NPDS - Battle for AL East heats up as Blue Jays sweep Yankees! Dodgers and Mark Walter sued over DEI practices!? Ridiculous! (Episode 1307 Hour 1)

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Dan Le Batard

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🗓️ 3 July 2025

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Today’s word of the day is ‘dogfight’ as in the AL East as in the Blue Jays as in the Yankees as in the Rays. What a division race this has become. For the first time since April 14 the Yankees do not have sole possession of the division lead! (12:00) Clayton Kershaw picked up his 3,000 K as a member of the Dodgers. He’s only the 20th pitcher to ever do it and just the 4th lefty to do it! But that’s not the biggest story in Dodger Land. A conservative group is suing the Dodgers and Mark Walter over DEI practices. Why? We all know why. (23:30) The Bucks have broken up. After just 2 seasons Giannis and Dame are done. The Bucks waived Damian Lillard and will stretch his deal over the next 5 years. Why? (33:30) Review: The Social Network. (38:00) The Knicks are set to hire Mike Brown as head coach. Was this the plan all along? Will this work out? (45:00) NPPOD. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Thank you. Dog Fight.
0:36.2	That's the nothing personal word of the day. It is Thursday, July 3rd, 2025.
0:41.9	And today's episode is brought to you by Draft Kings. Draft Kings, the crown is yours.
0:49.3	We've got a dog fight in the American League East. And after winning the first three games of a four-game series,
0:56.0	the Toronto Blue Jays have caught the Yankees. The Yankees have been in first place since the
1:01.3	middle of April. And with the seven-game lead, everyone assumed in New York, the Yankees and Mets
1:07.1	were off to the races. Meanwhile, both of them are now stuck at go. What's gone on with the
1:15.2	Yankees? What has caused the Toronto Blue Jays to all of a sudden even have an opening to have
1:21.8	caught the Yankees? What is happening where the American League East is now the most competitive division in all of baseball?
1:30.9	Three teams within half a game.
1:34.3	There's no other division that is even close to that.
1:38.2	As a matter of fact, the other closest division is the NL Central.
1:43.2	And there you've got the Cubs, Brewers, and Cardinals.
1:46.5	Those top three teams are within five games. But three within half a game as we head to the
1:52.2	July 4th holiday weekend, as we head 28 days from today to the trade deadline. And you can
1:59.6	feel the heat in New York and I'm not talking just temperature.
2:05.1	I'm talking the pressure that is currently on Brian Cashman and Aaron Boone.
2:09.7	I'm talking about the fact that I may be one, two, three, maybe four, five years late in my
2:17.3	prediction and wait to seize that something has to
2:20.8	happen in New York or there's going to be a change at general manager or at manager.
2:27.1	The thing with the Yankees is that they are going with a squad right now that is not their
2:33.7	best opportunity to win. It doesn't give them
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