Kevin Harlan Is As Good As Anyone In Football | Hour 2

Yes! You heard that right! Dan Le Batard is actually joining the Pitch Clock this week! He FINALLY sits down with Jeremy to discuss his Tampa Bay Rays and what makes the AL East Champions so enthralling to him. Plus, new producer Gabe puts the boys to the test for the first time as Chris and Jeremy try and pair up some pitcher and catcher duos from their heyday of baseball. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

"That's not an undercurrent, that's a full current." JuJu joins the show for a record-breaking Thursday Thunder; Tony tells us about the Spanglish FIU football broadcast he is doing with his dad; and Dan goes toe-to-toe with his inner monologue as we try to answer whether Penn State-Wisconsin is a big game. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

"I'll pick it when I sweet well please." Jessica joins us to preview the upcoming weekend of college football, including a Factory of Sadness Game between USC and Oregon. We also relive a legendary radio call that reminds Dan of the origins of radio transmission to submarines. Plus, we go to The Bucket, and after a decade of playing, Dan shows us he still somehow doesn't know the rules. He then introduces us to our latest entity, Le Batard+ in a way only he can. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

"Pelle Larson will get up in your shit." A loaded hour begins with Big Game or Not a Big Game. It ends with Real or Fake Podcast, but in between, the gang discusses the latest question raised about the Miami Heat, which Zaslow has declared the dumbest thing ever said about the organization: who is going to play defense on a team that has Giannis Antetokounmpo, Bam Adebayo, Davion Mitchell, Bobby Portis, Andrew Wiggins, and Erik Spoelstra as its head coach? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

"Then he got a batting donut and started swinging in the on-deck circle." David Samson joins us to weigh in on Pablo Torre's latest report involving Life Surge and Tim Tebow. He also offers his perspective on Vladimir Guerrero Jr's comments about his contract and makes a bunch of 1970s references along the way. Then, on the eve of the 10th anniversary of José Fernández's tragic passing, David walks us through what that day was like and how the tragedy still sticks with him. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

"Hey, listen, kid, you've been traded to Boston College." Pablo Torre joins the show to discuss the latest major story being reported on Pablo Torre Finds Out, involving a company called Life Surge, Tim Tebow, and alleged exploitation of people through religion. What is Tebow's responsibility in this situation? Dan explains why a story reported Friday that came out Thursday should be the biggest in sports. Mike wonders whether the Miami Hurricanes should play Mark Fletcher and Malachi Toney against the Central Michigan Chippewas this Saturday; Zaslow doubles down on his college football trades take, and OJ is joining him on Zaslow Show 2.0 today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Erin Ryan is no stranger to the comments section. She went from a miserable job at Merrill Lynch (and escaping to a Chicago animal shelter to walk dogs), to anonymously writing $100 Sunday shifts at Jezebel. From there, she made her way to managing editor at The Daily Beast and eventually the writers’ room of “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia”. If you’re wondering how the hell all that happened, she’s still trying to figure it out too. Later, former “Hysteria” co-host Alyssa Mastromonaco joins to reveal the “alchemy” behind their eight-year partnership, how their show was forged in the chaos of the Trump era, and what they’re hoping for—and genuinely afraid of—for the midterms this November. Listen, watch, and subscribe to the “Hysteria” podcast from Crooked Media with new episodes every Thursday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

"Dad's dynamics at PTFO.me." Before we get to The Polls, Mike has an update on the NASCAR fight heard around the world, and Jeremy claims he's seen the best sports photo ever taken. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

"Yeti, get me Ryan Zimmerman's stats." Steve-O is here as this week's Celebrity Prognosticator. PFPI commissioner Greg Cote has an update on his MLB Hall of Fame vote, and the crew gets into a massive debate over the way Caleb Williams reacted to his injury. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

"I'm sure people think I've probably sharted before." Kevin Harlan may very well be the greatest ever to do it, and baby... he's not done. Kevin tells us about how he fell in love with broadcasting, the way he speaks at home vs. on the broadcast, why Dan loves his radio calls even more than TV, why he grades himself, and how he was hotboxed on his latest call. Also, Kevin commits to bringing one of Greg Cote's catchphrases to his broadcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices