The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Local Hour: People Forget How Good Barry Bonds Was
Fri, 14 Mar 2025
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Chapter 1: How did tequila's story begin?
Now's a good time to remember where tequila's story truly began. In 1795, Cuervo invented tequila. Cuervo. What are you doing here? Cuervo. Anytime someone says Cuervo, I show up. Well, I do know that to be true, but even during ad reads, like... Cuervo. I think he could lay out, especially for one of our great partners. Sweet, delicious Cuervo. Since then, Cuervo has stayed true to its roots.
Cuervo.
Cuervo.
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Chapter 2: Why are nostalgic baseball stories popular?
You know, as I get older, two things happen to me with my relationship with baseball. Number one is... I don't know what's happening. I don't watch any of these games. Most of the names I recognize are the sons of players that I knew from yesteryear, right? And at the same time, I've discovered a deep love and affection and a desire from my Instagram algorithm to continue giving me
baseball videos, like these videos of like Barry Bonds talking about the good old days and Greg Maddux and all that stuff. I'm here for all of it. I was watching one about Ken Griffey Jr. talking about like the first time he turned his hat backwards or whatever. I'm fascinated by all this stuff. I love it when it pops up into my thing.
Sometimes they're talking about like stuff that happened in Triple A.
So is this just an extended version of the 90s baseball game? Is it just because of nostalgia? Or could it be like a player from 2015 telling you a story and you're like, okay with it?
Sometimes it's a player from 2015 telling a story. I just like the stories. The stories are really interesting. It seems like baseball players have interesting stories.
Do you think it's because you're now learning something about the game as they're telling you that story? Because you maybe don't know it on that intimate of level to where they're giving you their expertise? Or is this just their good storytellers?
Because to me, this is sort of similar to how there are a lot of basketball fans who tangentially follow it only through trades and rumors and aren't actually watching basketball. Right.
Yeah, no, it's absolutely the same variety as that. I guess the basketball equivalent would be imagine if someone discovered basketball or rediscovered their love of basketball through Jeff Teague stories. Like it's not even like you grew up on Jeff Teague playing, but Jeff Teague telling stories about things that happened and then he walked into practice.
It doesn't even have to be Jeff Teague to me because like I'm watching videos and it's like, wow, this Tom Gugliotta guy was a problem, and they basically just, like, break down his entire game.
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Chapter 3: Can Barry Bonds still hit 100 mph fastballs?
Not every year. It's been a little bit for Dr. J doing the dunking thing. Ah, come on.
Marcus Johnson does that every year.
Well, Dr. J is trying to pretend like we ain't notice.
He's lost his step. Is that what you're saying? 75 years old or whatever he is. Prove it, Dr. J. Juju, put it on the poll. Has Dr. J lost his step?
Just saying. It used to be an annual thing. I guess lockdown, but it's a different Dr. J now. And he's trying to pretend like the last memory of Dr. J is Duncan for Tony. Just saying. Maybe he's tried and he failed and he's like, let's not put that one out.
Of course, you wouldn't like that. Yes, you just stopped doing the videos. Oh, I can't do it anymore, guys. You should be honest.
He's like, okay, the year is 63. When you're 63, you can't dunk anymore.
It would be helpful. Let's have Dr. J on as a guest. Matt Sullivan, get us Dr. J as a guest so we can just ask him one question and then he can go on his way.
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Chapter 4: Is Dr. J still dunking at 75?
When was it? I mean, this is a very important data point for all of Tony and I. How old is Marcus Johnson?
Is it Marquez or Marcus? Marcus. Marcus Johnson is, he's got to be around Dr. J's age. Maybe a little younger. He's a little younger. Because his prime was in the 80s and Dr. J's was in the 70s. So whatever Dr. J is, he's probably about 10 years, 8 to 10 years younger. Marcus Johnson?
Yeah.
Still like 6'8"?
How tall is Dr. J.?
6'6"? Are we sure?
Because don't we shrink a little bit? Gravity gets us on the way down. Marcus Johnson is 69 years old. Nice. There you go. This is a video I know we have already. Look, there's Dr. J working at 74. Dr. J's at 74, guys. Come on.
Yeah, but how old is that video? How old is Dr. J right now? That's a good way to do this. That's how we do math? You are a sleuth.
He is 75 years old. Last year. That was last year. Last year, Mike.
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Chapter 5: How do fake videos deceive viewers?
So that's why when I saw what I saw the other day, I was like, okay, I don't remember any of these answers. I don't remember the video at all. And then by the end of it, I was still certain that it was real. Like I shared it with like my sister, I shared it with Anthony and I was just like, this is wild. And I'm vamping here because we don't have the video yet.
But this is how badly I got got though, because as I'm talking about it, the first person I told it to, knew was one of the producers on Oddball. He knew exactly what I was talking about. He let me get to the end of the story before he was like, yeah.
That's how you found out it was not real?
That's how I found out.
I thought you just knew because by the end of the video, it's pretty obvious. Play the video. Play the video.
How old were you when you lost your virginity?
17.
17?
14?
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Chapter 6: What are some iconic foods available on Gold Belly?
It's really, in terms of the brilliance of the video, what Izzy described is exactly what the Ballsacks and the Sentels are going for. It can't just be fake. It has to be fake. but something that you would believe to be real, right? The idea that Steph Curry wouldn't lose his virginity until he got to Davidson.
And the way he said it, like he was ashamed of his face.
He was like 19. It was crazy. You want to believe, right? Like the X-Files, I want to believe, right? The other thing is it's perfect. This is one of the best viral videos because this person watched the video and said, I'm just gonna dub one line in there. And then let the rest of the video do the work. It is brilliant.
As opposed to, I don't know if you guys have been seeing the deepfakes that happen. It's like, it'll be like a Draymond Green press conference and they'll say outlandish stuff. And guess what, guys? I found out how to suss out a deepfake. The teeth? No. It's the voice. The voice has no intonation. It is always at the same kind of thing.
Yeah, and then I slapped him, and I slapped his mom, and that's how I feel. And it sounds exactly like them, but it's like there's never any inflections or anything like that. So I figured out how to avoid being deepfaked. It's just to talk wildly and then go quiet. That's why Stephen A. Smith talks the way he does. Because that way he can't get deepfaked.
The goat. It's brilliant. It's a brilliant tell. I'm telling you. So you're saying Stephen A was ahead of the game.
He was ahead of the game.
He was like, wait until AI gets here. I got something for him.
He was like the bad guy in Madam Web. Saying like, one day they're going to figure out the technology how to find people. And when they do, I'll find these people and kill them first.
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