Hour 1: Empañada

Summary

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Episode: Hour 1: Empañada
Release Date: July 7, 2025

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1. Miami Heat's Strategic Moves and Norman Powell’s Contract (01:00 - 02:56)

The episode kicks off with Dan Le Batard analyzing the Miami Heat’s decision to retain Norman Powell on an expiring contract. At [01:00], Dan highlights Powell's efficiency in scoring and the strategic advantage for the Heat in maintaining flexibility for the next season, especially with a surplus of small forwards.

Dan Le Batard:
"Norman Powell is an expiring contract. He's 33 years old. He's going to be expensive because he can score efficiently and I don't think anybody would dispute that." [01:00]

Billy Gill questions if this move indicates a potential trade of Andrew Wiggins, to which Dan responds affirmatively, suggesting it opens up a roster spot.

Billy Gill:
"Right? Doesn't that mean they're going to try and trade Wiggins now?" [01:34]

Stugotz adds that Powell’s role as a shooting guard might signal the Heat’s stance on acquiring star players like Bradley Beal or Damian Lillard, emphasizing the team's focus on depth and versatility.

2. Complexities of NBA Multi-Team Trades (02:56 - 04:08)

The conversation shifts to the intricacies of NBA multi-team trades. Greg Cody expresses skepticism about seven-team trades, a sentiment shared by Mike Ryan and Jeremy Tache, who find such complex dealings rarely seen in other sports.

Greg Cody:
"I can't believe I'm alone. To think that a seven team trade is a bit ridiculous." [03:12]

Mike Ryan elaborates on the rarity and complexity, suggesting that multi-team trades complicate the negotiation process.

Mike Ryan:
"Teams make a trade, make a team, make a trade. What do you object to the other GM and say? I'll give you." [03:33]

The group humorously speculates about incorporating Greg Cody’s personal collective bargaining agreement to manage trade complexities, highlighting the often convoluted nature of NBA transactions.

3. Humorous Debate on Food Labeling and Empanadas (07:00 - 12:00)

A lively discussion ensues about the importance of proper food labeling, sparked by complaints from Greg Cody regarding unnamed empanada-like treats served during the show. Mike Ryan and Jeremy Tache engage in a humorous exchange about identifying and handling unlabeled food items.

Mike Ryan:
"I don't want to eat something somebody else has unwrapped." [08:15]

Jeremy Tache:
"We're friends and family here." [08:06]

The debate becomes a metaphor for larger themes of clarity and transparency, all while maintaining a lighthearted and comedic tone. Dan Le Batard interjects with anecdotes about Dominique Foxworth and his familiarity with "the second apron," blending humor with personal stories.

4. Reflections on the Evolution of the MLB All-Star Game (12:27 - 17:05)

The hosts delve into a nostalgic reflection on the significance of the MLB All-Star Game. Billy Gill and Tony discuss how changes in the voting system and the introduction of interleague play have diluted the game's original prestige.

Billy Gill:
"You used to go home and watch the All Star Game on a nice Tuesday. Now it doesn't mean as much." [15:29]

Tony reminisces about traditional baseball experiences, contrasting them with the modern, less impactful All-Star events.

Tony:
"It was such a nice Tuesday. When we were at ESPN, I'd be like, I love the ESPN piece. I can't wait to." [16:06]

The conversation highlights a longing for past traditions and debates whether contemporary adjustments have diminished the All-Star Game’s relevance.

5. The Decline of the Heavy Pitcher and Rise of Aaron Judge (35:02 - 40:21)

A significant portion of the discussion is dedicated to the transformation of player physiques in baseball. Dan Le Batard and Stugotz lament the disappearance of the traditional heavy pitcher, using Aaron Judge as a focal point to illustrate the shift towards more agile and powerful hitters.

Stugotz:
"Aaron Judge is hitting .360 with 33 homers through 90 games. He's never been better." [38:10]

Dan Le Batard stresses how the evolution of players like Judge challenges traditional expectations and emphasizes his exceptional performance metrics.

Dan Le Batard:
"Aaron Judge has about twice as many home runs as Juan Soto because he's so dominant from the right side." [39:53]

The hosts debate the balance between on-base skills and power hitting, highlighting how modern metrics like OPS (On-Base Plus Slugging) have changed player evaluations.

6. All-Star Game Hosting and Comedy (23:55 - 25:50)

The conversation briefly touches on Shane Gillis potentially hosting the ESPYs, with Dan Le Batard expressing optimism that Gillis will maintain respectfulness despite his edgy reputation.

Dan Le Batard:
"He's such a big sports fan that I doubt he'll be anything other than respectful." [24:04]

Tony and Jeremy Tache discuss Gillis’s past antics, including his interaction with Nick Saban, portraying him as a comedian who can navigate sports-related events without causing undue controversy.

7. Dan’s Trolley Incident and Car Repair Fiasco (25:48 - 34:05)

In a humorous and relatable segment, Dan Le Batard shares his recent experience of taking the Miami Beach trolley due to losing his wallet and facing an exorbitant car repair estimate. The hosts engage in playful ribbing over the absurd $9,000 quote for a minor door panel issue.

Dan Le Batard:
"They gave me a $9,000 estimate for a loose door panel. I refused to pay that much and want my car back to fix it elsewhere." [28:18]

The group humorously debates the definitions between a bus and a trolley, infusing the story with personal anecdotes and witty exchanges.

Mike Ryan:
"If I'm gonna give you $1, how color is the interior of your car?" [31:24]

The segment highlights everyday frustrations with high service costs and the irony of owning a luxury vehicle like a Mercedes.

8. Modern Changes in Baseball Statistics Display (40:21 - 41:21)

The hosts critique the Miami Marlins' decision to replace traditional batting averages with OPS on the scoreboard. Tony and Jeremy Tache express frustration that younger fans and children might find advanced metrics confusing, advocating for the continued display of batting averages for simplicity and broader understanding.

Billy Gill:
"You shouldn't have to sit there and explain to your 6-year-old On-Base Plus Slugging." [41:12]

Stugotz:
"It was really funny when they said, 'he's batting .930.' Everyone was confused." [41:05]

The discussion underscores a tension between traditional stats and modern analytics, emphasizing the need for clarity in sports presentation.

