The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz - Local Hour: Eminent Domain is a Son of a Gun

Episode Date: July 30, 2025

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This is the Don LeBattor Show with the Stugats Podcast. Wow, guys, I did a very Miami thing yesterday. I went to the Miami Pro League. Yeah. How was that? It was good. Michael Beasley played the goat. Yep. Josh Minot from the Timberwolves was there. My man was Book Knight from formerly the Charlotteberwolves was there. My man, what's Book Knight from formerly the Charlotte Hornets and Yukon.

Yeah, James Book Knight. It's a very difficult name to figure out how to pronounce because B-O-U-K, right? Yeah, and then you're like, is it Boo Knight? Is it Boo Knight? Is the K silent? Boo Knight would be great last name. Boo Knight, man.

His career would have been better if his name was boo night but I thought Michael Beasley play and It's like real Hoopers always knew right, but it's the entire Michael Beasley experience It's like part of it is like geez this guy's so talented and also how did your team lose by 20? It's like does it happen in that league to Cytle and McDavid played in a beer league and lost like 6-1. Oh man. Oh yeah? But he probably had a bunch of nice moves.

I don't know what the... I still don't, like, I think playing in a Pro-Am, inherently, like an open Pro-Am, there's no benefit to being an NBA player doing that. What about former NBA players? Cause Michael Beasley, I mean, this sort of stretch he's going through, he is more popular now amongst the kids than he's ever been in his life.

Like, I have a 17-year-old nephew that talks to me about Michael Beasley all the time. I was like, Miami Heat fans didn't talk about Michael Beasley this much when he was the number two pick. It's funny because I think the current generation, the current atmosphere is most, not only forgiving and accepting, but enthusiastic about these kind of renegade outlaws

that operate outside the mainstream systems. Like you watch the NBA, I watch these guys play one-on-one on Twitter, on Instagram. And what cracks me up is like, Beasley, all these guys play one on one on Instagram. And what cracks me up is Beasley, all these guys, Beasley mostly, making all these moves, hitting crazy fadeaway mid-range shots that only 1% of NBA players are allowed to take.

So the rest of the NBA not doing this, Michael Beasley out here doing this in his bag, and everybody's like, this is amazing, I love this basketball, bring that back to the NBA. Michael Beasley is the most wrong I've ever been about anything in sports. You thought he was a short thing. You and I had a conflict on this one.

I thought he was, like I thought the Miami Heat were gonna be his team, and this is a team that already had Dwayne Wade on it. I thought it was gonna be his team. I was all in. I stopped watching him in college and the Heat, they had the worst record that year, but the Heat did not win the lottery so they dropped to number two and I was like, good, now they're gonna get Michael Beasley because the Bulls are gonna take this Derrick Rose who got hot in

the tournament, you know? Good, I'm glad we have the number two pick. That Derrick Rose got hot in the tournament. I remember watching, before I ever saw him playing college, I watched some, same nephew by the way I'm about to had the number two pick. I thought Derrick Rose got hot in the turn. I remember watching, before I ever saw him playing college, I watched him, same nephew, by the way, I'm about to mention, I watched Derrick Rose high school footage and I said, yo, this guy's gonna be the number one pick in the draft. And then every time I watched a Michael Beasley game,

I got super unlucky, because that dude was in foul trouble in two minutes, and I was like, oh, not gonna see Michael Beasley put up numbers. He was so good in school. He was so, it's the most wrong Beasley. He was so good in school. He was so I Most wrong I have ever been about anything in sports high school mixtape era of YouTube was such a beautiful time And Mike like she's sophomore junior senior year

So like oh wait Oh nine ten where we were watching John Wall and his high school mix tape and I was like this guy is Incredible and then he would hit the doggy after and I was like, yeah, dude, this is it Who were you guys great? Who are you most wrong on your favorite? This guy is incredible. And then he would hit the doggy after, and I was like, yeah dude, this is it. This guy is great. Who are you most wrong on on your favorite team? So many people I've been wrong about. Chad Henney though comes to mind. I thought he was gonna be like the same as the Dolphins. Michigan?

Yeah, he just had that big arm. Man, he's stiff. I would say for me, it would probably be Tyreke Evans. I like- Look, he was nice. He would be wrong if they won a Roy? Yes, because that was the maximum he was at. There's been some weak, Michael Carter Williams.

Michael Carter Williams is another one I like. Who I liked, by the way. I like Michael Carter Williams, man. I was like, he's all like, it doesn't matter. He's 6'6". He's 6'6", and he's a point guard, and it just- Triple double against the Heat opening night. I've had these judgments on a million players

from other people's teams because I've been on TV this whole time. So what was the Josh Rosen? There's a quarterback I thought was very much like Dan Marino for the Miami Heat. I don't know if I thought he'd be great, but I thought Justice Winslow would be something. We were all super excited when he dropped the 10.

