The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz - Hour 1: Smokin' Dope and Bad Mouthin' His Country

Episode Date: May 1, 2025

Greg Cote agrees with Stugotz that Joe Mauer should not have been a first ballot Hall of Famer even though he voted for him to be a first ballot Hall of Famer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This is the Dan Lebatore Show with the StuGuts Podcast. Guys, a pair of game sixes in the NBA tonight, which I think we're going to talk about a little bit. NBA has been on fire. This first round has been great. The ratings have been great. Like everything's been great. But you know what's been great?

Going to the actual games. Obviously, you know, the heat fell for nothing. They got the sweep. So we weren't able to go to too many heat games in the playoffs. But go get tickets on Game Time. If you're in Detroit, if you're in LA tonight, a great time to go buy tickets on Game Time. By the way, since the Heat got swept,

I've been looking to take the family out to watch some games. What am I gonna do? Go to the Marlins. How do you like that? Go to the first Marlins game of the year for me and the fam. Bought my tickets on Game Time, sitting right behind home plate, got the view,

got everything I needed straight on Game Time, all in pricing, everything was perfect as usual, and download the Game Time app, create an account, use code Dan for 20 bucks off your first purchase, terms applied, download Game Time today, last minute tickets, lowest prices, guaranteed. Greg Cody came in here today and congratulated Stugatz on his Big Ten Women's Lacrosse Championship at Northwestern by way of Good Morning.

I did nothing, but thank you Greg for congratulating Rachel on winning her third consecutive Big Ten Championship. Yeah, you're the number one fan though. I am the number one fan. Well, I don't know if I'm the number one fan, but I've certainly been to every game. And so it's been a fun ride. She has more rings than Jordan, I don't know if I'm the number one fan, but I've certainly been to to every game. And so it's been it's been a fun ride. She has more rings than Jordan, I believe. I mean, I'm not even joking. She has a national championship ring. She

has three big 10 rings. She has a finals ring, which is the runner up ring, which I told her to throw in the garbage a couple of final four rings. I mean, she's got some hardware. She doesn't have more rings than Jordan, though. No. She might have more rings than Jordan, but I think, and Jordan is looking to get another one. Oh, yeah, the big one.

Oh, bet she is. Yeah. Wow. I wonder if Bill's got a little prenup working. What do you think? I'm just throwing it out there. You know, I'm looking out for Bill. You know, implying nothing about Jordan.

Yes. And their relationship. I'm happy for Bill. I feel like you are implying something. Fair question, though, I'm looking out for Bill. You know, implying nothing about Jordan and their relationship. I'm happy for Bill. I feel like you are implying something. It's a fair question. It didn't sound condescending at all. It's a fair question. Is it? Yeah, looking out for Bill.

I mean, his. You're real concerned about him, are you? I'm real concerned, yeah. I really am, a third of his age. Why are you, wait a minute, but why wouldn't you look out for her? Like, why are you looking out for him? What about her? She can handle herself? He can't not yet. No, what's your vibe?

I don't like this the last 30 seconds. I'll tell you what his vibe is too many statues on Dawn Staley Dawn Staley Dawn Staley gets a statue all of a sudden Cody's like too many statues in sports too many statues I think it's a fact. There's certain players who deserve a statue. Kobe Bryant, Lou Gehrig, of that stature. Dwayne Wade. People that you say deserve them. You should be the statue guardian. Dwayne Wade, borderline. Really? Don Staley? Not yet. Don, what? Not yet. He Staley? What? Not yet. He said not yet. But Dwyane Wade borderline on the statue?

You don't give us, you don't erect a statue for everyone just because they made a bunch of All-Star games and had a Hall of Fame career. A statue to me rises above the level of mere Hall of Famer. You gotta, you have to be legendary for all time. Your fame has to span generation after generation to be worthy of a statue, in my opinion. How many generations of basketball players have three championships here in South Florida?

I gave Kawhi, by the way, three, and he's only got two. So I gave Kawhi an extra championship in my personal record book. Apologies on that mistake. Well, you have the Clippers Pacers series for the championship and you have the Clippers winning so that's where you're given the third kind of a red. I gave I gave Kawhi an extra championship I shouldn't have. I want to I want to ask all of you this question because I don't feel that I've ever heard this word used before Hall of Famer. Mere Hall of Famer.

