World Baseball Classic Magic! Skubal wants more! Shohei moments!; MLBPA guarantees a lockout... IF! (Episode 1423 Hour 1)

Nothing Personal with David Samson

David Samson

Sports, Business, Baseball

4.7 • 3.1K Ratings

🗓️ 9 March 2026

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Today’s word of the day is ‘juggernaut’ as in Team USA as in WBC as in Dominican Republic as in Japan as in walk offs as in homers as in magic! The World Baseball Classic has been incredible. Everything about it. From the crowds to the moments to the players. All of it! (9:45) Is Tarik Skubal going to pitch again? What happened to one start and gone? (18:40) Bryce Harper talks. People listen. But should they? Why did he say this about the WBC? (24:10) Bruce Meyer continues to comment on a lockout coming. Why is he saying this every chance he gets? (31:31) Review: The Voice of Hind Rajab. (36:02) Miles Mikolas says the MLBPA should not defend Jurickson Profar. Said he made multiple mistakes and he’s got the money to defend himself. (41:30) Went to Sloan on Friday. Did a PTFO. More Clippers drama! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	The
0:07.0	The Juggernaut. That's the nothing personal word of the day. It is Monday, March 9th,
0:43.7	2026, and Team USA is a juggernaut. And I'm not talking hockey. I'm not talking Olympics,
0:52.5	Bryce. I'm talking world baseball classic. And it has been a perfect
0:59.0	start for Major League Baseball as they entered into this world baseball classic, trying to
1:08.5	get on the ramp to the Olympics in 2008, trying to get on the ramp to the Olympics in 2008, trying to get on the ramp to new broadcast deals
1:17.6	for 2009. Critical that each of the pools went off without a hitch given the political unrest
1:27.1	that is pervasive in so many places.
1:30.1	Given all the possible things, injuries, logistics, war, the World Baseball Classic is underway
1:39.6	and it has been absolutely incredible, starting with the first day.
1:48.5	Koka, Shohai Otani hits a grand slam.
1:53.0	Japan pool play, undefeated.
1:56.0	They're coming to Miami, baby, for the quarterfinals.
2:07.3	And perfect opportunity for a PR moment.
2:23.4	The video clip of Shohei Otani hitting a grand slam had more views immediately than the clip of the Dodgers winning the World Series.
2:27.0	And people were saying, isn't that interesting?
2:29.5	Doesn't that show the global appeal of baseball?
2:33.6	Doesn't it show the provincial nature of the World Series? The fact that you've got teams having fun, Dominican, teams caring and emotional and passionate.
2:41.0	It's exactly when the World Baseball Classic was born 20 years ago.
2:49.0	Plus, this was it.
2:53.1	This is what we thought would have been possible
2:57.3	if you could get buy-in from players around the world.
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