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Notable Quotes

• Dan Le Batard:
  "Norman Powell is an expiring contract. He's 33 years old. He's going to be expensive because he can score efficiently and I don't think anybody would dispute that." [01:00]

• Greg Cody:
  "I can't believe I'm alone. To think that a seven team trade is a bit ridiculous." [03:12]

• Mike Ryan:
  "If I'm gonna give you $1, how color is the interior of your car?" [31:24]

• Billy Gill:
  "You shouldn't have to sit there and explain to your 6-year-old On-Base Plus Slugging." [41:12]

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Conclusion

In this episode of The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz, the hosts navigate a blend of sports analysis, personal anecdotes, and comedic exchanges. From dissecting the Miami Heat's roster strategies and lamenting changes in baseball's All-Star traditions to sharing personal mishaps and debating the complexities of modern sports metrics, the conversation offers a rich tapestry of insights and humor. Notably, the heartfelt discussions about player evolutions and nostalgic reflections on traditional sports practices provide depth, while lighthearted banter about everyday challenges keeps the tone engaging and relatable.

This detailed summary captures the essence of Hour 1: Empañada, making it accessible and informative for those who haven't tuned in.

Transcript

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[Dan LeBatard]

This is the Dan Levator show with the Stugats podcast. I don't know if anyone nationally has any great urgency to get an update on Norman Powell, but he's an expiring contract. He's 33 years old. He's going to be expensive because he can score efficiently and I don't think anybody would dispute that. That is not only a good move for the Heat, but it is the move before mov because now they have like 7 small forwards and they don't need that many.

[Billy Gill]

Right? Doesn't that mean they're going to try and trade Wiggins now?

[Dan LeBatard]

I mean, I would assume that they're at least Wiggins, right? I would assume that and it opens a roster spot.

[Stugotz]

He's a shooting guard and okay, yeah, so it's like when we're talking about their, their backcourt, this might actually signal that maybe they don't think they're going to get Bradley Beal or Damian Lillard. I mean, obviously for this year, this is a different conversation than Lillard.

[Billy Gill]

Well, what you think they're starting a backcourt with Hero at the point and Hero and Powell in your backcourt?

[Stugotz]

I mean, potentially, I don't know what the difference is with Bradley Beal like that. I think there's a chance that maybe Powell comes off the bench, maybe Davion Mitchell comes off the bench. After a few minutes, this is or like you said, they move Wiggins and they start Powell at the 3. But I don't think that in terms of roster construction this has to be that. I think it's just worth noting that he's played the primary points of his career at the shooting guard position and would be playing.

[Billy Gill]

No, you're right. He's only six foot four.

[Mike Ryan]

You're right.

[Dan LeBatard]

You, you replaced Duncan Robinson's efficiencies from three. It's seven threes a game at about.

[Stugotz]

42% and a much better individual scorer as an ISO player as well. Like this is. This is a very effective offensive player who really through the first half of last season kept the Clippers afloat while they were getting healthy with Kawhi Leonard. Like he didn't start playing until I believe January and Norma Powell was. A lot of people again wanted him to be an all star for them because of the way that they were succeeding early as an expiring contract. This is a really solid move for a team that keeps its flexibility next year.

[Dan LeBatard]

I know that that is breaking news, but more interesting to me is Greg Cod being the only person I've heard anywhere in the national media being against the seven team trade. I haven't heard anybody else. Am I catching you off guard here? Why?

[Billy Gill]

What do you think won it, Greg?

[Dan LeBatard]

Why are you moving away from the microphone as I shock you with your own opinion?

[Mike Ryan]

No, you're not shocking me. I can't believe I'm alone. To think that a seven team trade is a bit ridiculous. That's all. I mean it's, it's it. You don't see 17 trades in any other sport. Why would you see them in the NBA?

[Dan LeBatard]

What are you objecting to?

[Mike Ryan]

Teams make a trade, make a team, make a trade. What do you object to the other GM and say? I'll give you.

[Jeremy Tache]

Where's the line? Are you okay with a three team.

[Dan LeBatard]

What is the problem?

[Mike Ryan]

Three teams barely before.

[Jeremy Tache]

That's the line.

[Mike Ryan]

More than three team trades should not be tolerated.

[Dan LeBatard]

Really?

[Mike Ryan]

Yeah. That would be in my cba.

[Dan LeBatard]

Really?

[Mike Ryan]

Absolutely.

[Dan LeBatard]

In your personal.

[Mike Ryan]

Yes.

[Dan LeBatard]

Instead of stug personal record book, we're going to have Greg Cody's personal collective bargaining agreement.

[Mike Ryan]

Gba. Correct.

[Dan LeBatard]

CBA still works with Cody. It still works. The Cody bargaining agreement.

[Mike Ryan]

That's fair. No, there's too much. The whole structure in the NBA is too confusing. You know, the second apron. Come on. Luxury tax. Come on.

[Billy Gill]

You're spot on. Yeah, you're so right, Greg. Every other sport, if you want to make a trade in the NFL. You know what you do? You call up another team, you make a trade in Major League Baseball. You want to make a trade, you call up another team, you make a trade in the NBA. You got to get seven teams involved. You got to have a degree mathematics to figure it out.

[Mike Ryan]

This guy, he's with me. I tell you, Zaslo, you're on point. Cody, he's growing on me.

[Dan LeBatard]

Well, Zaslo thinks. He thinks the. The whole thing is dumb. The whole.

[Billy Gill]

So I want to read. Can I read you this sentence here? This is a sentence from Bobby Marks, ESPN NBA front office insider, who is like, excellent. All right? He is terrific. Here is a sentence from Bobby Marks in talking about the heat. All right? If you sign Bradley BEAL to a one year, $10 million deal because you're spending more than $5.7 million, you're going to trigger the first apron. What the hell does that mean? Yeah, what does that mean?

[Mike Ryan]

Thank you. If I'm down to my second apron, it means I spilled gravy on the first one.

