Nothing Personal with David Samson

Today’s word of the day is ‘clean up in aisle 5’ as in baseball is a mess as in the foreign-substance checks have turned the baseball world upside down. Max Scherzer was not happy about getting checked pitching against the Phillies and then the unthinkable happened… Phillies manager Joe Girardi asked for the umps to check Scherzer again and he lost it. Girardi challenged him to a fight. Girardi was tossed. Sergio Romo of the Athletics was checked and pulled down his pants right on the field. MADNESS! (14:00) UEFA released a statement on the Munich stadium controversy during EURO 2020. The Mayor of Munich wanted to light the stadium rainbow colors… UEFA said nope, that’s a political stance against the government of Hungary… excuse me? (21:23) Businesses are back into the political contribution game. Boeing said they wouldn’t make anymore political donations. Liar, liar, pants on fire! (28:45) Review: Dream Horse (32:00) Review: NPPOD. (37:00) Daryl Morey meets the media after the Sixers were eliminated at home by the Hawks. Did he enlighten us on his plan to fix the team? Trade Simmons? Fire Doc?

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Today’s word of the day is ‘concurring’ as in Supreme Court justice Brett Kavanaugh writes concurring opinion in NCAA lawsuit. So what does it mean? You see the NCAA was dunked on 9-0, but will this change college athletics forever? Are players getting paid? What happens next. (22:45) So You Wanna Talk To Samson!? Someone asked me if I’d ever hire a female manager. Becky Hammon is a finalist for the Portland Trailblazers head coaching job. Here’s what needs to be done to pave the way for women to get these roles. (35:40) Review: Wrath of Man. (38:50) NPPOD. Jacob deGrom becomes first player checked for foreign-substances. It is absurd. (40:45) Carl Nassib became the first active NFL player to come out as gay. As part of his announcement he will be donating $100K to the Trevor Project. The NFL and NFLPA both released statements. 

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Today’s word of the day is ‘process’ as in Trust The Process as in the process is over as in the Philadelphia 76ers were booed off their home court in a Game 7 loss to the Atlanta Hawks. Woof. Joel Embiid is not happy. Ben Simmons may need to go into hiding. Doc Rivers may get fired. Daryl Morey has a lot of work to do this offseason. (17:45) Is the NBA losing its mind over the teams left in the playoffs? No LeBron, no Nets, no Celtics, no Sixers… who is left!? Where is the star power!? (27:15) Review: Pink: All I Know So Far. (32:15) The Tampa Bay Rays are bringing up their top prospect Wander Franco. I wonder why this is happening. HMMMMM. (37:30) NPPOD. (42:00) So You Wanna Talk To Samson!? Someone asked me about Cole Beasley and his comments on the COVID-19 vaccine. What a guy he is.

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Today’s word of the day is ‘certainty’ as in Mar Cuban better be certain about his guy Voulgaris. GM Donnie Nelson has been fired. Coach Rick Carlisle has stepped down. Superstar Luka Doncic is fed up. But Marky Mark said it was total BS that there were problems! Ha! (10:00) So You Wanna Talk To Samson!? Someone asked me about the Chicago Bears saying they want to purchase Arlington Racecourse even though they have a deal with Soldier Field through 2033. Even the Mayor of Chicago has released a statement! (26:00) Review: Halston. (30:35) Is making history a bad thing or a good thing? Ask the Arizona Diamondbacks this question. The team just set the record for most consecutive road losses. Here’s a list of slump busters that Arizona should try. (38:45) NPPOD. (43:20) Naomi Osaka announced that she is withdrawing from Wimbledon. She might come back from the Olympics. Maybe the US Open. Let her live.

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Today’s word of the day is ‘deGrammit’ as in Jacob deGrom left another Mets game with injury. He’s had one of the best pitching seasons ever, but he can’t stay healthy. With what’s been going on in baseball — this is the danger zone. (5:00) How’s my guy Scott Boras doing? He finally spoke up about what he thought was going on with MLB. Wonderful. How exciting! Zac Gallen called out Mike Hill over foreign-substances… wonder who his agent is…. (22:08) What a day in the NBA yesterday. Scott Brooks fired by Washington. Chris Paul in COVID protocols. Kawhi Leonard ACL injury. Stan Van Gundy fired after just one season with New Orleans. What? (29:20) Review: Infinite. (32:12) NFL sent out a memo on new rules and policies for the 2021 season. It’s the COVID-19 protocols and the it basically says without saying… GO GET VACCINATED. (36:10) NPPOD. (37:45) Donnie Nelson was the GM of the Dallas Mavericks. He has been fired by Mark Cuban. A few days ago a leak came out about the Mavericks, Luka Doncic, and a shadow GM. Way to go, Mark! (42:37) LeBron James is not happy with the NBA or the schedule. He went off on Twitter about the injuries in this year’s playoffs. Was he right?

