Best of DLS: Thaaaaaaiiiiii Food

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The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz

Episode: Best of DLS: Thaaaaaaiiiiii Food
Date: December 29, 2025
Recording Location: The Elser Hotel, Downtown Miami

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Overview

This episode finds Dan Le Batard, Stugotz, and the crew riffing on their classic blend of sports predictions gone wrong, Miami culture, failed prospects in sports, the joys of eating alone, and new developments in South Florida. The main thread follows the hosts and guests as they candidly reflect on the players and teams they were most wrong about in their sports-watching lives, before spiraling into tangential, often hilarious sidebars about Miami lifestyle, food, and city quirks. The episode title nods to a late discussion about Thai food, but the conversation covers a wide range—from sports heartbreaks to steak snobbery to city construction beefs.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Sports Predictions: Who Were You Most Wrong About?

(03:23 - 15:07)

• NBA Pro-Am and Michael Beasley’s Legendary Status

  • Dan recounts attending the Miami Pro League, watching ex-NBA star Michael Beasley, and marvels at his cult following among Gen Z.
  • [05:05] Dan: "The current generation is most enthusiastic about these renegade outlaws that operate outside the mainstream systems."
  • [05:28] Izzy Devolt: "Beasley making all these moves... that only 1% of NBA players are allowed to take."

• Host and Panel Confessions: Biggest Player Misjudgments

  • Chris Cody and others admit being completely wrong about Michael Beasley, expecting him to outshine Dwyane Wade.
  • Tyreke Evans, Josh Rosen, Justice Winslow, Devin Booker, Chad Henne, Peter Warrick, Ted Ginn Jr., and "Maserati" Marvin Harrison Jr. are all discussed as examples where panelists’ expectations didn’t match reality.
  • [05:52] Chris Cody: "Michael Beasley is the most wrong I’ve ever been about anything in sports."
  • [07:11] Dan Le Batard: "So many people I've been wrong about... Chad Henne though, comes to mind."

• Baseball and Football Flops

  • Stephen Strasburg, Jeremy Hermida, and Brady Quinn come up as examples of overhyped prospects who fell short, with stories about the Marlins refusing trades for prospect Jeremy Hermida.
  • [11:47] Jeremy: "Jeremy Hermida there."
  • [21:22] Chris Cody, on Brady Quinn draft disappointment: "I literally shouted at my television."

• Reverse: Players They Knew Would Bust (and Became Stars)

  • Billy calls out Hashim Thabeet ("I knew he was going to be gone") and the Phoenix Suns’ near-acquisition of Steph Curry.
  • [14:08] Dan, on Thabeet: "That's how like, we knew this guy’s not an NBA player."
  • Panel explores being wrong both ways, as in thinking someone would fail but they succeeded (e.g., Josh Allen, Jalen Hurts, Michael Redd, James Harden).
  • [25:47] Izzy Devolt, on Jalen Hurts: "I thought that shit was over for him once Tua took his shit... Never mind."

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2. Eating Alone Is Freedom—And Debates over Steak

(30:07 - 36:47)

• Chris Cody’s "Bachelor Week" Food Diary

  • Cody delights in the joys of solo dining: steak night, pizza night, and Thai/Chinese food night.
  • [36:19] Dan: "What’d you get?"
  • [36:22] Chris Cody: "I got some chicken fried rice... and I got egg rolls, too. I didn’t eat it all, but it’s like, hey, this is all for me."
  • The panel debates whether his "Thai food" order was actually Chinese food.

• The Great Steak Debate

  • Izzy Devolt and the rest break down the supposed masculinity of steak cuts. Filet mignon is roasted as “feminine” and “flavorless,” while ribeye and New York strip get the macho nod.
  • [31:13] Gus Johnson: "Your steaks have dicks. Like... bone-in ribeye."
  • [32:01] Dan (jokingly): "The filet isn’t feminine, it’s just flavorless."

• Drinks at Home vs Bar

  • Debate on whether cocktails are better at home or at a bar, with some defending at-home drinks and others insisting on the ambiance.

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3. Miami City Life: Chewing Over Construction, Miami Live, and Local Oddities

(37:53 - 44:57)

• Miami Live: New Entertainment Space

  • Panel discusses the new "Miami Live" project outside LoanDepot Park, meant to rival other city entertainment districts by the World Baseball Classic.
  • [38:26] Chris Cody: "Billy, was this something that people know about? Because it was the first time I heard about it last night."
  • Comparisons to LA Live, Dallas, Philly, and Milwaukee’s Deer District.

• Why Miami Has So Few Stadium “Hangout” Areas

  • The panel laments the lack of vibrant pre- and post-game areas around Miami venues, noting that elsewhere, bars and restaurants cluster around sports facilities.
  • [40:10] Dan: "Every new stadium in America... It has, like, something around it. It’s not even for people who are [going to] the game, it’s people who aren’t, just hanging out."

• Iconic Local Fixtures: The House the Developers Couldn’t Buy & Fast Food Gentrification

  • Extended riff about an infamous house in Coral Gables that refused to sell to developers, now boxed inside a hotel’s footprint.
  • [42:23] Billy: "The guy’s like, in the front yard, like, there’s no sun. At, like, 3pm all the sun is gone. He’s just sitting there on a lawn chair."
  • Discussion broadens to fast food architecture nostalgia and fast-food chains refusing to relinquish valuable land.

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4. Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Loving Renegade Athletes (Michael Beasley):
  [05:05] Dan: "The current generation is most... enthusiastic about these kind of renegade outlaws that operate outside the mainstream systems."
• Steak Masculinity Debate:
  [31:13] Gus Johnson: "Your steaks have dicks. Like... bone-in ribeye." [32:01] Dan: "The filet isn’t feminine, it’s just flavorless."
• On Epic Sports Misjudgments:
  [05:52] Chris Cody: "Michael Beasley is the most wrong I’ve ever been about anything in sports." [07:11] Dan Le Batard: "Chad Henne though, comes to mind. I thought he was going to be like the same as the Dolphins."
• Bar/Cocktail Culture:
  [33:36] Dan Le Batard: "A cocktail at a nice bar is better than a cocktail at your house."
• Eating Freedom of Solo Dining:
  [36:19] Dan: "What’d you get?"
  [36:22] Chris Cody: "Chicken fried rice... honey chicken... egg rolls. That’s all for me. And now we got leftovers. And no, you cannot have an egg roll."
• City Life & Lone Developer Holdouts:
  [42:23] Billy: "He’s just sitting there on a lawn chair... There’s no sun. All the sun is gone. I was like, what’s the..." [43:31] Dan Le Batard (on the famous Gables house): "I've seen it on Instagram, but never this angle. Houses that'll blow your mind..."

