The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz - Hour 1: Ballsack Inception

Episode Date: October 22, 2024

Warning: the first segment of this hour contains discussion of sexual assault. If you or a loved one has been a victim of sexual assault, you are not alone. Call the SA Hotline at 1-800-656-4673. Dianna Russini joins the show and we begin with a discussion about the situation facing the Cleveland Browns after Deshaun Watson went down with a torn achilles. Plus, where do the Bucs turn from here without Mike Evans and Chris Godwin? Then, Dan thinks Dianna has graduated to rapid fire territory so we touch on numerous topics with Dianna including the Jets stinking, surprise trade deadline candidates and Tua's press conference. Finally, it's time for Stugotz's observations. Todd Helton was really good, huh? Also, ballsack inception. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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What just happened? Nah, just funny things are happening here. Okay. BTS situation, I can't get into it. All right. Over here, it's a secret. All right. Why do you always think it's me, man?

Yeah. I just assume that things that you are up to are, that the two of you, look. Right, we're in cahoots. Well, if you didn't see what was happening last segment, that Mike and Jess were doing a thing, and Billy and Stugots were doing a different thing. Just your thing.

No, it's better than one thing? Couple of things, cutting it up. That's actually a different movie called Inception. Oh. Oh my God. That one's crazy. Do you know about Inception? No.

No, is that the one with Leo? Is he in That one's crazy. Dream Theory. Do you know about Inception? No. All right, so basically introduce Tom Hardy to the world. Is that the one with Leo? Is he in that one? Yeah. Oh no. Isn't that like something moves sideways or something? Yeah.

Do you think that the top is still spinning? Are you happy Dan? Yes. You know what they say about shows with two things? Diana Rusini is on with us and I've got a number of football things to talk to her about. One of them that we did not talk about enough yesterday is everything that happened with the Cleveland Browns and Deshaun Watson. That has been in the history of transactions in the NFL, one

of the most apocalyptic we have ever seen, if not the most apocalyptic. He tears his Achilles yesterday with the Cleveland Browns have to show for one of the most controversial contracts ever given and a groundbreaking guaranteed one is uh... somebody who is probably a sexual predator credibly accused by so many women going down on the field tearing is a kill is uh... bringing mercy upon how bad a quarterback he has been for that franchise and a franchise that made the playoffs last year by not having him around

and became worse the moment he came back and then he gets injured in cleveland fans do what cleveland fans are going to do which is they boo him vigorously then turning on him not because of the sexual predating because of of the football they finally turn on him they rallied around him at the beginning us against the world he's going to save us and at the end they boo him and then his teammates gather around and make him the victim of something that is credibly accused to be made totally of his circumstances

because what's alleged is he could not keep his pants on in the side is and was making a bunch of women do things they didn't want to do by being to Sean Watson and now it's led to a ridiculous conversation about how fans should act when a guy gets injured which is patently absurd it really is I don't care if the fans cheered for him on the way in I don't care if they boot him when he got injured the problem is not the fans the problem the problem then is to show up what's it in chimi has looked at that is the

problem okay but i didn't the problem and the league protecting everything there has been the problem since the shaw and watson got back into the league with many teams competing for his services so diana was seen is on with us now she's a senior nfl insider for the athletic. Her podcast is climbing dangerously close to ours. I don't like it at all. Scoop City is the name of it. And I will start with you there. How did you absorb the entire macro conversation,

societal and otherwise, as America has a gender fight on its hands headed into an election, of everything that happened in Cleveland on Sunday, the calamity from start to finish that includes his teammates rushing to his defense, because of course that's what football players are gonna do even though it is totally tone deaf. Yeah, it certainly has been one of the harder stories

to cover for sure, just because everything about it just feels, it just has this blemish of the backstory. And I still have a hard time understanding why Deshaun Watson has yet to even really talk to anyone, any media outlets, sit down with you guys, sit down with me, sit down with someone, and maybe apologize, maybe talk about this journey for him. Because I think what's lacking here is any understanding of what it's been like for someone

like him. We immediately are criticizing because we know of all these situations, right? You just painted the picture of what we've seen him go through. And he just hasn't shown remorse. And I think that's really been at the center of the problem. In terms of the fandom against him, things that I've always been told is, well, winning fixes everything. If they won, none of this would be a problem.

