The Big Suey: THE DAN LE BATARD SHOW HAS WON THE BIG ONE!

Summary

Podcast Summary: The Big Suey: THE DAN LE BATARD SHOW HAS WON THE BIG ONE!

Podcast Information:

• Title: The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
• Hosts: Dan Le Batard, Stugotz, Chris Cody, Mike Ryan, Greg Cody, David Sampson
• Episode: The Big Suey: THE DAN LE BATARD SHOW HAS WON THE BIG ONE!
• Release Date: May 28, 2025
• Location: Elser Hotel, Downtown Miami
• Description: Dan Le Batard, Stugotz, and their team delve into sports, pop culture, and local South Florida happenings, featuring segments like the “Local Hour” and The Big Suey.

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1. Introduction to The Big One Award (01:02 - 03:18)

The episode kicks off with the announcement of an exciting new segment: The Big One, presented by DraftKings. Host Chris Cody introduces the concept of awarding "The Big One," touted as the most coveted accolade in the sports podcasting industry.

Notable Quote:

• Chris Cody (01:06): "Welcome to the Big Suey, presented by DraftKings."

2. Defining The Big One and Its Significance (03:18 - 04:43)

The hosts debate the importance of various awards within the podcasting realm. Stugotz emphasizes that The Sports Podcast Awards hold more weight than prestigious accolades like the Peabody Awards within their niche.

Notable Quotes:

• Stugotz (03:06): "It's gotta be the sports podcast awards."
• Stugotz (02:34): "I don't think that, that being a Peabody nominee all of a sudden brings you into a class of shows that is unheard of or unseen."

3. Spotlight on Pablo Torre’s "Nothing Personal" Podcast (04:08 - 08:50)

David Sampson brings attention to Pablo Torre's podcast, "Nothing Personal," highlighting its nuanced approach to sports journalism. The discussion revolves around how Pablo successfully blends serious reporting with a conversational tone, distinguishing his show from others.

Notable Quotes:

• Chris Cody (04:43): "His ability to walk that tightrope is what's gotten so much attention for him."
• Stugotz (07:30): "He does it in a way that people can actually understand it and then take away and discuss it outside of the podcast."

4. Business of Sports: Minnesota Twins Sale and MLB Lockout (12:56 - 20:40)

David Sampson delves into the complex dynamics surrounding the sale of the Minnesota Twins and the impending Major League Baseball (MLB) lockout. He explains the financial disagreements between team owners and the players' union, predicting a minimum four-month lockout affecting the 2027 season.

Notable Quotes:

• Dallas Sampson (12:56): "The Twins, like the Nationals, are still going to be on the market."
• Stugotz (15:18): "There is no scenario where at the end of December 2026, the players will not be locked out."

5. Movie Review: "Fountain of Youth" vs. "National Treasure" (20:40 - 23:10)

Stugotz takes a brief detour into film reviews, comparing the newly released "Fountain of Youth" unfavorably to classics like "National Treasure" and "Indiana Jones." He recommends viewers stick to proven favorites for a more satisfying experience.

Notable Quotes:

• Stugotz (21:13): "It was like a repeat. So I would advise the audience. You don't need to watch the Fountain of Youth."
• Mike Ryan (22:37): "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade cause that one the cup of Christ is supposed to give you Holy Grail. That's a more apt comparison."

6. Announcing and Celebrating The Big One Award (27:19 - 40:24)

The hosts engage in a playful and theatrical nomination process for The Big One award, ultimately declaring that The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz has won. The segment is filled with humorous interactions, including mock tension over nominations and the presentation of a symbolic trophy.

Notable Quotes:

• Chris Cody (37:35): "The Big One, but I would describe it more shortly as what? It's the prize everyone in podcasting wants."
• Dan Le Batard (38:08): "It's the Big One, Dan. It's the trophy that everyone wants to."

Final Announcement:

• Chris Cody (38:50): "This is the Dan Le Batard Show's first win of the Big One."

7. Promotional Segments and Sponsor Acknowledgments (Throughout the Episode)

While the majority of advertisements were skipped as per the summary guidelines, it’s noteworthy that sponsors like DraftKings and LinkedIn played a significant role in supporting the episode, especially during the award segments.

Notable Quote:

• Chris Cody (39:24): "DraftKings will support all of the things that we do around here... Congratulations to the Dan Le Batard show with Stugat. Way to go for winning the greatest of the trophies."

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Conclusion:

In this engaging episode of The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz, the hosts introduce and celebrate The Big One, an esteemed award in the sports podcasting industry. Through lively discussions, they compare various podcast awards, spotlight exceptional shows like Pablo Torre’s "Nothing Personal," analyze significant sports business events, and culminate in the playful announcement that their own show has clinched The Big One. The episode balances insightful conversations with humor, making it an entertaining and informative listen for both regular listeners and newcomers alike.

Key Takeaways:

• The Big One is established as a premier award within the sports podcasting community.
• Pablo Torre’s "Nothing Personal" is recognized for its intelligent and engaging sports journalism.
• Major League Baseball is facing a probable lockout due to unresolved financial negotiations.
• The hosts celebrate their achievement with camaraderie and wit, reinforcing the show's dynamic chemistry.

Recommended For:

• Fans of sports journalism and podcasting.
• Listeners interested in the business aspects of sports.
• Those who appreciate a blend of humor and insightful discussions in podcast formats.

Transcript

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[Dan LeBatard]

Welcome to the Big Suey, presented by DraftKings.

[Chris Cody]

Why are you listening to this show.

[Dan LeBatard]

The podcast that seems very similar to the other Dan LeBatard podcast? I'm sorry, I'm not gonna apologize for that. In fact, the only difference seems to be this imaging.

[Chris Cody]

I have been tempted in restaurants just walking past tables to grab somebody's fries if they're just there. That hasn't happened to you guys.

[Dan LeBatard]

I've done it. And now here's the Marching man to Nowhere Fat Face and the Habitual Liar.

[David Sampson]

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[Chris Cody]

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[LinkedIn Advertiser]

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[Chris Cody]

So David Sampson has arrived. His podcast Nothing Personal is not as award winning or as award nominated as Pablo Torres.

[Dan LeBatard]

Podcast might win the big one though.

[Chris Cody]

There you go. All right, well, we're going to award the big one in an hour. In an hour I'm going to figure out or at the end of this hour, I'm going to figure out how it is to award the big one. I have put people in the back room at work on like get me a trophy. Let me figure out how in the next 30 minutes to award the big one. Uh, David, what would you say is the greatest award in podcasting?

[Stugotz]

It's gotta be the sports podcast awards.

[Dan LeBatard]

Yeah.

[Chris Cody]

So. So God bless football. Three out of four years. God bless football Dynasty has been beaten the Kelsey Shannon Sharp beaten everybody. So that's. That's considered the big one.

[Stugotz]

Well, I'd have to say that what nothing personal has accomplished there and what God bless football. And I'd say that would be good. I think the one that I'm not after ever would be the Peabody.

[Chris Cody]

Hmm.

[Stugotz]

Because I just think that it requires a level of gravitas that I'm not willing to commit to on a daily basis.

[Chris Cody]

What are you saying?

[Stugotz]

I'm saying that I don't necessarily view what Pablo is doing. His show is fantastic. But I don't think that, that being a Peabody nominee all of a sudden brings you into a class of shows that is unheard of or unseen. If you're a multi time sports podcast award winner, I think then you're in the conversation. It's sort of like Brunson, Halliburton. Brunson to me is the Peabody. Halliburton is the sports podcast.

[Chris Cody]

Wait a minute, you're saying the awards you've won, those are the important ones, the one Pablo wants that no podcast is ever up for because podcasts aren't high standard enough to usually climb into this territory.

[Mike Ryan]

What he's saying is you win a Peabody, that doesn't get you anything. You win a sports podcast award, restaurant reservations open up, right? Like you get to. You get the foursome on the nice golf course with the cool people, right? So sports podcast, this is the parties.

[Dan LeBatard]

No one wants to hang out with someone who won a Peabody. Nobody.

[Greg Cody]

The potties.

[Chris Cody]

So you'd rather, when I put it on the poll at Lebaton show, what would you rather win a Peabody or the Potties or what sounds, what sounds more fun to win a Peabody or the Potties? Because Pablo Torre is, he's very award nominated. Everyone know that. Everyone knows this, that, and it's an exciting time for Pablo. But you guys are undercutting it and it sounds like you're jealous.

[LinkedIn Advertiser]

No, no, that's not the case. We just that when the decision was made to go on this Belichick trail, that might cost him the Peabody and.

[Mike Ryan]

Maybe a potty also.

[Chris Cody]

Well, what are your thoughts here, David? We are going to award the big one in a second. But what are your thoughts on Pablo Torre? I'm maintaining that that podcast is special for a number of reasons, but one of them is because it's high, can go higher than any other high, and they'll get into a fight occasionally with Marcus Jordan and Larsa Pippen and do a little, you know, gutter dance to get the clicks. And that's what's presently happening with, you know, slinking around this story that everybody want, that everybody wants to talk about, but nobody wants to actually do the work of reporting what the facts are.

[Stugotz]

So what's interesting is that what palm of Tory finds out and I'm not his PR guy, he's got plenty of those on staff is that they are able to negotiate around different topics going from Pippin Jordan to Jordan Hudson to talking about the seriousness of Matt Ishby as ownership off the court and issues like that and talk politics. They talk sports in a way that's smart. That used to be reserved for, you know, shows that were on linear TV and what podcasting has become. And Pablo is leading that pack. It's an area where you can do the serious stuff. I think you said dumb. I mean it's actually what he says is do the serious stuff stupidly and do the stupid stuff seriously. And so his ability to walk that tightrope is what's gotten so much attention for him in the show. And at three days a week. It's a great listen. But. But Dan, today was supposed to be the big announcement for me. I thought I was coming on here to talk about that. I was going back on Survivor.

[Chris Cody]

Chris Cody just saw. He heard your three days a week.

[Greg Cody]

What a subtle little jab, little industry talk jab.

[Chris Cody]

You gave him a chicken wing. Chris Cody. No.

[Greg Cody]

Also the PR guys on staff was.

[Mike Ryan]

Also a little chicken, little chirp, nothing.

[Chris Cody]

With that. He thought he was going to hide that little turd, that little turd in.

[Greg Cody]

The copper for a three day week pot. It's nice.

[LinkedIn Advertiser]

It's like chicken strips. Like, you know, five chicken strips too many. Three is okay. Four Sometimes three snaps got me.

[Chris Cody]

What do you mean we got you?

[Dan LeBatard]

You did it to yourself.

[Mike Ryan]

Four is the perfect got me.

[LinkedIn Advertiser]

But you, I'm with you.

[Stugotz]

The fact that you wouldn't let the subtle thing go and stay subtle.

[Chris Cody]

Okay. So nothing personal. I will and have told you. Okay. It's not only popular and successful those two guys, it also has unusual range. So when I asked David about business stuff, it tends to be more informed his answers than just about anywhere else. And you'll have an assortment of other terrain that he covers on nothing. But when I say to you the reporting that Pablo did simply on owners Ishbia and Gilbert simply that this year would you not classify that which might not be one of the top five things that Pablo did on that podcast, that story to be the closest this year that sports journalism has been to reporting the insides of where the rich people do the stuff that can be allegedly, you know, really damaging and how it is that power comes to be in ways that can make people really uncomfortable. Who's gotten inside the dark, dark rooms of Real wealth better than that story in sports.

[Stugotz]

Well, think about it. What he does, though, he does it by doing it in a jocular way with very serious reporting and with serious people. He's sort of the anti Logan Roy's children in succession, where he is so serious about what he does because he does it with aplomb. He does it with real journalism and real background in education, and he does it in a way that people can actually understand it and then take away and discuss it outside of the podcast. And that's a tough thing to do. So that is, to me, where his true talent is, is to make things that seem impossible to comprehend, able to understand.

[Mike Ryan]

Like a haunted hotel in Oklahoma City.

[Chris Cody]

Can someone tell me, I'd like to know here before we go any further. David, you've been sort of. You've been sort of trying to become the Pope of Meadowlark here. If while you were talking, I saw on a slack string an employee of ours, Right. Are we just going to bleep off Pablo all day long to interrupt my thought process? How should I be reacting to that question appearing in. In my phone from an employee who's working for us in the last five minutes? I'm asking you curiously because we were talking about Pablo a lot.

[Stugotz]

By not interrupting the show and bringing that up.

[Dan LeBatard]

I hit send on that. Huh?

[Mike Ryan]

Okay.

[LinkedIn Advertiser]

It's a little creepy, right? The Belichick situation, Metal Art that I.

[Stugotz]

Would like to stop. As of today, I believe that what you do, we are teammates. I want to be the Pacers. I want the sum to be greater than the parts at Metal Arc. And to do it, we have to revel in each other's victories, and we have to diminish and cover up each other's defeats. And what we tend to do is the opposite, and we hide it under the view of entertaining content. I think it's way more entertaining to actually look as though we are supportive of each other because we all do need each other to accomplish what we want, as opposed to thinking that the audience wants to hear us. Mf, you know, Pablo or David or whoever else. I think there's a moment you can do it, Dan. But when you interrupt the show by saying that there's an employee who thinks that we're doing this wrong, it just makes us look disorganized. And I think that I want to profess to the audience that we are a tight run, organized machine of content every day of the week.

[Chris Cody]

Said no.

[Dan LeBatard]

I mean, you took the shot at Pablo.

[Mike Ryan]

How many PR people does he have.

[Chris Cody]

Again, three days a week.

[Stugotz]

You're the one who said that. Listen, three days a week for some people is a full week's work. For others it's 60 of a week's work.

[LinkedIn Advertiser]

Some people really championing problem.

[Stugotz]

You're responsible for 15 to 20 hours every week. And that is you have to perform every day whether you don't feel well, whether you do feel weather where you have something important to say or not. You have the ability to keep a huge audience for hours five days a week. There is no greater compliment in the industry than what you do. There's no one else doing it.

[Mike Ryan]

Great show last Friday then.

[Chris Cody]

That was a mean and hawk. They join you often on Fridays to give you a better perspective. That is different from me and Sampson. But that is not award winning. Presently it is neither award nominated nor award compensated.

[David Sampson]

Give it a big one.

[Mike Ryan]

The big one.

[Chris Cody]

The big one is up the big.

[LinkedIn Advertiser]

Well, how does that work? Is there one big one or are there subcategories to the big one?

[Mike Ryan]

You got to win the big one.

[LinkedIn Advertiser]

Yeah, just so it's just best show. Like what is the big one?

[Chris Cody]

That's a good question. This is what I'm going to say the big one is. Thank you for asking the definition. It is the award in the sports podcasting industry that is the single most coveted award that there is by consensus. No one would argue. As soon as I present you what this award looks like in. In about a half hour, everyone will know why it's the big One. Why it is. It's the great. That we are going to give away to one lucky winner. What is the biggest prize in the entire industry? That's what I'm saying. It is. Is that good enough for you? Do you need better explanation than that?

[Stugotz]

I'm happy with that explanation. But it can only be one thing. It can only be money.

[Chris Cody]

It can be many things. And you need to make everything about money a little less. Chris, a lot of people are accusing you for just stealing Austin Powers moves. That none of your.

[Greg Cody]

I mean that's.

[Chris Cody]

That. Yeah. But none of your stairs or elevators or anything. None of it's original. Yes.

[Dan LeBatard]

This show that can use to fall off a waterfall though. It does.

[Chris Cody]

That's okay. Very good, Stuart. You show us how to do that one.

[Dan LeBatard]

As a professional stuntman, it's not my canoe.

[Greg Cody]

In my defense. In my defense, the first time I ever did this shtick, I paid respect Austin Powers. That is exactly what I.

[Chris Cody]

But then you furthermore stole it forevermore.

[Greg Cody]

Well, it's just a funny bit Come on.

[Chris Cody]

Okay, that's. That's correct.

[Dan LeBatard]

I laugh every time.

[Chris Cody]

David. One of the things when I talk about the range of shows, one of the things that David does on his show that I don't see a lot of people doing is the following. The twin sale. David, I don't know how many people care about the Minnesota Twins being sold, but a Giant baseball team being sold has an unholy mess of wiring. Can you take us through some of it?

