Clayton Kershaw, he signed up to play for Mark
DeRosa and Team Usa in the World Baseball Classic,
but this week after some insurance issues back and forth
in case an injury were to happen, Clayton Kershaw
had to back out. I'm not gonna be able
to play in the WBC, super disappointing. We
tried a lot of different things, All sides really
try to make it work and nothing's wrong with me
. Just didn't, didn't work out. I really
wanted to do it. I really wanted to be
a part of that group. Um, probably my
last chance to get to do it. So I
really wanted to do it. But um, just
, just didn't work out for a number of reasons
. So disappointing. But um, you know,
that's okay. I'll be ready for the season and
be ready to go. There was some factors that
, you know, we're making it hard for me
to play. And I tried to work it out
on my own, tried to work it out with
MLB Union team. Everybody, everybody worked hard to
try and make it work and um, just wasn't
able to, Manny Machado confirms he plans to opt
out at the end of the season. Said the
Padres know where he stands when it comes to a
new deal noted. The market has changed dramatically since
he signed, quote, there's a lot of money
out there. So the particulars on this, Manny
Machado signed a 10 year,$300 million deal with
the Padres if he opts out at the end of
the year, which is contractually able to do,
he would be foregoing the final five years and$150
million that are guaranteed. They're not only seeing the
money in the market place in the league, but
in the franchise status gets 3 40 for 14 years
guaranteed. I mean he sees the money, they
just broke off darvish, he's gonna pitch until he's
45 according to this contract. The Padres are spending
such crazy money. Aaron Judge was offered Padres,
he knows Judge Turner, they were in on everything
. So why wouldn't he? I mean, he
it's his franchise now and and he is he is
acting according to what the Padres have done with everybody
else on the market. I get it, my
money is money, money is money and uh you
know if money is what makes you happy then you
know, you gotta reevaluate your life. Uh Money
is a source for, for me to help my
family move forward, to get an education to my
son, to get my parents out of poverty to
make sure my dad doesn't work a single day in
his life again. But um you will never hear
me bragging about being the richest man in the room
or anything like that. Money is just a number
in your bank account for me. It's about the
relationship that I build the lives that I change once
the season hits man and I'm in spring training is
like, alright, it's game time, it's time
to get to work with these guys. It's time
to just focus and and go out there and and
and and and set some really high goals right?
Because like I said in the press conference you know
winning the division. You know it's the first thing
that comes but you know when we're talking about building
a team that that's gonna win it's about winning championships
right within the division is not gonna be enough.
So we gotta set goals that are really high and
that way when you are conference and you'll be really
satisfied. So um yeah that's the plan here man
. We want to win win big as MLB celebrates
black history month by the numbers presented by 90 17
World Series strikeouts for bob Gibson one of his two
World Series M. V. P. Awards.
He's one of only three players ever to win multiple
world Series MVPs. And earlier we talked about his
relationship with tim McCarver as we eulogize tim the day
after learning of his passing. Let's talk a little
bit about bob Gibson, the player now. Impactful
Hall of Famer. There's nothing to say about his
baseball that hasn't already been said of all the things
he did when you change records or you change how
games are played like they moved that mound from 68
in 1968 after that year they lowered the mound.
So pictures wouldn't have such a huge advantage because of
the er a he threw out there. I liken
that to when Kareem Abdul Jabbar was in in college
at U. C. L. A. They
took out the dunk. You know when you have
that kind of dominance and you change your sport that's
next next next level. For more on these and
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