NPDS - WBC update: Skubal only pitching one game for USA!?; Would you turn down a State of the Union invite? (Episode 1418 Hour 1)

Le Batard & Friends Network

Dan Le Batard

Sports

4.9 • 8.3K Ratings

🗓️ 24 February 2026

⏱️ 52 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Today’s word of the day is ‘lobby’ as in Tarik Skubal as in Team USA as in World Baseball Classic as in regular season as in Detroit Tigers. The best pitcher in baseball is making just one start. That’s it. No high leverage. A pool game. (20:12) US Hockey’s men’s team is headed to the White House. The women’s team said no. (33:20) Review: The Perfect Neighbor. (37:15) Something happened at BAFTA and it needs to be discussed. (48:30) NPPOD. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	The
0:07.0	The Lobby. That's the nothing personal word of the day. It is Tuesday, February 24th,
0:45.0	2006, and I am joyous today because today's episode is brought to you by Draft Kings. Draft Kings,
0:53.0	the crown is yours. Lobby, I don't mean the
0:57.4	bottom floor of an apartment building that is under two feet of snow in New York City. I don't mean
1:03.2	what it is when you hire people in Washington, D.C. to go into politicians' offices and say,
1:09.5	excuse me, may I please have,
1:12.1	and then a list of things that you want.
1:15.6	I'm talking about walking in to the commissioner's office
1:20.1	and knocking on Mike Hill's door,
1:22.6	the general manager of Team USA in the World Baseball Classic,
1:27.1	and saying,
1:28.3	excuse me is Terrick Scoobo and I would very much like
1:33.3	to go to the final game in Miami if Team USA is playing.
1:38.3	That is a quote from Terik Scuba.
1:42.3	If they, the World Baseball Classic USA team, go to the finals,
1:48.6	I think I'm going to try and lobby to just go watch and be with the guys.
1:56.5	Well, I'm happy to get you a clubhouse pass.
2:00.0	I'm happy to get you in touch with ticket sales.
2:05.4	But Terrick Scuba is he part of Team USA?
2:10.9	There was a big announcement during the off season.
2:14.6	Right around the time that Scouble asked for $32 million from the Detroit Tigers in his
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Dan Le Batard, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Dan Le Batard and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.