Hour 2: Ally Mike Ryan (feat. Ros Gold-Onwude and Adnan Virk)

Summary

Podcast Summary

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Episode: Hour 2: Ally Mike Ryan (feat. Ros Gold-Onwude and Adnan Virk)
Date: October 9, 2025
Hosts: Dan Le Batard, Stugotz, Mike Ryan, Billy Gil, Chris Cody
Featured Guests: Ros Gold-Onwude, Adnan Virk

Episode Overview

This episode blends the show’s signature irreverence with deep-dive sports talk—in particular, a celebration and analysis of the WNBA Finals, with Roz Gold-Onwude sharing insider perspectives on the Aces’ championship run. Later, the crew shifts to MLB playoff discussion with Adnan Virk, including old-school nostalgia trivia. Themes of media coverage, athlete empowerment, and celebrating greatness run throughout, all filtered through the Dan Le Batard Show’s trademark banter and wit.

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Key Discussion Points and Insights

1. Roz Gold-Onwude Joins: WNBA Finals & The Culture of Winning (03:00–09:00)

• Ring Talk and Relocation

  • Billy Gil opens with trivia about New York sports’ championship drought and playfully roasts Roz for her LA vibes despite her New York roots, noting her prominent (and “gaudy”) Liberty championship ring.
  • Roz clarifies she’s broadcasting from her LA home, shares she's often in a hat when her hair isn’t done, and jokes about championship ring etiquette: “I'm gonna put it in my safe … If there's a reason to come on the Dan LeBatard show and talk about rings, then I'll pull it out.” (05:11)
  • Roz highlights how team championship rings have become both luxurious and symbolic, noting that player Liberty rings even contain crown-shaped removable earrings inside (06:00).

• Asia Wilson's Legacy—A Defining Championship Moment

  • Discussion pivots to the Aces' title-clinching game and Asia Wilson’s buzzer-beating shot—“this isn't actually the woman we've been talking about ... we’ve been caught up in... Caitlin Clark and Asia Wilson,” says Billy, gesturing toward broader media narratives (06:54).
  • Roz critiques the tendency for “huge [male] platforms” to only dive into women’s basketball when there’s “chaos” or controversy (07:34):

    “If the only time that they come in to cover women's basketball is when things are on fire ... then it gives the sense that the league has nothing more than chaos. And there's so much more.” (07:40)

  • Roz relives the climactic shot, unspooling the play with real emotion, and celebrates Wilson's greatness:

    “She gets the ball. I mean, it’s iconic … This is some real, high-level skill. Eyes on the moment, bright lights ... It’s just what sports are made of. … When she hit that shot, I was like, ‘Asia is who she thinks she is.’ It was incredible.” (09:49)

2. Reckoning with WNBA Pay, CBA, and “Unrivaled” League (15:16–18:55)

• Dan awkwardly segues from highlights to a CBA/“Unrivaled” money question (15:16), prompting Roz to tease:

  “How is that a segue from everything we just talked about?” (15:42)

• The group ribs Dan for the abruptness (“He went right to the money,” Billy, 15:44), and Roz pivots back:

  “If there was one more thing that I thought was important about the Aces … Becky Hammond’s probably had her most challenging coaching job in all her years here … She deserves some flowers.” (17:01)

• Roz underscores the Aces’ journey: from .500 midseason, a 53-point loss, to 17 straight wins and a near-dynasty under Becky Hammond’s leadership.

3. Roz on LeBron’s Hennessy Antics & The Business of Being a Superstar (19:01–21:14)

• Billy and Roz riff about LeBron James’ surprising mid-day Hennessy ad appearances:

  “Not LeBron selling us liquor on a Tuesday afternoon … it’s literally the middle of the day, LeBron. Like, what the heck?” (19:23)

• Roz sees LeBron “in on the joke” of his own meme-ification, while Billy finds the self-parody grotesque. Roz also points out LeBron's embrace of endorsements previously reserved for “a lesser tier of superstar,” such as gambling apps.

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4. MLB Playoff Deep-Dive & Nostalgia Trivia: "The Pitch Clock" with Adnan Virk (25:10–41:18)

• Nostalgia Game—2001 ALDS Mariners vs. Cleveland

  • Chris Cody and Stugotz face off in a position-by-position trivia challenge, guessing members of the 2001 playoff rosters.
  • In-character banter and playful one-upmanship abound (e.g., “I was six years old!” Stugotz, 34:38).

• MLB Analysis: Toronto Blue Jays’ ALCS Run

  • Adnan raves about Toronto’s offense and bullpen stepping up:

    “Toronto’s clearly the better team … They just murdered Yankee pitching ... Vladi was unbelievable—.529, three homers in the series.” (29:04)

• Detroit Tigers vs. Mariners—Pivotal Game 5 Preview

  • Adnan emphasizes Detroit’s faith in ace Tarik Skubal and the challenge for Seattle to beat him twice:

    “There’s no better scenario for [Detroit] … There’s no way. Tigers-Jays ALCS.” (31:24)

• NL Playoffs: Phillies-Dodgers, Brewers-Cubs

  • Adnan breaks down Philly’s Scharber-powered comeback and sees them favored behind Christopher Sanchez against the Dodgers (36:07):

    “If they can scratch a couple runs … I like the Phillies to win.”

  • On Brewers-Cubs, he predicts a Milwaukee win and notes their “moxie … I still think the Dodgers or the Phillies are the favorite,” but Milwaukee has impressed.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Roz on sports framing:

  “These are huge platforms … If the only time they come in to cover women's basketball is when things are on fire … then it gives the sense the league has nothing more than chaos.” (07:40)

• Roz on Asia Wilson's shot:

  “Asia is who she thinks she is.” (10:48)

• Roz on the Aces’ journey:

  “People were saying the Aces, okay, nice run, but they're done … from there, they rattled off 17 straight and this crazy run to the WNBA finals … Becky Hammond … deserves some flowers.” (17:01)

• On LeBron’s Hennessy ad:

  “Like, not LeBron selling us liquor on a Tuesday afternoon … it’s literally the middle of the day, LeBron, like what the heck?” (19:23)

• Adnan Virk’s playoff summation:

  “Both these teams had 94 wins, but the Jays and Yankees, head-to-head … Toronto was clearly the better team … Offensively, they just murdered Yankee pitching … Vladi was unbelievable.” (29:04)

• Classic DLS Show banter:

  • On championship rings:

    Billy: “It’s pretty great that the rings are worth more than … salaries were a few years ago.” (06:37)
    Roz: “Wow, that's crazy. Actually, there are players with $70k salaries right now, like rookie men and stuff. To put it that way is absolutely insane.” (06:42)

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Timestamps for Major Segments

• 03:34–09:49: Roz breaks down her move to LA, the significance of the Liberty ring, and delivers a passionate analysis of Asia Wilson’s Finals heroics.
• 15:16–18:55: Discussion about WNBA pay, CBA negotiations, and Becky Hammond’s role in the Aces’ success.
• 19:01–21:14: Roz and crew dissect LeBron’s foray into Hennessy commercials, superstar branding, and the commodification of athlete personas.
• 25:10–41:18: “The Pitch Clock” segment: nostalgia trivia, MLB playoff storylines, in-depth analysis with Adnan Virk.

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Tone & Style

• Playful, irreverent, and candid, with sharp pivots from deep sports insight to running jokes and meta-commentary on the show itself.
• Roz is thoughtful and passionate, especially around themes of representation and excellence in women’s sports.
• Adnan Virk brings earnest energy and old-school storytelling to the baseball segments.

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For the First-Time Listener

This episode is a quintessential Dan Le Batard Show blend of humor, sports nerdery, and authentic debate. Roz Gold-Onwude elevates the women’s sports conversation beyond headlines, while Adnan Virk injects old-fashioned baseball joy and analysis. You’ll leave with fresh perspectives on what makes greatness—in moments, movements, and even in the personalities who shine a little brighter when the lights are on.

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Notable Episode Segment Markers:

• [03:34] Roz on LA/NY identity and championship rings
• [07:34] Roz critiques the male media gaze on women’s basketball
• [09:49] Roz’s in-depth analysis of Asia Wilson’s Finals moment
• [15:16] Switch to WNBA CBA and “Unrivaled” money talk
• [17:01] Roz credits Hammond; recounts Aces’ journey
• [19:01] LeBron’s Hennessy ad roast
• [25:10] “The Pitch Clock” baseball trivia/MLB playoffs start with Adnan Virk
• [29:04] Adnan on Blue Jays’ ALCS run
• [31:24] Tigers-Mariners Game 5 preview
• [36:07] Phillies-Dodgers/Electric game 5 prediction
• [38:12] Brewers-Cubs wrap

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Listen for:

• Roz’s passionate storytelling and cultural analysis
• Adnan’s joyful, in-person MLB recaps
• Hallmark DLS banter and meta-humor throughout

Transcript

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[Mike Ryan]

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[Billy Gil]

Embarrassment from how I said regaton. I'm feeling genuine embarrassment by saying that in New York, they've had 110 combined seasons. Rangers, Islanders, Knicks, Nets, Yankees, Mets, Jets, Giants, without a championship since Eli Manning in the Super bowl in 2012. And I forgot the Liberty. And I forgot the Liberty. Even though Roz has her championship ring now, there it is. She's wearing it, and I've got to be honest, it's the only thing about her right now that looks New York. Because she's gone fully la. I can see behind her, and in everything that's happening right now, she has traded New York for Los Angeles. Am I wrong? Do I have it wrong? Because you look like an entirely different human being in your surroundings right now than you've looked every time I've seen you over the last year and a half or so. Do I have it wrong?

[Roz]

I'm giving L A right now. Is that what I'm giving?

[Billy Gil]

Are you not?

[Roz]

Where are you in la? I'm in my. I'm in my home in la. I have officially made the move back to my home after spending the summer in New York in Brooklyn with the Liberty, as we've talked about a bunch of times. And I'm just going to gesture a lot because, you know, we've talked, like, four different, you know, appearances with y' all about this dang ring.

[Billy Gil]

It's pretty good.

[Roz]

And finally have it. And I said, I'm gonna rock it for Dan and for everybody watching Levitard.

[Billy Gil]

It is very big. It is very showy. You're going to wear that in public a lot. Mike, why are you looking at me this time?

[Dan LeBatard]

RA's handled that very well back here. We thought about saving you from that awkward exchange.

[Billy Gil]

I really wanted to.

[Dan LeBatard]

I was like. It was kind of. I was like rubbernecking. I'm like, where is this going? And it was like, oh, no, it got worse.

[Billy Gil]

No, she's giving off a lot of Los Angeles right now.

[Dan LeBatard]

She's just wearing a hat, bruv.

[Billy Gil]

It's a hat.

[Roz]

And I have some art. I'm definitely giving off, like. I mean, it's giving off woman. It's giving off black girl, for sure. If you see Stanford Women's basketball, little jersey in the background, and then that rings too much.

[Billy Gil]

I fear it's too much.

[Roz]

And honestly, if you see me with a hat on air, do you want to know what the truth is? My hair is not done. My hair is not done. I got a hat on. You're like, oh, no, her hair was not ready for a camera.

[Billy Gil]

Will you showy wear that ring? Because David Sampson's ring is about that size. You don't have any other rings that size, correct?

[Roz]

Oh, I have the warriors championship rings.

[Billy Gil]

The championship rings are gaudier than the other jewelry.

[Game Host]

It's getting worse, Billy.

[Billy Gil]

It's getting worse.

[Roz]

No, but I get what you're saying, and no, what I plan to do with this ring, which I literally took out of a box and put on so that I could have it on, because you've referenced the ring a few times, and I was not ready with it. I'm gonna put it in my safe and. Yeah. You know, because these rings, these championship rings from these teams are worth more than a lot of the things in my house. So I'm just gonna put them away. And if. If there's a reason to come on the Dan LeBatard show and Talk about rings, then I'll. I'll pull it out. Oh, that's nice.

[Billy Gil]

The Panthers ring is pretty nice. You like that one? It's got a rat on it. It's. We apologize to no one.

[Adnan Virk]

You're killing it.

[Roz]

I love actually learning the stories behind different rings. It's really fascinating what teams and ownership think is important in the season and stockpile into the rings. You know, the player rings for the New York Liberty guys. I'm sure you heard about this, but it was really cool. So on the player rings, I mean, these are, like, huge. Like, takes up, like, about a good chunk of their hands. And also this green part on mine is all, like, diamonds for the players, and it's huge. I heard they're around $70,000 rings, but the top opens up like a locket, and inside of the player rings are two earrings, crowns. So they can pop out earrings. Like, you know, just like, crown earrings and rock them, too. I mean, I just thought that was pretty cool.

[Billy Gil]

It's pretty great that the rings are worth more than, like, the salaries were a few years ago.

[Roz]

Wow, that's crazy. Actually, there are players with 70k salaries right now, like rookie men's and stuff. To put it that way is absolutely insane. Are you scene setting a contentious CBA discussion right now, Dan?

[Billy Gil]

I am not. I want to actually talk about the game last night. The championship appears to have been won last night. And just Asia Wilson cementing herself like making history in spots where you're watching greatness, you know, win championships and MVPs and this isn't actually the woman we've been talking about the last couple of years because we've been caught up in the other conversations around Caitlin Clark and Asia Wilson in a way that you've actually been critical recently of the way that the men have been talking about this sport. When we wander over and stick our nose in things and don't know as much as the people who've been covering it much better than we have over.

[Roz]

The last few years, honestly, it's really more just funny. First of all, I don't want to gatekeep women's basketball and nor do I want to get in another argument about the right to be an angry fan or a mean fan. But it's funny. These are huge platforms and often are shaping the conversation around women's hoops and what people hear. And if the only time that they come in to cover women's basketball is when things are on fire, when rightfully so, there's a lot of tough situations happening, then it gives the sense that the league has nothing more than chaos. And there's so much more. I mean, yes, they are, you know, trying to fight for a CBA renegotiation that is more favorable for the players, better revenue share, better lifestyles, better, better salaries. But also center stage right now is a super exciting WNBA Finals. I mean, the fact that it's 30 may not be what's exciting, but the games themselves, like this last game, game three was thrilling and came down to the wire. Came down to a dream shake buzzer beater from your post MVP star player over two of the top defenders on the other team. Like someone put that to father stretch my hands like Kanye Song and I saw that on the Internet and it gave me like goosebumps because, like that's what sports is about. You don't even gotta follow the wnba. To know that that moment is iconic, is exciting. Would make you say woo and Asia Wilson comes through with this. Like, honestly, when we go back and look at her career, that is an iconic Asia Wilson. It's. It's likely seals the championship for the Aces. It likely means that the Aces are now on their way to being a dynasty with her at the center of that, of this era.

[Billy Gil]

Take us through. Take us through the goosebumps of it though, as, as someone who really loves Basketball, the strategy, all of it. Take us through the idea, you know, she's not the one who's allowed to beat you. You have to stop her. You have to do everything to stop her. Oh, you can't stop her.

[Roz]

No. She's been a real. Asia Wilson's been a real conundrum for the Phoenix Mercury in that they really don't have a defender of the right size and skill set to be able to defend her one on one and to disrupt her. Alyssa Thomas made the all defensive team, but she's just proven to be too small for Asia Wilson. And Asia's just shooting over her. They tried some different things. They had Natasha Mack, who's a very active defender, super athletic, different look, long. All the things didn't bother Asia. Asia, 34 points, 14 rebounds, double double, 5 assists, 3 steals, 3 blocks. Just both ends of the court dominant. And for her to finish the game like that, the ball was going into her hands and basically Becky Hammond told her, you know, make a play. And Asia said, post game, I didn't need to be told much. I already understood the assignment. She gets the ball. I mean, it's iconic. This is also a 6, 4, 6, 5, like post player making this move. This is like, kind of like shows her range. This isn't some like post up, throw it into the, into the post and like turn around and make a layup. This is some real like high level skill. Eyes on the moment, bright lights, she turns, goes left, picks up, spins back and it's over. Two of the best players on the Phoenix Mercury. I mean, it's Alyssa Thomas, it's Dejuana Bonner. They're both there contesting her. They're long, they're their seasons on the line. They, they, they've just came back from down 17, nearly, nearly came back from down 17 to win this game. And Asia, they tied it up. Asia Wilson just stomps all and hits this like, jumper over both of them. It's just what sports are made of. And it was fantastic. I mean, everybody that I'm watching it with, we're all screaming in our group chats and on threads and Twitter and there's this commercial for Asia Wilson where I think it's, I don't know who, I think it's Cheryl Lee Ralph talking. Who does Asia think she is? Who does Asia think she is? She is who she thinks she is. And when she hit that shot, I was like, asia is who she thinks she is. It was incredible. What a game. What a game.

[Chris Cody]

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[Stugats]

Dan LeBatard.

[Billy Gil]

What is the worst part of the life?

[Stugats]

Stugats. The worst part of the life of what? This is the Dan Levatar show with the Stugach.

[Dan LeBatard]

Roz. What kind of leverage will unrivaled present for the players? As we're just a couple months away from season two tipping off for unrivaled and everyone assumes this is going to be a pretty nasty potential work stoppage and collect collective bargaining process for the wnba. I know the idea was secondary income and perhaps this point of inflation where you can actually leverage this thing.

[Roz]

How is that a segue from everything we just talked about?

[Billy Gil]

Right. The action. He went right to the money.

[Mike Ryan]

Help Dan.

[Billy Gil]

And he's trying to help me with point of inflection.

[Dan LeBatard]

I think I meant inflection.

[Billy Gil]

I think inflection is what he meant. But he's nothing.

[Roz]

Doesn't exist. I was like, I'm over here trying to sell y' all how amazing the product is.

[Adnan Virk]

Yeah.

[Billy Gil]

Thank you, Ross. Thank you for doing that.

[Mike Ryan]

I watched a game.

[Dan LeBatard]

I watched the game.

[Billy Gil]

How did we do what he just did? When you're talking about a magical moment, he's like, ah, three. Oh, let's talk about that. Let's. Let's talk about money. Let's talk about.

[Dan LeBatard]

I covered it. Yeah. Let's talk about the money and, you know, greed was it.

[Mike Ryan]

Yeah.

[Dan LeBatard]

Outside of the inflection thing.

[Billy Gil]

Long question.

[Dan LeBatard]

It Was. I was.

[Mike Ryan]

He was trying to find it. He was trying to find it.

[Roz]

No, absolutely. And it is. It is an absolutely valid and important question. So I just. Are we going to bounce off? Are we done with the game or you want to go into it?

[Billy Gil]

Such fair commentary by. You know, you just had a moment from the MVP of the league, okay. Where she is being defended by two people, because if they could have guarded her with 40, they would have tried, but they weren't going to be able to guard her because you saw greatness in real time, and it ought to be celebrated. Before we move on to. Hey, the ladies are arguing about money again.

[Stugats]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Roz]

And I think, like, if I will get. I'll absolutely answer that. Very valid question. But if there was one more thing that I thought was important, too, about the Aces and that victory, it's. You know, there's a lot of people that deserve to take a bow here for the Aces. It's absolutely anchored by Asia Wilson. But I actually think this is Becky Hammond's probably most challenging coaching job in all her years here. And she's had some great seasons. You know, the Aces are on their way to winning, winning three championships now in four years. But she had to be really flexible, Changed her starting lineup, had a different coaching staff, lost over the years, very important, critical players to the success of the Aces, tried different strategies. Like, I just feel like she's had to keep recreating her strategy herself. This team until they finally got here, never forget that this Aces team was.500 on the season. People were saying they were out of it, guys. They were saying, the Aces, okay, nice run, but they're done. It's the Lynx, it's the Liberty, it's all these other teams. They had lost by 53 points to the Lynx on Aug. 2, and that must have been, like, their breaking point, their low point, because from there, they rattled off 17 straight and then this crazy run to the WNBA finals and now looking like a championship. So, you know, at first it looked like Asia Wilson was dragging this team, but I think it's important to note that the Aces as a team improved gradually over the season to pull this out. And whether that was Jewel Lloyd, Chelsea Gray stepping up big here, Melissa Smith being big, Dana Evans being empowered on the bench, and I keep pointing. And Jackie Young being great all season, but Becky Hammond, as the leader of this, really putting it together, she deserves some flowers.

[Dan LeBatard]

You know what? I don't even want the answer anymore. I'll just go back to setting my fantasy lineup. I like Sorokin between the pipes Roy.

[Billy Gil]

She's the host of Goodfollow. You can follow, listen, and subscribe to goodfollow on Instagram, TikTok and YouTube. I wanted to talk about LeBron with her. I wanted to talk about LeBron, with Billy as well, because I don't think we got his full thoughts on what it is that he just did. Yanking everybody around with Hennessy. What were your thoughts there, Roz?

[Roz]

I was just like. Like, not LeBron selling us liquor on a Tuesday afternoon. Like, there's just. It's literally the middle of the day. LeBron, like, what the heck? Like, nothing matters. Or don't you have to send your kids to school? Like, actually, where I think LeBron is right now, it's kind of like a fun part of his career. You know, how people, when they get older, they get funny. Like, I feel like LeBron's in on the jokes with us now. And now I think he knows that, you know, we think that there's a joke that he just makes things up or that he doesn't know the lyrics to songs or that he's attention thirsty. So, like, you know, now it's like he's playing into it, I feel like. And I kind of like this version of LeBron where he's just, like, messing with us.

[Billy Gil]

Oh, but that'd be. That'd be funny, though, if he were just saying, I'm thirsty, I need Hennessy. That would be funny the way that he did it. Not funny.

[Roz]

Oh, you didn't like it?

[Billy Gil]

Well, I just. I thought that trolling us that way, being that commercial was grotesque.

[Chris Cody]

Like, LeBron does that.

[Stugats]

Like, you're pretending you're surprised at this. I'm actually surprised that, like, he wasted the. I'm making my second decision on this. Like, he must have got a bag. Do this right? Because, like, for sure, this has been pitched forever.

[Game Host]

And he's like, nah, I'm not gonna do that.

[Stugats]

And he used it.

[Roz]

Now. I. I feel you 100%. And. And was feeling the same way. In fact, I've been seeing LeBron doing commercials for things that I always thought was maybe for like, a lesser tier of superstar. Like, you know, he's doing sports gambling apps, ads, and, like, hey, that's all this.

[Dan LeBatard]

We love those.

[Billy Gil]

We do love those.

[Stugats]

We love them.

[Roz]

We are.

[Dan LeBatard]

Yeah, we love that partner, especially.

[Adnan Virk]

Yes.

[Billy Gil]

Especially the ones he doing.

[Dan LeBatard]

Oh, look at me being helpful, huh?

[Roz]

Whatever happened to Roz? She never came back on the DLS show.

[Billy Gil]

Roz, see you later. On that note, I'M going to get no more opinions from you. If you want to see her, you can see her and listen to her on Good.

[Dan LeBatard]

We miss cba. Talk on it.

[Chris Cody]

Ross.

[Billy Gil]

See you later. Talking to you. We like DraftKings. Pitch clock is next.

[Dan LeBatard]

Hey Jeremy, old buddy, old pal. Hey Mike, I want to talk to you about Miller Light. You and I have bonded over these last few weeks talking about our shared love of Miller Lite. That's right, a great partner of our show for practically its entire existence.

[Stugats]

It's been a partner of this show since I was 10 years old and.

[Dan LeBatard]

It'S been around for 50 years and they've been a part of our show for almost 20. We're approaching incredible partner status with Miller Lite.

[Stugats]

I mean, to think that people were celebrating at my bar mitzvah with Miller Lite as they were a partner of this show is pretty incredible.

[Dan LeBatard]

You're talking about the moments that are made better by making those times, those special times. Miller Time Jeremy, there's nothing like cracking open Miller Lite with your crew this football season. It's especially true whether it's a touchdown you didn't see coming or just arguing about fantasy lineups you already know you're gonna lose. Miller Lite has been the taste you can depend on for 50 years. Brewed for flavor with simple ingredients, rich toffee notes that iconic golden color. And here's a kicker. Jeremy, what's that? It's just 96 calories.

[Stugats]

I still can't believe that we say it every week. I can't believe it.

[Dan LeBatard]

It's just 3.2 carbs per 12 ounces. It's the original light beer since 1975 and still hitting different 5 dec decades later. Miller Light. Great taste. 96 calories. Go to millerlight.com dan to find delivery options near you or you can pick up some Miller Light pretty much anywhere they sell beer. It's Miller Time. Celebrate responsibly. Miller Brewing Co. Milwaukee, Wisconsin 96 calories and 3.2 carbs per 12 ounces.

[Chris Cody]

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[Dan LeBatard]

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[Stugats]

Don LeBatard can I tell you something? I don't know, maybe like a month ago and I decided to watch Pitch Clock and I told Jeremy stugats. This is a good show you're doing. This is the Dan Levatar show with the Stugats. I still haven't calculated who the winner of all of these games was.

[Chris Cody]

You've been saying that for a while.

[Stugats]

I said I was gonna do it from the regular season ones and I still haven't done it.

[Chris Cody]

I don't think you're gonna like what you find out.

[Stugats]

I think I'm gonna go ahead and wait until after the postseason and hope that I can make a little bit of a run.

[Chris Cody]

Let's get going.

[Stugats]

Pablo Torre finds out. Welcome to the Pitch Clock. Here's the Pitch, a two part baseball segment combining a nostalgic baseball trivia game and an interview with an expert. This is the Pitch Clock. Playoff baseball continues Playoff mode.

[Chris Cody]

I'm not doing Harry Carry anymore. I am in focused on whooping Jeremy's ass. All right.

[Stugats]

I guess that's where things stand at the moment. It's me and Chris. We're back.

[Dan LeBatard]

Hi everybody.

[Stugats]

It's. Look at him. It's what we're doing. We're playing some trivia games and we'll have Adnan Vir with us momentarily to talk all things playoff baseball. Been a really awesome week. In between the last two episodes, Ethan Badowski at home with what we have counted are seven different gator insignias behind him in some different capacity.

[Chris Cody]

Even the microphone.

[Stugats]

He's Wearing his Cubs hat. Ethan, what is our game going to be today?

[Game Host]

All right, so. So the Mariners won their first playoff game at home since the 2001 ALDS. It was Game 5 against the Cleveland, then Indians. So in front of you, there are two rosters. Now, Chris Cody, I'm going to ask you a question. Trident or spear? What's the better weapon?

[Stugats]

Trident.

[Game Host]

All right, so you are going to be the Mariners. And Jeremy, you are going to be the Cleveland baseball franchise.

[Stugats]

Thank you.

[Billy Gil]

You.

[Stugats]

As you can see, we're flipping open these rosters.

[Game Host]

Yes, there are. It's a field with numbers on them. It's a simple game. You've got three strikes. You've got to name all the players by their numbers on the field for game five of the 2001 ALDS.

[Stugats]

Oy. V. Yeah.

[Game Host]

And just a clarification. We don't have the dhs. It's just the outfield position. So the pitcher and then all of the outfield positions.

[Chris Cody]

Oh, God.

[Stugats]

I'm done.

[Game Host]

You're gonna win, Jeremy. I'm gonna let you lead off. Okay, so give me your first guess. Give me a number and a position for everybody.

[Stugats]

Yeah.

[Game Host]

And then tell me who it is.

[Stugats]

All right, so while I'm looking at this field for Cleveland, I see number seven in center field. And I'm hoping this is the guy who I believe it is, which is one of my favorite players to watch at this time. Is that Kenny Lofton?

[Game Host]

That is, in fact, fact Kenny Lofton. Jeremy, you are on the board.

[Chris Cody]

Man, this guardians.

[Stugats]

A lot of.

[Chris Cody]

Lot of easy names on here.

[Stugats]

I wish I had them. I. I don't know if I have easy names here.

[Chris Cody]

I have five out of nine that I feel good about.

[Game Host]

Okay, so give me your first one. Cody, go.

[Chris Cody]

I'm up.

[Billy Gil]

Okay.

[Chris Cody]

51, Ichiro, right field.

[Game Host]

That is obviously correct. He was the rookie of the year and I believe the MVP that season as well.

[Stugats]

Okay, I'm going to go with the. The second baseman for Cleveland, number 12, Roberto Alomar.

[Game Host]

That is correct. Jeremy, you are two for two.

[Chris Cody]

Pretty obvious.

[Dan LeBatard]

Okay.

[Stugats]

I'm really. It's like. There's a few where it's like, okay, that's clearly who it is.

[Chris Cody]

It's going to get.

[Stugats]

Once I get beyond, I think, four names here, I'm not sure I have any.

[Chris Cody]

Making our way around the outfield. Center field.

[Stugats]

44, we'll go.

[Chris Cody]

Mike Cameron.

[Game Host]

That is correct.

[Stugats]

Yes.

[Game Host]

Mike Cameron.

[Stugats]

What a day of baseball. Four elimination games yesterday. We had one team advance. We got Adnan Verk with Us same as last week. Our postseason reporter here with the pitch clock. And Adnan was also the post game reporter for MLB Network in one of those games. That was in New York for the Blue Jays and the Yankees. And that's where we'll start Adnan. Despite Aaron Judge's best efforts, and I don't care what Billy Gill has to say about this Aaron Judge's best efforts, the Yankees go down in four games. They allowed 50 hits, hits across four games. And the Blue Jays didn't even have their best hitter, arguably in bo bashette. Vladi jr he did crush those Yankees. We could easily lament Adnan what the Yankees didn't do. But I would rather celebrate those Toronto Blue Jays here. So what? What made them so difficult for this Yankees team and allowed them to advance to the ALCS for the first time since 2016?

[Adnan Virk]

Jeremy, good to see you as always. First off, shout out to the fact you're wearing a shirt. Jasper. Canada.

[Stugats]

Yes.

[Adnan Virk]

I swear, I pick Alberta right now.

[Stugats]

I love it.

[Adnan Virk]

It's a great day for Canada, there's no question about it. First time ever, the Jason Yankees faced off in the postseason and Toronto is clearly the better team. I mean, both These teams had 94 wins, but the Jays and Yankees head to head. It was a matchup that was favorable for Toronto. And I'm with you. We could point at the fact that the Yankees offense was popcorn when they needed it most. But really, I think I credit Toronto and just they were a better team, especially offensively. I mean, they just murdered Yankee pitching. Whether it was, you know, Freed or Rodon, didn't matter who it was. 34 runs over the first four games. The postseason, fourth most ever for a team, particularly at home with 23 runs. But on the road yesterday, you know, felt like this was a game the Yankees would win. Schlitler pitching, it was so dominant against the Red Sox. And it's a bullpen game for Toronto. How much criticism have you heard about Toronto's bullpen? And yet they stepped up big time. I mean, that was an incredible effort in a bullpen game. As you know, it's fun to watch because you're like, if one. If one single link in the chain falls apart, the whole thing falls apart. But instead they stepped up. And like you said, offensively, Vladi was unbelievable. I mean, 529, three homers in the series. He drives in the first round of game four. And Ernie Clement, veteran utility man. Every time, Jeremy, there's a guy that steps up, you go, what? ERNIE Clement hits 643 and he slugged 929 in the series. It was unbelievable, you know, almost 48,000 fans. And as you said, I was there on the field. I got to talk to Vlad after the game. I got to talk to Ernie Clement, Alejandro Kirk, and there was a ton of Jays fans still in the crowd. I mean, that was there. An hour later, they're singing O Canada and they're fired up. And it was, it's great for Toronto, first time in the ALCS since 2016. What a ride.

[Stugats]

It's a really cool moment for them. And look, they were the team that won the AL East. They're the deserving team from the AL east to ultimately advance to the alcs. But let's stick in that American League. Adnan, I want to talk to you about a game five that's happening because head to Seattle, right where you'll have the Tigers, who went down three nothing in game four, then rally for nine straight runs. They tied it in the fifth, they break it open in the sixth, and now we're back to the game one starters. You got the probable Cy Young winner in Tarek School. You got George Kirby for the Mariners. Scubal, who looked like this at Seattle University, starting in Seattle, of course, hoping to look more like this today for the Detroit Tigers. What do you expect here, Adnan, as the result in this game five and what do you believe will ultimately be the deciding factor in this win or go home game?

[Adnan Virk]

I saw the hall of Famer John Smoltz in the press box yesterday. Smoltz and I, former colleagues at MLB Network, and we were laughing about the situation because again, John, with ties to the Detroit area in Michigan growing up, he said, you know, this is such a great scenario for the Tigers in that you win a game with Tarek Scuba in the mail like there's, there's no better scenario for them. And he pointed at, he goes, seattle has touched him up a little bit, especially in the regular season. But in that playoff start, he goes, yeah, the only two home runs you up with Polanco, because both those were change ups. So stay away from that pitch to that guy. And you got to feel great about your chances. Now for the Tigers, you win at Comerica, first time in more than a month. I mean, they went.08 after schools went over the White Sox, they've been on the road so long. And as you see, the offense stepped up. Riley Green and Javier Baez homering a 4 1, 6. I love the quote from AJ Hinch who said one of the easiest and most exciting things I get to do is hand the ball. The best pitcher in baseball. I mean, we're getting on a plane across the country. A lot of optimism because of Tarek Skubal. Nine runs, the most they'd scored since Game 6 of the 68 World Series, when they scored 13. And I think for Seattle, you have to be lamenting what happened. Like you wanted to win this series in four and a half to face school. You did it once, Jeremy. I cannot see. I cannot see the Tigers losing two Terry Skipple starts. There's no way. Tigers J's alcs.

[Chris Cody]

Wow.

[Stugats]

Tigers J's alcs. That'll be some butt baseball. So in a few years from now, the first baseman for Cleveland would be Travis Hafner, wearing this number, but at the time, one of the great home run hitters of all time. We've got Jim Thomi over at first base here.

[Game Host]

That is correct.

[Dan LeBatard]

Yes.

[Game Host]

Jerem.

