The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz - Hour 2: All The Whiteys at the Ballpark (feat. The Kid Mero)

Episode Date: May 8, 2025

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Starting point is 00:00:00 This is the Don LeBattor Show with the Stugats Podcast. Oh the ball knocked away! Another great defensive play for the Knicks! They've got it! They've won it! New York has gone up two games to none! Have you ever blown two 20-point leads in the playoffs back-to-back? Have you ever held on to your timeouts while you watched your team collapse? No! No! I've never thought Mozilla's good And I'm glad I haven't yet Because he clearly isn't good It makes me wonder how there's
Starting point is 00:00:56 folks who think Mozilla's good It's like these people all forget He just didn't here and eat those dudes I wish Fred Stevens would come back Bravo, Streeter. Oh my god. Excellent. Banger. Miami can only be trolls at this point in life.
Starting point is 00:01:18 We can just look at you and bother you. So Boston, I guess from down here, we would say, is your coach good and is your star late? We would ask you from Boston. Mero's asking you and he's got Brunson in his pocket, like literally, cause he's that small. And they've got you on the ropes and are you going to take jumpers the rest of the way?
Starting point is 00:01:37 Tony, please Mero, you guys- I got a question for Mero, Dan. I got a question for Mero, because he's the man of his house. Okay. And Mero, have you ever- The don. because el el hombre de la casa del okay and Mero Have you ever? Don't at Don de la casa el patrón have you ever had to do something at a time that you didn't think you would be doing
Starting point is 00:01:53 That thing okay, so the other night. I have I have my I have my baby for four months old She's starting to teed right so mommy's like hey Can you put her with us she feels bad? I'm like okay I'll put it the issue is our bed right in the middle where she sleeps, the vent, the lari condicionado, goes right to her. So every time the AC kicks on, it hits her. She wakes up.
Starting point is 00:02:13 She wakes me up. And then we got an issue. So at 3.58 in the morning, yo dije, yeah, pa' su madre, me voy. So I went down to the garage, down to the stairs, turned the light on, started looking for stuff, took out the stepladder, took out the power drill. And then I got to a point, I'm going
Starting point is 00:02:30 to play the music right now because I haven't said this word, but it's going to be a refunded día. And it's very Cuban, but I'm going to let you in because you're my brother. I'm going to let you in with something very Cuban here. Soz to God. Yeah. ["Refran de Día"] Dímelo, mi gente! Hey! Refran de Día back in your life.
Starting point is 00:02:56 So as I got back up to the room and I looked at the vent, Dan, today's Refran de Día, today's word of the day is encojonado. Encojonado. Encojonado. I was pissed, Dan. at the vent Dan today's refund that the today's word of the day is and go now now I was pissed and I was pissed to a level that I could not imagine because as I sat staring at the vent that was a little bit higher than I thought so I had to take the stepladder and take it
Starting point is 00:03:17 back downstairs and then take the latter at 358 in the morning and then start going up my baby's crying my wife is mad at me but I'm like I'm not doing this anymore so I took the power drill change the vent the direction of the and then start going up. My baby's crying, my wife is mad at me, but I'm like, I'm not doing this anymore. So I took the power drill, zzz, zzz, change the vent, the direction of the vent at four o'clock in the morning, Dan.
Starting point is 00:03:31 The most handy thing I've ever done at that time ever. Forgive me though, because Es un hombre. Gracias. Thank you, el don, el padron, thank you. Los dos, si, gracias. I'm not quite Latin enough, honestly, to know the answer to the question I'm about to ask you, which is Encojonado, I'm pretty sure, whatever the equivalent would be in English, that seems to me a word nobody should be saying on public airwaves.
Starting point is 00:03:57 Yeah, but this isn't public. This is just us. No, but I'm saying the translation of that would not pass like English muster like this is and it's in it You know what it's it. I feel like it's an illegal word Can I ask no as a non Spanish speaker? Is it is it related to cojones? Absolutely related to 100% but you upset it means you're upset right? It's like I'm upset from down here Oh from like from the low wings like I'm so mad. I'm so mad. Like the anger is coming from such a deep place, Dan.
Starting point is 00:04:29 Kind of like the rage. It's all the way to like, to pull a Pharrell in your plums. Exactly right. How do we spell this? I feel like we're missing some words in the enunciation. Oh yeah, we're definitely missing words because Cubans skip over certain words. Encojonado.
