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Stugotz
This is the Dan Levator show with the Stugats podcast.
Chris Cody
Have you guys ever seen before a walk off in a baseball game unsatisfying the game ending on catcher's interference? Have, have you guys ever seen that happen before where a baseball game? And I'm sure Kirchen and others can go through the history of how often that has happened because baseball has a lot of history like that. But I can't remember seeing that.
Mike Ryan
I saw that the last time that happened was 1977.
Chris Cody
1977. Okay, so the last time the Dolphins won a playoff game was 1977, right? 1970. Now it was 2001. Okay, so 25. So 50 years. It hasn't happened in 50 years that there's been a walk off. Are we allowed to show the walk off, catcher's interference? Is that something that we have the video rights to? Because it's certainly not something that I have seen. And we will see if we can show it to you in a moment. I will remind all of you that you can catch us daily 11 to 2 on the DraftKings network. Obviously you can catch us right now on YouTube live.
Mike Ryan
It was 1971, so it was six years earlier.
Chris Cody
All right, so let me see the video of that. A game ending on just confusion. It's terrible, right? When games of any kind end, you've got a bunch of people in the stadium and everyone's just milling about and then they have to go to an arbiter or a judge and somebody who's not actually playing is making a decision and then everyone goes home. It's hugely unsatisfying. But let's see here. You got the Red Sox and the Phillies and there you go, he's yelling at the catcher for interfering.
Dan Le Batard
And I think we get a little audio here. Layout.
Chris Cody
Yeah.
Billy Gill
Oh, my goodness.
Stugotz
There was.
Dan Le Batard
After review, the call in the field is overturned. There is catcher's interference.
Stugotz
The Phillies have wanted a catcher's interference.
Dan Le Batard
Hell of a call right there.
Billy Gill
That's great. I can't imagine how excited Tim Kirchen was to see this. It probably made his year.
Chris Cody
1971 is the last time that ends. Can I see who came in from third there? The Phillies have a habit of having either Jason Wirths or Bryce Harper's or a whole bunch of hairy people. I wouldn't want to see them in the wilderness. Like, if this person ran at you, if this person ran at you next to the Lopez brothers, Robin Lopez and Brooke Lopez in the forest at night, wouldn't you be scared?
Billy Gill
I saw this dude months ago. I was like, it can't be Worth. Still can't be.
Chris Cody
No, it's not Jason.
Billy Gill
That's how. That was like the last time I watched. By the way, I heard from exclusive reports out at Tahoe, Jason Worth joined the tournament one of the days from hole four.
Chris Cody
Can you look up for me whether or not Jason Worth his last contract was for how much Jason with the name Worth, did he get? $150 million, $200 million? One of those giant deals.
Billy Gill
I don't care what you tell me. That is Jason Worth that is coming in to score. That has to be.
Stugotz
That is Brandon Marsh.
Billy Gill
No, it's not. That's Jason Worth.
Roy Bellamy
Seven year, 126 million.
Chris Cody
If you saw Marsh in a marsh that Harry, you would be frightened, would you? Not like this. This is a person. This. This is. This is too much. All of this.
Stugotz
If I saw anyone in a marsh, I'd probably be frightened.
Billy Gill
Excellent point.
Chris Cody
Can you get me the sound, please, Roy, of something that you really. I don't think. Think want to hear a pilot say. I don't think this is information that he needs to share. I don't know how you guys feel about the chatty pilot. What you want to hear from the pilot at all? Nope.
Roy Bellamy
I'll never understand it. The pilot. You have nothing to say to me. You have nothing to say to me the entire flight.
Dan Le Batard
What if he makes an aggressive right turn that you would never make in a normal plane? And all of a sudden you. I feel like then I would want some reassurance.
Roy Bellamy
Reassurance of what? You're still in the air.
Dan Le Batard
Why did you just make abrupt right turn?
Roy Bellamy
Who cares why?
Dan Le Batard
If a plane made a turn that was like a. Like where it Got the whole place like, whoa. We don't usually turn that quick. You'd just be like, oh, no problem.
Roy Bellamy
Yeah. What happens if he doesn't say anything to you? What happens?
Dan Le Batard
The whole place starts murmuring of like, what?
Greg Cote
Why'd he do that?
Dan Le Batard
What do you think?
Billy Gill
I was on a plane that got struck by lightning. And everyone's like, did we just get struck by lightning? And then five minutes later, the pilot's.
Dan Le Batard
Like, yeah, that was a long five minutes.
Billy Gill
I bet we got struck by lightning. I was like, well, thank God. But now after the rehearsal, anytime I get a chatty pilot, I'm like, yes. Because if he's talking to me that much, he's talking to the co. Well.
Dan Le Batard
That'S what happened here. There was an aggressive turn and then the pilot said this.
Ron McGill
Those of you on the right hand side, you probably saw the airplane kind of sort of coming at us. Nobody told us about it. And so we continued. And air traffic, there's no radar here, so there the tower is controlled or excuse me, the tower does everything visually. And so they said, report about a six mile, you're six miles from the airport. So we did that. I think he realized that the spacing wasn't going to work. And he said, turn right. And I looked over and there was an airplane, which those would be on the right hand side. I thought it was a one, a small airplane like the one you see at the airport right now doing touch and goes.
Roy Bellamy
Shut up.
Ron McGill
He said, turn right. I said, there's an airplane over there. And he says, turn left. And then by the time we read back to clearance, looked over and saw the airplane that was kind of coming on him converging course with us. And so given his speed, it was a military. I don't know how fast they were going, but they were a lot faster than us. I felt it was the safest thing to do to turn behind it. So sorry about the aggressive maneuver. It caught me by surprise. This is not, not normal at all.
Roy Bellamy
You, you feel better hearing from that rambling man.