Amen. Because Danny Ainge wanted to trade every pick More to move up for justice wins. I was dropped the number 10 Devin Booker, I thought you could say Karam Butler was devil that same best. Yeah Boy, yeah, they're going after 10 though. You have to take a victory lap there on justice I feel like you were about to be like I got I got it like I was like he's alright And I remember there was a Dwayne Wade comparisons. And I'm like, he's not Dwayne Wade.

There was? In college? Oh, please. I was like, this guy, I said, he'll be a decent NBA role player. You know, the main drawback with him, or the main physical trait that didn't work out. That he wasn't good?

Little hands. Not big hands. Couldn't really. I'm with Zazz. I think it's because he wasn't good. It's a big drawback when you're not good. If you're trying to put together a great NBA career Prereq can we call it a prereq? You can't be not good. Right. You gotta be good. You gotta be good

That's the starting point. Is he good? Okay, moving forward So Justice was not good No forward so justice was not good no no justice was not served you are not good nice so wait I'm not I won't think about football players because I think this happens a lot in football oh yeah I thought I thought Ron Dane was gonna be just like a monster I have a memory of Dan thinking Mike Glennon was gonna be really good hmm that neck that yeah most career very good athlete oh I got it. I I know mine

Football of all time you could not tell me when I was in college that Peter work was not gonna be the next Jerry Rice He was him. I Seen it with my own eyes man that decent career that dude was Jesus now a decent career You have a not not no what he was in college No, I know I'm a comparative of course, but he had a decent career. He didn't have a decent career. No. He wasn't college. He was one of the best college football players we've ever seen. No, no, comparative, of course. But he had a decent career.

It was like he was a bust. What was the wide out from Ohio State? Tech Ginn. Tech Ginn Jr. That was another one. And his family. There's one brewing right now. There's another Ginn?

No, no, there's another Ohio State Buckeye wide receiver that I thought was going to be incredible. And he looks like he's headed to bus town What's his name? Maserati Marv. Yeah, what's his full name? I don't I'm not familiar. No, you don't Maserati Marv He may be Mazda Marv when it's all said and done. What's it say on the back of his jersey? You think he's gonna be a bust? I'm disappointing for a season. He's put on a lot of weight. He's put on a lot of muscle There's videos of him getting absolutely clamped by a seventh rounder right now The guy's nickname is Maserati Marv and he's slow. How did how did that happen? I think there's an issue though Mike is a mother wears all black cleats makes him look a little slower with the highlighter cleats

You know what makes a little I think that the corner back sticking on his back makes them What makes him look slow is that he's slow common theme here, I don't understand how he was nicknamed Maserati Marv It's a terrible nickname. No, it was a great nickname Especially when it's said by Gus Johnson and exciting voices Peter Warwick never had a thousand yard season So I think I got to probably pull back He wasn't I think he had an injury in my defense like he had an early injury You know was like misdiagnosed his first four years in the league, he only missed two games.

Also he played for the Bengals, that's not his fault. I mean you can have a solid career as a pro. Like Reggie Bush ended up having a solid career, had a good start, weird middle, cool end, but still disappointing. Let's do baseball now. Baseball guys. What was the guy from the Nationals?

Steven... Strasburg. Strasburg. Yeah, they won a World Series. He was good. And he was really good when they won a World Series. He was good when healthy. That's not a bust.

He was very hyped though. They made it seem like he was a first ballot hall of fame. He won a World Series. Yeah, no, he did win a World Series. Congratulations. He also crippled the franchise with his contract. For the Marlins, Billy. Jeremy Hermida. There it is. Yeah for the Marlins Billy Jeremy Hermita there

That's the one answer the only acceptable answer for the Marlins member They wouldn't trade Jeremy Hermita for Manny Ramirez That's when I realized and this is no offense to this guy because I didn't read him that much but Keith law Oh, she's not a me her meat. I was like, what's it? Hermita or Stanton? I believe it was Stanton that was bayoneted about. Hermita was a big prospect, but not as big as Stanton. All right, maybe I'm thinking of a different trade. You might be right that the Marlins did not want

to include Stanton in their Amiris trade, which obviously was the right move, but there was a year with Hermita too, where they were unwilling to part with him. No, no, no, no, no doubt. There were several offers on the table for Hermita, but I think Stanton was one of the sticking points, but I think we asked Amson. We'll ask him later yesterday

There was a moment there was a moment where Samson kind of refuted like that They could still have done the deal without standing. I think what there was one where I knew the guy was gonna be not good Yeah, I was the opposite game. I knew Haseem the beat was gonna be I played the opposite game. I knew Hashim Thabeat was gonna be garbage. Oh my God. Really? I knew he was the worst pick in the game. I thought he was good.

I've never told you the story. Okay, so the 2009 draft. I loved him as a pro. He was trash. He can tell the story of Steph Curry without Hashim Thabeat. The 2009 draft, right? I'm working for Phoenix.

We have a deal in principle with the Golden State Warriors to have their pick, which is seven. Steph Curry is a guy that we have on our board. That's like number one on our board. And every permutation we do is like, there's no way he falls to seven. There's no way he falls to seven. Minnesota has two picks.

They need a point guard. There's no way he falls to seven. Even, you know, even- Minnesota were five, six, I think, right? Yeah, five, six. Even like, there's no way he falls to seven unless something crazy happens. And Blake Griffin goes one,

and everyone thought that was gonna happen. And then number two was Memphis, and we thought Tyreek Evans, who played in that building as a collegiate player, that was when the Grizzlies couldn't sell a ticket, but then the Memphis Tigers were sold out every night, and like, this guy fits the way they want, everything they want marketing-wise.

And he's good. And he's good, and like, it's what they want marketing-wise. And he's good. And he's good. And it's what they need basketball-wise. Clearly Evans is going to. And then, simultaneously, we're having a conversation. Our pick was in the second round, I think was in the mid or late 40s. And we're like, if the beat falls to us, do you take him?

Meaning the second round? Really? That's how we knew this guy's not an NBA player. That's crazy. It was literally to the point where it was like, I mean, I guess at that point you just take him just to take a flyer on him. So you think Memphis was the only team that had a first round grade on him?

Yes, or a lottery grade for sure. Wow. For sure, lottery, nobody else. But I don't remember it being a shock when they took it was a massive shock Tyreek Evans sold out every night in their building. Oh, okay No, you're saying it's a shock that that team took him at two Yeah, but like I'm saying that if they didn't take him at two when he still went like top five no No, the other guys were James Harden and

Ricky Rubio. Johnny Flynn. Well, Johnny Flynn. Well, we'll be on Flynn. We're 5'6". Johnny Flynn was a name. The thing about Johnny Flynn, this is the revisionist's history I've got to correct. If they had taken Johnny Flynn and someone else good,

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Oh, there's a brand new kid in town out of BYU. Stugats! They call him Pooka. Pooka. Pooka Nakua. Pooka Nakua. His quarterback is not named Tua. Yeah!

Yeah, he is Pooka. Pooka. Pooka Nakua. This is the Don Lebatard Show with the Stugats! He is not named Tuo Yeah he is Pooka Pooka Nakua This is the Don Lebathor show with the StuGats Music Could you imagine if Steph Curry

was picked number 2 and Lionel Hollins was his first coach and they were the grind Grizzlies with Steph Curry wasting away Wow, Ashim Thabeed Do you want to guess, okay so heim Thabeed. Do you wanna guess? Okay, so he went number two overall. You wanna guess how many games in his career

he was a starter? Less than 100. Less than 20. 20. Oh, there it is. Attaboy. Good job. Number two overall pick,

20 starts in his career. He was a statue. But we knew it in the moment. Like, this wasn't like, wow, who could have thought. But Tony, the game I wanna play isn't that. It was like I knew he was gonna be bad and he turned out to be bad. I knew he was gonna be bad

and then he turned out to be really good. Cause I have a lot of those. I got a lot of, Michael Redd, I was like get outta here. Love Michael Redd. I was like this dude, he's not gonna be an NBA player. What a lefty shot. He killed it. Speaking of lefties, I did not think James Harden would be very good.

I saw him twice in person at Arizona State, and I was like, what is this guy's game? I don't understand it. I saw him a lot at Arizona State. I was there all the time. And I was the most down in the office on him. He played here at the AAA. Back when it was the AAA, I watched him win a game and I was like,

I don't know if he was the third player on his team. I saw him lose to Cleveland State. Well here's the crazy thing. I saw a guy died in front of me when I saw him lose. Oh that was that game? Yeah, they were doing CPR and his left shoe flew off. He died. Norris calls Cleveland State.

Mm-hmm. Yeah. And they had a power forward that I think tried his hand at the NFL. Yes, he was like, you play tight end or whatever Yeah, I thought she was just fly off like in car acts like when you get hit by a car sometimes You have a heart attack man really you know a lot of time. I'm not joking about that I didn't know that that's the thing when you're in public spaces like that, and they are doing compressions a lot of time

They're just doing it for show so people think the person's still alive a lot of times really really people out no way The compressions are freaking me out. I don't want to freak people out. No way. The chest compressions. Who told you that? Really? The compressions are freaking me out. I'm not freaked out watching chest compressions. Professional should do this for you. So paramedics go to acting school?

If you've got somebody dead, there's a bunch of people around you, you don't want people thinking, oh my, that person's already dead. You want to keep the compression. Nothing calms me like chest compressions. Nothing calms you like the idea, oh, this person still could live.