[Dan LeBatard]

I don't want to do this with you guys because the problem with this is if I go down the path of explaining it, it becomes excruciating to listen to that. And nobody.

[Mike Ryan]

You don't know aprons either.

[Dan LeBatard]

I'm not going to take a quiz here.

[Mike Ryan]

Yeah, you shouldn't.

[Dan LeBatard]

I'm going to make a gravy joke is what I'm going to do.

[Mike Ryan]

You know who loves the second apron? Barry Jackson, the aforementioned. He loves all that. The luxury tax, second apron, third apron.

[Dan LeBatard]

Well, I just want again to point out, okay. That Greg Cody, as he ages, is allergic to learning and new information, but is also replete with a combination of self absorption and entitlement that makes him go into the eating area.

[Mike Ryan]

Yeah, eating area.

[Tony]

I'm not home of the aprons.

[Mike Ryan]

I'm entitled. Yeah, that's the home of the aprons. The eating area. I'm not entitled to anything. I'm entitled to whatever I earn. Gotta want to learn. Gotta want to learn. I do want to earn. I don't want to learn so much, but I do want to earn.

[Dan LeBatard]

You go into the eating area and there are a handful of what look like burritos in there. And you just sort of shout into the general ether, someone should put identifying marks on these labels.

[Mike Ryan]

Yes, exactly. Otherwise you're looking at your free food. Right. I mean, and you're giving people in.

[Dan LeBatard]

The kitchen more work because you want something better identified.

[Mike Ryan]

Okay?

[Jeremy Tache]

This breakfast buffet is not Properly labeled.

[Mike Ryan]

It wasn't properly labeled because it wasn't labeled at all. Here's the situation. You've got. Let's call them burritos, even though they weren't, because they did have that burrito type shape. You've got 10 unidentified wrapped sandwiches. I don't know what those are. Are they savory? Are they desserty? Turkey, you know, jam.

[Dan LeBatard]

Well, you. You came in here. He was eating one of them. I don't know what was in yours, but you're like, mmm, this is fabulous. And then there's a long pause. Still should have been identified, though, right?

[Mike Ryan]

Because I had to ask what this is.

[Dan LeBatard]

Well, what was it?

[Mike Ryan]

It was. It was like a. An Elvis Presley. It was peanut butter, bananas. Might have been a little bit of marshmallow in there. I detected. It was very good. It was. It was very good. You can't eat much. Very caloric. I cut it in half. That's neither here nor there. But the point is, what you don't want to do is unwrap a sandwich, and then I see what it is, and I'm like, nah, I don't want to eat this. And then I've unwrapped it.

[Jeremy Tache]

But as long as you unwrap it in a way that no part of your hand is actually touching it, it's fine to, like, look in it.

[Mike Ryan]

Like, I don't want to eat. We're all like.

[Jeremy Tache]

We're friends and family here.

[Mike Ryan]

No, I don't want to eat something somebody else is unwrapped. You know, I see Zaslow unwrapping a sandwich and then wrapping it back up. That's tainted. Nothing against you personally, Zaz. Could be anybody.

[Billy Gill]

Why would anyone take that personally?

[Mike Ryan]

Right. Thank you. Tainted. Touched by another man.

[Tony]

Or a woman.

[Mike Ryan]

Or a woman. Right. Touched by another potential leader. You can't say I'm wrong. If you're gonna put out food, you gotta identify it. You know what's worse is when they have, like, an empanada type treat.

[Dan LeBatard]

That's not how you say empanada.

[Mike Ryan]

That's how I say it.

[Jeremy Tache]

It is wild on empanadas, they try to label it, like, on the outskirts of it. It's like, there's a little M there. That means meat. A little C for chicken.

[Mike Ryan]

Okay.

[Jeremy Tache]

On the empanada for it, it's not labeled, like, on a little stick. It's like on the actual empanada.

[Dan LeBatard]

I recommend. Incidentally, I don't know that you will listen to this, because you're an enemy of Dominique Foxworth's, but I used to.

[Mike Ryan]

Be, now we're best friends.

[Dan LeBatard]

Well, he did something on the second apron the other day because he's very familiar with it that was, was, was both interesting and entertaining because it's Dominique Foxworth, if you'd like to know some more.

[Mike Ryan]

He must have gotten gravy on the first one.

[Billy Gill]

Can I tell you my new favorite thing that I do at ESPN now? All right, Dan, speaking of the food that's out there that Cody is complaining about right now, it's my new favorite thing. You know, sometimes how I right after the show here I go and I'm on espn like right after, for instance today I'm on in afternoon drive. So I got a few hour break, right. And compose myself, get my thoughts together. I'm going to be terrific this afternoon. But anyway, by my, that's my gimmick. My. One of my favorite things that I do now with espn, I tell the producers. Before you go on and go, guys, you wouldn't believe the spread we got at Lebatar today. They, they are so jealous. I go, what'd you have? I go, well, for breakfast we had this. We had this and this. And then we did the show and I went out there and waiting for me, we had a whole new spread. There was all they get. I mean, granted, Christine, Lisa up there at espn, she, she baked cookies and all that stuff. She's horrific. That's great. But they're very jealous. I tell them the food that I got a mouthful while we're doing production meeting, you know, and they're, they're very, very jealous. We're doing good eating here, Greg, I wouldn't be complaining if I was you. I love bragging to them about the spread that Dan's providing. Thank you, Dan.

[Dan LeBatard]

Greg, Cody walks through here with pieces of bacon. No napkin, no. No plate, no nothing. Just greasy bacon running down his hand. And he eats nonstop, but does complain about some of what it is that he's getting to eat there and does so with people who are very lovingly putting it out there for him.

[Mike Ryan]

Yeah, but here's the thing. Nobody misidentifies a piece of bacon. You know exactly what it is. Okay. It's not wrapped. You don't need to ask anybody. What's this with an empanada?

[Dan LeBatard]

That's not how you say it.

[Mike Ryan]

Nailed it.

[Dan LeBatard]

All right, so you're now rivaling David Sampson. Do we have David Sampson saying the word boobs in Spanish?

[Mike Ryan]

Taytas.

[Dan LeBatard]

We have him saying the, the shirt that my father wears a Way of.

