MLB postseason will expand; deal with it (2/11)

Nothing Personal with David Samson

David Samson

Sports, Business, Baseball

4.7 • 3.1K Ratings

🗓️ 11 February 2020

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Today's word of the day is 'pepper' as in Pepper Johnson got fired as the defensive coordinator in the XFL after just one game (0:06)! MLB plan for postseason expansion gets leaked (1:00). This is everything we know from it and everything I know will happen from it. Trevor Bauer calls commissioner Rob Manfred a joke on Twitter (9:38)! Let's role play how conversations would go in the baseball circles about this tweet. NFL wants to make more and more money so it will now look into flexing Monday Night Football as part of new TV deals (17:50). Review - Jojo Rabbit (23:48). New York Mets are being UNFAIRLY criticized for not letting minor leaguers use its new spring training clubhouse... this is why they should be criticized (28:21). So You Wanna Talk To Samson!? Someone asked me if when I became an executive in sports did I lose my fandom (32:55)? Let's take a look at the Red Sox divorce with Mookie Betts and everything Bloom and Henry said about the move. Do the Sox make the 2020 postseason? #waittosee --------------------------- 'Nothing Personal with David Samson' is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Castbox and wherever else you listen to podcasts. Follow David on Twitter: @DavidPSamson To watch David on CBS Sports HQ visit https://www.cbssports.com/live/ To hear more from the CBS Sports Podcast Network, visit https://www.cbssports.com/podcasts/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Pepper as in salt and pepper as in don't go chasing waterfalls.
0:11.2	No, it's pepper as in pepper Johnson.
0:14.2	Folks are you aware that pepper Johnson, the former Super Bowl winning linebacker for
0:19.1	the New York Giants is the defensive coordinator of the new XFL team called the LA Wildcats.
0:24.4	They had one game, the first game he's already been fired.
0:28.4	This makes impatient people in baseball look super uber patient.
0:34.1	Are you kidding me?
0:35.3	They actually took their captain of their team in LA, lost the game, released the captain
0:40.2	and fired the defensive coordinator for giving up 37 points in a 37 17 game.
0:45.7	I need answers.
0:46.8	I need the head of the wildcats to stand up the owner, the president, the GM somebody.
0:51.6	Explain to me why he's no longer a good fit.
0:54.4	They're one game, pepper Johnson, one of my heroes, not a good fit.
1:01.6	MLB is in the news because we've got spring training, we've got teams hitting the field.
1:07.3	Workouts are starting.
1:08.8	Let's talk about all sorts of on the field.
1:11.4	No, we still have to talk about some off the field stuff.
1:14.9	There's still news going on that we have to report before we can get to pitches, catches,
1:22.6	players.
1:23.6	Let's talk about playoffs.
1:25.4	Playoffs?
1:26.4	Playoffs?
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