[Stugotz]

Yeah. This actually is something that everybody focuses on in every sport, sort of an obsession of people. How much did this team sell for? What's it worth? When you're out trying to sell a team, you have an idea of the number you want to get. But as you know, something's only worth what someone else will pay for it. And when someone else pays for it, that is definitionally what it's worth. The Twins said, We want $1.7 billion in 2025. And what the buyers have said is, we don't think so. We think maybe 1 4. We think maybe 1 5. And so there's a lot of articles that have come out that the twin sale is delayed because no one will bid what the owners want. What the owners are not realizing is that baseball right now is at a very interesting point. With collective bargaining agreement that is expiring at the end of 2026, there's going to be a lockout. The lockout may last for a long time. It may interrupt your revenues for the 2027 season that you're counting on as part of what explains your purchase price. There is disruption in the TV world. The RSNs are in trouble. Local TV revenue is in trouble. National TV revenue is going to become a much bigger thing in baseball. But it's harder to project what each team will get. When you don't know the revenue and expenses of a business, it's very hard to buy that business. And so the disagreement is that the Twins feel as though they deserve a number that the market is saying no to. And so what do you do? You do what the Nationals did. You do what the Twins are doing. You take the team off the market. Like when you buy your house or sell a house, if you don't get the price you want, you don't want it to sit on the market forever, so you take it off the market, wink, wink, and then you redo the kitchen, and then you put it back on the market for the price you wanted. The Twins, like the Nationals, are still going to be on the market. They're still Going to be sold. And it's the most important number that we'll see in baseball this year. More than Juan Soto's batting average or his slugging percentage. What the Twins sell for will be an indicator of the health of the sport and the timing of that health. And we're paying attention to it. On nothing personal.

[Chris Cody]

You're guaranteeing a lockout in a year.

[Stugotz]

Guaranteed. There is no scenario where at the end of December 2026, the players will not be locked out. The owners still cannot stop fighting with each other about what they want in a new cba. Forget fighting with the players. So when you're still fighting with your own side, what you do is you delay the negotiation with the other side. And the way you delay that is by locking them out. What a lockout means during the off season, it means you can't use the facilities, etc. But really it's a move you make in collective bargaining to try to figure out how to get to a deal. And it's going to be a long one. As you know, the last CBA had a lockout.

[Chris Cody]

Well, what does this mean? Hold on a second. Just put, put, put numbers on this. Just real quick. And maybe this is common knowledge to you. It was not to me. So you're guaranteeing that not after this baseball season, but after the next baseball season, the sport will lock out for minimum. How long?

[Stugotz]

It will be minimum of four months. It will go through the month of April at best. The season will be delayed until May at best in 2027. The underlying economic issues are the following. Can you imagine running a business stand or where the employees don't understand that the business does not make the amount of money that the employees thought it did and the employees still want the amount of money they were getting. That is what baseball players are doing. They don't get what's happening. There will be an adjustment. There is economic disparity that is unreasonable and uncomfortable. And the only way to do it is going to be with a harsh reality of a work stoppage.

[Chris Cody]

And it's just because they can't control themselves. Cuz they fight and pay for Soto and they keep alleging they can't afford Soto and then they give Soto $765 million guaranteed for 15 years.

[Stugotz]

Well, that's, that's, that's really a not sophisticated way to look at it.

[Chris Cody]

They have the money though, that it. Okay, it can be a not sophisticated way to look at it, but once we get to the point of we don't have a salary cap we do not have the benefits that basketball and the other sports have of being able to control their dumb owners who are rich guys who always get what they want. So the salaries are going to be 765 million dol for 15 years, and you're going to be paying for the last seven years of a guy's career, whether he's playing or not. Those numbers lock the sport down right there. Just fans don't understand it. How is Soto worth more by that many millions guaranteed than LeBron James? Get out of here.

[Stugotz]

Yeah. So that's not why the lockout happens. It's not because Soto got 765. The lockout is actually over things that you wouldn't think about, like what the minimum salaries are, what the total salary you can have per team, how revenue gets distributed amongst teams like the Marlins, Guardians and Royals, from teams like the Dodgers and the Mets and the Yankees. Those type of things are far more important than one player being two standard deviations away from other players. That's not really between owners, what they're talking about.

[Chris Cody]

All right, but David, the change that's going to come from that, and I'll get to other subjects in a minute, correct me if I have this wrong, is they delay it, then they make the season shorter, and then we just get shorter baseball seasons because baseball is going to play differently than they used to. Or are the TV dollars too much that they can't play fewer games?

[Stugotz]

Well, it's not just that we tried to lower the season, shorten the season. In 2015, we wanted to go to 154 games. And that meant that home teams would lose four games each, every team. And teams like the San Francisco Giants, the New York Yankees, the Los Angeles Dodgers, they said, no, we want to play the full 81 games at home because if we only play 77, then you need to pay us. They said to the commissioner, you need to pay us back for those lost home games. Where teams like the Marlins, the Guardians and everyone else said, yeah, not a big difference between 81 and 77. We're good with that. And so it's the big fight that we have on the owner's side, not wanting to shorten it. But then the players also, the players were told, hey, if you go to 154, you're only going to get paid 154, 162nd of your salary. And the players said, no way. Pay me the same amount of money to do less work. Can you imagine for a minute doing less work and asking to be paid the same amount of money. I don't quite get that.

[Dan LeBatard]

David, can you give us and the audience an idea like how valuable those home games are? What do the Yankees make on a home game? Just one home game.

[Stugotz]

So there's a big difference between what the Marlins make and what the Yankees make. Just like there's a big difference between the warriors make and what the Pacers make. It's based on average ticket price and what the per cap is for each fan because they're spending more money in certain stadiums than others. For the Yankees, just think about their ticket revenue alone. Let's say the Marlins can be at 20 to 40 million dollars in ticket revenue. The Yankees can be at 100 to 150 million dollars in ticket revenue. That's just ticket revenue. That's not counting food, bev, merch, parking. It's not counting the difference in the average ticket price. So none of those things come into play when we give you a gross revenue number. There are huge, huge differences between the teams.

[Chris Cody]

Nothing personal is growing in personality, growing in audience, growing in all the ways that are important. Will it win the big one? I don't know. We're gonna find out in about 10 minutes. We're gonna let David go on that note. But before you leave, just tell us about the movie review that you're doing for this week because we've been negligent about not letting you do this the last few weeks.

