The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz - Local Hour: God Bless Yaz

Episode Date: July 21, 2025

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I'm particularly worried about today because Greg Cody has just announced that beginning tomorrow begins his vacation. And so I think we're going to get mail it in Cody today. Oh, what's new? That's not particularly new, but maximum mail it in Cody is a little terrifying. Where are you going on vacation? Is it going to be another cruise? Are you going to bump into more things in your car in Ireland?

We are going to an unnamed Western Canadian City Christopher tried to convince me to spend my entire Canadian vacation wearing a McGovern rated shirt. I declined But you know, we we love Canada. We love Western Canada. We've been there a couple of times. Why is the Canadian city unnamed and why are you now giving regional directions, like on a compass, telling us it's in the west of Canada, but you're trying to limit what we know? It's because you respect people when they say they're going out of town. You don't want them to know exactly where he's going.

It seems pretty obvious he's going to Vancouver, though. Okay, well, maybe not. You know, there's a lot of prominent cities in Western Canada. Big country. Yeah, I could be going to Winnipeg, nobody knows. That's in central Canada. Whatever. Dan, to your point, the compass.

I remember iPhones used to have the compass. I don't think they have the compass anymore, but do we still use compasses? People still have those, you still sell them? I heard somebody during the Marlins broadcast this weekend talk about Rand McNally Billy you looked at me funny when I said during the Marlins broadcast Were you surprised that I was watching Otto Lopez have his 27th RBI in 23 games? No, I was processing the thought that no one uses a compass anymore

Like people just have given up on trying to figure out what direction they're going in. The Marlins broadcast was talking about does anyone use maps anymore? Does anyone know what Rand McNally is? TV or radio? It was radio. Wow. I just got to an age where I figured it out. I think it was after Californication came out and Anthony Kiedis said the sun may rise in the east, at least it settles in a fine location. Then I figured it was after Californication came out and Anthony Kiedis said the sun may rise in the east,

at least it settles in a fine location. Then I figured it out. Oh, so you now don't need a compass at all. You always know just watching the sun. You're like a bit like Columbus. You're like an original explorer where- I'm Italian. You are using simply the sun

and in the event that you get lost in the wilderness, you will know which way you are going because you will need neither map nor compass. I had a coach that used to do that, and he'd put up his hands, and he would get pretty precise with it. He'd be outside, obviously, he was a coach, an athletic director, he'd been outside for four years,

so he was actually good at it. My wife tried to do that one time and tell me, I know what time it is based on the sun. I'm like, you do not know what time it is based on the sun. No, you can't. I've got a good gauge on that. You can, she can't. Oh.

She cannot. Fair enough. Put it on the poll at Levitard Show, can you tell the time roughly based on the positioning of the sun, yes or no? I can. In fact, they still sell sundials. Google sundial, pick it up. No, you know Google Sunda that can't be

Business that cannot Put it on the pole at LeBotard shows selling better these days Compasses or sundials because I'm gonna go ahead and say that neither one of those are doing terribly well But I'm thinking maybe certainly there are compasses on boats, right? Like they're just Standard feature I think yeah GPS is a standard feature, I think. Yeah, GPS is the cheat sheet for everything now. You don't need to learn. Got to learn, got to earn when he's traveling. That's a good point.

I miss the AAA Triptych. Oh, Triptychs are the best. I know, we used to get one with, they would mark all the construction and everything long before GPS. I'd be driving, my wife would be next to me flipping the pages, navigating, it used to be great. I was the best, you'd say, you know what,

we're gonna head up to Savannah, Georgia and they'd give you these big maps, they'd give you little books, tell you fun places to stop along the way. Oh, triptychs, Dan, you ever go on a road trip? I miss MapQuest, that's what I miss. MapQuest. Okay, that's fairly recent. Put it on the poll at Labatar Show, do you miss MapQuest? Did you print out your MapQuest? that's what I miss. MapQuest. That's fairly recent, MapQuest. Put it on the poll at Levitard Show,

do you miss MapQuest? Did you print out your MapQuest? Yes, of course. Yeah. Too many pages. No, but Triptych was like the original MapQuest without the internet. I have no idea what that is, I know MapQuest.

My parents. I feel bad for your life. I did live with it. That it lived without Triptych. Triptych was a thick book. Yeah. You know, you felt like you were getting your money's worth. You spent X number of dollars to be a AAA member. Exactly. You never got a flat tire. You didn't need it.

No. But that triptych, gold. Oftentimes I call AAA, I lied about trips just to get the books to feel like I was earning my membership, you know. Yeah, exactly. Yeah, put a flat, you know, get an intentional flat. Exactly right. Just so you can call AAA. Howdy folks, it's Mike Ryan. If you were listening to the show just a couple days ago, you know that Jeremy came up with the top five. Breath of fresh air type of list, a really refreshing feeling. And on that list, Jeremy, help me out. I mean, that first sip of a Miller Lite at the barbecue on a hot day, crack it open. Not a lot of feelings better. That sound ultra satisfying. And then that first sip, it hits.

And yes, while it's hot outside, as it is presently, it cools your body down. It hits a little different down here in South Florida. But as someone that had Miller Lite north of the border and basically football tailgates as the leaves turn, there really isn't a bad time to turn into Miller time. Next time we should do a top five times to have Miller time. I like where your head's at because it's every time. That's right.

Every time. Morning time, well, scratch that. Nah, morning time. Morning time if you need it. Morning time if you need it. If you're on vacation. If you're on vacation. If you're on vacation. If you're in a morning tailgate, there's a noon game. It's Miller time somewhere. time. Celebrate responsibly, Miller Brewing Company, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 96 calories and 3.2 carbs per 12 ounces. No Frills delivers. Get groceries delivered to your door from No Frills with PC Express.

Shop online and get $15 in PC optimum points on your first five orders. Shop now at nofrills.ca. and PC optimum points on your first five orders. Shop now at nofrills.ca. This is the Don Leventor Show with the StuGuts Podcast. You guys aren't gonna believe this, but Greg Cody swaggered in here today, and he said that the temperature on Mike McDaniels is now at high heat. Yeah, sort of like this studio.

Greg's complaining about the studio as well. I told him he's wearing a long sleeve shirt and it is summer but it is a little warm in here. Should have been here last week when it was boiling hot. I know, it's really nice. This is nice. Billy wouldn't put on a windbreaker if it wasn't nice in here.

There's more to it than that. Okay, good contribution. I didn't want to have freaking Aquaphor put on my arms again. Every time I'm not wearing a jacket, they lube up our elbows so that they don't look ashy, and then I stick to the table and it's a whole thing. I didn't want it. So I put on a jacket, I'm gonna sweat.

Greg, can you tell me why you're placing high heat on McDaniel and you're only placing a moderate heat on Mario Cristobal. Right, yeah. McDaniel, in my mind, has to, and this is purely speculative on my part, minimum he has to make the playoffs to keep his job. Perhaps win in the playoffs to end the embarrassing quarter of a century streak of no postseason victories for Miami. I think he and Chris Greer, it's a season of reckoning for both of their

futures. Would you guys please get for me a list of some of the things that were so the last time the Miami Dolphins won a playoff game because it would be something. I mentioned this last week that the last dolphin playoff game was blacked out. It wasn't on local television it hadn't sold out that's an insolent home dolphin play the last off the yes forgive me yes the rules have also since change so that's not gonna happen I'm sorry no no the last the last playoff win is what I meant yeah not and it's not a home win the last win of any kind in the playoffs was 24 years ago and it was not on television

uh locally uh because and so the so no one this century has watched on television the dolphins win a playoff game and there there is a good list that we can put together of things that were so back then including like a five dollar movie ticket it It was the 2000 season, so this is happy anniversary. This is the silver anniversary of that drought. And it's crazy to say that. It makes it in a league that legislates equality, rewards bad teams, and keeps things equal through a salary cap.

It is a crazy thing to say. The Raiders won a playoff game more recently than the Dolphins. Everybody has. Everybody has in the league. Is that right? So the Raiders, cause you guys think about this.

Like I'm sitting here saying it, I'm like when the hell, is Rich Gannon the last time the Raiders won a playoff game? I think the Raiders went to a Super Bowl after the Dolphins most recent. So that's the one for the Raiders. The Raiders are Rich Gannon, get to Super Bowl and that's that's the no they don't they don't they they they lost because they lost to Tampa right who

didn't knew all the plays that's correct they got they got blown out because Gruden had coached them but off the top of my head the last playoff Raiders team I remember Tony Saragusa injures, you know, MVP Rich Gannon. That's the best grader's team I've seen. There was the BS whistle at Cincinnati. They actually hung tight with a, I think that Bengals team went on to the Super Bowl. That Bengals team got so lucky

throughout the entire postseason. And they made a bunch of big time field goals, but there was that really controversial play where there was a whistle and it was allowed to play on. Do you know how crazy it is though? That I'm watching now as people talk about football and they continue to say the Bills dominance of the AFC East and it isn't that long ago that I watched the Bills go 17 straight seasons without making the playoffs and now they're dominating

the a f c east the pressure can't be high enough on the dolphins like you right you have to be playing for jobs this year and the pressure has to be at the maximum place but why is it that you're saying that the hot seat is any higher hotter for him that is for mario christobal in part of it is contractual uh... you know mario still has half of a very lucrative eighty million dollar contract to play out i don't think they would spend the by a mile nor do i think

they're thinking that right now mike might have more current intel than me but i think that twelve to win the playoffs expanded from four teams to twelve it put a clear onus on teams like Miami. All of a sudden there's a dozen or more, 18 teams in the country who even if they don't think they're championship contenders, they sure as hell think that they can be one of the top 12 teams.

