Serena Williams is greatness; Tony La Russa career might be over now; MLB lets Angel Hernandez know how bad he is (Episode 653)

Nothing Personal with David Samson

David Samson

Baseball, Sports, Business

4.5 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 1 September 2022

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Today’s word of the day is ‘40’ as in Serena Williams as in almost 41 as in Serena Williams at 40 just took down the number 2 seed in the US Open. What? She won the first set in tiebreak, lost the second set, and smashed it home in the third. She is greatness. She is perseverance. She is 40! (8:38) Tony La Russa is taking a leave of absence because of a heart issue. The 77-year old is the manager of the Chicago White Sox, who have been a huge disappointment. Miguel Cairo has taken over responsibilities of manager. (15:25) MLB has responded to Angel Hernandez after he sued for discrimination. MLB said Hernandez was so bad in the ALDS and that’s why he didn’t get to umpire in the World Series. How about that? (21:55) Review: Five Days at Memorial & Katrina Babies. (31:55) NPPOD. (34:15) So You Wanna Talk to Samson!? Someone asked me about the future of RSNs. What are these? How do you watch your local teams play? Yea… (43:35) Aaron Donald spoke about joint practices. In the Rams practice he took a helmet and swung it at a Bengals player during one of these practices. What he had to say was pretty interesting. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	40 is the nothing personal word of the day for September 1st, 2022.
0:26.6	Arena Williams is 40 years old, almost 41.
0:31.0	I was watching her at the US Open because I haven't watched a women's tennis match all
0:35.2	year, but this is it for Serena.
0:38.0	And she's taking on the number two C last night in front of a pack-touse.
0:42.1	And I was feeling excited about New York knowing that the Mets, about 10 yards away, were
0:47.3	playing in front of a pack-touse.
0:49.5	Happy I wasn't part of the traffic.
0:51.7	The USTA, it's packed out.
0:55.4	And Serena is playing the number two seed.
0:57.8	ESPN is drawing unbelievable ratings.
1:01.7	There's no question they want her to get into the second week of the US Open.
1:07.9	And I was thinking prior to the match that if it were like another sports, there would
1:13.4	be something that would happen where the umpires or various people would be told, we need
1:20.6	Serena to win this match.
1:22.2	This can't be the end because there's too much excitement and it can build to an insane
1:27.8	crescendo during the course of the next several days.
1:32.1	And so I'm watching Serena wins the first set, 7-6, and then loses the second set, 6-2.
1:40.6	And then I was watching, thinking she's playing really well, though.
1:46.4	And so is her opponent.
1:48.3	I don't think her opponent's taking a dive.
1:50.7	I think it's possible that her opponent is a little overwhelmed by the moment, doesn't
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