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Important Timestamps

| Time | Segment | |----------|--------------------------------------------------------| | 03:23 | Dan talks about Michael Beasley at Miami Pro League | | 05:00 | Online basketball culture and love for outlaw players | | 07:11 | Panelists confess sports players they’ve misjudged | | 14:08 | Suns’ near-Steph Curry draft story; Thabeet as a bust | | 19:15 | Reverse: Players thought to be busts but became stars | | 25:47 | Jalen Hurts' unexpected success | | 30:07 | Chris Cody’s week of solo dinners begins | | 31:13 | Steak masculinity discussion; filet mignon debate | | 33:36 | Home cocktails vs bar ambience debate | | 36:19 | “Thaaaaaaiiiiii Food” origins: solo takeout stories | | 37:53 | Miami Live development segment | | 42:23 | Famous Gables house surrounded by a hotel; local quirks| | 44:45 | Eminent domain and urban development in Miami |

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Tone and Style

True to the Le Batard Show’s DNA, the episode keeps a sharp, irreverent, and conversational tone. The group oscillates comfortably between honest self-assessments, nostalgia, roast humor, and passionate debates about food and Miami’s quirks. The mix of pop culture, sports nerd confessionals, and local color makes the episode entertaining for diehard fans and new listeners alike.

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For Listeners Who Missed It:

If you love candid sports confessionals, Miami lore, and food debates with a friendly but sharp-edged dynamic, this “Best of” delivers the goods. The crew’s chemistry shines, and you’ll get plenty of laughs from their hot takes—both right and very, very wrong.

Transcript

[Dan Le Batard]

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[Dan]

This is the Dan Levatar show with the Stugats podcast. Wow, guys, I did a very Miami thing yesterday. I went to the Miami Pro league. Yeah.

[Billy]

How was that?

[Dan]

It was good. Michael Beasley played the goat. Yep. Josh Minot from the Timberwolves was there. My man. What's Book Night from Formerly the Charlotte Hornets and Yukon.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah.

[Dan]

James Book Night.

[Izzy Devolt]

It's a very difficult name to figure out how to pronounce because it's B O u G B O U K. Right?

[Dan]

Yeah. And you're like, is it Boo Knight?

[Izzy Devolt]

Yeah.

[Dan]

Is it Boonight? Is it is the case?

[Izzy Devolt]

Silent Boonite would be great.

[Dan]

Boonight, man, his career would have been better if his name was Boo Knight. But I saw Michael Beasley play and.

[Billy]

It'S like real Hooper's Always new, right?

[Dan]

But it's the entire Michael Beasley experience. It's like part of it is like, geez, this guy's so talented. And also how did your team lose by 20?

[Gus Johnson]

It's like the.

[Izzy Devolt]

Does it happen in that league too?

[Gus Johnson]

Draisaitl and McDavid played in a beer league and lost like 6 1.

[Dan]

Oh man. Oh yeah.

[Izzy Devolt]

But he probably had a bunch of nice moves.

[Dan]

I don't know what the. I still don't like. I think playing in a Pro Am inherently like an open Pro Am, there's no benefit to being an NBA player doing that.

[Izzy Devolt]

What about former NBA players? Because Michael Beasley, I mean this sort of stretch he's going through, he is more popular now amongst the kids than he's ever been in his life. Like I have a 17 year old nephew that talks to me about Michael Beasley all the time. I was like Miami Heat fans didn't talk about Michael Beasley this much when he was the number two pick.

[Dan]

It's funny because I think the current generation in the current atmosphere is most not only forgiving and accepting, but enthusiastic about these kind of renegade outlaws that operate outside the mainstream systems. Like you watch the NBA, I watch these guys play one on one on, on Twitter, on, you know, Instagram, that's.

[Izzy Devolt]

And what cracks me up is like Beasley, all these guys, Beasley mostly making all these moves, hitting crazy like fade away mid range shots that only like 1% of NBA players are allowed to take. So like the rest of the NBA not doing this. Michael Beasley out here doing this and in his bag and everybody's like, this is amazing. I love this basketball. Bring that back to the NBA.

[Chris Cody]

Michael Beasley is the most wrong I've ever been about anything in sports.

[Dan]

You thought he was a sure thing.

[Izzy Devolt]

You and I had a conflict.

[Chris Cody]

I thought he was like. I thought the Miami Heat were going to be his team. And.

[Dan]

And this is. You thought Dwyane Wade would have to bend the.

[Chris Cody]

Already had Dwyane Wade on it. I thought it was going to be his team. I was all in on. Like I said watch him in college. And the Heat, they had the worst record that year. But the Heat did not win the lottery. So he dropped to number two. And I was like, good, now they're gonna get Michael Beasley because the Bulls here to take this. Derrick Rose who got hot in the tournament, you know, good. I'm glad we have the number two.

[Dan]

Pick that Derrick Rose got hot in the.

[Izzy Devolt]

I remember watching before I ever saw him play in college I watched some same nephew, by the way, I'm about to mention. I watched Derrick Rose high school footage footage and I said, you know, this guy's going to be the number one pick in the draft. And then every time I watched a Michael Beasley game, I got super unlucky because that dude was in foul trouble in two minutes and I was like, well, not going to see Michael Beasley.

[Chris Cody]

He was numbers so good in school. He was so I, it's the most wrong I have ever been about anything in sports.

[Billy]

High school mixtape era of YouTube was such a beautiful time. And my like sophomore, junior, senior year. So like 080910 where we were watching John Wall and his high school mixtape and I was like, this guy is incredible. And then he would hit the doggy after and I was like, yeah, dude, this is it. This guy is great.

[Izzy Devolt]

Who are you most wrong on on your favorite team?

[Dan Le Batard]

So many people I've been wrong about. Chad Henny though, comes to mind. I thought he was going to be like the same as the Dolphins.

[Dan]

Michigan.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah, he just had that big arm, man, he's stiff.

[Dan]

I, I would say for me it would probably be Tyre Evans.

[Chris Cody]

I, I like Rookie of the year.

[Gus Johnson]

He would be wrong if they won a Roy.

[Dan]

Yes. Because like that was the maximum weak Michael Carter Williams. Williams is another one, by the way. I like Michael Carter Williams, man. I was everything. He's all like, it doesn't matter.

[Billy]

He's six six.

[Dan]

He's six six and he's a point guard.

[Chris Cody]

And it just triple double against the Heat opening night.

[Izzy Devolt]

I, I, I've like had these judgments on a million players for other people's teams because I've been on TV this whole time. So what was the. Josh Rosen is a quarterback. I thought the Rosen one very much like ucla. Dan Marino for the Miami Heat. I don't know if I thought he'd be great, but I thought Justice Winslow would be something.

[Chris Cody]

We were all super excited when he dropped the 10.

[Dan]

Amen.

[Chris Cody]

Because Danny Ainge wanted to trade every pick for to move up for Justice.

[Gus Johnson]

Winslow dropped to number 10, Devin Booker.

[Izzy Devolt]

I thought you could say Karam Butler.

[Dan]

Was Devin Booker that same draft.

[Gus Johnson]

Yeah.

[Chris Cody]

Well, he ended up going after 10, though.

[Dan Le Batard]

Were you about to take a victory lap there on Justice Winslow?

[Dan]

I feel like you were about to be like, I kind of like, I was like, he's all right. And I remember there was a Dwyane Wade comparisons. I'm like, he's not Dwyane Wade. There was in college. Oh, at Duke. I Was like, this guy. I said, he'll be a decent NBA role player.

[Izzy Devolt]

You know, the main drawback with him or the main, like, physical trait that didn't work out, that he wasn't good. Little hands, not big hands. Couldn't really.

[Dan]

I'm with Zaz. I think it's because he wants.

[Chris Cody]

It's a big drawback when you're not good.

[Dan]

If you're trying to put together a great NBA career. Prereq. Can we call it a prereq? It can't be not good, right?

[Billy]

You gotta be good.

