners win the award
although not Mariners at the time they
won it. But 'Little O,' Omar Vizquel, you
know a study in what you can do with
hard work as maybe the best defensive
shortstop we've ever seen in in Seattle
and Mike Sweeney who won the award in
'07 and then joined the Mariners in '09 and as I understand it continues to
follow on and do work with Fred
Hutchinson's Cancer Center. So we've had a
lot of people who have really touched
our community that have won this award.
Yeah I'm glad you brought up Omar
Vizquel and also Mike Sweeney. John you
grew up in the Seattle area, went to
Newport High School, Whitman College, then
on to Harvard, but your roots right here
are in Seattle. Do you have any memories
of Fred Hutchinson and his role in the
Seattle sports community and and how
much did you hear about Fred Hutchinson
growing up as a kid? Well you know it's
it's funny because I associate Fred
Hutchinson first with the Cancer Center.
He he died I believe in '64 and so I was
nine years old at the time. But it was
really over time that I learned more
about how he brought together baseball
and research and how his brother had
done so much in creating the Cancer
Center. I really came to understand
when my dad got sick the the dynamics of
my father loved baseball and you know
Fred Hutch and and that all really
brings together I think the importance
of this institution in our in our
community and the fact that we come
together to name and recognize a an
award winner every year I think just
simply reinforces the positive
relationship between baseball and
fighting cancer.
John here's a question that is on the
mind for a lot of baseball fans here in
our community: When do you think we can
get the 2020 baseball season underway,
and when we do what is it going to look
like? Well Rick, I don't know there's any
people more than you and I that care
about the the season getting started and
frankly I am spending almost my full
time working on that issue. I had an
early call with people with King County
government this morning. I'm talking to
folks at the State later on. I believe we
have put ourselves in a position where
Major League Baseball's created a
protocol, still in draft form, that will
allow us to specify a safe way to play.
That is ultimately the most important
thing, safe and healthy for all of our
fans, our employees and our players, and I
think we have a protocol to do that. I am
very hopeful that we will be playing
baseball in T-Mobile Park in July. I'm
reluctant to say exactly when in July
but we are working hard both at the
national level and chairman of the
competition committee. We're going to
make some modifications to the rules for
Major League Baseball to accommodate
some of the challenges associated with
social distancing as well as some of the
challenges just associated with a
shortened season. And you know we're
going to work with both our state and
county and city governments to make sure
that we satisfy all of their needs to be
able to give us permission to play right
here in T-Mobile Park. John what message
would you like to send the fans as we
get close to starting up the 2020 season,
because I know when we left at Spring
Training you gave us that that rough
message that you know we were shutting
down, but we saw a lot of young players
really coming on in this organization
one of the best farm systems in all of
baseball. What would you like to tell the
fans right now about this ball club?
There's no question that we will be back.
It's only a question of exactly when we
will be back and you know we're excited
about it. As you suggested Rick this was
one of the most exciting spring
trainings that I've ever been to
even though it was short. You know we've
got some incredible players. And one of
the, part of the dynamic of this season
is it may give us an opportunity to see
a few extra players. I think we will likely
expand the rosters at least somewhat in
order to accommodate some of the health
and safety needs for our players and and
the dynamic that it will be a little bit
of jumping into the middle of the season
whenever we start playing. But the
dynamic is, I think will be back and will
be exciting and I think we're going to
surprise some people and win quite a few
games this year. I do, too. I love what I
saw at spring training and all those
young players coming along. John before we
let you go, do you have one more comment
for a Dee Gordon winning the Fred Hutch
Award before we let you go right now? Dee,
you inspire me in every time I see you
in the room, but I'm most inspired by the
conversations that we've had one-on-one
about leadership. You are a leader. I
desperately appreciate everything you've
done in terms of work on the field. But
the things you've done in terms of
making us a better organization and a
better team and making this a better
community are the real hallmarks of your
success. John Stanton, thank you for your
gracious time today as we honor
Dee Gordon. I hope to see out at T-Mobile
Park real soon. John Stanton, thank you so
much buddy.
Mike Gastineau, I guess you have a very
special guest right now as well. Take it
away, Mike. Rick, thanks very much and John,
thanks for being with us today. The Hutch
Award is built on partially on the
importance of giving back to the
community and, as you just heard there
from John, Dee is a great example of that.
He's such an exciting ball player to
watch and the work he does off the field
is terrific as well. And this whole award
and the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research
Center is all thanks to the legacy of
Fred and Bill Hutchinson. And a thumbs up
and and a special shout out to all the
people who work at the Hutch, all of you
doing great work and all the work you do
continues to add daily to the
hundreds of thousands of lives that have
been positively impacted over the years
by the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research
Center. We're lucky today to have here at
the Hutch
virtual lunch the new president and director
of the Hutch.
He's Dr. Thomas Lynch Jr. Tom welcome to
Seattle and welcome to the show. Thanks
Mike. It is tremendous to be here and I
want to thank John for that remarkable
welcome. I can't tell you how much I was
looking forward to the Hutch Award
Luncheon and opening day at T-Mobile
Park. We're gonna make sure both happen
next year. I really want to thank John
and the Mariners for everything they do,
not only for this program but for the
Fred Hutch. The Mariners are incredibly
important to the Hutch. The
relationship with them matters so much.