[Stugats]

Man, these are fun. These are fun memories over here.

[Game Host]

That's what I wanted, man.

[Dan LeBatard]

All right.

[Chris Cody]

Moving around the outfield in Left field, number 28, Raul Iban.

[Stugats]

I love that you're just. You're so locked in that you're just. Oh, that's a finger.

[Game Host]

That is incorrect.

[Roz]

Oh, all right.

[Stugats]

I now maybe have a chance, maybe.

[Game Host]

Starting left fielder in this game for the Seattle Mariners was. Was a guy by the name of Stan Javier.

[Chris Cody]

Didn't ibanez wear number 28?

[Game Host]

I think he was 29.

[Stugats]

29. Come on, man.

[Roz]

That just.

[Billy Gil]

29.

[Stugats]

It just seemed right in left field for Cleveland, a young.

[Dan LeBatard]

That's a tough one.

[Stugats]

Manny Ramirez wearing.

[Game Host]

That is incorrect.

[Stugats]

No, really?

[Chris Cody]

Number 46.

[Stugats]

Yeah. I thought. I thought in early in his career that that was possible. Who's the left fielder?

[Game Host]

The left fielder is Marty Cordova.

[Roz]

Didn't he.

[Stugats]

Okay, I don't want to say anything, so let's also. Let's make something clear here. We are halfway through this round as I've just gotten to one strike because I went first. So, yes. Now Chris is up with an opportunity to really even things out.

[Billy Gil]

I'll go.

[Chris Cody]

Starting pitcher, number 50, Jamie Moyer.

[Game Host]

One of our favorite names ever. That is the man.

[Stugats]

I'm gonna have trouble here. What I'm trying to figure out is, is. Is the double play combination that I'm thinking of with this team, this franchise, and I think I'm gonna have to guess it just simply because I'm not sure I know a single other name on this team is Omar Marv or Scale the shortstop.

[Chris Cody]

That's Obvious.

[Game Host]

That is correct. Yes.

[Stugats]

You could keep saying it's obvious. I was six years old.

[Roz]

All right.

[Chris Cody]

But he played in 97. He was there like his whole career.

[Stugats]

I wasn't sure.

[Chris Cody]

Number 13.

[Stugats]

Just leave me alone, okay?

[Chris Cody]

I'm older than you.

[Game Host]

Yeah, okay, I know.

[Stugats]

Go ahead. No, no, no, that. That's fine. All right, go ahead.

[Chris Cody]

Second base, number 29, the brother of Yankees manager. We're gonna go with Brett. Boom.

[Stugats]

Remember when I got right on the nose?

[Dan LeBatard]

Yeah.

[Stugats]

Was that breath Brett Boone that I got wrong a couple weeks ago or. No, that was. That was Giles.

[Chris Cody]

I'm cooking here.

[Stugats]

I still got two more in trouble, so I can't guess.

[Chris Cody]

If we were doing this game on the current day Mariners, I would know. Cal, Raleigh.

[Stugats]

Let's go ahead and move to the National League games. Adnan. And those are both happening today, just a few hours from now. If you're watching this on the pitch clock. So the early game, six o' clock eastern. It's the Phillies, the Dodgers, Philadelphia hoping to stick around with their best pitcher and Christopher Sanchez on the mound. They'll take on Tyler Glass now. And this series has actually been very close. Dodgers won the first two games by the skin of their teeth. Really? Roki Sasaki of all people, closing out those games for the Dodgers. And then the Phillies bats wake up a couple homers for Schwarber last night. So how does Philadelphia get a win today against Glass now and force a game five and maybe even win this series? Is that possible?

[Adnan Virk]

Well, it's crazy to think about, man. Like we keep seeing how great the bank is as far as home field. I don't want to hear anymore. The Phillies have now lost five of the last six postseason games at home. But on the road stepped up big time. How about Schwaber? He needed it big time. And NL's leading home run hitter, 56 homers. He snaps an 0 for 8 skid. The NLDS that home run with 455ft over the pavilion. Just the second I ever do that. Willie Stars did that back in 1969, 1973. So. So clearly offense stepped up. Yona did not have as good fastball. They went at 8 to 2 in terms of this performance. Listen, Sanchez has been awesome. As you know, he's going to be top three in the Cy Young voting. So for the Phillies, I feel great about the fact that Christopher Sanchez is there. I wasn't sure about Rob Thompson's strategy of going Nolan Suarez, but it certainly worked out to their advantage. As you said, win a game four in la, then a game five, you're back at home, which necessarily hasn't been an advantage. But I, I do like the Phillies to win today. Glass now is great, but Sanchez has been one of the best pitchers in baseball ball. If they can scratch it a couple runs. The one weakness you and I both know the Dodgers is their bullpen. And very smartly Dave Roberts has been saying, well, I'll just use my starters to get out. Well, it didn't work out yesterday for Clayton Kershaw. Sasaki's been a great story, but he almost got burned using Blake trident in game one with a 41 lead. So I, I think it's going to be a challenge for Doc at times to get out from his bullpen. If Glass now goes late, it's a moot point, but I think it's be tough to scratch out runs against Sanchez. I like the Phillies to win game.

[Stugats]

Five in Philadelphia would be, be electric. That's what I'm, I'm rooting for to go five just simply because baseball Kyle Schwaber last night, by the way, with his two homers passed Bernie Williams for the third most postseason home runs of all time. He trails just Jose Altuve and number one Manny Ramirez. Later game admin Is it Wrigley Field? With the Cubbies winning by a run last night, forcing game four? That was in part thanks to Brad Keller. Man, what an, what a job he did out of the bullpen for them. But the brewers beat the heck out of the Cubs in the first couple of games of this series. So, so is this more. I mean, is this a matter of semantics? Like are the brewers going to advance tonight? And if you believe they'll win tonight, are you starting to believe that they can actually win an NLCS against whether it's the, you know, the Dodgers or the Phillies?

