David Sampson

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2,574 appearances 16 recordings 3 series first heard Oct 2025 last heard 18 Jun

David Sampson’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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The Dan Le Batard Show · Drug Lords, Sheep Detectives, and Baseball | Hour 3 (feat. Jessica Smetana and David Samson) · 21 May 2026 podcast

Well, think about our Marlins from 03.

We fired Jeff Torborg and we were 10 games under 500.

That's where the Phillies were at nine to 19.

We brought in Jack McKeon and we were the best team in baseball starting in May.

And that lasted all the way through October.

And the irony is we were not supposed to be underdogs against the Giants or the Cubs or the Yankees, but we were gambling underdogs.

But in terms of who the better team was, it was always our team.

And when you look at what Philly's done,

Is Don Mattingly so different than Rob Thompson?

I will tell you that Jack McKean was different than Jeff Torborg.

There's no question about it.

But I'll also tell you that we had good players and those good players were put in a position to be good, which many teams do, but then we actually won games.

So it's so much more random than people think in terms of we now have a narrative.

We pin this to Donnie and I love Don Mattingly.

It's just outstanding that he's the manager of that team.

But are you telling me that up and down that Philadelphia lineup that all of a sudden he did something to switch something?

Don Mattingly wanted Rob Thompson to succeed.

If Don Mattingly saw something, he was on the staff.

But the timing that we talked about on this show, when you fire a guy going into a soft part of the schedule, that's the hope that you can play well, which they did.

And then that can all of a sudden give you confidence, carry you forward.

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