50 million dollars!? Verlander new Astros deal; Fenway Sports Group trying to take over sports world; Where is Peng Shuai? (11/18)

Nothing Personal with David Samson

David Samson

Sports, Baseball, Business

4.7 • 3.1K Ratings

🗓️ 18 November 2021

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Today’s word of the day is ‘West Palm Beach’ as in area of south Florida as in the home of the Houston Astros Spring Training facility as in Justin Verlander has signed a 1-year, $25M deal with the Astros with a $25M player-option. WHAT?! Verlander will be 39 years old; Verlander has not pitched since ONE GAME in July, 2020. Did I miss something? (11:45) The MLB owners meetings in Chicago have been taking place. What goes on at these meetings? Are they just a big snooze fest? The Tampa Bay Rays are still trying. Trying their best to get the two city path finished. Why is the Montreal/Tampa idea still happening? (32:20) Review: Titane. (35:10) The Fenway Sports Group is ready to buy the Pittsburgh Penguins. What is FSG? John Henry, owner of the Boston Red Sox, is a large-market hawk. FSG owns the Red Sox, Liverpool FC, Roush Racing, and NESN. (39:55) NPPOD. (44:10) Chinese Peng Shuai is missing in China. Technically, Chinese authorities say she is not missing, but she hasn’t been seen. What is happening here? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:50.0	West Palm Beach. Nothing personal. Where to the day for Thursday, November 18th
0:55.6	2021 is West Palm Beach. As in the suburb of Miami, north of Broward.
1:03.8	Otherwise known as the location of the New Spring Training Facility shared by the Houston
1:09.6	Astros and Washington Nationals. Otherwise known as the place, about 10 minutes south of Jupiter,
1:17.2	the Spring Training home of the Marlins and Cardinals. Why would West Palm Beach ever be a
1:23.3	word of the day? I love West Palm Beach. If you've never been in that county, it's worth it.
1:28.4	Sometimes during the winter. Justin Verlander. Remember him, Kate Upton's husband,
1:35.5	the World Series, winning picture with the Houston Astros, Tommy John.
1:41.7	Hasn't pitched since the World Series of 2019. Remember the trade deadline acquisition,
1:47.8	pitched in Detroit, the total workhorse offered a qualifying offer by the Astros, $18.4 million
1:59.0	to a guy like Noah Sindergard who's coming off Tommy John. Noah Sindergard gets $21 million
2:04.3	from the Angels. And I think that it's the end of the world as we know it, even though I explained
2:09.9	that a previous show why the Angels did what they did. Well, yesterday at 5pm was the deadline for
2:16.8	all 14 players to either accept or reject the qualifying offer that was granted to them.
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