The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz - Hour 2: Punting Circles

Episode Date: October 14, 2024

Is it possible to hear things from the NFL "punting circles?" Then, Peter Rosenberg of Ebro In The Morning and the Michael Kay Show joins us ahead of a huge day in New York sports. He chats with the crew about Mets fans and Yankees fans rooting for each other, which New York fans hate the other New York teams in their respective sports, WNBA fandom in the city, the Karl-Anthony Towns trade, and what Jets fans will do if they get blown out tonight. Plus, Roy had a great time at the Savannah Bananas game on Saturday, Stu and Greg learn about A.J. and Big Justice, and the crew reveals their first crushes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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This is the Dan Leventor Show with the StuGuts Podcast. Do you guys ever just hear something at a broadcast and you're like, wow, that was sad. It was last night for me watching Sunday Night Football, Mike Tirico, Bengals giants, and the giants, I guess, have been having issues with their special teams units. They have had to bring in a new kicker, Greg Joseph, had to bring in a new punter, had to bring in a new punter, which means that's a new holder. And so as they're just describing this new unit, he's just like, oh, this new punter and this new holder,

yeah, I hear around punting circles that he's a good holder. And I was just like, wow, punting circles, talking about holders. Are they around a water cooler? Like is it a group text with all the punters? I feel like that's one of those things you just say, right? So down here locally, we have a reporter named Andy Slater who has his famous Slater scoops

and he really is on top of almost everything, right? But sometimes he will tweet things out, like bits of information, and if it's like a uniform thing, he's like, I talked to my sources within the seamstress industry, and it's like, wait, what are we talking about now? What is this? And it's one of those things that you throw in there

to like, I have sources everywhere, then I don't know that you necessarily have seamstress sources, you know? But it's someone. But yeah, no, someone is giving you the information. It validates the story a little bit. Yeah, like, say, like, Torey goes talking to people in punting circles,

like, I'm not so certain about this. I like, I'm gonna start doing that. I had a friend growing up who was like a FBS long snapper, and like, there are long snapper circles, and it's a very elite group of D1 long snappers, and they all know each other, they go to camps together. Sure. Yeah.

What punters are it? Like, I'm just like, let's like, just imagine to camps together. What punters are it? Let's just imagine. Who's in the punter circle? Group chat, is Matt Turk still in it? I know that's back in Martin. Is this your quarterback, starting quarterback group chat but with punters now? McAfee is a good one.

I think Ray Guy, is Ray Guy still with us? No. He should be. He's not? He's the classic punter of all time. He should be, he doesn't have a choice, but yes, he should be he should be Ray guys should be the leader of that circle Whatever that circle Wow Ray died passed away recently 2022 Wow. Oh my god, you know Shane Leckler's in there rest in power Shane Leckler is definitely in there

You're talking some of the great. Are we talking greatest punters of all time? Sean Landetta should be in there. Reggie Roby. Reggie Roby. No longer with us. RIP. A weekly hangout would be more fun than a group text. Yes. Like, let's meet up at the Y every Friday night.

So what made you sad? The fact that he was referencing a punter's circle, he's hearing it in puns? He's known around punting circles as a good holder. Right. All right, so now we've gotten into punting circles. Yes. Holding is like the least interesting part of that like I just like at least talk punting an underrated part though, right?

Steve would have written you don't know how important a holder is until a hold is botched Yeah, that is true on college game day. They had a Kirk Herbstreet was like he had to take off because usually for the McAfee field goal thing Herbie holds But Herbie had to take off, because usually for the McAfee field goal thing, Herbie holds, but Herbie had to take off to the Red River rivalry. Red River rivalry. It's a tough one, yeah. They were brought, they documented everything, yeah.

From the convertible Mercedes. The private jet. It was a hack they took. Jonathan Wiley shout out, by the way. Yeah, I heard the Wiley shout out, yes. But, a little annoyed with Herb Street, I gotta be honest. Nick Saban had to step in and hold for

Herbie and Nick got a little scared on the first one pulled the finger away And the pull this finger and the kick the kid who's kicking Literally you blame Nick. He's like it was Nick Saban's fault He's like flat out Nick Saban's fault and Nick Saban did a better job the second time and he made the field goal the second one, huh Roy you blurted out in my ear Tony Romo when we were talking about holders Yeah, because I think that's the thing you remember about Tony Romo. Yeah, I told I mean it used to be backup quarterbacks That used to hold right? Yeah, it used to be now that you met Jess

Are you doubting whether or not that's the thing you think of when you get to? It's not the one I think cowboys quarterback and, you know, I think if you ask a football fan, what is your memory of Tony Romo as a football player? They would tell you the botched. Why not count as a football fan? I think of him as an analyst. I meant, you know, like 100 football fans. I feel like 95 would say the botched hold.

