HR 1: Competitive Balance

Mason & Ireland

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4.5 • 755 Ratings

🗓️ 27 March 2026

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Mason and Ireland start the show today with the Dodgers opening day victory! How was Kershaw in his NBC Baseball broadcasting debut? What did Mark Walter say when talking about parity in sports? Does a salary cap always lead to more parity? How would Ireland solve the tanking problem in the NBA? Ice Breakers! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Bowser is back.
0:06.0	Everyone calm down.
0:07.9	The Super Mario Brothers can take care of the kingdom.
0:11.7	Let's go.
0:13.0	On April 1st,
0:14.2	Toad, pack our things.
0:15.6	Woohoo!
0:16.6	The galaxy is waiting.
0:19.9	Who is this?
0:21.6	So some cool dinosaur just shows up and he's now part of the group.
0:25.4	Cool.
0:26.0	The Super Mario Galaxy movie, only in cinema's April 1st.
0:30.0	Friday afternoon.
0:31.2	It's that Ireland, the show on a radio.
0:36.3	Here we go Friday, the 27th of March,
0:38.6	2026.
0:39.9	And the Dodgers are headed to 162.
0:43.7	No.
0:44.2	Dodgers beat the Diamondbacks for opening day.
0:46.6	We get ready for game number two.
0:49.2	Meanwhile, Lakers are back on the court tonight and back home.
0:52.9	I think they're going to get Pepe to play for the Brooklyn net tonight tonight. Man, the Lakers should beat him by 1,000. Well, question at the time, okay? Yes, one question at the time. Okay. By the way, Pepe makes his return to Mason and Ireland today. Pepe in studio. No Michael, though. Michael's apparently getting a deep dental cleaning. A deep dental cleaning. The DDC.
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