NL Central Preview and AAF Gets Funding

Carlos and David wade through a busy week of news in sports. - AAF gets Funding from Tom Dundon. What are the implications? - Robert Kraft in trouble - Manny Machado signs. Does this mean anything for Bryce Harper? - Hurricanes are jerks and a full slate of news and notes. The main topic is a breakdown of the NL Central (Starts at 31:39) - Who has improved and where do we see the teams falling in 2019? Lastly, the guys mention what they're looking forward to, including Dave passionately "looking forward to" the CONCACAF Championships League because... well... he already bought his ticket... Articles referenced in the show: AAF gets…. $250 million dollars…. http://www.espn.in/nhl/story/_/id/26030221/hurricanes-owner-tom-dundon-invests-250m-aaf A little more context on why Dundon became necessary https://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/open-mike/os-sp-spurrier-aaf-carolina-hurricanes-20190220-story.html Lastly some thoughts from Dundon himself… I’ll reference these points separately to spare us reading them all… https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2019/02/20/tom-dundon-once-i-saw-the-aaf-i-wanted-to-invest/ Finally a shirt we can all get behind… https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/hurricanes-respond-don-cherrys-jerks-comment-t-shirts/ What is happening this week?!?!?! (Robert Kraft News) https://www.tsn.ca/pats-owner-kraft-charged-in-prostitution-sting-1.1261940 Ovechkin scores 40th goal for 10th time, putting him in select company (Gretzky, Lemieux and Marcel Dionne): https://www.nhl.com/news/alex-ovechkin-reaches-40-goals-again-for-washington-capitals/c-304938222 Machado to the Padres http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/26031051/manny-machado-san-diego-padres-reach-deal Check us out on: iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/unnecessary-nonsense-podcast/id1452938274?mt=2 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0b5lfGzj0eYc1WeWjiiSYE Twitter: @unnecessary_pod https://twitter.com/unnecessary_pod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/unnecessarypodcast/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVOMfLo9xZjl3A3bh8O-6Yw Thanks for listening!