The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz - Local Hour: WDEI | 305 AM

Episode Date: May 15, 2025

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Shadow Show. Shadow Show. Shadow in it. Shadow in it. Chris Cody, Zaslow doesn't know what's real and what's bitter on here. I'm trying. I will just tell you that Greg Cody is not

a show removed from sticking out his chest preening and saying I'm a very punctual person and I'm looking at a seat next to me that's empty your father's not yet here he said he was gonna be here he is clearly late and he's already steaming because he was as insulted as he's ever been by me being an asshole to you two days ago. Yes he was, and he's often late, and I've criticized him, I don't think he leaves early enough, and everyone gets mad at me when I say it,

so I don't know what to do. You notice I've adjusted, right? Because I was late, and now. Oh, Zaslow will never be late again. I don't stop for coffee anymore, I make my own now. Well, Joy Taylor does accuse you, though, of one time walking in late with coffee, which I think you should have learned the lesson there took 10 years

But he finally figured it out longer make the make the coffee here Mike Tony, I mean does anyone in our company have a an explanation I asked this genuinely curious because I do not not do not know Stugats was on the schedule three or four days this week and has not appeared and Zaslow has rushed into the breach every time. Do you guys know what's going on with Stugatz? Check my bank accounts looking good now.

Yeah, yeah, absolutely. You see what's going on in Newark? Sean Duffy, man, in over his head. It's wicked, wild, wicked. Chowder. Zaslow came in here today and he is, he's betrayed a mean. I mean- Really, we're doing this already.

He, look, you're gonna fit right in around here. You're gonna fit right in because- You work our way to this? No, you're not gonna deny that you've betrayed a mean already, that you're, not only did you, not only are you sitting in Stugatsa's seat and counting, literally counting what used to be his money, you're sitting in the seat and you're coming in and you wanna bet, you wanna bet.

Look at the way Amin is staring at me too. It's, it's, Amin, you're gonna be. Can't see it because we're not on air. Amin, you're gonna be horrified by the level of this betrayal as a fellow hustler like Zazz who realizes that there are money trees all around us. Point them out to me please. Zazzlow I'm gonna point one out to you because Zazzlow has betrayed you on it you you pretend like point them out to me but you gave him what you have so many money trees around you that you

just gave one to Zazzlow and he betrayed you with it. It wasn't on purpose though. Oh you're admitting it now. Well I mean I don't know if I want to call it a betrayal Like I did something that is for me and that is helping me It really shouldn't have anything to do with a mean he may look at it as a betrayal I just did something that it is a bit helped me. It is a betrayal though. It is this is about cameo, isn't it? Oh My god, I took you under my wing I'm the one that show you you were lost. You didn't know how to go. How does the camera work? Portrait mode landscape. I'm like no listen to me. This is how you do it and I said

Sign up under my referral code at Darth Amin. You guys can request right now, by the way, if you're listening. And I was gonna show you the way! Tony, Tony, what's that? You can also request me at 10DayTony. I was gonna say, what about Mike? Do you use Mikehook? Is that what the code is?

I don't just, one of us was like, guess what everyone's code is? You're supposed to text me, hey, Amin, about to do this! Everyone stop, everyone back off, Tony. Yeah, back off. Tony's face on that, because this is funny. This is legitimate funny. Amin's saying, where are all the money trees?

Tony's one of the best hustlers we have. Tony knows how to hustle. Miami hustle. Not Fugazi Amin hustle. Whoa, wait a second. Hold on. I'm not finished with you yet. No, I'm not finished with you yet.

I'm not done betraying you yet. You don't let him talk to you like that. Tony, you just made a face at how slow Amin got in there with his panhandling on cameo and then right behind him like me driving behind an ambulance when there's traffic in Miami Right behind him you threw your cameo out. Little fastball in there Dano. 10 day Tony. It's not Blake's fault. This is the Dan Leventor Show with the StuGuts Podcast. I gotta be honest with you.

As much fun as it is to watch basketball's biggest names leave the stage so we can have new ones. I'm genuinely stunned by how I'm watching these playoffs because we talked about Golden State and the Lakers all season. And the way that I watched Golden State last night and the way that I've watched these playoffs have made me, for the first time in my life that doesn't involve Nick Saban, someone who vigorously hates that I am rooting for Jimmy Butler to go down in flames.