I thought that, and he's not entirely wrong. Dan, there are Hall of Famers, and then there are Hall of Famers. Thank you. It was a big difference. I think you just said the same thing. No, no, he's right. I said it a different way.

That's well put by Stu Gantz. Thank you. Do it again, teach me, please. Dan, there are Hall of Famers, then they're a hall of famers. Exactly. Yes. Lou Gehrig is a hall of famer. Joe Maurer, hall of famer.

Zach Ackie. Shouldn't be. Yes. And not on the first ballot, that's for sure. Oh brother. Thank you. I didn't vote for him on the first ballot, I don't believe. Who would?

You don't believe? You would know. Well, did you get forgetful? Like what? Who keeps track? You know, I fell in a battle every year, they pile up. But when you're talking- Who keeps track?

You probably do. When you're talking about legendary athletes, okay, in my, and this is no disrespect meant to Dwayne Wade, who had an epic career for the Miami Heat, deserves to have his number raised in the rafters. Deserves to have his number retired, all that stuff. Deserves to have a night at the arena. But a statue, to me, you reserve,

and I don't think the Heat have anyone who merits a statue right now, except Pat Riley, and all they did was give him his name on the court. Well, all they did yesterday was take his job away and fire him all over television. Well, and fans have been doing that for a couple of years now. Not really. Eh, I've seen a lot on social media that makes me go, really?

A few fans. And social media is not representative of an entire fan base. But this is the loudest it's ever been about around Pat Riley. This is that, but it doesn't mean that there are a lot of people doing it. I'm curious, Greg, LeBron James is a bigger player, historically better player than Dwayne Wade. Obviously won a couple championships here, made it to four finals.

Would LeBron getting a statue in front of Miami's arena be okay with you? It matters the person, not the place? That's a fair question, and I don't know that there's an easy answer for that. LeBron's career deserves a statue, okay? Like Michael Jordan, LeBron. So wait, we just put it in a parking lot somewhere between Cleveland, Los Angeles, and Miami? Like, what, what, what?

An airport somewhere. You know, that's for the statue lords. Now I thought you were the lord of the statue lord you just took one from don staley and i think everyone's okay with don staley having one except you know she's one how many championships to as many as kawaii but why should have a statue that's his point right well his point is that you shouldn't have a statue just a lebron

shouldn't have a still i should have said LeBron shouldn't have a statue. Well, he should have a statue, but it shouldn't be allowed on Los Angeles, Cleveland, or Miami's premises. Just in a closet somewhere. Since you appointed me the Lord of statues, let me say that to get a statue in a city, you have to spend more than four years there. Okay, I look at longevity as well as accomplishment. You have to marry those two factors. Put it on the poll at LeBotard showed. To get a as accomplishment. You have to marry those two Fact put it on the pole at lebatard showed to get a statue Should you have to spend more than four years in a city and also put it on the pole? Are we giving out too many statues?

To greg's point though, if you're still coaching you can't have a statue, right? Did she did she quit that? I did I know she's still coaching still coaching So you can't give her a statue while she's still coaching right once she's done And then time has passed like Greg says maybe she wins four Should we be put this on the pole as well at LeBretard show should we be giving living people of any kind? Statues I have confirmed that my dad did vote for Joe Mauer in Well he got in on the first ballot on the first ballot? Well, he got in on the first ballot,

so it's the only ballot he was on. Okay, but, let me get this right. You should be ashamed of yourself. Here's the caveat here. No, no, wait a minute, just eat the L. What's the caveat? I wanna hear the caveat. Wait a minute, I'll hear it,