And not only do we have John and his
players here with us today, but we have a
number of other Mariners who've been
involved with a new grassroots effort to
help support the Hutch. A manager a
Servais, Hall-of-Famer Dan Wilson and
minor league field coordinator Tony
Arnerich recently joined together to
raise funds through a Coaches versus
COVID program that helps support COVID
research at the Hutch. which is
remarkable. The program was started by
Tanner Swanson, who was an ex-Husky and
he's currently the New York Yankees
catching coordinator, as a way to raise
funds and awareness for our work and I
had the chance to talk to Tanner Swanson
two days ago and he could not be more
motivated and excited to give back to
the community. It's really terrific to
see players in the major leagues so
tightly connected with their community
and again, the Mariners and the Hutch is
a natural marriage. Well we're all sad
that the the lunch couldn't happen at
the ballpark this year, maybe no one more
than you because it would have been your
first opportunity to speak in front of
the Seattle community, to speak in front
of the Hutch community. You picked up
your life and came all the way across
country to become the new president of
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.
Why? What was it about Seattle and the
Hutch that was attractive to you? Well
Mike, this is an incredible place. I mean
you guys know this, you live here, you've
been here for a long time. It's a
remarkable place. And I've been at the
hutch for about a hundred days, like 110
days at this point. I've been struck by
the innovation, the spirit, the culture
and by
how hard everyone's working and I could
not be prouder to be here.
Think about Seattle, think about what we
have here: remarkable science remarkable
data and tech, and really incredible
people to make all of it actually happen.
This allows us to make our work on
cancer prevention, cancer treatment and
cures for COVID and cancer more likely.
You know one of the things we talk
about at the Hutch is that cures start
here and it really only starts when you
have great science. You need great
science. You need to follow the science to be
able to understand how to treat these
diseases, they were talking about
COVID, whether we're talking about HIV or
whether we're talking about cancer. Well
speaking of COVID, I don't know if you've
paid attention, it's in the news these days um
it's really an all hands on that kind of
response from the American medical
community. Tell me a little bit
specifically about what the Hutch is
doing, how they're involved in the in the
research and the education and the look
to find a cure of COVID-19. So Mike you
know when I got here I I knew the
reputation of the Hutch for a long time
as being important in cancer but also in
viruses like HIV. When I got here what
really impressed me was the ability of
our scientists who were working on HIV
rapidly pivot and begin to work on COVID.
Right now at the Hutch more than a third
of our scientists are working on
projects related to COVID. They've taken
the expertise that they have in
molecular biology, in understanding how
genes are regulated and expressed, and
brought that to understanding COVID and
approaching COVID with the highest
priority. So what are some examples of
that which I've been really proud of? First, we're playing a big part in the
local, the regional, national and global
understanding of the epidemic and the
epidemiology around it. Second, we're
working on developing antibody tests and
coming up with better tests for figuring
out who's had the virus and what does it
mean to have had the virus. And this
summer were planning to open the
nation's first outpatient treatment
center for patients with COVID. And one
of the arguments there is we want to try
treating people with approaches to
COVID early in the course of their
disease instead of waiting for the
disease to progress and you need an
outpatient center to do that and we're
delighted to be able to do that
at the Hutch. So using a baseball analogy,
you know we're in the early innings, it's
the second, maybe the bottom of the
second at T-Mobile Park. Unfortunately
it's a nine inning game and we've got a
long way to go before we actually get
somewhere. But we've learned so much so
quickly I'm confident we're gonna make
progress. Tom, at last year's luncheon we
were fortunate to hear from Dr. Steve
Pergam. All he's done in his life is get
a kidney transplant and then beat cancer.
I'm just trying to get the dog walked in
the morning. This guy's really you know. He
dedicated his career after this to
protecting people with cancer from
infections so he's really specializing
in stuff that he knows a lot about. Give
us an update on Steve's work. So Steve is
is really one of the best people we have
at the Hutch. He's an extraordinary doctor.
I'm I'm someone who spent the past 35
years in medicine working with thousands
of doctors and what I can tell you is, Steve
is the doctors' doctor. I mean he's
compassionate he's thoughtful he's smart
he's decisive which is exactly we want
in somebody who's who's a great doctor
and that's that Steve Pergam. He's
absolutely fantastic. He works not only
at the Hutch but also at the Seattle
Cancer Care Alliance and the University
of Washington to really develop strong
relationships between laboratory
scientists working on COVID and doctors
treating patients with COVID. And Steve's
also been working with policymakers and
government to really give us a better
sense for how we should respond to this
virus. So we're incredibly proud of Steve.
He's our he's our cleanup hitter. You uh
you talked earlier about the Hutch's
involvement with the research and the
ongoing effort with COVID-19. How is that -
the pandemic and your involvement with
that - how is that affecting the cancer
research that the Hutch is so well known
for? So Mike I think that's incredibly
important because you know what, if
you're a patient with cancer
walking into the Seattle Cancer Care
Alliance today or walking into Swedish
or going to Kaiser or any of the great
hospitals we have in our community,
cancer is the most important thing in
your life right now. You need options, you
need treatment choices and you count on
the Hutch to come through with those. And
and not just in our nurses our community
but nationally, people count on us to
push the needle and said come up with
new approaches and treatments. Now
because of the pandemic we've had to
pause some of our research, but certainly
not all of it and we've continued core
research and gradually we're bringing
more and more people back to the
laboratories, obviously in a way that we
believe is going to be safe, using
science to help help us bring people
back with testing protocols and
evaluation of people when they come in
every day to make it safe for people to
go back to work. But we really need to
get back to be able to continue our
cancer research mission. We want to get
back as much as John and Dee and other
Mariners want to get back on the field. It's
going to be incredibly important and
we're close.
