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Opening Day is here and the vibes couldn’t be any better. Jake and Jordan open the show by drafting their favorite Opening Day starters. Will Team Jake or Team Jordan finish with a lower ERA come end of day? There’s only one way to find out. Then, CJ Nitkowski and Ryan Spilborghs from the Loud Outs podcast join the show and run through their 2023 Awards picks. Finally, Jake, Jordan, and a very special guest who may or may not live with Jake give their definitive postseason predictions.

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Jake and Jordan begin the episode by discussing Manny Machado’s 11-year, $350 Million contract extension with the San Diego Padres. Then, the boys give their early reactions to the pitch clock. Has it made the games more entertaining? Finally, the boys break down the Spring Training match-up that everyone had been waiting all winter for; Northeastern vs the Boston Red Sox.

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MLB Awards : Cy Young:  Justin Verlander & Sandy Alcantara
MVPs: Aaron Judge & Paul Goldschmidt
Managers of the Year  brief history
AL 3X Winner: Tony "Tito" Francona, Guardians
NL 4X Winner: Buck Showalter 4 decades & 4 teams

Goofy Gobbler Awards
Grandpa Politics: Colin Cowherd:
Announcing he knows someone that’s in the know that MLB is going to ban the shift. Only problem was it was announced many months ago 

Druncle Award: Michael Kay:   Compared Aaron Boone showing the Yankees showing the 04 collapse to the Red Sox to showing Lincolns assassination to his family to prevent theater shootings. 

Leaky Stove Award:  MLB Sponsorship with FTX. Ohtani, Ortiz, promoting a company filing for bankruptcy. Other  near the Leaky Stove when it blew up, Tom Brady & Stephen Curry

“You brought them?” Award: ESPN & Aaron Judge Look-ins during college football - Getting live look-ins during his at bats in pursuit of the AL home run record, during college football games. If I wanted to watch the Yankees I would, but I don’t. Let me watch Houston-Tulane on a Friday night, by myself, in peace.

Green Bean Award: SD Padres Fans - having to accept something you may like not the taste of or something difficult than they like. Fernando Tatis Jr.

Dry Turkey: It fell flat with no real exciting games. Maybe over time it’ll get better but after year one as randy Jackson would say “it’s a no from me dawg”

Back Porch Seat:
Pete Rose was not invited inside for the Thanksgiving Feast – Pete Rose sits outside Cooperstown this Thanksgiving
Shouldn't Pete Rose be forgiven and receive the HOF in face of his gambling. 
Rose’s most recent letter to Manfred/MLB

All American Award:
 Phil Kessel  - NHLs new Iron man with now 1000 consecutive games played. As a Maple Leaf was called out by Toronto media for his “love for hotdogs”. When he won a cup as a penguin, his day with the cup he filled it with hot dogs in celebration. 

Turkey of the Year: Detroit Tigers - Many thought they could be a wild card threat. Went onto be one of the worst teams in baseball. They went onto fire their GM, Al Avila, after letting him run a trade deadline, which is bad enough on its own.

Special Thanks to Brandon Now, creator & presenter of the Goofy Gobbler Awards
Apologies to Chris Rock for not being invited as potential host for 2024 awards.
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Happy Thanksgiving!

The Honourable Lou Schiff visits and we talk about the
Marlins Moments of Greatness & Great Mediocrity

• Sandy Alcantara needs some help from the Marlins bats
• Joey Wendle & Jorge Soler we expect more
• Jon Berti is fast but still on IL with Jazz Chisolm
• What about the catching
• Garrett Cooper’s batting is falling
• Marlins are exactly where they should be.
• Bouncing around .500
• Even Orioles are above .500
• Avi Garcia is fast in the outfield
• Will the Marlins bring up Max Meyer or will they wait until 2023
• How do you catch the Phillies?
• Mets best 125 game team is in the lead
• MLB teams firing their managers is that a solution?
• Marlins are 5.5 games out of being in a playoff spot
• Down on the farm – Marlins
• Miami’s draft – Jacob Berry brings a strong batter to the program
• Luke Williams helps out, Billy Hamilton brings some speed
• Marlins Season ticket Holders will have tickets to World Baseball Classic
• Craig Calcaterra’s Rethinking Fandom – People Cheer for Players
• Miami, Heat, Dolphins, Hurricaines & Panthers making it work with the fans
• No Dynasties in baseball
• ASG – Dodgers, Clayton Kershaw starting for NL, Marlins, Sandy Alcantara starts 2nd inning
• Marlins have lost (20) 1 run games – no consistency in hitting
• Baseball and the Law part 2 will come out in the next BaseballBiz episode

Part 2 of this episode covers more of Lou's adventures into the Law of Baseball and his recent experience with the St Paul Saints Baseball organization

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Brandon Noe @SportsBlitzPod brings us his week's MLB Breakdown by each division 

•  AL East Standings
• Yankees – A Legendary Year
• What is Aaron Judge worth? $19 million or more.
• A few of our AL EAST All-Star candidates 
• Tampa Bay Rays - Shane McClanahan
• Blue Jays – Alejandro Kirk or Alek Manoah
• John Vampatella – recent interview on Boston & AL East Beast 
• Red Sox – Rafael Devers               
• MLB All-Star game ballots
• AL Central
• Twins Hitting Coach leaves mid-season for a more lucrative deal at LSU
• Sam Flood announces special July 3rd Peacock MLB game without announcers
• Historic Keeneland race course without announcers
• Hitting MUTE button and finding alternative sources (radio) for the game.
• AL West
• Angels & Mariners series
•  Mike Trout, Winker & Head Hunting Angels & Mariners donnybrook
• Archie Bradley injured during the brouhaha
• The only thing missing during this series was 2 teams with good records
• Oakland A’s 
• Denied Aaron Judge a hit with 4 plate appearances.
• A’s made a decent showing
• A’s may be moving to Vegas minus $1 billion relocation fee
• Astros impact on Yankees
• 6 weeks without Bryce Harper with the Phillies – Thumb & Elbow repair needed
• Sandy Alcantara  - Miami Marlins – leads MLB with WAR of 4.2
• Dodger, Freddie Freeman returns to Standing Ovation in Atlanta
• Freeman contract negotiations with Braves was questionable
• What about Dansby Swanson
• What will Aaron Judge’s Free Agency look like next year- Red Sox or Mets Options?
• NL East
• Mets falling to Astros in New York
• NL Central
• Willy Adames of the Brewers visits his Tampa Ray Friends at the Trop
• Paul Goldschmidt kicking it with the Cardinals
• Dodgers leading the NL West
• Evan Longoria shining at the plate with the Giants
• Dave Roberts remarks & #MLBNetwork stir up the AL East teams & fans
• MLB All-Star game Votes

Great love to @SportsBlitzPod and his future

Very Special Thank you to Brandon Noe @SportsBlitzPod as he leaves @TheBaseballBiz and heads onto new adventures.    He will be missed and we look forward to his future revisits to the show.

Brandon Noe Goofy Gobbler & other favorite show links

2020 Goofy Gobbler
2021 Gobbler
MLB Lockout January 2022  

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