AL MVP: Cal Raleigh or Aaron Judge!? Yankees done defending Volpe? Bengals give Hendrickson a raise! (Episode 1343 Hour 1)

Nothing Personal with David Samson

David Samson

Sports, Business, Baseball

4.7 • 3.1K Ratings

🗓️ 26 August 2025

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Today’s word of the day is ‘two’ as in Cal Raleigh as in Mickey Mantle as in history as in home run race as in MVP race. Raleigh became the first catcher in MLB history to hit 50 home runs. He became the second switch-hitter to do so. Is he the MVP? Is Aaron Judge the MVP? The race is HOT! (11:30) Anthony Volpe has been bad all season. The Yankees have defended him all season. Until now. He’s been benched. (21:40) Trey Hendrickson got a $14 million raise for this season from the Bengals. Why? Why would every player not hold out now? The NFLPA must love this! Teams must hate this! (30:00) The Browns traded Kenny Pickett. Now the team is down to three. Dillon Gabriel and Shedeur Sanders are on the team. (35:40) Review: Amy Bradley is Missing. (39:00) The Orioles signed a new catcher in Samuel Basallo to a longterm deal before he has played a game. Why? How do the other core players feel? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Thank you. Two, that's the nothing personal word of the day for Tuesday, August 26, 2025.
0:42.7	Two is the number assigned to a catcher on the baseball field. That's the defensive number.
0:50.5	Two, as in the starting catcher for your Seattle Mariners.
0:56.2	Two as in no longer number two on the home run list for switch hitter in a season.
1:03.6	Because Cal Raleigh on August 25th, 2025 hit his 50th home run.
1:10.4	That's right.
1:11.7	50.
1:12.9	When's the last time you saw a switch hitter hit 50 home runs in a season?
1:20.3	Just curious.
1:22.0	One time, Mickey Mantle.
1:25.2	When's the last time you saw a catcher hit 50 home runs in a season?
1:32.5	That's right.
1:34.3	Sorry, I can't think of one.
1:36.7	Give me a minute, maybe by the end of the show,
1:39.1	we'll come up with another person in the two position to be at 50.
1:50.2	And he made it just by the skin of his teeth with the season ending tomorrow.
1:56.1	This was his last second to last day to get 50 home runs.
2:00.5	Can you imagine that we're having this conversation in August?
2:04.5	Can you imagine we're talking about Cal Raleigh,
2:10.1	who is fighting neck and neck with Aaron Judge to be MVP of the American League for a Mariners team that is fighting to win the division to supplant the dynastic Houston Astros,
2:17.1	the home run derby champ who said, curse this.
2:22.7	50 home runs.
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