NPDS - Wild Wild West: Dodgers, Padres tied in NL! Astros, Mariners tied in AL! (Episode 1335 Hour 1)

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Dan Le Batard

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🗓️ 13 August 2025

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Today’s word of the day is ‘Desperado’ as in the Dodgers as in the Padres as in the Astros as in the Mariners. Let’s start with the NL West. For the first time since May we have a tie atop the standings. The Padres are hot. The Dodgers are not. And guess what? We get 6 games between the two in a 10-day span starting Friday! (14:10) The Mariners have caught the Astros! 8-straight wins! 10 of 11! And that’s how it’s done. The Astros haven’t even been bad! (21:20) What else happened in baseball last night? The Brewers beatdown of Paul Skenes. Pete Alonso became the Mets all-time HR leader! (27:00) The Boston Celtics step transaction is no more. It never was. Let me explain. (33:00) Review: Dangerous Animals. (36:00) NPPOD. (40:45) Michael Porter Jr. shared his thoughts on gambling. And… I don’t know. (47:00) Travis Kelce opened up about his past two years. He said he’s been distracted. He said he’s been focused on life after football. But, this year is different! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Thank you. Desperado. That's the nothing personal word of the day. It is Wednesday, August 13th,
0:41.4	2025, and maybe we're talking about the movie from 1995, written and directed by Rich Rodriguez
0:48.5	and starring Banderas and Salma Hyac. Maybe. Maybe we're talking about desperado. Maybe. Or maybe we're just
0:57.3	talking about the West, the N.L. West. Robert Roder. Coke. I had the opening nailed and you
1:05.2	here we go. 4869. Desperado. That's the nothing and personal word of the day. It is Wednesday,
1:17.8	August 13th, 2025. I'm David Samson. Thank you for joining us. Desperado is both the song.
1:25.3	It's both a movie. Robert Rodriguez, Salma Hayek, Antonio Mandaris,
1:29.3	fantastic movie.
1:30.5	If you haven't seen it,
1:31.5	a little Quentin,
1:32.6	The Eagles, who could go wrong?
1:34.9	Or maybe we're just talking about the AL West
1:38.0	and the NL West,
1:40.4	because these are desperate times here in the middle of August,
1:45.0	as two things have happened simultaneously,
1:49.0	that no one thought to themselves could even be possible.
1:55.2	Yeah, I thought Shohei Otani would hit a home run in four straight games.
1:59.6	For sure, that's possible.
2:02.1	That's probable. We're not even talking Babe Ruth anymore. We're talking the unicorn of the
2:07.7	unicorns. To be a unicorn of a unicorn, I could argue negative, negative. That means it's not a unicorn at
2:13.7	all. But this guy, he just keeps delivering. But here's the thing. You can be the best
2:20.4	player in baseball of all time. And you can be on a team that just doesn't win. How's that even a
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