FF: Talking Money and Baseball with my Daughter

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4.8 • 676 Ratings

🗓️ 11 May 2026

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

John Odermatt is joined once again by his daughter Rubie for a fun father-daughter episode of Finding Freedom. Rubie brings the questions — and they cover everything from how baseball players get paid, to why Dad saves nickels, to the difference between gold and silver. Equal parts personal finance lesson and baseball chat, all from a kid's point of view. Chapters 0:00 – Welcome & Intro 1:12 – How much do baseball players make? 6:12 – Will the US ever have a $2 coin? 9:50 – Why save silver and gold? 17:32 – Who's the highest-paid player in baseball? (Ohtani) 21:26 – Most expensive baseball card ever sold 22:10 – Do the Blue Jays spend their money wisely? 27:10 – Why Ruby loves podcasting SUPPORT LIONS OF LIBERTY: Help keep this podcast going! We rely on listener support to continue bringing you content on freedom, political reform, and personal empowerment. Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/lionsofliberty Support us on Locals: https://lionsofliberty.locals.com/ Subscribe, rate, and review wherever you listen – it makes a huge difference! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Some follow the noise.
0:03.0	Bloomberg follows the money,
0:04.8	whether it's the funds fueling AI
0:06.4	or crypto's trillion dollar swings.
0:08.9	There's a money side to every story.
0:11.4	Get the money side of the story.
0:13.5	Subscribe now at Bloomberg.com.
0:15.8	Thank you. I I'm Welcome to another episode of finding freedom here on the Lions of Liberty podcast.
0:52.6	If you remember, a couple years ago,
0:55.5	did a podcast with my daughter, Ruby.
0:59.6	Did we do it last year?
1:01.6	So, yeah, we did we swell. And exercising last year, I forget the year before.
1:08.6	Yeah, so we're doing it again. Ruby has some questions, and we're going to talk about baseball, and we're going to talk about money.
1:16.7	But it's like baseballs combined money.
1:19.9	So, yeah.
1:20.2	Baseball and money combined.
1:22.1	Okay.
1:22.4	So we'll see how it goes.
1:25.1	Okay.
1:26.9	So my first question is how much money do baseball players usually get paid at the end of each year?
1:37.8	Well, they get paid throughout the year. They don't have to wait until the end of the year to get paid.
1:42.9	I know, but like a total up at the end of the year. So baseball players, I guess this is a more complicated answer.
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