Bobby Goldwater's guest appearances

Bobby Goldwater

Our Town with host Andy Ockershausen - Homegrown History

Thom Loverro's Cigars and Curveballs

Cigars and Curveballs

Charlie Brotman

George Solomon

Thom Loverro

Andy Ockershausen

George Pelecanos

Ernie Baur

Johnny Holliday

Ric Edelman

Ryan Seacrest

Caroline Carter

Jackie Robinson

Dexter Manley

Joe Mantegna

Colt McCoy

Michael Collins

OwlTail

Bobby Goldwater, Innovative Sports Executive and Consultant, on when he realized he could come up with a strategy to bring a Major League Baseball team back to Our Town~"The first five people, Andy, that I met with inside baseball, did not know a basic fact about Washington DC and the light bulb goes off, this is a marketing project. I can do that."Bobby Goldwater, Innovative Sports Executive and Consultant, and host Andy Ockershausen in-studio interviewAndy Ockershausen:	This is Our Town. This is Andy Ockershausen and a conversation with a very dear friend and a very important person to me and to Our Town. His name is Bobby Goldwater. Many, many times. I have thought to ask you this question, are you related in any way to the Arizona Goldwaters?Senator Barry Goldwater Distant RelativeBobby Goldwater:	Yes. I am told, that there is a distant relation. My sister, once upon a time did a family tree. We are, this is what she told us, fourth cousins twice removed, from the Arizona Goldwaters. I never met Senator Goldwater. My father and my brother did, but I did not.Andy Ockershausen:	Well, a fabulous human being, to me-Bobby Goldwater:	Yes indeed.Andy Ockershausen:	... and a member of Our Town, he lived in Our Town in an apartment complex, and I used to go into the drug store, he went into the druggist all the time, but I met him and then I had the misfortune fortune, I was a delegate to the Republican National Convention to support Barry Goldwater because he was such a, at the time a fresh breeze and a thing. He was a Westerner as you know, and he lived it and breathed it. His family lived it. I went to his department store in Phoenix one time, just to make sure it was there, but he didn't have anything to do with it. I think his brother ran that.The Goldwater's Fine Department StoreBobby Goldwater:	Well, the family did, and the first time I was in Phoenix I said to myself, “You know, I've got to go to the department store because it has my name on it.” So I went in, I did some shopping, and I hand my credit card to the clerk, and she sees my last name, and she calls the assistant manager, and the assistant manager is going, “Oh, Mr. Goldwater, Mr. Goldwater, was everything okay?” I'm trying to convince her that I am not that Goldwater, I am not part of that part of the family, and I couldn't convince her so I just let it go. She was very nice, she couldn't have been nicer, but it was just funny, but I took a shopping bag with my family name on it. It was great.Andy Ockershausen:	And your own Goldwater. Bobby, that's a great story, but that was a big part of your life. The name I'm sure when you were growing up in the business and you're a New Yorker. Scarsdale High School.Scarsdale High School Alumnus | Scarsdale, New YorkBobby Goldwater:	Yes sir.Andy Ockershausen:	That's a very wealthy neighborhood, Scarsdale, I would say.Bobby Goldwater:	People think that, yes.Andy Ockershausen:	Scarsdale High was sort of like Hollywood High on the east. I mean they had all the celebrity. And you went to Miami University of Ohio, which is a long way from Scarsdale but not. Scarsdale is the upper grade high school as I remember.Bobby Goldwater:	Mm-hmm (affirmative), it is.Andy Ockershausen:	And the University of Miami is fabulous.Miami University of Ohio AlumnusBobby Goldwater:	Miami University.Andy Ockershausen:	I mean, I mean-Bobby Goldwater:	We're very sensitive about that.Andy Ockershausen:	And they make a big thing of that too.Bobby Goldwater:	Yes, we do.Andy Ockershausen:	Donna Shalala, right?Donna Shalala Attended the University of MiamiBobby Goldwater:	Yeah. She was at the University of Miami-Andy Ockershausen:	I know that.Bobby Goldwater:	... in Florida.Other Ohio UniversitiesAndy Ockershausen:	But Ohio is such an important part our culture because there's an Ohio school, it's not Ohio State, right?Bobby Goldwater:	Nope.Andy Ockershausen:	University of Ohio.

