Skubal Comes Home and Seattle Pays the Middle

Tarik Skubal walks back onto the Comerica Park mound tonight in Dodger blue, twenty-seven days after Detroit traded a two-time Cy Young winner rather than pay the next contract. Host Jim Rand explains why the first inning matters more than the tribute video, and why nostalgia is not a pitch mix. Seattle just signed defensive tackle Leonard Williams to a three-year, $90 million extension one day after NFL owners approved the Khosla family's $9.612 billion purchase of the Seahawks. That is new ownership paying the middle of a Super Bowl defense. Then the league killed the Pro Bowl game after seventy-five years. The honor stays. The fake football is gone. And Roger Goodell confirmed Jed York's arrest is under the personal conduct policy. Same rulebook, or it is not a rulebook. The last NFL preseason games land tonight. The 53-man roster posts Sunday. Watch the work. 🗣️ Check out other great shows! 🎙️ **The Odyssey: Short & Engaging Retellings** A modern, vivid retelling of Homer’s epic poem — one book at a time. Join us for warm, fireside-style storytelling that brings the adventures, trials, and homecoming of Odysseus to life. Perfect for fans of mythology, ancient history, and timeless tales of perseverance, loyalty, and home. 🎧 Listen on: Apple Podcasts → https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-odyssey-short-engaging-retellings/id6789005298 Spotify → https://open.spotify.com/show/033MjUlxcTszHujP91Eln1?si=4f7a686938e3477a + **History in Decades** One decade at a time. Host Jim Rand walks through American and world history with clarity, focusing on the choices people made, the pressures they faced, and the practical lessons that still matter. Stability, self-reliance, faith, community, and generational continuity — told as a living story. 🎧 Listen on: Apple Podcasts → https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/history-in-decades/id6787817486 Spotify → https://open.spotify.com/show/033KxttVEXOhbgmX2waVTQ?si=5ccdf8e4f8a948d9 + **The Rand Report: Sports** Focused analysis and practical commentary on the sports world. Host Jim Rand breaks down the games, athletic discipline, rivalries, and broader cultural lessons from sports with clarity and purpose. 🎧 Listen on: RSS Feed → https://rss.com/podcasts/rrsports/ Apple Podcasts → https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-rand-report-sports/id6796816793 Spotify → https://open.spotify.com/show/033ZbZ7JwvKFBuaFCCuSzR