HOUR 2: Are Rivalries Dead In Pro Sports?

The Valenti Show

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🗓️ 16 May 2025

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Mike and Rico open the second hour discussing MLB's "Rivalry Week" and if these games intrigue them at all. This turns into a larger conversation about the lack of rivalries in pro sports. They take your calls and read your ticket texts on the topic throughout the rest of the hour.

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0:39.8	Three o'clock, nice to have you with us. I want to have a conversation. MLB is coining this rivalry weekend and oh yes
0:41.6	we all know the deep rivalry
0:43.1	the Detroit Tigers have with the
0:45.0	Toronto Blue Jays
0:47.2	question mark. So
0:48.8	we started thinking about this
0:50.9	and you guys have to tell us if we're just
0:53.4	totally insane but this is the
0:56.5	first time in history. I don't think any Detroit team has a rival. There are no rivalries.
1:04.4	Professional sports rivalries are largely toast. I mean, I can think of like one,, maybe Bill's Chiefs, maybe, just because they play every year and they're in games of incredible consequence.
1:19.2	But like, who's the Tiger's rival?
1:21.6	Oh, the Tigers rival, I don't think they have one.
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