MLB Trade Deadline Desperation; Aaron Rodgers calmly declares war on Packers front office (7/29)

Nothing Personal with David Samson

David Samson

Sports, Business, Baseball

4.7 • 3.1K Ratings

🗓️ 29 July 2021

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Today’s word of the day is ‘offense’ as in offensive as in the New York Yankees have traded for Joey Gallo as in home runs as in MLB Trade Deadline is about teams on the offensive. Let’s talk about the Texas Rangers for a minute. Opened a new stadium, traded the biggest draw, and now what? The Yankees added bats, but what about pitching? (14:00) The Marlins were able to get rid of Starling Marte after offering a deal they knew he wouldn’t want. What mistake did the team make in this trade? (20:40) Aaron Rodgers did everything he could to turn the narrative around on the Packers front office. He had some things to say about how he has been treated, how veterans have been treated, and what is next. (29:05) So You Wanna Talk To Samson!? Xavien Howard released a statement saying he has requested a trade from the Miami Dolphins because of how he was treated by the team. Someone asked me how I would handle this situation. (38:40) Review: The Dissident. (41:30) NPPOD - Nationals covid outbreak. How much fun are we still having!? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:35.1	Offense. Nothing personal word of the day is offense for July 29, 2021. It's a Thursday.
0:58.4	You know what else it is? It's episode number 420. Don't pay attention to the episode count
1:03.2	or wherever you get your podcasts because I number them according to regular episodes versus sit-downs
1:09.3	versus mailbags, bonuses. This is the 420th regular episode. 420 baby.
1:20.4	I feel like we should go right to see you want to talk to Samson Coco, but we may get there.
1:25.6	I love 420. Is that wrong? Offense. Ew, it's offensive. It's one of my
1:33.0	favorite expressions. Our offense is offensive. Offense is the word of the day because I want to
1:38.8	talk New York Yankees. I want to talk about a trade they're making to get Joey. Don't put me in the
1:45.6	gallow from the Texas Rangers. I want to start with Texas and then get to New York. Texas Rangers
1:52.8	opened the new ballpark last year in the middle of COVID. I can't imagine their level of despondency
1:58.4	working toward that new ballpark and then having the season happen without fans and hosting the
2:05.2	World Series in a neutral site in a new ballpark when it wasn't your team, not your fans. You
2:11.2	signed a bunch of players, your team stinks, and now you've got to trade players and you're acting
2:15.7	like the Marlins. We had to do it. I've done it. You started a new building, signed a bunch of
2:21.9	players. You think everything's going to be great and then you can't win a game and then you have
2:25.7	to reset reboot, recalibrate, restock your farm system and it hurts and the pain is
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