The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz - Hour 2: Top 5 Names In Sports Who Connote Boobs

Episode Date: April 3, 2025

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Woo! 21% MVP. MVP. The one for two. Guys, Chris said, Burby, we officially don't need to go to game five. According to ESPN,

Page Becker holds the highest career per game scoring average, 19.9 points in Huskies history. Wow. There you have it. That's quite a great history too. More than Maya Moore. He's a GAC. More than Rebecca Lobo. Yeah, a lot of players have played there.

Stewie. And yet she stands apart right now. Also, I mentioned a stat in the last segment about her last three games, 105 points best in Huskies history. It's amazing. She's on a tear right now, which is why I picked Yukon to win

in the Final Four game this weekend. She talks that talk too. That's what I like about it. You know you can tell is the playlist is a little urban. I met her at her freshman year. She's seen paid in full. You can tell. Definitely. Two Americas Cody I'll let you borrow one. Shot every day B. I had to call them they. Yeah, yeah, yeah. But then they do the they, and then you gotta be careful. That's why I had to use the they. Yeah, this won't happen again.

I feel like the tournament this year has been really fun. But what I haven't had is the guy who we just met. You know where we just meet a guy for the tournament, and then he's great for a second, and then? Ali Fero usmanek Bam is that my guy? That's a good. Yeah. We did a top five list last week of like Tony's secret sauce players I like was pit snoggle on there The secret sauce was just white guys. Yeah, pretty much. Yeah, it was Tony's list. I'd be careful with that

Celebrating white people Pretty much, yeah. It was Tony's list. You gotta be careful with that one. We might have a segment here coming forward. That is true. Celebrating white people. You know what I mean? Golf, you can't tease that Italian. When I had my show in Atlanta, the first day of March, I did White History Month celebrating average white athletes who had been overlooked in the years.

Thank you for that. Yeah, somebody had to. Somebody had to extol the virtues of John Konkak and Carl Mecklen years. Thank you for that. Yeah, somebody had to. You know, somebody had to extol the virtues of John Konkak and Carl Mecklenburg and people of that ilk, you feel me? Chris Dudley didn't do what he did in his career for someone not to shine a light on. Was I OLI, you know?

I had a hit off Matt Latos in my high school career. Really? Congratulations. Thank you. I believe you. That seems sincere. No, it is, it is. Everything about me is.

Ask Jackie with the mid. Well, that's why we wanted to do a top five list Congratulations. Thank you. I believe you. That seems sincere. It is, it is. Everything about me is. Ask Jackie with the mid. Well that's why we wanted to do a top five list of athletes who maybe were overlooked in March Madness history. Oh, I get to read again. That's fun. Oh, you're reading it?

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Like nosebears? O.L.I. What's not poison? Jimmy John's. Not at all. Shut up, Jimmy John's. O.L.I. Jimmerfordette. Is this going to be... I don't want to ruin it. I feel like this might be a similar list to the other list. I don't know.

Number five, Cooper Flagg. Hold on. Number four, Zion Williamson. Similar list to the other list. I don't know number five Cooper flag For Zion Williams Number three Caitlin Clark, oh we back see what we're doing we're back. Yeah number two Steph Curry We're the March Madness performances we never talk about guys secret sauce guys Remember him he's so cute Michael Jordan True these guys are there we don't talk about their March Madness performances at all bulky They don't talk about their March Madness performances at all. Carmelo? What's Carmelo? Gulki. Carmelo. Oh, Carmelo.

Carmelo's a good one. Would have been timely. Shoot. To a better child. All right, make your own list. This is my list. Do you remember that guy Andrew Lovedale on that Davidson team? That's who I remember from that Elite Eight run.

Of course. I do not remember. Charlie finds the person who he can resonate with. I bet you Andrew Lovedale's dad probably also looked at him and said, be an athlete for once. Or. No, he was like, we support you, son. We'll do whatever it takes.

And Andrew Lovedale looked at his dad and said, you weren't there. You ain't seen it, man. You can tell me to cut back. I'm trying to cut back. It went off me, coach. I love this time of the year, the festival of missed jump shots that is the NCAA tournament.

