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The Al Galdi Podcast

Episode 540: conversation with WUSA9's Darren Haynes on Commanders-sale intel from NFL Meeting and more

The Al Galdi Podcast

Al Galdi

Football, Baseball, Sports, Basketball

51.5K Ratings

🗓️ 31 March 2023

⏱️ 62 minutes

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18:44 - Guest: Darren Haynes, sports director for WUSA9, on his conversations and interactions at the NFL's Annual League Meeting regarding the sale of the Commanders, the saga of owner Dan Snyder, the Sam Howell-Jacoby Brissett quarterback competition that head coach Ron Rivera is hyping and the team continuing to publicly express uncertainty about exercising the fifth-year option in the rookie contract of edge defender Chase Young 38:35 - Nationals: analysis of a 7-2 loss to the Atlanta Braves on Opening Day that featured starter Patrick Corbin lasting for just three innings and shortstop CJ Abrams committing three errors...and react to an update on starter Stephen Strasburg 51:13 - Orioles: breakdown of a wild 10-9 win at the Boston Red Sox on Opening Day that included catcher Adley Rutschman going 5-for-5 with a solo homer, four singles and a walk 58:47 - Capitals: thoughts on a 5-1 loss at the Tampa Bay Lightning Visit PaulsonAndNace.com and tell Paulson & Nace that Al Galdi sent ya! Visit ShadyRays.com and use the code AlGaldi for 50 percent off two or more pairs of polarized sunglasses! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

And away we go, episode 540 of the Algaldi podcast, it is Friday, March 31st, 2023,

0:25.7

the final day of March, which we have been told comes in like a lion and goes out like

0:32.0

a lamb, while the weather in the Washington DC area on Thursday certainly reflected

0:36.6

that a somewhat cool but otherwise nice day for opening day for the 2023 major league

0:42.4

baseball regular season, although then came the actual game at Nationals Park, pretty

0:49.2

that game was not a work of art that game was not a 72 loss for the Nationals to the

0:55.0

Atlanta Braves on Thursday afternoon, this was a sloppy game, this was an ugly game, certainly

1:02.3

from an ad's perspective, the ad starting pitcher Patrick Corbin lasted for a mere three innings,

1:08.1

the ad's promising young shortstop, CTA Abrams went over four and committed three errors,

1:13.9

the ad's went one for eleven with runners in scoring position, and had just one extra

1:18.7

base hit, the ad's supposed to top reliever Kyle Finnegan struggled, other than those things,

1:24.0

this one swimmingly on Nationals opening day, hello and welcome to this Friday installment

1:29.2

of the Algoldee podcast, happy Friday, you have made it to the end of the work week,

1:33.7

in addition to the end of the month of March, coming up on the show, I will discuss what

1:38.6

took place for the ads on opening day, as well as what happened with the Orioles on opening

1:45.7

day, if you are an O's fan, how about what went down on Thursday afternoon, a wild ten

1:53.8

nine win at the Boston Red Sox, in what goes down as the Adley Rutchman game, you know,

2:02.6

there are promising young players, and then there are phenoms, Adley Rutchman is a phenom,

2:10.2

spectacular 2022 rookie season, and now how about this guy start to his second major league season,

2:18.5

catcher Adley Rutchman on Thursday afternoon, five for five with a solo homer, four singles,

2:26.9

and a walk, he became the first player in major league history, to go five for five or better,

2:34.1

with at least four RBI on an opening day, yeah, the guy made major league history in the first game

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