[Dan]

You gotta be good.

[Chris Cody]

That's the starting point. Is he good? Okay. Moving forward.

[Billy]

So justice was not good.

[Chris Cody]

No, justice was not served. You were not good.

[Billy]

Nice.

[Dan]

So wait, I'm. Now I want to think about football players because I think this happens a lot in football.

[Chris Cody]

Oh, yeah.

[Dan]

I thought. I thought Ron Dane was going to be just like a monster.

[Dan Le Batard]

I have a memory of Dan thinking Mike Glennon was going to be really.

[Izzy Devolt]

Good with that neck.

[Gus Johnson]

Almost Karoo.

[Izzy Devolt]

Very good athlete.

[Dan]

Oh, Oh, I. I got it. I. I know mine. Football of all time. You could not tell me when I was in college that Peter Work was not going to be the next Jerry Rice. I. I seen it with my own eyes, man.

[Chris Cody]

That decent career.

[Dan]

That dude was. Jesus.

[Chris Cody]

No decent career.

[Dan]

He didn't have a decent.

[Gus Johnson]

Not. Not what he was in college. Is one of the best college football players we've ever.

[Chris Cody]

No, no. Comparative, of course, but he had a decent career. I think it was a bust.

[Dan]

What was it? The wideout from Ohio State, Ted ginn. Ted Ginn Jr. That was another one.

[Billy]

And his family.

[Gus Johnson]

There's one brewing right now.

[Dan]

There's another.

[Gus Johnson]

No, no, there's another Ohio State Buckeye wide receiver that I thought was going to be incredible. And he looks like he's headed to bust out.

[Dan]

What's his name?

[Gus Johnson]

Maserati Marv. Yeah.

[Dan]

What's his full name? I don't. I'm not familiar.

[Gus Johnson]

No, you don't. Maserati Marv. He may be Mazda Marv. When it's all said.

[Dan]

What's it say on the back of his jersey?

[Chris Cody]

You think he's gonna be a junior?

[Gus Johnson]

Disappointing for a season. He's put on a lot of weight. He's put on a lot of muscle. There's videos of him getting absolutely clamped by a seventh rounder. Wow. The guy's nickname is Maserati Marv. And he's slow.

[Billy]

How did.

[Gus Johnson]

How did that happen?

[Billy]

I think there's an issue, though, Mike. He wears all black Cleats makes him look a little slower with the highlighter cleats.

[Gus Johnson]

You. You know what makes it a little fast?

[Izzy Devolt]

I think that the cornerback sticking on his back makes him look slow.

[Gus Johnson]

No, what makes him look slow is that he's slow.

[Billy]

Yeah.

[Dan Le Batard]

Common theme here.

[Gus Johnson]

I don't understand how he was nicknamed Maserati Marv.

[Izzy Devolt]

That's a terrible nickname.

[Gus Johnson]

No, it was a great nickname, especially when it's said by Gus Johnson and exciting voices.

[Chris Cody]

Peter Warwick never had a thousand yard season. So I think I got to probably pull back on the editing career.

[Gus Johnson]

It wasn't.

[Dan]

I think he had an injury in my defense, like he had an early injury and it was like misdiagnosed.

[Chris Cody]

I mean, his first four years in the league, he only missed two games.

[Dan]

Also, he played for the Bengals. That's not his fault.

[Gus Johnson]

I mean, you can have a solid career as a pro. Like Reggie Bush ended up having a solid career, had a good start. Absolutely weird middle, cool end, but still disappointing.

[Dan]

Let's do baseball now. Baseball guys. What was the guy from. From the Nationals? Stephen Strasberg. Straws.

[Dan Le Batard]

Well, that was just him.

[Gus Johnson]

Yeah.

[Chris Cody]

They won a World Series. He was. And he's really good. When they won a World Series.

[Dan Le Batard]

Good when healthy.

[Chris Cody]

That's not a plus.

[Jeremy]

He was very hyped though.

[Dan]

They made like, they made it seem.

[Jeremy]

Like he was a first ballot hall of Fame.

[Chris Cody]

Yeah.

[Jeremy]

No, he did win a World Series.

[Dan]

Congratulations.

[Jeremy]

He also like crippled the franchise with his contract.

[Izzy Devolt]

Yeah.

[Chris Cody]

For the Marlins. Billy.

[Jeremy]

Jeremy Hermita there.

[Chris Cody]

That's the one answer. It's the only acceptable answer for the Marlins. Remember, they wouldn't trade Jeremy Hermita for Manny Ramirez.

[Izzy Devolt]

That's when I realized, and this is no offense to this guy because I didn't read him that much, but Keith Law.

[Chris Cody]

Oh, shout out to Jeremy Hermita.

[Gus Johnson]

Was it Hermita or Stanton? I believe it was Stanton that was bandied about her.

[Dan Le Batard]

Me, it was a big prospect, but.

[Chris Cody]

Not as big as maybe I'm thinking of a different trade. You might be right that the Marlins did not want to include Stanton in the Ramirez trade, which obviously was the right move. But there was a year with Hermita too, where they were unwilling.

[Gus Johnson]

No, no, no doubt there were.

[Chris Cody]

I think you're right.

[Gus Johnson]

Several offers on the table for her. But I think Stanton was one of the sticking points. But I think we asked Sampson. We'll ask him later. Yesterday there was a moment, there was a moment where Sampson kind of refuted like that they could still have done the deal without Stanton.

[Billy]

I think what there was One where I knew the guy was going to be not good.

[Dan]

Yeah. I was going to play the opposite.

[Billy]

The opposite game.

[Dan]

The opposite game.

[Billy]

I knew Hashim the beat was going to be gone.

[Dan]

Really?

[Chris Cody]

The worst pick. I thought he was good.

[Dan]

I've never told you the story. Okay, so the 2009 draft.

[Chris Cody]

I loved him as a proud.

[Izzy Devolt]

He tell the story of Steph Curry.

[Dan]

Without the 2009 draft. Right. There's. I'm working for Phoenix. We have a deal in principle with the Golden State warriors to have their pick, which is seven. Steph Curry is a guy that we have on our board that's like number one on our board. And every permutation we do is like, there's no way he falls to seven. There's no way he falls to. Minnesota has two picks. They need a point guard. There's no way he falls to seven.

[Chris Cody]

Even, you know, even Minnesota were five, six, I think, right?

[Dan]

Yeah, five, six, even. Like, there's no way he falls to seven unless something crazy happens and Blake Griffin goes one. And everyone thought that was going to happen. And then number two was Memphis, and we thought Tyreek Evans, who played in that building as a collegiate player, who's. That was when the Grizzlies couldn't sell a ticket. But then the Memphis Tigers were. Were sold out every night. And like, this guy fits the way. They want everything they want marketing wise.

[Billy]

And he's good.

[Dan]

And he's good and like, it's what they need basketball wise. Clearly, Evans is going to. And then simultaneously, we're having a conversation. Our pick was like, in the second round, I think was in the mid or late 40s, and we were like, if the beat falls to us, do you take them meaning the.

[Chris Cody]

Really second round?

[Dan]

That's how like, we knew this guy's not an NBA player. That's crazy.

[Chris Cody]

It was.

[Dan]

It was literally to the point where it's like. I mean, I guess at that point you just take him just to take a flyer on him.