But now we're at this final four, that's a hilarious name for it, but at this current final four, I feel like maybe it's not that. We gotta really... No. I mean, the Elite Eight round was, there were some rough games on both sides.

Nothing says college basketball like swinging to an open shooter who you know is gonna miss it. You know, show me the, that's why the Cinderella stuff is overplayed for me. Show me the pros. I am here to watch the pros. You can have your cheerleaders, you can have your bands, you can have your allegiances to a better time

when you were skinnier and cooler in life in college. I'm here to watch the professional players. There are quite a few, well I guess if you, by percentage maybe not, but there are a lot of pros in this Final Four. There's old dudes pushing around kids, is what they're, like when Rick Petino could look in a camera and say, we ain't recruiting any high school players,

we just going to the transfer portal. Jani Broom is what, 28 years old, pushing people around? But I mean the Duke guys are young, Knuppel's young, and Cooper Flagg's young, the transfer portal. Jani Broom is what, 28 years old? Pushing people around? But I mean the Duke guys are young. Knuppel's young, Cooper Flagg's young, they're young. Yeah, but you know. Yeah.

You know why I'm here. I can't believe you. Hey, how about the Duke guys? You said Con Knippel and Cooper Flagg? I've been trying to come up with a top five athlete to Knuppel breasts list for three weeks now, and Knippel's really all I got. Like I have it.

Boobie Gibson? That's exactly where I was gonna go. Boobie Feaster, but that's a deep cut. Not Boobie Gibson's not a deep cut. Yeah, okay, so I have two now. It's only three for her. I'd love to make one up, but it'll probably get me kicked off the shelf.

It's hard. Yeah, yeah, well. Is there anyone named Cans? I don't know. Cans. Cans. Bombs McGee? Is that what we're going with here?

You can't take us down this road. You can't take us down. The Texas Rangers this year, I guess. That's right. Well played. I wanted to get into the dopeness of intricacies. It's a phrase that you coined just a few segments ago. Open mouth and say things.

What about Tito Horford? Yikes. Wow. Yikes. That's how you pronounce it, right, Tito? Yikes. The dopeness of it. I love him just shitting on Jeremy all day, but in an earnest way.

It's great because it's totally changing the normal structure of the show. No, we all roll our eyes and we're like, ah, shut up Jeremy, and you're like, oh, shut up, Jeremy. And you're like, yikes, that's a bad joke. Is that how you feel you're treated here, Jeremy? How I feel? It's just a fact.

No, talk about it, though, man. We just went through our dad's trauma. Go to the show. And everyone knows I talk about it pretty openly. Do people just say, shut up, Jeremy? And then you literally like almost every day. Yeah, we're out of time. Mm-hmm.

You're strong. Yeah, it's because I like have, you know, stuff to say. We follow our leader, and Dan hates him. Yeah You're the I don't know what it is Tony Kuko to the tea also hates us to though Chris Yeah, but he hates me in a different way. Oh in a way where he like, you know Special I know I just try hard and everyone sees it and it's annoying. I know it is Just I just try hard and everyone sees it and it's annoying. I know it is

What are we doing Tito is tough that's tough that's tough, you know There we don't let him off the hook for that. It was me. It doesn't seem like he's ever been let off the hook though You thought it was me? I thought it was him, but yeah, similar voice. I thought I said that. Yeah, it was me, dude. Titto. It just seems like something Chris would say. It does. Hand out my bed.

I just, Chris seems more like a Titto guy. I tried to give it to him. The funny thing is, Jeremy like said it to the room. That's good. Oh, Jesus. Jeremy said it to the room and I even waved it off. I was like, eh, not that one. It's one of those they all sounded like moments, huh, Charlie?

That was tough. Oh my god. He's more of an ass man. I've been trying, eh, that one. It's one of those they all sounded like moments on top. That was tough. Oh my god. He's more of an ass man. I've been trying, yeah, well played. I tried to tell my family that I was coming here to do, you know, hard charging sports talk. Work? Did you not know which show you were going to?

