The Big Suey: Do You Remember Me?
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Welcome to the Big Suey, presented by DraftKings. Why are you listening to this show? The podcast that seems very similar to the other Dan Lebitard podcast. 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.

We will get to weekend observations tomorrow. Dan will be back tomorrow. I will tell you, Mike, that I have an assortment of top fives that I have gathered, collected over two weeks that if we don't get to any of them today,

They will all be done during an hour-long weekend observations tomorrow because there are observations from the last two weeks of everything that happened in sports and what happened to us at Lake Tahoe. But before we get to that, so if you want to go to those at any point, feel free. An assortment of top fives. Athletes that can own a lake, athletes that can own something you would find in a lake. I've got them all. Well, it does feel like you've been gone for a while. I know you've

swung in here and there for a quick pit stop, but it does feel like you've been a part of the Grateful Dead for the last two and a half months. I have a residency at the Sphere. Yeah, you've been following... Dude, every show, I know every show is a unique experience, but you've been to 90% of these Sphere shows. I went to the first weekend, two-thirds of the first weekend. I went to Friday and Saturday. So I went to two of the first three shows, then I went to an entire weekend on the front end of...

my vacation time. So that's five shows right there. And then because we were in Lake Tahoe, not working, but we were there enjoying it because we love that event. I went to another one because I was a quick hop away from, from Vegas. It's a 12 hour drive. It's not, it's like a plate. You're going to be the first person sick of the sphere. You're just gonna be like, I'll never get tired of that place. I mean, very clearly if he's following that band and to say, look, I've tried.

I know that there's a whole thing that I can do to make me enjoy it more. I find jam bands, and you may find that as dismissive. No disrespect. It's just not for me. I find jam bands laborious. Right. But you love the sphere. I love the sphere. Yes. But I think even then I'd say, okay, kind of saw it.

Kind of saw it. I'm already there with Lake Tahoe. I'm all right. I've done this enough. Really? And Lake Tahoe is as jaw-droppingly beautiful a place on the planet as anybody. So how many shows for Dead & Company were there at the Sphere? Well, they did, I don't know, seven weekends, three per weekend. So 21. I went to, I think, maybe 24. I went to...

Six of them. Only? I went to a weekend of three, a weekend of two, and this weekend I went to one. Because it does feel like, correct me if I'm wrong, it feels like Sugatsu's been gone for a really long time. I think he popped in real quick for like game four of the Stanley Cup Finals and then deuced.

I did. So I spent the, yes, but I had only, at the time my vacation started, I had only been to two shows at the Sphere. During vacation, I went to four shows at the Sphere. You work very hard. You're entitled to vacation, but you've been gone a while, yeah? I've been gone for two weeks, yeah. Dan's been gone for two weeks. I mean, I'm sitting here on a Monday. Where is he? For whatever reason, it feels like... Open championship week.

It feels like two months. You were doing like one show per week for about the six weeks before that. That's what was going on. A lot of lacrosse mitzvahs. I'll be off Wednesday.

There you go. So it stands to reason why you'd have an hour-long edition of Weekend Observations coming around the corner. Yes. Did you get to see any of the... I saw you for two days, and then you dipped. You weren't out there the entire weekend in Tahoe, right? No, I went to Denning Company. I mentioned it. It was my anniversary, and the reason why I'm confused...

I didn't really want to see Stugatz out there. I know, sorry. And here's what I didn't want to hear out there, okay? Because I traveled all the way to Lake Tahoe to not hear about Greg Berhalter. And the first time I see Mike Ryan, what is he doing? Talking about Greg Berhalter with Taylor Twelman. By the way, that guy can golf and he can dress. He is a handsome devil. But I traveled to Lake Tahoe to get away from Berhalter

And the first thing I'm engaged in with Mike is a conversation about Berhalter. It's been happening to me a lot. A lot of people have come up to me. It's not your fault, though. No, it's not. I don't want to talk about Greg Berhalter. You think I would? I would rather much rather privately revel in the fact that Greg Berhalter is out of my life. Then someone come up to me and remind me that Greg Berhalter was in my life for five years when I went to Chicago for the NASCAR street race. First time in my career I'd ever been recognized for a take.

Someone like, they stopped me at Grand Park. They're like, I know you from somewhere. Where is it? I'm like, well, the Dan Levitard show. That's not it. And he was like, snapping the fingers. He's like, Berhalter guy. So I'm like, I guess that take got traction. That's a sad superhero. Yeah. So the last thing I wanted was just to talk about Greg Berhalter in that moment. But yeah, he does tend to just like saddle up.

