NPDS - Justin Turner CRUSHES Mariners ownership for not spending! Barkley, Crosby reset NFL contract markets! Dana White does Saudi business (Episode 1229)

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Dan Le Batard

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🗓️ 6 March 2025

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Today’s word of the day is ’truth’ as in Justin Turner as in Seattle Mariners as in MLB as in owners as in spending. Turner was on the Mariners last season. And he has some things to say about the Mariners offseason spending… or lack of it. (11:35) I have an update or correction on the MASN deal between the Orioles and Nationals. (17:11) WBD prez David Zaslav says the company never needed the NBA. He said they have NASCAR and CFP games and soccer games and more! (32:40) Review: La La Land. (37:00) Saquon Barkley record-setting contract. Maxx Crosby record-setting contract. NFL players are getting paid big money. Markets are getting reset. What does it all mean? (46:05) NPPOD. (47:40) Sportswashing is over. It worked. The Saudis have done it. TKO announced a deal with the Saudis to create a boxing league. Dana White will be the face of it. Congrats. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:06.7	on. Justin Turner is a current, let's start with this. Justin Turner is a former member of the
1:17.1	Seattle Mariners was traded there from the Blue Jays last deadline. He currently is on the Chicago
1:23.5	Cubs who are trying to reverse some recent misfortune in the National League Central,
1:29.7	spending some money generated by Wrigleyville, bringing in Turner, doing their best.
1:35.6	And out of nowhere, Justin Turner decided to tell us some truth about the Seattle Mariners.
1:43.9	I don't necessarily want to focus on what he said,
1:48.7	but I will tell you. I want to focus on the significance of what he said. He was talking about
1:56.6	the Mariners inactivity this offseason.
2:12.5	Inactivity is a topic that is a huge, huge issue between the union and ownership.
2:15.6	Teams, we see it in the media. This team spent a billion dollars, Steve Cohn, in free agency.
2:19.7	This team spent zero or $10 or $100,000 or $2 million.
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