The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz - Postgame Show: Taylor's Baseball Card Game

Episode Date: March 15, 2024

Chris, Mike and Billy play a game created by Taylor in which he takes 10 baseball cards from 2004 and the gang has to guess which team they played for. How well do they remember 2004 baseball? How many names that make you smile will they discover? Find out in this brand-new game! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Find secret at your nearest Walmart or Shopper's Drug Mart today. Hey guys. Hey. Hey. Taylor has a game that he wants us to play, but he doesn't want to introduce the segment himself. Hey guys, hey. Taylor has a game that he wants us to play, but he doesn't want to introduce the segment himself. So he asked me to basically start a segment and say, Hey, here's Taylor to tell us about this game.

That we're playing. You're up Taylor. I thought it would be weird if I just opened it and people were like, who the hell is that talking? But I saw this game. I listened to WFAN every day for the most part. And sorry about that. Want wanted to know what's going on in my New York sports.

But Brandon Tierney and Sal Lakata were playing this game. They were given the 1987 top set and they got a player and then they had to say what team that player was on in 1987. So I went out on my own and I got the 2004 top set. Ooh, my wheelhouse. Can we, before we play this game? I don't know. I'm taking this desk apart Before we play this game, I don't have one before we play this game Can we talk about the fact that Taylor bought this set out of pocket? Oh, he spent like 80 bucks on this

I'm like Taylor. You should expense that go get her He doesn't he doesn't want to because he thinks he's gonna get in trouble I'm like, but you're doing a bit out of this. No, you should definitely do that. Didn't we expense a PS2? Yeah. Who did that? Tony, it feels like a Tony move.

Tony has some ridiculous clout in this company and I don't understand it. Like he can get away with anything it seems. Anyway. But I split it into three piles of 10 each, labeled A, B and C. Is this random? I'm not playing any funny business.

I want B. I shuffled. Okay. Okay. But wouldn't I get C, you get B, and then I guess you just get A. That's fine. Because of our letters of our names.

Sure, whatever. But you haven't looked at, have you looked at the cards here? I shuffled them. Okay. That's not how you shuffle, that's dealing. Is there gonna be like one pile that's weird? No, no, no.

I would say they're all of. These are handpicked. You picked them out of the deck There's no like Derek cheaters. There's no Mary. How do you know he was a Yankee? He was a Yankee Yankee Yankee Yankee Yeah, all right, so he hand-picked all of these Billy is B B Chris is C I don't want to be that's a really confusing so the middle of Mike's in the middle a BC that doesn't matter now I'm trying to flip it. I'll be A. It doesn't make- No, I'm B. No matter what, I'm B.

He's C, Chris is C, and I'm B, and Mike is A. Why don't we switch, do you wanna switch seats? The cards are all with? Okay. A, C, B. It doesn't matter, Taylor. No one can see the list but you. Yes, wait, so I have the pile.

Wait, it might still be. How did I end up with B? You're A. Taylor, you know Taylor. He's also assuming you can see the cards through the glass. Exactly right. I'm just reading the cards. I'm undermining Taylor.

Can I make this easier for you? Do you still have A, B, C lined up next to each other? Just take the label off of A and put it on B and put the B on the A and then you're good. Then it'll be B, A, C and you're in order. Don't even move the cards. Just move the label. It doesn't matter. I'm'm not gonna overthink it. What is GQ think just give me names GQ. I like GQ. I like GQ Yeah, I like the only serious person in this company energy. Yes, Mike Ryan starting it. Okay

What what pile does he have though? Yeah, his B. Oh, no, he's a I thought it was B All right, so you're gonna tell me a player name. You're gonna read off some additional stats No, no, just the player name player name. Okay. What is this for 2004? Okay. We'll see we'll see where it fits Where was this player in 2004? All right, I'm clear on the game Fred McGriff prime dog Oh for Ed McGriff Seems I want to I want to say Rays but no that's he was an expansion Seems like too obvious. I wanna say Rays, but no, he was an expansion Ray. I think he was like a deadline deal guy.

