136: This Week in Sports; MLB Lockout, Baseball Hall of Fame, NFL Week 13, Pacers thinking rebuild, Flyers fire Vigneault

In today's podcast: John discusses the ramifications of the current baseball lockout and how soon the players and the owners can reach an agreement, and whether or not part of the season will be impacted by it (01:40 -06:40), the balance of power in baseball following a free agent frenzy unlike anything the sport has seen before (06:40-19:26), and the newest members of the Baseball Hall of Fame, as voted on by the golden era and early baseball committees, including Tony Oliva and Gli Hodges (19:27-21:29). Then, John goes over some of the takeaways from Week 13 in the NFL, from the fascinating Patriots-Bills clash on Monday Night Football in which the Patriots only called three pass plays the entire game, the Detroit Lions (finally) getting their first win of the season and under Dan Campbell, and why John believes the Ravens made a mistake attempting a two-point conversion instead of kicking the extra point to send the game into overtime late (22:47-36:29). Finally, he'll discuss NBA topics including the Indiana Pacers' reported firesale, Stephen Curry, and the Knicks' mess, and in hockey the Philadelphia Flyers dismissing head coach Alain Vigneault after 2-plus seasons, and why the New York Rangers' early success this season should come as no surprise (36:31-41:59)