And UM just missed last year. I thought they should have made it at 10 and two before the bowl loss. I think they had a good argument for that 12th spot. They didn't get it. So I think the onus is definitely on Chris Ball to be a playoff team. But I don't think if he doesn't make it that he's fired like I think McDaniel's might. I want to get to Kachuk's wedding in a second. He can't be fired because they owe him too much money.

That's the first thing I said. So Kachuk's wedding we'll get to in a second. And I do want to get to the marlins in a second because their road record is as good as three division leaders that's nuts to say that they're as good as houston toronto it's nuts to say that toronto is the division leader the phillies uh... and i want to get to some d gordon sound in a second but uh...

i was watching something this weekend and they were talking about the trio of Michael Irvin, Emmett Smith and Troy Aikman. And I got to thinking in football, if there are many since then, trios that you can mention, okay, because I think Tyreek Hill, Travis Kelsey and Patrick Mahomes had a chance at this

they didn't stay together and they only won a couple of times as opposed to what emmett smith and michael ervin and troy ackman did is there another since troy emmett and michael anywhere in football trio that you can look at because tom brady never had one right he had some time with

Randy Moss but it was never like Marvin Harrison and Peyton Manning and Edger and James come close but they only won once like so when you think of greatest trios in the history of football where they're three Hall of Famers on a team is does Philadelphia have a chance at putting together? Philly's a good one keep in mind that Colts trio that you outlined didn't actually win. They had moved on it. Joe Udai was the running back when they won their first Super Bowl. Philadelphia is a really good one. Bengals have an outside chance, Dan?

Joe Burrow, Jamar Chase, T. Higgins? T. Higgins probably feels a bit- He's talking about running back too, right? Yeah, I thought you meant quarterback. Because if we're going trio, we're going Tyreek Hill, Travis Kelsey, and Patrick Malone. Sure, but that's no running back. No, but that's no running back, and also they only won twice, and that would be, that's the best I could think of off the top of my head.

But I was just thinking of the idea of like, is that even allowed to exist anymore, because I don't think we can do it with Philadelphia. We certainly can't do it yet. And I don't know if Michael Troy and Emmett set the standard. We cannot say Kansas City met it, right? Because Tyree Kill left. Like they could have met it. Tyree Kill, when they won the first one, said, why can't we win seven or eight? And imagine that offense.

Last year, this is hard. Is this hard to believe for you guys when I say it to you that the Chiefs won more games last year than any time in franchise history? Because we all thought that team felt like a fraud all season. Yeah, I recall that. And I mean, it did. All those takes did end up coming true. They didn't have the firepower to hang.

But that was the most wins the Chiefs have ever had in a season. I'm granted they played 17 games and usually played 16 or 14. If you're not going to give it to Philadelphia, what's the reason? I mean, a thousand yard receiver, Saquon was damn near MVP. Jalen Hurts was brilliant last season. Because I don't think Jalen Hurts is a Hall of Famer. Oh, whoa. He's got a Super Bowl. I think he's on that trajectory. I mean, if you look at Troy Aikman's stats, you could say the very same thing what made Troy Aikman the

Hall of Famer was both the era that he was dominating in but really the win well are you but you're you're making AJ Brown Michael Irvin he's a thousand yard receiver everybody is with 17 games I agree with Dan I don't think they have a receiver who's that level I mean to me if you're replacing the Dallas Triplets you have to be Hall of Fame level. I'm not trying to replace them I'm just trying to think of what comes close like obviously Mahomes, Kelsey, Trav, Mahomes, Kelsey Hill, obviously Tyreek Hill, those three fit the category. In fact Mike's right Troy Aikman only threw 20 touchdown passes once in a season so he got carried a bit over the time period and the era by the

fact that he had those those two players about as many as Jalen Hurts got on the ground but but if we're doing the exact parallel which means the third player has to be a running back then Philadelphia Philadelphia has or Kansas City rather never had that running back to go along with Hill and Pat. Playing during a time when the running back is entirely not needed as well. Like it doesn't even matter. They can go interchangeably and win titles,

as the Patriots did. Which is why we gotta move the goalposts and say just trios, then it's for sure, three Canton guys in Kansas City, the Homes. Put it on the poll, at the LeBattard Show, is Jalen Hurts gonna be a Hall of Famer, yes or no? As a BMall Eclipse Visa Infinite cardholder, you don't just earn points on the must-haves like groceries and gas, and little extras like takeout and rideshare. And then you can redeem your points on things like travel and more. And we could all use a vacation.

