Chapter 1: What are the implications of a potential work stoppage in MLB?
A couple of baseball things before we move on to some other items, as Al would like to say. Similar to the Giancarlo Stanton clip from last hour, Aaron Boone met the media yesterday before the Tony Clark bombshell came out.
At this point, we simply knew that he had resigned as MLBPA executive director ahead of the impending CBA talks that are going to play out between now and next season, potential work stoppage for 2027, and Boone was asked about all of that.
All I can tell you is... I want to play baseball, and I hope that the two sides do come together in the end because I think we're at an awesome time in our game.
He thinks that the fans are into it, and there's a lot of viewership, and he's into the WBC and all that, but safe to say Tony Clark will no longer be involved in those talks.
You know what else they were into in 1994?
Exactly. Doesn't matter. I saw that reference in a few players yesterday, or in a few different places, I should say. More from Craig in McMonagle's interview with Mets manager Carlos Mendoza here on The Fan yesterday afternoon.
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Chapter 2: How does Aaron Boone feel about the current state of MLB negotiations?
So I played a few of the clips last hour regarding the locker room issues from last season. Craig teed him up on politics, players' wives, Lindor, Soto, and we heard Mendoza sound kind of surprised, almost caught off guard, and talking about the issue being their on-field performance in the second half, nothing more. So Craig circled back to make sure he was clear on his line of questioning.
Longer clip as he laid it all out for the Met manager in detail.
I don't want to be disrespectful and push you on the answer. But the guys have acknowledged that there was something wrong inside that clubhouse. We've heard rumors that wives didn't get along. We've heard rumors that there was a faction of Trump supporters versus non-Trump supporters.
And you're saying that when you were in that locker room and having your ear to the ground in that locker room, you never became aware of any kind of dysfunction in between the guys or families? With politics? Yeah. No. No. A lot of laughing from Carlos.
Found all this very entertaining. One more follow-up from Craig before they moved on.
Do you think there were clicks on the team where this group of guys didn't hang out with that group of guys? No, I mean, look, like I said, I mean, this is the same group that had a hell of a run in 2024.
They got a long fine. We just need to play good baseball. So he's sticking with that, and I will say, I mean, we heard some of the laughter. You know, never did it get contentious yesterday. I listened to the whole thing, and he was very cordial, and they talked about a lot of baseball items after this beyond the locker room stuff. So it was all good. They had him for about a half hour or so.
All right, so there's three possibilities here. One, Carlos Mendoza is lying. Right. Two, he's telling the truth and none of this happened. Or three, he was so clueless that he didn't know this was going on and it was.
I don't like three.
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Chapter 3: What challenges does Carlos Mendoza face regarding clubhouse dynamics?
I mean, I don't really... It's probably true, though. Yeah, I don't think that there's... I mean, something like that doesn't just come out of nowhere and multiple people you'd respect have said these things.
But the idea that there's not... And this goes to the point of, you know, he's just trying to sweep this under the rug and move on now with a new team. The idea that you don't have clicks on a team that's got 25, 30 players, that's not realistic.
It happens in every, I would think on every team in every sport, maybe not the NBA, it's a much smaller roster, but there's clicks on football teams, hockey teams.
This is at the other day. Hey, are we all best friends? No, but that's not how it works. They don't have to be though.
Chapter 4: What were the locker room issues mentioned by Carlos Mendoza?
Right, exactly. Yeah. So I think that tells you that I'm sure there are groups that are more friendly than others or hang with each other or spend time away from the field with families.
I remember a couple years ago, and maybe it was the 24th season, when they were on road trips and Lindor, whether it was he or his wife, on social media on off days, they were doing stuff out on road trips with other players and families. So there had to be some sort of kinship there.
I mean, if you think about it, too, the Dodgers have so many different nationalities in their clubhouse. I was watching that video about who could do the most push-ups or the least amount of push-ups, and they were trashing each other or whatever. And then I'm just thinking about it. I'm like, wow. They've got the Japanese contingent. Then they have the second baseman from South Korea.
