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Dan Le Batard
This is the Dan Levatar show with the Stugats podcast. It is time for Stugats to share his game notes. No one in the media will tell you what happened better than my boy Stu.
Jon Stugotz
Weekend observations brought to you by Miller Lights. Dan, you could argue no one has transformed the game more than this man. Four championships in seven seasons. A dynasty, some would say. But time doesn't wait. And questions started swirling. How much was really left in the tank facing the young, scrappy 2 seed? He had something to prove. And prove it, he did. That dagger three, it reminded everybody who's who. And Dan, just like that, make no mistake about it, Steph Curry is back.
Roy Bellamy
Roy, why'd you shake your head? I knew he was going to go there.
Dan Le Batard
Steph Curry is back.
Jon Stugotz
Okay, thank you.
Roy Bellamy
But it's Buddy Heald who's back, right?
Dan Le Batard
Exactly.
Greg Cody
Yeah.
Roy Bellamy
Zero points in game six.
Jon Stugotz
Buddy Heald never arrived. He arrived last night. I mean.
Roy Bellamy
Oh, you just showed up.
Jon Stugotz
You can't be back if you never arrived. Thank you.
Greg Cody
Excellent point.
Roy Bellamy
Put it on the poll, please. Juju at Levitard show. Can you be back if you never arrived? It's a good point. I never left. Now Stu Gotch just checkmated everybody there like that. I believe he's got us. Buddy healed had never arrived and therefore he cannot be back.
Jon Stugotz
Thank you. Speaking of back, I took a step back over the weekend and revise my top five teams most likely to take a step back in the NFL this year. That number five, the jets five and 12 a year ago. That was with Aaron Rodgers. Now they have Justin Fields.
Roy Bellamy
A step back.
Jon Stugotz
They're going for arch. A step back from 5 and 12. Yeah. The Ravens more to do with me thinking the Bengals are going to be great and the Ravens going to be a wild card team. Number three, Detroit. 152 home field. They had their chance, Dano. Number two, the Vikings.
Roy Bellamy
Wait a minute. So that's it for Detroit. A step back.
Jon Stugotz
A step back, yeah. Number two, the Vikings. Unless they get Aaron Rodgers. In that case, they might win it all.
Roy Bellamy
So wait a minute, Detroit. You don't explain to me what you're doing there. The best Detroit team we've ever seen was better than it's ever been. And you're just assuming they will take a step back and that their best chance is now forever blown.
Jon Stugotz
Window closed. Yeah.
Greg Cody
So it's not a small step.
Jon Stugotz
Yeah. Wow. Big giant step.
Roy Bellamy
A big giant step. It's not a small step back.
Jon Stugotz
Yeah. Big giant step. I have the packers winning that division as of now. This could change. I mean, again, I just, I took a step back over the weekend. I looked at things, reevaluated, and here we are. Number one, the Chiefs. I could stay Here come the Padres.
Roy Bellamy
I can't kick you out if you talk Chiefs talk during the middle of weekend observation. Can we. You know what?
Jon Stugotz
Actually, loophole.
Roy Bellamy
Can we do weekend observation? Let's do weekend observations right now. The rest of it from the penalty box. Can we have him come back and forth? No, can we not do that?
Jon Stugotz
Oh, I mean, I'll do it if you want me to do it.
Roy Bellamy
I'm just saying if we're going to enforce the rules. He knows he's not supposed to do chief's talk. He just did chief's talk. Chief's talk gets him expelled from the room. We're not going to respect the rules. Okay, great. Because it's easier not to respect.
Jon Stugotz
That run is over.
Roy Bellamy
Is. That's the metal arc way, baby. I wonder why Skippers leave it.
Jon Stugotz
He is.
Roy Bellamy
What?
Greg Cody
Really?
Jon Stugotz
Oh, you missed it. Here come the Padres.
Roy Bellamy
I didn't miss it. They've been here, though. I told you last week when you were telling me. The Mets, the Mets, the Metropolitans. Padres.
Jon Stugotz
Here come the Padres.
Greg Cody
Mets took a step back.
Jon Stugotz
They did James Harden. Mr. Game seven, you are not.
Roy Bellamy
He didn't even take enough step backs.
Jon Stugotz
Imagine being the Rockets losing the Stephen Draymond a decade ago, tearing your roster apart, going through a full transformation coming out of that transformation to get a 2 seed, only to lose to Stephen Draymond.
Roy Bellamy
Stugat I, I. When you look at the last 10 years of basketball. I don't know if this happened to anyone else last night. Jeremy, can you look this up for me, please? The James Harden story arc when he was MVP of the league. And Daryl Morey has actually, with D'Antoni, re established how the sport is played because they were at the very front end of. No, we're gonna just do it with threes. And D'Antoni tells Harden, I'm gonna make you a 15 assist guy. You watch. We're gonna win this way. All I need you to do is in game seven, make the threes.
Jon Stugotz
Right?
Roy Bellamy
Against Golden State, they had. Didn't they have Durant's team knocked out? Didn't they have. Wasn't that Houston team in a game seven, all they had to do was make their threes and at home they would have knocked out. Was it a Durant champion in a game seven? It was certainly a Klay Thompson, Steph Curry team, right? But they went, what, from three? Because at the very forefront of playing that kind of basketball, Houston was ahead of everybody. Daryl Morey was going to rule the sport. And I believe in that game they went something like seven for 49.
Jon Stugotz
I think seven is too many. I mean, I'll look it up.
Billy Gill
Seven for 44.
Jon Stugotz
Wow. You nailed it.
Billy Gill
That's a 15.93 point percentage.
Roy Bellamy
But that was at the very start of. Oh, look out, Buddy. Yield.
Jon Stugotz
If someone calls me on the weekend, you know what I'm not doing? Answering. It's my weekend.
Roy Bellamy
Put it on the poll. Do you answer the phone on the weekend?
