NPDS - So You Wanna Talk to Samson Wednesday! Signing non-super stars, Packers season tickets, MLB Nashville push! (Episode 1340 Hour 2)

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Dan Le Batard

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🗓️ 20 August 2025

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Call us at 631-377-4869 if you want to ask Samson (!) a question It’s So You Wanna Talk to Samson Wednesday! How do you start talking extensions with players that aren’t superstars? How do you keep a fan favorite before the market has been set for a player like that? (8:00) Who provides the equipment for MLB players? Do they have to buy their own bats, gloves, batting gloves? (17:45) The Green Bay Packers are cancelling season tickets for people who sell their season tickets on the secondary market. Uh oh! (30:00) Someone asked if the NBA and NHL would ever look to invest into ESPN like the NFL did. Would MLB do it? (37:00) Is Nashville getting an MLB team? A group in the city is talking like it REALLY wants one. (47:00) How do losing cities change the losing culture? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Thank you. Welcome back to nothing personal. It is Wednesday, August 20th, 2025.
0:40.0	You have come across the second hour of our show on a Wednesday,
0:44.1	and you know what that means.
0:46.6	Play it, Coker.
0:48.2	You know what I want.
0:52.2	I want to talk to Samson. So you want to talk to Samson.
0:55.5	So you want to talk to Samson.
0:59.5	That's me, except this is all based on a character in a movie called Half Baked.
1:06.2	If you haven't watched Half Baked, what are you doing?
1:10.5	You can be 169th Baked or 69-baked, and there's a character who everyone wants to talk to named Samson.
1:18.9	So we thought, why wouldn't you want to talk to Samson?
1:22.5	And you can.
1:24.3	All you have to do is call 631-37-4869.
1:30.3	That number again, 631-37-D-S-DPS, 4-8-669.
1:37.8	Leave a message.
1:39.0	What we will do every Wednesday in the second hours will answer your questions.
1:42.5	Now, if you're shy and you don't like the
1:45.0	sound of your voice and you prefer the movement of your fingers, have at it. David P. Samson on
1:52.8	Twitter, DMs are open. David P. Samson on Instagram, feel free to message me. I can't guarantee I see it.
2:00.8	Can't guarantee I'll hear your voicemail,
2:02.7	although if it's between 20 and 40 seconds, I may. But there's a lot of ways to reach me.
2:08.8	Give me a question. It may make the show. Your voice may make the show because we're going to
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