MLB changing the Home Run Derby rules! Dodgers care plan for Ohtani! Scherzer is done! (Episode 1474 Hour 1)

Le Batard & Friends Network

Dan Le Batard

Sports

4.9 • 8.2K Ratings

🗓️ 18 June 2026

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Today’s word of the day is ‘swings’ as in home run derby as in All-Star break as in moonshots as in dong shots as in dingers. Why is MLB changing the rules again? There was a clock and now no clock? How many swings? Is it going to matter? Why does Netflix want new rules? (16:50) Shohei Ohtani and the Dodgers have a care plan. He’s pitching and trying not to hit and hitting and trying not to pitch. He’s dealing with a knee issue. He was dealing with a blister issue. But, he’s still being world class through it all. (24:10) Max Scherzer is finished. It’s over. Age comes for us all. (31:33) Review: In The Grey. (34:40) NPPOD. (39:10) Fox is upset with ESPN over its coverage of the World Cup. Why? (46:40) The Knicks parade is today! People lining up overnight! 10,000 NYPD officers? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:39.3	That's nothing personal word of the day.
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1:47.9	And we end this week with at least a double entendre.
1:55.3	Let's start with the first swing.
1:58.3	We're talking about swings of the home run derby because an announcement came yesterday, strangely,
2:05.4	until you dig deep down into the announcement.
2:09.8	That was done unofficially through a source to the Atlantic who, quote, was not authorized
2:16.8	to speak publicly on the matter.
2:21.1	Side note, when someone tells a writer in my experience, I'm not authorized to speak publicly on the
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