03.29.2024 - By Awful Announcing
Guest host Jessica Kleinschmidt interviews ESPN MLB reporter Buster Olney. Jessica and Buster discuss a wide range of topics including the slow pace of the MLB offseason, Scott Boras taking some losses in negotiations, helping Buster Posey be more media friendly, and more.
NOTE: We recorded with Buster on Friday March 22, so in between recording and posting, some details about the Shohei Ohtani/Ippei Mizuhara gambling story have been updated.
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-:43: Baseball coverage changing over the years -2:26: Relationship with players changing -3:55: Clubhouse access -6:00: Waiting around -7:42: Covering Chuck Knoblauch during the "yips" -9:30: Helping Buster Posey be more media friendly -12:57: Embracing players as people in terms of social media -14:16: Benefit to players having their wall back up? -15:06: Embracing social media at the start -16:04: Do the positives outweigh the negatives on social media? -18:01: Buster being able to separate from work in his personal life -21:06: This offseason compared to past years -23:52: Who is a “middle class” MLB player? -25:36: Players speaking up -26:35: Buster’s take on a salary cap in MLB -27:45: Top paying players involved in salary cap discussions? -28:52: Scott Boras conspiracy theory -31:26: TV concerns -32:52: Increase in opt-out contracts -34:54: Shohei Ohtani -38:23: Ippei Mizuhara gambling scandal -40:42: Personal relationship with an interpreter -42:47: How would this go if it didn’t involve Ohtani? -43:33: Not really unchartered territory -45:20: Shock factor of Ohtani news -46:42: Joey Votto -48:49: Reds not bringing Votto back -49:56: Votto’s potential post-playing future Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.