Jessica, we were talking about this off, well this off air, but while we were on air. No, it's on air. Why are we talking about holding when it comes to punting? Because the one kicking the ball is the actual holder, right? Yeah. Yeah. Yes. I'm confused about it.

Sure. Peter Rosenberg, he's going to join us right now. He is a host for ESPN Radio in New York. The Michael K Show, weekdays from three till seven. Peter, when you think of Tony Romo's playing career, do you think of the botched hold first? That's a different question, Stu. It's not, you think Tony Romo, what do you think of first?

You think of Dallas Cowboys quarterback. Okay. And then you think of Tony Romo plays and then you think of the hold. It's Cabo then the hold. Cabo! You gotta go Cabo first the hold. Cabo! You gotta go Cabo first.

Gotta go Cabo first. Chris Cody was saying there's no amount of money that someone could pay him to do your daily shit. Chris, you did say that. Well, I didn't say no amount. I just saw his schedule. Daily shit. And I saw five to 10 and then three to seven. And I was just like, wow, that seems rough.

That's rough. Let's straighten some things out. First of all, the case shows three to seven. And I was just like, wow, that seems rough. That's rough. Let's straighten some things out. First of all, the case shows three to 6.30, so give me that half hour back. Second of all, five to 10, we don't do our first live break though on the morning show until 6.40, 6.35. So, and our last live break should be added is nine o'clock.

So it's a little better than you just described. But I gotta tell you, as a guy who's done mornings, the difference between starting a show at five a.m. or six thirty, it's an entire lifetime. Those people who wake up at four a.m., like my friend Michelle Smallman, who does the national ESPN show, those cats are getting up at the 340 in the morning.

That is not my life, just so you know. I admire them, but I don't do that. I think the important thing is, Peter, how much do you get paid and then Chris can actually decide whether or not it's worth it for you? Yeah, because I think, Peter, I think there are exact amounts of money I could pay Chris to do it starting tomorrow, actually, yes.

Well, I'll tell you this, if it was to be any of the one salaries that I have, it might not be enough, but cobbled all together It would be enough to get up and do it. That's how it works. Hey Peter Do you have a second job between shifts because it seems like between 10 a.m. And 3 p.m. You're pretty much a slacker Yeah, I therapy what's gonna keep this crazed Jewish mind in order unless I unless I pay an Upper West Side therapist in there. So I got that and taking care of a couple of dogs in the way, but yeah, no, you're right. I got to work on that. I do have podcasts a couple days a week too. So I try not to slack off.

Happy New Year by the way. Thank you very much. I appreciate it. So what will you lead with today because it's such a great time in New York sport. So come three o'clock Michael K show kicks off. What are you guys going to lead with? Well, you're used to are going to love this more than anyone. The current bite that we cannot escape on our radio show, no matter what I say, no matter how much be in my producer who's in my ear going, oh my God, let's move on from this. The current subject that Michael and Don are obsessed with is that it's insane

for a fan of either the Mets or the Yankees to like lightly pull for the other team. That makes you a fraud. That makes you a horrible fan. You cannot. It takes over every show right now. I don't think there's much animosity between Mets and Yankees fans because they're in different leagues. There are times where the Mets have not many times with the Mets Peter have not made the

playoffs and the Yankees have of course and I'm pulling for the Yankees because I want the most interesting series because I love sports. So I don't show it as any sort of betrayal. It's just I'm not rooting for the Phillies. I'm

rooting for the Yankees, you know, I see that's the Yankees, you know? See, that's, I think people of a certain generation view it that way. People over a certain age seem to be more obsessed with this idea, and this goes back to like, the Giants and the Dodgers and like all this oldie time press sign in your hat era of viewing baseball.

And I just think that, yeah, a there are people like you, Stu, who will just be like, nah, sure. Then listen, there is there a certain fraud level of New York fans? Like I interview these people in hip hop a lot, right? They show up, they're wearing a Minnesota Twins hat and you're like, what team do you root for? And they say, yo, I just root for New York. Now listen, that is, there is a lot of fraudness like that, but it's a different era, man. Like when Michael and Don were growing up, it was either like playing jacks or watching baseball.

