Hour 1: Bobblehead Night

Summary

Sunday Mornings with Matt and Myron

Episode: Hour 1: Bobblehead Night

Date: April 12, 2026
Hosts: Myron Medcalf, Matt Jones (ESPN Radio)

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Episode Overview

Hour 1 of “Sunday Mornings with Matt and Myron” covers the lively intersection of spring sports – from the Masters to NBA/NHL playoff pushes, NCAA tournament recaps, and the beloved—and sometimes controversial—tradition of sports bobblehead promotions. The hosts debate which athletes are truly “bobblehead-worthy,” and sprinkle in banter about college basketball’s transfer portal chaos, the quirks of UFC, and Myron’s unexpected passion for bingo. Notable quotes and recurring playful jabs make this a breezy, engaging episode for any sports fan grappling with April’s calendar overload.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. The Busiest Time in Sports

• [02:22] Matt Jones notes that this time of year combines high-stakes moments in multiple sports:
  • Masters Sunday
  • NBA regular season finale (and tanking controversies)
  • NHL playoff set-up
  • NCAA basketball wrap-up
  • NFL draft looming
  • College football spring practice
  • College basketball transfer portal frenzy
  • Ongoing UFC cards
• Quote: “You can make a strong argument that right now … is maybe the busiest time in sports of the year, because there are more different sports at key, key moments of their existence than now.” – Matt Jones [02:23]

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2. Masters Sunday & The Rory McIlroy Discourse

• Rory McIlroy enters Masters Sunday tied for the lead—after squandering a six-shot advantage.
• [03:00-06:31] Friendly Debate: Myron is skeptical of Rory's mindset, Matt defends him.
  • Myron (jokingly) accused of wanting to see Rory fail.
  • Matt emphasizes Rory's career achievements and potential for a comeback.
• Key Quotes:
  • “Don’t use the word like fetish. First off. Don’t. Don’t use that word.” — Myron Medcalf [03:29]
  • “If you had asked Roy McIlroy going into the tournament, would you like to be tied for the lead going into the final day, he probably would have said yes. But if you had asked him after round two, he would go, that's probably a failure.” – Matt Jones [15:31]
  • On Rory’s mindset and nerves (citing Rory’s own words):
    “He said, if you come out here and, quote, ‘you're not feeling it, the course will punish you’ … This is a guy who was haunted by these demons.” – Myron Metcalf [16:28]
  • “He needs to be daring, he needs to be flamboyant, and he needs to use his sword, which in this case is his golf club, to go out and play.” – Matt Jones, making a pirate analogy for Rory’s style [19:25]

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3. NBA Regular Season Wrap-Up & Tanking Talk

• [03:54] NBA End of Regular Season:
  • Matt: "The regular season has been a miserable slog these last six weeks." [04:19]
  • Myron: Defends teams “tanking” as a legitimate strategy. “I'm pro Tank.” [04:27]
  • Result: Playoffs bring renewed excitement, especially for rising talents (“Wimby, Yic, Shay”).
  • Debate over whether tanking ruins the product for fans.

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4. NCAA Tournament, Transfer Portal, and Player Mobility

• Tournament Recap: “Really, really good tournament. Final Four, not as great as past Final Fours, but I think the overall tournament was great.” – Myron [06:51]
  • Three iconic moments highlighted: Braylon Mullins’ buzzer beater, Otega's Kentucky shot, St. John’s layup.
• Transfer Portal Chaos: Over half of returning eligible college basketball players are in the portal (2,050 out of 3,900).
  • Myron: Only “50 to 75 of those guys actually matter.” [08:22]
  • Matt: “I enjoy it, but I kind of enjoy chaos.” [08:50]
  • Banter about how fun it could be to attend four different colleges.
• Quote: “The cool thing is, once you’re done with college, you can pick to stay affiliated with the school that you like the most.” – Myron [09:32]

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5. UFC & Sports Entertainment

• Running joke: UFC events seem to have never-ending numbered cards with “random numbers.”
  • “I think [they’re] going to do it forever.” – Myron [10:27]
• Josh Hokut, a fighter, did full cosplay as Macho Man Randy Savage during media week—confusing most journalists.
  • “He wouldn't come out of character ... what do you call it, K. Fob?” – Myron [11:38]
  • Matt: “K5 is what you have on your car so you can open your garage.” [11:48]
• Carlos Ulberg won his fight, possibly with a torn ACL. [12:07]

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6. The Bobblehead Conundrum

The Bobblehead Debacle in Cincinnati

• The Reds had to give out a player's bobblehead after he’d already been sent to the minors [25:31].
  • This year’s candidate only stayed on the team through his bobblehead day, likely for PR reasons.
• Would you rather:
  • Stay on the roster for bobblehead night (knowing a demotion is coming)?
  • Or get demoted in time and miss the honor?
  • Myron: “I'd rather be the guy on the roster when the bobblehead day happens.” [26:26]
  • Matt: “Can you think about what that would be like if you're in the minor leagues and at the majors level, they're celebrating your bobblehead and you don't even get ... He can't even go.” [27:03]

Who is Truly Bobblehead-Worthy?

• Myron’s Claim: “No team in pro sports has more than two athletes worthy of a bobblehead.” [27:33]
• Matt challenges this with examples across sports:
  • LeBron/Luka/Austin Reeves (NBA) – Myron: “Ain’t nobody getting the Austin Reeves bobblehead.” [28:12]
  • Mahomes/Kelsey/Chris Jones (NFL) – “I don't want a Chris Jones bobblehead.” [29:15]
  • Shohei/Freddie Freeman/Mookie Betts (MLB) – “The only Dodgers bobblehead that should be given out is Shohei pitching. Shohei batting.” [29:58]
• Audience weighs in with calls & texts:
  • Jordan/Pippen/Rodman (Bulls) is the first “slam dunk” for three bobbleheads—but even here, Myron jokes about snubbing Pippen for being “the most annoying former player in NBA history.” [34:13]
  • Worthy/Kareem/Magic (Lakers) – Worthy left out.
  • Bird/McHale/Parish (Celtics) – Myron: Parish has to wait.
  • Chiefs, Dodgers, Braves, various “big three” trios discussed (callers’ region bias often acknowledged).
• Matt’s final challenge: “No one has yet given me a slam dunk,” though some historic trios come close. [35:46]

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7. Myron’s Surprising Bingo Obsession

• Matt teases Myron for missing a work call because he was out at “pull tab and bingo night.”
  • Myron: “I now have my own dauber.” [42:02]
  • “I don't want to be in a bingo hall that doesn't have mostly people over the age of 65. Like, that's my crowd.” [42:04]
  • Matt: “You play pool tabs and bingo like a 74-year-old retiree at the Villages in Florida.” [41:22]
• Myron defends the nuanced strategy of bingo, and listeners chime in to share their own experiences.

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Most Notable Quotes & Moments

• “Mine likes ... to watch a grown man be sad and choke, and he wants to watch bad teams not try to win." – Matt [05:48]
• “I think we give bobblehead people too much power. They've just kind of taken over.” – Myron [27:33]
• “Christ Jones, first off, the bobblehead's gonna weigh three and a half pounds.” – Myron [29:15]
• “If there were bobbleheads in 1998, there's no way there would not be a Jordan, a Pippen and a Rodman.” – Matt [34:09]
• “I now have my own dauber.” – Myron, revealing his level of bingo seriousness [42:02]
• “If you can't win every time, you don't mess with it. That's your, that's your whole thing.” – Myron teasing Matt’s competitive streak [42:37]
• “Bingo’s intense, man. Have you played bingo?” – Myron [42:25]

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• 00:34: Show return from hiatus; Rich Eisen teases upcoming interview
• 02:22–10:43: “Off the Top” – Masters, NBA, NCAA, NFL draft, portal, UFC
• 15:21–22:42: Masters Leaderboard & Rory McIlroy's psychology (and swashbuckling analogy)
• 25:31–35:59: Cincinnati Reds bobblehead fiasco and the “bobblehead-worthy” debate
• 36:41–44:44: Listener calls: Best bobblehead trios in history and present
• 41:10–43:39: Myron’s bingo obsession revealed and discussed
• 38:53 & 39:37: Historic bobblehead trios (listeners and hosts debate)
• 44:44–end: More calls, wrap-up, and closing banter

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Episode Tone and Flavor

• Tone: Playful, irreverent, and affectionate sports banter
• Myron and Matt frequently rib each other, spar over arcane sports minutiae, and engage listeners with relatable, lighthearted stories (like the bingo tangent).
• The show exemplifies “Sunday sports radio as community hangout” – smart but never stuffy; passionate but never mean.

