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Download the app if you haven't done so. If you'd like to watch the program and you're able to explore a man cave like no other man cave in the world. Seaton was just telling us he's going to be on the road in the Mako van. We got a great contest coming up. You got a chance to enter the contest daily basis. Basis. No purchase necessary. And you can join us when we go out to San Francisco in February for super Week. And Seaton was telling us he's going to be in Indianapolis, he's going to be in St. Louis, he's going to be in Denver. Then he goes to Vegas. We're going to be doing a couple of shows in Vegas, Formula one, and we're talking about breakfast places. And then as I'm walking back in to sit down to get ready to start final hour scene goes, man, I'm going try to sneak in a St. Elmo's in Indianapolis, have the, the shrimp cocktail. I don't know if I'd like it, but I have. If I'm in there and I smell it, that horseradish, you got to be ready for that because it'll blow your hairpiece off because, yeah, it is the horse, the, the cocktail sauce. There is a, like, proper punch in the face. My nose started running. Yeah. And just thinking about that, because when we went in there for the super bowl and we were sitting there and I went, and I like horseradish, and I went, wow, this is, this is powerful. Yes. It's one of those weird things, too, where, like, you eat it, it punches you square in the face, and you're like, oh, my God. Whoa. And I'm like, I think I want to do that again. And then you run through your entire little dish of, of shrimp cocktail, and it is a punch in the face. It surprises you somehow every single time, even though you're ready for it. But, man, Is it good? Yeah. Paulie. The Colts. Now that the NFL outlawed smelling salts, the Colts should have St. Elmo's sauce on the sidelines. And, you know, the linebacker wants to go in. He just has a big thing of dip. Oh, my goodness. That's funny. But it, you know, it's such a legendary restaurant, but still, everybody talks about the shrimp cocktail, and I'm like. But then I got there and I go, I got to do it. I got to do it. There are certain things that you do when you get to certain places where you may not want to do it, but you're there, and you go, all right, I'll do it. And that's one of those where St. Elmo's having that cocktail sauce. Yes, Paulie. There's a lot of roadside places when you drive around America. There's one and a big German. Our guy has been there. I've been there as well. Called the Big Texan Steak Ranch. It's an Amarillo, Texas, and it's right off I40. Like you could throw a baseball to it, and it looks just big, huge. And they had like the 60, 72 ounce steak. And you sit at a table and people gather around you, and if you. You win. I don't know what you win, but it's. It's everything you want in a roadside kitschy place. But is that you finish the steak, then you get it for free. I don't think it's free, but you go on like a wall of fame. You get like a gear and stuff like that. The bathroom, the. The urinals and stuff like that. They're cut out in this shape of Texas, like where you wash your hands. Their marbles cut out and stay shape of Texas. Very cool. It'd be uncomfortable to sit on the toilet, though. I think if it's cut out, you'd be proud. Thanks, Lake, Texas. Yes, Todd. That sounds like a good time. Yeah, I'm sure this audience will have places where, you know, if you go to those places that it's an experience. Not necessarily a positive experience, but it's an experience there. Yes, Marvin. That's like south of the border in South Carolina. I don't know if it's a great experience, but it's an experience. Just not restaurants. But you guys ever been to south of the border? No, it's in South Carolina. I mean, it is. I can't even explain this place. It's like Peewee's big adventure come to life. You guys never been to. Right. It's right off the highway it's right. It's South Carolina. So it's an amusement park. I don't even know what to call it. I'm looking at it now. It's like a motor inn from the 60s. It's very kitschy, like spaceships on the. Okay. Looks like something out of a, you know, peewee's movie. Exactly what he's saying. But I like, what is it? Sesame street or Sesame park in Pennsylvania? Hershey's Park. Is that what it is? I thought there's like a Sesame. Sesame Place. Sesame Place and Hershey Park. Yeah, there's. I think they're separate. Oh, they are. Okay. I'm not sure. Maybe they're together. I'm not sure. But they are two different places, even if they are the same. Yeah. I remember taking the family there and you're like floating down these log flumes or something. And I'm like, there's a whole lot of kids here. I don't know if I want to be wading into the water here, just saying. Yeah. Yes. Todd, are you a big giant chocolate bar guy or were you as a kid? See one of those giant things that you'd get, like, at Hershey Park? Todd, you know, my childhood, like, we couldn't. Finally had the one thin piece of bologna. Yeah. All the more reason why, you