Dan Le Batard
That was a little long winded, but I, I do feel better after that. And there was an applause after, like later in that they start clapping. Thank you.
Roy Bellamy
You feel better hearing the pilot tell you that that air traffic control doesn't know what they're doing and that they don't have a radar where they are right now.
Dan Le Batard
That made you feel better? I think it's better than if I got nothing after an aggressive turn.
Roy Bellamy
Just get me to where I'm going.
Billy Gill
One thing's Abundantly clear. It is not that dude's fault.
Chris Cody
It is his fault, though, that he made the decision to go on a microphone and tell everyone in rambling fashion. I was told to make a right. Left. Can't see anything. We don't have a radar. Holy shit. That military plane was moving much faster.
Greg Cote
Than I thought it was.
Chris Cody
None of that gave me confidence that we weren't going to end up in that same city situation five minutes later.
Dan Le Batard
He could have had a tight 10 or 15. Like, could have just been. Sorry about that. There was something there we were unaware of.
Roy Bellamy
After hearing from that guy, I'm asking.
Stugotz
Off the flight while it's in the air.
Chris Cody
Yeah.
Roy Bellamy
Come on. I gotta. I gotta get out.
Chris Cody
Parachute.
Greg Cote
Yeah, parachute. Small werewolf.
Roy Bellamy
I don't know who you're impersonating there.
Dan Le Batard
I do love that. Even a moment like that, he's very calm, you know? He's just like, I'm still talking like this. I don't really even know. Something really traumatic just happened.
Roy Bellamy
There's no radar here, but everybody should be okay about that. Oh, thanks for the update.
Dan Le Batard
My heart rate's going a little faster than the way I'm talking right now, but everything's fine, guys.
Chris Cody
He should have just kept going at that point. You know, we've had collisions in the air recently. The FAA can be trusted less. As well as other American government systems that don't function the way that they used to.
Billy Gill
What am I, D.B.
Dan Le Batard
Cooper?
Billy Gill
D.B.
Greg Cote
Cooper over here.
Dan Le Batard
I don't want to make this political.
Greg Cote
But did you hear Darius Rucker left.
Stugotz
The country because he hates America?
Chris Cody
I don't want to make this political, but holy shit. That military plane was moving fast.
Billy Gill
And as you know, there is a history of military aircraft colliding.
Greg Cote
Very recent, but I avoided that.
Dan Le Batard
Yeah, and then they all clapped. They did. He kind of put them in a thing where it's like, luckily, I did what I did and we're fine now.
Roy Bellamy
I. I would have booed. I boo.
Dan Le Batard
Hey, just shut up and drive the play.
Greg Cote
Bad pun. Drive the plan.
Chris Cody
You have them driving the plane.
Roy Bellamy
No radar.
Chris Cody
Good.
Roy Bellamy
Less talking, more focus.
Dan Le Batard
Dry. You just shut up. You know what I meant.
Chris Cody
But I just. I've never heard someone say, drive the.
Dan Le Batard
Plane like, I hear the plane.
Chris Cody
I've heard the confusion. Drive a boat because people don't know you. The verb to use on boat. But I've never heard drive the plane.
Stugotz
What do you use on boat?
Chris Cody
Captain?
Stugotz
No, please. Shut up, Mickey.
Chris Cody
Thank you.
Dan Le Batard
You drive things all right? If it's got. It's Got the plane? Got a steering wheel?
Roy Bellamy
If you're on a bicycle, are you driving?
Dan Le Batard
Can you turn?
Chris Cody
Does the plane have a steering wheel thing?
Dan Le Batard
I don't know if it's a wheel. It's like that weird, like, U shaped thing.
Stugotz
I feel like you drive a bike more than you drive a car.
Dan Le Batard
You ride a bike.
Stugotz
Yeah, I know, I know you ride one, but you're doing the work. The bike is not doing the work of getting you point A to point B. So I feel like riding is not actually accurate of what you're doing with a bike. You're powering a bike.
Roy Bellamy
That's your truth.
Billy Gill
You know what, how do you drive a sub?
Chris Cody
Do you also captain a sub?
Billy Gill
I mean, you've seen Crimson Tide, right? You've seen Down Periscope. They have wheels there. But it's not like you. You look out the windshield. Subs don't have windshields. They got that little binocular. How do you. How do you know where you're going here?
Chris Cody
What is the verb. What is the verb you use on submarine? What is the verb on what it is that. And I'm not sure, by the way, I use captain a ship. I'm not even sure that's right. Like, I don't. Is it right? Like, what is the verb that you use with maneuvering around a ship? And Billy, I think you've just brought up point that I've never heard before. I think you're absolutely right that you drive a bicycle and you ride a car.
Stugotz
I mean, you power, you, you push the pedal on the car, but you're doing all of the work on a bicycle, so you're not really riding it. You're. You're putting in the effort here.
Roy Bellamy
What is Chris Aha about?
Dan Le Batard
Just you guys are kind of accepting that there's some confusion here where we're driving something.
Chris Cody
No, not on a plane, though. There's no confusion on what I'm doing with a plane.
Dan Le Batard
The people are flying, going up in the air. That's the flying part. The steering that's driving the plane.
Roy Bellamy
I just. I don't know who hears that pilot, that rambling man, and then claps after that.
Chris Cody
I've got a handful of questions here. Put this on the poll at Lebatard show. Does a airplane have a steering wheel? Because that's not what I think of. I don't know what it's called, but I just don't think of a plane having a steering wheel.
Billy Gill
Apparently you pilot a sub the same way you pilot a blimp. However, dropped is commonly invoked when it comes to the sub. But this is also chatgpt. When I asked it, do you drive a submarine? It responded, no, I'm chatgpt. I don't drive a sub. And I'm like, no, you idiot. And I would never call it an idiot to its face, though.