They would be cheering for him and they would look past all these issues. And then we see when they don't win how the reaction is. And that booing, I know you said that has to do with football. I actually disagree with you. I think the booing was because I don't think Cleveland has ever wrapped their arms around Deshaun Watson. I don't think that situation was ever something the Browns fans really truly were signing off on. I could also tell you there were people in that building that weren't always comfortable with that signing and with that contract and with how that all came together.

It's why a lot of teams that were definitely in on him that wound up losing because they weren't willing to give him that guaranteed money. There's another side of that story where I know teams that, yeah, they would love the Deshaun Watson quarterback that we saw in Houston, but they weren't comfortable with the situation and the things that he was being accused of. So look, I think, you know, I spoke to Jimmy Haslam at the owners meeting last week

and people associated with the Browns to just kind of get an understanding of how they are looking at the season. And, you know, they always looking at the season. And, you know, they always just say the same thing right now, which is it's not all on Deshawn. Everybody's got to be better. But this is also the same organization who decided not to bring Joe Flacco back, knowing that Deshaun Watson needed to be put in a space that was going to sort of give them that confidence that the organization was behind them without any distractions, without any competition. And now here we are.

But Diana, I mean, that part's amazing, is it not? Like to think that even before this season, when he had proven to be a failure as a quarterback because he's been bad the entire way, you're still giving Deshaun Watson personnel power. Aaron Rodgers got run out of Green Bay for not having personnel power. Deshaun Watson gets to choose who his backup is

and it ruins their season? The result of the contract is forced this team to try to put him in a lane to succeed at all times with no guard rails either at this point. So look, when they made that decision, there was a part of me that understood it. They need to make this work. They have to give Deshaun everything he needs

to be successful. And if getting Joe Flacco out of there was going to help the psyche, I can see the argument. But if this organization wants to win, I'm gonna- Oh, but Diana, the reason this it's a but this organization wants to win all but i know it is the reason this one so interesting to me because you're talking about helping the orgage at organizational psyche and this very clearly is a player

who was great at quarterback in his athletic prime who has been short circuited and cannot play football because of whatever his life has been for the last three years again not a victim of his own creation of his own circumstance we've rarely seen a player that this great short circuit at least in part because he's been changed by the last three years of everyone knows to gots this part the details all that dude at the center of the stadium likes to call women like their boobers and then put his ass up in the air and be like here my balls do this and that

and like very aggressively using his power on women all over allegedly the area where wherever he was to do this kind of preying on women. And he's clearly, like that contract feels like a selling of the soul that has short-circuited that entire fan base and franchise. That's exactly what it is, but he's living.

It's what it is. I'm not arguing that this team made the right decision. That's not it. I'm trying to take you into the thinking of why they were doing it, of what the thought process was. Let's put aside the mental anguish that he's been through. And it sounds sympathetic.

I don't mean it to be that way. It's more, what you just described, he's obviously struggled with life since this has happened. He is not the same player. So I called some coaches over the weekend actually that coached him in Houston when he was great. When we saw the Deshawn that we thought that Cleveland was trying to go after here, or at least they were expecting.

And when you talk about his actual play, his football, what's wrong with him? What were you doing that Kevin Stefanski's not doing? Is that what this is? And a lot of it has to do with the relationship he had with that staff, the way they coached him, because he was in a mentally different state. So even the times where I wanna make it about football

and try to dig on the reporting side of how, is this a mechanic thing? Is he not clicking with Stefanski? Is the playbook too difficult? Are they running too many motions? What is it? In fact, they ran tons of motion with him when he was in Houston that helped him. They did so much of what he did in Clemson and they combine that with what they did in New England. It is similar but different in Cleveland, but he's just not he's not the same guy. He's not the same person. And I don't know what the Cleveland Browns are going to do to find that man

again. And that man may be non-existent at this point. Switching gears last night, Tampa Bay had a really rough game. I know Mike Evans entered that game with a hamstring injury, re-aggravated it on a drop in the end zone that seemingly just flipped the entire game. And also later in the game, as they're trying to climb back desperately into that game, Godwin goes out, and Godwin's such a terrific player for them, opens up so much. What do they do? Do they kind of capitulate on this season, or do they get aggressive in the trademark considering the year Bakers had and give themselves a chance?

Yeah, so just to give you a quick injury update on them. So Godwin will, he's getting an MRI actually right now, but he'll be getting surgery later this week on that. So we know what the situation is there. He's out. So then you have Mike Evans. He's also getting an MRI this morning. So we'll find out what the situation is

and how long he'll be out. Obviously, hamstrings, they're a pain in the butt, as we've seen all season long with these receivers. So yeah, do I think they're going to be buyers? Yeah. And that's the best part of the trade deadline right now is it's different than it was when I was on probably last week in terms of who's going to be buyers and sellers. Look at the San Francisco 49ers.

They're a great example. They're going to be buyers and sellers trying to turn a season of just bad vibes around. I just, it's every single day. But in regards to Tampa, yeah, I definitely expect them to try to find a receiver on the market that's available. Mike Williams with the New York Jets,

he's gotten some interest from the Pittsburgh Steelers, from the Chargers, even the Saints, but the Saints are no longer in on that. But you have DeAndre Hopkins in Tennessee. I know that there's been some teams keeping an eye on that one. And then it's, I know the Kansas City Chiefs are 6-0 but I think it was pretty apparent that they're winning every single game in a different way.

But they could use a receiver. So I'm expecting the Kansas City Chiefs to make a move between now and November 5th. Diane I think you're ready for this. I'm a little wary of doing this. What are are you doing well i i want uh... diana to graduate to football commentary given in faster birds bursts for a short attention span society we have to really young people and i need to get through more of her information quicker so give me the music so that i can ask her more football questions because we've been at this for ten minutes and we've only done three things

and there's a lot going on in football. But I talk too much. No, I'm not saying that. Now I want you to talk faster. Well, we started with an easy subject. Thank you. That was a delight. My shirt's only soaking wet. Yes.

I can't do a flipper voice. Mike, you have a question here. Get us started here because we've got real chaos coming in the next three weeks when politics mix with sports even more than it just did. Diana, the NFL trade deadline is on election day. They're not moving yet. Who came up with that idea? That seems like a bad idea. Sounds like a bad idea. Am I doing this as me or as my mother, by the way? I don't know. As you.

You're just doing it quickly. As your mother? Wait, no. We're off to a bad start. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. I mean, they just wanted to move it back because they didn't make that adjustment last year when they added that game.

And then they met in the off season, and were like, oh wait, we probably should push the trade deadline back because we've added a game. And that's why we're getting it on that day because they want want to do it on a Tuesday so I don't think they really thought about the election part they just wanted to make sure that they moved it one week ahead but it should definitely keep it interesting. Cooper Cup Kansas City Chiefs is there a chance? If the Rams are willing to take on the salary I heard that they're willing to do so

they are definitely open to trading Cooper Cup so we'll see if they'll be able to get a deal done. I just don't think Kansas City has even enough money, even if the Rams were to take on some of that salary. That's been the problem and the reason why they haven't been able to go after Devontae Adams and Amari Cooper, like we've seen other teams be aggressive with. What do you make of the Jets? Oh.

They stink. How many teams can you say for sure are good in this league? Give me a number. Five. Name them. The Detroit Lions, the Minnesota Vikings, the Philadelphia Eagles. Wow.

Ooh. Chiefs. Ooh, the Ravens and Chiefs. Thank you, the Chiefs and. Ravens, Ravens. And the Ravens, thank you. Oh, you like that, the Bengals. No Bills, no Bills.

No Bills yet, no, I'm still too much on Josh Allen. But I still- Commies in there? Commies in there? No, not yet, next year. The Commies, not yet. They have a good defense. What's wrong with the Commies? I don't like this, this is so fast,

you're not even giving my brain a second to think. Why is it so close to my face? I don't want to be so close. It was a follow-up when I said name them. I'm sorry. Depending on election day, commies could also make a run this year. Diana, we need you to graduate to more information faster. OK, go, go, go, go, go, go.

Shocking name that could get traded. Cooper Cops. No, that's not shocking if we already established him. Give me a name I haven't heard. Evil Samuel. Oh! He's in the hospital. He's in the if we already established him. Give me a name I haven't heard. Evil Samuel. Oh! He's in the hospital. He's in the hospital.

He has pneumonia. No! What do you make of Tua being defiant yesterday? It's a sad story, and I don't know what side to pick, because the guy just loves football. He doesn't know anything. But you have to be empathetic. This organization is sitting there going,

we hate this guy. He's making this decision, and we're behind it. But my question for you is, there going, we hate this guy. He's making this decision and we're behind it. But my question for you is why don't we criticize boxers and UFC fighters after they've gone under five, six, seven concussions. We said roll back out there. But why are we being so critical of football players, Dan? Apple picking, yes or no? Trash. Worst fall activity.

