How Shohei Ohtani, Dodgers, MLB plan to takeover Japan! Vladdy Jr wants how much money!? MLB Overlap hats were an epic failure! (Episode 1233)

Nothing Personal with David Samson

David Samson

Baseball, Sports, Business

4.5 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 12 March 2025

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Today’s word of the day is ’icon’ as in Shohei Ohtani as in Dodgers as in MLB as in Fortnite as in Demon Slayer. What!? Ohtani is ready to takeover Japan again. But this feels so much bigger. Let’s discuss this series for MLB and the activation of promotion that MLB has done there. (13:20) Vladdy Jr wants $500 million. No deferrals. That was his last offer to the Blue Jays. (23:15) Brian Cashman said exactly what we said! The Yankees will not spend right now on a new starter. Not going to happen. (28:50) Review: The Search for Instagram’s Worst Con Artist. (34:24) The great Junior Bridgeman died yesterday. What a legacy he leaves behind. (36:30) So You Wanna Talk to Samson!? Someone asked me about the new MLB Overlap hats from New Era. Who approved them!? (43:33) NBA to NIL is the new way. Steph Curry and Davidson. James Harden and Arizona State. Russell Westbrook and UCLA? (51:30) NPPOD. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:48.7	That's the nothing personal word of the day. It is Wednesday, March 12th, 2025.
0:54.2	And let's face it, Shhei Otani is an icon, a megastar.
1:01.6	Baseball is about to embark on a trip to Japan.
1:06.5	The players are on their way.
1:08.1	The Dodgers and Cubs are on their comfortable playing,
1:16.9	watching movies, major league baseball employees from Mike Hill, the commissioner to everybody else is going to be in Japan. I assume the commissioner will be in Japan. I know Mike Hill will be.
1:23.3	And why all the excitement? They finally got games in Japan started by Japanese pitchers with a designated hitter who has transcended
1:37.6	stardom, not just in Japan, but worldwide.
1:42.4	But Japan is the market that baseball has used as its second most profitable market ever.
1:50.9	As often as we try to build baseball internationally to Europe, London, Amsterdam with Vandenherk.
1:59.8	We tried India for crying out loud. China.
2:04.6	The fact of the matter is that Japan provides the best pathway to profitability for the 30 owners.
2:11.6	Because in order to profit, you need a player. Just go back to the NBA and China and Yao Ming as the start of what
2:21.8	became and continues to be an extremely profitable relationship. But the activation that we are
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