Postgame Show: The Lil Channel (feat. JuJu Gotti)

Summary

Podcast Summary: The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz Episode: Postgame Show: The Lil Channel (feat. JuJu Gotti)
Release Date: June 23, 2025

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1. Introduction and Setting the Stage

The episode kicks off from the Elser Hotel in Downtown Miami, where Dan Le Batard and Stugotz, alongside their co-hosts, delve into the latest in sports and pop culture.

2. "Against the Spread" Segment with DraftKings Sponsorship

At [01:35], Dan introduces the "Against the Spread" segment, sponsored by DraftKings, where Chris and Greg Cody discuss their betting strategies.

• Greg Cody shares his notable bet against Trevor Rogers, an Orioles pitcher recently traded to the Marlins:

  "I have a rule in life. It's always bet against Trevor Rogers, pitcher for the Orioles... We are taking the Rangers plus one and a half against the spread." [01:43]

• Chris Cody elaborates on Rogers' performance:

  "He's just a solid ERA of more than five." [02:17]

The Codys express skepticism about the Orioles' decision to acquire Rogers, questioning the team's strategy and prospects.

3. Pirates Drama: David Sampson vs. Andrew McCutcheon

Transitioning into [02:26], the hosts discuss a recent back-and-forth between Pirates' left fielder Andrew McCutcheon and journalist David Sampson.

• Dan Le Batard comments on the absurdity of the exchange:

  "I can't wait to hear this because it's ridiculous getting into a back and forth like that with an athlete, David Sampson." [03:11]

• Chris Cody highlights McCutcheon's dismissive remarks:

  "McCutcheon says my source stinks... it's just a laughable thing to say..." [03:18]

• Juju Gotti defends their platform, emphasizing support for smaller channels:

  "Why wouldn't you want to stand up for little channels?" [04:13]

4. JuJu Gotti on the Kevin Durant Trade and Finals Injury Impact

At [04:24], JuJu Gotti joins the conversation to discuss the Houston Rockets' recent trade for Kevin Durant and its implications.

• Juju Gotti praises the trade, noting Durant brings essential scoring:

  "I think it's a wonderful trade for Houston Rockets." [05:21]

• Chris Cody agrees, comparing Durant's importance to legendary players like Jimmy Butler and Steph Curry:

  "You need one of these on your side if you're going to get past..." [05:43]

The discussion shifts to the Finals and the impact of Halliburton's injury:

• Juju Gotti reflects on the disappointment:

  "This is what exactly you play for... the basketball world yesterday... feels like... unjust." [07:02]

• Dan Le Batard and Juju Gotti reminisce about past instances where injuries soured championship outcomes, highlighting the emotional toll on fans and players alike.

5. Humorous Banter: The "Fred" Debate

Throughout the episode, the hosts engage in playful debates about the name "Fred" in sports.

• Chris Cody jokes about the athletic prowess of individuals named Fred:

  "That person is not good at sports until proven otherwise, just by virtue of their name being Fred." [06:55]

• Dan Le Batard adds with humor:

  "Flintstone is the most famous Fred of all time." [07:02]

• The conversation touches on various sports figures named Fred, including Fred McGriff and Fred Taylor, blending humor with sports trivia.

6. Audience Polls and Interaction

Interactive segments engage the audience with fun polls:

• Juju Gotti presents a poll on Dairy Queen Blizzard flavors:

  "44% of the audience says the Oreo Blizzard." [12:35]

• Another poll queries listeners about Dairy Queen's chili dogs:

  "77% of the audience says, no, they do not." [12:49]

• A final whimsical poll addresses the belief in voodoo:

  "92% of the audience says, yes, it is. Damn right." [13:12]

7. Closing Remarks and Reflections

As the episode winds down, hosts reflect on the day's discussions:

• Dan Le Batard muses on the unpredictable nature of sports:

  "We are going to get to the polls in just a second..." [12:00]

The episode concludes with light-hearted interactions, leaving listeners engaged and entertained.

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Key Takeaways:

• Betting Insights: Greg and Chris Cody provide strategic perspectives on MLB pitching trades, particularly Trevor Rogers’ move to the Marlins.

• Player-Reporter Dynamics: The episode highlights tensions between Pirates' player Andrew McCutcheon and journalist David Sampson, emphasizing challenges smaller media channels face.

• Trade Analysis: JuJu Gotti offers a deep dive into the Houston Rockets' acquisition of Kevin Durant, underlining its potential impact on the team's performance.

• Injury Impact: The discussion addresses how key player injuries can derail championship aspirations, using Halliburton's Finals injury as a case study.