Like those were the only options, you know? I think that for kids who grew up in the video game, you know, music video era, it just seems like it's not as important a subject. But a long answer, my guess would be we'll open, probably open Mets getting just, you know, absolutely ran last night. This segment is presented by LinkedIn jobs.

Post your job for free at linkedin.com slash prep. Terms and conditions apply. Peter, that can't be unique to Yankees and Mets fans, right? Is it extreme as well with Jets and Giants fans? Is it Islanders and Rangers fans? Is it all over the city? Or is it mostly just baseball. I would say it's the most in baseball. If you go sport by sport, in basketball, nobody cares about the Nets, so it's a moot conversation. If you're a hard, although I will say, we did call Spike, Spike Lee called in and we yelled at him when he went to a Nets playoff game and sat in the front row. We did get on him for that.

The nerve. The nerve, but I would say mostly Nick's Nets playoff game and sat in the front row. We did get on him for that. That happened. The nerve. But I would say mostly the Knicks Nets don't matter because the Nets don't matter enough. Hockey is the most aggressive lines that I think even the young people still have. Like I truly think an Islander fan hates the Rangers. I do think that has maintained because hockey, to be involved in hockey is to already be a more

intense fan by nature just because of what the sport is. In football, Jets and Giants, I'd say similar to baseball, but not the exact same. And there is a little bit more that feels a little more recent too, because the Giants have those championships. And if you're a Jets fan, you are so bitter by nature. I think it was hard to have any appreciation. I don't think there were a lot of Jets fans who are like, oh, no, but I'm happy that New York got a chip. I don't think there was as much of that this.

I think this is a baseball problem because the truth is young people cannot handle following baseball 162 games a year. So they just root for whoever. That's what I think has really happened. Well, in hockey, 40 some odd years later, Rangers fans are still saying that Denny Pufin sucks. You're right. See, but that and that culturally has kept it going. Like that's the beauty of that is that they keep reinforcing that to the next generation. I just think the baseball thing has died

out. Like and I think there are a lot of people who are hardcore fans of their team who would like to see a Subway series just on account of the the pomp and circumstance. I mean it's been 24 years. It would be pretty interesting by all accounts to just have a subway series. Peter, I'm wondering in the most crowded sports market in America, talk about the second level team for a minute. You've got the New York Liberty in the WNBA playoffs right now. You've got two teams in MLS.

Are one of those sports ready to break through and become sort of mainstream on the level with the others that we're talking about? clearly the Liberty are the closest there's no question about it all due respect to the to the Red Bulls NYC FC the Liberty are definitely the ones that are knocking on the door I went to game one it was packed a game to they somehow squeezed in even more they set a Barclays Center record yesterday so no and there's like a real level of kind of celebrity fans that come to Liberty games. It's definitely, it's definitely the Liberty.

That being said though, you can't even pretend that it's truly on the level yet in terms of fan interest. I mean, on a day when you have the baseball teams and the football teams playing, even the Liberty being in the finals, I still think in terms of most places that you would listen to sports talk radio, the Liberty still ended up being a blurb. You know, most people aren't taking a guess, a guest. For example, like if it was, if I was Michael K, because I basically lay out when it comes to guest decisions, I suggest people and then eyes get rolled at me and then occasionally, if I like happen to connect with someone that's like, like C.C. Sabathia, who like is on baseball, I can get that guest on.

But I don't go pushing my guests, except for like WrestleMania season perhaps. But if it was my show, I would have gotten Sabrina Yanezco on last week. Like to me, that's a no-brainer heading into the WNBA finals or Brianna Stewart. Like I think that's a no-brainer. I still don't think many shows across the city are doing that yet. So it's close, but I still think we're not quite there.