And he sees me there with Terry. I got to tell you, I felt it. I felt that you were on your, you know, you and Cynthia were enjoying yourselves. Was this at the welcome party? Yeah. How was that thing? Yeah, the food truck party. Oh, no, no, no. I mean, before. Oh, I went to, Mike wasn't at the welcome party. I went to the welcome party. Of course you did. Oh, it was fantastic. It was great. Was Ray there? I mean, I was cutting it up with Doug Peterson. Ray was there. Yeah.

I don't know why Sugatz was at this welcome party. I was showing my support for the event. Sugatz definitely weaseled his way into this players-only meeting because at least before he would take part in the celebrity pro-am that's on Thursday or he's out there drinking

working in and he's going to be on the driving range so he's establishing like hey we'll talk to you on Friday and what not there was no reason for Stu Gatz to be in this players only meeting on Thursday on Wednesday I have no idea how he got in that building well I know but he shouldn't have been in of all days I wasn't there because I realized why the F would I be there leave these guys alone Stu went through the vents was the magician there no no thankfully what magician this year oh the magician you know JT let's be honest with you

Not the time for him, I don't think. I've got to tell you the numbers. I have found my fifth major, and it's this tournament. I love it so much, in part because we're always rooting for Marty Fish, who has become a friend of ours, and he won it yesterday. And I was excited for him, and I texted with him after his round was over. But I just love being out there. I love the event. It's the golf tournament that I pay the most attention to outside of the four majors of the PGA.

I just love it out there. And the attendance keeps growing. Mike, you noticed. Yeah. It was packed. It was a little different without Mahomes and Seth Curry there this year. It was super packed. But usually you have a huge gallery following. They were with the Kelseys this year? Yeah, it was with Travis. I got to tell you, the Kelseys, I have never seen anything like this. I'm being serious. In sports, we're an offensive lineman, a center, because Travis did not arrive until the night before. Jason was there for the entire week.

And I am telling you, after a practice round, Jason is perched like on a little boulder, okay, right by the driving range. And there are thousands of people surrounding Jason Kelsey wanting a center's autograph, a picture with Jason Kelsey. And then Travis Kelsey commands so much attention these days that they couldn't figure out how to get him into the facility. It's an absolute sensation. Jason Kelsey was the second most famous person there ever.

in terms of chirping from the gallery. That's how it's going to happen when you're in the Taylor Swift orbit. Absolutely. These two people in Jason and Travis Kelsey, who already were ultra famous within their sport, gets a catapult to a level of celebrity that not even the celebrities who aren't known for sports have ever

So you've been to this event. You know that traditionally it is owned. In terms of fun and entertainment, it is owned by Mahomes and Travis Kelsey. And Justin Timberlake. And Timberlake. I am telling you, in two years' time, Jason Kelsey will own that event. If he doesn't already, he will own the event. You guys will love this because I go up to Kelsey, and he's signing everything. Which one? Jason. Travis isn't there yet. This is after a practice round. And he is signing everything.

And he's taking pictures and he's shaking hands and he's kissing babies. He's doing the whole thing for thousands of people. And I said, Jason, as he's doing it, I walked up to him. I said, listen, you need to learn a word. Mix it into your vocabulary. It's called a note.

30 minutes later, I send him a text asking him to join me on the show. Did he say no? He said yes. You're the best. It's still like his brain of superstardom is still pretty cool to experience because him and Travis are really reveling in it and super accepting of it. And it's great to see someone – Charles Barkley is really good at this –

He knows how important it is for someone to meet and have an experience with Charles Barkley, and he wants everyone to come away with a good experience. And the Kelseys are kind of the same way. I also feel the same way that Sugatz does. I also randomly treat the American Century Championship like it's like the fifth major. We do drafts on it.

And we follow Marty. Matt Ryan, good pick. Yeah. So my wife, here's my... I love celebrity golf because I don't need to have this golfer explain to me, I'm already invested. Let's go. Competition format is a great reality show for me. So my wife and I, we follow Thielen, Jake Owen, and Marty Fish for day one. That was like an incredible trio. And from a golf perspective, those guys...

put up, I think, they were all in the top ten. They were all in the top ten in terms of scoring. So Cynthia's probably like, wow, these guys are pretty good at golf. These guys can play. Right. I had redemption, by the way, with Jake Owen. I got it right. He hugged me. Really? That's great. Now he was on the driving range and it said Jake Owen. Very helpful. He's also cut his hair. But also Aaron cut his hair. So it's a little confusing. Do you do the joke? It's not confusing. They don't look alike. No, it's not at all. I didn't do the joke, but I did spend my entire time following Aaron around saying, hey, watch it.