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For Non-Listeners

If you missed the show, you’ll walk away understanding why April is sports super-peak—and whether your favorite athlete (or coach, or city's obscure backup player) is truly bobblehead material. You’ll hear about the Masters’ fake bird sounds, why some NBA regular season games are unwatchable, how bingo can be as intense as pro sports, and enjoy a running tally of which sports trios stand the test of sporting—and bobblehead—immortality.

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End of Hour 1 Summary

Transcript

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[Myron Metcalf]

Yeah, it was, it was wild, man. I mean, 16 days in a row on, on the road straight three cities. So it was, it was cool, man, but also glad to be back home.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, you got to be Ms. Jim Calhoun was here. We got to hear that really thick Connecticut accent on the radio. He and I had a hard time. We, I don't think we understood each other. We needed a translator, but, but he was good. And now we're here. And today we have sports broadcasting royalty joining us. Rich Eisen is going to join us later. I'm very excited. I've never, I've never really spoken to Rich Eisen and I'm, you know, he said, allegedly a co worker. So I'm kind of excited.

[Myron Metcalf]

I'm excited. I mean, I don't think I've met Rich Eisen. I'm trying to think if he was, is here. When I was here back in 2011,

[Matt Jones]

y' all weren't hanging out either way, right?

[Myron Metcalf]

Well, I mean, you know, back in those days, you went to Bristol and everybody was hanging around. So I don't remember if he was there then or not, but he is.

[Matt Jones]

He is going to be hosting Sports center tonight. That's right. A special, special throwback edition of SportsCenter. Rich Eisen is gonna be in the, in, in the hot seat and that should be very exciting. So he's gonna join us a little later, 12:30 today on this show. But let's start off the top. What are we thinking about? I'm trying to think but nothing happens. Nothing happens.

[Myron Metcalf]

It's time to find out. This is off the top. Flash.

[Matt Jones]

Off the top with Matt and Myron. All right. So, Myron, I was sitting here thinking last night as I was thinking about show topics. You can make a strong argument that right where we're in right now, like this little couple weeks period, is maybe the busiest time in sports of the year because there are more different sports at key, key moments of their existence than now. So I just want to go through a few of these with you and see if you agree with me. Obviously, the Masters. Is today the final day of the Masters? Crowded leaderboard, final fake bird noises. Are you excited about the final round of the Masters?

[Myron Metcalf]

Yeah, I am, but. But I hate that I'm watching for the same reason everybody else is watching, to see if Roy's going to collapse and blow the biggest lead ever after two rounds.

[Matt Jones]

So not the biggest lead ever. You.

[Myron Metcalf]

The largest lead. It was the largest lead after 36.

[Matt Jones]

Two rounds.

[Myron Metcalf]

That's what I said.

[Matt Jones]

We'll talk about this later. But you have some sort of fetish for wanting to see Rory fail. Why do you. Most of us want Rory to win. You realize most of the golfing world roots for roar. You know that, right?

[Myron Metcalf]

Don't use the word like fetish. First off. Don't. Don't use that word.

[Matt Jones]

Okay. Sorry. It's Sunday morning.

[Myron Metcalf]

I'm. I'm not a. I don't want to see Rory. I just. You do wonder if he's going to put himself in this position.

[Matt Jones]

He won last year.

[Myron Metcalf]

I get it. But the. But the ghost is still there in a moment like this. He, he, himself, even.

[Matt Jones]

He won the career grand slam last year. He's good. So. So I. To me, it's more. Can you. Can you get a second. A second bite of excitement for Rory? So that's today. Now that you also have. Today is the final day of the NBA regular season, thankfully, after it seemed like it would never end for two or three months of tanking. Are you glad to now get into playoff time?

[Myron Metcalf]

You said thankfully the NBA is over. Like what?

[Matt Jones]

The regular season has been a miserable slog these last six weeks.

[Myron Metcalf]

I've loved it. Tanking. The tanking talk has been overblown.

[Matt Jones]

And.

[Myron Metcalf]

And to me, I don't blame any team. I'm pro Tank.

[Matt Jones]

What about the game the other night where every spread, Every was like 20 points.

[Myron Metcalf]

What do you want him to do?

[Matt Jones]

This is not trying to solve tanking. I'm just saying as a viewer, it's a miserable Experience?

