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That's nothing personal word of the day.

It is Thursday, November 7th, 2004, a magic wand, as in J-U-A-N, as in Juan Soto, as in the words that Scott

Boris used to describe Juan Soto as he stood at the GM meetings in front of his press conference

backdrop, which he plopped down in the lobby and spoke about

all of his players for an unprecedented gazillionth year in a row.

You knew I was going to start the show with this because he's got the number one free agent

on the board, bless his soul won

soto Alex Bregman Blake Snell pita lanzo corbin burns he's got him all hard to argue

that he's not the most powerful agent in the business when he keeps getting the biggest

most powerful players in the game when he keeps getting the biggest, most powerful players in the

game. Last year, when he had the Boris 4, who didn't sign till the very end and ended up all

taking small deals, including Blake Snell, Jordan Montgomery, who he lost, Chapman, Bellinger,

that class pales in comparison. So what Scott does, he gets on his

plane, goes to San Antonio. I spent quite a bit of time last night trying to be Scott Boris.

This is a weird thing when you try to put yourself in the brain of another person. It doesn't matter

who it is. It could be a politician. It could be your significant other, your child, your producer,

anyone. It's almost impossible to actually be fully empathetic. Now, keep in mind that my levels

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