What does Michael Kay's take to open the show today? What does Don's take to open the show today? There are days I walk in here and I know Dan and I know how he's gonna open the show. You know how you guys are opening the show today. What's it gonna be? Spoiler alert. Well, it's gonna be Don being, Don's gonna be ticked off about the Mets game one. What exactly his, I don't think he's gonna be over, I don't think he's gonna be over, I don't think he'll be overticked though because this team has shown you over and over again

that they can bounce back. So I think it's not, if you had asked me last year, Stu, and this had somehow happened, but they had gotten to this far in the playoffs in a different manner, I think that today's open would be, you know what, no matter how far they go, it's same old Mets. But I don't think anyone feels same old Mets energy. So I don't think that's what we get today. And Michael will be grudgingly talk through the Mets stuff,

even though your brain can see him just baseball horny for game one of the Yankee series, you know, that's, but he'll fight through it to talk about the, I mean, game two is going to be going on during your show. I know. Yes, exactly. Knocking us to a, to a different signal. No, but days like that can be really fun. I'm not going to lie to you. Some of my favorite days, a couple of weeks ago during the double header where the, the Mets had to get a win to get into the playoffs. We were on the air. It is awesome when you are doing a live sports talk show in a big city and one of the teams is

playing that is actually one of the real kind of treats. I think of doing the job has Francisco and or become the most popular athlete in New York. He's got to be out there, right? So, no, he's not because Jalen Brunson. But he is getting up there, man. Lindor, it's gonna be tough for him to ever get the one spot on account of the Mets not being the Yankees. And so their popularity being just beneath being the Yankees. And so their popularity being just beneath

what the Yankees are. And then no one, there's not one team in this city that has the shared love of the five boroughs like the Knicks do. I mean, the Knicks are the most universally loved city, a team across this city. So I think it's Jalen Brunson right now. I think Brunson goes into this season

with like a level of expectation and excitement for this Knicks team that we haven't seen since a Ewing year at some point. That's, he is the guy, but Lindor has squeezed himself, I'd say into three. I think Brunson judged Lindor. I think that's fair to say. We'll get to what happened with Brunson's dad and Dante DiVincenzo in a second.

What did you make of the trade for Carl Anthony Towns though? You had to be like, I was super positive about it because, and I was a little taken back by Nick fans being so upset that they're losing guys Dante DiVincenzo and some others that granted had a great run last year, but that's as far as those guys are taking that team. I'm with you 100%. It was when I realized that though I'm a fraud and I'm a Celtics fan who will pull for the Knicks if they're not playing the Celtics. It was the moment when I realized, oh, that's the difference between

being a fraud or not because when when when when Marcus Smart was traded from the Celtics, I was I needed like to be consoled. Like I was I was broken over it because I loved him so much. And when when Julius Randall and Dante were similar sort of like heart and soul guys were traded. I was like, get over it. You want to get better players. I mean, I as much as I love Randall, and he deserves a ton of credit for being the lunch pail guy that started this whole thing.

I think everyone always thought he would probably end up trade bait if they were to win a championship. And the Dante piece, there's two angles, right? Like, A, he's one of the Nova kids and they were really into that. Though everyone chill, they still have three Nova kids. They just got McHale Bridges bridges this offseason but I think you and I know there's another part which is that his name is Dante di Vincenzo we

love an Italian player on a team in New York so it hit double for the fans here and I think what happened yesterday probably adds to that lore of people being like I knew I loved Dante DiVincenzo. Goes right after Brunson's dad. Waste of time. And Thibodeau. I think people love that. But no, the average fan I think was sad about it. And you know, New York, New Yorkers have been calling Kat soft for so long. That now they have to rely on this guy who they've said is soft.

So there's a bit there, But like, honestly, he's a way better shooter than than Randall. He's still a big body. Like, to me, he is the more championship caliber player. I think it was the right move. What are you expecting from the Jets tonight? Well, I've been awful this year, guys. I'm so lost on picks right now. I won our contest that we do the last two years, and I'm so distantly in last place this year. So I'm probably not the one to ask,

but you know, in a lot of sports, you think you get a bounce back game, like there's, you know, new coach. Football doesn't always move that way because there's a lot to deal with when you have a new coach and a new play caller. But I tend to think that they'll be competitive, number one, because they've been competitive

against Buffalo recently for whatever weird reason and I just have to think there's like, you know, maybe this is me believing in the Rogers of yesteryear But I have to think there's gonna be a pride factor for Rogers that with this much attention on them Dude, if they lay an egg in this spot, let's just all be real. The wheels are coming off Dude, if they lay an egg in this spot, let's just all be real. The wheels are coming off. Like, I mean, the New York Post, if it weren't for election season,

it would be the front page. It would dominate the headlines every single day. If they get blown out on TV tonight and look like a total joke against Buffalo after letting go of the coach unceremoniously, and God forbid Rogers is bad or gets dinged up, they are so beyond finished. And if they're finished,

it means the Rogers experiment is ostensibly finished. It means that you're restarting this entire thing again. So like to me tonight has such an immense amount of pressure. I don't know if they win. I will be surprised if they don't compete well tonight. Peter, on the way out here, if I were to ask you, what do New York sports fans want the most?

