Episode 1,111: chat with Burgundy Blog on Commanders fandom five years after retirement of "Redskins" and more

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🗓️ 11 July 2025

⏱️ 53 minutes

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14:50 - Guest: Guest: Brent, a.k.a Burgundy Blog on X, on the state of being a Commanders fan on the five-year anniversary of the team retiring the Redskins name and logo, including his journey from having lost significant passion for the team during its time being owned by Dan Snyder to now being fully engaged off the team's renaissance under the Josh Harris ownership group 39:51 - Nationals: breakdown of an 8-1 loss at the St. Louis Cardinals to lose two out of three games in the series 47:03 - Orioles: reaction to the O's trading reliever Bryan Baker to the Tampa Bay Rays for the No. 37-overall pick in the 2025 MLB Draft and analysis of the O's sweeping a doubleheader against the New York Mets to win two out of three games in the series The Nace Law Group, Accident & Injury Lawyers - 202-902-7611 and make sure that you mention that Al Galdi sent you Visit CateringByUptown.com and mention that Al Galdi sent you For advertising inquiries, email [email protected] Please note that time stamps may be slightly off depending on rotating national ads

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0:00.0	And away we go, episode one thousand one hundred eleven of the Al-Galdi podcast. It is Friday, July 11, 2025. So episode
0:27.3	1-1-1 on 7-11, 25. Appropriate. And we now are just a week away until rookies report for 2025 commanders training camp.
0:41.0	Rookies report for commanders training camp on July 18th.
0:45.0	Veterans report for commanders training camp on July 22nd.
0:48.9	The team's break between the offseason program and training camp is nearly done.
0:54.0	Hello and welcome to this Friday installment
0:56.1	of the Al-Galdi podcast. Speaking of dates, this Sunday is July 13th, the five-year anniversary
1:04.5	of the Redskins retiring the Redskins name and logo. Yes, five years have passed. Half of a decade has passed since
1:15.0	Redskins went by-bye. And here we are. This does remain an issue. Heck, the Washington Times,
1:23.0	did you see this? Just ran an opinion piece from a chief Walt Red Hawk Brown on why the commanders
1:29.8	should go back to being the Redskins. The piece was published on July 8th. Anyway, with this
1:35.1	five-year anniversary and off the oh-so well-received reveal of the commander's Redskins-like
1:41.1	alternate uniform for the 2025 season on Wednesday morning and off the team's
1:45.9	Renaissance season this past season and off everything else that has happened with the team
1:50.8	over the last five years. We next segment are going to have a discussion on the state of being
1:57.5	a fan of the team. And we are going to have this discussion with someone whose journey
2:03.2	as a commander's fan, I believe, is representative of the journeys of a lot of fans of the team.
2:09.3	Brent, aka Burgundy blog on X. Brent is one of the sharpest, most astute commanders, observers on X. So what he has been doing on
2:19.9	Twitter slash X for years now is mimicked by a lot of people. But he is an originator. He is one of
2:26.6	the first fans of the team to become a big deal on social media via commenting on the team. And he
2:32.5	has gone from having lost a lot of passion for the team
2:35.7	to now being reinvigorated as a fan of the team, even though he hates the name
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