Mets owner Steve Cohen get first Juan Soto meeting! Louisiana governor wants a REAL TIGER at game Saturday!?; MLB offseason spending (Episode 1165)

Nothing Personal with David Samson

David Samson

Baseball, Sports, Business

4.5 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 8 November 2024

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Today’s word of the day is ‘believe’ as in ya gotta believe as in the New York Mets as in Steve Cohen as in Juan Soto as in Scott Boras. Mets owner Steve Cohen gets the first meeting with Juan Soto. How is that going to go? What would I do if I was Cohen. (12:20) Let’s discuss how some more teams will spend this offseason: St. Louis Cardinals, San Diego Padres, Boston Red Sox. (23:07) NPPOD. (28:30) LSU wants to have a live tiger at the game against Alabama on Saturday. Well, not LSU, but the Governor of Louisiana is pushing for it! HUH!? (36:00) Review: Rez Ball. (39:08) A Native American tribe is buying a soccer team in Sacramento. Whoa. (43:00) Bronny James is headed to the G-League BUT the way he’s being used there is hilarious. Only home games? Then back to the Lakers? (47:00) Does the WNBA have a coaching problem? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:11.5	UK. Believe. That's the nothing personal word of the day. It is Friday, November 8th,
0:36.4	2024, and you got to believe. This first part of the
0:42.0	last show of the week is all about the New York Mets. I want to talk to Mets fans. I want to talk to
0:50.2	Yankee fans. I want to talk to Dodger fans. In addition, if you're a Blue Jays fan or a Giants fan,
0:56.4	how about a Tampa Ray's fan? Let's get down to brass tacks. What happens when an owner gets on a
1:04.4	private plane and goes to see a player and an agent? Word came out yesterday from very reliable sources that Steve Cohn would be
1:14.2	flying to Southern California next week to meet with Scott Boris and Juan Soto. When you go meet a
1:21.8	player who's a free agent, there is a specific way to do that meeting. You prepare for it because each player's different.
1:31.7	And you count on your GM to have spoken to the agent prior to you getting involved as a president or owner
1:39.8	so that you know which tact is the right way to go.
1:45.5	So, for example, if it's a middle reliever who you want to sign,
1:51.4	you're going there to talk about opportunity.
1:53.7	You're going there to talk about role.
1:56.3	When it is a starting pitcher,
1:58.7	you're going to talk about your pitching coach, your approach,
2:03.6	the division.
2:06.8	Every free agent wants to hear about money.
2:09.7	So that's not a differentiating factor.
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