The Sporting Class: MLB and ESPN's Divorce

Pablo Torre Finds Out

Pablo Torre, Le Batard & Friends

Sports

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 27 February 2025

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Major League Baseball just opted out of its $550 million contract with the Worldwide Leader. But are we still underestimating the fundamental value of the game? Why would a network sign a broadcast-rights deal in the first place, if you can just put crap on TV? And is Kyle Kuzma actually more popular than Aaron Judge? Plus: Netflix, Victor Wemminyamma, David Samson in union-boss mode, John Skipper's Chocolate-Chip Cookie Theory — and the fan of this show who is consuming it on mushrooms. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to Pablo Torre finds out.
0:01.9	I am Pablo Torre, and today we're going to find out what this sound is.
0:06.2	Whatever, whatever, whatever.
0:08.6	God damn it.
0:09.8	Right after this ad.
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0:49.7	slash setup. Do we have, uh, how's your voice doing, John?
1:00.8	Is it in singing shape for David today?
1:03.5	I can't sing.
1:04.9	So how are we going to do this happy birthday appropriately?
1:07.2	Well, we'll just sing badly.
1:08.8	Okay.
1:09.9	David, what number are you up to these days?
1:12.6	Heinz 57.
1:13.6	Mmm.
1:14.6	A secret recipe.
1:15.6	Oh, you're catching up to me.
1:18.6	What, do you like my mother? Are you aging backwards?
1:22.6	No, no. I was trying to make a pun on ketchup.
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