BigDMcGee 3,352 Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 https://www.reddit.c...it&utm_name=all This is both awesome and very very sad. Dan is becoming a real thing. Like really real. I guess I'm glad for him, but I'm sad for me. what the hell is this post about? Link to post Share on other sites
Essay21 2,385 Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 what the hell is this post about? I think he was drunk 1 Link to post Share on other sites
brvheart 1,752 Posted March 14, 2018 Author Share Posted March 14, 2018 what are you talking about? what the hell is this post about? I think he was drunk Did you guys even read the comments? This thread was on the front page, and almost all of the comments on the first comment were about the show. Link to post Share on other sites
Essay21 2,385 Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 I didn’t see anything about Dan, only some teachers taking bribes in Detroit. Link to post Share on other sites
brvheart 1,752 Posted March 14, 2018 Author Share Posted March 14, 2018 I didn't see anything about Dan, only some teachers taking bribes in Detroit. Oh man. The top parent comment dropped to like 4th place. If you want to see what I was talking about, scroll down until you find this comment: "Special place in hell etc etc." Currently, it has 11.5k votes. Here's a small sample of what I saw at the top of the page when I made my original post: https://imgur.com/a/anREF Link to post Share on other sites
SuitedAces21 2,722 Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 brvy, i love you, but reddit sucks. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
BigDMcGee 3,352 Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 it was a ways down for me, scrolled for a bit and then gave up, I figured you linked the wrong story. I still don't understand what you're sad about, though. Link to post Share on other sites
brvheart 1,752 Posted March 19, 2018 Author Share Posted March 19, 2018 It kind of hit me like I imagine someone like mk or Strat feels when one of their bands goes mainstream. LeBatard felt like our thing, and now it's everyone's thing. It's not bad or sad, really, it just hit me weird that it's getting so popular. Also, thanks for somehow finding him so many years ago and pushing us to listen. I still can't believe you just randomly found a local Miami podcast like that, BigD. Do you have anything else that you've been listening to lately that you're loving? 1 Link to post Share on other sites
SuitedAces21 2,722 Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 i'm just glad i got to listen to the show before it started the downhill slope to crap. Link to post Share on other sites
Ron_Mexico 4,219 Posted March 25, 2018 Share Posted March 25, 2018 I’ve been a a regular since 2009, so I got that going for me, which is nice It’s funny, when they moved to mornings, all of us on here swore up and down that dan was miserable, and he was strident in his denial of that, claiming he has a great life and he isn’t unhappy Now he readily admits that he was miserable, and that he made this switch for everyone else, not himself, which is exactly what we said Much like dan, our greatest joy is in being right. Wonder if they are playing the hits because they are headed to Sirius and are going to lose their library??? Dan and crew really crap on Hoch for being an attention whore and marketer. I like Hoch’s cheesiness. I also laugh at Cote’s clunkers. Death metal hockey guy wasn’t THAT funny. I like surfer dude better. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
BigDMcGee 3,352 Posted March 25, 2018 Share Posted March 25, 2018 It kind of hit me like I imagine someone like mk or Strat feels when one of their bands goes mainstream. LeBatard felt like our thing, and now it's everyone's thing. It's not bad or sad, really, it just hit me weird that it's getting so popular. Also, thanks for somehow finding him so many years ago and pushing us to listen. I still can't believe you just randomly found a local Miami podcast like that, BigD. Do you have anything else that you've been listening to lately that you're loving? I don't remember how I found him, I'm pretty sure I heard him on The old BS report on ESPN. I know I used to like him when he was on Sunday mornings on ESPN radio, when I was up all night playing poker and driving home. That's probably why I decided to give him a shot, after hearing him on Bill Simmons but honestly, I don't clearly remember how it happened anymore. I'm pretty sure I was listening in 2008, because I remember writing Hoch an email when his pops died, thanking him for the show and how much it meant to me, when my own pops died in 2008, so I had to be listening at least then. Link to post Share on other sites