know, if you had an opportunity to dive into a big chocolate. So you're rubbing it in. No, I'm saying that would impress the kids if you had like a big crackle or Mr. Goodbye, that you're usually little miniatures and you got like some life size crackle. That'll be fun. Yeah. I didn't go to the Hershey plant. There's a tour there. But I think my kids did. You know, it's like, nah, I'm good. Yes. Marvin, Is he giving you PTSD all over again? I didn't mean to. No. Like, did you have a big Hershey chocolate bar? You're like, I didn't have chocolate as a kid. No. You could still go back there even if it wasn't in your, you know, youthful days. You go back there, you're a grandparent now. Take the grandchild and go experience all those things that you weren't able to do. You're right, though. You try to make up for that as you get older, the things that you didn't have. But you want to make sure your kids. Once again, I have a. One of my older brothers is five nine, five ten. And so at the time I was six three. So I was getting. Hand me Downs, but I couldn't fit into anything. You know, you always get your brother's stuff and like. And I'd have. I went to what is called a Sadie Hawkins dance, and that's where the girl asked the guy. And I looked at the picture the other day and I swear to God, I had capri pants on before. They were capri pants and these were my brother's pants. And it looks, it, it was sad. And this is Jenny Batche. Like, this is, this is the big time. You know, she's asking me to the dance. You know, all of a sudden I show. She had to. Maybe she didn't think anything, but her parents probably thought, oh, my God, look at this guy. And I had a shirt that was my brother's, but it was a great looking shirt, but it came down just over my elbows. It's a long sleeve shirt. And I walk in and, you know, they're like, I look like a scarecrow. It's like, pants are up high, shirt didn't fit. See what you did? Todd, I apologize. This was not supposed to be something that's going to make you uncomfortable, but I do think you should take grandchildren to places like Sesame Place and Hershey Park. No, I want their parents to take them there. I do not. I do not. Those days of, you know, you're only as happy as your unhappiest child and somebody was always crying. When you have four kids, somebody was always crying. You know, you could have three, they're having a great time, and then you have one that's miserable. Yeah, Paul, but I thought the great part about being a grandparent is that it's one kid you're taking care of with your wife, and at the end of the day, you give it back. It's like a rental car. You know, you can treat it how you want. You don't have to clean up. When you're done, give it back to Hertz. They do inspect the child, though, when you give them back. You know, my rental car, if there's a dent or a scratch, you know, they're okay with that. You prepay that coverage, fill up the tank. Yeah. But yeah, it is great to give the kids back, but, you know, they're. They're like what, six months and two and a half years? So it's a little more. It's like when you, if you're a grandparent and, and you look back and you go, how did you have the energy to do this? Because my wife says same thing. You know, having four kids and I was Working second shift. And she goes, I don't know how I had the energy. I said, well, you were young. You didn't know any better. And they were your kids, so you have to. You have no choice now. It's like, oh, my God. Try to keep up with them. Yes, Marvin. This is the thing about grandparents, and I'm going through this with my son and my mom, the woman that my son knows. This is not the woman that raised me. I don't know who this woman is. Wait, what are you. You made him chicken at 9 o' clock at night? Well, he said he was hungry. You told me to drink my spit once. Who is this lady? I was like, lorenzo, this is a different Bridget than the one. I think you need to let it go, too. I think you need to let it go. I think everyone's got some childhood trauma somewhere. Yeah. Yeah. I still remember my mom going out and cutting off a limb of yours. No, no, no, I'm sorry. That's our stuff. Yeah, I went out to the tree and cut off like, you know, it was a. A fresh. What is it? Switch. Yes. And we knew. We knew we're in trouble when mom went out and got that. And you know what? You think back on what you did. I threw a stick, and a guy was throwing dirt clods at me. I threw a stick. It went into his back wheel of his bike and he flipped over and he landed on his. His head. You're defending yourself. Yes. I got home and I. My mom goes upstairs. Now. I knew that meant Dad. I had to wait. I had to wait four hours for my dad to come home. It didn't. And you know what? I was like, mom, why don't you just do it? She goes, no, I told your father. And she knocked you out. Yeah, she. Yeah, that's why I had to go up to the room and. And it was trouble after that. You know that. But I do, I do have great admiration for my two older brothers because when we got in trouble, my two older brothers would take the blows. So then my dad would be tired by the time he got to me. And I was like, you know when you got spanked and Mike and Bill took the blows and then they got to me, and then I, you know, I think he eased off the accelerator. A couple batters protecting you in the lineup. They take some pitches off the pitcher, so he's worn out. Anywho, welcome to the program. I don't know how we got there. Did I start this whole thing? No, I hope not. I think it was breakfast in St. Elmo's that led us to getting spanked, of course. God. If you chart this, how could this possibly be scripted? I mean, maybe it should be, but it's not. All right, Seaton poll question for the final hour of the program. Yeah, we got a couple of them up there right now. Which quarterback would you rather have? This one feels particularly mean spirited. Which quarterback would you rather have? Tua or Kyler? Right now, 66% of the audience are saying Kyler. Yeah. And then which sport do you need to be the toughest to play? Your options are football, hockey, rugby, and then other. Right now, hockey is leading. Has about twice as many votes as rugby, which has about twice as many votes as football. Yeah, we were doing more mainstream, but yes, rugby is. That's a brutal sport as well. Wrestlers are very upset, lol, that football made the list and not wrestling. I'm sorry. Sorry, Pat, but you that the contact in football is different. It's just you and somebody else wrestling. I mean, it's. It's different. I mean, okay, you get pulled in a lot of directions. All right, Football, football, they hurt you. I'm not saying I want to fight a wrestler. No, no, no, no. But no, the contact in the sports is just. I would rather fight a football player than a wrestler. Right. Yes. Dane in Texas. Hi, Dane. What's on your mind today? Good morning, Dan. How are you doing? Great. Well, when you were talking about the world's toughest athletes, I think somebody already stole my thunder and said professional bull riding tour. But the one that did played football and rodeo was. I think you remember him, Walt Garrison. Yeah. Just a picture between your cheek and gum. Exactly. Well, he. I was watching a special on him and he said rodeo cowboying is the hardest thing you can do. And he said that the toughest man he ever met was Larry Mahan. Well, Larry's legend. But if you're talking about being a rodeo clown as opposed to a rodeo, a professional bull rider, I mean, you got to be crazy to do both. But if I'm a bull rider, what's my goal? Eight seconds. That's it. Now, when you get thrown, that's when you know the damage happens. But being a rodeo clown, I. Unless my dad did it and then his dad did it and then my brothers did it. That's crazy. Yeah. Can you imagine walking up to your guidance counselor like law, engineering, accounting. I'm thinking rodeo clown. Yeah, I'm thinking bull riding now. You know, I think I was probably called a clown when I was in high school by my guidance counselor. I remember him saying, yeah, I'm going to go to college. And he goes, why? And I said, doesn't everybody go to college? He goes, college isn't for everybody. Yes. My high school guidance counselor sat me down and said, so are you even thinking about college or are you just going to work for the city? Oh, that's tough. Municipal job, like. All right. Well, I was thinking about college, but maybe he was right. I think he was right. Yes, Paulie. I went into my guidance counselor. He looks at my report card. He looks at my list of schools and there's a long pause. He goes, you should pare this down. That's all he said. You should pare this down. All right. Let's take a break here. I don't know what we just accomplished there, but hopefully we entertained you a little bit. We'll come back. Clayton Kershaw will join us. Recently retired Clayton Kershaw will join us. More of your phone calls as well on this Thursday. We're back after this. Be sure to catch the live edition of the Dan Patrick show, weekdays at 9am Eastern, 6am Pacific on Fox Sports Radio and the iHeartRadio app. Hey, it's Rob Parker and Kelvin Washington from the Odd Couple on Fox Sports Radio. And in addition to hearing us weeknights from 7 to 10pm Eastern on Fox Sports Radio, we are excited to announce brand new YouTube channel for the show. 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Subscribe to the NFL Fantasy Football podcast on the iHeartRadio app, Apple podcast or wherever you get your podcasts. Hey, it's Greg Rosenthal, host of NFL Daily. No matter the day, NFL Daily has fresh content in your feed. Last week's games, we recapped them. The unexpected happened in so many of these games and, and I love it. This week was like the defensive line stepping in, getting a stop on 4th and goal. Get the, the old mo back on your side. It was a lot of good defensive stops, including in the game of the day. This week's games we previewed him. He is the best quarterback in the league this year. He reminds me a little bit of Tom Brady in his later years and this is a compliment. He's no longer hanging in quite as much to take those big