[Chris Cody]

So you think Memphis was the only team that had like a first round grade on him?

[Dan]

Yes. Or a lottery grade for sure. Wow. Lottery. Nobody else.

[Chris Cody]

But I don't remember it being a shock when they took him.

[Dan]

It was a massive shock. Tyreek Evans sold out every night in their building.

[Chris Cody]

Oh, okay. No, you're saying it's a shock that that team took him at 2. Yeah, but like, I'm. I'm saying that if they didn't take him at two, wouldn't he have still went, like, top five?

[Dan]

No, no, no. The Other guys were James Harden and Ricky Rubio.

[Billy]

Ricky, Rubio, Flynn.

[Dan]

Well, Johnny Flynn.

[Chris Cody]

Well, Rubio and Flynn were 5, 6.

[Dan]

Johnny Flynn was a name like the thing about Johnny Flynn. This is the the revisionist history I got to correct. If they had taken Johnny Flynn and someone else good, I don't think anyone would have batted or not. It was that they took Flynn and Rubio.

[Chris Cody]

Wasn't that when they had like the former sports writer was running their wrath of Khan.

[Billy]

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[Billy]

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[Dan]

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[Jeremy]

2. Oh, there's a brand new kid.

[Dan]

In town out of.

[Gus Johnson]

Byu.

[Dan]

Stugats. They call him.

[Jeremy]

Puka. His quarterback is not named Tua. Yeah, he is.

[Chris Cody]

Puka. This is the Dan Levatar show with the.

[Izzy Devolt]

Stugats. Could you imagine if Steph Curry was picked number two and Lionel Hollins.

[Dan]

Was his first coach and they were.

[Izzy Devolt]

The Grind Grizzlies with Steph Curry wasting.

[Chris Cody]

Away. Hashim Thabit, people, do you want to guess? Okay, so he went number two overall. You want to guess how many games in his career he was a.

[Dan]

Starter start less than.

[Izzy Devolt]

100. Less than.

[Chris Cody]

20.

[Dan]

20. Oh, there it.

[Billy]

Is.

[Dan]

Attaboy. Good.

[Chris Cody]

Job. Went number two overall pick 20 starts in his.

[Dan]

Statue. But we knew it like in the moment. Like it was. This wasn't like, wow, who could have thought? Like, but. But Tony, the game I want to play isn't that. It was like I knew he was going to be bad. He turned out to be bad. I knew he's going to be bad. And then he turned out to be really good because I have a lot of those. I got a lot of Michael.

[Billy]

Redd. I was like, love Michael.

[Dan]

Redd. I was like, this dude, he's not going to be an NBA.

[Billy]

Player. What a lefty.

[Dan]

Shot. Killed.

[Izzy Devolt]

It. Speaking of lefties, I did not think James Harden would be very good. I saw him twice in person at Arizona State and I was like.

[Chris Cody]

What is this guy's.

[Izzy Devolt]

Game? I don't understand.

[Dan]

It. I saw him a lot At Arizona State. I was there all the time, and I was. I was the most down in the.

[Izzy Devolt]

Office. He played here at the AAA back when it was the Triple A. I watched him win a game, and I was like, I don't. I don't know if he was the.

[Gus Johnson]

Third. I saw him on the Cleveland.

[Dan]

State. Yeah. Yeah. Well, here's the crazy.

[Gus Johnson]

Thing. A guy died in front of me when I saw him.

[Dan]

Lose. Oh, that was that.

[Gus Johnson]

Game. Yeah. They were doing cpr and, like, his. His left shoe flew.

[Billy]

Off. He.

[Chris Cody]

Died. Norris Cole's Cleveland.

[Dan]

State.

[Gus Johnson]

Yeah. And they had a power forward that I think tried his hand at the.

[Dan]

NFL. Yes. He was like. He played tight end or whatever.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah. I thought shoes just fly off, like in car accs. Like when you get hit by.

[Dan]

A car, sometimes you have a heart attack.

[Izzy Devolt]

Man. Really? You know, a lot of.

[Dan Le Batard]

Times. I'm not joking about that. I didn't know that that's a.

[Izzy Devolt]

Thing. When you're in public spaces like that and they are doing compressions, a lot of time, they're just doing it for show. So people think the person's still alive a lot of.

[Dan]

Times.

[Chris Cody]

Really?

[Izzy Devolt]

Really. People.

[Dan]

Out. No.

[Izzy Devolt]

Way. They just carry out a dead.

[Dan]

Body.

[Dan Le Batard]

Really. The compressions are out. I'm not. Not freaked out watching chest depression do.

[Jeremy]

This. So paramedics go to acting.

[Izzy Devolt]

School. If you've got somebody dead, there's a bunch of people around you. You don't want people thinking, oh, my. That person's already dead. You want to keep the.

[Dan Le Batard]

Compression. Nothing calms me like chest.

[Izzy Devolt]

Compression. Nothing calms you like the idea, oh, this person still has a chance, as opposed to. He just walked.

[Dan Le Batard]

By. I see chest compressions. I'm.

[Dan]

Like. So when they. When they put, like, a oxygen mask and put them on the ground.

[Izzy Devolt]

I don't know all that. I'm just saying the part with the chest compressions, you want to make it look like there's at least some chance that this person's still alive. That's.

[Jeremy]

Happening. Like, until everybody leaves the. Instead of 40 minutes, we got.

[Izzy Devolt]

To keep doing chest.

[Dan]

Prim. All right, guys, go ahead. Now he's.

[Dan Le Batard]

Fine. I imagine catching a guy, it's like he's clearly faking. He's.

[Izzy Devolt]

Not. It happened to me. I was at. I was at a parade in Chicago, a pride parade several years ago, and there was a gentleman behind us, this big crowd. Heat stroke and, like, of older age, whatever. And they were giving him compressions. And AJ Looked back, and he studied the guy for a bit, and, like, they stopped For a second, and then they kept going. And he's like, oh, that guy's dead. They're just doing that so people don't freak.

[Billy]

Out. That's kind of like an American gangster. Remember, he gets trapped up in the trap and he shoots the guy. Yep. And they have to prop him up and then put the thing on him. He's like, no, he's.

[Dan]

Good. He's alive because of the dead. Because if everyone outside know this.

[Izzy Devolt]

Guy.

[Dan]

Over. It's.

[Izzy Devolt]

Over. Now, it might not be just for the people around. It might be just a. Hey, we have to potentially do everything possible because we never know what could happen. But from what I was told, a lot of it is for the.

[Dan]

Crowd. Billy, you don't seem to be.

[Jeremy]

Sold. It just seems like this information in this nugget is based on. AJ Thinks this happened once. So this.

[Izzy Devolt]

Happened. He was a medic. He did it like he trained. He was told that that was the.

[Dan]

Case. Look at Izzy Devolt's sources immediately. It started with, well, I know people are professionals. Aj it's aj. It's the person I'm with. So who else. Who else did you guys think was going to be that guy? Ryan Leaf. We have any Ryan Leaf takers here? No. T. Martin. Anyone had T. Martin on the.

[Dan Le Batard]

Board?

[Dan]

No. I hope for T.

[Gus Johnson]

Martin. I.

[Dan]

Did. I had.

[Gus Johnson]

Hope. I mean, maybe he just entered the league in the wrong.

[Dan]

Era.

