The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz - The Big Suey: The Double Blackout & The Scarring Porta-Potty

Episode Date: October 2, 2024

Tailgate talk! Jessica establishes herself as tailgate aficionado, Amin has never even been to a tailgate, and Dan knows how fun it is for people when he joins them at a tailgate. We hear a variety of stories from tailgates of the past. Then, David Samson is here to share how he became legitimately ill from his fear of using a porta-potty. He also discusses storylines from the MLB Playoffs including the Padres construction, the Mets and Braves "fixed" double-header, and the Guardians bullpen before his movie review. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

You're listening to Giraffe King's Network. But with Zin Nicotine Pouches, you can find many. Zin is America's number one nicotine pouch. It's made with only six simple ingredients. There are lots of options when it comes to nicotine satisfaction, but there's only one Zin. Learn more about Zin and find your reason to make a change by registering online at zin.com. Bada, bada boom, sold! Just sold my car on Carvana.

Dropping it off and getting paid today. Already? What, you still haven't sold yours? You told me about it months ago. I just. Is the offer good? Oh, the offer's great. Don't have another car yet?

I could trade it in for this car I love. Come on, what are we waiting for? Ah, you're right. Let's go. Whether you're looking to sell your car right now or just whenever feels right, go to Carvana.com and sell your car the convenient way. Terms and conditions apply. Welcome to the Big Sui, presented by DraftKings.

Why are you listening to this show? The podcast that seems very similar to the other Dan LeBattard podcasts. I'm sorry, I'm not going to apologize for that. In fact, the only difference seems to be this imaging. I have been tempted in restaurants just walking past tables to grab somebody's fries if they're just there. That hasn't happened to you guys?

I've done it. And now, here's the marching man to nowhere, fat face and the habitual liar. Jessica, I mentioned during that, that you seem to be among us, the biggest tailgate aficionado that we have here. I don't think we have a bigger one in our business. Well, it would require people going to the games.

Sorry, that was a Miami dig. I had to get it out. I haven't done one in a while. Yes, Dan, that's correct. I love tailgating. But did you do some recently that came you, that made you come back here just generally excited and not worn down by tailgating?

I was thinking a lot this weekend about how it's very, the recipe for making me specifically happy is very easy. Just give me a trunk, an open trunk with a folding table and an array of chips and dips. That's all I need. Just some chips, maybe two or three different types of chips, a cracker, a tortilla chip, and a potato chip, preferably kettle cooked.

Chairs are overrated, she's so right. Just open up that back thing. Open up the trunks. Yep. And then several dips. I'd like a salsa, perhaps a queso. If it's hot out, I don't want the queso because it will rot in the sun.

But maybe like a spinach and artichoke dip and perhaps like some sort of onion dip. How do you feel about, because they're very communal, these things. So like you're tailgating, there's cars all around. How do we feel about the guy you don't know walking over with a tray of food to like, hey, I got these corn dogs.

Dangerous game, man. If I don't know you, it's like, it's one of those things where I always just, I'm a polite pass. Like, no, I got these corn dogs. If I don't know you, it's like, it's one of those things where I always just, I'm a polite pass. Like, no, I just ate, I'll lie. I'll just be like. You're a family out there when you're tailgating. You eat anything off of anyone's plate.

No. Chris, to your point, I think it depends what it is. Like something like a vegetable, probably not going to have as much salmonella on it if it's cooked, then perhaps an undercooked piece of poultry from someone that you don't know. However, it's alcoholic. You have to accept. Oh of poultry from someone that you don't know however no for me Alcoholic you have a yellow shot. I'm taking you must accept if it's a jello shot

I don't care where it was made never tailgated before in my life Really what not even once hmm. I would like to formally invite you to a tailgate That's so nice at Notre Dame Priya No, it was actually really nice this weekend. If Priya's there, I'll be there. Nice. Why have you never been to a tailgate?

I'm not offended. Well, when am I supposed to tailgate? At a football game. Anytime you would go to a football game. Right, Georgia Tech. I get there at one o'clock on this kickoff. That's when I get there. You prefer a skybox to a tailgate.

You prefer concessions to tailgate. I can't say I prefer it because I've never done the tailgate I just prefer not to spend my whole day in a parking lot put it on the pole juju at lebatard show better food Concessions or the tailgate or how do I say it better experience because everyone's gonna take tailgate if I make it experience instead of Concessions, but I think what he's saying show up at the stadium antiseptic skybox do concessions I think it he's saying, show up at the stadium, antiseptic, skybox, do concessions. I think it has less color than what we're talking about.

What I mean is saying is he just wants to get right to the game. He doesn't need to sit around in a parking lot sweating his ass off for 15 hours before the game to prove that he's a bigger fan than everyone else. No, but it's a spiritual journey. You're there for the party as much as the, you're there for the experience

as much as you are for the game. But sometimes you overdo it, Dan. You don't make it to the game, I mean. Yeah, and you have a great time. So I're there for the experience as much as you are for the game. But sometimes you overdo it, Dan, you don't make it to the game, I mean. Yeah, and you have a great time. So I'm there for the parking lot. The game to me is, I could watch that on TV and be just as happy, especially when you're sitting at a game and there's maybe some people in your row,

some people in your section, that don't watch a lot of college football. They don't know the rules, they don't know what basic concepts are in college football. And they yell things like, oh, here they go again with that stupid run pass option thing. Oh, I thought you were gonna say, oh, here they go again with another home run.