Like, the guy's jumping for footballs. He's doing this. He's doing that. There was a time where he almost ran over Jake Golik's kid. And I'm like, Aaron, watch where you're going. I didn't care about Golik's kid. I cared about Aaron not getting hurt. I saw him do, like, a little Euro step around someone's mark on the green. I'm like, be careful with that ankle, dude. Yeah. Did you have –

You had... Yeah, he was fine with me. Yeah, you were good? It's just you that he doesn't like and Dan. Yeah. Okay, that's good. He and I are good. Or you just don't care. I think that's also like you just...

Oh, no, I care. There are certain things that he has said over the last couple of years that have rubbed me the wrong way. No question about it. But I'm never going to in person say anything. But in person, I'm never going to say anything to him or Jake Owen. He's my quarterback. Yeah. So Cynthia was following. This was her first time at Lake Tahoe, and she was following that trio. And the very next day, we decided to follow Matthew Kachuk around for a little bit. And then she realized how hard golf is.

because she stopped following Morty Pitch. She goes from seeing a dude on pace to set the course record to actively helping trying to find Matthew Kachuk's third shot on 18, which was totally lost, never found. It disappeared. It went into the water somewhere. Who knows what became of it? She was shocked.

at how good Marty is compared to the rest of the field. I told Marty I'm taking 25% credit for his victory. We had a little pre-round speech before the first round. I said what I had to say, and he went out and won the thing. So, I mean, I said 25%. Marty said that's a bit too much. Your speech did motivate me. It's a bit too much. He dialed it back to 20%. I'll meet him halfway, 22.5%. I'm picturing you just saying, hit him straight, buddy. I said you're the best golfer out here by a lot.

Go win the bleeping thing. That's what I told him. Not by a lot. Pavelski's pretty good. That guy, he's a problem. Yeah. If you watch the American Century on TV, it's like the same broadcast over and over again every year of them just being like, this Marty guy, he's not just good, he's really good.

And Adam Thielen, he's got a little bit of that too. John Smoltz, Mark Mulder, good golfers. Yeah, really good golfers. It's like the same broadcast, just re-aired. So it's modified Stapleford scoring out there, so the plus points are good.

So, A-Rod. As long as you don't double bogey, you're good. A-Rod, you get minus two for a double bogey. Zero for a bogey, one for a par, negative something. A-Rod got a minus 32 day one. He did. I saw a video of him hitting one where it like hit something and like went back at him. It was just such a, it's good to see those kind of guys be normal. He's my new best friend, A-Rod, and Mike had an awkward moment with him. Oh, that's right.

Can't be worse than our Nick Jonas, Justin Timberlake. Hey, pa. Let's find out the hits of the previous years. It wasn't my awkward moment. I shared it, but it was Cynthia's awkward moment with A-Rod. She did something terrible. We'll talk to you about it next.

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So, Chris, we're at the food truck party after the players meeting. Tahoe, I know you love that. Anyone sad sitting alone like Brian Kelly was a few years ago? No, no. Did you see anyone...

sitting alone, sadly? No, I think most of the people that don't want to be there, they pop in because they have to make an appearance and then they quietly just make their way out. Yeah. But there are a couple people there that I was hoping for an interaction with Matthew Kachuk because my wife was there and she would have been excited, but she's pretty chill about that stuff. She doesn't generally like to approach people. And so...

And so we had a nice – Miz was really happy to see me. I guess anytime he's around a golfer that's worse than he is, he's pretty happy to see them. So the Kelseys were playing the first round with Miz, and I said, hey, enjoy your nine-hour round of golf. He's improved as a golfer, but he still takes a really long time to play. But he's a super nice guy. If you're going to be bad, be bad fast. I guess if there was a Brian Kelly at the food truck party, it was me. Yeah.

Boy, you are really inflating your persona. I was walking around by myself. I felt like Mike and Cynthia wanted nothing to do with me. We didn't. I felt it. But here's what happened, Chris. So after Mike is done with the awkward Berhalter conversation with Taylor Twellman, somehow I have moseyed over to A-Rod. And I am talking to A-Rod. And A-Rod is taking great interest in me.

