Best of DLS: It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Fishmas

Summary

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Episode Overview

Podcast: The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Episode: Best of DLS: It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Fishmas
Date: December 25, 2025

This holiday special, recorded at the Elser Hotel in Downtown Miami, is a compilation episode celebrating Christmas, Miami sports, and the show's most beloved traditions and personalities. The DLS crew delivers festive nostalgia, humor, and classic "Back in My Day" monologues, along with musical interludes and Miami-centric sports reflections. The episode highlights Greg Cody’s Christmas rants, Roy’s absurdist “Top 10” holiday list, a satirical Dolphins “12 Days of Christmas,” and high-spirited singalongs with Coach Tom Izzo.

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Key Discussion Points and Segments

1. Setting the Holiday Tone: Festive Chaos and DLS Traditions

• The crew kicks off the episode in a lighthearted, slightly chaotic mode, riffing on viral videos (“Merry Cremer, Merry Chrysler” at [03:31]) and prepping listeners for a marathon of DLS holiday staples.
• The hosts introduce a show packed with Greg Cody’s “Back in My Day” segments, Roy’s holiday countdown, Christmas music exclusives, and throwback bits for loyal fans and new listeners alike.

Notable Quote

"For those of you who don't... who are like, newer listeners that don't know Roy's top 10. Enjoy."
— Dan Le Batard, [04:41]

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2. Greg Cody’s “Back in My Day” – The Christmas Rants

Greg Cody’s beloved “Back in My Day” monologues take aim at modern Christmas trends, with classic curmudgeonly flair and comic exaggeration.
First Bit ([06:43]):

• Critiques laser light decorations:

  "You ever stop to consider how your laser light could blind Santa or his reindeer as they flew overhead?" — Greg Cody, [08:18]

• Laments the demise of traditional Christmas music and gifts:

  "When was the last time you hand carved somebody's gift out of a block of wood? Exactly." — Greg Cody, [07:44]

  • Hysterically muddles Nat King Cole's lyrics, to the group's delight:

  "You said my nuts roasting on an open fire. Sorry, that's a totally different song." — Greg Cody, [09:05]

Second Bit ([10:31]):

• Goes on a tirade against artificial Christmas trees:

  "It's an insult to Santa Claus and a pox on Jesus Christ." — Greg Cody, [11:14]

  • Recalls childhood trauma from a psychedelic silver tree with a color wheel, pledging lifelong allegiance to live trees.

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3. “It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Fishmas” – Greg Cody’s Fins-Themed Carol

A Miami Dolphins parody of “It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas,” celebrating the team’s rare success and referencing legendary 1972 season.

"But the prettiest sight to see is the merriment that will be as we party like it’s 1972..."
— Greg Cody, [16:24]

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4. Roy’s Top 10 Holiday Songs and Stories

A much-anticipated, offbeat segment, Roy delivers his “Top 10” with irreverence and absurd Miami humor.

Highlights

• #10: “I’m Dreaming of a White Woman” ([19:08])
• #8: “Rudolph the Black Nosed Reindeer”
• #7: “The Grinch Who Stole My Tires”
• #6: “Chocolate, Frosty the Snowman”
• #5: “Jingle Bell and Rock Reigns” (Tim Raines baseball reference)
• #2: “Jingle Bells, Bev, Devo”
• #1: “Let Us Know, Let Us Know, Let a JT Snow” (another baseball pun)

"There can't be 9 better than that. He's sang it. He sang it. This is the first time you've been commentary, and well, he sang it. I think we need to just end right there."
— Greg Cody, [19:13]

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5. Musical Holiday Interludes and Christmas Rap

• Features a Christmas song from the “Greg Cody Show,” including Bubba Watson rapping ([04:48] onwards).
• Bubba’s lyrics blend holiday, sports, and Miami home-life references, keeping the tone playful and bizarre.

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6. Miami Nostalgia: Dan Le Batard’s LeBron Christmas Essay

Dan revisits an essay from 2014, reflecting on LeBron James’s emotionally charged return to Miami after leaving for Cleveland.

"Miami was the mistress. And the torrid four year fling came with sparks and emotion and jewelry."
— Dan Le Batard, [24:16]
"You can see how anyone can confuse four years of crazy, crazy passion with true love. You can't help but miss something that intense."
— Dan Le Batard, [25:05]

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7. Legendary Singalong: Coach Tom Izzo Plays Accordion

A show favorite, DLS brings Coach Tom Izzo out to play holiday carols—accordion in hand, the crew joins in for “Jingle Bells,” “Silent Night,” “Joy to the World,” and “Deck the Halls” ([30:08]–[34:59]).

• Frequent jokes about Izzo's recruiting, showmanship, and the off-key, energetic group vocals:

  "You're crushing it, Coach. Let's go." — Greg Cody, [33:18]
  "Now you know how he got Zach Randolph to go to school there. That's right. That is how he got Draymond Green to go to Michigan State." — Greg Cody, [35:14]

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8. Dolphins Misery: “12 Days of Christmas” Parody

A Dolphins fan’s epic “12 Days of Christmas,” satirizing the infamous 1–15 season—thoroughly self-aware, lengthy, and purposely “too fat,” per Dan ([06:21]).

• This version, sung to the tune of the holiday classic, details each woe and farcical moment of the season across the 12 “gifts,” from failed quarterbacks to coaching disasters.

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Notable Quotes & Moments (with Timestamps)

• "He knows you when you're sleeping. He also knows who you've been sleeping with, by the way."
  — Greg Cody, [07:00]
• "You don't have a Christmas tree if your tree is not a living thing that you water every few days, guess what?"
  — Greg Cody, [07:10]
• "It's an insult to Santa Claus and a pox on Jesus Christ."
  — Greg Cody, [11:14]
• “You said my nuts roasting on an open fire. Sorry, that's a totally different song.”
  — Greg Cody, [09:05]
• "There can't be 9 better than that. He's sang it... We need to just end right there."
  — Greg Cody, [19:13]
• "Miami was the mistress. And the torrid four year fling came with sparks and emotion and jewelry. But then LeBron James went back home to his original love."
  — Dan Le Batard, [24:16]
• "He's gonna be calling me, tell me how bad I am. No, you're great at it. Let's go."
  — Greg Cody to Coach Tom Izzo, [33:18]
• "The prettiest sight to see is the merriment that will be as we party like it's 1972..."
  — Greg Cody, [16:24]

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• [03:31] – Opening Christmas banter & episode overview
• [06:43] – First Greg Cody “Back in My Day” holiday rant (Christmas commercialization)
• [10:31] – Second Greg Cody “Back in My Day” (artificial tree tirade)
• [16:17] – “It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Fishmas” Dolphins carol
• [17:56] – Roy’s Top 10 Holiday Songs and Stories
• [21:36] – Bubba Watson Christmas rap from the Greg Cody Show
• [24:16] – Dan’s LeBron holiday essay (Miami as LeBron’s mistress)
• [30:08]–[34:59] – Coach Tom Izzo accordion singalong (Jingle Bells, Silent Night, Joy to the World, Deck the Halls, Up on the Rooftop)
• [36:22] – Dolphins “12 Days of Christmas” parody

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Episode Tone & Style

True to DLS tradition, the episode is energetic, self-deprecating, sentimental, irreverent, and loaded with inside jokes and South Florida references. Greg Cody is in classic form with hyperbolic rants. Roy’s Top 10 is offbeat yet beloved, and the musical bits highlight the crew’s willingness to embrace the silly and surreal. Nostalgia—sports, Miami, and the show’s own history—anchors the holiday spirit.

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For New and Returning Listeners

This episode is a quintessential DLS holiday mixtape: a blend of irreverence, heartfelt Miami nostalgia, sharp sports writing, and infectious group joy. Essential for fans who love the show’s traditions and humor—especially if you find Christmas a little too shiny, your tree a little too plastic, or your Miami sports teams a little too doomed.

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Skip to these highlights:

• Greg Cody “Back in My Day” monologues ([06:43], [10:31])
• Roy’s Top 10 list ([17:56])
• “It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Fishmas” ([16:17])
• Dan’s LeBron essay ([24:16])
• Tom Izzo accordion singalong ([30:08] on)
• Dolphins “12 Days of Christmas” ([36:22])

Transcript

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[Dan Le Batard]

Merry Christmas, Merry Cremer, Merry Chrysler. You haven't seen that video, the viral video, that girl saying like Merry Christmas in different ways. It's hilarious.

[Co-host or Guest]

It sounds like it sounds like one of those videos where someone has just gotten their wisdom teeth out.

