Mojo In The Morning

No Talking During The Game

11 min
Apr 3, 2026about 2 months ago
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Summary

The Mojo in the Morning team broadcasts live from Eastern Market in Detroit ahead of a Tigers game, discussing etiquette and social dynamics at sporting events. The main debate centers on whether it's appropriate to talk during games, with hosts sharing contrasting views on balancing social interaction with game engagement.

Insights
  • Sports venue attendance serves dual purposes: watching the game and socializing, with different attendees prioritizing these differently based on personal preferences
  • Parking logistics and traffic management significantly impact the game-day experience and influence when attendees choose to leave events
  • Couples and groups attending games together may have conflicting expectations about social interaction versus focused game watching
  • Baseball is perceived as a more socially-friendly sport compared to basketball due to its pace and structure allowing for conversation
Trends
Growing awareness of different attendance styles at live sporting events and the need to align expectations among groupsPost-event traffic management becoming a primary factor in attendee decision-making for when to leave venuesIncreased use of ride-sharing services over personal vehicles for stadium attendance to avoid parking congestionSports venues expanding hospitality offerings with branded experiences (Airstream trailers, premium lounges) to enhance attendance value
Companies
Tito's Vodka
Sponsor brand with Airstream trailer setup at Eastern Market event space for game day party
Little Caesars
Mentioned as having restaurant locations inside sports venues where attendees visit during games
People
Mojo
Primary host discussing game attendance etiquette and personal experiences at sporting events
Shannon
Co-host participating in discussion about game day social dynamics and event attendance
Anna
Co-host attending Tigers game as Mojo's plus one and discussing attendance preferences
Chelsea
Co-host sharing personal experience attending games with friends who prefer silent game watching
Erica
Listener who called in to discuss staying until the end of games and managing crowd exit anxiety
Ian
Listener who shared experience of Red Wings game where crowd returned to seats after comeback
Quotes
"A person who is not generous cannot be an artist. The world will be at peace only when it is ruled by poets and philosophers."
UnknownOpening segment
"Baseball is not the sport that you have to like sit there and watch very intently because you're going to miss something. Baseball of all the sports is great to go and be social at."
ShannonMid-episode
"I have this thing where if I'm somewhere all I keep thinking is I'm going to get trapped in quicksand. And if I don't get out now I won't get out."
EricaCaller segment
"I don't like people who leave early. I'm really honest with you. Especially in basketball because anything can happen at any given moment."
Unknown hostMid-episode
Full Transcript
No gloss, no filter, just stories, spoken without fear. A person who is not generous cannot be an artist. The world will be at peace only when it is ruled by poets and philosophers. Listen to my weekly podcast, the puja bhajjo on the iHeart radio app, Apple Podcast or wherever you get your podcasts. Come for the honesty, stay for the fire. A small, trampled div and left tiger baze. Mojo in the morning, heading down to the game today. Thank you for having us on. Gonna have a fantastic weather day. We earned this for how horrible our January, February and March was. We get sunny skies, temperatures right around 72 at game time. Bra, barometric pressure, I don't know. I never, what is that anyway? I don't know, but it's windy. It's all as breezy out there. You can even hear the breeze off of the microphones of the girls and definitely see Bianca's hair affluent. It looks good, doesn't it? It does. It looks wonderful. You guys both look great. I got a hat on though. Both of you guys look great in your tiger's gear. I love it. Shannon's got some nice tiger's gear on. I got tiger's hoodie on. Kevin's got a tiger's hoodie on. Look at Angel, wearing her hot tiger's outfit. Lydia got a little orange on. Let's see Lydia. Let's see Lydia on camera here. Hold on a second. Are you there? Why is Lydia's camera off? I want to show her off. Lydia. She ran to the restroom. She's not allowed to. So he could steal some. And there's a big line for the restroom right now because we're having a little party. Oh yeah. What's the vibe like over there? The vibe here is great. So the vibe here is we're having a bunch of clients that are coming by today. So shout out to all of them as they're coming down to hang out with us in Eastern Market. And then we have Detroit vs. Everybody combo in the party. The Tito's bosses here. That's fire. That's air stream. Yeah. And so if you've never been to our Eastern Market offices, there is a huge event space. And then there is a garage door that lets up that leads into the alley. So the garage door is up because it's obviously beautiful outside. The alley has been transformed into like a backyard party. Oh, I didn't come out here yet. It's like white fenced in, some green grass out there, some nice chairs. One of those like sub stream trailers. Air stream. Air stream trailers is like Tito's vodka everywhere. Did they drink to you already? Yes. It's ready to go. Yeah. Let's just hope they don't pull up with lamb skins. No. But lamb chops. I think they'll be free of that. Those guys go to the games today. They have their tickets. So I want to talk about a couple of things because I am going to get a chance to go to the game and I am Anna's plus one. We talked about that this morning. And I also have some friends that are going to the game and there's a little bit of a thing that I was talking about with Chels about this. And I don't know if Anna is like our friends. So our friends are going to the game and they have a thing when they go to the game with each other. They go to games and they don't go to the games to spend time with each other. They go to the games to watch the games. He doesn't like to talk during the games. And Chels and I have gone to a game before with them. They have four tickets and a lot of times they'll sell to and they'll go by themselves or they'll invite friends. They invited us. We sat there the entire time and he does not talk and they do not talk the entire game. And it's weird. Like I was there at the game and I said to Chelsea I go do they talk to each other at all during the game. And she said no. So I asked a question of them the next time that we saw them. And I said you guys and thank God that you brought Chelsea and I here because Chels and her were talking while I was talking to him. He was fine with me. He does not like going to the game and talking to her at the game. Because she don't know what she's talking about. That's what it is. But I'm not sitting there talking baseball stuff like you know what I mean. Like I'm not sitting there going. Oh how many players were left on base or anything like that. We're talking just having conversation with each other. That's what you do at a baseball game. Like I feel like baseball is not the sport that you have to like sit there and watch very intently. You know because you're going to miss something. Like I feel like baseball of all the sports. So great game to go and be social at because you got your you know big old baseball bat drink. Do you ever drink out of those baseball bat things. But I would. The daiquiris. It seems like it's the easiest way to get messed up. It seems like the drink that you would get. But I thought that you were saying that he likes to talk baseball. But you're saying he doesn't he doesn't like talking about anything. He would talk baseball with me. He doesn't like talking to her like he doesn't want. He doesn't want it to be a situation where they're like hey you know how the kids doing you know what I mean like stuff like that. He wants to go to the game and enjoy the game and enjoy the atmosphere. Those are the people that need to go to the games by themselves. Well I mean that sounds like that's his thing and that's and that's OK. No that's his happy place. Like he's talking just like not about home stuff. OK. Well he said no talking at all. Like I don't want to date with my husband where I have to just shut up and be quiet the whole time. Do you ever see those people those couples when you're out to eat like at a Kony and they don't talk to each other the entire time. It actually makes me really sad when I see that. It's weird or like they're both just on their phone and they're not talking to each other at all. It's weird. Yeah. Or they're both just looking around the place. Like Anna what are you going to be like at the game today. Like will you. Will you want to talk a lot or what do you think. Well I heard the food is really good where we're going to be. So definitely eating. I'll talk to you Moj. I mean I like the. I like watching but like Shannon said this is the sport I think where you're allowed to be a little social. Yeah. Are you a state to the whole end of the game too. Because here we go. I never stayed till. Funny you say that. Somebody warned me. Don't be offended if Mojo leaves early. I will not leave early for many games except for opening day because I don't want to get trapped in by that traffic. And that's OK. That is the biggest traffic day of the year. I don't like people who leave early. I'm really honest with you. Absolutely because especially in basketball because anything can happen at any given moment doesn't matter if you're down 20 with a three point shot like these leads can be taken away. Yeah. You cannot leave if it's I would say even if it's like the bottom of the knife if it's like a two run game three run game you got a state to the end. Yeah I don't know. I I don't like to be trapped in the parking garage. How long did it take you to get out of that parking garage the other night at the Pistons game. 45 minutes. I will never drive myself to a game again. Yeah it's not worth it. You live right there too. Like isn't it crazy. You should have just left your. It was raining so I was like Uber or drive Uber or drive. But I also feel like you can't just run to the parking lot though. Like you got to kind of chill. You're all mosey around because everybody's leaving at the same time thinking they going to get out quick. And then I do that sometimes at Lions games. If I go to a Lions game I know I'm going to be there for a while. So it's like why get up and try to race. Like it's always a you know a log game. It's like driving 696 or or the lodge at five o'clock in the evening just trying to walk out of some of these stadiums. Stuff starting 844 Mojo live 844 665 6548 the text is 95500. Somebody here text in and said I will not bring my girlfriend to the game because all she wants to do is talk. By the way you should not have a heavy conversation. Like it shouldn't be one of those things where let's talk about the future. No. Like you're at a game. Although I have seen that before where I've gone to games and I can see couples that look like they're fighting with each other. That's just annoying. They look like they're in like a really intense. Didn't you have one at a Pistons game where you said that there was a couple that got into an argument. I see everything at those games. Do you. Like I see people cheating on people. I see it would be a lot of stuff. Erica what's up. I have never leave anything early. I always stay until they like physically kick us out. Really. The ushers are like telling me to leave. Yes. I'm not waiting in the line to walk up the stairs to get to my car and it's still bad enough when we do leave. But I have this thing. Eric I have this thing where I if I'm somewhere all I keep thinking is I'm going to get trapped in quicksand. And if I don't get out now I won't get out. Like I have this. It's a it's really it's like a phobia. Don't make fun of me. Don't make fun of me. I I'm autistic. I have like try one time waiting until they tell you it's time to go. It's the worst. I have it and it makes me feel weird that I'm like the last person in the place. I don't like it. I'm such a planner like with concerts especially in Mojo. I know you do the same thing. I look at the set list ahead of time and I'm like all right I'm going to leave between these like these songs so that I can even if I miss a good song or two. It's worth it to me to get out of there quicker. When I go to Breslin Center for a Michigan State basketball game I will get up towards the top of the stairs knowing that it's about to end. The game is going to be any and I'll sit there and I'll be by the curtain in the security guard will say something like hey listen I'm watching the end of the game because I'm going to I'm racing right to the door. Somebody get video of him running. I got to get out of there. I'm going to get out of there. That sound. You know what that is. Yeah. And I just don't. Yeah. Here I am Erica. This is me. This is me in the seventh inning. Seventh inning stretch. They're singing take me out to the ball game. I'm out of here. I hope by the way. Mojo you have to do something for me. What's that? What one game or concert or something say until they kick you out. Just try it. What do you mean like actually get arrested by the police or something. What do you mean. No no no no you just sit in your chair. We just sit and then the ushers will come around to be like hey it's time to go and then we leave and it's five. I don't know. The worst the worst event to his pine knob you ever tried to stay. That is the worst. I won't go. It took me like a night to get out of that place. What's up Ian. What's going on. Good are you doing good buddy. What's happening. I went to the Red Wing's game last Saturday when they played the Flyers. Yeah. And we were down 4 0. So everyone started leaving and then we came back for three and everyone started running back to their seats. You know what it is. I think people go to those restaurants and stuff like what are those places called inside Little Caesars. The. No. What are the names of I don't know. I think you're rock got a spot in there. Yeah. The sound boards got a spot in there. That's the thing. I always like when they say to you no no reentry. I guess you're walking. Are you sure you want to leave. Right. No reentry. You're not coming back. Don't worry. I'm going to be on the lodge in about five minutes. No gloss. No filter. Just stories. Spoken without fear. Bosson who's not generous cannot be an artist. The world will be at peace only when it is ruled by poets and philosophers. Listen to my weekly podcast. The Pooja Bhat Show on the I Heart Radio app. Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. Come for the honesty. Stay for the fire.