Tom, one more quick one for you. A few
years ago at the lunch we were so
fortunate to have as our guest speaker
Hall-of-Famer
Tom Seaver. I know he means a lot to you
because it's an eight-year-old boy
growing up the suburban New York City 1969 you become a
fan of the amazing miracle Mets. What a
summer that must have been for an
eight-year-old kid and what they did. And
Mike how could you not be a Mets fan in
1969? They were incredible. Tom Seaver was
fantastic and and and they were
absolutely remarkable. My dad was born in
Boston, I was born in Boston, and my dad
was really I would describe him as an as
an anti Yankee fan more than a pro Red
Sox fan and we latched on to the Mets
pretty quickly and my gosh was Tom
Seaver a great player. Cleon Jones, Tommie
Agee, Ron Swoboda, Donn Clendenon and that
team really came out of nowhere. aAd who
knows that maybe this year will be the
Mariners that come out of nowhere. Tom
thanks so much for being here, for all
the great work you're doing. Thanks again
and we'll look forward to next year's
lunch where we're all together. Thank you.
I've been fortunate to be involved with
the award and with the lunch for years.
It's one of my favorite days of the year.
I'm so impressed by the work and the
people who do the work at the Fred
Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. Right
now we couldn't need you more than ever.
We need the best and the brightest. The
Hutch's work, Rick, it's more important
than it's ever been.
It really is Mike and I want to thank
Tom Lynch for spending time with us
today. It's nice to know that he was a
big Mets fan as a kid in 1969. I want to
let you know I was a big Cub fan in 1969,
though the Cubs blew that big lead to
the
the miracle amazing Mets in 1969. But
miracles do happen. We're going to get a
miracle. We're going to find cures for
cancer we're going to find a cure and
vaccine for the COVID-19 virus. So I'm
very happy Tom was a big Mets fan. But
you're right Mike, a lot of people
working so hard at the Fred Hutch Cancer
Research Center. You know last year at
the Hutch Award Luncheon we raised more
than five hundred and fifty thousand
dollars for Hutch's vital research. Now
we can't donate obviously from the field
this year but that doesn't mean that we
still can't step up to the plate. So if
you're able we ask you that you make a
donation right now online while we'll
get ready for our panel of baseball
greats coming up it's gonna be a lot of
fun. Now please visit the link appearing
on your screen now to make a gift. That
link is here it is: fredhutch.org/hutchaward/donate
so that's
fredhutch.org/hutchaward/donate
and the link also appears in the
chat section. So go ahead and donate
right now and we'd love to raise a ton
of money again for the great research
that's going on at the Fred Hutchinson
Cancer Research Center. We're all
counting on science to end this horrible
pandemic. Hutch researchers are not going
to stop working until we're all
protected just as they won't let up
until there are cures for all cancers.
Your support will allow Hutch
researchers to explore daring ideas that
could unlock treatments for an incurable
cancer or a vaccine for COVID-19. Let's
help Fred Hutch work even faster to find
cures and let's protect the people we
love.
Every gift matters, every dollar counts.
Thank you very much. All right let's
bring Tom back right now to present
this year's Hutch Award. Tom, take it away.
Thanks Rick. It's my distinct pleasure to
present the 55th Hutch Award to Dee
Gordon. Dee, like our namesake Fred
Hutchinson, you've shown tremendous honor,
courage and grit.
You're not only a great second baseman,
you're a role model of compassion and
generosity.
You're one of the best base stealers in
the game and you have stolen our hearts
at the Fred Hutch. Dee, you're joining a
stellar list of Hutch Award recipients:
Mantle, Koufax,
Bench, Sweeny, Moyer, Lester
and Ibañez. It's a testament to you
that several of those players are here
with us today. I hope everyone at home
will join me in congratulating Dee, in
giving him a huge virtual round of
applause. Thank you Tom. Man, this award is
amazing and I'm just you know so happy
and blessed to be a part of this and be
the 55th winner. You know with the
Hall of Fame pedigree that comes
with this award,
my family and I you know are amazed to
be you know the winner of it and we
can't thank you guys enough. Dee again
congratulations on behalf of all of us
with the Seattle Mariners and all your
family and friends and your teammates
and the fans of the Pacific Northwest.
Congratulations on winning the Fred
Hutch Award.
Where were you when you found out and
what was your reaction? I was in the
locker room. They told me like you know
right when this stuff was going on with
the pandemic. I was just excited
because you know just to be able to be a
part of this, knowing the pedigree of it
you know. Knowing two years ago I had a
teammate with the Marlins who won it so
I had to do a little bit more about it
you know and knowing that you know I was
the sole winner of this prestigious
award it was just just mind-boggling to
myself and my wife. From the time you
found out you won the award till right
now, how much did you find out about Fred
Hutchinson, the biggest name to ever come
out of Seattle? So playing for Seattle helped,
honestly. You know when we would
get the Hutch bobbleheads and things, I
will pay attention to see wha-wha-what
who was he, what did he stand for, what
did he mean because it was such a big
deal you know here in the Seattle area.
So I was definitely trying to see what
you know he stood for and didn't know
that he found to find out that he died a
little earlier you know and his brother
had this is awesome
cancer research
forum and this awesome award with
Major League Baseball and to know that I
was the winner was just pretty cool. Yeah,
he was really something as a young
player growing up in Seattle for the old
Rainiers, for the Detroit Tigers, managing
the Cardinals, managing the Cincinnati
Reds to the World Series in 1961. And now
that award bears his name and now your
name is on that. And by the way, that
reward is in the Hall of Fame in
Cooperstown, New York.
And it's voted upon my past winners. It's
crazy. Like I said, I'm definitely humbled by
this experience. Definitely it's one
of the best awards I've ever gotten. Well
Dee, I tell you what, are you ready to
have a little fun? Because we've invited
some guys to join in on the celebration
for you today to welcome you to a very
exclusive club. Are you ready to meet
your friends here and talk more about
you? Let's do it
Well Dee, we have a real all-star lineup
for you to honor you today for winning
the Fred Hutch Award, so let's bring on
your special guests to welcome you to a
very special fraternity. And I tell you
what, we're gonna start right off the bat
with you. So for all you folks watching,
here's Dee Gordon. Nine years in the
major leagues, he made his major-league
debut with the Los Angeles Dodgers in
June of 2011, and two-time National
League all-star with the Dodgers in 2014,
with the Marlins in 2015. Nickname
is 'Flash' because he led the national
league in stolen bases three different
seasons. In 2015 he led the National
League in hits with 2005. He won a Gold
Glove in 2015 with the Marlins, became a
Mariner a few years ago in a trade with
the Marlins. He's truly one of the nice
guys in the game of baseball and now the
55th recipient of the Fred Hutch Award:
Mr. Dee Gordon. Welcome, Dee. Thank you sir.