[Dan Le Batard]

Merry Kramer.

[Co-host or Guest]

Based off the way that you just were saying all that. Okay, so this is the first time that we're like in theme a little bit here. We have actual like Christmas stuff. For this Christmas episode we have two different Greg Cody Christmas themed Back in my days. Remember when he used to do Back in my Days?

[Dan Le Batard]

That's wild. No, I don't actually.

[Greg Cody]

They're really good.

[Producer or Announcer]

That's the big thing.

[Co-host or Guest]

That's my big takeaway from going Back through all this stuff.

[Dan Le Batard]

Dad's a good writer. Yeah. He has one planned, actually, for the new year.

[Greg Cody]

I'll.

[Dan Le Batard]

Spoiler alert. Like, actually, I've got one in his craw that he's actually gonna write. He told me he's gonna write it, so we'll see.

[Co-host or Guest]

I'm beyond excited to hear that, actually. Then we have a Christmas song from him. Roy's top 10. We have a Roy's top 12 days of Christmas. Oh, I love this. There's. For those of you who don't. Who are like, newer listeners that don't know Roy's top 10. Enjoy.

[Dan Le Batard]

Also, quick plug for the Greg Cody show. Go check out our holiday episode that came out earlier this week. Stu Gotts makes an appearance.

[Co-host or Guest]

The Greg Cody show featuring Greg Cody with Bubba Watson released a Christmas song. So that's in here.

[Stugotz]

Why wouldn't he?

[Co-host or Guest]

Because why wouldn't he? It's a rap. Yeah. Bubba Watson wrapped on Christmas. And then these final few are really good things that the fans can get to enjoy.

[Coach Tom Izzo]

Here.

[Co-host or Guest]

I included Dan's cool Christmas welcome essay to LeBron in 2014, when the Cavs were coming back to face the heat for the first time since LeBron had left. This is when Dan describes Miami as a mistress to LeBron. It's classic Dan writing in here, actually. I remember being in college and hearing this and being like, this guy's a genius. I really did. I really loved it. Then we've got Tom Izzo playing the accordion and you guys singing Christmas carols along with that.

[Dan Le Batard]

Oh, one of my all time favorite favorite bits and moments.

[Co-host or Guest]

It's great. And then. And then finally I'm not singing.

[Greg Cody]

Yeah.

[Dan Le Batard]

It's like, try to get him to say it's gold.

[Greg Cody (Narration/Monologue)]

It's it.

[Co-host or Guest]

I'm listening back to that.

[Greg Cody]

It is.

[Co-host or Guest]

It's a lot of fun. It's a lot of fun. And I mean, surprisingly great at the accordion. And you know, Dan's like jukebox nature. Hey, play another one. And you just, you know, he does. And finally, there is a Dolphins fan who wrote a like 12 Days of Christmas on the first day of Christmas about the dolphins. One in 15 season. It is long. It is what Dan would now describe as too fat. And all of it is there.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yes.

[Co-host or Guest]

So enjoy.

[Dan Le Batard]

Let's get fat.

[Greg Cody]

And now it is time to take a trip down memory lane. Here's your guide, Greg Cody with Back in my day.

[Greg Cody (Narration/Monologue)]

Christmas trends, they're all bad folks. We've let this time of year get away from us. I mean, the entire holiday season. Although here I'll focus on Christmas and Santa Claus. Still the Mack Daddy of winter. He knows you when you're sleeping. He also knows who you've been sleeping with, by the way.

[Coach Tom Izzo]

Whoa.

[Greg Cody (Narration/Monologue)]

Where was I?

[Producer or Announcer]

Oh, yeah.

[Greg Cody]

Baby, baby, baby.

[Greg Cody (Narration/Monologue)]

Why Christmas has gradually gotten worse. I won't repeat my rail against artificial trees, except to say if your Christmas tree is not a living thing that you need to water every few days, guess what? You don't have a Christmas tree. I also won't repeat my rail about how present giving has devolved into an unimaginative exchange of gift cards. When was the last time you hit hand carved somebody's gift out of a block of wood? Exactly. But I want to concentrate today on two new beefs about why Christmas is sledding brakeless down a hill headed for hell. First, outdoor lighting. Greg Cody earns the outside look on his house. He's up on a ladder, claw hammer in his right mitt pocket full of sharp tacks, inching along the roof lines, stringing lights, stringing them old school, just like Norm Rockwell would have painted it. You know what shortcutters are doing now? Sticking a single laser light in the ground, flipping a switch, and watching a shower of thousands of lights bathe their house. These folks have not earned their outside look, and you know who knows it? Santa. You ever stop to consider how your laser light could blind Santa or his reindeer as they flew overhead?

