The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz - Postgame Show: Werth It

Episode Date: June 10, 2024

It's the Jayson Show as we move from Jayson Tatum over to Jayson Werth and his huge win in the world of horse racing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Visit betterhelp.com to see what it can do for you. That's better. H E L P.com. I don't know why this is exactly, but for some reason, I play a certain word association with Jason Worth, where there really is only one thing that I think about when I think of Jason Worth, and it's the same thing that I think about when I think of Robin Lopez. And it is what I associate with them is do you realize how scary it would be to be out in the wilderness and out from behind a

tree pops just you don't know anything else someone who looks like Jason Worth someone who looks like Robin Lopez giant with flowing hair and for some reason it's the association I make. Imagine my surprise this weekend when I learned that Jason Worth used his incredible $180 million contract. That was a thing once upon a time. He was good though. Yeah, but not that good. Not worth it.

Not worth it. I don't know. Oh, hey. It's pretty good. Not worth it. I don't think he goes down as one of the bad contracts, though. He got paid a lot, but he was a good player. He's not two weeks of bad boys, let's just say that. Okay.

Fair enough. But $180 million, I remember, I'm remembering that from memory. I don't even know if that's right. I'm just assuming it's right, because I associate him with those two things, popping out in the wilderness and terrifying me, and getting a contract that is a contract

that I associate the numbers with this man's name because he got one of those deals before, you're like, wait a minute, all the salaries are changing. Now I know it's gone, Oh, Tony and everyone else makes it crazy. But once upon a time, the contract that Jason Worth got, there were so many headlines to get, is he worth it? Because it was a monster

deal for him to now be a horse racing champion when that sport is super expensive and super competitive to get to the top of. I can't believe that he has a horse that won the Belmont. It was seven years, $126 million for Jason Worth. Okay, so forgive me. I was $60 dollars off, but I do associate him with money and Now horse racing is super expensive And it's hard to win and he looks exactly the way that he did in his playing career I'm happy for him. We talked to him in Tahoe last year And it's quite quite frankly a top five interview I've ever had in my career. I loved our time with him. He's truly bizarre

Yeah, I saw that and I was like I had no idea you were doing this. I'm so happy for you He's in the Washington Nationals Ring of Honor The contract he signed was to leave there was it not it was to go to Philadelphia was it not or he knows The other way around he had the years in philly national side of seven years one twenty six and then anthony rendon would get twice that for leaving the nationals in going to the anaheim angels because the salaries in that sport exploded so much that house steinbrenner now says i can't afford to be

the owner of the age of the shame of himself of the i'm serious of target jerseys at a Yankee game. I wanted to ask you guys something here before we get out of here, because I'm watching on television here one of the things, Dugats, that I've really enjoyed, which is Paul Pierce becoming a full professional wrestling troll.

He is right now on Undisputed wearing a giant chain. Was this what he was wearing last night at the game as well? He is celebrating his Celtics fandom. It hurts, do gods, locally to watch this team, the Boston Celtics, that we've been able to mock because their history is so ancient. The one championship that they won got Paul Pierce a career in media, Kendrick Perkins a career in media, Kevin Garnett, work in uncut gems, Doc Rivers job after job after job

because they deigned to win one for Boston. And that still means something. Paul Pierce has gone full professional wrestling heel as a sports media member. He's wearing sunglasses and a giant chain sitting between Keyshawn Johnson and the end of Skip Bayless's career. It's not Skip, just the end of his career.

It's not, I'm sorry. I mean, how much longer could it possibly be going? It's pushing 80, Andy. Well, but it's not, I'm sorry. I mean, how much longer could it possibly be going? It's pushing 80, Andy. Well, but it's not, it's the, I don't mean to laugh. It's funny, man. I tried to stay in character there, but it has to be, look, look, you saw how Steven A strutted into the stadium. You saw, come on, and Skip broke apart from that,

and now look at what he's doing with Paul Pierce Looks fun In his defense not when only 50,000 people are watching Jason worth never had a hundred RBI's in a season not worth it Stu not you already made that joke Good reaction the first time. I mean... He wasn't good enough to merit that contract. But he was a great interview, according to Mike Ryan.

That concludes our horse racing coverage.