Hour 2: Bazungas and Pitch Clock (feat. Adnan Virk)

Summary

Podcast Summary: The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz

Episode: Hour 2: Bazungas and Pitch Clock (feat. Adnan Virk)

Original Air Date: October 2, 2025
Featured Guest: Adnan Virk

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Episode Overview

Broadcasting from the Elser Hotel in Downtown Miami, this episode dives into playoff baseball, sports fandom, and the enduring drama of Yankees-Red Sox. The crew offers signature banter, sharp observations, and playful speculation—especially focused on this year’s MLB playoffs, the evolution of the game, and some behind-the-scenes show drama. The episode also features the “Pitch Clock” segment with Adnan Virk, which blends nostalgic trivia with sharp analysis of the 2025 MLB postseason.

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Main Discussion Points & Insights

1. Modern Playoff Baseball & Offense Drought

(Starts ~03:00)

• The crew reflects on the increased dominance of pitchers in MLB’s postseason, noting how the bases-loaded scenario is no longer an automatic scoring opportunity due to strikeout rates.

  “The bases loaded situation does not matter anymore for offenses because of the way that pitchers are now striking out one fourth of the hitters. And in the case of Mason Miller, striking out all seven guys he’s faced because everything he’s throwing up there is triple.”
  — Billy Gill (03:37)

• Mike Ryan and Tony marvel at how these games move more quickly now, crediting both improved pitching and new rules (like the three-batter minimum for relievers).

  "It’s high drama...these games are going so quick...even in the 90s, pitchers’ duels would take forever."
  — Tony (04:38, 05:02)

• Strategic intricacies—like the Royals’ blueprint for bullpen dominance—no longer set teams apart since “everyone is basically that Royals bullpen” now (05:34).

2. Yankees, Red Sox, and Fan Allegiances

(06:00-14:00)

• Debate erupts over whether rooting for the Yankees in the postseason is more fun than rooting against their pain. Zaslow admits he likes drama and wants to keep Judge in the spotlight but doesn’t need them to win it all.

  “Am I the only one rooting for the Yankees? I like when the Yankees keep advancing in playoffs…there’s always drama.”
  — Zaslow (05:51)

• Dan admits he was once a Yankees fan but now relishes in “New York suffering in all sports” due to Miami being “infected” with New Yorkers (11:57).

• The Dodgers’ consistent postseason presence is discussed, with a joke about “money not guaranteeing happiness, but guaranteeing you the divisional round if you’re the Dodgers” (06:25).

• Brief trivia: The Reds last won a playoff series in 1995.

3. Inside Jokes, Show Gossip, and “Work Done” Speculation

(10:40–15:30)

• Several minutes are dedicated to recounting internal show drama about Jeremy’s absence, his rumored trip to Yankees-Red Sox with author Jane Levy, and whether or not Jeremy had "work done" (i.e., cosmetic procedures).

  • “Is it reckless to say, looks like Jeremy’s had some work done? The eyebrows on the top right here... look a little high.”
    — Mike Ryan (13:06)

  • “She did tweet out that he’s her boy toy.”
    — Zaslow (13:29)

  • The conversation quickly spirals into playful accusations and mock apologies.

• Billy Gill is praised for his love of baseball, with Chris retelling a story of staying extra days in Detroit waiting for Miguel Cabrera’s 3,000th hit. The group jokes about attending milestone baseball games and how those adventures become legendary (15:34–16:44).

4. Pitch Clock Segment: Playoff Baseball Showdown & Analysis with Adnan Virk

(Pitch Clock segment starts at 21:52)

• Jeremy hosts with Ethan and Dan, combining a Yankees-Red Sox postseason RBI draft game with expert analysis from Adnan Virk.

Segment 1: Yankees vs. Red Sox—Postseason RBI Draft

(23:20–32:17)

• A competitive trivia game where Jeremy and Chris draft Yankees/Red Sox legends by career postseason RBI totals.

• Notable picks: David Ortiz, Derek Jeter, Manny Ramirez, Bernie Williams (the all-time Yankees postseason RBI leader with 80), A-Rod, Jorge Posada, Jason Varitek, and “fun name picks” like Trot Nixon.

• Humor and lighthearted competition reign supreme as Chris clinches the win:

  “I’m so mad. This is such a stupid game.”
  — Jeremy (30:41)

Segment 2: Adnan Virk on 2025 MLB Playoffs

(25:13–37:59)

• Adnan Virk brings the heat, dissecting playoff matchups:

  • Yankees vs. Red Sox:

    • Praises the drama and volatility of this year’s series, especially with rookie starters Connolly Early and Cam Schlitler going toe-to-toe.
    • “I think ultimately the Yankees win this game because they’ve got the better offense, but I give props to Trevor Story and Boston for hanging in. It’s been a great story so far.”
      — Adnan Virk (26:06)

  • Tigers vs. Guardians:

    • Guardians’ lackluster offense vs. Tigers’ inability to capitalize with runners in scoring position is analyzed.
    • Adnan, showing his bias, ultimately pulls for Detroit.

  • Padres vs. Cubs:

    • Focuses on bullpen fatigue, the impact of Mason Miller, and why the Padres are slightly favored due to bullpen strength.

  • Dodgers vs. Phillies:

    • Sees NLDS as the “real NLCS”—winner likely heads to the World Series.
    • Notes Ohtani’s historic impact and Mookie Betts finally heating up after a rough season.

• Scene-stealing playoff notes:

  • “No one’s picking [Milwaukee]...Everyone’s talking Dodgers, Phillies.” — Adnan Virk (35:34)
  • “Bernie Williams is where this thing really started.” — Jeremy (41:21)

• Jeremy’s “Marlins bias” comes out with a shoutout to Jazz Chisholm Jr. and Jesus Luzardo as X-factors.

