The Show Is BEGGING For Mexico vs. England | Hour 1

Summary

The Dan Le Batard Show: "The Show Is BEGGING For Mexico vs. England | Hour 1"

Date: July 1, 2026
Broadcasting live from The Elser Hotel, Downtown Miami

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Episode Overview

Hour 1 of "The Dan Le Batard Show" zeroes in on the fever-pitch anticipation for a potential Mexico vs. England clash in the World Cup—a matchup the crew describes as possibly the biggest, most electric scene in international soccer, maybe even all of sports. The discussion zooms wildly between the tournament, Miami Marlins' historic June, legendary hostile sporting environments, American sports culture, and classic podcast banter—plus a comedic investigation into office donut etiquette and Miami/Boston basketball media wars.

Tone: Lively, irreverent, passionate, and endlessly digressive, with classic Le Batard group dynamics.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. World Cup Fever: Begging for Mexico vs. England

• Anticipation for a Historic Matchup:

  • Dan Le Batard and Mike Ryan frame a potential Mexico vs. England match in Mexico City as “the single biggest scene in the history of sport.”
  • The crew marvels at the electric, intimidating atmosphere in Mexican stadiums, particularly Azteca, and discuss why England, despite its football heritage, would be completely unprepared for the hostility and passion.
  • They juxtapose European perceptions of “hostile atmospheres” with the true chaos of a Mexican home crowd.
  • Quote: “This is Mexicans drinking all month. Like, this is loaded up on tequila, waiting for this day for decades.” – Mike Ryan (20:16)
  • The discussion is laced with jokes about the extremes of fan behavior – including the infamous “projectiles from the stands” and why Brits have no clue what's coming.

• Fans and Atmosphere:

  • Celebrations in Guadalajara and Mexico City are described as “insane,” with the assertion that Mexican soccer fans create a uniquely intimidating home field.
  • Dan narrates how, in American sports, no “rainy night in Stoke” compares to facing Mexico in Azteca.
  • Quote: “You have convinced yourself that a rainy night at the bet365 in Stoke is what a true hostile atmosphere is. No, my friend, you don’t know what it's like to go to Azteca dying to get a point... when Harry Kane gets hit in the face with a used condom full of urine, you will know.” – Dan Le Batard (08:45)

• Mexico's Moment:

  • Mexico hasn’t reached this World Cup stage in four decades, adding magnitude and desperate energy.
  • Potential Mexican advantage: home altitude and unique playing style, especially daunting for foreign teams.

• England Narrative:

  • England is talented but “missing guts and mental fortitude.”
  • If they win in Azteca, the panel believes they could be Favorites for the World Cup, but doubts remain.
  • Dan and Mike stress the pressure on England to not fold under relentless Mexican passion: “This is as talented a generation as they've had... but they've fallen short even at home.” (21:32)

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2. Miami Marlins: Is This for Real?

• Historic June Performance:

  • The Marlins had the best record in baseball for June (20-6), outscoring opponents by 49 runs with the lowest payroll in MLB.
  • Mike Ryan: “I think this is the best baseball team they have fielded in quite a while... It’s not a mirage. When I tell you they're 20-6, they're also beating good teams.” (06:17)
  • Depth, resourcefulness, and creative management highlighted—overcoming injuries and financial constraints.

• Standout Marlins Moves:

  • Sports Analyst 1 notes smart personnel decisions, including calling up Joe Mack and giving struggling players time to reset in the minors.
  • “He's one of the best catchers in baseball... They can’t be run on... If he is this offensively, you better lock him up for 10 years.” – Mike Ryan (07:16)

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3. Sports Hostility & Comparative Atmospheres

• Where Does Mexico Rank Globally?

  • The table debates where Mexican soccer stadiums rank in hostility compared to European stadiums—Azteca is #1 for Dan and Mike.
  • Dan: “I will stack Azteca Stadium in a meaningful match as the most hostile atmosphere up against anything in the world in sports. It is impossible.” (19:00)
  • Parallels with American college football hotbeds (e.g., LSU), but with exponential scale and passion.

• Historic Reference Points:

  • Mike cites international upsets in hostile environments (Italy vs. South Korea 2002, Spain/Russia 2018) to argue that crowd energy can override team talent.
  • “It doesn’t matter who the better team is, especially against a host nation.” – Dan (22:29)

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4. Pod Banter: Donut Crimes & Food Etiquette

• "Crime Scene" in the Studio:
  • Hilarious office drama erupts over a quarter of a donut left on the floor. Greg Cody confesses amid group mockery and “investigation.”
  • Polls proposed: “Are you an animal if you use a knife and fork on a donut?” and “Worst thing to use a knife and fork on: donut or pizza?”
  • Massive debate: Sicilian vs Detroit vs deep-dish pizza, and the morality of eating pizza with cutlery.
  • “Pizza is a hand food. If you’re seen eating pizza with a knife and a fork, you should be kicked out of the establishment.” – Greg Cody (27:34)

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5. NBA Media Wars: Miami vs. Boston

• Coordinated Media Narratives:
  • Dan and Jeremy lampoon Boston media’s supposed collusion to devalue Miami—now turning the tactics on Boston’s Jalen Brown rumors.
  • Playful shade thrown at Kevin O’Connor (Yahoo, formerly The Ringer) for calling out coordinated narratives against Boston’s Jalen Brown.
  • KOC quote (33:42): “It feels very coordinated to me... to try to drive down the price on a guy who just had an unbelievable regular season... I think it’s just negotiating through the media, is all this is.”
  • Dan: “Let me tell you something, Kevin O’Connor, you are absolutely right. It is indeed a coordinated effort, at least on our part, to make a mess of things, dilute your offer, make your house a mess. Yes, it is. And you know where we learned it from? We learned it from you.” (35:12)
  • Whole segment parodies the “tagging in” of different show members for wrestling-style banter and trash talk.

