The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz - Hour 2: Tony Tonight!

Episode Date: April 4, 2024

Dan and Jessica lead a conversation about the double-edged sword of national coverage of women's sports from a mostly male dominated space. Then, m-m-m-myyyyyy Kapono, Godfrey, Amin gets early release, and Stugotz delivers his Weekend Observations! Plus, it's time for Tony Tonight. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Show has racist Jermell Hill on their show, because I missed out on what I believe had to have been stimulating interesting conversation in 2024 where race meets sports and you can dissect on a Monday night at the height of television sports ratings, the explosion of women's basketball that has been thundering toward us here for a while culminates with Angel Reese last year behaving in a way that made Caitlin Clark have the revenge story of I will come back stronger I will build storylines and at the top of the sport I will have white against black and people got really mad at Jamel for pointing it out as race wars when I want to Circle back on what it is that we were talking about which is where people make connection points on things

Stories beyond what unities really? Even though some of them are poisonous in the in the modern age clay Caitlin Clark The way that Paul Pierce discussed and he got dragged for this in the internet will drag a lot of people here for saying dumb things because they're just arriving at the sport and something needs to be said and you're talking out of your ass because their people covering this well and very often it's not we the men who just got here because i'm not going to pretend like i can cover this well i've not been following the intricacies of this sport

and so I end up missing out on some fun stuff but like a lot of people, I found my television on Monday night because I wanted to see that. All of that, that seems like a lot of pressure on everybody involved. Monkeys fighting the Washington Post. Angel Reese has been spectacular her entire life and then Jamel dares to point out

that this sport has been built on like basketball has on the on the backs of black people and the stardom and all katelyn got here and she's getting a lot of coverage and here's the explosion of the sport but i wanted to circle back on what i was saying before on how sports get built story lines where the attachments get made the commonalities of people and the differences because of course this isn't going to be as polite in twenty twenty four as it was in nineteen eighty one god almighty magic was nice about that

black women get it worse in this country than just about anybody at and angel reese whatever it is that she's had to endure whether you think she brought it on herself or not because toughen up angel resha can't play with the big boys and say you're a wolf the girls yeah I mean like okay but what she was under and is under how Caitlin Clark's telling you the way to the world feels like it's on my shoulders because it is this is what sports brings and it's what we enjoy covering so Jessica I how did we cover all of this this week because i thought

it was fascinating from a lot of different angles and i don't know uh... i i'm sure we all gathered around to talk about the game and i'm sure mean got there and changed all of kim mulkey's practices and might not be wrong but needed five minutes of basketball to watch to say i could do all of this better i mean okay i can't speak for the show because i was at a wedding this weekend so i was out monday and then i wasn't on the schedule tuesday but i listen to bits and pieces and i think the thing that

is a little bit of a double-edged sword right now with where we're at with women's sports is that you obviously if you're a fan of women's sports you want them to be treated the way that they should be treated which which is a huge event that is covered on mainstream shows, on all the networks. And I think what's frustrating is that you have a lot of people that, like you said, swoop in,

and this isn't about Amin saying he knows better than Kim Mulkey or whatever. Well, I know, that's why this isn't about that. I didn't want it to sound like it because that's the last thing Dan said. He just said adjust to the adjustments, that's why this isn't about that I didn't want it to sound like it because that's the last thing Dan said he just said adjust to the adjustments That's all I agree. I mean she Horrible just horrible by LSU on defense Monday night, but I digress. I don't know how you guard Caitlin Clark Right so this isn't about this isn't about anyone on this show

But in general I seeing some of the conversations happening on ESPN or Fox or whatever, it's disheartening because you now see the way men's sports is treated a lot of time, which is like really ignorant, just stupid hot takes, but now it's happening to women's players, and I think there's an element of racism and definitely sexism that a lot of these shows

do not know how to talk about and do not know how to handle. And I think you're seeing that a lot with especially the conversation about Angel Reese and the reaction to her press conference on Monday night. And it's disappointing because it's like, great, we're finally talking about women's sports, but like, are we doing it very well? I'm not sure.

And I think this is a really awesome time to elevate the voices that have been talking and covering women's sports for decades, for years, the people that have been there along the way. But instead of that, you're just getting the same men who have been talking about, who haven't been watching the sport, talking about women's sports the way they talk about stuff

that they do actually watch, and it's not a very good job. Wow, that's interesting interesting because what you're saying is basically what Angel Reese is getting at the end is I've not been paying attention for the last four years of what you're doing. I paid attention some last year and now hey you talked a lot you lose loser. You lose loser. You talked a lot now you can't handle it loser. I would argue that's how they talk about men's sports too they They do that poorly as well. Yes, and we've been doing that for 50 years.

