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Le Batard & Friends Network

NPDS - MLB FINALLY looking to end blackouts!; Yankees owner talks race for Juan Soto!

Le Batard & Friends Network

Dan Le Batard

Sports

4.98.2K Ratings

🗓️ 21 November 2024

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Today's Nothing Personal word of the day is "2028," as in the year MLB plans to create national packages for major streaming companies to bid on to end local blackouts. (17:06) Will Juan Soto end up back in The Bronx? Hal Steinbrenner met with Soto, saying he has "no idea" if the superstar will sign with the Yankees...yikes. Chris Sale and Tarik Skubal are your 2024 Cy Young Winners. MLB MVPs will be announced tonight, SPOILER: expect Ohtani and Judge. (30:23) Review: People Versus Larry Flynt (35:28) A Florida man is suing Netflix because he couldn't access the Tyson Paul fight. (40:14) NBA and Disney are producing an animated Alt-Cast called "Dunk The Halls." It'll be a Mickey and Friends-themed version of Knicks Vs. Spurs at noon ET on Christmas Day. (45:15) Illinois Senator Dick Durbin (D) plans to introduce a bill called the fair ball act which would roll back MLB’s exclusion meaning they would have to pay minor leaguers fair wages and overtime. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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That's the nothing personal word of the day. It is Thursday, November 21st, 2024.

0:52.6

And the year, 2008, is a big year in Major League Baseball. It may seem

0:59.2

super far away, but think of it this way. It's only as far away as COVID is in the rearview mirror,

1:06.6

which to some people seems like yesterday, to other people seems like a decade ago.

1:11.2

But when you hear everything that's going on in 2028,

1:14.7

as came out of the mouth of Rob Manfred during the owners meetings that are currently going on,

1:20.6

you'll realize that everything baseball has been doing,

1:24.9

2008 is a really interesting inflection point year. Let me explain.

1:31.7

Thanks for asking. Sarah's in the chair today. No coca today. Sarah's like, yeah, get on with it.

1:39.5

All right. Ready? Sarah, I'm ready right now. 2000 28, four, all right, four, six, nine.

1:47.5

The reason why 2008 matters is the collective bargaining agreement expires

1:53.0

after the 2020s season.

1:57.0

2007 is going to have a work stoppage.

2:03.6

Everybody in the industry is aware of that, players,

2:08.3

owners. I may be telling you something you don't want to hear. I may be telling you something that you're going to start worrying about, but the new negotiation is going to be very difficult.

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