He was playing in 04. Yeah, it's crazy. Wow. I'm gonna take a real shot in the dark here. I feel like Tampa is the one that most people would say. I'm gonna say, I'm gonna say Tampa. I have a non-Brave guess, if it's not the Braves. Mike, what was your guess? I'm gonna say Tampa. Dodgers. I was gonna say C have a non brave guess if it's not the Braves Mike. What was your guess? I'm gonna say Tampa

Dodgers I Remember that I remember that okay a cub He probably had a couple look at the back of the card. It don't tell you But it played longer than 2000 so he was like a deadline I was a cub he was a cub two years before the house how many get how many gonna say people do we each have? 10 all right Buster It's very hard Two years before the house. How many get how many gonna say people do we each have ten? Moving on Chris Cody, yeah Germaine die. Oh white sock wrong ace Wow

This is hard this games you guys would have guessed white socks. Yeah Picked all of these to try. Okay. These are not random Billy yes, Jason is ring housing. I Want to say a cardinal but he's probably not a cardinal giant Cardinal Oh first correct Nice Billy takes an early lead after round one. Okay, Mike Ryan. He got an easy one. I'm Steve Traskill He played everywhere Name a team he didn't everywhere, uh You know for I'm gonna say

Kansas City the Mets Wow So trash you be picking rascal That's a journeyman. I want I want GQ to pick my is ring housing played for no He has the stacks is ring housing played for three teams Chris Cody yo Jody Garrett, I don't even know who that is just pick a team the Reds the Cleveland team Get scared there

To say it this is 2004 so Believe the native eyes in 2004 Cleveland indigenous peoples of America Cleveland team Billy got in my training video the other day Gil mesh royal No, I giant mariners. Yeah I'd be I'd have two points if I had pile a really see or whatever. That one's tough Mike Ryan He was a royal, right?

Eventually, I think he was an all-star on the rust. Hey, you know Austin Kearns 2004 Austin Kearns, I'm gonna say was a Red I was gonna say reds to go see that some of them is going like that's the team you associate with awesome Yeah, some of them. I you guys are acting like I'm like out to get you You are to get you definitely are you that's Chris Cody. Yeah, Mark Ellis a Dodger I Was gonna say hey, he wasn't a I didn't understand why you didn't just you have the entire box Why didn't you just take them out one at a time? Because this is pre-planned

You're setting us up failure pre-planned in the sense that I made sure all of them were even. I didn't want somebody to get... If I may say, you've had the hardest so far. Yeah, I thought I should have got the last one I had. So it's 2-1-0. Yeah, yeah, yeah. You got one? I got one just now, Austin Kearns. I just have one. I think it's 1-1-0.

Oh, that's right. Wow, 1-1-1. Billy, Michael Kadiar. I got this one. Can I take them if it was steel? Steals was he a Met? When oh, yeah, that's yeah, was he ever a Met I Don't know it's on the car. I'm warming up to this game If he was a thank you once you get one right feel great. Yeah Mike Ryan now I'm overthinking it though. Yeah, Andy Chavez and he's obvious in 2004. I'm gonna say was a

2004 where the Expos still around in 2004 I'm gonna say they were nationals in 2004. I'm gonna say he was a national in 2004 I'm gonna give you the point for that. He was an expo. Okay. Same organization. All right, thank you. Why, give me a half point. Yeah.

The Montreal team. I demand a half point. Okay. Oh, Chris Cody. I'm still leading. Jason Jennings. Jason Jennings? Play for the tie.

Jason Jennings. Can I make a guess after his formal guess? It's not Jason Schmidt. No. Jason Jennings was a solid starter. Not Jason Bay. Jason Jennings. Can I make a guess after his formal guess? It's not Jason Schmidt. No. Jason Jennings was a solid starter. Not Jason Bay. Jason Jennings. Spot starter in fantasy. Giants. I don't know. I'm gonna say Rockies. He was a Rocky. Kyle. I don't even know that guy. I was a real seam head in 04. Yeah, I can tell. You're locked in right now.

This is around the time my passion died. Yeah. Dan Heron. Oh wow. I think I know. Around the time really action died. Yeah, Dan Heron. Oh I Think I know I I wish I had Billy's well, here's the thing hearing some of these names He's told me around and you're gonna I know He's I say he was an a you know for you've claimed publicly to be a Billy guy I feel like he was either it was either an a he was an a I'm gonna say at the time He was not an

an A he was an A I'm gonna say at the time he was not an A. Wait don't say it who we talking about? Dan Heron. Dan Heron a diamondback. No. No was he a blue jay? Nope. Cardinal? Cardinal. So an update after four rounds. This is like his rookie year. Mike's got two one and a half. One and a half. One and a half. Chris has zero. I have Kadair. Billy has none. That doesn have Jason Jennings. That doesn't count, no. Mike Ryan. One round. One and a half. One and a half points. Ryan Friel.