[Myron Metcalf]

Yeah. I don't feel like that because I don't think it's as many teams as people are suggesting. And I think at the top, when you tell me guys like Wimby could be on the verge of taking over the NBA. I've been excited to watch the young stars come through.

[Matt Jones]

I have. I've hated the games in the last six weeks. I'm very excited for the playoffs for the reason you're talking about. I'm excited to see Wimby and Yic and Shay and all that. But when it comes to the end of the regular season. And by the way, I'm not alone, they're about to change these rules because of how bad this season has been. So, I mean, this league, it won't be like this next year, but it is. I think it's objectively fair to say it's been a miserable last six to eight weeks of the season. There'll be one game on a night that's even competitive for the bad teams.

[Myron Metcalf]

We're talking about.

[Matt Jones]

There's too many bad teams.

[Myron Metcalf]

Well, but that's a whole nother thing. We're talking about bad teams putting themselves in a position to try to get better ultimately. And people are acting like, oh, no, if the Utah Jazz really tried, they.

[Matt Jones]

But, I mean, are you enjoying it? That's not. My question is whether or not it makes sense. Are you enjoying these games?

[Myron Metcalf]

They're not the. They're not the main course for me. They're. They're. They're an appetizer. You eat, and then you go on and eat the regular meal. That's how I see it.

[Matt Jones]

Mine likes. Just so everybody knows, this is Meyer Metcalfe's first two stances today. He wants to watch a grown man be sad and choke, and he wants to watch bad teams not try to win. There's your start to my Metcalf Sunday takes.

[Myron Metcalf]

No, you. You don't think I know enough about golf to talk about Rory? That was your take, I believe you told me, don't talk about golf because you don't know anything about essentially what you said. What you said you like bringing me in for the tiger segment. And then I start talking about Ro and you get a little ant. All right, now we go to the NBA, and all I'm saying is I haven't paid attention to the taking the way everyone else has. I've been too busy watching the stars of the league, and I've been enjoying it.

[Matt Jones]

All right, we're also. We finished the hockey regular season this Week. I'm not. I'm sure that's not as exciting, but we got the Avalanche in the West. My Carolina Hurricanes in the east are the favorites. College basketball crowned its national champion on Monday night with Michigan Yukon. Not a great game, but I would say, Myron, a great tournament. Would you agree with that?

[Myron Metcalf]

Really, really good tournament. Final Four, not as great as past Final Fours, but I think the overall tournament was great.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. And, and you know, the tournament gave us two moments, maybe three that will live in, in NCAA tournament history. Obviously, the Braylon Mullins one's the big one, but the Otega away shot for Kentucky against Santa Clara and then the St. John's layup against Kansas, I think you could argue those are three moments that'll be on historic NCAA Tournaments shows.

[Myron Metcalf]

Yeah, we have some great, incredible finishes. I mean, Braylon mullens will be 100 years from now. People be talking about that shot. But it was fun. We had some fun finishes.

[Matt Jones]

And then you've got the NFL draft coming in what, about 10 days? Not a ton of excitement about that, but it is coming. Are you getting draft fever? Have you been putting your inner Kuiper on?

[Myron Metcalf]

Well, I mean, to me, you usually get more excited when you have a bunch of quarterbacks at the top. And this is, I think, the first year and what feels like forever where you haven't had four or five potential first round picks at quarterback. But it's always fun to watch the draft.

[Matt Jones]

For me, yeah, I'm looking forward to it. It is also spring practice for people who are college football aficionados. The college basketball portal opened. Myron. There are 3,900 players in college basketball who have eligibility to come back for another year. And at this point, 2000, 50 of the players are in the port. So over half the players right now are in the portal. Do you like that?

[Myron Metcalf]

I mean, I just accept it, you know, so I don't get caught up in pro or. To me, it's, it's the culture now. And I understand why most guys want to try to move on. Here's my problem. 50 to 75 of those guys actually matter. If we're going to be honest in terms of guys who could impact, impact the landscape a college basketball. Uh, so we bring up these giant numbers. But, Matt, how many guys are we actually gonna be talking about a year from now? Not many, Not a ton.

[Matt Jones]

I agree with that. I enjoy it, but I kind of enjoy chaos. And I like the idea, if I'd had a chance in college to go to four different colleges over the four years and each time be recruited. I actually think that would be kind of fun. Can you imagine? I mean, a lot of people probably went. What's the college you went to?