Starting point is 00:04:43 But the way that he's saying that your rage is such that really your ball sack is now like making all of you. Yes. It's not just tight. You're if you were six to the rage is gathering at the center of your ball sack to make you six foot one. Like Miros, you know what it does? It raises that seam in your ball sack. Oh, man, no, you got that seam in your balls. It raises that seam in your ball sack to look like the running knowledge on a map.
Starting point is 00:05:10 Oh, remember, thank you, thank you. And this is why I didn't think any of this should be on public airwaves, but in the middle of that, you also said something. Hey, baby, you know what you get. Isn't it weird that there is a seam down there? Like someone sewed it up? Was it one could be evolved from one?
Starting point is 00:05:24 It's a pouch. God went there with a seam down there, like someone sewed it up. Was it one that could be evolved from one? It was a pouch. God went there with a needle and a thread. Sewed you up. Little worker angels. A golden thread. It's crocheting. It's crocheting. Light blueish hue.
Starting point is 00:05:36 I thought it was a pocket. I've got a different version. Just like Joanne's copper fabric. I've got a different refram the F for you because Tony also said But su madre which I also don't think you can say on air. I don't think that's Okay, well what are we doing? We were gonna bleep that one. No, but okay. So now you yeah What do you want? You want it just like saying mf'er, you know Is it no what is What is... Of your mother, right?
Starting point is 00:06:05 Yeah. Coño. The PG is like, to hell with this. Exactly. You know what I'm saying? Like... Exactly. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:06:10 How about Pingu? Oh, dear. Hey! You know what we do around here. That's why soy el patrón de la casa. That's why soy el don de la casa. I'm talking about... Soy el cuerpo de la casa.
Starting point is 00:06:21 Okay, get out of here. That's enough of you. Mero, thank you for being on with us. We appreciate it. Next win, baby! Next win! I'm talking about. That's what I'm talking about. That was a pathetic joke. That was a pathetic joke. That was a pathetic joke. That was a pathetic joke. That was a pathetic joke.
Starting point is 00:06:50 That was a pathetic joke. That was a pathetic joke. That was a pathetic joke. That was a pathetic joke. That was a pathetic joke. That was a pathetic joke. That was a pathetic joke. That was a pathetic joke.
Starting point is 00:06:58 That was a pathetic joke. That was a pathetic joke. That was a pathetic joke. That was a pathetic joke. That was a pathetic joke. That was a pathetic joke. That was a pathetic joke. That was a pathetic joke. That was a pathetic joke. That was a pathetic joke. That was a pathetic that was a pathetic dismount by you and we got Malik neighbors pathetic pathetic. That's what you're three and 14. You also have Russell Wilson. That's right. And James Winston. Seven PM in Brooklyn is the show with Carmelo Anthony, who is no-
Starting point is 00:07:30 That's right. And we got Victory Light. And we got According to the Kid coming down the pipe, god damn it. It's like on a water slide right now, but it's at the top. I'll let the log out. You know what I'm saying? It's going to come down and splash in the pool, splash in your face and your eyes.
Starting point is 00:07:40 And there's a lot of chlorine in it, so it's going to burn. You know what I mean? According to the Kid, Victory Light, 7 PM in Brooklyn, all that. I'm writing a book, you know what I'm saying? I'll be back to talk about it. I wasn't, I was not finished with what I was saying. 7 PM in Brooklyn is the show with Carmelo Anthony, who he just told you is not as beloved as Jalen Brunson.
Starting point is 00:08:02 That is a lie. No, you gotta listen to the whole segment. It's not a lie. You gotta listen to the whole segment. He's just looking for a sound bite. I love you, you're my guy. You know what I'm saying? I'll see you later. See you later, Mero.
Starting point is 00:08:12 You're kidding me. I always enjoy talking to him. He has an energy that's infectious. What are you guys looking at? Is that David Beckham? What do you mean? The guy right there, that homeless looking guy at? Is that David Beckham? What do you mean? The guy right there, that homeless looking guy over there looks like David Beckham.
Starting point is 00:08:28 Oh, no, not him. Oh, boy. No, no. Ethan, go find out. Close. Frankie just got into work, our security. It's almost time to leave. No, I mean, that's what traffic is in this city.