Stugotz
I pilot a blimp.
Chris Cody
I think that's what he just said, that you pilot a blimp. But I don't pilot. You should pilot a plane too, right? But you don't drive a plane, Chris.
Dan Le Batard
But you said fly, and it's pilot.
Billy Gill
You fly a plane.
Dan Le Batard
You just up into the air.
Billy Gill
You fly a kite.
Dan Le Batard
Steering part, that's. That's piloting.
Stugotz
I'm starting to think Zaz is right about this Backstreet Boy situation.
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Billy Gill
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Dan Le Batard
I mean, that first sip of a.
Stugotz
Miller Light at the barbecue on a.
Dan Le Batard
Hot day, crack it open.
Stugotz
That sound feelings better.
Billy Gill
That sound, ultra satisfying. And then that first sip, it hits. And yes, while it's hot outside, as it is presently cools your body down, it hits a little different down here in South Florida. But as someone that had Miller Light north of the border and basically football tailgates. As the leaves turn, there really isn't a bad time to turn into Miller time.
Dan Le Batard
Next time we should do a top five times to have Miller time.
Billy Gill
I like where your head's at because it's every time. That's right, every time. Morning time. Well, scratch it now.
Greg Cote
Morning time.
Dan Le Batard
Morning time.
Billy Gill
If you're on vacation. If you're on vacation, you're on vacation.
Dan Le Batard
If you're at a morning tailgate, there's a noon game.
Billy Gill
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Stugotz
Don LeBatard the elephant went into a.
Dan Le Batard
711 and bought a pack of cigarettes. But my question to Ron is this.
Chris Cody
Stugach. That joke didn't really land the way you wanted it to, did it? We all just stared it all.
Stugotz
This is the Dan Levitar show with the Stugats.
Chris Cody
At Le Batard show on all of the places. Polls also put this on the poll. Have you ever applauded on an airplane? Because I do think there are two kinds of people in the world. People who applaud in an airplane and people who don't. And they don't like each other. They don't. Those. Those kinds of people don't get along.
Dan Le Batard
If you find out your pilot just avoided a B52. All right, that's. Thank you.
Chris Cody
All right, get me that sound again. And I'm going to play it for Ron McGill here. Ron McGill, our most popular guest not named Tim Kirk. I don't know why I always rank them. They're about equal. But some years Ron McG ahead. Some years Tim Kirkjin's ahead. Ron, how do you feel? You're a very nice man, a very decent man. If you're flying on an airplane and you hear this after an abrupt right turn because the pilot is driving an airplane and makes an abrupt right turn, tell me what your reaction is to hearing this.
Ron McGill
Those of you on the right hand side, you probably saw the airplane kind of sort of coming at us. Nobody told us about it. And so we continued. And air traffic, there's no radar here. So there the tower is controlled or excuse me, the tower does everything visually. And so they said report about a six mile. You're six miles from the airport. So we did that. I think he realized that the spacing wasn't going to work. And he said, turn right. I looked over and there was an airplane which those would be on the right hand side. I thought it was a 1C, small airplane like the one you see at the airport right now doing touch and goes. And he said, turn right. I said, there's an airplane over there. And he says, turn left. And that by the time we read back to clearance, looked over and saw the airplane that was kind of coming on a converging course with us. And so given his speed, it was a military. I don't know how fast they were going, but they were a lot faster dogs.
Greg Cote
I felt it was the safest thing to do.
Stugotz
Turn behind it.
Ron McGill
So sorry about the aggressive maneuver. It caught me by surprise. This is not, not normal at all.
Chris Cody
Ron, what would you want your pilot doing immediately after an abrupt right?
Greg Cote
I'd want him to get me to the ground because I don't feel it's that safe to fly anymore. What the hell's going on there? I mean that's, that's very unsettling to hear that. But having said that, I mean, I appreciate the explanation. I think it was a little long winded, I think. Yeah, I'm not, I'm not very happy being in that plane.
Chris Cody
Would you prefer. Would you prefer an explanation or no expert. Would you prefer that explanation or no explanation? Just silence after the abrupt right?
Greg Cote
No, I prefer some explanation. I don't want abrupt silence. I don't want silence. I prefer. But I don't need that kind of detail. Like there's a B52 plane coming at me and we had to avoid the plane because he didn't see us and there's no radar up here and nobody knows and nobody let us know what was happening. I don't need all that information because that's not making. Making me feel very secure in the plane. I would just say, listen, we came across an unexpected occurrence and that right was just to make our flight safer. That's all I need to hear.
Roy Bellamy
That's it. That's all that needs to be said. I don't need to hear from a rambling man who is telling me that I am flying in the blind with no radar.
Greg Cote
I agree, I agree with that.
Stugotz
At the end he also said it's not, not normal. And I didn't know if that means it is normal or if he was stuttering when he said not was very confusing.
Chris Cody
There were a number of things in there that really Made me question basically all of his competence, including not being able to explain what was happening with a public speaker.
Greg Cote
And he totally destroyed my confidence. He totally destroyed my confidence to fly. I would never think. I would never want to hear a pilot telling, oh, there's no radar up here, so we're kind of flying blind.
Chris Cody
Says that Chris Cody. Just so you know, he was literally speak, literally speaking into a public speaker. That's what he was doing. And he was doing so very poorly and horrifying the people who were flying who, if they were nervous, were not soothed. Everything became worth worse after that. Let's play some videos here from the animal kingdom for Ron McGill, as we do every week around here. And I will remind you that the audience here is the single greatest contributor to Zoo Miami's substantive endowment. I should say Ron McGill's substantive endowment, as part of the work that he does beyond Zoo Miami. And so if you want to help Ron McGill and all the help that he gives the animals without any bureaucracy, any people in the way, you can find very easily Ron McGill's substantive endowment on the Internet, you remain the greatest contributor to this that there has ever been. Let's play the first video here of a sea turtle. And I want you to explain to me what this sea turtle is doing here, Ron. I don't know what it's doing. Perhaps you can explain to us, as bubbles emerge from its mouth, what the sea turtle is doing.