[Adnan Virk]

Yeah, I do think the brewers will win their, their first series since 2018. So that's a long time coming. And I just want to mention, as you said, what a great job by Keller and Jake Bowers comes up after he had the RBA single in the fourth and leadoff drive in the seventh. I mean, bases loaded, he strikes out. Huge spot there for Keller. No doubt about it.

[Stugats]

It.

[Adnan Virk]

And obviously, I mean all the offense we're getting to see in the series in the first inning. Craig, counsel the great lines. I'm going to start telling my team it's the first inning every inning. That's what they score. Whether it's Michael Bush or Pete Carmstrong. The two out swing Four run first inning for Chicago. So expect a lot of runs early, bet the over, and then after that, we'll see. I think Milwaukee wins it. I think they're the better team. I think the matchups favor them, particularly pitching wise. You really see for Chicago how much they're missing Kate Horton. If they had one more horse, so to speak, they'd be in better shape. Shape. I'm not quite yet the point of believing the birds going to go all the way. I still think the Dodgers or the Phillies are the favorite, Jeremy. But I'm happy for Milwaukee, man. They've shown a lot of moxie, especially these first two games, scoring a ton of runs. You know, Chicago wins that game at Wrigley. But game four, I do think the brewers do prevail.

[Stugats]

John Mulaney will not be happy. He said play ball at Wrigley Field yesterday. He's actually doing stand up there first. Stand up comedian. And I'm just mentioning that because he's my favorite comedian. One of my favorite baseball people in the world, Adnan Virk. Thank you so much. Hey, man, lots of great baseball ahead. Said we'll see you in the weeks to come. Looking forward to it here on the pitch clock. Let's get back to our game with me and Chris. So there's a guy I want to.

[Chris Cody]

Guess here, but it like, oh, they have Rodriguez.

[Stugats]

Julio Rodriguez. It feels wrong. It feels wrong to guess him simply because it's like it's a duplication. But is it possible that their catcher was Sandy Alomar Jr.

[Game Host]

So that is incorrect.

[Chris Cody]

I don't think. I didn't. Two doesn't look right for him, though.

[Adnan Virk]

It's only.

[Stugats]

No, that's. I. I just wasn't sure. I. I didn't know where to go. All right, that's two strikes for me.

[Billy Gil]

Strike two.

[Stugats]

Damn.

[Game Host]

Einar Diaz was the catcher on this day.

[Stugats]

Who in the world baseball franchise that was.

[Chris Cody]

I have the two corner infielder spots that I feel decent about. I only have one strike, so it doesn't really matter which one I go with first. I'm more confident. I think I'm gonna go with Helmet Head at first base.

[Stugats]

Yeah. Nice.

[Chris Cody]

Number five, Jonathan Olerud. I know it's John Ollerud.

[Stugats]

What if it's.

[Game Host]

It is John Olarud.

[Chris Cody]

I'm making a joke. You better get out of here. I called him Helmet.

[Stugats]

Well, I was gonna say Manuel Rivera, so. All right, I'm gonna. There's no way 22 in right field.

[Chris Cody]

No, there's one guy from that era that I think of as like, a right fielder who wore 22 a lot. I'm pretty sure he was never a guardian, though.

[Stugats]

Is this Raul Mondecy?

[Game Host]

It is not Roman.

[Chris Cody]

Jeremy Bernice is the guy who.

[Game Host]

Strike three. You are out. It is Juan Gonzalez.

[Stugats]

All right, so that being said, since I lost. Well, hold on. Let me just.

[Chris Cody]

You have one strike, I have one strike.

[Stugats]

Yeah.

[Game Host]

I want to see how Cody can keep going.

[Chris Cody]

Third base, Adrian Beltray, 25.

[Billy Gil]

Yeah.

[Game Host]

No, a little early. Third base. Is David Bell here?

[Stugats]

Oh, and then.

[Chris Cody]

I. I don't know.

[Adnan Virk]

I don't know.

[Chris Cody]

Number four. Four at short and six.

[Game Host]

Catcher Mark McLemore was the short stop, and Dan Wilson, their current manager.

[Stugats]

Wow.

[Game Host]

Is the catcher behind the plate.

[Stugats]

Can I ask you. There's no word in which 31 on the Hill was Jason Marquis. Right. I don't know why I couldn't get that name out of my head.

[Game Host]

It was Chuck Finley, who started his career with the California angels in, like, 1986.

[Stugats]

I picture Chuck Finley, and I don't know if it's with Cleveland or with the Angels, but I picture him with a vest. I don't know why, but no matter what, I must have had a baseball card of Chuck Finley in which he had, like, a pinstripe vest or something of the. Like Chuck Finley.

[Game Host]

Imagine that, Chris leaving more vests in these days.

[Stugats]

God, this sucks.

[Roz]

Chris wins again.

[Stugats]

I'm never gonna count the results.

[Dan LeBatard]

Now's a good time to remember where tequila's story truly began. In 1795, Cuervo invented tequila. Cuervo, what are you doing here?

[Billy Gil]

Cuervo? Anytime someone says Cuervo, I show up.

[Dan LeBatard]

Well, I do know that to be true. But even during ad reads like Cuervo, I think he could lay out, especially for one of our great partners.

[Billy Gil]

Sweet, delicious Cuervo.

[Dan LeBatard]

Since then, Cuervo has stayed true to its range, roots. The same family, the same land, the same passion.

[Billy Gil]

Cuervo.

[Dan LeBatard]

So enjoy the tequila that started it all. Cuervo.

[Stugats]

Cuervo.

[Dan LeBatard]

The tequila that invented tequila. Proximo Cuervo.com. please drink responsibly.

[Adnan Virk]

Cuervo.