And I am loving this conversation. We're talking. We're talking. Pause. Yes. Talking. This was not an actual conversation from human beings. This was like, A-Rod. That's talking to me. A couple dudes trying to out-phony the other one. A couple of phonies cutting it up. So A-Rod puts his arm around Stu Gatz. Big fan of what you guys do. I haven't gotten feedback off of anything I've done greater than I did with that South Beach Sessions. That was it.

with Dan and like it's just lots of laughs, lots of leaning over, lots of touching the shoulder. I know shwarmy when I see it and those dudes were putting on a display. Yeah, but I'm feeling good because I'm there with nobody, okay? Mike is there with his wife and I feel like I have found my partner, okay? And it's A-Rod. And I'm gonna hang with A-Rod the entire weekend. But then Mike moseys over with Cynthia and...

And it gets really awkward. Really awkward. Did you guys plan this? Before we tell the audience what it is, and the guys here, and Lucy, what it is that actually happened, did you guys plan this out? So we saw you talking over there. This was right at the entrance. And again, our plan is to get away from Stugatz and enjoy the evening. I know the move, though. If you see someone talking to someone cool, though, it's like, oh, let's go stand by Stugatz. Well, Stugatz there. And so we have the easy way. And so my wife used to be related to...

to A-Rod. So she said that? No. No. No. That's a bad start. It'd be fine. No. I'll tell you how she started it, which is the worst way you can start a conversation ever. And yeah, I said that Sugats and A-Rod were a couple of phonies cutting it up. I actually think Alex is nice. I understand people have their... I love him. They have their thoughts and feelings. Like, I...

I don't if the worst thing that you could say about a guy is that he's nice to me all the time and I don't believe it. Who cares? Like he's he's nice. So Cynthia used to be related to Alex in that her godmother, her first cousin, also named Cynthia. They look alike. She was married to Alex. I was Alex's first wife. They have two beautiful children together that are a part of our lives. We love those kids.

So we see them all the time. So naturally we have a family tie. And so Cynthia, if there's any opportunity to say hello, she stayed at Alex's penthouse in New York. Like she went to the wedding.

She was a part of the family. So if there's ever an opportunity, this is the one while he's talking to Sue Gatz because Sue Gatz has properly opened this set up. But how do you say it without making it awkward is the question. I put my hand on her shoulder. Sue Gatz had introduced me. Yes. Hey, this is a producer of our show.

and that's a great vine. Thank you. I'm going to set the table for Cynthia. Cynthia cuts through. I don't know if she had nervous energy and just goes directly to Alex and says, hey, do you remember me? You don't do that. My weekend with A-Rob was over. My dad can come up to me and say, hey, do you remember me? And I might get frozen for a bit. How do I answer this?

Hey, do you remember me? He hasn't seen Cynthia outside of a funeral in eight years. Do you remember me? I used to be your family. He had a couple of guesses, I think, that were wrong. Did he not? No, he answered it the way that you should. It's like, I'm not so sure. Because even the worst possible thing that you could say is, yeah, and try to take stabs at guessing who the person is. You could see that there was something there, but he didn't want to actually start playing the guessing game. He's like, good to see you.

It was just like, I'm going to say good to see you. He should have hit her with Prima. No. And then she goes, and then she goes, Cynthia Mekris. And so he's like stung by the whole thing. And you could see him like stunned. Yeah. You could see him trying to put it, trying to figure it out. Cynthia Mekris. And then he, his response was Cynthia. And he put his hand out. Like he first met Cynthia when she was five. I'm like, Cynthia has not grown since.

She was the same height when she met you. My dad does that with women my age. He's like, little Tina? It's like, Tina's 38 years old. Same height, though. He goes, Cynthia? Like, he saw her in grade school or something. And then he said, yeah, we used to be. It's weird. We were kind of related, still kind of are. But it was, I could not get out of there faster. It went from me introducing A-Rod to Mike to Mike never having any interaction to Cynthia just stepping in.

Do you know who I am? You go to the kids first, maybe. You start saying the names. It got frosty. I was trying, but Cynthia trampled me. I don't know. I still have to talk to her. What happened there? What was your... Wait, you haven't spoken to her yet? I don't want to relive it. I figured you spent the entire week...

