Episode 543: Magic Johnson speaks on bid for Commanders, Washington to host Hendon Hooker and more

The Al Galdi Podcast

Al Galdi

Football, Baseball, Sports, Basketball

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🗓️ 5 April 2023

⏱️ 58 minutes

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17:21 - Commanders: in-depth discussion of NBA legend Magic Johnson as a potential owner of the Commanders off him on NBC's Today show discussing his involvement in Josh Harris' group that is bidding on the Commanders 30:46 - Commanders: analysis of Tennessee quarterback Hendon Hooker and whether the Commanders should consider taking him in the 2023 NFL Draft off reports of the Commanders being scheduled to host Hooker for a pre-draft visit 37:29 - Nationals: breakdown of a 10-6 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays that featured Nats closer Kyle Finnegan in the top of the ninth giving up three homers, allowing five runs and recording just one out 47:33 - Orioles: react to a 7-2 win at the Texas Rangers and to the O's reportedly calling up their top pitching prospect, Grayson Rodriguez, to start their Game 3 at the Rangers 52:05 - Wizards: thoughts on the Wizards continuing their tank by not playing six key players in a 140-128 loss to the NBA-leading Milwaukee Bucks Visit ShadyRays.com and use the code AlGaldi for 50 percent off two or more pairs of polarized sunglasses! Visit PaulsonAndNace.com and tell Paulson & Nace that Al Galdi sent ya! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	What do I do?
0:01.2	What do I do?
0:02.4	What do I say?
0:03.6	What do I say?
0:30.0	And away we go, episode 543 of the Algoldi podcast, it is Wednesday, April 5, 2023, and
0:57.8	it now is official.
1:00.2	The capitals have been eliminated from postseason contention.
1:05.0	Now, the caps on Tuesday night did not play, but the Florida Panthers on Tuesday night did
1:11.4	play.
1:12.4	They beat the Buffalo Sabers 2-1 and that Panthers win officially eliminated the caps from postseason
1:20.9	contention.
1:21.9	The streak is over, the cap streak of making the Stanley Cup playoffs in each of eight
1:27.2	consecutive seasons is over.
1:29.7	This season, the first season, since the 2013-2014 season that the caps do not make the
1:36.9	Stanley Cup playoffs and this season, just the second season that the caps do not make
1:43.0	the Stanley Cup playoffs since the start of the 2007-2008 season.
1:49.2	What really has become a springtime tradition in the Washington, D.C. area, the caps being
1:55.0	in the Stanley Cup playoffs and the caps with the rare exception getting eliminated in
2:00.8	the first or second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs.
2:03.6	But that tradition is no more, at least not this year, hopefully, back to being in effect
2:09.6	next year.
2:10.6	The caps making the Stanley Cup playoffs not being eliminated in a first or second round.
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