We also have now, Dee,
Raul Ibanez. Raul spent 19 seasons are
you doing role in the major leagues he
made his major-league debut with the
berries and
August of 1996 remember he was a catcher
coming up in the organization he went
from the Mariners to Kansas City back to
the Mariners to Philadelphia the Yankees
back to the Mariners and to the Angels
the Royals three times Seattle Mariners
not too many guys can say that we
couldn't get rid of the guy you always
kept coming we're happy to have them 20
or more home runs eight times 100 RBIs
four times in his major league career
best season 2006 with the Mariners 33
home runs 100 23 RBIs an all-star with
the Phillies in 2009 went to the World
Series with the Phillies 2009 and also
the recipient to the frontage award in
2013 how you doing Raul thanks for
having me Dede congratulations couldn't
happen to a better person Congrats thank
you sir thank you so also do you have
for your viewing and listening pleasure
Jamie Moyer the ageless wonder a career
that's been 25 years of the major
leagues with eight different ball clubs
he made his debut in June of 1986 as a
Chicago Cubs with the Cubs Rangers
Cardinals Orioles Red Sox Berenice
Phillies in the Rockies final year 2012
at the age of 49
he won his last two games of the big
leagues he had 269 wins in the major
leagues 145 as a Seattle Mariners second
highest in Seattle Mariners history
right behind Felix Hernandez he won 20
games twice with the Mariners and o'lone
he won
20 and 6 2003 then incredible year by
the pitching staff the starters he went
21 and 7 he went back home to Philly
Philly where he won a World Series with
a Philadelphia Phillies in 2008 and
Jamie also had 16 runs batted in in his
major league career I wanted to throw
that in for 400 in 2003 500 and 2004 he
was 1 for 2 he founded the Jamie Moyer
foundation he's an emeritus aula fan in
the Roberto Clemente award and the Fred
hutch award in 2003 ladies and gentlemen
dee Gordon Jamie Moyer
dee congratulations hello to everybody
dee congratulations it's been a pleasure
to watch you grow I play with your
Eddie and I saw you as a young kid and
to see you kind of come through the
ranks and to see to follow your
major-league career and now to get this
the great award welcome to the the Fred
hutch Cancer Research family and and the
Fred hutch award I'm very proud of you
and the last but not least we have one
of the most popular players in the
history of the Santa Mary's Harold
Reynolds Gerald 12 years in the major
leagues made his major-league debut with
the Mariners in September of 1983 from
Corvallis Oregon the home of the Beavers
but he was a big Oregon Duck fan because
this because of his brother Donny who
started at the University of Oregon
spent 10 years with the Mariners who
time all started with the Mariners he
led the American League in stolen bases
with 60 in 1987 he's got a great story
about the concerns Rickey Henderson
hopefully he'll tell that he won three
gold Gloves in his major-league career
with the Mariners 88-89 in 1990 went on
to Baltimore and the Angels first round
pick by the Mariners in June of 1980 and
the 1991 recipient of the Roberto
Clemente award and now he's a superstar
at the Major League Baseball that were
welcome D or Harold Reynolds to talk
about you and your career in their
careers both Harold great to see you
buddy thanks Rick dude congratulations
man this is a star-studded panel man
Jamie Moyer little mitts Award winner
Rio banya is doing the thing those guys
19 and 25 years in the big leagues just
stay healthy dude you got a long way to
go to catch I'm happy I'm healthy also
have of course Mike Gastineau as well to
join in on the wrong table to welcome
Mike and we're going to start off of
course with the man of the hour Dee
Gordon winning the Fred hutch Award Eve
done so much to help others in your life
and in a major league career what does
this award mean for you right now
especially for myself I don't
even know Jamie knows but uh you know
when he played with my dad back in
Philly they were kind of Locker me and I
would hear him tell me things because
the only thing I would talk to him about
was I want to be a baseball player like
I want to be in a major league that's
literally the only thing I would say to
him and he would always tell me make
sure you get your degree make sure you
stay in school
and I just watch the things he did and
to have him here for me didn't award of
doing good things that's pretty much
like full circle and it's crazy
everybody on the panel right now I have
like a side story with them like I met
hero when I was a little kid on the
airplane and he played with my dad I
know not like I remember like being
around now you can go a lot I can tell
him now I stole like Jamie Jamie had
these thick handle back and I be 267 now
yeah yeah and I used to nice to steel
Rahu's bats as well I appreciate all I
know this is a philanthropic award man
you're not supposed to tell them about
how you stealing their bats and they
those beds had a lot of base hits left
in the show Jamie you had an incredible
career and you've done so much off the
field and of course the winner of the
the Fred hutch award what was it like to
win the Fred hutch for you well
obviously it's an honor it's rewards you
know usually and like even in this
situation it's it's about you know the
individual but for me I didn't look at
it it was an individual thing it was it
was something that we were able to do in
the community spread the word about good
things or causes in the community and be
able to give back in the community and
work hand in hand with the Mariners
organization and being acknowledged for
that you know again I may have been
the one on this stage but it takes a lot
of people to allow that to happen and
you know but also to be named in an
award you know as you mentioned
previously Rick you know the story
behind Fred hutch it's just a wonderful
story he was a man that was loved by
anybody he taught him and he touched as
we all know he was a great player but he
also touched a lot of people as a
manager in the game and you know coming
starting in Seattle going to the Midwest
you know st. Louis Cincinnati coming
back to Seattle you know and then
unfortunately you know in his not elder
years but older years you know was
diagnosed with lump in his chest and his
throat and unfortunately a year later
passed but he had a brother Bill who was
a doctor and he was also a researcher
and was able to you know diagnose what
was going on and then you know a couple
years later what's what you know comes
the name the Fred Hutchinson Cancer
Research Center so I mean through some
really good things through an
unfortunate situation and then you know
evolves a Cancer Research Center you
know so to be involved with that to be
acknowledged with that I think is very
special and I do nothing but again
congratulate thee and welcome D it's a
very well deserved honor Raul Ibanez you
had the privilege of winning the Fred
