YOU still have a chance to be Mets GM; Packers fined "big" money; Oakland Athletics fire sale (11/10)

Nothing Personal with David Samson

David Samson

Sports, Baseball, Business

4.7 • 3.1K Ratings

🗓️ 10 November 2021

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Today’s word of the day is ‘reluctance’ as in the New York Mets still have no president of baseball ops, they still have no GM, but Sandy Alderson knows why… family reasons or the ‘reticence’ to work on the big stage of New York City. I mean… what are we doing? (11:15) The Green Bay Packers were fined $300K, Aaron Rodgers and Allen Lazard were fined $15K each. The NFL investigated the Packers and finally had to admit they broke COVID protocols. Interesting. The NFL said it was over a Halloween party, but Twitter investigators saw more and more instances of Rodgers breaking protocols. (17:15) Phoenix Suns owner Robert Sarver is under investigation for workplace misconduct and his wife has his back. Penny Sarver has decided to text employees, which they claim to have taken as threats. This is exactly what Robert Sarver does not need. (29:55) Review: Fitch. (32:10) NPPOD. (33:15) The Oakland Athletics are having a fire sale right now. GM David Forst said the Athletics are cash-strapped and need to cut payroll. Fans are not going to be happy about this. (40:15) MLB announced finalists for the awards. Let’s take a look at the awards and let’s tell some stories. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:55.6	2021 is Reluctance. Reluctance is a word that was used in a quote by Sandy Alderson yesterday.
1:03.6	Sandy Alderson is right now in San Diego at the General Manager's meetings.
1:10.1	We've talked a little bit about what those are. That's when GMs and President-of-Based
1:14.8	Operations, they get together. There's really no reason anymore to do GM meetings.
1:19.6	It's a huge expense, actually, of the commissioners office. But in any case,
1:23.2	they all get together and they get sweets. I've ever told you, Coco, how the sweets go.
1:27.4	They're by seniority. No matter how long you've been in the game,
1:31.4	they're actually by seniority. How long you've been at your job.
1:35.4	When you move teams, you go back to zero. When you've been with the team, the longest,
1:40.0	you get the first choice of the biggest suite. There's GMs and suites, and they talk,
1:45.9	and they're trying to figure out who to sign. There's media there. They have to meet the media every day.
1:50.1	Not a lot gets done, especially now with collective bargaining, so uncertain.
1:54.8	And even in normal years, you're sort of setting the table for the rest of the off season.
2:00.2	But Sandy Alderson met the media, and obviously he was asked the number one question,
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