5. Closing: Book Plugs, Inside-Baseball Guests, and More Banter

(37:59–end)

• Jeremy plugs Jane Levy’s and Adnan’s latest baseball books, warmly referring to Jane Levy as his “new Jewish bubby.”
• Dan and Adnan reminisce about Levy’s place in baseball lore and engage in more show-family ribbing.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Dan Le Batard (on the show’s Miami/New York tension):

  “There are so many New Yorkers in Miami who have infected Miami with their New York that I have since now just enjoyed New York suffering in all sports.” (11:57)

• Billy Gill (on baseball’s evolution):

  “Getting runners on first and third just stopped mattering because it’s so hard to make contact and even hit a ball to the outfield…you can’t play the way the Royals won the championship anymore. Bunting and stealing bases and doing that stuff.” (05:15)

• Adnan Virk (on playoff drama):

  “There’s nothing quite like playoff baseball. I know it’s been a grind for you…Just getting it in is absolutely phenomenal.” (26:06)

• Mike Ryan (on speculation):

  “Is it reckless to say, looks like Jeremy’s had some work done? The eyebrows…” (13:06)

• Chris (on cosmetic surgery):

  “If you pay, you want to see, like, results. Like, if I were to get implants, I’m not gonna get an A cup, you know?” (17:27)

• Jeremy (on trivia defeat):

  “I’m so mad. This is such a stupid game. I’m so mad at myself.” (30:41)

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Key Timestamps (MM:SS)

• 03:36 — Pitching dominance and the death of the bases loaded rally
• 05:34 — Royals bullpen legacy; offensive decline explained
• 06:00–14:00 — Yankees/Red Sox drama and fan loyalties
• 13:06 — Speculating on Jeremy's "work done"
• 15:34 — Billy and Chris reminisce about baseball adventures
• 21:52 — Pitch Clock segment launches
• 23:20–32:17 — Yankees vs. Red Sox playoff RBI draft game
• 25:13–37:59 — Adnan Virk’s 2025 playoff analysis
• 37:59 — Book plugs and affectionate show banter

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Episode Tone & Style

The episode is energetic, irreverent, and dense with inside jokes—classic Le Batard Show. There’s a balance between deep baseball nerdery, sports bar trash talk, and friendly show roasts. Guests and hosts alike bring strong opinions, but everything is laced with self-deprecating humor and a sense of community among the cast.

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For Baseball Fans and Newcomers

This episode delivers smart playoff insights, playful banter, show-family drama, and a nerdy, nostalgic baseball throwdown. Whether you’re tuning in for MLB analysis or just for pure entertainment, “Bazungas and Pitch Clock” delivers.

Transcript

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[Tony]

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[Dan Le Batard]

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[Ethan]

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[Dan Le Batard]

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[Jeremy]

He was the ch.

[Dan Le Batard]

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[Billy Gill]

Seems like a game time guy. Like it just wasn't a contribution. Just speaking to be heard. It was useless. So we've got three baseball games today that are fun and I will tell you that yesterday I'm driving home and I'm listening, listening to Guardians. Tigers. And the Tigers keep getting base runners against Cleveland and they keep stranding base runners. And I'm listening and, and I really enjoy still old timey radio on a baseball broadcast. And the Cleveland announcers are so excited because their team's just okay, they're minus six run differential this season. They have three, three guys batting under.200 in the lineup. But the Tigers collapsed late in the season and Cleveland won like 17 of 19 games. And the announcer, as you hear the Crowd the ambient noise and they're talking about how much they love October. The announcer nails it with the following sentence. Everyone is standing, some of them breathing because the Tigers, the Tigers had runners on base all the time. And something that's happening in that sport. And Mike, I know you're sort of new to it here. You, you gathered for playoff baseball. And Zaz, I know you love playoff.

[Zaslow]

I do, I do.

[Billy Gill]

The basis loaded situation does not matter anymore for offenses because of the way that pitchers are now striking out one fourth of the hitters. And in the case of Mason Miller, striking out all seven gu he's faced because everything he's throwing up there is triple.

[Zaslow]

You're so right. It's so used to be all bases loaded. Guaranteed runs are going to score now.

[Tony]

Yeah. What's a miss rate? I know the strikeouts are probably a solid indicator on that. But when you have bases loaded you're like, all right, at least we can get bat to ball in this situation. And a Ralton Chapman figures it out and people don't even have an opportunity to make a play on it.

[Billy Gill]

But league average, okay, is 22% of the hitters strike out. But here's the thing. They strike out against all the bad teams too. The teams with pitching now who have aces going on the front. You've seen most of these games, except the Dodger games are low scoring. They're all. Everyone who's going out there throwing is throwing so hard that it is very.

[Tony]

Difficult to score, which I don't mind. I think there's high drama in these situations where you essentially have the tying run at the dish every inning. That's fine. I love that they really fixed this game. Again, just bombing in for the playoffs here. These games are going so quick because even before playoff games, even if they were low scoring, well, that's mostly an.

[Zaslow]

Effect of the pitchers being so great is that these playoff games are lower scoring.

[Tony]

I mean, but. But there have been pitchers duels back in the 90s that would take forever.

[Zaslow]

Well, yeah, because you could, you could switch the relief pitchers like every batter there. You're right. That rule right there, I would imagine it's really helped.

[Billy Gill]

I saw this change, I'm going to say three or four years ago where it didn't matter getting a runner to third or getting. Getting runners on first and third just stop mattering because it's so hard to make contact and even hit a ball to the outfield that the. The number you can't play the way the Royals won the championship anymore. Bunting and stealing bases and doing that stuff.

[Tony]

They were ahead of it though when it came to the bullpen. Now everybody is basically that Royals bullpen.

[Billy Gill]

Billy, have you been excited by the baseball that you've been watching? Have they lured you in here recently with these games? Because Yankees, Red Sox is a fun one. Aaron Judge is in a really shot.

[Zaslow]

Am I the only one rooting for the Yankees, by the way? Like I, I like when the Yankees keep advancing in playoffs.