brvheart 1,752 Posted April 3, 2018 Author Share Posted April 3, 2018 I also found it mildly upsetting when they were crapping on Hoch last week. I loved Hoch. Mike is good at his job, there is no doubt. But in my memory, I still liked Hoch better. (At least as an on-air personality - without commenting on his actual abilities as a producer) Link to post Share on other sites
Essay21 2,385 Posted April 3, 2018 Share Posted April 3, 2018 Mike shits all over Hoch. High was a hack. A funny hack, but mike is a legend. Link to post Share on other sites
BigDMcGee 3,352 Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 Hochman made me laugh much harder than Mike does. Over all, the shipping container as a whole > Hoch but If I could trade Mike for Hoch, I'd do it in a nanosecond. I wonder how Hoch feels about being the Dunkleman of the Lebatard show. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Ron_Mexico 4,219 Posted April 12, 2018 Share Posted April 12, 2018 I don’t listen to the main show much anymore due to time, but the local hours really have been annoying. Just trying way too hard to be funny, do bits, rag on Cote, etc. it’s too much at this point. Don’t be afraid to mix in even a hint of actual local sports talk. Plus, before they even said anything, I thought he was being rude to that Cuban mafia writer. Link to post Share on other sites
BigDMcGee 3,352 Posted April 12, 2018 Share Posted April 12, 2018 put it on the poll, Essay.. Guy who uses "don't be afraid to mix in X"... douche or no douche? Link to post Share on other sites
SuitedAces21 2,722 Posted April 13, 2018 Share Posted April 13, 2018 no douche, in this case. it's funny to me that dan thinks he is good at interviewing people. he's absolutely awful at it. Link to post Share on other sites
BigDMcGee 3,352 Posted April 13, 2018 Share Posted April 13, 2018 I have noticed, over the years, that he is particularly hard on writers selling their books. I don't know if it's some writer ego thing, but he puts them through the ringer. Link to post Share on other sites
Ron_Mexico 4,219 Posted April 13, 2018 Share Posted April 13, 2018 put it on the poll, Essay.. Guy who uses "don't be afraid to mix in X"... douche or no douche? It was a tad douchey, I’ll admit. But he seems to be trying to hard to make it a personality driven show and has strayed so far from what they used to do. And dan acts like he’s the arbiter of comedy. He barely cracks the top 3 of funny on that show. Mike is good, billy is good. Let’s not kid each other, all of their funny, the looks like game, the song parodies, most of that is the fans, Mike, Hoch, etc. The show used to make you think, talked about societal stuff, dabbled in analytics, while having fun. Now it’s all about going for a laugh a minute. Maybe just the local hour is shitty now. Their “show meeting” or whatever. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
brvheart 1,752 Posted April 13, 2018 Author Share Posted April 13, 2018 I think the main show is still really great. I listen to all of the main hours (not the local hour) every day. I still love it. Link to post Share on other sites
brvheart 1,752 Posted April 13, 2018 Author Share Posted April 13, 2018 https://slate.com/culture/2018/04/espns-dan-le-batard-built-a-sports-talk-empire-by-talking-about-sports-as-little-as-possible.html Link to post Share on other sites
Essay21 2,385 Posted April 13, 2018 Share Posted April 13, 2018 Ronny is correct, the show is a shell of its former self. Dan is a full on ego monster now and there’s no going back. Link to post Share on other sites
Ron_Mexico 4,219 Posted April 13, 2018 Share Posted April 13, 2018 https://slate.com/culture/2018/04/espns-dan-le-batard-built-a-sports-talk-empire-by-talking-about-sports-as-little-as-possible.html I read that and enjoyed it. Good piece 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Ron_Mexico 4,219 Posted April 13, 2018 Share Posted April 13, 2018 If essay agrees with me this much, I need to revisit my opinion 2 Link to post Share on other sites
SuitedAces21 2,722 Posted April 13, 2018 Share Posted April 13, 2018 dammitt ronny, all i do is love you. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
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