Dangerous Dan Dawson

But -- we talk about sports that are you not necessarily the mainstream for the big four and in fact right now we have dangerous -- Dawson on the phone. And Dan is a professional lacrosse player. For the Boston Blazers and -- how are you. I'm doing great guys thanks to -- of Al it's me Mikey Adams and Lenny bags here Christina series she's hot. Annika and -- that we listen I realize you were so big minute Ariza everybody lacrosse -- your big guy is 652 what 230. Tyrone area okay. -- is everybody got big across the.

No -- very I mean we have got their team 510 but over 200 pounds it's it's a very physical and fast worked so that we have some great athletes elite.

Now you you played college.

No I didn't I'm actually from Canada we don't have that the first few level like we do here in the states that the NCAA wants -- So I quit my captain a junior will be in touch after that he -- national.

All I can see here and you buy your from Ontario. We wanted -- nationals -- a candid with -- we can ask you might well this so we called and said it was the national sport Canada.

That's correct it's always been -- cross but then now hockey there. Is determined to be our international sport in the -- now just their summer national sport so we get Q officially.

Fair enough -- you have to bear witness because you know that and I'm I'm not unlike a lot of people who don't really know -- are even though I went to prep school for years of my buddies run lacrosse team and Avon old farms. That doesn't mean I know anything about lacrosse. And -- a lot of people out there and you you probably understand this -- candidate but you know with all the sports we have here in this country that lacrosse takes a backseat to some of these other ones as far as attention. And that doesn't make it any less a a great sport to either play or to watch it's just that a lot of people haven't done that yet fastest growing sport America then right.

That's correct then if you guys that made -- we got into W championship the final 430 -- try and close to 50000 people that. Gillette Stadium there so -- it's it's a great sport it to greets spectators sported new indoor game that we played. Is that smorgasbord of you know physically malady of hockey and football. With that theory of basketball picking enrolling five on five sets in the 32 shot clocks so. It kind of caters to all sports fans out there.

Now tell me what's illegal what is an illegal when it comes of the physical contact on the field you have a stick you're wearing a helmet you got these big gas gloves on. -- smack somebody with the stick and get away that is not a common practice.

It's the hardest thing you teach people -- it's -- in what is allowed and I mean we like to say whatever happens in the prison yard is would be called a penalty everything else would be allowed across.

I like that that's very good description about serious injury now you know there is bureau you run -- full blast right.

run full blast we discovered one little changeup to keep our helmet on so. You'll see guys come with flying you know he got stitches to the chains there's -- fisticuffs that the games and you know not many sports let you use a weapon tiered bench so -- hope there's lots of physically out he going our sport.

So you can actually you can actually smack somebody you with the stick to try to get your way do whatever it is you're trying to accomplish right.

Yet you can't just stick to your advantage I mean you wanted to stop your opponent from you know. It's very I think passed you by any means necessary and you got this stickier and so you're good use anyway you camp.

The ball is and I've you know had catches were guys use in the what's it called Woody uses stick to what.

It's -- an Indian rubber ball indeed I mean that dusty shot -- is a 112 miles per hour or so. That's another weapon -- before that you don't want to get it was.

Yet another gonna tell me what the goaltender wears to protect himself from set attacks hit --

Yeah it did they were alive the same equipment and hockey goalie with a big chest protector and an almost -- shouldn't has that you Indian baseball obviously. A little bit more packet of.

Okay I feel like playing in the garden.

I mean you look up at the Raptors get you know goosebumps just stepping in that building and you know the stated that Boston sports fans have for professional sports in this city is great and we hope you -- continued that trend here.

I tell me how many teams are nearly.

We have four teams -- government's treating Canada and then nine in the United States. Yeah we got a western division and eastern division so. You know that you can receive a crush his defective -- exports so it's all the way on the west coast it's mainly just been in the east coast you know prep schools sport but it made its westward movement which is great.

Now do you do you look at the sport as one that would work for television because we all know that television is the answer to have to any any growth or development problem in any sport hasn't whether it's set. In this country -- you know soccer has been now around the world everybody knows about soccer and are pretty follows it but he here in America -- fifth. You know and a hockey has been fourth because of its lack of adaptability television and inability to follow the puck. It would TV lend itself to a cross and and and in would you say indoor outdoor.

You know what -- indoor game and you know it's easier to follow than the outdoor game it is very fast -- however. We haven't had the fortunate and Q have a national TV deal we've always just that local TV networks covering our league so. That's one thing that we have to do -- get out in the mainstream national TV contract and it's going to be an easy game to follow but. It doesn't really do it justice -- people that attend games. I've never met anyone in my eight year credit dissatisfied with -- national --

So you're happy customers and -- they've seen a a lot of action a lot of you know physical combat of this between both sides and and maybe even some blood.

Yeah it's it's two hours of nonstop action -- music throughout the whole game. We have -- as we have key issues thrown it's it's just it's a spectator sport and it's it's a sports entertainment and news lacrosse game breaks out.

How many reps. We only have three -- on the field at a time just in case it's them back up. Now that -- is it rough for the rugby.

I mean. We got that weapon their hands I would see a -- for the rugby and you know we were obviously more padding of the rookie players -- take that away from them but I -- it is yes.