He's got a chance. As opposed to he just died. But I walk by and see chest compressions, I'm like, hmm. So when they put like a oxygen mask and put them on the gurnard. Yeah, that could live. He's got a chance. As opposed to he just died. But I walk by and see chest compressions, I'm like, hmm. So when they put like an oxygen mask and put them on the gurnard. Yeah, that part, I don't know all that. I'm just saying the part with the chest compressions,

you want to make it look like there's at least some chance that this person's still alive. And that's happening every time. Like until everybody leaves the area. Like if it's at a sporting event, we've got to keep the chest compressions out of the area. All right, guys, go ahead now. He's fine.

I promise. Imagine catching a guy. It's like, he's clearly faking. He's not even doing it. It happened to me. I was at a parade in Chicago, a pride parade several years ago, and there was a gentleman behind us,

there was a big crowd, heat stroke, and like, of older age, whatever, and they were giving him compressions, and AJ looked back and he studied the guy for a bit, and like they stopped for a second, and then they kept going, and he's like, oh, that guy's dead, they're just doing that so people don't freak out.

That's kind of like an American gangster. Remember, he gets trapped up in the trap and he shoots the guy and they have to prop him up and then put the thing on him. He's like, no, he's good, he's alive, but he's clearly dead. Because if everyone outside knows this guy, it's over.

Now, it might not be just for the people around. It might be just a, hey, we have to potentially do everything possible because we never know what could happen, but from what I was told, a lot of it is for the crowd. Billy, you don't seem to be sold. It just seems like this information and this nugget is based on AJ thinks this happened once.

So this happened every time. He did it. He trained. He was told that that was the case. Look at Izzy DeVolt's sources immediately. It started with, well, I know people who are professionals. AJ, it's AJ. It's the person I'm with. So who else? who else did you guys think was gonna be that guy?

Ryan Leaf, did we have any Ryan Leaf takers here? No? T Martin, anyone had T Martin on the board? No. I hope for T Martin. You did? I had hope. I mean, maybe he just entered the league in the wrong era.

Yeah. I mean, I would say most recently, if we're talking with the NFL, wouldn't you have thought, and have the any still free agent right now I believe when you thought you Davey and clown he was gonna be like the best defensive end ever Okay, you know they had the high alright had a nice career though He's like in the Reggie Bush class of didn't quite match the hype, but I had a really nice career There's a lot of those guys if we want to do locally too. You know for dolphins I mean I I almost gave up my Dolphin

fandom when they passed on Brady Quinn. I was way wrong on Brady Quinn. Way wrong on Brady Quinn. The golden boy, man. I was so pissed when the Browns initially passed on him and took Joe Thomas, and then I had to run to Miami-Dade College to graduate, and I wouldn't have gone normally, but George W. Bush was the active president at the time and he was speaking at my graduation.

At Miami Dade College? Yeah, crazy. An active president? How the hell did they land that one? So I couldn't bring my cell phone, so I wasn't able to follow the draft and I just figured, ah, the Dolphins are gonna get Brady Quinn, the Browns missed out on it,

and then to my surprise when I turned on my phone, I thought we were definitely gonna make a Super Bowl because we got Brady Quinn. I literally shouted at my television when the Dolphins drafted Ted Ginn, because we're all counting down the picks, oh my God, Brady Quinn is dropping, Brady Quinn is dropping.

And when they drafted Ted Ginn, I literally shout out, I'm done with this team! I gotta put those thumbs this way. I don't know if I'm just doing this with Duke guys, but there was a guy I watched play in person at Cameron, and he had one dunk where I swear the entire ball was over the box, over the square in the backboard, Corey McGeady.

Oh, come on, hold on. Corey had a good career, man. Corey had a good career, man. Right, but I thought he might have been one of the greatest to ever do it, just based on one game. That's how crazy athletic that dude was. Gerald Henderson, Jr., that's who I thought he might have been one of the greatest to ever do it, just based on one game. That's how crazy athletic that dude was. Gerald Henderson Jr., that's who I thought you were going to be.

Crazy athletic, thought he was gonna be better than he was. You know what's funny? He and Kobe Bryant had the same thing, which is, because their head is sloped backward, the hairline, you can get away with the hairline. You don't notice how big the forehead is. Same thing with Steve and A. Steve and A's hairline like you can get away with you don't know how big the forehead. Mm-hmm Yeah, same thing with Stephen a Steven a With him, you know this I mean just the shape of his head though

It kind of discard disguises it more than what it would look like for a regular person You know off playing the opposite game of the opposite game that we were playing the guy who I thought was gonna be great Xavier Henry from Kansas The guy who I thought was gonna be great, Xavier Henry from Kansas, ended up not being that guy. He was 18. You play the opposite game of the opposite game, you're playing the same game. The opposite of the game that we were playing opposite.