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6. Classic Le Batard Segments & Running Gags

• Greg Cody’s "Back In My Day" and “Catchphrase Countdown”:

  • Cody tries to reveal his running list of catchphrases—only to reveal that the “top 50” list is now 70 items. Debate erupts about the logic of list inflation.
  • “At one point, Babe Ruth was number one on the home run list. He’s not anymore. Lists change. They’re like tectonic plates.” – Greg Cody (41:19)
  • More raucous polling: “When you start with a top 50 list, should it be 70?”

• Miscellaneous Running Bits:

  • Jeremy's recurring lack of "bracket awareness" regarding the World Cup draw.
  • Jokes about American experience with resale ticketing giving U.S. fans a unique edge.
  • Multiple commercial ad reads peppered throughout, featuring in-jokes and asides.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Mexican Home Environments:

  • “Fans who throw cups of their urine at you on the corner kicks, because they are breathing on you. They are on top of you. It feels like the country is on top of you.” – Mike Ryan (08:14)
  • “If we get that [Mexico vs England], it is going to be the single biggest scene in the history of sport. We all need to be rooting for it.” – Dan Le Batard (10:57)

• On England's Mentality:

  • “Saka crapped his pants in Wembley Stadium. What is he going to do when he goes to Azteca?” – Dan Le Batard (19:00)

• On the Marlins:

  • “I think this is the best baseball team they have fielded in quite a while... It’s not a mirage.” – Mike Ryan (06:17)

• On Office Etiquette:

  • “Are you an animal if you are using a knife and fork on a donut?... Put it on the poll at Lebatard show.” – Mike Ryan (25:34)

• On Media Machinations:

  • “Let me tell you something, Kevin O’Connor, you are absolutely right. It is indeed a coordinated effort, at least on our part, to make a mess of things... And you know where we learned it from? We learned it from you.” – Dan Le Batard (35:12)

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Useful Timestamps

• 02:00 — Dan’s DraftKings soccer picks; early tournament betting discussion
• 03:37 — Debating the Mexico vs England potential, fan reactions in Mexico
• 06:17 — Marlins' historic run and baseball analysis
• 08:45 — Mexican home crowd intensity and “used condom” joke
• 15:31 — Greg Cody’s segment “Back In My Day”
• 19:00 — Why Azteca is the most hostile atmosphere; comparisons to American venues
• 22:29 — Upset potential: “It doesn’t matter who the better team is…”
• 24:12 — Office donut "crime scene"; knife & fork on donut debate
• 27:34 — Pizza etiquette argument: Sicilian vs Detroit vs deep dish
• 31:52 — NBA media “warfare” Boston vs. Miami; mocking Kevin O’Connor
• 35:12 — Dan’s direct monologue to Kevin O’Connor about media coordination
• 41:19 — Greg Cody on “lists” and catchphrase rankings

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Episode Takeaways

• This hour is a perfect slice of Le Batard Show: soccer obsession meets Miami sports pride, deeply irreverent humor, and affectionate mockery of themselves and their rivals.
• The potential Mexico vs. England match is set up as a culture- and sport-defining event, and the crew’s excitement is palpable and infectious.
• Their sports analysis, particularly of the Marlins and the unpredictable nature of home advantage in international competitions, is sharp and laced with personal passion.
• The meta-critique of sports media, especially regarding trade rumors and narratives, is insightful and wrapped in performative self-awareness.
• And, of course, the show can find side-splitting comedy in something as mundane as a dropped office donut.

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For fans and new listeners alike, this episode is cultural commentary, sports hype, inside jokes, and group therapy—plus lessons on how NOT to eat a donut at work.

Transcript

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[Dan Le Batard]

You're listening to the Dan Lebatar show in partnership with the DraftKings sports app. Now live in all 50 states, This segment is presented by DraftKings DraftKings. The crown is yours. Let me open up my DraftKings sports app. Check my trades. My activity right now the most recent trade I made Miami Heat to win the NBA championship. But I scroll down and I see some anytime goal scorer picks and if you subscribe to me on Instagram, you know it was a very good day yesterday thank you very much, France. Games like that don't come often. We crushed it.

[Mike Ryan]

They're going to run over everybody.

[Dan Le Batard]

They have a pretty easy path. And I say games like that don't come very often in terms of like a player prop situation. It's coming again against Padawai, but I have some anytime goal scorer picks for today earlier match. Jude Bellingham, I that Congo midfield, they get stretched often. They have the athleticism to make up some of that ground. But Jude Bellingham, for my money, outside of, you know, we got to see if he can match what Mbappe did yesterday, it was just dynamite. But Jude Bellingham has been one of the more complete better players of this tournament so far. Entering yesterday, he would have been my pick for the Golden Ball. Now that is heavily dependent on England making a deep run. But I'm going Jude Bellingham to score anytime. I'm also going with Harry Kane anytime to score. And in the US Men's national team match tonight against Bobby Herzogabina, Flo Baligan, anytime. Those are my picks. DraftKings Sports is available in all 50 states.