Jon Stugotz
Leave me alone. Jalen Green bust.
Roy Bellamy
Oh, come on.
Jon Stugotz
Watch the game.
Billy Gill
I will say in that game seven that you're talking about, Dan, where you say, oh, Buddy healed. Players not named Durant, Green, Curry or Thompson had 11 points for the Warriors.
Roy Bellamy
They won by nine because again, seven for 44.
Jon Stugotz
Yeah, it's crazy.
Roy Bellamy
Kobe has a championship just because Ron Artest decided that was the day he was going to make the threes.
Jon Stugotz
Yes.
Billy Gill
Trevor Ariza, 0 for 9. Eric Gordon, 2 for 12, James Harden, 2 for 13.
Jon Stugotz
Dan, you know what the B in Buddy Healed stands for?
Roy Bellamy
Balls.
Jon Stugotz
Big shot. Bob.
Roy Bellamy
He's Bud. How can I. I gotta find him. I gotta send him to the other room. You can't.
Jon Stugotz
I don't want to make the same joke the second time.
Roy Bellamy
That's not what happened.
Jon Stugotz
That's exactly what happened.
Greg Cody
That's his nickname, Bob.
Roy Bellamy
But is. But put it on the pole. Is Buddy Heald's nickname Bob? Okay. It's a great way to cover up.
Jon Stugotz
The H stands for ori.
Roy Bellamy
It's like watching a cat in a kitty litter box. It's what I meant. Dan. Big shot Bob. You guys, excellent work through you two are real comedy team, the two of you.
Greg Cody
We are, Bobby. Healed.
Jon Stugotz
Finally healed in some dividends.
Greg Cody
Yeah, let's go. Hello Dolly.
Roy Bellamy
Thank. That's good right there. Is that in there? Did Taylor write that?
Jon Stugotz
No, no.
Roy Bellamy
Oh, that was a that. Wait a minute. So adlib. We got a live back in my day and a live weekend observation that's not starchly written and read on the same day. Ad lib.
Greg Cody
Yeah.
Roy Bellamy
Finally healed in some dividends is a T shirt.
Jon Stugotz
Thank you.
Chris Cody
Backing better than ever.
Roy Bellamy
Put it up, Angel. Sell that to the Golden State Warrior fans. Yielding dividends.
Jon Stugotz
Klay Thompson walked so Buddy Heald could run.
Roy Bellamy
Klay Thompson limps throughout retirement so that Buddy Heald could run.
Jon Stugotz
Steph Curry 50 in playoff series against the Rockets. You know what that means? Of course, Dano.
Roy Bellamy
I do not.
Jon Stugotz
It means Steph has their number. Poor Rockets.
Roy Bellamy
Steph's pretty good. Hard to beat him during this age. Only one guy was doing it consistently. It's hard to do.
Jon Stugotz
I'm gonna struggle with this name even though Chris just told me. Mikko Ratanen.
Dan Le Batard
Rettnen.
Jon Stugotz
Ah, Retinon. Scoring a Game 7 hat trick to eliminate the team that forced him out. Russell Westbrook with 16:5 and 5 to eliminate the team that traded him last off season. You know what was on the menu over the weekend, Dan? Revenge.
Roy Bellamy
Oh, okay.
Jon Stugotz
Served ice cold.
Roy Bellamy
Oh, a Stallone poster.
Greg Cody
Yeah.
Roy Bellamy
Ice cold it is. I don't. I mean it must be ice cold. Should have been a movie Stallone made. Revenge served ice cold. Sounds like something that is the Stugot's.
Jon Stugotz
IMDb Sporting Kansas City beat LA Galaxy 1 nil with 0 shots. The Sport has never been more dead. No goals, no shots.
Roy Bellamy
I mean this is how it ends for the embittered sports writers and sports critiquers that view sports at the end and just call sports across the board dead horse racing. And now soccer World cup is approaching. It's going to be a giant event according to Stugaerts have been declared dead.
Jon Stugotz
Yeah, I mean one nothing. No shots.
Greg Cody
Lionel Messi would like a word.
Jon Stugotz
Who wants to see that?
Roy Bellamy
You proclaimed him a monster failure. What do you mean he would like a word?
Greg Cody
I mean inter Miami has been a failure with him in terms of not winning major hardware so far. His time is not done here.
Dan Le Batard
They won that middle of the season tournament in the Supporters Shield well, the.
Greg Cody
League'S cup was a nothing trophy. A brand new tournament that really doesn't mean much. And the supporters shield. That's like having the best record in the NFL in the regular season and then losing in the first playoff game.
Jon Stugotz
It's like the president.
Dan Le Batard
Right?
Jon Stugotz
Yeah.
Dan Le Batard
I'll tell you what, that stadium is coming up fast.
Jon Stugotz
Trophy.
Dan Le Batard
So that thing looks like it's going to be open next week.
Greg Cody
It better be. You have a live report like you've seen it.
Dan Le Batard
I drive past it every day on the way to work.
Greg Cody
And so you see it rising from.
Dan Le Batard
Oh, yeah, it is going up very, very, very fast.
Roy Bellamy
Very fast.
Dan Le Batard
Suspiciously so. Some might say. Not me. I wouldn't say. I didn't say it.
Roy Bellamy
Billy, you've been watching.
Dan Le Batard
Allegedly. I didn't say it.
Jon Stugotz
Some might say.
Dan Le Batard
Some might. I say that might say it. I think they're doing a great job. All the construction workers out there support the troops.
Greg Cody
Totally up to code.
Dan Le Batard
The construction troops and the Boy Scout troops.
Roy Bellamy
We have a couple of arches going up. It's a $5 billion project. The amount of money that this city is spending stupidly, that's a giant waste.
Jon Stugotz
Of money developing things that only fix our roads.
Greg Cody
Mm.
