World Baseball Classic: USA bats wake up, but Scherzer explains why there's no Cy Young stars; Bauer goes to Japan; Morant goes to get help (Episode 772)

Nothing Personal with David Samson

David Samson

Sports, Business, Baseball

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🗓️ 14 March 2023

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Today’s word of the day is ‘rolling the dice’ as in taking a chance as in gambling as in Max Scherzer spoke about the World Baseball Classic and why he’s not participating. A mid-season tournament, maybe? But, he spoke on getting ready for the season and not being there yet. Is it wrong to prioritize the MLB season over the WBC? Brandon Nimmo felt similar to Scherzer. Team USA has the bats, but none of the 15 Americans to receiver Cy Young votes are on the squad. And what about the pitching limits for the USA pitchers… not great! (15:50) Did you see the signing of Duque Hebbert? Do you know who we’re talking about? No? (26:55) Review: The Last of Us. (30:25) The Mets join the Yankees in welcoming a new addition to the IL. Jose Quintana is now hurt. It is hard to win. Even if you have the money. (35:30) Trevor Bauer is off to Japan. Okay. (41:50) NPPOD. (43:00) Ja Morant is getting help. It was reported that Morant will be in Florida joining a counseling program. His timetable to return as yet to be determined. Happy Pi Day! How many numbers do you know!? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Rollin' the dice is the nothing personal word of the day for Tuesday, March 14th, 2023.
0:28.3	The dice is the way Max Scherzer described yesterday what it would be if he pitched in the
0:35.8	World Baseball Classic.
0:37.4	I'd be rolling the dice with my arm.
0:41.1	Just what Major League Baseball owners want to see.
0:45.0	I want to bring it back to when the World Baseball Classic started because this is becoming
0:48.8	an issue and a bigger issue every single day.
0:53.3	We are seeing more and more players getting injured whether they're a part of spring training,
0:57.6	the part of the World Baseball Classic, whether they join the World Baseball Classic.
1:02.6	Spring training is meant to get your arm ready for a grind of a regular season.
1:08.1	Much more so for pitchers than for hitters.
1:10.5	There's a progression and it doesn't really matter what you do during the off season.
1:14.8	When you get to spring training, there's a strict protocol that's followed to get you
1:19.3	ready for a season.
1:22.3	Get you ready to pitch every five days.
1:25.0	If you're in the bullpen, get you ready to go back to back.
1:28.2	Take a day.
1:29.2	Take two days.
1:30.2	Go back to back again.
1:31.8	Be the emergency.
1:32.8	We're up or down 10 runs.
1:34.6	Give me four of the pens.
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