hits because he's playing the long game. They're not going to get pressure on him. I news flash, it's not going to happen. I think they smoke him and so much more. For all you football sickos, listen to NFL daily on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. If LeBron wasn't coming back to the Lakers, could Luca average 40? And would that be a good thing if he averaged 40 for the Lakers? Because in LeBron's absence, Luca is averaging 40, 11 rebounds and nine assists. The Lakers are seven and two, but I don't know if you can keep up 40 points a night. He, he has the ball constantly, so you know you're going to get points and assists from him. But if you didn't have LeBron, do you think he could average? Because we've had guys average 35. Could he average 40? Marvin? No, I think it's just too much to average 40. I think he can do like you said, I think he can do 35, maybe 36. Who, who's got the highest average? Was it Mike at 36 in a season? No, because that's wielded 50. I, I said modern day, let's say since 1975. I think Jordan had 37.11 year. Okay, yeah, I thought it was 36.1, but maybe it is 37.1. Checking. But the energy it takes to do that. I don't care if you're high school or your college and certainly the NBA. The energy every night that you have to go out and get that and everybody knows that they have to stop you. That's what makes it incredible when you see these guys and everybody's gearing up to stop you. Yes. Paulie Jordan, it was his third year in the league. He was 23 years old. He averaged 37.1. He took 28 shots per game, and only one of those shots was a three. He averaged less than one, three attempted per game. Yeah, and I wonder how much, you know, three point shooting he would do because he wasn't a deep shooter, but, but he was a mid range jumper. He would probably have to expand. Knowing Jordan, he would want to expand, you know, his perimeter play and be out there shooting. Yes, yes, Marvin. That same season he won defensive player of the year. That's the greatest player ever. That's the Greatest season ever. 1980. Michael Jordan is the best player who ever lived. Well, okay, Modern Wilt's the greatest. If you look at numbers, Wilt's numbers are Babe Ruthian. But we, we, we acknowledge Babe Ruth. We don't acknowledge Wilt's numbers because that's where we go. He's playing against a bunch of plumbers and electricians. At least J.J. redick would say that. Yes, Paul, it would be like, oh, Otani won the MVP for hitting and the Cy Young for pitching. That would be what it's akin to. Speaking of pitching, Clayton Kershaw, the recently retired three time Cy Young winner and future hall of Famer, we spoke to him yesterday and the first question I asked was, how's retirement? Day one? Pretty good. Yeah, so far, so good. You know what's gonna happen, though? You know how your body adapts to certain times of the year? Oh, yeah. You know, come February, you're gonna be bringing the kids outside, you're gonna get loose, you're in a long tossing and all of that. So get ready for that because you're gonna, you're gonna face that. Plus everybody's gonna be out of the house and you're gonna be like, what am I doing? Yeah, I, I, everybody says, or a lot of guys that I talked to said, opening day is the day where you're like, man, I'm not there. You know, it's weird. So I. Opening day is going to be a weird one. But to be fair, I haven't been in spring training in a couple years. I've kind of planned Some surgeries pretty well, so kind of miss spring training. So that'll be. That won't be too new for me. What was this World Series like as opposed to the other ones? Yeah, I mean, last year was really cool because we got the parade, you know, I think, you know, after the. The COVID World Series, not getting to do the parade or anything, and then getting to do that last year, it was kind of a celebration of almost two World Series, you know, and so that. That was awesome. But for me personally to be a part of this one more than I was last year, and to get to see, you know, just to feel. Feel a little bit more part of it, and then the parade this year was insane. It was. It was so much bigger, so much longer, so many people, and that's just really special. You know, your last one to get to kind of celebrate with the fans and, you know, tell them thank you. Tell them how much they, you know, supported us and our team and me personally for so long, and it was just so fun, man. It was so cool. The importance of having your kids at an age where they can appreciate seeing dad out there. How important was that to you? Yeah, I'm thankful for that. You know, my oldest three, I think will definitely. I don't know. Do you remember stuff when you're five? I think you do, yeah. My. My. It's close, but at least my oldest two, I think, had a blast. You know, my oldest son, Charlie, got to be in the dugout a lot this year. Got to be in the, you know, shag, bp, do all the stuff. And so he was super invested in it this year. And I'm thankful they'll remember me that I had a job at some point, you know, It'll be good. It was