Starting point is 00:08:40 I don't know what to do with this. We've got Pitch Clock coming up, and I call it Pitch Clock, even though, and I don't mean any to do with this. We've got Pitch Clock coming up, and I call it Pitch Clock, even though, and I don't mean any disrespect here, Jeremy, because Stu Gotts has been very helpful during today's show and we haven't talked nearly enough how does he feel about the Knicks, but he was helping me, he handed me a note here,
Starting point is 00:08:58 and it reads, throw the pitch count. So, Stu Gotts is supporting your baseball show Clock pitch count as long as you support. It's fine. Call me whatever you want. Just a reminder Tony I am telling you that Sam Morel is enraged with you and go now He's truly enraged We have a problem with Sam Morel one of the kings of comedy right now because of how Billy used you to offend him yesterday. And I'm just worried in general. So how do we wanna play this, Dan? Do you want me to up the beef with Sam Morell
Starting point is 00:09:30 or do you want me to throw Billy under the bus for throwing me under said bus? And why does he have the neck brace? We still didn't talk about that. Dan, I just wanna speak up on behalf of both Phil and Joe Neekro. Sam Morell can't be a king of comedy. That's kind of one of our things.
Starting point is 00:09:45 Yeah. As a black knuckle baller? As one of the Nikros? Yes. A regular white knuckle baller. Like, not only white, but the most Caucasian. What I would say is the Nikros are the most Caucasian people to ever play baseball.
Starting point is 00:10:01 In fact, put this on the poll at LeBatard Show, because otherwise I'd go Dale Murphy unlike Danny Boone Are the Negroes the most white people to ever play baseball about the boons Who the boons? What about whitey Herzog? catfish hunter Anyone named whitey really, right? Yeah.
Starting point is 00:10:27 Whitey Lord. Yeah, all the Whiteys. All these baseball names, all these baseball names make me wanna go to a baseball game. And if I wanna go to a baseball game, the Dodgers were in town this week. Wow. Great ticket.
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Starting point is 00:11:06 Dan, I'm putting it on the screen for you right here. How about that one right there, Dan-o? Oh, that's funny. The Nico Honest jersey. We've got to put that. We've got to find a way in the store to make something like that. How about the Nico Honest jersey, Dan? Guys, immediately make that jersey.
Starting point is 00:11:22 Angel, immediately make that. That is the best Jersey I have ever seen I'm I see Nico Jones yes a lot of please please no I mean I loved your Jersey yesterday I loved your Jersey yesterday your Karl Weathers authentic Raiders Jersey the uniform he wore that's right that's the greatest Jersey I've ever seen but I also just saw, I can't believe this after 20 years, I just fell in love all over again with my partner. Cause he's still got it.
Starting point is 00:11:51 I didn't think he still had it, but he's still got it. You guys were fooling around and we were talking about the black knuckle ballers and the necros, and I asked, and I will ask again, the necros, just look at them, put pictures up of them and tell me whether they're right here the most no okay the whitest people you to ever play baseball and when I asked that and Stu got hit me with whitey Herzog I I did mutter you may have heard it it was natural and authentic you're
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Starting point is 00:15:47 Three years of heaters. But this Stugatz, my partner enlivened by a sportsman. We're having sex baby! And Joe Mauer, yes! Like this is the best version of him. What? Stugatz! No you are.
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Starting point is 00:16:16 and an interview with an expert. This is the Pitch Clock. The Pitch Clock is back. Hi, old brother, we are Black Clock. We haveitch Clock is back. Hi, old man. We are Black Clock. We have our own official bit. There it is. Look at that.
Starting point is 00:16:29 It's Chris Cody, Jeremy Tachay, Taylor Viplis. Taylor's gonna have our trivia in just a second. I do just wanna note, I'm presently wearing a sweater that says going to therapy is cool. And while I know that for most of our audience, I am not the barometer for what is cool, going to therapy is cool.
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Starting point is 00:16:57 We'll get to our 2025 MLB expert in just a second. But Taylor, what is our trivia game for today? We're going back to three Strikes and You're Out. Today, it's 2007. The list in front of you is top 20 run scored league leaders. So we'll alternate guesses. Jeremy, you'll be up first.
Starting point is 00:17:17 2007 runs. 2007 run scored. Okay. I'm gonna say Jose Reyes. Jose Reyes is the first met. Chris Cody, you, okay. I'm gonna say Jose Reyes. Jose Reyes is the first met. Chris Cody, you're up. All right, I'll go with Jimmy Rollins. Jimmy Rollins is second on this list, the first filly.
Starting point is 00:17:35 All right, well, if he's the first filly, then I wanna go ahead and bet that Chase Utley is the second filly. D-Roy! That is a bet you are going to lose, and that's gonna be your first strike. First strike for Jeremy. No Chase Utley on this list.