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He needs something that happens. You can see him mother effing at it. Can we bother? Are we bother you right now? Turn on your microphone. My microphone's on. Stugats. Paint the scene. Paint the scene is I gotta go to work.

Good night. This is the Don LeBattar Show with the Stugats. I wanted to talk to Billy about what's going on with the Marlins because as I said Otto Lopez they won the series against the Kansas City Royals what happened what was that noise nothing go on there's minor bone to pick with them that's fine we'll get what is the money no what's the minor bone just you know the old bait and switch yesterday and Lone Depot Park it took my family to the lone because it was Mia the Chicken plush giveaway day.

You know Mia the Chicken, you know the great rooster race, Dan? I do not. You don't know the great rooster race? Oh my God, it's like the great sea race, you remember the great sea race? I do not. You don't remember Julio the octopus running around

in the middle of the game they would race? You know how like the Nationals have the presidents that race, the great Presidents. Then there's the hot dog races, the Marlins when they opened in 2012 had the great sea race where they had spiked the sea dragon and Julio the octopus, Bob the shark, Angel I think was a, I don't remember what Angel was, a stone crab or something. They would run around and they would have a race and Julio would always lose. He was a tough luck loser and then I think what we heard was that Julio was just so much heavier than all the other sea creatures and that's why Julio would always lose, he was a tough luck loser, and then I think what we heard was, is that Julio was just so much heavier

than all the other sea creatures, and that's why Julio would always lose. But Julio became beloved, and they gave away a Julio, you know, stuffed animal a couple years later. And then, when the Jira regime came in, they did away with the Great Sea Race. And we were lacking in-game races until recently, where I believe last year, the great rooster race came in.

And there was a number of roosters. Charlie's there, and Bobby's there, and then there's some other guy. I don't remember who the other guy was. And then they introduced Mia, the rooster. Well, I guess she's not a rooster. Mia the chicken from Kendall. And that's Mia you can see on screen right there. There's Mia. She does look like she's from Kendall. Mia's become very popular and yesterday they gave away a Mia plush at the game and when it was announced, it was announced first 3,000 fans coming to the game

get a Mia plush. Everybody gets one. Wow, so we made it. I actually put it down on my calendar and I said we gotta get there early. We wanna get that Mia plush first 3,000 fans. First of all, 3,000 seems like a very strange number but Marlins have been hot lately so we gotta get there early. We wanna get that Mia Plush first 3,000 fans. First of all, 3,000 seems like a very strange number, but Marlins have been hot lately,

so we gotta get there early, and early we did. We got there very early yesterday. They're damn near 90 minutes before the game, and then we had an issue where we were parking at someone's house. I haven't told my wife this. Oh, you did no blocking, you did no blocking, no blocking. Yeah, yeah, no, I like to support the local small businesses,

and I park at people's houses, even if it's a burden to me. How much did you pay? That's a good question because the advertised price was $15. I gave the guy a 20. And then we kind of just stood there awkwardly for a little bit of time and said, okay, thank you. And I went on my way and I never got any change,

but this was an elderly man. We've been doing business together for some time now. And to be frank, he's not what he used to be. So I didn't, I didn't. What do you mean by that? Hold on, what do you mean he's not what he used to be? Well, you know, the stadium's been open now 13 years. It's 13 years he's aged.

In the 13 years that I've known him, and now, you know, he seems to have slightly less mobility than he necessarily did there a little grayer than he used to be and and you know without putting anyone on you know I wasn't gonna get into an argument with him he eats a little slower didn't you know so I didn't want to argue with this man and confuse him or whatever so I just you know ate it I said okay fine whatever you get the $20 so then we start walking down the street me and my wife and my daughters It didn't very hot day and then his wife or daughter So I don't know the exact relationship. It's very important people, but she comes

It's an important detail much younger lady figure out not much younger somewhat younger That's why there's confusion as comes chasing us down the block and I think, oh, she's gonna give us the $5 that we're owed. And that was not the case, it was like, we need you to pull your car a little bit more forward because it's out on the sidewalk and we might get a ticket from the police if they do that. Which by the way, I support the bravest or the finest

or whatever the police officers are, but they've really made it hard to park in people's houses. They're blocking side streets, it's a whole thing. I used to have my whole routine and I had my way that I would get in and out and I faced zero traffic Dude now they blocked it. It's a whole thing anyways So I didn't get the change we had to move the car and I was worried that we were gonna miss out on the plushes Because again, we had to be part of the first 3000 fans as was initially advertised so we get in there and I'm looking around, I'm trying to figure out which gate is gonna have it

because I know how are they gonna, there's four gates, how do they distribute? One gate's gonna get like 750 of these. So we go in and I have my two daughters and they give us a plush and then they give another plush and then I'm waiting there and they're like, no, it's just for kids. And I'm like, whoa, hold on a second.