I'll allow the hearing of it, and it's fine. But before he gets to the caveat, can you just admit that you're wrong about your recollection? Yeah, I was wrong, sure. Can you admit that you're wrong in your recollection? Yeah, I was wrong, sure. Can you admit that you're wrong in having a Hall of Fame vote that you treat with so little regard that this is not an indictment of your memory,

but it's an indictment in general of how it is that you do these things that you don't actually care whether someone's first ballot or not because you can't remember whether you voted someone first ballot or not. I cherish my Hall of Fame vote enough to have kept it for a long time, unlike yourself yourself who was stripped of his vote for malfeasance

and in some cases perhaps non-fee for integrity not wrong i think that's what they call it to me but uh... the point i want to make is uh... each ballot allows you a maximum of ten votes occasionally i vote for all ten more commonly albo for seven or eight only the ones who i think are deserving but let's say i vote for all ten the one or two at the top no brainer first ballot guys

you know i mean uh... derrick jeter you know there's no doubt about it the tent no statue for jeter by the way there is one for riz yeah there should be a but the tenth guy i want to know there be one for Jeter or no? in New York there should be I wasn't putting it in the same parking lot with LeBron. in New York there should be was an odd way to respond to that. well I mean yeah Marlon's gonna give him a stand. did he want it in Iowa? I think we were all assuming. let's put it in front of the White House I don't know what he's doing with the statue in New

York yes why would you put it in front of the White House. I don't know what he's doing with the statue. In New York, yes. Why would you put it in front of the White House? Dummy, what a dumb idea. But the 10th person I vote for barely makes my ballot. You voted for seven on this ballot. OK, so Joe Mauro is my seventh. But don't all the votes count the same? They do, but not in my mind.

Well, he's a Hall of Famer, or he's a Hall of Famer. Oh, there's different. No, no, no, no, now you no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no said that the mere Hall of Famer is imperfect enough for you to insult him by not offering him or her a statue. When Stugat says Joe Maurer should not have made the Hall of Fame on the first ballot, even though I voted for him, I see his point. It was an arguable decision. I would not have felt shame or remorse had I not voted for Joe Maurer, because I would have voted for him the next year, probably.

I think if somebody's on the Hall of Fame as a first ballot guy you got to be really all-time good to get my first ballot vote. Except for this circumstance. Well again, it's easier for catchers. I'm gonna say that. Catchers and relief pitchers if you get a real good one you're more apt to vote for him than other positions. That's quantifiable. And so that really helped Joe Mauer get in. Are you aware of the number of inconsistencies in your position when you say there's a difference between a Hall of Famer and a Hall of Famer? There's a mere Hall of Famer, but Joe Mauer would be a great example of someone who's a mere Hall of Famer who you made a first ballot selection. Yeah, largely because of his position. But you don't

regard as a first ballot selection even though with the only vote that you had to make a statement and to forevermore You regarded him as a first ballot Hall of Famer Marginally and largely because of his position, but he was marginally a first ballot Hall of Famer Wow, and you didn't think there were enough idiots out there to also vote for Joe Mower, so that's why you did it What is happening here. you're right. how is he right about being wrong about what he remembers? he's always right.

okay. alright. this is a matter of fact, jack. if you give joe mauer's exact career statistics to a center fielder to a shortstop that's not so he's not a first ballot Hall of Famer he was because he's a catcher hmm separate wing then catcher Hall of Fame different than the other is a first ballot absolutely a different standard so he is a first ballot Hall of Famer yeah but he's not he is largely whether or Hall of Famer. Yeah. But he's not. He is, largely.

Marginal. Whether or not he should have been is marginal. Okay, should have been, but when you had a choice on should, you said he was. I gave him my seventh and last vote that year. But your seventh and last vote for a first ballot Hall of Famer? No. You gave other votes for other people who weren't first ballot Hall of Famers. No, you gave other votes for other people who weren't first ballot Hall of Famers. He was the one, on that ballot, Chris,

how many first ballot Hall of Famers did your father have other than Joe Mauer? Because it would be really delightful if Joe Mauer was not only a first ballot Hall of Famer, but his only first ballot Hall of Famer that he was voting for, as he doesn't remember how it is that he voted. I'm gonna have to look up of these other six

if that was their first year Adrian Beltre he voted for that help me who I those are not first ballot guys either one of the Todd Hilton Not and then it was a manner Ramirez may have been okay. No, I'm now steroid. Okay, sir A rod definitely not Gary Sheffield definitely not Billy Wagner Gary Sheffield definitely not Billy Wagner. Well, he questioned Wagner too. So he's got two. There's the possibility is Billy Wagner. It's going to look up whether that was his first.

He didn't think that he did not think that Billy Wagner should be a first ballot Hall of Famer. I don't know that Billy Wagner got in on the first ballot. Billy Wagner got in. He's a relief pitcher, which benefited him in the end as it does with catchers. But Wagner got in his last year of eligibility, okay? And there is a sentimental factor there where if you've come close

and you're in your last year of eligibility, there is a tendency to get a final year of law. Are you kidding me? Is Joe Maurer his only first ballot Hall of Famer? I'm being told Adrian Beltre was a first ballot. That was his first time on the ballot? That's what I'm being told. Really? And Billy Wagner was on since 2016.

Right, that was his last year of eligibility and I voted for him. Although I think I'd voted for him before. I don't want your I thinks on this because I don't think we can trust your I thinks on this. It's been proven that your I thinks on this are faulty in memory. I apologize that I don't remember my exact ballot

from eight years ago. Okay, I'll leave this alone after this but I would think that the one thing in the world that you would remember is whether someone is or isn't first ballot because it's a Measurement system that's in your head that you seem to know But when I ask you about it, you say that Joe Mower is not a first ballot Hall of Famer Even though he's one of the few you've ever voted in on the first ballot. Yeah. Sounds like you're beating a dead horse. Speaking of dead horses, I'm looking forward to the Kentucky Derby Saturday.

I'm telling you what, even though my horse, Comley, is not running in it because she's older than three years old. Isn't Comley like done? Well, Comley's going through a rough patch. Comley's been diagnosed as an allergic horse. Allergic to winning? Well, that's not bad. Yes, as a matter of fact. Let me ask you a question, Greg Cody. Before we go to Dead Horses or Comley or anything else that is horse racing related. I've got a question

that I believe will trap you. Okay. At the Miami Herald, do you deserve a statue? Ha ha! I don't think the Miami Herald puts up a statue. Not what I asked you. Not what I asked you. If they did. I would put a statue of Edwin Pope first. First?

First, right. Roy said that at the exact same time as Greg. Did he say the first though? No, but the first. First. Roy said that at the exact same time as Greg. Did he say the first though? No, but the first is important there. So Pope's is first and it's a little bit bigger than the rest of the statues, right? Yeah, it's an inch taller than my eventual statue. Even though he was shorter in real life. Yeah, but I want him larger than life. Okay, so but you're getting a statue? Yeah, why not? We're giving them away, you know? I mean, if Don Staley's getting one, you know?

We're giving them away? You think you're the Don Staley of column writing? You are in Florida. You are in Florida this year according to the F whatever. The FU. Yeah, F-S-N-E. That's what I meant. Florida Society of News Editors.

How many writers until Dan gets a statue, Greg? Uh, you know, I don't think statues are warranted in most any walk of life, including journalism. Okay, and the Miami Herald, thank God, does not have statues in front of what used to be their building. I was going to say, they don't even have a building. But if they did have statues, would your statue be bigger than Dan's? No chance. Dan's? No chance. Dan would be humongous.

Well, he doesn't respect the actual height. Thank you, Izzy. I'm glad that you really were amused by yourself body shaming me there. That's why I'm here. Well, statues always tend to be larger than life. Ron Frazier, the former Miami Hurricanes baseball coach, has a statue in front of the ballpark there. I think it's warranted. He invented that sport at the University of Miami and saved it in the early years. So that one's warranted. That's warranted. If you're gonna have... My point is, if you're gonna

have a statue, make it an all-time legendary figure, okay? Don't make it somebody who was... Don Staley is that. Really? Okay. Wow. South Carolina loves her. She's very accomplished. She's a great coach. She's in the middle of a great career. Wait on the statue a little bit, right? Wait a minute. Does Gino deserve a statue of Connecticut? If you're given on statues, he absolutely does, yes. Well, we're giving them out, obviously. But you're taking them away from Don Staley. Like we gave one to Don Staley and you took it away. Well Don Staley is a perfect, no disrespect man. It is disrespect. No, I don't believe it is. Don Staley. He's saying not yet, that's all he's saying. Yeah, Don Staley is a perfect example of too

