Bobby and Alex banter about colds and cold opens before delving into the disastrous discourse that is Shohei Ohtani's whopping $680 million of salary deferral and what it means for the Dodgers competitive balance tax bill. To close, they tell you everything you could possibly ever want to know about the Mariners and ROOT Sports and why you might actually not need to know any of it.

Links:

Shohei Ohtani Contract Explainer

Mariners to take full control of ROOT Sports NW

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Songs featured in this episode:

Oso Oso — "reindeer games" • Booker T & the M.G.’s — “Green Onions”