I'm over it. I'm never doing it again. My children picked up the apples off the ground that other people ate that animals probably pooped on and ate them. They're both home from school today sick. Scoop City is the name of the podcast. She's the senior NFL insider for the athletic. Excellent dismount.

Next time we're gonna get you to move the microphone with you because that was visually beautiful like it was wonderful Sonically it sounded like you were talking to us from the bathroom. Yeah, but that's okay. You crushed it You crushed it. I want to keep speeding it up on her nice work Diana. Thank you for being on But he's in the hospital traded while in the lungs That sport in the lungs. I mean, that sport, that sport. Stu got just got the fourth headline on ESPN.com and it was, it was Iuk Tairs, MCL and ACL

Depot in the hospital. Weird year. I mean the 49ers. It's weird there. The four, wait, the, look, anytime in the last five years, the answer to that question, a team you know is good good is the San Francisco 49ers I'm so gonna be taking them on a road playoff game. I just get the feeling we're gonna have a conversation They may mix match parts, but I didn't have healthy at the right time. Oh

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Don LeBattard. I want to talk about a team that I actually want to see come playoff time. I want to see the Chiefs. Oh, Stugarts. I want Patrick Mahomes strolling into my stadium with max confidence. I want Travis Kelcey. I want Taylor Swift. I want the team that lost to Jordan

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Great taste, just 96 calories available for delivery. Din, last week he flew to Los Angeles to hobnob with politicians via Zoom and get us ready for the upcoming LA Clippers season. He probably wanted to stay. I mean, what could possibly be more fun than planning for the apocalypse with Adam McKay?

But once he realized what's going on in the NFC North, he knew his days were numbered. He knew we had to return and Dan, just like that, make no mistake about it. You are back. Big sit down with Sedano. You had more than that. No, just went down there and did an eight episode podcast sitting down with Jorge Sedano.

Speaking of back, Marcus Mariotta and tonight, the NBA is back. Oh, Brawny and LeBron are going to be on the court at the same time. Syrupy story. No, he's got Chris says Bronnie's not playing. Adam Schefter, didn't Adam Schefter report that that Bronnie and LeBron are going to get minutes together? Was it a fake Schefter account or a real Schefter? A darn? I don't know. Tonight's not about the association though. We're gonna do that for tomorrow. Tonight's about frozen frenzy. Every NHL team in action. I'm sorry. And Vice night. But the NBA is back, right? I mean. Yeah, but it's frozen frenzy time. Okay. Taj Gibson is a hornet. I love a

good hobnob. I can't believe both basketball and hockey are already back. Jessica, you look like you're about to get slaughtered by sports. I don't. I'm not. I'm not ready for more Knicks. With baseball, she's got to watch baseball this weekend. Oh, the Mets lost, my God. Were you surprised that Tajik Hipsom was still playing? I wasn't, but only because Thibodeau resurrected him last year.

I should say, I should't, but only because Thibodeau resurrected him last year. I should say, I am surprised that someone other than Thibodeau has signed Todd Gibson. I'm starting to think Rob Salah wasn't the problem. I hate them. A tale as old as time. Kawhi Leonard out indefinitely to start the NBA season. I mean, seriously with this guy. We apparently got down to the bottom of it.

Dan got ball-sacked. No. That's a chug. Unless I got ball-sacked about your ball sack. Damn it. Damn it. That's ball sack inception. The Griffys are supposed to be there tonight.

Really? Yeah, to watch it happen. That's cool. The ball sacking? Isn't the ball sack already kind of like incepting the balls? It is. Really? Yeah, to watch it happen. That's cool. The ball sacking? Isn't the ball sack already kind of like incepting the balls? It is. And sometimes it actually goes inside of you. That's another thing.

Mm-hmm. You get up off the couch, and it's like, whoa. Stuck in there. Did I get up too fast? Yeah. Is this in my, where is this? Do I have an ovary now? Mm-hmm.