[Myron Metcalf]

Minnesota State University.

[Matt Jones]

Okay, so what? Okay, Minnesota State University, Mankato, which is way too many for a school. If you had had a chance for a year to go to Arizona State or maybe even Yale, like, if, if Myron could have gotten his four colleges on, wouldn't you wanted to do that?

[Myron Metcalf]

I don't know. You got to. Yeah, I don't think I'd enjoy Yale. Yeah. Would have been ready.

[Matt Jones]

Well, you wouldn't have got in. That's a big part.

[Myron Metcalf]

No, I mean, I, I, I get in the. In terms of. You get paid at every stop. Yeah, I would have bounced around if I had that opportunity. And then the cool thing is, once you're done with college, you can pick to stay affiliated with the school that you like the most.

[Matt Jones]

Like, it's true.

[Myron Metcalf]

Like, it's exactly. If one school is struggling for a while to stay away from them, and then all of a sudden they start winning again, show up 10 years later, you're like, true.

[Matt Jones]

You have four chances to be in the alumni section of games. Right. You could go, you could go to all of them. And then finally, last night was a UFC fight. You know my theory about ufc, which is, I think it never stops. There's a fight every weekend and it's like. And they just give random numbers to it. What was the one last night? Uf. What?

[Myron Metcalf]

Carlos Oberg.

[Matt Jones]

What was the number? What Was the number?

[Myron Metcalf]

327.

[Matt Jones]

How long are they gonna go with this in terms of, like, how many numbers before you have to reset?

[Myron Metcalf]

I think they're gonna do it forever. You know, I mean, I don't think

[Matt Jones]

there's any, any reason to WrestleMania 2000 or not stop. But, you know, UFC 2612, they're getting

[Myron Metcalf]

ready to fight on the White House lawn. That, that's official now. So that's going to be a whole, whole thing.

[Matt Jones]

Are you gonna go to that? That feels like your kind of event.

[Myron Metcalf]

I watch maybe from home, that particular event. But have you seen the guy, the hokit guy? Did you see him?

[Matt Jones]

I don't, I never see it.

[Myron Metcalf]

This guy, Josh Hokut.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah.

[Myron Metcalf]

Who was essentially doing cosplay all week, so he wouldn't present. He wasn't doing any press conferences in as himself. He was only doing in character. And one of his characters was Macho Man. You should check it out.

[Matt Jones]

Like, he, like, you just Used a lot of words that feel like they're for Comic Con. He was doing cosplay.

[Myron Metcalf]

Well, he was pretending to be.

[Matt Jones]

What does that mean?

[Myron Metcalf]

Well, he was pretending to be Macho Man, Randy Savage.

[Matt Jones]

So he was. So wait a minute. So he was dressing up?

[Myron Metcalf]

Yeah, he had the bandana and then he was talking like him.

[Matt Jones]

So he was going. Oh, yeah, he was doing that?

[Myron Metcalf]

Yes, during the. During official media events.

[Matt Jones]

Okay.

[Myron Metcalf]

Like, he was doing it like he wouldn't come out of character. And the people on stage were like, is he for real? And he just. He was doing. What do you call that thing? K. Fob. Right.

[Matt Jones]

KFAB. K5 is what you have on your car so you can open your garage.

[Myron Metcalf]

Key fob and kayfabe messed up. But he wouldn't come out of character.

[Matt Jones]

All right, you're already boring me about this. I do like that he was doing. Yeah, I do like that he was doing the Macho Man. Who won? What was the big fight last night? Who won?

[Myron Metcalf]

Oldberg and Prochaska. And Oldberg probably tore his ACL and still got the knockout win. Still one.

[Matt Jones]

Congratulations to Goldberg. And that. That is a ton of things happening in sports right now. And that's why April, and to some extent May, is one of my favorite times of years for sports. Rory McElroy. Myron wants to see him lose, which is very unfortunate. I want to see him win. I want to see joy. But either way, it'll be compelling. That's next here. I'm Matt Myron on ESPN Radio

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[Matt Jones]

Matt and Myron the Podcast Matt Myron on ESPN Radio presented by Progressive Insurance. That's the song is dedicated to Myron Metcalf because he is watching the Masters today to see if Rory can lose. I on the other hand am very excited that Sunday at the Masters is the best day to nap. You guys got to turn that music down. It is very hard to hear it

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[Matt Jones]

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[Myron Metcalf]

Is that group foreign? Is that the name of the group Foreign?