[Stugotz]

I'm still watching a movie every day, Dan, no matter what I do on nothing personal or beyond. A new movie came out called Fountain of Youth. I hope Amin, did you watch it yet?

[Mike Ryan]

I've seen it. I haven't seen it.

[Chris Cody]

I've seen of it.

[Stugotz]

Yes, seen of it.

[LinkedIn Advertiser]

I've seen it.

[David Sampson]

David, the commercial. We've seen the commercial for it, David. It's a ripoff of Indiana Jones, but go ahead.

[Mike Ryan]

It feels like that.

[Stugotz]

It was a ripoff to me of National Treasure and Indiana Jones. It was one of those movies that was put together by Apple and Green lit because it has a great cast. Anytime you've seen Natalie Portman in a movie, who wouldn't be in want to see that? Or John Krasinski? I'm in. The problem is I've seen the movie before. It wasn't interesting to me to watch people go on a treasure hunt trying to discover this Fountain of Youth that may or may not make Dom Gleason die or never age or never die. Not invested at all. Two hours plus of my time. It was like a repeat. So I would advise the audience. You don't need to watch the Fountain of Youth. Instead go back and re watch National Treasure and give a little moment to Nicolas Cage for what was an original fantastic movie that I was proud to watch and watch again. So Dan, what I did is I finished watching Fountain of Youth and then I watched National Treasure right back to back so I could do an immediate comparison in my head and I was not disappointed. Nat Trej all the way.

[LinkedIn Advertiser]

Imagine a doll, Federer, Murray and Joker searching for the Fountain of Youth.

[Mike Ryan]

David, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade cause that one the cup of Christ is supposed to give you Holy Grail. The Holy Grail is supposed to give you immortality. That's a more apt comparison.

[Stugotz]

I thought you didn't see the movie.

[Mike Ryan]

All right, well just based on your description.

[Chris Cody]

You know what Samson, you don't get. The show I've seen of it is an old callback. You don't get to be around here anym. We did a joke from a long time ago and you stopping the show and balking. I appreciate your time around here. I appreciate your analysis but you're done for the day. Thank you. Good seeing you.

[Dan LeBatard]

Good luck to you David on the big one.

[Stugotz]

Yes to you too.

[David Sampson]

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[Chris Cody]

Don LeBatard. No one else here is willing to do a Trump or a Biden. That's not true, Dan. Okay, Tony, you can catch up. Dan.

[Mike Ryan]

Of a thousand impersonations.

[Greg Cody]

That's not bad, man.

[David Sampson]

Finally.

[Chris Cody]

Pretty good Stugach.

[David Sampson]

Yours is terrible.

[Greg Cody]

You just gotta get a little redder, a little pinker. You're right there, man.

[Chris Cody]

Yours is not that you're biting me.

[David Sampson]

What do you mean? Oh, his is good, though.

[Greg Cody]

That's actually not bad. Not terrible. That's not terrible. We gotta come together.

[David Sampson]

Little Bush.

[Greg Cody]

Little George Bush in that one.

[LinkedIn Advertiser]

This is the Don Lebatar show with the Stugats.

[Chris Cody]

So we've got 15 minutes before I announce the big one and 15 minutes before I tell you or through which I'll tell you what some of the nominees are, because I urge all of you to check out the Greg Cody show featuring Greg Cody.

[Dan LeBatard]

Wow.

[Chris Cody]

His producers, Yeti one of them scampering to the bathroom in order to be late to produce the show. Poorly and, you know, crudely. The chemistry that these people have have made it so that in the last episode, I learned what it looked like to see Greg Cody in a Best Buy. That Greg Cody was loudly right over his son, who was yelling and screaming that there was no such thing at any point in time about an adult bookstore. And I'm pretty sure that Greg Cody did not know the word for dildo. What?

[Dan LeBatard]

Wow.

[Greg Cody]

I let him. Like, he was trying to look for it, and I wanted to help him, but I was just like, no, this is good. You try to find it.

[Chris Cody]

You could have done that for the rest of the three episodes. And I would have enjoyed listening to your father fumble about a dildo nominee or. Yes, but probably not likely to be the big one. That's the hardest one to get.

[Mike Ryan]

But we're talking awards or I am.

[Chris Cody]

In the next 13 minutes. Who's confused about this? I'm going to award the biggest award there is in sports podcasting. I get to. To decide. No one will disagree.

[LinkedIn Advertiser]

Okay.

[Chris Cody]

I think that's a hard standard. Correct. That's a hard. I'm promise.

[LinkedIn Advertiser]

Well, we can't disagree.

[Stugotz]

So.

[Chris Cody]

Yes, well. But as someone who likes to under promise and over deliver, you would agree that it would be pretty bold to say I am going to award a winner. There will be no argument. There was. This will not be subjective. We will all agree that this is the big one. That's a hard standard to meet. I believe I'm gonna meet it. We'll see. It'll happen before the end of this segment.

[Mike Ryan]

I think that's the hardest standard there is, right? If only one person gets to check.

[Dan LeBatard]

We all have to agree.

[Chris Cody]

But up for it is the Greg Cody show feature.

[Dan LeBatard]

Congratulations.

[Mike Ryan]

This is the Greg Cody show first nominee for the big One.

[Chris Cody]

It's.

[Stugotz]

It's.

[Chris Cody]

You know, I don't. These things are allegedly subjective, but I. I would say not this time.

[Greg Cody]

Should I call my dad and tell him?

[LinkedIn Advertiser]

Put him on.

[Chris Cody]

Let him know he's gonna win. I don't want him to be.

[LinkedIn Advertiser]

Well, no, just let him know he was nominated for the big one and see how excited.

[Dan LeBatard]

So excited. It's an honor just to be nominated, Greg for the big One.

[LinkedIn Advertiser]

You have to be really excited.

[Dan LeBatard]

Who needs me?