[Jeremy]

Why?

[Zaslow]

Because they're interesting. Like, like I know the Yankees, they're interesting. There's always drama surround them. I want to keep, I want to keep the conversation going about Aaron Judge. I like when the Yankees are involved.

[Chris]

But you want him to ultimately lose. Like you want them to keep winning to then lose.

[Zaslow]

Yeah, I don't, I don't need them to win. But like I enjoyed last year when they got to the World Series. So yeah, I think you're right. I think so.

[Dan Le Batard]

I'm with Zaz. I want them in it. But I want this Judge narrative to.

[Jeremy]

Like, I want him to come up.

[Dan Le Batard]

In a big spot.

[Jeremy]

I want him to do. And then I want to crush him the next day.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yep.

[Billy Gill]

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[Tony]

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[Chris]

Not for the pitch tipping. Also big pitch tipping scandal.

[Billy Gill]

Do you guys know the last time the Reds won a playoff series? Do you want to guess the last time? Because they got, they got dragged by the Dodgers. The Dodgers made it look very easy. They're the only team that actually hit the ball a ton in this first round.

[Zaslow]

91.

[Tony]

Did they? I remember Roy Halladay threw a perfect game in the playoffs against Brandon Phillips's Cincinnati Reds. I. Maybe that wasn't the wild card.

[Billy Gill]

Maybe it was that year 1995.

[Dan Le Batard]

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[Chris]

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[Billy Gill]

That is not. The Big Red machine was in the 70s.

[Zaslow]

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[Zaslow]

That was a long story.

[Billy Gill]

Yeah, it's the only kind he tells.

[Chris]

It's a short one for me. I tried to speed it up for you guys.

[Tony]

You forgot about the league's cup stugats.

[Chris]

Yeah.

[Billy Gill]

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[Chris]

Well, when Fidel died the first time.

[Dan Le Batard]

This is the Dan Levatar show with the stugats.

[Billy Gill]

Jeremy is going to cover some of this in pitch clock in moments. Billy, did you want to offer Jeremy an apology even though he's not here today?

[Chris]

Because we're good. I did at one point in time, but I've moved past that because Jeremy's so Jeremy that it's just like, yeah, we're good.

[Jeremy]

We don't need to.

[Billy Gill]

Well, what was the nature of what you were considering apologizing for?

[Chris]

I felt like maybe I advanced a narrative that he may have been having an inappropriate relationship with a former guest and possibly friend of the show. But I will say that all of the social media posts after the fact kind of left a lot of questions unanswered. I would say so. I don't think that after, you know, throwing it out there something that we were all kind of wondering of what was going on there. I thought maybe that wasn't great, but I mean, they did nothing to dispel those rumors.

[Zaslow]

That's what I'm saying. Answer some tough questions. Jeremy, I don't think you have anything to apologize for. I'm on your side, Bill.

[Chris]

Thank you.

[Billy Gill]

Well, it was accusatory in nature. And Jeremy loves sports, loves baseball and.

[Chris]

Older women and men.

[Billy Gill]

We don't know if he loves older women or not.

[Dan Le Batard]

You keep making this assume that one would assume.

[Zaslow]

That's what we're trying to get to the bottom of.

[Billy Gill]

He just flew. He just flew to New York to experience all things New York and Boston. And Zaslow is the only one among us today rooting for the Yankees. I'm rooting for Yankee Payne. I. I grew Yankee fan. I've told you this story before. Their spring training was in Fort Lauderdale. We did not have pro sports except for the Dolphins back then. So when baseball came to town, it felt like a giant thing. But there are so many New Yorkers in Miami who have infected Miami with their New York that I have since now just enjoyed New York suffering in all sports.

[Zaslow]

Right. But isn't it Max Suffering if they get the tease of last year and then they lose in the World Series.

[Dan Le Batard]

Why is he smiling like that?

[Tony]

Photo of Jeremy behind me.

[Jeremy]

Dan, you may need to put the.

[Mike Ryan]

Reckless speculation on just to cover me. Can you hit it for a second?

[Billy Gill]

Okay, but I thought this started with. With Billy wanting to apologize.

[Mike Ryan]

I may need to apologize after this.

[Chris]

I may apologize to Jeremy on Mystery Crate this week. We'll see how I'm feeling.

[Dan Le Batard]

Okay, time to throw away dollar journalistic credibility and get reckless. Here is something we like to call reckless speculation. You're good. You did.

[Mike Ryan]

Thank you. If you take a look at the picture that's on your screen right now behind Billy, it's. Is it reckless to say, looks like Jeremy's had some work done? The eyebrows on the top right here.

[Dan Le Batard]

Look a little high.

[Tony]

I get what you're saying.

[Mike Ryan]

Like, there's a little bit of some injection.

[Billy Gill]

He's lost a lot of weight recently.

[Dan Le Batard]

I don't think it's the weight, though.

[Mike Ryan]

I don't think it's the way. It's the eyebrows.

[Tony]

I think it just looks weird because he's never had a smile that big on his face.

[Chris]

He's got some talks.

[Zaslow]

I mean, she did tweet out that he's her boy toy.

[Chris]

She called him a handsome boy.

[Dan Le Batard]

A couple said, I'd do anything for a cute boy in one of the videos.

[Billy Gill]

Yet she's instigating matters. Is she on pitch clock? Do we know the guest pitch clock? Okay, so it's Adnan might have been.

[Dan Le Batard]

Awkward, I guess, for them.

[Billy Gill]

I. I am going to consume all of this stuff this afternoon, but Yankees, Red Sox being able to give us, you know, to the. The right to play the Blue Jays, I just did not have that happening this season. That is not.

[Mike Ryan]

Blue Jays are good, Dan.

[Billy Gill]

Yeah, the Blue Jays won the division.

[Dan Le Batard]

The.

[Billy Gill]

The Blue Jays got the buy.