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[Myron Metcalf]

You didn't give me credit that I got the group right, that it was foreign.

[Matt Jones]

That's good. All right, so Cam Young and Roy McElroy are tied for the top at 11, under Sam Burns is at 10, Shane Lowry, Jason Day, Justin Rose and Scotty Scheffler right below him. That is a heck of a seven. Top seven on the leaderboards. Matter of fact, if you're looking at Masters leaders boards you can't do in today's game much better than that group. Cam Young. Rory had a six shot lead going into yesterday. He shoots one over. But everybody else, especially early in the day, the course was there for the taking and guys took it. And now this is a bunched up leaderboard. If you had asked Roy McElroy going into the tournament, would you like to be tied for the lead going into the final day, he probably would have said yes. But if you had asked him after round two, when he was up six, he would go, that's probably a failure. So what mindset, Myron, does he take into the final round at Augusta today?

[Myron Metcalf]

He lacks confidence. I mean, if you. Listen, I'm just telling you what he said. Can I tell you what he said? Since you don't think I'm following anything? Let me tell you what he said so you can understand. He said two things that should be concerning to any Rory McElroy fan. He said, if you come out here and quote, you're not feeling it, the course will punish you. He said, I have to remember, quote, that I already have a green jacket. This is a guy who was haunted by these demons. You can talk about last year all you want. He himself is thinking the same thing that so many fans are thinking about. That's not ex, that's not hoping for doom. That's going, oh my goodness, this is the Rory who, who has fought against this narrative for so many years. And now here he is again. If he blows the biggest lead ever after two rounds, that's going to stick.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, see I read those quotes, at least the second one, completely different. What was the second one you read?

[Myron Metcalf]

You said I have to remember that I've already won a green jacket.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, see, I read that completely differently because Rory has for years talked about that when you come down the stretch of these tournaments, specifically the Masters, that he hadn't won. The fact that he hadn't won had weighed on him. And if you and Rory, it's, it's very clear over the years he plays better when he's the swashbuckling, you know, guy going for it, coming from behind or early in the rounds. And when he gets the lead and he starts to protect it, as we would sometimes use afraid stall ball. But in golf that's where he gets tight and tense. I think that's what was happening yesterday, a six shot lead. Guys went out early, shot well. He felt like he had to protect the lead. He ended up not playing well. I don't see those quotes as negative. Here's what you'll know about Rory. You'll know it within four or five holes. If he comes out firing and he's. He's playing well, he's going to win. If he doesn't, you're right. It could end up being a collapse.

[Myron Metcalf]

You've been waiting all year to use swashbuckling, haven't you?

[Matt Jones]

Swashed? Well, I talk about pirates a lot. Well, it's like a, you know. Yeah, I think usually you use the phrase swashbuckling. I think it's, like, associated with pirates. It's like they're out on the open sea and there's nothing to stop them. They're swashbuckling around. Am I right, Rachel or Josiah? Somebody read me the definition.

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[Matt Jones]

So, I mean, they just.

[Myron Metcalf]

I mean, you just out hanging out when he's like, you just use swashbuckling. I think it's the first time I've. That's. This is the first time someone used that word who wasn't a pirate, I believe.

[Matt Jones]

Well, I'm just saying, I. I like the idea that if you're going to be a good golfer, you almost have to be like a pirate. You have to be swashbuckling. The moment you get in your head, it's over.

[Myron Metcalf]

Go.

[Matt Jones]

A swashbuck is a daring. Read it. A daring, flamboyant. What? Heroic character.

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[Matt Jones]

daring rescues, and devil may care. So think about the. How that analogy works for Rory. He needs to be daring, he needs to be flamboyant, and he needs to use his sword, which in this case is his golf club, to go out and play.

[Myron Metcalf]

Well, all right, Jack Sparrow. I think at the end of the day, he himself has pointed to this reality of knowing if he misses out today, that there will still be a segment of the. The golf fan base, the casual fan base that'll go, man, he hasn't gotten rid of all the ghosts. I'm not rooting against Rory at all. I think Rory himself sees this as an important moment. Even though he has the career grand slam, his greatness is unchallenged. We get that he's going to go down as one of the great golfers of this time, no matter what happens today. But to lose in this fashion, if that's what happens, I don't think that helps.

