3-9-2023 Passed Ball Show. John spends this program talking about the World Baseball Classic and the players preparing for it also while preparing for the upcoming baseball season. John compares it to the NHL players leaving during the middle of the season for the Olympics (though he believes that is a bigger deal). John believes baseball should try the WBC in November as opposed to March but it will not happen because of the national obsession with trying to find popular sports in the month of March. John separates the Lamar Jackson discussion between Race and 100% guarantee of his contract as he states this is an example of the latter, explaining the NFL simply is not ready to start guaranteeing contracts. Deshaun Watson’s Cleveland Browns deal is an outlier and will, for the foreseeable future, not become the NFL norm. In this program’s Saving Sports History, John talks about the Montreal Canadiens, Babe Ruth, Glenn Davis, Willie Davis, Bobby Fischer, and George Yardley, III.