hutch Award all you guys that are on
this panel today are cut from the same
cloth because you really care about your
families and so many others Raul tell us
your thoughts about that day when you
accepted the Fred hutch award well
there's an extraordinary honor and being
on this panel with guys like Harold
Jamie who came before me who laid the
foundation and taught us the importance
young young players of making an impact
and of course these dad Tom who was the
man as a human being and as a pitcher
indeed following your career and
watching you play not just the talent
not just the ability to hit run throw
steal bases play defense but as a human
being our interactions have always been
incredibly positive and you can't help
you know I'm we're still whether we play
against each other something I'm hoping
we win you get three hits and have a
great day everybody so you know getting
that award in that aunt and that
privilege and that honor being part of
this legacy and Fred hutches legacy is
an extraordinary honor because it's the
impact that you make on other people and
I think Dee is following in the
footsteps of these great men that I
follow in the footsteps up and Rick
you're included in that group is the
impact that you're making outside of the
game of baseball the impact that you're
making as a man and as a human being is
going too far
it's going to transcend anything that
you do on the field as great a player as
you are and as great of a career as you
still have ahead of you and the impact
that you're making on the field I think
it speaks volumes to the character of
the man and the individual and the
impact that you're making on the lives
around you so I couldn't be prouder to
be a part of this but I couldn't be
prouder of you as a man the great player
yes but as a human being couldn't be
prouder
well-said role thank you very much on
behalf of Dee and everybody Harold at
the Major League Baseball Network one of
your studios is studio 21 in honor of
the late great Roberto Clemente I don't
know if anybody gave more to the cars
outside the game of baseball for the
kids in Puerto Rico and into the world
and Roberto Clemente you won the Roberto
Clemente award in 1991 tell us your
thoughts of what it was like to win a
prestigious honor
well like Jaime talked about it's not
really necessarily just the individual
who gets that award it's it's a great
team effort we did so many things in the
community in Seattle and just really
around the globe to affect people and
when I look at D and I see the things
that he's doing and watch him it's so
inspiring and I think Raul for Sam we
laid down a foundation that that's what
we tried to do back in the day was to
lay that down that others might come
after us and you know watching D now run
with the mantle I get a chance to vote
as do the former winners of the Hutt's
award get to vote on the Hutt's award I
get to vote on the brittleness a ward
and the first thing I look at is what do
they do to give it's easy to write
check but how are you giving your time
and I think anybody who's been around d
he gives his time as well as his
finances but his heart is unique there's
so many players and athletes that do
great things in our game and I'm proud
of where baseball's at and the
ambassadors we put forward but for Dee
to get this award just shows you how
he's at the top of that heat of not only
just a player but as a person and at the
end of the day when it's all said and
done I know Jamie's got 25 years rolls
got his 19 years as Rick you've been
broadcasting since I can remember and
Mike you've been doing the same thing
too but at the end of the day people are
gonna say what kind of person are you
and you know that's the thing that
really shines bright about Dee and I'm
just honored and proud to have known him
most of his life and see the man he's
become so that to me winning this award
is really not about all the bass titles
or hit titles or different things he's
accomplished in his career but it's
about the people he's touched and I'm
just honored to be sitting on here on
this panel and honoring you today with
that Dee
Thank You Dee I'll jump in and let me be
the last to congratulate you on this
great award and I'll tell you from my
perspective having gotten to know Jamie
and Raoul and Harold over the years you
fit right in with this group I've got no
you two of you you are a perfect
addition to this group of guys who are
Award winners and great baseball career
so congratulations I found myself
laughing I knew you were gonna look good
but I found myself thinking what if we
get Dionne and he looks like he weighs
290 pounds he just let himself go and
how hard is it to stay in baseball shape
you've given all the inactivity right
now I mean I started making plans before
the corona boys really took it he I like
trying to plant things a little bit
ahead of time so me and my agent kind of
jumped on some things I was able to get
a tunnel machine so I can do workouts
like weight and I just got an inflatable
cage because I didn't want to build a
cage that I would have took two three
months we found a company that makes
these
pretty good inflatable cage rude America
and that's what I've been doing I got a
hacker Tag Junior I get my breaking ball
my fastball and it's time to go there's
Mike yeah yeah Mike could have used it
to a pork chop or two anyway when you
order food you can tell the guy to stay
at the end of the driveway sprint out to
get it and sprint back it's a little
exercise tip for me I just tell him to
leave it at the door not gonna run to
the door whenever we can play hey one of
the things D is doing he can tell us all
about it but during this pandemic he's
been feeding people and one of the
things he's been doing is he has a
barbecue shop with the buddy his that
he's paid for meals for thousands of
people so d just tell us a little bit
about what you've been doing on that
front just you know Jesse's Rib Shack
has always been a friend of us like
three past three or four years and you
know the pandemic is hitting everybody
hard so I just wanted to help friend you
know who has small business in line and
I was just trying to help them you know
so they can help feed their family I've
been blessed
I just been trying to help hey Harold
you've probably talked to more players
than any of us given your role as MLB
Network
are you hearing the same thing as what
dija said that guys are going out trying
to be proactive and get equipment in
their home if they need it or whatever
to stay in you know as close to baseball
shape as they can know yeah I don't know
if they're going out getting equipment
like D that was pretty proactive but
they're trying to stay ready yeah you
know I think this generation is is all
12 months around the round-the-clock
ready to play and I really feel
confident that you know if everything's
healthy the big issue is not I don't
think it's gonna be down to money and
arguments over funding and stuff like
that it's gonna come down to guys can
