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Dan LeBatard
This is the Dan Levator show with the Stugats podcast.
Billy
Can somebody please tell me if Percy is okay?
Greg Cody
Please?
Billy
I've been worried about this dog all weekend. For those who don't know, Ethan brought his dog last week. I think it was Wednesday, and this dog's left hind leg was not touching the ground. This dog was clearly injured and we have some video of Ethan walking it around. I don't want to look directly at the TV because it makes me very sad.
Chris Cody
He's so upset, upset.
Dan LeBatard
He's crying right now.
Billy
It's very disturbing. And I would like to know, is Percy okay?
Dan LeBatard
So somebody please tell Percy. It was very obvious to everyone as you're looking right now, seeing a dog walking just on three of its four legs.
Greg Cody
Why not carry that dog from the garage to what's the matter with you?
Dan LeBatard
Very quickly, clearly in pain, hanging around.
Chris Cody
The office, very clearly needs its leg amputated.
Dan LeBatard
And. And everyone was telling Ethan this and he was kind of like low, playing.
Billy
It like he was insisting that the dog's tail was wagging. So it was fine. Never mind that it wasn't putting any pressure on this leg or jumping on anything, which dogs are prone to Do I can.
Mike Ryan
I can diagnose what's wrong with that dog.
Chris Cody
Oh, let's hear this.
Mike Ryan
Just from seeing that video. I'm being serious here. The dog, the. The dog has a thorn better in there, in its left rear foot.
Dan LeBatard
We. That was one of the. The popular theories. But I'm here to actually tell you what was wrong.
Mike Ryan
Or a torn acl.
Dan LeBatard
It's a torn acl.
Mike Ryan
Yeah, you're right.
Stugotz
Good job, doc.
Mike Ryan
Okay. I mean, I knew it was one of the other.
Dan LeBatard
So Ethan brought this dog.
Chris Cody
Did he feel bad?
Dan LeBatard
I hope so. I. I genuinely hope so because he should have felt bad. That dog was very clearly injured. And, you know, I would like to think that you could rule out a thorn quickly if you're Ethan, because that's the first thing everybody looks for. There was something hanging off the back of Percy's back leg. It looked like, you know, this was a serious issue. Not to Ethan. Ethan still made it run obstacles here in this office.
Billy
Ethan would have been more upset if Percy Harvin, the name, the person that this dog was named after, would have been forced to play with an injury less significant than this one. But his dog. Nah, you're good.
Greg Cody
The name is the most annoying part for me.
Billy
I like the name. Doesn't look like a person, especially because it's a girl.
Chris Cody
I will say, you know, I have two dogs, and every now and then, one of them will hurt their leg or maybe their back or whatever, you know, and they'll be limping or be ginger for a day. But after. After a day or so, if it's not starting to get better, I will take them to our vet. Ethan was not concerned whatsoever. Like, I don't have a problem with him not taking the dog right away, but it's like, nah, nah, it's fine. Matter of fact, let me bring it to a place where it never goes.
Billy
He left the dog with, what, a brother's girlfriend or something? Like some third or fourth string friend?
Greg Cody
Ethan's in charge of writing with the topics out. And he just wrote one down. Did you just write down they crush me? They call me a terrible person. Can you hold up that note? Oh, it just says Percy.
Billy
Okay.
Greg Cody
I just wanted to see, like, they call me terrible.
Chris Cody
And you are. You're terrible.
Greg Cody
Okay, Is Percy okay? Is the topic.
Billy
Is she okay? Ethan, give me two thumbs up if she's okay, one if you're lying.
Chris Cody
He's giving you two. Yeah, Tony is okay. All right. So, like, do you feel better now? You are very choked up if.
Billy
If we get video of Percy relaxing in a bed, maybe being fed, you know, treats with her paws up in the air. Then I'll feel a lot better about it. But right now I'm still imagining him treating his dog like shit, walking around in a cast all day.
Stugotz
Well, if it makes you feel any better, not to put his business out there, but now they're on the topic of Percy. And you know, this is a proper journalism show. He left Percy behind, as someone mentioned, while he went to play around in Gainesville, Florida. And I don't think has seen Percy since he has been back. So he is saying Percy's okay without having actually visited or seen Percy bad since returning.
Greg Cody
You know, when your kid breaks a leg, you take a trip to Gainesville.
Stugotz
Well, that was part, I think. What was that play of like, percy's fine. Percy's fine. Because he knew he was going to. Gaines was like, percy's fine. Don't worry about that. And I don't think he listened to anyone until David Sampson was like, ethan, I don't like dogs. That dog is not doing well. You need to. You need to help that dog. And then he. He also said something along the lines of, you need to take that dog in. They may put down that dog. Which is like, that's not the motivation to get him to take Percy.
Dan LeBatard
Did Ethan actually listen to us or did the person that is watching Percy. Wow. Take the dog in.
Mike Ryan
Wow.
Dan LeBatard
Should just take the dog, Ethan, not actually take Percy to the vet himself. Oh my God.
Billy
I think. I think Percy might need a new owner.
Dan LeBatard
Yeah, take the dog. So, Ethan, you're on. Just. You took it. You took Percy. I don't believe you.
Mike Ryan
Liar.
Dan LeBatard
I would be way more vigorous in my own self defense.
Billy
Are you sure it wasn't telehealth? You took this dog.
Dan LeBatard
You know what? He's probably loving this. He sacrifices dogs. Yes, again, what do you do for a dog's acl?
Chris Cody
Does it wear a cast? Like, what happens?
Dan LeBatard
I don't know. I don't know. What? Well, we'll get answers to all of our questions right now.
Mike Ryan
You know what, Let me just say this. Dogs do very well with three legs. I have a three legged dog on the next street from me.
Stugotz
Oh yeah, it's.
Mike Ryan
It walks in front of my house all the time on a leash. Happy as a lark.
Billy
Also, was she menstruating?
Mike Ryan
Was that what.
Billy
It's a great question you have to ask whenever a woman tears her acl. It's a joke. It's a sexist joke.
Mike Ryan
It's not funny.
Dan LeBatard
Okay, let's get Ethan over here too.
Chris Cody
There he is.
