Shohei Ohtani, Dodgers meet the media and say what?; Are the Tampa Bay Rays becoming the St. Pete Rays? (Episode 953)

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David Samson

Baseball, Sports, Business

4.5 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 15 December 2023

⏱️ 48 minutes

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HOLIDAY MERCH SALE: https://davidsamsonpodcast.com/shop/ Today’s word of the day is ‘presser’ as in press conference as in introduction as in Shohei Ohtani as in the Los Angeles Dodgers as in media frenzy. What a day yesterday. What did Ohtani have to say about his surgery, his contract, and his future. (17:30) Not only did the Dodgers introduce Ohtani, but they traded for Tyler Glasnow. Financial bullying! (22:40) What is going on with the Tampa Bay Rays? A city council member wants the name changed to St. Pete and the team is refusing. Could it collapse the deal? (31:40) Review: Modern Romance. (36:10) What is happening with the Washington sports teams? Are the Wizards and Capitals moving down the road to Virginia? (43:20) NPPOD. (47:00) What is happening with Inter Miami’s new stadium? Remember it was supposed to be privately funded. Well, not anymore! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:13.6	Add a card to your Google wallet. Presser. That's the nothing personal word of the day. It is Friday, December 15th,
0:36.0	2023. Thank God it's Friday. We had a big Presser.
0:41.0	Shohe O'Tani introduced to the Dodgers, introduced to the fans,
0:46.9	hundreds of media members, three o'clock Pacific, making sure that it was convenient in Japan.
0:55.1	As a matter of fact, let me just take a quick peek,
0:59.1	because I assume they planned properly.
1:01.9	What time do we think it is in Tokyo right now? It's 10 o'clock AM
1:08.1	PM so it's 10 PM so it's 14 hours ahead so it's 17 hours ahead of California.
1:15.0	So 3 plus 3 is 12 and then plus 5 is 8.
1:21.0	So it was 8 a.m. in the morning in Japan when the press conference
1:26.2	happened. O'Tani comes out he's wearing a suit. Here comes Andrew Friedman, the President of Baseball Operations,
1:36.2	and he gives a talk about how great Shohe is. And I wanted to give you a few comments from that
1:42.2	press conference that made me smile as an executive thinking back to all the press conferences that I was a part of and the planning that goes in.
1:49.0	You have to have a press release ready with statements, you organize the questions, you practice with the player and the
1:56.6	owner and the president and the GM questions, who's going to take what?
2:01.4	Everything is completely timed.
2:04.3	You work with your network,
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