The Al Galdi Podcast

Segment 1 - Show open and listener feedback, including discussion of Pro Football Talk's Mike Florio being fooled by a post on X by former Washington Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III

 

Segment 2 - Guest: former United States ambassador to Belgium and current radio-show host and Washington Commanders fan Howard Gutman, who is a good friend of two of the top limited partners in the Josh Harris ownership group in Mitchell Rales and Mark Ein, with an assessment of how the Harris group is doing in terms of football operations over its three years owning the Washington Commanders, including how the team has handled the 2026 offseason off going 5-12 in the 2025 regular season and what had been the case with the team for years - leaks - no longer being in effect

 

Segment 3 - Washington Nationals: breakdown of a 7-3 win at the Colorado Rockies

 

Segment 4 - Baltimore Orioles: reaction to the O's placing catcher Adley Rutschman on an Injured List for the third time in the 2026 season and analysis of a 6-5 loss at the Boston Red Sox, snapping the Orioles' seven-game winning streak and extending the Red Sox's winning streak to 14 games

 

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Segment 1 - Show open and listener feedback, including examination of the Washington Commanders potentially signing unrestricted-free-agent receiver Stefon Diggs and the latest in the saga of San Francisco 49ers receiver Brandon Aiyuk in his quest to play for Washington

 

Segment 2 - Guest: NFL and college football analyst Dalton Wasserman on ranking the Washington Commanders' Jayden Daniels as the No. 12 QB1 in the NFL in a Pro Football Focus piece that he co-authored, why Wasserman still has Daniels as the best of the quarterbacks taken in the 2024 NFL Draft, whether the tier of elite NFL quarterbacks consists of four or five guys, what to make of the NFC East's other three QB1s and more

 

Segment 3 - Washington Nationals: analysis of the Nats winning two out of three games at the Athletics at Sutter Health Park in West Sacramento, California, in a wild series

 

Segment 4 - Baltimore Orioles: breakdown of the O's sweeping a three-game series at the Houston Astros for a seven-game winning streak and reaction to the O's agreeing with starting pitcher Kyle Bradish on a five-year contract extension for the 2027 through 2031 seasons

 

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Segment 1 - Show open and listener feedback, including conversation about the displeasure of the Association on American Indian Affairs over the Washington Commanders bringing back spear imagery for the franchise

 

Segment 2 - Washington Commanders: discussion about offensive coordinator David Blough off comments that he made on the podcast NFL Spotlight With Ari Meirov, including new details on Blough's rise to offensive coordinator

 

Segment 3 - Washington Commanders: analysis of Washington appearing less likely to acquire San Francisco 49ers receiver Brandon Aiyuk, including ESPN NFL insider Adam Schefter on The Adam Schefter Podcast saying of Aiyuk, "I honestly believe that he's scared off teams like Washington"

 

Segment 4 - Washington Nationals and Baltimore Orioles: a breakdown of various items with the Nats and O's during the 2026 MLB All-Star Break, including Nats starting pitcher Foster Griffin's impressive showing in the 2026 MLB All-Star Game, the Nats signing the player who they took with the No. 11-overall pick in the 2026 MLB First-Year Player Draft - second baseman Chris Hacopian out of Texas A&M University, the Nats placing a position player on an Injured List for the first time in the 2026 season, the Nats reportedly promoting catching prospect Harry Ford from Triple-A Rochester to the Majors and Orioles relief pitcher Keegan Akin being done for the season

 

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Segment 1 - Show open and listener feedback

 

Segment 2 - Guest: Washington Commanders insider and Washington Wizards insider Ben Standig of Last Man Standig on Substack on the state of being a Washington Commanders fan on the six-year anniversary of the Washington Redskins retiring the Redskins name and retiring the Redskins logo of the proud Native American warrior, how the Josh Harris ownership group is doing in owning the team, the significance of the Commanders' new uniforms, whether AJ Dybantsa as a rookie can be for the Wizards what quarterback Jayden Daniels as a rookie was for the Commanders and who is more likely to rule Washington, D.C. sports - Daniels or Dybantsa?

 

Segment 3 - Washington Wizards: examination of the significance of AJ Dybantsa's impressive play in NBA Summer League 2026 in Las Vegas and discussion of the Wizards' re-signing of Trae Young as an unrestricted free agent off a press conference in honor of that re-signing

 

Segment 4 - Washington Nationals: celebration of MLB announcing starting pitcher Foster Griffin as a member of the 2026 National League All-Star Team, analysis of the Nats getting swept in a three-game series against the New York Yankees at Nationals Park with each loss featuring the Nats blowing a lead in an eighth or ninth inning, thoughts on the Nats taking second baseman Chris Hacopian out of Texas A&M University with the No. 11-overall pick in the 2026 MLB Draft and reaction to outfielder Robert Hassell III clearing waivers off being designated for assignment

 

Segment 5 - Baltimore Orioles: breakdown of the O's sweeping a three-game series against the Kansas City Royals at Oriole Park at Camden Yards and thoughts on the O's taking outfielder Eric Booth Jr. out of a high school in Mississippi with the No. 7-overall pick in the 2026 MLB Draft

 

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Segment 1 - Show open and listener feedback, including a salute to legendary former Washington Redskins running back John Riggins off the Washington Commanders announcing that they'll be retiring his No. 44

 

Segment 2 - Guest: Washington Commanders insider and Washington Wizards insider Ben Standig of Last Man Standig on Substack on the state of the Washington Commanders' roster as the team approaches its 2026 training camp, including an evaluation of Adam Peters' roster building over his three offseasons as Washington's general manager, Washington's best non-quarterback position group and worst position group going into camp and the position group that has the most potential to pleasantly surprise us

 

Segment 3 - Guest: Ben Strober, co-host of the Locked on Wizards podcast, on the Washington Wizards' exciting 2026 offseason, including what kind of a rookie season we should expect from AJ Dybantsa, what to make of the mega-money contract to which the Wizards re-signed Trae Young as an unrestricted free agent, the possibility of the Wizards signing Anthony Davis to a max contract extension, why Strober is a fan of the Wizards' trades for Deandre Ayton and Khris Middleton, whether the Wizards should sign Bilal Coulibaly to a rookie-scale contract extension, what the Wizards have in Tre Johnson and Will Riley and whether there now is true pressure on head coach Brian Keefe to win games

 

Segment 4 - Baltimore Orioles: breakdown of a 3-2 win over the Chicago Cubs at Oriole Park at Camden Yards

 

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