Like, I can't even believe how my objectivity has flown out the window on this. It was just, I was really happy last night, really happy that Jimmy finally found his joy again. We're doing this, huh? That's the show we're doing. Yeah, because last night was awesome. This is a good morning.

Last night was wicked awesome. That's some good stuff awesome. He's ass. Havid. The text I got last night, immediately after the game, is a text I think you guys would want to see. Because in the first round we said, hey guys, Jimmy won the Miami thing. And the second round we're saying, oh of miami wins it forever because the window is closed on the era of jimmy that that that closes right i can't believe he was in the air of the idea let me explain to you

miami did for jimmy last five years that it did in helpful brown with his lot better player obviously in two thousand and ten what what it is that miami did for jimmy and jimmy it would go to jimmy's head of course it would in five years jimmy butler went from a player none of us could be much better than

a one on an eight seed a one on a seven seed a one on a six seed because that's what we thought it was it ghost of philadelphia goes to minnesota build his legend but builds in a way none of us have ever seen in the playoffs ever zero forty point games regular season eight forty point games postseason there's a playoff jimmy well yes there was we also it was amazing was the prime of his career

and he's gone and now it's pump faked in and pump faked jimmy is different than playoff Jimmy. Pump fake Jimmy is 10 years of what basketball does to the body and 35 year olds generally age and they're not all LeBron. LeBron's changed the science. Levin field goal attempts, a joke. What time you get this text?

What time? It was after that game. It was after that game? Well, we can rule out Pat the rat because that guy ain't up there this isn't the time to do that oh no this guy's already going with the propaganda what did he do for Jimmy come on Jimmy carried their ass keep cod Jimmy did carry their ass for five years they did nothing for Jimmy they surrounded him by Max Shrews come on let's get real well hold, hold on a second.

That's the text I got. I'm not Max Shrews. I will tell you what that text is at some point. I will never tell you who it was from. I'm guessing you can all guess who it was from. I mean, another Stan situation. Lobster roll. What's a Stan situation?

Like remember the BAM text last year that you denied it was Stan, but we all thought it was Stan. Yeah, it was obviously Stan Van Gundy. It wasn't Stan. Like you guys put me in such a bad spot there. Such a bad spot. Well, you got two coaches that are friends. One pushed the other one out. It's got to be awkward for you.

I hate your accent so much. I don't know what you're talking about. Ted Williams. All right. We'll get to Jimmy because that hate is also fun. I don't think you've talked about Jimmy enough over the last few months. So I'm gonna I okay good call Boston guy. Jimmy Garoppolo. Here is what I am here I'm here to say this to America and I want the sound you guys have the video of these guys yesterday doing what it is that they did to the Boston Celtics before that game last night at the suggestion,

the suggestion that the Celtics could come back against the New York Knicks down 3-1 without Jason Tatum. And I went to bed last night after this tumult of hate and celebration of hate, I went to bed last night knowing that our show runs the risk epically because of what it is it did yesterday, laughing in the face of a champion, a worthy champion, a champion you should respect

that you don't respect enough because they've got the faster car and it was made to look easy easy that champion has beat the holy hell out of the league for two years and i will tell you that the difference i mean i wonder if you think this is true what i'm about to say the difference between the celtics and the rest of the eastern conference except for the calves this year even if i remove

jason tatum from it i'm just merely now making the Celtics about as good as the Knicks, because Derek White and Jalen Brown and Porzingis. And if Drew Holliday's your fourth, you've got a team that can beat an inconsistent Knicks team that can absolutely have the wheels fall apart in a way that crushes the best feeling

in New York in 25 years. Dan, they were down three-1 with Jason Tatum. Like, let's, they're down, so you can't say, even without Jason Tatum, they were down 3-1 with Jason Tatum. They won a game. This is like the Thunder- They won a home game. Yeah, this is like the Thunder losing game one,

and you're like, ah! Like, yeah, they won a game. Don't discount the heart of a champion. And also, you forgot a name. You didn't mention Luke on that the white Howard bubbler Derek white Dan it no we know this top 100 we didn't know this

We got that Kobe cosplay out of the way now. As you were. Boston, without Jason Tatum, can beat everyone remaining except OKC. Specifically because they're missing Jason Tatum. No way. Yeah, yeah way. Yawkey.