[Greg Cody]

Did you hear? We got nominate for the big.

[Stugotz]

Dad.

[Greg Cody]

Hey, did you get the email? No, I just saw we got nominated for the big One. The Greg Cody Show.

[Stugotz]

What?

[Greg Cody]

The Big One?

[Dan LeBatard]

What are you talking about?

[Greg Cody]

Look, check your email. We are nominated for the big one.

[Stugotz]

Christopher, this is gonna be a joke.

[Chris Cody]

I don't. I'm not next to my email right now. What are you talking about?

[Greg Cody]

Do you know who's won the big one before? Are you aware of the big One?

[Dan LeBatard]

No.

[Greg Cody]

Well, we're nominated and it's big.

[Stugotz]

Okay, okay.

[Chris Cody]

I smell a joke. I mean, all right, I'm live on the air. You're trying to get me to be.

[Dan LeBatard]

All excited about winning a fictitious big One.

[LinkedIn Advertiser]

No, it's real.

[Greg Cody]

All right, well, the problem there is I would never be that eager. I. I overacted there. I did too.

[Chris Cody]

Why did you just hang up?

[Greg Cody]

Billy gave me the note before. Have you got to be excited? And so I turned it up too much.

[Dan LeBatard]

Chris, I got to tell you, great urgency.

[LinkedIn Advertiser]

Yeah, no.

[Dan LeBatard]

Yes.

[LinkedIn Advertiser]

And it's real. He was nominated for the big one.

[Greg Cody]

But it gave off like he instantly.

[Mike Ryan]

Yeah, hold on. You just ended the phone call by hanging up.

[Dan LeBatard]

He deserves better.

[LinkedIn Advertiser]

You gotta call him back.

[Chris Cody]

They were nominated because their chemistry was good there.

[LinkedIn Advertiser]

They're the only nominee right now. Well, you see Cobra actor unopposed.

[Chris Cody]

You say they're the only nominee, but I would say that everyone right now who does a podcast, and that is everyone, because everyone does a podcast. They're all nominated right now. And within 10 minutes, one of them is gonna get what would be considered by all the others to be, you know, by consensus the big one.

[Mike Ryan]

Well, then it's not an honor to just be nominated, right? Like, that's the whole thing, right? When the chance you think you're gonna win. It's an honor to just be nominated.

[Dan LeBatard]

Everyone nominated. Everyone's. Every team making the playoffs.

[LinkedIn Advertiser]

Everyone's eligible. Not everyone's nominated. Is it just podcasts or, like, MMA hangout eligible?

[Chris Cody]

Yes, yes. It's more of a hustle award. Like, Draymond Green wins over here.

[David Sampson]

Calling me a Shanghai Shark.

[Greg Cody]

Have you seen our numbers recently, buddy nominee?

[David Sampson]

Thank you.

[Chris Cody]

What do you mean, a Shanghai?

[David Sampson]

Called him a Shanghai Shark. That's a st.

[Chris Cody]

I didn't call him that. Draymond Green is a legend.

[David Sampson]

Why do you wear green on the show? He's doing this and that Shanghai Shark.

[Chris Cody]

Go ahead. Thank you. I appreciate it.

[LinkedIn Advertiser]

Poor Greg.

[David Sampson]

Monolith and whatnot.

[Mike Ryan]

He hung up on.

[Stugotz]

He's fine.

[Greg Cody]

He knew the like.

[Dan LeBatard]

It was like, poor Greg. He's nominated. I mean, still rude.

[Mike Ryan]

It's an honor just to get.

[Chris Cody]

God Bless Football. God Bless Football is also nominated. While I'm talking here. And as we build up to the big one, can you guys just roll Knicks fans from last night and just B roll of Spike Lee and just an assortment of sad Knicks that we have not given the people enough of because we're talking about ourselves. And instead of being wfat, I'm just.

[Greg Cody]

Picturing, like, Ben Stiller and Chalamet. Like, you want to go? You want to go to game 4? PJ, I'll pay for this one. Yeah, I'll get there. You get the way back. It's like an Uber for them.

[Stugotz]

Who?

[Mike Ryan]

Who called who?

[Greg Cody]

I think that's Chalamet. He's like the super fun guy. Like, come on, Ben, we need you. I need you there with me. I got to check my schedule.

[Stugotz]

I'll.

[Greg Cody]

I'll work some things around. And the next thing you know, he. Text him back, I'm in.

[Chris Cody]

What happened to the Pacer fan who had been hit with trash? That guy is a big winner today, right? A star.

[David Sampson]

He's on McAfee the other day.

[Chris Cody]

Okay.

[Greg Cody]

I mean, just paraded around a little much, right? Walking into the airport.

[Chris Cody]

Thank you for your service, guys. I think you guys are too down on this Indiana story, man. You guys are being bad to Indiana. Indiana can deserve to enjoy this, man. They don't get a lot of moments like this.

[Mike Ryan]

Trash boy doesn't get to have this moment, right? Halliburton does. John Halliburton definitely does, right? Pat McAfee. I'll give it to Mike Epps. He'll get it, too. This guy. Get out of here. Get him off of my screen. I don't want to see any. This guy is basically being rewarded for being an instigator. He went outside and instigated a riot. Excited to riot, waving like a queen.

[Chris Cody]

He just shook his hand like a pilot. It's so good.

[Mike Ryan]

Get out of here.

[Chris Cody]

I want you guys a key to the city. Look, I want over 80.

[Mike Ryan]

He is a firefighter. That's why he's running the fire trucks. That part is not just pomp and circumstance. He's one of them. That's cool. The firefighters want to make a big deal about him. Have at it. By the way, you know what a firefighter who starts a fire is? An arsonist. That's what that guy is. He walked in there, he started a riot, and then I got hit by trash. Feel bad for me. Fly me to the game. Give me tickets to the game. Get out of here.