Greg Cote
It's relaxing, it's resting. It's common. They just release small amounts of air as it's resting to help not just with buoyancy, but it's just relaxing. It's just releasing air that had accumulated when it went down to dive. But that's a very common thing with a sea turtle. Kind of, I don't want to say sleeping, because they have to breathe air. So he's going to go back up to get air eventually, but it's just the slow release of air in his lungs while he's relaxing on the ocean floor there.
Dan Le Batard
You don't ever just relax when you can't breathe. I do it all the time.
Greg Cote
Sea turtles have a different respiratory system than we do, Chris, and they're able to stay underwater for a significantly longer amount of time because that's where they live.
Chris Cody
Give us the best fact you can about the sea turtle, your favorite sea turtle fact.
Greg Cote
The fact is that a sea turtle can hatch out on a beach, swim out of that beach, and for the next 20 to 30 years, swim literally around the world, okay? And when it becomes Sexually mature, that sea turtle will go back to the same beach that it hatched out 20 to 30 years ago to lay its own eggs. That is pretty unbelievable to think about that. Think about it. If you were born, Dan, let's say you were born at a hospital down here at, you know, Jackson Memorial Hospital, and 30 years later, you live, oh, in India and Africa or whatever you say. You know what? Well, assuming you're a female, you're going to have a baby. I'm going to go have a baby back, but never having been there except for the time you were born and left and know how to get back there. First of all, how would you know how to get back there without, you know, any kind of navigation equipment anyway, These turtles can find the same beach, the same beach they hatched out of 20 to 30 years later, having never been there within those 20 to 30 years just to go back and lay.
Dan Le Batard
There's got to be like 1%, though. That's just like I got. Where did I make that left turn, like asking for Chris?
Greg Cote
I'm sure there is a very tiny percentage that is not able to do that. But the fact of the matter is the normal. The normal sea turtle can do that. The navigation is unbelievable to think about.
Chris Cody
If you can only choose one, and I'm going to make you choose one, the sea turtle is smart or not smart. Smart, because that's not intelligence what you're describing, right?
Greg Cote
That's not intelligence. That's instinct. Yes, you're correct.
Chris Cody
And so you think it's brain. You've told us before, for example, the owl is not smart. It's right. There's not a brain in there.
Greg Cote
What? Well, there's a brain in there. Dan, don't take it to an extreme. There's a brain in there, but it's not a problem solving brain. Okay.
Chris Cody
It's a survival brain, but it's not smart. Were you reacting to it? My saying it didn't have.
Roy Bellamy
I was reacting to the idea of if you opened up an owl's head, there's no brain.
Chris Cody
Okay, but it's not smart.
Greg Cote
That's exactly what Dan said.
Chris Cody
It is what I said. Okay. But I think most people are surprised that the owl is not smart. The owl has a reputation for being wise.
Greg Cote
I don't think really it's one of those big misconceptions of nature. You know, it started with wise potato chips. What's their logo? The owl.
Chris Cody
But. But the sea turtle. If I had to think, I would think it has a small brain and then it doesn't do very much.
Greg Cote
It doesn't have a large brain, but I wouldn't say it has a necessarily small brain. Now, crocodiles, crocodilians, they have a small brain for their size. But sea turtles can recognize things. They can, you know, they can decipher different situations. And I think they're relatively smart animal. When it comes to the world of.
Stugotz
Reptiles, what animal has the biggest useless brain, like a giant brain, that really isn't very smart?
Greg Cote
I don't think there is such a thing, Billy. I think there's animals that have giant brains that we don't know how they're able to utilize them, but they do utilize them in certain ways. You know, right away comes to mind something like the dolphin, a lot of the cetaceans, the whales, they have massive brains, and we just don't know the language that they speak. But they know the language they speak. They know they're able to navigate their way through the seas to the world. They're able to, you know, to do different things that. To detect different things that we're not able to detect. And they. We know they have that massive brain. We don't know exactly how they use it, but we know they're able to use it.
Stugotz
Ron, you mentioned dolphins. A couple weeks ago, I was walking along Biscayne Bay and I saw a dolphin that seemed to be putting on a show, kind of for passersby. And this dolphin kept jumping out of the water. And then when it came back a second or third time, it seemed to be playing with a fish. We thought that it was trying to eat the fish, but then we quickly realized the fish was alive. It would grab the fish, it would hop up, toss the fish, go down, grab the fish, come back up, then toss the fish again. Was it playing? Was it hunting? How traumatized was this fish?
Chris Cody
You also thought the fish might be too big, right? That it could actually do anything with the size of the fish?
Greg Cote
Well, listen, there's no question it was probably playing. There's no question that the fish was traumatized, but that's nature. Dolphins are incredibly intelligent, and I wouldn't be surprised if that dolphin was doing this close to shore just to put on a show as well. You know, I think dolphins are aware sometimes when they're. When they have an audience, so to speak. You know, we have dolphins that often will follow boats, fishing boats. They'll navigate right next to them, put on all kinds of, you know, jumps and twirls and turns and all kinds of neat stuff. Dolphins definitely enjoy Themselves, they play. Like many animals, they do know how to play. They do enjoy playing.
Chris Cody
Is there any animal that enjoys playing above all other animals? Like, is there a number one ranked player in the animal kingdom?