I am mortified on your behalf. It was so bad. That's as bad as it can possibly go in an introduction. Because now his mind is just racing as to how he possibly knows this person. You guys already know him. He was on South Beach Sessions in his mind like three minutes ago. And now he's trying to figure out who Cynthia is? I could not get out of there faster. And I had this frozen in fear kind of smile as I turned the corner.

And I take a few steps, because now I have to talk to Cynthia about what just happened. But also I have to mansplain the toxic urge to mansplain what happened there through the eyes of a man. And I told Cynthia, like,

You can never do that to somebody, especially like a celebrity. You can't lead with, hey, do you remember me? You can never do that. She conceded that that was probably not the best foot to get off on. Was she upset that it took him a minute? Like...

No, she understood it afterwards. You're expecting the person to know who you are. I asked her like, why'd you do that? She's like, I don't know. I don't know why I did it that way. Very aggressive. It was a really, and she like, she said it was some sass too. And look,

there's family dynamics at play. Like, you better know who I am. Divorce can be ugly, especially when it plays out in the tabloids. You can understand my wife has her certain feelings about things are, but we've made it work and credit to Alex and Big Cynthia, that's what we call her, like, they have made it work and they've raised two beautiful children together, beautiful, wonderful, upstanding girls. We love them. And...

It's really not that tense and awkward around the family. I'm not sure why she made it so tense and awkward in that moment, her first time seeing Alex in about eight years. But yeah, it was really awkward, and I avoided Alex Rodriguez at all costs afterwards. But thank you for always being nice to me, even if you don't mean it. I appreciate it. Again, the worst thing someone can say about you is that you're nice all the time. I think that's fine. Are you guys good with someone being nice to you, saying nice things to you all the time, having no idea whether or not he or she means it?

Are you guys confused by that message coming from Sugats? I'm just wondering. He's just checking to know whether or not we're offended by him. Exactly right, yes. So you're asking if you're upset if somebody only says good things about us or good things to us? They're always nice to you. They always say good things to you, but they have the personality of A-Rod, and you're not certain if what they're saying is true. But they're just being nice, and you'll take it because it's someone being nice to you. I mean...

There's no genuine connection there. Like, it's just, it's all a facade, and I do think that people would get hurt by it.

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Don Libetard. God doesn't even know what this list is. He was ahead of Tom Brady, who also won a playoff game. A couple, yeah. That was literally the most confusing list we've ever done. Ceebo's got a better shot of coming back. Give him a chance. He's got more lyrics. I'm mad. I'm angry at you. I want to leave. Stugatz. This would have been your day. This should be. You should own the sports media landscape right now. I am. Top seven guys. I would not want the Jets. No. No.

No, f*** you. No. No, I'm not allowing it. Give him a chance, guys. No, I'm not giving him a chance. I've given him 20 years. I've given him my prime. This is the Dan Levitar Show with the Stugats. Jeremy, do you have that social experiment? He's together?

Yes, I do. Yeah. All right. So let's, this is a great. Perfect time. Yeah, this is a perfect time to trot this out. Jeremy has built out a game. Yeah, this is going to be called MLB All-Star or Metal Ark Media Employee. So I'm going to read a name and Stugatz, you are going to tell me whether this person is a Metal Ark Media Employee or an MLB All-Star. Okay.

We're gonna start here. He's already scared. Does he have to guess the team? No, you don't have to. Yeah, you want to guess the team? We want to add that as part of it? Yeah. You're exposing him on multiple fronts here. That's too much. Let's just say you gotta tell me if it's a Metal Ark Media employee or an MLB All-Star. So we'll start here. Chris Tuminello. I love Tumi.

Metal Ark Media employee. Really? That sounds like a middle reliever for the Kansas City Royals. That is a Metal Ark Media employee. Congratulations. Thank you. I know my employees out of that. Hold on. Hold on. Do you know what he does? Oh, come on. What are you doing? All right. All right. All right. Fair enough. If he does that, he's got to name the team. I mean, he's got a 50-50 chance. He's got a 50-50 shot here. Alex Nobrega. Nobrega. Nobrega. Alex Nobrega.

Alex. I know there's an Alex that works here. I'm gonna say Metal Orc Employee. Alright! Two for two! Wow! I think he did something with our sets. Let's do something. I don't know. Maybe? You know what? Don't talk anymore. You got it right. Just keep it moving. Two for two. Tommy Darrow. Ah, Tommy. Last name? Darrow. Hmm. Tommy Darrow.

