And away we go, episode one thousand three hundred thirty one of the Al-Galdi podcast. It is Friday, May 22nd, 2006. It is the Friday going

into Memorial Day weekend. If you are working on this Friday, don't worry, you are not

expected to be productive at all on this Friday. So enjoy yourself. We say thank you to and

show respect to all of those who are serving

and have served this country. As Memorial Day, of course, is in honor of all U.S. military

personnel who have died while serving in the armed forces. And we hope that you enjoy your

Memorial Day weekend, whatever you are doing, whoever you are doing it with.

Hello and welcome to this Friday installment of the Al-Galdi podcast.

Next segment, a conversation with Washington Commander's insider, Nikki Javala of the Athletic,

as we will preview 2006 Washington Commander's OTAs, which begin next week. Yes, a preview of OTAs.

Goldie, what are you sick? The answer is yes, but we are going to cover a lot of ground as

Nikki is one of the top people covering the team among the items that we'll discuss what truly

matters that these offseason practices, what Nikki's looking forward to hearing from quarterback

Jaden Daniels, whether Daniels is poised for a big bounceback season, analysis of Washington's

competition at kicker, the significance of the departure of senior vice president of football

initiatives, Dave Garty, to become the Tennessee Titans, executive vice president of

football operations, and the extent to which head coach Dan Quinn is on the hot seat,

Nikki Javala, next segment. And also on the show, I'll talk Washington Nationals. They and

MLB's 2006 regular season now are 25 and 26. They unfortunately did not get above 500,

a 2-1 loss to the New York Mets at Nationals Park on Thursday for a split of a four-game series

to conclude a 4-and-3 homestand. But starting pitcher, Cade Cavali did very well. Two runs in seven

innings, nine strikeouts versus one walk.

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