I do get the show. I do get the show and understand the show, but I didn't think it would be this fun. Yeah, it's a tough thing to be like, I'm going to Miami for work. Do you just wait? I'll explain to you how tough it is when we leave the show. This is the first time I've left home in,

I don't know how long. The last time I left home was to do Dominique's show, and my baby came 12 hours into the trip, right? So I had to go back home. Now, it's like any time I leave, there's a catastrophe. Your wife probably don't like me, huh? No, she loves you. No, she don't.

No, she loves you. The two times, once you come to New York and leave her alone, you made it back in time. I leave her alone. No, I'm saying from her perspective, you left her alone on the doorsteps of pregnancy. You made it back in time. I did. And then the next time that you come to do something with and for me, you in the BBL capital of the world. She gotta be looking at me like I'm in trouble.

Well, she knows that the BBLs really aren't my thing. Okay. Okay, I'm a Titto guy. Yeah, I'm a Titto guy, exactly. You know what I mean? Shout out to her. You know, she provides the Titto orphan in my life. Okay.

I'm really not a BBL guy. I mean, I like a natural, more natural look. But I mean, the B, everyone appreciates it. Oh yeah, without question. Yeah, shout out to the Bs. I've been trying to get to the dopeness of intricacies for a while, and I really wanted to talk about the dopeness. No apologies needed, because none of those detours

are any what I regret, I love it. But I feel as though we're getting to the end of this conversation, so I'm gonna steer it back to the dopeness of intricacies. And I know that this is something that Charlie complains about in the past with like film guys, but this is different. What I really like, and one of the things

in my social media algorithm right now is player, football player explains the mental part of the game. And I saw Luke Keakley the other day explaining how him and Thomas Davis outsmarted a quarterback. And like whenever those things come up, I am enthralled because, and like I have experienced telling these stories myself, having been around Ed Reed and Ray Lewis,

guys who are like really, really smart guys. I hate to use the word geniuses, but like they're advanced thinkers when it comes to the game. And I love those clips on the internet. And I don't feel like I see them for all sports. Sometimes I'll hear a baseball guy explain how he worked a pitcher or understood something. But football is the sport that has the level of complexity that allows for that. It's so rare to hear the basketball guys talk about how they saw this play and they said this.

But I did see one in a tournament where, I think it was- That painter? No, it was Sampson I think. The team that they were playing against were defending the inbound by pulling off the on-ball guy every time. And then at the end, they had a play designed.

And I was like, oh, I saw somebody explain it to me. I was like, oh, I love the dopeness of intricacies. The dopeness of intricacies, by the way, you could buy that album wherever you stream your albums. I think it happens because, or it doesn't happen enough because it gets programmed out of people by people who think that fans aren't smart enough to use a lame term, smart enough to understand these things. I've seen players who have to boil it down

to something that the listener or the consumer doesn't need it boiled down to, and then after a while all you're doing is talking in cliches and sound bites and anytime I can hear a baseball player talk about their front shoulder or what's happening you know changing the eye level in terms of pitch sequence all those things make you smarter and more it makes you feel like you're more involved as a fan but you've got program directors you've got producers you got people who keep it as dense as you possibly can because our audience doesn't understand it.

Guess what? You alienating your offense and insulting your audience by not telling them what's going on on the field. And also, they like to attribute those things to nothing but instincts. That's film work. That's film work. That's someone doing their homework and then acing the test on the field. I mean, I think what it comes down to is if it is jargon-laden. That's film work. That's someone doing their homework and then acing the test on the field.

I mean, I think what it comes down to is if it is jargon-laden. Like, if you can explain something that happened on the field in a way that is not full of jargon that the listener gets confused, it's different. But every man wants to do that, though. Every man who walks into a bar is like,

hey, I know what a cover, look, certain men, I should hey, I know what a covered, certain man I should say, I know what a covered two is. You feel emboldened and you feel like you're a part of the process. The jargon, calling curveballs yackers and Uncle Charlie back in the day, you never heard of Uncle Charlie?