[Mike Ryan]

There is too much to talk about. Okay. Because we could assemble the argument, could we not, that this is the biggest soccer game in United States history. And we also have Serena Williams playing yesterday. We have Mexico going crazy. And if we get Mexico England, good God, are you kidding me? In Mexico, like that is going to be be an insanity. If you saw what was happening in Mexico yesterday, I was gonna say, Dan,

[Jonathan Saslow]

did you watch the celebrations? This. We have it on the screen right now. If you're not watching, go watch it on YouTube. It is insane. It looks like Jesus.

[Dan Le Batard]

They look.

[Jonathan Saslow]

It looks like they won the World Cup.

[Mike Ryan]

Mexico hadn't gotten this far in four decades. They love their soccer and I want to get to that. And we will get to that. We. We can't even get to the poor Marlins who are having the the best month in all of baseball. Here's Jeff Passon saying the best team in baseball in June by a decent margin is the Miami Marlins. They're about to go 26 and they've outscored opponents by 49 runs with the lowest payroll in baseball. Their third highest paid player is Giancarlo Stin, who last played for them in 2017. And also Sarah Langs. She's a baseball reporter. Great baseball reporter. She says of the Marlins in June. It's not just that the 26 is the best record in baseball. The ERA is also the best in baseball in the month 3.01 and the 53 run differential is tied for the best in baseball. And again, it's against good teams.

[Jeremy]

Is it real?

[Mike Ryan]

Yes, it's, yeah, I think it's real like that. The pitching is real and their young players are good and I think this team is, yeah, it's going to compete for a wild card. They're not Philadelphia. Philadelphia club them. Philadelphia is unbelievably hot since hiring Don Mattingly. And Atlanta is better than they are as well. But this is, this is the most enticing, exciting Marlins team I would put up there. Bigger than the 83 win Marlins that got Joe Girardi, a manager of the year, bigger than the playoff Marlins during the pandemic that got there. I think this is the best baseball team they have fielded in quite a while. Like that's not I, they're playing too well over a sustained period with these players where this, this month is not a mirage. When I tell you they're 20 and 6, they're also beating good teams. Washington, they're going and sweeping. You may not think much of Washington. Washington's been, they've scored more runs than anyone in baseball and they're, they win more than they lose. And like I, I, I'm surprised that the Marlins with the lowest payroll in baseball have a legitimately good baseball team.

[Sports Analyst 1]

When they swept Washington, Washington had a better record than them going into that series. And where you got to give the Marlins credit is that they've found ways to maneuver within their roster like they've done this entire month, essentially with two starting pitchers. Yuri Perez was hurt for a chunk of it. Junk Snelling, those guys weren't p so they've been using Ryan Gusto, they've been using openers, they've been using Tyler Phillips, the guy who slaps himself in the face. He was really effective in his last start. And some of the decisions they've made throughout the year. Harry Berto Hernandez was really struggling to start the year. They sent him down, gave him two weeks to get right. Come comes back up. He's had an over an.800 ops since he came back. Owen Casey, they stuck with him. He's the guy they traded Edward Cabrera for. He was dreadful after the opening weekend. One of the worst hitters in baseball. And since then he's been really solid as a platoon guy. He's got 10 home runs and calling up Joe Mack when they did sending Augustine Ramirez down to Triple A has

[Mike Ryan]

been a God that's been crazy.

[Sports Analyst 1]

He's one of the best catchers in baseball.

[Mike Ryan]

They can't be run on. And I don't think he's this offensively. But if he is this offensively, you better. You better lock him up for 10 years, because nobody can run. He's. He's begging people. Him and the backup catcher are begging people to run. Pero Mexico, Dos Acero and the World Cup. Because the scene in Mexico was totally crazy. Just. And just getting started.

[Dan Le Batard]

Oh, that's in Guadalajara. That's a square in Guadalajara.

[Jonathan Saslow]

We've been there.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah. That's incredible. And the Mexico City one's awe inspiring. Dan, they were so impressive. I was worried about the opponent that they drew. Because what Mexico has is a home advantage is the altitude and their style of play. Ecuador plays that very same style. And you're not going to out altitude Ecuador famously. And they were so much better than Ecuador. So much better.

[Mike Ryan]

But, Mike, the, The, the whole. I don't think people who are uninitiated when you talk about whatever home field advantage would be. I don't believe there's a crazier environment. And I'm taking all of Europe and I'm taking that. This sport can be crazy anywhere. Then fans who throw cups of their urine at you on the corner kicks, because they are breathing on you. They are on top of you. It feels like the country is on top of you.

[Dan Le Batard]

So there's this show, the S word, that master test Foxy and co host. And it's on this World cup. And the dynamic is, you know, smug English people making Americans apologize for their very own existence. And we've been warning Americans have been warning the English, like there might be a date where you have to go to Azteca and win a match in an environment that you don't know anything about, in an altitude that you have never experienced in your life. You have for decades convinced yourself that a rainy night at the bet365 in Stoke is what a true hostile atmosphere is. No, my friend, you don't know what it's like to go to Azteca dying to get a point. You have no idea how hard it is when Harry Kane gets hit in the face with a used condom full of urine. You will know. I need.

[Mike Ryan]

You don't know it's a used condom. You don't know it's a used condom.

[Dan Le Batard]

Well, you certainly used to pee in it.

[Mike Ryan]

Well, but that does not qualify as a used condom. It's not a fresh condom, but a used condom.

[Dan Le Batard]

No, I'm just saying you gotta use

[Mike Ryan]

the condom for what the condom is used for. You can't fill it with urine. That's not.

[Dan Le Batard]

You can fill it with holy water. Have you not seen from dusk's dawn?

[Mike Ryan]

Put it on the poll at Lebatard show. Is it a used condom if you've only filled it with urine?

