Under the Radar with Sammy Bovitz

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Under the Radar with Sammy Bovitz was a presentation of National Sports Radio. It was written, researched, edited, and hosted by Sammy Bovitz. It featured guest appearances by Eli Pearl, Eli Lesser, Robert Deiters, Jack Brooks, Ben Weiner, Paul Lukas, Drew Ajose-Nixon, Daniel West, Chris Linney, Alex Swift, and Max Strohmer. Help was provided by Russell Taber, Anthony Remedios, Ari Friedman, Cruz Ochoa, Jake Sirkus, Evan Sherrill, Chris Sharp, and BIG3 N3ws. Special thanks to Kofie Yeboah.

Alex Swift returns to help Sammy prove every nostalgic basketball fan right/wrong/confused.

The BIG3 hasn't played any games for nearly two years. So what have they done since then?

Thanks for Will from @big3n3ws for his help with this episode. Be sure to check out his socials and the 4th Man Podcast.

Sammy's tired.

CHAPTERS:
An Impossible Road to Stardom (1:08),
(Not) Appealing to Casual Fans (15:02),
Problems and Solutions, both Minor and Major (22:05)

With the help of some NSR friends, Sammy simulates an NFL Draft featuring dinosaurs, superheroes, Transformers, bounty hunters, and Pokemon.


Full player pool (spoilers?):
Avengers: The Hulk, Captain America, Thor
Star Wars: Chewbacca, Darth Vader, Boba Fett
X-Men: Wolverine, Mystique, Deadpool
Justice League: Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman
Pixar: Sulley, Frozone, Anger
Super Mario Bros.: Donkey Kong, Bowser, Yoshi
Pokemon: Charizard, Mewtwo, Pikachu
Transformers: Bumblebee, Optimus Prime, Megatron
Jurassic Park: Tyrannosaurus Rex, Velociraptor
Sonic the Hedgehog: Sonic, Dr. Eggman, Metal Sonic
The Legend of Zelda: Link, Zelda, Ganondorf

Sammy plays 12 of the earliest sports games of all time. They didn't hold up too well.

Sammy concludes his bizarre historical recap of baseball's weirdest, rarest possible ending.

This is the first of a two-part history of one of the rarest plays in baseball.

Sammy discusses the fundamental problems with the NFL's All-Star events, the new gimmicks they have tried to use to push the event forward, and more.

Max Strohmer of Baseball at Its Finest joins Sammy to break down the 2010s Texas Rangers and where Adrian Beltre, Elvis Andrus, and company unfortunately went wrong.

Thanks for listening to Under the Radar in 2020.