[Jeremy Tache]

Era, a guy of ad.

[Dan LeBatard]

It's the worst of them. How about the breaded ham? Do you have croqueta or no croqueta over there? Not yet. You're entering that category now. Greg Cody with empanada. I don't know why you're saying. Why are you putting an Enya over. Over the end?

[Mike Ryan]

You know, you don't want to spell it out for you. I mean, it's obvious how to pronounce it.

[Dan LeBatard]

You don't have any shame about the fact that you're complaining about these things.

[Mike Ryan]

Again, I'm complaining about a minute improvement. That would be easy to make. Okay, you've got. You got three different types of food. Scrawl. Meat on one, you know, cheese on the other.

[Dan LeBatard]

Since you're complaining so much today, I would imagine, and since you love to complain so much in general for a yesteryear, that was more. That was fonder before, that was more romantic before. Are you with Billy Gill on not liking that all of a sudden? The first week of July here, the middle of July, when baseball is supposed to have and used to have the stage to itself and when it used to mean something when the All Star starters were announced. Now you live in an age where it doesn't matter at all when baseball is naming its All Star starters. Are you like Billy Gill? Is this something that you long for Billy? You. You can whisk, wax.

[Tony]

I think I'm. Honestly, I think I'm just old and I care less about certain things because like yesterday a lot of the ulcers were revealed. There's a weird voting system now where, like, there's different voting aprons, if you will.

[Jeremy Tache]

Did we ruin it for people with the Brinson stuff? Was this our fault? Let's take credit for this.

[Tony]

Nah, I don't think so. I mean, there was like a voting situation and then the most popular votes, I believe. Jeremy, you could correct me if I'm wrong, but, like the lead vote getter in each league gets an automatic election into the All Star Game. And then I think like top three or top four or something per position. I guess outfield is different because there's more of them. But then like the top certain number, then you vote amongst them and then the winner of that gets a starting position. And then they name all of the other players which are named by the managers. And every team has a representative. And then, and this is a new thing as of the last couple years, the commissioner just decides, you know what? I want this person to be an All Star.

[Billy Gill]

You must be so angry about that, right?

[Tony]

It started like, I feel like this little tradition started like two or three years ago where they did it for Albert Pujols because they knew it was his last year. And then to make like rosters even or something, I don't know, they're like, you know what, we're gonna do this for Miguel Cabrera also. And Miguel Cabrera was like, cool. I'm not retiring though. And he didn't retire that year and he played the next year. And then I think they've done it since. And then this year they did it to Clayton Kershaw because he got his 3,000 strikeout, I'm assuming. So now he becomes I technically an 11 time all star, even though this was just. He was added to the roster by the Commissioner of Baseball. It's just a whole lot. I mean, I remember I used to go home when I was younger and I would vote like you'd vote 25 times per email. And then I'd create a new email.

[Billy Gill]

You would go to the games, the.

[Tony]

Weeks leading up to it, you get all the ballots and then you go and you punch the hole stuffing the ballots. And then you just be sitting there, first row of the upper deck, feed up on the thing where the, the wire was. That would keep it from flipping over the end.

[Billy Gill]

Yeah. Cuz if you fell over, you die.

[Jeremy Tache]

You're like, I'm gonna vote for Alex Gonzalez to be the shortstop.

[Tony]

Yeah, it was, it was basically you picked all the Marlins or I would pick all the Marlins. I'd have to find a pen. If I didn't have a pen so you could poke the hole in it. You pick all the Marlins and then you would pick against the Yankees in the al, or you would pick the former Marlins that were now starters on other teams in the al. And then you would go and then you would drop them in the box before you left the stadium. And then if there were still some ballots, you'd take those home and then you forget about them and then they just collect us. And then your mom would scream at you and say, why do you have all these ballots here? Throw these away. I was like, no, those are votes.

[Dan LeBatard]

What is the time period we're talking about? We're in this century, right? We are in this century when you can remember an All Star game that you cared about in baseball. We're not back in a time where people are wearing suits and top hats to the game in black and white. Right. Like there were in this century when people actually care about who's going to be named an All Star starter. Now, obviously, in baseball circles, these arguments are gonna break out all the time over the person who was left off or the team Loto.

[Stugotz]

Can you believe that?

[Dan LeBatard]

But can you imagine, just as we talk now, we were talking earlier in the show about just the changes to college football that make a recruit offensive lineman worth $5 million. I would like for you to imagine in your that you really love a sport and the only time you can see its stars is in one game in the middle of summer. Because it wasn't that long ago where the All Star Game mattered because you needed a network television to give you all the stars in the same place because you weren't getting to watch highlights that involved all the stars.

[Tony]

Well, I mean, it also meant something. And like, the World Series meant more because there was no interleague play. So if you wanted to see Mike Trout and you're a National League team, the only time you're going to see Mike Trout play against potentially one of your players on your team was in the All Star Game, because he'd play in the American League games. And if you were a National League guy, you'd only watch National League. You'd also discover stars, because if you're only watching one league, only watching one team, you see the same teams over and over again. You really know the people in your division. But then you would see, like, oh, I've heard about Ichiro, but I don't watch a lot of Mariners games. And the Marlins don't play the Mariners often. Or at the time when they did introduce interleague play, you really only had one division that you would play against that year. So you'd really only play against like four or maybe five teams from the other league. Now every year, every team plays against each other, so you can see these players over and over again. And the World Series used to mean something before interleague play because you would obviously know there's the best at Yale versus the best of the nl.

[Jeremy Tache]

But now we sound so old right now.

[Tony]

I'm just telling you why it meant something. Back in the day, they just, the way the sport has changed now, you just kind of get a lot of this all year long. So the All Star Game doesn't mean as much as used to. I used to go right after work at the mall and I'd go get a Retelli's pizza and I would go home, take my Retelli's pizza, sit down, I'd watch the All Star Game. It was such a nice Tuesday. That's the thing about the All Star Game. It was a Tuesday every year. Day before Home Run Derby on a Monday. Still is the day after ESPYs on Wednesday that I would largely tune out of. When we were at espn, I'd be like, I love the ESPN piece. I can't wait to.