Ooh. In 04. Ah. When did Heron become an A? I'm gonna say Cincinnati Red in 04. That's what I would say too. After the Cardinals, he must have been. What's Friel?

How many years was he on the Cardinals? Ryan Friel. Come on, I said red. He was a red. So the Reds are tough because those guys jumped around all of those. How long was he on the Cardinals for? Dan Heron?

This was only his second year. How did you decide this was good for my pie? Like, I don't like any of the ones you're giving me. You asked for C. You love baseball. You asked for C. Guys, I stopped following the sport. Not in 04, though.

Well, yeah, this is, we're in a time machine. Yeah. Preston Wilson. Me? 04? Oh, I stop following the sport. Not in 04 though. Well, yeah, this is we're in a time machine. Yeah. Preston Wilson. Me? 04? I know the answer. Relax. This is dumb.

I mean, he played a bunch of teams like 04. After us, he went to he was with us to like what? 2000? I'm going to say a Rocky. Rocky.. That's what I was Cody's on the board He got traded for one pierre that's easy 403 yeah, come on child's play Billy yeah Scott Hattaberg Oh Z&A Moneyball geez money ball man. Really just get again random Money ball. Money ball man.

Again random. You're mad at the shuffle. Dan Heron was... Am I still leading by a half point or one and a half? You're leading by a half point. Maybe you should just pick one team Chris and just always see that team. Mike Ryan round six. Edgar Rentaria.

2004 I'm going to say he was a boss in Red Sox. Cardinal. Damn for real? Did he get traded for that year? He had a long run in St. Louis. He must have got traded Yeah, I think you got because I I think he he might have been on that 04 Chris Cody yo Brandon Webb Brandon Webb. I mean he's got to be a diamond back. He wasn't all right today to what's the score? I have two now I have to let me update it after this

Wow after this we just finished your snow. No, you're the third person. Oh, I'm sorry. Yes. Sorry. Yeah, Casey Blake Casey Blake I Don't know I'd like to go do you know who he is I'm gonna say Brewer I can tell by that voice He does know I'd like to go Casey Blake Cleveland Indians. Yeah, I said it Brewer. I can tell by that voice he does know. I'd like to go. Casey Blake. Cleveland Indians. Yeah, Cleveland. There I said it. Oh, that's why. That's why you showed up.

Three, two, two, technically, but two and a half. Can we just decide? I don't like this. Does he have a half a point? That one is gonna come back to her. So he's two and a half. Fine name. Bring back the logo.

Two and a half. Come on. Objectively, one of the best logos in baseball. The logo was great. Stop doing the either or thing. How many rounds? Two and a half to two to two? Yeah.

All of them the guardians, but bring back the logo. How many rounds are we in? Six rounds in. Oh wow. Four more rounds. I like this. Two and a half, two two. Okay.

Two and a half, two two. Yeah. Mike Ryan, Jason Bay. Oh, come on. Hold on, 2004. 2004, he might've found his way onto the San Francisco Giants, which is what I'm gonna not say at this moment. You can't read Taylor's face.

Is he a Met, a Pirate, or a Giant? I'm gonna say 2004. I'm gonna say it was a San Francisco giant. I think he was still a pirate. I think he was a pirate. He's not a Padre. What'd you say, Padre? I said giant.

No, he was a pirate. Taylor, what happened? This was just my brain. No, it said Padre. No, it said Padre. My brain short-circuited. This is the happiest point this has been all week. This was his first full year on the Pirates.

He got traded from the Padres the year before. Got it. That's where the Padres came from. Well, it's not gonna be on the Padres. I don't think he was a giant. He wasn't a giant? I thought he was at one point. That could have been my MVP baseball dynasty.

Chris Cody. Yo, I'm on a hot streak right now. Mark DeRosa. Ooh. This is a tough one, I know for. Man, he's played so many teams. Mark DeRosa. Man, he played for so many National League teams

But you know for did he the Rosa I'm just gonna guess let's say the Cubs and I say Rangers I would have said Padres Oh for three Braves Wow, yeah, I was like it was like Braves Cubs Is billion first place? Oh, no. No, I so I saw that too. Yeah, Billy Jeremy Bonderman. That's easy. Bondi, I just know one fireballer. I must give it in. Oh, for you. He's saying it was easy now.