[Greg Cody]

Yeah.

[Greg Cody (Narration/Monologue)]

You didn't, did you? Because it's all about you, isn't it? Does not the very phrase Merry Christmas begin with me? Even worse than the laser light trend is the sad state of Christmas songs. Christmas songs used to mean Jingle Bells and Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer. Or maybe White Christmas by Der Binger or Nat Cole. Crooning my nuts roasting on an open fire. Now the old classics, the traditional songs, the carolers would sing in harmony under wintry street lamps.

[Greg Cody]

Wait a minute.

[Greg Cody (Narration/Monologue)]

You can barely find those songs.

[Greg Cody]

Wait a minute, wait a minute. I think the lyric is my nuts.

[Greg Cody (Narration/Monologue)]

Is that what I said?

[Greg Cody]

You said my nuts open. Sorry, that's a totally different song.

[Greg Cody (Narration/Monologue)]

Hey, yeah, I misheard Nat King Cold lyric on that.

[Greg Cody]

My nuts roasting on an open fire.

[Greg Cody (Narration/Monologue)]

Roasting on an open fire seems horrible.

[Greg Cody]

It seems the opposite of Christmas.

[Greg Cody (Narration/Monologue)]

Well, you know, but again, it was a classic. Now, the old classics, the traditional songs, the carolers would sing in harmony under wintry street lamps. You can barely find those songs played anymore. They've been elbowed off the airwaves by the awful and unwelcome oxymoron of modern Christmas songs by Mariah Carey in One Direction and every other artist trying to glom a fast buck with a bad holiday album. You come to my house this time of year, you'll see a real Christmas tree. Underneath it you'll see gifts utterly unidentifiable because they've been poorly hand carved from blocks of wood. See me splayed on the ground outside writhing and screaming for help beside a fallen ladder, but unheard over the ear splitting decibels of Perry Como's Little Drummer Boy.

[LeBron James (Referenced in Song)]

I'm Greg Cody and that's how it.

[Greg Cody (Narration/Monologue)]

Does Back in my day.

[Greg Cody]

Happy Holidays from the Dan Levatar Show. And now it is time to take a trip down memory lane. Here's your guy, Greg Cody with Back in my day the 262 is Milwaukee dead? Yeah, not a surprise.

[Greg Cody (Narration/Monologue)]

As good a symbol as any for what's wrong with us as a nation is probably the artificial Christmas tree. These abominations are shipped and stored in large rectangular boxes and inside these tree coffins is contained the death of the American spirit. Back in my day we had artificial stuff, but we didn't flaunt it quite as much. I know that many of you listening may be a part of the fake tree cult. Please don't take this personally, but you put your friends and relatives in an awkward position by having people over for the holidays and unabashedly inviting your guests to fawn over your towering non tree. Of course you think it looks great because you paid over 300 bucks for it. Guests will nod benignly at your gorgeous monstrosity, all the while privately mourning the laziness and self delusion embodied in your decision to go fake. Would you serve a large plastic turkey and pretend eating it? So why would you present an artificial tree? It's an insult to Santa Claus and a pox on Jesus Christ. Don't get me wrong, I'm not against everything artificial. I use artificial sweetener in my coffee. Also, I have no problem with people of need getting an artificial limb. We all must draw our line though. The fake tree crowd are the same corner cutting people who buy machine carved fake Halloween pumpkins because they can't be bothered getting a little creative with a knife and an actual pumpkin. So much is artificial. Now the guy in the store is wearing a bizarre toupee and everybody has to pretend they don't notice. Same with the woman whose obvious fake breasts look like giant flotation devices. Did you know you can now drive a a 3D printed car this isn't even the sound of my real voice. It's computer generated. My war against fake Christmas trees is deep seated way back in the day. One of my earliest childhood memories is my folks having a silver Christmas tree that had an oscillating color wheel at the base of it affecting an insane psychedelic rainbow. I imagined other people having a nice Norman Rockwell Christmas while I was being mind blown by a hallucinogenic dripping tree out of a Salvador Dali painting. I vowed then to never, ever have an artificial Christmas tree and invite you to make the same pledge.