Let me make sure I heard that properly. This version of Boston, this team right now would beat Minnesota. I'm saying can beat Minnesota because they'll shoot from threes. Guys, just so you know, I'm sure the Celtics are like a two point dog in this game going to the... You have clearly not been watching Knicks basketball this season. I know you trust Brunson. If you don't think that that Knicks team can be undone by 25 years of being that Knicks team and the fact that they haven't closed out someone for those fans since 1999. That team is up and down and it is ready to turn on Bridges if Bridges decides to go 1 for 11 on a night at their garden.

Where they... you guys are crazy if you don't think that the Knicks can blow this nicks are a two and a half point favorite tomorrow night you're nuts if I tell you somebody's gonna win a game you're crazy if you don't think that the Celtics can beat the Knicks two more times there's a pushback that you're getting we organically flipped last night watching the heart of a champion over there with Derek White finally getting more volume because we got Jason Tatum out of the way this is exactly how efficient Derek White this is exactly how we turned organically now we realize with Tatum out of the way. This is exactly how efficient Derek White, this is exactly how he turned organically. Now we realize with Tatum out of the way,

the narrative can push forward that he's not a good basketball player, and now we want New York to be embarrassed. Hate your voice, man. Banger, Uwe. Your voice, your accent, I hate it so much. This is not what I thought I was walking into this morning. We're no longer Knicks guys over here.

We want the Knicks to be embarrassed because it's funny That image is that imaging is shitty I Know but I look they know how to do radio in Boston Okay, I think they do they've been making fun of the joke how we do radio look, but look that I mean that's the Cubans That's the production that we've got on on our wdei imaging American that sounds like a sound from Adam West's Batman How are we trying to keep up with the kids? Kabow!

M-U-T-E-I! She's got better voices too. You people are insane if you do not believe. Listen to what I'm saying to you. We all believe. We all believe that we can blow this. I mean doesn't believe. No, I mean believes.

Dan, I'm rooting for it. I'm rooting for that to happen, because then that's the maximum amount of chaos that brings me joy in life. I have an entire family and a group chat full of people who have lived on Cloud 9 for the last four or five days, right? This is the best time of their lives, literally.

I'm talking about birth of children, marriage, all that stuff, nope, this is it. So pathetic, having three wins in round two. It's the best time of their life. Yeah, precisely. With one pop of an Achilles, we got a dream scenario over here. This is really lining up perfectly

because you set up the Knicks with all this hope, they're already buying the tickets on Game Time for the NBA finals Because they think that Jason Tatum being out is a bad thing But we here on the show have always known he's a massively overrated player And we've always known that Derek White is the key to their success. This is perfect. Don't forget about Luke Cornett the White Howard Greg Cody has arrived he is Fashionably ladies getting makeup in the other room as I mentioned. He's enraged.

Chris, do you want to take the audience? It was lovely actually to see the audience gather together, rally and show a great deal of love and calling me an asshole for the way that I treated you on Tuesday with your father. And now your father comes in enraged and I've often said your father enraged is the best Cody there is. That's the one we want to play with. He's got like this smirk to him that I think he's actually really mad. You know like he's when he's actually when he's playing along he'll I don't know. Zazz never knows. Look at him. Zazz what's the prediction there? Look Mike, Mike wouldn't you say as a producer for the talent that is Greg Cody over 20 years, that not unlike my father, there have been any number of challenging situations because the talent wishes to be treated like talent.

Yeah, there's a point in no return when it comes to Greg Cody, that you lose him for the day. And I think we're already over there. And his head already seems to be spinning. I cannot wait for him to find out that we're a Celtic show now. W-T-E-I. All right, let's just see how he reacts to that. It's very strange that we would a Celtic show now. W-T-E-I Alright, let's just see how he reacts to that.

It's very strange that we would go Batman imaging from the 60s to try and keep up with AI and modern technology. I don't know whose decision that was. I don't think that's how we... We fight them in the streaming age. W-T-E-I Wait, how about that Brad Marshand?