many statues, that's all. I really would have preferred that whole John Halliburton situation had gone with Halliburton waving a towel and then at the end, no disrespect. If he had just said, like, I don't mean any disrespect by this, this canceled out all previous disrespect. You know, when I tell you my, the assortment of things that I told you that included, look at what my son did to you your

career your franchise and your legacy and I'm waving a towel with his face in yours but no disrespect hmm but yet you endorsed that like you're you're packing that was Tony that endorsed it with stood on business that's Pablo that endorsed it was stood on business business and this is Stu got to endorsed it by saying let a family enjoy however it is I would dare say business folks listen up boxing's biggest weekend is here and DraftKings Sportsbook is bringing the heat on Friday Ryan Garcia Devin Haney and Tia Fomal Lopez throw

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Don LeBretard. He has been great. He's made great hires. I said all. We've saidco.s slash audio. Don LeBretard. He has been great. He's made great hires. I said all. We've said all of it. He said all of it. Yeah, he said all of it. Everyone has said everything.

First time I've heard any of this, Greg. Everything you're saying. It's all been said. It's all been said. Okay, you gotta understand one thing. Stugats. Me maximum. That's right.

Until I say it, it hasn't been said. Boom. Okay, understand that. You're the mayor. Until I say it, it hasn't been said. Me Maxima. Me Maxima. Me Maxima. This is the Don LeBathardt Show with the Stugats. ["The Stugats"]

It is something that is making one element that is making the NBA playoffs fun, right? Like they're we haven't seen that a ton where you have Giannis face to face, never mind a fan with the father of another player, but it feels like Halliburton, John Halliburton, he doesn't really match. It doesn't look like a John Halliburton. He doesn't look the John is confusing. Go talk to John Halliburton. He doesn't look, the John is confusing me. Go talk to John Halliburton in accounting.

Exactly. Yeah. Anyway, but it feels like he was just riding the wave of what the NBA is allowing, because in every single game they're allowing absolute muggings, or they had been. They let a game get decided without blowing a whistle in that Nick Pistons game, but the weird part is, is as much as, hey, you don't want the games decided

by a lack of whistles, everybody seems to love the result, which is not long playoff series, because we've only got two game sixes coming, but physical playoff series, and people want to see the fight. So I guess P.K. Subban was kind of right when he came on here and said, yeah, we need fighting in the NBA.

This is a little bit parenthetical to the whole conversation about Giannis and Halliburton's father, but I don't know the answer to it, and maybe somebody does. Since when are parents allowed on an NBA court after a game? Okay, it's one thing if you've just won a championship and there's no more games and your family comes under the confetti and is part of your whole celebration. But after a first-run series, parents are on the court now? That's okay? And contrast that with, I think when Houston clinched a playoff series, Akima Lajuan was not allowed onto the court, I believe, because somebody didn't recognize them.

And it's just like, all right, so who are we letting onto the court? Why are these things happening? Security does need to be better. Thank you I want to play a sound here that I believe has now confused our investigative team more than it's helped our investigative team Do its job. This is the information. I'm being given in my ear after an emergency investigation We have sound evidently after Greg Cody had indeed voted for Joe Mauer by the December 23rd deadline as a first ballot Hall of Famer. December 2023.

This is sound. In January of 24. Of January, a month after, Greg Cody has voted definitively for Joe Mauer as a first ballot Hall of Famer. We asked him about that a month later. Well, I think a first ballot hall of famer we asked him about that a month later while i think he's a hall of famer largely because of his position in the context of the position

to me he's not a first ballot guy which i hold sacrosanct i don't vote for any first ballot players and less they're extraordinary already voted for you had already voted for a month earlier. Yeah, and what's your point? Sacrosanct. What is your point? As I've mentioned before, the rules are a little bit different with catchers and relief pitchers. Let me play that again. Again, in December he voted Joe Mauer as a first ballot Hall of Famer. Here's his explanation a month later. While I think he's a Hall of Famer largely because of his position in the context of his position, to me he's a Hall of Famer, largely because of his position, in the context of his position, to me he's not a first ballot guy,

which I hold sacrosanct. I don't vote for any first ballot players unless they're extraordinary. You've been saying sacrosanct my entire life. I love that one. But it's not sacrosanct because you could have waited a year and made it sacrosanct. You voted for him.

