The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz - Postgame Show: Night Train Veeck

Episode Date: September 25, 2023

Dan introduces us to the Veeck family before Tony wows us with his Top 5 European Observations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You're listening to Giraffe King's Network. I'm going to assume that Billy knows the VEK family name. Bill VEK and Mike VEK. But Chris, Tony, are you familiar with that name? Do you do any word association? If I tell you, Bill Vec or Mike Vec, do you have any reference point for this hero? I know who it is, but for Tony, let's fill him in.

Oh, yeah. I have zero idea who the Vecs are. OK, so I also know who it is, but just want to hear you guys guess. Chris Cody, why don't you tell us? Well, Dan, when a man and a woman love each other, sometimes they veck. Oh, wow. Back to you, Dan. You don't know, do you?

I have no clue. You've never heard of who Bill Vec is? Was he the last person to buy a baseball team being independently wealthy. Bill Vek is a former baseball owner who was wildly inventive. He was a he knew he was a former American baseball owner. If I do recall correctly, he likes stunts. Yeah, he did. He liked gadgets.

He's really responsible for much of the innovations that you have seen in the way. Dan also read the first two sentences of his Google because that's work for work. Well, no, Vec was the last owner to purchase a baseball franchise without an independent fortune and is responsible for many innovations and contributions to baseball. I am learning who this is.

Please continue to educate. Well, Bill Vec was a notoriously cheap owner who, for example, just a lot of stunts, Eddie Gidell, somebody who was a little person. He sent him up to the plate to have an at bat because his strike zone was small. He was responsible for that? What a genius. He did a lot of stuff like that, but his son, Mike Vec, also did a lot of that. And in the minor leagues before the Savannah bananas,

he was doing all sorts of wacky. His son was Michael Vec. That is correct. I loved him at VT. Don't read about the dogs. What do you mean don't look at them? Don't look up then. What are you talking about?

I'm just learning and trying to follow along so it's it is this pronounced vec because it's v-e E-E-C-K is it weak? Let me let me be clear on this there's one person in this room who knows who this person is Everyone else is either ignorant or reading Wikipedia. Who do you think knows what the pronunciation of his name is? You guys or me on this. Wow. You saying that with a lot of panacea? I'll lay out. Bill Vek was an innovator and his son, Mike Vek, is the subject of a very good documentary on Netflix, the Saint of Second Chances, because his story is of the family reinventing baseball with risk-taking that often ended in disaster, like, for example, when Mike Vek embarrassed his father,

and maybe caused his father to sell the white socks because he created the promotion disco demolition night. And the reason that I bring all of this up, the documentary is very good. I would suggest it to anybody. He is a very personable person and has been for a long time. But his judgment can be bad. And I'm not just talking about disco demolition night. I am talking about

he named his child, his son, night train. That's rough for a child. That's a good name. Night train veck. Put it on the pole at Lebitard show. Have you done your child the disservice if you name him night train? But the reason I bring all of it up is because baseball over the last couple of years has undergone a change I never thought I would see. Baseball is just so historically reluctant stubborn, stupid even about change. We've talked before about Bob Costas was wildly against the wild card. And there'd be no reason for us to be paying any attention to baseball this week in South Florida, if not for the wild card. But these people, the VEC family, is more associated associated with innovation mostly in the minor leagues

because that's where Mike veck made most of his living where you can take some chances even as it relates to our most tradition rich sport. Nighttrain veck didn't think that it was such a bad name because there's a grand son now Bill veck that is is also called Nitraine. Oh, yeah. Yeah, he's in. Nitraine, Jr. I just, Nitraine Vec, I found his LinkedIn.

Wow. 34 years old. Wow. I saw that in Australia, there's I guess like rules for names and you have to have names approved. And an Australian journalist decided, yeah, an Australian journalist decided to try these rules and named her child, methphetamine rules and it got through. And now they have to legally change that child's name, but forever on the birth certificate

will be methamphetamine rules as the name, because that didn't get flagged somehow by the name police or whatever exists out there. And that's why America's number one, Jack, you can name your kid whatever the hell you want. Nobody's going to stop you, okay? Rules for names get out of here. Did he ever do his America rules? Your observation. So he was talking about Tony's top five European observations? Coming soon.

Do you have them? Oh, I've got them, Dan. All right, well, wait a minute. We can do this right now, but Mike, I believe you read the internet wrong because that is Bill Vex grandson. I believe there's only one night train though I was saying that Mike Vex had named his son night train. I believe there's only one All right, there can only be one. Well, no, there's also a night train lane. Yeah, there can only be

Look man, it I'm with Tony on this dude does not look like a night train. No. Yeah. Pretty unassuming. You got to have a vibe to be night train. Put it on the pole, Jude. You're at Levitard show. Can you be unassuming if your name is night train? I don't know why it is that night train gives off sort of a fearsome aura when all it is is a train at night. Like, it's just a train moving at night. Most night trains are cargo trains, which aren't, you know, it's not a speeding bullet train or anything like that. It's all the trains, probably at least intimidating.

Billy, would you do me the favor, please, of finding for me why night train lane got the nickname night train to birth future night trains. Oh, when any run you over? Yeah, we'll see. Taco the hell. Someone needs to, like, how about Bright Line train? Yeah, that's intimidating.