guarantee their health and if they're
healthy
they'll be back playing and I think
they'll be ready to go a lot sooner than
most people think so that's the word I'm
hearing from most players but I think
with this generation
gonna be ready to go I'd have been a
generation maybe before my generation
we'd had major trouble getting those
guys ready some of those guys in the
past speaking of that I know if Jamie
goes to the prior generation Appa Jen
I've known you for a long time all
creatures of habit but you were really a
routine guy and then I think it's why
you had one of the reasons you had so
much success for so long with this game
can you put yourself in the shoes of a
guy right now in the prime of his career
what would you be doing to try and stay
sharp yeah I can only liken it to when I
was playing because I don't know what
it's like to play now I think the game
is a lot faster the game is a lot
different I haven't played in this era
but I know that from what I have done
previously the focus would really have
to be on a day-to-day type of a focus
trying to stay fresh trying to stay
sharp or your bullpens do your weight
training continue to do your running
take care of you know do go through the
arm care and beyond that you know if you
know a month ago there was no light to
the end of this tunnel now it seems like
we're getting a little closer to the
light to the end of the tunnel obviously
all the right things have to fall into
place for baseball to resume but it
sounds like that we're moving closer to
that so I'm sure that's creating
excitement for guys like Dee and all the
other current players and yeah and I
think today it's everything is so
cutting edge with the way they train the
skill sets they have and you know I feel
like in today's game if you're not up on
it you're gonna get left behind a lot
quicker than you would have five 10 15
20 years ago so I think a lot of these
players realizes and understand this and
they are training and they are working
out and they will be ready to go well
the last time you and I talked you were
you were talking about your involvement
in baseball now and as I recall you were
doing a lot of different things to
trying to see if there was one thing you
might like to do I seem to recall you
were doing some work maybe with the
Dodgers
you're obviously involved in the game
and you talked to people
interesting stories have you heard about
how guys are dealing with this and how
clubs are dealing with this right well
first I want to commend II congratulate
him for being that proactive or ahead of
it and get the equipment and and
thinking and understanding that I mean
quarantine for that time you know having
you and having your own set up at home
really smart on his part and and it just
speaks to creation and how he's
performed so well up to the point and I
know that that's going to continue so
you know I mean I feel for the guys on
my other things I really feel for those
guys I'm whether they're gonna have a
season or not you know not having the
resources that maybe you know we were
all fortunate and blessed enough to have
you know have and so I think moving
forward it's a you know the guys at the
major league level and and the guys like
T I'm not saying everyone's gonna
prepare like T and again that's that's
elite preparation but worry less about
those guys and I worry a lot about you
know the guys on the minor league side
of things because you know the
uncertainty of the future the
uncertainty of a five round draft and
what's going to happen in the future I
think that I can't imagine what these
guys are going through today at the big
league level and the minor league level
both so you know just sympathizing and
empathizing with what they're going
through right now and the challenges
that's going on is really something
that's extraordinary unprecedented we're
living in unprecedented time that being
said I'm really encouraged by the future
of the game you know guys like thee with
knowing that we're gonna be moving
forward soon baseball will be played
again and it will be part of the healing
process of the country and going on so I
can't wait to see this game flourish
again and I think it's gonna be exciting
the structure of the format you know
what's gonna happen in the future a
shortened season I think it's going to
be really exciting you know the game of
baseball is going to go on carry on with
that being said these guys are going
through some tough times and and I'm
sure that they're chomping at the bit to
get back into some form of normalcy
moving forward yes I agree I think we're
gonna come back we're gonna come back
stronger they once somebody meets you
once I met you
doesn't take long to find out that
you're a great guy they're just somebody
special who cares about those guys in
the club out so right now they've got a
lot of kids in that Clubhouse your
family and everybody around you and kids
that you've never met before all the
people that you have helped in your
community who instilled that trait in
you growing up because you don't want
that reward unless you have something
special inside and you've got it man I
got uncle Anthony Gord Donna Board they
they they go far and beyond for our
family and for others
so it's me doing this is just water
under the bridge to the things that they
do every day on a normal life and I
honestly do it to make sure you know I
hold my family legacy the people that
they are you know to a high standard as
well but that's why I do it as well and
honestly just growing up I've always had
a soft spot if somebody didn't have the
same blessings I had so that's why
you're passing it forward man you're
making it happen that's outstanding
Jamie here the same way with the Jamie
Moyer foundation you've helped out so
many kids for many many years can you
tell us how you got the Jamie Moyer
foundation underway and what can do it
was an extension of you know being a
Seattle Mariner and really getting
involved in the community in Seattle and
wanting to do more and we felt that you
know we could take it a step further and
try to help you know and then be an
extension or an arm if you will of the
Mariners and we created our own
foundation and chose our causes and most
of those causes were with children or
children in need and you know being able
to see that and make an impact and make
a difference and and help those in need
I think was really important and to see
the impact that again it wasn't a me
thing it was it was an us thing it was
it was the impact that we all could make
and bringing a community together and
you know we were able to create camps
that were better
you know still running throughout the
United States for children who have lost
a family member or children who live
under the roof of an addicted family
member so you know it's still having its
own impact as we move forward down the
road so you know with that being said
you know I mean it's again as an athlete
you know you try to do something to make
