Nothing Personal with David Samson

As spring training approaches David Samson takes some time to discuss what players go through as they prepare for the regular season.--------------------------- 'Nothing Personal with David Samson' is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Castbox and wherever else you listen to podcasts.  Follow David on Twitter: @DavidPSamson To watch David on CBS Sports HQ visit https://www.cbssports.com/live/To hear more from the CBS Sports Podcast Network, visit https://www.cbssports.com/podcasts/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today's word of the day is 'threesome' and not just because it's Valentine's Day (0:06). Let's break down more of the fallout of the Astros' disastrous press conference (1:40). Cody Bellinger did not hold back when talking about Jim Crane and Jose Altuve (5:28). BREAKING NEWS! New York Post reports Alex Rodriguez emerged as a candidate to own the New York Mets (9:30)! Spring Training bug has started to strike quick with injures to Alex Verdugo and Mike Clevinger (16:20). This is how I would deal with these injuries when I was in the front office. Review - Last Christmas (24:25). All-Star game weekend is here and we need to discuss it (27:35). So You Wanna Talk To Samson!? Do players like All-Star weekend or do they want time off (32:40)? BREAKING NEWS AGAIN! MLB is raising the minimum weekly salary and I need to let you know how they got here (36:25). My picks for the NBA All-Star game. Rory McIlroy is the new World No.1 golfer, so will he complete his career grand slam this April? #waittosee--------------------------- 'Nothing Personal with David Samson' is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Castbox and wherever else you listen to podcasts.  Follow David on Twitter: @DavidPSamson To watch David on CBS Sports HQ visit https://www.cbssports.com/live/To hear more from the CBS Sports Podcast Network, visit https://www.cbssports.com/podcasts/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today's word of the day is 'Swigert' as in Jack Swigert the famous astronaut from Apollo 13 (0:06). Houston, we have a problem. Let's break down this entire press conference (1:41). I want to start with the presser itself and then work my way through everyone who spoke. Jim Crane was not ready at all for what was being asked of him. Alex Bregman and Jose Altuve had two of the worst statements I've ever heard (6:57). I have some more things to say to Jim Crane (11:07). Justin Verlander, come on... be better (16:29). AJ Hinch sitdown with MLB Network was all scripted and he still failed (18:52). So You Wanna Talk To Samson!? Should more players be suspended and should the title be taken away from the Astros (27:13)? Review - Knives Out (34:30). MLB rules were changes for the 2020 season and let's discuss why this happened (38:00). How many wins will the Astros have this season... Will you be surprised by my answer? #waittosee--------------------------- 'Nothing Personal with David Samson' is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Castbox and wherever else you listen to podcasts.  Follow David on Twitter: @DavidPSamson To watch David on CBS Sports HQ visit https://www.cbssports.com/live/To hear more from the CBS Sports Podcast Network, visit https://www.cbssports.com/podcasts/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today's word of the day is 'delusional' as in Colin Kaepernick must be crazy if he thinks he's getting NFL money from the XFL (0:06). Why does there always have to be a scapegoat? A report is out that all these Astros players and team personnel want Carlos Beltran to be the fall guy... stop it (1:03). Houston's owner Jim Crane is getting so ridiculous with how he's handling the media (7:16). Red Sox named Ron Roenicke the interim manager and the explanation is crazy (15:45). Review - The Pharmacist (20:00). Myles Garrett was reinstated by the NFL after being suspended indefinitely for using his helmet as a weapon (24:04). So You Wanna Talk To Samson!? What is happening between Joe Maddon and Theo Epstein and how did we get here (29:04)? I need to have some words with Dodgers' pitcher Alex Wood. Let me take him to school real quick (36:40). Shohei Ohtani is back, but when will he start to pitch in a major league game? #waittosee--------------------------- 'Nothing Personal with David Samson' is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Castbox and wherever else you listen to podcasts.  Follow David on Twitter: @DavidPSamson To watch David on CBS Sports HQ visit https://www.cbssports.com/live/To hear more from the CBS Sports Podcast Network, visit https://www.cbssports.com/podcasts/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today's word of the day is 'pepper' as in Pepper Johnson got fired as the defensive coordinator in the XFL after just one game (0:06)! MLB plan for postseason expansion gets leaked (1:00). This is everything we know from it and everything I know will happen from it. Trevor Bauer calls commissioner Rob Manfred a joke on Twitter (9:38)! Let's role play how conversations would go in the baseball circles about this tweet. NFL wants to make more and more money so it will now look into flexing Monday Night Football as part of new TV deals (17:50). Review - Jojo Rabbit (23:48). New York Mets are being UNFAIRLY criticized for not letting minor leaguers use its new spring training clubhouse... this is why they should be criticized (28:21). So You Wanna Talk To Samson!? Someone asked me if when I became an executive in sports did I