Pirates calling up young phenom Paul Skenes! Ohtani former interpreter to plead guilty! Another day, another streaming bundle! (Episode 1048)

Nothing Personal with David Samson

David Samson

Baseball, Sports, Business

4.5 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 9 May 2024

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Today’s word of the day is ’anticipation’ as in the Pittsburgh Pirates as in Paul Skenes. His time has come. He throws gas. He could be the next great. Why are the Pirates calling him up now? Why not wait? (11:20) Ippei Mizuhara will plead guilty to federal crimes. He used $17 million of Shohei Ohtani’s money to pay off gambling debts. What a wild case this has been. (19:30) The New York Knicks have done it again! 2-0 series lead. Playoff basketball. Jalen Brunson is a bad man! And Nikola Jokic has won his 3rd MVP. Wasn’t even close. (24:11) NPPOD. (31:46) Review: Inglorious Basterds. (36:00) It’s time to talk streaming bundles. Another day, another bundle. When will it end? (45:20) The WNBA is going to have chartered flights for players. It’s a new thing for them. Good for them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Here you go.
0:03.0	go.
0:04.0	go. Anticipation. That's the nothing personal word of the day. It is Thursday, May 9th, 2024,
0:25.2	and everybody in sports in all sports
0:29.3	is anticipating this coming Saturday
0:32.4	because the Pittsburgh Pirates, the organization that everybody talks about,
0:36.8	one of the most successful organizations in the history of baseball, has told you that they are going to call up
0:46.0	Paul Skeens.
0:47.6	Who?
0:49.2	Well, if you have no idea who that is, let me help you.
0:52.4	Paul Skeens was a top pick in the draft. He is
0:55.5	Sid Finch reincarnated. He is seven foot seven. He throws the ball 140 miles
1:01.8	an hour.
1:02.8	Nobody gets on base.
1:04.6	Nobody can score against him.
1:07.2	He's got four pitches that are above average.
1:11.1	He has the ability to be the greatest pitcher in the history of the world.
1:15.0	He's going to win the rookie of the year, win the Saya.
1:19.0	Everybody was furious with the pirates to not break camp with Skeens who has barely a minute in
1:28.1	the minor leagues.
1:29.8	He was part of a recent draft, very recent, like 2023.
1:35.0	Now he was a college pitcher.
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