Mickey Callaway, Jared Porter, and MLB's front office culture problem (2/2)

Nothing Personal with David Samson

David Samson

Sports, Business, Baseball

4.7 • 3.1K Ratings

🗓️ 2 February 2021

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Today’s word of the day is ‘appalled’ as in we are so appalled by these actions as in Mickey Callaway, pitching coach for the Los Angeles Angels, has been accused of some awful things by multiple women. This is the 2nd high profile male in MLB to be accused of this in the past few weeks. What do Callaway and Jared Porter have in common? Both had been hired by Sandy Alderson and the New York Mets. (18:10) MLB and MLBPA are fighting and fighting and fighting. When will it stop? There will be baseball this year, but will there be a delayed start? (32:55) Review - First Cow. (36:20) NPPOD - the pick of the day is hot! (40:10) Dustin Pedroia has announced his retirement from MLB. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:28.9	A paul. A paul is the nothing personal word of the day. Today is Tuesday, February 2. It
0:50.8	is approximately 8.50 in the morning, Eastern time. I wanted to get this show out early,
0:57.8	a little early, maybe 10 minutes earlier than normal, because there's something to talk
1:03.5	about and it is no joke. A paul. Do you know what a paul means? I want to get the definition
1:08.9	out there. So we're all on the same page as to what we're talking about. A paul means
1:14.3	when you're greatly dismayed or horrified. Not partially dismayed. Not slightly dismayed.
1:24.7	Gratly dismayed. Or, doesn't mean and or. You can be greatly dismayed or you can be horrified.
1:31.9	If you are greatly dismayed, not partially dismayed. Gratly dismayed or horrified, you are a paul.
1:39.3	Why is a paul the word of the day? Because we got a situation going on in baseball and it
1:43.5	is about damn time that people understand what goes on in baseball in the workplace, in
1:51.8	other professional sports, in other workplaces. The inappropriate behavior that is shown toward
2:00.6	women is so rampant that it is a more hidden issue than concussions in football or steroids
2:10.7	in baseball. It is something that was so accepted and so normal that women in sports or in
2:21.1	business have had to deal with it in silence. And men have been able to perpetrate this
2:31.2	behavior with zero consequence. But those days are finally coming to an end. The New York
2:40.4	Mets are in the middle of yet another problem. Steve Cohn is the gift that keeps on giving.
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