RPO. The thing that they do at tailgates that I'm over, that I've outgrown, I just can't do it anymore. Like I said, you give me a jello shot, I don't care who made it, I'm taking it. I'm not shotgunning beers anymore. I was at the week one dolphins. You're nearly anymore. I was at the, week one, dolphins. You're nearly 40, why would you?

Anymore. Anymore. Go to a Dolphins tailgate. I'm just saying, I know Billy, you live a different life than some people, it's still a thing that happens at tailgates. Everyone's always like, shotgun a clock, and I'm like, I'm just good guys,

because I'm gonna be the guy with the half beer. I'm just dropping it, I'm done, I'm not doing that whole thing. Half beer, come on buddy. I would say that we have officially arrived at the point where watching the game at home, the game itself, is more fun. It's a better experience and gives you more options

watching other games than going to the stadium itself. Even with the energy of community feeling, if you're someone who absorbs energies and really likes 80,000 people roaring with you, I still think the experience at home watching a game during the game is better, but what would make the experience at the stadium better is the tailgate. It's, and it's only the tailgate.

Like, I don't think I can say anything else on behalf of the stadium experience. You have to go, you got to get parking, you got to go in traffic. Here it's hot as hell. I would prefer to be at home except for the tailgate and enjoying the party and the barbecue with your friends. Somebody who does it well, somebody who does it well. When was the last time you went to a tailgate? I'm going to say, I don't know, two years ago. Really?

Really? Yeah. Really? Really? Yeah. For what game? A University of Miami game. I just went and met some college friends. Huh. That's so cute. That is cute.

What'd you guys eat? Like do you burgers, brats? He couldn't eat anything. Dan's like, where's the gluten-free table? And it's like, Dan, it's not how this works. The tailgate we go to, they have like this sort of pulled pork thing that they make. It's pretty good.

A lot of them do like the trays of Chick-fil-A now, so that's a dangerous game. You put 200 nuggets in front of me, there's no limit to how many I might eat. So let me get this straight, you want me to show up at nine in the morning for a one o'clock game? At 10.30. To have some chicken tendies.

No, Notre Dame, 3.30 Eastern every week on NBC. I don't care. You want me to show up? Not a Big Ten team. Nine a.m. to eat chicken tendies and drink beer? Yeah. I could do that at home, I don't need Not a big 10 team 9 a.m. To eat chicken tendies. Yeah and drink beer. Yeah. Yeah, I could do that at home I don't know jello shot. You see your friends that you haven't seen in a long time. Yeah, but he's got air conditioning That's my best friend really loud music the stadium everyone's all the energy so exciting and then Notre Dame fumbles on the opening kickoff And then the other team scores and you're like, oh no

What do we do all this for but then they win the game and so you're happy again and it's great. Everyone fighting for a seven by seven thing of shade. Yeah. That's under the thing. It's like, no, I'm standing here. This is my shade spot. Get out of here.

I mean, I know that you were cynical about thinking that I would enjoy a tailgate, but you would imagine, would you not, that if I were at a Miami tailgate, it might be fun for the number of people who? Would be offering for me to be a part of whatever it is They were experiencing at a Miami tailgate Did you just say it would be fun for everyone else if no for me for me that it would be fun that people would Be offering me their food. I experienced it the same way

I be honest yes, yes, what a thrill for you if I showed up. That is how I meant it, yes, of course. Do you imagine how much better I make a tailgate by just sauntering through grabbing people's chips? Hey, was that Dan Leventhal who just stole my chips? It's full of Tostitos, man. He just do a shot off the ice luge? Here's the other thing, I mean, you don't, as a man, even have to deal with the worst aspects of tailgating,

which is the porta potty situation. Because you could just close your eyes and aim, which is also ironically what I do too. It's just harder because I'm facing the other direction. I keep my eyes open. There's also like, if I wear a body suit or a romper, like then you're just ass naked in a porta potty. You have to choose your outfits wisely.

What do you guys make of these new like tents that people are buying, like their own porta potties? It's like the P tent and then there's like a little, they take a toilet, yeah, they sell now tents. I think Mike has one and he brought it to a Panthers tailgate and no one went in it. Hold on, explain this to me. It's like a little like camping tent

that is designed for one person and you store it, you put it over like a either bucket or like outdoor porta potty that you take yourself Yeah What it is Dan it's like a swan let's think on the floor in the tent you almost have to like kind of like crouch Down because the tent isn't like a tall the hover technique and it's like you gotta like sit there It's like the thinnest material either like when you go in there You just feel seen like everyone can see me. Did Mike use it?

I don't think anyone used it. But like Mike has to empty it out afterwards, right? He made a big deal about bringing it, guys, it'll be there, and then everyone's just kind of like. It's in the neighborhood, it's like in the family, the uncle of the bedpan. Like it's a pretty unpleasant thing to be wandering around with a urine bucket.

Well, they sell now, and I know this because we talked about this once before, so I looked up to see logistically how it works. They sell like gel that you would put in like the bucket or in whatever that absorbs, I assume it's like what's inside a diaper basically, right? Is like, it's like a gel and then you put it on. An absorbent of some sort?