[Chris Cody]

Yeah. I mean, I would say most recently, if we're talking with the NFL, wouldn't you have thought. And he's still a free agent right now, I believe. Wouldn't you have thought Jadavian Clowney was gonna be, like, the best defensive end.

[Dan Le Batard]

Ever?

[Izzy Devolt]

Okay. You know, he definitely had the high. All.

[Gus Johnson]

Right. Had a nice career, though. He's like in a Reggie Bush class of. Didn't quite match the hype, but had a really nice.

[Dan]

Career. There are a lot of those.

[Chris Cody]

Guys if we want to do locally, too, you know, for Dolphins, I mean, I almost gave up my Dolphin fandom when they passed on Brady.

[Gus Johnson]

Quinn. I was way wrong on Brady.

[Dan]

Quinn.

[Gus Johnson]

Yeah. Way.

[Dan]

Wrong. Golden boy.

[Gus Johnson]

Man. I was so pissed when the Browns initially pass on him and took Joe Thomas. And then I had to run to Miami Dade College to graduate. And I wouldn't have gone normally, but George W. Bush was the active president at the time, and he was speaking at my graduation at Miami Dade College. Yeah, he.

[Chris Cody]

Did.

[Gus Johnson]

President.

[Billy]

Yeah.

[Dan]

Yeah. How the hell did they land that.

[Gus Johnson]

One? So I didn't. I couldn't bring my cell phone, so I wasn't able to follow the draft, and I just figured, the Dolphins are going to get Brady Quinn. The Browns miss out on it. And then to my surprise, when I turned on my phone, I thought we were definitely going to make a Super bowl because we got Brady.

[Chris Cody]

Quinn. I literally shouted at my television. When the Dolphins drafted Ted Gims, we're all counting down the picks. Oh, my God. Brady Quinn is dropping. Brady Quinn is dropping. And when they drafted Ted Ginn, I literally shout out, I'm done with this.

[Izzy Devolt]

Team. Got to put those thumbs this way. I don't know if I'm just doing this with Duke, guys, but there was a guy I watched play in person at Cameron, and he had one dunk where I swear the entire ball was over the box, over the square in the backboard. Corey.

[Chris Cody]

McGetty. Oh, Corey had a good.

[Dan]

Career. Corey had a good career, man.

[Izzy Devolt]

Right. But I thought he might have been one of the greatest to ever do it just based on one game. That's how crazy athletic that Gerald.

[Dan]

Henderson Jr. That's who I thought you were going with. Crazy athletic. Thought he was gonna be the hairline. Yeah. You know what's funny? He and Kobe Bryant had the same thing, which is because their head is sloped backward. The hairline. Like, you can get away with.

[Izzy Devolt]

Hairline. You don't notice how big the forehead is.

[Dan]

Yeah. Same thing with Stephen A. Stephen A's.

[Izzy Devolt]

Hairline. Same thing with.

[Dan]

Him. You notice, I mean, just the shape of his head, though. It kind of disguises it more than what it would look like for.

[Billy]

A regular person, you know, playing the opposite game of the opposite game that we were playing. The guy who I thought was going to be great, Xavier Henry from.

[Dan]

Kansas.

[Billy]

Oh. Ended up not being that.

[Jeremy]

Guy. He was playing the opposite game of the opposite game. You're playing the same.

[Billy]

Game. The opposite of the game that we were.

[Gus Johnson]

Playing. Double.

[Dan]

Negative. The opposite of the game we're playing now is I thought he was going to be trash. He turned out to be really.

[Billy]

Good. Yeah, the opposite of that. I thought he was going to be good. He ended up being.

[Gus Johnson]

Trash. Josh Allen, the best example of.

[Dan]

That. Oh, everyone.

[Gus Johnson]

Shadow. Nina's really smart at football. Everybody thought that Josh Allen was going to be overhyped. How much of that was part of my take? He looks good in.

[Dan]

Shorts. How much of that was because he played at a small school and, like, we didn't respect the.

[Gus Johnson]

Resume? I think. I think a lot of it was we watched him, too, because this was a guy that played an entire college football season At Wyoming with this guy could potentially be number one pick. Buzz. So as a Browns fan at the time, I was perennially locked in on those types of guys. Didn't know he could run. That was like a. That's a big part of his game. And I didn't really hear people say like, this guy is going to be the greatest goal line threat maybe in the history of the game outside of Cam.

[Dan]

Newton. Jalen hurts. I thought that shit was over for him once Tua took his shit. That's a good one. Hey, buddy, it was nice you had a nice little run as a college game manager.

[Izzy Devolt]

Quarterback. But I thought it was over for him in the NFL up until he won a Super bowl because it was just like, oh, they're exposing him. He can't really throw that much. He's got to run. Maybe they're offense. Oh, just did it. Never.

[Dan Le Batard]

Mind. Looked like a slow release. It just looked like.

[Izzy Devolt]

Very. It's a handful of things, you.

[Billy]

Know. Super bowl.

[Dan]

Champion. What's funny is playing this game with movies and I have a bad feeling that I have a movie that I think is going to be good, but it's going to end up being actually.

[Chris Cody]

Awful. You better not say.

[Dan]

Weapons. Naked Gun, okay? Oh.

[Dan Le Batard]

Man. It doesn't look great to.

[Dan]

Me. Look, man, I'm looking at it and I'm like, it has all the makings. Because here's the thing. When it's not out yet, it's not out. August. Oh, this weekend is.

[Gus Johnson]

August. That's.

[Dan]

Right. Oh, shit, man. That's how calendars work. But Liam Neeson is like the perfect guy for this role, man. Because if you think of the original Naked Gun, right, It was basically off the success of Leslie Nielsen. Wow. Similar names in Airplane. And before he did Airplane, he was not a comedic actor. He was a serious actor. He was like a doing dramatic roles. And that's why they cast him for that role in Airplane was because they wanted like the most serious actor to just deliver these.

[Chris Cody]

Ridiculous. Has Liam Neeson ever had a comedic role like this.

[Dan]

Before? Other one time there was a show called Life's Too Short. It was on hbo, it was Ricky Gervais produced and it had Warwick Davis, who's the guy that plays.

[Gus Johnson]

Wicked. I love that.

[Dan]

Show. That show was amazing. One of my favorite episodes is Liam Neeson Comes. Cause there's a lot of cameos.

[Gus Johnson]

From Val Kilmer at all.

[Chris Cody]

Times. Warwick Davis from.

[Dan]

Willow. Yes, Val.

[Gus Johnson]

Kilmer. There's a great Val Kilmer episode that if you watch one episode from that show that needs to be the.

[Dan]

One. So. No, no, the Liam Neeson one is the one you need to.

[Gus Johnson]

Watch. That was pretty.

[Jeremy]

Good. Liam Neeson also did a team which was like, not a super.

[Dan]

Serious. Yeah.

[Chris Cody]

But. Yeah, but that's not a.

[Dan]

Comedy. But it's still not this, right? So in this show, Warwick Davis plays himself and he's down on his luck. He's trying to get acting roles, but he's friends with Ricky Gervais and he's always like, hey, can you guys do anything for me? And he's in their office all the time and they're like, yo, you're bothering us. Liam Neeson drops by and he's like, I want to make the transition to comedy. And Ricky Gervais is like, not.

[Chris Cody]

Bad. Liam.

