Today's Cast: Dan, Stu, David, Roy, Billy, Jess Jeremy. David Samson is here to start the show and he's up to his old self-destructive behavior with his giant bag of candy and interesting breakfast choice. It leads us into an argument about who is eating all the food at Meadowlark Media and to Dan's surprise, the call may be coming from inside the house. After that, we turn to David for more insight on a crazy day at MLB's Winter Meetings that included the New York Yankees splashing the cash for Max Fried in the wake of losing out on Juan Soto. Plus, the Miami Marlins had a brutal day that included losing the Draft Lottery and trading Jake Burger, and Billy and Jeremy are here to provide their reaction. Then, David tells us about the heist taking place inside Marlins Park and what it feels like to see $662 million hit your bank account. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Chapter 1: What is the initial argument about food at Meadowlark Media?
Kennt ihr auch diesen einen Freund, der morgens einfach so ruckzuck aus dem Bett und danach aus dem Grinsen gar nicht mehr rauskommt? Der sogar noch vor dem ersten Kaffee unverschämt gut gelaunt ist und mit der Morgensonne um die Wette strahlt? Furchtbar. Ekelhaft.
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I don't exactly speak the same language as Roy, so when I see him today in the big seat and he's had seven days off and I say, happy to see you, I've missed you, he doesn't believe me. Well, he has good reason.
What do you mean he's got good reason? No, I don't. Classic Roy, I mean.
No, I mean, you said it. You said it in English. I understood you. But no, I didn't. I didn't believe you.
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Chapter 2: What insights does David Samson provide from the MLB Winter Meetings?
I missed you, Jess. I missed you.
Thank you. Alright, we've got Genesis. Is she here yet today?
I hope so. I miss her. Okay, alright.
We've got to see if Genesis is ready to go, because I've got some tension here with Stugatz. I want Stugatz to do Genesis. He doesn't want to do Genesis. We'll see if I can talk him into it. Historically, I am not able to talk Stugatz into much of anything.
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Alright, this isn't the way to do this for poor Roy. Getting into the chair after seven days off when I've missed him. He gets in the chair and they're counting me in. Nine, eight, and Roy is like, none of my shit works.
Yep, my regular headset for executive producer has died on me.
Alright, so that's a good thing to learn from Robert. Nine seconds before going live. Nothing can go wrong there when you're in charge. It's great to see Robert scurry in and out of the room. Get total confidence when I look up and see that we're in the steady care of Roy and Jeremy as some sort of green witch situation.
Ich würde sagen, dass Robert eine sehr zufriedene Präsenz ist hier bei Metalog Media. Ich habe ihn nie panikiert.
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Chapter 3: What happened to the Miami Marlins during the Draft Lottery?
If you told me that I lost taste, it would be a mixed blessing and curse. I would hate that I wouldn't be able to enjoy food. Aber es wäre eine instantane Diät, bei der ich nur die richtigen Dinge essen würde, denke ich, für den Rest meines Lebens, wenn ich es nicht riechen könnte. Ist das nicht etwas, das ohne zu sagen geht?
Weil ich überrascht bin, dass Samson auf diese Art und Weise gegangen ist. Er isst immer noch Dreck.
Ja, aber er wiegt etwa 84 Pounder.
Aber er könnte gesundes Essen essen. Er könnte Dinge essen, die für seinen Körper füllen, und er isst immer noch Dreck. Und ich verstehe es nicht. Es scheint sehr selbstdestruktiv.
Well, I mean, I disagree. Dan, when you're sick and you lose your sense of smell and taste, do you only eat like steamed broccoli every day? Like to me, it seems like you would still eat the things that bring you comfort if you're sick or if you can't taste them, even if you can't taste them.
But you're basically saying that eating then becomes about, it has nothing to do with taste. Exactly.
Das ist richtig. Ich denke, das ist für viele Leute wahr. Essen ist mehr als nur Geschmack. Essen ist wie mit deiner Familie zusammenkommen und ein Essen machen und es genießen. Breaking Bread. Ich weiß nicht. Es gibt viel mehr zu essen, als nur, oh, das schmeckt gut, denke ich, für viele Leute.
Genießt ihr Essen?
Ich liebe es.
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Chapter 4: What does David say about the financial aspect of Marlins Park?
I think it might have had also mayonnaise or something on it. I don't know. I couldn't tell. It had something white near it. But it struck me as odd that it would be just a bacon sandwich. But you guys are looking at me with some sort of disgust. I marvel every day. We've got a company that feeds people breakfast and lunch.
Wir machen das. Es ist eine sehr schöne Sache. Ich schaue wahrscheinlich zu tief in das, aber ich mache ein paar Entscheidungen über die Firma, Metalark im Allgemeinen, basierend auf dem Foodspread. Ich mache das.
