2025 Baseball Hall of Fame class announced! Ichiro missed on unanimous by ONE VOTE! Are you kidding me!? (Episode 1203)
Today’s word of the day is ‘first ballot’ as in first ballot Hall of Fame as in Ichiro as in CC as in Wagner. That’s it. The whole class is three players. And Ichiro missed being unanimous by just one single vote. Just like Derek Jeter. Unreal. (20:00) So You Wanna Talk to Samson!? Someone asked me about the Paul Skenes rookie card bounty and what the Pirates should offer now. They also want to know if I would sign Skenes longterm now. Hm. (33:05) Review: Blue Velvet. (36:20) The Chicago Bears went big and hired Ben Johnson. The hottest name in NFL coaching. They needed to make a splash for Caleb Williams. (43:40) College sports have changed everything. Now comes the ugly. Wisconsin and the Big Ten are ready to battle Miami and a player over a transfer. Here is why. (51:50) NPPOD. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices