Yankees owner says team doesn't make money AND he wants the payroll down?; Will the Marlins and Pirates be big spenders? (Episode 1384 Hour 1)

Nothing Personal with David Samson

David Samson

Baseball, Sports, Business

4.5 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 25 November 2025

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Today’s word of the day is ‘profit’ as in money as in revenue as in checks as in balances as in business as in the New York Yankees. Hall Steinbrenner, the owner of the Yankees, met the media on Monday, and quite a lot to say. He wants the payroll to come down. He wants people to stop thinking the Yankees always make money. He wants you all to know that competitive balance is still here despite what the Dodgers are doing. (19:30) What are the Pirates and the Marlins doing this offseason? Spending money? Or just pretending to spend money? (37:00) Review: Morning Show Season 4. (40:30) NPPOD. (44:00) David Stearns met the media after trading away Brandon Nimmo. He said the team could not just run it back. Something needed to change. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:18.4	draft kings draft kings the crown is yours profit is one of my favorite words it's one of my favorite
1:26.4	concepts it is the dream that every one of my favorite words. It's one of my favorite concepts.
1:27.6	It is the dream that every one of us should have
1:31.3	when running a business.
1:33.7	That's why it's called for profit.
1:39.4	Of course, you could have businesses
1:40.9	that are called not for profit,
1:43.6	except even those need to generate
1:45.9	revenue, whether it's through donations or through activities or fundraisers.
1:52.1	You need money.
1:55.5	House Time Runner met the media yesterday.
1:58.8	I love when owners do Zooms.
2:00.7	I love when they do press conferences because I know
2:03.9	the preparation. You talk to your GM, you talk to your team president, you talk to the PR people,
2:10.1	you go over a Q&A, you're all ready to go. And then there's nothing anyone can do. It's mono on mono, Hal Starnbrenner looking
2:22.6	into the camera and being asked about profit. He was asked a pretty simple question by a member of the
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