Starting point is 00:17:50 2007 is a little early for him, huh? Cause I know he's on the 09 championship team, but it might've been a little before he was at the peak of his powers. I will take Juan Pierre. Juan Pierre not on the list. Yeah, by that point. 2007's late.
Starting point is 00:18:08 I know you're thinking he's one of the Marlins, but I don't think so. He was gone, I think. No, I know, but what team was he on? I don't know. By 2007, is he a Cub, maybe? I'm gonna go ahead. So those Marlins are coming to me.
Starting point is 00:18:20 Obviously, like, the Yankees are sitting there feeling like a relatively obvious one. I'm gonna go ahead. I'm gonna do, there are four Detroit Tigers on this list. So, ooh, but by this point, is he there? Uh-oh. Yeah. Is this year one?
Starting point is 00:18:42 I'm doing it. Miguel Cabrera? Miguel Cabrera? Miguel Cabrera? Not on the list. I knew it. Jeremy's got two strikes. I had a play to say here. Oh, what a dumb guy.
Starting point is 00:18:50 What a dumb guy I am. Very excited about our guest for our 2025 MLB expertise. Danny Alvarez is here. I couldn't be more excited about it to have you with us here in our studio in Miami, ready to talk about all things baseball. But Danny, you cover the Marlins. I do. But you do much more beyond that. You're wearing the hoodie for El Extra Base.
Starting point is 00:19:14 So do me a favor. Tell the people in like 20 seconds or so within a pitch clock about El Extra Base. Yeah. So El Extra Base is a digital media outlet that I founded in 2018 with my good friend, Julio Muñoz, and since then we've been covering Major League Baseball, Caribbean Leagues, World Series, All-Star Games, everything related with baseball all around the world. And that's what we've been doing since 2018. Yeah, that's exactly what you've been doing.
Starting point is 00:19:37 You do it in English and in Spanish. The coverage is unbelievable. For those of you who want to go find it, go find it. But Danny, you are Venezuelan yourself. And so I wanted to focus on some Venezuelan ball players with you. And here's how I want to do it. OK, no one knows Venezuelan baseball better than you. I want to hear your take on the best Venezuelan baseball player,
Starting point is 00:20:01 the most underrated Venezuelan baseball player, and give us a guy to watch that maybe people aren't talking about yet that is going to be the next up and coming Venezuelan star. The best one right now, even though he's not on the field, is still Ronald Acuna Jr. When he's healthy and when he's playing, he's one of the best five or three players in the game, arguably, right? I mean, we saw the 40-70 season that he had two years ago and what he's playing he's one of the best five or three players in the game are you there right I mean we saw the 47 season that he had two years ago and what he's been able to do when he's healthy obviously there are many ifs related to his health but I have
Starting point is 00:20:33 no doubt in my mind that in terms of raw talent he might be not only the best Venezuelan player right now but arguably of all time wow wow all Wow. All right. So you're putting him in that category, right? Because you have everything there with him, right? Contact, power, speed, a good arm. His defense is the only question mark, but I mean, it's- Even then, he has flashes defensively. Exactly. So I don't think we have seen a Venezuelan baseball player
Starting point is 00:21:02 being so complete like Ronald. Okay, so who's most underrated? Right now. Right now. For me, Will Jarreb-Reyo. Tell me why. Because Will Jarreb is doing fantastic things in right field. Defensively, he might be the best right fielder in the game.
Starting point is 00:21:15 He has seven home runs already. He's put in an unreal offensive season. But also he's, I mean defensively, he's up there with the best in the game. And I feel like nobody's talking about him. Yeah, turning it, right? He's playing unbelievable baseball, and so. Correct.
Starting point is 00:21:31 Yeah, I think nobody's talking about William Abreu right now, and I love seeing him play. Who is the next Venezuelan superstar that we're not talking about yet? Moises Ballesteros. Okay, I have not even heard of him, so tell me where he is, what's going on. He's in AAA with the Cubs, with the Iowa Cubs.
Starting point is 00:21:49 He's a catcher, big guy. He's hitting 381 in the minor. Okay, all right, so that's a good start. But he's just gonna be so good in the future. Good news for Cubs fans. That's good news for Cubs fans, including Ethan. I knew Ethan. Of course. I knew Ethan would like it.
Starting point is 00:22:06 Yeah, he'll be happy about that. But including Ethan, that's good news for them because their lineup is already pretty sweet. Let's get to our second question here. You're obviously here in Miami. The not Oakland Athletics came to town. The West Sacramento Athletics of Future Vegas came to town. So was, right?
