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The Show Before the Show: Episode 343

The Nine, Space Cowboys, Stockton's NIL deal on the podcast
Pacific guard Pierre Crockrell II has partnered with Stockton on an NIL deal. (Young Kwak/AP)
February 4, 2022

Check out the latest episodes of The Show Before the Show, MiLB.com's official podcast. A segment rundown is listed below, in case you want to skip to a particular section. Like the podcast? Subscribe, rate and review on iTunes. The podcast is also available via Spotify, Stitcher and other podcast-listening

Check out the latest episodes of The Show Before the Show, MiLB.com's official podcast. A segment rundown is listed below, in case you want to skip to a particular section. Like the podcast? Subscribe, rate and review on iTunes. The podcast is also available via Spotify, Stitcher and other podcast-listening apps. Send questions or feedback to [email protected], and follow hosts Tyler Maun (@TylerMaun) and Sam Dykstra (@SamDykstraMiLB) on Twitter.

Intro (0:00)

A lot of news to cover this week. Tyler, Sam and Ben open the podcast by discussing Minor League Baseball’s The Nine initiative, the Sugar Land Space Cowboys rebrand and the expanded Triple-A schedule.

Stockton NIL deal (24:20)

Stockton Ports president Pat Filippone and Pacific guard Pierre Crockrell II join the show to talk about the benefits of an NIL deal signed by the two, one of the first of its kind in Minor League Baseball.

Ghosts of the Minors/Wrapping up (41:43)

Before the co-hosts conclude this week's program, Josh rinses off another edition of the podcast's historical segment.