We are live from Fanatics Fest, and we are joined by a man who I can introduce as first ballot hall of favor.

C.C. Sabathia. How does that sound? First Ballot Hall of Fame.

Sounds surreal, to be honest.

Congratulations. I'm getting the ring of it. Thank you.

I'm excited for you. Me and Tracy will be up there with the family.

What did you think about, I mean,

Tracy was at the announcement when it, when it happened. So she saw it real time, but what was that

emotion like? It had to be unbelievable. Yeah, it was. It was, like you said, unbelievable. Just a

real moment. And then they have my family there. And, you know, if you watch the video, like, I get the call and I'm sitting there, and then I'm kind of like, just don't know what to do.

And then my daughter grabs me and I kind of snap out of it.

But it was fun to be able to have them involved, have the family there, have everybody there,

because you guys have been such a big part of my, you know, my time here in New York, my career,

my family, so it felt right to have everybody there.

Now you didn't know beforehand.

No. And they tell you like from six to seven is a window.

Like as soon as someone knocks on your door and I got a jacket on, you know.

Yeah, you know, but they tell you, you got a window from six to seven. And nobody, you know, it got to be like 640. And I'm like, you know, what's going on?

So, like, it's a real, you know, it's a real shock when they call.

There's a guy, I forget his name, like Thibbodeau or Thibbs, Mr. Tibbs,

who keeps track of all the public votes.

So as a baseball fan, as a baseball geek, I was like, oh, C, C's in. He's a lot. Were you paying attention to the

kind of public discourse on you're going to get in or your...

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