Is it a Super Bowl? Is it a World Series? Is it a Stanley Cup? I'm trying to rank the importance of those sports because I was telling my wife last night. They want World Series over Super Bowls in New York, both fan bases. Yeah, I think that's true. Although I will say because of the 50 some odd year drought,

I think or the 50 year, yeah, whatever it is, 51, that Jets Super Bowl to me could really potentially be the biggest thing. I would say that one and one A, depending how you look at it, is a Jets Super Bowl and a Knicks NBA championship. I really think, cause the Yankees as big a deal as it will be, obviously, you know they've already got 28 of them, right? Like this is, this is, they win constantly.

So you're constantly used to the Yankees winning championships, whereas the Jets, even though they don't have the same size fan base, the fact that it's been so long, you know, them getting their second versus the Yankees getting their 28th. I just think the Jets one would end up being such a gigantic story. And then the Knicks, like I said, they're just such a universal team across the city. It's been since 1973. Um the

entire Ewing era, no championship. That that would be right there too. Alright, check them out. Ebro in the morning, weekdays from five until ten, although it doesn't get there until about 645. That's on hot. Thank you. That's

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back in my day. That you wrote. Stugarts. I wish you were here, my wife. I really miss her. No, I don't. That's the thing about beingats. I wish you were here, my wife. I really miss her. No, I don't. That's the thing about being married. You're not allowed to say, I don't miss my wife.

I've been gone two days. I haven't been gone long enough to miss my wife. I'm sorry. I call her. You just said you do miss her. I'm on the phone with her for 30 seconds. Hello, all right. All right, we'll see you.

All right. And then I'm going to see her in two days. I was jumping Charlie. Good. All right, we'll see ya. All right, and then I'm gonna see her in two days. I was jumping Charlie, good. This is the Don LeBattar Show with the StuGuy. ["The Stuguy Show Theme"] God, that's a shift, that's a day. Greg, you're right, you were right to call him out. He's a slacker during the mid-days.

He's a slacker. Let me tell you though, as somebody who lives 2000 miles south, I was a little surprised to hear him say that the Knicks own that town. And I wonder if that's totally cyclical. Like if the Giants right now are five and one, if the Rangers are headed to the Stanley Cup,

does all that change? So here's the thing, when you grow up in New York, you have two hockey teams, you have two baseball teams, you have two football football teams and we are all saddled without one basketball team and so that basket because the Nets played in New Jersey forever yeah they just got to Brooklyn and so that's the one place where all New York sports fans kind of come together and root for the same team

pulling in the same direction yeah because it's all we. And it's been so long since they've won. Like Jordan's gotten in the way like he did for so many other teams. And so yeah, I tend to agree with that. I would say it's a basketball town first and then a baseball town. Wow. It is called the Mecca.

It is, thank you, Roy. You're welcome. I felt like, Roy, you were the Mecca of South Florida sports this weekend, throwing out a first pitch Savannah bananas. Wow. Look at you. Yes. I thought it was going to be a baseball

that I was going to throw out. It was actually a wooden banana painted gold. That's fun. V.I.B. The very important banana. Now I want to know how AJ and Big Justice got a more important role than you did in this game They actually got to play. I don't know

I guess I know they're more famous There you go, not locally, huh? And Roy Roy. Yeah, they have like hundreds of thousands of followers. Well, let me see your Twitter account Yeah, I got like it's not a slighted Roy just they're having a right now. Yeah, was the Rizler not there? Hmm did not see AJ and big justice. They's not a slighted Roy, just they're having a moment. It sounds like one. Right now, yeah. Was the Rizler not there? Hmm, did not see him. AJ and Big Justice are not saying no to anything, huh? They're just everywhere. Yeah.

I've literally seen them do like 20 different things. Like, you know, they're at this game, they're everywhere. Well, they're getting paid, I assume. You think they're getting paid? I mean. You think they're doing it for free? I think these guys love the attention. You know what they're not doing? Don't, I mean. They're not, you think they're doing it for free? I think these guys love the attention.