Yeah, and it absorbs it, so then you just go and I guess like dump it out and it's like a solid absorb. There's like a piss log? Yeah, kind of. Oh, you're worse. Imagine being the owner of that company. Like, yep, that's mine. I made that.

I invented the piss log. They're probably banking, honestly. Crushing it. Does the cassoulet look like a toilet? Because on my screen right now is a tent that clearly has a tiny toilet in it. This is what Mike's looked like. Is that porcelain?

I've got to admit that this is much better than a porta potty. I would not. I know. Except you own this, so someone's gotta deal with it at the end. You gotta pack it up. I don't think there's a bottom though.

I could be wrong, but I don't think there's a bottom, so I don't think that that gets like drippage. Yeah, and like then your friend is cleaning up your piss log later. I'd rather close my eyes, plug my nose my nose squat and just pray in the porta potty You got you got to sit on that thing no matter what though because like if you're you know drinking You're peeing all over the wall of that porta potty obviously right? It's pretty low

You got to sit you can't stand and try to aim in not sitting. Not sitting on that thing. If you've been drinking all afternoon, you're spraying everything. You say you're not sitting on that thing, but the thing that's appalling to me, one of the things that's appalling to me about the porta potty is you've got thousands of people using that before you get there. I'm not sitting on that thing either.

That is foul. Well, you don't know what kind of emergency it is, what kind of emergency. Again, with the hover technique. You gotta go, you gotta go, Dano. I know, that's what I'm saying. Chris is the one saying that he's not going, he's not sitting on that thing.

I guarantee you Chris has gone in a porta potty before. I've gone pee, I've never sat, I've never pooped in a porta potty. Wait, hold on. Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. What? Straw poll. You guys have taken a dump?

No, I have. In a porta potty? What? They're just projecting that onto me, is what they're doing. No, I am not, I would not, I'm not surprised that Stugatz would, and again, he goes to his wheelhouse of the hover technique.

He's been talking about it for years. It is disgusting. Diabolical. I wanna get back to what it is Amin was saying. Hold it. Yes, be an adult, be an adult and control your bowels would be the answer. At least wait until you go into the stadium,

at the bare minimum. Amin, I do wanna get back to what it is that you were saying though Which is it really is unpleasant to think about driving home because they're not hoses when you're tailgating You're driving home with your friends piss in the absorbent in the trunk of your car If I make the move and I'm getting one of these things, I'm just getting a new bucket every time No, you like the bucket is staying you dump the absorbent into like a garbage can but I don't want that in the trunk of your car. If I make the move and I'm getting one of these things, I'm just getting a new bucket every time. No, you dump. Like the bucket is staying. You dump the absorbent into like a garbage can.

But I don't want that. I don't want the bucket though that had the bag. You want a fresh one every game. People have to clean that up still. Like that's so gross. These people are walking around like picking up like cans and there's like a piss log in the garbage can. Sorry, I just.

To be fair, any one of you people who have dogs, you ain't got shit to say. Cause you do this shit on a daily basis, picking up literal shit with your hands. Oh, I put a plastic bag around it. No, no, you're still scooping doo doo in your hands. Having young kids is way worse than a dog. Wiping a kid's ass.

I gotta be honest, I mean. Way worse than just picking up a hunk off the ground. I've been desensitized to all of it. Like once you have a kid's ass? I gotta be honest, Ameen. Way worse than just picking up a poop off the ground. I've been desensitized to all of it. Like once you have a kid, it's over. I don't care if anything gets on my hands anymore. I have not been so desensitized that what I'm gonna say right now isn't something that you guys are going to receive the same way as me, even though I am with Ameen. He makes a good point when he says, well, you pick up dog poop all the time, and yes, I do. And if you don't understand a mean,

why it is that I prefer to pick up dog poop than your poop, than your friend's poop? If you don't understand why those two things are different, like that it's an enormous difference between picking up the poop of an animal and picking up the poop of a mean. Obstacles. That is correct. That is correct. difference between picking up the poop of an animal and picking up the poop of a meme. Of Stugatz.

That is correct. That is correct. I want to, I mean, I've been doing that in some ways for 20 years, but can you imagine me leaning over into a porta potty that he's hovered over, or one of these toilet tents that you guys are talking about, and scooping out Stugatz's poop? It's deeply unpleasant,

but am I romanticizing the tailgate here? Because I do think it's different than anything else about the game experience on Saturday and Sunday. And I would say that most people listening to this who believe specifically in college atmospheres, they would tell you, yeah, the college tailgate is great. You cannot do anything.

Direct TV can't reproduce that. AI can't produce that. And, the college tailgate is great You cannot do any direct TV can't can't reproduce that AI can't produce that and especially the college tailgate before like what he would do What James Carville was talking about the 8 p.m. Game in LSU where everyone's getting fired up for 11 straight hours on drinks Oh, man, those late games are a dangerous game. Dan. Oh, what's the record for blacking out in one day me twice? Yeah, what? Texas Notre Dame 2015 really twice dangerous game, Dan-O. What's the record for blacking out in one day? Me? Twice. What? Texas Notre Dame, 2015. Really? Twice? You bounce back?

Started early morning. I'm just kidding, folks. That didn't happen. 11 a.m. blackout, take a little nap, wake up, do it again. Double blackouts? Dan and Bill. You cannot.

