Baseball Is Dead Episode 171: Welcome To The Offseason

Double Play: A Baseball Podcast

DraftKings

Sports, Baseball

4.6 • 681 Ratings

🗓️ 6 November 2023

⏱️ 91 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

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The offseason is here and it didn't take long for the action to get going! We got the Reds declining Joey Votto's option, Tim Anderson and Eduardo Rodríguez opting out of their deals, and some big time managerial shake ups that are announced during the recording of this episode! We're breaking down all the offseason news so far and look ahead to the major free agent signings that are looming. Thanks for listening and we'll see you next week! If you or someone you know has a gambling problem, crisis counseling and referral services can be accessed by calling 1-800-GAMBLER (1-800-426-2537) (IL/IN/MI/NJ/PA/WV/WY), 1-800-NEXT STEP (AZ), 1-800-522-4700 (CO/NH), 888-789-777 7/visit http://ccpg.org/chat (CT), 1-800-BETS OFF (IA), 1-877-770-STOP (7867) (LA), 877-8-HOPENY/text HOPENY (467369) (NY), visit OPGR.org (OR), call/text TN REDLINE 1-800-889-9789 (TN), or 1-888-532-3500 (VA). 21+ (18+ NH/WY). Physically present in AZ/CO/CT/IL/IN/IA/LA/MI/NH/NJ/NY/OR/ PA/TN/VA/WV/WY only. Min. $5 deposit required. Eligibility restrictions apply. See http://draftkings.com/sportsbook for details. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to Draft King's Network.
0:05.0	I mean, this is a sport that's on the precipice of irrelevance.
0:11.0	The games are taking over three and a half hours,
0:13.0	playoff games are taking over four hours.
0:16.0	Games too long, too slow, who cares?
0:19.0	This is a situation where baseball is in trouble to begin with Who cares? This is a situation
0:20.9	where baseball is in trouble to begin with.
0:24.3	The NLD is officially dead.
0:26.8	Baseball is dead.
0:28.4	Rest in peace.
0:31.5	No, I'm not going to, I won't do it.
0:33.4	Easy.
0:35.3	Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey. Can we talk about, can we talk about Nathaniel Lowe's ariolas?
0:43.5	Yeah, those are nice. Their circumference was proper. Oh, my. I don't know. I'm not going to, I'm not going to parade shame, but I was underwhelmed a little bit.
0:56.2	Well, I mean, there wasn't a, you got to look, different vibes in different places, Jared, all right?
1:01.7	When you got, when you got maniacal maceholes all up and down the sides of the streets,
1:07.4	anything goes.
1:08.5	Anything can happen.
1:09.2	It's a different vibe than what you're used to.
1:11.2	They're the Texas Rangers.
1:12.9	Like I get that they have the Houston Astros, but it's the Texas Rangers.
1:16.7	Texas is big enough to be its own country.
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