We have a party of eight that was coming to this thing. I wanted eight Mia plushes here. What I was gonna do and they're like, no, it's just for kids. And I'm like, whoa, hold on a second. We have a party of eight that was coming to this thing. I wanted eight Mia plushes here. What I was gonna do with eight of them, I have no clue. That was something I was trying to figure out driving in is how do I get rid of eight stuffed animals? Do I know any children? Like, what do we do here? Who are we gonna give these to?

Because eight of the same thing is excessive. We can all agree on that. Then I look on the thing before I came in, because I had a bone to pick, before I came out to blast anyone, I checked it and I saw that it was switched to the first 5,000 kids at some point in time which was not what was advertised when we got the tickets. Wow skullduggery. Nevertheless I saw a lot of happy children so I was glad that they did it but I also you know told our party of

eight you got to get there early if you want those stuffed animals so then we were just there early for a really long time for no reason, so we did face painting. A good day was had by all. Again with a good time was had by all. It was. It was a loss. A nice little comeback there in the ninth, we saw some people, I met two different people

that recognized me named Felipe, two separate Felipe's. It was fun. We took some pictures, met Billy the Marlin, it was a whole thing. They were down seven nothing. They won the first two games of the series. Put it on the poll please at Levitard Show. Are you respecting the police if you call them

quote the bravest, the finest, or whatever they are? I don't remember them and the firefighters. One's the bravest, one's the finest. Firefighters. One gets shot at, one has to fight blazes. They're both brave jobs. But one of them is not known as the bravest and it was the finest and I'm not sure which one Also, that was clear from the way you phrase that put it on the pole as well at Leviton show

Do you know what a changa is because I believe you guys were accusing me of being from hi Alia I I need I need you to repeat that that word. Yeah, you made it. Yeah, you made like a okay. Thank you Thank you, thank you for that. I've been in this country a long time. Good plus, you've been in this country your whole life. Well, no, I've been in and out of this country in parts of Western Canada. So is Bob a good name for a shark,

as well, is a question that I wanted to ask. Bob the shark was a menace in the great series. He would win almost every single race. It wasn't fun. Bob would always win. He was a villain. Is this great series. He would win almost every single race. It wasn't fun Bob would always win. He was a villain is is this shark week is this week? Yeah, it started last night. Okay. This is a very exciting time for me Ron McGill hate shark week Terrible, why would he hate shark week because it portrays sharks for all of the menace and danger and negativity and he doesn't like that

when we refer to animals as monsters and he thinks animals have a bad rap. He's a lobbyist for Big Shark. Yeah, it could be. He plays his favorites with the animals. We can agree on that, right? Like he's not unbiased as far as it comes to animals. He's biased in general thinking that all animals

get a bad rap, I think, right? Yeah, he does. By the way, just as an aside, I hope you don't mind me saying, but I have some big news regarding my and Ron's book, The Pride of a Lion. May I say the big news? Because it's exciting to me. Movie option?

No, not yet. Paperback? Not yet. It's come out in an audio audiobook. Wow! That is huge news. Read by? It's read by, I forget the gentleman's name, but he did a great job. Okay, because no, no. Listen, I expected Ron to do it, but for whatever reason they they went to a professional narrator. Why not Christopher? Where is Christopher? He's in Las Vegas. He was there for a Backstreet Boys concert at the Sphere and I think he's coming back

tomorrow. I'm not positive. Actually he's back they're saying. Alright. Just decided? Tell me why? Yeah, he you know Christie I think led that, his wife. But just decided to not come into work today. Well he can't do both. You know it's tough to be It's a summer You can do vacation and go watch the Backstreet Boys and take a long weekend. That's all right. Is he coming in tomorrow? I have no idea. I'm not my son's keeper. He's a he's a grown man Is he but is he is he is he because you're not a grown man, okay back to me for a second hereditary But Izzy, Izzy, Izzy, because you're not a grown man. Okay, back to me for a second.

Hereditary. Back to you. Big news. Great flick. It's totally thrilling to hear a book you've written on audiobook. Like that was a chief thrill for me. I listened to the first two chapters just to experience it and it was wonderful. And also, The Pride of a Lion is now being distributed in South America, which is another

big step. Wow! in English or Spanish? In Spanish. Nice. So more than a year after its release, that book has generated enough interest to be republished in a couple of forms like that, and it's very exciting. I'm very proud of that. It is a failure that Ron McGill did not read that book. That's a disappointment.