Drink responsibly is my advice. Contestant protocol there. You cannot, you cannot. Put it on is my advice. You cannot. You cannot. Put it on the poll please, Juju. Have you ever had so many drinks that you pass out and then you get up and you keep drinking and you pass out again? Spinoff knows there's no I in football.

It's a we thing. An experience best enjoyed together. Whether you're home or away, we rally together. We cry together. And we always rally cry together. Because in fandom, there's definitely no I. Smirnoff is the perfect vodka for crafting delicious cocktails that are easy to make and versatile for any fans over 21.

As the world's number one vodka and the official vodka partner of the NFL, Smirnoff brings an award winning taste to every gameday celebration. With a rich history dating back to 1864, Smirnoff is all about igniting the collective spirit. So when it's time to cheer on your favorite team, remember, we do game days with Smirnoff. Share the moment, share the spirit, and make every game day memorable. Drink responsibly. Smirnoff bringing fans together, one cocktail at a time. Grab a bottle of Smirnoff at your local retailer and head to smirnoff.com to find recipes of delicious cocktails perfect for game day. Please drink responsibly. Smelloff number 21 vodka.

Distilled from grain. 40% alcohol by volume. The Smelloff Company, New York, New York. Please do not share with anyone under legal drinking age. Don LeBataard. Mr. Shirt, if I may say for a second. Miami, they were simulating the snap count the entire game and they were clapping at the line of scrimmage.

And the only thing I want to see clapping Are them cheeks on Mrs. Met in my face my shirt. All right, so that's one thing Stugats. They're a bunch of cheaters Dan and you know who should be cheating Mrs. Met on Mr. Met and he can watch if he wants. This is the Don LeVatar show with the Stugats As we onboard David Sampson here, I urge you to listen to Nothing Personal, his daily podcast. He is live on YouTube at 8 a.m. every morning. Before we onboard him, Stugats, tell the people what it is that you and Billy are doing in Chicago this weekend with Matt Forte.

Is this a Bears Watch party that you guys are doing? It's a Bears Watch party, but also, you know, we're going to honor Andy Dalton as well because the Red Rifle's in town. So we'll be watching the game with everyone at the bar. I think, I'm not certain and perhaps I shouldn't say this unless I'm certain, Sarah Spain will be joining us out there. Matt Forte is going to be joining us as well. I think you should tell people what bar so they can get to that bar. Do you know what bar we're talking about? It's at Joe's on Weed. If you want to go there, yeah. Check it out. We're going to be starting

at noon Central Time, 1 Eastern. It's also going to be streaming live on our Levitard and Friends YouTube channel. So if you're not in Chicago, you can watch us online on YouTube. We're going to be watching the games and talking to some friends and Sarah Spain too and Matt Forte will be there. Tony's gonna be there. It's gonna be a good time had by all. We'll take pictures with you and shake your hands and kiss your babies and all that good stuff.

Play a couple games if you want. Exactly. Yep, that is this Sunday, Dan. It's on Weed Street. I'll be there early on Weed. I will be watching the Jets-Vikings-Sam Darnold revenge game, how about that? So I will be there earlier. And Billy, I love that football starts an hour earlier

in Chicago, it's fantastic. I mean. And three hours earlier this week because they're in England, so four hours earlier for you. Thank you, Smirnoff. David, why are you smiling and why are you laughing about what it is that they're talking about here? I'm sorry, to be distracted, I was checking

the Northwestern Women's Lacrosse schedule. Sorry. No. My bad. No game, right? No game. Are you trying to expense things in order to be at a Bears Watch party in order to be near your daughter?

Is that what's happening here? I'm going to be near a Bears watch party in order to be near your daughter? Is that what's happening here? I'm going to be near my daughter. Regardless, you're sending me to Chicago to cover a Bears Carolina Panthers game. I'm not doing anything. I'm learning of this from others. I didn't do a thing.

I didn't raise a finger about this. No, we didn't. Like, I don't schedule my lacrosse games around Smirnoff appearances. I do Smirnoff appearances because I love doing Smirnoff appearances. That's how I roll my lacrosse games around Smirnoff appearances. I do Smirnoff appearances because I love doing Smirnoff appearances. That's how I roll. I mean, I love Smirnoff,

especially at 9.30 in the morning on Weed Street. How does David Sampson feel about a tailgate? I would imagine that your germphobicness would make it so that a tailgate is not something that you're in any way interested in. So I was listening and thinking about it. I had, I took my son to two dolphin tailgates during the course of his childhood in Florida.

And they were just the caught great anxiety for me because of the restroom situation. And I pretended to have fun because I thought that's what you're supposed to do as a father, total obligation. And I had a miserable time. I just always had the entrance to the ballpark or to the stadium ready in case I needed the restroom.

And I don't like having a catch when there's people around, because if the ball falls, you have to go near them and get into their tailgate. I did not enjoy any part of the experience and the food sucked. How old was your son? He's now 21. This was, you know, between the ages of eight and 12. I probably did it twice, once a year, trying to be a good dad.

Hold on, this doesn't sound like a very family-friendly environment. David, to be clear, I have never been to a tailgate. They've tried to describe it to me, and I'm like, this doesn't sound like the place I would bring a child. Yeah, no, there's definitely kids at tailgates. I'm not sure yet for sure.

