Today’s word of the day is ‘optics’ as in make people see things in a certain way as in Rob Manfred gave an interview to The Athletic and it was a disaster. Let’s talk about what MLB’s commissioner had to say about the foreign-substance dilemma and the way it has been handled. (9:45) Mike Rizzo is the GM and president of the Washington Nationals and he has a problem with Phillies manager Joe Girardi. After the Max Scherzer debacle Rizzo called Girardi a con artist. Uh oh. (16:15) Manfred was asked about MLB plan against foreign-substances and implementation during the season it didn’t go well again. (20:05) Review: Life Itself. (25:00) So You Wanna Talk To Samson!? Someone asked me about team’s signing players who are talented but oft injured — they wanted to know if front offices want health or to trade the player to avoid risk. (36:00) NPPOD. (40:00) NFL hires Goldman Sachs to find a company to buy its NFL media. What does this mean? Let us explain.

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