Alex Cora opens up; What's the latest MLB proposal? (6/12)

Nothing Personal with David Samson

David Samson

Baseball, Sports, Business

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🗓️ 12 June 2020

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Today's word of the day is 'herd mentality' as in Alex Cora said he and Carlos Beltran weren't the only two guys who cheated with the Astros. Does this mean anything? Is this something we didn't know (0:06)? News is currently breaking that a new MLB proposal is coming from the owners today. Is this a better deal than the previous ones? Is this going to get us closer to baseball being back (12:11)? Baltimore Ravens head coach John Harbaugh says it's "humanly impossible" for the NFL to work with the health protocols that the league has implemented. Let's discuss how important this is (20:33). Review - Just Like Heaven (25:37). So You Wanna Talk To Samson!? Someone asked me if I agree that Univ of Cincinnati should remove Marge Schott’s name from its baseball stadium. Let's discuss my experience with this issue (29:18). Coca Cola ends its national deal with MLB. Let’s explain what the significance is (39:27). MLBeard Challenge Day 89: Color of Change (44:20). #waittosee --------------------------------- 'Nothing Personal with David Samson' is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, Castbox, Bullhorn and wherever else you listen to podcasts. Follow David on Twitter: @DavidPSamson To watch David on CBS Sports HQ visit https://www.cbssports.com/live/ To hear more from the CBS Sports Podcast Network, visit https://www.cbssports.com/podcasts/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Here you go.
0:04.6	Here you go.
0:07.8	Herd mentality.
0:09.6	That's the nothing personal word of the day, phrase of the day.
0:13.0	Herd mentality describes a behavior in which people act the same way or adopt similar
0:20.2	behaviors as the people around them, often ignoring their own feelings in the process.
0:28.5	Herd mentality.
0:30.3	It's the single most dangerous type of mentality in my opinion, and I'm not exaggerating.
0:34.7	Herd mentality means that you take away your view of a situation when you see people
0:39.6	around you doing something, you do it.
0:42.7	Your mother used to say to you, if your friend jumps off a cliff or you're going to jump
0:47.1	off a cliff, peer pressure is a very real thing and it doesn't stop in elementary school,
0:52.6	middle school, high school, college.
0:54.6	It happens in your office.
0:55.8	It happens in your home.
0:57.1	It happens with your friends.
1:00.2	Herd mentality has gone on during the course of history, which has actually caused murder,
1:07.0	mass genocide.
1:09.4	Herd mentality is something that happens in baseball.
1:14.9	Let's just say you're in your clubhouse.
1:17.2	You've got 25 to 30 guys, a bunch of front office people, and it can be really easy to look
1:26.0	left and look right and see a behavior and pattern your behavior after that behavior.
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