The Dodgers are ruining baseball—or they’re not. These days, it depends on who you ask. This week, Jayson and Doug go straight to the source, sitting down with Dodgers president Andrew Friedman to get his take on the firestorm, as well as the inside story of how he pulled off the trade for Tarik Skubal. Plus, Jayson and Doug try to make sense of what happened in Toronto, where the Red Sox scored on one of the strangest plays in recent baseball history.
Rundown:
2:55 A Fourth Out in Toronto?
15:33 Andrew Friedman Stops By
15:57 The Rich Get Richer with Tarik Skubal
21:33 Are the Dodgers Ruining Baseball?
29:21 How a Big Deal Goes Down
31:20 Listening to the Players
32:24 Transitioning From Player to GM
33:17 The Awe-Inspiring Shohei Ohtani
36:06 Strange But True
41:10 Doug’s Strange But True Moment
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Hosts: Jayson Stark & Doug Glanville
With: Andrew Friedman
Producer: Jason Potere
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