Dan Le Batard
Thank you. And pay the teachers while you're at it.
Roy Bellamy
Yeah, Save the whales as well.
Chris Cody
Those arches have been going up Forever.
Roy Bellamy
A $5 billion project that makes it. Shittier arches than St. Louis. Not creative. Shittier arches than McDonald's. Not creative and not needed in any way. Nobody in Miami needed it, wanted it. It's just wasteful government work.
Dan Le Batard
If you put some lights on them, though, they'll probably look pretty cool. You know, it took up the parking lot at the art center. Nobody can park there.
Roy Bellamy
They have created. They have created a traffic nightmare for five years. And Billy, Billy, you are right to be more suspicious of that. Our city cannot be trusted to build a stadium that quickly. Hard stop.
Dan Le Batard
I mean, the good news is no one will be there, so no risk.
Greg Cody
Looks like a causeway for bicycles. There's going to be, like, bikes riding over that. Just one bike at a time, though, because it's very narrow.
Dan Le Batard
No, cars will not be driving on that portion of it. Greg.
Greg Cody
Yeah, No, I see.
Jon Stugotz
Because it's narrow, it's decorative.
Roy Bellamy
It's not. It's a useless ornament in the sky. It's a vanity.
Chris Cody
Did you think that's a bridge they're building?
Roy Bellamy
Yes, he did.
Greg Cody
I think it's going to be a bike race.
Jon Stugotz
Yeah.
Greg Cody
You know, based on what I'm seeing, I mean, it's Wide enough with that jump, too? Wide enough?
Roy Bellamy
Yes. No, no. They're building a Red Bull ramp there for motorcyclists to do tricks on.
Greg Cody
There you go.
Roy Bellamy
Greg has no idea what he's looking at.
Greg Cody
I'm looking at the arch.
Roy Bellamy
You think it's a bridge?
Greg Cody
Best art since Manning.
Dan Le Batard
There you go.
Jon Stugotz
That's who the jets are looking at.
Greg Cody
Thank you.
Roy Bellamy
Step back from the Jets.
Chris Cody
Ver has a thank you. Been so less than.
Jon Stugotz
The jets are back five and 12 with Aaron Rodgers.
Dan Le Batard
You got Justin Fields.
Jon Stugotz
That's why they're gonna take a step back. Justin fields, soccer. Saying 1 nil instead of 1 zero. Do me a favor. Get over yourself. Jesus Christ. Sports Harry Kane. Do it in England.
Roy Bellamy
What does that mean?
Jon Stugotz
I don't know. Do it in the World Cup.
Roy Bellamy
I'm not a lawyer. I thought you were gonna say, I don't know. I'm not a lawyer is what I thought you were gonna say.
Jon Stugotz
Not gonna be quizzed. Nothing personal with David Sampson getting a second hour. I've always said if you can add an hour to a show Outside the Top 200 in Sports podcast, you add an hour to a show outside the top 200 in sports podcasts.
Roy Bellamy
Sampson cut himself a good deal.
Jon Stugotz
Of course he did. Stephen Adams is a rocket. There's nothing like a derby on a sloppy track. You agree, right, Greg?
Greg Cody
I do. Comely loves a soft track, so I'm.
Jon Stugotz
Of course it does.
Greg Cody
Partial to those.
Jon Stugotz
You know what the D in Kentucky Derby stands for? Dano. Demise of journalism. Somehow, Donovan Mitchell has found himself living in the comfy confines of no Expectation Island.
Roy Bellamy
Those are good confines.
Jon Stugotz
No one cares.
Roy Bellamy
Those are good confines.
Chris Cody
We did this Friday. It's the land of no expectations.
Jon Stugotz
I changed the name over the weekend. I stepped back.
Roy Bellamy
I thought about it. It. Longer, less efficient, less funny and dated and recycled.
Jon Stugotz
Thank you. Winner of Pacers Cavs getting zero calls against the winner of Celtics Knicks collision course. Phil Sims telling Abdul Carter he could wear number 11 only to then say, nope. Phil Sims, the Stugats is strong in you.
Roy Bellamy
Pacers can beat everybody, too, if they make their three.
Billy Gill
I think whoever wins that series is beating the Celtics.
Roy Bellamy
If they. If they make their threes, the Pacers can beat everyone, too. I could say that of anybody, right?
Jon Stugotz
The NBA wants the Pacers in the NBA.
Roy Bellamy
Understood. I'm just saying that we've really. I. I don't think I have this wrong when I say we've accelerated the sharpshooting math so much that whichever team makes the Most of the 53s a lot of them can do it.
Billy Gill
Andrew Nemhard in them boys.
Jon Stugotz
Yeah. Death, taxes and LeBron James injury announcement seconds after he gets bounced from the playoffs.
Roy Bellamy
LeBron.
Jon Stugotz
I don't think I've ever spelled the word restaurant right on the first attempt.
Roy Bellamy
Put it on the poll. Have you ever spelled the word restaurant right on the first attempt? That is such a good observation.
Jon Stugotz
A tip of the cap to one Gregg Popovich. Pop. One of the all time greats. Go coach D3 now.
Roy Bellamy
I think he's going to be the president. I don't think he's going to coach.
Dan Le Batard
That was a chime for him to, you know, reach his dreams. It's always his dream that he told us about.
Jon Stugotz
You think SPO quickly reached out to.
Roy Bellamy
The spurs, do you? It's a good job.
Jon Stugotz
Rodney Buford.
Roy Bellamy
It's a good job. Anybody want that?
Jon Stugotz
Hey, I'm here.
Roy Bellamy
Anybody want that? That seems like a good job.
Greg Cody
Or vice versa.
Roy Bellamy
If.
Jon Stugotz
The Jimmy Butler trade saved Golden State season, that and Buddy healed Pat Riley had Jimmy Butler and said, let me get him. Alec Burks and Terry Rozier. Scary Terry.