You did not make it sacrosanct. Okay. You said. I said nothing there that I walk back now. I'm in favor of all of that. Attaboy! Okay, and the reason is this. He was not a Hall of Fame level first ballot guy.

You voted for him. You had one chance to... Hear him out. You don't use it, you lose it. The reason I voted for him was because of his position. As I've said, if it's any other position, he does not get my vote on the first ballot. Catchers are different.

That's not sacrosanct. Yeah, it is, except for catchers and relief pitchers. All right, we're done talking about it then. I lose. I lose again. You agree to disagree? Yes, I guess so. Wow.

No, I don't agree to disagree. Hey, that kind of thing. That kind of thing, you know? I'm gonna. You agree to disagree? I guess I don't agree to disagree. That kind of thing. You know I'm gonna agree to agree that's a fact Jack that kind of thing. Lovato is just sore because they stripped him of his own vote. That's right because look at the fool they gave it to instead of me. I said take my vote I don't want any of these steroid moralizers protecting the gates What does he do moralizes moralizes moralizes and then Gary Sheffield a rod and many Ramirez Okay, I would say something if you're done I don't know if your finger gunning is done or not but a grenade Alex Rodriguez

I did not vote for on the first ballot because of the steroids honorable it I thought so yeah so Joe Mowers of a Hall of Famer first ballot Hall of Famer than a rod just to be clear. Positioned. I don't vote for steroid guys on the first ballot as a matter of principle. But it doesn't mean they're not eventual Hall of Famers. I thought you didn't vote for any first ballot guys unless they were first ballot guys on a matter of principle because it's sacrosanct.

Except Joe Maurer. The rules are looser for catchers and relief pitchers. I don't know what about that you don't understand. Yeah. I mean, he said it over and over again. You can vote for him on the first ballot and still question the fact that you voted for him. You can vote for him on the first ballot and then criticize yourself for being someone

who voted for him on the first ballot by saying, yeah, what an idiot that voter was by doing that. Greg, wasn't the only unanimous player to get into the Hall of Fame a relief pitcher? Yeah, that's true. The rules are different for catchers and relief pitchers. Tell Dan again, I don't think he heard you. Yeah, no, I think he gets it by now. You know, I think it's worming his way through his ear into his brain

because it's totally understandable. And that's another good example is is the Yankee guy Harold Bayne The Yankee guy? Who's the Yankee guy? You want to name him? I'm not going to take a quiz, of course I know who it is. Come on, well I'll sit here all day waiting for you. Wait, wait, wait, let's, hold on, let's lay out. Mariano Rivera, okay, who fed him that?

Good job Lewis, good job. I'm going to put Lewis in the penalty box. Who fed him that? Good job, Lewis. Lewis, good job. I'm going to put Lewis in the penalty box. Nobody said that to me. Major penalty, five minutes, rooming comedy. We could have been here all day. Harold Baines has a statue. I mean, Harold Baines.

That wasn't the line for Cody. Don Staley was. Harold Baines should not have ever been let into the Hall of Fame. harold being that was at the line for cody don staley was uh... harold baines should not have ever been let into the hall of fame thank you and i want to make a point to be voted not even as a bill i want i never voted for harold baines and i want to make a quick point to see his friends on behalf of the bbw a a the writers did not elect harold baines he was elected by what used to be called the veterans committee who lets

everybody in so it's a it's a fractured uh... electorate that uh... that puts people in cooper's done baseball writers who uh... have the first ballot are pretty pissed about that and should be roy what are you laughing about louis is angry at me made escape the door and stared daggers i don't know why

he's not in the penalty box in confinement. I don't know why there would be any daggers, any eyes, or any Lewis wandering the premises. Lewis did not say anything to me in my ear. Can we see from you some of your other old t-shirts that we have here? And I want to see, are you guys now conceding this before we get started? When Greg Cody goes OLI 2001, are all of you putting down your swords and saying we're not going to be able to be greg cody all night play and i mean i had no idea this is happening i think i have one i have one that i feel good about

uh... let's see where greg cody is on this uh... you're still all i hear you know this is number two uh... i'm three two one okay so you have any allies so OLA's no because I was told three I you said you had seven I do but then we were talking like give it top three and you know I'm doing what I'm told right you know it's not my now you're now not my now we have time and so you can have the OLA no that's okay let's rush right through it but Tony let's see some of your nominees here if you guys are afraid that Cody's got the punctuation on all so so Greg has

incredible longevity when it comes to old ratty things right some somebody in their 30s doesn't have the correct the genre he's got shirts oh he I believe he'll pull out a shirt that's older than you for sure for sure so I'm gonna start sure I'm gonna start with this NBA Miami Heat family 2012 champions drawstring bag. 2012. That's good, that's older than Zaslow. You're already.