[Jeremy Tache]

I always looked forward most to the celebrity softball game.

[Tony]

Yeah, same.

[Jeremy Tache]

Was it after the Home Run Derby or after. No, it's after one of them.

[Tony]

It's after the Home Run Derby. It was something that I was always excited about and it was something that every year Ravi would then tell us, like, we have to fast forward as a time constraints or whatever. Why. Why do you guys schedule every year for the Home Run Derby to end at 10pm when we all know this is going to go to damn near 11 o' clock at night. And then we're gonna watch two innings of the celebrity softball game, not know what the hell happened because they had to edit it because that game is played on Sunday. Which is something that I didn't realize until the ulcer game was here. And then I went to the celebrity softball game and I had to endure, and I know this is gonna sound bad. I had to endure the Futures Game before that if I wanted to see celebrity softball game. The crazy thing about the Futures Game is you see now guys who are all stars, who at the time I was like, I don't care who this prospect is from the Rangers. I just want to see Pitbull sing whatever he's going to sing at the Home Run Derby. And I want to see Jenny Finch out there pitching in the celebrity softball game. And I want to see Ricky Henderson. Yeah. I want to see Dawson out there playing.

[Dan LeBatard]

Yeah. Too soon.

[Mike Ryan]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Dan LeBatard]

You said it with an enthusiasm that made it feel like you didn't know that Ricky had passed.

[Jeremy Tache]

No, I knew he had passed. It's the legend that I associate playing that celebrity softball game, him doing his like Ricky Trot. Like he would just like hit a home run and then just get his little Ricky Trotter on the faces.

[Mike Ryan]

Oh, man.

[Jeremy Tache]

Stinks. He's not here.

[Stugotz]

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[Chris Cote]

Jeremy, you know something about me, right? You know when I'm grilling outside and it's summertime? You know how I supplement my summertime?

[Stugotz]

Of course I do.

[Chris Cote]

I make it Miller time.

[Mike Ryan]

Of course.

[Chris Cote]

That beautiful white can. Oh, when it's so hot outside, I just. I just put it right to my forehead right there. And I just roll it sometimes right on the forehead, cool my body down. And then I crack it open. Instant relief. And then that first sip, brother does that first sip.

[Stugotz]

That is a top five sequence of events that you can possibly go through.

[Chris Cote]

I'm just serenity now. When I just imagine that first sip.

[Stugotz]

Of Miller Light, just thinking about it, it's making me happy.

[Chris Cote]

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[Dan LeBatard]

Don LeBatard.

[Tony]

Greg, how's your birthday going so far?

[Mike Ryan]

I invented it. It's going fantastic. My wife and I are staying home tonight. We're watching the debate on tv. We're gonna want to do something special for baby. It's a. It's a nice day for me so far.

[Dan LeBatard]

Stugats.

[Tony]

That sounds like a. Not a super nice night. The debate. Old people love that.

[Chris Cote]

Yeah.

[Mike Ryan]

That'S exactly right. Yeah, that's exactly right. Old people do love that. And I'm old now.

[Tony]

I can't deny it.

[Mike Ryan]

Anymore.

[Dan LeBatard]

Now this is the Dan Levatar show with the stug. Will Shane Gillis not attract a crowd to the ESPYs? I know that the ESPYs and award shows and televised appointment viewing is sort of a thing at the. Of the past, but it is the, the biggest thing going right now in comedy. I would assume that people wondering whether Shane McDonald or whether Shane Gillis will Norm MacDonald it. Whether he'll do anything to get maximum awkward. He's such a big sports fan that I doubt he'll be anything other than respectful. He's not gonna, I, I doubt he'll go into normal.

[Tony]

I don't think respect with Shane Gillis.

[Dan LeBatard]

Right away, but he likes, he really likes the company of athletes.

[Tony]

Yeah, but he made fun of Nick Saban to his face on college game day.

[Jeremy Tache]

Alabama Jones.

[Dan LeBatard]

That was a great one.

[Tony]

That was. I just. The sps. Dave, Dave Winfield, by the way.

[Billy Gill]

But he immediately felt bad after it, though. Shane Gillis, like, yeah, he, he, you.

[Jeremy Tache]

Could see, he felt, he's like, is this not the fun show? Can I not have fun?

[Tony]

Dave Winfield is celebrity All Star Game, all time hall of Famer.

[Jeremy Tache]

The thing with these monologues, I do it with snl. I don't feel the need to tune in anymore because I know they're just going to tweet out the monologue. So, like, I get interested a lot of times in someone hosting something, but I don't feel the need to tune in at the time because I could just check it after.

[Dan LeBatard]

Since we're doing a Greg Cody Monday that goes back in time, I'm going to tell you something that I did yesterday that took me back in time that I believe is going to shock you. And the reason that I have to do it, I think is going to shock you even more. But we will do this as a poll question. I yesterday took the bus.

[Tony]

Jerome Bettis.

[Dan LeBatard]

I'm telling you guys.

[Tony]

Revelation.

[Jeremy Tache]

Guys.

[Dan LeBatard]

Mark that. I just, I thought of you guys. I do it often, but I thought of you guys. What? Yes, I do it. No.

[Chris Cote]

Was it the bus or the trolley?

[Dan LeBatard]

Well, it was the trolley. Good. Correction. Thank you. Roy, at lebartard show, do you know the difference between a bus or a trolley? Because I thought I was getting on a bus and then when I got on it because the benches were wooden, I'm like, oh, this is a trolley. But I didn't know when I got, I did not know when I got on it that it was a trolley. And I, and if you'd asked me, I would have thought of a trolley as being something with wires in San Francisco.

[Billy Gill]

That's what I thought.

[Mike Ryan]

Yeah.

[Tony]

For those who don't know the difference, the difference is Dan will get on a trolley. He will not get on a bus.

[Dan LeBatard]

Do you know the difference between a bus and a trolley?

[Mike Ryan]

Because isn't a trolley on a track like a train track?

[Dan LeBatard]

This. This was not. And it was very much a trolley, and it called itself a trolley, but it acted and looked like a bus. And. But what I was sitting on was the bench of a trolley.

