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Today’s word of the day is ‘indignant’ as in GM Meetings as in scrums as in media sessions as in Brian Cashman as in the Yankees. What happened? Well, the GM Meetings are taking place in Scottsdale. What happens there you ask? Let’s discuss. The Ohtani Sweepstakes have begun. He was the talk of the town. Everyone wants him. Everyone has a plan. How else are teams preparing for this offseason? What happens if you lose out on Ohtani? What else is happening at the GM Meetings? Who’s talking? Review: Fingernails. Adam Silver has a lot of problems right now. Referees. LeBron. All-Star Game. In-Season Tournament. TV Rights.

0:00 – Intro
0:45 – GM Meetings
6:00 – Cashman on Yankees
18:30 – Ohtani Sweepstakes
24:45 – More GM Meetings
32:00 – Review: Fingernails
36:13 – NBA Problems

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Today’s word of the day is ‘managerial madness’ as in you’re fired as in you’re hired as in David Ross as in Craig Counsell as in the Chicago Cubs as in WHAT!? Craig Counsell leaves the Brewers for division rival Brewers! The New York Mets have hired Carlos Mendoza! Who? The Yankees bench coach. What happened with Counsell!? The Arizona Diamondbacks extended Torey Luvullo again. That’s right. Twice in one year! The Chicago White Sox are hard resetting on the team. Fired the front office. Now declined an option on Tim Anderson. Review: What the Health. What is the qualifying offer? How does it impact a team? Will players accept it? NPPOD. So You Wanna Talk to Samson!? Someone asked me how it works when a team posts a player and how an MLB team signs that player.

0:00 – Intro
0:45 – Counsell to Cubs
16:20 – Mets hire Mendoza
18:50 – Diamondbacks extend Luvollo
22:00 – White Sox reset
28:22 – Review: What the Health
32:40 – Qualifying offer
38:45 – NPPOD
40:50 – Japanese posting

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Today’s word of the day is ‘euros’ as in Europe as in NFL as in expansion as in international revenue as in Roger Goodell wants to win the world. London games. Germany games. Mexico games. Brazil games? Spain games? Goodell wants this, but will it work? NPPOD. The Miami Marlins have a new president of baseball ops. The Marlins go to Tampa and hire away GM Peter Bender. What does this mean for the Marlins? Review: Nyad. Opt-in. Opt-out. Picked up. Who’s a free agent now? Joey Votto. Eduardo Rodriguez. Marcus Stroman. Tim Anderson.

0:00 – Intro
0:45 – NFL International
15:48 – NPPOD
18:15 – Marlins hire Rays GM
27:32 – Review: Nyad
33:20 – Opt-Out Roundup

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Today’s word of the day is ‘free agency’ as in Shohei Ohtani as in the off-season as in Clayton Kershaw as in Blake Snell as in storylines. What is happening? What should you pay attention to? Does Fox still want baseball? Who is going to manage your team? What the heck is happening with Michigan? All the Big Ten schools are out to get Harbaugh and Michigan now. They want punishment. Review: Locke. SBF and FTX are finished. Done. Convicted. See ya! NPPOD. Craig Breslow was introduced as the Red Sox new Chief Baseball Officer. Where as John Henry?

0:00 – Intro
0:45 – MLB offseason
21:00 – Michigan sign-stealing
28:00 – Review: Locke
32:10 – SBF
36:05 – NPPOD
39:15 – Breslow introduced

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Today’s word of the day is ‘1st ring’ as in you always remember your first as in the Texas Rangers have won the World Series! Corey Seager wins his 2nd MVP. Marcus Semien played 179 games this year. What a night for Texas and Bruce Bochy! What happened with the Padres yesterday? A report came out about a loan the team needed to get to afford payroll. What does that mean? Review: Old Dads. What the heck is happening with the Ottawa Senators!? They are a mess. New owner. Old problems. Bobby Knight died. His legacy is a tough one. Inter Miami has canceled its China trip. Why? So You Wanna Talk to Samson!? Someone asked me why Jorge Soler and the Braves are being sued by a fan who was hit by a foul ball last year.

0:00 – Intro
0:45 – Rangers win!
8:35 – Padres payroll
21:40 – Review: Old Dads
24:28 – Senators
30:20 – Bobby Knight
33:30 – Inter Miami
41:10 – Sued over foul ball

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Today’s word of the day is ‘27 outs’ as in that’s all that the Rangers need to win it all. The Diamondbacks were behind 10-0 in the blink of an eye. No Garcia. No problem. Corey Seager is just on fire! While we were sleeping the Raiders fired its head coach and GM. Josh McDaniels, goodbye. Dave Ziegler, goodbye. Mark Davis has more changes to his head coaches than most people changes their underpants! Review: Milli Vanilli. What in the world is happening with the RSNs? MLB, and additional sports, are in a battle with Diamond Sports Group. How will this impact your team? We have fan violence taken to a new level. What happened in France is just unacceptable. It’s just sports! Saudi Arabia is getting the World Cup. Unopposed. No other bidders. Who could have seen this coming?