Decent. He's just embarrassing Zaslow. It's an accessory though. Zaslow was embarrassing in that he brought nothing earlier than 2016, so that didn't work in any way. Chris, let's see what you have. Give me some of what you have, OLI, or you're starting with number three.

Let's just get the best three. You start with your. I have three, I'm just gonna go with my best. I'm coming out strong. Your best? You're coming out with your best. Wow. I'm going with a dare shirt from elementary school.

Wow! Oh, nice. Wow! That's classic. Nineties, and I'm telling you, I think when I got this, it was so big on me that now it's snug and I can still wear it though.

I wear it around the house, and my wife always is just like, you're not wearing that anywhere but here. I love that. I remember you had that. 10 years later you were smoking dope and bad-mouthing your country. But back then, it worked.

I was gonna say, I don't think he was listening during those sessions. I'm just kidding. Smoking dope and what? Bad-mouthing his country. Which one is dope? Why do you think they call it dope? Where does that saying come from?

That's another thing you've been saying my whole life. Smoking dope and bad- in your country that's a friend of mine put that phrase into my lexicon and I've adopted it I like it yeah I like it Tony what else do you have back there and I've got a little towel from probably around 2008-2009 Dominican Republic sponsored Miami Heat towel Nine I want to say around that time the Republic of the Dominican was supporting heat basketball right before LeBron got here when Dwayne Wade was fed up that Samaki Walker was his team And they have it all look the maker public has it all busy. What do you think? Hey? They put a lot of money into this campaign I remember it it was quite impressive

at all. Izzy, what do you think? Hey, they put a lot of money into this campaign. I remember it. It was quite impressive. Our only proud Dominican here in the studio, correct? That's Izzy. And Frankie. Yes, I meant right here in the studio. Yes, thank you for that.

Never forget about Frankie, Dan. My bad. Greg, what do you have here as the rest of what it is that you would produce for us? Are you gonna end this competition right now? Or are you gonna end this? Or should we go to more Tony items so that he could show a little more of what he's got? would produce for us. Are you gonna end this competition right now? Or are you gonna end this? Or should we go to more Tony items so that he can show a little more of what he's got?

He's got three more. That's fine, let him do it. I thought this was clothing only. If you wanna talk about memorabilia, I got that out the ass, are you kidding me? I mean, the clothing, the clothing is just the tip of the iceberg. Put it on the poll please, Juju.

Does Greg Cody have fossilized memorabilia falling out of his ass? Next week we'll do artifacts with Greg. Okay, let's do it. Artifacts, Jack. I've got a Miami Heat, I've got a Miami Heat Playoffs that's got paint on it. That's rad.

2014. You don't wear that anywhere, right? No, no, this is buried deep, deep, deep in one of my drawers. That has to be a rag, is it not? That's something that's used, no, this is buried deep deep deep in one of my drawers that has to be a rag Is it not that's something that's used with a mop it was used with paint So somebody kind of went like this with paint on it Do you still have a relative who uses to mop the floor a shirt and a stick on the double? Yeah, my cleaning lady who doesn't shout out to Donnie

It's the most effective way Greg let's end this competition right after Tony gives us the last of what he's got here. So I've got a classic. And a lot of people are probably never hear this is the first time they're going to hear of this team ever. So you guys remember the ABA, right?

They tried to make a comeback in the early 2000s. And I have. And the inaugural game, the Florida Pit Bulls, I was there and the inaugural game, the Florida Pit Bulls. I was there November 5th, 2005 for the Florida Pit Bulls to make their comeback in the ABA, play your coached by Tim Hardaway Sr. You will not wear that anywhere either, right? That's around the house, just walking around?