I mean, there's alcohol. The theory is that the parents are supposed to drink, which I don't understand because of drinking and driving, but so I don't drink at a tailgate. I think that's ridiculous. And then you have your kids where it's just, you're supposed to barbecue or something But I would go to Publix and just get subs. I grew up at tailgates

I was raised by tailgaters the community of tailgaters raised me David you've got it all wrong But I do want to ask you something because you mentioned the bathroom situation We were talking about Mike Ryan's little Toilet tent thing that he has at tailgates Would you ever I guess maybe I should phrase it this way How much would we have to pay you to take a piss inside of this tent toilet thing? Well when I climbed Mount Kilimanjaro, that's exactly how you go to the bathroom And I it's a seven day trip that I was on and I held it for the first four days and got so

No, look at me, Louis would be saying that I ran a marathon from the summit of Kilimanjaro. You didn't go to the bathroom for four days. Just say when you climbed the mountain, I mean. So I got really sick because I did not use the bathroom for four days because they carry those exact 10 toilets and I would not use it. And so what happened was there was a doctor

in the climbing crew and I had some issues in my intestines and in my stomach because of altitude and not a willingness to go to the bathroom. And they fed me something that forced it. And I can only tell you that it was my worst nightmare. What was it that they fed you to force things out? Oh, so there's a bunch of medicine they carry when you're climbing Kilimanjaro and let me tell you they've got it down Pat

That works. Did you take the pill and you basically have to take it when you're in the bathroom Up your up your butt or in your mouth No, this was oral. I would not do, I was too, it's funny you mentioned that, but now we're getting way too personal. If you go six days into Kilimanjaro and you refuse, they will go up the southern border. David, when you go to, because you have described yourself as a germaphobe

and someone who gets stressed out about things. When you go to climb Mount Kilimanjaro, and I mean this seriously, are you prepared to die? Like when you go up there, because a lot of people die on these mountain excursions. Do you go kind of at peace with if this is the last thing I do, I'm fine with it? I actually don't, but I have that feeling

every time I do anything, like get on 95, or fly, or do anything. I just say, hey, I'll tip my cap because it's been a hell of a run. But I don't specifically go up, do one of these athletic things and say, hey, the chances are I'll die. No, I do not think that way at all.

So you climb Mount Kilimanjaro, but you can't take a shit. Or drive on the expressway. No, I was talking about odds of dying. No, I have very major issues when it comes to, I, with bowels and going to the bathroom, I have had to use a porta potty in the past, and it's scarring, and it's just not something you wanna do, and it's, but when you're running,

you sometimes have no choice if you don't want to get arrested. So I get why you'd have to do it, but I wouldn't choose to do it. That's why I wouldn't choose to be at a tailgate. For example, if I didn't have tickets to a game. Did you answer Jessica's question about how much it would take to how much you would we'd have to give you money in order to get you to a toilet tent? Oh, five grand, one grand, an extra Benjamin? Really?

I don't think you would do it for a hundred, you're gonna give me a free hundred bucks, all I have to do is go into a toilet tent, close my eyes, sanitize, and I'd have an extra hundred bucks? I don't think you'd do it. Okay, well then, all right, well you went, you negotiated against yourself way down from 5,000 to 100.

You could have had whatever number you wanted. I don't know, I don't understand what you just did there. Someone on Kilimanjaro just said like, David, just 100 bucks, please, and prevent yourself renal failure. You would have taken it. Kill him a jar, you're not really thinking much. The altitude is so high and you're so tired

that you're not thinking much. I'm thinking more at sea level, what would you do? As a matter of fact, the Terry Virts, the astronaut who was on Pavilatory Finds Out and he's a friend of all of ours, he was up in the space station and one of the main questions I asked him, you can imagine the two subjects.

You can imagine the two subjects I asked about were sex and bowels and And the answer was pretty funny, what happens in space with that whole thing. That is reason enough for me not to be an astronaut. You're gonna keep it to yourself, the funny answer? Oh man, it all floats. What? You have to be strapped down in every way.

Every part of you has to be strapped down when you're doing anything you're doing. Yeah, that makes sense. The Major League playoffs have begun. David, the Padres are this year what I thought they were gonna be last year when they had Blake Snell being Cy Young winner. And Fernando Tatis comes back

and immediately is Fernando Tatis. So you make what of the first week really of what has felt like playoff baseball? Well, there's been one game. I know, but you had what the Mets and the Braves were doing with the double header, it has felt like there have been, it felt like the playoffs had already started.

So that Monday double header was fixed to split of course, because the Mets, no matter what the Braves to be in were gonna play the Padres, but the Mets had the opportunity to eliminate the Braves, but then they'd have to go to San Diego, and why would they want to, when they could go to the great city of Milwaukee? But no, the playoffs started yesterday,

and I did something on Nothing Personal this morning that I don't do often, and that's compliment AJ Preller, the GM of the Padres. The way he got the bullpen in line with the former Marlins, and the way he has built his lineup, his rotation as well. I mean, let's face it, they're a deep, good team.

And if you're major league baseball, you're thinking if they can get by the Braves, which they will, then you've got them playing the Dodgers. So either way, we either get the Padres or that means to T's or Otani, they'd rather have him. But one of the two are going gonna be in the NLCS. You're feeling really good about yourself. And if the Mets can win, which I think they will, then it's either the Mets or Phillies.