It feels racist. It's baseball. I've never heard, I didn't play baseball. A yacker, I didn't play baseball either. So you know, well I mean you. I've't play baseball a yacker. I didn't play baseball either So, you know what? I mean you I've been around it for a while a yacker is a curveball uh I've not heard that one, but Charlie Charlie. Uncle Charlie. I definitely Yeah, what?

I don't like it. Yes issue with Charlie. No, no, you can say it I just say like the way there is sounded with Chris said uncle Charlie you said it I was like yeah I've heard that one I know did I even say internet lives forever Taylor like a show ever I have a top five list oh we got a top five list you look so excited about this top five Thanks. OLI, the Minnesota Twins. Oh, I know what that sounds like. The Twinkies. Jug McSpaden. You know what I mean, too. Jordan Tata.

Oh, there we are. We're back. Number five, Jesse Rack. Number four, Jose Canseco. Oh, my god. Number three, Con Canipal. Number two, Booby Feaster. Number one, number 69 for the Ohio Bobcats, Parker Titsworth.

Number 69. What about Fernando Tatis? Yeah, yeah, she's got a point there. I love you. Shut up. Oh man. I need more top fives. I need more Uncle Charlie talk. I need more dopeness of intricacies. Yeah, dopeness of intricacies is my favorite.

I'm a bot by far. I'd love to hang up on somebody right now. You want me to hang up on myself? In old fashion. When's the last time you hung up on somebody? When's the last time you know what, this conversation is over, even if you don't think it's over.

The problem is, I think people under the age of 30 no longer answer the phone anymore, so half the people in this room are like. So what is it? Is it just leaving somebody on read? What is the modern version of that? Hanging up. I don't think that the impulse is left.

I also don't feel like I, that feels like a high school or like junior high thing where I would find myself in conversations where I got so angry that I had to hang up. Like I don't remember the last time I felt the need to hang up on somebody. Look at Dominique. What? Look at Dominique.

Look at Dominique Cosby over here. Whoa! Whoa! I don't mean, hey! Who doing that? I Dominique Cosby over here. Whoa! Whoa! I mean, I meant Heathfield Huckstable. Whoa! I meant Heathfield as good a dad as he was. Can I be Uncle Phil? Uncle Phil!

We can't do R. Kelly and Cosby in the same segment. Well, that is... You're right. I mean, you're stunting on us with your happiness in your life. That's all that was. No, it's not. I don't know the last time I felt this. James Evans.

Well, shout out to James Evans. I felt the same vibe, yep. Yeah, yeah. I mean, I'm not gonna lie. I'm not gonna lie. I'm not gonna lie. I'm not gonna lie. I'm not gonna lie. I'm not gonna lie. I happiness in your life. That's all that was. No it's not. I don't know the last time I felt the same. James Evans.

Well, shout out to James Evans. I felt the same vibe, yep. You're not better than me. That's all it was. I don't think it is. I don't know the last time, you know, in my athlete and now, you know, broadcaster life that I had to actually feel I had to end a conversation abruptly with a loved one, you know?

You haven't hung up on a co-worker or you haven't told somebody to get off your... You haven't hung up on a telemarketer. All right, then what are we talking about? Now you get the scam likely, so I don't answer those anymore. I put that as the name for contacts of people who I don't want to talk to. That I mean, clearly you're showing your privilege. With what? By never answering a strange number.

Yeah, I don't have to do that. All my bills are paid. See, y'all, y'all, y'all's dunking on me. It's not about bills being paid. For me it is. I mean, the quality of life for a black man starts at are your bills paid? And then after that, you know, take care of the family,

you know, do something for yourself every once every six months. Not comfortable. Yeah, exactly. I wake up with worries. Just one time I want to see scam unlikely, and then I'll answer. I haven't seen that yet. That's usually apparent. This is, yeah, so since you guys think that I was stunting on you by saying I don't hang

up, I occasionally answer unknown calls from places when they're from a particular part of the country because I might be getting a call from a relative at prison You gotta answer it. Yeah, you gotta answer money on his books. No, I refuse. I'm done no money on books. I'm done No, I'm done. The one thing I do hate getting into Republican dominate Wait a minute you there's enough money on the books. Yeah, I put I put plenty I put right You're right scam likely is calling and it's just your kids. You're getting audited. Real deal.