Roy Bellamy
I got some Heat people mad at us for how we talked about Bam, Adebayo and Tyler here, here recently as people who got those teams deep into the postseason in second place is pretty good. Like the Heat people are mad at how disrespectful they think we have been about talking about.
Jon Stugotz
I agree with them.
Roy Bellamy
Jimmy Butler, did they get us? Really?
Jon Stugotz
Yeah.
Greg Cody
Did they deny that, Jimmy, that Tyler and Bam have to be your second and third players if you're sniffing anything remotely.
Billy Gill
That's a different thing than the disrespect that was thrown at those guys, basically calling them nothing players.
Greg Cody
I don't think anybody called him nothing.
Dan Le Batard
Poor he.
Billy Gill
Do you listen to the show?
Greg Cody
I do mostly when I'm on it, but no. I listen to the show frequently.
Dan Le Batard
I saw Jaime Hakez at F1. I was the only person that saw him. The guy could not have been more anonymous. Like he was just walking.
Jon Stugotz
Other people saw him. You recognized?
Dan Le Batard
I think he did a couple laps, up and down, hoping that anyone would recognize.
Billy Gill
He looks a lot like Miami.
Dan Le Batard
It was.
Billy Gill
I felt bad just so Miami, he belongs here.
Roy Bellamy
So did he belong. But he was fashionably attired. Yes, he was.
Dan Le Batard
I think he was wearing a denim outfit. Canadian tuxedo, some might say. But they were short, so I don't know if it was a Canadian tuxedo. But the point was he was going up and back where all the, you know, like the celebrities, the you know, all the people of note were walking up and down the Charlemagne of the world and he. He was not exactly getting the fanfare. I think he thought he was going to get.
Roy Bellamy
The thing that happened this season with usage rate and I am not saying that Jaime Hawkez is this player, but because the ball and the touches went to Tyler Hero. Jaime Hawkez was pretty close under some circumstances of getting to be Latin Miami heartthrob. That is the new Tyler Hero. Cuz he's the one doing the scoring here like. And so he went to F1. Oh, there's what losing does to the scent of people. Who would smell like cologne if there was winning here?
Dan Le Batard
Well, no, I mean, Gordon Ramsay was walking around. Come on. Who are you going to talk to?
Jon Stugotz
Gordon?
Dan Le Batard
Rams Deal. Jaime Hawkins. Let's be real. No, no disrespect. I'm sorry, Heat. I'm sorry, if you're listening, I did not mean to disrespect.
Jon Stugotz
Well, you recognize him? Good job by you.
Dan Le Batard
Yeah, I didn't bother him. Also I was drinking some Big Face coffee at the time.
Jon Stugotz
There you go.
Dan Le Batard
Pretty good.
Roy Bellamy
The objection that the Heat have such that it is is you're all just going to pretend like money isn't what did that. That's right.
Jon Stugotz
Yeah.
Dan Le Batard
A million pardons to the Heat on behalf of the entire show.
Jon Stugotz
We love you.
Dan Le Batard
Send us stuff.
Jon Stugotz
The Royals had the fewest home runs this season, but then hit a franchise record seven home runs in one game.
Roy Bellamy
Baseball also, Aaron Judge is Barry Bonds now because they've changed that sport too. Where the home runs are like the threes and it's just an insanity.
Jon Stugotz
Just an insanity keeping an eye on that guy.
Roy Bellamy
What do you mean you're keeping an eye on. What does that mean?
Jon Stugotz
Something's up.
Roy Bellamy
What do you mean something's up?
Dan Le Batard
Just keeping an eye. He's not saying anything. Just watch.
Jon Stugotz
Keeping an eye. Just started looking.
Roy Bellamy
What do you. I don't know what that means.
Dan Le Batard
More people need to be vigilant about the game. You know, if not, we end up back in 1998 and all of a sudden scandal. Had people been keeping an eye back then. Yeah, what could have been. Now we're not accusing and I'm not even involved in this, so I don't want. No, I don't know why I'm saying we were accusing him of anything. He's just keeping an eye on the situation, that's all.
Roy Bellamy
Put it on the poll, please. At the show. Are you keeping an eye on Aaron Judge?
Billy Gill
You know, he has the seventh, highest batting average through 33 games in the last 80 years.
Jon Stugotz
Keep an eye on him.
Billy Gill
Batting average hitting.432.
Roy Bellamy
Also, Riley Green hit two home runs in the ninth inning the other day. Don't mind me.
Jon Stugotz
He did?
Roy Bellamy
Yeah. One dude hit two home runs in the ninth inning. It's never happened before.
Chris Cody
He's hitting.432.
Roy Bellamy
Yes.
Billy Gill
That was as of Saturday.
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Billy Gill
It probably went off yesterday, too.
Roy Bellamy
No, not. No, no. He's saying that judge is the same judge.
Dan Le Batard
Yeah, same person's judge.
Jon Stugotz
I'm keeping an eye on Riley, though.
Dan Le Batard
Well, he's hitting.270.
Billy Gill
Sorry to tell you. It's now.
Jon Stugotz
It's now.423.
Dan Le Batard
I mean, I'll keep an eye off of Riley, all right.
Roy Bellamy
He's been doing plenty of that.
Jon Stugotz
James Harden is doing a disservice to the name James. If your name is James, you have to be big game James. James Worthy. James Shields Harden disrespecting the name.
Roy Bellamy
Last three.
Jon Stugotz
Riley Green was an all Star last year. Who knew?
Roy Bellamy
Last three.
Jon Stugotz
Keep your eye on him.
Roy Bellamy
James Harden. Elimination games. 2 for 8, 1 for 4 from 3. 5 for 16. 0 for 6 from 3. 3 for 11, 1 for 5 from 3.
Greg Cody
Taking a step back.