Greg Cote
I'd say there's a number one ranked player. You know, I mean, I guess the most. The more intelligent the animal, the more playful it tends to be. And of course, that goes everywhere from the cetaceans to the primates to great apes. But, you know, elephants, God, we see elephants played tremendously in all kinds of situations. So all these animals do have the bears. Bears will play quite a bit also when they're socializing.
Chris Cody
Roy, are you shaking your head? Because any stray sound that isn't a perfect sound is to your career a blasphemous indictment of doing anything.
Greg Cote
Well, that's where my emails come in, guys. I'm sorry.
Mike Ryan
You are right, Ron. That is your email sound. That's your computer sounds.
Greg Cote
And yeah, I'm sorry, Roy. I can't control. I'm not technologically savvy to turn that stuff off. They just keep coming in. I'm sorry, Ron.
Stugotz
Why can't animals organize sports leagues and have, like, teams that they watch play? If they like playing so much, why can't they have professional animal sports leagues or really sports that they invent on their own?
Greg Cote
I think they do play sometimes in team ways. I've seen, you know, troops of chimpanzees gather together and have different teams. I've seen things with like, you know, meerkats getting little. Little kind of clicks within their mobs. So, you know, their team sport may not be the same as our team sport. I don't think they have, like, you know, gambling or anything.
Stugotz
Well, they don't have jerseys or anything like that. Like, so you never know if they're playing a sport, if they're just walking around handling their, you know, business.
Greg Cote
Well, maybe they are keen enough to decipher one another without the need of a jersey. Just their sight smell is so distinctive and their senses are so keen that they don't need that because their senses tell them who's on what team. Whereas we need that because our senses have been dulled over so many years of just pouring ourselves with colognes and perfumes and soaps and all that other stuff to disguise what we really smell like.
Billy Gill
Dan, would you like to apologize to Roy?
Chris Cody
I wasn't questioning Roy. I was asking if Roy was upset because that sound was upsetting to him.
Billy Gill
It's awfully convenient. That sounded like you were blaming Roy did it? Yeah. Two words that are very powerful today. I'm sorry.
Chris Cody
Wait a minute, though.
Billy Gill
I didn't know that. That's wrong. It's always been wrong. Just say, I'm sorry.
Greg Cote
Goes again. Sorry.
Billy Gill
Look at that.
Stugotz
See? Ron could do it.
Chris Cody
Roy, stop doing that.
Greg Cote
I'm sorry.
Chris Cody
Let's play another video for Ron here of a pelican. You tell me, Ron, what this pelican is doing. I don't understand what this pelican is doing.
Greg Cote
Thermoregulating.
Chris Cody
What?
Greg Cote
Thermoregulating is kind of cooling off or heating up, depending on what the situation is. You see that skin all around the bill there? That releases and takes in heat. It's like when crocodilians. You'll see alligators open their mouth and keep their mouth open. Crocodiles, same thing. They're thermoregulating. They're trying to. Birds don't perspire, so they have to release heat in other ways. And that's one way the pelicans can do it. Like a dog panting, for that matter.
Chris Cody
Put it on the poll, please. Juju. Ebitardshow. Is thermoregulating a word? Because Zaslow is saying that it is not a word.
Roy Bellamy
Hundred percent no.
Greg Cote
Wow.
Chris Cody
He's saying that. That is not one word. Is it two words? Is it hyphenated? Is it. I don't. He's saying. Zaslo is saying hyphenated.
Greg Cote
But it is a word. It is a term that is commonly used in science.
Roy Bellamy
That's your truth.
Chris Cody
Ron McGill joins us every week with his truth. We are grateful for all of his work in the animal kingdom. Let's play a third video for him. Also put on the poll. By the way, did that pelican look like Rob Ryan at LeBatard show? I have another video for you here of a lioness.
Greg Cote
Oh, yeah, There you go. There you go. That tells you who wears the pants in that family.
Chris Cody
The male gets beat up by the woman. The male lion is.
Greg Cote
There you go.
Chris Cody
Yeah.
Greg Cote
You know what happened there? That male was looking for some nookie, and she wasn't about to give it up. And I tell people all the time, females run the show when it comes to sex in the animal kingdom. You may think that male's strong, you may think he's a powerful one, but at the end of the day, she runs that and she's letting him know, not now. And no means no in the animal kingdom.
Roy Bellamy
That lion is scared.
Greg Cote
Of course he's scared. You don't zazzle. Are you Married. Do you have a significant other? What's your deal?
Chris Cody
Yeah.
Greg Cote
You ever had that significant other? Really, really get mad?
Roy Bellamy
Yeah, but, like, I wasn't scared.
Greg Cote
You were. If you weren't, you need to be.
Chris Cody
I was scared the first time I saw my wife.
Greg Cote
There you go.
Chris Cody
Yeah. I didn't want to do that again.
Greg Cote
There you go. I get scared. I know when she's really angry, I'm scared.
Chris Cody
I just didn't. I didn't recognize.
Stugotz
Was it the cupcake that j. Jessica's tall?
Chris Cody
How'd you know?
Billy Gill
Lion's not sheep.
Chris Cody
Ron, good seeing you. Thank you. It's always. It's always nice seeing you. Ron McGill, our second most popular guest ever behind Tim Kirkjin. After this appearance. That's for this week. I don't know if next week it'll change at all. But we always appreciate Ron's efforts around here. I think he's been on close to 20 years. I don't think he was on the very first year, but pretty close to the first year. And we don't run out of questions. And while we repeat some of the questions, we don't run out of questions. The curiosity is something that never ends. The knowledge is something that appears to never end.
Dan Le Batard
Mom and dad, I'm growing at an alarming rate. And clothes you buy me this year will be very small very soon. But at least your wallet doesn't have to be my fashion victim.
Chris Cody
With low prices for school at Amazon.
