Will the Browns pursue the SuperBowl MVP? What effect does Jimmy Haslam’s return as CEO of Pilot Flying J have on the Browns’ operations? We’ll talk about these stories, recap SuperBowl 47 and look ahead to the baseball season after the Indians made a couple of signings over the weekend. Lots of sports to discuss. It’s GameTime!

Note: We recorded this podcast before the news broke about the Indians signing Michael Bourn. We’ll cover that news in next week’s show.

Hosts: Mike Kresic, Tom Kresic

Running Time: 49:52

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• Baltimore returned 2nd half kickoff for TD. Baltimore up 28-6. Then the lights went out. Literally.
  
• 49ers mounted furious comeback after the lights went back on (Ravens were pretty conservative on play calls, too).
  

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• Flacco played great in the playoffs. 12 TDs, no INTs. He can be a free agent. Will Baltimore put the deluxe franchise tag on him and pay him $20M or take a chance that he won’t want to leave? Rumors already suggest the Browns would give up two #1s and sign him to a deal that Baltimore would not want to match. Is this just Banner leaking more stories to the press?
  
• Haslam resigned his position just six months ago to focus on the Browns. But now he has reinstated himself at “his first loveâ€.
  
• What does this mean for the Browns?
  

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• 42 year old Jason Giambi signed as DH. 1HR in 89 ABs last year with Colorado.
  
• Daisuke Matsuzaka (Dice K) gets $1.5 M if on active roster (could be up to $4M). He had Tommy John surgery in 2011 and was on the decline even before that in the last few years.
  
• Pitchers and catchers reported on Sunday.
  
• Spring Training key dates:
  
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  • Position players are required to report on Wednesday.
    
  • First full-squad workout scheduled for Friday morning.
    
  • Cleveland’s first Spring Training game is a matchup against the intrastate-rival Reds on Feb. 22 at Goodyear Ballpark
    
  
  
  

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• The new players have helped spark some wins recently.
  
• Record is 16-35 after going 6-4 over their last 10.
  
• This still isn’t a playoff team in 2013, right?
  

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