Rafael Devers makes his first base debut for the Giants! Yankees back struggling Anthony Volpe!

Today’s word of the day is ‘crazy train’ as in Ozzy Osbourne as in he Prince of Darkness as in Parkinson’s as in the MLB season. Let’s start with Rafael Devers. He made his debut at first base with the Giants yesterday. Said he loves playing the field. Oh? Aaron Boone is having a rough go of it right now. He went off on the Jomboy team. The Yankees have a problem with Anthony Volpe. He has been bad bad bad at short stop, and Boone and Cashman will defend him to the grave. Ethan Holliday is the new record holder in Draft history. A monster $9 million signing bonus! Review: My Mom Jayne. The Los Angeles Times going public? That’s the plan. Will it work? NPPOD. Qatar wants the Olympics in 2036. Is it going to happen? It’s So You Wanna Talk to Samson Wednesday! First up, someone asked me about an owner being forced out. What would it take? How does it work? Someone asked me about how taxes work for athletes. Do they have to play in games to be taxed? Just show up? A correction for Coca? It can’t be! Why has no one asked Mookie Betts about that early season sickness? He lost a lot of weight. He has not been himself this year. Pat McAfee wanted to step up and pay for budget cuts. Hmm. What is a workout like for a player that wants to be signed in season? The Phillies signed David Robertson recently. How did that look? We have a question about the WNBA and CBA negotiations. Does expansion mean anything for leverage?

0:00 – Intro
1:40 – Devers debut
9:30 – Yankees
21:40 – MLB Draft
30:40 – Review: My Mom Jayne
34:15 – LA Times
41:00 – NPPOD
46:20 – Olympics 2036
53:50 – SYWTTS
1:03:00 – Taxes
1:15:30 – Mookie Betts
1:20:30 – McAfee ESPN
1:32:00 – David Robertson
1:38:00 – WNBA Negotiations

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