[Greg Cody]

Wow.

[Greg Cody (Narration/Monologue)]

I'd further suggest setting on fire any artificial tree you come across, but I've learned from sad experience that most of those damn things are flame retardant. Not for safety reasons, but because the manufacturers rightly anticipated my leading an angry public backlash. I'm Greg Cody, and that's how it was back in my day.

[Greg Cody]

Wow. You saved us, man.

[Greg Cody (Narration/Monologue)]

Whoa.

[Greg Cody]

I mean, I've never heard the phrase a pox on Jesus Christ. I have never heard that phrase ever uttered.

[Greg Cody (Narration/Monologue)]

Got a patent on it.

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[Greg Cody (Narration/Monologue)]

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[Greg Cody]

Town out of BYU SP2 guts. This is the Dan Levatar show with the stuff.

[Greg Cody (Narration/Monologue)]

It'S beginning to look a lot like Fishmas Everywhere you go Take a look at five wins in a row Fins are glistening once again with big defense and two stats all aglow yes, it's beginning to look a lot like fishmas another td4 you but the prettiest sight to see is the merriment that will be as we party like it's 1972 a pair of quarterback sacks and a diving pick the wish of girlfriends and boys and tua don't dawdle, just throw it to waddle we'll all be dancing with joy. A witch beginning to look a lot like Fishmas Everywhere you go we're making angels in the snow there's my columns on the great Cody show It's a festive jaunt of non stop Ho ho ho. So it's beginning to look a lot like Fishmas but sitting on Santa's lap I don't need a new set of gloves or anything with a bow. Hey, fat man. Just bring me four more wins in a row. That kind of thing.

[Greg Cody]

Time now for Roy's top 10 list. It's been a while. It's been a while. Yeah, it's been a while. Roy's top 10 list. Rusty, at this time, these are Roy's top 10 holiday songs and stories. Okay? Top 10 holiday songs and holiday stories. You got nothing on your List over there, I have number four. Number ten, Roy. I'm dreaming of a white woman. If that is number 10, this is gonna be a holy bleed. How good is this list? There can't be 9 better. There can't be 9 better than that. He's sang it. He sang it. This is the first time you've been commentary, and well, he sang it. I think we need to just end right there. Let's stop right there. Is it possible this is unprecedented in the history of Roy's top 10? Can I hear number 10 again? It can go. It can't go up from there. It cannot possibly go up from there. That is the best you can do, Roy. Number nine, Roy.

[Producer or Announcer]

Rocking around the Christmas Tree. Rollins.

[Greg Cody]

I'll be stuck on 10 for the remainder of the list.

[Producer or Announcer]

Number eight, Rudolph the Black Nosed Reindeer.

[Greg Cody]

Oh, I had it. You had that? You had that? I had that. Number four. Yeah, you had it. You had a number four. Pushed it up a little bit, but I want him to see. Do you know how lame number eight is compared to number ten? But I had it. Well, I'm lame. Number seven, the Grinch that Stole My Tires. Get that one right there. Do I get it? Just making sure you're in the loop on this.

[Producer or Announcer]

Number six, Chocolate, Frosty the Snowman.

[Dan Le Batard]

Number five.

[Greg Cody]

Ten needed to be two.

[Producer or Announcer]

Jingle Bell and Rock Reigns.

[Coach Tom Izzo]

You leave a rock race.

[Greg Cody]

A Rock Reigns reference. Tim Reigns reference. That's. Why am I writing them down? I write them down. I don't know why you're writing them down. Number four, Roy. Santa Claus is Coming to Overtown. Okay. Yeah, that's pretty good right there. No, I don't know. It wasn't better than 10. It's pretty good. He sang number number three, Morris Chestnut.

[Producer or Announcer]

Roasting over an Open Fire.

[Greg Cody]

Whatever. An open fryer.

[Greg Cody (Narration/Monologue)]

Urban fryer.