0:00 – Intro
0:45 – Rangers win away
9:50 – Raiders firings
19:50 – Review: Milli Vanilli
24:00 – MLB v. RSN
33:12 – Fan violence
41:22 – 2034 World Cup

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Today’s word of the day is ‘69’ as in 69% as in the World Series as in 69% of the time it works every time. As in the team that takes a 2-1 lead in a 7-game series has a 69% chance of winning. That would be the Texas Rangers. Scherzer hurt? Adolís Garcia hurt? Oh boy. James Harden has been traded to the Los Angeles Clippers. It happened. Harden gets his wish. The 76ers are free of him and his baggage. Review: Pain Hustlers. We have an update on the Athletics relocation to Las Vegas. Here is what’s happening.

0:00 – Intro
0:45 – World Series Game 3
23:00 – Harden traded
30:33 – Review: Pain Hustlers
35:00 – Athletics update

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Today’s word of the day is ‘best of 5’ as win 3 more games and the season is over as in win 3 more games and you’re the World Series champions! Who will it be? The Texas Rangers had one of the greatest comebacks you’ll ever see in Game 1! In Game 2 the Arizona Diamondbacks turned on the jets and crushed the Rangers! Now we’re in Arizona for games 3, 4, and 5! The NFL Trade Deadline is tomorrow! Are you excited? Are you ready? Is your team trading everyone? Who do you want to trade for? Review: Billions. Michigan has reportedly rescinded the contract extension the school had ready for Jim Harbaugh. Uh oh. What is going on with stadiums? Everyone wants a stadium. The Tampa Bay Rays are trying. The Kansas City Royals are trying.

0:00 – Intro
0:45 – World Series!
20:00 – NFL Trade Deadline
28:13 – Review: Billions
33:30 – Michigan Man
40:25 – Stadiums!

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Today’s word of the day is ‘Game 1’ as in the first game of the World Series is tonight! Diamondbacks! Rangers! What are the keys to the series? Who has the advantage? The red hot underdog Diamondbacks? What about the star power of the Rangers offense? The NBA is battling load management this year. Fines are on the horizon. Where is James Harden? Are the Suns resting stars already? Review: Poisoned – The Dirty Truth About Your Food. The Michigan sign-stealing is insane. The more and more layers that get uncovered… how is Jim Harbaugh still the coach? Did he know? Did he not know? NPPOD

0:00 – Intro
0:45 – World Series!
20:00 – NBA v. Load Management
29:10 – Review: Poisoned – The Dirty Truth About Your Food
34:35 – Michigan sign-stealing
43:25 – NPPOD

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Today’s word of the day is ‘36 hours’ as in the World Series as in first pitch as in final preparations as in what are the Arizona Diamondbacks and Texas Rangers doing. Let’s discuss how teams plan for Game 1. What are the nerves like? What are the players and coaches doing? Is Craig Counsell to the Mets a lock? We all saw it coming when David Stearns got the Mets job. Interesting. What about the Brewers? They need a new manager. And now they need a stadium bill to pass. Oh boy! Review: Savior Complex. The NBA season started for most teams last night. 1 game. That’s it. And the Bulls lost. No big deal right… wrong! The Chicago Bulls already held a player-only meeting! The NBA All-Star Game is reversing course and going back to a standard format. No more draft. No more Elam Ending. It’s East vs. West. NPPOD

0:00 – Intro
0:45 – World Series prep
13:20 – Craig Counsell to NYM?
19:00 – Brewers ballpark
27:00 – Review: Savior Complex
35:10 – Bulls meeting
40:00 – NBA All-Star reverse
42:50 – NPPOD

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Today’s word of the day is ‘cold blooded’ as in snakes as in big moment as in no emotion as in the Diamondbacks have done it! Down 3-2 to the Phillies. 2 games in Philadelphia. And the Arizona Diamondbacks got it done! Ketel Marte! Corbin Carroll! Brandon Pfaadt! Ginkel and Sewald! All take down Schwarber and Harper and Turner and Castellanos as Wheeler and Nola! So You Wanna Talk to Samson!? It’s the 20-year anniversary of the Marlins World Series victory! Can you believe it!? The San Francisco Giants are hiring Bob Melvin! What?! NPPOD Jim Irsay violated the NFL code. He tweeted out private comments from the league office yesterday. Uh oh!

0:00 – Intro
0:45 – Diamondbacks do it!
22:20 – Go Marlins Go!
30:00 – Giants hire Melvin
37:00 – NPPOD
41:50 – Jim Irsay comments

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Today’s word of the day is ‘pennant’ as in World Series berth on the line as in the Texas Rangers as in the Houston Astros as in Game 7 as in baseball! The Rangers did it. The Astros fell apart at home. How did this happen!? Adolís Garcia had a series to remember! He had a Game 7 that will forever be remembered! We have another Game 7! The Arizona Diamondbacks did it again! Tommy Pham! Lourdes Gurriel Jr! Can the Phillies win a Game 7 at home!? Are the underdog Diamondbacks going to spoil it all!? The NBA returns tonight! Let’s go through some of the biggest storylines I’m paying attention to. From Giannis to LeBron to Jokic to the Suns!

0:00 – Intro
0:45 – Rangers WS!
17:42 – Another Game 7
26:35 – NBA is back!

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