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Yeah, I thought that I had it figured out, yeah, I thought that I had it figured out with Jordan Love, because he had a great game, but. He's good. He's the only one that was good for me this week, he's the only one that had little flames next to his name, which is like a good thing. You guys, if you compete, you'll know that the

flames are a good thing and a little snowflake is a bad thing. That means that they're ice cold as opposed to scorching hot. Right. And this week Jordan Love was the only guy on my team that was scorching hot, which is not a good thing, not a recipe for success. So yeah, 495th place this week, unfortunately, in case you guys were wondering. But the top 500, I mean. Yeah, top 500. Nice. But it didn't, yeah, it didn't place, yeah. AJ and Big Justice have two million followers.

Do they really? Go ahead, Stugatz. I was going to ask, what is the attraction, and I apologize for not knowing this, but that was an enormous crowd for the Savannah Bananas. Like, what is, can someone explain it to me? They're making baseball fun again, Stugatz. Are they? Yes, they are. There are a lot of kids in the stands in this game.

So they're getting a new generation of baseball fans this way. Well they're confusing them, right? Like those kids are exposed to baseball and they think this is what's going on. They're gonna be super duper confused. I saw, I spoke to someone that was there. Within my banana circles, I have information

on what went on there. Banana sources? Yeah, so I saw the score that was put out was three to two, the Savannah bananas lost, which is akin to the Harlem Globetrotters losing, I thought. But then I found out in my banana circles, it was actually much worse than that, because they, I guess, just assign winners per inning,

so I guess they lost, you guys can explain to me, I don't know if you guys are in the banana circles. So they lost I guess three innings to two, which five innings is not even an official game, but that's not a story for today. That's for another conversation. But I heard that the three to two was not even close to the score,

that they just were destroyed by, I assume the party animals, like 18 to three or something, just so happened to win two of those innings. Yeah, that's exactly right. They scored like eight, nine runs in that game to party animals. That's how they keep it close and competitive whereas doesn't matter how much you dominate an inning you can only win that inning. Also doesn't run a clock two hours. I also heard that the best hit was by D

Gordon, D Strange Gordon which is not ideal is that you have a retired player come out and they are the best player that day. And his best hit, I believe, unless I'm incorrect, was a triple in which he tripped on his way to third base, got up and still made it safely to third. That's correct. Billy, you were invited, weren't you? I think we were all invited.

I said I couldn't go because I wanted to watch college football, but I think we- It's a soft invite, yeah. Okay. What do you mean a soft invite? Mine was hard, was yours soft? Oh.

Yeah, well. You know. My favorite part was watching Mike Fuentes take part in the, I think it was Dad bod dance off. Yeah, he was great. Was he? I don't know, I mean he went for it. I mean, he's on the screen right now.

Do we have the audio here? Oh, this is just B-roll. Man, I've never heard an audience pop less. Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha. Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha. You get out there and dance in front of him. Chris, what I'm doing. He's trying to pop and lock. He's trying to actually look sexy here with like the little twerk thing. You gotta just worm it.

You gotta do the worm, like know what the crowd wants here. I understand. Mike Fuentes fancies himself some guy who can move his hips so he's like, I'm gonna show it off right here. See it ladies, here it is. Buddy Ken, look at him. No, he's, he's, he's fine. I don't wanna look at him.

It's fine. No, I'm giving Fuentes credit for actually going for it. Like he went there. It's more, he's, he's. I don't wanna look at him. It's fine. No, I'm giving Fuente's credit for actually going for it. Like he went there. It's more impressive though than it is funny. You gotta go for comedy there. People in my worm dance circles are saying the guy in front of him did the worm. Yeah.

Oh, you can't reworm. One dance sources Dennis Rodman. When someone worms, you can't reworm. You can't repeat, yeah. See, that's kind of, my understanding is that's what I was invited to participate in. And you were like, absolutely. Well no, but then I was invited to participate in and you were like Well, no, but then it was also like and if you want you could stick around for the game with a press pass I'm like, hold on a second. I'm gonna go out there. I got a dance in front of a bunch of strangers

I'm not even gonna do this to entertain my children and then I'm gonna have to go to a press box where you know My contemporaries are gonna see me after I was dancing on the field like I'm good. Well, I know dance contest for you Yeah, no, why not because I threw out the first banana. Well, what does that mean? That means you're above the dance contest? Yes. You're too famous for it? Yes, that's exactly what that means.

