Local Hour: A Little Love For Rick Weaver

Summary

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The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz

Local Hour: A Little Love For Rick Weaver

Recorded March 3, 2026 from the Elser Hotel in Downtown Miami

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Main Theme & Purpose

In this Local Hour, Dan, Stugotz, and the crew riff on the rapid advancement of technology in daily life (especially in Miami), celebrate and debate the legacy of legendary South Florida sports broadcasters—with special focus on Tommy Hutton’s retirement and a nostalgic shoutout for Rick Weaver—and break down current local sports storylines, from Inter Miami's White House visit, the Miami Panthers’ trade deadline, and the rise of UM’s basketball team. As always, their trademark blend of inside jokes, local flavor, and playful ribbing is on full display.

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1. Tech in Miami: Driverless Cars & Delivery Bots

[00:00–03:44]

• Tech Anxiety & Generational Divide
  Dan kicks off with a lighthearted interrogation of Greg’s tech literacy, specifically about Waymo, the autonomous vehicle company.

  • “Do you know what Waymo is? Have you heard the phrase Waymo? Do you have any idea what I’m talking about?” — Dan [00:12]
  • Greg jokes: “It’s when I like something very much and I say I want Waymo of that.” [00:26]

• Driverless Life in Miami

  • Dan describes the proliferation (and frequent glitching) of driverless cars and delivery bots around Miami, making city life feel like “we’re not ready for any of it...it doesn’t come without great error.” [01:20]
  • Juju shares his quest to physically chase down a food delivery bot downtown (“It took an hour and a half, bro, for me to get a burger and fries from down the street”) [03:04]
  • Roy, Greg, and Stugotz express skepticism and outright avoidance toward these vehicles (“If I see it on the road, I’m changing lanes. I get a lane further away from those.” — Stugotz [02:31]).

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2. Celebrating Tommy Hutton & The South Florida Broadcaster GOAT Debate

[03:45–16:00]

Tommy Hutton Announces Retirement

• Dan positions Hutton as a rare local legend, explaining: “He is a rose growing in a sewer because Marlins baseball doesn’t produce a lot of legendary things.” [05:06]
• Tommy Hutton’s own words:
  • “I have decided to make this my last year. And the best answer I can give is that it’s just time. I’m healthy, I feel good. I have an opportunity to make the decision myself, I think is part of it.” — Tommy Hutton [05:19]

Most Critical vs. Best Broadcaster

• Discussion around how Hutton, “the only one locally who went away for a while because he was so critical that ownership didn’t want it,” is beloved precisely because of his honesty (Dan [06:02]).
• Mike Inglis and Tommy Hutton are held up as the exemplar “critical” broadcasters; Tommy being the only one to lose his job for criticism (Greg [07:09]).
• “Anybody who says something that gets him fired from his job, I’m also into that way on the top.” — Greg [08:49]

Local Legends: Who Makes the Mount Rushmore?

• Eric Reid, Dr. Jack Ramsay (the undisputed GOAT color commentator per consensus [11:14]), Ray Hudson, Randy Moller, Jim Mandich (“Mad Dog”), and more all get nominated and debated.
• “If we’re doing local broadcasters, give me Eric Reid Miami Heat.” — Roy [09:29]
• Humorous asides about other local figures and “nominations” (Romberg, Zagacki, etc.)

Funniest/Most Memorable Moments

• Surprise at Hutton’s age:
  • “To learn that he is 80 years old is a bit surprising there.” — Dan [07:44]
  • “He looks younger than you.” — Dan to Greg [07:43]
• Playful roasting of media colleagues’ attire and bad photo angles, in a segment where Chris Cody feels guilty for “not making fun of any person, more just the shirt and the angle of the stomach. I can relate to this.” [12:01]
• Tommy Hutton’s reputation for standing up to Mets fans and for calling out bench-clearing situations:
  • “He liked when there would be a fight in a situation like that, you can't just allow them to throw at our guys.” — Stugotz [13:11]

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3. South Florida Sports Broadcaster Deep Dive

[16:00–24:18]

• Remembering Rick Weaver:

  • Greg: “How about a little love for Rick Weaver, the original GOAT. The play by play man of the Miami Dolphins when they were winning Super Bowls back in the 19th century. Rick Weaver, who had such an ego, he had a vanity plate on his car that said ‘the Voice.’” [19:07]
  • Playful nitpicking: “You know the 19th century is the 1800s though, right?” — Stugotz [19:24]
  • The rest of the cast largely unfamiliar with Weaver: “Never heard that name.” — Roy [19:51]

• Debate Over PA Announcers and Franchise Voices

  • Biamonte (Heat), J. Ro Keach (UM), and others get discussed.
  • “Larry King was a Dolphins broadcaster?” (General disbelief, repeated for the poll [22:22])
  • Side tangent: Norms and taboos around adults bringing gloves to baseball games [22:39–23:21]
    • “Adults should not be allowed to bring gloves into a [stadium].” — Greg [23:19]

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4. Local Sports Headlines: Miami’s Achievements & Trade Deadline Angst

[24:18–36:00]

UM Basketball Ascending

• Dan marvels at Miami’s rise (“I’m still not used to the University of Miami basketball team being legitimately good” [04:56]) and explores the program’s history of rarely producing NBA talent.
• “The most impressive game that I’ve seen Miami play over the last seven… is the loss. They went to Virginia and had a game they could have won at Virginia.” — Dan [25:53]
• Brief clarity provided on the highest rankings in UM history, recapping near-misses with star players (Cam Boozer, etc.) and the impact of the transfer portal and NIL on team construction.
  • “Miami’s got some pros on this team right now.” — Mike [28:55]

Miami Panthers at the Trade Deadline

• Discussion fixates on the emotional prospect of losing beloved “glue guys” and whether the Panthers have, in fact, overachieved given key injuries.
  • “I actually think the Panthers have had a better than expected season…To be above .500 in that conference, I think it’s been a good job by Maurice.” — Greg [33:18]
  • “You win a championship in the market and guys like AJ Greer all of a sudden become beloved.” — Mike [34:41]
• Who’s likely to be moved?
  • “I think they will move Rodriguez...He can help someone.” — Stugotz [35:00]
  • Bobrovsky’s struggles and contract status get particular scrutiny.
• Finality on the segment: fans prepping themselves to lose key depth, but mostly at peace with the decisions given the circumstances.

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5. College Basketball: National Storylines & Tournament Preview

[36:00–42:45]

• Trista helps the crew preview March Madness, listing the big storylines:

  • Duke’s dominance: “Duke, number one overall seed for the second year in a row…the Naismith Player of the Year, Runaway favorite for the second year in a row.” [36:59]
  • Miami (Ohio) remains undefeated but is knocked for their weak schedule, leading to a spat with Bruce Pearl [37:22]
  • "I actually think that there is a team that’s better than they were when they won the tournament a few years ago in UConn.” — Trista [37:53]

• Debating Blue Bloods & Perceptions of Softness

  • Discussion on UConn’s offensive edge over Florida. (“UConn is better offensively than they were in [22 or 23]...better pick and roll offense, better decision making.” — Trista [39:12])
  • Is the West Coast “soft”? — Trista [40:27], leading to classic, cranky Mick Cronin sound, who absolutely loses it responding to media about cross-country travel burdens:
    • “Are you kidding me? Please tell me you’re kidding me. I mean, is this a plan? Is this a plan?” — Mick Cronin [41:27]
    • “How’s the weather in Iowa City? Come on.” — Cronin [42:39]

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6. Notable Quotes & Classic Moments

• On Tommy Hutton’s impact:
  “He’s a legend, but he’s a rose growing in a sewer because Marlins baseball doesn’t produce a lot of legendary things.” — Dan [05:06]

• On Old School Sports Egomania:
  “Rick Weaver, who had such an ego, he had a vanity plate on his car that said ‘the Voice.’” — Greg [19:07]

• On Technology & Aging:
  “As technologically as we age…people age, I think very often they get much worse.” — Dan [00:03]
  “If I see it [Waymo] on the road, I’m changing lanes.” — Stugotz [02:31]

• On Miami’s Basketball Rarity:
  “I’m still not used to the University of Miami basketball team being legitimately good.” — Dan [04:56]

• On Player Fandom After a Title:
  “You win a championship in the market and guys like AJ Greer all of a sudden become beloved.” — Mike [34:41]

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7. Segment Timestamps Overview

• Tech & Driverless Cars: [00:00–03:44]
• Tommy Hutton Legendary Status & Local Broadcasters: [03:45–16:00]
• Broadcaster GOAT Tournament & Rick Weaver Memories: [16:00–24:18]
• Local Sports Headlines (UM Basketball/Panthers): [24:18–36:00]
• College Basketball National Preview: [36:00–42:45]

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For fans who missed the episode:

• Expect a hilarious, affectionate roast of South Florida sports media titans—past and present.
• Hear about the awkward joys (and terrors) of Miami life in 2026: from chasing down food robots to swerving away from driverless “Waymo” cars.
• Get a snapshot of Miami’s shifting sports landscape, with playoffs looming and legends retiring, all filtered through The Local Hour’s signature blend of nostalgia, bickering, and local pride.
• And yes: give a little love for Rick Weaver—“the Voice”—or at least discover who he was!

Transcript

[A]

Greg, I'm not making fun of you when I ask you this question. As technologically as we age, as people age, I think very often they get much worse.

[B]

Sure they do.

[A]

Learning some of the technological things that are advancements. So I ask you very innocently and curiously, do you know what Waymo is? Have you heard the phrase Waymo? Do you have any idea what I'm talking about?

[B]

It's when I like something very much and I say I want Waymo of that. Isn't that it?

[C]

I saw that one coming.

[D]

Did you?

[C]

Yes, I did.

[B]

Roy saw it coming a mile away. I don't know what Waymo is. What is it? It sounds like a company, like a place where you would get insurance or something.

[A]

Well, it does sound like a company. And I would say actually what it is makes me feel like if we'd been in the 80s or 90s, it's what I'd give a company name that's going to in the destroy us. Like I'd say the evil company Waymo. Even though I don't think necessarily that Waymo is evil. What it is is these driverless cars. Have you pulled up next to any of these cars that have all of these cameras but don't have a driver and a ride share thing? I gotta think that whoever's driving taxis these days has to feel like they're in big trouble. Just in general. Like they thought they were in big trouble with Uber, but now there are just cars making their way through the streets that don't have any Dr. And yesterday they on 395 there was a two hour delay because one of them just stopped on an exit ramp and nobody could get it to move. They're mostly, they're like 99%, they are all automated, but somewhere there's somebody with a joystick that can get both these things and the little carts that are delivering food that you've seen all over the city. And we're not ready for any of it. Like it's not quite advanced enough that it doesn't come without great error. And so every once in a while these things are being like hit by a bright line because they're getting stuck in places they shouldn't get stuck.

[B]

Yeah, I have seen them in downtown Miami leaving the studio. In fact, I've seen a couple of them.

[E]

I had no idea a rooster had

[B]

no idea what they were called, but I'm anti that.

[A]

Well, they're two different things. Waymo is a driverless car. The other thing is just something that's their Little delivery that are delivering food.

[B]

I've seen those two. I'm anti those as well.

[D]

I don't like it. I'm good with the little delivery car. You know, bring me my food. But the Waymo. No, I'm not.

[B]

I don't even.

[D]

Like. If I see it on the road, I'm changing lanes. I get. I get a lane further away from those.

[B]

Agreed.

[F]

As juju about how the little delivery car did for him yesterday. I saw him tracking it down on foot.

[A]

You should have video chasing one on the. On the street. What were you doing out here? You were out here on Biscayne Boulevard chasing one down the street, literally.

[B]

Yes.

[D]

I didn't.

[B]

I was disheveled. I didn't have my bun up. I was just searching the streets frantically. I ran into Tristan. Oh, hey.

[A]

So did you find it? Like, where was it?

[B]

It took an hour and a half, bro, for me to get a burger and fries from down the street.

[D]

It's probably tough. You can't, like, yo, hey, over here. Like, it's not going to know.

[A]

You're scared of these.

[D]

The Waymo. Oh, I don't like it. I'm. I'm getting a car. There's no driver. I'm just. Here I am. Take me to where I'm supposed to go. Car without a driver. I don't like that.

[A]

All right, we're going to get you to do this tomorrow. We're going to put you in one of them. We're going to put you in one of them and see where it takes you. I. I want more. More details on what juju was doing physically chasing it down the street. Where were you? Out. Classic us guy who says he's terrified of something.

[D]

Put a camera in his face.

[A]

Do it tomorrow. This is the Dan Levator show with the Stugats podcast. There are a few things here locally that I want to get to that include Inter Miami going to the White House, but not a parade. The Panthers at the trade deadline. I'm assuming they're going to be sellers and they're going to be some popular players who leave a controversy that surprised me yesterday. People really mad on behalf of TUA and his feelings that the organization did not wish him a happy birthday yesterday, but. And the University of Miami basketball team being legitimately good. I'm still not used to the University of Miami basketball team being legitimately good, but a local icon, I think. I didn't ask you this. I don't think when we were going through Zaslow, these South Florida sports broadcasting legends, but Tommy Hutton classifies correct, as a broadcasting legend locally. And he announced yesterday that this is going to be his last season with the Marlins. And also, the scene of this, to me, was symbolic. Just cold cinder block room with like a few. A few straggling reporters. His, His. He is a legend, but he's a rose growing in a sewer because Marlins baseball doesn't produce a lot of legendary things. So here's Tommy Hutton saying this is going to be his final season as a Marlins broadcaster.

[G]

So I guess I'm supposed to start before I'm asked questions. This has been in. In the planning for a while, and I just decided, and people have asked. I have decided to make this my last year. And the best answer I can give is that it's just time. I'm healthy, I feel good. I have an opportunity to make the decision myself, I think is part of it. So look forward to this year. I've had great years here. And again, just because everybody always asks, well, how come you decided to retire at this time? And the answer is, in my mind, it's time. And so that's. That's the answer. Go ahead, ask some questions. They'll be easier.

[A]

So I've got a number of things to say here. I do believe that he gets the rare qualification of being a legend, even though he might be the most critical broadcaster that there's been in a home market that I can think of. Mike Inglis would get really mad during the radio broadcast, but I think that, well, Tommy Hutton is the only one locally who went away for a while because he was so critical that ownership didn't want it. And then they brought him back because he's beloved, because he's honest.

[D]

Mike was the best. I remember on those broadcasts, I'd be sitting right next to Mike. They're going to a timeout like Clippers on a big run here. Heater in big trouble. Heat lead by 11 minute, half to go. It's like, what? They're up 11 minutes left.

[H]

Great American.

[D]

Oh, man, he is the best.

[A]

Who. Who is the most critical sports broadcaster we have ever had down here? Is it Inglis? Is it Hutton? Who else would you go with?

[D]

Yeah, yeah. English was very critical of the team when, you know, they. They needed the criticism and. And certainly very critical of the referees. You know, I don't know. Tommy. I don't think Tommy was ever overly critical. Like, I would say Mike was overly critical sometimes. I don't think Tommy was.

[H]

I mean, Tommy is the only one that ended up losing his job over the Criticism and that made have more to do with the sensitivities of Jeffrey Lauria. But those two stick out that they're to a tier of themselves. And then there's everybody else.

[A]

So what, who do you put in the everyone else? Greg? If I tell you, you got to choose five all time. Your history in the market. You're somebody who has covered the market since the 70s, so you have to. You have sports broadcasters for. How old is he? How old is Tommy hussey?

[E]

He's turning 80 in April.

[B]

Is he that old?

[E]

Yeah.

[B]

Wow. I thought he was younger than me.

[A]

He looks younger than you.

[B]

Okay. He doesn't everyone?

[A]

Well, no, he does. We should put on the screen them next to each other and just ask the question, who looks older? Tommy Hutton. I think that's surprising. To learn that he is 80 years old is a bit surprising there. I've said this before. The. The baseball schedule, the travel schedule is an insanity. I would not want to be doing it if I was 80 years old. Fellow Ramirez would. Would be in this category of local legend. And he was doing it into his 90s, and it seemed like an insanity to be trav traveling that way.

[E]

Tommy Hutton did stop traveling, I believe a couple seasons ago. He's been doing mainly home games for a couple seasons, but we're definitely gonna miss him.

[D]

And I know he. He's had a. A huge drive to the games too. I think he lives in West Palm and he drives down now to Little Havana.

[B]

Yeah, I know. I knew he lived in. In Palm Beach County. I wasn't sure where I would put t hut at the top of the list. Only because it cost him his job.

[E]

Oh, we're doing goat of South Florida broadcasters. I'm in on this.

[B]

No, no, I think he's doing it most critical. Most critical. I think anybody who says something that gets him fired from his job, I'm

[E]

also into that way on the top.

[H]

You should be into that one too.

[A]

No, I'm not going to do the sponsored read for most critical broadcaster. Let's do the sponsored read for best sports broadcaster in the history of South Florida.

[H]

Okay, so you're including play by play guys.

[A]

I'm just saying broadcasters. Any broadcaster.

[H]

So. Yes, you are any.

[A]

Well, I'll say Hank Goldberg.

[F]

He's not on that list or no.

[E]

Oh, I thought we're doing game broadcasts,

[D]

but we are broadcast.

[H]

I'm not counting us.

[D]

Joe Rose has been pretty critical of the team the last few years. He's been. He's been big dog for a. For a He is critical. Someone on the broadcast.

[E]

Now that you mentioned that Eric Reed's my goat. If we're doing local broadcasters. Give me Eric Reed. Miami Heat.

[B]

Eric Reed of the Miami Heat. K Ware with the rebound. He's now 17th on the all time list of Heat rebounders per minute. He's averaging almost 0.68 rebounds per minute. Keller. Where I like to nominate the roundabout Romberg.

[A]

That is. Does that, does that.

[E]

That's a nominee.

[A]

I know. I don't think that. I don't believe that is a nominee.

[E]

It's just by definition is a nominee.

[A]

Look, I just said greatest in South Florida history. I like Brett Romberg.

[D]

That's my guy.

[A]

You know what, Juju, I'm sorry to do this to you, but I'm

[I]

minor penalty. Two minutes sport came out of your M.O.

[H]

just like to tell everyone it's an honor to be nominated. That's a good one.

[B]

That is a good one. Zagak.

[A]

Oh, Zagak is one good one. Yes. Has to be in the list.

[H]

Before. Before I knew that we were expanding it to all types of broadcasters, I put together my top five personal favorite color commentators. Color commentators in the history of the south Florida market. Number five wasn't that long that he was doing inter Miami games, but he's a goat when it comes to soccer color commentary. Ray Hudson.

[B]

Rocky Ray.

[H]

Number four, I put Tommy Hutton. Number three. I put Randy Moeller. Number two, I put the mad Dog, Jim Mandich. And number one, my all time favorite local color commentator and quite possibly my favorite hoops color commentator of all time, Dr. Jack Ramsay.

[D]

He got it right.

[B]

Thunder.

[D]

That's right. Are the undisputed number one color analyst in the history of our market is Dr.

[E]

This goat conversation is presented by Frank's red hot. Make every dish the greatest.

[D]

Eat the goat.

[A]

I am stunned that Tommy Hutton is 80 years old. He does not look 80 years old. I'm thinking that a lot of people looking at this are saying there's no way that that human being is 80 years old. But as we were celebrating him, Chris Cody did something that I believe was both cruel and also something Chris Cody notices because these sensitivities are something that he has. Chris Cody in ear took out one of the reporters who could not have liked the angle that he was featured in while sitting next to or standing next to Tommy Hutton. Chris Cody was making fun of.

[E]

It's just I'm not making fun of any person. More just the shirt and the angle of the stomach. I can relate to this. I feel Bad already. We've gone too far. It was supposed to be a private show just for you, but yes, that. That's not a great angle there.

[B]

That's my colleague there. Jordan McPherson does a great job.

[E]

Thank you for naming.

[D]

You're the one who named him.

[H]

Yeah, there you go. Well, now that we're on that, Jordan knows exactly what he did.

[E]

Yeah, it's the shirt. It's not nothing he did.

[H]

No, no, he did something. He apologized for it, though. Oh, you remember the top 25. You remember the top 25 disaster AP vote.

[A]

That's not a great shirt.

[E]

He's trying to highlight the biceps there and sometimes we lose sight of the belly.

[H]

Well, I'm highlighting that he ranked Notre Dame ahead of Miami that one time.

[F]

The salmon color with the weight is really just a combo. That makes me a little queasy.

[D]

Tommy was great with two things. He was great at chastising the Mets fans whenever the Mets were here, especially if the Marlins were winning and the Mets fan would leave the game early. He was great at speaking for the fan when it came to chastising the Mets fan. And he was also great whenever. Whenever there was a situation where, like if a Marlin player gets hit by a pitch and you got. You got to stand up. Enough's enough. All right. Like he was. He liked when. When there would be a fight in a situation like that, you can't just allow them to throw at our guys. Eventually, enough's enough and you got to do something about it.

[A]

Let's put back up here, Jordan McPherson. Let's put this back up. And notice that the veteran next to him, the veteran next to him is preventing anyone from seeing whether he's got anything going on over the belt that he does not want seen. He is hiding behind his hands there to make sure that a bad angle doesn't catch him.

[D]

You're awful, man. It's terrible. You're the one who mentioned him, though. You can't say it's cruel.

[B]

I'm giving him credit for being a great reporter.

[E]

This is all my fault.

[B]

I should never make waistline looks like

[E]

anything in Dan's ear.

[A]

So this is all Chris's fault. Dr. Jack Ramsey, when you mention him, the. The goat locally is Eric Reed, correct?

[B]

Eric Reed. Correct. Yeah, Eric's the goat. He's been around how long, Eric Reed?

[E]

Tell us, Eric.

[D]

Very first year, 88.

[B]

I remember Grant Long when he was with the Heat. That was an all round player right there in and out of the starting lineup. But you could always count on Grant Long.

[D]

You know, Eric Reed's first year, he was the color analyst for the Heat.

[C]

Not play by.

[B]

Really? I can't picture him as a color analyst.

[E]

What would that sound like?

[B]

So Eric Reed as a color analyst just doesn't make any sense at all.

[E]

That's not what I wanted.

[A]

That's all right, Chris. I think we've expired what your dad has in this particular bucket. His Eric Reid has also gotten worse with age. Like it's got. It's less nascent. It's not quite as good as it used to be.

[H]

We should highlight that Goldy had been a longtime South Florida broadcaster on the airwaves.

[D]

First team, yeah.

[H]

And did it the hard way when it came to his climb over at the Florida Panthers and since then has been the voice of this golden era of Panther hockey and has an incredible signature call.

[D]

Also, can you give a. Maybe an oli? Denny Potvin?

[H]

Yeah, no doubt.

[C]

Jeff Rimmer.

[A]

Well, all of these, though, I think have to take a back seat to Moeller, do they not? You're only allowed to take one or two from each franchise. Each franchise isn't going to have one of these longtime legends. So you get Eric Reed and Jack Ramsey and that's the list. Right? I don't think that Mike Inglis would crack the list of best South Florida sports broadcasters ever.

[H]

Yeah, baby.

[A]

Tony Fiorentino does not belong on this list. You cannot have him on this list.

[E]

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[H]

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[B]

Don LeBatard.

[A]

You don't remember the idea?

[E]

I was probably like, that kind of thing.

[A]

Something.

[B]

Okay. No, the home run call was that kind of swing. That kind of thing.

[H]

Stugats. Oh, it's a good call.

[B]

Thank you. And plus, it doesn't matter who's hitting it. Like, you're not tailoring it to a particular name. You know, all that jazz, you know, you don't got to do that. Oh, that would be a great call. Swing. That kind of thing.

[D]

This is the Dan Levatar show with the stugats.

[B]

I like to nominate a two time champion. Do two time champions belong on this list or not? Because I know one in my own personal record book. Jonathan Zaslow, man.

[D]

Thank you, Juju. Thank you for recognizing.

[A]

Were you waiting?

[D]

Thank you.

[B]

He was raising his fist before he even said his name, this guy.

[D]

Cause I knew.

[B]

Unbelievable. How about a little love for Rick Weaver, the original goat. The play by play man of the Miami Dolphins when they were winning Super Bowls back in the 19th century. Rick Weaver, who had such an ego, he had a vanity plate on his car that said the Voice.

[D]

I mean, you know the 19th century is the 1800s though, right?

[B]

Yeah, I do.

[A]

Yeah. But when you put that detail in, when you put the detail he just gave us, somebody in the 1970s was driving around with a license plate that said he was the Voice. And you could pull up in car. Cars had drivers back then.

[B]

Yes, they did.

[A]

You could pull up next to Rick Weaver and the Voice would be right there. You are the only one around here old enough to remember. None of you, none of you remember.

[E]

Never heard that name.

[A]

Right? Roy, do you even remember Rick Weaver?

[C]

No, sir.

[A]

What?

[D]

Really?

[B]

I mean, the Voice.

[E]

Roy doesn't remember.

[A]

He would have been done. He would have been finished in about the 80s, right? He would have been out of. Out of a job in the 80s, right?

[H]

What do we do with PAs? Because Mike Biamonte gives a heat a third.

[D]

There's only one known PA. No, I'm thinking the pro teams. You're right.

[A]

J. Ro Keach at the University of Miami. Baseball and um, football games. And I think he did basketball too. He just had. They just honored him with a first pitch this last weekend, did they not? Where they.

[H]

Mario did the other first pitch. I think he needs Tommy John now.

[E]

That was.

[H]

He was throwing gas in the pen. He does everything the same way.

[E]

He definitely went out to a field and threw. Before that.

[D]

He had to from the mound.

[E]

Just.

[A]

I didn't.

[E]

Yeah, he was up there.

[A]

Of course he was.

[H]

Did I ever tell the story of when I sat behind Jim Harbaugh at a Yankee game?

[E]

I do remember. I don't remember the details.

[H]

So he brought a glove and the entire game he was furiously playing catch with himself. This guy was in his 50s at the time, looking rich, ridiculous. And he was sitting next to a woman. And I was right behind them for this game. And he threw the ball with such force into his own mitt that it hit the lady next to him and legitimately hurt her. He had to Buy her a bunch of soda pop and get up and leave.

[A]

That tracks like if you had asked me what does. Who in sports is now in the most ridiculous circumstance. What is Jim Harbaugh doing at a baseball game? It's bringing his own glove and playing catch with himself so ferociously that he injured him, injures the woman next to him. I can't in fiction make up something better than what it actually was.

[D]

Speaking of Tommy Hutton, the Marlins of our teams down here have had the best resume of broadcasters. Like, by far right. We're talking Joe Angel, Dave o', Brien, Bomby Len Casper, Rich Waltz. This is by far.

[A]

You're saying by far. But it's because the Heat have had only the one. Like the. He won't give up the job.

[E]

Their problem.

[H]

Yeah, because it's such a transient job. Either the administration doesn't like them or they get better opportunities because they're so good. But you're right, pound for pound, they keep putting out winners.

[A]

The Dolphins have had a ton as well. I mean, the Dolphins have had a ton of. I mean, Hank Goldberg was doing broadcast.

[D]

Larry King.

[A]

That's right. Not a lie.

[B]

Larry King.

[A]

Not a lot of people.

[E]

You're lying.

[H]

Yeah, Larry King was one of them.

[D]

I never lie.

[B]

No, he's right.

[A]

Larry King put it on the poll at LeBatard show. Did you know that Larry King was a Dolphins broadcaster?

[E]

Gotta hear this.

[A]

Larry King also was famous for opening owing people money throughout South Florida when he was a broadcaster. Back then he was notorious for.

[B]

Oh, Hank Goldberg used to make fun of him mercilessly. As far as that, the dark side of. Of Larry King. That was funny, by the way. People, grown men, grown adults who bring a glove to a baseball game. Get out of here. What are you doing? Why are you. What are you going to show up in a full uniform next? Come on, it's a kids game. Let the kids bring a glove. Quit stealing foul balls from the kids with your big giant mitt. Leave it at home.

[E]

I'm with you on taking the balls from the kids, but you gotta. You gotta bring a glove for safety.

[H]

Why? Because what if.

[E]

What if I'm with my kid and a screamer comes at me?

[B]

Use your hand.

[H]

She's sitting behind a net in a lottery seat.

[E]

I'm not saying he. I'm just saying he's saying anyone in the stadium should not.

[B]

Adults should not be allowed to bring gloves into a.

[D]

Not be allowed.

[B]

No. Shouldn't be allowed.

[F]

If you don't like the glove, how do you feel about Harbaugh coming to a recruiting visit and being in full football club on mahogany floor.

[B]

Again, it.

[A]

That's against it. He could have said just against it, but he decided to do it with an apostrophe and just an N for some reason.

[B]

I'm. Again, it. It's quicker. When you get through my age, you try to save your breath.

[A]

Yeah, way more of that Mike mentioned earlier. Top 25. And something I have not celebrated yet is that the University of Miami basketball team is now ranked. Duke seems a lot better than everybody. I mean, they beat up Michigan at home, they just dragged Virginia. They gave Notre Dame their worst home loss since 1898. And now Duke has been ranked number one a record 149 times. I don't think Miami's never been ranked number one. Correct.

[H]

That's not highest we've ever been. Is number two.

[A]

When was that?

[H]

Shane Larkin.

[A]

Okay.

[H]

Impressive ranked victories. And I do think like the Tim James team. I don't know where they peaked. I think they were top 10.

[D]

They may have gotten as high as the like 3ish.

[H]

Yeah, because. Yeah, because they were trading wins with likes of like a really good St. John's and Yukon.

[E]

Did you mean that Larkin team was number two overall or a two seed?

[H]

They were both. They were number two in the nation and ended up being a number two seed that lost in the second round, I believe to Wisconsin.

[B]

How high did the Final Four team get from a few years ago?

[H]

We actually did that from like an 8, 8, 9 spot.

[B]

Really?

[H]

Yeah, yeah. We weren't really respected in that. But I'm starting to get used to Miami being good at basketball. It's crazy the, the, the amount of momentum they just im. Nuked the team after they went to the Final Four. Had an NBA player in Keyshawn George. Yeah, they lost the ACC player of the year and Zae Wong, but they, they reloaded, they retooled and a lot of those guys came back and they just threw up a fort over there. But they, they burned it up in two years. And here they are, Jay Lucas, totally reshaping the team. Not a single player or coach was on this team last year. And here they are ranked number 22 in the nation, playing for seating.

[D]

Do you have sour feelings toward Laranaga because of all that?

[H]

No. Laronaga's a legend. He just had his name hung up on the rafters. I can't believe he caught lightning in the bottle the way that he did with us at that time. Because by then Nil had started taking hold over the sport and there was already a change in the sport. It was just crazy how in tune he was with that team. And it was the very same guys and he just lost it. It's crazy.

[A]

The most impressive game that I've seen Miami play over the last seven. They've won six of the last seven is the loss. They went to Virginia and had a game they could have won at Virginia. A very difficult place to play Virginia. Are they a top 10 team right now or.

[H]

They're close to it. They're close to it. Virginia's team is pretty good. Like I, I gotta admit, like this is a really difficult sport to follow. It really is there. It happens when there's a whole bunch of other big sports going on. Like you gotta either be all about college basketball or a serious degen. If you know the entire landscape, you have to do a lot of reading. Most of the college basketball that I follow is on a second or third screen. So while I'm watching Michigan lose to duke in Washington D.C. i'm not really getting much of the players names or much from it. So I kind of need somebody to like help me bone up on this because this is March.

[A]

You're not alone though because I just had this conversation last week with Barkley where he's like, I didn't study like this at Auburn. Like I didn't go to. He's like, I've got every year I've got to get ready. And I'm like, but all you've got to do is be Barkley. Like what do you. What do you have to do? But he feels the need to know what it is that he's talking about when it's impossible to know. It's impossible to be doing what he's doing and then also be following college basketball the way you need to this time of year. But what you have happening. So you've got the two Miamis are ranked now. Miami of Ohio is undefeated and Bruce Pearl is fighting with Miami of Ohio's athletic director. Cuz Bruce Pearl says they'd be the bottom of the, of the SEC because they've got. I think their schedule is close to 300 in terms of how easy their schedule is. But they are undefeated. Okay. So if they, if you're winning all of your games, people should notice that. And the athletic director from Miami of Ohio like dragged Bruce Pearl because he was so insulted by that. But when you mentioned the University of Miami locally they so rarely have pros. You mentioned Tim James. Tim James was drafted by the Heat in the first round. That team was one of the best they had. Johnny Hemsley was on that team. I thought he was going to be pro. He was not. But the University of Miami does not produce many pros in basketball.

[H]

No, I mean, that Final Four team, Jordan Miller and Norchad o', Mear, they had to go through the G League.

[D]

And now James Jones, the best of this. Like, like, not Rick Barry. Not counting Rick Barry. But is James Jones the best?

[H]

Yeah, you would rate him higher than Bruce Brown. I mean, Bruce Brown in terms of, like, actual impact within a series, man, Bruce Brown was pretty important to that, that Denver run. But, I mean, that's open for debate. But now with nil. Look, I mentioned a really disappointing team after the Final Four. Keyshawn George turned himself into a decent NBA player. That has a lot of value. And this year, you look at players like Sheldon Henderson. First off, I just learned he was Eric Dickerson's nephew. Had no idea he was a five star that we took from Duke. And he's going to be in the league. He's got an NBA body. The shot needs to be a little bit more consistent. But Uday Renu, like, these guys are going to make the league. I think Uday is going to be a curious example. But defensively, he can keep up with perimeter guys the way that traditional bigs can't. Miami's got some pros on this team right now.

[A]

I don't think Uday is a pro, but that's because of his limits offensively. This team, though, would be considered championship worthy if they had gotten Boozer. Like, they were close. They finished second. They finished first.

[H]

We were close.

[A]

They finished very close. And Duke is pounding people because Cam Boozer, it's not just what he does in the post scoring is he's just a great passer out of the post.

[H]

As a freshman, he's been better than Cooper Flagg was for them.

[D]

He's awesome.

[A]

And they came so close to getting him. I really did think, when you're named after Cameron Indoor, though, how close did they get then?

[H]

I don't know. They got close. If the move to J. Lucas happened a year earlier, like it probably should have, the Boozer twins would be at Miami, I think. I mean, it's just like Jeremiah Smith, like, you had guys believing, but they wanted to see it in action. They wanted proof of concept. They didn't want to just jump in and trust that the process was going to work the way that they did. I get it. One goes to Ohio State. That I mean, he won a national championship. It worked out. But Miami's already better than them now. You saw and boos are the same way.

[A]

Roy, how are you feeling about the Panthers? Are you of the belief that Bobrovsky. I know it's been a disappointing season, okay. But this is not a bad hockey team. And all the other times that I feel like we've talked about the Panthers being six or five points out of the final playoff spot, it's not because they're an above.500 teams. It's not because they're winning more than they're losing. The, the strength of the playoff teams in hockey make it so that a two time defending champion can't. You know, like, I know you guys are frustrated with what this season has been, but under the circumstances, this has been a really good season for this team. And if you told me with those injuries this is where they'd keep things, I would have had some optimism. The problem is that there are just too many good teams above this.

[C]

Well, if they were in the Western Conference, there would be a playoff team. Yeah, that's how good the east is.

[H]

Yeah, give me that Knights division.

[E]

The only thing I disagree with on Dan is that Bob has just been

[A]

so bad this year.

[H]

I don't think, I think even with the injuries, I thought this season was going to go better and by a pretty decent margin. I'm really disappointed by how far Bob is swelling off.

[A]

A lot of injuries, man.

[H]

No, I get it. But Bob has nothing to do with that. This is just a guy that might be losing it.

[B]

Don LeBatard, he has been great. He's made great hires.

[H]

I said all.

[A]

We've said, all said all.

[D]

Everyone has said any of this.

[A]

Greg, everything you're saying, it's all been said.

[B]

Okay, you got to understand one thing. St me maximum.

[E]

That's right.

[B]

Until I say it, it hasn't been said. Okay. Understand that. Until I say it hasn't been said. Be maximal. Be maximal.

[D]

This is the D Ler show with the st. I felt the day that Barkov went down. I know everybody talked about the depth this team has had, has. And granted, like we lost that all throughout the season because everyone continues to get hurt. But I thought the moment that Barkov went down it was going to be difficult to make the playoffs. And yeah, like Friday is going to be super interesting now because this a really well run team and a well run team is going to understand they're going to be some difficult but necessary decisions to make before Friday. Which means that you probably have some guys, maybe our fourth line guys who could be super useful for a team that wants to make a push and get some depth. And I, I think there's going to be some names that we like that are going to wind up being traded on Friday. I know Bobrovsky is like the juicy name that's being thrown around down, but here's the thing, all right? There's no real reason for the Panther fan to want them to move Bobrovsky's and he's in the last year of the contract. It's like, okay, we're gonna get out the money. And I, I don't know why a Stanley cup contender would trade for Bobrovsky, you know, when he's having literally the worst year of his career, really. So I, I don't know that Bobrovsky's gonna be moved. And I hope for sentimental purposes that he's not moved because I'd like the Panthers to be the last team he ever plays.

[B]

I actually think the Panthers have had a better than expected season given. And Barkov, his stature in this market has grown in his absence. You know, Barkov was so valuable to that team, and then they missed Tkachuk for two thirds of the season and then he takes a while to get back in form. Those are arguably their two best players and you just can't abide those losses. I think that to be above.500 in that conference, I think it's been a good job by Maurice and not only the depth. I'm not an expert on fourth lines, but I can tell you last year they had a fourth line that was better than this year's.

[A]

Bobby Roy, what do you think is going to happen here? You think a good organization gets rid of popular players?

[C]

Yeah. The entire season just based off of long term injured reserve and having to get that money back on the cap. I thought they were going to make a move way before the deadline. A player like Mackie Samoskevic or even Evan Rodriguez would have probably been traded just to make the cap more feasible for them, you know, so once they get Kachuk and possibly Barkov back in the lineup, but that doesn't seem like that's going to be the case anymore. I think they should probably just rest.

[D]

Barkov.

[A]

Bobby, are you guys going to be hurt by any of the trades that they made? Are you going to be emotionally wounded by anything that happens this week?

[H]

You win a championship in the market and guys like AJ Greer all of a sudden become belove. We saw this with Ryan Lomberg, where You know you would look in the sands and it was disproportionate. Like how many Lombard 94 jerseys would

[D]

be in the crowd. I was there the other night.

[H]

When you consider his actual impact there. But a guy like Evan Rodriguez.

[D]

I'm gonna be sad when they move Rodriguez and I think they will move Rodriguez.

[H]

These are two time champions.

[D]

He can help someone.

[H]

Winning players. Yeah. And that's exactly like the prototypical deadline deal that a team is looking to get over the hump. Let's bring in a veteran that we can plug and play in any line. Like he'd make a lot of sense. And he was one of the names identified before the they came up with this solution to put Chucky on the long term injury list that I don't probably had to get away from.

[D]

Is there anyone else? Let's say Bobrovsky doesn't get moved. I don't think he's going to. I don't think there's anyone else.

[H]

Maybe Mackie.

[E]

Mackie would disappoint me. That doesn't help money wise. He's a young player getting paid.

[D]

I mean just they don't want to pay him and like let's get a little something for him. Like I'm not going to be upset if they move Mackie. Whatever.

[H]

Yeah. I don't think Mackie comes back because the cap situation Erod will be tough.

[D]

He Rod will be tough to lose.

[A]

Get me the sound of Charles Barkley trying to say Bobrovsky as Charles Barkley has gone into hibernation to try and learn a little more about college basketball Quickly. We do have a college basketball expert with us here in Trista. Perhaps she could get us up to speed because we are going to do that live stream where we combine both Selection Sunday and also the Oscars. Correct. We're going to do both of those things. Are Adnan Vir and Sampson coming down here in tuxedos to help us do both the Oscars and Selection Sunday? Because I need some help here in terms of getting caught up to what it is that's been happening in college basketball this season.

[H]

Efforting and hopeful.

[F]

Efforting. I like that word efforting.

[H]

It's what I say when Dan says something on the air that he probably shouldn't have.

[F]

Got it. Got it. Five storylines. Dan's already taken a couple of them but we'll just do them again. Yeah. Just pre show. Making it to post show or in the show.

[A]

I didn't hear any of that.

[H]

My very obvious and unsettled man. I wish I could have a refresher.

[F]

No, it was tough. It was a tough one.

[H]

But then we started talking to Erod.

[F]

Yeah, I know. It was a hard pivot into hockey. I was like, I guess it's just dead, all this work.

[H]

Can anybody help me with some headlines?

[F]

I know, and you never do that either. You're an expert on all things. Number one, Duke, number one overall seed for the second year in a row. Blue Devils have the Naismith player of the year, Runaway favorite for the second year in a row. Freshman for a second year in a row. We can go on that headline. Miami, Ohio is the one that you stole. They are undefeated. Former Auburn. Auburn head coach Bruce Pearl doesn't think that they should make a turn, make the tournament at all. But his son coaches his former team, and they are on the bubble. So I don't know what we should make of that. Mike said he's all in on the top four teams. Everyone is talking about Duke, Michigan, Arizona, and Florida, who obviously won the tournament last year. But I actually think that there is a team that's better than they were when they won the tournament a few years ago in UConn. I can give you the reasons why. Why the player who may go number one in the draft may not actually get out of the first round in BYU because of a key reason, AJ Debanza. And there are 33 Division 1 freshmen averaging at least 15 points, which is on pace to be the most in Division 1 history.

[A]

Why do you like UConn more than Florida? I love the way Florida plays. I love their speed. The speed, the pace that they play at is something that I enjoy watching. Why do you like UConn more than Florida?

[F]

Well, it's. Well, first of all, do we see the way that UConn got screwed against Florida last year when they were not as talented as they are even this year? Like, they probably should have beat Florida. Remember, I can say the F word on the show, yes or no. Remember, Dan Hurley was like, we got. Right, like, we got abs. And he lost his goddamn mind.

[A]

We got Chris. Chris. That is terrible. Executive producing judgment.

[E]

You need him in bunches.

[A]

Say it again is what you decided to do.

[F]

That was your.

[A]

Your contribution to judgment and leadership on this show. To say. Say it again.

[H]

I. I agree. It was bad judgment because you kind of stepped over it, and we need it clean for the club. Go ahead.

[F]

The third time we got.

[B]

Yeah, that's better.

[C]

Oh, whoa, whoa.

[E]

Mike, you got to go. Penalty.

[H]

But now you can use it in the club.

[I]

Personal and Foul.

[A]

Wow, what a contribution from you.

[F]

I thought it was great. Anyway, Yukon is better offensively than they were in 22, 23, 3, slightly below structurally than the team that was just an absolute monster. Better pick and roll offense, better decision making. The guards are able to deal with centers that end up dropping in coverage. This team is just an absolute monster, I think, in a bunch of different ways, and I think that they will surprise people.

[H]

So in terms of a team that is not lumped in with that traditional four, you're going UConn. What do you do with Yukon? Houston.

[F]

I think the problem with Houston is that they continuously have the same formula year after year, which is defense first. And I love Calvin Sampson, but I just think they get so stuck in the mud offensively, and we saw that in the tournament last year. We've seen it in multiple other years. They keep trying to get more potent offensively, but I just don't think Kelvin wants to play that way. So I think they're a sneaky team. I do want to ask you guys, though, about this. This Arizona, they are considered soft and Tommy Lloyd went on yesterday and say, hey, just because we're on the west coast doesn't mean we're soft. Do you think that the west coast is fairly considered soft? As someone who's from.

[A]

They dragged Houston. Arizona dragged Houston. That was like the talent disparity in that game. Everybody keeps talking to me about Houston, and Arizona seemed to me to be a good deal better than Arizona. But when you talk about the softness of the west coast and you talk about angry coaches like Hurley, it makes me think of Mick Cronin. We've got some new Mick Cronin sound. Mick Cronin is always agitated. He's always filled with. People at UCLA are pretty done with him representing the school this way. You got to win more than this if you're going to behave this way. Always with reporters, listen to what Mick Cronin had to do, what he did to a reporter who asked him about teams traveling out west as opposed to UCLA traveling somewhere else. So much has been made about you guys going east. You just came back from prolonged east coast trip.

[B]

I'm wondering, have you seen anything from

[A]

the teams that have to come out here and stay out here? Is there any kind of balance with

[D]

that in terms of the wear and tear and just what you've seen on the wear.

[G]

Tear on them?

[H]

Yeah.

[I]

Is that a joke? Please tell me that.

[E]

Is it even comparable?

[A]

Is essentially what I'm trying to say.

[I]

Have you ever looked at the NBA stats or what the gamblers and all those people do on west versus East. Talk to Eric Musselman. Ask him that question. Who coached in the NBA?

[D]

Good luck.

[I]

West going east, we have to go back four times. Oh, the Big Ten teams get to come to Los Angeles where it's seven degrees one time a year. They don't even have to switch hotels. We're in the same. We're 12 miles apart. Are you kidding me? Please tell me you're kidding me. I mean, is this a plan? Is this a plan?

[B]

A question?

[I]

I mean, you cannot be serious with that. Meanwhile, we've seen the Eiffel Tower or we've seen the Statue of Liberty twice in the last three weeks while we were landing. You can't possibly stop. I'm going to eat, man. I mean, he's asked me to feel sorry because I would come to LA

[A]

for a few days.

[I]

You can't be serious. You know how much people vacation here? Trust me, I got a lot of friends. I have to tell them. No, I'm focused. Everybody from back in Cincinnati wants to come out here all the time. I have to ration them out, okay? Nobody wants to be back there. How's the weather in Iowa City?

[A]

Come on,

[I]

get Comedians in the in the Mix.