Damn you, Schefter, spelled differently. Ha ha follow it, man. Well, did it have a blue check? Oh, there you go. Real easy to follow system they got over there. Can't blame Texas for losing to Georgia. They were probably looking ahead to Vanderbilt. What joy would you get

from that, Ballsacker and Schefter? What joy? You tricked me. That's the joy. You made father and son. You made a father and son play minutes together tonight. Asshole. Georgia. You can still win this one. Like, you still have to play.

Right. Georgia, do it against Alabama. Tennessee, do it against Vanderbilt. Also, act like you've been there before. I mean, you cannot win a I mean, you cannot win a I mean, you cannot win a national championship and storm national championship and storm the field and try to take the

the field and try to take the goalpost out of the stadium. goalpost out of the stadium. You can't do it if you've ever You can't do it if you've ever won a national championship. won a national championship. You can't do it. You can't sorry You can't sorry John Oliver had a great bit on the local news John Oliver had a great bit on the local news and Vanderbilt of and Vanderbilt of people legitimately confused. Why is the celebration something where you steal the goalposts and take it to the river?

Like all the local anchors were like, what kind of way is that to celebrate anything? We've gotten down to the bottom of this. Apparently the Schefter thing is confusing us a little bit, but there is a hint from Brian Windhorse, Jess. He said, I would expect as long as the game is going okay, be in your seat at the start of the second quarter. Wow.

This is a good time for the mumbling insider. I don't know, I don't know. I'm not even looking into it. We're still developing the character. Should we know that? It's a specific time. Did I get ballsacked or did I not? Well, it depends.

You saw an Adam Schefter tweet because I can't find the Adam Schefter tweet. But it'd be fake Schefter. Right. You can't find that either? Well, it wasn't real Schefter because I just scrolled back to yesterday. But also, I could be looking at a different Schefter.

So. I'm going to look it up right now. Yeah, that should help. Texas, welcome to the SEC. Kirby Smart, saying nobody believed in us. Kirby, you're Georgia. Everybody believes in you. Patty Mills, Utah Jazz, Miami's best player,

is the ACC command center. Dan, while you're looking that up, can you find out where I can find a special, the carrier dome? Yeah, I've been It's not the carrier dome Two weeks on this. I can't find anything. I'm gonna get that for you right now. Kaylin DeBoer Destroying what Nick Saban built over 17 years at just seven games Dan you know what the D and DeBoer stands for? I do not. Destroying what Nick Saban built over 17 years.

All it took for the Yankees to make it back to the World Series was Juan Soto, Aaron Judge, Giancarlo Stanton, and Garrett Cole. They're not exactly a lovable underdog. No. But all the Dodgers did was get Otani. Yeah. They have three MVPs. Ridiculous.

Stanton is Babe Ruth, and he's by far the third best of those hitters. Yep. Before Friday, Duke was 0-22 all time against Florida State. You know what that means, right Dan? I don't. They were due.

Woof. Florida State. You know what that means, right Dan? I don't. They were due. If the season ended today, Spags is the NFL MVP. All this time, we thought Kyle Shanahan turns out all along it was spags. Kyle Shanahan blah blah blah. Brock Purdy blah blah blah. Joe Ingalls T-Wolf. How about that? Yeah, yeah. Shocking, right? And who is that? Joe Ingalls.

Tall guy. Look down under under looks a bit out of shape Has the hair a bit combed over looks old you don't understand how the game is that good? Matt harping was good. Are you pat garret? Are you sure he's Australian? Joe Ingalls, I think Joe Ingalls Australian. Yes. Yeah, okay. Yeah, I just didn't want to get that wrong He's on my all time Australia team. Really? Yeah. Who else is?

Andrew Gaze. Kyrie. Andrew Bogut. Thank you for the help. How'd you know? I've told you this before. You had a top five Australia team you put together many years ago.

Huh, interesting. For those keeping track at home, Mike Norvell should spell his last name with six L's. Stash this away in the Something the Ponder file. Is Lamar Jackson going to be this generation's Peyton Manning? What does that mean? I mean, just a guy, you know, Tom Brady

won all the Super Bowls, Peyton only won one, then he won a second one in Denver, but had nothing to do with it. My fear is Lamar is gonna Tom Brady won all the Super Bowls, Peyton only won one, then he won a second one in Denver, but had nothing to do with it. My fear is Lamar is gonna be blocked from winning any Super Bowls because he's playing at the same time as Patrick Mahomes. That's all. And he's gonna have a younger brother named Eli Jackson