Dan LeBatard
Answer some questions.
Billy
Okay.
Ethan
There are so many falsehoods that have been spoken about this situation over the last five minutes. Don't get nervous sitting out there just like. First of all, let's all be very clear. I love my dog. That dog is my life. I love her very much.
Chris Cody
Doesn't solve you.
Ethan
I had to bring my dog in.
Greg Cody
This is what work bad parents on Wednesday is like. You know, the child services show up. That's usually what they say first.
Ethan
I had to bring my dog into work on Wednesday because I was going to Gainesville and for the weekend and I was leaving her with my brother's girlfriend on the way in. Obviously her limp was bad. It was not good.
Chris Cody
But you was concerned you didn't come up.
Ethan
Here's why I wasn't too concerned. As low. She ate the night when she got hurt. She ate the morning of her as a pet owner, she. She pooped fine. That's a big concern. Did she poop fine? She was pooping fine. That is a normal kids.
Greg Cody
If my kids pooping.
Billy
She's good.
Dan LeBatard
Yeah, she was.
Ethan
She was behaving normally. She was here. She was jumping on the couc happy to see.
Billy
Not jumping happy.
Ethan
She jumped on the couch multiple times. She was actually not have been jumping on the couch.
Dan LeBatard
But I.
Stugotz
She was a bad thought.
Ethan
That was a good sign for doing.
Stugotz
So, I'm assuming, right? Say again? You punished her for jumping on the couch for being a bad girl?
Ethan
No, she's a good girl.
Stugotz
That's girl being bad. I don't know. He did have a minor freak out because it's just speaking kind of like the state of this place here.
Dan LeBatard
You she.
Stugotz
Percy was in the kitchen walking around the fridge. I saw this. He's like, did Percy just throw up.
Ethan
On the floor some yogurt or something?
Stugotz
Like nice build that.
Mike Ryan
Yeah.
Stugotz
Then he just walked away.
Ethan
So anyway, I had to take her to my brother's. Obviously I was concerned. It had been about 24 hours since she had gotten hurt. So I was like, it's probably time to take her to the vet. Then I'm here in the office and everybody's calling me an abusive dog owner saying I kicked the dog.
Greg Cody
Not.
Stugotz
Not true. Negligent at all.
Ethan
Not true at all. Obviously, I love my dog. I take very, very good care of her. So guess what I did after the show? I took her to the vet.
Chris Cody
But would you have taken her to the vet if you didn't get all.
Ethan
The criticism I. I would have like, yes, I was going to shame. I did not get shamed into taking her to the vet. I had been discussing with my mom before I even got into work, was.
Dan LeBatard
Going to pay the bill.
Ethan
You think I should take her to the vet after work today?
Chris Cody
If I'm remembering that day correctly, yeah. You. You were almost, I would say, offended that we were so concerned about your dog.
Ethan
No, I appreciated the concern for my dog.
Dan LeBatard
Of course.
Greg Cody
Let me see a text with your mom.
Ethan
I'll find him.
Greg Cody
I don't believe you.
Stugotz
He did kind of hint at, well, if we're gonna go to the vet, they're gonna do all these tests.
Ethan
Well, that's. So here's what happened. So I took her to the vet. It cost me $450, but for that, anyone would pay.
Dan LeBatard
Yes, of course. Of course.
Ethan
No problem whatsoever.
Stugotz
The dog is your life. You said earlier.
Ethan
The dog is my life. I love Percy very much.
Greg Cody
I just got a note in my ear. Too much Ethan?
Ethan
Ethan is too much.
Dan LeBatard
Ethan.
Ethan
But they told me she might have a torn acl. They can't confirm it.
Chris Cody
Okay, let's look forward to the end of the story. How do you recover from an ac? Does the dog have to wear a cast?
Ethan
Well, I don't know what they're going to have to do. I don't know if they're going to have to give her surgery or. We had a dog with a torn ACL previously. We opted not for. Not to have the surgery.
Chris Cody
You put her down very.
Ethan
No, we did not put the dog. She lived a long, happy, wonderful life. She just didn't run as around as much time.
Greg Cody
Thank you, Ethan.
Billy
Yep.
Dan LeBatard
Get out of here.
Mike Ryan
Wait.
Stugotz
There's no end to that story.
Chris Cody
There you go.
Stugotz
So maybe we don't know what's gonna happen to the dog.
Billy
Is Ethan okay? Now, that sounded like he hurt himself.
Greg Cody
Tune in to Mystery Crate to hear the rest of that.
Stugotz
Oh, God.
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Chris Cody
Don LeBatard.
Dan LeBatard
Billy's got a conundrum here. He's got a dog now and he.
Billy
Doesn'T know how to socialize with other dog owners.
Stugotz
Do guts dogs, Dan? I don't know if you're aware of dogs. Dogs like to smell each other and kind of like socialize and all that stuff. So then I'm holding on to a leash with my dog on it while another owner is doing the same thing. And I don't know how to interact with this owner in this case, like, hey, you know, my dog likes your dog's butt smell. As you guys know, I'm not good at small talk. So like, this is a nightmare for me because what do I talk to these other dog owners about?
Greg Cody
I experienced this exact same thing with my kid at a park.
Stugotz
It's the same thing. Kids and dogs, basically the same exact.
Dan LeBatard
On the pole at Lebatard show are kids and dogs.
Greg Cody
Basically the cuz my 2 year old wants to run over and play with other kids. And all of a sudden I'm standing there and our two kids are kind of chasing each other and we're like, hey, yep, there's our kids. How about that?
Dan LeBatard
This is the Dan Levatar show with the Stugach Foreign.
Chris Cody
So did you guys see over the weekend the, the New England Patriots, they did a little ceremony. There was preseason football all over the league. Did you see this, Greg? They had a ceremony outside the stadium because they have a new statue. Yeah, they put up a new statue. It is of Tom Brady Brady.
Mike Ryan
I saw that. I saw that. And it's not nearly as bad as the Dwyane Wade statue, but it's not great. Like, why can't these statue makers Have a better likeness facially.