[Greg Cody]

Fryer. I'm sorry. Okay, well, now it's funny. Okay, get the marbles out of your mouth. Number two, Jingle Bells, Bev, Devo and Roy's number one top 10 holiday song or story. Let us know. Let us know. Let a JT Snow. I don't want to ever tell Roy how to do this list ever, because I think they're really. It's. It's. Whenever he does it, we get this amazing reaction to it. But do you agree with me on this? I don't want to ever tell him how to do. But 10 should have been two, right? I don't know. I'm sure there's a reason that he went there. They probably wanted him to come out of the box. That's the degree of difficulty 1. Give him some confidence. Going down the list.

[LeBron James (Referenced in Song)]

I just touched down on my whole crab. I bet you want to know what's in my bag. Is it golf clubs or a bag of toys? This bird is playing his bum club. I remember Christmas growing up in Baghdad Chilling in the living room with my dad with my dad. Mama in the kitchen, got food in the stove, sister in the living room Playing on the flow. I used to hit the golf course, take me a swing Got my first club since boy was a team. Kids in that room, they can't even go to sleep. Can't even go to sleep. Cause they know I'm coming through. Putting gifts on a tree.

[Greg Cody]

No, no.

[LeBron James (Referenced in Song)]

No sleigh, no beard, no reindeer. I might come to live a gift sort of John Deere. Katie asked me to bring him a.

[Greg Cody]

New ball.

[LeBron James (Referenced in Song)]

But I'm checking my list. This barber claw I just touched down on my home crab. I bet you want to know what's in my bag. Is it God claws? My bag of toys? I gotta thank God he's the reason I made it. I thank him every day for the moves that I make. Thank you, baby Jesus he was born in a manger. Cause he knew when I was I was gonna need to save. Thank you for my clothes and the shoes of my feet. Thank you for my kids and the food that they eat. Thank you for my wife in the house that we sleep. I wake up every day and I put it on repeat. I just touched down on my hub crab. I bet you wanna know what's in my bag. Is it golf clubs or a bag of toys? This bird is playing this bug claws. I just touched down on my hulk crap. I bet you want to know what's in my bag. Is it golf clubs are a bag of toys. This bird is playing his bum claw.

[Greg Cody]

Miami was the mistress. And the torrid four year fling came with sparks and emotion and jewelry. But then LeBron James went back home to his original love. And that'll leave even a city of tourists and transplants feeling cheap and rented. Rationally, this is silly. Of course, rationally, Miami knows It lost LeBron exactly the same way it got him. Rationally, he fulfilled the terms of his Miami contract. But the best parts of sports don't reside in the rational. There are no good and happy endings in transactions like this. There are only endings. And so Miami is allowed to feel conflicted, Jilted, but grateful. Bejeweled but befuddled. Fulfilled, yet somehow empty and, of course, longing. Because you can see how anyone can confuse four years of crazy, crazy passion with true love. You can't help but miss something that intense. But there is not a consensus about how to feel about him now. Not on the team and not in the city. Dwyane Wade still loves LeBron. Pat Riley does not. So it'll be interesting to see how Miami fans react to his return. Will it be appreciative applause or hurt hissing? Both, probably. And those fans will be taking a cue from the team. Will an organization run by a blindsided Riley even celebrate LeBron's return? Given that Riley expected the courtesy of a warning after championships, plural, you'll have to tune in to tell. The rest of the country will think anything other than gratitude is very small. But the rest of the country is applauding his return to Cleveland and all those syrupy going home commercials. It has spawned a storyline that makes LeBron's basketball mistress feel kind of sick and kind of used. That same rest of the country was shredding LeBron for four straight years at a time that only Miami had his back as the waves of hate he brought lapped incessantly upon its shores. There was only one place that embraced him consistently those last four years, and it isn't the place that burned his jerseys when he left. There's never been a team in South Florida history that felt quite that us against the world, not even those renegade football hurricanes. And that created an instant and intense bond, replaced now by nostalgia and longing. LeBron chose to break that bond built over four insane years by going back to that original love. He got what he wanted in Miami. You'll forgive his basketball mistress if she feels a bit used and reminds him of it when she sees him again.

[Producer or Announcer]

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[Co-host or Guest]

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[Producer or Announcer]

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[Greg Cody]

Done.

[Producer or Announcer]

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[Greg Cody]

Don LeBatard is there.

[Greg Cody (Narration/Monologue)]

Back in my day, there is actually.

[Producer or Announcer]

Were you not gonna tell anyone?

[Greg Cody]

Wait a minute, you guys?

