Rob Bradford

Let's be honest.

They want to write about the other stuff.

Yeah, I've, you know, one of the last stories I did in Boston, Rob, for a regional sports network that shall not be named, was a large look at the players union and kind of their failings or trappings at the time.

And you know what?

That's why you were fired.

Um, yeah, you might be right.

It was too easy.

You know, look, I've spent the last six years focusing on the off the field.

And this goes back to, I remember, I'm sure you remember Rob, I was a beat writer covering the Houston Astros and everything they were doing was crazy.

tailored to the collective bargaining agreement in kind of really specific ways.

And I would have been a negligent beat writer if I wasn't paying attention to CBA.

So, yeah, I have been more moved by the levers of power.

That's my preferred phrase for all this in the game than I think most people.

The sport is so random.

It's not that I don't enjoy it and I don't see truth in it, but it's easier for me to find objective truth in the off-the-field stuff than on the field.

I don't know.

Were the Dodgers really better than the Blue Jays last year?

It's a random game, and I'll tell you what, everything I cover isn't exactly random.

There's a lot of intent and crazy personalities, but interesting.

They're almost caricatures, some of these people.