[Tony]

Did you have family in town from Las Vegas you were sightseeing with? Also? Like, why were you on a trolley?

[Dan LeBatard]

It was basically the. The Metro mover.

[Chris Cote]

That's what it was on the ground.

[Billy Gill]

Were you immediately embarrassed when you sat down?

[Dan LeBatard]

Embarrassed? Why?

[Billy Gill]

Well, because you. You didn't know that you were getting on what is not a trolley.

[Dan LeBatard]

No, I just needed a free ride. It's a free ride. It's a lovely feature to have in South Beach. If it's raining for any reason, it's. It's a good thing to have. But when you asked if I was lost. No, but what had happened is I had lost my wallet. And so I had a combination of things happening, and so I just needed to get back home. And the quickest way to do it because the storm was coming was. Was the trolley. But the other thing that I. To tell you guys that I just didn't think is possible and is gonna, I think, leave you more shocked than you were to learn that I take the bus or the trolley. My car is in the shop because the panel on my driver side door is loose. Okay. So it's. It's loose. And when I try to close the door, it rattles and shakes. And I took it to the Mercedes dealership. And this is where I say, you guys are going to be more shocked than you were a second ago. You want to guess what? They want to charge me in order to fix this. Just. Does anyone in the room want to guess what? When I didn't. I did not think it was possible. I legitimately did not think that the estimate they gave me was possible under any circumstance for any automobile.

[Billy Gill]

I mean, it's a Mercedes.

[Tony]

At the dealership.

[Billy Gill]

Yeah, the dealership. I would say 1400.

[Chris Cote]

Nah, I will go higher on that one. 4500.

[Jeremy Tache]

Yeah, that's what I was gonna say.

[Stugotz]

Around four grand, whatever the number is, will shock me less than you going on a bus.

[Tony]

Why didn't you just come get your wallet? You live five minutes from Here.

[Dan LeBatard]

Well, I would still have to take a car or I would still have to do the same thing. So it was just easier to not do it. But again, I'm talking about. The door's not coming off the door. It's fine. I can close it. It's just the paneling on the inside of the. On the inside of the door.

[Jeremy Tache]

Inside.

[Mike Ryan]

My bad.

[Jeremy Tache]

I was picturing outside.

[Mike Ryan]

Okay.

[Dan LeBatard]

No. So does that change. But does that change your answer at all?

[Mike Ryan]

Yes.

[Billy Gill]

1450.

[Mike Ryan]

2,900.

[Jeremy Tache]

What do you want my guess to be?

[Dan LeBatard]

$1.

[Tony]

What color is the interior of your car?

[Dan LeBatard]

9 grand.

[Tony]

What color is the interior of your car?

[Jeremy Tache]

That's.

[Tony]

I can do that with painters tape.

[Stugotz]

Easy.

[Dan LeBatard]

I could go to Hialeah and glue it. I'm not. I could do that for $50. And it's not great. But. But I simply. I did not think it was possible.

[Billy Gill]

Did he tell you in person or on the phone?

[Dan LeBatard]

No, it wasn't me. They, they, they told my assistant who took it in. They told her written estimate quote, $9,000. And I think that's more shocking than me taking the bus, but put it on the poll at Lebatard show. What's more shocking, Dan taking the bus or trolley? Excuse me, Dan taking a trolley. And I still don't have a clear idea of the. Can you get me a definition for the working differences between and a trolley or a $9,000 door repair of any kind?

[Stugotz]

It seems as though the trolley bus, which is how it's referred to, it's powered by the electrical wires above. So it's essentially an electric bus where obviously a bus is powered by gas on its own and can go anywhere. But the difference between a trolley and a tram is that the tram is on a track and trolley doesn't have to be.

[Mike Ryan]

How about that?

[Dan LeBatard]

Well, but this identified as a trolley, but it was not electrical. It was a bus. But it very much identified as a trolley. It said it's the Miami beach troll. And it was very proud to be a trolley. And it was not a bus.

[Jeremy Tache]

If you're a bus, you want to be a trolley, or if you're a trolley, you want to be a bus.

[Stugotz]

Maybe, depending on the location.

[Jeremy Tache]

Right.

[Stugotz]

You want. It feels more quaint to go on the trolley. So if you're on Miami beach, like.

[Jeremy Tache]

Ah, it's a trolley touristy area, you say you're a trolley.

[Mike Ryan]

Right. South Carolina trolleys.

[Jeremy Tache]

Okay.

[Tony]

How long did it take for them to fix it?

[Dan LeBatard]

No, I haven't gotten it back yet because they were doing a Diagnostic check, and I absolutely refused to pay that much. So I want my car back so I can go get. Get it fixed somewhere else. That's not gonna be that kind of unreasonable.

[Tony]

Well, what they're gonna do now is they'll say, okay, we do it for 7500, and then your diagnostic checks will be 1500.

[Chris Cote]

Exactly.

[Dan LeBatard]

Exactly.

[Tony]

They're getting that money out of you one way or another.

[Stugotz]

Trolleys can also be horse drawn. Was yours horse drawn, Dan?

[Dan LeBatard]

No, it was not horse drawn.

[Tony]

I thought that was a carriage horse drawn.

[Stugotz]

I'll look up the differences.

[Dan LeBatard]

I have been on a bus or a trolley much more recently than all of you. So when was the last time. When was the last time you guys were on a bus?

[Mike Ryan]

It's been a while. Been a minute, as the kids say. Why isn't your car under warranty?

[Dan LeBatard]

It's just. It's over. It's expired.

[Mike Ryan]

It's another good question. Why is the guy with a personal assistant worrying about a $9,000 bill? Wow.

[Jeremy Tache]

So $9,000 is not a lot of money.

[Billy Gill]

He can still value money.

[Mike Ryan]

Just throwing it out there, you think?

