NPDS - So You Wanna Talk to Samson Wednesday! A message from my Mom!? Why are there no transfer fees in MLB!? (Episode 1330 Hour 2)

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Dan Le Batard

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🗓️ 6 August 2025

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Leave us a voicemail at 631-377-4869 It’s So You Wanna Talk to Samson Wednesday! Let’s start things off with a message from my Mom!? She asked about my friendship early on with Red Holzman and Jack McKeon. What was the most important thing I learned from them. (11:00) How much can a team trade in cash to acquire a player? Can you spend $120 million to acquire Paul Skenes? (19:00) Service time manipulation! Let’s go! (28:00) Someone asked me about Jose Alvarado and the statement that he released. Are you kidding me? (34:30) The Dallas Stars own the hockey rinks around the Frisco area. It’s become a nightmare for the locals. Woof. (43:00) Revenue sharing. How does it work in MLB? Is sharing a percentage of revenue with employees a good business model? (49:00) The WNBA has a problem. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Thank you. Welcome back to Nothing Personal.
0:35.2	It is Wednesday, August 6, 2025, and it is time for the second hour, which means it's so you want to talk to Samson.
0:46.6	You know what I want. I want to talk to Samson.
0:54.3	So you want to talk to Samson. So you want to talk to Samson.
0:57.7	I want to remind everyone what this is.
1:00.3	Ever since June 2nd, on Wednesdays,
1:03.0	we do a second hour just with you.
1:06.3	Samson is a character in a movie called Half Baked.
1:09.3	Check it out.
1:10.1	It's way better than Captain America Brave New World.
1:13.3	And there's a character named Samson.
1:15.7	And if you call 631-37-4869, now think about that number, 377-DPS, 4869.
1:26.0	That's how we reset around here.
1:30.3	631, 377, 4869. Let's hear your voice. You may make the show. What do you think, Koka? Are we ready? Let's go. Voice mail number one. What are we got?
1:45.1	Hi, David.
1:46.3	I don't think Coco will recognize the voice, but surely you do.
1:51.0	Nothing personal is first listener.
1:54.0	Listening to you speak about the Marlins Yankee game you went to and sing Jack McKeon
1:58.8	made me think of a question.
2:03.0	Your feelings about Jack reminded me of the feelings you had for Red Holtzman when you were quite young. What are the
2:08.8	most important things you've taken from your relationships with these two stellar men? By the
2:15.7	way, with no recency bias, I lay claim to being your number one fan.
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