No, no, it usually is. Somebody always wants something on the phone. When's the last time the phone went off and you were like, hey, I wanna do something for you? When's the last time the phone rang or a text came through like I'm tired of people wanting to pick my brain. I'm tired of people wanting to, hey, I'm getting in the business.

Well, guess what? Get it out the mud like I did. Figure it out. You told me I'm Republican. You just bootstrapped everybody who wants some help. Not everybody, but the people I know who are gonna fail. Like don't send people who I know are gonna fail to my phone.

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Don LeBretard it sounds to me like everybody could use a hug because a hug is always the right size Stugats all I have put in my body today is three cups of coffee and an entire cup of honey. Don't let him fool you, he said in the break that he's jittery. This is the Don Lebatar Show with the Stugats. Welcome to the Pitch Clock. Here's the pitch. A two-part baseball segment. Combining a nostalgic baseball trivia game and an interview with an expert. This is the Pitch Clock. Pitch Clock is back after a pretty crazy first week of the season and our trivia game is back to start here. It's me, it's Chris, but it's also our resident baseball

expert who will be showing off his knowledge of the 2025 season in just a moment, but has to be angry over the nostalgia trivia game that we always play. It's Mike Schur. Mike Schur, welcome back to the Pitch Clock. Couldn't be more excited and also more terrified to be playing this game again. Taylor, what are we doing today and why will we be disappointed? We're going back to O-Reliable. It's three strikes and you're out, alternating guesses. You can flip those papers, Mike.

You can see the picture that I sent you. From 2000 to 2009, there were 44 times that a player had a war of eight or better in a single season. And since you guys have the teams listed, I need the year and the team guys have the teams listed I need the year and the team that you're guessing. I feel good about this. Alright you feel so good why don't you go first Chris? Okay I am going to go with 2006 Albert Pujos.

That is correct. Mike Schur. I mean this is a layup 2001 bonds. Yeah 2001 bonds on the Giants. I'm gonna say the 2001 Chicago cub is Sammy Sosa. It is Sammy Sosa I'm gonna say the 2002 giant is Barry bonds It is Barry. Now. This is interesting Because there are some Giants logos on this piece of paper Mike sure I'm gonna say I'm gonna say the 2003 Giants is Barry Bonds. It is Barry Bonds. Ah, do I wanna do it? All right, I'm gonna say it even if I might be wrong. I know this is his last year.

I'm saying it, 2004 Giants, is that Barry Bonds? Jeremy, I hate to say this. It's not? It is Barry Bonds. It is Barry Bonds, hooray. 2002 Texas Ranger Alex Rodriguez. It is a run. There's a lot of easy layups on the board here,

but I'll go as 2001 Diamondbacks Luis Gonzalez. It's not Luis Gonzalez. Oh! Wow! Get outta here! That is a strike. Wow! I'm gonna go ahead and say that the 2006 New York Met

is Carlos Beltran. Wow, I was surprised somebody went to that that early. Met is Carlos Beltran. Wow, I was surprised somebody went to that that early. It is Carlos Beltran. Yes. I'm gonna continue to be a coward and just take the easiest ones on here. I'm gonna take A-Rod, 2003 Ranger. It is A-Rod.

There he is. I'll say that 07 was also Pujols. Correct. That was the right move. 2001 Arizona Diamondbackujols. Correct. That was the right move. 2001 Arizona Diamondback Randy Johnson? Correct. Whew. And on the right, we'll go with the righty, Kurt Schilling.