I agree, although I will say, men talking about men's sports, you are less inclined to hear just outright misogyny and sexism, whereas in women's sports, that is the hurdle that women's sports have faced in being talked about for the last 100 years, at least. So there's a little bit of a difference there.

But I do agree, Amin. I think that in general, we always complain about how media cover, the show is supposed to be, I mean, my understanding of the Levitard show is that we make fun of those shows, right? Like, the show is supposed to be the show that makes fun of the now or never game

that they're playing on first take, right? So yes, the coverage already can be really bad. It can be bad in a way that isn't overtly like offensive or overtly sexist and just shitty in general and racist. And I think you're seeing like the lack of being able to like contextualize all of the things that Angel Reese is saying is very apparent. If you've just tuned in or you've just not even tuned in,

you just saw the clip on Twitter or whatever, or on Instagram, and you have to react to it because now you're on a show. And you just don't, exactly. You saw the quote, you didn't even listen to her say it. You saw it written out on the Sports Illustrated Instagram page, if anyone still works there. So it's really, really frustrating.

And again, I get it, it comes with the mainstream effect of the sport being watched by 12 million people. I understand that. It's just that I think we can do better, and I think there have been really, really, really smart people that have covered women's basketball, and women's soccer, and volleyball, and softball, all these sports for decades, for years,

sometimes even for free, because there aren't a lot of companies that hire women to cover women's sports, and their voices are getting drowned out by some stupid shit that will go viral that is just gonna dominate the entire conversation the next day, and that stinks, and I hope we are not guilty of that, but. It's frustrating. It's super interesting

what you're saying, though, because if you're someone who cares enough to know and have invested in what watching that sport grow has been it must be deeply insulting to see a whole bunch of people who just got here in the media who you want to handle this with care who don't have the care about the sport or their own job to be able to talk about this stuff better I will tell you Jessica and, in our meager defense, that the whole reason that we started the initial March Sadness tournament that we do is because we don't know anything about college basketball, men's or women's. Never have for 20 years. South Florida has never covered it.

We've got an excuse. And if you're wrong in this show, it's endearing. You're just Stu Gotts. Stu Gotts. It's been an elaborate costume for 20 years. We haven't known how to talk about this tournament for 20 years. Hey, somebody call Dick Vitale and Bruce Pearl. You know, that's fair if you want to actually talk about the game and be wrong about the game,

but what we're talking about with Angel Reese's comments is something outside of just the game that's played on the court, right? We're talking about the normalization of the abuse of college athletes, and especially young women, and I think that that's important context. We're not talking about how she played on the court, right? We're talking about the normalization of the abuse of college athletes, and especially young women, and I think that that's important context. We're not talking about how she played on Monday night.

Exactly, of course, because black women make up predominantly the sport, and especially in the WNBA, and that is something that I don't think should be ignored in the conversation. You cannot separate Angel Reese from the identity she represents to the people that watch her play, and the people that talk about her on television

It's absurd to even pretend like you can do that And so I think that's where you know yeah, you can say like these shows don't they don't cover Manuel either And I agree with that But I think there's a little bit a lot of context missing if you're trying to just swoop in and have a hot take about Something that is a little serious that is pretty hard to talk about I Had the wolf pack in the Final Four back in January. Which Wolf Pack? Both. You did not have both. I had three of the four women's Final Four teams in my bracket. The only one I didn't have was the Wolf Pack. I had Yukon, Iowa, South Carolina. Nobody likes that person. Don't worry, Mike Ryan would have had it because they beat UM. Mike Ryan definitely had NC State going far because they beat UM. Put it on the poll, Juju. Do you want to hear about anybody's bracket who had three out of four? Just saying. Listen to the experts.

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At Lebatard Show, did you know that all of Fruit Loops were the same flavor, just different colors? I refuse to believe it. This is the Don Lebatard Show with the Stugats. I'm scared to look at my texts here from David Sampson. I don't know what's gotten back to him about what has come out on the air, but I think that Amin, Amin has escalated things, oh wow, okay, I've just got a middle finger here

from the Rich Eisen set, I've got a middle finger, he's already desecrating the set of Rich Eisen. That is a middle finger symbolically to me, to us, correct? I think it's pretty clear. Yep. You don't want to be the last one to know you're in a war, Dano. Bad place to be.

Well, but I learned, didn't I learn when you guys learned, when he told all of us on social media that he was filling in for Rich Eisen? I didn't know that before today. You didn't learn that it was a war, though. You learned that it was a betrayal. We all went to war. You were asking, what war? What war are you talking about? You acted all surprised that it was a war though. You learned that it was a betrayal. We all went to war. You were asking what war?

What war are you talking about? You acted all surprised that we were getting all our equipment ready. Only because if he wants to be over there, that is a good world for him as well. Like that's, if him and Rich Eisen wanna pal around. It's Rich Eisen's world though. He's just filling in.

I mean, he can have that if he wants. He just wants to fill in for a guy because his name's Rich. Hmm. Of course you'd like that. Get out for that laugh. Just for laughing? Just get out for the laugh.

He said Rich Liza. I was gonna say he loves us. More like Rich Liza. I have a production meeting and I have a laptop here. Get out. I have editing. Get out. I have to leave.

Do it under the desk, get out. I don't care what it is. I'm gonna go under the elevator. Under the desk, get out. I don't care what it looks. I'm gonna go under the elevator. Under the desk, I like that. I am going to have to start kicking him out before he gets to the jokes. Lower! I can see your head.

I mean, he's getting paid for this. Don't take it personally, it's nothing personal. Can I just go back for one moment to what we were saying? I will again say to you if Donchich and Jokic were white Americans, because Caitlin Clark right now is the most famous American basketball player that we have, the most relevant, the most important, it matters that you can make the connection points wherever it is that you make them. And white people represent still the majority of your customer base.

So when I say that it's good for the sport to have white on black on Monday night and people tuning around the television, but of course the discourse around white against black in 2024 is not going to be. The way that was around magic and bird for all of us to consume like it's not going to be in our face so it's going to be ugly and unpleasant when the race stuff comes to sports

in 2024 then I would say OK now go look at boxing and UFC because that shit happens all the time right That's right, they traffic in it, but they're also the dirtier sports. Sure, but I'm just saying it's not. They're the sports that care nothing about anything other than money and whether or not the fight sells, and it's at its most primitive form and its most grotesque and greedy form,

but everything is allowed there. And it works. Everything's allowed there. Marketing-wise, it works, and so I don't think it's beneath us to accept that there is an element of this, which is what Jamel is saying, is that this is elevated by the racial dynamics.

Also, to the point you were saying about if Jokic and Luka were white Americans, how would they be perceived? I remember two decades ago almost, you guys remember Jason Capone, great three-point shooter from Miami Heat? Of course, yes. Jason Capone, one of my favorite quotes in NBA history.

He said, if my last name were Kaponovic, I would have gone top five. And he had a point, because at the time, and I think it still exists, an infatuation with that of someone coming from over there. They've got training techniques that we've never heard of, whatever. So you're talking about Jason Kapono,

six, eight, great three-point shooter. If you were Jason Caponovic from Slovenia, the draft would have gone crazy over him. But he's a white guy who played four years at UCLA. It's like, all right, whatever, we'll give him a shot. Have you ever heard our, one of our original songs, my Capone, a song about Jason Capone? I was offended when you asked if we heard of Jason Capone. I don't know. I don't know.

Sometimes people are like, who? He's a top five JK in heat history. Go ahead and play it, Chris. I just want to. I just want to. I just want to. I just want to. I just want to.

I just want to. I just want to. I just want to. I just want to. I just want to. I just want to. I just want to. I just want to.

I just want to. I just want to. A little bit of build up here. We're going to build a crescendo. Oh, my little sweaty one, sweaty one, when will Pat give you more time? Capone, oh, you make your free throws in, free throws in, gunning from the three point line. Capone never gets a shot, kind of hard hard when Antoine Walker's in your way. Bombs away with that alien head of his. Woo!

Ma-ma-ma-ma-ma Capone. Ma-ma-ma-ma-ma Capone. Oh, you've got such pretty hair. Pretty hair. Send me and wish that his fro looks so nice. Capone, you are such a mystery, like Posey, wearing socks up to his knees, oh Capone, never gets a shot, rides the bench, next to Michael Dolly, yuck, even though he's got a sweeter stroke than Dan with black gloves,

woo, ma-ma-ma-ma-ma Capone, ma-ma-ma-ma Capone, woo! Ma-ma-ma-ma-capono, ma-ma-ma-capono, woo! So good. Such enthusiasm. I like how the instrumental is played like off his phone into the- Old school. Like just, I'm gonna hit play over here and then I'm gonna hold my phone up.

That was uncommonly bad. What? That was amazing. It's a classic. It's like 16 Se seed maybe this year? That makes Taylor's song seem highly produced. That made my face hurt from the amount of shame that just swept over me.

But we ended the last segment, I mean, talking about the general mediocrity of coverage. And Godfrey talked some about this in comedy with Shannon Sharp here recently on how acceptable mediocrity is in some professions. And sports media is absolutely one of them. Thank God. Yeah, so Godfrey is a brilliant stand-up comedian.

