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Le Batard & Friends Network

NPDS - Rafael Devers makes first base debut! Yankees defend struggling Volpe! LA Times going public??? (Episode 1320 Hour 1)

Le Batard & Friends Network

Dan Le Batard

Sports

4.98.3K Ratings

🗓️ 23 July 2025

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Today’s word of the day is ‘crazy train’ as in Ozzy Osbourne as in The Prince of Darkness as in Parkinson's as in the MLB season. Let’s start with Rafael Devers. He made his debut at first base with the Giants yesterday. Said he loves playing the field. Oh? (9:30) Aaron Boone is having a rough go of it right now. He went off on the Jomboy team. The Yankees have a problem with Anthony Volpe. He has been bad bad bad at short stop, and Boone and Cashman will defend him to the grave. (23:40) Ethan Holliday is the new record holder in Draft history. A monster $9 million signing bonus! (32:40) Review: My Mom Jayne. (36:15) The Los Angeles Times going public? That’s the plan. Will it work? (43:00) NPPOD. (48:20) Qatar wants the Olympics in 2036. Is it going to happen? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:11.9

That's the Zendesk AI effect. Find out more at Zendesst.com. Thank you. I'm Crazy Train.

0:50.3

That's the nothing personal word of the day.

0:52.9

It is Wednesday, July 23rd, 2025.

0:57.7

It was not hard to come up with an Ozzy Osbourne reference for our word of the day.

1:03.3

Rest in peace to the rock star, the legend, who lost his life for sure earlier than we would have liked and maybe later than

1:12.3

some would have thought. What a contribution. When you talk about crazy train, you talk about

1:19.2

Ozzy, you talk about Parkinson's, you talk about Brett Parker, you talk about the reason that I do

1:23.8

the running and the crazy things that I do on my crazy train because anyone dying

1:29.1

of Parkinson's is one person too many. Rest in peace to Ozzy Osbourne, but to his family,

1:36.4

know that there are people who will continue to raise money, continue to fight for the hope that

1:42.4

another family will not have to go through what you are going through

1:46.8

today. Thank you, Ozzie. Crazy Train also refers to this is just awkward coke. I'm not going to do it.

1:56.8

I'm not doing the transition from a rest in peace to Ozzy Osbourne to Parkinson's to

2:02.8

Rafi Devers. I'm just not going to do it. I'm not going to do the transition from

2:08.8

Ozzy Osbourne Parkinson's death to the MLB season is crazy and it's a crazy train with

2:16.5

ups and downs and left and rights. I'm not doing it.

2:19.1

So here we go. 4-8-6-9. Active. That's the nothing personal. Second word of the day for Wednesday, July 23rd,

2:33.0

2025.

2:40.1

Active is the word used by Rafi Devers to describe what he likes to be.

2:46.9

When asked, wait a minute, you're in the lineup playing first base for the San Francisco Giants.

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