It's a double negative. The opposite of the game we're playing now is, I thought he was gonna be trash, he turned out to be really good. Yeah, the opposite of that. I thought he was gonna be good, he ended up being trash. Is Josh Allen the best example of that? Oh, everyone's shadowing Josh Allen.

I mean, Mina's really smart at football, everybody thought that Josh Allen was gonna be overhyped. How much of that was? Except for part of my take. He looks good in shorts. How much of that was because he played at a small school and we didn't respect the resume? I think a lot of it was we watched him too

because this was a guy that played an entire college football season at Wyoming with this guy could potentially be number one pick buzz. So as a Browns fan at the time, I was perennially locked in on those types of guys. Didn't know he could run. That was a, that's a big part of his game. And I didn't really hear people say like,

this guy's going to be the greatest goal line threat maybe in the history of the game outside of Cam Newton. Dillon Hurts, I thought that shit was over for him. What's to it took his shit out of him? That's a good one. Hey buddy, it was nice, you had a nice little run as a college game manager quarterback, but. I thought it was over for him in the NFL up until

he won a Super Bowl because it was just like, oh they're exposing him, he can't really throw that much, he's gotta run, maybe they're off, oh, just did it, nevermind. It looked like a slow release. It just looked like very. It's a handful of things. You know what's funny is playing this game with movies.

And I have a bad feeling that I have a movie that I think is going to be good. But it's going to end up being actually awful. You better not say weapons. Make a gun. OK. Oh, man. Doesn't look great to me.

Look, man, I'm looking at it. And I'm like, it has all the makings, because here's the thing. It's not out yet? It's not out. This weekend. Oh, this weekend is August. That's right. Oh shit man, that's how calendars work.

But Liam Neeson is like the perfect guy for this role man. Because if you think of the original Naked Gun, right, it was basically off the success of Leslie Nielsen, wow, similar names, in Airplane. And before he did Airplane, he was not a comedic actor. He was a serious actor. He was like doing dramatic roles. And that's why they cast him for that role in Airplane was because they wanted like the most serious actor to just deliver these ridiculous Has Liam Neeson ever had a comedic role like this before?

One time there was a show called Life's Too Short. It was on HBO, it was Ricky Gervais produced, and it had Warwick Davis, who's the guy that plays Wicked in the Wall. I love that show. That show was amazing. It was a great show. One of my favorite episodes is Liam Neeson Comes,

because there's a lot of cameos from people. Val Kilmer, all time. Warwick Davis from Willow? Yeah, Val Kilmer, there's a great Val Kilmer episode that if you watch one episode from that show, that needs to be the one. So no, no, the Liam Neeson one is the one you need to watch. That was pretty good.

Liam Neeson also did A-Team, which was like not a super serious thing to me. Yeah, but that's not a comedy. But it's still not this, right? So in this show, Warwick Davis plays himself, and he's down on his luck, he's trying to get acting roles, but he's friends with Ricky Gervais, and he's always like, hey, can you guys do anything for me?

And he's in their office all the time, and they're like, yo, you're bothering us. Liam Neeson drops by, and he's friends with Ricky Gervais, and he's always like, hey, can you guys do anything for me? And he's in their office all the time, and they're like, yo, you're bothering us. Liam Neeson drops by, and he's like, I want to make the transition to comedy. And Ricky Gervais is like, oh. It's not a bad Liam Neeson. No, it's a great one. No, no, no, no, no, no.

You've gone down. No, no, no, no, no. So Ricky and Stephen Merchant are like, okay, so what do you want? Like, let's play a little improv. Like, I'm a shopkeeper, and you come into my store, and he's like, okay. Ring ring, like, hey, good morning, how can I help you?

I've contracted the AIDS virus. And they're like, no, hold on. I think improv, a little lighter. But he keeps going back to that, and he's dead serious, deadpan every time he delivers and it's I laugh so god damn hard. I don't know if you guys know I'm a bachelor this week I'm gonna watch that one again. Oh yeah life's too short. Date night on Wednesday. Out on the town on Thursday. Quiet night in on Friday.

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Don LeBattard I've never stepped foot on that campus If you told me right now your life depends on it it, go to Santa Fe University and just take a picture. Stugats. I would die, I don't know where it is. This is the Don LeVatar Show with the Stugats. ["Stayin' Alive"] Well, okay, so night one was the steakhouse date night by itself at the bar, old school girl, college shirt, right? That's right.

Yeah. Filet? No, no, no, I've been told, I was shamed, well, last year I was shamed into the kind of steak that I eat, that I eat a feminine steak because I like filet mignon and I was shamed that filet is a feminine steak. Not a feminine steak. I had never heard that before. You guys, I gotta pause right here.

You guys were so good yesterday. You were trying really hard to get through that Christian Wilkins conversation. You were asking for my help, and I was like, no, they're doing all right. It means hanging in there. And then later in the show, Zazz called a steak feminine.