He's been in a bunch of movies and stuff, but really he's a great stand-up comic. And he went on to Shannon Sharpen. The conversation got to TI. Like, how do you feel about celebrities parachuting in and deciding, oh, I'll try stand-up. And so TI, the rapper, did stand-up for a little bit.

And Godfrey said, we can't be mad because us as an industry, as a culture, we've tolerated mediocrity for so long, why wouldn't someone think they could just drop in and do this? And that's kind of, when he said that, I know he's talking about stand-up comedy, as someone who's very proud of stand-up comedy,

but my mind instantly went to what we do for a living, which is talking to microphones, podcasting in general, but specifically sports podcasts and the reason why you see a proliferation over the last year plus, two years or whatever, everyone's got a podcast and I think that you know, LSU should do this or whatever, it's because they are mimicking the mediocrity

that the gate kept industry has allowed to proliferate out there. Every time we just have people yelling at each other on a set With just the most barbershop of opinions and we allow that to be called sports television It encourages everyone said well I can do that But that's what's happened. Yes yes the industry in general has been so cheap and by content that isn't very impressive that is lowest common denominator that doesn't require even when the sports you're covering or

football like we were card we've seen in the last ten or fifteen years people have actually gotten smarter on all of this stuff but what jessica speaking to that makes an appearance all the time to me is when the fan base knows that the analysts They're listening to don't know as much as they should when you smell that on Somebody like that's a real turnoff for you on how it is that things get consumed in this country if you care about them and Somebody who's being paid to care about him can't treat it with the same care you have so there's a collision going on, right?

There's a collision because on the one hand, we live in an era that unlike any other, if I wanted expert opinion analysis about whatever it is, it exists. Like Jessica said, some of these people are doing it for free, but it exists. But the problem is, some of these people are doing it for free.

So if I want to consume the thing that is still most easily accessible and the thing that where the people doing it are best compensated, I almost have to accept that I'm going to watch something that is mediocre. It's how do I elevate the good stuff, but how do I draw in the masses that the mediocrity seems to attract?

Let me ask you guys a question before we update March Madness and the Weekend Observations. March Sadness. March Sadness. It's Thursday. Would the group like for me to let Amin go to dismiss him early today? Have we had enough of him?

Ooh, early dismissal. Just like, yeah, like school, right? Lucky you. I just got used to my step, Dan. All right, I'm gonna kick him out. Yeah, you get out of here. We'll play cast tomorrow, buddy. I'm threatened by his mediocrity.

Thank you, step-dad. That means he's never gonna come. Appreciate you for being around here, step-dad, for the last couple of days. Held it down. Which were you? Were you the step-dad or were you the substitute teacher? I was the dad that stepped up.

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha. And now he's stepping out. Let's do weekend observations, please. I was the Dan that stepped up. And now we step it up. Let's do weekend observations, please. It is time for us to get to share his game. No, we guys not do no one in the media. We'll tell you what happened better than my voice. It's Thursday. I got here yesterday. Like three weeks worth. Anyway, weekend observations brought to you by Miller Lite.

Great taste, 96 calories, available for delivery. Din with no football for months and the women's college basketball season coming to an end. It's this sports time to shine. Ducks on the pond. Dingers. A little chin music. A can of corn. A hot dog and a beer.

There's a super team in LA. And a team that might not win 50 games right here in our backyard. For the life of me, I couldn't tell you who won the World Series a year ago. But who cares? Because Dan, just like that, make no mistake about it, baseball is back.

We will not have true equality in sports media when a woman can say she has no idea for months who won the World Series last year. Who? It was the Rangers. What? What? Really? It's a level of mediocrity that

just wrapped up the women's college basketball season. We've told you a couple of different times in the last six months who won the World Series and you can't remember it. Rangers. Well, congrats. Pretty forgettable words World Series champion, I'd say. When it's the Rangers.

Draft crings Word series after park And your defense is having to everybody and I get scared of it because it sounds like another word like I get I Wince around it because I feel like I'm saying a bad word when I call her car Call her CC. Thank you start. I should call her start after five games The Mets feel like they are mathematically out of it Is that possible ahead of the Marlins Dan can you smell it yet smell what Augusta no

Tiger says no sex he's not gonna have any sex to save his legs for Augusta no Tiger says no sex. He's not gonna have any sex to save his legs for Augusta Really? Is it worth it? It's got five jackets have some sex. Oh Said plenty of sex I guess Coach gal Losing to Oakland and blaming it on having a team full of freshmen something he controls. Coach Cal the Stugats is strong in you. Somehow a Mets game getting rained out makes me happy. It's not a loss. The Mets had one of the

smallest opening day ticket prices in the sport. I was stunned to see that. It was Marlins, A's, and then Mets. And then White Sox. And the White Sox have won like 25 games since the All-Star break of last year. It's the rare rebuilding year

where they're spending $300 million. That's crazy. Coach Gal, hot seat. Tried to tell you, Dano. Listening. Not a strong suit. Dan, you know what the L in Levitard stands for? Not listening. Very good. Clemson, New Mexico. That one was over in less time than it took Richard's dad to have sex on the floor in an Italian restaurant with someone who wasn't his wife the Lobos Craig Kimbrough is an Oriole