• Humor and Engagement: The hosts maintain a light-hearted atmosphere through debates about "Fred" in sports and interactive audience polls, enhancing listener engagement.

Notable Quotes:

• Greg Cody: "I have a rule in life. It's always bet against Trevor Rogers." [01:43]

• Juju Gotti: "I think it's a wonderful trade for Houston Rockets." [05:21]

• Chris Cody: "That person is not good at sports until proven otherwise, just by virtue of their name being Fred." [06:55]

This episode seamlessly blends serious sports analysis with humor and audience interaction, offering a comprehensive and entertaining overview of current sports narratives and trends.

Transcript

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[Dan Le Batard]

All right, it's time for against the Spray.

[Chris Cody]

I gotta give you my greatest professional regret before we get out of here.

[Dan Le Batard]

Oh, snap.

[Chris Cody]

Okay.

[Dan Le Batard]

It's presented by DraftKings. DraftKings crown is yours, Chris.

[Greg Cody]

I have a rule in life. It's always bet against Trevor Rogers, pitcher for the Orioles. The Marlins traded them. The Marlins got a really good prospect for Trevor Rogers. Have no idea what the Orioles were doing acquiring Trevor Rogers. He is facing the Rangers tonight against Patrick Corbin. You got to go bet against Trevor Rogers. We are taking the Rangers plus one and a half against the spread.

[Dan Le Batard]

Go ahead, Dan.

[Chris Cody]

That's it. We're just doing one. Yes. Just one game today, okay.

[Greg Cody]

When you bet against Trevor Rogers, it's the only action you need.

[Chris Cody]

That's. That's a bet I've enjoyed making over the last few years. He's just a solid ERA of more than five.

[Greg Cody]

We got one of their best prospects for him. What were they thinking?

[Chris Cody]

It was a bit confusing. It's just a tall Person who throws from that side, they'll just grab him and try and make him a baseball player. Juju is here, and I want to get to this in a second, but first, I want to get to the back and forth that David Sampson had with Andrew McCutcheon. Andrew McCutcheon is the left fielder. He's playing left field now for the Pirates. Correct. You're wearing a Pirates hat back there, Chris. I'm sure you can name all of the Pirates after skeens, right?

[Greg Cody]

Skeens, McCutcheon and them boys.

[Chris Cody]

Yes. So he had a back and forth with David Sampson, and for some reason, David Sampson was questioning McCutcheon sources. And McCutcheon then questioned David Sampson's sources. What are you laughing about, Cody?

[Dan Le Batard]

Just. I can't wait to hear this because it's ridiculous getting into a back and forth like that with an athlete, David Sampson.

[Chris Cody]

Okay, so let's watch here. Let's look at what we have here. This screenshot of McCutcheon and Sampson going back and forth at each other. McCutcheon says my source stinks. David. What a laughable thing to say when my source is the commissioner of Major League baseball. And I have 27 witnesses to back that up. Back that up. So stick to your little channel. Your little channel and do this. And then he shows the Rock telling him to know your role and keep your mouth shut. What are you laughing about, Chris? Oh, good for him, says juju. And look at big Pirates fan. Chris Cody has never cared more about the pirates than he does right now because he's going after David Sampson. McCutcheon. You like that he hit him with little show.

[Greg Cody]

Little channel. Just very dismissive.

[Chris Cody]

That's our little channel. He's making fun of our little channel.

[Dan Le Batard]

Thank you.

[Greg Cody]

He's got his own channel.

[Chris Cody]

I know, but he's just making fun of little channels any everywhere. Why wouldn't you want to stand up for little channels?

[Greg Cody]

Is there a difference between a little channel and a little channel?

[Chris Cody]

The way I was pronouncing it, I was. I was just giving you the L I L apostrophe.

[Dan Le Batard]

The little channel is more lovable.

[Chris Cody]

Put it on the poll, please. Juju at LeBatard show. Is the little channel more lovable? What did you have for us on Kevin Durant? Juju. And it's nice to see you, sir.

[Juju Gotti]

Nice to see you as well. Well, good for McCutcher, man, a lie. Make it halfway around the world before the truth even gets out of bed. So, yeah, stand up for yourself, brother. But, yeah, I think that the Rockets got exactly what they needed in Kevin Durant, bro. Like last playoffs, they lost playoff games without. Because they didn't have a scorer, a go to scorer. One of the games they had Alperine Shangun with the, with the game on the line, going up against Draymond. He got Stonewall against Draymond and Draymond flexed on him and all of that. If they had anybod to pass it to or just a go to scorer, they would have been in better shape. And Jalen Green came up so short. This playoffs reminded us that he may not be what they exactly need in Houston either. So I think it's a wonderful trade for Houston Rockets Juju.