He would have been great. Our audience would have bought an audiobook read by Ron McGill. It's less of a sales item audience would've bought an audiobook read by Ron McGill. It's less of a sales item when you don't have it read by Ron McGill. If you'd read it, our audience would buy the audiobook. No matter how good the sound of the professional narrator, the fact that it's not one of you two will sell fewer books, not more.

Do you get a cut of sales, sorry for asking you, do you get a cut of sales? Because right now, if you want on Amazon, it is 77% off, it's 584. So I don't know if that's good for you or bad for you. Such a deal. Yeah, I don't know the finances. 77% off. Yeah, 584 right now.

So I mean, it's a bargain. I don't like that. We need that price to go this way. I hear that. 77% off is- Basically free I'm set it to my house Put it on the pole juju at Leventhal show is 77% off basically free. It's crazy It's also an editor's pick for best nonfiction. Okay. Thank you. Thank you for that. I didn't know that 77 Sunset Strip All right, which go ahead nothing. I thank Billy for that information.

I didn't know it was an editor's pick. Let me give you some information on some things that were so the last time the Dolphins won a playoff game. It was December 30th of the year 2000. Patrick Mahomes, who has 17 playoff wins since since was five years old. Andy Reid had one year of head coaching experience. Mike Ryan was a freshman in high school. Wikipedia didn't exist. Social media didn't exist. Tua was two years old.

The iPod didn't exist. Castaway was released in theaters, and I think this is the most shocking one. Greg Cody was 46 years old. A pup. Greg Cody was in his spry prime complaining that his columns were running inside the Miami Herald because me and Edwin Pope were on the front page. That's true. That was technically before I became a full-time columnist, which I think was in 93. But, or no, yeah, it was in 95. So I was a columnist, but I was still third string back then. I remember listening to that Lamar Smith playoff game on the radio. There was no way to watch it

on TV because it was a home game and it was blacked out during the playoffs which became routine. There was another playoff home game that was blacked out against I think Elvis Gerback and the Baltimore Ravens. But that was a great moment in time. I had some loyalty to the Dolphins back then because the Browns had just re-entered the NFL and during that time I was a Dolphin fan. So that was an exciting time around town. Wish I could have seen it. It was a great performance by Lamar Smith. 40 carries. Man, did they run him into the ground. Their presence starting running back hadn't been born.

Hadn't been born the last time. He wouldn't know who Lamar Smith is. No. He wouldn't have it. HM would have no idea who Lamar Smith is. Nope, not unless he's a historian after the fact. Breaking news, McDonald's international menu items are vanishing. McPizza bites missing in Italy. Not unless he's a historian after the fact. Breaking news, McDonald's international menu items

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Wow. Stugats. So am I, actually. I don't know why. This is the Don Lebatard Show with the Stugats. ["D. Gordon's Sound"] Let me get for a second here to this D. Gordon sound, because D. Gordon, if you do not remember

Was a what other details do I need here Billy? He was a leadoff man for the Marlins He was brought in and had one very good season for the Marlins. So D Gordon was a Marlin. He traded for him He was part of like the you know, 2015 16 17 run of the Marlins leadoffoff hitter, fun energy guy, middle infielder, and he's one of the few Marlins who has won a batting title. Now after he won the batting title, it was a very exciting season,

there were high expectations for D. Gordon the following season, and then much to everyone's surprise, because D. Gordon seems like he's 5'8", 135 pounds, was suspended for steroid use, which confused absolutely everyone. So D Gordon was on a podcast recently, and he was talking about the season

that he won the batting title, and then subsequent season where he was suspended for steroid use. So look, I got suspended in 16 for steroids. Look at me, King. It look like I took steroids before. Ain't no way. I'm about to say, ain't no way.

Ain't no way, ain't no way. Let me tell y'all, I ain't gonna say no name, but let me just put it like this. 2015, they told my little black ass, don't win that Battington Championship. And I said, y'all got me f**ked up. Damn, so you went out there and said, I'm gonna go get this little championship, this trophy.

And they said, don't do it. Was it like a money thing for them? No, it was a guy. I ain't going to say his name. He would have won triple crown if I let him win the batting title. The last day of the season, I beat him for the batting title. I went three for four with a home run.

I'm trying to say his name. I ain't saying his name. You can't say it. I mean, it'll be easy. If it's what I'm thinking, though, it's the right thing. This is my MVP that year. They didn't like that. They called me MVP they did, they didn't like that. They called me a week before and said, hey.