[Chris Cody]

I can think of no greater symbol for where it is. Sports are today in the currency for our attention that we have made famous. The guy who's famous for getting hit by New York Dumpster juice. Because New York throws trash at people when it's feeling good about itself. Up a couple games in the playoffs where they haven't been for 25 years.

[Greg Cody]

Doesn't this encourage Knicks fans to do what they did? Like, this isn't discouraging. Like, I'm going to be meaner to a Pacer.

[Chris Cody]

Greatest reward you could give a sports fan today. Make me famous around my team. Just we had this conversation when it happened. I'm saying I wouldn't want the dumpster juice. I wouldn't want to be hit by trash. And all of you are saying, hit me with that trash. Just make me a star.

[LinkedIn Advertiser]

Is he going by himself to the game or does he get, like, a plus one? Because, like, now we've may be encouraging a situation where, like, I go out and I'm like, hey, Tony, you want to go to this road game? Like, throw trash at me?

[Mike Ryan]

Yeah.

[LinkedIn Advertiser]

And then be my plus one. No one's going to verify who threw the trash. I mean, like, this could be an inside job where his friends were throwing trash at him, and now he's got free tickets for him and his friends.

[Mike Ryan]

Yeah, maybe. Yeah. What if he got a plus three?

[LinkedIn Advertiser]

That's what I'm saying.

[Dan LeBatard]

So he had his friends dress up as Nick fans and throw trash at him. I like it. Yeah.

[Chris Cody]

God Bless Football is up for the big one, huh?

[Mike Ryan]

Huh?

[Dan LeBatard]

Congrats, Billy.

[Mike Ryan]

It's an honor just to be nominated. This is God Bless Football's first nomination for the big one.

[Chris Cody]

Oddball is up for the big one.

[LinkedIn Advertiser]

Wow.

[David Sampson]

Congrats.

[Chris Cody]

No, but it's also. No, but it's also Bill Simmons and pardon my take.

[LinkedIn Advertiser]

Wow.

[Chris Cody]

And the Kelsey. They're all up for it. And spitting Chiclets.

[LinkedIn Advertiser]

Just throwing those in there.

[Chris Cody]

Yes. And Club Shay Shay. Like I said, everyone is nominated again.

[Mike Ryan]

Now that makes it less of an honor.

[Chris Cody]

Yeah, well, to be nominated, but to win, I'm. What I'm saying is the. The honor will be the honor and it'll be in three minutes.

[LinkedIn Advertiser]

This show nominated. Or is there like a bias here because you're the decider of the big.

[Greg Cody]

One Greg Cody show. Very happy to just be in the conversation.

[LinkedIn Advertiser]

He didn't sound it.

[Mike Ryan]

No, he was. At first he said what his first was like.

[Chris Cody]

Really?

[Mike Ryan]

And then his second reaction was, this better not be one of the jokes. Like, he was literally upset that you would play with his emotions like that. By the end, he was like, ah.

[Dan LeBatard]

How about the triple option with Urban Meyer? Is that nominated?

[Chris Cody]

It is.

[Dan LeBatard]

Wow, wow, wow.

[LinkedIn Advertiser]

Congratulations. See, oscars now ran 50 nominees.

[Mike Ryan]

What do you think the third option is?

[Chris Cody]

What's right with Nick Wright is one of the options also joining us today. He's gonna be here in a little bit as well. Yes.

[David Sampson]

What's acceptance?

[Chris Cody]

Can you guys. Chris, I saw you rummaging around trying to find me a trophy that we can give.

[Greg Cody]

Oh, no. They're prepared to present it whenever you're ready for it.

[Chris Cody]

Oh, they're. They're prepared.

[Greg Cody]

They're gonna walk it into you.

[Chris Cody]

Yeah. Yeah. Oh, okay. What are you laughing.

[David Sampson]

A couple people to walk that sucker in.

[Chris Cody]

Really? Okay.

[Mike Ryan]

Pretty big, huh?

[Dan LeBatard]

I was wondering if stupidity was the big one.

[Chris Cody]

For the big one it is also. Oh, wow.

[LinkedIn Advertiser]

Congrats, two Master of upsets. If you win with one episode.

[Mike Ryan]

This is Stugats second nomination for the big one.

[Greg Cody]

All right, let's walk in the trophy to Dan. Let's bring Dan in the big trophy.

[LinkedIn Advertiser]

Wow.

[Chris Cody]

Whoa.

[Mike Ryan]

Don't hurt yourself, Mike. That's the big one.

[Chris Cody]

Ok. Look at that.

[Mike Ryan]

Oh, it's got a little crown on it, too.

[Chris Cody]

Wow.

[Greg Cody]

Who wins?

[Chris Cody]

Okay, well, hold on a second.

[Mike Ryan]

Look at the butt on that. You must work out.

[LinkedIn Advertiser]

Statues have great butts.

[Dan LeBatard]

They got great butts, man.

[Greg Cody]

Creating a lab almost.

[LinkedIn Advertiser]

You never see a statue where you're like, leg day.

[Chris Cody]

Put it on the pole. At Levitar show. Do all statues have great butts at Levitard Show Stugats. So just for the audience, so they understand what is a very short way to describe what this award is.

[Dan LeBatard]

It's the Big One, Dan. It's the trophy that everyone wants to. Wants to get in the podcasting business. I hope that I win the first annual Big One Award. It's a very, very, very tiny trophy.

[Chris Cody]

It is. Yes, that is correct. And it is a very big prize though.

[Dan LeBatard]

The smaller the bigger, Dan.

[LinkedIn Advertiser]

And the bigger, the smaller. Welcome to Pablo Torres finds out.

[Chris Cody]

Well, that's nominated. That is nominated.