I won't even wear this in the house. That's not even worn in the house. But Florida Pit Bulls, shout out to them. What's left of them? Greg, what do you have here to end this competition? Okay this is authenticated by the holes in it and the moth bites and everything else. This is an original 1997 Marlins World Series champions. Let me see that thing. Hold on hold on a second. I've got something like that hold on an

official World Series Championship shirt 1997 With the pro player tag on it. Yeah, but his has a hole. Oh, yeah. Yeah, I have a hole Yeah, mine's actually too nice to have a hole clean. How old were you? How old were you? I was, at this point, probably six years old. Five, six years old. That's an upset that Tony would have a shirt

just as old as yours, not an upset that yours would be in a lot worse shape and have holes and his would be somewhat pristine and treated with care. Yeah, and keep in mind, this was just my number two. I have my number one. Oh, I thought, okay, I'm sorry. You have something better than that. Wait a minute, that was, what a dramatic turn.

He lured you out, Tony. That is a classic bait and switch from the veteran. He lured you out and you're like, oh, I can tie ya. And now he's gonna drop the hammer on ya. This is, I'm dating it to either late 70s or very early 80s. Oh my God. Okay. I my God.

Okay. I cannot wait. And the proof of its age is that it's a white t-shirt. I haven't worn a white t-shirt in 30 years. I wear only black t-shirts. This is a reggae t-shirt from Peter Tosh. Oh wow. The Equal Rights album, which came out in want to I'm just guessing 78 or something and I think I bought this a couple of

years later, so it's probably a 45 year old shirt that's amazing damn it I thought I was winning this and yeah that one there are wrinkles in that shirt older than the shirt that Tony just produced Just just it is terribly wrinkled, congratulations. He died like five years before I was born. Yes, that's correct, and that's why you lose. Can't help that.

That album came out in 77, Greg. Okay. So this is probably circa a 1980 type piece. So did I, 77. Excellent work, Greg Cody. You went through your things, and this allows you to have the segment to yourself to talk about something that you care about which is that journalism is not dead and because you have

won the t-shirt off we are going to get you to celebrate that journalism is not dead. A long long time ago Dan was a prodigy and his writing used to make him smile. And he knew if he had his chance he'd rat out UM for bogus Pell grants and maybe learn from Cody for a while. But network money made him sell his soul Now he shows all his bias to the heat and now the panthers Dance fake news, oh have you heard? I can't remember if he cried when he told us with his face so white That all his morals were a lie The day journalism died So Dan was saying, oh my, how I'd love to eat pie Oh, but if it had some gluten then I think I may die

I'll shoot my integrity straight into the sky Bangin' Panthers drums as a Cuban born guy Panthers drums as a Cuban-born guy. Why is journalism dying or dead or why is it not? Journalism is not dead and I'll tell you why. This Saturday in the Kentucky Derby, the most famous racehorse in the world, the racehorse that is a betting favorite is a colt named Journalism. And the reason the colt was named journalism is that the owner of the

syndicate was giving homage to the fact that he was a sports editor on his high school newspaper as greg cody was and all the years later he had a race horse that he named journalism and that horse right now is fitting to win the kentucky derby if the odds are right. Are they right?

I mean I don't follow it that closely but it's a betting favorite, a clear betting favorite, like second is even a long shot. One of the horses is owned by the former Major League of Jason Worth. He's got a good horse in the race but journalism lives, journalism lives in the Kentucky Derby. The horse will win if the odds are right?

I don't know what that sentence means. That means if the odds say he's the favorite to win. He's the betting favorite. That's the way to say that. He'll win if he finishes first. Journalism is the betting favorite. Can you guys just get me a photo, please, of the most unkempt of the Jason Wirths there's ever been

running the bases for the Philadelphia Phillies because I maintain that outside of the Lopez brothers it's the scariest thing to see in the wilderness as a human being if... Ed or Geron. I understand. I'm alleging that Jason Wirth circa last couple of Phill's years and both Lopez brothers led by Robin, Brooke in the back, that if they're running at you as the sun sets in the forest, that's the least of what it is that you want to see running at you.