Jon Stugotz
Yep. Scottie Scheffler, chess. Everyone else, checkers. Eric Van Rooneyen, the rare Golfer to finish second shooting -23, only to lose by eight strokes. That was not good for golf. No. You can't have a guy going 31 or 32 under par over the weekend.
Greg Cody
How about you play a difficult course?
Jon Stugotz
And I don't want to hear them when they play the Open Championship in July. I don't want to hear about it, how difficult the course is or the US Open. You get the greatest courses in the greatest condition. So much so that Scottie Scheffler won 31 under par.
Greg Cody
Abomination.
Jon Stugotz
Embarrassment.
Greg Cody
Hmm.
Jon Stugotz
When somebody shoots 21 under, the course loses. Bad for golf. That finished in second. Jordan Spieth was -19, lost by 12 strokes.
Greg Cody
The whole. The whole leader, the whole leaderboard was like minus 20, minus 18. It was crazy.
Jon Stugotz
Yep. Jimmy Goldstein still alive.
Roy Bellamy
It is a bit of a surprise.
Jon Stugotz
We had a run with Jimmy.
Roy Bellamy
It is. We did have a run with Jimmy. We flirted with him. He brought us courtside. What are you shaking your head about?
Dan Le Batard
Billy last appearance, though, was kind of. It was definitely the last somewhere. Well, it was one of those where we had him and, like, you sure you want Jimmy? And we're like, yeah, yeah. It was lots of fun. And then we had him.
Roy Bellamy
We're like, oh, yeah, those were golden, reckless times.
Dan Le Batard
Yeah.
Jon Stugotz
Yeah.
Roy Bellamy
A lot of things have changed since then.
Jon Stugotz
If Jimmy ever dies, they should bury him courtside at an arena of his choosing.
Dan Le Batard
If.
Jon Stugotz
If he does. If big. If you agree, bury him courtside. Arena of his choosing. It's Jimmy Goldstein, man. It's an NBA legend.
Dan Le Batard
I think the reason we had him on is because we were trying to get him into the. No, I think we were trying to get him into the bubble during COVID if I remember correctly. We're like, there should be one fan. It should be Jimmy. And we were trying.
Roy Bellamy
We had two runs with Jimmy Goldstein. That was one of them. The one before that was Dugouts. Just wanted to ride him for all of his celebrity friendships. Just keep bringing on Jimmy. Yes. Like he still has the number there and it was just a ploy meant to feed at the teeth of celebrity.
Jon Stugotz
You want him tomorrow hour?
Dan Le Batard
There's been worse ideas.
Roy Bellamy
Not many. Only because metal arc manufactures so many.
Billy Gill
Of them should get buried in the wall at the Clippers games. That's how they do it.
Roy Bellamy
Well, it should be under the court. If you're going to.
Billy Gill
Under the wall.
Roy Bellamy
If you're going to insist on it, you. If it's not next to the arena. Next to the arena is insulting. Next to the arena is not an.
Chris Cody
Then they remove the cord for a concert. Like, oh, look, Jimmy's here.
Roy Bellamy
That's exactly right.
Greg Cody
Yeah. He should be buried upright. Like taxidermy comes into play here. You can't bury him. All right.
Chris Cody
We've gone too far.
Roy Bellamy
Why are we doing this? He's still alive.
Greg Cody
Heaven forbid.
Roy Bellamy
This is not right. The way that we're doing this.
Dan Le Batard
So disrespectful.
Greg Cody
We're speculating.
Jon Stugotz
I was happy to see Jimmy.
Dan Le Batard
Same.
Greg Cody
He's a legend.
Jon Stugotz
Yes.
Greg Cody
That hat. Hall of Fame.
Jon Stugotz
Yep.
Greg Cody
Not him. The hat.
Jon Stugotz
Yes, yes, yes.
Roy Bellamy
That was unnecessary. Put it on the poll at Lebitard Show. Is Jimmy Goldstein's hat a Hall of Famer? First ballot.
Greg Cody
I think so.
Roy Bellamy
Like Joe Maurer.
Greg Cody
Well, no. Come on now.
Jon Stugotz
Are we talking hat hall of Fame?
Greg Cody
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Jon Stugotz
No.
Roy Bellamy
What is in the hat? Hall of Fame? Let's do this game. I want to play this. What is in the hat? Hall of Fame? We'll play it in a second.
Chris Cody
Lombardi.
Roy Bellamy
No, Bear Bryant is before.
Jon Stugotz
Bryant's in there.
Chris Cody
It might have been Jay Z.
Roy Bellamy
My bad.
Greg Cody
Abe Lincoln's stove pipe.
Jon Stugotz
No doubt.
Roy Bellamy
When's the last time you read a book? Chris Cody?
Chris Cody
I listened to some books.
Dan Le Batard
That counts.
Jon Stugotz
Yep.
Chris Cody
That was reading a book have to do with art, whatever. Those guys names are just a sense of history.
Roy Bellamy
The knowledge that gets retained when you read things.
Chris Cody
LeBron.
Greg Cody
Whoa.
Roy Bellamy
That's defensive.
Dan Le Batard
Whoa.
Roy Bellamy
Don't you come back a week for that.
Jon Stugotz
The only team in baseball without 10 wins yet is Colorado. One might say they're off to a rocky start.
Roy Bellamy
So bad. They're so bad.
Jon Stugotz
Russell Westbrook going back to Oklahoma City, all love. Jimmy Butler going back to Minnesota. No love lost. That's going to be a fun series, man.
Roy Bellamy
Yes.
Jon Stugotz
I'm excited for that.
Roy Bellamy
I mean, this is where the. This is where it gets Face of the league stuff. Like, you talk about it for months, but no Anthony Edwards, can you take them out? Because it's going to have to be you. Like, maybe it's Nazrid, but it's going to have to be you. I don't. I don't think there's a way to take that. That team's built to ravage young people. That's whatever it is that you thought Michael Jordan had to go through with the Pistons like this. Whatever you thought Draymond and Houston was on physical. Now you're ratcheting up to this place where all of this started with Draymond and Gobert.
Billy Gill
And then if it's a win over this team, then he gets either Jokic or Shai. This is a total battle in the west for the face of the league.
Jon Stugotz
Yep.
Roy Bellamy
So good.
Jon Stugotz
Hockey fans love telling you how great hockey is more than they actually like hockey. Enough of it. Shut the hell up. Speaking of hell, Art Bryles. Dan. Those are the weekend observations.
Roy Bellamy
You gonna let him talk to you like that? No. What the hell is the matter with you?
Jon Stugotz
Roy's been saying it consistently. What I am railing against are hockey fans who aren't really hockey fans, who don't really love it that much, and they sit here and tell you how great their sport is.
Billy Gill
Ethan, enough.
Roy Bellamy
Look, I don't want to talk about ethanol anymore.
Greg Cody
That's a good point. By Stugats.
Dan Le Batard
All right.
Roy Bellamy
Thank you.
Greg Cody
Doing the Stanley cup.
Jon Stugotz
Thank you.
Greg Cody
1993, if I'm correct.
Roy Bellamy
Montreal.
Dan Le Batard
Yes.
Roy Bellamy
Last time a Canadian team won, if I'm correct. You know what? The Habs.
Billy Gill
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Dan Le Batard
Don LeBatard Greg, how's.
Billy Gill
Your birthday going so far?
Greg Cody
I invented it. It's going fantastic. My wife and I are staying home tonight. We're watching the debate on tv. We're going to do something special for baby. It's a. It's a nice day for me so far.
Roy Bellamy
Stugarts.
Billy Gill
That sounds like a. Not a super nice night.
Jon Stugotz
The debate.
Dan Le Batard
Old people love that.
Greg Cody
Yeah, that's exactly right. Yeah, that's exactly right. Old people do love that. And I'm old now. I can't deny it anymore.
Dan Le Batard
Now this is the D Ler show with the two gods.
Roy Bellamy
Very often, if I'm correct is rarely said that condescendingly. He knew he was correct and he said if I'm correct was just a light gallop at the end of I know that three's landing. I'm looking at your bent.
Greg Cody
Yes, sir.
Roy Bellamy
If I'm correct, he had. It was the slow trot of a champion horse. Knowing it's correct.
Jon Stugotz
Yes, yes.
Greg Cody
I was preening.
Roy Bellamy
Yes. It's a layer beyond, if you will, that particular condescension that people like to dress up where it's like, I've got this thought for you and then I'll offer it to you like this, if you will.
Greg Cody
Bingo.
Roy Bellamy
And. And. And it's just an empty thought. And it's not. It's not anything other than a flowery crotch that you're using that is meant to be charming but is condescending.
Billy Gill
It's like a home run, but it's not even a bat flip. He just lays the bat down because he's so certain this one's gone. I've done it before. Here we go.
Roy Bellamy
As confident as he was that all of those rock stars, many of them died at the age of 27 in different plane crashes.
Greg Cody
The magic age. Hello, Dolly Da da da da D.
Dan Le Batard
He's right.
Jon Stugotz
Well, Said boy forgot the cha cha cha.
Roy Bellamy
It's so important. Why are you forgetting the cha cha cha? It's critical to everything. It was a finger point. And again, Nosferatu pointed one of those devil digits at me. It's sausagey and sharp, covered in barbed wire. As he ages, these things get drier and harder. And they have harder edges.
Greg Cody
That's what she said.
Jon Stugotz
Hey.
Roy Bellamy
That Slade going on with you.
Billy Gill
The last few days?
Chris Cody
Slay, that's what like you're just coming up youth.
Roy Bellamy
He's a toddler again. He's released his young boy to it. She's another. It's another person's problem now.
Dan Le Batard
You know what I think's happening here? I think Greg and I don't want to. You know, I'm no psychologist here. I don't even play one on tv. But I think this may be a thing, Greg. Sad. I think that now he's, you know, he's lost his two sons to marriage. And I think that maybe Greg's thinking, you know what, maybe a third. Maybe we go hear a third son here. Or daughter.
Jon Stugotz
It seems like he gained a problem with his cheap father in law. I mean. Whoa.
Roy Bellamy
You laughed at that a little bit too vigorously.
Greg Cody
No. If you're listening, Mark, both sides of the family went in on this wedding, believe me.
Roy Bellamy
If you're listening, Mark, my dad has.
Chris Cody
No idea what they paid for this wedding.
Greg Cody
Well, my wife does.
Roy Bellamy
Can we talk to Arlene, please? Let's. Enough. Enough with this. I want to get.
Greg Cody
She's not going to tell you how.
Roy Bellamy
Much I want to get answers to my questions. And I want to find out. Generous. You actually are. And I want to play what would have been funnier an hour ago. The video of Greg Cody with audio. Because him falling into the bushes is only funny if you play it with the audio and you can hear him careening through the darkness, clearly drunk.
Chris Cody
What are you doing?
Jon Stugotz
Did you fall?
Chris Cody
Oh, my. Dad. Greg, you're going to hurt yourself. Are you doing.
Greg Cody
So embarrassing. Get filming it.
Chris Cody
Give me your hand. Give me your hand while filming. Give me your other hand. Hold that other phone. My God. All you did was drink beer.
Dan Le Batard
Is Greg the drunkest person in this video?
Jon Stugotz
That's a fair point.
Greg Cody
I mean, I still have that shirt.
Jon Stugotz
It should be dissected.
Roy Bellamy
All you do is drink beer.
Dan Le Batard
I don't think we've ever heard the audio of that.
Jon Stugotz
Chris is hammered.
Chris Cody
Yeah, that's just me.
Roy Bellamy
That's just a producer with a heavy tongue at the beginning of the hockey playoffs. That's all that is, I have a question for you guys that I learned over the weekend. The answer to. I had the answer to wrong. I know we've talked before. I did not know that. And put this on the poll, please. Juju at Levittart show. Even though we've done it before. Can you get a DUI for riding on a bicycle? This is not part of the story that I'm revealing, but I did not know until like five or six years ago when we were talking about it that you could get a DUI on a bicycle. You get a DUI on a horse.
Jon Stugotz
There.
Roy Bellamy
There are funny things actually.
Dan Le Batard
One with wheels.
Roy Bellamy
Yeah, especially those. Yes. Well, of course more so it's a bigger fine because it's got a wheel. Golf course, even more of a vehicle. That's correct. If it's got four wheels, I imagine it's just a vehicle and not even a horse anymore. Right. At that point. Put it on the poll at Levittart show. If a horse has four wheels for tires, is it no longer an animal and now just a vehicle? That's what horse racing is. So, you know, let's get secretary of sperm and have a bunch of rich people celebrated for the bloodlines and let's just put what. We can't put wheels on the animals. Okay. Just keep whipping them and then kill them when they get injured.
Dan Le Batard
Well, I mean, not to dissect this too much, but I think a horse needs at least one wheel to move because it doesn't have a motor. So you just have to be pushing it. If it had four wheels. Right. You wouldn't bet on a four wheeled horse in a race.
Roy Bellamy
Put it on the poll at Lebaton show. Would you bet on a four wheeled horse in a race? You're right. You would have to push it. And it's dangerous back there. Behind. Behind.
Dan Le Batard
Well, can't kick you, so that's correct.
Roy Bellamy
It could wheel you though, couldn't it? I mean, I imagine those glutes are pretty strong still.
Dan Le Batard
Good questions for McGill tomorrow.
Roy Bellamy
Yes, put them all down. Go ahead and put Greg Cody in the harness race up there. He's delighted watching in the preview all that he is watching there.
Chris Cody
Wearing deck shoes.
Roy Bellamy
Of course. Yes, of course. Those are the lamented and buried deck shoes in the backyard.
Chris Cody
Deck and Declan.
Greg Cody
Yeah, yeah. Those are the, the late greats.
Roy Bellamy
Deck and Declan.
Greg Cody
Yeah, yeah.
Chris Cody
Deck Cody.
Greg Cody
Yeah.
Roy Bellamy
How long did you have those boat shoes?
Greg Cody
Probably 15 to 20 years. High mileage.
Jon Stugotz
Yeah.
Chris Cody
High odor.
Greg Cody
Well, they.
Jon Stugotz
Did you ever wear socks with them once?
Greg Cody
No, I never wear Socks with good.
Roy Bellamy
No. Yeah. You're proud of him. Now I want you to imagine those talent gathering heat. Leathery talons.
Jon Stugotz
I've touched the talons.
Roy Bellamy
Nosferatu's devil digits. I want you to imagine those in boat shoes for 20 years. I'm guessing that those talons actually shredded the inside of those shoes. That the. The leather of those boat shoes could not hold up against the rigor. The. The leathery rigor of those toes and toenails.
Greg Cody
It's true. No, you're right. I have cut holes in shoes before.
Chris Cody
Because he doesn't just wear them out. He like will do his sprinkler work in the yard. Like so they get wet. Like he will wear those.
Roy Bellamy
Disgusting. You do not understand. Listen to me. It can't be surprising to you that what is buried in the backyard of Greg Cody is the devil remains of the armor that did not survive. Those feet. Died a hero 22 years in Dec and Declan.
Greg Cody
Yeah.
Roy Bellamy
But were ravaged to death by the feet of the devil. Because the feet of the devil had to be carried for 22 years inside of socks. And while doing gardening by a toddler who will not put on socks and will not take care of his feet. And now is free because he's finally pawned off his youngest son to a woman. It's her problem. And Marks.
Jon Stugotz
This guy.
Roy Bellamy
Old cheapo Mark.
Greg Cody
No. He's. No, don't. Don't go there.
Dan Le Batard
That's a bit of an attitude. Call him Groucho.
Greg Cody
Groucho Mark.
Dan Le Batard
That's right.
Greg Cody
I like where you're going, Billy. Like what you're thinking.
Roy Bellamy
Good ally for you there, Billy.
Greg Cody
Damn right.
Roy Bellamy
I hope you're proud of your joke.
Dan Le Batard
You know, he's a musician too. Dan.
Roy Bellamy
Let's. Let's play for people here. I want to show you Billy Gills. Billy Gills. Happy? Thank you. Couldn't see that one coming. Set it up for yourself. You find that.
Jon Stugotz
He explained.
Roy Bellamy
Find the third Marks brother. And it's why Jeremy thinks you're the genius. You are.
Billy Gill
And like Groucho Marx. Leonard Skinner died in 1977. So it's all coming back around.
Greg Cody
Circle synchronicity.
Roy Bellamy
How do you feel about that video? That betrayal. You did not want that aired. We have played the video of your heavy tongue son mocking you and not helping you. You don't know how to handle your liquor. You mix ingredients you should not mix. And sometimes you fall into the bushes.
Greg Cody
I don't like that that video was played. I'm not proud of it. I'm not intensely embarrassed because it's not like I was driving drunk. I was a passenger. But that night I couldn't handle my liquor at the wedding. I did handle my liquor and there was no problem at all. I did not mix my drinks, that kind of thing.
Roy Bellamy
Can you tell us more about the shoe Neural.
Greg Cody
I buried the cat. The shoes in the backyard.
Chris Cody
The cat that's also a cat.
Roy Bellamy
You've also.
Greg Cody
There's a couple of cats.
Jon Stugotz
Cats back there.