[Dan LeBatard]

Wait a minute. Under what circumstances do you believe anyone in our audience is believing that what I said was any kind of reasonable. I'm assuming most people in our audience think I'm lying. Like, that they. That they are like me. They cannot believe that what I am saying is true because it cannot be true. Like, I legitimately think that I could super glue this and have not a great situation, but certainly not a situation where I could live with myself because I had spent that much money to fix what's paneling like. It's not even. It's just loose. It hasn't come off. It's. It's only loose. And I. I don't know how any place in the world has the audacity to charge something like that for that.

[Mike Ryan]

It is outlandish. I will admit that you could replace it with wood paneling for, like, a hundred dollars.

[Dan LeBatard]

Like the inside of a 1970s station wagon.

[Mike Ryan]

Studebaker have it cut specifically for the shape. You know, take it to a, you know, upholsterer.

[Tony]

He's right. Wild Bill used to be a carpenter. He could have done a few.

[Mike Ryan]

Yeah, that's right.

[Dan LeBatard]

Oh, your son betrayed you last week and said you're not any kind of handyman. That you came on here and said you were a handyman and that the family doesn't identify you as a handyman of the kind.

[Mike Ryan]

I reject that. That's ridiculous.

[Dan LeBatard]

Well, now what's true.

[Jeremy Tache]

What have you built?

[Mike Ryan]

Whatever I'm asked to build. You know, it's not like people are saying, hey, build me a. A divine what?

[Tony]

Yeah.

[Dan LeBatard]

Yeah, what?

[Mike Ryan]

I don't know. I'm not a master carpenter like my dad was.

[Dan LeBatard]

I'll say that you identified as a handyman.

[Mike Ryan]

A handyman, yes.

[Dan LeBatard]

And then when your son asks you, what have you built? Your response is, whatever they asked me to build. And no one asks you to build anything.

[Mike Ryan]

If you have a wall that needs painting, I'm gonna paint it.

[Tony]

Yeah, That's a painter, though, not a.

[Mike Ryan]

That's a handyman.

[Tony]

That is true, though. You do have a handyman. How about this? When Dan gets his car back, would you give it a look?

[Mike Ryan]

I would.

[Tony]

See what it would cost.

[Mike Ryan]

I would fix that for a thousand bucks, dad.

[Tony]

Really have a handyman?

[Mike Ryan]

Well, for. For. For odd jobs above my pay grade, I hire out electrical.

[Tony]

You got to go with someone that knows.

[Mike Ryan]

Well, if I'm dangerous, if I'm just replacing a face plate or something like that, I'll do it myself.

[Jeremy Tache]

That's the one thing I can even.

[Billy Gill]

Do well, you know, you are.

[Dan LeBatard]

The handyman's doing a lot of lifting there. As a phrase, if you're identifying as a handyman when I do.

[Jeremy Tache]

I told you the other day, he thinks he's everything. He thinks he's salt life, which I should show you the outfit that he wore on a boat this weekend. I mean, good guy.

[Mike Ryan]

That's got nothing. We were in Key Largo at the time. That's the epitome. That's the capital of salt life. Key Largo.

[Tony]

You feel at home.

[Jeremy Tache]

He thinks he's a country soul.

[Mike Ryan]

I am. Those are my roots. Country, country music, all that stuff.

[Tony]

Aren't you from Massachusetts?

[Mike Ryan]

Yeah, I was born there, but, you know, I got a little bit of everything.

[Dan LeBatard]

How are your roots, country music?

[Mike Ryan]

Because that's my first love. That's probably my deepest love, is country.

[Jeremy Tache]

Aren't you a reggae soul, too?

[Mike Ryan]

I am, yeah.

[Chris Cote]

Just soul.

[Mike Ryan]

I love soul music. Give me some soul music. They stopped calling it soul music.

[Tony]

Oh, boy. Be careful. This is why.

[Mike Ryan]

What?

[Chris Cote]

The DEI thing.

[Mike Ryan]

I don't know. I don't know what it was. They just, you know.

[Dan LeBatard]

Did they. Did they stop calling it soul music? Put it on the pole, please. That Levitard show. Did they stop calling it soul music?

[Mike Ryan]

Billboard used to have a soul chart, and then it became, I think, R and B rhythm and blues.

[Dan LeBatard]

Well, let me. I actually asked this question this weekend, and this is both a Little bit graceless. And also what I remember about Bobby Jenks, who I don't know if the rest of you were as startled as I was to learn of a young man who was a champion reliever for the Chicago White Sox dying at the age of 44 for the, you know, at the age of 44 from stomach cancer. And when I heard that news over the weekend, for some reason, more than champion, more than hard throwing reliever, what I remember about Bobby Jenks is that Ozzie Guillen used to come to the mound and when he would call for him from the bullpen, he would put his hands out wide on his hips, like, send me the heavy guy from the bullpen. I want to pantomime again old fashioned baseball, doing the P for protest, writing it like you would on the steam of the mirror of your shower and, and also calling for the reliever from the bullpen by going heavy guy. And so I actually, because I thought of it, I reached out, reached out to Tim Kirksha and just asked because I'm not watching all the baseball games and I'm like, hey, is the fat pitcher totally extinct? Like not endangered, extinct. Is it gone? And he's like, yeah, it's gone. That doesn't really exist anymore. That's not even something that you're gonna see in baseball.

[Tony]

I'm on it.

[Billy Gill]

Was there any context in your message to Kirkchin or was it just, hey, fat pitchers, where they at?

[Dan LeBatard]

Yes, the context was I was thinking about Bobby Jenks. Yes. And that's, but this is why I say that it's graceless because it's a word association I do with him. But it was something that Ozzie Guillen did as a manager that always made me laugh. But that also makes sense, right when I tell you, when I'm telling you last week, when we're laughing about the fact that every game there's somebody, every, every night there's somebody jumping over the fence to steal a home run. It feels like in baseball because the athletes have gotten so good and you know, the specialists have gotten so good. And so it's almost, so it's we, we talk about bygone ages. You know, John Kruck famously said to a woman who walked up to him at a party while he was smoking a cigarette, hey, you're not supposed to be smoking a cigarette. Know you, she said, you're an athlete. And he said, I'm not an athlete, lady. I'm a baseball player. But that day's done. There are studs all over that sport. And you almost, you can't get away with being a guy who's a little bit out of shape anymore because it allows you to throw a baseball harder. Had you guys noticed that the heavy pitcher had gone extinct at Lebatard Show? Put it on the poll at Le Batard show. Had you noticed that the heavy pitcher had gone extinct?