I don't know about the Bright Train. It's like Bright gives me an aura of, like, happiness. Night Train gives me, like, oh, I'm scared. Put together Bright Line, you remember, of all the killings. Oh. You're just, like, immediately reminded, oh, this is a death train. Not its fault, by the way. I think, I think though, a night train also probably results in a great deal of death

more than a daytime train, I would imagine. Lane acquired the nickname night train during his first training camp with the Rams. He made Tom Fieres had a record player in his room and frequently played the record night train by Jimmy Forrest. Oh, no. No, no. Lane train doesn't work at all. Tony, are you ready to do the top five American observations, Jack?

Born ready, Dan O, this is Tony's European top five and we start in the OLI. And it's hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on. Slow down real quick. Billy, why are you laughing and I'm just waiting for weeks to hear. He's really excited about this one. He's been talking about this for weeks and he won't tell me what's on it.

So it's just like the anticipation is killing me, but also I know, kind of what's coming in it. But just to be clear, what it's just observations from while you were in Europe for three weeks? Correct, observations from while I was in Europe. French music. What? I'm just kind of pretty serious. You're trying to ruin it. You from while I was in Europe. French music? What? I'm just kind of pretty serious.

You're trying to ruin it. No, I'm not trying to help in French music or something. Set the tone. Oh, do we have music? I don't think so. Would you like some? Yeah, I think you have. I didn't know that.

Well, this is a kind of expert production that Billy always helps with. I'm helping. You know one can argue that I'm helping. He is the music that you use. I'm not asking. Are to have the music that you ask I can't have you kidding me. We're at the top of the music. We should call this kind of nitrate Exactly. All the music he's got. We are at the top of the industry right here. That's right. We have something

French general French music. Well no French would work as I didn't go to France I'm not gonna be able to come from French I'm not gonna be able to come from on French Oh, it's a stand of the day That says Europe have I've ever heard it? No wait, I just got emailed something standby stretch. This crack production team just make it happen, Danom. How many are on your top five? I've got a top five and I've got one OLI.

So it's a relatively quick list. Dan, have you ever been to Europe? Yes. Then you'll feel a lot of these observations. Stop playing defense against this. Solid. I'm stretching've been stretching. Yeah. Go ahead and give me the O.L.I. Well, I don't know. Let's get the United, excuse me, let's get the European Union to start developing some escalators. The world has evolved past airs catch up. This will slap more when the music hits. Here we go gotta try to get reading your own

Tell me now we're talking you're now we're talking okay now we're back in Tony's tough five European observations Here we go read it with a doofy S. Oh, I let's get some GDS collaters in Europe everything is stairs guys. We've evolved past stairs our legs work Yes, but you know what works better? Us not using our legs. Something carrying us up. Our fat asses up the stairs, not climbing said stairs. Stumbled over GD over there. He can't curse me.

Come on. With the day you've had talking, don't put Paul in your coming after him. Number five, stop trying to sell me shit. Everybody in the side is trying to sell me shit. Like, I don't want the squeaky toy that you have I don't want a fan I don't want a friendship places. I don't want any of that shit. Stop trying to sell me. I don't need the scarf. I'm wearing a shirt brother. I'm good Crazy number four enough with the metric system The only kilos I want Dano

The ones from the plug put it on okay, I don't want to do that. The ones from the plug. Put it on. Okay. I don't want to do anything in kilos. I tried to get up my bag. They're like, oh, it's only 20 kilos. I'm like, guys, what does that mean? What is taught me kilos? Put it on the pole enough with the metric system. Yes or no?

Number three. Keyloaf, please. Number three. How about we use the same plugins? Yeah. Like, the electrical outlet. How about we use the same ones? They the electrical outlet? How about we use the same ones? They should do it our way. Your sweet.

Okay, electricity. They should do it our way. Thank you. There's suck. And do you get a G-Daptor and it'll still blow your shit out. Exactly. My wife is don't talk about a steamer. My wife is very upset about the steamer. Happy to the vacation. I destroyed the steamer because I put it in to 40. It was supposed to be in 110. Guys, how about I just plug it in and I don't worry about it because everything works in America Number two jack number two maybe maybe we should show it the heaters Everybody in Europe I'm talking about the waiters taking my heart of smoking in my face the guy next to me is putting it out in my food I'm like hey get out of here

The the the pop was smoking to hear what I went to the Vatican City. I saw him. I saw him. I saw him. I saw him. There's no way that's true. I don't think you have access to the public. No, he was there. I saw him. Number one. He was after you. Dude, everybody's smoking. He was after the officers, the the the the the public cardinals, what I want to call him. Crazy. Number one. Miami's fine. Miami's fine. Miami's fine.

And I'll explain you now. Global warming. It's happening in Italy. It was 178 degrees there every single day. Miami is beautiful 89. This is great here by the way. Also, don't worry about it, Mike. Also, don't worry about the tide coming up.

Venice is great. We do stuff in boats over there. You can get through with the gondolas. It gets filled up with water. We adapt. Baby, that's what we do here in this country. Hey, tamahagi, andra baha'at. Ira was said, Resolven. That's it. America, Jack. Hahaha!