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It’s a Samson Sit-Down! Legendary Yankees play-by-play Michael Kay joins the show. David and Michael share stories from the book and their journey through baseball.

His new book CenterStage: My Most Fascinating Interviews from A-Rod to Jay-Z is out now:

https://www.amazon.com/CenterStage-Fascinating-Interviews_from-Rod-Jay-Z/dp/1982152036/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=centerstage&qid=1623857116&sr=8-1

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Today’s word of the day is ’crisis’ as in MLB is in crisis mode. This foreign-substance dilemma has taken the baseball world by storm and it is in trouble. Tyler Glasnow, superstar pitcher for the Rays, is likely headed to Tommy John and he was not happy about the balls. He stated that his injury is a direct result of having to change his pitching style. Shane Bieber is hurt. More pitchers are hurt. More will get hurt. Bad news. (27:05) Tyler Glasnow’s injury should be fixed now. It’s not the time to be conservative. Get the TJ and don’t risk 2022. (31:18) Review: Lupin Season 2 (33:40) Let’s talk about NBA contracts being connected to All-NBA selections. It makes no sense, but it happens. Jayson Tatum is missing on potential $33M in earnings for not being voted. Why is this? (38:45) NPPOD (41:28) So You Wanna Talk To Samson!? Someone asked me about Brian Cashman and the comment he made about Aaron Boone and the Yankees roster. What was he thinking?

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Today’s word of the day is ’grumpy’ or is it grumpy? Maybe I’m just grumpy. Let me tell you about my last 24 hours. It’s been a journey, but we’re back. (4:10) Spin rate is back in the news. MLB is getting serious. It’s time to fine people and suspend pitchers and spin rates are down and our pets heads are falling off! Foreign substances have taken over and MLB has FINALLY had enough. Ha. (17:40) Bubba Harkins was a clubhouse manager for nearly four-decades and now he’s exposing MLB pitchers for using foreign-substances. Is it true? Well, Adam Wainwright admitted to using the stuff. Gerrit Cole had texts leaked asking for it. Uh oh. (27:59) Review: Official Secrets. (31:10) NBA rule changes are coming. The James Harden and Trae Young rules are coming. (35:35) NPPOD. (38:35) So You Wanna Talk To Samson!? Someone asked me about Mark Cuban vs the media. This is an interesting ordeal about a story being published about the drama regarding Luka Doncic and a shadow GM causing trouble inside the Mavericks locker room. 

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Mailbag! It’s a mailbag! A bonus bonus mailbag! Someone asked me about my experience on Survivor and wanted me to expand on what my adventure was like. You can watch this on Survivor: Cagayan, Season 28. (27:03) Someone asked me about showing weakness as a president of a team and how other teams can exploit that. (33:03) Someone asked me about the Los Angeles Angels and how poorly they have been with the best player in baseball, Mike Trout. (35:49) Someone asked me about the buying market in professional sports. Who wants to buy a team if they aren’t making money? (45:03) Someone asked me if pitchers pitch to the scoreboard. Let me explain what this means. 

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Mailbag! It’s a mailbag! It’s time for some mail! We get so many questions so even when there’s no show… there is still a show! (1:20) Let’s talk about leaks. Someone asked about leaking information and what would happen when someone got caught leaking information. What about intentionally leaking information… (12:40) Someone asked how you would describe the relationship between players and the front office. Can you become friends with players? (20:12) Someone asked me what the state of Minor League Baseball and the MLB Draft is. Which direction is this league headed in? (30:18) Someone asked me about the Beloit Snappers plan for naming rights. The team announced it would be done on a daily basis. (37:48) Someone asked what’s easier in terms of expectations: running a big market or small market team?

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