So right now you are positioned for a phenomenal National League side of MLB playoffs. And that's good for the sport, especially with ESPN about to opt out of their media rights deal. Is the Padres bullpen the best in baseball? Don't sleep on the Tigers bullpen. And for me, I take the Guardians bullpen over all of them

because of a guy named Classe who doesn't give up runs. That's the best closer. I can't remember the last time. I mean, that might be the best closer since Rivera. Yeah, he's given up one run, I think, since May. It's insane what he does. When he's in in the game it's over. There was this great...I have a...can we do a stat of the day on this segment? Sure go ahead hold on a second. Start of the day, start of the day, it is the start of the day.

Start of the day, start of the day, it is the start of the day. Start of the day, start of the day, it is the start of the day. Start of the day, start of the day. It is the start of the day. Start of the day, start of the day. It is the start of the day. Hey! Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha. You better not be down three runs in a Major League Baseball playoff game, because in the last 540 playoff games

where a team has had a three run lead or more into the ninth inning, teams are one and 539. So there's a chance. are one and five hundred and thirty nine. Hmm. So there's a chance. I've got another stat of the day, a dueling stat of the day. Career postseason hits.

Wenzel Perez two, Mike Trout one. What? Trouty. Shohei Otani zero. That's right. He is, it would be a real disaster, David, if the Dodgers get eliminated as Otani goes one for 16. Also not surprising, that's baseball. To end the season.

It would be hugely surprising. It would be hugely surprising if the Dodgers get eliminated and Otani goes one for 16. Not at all, actually. That is baseball. Thank you. OK. All right, let's see it happen and see if people are surprised by it, shall we?

You guys can go ahead and say that's baseball. You know what's not baseball? What he's been playing for two months. What he's been doing for two months is not baseball. Classic rest versus rest, though, now, Dan-O. The stretch of the last two months for Otani is the best thing I have ever seen in baseball, Barry Bonds included.

Five days off though. That's ridiculous. It's not ridiculous. It's not even close to Barry Bonds at his steroided prime. It's not even close. Don't even do that. Don't do it's not close, David. You can't, you're not allowed to say it's not close.

You're not allowed. Aaron Judge this year and two years ago. You're not allowed to say it's not close, David. What do you mean it's not close. You're not allowed. Aaron judge this year and two years ago. You're not allowed to say it's not close, David. What do you mean it's not close? Then cut the microphone off. I understand. I'm just like country. Guys, we have a lot to get to.

I understand that Barry Bonds has had like nine better seasons than this season by Otani. And that just nullifies your argument. No, but you can't say it's not close, because it is close. Like the math of it is close. It's within nine seasons. This essentially is what you're saying.

I mean. It's not even close. Rest ifso loquitur. See you later. Is that Pig Latin? Bishop to rook nine on you, Dan. Got your ass. Yo, Dan, I was like, what the f*** did you just say?

I didn't have a move for that. When he went... Game over. When he blew a mist of Latin in my face, went up old school Latin, I really didn't have an argument for that other than, uh... Is there new school Latin? What does that mean, old school Latin? Vímelo!

Casuela! That's it. Bingo. When you're hiring for your small business, you want to find quality professionals that are right for the role. That's why you have to check out LinkedIn Jobs. LinkedIn Jobs has the tools to help find the right professionals for your team, faster, and for free. As MetalArch Media continues to grow as a content studio, we strive to

hire only the best and most qualified candidates. Thankfully, with LinkedIn, they've made it easy for us to find them. LinkedIn isn't just a job board. LinkedIn helps you hire professionals you can't find anywhere else, even those who aren't actively searching for a new job but might be open to the perfect role. In a given month, over 70% of LinkedIn users don't visit other leading job sites. So if you're not looking on LinkedIn, you're looking in the wrong place.

On LinkedIn, 86% of small businesses get a qualified candidate within 24 hours. Hire professionals like a professional on LinkedIn. Post your job for free at LinkedIn.com slash prep. That's LinkedIn.com slash prep to post your job for free at linkedin.com slash prep. That's linkedin.com slash prep to post your job for free. Terms and conditions apply. TD, Tuddy, and for six touchdowns matter more at DraftKings Sportsbook, an official Sportsbook partner of the NFL. We don't care how they score them, we just want to bet on touchdown. And DraftKings Sportsbook is delivering.

Ready to do a touchdown dance of your own? New DraftKings customers bet $5 to get $200 in bonus bets instantly. Score big with DraftKings Sportsbook, the number one place to bet touchdowns. Download the DraftKings Sportsbook app and use code DAN. That's code DAN for new customers to get $200 in bonus bets when you bet just five bucks. Only at DraftKings Sportsbook. The crown is yours. Gambling problem?