[Chris Cody]

You are correct about that because they didn't give up any of their actual great young assets. And you're absolutely right that they got the thing they absolutely need and the thing they were taught they needed by Jimmy Butler and Steph Curry. Like you need one of these on your side if you're going to get past what remains of the old, you know, fighting champions in that. In that conference.

[Juju Gotti]

Yeah, absolutely. Because Fred Vlan Vliet, however you say, a Van Vliet, he tried his darndest and he hit some big shots. But when you got people squaring up and just locking in on Van Vliet, he's easy to stop. You can't stop the easy money sniper ever.

[Chris Cody]

So do you guys have trouble with Van Vliet as well? I get a little scared about. I'm scared around the double V's there. I don't get. I don't do it with a lot of confidence. You get scared around him, Chris.

[Greg Cody]

You got terrified.

[Chris Cody]

Are we all. Are we all confident? Confident Ben leaders? Nope.

[Dan Le Batard]

I just call him Fred.

[Chris Cody]

Okay. That would be a funny way to analyze that, to just say, you know, the Rockets came up short because of Fred last year. Yeah, like Fred Mitchell. Just Fred. Like. What happened? Well, they were going up against Jimmy Butler and Steph Curry and they had a guy named Fred.

[Dan Le Batard]

Right. Like soccer players, as you just say, Fred on the back of his jersey.

[Chris Cody]

Has there been a great fred at sports McGriff champion? Yeah, you got me.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah. Not many others though.

[Greg Cody]

That can't be our best friend.

[Chris Cody]

That's got to be. He's a two time series champion. What are you talking about?

[Juju Gotti]

I don't think he's a Fred Freeman.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

There you go. Juju's right.

[Chris Cody]

Freddie though. Freddie. There's a Freddie.

[Juju Gotti]

Yeah.

[Chris Cody]

Freddie's different than Fred. It does.

[Dan Le Batard]

Very different.

[Chris Cody]

It is, right, because.

[Dan Le Batard]

Very different.

[Chris Cody]

Fred Lands with a single syllable. And that person. That person is not good at sports until proven otherwise, just by virtue of their name being Fred.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah. Flintstone is the most famous bread of all time.

[Greg Cody]

Great bowler.

[Chris Cody]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Good bowler.

[Juju Gotti]

Yeah. Speaking of one syllable, J her Jeanette from Twitter says that Zaslo today looks like the keeper of the cup, Mike Bolt.

[Dan Le Batard]

That's good.

[Chris Cody]

He just looked like himself. He's looking more and more confident. We can't tell what it is exactly. It's just a radiance that he has about him, but I think it's just from winning. Winning all his bets, winning all his championships.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

Fred Lynn.

[Dan Le Batard]

Oh, that's a good one. That's good. Bosox. Good contribution as opposed to Botox.

[Chris Cody]

Yes, he's right. So flaw, as you like to say.

[Dan Le Batard]

So capital fla. One word.

[Chris Cody]

By the way, do you have any other final thoughts? I enjoyed your alley oop coverage throughout the postseason. Juju after games. Did you have any other thoughts on the finals?

[Juju Gotti]

Yeah, I agree with Mike. I think that Halliburton had to play like, this is exactly what you play for. It's like you want to win a Grammy and the Grammys say, hey, come on down here today and perform for us. And you either you or this other brother gonna win the Grammy. And you like, oh, but I rest my voice on Wednesdays. I can't come down. I'm gonna save it for next year. Like, nah, this is. This is what exactly you play for. The whole year is gonna be about next year. So it sucks. It took the air out of the entire world, the basketball world yesterday, but I feel like given the opportunity, I would have made the same decision if I was Halliburton.

[Chris Cody]

Can you guys remember something feeling quite like that in. And there are many injuries throughout sports that are. That are hurtful. And Kevin Durant did go down earlier in the series, but to have it happen in a Game 7 after Halliburton played that way, I, off the top of my head, wasn't remembering a whole lot of situations where you would go from the enthusiasm of game seven. This is the most exciting thing. Is it possible that Indiana will produce one of the greatest upsets in the sports history to. Oh, that's sad. It's not even that. It's just not the result I wanted. It's just all sad. I'm watching something here that was a party and now there's just sadness because this seems unjust. This seems like the absolutely imperfect way to finish all of this. Can you guys think of Another circumstance where a championship has sort of been just soiled by an injury.