Tony! How about that Brad Marshand last night? Ch last night chirping you want to chirp our players Brad Marsh on your you skating to the bench not so fast not so fast you don't chirp before the panther Tony please don't stop doing that We all get to the same conclusion you me and a mean Tony and a triangular fashion Tony Adam West You mean a meme in a triangular fashion. Tony, every time, this is what I need from you all show, okay, every time he plays that, I want you to give me a signature kick

or some sort of beefcake mixed martial arts so that we can compete with MMA Boston Sports Radio on how to out-talk them on mixed martial arts because we've got more modern imaging than them. Pissa. We have feuded with WEI, which has been flatly racist for 20 years, just as an organization, for 20 years.

And they know they have a champion. And what I would say to you guys, and I don't actually mean this as insult in any way to the league or the Celtics. It's actually a celebration of how much a champion the Celtics have been, even though people doubt it. Like, it never gets made as easy as the Celtics made It's actually a celebration of how much a champion the Celtics have been even though people doubt it. Like it never gets made as easy as the Celtics made it look last year unless you're great and I think we kind of doubt that they're great at least in part because we're saying well you've

just got the faster car you're the one that got to 53s faster and and all the other engines blew out on the track. Look I'm the biggest Celtics fan you'd find and even I'd be the first to admit we got wicked lucky over the last few years Packy remember Max Truss. Let me tell you something his foot was inbounds. We got lucky. Okay, you can you can get lucky No, I could say that as a boss. You would never say that I can say that as a boss You'd not be the first we're known for our self-awareness They would not be any admitting of anything from you if you're first to admit anything like that no Boston fan like what are you doing are you gonna be in character as the Boston fan or not Brad Marchand

carried yes no but you are you gonna do the character not because lucky lucky is not something any Boston fan they rolled over everybody in five games last year no it's not easy to win a championship I think it's perfectly fair to put an asterisk next to that banner. Ripper. That's ridiculous. We'd be the first to admit it.

You wouldn't be. We would be. We would be. We, we, D, E, I. We, we, D, I. Yeah. Winchester. Southie.

I want to get to the Panthers in a second. We will wait, of course, for the talent to get into position. He's going to make a jostle, get his headset in. He does remember saying his very last episode how punctually was making fun of zazz for being late the previous time yes uh... that may or may not be true i'd have to look up the record on that what is your level of anger right now how much have you forgiven me or not

forgiven me for last tuesday was lovely to see the audience uh... rally in your defense to uh... chant asshole at me it was lovely to see the audience rally in your defense to chant asshole at me. It was a lovely show of the best love that, you know, repressed toddler males can show each other. Yeah, you took a big hit on social media, and rightly so. I responded to your, uh... Unpacking, as he talks.

I responded to your apologetic text. What would happen if you didn't get your computer, like if you just addressed the situation, what would happen? It's wild how unprofessional you're being, like by way of entrance right now, because you can't. Like you need the computer to address this?

Like because you're being noisy and this is an audio product. You're attacking my man right off the bat. I was gonna say, Dan, I really wanna thank you, because you know, you're good nature, you're calm demeanor, you have such a way of bringing down the temperature in any, you're good nature, you're calm demeanor, you have such a way of bringing down the temperature in any room you're in and making the workplace

such an inviting environment. Thank you for being you. You got everything you need out there? Shh. Not yet. Go ahead. What do you got? What did I miss?

What kind of magic did you guys do in the 10 minutes before I got here? Replay it for me. Play it for him. Play it for him, Chris. W-D-E-I. I like it. I thought DEI was banned in this country. I'm glad to hear that that's up. In certain parts. Certain parts? What are you? W-D-E-I! Park the car! Everybody thinks they can do a Boston accent by the way, it's like an English accent. Hello! Okay, so I thought I was good with money. Turns out I was really good at ignoring it. Like how am I spending this much on delivery or Uber or that one shoe store that I buy too many shoes from? Then I started using Monarch Money and dude, it's a financial wake- up call. Monarch is not just some budgeting app. It's basically your money

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It's called my right foot. It controls how fast the car goes. No button or steering wheel lever needed. Power steering. There's another one. Why do I want to give my power to the car? The power that I once had. The car is a ton of metal. I'm a damn college graduate. Stugats. Bluetooth, HD radio, satellite. I'll take AM please with Wolfman Jack talking through the static

and I'll crank the windows down so everybody can hear. I'm Greg Cody and that's how it was back in my day. This is the Don LeBattar Show with the Stugats. You know, everybody thinks they can do a Boston accent. Keep cooking. I grew up with a Boston accent, okay? My mother into her 90s was saying, Pac the Ca. So I know a Boston accent. You know, my aunt, I grew up with my aunt singing