My favorite part about that was the audible O from Chris Cody as a better brand. Wasn't expecting the game to be this long. Too much time to stall. He's trying to figure it out in his head. Tommy Darrow. Tommy Darrow is a Major League Baseball all-star. That is incorrect. Shut your damn

That's not the Loser Game Show song. That's Thomas. Sorry, Tommy D. I've seen your interactions with Thomas Darrow. Whoa! What have you? Oh, he's in this office. Yeah, he's Mace out of here now. I call him Big Show. Oh, Tom! Tom! I didn't know his last name was Darrow! You did do something there by making it Tommy Darrow. Tommy D. Mason Miller. Mason Miller. Mace.

I'm going to say eventually there's got to be a Major League Baseball All-Star here. You're just playing a numbers game at this point? You've given up on actually having human relations with whoever this Mason Miller is? You're just guessing and playing numbers? Yeah, I am. Eventually we'll get to one, right? All-Star. All-Star. Thank you. Mason Miller. Open A's closer. I just know him as M. Miller from Fantasy. M. Miller. Three for four.

That makes you an all-star. Ethan Badowski. Ethan Badowski works here. Wow. The confidence. Congratulations, Ethan. Stu knows you. Yes. Daniel Gonzalez-Quevedo. This Darrow is going to sit with me for a bit. Sorry, Thomas. Give me the name again. Daniel Gonzalez-Quevedo. DGK? Yeah, DGK. Wait, can you say the name again? Daniel Gonzalez-Quevedo.

Oh yeah, that's definitely a K. Yeah, DGK. Stu? Did you grow up around any Latin people? I did. Luis Guzman, Michael Gomez. You got a guess? I need to hear it again. Daniel Gonzalez Quevedo. All-star.

Danny GQ. Danny GQ. Danny GQ. Danny, sorry, I love you, dude. Love you. I love you. GK. I've never heard your last name, your middle name, whatever the name was. I never heard it. DKG. But you were great at your job. Thank you for all the work that you do. Appreciate you. Patrick Kim.

Oh, Pat Kim. Patty Kim. Like, you're just going through the variations of the name to see if you have any recollection saying it in an awkward interaction. Yes. Patty Kim. Pat Kim. Pat Kim. All stuck. Nope. Oh. Oh.

I don't think Chris Cody knows who Peg Kim is. There's been a couple that Chris has turned around and been like, hey, what's the answer so I know what sound to play? There's a New York office. It's a little unfair. It does make it unfair. And Stugatz has been on vacation for three months. Well, this one should be easy for you. This one should be easy. Jordan Westberg. Jordan Westberg. Can you use it in a sentence? Please. Stugatz does not know who Jordan Westberg is. All-star. All-star.

It was just numbers at that point. My dude was trying to survive. He's guessed All-Star like six times in a row. Yeah. He was at the Hard Rock Stadium gates just trying to get in at that point. And the last one for you, Mike Malley. Employee.

Wow. All right, Stugatz. Love Mike Mallick. Only three wrong out of the eight names that we said? He did pretty well. Better than anticipated. He did way better than I thought he would. If you just said Danny without the KG part of it, I would have been like, boy, yeah. Danny KG. I know Danny. There's a lot of Dannys here. I just would have said a boy. Danny GQ is now Danny KG. I love it.

Well, congratulations, Steve. Thank you. Good job. It's MLB All-Star Week, right? Yeah, right now. Home Run Derby Night. That's tonight? Yeah, Home Run Derby's tonight. They're still doing that. What's the format this year? I'm tired of that. It's changed again. You won't know until you log on to the broadcast because they're constantly changing the rules. But there are three...

players from the NL East in this year's Home Run Derby. Well, there you go, if you're looking for a draw. Marlins fans get really excited. What, Peter Alonso? Peter Alonso's wonderful. Tired of him, the polar bear. I would rather win the Home Run Derby than win a World Series. I'm telling you, that's what he's known for. You do kind of live forever. Josh Hamilton was a really great player in his day.

And everyone, the first thing that they'll mention to him is probably that home run derby at Yankee Sadie. It was electric. And he didn't even win. Yeah. I was at that. I was at that one randomly. That's a great event. What? Are you kidding me? That is a hell of a cocktail hour over there. And then the next night I went to the game, the All-Star game, sat in the outfield right behind Rob Parker.