Roy Bellamy
Cats back there. And a couple of shoes.
Greg Cody
Silver Spoon.
Chris Cody
But Ernie's back there, right?
Greg Cody
Yeah.
Roy Bellamy
All right, let's go ahead and do it. Give me the back of my day music. Let's see. Silver Spoon, he's doing Cats in the cradle, 1977, where we go back with this live. Back in my day, Harry Chapin.
Greg Cody
Harry Chapin had two big hits. The other one was called Taxi. And the, the thing notable about Harry Chapin's Taxi is that it was a very long song. Like a seven or eight minute song.
Roy Bellamy
As long as the best man speech. That's too long.
Greg Cody
That's right. Exactly seven and a half minutes, same length.
Dan Le Batard
Did Pitbull remake that song or. That's a different Taxi.
Greg Cody
It's got to be a different Taxi because Harry Chapin's Taxi is sort of a mournful slow song. Tells a story, though. Harry. Nobody could tell a story like Harry Chapin. And he's another one who died prematurely. And now his son is carrying on his name, not succeeding at all. But you know, he's trying, so you got to give him credit.
Roy Bellamy
Excellent work. We can get more of these every day. Just, just references he's making. Billy, I want to hear more about your F1 experience because I saw something my wife I've never seen before. She just, I, I, she doesn't do this. She said she announced that she hated DJ Khaled more than anyone in the universe.
Jon Stugotz
Wow.
Greg Cody
Whoa.
Dan Le Batard
Geez.
Chris Cody
Why was that on the record? Yeah, Leaky Fossettar on the record.
Roy Bellamy
I mean, because of how, because of how he represents Miami.
Dan Le Batard
I think he's gonna have a street named after him. If I'm not incorrect, I'll look it up. I think Uncle Luke street was named after him. This past weekend that did happen.
Roy Bellamy
Yes. Fought the Supreme Court and won.
Dan Le Batard
So why does she hate DJ Khaled? Did she see him?
Roy Bellamy
Because he's DJ Khaled. Because he's another one.
Podcast Summary: The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz – Hour 1: Stugotz's Weekend Observations (May 5, 2025)
Hosted by Dan Le Batard and Stugotz, this episode dives deep into a variety of sports topics, local Miami issues, and engaging personal anecdotes. The hosts deliver a blend of insightful analysis and humorous banter, providing listeners with a rich and entertaining experience.
The episode opens with Dan Le Batard introducing the segment where Stugotz shares his weekend sports insights. Dan emphasizes, “No one in the media will tell you what happened better than my boy Stu,” setting the stage for a thorough analysis of recent sports events.
Stugotz starts by highlighting Steph Curry’s return to form, stating, “Steph Curry is back,” underscoring his significant impact on the game after a challenging period. This leads to a playful discussion about Buddy Heald, with Roy questioning, “But it's Buddy Heald who's back, right?” [02:12]. The conversation humorously debates Heald’s performance and presence in the league.
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Stugotz presents his revised list of NFL teams he believes are set to regress this season. Starting with the Jets, now under Justin Fields’ leadership, moving from a 5-12 record a year ago, he explains, “A step back from 5 and 12.” He continues with insights on the Ravens, Bengals, Detroit Lions, and Vikings, predicting potential declines based on current team dynamics and player performances.
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The discussion shifts to Major League Baseball, focusing on Aaron Judge’s exceptional performance. Stugotz expresses concern over Judge’s high batting average, noting, “Just keeping an eye on that guy,” suggesting that continued vigilance is necessary to maintain the sport’s integrity. The hosts compare baseball’s current focus on home runs to the NBA’s emphasis on three-point shooting.
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Stugotz criticizes the state of soccer in the U.S., particularly Inter Miami’s lack of major trophies despite Lionel Messi’s presence. Reflecting on new tournaments like the Supporters Shield and League Cup, he states, “Who wants to see that?,” questioning their significance compared to established competitions.
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A significant portion of the episode addresses local Miami developments, especially the controversial $5 billion arch project by Metal Arc Media. Roy passionately critiques the arches, describing them as “a useless ornament in the sky,” and laments the traffic issues they have caused over the years. The hosts debate the necessity and aesthetic value of the project, reflecting on the city’s prioritization of funds.
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The hosts reminisce about their interactions with Jimmy Goldstein, an NBA personality, sharing mixed sentiments. They joke about “burying him courtside,” showcasing the group’s irreverent humor and camaraderie. This segment highlights personal connections and playful mockery, adding a relatable element to the episode.
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Stugotz criticizes recent trends in golf scoring, where players achieve excessively low scores like 31 under par. He argues, “When somebody shoots 21 under, the course loses. Bad for golf,” suggesting that such scores undermine the sport’s integrity and challenge.
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Greg Cody shares a humorous personal story about falling into bushes while intoxicated at a wedding, leading to playful teasing from the hosts. The incident adds a personal and relatable layer to the episode, emphasizing the hosts' strong camaraderie.
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Stugotz criticizes superficial hockey fans who loudly proclaim their love for the sport without genuine enthusiasm. He states, “What I am railing against are hockey fans who aren't really hockey fans, who don't really love it that much,” highlighting the difference between true fandom and performative support.
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Throughout the episode, the hosts engage in playful banter and interactive segments, posing poll questions to listeners such as, “Have you ever spelled the word restaurant right on the first attempt?” This interactive element fosters listener engagement and adds a dynamic layer to the conversation.
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As the episode wraps up, the hosts reflect on the discussions, sharing humorous insights and teasing future episodes. The camaraderie among Dan, Stugotz, Roy, Greg, and Billy Gill underscores a strong, interconnected dynamic that resonates with the audience.
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This episode of The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz masterfully balances in-depth sports analysis with personal anecdotes and humor, offering listeners a comprehensive and entertaining roundup of weekend observations and beyond.