They've got the Hispanic players from all different countries. And then they have the American-born players. And they won back-to-back championships. Now, they're all really good, and they get paid a lot of money.
They all are having barbecues on off-days, too.
I mean, if a click thing was an issue, the Dodgers would probably have an issue because everybody's speaking different languages. You know, and they seem to figure it out.
Yes, they sure did.
Let's go do your job and you'll win games.
Yep. NBA All-Star break will come to an end tomorrow.
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Chapter 5: How does Carlos Mendoza respond to rumors of clubhouse dysfunction?
Knicks and Nets resume game action tomorrow night. We mentioned the Knicks will be home for the Pistons. Also mentioned the Jalen Brunson quote from the Vanity Fair profile about his next contract negotiation. Basically alluding to the bargain he took last time where he sacrificed... and depending on what numbers you look at, about $113 million.
So he's eligible to sign a four-year, $323 million extension in 2028, or as you guys alluded to last hour, five years, $418 million in 2029, when he will be 32 years of age. So that bill is coming due in short order in these next couple of years. So we'll see how the Knicks manage all of that over the next couple of seasons.
At the Olympics, men's hockey quarterfinal matchups, the first game well underway, second period. $80 million a year. Yeah. Wow. Those media rights deals are pretty nice when you've got a small roster in the NBA. Money's got to go somewhere, right?
The bench guys are... If I was going to give it to anybody, he'd be the type of guy I would give it to because he works his ass off, but God, sure, that's a million dollars for one season.
Just to hammer home the point again, try sending a team that the owner is paying one player $80 million a year to the butt league.
Ha!
Ain't happening. That's right. But relegation league. It is not happening.
All right. Slovakia is up 4-1 on Germany. Canada is up next against Czechia. And then you've got Finland and Switzerland. And then the United States and Sweden will play in the fourth and final game of the day starting tomorrow. At 3.10 our time.
All right, College Hoops, you had six top 25 teams suffer losses last night, including ninth-ranked Nebraska at Iowa, number 13 Texas Tech at Arizona State, where they were all excited and ran on the court, and 16th-ranked North Carolina at NC State. The Tar Heels were beaten by 24. Wow. No such trouble for Michigan State at home against UCLA.
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Chapter 6: What insights does Carlos Mendoza share about team clicks and relationships?
Now remember, Jamerson, a student here at Michigan State. Mick Cronin says, I want you out. Wow.
So that's Josh Lewin. Is he doing TV or radio? Radio. All right, UCLA radio. And now we're seeing it here on CBS Sports Network. Mick Cronin basically sending his own player to the locker room and essentially ejecting him from the game. Now you would say, okay, maybe he's just trying to keep things calm, cool, and collected after we saw what happened with St.
John's in Providence over the weekend. I thought that foul was significantly less physical than that game. But he's all right. Maybe cooler heads prevail. Now, the key with Jamerson, which you heard Josh Lewin reference, he's a former Michigan State student. I think he tried to be at one point their team manager.
He ended up going to play basketball at San Diego, transfers to UCLA, and now here he is against the team where he used to go to school. So after the game, Mick Cronin talking about that whole situation going beyond just sending his player to the locker room, very critical of what he felt his player did in that spot.
True toughness is in how you compete and how you go to work every day. Steve's a good kid. He made a bad decision. You know, if you want to be a tough guy, you need to do it during the game for a block out for a rebound. So I was thoroughly disappointed. Guy was defenseless in the air. I know Steve was trying to block the shot, but the game's a 25-point game. You don't do that.
All right, so he takes his player to task. I think also the fact that he got in his face, too.
Yeah, a little bit. I mean, he kind of stood over him. The fact that they're down 27. I mean, that's got to be something to do with this, too.
Yeah. I mean, that's a huge part of what's going on. Yes. Now, on the other side of this with Michigan State, you've obviously got Tom Izzo, and he had Cronin's back. Tom Izzo. Coach to coach during his postgame presser.
It felt for Mick. His team's a lot better than that. I guess he upgraded that to a flagrant two, huh? That's the first time I saw a coach do it, but that sounds like Mick, so he'll get that straightened out.
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