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[Jonathan Saslow]

I love master the S word.

[Dan Le Batard]

The show.

[Jonathan Saslow]

The concept is what exactly? Smug. Smug British people making Americans apologize for

[Dan Le Batard]

their very own existence.

[Greg Cody]

Like that.

[Jonathan Saslow]

1776 would like a word.

[Jeremy]

Like a word.

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Brits.

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[Dan Le Batard]

Well, that's not the official bio, but that's what I've deduced.

[Jonathan Saslow]

It is that one.

[Mike Ryan]

You don't sound sorry.

[Jonathan Saslow]

Hang with them.

[Mike Ryan]

Colonial. We have the pro. We have the possibility of colonialism. Trying to take a corner kick in that stadium. A stadium filled with people that we have built a wall to keep out because they're rapists.

[Dan Le Batard]

Oh, we haven't built and kind of built. Let's keep us out of this one. That's between those two countries. When that goes down, I am telling you, there are scenes. There's Cameron indoor. There's the big house. There's what we've seen this world.

[Mike Ryan]

Nothing like.

[Dan Le Batard]

There is going to be absolutely nothing like England against Mexico in Mexico. If we get that, it is going to be the single biggest scene in the history of sport. We all need to be rooting for it.

[Jeremy]

Is that where England goes if they win today?

[Mike Ryan]

Yes.

[Dan Le Batard]

Have you not been listening to the show?

[Jeremy]

Maybe it'll be in two rounds from now. No, no, no.

[Mike Ryan]

Maybe you'll be in two rounds.

[Dan Le Batard]

Not been listening to the show. See you, buddy.

[Jeremy]

That's a terrible.

[Mike Ryan]

Not listening to the show.

[Greg Cody]

Yeah.

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[Greg Cody]

Dad really blew that one, didn't he? Wow.

[Jeremy]

I'm going to tell you something, Dan. I'm used to my challenge.

[Sports Analyst 1]

We have two challenges as a team. Every team has two challenges. We'll go ch with the ref.

[Mike Ryan]

You don't have two.

[Jeremy]

I'm using my challenge.

[Mike Ryan]

Zas.

[Jeremy]

Here we go. I'm using my challenge. I. It could have been in two rounds from now. I, I don't. I don't know what the bracket looks like. I haven't filled out a bracket.

[Mike Ryan]

We already said though. We said, we said a number of times.

[Greg Cody]

Be bracket aware.

[Jeremy]

Disagree.

[Mike Ryan]

You were not bracket aware.

[Dan Le Batard]

Listen to me. Listen to me. Just be abundantly clear. If England wins, they go to Mexico City and they play Mexico.

[Jeremy]

What's that voice?

[Dan Le Batard]

It's your very stupid voice.

[Jeremy]

That's me.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah, it's a stupid voice.

[Jeremy]

I would Work on that.

[Mike Ryan]

You don't have to be bracket aware. You just have to be listening to our show where we said Dr. Congo. You were listening when you made your Dr. Congo joke. You were there. You, you were in the middle of

[Jeremy]

the conversation with a doctor. You better call me doctor.

[Mike Ryan]

No, but it was in the conversation where you weren't listening because you were going to make the joke where Mike is saying you need to root for Dr. Congo to lose today so that then the next round we get England and Mexico and you're like, oh, yeah, Dr. Congo, like so in that conversation right there where you had the joke is where you were informed. Challenge is rejected. Minor penalty. Two minutes for not listening to the show.

[Jonathan Saslow]

We didn't even go to var.

[Jeremy]

I'm glad you said I don't have to be bracket aware.

[Greg Cody]

That's exactly my point.

[Jonathan Saslow]

Gotta go to bracketaware.com gregcodyshow.com.org thank you very much.

[Jeremy]

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[Dan Le Batard]

Tony, you know that moment at a party or at a tailgate where everything just sort of clicks?

[Jonathan Saslow]

I know it. Well, it's usually when I show up, everybody goes crazy.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah. You usually take all the credit for it, but it's because Tony usually walks in with Cuervo. Walking like this. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Cuervo is a thing that turns hanging out into this is the night.

[Jonathan Saslow]

It has that effect on people.

[Dan Le Batard]

It does. You usually take the credit for it, but again, it's the Cuervo effect. It's like that moment in a big game where everyone in the crowd just starts standing up, hooting and hollering. Keep it Cuervo. Keep it Cuervo, baby.

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[Mike Ryan]

Levitar is there. Back in my day.

[Greg Cody]

There is actually. What?

[Dan Le Batard]

Were you not gonna tell anyone? Wait a minute, you guys. Guys, it's a Tuesday. Greg Cody, here's your guy. Greg Cody with Back in My Day.

[Greg Cody]

Shit, I hope I have. Okay, here it is. Sorry, adultery.

[Dan Le Batard]

We're waiting for this one. This is the Dan Levatar show,

[Greg Cody]

By the way. It's going to be a crazy atmosphere for England playing in Mexico. England's going to win by two goals anyway. But I want to say this about the Mexican fans. They're not just in Mexico.

[Mike Ryan]

Catch your breath.

[Greg Cody]

When the U.S. team has played in L. A, it's. It's been like a road game for the U.S. national team in L. A.

[Dan Le Batard]

No, it hasn't.

[Greg Cody]

Yes, it is.

[Dan Le Batard]

No, it hasn't. Their crowd against Paraguay was incredible in Los Angeles.

[Greg Cody]

I'm talking about when the US Plays,

[Mike Ryan]

all right, historically against Mexico.

