Sports Talk | Friday, August 28, 2026

All right, welcome back everybody. Friday, August 28th, 2026. Six years ago today was the death of Chadwick Boseman. Today's the anniversary of a famous MLK speech. We know when Chadwick Boseman died, it was the makeshift Jackie Robinson Day for the Cody 19 season. And it was also Jack Kirby's birthday, the author of Black Panther. Uh it's

possible that we see uh rituals along those lines. Of course, that'd be mostly connected to the Dodgers. Uh big thing to talk about yesterday, the games we were really watching yesterday were what was going to happen in the Yankees and the Brewers game. And the reason why is both teams were involved with New

York. Both games were in New York 57 days before the World Series. World Series equals 57. Always big rituals with the World Series and 57 every year. Uh, hold on. I went to the wrong date. That's not the score yesterday. Here's the score yesterday. So, something should really stand out to you. We've been talking about it all

year. The Brewers had the best start to the season starting eight and two. And I said that day, you probably want to put in a future for the Brewers in the World Series because there's a real narrative here. They haven't been to the World Series since ' 82. Seattle equals 82. The Brewers began in Seattle as the

Pilots. The Seattle Pilots. It was right after the Super Bowl, which ended on the eighth day of the second month. Uh, so the Brewers are playing the most 57 team in the league, the Mets. He had Mets 57, New York Mets 57, and just happened to win 82, coming in with 82 wins. Uh they stayed on 51 losses as

well, which is interesting because Houston Astros is 51. So is New York Mets. Mets also have the double connection to 51. And Moon is 51 on the West Coast. It was the day of the full moon. East Coast, it's today. Um the moon did stay full going into the 28th on the West Coast, too. It just