Bobby Goldwater, Innovative Sports Executive and Consultant, on when he realized he could come up with a strategy to bring a Major League Baseball team back to Our Town~ "The first five people, Andy, that I met with inside baseball, did not know a basic fact about Washington DC and the light bulb goes off, this is a marketing project. I can do that." Bobby Goldwater, Innovative Sports Executive and Consultant, and host Andy Ockershausen in-studio interview Andy Ockershausen:	This is Our Town. This is Andy Ockershausen and a conversation with a very dear friend and a very important person to me and to Our Town. His name is Bobby Goldwater. Many, many times. I have thought to ask you this question, are you related in any way to the Arizona Goldwaters? Senator Barry Goldwater Distant Relative Bobby Goldwater:	Yes. I am told, that there is a distant relation. My sister, once upon a time did a family tree. We are, this is what she told us, fourth cousins twice removed, from the Arizona Goldwaters. I never met Senator Goldwater. My father and my brother did, but I did not. Andy Ockershausen:	Well, a fabulous human being, to me- Bobby Goldwater:	Yes indeed. Andy Ockershausen:	... and a member of Our Town, he lived in Our Town in an apartment complex, and I used to go into the drug store, he went into the druggist all the time, but I met him and then I had the misfortune fortune, I was a delegate to the Republican National Convention to support Barry Goldwater because he was such a, at the time a fresh breeze and a thing. He was a Westerner as you know, and he lived it and breathed it. His family lived it. I went to his department store in Phoenix one time, just to make sure it was there, but he didn't have anything to do with it. I think his brother ran that. The Goldwater's Fine Department Store Bobby Goldwater:	Well, the family did, and the first time I was in Phoenix I said to myself, “You know, I've got to go to the department store because it has my name on it.” So I went in, I did some shopping, and I hand my credit card to the clerk, and she sees my last name, and she calls the assistant manager, and the assistant manager is going, “Oh, Mr. Goldwater, Mr. Goldwater, was everything okay?” I'm trying to convince her that I am not that Goldwater, I am not part of that part of the family, and I couldn't convince her so I just let it go. She was very nice, she couldn't have been nicer, but it was just funny, but I took a shopping bag with my family name on it. It was great. Andy Ockershausen:	And your own Goldwater. Bobby, that's a great story, but that was a big part of your life. The name I'm sure when you were growing up in the business and you're a New Yorker. Scarsdale High School. Scarsdale High School Alumnus | Scarsdale, New York Bobby Goldwater:	Yes sir. Andy Ockershausen:	That's a very wealthy neighborhood, Scarsdale, I would say. Bobby Goldwater:	People think that, yes. Andy Ockershausen:	Scarsdale High was sort of like Hollywood High on the east. I mean they had all the celebrity. And you went to Miami University of Ohio, which is a long way from Scarsdale but not. Scarsdale is the upper grade high school as I remember. Bobby Goldwater:	Mm-hmm (affirmative), it is. Andy Ockershausen:	And the University of Miami is fabulous. Miami University of Ohio Alumnus Bobby Goldwater:	Miami University. Andy Ockershausen:	I mean, I mean- Bobby Goldwater:	We're very sensitive about that. Andy Ockershausen:	And they make a big thing of that too. Bobby Goldwater:	Yes, we do. Andy Ockershausen:	Donna Shalala, right? Donna Shalala Attended the University of Miami Bobby Goldwater:	Yeah. She was at the University of Miami- Andy Ockershausen:	I know that. Bobby Goldwater:	... in Florida. Other Ohio Universities Andy Ockershausen:	But Ohio is such an important part our culture because there's an Ohio school, it's not Ohio State, right? Bobby Goldwater:	Nope. Andy Ockershausen:	University of Ohio.

Bobby Goldwater – Innovative Sports Executive and Consultant

From Wednesday, March 7, 2018: Thom brings on one of the key behind the scenes figures in Washington landing the Nationals, Bobby Goldwater, this is a must listen for DC baseball fans.  They start with his long career as an executive at Madison Square Garden (7:40), his 1 on 1 meeting with Muhammad Ali (13:17), moving to LA to manage the Staples Center (25:27), coming to DC to among other things try and get a MLB team (30:55), educating those high up in Baseball about how the city was changing and ripe for a franchise (32:25, &amp; finally how he realized that the Navy Yard neighborhood was the perfect spot for a new ballpark (36:32).

From Wednesday, March 7, 2018: Thom brings on one of the key behind the scenes figures in Washington landing the Nationals, Bobby Goldwater, this is a must listen for DC baseball fans.  They start with his long career as an executive at Madison Square Garden (7:40), his 1 on 1 meeting with Muhammad Ali (13:17), moving to LA to manage the Staples Center (25:27), coming to DC to among other things try and get a MLB team (30:55), educating those high up in Baseball about how the city was changing and ripe for a franchise (32:25, &amp; finally how he realized that the Navy Yard neighborhood was the perfect spot for a new ballpark (36:32).

Bobby Goldwater with Thom Loverro 