Local Hour: Aaron Judge Is a Disappointment

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The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz

Episode: Local Hour: Aaron Judge Is a Disappointment

Date: October 8, 2025

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Episode Overview

In this lively Local Hour, Dan Le Batard, Stugotz, and the crew broadcast from Elser Hotel in Downtown Miami, offering their trademark blend of sports and pop culture commentary. The discussion swirls around baseball postseason drama—especially the never-ending saga of Aaron Judge, Yankees expectations, and fan standards—blended with deep dives into Florida Panthers hockey, locker room hygiene, and plenty of side-splitting banter.

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Key Topics and Discussion Points

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1. Greg Cody’s Morning Routine & Corvette Gift

• Timestamp: 01:29–05:37

Greg Cody’s Hygiene Confession:
Greg admits to sometimes skipping morning showers, especially after late nights at Panthers games.

“I don't shower every day. Okay, sometimes. Occasionally I skip a day. I took a shower last night. Before going to the Panthers game. So. It has been less than 20 hours since I showered.” – Greg (02:27)

Gripes About Gifts:
Greg shares the story of being gifted a white Corvette by his wife decades ago, and how color preferences led to (belated) complaints.

“As a surprise for a birthday of mine years ago, my wife gifts me with a brand new Corvette... But I don't like a white car. So what do you do in that case? You act thrilled at first, but eventually...” – Greg (03:46)

Crew Pokes Fun about Greg’s complaints, with Dan incredulous that anyone could complain about getting a Corvette.

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2. Panthers’ Dynasty, Opening Night, and South Florida Pride

• Timestamp: 06:38–09:12

Hockey Glory in Miami:
Dan marvels at the Panthers starting another season as favorites, even as their stars are hurt, and the surrealism of hockey dominance in South Florida.

“The Panthers still is the betting favorite in that league because the respect is so great that they could lose their two best players for the whole season. And the money still rides on now those guys are better and deeper than everyone else...” – Dan (07:13)

Ode to Barkov:
Mike points out Sasha Barkov’s resilience—coming to the ring ceremony on crutches just two weeks after surgery.

Betting Culture and Sportsbook References pepper the conversation, with DraftKings and betting odds as the frame for Panthers respect.

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3. Yankees/MLB Postseason & Aaron Judge’s Legacy

• Timestamp: 09:12–18:02, 21:50–33:13

Yankee Standards, Judge’s Burden:
Dan frames how, no matter what Aaron Judge does statistically, it will never be “enough” by outsized Yankee postseason standards.

“Judge was hitting .500 in the series, like, oh, not enough. Not enough. Not Enough. It can't be singles and doubles, Judge. You got to hit a big one.” – Dan (09:56)

The ALDS Home Run and Fan Reactions:
Billy & Greg debate Judge’s “moment” in the ALDS—was a dramatic home run clutch enough to change his Yankee narrative, or does it fall short because it wasn’t in a World Series clincher?

“Your defining moment in your career cannot be in the ALDS to tie a game that merely keeps you.” – Billy (12:54)

Yankee Captain Debate:
Billy strongly resists Judge inheriting the Captain title:

“Derek Jeter's the captain, okay?... we're not going to refer to Aaron Judge as the captain. That's absurd.” – Billy (13:58)

Statistical History vs. Yankee Lore:
Jeremy brings stats ("six home runs when facing elimination, tying David Ortiz"), while Billy scoffs that needing elimination heroics is itself evidence of failure compared to “Mr. October, Mr. November” who never let teams get into those spots.

Mocking Impossible Standards:
Dan and Greg jokingly raise the bar on Judge to comedy levels:

“Aaron Judge can hit .900 in this series with all triples. And if he does not hit three home runs in the World Series... Aaron Judge will have failed.” – Dan (17:03)
“...two of those three home runs have to be grand slams. And if he should invent the five run homer... what's his legacy?” – Greg (17:48)

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4. Analytics, Home Runs, and the Changing Game

• Timestamp: 21:50–29:07

Spectacular Hitting or Stat Trickery?
Jeremy notes Judge’s home run came on the rarest kind of pitch in recorded history; Billy and Greg are unimpressed by velocity stats, playfully calling 99 mph pitches "the new 92."

“Miss me with 99 miles per hour, like, if I give a crap about that.” – Billy (28:32)

Nostalgia for Old School Baseball and cynicism about new metrics threads through, with Greg claiming “too much information,” devaluing superlatives attached to recent feats.

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5. Philadelphia Phillies Fall Short—Baseball Micro-Analysis

• Timestamp: 33:13–37:43

Breakdown of Phillies’ Baserunning Blunder:
Dan illustrates how baseball margins for error are microscopic, focusing on one “wheel play” where poor base running cost Philadelphia dearly—tying it back to postseason elimination and "what ifs."

Panel Applauds Dodgers Defensive Execution and marvels at Mookie Betts’ versatility.

Debate Over Name Pronunciation (Castellanos vs. Castellano):
Prolonged, humorous disagreement on rolling L’s and respecting how players want their names said.

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6. Panthers Fandom, Traditions, and Coin Controversy

• Timestamp: 38:17–44:08

Debating 'Knight' Chants and old hockey rituals:

“You can hear the murmuring in the crowd. It is such an annoying thing every night...” – Billy (39:24)

Tribute to the 'Woo Man':
Panthers fans pay homage to a late superfan, "the Woo Man," with the show noting he got a bigger pop than the returning goalie.

Championship Coins as (Non-)Bribery:
Greg brags about getting a commemorative coin as a journalist, only to be ribbed for journalistic integrity.

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7. Locker Room Hygiene and Journalistic Ethics

• Timestamp: 44:08–47:04

Dan interrogates Greg about hygiene after hockey games, especially post-locker room exposure.

“I would say that if you go to a hockey game, you have to shower before coming in to work the next day... An arena filled with all sorts of bile coming off of a game...” – Dan (44:47)

Jeremy backs Dan, horrified by the stench of the Panthers’ locker room—insisting showering is mandatory.

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8. The Nature of Fandom & Impossible Standards

• Timestamp: 26:34–29:07, 46:30–47:48

Dan sums up the curse of modern athletes—especially Yankees like Judge—who "can never be Jeter or Mariano" in the eyes of fans and old-timers, regardless of objective greatness or advanced stats.

“What a curse for Aaron Judge that it doesn't matter what he does. He'll never be Jeter. He'll never be Mariano because your grandparents don't care that the pitch was a foot and a half inside by metrics, and they don't care that it's 99 miles an hour...” – Dan (26:54)

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Notable Quotes and Memorable Moments

• Greg on Showers:
  “I don't shower every day...I took a shower last night. Before going to the Panthers game. So. It has been less than 20 hours since I showered.” (02:27)
• Dan on Judge’s Standard:
  “It can't be singles and doubles, Judge. You got to hit a big one.” (09:56)
• Billy on Judge's Captaincy:
  “Derek Jeter's the captain, okay? ... we're not going to refer to Aaron Judge as the captain. That's absurd.” (13:58)
• Dan on Impossible Expectations:
  “Aaron Judge can hit .900 in this series with all triples. And if he does not hit three home runs in the World Series... Aaron Judge will have failed.” (17:03)
• Greg, tongue-in-cheek:
  “And if he should invent the five run homer, Aaron Judge. Because if he doesn't do something like that to really stand out, you know, really, what's his legacy?” (17:48)
• Dan on Locker Room Funk:
  “You go into that locker room and...there's a mist around these men. That smell is 20 years of hockey funk. It's an awful room...It’s got 20 years of sweat in it.” (45:25)
• Jeremy, stats king:
  “There have been 528 pitches on 0-2 counts out of the zone at 99 mph above. That's the first home run. And not only that, this pitch was 99.7 mph. It was 1.2ft inside. It's the first time in pitch tracking history...” (22:09)

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Important Segment Timestamps

• 01:29–05:37 – Greg Cody’s morning, Corvette, and the gift complaint saga
• 06:38–09:12 – Panthers’ new season, betting respect, Barkov’s comeback
• 09:12–18:02 – Yankees postseason heartbreak, Aaron Judge’s impossible standards
• 21:50–33:13 – Deep dive: Analytics, Judge's home run, MLB changing standards, and comic bar-raising for Judge
• 33:13–37:43 – Phillies base running error, wheel play analysis, Dodgers’ defensive brilliance
• 38:17–44:08 – Panthers fandom, fan rituals, 'Knight' chants, championship coins
• 44:08–47:04 – Locker room hygiene debate, journalistic ethics
• 47:48+ – End with more laughter, jokes, and a sense that the sports insanity will continue as the playoffs evolve

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Tone and Style

True to The Dan Le Batard Show spirit, the episode mixes earnest sports argument with absurd comedy, irreverent nostalgia, and clever self-mockery. Statistical rigor is constantly undercut by playful skepticism, and the bar for legacy is raised far beyond what any mere mortal could clear—especially if that mortal wears Yankees pinstripes.

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For First-Time Listeners...

This episode showcases the show’s penchant for mixing serious sports analysis with running jokes, sincere nostalgia, and farcical standards. Whether it’s defending Panther pride, clowning on Greg’s hygiene, or joyously dunking on Aaron Judge’s inability to be “Mr. October,” the crew delivers both insight and a wink, always mindful that sports fandom itself is a kind of eternal inside joke.

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[Dan Le Batard]

Chris, I can't believe the conversation I just walked in on with Greg Cody. He's here on time today and I just heard him complaining. No lie. Your father, who I'm pretty sure from the look of him, hasn't showered this morning. It's rare to see someone in here who looks like they may not have showered this morning.

[Greg]

Wow. Why do you say that? I'm just curious.

[Dan Le Batard]

Well, did you? Because there's something. Do I have this wrong? I don't often feel that I ever come in here, even though people come in with sweats and whatnot. Felt like a disheveled old man this morning. And when I walked in here, an unbathed, disheveled old man.

[Greg]

Unbathed.

[Dan Le Batard]

Your. Your father was legitimately complaining about your mother once gifting him a Corvette.

[Billy]

Now your 40th.

[Dan Le Batard]

I'm not sure you were complaining about it. You were complaining about getting the gift of a Corvette for your birthday from your wife. A man who has not showered.

[Greg]

Okay, let me take these in order. Okay, I'm going to admit. See, I'm. I'm an honest man to a fault. Others don't admit this, but I do. I don't shower every day. Okay, sometimes. Occasionally I skip a day. I took a shower last night. Before going to the Panthers game. So. It has been less than 20 hours since I showered.

[Dan Le Batard]

I decided Panthers battered you.

[Greg]

I decided to sleep in an extra half hour today.

[Dan Le Batard]

I'm sorry you've been late lately.

[Greg]

Late lately?

[Dan Le Batard]

The Panthers ransacked you last night and you came in smelling like hungover from two defending titles. You're a journalist, but you're on the fringes of something south Florida has never seen. And you don't have time to shower.

[Greg]

Yeah.

[Dan Le Batard]

And you were complaining about your wife getting you a Corvette.

[Greg]

Well, the thing. This needs explanation because I'm going to hear about this from her later. Okay. The conversation was about colors of cars that we like and don't like. And I was like, if you're driving a bright yellow car, you're like, wow, you're. You're trying to make a statement that nobody wants to hear and nobody likes. I don't particularly like a white car. It shows dirt. I. I just don't like a white car. As a surprise for a birthday of mine years ago, my wife gifts me with a brand new Corvette in the driveway and.

[Dan Le Batard]

An amazing gift.

[Greg]

It's an amazing gift. And I was thrilled. I was thrilled. I kept it a few years until I traded it in because it was a lease, I believe. But I don't like a white car. So what do you do in that case? You act thrilled at first, but eventually.

[Dan Le Batard]

You gotta say you complain about it 30 years later.

[Greg]

I mean, eventually you gotta say, so, honey, not that I ever call her honey, Was white like the only color they had?

[Dan Le Batard]

Or should we ask her? I think this should be legislated on air. I do. Because I can't believe you're complaining about this. She would find it offensive.

[Greg]

Right?

[Dan Le Batard]

It's a great gift.

[Greg]

I'm only complaining about it because the color of cars came up in a conversation. And that's what made me think of it. That kind of thing. I mean, you know, like I say, I'm honest to a fault.

[Billy]

What year was this?

[Greg]

This would have been probably 30 years ago.

[Billy]

Did she like the white car?

[Greg]

You know, I don't know the origin. A friend of hers, a friend of ours helped her pick it up and actually drove it into the driveway. And I don't know how it went or whether they had a. A choice of other colors and settled on a white car, but never would I pick a white car of my own volition.

[Billy]

It's a perfect crime for her. You know, I'll admit I've done this sometimes you get for like a spouse or you know, whoever, a friend, family, a gift that maybe you like. And then if they don't necessarily like it, well, it's kind of the one that I like. So this, this works, right? You know, I'm sure maybe she was thinking, you know what? Greg's going to hate this white car. The result of this will be I will now have a white Corvette.

[Greg]

Oh, my wife has not been in any of my Corvettes. She hates the car. She thinks it's too low to the ground. She says, like getting in a. In a. In an adult go kart. I can't. I literally can't get her to drive in my car. Never have. But the white car. Am I alone in this? I just don't like a white car. You know, it's better than the brown car.

[Dan Le Batard]

You didn't like the gift from your wife? I want to get her lean on. Maybe we'll have some other things to talk about, too.

[Greg]

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[Billy]

Lamp so nice.

[Mike]

Let'S go for a.

[Greg]

Break the way on the chains to.

[Billy]

Raise the cup we'll be standing on.

[Greg]

Our heads till we meet him at.

[Billy]

Center ice.

[Greg]

Hockey is back, Jack. Hockey is back, Jack.

[Dan Le Batard]

Hockey is back, Jack.

[Billy]

KBM will be us Enter ice.

[Dan Le Batard]

Because hockey winning is such a common thing down here that yesterday I'm looking up at the television and they're asking Mike Greenberg is asking Gary Bettman, hey, is the Panthers dynasty good for hockey? And I feel like I'm. It's a fever dream to have them get their rings. Celebrate another emotional night at 5 o' clock with an early game beating Chicago as everyone gets to be drunk all over again. To have that be the way the season starts. And also this part is the biggest part. That's my favorite part of it. Have. The Panthers still is the betting favorite in that league because the respect is so great that they could lose their two best players for the whole season. And the money still rides on now those guys are better and deeper than everyone else and McDavid's not good enough to topple them. And I know it's one game and I know it's Chicago, but the fact that the money's coming in on the Panthers still is the favorite with Toronto, that the money would go around there.

[Mike]

Carolina's a favorite But Carolina's been the betting favorite in the Eastern Conference a handful of times over this.

[Dan Le Batard]

Okay, good luck, Carolina. With your history with this franchise being the team that has the tough metal to be more hockey than that team.

[Greg]

I do think it's a little bit of an exaggeration to say there's still the favorite in general.

[Dan Le Batard]

I'm just saying betting in terms of betting money, depending on the sportsbook you check with. And the only one you should be checking with is DraftKings. The Panthers are still being bet upon as if their top two players aren't hurt. The way the money is respecting the championship is at the highest end of. No, we understand hockey and we still think this thing might be deep enough because all those guys took discounts.

[Mike]

They're one of the favorites. You can obviously get them at a value right now. I don't think in recorded hockey history a team could lose its two best players and be positioned where they are right now. But still, if you look at the title odds, it is pretty nuts that a three time finalist back to back reigning champion is kind of considered a dark horse to win its third cup right now. There's a lot of value there and smart bettors are seeing that. It's crazy. Barkov got his ring and he put his crutches aside. Guy had surgery two weeks ago. He was on the bench yesterday and next to Matthew Tkachuk as a banner was going up, no crutches in sight. He's going to do this thing that he told Eric Spoelstra he's going to do.

[Dan Le Batard]

He's going to try and come back in five months or six months.

[Mike]

European doctors, man.

[Dan Le Batard]

All right, so I want to talk about that, but I was genuinely and legitimately excited by the baseball last night because this is such the rarest of swings. Okay. The New York Yankees had allowed more runs in two games than any team in baseball history. They got this weird dynamic where Boone is in trouble every inning, but the GM of the team is golden for 25 years and doesn't matter if he ever wins again. He's a cash man and it doesn't matter. They're all middle management on the field. They get all the contracts. Stanton's in the middle of their lineup and they don't hit home runs in the postseason. And it goes flat in the postseason. Same way it does for Philadelphia with Harper and, and Schwarbs because you need your biggest bats to do the biggest things. And Judge was hitting.500 in the series, like, oh, not enough. Not enough. Not Enough. Not. It can't be singles and doubles, Judge. You got to hit a big one. So they go down six, two. They go down six. They go down six, one. No, no, six two. And then all of a sudden they feel like their season's over. Jazz Chisholm is yawning. Giant yawns on the field. That was going to be the tabloid photo. Was going to be Jazz Chisholm. Giant yawn. Yankees don't care. The Blue Jays club, their heads in. Never in the history of the sport have the first two games like that. The blue jays scored 20 unanswered.

[Billy]

He's bored. He looks.

[Dan Le Batard]

The blue jays scored twenty unanswered. You got Aaron judgies hitting.500 again. Managers always in trouble. GM's never trouble. They didn't have an arm at the start of that game. Vladimir Guerrero hates the Yankees like, like his daddy did. Because it's on principle.

[Jeremy]

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Now is the second player in MLB history with a homer and multiple RBIs in each of his first three games of a postseason. The other was Hank Aaron in 1969.

[Dan Le Batard]

He's been ridiculous, but so Aaron Judge, though, it is so funny and great the position that Aaron Judge is in because he's hitting.500 in the series. He's 2 for 2 in the game. And they're like, oh, where are the homers, Judge? It doesn't work unless you hit the three run homers.

[Billy]

Yeah, I didn't. I don't like that. I like, I saw people saying that was his moment. He finally had his moment. I don't know about that.

[Dan Le Batard]

You gotta win the series.

[Billy]

Well, I mean, first of all, it was to tie the game. First of all, I mean, it was a foot away from being foul. Almost, you know, hooked that one. Which we're not gonna hold that against him. Obviously. It was still a three run homer to get them back in a game where they were trailing a lot. But again, he's just tight. And then Jazz gave them the lead. That picture that we're showing right now on video is cool. All I can do is look at Marlin's man.

[Greg]

Yes.

[Billy]

And the fact that he has that giant orange jersey on and he has his visor on sideways so bad, which is just like. Is that a rally cap?

[Mike]

Maybe.

[Billy]

I mean, I can't believe that we're honestly still here. When this started, what, in like 2000? What year was it even? Like 2000.

[Dan Le Batard]

He's let himself go. The last embers of fame that he has as the most famous fan South Florida has ever had.

[Billy]

So at one point, he was together.

[Dan Le Batard]

For you when he was grabbing at fame and getting these tickets, using his riches the way every sports playboy would to get himself mascot fame. Just be famous on television. The fact that. Pan back on that photo for a second, it makes me mad and delighted that that's what Billy noticed. Look at the picture. No, no, you guys, look at the picture. He knows what he's done now, but.

[Billy]

It'S a sideways hat for me, because you can even see, like, if you zoom in, he has, like, the Entradas because it's a visor that he's wearing, so you can see his hairline on the thing. It's, like, weird. And I honestly can't believe that we're still here when this started with The Giants, like, first World Series or second World Series, like, almost 20 years ago, at this point or 15 years ago, whatever it was. But, I mean, your defining moment in your career cannot be in the ALDS to tie a game that merely keeps you.

[Greg]

Not if.

[Dan Le Batard]

Not if you're going to be Jeter.

[Billy]

It's. That's what I'm saying. Like, there's already a Mr. October. Like, what is. We're not vying for Mr. First Week of October here. You know, like, we need to have larger moments, a cool moment nonetheless, but we need larger moments in Yankee lore, if that's what we're looking for. You're crushing him if he strikes out last night in that at bat. Oh, dude. If he pulls that. I'm telling you, if he pulls that, like, one foot over and it's a foul ball and the next one is simply like a line drive up the middle, like, no one's going to go, aaron Judge did it again.

[Greg]

You realize we're. We're criticizing the AL Most Valuable Player who's batting.500 in the postseason. Yes, that's what we're doing right now.

[Billy]

Yes. Because he did it in the wrong. The wrong series.

[Greg]

Okay. ALD's just getting.

[Billy]

And he just. He merely tied the game. Where's the praise for Jazz?

[Dan Le Batard]

Put it on the poll. Does Aaron Judge need to hit home runs in the next series during this series?

[Billy]

But if he gets to that series.

[Dan Le Batard]

No, no, I say right now, the pressure on Judge needs to be this. Does Aaron Judge need to hit home runs in the next series during this series?

[Billy]

You know, you know what, Reggie, and you know what the captain would have been doing, and that's a whole nother thing. Calling Aaron Judge the captain is such disrespect to Mr. Jeter, who, you know, I've had my disagreements with over the years, and we're not necessarily aligned in thought on certain things. But Derek Jeter's the captain, okay? I can see past my hatred towards him and what he did to my franchise. Derek Jeter is the captain. So we're not going to refer to Aaron Judge as the captain. That's absurd. But you know what, Mr. October, you know what the captain, Mr. November, would have done yesterday? You know what they would have done yesterday? You know what they would have done yesterday? They would have ended the series because they wouldn't have gone down two games to the Blue Jays. Yesterday would have been a serious clinching game for them. That's what would have happened. So the Blue Jays are running amok on the Yankees because Aaron Judge hasn't done enough.

[Greg]

Okay, Billy, I want to get this straight. So nobody but Jeter can be the captain. So is Aaron Judge an Adnan? Is Aaron Judge's title the lieutenant? Like, what are we calling all future Yankee captains?

[Billy]

It's a great question. I mean, I've been doing some thinking on this front because I noticed also, and I've done a little bit of research on the University of Colorado's football program, because I remember last year, there are some guys running around with some D's on their uniforms because they were dogs. And I don't think that. I don't know that leaders and dogs have carried over to this present Colorado team. I was looking it up. I was saying, who's the D on this Colorado team now? Who's the L on this Colorado team now? And I was struggling to find it. I'm not saying that they're not there, but when I looked, I couldn't find the L's and the D's on this year's Colorado football team. So I think what you're gonna have to do, kind of like Colorado did, is maybe you retire the C. I think what you do next to Jeter in Monument park out there where they retired all the numbers, you retired the letter C also for captain, and then maybe you name someone else. Can't be commander because that's also a C. And we retired the C. We're going to have to find some other words. Admirable. Admiral isn't. Isn't bad, Greg.

[Jeremy]

Aaron Judge now has six home runs when facing elimination, tying David Ortiz for the most in postseason history.

[Billy]

Yeah, correct. But again, Mr. October, Mr. November never faced elimination. So I would say the fact that. That he's even in that position is Really a sign of his lack of leadership ability.

[Jeremy]

So David allowing you feel the same way about David Ortiz, who is the guy he tied David Ortiz, famously. He was down three nothing to those Yankees in the ALCS and then came back for one of the most iconic moments ever.

[Billy]

He didn't come back. Dave Roberts, who again, I also don't like, is the reason that they came back in that series with that stolen base. Dave Roberts. Me and him also have issues, but that's fine. We're looking past that.

[Jeremy]

Do you care that The Blue Jays were 39. 0 this year when they led by five or more runs until last night? Do you care at all?

[Billy]

I don't.

[Dan Le Batard]

In baseball history, that game never happens. The Yankees were finished and Aaron Judge tied the game with a three run.

[Jeremy]

They're the first team ever, literally, per Optic Hats, first team in MLB postseason history to be down by five plus runs, in danger of being swept and come back to win the game.

[Billy]

Jeter's never been down by five runs.

[Dan Le Batard]

See, this is. He's so right.

[Billy]

Thank you.

[Dan Le Batard]

This is the evolution of the Jeter argument, Billy. This. You are. You are doing this magically right now. Because it is correct. Unless Aaron Judge hits three home runs in a World Series game in Game 4 against the Blue Jays in the elimination game against the Blue Jays today, he's got to hit three home runs in the World Series to be Mr. October. Reggie Jackson, who's not the captain, the captain forevermore is Derek Jeter. Aaron Judge can hit.900 in this series with all triples. And if he does not hit three home runs in the World Series during this series to make them advance, Aaron Judge will have failed. And the MVP will go to Seattle, which advances past the Yankees chokers in October.

[Greg]

That's correct. And two of those three home runs have to be grand slams. And if he should invent the five run homer, Aaron Judge. Because if he doesn't do something like that to really stand out, you know, really, what's his legacy?

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[Mike]

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[Jeremy]

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[Mike]

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[Jeremy]

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

[Mike]

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[Greg]

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[Mike]

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[Jeremy]

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[Mike]

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[Billy]

Don LeBatard.

[Greg]

He has been great. He's made great hires.

[Mike]

I said all we've said.

[Billy]

He said all that. Everyone has heard this, Greg.

[Dan Le Batard]

Everything you're saying, it's all been said, okay?

[Greg]

You got to understand one thing. Sts Me maximum.

[Billy]

That's right.

[Greg]

I say it. It hasn't been said, okay? Understand that. Until I say it, it hasn't been said. Me maximum. Me maximal. Me maximal.

[Billy]

This is the Dan Ler show with the St. Gods.

[Jeremy]

There is a legitimate and pretty easy argument to be made that that was the most impressive piece of hitting.

[Greg]

Oh, come on.

[Billy]

Oh, shit. Oh, that pitch.

[Dan Le Batard]

Guys, guys, that's. That pitch was so inside. Nobody hits that pitch that way.

[Jeremy]

Can I give you the statistics here?

[Billy]

Yeah, but you're wasting breath.

[Jeremy]

There have been 528 pitches on 0 two counts out of the zone at 99 miles an hour above. That's the first home run. And not only that, this pitch was 99.7 miles an hour. It was 1.2ft inside. It's the first time in pitch tracking history since 2008. Regular season, postseason, that a hitter is homered off a pitch that fast that inside ever.

[Billy]

I mean, in the history of baseball.

[Jeremy]

In that spot to tie the game.

[Billy]

Not ever. Ever since 2008. We're missing about 108 years plus of history before that that you weren't just tracking. That's not because a ton of guys.

[Jeremy]

Were throwing 99 miles an hour.

[Billy]

Listen to me, Jeremy. I'm going to give you a quick quiz here. Remember last year when you said Pete Alonso hit the biggest home run in the history of baseball, in the history of the Mets, and it was a week after you said someone else hit the biggest home run in the history of the Mets? Who is that someone else? And what was that? Scenario.

[Jeremy]

It's a really great question. All I know is that this, in terms of being a piece of hitting, a piece of hitting that pitch in that spot to hit that home run. The call from Joe Davis, if it's fair, it's his moment.

[Billy]

That was cool.

[Jeremy]

It was un believable cinema.

[Mike]

He didn't answer.

[Jeremy]

I had no idea who hit the homer you're talking about. And I don't even know.

[Mike]

There's Mike Piazza.

[Billy]

Evasive, by the way. Evasive. No, it was the week. Last week we went on a run where within a span of like 5 days are like, this was the biggest home run in the history of the metal.

[Jeremy]

Francisco.

[Billy]

Are we talking about ytza? And we don't even remember what dny. And I will also say this about his moment. If they lose this series, the next game, this moment will be irrelevant. I'll be like, wow, remember that big moment? Oh, yeah. Oh, that was the year that they went on to win the World Series. Like, no, not they. They actually lost the series in four games, a best of five.

[Jeremy]

But now they. They're getting to a bullpen game against Toronto today. They've got Schlitler on the mound.

[Billy]

I mean, never allowed bullpen games. And if there was bullpen games, was Mariano coming in pitching nine.

[Dan Le Batard]

That's the thing. And to enter Sandman and no one will ever do it like that, Judge needs to be the closer in all of these games as well.

[Billy]

In the World Series, don't look into Mariano post Yankees, but in Yankee time.

[Dan Le Batard]

When he came out, oh, look, this is the best. The Yankees mattering, looking like they're getting slaughtered. Unreasonable standards. And Aaron Judge, you play in a bandbox. You're a superhero. You're an action hero. You're hitting.500 in the series. Yes, but you have to hit them out of the stadium, fool.

[Billy]

What is his body built like that for? It's not singles. Like, if he's that size, you got to be hitting home runs and you got to be keeping it in between the fair and foul balls. Cool moment.

[Jeremy]

But like, he has a 1300 come on this postseason.

[Billy]

Okay, how many. How many games has he started? How many innings has he pitched? Because there's another baseball player who's been a lot more impressive than he's been so far.

[Dan Le Batard]

Okay, so there are two of them, right? One of them is. One of them plays for Seattle, right? It's going to win the mvp.

[Billy]

The other is a former fat guy that now seems a little bit more svelte. That's in Philadelphia, who's also having an incredible season. I mean, Aaron Judge, honestly, at this point is kind of like a footnote in the history books. If anything, I would say.

[Greg]

Overrated.

[Billy]

Yeah, somewhat. Yeah. Like, I don't want to say flat out disappointment, but, like, when he came on the scene in that Home Run Derby and what year was it? 2017. We were like, wow, this man is about to take over baseball. He's going to change the way that this game is played. Look at him. He's hitting this. The roof, the inside of the roof of Marlins park, these mammoth home runs. And, like, what have we done since then?

[Jeremy]

Hit six runs in elimination games. David Ortiz, for the most ever.

[Greg]

Aaron Judge and Connor McDavid should do a duet.

[Billy]

I honestly, they really should. I mean, if anything, I reach out to Conor and be like, what do we do in this situation? Which would be bad advice because Connor's never overcome this situation. But I'd be reached out to him and be like, what do we do, guys that are out here? Somewhat overrated. Somewhat. You know, disappointments, you know, gods in the regular season. But come, you know, playoff time, what. What can we do? We'll have a moment per series, but then after that, largely forgotten. Largely. What are we. We're bending over backwards, forcing ourselves into pretzels to celebrate this man saying, look at him. He set the American League record for intentional walks in a season with 36, 90 behind Barry Bonds. Major league record. Look at him. He set the AL record for home runs, a feat that seven National League players or so have already done. Like, get out of here with Aaron.

[Dan Le Batard]

So Billy. So Billy's not wrong in that this is the team of Garrig and DiMaggio and champions and captains before him. And the expectations on Aaron Judge is he's got a leap over skyscrapers. However, I just want to stop everyone.

[Billy]

In a game, he wins.

[Dan Le Batard]

That's correct.

[Billy]

Do it in a game you lose. I don't care how high you jump.

[Dan Le Batard]

Well, that's the thing, though. It's not even that. Not even do it in a game that you lose because they won the game. Do it in a series you win because if they lose and not the alds, if they lose one. No, it's the great standards of the cheater. That's what it was. Either get. Either win the championship or fall on your face, and we won't say you're Mr. October. He will never. What a curse for Aaron Judge that it doesn't matter what he does. He'll never be Jeter. He'll never be Mariano because your grandparents don't care that the pitch was a foot and a half inside by metrics, and they don't care that it's 99 miles an hour. And they don't care that he just hit a pitch that no baseball player ever, not even your beloved Ruth of the Yankees, would have hit for a home run. You don't care about enter velocity. You don't care about exit velocity. There is literally nothing Aaron Judge can do short of winning all the next two games today. Yeah, he's got to win both of them today to shut this up.

[Greg]

Right? TMI has only been around for however many years.

[Billy]

Exactly.

[Greg]

Very dangerous to say greatest play ever when it happened last night, because baseball, keep in mind, goes back to the. The late 19. Too much information.

[Billy]

That's right.

[Greg]

In the late 1800s, baseball umpires, home plate umpires, sat in rocking chairs 20ft behind home plate. So the game has changed. But who's to say Babe Ruth wasn't pitching and hitting 100 miles an hour back?

[Jeremy]

Everyone.

[Billy]

Who's to say we don't know that? I would also say. I would also say this. Who's to say we don't know we don't have the same modern technology? Greg's absolutely right. And in terms of distances, the umpire in the rocking chair used to say, ah, that felt like 502. Like, that's how we used to measure and.

[Greg]

Exactly.

[Billy]

We keep saying 99 as though 99 is this impressive thing. It was 199. Okay. 100. 100 is the new 92. If we're going to be honest. 99 is the new 92. It's not that 99 is the new 92. Back in the day when you dialed it up and you used to hit 97 on that radar gun, you're like, holy crap. How is this a human being? Now we have guys throwing 105. So, like, miss me with 99 miles per hour, like, if I give a crap about that.

[Greg]

Right.

[Billy]

99 is 91. 92. It's basically, basically Maddox out there. 99. Get out of here.

[Greg]

100. 100 miles an hour now is like running a. A 10.0.

[Billy]

Exactly.

[Greg]

100 meter dash. If you're not throwing, the first guy to throw 110 will earn my attention.

[Billy]

Thank you.

[Dan Le Batard]

So you're saying. I just want to be clear on what you're saying. Is today's 99. 91 in 91. In 1991, what was someone throwing? 91. That. That's today's 99.

[Billy]

No, today's 99 is 92 and 97. 91 and 91 is probably closer to 94 today, I would say. Yeah, it's like Jamie Moyer 99 today. Yeah, basically.

[Greg]

Right.

[Dan Le Batard]

Oh, it must be so frustrating.

[Greg]

Phil. Negro would be throwing 100 today to pitch clock again.

[Dan Le Batard]

We're going to talk about the Negroes.

[Greg]

Yes.

[Jeremy]

I'm going to have an aneurysm, so.

[Greg]

A planned aneurysm.

[Dan Le Batard]

Can I just stop?

[Mike]

Yeah.

[Billy]

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[Dan Le Batard]

You don't remember the idea.

[Billy]

I was probably like, that kind of thing.

[Dan Le Batard]

Something.

[Greg]

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

[Billy]

Oh, it's a good call.

[Greg]

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.

[Billy]

This is the Dan Levatar show with the Stugats.

[Dan Le Batard]

I. I do. I don't want to get too in the weeds on baseball because there are other things to talk about. But I am going to go in the weeds on just one thing because I want to talk about what's happening in Philadelphia right now because they're playing the Dodgers. Dodgers are kind of great. It's crazy glass now coming out of the bullpen. You know, Blake Snell is a totally unhittable person. Like, that's not. The Dodgers are unbelievably stacked. And the Phillies had them on the ropes in the bottom of the ninth in Philadelphia. And we had some of the sweetest sounds in that sport a few years ago when Philadelphia thought its baseball team was better than the Dodgers. A baseball town thought that they and they fell in love with Harper and Schwarz is the best. And Trey Turner's an unbelievable player and the Dodgers are really good and they had him on the ropes. And if not for Freddie Freeman scooping out a ball, that's a one one series. And the conversation is totally different in Philadelphia. But I wanted to talk about one play in that game that we skipped over yesterday because we don't talk about baseball this way. And I just love this about baseball because Philadelphia season went to die. Castellanos is on second base. The slide is amazing. You have to be safe by this much. And his base running error and how he treated the bunt on a wheel play when no one's bunting anymore because no, everyone's striking out. They can't even trust anyone to get a fly ball. It's all home runs. And their lineup has Schwarber and Harper and they cannot hit as Luzardo and Snell are going back and forth. They can't do what Judge is doing. Nope. Multiple postseasons now. Great players, great core. But Trey Turner giving you a single, there's not enough. So in that inning, Castellanos gets to second base by his teeth. And they do a wheel play. The Dodgers, they show it on the first pitch. So now you know Philadelphia, it's wheel play. It's going to be. Mookie Betts is going to try to beat Castellanos to third and second baseman's going to go cover first. There's going to be no one near Castellanos in second base. He's got to get a big jump because there's no one near him. The second baseman's running to first base. Both guys are coming in for the bunt. They're showing bunt. The whole infield's open to you. You need a run. These margins are this big. Everyone's fighting with 200 million dollar contracts. They do wheel play. Castellanos isn't fast enough. He gets a bad jump, he gets thrown out at third base. That's the difference between Ohtani's the greatest and the Dodgers are the best and they have all the money and it's one one. And Philadelphia is not in an elimination game. But now it all falls on Philadelphia and for seasons because Harper, Schwarbs, great seasons guys, but you can't get past the Dodgers and it's because of a base running play. And it's because the Dodgers executed expertly. Mookie Betts, who's like their third best player, ridiculously, he's beating Castellano's as the second baseman to third base for the tag by many feet. And they execute with discipline. The ending of Philadelphia season because now you gotta beat the Dodgers too many times and they're too good. They're not gonna lose three games in a row because Freddie Freeman's their third best player. If it's not Mookie Bell.

[Jeremy]

There was such a brilliance behind that play defensively as Mookie, by the way, is now playing shortstop like he's played so many different positions over the course of his career. Playing shortstop because it helps their team cheaters position and the, the, the, the brilliance of that play on defense for everyone to execute, for Freeman to know, as the bunt is laid down, I've got a sprint to second base now that it's laid down, the third baseline to make sure that the runner from first doesn't get over. For Muncie to take a peek as the pitch is going in and realize, okay, Mookie's got the jump on Castellano, so if I pick up this ball, I can throw to third and know that he's out.

[Dan Le Batard]

It was like watching a military. A military drill from the future is baseball with these just unbelievable professionals. You got to pay $300 million a year. And Mookie Betts knows how to beat Castellanos by a foot to third the way that Miguel Rojas knew how to beat Trey Turner, one of the fastest players in the league, on a tag at third where the runs are that hard to come by. I love this time of year. It frustrates me that I can only talk to Jeremy about it because.

[Billy]

What are you talking about? Greg was engaged. I was engaged. Mike was engaged. I love a.

[Greg]

Love a wheel play really good. You gotta. It's Castellano. So he pronounces it with the hard Ls. Come on, get in the game. Talk about knowing baseball.

[Dan Le Batard]

Mike corrected me on this yesterday. It's not Nick Castellanos. The L always has to be rolled. We get that. We get that. Come on, give us to give that to Hispanics.

[Jeremy]

He wants Castellanos. Does Yanos, doesn't he?

[Mike]

Yeah. Nick wants to be called Castellano. Tommy, though, wants to be called Tommy Castellanos. And you have to respect people's wishes.

[Dan Le Batard]

I don't have to respect it? No. I would say that that's where you meet my boundaries. You have to allow Latin people. You got everything else. You call it Los Angeles. Let us roll the L's. They're ours.

[Greg]

What if the guy who owns the L's isn't rolling them?

[Dan Le Batard]

That's what you keep saying to me. You keep telling me that Nick gets to decide. You keep telling me that. That anyone other than you just always rolls your L's gets to decide.

[Greg]

What if I started calling you Dan Le Battered or Danielle Le Battered?

[Mike]

I mean, you call it Los Angeles, Dan, I don't hear you going.

[Dan Le Batard]

I was really. I really condescended from up there on that.

[Greg]

He really did.

[Dan Le Batard]

I did. I felt bad about that.

[Greg]

Yeah. No, you didn't.

[Dan Le Batard]

I love baseball this time of year, but it really is hockey time.

[Greg]

Right?

[Dan Le Batard]

Like I've. I've aired.

[Mike]

Is it.

[Dan Le Batard]

Is it not.

[Billy]

Yes, it is.

[Jeremy]

Absolutely not.

[Mike]

Did you see what happened last night? A team surprised us with uniforms. The LA Kings came out in warmups in their traditional home uniforms. Then, when it's time to drop the puck, unveiled secret third uniforms with chrome helmets. It was crazy. 4 1. The final there. How about the Pittsburgh Penguins blanking. The New York Rangers, it's their hundredth season. Beautiful sweaters blanked at home. And the defending champs, Mackey, two assists. Jesper, these are the wingers you need to step up, man. Florida looks to be in that playoff conversation.

[Greg]

And AJ Greer with the first goal. I mean, the Panthers got exactly the kind of win that is the recipe for this season. They just need guys on the second and third lines to step up, as they did last year. And that's the reason why they can abide the terrible loss of Barkov and the loss for at least two months of Kachak.

[Mike]

Spencer Knight was exceptional for Chicago last night. That was the one time we're allowing the night thing to happen.

[Jeremy]

You get one night.

[Dan Le Batard]

No more.

[Billy]

Literally and figuratively.

[Mike]

No more nights.

[Billy]

You can hear the murmuring in the crowd. It is such an annoying thing every night. And then you hear people being like.

[Dan Le Batard]

What are we doing?

[Mike]

Murmuring sound good during an anthem?

[Greg]

No.

[Billy]

Why does that still happen? Because, like, you'd have to be like a big Panthers fan to do that. But, you know, if you were a big Panthers fan to not do that.

[Jeremy]

Thank you.

[Greg]

That's.

[Billy]

I'm. I was literally last night.

[Greg]

Night.

[Billy]

Who are these people?

[Mike]

Crisis actors.

[Billy]

Who's the person that's like, you know what? I'm still going to yell Knight even when he's gone.

[Greg]

And it's almost worse that they're still. They're yelling night louder than ever when that's the opposing goal last night, I'll.

[Jeremy]

Give it to you.

[Billy]

Last night.

[Jeremy]

I'll give it to you.

[Billy]

Because he was in net. It was his first game back. He tried to, by the way, in the first period. The Panthers do their video anytime a player comes back. First time, Spencer Knight was doing the thing where I'm focused on this game.

[Greg]

I'm.

[Billy]

I'm. He. He gave like. He barely gave a wave. He was trying to do the thing of. I will not be distracted during this first period.

[Greg]

This is nothing against Spencer Knight personally. And I know he's gone through off field or off ice stuff personally that, you know, good for him.

[Billy]

Yeah.

[Greg]

But.

[Billy]

Oh, no, get him.

[Greg]

He doesn't deserve a tribute.

[Billy]

Thank you.

[Greg]

He was the backup goalie for a season And a half.

[Billy]

I was wondering about that. What were we doing airing highlights from four years ago when he was the answer? They were trying to kick Bob out of town, like, get out of here.

[Mike]

It's a hockey thing. If someone's last name was Glare, they'd scream it.

[Billy]

Yeah, but they also did that at the Stanley Cup Final, like, three years ago when they were playing the Knights, which was like, what are we doing here?

[Mike]

And that's their thing.

[Greg]

It's bad.

[Billy]

Bad.

[Greg]

Lose it.

[Billy]

Lose it.

[Dan Le Batard]

You guys have ruled on this, and I have to side with you guys. If you are a real fan and you're not Juan come lately to hockey down here, you should respect that people have come and gone, and you are an educated fan and you should respect your champion team by chanting the correct things at the correct players as you get a rat stenciled on your. On your ring, and the ring reminds everyone, we apologize for nothing. You guys were swaggering last night. You guys felt last night emotionally, did you not?

[Mike]

Yeah, I mean, it's. I mean, it's shocking. Another banner going up there. I will say for them maybe missing the mark. And again, we've allowed them to do the night thing one last time. And night was good. Last night between the pipes, that was all good. But the fans did get something right. They had a moment of woohoo. The moment of woo for the fake Ric Flair.

[Greg]

Yeah.

[Billy]

Passed away.

[Mike]

And in that section that he used to sit in, there were. There were signs.

[Greg]

That was nice pictures.

[Mike]

That was a real class act. The franchise put out a tribute video upon learning about his passing. Class act, this franchise.

[Billy]

He got a bigger pop than Knight. I was just gonna ask who deserved a better tribute, him or Knight. According to you, Greg?

[Greg]

The Woo Woo man.

[Billy]

Yeah. Woo man.

[Greg]

The Woo man man.

[Billy]

Yeah.

[Greg]

How did he pass away? Do we know? I'm just curious.

[Dan Le Batard]

I don't.

[Billy]

Tragically. Sadly.

[Greg]

Yeah.

[Billy]

Yeah.

[Mike]

Pablo's on it.

[Greg]

Yep.

[Billy]

What'd you guys do with your championship coins that they handed out?

[Greg]

Oh, I got mine.

[Billy]

Yeah.

[Greg]

My bag. Why do you.

[Billy]

Well, why? You're a journalist. How'd you get one?

[Greg]

They hand them out. I take them. You know, they hit me. I'll show it.

[Billy]

You're literally taking coins from the Panthers now. Hold on a sec. Yeah. You brought it in to show us.

[Mike]

That's a. Like a currency bribe. That's. That's right up there with banging the drum.

[Greg]

He.

[Dan Le Batard]

He is not allowed to accept anything worth more than $25.

[Billy]

That's not a pog. You didn't go. You didn't get one, Grammer. You didn't get a championship. Yeah, I got one. It's at my house. Nice.

[Dan Le Batard]

I have to say that, honestly, I want to ask you guys the question as a matter of hygiene, before we get into the journalism of Greg literally taking coins and proudly showing them while dismissing. Zaslow is not a journalist.

[Greg]

You banged a drum.

[Billy]

That's true.

[Dan Le Batard]

Okay.

[Billy]

And wore a jersey with your name on. I mean, that's more than $25 battered, Scott.

[Dan Le Batard]

Fair enough. Yes. I am also compromised on this front, clearly.

[Billy]

Why would you sell yourself out for the Panthers?

[Dan Le Batard]

Because. Because it's the joyous bandwagon. And we'll never have anything like this again in Miami. Unless it's the football team in college, which it might be.

[Billy]

I don't know. Bendix has got his finger on the pole, maybe.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yes, the Marlins also have gotten smarter. But, yes, this is me selling my soul to get aboard the bandwagon in a very easy time to get on the bandwagon. Yeah, journalism totally died. Yes. But Greg, taking a literal coin, bringing it in proudly, and also being a human being, that I want to check America's temperature on the hygiene of this. I would say that if you go to a hockey game, you have to shower before coming in to work the next day. As a matter of principle, just because of the. The things that happen at a hockey game. You cannot go to bed that unclean and then come into work the next morning.

[Greg]

I wasn't playing.

[Dan Le Batard]

Not having showered after going to the arena. An arena filled with all sorts of bile coming off of a game in the preseason where they fought the lightning at the top of the sport with 7,000 minutes in penalties because the Panthers want the championship again and they need their dirty journalists.

[Greg]

I saw no bile, by the way. I was in the arena. Yeah.

[Jeremy]

Did you go in the dressing room, Greg?

[Greg]

I did.

[Jeremy]

You did? Oh, that's where. That was my concern.

[Dan Le Batard]

Because that's where you gotta.

[Jeremy]

If you're just in the arena and there's all the air conditioning. In fact, it's. It's colder than usual. Maybe you don't break a sweat, but that.

[Greg]

It's very sad.

[Jeremy]

Locker room is one of the grossest smells that exists. How would you describe it?

[Billy]

How would you describe the smell in there?

[Greg]

Locker roomish. So that it smells.

[Dan Le Batard]

Forgive me, because I don't actually know if in the last 20 years they've done much in the way of upgrades here, but that locker room, if it's got 20 years of hockey stink in it, you Must fumigate upon leaving that room. You can't. You must shower after that. That room is disgusting. That room smells like sweat takes form and becomes smoke.

[Greg]

I don't know how to respond to that. I didn't see any smoke.

[Dan Le Batard]

You came home filthy from hockey. I'm not filthy.

[Greg]

I wasn't playing in the.

[Dan Le Batard]

You go into that locker room and it's like you have. There's a mist around these men. That smell is 20 years of hockey funk. It's an awful room. No matter their riches, no matter their royalty, they cannot fumigate it. It's got 20 years of sweat in it.

[Greg]

It's a sports smell.

[Billy]

We got a smell. Yeah, someone smells great.

[Jeremy]

I don't care.

[Billy]

I mean, it smells like two Stanley Cup Final championships to me.

[Greg]

Smell me.

[Billy]

Oh, yeah.

[Dan Le Batard]

No, we don't need to smell him. I'm just saying, as a matter of principle. I'm just asking the audience, don't you have to shower?

[Billy]

There's. I showered. I went to the game last night and I showered.

[Dan Le Batard]

You didn't go to the locker room, did you?

[Greg]

I showered before the game, after that locker room.

[Jeremy]

I wanted to defend you, but. Good Lord, that locker room smells.

[Billy]

What are you thinking?

[Dan Le Batard]

He puts on Old Spice. I'm guessing in the morning, so he might be. He might be hiding it.

[Mike]

There is a masking agent.

[Dan Le Batard]

No, no. For sure, he'll put on deodorant after not taking a shower. Just right.

[Greg]

I'm wearing masking tape on my armpits.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah, him. Him having a deodorant and scent is not him coming in clean.

[Greg]

I'm the cleanest man.

[Billy]

I believe it. No, he looks it.

[Greg]

Thank you, Billy.

[Billy]

You're welcome.

[Greg]

Yeah.

[Dan Le Batard]

I mean, Chris, were you made emotional last night? I do not want to get spoiled by the idea. Okay? There's plenty to talk about today. I really could get into the nuances of baseball in a way that would bore the entirety of the audience for four hours. Your dad has come in with what is obviously hockey funk, and I've identified it. And I asked the rest of you, do you often look at your teammates when they come into work and say, that person has not showered today. Do you ever. Do you ever feel like you. That that's ever happening here?

[Billy]

It's probably happening with people looking at me. If anything, I would say, I just.

[Mike]

Can'T believe we're already here. Maybe the season. This offseason seemed extra short because we played it at 5pm Billy, this is the plight of a champion. Like, imagine the offseason used to feel so long when we were five points out of the final playoffs, but. But now too short.

[Billy]

I kind of get what it was. And Pat Riley said that he believed that, you know, LeBron intentionally threw that last Finals there, that LeBron just kind of wanted some time off. Like, that's what I think it was. Because you get exactly. It's like a week and a half sometimes if it goes seven, you get extra break. Like, I get the accusation now.

[Dan Le Batard]

What do you have Pat riley saying.

[Billy]

That LeBron threw it at the end. He tried to lose that final.

[Dan Le Batard]

I don't think Riley did.

[Billy]

As I remember it, it was something like that.

[Jeremy]

He told you that?

[Mike]

He didn't deny it in one of our three questions.

[Greg]

Surprised that didn't become a news story.

[Billy]

Wasn't that a thing? Wasn't that an accusation that was out there by many people? And then it was like, oh, he was also just playing video games when we met. Like, that was. I think that was a thing.

[Jeremy]

Do you think that's why Aaron Judge lets the Yankees lose?

[Greg]

The media blew.

[Billy]

It's not Aaron Judge's fault that the Yankees are losing.

[Jeremy]

Quote. I don't know how he hit the pitch. There's one person on the planet that can do it, and it's Aaron Judge. That's your boy Derek Jeter. Anything on that?

[Billy]

He's somewhat of a cheerleader. That's exactly right. He needs to kind of go out there. He knows that his role now is captain. Once you're Yankee captain, you're Yankee captain forever.

[Greg]

Yeah.

[Billy]

So he knows his role is to prop up the Yankees in this situation, whether he believes or not.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah. But now him and Ortiz are doing comedy because it's time for Schlitler to save the season. Every single one of you, pronounce his last name. You kept first Schlitler.

[Greg]

Oh, well, he's the master.

[Billy]

Schlitler.

[Greg]

Schlitler, you now. Now your turn.

[Dan Le Batard]

Like Hitler.

[Billy]

Ha.

[Jeremy]

Comedy.

[Dan Le Batard]

Go to a break. That's the funniest thing Fox has ever done. That's the funniest thing Fox has ever done.

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