What is happening. Welcome to Nick Pollock and friends where I talk to people I know and who you should know.

Today we have Scott Pianowski of Yahoo. Scott. Thanks so much for taking the time today.

My pleasure, Nick. Thanks for having me.

This is something I've been wanting to do for a while. I think I've been like DM in you for maybe a year plus. I don't know.

And Scott's been someone that I actually haven't had enough time to,

or really had the opportunity, I should say,

to sit down and, I don't know, just to get to know you more.

I'm really happy that we have this opportunity today.

And from afar, I mean, Scott's been such a fantastic example of bringing great energy

and wit to the baseball world, not making it stilted, not making it just kind of the same

old thing, just smarts with good character behind every word and every, every article. And

it's, you know, it's been great watching you inside of the, the, you know, from where I am,

I'm just kind of like a guy in a bedroom who started a website.

And just seeing your name everywhere and seeing how you interact with, the entire community

has just been fantastic over the years.

And it's a pleasure to kind of just get to learn about you today, you know,

where you started, where you got into this. And let's do that. Where did you grow up? Scott,

we talked a little bit before the podcast started. But, you know, what was six-year-old Scott

Pianowski like? What was there his dreams and ambitions?

Yeah, it's a lot to unpack there.

I grew up in New England, Chelmsford, Massachusetts, just short of the New Hampshire border, and I grew up obsessed with reading, obsessed with numbers, obsessed with baseball,

with sports in general, and I would, I was always reading. I would

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