NPDS - MLB Tokyo Series is BIG business for baseball! Roki Sasaki makes debut! Ohtani homers! Trump and Russia talk hockey!? (Episode 1238)

Le Batard & Friends Network

Dan Le Batard

Sports

4.9 • 8.3K Ratings

🗓️ 19 March 2025

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Today’s word of the day is ’yen’ as in dollars as in business as in Major League Baseball as in MLB Tokyo Series as in Dodgers as in Cubs. Let’s focus on the money. This is a huge success for baseball. Roki Sasaki made his debut for the Dodgers today and you could see the stuff he has, but the command was off. 100 mph fastballs. Bad placement. But he got out without getting shelled. Ohtani got his first home run of the year… but was it one? (20:30) Is the NHL really going to get back into business with Russia? Well, that’s what Trump and Putin are saying. But, how does the NHL feel about that? (33:31) Review: The Last Showgirl (36:00) Private equity isn’t going anywhere. Now the San Francisco Giants are involved. Even more than before. (44:50) Is the Aaron Rodgers saga coming to a close? Maybe. The Vikings are reportedly out! (49:45) NPPOD Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:33.6	Here you go.
0:51.5	As in 5.2 billion yen.
0:56.8	That's the nothing personal word of the day. It is Wednesday, March 19th,
1:04.8	2025, and we're talking about yen. Rob Manfred, the commissioner of baseballs in Tokyo,
1:12.8	watching game two of the regular season between the Dodgers and Cubs, which is happening as you listen, as you watch.
1:19.2	The Dodgers are out to a 6-3 lead in the seventh inning, but I'm focused on money.
1:22.6	And the money in Japan is called yen.
1:23.6	That's the currency.
1:29.8	Now, the exchange is such that when I tell you that Major League Baseball expects revenue of $35 million from this opening series, that's the same thing as me telling you that it's about
1:38.5	$5.2 billion.
1:42.8	And I want to get into exactly why the commissioner is giving you a number and why it
1:48.0	matters so much to him that you understand the number of yen that are involved and why it's so
1:53.3	important that every owner hears what the number of millions is involved. But I can't get into that
2:00.3	until I talk a little bit about this game that we're all watching.
2:03.1	I hope you're watching.
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