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The Dan Le Batard Show

The episode opens with a comedic dispute regarding studio seating arrangements involving Greg Cote and Zastrow. The discussion transitions i

Key takeaways

• Greg Cote achieved a personal record by watching a full MLB game from start to finish.
• The Florida Panthers defeated the Carolina Hurricanes in an overtime thriller during a banner-raising ceremony.

Main topics

• Florida Hockey Rivalry
• MLB vs NFL Engagement

Notable quotes

Daddy's home.

Conclusion

A high-energy debate on the emotional stakes of sports rivalries and t

Transcript preview

Speaker 3 (0:00) I'm warning everyone today. We are starting with an ornery Cody and I don't blame him. I don't blame him for being mad at everyone here and he just stomped across the studio. Greg, you want to explain to people why it is that you... I don't blame you for being mad at what just happened. You're mad at me. Speaker 2 (0:17) Yeah. No, no. I'm not mad at Zazz. The first thing I do when I come into the studio, I say, what seat do you want me to sit in? The first thing I say, okay, I know it's not going to be your seat. Helps you get into the right mindset. Yeah, and plus I'm plugged in. I get everything set up over there. And then at the last minute, they tell me to move seats. Like, is that too difficult to ask? What seat do you want me in? And I get the wrong answer. Chris, why you do that? Speaker 3 (0:41) He was yanked around today because he's been sitting in the same seat for 45 minutes. And I believe there's an ego indignity in Zaz wandered in and was basically like, get out of my seat. Like I think that's what I think that's what the starting point on this is No, Speaker 2 (0:55) the starting point was the starting point, which is the first thing I do when I walk in you want me in he's Speaker 3 (1:01) mad and and this is nothing It's not a good way to start I thought we were gonna start happy because he came in just bouncing about the idea that he set a personal record last night But I don't know what it's about like I don't I it can mean anything when he says personal record I assume with his wife out of town. I'm assuming oh boy Speaker 2 (1:20) What are you assuming? Speaker 5 (1:22) I had one of those records one day. I was young. Oh, boy. Speaker 2 (1:26) I don't know what you guys are talking about. Speaker 3 (1:28) Do you realize how funny it is for me to start, I assume, and you to interrupt with, what are you assuming? Like I was about to tell you. Go ahead. Yeah. Yeah. I was about to, I was about to tell you what the thought was. I think we know. I think we all assume that if Erlene is out of town, there's the risk that he sets a personal record for beers in the garage. Oh, Speaker 2 (1:49) okay. No, we Speaker 3 (1:50) were jacking off. Speaker 2 (1:51) Oh boy. Speaker 2 (1:54) Seven times. It's none of those things. It's none of those. It involves. It wasn't seven, but it definitely went down. It involves sports. And up. You want me to tell you? I set a personal record last night for the first time in memory. Definitely the first time this season. For the first time in memory, I sat and watched a complete baseball game. From first pitch to last pitch. Speaker 5 (2:19) While jerking off. I Speaker 2 (2:21) can't tell you how rare that is. Votes on the Hall Speaker 5 (2:24) of Fame. Speaker 2 (2:25) I do. Doesn't mean I have to watch every game. Doesn't make it right. Speaker 6 (2:31) You are listening to the Dan Levitar Show in partnership with the DraftKings Sports app. Now live in all 50 states. Speaker 3 (2:43) I will tell you the coolest thing about last night because I don't believe in the history of South Florida. We've had the kind of sustained sports excellence that allows a fan base together. to have the feeling of Go ahead Carolina put up that fraud banner go ahead where you have such sustained excellence our teams break up Like our our baseball teams never get to threaten a sport through four five years where everyone knows That's the team to fear so on Carolina's night with their banner You've got an entire fan base behind a pissed off Panther team, not your banner. You got that banner because our guy was gone. And so now you've got... Our Speaker 6 (3:31) guys. Speaker 3 (3:31) Yeah, but the big guy, the guy who's the best two-way player in the sport, and now... As Bobrovsky already falls on the wrong side of Toronto one night out and the Panthers shut out Carolina in the best a 0-0 game in any sport will ever be. The Panthers win, you know, five seconds left in overtime. When it was like you thought Ravens-Cowboys felt kind of done. Like everybody was kind of done for the night. And then, okay, get your banner, take your banner, and get out of here. You lose. The Panthers are back. And they're back at full force with all of their lines being deep. So you guys experienced that how last night? Speaker 5 (4:09) Oh, my. Well, experienced it how? It was the most obvious ending to that game there was ever going to be. You know, if you have a tight game where both teams really care and you're raising the banner, yeah, the Panthers win that game. Every time over the last four years. Speaker 3 (4:26) For those who do not know the history of this rivalry, a hammer and a nail do not have a rivalry. The Panthers own