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But let's start with Major League Baseball because the, I'm going to go with breaking story of the day. I'm going to go with breaking story of the day i'm going to go the breaking

story of the day is it's not that baseball baseball players and um excuse me baseball players

and their uh owners are at an impasse that's different from any other time when

they're at an impasse.

But it's what the players are doing, which is really interesting.

And I think in many ways, disruptive.

So here's what happened. And look, I actually, I don't know if there's anybody who is,

was, or can be determined to be better in the sport than Max Scherzer, right? Like,

Max Scherzer has won a Cy Young in both leagues. Max Scherzer bet on himself. Remember, he's offered a contract to state with the Tigers.

Instead, he turned it down, had a great year, and signed a huge deal with Washington Nationals.

And then, of course, this year, the Washington Nationals finally broke through and won a World Series.

So in no way, in no way is this to impugn the credibility of Max Scherzer.

I think Scherzer is awesome.

But what he's doing, well, like, look, he's basically doing his agent's work.

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