12-18-2018 Passed Ball Show- John opens the show up by talking the whole Yankee (or other hometown team) discount. Fans tend to think players will over compensate because they want to play for a team so bad. Maybe they will take less money to play for a particular franchise. John brings logic back to this topic, and reminds of the implications a hometown discount has on future free agents. As much as any player claims to want to play for the Yankees, they will likely have to offer said player the most lucrative contract for a deal to be consummated. Cam Newton has been playing hurt. Is that necessarily a good thing? We ask our players to toughen out injuries and credit them for playing hurt, but what is where is the line that separates a good player playing at less than 100% and a backup player at 100%? Jay Bruce hurt the Mets by playing hurt last season. Reading about Manchester United soccer coach Jose Mourinho getting fired alerted John about the over use of the word "sack." John finishes off the show talking about the winningest managers in MLB history for each respective MLB team.