You know dangerous -- dawson's sounds like a radio show host you know. I you listen to other dangerous that Dawson Joe here on WB yet but it you know it also sounds like you know a gunslinger. -- a -- sounds like somebody -- but it gets at high noon church and the guys. What how did you get that nickname and obviously your size have something to do with a.

You know -- side then I'm an offensive threat from what I've read in the papers yard times so on the field dangerous with the ball and you know whenever I have the -- they called -- dangerous standoffs and so I mean I I don't know what the did you draw together Q did Dawson slowly through the dangerous in front there as well.

Are you guys have nicknames.

You know -- the guys on our -- we we have been to we have very young team so we're just trying to. We don't from the cute nicknames but right now there's just a couple of the other team.

I I assume there's nobody on your team this nicknamed porky.

It could affect -- I think it's not go oh you are -- would you be able to go through Kenseth you know that it didn't --

With the stick community and I earlier read -- file -- player as lacrosse player I'd want the nickname muddy Mike. I like clutch player yet because I would be a clutch player five was it resolve our athletic and a big dangerous myself right I was out of that union funds it's kind of like lacrosse kind of reminds you -- almost like hockey on feet without skates is that is that a fair assessment.

Very fair five on five you know with the growing each and then down. The physical play it it's exactly like hockey and -- throw in that particular role in the shot -- of basketball and you combine -- the greatest sports have played.

I understand that that is that lacrosse players are so tough that win. This game was being played in Canada by native Americans in the year 1100 and the Vikings came over. They the we're challenged to a game of across by the native Americans got their ass kicked and ran back home client to Scandinavia is --

That's something that we hold true in in Canada native North American spirit the or to train for war news has now let you settle disputes among stripes it was a rich tradition behind the sport Q which is always.

Try to get subs in the in the game.

What we -- we we played almost an often speak and he brought the offense adored you get 36 try to get shot off. What -- get the shot -- there can get that you'd get those black people often try to get five back to appeal a that you kept the door.

Outside of an ambulance what stops play.

Tom probably just that did this I mean we got to give them some showtime doing in the other Bjorn and emphasized that I mean. People there's that's gonna stop again.

Might you would like that you know and -- formulate. Any stoppage it's. Nice woman that brought you know I should this with soccer and and when the New England Revolution invited me some playoff games down there and when I went to the games I became a fan of the sport. And obviously if this is not a televised. A sport and again I I again. Excuse myself from him when I went to prep school my friends were lacrosse team I was playing another sport at the same time like track or whatever it was at spring sport. So I was played track or baseball and I was over there watching the lacrosse games but a lot of guys. It preps to win a caller earlier saying it's a sport for rich people is that true damn well he hit it the prep school be an image right Dan.

Yeah maybe it has that stereotype you know the Princeton Harvard you know the Johns Hopkins believes -- powerhouse now landed division one a crossbow and the indoor game you know get away from network brings more than physically now the little more street credit. At the same time it's still pure it's still brings a lot of stick skills and offensive. People out there are so you know with the combination that he'd -- Tibet -- being somewhat of a white collar sport the same time indoor game. The white collar Americans sometimes feel hey this is the W don't yield lacrosse it would kind of hit and miss from both sides.

Well you know I'm not going to disrespect anybody who's a professional athlete in any sport despite how many people however haven't seen that. The sport -- when amateurs over the go to -- game I was going to success winless weight is the next time I can go to -- game.

My Ike -- not big on guarantees that you guys come out to a game we have won this Saturday versus Detroit Rockets 730 yet regarded. And I guarantee you'll love big game I -- yet and if not you can Brittany again.

I wouldn't do that you're 65 to 25 I'm not stupid I ask your question though when you're out there on the field you're wrong about the steel industry reps. Today can you get away we'd like chicken some guy in the nuts.

That I thought I thought we -- that we have to have had come. Security in the game didn't but okay if you've lost your marbles and the ref wasn't looking the tell you --

Because I've even seen them a boxy don't think. It's like that to me -- about Mike Tyson and disfiguring somebody you know -- over a year off but you know. You guys get pretty hot at just that each other because it's so physical right.

Yeah in in sometimes in the ground you know. When guys relied on each other you know stick the refs not looking looking at a replay maybe they're going to get a flash crossed -- which obviously doesn't feel.

I'm beginning to like the sport sight unseen I think I don't professional levels of the of the game is Saturday at 730 against Toronto -- And Howard -- and how how always always the Boston team in relation boot to the rest of league as far as their won loss record and standings and all that stuff.

You know what we're an expansion team in week that we have a little more growing -- received seven and three split in the whole league so. We obviously have exceeded expectations and anyone in the -- but not narrow Dresser looking to continue and make the play -- to make a serious push for the championship this year.

Dangerous stand Dawson it's been great -- best of luck you know in professional Boston Blazers lacrosse and I can see here according to stats I have anyway in ten games at 21 goals is that accurate. -- That and 48 assists so while you are dangerous and I appreciate. -- look -- out -- get the game if not Saturday -- looked to schedule up and be on the get Tony's games so I can speak intelligently about it ago a right good. -- guess take it easy didn't Pacino. What other show on his radio station would put a lacrosse player on and again involved in this in actually -- genuinely be interested in watching again.