Dan Le Batard
Hope that helps Amazon spend less, smile more.
Greg Cote
Don Levitard.
Roy Bellamy
I've never stepped foot on that campus. If you told me right now, your life depends on it. Go to Santa Fe University and just, just, just take a picture.
Chris Cody
Stugats.
Dan Le Batard
I would die.
Roy Bellamy
I don't know where it is.
Stugotz
This is the Dan lebatar show with the stugats.
Chris Cody
We were speaking, though, of significant others, and Chris Cody came in here today and he had an op that I think would be the opposite of the opinion if we threw it to the audience and asked the primarily male audience in our group to have the same opinion as Chris Cody. Chris Cody said upon arrival here that Vegas with the wife is better than Vegas with the boys after returning from Vegas. And the boys in this case were the Backstreet Boys. And he was there with his wife. And he came in, Billy, what are you making faces for?
Stugotz
Sounds like he stepped in it and the wife was listening to what he was going to talk about. So that's the story that we came on air and told.
Dan Le Batard
Nonsense.
Roy Bellamy
It's just not believable.
Billy Gill
I've got another angle here.
Chris Cody
Well, let's, let's let him make the claim first because I was. Look, I was surprised to hear him say that he had come back from. Let's put it on the poll, please. What's better? Vegas with your significant other or. I'm not going to make it just for men. Vegas with your significant other or friends trip with your pals. Vegas with your pals or with, you.
Billy Gill
Know, very inclusive of you. You've earned points.
Chris Cody
Thank you.
Billy Gill
Slowly climbing yourself out of that July 4th nonsense.
Chris Cody
I is not, not, not an echo chamber.
Dan Le Batard
I'm just going to put broad paint, a broad brush of what Vegas looked like for me with the guys trip, casino, sports book, a steakhouse that I end up having to go to the bathroom for way too much.
Billy Gill
Yeah, that's what we do.
Dan Le Batard
And no sleep.
Greg Cote
So good.
Dan Le Batard
That's okay. And it was. And I've done that multiple times.
Billy Gill
A little bit of drugs.
Dan Le Batard
Well, whatever. Whatever you like. And this trip, it was a nice two nice shows, some good food, enough sleep. Just like. I know. Of course I, I worked in some Cuervo and sodas. Don't. Don't get me wrong. Like, I had a nice time. I was indulging, but it was just. I got like six, seven hours every night. I woke up with like, what are we gonna do today? Want to go to the pool party? Like, I woke up refreshed.
Billy Gill
I love you so much. I'm having a great.
Dan Le Batard
I honestly, I got to see. My wife was so happy at the Backstreet Boys concert. We ate great food. Best friend. You've been to best friend.
Billy Gill
I'm so happy for you.
Dan Le Batard
Park mgm. Delicious food.
Billy Gill
That's great.
Dan Le Batard
It's just.
Billy Gill
It's just.
Dan Le Batard
I had fun. I left the trip. I wasn't tired. I was just like, you look good. This was a nice trip.
Billy Gill
You look great.
Dan Le Batard
I want to do Vegas because I was kind of over. I was like, I have reached the point where I'm like, I'm done with the, the bottris.
Roy Bellamy
You.
Billy Gill
Of course you're done.
Dan Le Batard
Yeah. And I'm telling you, I did. I shocked myself with how much I enjoyed just being there with my wife.
Stugotz
Do you think that if we were to pose the same question to her? Which would you prefer, a girls trip or a trip to Vegas with Christopher? She would say with you.
Dan Le Batard
I mean, I think I did. Did pretty well this weekend.
Billy Gill
That's great.
Greg Cote
That's.
Dan Le Batard
Yeah. Billy, I think she choose me.
Billy Gill
You got an eye towards football season, don't you?
Dan Le Batard
I do gotta plant the seeds now.
Greg Cote
Yeah.
Billy Gill
Bye. Bye.
Dan Le Batard
I honestly, like, I know you guys think I'm doing a thing. No jazz hands, Billy, but did you make the accusations?
Chris Cody
Did you. Did you make.
Stugotz
I've made no accusations.
Chris Cody
No. Whatever your theory was. Did you file whatever your theory was on why it is that Chris is saying this? You don't believe. You don't believe.
Stugotz
It's his truth. It's his truth.
Chris Cody
Okay, but. So you don't have a theory.
Billy Gill
Occurring favor with a loved one before.
Stugotz
Football season takes him away or he did something bad.
Dan Le Batard
So he's just kind of done with the stumbling back to my hotel at 5:30, like, I got to be up at 9 with awesome night.
Billy Gill
I'll make you a bet. You're not done with.
Stugotz
He's not done with it.
Dan Le Batard
I didn't do it on this trip. And I was like, this is nice.
Roy Bellamy
You're telling me occasionally the next guy's trip you go on to Vegas, it's going to be like 1am drinks, you know, bottles are popping. Maybe you're in the, you know, the adult gentleman's club and you're thinking, you know, what would be better? I was just here with my wife. No way.
Billy Gill
There is like this new thing. I find it a lot with my South American friends. The FaceTime while you're just eating. So the. This happened. I was at a hibachi place and there was a nice, nice gentleman, two from Spain, one from Venezuela. And he was just WhatsApp facetiming his wife the entire time. And they weren't really saying much. She was just watching the man eat to make sure he wasn't doing anything he wasn't supposed to.
Stugotz
He cheated on her. For sure.
Billy Gill
There's something going on, but like, there.
Stugotz
There is a lack of trust there that comes from somewhere there.
Billy Gill
This is a thing I've seen, like, I'm on this algo now where people are like in the club having bottle service and there's just like a FaceTime phone like popped up and like, this guy's in hell.
Roy Bellamy
Get control, your house.