just. It was so fun and memorable, and, I mean, my wife, rock star, she's pregnant right now and traveling from Toronto to Dallas to do school, back to LA to Toronto. I mean, just doing it all. So it was. It's good to be home and good to get to celebrate with the fam, too. Have you seen the video of your wife in the stands when you're on the mound? Oh, my God. She's not a reliever wife, Dan. She's a starter wife. That's just. That's just too much stress to not know when you're coming in and to get to do all that. But, yeah, I think she was. She was feeling it, to say the least. Okay, but are you nervous in that moment? Yeah, I mean, for sure. I think. I think we all are. I don't know if you allow yourself to get, like, you have to play a mind game that I got to be confident. I. I can't have any doubt or be nervous. I think you have both, though. I think it's not doubt, like you're confident. You can do your job, but, you know, warming up in the pen, hearing that phone ring, kind of all new stuff for me. It's like that. Phone rings. It's like an adrenaline pump, you know, and so, you know, all that running in, trying to feel your legs and trying to execute pitches and all that, you know, at the end of the day, I'm just so glad I got that out because that was the last time I ever pitched. And, you know, it could have gone sideways. So I'm just glad. I'm just glad I got that last out. And I thought it was going to be a bigger out, but we end up playing, like, seven more innings, you know, So I think it's just. It was a crazy game. And like I said, last time I. Dodger Stadium pitch. It was awesome. Dave Roberts said that you were probably coming in. In game seven. Yeah, yeah. So I had no idea there was one out. So when Kirk grounded into that double play, I thought I was coming in the game, like, tie game, extra innings. I'm pitching with two outs and a lefty up to bat. And then Bardo, our bullpen coach, just said, hey, we just won the World Series. You know, I had no idea. I had no idea. That was amazing, though. So a delayed reaction. Yeah, I just. I didn't believe him at first. And then. Yeah, Turned around, saw everybody out there and ran out there and got to celebrate again, man. Just amazing. Talking to the Dodgers. Clayton Kershaw. No, former Dodger. Clayton Kershaw. Yeah. Former Dodger. Unemployed. What are you going to do the rest of your life? I don't know, man. You know, I've got a lot of kids, so obviously I'll do that for a while. And I love baseball. I do. I love baseball. I have a passion for it. I feel like I can help in some regard, in some way, but I have no idea what that looks like. I obviously don't, you know, feel the need or want to travel too much right now. So, you know, there's some Kush gigs out there, you know, some special assistant jobs and different things like that. That if the Dodgers are gracious enough to let me do that at some point, I. I think I'd definitely be interested in that. But, you know, we have a baby Coming in December, and everybody says I have to figure out how to play golf, so maybe I'll try that. I don't know. I really don't have any idea. It's kind of nice, though, the no plan plan. It's got to be weird, though. You're watching the ninth inning from the bullpen. Yeah. Yeah. So you don't even have comfort. You don't have company. It's just you and the bullpen catcher, I'm guessing. Yeah. I mean, you know, there's a few guys. A few of us left down there, but, hey, what an amazing way I'm a. Did. I mean, that was. I don't. I don't know if you'll ever see that again. Baseball is like a guy that pitched game six, come in and not just get one or two outs, but go two. And I think it was two and two thirds or something, so I just. Just incredible, superhuman stuff from Yama. And there's a lot of guys that went out of their comfort zones for us to win this World Series, and I think that's what makes the Dodgers so special, man. A lot of superstars, obviously, but a lot of guys willing to go above and beyond to help us, which is really cool. Yamamoto, I said this to your manager, Former manager. He reminded me of Pedro Martinez. Similar size and just feels like he can throw every single day. Yeah. I mean, I. I cannot believe what he did and how. I mean, I don't know how he felt the next day, but for him to do that, man, just like. And he's, you know, he's been on the Japanese schedule, you know, coming over from Japan. And then even this year, you know, Doc protected him a lot. You know, basically pitching on a weak rest or 6 days the whole time. So for him, with no days to go out there and do it, I'm thankful for Yama. He got me one more World Series, so thank you, Yama. It was amazing. Did you ever pitch to Ohtani? Yeah. With the Angels. Yeah. Check the numbers, Dan. Check the numbers. I never gave up a hit to show me, and I will have that for the rest of my life. I think he was like, over 10 or 11 or something. Wow. Yeah. Yeah. You don't rub that in, do you? I haven't told him yet. I didn't know how he would take it, but I got the numbers. He's over 11 with four strikeouts. Yeah. Feels