
Pablo Torre Finds Out The Sporting Class: All the President's Grizzly Men
Jan 29, 2026
David Samson, former Miami Marlins president with insider experience in team ownership and MLB deals. They unpack Robert Pera's rise and the strange world of billionaire owners. Conversation covers Ubiquiti’s links to warfare, why celebrities and limited partners matter, rules about owners on the field, and what media layoffs mean for journalism’s future.
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Tech Exports Can Fuel Modern Warfare
- Ubiquiti's networking gear allegedly funneled to Russian forces reshaped how modern drone warfare is fought.
- Pablo Torre highlights that products made in the U.S. can enable international harm through sanctioned-circumvention supply chains.
Buying Teams For Social Capital
- David Samson recounts owners buying teams for social capital and visibility, then resenting celebrity limited partners.
- He uses Justin Timberlake and Robert Pera to show how ownership can become a status war.
Stock Collateral Can Turn Buyers Into Syndicates
- Robert Pera used his company's stock as collateral to buy the Grizzlies, forcing a syndicate when the stock fell.
- Pablo Torre explains that a tanking stock turned a controlling purchase into a patchwork of limited partners.






