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Today’s word of the day is ’holiday’ as in Opening Day as in baseball is back as in let’s go! There are so many great games today! Keep your hopes up! Your team has a chance! Rob Manfred made his media rounds yesterday and had a lot to say about a lot. He commented on Shohei Ohtani, the Dodgers, ESPN, and more! MLB win totals! Let’s make some magic! So You Wanna Talk to Samson!? Someone asked me about Rafael Devers, Alex Bregman, and the Red Sox decision making. Review: The Killing Fields. The Boston Celtics sale has hit a snag. Can Bill Chisholm not afford it? Is there too much private equity involved? NPPOD. LeBron went on the Pat McAfee show and let everyone have it. He spoke about MJ, his son, Stephen A, reporters. Everyone!

0:00 – Intro
0:45 – Opening Day!
9:08 – Rob Manfred Tour
17:20 – Win Totals
24:10 – Red Sox problems
31:23 – Review: The Killing Fields
36:00 – NBA & Private Equity
42:40 – NPPOD
44:20 – LeBron vs Everyone

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Today’s word of the day is ’predictions’ as in Major League Baseball as in baseball as in Opening Day as in World Series as in MVP as in baseball! Let’s jump right into the biggest storylines! (16:00) What are the biggest storylines I’m following this year!? Review: The Brutalist. NPPOD. Let’s talk division winners! Wild Card time! World Series time! Award time!

0:00 – Intro
0:45 – Offseason
16:00 – Top 5 stories
24:45 – Review: The Brutalist
29:20 – NPPOD
34:30 – Division winners
42:40 – Wild Card
45:00 – World Series
46:40 – Awards!

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Today’s word of the day is ’bar’ as in raise the bar as in set the bar as in expectations as in Paul Skenes. He’s entering Year 2. Opening Day starter. Cy Young favorite. He spoke with a reporter about what he thinks of the Pirates. What he means to the team. Andrew Miller spoke yesterday about salary caps and dynasties in baseball. He now works for the MLBPA. The Minnesota Twins want to sell. The Twins owners want $1.7 billion. The Twins hold a ton of debt. The Twins will still sell. So You Wanna Talk to Samson!? Someone asked me about the Giants and Red Sox approaches to the game and spending. Who will be right? A national security failure already. What a world we live in. NPPOD. The college basketball transfer portal has opened up. A record number of players in there. The system is broken. It’s all broken!

0:00 – Intro
0:45 – Skenes Time
9:20 – Salary Cap & Dynasties
18:40 – Twins sale
26:01 – Red Sox/Giants
34:00 – Security failure
40:55 – NPPOD
43:15 – CBB Portal

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Today’s word of the day is ’crystal ball’ as in seeing into the future as in MLB season is here as in rosters as in cuts as in rotations as in big decisions. From Mookie Betts being sick to Jordan Montgomery not making the rotation to Mitch Haniger being cut by the Mariners. There are so many decisions being made this week; forced or chosen. The March Madness is madness’ing this year. No Cinderellas. Only power conferences. Review: Severance Season 2. Dan Hurley is the most outspoken coach in college basketball right now. Love him or hate him, but he’s going to say what’s on his mind. Is an ACC/Big East merger coming? NPPOD. Let’s talk about what MLB quietly did over the weekend.

0:00 – Intro
0:45 – Opening Week
15:45 – March Madness
29:50 – Review: Severance Season 2
33:08 – ACC/Big East merger
42:30 – NPPOD
43:45 – MLB Diversity
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Welcome in Mike Matheny! 4x time Gold Glove winning catcher! Former manager of the Cardinals and Royals! He’s also an author! He takes us inside the process of his new book The Dad Coach – How to Lead Kids to Succeed On and Off the Field.

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Today’s word of the day is ’consortium’ as in the Boston Celtics as in the NBA as in ownership as in $6.1 billion. Wow. How are these teams being paid for? What does the future of ownership look like? Is expansion coming? The Los Angeles Angels have banned cell phones from the clubhouse. That will do the trick! The losing is over! Is ESPN looking to get back into business with MLB? Maybe! Review: Flow. NPPOD. Michigan had a problem. Now the former co-offensive coordinator has even bigger problems.

0:00 – Intro
0:45 – Celtics sale
12:50 – Angels clubhouse
20:20 – ESPN/MLB
30:41 – Review: Flow
33:09 – NPPOD
44:12 – Michigan

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Today’s word of the day is ’scrubbed’ as in erasure as in shameful as in the Department of Defense as in AI as in Jackie Robinson. A page on the military service of Jackie Robinson was taken off the website. Why? Why are we deleting history? And do not give me the WOKE, DEI garbage excuse. Let’s get to Cleveland! What’s happening there? The city is in a battle with the Browns. The Browns want out of Cleveland. Cleveland want the Browns to stay. We have some NFL rule change proposals. Let’s go through the best ones. NPPOD. The Dallas Mavericks have more problems. Is the team moving out of Dallas?

