Don LaGreca absolutely blasted a caller on Monday afternoon when it was suggested that The Michael Kay Show co-host would be nothing without the show’s namesake. He listed off a number of accomplishments that have nothing to do with his partnership with Kay including his time at WFAN, his radio work for the Jets and Rangers, his kids, his hair, his loyalty to his friends and his driving prowess.
On Tuesday morning, the cast of The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz listened and marveled at the rant. Stugotz deemed it “classic Don.”
“I wanna have him as a friend and I am envious of his hairline,” Mike Ryan Ruiz joked.
Le Batard saw it a little differently. This may be classic Don LaGreca, but the listeners have never heard a list of grievances like the one listed Monday afternoon on ESPN 98.7 in New York.
“It is the first one though that I have heard relates to an indignance that covers his entire resume as a human being on things that are good about him that don’t have to do with Michael Kay,” he said. “And I’ve gotta be honest. It’s a pretty limited list no matter what your anger is.”
The rant inspired one of the show’s daily polls: “If ‘good driver’ is fourth on your list of positive things about yourself, is your list limited?”
Dan Le Batard has always been quick to call out the absurdity and sometimes toxicity of sports radio anger. He said that in a limited capacity though, it can be perfect entertainment and Don LaGreca delivered.
“You do want this for a decade. You don’t want this for a year, but I will take a minute of poisonous, unhinged, unreasonable anger.”