Caitlin Clark do it in the final four come on what why can't I say that CC you can say it Clark went to a bar and grill in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Named Four Corners. Great name. Things you do when you are driving around the south on a gummy in the passenger seat of a car. Top five sports terms that would be a great name for a sports bar and grill.

This is a good list. This is a good list. Number five, Power play bar and grill. Number four, buzzer beaters bar and grill. Number three. Tony loves the show you do. PKs, bar and grill. Power plays, let's go pee-pee.

Yep. Tony, I'll's go pee-pee. Yep. Tony, I'll meet you at power plays. No, let's go pee-pee. Number two. Winner go home, Bar and Grill. Winner go home, Bar and Grill. Winner go home, Bar and Grill. Little wordy.

Yep. Number one. The Woodshed, Bar and Grill. The Woodshed, Bar and Grill. Is that a sports term? The Woodshed. Taking them to the Woodshed. Come on. More of a tavern. Yeah, maybe. Is that a woodshed bar and grill The woodshed take him to the woodshed come on of a tavern Yeah, maybe is that a woodshed woodshed my list is it a sports term? Yeah, what about the sports bra?

women's sports bar in Portland Here come the Warriors Auburn losing to Yale Kentucky losing to Oakland, SEC frauds, SEC it just means more, more losses to mid majors apparently. Marcus Mariota will wear the number zero for the commanders.

The rare number that connotes how many snaps the fan base wants you to take. Dan, you know what the D in Dusty May stands for? I do not. It stands for did he already have one foot out the door? No need to discuss, just stash it away. Something to ponder. Dusty May getting nearly $19 million from Michigan

for one final four run. The M in May stands for milking that one final four for all it's worth. When I was gone, no one mentioned on this show about it. Not one mentioned on this show about an Astros pitcher throwing a no hitter. Remember when a no hitter meant something would have led SportsCenter. Put it on the point. We would have broken the coverage. Put it on the pole, please. Juju at Levitard Show. Remember when a no-hitter meant something. Yes or no?

If you ever pick Arizona to win it all in your bracket, you have nobody to blame but yourself. Well done, fool. Fool. You're a fool. Every time. They asked me, they filled out one of those brackets for me, and they asked me what my opinion was,

and I just said, Arizona won't win anything That's it you learned that's it Sean Miller I Know they moved on Sean Miller. It doesn't matter who it is not Sean Miller not Lou Doulson I do love the Kevin Keats story with North Carolina State though. That guy was going to be fired He was gonna be fired now. He's kicked off all sorts of contract incentives he's in the final four and it's like what do you do like 13 straight games tried to tell you so good you did actually every time San Diego State has made it to the sweet 16 Yukon has won the national championship.

You know what that means? I don't, but it seems to bode well for Yukon. Has this show fallen in love with DJ Burns yet? Of course. I mean, it's just the greatest. We did 10 minutes on Tony Brackets, just on DJ Burns. It's when discovering the heavysetted baller. You do that to Duke, I mean. I know, it's just on DJ Burns. It's when discovering the heavysetted baller.

You do that to Duke, I mean. I know, it's just so great. The only double digit seed to make it to the final four is the ACC champions. North Carolina State, the Wolf Pack. Another thing I tried to tell you back in January. You know what the L in Lebatard stands for? Not listening.

You are on your game, man You did try to tell me with one of those look out for the wolf pack. Yeah, you did I did were right Mike agree with me. Yes. Yes, not certain He was listening, but he agreed no Mike agreed with it because they beat his beloved Hurricanes who quit on the end of the season and didn't win a game after the Super Bowl USA men's soccer won something called the Nations League. Enough of the leagues, enough of the cups, enough of the tournaments, just win the big one.

The World Cup. That's a cup. That's a cup. Enough of them. If it's not the World Cup, it's not a cup. Put that on the poll. Unless it's Stanley Cup, that's a cup. Unless it's Stanley Cup. That's a cup. Jim Nance. Take a tournament off. See you in Augusta.

I don't need to see him in the stands. I don't. Every time I bet against the Royals, you can guarantee Bobby Witt Jr. is going 3 for 4. Bobby Witt Jr. Top 5 people in sports that can note smarts OLI Patrick Sharp Dante bright thank you number five thank you Marcus smart number four Bobby Witt jr Number three, Allen Iverson. AI.

