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NPDS - ANGEL HERNANDEZ HAS FINALLY RETIRED! Ronald Acuña done for season; A look at the Dodgers/Mets; RIP Bill Walton (Episode 1060)

Le Batard & Friends Network

Dan Le Batard

Sports

4.98.3K Ratings

🗓️ 28 May 2024

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Today’s word of the day is ‘touched by an angel’ as in Angel Hernandez as in umpire as in see ya! The worst umpire in baseball, the worst umpire in my career is finally gone. Retired. (12:10) Ronald Acuña tore his ACL. Sad for him. Sad for the Braves. It’s his 2nd one in 3 seasons. (20:35) The Dodgers and Mets start a 3-game series today. Let’s take a look at both of these teams, expectations, moves, who needs this series more. (36:16) Review: Challengers. (39:30) We need to talk about the life of Bill Walton. (42:50) The Boston Celtics are headed to the NBA Finals. 2nd time in 3 years. The Pacers had chances and blew it. (47:44) NPPOD Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Here you go.

0:03.0

go.

0:04.0

go. Touched by an angel. That's the nothing personal word of the day. It is Tuesday, May 28th, 2024.

0:25.0

We are going to talk about Angel Hernandez.

0:27.9

We're going to talk about Bill Walton, I promise you that.

0:30.9

Give you my view on what's happening in the

0:33.1

NBA and NHL, some fun stories to talk about over a weekend.

0:37.7

I don't like taking a day.

0:39.5

Koca and I were talking before the show started.

0:42.3

Do not enjoy missing you. We miss you. There's so much to cover during

0:46.3

the course of a weekend. We have the whole show ready to go. We could have gone yesterday at 8 o'clock

0:52.1

in the morning.

0:52.6

As a matter of fact, Coke and I were just sitting here like this

0:55.0

on Monday, the 27th Memorial Day at 8 a.m.

0:57.8

Twilling our thumbs, wondering whether or not

1:00.1

we should do a show.

1:01.7

I'm sorry to have been without you.

1:03.0

Then we set up the show. We're ready to go. I'm getting excited and then as what happens the phone dings

1:11.0

and it's Koca a new lead LED and he sends me the information about Angel

1:19.2

Hernandez. Angel Hernandez is an umpire in Major League Baseball.

1:23.0

A long time, over three decades he's been an umpire.

1:27.0

My entire career, he was an umpire,

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