Really? Fun fact. The Rob Parker? Rob Parker, because this was at the peak of him on whatever, first take. It might have been first and ten at that point. I was like, holy shit, Rob Parker's right in front of me. The Rob Parker. Yeah, there was a lot of great moments. To...

To your point, there was a lot of great players that had great moments in that game that it still somehow outsized their career. Like anybody, if you get to the show and have a career like Bobby Abreu, which is like a great career. I literally just said that name back here. His home run derby was spectacular.

He had an incredible career. And the second half of his season was a nightmare. Dude, his career might have ended that night, for all I know. He had a great home run derby, and I know his production took a shit after that. And next thing you know, Bobby Abreu isn't around anymore. Were you shocked to learn that Josh Hamilton did not win that home run derby? Because I felt like he won it. Wait, he didn't win? I was there. He didn't win.

He didn't win it, but he won it. He did win it. Who won? It's the rare guy who didn't win, but he won. Yeah, exactly, based off the PR of it. But seriously, who won? But I think what it was is that was why they started changing the rules, because he had such an unbelievable round, but then was exhausted by the end of it, and so he ended up losing the home run derby. I'll look up and figure out who it was. So what are the rules now?

Genuinely, I don't know the answer to what you're asking. That was 08? And then Hamilton said that whole bunch of nonsense after he had a dream about the home run derby at Yankee Stadium. Get out of here. Justin Morneau beat him. It was Justin Morneau. Justin Morneau. MVP, yeah. One of the more forgettable MVPs out there. Beat him 5-3 in the final. Wow.

Hey, do you have that? You only, cause you alluded to it. Do you have that clip of Nick Jonas? I have the Nick Jonas one. I, I, he wasn't on with us. This is me, Mike and Stu gots at a debt at the desk near the range in Tahoe. And, uh, we were right near the, the medical tent where they would get work done. And so Nick Jonas, Oh, we actually have it on video that we can play here in a second. That's good. We, uh,

He's walking by the medical tent on his way to get some treat. You can see in this clip behind us is that trailer where the medical tent is. So Nick Jonas walking by us, and this is our moment to have our moment with Nick Jonas, and let's see if Mike screws it up. Hey, what's up, Nick? Good luck today. That shot on 18, my God, dawg. Dawg. You made it weird. That time you embarrassed us. Yeah, I did. He literally looked through you right there like, what? Yeah.

It's so good. I have not worn that shirt since, in large part because I probably can't fit in it anymore, but I got really drunk that day. You were hammered. I don't think I've been. Were you hammered there? No. No, but there's a clip of me slurring, and I'm pretty sure it's that day. I had no idea how strong the signature cocktail at Lake Tahoe. Wasn't it like a strawberry lemonade? It was Iguodala that you stumbled on. Yeah, it was Iguodala. It's called the Big Celebrity Crush. It's like

a $23 drink thing goes down like water. It's incredible. And I had no idea how strong those things were. And so I decided this is a great time out here with Lewis. Let me have seven of these. And I started slurring and I, I just so associate that polo with that shame and how drunk I was that I'm never wearing it again. I see it every now and then I'm like, can I fit in this shirt? Can I fit in this shirt? Oh God, that's the shirt that I was like super drunk in a towel. Can't wear that shirt. Um,

Yeah, let me know when you have me slurring. Whenever we find out we could play it. But I do have the rules here of Home Run Derby if you want it. Well, it was much... No, they're getting on you, Jeremy. It was a lot better than the silence. Yeah, I was trying to just feel the silence. So I'm just going to sit there. Sorry. Do you guys feel bad for Morneau? Because he won the Home Run Derby, yet no one thinks that he did. No one comes up to him. I feel terrible for him. Poor No. I really do.

Porno? Justin Porno. Wait, that's a different guy. That's a different guy.

Totally. He was taking porn hacks that day, but it was a totally different meeting. But the guy won, and the only thing anyone remembers from that home run derby is Josh Hamilton. So nothing comes up when you search Mike Slurr? Mike drunk. I'll type in Slurr. I was going to avoid that one. Yeah. Well, let me know if something pops up that isn't me actually slurring over my words so we can promptly purge the system of that. It was wild making content in 2007. It was. I'm sad to hear, though, that you're over Tahoe because...

In terms of the jaw-dropping beauty, I did do something that was fairly touristy, dude, and it was a sunset cruise. Oh, yeah? Was it nice? I thought I was going to hate it because it's a very touristy thing to do, but...