[Dan Le Batard]

Historically. But I will say this is where capitalism has really calcified us. With a secondary market being what it is, with the ticket situation being what it is. American sports fans have built up such a callus and unfortunately have such experience in getting hard to get tickets that we've kind of prepared our whole lives for this moment.

[Mike Ryan]

I am promising the people who may not be familiar with this, okay, we did a documentary at Metal Arc about the uneasy rivalry between Mexico and the U.S. it's the first documentary we did. We have another one out on Netflix. Netflix Now, Chris and Martina, I urge you to check it out. A lot of people of a certain age are remembering that that was sort of ground zero in America for women's sports. And so a topical and timely documentary is out on Netflix now. On Chris and Martina, if you're watching, you know, Serena Williams at 44 at Wimbledon so that you could see what the roots of that sport looked like back when that sport was challenging. Things we're still fighting about today in press boxes and in San Francisco with gay pride, when Mart. Tina was polarizing because she was trying to make it in that sport as someone who was gay and was a pioneer in that regard in a number of different ways. But the Mexico, United States rivalry. In that documentary, you will see how insane Mexico is about its soccer, and you can make the argument that several generations of Mexicans haven't felt the way they do today. Multiple generations of Mexicans who really love that sport do not know what it's like to get this close and have England coming to your place when that place is a zoo. Mike, you got to give me some context for this. Where else can I go in the world? Because Europe has no shortage of insane places, and hooliganism is not something that. That's. That's that far in the past. There are plenty of insane, dangerous places to play soccer in the world. Where do you put Mexico? When you're saying this is going to be the bit you're saying this is the biggest. This has the potential to be the biggest scene in the history of sports at a stadium.

[Dan Le Batard]

Terms of hostile atmospheres, I mean, FIFA has tried, CONCACAF has tried. Every governing body has tried and failed to stop the homophobic chant that they do in terms of, oh, this. This is violent. This is hard to get to the stadium. Yeah, you have, like, some club soccer teams, and, man, you don't want to mess with their supporters. But on the international stage, nothing like Mexico. And people in Europe kind of look down on us because we're not a proper soccer nation. But I can look at them. I know what I'm talking about when it comes to soccer. I've seen all these international matches. I know all the hostile atmospheres. I will stack Azteca Stadium in a meaningful match as the most hostile atmosphere up against anything in the world in sports. It is impossible. This is decades running trying to go to that stadium and come away with a point. It doesn't happen, folks. And yes, that's United States. Right. But England doesn't know anything about that. They. They famously fold. Dude, Saka crapped his pants in Wembley Stadium. What is he going to do when he goes to Azteca?

[Mike Ryan]

What do you guys think of this here? When you think of. In all of sports in America, okay, when you think of famously hostile environments, I'm giving you all of sports. I think college football does this a little better than most. And I think LSU is viewed because Cajuns are drinking all day as one kind of thing. Okay? This is Mexicans drinking all month. Like, this is loaded up on tequila, waiting for this day for decades. Like, whatever you think LSU football is. And I don't know. I don't know what you put at the top of the class of hardest places to play because of just insanity around you and up to and including getting to the stadium. Like, problems for your bus. You're going to need police help. It's all scary. If you think the Germans were indeed scared to take penalty kicks because the world is on their shoulders here. It feels like it's hot tequila breath on your neck and they're throwing urine.

[Dan Le Batard]

And the story going into it, the story around this English team, Dan, is they have a ton of talent. They're one of the more talented sides in the world, but they're missing the guts, they're missing the heart, they're missing the mental fortitude. So if they actually go into Azteca and they come out with a result, guys, England is winning this World Cup.

[Mike Ryan]

Not against France. Nobody's beating France.

[Dan Le Batard]

No, no, no. What this English team is missing is the moxie to go into a tough situation. I'm not even talking about, like, an environment. I'm talking about, man, this is stress. We got the weight of our own crest on our hearts. This is hard. Do we. Are we mentally strong enough to overcome that? That has been the deal with England. This is as talented a generation as they've had. They've been really good for a while, and they've fallen short. Even when they hosted a final against Italy, they fell short because of the weight of expectations and the pressure of that moment. Now, you got to take that to a host nation, and that host nation is Mexico playing the style they do in front of their own fans, man. The storylines, endless.

[Mike Ryan]

You're rooting against Dr. Congo.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yes. I need England. Mexico in Mexico City. That is going to be the craziest scene in the history of sports.

[Greg Cody]

England's a better team.

[Dan Le Batard]

Doesn't matter.

[Greg Cody]

You're talking about everything that surrounds the pitch. It doesn't matter.

[Dan Le Batard]

No, it doesn't matter who the better team is, especially against a host nation. Italy was better than South Korea in 02. Spain was better than South Korea in O2. Spain was not. Was much better than Russia.

[Mike Ryan]

This is so great, though. These people waiting this long for this is just really, really fun. Before we go Any further, though, and I've been remiss in not handling this earlier. Greg, please help me. We have a crime scene in the eating area, and I saw it when I walked out there. And we've got a bunch of wolverines around here, people who have not been trained how to eat properly, how to use the bathroom properly. It is pretty unpleasant in terms of just generally what the men here do with the hygiene. But this crime scene, if you're not watching on YouTube or on the DraftKings network or on any number of the assortment of video platforms where you can find a Samsung TV plus the Roku Channel Vizio, when you look out at our eating area, you will see the crime scene with the question, who did this? Because there appears to be a quarter of a donut that was simply thrown on the floor. And I'm not sure it was with the napkin under it. I don't know what was done here. I don't know who found this. But, Greg, if you had to. If you had to guess, like, if we were doing betting favorites on DraftKings, now available in all 50 states.

