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Speaker 1: It's the number one rated Polly and Tony Fosco show.

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Speaker 1: Yo yo, Polly Foolsco here with Tony Fosco and Tony

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Speaker 1: Huge show today mL opening Day. But Major League Baseball

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Speaker 1: going ahead and just crapping all over this story that

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Speaker 1: came believe it, doing all these terrible rules, totally ruining

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Speaker 1: the game. We're gonna get into all that and tell

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Speaker 1: you why. But first, just a brief and frankly needless

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Speaker 1: And as we told them what we've always said, why

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Speaker 1: Why would we need? The show's great? Yeah, we know

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Speaker 1: knock yourself out. Anyway, to more important business today's show.

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Speaker 1: As we said, major League Baseball making some absolutely bone

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Speaker 1: headed changes, just ruining the spot. And to discuss that

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Speaker 1: I can't bring it on someone who actually seems to

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Speaker 1: know baseball. Maybe, you know, unlike our last guest last week,

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Speaker 1: Rob Parker, who just totally reminds himself. Well, our guest

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Speaker 1: today is a former ESPN anchor who he now works

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Speaker 1: for MLB Network. Add Nan Verk and Tony. You know,

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Speaker 1: we've got some better, smarter rule changes that we're going

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Speaker 1: to present to him. And you know, Tony, I have

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Speaker 1: he's gonna want to take them to a commissioner man

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Speaker 1: for himself. Yeah, but he better not take credit for them,

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Speaker 1: It's all I know. Yeah, he better not. Well before

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Speaker 1: we get to our top story, a little more quick

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Speaker 1: business up top. As you know on this show in

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Speaker 1: outside the US Virgin Islands. Indeed. Okay, well, now that

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Speaker 1: let's get right into our top story story. Well, opening

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Speaker 1: day is it donty? But there is without controversy, the

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Speaker 1: MLB instituting a bunch of rules designed to make the

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Speaker 1: game safer, faster, and also terrible. Their first rule, which

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Speaker 1: way these works, if you haven't seen them, if a

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Speaker 1: called a ball. And if a batta doesn't get in

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Speaker 1: And everything I just told you it was called total bulls.

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Speaker 1: Isn't that right, Tony? It's terrible. First of all, why

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Speaker 1: are they trying to make the game shorter? The number

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Speaker 1: one rule of business is to provide value for your customers.

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Speaker 1: Shouldn't you give your customers more of what they want?

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Speaker 1: You know, I used to love eating at Chipotle, but

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Speaker 1: and now Baseball's making the same mistake Chipotle made. If

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Speaker 1: And you know, this is just further proof of what's

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Speaker 1: It's called attention deficit disorder. This is a absolute problem.

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Speaker 1: And I also keep hearing people these days say nobody

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Speaker 1: And we all know the best movies are always the longest.

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Speaker 1: terrific hours. Great analysis, Tony. And you know that's the

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Speaker 1: only terrible change that baseball's making this year. They made

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Speaker 1: a legend all time leading base stealer, of course, Ricky Henderson,

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Speaker 1: start with this one. This one game. In eighteen fifty seven,

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Speaker 1: And here's another one. Don't he get this? Eighteen sixty

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Speaker 1: part of Major League gen Wilder, All terrific points there, Tony.

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Speaker 1: And you know, finally, one more thing about Opening Day.

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Speaker 1: but that hasn't stopped all these desperate sports networks like

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Speaker 1: right now, dony Is, I'm gonna read you actual headlines

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Speaker 1: First headline? Here? Tony Silver hopeful of NBA CBA deal

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Speaker 1: hopeful that I will avoid this article? No? Okay? Nil

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Speaker 1: not expecting to read this article. No. NFL now to

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Speaker 1: last one hit Tony former Stanford star Madison hired to

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Speaker 1: the show. Welcome h Polly Tony. Great to see you guys.

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Speaker 1: League Baseball commissioner, Rob Manfred right then, making a push

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Speaker 1: to make these games short, as you said, with these

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Speaker 1: great job as always, Tony, Same to you, Pauli. Another

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Speaker 1: floorless show. We'll see you people next week. Bye see U.