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Nothing Personal with David Samson

This just in! Words have meaning... someone should let all these TV commentators know (6/3)

Nothing Personal with David Samson

David Samson

Sports, Business, Baseball

4.73.1K Ratings

🗓️ 3 June 2021

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Today’s word of the day is ‘du-rag’ as in a wave cap as in the hair covering mostly worn by African-American people. Why are we bringing it up? Bob Brenly is an analyst for the Arizona Diamondbacks and commented on Marcus Stroman of the Mets du-rag. Stroman called him out for using “racist undertones” in his comments. Sensitivity training. That’s the new thing. What even is that? (9:46) What is race norming? It assumed that Black players started with lower cognitive functioning and made it harder for them to be eligible in the billion dollar lawsuit against the NFL. More than 2,000 NFL retirees have filed dementia claims, but fewer than 600 have received compensation. (18:55) Danny Ainge officially resigned yesterday and met with the media. He said he was tired and it was time. Brad Stevens was tired after the bubble. Everyone in Boston is tired. The pandemic has tired us all out. The strain on mental health has been significant to us all. (27:28) Review: Frances Ferguson. (30:40) NPPOD. (32:57) Four minor league baseball players have been suspended for doctoring baseballs. Big deal? No. MLB owners are now meeting to discuss what’s happening in the big leagues. What are they trying to prove? (40:20) Bob Baffert has been suspended by Churchill Downs for two years. Medina Spirit tested positive again, but Churchill Downs says, “Hey! Even if you bet against that horse you’re still as loser. Sorry!” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Do rag nothing personal word of the day today's Thursday June 3rd the word of the day is do rag

0:25.0

something that is worn on players heads and it is a word that is associated with

0:33.7

black people and is a word that you don't joke around about it's a descriptive

0:39.3

word and when it's said by someone who's white it comes off as racist whether

0:43.5

or not the person who says it is racist it comes off as racist so you don't

0:48.9

talk about it if you do talk about it you talk about it not as a joke you talk

0:55.6

about it with sensitivity you talk about it as an adjective although why when

1:01.0

you're an analyst for a baseball game you would talk about somebody's hair is

1:04.4

beyond me unless their violation of the Yankee hair policy can't go below the

1:08.8

helmet line Bob Brenley is the World Series winning champion ship manager for

1:15.6

Arizona he won the World Series back in 2001 when they beat the Yankees on the

1:21.9

Luis Gonzalez walk off that was fun if you're a Yankee fan so Bob

1:28.1

Brenley is now an analyst for the Diamondbacks and Bob Brenley was calling a

1:31.4

game Marcus Drowman was pitching and Bob Brenley says and I quote it was a

1:38.0

pretty easy quote to quote I'm pretty sure that's the same do rag that's

1:42.0

how I'm see for used to wear when he pitched for the Mets well that caused quite a

1:48.4

firestorm Marcus Drowman was disappointed Luis Rojas the manager of the Mets

1:53.3

said it was inappropriate and then of course what happens next you know how it

1:58.5

goes it's statement time Bob Brenley releases a statement I made a poor

2:05.1

attempted humor that was insensitive and wrong I apologize to Marcus Drowman

2:09.8

and I've reached out directly to share those thoughts I've had several

2:14.3

conversations with the Diamondbacks and we agree that seeking sensitivity

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