[Chris Cote]

I feel like it ended with Cici.

[Stugotz]

Sabathia, Bartolo Colon, right? He's the final one and now he's skinny.

[Jeremy Tache]

Sabathia like got skinny at the end of his career, but yes, he was skinny.

[Dan LeBatard]

And it's still skinny. Yes, but that it's gone, right?

[Stugotz]

The heaviest player in Major League Baseball is Aaron Judge.

[Dan LeBatard]

The absurdity of that human being, like the idea that he would get better, the idea that that player would get better. And you know, I know I'm still not used to players all over the sport hitting what looked like pop ups to me and having them go out of the park. But that guy, that guy routinely misses the ball and it goes flying out of the park.

[Stugotz]

He might end up going down. In terms of his peak as the greatest right handed hitter in the history of baseball, there has never been anyone, Yankees or otherwise, this dominant from the right side. And when you look at it, I mean this is through 90 games of a season. So in 2022, when we thought it was going to be his peak, he was hitting.274. He had 31 home runs, 66 rivies. Then last year, one of the greatest offensive seasons of all time, he was hitting.310 with 32 homers and 83 ribbies through 90 games. Through 90 games this year he's hitting.360 with 33 homers and 74 ribeys. And when you look at weighted runs created plus it was 163 to.211 to 224. He just keeps getting better. And for years scouts of opposing teams have predicted his decline. And yet he only continues to improve.

[Billy Gill]

I feel like it wasn't that long ago where people were questioning if he's really any good.

[Mike Ryan]

Right.

[Stugotz]

They just thought he was maybe a product of the lineup or is this just going to be a fluke where he's just this home run hitter for one season and he's proven over the course of his career he's one of the greatest right handed hitters of all time.

[Dan LeBatard]

What is his on base?

[Stugotz]

Because the.468 his ops is 1202.

[Dan LeBatard]

I don't think that there's been a.500 on base guy since Barry Bonds. But when you, when you look at what Aaron Judge is doing. It's only with that is the comparison that Mets fans can be mad at Juan Soto because he's walking instead of hitting home runs because they're not valuing his on base percentage. They want him to hit more home runs. They want him to hit get twice as many home runs than he has because Aaron Judge has about twice as many home runs.

[Tony]

I have a question on something that I've noticed at Marlins games this season and I wonder if it's the same everywhere else. So like on the scoreboard where they have the batting order for each team, they've replaced batting average with ops. So when you go and you see who's coming up for the Marlins, you only see OPS every single time. Not batting average anymore.

[Billy Gill]

Stupid. It's too involved. I don't like that kids, ownership, kids at the ballpark don't understand what that means.

[Jeremy Tache]

Can I see both sides of this? Like, I understand OPS is a better judge of it, but still put average up there. Like, it's just. I just want to see average.

[Stugotz]

We sound so old as a show.

[Dan LeBatard]

I disagree with them. And also nobody wants to watch all those 220 batting averages. Just put.

[Billy Gill]

Actually why do you think that's why they do it?

[Tony]

Yeah, but we're seeing like 670 ops.

[Stugotz]

And it's like it was really funny.

[Tony]

As a great batting I made the.

[Stugotz]

Other day be like, oh my God, he's batting 9:30.

[Jeremy Tache]

See, we're just confusing people at this point.

[Mike Ryan]

Yep.

[Billy Gill]

You shouldn't have to sit there and explain to your 6 year old on base plus slugging. Slugging is this divided by this, this many bases. Like, come on. It's too involved.

[Tony]

What's with the pitch clocks? This is a timeless game, you know what I mean? Where you goes out there. Then pitchers would hit. Now we have a D8.

[Stugotz]

Speaking of, you can watch the pitch clock on Thursday.

[Chris Cote]

Lobatar Chovis do that.

[Dan LeBatard]

That's what he was doing.

[Tony]

Jeremy, what is this?

[Dan LeBatard]

I hate that. It's not that it's an old show though. It's that it's a proudly dumb one.

[Jeremy Tache]

What do you mean? We know all the new baseball rules.

[Mike Ryan]

And we just don't like them.

[Jeremy Tache]

I feel like baseball's one of our smarter shows around sports around here. Well, we're better with baseball than we are most sports.

[Chris Cote]

I thought we fixed it.

[Jeremy Tache]

Didn't we fix baseball under two hours?

[Dan LeBatard]

Why do they pay us?

[Chris Cote]

Jeremy, you know something about me, right? You know when I'm grilling outside and it's summertime. You know how I supplement my summertime?

[Stugotz]

Of course I do.

[Chris Cote]

I make it Miller time.

[Dan LeBatard]

Of course.

[Chris Cote]

That beautiful white can. Oh, when it's so hot outside, I just. I just put it right to my forehead right there. And I just roll it sometimes right on the forehead, cool my body down. And then I crack it open. Instant relief. And then that first sip, brother, does that first sip.

[Stugotz]

That is a top five sequence of events that you can possibly go through.

[Chris Cote]

I'm just, just serenity now. When I just imagine that first sip of Miller Light.

[Stugotz]

Just thinking about it, it's making me happy.

[Chris Cote]

Dude, the sun is out. It's nice. You have your friends showing up. You got your family there. You just had your first sip of Miller Lite. And you know what? You're happy. You're blissful. You're fulfilled. I've been stocking my cooler with Miller Lite four years and for good reason. It's brewed for taste only. 96 calories and 3.2 grams of carbs. This year, Miller Lite turns 50. That is five decades of cookouts, laughs, and ice cold moments that never miss. It's the original light beer and it's still my. Go to Miller Lite. Great taste. 96 calories. Go to millerlight.com dan to find delivery options near you. Or you can pick up some Miller Lite pretty much anywhere they sell beer. Cheers to 50 years of Miller time. Celebrate responsibly. Miller Brewing Co. Milwaukee, Wisconsin. 96 calories and 3.2 carbs per 12 ounces.