the champions of hockey, and the champions of hockey know that the Panthers own them. Speaker 6 (4:38) It really took overtime for them to win this game. The ice had to open up with that 3-on-3 because the middle was clogged. They couldn't get anything done. It was the forward checking and defense for the Panthers and the Hurricanes for that matter. But there were a lot of penalties in that game. Speaker 5 (4:50) Yeah, no, the game was a slog, but again. That's Panther hockey. And like I said, over the last four years, Greg, when there's high stakes, and you know Carolina wanted that game bad, all right? When there's high stakes, the Panthers win that game every time. Speaker 2 (5:06) Right. And another thing I saw last night was, I didn't watch the entire game because toward the end of it... It's too busy jerking it. No, toward the end of Speaker 3 (5:15) it... Speaker 2 (5:15) You watched the Speaker 3 (5:15) whole baseball game yesterday. You've only got so much stamina. Speaker 2 (5:19) Exactly. But Jacob Markstrom. Better than Bob, younger than Bob, improved goaltending. That's what I saw from last night. Speaker 6 (5:27) Again, the defense was great. I Speaker 2 (5:29) saw a great defense in front of him. Speaker 6 (5:30) But Marshall made the saves they had to make. Okay, Speaker 3 (5:32) but Greg is giving the shout-out to the goalie. And in optimal circumstances, what the Panthers are hoping is that they're so deep and good defensively and good at playoff hockey that it won't notice. You won't notice whether their goalie is good or not because it won't matter that much because their team defense is as deep as it is. Yeah, Speaker 2 (5:51) he only had 15 stops, I think, which isn't a huge number. It was a Speaker 6 (5:54) playoff hockey game. It was. Last night was combat. And in combat sports, they have interim champions when the actual champion is too hurt to perform. That's what that was last night. Speaker 5 (6:05) That's what Chelsea Green is right now in WWE because Rhea. is out injured. They Speaker 6 (6:09) reminded the Carolina Hurricanes, once again, who their dad is and that they're interim champions. You sold your hockey team. You sold your Viking tradition. You even sold the way that your banner looks from us. Everyone knows the Panthers invented minimalist white banners. Everyone knows this. Speaker 3 (6:25) Well, Brindamore's quotes are kind of great. Remember, Brindamore, when he was swept from the playoffs, said it wasn't really a sweep. And now, after last night, this first sentence. This is from the champions in their first game after winning the champion. This is the voice of the champions. We're just not used to that kind of pressure. Speaker 6 (6:45) They're not. They're not. We watched the playoffs. Everyone knows what happened. Daddy came back to town and showed you exactly. Why he's been daddy. Speaker 3 (6:55) Hold on. Let me hear a little more from this quote from Brenda Moore because the second sentence might be better than the first. It's not just, we were just not used to that kind of pressure. You just hadn't seen it in practice or even the games in the preseason or half the pace of that one. Speaker 6 (7:12) They play the Panthers like three times in the preseason. Speaker 5 (7:15) So, Dan. leading up to the game, there's the question of when the banner's being raised and you got the whole pomp and circumstance, are the Panthers going to be out there watching? Because not every team does that. They'll sometimes wait back in the dressing room and then they'll come out. Well, Paul Maurice, so this is pregame, all right? Paul Maurice, before the game, was asked, what is the Panthers' plan going to be? Are they going to sit there and watch the banner? Speaker 4 (7:42) Paul, do Speaker 6 (7:42) you want your team out there watching them raise the banner? I Speaker 4 (7:45) do. I do. We will be. Yeah, I think it's really important. We have a history with Florida of supporting celebrations of players and certainly championships for teams that we want to be a part of. It's right for the league, we think. And yeah, we're going to go open probably before they do to be a part of it to show our respect for the great accomplishment. Speaker 5 (8:05) He is so full of shit. Bullshit. I love him, and he is so full of shit. It has nothing to do with respect. It has everything to do with I want you all to stew and Speaker 6 (8:15) be angry because that shit should be yours. Oh, dude, a goosebump moment. Watching the camera shot pan from that crooked banner going up to seeing the entire team watching that, realizing these fake champions have the temerity to do this to us. Speaker 6 (8:35) What a night. What a team. They changed their banners to make it look just like the Panthers. Losers. Speaker 3 (8:41) I'm going to say again how rare this is in the history of South Florida that you have such a sustained excellence. Not even the heat of LeBron, Wade, and Bosh were that at the end because they lost at the end. They didn't have what is this kind of run where you know your guys have given you such good feelings for so many years that you trust them when they're pissed off. You're pissed off with them, and they give you the confidence. This is what I'm talking about that is just the rarest thing. The University of Miami football teams have this in their