They didn't like that. And I was like, man, I'm from A1 part, bro. I'm from J&K. He said, I'm from A1 part. That is strange that he wouldn't mention Bryce Harper the way that Greg Cody wouldn't mention where he's vacationing in Western Canada. That's true. He also wouldn't mention who they is or the fact that he gained 13 pounds in that off

season which is roughly 8% of his entire body weight. Yeah, the mystery of they might be the big issue here I think. Is there going to be anyone who believes anything he's saying there? Because if you look at D. Gordon, I think there was another, well you can't do this visually because I remember a pitcher, Guillermo Modo, I think he was for the Dodgers, he was a string bean. You can't do this based on muscles or even 13 pounds of weight gain, but nobody would have thought,

D. Gordon famously couldn't hit home runs. D. Gordon produced one of the most magical moments for the Marlins this century because he hit a home run immediately after Jose Fernandez died and he never hits home runs. Fine for me how many home runs D. Gordon hit for the Marlins? Everybody was surprised when the first person to get caught

under MLB's performance enhancing policy was, I think this outfielder from Tampa Bay, Alex Sanchez, and he was rail thin. But again, the rail thin guys, it's always deceptive. And then you realize, wait, what did they play at the year before they got pinched? And then it all makes sense. Oh, he was just small to begin with.

Gier Momoda also was surprisingly large. He was 6'6". He weighed 240, but he was 6'6", which is why he was thin. He was tall, but I don't believe that listing of 240. I don't believe that listing of 240. I don't believe it, because if I show you a photo of Guillermo Mota, you will see that that is not a person who looks like he is on steroids.

D gonna hit seven home runs as a muller. That sound, incidentally, was from the Raw Room podcast. We should start crediting people when we use their sound. I would also say that I'm not questioning whether or not that story is real to D Gordon, their sound. I would also say that I'm not questioning whether or not that story is real to D Gordon but his recollection of the name he wouldn't mention possibly winning a Triple Crown was slightly off in that Bryce Harper hit 330 that year he hit 333 he was tied for home runs with 42 but he only had 99 RBI where Nolan Aeronado had 130 so he would have had to have a very big last day of the season

To win the Triple Crown Okay, so there it is that would seem to be an untrue story that D Gordon was coming come on memories You know how they go all sudden you remember? Yeah, you had 40 some odd home runs. You had some odd 99 RBI Yeah, we're all room to set that record straight. Oh. I hate to say it but you can't let a guy get away with that. Somebody got to step up and say he lost the RBI race by 31 but if you tie because this happened to Carl Ustramsky in 1967, my original hero, if you tie for home runs you still get the Triple Crown. Tell us more about your original hero, Carl Jastremsky. I mean, in 1967, the impossible dream.

You know, Greg Cody is 12 years old, going on 13. It was my entrée into loving sports, into loving baseball. I was from Massachusetts. I went to a few games as a kid at Fenway after the fact, because we moved there when I was three. But yeah, Yaz was my first hero, along with Willie Mays. I had an AL guy and an NL guy. The Say Hey Kid and Yaz were both my heroes. And years later, when a feminine product named itself Yaz,

I was very, very upset. Nothing against feminine products, but they were usurping the name of my childhood hero, which I didn't like to this day. I hope the product I'm listing has gone out of business, but that's a diversion from what I'm talking about. Everybody's got a magical hero. Mine in 1967, Yaz, son of a potato farmer.

This guy, that's also, I read the Yaz book. First book I ever read as a kid, other than assigned books in school, was Yaz, the potato farmer's son. And that wasn't the title of it, which would have been funny. But, you know, I've always had a place in my heart for Yaz. He's now in his late 70s.

He's iconic, but yet he's a recluse. He's not one of the 45 to 50 Hall of Famers invited every year, Living Hall of Famers invited every year to Hall of Fame weekend, which is in a few days. Never shows up, never shows up. Dropped completely out of sight, in good health, as far as I know, because his son, his grandson Mike is now in the big leagues,

and I've seen them photographed together Within the past couple years. So God bless. Yes Put it on the pole at Levitard show. He's winded from how much I'm waiting carries Sweating carrying the show so far put it on the pole, please at Leviton At Leviton show. Did you know know that Yaz was a feminine hygiene product? He's also almost 90, Greg, not in his late 70s. You're almost in your late 70s. Wait a minute, Yaz is almost 90?

85. 85. 85. You know, you're right, I did know he was in his 80s. That was a mispeak by me. I will also say that the last time the Dolphins won a playoff game, because he mentioned that he's hoping that Yaz is now out of business.

In the time since the Dolphins won a playoff game, iTunes was formed and then died. So the entire lifespan of iTunes has happened in the time since the Dolphins last won a playoff game. Which did you like best from among all of those stats? Tua was two years old, Mike Ryan was a freshman, A-chan hadn't been born, social media didn't exist,

Wikipedia didn't exist, that's a lot, and Greg Cody was 46 years old. That's my favorite one. That's still the best one? That's beyond comprehension. Are you sure social media didn't exist in 2000? Yeah, for sure. It did not. Is that true? 100%. That surprises me. The most social media thing that we had was AOL chat rooms. Okay. And I guess GeoCities message boards, but no real social media.