Correct. There he is. 2007 Yankees has to be A-Rod. He was A-Rod. He was A-Rod. All right, we've kicked Chris Cody out of the room. It is just me and Mike Schur. We're actually talking about MLB in 2025,

because after a week, it's been a really interesting start of the season, but there is no story that has swept the globe more than the torpedo bats. It's torpedoed our chance of talking about anything else. Mike, what is your take here on this newly designed bat and and the way really that this story has exploded over the last week? As soon as I saw it, I knew two things. Number one, obviously,

I'm furious. But number two, it's legal, they've had it checked out. And it's smart and a good idea. And it's a this is a classic example of someone in baseball just choosing to question something that everyone had taken as gospel for the eternity of the sport and saying like, well, why is the bat shaped like this? Why shouldn't it be shaped differently in a way that helps the hitters? And it's a very Bill Belichick kind of a move is what it is. The data seems to suggest that this gives hitters an advantage and frankly even though

it's the Yankees, I'm thrilled that hitters are getting some advantage because every advantage in the last 20 years has gone to pitchers. If we can have something that helps the game and just increases the amount of offense in the game, I think that's only good, even though it's horrifying that it's the Yankees. Everyone in baseball will be using these bats within three months. Look, Mike, I genuinely hate to go negative

at any point in Major League Baseball, and I particularly am not exactly excited to do it with you and your team. But as our resident Red Sox expert, I do feel like I have to ask you about Rafael Devers. Because why this has been why what's what's what's been happening? Well, Mike, after being moved from his natural position, or at least the position he had been playing of third base, he has started the season to the point of this recording. Oh, for 19 with 15 strikeouts. What in the world is going on with Rafael Devers

and do you think that this is something that can and will be fixed with him? Yes, I do. I mean, I think this is a situation where like, there's a bunch of things that are all true and contradictory. It is true that he is a little bit sensitive about, like I would say, the mental aspect of the game. It is also true that he is a terrible defensive third

baseman and that Bregman is a much better defensive third baseman. And that makes a lot of sense. You know, he had a shoulder injury in the summer last year. And if you look at his bat speed, starting at the moment that that injury happened, his bat speed has gone down pretty much every month since that injury. So I don't think that this is necessarily just a sort of like this, he's a head case situation. I think he's had a shoulder injury and I think his bat speed is really slow.

And if you've watched his at bats, which I tragically have, he's swinging right through like, you know, 92 mile an hour cutters that are over the heart of the plate. And I don't think that someone who's as good a hitter as he is suddenly starts just missing 92 middle middle. So I think it's gonna be fine. It's just that because of the Boston media

and because of the scrutiny in general on a guy who has a $300 million contract until he has a weekend where he goes seven for 12 with two homers, this is all anyone's going to talk about. I agree with you completely, partially mental, partially physical, but he also did become the first hitter since 1901 through five games for his team to have zero hits and 15 strikeouts. I mean, a truly remarkably rough stat that Taylor, the Yankee fan just fed to me while you were

giving me all of your very positive analysis. Hmm. Ah, 2005 St. Louis Cardinal Albert Pujos. You went with 05. 05 it is Pujos. Oh, thank God. I am continuing to be a coward. 2004 Albert Pujos Cardinals. One the Cardinals, man Mike sure I have an update here

Luis Gonzalez's war in 2001 was 7.9 Serves me right sure back up again Uh, serves me right. Sure, you're back up again. 2008 Philly has to be Utley. The 2008 Philly is Utley. Okay. Ooh, let's go to the end of this list. 2009 Tampa Bay Rays, Evan Longoria.

Nope. No! Mike sure, myself have a strike, but Chris Cody. Yeah, I'm chilling. Rolling. With no strikes on the board. Still, I think a couple easy ones on here, I think. I'm gonna go 2000, Rocky, Todd Helton.

Todd Helton is correct. Wow, that's a good one. I mean, I hate to do this, but the 2008 Cardinals also gonna be Pujols, right? Pujols continues the run. Oh man. So is it him in 0-9? I'm not gonna go with him yet.

I'm gonna go back to 2001 and I'm gonna use the Oakland Athletics. I'm gonna say Miguel Tejada. D-R-I-C! I'm gonna go, you know, just gonna keep it. Randy Johnson, 2002, Arizona Diamondback. Which one? On the left. Correct. 2000 Mariners is still available, correct?

