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DK Pittsburgh Sports: Daily podcasts on Steelers, Penguins, Pirates!

DK’s Daily Shot of Pirates: The curious case of David Ortiz

DK Pittsburgh Sports: Daily podcasts on Steelers, Penguins, Pirates!

DK Pittsburgh Sports

Sports, Football, Nhl, Dejan Kovacevic, Pittsburgh Pirates, Baseball, Pirates, Matt Williamson, Mlb, Dk Pittsburgh Sports, Pittsburgh Steelers, Steelers, Penguins, Pittsburgh Penguin, Pittsburgh, Nfl, Hockey

4.6832 Ratings

🗓️ 7 January 2022

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

Why I voted, without reservation, for David Ortiz on my Hall of Fame ballot. His numbers are more than worthy of a vote and despite showing up on the Mitchell Report, the steroid allegations don't hold much weight. Hear award-winning columnist Dejan Kovacevic's Daily Shots of Steelers, Penguins and Pirates -- three separate podcasts -- every weekday morning on the DK Pittsburgh Sports podcasting network, available on all platforms: https://linktr.ee/dkpghsports Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

This holiday season, Amazon brings you an unmissable month of festive football.

0:07.0

What a fantastic night of football.

0:10.0

Including 10 Premier League games.

0:13.0

It doesn't get much better than that.

0:17.0

And Tuesday's UEFA Champions League must watch match.

0:22.3

The biggest live games from the biggest leagues all wrapped up.

0:28.2

It's on Prime.

0:34.1

Did you know that there's a subculture of people who are just totally into the Baseball Hall of Fame voting?

0:47.4

Good morning to you.

0:48.2

Good Friday morning.

0:49.3

I'm Dan Kovachovic of D.K. Pittsburgh Sports, and this is Daily Shot of Pirates.

0:53.3

It comes your way bright and early every weekday.

0:55.8

If you're into football and or hockey, I also offer up daily shots of Steelers and Penguins where you found this every year.

1:05.3

When I put out my hall ballot, and believe me, I am no different than any of the other roughly 500 voters you get

1:13.5

inundated by a lot of the same people who are just obsessed with this and I'm talking about

1:23.2

on social media, primarily Twitter.

1:30.3

Because while I'll open up their timelines,

1:33.5

and I'll see, that's all it's about.

1:35.6

Like this wasn't, they just had a moment.

1:40.3

These people are into this 365 days a year.

1:50.1

And this time of year is like their Super Bowl. They plan out who's going to track which ballots they try to project as they're getting the ballots that are publicly released,

1:56.8

which ones are on pace to get the needed 75 percent, which ones are on pace to get the needed 75%, which ones are on pace to be wiped off the ballot the following year if they don't get the requisite 5%.

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