My weekend in Cooperstown for the Baseball Hall of Fame inductions! Yes, Ichiro did shout me out... kinda! (Episode 1323 Hour 1)

Nothing Personal with David Samson

David Samson

Baseball, Sports, Business

4.5 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 28 July 2025

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Today’s word of the day is ‘surreal’ as in what a weekend as in Hall of Fame as in Ichiro Suzuki as in CC Sabathia as in Billy Wagner as in Dave Parker as in Dick Allen. An unbelievable weekend. I’m still a bit speechless with what happened in Cooperstown. This first hour is all about the Hall of Fame. There’s just too much to cover. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Thank you. Surreal.
0:41.5	That's the nothing personal word of the day. Good morning. It is Monday, July 28th, 2025, and surreal defines just about everything that had to do with my weekend, starting with
0:50.6	Monday morning, this morning. It is surreal to me when I do anything outside of what my rhythm is to get a show to you live 7 a.m.
1:04.3	I got back from Cooperstown late last night.
1:08.0	We are going to talk about Cooperstown because that was surreal.
1:11.8	We're going to start by telling you that late, I'm not late, start at 7 a.m.
1:19.9	Couldn't sleep last night.
1:22.2	It's hard when you have been through a weekend that is so stupendous, that is so surreal, that has stories that will
1:30.0	take up a week's worth of shows. You then get into a car and drive for four and a half hours,
1:37.9	including a stop for a quick fast food and gas. And then you can't sleep. And then for whatever reason,
1:45.0	your alarm wasn't turned on.
1:46.7	And then for whatever reason,
1:48.4	you don't get out of bed and watch a movie,
1:50.3	which you always do when you can't sleep.
1:53.4	But instead, you try to work through it,
1:55.5	which you've never done.
1:56.7	Because why would you work through something?
1:58.6	Why not just get up?
2:01.2	And then you open your eyes and it's 628.
2:07.7	And your production meeting starts at 625.
2:11.1	When you've always been showered in the chair, ready to go.
2:15.2	I'm coming to you live right now, not showered, but in the chair,
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