Hour 2: Braves 2B Ozzie Albies In-Studio, plus The Miz Talks WWE Backlash Tampa

The Rich Eisen Show

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🗓️ 7 May 2026

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Braves 2B Ozzie Albies joins Rich in studio where he breaks down Atlanta’s red-hot start to the season, weighs in on MLB’s new ABS Challenge System, reveals his passion for rescuing dogs and collecting exotic fish for his massive koi pond and 6000 gallon fish tank. WWE Superstar The Miz and Rich preview this weekend’s Backlash Tampa PLE, and the die-hard Browns fan weighs in on Cleveland nailing the draft for a 2nd-consecutive year and explains why Shedeur Sanders will lead them to the Super Bowl next season. Rich and the guys weigh in on the 24th anniversary of Allen Iverson’s infamous "practice??" press conference. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	That's right. Welcome to the Rich Eisen Show hour number two here on this Thursday program.
0:05.3	The Mizz. WWE superstar joining us shortly on this program, Hall of Famer Chris Weber in hour number three.
0:11.4	But we kick off hour number two in studio with a bona fide big time major league baseball player from the Atlanta Braves,
0:18.4	the best record in baseball, 26 and 12, taking on the Dodgers
0:22.0	and a monster early May three games set.
0:25.8	And the man who leads the Atlanta Braves and hitting with a 322 average, ladies and gentlemen,
0:29.8	second basement, Ozzie Albies here on the road.
0:32.6	Good to see you, man.
0:33.7	How are you?
0:34.1	Good to see you.
0:34.4	I'm doing great.
0:35.3	I appreciate you spending an off day in Southern California, inside and in El Segundo
0:40.5	television and radio. Let me start with that. Yeah, it's an off day, but you know, you still
0:46.4	do fun stuff on the off day and enjoy the moments. And I appreciate that. I appreciate all that.
0:52.2	So what is clicking for your team right now?
0:55.0	You're the first six weeks of the season.
0:56.5	We're playing, you know, tremendously great baseball,
0:59.7	and we just enjoying the moment as a team we all together
1:03.0	and, you know, have each other's back and enjoy the game and have fun with it.
1:06.4	I think that's what's clicking and going great for us.
1:08.9	Well, obviously winning helps having fun,
1:11.1	but what do you think is leading to the winning? What would you point? I'll say the preparation. You know, it starts with the preparation since we wake up in the morning. We get together. You know, we have our breakfast. We talk, baseball. Then we get to the field. We do our, you know, preparation of meetings, et cetera. So I think that's what, you know, leads you and prepares you for a good ballgame.
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