Number two, Bobby the Brain Henan. The answer would have also worked there, not just AI. The answer would have, both of them would have worked. In fact, that should be number one, given that he's got two of them. My list. Number one, Emmanuel Quickly. IQ. and he's got two of them. My list. Number one, Emmanuel quickly. I.Q.

Pick up things quickly, Dano, come on. I hope his name is spelled with an E. It might be. I hope so. No, you're good. It's high. I'd like it to be. I.Q. You can change it.

I'm dead. He wasn't sure. He got shaky there. I did. I'd like it to be you can change it He wasn't sure he got shaky there I did about six seconds of panicking He played for the next since you think that's two gods would know Long Beach State a DS taking credit for the team making the tournament because he fired the coach for motivation Sir, this two gods is very strong in you. So good. Amazing. Texans, Stefan Diggs. You know what the Texans are doing, Dan? All in. You got it.

The Texans, the rare team with three number one wide receivers. Juan Soto, just looks better as a Yankee. Dallas Stars, watch out. Purdue Purdue do it on the third weekend Duquesne and James Madison lost in the second round couple of Dukes getting eliminated Tom Izzo saying quote I'm gonna get back to a deeper run in the tournament even if it kills me goosebumps the tournament. I'm going to keep her running the tournament even if it kills me. Goose

bumps. The guy at work who says he had that in the other bracket. Go straight to hell. Speaking of hell. That guy. Art Brials. Yeah. Nobody likes that guy. Those are the weekend observations. Alright, Chris Cody, you seem to lack a certain confidence in our March Sadness tournament updates.

You feel like you're going to handle this efficiently and well. You've seemed scared of this all show today. Dan, I appreciate that setup. It is very much appreciated. Thank you. We're very excited about the tournament, actually. We've had a lot of fun. We are into our Elite Eight. We just finished our Sweet 16. We have eight teams left. We're gonna do two. We're just gonna update the winners. Thank you, Jessica.

Jessica, excellent feigned enthusiasm for your teammates. Supporting Chris Cody at the end. Let's go, Chris! Yes, March Sadness, let's go! I feel like Crote. I feel like everyone's excited about this, except Dan. March Sadness is presented by Get Your Guide. Discover over 100,000 unforgettable travel experiences

in the US and around the world at GetYourGuide.com. Let's see who from the Greg Cody matchup. How's the voting going? How, because I'll tell you something. Billy the Anarchist, one of the reasons I wanted to come in and celebrate with him, the Marlins 0 and 7 start, is because Billy the Anarchist, I heard him, he was giggling in a corner recently

because we have voting that we're doing interactive on this tournament, but we weren't showing anybody what the voting was revealing. And so he thought that was funny to not inform our audience that way. I mean, we told him to go to social media. I don't know what else we can do other than say, go to our social media to vote.

It's mainly on Instagram, but it's all over the place. Let's do the Greg Cody region Let's see who got to the elite eight. We had the one seed lovely Cruz This was the best region correct this was uniformly described as the best region in the sweet 16 We had lovely Cruz versus. I'm Greg bitch. Who do you guys think won votes around the room here? What do we think Greg bitch or just our emotional moment? I'm Greg bitch. I'm Greg bitch. Alright video, show them who won. I'm Greg bitch. Alright, so Greg bitch moves on.

Our heartfelt moment, lovely crews, gone from the tournament, one seed eliminated. In the four, five matchup, we have birth of Anya Know It and Nice Hat Asshole. Who do we think won it? It's got to be Nice Hat Asshole. No, it's gotta be Anya Know It. It's to be nostalgic and popularity, but it's not going to deserve it. Can I make a confession? I hate the nice hat clip.

Because I don't know Jonathan Zaslow at all, but he really bothers me when I hear him talking this clip. Let's see who won, video. Can't trade Marino! Nice hat! Nice hat! It's what he's supposed to know for it! It's like I'm holding on to it! Can't trade Moreno Like I'm holding on to it do you remember what's got Mitchell look like in that next game after Marine they were nine and two they were nine and two amazing and then they lost their last five and missed the playoffs Nice, they were nine and two, but it's more Reno I said time we saw Moreno after a great hoodie trade him he threw for five touchdowns

I didn't the man on the cover of Sport Joe's trading. You can't trade Marino. Nice hat, asshole. I can't believe that beat and you know it. If you're that sunburned, you can't be wearing a white hat. Backwards. Makes it a lot worse. All right, next match up, three seed.

I don't miss my wife versus paranoid Greg refusing to do it back in my day. What do we think won here? The paranoid Greg is great. It's gotta be wife. It's gotta be wife. But paranoid Greg was funny, it was just so long. Alright, let's see who won video.

