Joe Buck: For the Love of The Game

Literally! With Rob Lowe

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Society & Culture

4.8 • 12.2K Ratings

🗓️ 7 September 2023

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

Joe Buck and Rob Lowe love talking inside baseball…and football! In this episode you’ll hear Joe talk to Rob about stepping away as the play-by-play announcer of the World Series after 25 years, the NFL storylines both on and off the field he’s looking forward to covering this year, and what it’s going to take to bring the excitement of baseball back into the game for younger generations of fans. Plus, Rob explains how a boy from Dayton, Ohio became such a die-hard Dodgers fan. Got a question for Rob? Call our voicemail at (323) 570-4551. Yours could get featured on the show! This episode was recorded on August 28, 2023.

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0:00.0	Knowing football is about the fourth on the list.
0:02.9	You know, there's there's acting, there's the prep,
0:05.9	there's the get it in within 20 seconds,
0:08.7	there's a lot more to it than just knowing football.
0:11.6	Hey, everybody. I'm getting very serious today. I'm working on my broadcasting voice.
0:30.0	I'm very nervous. Hall of Fame broadcaster, just sports savant.
0:35.2	I mean, when I turn on a television, I hear his voice coming at me every time I watch sports.
0:40.5	The great Joe Buck is on the show right now.
0:44.6	One of my favorite people, favorite broadcaster,
0:47.6	and just knows where everybody is buried.
0:51.1	One of the great guys, and I'm hoping that I don't embarrass myself as a fledgling broadcaster
0:57.0	in the likes of Mr. Joe Buck. Let's roll.
1:07.2	I just saw your partner, Troy Ekman in the gym.
1:10.2	He's such a beast, dude. It's like how I don't understand.
1:15.6	How is he? I don't know. I don't know what he's just he's that's his lifestyle,
1:20.8	but that's your lifestyle. Aren't you on like low carb cracker ads and stuff like that?
1:25.8	Yeah. Atkins, man, low carb, high protein,
1:29.6	but I don't look like Troy Ekman, the guy's in it.
1:31.9	He looks like he's in better shape than when he played.
1:34.6	I think in some ways he is. I didn't know him back then,
1:38.0	but I do get the sense that he, if somebody called,
1:42.8	I don't think he would dismiss it, and he's 50, I'm 54, so he's 56.
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