Call 1-800-GAMBLER. In New York, call 877-8HOPENY or text HOPENY467369. In Connecticut, help is available for problem gambling. Call 888-789-7777 or visit ccpg.org. Please play responsibly. On behalf of Boothill Casino and Resorting Kansas, 21 and over, age and eligibility varies by jurisdiction. Void in Ontario. Bonus bets expire 168 hours after issuance. For additional terms and responsible

gaming resources, see dkng.co.ftball. Don LeBattard. We love you, we've got you, we've all got each other. Let's go. Right now. Stugats. One, two, three, Brett. One, two, three, Brett! This is the Don LeVatar Show with the Stugats! Can you tell me, David, if there is something that you feel like you can expect from the baseball playoffs. Well, you can expect that a team who scores first is going to win the game and a team who out-homers the other team is going to win the game. What I can't expect is what is hard for me to explain.

Yesterday three out of the four road teams won and it is a major issue within baseball circles how little home field matters and how you fight for it all season long in theory, but that at the end of the day in a short baseball series, it just doesn't matter as much. So they're always looking, and we, when I was in the game, we're always looking to find a way to further penalize teams that finish behind other teams other than just home field.

And there's never been able to be a vote to figure out what that can be. They're trying it this year, and they tried it for the last couple of years, with this round being all in the higher seed stadium. So three straight days, three straight games, all in the higher seed. But as we saw yesterday, it didn't matter.

Can you tell us, because you've been on with with us before and you kind of hate that you feel like you got a Criticism down here with your team which won two championships that the heat and the dolphins don't get And I know that you think that Mike McDaniel and Stephen Ross have skated for all things dolphins. So you see that Monday night performance and think what? The only thing I was thinking watching it is that you're only as brilliant as your best player and how that best player performs.

And Mike McDaniel was this boy genius who everyone couldn't wait to write columns about that this is it, we are set in Miami with greatness with two now signed to Mike McDaniel. And now he looks like a putz because all of a sudden he has a terrible quarterback. And then you pan into Stephen Ross and show him in the suite with Dan Marino or whoever he's with, and there has not been a less successful owner in your town in the history of sports in Miami than Steven Ross. Not one.

No matter how you slice it. Not John Henry, not Bruce Sherman, not Wayne Huizinga, not, oh God, David Epstein with the Panthers. None of them. Steve Ross is the number one, and for some reason, people are like, oh, we love going to F1. I wanna go back for a second on something you said, because we skipped right over it,

and I don't think we should. You said the Mets-Braves series was fixed, that the double header was fixed. I didn't know if he was joking there. Both teams were, there was an incentive, once you win the first game, the Mets were incentivized to lose the second game. And if the Braves had won the first game,

they were not at all incentivized to win the second game. They would have pitched. I would have been called up to pitch that game, regardless of whether Chris Sale was injured. So the Diamondbacks needed a sweep in order for them to make the playoffs. And that just simply wasn't going to happen. Baseball was more than happy having the Braves

and Mets in it, but more importantly, there's nothing that baseball could do to make the Mets try to win the second game once they won the first, because they wanted to go to Milwaukee and not San Diego. But fixed, David, fixed. So we've had this discussion before. Fixed, it's not the Black Sox. It's not the black socks. It's not

that there was a handshake agreement between the teams, though I'm not saying those conversations don't happen. What I am saying happens is that the desire to win a game, if you don't have it, you won't win the game. Were any of you surprised the Braves won the second game? No, and the Braves scratched Chris Sale, Dan, because the Braves knew they were winning that game. I mean, they did Braves knew they were winning that game. I mean, they did, with any picture. So I thought that too, until Chris Sale was hurt. That's not why they scratched him.

That's not why they scratched him, Stu Gotts. I thought that too. He is off the Wild Card roster. If he had started yesterday for the Braves, then our argument would have won, but he is off the roster. So he actually was certain for competitive reasons. They never disclosed it.

David getting called up to pitch would be fun. For some reason, I have you doing it in your, you know, business up top, but with the shorts and the thong sandals. That's what I'm envisioning. I mean, Billy could have been called up. You can basically have anyone pitch for you. I mean, they've got to be on your roster. You have to add them to the roster, of course.

But that said, that game was a joke, a competitive joke game, too. And so I have no issue with it, because if I were the Mets, I would have done the exact same thing. You should have heard before you came on here how disrespectful everybody was to Daniel Day-Lewis. I was listening.

And your thoughts? Daniel Day-Stewis or something, you call them? Yep. Yeah, your thoughts? Daniel Day Stuess or something you call them? Yep. Yeah, your thoughts on- That's clever, who came up with that? Everyone here ripping him? There's no better actor who I've seen in my lifetime over the last 50 years of watching movies.

And for making fun of his method acting, there are actors who that's what they do. They get into character and they stay in character even when the camera's not rolling. Now, is it considered a nepo baby because he's coming out of retirement to do a movie with his son? And the mother is that famous Rebecca Miller.

So I'm just Arthur Miller's daughter, just curious, why is it when he's willing to do a movie with his son, why is that looked at as anything other than wonderful? Friend Stewart. Friend Stewart plays David Sampson in the dawn of a tiny Vito We've been Toby Maguire Toby Maguire Really? Wait, are you talking about people would play me or Dan you you wait you think Toby Maguire's Dan?

No me. Oh, right. No French Stewart. Okay point stands Tony Toby Maguire Doesn't matter. How about Stu Gotts? Doesn't make sense. Daniel Day-Lewis. Daniel Day-Lewis. Daniel Day-Lewis, that's the... The greatest method actor of all.

