Local Hour: It's Shirt Tuesday!

Summary

Summary of "Local Hour: It's Shirt Tuesday!" Episode of The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz

Podcast Information:

• Title: The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
• Hosts: Dan Le Batard, Stugotz, Dominique Foxworth, Greg Cody, Mike Ryan
• Episode: Local Hour: It's Shirt Tuesday!
• Release Date: June 9, 2025
• Description: From the Elser Hotel in Downtown Miami, Dan Le Batard, Stugotz, and company share their unique perspectives on all things sports, pop culture, and more. This episode delves into the excitement of Shirt Tuesday, intense playoff hockey moments, and the camaraderie among the hosts.

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1. Shirt Tuesday: A Lighthearted Start

The episode kicks off with playful banter centered around "Shirt Tuesday," a recurring theme that the hosts use to inject humor and camaraderie into the show. Stugotz initiates the conversation by reminiscing about the origins of tequila with a nod to Cuervo, leading to a humorous exchange about their favorite shirts.

• Stugotz: “Monday, Monday. Shirt Monday.” [02:28]
• Dominique Foxworth: “Okay, so it's just to be clear right now, just so that we get off the ground correctly, it's Shirt Tuesday.” [02:53]

2. Intense Playoff Hockey: Panthers vs. Oilers

The core of the episode revolves around a thrilling playoff hockey series between the Florida Panthers and the Edmonton Oilers. The hosts dissect the high-stakes moments, emphasizing the psychological pressure players face during crucial game-deciding plays.

a. High-Pressure Moments and Player Analysis

Dominique Foxworth opens the discussion by reflecting on a recent tennis match that mirrored the intensity of the Panthers' hockey game, highlighting the athletes' focus and determination.

• Dominique Foxworth: “...it will determine how the rest of my life goes. And we just don't have those moments much. And that's why I love sports so much.” [07:10]

Greg Cody echoes this sentiment, drawing parallels between individual sports and team dynamics in hockey. He praises the Panthers' resilience and the mental fortitude required to excel in such competitive environments.

• Greg Cody: “...that's why I love sports so much. And it feels like only time you see that...” [07:10]

b. Fan Reactions and Host Perspectives

The conversation shifts to the reaction of the fan base during a pivotal moment when the Oilers tied the game with just 17 seconds left in regulation time. Dominique underscores the emotional rollercoaster experienced by fans, contrasting it with the composed demeanor of the team's broadcasters.

• Dominique Foxworth: “...17 seconds left. We are no longer friends. This is how friends would come apart in the movies...” [35:00]

Dan Le Batard and Mike Ryan discuss the potential outcomes and historical context of the series, debating the likelihood of the Panthers overcoming a 3-1 deficit against a powerhouse team like Edmonton.

• Mike Ryan: “...historically, in the Stanley cup final, a two nothing lead is, is accentuated. It's that in the Stanley cup final is even greater than 2 nothing in other rounds...” [17:07]

3. Entertainment Segment: Multilingual Goal Calls

A notable highlight of the episode is the hosts' creative take on goal calls in different languages. After attempts in French fell flat, Dominique advocates for Spanish goal calls, claiming they effectively capture the excitement and clarity needed during live broadcasts.

• Dominique Foxworth: “The Spanish goal call... we do it better.” [39:21]
• Stugotz: “No. You could not know Spanish and listen to all those goal calls and come away with the clearest idea of what happened by listening to the Spanish call.” [43:06]

This segment not only entertains but also engages the audience in a poll about language preferences for goal announcements, adding an interactive element to the show.

4. Behind the Scenes: Microphone Mishaps and Hosting Dynamics

The camaraderie among the hosts is evident as they navigate minor technical glitches and playful conflicts. Dominique addresses an incident involving Ethan being overly chatty during a broadcast, leading to lighthearted ribbing and on-air management.

• Dominique Foxworth: “Ethan talked too much on this, but it's okay. We give away the microphones around here.” [21:05]
• Greg Cody: “Mike is a rat. Is that Ethan?” [45:22]

These moments showcase the hosts' chemistry and ability to maintain a fun and engaging atmosphere despite occasional distractions.

5. Conclusion: Building Anticipation for the Series

As the episode wraps up, the hosts express their anticipation for the remaining games in the playoff series. They emphasize the importance of each game in determining the Panthers' fate and the legacy of players like McDavid and Marshawn.

• Dominique Foxworth: “...if you lose those two games that way and know how good Edmonton is, I'm not going to say you guys bow, but you... you're in the war.” [23:44]
• Dan Le Batard: “If we lose that game and then win tonight, we're fine.” [17:07]

The episode concludes on a high note, reinforcing the significance of the playoff run and the unwavering support of the fan base.

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Notable Quotes:

• Dominique Foxworth: “Can’t every podcast say that the most loyal audience is there at the start of the podcast?” [02:05]
• Greg Cody: “...you're expecting not to do hard work or make good things.” [05:49]
• Stugotz: “I thought it was a lovely handshake.” [04:04]
• Dominique Foxworth: “This is why we're stronger than our fan base. Because we're in the war.” [35:48]
• Greg Cody: “...feel like Cronkite delivering you the equalizer.” [22:58]

Key Moments Timestamps:

• Shirt Tuesday Banter: 02:28 - 03:15
• Discussion on Playoff Hockey: 07:10 - 24:03
• Multilingual Goal Calls: 39:21 - 44:23
• Behind the Scenes Interaction: 21:05 - 45:25
• Final Playoff Insights: 35:00 - 39:21

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This episode of The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz masterfully blends humor, passionate sports analysis, and the hosts' dynamic interactions to create an engaging experience for both loyal listeners and newcomers. Whether discussing the intricacies of playoff hockey or the lighter moments of Shirt Tuesday, the show delivers insightful commentary wrapped in entertaining dialogue.

Transcript

[Dan LeBatard]

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[Stugotz]

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

[Dominique Foxworth]

Cuervo? Anytime someone says Cuervo, I show up.

[Stugotz]

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

[Dominique Foxworth]

Sweet, delicious Cuervo.

[Stugotz]

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

[Dominique Foxworth]

Cuervo.

[Stugotz]

So enjoy the tequila that started it all.

[Dominique Foxworth]

Cuervo. Cuervo.

[Stugotz]

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

[Dominique Foxworth]

Cuervo. It is rare that I come in here wanting to talk tennis. I felt yesterday like I had been transported to Sunday mornings in America 30 years ago. 30 years ago, back during a different time in tennis. And then I come in here and I sit down and who's sitting across from me to talk tennis But Dominique Foxworth.

[Greg Cody]

Mr. Tennis. Oh, that match, man. I don't. I. I don't.

[Dominique Foxworth]

What?

[Greg Cody]

I know this is the Shadow show, so I don't want to get into.

[Dominique Foxworth]

You don't want to give up the good stuff during the Shadow show. The Shadow show is the place for the best stuff, for the most loyal.

[Greg Cody]

I agree. I'm not saying that I don't want to give the good stuff. I'm saying that I want the room to stretch out and talk about the psychodrama that.

[Dominique Foxworth]

Okay, so you don't want this. This is too limiting. These three minutes of the Shadow show, where we're supposed to be giving the pure stuff to our best fans.

[Dan LeBatard]

Can't every podcast say that the most loyal audience is there at the start of the podcast?

[Stugotz]

You could be totally disloyal and still hear this at the same spot of the podcast.

[Dominique Foxworth]

Well, but. Okay, fair enough. But the part of the shadow show that you will find right now on YouTube Live, which is us talking directly to our audience in a way we never do, it's the only place that we're doing it right here, directly to the audience. Dominique doesn't want to waste his best stuff. Not. Not on a Greg Cody Monday.

[Mike Ryan]

Is that a thing? Greg Cody Monday used to be Greg Cody Tuesday. I don't know what happened. I got calendar fixed.

[Greg Cody]

God damn shirt, man.

[Mike Ryan]

That's right. Let's go. It's Shirt Tuesday, whatever the hell it is.

[Stugotz]

Monday, Monday.

[Mike Ryan]

Shirt Monday.

[Greg Cody]

There's no video on the shadow show. It's Shirt Greg Shirt Monday.

[Dominique Foxworth]

All right, so Greg, just explain to me how you're getting promoted. Okay. You don't know what day it is, even though it's.

[Greg Cody]

Do you not wear shirts?

[Mike Ryan]

It's Norma Tuesday when I'm in.

[Dominique Foxworth]

All right, so it's just to be clear right now, just so that we get off the ground correctly, it's Shirt Tuesday.

[Mike Ryan]

Right.

[Dominique Foxworth]

Okay.

[Greg Cody]

I just think that the shadow show where there is no video. I'm building anticipation because everybody who's listening on YouTube right now is like, I can't wait to the video comes out because Greg looks magnificent.

[Dominique Foxworth]

Well, Dominique came in today and said of this shirt, I've told Greg he's got to buy dozens of shirts like this. He needs nothing else in his collection. It needs to be just these shirts. Dominique and Greg have a checkered history.

[Greg Cody]

Checkered.

[Dominique Foxworth]

And upon seeing each other, they had a very stiff starch, dry, clean handshake. But then Dominique noticed your father's shirt and he said, nice shirt. And your father. A puddle of roses melted into Dominique's feet. Your father went totally soft.

[Mike Ryan]

I thought it was a lovely handshake.

[Dominique Foxworth]

Your shirt is what he thought was lovely.

[Mike Ryan]

Okay, well, I thought the handshake was good and the shirt compliment was even better. But as I told Dominique, when you tell somebody effusively what a nice shirt they have, what's unspoken is compared to what you normally wear is the thing that was unsafe handed.

[Greg Cody]

Yes.

[Mike Ryan]

Backhanded compliment.

[Greg Cody]

I mean, my inclination was to defend myself, but then I was like, no, it's true. You know it's true. We all know it's true. We ain't got to play no games. It's a good move that you pulled.

[Mike Ryan]

Yeah.

[Greg Cody]

You have effectively lowered expectations. And you wore this shirt, which I won't explain because people, I want them to be surprised.

[Dominique Foxworth]

It's just a shirt.

[Mike Ryan]

It's Shirt Tuesday.

[Greg Cody]

That motherfucker got buttons. Same color as the shirt.

[Mike Ryan]

And you know what it feels like. I have cuffs buttoned, but there's no. It's beautiful. I'm telling you what, I'm going to start wearing these shirts as pants. That's how much I like them.

[Greg Cody]

So if you wear shirts on Tuesday. What day is pants day?

[Mike Ryan]

Wednesday.

[Dominique Foxworth]

Greg Cody just got done saying, I'm not making this up. This was official and I was honored to be the only one here to witness and hear and celebrate it. He said, I have now retired officially my press box collection of shirts. The press box collection, which is all crumpled collars, all 20 year old shirts, shirts that just shouldn't go. You shouldn't go out of the house because the collar goes seven different ways, right?

[Greg Cody]

In his defense, there's a uniform and there's a mentality and when you put on something that looks a little too slick, it's hard to work hard and it's hard to make good stuff. So, like you throw some whatever on, you are telling the world in telling yourself, I'm getting down and I'm going to work. I don't care what I look like, I'm gonna make some quality stuff today. There's difference if someone comes out all decked out, they are expecting not to do hard work or make good things.

[Dominique Foxworth]

Let's start shirt Tuesday.

[Greg Cody]

Everybody wear their flying shit on Tuesday.

[Stugotz]

This is the Dan Levatar show with the Stugats podcast.

[Dominique Foxworth]

I can't start with the basketball and I probably should start with the tennis because it really was a Sunday that felt like it had gone back in time. 30 years where tennis mattered at the only time that tennis can have the stage to itself. When sports are, you know, sleepy and getting up in the morning, it's mostly soccer and stuff. This used to be a time in this country that on Sunday mornings, what tennis gave you yesterday was a magical thing that went beyond tennis and had Dominique in a place where he's been yesterday. I'm going to say he's where tennis fans have been for about 30 years. He's on an airplane trying to celebrate with somebody what he's witnessing on television, which is like the height of athletic grace and pressure. Not team sports, just people doing something historic. And he wants to celebrate with somebody on the airplane. And there's just one person six rows back that's also watching. That's where tennis has lived in the public consciousness for a while. But they gave you an epic one yesterday.

[Greg Cody]

It was incredible, man. Like the. The match itself was outstanding. But I think more interesting than that is it took me to a place where I was thinking about how few moments in our lives we actually are in a situation where we're at a fork in the road and know that our performance will determine, like, the trajectory of our lives. And I'm in that moment thinking it's a five plus hour tennis match and it's epic. They know it's epic and they know that the whole world has stopped to watch them play. And they know that this will determin kind of where how we'll think about them and how their careers go forward. And they seem to have separated themselves from the pack. So this is going to be a rivalry that goes on for a long time. It's taken on from the big three to the big two. But just thinking about that and I started going back through my life trying to think of moments where I was like, man, I woke up and was like, whatever happens today, today will determine how the rest of my life goes. And we just don't have those moments much. And that's why I love sports so much. And it feels like only time you see that, it's like movies and TV shows where you're like, hey, this is gonna determine how everything else goes from here. And we had that yesterday.

[Dominique Foxworth]

Sports are great. And I want to get back to all of that because I really do believe that yesterday it can be inspirational. Right. When you see all this stuff distilled and it's not team sports and it's just two people fighting and it's five hours of will of. And they're living and dying with it and they care as much as you do and they know they're in the middle of something historic. And both matches were good yesterday. Both. Both matches were this weekend were good. But I want to start with the hockey because of course, overtime is the best thing and double overtime is better than that. And Roy, I will not hear that you were not scared.

[Stugotz]

I wasn't.

[Dominique Foxworth]

Roy.

[Mike Ryan]

Liar.

[Dominique Foxworth]

Roy. Roy, There's. There's just. That's. You are lying. You are lying. In fact. Hold on a second. No, no, no, no. Hold on a second. Hold on. Yo. Chicken time. It's double going to go.

[Dan LeBatard]

You were next to dorky.

[Stugotz]

And also you smiled when you said, no, it's a towel.

[Dominique Foxworth]

Such a li. You can't. That. That's the scariest. That's the scariest it's been in three years. No, that. That right there. Double what? Have you had a worse feeling as a Panther fan? That I know my team is good enough, but we could get killed here.

[Stugotz]

By random in the last three years. Yeah. I mean, being down 3:1 to Boston, that Brad Marchand breakaway that doesn't go in the net, and then you need Montour to equalize. With less than a minute left, I'd say I Was pretty nervous against Toronto when they were down 20 and then they went down two goals in, in game three and needed to come back.

[Dominique Foxworth]

No one here showed public fear there that that was not something that made an appearance here. You guys have been all bravado. We got the best team. This is the best team. But you know you're up against something that can beat you in overtime and double overtime could come back from 3 1. You're scared of it. You respect it plenty because you know how good it is. And you were that goal. I want to play four goal calls, four languages. But I did hear on one of the replays the one of the radio announcers was calling on the Marshawn goal. He actually said, can't get the shot off is how he started it. And then the next thing you hear is, that's a goal. The game is over. And what sweeps through South Florida is you go from fear to exhilaration. You go from down 02 to oh, now you can have home ice. And let's play these gold calls one after another.

[Dan LeBatard]

That's why we started with that one.

[Stugotz]

We're going to build up. When did it go in?

[Dominique Foxworth]

A real surprise judgment from Roy there to go. French first for some reason.

[Stugotz]

French Canadian to build up. I would only assume it's a build up.

[Mike Ryan]

Canada.

[Dominique Foxworth]

Okay. I think it's a not great judgment. But what are you going to give us now? English or a different language?

[Stugotz]

This is French.

[Dan LeBatard]

Lan bons and all we are building up. That one was better.

[Dominique Foxworth]

We. We was your contribution. So we've started with two French gold calls. Again, when I was listening, that broadcaster absolutely went home kicking himself because the beginning of the call was Marshawn can't get the shot off.

[Stugotz]

It was a tricky goal. I mean, Draisaitl did lift the stick a little bit. It kind of just slid in.

[Dominique Foxworth]

Okay, but so just so people understand the tempest of this, if you do not care about hockey, you've got your heart in your face the entire two periods. You're just terrified. And they've got the fastest guys, they've got the people who could score fastest. And you're great at defense.

[Stugotz]

But also, it should go without saying it has so far. But for those that didn't watch the game, Edmonton equalized that game with 17 seconds left. Well, so you're carrying that with you.

[Dominique Foxworth]

Thank you. So. So the team that's the clutchiest in the clutch third period, they always win it. That's their signature thing. Paul Murray's undefeated on the road. Undefeated in the playoffs, if he leads after one or two or one or two, and then definitely after three, they come back on you twice, because it doesn't matter. And now with 17 seconds left in the game, your heart is in your throat the rest of the time. And what happens is, as Edmonton can flog you and you're already tired because it's hard to play against them because it's 46 shots in the last game and you get the weight of Edmonton on you and your champion. And this shit's hard. And you have to get marshawned and you have to do trade deadline things so that you've got more reinforcements. Because this is the toughest trophy to win. Everybody knows that. This is the toughest trophy to win by reputation.

[Greg Cody]

I know that hockey and tennis are very different sports. However, I felt a similar thing while watching the. The tennis match in that hockey game where it's like the mentality and sorry to drag us back to this mental part of the game, but in those moments, you're playing for the Stanley cup, the championship of your sport, like the thing that you want in Dynasty, essentially, for Florida to start kind of accumulating those titles. For dynasty, you have 18 seconds till you have taking home home ice advantage and you give up a goal and the mentality that it requires. You guys should be so proud. Like, I've become somewhat of a Panthers fan. I am proud just by watching this show. And one of the things I know about the Panthers from watching this show and watching more Panthers games is they. Can they. Can I say game, essentially. And they had that one thing you always talk about how they can take the ball in the corner and snuff out another one.

[Stugotz]

But that's all right. We keep it going.

[Greg Cody]

My bad. A puck. You got it. Take it a corner and snuff out the opponent. And they had that situation to do and they couldn't do. And they responded to that by bouncing back like that is so difficult mentally.

[Dominique Foxworth]

Let me just explain. This part is the coolest to me, right? Yeah. This. They're a champion. They're a champion. They're a proven champion. And this is how you defend a title. Edmonton comes at you with those two players and they crush you. Steal your soul. 17 seconds left. That's the loudest Edmonton there's been since Gretzky. Like, yes, we can topple these guys. They're the champion. They took it from us. Now we can do to them in these last moments what they thought they were good at. This is how you take it from them. And Then what you have in overtime is it goes right from one side to the other. Like it go. That's not playoff hockey. Playoff hockey is not that wide open. It's not four and five goals. If the, the Panthers are going to play Edmonton style and win at that, win at that. It's the toughest way to do it if that's the way they're going to choose. You're going to make Bob Rossky be a lot better, be a lot better than Skinner.

[Stugotz]

Yeah. You don't want to be in an end to end battle with the Edmonton Oilers.

[Dominique Foxworth]

But so this. But what I'm saying is Imag. Imagine this, Dominique. Just the feeling. There's just nothing like it. Nothing like what I'm about to explain to you. It's overtime, it's double overtime. You're terrified. And what's coming at you is historically, offensively, it'll flog you and so back and forth on the ice as fast as it can be. And then Marshawn, of all people wins the game for you.

[Greg Cody]

I'm not a hockey guy, as you could tell by the fact that I called the puck a ball. But that's the wonderful thing about sports in this tennis match, in this high, in these hockey games over the weekend, is you don't have to understand the complexity of it. You turn it on and you goddamn feel it. And I, I felt it watching that game. And to your point, I don't know how I've been in these high pressure situations and I know that there's something that happens in those situations that the momentum and the psychology of it, it hurts. And so like me explaining to you, I know we like pay lip service to it, like, just be tough. It's really hard to just be tough. I'm not sure how I can create a moment in everyone else's life, but imagine the rent is due and you just don't got it. Like you, that, that feeling that you have in that moment and how most people will respond to that is like, shit, I got it. But somehow they go find that damn Brit and it fires me up.

[Mike Ryan]

It can't be overstated that if they lose that game to go down two nothing in the series, realistically, it's over. And don't tell me about Toronto in the last round. This is not Toronto. And Florida hasn't been lights out at home. They're four and three at home this, this postseason.

[Dan LeBatard]

If we, if we lose that game and then win tonight, we're fine.

[Mike Ryan]

I don't know if you lose that.

[Greg Cody]

Game in that way.

[Dan LeBatard]

Oh, no, it gets scary.

[Mike Ryan]

Trust me.

[Dan LeBatard]

I wish I had the security footage of outside the restaurant, the bar I was at, of me just after that goal in over like the, the intermission but before overtime, just me aimlessly walking through the parking lot.

[Stugotz]

I'll bet Chris up here, it doesn't feel as over as going down 3 to Toronto would have felt because you still have the two home games to hang your hat on. And I know they've been better on the road. They're not a bad team at home. They're still reigning defending Stanley cup champions with two games at home in front of their home fans. And get back into that series, Toronto 3, 0 would have felt over.

[Dan LeBatard]

It would have been scary. I'm not saying it would have been scary, but like we've, we've had scary before.

[Mike Ryan]

I will tell you in that way, historically, in the Stanley cup final, a two nothing lead is, is accentuated. It's that in the Stanley cup final is even greater than 2 nothing in other rounds. Historically, 91% you're up 2 nothing. You're going to win. 91%. 50 out of 55 teams up 2 nil in the final have won. Dare say most of those teams aren't as good as Edmonton. They sure don't have McDavid.

[Dominique Foxworth]

I would say that ostensibly up to 0 and 1 that way where it is that Dominique is talking about how you get debilitated. Like these teams that are this good do not give away the championship. It must be taken like this team. You know it when Paul Maurice is saying this is a life changing team for me. This is the best thing I've ever seen. Hockey guy at his core. And he's saying this is a life altering experience for me to be in the center of this. I've got the best and I know it. And oh shit, what cometh this way.

[Dan LeBatard]

Yeah, but the fear.

[Dominique Foxworth]

He respects what that is. He knows it's all of Edmonton. He knows what. But he knows to fear that McDavid with all of Edmonton on his back, doesn't seize up to the pressure of that becomes the immortal that we think he is. Because that's what hockey does to these, these people this time of the year. Like what's available to McDavid right here is everything. Go ahead, Chris. What do you.

[Dan LeBatard]

No, I mean, I just think that when this team is playing the way they're playing, like the fan base is way scared, is way more scared than the players are. Like I, I agree with you. When they get that goal with 17 seconds left, I am broken. We're all broken as a fan base, but you hear the reports, they go back in the locker room, they're laughing. Kachuk's like, who's gonna get it? Like they're having. I mean, maybe they're, maybe it's a coping mechanism, but they're trying to just be relaxed, talking about who's calling out who's gonna get the game winning goal. So I just feel like. And that's why they're so great, the fear. Like, the Panthers actually weren't scared in that spot, unlike I was. I, I will admit I was terrified.

[Greg Cody]

I, I think that the stories that come out are. And I'm not in that locker room, but the stories that come out are different than how they're actually feeling and how I think everyone is actually feeling. I think there are some people that feel that way, but I think the story is a little bit shaded by the result because if they lose in that situation, no one's like, hey, like that's, that's happened in a bunch of locker rooms where people thought they were going to come back.

[Dominique Foxworth]

Introducing the Panthers of lying of change. Rewriting the mythology as we go. Is he saying they didn't come back to the locker room laughing? Let's check in on Roy and Roy and Dwork and Rose did a live watch of this and I want you guys to see the Panther fan base as represented by these four people. I heard from sources, I will not reveal now, but we will get to, over the course of the show that Ethan was again too chatty on the show. We're going to have to do that. Something about that as a network, I believe I was told from sources that Roy had to exert a pulling aside of Ethan and telling him to talk less. And it's something I've been wanting to do for a while. So thank you, Roy, for handling that and man management in front of people.

[Dan LeBatard]

I overheard before, I have no idea the context of what you just said, but before the show today, I heard Roy say to Ethan, we have to talk after the show.

[Stugotz]

I got nervous here in that, look.

[Dominique Foxworth]

Ethan, Ethan talked too much on this, but it's okay. We give away the microphones around here.

[Greg Cody]

I learned. I learned more than I wanted about Ethan this morning.

[Dominique Foxworth]

Talks a lot.

[Greg Cody]

Yeah, it might be later for the show.

[Dominique Foxworth]

Well, I will tell you that I have not yet forgiven Ethan for while I was doing a show. Introducing Pablo Torre. Seeing in our slack turn up from Ethan, the commentary to everybody. Are we just gonna bleep off Pablo all show that Ethan felt, you know, Ethan, go to the penalty box for a while here because this is retroactive. Like retroactive.

[Greg Cody]

Retroactive.

[Stugotz]

We've got a penalty.

[Dan LeBatard]

Five minutes major.

[Dominique Foxworth]

So he was talking too much during Roy and Dwark and Rose's broadcast because we give away microphones around here.

[Stugotz]

Wait, I'm confused. Is he or is he not on the show? He is on the show. He's the third voice. I saw a shirt that said Budsky on it.

[Dominique Foxworth]

All right, so he should be talking more like the third voice and less like the first voice. But here's 17 seconds left. I want you to look at here. These are objective journalists. Rose and Dwark and Roy and Ethan. Objective journalists. When. When Edmonton ties the game with 17 seconds left.

[Dan LeBatard]

Going back to the point. You know that.

[Greg Cody]

Oh, my God.

[Dominique Foxworth]

Get it out. Oh, my God.

[Stugotz]

The Edmonton Oilers have tied this at 4. Wow.

[Greg Cody]

And we are going to go into overtime.

[Dan LeBatard]

Oh, my God.

[Dominique Foxworth]

Dude.

[Dan LeBatard]

This is like a team of destiny.

[Mike Ryan]

Holy.

[Stugotz]

Corey Perry has tied this game at.

[Greg Cody]

4 with 17 seconds left in regulation.

[Mike Ryan]

40 year old man.

[Dan LeBatard]

Well, now I get to rewrite my name story. I love how Roy just kind of talks like his tweets.

[Dominique Foxworth]

Well, he stayed in broadcast.

[Dan LeBatard]

Look, he doesn't want to show us.

[Stugotz]

The feeling like Cronkite delivering you the equalizer.

[Dominique Foxworth]

Thank you. I'd like to play all of this again because Roy met the moment by absolutely delivering the news poignantly as what happened around him. The visuals of this would have been the same if a landmine had gone off underneath Roy. Because Rose and Ethan just walk away. Ethan. I've never seen Ethan get that far from a microphone that fast. Like, he likes being near microphones, but he just, he. This tore apart the Panther fan base to have it. Look, guys, if you lose those two games that way and know how good Edmonton is, I'm not going to say you guys bow, but you. You'd certainly be expecting to lose at that point.

[Dan LeBatard]

Yeah, yeah, no, we know. We have a game three. That's a must win. That's the way I would look at it.

[Stugotz]

That's hard to come back from. And you'd be telling yourself EDM better.

[Dominique Foxworth]

It's the that way of it. It's the they're beating you.

[Dan LeBatard]

Brutal. You're right.

[Dominique Foxworth]

But they're beating you at your stuff. Like when. When they're better than you. Like, you get a shorthanded goal. You need a shorthanded goal to beat them.

[Dan LeBatard]

I would think high scoring games. We're actually beating them at their game. I would argue our game is more to one.

[Dominique Foxworth]

I know, but I'm saying you would have lost both games their way and they would have taken from you at the end the thing that you do best because you couldn't get them to play your way. Like the thing that the Panthers do is they inflict those third periods on people.

[Stugotz]

Can we get back to Roy delivering the news?

[Dominique Foxworth]

Yes. Let's play this sound so that you can see where Rose and Ethan end up.

[Dan LeBatard]

The guys are going up.

[Stugotz]

I don't care about the joy. I want the tears.

[Dan LeBatard]

Get their happiness out of my face.

[Stugotz]

Stop it. I want. Bring it down. Bring it down.

[Dominique Foxworth]

Yeah, bring it down. The one that I wanted.

[Stugotz]

I need the one where that Roy.

[Dominique Foxworth]

Says courage afterwards, like so. Yes.

[Dan LeBatard]

Guys, when we say replay, it means we want to play the one we just played.

[Dominique Foxworth]

That's. That's Dan Rather. Good. Good note, Chris. Good note. Yes, that's. That's. That is what it means.

[Stugotz]

That was a 10 minute meeting after the show about communication. Said it in the open mics.

[Dominique Foxworth]

Yes. Just barked it as an instruction to the other room.

[Mike Ryan]

Barky Alexander barked it.

[Stugotz]

Shirt Tuesday.

[Mike Ryan]

Holy Shirt, no holes.

[Dominique Foxworth]

Oh, come on, man.

[Mike Ryan]

That's harsh judging right there.

[Dominique Foxworth]

Holy Shirt.

[Mike Ryan]

I want to appeal that ruling.

[Dominique Foxworth]

You think Holy Shirt deserved something there?

[Mike Ryan]

Yeah. Well, Alexander, whatever I said, whatever.

[Dominique Foxworth]

You such a good, memorable line that it's whatever I said.

[Mike Ryan]

There are so many good, memorable lines, it's tough to catalog them.

[Stugotz]

Howdy, folks, it's Mike Ryan. Now, if you've been listening to the show a lot lately, you've heard so much playoff talk, playoff hoops. Down here in South Florida, we're especially enamored with playoff hockey. It's not just limited to the playoffs. Motorsports, tennis, golf. It's truly one of the best times in the sporting calendar. And with the weather outside warming up, it's just perfect to hop in a pool, maybe grill up some food, but most certainly crack open some Miller lights. I just described a pretty perfect day, didn't I? And it culminates with Miller Time. There is something about a perfect grilling day. The sun's out, friends show up, and that first sip of Miller Lite just hits different. I've been stocking up the cooler with it for years. This year, Miller Lite turns 50. That is five decades of cookouts, laughs, and ice cold moments that never miss. And if you've listened to the show for its 20 year existence, you know this to be true. Miller lite great taste. 96 calories. Go to millerlight.com dan to find delivery options near you. Or you can pick up some Miller Lite pretty much anywhere they sell beer. Cheers to 50 years of Miller time. Celebrate responsibly. Miller Brewing Co. Milwaukee, Wisconsin 96 calories and 3.2 carbs per 12 ounces.

[Dan LeBatard]

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[Mike Ryan]

Don LeBatard this guy comes in as the next Wayne Gretzky. His nicknames include the chosen1 and McJesus. Okay, he's a great player. He scores a lot of goals. He scores a ton of assists, but it hasn't translated to making Edmonton a powerhouse in the league.

[Dan LeBatard]

In the final stugats. What's your nickname for him?

[Mike Ryan]

Them look overrated.

[Stugotz]

This is the D?

[Dominique Foxworth]

Ler show with the St. Dominique. Do you see the, The Nile?

[Greg Cody]

Yes, I do see the Nile on your glasses, Greg.

[Mike Ryan]

They, they were poorly fit. I'm not going to name my optometrists right now, but name them. These were poorly. I, I think when they go on, I think they're naturally too close to my skull.

[Dominique Foxworth]

They're. They've been instantly smoking up. They're fogging.

[Mike Ryan]

You know what? I, I have a good excuse built into anything that goes wrong this show, because I'm tired. I'm in the middle of a. Of a long, grueling hockey playoff. I don't think I've written anything but Panthers for, like, it. It feels like two months. It's probably been a couple of weeks at least. And it makes me weary. It does, but exhilarated. You, you, you, you, you understand that?

[Dominique Foxworth]

Well, but this.

[Mike Ryan]

When you used to work for a living.

[Dominique Foxworth]

Okay, look, but. So this is, this was interesting, though, on the flight that Dominique took in, when Dominique is flying in and he's trying to enjoy the majesty of sports. This is somebody who still is following these things in a way that hasn't been for 50 years. That can be exhausting to lifetime people who have been running back and forth to arenas for I don't know how many years. But this is where the media gets old. Like, this is where the voices, the, the voices that are 50 through 70 that are sort of tired of sports and can't be inspired by what it is that is presently in the middle of it. You're speaking to the exhilaration of it. It's what keeps you coming in. But you're also tired, right?

[Mike Ryan]

No, I know that. But you know what wakes you up and invigorates you and makes you the opposite of tired is when you watch a Marshan goal in double overtime and you instantly realize you've just seen something epic. You've just seen something that's going to be memorable, that's going to have a place in Florida Panthers history. And, and that's pretty exciting, you know, it's great. And I still say that if they lose that game and they're down 2 nil, nobody, not even the fans with their face painted throwing rats, nobody thinks realistically that they're going to win that.

[Dan LeBatard]

It's so funny you say that, because I would bet that you would have written that column that they're still in it because you have to just hold the MC Overrated. Like it's your last hope of just holding that.

[Mike Ryan]

Okay, look, he hasn't won a Stanley cup yet, so officially, he's still McObarrated.

[Dan LeBatard]

How did you feel when he had that power play assist? It's one of the nicest plays I've ever seen in hockey.

[Mike Ryan]

It was. It was magical. He slalomed past Barkov and Ekblad, our best defenders, and left them like turnstiles.

[Dominique Foxworth]

It was. He's ridiculous. Ridiculously good.

[Dan LeBatard]

But, like, right there. Did you kind of have a moment of.

[Mike Ryan]

Oh, no, no. Because I'd seen it before and I'll see it again. Yeah, yeah, I had. And I know how good he is. Too good to never have won a Stanley Cup. That's. That's. I just had a colonoscopy. I have. I had no polyps. I have the same number of polyps as McDavid does. Stanley Cups.

[Dan LeBatard]

Well, that was the.

[Mike Ryan]

I can't help.

[Dan LeBatard]

We're gonna play from your. With White Hat.

[Greg Cody]

Good one.

[Mike Ryan]

I ate White Hat. I got him like a fish on my podcast.

[Dominique Foxworth]

All right, hold on a minute. And we've just arrived at the most self absorbed part of Shirt Tuesday. Holy Shirt Tuesday. Hold on, hold on. Because you mentioned.

[Mike Ryan]

Look, Chris, I forget his name. White Hat.

[Dominique Foxworth]

Will you stop, Greg, you're inside here on a rivalry that's very important to you, but I need to explain to the joke, the. To the entirety of the audience because they may not know.

[Mike Ryan]

Okay, I just remembered his name. It's Pete Cockburn.

[Stugotz]

Blackburn.

[Mike Ryan]

Okay, my bad. I'm sorry.

[Dan LeBatard]

But he's a Nile old man.

[Mike Ryan]

Honest mistake. In the dead of night. Take these broken wings and learn to fly.

[Dan LeBatard]

You didn't say the Blackburn part.

[Mike Ryan]

Blackburn singing. I thought it was obvious.

[Dan LeBatard]

But he's a senile old man.

[Stugotz]

Do it with Cockburn.

[Mike Ryan]

Yeah, you know, I showed him. I ate him for lunch.

[Dominique Foxworth]

So he says he gutted him like a fish and then throws out a Cockburn for everyone to enjoy. See, you are.

[Greg Cody]

You're ruining some of the comedy. He said I got in him like a fish. Get it right. Everything that he said is comedic genius.

[Dominique Foxworth]

Got in him. I thought he said I gutted him like a fish.

[Greg Cody]

Oh, I thought he said, oh, apologies.

[Stugotz]

I definitely heard Cockburn.

[Dan LeBatard]

That I heard old man.

[Dominique Foxworth]

So. So can I explain to the audience what just happened?

[Mike Ryan]

Yeah.

[Dominique Foxworth]

You're feuding with another podcast because they call you a senile old man.

[Mike Ryan]

Yeah, well, White Hat did. The other guy was pretty complimentary.

[Dan LeBatard]

But he's a senile old man.

[Mike Ryan]

Yeah, fine. Keep playing that.

[Dominique Foxworth]

Okay, but. Hold on.

[Dan LeBatard]

Okay, but he's a senile old man.

[Dominique Foxworth]

Roy. Roy, I need to get back to you. Have you gotten video ship shape, please? Have you gotten video ship shape so that I can get back to you being crestfallen Cronkite. You were delivering war news. You were delivering you. Chris. Noted. Duly. Okay. There will be no better moment than this. Even the one we've already spoiled by showing you the game winning gold. Roy meeting the moment with the urgency of telling everybody what the news is of what just happened. As his teammates make clear what just happened, which isn't an apocalypse. What has happened is. 17 seconds left. We are no longer friends. This is how friends would come apart in the movies if they didn't want to be around each other because something terrible had happened. And Roy rose to the moment and summoned his best crestfallen Cronkite.

[Dan LeBatard]

Going back to the point. I know that.

[Greg Cody]

Oh, my God.

[Dominique Foxworth]

Get it out.

[Greg Cody]

Oh, my God.

[Stugotz]

The image and all this. Attack this game at four.

[Mike Ryan]

Wow.

[Stugotz]

And we are going to go into overtime. Wow.

[Mike Ryan]

You say it, Roy. Say it.

[Dan LeBatard]

Oh, my God. Dude. This is like a team of destiny.

[Mike Ryan]

Holy.

[Stugotz]

Corey Perry has tied this game in.

[Greg Cody]

Four with 17 seconds left in regulation.

[Stugotz]

And that's the way it is.

[Dominique Foxworth]

Oh, my God, Roy. It is so good. But it's also good because you're so professional in that moment while everything around you is crestfallen, that I don't believe that people understand how flim, flam, flip flop, Dwark. Is that in the middle of that, he's like, oh, shit. Team of destiny. Like, he gave them the entire game there. It wasn't even tied anymore.

[Stugotz]

Oh, Everyone was saying that in that moment.

[Dan LeBatard]

I was saying worse.

[Stugotz]

Yeah, it's their time.

[Dan LeBatard]

I was like, check, please.

[Stugotz]

It's just there.

[Dominique Foxworth]

Wait a minute. Which is. Can't be all those things.

[Stugotz]

No, that's exactly.

[Dan LeBatard]

Seconds left.

[Stugotz]

Yeah, it was 17 seconds left. Game one in overtime. You're like, okay, this is. It's just their time. And that's a perfectly rational way to behave.

[Dominique Foxworth]

Okay, you say that, but how about what Dominique is saying about the idea? If they know that's what they're under and they're like, bleep off. We laugh in the face of this. We laugh in the face of. No, you're going to write us off like that. That's why we're stronger than our fan base. Because we're in the war. We're in the middle of it.

[Greg Cody]

Not the whole fan base. They're not stronger Than Roy. Cuz Roy looked at that and said, it is a date which will live in infamy. But we are coming back, baby. And that's why. Roy, Roy. I feel differently about all of this now because I didn't realize that people like that walk among us. Roy's ice water. I know that if somebody came up in here, I don't give a damn who you got on security. Roy is going to save us all.

[Stugotz]

When he fixed his posture and then adjusted the headset mic to meet the moment, I felt that I see it.

[Dan LeBatard]

In his face because like right when the goal happens, his eyes get big and you can see and then he has a moment of got to be a journalist here.

[Dominique Foxworth]

All right? So I'm going to explain, please, one more time. I want to play this, see if video. This is the same video. I want to play again. I don't want to play the video of them winning. The winning goal. The same video.

[Dan LeBatard]

Video replay.

[Dominique Foxworth]

So I want you not just to watch everything here. Roy and Ethan. I'm sorry. Rose and Ethan leave the proceedings because this is crushing like this. This is one of those pains that you'd remember for a long time. 17 seconds is a number that would get etched in that moment for Panther fans because. Oh, that's where they took it. 17 seconds left. They. They took our thing from us. We snuff you out at the end of games. And Roy is not just a war correspondent here. He's also reporting from where the Hindenburg has crashed and what he does in bodies everywhere. This is right. No to humanity. For some reason. Correct. For some reason. Gunfire has broken out somewhere around here. I don't say that flippantly. That's an actual danger these days. But in this particular context, he's a war correspondent and what he does with his headset here is he gets into position because this is. Is the moment of Roy's life going.

[Dan LeBatard]

Back to the point. You know that.

[Greg Cody]

Oh, my God.

[Dominique Foxworth]

Get it out. Oh, my God.

[Stugotz]

The Evans and all is attacked this game at four.

[Dan LeBatard]

Wow.

[Greg Cody]

And we are going to go in the overtime.

[Dan LeBatard]

Oh, my God.

[Dominique Foxworth]

Dude.

[Dan LeBatard]

This is like a team of destiny.

[Dominique Foxworth]

Holy.

[Stugotz]

Corey Perry has tied this game of four. I wish he had glasses to take off. He would have driven the point home that President Kennedy has died at 1pm Central Time.

[Greg Cody]

I think I found a new moment. We might have to watch it again or try to freeze it. But I don't think you recognize that the serial killer that Roy is, he smiled a little bit. Watch it again. I promise you there's a smirk. I promise you there's a smirk.

[Stugotz]

He laughed to death.

[Dan LeBatard]

We know what to do with his face.

[Greg Cody]

Replay. I want a replay, please.

[Stugotz]

It's the same thing.

[Dan LeBatard]

Going back to the point.

[Greg Cody]

Watch the smiles coming.

[Dominique Foxworth]

Oh, my God.

[Stugotz]

The Edmonton oil is a tied this game at 4.

[Mike Ryan]

Wow.

[Dominique Foxworth]

There it is.

[Dan LeBatard]

There it is.

[Greg Cody]

There it is.

[Dan LeBatard]

There it is.

[Stugotz]

He looked death in the eye. Smile.

[Dominique Foxworth]

Here it comes. Look.

[Greg Cody]

Yeah, I caught him.

[Dominique Foxworth]

Oh, my God.

[Dan LeBatard]

You're sick, Roy, you sicko.

[Stugotz]

I believe you now. I thought it was all an act.

[Dominique Foxworth]

I bet is playoff hockey right there.

[Greg Cody]

So happy.

[Dominique Foxworth]

Dwark is not ready for it. Rose is clearly not ready for it. Ethan's not ready for it.

[Dan LeBatard]

But Roy is grizzled. Bet right there.

[Stugotz]

Stay ready so you don't have to get ready to smile.

[Dominique Foxworth]

He don't want it.

[Greg Cody]

He don't want it the easy way.

[Dan LeBatard]

What a catch by Dominique.

[Greg Cody]

He got excited because he was like.

[Dominique Foxworth]

Hey, Roy, play for me in Spanish, please. Before we get to the goal call where all of you celebrated. Play for me. The Spanish goal call of the Marchand goal. We do it better.

[Dan LeBatard]

It's the go to.

[Dominique Foxworth]

We do it better.

[Stugotz]

See, now I know who scored.

[Mike Ryan]

Is Lo Marchana.

[Dominique Foxworth]

Coach shirt Tuesday. Pantalones on a shirt Tuesday, Tony. Spanish is a better language than French.

[Stugotz]

It's better. It's far superior.

[Dominique Foxworth]

Put it on the poll, please. At Lebatard show, we played two French gold calls. They both kind of stunk and we didn't know what had happened.

[Stugotz]

We don't know when the puck goes in the. Like in the net.

[Dan LeBatard]

Sorry that they don't yell go like.

[Dominique Foxworth]

That's the only reason we know they can do something.

[Stugotz]

Can we play the French Canadian one again?

[Dominique Foxworth]

It was terrible.

[Dan LeBatard]

Not French Canadian. Play the French Canadian.

[Stugotz]

That one sucked, guys. It was plenty confusing to those watching and listening to English. It was a weird goal.

[Dominique Foxworth]

Agreed.

[Dan LeBatard]

But Kenny Albert's like, it's not in. Oh, shit, it's in.

[Stugotz]

Yes. I don't think he said, oh, shit, it's in. Kenny Albert said that.

[Dominique Foxworth]

And he didn't hit his microphone when he said it either. With his left fist either. Cole missed the net.

[Greg Cody]

The net for Marchand.

[Dominique Foxworth]

Moving in on Skinner. Marchand is in. He sc. Martian wins game two for the Panthers in double overtime. And Marchand's mom in the middle of Edmonton there, like, just taunting people.

[Greg Cody]

I mean, the Spanish one has a climax far superior. None of them climax like the Spanish.

[Dominique Foxworth]

It's on.

[Dan LeBatard]

It's so much fun, these Spanish goal calls.

[Mike Ryan]

Every sport you can't steal the soccer ball. We got it. You can't. I know.

[Dominique Foxworth]

Okay, look, you make fun of it all you want.

[Greg Cody]

Want.

[Dominique Foxworth]

Okay. Make fun of it all you want. He loved it. There was no confusion in the Spanish telling of this tale. Okay, so you go ahead and tell me how much better French and English are, but when the Spanish do it, this is the correct call. No argument, Tony, because our language is the superior language. Again, I want to put on the poll that Lebatard show better language, Spanish or French. I would like for you to translate for the people because it can sound like pantalones and it can sound. If you don't know Spanish, I would like for you to translate for people.

[Stugotz]

So I think the important things to know is some of the key words that are being said, so when you hear them, you already know what the reference point is. So Pantera is Panther in Spanish. So that's what we have.

[Dan LeBatard]

Not pants.

[Stugotz]

Not pants for whites. That is a cute little nickname that the Panthers have. Occasionally people call them the pants and I always pop for that. Let's go, Pants. Yeah.

[Dominique Foxworth]

Regardless what, Tony, the call after the sing song of. He's made it plain. He have five straight calls. Sing song on the Panthers. The Panthers have won it. There's no confusion about. Is Marshan. Did he get the shot off? There's none of that.

[Stugotz]

No. You could not know Spanish and listen to all those goal calls and come away with the clearest idea of what happened by listening to the Spanish call.

[Dominique Foxworth]

Ronnie scored.

[Stugotz]

Go.

[Dominique Foxworth]

Panthers. Win it. Panthers. The Panthers. They wanted the Panthers. The Panthers won. They won. The Panthers won.

[Stugotz]

Silence is everywhere in Edmonton.

[Dominique Foxworth]

He did it.

[Stugotz]

Brian Mar did it.

[Dominique Foxworth]

That's what I. What I loved was silence is everywhere.

[Stugotz]

Again, nobody said that in any other language. The Spanish painted so beautifully, so perfectly. I didn't hear Edmonton was quiet from any other language.

[Greg Cody]

I mean, what other languages do you speak? English. So the French one, you wouldn't have heard it.

[Mike Ryan]

They didn't say shit, I can guarantee. I mean, the French is everywhere. The French.

[Greg Cody]

The French. It did feel like the guy had a cigarette the whole time, like he was just chilling. You just had a drink.

[Dominique Foxworth]

I thought the emotion of our people is on display here, but how about the emotion of our Meadowlark people? You can now video play the.

[Dan LeBatard]

The Happy Gold call.

[Dominique Foxworth]

The Happy Gold call. This is not the rerun. This is Roy. What kind of broadcaster was Roy at a. At a time where objectivity was needed? Oh, Marsh horse. He is a war correspondent surrounded by debauchery. And fools. Look at him. Tolerating fools and incompetence. Burying his teammates to glory. Is that Cynthia?

[Dan LeBatard]

Cynthia goes over just to, like, shake Roy. Like Roy. This is something.

[Dominique Foxworth]

Some life, Roy having emotions.

[Dan LeBatard]

If you notice.

[Greg Cody]

That was fake.

[Stugotz]

Did I hear someone say Mike is a rat?

[Dominique Foxworth]

Mike is a rat. Is that Ethan?

[Dan LeBatard]

Whoa.

[Dominique Foxworth]

Is that that Ethan? That Ethan again?