[Dan Le Batard]

DraftKingsports.

[Mike Ryan]

If you were. If you were taking favorites on who is most likely to have. Just like. That's not near a garbage can. Look at how far from anything that would be a garbage can. That is. It's. It's at least 10ft on a wooden floor.

[Jonathan Saslow]

So I do have some info on this.

[Mike Ryan]

Earlier.

[Jonathan Saslow]

I was getting some water, and they said somebody did this. What they did is they took a knife and then they cut a piece of the. Of the donut until it got to that little, you know, morsel that you see there and didn't eat the little morsel. So they ate everything else around it, but not that. So somebody put it there and was like, all right, who did this?

[Greg Cody]

I apologize. I.

[Medical Advertiser]

What?

[Greg Cody]

I dropped the donut. I had to get in the studio. I was in a hurry. Do I pick it up? Do I keep. Dan, wait. He's gonna yell at me. You're a minute late. I apologize. What can I tell you? I should have eaten it. I should have picked it up off the floor and eaten it, which I would have, by the way.

[Mike Ryan]

Okay, see, I believe that you're doing all of that for effect. I don't believe anything that you're saying. And what I'm going to ask the crew to do right now, video. Do me the favor, please. You could check surveillance and you could find out who was having that donut for breakfast. And we're going to get to the bottom of this, because this stuff can't keep happening around here where you guys are jackals and wolverines. You guys saw. We have. We have a new HR person. We have somebody around here who's making sure that this is an environment that isn't run by apes and hyenas and honey badgers. And we can't have pieces of a donut on the floor just thrown on the floor because nobody knows how to use a garbage can.

[Jonathan Saslow]

Well, you know how it is, Dan, right? Like, you don't want the whole donut. So you get a knife, you cut half the donut. You're like, I'll tell half the.

[Mike Ryan]

Put it on the pol. At Lebatard Show. Are you an animal if you're using a knife and fork on a donut? And are you. Yes. An animal if you're sophisticated? No. Are you a. Are you a creature that cannot be trusted if you are using a knife and fork on a donut? And also, put this on the poll at Lebatard show. Worst thing to use a knife and fork on a donut or a slice of pizza.

[Dan Le Batard]

A donut is such a commitment, though, especially the communal donut thing. You kind of want to be considerate of others. And here, hey, sample this flavor. I think using a fork and knife in a communal setting when someone brings donuts to an office is a play on for me. But if you tore that with your hands, you're a savage.

[Jeremy]

I eat my pizza with fork and knife all the time. All the time. Two reasons. Number one, my pizza slice of preference is Sicilian, all right? And there's nothing wrong with having a slice of Sicilian with fork and knife. Number two, if the slice of pizza is really hot, I don't want the cheese dripping everywhere or have the cheese burn the roof of my mouth. You know about that burnt roof of the mouth, Dan. So I will use a fork and knife plenty with my pizza.

[Dan Le Batard]

It also depends on the size of the pizza. If you get one of those giant slices. Yeah, you gotta use that.

[Mike Ryan]

I'll make an exception for Sicilian.

[Jeremy]

No others.

[Dan Le Batard]

Oh, man, no others.

[Jonathan Saslow]

Hot pizza needs to be in there too, though.

[Dan Le Batard]

That's the thinnest of them all.

[Jeremy]

Sicilian's thick as hell. You have no idea what you're talking about.

[Dan Le Batard]

No, I thought Sicilian was the. The Italian style. That's Chicago deep dish.

[Jonathan Saslow]

That's Roman.

[Medical Advertiser]

That.

[Dan Le Batard]

That right there, that's Detroit style.

[Mike Ryan]

I've always called that Sicilian as well, though. Since childhood. I have always called that style of pizza there. That is thick. And I've referred to that as Sicilian. So let's put it on the poll, see if Mike has this right. At Lebatard show, Sicilian pizza, thick or thin? Your thoughts here, Greg? Because I. That I have called Detroit at deep dish, all Chicago, all of those I call Sicilian. I call that Sicilian pizza.

[Greg Cody]

I don't know if that's Sicilian or not. I do know this pizza is a hand food. If you're seen eating pizza with a knife and a fork, you should be kicked out of these.

[Jeremy]

So he asked you a question and you just answered something else.

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[Dan Le Batard]

Okay, I apologize. It's very similar to Detroit. I always call that Detroit. The play on.

[Mike Ryan]

I'm sorry, am I right?

[Dan Le Batard]

The Sicilian is the blocky thing that you see.

[Jeremy]

Very thick.

[Jonathan Saslow]

You're wrong about deep dish, though. Deep dish is not Sicilian whatsoever.

[Dan Le Batard]

No, that's Chicago deep dish.

[Jeremy]

Yeah, it's, like, very saucy.

[Mike Ryan]

It's too saucy. But it's the same kind of thickness. It's super bready. Put it on the poll. At Lebatard show, If you're eating a slice of pizza with a knife and fork, should you indeed be kicked out of the establishment?

[Dan Le Batard]

Also, Detroit pizza has the sauce on top of the pizza. Yeah, I like it.

[Mike Ryan]

Understood. I am allowing an exception for the kind of pizza that Zaz is talking about, which is a thicker kind of. And it's super buttery, too. So it's like. It's super sloppy, doughier pie. But the part that I'm objecting to is a knife and fork on just a regular New York slice that has to be eaten with the hand. You can't be Philip Seymour Hoffman taking all of the oil and along came Paulie and putting it on your plate. You gotta eat the thing. You gotta eat the thing the way that it comes out. You gotta honor New York and honor Italians and honor food.