good. You owned the greatest player in the history of the sport. Yeah, it feels great. I'll take that all day. Did anybody ever ask you how to pitch him, knowing your success. I mean, guys asked me on our team, Obviously I wouldn't ever say anything to anybody else, but I think I just. You can't throw middle speed pitches. And unfortunately now that's all I throw, is middle speed pitches. I don't know if I would have done very well now, but, man, those like the. The slider change up, mid-80s, upper-80s. I don't care how good it is. I don't feel confident throwing that stuff. So you got to throw really hard or throw soft, like. But at what point do you know I can't do this? I can't fool people. I can't be Clayton Kershaw anymore. Yeah. You know, I think over the course of this season, I really started to feel it more like I was able to pitch okay, you know, and had a decent season, which I'm super thankful for, and I was healthy for it. But, you know, sometimes you look up there and I was throwing, you know, 87, 88 mile an hour fastballs, and I felt healthy. Felt completely healthy. And, you know, I just. It just felt like it was the right time, like this was not gonna work for that much longer. And so in the day and age that we have now of velocity, like even 91, 92 is not potentially enough. Like, you can get away with it as a starter if you know what you're doing. But it just didn't really feel like I had. I had enough in the tank to do it for one more year. And, you know, Ellen, I even going into the season, we're like, hey, this kind of feels like the last one. And so, you know, this last month, knowing that it was over and getting to do this the way it was, just couldn't write a better script, man. It's unbelievable. If you were going to name your soon to be born baby after one of your teammates, former teammates, who would it be? Well, I'm having a girl, but if I was having a boy, I guess the question is, who do I like the most, man, right now? Maybe Yoshinobu. Maybe just Yoshi, right? Yeah, yeah. You go, Yoshi. I was a big Mario Kart fan growing up. You go Yoshi. Hey, congratulations. And I still go back. I get people. During COVID when you were in your office and you were showing how you grip, I mean, you were our first zoom guest. And when you showed us all of your pitches, I still have people saying how much they appreciated that and learned from that. And I always go back to that because do you have a baseball Bayou here. Yeah. Give me 15 seconds. Oh, wait, no, I got one. Got it. Okay. Give me the grip of your last pitch as a major leaguer. All right. As a slider, I threw all sliders because basically my fastball and their slider are the same pitch. So I just. So I just kind of did this. It's like a four seam grip, but I just get the top. I think this is like a. I think he opened beer cans with this. You might be using that a lot. Yeah, I might. And then I just kind of angle my fingers. So it's. It's literally like a fastball with a slight angle of the fingers. And, yeah, I threw that slider the most of any pitch for the last few years and saved my career. Got to stick around a little longer. Well, congrats. Congrats with the baby coming up and in retirement. We appreciate your time, Clayton. Thanks, Dan. Always fun, man. Appreciate it. Clayton Kershaw. Imagine retiring at age 37. Here I am, 69 years of age and kind of, you know, trying to work, shop it, trying to figure it out. But, yeah, 37, and he realizes, you know, what he did before at a very high level, you can't do anymore. You can't fool them anymore. And when your slider is the same speed as your fastball, you know you're in trouble because you need to have a little bit of that separation. Because if you're going to deliver your fastball and slider and it's all going to look the same, but it's going to be, you know, five, seven miles an hour slower with your slider, you know, that's. That's what makes you great. And then you bring that curveball in there as well. But, you know, he. He not throwing hard, and he knew it, and that's why he was coming in. Yes. Todd, if you were able to retire before the age of 40 or for the whole room, what would you immediately do with that? To be that young and to kind of not have to worry about money and you just do whatever. But you have to retire, right? So you're saying that you have to retire? Yeah. So 37. And. And you're financially able to do that, but you're done. And now you got the whole rest of your life and you're not working anymore. You retired. I'd be miserable. I'd be miserable. And. And you know these guys. So how much of his life has been holding that baseball? Let's say he started at 6, and he's 30. So 31 years. 