Speaker A
Welcome back to on base live in your bleach report app.
Lars Nootbaar and Mookie Betts discuss baseball, compare Ohtani to MJ, and share a funny recruiting story on Bleacher Report's On Base, Ep. 37.
Key Takeaways
- Lars Nootbaar was initially hesitant to appear on podcasts early in his career.
- Mookie Betts and Lars compare Shohei Ohtani's impact in baseball to Michael Jordan's in basketball.
- The episode includes a fun segment comparing regional pizza styles.
- Lars prefers St. Louis style pizza over Chicago deep dish but also likes New York style.
- The show mixes sports discussion with personal stories and humor.
Summary
- Mookie Betts hosts Lars Nootbaar on Bleacher Report's On Base live show.
- They discuss Lars's initial hesitation to join the podcast early in his career.
- Mookie recalls the impressive rookie seasons of players like Ohtani and Goldschmidt.
- The hosts play a game called 'On Base and Off Base' about St. Louis vs. Chicago style pizza.
- Lars shares his opinion that St. Louis style pizza is better than Chicago deep dish.
- They discuss regional pizza preferences, including New York style pizza.
- Lars admits he is not a big fan of Emos, a popular St. Louis pizza chain.
- The conversation blends baseball insights with lighthearted cultural food debates.
- Mookie and Lars share camaraderie and humor throughout the episode.
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Speaker A
I am your host moky bet and today we have my boy uh Lars, new bar. First uh the first card on the show.
Speaker A
How you doing, bro?
Speaker B
I'm I'm good, man. that's cool. I didn't I mean, I could have guessed that but uh it's cool it's cool to officially hear that.
Speaker A
So I remember um, you know, when I first started and you came up to me and said you watched it.
Speaker A
And then you did really want to come on the show. Why why didn't you why didn't you really want to do it at the time, bro?
Speaker B
Um, I was still hesitant in this time around, but um, I just felt like I hadn't done anything, you know.
Speaker B
And like you don't that was I think in 202 when you guys came to saying Lewis and I said that to you.
Speaker B
I remember doing it too. And uh, you know, I I you just don't want to be that guy that's, you know, fresh in second year being like, oh yeah, I'm on my podcast coming and and that year too we had.
Speaker B
We saw a Nado, Goldi's MVP year. We got Uber going for 700.
Speaker B
like this little, you know, rookie like going.
Speaker A
That makes sense. I I get in in the uh untouched roll space of baseball.
Speaker A
Yeah. That definitely fell into it. so shout out to you for uh for following that.
Speaker A
Okay, so I have uh a game called on base and off base.
Speaker A
Yeah. Um that I play. It's whether you're in or out and so I got a couple things for you.
Speaker A
St. Louis style pizza is than Chicago style pizza.
Speaker B
Oh.
Speaker A
Learn me about St. Louis style pizza because I thought St. Louis was like the home of ribs, barbecue.
Speaker A
What I'm saying?
Speaker B
Yeah, yeah, yeah. No, I don't think it's the home of pizza.
Speaker A
Okay.
Speaker B
Uh, I didn't I mean.
Speaker A
Okay.
Speaker B
I don't think um people are not going to like this, but I don't think St. Louis style pizza.
Speaker A
Uh-huh.
Speaker B
Like they love Emos. I don't know if you had Emos.
Speaker A
Uh-uh, what's Emos?
Speaker B
Uh, I'm going to get a lot of heat for this, but Emos is not my favorite.
Speaker B
It's not my favorite.
Speaker A
So you're not going to get endorsement deal with them by the way, just by saying this.
Speaker B
I mean.
Speaker A
It's okay though.
Speaker B
Yeah.
Speaker B
Yeah, probably not.
Speaker B
Probably not.
Speaker B
But um Deep dish though, I'm not a huge fan of deep dish either.
Speaker B
But I'll say Chicago, you know what?
Speaker B
I'll say St. Louis style is better.
Speaker B
I'm on base.
Speaker A
So you're on base with that.
Speaker B
St. Louis style is better than Chicago.
Speaker A
But you're not deep dish, so you like New York pizza?
Speaker B
New York pizza.
Speaker A
Oh, you like the the the flat.
Speaker A
You like do you fold it?
Speaker B
Yes.
Speaker A
Okay.
Topics:Lars NootbaarMookie BettsShohei OhtaniBleacher ReportOn Base podcastbaseballpizza debateSt. Louis style pizzaChicago deep dishsports interview
