Jon Heyman | Baseball Columnist for the New York Post & MLB Network Insider | 08-20-25

Sid & Friends In The Morning

77 WABC

Sports, Comedy, News

4.2 • 828 Ratings

🗓️ 20 August 2025

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

Jon Heyman, baseball columnist for the New York Post and a baseball insider for MLB Network, calls into the program to talk about MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred's plans for redistricting and possible expansion to 32 teams, including potential new teams in Nashville and Salt Lake City. The conversation touches on MLB's current state of health, which Jon asserts is strong, citing increased attendance and ratings. They also debate the importance of marketability and communication among non-English-speaking players like Shohei Ohtani and Juan Soto. Finally, they explore the dynamics and performance of local teams, the Mets and Yankees, evaluating their potential for making deep playoff runs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:47.7	This is Sid and Friends in the morning.
0:51.4	Friends, how many others have them, friends? 77 Wabc. John Heyman is the best base provider in the country. MLB Network and the New York Post. That's a great podcast with Joel Sherman. John, good morning, pal. How are you? Friends, Sid, how are you? Thank you for that nice introduction. It's all true.
1:11.4	I hope you don't watch MSNBC, because if you do, you'll be angry with me.
1:14.6	I don't have time.
1:26.5	I'm working. I'm working all the time. Yeah, I know. Of course you are. In baseball, there's so much going on. I mean, we'll get to the local teams in a minute here, John. but Rob Manfred talking about what he wants to do with this league.
1:29.9	My wife made a funny joke because you've been talking about redistricting,
1:34.7	all these huge fights going on in the state of Texas and California and here in New York.
1:37.2	And baseball basically wants to redistrict.
1:38.2	Nice job, Danielle.
1:42.5	They want to move all these teams, no more American League and National League.
1:44.1	Now we're talking about conferences. And even if I'm correct here, a Great Lakes
1:47.9	Division somewhere around the Northeast.
1:51.0	Why is he considering this?
1:53.1	What is he thinking?
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