I think I just know him. It was one team, I guess. That's giving you a hint, but. I don't know. Are you Bonderman? Yes, like wait till I guess once you got a Cardinal go tikes. Yeah Tigers Tigers now Eliminated the Yankees in oh five and famous not not important

Clarifier Round eight. All right, Mike. We're not doing well. Our scores are bad. I am very bad. Yeah Carlos by erga Wow in oh for you is still playing. Oh, I have a guess. Oh, I don't crap So not the Guardians I'm not gonna go with the Mets. I think it might be no for the year before this He was second in the MLB and pinch hits with 19. That's I'm gonna say by erga You know, I can't believe Carlos my hair ray and you might have been array or something

I'm gonna I'm gonna say st. Louis car. I would have said nuts diamond back Chris Cody. Yo Carlos Zambrano Oh for I mean He what he didn't leave there yet Right where where he sounds timid well I just don't feel like you would give the Cubs for him because it's so obvious just guess Jeremy Bonderman was obvious Yeah, we got them. Go ahead and say it Say Giants what? Was it the Cubs? He was a cup

One you've asked all day by far I did myself with Jason Bay like There that was so easy! Did he at least go to the Giants after? I don't think so. I was looking at your face and I'm like, oh my god he's going to go. I think he was just Cubs and then Marlins. No way. I think it would be funny if he never played for the Giants.

Alright, so is Billy in the lead or am I still... No, that was my chance! Billy to finish round 8. If you never played for the Giants, I don't think he ever did All right, so it's Billy in the lead or am I? To finish round eight round Alfonso Soriano. Oh 2004 Yeah, he's with the Cubs up until the Marlins what a stupid answer that was ready go after the Marlins just nowhere Right just the Marlins in like 2020 Brady go after the Marlins just for nowhere right just the Marlins in like 2020 You were looking at like oh, yeah, you were dude you were looking at me I Have a guess first Where the expo still a team what was your answer there's the expo's were and we're still the expo's at the time

Soriano I Think he was still a Yankee in 04 Soriano I Think he was still a Yankee in oh four Ranger it was yep. Wow, they did the a rod trade Yeah, that's right cuz they rock got traded during the Marlins World Series in oh three. Yep, and then the Yankees This is umbrano on is gonna sit with me for a while When do you know not when you get treated? I think I think I think people like got angry at a rod because he did Something during the World Series that took shine away

Hmm, maybe said that he was willing to get traded. So we're still two and a half to two Two and a half two and a half from it to two to two wow this is a pathetic Zambrano Embarrassing Mike Ryan an asterisk next to the saddle a giant Joe Cree dee Joe Cree dee I I'm gonna say Chicago Whiteshark. He was white talk Chris Cody at Randy Johnson This one Diamondback he was a diamond back. I thought we were gonna get him over there

I think he might have got traded the the Yankees that next season. So three and a half, three, Billy's still at two, but he's got one more to go. I just missed. I was looking up Soriano, I don't believe you. You didn't believe what the card? Well, no, because the card is printed, but if there's a trade, if the trade was during the season,

here's the thing. I was up a time, right? You went. Do you have, did you look up all these, hold on. Did you look up all these players? We're assuming none of them were traded in the middle of the season after these cards were printed well you're out with game is what card are they on yes there you go so a rod was like trying to get around valid if it's really still right though they could have been traded one team but

card says it after this was printed I will cut this whole shoulder, Taylor, right now. These two are so funny. Okay, anyways, what was mine? Aramis Ramirez. Cubs. Cubs. That was a BS trade, by the way. We're going into round 10.

I think office should have allowed that. What did we settle on, the half point? It's still a half. I have a half point. I think it's three and a half. I have three and a half. Three to three is where I think we are. Yeah, but I'm about to go.

Nice, with two rounds to go. I think I can win a game. One round three is where I think we are. Nice. With two rounds to go. I think I can win. One round to go. Yes, that's what I said to you. I said if you get it right. Wow. This is, I thought that was the end of the- I don't like you giving him time.

Is he even picking a new card? No, I was just updating the score. I thought that was round eight. No. That was eight and a half. Mike Ryan. I didn't like the way he started it when he said oof. Mike gets this, it's over.