Quintez is not, is what you're saying. No, I can't dance. I'm not a dancer. It goes Mike Quintez, Roy, AJ, and Big Justice. That was the night. And D. Gordon, right? D. Gordon. Oh, D. Gordon's closer to Roy, then.

How did Annababel Sanchez do? What? Yeah, he was there. He pitched. Get out of here. How'd he do? I believe I was on my way to the press box when I went in. How many innings did he throw?

I don't know, man. One, I guess. Juan Pierre played also. Guys, I wasn't there. I know exactly what you're doing. How does Billy know more about this than the rest of the year? We're busy getting food. The Savannah Bananas are all ex-Marlins?

What do you mean you were getting food? How long was this event? Two hours. Running clock. You had to get food? Yes, we were hungry. You had to get that food before the clock. As soon as the clock hits zero, the food stops.

Exactly. Those are long lines. Were you paying for the food or free food? No. Oh, no. I paid for the food. Jess, you have never seen Roy with a press pass. I mean.

No, I paid for the food. Did you? Yeah. Yeah, I went to the. Did you? Yeah, yeah. I went to the concession stands on the first level. So Stu gots, this is how it works. The Savannah Bananas, from the Banana Circles, when they're playing somewhere, they'll try to bring in a luminary of that team

to come out and play for the Bananas. For example, Ryan Howard made a debut for the Savannah Bananas not too long ago. So they'll bring in a big name that means something to the town or the team or whatever. So the Marlins brought out Annabel Sanchez and Juan Pierre and D. Strange Gordon and a relief picture that throws with both hands that I think a lot of people forgot was probably on the Marlins.

We're gonna make the obvious joke here right there's more people at the Savannah Bananas games than probably anybody. That's why I was asking I was amazed to see how large the crowd was. Three times the crowd. Do it 81 times. Wow. Legitimately sold out. When was the last Marlins sellout? But the Marlins haven't done it 81 times. Well no but I'm saying the Bananas wouldn't do it 81 times. Now if you tell the fans of Miami, guys, you have one game a year to see Vidal Brujjan. So what you're saying is.

I guarantee you that 37,000 people show up to see Vidal. The Marlins should be a traveling MLB team, is what you're saying. Well they travel half their games. Well they should travel all of their games. It seems like the Marlins should bring back all their former popular players, right? Gary Sheffield. That'd be more entertaining. I'd rather see that team than the team. They're trotting out there right now

Yeah, or AJ and big justice, yeah Not Mike though. Sorry point is who are AJ and big justice Thank you, I'll give you a hint boom That's not a figure that either of us. You got it. Wait, you guys you don't know who they are either No idea. You're just sitting here the whole time Every episode for the past six months. I'm sorry mystery crate You would know all of this. Okay, I'm sorry. I was sitting here waiting for Greg to ask the question I didn't want to ask like a you know a crazy zoo radio, like a morning zoo radio team or something.

AJ and the Big Dog. I think they have a podcast. Of course they do. It's not that far off. It's called Talk To A. I mean, but Greg asked a question and I still don't know who they are. They're afraid to answer.

There's just Kim Jong-un who was on Talk To A. I did see that. They're internet famous. Internet famous. Are they? Like influencers or? Yeah, they went viral a couple months back And they're just now they're everywhere. I mean getting famous is easy these days

15 minutes AJ's been trying for years if you see old videos of them I know but it wasn't that easy for them actually your dad your dad had to work for his for his fame Riding right he's doing it since he had hair. The Rizzler deserves every ounce of fame that he has, by the way. I feel bad for that kid. He's so cute. He's adorable.

But I'm saying, back when, back in my day, back when Greg and I were growing up, you really had to work, right? You had to go to a recording studio and do a tape. Oh, the tape. Send it out to program directors Now you just turn on your phone if you're good enough, you're good enough nothing else matters Tick-tock, but I guess that's the only thing that should matter if you're good enough. You're good enough I mean just said tick-tock inexplicably

Yeah, I mean it used to be the sound of clock made now you make a tick-tock and your internet famous in a minute and a half It's crazy. I think the clock still makes this up Everyone just make a tick- in a minute and a half. That's crazy. I think the clock still makes this up. Everyone just make a TikTok and you get famous. That's how it works. Yeah. We got digital clocks now, no one TikTok. You would agree it's easier to become famous

than it used to be. Probably. Yeah. I think Greg, you should do a TikTok. Like just what did you put in all this hard work for? Just start a TikTok. You know what I mean? Yeah, whatever.

