“My name is Christopher Joseph McGee and I just came to play ball Phil”. That’s what Los Angeles Laker broadcaster Chris McGee, aka Geeter, told “Phil” in 1994 outside CBS Studios as Phil was choosing contestants for TV game show The Price is Right. It was enough to make the cut, and Geeter went on to win a car…and a lamp set. The story of Geeter’s hilarious appearance on the show is broken down on episode 20 of Sports Stories with Denny Lennon (SSDL). That episode, and episode 21, which includes original SSDL footage from the Kobe and Gianna Bryant Memorial at Staples Center, are both available on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAptlwY1ahhH9LG9DyHGMDw

As we conclude our three part series with Geeter, we remain inspired, and we will continue to “Play Ball”. Tonight, February 28th, SSDL will make good use of our media passes to cover the best High School basketball action in the nation. We will be at The Pyramid in Long Beach for the CIF-SS Open Division Championship games, where we keep up with the Windward School (Mar Vista) girls team, including frosh phenom Juju Watkins, as they take on Mater Dei High School (Santa Ana) in the 5:00pm game. The Mater Dei fans will stay in their seats for the 8:30pm boys title game, as MDHS plays the well traveled Sierra Canyon High School (Santa Clarita), a “super” team that has payed in eight states this season and on national TV more than some NBA teams. Sierra Canyon has an up and coming freshman of their own, Bronny James, who hit a big three down the stretch of their last game to help the team advance to tonights title game. SSDL has upcoming episodes with Sierra Canyon Athletic Director Rock Pillsbury and Windward Athletic Director Tyrone Powell.

Saturday, SSDL will be at Loyola Marymount University for the unveiling of the Hank Gathers Statue and reunion of the 1990 LMU basketball team that made a magical run to the NCAA Tournament “elite eight” . SSDL will be on hand for the event, and will have an inside look at the 1990 on a future episode which will include an interview with Wayne Boehle, the lead attorney for LMU in the Hank Gathers case.

Time to Play Ball.

Image attached: Jonas Never (@never1959) mural at Tower Pizza, 8351 Lincoln Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90045