And I was like, oh. I didn't call it feminine. I was told that. It's not the mainliest of cuts. It's not the mainliest of cuts And I was like, oh. I didn't call it feminine, I was told. It's not the manliest of cuts. It's not the manliest of cuts. I never even heard that. I'm gonna tell you. Bone and rib eye.

You know what I mean, like your steaks have dicks. Yeah, yeah, a bone and rib eye. Big clog. Yeah, it's actually like the bone is valid. You like to work harder to eat your steak? Okay, you do that, you're a manlier. A tomahawk? I love a good tomahawk.

A tomahawk? Pre-sliced too. They slice it beforehand. Of course they get it. That's it. Come on buddy. What am I? I always tell them, don't slice it there. Do I work in a kitchen? Am I a butcher? Of course they got a pre-sliced for me. No, but the filet-

So since I went by my- Okay, yeah. The filet isn't feminine. It's just flavorless. That's why I don't like it. It's not a good cut of steak. It's lean. It's not a good cut of steak. I like the filet.

I don't like lean. Like if you go to a place that is known for steak, If you know, if you go to a place that is known for steak, you don't order the filet. You realize that my point is that feminine is not an insult right? No. I know it's not an insult Okay, and again. I wasn't the one who told this but even first date kids So anyway, so thank you saying the fillet shouldn't be like how dare you saying the fillet is the best Freaking part of the cow. That's what I thought. I don't like to kill on the first place. It melts in your mouth.

It's heaven delicious. You may get halibut. New York strip rib eye kind of thing. I don't need a dude with those type of abs telling me what type of steak is good. All right, what about me? I don't want all this fat. Get the fat out of you.

That's what I'm saying. That's the best. That's the most flavorful. That tastes amazing. You guys like chewing a lot? Yes. Yes. That's part of what flavor is.

I hate that fat. I don't make that noise. You take your abs and you take your steak takes. The good fat melts in your mouth. You don't have to chew it. I'm with you, Chris. So ever since I was told that I order a less than masculine kind of steak.

Same thing. You're doing the same thing. There's no fat on a filet, so there's no good fat, like Chris is saying. It's completely lean. There's enough fat to create the flavor. Plenty of fat. Do you just cook your steak with no seasoning whatsoever?

You don't put any herbs on it or anything like that? Salt. OK. You butter your steak. I'm getting Primo steak, buddy. That's fine. You get the butter and salt on it. You get the right sauce.

The thyme and garlic. You get the right steak. All right, so I haven't't need to chew the fat. I haven't ordered a filet mignon since Sarah Palin was on the ticket. Well, I haven't ordered a steak at a restaurant a long time, because I can make it at home just as well most of the time. So I'm not trying to have five times.

Wow. It's just not that good. It's not that culinarily speaking. Wine's better at your house, too. I'm not that impressed by a good steak. I don't make the wine, no. Cocktails better at your house? Oh, yeah.

Come on. What do you order, man? You go to the restaurant and be like like hey, can I get a water? A cocktail at a nice bar is better than a cock. You haven't had my espresso martini man. What are you talking? It is what are you talking about? Take this nice cocktail over to my couch like no Setting a nice music like what are you guys talking about? Bartenders hate making espresso martinis.

That's what TikTok tells me. That's why Chili's has had a comeback, in part because of social and the mozzi sticks, but also famously their head of mixology never wanted to make espresso martinis because it takes so much time to make. It's an annoying order. You look at a bartender, a lot of times I'll roll their eyes, which is poor form, but it takes a long time to do it. And then a salesperson

just sold them on the idea, here's your mixer, it's a canned espresso martini. And it's like their highest selling drink outside of them. Wait, so they say espresso martini coming right up, and then like, oh, I did it. And it's been huge for their business. They roll their eyes the hardest when you ask, not for an espresso martini, when you ask first, do you have actual espresso? And I'm like, oh, I hate that shit.

They hate that. My dad's the worst. He'll be like, what kind of beer do you have? And then he's just gonna order a Miller Lite. But he wants to hear. That sounds lovely. I'll have the Miller Lite. What beers do you have?

It's just like, dad, you're gonna get the Miller Lite. My pet peeve at bars is the premixed cocktail, where it's like, hey, we're old fashioned cool. And then they go to like a, I'm like, no, man, you got to make that thing in front of me, man. I'm not getting that thing out of a barrel. What do you call it? If I hear like, oh, it's smoky.

It will come in a thing and we'll just get a drink. Oh, I love when they drink. I love the smoking. It's such a stupid action. They're like, they're going gonna lift the thing in a circle and then the billow. I love that. It's like, just they do that at that bar

at the Panther games now, that cool bar they have there. And I get that smoke and it tastes good. I did that, I got old fashioneds with Charles Barker during the finals and the place that they did it, yeah, well, hold on, I got you. Look at me, Louie. They take an orange peel and then they light it on fire. Yeah.