Yes it is. That's gonna be a Rob. That's gonna be. It is a Rob. Wow, a Rob. The real question is the next year. Like what year did he go? Right.

I mean 2005 Yankees Alex Rodriguez Jeremy stays alive at his a rod Huh a lot of a rod a rod a lot of poo host a decade a good decade good for those two I'm gonna go with Kurt Schilling 2002 diamond back Chris stays on Chris I feel like you're like leaving over and over Yeah, I shouldn't have done that A.

So 2001 Mariners, A-Rod's gone. I know who it is. This is the Ichiro year. And this is the Brett Boone year. That's Brett Boone. Oh, wow. Wow. He said a lot of names.

Wow. He said Brett Boone. I thought he was going Ichiro. I can't believe it. I'm gonna take your hint because you just said A-Rod's gone. I'm sticking in 2001. I'm going Ichiro. I can't believe it. I'm gonna take your hint because you just said A-Rod's gone. I'm sticking in 2001. I'm going with the Texas Rangers

and I'm going Alex Rodriguez. Good strategy, it is a rock. I have a crap. I'll go Todd Hilton again, 04 Iraqis. It is Todd Hilton again. It is, wow. I'm embarrassed about not choosing a red sack yet. So 2003, Ortiz doesn't start hitting until May.

Right. I'm gonna say it's Pedro. It is Pedro. Wow. I nailed it. Had to as the red socks guy. I just said that I was going to not be risky and that I was just trying to put bat on ball.

But this guy came to mind and I feel like I have to say it. 2004 Dodgers, Sean Green. That's right. Oh, that's a good guess though. I really thought it was gonna be him. He goes down swinging. Let's go to something positive because, hey, our Miami Marlins, and I'm

including you in that Mike Scherr, walked off three times in the opening weekend. They became the first team to do it in 22 years and their indivision rival, the Atlanta Braves got off to a terrible start to the season. Which of those two things made you smile more? The Braves terrible start or the Marlins flukey and fun three walk-offs in the first weekend? Oh Marlins by far. I mean a Marlins getting a bunch of walk-off wins with a roster full of players that literally no one including me has ever heard of is a is a very fun story and like, I live for the weeks and months that teams provide their fans with hope and joy. And because that's really what you count on baseball

if you're a baseball fan to give you six months of entertainment. And if your team stinks, these moments, these weeks of like, oh my God, what a fun week we just had with this team. Like there's nothing better than that. And so the Marlins hot start or their walk-off run was truly delightful.

Like I had nothing but happiness for the fans of Miami, which I can't say about any other sport in your ridiculous town. Final question for you. After a week of baseball, I'm going to ask you for the opinion of yours that you've already held about 2025 that was influenced the most in the first weekend, either in an affirming way of saying I was right and I continued to be proven right

or a team or a player that you looked at and went, you know what? I might have been wrong about that going into the year. Maybe that could be something different. Well, I mean, sadly, I my my opinion of the Yankees was that they're finally maybe going to finish below 500 because Cole losing Cole for the year, losing Louise Heal for at least three months. I was like, they're relying on Paul Goldschmidt and Bellinger for power. And then, you know, they go absolutely nuclear in their first five games and just look like world beaters,

which is of course, why didn't I see this coming? I don't know why I rolled this particular rock up the hill. I will say that my other kind of secret prediction was that Ellie Delacruz might win the MVP this year. Through the first couple of games, I thought that was a very bad prediction. And then now that he's using the torpedo bat, he's back baby, like Ellie Delacruz.

So I mean, it would be hard for him to win, actually win the MVP, cause I don't think his team is gonna be that good. But man, oh man, you know who else? The Cruz brothers, as I think of them in my head, those two absolute baseball monsters, Ellie Della Cruz and O'Neil Cruz, if those gigantic records of the sport could both have put together full years of of like whatever their ceiling is, that would just be so fun to watch.

It would give everyone a reason to tune into NL central games in May. And I would, I would like to believe that that's possible. Cruz on Cruz crime. I pretty sure Adnan Burke came on here last week and predicted Vladdy Jr. And Ellie Della Cruz as his MVPs. Really? Which would be so fun for major league baseball.