Starting point is 00:22:22 It's very strange. But they were here and they're really one of the surprise stories in Major League Baseball right now. At the time of this recording, they're four games over 500. You got to see them up close and personal. Do you believe that this hot start is sustainable? Like are we gonna be talking about them
Starting point is 00:22:40 as a potential wild card team down the stretch? I think we can because they have the talent. The only question for me is the pitching depth and the rotation. But yeah, I think it's sustainable. I mean, because they have the talent, but also because I don't see a clear great team in the AL. The reality is the depth of the strength in the National League right now is far superior in their division alone. The AL West is a pretty weak division, at least through a month of the strength in the National League right now is far superior in their division alone.
Starting point is 00:23:05 The AL West is a pretty weak division at least through a month of the season and so it gives them that much more of an opportunity to be around. Absolutely, there's a legit chance that they might be competing for a wild card spot by the end of September. I wouldn't be surprised. I think it's sustainable because of the talent that they have, but also because of how wide open the AL is for many teams. I'm going to go Derek Jeter. Why did I do that? Of course, Derek Jeter's number one. Oh, no.
Starting point is 00:23:34 Derek Jeter's not on the list. No way! What are we doing here? What is this game? Derek Jeter, from memory, he's one of the first names off this list, though. All right, well, now I'm feeling insane Okay, the Seattle Mariner Ichiro Suzuki
Starting point is 00:23:50 Each euro is on the list. God. All right. Good luck Chris I'm gonna go with my old faithful I feel like this guy in this era of time has done well for me in these games Todd help. That's a third strike Wow Good Lord. Do we want to extend it to a four pitch? Like did we can we say we we each fouled one off? Can we make this four strikes just so that this is a catcher drop Chris's third strike? Oh, he did catcher dropped it. Okay, but let's just make it abundantly clear. I'm also going to get a drop third strike if it happens. How long until we get there? Okay. All right. This is crazy. Like feel like we're failing Taylor here. Yeah, all right.
Starting point is 00:24:25 So is one of the Marlins is Hanley Ramirez? Hanley is third on this list, yes. Okay. The Met that's crossed off here. I said Jose Reyes. I mean, there's a Met that comes to mind. David Wright. David Wright is correct.
Starting point is 00:24:39 12th on this list. Huge. Huge. All right, let's keep looking at these lists. How is Cheater not on this list? I can't believe that there are two Yankees, there are four tigers. The four tigers is very confusing.
Starting point is 00:24:51 There's only one name that's coming to mind as a tiger from that era, and it's random. The most random tiger name popping in my head. See the birds? Then I'm gonna go ahead and guess that the Boston Red Sock is Dustin Pedroia. It's not Dustin Pedroia. I don't know who it is.
Starting point is 00:25:06 Yeah! Am I really about to say this name? I can't believe it. This is 2007. We should be, this should be the prime for both of us. I know. It is. This is a tough one for me.
Starting point is 00:25:20 I've got a couple names that are coming to mind. But they're gonna be wrong. And with four tigers, it's basically just named somebody. Yeah, named tigers. And it's like, but I thought I did. I thought I did name a tiger. There are two other tigers that I could think of, but they're random.
Starting point is 00:25:37 It started last week. We started highlighting the concept that this is similar to SNL in the late aughts, a golden era in Major League Baseball. Shout out the Quaid Army on the Lonely Island podcast. I'm just gonna do that right there. But I wanna stick with your NL expertise as we try to highlight stars here.
Starting point is 00:25:56 I'm gonna have you pick between two guys who have had great starts their season. So there's Pete Alonso, who has had just a ridiculous start. I believe he leads the National League in OPS at the time of this conversation. He's been insane after kind of a weird contract off season. He's back with the Mets doing that. Then there's the Nationals, James Wood,
Starting point is 00:26:15 and he has really proven that he is going to be a major bat in this league, a young guy. Which one of those two stars do you want to highlight here? I think I want to highlight Pete, because he, as you mentioned, he has such an exhausting off season with the contract negotiations. And he always wanted to go back to New York.
Starting point is 00:26:34 New York wanted to get him back. But obviously what Scott Boras was looking for, he was just not going to get it, especially after the type of season that he had. But what impresses me the most about Pete is that when we think about sloggers in today's game, we think about chasing and striking out a lot. He has more walks than strikeouts right now. And he's making contact like Luis Arraez.