[Chris]

They were supposed to be good for, like, the last five years with all these young guys, and it wasn't really panning out, and now it has.

[Billy Gill]

It has. What are you interested in here, Billy? Have they lured you in? Is Jeremy going to lure you in?

[Chris]

No, Jeremy's not, but baseball will. Game three. Did we sufficiently apologize and clean up that situation with Jeremy? Like, is that fine Botox or.

[Dan Le Batard]

No?

[Billy Gill]

I don't know what you've done here. I thought you were going to apologize to Jeremy, and then you said, I don't apologize. And now you've pointed out that Jane Levy exacerbated matters and threw lighter fluid all over the situation by calling him A boy toy and everything else.

[Dan Le Batard]

And Jeremy's had work done.

[Chris]

Well, that was you guys. If anyone has to apologize for that. That was you guys.

[Billy Gill]

That was not you guys. It was just Tony. It was just Tony and Mike.

[Tony]

No, I said. He's smiling. Look, I'm very uncomfortable with how this show is treating Jeremy this week.

[Chris]

I'm. Yeah.

[Tony]

If it wasn't for Jane actually furthering this conversation, I'd be made very uncomfortable by it. It's unfair. People normalize platonic relationships between 20somethings and older women and men.

[Chris]

There is an older gentleman there too. And they talked about writing and what have you and whatever.

[Billy Gill]

Well put. As always. The eloquent Billy Gill always providing commentary. That makes him a professional broadcaster.

[Chris]

You know, there's a big age gap there. I don't know. What commonalities do you have besides baseball? That's why I think it's fine. It's the baseball game.

[Tony]

Love of sports, timeless game.

[Billy Gill]

Love of Jeremy did something and Billy, you at one time, I don't know when you became such a hardened cynic, but you at one time flew to Detroit to watch Miguel Cabrera get his 3,000th hit and stayed there for like four days because he wouldn't get it immediately. And there was a rain out.

[Chris]

Well, I mean, I was there. I had. No, no, no, no, no. If we're gonna go back and we're gonna tell the story. I had to stay there because of that damn Aaron Boone, who should be fired, who decided to intentionally walk Miguel Cabrera on his last at bat of that first game. And then the next day there was a rain out and then there was a double header the following day. And thankfully, mercifully, we got it done in the first game. So I didn't have a fourth Tigers game because I showed up at that second Tigers game. My gosh. And my family was like, oh, this will be a fun adventure. And I was like, what do I do with a newborn in Detroit for four days? We can only go to Little Caesar so many times.

[Billy Gill]

Tony just wanted to see Cabrera hit a little.

[Chris]

Well, because if we're gonna go back to that, David Sampson stole Ichiro's 3,000 hit from me, so I was owed a 3,000 hit. There's a lot of people who wronged me in that scenario in our defense, except Colin from Sheets and Giggles because he paid the towel.

[Dan Le Batard]

If Billy had gone with Jane Levy, we probably would have commented on it.

[Chris]

What do you mean we would have commented? Dan's asking like, yeah, I went with my Family. I didn't abandon my family. Jeremy's a married man and he left his family behind to go philander up there in playoff games. Allegedly.

[Mike Ryan]

Work done, we don't know.

[Tony]

Can you say allegedly if you're the person that's starting the allegation?

[Chris]

What do you mean, Tony?

[Dan Le Batard]

Just.

[Chris]

Tony's the one. If anyone should apologize for anything, it's Tony. Who said that Jeremy's had work done.

[Mike Ryan]

It looks tasteful, though.

[Chris]

I mean, if he's done work, he's. He's done a good job of hiding.

[Dan Le Batard]

That's what I'm saying.

[Mike Ryan]

It's tastefully done. The eyebrows are a little bit higher than they usually.

[Chris]

Some would say he should get his money back because it's hard to tell if he has or hasn't had work done.

[Jeremy]

That's how you know it's good though, Billy.

[Chris]

But if you pay, you want to see, like, results. Like, if I were to get implants, I'm not gonna get an A cup, you know?

[Dan Le Batard]

I texted Jeremy. We're gonna get an answer.

[Chris]

Meet Bazungas.

[Billy Gill]

Jeremy loves sports. Still, he has not been beaten down by the daily grind of doing a show. So he flies to New York excitedly and does Yankees Red Sox, possibly with.

[Tony]

Work done, we don't know.

[Billy Gill]

And Yankees Red Sox today. If I can't get you excited about Yankees Red Sox today, you guys are never going to do baseball.

[Dan Le Batard]

I'm excited.

[Tony]

What time is it?

[Chris]

Yeah, game three.

[Billy Gill]

It's the night game. It's the prime time, 8 o'.

[Jeremy]

Clock.

[Tony]

I will be following. I'll watch the other one.

[Chris]

TNF3 58 situation.

[Billy Gill]

Today you're going to watch Rams 49ers. That broken 49ers team. You're going to go get them on.

[Tony]

Some sweet breads in an Argentinian steakhouse.

[Chris]

Seminoles week, Dan.

[Tony]

Yes. FSU week. I head up to tally.

[Billy Gill]

Jeremy Tache. Clearly, with work done, the boy toy is next.

[Tony]

Hey, Jeremy, old buddy, old pal.

[Jeremy]

Hey, Mike.

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[Jeremy]

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[Tony]

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[Jeremy]

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[Tony]

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[Jeremy]

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.

[Tony]

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[Jeremy]

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

[Tony]

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[Zaslow]

Learn [e-mail] 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.

[Dan Le Batard]

This is the Don Levatar show with the stugats.

[Jeremy]

I'm gonna. I'm gonna bring the energy for this. Yeah, we are recording this the, like, just a few hours after I got back from being at game one of Yankees Red Sox. And I'm pretty tired. Don't, don't. Don't make the joke. Don't do it.

[Dan Le Batard]

I won't. Have we started yet? I don't. I was trying to tell if that.