[Izzy Devolt]

Neeson. No, it's a great.

[Dan]

One. No, no, no, no, no, no. You've come too far. No, no. So, like, Ricky and Stephen Merchant are like, okay, so what do you like? Let's play a little improv. Like, I'm a shopkeeper and you come into my store and it's like, okay, ring, ring. Like, hey, good morning. How can I help you? I've contracted the AIDS virus. And they're like, no, hold on. I think lighter, a little lighter. But he keeps going back to that. And he's dead serious, deadpan every time he delivers and it's. I laugh so.

[Chris Cody]

Goddamn. Okay. I don't know if you guys know I'm a bachelor this week. I'm gonna watch that one.

[Dan]

Again. Oh, yeah, life's too.

[Chris Cody]

Short. That sounds really.

[Izzy Devolt]

Cool. How was dinner last.

[Chris Cody]

Night? Yeah, dinner was great. You know what I.

[Izzy Devolt]

Did? You ate whatever you.

[Chris Cody]

Want. Whatever I.

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[Dan]

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[Izzy Devolt]

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[Dan]

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[Chris Cody]

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[Dan Le Batard]

Together. Let's.

[Dan]

Drive. Don.

[Chris Cody]

Levitard. I've never stepped foot on that.

[Izzy Devolt]

Campus.

[Chris Cody]

I. If you told me right now, your life depends on it. Go to Santa Fe University and just, just, just take a.

[Gus Johnson]

Picture.

[Chris Cody]

Stugats. I would die. I don't know where it is. This is the Dan lebatar show with.

[Dan]

The. Well, okay, so night one was the steakhouse. Date night by yourself at the bar. Old college.

[Izzy Devolt]

Shirt. That's.

[Jeremy]

Right.

[Chris Cody]

Yeah. No, no, no. I've been told. I. I was shamed. Well, last year, I was shamed into the kind of steak that I eat, that I eat a feminine steak because I like filet mignon. And I was shamed that filet is a feminine state, not a feminist. I never heard.

[Izzy Devolt]

That. You guys, I gotta pause, right? You guys were so good yesterday. You were trying really hard to get through that Christian Wilkins conversation. You were, you know, asking for my help, and I was like, no, they're doing all right. Amin's hanging in there. And then later in the show, Zaz called a steak feminine, and I.

[Chris Cody]

Was like, I didn't call it.

[Gus Johnson]

Feminine. I was told it's not the manliest of cuts. It's not the.

[Chris Cody]

Manliest. I never even heard that bone in.

[Jeremy]

Ribeye. You know what I mean? Like, your steaks have.

[Gus Johnson]

Dicks. Like. Yeah, yeah. A bone and ribbon. Yeah, it's actually like the.

[Izzy Devolt]

Bone. If you like to work harder to eat your.

[Dan Le Batard]

Steak.

[Izzy Devolt]

Okay. You do that.

[Gus Johnson]

Manlier. A tomahawk. A tomahawk. That's pre sliced.

[Billy]

Too. They slice it.

[Dan Le Batard]

Before. That's.

[Dan]

It. Come on, buddy. What.

[Billy]

Am. I don't.

[Dan]

Slice. Do I work in the kitchen? Am I a butcher? Of course they got a pre.

[Billy]

Slice. Thank.

[Chris Cody]

You. No, but, but so since I went by.

[Dan]

My. Okay, the filet isn't feminine. It's just flavorless. That's why I.

[Gus Johnson]

Don'T. It's not a good. I don't like if you go to open your mouth, if, you know, if you go To a place of steak, you don't order the.

[Izzy Devolt]

Flavor. You realize that my point is that feminine is not an insult.

[Chris Cody]

Right? No, I know it's not an insult. I wasn't the one who told.

[Izzy Devolt]

This. Even for a steak.

[Dan]

Yes. So anyway, you're saying the filet shouldn't be like, how dare.

[Izzy Devolt]

You? I'm saying the filet is the best freaking part of the cow, which I don't like to kill in the first place. It melts in your.

[Chris Cody]

Mouth. It's effing.

[Izzy Devolt]

Delicious. You can make.

[Billy]

It. However, I'm a New York strip ribeye kind of.

[Gus Johnson]

Man. I don't need a dude with those type of abs telling me what.

[Dan]

Type of stuff is.

[Dan Le Batard]

Good. All right, what about me? I don't want all this fat. Get the fat out of.

[Billy]

You. That's the.

[Dan]

Best.

[Izzy Devolt]

Amazing. You guys like chewing a.

[Jeremy]

Lot? Yes.

[Billy]

Yeah. Flavor.

[Dan]

Is. I hate that. I don't.

[Gus Johnson]

Know. You take your abs and you. And you take your.

[Chris Cody]

Steak. Takes the good.

[Izzy Devolt]

Fat. Melts in your mouth. You don't have to chew it. I'm with you.

[Chris Cody]

Chris. So ever since I was told that I order a less than masculine.

[Izzy Devolt]

Kind of steak, you're doing the same.

[Billy]

Thing. There's no fat on a filet. So there's no good fat. Like, Chris is saying it's completely.

[Izzy Devolt]

Lean. There's enough fat to create the.

[Dan Le Batard]

Flavor. Plenty of.

[Izzy Devolt]

Fat. Do you just cook your steak with no seasoning whatsoever? You don't put any herbs on it or anything like that?

[Billy]

Okay. Butter quality steak. I'm getting primo steak.

[Gus Johnson]

Buddy. That's.

[Billy]

Fine. You get the butter and you.

[Dan]

Gotta get all the space. Get the right thyme.

[Izzy Devolt]

Baby. You get the right steak. All right, So I haven't ordered.

[Gus Johnson]

A filet mignon since, like, Sarah Palin was on.

[Jeremy]

The. On the.

[Izzy Devolt]

Table. Well, I haven't ordered a steak at a restaurant a long time because I can make it at home just as well most of the time. So I'm not trying to. It's just not that good. It's not that. Culinarily speaking. Impressed by a good steak. I don't make the.

[Billy]

Wine. No cocktails better at your.

[Izzy Devolt]

House. Oh.

[Billy]

Yeah. Come on. What. What are you ordering? You go to the restaurant and be like, hey, can I get a water.

[Dan Le Batard]

Slap. A cocktail at a nice bar is better than a.

[Izzy Devolt]

Cocktail. You haven't had.

[Dan]

Mashedo. Martin, come on, man. What are you talking.

[Chris Cody]

About? It.

[Dan]

Is. What are you talking.

[Dan Le Batard]

About? Take this nice cocktail over to my couch. Get like, no, give me a. Give me A nice setting and nice music. Like, what are you guys talking.

[Gus Johnson]

About? Bartenders hate making espresso.

[Dan]

Martinis. That's what TikTok tells.

[Gus Johnson]

Me. That's why Chili's has had a comeback, in part because of social and the matzi sticks. But also, famously, their head of mixology never wanted to make espresso martinis because it takes so much time to make. It's an annoying order. You look at a bartender, a lot of times, they'll roll their eyes, which is poor form, but it takes a long time to do.

[Dan]

It. And.

[Gus Johnson]

Then. Then a salesperson just sold them on the ideas. Here's your mixer. It's a canned espresso martini, and it's like their highest selling drink outside of.

[Dan]

Them. Wait, so they. Espresso martini coming right up. And then like, oh, I did.