Robert Goulain songs in French. You know, I'm the real deal. I'm a little hyped right now. I've been in traffic for an hour and a half nonstop. Why are we playing happy music? He doesn't even recognize the music. And so, just guys, this is what I'm telling you, all right? Just so that I'm gonna let people look behind the curtain

for a second. Zazzle's been offended by the way Cody's done this show for about 20 years. Offended right now. Cody thinks he's a star, and he is. But he really does think he can come in 10 minutes and be like, I'll get all caught up right here. You guys aren't that good at this.

Play the dough. So why is he doing a Boston accent? Because he's pretending to be a Celtics fan because he's the ultimate front runner, the ultimate bandwagon guy. And I'm the one, by the way, I'm the one Tuesday who predicted that the Celtics winning three in a row without Tatum

would be the best story in all of sports. It's happening. Yeah, Greg, you're wicked smart. Damn right. I would say that while you're close, you're getting warmer. But that ain't exactly what's at play here. This is a haters dream scenario. Now that Tatum is out of the way for a Miami Heat fan,

which I'm purported to be, but not actually because I'm a C's guy now. W-T-E-I. What are you looking at, Zaslow? I'm looking at you! I'm trying to be a professional! I look at people when they're talking. I'm looking at you! By the way, I did the math.

You know how you're infamous for saying you're a three-time NBA champion? No, no, two-time. Two. Oh, two-time? I'm sorry. Yeah. Okay, well I- Because one of them was rigged. Okay, you know what?

I did the math. I am a 24-time NFL, NBA, NHL, MLB, and CFB champion columnist. 24 times. What makes you a champion? Because I've covered all of those championships. Well, I mean, that's weird. I mean, did you get championship rings from those teams you covered? Actually, I got a couple of fake rings along the way. No, no, I didn't ask how many fake rings you have.

Did you get team-issued? Championship rings. No, and if I did I would be embarrassed now ask me that question I don't care and and you're do you have one on well, no, I don't wear it everywhere I mean look like a schmuck. Yeah. Yes, you would do you wear it anywhere? If I go to a nice event like I was at a Zaslow wedding a couple of weeks ago I wore my championship ring now I don't wear both at the same time because then I look like an a-hole right but yes I pick out which one I'm feeling that night. Do I wear 2012 do I wear 2013?

I like the 2013 design a little bit better. It's usually my go-to But yes, if I'm at a nice event, I wear a big fat championship ring And do people ever mistake you for the 12th guy on the bench on that original 1986 team? Well, 86 is 2012 and 2013. I mean, you should know, you say you cover the teams. Yes. But... Those were two of my 24 championships.

The three, actually. I covered all three. They don't have to ask who I am when people see it because my name is on the side of the ring. Yeah, and you did a lot to earn that, so congrats. That's debatable, but the team gave me rings. Yeah, because they felt obligated to. Nowadays, everybody gets a championship ring.

Fans get them. I have a Marlins championship ring. It's a fake one. You just said it's a replica. I have a real one. It's real diamonds. If I wanted to sell it, I'd be living lap of luxury. I'm sure you would. These are real diamonds. Okay, if I wanted to sell it I'd be living lap of luxury These are real diamonds. So let me get this straight. Maybe blood diamond. I don't know exactly

Tony says you can't live lap of luxury. That ring is it five thousand dollars because he gets a smaller ring than the others I don't think he gets the same ring. Yeah, they're different levels I was about to say you think your ring is the same as Dwayne Wade's ring. No I don't think that. No no no. Okay. Now with poss and rings. Okay. When you wear that ring does it leave your finger green after you take it off? I'm just curious. You think I'm wearing a fugazi ring? Oh no it's not fugazi. You think I'm wearing a fugazi ring? I didn't say that. I don't like that. I don't. I couldn't have said it more clearly. He's asking questions. If a green ring is left on your finger after you wear a diamond ring, that means it's fugazi. Are you saying that's a heat? No, it means you bleed green. Are you accusing the Heat?

