Mets, Beltran "mutually" part ways; Beltran's "niece" may end Astros (1/16)

Nothing Personal with David Samson

David Samson

Sports, Business, Baseball

4.7 • 3.1K Ratings

🗓️ 16 January 2020

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Today's word of the day is '55' for Episode 55 and MJ's 55 points scored against the Bulls (0:06). Carlos Beltran stepped down as Mets manager, but then the Mets' said he didn't step down, but he did, but he didn't (1:44). Mets are a mess. Jessica Mendoza said all the wrong things about Mike Fiers and then even more wrong things after (11:44). Odell Beckham Jr. is back in the spotlight for all the wrong reasons (17:54). Review - Parasite... go see this movie (27:30). Carlos Beltran's alleged niece may have just exposed Jose Altuve and Alex Bregman as real cheaters in baseball (31:13). This story is huge. This story has layers. This story needs to be addressed by MLB. Josh Donaldson deal opens doors for Kris Bryant and Nolan Arenado (38:12). Astros, George Springer settle for what Astros didn't want. Who will manage the Mets next? # waittosee Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	There you go.
0:07.0	Double Nickel is that one word we're counting that as the nothing personal word of the day.
0:13.6	It's 55.
0:14.6	Today is episode 55 when I see those two numbers.
0:18.2	Five is my favorite number.
0:19.6	55 is not.
0:21.4	Double Nickel to me reminds me only of one thing if you're a fan of the NBA.
0:26.0	Michael Jordan's first game back at Madison Square Garden March in the 90s 95.
0:33.0	All of a sudden he's playing the nicks breaking my heart game after game.
0:37.6	We made it to the finals in 94 lost to Elijah one in the rockets.
0:41.4	He comes back and is 11th game back 10th or 11th game back.
0:45.7	He says I'm going to score 55 against the nicks wearing number 45 and he went out and
0:51.8	did it.
0:53.1	Then Jordan had the balls the game was coming to a close.
0:56.5	Goes up.
0:57.5	I'm ready for my heart to be broken and he passes the ball to Bill Weddington for a lay in.
1:03.8	Of course we got off Weddington in order to cover the drive for Jordan and not let him
1:08.2	get to the hole.
1:09.6	But Jordan just crushed my heart and it became known as the double nickel game at Madison Square
1:15.5	Garden.
1:16.5	So for the rest of time people ask me what are your top 10 most memorable games and they
1:20.6	assume that they're games where I was the president of a team winning the world series.
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