And I was like, what is going on? It's flammable? It's carcinogens, baby. Apparently, orange peel is very flammable and it does something to the drink that makes it amazing. For like the first two minutes. We're easily impressed. We're easily impressed.

Of course we are. We're the easiest people in the world. Does it make any difference, Israel, if the person who told me that I order a feminine steak Was in fact a female. Oh No, no, it just means that she was improperly Patriarchy, that's what happens. So I've been very affected by that label and the first night I don't want to get caught on caught on number one night night one was a steak night Yeah, I ordered right night two was pizza night. Yep. Yes, whatever kind of pizza. I wanted right?

I got meatballs meatballs on that shit. Nobody could tell me different. All right, night three. Last night, I got Thai food. Whoa! That's right. What'd you get? I got some chicken fried rice,

and I also got honey chicken, and I got egg rolls too. I didn't eat it all, but it's like, hey, this is all for me, and now we got leftovers, and no, you cannot have an egg roll because I ordered it all for me That sounds like Chinese. All right, whatever man like, you know, I thought you're gonna get a little pad Thai Tom kagai

Fat noodles are the thin ones for Pat's you get the fat ones. Yeah. Yeah, it's a move Noodles, but that's not what I got last night. I got donuts. I got fried chicken That's not what I got last night. I got donuts. I got fried chicken Chicken fried rice. Excuse me chicken fried rice. I got the egg rolls. All right, and I got honey chicken. That shit was good You got Chinese food Expresses what he got and I started and I ordered it guess when I ordered it right when I got home Because dinners whenever I wanted to be dinner tonight was 4 p.m. All right There you have it. Well, I got home from doing ESPN at like 4pm and I ordered dinner. You went dinner immediately.

Yeah, why not? What am I waiting for? Had to go a snack later though, right? Uh, no, it was pretty good. You were good? I can't, that's why I don't like going too early because I don't want to come back and eat more later. I was okay though, I have self-control. 4pm is lunch to me. You look at me, you say that guy's got self-control, right?

He does. When did you go to bed? When did I go to bed? Yeah. Uh, I don't know, like 11-ish. Seven hours. Hungry. I was all right.

I'm watching shows, you know? I don't have to worry about what anybody else wants to watch. No, I'm watching my shows. What were your shows? Well, I just started Boardwalk Empire. You know that show? Great show. Great show.

There's a couple. I guess that's a weird show to jerk off to, though. Excuse me. Zazz, what's Miami Live? Oh, okay, so Billy maybe can help me with this because you're watching the Marlins every single night. I'm not watching the Marlins every single night. Matter of fact, I'm hardly watching the Marlins and last night I took like a small break

from watching Boardwalk Empire and I put on the Marlins game on the big TV in the Zazzle Mansion family room so I could hear the broadcasters and they mentioned last night that they're building a Miami Live outside Lone D. Ball Park early 26 you know to be ready for world baseball class. LA Live? Yes. Got it. And I thought you know because you have you have all those, you have the building surrounding it and they're all empty. I mean, what do you say? There's a urologist in one of these.

Yeah. And there's a subway. Or there used to be, I don't know. Yeah. And there's nothing else. And so it sounds to me like, oh, like they're actually going to do something. That sounds like a fantastic idea. Like Billy, was this something that people know about?

Cause it was the first time I heard about it last night. I mean, they've mentioned it. I was talking to Jeremy who is Marlin's insider slash and I pay by the club to kind of probably. And he was yeah, I think that they're building like an outdoor thing that you can go and there'll be restaurants, bars. Sounds like a great idea.

Well if people go. Well to start it though for the world baseball classic, people will go to it. Yeah, no, I mean, I guess the thing with that, right, is you want people there that aren't at the Marlins game. Like, it's to be a live year. But also before the game. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, but I'm saying, like,

for it to thrive, you need people to just, it needs to become a destination that people kinda, I think it's similar to, like, where we did a watch party for a Dolphins game this year outside of Dolphin Mall. It's called Vivo. It's a bunch of restaurants and a PBR and live music and stuff like that.