I think I would vote for that one. That surprises me. Mike, why did you get beat by TMZ Sports on the big giant UM story that the Cavender twins were getting breasts? The TMZ Sports fake... Why did I get beat on that? That was my beat? The UM, the Cavender twin breast augmentation? Others can have that scoop, go right ahead. Let's play for the people, the video here. It doesn't have audio of the Kachuk wedding.

The Kachuk wedding, Matthew Kachuk is here. Also, is it a scoop if they just take a selfie video saying, hey, we're getting boobs? That is Keith Kachuk being lifted. Are there shirtless people there? Tell me about, oh, his belly's coming out from under the dress shirt under there. Big Walt. Oh my God, a hockey wedding.

I can't even imagine how much fun those people, a champion hockey wedding, Kachuck's wedding with all his teammates there. What kind of lunacy was that thing? Wow, just the Kachucks. Just the Kachuck family being there. I'm sure it's a rager. And this is a nice little opportunity to say

that before this run all started, Keith Kachuck, Matthew Kachuk's father Gave an interview and he basically called out the entire team including the head coach Paul Maurice for being soft The music in the background in that video was pink pony club, which was the celebratory music that the Edmonton oil is played Oh, that's a good. That's a good And we took that song Thank you. Thank you, Billy. Not the only thing you took.

The headline of that video, by the way, was six Panthers injured lifting 270 pound man. It's a little heavier than his playing days, no doubt. As a Panther fan, it did warm the cockles of your heart watching Brandon Montour and Ryan Lomburg there. A bunch of former teammates still a part of the core nucleus that still by all accounts is a very close team. And we wonder to see what's going to happen with Matthew Kachuck. Reputable reporters are out there saying there's no way he plays at the start of the season.

I think there's going to be some, this is the last year that they can do it, manipulate the cap a little bit, have him wait to get his surgery. You would not need him all season. Why would you play him all season? You could get all your players healthy. The thing that the Panthers can do, and this seems insane to say, it seems like a truly insane thing to say,

but of all the crazy things they did in architecture of going from a team that was the best they had in offensively in the history of the sport, was it not, during the regular season? And certainly in Panthers history, they blow that up because that can't play in the playoffs and they have proven over the last two years that they can absolutely find an elevated place to play and can coast through the regular season like a basketball team, they don't have to worry about it whether their seeding is one or third they could go load management with surgeries and everything else because they can only do it for one more year but they can do it for one more year.

As far as Kichuck is concerned I wouldn't be surprised if he got surgery because he's aiming to play in the Olympics in 2026 in Milan so I wouldn't be surprised he got surgery. Well, there is also the little nugget that came out from guys that covered the league really well that he actually tore his groin, not playing, in the fight with Brendan Hagel, the iconic three fights in the first nine seconds.

That fight appears to be where Matthew Kachuk got hurt. I mean, that dude, the last two playoffs has been out there like a torso on skates. Two of the last three. He definitely had that sternum injury, came back, had a game-winning assist and the only win that the Panthers had in their history in the Stanley Cup final up until that point.

Just one of the gutsiest performances ever. And he was very clearly Florida's best player in year one of their run. Last year, I know he was hurt but in terms of effectiveness and he came on a little bit later in the playoffs, probably top seven contributor, this team was so deep, so good. You have a pretty natural offensive minded forward and Mackie that can come in and pick up some of that productivity. Okay an asinine thing to say even though it's so. Asinine. That maybe the best trade in South Florida sports history netted what was their seventh best player last year and I ask you this Roy because even though he's a

young player and they've got him in the middle or at the beginning of an eight year contract extension he's small and once the body starts breaking in a number of places it often breaks in a number of more places. Do you expect Kachuk to get back to what it is that we once saw from him at the very start of all this? Because he's been and and I don't even blame him, it's the sport, it's how he plays it, and it's his size, so I understand, but his body's breaking down. I'll hand it over to Roy.

I think his reputation and his star has kind of outshined even his own performance, even though he's still a very good player, a very good American player. I don't think he's the better of the two Kachaks. I think there's even a considerable gulf between the two, but I think Matthew Kachak will age well in that. The injuries are a conversation and yes he's got a smaller frame, but this is not a player that's ever really relied on his athleticism. He's very slow. Yeah, he's

the slowest skater in the league, really. But because you could make an argument that he's the best American player, with that personality, that makes him, that's half of his stardom, is being American and having a great personality.