Are there any good Greg Cody stories not told by Greg Cody about Greg Cody? Don't miss my wife. I have a couple but I'm not telling them. Baby! That's my guy. That kind of thing, you know what I'm saying? We don't.

No, I'm quiet. You know what, I hadn't left the hotel until last night. I'm a very quiet man Yes, you know my married man. I don't cheat on my wife despite that gratuitous line That I wrote You know, I wish you were here my wife I really miss her. All right, so that one that one That's just a classic. Final matchup in the Greg Cody region. We have Magnum Condom Revelation versus him annoyed with us during the Dolphins broadcast.

What do we think here? Oh, Magnum Condom. Magnum Condom's a great one too, man. Yeah, but him annoyed with us was better, but we're gonna go lowest common denominator. Anything with Greg Cody in a condom. Wake him up. Uh-oh. Yep, he doesn't wanna be bothering anymore. Now it's getting tense because he didn't need that lowest common denominator. Anything with Greg Cody in a condom. Wake him up. Uh oh.

Yep, he doesn't want to be bothering anymore. Now it's getting tense because he didn't need that as a result. He needs something that happens. You can see him mother effing. No, he says. Can we bother, are we bothering you right now? Turn on your microphone, Greg.

My microphone's on. When my microphone is on, you guys have to come to me. I mean, don't tell me to turn my. Classic Greg Cody there just getting annoyed. Just, so those are your final four matchups in the Greg Cody region as we move on here to the club sounds. Effortlessly.

I mean we're, I'm excited a lot of plates here. We're going quick. We got a little time left. So you are going, you're doing it very gracefully. No one knows you're filibustering. We're just expecting you to spin the next plate without it crashing to the floor. In the club region, Jessica's grandma saying,

holy crap, Jessica, versus Lucy saying, I get bitches left and right. Who do you guys got? I get Jessica's grandma. Lucy might pull up the upset. Jess's grandma. I was getting bitches left and right. Oh, wow.

A stunner. Wow. So that could have been the final. Oh, my god A stunner. So that could have been the final. Oh, my god. What a great game. That's like LSU and Iowa right before the final. So we are into our Elite Eight. Go to our socials.

Vote. That's where you can go, Dan. Our socials, Instagram. Vote. Let's see who makes the final four. But we're having fun with the March Sadness. Who else? That's it?

That's it. Thank you. Do you think giggling in the corner is Billy's favorite pest on? Oh my God. That asking why I work here. He's denied us the ability to make fun of his baseball team that isn't giving anybody anything

except diarrhea runs in the outfield trying to lure you in with instruments and food. Thank you. Don LeBattard. I heard the hotel industry is moving away from with instruments and food. Thank you. Don LeBotard. I heard the hotel industry is moving away from providing shampoo and soap. Oh, don't get me started on them.

Do not get me started on hotels and the stuff that they do. Oh, guys, don't get started. What they take from me, I feel like I'm entitled to take something from them. Thank you, Billy. They're gonna throw away the shampoo, they're gonna throw away the soap.

I'm not even talking about that. I'm talking about the sheets, and I'm talking about the towels. Stugats. Oh, we really care about the environment, so please hang up your towels and get out of here. You just don't want to wash these towels because it's going to cost you money to wash these towels.

All right? This whole thing about you're saving the whales or you're saving the turtles or whatever because I put my towel on a hanger. It is so full of it. All right? You just don't want to give me fresh towels every day. Just call it what it is. Tell me you don't want to give me fresh towels.

I'm still going to throw it on the floor, all right? I feel like water is a renewable resource. And you're not really saving the ocean by using water to clean my towel, are you? Am I missing something? What am I missing? Am I missing something? The end of the story.

This is the Don LeBattar Show with the Stugats. All right, coming up next is one of my favorite things that I've done here on the show. It's called Tony Tonight. I go around Miami and I show you the real Miami. This one we're going to a very special place, Gallocho, with a guy who's selling something uniquely Cuban, Guayo Eras. I go with Billy, by the way. He always tags along with me.

I hate it. You know what is this for, really? To pick up the... I just took out my machete. Oh. No. Yes. You out my machete. Oh. No. No. Yes, yes.

You gotta congana. Look, look. Rrra, cha, cha, chi, chi, cha, cha. Papa, papi, con cual? Papi, papi, con cual? Boy, con cual? Con me sea papi. All right, we're here with Big Papa on Calle 8, the original G of Guayaberas.

Big Papa, they call me Big Papa. Why is that? Because I'm Big Papa and I want to look. Visual journey into the heart of Miami National Treasure. Did you write that book? No, I didn't write that book. Oh. That book was written about you?