I think that's the general idea for Miami Live. That is actually a scaled down version. The one in Dallas is awe inspiring. First take has been out there. The one in Philly is really good. Locally, there was a team, the Florida Panthers are playing the winter classic out there, the one in Philly is really good. Locally, there was a team, the Florida Panthers are playing the winter classic out there, and they were behind the scenes,

very upset with the Marlins because they hid the fact that there would be this active construction site during the winter classic from them. It's not a big deal. I went to Marlins game, was it last week, and I was shocked by every new stadium in America. Right, this is the last time we talked about this. Yeah, it has like something around it,

because like Billy said, it's not even for people who are, oh, a drink before we walk into the game. It's people who aren't even going to the game, just hanging out. Whether it's Deer District, remember when we were out there in Milwaukee, Tony? Like, it's just bar after bar, just facing the arena. Yeah, there's a Wendy's across from Lone Depot Park,

that's it. There's a Pinecrest Bakery down there. Even that Wendy's is always empty. Like, you'd a Wendy's across from Lone Depot Park. That's it. There's a pinecrest bakery down Even that Wendy's is always empty You think that would have a line before game. It's an old construction Wendy's the only thing that it's missing is that that like greenhouse remember those That was yeah, look the little glass you like to see you take your tray you sit out there Yeah, it's like I'm eating alfresco. Oh Man, oh, you know what? I feel like all these newer fast food buildings. They've lost their soul They like farm they don't do play or do they do new McDonald's have like the play area new McDonald's don't even have cashiers anymore

I asked you see this is just a window Just a window you pick up your order and that's it like you got an order on the touchscreen You think you're trying to save time because it's a long line in a drive-thru. Nope It's a walkthrough now and there's people in line for the stupid screen there is that random Burger King by Brickle City Center that's like we're just gonna hold on to this state until you give us an offer we simply cannot with the Burger King the sandwichery the pizza place like that whole old construction a cigar bar I think come here and sign up for

Burger King kids club with that dude that looks like Cyclops that's we still have the same crowns the thing though with those is like eventually they just build around you and it's like well now What are they gonna do with this like you just have this little plot of land and they build like sky rises around you like they Can't like connect their own building and build up 50 stores Niable yeah, that's what that Burger King's plan is it's like the guy that had the the house That's in between the lows in the in the game was just like I'm not gonna sell and we're like perfect I'm just gonna build around you and choke you that was an Instagram favorite right keeps coming around around this guy Refused to sell and it's like go have you seen it have you been in? Okay, so we went the other day for I don't remember what we were there for but we walked in and I was like

Huh, so this is it. I was like, this is kind of sad. The guys like in the front yard, like there's no sun at like 3pm. All the sun is gone. He's just sitting there on a lawn chair. I was like, yeah, what's the store? What's the store right next to him? No, it's an entire hotel.

They created like an entire world around him. Totally transformed the area too. And it's sick. It looks like Vegas. Yeah. Construction is weird to me because like you were saying how like this live Miami, they didn't tell Miami live that they didn't tell the Panthers that this construction is gonna be going on and they want it by the World Baseball Classic, which is like in March or something, right? I was at game not too long ago, I didn't notice active construction. If you want some massive thing built like a soccer stadium,

that can go up in like five minutes apparently, next to an airport, because that thing looks like it's almost done. I think there's a lot of prefab when it comes to the live venues, because they all look the exact same way. Well, so like that's gonna go up quick too, and that's gonna be done by March.

Like if I want something done in my house, I didn't wait like six years for that shit to get done. Like how is it that like a little addition or something, or like I wanna put a terrace in my house, and that's gonna take me a year and a half to get approved and done. Wait a minute. But you can put up this entire building.

Well, that's, oh my God. Chris, we got it on the screen right now. Could we throw it on the screen? That's the house that Tony talked about. Chris, you've never seen this before? I think I've seen it on Instagram, but I've never seen this angle of it. It comes up on my Instagram every six months.

Houses that'll blow your mind. And it's like, this one, they built a Lowe's around it. You're like, oh, cool. And then you see the story, and you're like, oh, not that cool. So the front of the hotel is to the right, right in front of that house. So where the car is parked is actually the backside of the house.

The front side of the house is where the hotel is. So you of that house, right? So where the car is parked is actually the back side of the house. The front side of the house is where the hotel is. So you have like people checking in, you have cars, you have valet, you have a thousand things going on on that street. You can't even park your car in the front of your house. And so are they at a place where if they hated it and wanted to sell it to the developer,

would the developer even still give them anything for it? How much did they offer? I don't know, but I would troll this guy and have a four-seater sign on my lawn the entire time. Never actually sell it. Amin, have you seen the one where it's like in Asia somewhere, I think, and they build a highway around someone's house? Yes, that's the one I thought you were talking about. Because the one person that decided, you know what, I'm not going to do this, and like, well, this highway's going here whether you like it or not, buddy.

First of all, yes, it's part of the same Instagram thing that keeps going viral every six months like houses that'll blow your mind number two that was the Premise for the movie the hitchhikers got to the galaxy right they were building a intergalactic highway and earth was in never saw it It's a premise for the movie up Yeah, oh yeah, Mr.. Frederickson. He won't sell yeah up overrated movie Oh my eminent domains a real son of a gun Yeah for up. No, just general Hey, we need some power lines here get the hell out shit. Especially if you're black

Eminent domain is like it's a real son of a gun. Huh? Like Bartley Center, so shit ton of people had to move to build that thing Sad sad that's how we're ending this segment sadness