Episode 69: Capitals eliminated in first round again, Wizards lose at 76ers in Game 1 and Nationals sweep Orioles

The Al Galdi Podcast

Al Galdi

Football, Baseball, Sports, Basketball

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🗓️ 24 May 2021

⏱️ 92 minutes

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09:28 - Capitals: in-depth examination of the Caps' losses to the Boston Bruins in Games 4 and 5, why the Caps lost a first-round series in the Stanley Cup Playoffs for a third straight season and what should be next for the Caps 35:09 - Wizards: react to the Wiz's 125-118 loss at the Philadelphia 76ers in Game 1 in the first round of the NBA Playoffs 52:43 - Nationals: analysis of the Nats' three-game sweep of the Orioles, including a big series for the offense, controversy with Juan Soto and much more 01:23:51 - Orioles: thoughts on the Nats' three-game sweep of the O's from an Orioles perspective, including another bad start for Matt Harvey and a successful return for Anthony Santander Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:47.5	And away we go. Episode 69 of the Algoldi podcast. It is Monday, May 24th, 2021.
1:06.0	The first day of the capitals, 2021 offseason. I said on Friday's podcast that the possibility
1:14.4	existed that the next time you and I spoke on this podcast, the cap season would be over.
1:20.5	Sure enough, that's exactly what happened. The cap's won game one of the first round series against
1:26.9	Boston Bruins in the 2021 Stanley Cup playoffs and then never won again from up 1-0 to losing the
1:35.2	series 4-1. Another disappointing postseason for the caps. I have been a capitals fan my entire
1:42.8	sporting life, nothing. And I mean nothing is worse about being a cap's fan than the spring
1:49.2	tradition of playoff disappointment. A tradition that with the exceptions of 1990, 1998 and 2018
1:58.4	has happened every time the caps have made the Stanley Cup playoffs. 31 all time postseason
2:05.9	appearances for the caps. 28 of the 31 have ended in a first or second round. That is brutal,
2:14.5	but that is reality and the reality continued with a 3-1 loss to the Boston Bruins at Capital
2:21.2	Winner Arena in game five on Sunday night. As Mama Evans said many years ago on the classic
2:27.6	television show Good Times when she smashed that glass bowl in the kitchen.
2:37.9	Exactly Mama Evans, thank you so much. Hey, hello and welcome Happy Monday. Yeah, it's not a
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