[Producer or Announcer]

Guys, It's a Tuesday.

[Greg Cody]

Stugats. Here's your guy, Greg Cody with Back in my Day.

[Greg Cody (Narration/Monologue)]

Okay, here it is. Sorry, adultery.

[Producer or Announcer]

I'm waiting for this one.

[Greg Cody]

This is the Dan Levatar show with the Stugats. We're here for one thing, and it's not to hear you talk. Okay, hold on. I got my Sid. Gonna hold the phone here while I try Judgment Free.

[Co-host or Guest]

Just do it, Coach.

[Greg Cody]

Judgment free. Jingle Bells is the beginning of the concert. Let's go. All right, you ready?

[Coach Tom Izzo]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Greg Cody]

Wait A second. Now I gotta turn over.

[Coach Tom Izzo]

I'm in the wrong key.

[Greg Cody]

Judgment free. That's all right. Judgment free. Coach. Judgment free.

[Coach Tom Izzo]

I ain't singing.

[Greg Cody]

You're the one singing. We want. You want us to sing? Laughing all the way. Jingle bells, jingle bells Jingle all the way oh, what fun it is to ride In a one horse open sleigh hey. Jingle bells, jingle bell Jingle bells, jingle all the way oh, what fun it is to ride In a one horse open sleigh yeah. I couldn't hear. Did you guys sing? Excellent. Yes. We were singing along and. We want more. We want more.

[Coach Tom Izzo]

Let's go listen and hear you sing. Man.

[Greg Cody]

I Silent Night for that. Quit filibustering. Let's go. Give me some silent night I'll go up on a rooftop no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. No Christmas carol Not up in the rooftop. Not running that scam that you marry Uchi ran Silent night Please give us some silent night.

[Coach Tom Izzo]

Wait.

[Greg Cody]

Now, do I have. Oh, yeah. I got Silent Night Here.

[Co-host or Guest]

I'll try.

[Greg Cody]

I'm not as good at that, so. Hold on.

[Producer or Announcer]

All right.

[Greg Cody]

It's okay. It's okay that you're not good at it. That's okay. It's holidays. Yeah. Child po. Sleep in heavenly peace. Legendary cool coach Tom Izzo of Michigan State. Are you getting confidence? We're all with you here. Joy to the world. Joy of the world. What do you got, Coach? You got some joy to the world in you. You're brutal, man. I'm gonna get you. Let's go. You're crushing it.

[Producer or Announcer]

Killing it.

[Greg Cody]

You're crushing it, Coach. Let's go. He's gonna be calling me. Tell me how bad I am. No, you're great at it. Let's go.

[Coach Tom Izzo]

Joy to the world all right.

[Greg Cody]

Every heart prepare him room and heaven and nature singing and heaven and nature Nature sing and heaven and heaven and nature yeah. Legendary coach Tom A.O. now, baby, let's go. Let's keep it going. Deck the halls. Deck the halls. Let's go. Coach. What do you got?

[Coach Tom Izzo]

Give you Deck the hall, did you?

[Greg Cody]

No, you didn't do Deck the halls.

[Producer or Announcer]

You did.

[Greg Cody]

Silent night Jingle bells and joy to.

[Co-host or Guest]

The world.

[Greg Cody]

Deck those halls. Let's go. Deck them.

[Coach Tom Izzo]

All right. I'm gonna try it.

[LeBron James (Referenced in Song)]

All right.

[Greg Cody]

All right. We'll get up top on a rooftop in a second. To be jolly La la la la la la la la la Don we now are gay apparel La la la.

[Coach Tom Izzo]

La la la la la Troll the.

[Greg Cody]

Ancient yuletide carol La la la la la. Send them out wanting more. Let's go up on a roof. Rooftop. Let's go, coach. Send them out with your big finish. This is the closer. Let's go. On my shoulder. This is the closer. This is the closer. Very excited. I love this coach. This coach is the best. This is such good recruiting, right?

[Coach Tom Izzo]

Here.

[Greg Cody]

Comes good old Santa Claus down through the chimney with lots of toys all four little good girls and boys Ho, ho, ho. Who wouldn't go ho, ho, ho. Who wouldn't go up on the house Top click, click, click down through the chimney with old Saint Nick yeah. Now you know how he got Zach Randolph to go to school there. That's right. That is how he got Draymond Green to go to Michigan State. Right there, the closers. You know what I did? I serenaded his mother. That's your good point.

