Nothing Personal with David Samson

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Today’s word of the day is ‘20,658’ as in the Milwaukee Brewers as in the amount of days between the first game of the Brewers in Milwaukee to winning a World Series. Incredible. The best team in baseball all season long delivered. William Contreras wins MVP. Pat Murphy leads a franchise to its first crown. (26:30) What a special moment for the city of Milwaukee. Let’s talk about what it means for that community. (35:15) What happens next for the Brewers? It is REALLY hard to run it back with the same team. But when the confetti stops falling… you have to move on. (43:20) People watched. That’s another story of this series. Two small revenue teams. The jokes were there, but the fans showed up. Maybe not the level of the Dodgers or the Yankees, but we watched. (46:00) NPPOD. (48:00) Review: Nobody Wants This Season 3.

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So You Wanna Talk to Samson!? At what point do we have to worry about MLB missing games next year? (12:45) How easy is it to hide media revenue in baseball? (22:50) How much baseball knowledge did you start with and how much did you leave the game with? (30:21) What was it like to hear New York, New York at Yankee Stadium when the Marlins won the 2003 World Series? (40:14) What are the importance of sports radio rights? (47:50) It’s one of our favorite topics… LIV Golf!

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Today’s word of the day is ‘Bee Gees’ as in Stayin’ Alive as in the Tampa Bay Rays as in World Series Game 4 as in rally. The Rays went down in the 12th inning and with the series on the line rallied back to win. An error, a hit, a hit, a hit, and two runs later we have a Game 5. Wow. So what does Game 5 look like? Do the Rays have any pitching left? Can Miz give the Brewers a monster performance? (30:30) NPPOD. (33:00) Stand Up 2 Cancer. (39:50) Review: The Diplomat Season 4. (46:00) The NFL and Roc Nation are partners. The NFL hired Roc Nation as a consultant for the Super Bowl Halftime show. And Jay-Z has selected Jay-Z.

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The WNBA Finals still has an issue. We’re five games into the finals and Golden State has a 3-2 series lead. So all should be good right? Nope. Because Game 6 had a venue problem. So instead of playing at its own arena, the Atlanta Dream are moving Thursday’s Game 6 to State Farm Arena. Hurray, more fans! BUT! It’ll be a 12:30pm tip-off! (10:50) Prediction market time! (17:30) Mavericks president Masai Ujiri says he guarantees that Cooper Flagg wins a title. Oh boy. (24:00) Jeffrey Lurie has inducted himself into the Eagles Hall of Fame. Love it. (31:30) Two US Senators have called for the NBA to end its relationship with Visit Rwanda. (40:00) Mbappe is under fire over his comments around China. Uh oh. Lost sponsorships. Apologies. Woof.

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Today’s word of the day is ‘epoch’ as in an event as in a moment in time as in the Milwaukee Brewers are one win away from a World Series title! Can you believe that 5th inning? Can you believe what the Brewers did? Just hit after hit. Run after run. I’ve never seen anything like it! (32:00) The crowd in Tampa last night was Brewer fan filled. It looked like the game took place in Milwaukee! (37:30) NPPOD. (40:00) Review: The Weight. (42:30) As the World Series is going on, baseball is doing something. They are attempting new rules. Seeing what works. What doesn’t. (47:30) Let’s talk about the World Series mentality. Being down in 2003 to the Yankees 2 games to 1. Then we were up 3 games to 2.

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