Don't believe the leaks (10/29)

Nothing Personal with David Samson

David Samson

Baseball, Sports, Business

4.5 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 29 October 2019

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

We start today off with the NPDS Word of the Day! Today's word is PUPPET (0:06). The NFL trade deadline was happening live and David fills you in with everything you need to know about it - from how a story is leaked and when are trades actually discussed (1:30)? World Series deep dive! Verlander looks to exorcise his demons while Strasburg is pitching for his future (10:53). A guy from Nepal did the impossible and I'll tell you what he did (21:50). California made the NCAA 'bend the knee' but it will open up a can of worms like never seen before (25:40). Review of the day is 'Dolemite is My Name' (31:07). I make the case for roboumps in MLB (33:39) - listen, learn, accept. Will it be Joe Girardi, or David Ross, who makes the playoffs first? #waittosee To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	We got a new feature today on Nothing Personal.
0:08.8	We're going to start every show with why I like to call the Nothing Personal Word of the
0:13.0	Day.
0:14.2	Word of the Day today?
0:16.2	Puppet.
0:17.2	Yes, that's right.
0:18.2	The word is puppet.
0:19.9	How was that used?
0:21.4	Let me read.
0:22.4	A quote from Theo Epstein, President of Baseball Operations for your Chicago Cubs.
0:28.7	If you're a front office and you want a puppet, you don't hire David Ross.
0:35.4	Here's what I think he meant to say.
0:37.7	We're a front office and we'll only hire puppets.
0:41.1	Therefore we hire David Ross.
0:43.7	We didn't interview anyone else for real because we knew that David Ross would be our puppet.
0:50.4	And we also knew he would say he's not a puppet, which is exactly what the perfect puppet
0:55.4	does when you need a puppet.
0:58.2	So why would Theo choose to actually say that they didn't want a puppet?
1:03.3	Because as Shakespeare likes to say, he thinks he does protest too much.
1:09.5	What will actually happen with the Cubs and David Ross?
1:12.1	The first time that David Ross decides he doesn't want his strings pulled.
1:17.0	Theo will come right down to the clubhouse.
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