Yeah, you bleed green like Mike Ryan. Are you accusing the Miami Heat of giving fugazi rings? I'm accusing the Miami Heat of giving a much cheaper ring to someone in your situation Please rule on whether or not a franchise that is constantly avoiding the luxury taxes cut and go on this Listen, this is my court and we are not ruling on two different things at once. I will rule on whether the ring is cheaper than I have as opposed to DeWayne Wade, LeBron, James, Chris Botched. Or the assistant trainer or any of the other people. I don't know all those people.

I'm happy to cede the power to you here, Judge, Judge, Judge with President Zaslow. can you guys just look up for me though to see what's factual here because i'd believe judge that uh... he's being insulting because i believe it is a very good ring and i believe it is a very valuable ring but it is also probably a ring that would be lower than the one uh... that juan howard got by a lot probably sustained no but i probably don't know but then they don't know but i'm gonna go out there many layers are just two layers on this there are employees and i believe the heat would regard him as an employee as

someone who was getting up day and night to be one of the prominent voices for their team like uh... did your did your money come from the heater did it come from radio in the radio okay so so we separated like a journalist would that's right separate never took a dollar from the team cody journalist yeah and how much of an average dollar how much of a an obligation was there for you to be

pro heat at every turn i was i was never told what to say is that forever i was never told what to say because it was already implied it was certainly implied okay hold on a second. This is my courtroom here, alright? Is it? I'm going to rule, hey, Bailiff, keep an eye on him. And by the way, heat dancers get championship rings. So which you created earn them. As they deserve. But give me the tears please because I think, not the the next years give me these tears yet there's definitely a couple of tears i mean the top one of the whole is a

five-year-old i i i don't know it makes a difference though this the reason i keep asking the question is we're trying to get an empirical measurement for whether or not you're a journalist based on your ring and how big it is and whether you should be proud of your ring i'm saying it's a valuable rate i don't know if it's the least valuable, I'm still saying it's valuable. Like I'm guessing it's at least a $5,000 ring.

Lap of luxury, Greg. You think? Yeah. I do. Have you seen that? Have you seen the rings? I have not. No, you've seen them? I've seen them, they're pretty heavy duty.

Okay. Those are expensive ass rings. That's right. What do you imagine it's worth and what do you imagine you could get for it if you decided to sell your soul? You would never sell it, it's priceless. If my house were on fire, it's the thing I grab

when I'm running out of the house. Right. Everyone knows the thing they would grab in their house, right, if your house on fire, you gotta grab, we're assuming, you know, the women, the children. My daughter. We're assuming, they have legs, they have legs. We're assuming they're getting out, all right?

You guys, that's so lame Yeah, yes your kids guys. You would grab your kids. Congratulations. My kid virtue signalers. Yeah, great I'm sorry grab your kids before you grab Samson would grab some paperwork. You guys would grab your kids got it brave brave and noble warriors you guys in a fire and That's a grab his pick rings see I and they'd be hot and he'd have to put a fire and as a grab his pig rings i can't and they'd be hot and he'd have to put them down and then grab the kids because indiana jones we tries to grab that little compass thing that burns in with hands on all the suns as those got burned in his hand he championed two

thousand twenty three but then the problem is they have the wrong size stick because the flip side i think i want to cut down all of the exactly what it was for reasonable bottom line is if my house run fire i would grab the rings they're very very important to me because not everyone can claim greg matter of fact i've never heard anybody else claim being a champion broadcaster and not just that

on the two-time champion broadcaster on the twenty four times champion columnist and i probably don't wear any ring i think if you wear a team and hearing you were your pinky rang if you wear a team's championship ring it disqualifies you from claiming you're a journalist for the united sales either your call yourself a champion i'm calling myself a champion columnist because i've covered twenty four championships major championships on the domain including the two u and baseball teachers as those rings you think those are cheap but that's me i want to uh... and uh... those are my

own all of all you think those are cheap right on my fists i mean i just i can't tell from here i mean that that uh... uh... is that zirconia looks pretty good out there you know i can't uh... tell from here and i'm not in the company of the ring, but that precious jewel banter Yeah, that does look pretty a pretty good facsimile. All right, I will get in a second. I've been remiss Okay, because I will say we're 50 minutes into the show and what I saw last night in Toronto I'm just honored

I'm just honored to see excellence on display that can reach into a country and a franchise's soul. And I can hear and feel the fear in a really unique way coming from a country. So good. When they were down one nothing because they knew what came this way. They've watched enough hockey to know, and I heard this, you're not gonna believe how it is.

