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The Valenti Show

FULL SHOW: Wednesday, August 20th

The Valenti Show

Audacy

Sports

4.31.2K Ratings

🗓️ 20 August 2025

⏱️ ? minutes

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Summary

Valenti and Rico kicked off the show with their thoughts on the Tigers' sweep of the Astros. They dedicated the first hour to this before devoting the second to the Lions and if they believe they will regress in the regular season this year.

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0:00.0

All right.

0:01.9

This is much more fun, David, than a couple of weeks ago.

0:05.8

Rico, Kenny, I, you know, I know garbage cans is something we do associate with the Astros from their cheating days.

0:14.9

The Tigers hit them with one last three games.

0:18.4

Just a complete ass kicking as they lit a garbage can on fire and hit the Astros and

0:23.8

the cranium with it.

0:24.7

So Rico, we're going to have some fun.

0:26.8

So this was now, what, three weeks ago?

0:29.8

They had lost the 12 of 13.

0:32.8

You had asked the panic question.

0:34.9

And I had said, look, I'm going to wait the next 10 games.

0:38.4

They play a bunch of garbage. They played the White Sox and the twins and the angels.

0:43.5

But this team is not garbage. But they did their job in the 10 going 7 and 3. We talked

0:49.3

about go 6 and 4. Check. This series, it helps because the record against teams of the winning record,

0:57.8

unless something's changed or I'm in outer space, was like 19 and 27. You swept the Astros.

1:04.0

You did it impressively, comprehensively. Yeah, last night was a little weird, but whatever, you won.

1:09.7

So here's the question. This is a redux.

1:12.7

If you're leaving the ballpark, please be sober. We can't take drunk calls. So I'm glad you had fun,

1:18.8

but we can't put you on the air lit. Amen. But call a friend. But here's the question. I want to know how your opinion is different from three

1:31.9

weeks ago. Good or bad. Meaning, three weeks ago, I said, look, I'm not panicked. I'm concerned.

1:38.8

I still think they're a playoff team. I still think to win a division. But I never thought they

1:43.9

were a World Series team,

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