a difference and you know we're all
trying to make that impact on the field
but it's also what Raul what Harold what
everybody's talked about Dee you know
making that impact off the field Raul
it's great to have you here you have
been such a big part of the Mariners
organization with the club three
different times as we talked about
before up and down in the early part of
your career but you hung in there how
were you able to hang in there you moved
on you had a great career and what
stands out about your time as a Seattle
Mariner all those years well thank you
not because he's on here but Jamie Moyer
and then ena is impacted my career more
than anybody did amy was the guy that I
used to look to Jamie as a young player
when I'm sitting it's never playing I
say Jamie he's smiling because he knows
Tim play the story of your career again
he was like I had now he's like an elite
new league starter winning 15 20 games a
year and he will tell and talk to me and
I always looked at him as a role model
look to him as a role model of what
could be possible if you train and work
and have discipline as well as Edgar and
but both of those guys what they did and
what it meant to be a Seattle Mariner
was was character it was makeup it was a
Dan Wilson Jamie Moyer member is Jay
Buhner Griffey and I'm hope I'm not
leaving guys out or which I'm sure I am
but these guys made an impact on my life
as men and moving you know out of that
into the on the baseball side with the
Seattle Mariners did Seattle Mariners as
even as minor leaguers you know guys
like Chuck Armstrong and and Howard
Lincoln they wanted they made it a point
even on the minor league side to make an
impact on the community and then it
personified you saw it personified with
guys like Jamie Moyer and then it was
continued with the Mariners he
PR department and Sean Grindley who
played a huge role and I'm hoping Sean's
on the call cuz he played a huge role in
making an impact making sure that you
know he lined you up paired you up with
with stuff that was dear and near to
your heart so it was just a
collaborative and collective effort and
I feel blessed I've been a part of it
Harold you were an all-star with the
Mariners a stolen base title in 1987
there's a great story there you sold 60
bases you had a great battle it went
down to the last day of the regular
season with Willie Wilson but then after
the season you get a phone call can you
please tell us that story it's one of
the best stories I've ever heard and Dee
is gonna really people asked me about
this story quite a bit
well Rickey Henderson had always wanted
stolen base title in the eighties he won
every year he's still in about a hundred
to 120 basis of season that year in 87
he got injured and so here I am finding
myself high but Willie Wilson on the
last day of season yeah Ricky got
injured in Manny I think he already had
like thirty five stolen bases in May you
know he's on his way to another hundred
plus yes lien in the hotel and so I
steal my 60th bag I put my Ricky Hansen
on the chair that was the last day of
the season I get back home my phone
rings on the next day I answer the phone
and he says Henderson here today what's
up he goes sixty stolen bases you ought
to be ashamed all-star break
that was my Congrats
I got congratulate still talks to me
about that to this day it's pretty cool
dad's I don't want my big moments as the
Marinette fans one of the things about
your career that I find so interesting I
love watching you play the game and the
joy you bring to the field and you
brought that same joy into helping to
educate and promote to other players an
important
of the history of the negro leagues and
the Negro Leagues museum in Kansas City
talk about how that means so much to you
and what you've done that to kind of
help keep everybody in the loop on
what's going on there oh man I
personally feel like without a Negro
Leagues I wouldn't be able to play
baseball like you know the you know the
you know your Jackie Robinson came
through Hank Aaron came through you know
these guys paved the way for guys like
myself in here oh and Raul to some
aspect you know with the Latinos so uh
it's it is big for me to pay homage to
the people who get it before me just
like I did with these three guys when
they got off because you you wouldn't
make it nowhere without the people that
were there with them
and that's what I just try to show my
respects and know that I'm blessed you
know financially so give back and help
the museum as well and it also educate
these young african-american players
about the history of it because just
like the first time I when I was like
googly-eye like oh I only did this
because honestly you can add here we can
do some things on the field and get in
trouble for it because it's different
you know what I'm saying and you see
that they were doing the stuff that I
would do different now they were doing
it by then a hundred years ago that's
just pretty awesome Harold let me have
you put your analyst out on your about
no sense DeeDee you played second base
Bowie who would you take give me a
scouting report on your game compared to
Dee Gordon oh well then was two hundred
hits the season you know so he's pretty
impressive
it would've been fun to compete against
B you know I was a switch hitter he hits
left-handed we play a very similar game
but I think he's probably stronger a
little a lot better arm he could play
shortstop if he wanted to I I don't
think I could have played short so I
would have to give the nod I'm not gonna
short myself too much but I myself for D
he's got some who's got some talent I
did not have really impressed I'm taking
I'm taking here all day long you want
three go gloves I have one
it's good to have goals Jaime the last
time I saw you was in Cooperstown last
summer and Edgar's induction and I'll
say and this is off the topic and it's
probably for another day but I think 269
wins and 25 years of success at the
major league level I think your career
should walk by those who played longer
than you in baseball and what like you
were just hanging on I mean you were
getting stuff for another day let me ask
you what it was like to be in
Cooperstown and see another guy who had
to kind of fight a lot to get there in
Edgar III never had well I just felt
better for a guy that weekend what were
your memories yeah well you know Mike
that was my second opportunity to be at
a Hall of Fame induction I was I went to
juniors as well and both you know it
just the whole week it's a magical place
you know you hear people talk about
Disney World being a magical place for
children well to me Cooperstown is a
magical place for baseball and baseball
fans and the players who are being
inducted it's everywhere you walked
everywhere you go every conversation you
have it has something to do with
baseball right and then to have been
fortunate enough to be a teammate of
Edgar's and actually play against him as
an opponent first and then become a
