The Truth Behind Star Treatment
EPISODE 182: Juan Soto (and a picture of a bike).
There are a couple questions I asked in this Share & Tell that may seem very rude of me to ask David Samson. Because they are invasive. So I just need you to know that I made sure beforehand that David was cool with answering them.
The other thing I guess you should remember is that when Domonique Foxworth, David, and I get together — and we are all incredibly different from one another: Domonique was a union leader and president of the NFL Players Association; David was the guy on the other side of that table in MLB; and I remain a rapacious journalist — we inevitably wind up laughing at ourselves. No matter how serious the subject is. Which is also why I love doing this with them.
And on this week’s docket — inspired by the richest athlete contract in the history of sports, the $765 million the Mets just gave Juan Soto — we discuss:
How does star treatment really work, behind clubhouse doors? (And what do you do when a player wants both his wife and his mistress on the team plane?)
What’s it like for a man to struggle with body dysmorphia? (And can human beings just microdose Ozempic like it’s shrooms?)
What’s the worst gift you’ve ever received?
Also: Champ Bailey, Britney Spears, and Sega Genesis.
DKN/YOUTUBE SPOILER ALERT:
Sensitively,
Pablo