[LinkedIn Advertiser]

Wow.

[Chris Cody]

What do you mean? It's.

[Mike Ryan]

This is Pablo Torre's first nomination for.

[Chris Cody]

The Big One, but I would describe it more shortly as what? It's the prize everyone in podcasting wants.

[Dan LeBatard]

I said that.

[Chris Cody]

And you did say that.

[Mike Ryan]

I did.

[Chris Cody]

And we our show, this one has won it. Congratulations. Oh, congratulations. Let's go.

[Mike Ryan]

This is the Dan LeBatard Show's first win of the Big One.

[Dan LeBatard]

Was it nominated, though?

[Chris Cody]

Congratulations, guys. We have signed a new deal with DraftKings that is one of the best deals that you will find anywhere in the industry. To continue our partnership with DraftKings. They've been the best partner that we have ever had and now we are long term working. We back, baby.

[Dan LeBatard]

The Big One.

[Chris Cody]

Yes, the Big One has been won.

[Greg Cody]

Oh, good music. I like this.

[Chris Cody]

DraftKings will support all of the things that we do around here in a way that will allow us to continue to make Pablo Torre finds out. And God bless football and Greg Cody's show featuring Greg Cody and Oddball and the Hockey show and MMA Hangout. And so congratulations to the Dan LeBatard show with Stugat. Way to go for winning the greatest of the trophies. The money.

[Mike Ryan]

Someone tell Barrett media.

[Greg Cody]

Are we at a carnival announcing?

[Chris Cody]

Yes, please, please just keep like circling. Writing about the Levitary show in tomorrow.

[Mike Ryan]

Oh, no. What's happening?

[Dan LeBatard]

80, 20 my way.

[Chris Cody]

Or you can have 80% of the big One trophy.

[Dan LeBatard]

I was talking about the keys.

[Chris Cody]

God bless football, also one of the winners. We are the winners. The crown is ours.

[Mike Ryan]

Yeah, that's.

[Chris Cody]

But in all seriousness, if I can just for a moment thank our sponsors when I tell our audience the most loyal are audience that there is, like, honest to God, I cannot thank you enough for your value because your value and your loyalty is the reason we've been able to do everything that we have done so that DraftKings may support this thing that, you know, belches and stumbles around. And they have supported us as the best partner we've ever had. And it's not just because of the money. It's because they let us in a really fractured media time have real freedom and independence. The way nobody in this business. Business has. Like, they let us do what we want, they fund it, they support it, and we've learned so much together over the last few years. And this rocket ship is about to take off and grab all the things there are to be grabbed.

[Mike Ryan]

Like the big one.

[Chris Cody]

Yes. It starts only with this. It starts only with this big one. But I just. I know I haven't said it in a while, but I say it all the time. It's because no matter the turbulence, the audience comes with us. It's a hard and rare thing, man. Like, reality's got it. But in the history of this business, there ain't a lot of people that take the audience with them. Bayless took a little bit of it, but not because the audience, like, really knows. No, these are the people I do this with, and I do it three hours a day. That's what DraftKings is paying for. Like, that's. That's stugats. That's the best symbiotic marriage you can have with your audience when the audience funds it. That clearly. And the. The sponsor understands it and gives the audience and the show the freedom it needs to actually partner. I mean, so blessed, so blessed to be able to have the greatest gift, the big one, which is you get to keep doing it. Look at what we're doing for a living. Look at how Chris Cody is dressed. Look at how Billy has dressed for 10 years. This is not the height of executive corporate greed and front office.

[Mike Ryan]

This took a turn.

[LinkedIn Advertiser]

Yeah, taking shots at us. You bought new clothes, like two weeks ago.

[Dan LeBatard]

It's a weird exception. You won the big boy.

[Greg Cody]

You know what? I don't have to stand for this. Cut to me. Guys, hold on.

[Mike Ryan]

Elevator's not worth. Oh, there it is. Okay.

[Chris Cody]

I'm grateful for all of you.

[David Sampson]

Hey, everybody, it's Mike Ryan. Now the weather is warming up. That means summer concert season is right around the corner. And so many great acts are releasing albums and touring those albums over the summer. We got stadium shows, amphitheaters, people that want to wear shorts and party all night long. But guess what? Some tickets are hard to find. Sometimes tickets are sold out and you have hard to get into events and you have nowhere to turn other than the secondary market. Well, why don't you turn to game time? Because from my experience, that's where I always turn to find the best deal. You may be asking yourself, mike, what does last minute deals even mean? It means you can save up to 60% off buying last minute tickets for sports, comedy and theater. But most importantly, this summer, if you're a music lover like me, check out gametime for concert tickets. I already have. Take the guesswork out of buying concert tickets and shows with GameTime. Download the GameTime app, create an account and use code DAN for $20 off your first purchase terms. Apply again, create an account and redeem code dan for $20 off. Download the Gametime app today. Last minute tickets, Lowest price guaranteed. Dan wouldn't understand this. He's busy running a content circus. But if you're actually running a business, then you know hiring the right people isn't just important. It's everything. And that's why LinkedIn Jobs is an absolute game changer for small business owners. You're juggling payroll logistics, maybe even mopping the floors before you open. You don't have time for flaky resumes, ghosted interviews, or job boards that feel like a black hole. When it's time to hire, you need a partner who grinds just like you. LinkedIn. They don't sleep. You clock out. They clock in. They'll help you write the job post quickly and clearly promote it. You'll get three times more qualified applicants. Not a guess. Real data. And Once it's live, LinkedIn helps you amplify it by sharing it with your network. You can even add that hiring frame to your profile, which doubles the number of qualified candidates you're likely to see. This is built for business owners who care about getting into it, right? Post your job for [e-mail] dls that's LinkedIn.com dls to post your job for free, terms and conditions apply.