Ooh, would you wanna be Daniel Radcliffe? I like Daniel Radcliffe, but he'd have to get a new accent. No, who's, no, that is not me in any way. That's a horrible photo. That is not excusable. What are you doing? Get that off.

Not splitting the screen with that. Charlie Day. Movie that you're reviewing this week, David. We have to talk about the Menendez brothers. Please, Dan, you, me, and Stu, are we the only ones who are alive for that? No, I was around for Menendez Brothers. I've watched it, David, it's so good.

I saw the first episode, I have not seen anything else. It's over the top. It's so good. Forget the Milli Vanilli song, which I can't stop listening to now, which is I'm gonna miss you, though that's not how it goes. Don't do that, please. Thank you.

This is the story of two sons who kill their parents in a bloody rampage mess. And the question is, did they have cause? Were they molested to the point and assaulted to the point where they could reasonably have feared for their life and killed their parents in order to save their lives? And a jury, clearly, spoiler alert, did not agree and they are currently in prison,

though the jury deliberation of whether they should be put to death or not is amazing, that scene, the way they dive into the characters, the fathers played by Javier Bardem, and the kids. I had not heard of the actors who played the brothers, but they were phenomenal. But I encourage everyone to watch it because just when you think that your parents are too much,

you realize that what these boys did, it is one of the most gruesome, horrific murders that I had seen up to that point in my life and maybe even since then in terms of a double homicide, not in terms of atrocities or know, double homicide, not in terms of atrocities or genocide, but it's well worth watching. Ryan Murphy's having a moment. The Menendez Brothers murder, that happened prior to OJ, I want to say, because that was

the big trial of the 90s. And then OJ happened to like move over Menendez Brothers, we got bigger fish. And that was a big thing for the Menendez Brothers. In real time, they were wondering about getting Johnny Cochran and whether or not having, you know, that sort of, is there a defense? Can you get acquitted when you clearly have committed a murder? O.J. got acquitted, why can't we get acquitted?

He's like the shining star for criminals who are guilty, saying, well, wait a minute, maybe we can convince 12 Dodos that I didn't actually do it. David, I saw there's been back and forth between the brothers and Ryan Murphy since the show came out, but I haven't seen it and I haven't really been following closely. So what's happening there?

So it's what's happening both with him, with Vince McMahon. Here's a news alert to everybody. If you're gonna have a documentary made about you, just know it may not come off the way that you want it to because it's a documentary. And the Menendez brothers are trying to say you misrepresented everything because there's a lot of homoeroticism,

a lot of sort of incestuous eroticism in the show, much like with the Aaron Hernandez, is it there was so much focus on his sexuality in that show that Dominique Foxworth was a writer on and in the McMahon documentary, which we can review next week, an unbelievable sort of conversation about what he did and how it makes him look.

So my only thing that I would tell you is that just be careful signing away your rights for this Don Levitard show, because it may very well make you look worse than you wanna look. That's why it's Don. It'll still, you won't fool anybody, I mean. David, thank you for being on with us.

Again, Nothing Personal is the name of the podcast and I urge you to check it out for a number of different reasons, not the least of which is there are not a whole lot of people doing it that way. I heard the other day, I think it was Danny Parkins was saying that the job that Colin Cowher does is the hardest in this particular space

because it's just one person talking. McLovin as David Sinks. Oh, that's a good one. Christopher Minceglass. Hmm. How about Turtle from Entourage? Oh, Jay Ferrara. Thank you, David.

He's just Turtle. Good seeing you. Toby Maguire. Hey folks, it's Mike. From defending your favorite team after a bad loss to obsessively checking your fantasy lineups, football fandom is bigger than just Sundays. Miller Lite knows the passion that comes with rooting for your team, like the debate that sparked in 1975. Great taste versus less filling. So what is the best thing about the original light

beer? Let it be both. Yeah, let it be both. The fact that it has great taste and is also less filling. You don't have to pick your favorite because Miller Lite keeps it simple. Undebatable quality, great taste at only 96 calories. It's a beer that strips away everything that you don't need and holds on to what matters most. The original Light beer since 1975. Make your game time taste like Miller time. Tastes great and is less filling. Let it be both. To get Miller Light delivered right to your door visit MillerLight.com slash Dan where you can find it pretty much anywhere that sells beer. Celebrate responsibly, Miller Brewing Company, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. 96 calories per 12 ounces. Fewer cows and carbs than premium regular beer.

When you're hiring for your small business, you want to find quality professionals that are right for the role. That's why you have to check out LinkedIn Jobs. LinkedIn Jobs has the tools to help find the right professionals for your team, faster and for free. As MetalArch Media continues to grow as a content studio, we strive to hire only the best and most qualified candidates. Thankfully, with LinkedIn, they've made it easy for us to find them. LinkedIn isn't just a job board.

LinkedIn helps you hire professionals you can't find anywhere else, even those who aren't actively searching for a new job but might be open to the perfect role. In a given month, over 70% of LinkedIn users don't visit other leading job sites. So if you're not looking on LinkedIn, you're looking in the wrong place. On LinkedIn, 86% of small businesses get a qualified candidate within 24 hours. Hire professionals like a professional on LinkedIn. Post your job for free at LinkedIn.com slash prep. That's LinkedIn.com slash prep to post your job for free at linkedin.com slash prep. That's linkedin.com slash prep to post your job for free.

Terms and conditions apply.