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Nov. 21, 2022

Annual Goofy Gobbler Thanksgiving Awards w/ SportsBlitzPod

Annual Goofy Gobbler Thanksgiving Awards w/ SportsBlitzPod

MLB Awards : Cy Young:  Justin Verlander & Sandy Alcantara
MVPs: Aaron Judge & Paul Goldschmidt
Managers of the Year  brief history
AL 3X Winner: Tony "Tito" Francona, Guardians
NL 4X Winner: Buck Showalter 4 decades & 4 teams

Goofy Gobbler Awards
Grandpa Politics: Colin Cowherd:
Announcing he knows someone that’s in the know that MLB is going to ban the shift. Only problem was it was announced many months ago 

Druncle Award: Michael Kay:   Compared Aaron Boone showing the Yankees showing the 04 collapse to the Red Sox to showing Lincolns assassination to his family to prevent theater shootings. 

Leaky Stove Award:  MLB Sponsorship with FTX. Ohtani, Ortiz, promoting a company filing for bankruptcy. Other  near the Leaky Stove when it blew up, Tom Brady & Stephen Curry

“You brought them?” Award: ESPN & Aaron Judge Look-ins during college football - Getting live look-ins during his at bats in pursuit of the AL home run record, during college football games. If I wanted to watch the Yankees I would, but I don’t. Let me watch Houston-Tulane on a Friday night, by myself, in peace.

Green Bean Award: SD Padres Fans - having to accept something you may like not the taste of or something difficult than they like. Fernando Tatis Jr.

Dry Turkey: It fell flat with no real exciting games. Maybe over time it’ll get better but after year one as randy Jackson would say “it’s a no from me dawg”

Back Porch Seat:
Pete Rose was not invited inside for the Thanksgiving Feast – Pete Rose sits outside Cooperstown this Thanksgiving
Shouldn't Pete Rose be forgiven and receive the HOF in face of his gambling. 
Rose’s most recent letter to Manfred/MLB

All American Award:
 Phil Kessel
 - NHLs new Iron man with now 1000 consecutive games played. As a Maple Leaf was called out by Toronto media for his “love for hotdogs”. When he won a cup as a penguin, his day with the cup he filled it with hot dogs in celebration. 

Turkey of the Year: Detroit Tigers - Many thought they could be a wild card threat. Went onto be one of the worst teams in baseball. They went onto fire their GM, Al Avila, after letting him run a trade deadline, which is bad enough on its own.

Special Thanks to Brandon Now, creator & presenter of the Goofy Gobbler Awards
Apologies to Chris Rock for not being invited as potential host for 2024 awards.
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Happy Thanksgiving!