-Last time we talked about you
on your Major League Baseball team on Fox,
during the World Series.
You were fantastic.
Congrats on the Emmy.
And now today you just got a new job.
-[ Laughs ]
-This is a big deal. [ Cheers and applause ]
-Unemployed to new job.
-Unemployed to new job in a matter of, yeah, weeks.
No, you do such a good job.
Today it was announced --
I don't even know how you pulled this off --
but you're going to be on ESPN "Sunday Night Baseball."
-Yeah. [ Cheers and applause ]
Yeah. -That's fantastic.
-You know, first of all, Jimmy, the leaders at Fox,
Eric Shanks and John Entz, they discovered me.
They gave me my first opportunity.
And they allowed for this day
to really be a groundbreaking day for me.
So, I'm really excited
to be working with two major companies, Disney and Fox.
-I mean, how are you pulling this off?
-I don't know.
-This is -- I mean, it's going to be fantastic.
I mean, 'cause you're great at it.
And who is the team over at ESPN?
-So, we have Matt and we have Jessica Mendoza.
Jessica is the first female
that's been in the booth doing color on a national platform.
-That's right. [ Cheers and applause ]
Yeah, which is awesome. -That's great.
-I'm so excited to be teaming up.
They're both wildly talented.
And because of ESPN, and because of Jessica,
maybe my daughters one day get to be in the booth with Dad.
-Yeah, why not? [ Cheers and applause ]
That'd be cool. That would be fun.
I love seeing you in the booth.
'Cause I miss -- I would go to Yankee games
and I would root for the Yankees,
and I'd root for you.
And I remember just, like, I don't know,
we just didn't click or we didn't gel or something.
You would come up to the batting circle,
and I had really nice seats.
I was behind home plate. It was great.
And I would go, "A-Rod, yo, what's up?!"
And you would come out and you would come and have the bat
and you'd look at me and you'd go...
[ Laughter ]
And then you would go --
And then I'd go, "What was that about?"
And then you would hit a home run or something,
and I go, you have me to thank.
I got you hyped up. I got you angry.
Ready to go out there and win.
-You know what happened? This is a true story.
I think the night before I watched "Fever Pitch" --
[ Laughter ]
So I was like -- -Oh, I get it now.
I get it now. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Now let's talk about "Shark Tank."
This is your 20th job.
[ Laughter ]
How did you get involved with "Shark --"
'cause I love "Shark Tank."
-You know, it's a wonderful job.
First of all, it's such a great show,
because if you think about over the last nine seasons,
over $100 million deployed.
Over 10,000 jobs for the U.S. economy.
And in many ways on Sunday nights, America gets their MBA.
Maybe not from Harvard Business School, but from "Shark Tank."
And it's just been a blast.
-I feel like I would be good at that.
But then I make some decisions and I go no.
-Now, here's my question -- -No one would agree with me.
I'm like, "I think they should have that."
-Now, would you be a shark or would you be an entrepreneur?
'Cause I can see you with a lot of ideas.
-I would be the first person to be both.
-Okay, there you go. [ Laughter ]
-I would pitch myself the idea then pass on my idea.
-I love it. I love it. I love it.
-I have an idea.
I think they should invent -- you know, like bearskin rug?
That's a thing of the past.
No more bears getting used as rugs.
But a gummy bearskin rug. [ Laughter ]
A giant gummy bear with a giant gummy bear head --
gummy bearskin rug.
I'll let you in ground floor. [ Cheers and applause ]
60%.
-I would say, Jimmy, I love you.
I like "Fever Pitch."
I think it's a stupid idea, and for that reason, I'm out.
[ Laughter ]
-Do you feel that way when you give your criticism?
'Cause you guys are competitive on the show.
-Oh, yeah. You know, it gets friendly,
but then once the game --
it's just like a game. We get competitive.
And the girls, they're nasty.
They get tough.
Like, Barbara and Lori, they're tough.
I always like to partner with the ladies.
Barbara and Lori is amazing.
-Really? -Yes. Oh, they're smart.
-Now, coming up, is there something you're like,
"Oh, this is going to be a game-changer?"
Or every -- I mean, is there something you saw, you go like,
"That's going to be something that's going to be big?"
-You know, I don't focus on the product.
A lot of times I bet on the jockey, not on the horse.
So I am reading body language, background,
track record of the entrepreneur.
-See, this is why I'm terrible.
I would never be -- That's why they'd never ask me to go on,
because I would be like, "I think this is great idea,
gummy bearskin rugs?" [ Laughter ]
I think everyone would have one of those
in front of the fireplace.
-Exactly. [ Laughter ]
-I mean, really awful ideas.
I've come up with so many bad ones.
You are fantastic.