The Sporting Class: Cooperstown Prom Kings, WNBA Protests & What Owners Want
Pablo Torre Finds Out
Pablo Torre
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🗓️ 1 August 2025
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
Our semi-regular roundtable on sports business reconvenes for expertise from the boardroom: David Samson takes Pablo behind the scenes of Ichiro's viral joke about him at the Baseball Hall of Fame, then John Skipper translates the math from the ESPN negotiating table to the Unrivaled cap table the looming strike over WNBA salaries — and team valuations at large. Plus: foreskin, poppycock, psychedelic pastel paisley, pandering to the people, talking with your eyes... and a haberdashery version of pre-determinism.
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| 0:44.8 | Please drink responsibly, because today we're going to find out what this sound is. |
| 0:50.8 | Your whole career, your whole wealth is based on capitalism and the way you made money for yourself and other people. |
| 0:58.5 | And now you sit here and say, you know, losing $11 million a year, big whoop, your asset went up by more. |
| 1:04.7 | Right after this ad. |
| 1:14.3 | People are wondering where we've been. |
| 1:15.9 | It's been a while. |
| 1:16.9 | Hello, John. |
| 1:17.6 | Hello, David. |
| 1:20.9 | Hi, Pablo. |
| 1:21.5 | Really? |
| 1:23.2 | That's the timing we're going to have today. |
| 1:24.0 | Same sweater. |
| 1:26.4 | How many Mississippies was that before you say hello? |
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