[Dan Le Batard]

Do you think Willis McGahey qualifies?

[Chris Cody]

I mean, that game was so. That game was so crazy special that people remember it, even though that happened early in the game and we saw that his career was going to be impacted in the pros. But I'm. I'm more talking about. You just are deflated on two fronts. You're feeling sadness for a human being, and you're also getting the anti climax of now. Indiana doesn't have any chance. This is my. My interest in this game is. Is something that is no longer what it was five minutes ago.

[Juju Gotti]

Yeah, as. As. As sad as it was. Sorry, B. Bro, you go ahead.

[Dan Le Batard]

No, no, but I was just going to mention after he went out, they played very well the rest of that first half, right?

[Juju Gotti]

Yeah. Yes, sir.

[Dan Le Batard]

At halftime, you're thinking to yourself, all right, this could be the miracle where Indiana loses its best player and still makes a game of this. I mean, at halftime, I think you still had the feeling that, wow, they're going to. They're going to win one for Halliburton. This could be a spectacular finish to a final.

[Juju Gotti]

Right? They were up at the half. And as sad as it was, Miles Turner, six points.

[Chris Cody]

The last two games. Miles Turner, man.

[Juju Gotti]

Aaron Neesmith, three points. Obi Toppin, zero points. Sorry, excuse me. Fine. Ben Shepard, zero points. Siakam, 13 field goal attempts. Like, six points in the second half. When your star goes down, you got to come together as a squad and be like, all right, y' all, Dan is sick today. What we got? We got to keep it going. I'm gonna. I'm through this. I'm gonna hit him with this one. Roy, you hit him with the hockey. Chris, you touch eggplants hand. Like, we gotta come up with a plan. And they didn't come up with nothing.

[Dan Le Batard]

Fred Dreyer.

[Chris Cody]

Fred. Fred Balitnikov. I still think McGriff might be the greatest of the Freds, though. I don't think you're better than Fred Lynn. Right on the cusp of the hall of Fame. I don't think we have an all. I don't think we produced a Hall of Fame. Fred.

[Juju Gotti]

Fred Taylor.

[Greg Cody]

What are you guys doing with Fred McGriff? Wasn't he just a good player?

[Chris Cody]

Like a borderline hall of Famer? Like, he a lot of times came up for the hall of Fame and is like one of the helicopter swing, one of the best players borderline.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

He's in ever.

[Chris Cody]

Oh, there you go. Okay.

[Dan Le Batard]

Eventually made it.

[Chris Cody]

He did make it. Okay.

[Greg Cody]

But we agree. He was one of the ones.

[Chris Cody]

He was close while he was. For many years. He was right on the cosmic. I didn't realize that Greg Cody became more lenient than I am.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yes. Crime dog with his.

[Chris Cody]

With his vote.

[Greg Cody]

Wasn't there a bad injury? Gymnast ankle. Trying to think of bad injuries in sports drug 1996.

[Chris Cody]

Yeah, but she won. And she won.

[Greg Cody]

All right, then.

[Chris Cody]

Despite the injury. You understand what I'm saying? It just doesn't. That particular deflation that way where you're coming for a party and you end up being sad. You know, it's like. And you end up being sad for both things, that it's less entertaining. And also, the star player just got hurt in a way that affects his career. We're going to get to the polls in. In just a second, but, Billy, what happened back there? What's going on? Just a stretch, okay? Just a stretch. All right. You're. You're winding down. You're winding down for the day. What do we have for poll updates? Juju?

[Juju Gotti]

Best Dairy Queen Blizzard flavor Heath bar, Oreo, Reese's or chocolate chip cookie dough? 44 of the audience says the Oreo Blizzard.

[Greg Cody]

Thank you.

[Chris Cody]

I prefer more calories than that. I like more. Maximum calories.

[Juju Gotti]

According to Chris Cody, also T.J. mcConnell's mom, well within her rights to defend her baby. Get that camera out of my baby's face. He's sad. He's. He's Michael Jordan to her. Do you ever get the chili dog from Dairy Queen? 77 of the audience says, no, they do not.

[Chris Cody]

Does anyone? Does anyone. That's the better. Have you ever seen anyone get the chili dog at Dairy Queen? It's a great question, right?

[Juju Gotti]

And the last poll. Is that some voodoo? 92% of the audience says, yes, it is. Damn right.

[Dan Le Batard]

That is some voodoo.

[Chris Cody]

My greatest professional regret is.