Oh, yeah, it might be. Zach Duke. Oh. Zach Duke, I'm gonna say Pittsburgh Pirate. He's a Mike. Yes, it's over. Oh, yeah, maybe Zack Duke. Oh Zack Duke, I'm gonna say Pittsburgh Pirate. Yeah, it's a pirate. Yeah, let's go I gotta keep my way to make the game entertaining. Oh, thanks, Taylor All right Let's do our final ones to see where we end up one needs to check all of these make sure no one was traded Chris Cody. Yeah, Coco Chris um

I'll just go guardian Yep Yeah, I got tricked me now the pressures on me. Yeah, I look like a dumb dumb Um I'll just go guardian Yep Yeah, I got tricked me now the pressures on me. Yeah, I look like a dumb dumb Billy Sean Green Is he a Dodger he wasn't wow half a point this this end like Mike won four and a half to four to four Yeah, I could put a little this is bonus round run up the score tiebreaker cards.

Tiebreaker cards, ooh, let's do it for funsies. Yeah, because the segment's not long enough. Yeah. Yeah. Where are we at? An hour and 22 minutes. How are we doing the tiebreaker? You say it, first person to scream out the team wins. Okay.

But there's no tie. How about, how about? Well, me and you are tied for a second. Yeah. If you get it wrong, you're out. What? What, then I'm just gonna be quiet. No, no, like going like this. Okay. Why? All right sure I go last I'm see here's Taylor to explain the rules. Yeah, Mike Ryan's gonna go if he gets it, right

He's still in it, but he won already if nobody gets a right. Just let the record show that I won the game Yeah, the original game. Let's you lose this spinoff Mike Ryan Paula Duca 2004 think about it think about it Unless you lose this. Spin off. Mike Ryan. Paula Duca. 2004. Think about it. In 2004, I still think he was a Dodger. He was a Dodger. You're still in the game.

You know you won. But when was... Yeah? What year was Paula Duca may have been traded that year? Adrian Beltre. Is a player. Yeah. I'm gonna go with... Cause I know there's two teams that Dodgers played for the f***. Wait, what's the rules? I was supposed to

go there Billy Billy was wrong there. I'm gonna go I'm gonna go with Dodgers. That was a Dodger. Alright good. He was traded to the Marlins in 2004. In the middle of the season. Yeah, but that's what i'm saying is in 2004. We're talking about when you get the pack. When you get the pack. It's a flawed game. When does knows what i'm saying. When you get the pack. That's fine. Whatever. Billy, to stay in the game. Cut his mic. Why is he talking? Is he the host now? No, no very Really no to stay in the bonus round yeah, Raul Bonyas

Mike's favorite team. Oh, is he a mariner? No Chris Cody just saboteur NBC shark by the way in my in my defense. I thought he was I was not doing that on purpose fins up Mike Ryan and Chris Cody only two left. I Still think he's gonna sabotage now some point cut his body Mike Ryan yeah, jock Jones. Oh No for I'm gonna say he's a twin Billy's just still in the game Yeah, hey Mike Cody head twin. Okay, you got to get this right to win or Mike Ryan is the double champ Okay on disputed champ champ. Well, then we have a third tiebreaker second tiebreaker. Well, if you want twice We don't need a third tiebreak. Well, then you have the never know five pack if I get this I win though

We have an XFL packet. You can't have an even I'll be Cody's halfner. Oh I get this I win though. We have an XFL packet. You can't have an even I'll be coding ways halfner Oh Yeah, yeah, that would be a bike Ryan don't be afraid to say the name it was easy Rocco Baldele You know for I'm gonna say with the Rays. Yep. Yeah, Chris Cody Aaron Boone Yankee Yankee. This is too easy. This this is a lot easier. I think he picked we're cooking now Yeah, yeah last half we've gotten better Bobby a brave Bobby a brave, you know for Philly Scott Rowland Cardinal

Scott Pesadnick Brewer no wait no no he didn't he didn't lock it in that sounded like a full word to me. He didn't look No, when did the put said Nick toe white socks trade happen Billy don't look it up to put said Nick to White Sox trade happen Billy don't look it up what is what did you do GQ yeah what was that yeah I'm gonna say when it get the pack I'm gonna I'm gonna stick with Brewers he was a brewer that Chris Cody Eric Hinsky Eric can I steal his blue J he He was a blue Pulled that one out Mike Ryan Melvin Mora. Oh Wow, you know for I'm gonna say he was an Oriole. Yep. He was an Oriole Cody Scott Hill brand Jesus Scott or she or she

Red sock, okay, he was a diamond. All right. Double champ, champ, champ, champ, champ. All right. Lest you think you knew 2004 Major League Baseball better than I did. Where is this going to live? Because it's about 25 minutes long.

We'll see.