[Jeremy]

We're doing a cold open.

[Dan Le Batard]

Okay.

[Jeremy]

That's what this is. 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. It's the playoffs. And this is the Pitch Clock.

[Dan Le Batard]

Fire Aaron Boone. Hi, everybody. Yeah, I mean, it's playoff time. I don't want to do hijinks.

[Jeremy]

Switching things up.

[Dan Le Batard]

I don't want to do hijinks anymore.

[Jeremy]

I want to give.

[Ethan]

It's down to business.

[Jeremy]

Time to get serious.

[Chris]

Yeah.

[Jeremy]

Okay. All right, well, that other voice that you heard, that's Ethan. And Ethan is here to do our trivia game once again. I'm wearing my new world's greatest, greatest rivalry shirt for the Yankees and the Red Sox. And if we all know the reality, the world's greatest rivalry is in trivia between me and Chris. Yeah. I said last week that I was gonna get our results from the regular season and let everybody know what those were. I've not done that. So maybe next week.

[Dan Le Batard]

Who are you in the rivalry, The Yankees or the Red Sox? Between you and I, I think I'm the Yankees.

[Jeremy]

Well, until we get the result, we won't.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah, we won't know. But we.

[Jeremy]

You're also. But we know. But you're Red.

[Dan Le Batard]

It's true.

[Jeremy]

Ethan, what's our game for? For this week.

[Ethan]

We're gonna draft a roster of nine players. Doesn't matter about position. And they're all going to be Yankees and Red Sox.

[Dan Le Batard]

Okay.

[Ethan]

What I have in front of me is the total of RBIs, the top 30 RBI leaders for each franchise in their playoff history.

[Jeremy]

So we're going to go back and Forth picking players.

[Chris]

Correct.

[Jeremy]

Franchises.

[Ethan]

At the end, we're going to add up the RBI total and whoever has the highest total of RBI is the winner.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yankees, Red Sox history. RBI.

[Jeremy]

Yankees and Red Sox history.

[Ethan]

Playoff RBI.

[Jeremy]

Oh yeah.

[Ethan]

Postseason RBI.

[Dan Le Batard]

Okay. Total, not single season.

[Ethan]

Correct.

[Jeremy]

Postseason. Career.

[Ethan]

Postseason RBs.

[Jeremy]

All right, I'll go first.

[Dan Le Batard]

Go ahead. I will go with. Why are you covering? Why are you covering over there?

[Jeremy]

I will go with David Ortiz.

[Ethan]

Okay, so David Ortiz is the all time leader in Red Sox Postseason history with 57 RBIs.

[Jeremy]

Okay. I guess I'm just gonna go compiler first. Even though he probably didn't drive in a ton of runs, but we found out last week he had a bunch of homers. Derek Jeter.

[Ethan]

Derek Jeter is second in Yankees history with 61 postseason RBI.

[Jeremy]

How about that?

[Dan Le Batard]

Manny Ramirez.

[Ethan]

Manny Ramirez is second in Red Sox history with 38 career postseason pointed out.

[Chris]

I am red.

[Jeremy]

I'm gonna go ahead and just say, you know what, how about Mr. October, Reggie Jackson?

[Ethan]

Okay, so Reggie Jackson is 17th in Yankees history. He has 29 career postseason RBI.

[Jeremy]

It's so funny that Manny is second with 38th, but Reggie Jackson is 17th for the Yankees with 29.

[Dan Le Batard]

Gives you a feel for which franchise.

[Jeremy]

A few more. Few more guys.

[Dan Le Batard]

That's why I'm the Yankees. In this debate between us.

[Jeremy]

All right, our 2025 MLB expert, who else was it going to be for the playoffs than Adnan Virk? Adnan wearing his pitching ninja hat. I'm here wearing my smells like seam spirit baseball shirt from Rotowear specifically because I purchased this after a conversation with Jazz Chisholm Jr. Who was wearing it back in Miami a couple of years ago. And we want to jazz some love because we're starting here with Yankees Red Sox. Obviously I was at game one. We've discussed that on the show. An absolute blast. But this series has been really everything you would want out of a Yankee Red Sox wild card series thus far. Back and forth. Adnan, what are your thoughts on these, these first couple of games between these teams? Who do you think pulls it out here in. In game three in this matchup between rookie starters in Connolly early and Cam Schlitler and. And why I'm so glad that you.

[Dan Le Batard]

Got there, Jeremy, for game one. There's nothing quite like playoff baseball. I know it's been a grind for you. I know you're fasting today, Yom Kippur, but like dude, just. Just getting it in is. Is absolutely phenomenal. So I'm glad you were there in the stadium as Far as game two is concerned, you know, here's my thing with the Yankees is just that they're so reliant in the home run. 50% of their runs are scored via the home run. And so far we've seen a couple. Anthony Volpe was the loan in game one and Ben Rice in game two. But they've yet to really get going. So it was nice to kind of see them scratch at a run like that. I wouldn't say quite manufacture a run, but. But using jazz, chisholm speed and the fact he was not going to be denied. You're right, that was an incredible run around the bases. I mean the guys scoring their first and last runs were on the bench in game one. So figure it out. This is how the Yankees do things as far as the pitching matchup is concerned. It's a bit of a stunner, right? Like you say to yourself, wow, the Red Sox crochet is incredible. And as advertised, 117 pitches shut down the Yankees. And then Chapman did the rest. Game two, you go, all right, well, Bayo, sure. And now Galito being out is a real blow I think for the Red Sox because even though he's had some control issues, he's been excellent the last couple months of the season. Early a guy who made his debut Sept. 9, Cam Schlitler, big veteran compared to him, made his debut July 9th. So both these guys, I give the edge to Schlitler who throws like 97, 98. I think he's a terrific pitcher. I do think they'll both be reliant to their bullpens. I don't see Early's going that long this game. But just the second pair of rookies to start a winner take all postseason game. Dustin May and Ian Anderson, 2020 NLCS. So I think ultimately the Yankees win this game because they've got the better offense. But I give props to Trevor Story and Boston for hanging in. It's been a great story so far and, and could I see them winning a game three? Yeah, but generally the script felt to me Jeremy Crochet wins in one, Yankees win the other two.

[Jeremy]

It's been the same story with a left handed ace in Detroit. Derek skubal gets Game 1 for the Detroit Tigers. The Guardians come back and win game two. They're hosting game three. It's the early game today, obviously. The Yankees and Red Sox at prime time at 8 o'. Clock. You got a 3pm start heart for these Tigers and Guardians, an all day series. Jack Flaherty and Slade Saccony A name that sounds like he could be in one of your Marty Scorsese movies. I love that name. What will ultimately be the deciding factor in this one that sends one of these teams to Seattle?

[Dan Le Batard]

I'm gonna go sending you go talk to Slate. Saconi. No, not Saccony. Oh, my God. You know Sacconi's a rat.

[Jeremy]

Yeah, exactly. That's what I'm saying.

[Dan Le Batard]

It's a great handle. There's no question about it. The matchup at least. You know, Flaherty's really struggled down the stretch. So did Casey Mize. But Flair in particular, I don't have much confidence in. And Saccony, as you know, pitched a near no hitter one of his final starts of the season. In addition to having a great name at the start of the playoffs, I said, listen, Jeremy, you can't go chalk. I picked Tigers in three. And my rationale was, Scuba wins, you won. Which he did. And then they'll find a way to win the other game. On paper, it shouldn't make sense. The Tigers were 1 for 15 with runners in scoring position in game two and left 15 runners on base. But the Guardians have the lowest on base percentage of any team in the playoffs. Pitching matchup probably slight edge to Saccony, but who cares? It's not exactly Cy Young up there. I see the Tigers win. If they got a couple more of those hits, they would have won that game too, before Rocktober and Rokio and the rest of the Guardians offense woke up late in the game. So I'm calling the Tigers to win. I think, by the way, that's the best story too, as a baseball fan. 50 and a half game lead, you gagged it, you lost the division, but then you beat them in the playoffs. I'm pulling for Detroit. Detroit especially for J.K. simmons, who wrote the blurb for my book. Let's go Tigers.

[Jeremy]

It's all just bias from you, but go gritty. Tags. Come on, give it to me. Give it to Jason Benetti, who's been.

[Dan Le Batard]

A friend that we love.

[Jeremy]

He's the best.

[Dan Le Batard]

I'll go with Bernie Williams. Wow.

[Ethan]

Cody. All time Yankees postseason RBI leader Bernie Williams has 80 career postseason RBI.

[Jeremy]

So upset because I was kind of saving Bernie, I just stuck my tongue.

[Dan Le Batard]

Out at Jeremy for the listening.

[Ethan]

I. I wasn't sure you guys would get to him that early. I was surprised. His name was a top. I know he played in all of those games.

[Jeremy]

You know what I think that is.

[Dan Le Batard]

Kind of gave away my hint of like there were more Playoff games in this era.

[Jeremy]

Yeah, I could be wrong, but I'm pretty sure he has the most postseason grand slams ever and so would help. That helps. I'm really upset. Okay, let's go. Go with. Let's just do a Rod. Okay.

[Ethan]

A Rod is a nice pick. He is 11th in Yankees history. His 33 career postseason RBI.

[Dan Le Batard]

All right, I'm gonna go with Jorge Posada.

[Ethan]

Jorge Posada is third.

[Jeremy]

Me, man. Are you not just going with Bernie Williams? I'm so mad. I'm so mad. This is such a stupid game. I'm so mad at myself.

[Tony]

Don't insult the game.

[Jeremy]

No, it's my fault. Right, Ethan? I know it's my fault. Jeremy's had a long couple days.

[Ethan]

We should have Snake draft.

[Jeremy]

Yeah, we should have Dick Tino Martinez.

[Ethan]

Tino Martinez is a solid. Another solid pick. 32 career postseason RBI. He is 13th behind a rod. Scott Brocius, solid pick. 14th, 30 RBI.

[Jeremy]

There's right there here. Just because I know he had a big homer.

[Chris]

Go on.

[Jeremy]

Carlton Fisk.

[Dan Le Batard]

Nice.

[Ethan]

Sixth career postseason RBI for Carlton Fisk.

[Jeremy]

That sucks.

[Dan Le Batard]

I'm gonna go with a Red Sox here. I'm gonna go with Jason Veritech.

[Jeremy]

Wow.

[Ethan]

Cody is just on it today, man.

[Jeremy]

No, it's a great one.

[Ethan]

Third all time.

[Dan Le Batard]

Wow.

[Ethan]

In Red Sox history, he has 33 career postseason RBI.

[Jeremy]

This is just based like. Yeah, one run.

[Ethan]

Cody has has the number one Yankee and the top three Red Sox.

[Jeremy]

So I'm going to just say a name that Chris has said for like seven different games. Trot Nixon.

[Ethan]

Best name dude.

[Dan Le Batard]

22.

[Ethan]

He is seventh all time in Red Sox history.

[Jeremy]

I'll take it.

[Dan Le Batard]

All right, I'm going to.

[Tony]

Just. Just.

[Jeremy]

Cuz you've said it so many times.

[Dan Le Batard]

That I had a great name.

[Ethan]

It makes me so happy. Jason Giami not on the top 30. Who. So the door is open. 14 career postseason RBI for the Yankees.

[Jeremy]

Yeah, you're at 294. I'm at 183 going into this. So Babe Ruth.

[Ethan]

Babe Ruth is on the Yankees postseason list. He is 16th with 30 career postseason RBI.

[Jeremy]

All right, let's move on to the National League. It's time to get there. And. And we do have one more game today before we move ahead to what the Dodgers did last night and what they'll do moving forward. It's the Padres and the Cubs, which feels like maybe the most unpredictable and strange series thus far. Just simply because if you look both of these teams at any point during the year, there was a point where each of them, you could have said, hey, this team's going to win the World Series and you wouldn't have sounded crazy. And yet both teams right now headed in had a strange lack of momentum because there wasn't a ton to play for down the stretch. You got Jameson Tyon on the hill for Chicago, who's been pretty brilliant since returning from from injury, got former Cub you Darvish on the hill for the San Diego Padres. And yet Mason Miller's probably the most important pitcher in this series. What do you expect here in game three? Adnan, ultimately, which team should Milwaukee be rooting for to win this game? Because obviously they've had their struggles continuing to play well in the postseason.

[Dan Le Batard]

Well, the good news from Milwaukee is that when you have these teams playing three straight games, it really wears out their bullpens. It's certainly we know San Diego has the best bullpen baseball and Chicago's has been pretty solid as well. But so far, Jeremy, going into game three, the Padres bullpen has accounted for eight and a third innings and the Cubs nine and two thirds. And you got to imagine today again that bullpen will be utilized. You Darvish, I can't see going more than five innings. As far as Tyler's concerned, same thing. So I'm with you. I love Mason Miller. He's my favorite reliever to watch. He's an awesome dude. The guy throws 104. Him and Maury Holland have now pitched back to back games you'd think likely unavailable a third straight day. But no, it's a playoffs. If you need them, they'll pitch. But if they pitch three straight days, you got to think eventually relying on that bullpen so much will wear you down. So I think, I think the better matchup for Milwaukee, like I think the, the less dangerous team in my opinion at least is Chicago because there's pitching is not as strong. But I think if you're Milwaukee, you still want to see if the Padres are the team as long as they use that bullpen like great, just wear those guys out and they'll be fresh and ready for Pat Murphy's team. But I do think Manny Machado massive home run. I love Manny. Happy to see him step up in that position. It's interesting. I'm going to go Padres just because that bullpen is so good. But again, I don't think it augurs well moving forward because I do think the brewers being rested eventually. When you're using a bullpen that much, when you're that reliant on them, it can be a challenge, but I'm glad the series is going three. The fans have been awesome at Wrigley Padres. Krubs is a fun series to watch, so I look forward to it.

[Jeremy]

Yeah, I hope for, for those fans sake that maybe it goes the Cubs way. But I actually have to agree with you here that that Padres lineup feels like one in a low scoring series that has an opportunity to have more moments where a guy like Tatis or Machado can come through with a big home run. But let's move on, on to the Dodgers, because I think the big sentiment across Major League Baseball was, hey, Reds, don't let the Dodgers get hot. And yet that's exactly what they did. They let the Dodgers get hot. And that's really a nightmare for the rest of Major League Baseball. You had Ohtani with his couple of home runs. Now he's gonna start game one of the NLDS against the Phillies, which is genuinely just like hilarious to think about who this person is. But what's the level of concern if you're the Philadelphia Phillies here with the Dodgers advancing, What's sort of your predict for this series, which to me looks like it might be an nlds, that's really an nlcs. Do you think the winner of this one ultimately advances to the World Series as well?

[Dan Le Batard]

I do, absolutely. I think it's gonna be must see tv. I think the winner of Phillies, Dodgers makes the World Series. I interviewed Pat Murphy last week and I basically said that to him as well. Like, you realize Milwaukee has the most wins the regular season. You're the number one seed. No one's picking you guys because. No, I'm well aware of that. He's like, yep, we're gonna use the us versus the mentality. Everyone's big. Dodgers, Phillies.

[Jeremy]

Fine line.

[Dan Le Batard]

But I do think, you know, as great a season as Milwaukee's had, the Dodgers starting pitching hasn't been healthy until now. The Phillies haven't been clicking until now. The only concern for the Phillies is no Zach Wheeler.

[Jeremy]

Yes.

[Dan Le Batard]

But you and I know if you've seen Christopher Sanchez pitch, he's a scion candidate. Ranger Suarez has been great. You know, maybe Nola can step up. I think Jesus Lizardo, you know him from his time in the Marlins, he's pretty good. So actually I'm like, Wheeler's awesome, but I'm like. And that Phillies offense could bang. I mean, Schwaber this 56 home runs, 132 ribbon rubies. He's gonna be a ton of fun to watch. Trey Turner's A batting champion. So I do think Philly's Dodgers will be for all the marbles. As you said, for the Reds, don't let the Dodgers get hot. Particularly Mookie Betts. He's now had a sizzling September after having a terrible regular season. He went four for five yesterday. Three ribbies. You know, Ohtani, as you mentioned, the game one Ben Rorford's been a revelation for them. It's catcher with Will Smith out. He went 2 for 3, couple of runs scored. I kept was really so curious what they're gonna do with the Ohtani and I think it was brilliant by Dave Roberts. Jeremy, I'm like, don't use them because you don't need to. So if they need him in a game three. Yeah, but they didn't. Now he starts game one. We know his offense generally suffers if he's pitching, but dude, just go up there and pitch and throw five, six sevens, whatever you need to do, and the rest of the offense will pick it up. So yeah, I mean the Reds just feeble performance by them. They just, I mean the pitching clearly couldn't stand up at all. It was especially to see Hunter Green get knocked around. You kind of knew that would happen in Game 2 as well. But yeah, Dodgers, Phillies, I'm already looking forward to. I think it's going to be an awesome series.

[Jeremy]

I can only think about two things as we go through the National League. There's there and. And all actually three things as we go through the National League. Because of my Marlins bias, we're talking about Jazz Chisholm Jr. And Jesus Lizardo as potential X factors here in the postseason. We're talking about Mason Miller, who of course my guy Kyle Stowers hit that walk off grand slam against earlier in the year when he was still with the Athletics. And ultimately when we're talking about these teams and. And the Reds really putting up that feeble performance, how about the Marlins making a difference in what the postseason was ultimately going to be because they knocked the Mets out of that spot. And who knows how the Mets potentially could have done against the Dodgers. Although the Dodgers do feel like a wagon. All right, Anan, thank you for joining us for this first playoff episode of the Pitch Clock. We'll have you back hopefully nearly every single week. I've got a book that I was put in a position to have to plug here.

[Dan Le Batard]

Nice.

[Jeremy]

Make me Commissioner Jane Levy this book. Go buy it. Go get it wherever you can, man. Hey, another one. Cinephile.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah, my man.

[Billy Gill]

Thank you, Jeremy.

[Jeremy]

I also recently Purchased this one. These are both my own personal copies from two of my favorite baseball people to re the two most recent episodes of the Pitch Clock. So go buy both of these books. Adnan, thank you so much for your time as always.

[Dan Le Batard]

You're too kind, Jeremy. Thank you so much, buddy. Can't wait to sign it whenever I see you next. And shout out to Jane, by the way, love for Kofax book was absolutely fantastic. I haven't read the Mickey Mantle book, but I've heard enough about it that in fact, Mickey hit on her, which was terrible. But I look forward to reading this new book as well. I. I love the. Geez, the relationships you made in baseball. I'm. I'm nothing but Jane. I mean that. That's big time for you, buddy.

[Jeremy]

It's pretty special to have a new Jewish bubby in my life. Jane Levy. She's the best. You're the best, Adnan. And we will chat with you probably next week. Looking forward to it. Let's get back to our game. Between Chris and myself.

[Dan Le Batard]

Ted Williams. The.

[Jeremy]

The.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah.

[Jeremy]

The issue with the guys of that era, there weren't only they just make.

[Dan Le Batard]

The World Series, right?

[Jeremy]

Yeah. It's like you win your league, it's just tough. It's like I. I just don't know.

[Ethan]

So here's a stunner.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah.

[Jeremy]

Ted Williams not on there.

[Ethan]

Not on the top 30.

[Dan Le Batard]

Opening the door for you right now.

[Ethan]

One career postseason RBI. 295 for Ted Williams.

[Jeremy]

Joe DiMaggio.

[Ethan]

Okay. DiMaggio's 15th. He had 30 career postseason.

[Chris]

What a pity.

[Dan Le Batard]

See, like his voice right there. Okay. Hey, Jeremy, that was a good one. Don't feel bad, though. That was a good guess.

[Jeremy]

Jeremy, say whatever the your last name is. You.

[Ethan]

What I'm saying is you might think that some of these guys didn't put up great postseason number counting stats a lot, but they did.

[Jeremy]

DiMaggio had 30, so I'm down by 52.

[Dan Le Batard]

Man, I'm about to beat him.

[Jeremy]

This is your last pick.

[Chris]

Wild name.

[Dan Le Batard]

No, I don't think I'm gonna beat Bill Miller.

[Jeremy]

Yeah, great name.

[Dan Le Batard]

Mu.

[Ethan]

Bill Miller had four career postseason rbi.

[Jeremy]

Ethan, I need to know this answer. How many players are left on this list that have 55 RBIs or more?

[Ethan]

That's what you're down 55 or more. You're done for it.

[Jeremy]

I'm done.

[Ethan]

Yeah.

[Jeremy]

It's over.

[Ethan]

I can tell you that the two highest totals left are both 40. They're both Yankees.

[Jeremy]

Well, yeah, if he names both of.

[Dan Le Batard]

Them in 30 seconds. He wins.

[Jeremy]

Okay.

[Chris]

Okay.

[Ethan]

I like this. Double or nothing.

[Jeremy]

This is no, like double or nothing. I got to get both.

[Dan Le Batard]

This is 30.

[Jeremy]

Starting right here.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah.

[Ethan]

30 seconds in three, two, one. Now you can think.

[Jeremy]

So I'm looking.

[Ethan]

Two Yankees.

[Jeremy]

I'm going around.

[Ethan]

40 RBI.

[Jeremy]

I'm going around.

[Dan Le Batard]

Enough help here, Ethan. Thank you.

[Jeremy]

Going around each position. Paul o', Neill, that's a great one.

[Ethan]

He is not one of the. Though he did have 34 career postseason RBI, and he was 10th all time. The other two were Giancarlo Stanton, 40 career postseason RBIs.

[Tony]

Think about.

[Ethan]

He's been great in the postseason. Hit a lot of big homers.

[Jeremy]

Not Judge. Right.

[Ethan]

And Mickey Mantle. 40 postseason RBs.

[Dan Le Batard]

Aaron Judge.

[Ethan]

For all that people say about Aaron Judge in the postseason, 34 career postseason.

[Jeremy]

Let me say something that is very upsetting because we could have at least had the drama if I had gotten Paul o' Neal. Right. Mickey Manel was my next name. I lose. Chris gets the first postseason win.

[Ethan]

Let me total it up for fun.

[Jeremy]

Yeah.

[Ethan]

For the fans at home. 299 to 277 is the official total here.

[Dan Le Batard]

Bernie Williams is where this thing.

[Jeremy]

Yeah. Really started.

[Ethan]

That was the big one.

[Jeremy]

And that's on me. I shouldn't have gone with Mr. October for something that's all about October baseball. How foolish of me.

[Tony]

Hey, Jeremy, old buddy, old pal.

[Jeremy]

Hey, Mike.

[Tony]

I want to talk to you about Miller Lite. You and I have bonded over these last few weeks talking about our shared love of Miller Lite.

[Jeremy]

That's right.

[Tony]

A great partner of our show for practically its entire existence.

[Jeremy]

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

[Tony]

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.

[Jeremy]

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.

[Tony]

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 crap 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.

[Jeremy]

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

[Tony]

It's just 3.2 carbs per 12 ounces. It's the original light beer since 1975 and still hitting different different five 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.