teammate for a long period of time and
watch what it took for Edgar to be the
player he was to be the leader he was to
be the quiet leader he was but and
sometimes funny but the intensity that
he brought the professionalism that he
brought and then to see it all kind of
culminate last year on Hall of Fame
weekend yeah I mean what an honor that
is to become a Hall of Famer I'm sure
but I'm sure Edgar would say that took
many people but Edgar had to do the work
and you know Edgar's a very humble a
humble man
and a very respectful man and it was
just it was just an honor for me to be
there and I took my son Dylan who had
never been to a Hall of Fame induction I
think we both it was a great way for us
to kind of reconnect but reconnect with
the game of baseball and I any my know
that I'm not promoting the Hall of Fame
or anything like that but it is a great
place now anybody that ever has a chance
to go to a Hall of Fame induction or
just visit Cooperstown especially in the
summertime when it's beautiful up there
it is the coolest coolest experience
that you can have whether it's whether
you know the player of a player going in
or you don't it's thousands of people
that love the same thing you love and
that's baseball well the last quick
question for me and it's not a baseball
question you and I have one thing in
common we are both fans of the little
Seattle band with the great big heart
Pearl Jam I got to think you've heard
Gigaton by now what do you think of
their new album I mean they're fantastic
I think obviously I'm biased I think
he's got this but again in the spirit of
the Hutt's award not just are they one
of the greatest fans of all time if not
the greatest rock n roll band of all
time
but there are some of the greatest human
beings of all time it's just as people
their humility so I mean just bringing
this up and I know that we got to wrap
this up but I just want to tell you guys
what a privilege and an honor it is to
be on a panel of human beings like this
and now that you bring up Pearl Jam if
if you get your music or you're not into
that top music you've got to get the
album these guys are fantastic
phenomenal musicians and people the
lyrics the musicianship and the quality
of and the theme of their music is just
fantastic so I love it I'm a fan I tell
you what this has been really special
guys absolutely unbelievable so much fun
to have you here real quick mate at ten
seconds each we'll start with Jamie
Worrell and Harold what would you like
to say before we sign off for this young
man right here Figur in the winter of
the Fred hutch award Jamie will speak
with you again d congrats and a great
honor now it's up to you to pass this
baton on as you talked about
passing this baton on and and being that
person continue to be that person as you
are you know wish you nothing but the
best success your health your family
your daddy make sure you tell your daddy
hello and great seeing all you guys
thank you for allowing me to be a part
of this special day bro yeah I want to
echo that I mean congratulations on this
tremendous award obviously it speaks
volumes to the human being that you are
and and I want to echo that with Jamie
to don't underestimate not just the
impact that you're making outside of
there and I know you take this serious
but the game just like these guys Harold
and Jamie passed it along and paid it
forward to me what you're doing in that
locker room is is making champions and
making men and help them get us have for
a long careers so I want to commend you
on that thank you for being who you are
and here's to the next 15 years I think
you got another 18 or so in you Harold
how about you well I think for everybody
who's watching this and paying attention
being out here on the East Coast I know
this seems like a Seattle centric
conversation but the Fred hutch award is
known all over the world and it is
impacts the East Coast I live in New
Jersey and people know immediately what
Fred Hudson research cancer cancer
center is it's impacted so many people
not just in the northwest but across
this whole globe so I want you to know
that that it is a huge awardee not just
a Seattle centric award but a huge award
that people know about worldwide just
keep being who you are you've been
raised right raised that little daughter
of yours right and just keep being who
you are people are following you you've
always been a leader and just keep being
who you are and things will continue to
be great but I'm honored to be here
honored to be able to honor you today so
thank you Rick Mike Jamie Raul and
Toodee for having me on today appreciate
it
Harold Thank You Jamie Raul D thank you
for helping us make this is obviously a
special year for the Hutchins
we couldn't have done it without you to
make this a really fun and memorable day
and Dee congratulations also thanks to
John Stanton of the manners and dr. Tom
Lynch from the Fred Hutchinson Cancer
Research Center for joining us as well
Rick this has been a great time take us
home Rosie Oh Mike this has been
absolutely fantastic I really enjoyed
being a part of the hutch award
celebration to honor dee Gordon right
here India I want to let you know that
Fred is up there smiling at you right
now the Hutchison family and dr. bill
everybody for the man you are not just
the ballplayer are but the man you are
and all the people that you helped we
have a lot of fun with our all-star
panel again thanks to Harold and to
Jamie to Raul and great daughter UD this
afternoon and my sidekick right here
Mike I couldn't have a better go host
for the Fred hutch award this is an
incredible organization they're gonna
find a cure for cancers we're eventually
going to get a cure and a vaccine for
the koban 19 virus so we want to thank
the Mariners organization again for
being such an incredible partner through
all this and hope it has pulled together
such a fun panel today this was awesome
Fred hutch as you know has always done
critical life-saving work and I've
always been grateful to have them here
in Seattle but I'm even more grateful
now hearing about the remarkable work
they're doing to protect our community
from kovat 19 peerless science like the
hutch is doing is what we need to end
this horrible pandemic now once again if
you're able to please step up to the
plate and make a donation to the Fred
hutch today you can visit the site
they'll be coming up on the screen
shortly and that link is Fred hutch org
slash punch Award / donate once again
Fred hutch org flash punch award /
donate the link can also be found over
in the chat session so again
congratulations to Mariners second
baseman D gourd then winning and
receiving the 55th recipient of the Fred
hutch award amazing career an amazing
guy I'm Rick Ritter signing off along
with Mike Gastineau we can't thank you
enough for joining us for this special
celebration honoring D Gore and so from
all of us to all of you this reminders
stay safe stay well and stay strong
thank you so much