I've gotta get to these things and don't let me wander too far away from them, okay? Zazz has betrayed Amin. I mean, not on purpose. Okay, we're gonna get back to it. I just don't wanna wander too far away. I got a text all of you are gonna want to hear but I do want to celebrate Good

Um, I'm on the edge of my seat waiting for how you finish that sentence. What do you want to celebrate? I'm right there with you. Whoo Good. I love Greg on the attack Greg. That's it. We need you on the offensive more often. That's a for check You're too defensive, you know, you come here. You're humble you let Dan make fun of you, and you you gotta say oh no Don't talk about my son that way don't talk about me that way yeah You need to be like this more often on the offensive. Yeah look out for number one I love this boss and me party over there. You know I gotta stand up myself because when I'm in here Tuesday you know I was in here Tuesday with Zaslow and and and mike talking nonstop i couldn't get a word in

so now i a you know i have a a shoehorn and i a a a don't run allies and i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i Yeah, wicked good that Tony you need to get better at that was a flying the camera didn't get it guys I mean come on guys you never know when you're gonna hit the sound that then you gotta be Loose I know I know I gotta be loose. He's gonna do it every time. He's gonna be what you need What I'm saying is that if Tony sharpens this particular skill. I get no enough with the sharpening skills. He's doing the chop. All right. Every time that place played again, play it again.

You got you got Tony doing his thing, but you never know when the old time is going to like spill some tea all over his computer. It's a tough show to direct. I know. Understood. I would just say to you. I love that. That's good producing by the way. You missed it by the way. I gave an old timey poke in the eyes. Illegal by the way. A little rotty rotty Piper right there. I blocked his. The eye gouge is. I was ready for it. It's one of, put it on the poll at LeBataan Show. Well scouted. Is the eye gouge is... I was ready for it. It's one of the, put it on the poll at LeBretard Show.

Well scouted. Is the eye gouge the greatest of the fighting tools? Yeah, but I put that hand up. You got no moves. You got no moves. I got me. Coffee. It's like what happens when Tatum goes out,

you just get more Derek White. That's a bad thing. No, but no, no, wait a minute. So when you say you've got no moves and when you say heart of a champion and Yes, the Boston Celtics are a proven and determined champion Boston knows what it takes to be great at sports, although not very often in basketball I mean easy with the proven easy with the proven there plenty of questions about our last championship rain

Because we got so lucky with all the injured players the best guy on every team that we played got hurt very fortunate you can't do this person you can't keep doing this person person what a self-aware boss and Celtics fan I'm like mana from heaven this is what I want to tell you about the weirdness of how it is that I watched the game last night okay because Zaslow left here you have seen Zaslow say how he sleeps at night knowing that he's got the champion. He goes to bed at the end of these games and he's just got this this giant smile on his face because it's how the Chiefs feel. Okay, and and I'm not saying that the Panthers are there yet because they're not, but to climb to the top of this sport, it is clear that they have learned through style and physical

resiliency what it takes to get to the top of the sport and what it takes to buzz saw that team a very good team at a time that it's fan base is scared going into the game because canada is twenty five years because here come the kachaks and they know what they're doing i didn't watch the game. I'm listening to it on Toronto radio because because I want the Panthers to get a one goal lead and I want to hear what it sounds like there to know that I got in poker the nuts that you don't have what this is and the announcer said the perfect thing

after the first after the first goal the Toronto announcer said the perfect thing because I got the silence it won nothing and says, these are the Panthers from game four. They're here. This is reminiscent. And now the fear of history sweeps through the building. They know what a champion looks like. It never looks like them. Never looks like them. And they see their team broken. Yeah, our backup goalie was great can you believe it it's such a nice story but here comes the team that knows how to gear up for this time of the season and they'll choke you out when they get the lead because you will do nothing the rest of the game and I could hear soaked

in the announcer's voice at one nothing with the silence they're here now and I'm telling you it it was haunting. As someone who loves audio, I wanted, you left here hoping that Toronto would go down one nothing so that you would hear what Toronto, you would hear the fear. Like the Panthers didn't have to go up one nothing yesterday. The Leafs had to go up one nothing. Cause if the Panthers get that lead in the first period that crowd is So tight and they were Shook after that one nothing lead because it's yeah, not only do we give up the first goal, but they are