Starting point is 00:26:58 And when you have that type of contact with that power, you become one of the biggest stars in the game. So he's the closest thing that we're seeing to Aaron Judge in baseball. It's Peter Lonser right now. So that's why I want to highlight that. This question comes courtesy of Ethan. We gave Taylor an opportunity to ask one a couple of weeks ago. He, as a Marlins fan, wants to know through your expertise, your opinion, is there anyone on the roster right now that you look at, that you see as a legitimate piece
Starting point is 00:27:27 of their future core as this build continues? Kyle Stowers is, I think he's the number one guy right now. Yep. Because as we mentioned with Pete, the quality of the advance that he's taking, it's what tells me more. Even, I mean, you can take away the Grand Slam or the Homers, whatever, the advance that he's taking. It's what tells me more. Even, I mean, you can take away the Grand Slam or the Homers, whatever, yet that's that he's taking. I think he's, it's
Starting point is 00:27:50 off the charts and it's well above average. So I think Stowers right now is that guy and I would say obviously Mike Schmeier on the pinching side. I think he turned the corner. The type of offseason he had with this new coaching staff, new pitching director, the amount of information that he got and that he was able to work with in the offseason was crucial for him. I see him more excited about pitching and go out and competing. You can definitely see that and he's been able to find the right adjustments after struggling. It is exciting to know that there are a couple of guys there you can go for, a couple of blonde guys,
Starting point is 00:28:32 how about that, here in Miami? You can go with Agustin. Yeah, I mean obviously Agustin Ramirez is a guy that we're all very aware of, especially, I mean I shouted him out here on the pitch clock last week, but his power is insane. Everybody go follow LXtrabassay on X, I mean, I shouted him out here on the pitch clock last week, but his power is insane. Everybody go follow LXTrabassay on X, on Twitter, on Instagram, everywhere else.
Starting point is 00:28:52 Follow Danny himself, but we're gonna go ahead and get back to one of the worst trivia games Chris and I have ever played. Tiger, Brandon Inge. It's not Brandon Inge. No. That's gonna be the rare fourth strike. The rare fourth strike.
Starting point is 00:29:08 The umpire missed the called strike on strike three. This is the rare fourth strike on Chris Cody. Okay. So I'm gonna try to name some of these guys. Did we both lose? Like why are you? No, I win. What's this?
Starting point is 00:29:19 Like whatever. I won, it's over. I mean, come on. I dominated. Dominant performance by me. Was Billy Hamilton the red? No way. No.
Starting point is 00:29:28 I'm gonna guess that Maglio Ordonia is one of those tigers. The second tiger, nice on the list. Is there a world where Victor Martinez is one of those tigers? Victor Martinez was not. Is Jacoby Ellsbury the red sock? Jacoby Ellsbury is not the red sock.
Starting point is 00:29:44 So then who's the red sock? I was convinced that was Jacobi. Manny? It can't be. Is it really Manny? Yeah. Johnny Damon? Not Johnny Damon. The full list. Number one League leader that year and runs scored A-Rod Then the next Yankee Bobby Abreu, the first Tiger Curtis Granderson, the Rocky Matt Holliday, yeah, Grady Sizemore, Tiger, Maglio Ordonez, the Red Sox, Big Poppy, David Ortiz. Wow. I knew that. I just didn't expect him to score so many runs.
Starting point is 00:30:17 Yeah. Beyond the base is enough to score that many runs. Gabe knew it. Thanks for telling me. Yeah, Gabe's celebrating in the other room. Nothing jerk. Blue Jay was Alex Rios, the other Marlin. Dan Uggla? Dan Uggla.
Starting point is 00:30:28 Yeah, it was Dan Uggla. Alex Rios makes me happy. Alex Rios, I was gonna guess Vernon Wells, so I'm glad I didn't. And then the last part of the list, the Brewer, Prince Fielder. Prince Fielder. The brave Chipper Jones.
Starting point is 00:30:41 The red Brandon Phillips. Thought of that too. The Tigers back to back. Gary She man. I thought of that too. The Tigers back to back. Gary Sheffield makes his way over to Detroit. Dude. Clasido Polanco, the other Tiger. Clasido Polanco's a good one.
Starting point is 00:30:53 I thought about saying Omar Infante. And then that final, that final Philly we said was who? Aaron Rowand. Aaron Rowand. Center fielder. Glad we got that one in here. That's how I feel. I hope that's the name everybody remembers. Chris Cody lost fielder. Aaron Rowan. Glad we got that one in here. That's how I feel. I hope that's the name everybody remembers. Chris Cody lost in the way that Aaron Rowan just broke his face.

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