31 of his 37 years, he's a baseball player, and now you're a former baseball player. And it's all about its routine with these athletes, especially a pitcher. You know, this is what I do on this day. This is what I do on this day. Then it's this day. Then I get ready to pitch, and then I started all over again. That routine is what you love. It's like me coming to work. It's Monday through Friday. It's up at a certain time. It's in here. What we do before the show, what we do after the show. It's the routine of that that you miss. Yeah. Paulie. I think baseball would be the toughest sport to retire from, because in baseball, you get to go to the ballpark every day, home away. You're either sitting there watching the game, get ready to bat. You're not sitting in meetings and practicing. Other sports seem like more of a grind, like football. But baseball, you get to go to a ballpark and be outside generally almost every day. That would be impossible to replace. And you get to. If you're a pitcher, starting pitcher, you get to sit there for four days. You just watch baseball. It's going to Long toss today. Yeah. Let's see. George in Arizona. Hi, George. What's on your mind today? Oh, Dan, Good morning. And, Dan, that's. Thank you for taking my call. I appreciate it. Yeah. Hey, I wanted to talk about Kyler Murray because I'm here in Arizona and we get to see him all the time. But I would take him over to us a couple of reasons. Number one, he's more mobile than Tua. And, you know, I went back and I looked at his years at Oklahoma, and one of the advantages he had then. He's throwing the ball to CD Lamb. Oh, yeah. Yes. Yeah. If you're playing at a really good program, chances are they've got really good receivers and a really good offensive line and a really good running back. That's the difference. Yes, Marvin. Thank you, George. I would say that about Johnny Manziel. My man, Mike Evans, he needed an arm on that Heisman or something. A shared Heisman. Yes. Any situation. You know what? Let me just throw it. Mike Evans is down there somewhere. And, you know, at the time, I didn't realize that he was such a bailout for Johnny Manziel. And I. I kept going, man, Manzo is. He's exciting. He's going to win the Heisman. But this dude, every time he needed somebody to catch the ball, he just threw it up for Mike Evans. And Mike Evans is the one going to the hall of Fame. Still making quarterbacks look good. Yes, he is. Whoa. Okay. All right. 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For all you football sickos, listen to NFL daily on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. Even if you don't have a dog in the fight, you're rooting for the Raiders. If they're going to lose that they lose by less than 10 points. The betting line is nine and a half. If the Broncos don't cover that Fritz, he has to wear a Mark Davis wig tomorrow. It's a big spread for a division game. It is. I was surprised by that. I thought it'd be more like in the six and a half ballpark. Oh, are you calling out Vegas here? I'm calling out Vegas a little bit. And division games and the history of these teams. I know. Just, I don't know. 10 points for a division game's a lot. If the Broncos don't win by 10 or more, Todd has to wear the Mark Davis hairpiece. The other question is, will the Broncos score 10 in the first three quarters? Are they going to wait to score 30 in the fourth? Let's see. Jason in Texas. Hi Jason. What's on your mind today? Hey, Dan. Dan, it's. Appreciate the call, 6 foot 225 as I do listen to you guys every morning. I also listen to some of the afternoon drive on the way home out here in Texas. And yesterday I was lost in the left lane just listening to everyone bang on the Cowboys. Much deserved When I found out that I was a source of a Fritz event. I had a guy come up beside me, flip me off and go past because I was camping in the left lane. I thought, oh boy, here we go. Take my medicine, scoot over the middle lane and realize that I caused a Fritzident. Thank you, Jason. Don't be a pass hole. That's, I think, what everybody has to understand. Barry in Long Island. Hi, Barry. Welcome back. Good morning, fellows. Good morning, Chat row. You were talking about roadside attractions before. And on my trek back to Long island, about two hours or so west of St. Louis, stopped at the Uranus Fudge Factory and General store. No kidding. And it's just as childish and juvenile and funny as you think it would be. The best fudge comes from Uranus. They ask you how you like your fudge pack, and in the parking lot it says plenty of parking in the rear. Thank you, Barry. Thank you, Barry. Feels like that joke is. Yeah, they're kind of running with a joke there. Yeah, I think there was a theme there. Uranus. Yeah. Sam and Denver. Hi Sam. Follow that. That's a couple tough. A couple tough ones to follow with the princident that had me. That had me rolling. First time, long time. 581 65. So I just had to follow Paulie's getting beat by. Well, both getting beat by a girl or some wrestling anecdotes. I grew up in Iowa, obviously Mecca of wrestling. Yeah, I thought I wanted to be a wrestler real bad. One of my first seventh grade matches was against a one legged young gentleman and ended poorly for. For Sam. So anyway, I just had it. Had to say a quick anecdote about that and go Broncos. But boy oh boy, don't cover that spread. We got to see Fritzi tomorrow in that wig. Thank you, Sam. Arnaldo in Charlotte. Arnaldo 511 solid