[Gus Johnson]

It. And it's been huge for their.

[Izzy Devolt]

Business. They roll their eyes. The hardest. When you ask. Not for an espresso martini. When you ask first, do you have actual espresso? And I'm like, I hate that shit. They hate that.

[Dan Le Batard]

Group. My dad's the worst. He'll be like, what kind of beer do you have? And then he's just gonna order a Miller.

[Izzy Devolt]

Light. But he.

[Dan Le Batard]

Just. He.

[Gus Johnson]

Wants. That sounds lovely. I'll have the.

[Izzy Devolt]

Miller. What beers do you.

[Dan Le Batard]

Have? It's just like, dad, you're gonna get the Miller.

[Dan]

Light. My pet peeve at bars is the pre mixed cocktail. When it's like, hey, old fashioned, cool. And then they go to, like a. I'm like, no, man, y', all. You gotta make that thing in front of me, man. I'm not getting that thing out of a.

[Dan Le Batard]

Barrel. If I hear, like, oh, it's smoky. It will come in a.

[Chris Cody]

Thing. And we'll like, just.

[Dan Le Batard]

Get. Oh, I.

[Chris Cody]

Love. I love when they hear. I love the.

[Izzy Devolt]

Smoking. Such a.

[Dan]

Fashion. They're like, they're gonna lift the thing in a.

[Dan Le Batard]

Bail. It's like.

[Chris Cody]

Just. They do that at that bar at the Panther Games now. That cool bar they have there. And I get that smoking. It tastes.

[Dan]

Good. I did that. I got Old fashioned with Charles Barkley during the finals. And the place that they did it. Hold on, I got you. Look at me, Louis. They take an orange peel and then they light it on.

[Billy]

Fire.

[Dan]

Yeah. And I was like, what is going.

[Izzy Devolt]

On? Carcinogens.

[Dan]

Baby. Apparently, orange peel is very flammable, and it does something to the drink that makes it a.

[Izzy Devolt]

Major. For, like, the first two minutes, we're easily that the smoke is.

[Dan]

Gone. Of course we are. We're the easiest people in the.

[Chris Cody]

World. Does it make any difference, Israel, if the person who told me that I order a feminine steak was in fact a.

[Izzy Devolt]

Female? Oh, no, no. It just means that she was improperly.

[Chris Cody]

Patriarchy. All.

[Dan]

Right. That's what.

[Chris Cody]

Happened. So I've been very affected by that label. And the first night, I want to get.

[Dan]

Caught. Caught on number one night. Night one was a steak.

[Chris Cody]

Night. Yeah, I.

[Dan]

Ordered. Night two was pizza.

[Chris Cody]

Night. Yes. Whatever kind of pizza I wanted. I got meatballs. Meatballs on that. Nobody could tell me different. All right, three last night I got. Got Thai food. That's.

[Dan]

Right. What'd you.

[Chris Cody]

Get? I got some chicken fried.

[Dan]

Rice.

[Chris Cody]

Okay. And I also got honey chicken, and I got egg rolls, too. I didn't eat it all, but it's like, hey, this is all for me. And now we got leftovers. And no, you cannot have an egg roll because I ordered all for.

[Billy]

Me. That sounds like Chinese.

[Chris Cody]

Food. All right, whatever, man. Like, you know, I.

[Billy]

Ordered. I thought you were gonna get a little pad Thai, Tom Kagai, a nice.

[Chris Cody]

Little. You get the fat noodles or the thin ones for Patsy.

[Dan]

At. The fat.

[Chris Cody]

Ones. Yeah, yeah, yeah, Noodles. But that's not what I got last.

[Billy]

Night. I got.

[Dan]

Donuts. I got fried.

[Chris Cody]

Food. Fried chicken. Chicken fried.

[Izzy Devolt]

Rice. Excuse.

[Chris Cody]

Me. Chicken fried rice. I got the egg rolls. All right. And I got honey chicken. That was.

[Dan]

Good. You got Chinese Express is what he.

[Chris Cody]

Got. And I started and I ordered it. Guess when I ordered it right when I got home. Because dinner's whenever I want it to be. Dinner tonight was 4:00pm all right, there you have it. Well, I. I got home from doing ESPN at like 4pm and I. I.

[Dan]

Went. Dinner.

[Chris Cody]

Immediately? Yeah, why not? What am I waiting.

[Billy]

For? I had to go a snack later though.

[Dan]

Right? No, it's.

[Chris Cody]

Pretty. I was.

[Billy]

Pretty. You're.

[Dan]

Good. I can't. That's why I don't like going too early because I don't want to come back and eat more.

[Chris Cody]

Later. I was okay, though. I have self.

[Dan]

Control. 4pm is lunch to.

[Chris Cody]

Me. You look at me, you say, that guy's got self.

[Dan]

Control. He.

[Jeremy]

Does. When'd you go to.

[Chris Cody]

Bed? When did I go to.

[Jeremy]

Bed?

[Chris Cody]

Yeah. I don't know, like.

[Billy]

11Ish. Yeah, seven hours.

[Chris Cody]

Hungry. I was all right. I'm watching shows, you know, I don't worry about what anybody else wants. Watch. No, I'm watching my.

[Dan]

Show. What were your.

[Chris Cody]

Shows? Well, I just started Boardwalk Empire.

[Billy]

You know.

[Gus Johnson]

That's a couple. I guess that's a weird show to Jerk off to.

[Dan]

Though. Zaz, what's Miami.

[Chris Cody]

Live? Oh, okay. So Billy maybe can help me with this because you're watching the Marlins every single night. I'm not watching the Marlins every single night. Matter of fact. Fact, I'm hardly watching the Marlins. And last night I took like a small break from watching Boardwalk Empire and I put on the Marlins game on the big TV in the Zazzle Mansion family room so I could hear the broadcasters and they mentioned last night that they're building a Miami Live outside Lone Depot park early 26, you know, to be ready for world baseball.

[Dan]

Class. LA.

[Chris Cody]

Live. Yes, got it. And I thought, you know, because you have all those, you have the building surrounding and they're all empty. I mean, what do you say? There's urology in one of.

[Jeremy]

The. Yeah. And there's a subway or there used to be. I don't.

[Dan Le Batard]

Know.

[Chris Cody]

Yeah. And there's nothing else. And so it sounds to me like. Oh, like they're actually going to do something. That sounds like a fantastic idea. Like, Billy, was this something that people know about? Because it was the first time I heard about it last.

[Jeremy]

Night. I mean, they've mentioned it. I was talking to Jeremy who, you know, is Marlin's insider.

[Billy]

Slash. And I paid by the club to kind of.

[Jeremy]

Probably. And he was. Yeah, like, I think that they're building like an outdoor like thing that you can go and there'll be, you know.

[Chris Cody]

Restaurants. Sounds like a great.

[Jeremy]

Idea. Yeah. Well, if people go well, well.

[Chris Cody]

To start it though, for the World Baseball Classic, people will go to it.

[Jeremy]

For. Yeah, no, I mean, I guess the thing with that, right, is you want people there that aren't at the Marlins game, like, but also before the game. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. But I'm saying like for it to thrive, you need people to just. It needs to become a destination that people can. I think it's similar to like, like where we did a watch party for a Dolphins game this year outside of Dolphin Mall. It's called like.

[Gus Johnson]

Vivo.

