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LSU and Tulane are set to open the Baton Rouge baseball regional, and Dattitude is back after a 2-week break to chat about it, as host Jim Derry brings in Fox-8 Sports' Garland Gillen. The duo also will talk about who has the best chance to make it to the Super Regional, and the other two teams in Baton Rouge - Oregon State and Sam Houston. Also, what's up with the Saints now that the second week of OTAs have ended, and how do we like the SEC ending divisional play in football when Texas and Oklahoma join the league in 2024?

Before we take a mini-break, we celebrate the 150th episode of the Dattitude Podcast. Inside, we dive deeper into the New Orleans Saints' 2023 schedule, which was released Thursday. Zach Ewing and I will go through it and preliminarily offer our over or under on the projected 9.5 wins. We also will try to find other early values across the NFL. Then, one of Major League Baseball's top beat writers, Derrick Goold, who is a Times-Picayune alum, joins the show to give his take on the first month-plus of the season, the new rules and how they're working, and the biggest surprises so far. Derrick also talks about how big changes could be coming to the way we watch baseball.

It's time for our final grades for the Saints a week following the NFL Draft, as Jeff Duncan joins Jim Derry on Dattitude (Ep. 149) for our weekly Friday get-together. How does the duo feel about Bryan Bresee, Isaiah Foskey and the rest of the picks, and how many of them could be starters this season? The rest of the NFC South did well. How well? Also, we'll get Dunc's top picks for the 149th Kentucky Derby, which is scheduled for late Saturday afternoon.

It's NFL Draft Day! On a special Thursday edition of the Dattitude podcast (Ep. 148), Jeff Duncan is back with Jim Derry to discuss all things related to the first round, focusing on what the New Orleans Saints might do at pick No. 29. Will it be offense or defense? Will it be need or best player available? What's the Saints' draft board look like ahead of the draft? Also, we'll dive into the overall picture and whether the Carolina Panthers will go through with the obvious and take Alabama quarterback Bryce Young, and what might be the biggest surprises of the night.

Time to get to know New Orleans Breakers coach John DeFilippo, as he'll tell us about himself and his experience as an NFL offensive coordinator, why the team (1-0) will be in the running for a USFL title in their second season and his experience in winning a Super Bowl title with the Philadelphia Eagles. Also, Luke Johnson visits Dattitude (Ep. 147) to talk with Jim Derry about the Saints and the upcoming NFL Draft that begins next Thursday.

It's time for our final thoughts on the 2022-23 New Orleans Pelicans, and how things unraveled in the last days of the season. Following the five-point loss to Oklahoma City in the NBA play-in game, beat writer Christian Clark joins Jim Derry on Friday's Dattitude Podcast (Ep. 146), as we examine what the problems might be and all of Zion's BS. Do we think he will feel like Zion again in the fall? And for talk on the Saints, Jim lets the world know whether the team needs offense or defense most in the upcoming NFL Draft.