[Dan Le Batard]

You don't know this about Zaz, though, Famously. Ribs? Not a thing. He doesn't like his hands getting messy wings.

[Mike Ryan]

He is a food weirdo. We are uncovering these things at all times.

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[Dan Le Batard]

Levitar Jonathan Saslow thank you. This is the Dan Levatar Show.

[Mike Ryan]

I wanted to ask ask you Guys, about something though, happening right now in the media, as you've got factions that has been really funny to observe and I include us among this and I hadn't noticed it until the Damian Lillard Portland stuff, the Boston media, and in our case the Miami media, such different perspectives on an assortment of different things that other people would look at and not even understand the extremes in perspective. So right now, what you have happening with Kevin o', Connor, used to be of the ringer, worked with Bill Simmons for a long time, is now at Yahoo. He is somebody who is getting more and more name because he is saying more and more things. And I came in here today and everyone in here was clucking about Kevin o' Connor because they've all got an assortment of scars and all of these brawls with the Boston media that go back to racist Wei taking out my dad with an assortment of stupidities and then defending themselves. And we've been fighting with Boston ever since in some shape or form around here. But what's the issue with Kevin o'? Connor? Because what's happening now that you guys are so mad and you're making Kevin o' Connor the face for the media when he's not the face for the media? He works for Yahoo, used to work at the ringer and he's getting better at saying things.

[Jeremy]

Yeah. So I just find it ironic here because Kevin o', Connor, who like you mentioned, is one of the media, you know, one of the NBA guys out there, he's out there and he, he. I guess he has a show on YouTube. He has his own show and he, he thinks there's this big conspiracy. This is funny, right? He thinks there's this big conspiracy against Jaylen Brown and the Boston Celtics. Give this a listen.

[Kevin O'Connor]

All I know is that the whole Jaylen Brown situation with basically every media member pooing on Jaylen Brown out there right now, every executive I talk to pooing on Jaylen Brown right now, it feels very coordinated to me. It all does. To try to drive down the price on a guy who just had an unbelievable regular season. Sixth in MVP voting dragged the roster without Jayson Tatum to 56 wins. The 2 seed in the east is a former Finals MVP, has gotten better every season of his career, even after winning that Finals mvp. I don't really buy that these teams don't want Jalen Brown. I don't buy that the Clippers don't want Jalen Brown. I don't buy that the Blazers don't want Jaylen Brown. I think it's crazy. Talk to me. I think it's just negotiating through the media is all this is.

[Jeremy]

Well, isn't that interesting, Dan? Isn't that interesting when for years, you got people like this Kevin o', Connor, Boston folk. That's right. That's how I refer to Boston media. Boston folk.

[Commercial Announcer 2]

Folk.

[Mike Ryan]

Boston.

[Jeremy]

And you got Boston folk who is every time trying to put the player on a different team. I got a little bit hung up in the air. And what I wanted to say there,

[Mike Ryan]

you really did get lost. You're passionate, but you're not quite as confident as I thought you were at the start of this race.

[Jeremy]

Mike, I'm tagging you in.

[Dan Le Batard]

Good choice. Good choice.

[Jeremy]

Cool. Cool.

[Dan Le Batard]

I was gonna say we could edit it out for the social club. Let me tell you something, Kevin o', Connor, you are absolutely right. It is indeed.

[Jeremy]

Yeah.

[Dan Le Batard]

A coordinated effort, at least on our part, to make a mess of things, dilute your offer, make your house a mess. Yes, it is. And you know where we learned it from? We learned it from you. You gave us a template. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Absolutely. Made the Damian Lillard thing impossible for Miami. I mean, Jeremy, what did Kevin o' Connor say about Miami's offer?

[Jeremy]

Tagging you in, Jeremy.

[Sports Analyst 1]

Of an offer of Tyler Herro, Kyle Lowry, Jaime Hawkez, Nikola Jovic, two first and a pick swap so damn near the package that just got Giannis Antetokounmpo. He said, quote, this return for Portland would go down as one of the worst trades in NBA history. Hey, Kevin o', Connor, we followed your model. When Jayson Tatum came back, we said, huh, could that cause a problem for Jaylen Brown? We said, hey, this guy tweets like a wide receiver. We said, you know what? Maybe Jaylen Brown should demand a trade. We followed your path.

[Jeremy]

Mike's tagging you back in.

[Dan Le Batard]

You put down an offer that ended up netting Giannis, and you put over Time Lord, who we said had one working knee, if that. Yeah, it. What you did in making sure Damian Lillard didn't go to Miami was pitch perfect. It was all of Boston, media, coordinated, organized. We were in a whole new war. Drones were impacting us. Our million dollar weapons couldn't stand a chance against your $13,000 drones. We didn't know what we were doing. It took us years to recover. But now we're a well oiled machine. Tagging you in, Zach.

[Jeremy]

Tagging me back in. I got the hot tag now, Dan. And it all ends. Kevin o', Connor, your nightmare. It all ends with Giannis. Maybe Lebron but it all ends with Giannis on the Heat. And the Celtics, they're floundering. They don't know what to do because nobody wants Jalen Brown. Nobody want. Nobody wants Jalen Brown. Boston folk.

[Mike Ryan]

Folk Boston.

[Dan Le Batard]

You didn't tag. You gotta tag.

[Mike Ryan]

I was never tagged by any matches. I thought it was a bad decision to tag in. Jeremy. I thought it was a bad decision.