Dan LeBatard
I don't. Where are we with statues now? I. Because I'm guilty of it too. Anytime a statue is getting unveiled, I expect it to be weird and I expect this whole online discourse right? This was a perfectly fine statue.
Chris Cody
Totally fine.
Dan LeBatard
It was standard. Your. Your classic his face though statue look. If anything, I'm more concerned about Tom Brady's actual face than the statues face. The statue looks more like Tom Brady than Tom Brady does presently because he's doing that weird thing, that weird like LA Hollywood producer 80 year old thing where they just dye their hair really dark and they wear really big sunglasses. The Bob Evans, if you will. He's starting to get there.
Chris Cody
The face actually looks great. The question is, is the head too small? He's got a little bit of a Beetlejuice thing going on.
Mike Ryan
Yeah, Pinhead.
Dan LeBatard
I mean he's got the shoulder pads on right now and this actually represents a hairline that was done before. Well after one transplant. I happen to think he's had several. But he's got the little entradas that we all came to know and love during his Patriots days.
Chris Cody
It is interesting though. Like I guess it's because he's calling games for Fox, but I don't know this ceremonies for preseason game number one. It's a little bit anti climactic doing.
Greg Cody
The like end of Breakfast Club. Like has he done this? Is this a Brady pose? I know the end of Breakfast Club. Nelson walking in like the football field. Is this a known Brady thing?
Dan LeBatard
He walks off the field.
Mike Ryan
He.
Dan LeBatard
Yeah, that's. I would have gone with. There's one image where he's like left lfg.
Chris Cody
I mean I would have went with Tucker.
Dan LeBatard
You know, there's a. The image that I know is kind of lasting. That is always a stock footage when people talk about his careers. Him putting his hands over his head.
Chris Cody
The first Super Bowl, super bowl as.
Dan LeBatard
A confetti is falling down. He's got the super bowl winners.
Chris Cody
That would have been a good one.
Billy
That gives off like new shocking. This is the first time he did it. You want to give off. I've done this so much. It pretty much looks like the whole career. And I don't know if he actually did that, but if he did, it would have made.
Greg Cody
They probably gave him options. Right. He probably gets an email with like here's five things we could do. What do you like?
Mike Ryan
Yeah, but hands on head says exasperate.
Greg Cody
That was one of them though. I bet that was sent.
Chris Cody
I'll tell you what does bother me and this is not the case for Brady. I mean Brady obviously. I mean come on. Statue Brady arguably the best behind Marino. But the whole deal now where we the conversation is and it's very NBA. The conversation isn't any more. Should they have their jersey? Retirement used to be the be all end all. When you're a legend on your team, that's the highest honor. Now that's not good enough anymore. Right now it's they should get a statue.
Dan LeBatard
I I and I love you Donnis Hasm. I love you, Donna. Haslam absolutely deserves to have his jersey retired here. You don't have been talked about. Have they announced that they're going to do a statue statue for ud. There's Udonis Haslam statue talk.
Greg Cody
You breaking this?
Dan LeBatard
I think. No, no.
Greg Cody
There's no.
Dan LeBatard
I don't know. I happen to see the online discourse.
Chris Cody
Ridiculous.
Billy
It's been a conversation for a while now. Basically during like his last year or two. The idea of hey, there will definitely be a Dwyane Wade statue. Should there be a Udonis statue? And I think the overwhelming idea is yes, just not in front of the Miami arena, just somewhere else in Miami because he represents all of Miami. Put it in front of the stadium. Put it maybe put in front of Miami High. I don't know.
Chris Cody
Like your, your franchise has to have. If you already have one statue and obviously Dwayne Wade being the statue is perfectly appropriate. But, but if you're going to have a second person like that guy has to also be an all time great player. And I don't think there should be any other statue outside the Miami Heat. Like even, even outside Hard Rock Stadium. Okay, there's a Damarino statue. Do I believe there should be a let's say Jason Taylor. A Jason Taylor statue?
Mike Ryan
No, we're over statuing. There's too many statues.
Chris Cody
Too many statues.
Mike Ryan
Yeah. I mean I got in trouble on on this air several months ago saying Don Staley should not get a statue. They were talking about a Don Staley statue. You don't us probably shouldn't Pat Riley. I could see getting a statue if.
Dan LeBatard
He'S got the court though.
Mike Ryan
Well, I know, but that's a small.
Dan LeBatard
Riley deserves a statue.
Greg Cody
But that's the gesture though. I don't think he. I think when they gave him the court, that's basically them being like this is your thing.
Dan LeBatard
I know, but I shit you not. LeBron James does not deserve a Miami Heat statue.
Greg Cody
No.
Chris Cody
Are you crazy?
Dan LeBatard
How's it even a conversation like statues on reserve numbers got to go up Ultra. Great. The franchise changers. The people that are almost as synonymous with the franchise as the logo itself.
Greg Cody
Waiter Riley. Those are the only people you could ever consider.
Billy
What if I told you statue placement matters and you're getting a you done as Haslam statue? Little smaller inside the arena.
Greg Cody
What about in the concourse area out back?
Dan LeBatard
Stop making statues for like Jersey. Retirement is like such a great honorable honor.
Mike Ryan
Right? Stop making statues. Enough already.
Greg Cody
Now every literally want a statue of.
Mike Ryan
Yourself as a joke. I toyed around with that. Putting it in my front yard. That'd be great. I looked into the cost.
Chris Cody
Who would you license to do that?
Mike Ryan
Not Dwyane Wade's artist, I'll tell you that.
Dan LeBatard
You know what? It used to be the way that you would honor a legendary columnist is a good old fashioned plaque and a press box. Yeah. Watch.
Greg Cody
What would you want at the Miami Herald building?
Mike Ryan
The building doesn't exist anymore.
Greg Cody
Is there like a fountain out front? The Greg Cody fountain?
Mike Ryan
Fountain.
Dan LeBatard
Where would.
Billy
Parking spot.
Dan LeBatard
Where would we put the great Cody plaque?
Mike Ryan
I'll take a parking spot.
Stugotz
Wasn't it going to become a casino? What if you became like a slot machine? Like some. Like it's you. There's like a screen there and then someone pulls your arm. Would you take that as you do it?
Greg Cody
It goes that kind of thing.
Stugotz
Or in front of your house. In front of your houses have a statue. What if they made you the mailbox?
Mike Ryan
O. Oh, in. In my likeness.
Stugotz
Yeah, yeah, in your likeness. And then the. The post person would have to deliver you. Hand you the mail.
Mike Ryan
No.
Chris Cody
What if they open up the mouth?
Mike Ryan
Good question.
Stugotz
Where would you want to put it?
Mike Ryan
Yeah, I think the. The gate that opens up on a mailbox would be my mouth.
Billy
Yeah, but you have to have something signaling that you have mail. So your arm has to.
Stugotz
Yeah. Goes up like a little kid at school.
Greg Cody
You raise your hand, you've got mail.
Dan LeBatard
Jack.
Mike Ryan
No, you're going to.
Dan LeBatard
You're going to want to push button. Trust me. You think there's a. There's a huge flaw in the Greg Coney, Greg Cody slot machine idea?
Mike Ryan
Yeah.
Dan LeBatard
Yeah. The resting position.
Greg Cody
Gotta watch that arm gesture.
Dan LeBatard
Yeah. You know?
Mike Ryan
Yeah.
Dan LeBatard
Offensive.
Mike Ryan
Yeah.
Dan LeBatard
Imagine you're super excited. You go into the casino, you see rows of Greg Cody slot machines. And the resting position is a Sig Heil.
Stugotz
No, it'd be all the way up. You could do like a thumbs up or something.
Dan LeBatard
Okay.
Greg Cody
All right.
Dan LeBatard
All the way up.
Greg Cody
The thumb helps a lot.
Dan LeBatard
Let's make sure it goes all the way.
Billy
Get that thumb.
Dan LeBatard
Really hand at the apex, pointer, finger.
Mike Ryan
That's a good point.
Chris Cody
So we're all pretty much in agreement that it's a little much with the statues. All right, too many stat. Brady. Completely appropriate, but otherwise there's too many statues.
Billy
What about having a street named after you? Where does that fall in?
Dan LeBatard
Like Jose Canseco, like Dwayne Wade, that's a great dame. Marino, like that. That's a nice little additional thing that you go the extra mile for for the greatest legend. And very few legends, like there are very few franchises that can do like more than one of these things. Yeah, you go to the, the Lakers arena, it's exhausting. I love Luke Robitaille just as much as the next guy, but statue, the.
Greg Cody
Heat did the appropriate order. It's you retire the jersey, give him a street and then the statue.
Stugotz
Mm.
Chris Cody
Now, Greg, you're also tired of something else in sports right now where you saw, I guess, the Philadelphia Eagles have displayed what their championship rings are looking like, right?
Mike Ryan
It's beyond the pale. You know, you, you apparently you press a button and wings come out from the ring.
Dan LeBatard
No.
Mike Ryan
Yeah, silly. Yes. You press a button and wings come out of the ring. And Samson was in here the other day with his Miami Marlins championship ring. And David, I love you, but what a embarrassing ring that is because it's so gaudy, it's so huge. If I see somebody walking around with a ring that size, frankly a fist sized ring, I'm like, what an asshole. Don't do that. Showy, beyond belief. Championship rings need to scale back, Jack. How about that? Christopher loves it when I say back, Jack. He loves that for some reason.
Chris Cody
You love that Christopher, it's his thing.
Greg Cody
He never does it, but, well, you.
Mike Ryan
Know, I don't know how you did it there.
Greg Cody
And it was underwhelming.
Stugotz
They were like a head on the size of rings. All the rings are massive and getting bigger.
Mike Ryan
Yeah, they're getting bigger.
Stugotz
The Eagles now have like wings that come out of their championship wing. You push something down and wings come out.
Dan LeBatard
Yes, Steve Martin.
Mike Ryan
Yeah. And they're going to get bigger and gaudier and it's just ridiculous.
Dan LeBatard
I understand embarrassment, I understand why we're doing that. But there needs to be a great reset. There essentially needs to be a rookie wage scale back to normal sized championship rings because every championship ring has to be bigger and more gaudy than the previous one. Otherwise you, you're insulting the players and you're coming off as a cheap owner. You know what what's insulting the players is giving them something that has no actual practicality. This is something that is going to have to stay in a box, maybe for, you know, a reunion once in a lifetime. If I win a championship ring and I got the rings that everyone chases, I like to wear that puppy.
Mike Ryan
Yes, I agree. And here's something else, and this is ironic in a way, because as championship rings become bigger and gaudier and pricier, they also become devalued. Why? No insult to Zaslo. A broadcaster should not get a championship ring. Okay. The head trainer should not get a championship ring.
Dan LeBatard
No head trainer. Absolutely.
Mike Ryan
The championship rings should go to players on the roster and coaches.
Greg Cody
The trainers are part of that staff.
Billy
I'm with you.
Greg Cody
Like on Zaslow.
Mike Ryan
Okay.
Dan LeBatard
The trainer is one of the more important people on a. On a team.
Mike Ryan
Okay? Trainer, equipment man. You got to draw the line somewhere, though. Okay. Are you giving a championship ring to the. The intern in the media relations department?
Dan LeBatard
I do draw the line somewhere because a. Most of these teams have tiers of rings.
Mike Ryan
I understand. Three or four tiers, right? Yes. Okay. Nobody should get a championship ring, in my opinion, other than the team. Okay.
Greg Cody
What about Luis Castillo, who was on the roster but not on the World Series?
Dan LeBatard
You know, I mean, minimal games.
Billy
What if I told you a social media intern came up with the phrase Splash brothers? Their first championship with the Warriors. Does that person get a ring?
Mike Ryan
A media intern? No. Yeah.
Dan LeBatard
He came up with Splash.
Billy
Splash brothers.
Mike Ryan
I know. I didn't like that nickname anyway.
Stugotz
Oh, Christ.
Mike Ryan
Yeah. No, I didn't.
Greg Cody
By the way, I don't believe you love David Sampson.
Dan LeBatard
Splash.
Mike Ryan
I. I like David Sampson a lot. Like, I think he's. I think he's great at what he does.
Chris Cody
Yeah, you just went from. From love to life.
Mike Ryan
You know, you say, I love the guy, but, you know, would you shop.
Stugotz
For does with him?
Mike Ryan
I would not. No, no, no, no, no.
Billy
Family only, Billy.
Dan LeBatard
I mean, seriously, I am still stunned from learning that they sell does at cvs.
Mike Ryan
It's ridiculous. Back in the day, a local church would be picketing that place. You know what I'm saying? It's pretty.
Greg Cody
And you made it weird.
Dan LeBatard
He's right.
Chris Cody
Say no to the dough.
Mike Ryan
So. Right. I'm not a prude.
Greg Cody
Say no to the dough.
Mike Ryan
I'm not a prude. But I think it's. It's a little unbecoming to sell those in a drugstore.
Dan LeBatard
Well, is it discreet? Clearly, I haven't noticed. It depends. I mean, they sell those, too.
Greg Cody
Yeah, we all Were like.
Chris Cody
I pulled a move with my wife at the supermarket the other day.
Dan LeBatard
Go on.
Chris Cody
We were. We were shopping at Publix Saturday night, I think because.
Greg Cody
Love a Saturday night at Publix.
Chris Cody
We're cool.
Dan LeBatard
Big weekend for the Saslows.
Greg Cody
Like 7:30pm Something like that.
Chris Cody
We were shopping at Publix on Saturday night and we went by the aisle that has, you know, the Depends. And. And I said it really loud for everybody here. Tam, do you need any more Depends or you good.
Dan LeBatard
Great gag. Oh, man. Great gag. Do they sell those at cvs?
Chris Cody
She didn't appreciate that.
Billy
What a great husband to shop with.
Chris Cody
She didn't love that.
Mike Ryan
No.
Chris Cody
May have been a mistake.
Mike Ryan
Yeah.
Dan LeBatard
Honey.
Billy
Heavy flow day or no.
Chris Cody
Greg likes it.
Mike Ryan
I do. That's funny. Yeah. I'm going to file that away for future users.
Chris Cody
Yeah, you could use that. I'll lend that to you.
Dan LeBatard
You can use that.
Mike Ryan
Thank you. Thank you.
Dan LeBatard
Was there another person the aisle?
Chris Cody
Yeah. I said it loud up there. Were people around. Yeah.
Dan LeBatard
I bet you the one thing that they were all thinking was a white tam.
Greg Cody
I always think I'm in a simulation when I'm in a grocery store. It's like, how's there always one person on this aisle? There's never more than one person on an aisle.
Mike Ryan
Oh, no, not when I shop. I do most of my big shopping on a Sunday morning. The aisles are crowded. You gotta like slalom down the aisle.
Greg Cody
People are like, for me, you turn down the corner for an aisle. One person.
Mike Ryan
Really?
Greg Cody
Always.
Mike Ryan
Well, what time are you shopping?
Greg Cody
Like 6pm yeah. I'm a weekday afternoon guy.
Mike Ryan
That's a bad time to shop. You know, you got to go with the crowd.
Greg Cody
What are the peak times to shop?
Billy
Saturday evenings, clearly.
Mike Ryan
I think the peak time is. Is Saturday or Sunday when everyone's there, like 10am to. So the peak one.
Chris Cody
Yeah. That's like.
Stugotz
Why do you like going with a crowd?
Mike Ryan
It's a communal thing. You know what?
Greg Cody
It couldn't be.
Mike Ryan
No.
Stugotz
Like waiting. And you like to wait longer at the deli.
Mike Ryan
Oh, yeah. I like that. Why? It's just.
Stugotz
You talk to anyone?
Mike Ryan
Yeah, sometimes.
Stugotz
Yeah.
Dan LeBatard
That's actually cute.
Mike Ryan
Yeah.
Dan LeBatard
And as I think that's gonna be in fashion a little bit.
Mike Ryan
Okay.
Dan LeBatard
We get more into our devices. People are gonna long for those small little interactions.
Greg Cody
My dad's not a deli guy, though.
Mike Ryan
I totally agree.
Greg Cody
You're saying that you don't wait in line for that?
Mike Ryan
Well, the other day I had. Sometimes I buy packaged prosciutto because it's really Good thin slice.
Dan LeBatard
Well, prepackaged. Well, you go to, you get a cut.
Mike Ryan
Yeah, sometimes.
Greg Cody
But the Cody family has always been like, I'll just go to the, I'll go to the aisle.
Billy
Don't get me started on the pre cut deli meat.
Mike Ryan
Yeah, it depends. Sometimes I'll, I'll get it freshly cut.
Dan LeBatard
You ever, you ever get a cut and say a little thinner?
Mike Ryan
Little.
Greg Cody
Yeah, that's the best part is you ever get a cut and giving you the piece.
Dan LeBatard
I don't like this.
Greg Cody
I love how I'm like assessing this cheese. Let me see if this is thick enough. Let me see.
Mike Ryan
Yes.
Dan LeBatard
That is a great pleasure in life. I wish I had more. You know what?
Greg Cody
That's a perfect amount of thickness. Thank you.
Billy
The perfect thinness, you got to tell them is right before it's shaved, right? Because when they, when they quote unquote, shave it, then it's just a turkey mess inside of there. Once you untangle it or open it, when you do it just thin enough, just before it's shaved, then it doesn't come apart. But it's also almost like transparent when you can pull it up. That's the perfect level. These prepackaged ham turkey things, you have no idea what level of thickness you're getting with those things. It could be super thick, it could be super thin. Get out of here with those.
Mike Ryan
Yeah, I agree. And sometimes there's different cuts within the same package. You'll get a super thin one and then the next one will be thicker. It's inconsistent.
Billy
And then you don't know if you're getting the ass end where it's just like a bunch of little round slices and it's like, how am I supposed to distribute these tiny slices in my sandwich? It's the worst.
Greg Cody
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Chris Cody
Now that you're back to work this Friday?
Stugotz
No, I need a vacation.
Mike Ryan
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Dan LeBatard
They're coming after our family. Go fix this.
Mike Ryan
Oh, my. Nobody 2.
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Dan LeBatard
Don LeBatard.
Mike Ryan
My wife says this is a sexy voice.
Stugotz
It really is. Yeah, I'm hard.
Mike Ryan
Thank you. Wow.
Dan LeBatard
Stugats.
Mike Ryan
So am I, actually. I don't know why.
Dan LeBatard
This is the Dan Levatar show with the stug. Are you still a buck guy? Question for Cody.
Mike Ryan
A what guy?
Dan LeBatard
Boston butt.
Mike Ryan
Oh, yeah. I love it.
Chris Cody
The hell is that? Yeah, don't look at me like I should know that. What is that?
Mike Ryan
Yeah, Boston butt is. Is. You know that. That's when you. You pull pork, you take two forks and you. The. The. The meat is so well done that it falls apart.
Billy
Tear that ass up.
Mike Ryan
Yeah, man. I'm telling you what. I cook that on my big green egg, and I have mastered it. That's the only thing on my big green egg that I can honestly say I cook competition quality Boston. But I will say that you don't.
Greg Cody
Put sauce on it, though.
Mike Ryan
I have sauce available. I don't recommend sauce. That's how good it is.
Dan LeBatard
That's how you know it's good.
Mike Ryan
That's how good it is.
Billy
Didn't you recently make a Wellington that most people are not used to making.
Mike Ryan
I made a pork Wellington that looked interesting. Yeah, I did a video.
Dan LeBatard
You're fortifying my algo. Because recently I've been in this meats and sliced deli meat. There's this crazy huge sp. Spicy.
Chris Cody
That's your algo.
Dan LeBatard
I. No, I have a lot of algos.
Chris Cody
My algo is all boobs these days.
Dan LeBatard
Yeah, I had one of Coco Beware giving a dude receipts. Yeah, dude, Coco Beware just straight up assaulted a guy in the ring one time. Really? Like a hard one shop. This mass wrestler got one chop in, and Coco Beware straight up killed this guy.
Mike Ryan
Wow.
Dan LeBatard
Like, he just beat the holy hell out of him.
Chris Cody
Where was Frankie?
Dan LeBatard
This was before he was Coco. This was just Coco wear.
Chris Cody
No kidding.
Dan LeBatard
Yeah. They added the B later, which is, you know, Vince McMahon gets a lot of crap, but he was a pretty, pretty big creative mind. So this guy was even being stiff. It was just one chop. One chop and Coco. You know what? I'm gonna get this video. Let's see if we can get it. You have to watch Coco. Where? Damn near kill this guy. Anyways, thank you for fortifying it. I appreciated that. And I would really like to eat your butt.
Mike Ryan
Okay. Oh, you know what? I'm gonna make a butt. The problem is it takes several hours to cook.
Dan LeBatard
Low and slow.
Mike Ryan
Low and slow.
Dan LeBatard
So I take my time with it.
Mike Ryan
I mean, I would. I would. I would make one for the whole show. I'll bring it in.
Dan LeBatard
I don't like to share, but sure.
Mike Ryan
Okay.
Greg Cody
Bottom right. Here we have cooking with Cody. It's my dad, you know, really stretching the brand of the Greg Cody Show YouTube channel.
Chris Cody
Look at that. Greg, that's you in the corner.
Mike Ryan
Yeah, it's my first cooking video.
Chris Cody
That's a picture in picture with you.
Mike Ryan
Yeah.
Greg Cody
Now, there were some comments about, you know, some uncleanly moments where, you know, you know, you wipe your hand, like wiping shirts. Going back to the meat.
Mike Ryan
I actually responded and I'm like, these are edited videos. Okay. We're not going to show me washing my hands after I touch uncooked pork.
Greg Cody
This is often a thing of contention between me and my dad when he's cooking. He's just. He's a little, I would say sloppy.
Mike Ryan
That's not true.
Billy
The pork and the pork loin and prosciutto first.
Greg Cody
Greg, he's talking to you.
Mike Ryan
Yeah, the. The prosciutto goes down over. At least the way I made it. It goes down over the uncooked dough and then dijon mustard.
Greg Cody
Not to be confused with dildo grape binder mustard.
Dan LeBatard
Those doughs.
Mike Ryan
Yeah, that's the real dough. Not a dildo. Right. Okay.
Billy
You put that dough in your mouth or dough with dill.
Dan LeBatard
You look so much like Lyndon B. Johnson here. Lbj.
Greg Cody
Something going on with my dad's face recently. I just. I don't know what's going on.
Dan LeBatard
What do you mean?
Billy
He looks great.
Dan LeBatard
The sands of time.
Mike Ryan
Great. Christopher texting. After watching this video, Christopher texted me saying, have you had a stroke?
Greg Cody
There's parts in the video where he's, like, talking and he's like. Side of his mouth is, like, drooping.
Mike Ryan
That's not true.
Chris Cody
Got that droop face.
Mike Ryan
No, absolutely not.
Dan LeBatard
At Wellington face.
Mike Ryan
It's not true. I have not had a stroke that I'm aware of.
Dan LeBatard
That happens.
Greg Cody
I know that.
Dan LeBatard
That happens a lot, though.
Mike Ryan
Oh, I know it does.
Dan LeBatard
Yeah. You should check in just in case. That face drooping. That does concern me a little bit.
Mike Ryan
Well, Christopher, don't get everybody worried now.
Dan LeBatard
You brought it up. I always worry. Greg. Greg, do me a favor. I love you.
Billy
Do me a favor. Look directly into the camera so you can see your face. And then pull your tongue out and make it touch the right side of your mouth and then to the left side.
Mike Ryan
Why am I doing that?
Chris Cody
To make sure. You're making sure.
Mike Ryan
Okay, go ahead.
Billy
And now all the way to the other side. And now back to the other side. And one more time. Okay, you're good.
Dan LeBatard
All right. You are officially a meme.
Mike Ryan
Yeah, I was gonna say. That's not.
Billy
What are you supposed to say? That was not my intention whatsoever.
Dan LeBatard
One more time. I'm close.
Mike Ryan
No, no, let's not this time.
Billy
If you wiggle your tongue a little bit, that would help.
Stugotz
Pretend like you're holding a microphone. Wait, hold on a second. Greg, pretend like you're holding a microphone with one hand. No, you have to try both hands. Pretend like holding a microphone.
Mike Ryan
I love you, Billy, but no, no, don't worry.
Billy
It's not a dough.
Mike Ryan
Okay?
Dan LeBatard
This is a stroke test. Quite literally.
Mike Ryan
Literally. You guys are weird weirdos. We used to use that word, kids.
Dan LeBatard
Oh, I'm the weirdo? I didn't take my son to a sex shop to look for does. I'm the weird one.
Mike Ryan
We're grown men.
Chris Cody
Mike, was there a. Was there a serious crash this weekend with the racing?
Dan LeBatard
There were a couple. They race at Atkins. Glenn and the Xfinity series was there. Shaymaean Ginsbergen won the. The Cup Series. This guy, he's A New Zealand racer, he still struggles a little bit with the ovals, but when it comes to a road course, he might be the greatest of all time. Already he's won four races. The NASCAR cup season, they've all been road courses. He just destroys the field. He won one race by 15 seconds. He won this one by eight. He actually gets bored. He kind of plays with his food. But when he races the Xfinity series, which is the, the tier just below the Cup Series Sunday races, there is this 19 year old kid, Connor Zillish, who is a prodigy. He's also on trackhouse racing. When he does come up, he's occasionally a Cup series racer, but everyone says this guy is next. Conor Zillich, he beats Shane Van Ginsbergen. He beat him at Watkins Glenn. And we didn't get the video cleared from it, but something happened that I'm surprised we actually haven't seen more often in this sport. It was horrific. Oh, he is standing on top of his car doing the celebrations, getting sprayed with water and whatnot. He slips because it's slick up there. He gets his foot caught in the net that is on the driver's side window.
Mike Ryan
Oh, my God.
Dan LeBatard
Nothing to break his fall. Face plants on the cement floor. Broke his collarbone and got off lucky, I'm telling you. His face smacked flush. Embarrassing.
Greg Cody
It's as brutal of a fall.
Dan LeBatard
It was scary.
Greg Cody
It literally will make you be like.
Dan LeBatard
Oh, he was legitimately scary because there was. He got loaded into an ambulance, thankfully, the very next day, almost miraculously. So he showed up at the race. Really mature kid, arm in a sling. He'll probably race in two weeks. It would look like, like this kid's a prodigy. But it's one of the more horrific things that I saw recently in sports. God bless him. Thank God he's all right. That was nuts.
Billy
Did you mention he was 19 years old? I didn't even know.
Dan LeBatard
19 years old, this guy. Yeah, he's. He's certainly next. And it'll be cool for track house. Track house seems to be gaming the system a little bit. NASCAR keeps adding road courses. They're gonna get these guys that are good at road courses because for the playoffs that counts just as much. So who cares if they're not really good on the ovals now? Connor Zillish is really good in the ovals too. He's going to be an all time great potentially if he lands with the right team.
Billy
He said after coming back, he said, first of all, I'm doing okay. Very grateful to be. To Walk away from that? Well, I guess I didn't walk away. And then later he says I was climbing out of the car and obviously the window net was on the door. And as soon as they started spraying water, my foot slipped. Classic. Blaming everybody else for the accident.
Dan LeBatard
Yeah. Where did these guys get this bright idea to spray me in celebration after I won a race? When have we ever seen that before? We have audio of his fall.
Greg Cody
Seven career wins. Let's go down to Mobile one, Victory Lane.
Chris Cody
Dylan went down on the cage stage.
Stugotz
Oh my gosh.
Mike Ryan
He fell.
Dan LeBatard
He. His arm was stuck like out like a, like a UFC driver, a UFC fighter that gets concussed.
Chris Cody
He had the concussion arm.
Dan LeBatard
He had the concussion arm. He now, he didn't have a concussion. They would have reported that. He spoke well enough afterwards, just hours after the incident. But he, his arm was stuck because he broke his collarbone, which sounds like one of the worst bones to break.
Greg Cody
Haven't you broke that?
Mike Ryan
I have. When I was very small, I was like 4 or 5 years old.
Greg Cody
Didn't Uncle Dick like whip you around?
Mike Ryan
He was pulling me in like a red wagon or something.
Greg Cody
Took a corner too hot, took a.
Mike Ryan
Corner much too fast. And I spilled out of the wagon and broke my collar.
Billy
It usually depends on whether it's a clean break or some sort of a sloppy break. It could be like a long term issue with the shoulder. If it's not a proper break, hopefully it was just clean. They can just put that thing right.
Mike Ryan
Yeah. I was surprised to hear Mike say that he might be racing again in two weeks. That sounds like more of a recovery time than that, I'll tell you.
Chris Cody
I know we don't have clearance to play the video. I guess we just played the audio, but I just saw the video.
Greg Cody
They can show it to you guys to react.
Mike Ryan
Yeah.
Greg Cody
Let's get your guys reaction.
Chris Cody
It's pretty crazy.
Greg Cody
This video, pretty standard. Climbing out, got his Red Bull and.
Dan LeBatard
He'S like, yeah, let's do this.
Chris Cody
And oh, oh my God.
Greg Cody
Like there's other angles where you see it worse too.
Chris Cody
He's lucky he didn't crack his head open.
Billy
And then he just looks like he's taking a nap like that. Yeah, just. Oh, that's terrible.
Chris Cody
If you're watching that live, you think that he cracked his head open. The way that he fell and the way that he's lying on the ground after, it's like, it's like he's asleep.
Mike Ryan
If I own a team, if I own a team in that sport, I'm watching that Video. And I'm going, hey, all of my drivers, when we win a race, we're no longer standing on cars.
Greg Cody
It is interesting. It is interesting on whether that will change member. Was it Kendri Morales that everyone kind of takes the celebrations at home plate a little. Like they don't do the jumping anymore. Now it's like they run low into the crowd.
Chris Cody
Yeah.
Greg Cody
I wonder if we'll see a slight shift here.
Billy
I'm going to go ahead and say it had nothing to do with the water being sprayed. His foot just got caught up in the net underneath him. And then he was like, oh, man down.
Mike Ryan
God, that is awful.
Chris Cody
Oh, hey, look, he's not dead. Look at that. He's not even moving.
Dan LeBatard
He's not wearing his. He's not wearing his helmet. Like, he could have died from that.
Mike Ryan
Oh, my God.
Chris Cody
That would ruin the celebration.
Dan LeBatard
He could have. I mean, the celebration was promptly ruined.
Chris Cody
Oh.
Mike Ryan
Oh, wow. Crazy.
Dan LeBatard
His hat flies off in it. It was just. It was a really scary situation. Glad to talk racing, though.
Chris Cody
There you go. All right. Told you we would fit it in. Anyone looking to get some Thai food tonight?
Billy
Man, I'm hungry.
Dan LeBatard
I want some Thai food. Zaz, I think I have to see the. The metrics. I think especially down here in south Florida with our core audience. Let's put it on the poll. Have you ordered Thai food since Zaz said Thai food?
Chris Cody
I've been getting a lot of messages. People ate Thai food this weekend.
Billy
Now sure it was Thai.
Dan LeBatard
It's up for debate whether or not you. I'm not going to do that whole thing again because please don't say it's all the same. Just. Just move on. I don't know if you actually know what Thai food.
Greg Cody
I've never gotten orange chicken from a Thai restaurant.
Dan LeBatard
It's a Thai pad Thai. Yeah, pad.
Chris Cody
See you. Chicken fried rice. Thai food.
Stugotz
Egg rolls.
Greg Cody
Thai food will probably have a problem.
Dan LeBatard
It's spring rolls. It's not egg rolls. It's spring rolls of Thai food. I don't think you actually do. But either way, every. I had to order Thai food just because I've been walking around my house saying Thai food. I can't be the only one.
Chris Cody
I'm telling you. I. Thai food. Thai food should be a sponsor here on the show.
Dan LeBatard
Just. Are you a paid lobbyist for big Thai?
Stugotz
No, I love it.
Dan LeBatard
I can't stop thinking about Thai food.
Billy
I was at my cousin's birthday party and they had a bunch of pizza and Chinese food, and I walked up to the kitchen that's not good.
Chris Cody
Thai food. Thai food.
Greg Cody
And everyone was like, why'd you do that?
Billy
Nobody got it.
Podcast Summary: The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Episode: Hour 2: The Sands of Time
Release Date: August 11, 2025
In this engaging episode titled "The Sands of Time," hosts Dan Le Batard and Stugotz, along with their co-hosts Chris Cody and Greg Cody, delve into a variety of topics ranging from pet welfare to the ever-evolving landscape of sports memorabilia. Set against the vibrant backdrop of Downtown Miami's Elser Hotel, the show seamlessly blends humor, heartfelt discussions, and insightful commentary, making it a must-listen for fans of sports and pop culture.
The episode kicks off with a heartfelt concern raised by Billy regarding Ethan's dog, Percy, who has been limping since midweek. Billy vents his worries about Percy’s well-being, highlighting the severity of the injury and Ethan's seemingly indifferent attitude toward seeking immediate veterinary care.
The discussion intensifies as Mike Ryan attempts to diagnose Percy’s injury, initially suggesting a thorn in the paw before correctly identifying a torn ACL.
Ethan eventually joins the conversation to defend his actions, explaining that he took Percy to the vet after significant concern was expressed by the team. The hosts navigate the tension between pet ownership responsibilities and interpersonal mockery with humor and genuine concern.
This segment underscores the importance of responsible pet ownership while balancing the hosts' trademark teasing dynamic.
Shifting gears, the hosts engage in a spirited debate about the proliferation of statues honoring sports figures. The conversation centers around the recent unveiling of a new Tom Brady statue by the New England Patriots and the broader implications for other sports legends.
The discussion critiques the quality and frequency of these statues, with particular emphasis on the Miami Heat’s handling of player honors. The hosts argue that while honoring legends like Dwyane Wade is appropriate, the trend has become excessive and may dilute the significance of such tributes.
This segment reflects on the cultural importance of honoring sports figures appropriately without over-commercialization.
The conversation seamlessly transitions to the topic of championship rings, critiquing their growing size, cost, and ostentatious designs. The hosts express concern that increasingly elaborate rings may devalue their prestige and suggest a need for standardization.
They debate who deserves these rings, arguing that only players and coaches should receive them, excluding support staff and interns to maintain their exclusivity and meaning.
This discussion highlights the tension between tradition and modern marketing practices within sports organizations.
Injecting their signature humor, the hosts share personal stories and playful banter. Greg Cody recounts a humorous incident of making a joke about purchasing Depends at a supermarket, eliciting laughter and teasing from the other hosts.
These lighthearted moments provide a break from the more serious discussions, showcasing the camaraderie and playful dynamics among the hosts.
A significant portion of the episode is dedicated to discussing a recent incident in the racing world involving 19-year-old prodigy Connor Zillish. After securing victories in the NASCAR Cup Series, Zillish suffers a severe fall during post-race celebrations. The hosts vividly describe the accident, expressing relief that he survived but concern over his rapid return to racing.
The conversation emphasizes the physical risks associated with motorsports and critiques the culture of aggressive post-race celebrations that may contribute to such accidents.
This segment underscores the inherent dangers in high-speed sports and the importance of safety measures to protect athletes.
Returning to more everyday topics, the hosts discuss their frustrations with prepackaged deli meats. Billy and Greg Cody express their disdain for the inconsistency in slice thickness and the challenges it poses for sandwich-making.
This relatable conversation highlights common grocery shopping frustrations, infusing humor into the mundane and fostering a connection with listeners through shared experiences.
As the episode wraps up, the hosts blend discussions on culinary adventures with final thoughts on the topics covered. From mastering the art of cooking Boston butt to contemplating the future of sports memorabilia, "The Sands of Time" offers a rich tapestry of conversations that entertain, inform, and resonate with the audience.
The episode concludes on a light note, inviting listeners to reflect on the diverse range of topics while eagerly anticipating future discussions.
This episode of "The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz" masterfully balances serious discussions with humor and personal anecdotes, providing listeners with a comprehensive and entertaining exploration of the topics at hand.