0:00 – Intro
0:45 – Jackie Robinson
22:10 – Cleveland, rocks
32:35 – Review: Stealing Home
36:00 – NFL rules
43:00 – NPPOD
45:32 – Mavericks

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Today’s word of the day is ’yen’ as in dollars as in business as in Major League Baseball as in MLB Tokyo Series as in Dodgers as in Cubs. Let’s focus on the money. This is a huge success for baseball. Roki Sasaki made his debut for the Dodgers today and you could see the stuff he has, but the command was off. 100 mph fastballs. Bad placement. But he got out without getting shelled. Ohtani got his first home run of the year… but was it one? Is the NHL really going to get back into business with Russia? Well, that’s what Trump and Putin are saying. But, how does the NHL feel about that? Review: The Last Showgirl Private equity isn’t going anywhere. Now the San Francisco Giants are involved. Even more than before. Is the Aaron Rodgers saga coming to a close? Maybe. The Vikings are reportedly out! NPPOD

0:00 – Intro
0:45 – MLB Japan
20:30 – NHL Russia?
30:31 – Review: The Last Showgirl
33:00 – Private Equity
41:50 – Rodgers update
46:45 – NPPOD

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Today’s word of the day is ’good morning’ as in MLB Tokyo as in Dodgers as in Cubs as in baseball is back! The Tokyo Series is here. The crowd has been roaring for Shohei Ohtani. Baseball is back! WV Governor is wants an investigation into the NCAA. What is happening? Is this The Onion? What happened in the NIT? Was it any better there? NOPE! Look at South Alabama! Are the Minnesota Twins ever going to stay healthy? Can it happen this year? Royce Lewis is hurt again. Byron Buxton has yet to play a full season. Carlos Correa is coming off injury. Max Scherzer has a thumb problem. How bad could this get? Review: The Franchise. The Marlins can not have a practice squad. Sorry! So You Wanna Talk to Samson!? Someone asked me about the BEARS Act in Illinois. What in the world is this!? Are the Pittsburgh Pirates choosing not to spend? Can the Pirates afford more? Are the Pirates pocketing money? NPPOD

0:00 – Intro
0:45 – MLB Tokyo
6:10 – WV Governor
12:40 – NIT
19:42 – Twins
25:10 – Scherzer thumb
29:30 – Review: The Franchise
32:20 – Marlins
34:00 – Chicago
39:40 – Pirates spending
47:00 – NPPOD

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Today’s word of the day is ’commencement’ as in MLB as in Tokyo as in Dodgers as in Cubs as in regular season! Opening Day is tomorrow. The season starts. The Road to October is here. The Vedder Cup is here! What in the world? Well, it’s a new series cup for the Mariners and Padres rivalry game! Will the fans care? The players? The teams? March Madness is here. Drama is here. Conspiracy is here. North Carolina makes the tournament as its AD is the head of the committee. Wow. Review: Adolescence. What is the latest on the Tampa Bay Rays? Is there a new deal on the horizon? The Bengals signed their WR duo to record deals. Will they be the Eagles or will they be the Dolphins? NPPOD

0:00 – Intro
0:45 – MLB Tokyo
8:11 – Vedder Cup
18:55 – March Madness
31:20 – Review: Adolescence
36:45 – Rays ballpark
44:30 – Bengals deal
48:00 – NPPOD

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Today’s word of the day is ’check’ as in not check mate yet as in the Rays as in St. Pete as in Tampa as in new stadium. Here we are again. The Rays have announced they are not moving forward with a new stadium in St. Pete right no. Nice. So now what? Is this just more negotiating? Is this the team trying to get to Tampa? Is a sale coming? We have more owner fights about to start. This time it’s Rockies owner Dick Monfort publicly calling for salary caps. And the Reds owner is in on it too. The Marlins want to hire you. Seriously. You can go play for the team! Review: Babygirl. Should Cooper Flagg sit out the tournament? Marquette head coach Shaka Smart says he will not negotiate deals with agents of players. They get paid what they get paid, and that’s it. UNLV cannot pay its head coach Dan Mullen. What? NPPOD.

0:00 – Intro
0:45 – Rays announcement
19:20 – Salary Cap
25:30 – Marlins practice
31:25 – Review: Babygirl
33:40 – College Basketball
38:00 – Shaka Smart
43:25 – UNLV
49:04 – NPPOD

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Today’s word of the day is ’velocity’ as in fastball as in baseball as in Jacob deGrom as in Tommy John. The Texas Rangers have a major deGrom problem. They paid him to pitch and he doesn’t pitch. How can they keep him healthy? Bobby Witt Jr. had an injury scare yesterday. Got hit by a pitch and went down. How does it feel to be in the front office watching this happen? Josh Allen spoke after getting his big deal. He said he took less money so the team could sign some more players. Good for him. The Jets have officially released Aaron Rodgers. What’s he going to do? Review: Jerry Maguire. NPPOD. The Utah Jazz were fined for not making players available for national games. The tank is on. Fail for Flagg! Apple and MLS was never a good deal. MLS needs more viewers. It needs more reach. Is it time to call this broadcast deal a failure?

0:00 – Intro
0:45 – deGrom talk
13:00 – Bobby Witt Jr.
18:00 – Allen new deal
26:20 – Rodgers update
29:30 – Review: Jerry Maguire
35:00 – NPPOD
39:30 – Jazz fined
42:10 – Apple v. MLS

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