[Dan Le Batard]

No, like that. That is what they did throughout the entire Lillard pursuit. They. They trashed Miami's offer so well, they had convinced everybody these are bad players. Bad players. Robert Williams, incredible player. Bad players on Miami. One of the worst trade offers ever. And it was because the Miami Heat made an NBA Finals. Made two with a player not as good as Damian Lillard. And they all knew what would have happened to the Eastern Conference had Damian Lillard gone to the Miami Heat and stayed healthy. Ended up being a bad trade. But it was incredible how well they coordinated that effort. Tagging you in, Greg.

[Jeremy]

Yep. Good. You're tagged in.

[Greg Cody]

Yeah. Yeah. One last thing about Kevin o'. Connor. Or is it o'? Connell?

[Dan Le Batard]

O', Connor, he had two guys in entourage.

[Greg Cody]

He had two guitars on the wall in the background. Doesn't even play the instrument. He's a fraud.

[Mike Ryan]

You don't know that.

[Dan Le Batard]

I know that.

[Greg Cody]

I've researched it.

[Mike Ryan]

You don't know that. You didn't know whether he was o' Connor or o'.

[Greg Cody]

Connor. Kevin o'. Fraud.

[Mike Ryan]

Okay, o', Frauddle. Very good.

[Greg Cody]

That's right.

[Mike Ryan]

So you were tagging people in. There was a lot of tagging in. You lost some confidence. I thought you were gonna soar into the sky going after Kevin o' Connor won the match. I understand. But since we're tagging people in, I thought it might be time to bring in the lefty to debut an all new segment where we bring in the lefty from the pen because we need help to bail us out on a segment because all of you were talking to cameras and yelling and screaming and you think you won the match. And I think Kevin o' Connor won the match without speaking during what it is that you were doing.

[Jonathan Saslow]

So we need to bring somebody in to make the show more left.

[Mike Ryan]

Yes, that is correct. Let's bring in the lefty. Calling the lefty.

[Commercial Announcer]

Oh, I'll be back.

[Mike Ryan]

This not great for the audio audience or video audience?

[Dan Le Batard]

Either. Video audience would also like sound too. Do we restart it?

[Mike Ryan]

Yeah, let's do this again. Because I regret. You know what I regret? Nevermind, take it back. I regret tagging in. I regret Tagging him in. I regret going to his segment. I regret all of what just happened there, which seemed to be pretty simple.

[Jeremy]

But it's not quite bringing in Ricky Vaughn.

[Mike Ryan]

No, it wasn't quite bringing in anything that helped us in any way, actually. So moving on to catchphrases, Greg Cody has now more, I am told. And I'm really disappointed with what's happening here because Greg Cody is not respecting in any way the the 50 countdown that we started with.

[Dan Le Batard]

Yeah, you're gonna be mad.

[Mike Ryan]

Top 50 catchphrases. I heard while he was in on vacation, I heard that Greg Cody officially expanded. The Greg Cody show featuring Greg Cody has now expanded to how many catchphrases?

[Greg Cody]

70. But it's the final expansion. We think we guarantee it will not be.

[Mike Ryan]

It's not in your hands, though, Greg.

[Jonathan Saslow]

We don't know that.

[Greg Cody]

I know it's out of my hands as well, but I have been told as well, I have been told that it's 70. Top hard ceiling.

[Mike Ryan]

So wait a minute. The last time that we talked to you about this, we were on, like number 11, were we not?

[Greg Cody]

Yes.

[Mike Ryan]

So what are we on now?

[Greg Cody]

I am. Today I'm going to reveal numbers 20 and 19.

[Mike Ryan]

So we're back in the top. We're back at the start of the top 20 when we just got to 11 last week.

[Greg Cody]

Things happen.

[Mike Ryan]

We were good. We were just coming up on the top 10.

[Greg Cody]

I know. And now we're cracking the top 20. We're in the team.

[Mike Ryan]

We already did that. We already did the.

[Greg Cody]

It hadn't been done yet.

[Mike Ryan]

Wait a minute. So just help me with the math of this. So are you saying that what had been in the top 20 are now the first 10 in the top 30?

[Greg Cody]

Yeah. That's the way lists work, Dan. Let me give you a quick example. At one point, Babe Ruth was number one on the home run list. He's not anymore. Lists change. They're like tectonic plates.

[Mike Ryan]

When you make a list, Earth is shifting. Put it on the poll at Lebatard Show. When you start with a top 50 list, should it be 70?

[Greg Cody]

Yeah. Yes, for sure. Be with me, voters.

[Mike Ryan]

So what are we with. So am I asking you right now to start on number 70? We don't have time for that.

[Greg Cody]

Ask me.

[Mike Ryan]

Well, no, we got to come back with it. We don't have time for that right now.

[Greg Cody]

I'll talk real quick. Number 70, number 19, that kind of thing. No, I'm just kidding. That hasn't been wild.

[Mike Ryan]

No, you're disrespecting the whole thing.

[Greg Cody]

Now you're just been listed yet that is not in the top 19.

[Mike Ryan]

You're not. You're not honoring the correct way to do these things.

[Greg Cody]

I'm honoring it, baby.

[Mike Ryan]

No honoring it now. We've run out of time and it's 70 of these.

[Greg Cody]

Yes.

[Mike Ryan]

And I don't know it was gonna

[Greg Cody]

be the top 250 in honor of the US holiday, but I'm gonna keep it at 70. I'm a man of my people.

[Dan Le Batard]

Do we go back to the lefty?

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