I literally did it just to get my dad off my back. My dad went to Tahoe once and he became the expert on Lake Tahoe, even though he was following all of my wrecks. The one thing that he did on his own, because my dad is a lone wolf, bachelor, he's lived his entire life basically by himself. And he did a sunset cruise by himself and he said it was amazing. I'm like, number one, that's really weird. And two, I don't want to do this, but I literally did it to shut him up and it was incredible. Do the sunset cruise in Lake Tahoe. And so you can really see the enormity of...

Because it is gorgeous. I enjoy alone time. I mean, I don't mind traveling by myself. I don't mind going to concerts by myself. I don't mind golfing by myself. In fact, in some instances, I prefer it. I mean, I don't want to have a conversation. I'll push back on golfing. I don't like golfing alone. Everything else, I'm kind of with you on traveling. I mean, I think it would run its course at some point. Like, it's cool for a few days. So Cynthia and I saw Sugat's podcast.

Again, it's not a lie. Having a blast. I was trying to avoid Stugatz. I was saying at the same hotel at Stugatz was Cindy and I were having breakfast and we literally put our menus in front of our faces as Stugatz like was very clearly going on a cigarette break. Well,

Oh, yeah. And they have like a designated, it's kind of sad, they have an area outside where people can smoke their cigarettes. And it's just like these four chairs that are all facing one another. Right in front of my room. Right in front of my room. I knew you were coming. It's like a cigarette cipher. No, there's people smoking right in front of my room. I open up the window because the window opens all the way up. I'm like, hey, you're smoking on my yard.

- Weed's legal here. People smoking everywhere, isn't it? - Well, you can have forest fires. - Oh yeah, I've only smoked in the smoking area. - They're very cognizant of this fact and they try to have it all isolated so you have just like a really sad cipher of seats

They're all kind of like... Look at each other and smoke. White's a terrible color for a chair that's outside regardless, but you also have it being stained with tobacco. It's not white anymore. Cigarette smoking areas are never the happiest places on earth.

They're generally about that. I will say, in terms of a vista, this is one of the more beautiful cigarette smoking areas. But it's still sad because it seems like second class citizens go over there on this wobbly chair that will never stay flat. It's not on flat ground anyways, and it's been warped by the asses that have sat in it over the last few decades. And it's right in front of my room. I mean, these people aren't staying at the hotel. These locals coming by having to smoke.

right in front of my room. My smoking section was right by the 10th green. Or no, is it the 9th green? What is it that's like... The port-a-potties? Is it near the port-a-potties? I don't know what it... You know what? I haven't been there in a couple years. I don't remember what hole specifically. So let's forget I said anything. Back to you guys. Have you found me with all of it yet or no? Nothing came up during... with the Mike Slurr search.

Well, I'm actually pretty pumped about that. Do you want those home run derby rules? I do want those home run derby rules. They're very bizarre. The first round is either... Wait, can someone pull up the favorites on DraftKings Sportsbook, too? Alonzo is the favorite, I believe. Yes, of course. All he cares about. I found it. It was there the whole time.

There's a lot of paperwork that you gotta do to get a super follow. What do you mean paperwork? I'm super following Mike. There's procedural shit that you gotta take care of. Like, do you know the last four digits of your social security? You don't sound bad at all. Jesus Christ. Holy shit. I'll kick your ass. Oh my God. You were doing fine. I was doing great before that. Yeah, go pee again. Gene, Gene, Gene. Gene, now the last... Four digits of your social security.

Social security? Or did you have your social security? You don't sound bad at all. Jesus Christ. You want to redo that? Holy shit, Tom. I picked your ass.

I actually think that was a different year and a different shirt. That was 2022. 7-11, 2022 is when we see it. Oh, no, no. All right. That was pink elephant shirt. What was the year I got to JT? What year was that? I think that was all the same year. We crushed it that year. We did that, and then the next year you did the Aaron Rodgers thing. Yeah, that was last year. And the first year you got hit by Ray Romano. And the first year I got hit by Ray Romano. The best thing of all time. Yeah.

That's crazy. I saw him hitting on 17th tee yesterday, and I was just like, or Sunday. Yeah, it was yesterday. And I was just like, man, hit me there. Memories of Saigon. He hit me there. You hear the chopper sound in the back. Scared dog meme. Jeremy, I don't care about the rules anymore. We'll just move on. Yeah, I understand.

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