Stugotz
Just get divorced. Like, if that, if that's your life you're not living, just get divorced. Zaz, I've been very pro. Premature, early, early signs. Just get divorced. Why are you going to drag it out? This is clearly not a relationship that's going to last. It's not working out. Just do it.
Roy Bellamy
I told my wife a long time ago, if we ever get to a place where you want to do this couples counseling, end it. I don't even do it.
Billy Gill
That's healthy. That's good. That's good and healthy.
Stugotz
Let her know I'm not going to make any effort to save this man.
Roy Bellamy
Pull the band aid off.
Stugotz
Yes.
Billy Gill
But if you do want help, better help.
Dan Le Batard
Oh, great.
Billy Gill
Yeah.
Stugotz
Yeah.
Roy Bellamy
Zaz Code.
Chris Cody
Dan Zaslow's confidence has skyrocketed.
Greg Cote
But.
Dan Le Batard
DLB.
Stugotz
Sorry.
Chris Cody
I remember that. I remember how wounded and broken Zaslo was at one point when we broke up.
Roy Bellamy
Bad two months.
Greg Cote
That was.
Billy Gill
That's. That's hilarious. Oh, my God. He just took me back. Oh, man. The bad success when he was broken up.
Roy Bellamy
Oh, it was hard times. Bad two months.
Chris Cody
No, no, no.
Billy Gill
This is real. This is something like.
Dan Le Batard
I don't know about this.
Billy Gill
You couldn't escape it at the station.
Roy Bellamy
Because it was so bad.
Billy Gill
Was so heartbroken and emo.
Dan Le Batard
Over. Like a sports team.
Roy Bellamy
No, no, no, no.
Dan Le Batard
Like a real relationship.
Billy Gill
They broke up for two months, and his. His life was hell.
Roy Bellamy
Yeah, I. I cursed out Joe Rose one morning, too.
Greg Cote
What?
Roy Bellamy
Yeah.
Greg Cote
The big dog.
Billy Gill
Yeah. And all he did was how the ladies treat me. Didn't mean it. It's just.
Roy Bellamy
No, no, no, no. It wasn't even that, like. Like, he. Joe Rose was definitely doing that all throughout the breakup. And then there. And then there's one day where it's like, he's talking about on the air again, and I'm in the bullpen and the show's over, and he comes by, and he's probably got a big smile on his face, and he sees me there, and I got the puss on my face, and he's like, you know, you need to get over this already. And then, like, oh, my God, I went crazy. I was cursing angry.
Chris Cody
I have a number of questions here for those of you who do not know who the big dog Joe Rose is. This is who the big dog Joe Rose is.
Stugotz
That's good.
Chris Cody
Big, juicy cheeseburgers, a Philly chicken.
Greg Cote
That's good.
Chris Cody
Onions, mushrooms.
Greg Cote
It's good.
Chris Cody
Excuse me. Can I have a side order of. Can I get some blue cheese with it? I like to dip my thick. Mmm. In that blue cheese they have there. Hey. Oh, you want some pasta and seafood dishes with fresh fish. Mmm.
Dan Le Batard
Mmm.
Greg Cote
It's good.
Chris Cody
So good. Yeah, yeah, yeah. There is nothing like a thick that's not edited, by the way.
Billy Gill
That's just the raw file.
Chris Cody
And I want you guys to fully absorb how much of a caveman you have to be when the person you just heard said the person you just. Not that person. The person next to me. That you just heard say, I've told my wife already. If we do couples counseling, just end me and end the relationship. For that person to be yelled at by someone more primitive than him, you just need to get over it. Like, that is the beginning of the evolutionary chart.
Billy Gill
I have no stronger memory in my brain of a friend going through a breakup than the dude that just said, hey, we got a couple of therapy. It was over a lot of tough times.
Chris Cody
I'd say you're pretty close because about the same time you with your wife.
Roy Bellamy
I remember that.
Chris Cody
The same time.
Billy Gill
I remember when I broke up.
Roy Bellamy
Yep, I remember that.
Billy Gill
Bailed on modernos one time. All I did.
Greg Cote
Please.
Billy Gill
Why don't you go around the grove, ask around.
Chris Cody
When I think. When I think.
Billy Gill
Joe Rose. I always had a great time when he asked me how the ladies were treating me.
Dan Le Batard
Are we exploring breakups here? Let's go around the room.
Chris Cody
Well, just the cursing out, though. The idea of.
Roy Bellamy
I was so mad.
Billy Gill
Me and SPO at Green street all the time.
Roy Bellamy
I couldn't take it anymore.
Stugotz
What'd you do? Why'd she end it?
Chris Cody
Me?
Stugotz
Yeah.
Roy Bellamy
I mean, I was a child. Like, you know.
Chris Cody
You still are.
Roy Bellamy
I was a child.
Chris Cody
You still. You still are. In some ways. The. The idea that. That Zaslow would boldly with his chest out. And this is just the new confidence talking. I feel like when I just remember, I've rarely had a friend more despondent. And it was a brief period of time. Like, I recall Zaslo being fundamentally broken.
Dan Le Batard
And he didn't hide it at work at all.
Billy Gill
No, it was fodder.
Chris Cody
But.
Billy Gill
But for Zaslo area, like, what's the latest?
Chris Cody
But I want you guys, the. The shipping container. You guys, to give the perspective on how bad a spot Zaz has to be in to dare to curse out Joe Rose, to even dare to do that. And given how young. Given that Joe Rose is a monster in this market. And at the time Zaz is just.
Roy Bellamy
Coming up, and Joe Rose, like, literally got me that job. You know, like, I'm there in the start. I kept my job because I'm. But Joe Rose got me the job.
Billy Gill
Did he respect you afterwards, like, prison rules, maybe?