A lot of untalented people got famous before the internet though I mean? Yeah, whatever. A lot of untalented people got famous before the internet though, right? Yeah, me. Yeah. Yeah. Hi. Hi. Name some more.

My dad's actually done a TikTok. Like I could, I'm gonna send it to the video team. Have you? What was it? I don't remember. Let's not. It was a dance one, right? Yeah, I remember this TikTok.

It was great. Greg's yearning for an easier time. Not more devices, more apps. I want to work less. I mean, the guy started the show by saying he wants the ESPN app to be a station. I do wish that there was a way. So I have YouTube TV and I wish there was a way I could get all my streaming devices to integrate into my YouTube TV app so that if Notre Dame's playing

on Peacock or there's something I wanna watch on one of the streaming services, I can flip easily or create a multi-view with all of them. And I wonder if there's ever a way in the future where we could do that because that would make my life so much easier. I recently converted to YouTube TV and I'm loving the sport in the court.

The only thing that's annoying, it's like, why do they get to pick which four games that? You can customize though. No, but you can't specifically. You can't like specifically do it. Like I have to scroll through like 15 different, but sometimes I wanna do the weather chat. Like why can't I pick and choose?

Oh, you can't mix and match. Why can't I get Red Zone and one game? It's like, I can only get the two football games. It's like, they can pick. I should just be able to cater four screens. Any channels that I pay for, I should be able to pick to do a four-way box. So they give you predetermined quad boxes,

which I'm fine with, but if you want to customize them, you can. But there are, I think there are some national and network restrictions from being in that quad box but like last night I was watching a fox baseball game and NBC football so they they're cool with it in some instances but I just to me it's like I'm paying for all these channels they're working on it though because I think they like try they rolled it out in beta at some point but yes you're right like I wanted to watch Sunday red zone liberty game couldn't do it

it's all I want give me football one basketball the other I love the quad ball I mean, I love yeah, I love it in general, but I hate when it restricts I understand it made the end of my Saturday so satisfying just watching all those games go late at the same time Yeah, and then there's so many effing commercial breaks now just like ruins the flow of every game You don't have to switch just turn your attention to the right and then back to the left I'll just put the sound over there and 30 seconds later. I'll start hearing Truly that happen with your sound like I'll go over to this box and it's like 42 seconds later. I'll start actually here Every time mine's like a crazy delay. Mine is not delayed. You might need better internet

No, by the time I get over to the other game, I want to go back to the game I was on, Chris is right. It does not happen to me. I'm like, ooh, they're showing man Campbell doing a pregame speech. So I go over there real fast, and by the time the sound actually gets there, they're off of the speech that I wanted to hear.

Anyway. Lions, best team in football? They're good. Oh my god. How many teams can we say are good? You want to play that game? Ravens. OK. Lions. Are the Niners? Do we know the Nin say are good? You wanna play that game? Ravens. Okay.

Lions. Are the Niners? Do we know the Niners are good? I don't know. I think they are. Keep in mind they've been without McCaffrey most of the season. But is he coming back?

I mean. Yeah, he's supposed to come back in a couple of weeks. By the way, we have here a video with some sound of my dad doing a TikTok. I think the TikTok is just music. ["Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy"] He nailed the dance. This is my dad dancing, doing a trendy dance.

Remember when TikTok was fun? That is my dad's house. That's the game room of Curios. Thank you for ending that. You can make a lot of money there, Greg. Yeah, really. I'm serious. Your first celebrity crush was Susan Day, huh? a lot of money there, Greg. Yeah, really. I'm serious. Your first celebrity crush was Susan Day, huh?

People paying me not to do that. Is that true, Dad? Yeah, Partridge family. Wow. Really? Who was yours, Billy? Wow, that's a good question. Who was? The pink Power Ranger.

Also a Power Ranger, he's my imaginary friend. Mine was my second grade teacher. Mrs. Urbach, I mean. I had a crush on her. I'm sorry my first grade teacher miss Fitzgerald. I had a crush on You were showing up to school. Yeah, it didn't happen. All of a sudden you had a sudden interest in picking up Chris every day. Marissa told me a different world.

Oh, nice. That's a good one, Roy. That is a good one. I'm trying to think of someone from days of our lives. Or General Hospital. I watch both. I'm not ashamed doing it. General Hospital. Hey, both. I'm not ashamed doing it. General Hospital!

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