MLB schedule release and the impact of Texas and Florida

Nothing Personal with David Samson

David Samson

Sports, Business, Baseball

4.7 • 3.1K Ratings

🗓️ 26 June 2020

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Today's word of the day is 'YNWA' as in You'll Never Walk Alone as in Liverpool won the Premier League and it got me thinking about how much the US could learn from how England does it. From stadium atmosphere, to youth leagues, to academies, just the whole brand (0:06). Let's talk about MLB schedule release. THIS is what goes into making a schedule and how important each game is to make (13:55). Texas Rangers are selling tickets because they can have fans in the stands... well, Texas and Florida announced today that they're shutting down bars again because of a coronavirus spike. Not only did the Texas Rangers have Globe Life Field get crushed on social media over the design of the new ballpark, now they need to face a tough reality. I've been there before with Marlins Park (19:20). So You Wanna Talk To Samson!? Someone asked me why Amazon would pay to name the renovated arena in Seattle the Climate Pledge Arena (34:35). The New York Jets have a major problem and it's not Jamal Adams... it's the head coach. #waittosee --------------------------- 'Nothing Personal with David Samson' is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, Castbox, Bullhorn 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/ https://www.youtube.com/nothingpersonalwithdavidsamson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	You'll never walk alone. Nothing personal phrase of the day. You will never walk alone.
0:16.4	Anybody know what that is? I had no idea what that was until 2009. And then I learned
0:24.1	that is the anthem for the Liverpool Football Club. Liverpool and the English Premier League
0:31.0	clinched their first Premier League Championship in 30 years. They did it yesterday. Today is Friday,
0:41.5	June 26th, 2020. Whenever you're listening to this, it happened on June 25th. Liverpool
0:50.6	is a soccer team, except they call it a football team. One of the big six in the English Premier
0:56.5	League. Kudos if you can name the big six. I'm going to try right now because Koka pre-show
1:03.0	told me the big six. It's highly unlikely that I'll remember, but let me try. Liverpool, Manchester
1:09.0	United, Manchester City, Arsenal. That's four. Liverpool, Manu, Man City, Arsenal, Chelsea,
1:25.0	and Tottenham Spurs. That's the big six. It's a league. So here's how I grew up. I grew up
1:34.3	a huge basketball fan. I grew up in the United States. Huge fan of the NICS, love the NFL,
1:42.3	loved Major League Baseball, loved the National Hockey League. I was NICS, I was Giants, I was Rangers,
1:49.8	and I was Yankees. I would watch all sorts of sports, never watched soccer, never played soccer.
1:59.7	During recess, we would play Kill the Carrier, we would play Dodgeball, we'd play Gaga,
2:06.7	but I didn't play soccer. Knowing, of course, that soccer is the biggest sport in the world.
2:13.7	I first learned to be jealous of soccer when I got into baseball in 1999 when the way they operate
2:22.0	in terms of brand affinity was something that I wanted for my team, whether it was the Exposer
2:29.6	of the Marlins. I wanted people to love our baseball team, the way people in the English
2:35.3	Premier League, the way those fans loved their team, the way they interacted with their team.
2:42.7	It took 10 years in the sport before I made the trek. Some would say it's a pilgrimage.
2:49.4	In 2009, I went to what is called the, I completely forgot what it's called, the Northwest
2:59.3	Derby. Is that possible what it's called? The Northwest Derby? I think it's Derby or Derby,
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