Chris Cody
Nobody does that to Joe Rose. Like, that's not. I don't remember him being cursed out by anybody.
Billy Gill
Lenny, Eric, Chippy, Scotty or Mike.
Chris Cody
There is nothing like a thick.
Mike Ryan
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Podcast Summary: The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Episode: Hour 1: No Radar? Less Talking, More Focus
Release Date: July 22, 2025
Introduction
In this engaging episode of The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz, hosts Dan Le Batard and Stugotz delve into a mix of sports anecdotes, personal stories, and intriguing animal behaviors. The episode, titled "No Radar? Less Talking, More Focus," emphasizes minimizing distractions to maintain focus, a theme that resonates throughout the discussions.
Unusual Baseball Game Ending
The episode kicks off with Chris Cody raising a fascinating question about baseball: the rarity of a game ending on a catcher's interference.
"Have you guys ever seen before a walk off in a baseball game unsatisfying the game ending on catcher's interference? Have you guys ever seen that happen before where a baseball game?"
— Chris Cody [01:08]
Mike Ryan responds, providing historical context.
"I saw that the last time that happened was 1977."
— Mike Ryan [01:35]
Chris Cody corrects the timestamp, noting it actually occurred in 1971.
"It was 1971, so it was six years earlier."
— Mike Ryan [02:14]
They discuss the improbability of witnessing such an event again, highlighting baseball's rich history. Chris Cody expresses skepticism about showing video footage due to potential rights issues. The conversation underscores how rare and unsatisfying such game endings are, leaving fans and players alike disappointed.
Pilot's Abrupt Maneuvering Incident
Transitioning from baseball, the hosts shift focus to an unsettling aviation incident involving a pilot making unexpected maneuvers. Chris Cody introduces the topic by referencing a pilot who executed an abrupt right turn due to an unidentified aircraft, leading to passenger unease.
"It was an aggressive turn, and the pilot made this... it's not normal at all."
— Ron McGill [06:24]
Ron McGill shares his firsthand experience, detailing how the lack of radar and sudden directives from air traffic control led to a near-collision with a military aircraft.
"He said, turn right. I looked over and saw an airplane... It was a military plane moving much faster."
— Ron McGill [06:27]
The discussion highlights the anxiety passengers feel during such unpredictable situations. Dan Le Batard empathizes, acknowledging the increased heart rate caused by the pilot's explanations.
"My heart rate's going a little faster than the way I'm talking right now, but everything's fine, guys."
— Dan Le Batard [08:06]
Greg Cote and Chris Cody debate the pilot's communication effectiveness, suggesting that overly detailed explanations can exacerbate passenger stress rather than alleviate it.
"He should have just kept going... have some reassurance."
— Greg Cote [17:05]
The segment concludes with reflections on trust in aviation safety and the importance of concise, clear communication from pilots during emergencies.
Animal Kingdom Insights with Ron McGill
Shifting gears, Ron McGill takes the spotlight to discuss various animal behaviors, starting with sea turtles. The hosts request Ron to interpret animal actions from video clips, blending scientific facts with light-hearted banter.
"A sea turtle can hatch out on a beach, swim out, and for the next 20 to 30 years, swim literally around the world... and return to the same beach to lay its own eggs."
— Greg Cote [20:26]
This remarkable navigational ability astonishes the hosts, drawing parallels to human challenges in long-term navigation without traditional tools.
The conversation evolves to dolphins, admired for their intelligence and playful nature. Stugotz shares an observation of a dolphin interacting with a live fish, prompting discussions on animal play versus predatory behavior.
"Dolphins are incredibly intelligent, and I wouldn't be surprised if that dolphin was doing this just to put on a show."
— Greg Cote [24:42]
The hosts ponder whether any animal stands out as the top "player" in the animal kingdom, concluding that intelligence often correlates with playfulness across various species like cetaceans, primates, and elephants.
"The more intelligent the animal, the more playful it tends to be."
— Greg Cote [24:49]
Personal Stories and Relationship Dynamics
The latter part of the episode delves into personal anecdotes and relationship dynamics, injecting humor and relatability into the conversation. Chris Cody brings up the topic of breakups and couples counseling, leading to humorous exchanges about personal experiences and advice on handling relationship struggles.
"If we ever get to a place where you want to do this couples counseling, end it. I don't even do it."
— Roy Bellamy [35:12]
Stugotz advocates for decisive action in failing relationships, emphasizing the importance of not prolonging unhealthy dynamics.
"Just get divorced. If that's your life you're not living, just get divorced."
— Stugotz [35:25]
Billy Gill interjects with practical advice, promoting therapy as a positive step.
"But if you do want help, BetterHelp."
— Billy Gill [35:40]
The conversation touches on past breakups and personal growth, illustrating the show's blend of serious topics with comedic relief.
Advertisements and Sponsors
Throughout the episode, brief advertisements for sponsors like BetterHelp and Miller Lite are interspersed. These segments are seamlessly integrated into the conversation, maintaining the show's dynamic flow without disrupting the main content.
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— Mike Ryan [12:04]
Conclusion
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz masterfully combines sports trivia, personal stories, and fascinating animal insights, all while maintaining a humorous and engaging atmosphere. Hosts Dan Le Batard and Stugotz, alongside their co-hosts, navigate through diverse topics with ease, offering listeners both entertainment and thoughtful commentary. This episode's focus on minimizing distractions to maintain focus is reflected in their deep dives into each subject, ensuring a rich and informative listening experience.
Notable Quotes
Final Thoughts
This episode exemplifies the show's ability to weave complex topics with humor and personal anecdotes, making it both informative and entertaining. Whether discussing the intricacies of animal behavior or the nuances of personal relationships, The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz offers a multifaceted listening experience that keeps audiences engaged from start to finish.