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With Cody Bellinger signing an underwhelming deal and fellow Scott Boras client Blake Snell still holding out weeks into Spring Training, we decided to dive into the mechanics of MLB free agency and the trials and tribulations that brought us here. Plus: Illinois Gov puts the kibosh on stadium handouts, the pants shortage, a mysterious statue, and more!

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Put Me In, Coach! is a baseball podcast hosted by Matt Coggins and Carl Mizell. 

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FOOTNOTES
Is Lakeland’s mysterious statue of Tigers great Ty Cobb actually Ty Cobb at all?

On This Date 40 Years Ago: Free Agency Comes to MLB

4Poor Millionaires: A History of Free Agency in Major League Baseball and the National Football League 7 years ago, Catfish becomes first free agent

Poor Millionaires: A History
of Free Agency in Major League Baseball and the National Football League

History - mlbplayers.com

FOUR DECADES LATER, FREE AGENCY STILL FUELS BASEBALL

Flood v. Kuhn (Wikipedia)

Seitz decision (Wikipedia)
How Free Agency Changed the Course of Baseball’s Labor History