Strangling us the way that we were strangled the entire game number four and it's why after game one even game two I mean obviously I was nervous, but it's why after game one, even game two, I mean obviously I was nervous, but it's why after game one, the Leafs won, Leafs fans were excited, they should have been, it was one-nother, I was like, you know, we're fine. Like we played terrible in game one, game two for that matter. And I feel like the Leafs probably felt

like they played pretty well in game one. And they barely escaped with that win. And it's like, all right, the longer longer this series goes if you don't kill us dead And they had a chance to kill us dead They were a goal away from a three nothing series lead heck They were up three to one in the second period Cody are you laughing and kill us dead are you laughing at is the journalists? No, no, I get it. I understand it. This isn't us. That's fine I mean, I'm in the thick of this here Greg. Okay, and

Now I thought you played well last night by the way Congrats. Thank you. Look Zaslow. I mean he probably netted a goal Everybody else did Zaslow, AJ Green. Woo! It's AJ Greer. Or whatever. Placed for the Bucs. Okay. That's true. I'm thinking of the receiver. You're right Is he still playing around? He used to play for the Bengals. I'm talking about AJ Green, Bucks, White Guy. He doesn't need to be on time. He's got it down. He knows. He's got to play in the hits. I thought he retired. He went to game three and four. I will say that...

Had to pull up. So if this person who cares a great deal about the Panthers said he went game three and game four and told me before the game it's the business just saying he did he texted me only one sentence both times going to the arena my team needs me sometimes you got to do what you got to do I mean fans think like that. I mean, I had other things going on, but it's like, whatever, get in the car. Team needs me.

Fans are convinced that they're the six men on the ice. He's not a fan, though. He's a two-time champion broadcaster, and he knows exactly what it takes to get to that mountaintop. And I knew my team needed me. He's a fan-alist. Ooh.

I just invented that. That's a wicked good word. Hold on! Yeah. Hold on! Old man still got it! All right, a little counterpunch. That's an idea. Oh, that's a wicked good word I believe like we've got a lot of those in the media now. I feel like everybody's a fan of this now Man top fan of list right now. Who are the top fan of list? Let's do it. That's a good less because It's changing the sports media is changing. It's becoming fan of lists it's change in the sports media is changing it's becoming fan lists will bonds out there with his cubs jersey tucked into his jeans was thrown out the first page on the I'm banging on a hockey drum

in bill simmons oh she's saying I was everybody's a panelist Mike Greenberg odds as though you will notice Cody is not calling himself a one-time Panthers hockey champion like he's not he's not associating himself with that champion. He doesn't have a championship. I'm a champion columnist. Panthers columnist. But he's a fan of the Panthers he's a journalist about the Heat you will concede that well you're not he's a basketball journalist. Can you guys get back to breaking down the game? We were talking puck and it wasn't one of the three and a half talking points that Dan has. He was so happy to get

that half one with Brad Marsham, but now that I'm on board We're good. I don't want to talk to you today I don't I don't this is this person my boy talk park that I have never heard from the self-aware Celtics fan. It's not that you can't create that character. I'm just a truth teller The I live and die with my seas But I mean you look at that title that we won, you closely inspect it, you look under the hood and you realize, okay, we got very, very fortunate for the team. You never had to actually prove it.

Fine. The Panthers did to the Bruins to get to hear what they are right now. To watch in real time a hockey team change its entire blueprint to become architecturally something that is tougher in the third period and that Toronto knows to fear. Because whatever the regular season was When this team gets to a hundred points winning this way Everyone knows that it could beat everybody because it already has however. I am terrified of Edmonton Call it now. Yeah terrified

I am fully terrified. They're in the West. Champion. Well, he means, he means, he means the Panthers are going to pass. We're skipping ahead around. I like that. You know, in the last minute of the game, the Panthers were still out working. It's amazing the effort and the coach for the other team said this we were outworked. We were out hustled We were out wanted this is in and that improved that level that show with the stugas gamble on by draft Kings