Es ist wahrscheinlich nicht fair für mich, aber wenn der Foodspread gut ist, bin ich so, okay, wir hatten eine gute Woche, wir haben ein paar Dinge verkauft, wir haben etwas gemacht, wir haben ein paar mehr Geld. Und wenn wir keinen guten Spread haben, beginne ich, mich zu beruhigen und alles zu fragen, was hier vorhanden ist.
Ich mache das. It's pretty common for productions to have food on standby for people because the people in the control room are there for like 12 hours without a break most of the time.
Jessica, honestly, forgive me if that sounded as if I was patting myself on the back. I just remember. Wie ich es nicht konnte, dass ESPN unsere Leute ein Frühstück füllen kann, das auf der Clevelander auf der Straße stattfand. Das ist, warum ich den ersten Tag verletzt habe. Ich war wütend, dass ESPN kam und plötzlich ist ESPN auf dem Diner, was die Futter für die Kameramänner sein sollte.
Also, wenn ESPN nicht Leute zahlt, um Futter zu essen, habe ich nicht erkannt, dass wir alle während des Arbeitens essen sollten. Habe ich das falsch? Um überrascht zu sein?
I think part of it is we don't get breaks. And we're just working like, you know, seven hours straight sometimes. Yeah. Like a 15 or so. Yeah. I don't know what it is.
Eating's become a chore.
I'm with you, Billy. Because then if different people start taking lunch at different times, then it's like a situation where you can't get things done.
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Chapter 5: How do the hosts react to the Marlins' tough decisions?
I've thought about that. Can you tell me what it is? Here I was patting myself. King Levitard was patting himself on the back for producing breakfast and lunch and Jessica said something that I hadn't even considered, which is production services, if you're working six hours a day, it's always with breakfast and lunch. Hadn't even considered it.
Yeah, when we looked at the budgets, Dan, You should know that you guys are a little skimpy on the food budget. But I will say that there is an amazing job that's done by your people to get food in. Love it. Just really attentive. But just lots of pork. So much.
So you're saying that Metal Lark and its bacon sandwiches is producing bad food?
I'm saying I went to up the budget on that. I'm upping the budget on the food. I think it's important. I also am going to start secreting some away because what Jeremy said is exactly accurate. I had a late show yesterday and when I came out there were no more Chick-fil-A bacon burgers. And that's outrageous. Jason.
Okay, so we will find out what's going on with Jason in a second.
He's eating.
I am sorry that we disrespected your takes and your talent over the last couple of days because people are seeking you out for your baseball information. If you want, I am assuming... Nothing personal was consumed by baseball today, although he covers a lot of different stuff on his podcast. What is the most interesting stuff from baseball yesterday, David?
The Yankees, I happened to be talking to you when the Yankees news came in and you were legitimately shocked. You sounded like you were appalled by the idea that the Yankees would just try to buy $200 million worth of PR.
It just wasn't necessary, Dan. And I think the whole industry is less than happy about the Max Fried contract. Except for Corbin Burns, of course, and Scott Boris, who are the amazing beneficiaries of this contract. Because Burns will get more than Fried. And what the Yankees did here... Das ist nicht so, wie es früher war.
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Chapter 6: What are the implications of the Yankees' spending spree?
Dan, ich kann dir nur sagen, dass wir eine Kappe brauchen.
Okay, ich mache das nicht mit dir. Ich mache das nicht mit dir. Du hast keine Kappe und deshalb mehr Geld für alle. Und Jeremy ist nicht falsch, wenn er sagt, ja, spiel es einfach überall. Wer kümmert sich? Es ist lustige Geld. Die Kunden werden mehr Spieler bekommen, die sie wollen. Du bist nicht genau falsch. Das ist ein Ace-Type. But why not? Because you're the Yankees.
Every one of these teams...
hat eine unbegrenzte Anzahl an Geld, die sie verbrauchen dürfen. Realistisch gesagt, wer macht es, wenn es schrecklich ist? Wenn du ein Dodgers oder ein Mets oder ein Yankees bist, weil du gewinnen willst.
Und egal, was die dünne Dollar-Linie ist, die du brauchen musst, um diesen Spieler zu bekommen, der dir besser helfen wird als alle anderen Teams im Major League Baseball, du wirst es einfach verbrauchen. And it's reckless in terms of, yeah, he's gonna deal with injuries, and at the back end of that contract, it's gonna be bad, but you're the Yankees, you can just spend more later.
They can afford to be reckless. Right. They can. I mean, you're right, I agree with you, and Dan's talking about the injuries with Freed, I mean, three of the last four seasons, he has started 28 plus games. I mean, I know he got hurt two years ago, but he's been, for the most part, he's been healthy throughout his career. They still also have over 500 million dollars that they didn't just
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