2023 MLB All-Star Game: Biggest Takeaways; Rob Manfred talked expansion, rules, fans; Oakland mayor flies to Seattle to meet with Manfred! (Episode 855)

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David Samson

Sports, Business, Baseball

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🗓️ 12 July 2023

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Today’s word of the day is ‘shine’ as in bright as in focused as in MLB All-Star Game was here and it was great… kind of. What happened? What were the story lines? Are the jerseys as bad as we think they are? (16:40) Rob Manfred met with the media during the All-Star Game. He talked expansion. He talked about fans. He talked about the rule changes. And of course, the Oakland Athletics. Oakland mayor Sheng Thao travelled to Seattle to meet with Rob Manfred. And then she sat down with Ken Rosenthal to tell all. (33:10) Review: Beau is Afraid. (36:20) Tony Clark also met with the media. What did he have to say? Pitch clock! I was also not a fan of the All Star jerseys! Bring back the regular team uniforms! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	you go.
0:01.0	Here you go.
0:02.0	She's the nothing personal word of the day for Wednesday July 12, 2023.
0:24.1	The All Stars were shining in the beautiful weather of Seattle last night.
0:29.6	And in case you fell asleep, we got a few things to catch up on this morning because there
0:35.4	was a flurry of activity and a flurry of storylines.
0:41.6	Baseball does one thing really way better than the other leagues.
0:46.9	And when you know you have the one thing that you do better, there's two ways you can go
0:51.0	about it.
0:52.0	One, you can do nothing to improve it and watch your lead shrink or you can put your
0:58.0	thumb on the other leagues, All Star games, keep improving yours and widen the gap.
1:06.7	No question that majorly baseball All Star game is the best All Star game of all the sports.
1:12.2	It's a little bit like being the tallest little person, but at the same time, the All Star
1:16.9	game is pretty cool.
1:19.0	Last night in Seattle for getting the pregame and the introductions, the first decision
1:24.2	that gets made, let me do a quick side note here, Coco.
1:27.4	The process of an All Star game is staggering.
1:32.4	It's a full application years in advance.
1:35.0	You're meeting with hotel convention.
1:37.5	You're setting up a fan fest.
1:38.9	You're setting up parties.
1:40.4	You're setting up transportation for the players.
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