ish 170. So Dan, every year you bless us with a sneaky NBA team that, that only you would because they're usually not very good, but they are fun and they're up and coming. And I think I got a team here for you to look out for this year. They're not going to be great, but they are going to be a lot of fun. That's Thiago Splitters. Trailblazers. They're young, they're fun, they play a different brand of basketball. A bunch of white guys from Europe on the team and. And they got Drew Holiday. Scoot Anderson. I know he's hurt right now, but they were fun. They beat the Thunder last night. What do you think, Dan? Oh, I don't know. I just wondered about the whole Chauncey Billup situation there. But thank you, thank you for letting me know. I got a lot of white European players, which is redundant. The trailblazers. Dan, your blazers are five and three. Yeah. All right, all right. Fair this day in sports history, Paul. The first college football game was played in New Brunswick, New Jersey. It was a combination of soccer rules and new football rules. It was Princeton lost to Rutgers 6 to 4. Well, that's when Rutgers became a football powerhouse. That's right. And they covered the half point spread. The Inventor of Basketball, 1861, James Naismith was born. And how about this for the Dodgers fans? 1974, Mike Marshall became the first relief pitcher to win the Cy Young. And the Raiders were allowed to change their town and change their name. In 1982, they won their lawsuit. That's it. But they were still the Raiders. Yeah, they went from Oakland to Los Angeles, but the Supreme Court went all the way to the Supreme Court. They let them move. The NFL did not have control then. Didn't they go to Carson? Did they go to Carson? California? Todd. The Raiders. I don't know if it was Carson. For some reason, that just came to mind. You might be right. I'm not sure. Okay, did the Raiders. I got them going from Oakland to Los Angeles to Oakland again and now to Vegas. Okay. Unless they had some practice facility in Carson. I don't know. That's possible. I could be making it up, Todd. It's interesting. Why not? No, you can't just make it up. In 95, art model owner of the Browns announced plans to move his team to Baltimore. Dark day. Final results of the poll question. Seaton. Oh, by the way, draftkings just sent me the odds for the number one overall pick this upcoming season. Number one pick in the NFL, Paul Fernanda Mendoza of Indiana. No. Marvin. The quarterback out of Oregon, Dante Moore. Yes. He's fourth on the list. Ty Simpson, Alabama. Wow. That's the number one overall. You know, you start to look at these quarterbacks and you go, all right, not everybody's coming out, but it's Ty Simpson, Fernando Mendoza, Lenore Sellers, Dante Moore, Seaton. Final results, poll question. Speaking of quarterbacks, which quarterback would you rather have? Right now, 66 of the audience would rather have Kyler and the sport in which you need to be the toughest to play hockey, running away with that. Then there's rugby and football or somewhere in there, but hockey far and away. Todd, what did I learn today? Clayton Kershaw never gave up a hit to show. Hey, Ohtani. He went over 11 with 4Ks. Although Ohtani did get a base hit off him in an all star game, and then Kershaw picked him off. Thanks for joining us. Pleasure to serve you for Fritzi, Seaton, Marv, Paulie, yours truly, and the Brgs. Have a great day. What do you get when you mix 1950s Hollywood, a Cuban musician with a dream, and one of the most iconic sitcoms of all time? You get Desi Arnaz on the podcast starring Desi Arnaz and Wilmer Valderrama. I'll take you on a journey to Desi's life. How he redefined American television and what that meant for all of us watching from the sidelines, waiting for a face like ours on screen. Listen to starring Desi Arnaz and Wilmer Vogue. 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Date: November 6, 2025
Podcast: iHeartPodcasts and Dan Patrick Podcast Network
Host: Dan Patrick
This episode of The Dan Patrick Show weaves together sports banter, nostalgic humor, personal stories, and a heartfelt interview with recently retired MLB ace Clayton Kershaw. The hosts and crew discuss unique roadside attractions, shared experiences of childhood adversity, the emotional complexities of parenting and grandparenting, and dive into tough athlete poll questions. The highlight is an extended, thoughtful conversation with Clayton Kershaw reflecting on his career, retirement, family life, and baseball insights.
(All quotes below are from Kershaw unless noted; Dan is the other speaker)
This episode poignantly balances nostalgia, humor, sports insight, and human moments. The warmth and personality of the crew shine as they discuss life's oddities and hardships, while the Kershaw interview stands out for its candor and depth—a must-listen for baseball fans and anyone facing big transitions. Through stories about memorable moments, quirky traditions, and family, Dan and the team offer listeners both laughs and a gentle nudge of reflection on sports, life, and legacy.