Atlanta Braves win World Series... now what? Top 5 MLB offseason storylines; Henry Ruggs III and another avoidable tragedy (11/3)

Nothing Personal with David Samson

David Samson

Sports, Business, Baseball

4.7 • 3.1K Ratings

🗓️ 3 November 2021

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Today’s word of the day is ’that’s all folks’ as in the season is over as in the Atlanta Braves are your World Series champions as in Freddie Freeman gets a ring as in Max Fried pitched a gem as in Jorge Soler wins MVP as in Dusty Baker and the Houston Astros can’t get it done at home. Let’s talk about some of these storylines. (15:30) Let’s discuss the Atlanta Braves. Where was Alex Anthopoulos? The president of baseball operations tested positive for COVID and couldn’t travel with the team. Heartbreaking. (17:45) What do you pay Freddie Freeman? Do you pay Jorge Soler or Joc Pederson? Do the Astros bring back Carlos Correa now that they lost? (20:25) What’s next for MLB? The offseason is here and it’s time to talk what will happen in 2022. Let’s do a Top 5 of offseason questions. (29:15) Review: Dazed & Confused. (39:05) NPPOD. (41:00) The Las Vegas Raiders released Henry Ruggs III after being charged with a DUI that resulted in the death of another driver. Another avoidable tragedy for what? What reason do you have to drink and drive? NONE. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:49.4	That's all folks. Diddy diddy diddy diddy diddy that's all folks.
0:53.0	I love that with the commercial and porky pig at the end of the cartoons.
0:56.4	That's it for the 2021 Major League Baseball season.
1:00.2	Can you imagine spring training was like yesterday.
1:03.7	And just like that, the season is over. The Atlanta Braves are world champions.
1:09.7	I don't mind saying world, people get upset. It's not a world series. It's just the US.
1:14.1	Why don't you call it the US series? You're not playing any national teams from anywhere else.
1:19.2	It's the world series. It's what it's called. It doesn't mean you've beaten Japan or Cuba.
1:23.7	It just means that you're the best in Major League Baseball.
1:28.2	Are you aware that the National League East is the most successful division in all of Baseball?
1:32.8	The division that we make fun of as being the National League least in 2021.
1:38.2	The division that was so bad this year that the Atlanta Braves could lose their entire outfield
1:43.9	to injury and domestic abuse and replace it with journeymen, non-tender guys,
1:52.4	castaways, the likes of which you would make Tom Hanks proud in Jock Peterson, Adam Duval,
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