[Coach Tom Izzo]

On the first week of the season camp Cameron gave to me A loss to the Skins by three. On the second week of the season camp Cameron gave to me Two touchdowns and the Cowboys kicking our bleep. On the third week of the season Cam Cameron gave to me Onside kicks, A flailing Trent Green a flailing and the loss to the jets by three. On the fourth week of the season camp Cameron gave to me five Dante scores. Four total fans three passing yards, 23 in outs and a loss to a really crappy team on the fifth week of the season camp Cameron gave to me Trent Green a spearing his brains a smearing Jason Taylor tearing one white DB we might win we got them 10. Oh no. A 58 yard field goal again and a loss to another stinky team on the sixth week of the season Cam Cameron gave to me Cleo Lemon leading Marty Booker bleeding All the fans are pleading please start John Beck Tedgin drops no defensive stop. Someone called the cops. And a loss to another crappy team on the seventh week of the season camp Cameron gave to me Randy Mosso leaping Cameron Laurel weeping why are we so bleeping? Terrible 6 Brady scores we celebrate like whores Even though we're down by 44 and we're heading to London 07 on the ninth week of the season Cam Cameron gave to me thank God a bye, a break from the crap we can watch the Canes collapse I'd rather take a nap we are so gonna go and 16 on the 10th week of the season Cam Cameron gave to me Hope that isn't True we're winning 10 to 2 time to start playing like Pooh JP Lawsman crushes our dream Celebrating way too soon Our team Is full of loons Joe Rose equals buffoon and yep, you guessed it A loss to another crappy team on the 11th week of the season camp Cameron gave to me 10 ginna scoring offense that's a boring they look like they're a touring circus act thanks for starting Becky didn't break his neck a 14 yard loss and 4th and goal what the heck? And a 10th loss before Thanksgiving on the 12th week of the season Cam Cameron gave to me Pittsburgh turf that's gooey Ricky tore his booby Going for it on 4th and long is phooey Please attempt a frapping field goal Everybody knows Derek Hagan blows Big Ben made us look like hoes if we don't beat the jets we are done on the 13th week of the season Camp Cameron gave to me Touchdown Dolphins against them Touchdown Dolphins against them Touchdown Dolphins against them Touchdown Dolphins against them Touchdown Dolphins against them Touchdown Dolphins against them Tack on a feely field goal and we got killed but the jets sucked too on the 14th week of the season Cam Cameron gave to me Backwards pass is soaring Buffalo Bills is scoring Dick Duron is boring Please bench John back 19 fumbles lost we can't even run a toss the ball is covered in frost Dick Geron's boring even when tasered on the 15th week of the season Camp Cameron gave to me well, it really wasn't Cam it was more like a gift from Brian Bilek Sam Congotto running Cleo Lemon gunning Watson lots of punting Fourth quarter comeback Tristan Smith leads them back Billick must be on crack Bats Dover misses Cam and Cleo kisses. Who the hell is Dennis Camarillo? The whole team. A leaping wainheising A weeping mandichencephalo Sounded like they were bleeping. Once again, thank you, fraidy cat Billick. Between week 15 and week 16, Huizenga gave to me A fatty with fake blonde hair his body looks like a pear he could double as a polar bear Lebby hate parcels the big tuna's his name he likes to hand out blame it's been a decade since he's won a playoff game. Wayne had better stock his office with da bars.

[Producer or Announcer]

Quick break to talk to you about the official ticketing partner of the Dan LeBatard Show. Game time. The NFL regular season is already winding down and this is when the games get really good and tickets are in high demand. Some of them really difficult to find. So why don't you take the guesswork out of buying NFL tickets with the game time map I use it all the time because it gives me the advantage. That's right, sports fans. Take the power back. It's the hack for grabbing amazing tickets in just a couple of taps. Super easy, super reliable, and with a gametime guarantee, you're getting 100% authentic tickets on time and at the best price. Plus fees are included. What you see is what you pay. Do yourself a favor. Open up the gametime app right now. You'll see tons of seats available, lower bowl, midfield, upper deck, and NFL tickets starting at around 100 bucks. Pick what you want. Tap. Tap.

[Greg Cody]

Done.

[Producer or Announcer]

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