Athletics to Vegas: MLB commissioner Rob Manfred, Oakland mayor get into war of words over Athletics relocation and Oakland fans! (Episode 838)

Nothing Personal with David Samson

David Samson

Sports, Baseball, Business

4.7 • 3.1K Ratings

🗓️ 16 June 2023

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Today’s word of the day is ‘realization’ as in coming to grips as in seeing it clearly as in Rob Manfred has met the media and he had some things to say and it was all about the Oakland Athletics. What happened? What did he say? Was it a disaster? (26:30) What about Pride Night? Manfred addressed this too. (35:30) Review: Chantilly Bridge. (37:50) So You Wanna Talk to Samson!? Someone asked me about the Miami Heat and Conor McGregor sexual assault accusations that happened at the arena. What? At the arena? (45:30) NPPOD Have a great weekend!!! Eat that burger you've been dreaming about! Maybe add in some ice cream for fun! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	There you go.
0:01.0	Here you go.
0:02.0	Realization is the nothing personal word of the day.
0:04.0	Realization, it is Friday.
0:05.0	Thank God.
0:06.0	June 16, 2023, nobody needs a weekend more than Commissioner Rob Manfred.
0:15.0	You're tuning in today live on Nothing Personal with David Sanson YouTube channel, or you're downloading the show because you know that we have to talk about the commissioner.
0:20.0	We have to talk about the Oakland days.
0:22.0	And it's not necessarily my favorite thing to do, given that every single day we have to talk about the Oakland days.
0:29.0	And it's not necessarily my favorite thing to do, given that every single day we have to talk about the Oakland days.
0:37.0	And it's not necessarily my favorite thing to do, given that every time we do a show like this, I stare at my phone waiting for it to ring knowing that there are going to be some people who are not happy.
0:49.0	But you put it on a T for me, 85 down the middle.
0:55.0	I had the realization that Rob was going to meet the media because that's what he does.
1:00.0	The commissioner meets the media after owner's meetings.
1:03.0	Is it a surprise to anybody that when you meet the media after owner's meetings right now, the questions are going to be about the Oakland days.
1:15.0	The questions are going to be about the reverse boycott.
1:18.0	The questions are going to be about relocation.
1:21.0	Is that a shock?
1:24.0	When you're meeting with your PR people and they're coming up with sample Q and A, and you're thinking about workshopping your answers, this was handed to the commissioner as though somebody wanted him to look good.
1:43.0	He had an opportunity to do it all right.
1:46.0	And it didn't work.
1:48.0	And the reason it didn't work is twofold.
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