Rob Manfred needs to stop lying to fans! Aaron Judge is going to the Giants! Wait, no! He's going back to the YANKEES! (Episode 711)

Nothing Personal with David Samson

David Samson

Sports, Business, Baseball

4.7 • 3.1K Ratings

🗓️ 7 December 2022

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Today’s word of the day is ’goldilocks’ as in those 3 bears as in not too hot, not too cold, it’s just right as in it’s not too deadened, it’s not too juicy, it’s just right. We’re talking about baseballs here. A report came out yesterday that MLB was using 3 different kinds of balls. Rob Manfred said preseason that only one ball would be used. We told you that wasn’t the case. Now, who’s right? MLB says they are. This report says no. (15:35) Aaron Judge to the San Francisco Giants! Wait. No. Not yet! It was reported he was going and then we got an oopsies! What is really going on with Judge? (22:20) Scott Boras is back to holding court at the Winter Meetings. He’s so full of hot air I’m surprised he didn’t take off. (28:30) Review: Dive. (33:45) MLB held its first ever MLB Draft Lottery. Did you hear about it? Did you care about it? (41:00) Aaron Judge will return to the Yankees! It breaks in the middle of our show! (44:20) Trea Turner turned down a Padres deal that was reportedly larger than the Phillies offer. Why? Wait, so Aaron Judge isn't going to the Mets! Day ruined! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:56.9	Go the locks. It's not too hot. It's not too cold. It's just right. It's not too heavy.
1:04.9	It's not too light. It's just right. It's not too dead. It's not too juicy. It's just right.
1:12.9	A skating investigative article came out yesterday, and everyone's talking about it. If you're
1:20.9	not paying attention, but now you're going to be able to, because welcome to nothing personal.
1:25.9	Episode 7-11, Pearl Harbor Day. Do you think that it's possible that Major League Baseball has three
1:36.9	different sets of balls? I'm talking about baseballs. Then they decide that some of them are going to
1:44.9	advantage the hitter, because when you hit a pitch, it's going to go further. Some of them are going to
1:50.9	be an advantage to the pitcher, where when a hitter really squares up a ball, it's just to the warning track.
1:55.9	Some of them are going to be just right. Then on top of that, baseball says, we've got a big
2:05.9	home run chase here. Let's make sure we get the juice balls over to the Yankees. This way,
2:11.9	Garakol, give up a bunch of home runs, and this way Aaron Juggle hit a bunch of home runs.
2:16.9	There have been people out there for years now with an absolute obsession with the baseballs.
2:23.9	This starts with the players who I agree know a baseball better than anybody, the way football players know
2:31.9	football, and they can tell when a football has been deflated, they just feel it. It's their paintbrush.
2:37.9	Pitchers have been complaining about the feel of balls for years, not two years, not three years,
2:46.9	20 years. More, 23 years was my first year in the game, and we had pitchers who would say, hey,
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