If that ended up being the case. He also though said, I believe, what? Diamondbacks and Royals as his World Series. Taylor, I am gonna give you one second here just to say what you said in my ear as Mike sure was talking. The death of the Yankees greatly exaggerated. Unfortunately for you, Mike,

I kinda think the Yankees are a really, really, really likable team, but we'll continue to explore that. No, no. We'll continue to explore it. Unfortunately, Mike, we kind of think the Yankees are a really, really, really likable team, but we'll continue to explore that. We'll continue to explore it. Unfortunately, Mike, we don't have the time. We have to get back to our competition. One strike for Mike Schur, no strikes for Chris Cody. Can Chris maintain the lead down the stretch? Chris Cody, you're up.

I'm definitely not as confident as I was through the first few of these, but I'm going to go. I think this has, Johann Santana Twins 04. Johann, correct. There he is. Damn, 2000 Red Sox is Pedro. It is Pedro.

Yeah, had to be. It's like the greatest year of all time. Had to be. I'm going to just, Albert Pujos 03, Cardinal. The Pujos train container. God, this is crazy. You have said Kurt Schilling, Randy Johnson and Albert Pujos

like six times. I worked in an A-Rod. Like 2004 Cardinals who the Red Sox defeated in the World Series had the one of the great years, hitting years off of right handers in the modern era was Jim Edmonds. And I'm going to say that

because he played center field, I'm going to say that the other Cardinals, Jim Edmonds. What a pull. Steve Reich! I don't know if it's a strike two. Strike two! No! I'm just gonna say, I'll take a strike

if it's not Chris Carpenter. It's not Chris Carpenter. Steve Reich! That's okay, you took one. 2000 Braves is still around, right? Yep, yep. That's Andrew Jones. It is Andrew Jones.

And I have an update. Jim Edmonds, War in 2004, 7.2. This is crazy. This is insane. When you're off, at least you're not Sean Green off. I'm going to go Roy Halliday, 03, Blue Jays. That's a great guess. It's a great one.

David Wright. David Wright in 2007 is correct. Oh three blue J's that's a great guess. It's a great one David right David right in 2007 Gonna go Randy Johnson Oh for Diamondbacks. It was Randy Johnson man. Yeah. All right. There's a there's another obvious one. I think Because nobody on the 2009 Royals could hit Which means that has to be Cy Young award winners at Cranky. It is Cranky. Damn it. Wow. Dodgers 04 Matt Kemp.

Dodgers 04 my friends is I believe maybe MVP winner. No. Adrian Beltre. It is Adrian Beltre. Wow. This is where it sure gets me. I'm going to just go since you said him in 2008. I'm going to say Chase Sutley, 09ies. We had to file this one off. You stay a nice job

2004 Mariners that I believe is the year each year. I set the hits record It is so it's each year. Oh, yes. I mean, I'm gonna go with David price Oh nine rays Yes, I mean, geez. I'm gonna go with David Price, 09 Rays. Oh, that's not. That's not. Right! Oh no.

Mike sure needs us to win. Damn it! Mike sure. I think I got the A. It's either Tahata or Giambi, but I think it's Giambi. It is Giambi. Damn it! I told you it's this guy.

He got it with Giambi. Even when he's down. Who was the 2000 Diamondback? Can I get that? Was that also Randy Johnson? It was Randy Johnson. That was Randy Johnson. Okay, Taylor, please give us the rest of our answers.

2000, the only one you guys missed was Darren Erstead. Oh, Darren Erstead. 2004, JD Drew, the Cardinal was Scott Rowling. All right. 2009, the Cardinal, it was Albert Poulos. The Ray was Ben Zobrist. Ben Zobrist. Ben Zobrist.

Wow. What a way to end it. Ben Zobrist from A to Zobrist. Boiled again. In this podcast. Mike, thank you. ["The New York Times"] Weather is starting to warm up. Regular season starting to wind down. Games of

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