Ned Colletti

Holding Kourt

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Sports:baseball, Business, Non-profit, Society & Culture, Sports, Baseball

5.0 • 582 Ratings

🗓️ 18 September 2020

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Dodgers TV analyst, best-selling author of The Big Chair and former GM, Ned Colletti joins the podcast this week to share some of his incredible stories from his near 40 year career in baseball. We finally set the record straight about Kourtney's role in Justin's original minor league deal that capped off with a night at the blackjack tables in Australia. Ned recalls his lengthy hiring process and transition from the rival Giants to the Dodgers. He'll give his thoughts on the current team he helped shape as well as the current cross-town rivalry in Chicago. Follow Ned: @therealnedcolletti

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0:00.0	Hi everyone and welcome to episode 25 of the holding court podcast. Today we have a very special guest.
0:07.3	We'll be joined by Dodgers TV analysts for Sports in LA, former GM of the Dodgers and bestselling author, Ned Caletti.
0:15.3	He's going to share just a few of his millions of stories he has from his almost 40-year career in baseball.
0:22.7	And we might even share how Ned and I work together on signing Justin to the Dodgers.
0:28.4	A little fun fact for you.
0:29.5	And that is all coming up right now on holding court.
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0:43.5	hello
0:45.5	it is just me doing the intro this week
0:48.4	I am so excited to have Ned on though
0:50.8	and Justin's going to join us in a minute
0:52.7	when we get him on the line but wanted to give
0:55.2	a little backstory. Ned was obviously the GM of the Dodgers when Justin signed here and he just
1:00.8	has such an incredible career starting with his hometown team of the Cubs and going to the Giants
1:06.9	and then going to the rival Dodgers obviously that whole whole transition. Now he's become a best-selling
1:12.1	author. He is a current TV analyst for SportsNetL.A. I'm sure you all watch him during the pre and the
1:17.8	post game. He's a scout for the San Jose Sharks. And this guy has stories from the moment I met Ned
1:24.5	in that opening series in Australia. He's just that kind of guy you want to sit down at dinner, pour a glass of wine, and just turn him loose on all of his stories because he has been in the thick of it for so many different signings and situations.
1:38.7	And obviously, you know, the current team that we're watching right now with the Dodgers, he signed so many of these guys
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