lose my fandom (32:55)? Let's take a look at the Red Sox divorce with Mookie Betts and everything Bloom and Henry said about the move. Do the Sox make the 2020 postseason? #waittosee---------------------------'Nothing Personal with David Samson' is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Castbox and wherever else you listen to podcasts. Follow David on Twitter: @DavidPSamsonTo watch David on CBS Sports HQ visit https://www.cbssports.com/live/To hear more from the CBS Sports Podcast Network, visit https://www.cbssports.com/podcasts/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today's word of the day is 'witness' as in Darren Collison says no to the Lakers and Clippers to stay a Jehovah's Witness (0:06). Let's break down every single detail we know about the Mookie Betts trade (1:15). First up is the Dodgers part of the trade. The Red Sox didn't want this trade to happen before because of the Twins pitcher they would have received... who is now going to the Dodgers. Justin Turner shares his thoughts on the trade via Twitter and I need to laugh at this (14:10). The Dodgers-Angels trade for Joc Pederson and Ross Stripling fell through and here is why (15:53). Did a Houston Astros intern start the sign-stealing scandal (20:54)? Time for some codebreaking and dark arts talk. Oscars! Oscars! Oscars! I talk everything that happened during the Academy Awards including the big night for Parasite, how my predictions went, and best/worst moments of the night (31:06). How did the XFL do on it's opening weekend and how do I feel Week 2 will go? #waittosee---------------------------'Nothing Personal with David Samson' is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Castbox and wherever else you listen to podcasts. Follow David on Twitter: @DavidPSamsonTo watch David on CBS Sports HQ visit https://www.cbssports.com/live/To hear more from the CBS Sports Podcast Network, visit https://www.cbssports.com/podcasts/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today's word of the day is 'apology' as in Antonio Brown is currently on a hilarious apology tour (0:06). The Boston Red Sox have a ton of issues right now whether it be the hiccup in the Mookie Betts trade, and now the potential hiring of Ron Roenicke as manager (1:30). Andre Drummond learned the hard way that the NBA is just business... it's nothing personal (8:05). Who were the winners and losers of the NBA Trade deadline (12:41)? The Lakers and Bucks are in an interesting place where they're both in first place, but should they have made moves? So You Wanna Talk To Samson!? Here's what I would tell the team after the trade deadline passed (18:30). Review - One Child Nation (25:48). Oscar picks! it's time to give out my picks for the Oscars (29:28). I'll walk you through each of the big awards, we'll talk Parasite, 1917, Joker, Joaquin Phoenix, Leo, Brad Pitt, Renee Zellweger... get ready. Rob Manfred talked to the media so let's dissect (35:45). Rays splitting time between 2 cities? Mets sale falls through? When will James Paxton be back for the Yankees? #waittosee Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today's word of the day is 'cancer' as in Dillon Brooks used that to describe distractions in the locker room... he needs to cut that out because there's a real world out there (0:06). Let me take you inside the room on trade deadline day. This is EVERYTHING you need to know about who's inside the room, what goes on in the room, and how a trade happens (1:55). Knicks are set to hire Leon Rose to be team president and Rip Hamilton joins me very briefly to chat (23:48). So You Wanna Talk To Samson!? Was I ever pressured into making a trade (28:40)? Review - Trading Places (30:00). Here's my favorite trade story of all time (32:16). Mookie Betts is going to get traded, but will the Dodgers have to add more to the deal? #waittosee Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today's word of the day is 'partisanship' because I watched the State of the Union last night (0:06). This is everything you need to know about why the Red Sox made the Mookie Betts and David Price trade (1:24). From the Dodgers point of view, this is why they wanted in on the Mookie Betts sweepstakes (12:30). Mets deal to sell team to Steve Cohen could fall apart... how (19:46)? So You Wanna Talk To Samson!? Someone asked me to explain the Pando Pool so here we go (26:55). Review - My Top 5 football movies of all time (33:51). Michigan State head coach Mark Dantonio resigns as football coach just days after receiving a $4.3M bonus (38:17). Does MLB care about Pete Rose's new petition? #waittosee Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today's word of the day is 'privacy' as in we will never know who didn't vote for Derek Jeter (0:06). The Knicks have fired team president Steve Mills and now where will they go (1:05)? A lot of questions being asked seeing as the NBA trade deadline is in 2 days. What is happening with Mookie Betts (6:28)!?!?! The Astros steal another name from Tampa to be their GM (11:16). Is Kyle Shanahan being unfairly criticized for losing two Super Bowls now after having big leads (21:07)? Review - Miss Americana (27:35). Major props to Katie Sowers for how she has handled the B.S. hate she's getting after the Super Bowl (31:25). So You Wanna Talk To Samson!? How involved was I with government relations strategy when I was the President of the Marlins (35:06)? Is it time for the Boston Red Sox to move on from Mookie Betts? #waittosee Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices