Local Hour: The 187

Summary

Podcast Summary: The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz – "Local Hour: The 187"
Release Date: July 29, 2025

Hosted by Dan Le Batard and Stugotz, "Local Hour: The 187" delves into the pressing sports controversies of the day, analyzes significant events within the sports community, and wraps up with nostalgic reflections on past technologies and cultural phenomena. Below is a detailed summary capturing all key discussions, insights, and conclusions from the episode.

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1. MLB Salary Cap Controversy: Bryce Harper vs. Rob Manfred

The episode kicks off with a heated discussion surrounding Major League Baseball's (MLB) ongoing salary cap controversy, centered on Bryce Harper's outspoken stance against the implementation of a salary cap.

• Bryce Harper's Outburst:
  Bryce Harper has recently engaged in a confrontational exchange with MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred. Harper vehemently opposed any talk of a salary cap within the league, going as far as threatening repercussions for anyone who broaches the subject. Stugotz highlights Harper's intense reaction:

  “[02:49] Stugotz: …Harper yelled to him, if you're even thinking about talking about a salary cap, you can get the F out of our clubhouse.”

• Rob Manfred's Response:
  In contrast, Rob Manfred maintained his composure, asserting his authority and rejecting Harper's ultimatum. Mike Ryan echoes Manfred's steadfastness:

  “[04:01] Mike Ryan: Manfred stood on business. He said, I will not get the F out of the clubhouse.”

• Nick Castellanos' Intervention:
  To diffuse the escalating tension, Nick Castellanos hit a pivotal home run, metaphorically cooling the heated atmosphere. Stugotz critiques the notion that "cooler heads prevailed," suggesting instead that Harper's aggressive stance dominated the conversation:

  “[04:54] Stugotz: …but cooler heads prevailed with.”

• Debate on Dominant Temperaments:
  The hosts engage in a lively debate over whether "cooler heads" or "hotter heads" truly prevailed in this confrontation. Stugotz argues that Harper's aggression overshadowed any attempts at calm discourse:

  “[05:30] David Sampson: Hotter heads prevail.
  [05:33] Mike Ryan: …But I don't think cooler heads prevail is...”

  Meanwhile, Stugotz counters by emphasizing the lasting impact of Harper's confrontation:

  “[05:39] Mike Ryan: Apparently, I wasn't there. But apparently.
  [05:41] Stugotz: …cooler heads prevailed with.”

2. Deion Sanders' Health Press Conference: Analysis and Reactions

A significant portion of the episode is dedicated to discussing Deion Sanders' recent health revelations and the subsequent press conference that has stirred both confusion and admiration among fans and commentators.

• Initial Speculation and Social Media Tease:
  Deion Sanders released a social media video that led listeners to believe he was battling a life-threatening illness. The video’s ambiguous and emotional tone fueled widespread speculation about his health status:

  “[12:45] Stugotz: …Deion Sanders, who put out a social media video of him talking about in very, very breathy, like my life…”

• Press Conference Revelation:
  Contrary to the ominous indications of his video, Sanders held a press conference confirming that he had undergone successful surgery for bladder cancer and was now in recovery. The unexpected nature of the press conference left the hosts reflecting on the mixed messages:

  “[16:09] Stugotz: You could clap. It's okay.
  [16:16] Mike Ryan: It's weird, man.”

• Hosts' Analysis and Emotional Response:
  Dan Le Batard and Stugotz express confusion and a sense of being misled by Sanders’ initial video. They ponder whether Sanders intended to create a marketing spectacle or used the situation as a strategic move for talent acquisition in college football:

  “[26:14] Dan Le Batard: …this is a marketing opportunity and make it a spectacle however he wants. And I am well within my rights to be totally confused by it.”

  Stugotz further emphasizes feeling duped by Sanders' approach:

  “[27:23] Billy Gil: …the video suggests that people didn't know how to react when he's saying, you can clap. Because everybody was over there expecting the worst.”

• Speculation on Motivations and Future Implications:
  The conversation shifts to speculate Sanders' motivations, with opinions divided on whether his actions were purely personal or served broader professional purposes:

  “[26:44] Mike Ryan: So you think he may have done this for that purpose?
  [26:46] Stugotz: I think that's probably the main purpose.”

  Dan contemplates the strategic nature of Sanders’ actions, suggesting it might have been aimed at countering negative recruitment practices by other coaches:

  “[26:50] Mike Ryan: From...
  [26:51] Dan Le Batard: …some of the other coaches that were maybe negative recruiting against Colorado a little bit.”

3. Nostalgia and Reflections on Past Technologies and Culture

Shifting gears, the hosts indulge in a nostalgic discussion about outdated technologies and cultural practices that have since faded into obsolescence.

• Pharmacy Photo Services:
  The conversation begins with reminiscing about the days when pharmacies like CVS and Walgreens offered photo development services, a staple for many before the digital age:

  “[36:03] Stugotz: …what was once a bustling business, the photo development part of it… that was a deserted area with a desk.”

  They lament the loss of "one hour photos" and the tactile experience of handling negatives:

  “[38:13] Stugotz: One hour photo.
  [38:14] Billy Gil: One hour photo was like. …”

• Old Phone Codes and Communication:
  The hosts delve into the significance of numeric codes like "911," "823," "157," and "187," explaining their meanings and reminiscing about the era before smartphones dominated communication:

  “[38:46] Mike Ryan: You ever get that 157? Now it's keep in touch.
  [40:11] Mike Ryan: I didn't make the rules, man. You ever get that 637? Always and forever.
  [40:17] Stugotz: …187 means someone got murdered.”

  This segment highlights the shift from coded language in phone communications to the more straightforward, yet sometimes less nuanced, digital interactions of today.

• Beepers and Early Mobile Communication:
  A brief reflection on the functionality and social aspects of beepers as early mobile communication devices:

  “[38:46] Mike Ryan: …we did the Hulk Hogan stuff last week, and Hulk Hogan was a childhood hero…
  [39:18] Chris Cody: I don’t buy cigarettes, but I know that they have other tobacco products.”

  The hosts joke about the simplicity and limitations of past communication tools compared to today's instant and multifaceted platforms.

4. Casual Banter and Light-Hearted Interactions

Throughout the episode, Dan Le Batard and Stugotz engage in playful banter, teasing each other and sharing personal anecdotes that add a relatable and humorous layer to the conversation.

• Impressions and Skits:
  Chris Cody attempts impressions of various personalities, including Charles Barkley, which leads to humorous critiques and playful resistance from Stugotz:

  “[32:27] Stugotz: I don't want to play this game.
  [32:28] Dan Le Batard: No. He was saying, man, I could do such a great country.”

• Personal Health Stories:
  David Sampson shares his personal experience with cancer diagnosis and treatment, providing a moment of vulnerability and solidarity among the hosts:

  “[29:00] David Sampson: The first time I was five, so I don't remember. I was. I was in my mid-20s and that time I was like, damn, okay, that sucks.”

• Old-fashioned Games and Jokes:
  The hosts reminisce about old games like "paper, scissors, rock" and make light-hearted jokes about historical pop culture references:

  “[40:28] Stugotz: …That means someone's head is missing from this photo. Did anyone look at this at all before you just handed this to me? It's like, no, we don't look at them anymore.”

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Conclusion:
In "Local Hour: The 187," Dan Le Batard and Stugotz navigate through intense sports controversies, particularly focusing on MLB's salary cap debates and Deion Sanders' unexpected health disclosures. Their insightful analysis is balanced with light-hearted nostalgia and personable interactions, making the episode both informative and engaging for listeners. The hosts effectively blend critical discussions with relatable anecdotes, ensuring that even those unfamiliar with the topics gain a clear understanding of the issues at hand.

Notable Quotes with Timestamps:

• Bryce Harper on Salary Cap:

  “[02:49] Stugotz: If you're even thinking about talking about a salary cap, you can get the F out of my clubhouse.”

• Rob Manfred's Composure:

  “[04:01] Mike Ryan: I will not get the F out of the clubhouse.”

• Deion Sanders' Press Conference Revelation:

  “[16:09] Stugotz: You could clap. It's okay.”

• Reflection on Deion’s Marketing Tactics:

  “[26:14] Dan Le Batard: This is a marketing opportunity and make it a spectacle however he wants. And I am well within my rights to be totally confused by it.”

• Nostalgia for One Hour Photos:

  “[38:13] Stugotz: One hour photo.”

• Understanding 187 as a Phone Code:

  “[40:17] Stugotz: …187 means someone got murdered.”

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This summary encapsulates the essence of "Local Hour: The 187," providing a comprehensive overview for both regular listeners and newcomers alike.

Transcript

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[Stugotz]

You know, it's late July and typically we're struggling for topics, right? NFL hasn't really kicked off yet. NBA is pretty much done. Baseball, we're still kind of in that boring baseball period starts to pick up in the next couple of weeks. But right now we're still kind of like, what's going on in baseball now? Who cares, right?

[Chris Cody]

And so, I mean, Bryce Harper did.

[Billy Gil]

Almost fight the commission.

[Stugotz]

I'm just saying normally, normally, really, I'm not saying today we don't have anything to talk about. See, Chris, the setup is nose to nose.

[Billy Gil]

Tony typically told him get the f. Where was Manfred.

[David Sampson]

Why was he on the field?

[Mike Ryan]

No, it was in the clubhouse. In the clubhouse. And by the way, Manfred stood on business.

[Chris Cody]

I ruined the mean setup here.

[Dan Le Batard]

Stood on business.

[Mike Ryan]

Oh, stood on business.

[Billy Gil]

You're siding with Manfred? Get out of here.

[Mike Ryan]

Wow, Gab, I missed a lot.

[Stugotz]

Yeah. So typically, the way this thing works is you zig and then you zag. It's like a crossover. Like. Oh, what is it? No, I'm not going that way. The sham God and Chris, like, let's go that way. And everyone just ran up and ran right into the teeth of the defense. Yes. Manfred and. And Bryce Harper got in a shouting match, and he told him to get the F out because he mentioned the word salary cap. Which is.

[Mike Ryan]

He didn't even mention the word salary cap. No. Harp Harper thought that that's the direction that he was going in, because Harper apparently said to him, if you're even thinking about talking about a salary cap, you can get the F out of my club. Our clubhouse.

[Chris Cody]

I imagine it happened like, hey, everyone, everyone. If everyone could just sit down before you head out to the field. Manfred wants to talk to everyone. All right, fine.

[Stugotz]

I'll sit here.

[Chris Cody]

And he just stands at the center.

[Mike Ryan]

And apparently Harpo's sitting there. He's holding a bat, too.

[Stugotz]

Oh, yeah. Was he jerking it the way you're doing right now?

[Mike Ryan]

Well, you remember the one time where against the Marlins and Ozzie Guillen was. This was on Harpers of the Nationals and Ozzy Guillem, who was the manager of the Marlins, believe it or not, at one point, and he's yelling something Harper. And Harper turned toward him and he waved the bat, you know, like.

[Stugotz]

Like, he's.

[Mike Ryan]

Like, he had a deal.

[Stugotz]

Yeah. It was his hog got it. So.

[Chris Cody]

But I imagine he just got it. Like, he got through like, a half a sentence, and he's like. If you happen to mention, like, just. Just went right for it. Didn't even let him get to anything. It's just like, don't you dare. That's how I say the word salary cap.

[Stugotz]

Yep. So how did Rob Manfred react?

[Mike Ryan]

Well, apparently, Harper set their nose to nose, and Harper yelled to him, if you're even thinking about talking about a salary cap, you can get the F out of our clubhouse. And Manfred, like I said, what'd he do?

[David Sampson]

Stood on business.

[Mike Ryan]

Stood on business. He said, I will not get the F out of the clubhouse.

[Stugotz]

Whoa. And then.

[Mike Ryan]

And then. Oh, apparently Nick Castellanos decided to hit a home run. Well, yeah, of course Nick Castellanos decided to. Then you know, kind of cool things down. He then, oh, I got a couple questions.

[Stugotz]

I'm not going to be deposed.

[Chris Cody]

That was a quote, apparently, from yesterday.

[Stugotz]

Nice. We got the sound. Just that sound, though. Nothing else. I don't like the term cooler heads prevailed. Dumb term. Cooler heads prevailed. Yeah.

[Mike Ryan]

Was it dumb?

[Stugotz]

Sometimes the hotter heads prevail. We never. We never give them their flowers. We never say, hey, the hotter heads prevail. Today. We say, oh, the cooler heads, they always talk about when they win. They never talk about when they lose. These cooler heads.

[Mike Ryan]

No, but I don't think cooler heads prevail is. Is mean. Meaning a side prevailed. I think it means that everyone cooled down, and so, like, all right, it's two sides.

[Stugotz]

They're the cooler heads and then the hotter heads. No, I don't think the cooler heads prevailed. The hotter heads clearly did not.

[Chris Cody]

I'm with Zaz. It means everyone kind of calmed down.

[Stugotz]

No, because the cooler heads prevail. That's why they calm down. Because the cooler heads. Everyone said, settle down.

[Dan Le Batard]

Stanley Cup Final cooler has prevailed. Yeah, but those are cool.

[David Sampson]

Don't the hotter heads fight against the hotter heads?

[Stugotz]

Right.

[David Sampson]

Cause when you have a hotter head versus a cooler head, the cooler head's gonna prevail. Cause they're gonna be like, yeah, I don't want that smoke. I don't want to deal with this. But the hotter head now, the flame keeps going higher and higher and higher. Now hotter heads are fighting each other.

[Stugotz]

We've all been in a fight where someone's trying to tell you not to fight, and then you get angry at that person. Don't tell me what to do.

[David Sampson]

Hotter heads prevail.

[Stugotz]

Hotter heads prevail, but we never talk about it.

[Mike Ryan]

All right, well, I guess I'm gonna keep an ear out for the hotter heads prevailing from here on out.

[Stugotz]

But cooler heads prevailed with.

[Mike Ryan]

Apparently, I wasn't there. But apparently.

[Stugotz]

Apparently, allegedly, you sounded like you were there. Well, you kind of gave us. You took us inside there.

[Mike Ryan]

Well, Jeff Passon does excellent reporting.

[Stugotz]

Yes, he does.

[Mike Ryan]

I feel like I'm there when I read Hassan's report.

[Stugotz]

When you read, you start to imagine the clubhouse, and you imagine yourself in the.

[Mike Ryan]

I know. Well, no, like, I know where Harper was sitting. Yeah, I know where Manfred was standing. Oh, yeah, that's. That's called theater of the mind.

[Stugotz]

Do you imagine, like, maybe, like, some cleats thrown over here, a dirty jersey over there? Maybe. Maybe some. Some guy on, like, a training table getting worked on his knee?

[Mike Ryan]

Yeah, buddy over there is Just standing in his jockstrap being very disrespectful. You know, put on some clothes.

[David Sampson]

Dog our locker room, though. You're gonna come in here, you're gonna see ass.

[Mike Ryan]

True, true.

[Stugotz]

That's how we do around here. True. That's. That's great reporting by Jeff Passage.

[Mike Ryan]

I agree.

[Stugotz]

It gave you all.

[Mike Ryan]

Felt like I was there.

[Stugotz]

Could smell the smells of the locker room.

[Mike Ryan]

I don't know. But, you know, if you're Bryce Harper, can we be honest here?

[Stugotz]

Be honest.

[Mike Ryan]

You behave like a grown up. He did not really. He did not really.

[Stugotz]

You gotta. You gotta send a message, a clear message to that office. We don't play them games around here. Right? You can't. You can't let them for a second think that we would even entertain that line of thinking. You gotta let them know. Because sometimes you give people an inch, they take a mile.

[Mike Ryan]

Yeah, but just letting them know that you're not going to be into a salary cap. Which, by the way, Bryce Harper, last I checked, doesn't speak for the entire membership. All right, but even if that were the.

[Stugotz]

Yes, he does. When he talks about no salary cap, he speaks for everybody.

[Mike Ryan]

Okay?

[Stugotz]

Everyone's in.

[Dan Le Batard]

Okay. That's a pretty universal line.

[Mike Ryan]

Whatever.

[Dan Le Batard]

There can't be a player that's. I think we good. Salary cap. I'm good with this.

[Stugotz]

Spending is a little out of control if you ask me.

[Mike Ryan]

What if. What if Rob Manfred was about to say, guys here, I know you don't want to hear salary cap.

[Stugotz]

Okay?

[Mike Ryan]

Price, can you sit down? All right, I'm not going to fight you. I'm not going to get the F out of the clubhouse. Hear me out. I'm thinking salary cap, where every team. The cap is $10 billion. Oh, this isn't something to fight about. That's a lot of money. I don't think we're going to hit that ceiling.

[Stugotz]

But one day.

[Mike Ryan]

But I wouldn't know because Bryce Harper kicked him out of the effing clubhouse one day.

[Stugotz]

You might the concept. Right. You know, because you know why? $10 billion salary cap, not so bad until you realize what the salary cap is now, which is unlimited infinity. It's infinity right now. That's the difference. You made me take a pay cut from infinity to 10 billion.

[David Sampson]

Got a point.

[Mike Ryan]

He has a point.

[Chris Cody]

Then the next year, they're like eight.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah. I don't think the counter is the salary caps now 10, 10 billion. I think the counter is like way shorter season, actually.

[Stugotz]

You know, if I. If I'm Manfred, this is what you do. They'll never do this. But this is what you do. Salary cap. But we increase the minimums across the board. Yeah, cuz there's a lot more of those guys.

[Dan Le Batard]

No more arbitration. They're called up to the show.

[Mike Ryan]

But Bryce Harbour decided. We're not even gonna hear what you have to say.

[Stugotz]

Right. So that's what you need to do if you're the ownership. And maybe we'll talk to David Sampson a little bit later about this, but in collective bargaining, you gotta drive a wedge between the rank and file and the superstars. Superstars don't want this, don't want that. Hey, what do you care about whether he can afford his seventh Lamborghini?

[Chris Cody]

You got to know who you're talking to. You're talking to Bryce Harper.

[Mike Ryan]

You start with, oh, he was trying.

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[Stugotz]

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[Dan Le Batard]

We're subsidizing.

[Chris Cody]

Luke Combs is gonna play the All Star game. Bryce Harper's like, all right, I'm listening.

[Mike Ryan]

And so then Bryce Harper was all, if you're even thinking about it, we will sit out all 162 games easy for the guy with the $400 million contract.

[Stugotz]

Exactly.

[Mike Ryan]

I don't know. Can Bryce harbor go turn over and ask the utility infielder if he's in on that plan too?

[Stugotz]

That's my point. You got to drive that wedge. Look at us siding with management. What a show.

[Mike Ryan]

No, no.

[Stugotz]

Dan will be so proud.

[David Sampson]

David Sampson's there like, yes, I got him.

[Mike Ryan]

No, no. I'm not siding with management. I'm siding with behaving like an adult. That's all.

[Stugotz]

That's what management.

[Dan Le Batard]

You're a cooler head.

[Stugotz]

You're prevailing.

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[Dan Le Batard]

From food for 16 to 18 hours.

[Mike Ryan]

A day could be key to treating a variety of health conditions like stabilizing.

[Dan Le Batard]

Blood sugar levels and increasing resistance to stress stugats.

[Mike Ryan]

Mike, are you doing something like this right now?

[Dan Le Batard]

I lost a lot of weight doing intermittent fasting and low carb, so now I'm getting back to it.

[Chris Cody]

But how much in that six to.

[Mike Ryan]

Eight hour window, how much can you eat Unlimited?

[Chris Cody]

I could just eat unlimited.

[Mike Ryan]

I'd do that.

[Chris Cody]

That'd be fun.

[Stugotz]

For six to eight hours, you can't eat unlimited.

[Chris Cody]

Try me.

[Mike Ryan]

No, no. I mean, this is the Don Levatar.

[Billy Gil]

Show with the stugats.

[Stugotz]

I didn't want to start with Bryce Harper, shockingly enough. Thanks a lot, Chris. I wanted to kind of set the table of all the things that are happening and start with one of the last conversations we had yesterday, Mike, about Deion Sanders. Deion Sanders, who scheduled a press conference that was going to air at 11am Mountain Time?

[Mike Ryan]

Beats me, man. I don't know how that works. Mountain Time. Who uses Mountain Time?

[Stugotz]

Deion Sanders, who put out a social media video of him talking about in very, very breathy, like my life Emotional. My life. It felt like his life was in jeopardy type of tone. And then we got the press conference. And the press conference is, yeah, he had cancer and it was removed and he's all right now. And I was just like, okay. I mean, look, cancer's not a joking matter. It's very serious. And as I said yesterday, I hope we're wrong. And turns out we were wrong. Deion Sanders is going to be fine. And the show goes on as usual. He's going to be coaching everything. Right.

[Mike Ryan]

Like, let's, like let's preface everything with. Yesterday was a really good press conference. Right. We want to preface everything with that. That was a good news press conference. Right?

[Stugotz]

It was a. The news emerging from the good news.

[Mike Ryan]

Press conference was good.

[Dan Le Batard]

And do as much as you can because I know we're going to be decontextualized here in this segment.

[Stugotz]

Yes, yes. We love that Deion Sanders is okay. That's what I said yesterday. That's why I say today I'm happy about it.

[David Sampson]

Did you guys talk about him and Karrueche in the hospital room together?

[Stugotz]

We did not because we did not have any of that information.

[David Sampson]

When I saw that, I was like.

[Stugotz]

Huh, yeah, that was. That was another thread.

[Dan Le Batard]

That was another good news situation.

[Stugotz]

Good news of Deion Sanders. Good kind of boycoach, apparently.

[Chris Cody]

I know who that is.

[Stugotz]

But tell Billy that's who Deion Sanders is dating.

[Mike Ryan]

You got it now, Billy.

[Billy Gil]

Yeah, I'm all caught up, Karuchi. Thank you, Chris.

[Stugotz]

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[Billy Gil]

Some people are just one. Famous.

[Stugotz]

She's famous.

[Billy Gil]

She's famous.

[Stugotz]

She's pretty.

[Dan Le Batard]

But she's. She's talent.

[Mike Ryan]

She been anything I've seen maybe.

[Billy Gil]

Probably ig.

[Mike Ryan]

I've seen ig.

[Stugotz]

Okay, there you go. She was. What was that show? Was a TNT show with. With Supernatural? No, the one with my home girl, Franklin and Bad. I was going to say that My.

[Mike Ryan]

Home girl, Kingdom Charmed.

[Stugotz]

Yeah. Homegirl from Reno 911. Man, she was in it. And then it kind of like a. Claws. Claws. There you go.

[David Sampson]

She was always Bel Air.

[Stugotz]

She was in Bel Air. Who'd she play? I don't know.

[David Sampson]

Didn't watch it. I'm just googling it.

[Billy Gil]

What's Claus?

[Stugotz]

Claus? Claus is like a show.

[David Sampson]

It's also with the guy from. It's Hank from Breaking Bad.

[Mike Ryan]

Yes.

[Stugotz]

Nail salon.

[Mike Ryan]

It was a nail salon, but it's like.

[Stugotz]

Yeah, I thought you meant. You mean Steve.

[David Sampson]

Yeah, I was like, I don't think so.

[Stugotz]

What are you talking about Niecy Nash? Yes. Niecy Nash was the lead. Karrueche was one of the people on the show where he's on the nail tech. But also there's crime happening out of the Nest salon.

[David Sampson]

They're kind of like a gang together.

[Stugotz]

And they do certain money laundering, something like that. It was. It was. I liked it. So. But these are all kind of tangent conversations from what felt like maybe an overplay the day before or right before the.

[Billy Gil]

I feel bamboozled a little bit.

[Chris Cody]

It felt like he was trying to set a scene and then undercut.

[Stugotz]

Can we. Can we play the video?

[Billy Gil]

Hit it.

[Ryan Reynolds]

Given his commitments to his family and to the team elected to undergo a bladder removal. We performed a full robot assisted laparoscopic bladder removal and creation of a new bladder. And I am pleased to report that the results from the surgery are that he is cured from the cancer.

[Stugotz]

You could clap. It's okay.

[Mike Ryan]

It's weird, man.

[Stugotz]

Dion's the best, right? It just.

[Mike Ryan]

It's a little weird.

[Stugotz]

You know, what? If it, if, if it come. If everything that had happened yesterday prior to the press conference so was just, hey, there's going to be a press conference. And then the press conference happens. I've been like, that's great news. I think the part that feels a little bit like a.

[Dan Le Batard]

Was it the 24 hours where you thought that Deion Sanders was gonna die? It was just the social media that led you to believe he might be dying?

[Mike Ryan]

And then the press conferences. There will be a press conference at 11am Mountain time, which beats me what time that actually is. It's Deion Sanders and his medical team.

[Billy Gil]

It sounds like you guys are upset that he made you eulogize him beforehand.

[Dan Le Batard]

I knew this was gonna happen.

[Billy Gil]

Like, you guys feel bad that you.

[Stugotz]

I feel great that the wasted.

[Mike Ryan]

That was a great news press conference.

[Dan Le Batard]

And I. And I knew Billy would, like, jump right in there.

[Mike Ryan]

I got to do that.

[Dan Le Batard]

Billy, I think the video suggests. I mean, it's. It's not fair. I think the video suggests that people didn't know how to react when he's saying, you can clap. Because everybody was over there expecting the worst. Why did they expect the worst?

[Stugotz]

Because he said it up.

[Dan Le Batard]

Because Deion Sanders made you expect the worse. And like, it's a cliche. This could have been an email a little bit. It could have been a press release where you establish that this was something that he was dealing with. And then people could prepare their questions and we can have a big triumphant press conference in which it just led to a lot of confusion. And he's a brilliant marketing mind. And I don't know, it just missed me with turning this into a marketing opportunity. I guess he must have been really negative. Recruited on the road about his health. It was kind of known in college football circles that he was dealing with something serious. So maybe he took the opportunity to spin it into, like, a triumphant win. But I don't really know the whole deal about setting people up to think that you were dealing with something that at that very moment, that you may actually die. Like, I'm not making that assumption. I was worried about that video that we played yesterday because it would lead to wild speculation.

[Stugotz]

Mike, can I give you my usual suspects moment? I sat back in my chair. I saw it at the press conference, and I was like, wow. And then I started looking at the proverbial bulletin board in front of me. And on that bulletin board was the video that you're talking about, the social media video where he's very emotional and he's talking about, man, like, I had to make my will and all that. And I remembered one thing from that video. It was very faint. It was in the background. Most people didn't pick up on it. This man to my left did. It's like, this is a very. He says there's a very serious thing, and then someone in the background laughs. And Zaz said, apparently not for that person. And I was like a funny little throwaway, right? And at the time, I thought, well, it's clearly in the background. It's a different room. People are having a different conversation. But if Deion Sanders was dying from cancer, I don't know if we're making jokes in the other room even about anything else. We're not talking about the latest episode of Always Sunny.

[Mike Ryan]

That was a dead giveaway.

[Stugotz]

That's a dead giveaway that it's. He's all right.

[Dan Le Batard]

He's got a. He's got a show, right? Coach Coach prime has a. Has a show. So he's obviously documenting a bunch of stuff. And maybe that was something that they documented from. From that moment. I doubt it was something that he recorded two days ago. Otherwise I would kind of be a little sinister in terms of, like, letting people think that you were. You were dying just to. Tada. Psych. Yeah, I'm okay. But I thought that the reaction that he got kind of explained where everybody's heads were at, which was just like, okay, you're right. It just takes a second to process the media, as far as I know. We're the only people kind of taking this angle with it. The media had to be responsible and overjoyed that Deion Sanders is okay. I'm.

[Mike Ryan]

I don't think we're the only people taking that angle. I think maybe we're the only people willing to say, yeah, that's.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah, it was. It was. It was kind of odd. It was. It was a marketing move for a marketing genius. One of the best marketers in the history of the world.

[Mike Ryan]

Again, great news. Press conference.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah. Didn't know exactly how to react to it initially. Just because he confused.

[Chris Cody]

The question is, when he was cured, like a week or two ago, was there, like a conversation he had with his people of, let's put this out. That sounds real dramatic. To tease the press conference, and then the next day I'll show up in a cowboy hat and say, I'm fine.

[Stugotz]

Well, Chris, before. Before we answer, that's a great question, but everyone here has express how happy they are. Billy, I haven't heard how happy you are.

[Billy Gil]

No, it's good.

[Mike Ryan]

Happy about this.

[Stugotz]

Doesn't sound like you're happy.

[Dan Le Batard]

No.

[Billy Gil]

You guys sound upset that you look kind of like you eulogize him for no reason yesterday. Like, you guys are bummed that, like, he didn't come out and say he was dying. We're just at home. That is, like, coming out. Whether that's what you guys intend or not. It sounds like that's what your reaction was. The press conference, like, man, he made me think that he was dying, and now I feel stupid. Like, what a waste of a press conference.

[Mike Ryan]

Yeah.

[Billy Gil]

Honestly, my takeaway from the press conference is he could pull off overalls. Pull off some overalls.

[Mike Ryan]

We're being perfectly honest because we didn't know what to expect with the press conference. The whole thing had kind of an ominous tone going in. Once Deion walks into that room with all the media sitting there in a cowboy hat and overalls before he even sits down, you gotta be like, oh, this dude's healthy.

[Billy Gil]

Yeah.

[Mike Ryan]

Like, that's not his dude. Is all this is gonna be okay.

[Dan Le Batard]

Let's be perfectly clear. Another weird part of that press conference is he's still, like, very much recovering from this. His life is going to be deeply impacted. He said, I'll keep it real with you. I can't pee the way that I did before. And no, I think you're totally on the wrong side when you say, I'm disappointed that he's not dying. No, I'm disappointed that I didn't know he was going to be okay when he knew he was going to be okay for.

[Billy Gil]

That's the same thing. Like, no, it's not.

[Dan Le Batard]

No, it's not.

[David Sampson]

But maybe he didn't know, though. Maybe he didn't know and then he found out after. He's like, all right, I'm good.

[Billy Gil]

He had bladder cancer. He had to have his body bladder removed. They put in a new bladder. Like, he's still not good. Like, he's not out of the woods.

[Dan Le Batard]

Precisely. I mean, all these things should have been addressed on the front end so people could have their questions.

[Billy Gil]

But he's a family of ours. Like, he's. Let him release his medical information how he chooses, I guess.

[Dan Le Batard]

I hear you. He is well within his rights. He's well within his rights to make it into a marketing opportunity and make it a spectacle however he wants. And I am well within my rights to be totally confused by it.

[Stugotz]

How does he pee?

[Dan Le Batard]

He says he can't pee the way that he used to. That there was talk that, like, he may need a porta potty on the sideline. Like, I mean, this is his bladder.

[Stugotz]

Are we talking about, like, frequency? Are we talking about the actual mechanic of how the pee exits his bladder?

[Dan Le Batard]

He's got a brand new bladder. I imagine there's a. There's a whole bunch of new challenges.

[David Sampson]

How do they connect that stuff?

[Dan Le Batard]

It's all bull.

[Billy Gil]

Don't worry about it.

[Stugotz]

Like, unplug this one. You get. It's like a hard drive.

[David Sampson]

Put that one in there. Smack it right in there on this side.

[Stugotz]

Okay. Slap him on it.

[David Sampson]

It's all ball bearing, by the way.

[Stugotz]

Billy, I want. I want to object to something. We didn't eulogize him yesterday. We didn't talk about eulogizing. We were talking about his life and how great he was and all this stuff we just talked about. Like, this is a really weird scenario. And as always.

[Billy Gil]

No, I mean, yesterday we were making it seem like he was gonna die, which is what, based on the video, like, it was a conclusion that could be drawn.

[Mike Ryan]

Yeah, we were speculating based on the.

[Billy Gil]

Information that he put out there.

[Mike Ryan]

Yeah, we were speculating based on the information that he had been providing.

[Dan Le Batard]

And he made it. He made it seem.

[Stugotz]

Yeah, I wasn't guessing that.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah, he made it seem that way. We were reacting in kind.

[Billy Gil]

He did have to make a will. Like he did have cancer.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yes. But not the day that he posted that video, which was just led to a confusing experience for people that were deeply concerned for Deion Sanders and wondering what this was all about.

[Stugotz]

How dare he? How dare he do this to us?

[Dan Le Batard]

How dare he be really seeing.

[Billy Gil]

I told you.

[Chris Cody]

Absurd.

[Mike Ryan]

Just not thoughtful for people like us.

[Stugotz]

You know what? I don't want cooler heads to prevail on this one. Hotheads, join me. Join me in denouncing Deion Sanders.

[Dan Le Batard]

I mean, it's irrefutable. He knows how to get people talking. It's like, this is something that other coaches have dealt with in the past, and they go about it a different way. And Coach prime is going to handle it the way that Coach prime handles it. I think people can be confused by it. But ultimately, he's healthy. He's getting a lot of attention to the cause. I'm sure good work will be done from this. And at the end of the day, it's kind of like, okay, we can disagree with how we went about it. We can feel like, oh, you kind of played us, Coach Prime. But he gets the last laugh, and hopefully he gets to be healthy.

[Billy Gil]

The thing that's weird about this situation, right, if you're like, well, he wanted to, like, you know, publicize this, make it a PR thing or whatever, I don't know the intentions of putting out the video and then having a press conference and announcing, I'm. I'm okay. I'm gonna be good. I'm still coaching. Like, that's weird. Like, that is weird. But. No, but, like, what I'm saying is, is if you believe that all of this was, like, just a PR play, then to me, it's kind of weird that we didn't know any of this was going on on the front end, and you weren't part of, like, this journey. Like, hey, I was diagnosed with this. I'm battling this. Like, come behind me. Let's support this. Let's fight this together. I would think that he was actually very scared with the situation, which is why he wasn't kind of talking about it publicly. And now, once that he's, you know, seems to be on the mend, seems to be in the clear, because even with cancer, like, you can say we eliminated cancer, but you have to do, like, screenings every year, every couple years, and there's years before you're, like, declared actually out of the woods because it could have spread to some other part of the body, right? You could have a successful surgery, and then you can have cancer reappear years later. That happens all the time. So for him to not kind of include people on the front end, I would think is an indication, like, he was actually Scared and thought this could be it. Like, this is why I did a will. I thought it was dying.

[Dan Le Batard]

Oh, it was very clear that he was scared about it. And people can. I certainly understand wanting to go through that in private. I did talk to some people that cover college football and had some questions about why this was. There's plenty of reasons to keep it secret. Some of them could be personal. Some of them could also be professional. I mean, as crude as it sounds, this is largely a game of talent acquisition, and there were a lot of coaches that were kind of seizing on what was going on.

[Mike Ryan]

So you think he may have done this for that purpose?

[Stugotz]

I think that's probably the main purpose.

[Dan Le Batard]

I think that. Yes, from.

[Mike Ryan]

From.

[Dan Le Batard]

From some of my conversations. I think he spun this the way that he did because it was kind of like a triumph and like bucking back at some of the. The other coaches that were maybe negative recruiting against Colorado a little bit. All this. The way that this all went down did lead to speculation. People still trying to understand his motivations behind it.

[Stugotz]

In that case, I denounce these other coaches who. Who are talking shit about this man while he fought cancer. How dare you, you animals.

[Billy Gil]

I think, also, like, this is. This is not important at all when dealing with his house, but, like, this is also a big win for the people. Like, yeah, Dion doesn't actually care about Colorado. He's just going to bounce as soon as, like, his guys are out of there. Like, he's gone. Because this was a perfectly reasonable reason to just say, I'm kind of done with.

[Mike Ryan]

Kids aren't there anymore.

[Billy Gil]

Yeah, kids aren't there anymore. I rebuilt this program. Like, I did what I said I was going to do. Like, I need to focus on my health now. Almost like an Urban Meyer, in a sense. Right. Where it's like, I'm going to kind of step away now. I'm going to rebuild my health. Then, like, I'll be back in a couple of years, maybe, if I'm feeling up to it or not. But, like, he's. He has gone through this. He's recruited. He's done all the media days, and he says he's going to coach this year.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah. Which is why I think he kind of took this angle. The only thing that I don't really quite get and am confused BY Was that 24 hours there where he specifically, he led people to believe his life was in grave danger between the time he released that video and the press conference. And it led to a really strange reaction to what is very clearly, overwhelmingly good news for Deion Sanders.

[Stugotz]

Give a clap. It's okay.

[David Sampson]

I mean, anytime you hear the C word, you're gonna be kind of scared for your life. I've had the C word twice and.

[Chris Cody]

It'S like, yeah, when really Bona fides.

[Stugotz]

Yeah, man.

[David Sampson]

When you've. When you've heard it, you're like, oh, okay.

[Stugotz]

Shit.

[David Sampson]

All right, we gotta kind of.

[Stugotz]

What's that like, hold on. What was that like the one. The first time?

[David Sampson]

The first time I was five, so I don't remember. I was. I was in my mid-20s and that time I was like, damn, okay, that sucks.

[Stugotz]

What was the lead up?

[David Sampson]

The lead up was I found a lump under my arm.

[Stugotz]

You just.

[David Sampson]

I was on the couch. I was on the couch just hanging out, watching a game. I didn't have a shirt on. I was up in Connecticut and I kind of felt something on my arm. I was like, oh, that's weird that I don't have that on the other side. So called up my parents obviously knowing the history, and I was like, hey, I got this. I don't know what's really going on. We can go check it out at the doctor that we go see. So I did, and they're like, Yeah, a normal 27 year old guy doesn't have that. So we got to check that out like thoroughly. And then I did a biopsy and then stuff came back and they're like, hey, yeah, you got the C word. And I was like, damn. Okay, what do we do? All right, you got to do this, you got to do that, whatever. But like, you're still scared. Even though it wasn't a life threatening place or life threatening cancer, it was like, shit, now I got to do so much stuff to just be normal again. It sucks.

[Mike Ryan]

That's always the move, right? If you feel something on one side of your body, check. You got to check the other side. Like, nice. I got it. I got both.

[David Sampson]

But then I'm worried. Damn, I got it in both. All right. I got to figure something out here.

[Stugotz]

I got a lump in my back that I've had for like seven years now.

[Mike Ryan]

No, that you're okay. Yeah, that's too long. That's to be back.

[Stugotz]

That's what the doctor.

[Mike Ryan]

I think that's the rule.

[Billy Gil]

I would check that.

[Stugotz]

Doctor said, like, how long have you had? We're back.

[David Sampson]

We're in the back, though. We're in the back, right?

[Stugotz]

My lower back, like right here.

[David Sampson]

Lower back. Yeah, I think you're good.

[Billy Gil]

All right.

[Stugotz]

Yeah.

[Chris Cody]

Screwed by now, that's also not necessarily true.

[Mike Ryan]

I'm a doctor.

[Stugotz]

It's true. He is a doctor.

[Billy Gil]

You do a lot?

[Stugotz]

Doctor, judge, what else? Lawyer.

[Mike Ryan]

Also Race war, X ray.

[Stugotz]

Oh, wow.

[David Sampson]

He's got. That's why he's got the Zazzle Mansion, though. Man's got multiple jobs.

[Mike Ryan]

Yeah. How do you think I pull this off?

[Stugotz]

Multiple streams of income. Right, But. So we're glad that Dion is okay.

[Mike Ryan]

Can I ask you real quick, too. What was it when you were five?

[David Sampson]

Stage four. Hodgkin's lymphoma.

[Stugotz]

Stage four?

[Mike Ryan]

Isn't that like. That's like. Yeah, stage four.

[Stugotz]

That's down 40 in the fourth quarter. You came back to come back.

[Chris Cody]

Kid came back where he got his confidence.

[Stugotz]

Yeah, man. How dare. How dare. You know what?

[David Sampson]

How do you like that?

[Stugotz]

Yeah. To the haters, how you love that.

[Mike Ryan]

You're like a special boy.

[David Sampson]

Thank you. That's what I've been trying to tell you guys.

[Dan Le Batard]

You guys don't listen to me.

[Stugotz]

Oh, man. Do you understand what that is? That means that's it, man. They started running the credits and everything. It's like they got the ropes out.

[David Sampson]

What did I tell them? Put those muffin ropes back.

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[Dan Le Batard]

Not all meals are created equal.

[Stugotz]

For instance, breakfast has the spicy egg McMuffin for a limited time. And lunch.

[Dan Le Batard]

Does it?

[Stugotz]

McDonald's breakfast. Don Le.

[Dan Le Batard]

Chris Cody does an impression. Just be careful.

[Chris Cody]

Dangerous game here. This is a dangerous game.

[Stugotz]

I don't want to play this game.

[Dan Le Batard]

No. He was saying, man, I could do such a great country.

[Stugotz]

No, I don't want to play this game.

[Dan Le Batard]

He's like, man, this is who we're gonna.

[Stugotz]

This is who we're gonna trust.

[Mike Ryan]

I mean, you do it.

[Chris Cody]

Let's Let a mean do it.

[Billy Gil]

I think st.

[Stugotz]

I think you could do it, Chris, because you did a great Charles Barkley. You're one for one there. Did no one just hear the segment we just did with Amin?

[Billy Gil]

We cannot be taking judgment is not.

[Stugotz]

Also from the local drunk on whether or not you should do the impersonation of a black man stumbling over his words like you don't see the bad.

[Dan Le Batard]

There was Mose and Moody.

[Chris Cody]

Moody Moses.

[Dan Le Batard]

That. It sounds worse. Be careful, man.

[Stugotz]

We gotta, like. We cannot do this. It's too close to the line. This is where the line is. Something legitimately funny can't be funny because we're scared our ginger is going to do something racist by accident.

[Chris Cody]

Carry the hell on.

[Billy Gil]

Dan.

[Stugotz]

Rachel. Dan. The line is where we feel alive, though.

[Mike Ryan]

This is the Dan Levatar show with the Stu cats.

[Stugotz]

All right, so let's move on to something lighter. Still in the.

[Billy Gil]

That was a smooth transition.

[Stugotz]

I know. I learned.

[Billy Gil]

Let's talk about something.

[Mike Ryan]

Ryan Govin. Let's move to something lighter. Ryan Samberg.

[Stugotz]

Well, okay, that's.

[Billy Gil]

No, that one came out of nowhere, huh?

[Stugotz]

All right, guys, don't do this. Don't hijack it to get it somewhere sadder. Meanwhile, it's. It's. It's. It's one way. This way.

[Dan Le Batard]

You're having a reckoning with the chair today, because you're usually one of the people that are making the tangents and make it impossible for the person in that chair.

[Stugotz]

Yeah, well, come on, man.

[Dan Le Batard]

It's a day of reckoning for me.

[Stugotz]

Day of Reckoning. That sounds like a movie. Is that movie called Day of Reckoning?

[Dan Le Batard]

There has to be a movie, and.

[Stugotz]

It has to be cinephobe eligible. But. But we're talking about football. And on our screens here, we have, like, all the channels, all the different shows are on, and first take is on.

[Mike Ryan]

Really disrespectful tribute to Ryan.

[Billy Gil]

I mean, that was it. You didn't even see RFP or anything.

[Dan Le Batard]

You're the person that did that.

[Mike Ryan]

Well, you know what? So you know what? I'll fix it. I mean, thank you.

[Stugotz]

I was fixing it. But go ahead. I'll pull us back.

[Billy Gil]

No, I'm here talking about Ryan Sandberg passing, and you said day of reckoning, which is kind of like. That's not the tone that came out.

[David Sampson]

This year, by the way. 2025.

[Stugotz]

There you go.

[Mike Ryan]

Really weird week for me because, you know, we. We did the Hulk Hogan stuff last week, and Hulk Hogan was a childhood hero of mine, you know, and Ryan Sandberg was my favorite player growing up. And so in the span of a week, it's like these. These were two dudes who, for me, I'm seven, eight years old. He was my favorite player. I loved the Cubs because we didn't have a team down here. There's no Marlins, you know, and we had wgn, which everyone had wgn. Right. And by the way, the Cubs played during the day. So as a little kid, I loved the Cubs, and I loved Andre Dawson and Mark Grace and Sean Dunston. But Ryan Sandberg, he was my favorite. And so just. I don't know. I guess we're at that eight now. Obviously, he struggled with cancer for a while, on and off, but I guess we're at an age now where, like, the childhood heroes.

[Stugotz]

I thought you were gonna save it.

[Mike Ryan]

Well, no, no, I saved it by giving a nice. I said nice words.

[Stugotz]

That's nice. I wanted to save it when I got.

[Mike Ryan]

Bring it back to life. How do I save it?

[Billy Gil]

He also, like, relatively young, is 65.

[Stugotz]

Cancer.

[Billy Gil]

Yeah. No, he did. He had cancer. But it's one of those things where you weren't expecting. Yes. Or to find out, like, hey, all.

[Mike Ryan]

Of a sudden it flashed on the.

[Billy Gil]

Screen and it was everywhere. Yeah. Anyway, bummer. Sorry. I mean, take it away. I mean, your jokes.

[Stugotz]

Yeah. Funny guy. Go ahead. So on, get up. Ryan Clark is on. And I don't know where he's coming on from, but his background, the way he looked on the screen, and if we could throw it up on the screen, it looks like he was at a CVS getting his passport photo taken.

[Mike Ryan]

He's behind the white screen, right?

[Stugotz]

Like, that's. That's. You know, you guys, it's right by. Right by the fridges, right by the photo area that used to be a bustling part of every pharmacy, but now it's like it's a ghost town.

[Billy Gil]

Dead.

[Stugotz]

No one's around there.

[Billy Gil]

Used to go and, like, get your blood pressure.

[Stugotz]

Yep.

[Billy Gil]

At the pharmacy. Oh, I love that. I guess. Yeah. I would go and I would sit there. I was a little, skinny, skinny boy, though.

[Chris Cody]

Oh, that hurts. Yeah.

[Billy Gil]

But a lot of times, because I was so skinny and I was young, when I was doing it, it would, like, go. And it couldn't read my arm. My arm was so skinny. The blood pressure Mach gonna do it. Yeah. I'd stick it in and then I would push the. You know, the thing and then go. And I'm like, man, I hope it takes a long time for my grandparents or whoever to pick up this medicine so I can, like, finish with it was. It was a game for me. I'd sit down and I'd try to, like, pull it out and see how hard I could, like, you know, take the pressure. Guess I was the only one.

[Stugotz]

So. Yeah, so. But it thought made me think about the pharmacy. And like I said, what was once a bustling business, the photo development part of it, right? You would go there and they would develop photos, and then in later years you could sc. It was like the opposite, right? This is how you get your photos digital. You go to the Walgreens or the CVS and you put yourself in there. And now everything becomes on the digital side. And I'm like, that stuff is done. It's over. My kids don't even know what that section is about. That's just a deserted area with a desk. And they sell headphones back there, right?

[Mike Ryan]

If you need something, you're waiting at that counter for a while.

[Stugotz]

Yeah, you gotta push the button for someone to come eventually and help you out.

[David Sampson]

And they show up and they're like, yeah.

[Billy Gil]

Do you order photos? I've ordered pictures printed there. You know what, you know what happens? And I don't know if this happened to you guys. Sometimes they don't cut them. So, like, if I strip, if I order like a 4x6 or something, they'll print on a 5 by 7 and I just get like a white bar on the top, a white bar on the side. And it's like. It's like a little DIY project that I have now. Like, what's going on here then? That it's gotten better because at times it was like they would print them and they wouldn't be centered and it'd just be like, someone's head is missing from this photo. Did anyone look at this at all before you just handed this to me? It's like, no, we don't look at them anymore. Like, that's not a thing. I miss when you used to take the film in and have to wait like an hour.

[Stugotz]

One hour photo.

[Billy Gil]

One hour photo was one hour photo is like.

[Mike Ryan]

Like you miss having no idea what the photos are gonna look.

[Billy Gil]

Yeah, I kind of do. I miss the thrill of not knowing if it's a good photo or not. Then you'd also, like, go through the photos and you would leave something like, not this one. I'm not taking this one. Like, I'm not paying.

[Mike Ryan]

And there were doubles of everything.

[Billy Gil]

Yeah.

[Stugotz]

There.

[Billy Gil]

And then you had like the negative and you'd hold it up to the light. Like, I gotta save this if I ever want to reproduce this photo. I'm gonna this in to eckards to have this redone. Yeah, I missed that. I was talking today about how I miss beepers outside. Yeah, we've advanced too far.

[Mike Ryan]

1 4, 3.

[Billy Gil]

Yeah, missing one.

[Stugotz]

911 was the one you got. You got. I got page 911.

[Billy Gil]

It was so rarely a 91 1. Oh, I was so rarely 911 when you got that text.

[Stugotz]

No, like, the actual purpose.

[Billy Gil]

Yeah. When you got a 911 text and you called back, you're like, this is not urgent. You don't understand what 911 means.

[Stugotz]

We're getting a pizza. What's the topping?

[Billy Gil]

Not a 911.

[David Sampson]

That kind of is a 91 1, depending on the situation.

[Billy Gil]

Not a 91 1.

[Stugotz]

When are you coming home? 91 1. Oh, those are the days, man. Then you. You'd have to. You. You would text people. Was that 9009, right?

[David Sampson]

8008.

[Stugotz]

Yeah. Or 8000 8000, 8080.

[Billy Gil]

You guys old enough that you used to go over to people's houses to see slideshows of their vacations? Yeah, that never happened to me, but I know that used to be, like, a form of entertainment. Like, come look at us, the riches. And look at us. We went to Europe. Here's our slideshow, you poors.

[Stugotz]

Is the family called the Riches or No?

[Billy Gil]

No, the family is the riches.

[Stugotz]

Got it.

[Billy Gil]

They're the rich family. And then they go, richie Rich. Great movie. We're not gonna talk about that.

[Stugotz]

His own cinephobe. We did it.

[Chris Cody]

Had his own McDonald's.

[Stugotz]

Yeah, he did.

[Mike Ryan]

You ever get that 823?

[Billy Gil]

What's that? That was my. That was my cub scout troop. What does that mean? Something nasty.

[Mike Ryan]

Thinking of you.

[Billy Gil]

Thinking of you. Wow. Shout out to pack 823.

[Mike Ryan]

You ever get that 157? Now it's keep in touch.

[Stugotz]

Wow. Wait, is that translation? Why is it 157?

[Mike Ryan]

I didn't make the rules, man. You ever get that 637? Always and forever.

[Billy Gil]

Wow.

[Mike Ryan]

You ever get that 187?

[Stugotz]

Oh, that means someone got murdered.

[Mike Ryan]

Means.

[Stugotz]

Yeah.

[Mike Ryan]

Means I'm gonna kill you.

[Stugotz]

Yeah.

[Billy Gil]

Let me see that. How are you gonna do that? Damn. That's like a deadly game of paper, scissors, rock.

[Stugotz]

If I've ever seen packing cigarettes. Right? Like, I used to want to smoke because I love the guy.

[David Sampson]

I feel like a good pack.

[Billy Gil]

Seems so cool, right?

[Stugotz]

Oh, my God.

[Chris Cody]

What's happening there?

[Billy Gil]

I don't Know, people just want to be Joe Camel, which is like, weird. Just some Camel and jeans and like a, you know, John Travolta looking Camel. And you're like, I want to be that Camel.

[Chris Cody]

What was the actual thing they're accomplishing.

[Stugotz]

In the smacking of that 855 NBA jump? If you know why people used to pack cigarettes, let us know.

[David Sampson]

I think it just like keeps them all down in the pack, right? Because sometimes they get loose and they move down.

[Chris Cody]

Like tightens up the tobacco.

[Stugotz]

Oh, maybe that's a type.

[Mike Ryan]

I think the point was just like you. You. You're not like a noob, you know? You know about cigarettes, by the way, on that point.

[Stugotz]

I remember when you could go to a pharmacy and buy cigarettes. Can't do it anymore. Or at least in some places. In some places, they stop selling cigarettes. Like, don't sell tobacco products at pharmacists.

[Chris Cody]

I don't buy cigarettes, but I know that they have other tobacco products.

[Stugotz]

Well, what else?

[Dan Le Batard]

Nicotine products.

[Chris Cody]

Like nicotine Dutch Masters.

[Stugotz]

Oh, what? What? Why are you buying Dustmasters?

[David Sampson]

I just say enjoys a nice smoke.

[Stugotz]

Optimo.

[Mike Ryan]

I used to love the old school Sig machines.

[Stugotz]

Swisher. Sweet. They still got one at Mama Tried Love. Right by the bathroom.

[Mike Ryan]

You pull the lever. You had all the different kinds. I love an old school.

[Dan Le Batard]

You go lever, lever, lever, lever. Yeah, it's a lever.

[Mike Ryan]

I say it the right way. Lever.

[Stugotz]

Leave her alone.

[Mike Ryan]

Better not get that 187 when you.

[Stugotz]

Start packing your cigarettes that you got from pulling out a lever. Leverage.

[Mike Ryan]

Thinking about sending you a 187 right now.

[Stugotz]

Okay, David Sampson's up next.

[Dan Le Batard]

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[Stugotz]

Cuervo.

[Dan Le Batard]

What are you doing here?

[Stugotz]

Cuervo. Anytime someone says Cuervo, I show up.

[Dan Le Batard]

Well, I do know that to be true. But even during ad reads like Cuervo, I think he could lay out, especially.

[Stugotz]

For one of our great partners, sweet, delicious Cuervo.

[Dan Le Batard]

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

[Stugotz]

Cuervo.

[Dan Le Batard]

So enjoy the tequila that started it all. Cuervo.

[Stugotz]

Cuervo.

[Dan Le Batard]

The tequila that invented tequila. Roximo Cuervo.com. please drink responsibly.

[Stugotz]

Cuervo.