Yes. Why? Because I'm a national treasure. Okay, explain to me why. And because of this right here. This is called a guayabera shirt. Why do they call it guayabera shirt? Because this guava goes in here. You see it?

Guayabera shirt, the guava fruit. So you can put up to four guayaba fruits in there. That's right, you can put a lot of stuff in here. Back in the late 1800s, they actually made this for a Cuban working farmer and it's called guayabera. Look, guayabera up there. So you actually put the guava fruits here.

Now it was a lady from Andalusia, married a Cuban farmer. She designed the working farmer shirt. And it's called Guayabera. She was so smart, she added two more pockets. What do you think this is for? It could be more guavas, but the actual purpose, look, the cigars. And then look, she had another pocket. This is for your handkerchief, you know, your sweat.

Why it became a gentleman's shirt? Because we make the girls cry. And guess what we do? We take out and we wipe the tears, and we say, I'm sorry. And then, because the girls break our heart, you know what we do? Give them a guayaba.

No. Oh. No. We also take out the handkerchief, because she broke my heart. Wow. And then you eat the white one. Or you smoke too.

Check this out. She actually made an open vent. Now don't be funny, all right? You told me you were gonna be funny. Yeah, but what do you think this is for? Your little ventilation. Yeah. When you get fat.

That wasn't nice. Oh. You know what? Hold this for me. I got you. Look, I'm gonna show you something. Look, you know what? Hold this for me. Look, I'm going to show you something. Look, boom. That opens up. You see this right here? Give me the leg kick again though. Look, look. Do this. I bet you can't do it. No, you can't do it. I'm going to show you something because you are funny. One, two, three. You see that? That what I'm gonna do. You're gonna slice up and down?

Look how benefit this wire bit is. Let me see. Watch this. Okay. Walking, walking, the twist. The twist. You saw that? Okay.

That's big popper. That's what it's called. Now check this out. You know what is this for really? To pick up the. I just took out my machete. Oh. No.

Yes. You're not cutting like that. He's cutting. Yes. You gotta congana. Congana. Rrra, cha, cha, chi, chi, cha, cha, cha, cha, cha, cha, cha. No, this is actually for your machete really.

Here, let me show you something. This is the most important thing that I want you to remember me as a Presentator and a fashion consultant because I'm not a salesman never call me salesperson watch this What do you think this looks like Cuban flag, are you sure? It could be Puerto Rican. They're calling right now to see. Here we go, look. Ladies and gentlemen, we're not making this up.

You really are big papa. Give me a nice guayabera, what's happening here? Give you. I'm like, show me a nice guayabera. Okay, I know which one. I'm out, go. Let me get the one that Jimmy Butler got. I don't wanna have the one that's hard linen.

This is a soft linen. And look at the shorts, they heal, oh. I know, they match, that's why I did it this is beautiful linen right here this can't I going to check in the price on Big Papa got it oh it's quality though exactly quality buddy if you want to look like Big Papa and cheap you have to dress like Big Papa mmm that's right all righty we're gonna get you a heart because you need a hat. Okay.

You have very little hair. Look at yourself now. Come on. Listen, this is dressed to impress. I should open up a store next to you, Little Papa. Big Papa, Little Papa. No, no, no. Why not?

We're not gonna let because I run the show here on the block. What if I go across the street though? Big mistake. Big mistake, yeah. Swim with the fishes. Are the alligators. I think we should do little papas. A little Havana. It works well. Little Havana, little pop. I want you to wear that across the street and I want to

see how many compliments you get. Probably a trillion of them. I have one for Billy right here. Look. Yeah, we could get that one to him. If you have any kids, yeah, absolutely. He's run big. Yeah. Oh my god. one to him. If you have any kids, yeah, absolutely. He's run big. Yeah, so do I. Oh my God. Imagine this guy to have any nights in this. I shouldn't wear a shirt underneath though, right?

No, you won't. I don't want to stink up your shirts. I have a pesta grajo. Oh no. Thank you for telling me at the last minute. I'm just letting you know. Alright, thank you. What kind of hat would he wear with something like this?

No, he's going to wear something different. He's different. You're a different kind of guy, Billy. That's right. He is. I have a big head. That's the one. Oh, it just feels nice. That's the one. Now you look Cuban.

Yeah. Big Papa, we appreciate you hanging out with us and showing us the art of the Guayabera. But it's a shirt for everybody. Oh, by the way, I have ladies' guayabera, too. Ooh. Look at that. We could wear one. Oh, by the way, I have ladies' guayas, too. Look at that. Ah, look at that.

We can wear one. Actually, the cameraman can fit in there, too. Mm. Mm. Papi. Blah, blah, blah. Mm. Mm.

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