[Jeremy]

Yeah. It's a bunch of restaurants and like a PBR and live music and stuff like that. I think that's the general idea.

[Gus Johnson]

For Miami Live that is actually like a scaled down version. The one in Dallas is awe inspiring. First take has been out there. The one in Philly is really.

[Dan]

Good.

[Gus Johnson]

Yeah. Locally, there was a team of the Florida Panthers are playing the Winter Classic out there and they were behind the scenes very upset with the Marlins because they hid the fact that there would be this active construction site during the Winter Classic from.

[Dan]

Them I went to Marlins game, was it last week. And I was shocked by every new stadium in America.

[Chris Cody]

Right. This is the last time we talked about this.

[Dan]

Yeah. It has, like, something around it. Because like Billy said, it's not even for people who are a drink before we walk into the game. It's people who aren't even going to the game, just hanging out. Whether it's deer district. Remember when we were out there in Milwaukee? Like, it's just bar after bar just facing the.

[Chris Cody]

Arena. Yeah. There's a Wendy's across from Lone Depot Park. That's.

[Billy]

It. There's a Pine Cruise.

[Dan Le Batard]

Bakery. Now, even that Wendy's is always empty. Like, you think that would have a line before.

[Gus Johnson]

Games. It's an old construction Wendy's. The only thing that it's missing is that, like, greenhouse. Remember.

[Jeremy]

Those? Those were.

[Dan]

Great. That was. Yeah. Like the little glass. You like to sit. You take your tray, you sit out.

[Gus Johnson]

There. Yeah, it's like I'm eating al.

[Dan]

Fresco. Oh, man. Oh, you know what? I feel like all these newer fast food buildings, they've lost their soul.

[Chris Cody]

Man.

[Dan Le Batard]

Electronics. They don't do play area, do they? Do new McDonald's have, like, the play.

[Dan]

Area? Dude, new McDonald's don't even have cashiers.

[Izzy Devolt]

Anymore. Ah, yes.

[Dan]

That's. Have you seen this? It's just a window. Just a window. You pick up your order and that's it. Like, you gotta order on the.

[Izzy Devolt]

Touchscreen. You think you're trying to save time. Cause there's a long line and a drive through. Nope, it's a walkthrough now. And there's people in line for the stupid.

[Gus Johnson]

Screen. There is that random Burger King by Brickell City Center. That's like, we're just gonna hold onto this real estate until you give us an offer we simply cannot.

[Dan]

Refuse. The Burger King, the sandwichery, the pizza place, like that whole thing, it's cold.

[Billy]

Construction. A cigar.

[Gus Johnson]

Bar. I come here and sign up for Burger King Kids Club with that. Dude, that looks like Cyclops. That's. We still have the same.

[Jeremy]

Crowns. The thing though, with those is like, eventually they just build around you. And it's like, well, now what are they going to do with this? Like, you just have this little plot of land and they build like skyrises around you and like, they can't, like, connect their own building and build up 50.

[Dan]

Stories. That's that Burger King right.

[Gus Johnson]

Now. It's become undeniable. That's what that Burger King's plan.

[Billy]

Is. It's like the guy that had the house that's in between the lows in the. In the gables. He's like, I'm not going to sell. And we're like, perfect. I'm just going to build around you and choke you.

[Dan]

Out. That was an Instagram favorite, right? He keeps coming around around. This guy refused to sell, and.

[Billy]

It'S like, oh, have you seen it? Have you been.

[Dan]

In. I've never seen it in.

[Billy]

Person. Okay, so we went the other day for. I don't remember what we were there for, but we walked in and I was like, huh. So this is it. I was like, this is kind of sad. The guy's like, in the front yard, like, there's no sun. At, like, 3pm all the sun is gone. He's just sitting there on a lawn chair. I was like, what's the.

[Dan Le Batard]

Store? What's the store right next.

[Billy]

To? No, it's an entire hotel, dude. They created, like, an entire world.

[Gus Johnson]

Form the area, and it's sick. It looks like.

[Dan]

Vegas.

[Jeremy]

Yeah. Construction is weird to me because, like, you were saying how, like, this Live Miami. They didn't tell Miami Live. Miami Live that they didn't tell the Panthers that this construction is going to be going on. And they want it by the World Baseball Classic, which is like, in March or something. Right. I was at game not too long ago. I didn't notice active construction. If you want some massive thing built, like a soccer stadium that can go up in, like, five minutes, apparently next to an airport, because that thing looks like it's almost.

[Gus Johnson]

Done. I think there's a lot of prefab when it comes to the. The live venues, because they all look the exact same.

[Jeremy]

Way. Well, so, like, that's gonna go up quick, too, and that's gonna be done by March. Like, if I want something done in my house, I didn't wait, like, six years for that shit to get done. Like, how is it that, like, a little addition or something? Like, I want to put a terrace in my house, and that's going to take me a year and a half to get approved and.

[Izzy Devolt]

Done. Wait a.

[Jeremy]

Minute. But you can put up this entire building.

[Dan]

That'S. Oh, my God, we've got it on the screen right now. Could throw it on the screen. That's the house that Tony told me. Chris, you've never seen this.

[Dan Le Batard]

Before? I think I've seen it on Instagram, but I've never seen this.

[Dan]

Angle. It comes up on my Instagram, like, every, like, six months. Like, houses that'll blow your mind. And it's like, this one, they built a Lowe's around.

[Billy]

It. You're like, oh, cool. And then you see the story and you're like, not that cool. So the front of the hotel is to the right. Right in front of that house. Right. So where the car is parked. Parked is actually the back side of the house. The front side of the house is where the hotel is. You have like people checking in. You have cars, you have valet. You have a thousand things going on in that street. You can't even park your car in the front of your.

[Chris Cody]

House. And so they. Are they at a place where if they hated it and wanted to sell it to the developer, would the developer even still give them.

[Dan Le Batard]

Any? How much did they.

[Izzy Devolt]

Offer? I don't know. But I would troll this guy and have a force that's my lawn the entire time. I never actually, never actually sell.

[Jeremy]

It. I mean, have you seen the one where it's like in Asia somewhere, I think, and they built a highway around someone's house? Because I think the one person that decided, you know what? I'm not gonna do this. And like, well, this highways going here whether you like it or not.

[Dan]

Buddy. It's. First of all, yes. It's part of the same Instagram thing that keeps going viral every six months. Like houses that'll blow your mind. Number two, that was the premise for the movie the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Right? They were building a intergalactic highway and Earth was.

[Gus Johnson]

In. Never saw.

[Chris Cody]

It. It's the premise for the movie.

[Gus Johnson]

Up.

[Dan]

Yeah.

[Billy]

Up.

[Chris Cody]

Yeah. Developer Mr. Frederickson. He won't.

[Billy]

Sell.

[Dan]

Yeah. Up. Overrated.

[Gus Johnson]

Movie. How about eminent domains? A real son of a.

[Dan]

Gun. Yeah, for.

[Gus Johnson]

Up. No, for that guy. General like, hey, we need some power lines here. Get the hell.

[Dan]

Out. Shit. Especially if you're. If you're black. Eminent domain is like. It's a real son of a gun, huh? Like Barclays Center. So shit. Ton of people had to move and build that thing. Sad. Sad. That's how we're ending this segment.

[Dan Le Batard]

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