win the same amount to confuse the math. A nephew named Arch? Don't look now, but Indiana is seven and O. The Hoosiers, Indiana, more like Windiana. Lincoln Riley, fraud. USC, do it outside of the Pacific time zone. Lincoln Riley, couldn't do it in the Big 12, didn't want to do it in the SEC, and can't do it in the Big 10. Lincoln Riley, Arizona Cardinals, offensive coordinator,

collision course. Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla said he doesn't feel pressure to maximize the Celtics window because, quote, we're all going to be dead soon and it really doesn't matter. Mazzulla, the Dan LeBattard is strong in you. the big nap. The Dan LeBattard is strong in you. The big nap. Who says that? Doesn't matter. It's a bit nihilistic but we are all going to be dead soon. He's

a really unusual champion in that he seems to have a great deal of perspective about where he is in the world compared to how sports matter. You would think that. Right. Dan LeBattard is strong in him. Harrison Barnes, San Antonio Spurs, shock it. I know Mike.

I know, I can only see him in a Carolina Jersey or Sacramento Kings, I know. The Association. Or was I? Anything four yards or longer is considered third and long for Iowa. When Iowa is at third and four, they go five wide. All five wide receivers go exactly four yards. Every one Soto playoff home run adds 50 million dollars to his contract this offseason. Taylor. Juan Soto brings truck collision course. Taylor. If you ever compared Emmanuel Class A to Mariano Rivera this season, you should be ashamed of yourself. Oh, what you're doing there is so bad. What you're doing there is so wrong. The guy allows one run all season and then self-destructs in the playoffs and you were only paying attention during the playoffs.

You did not see a game he pitched this year. When it counts, Dan. Yeah, agreed. October. At the end of that series, I'm like, don't bring him in at any situations late. How about we stop comparing guys to Mariano Rivera? Statistically, he was.

No, he wasn't. For half a season, he allowed a run. Right, when you look at his hand, is there a ring on it? I mean, right. I think he did put up a picture of a bunch of rings on it He did world series all-star rings they were they were all-star rings That's when you know you're not Mariano Rivera when you're flashing all-star game rings. I mean what are you doing? He's got World Series rings

So wrong of you to criticize when you did not watch a guardian inning I don't even know he is you to criticize when you did not watch a guardian inning. I don't even know who he is. I know. I know you don't. He's a pitcher. He was so good this year. Random baseball thoughts from the golf course on a gummy. Todd

Helton should have won the MVP in 2000. Led the National League in hits, Helton Peyton Manning two Hall of Famers about that Huh? Is Todd Helton the Hall of Fame? He is of course It took him a bit, but I think he did to get in he finished fifth that season in MVP voting course field yeah Didn't Dante Bichette have a season where he finished top five just because he played in Denver like that's such a great advantage where he finished top five just because he played in Denver like that's such a great advantage thin air yeah Dan you lead the NL in hits war RBI's and back 372 and you finished fifth in the MVP voting well everyone was on steroids

Coors Field no but he was in Coors Field and the other four guys are all gonna be steroid Jeff Kent won that year who led the league in getting batting protection from Barry Bonds. Ha ha ha ha ha ha. Bichette finished second in 1995 to Barry Larkin. Wow, Larkin had no business winning that. He had like 40 RBIs that season. It's 66. Ha ha ha ha.

What was he good at that year? He was just playing shortstop. How good was his average? What were Bichette's numbers? No, look at what, look, if you wanna go back 166 what was he good at that? Average What look if you want to go back in time when everyone was doing the math all wrong Go ahead and go put Barry Larkin's MVP season against Bichette's and laugh I want you to put those two seasons next to each other Barry Larkin that season 15 home runs 66 RBI 319 batting average 886 OPS Then Dante Bechet 40 home runs 128 RBI 340 batting average

984 OPS Feels like an Alex Gonzalez here Different time it wasn't just a different time. It's hey, it's the steroids guys against the thin air guys. Who's got the biggest advantage? 5.9 war for Barry Larkin, 1.2 for Dante Bichette. I think it was coarse. Larkin was clean. I liked it.

I have to believe. That's what clean numbers look like. I have to believe. That's 95 before anyone knew, right? That's correct. But yes, and if you look at the next few seasons seasons all you will see at the top of all of these distorting numbers is steroids Or course feel or course feel yep Aaron judge do it in the World Series show hey, Otani do it in the World Series

baseballs two biggest stars in's two biggest markets. Congratulations to the real winners, Major League Baseball. It's gonna be a fun World Series. You're gonna care. For the whole ball of wax. The fall classic. If the Dodgers win the World Series, it doesn't count for Clayton Kershaw

in my personal record book, stugotsbook.com. He's done nothing, nothing. Army, the rare team that plays so hard for the name on the front of the jersey that they put it on the back too. Thank you for your service. If Notre Dame ruins either Navy or Army's perfect seasons, they should be charged for treason. I agree. Put on the poll please, Juju, at LeBataille Show. If Notre Dame ruins both

Army and Navy season, should they be charged with treason? Damar DeRozan, Sacramento King. Did you know that? He chose them over Miami. No, that's why my house no one chooses Yeah, Miami had a competitive offer and it was up to DeRosa and he picked Sacramento. Hmm culture I'd be more likely to vote Notre Dame into the playoffs if they lose to army and Navy That's a sacrifice there. I Like sack do it for your country Notre Dame Not enough is made out of

people shelling thousands of dollars out for the Army-Navy game only for that game to be meaningless potentially. It's not even the most meaningful Army-Navy game. Because they'll announce the playoff already. Well, and they're gonna play in the conference championship game. If they both win out. The last time the Patriots lost six straight games the Jaguars did not exist It's amazing I Love pointing out when a punter might have outkicked his coverage You love saying it like I'm listening. So as the yeah as the punt return I see the punt go I see the returner I tell my wife Abby that they have outkicked the coverage

and it just feels good. You say that to your television too as well, Chris Cody? Do you do that? I always do that, Dan. Seems like the Falcons start every game down 10 to nothing. Thank you. New York Jets, quarterback away. Devonte Adams, you get to play with Josh Allen. the in the last two weeks. I hate them. The Jets could win a Superball with Justin Fields.

Chuck Knox. Bill Cowherd. Don't look now, but Russell Wilson just might be playing himself back into the Hall of Fame. Does any quarterback have less of a right to complain than Daniel Jones? back. Have less of a right to complain than Daniel Jones, Danny Dimes, more like Danny Wines, College Game Day, Stealing. If the season ended today from us after we did it with Reese Davis five days earlier, College Game Day, all of you, the entire production, the Stugats is strong in you. Whoa, you're taking out the whole production. I mean, I love those guys, Jonathan Wiley,

Reese Davis, Kirk, Pat, I love all of them, but they stole our idea. I mean. I think Wiley's behind those amazing saving inside the game segments. He's so good. Killing it. Wiley is so good.

Wiley's one of the best producers. Yeah, he's great. He's phenomenal. I ran into him in Cal. Oh, nice. Yeah, he's doing great. He said hello. All right. Well, tell him him in Cal. Oh nice. Yeah, he's doing great. He said hello. All right.

Well, tell him I said hi. Okay. Next time you see him. Hopefully Charlotte. Peyton and Eli receiving all the credit for Arch, even though neither of them is his father. Collision course. East Carolina fired their head coach

after a three and four start. The AD said they were expecting better. They were. He also said, we have high expectations. They do. The Pirates. I have given up on trying to find that Schefter story

and I've given up on trying to find that Carrier Dome television show. Somebody in the audience, please send me, they don't believe me, I know I saw at the beginning of a season of architectural amazing things, 15 minutes on the Carrier Dome. I know I saw it, I know I did. I'm not making that up, why would I be making that up? It'd be an odd thing to make up.

It was on Macs, and it was as part of what's happened with Discovery. It wasn't a Mac show and it was as part of what's happened with Discovery. It wasn't a Mac show, it was a Discovery show. Somebody help me here. Wide receivers are dropping like flies. They really are. Hell is going on. Speaking of hell, Arp Riles.

Dan, those are the weekend observations. Is Bronnie playing with LeBron tonight? Yes or no? And we can talk about the second quarter and talk about hockey as well because the Panther season has quietly started at the top of the standings. He may be, but you still got ballsacked. And then you got ballsacked by his ballsack. Don't say that again, please. Hey everyone, it's Mike Ryan. We here at the Dan LeBotard show with Stu Gatz are excited to partner with Miller Don't say that again, please. will happen during the weekend observation segment on Tuesday, October 29th. How many beeps will there be? Will StuGott swear? Who will be the first person to interrupt Stu?

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