[Matt Jones]

But I mean, when you talk. You mentioned the career grand slam. I mean, the career grand slam is historically in golf, and I mean, only Six people have done it, right? Gene Sarazen, Ben Hogan, Gary Player, Jack Nicklaus, Tiger woods, and Rory. I mean, no Arnold Palmer, no Tom Watson. I mean, you can just go through Sam's need, whoever you want to pick. None of them have done, but Rory has. And so in my opinion, if he can't swashbuckle now, then when is he ever going to swashbuckle? Because this is the time. Rory has proven everything. He is the second best golfer of the post Nicklaus generation. I think he's past Phil at this point. So if you are not. If, like, if he can't get over that now and play free, then. Then that will be an issue. But I think he has. I think if you watch him, he didn't play great yesterday because he didn't drive the ball in the fairway. It's that simple. It's not like he choked. He just didn't drive the ball in the fairway, and that's a problem.

[Myron Metcalf]

But, I mean, he was going left and right of the fairway on Thursday and Friday.

[Matt Jones]

He was.

[Myron Metcalf]

He was just correcting it.

[Matt Jones]

His misses weren't as bad. And then he was able to hit some amazing shots.

[Myron Metcalf]

Why I think this matters is because we saw him hold on last year. He wins at a playoff. It was an incredible achievement. All of the glory he deserved was given to him. I think if Rory in this situation fights through again, I think that'll be a feather in this cap, 100%. You just lost the lead. Everyone is saying, oh, is this the same guy? And now you hold on to the lead again. But if you lose it, I think there will be a certain group of people who will say, man, that's still a part of his legacy.

[Matt Jones]

It is where you can't hold on to leads. That's going to be part of his legacy, the way because of what happened at Wing Foot. But I will say this leaderboard, the top seven, incredible. You've got old timers like Justin Rose, who's been in these for years, and then you've got some of, if not the best players in the game right now. This will be. This has a chance to be an epic day. The course has been dry with the pin positions where they are on Sunday. I think it's got a chance to be an awesome day, even though it still annoys me that they faked the bird sounds, Myron, during the broadcast.

[Myron Metcalf]

I didn't know that.

[Matt Jones]

You didn't know that?

[Myron Metcalf]

No.

[Matt Jones]

Do you ever hear the bird sounds at any other tournament except that one?

[Myron Metcalf]

I don't pay attention to bird sounds.

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[Matt Jones]

Matt and Myron the podcast oh yeah, it's a great song. The bird is the word on Matt Myron on ESPN Radio. You'll hear a lot of birds on the Masters coverage here all afternoon. Big day of sports. You got the last day of the NBA regular season and the Masters. We had a conversation during the break and as often I think it's one we have to extend on the air. Let me give the background of the story real quick. Myra Last year, so the Cincinnati Reds, they have like four or five bobbleheads every year, right? Last year, early in the year they had a bobblehead for a guy named Christian in Carcin Strand. The season started and he was terrible, like he couldn't get a hit he was literally the worst player. So they ended up sending him to the minors before his bobblehead day. So when his bobblehead day came, he wasn't even on the team.

[Myron Metcalf]

It's not good.

[Matt Jones]

So they gave out his bobblehead, but he wasn't there. And I was at that game and I thought, well, this is weird. Now I've got a bobblehead and he's not even here anymore. So now fast forward to this year. They have a guy named Novel Marte, first bobblehead of the year. It's him. He's been awful. He's been terrible in spring training and he's been terrible to start the season. So his bobblehead day was yesterday. And there's a lot of people that think, Myron, they kept him on the team until yesterday solely to not have a repeat of the bobblehead fiasco from last year. So here's my question for you. Would you rather be the player that's only kept on the team until the bobblehead day, or would you rather be sit down on your merits and not. And have the embarrassment of everybody going, all right, get his bobblehead out so we can get him out?

[Myron Metcalf]

No, no. But I'd rather be the guy on the roster when the bobblehead day happens. Even though I know I'm getting cut. I mean that, that's. To me, it's like you've got to turn in your two week notice. It's almost like a send off party and muffins. And they say nice things about you, but everybody knows you're leaving.

[Matt Jones]

But they can't for two years in a row.

[Myron Metcalf]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Get rid of the guy right before his bobblehead. Can they?

[Myron Metcalf]

No. Last year to me is the thing that's egregious. Cause you, you have to let him be on the roster, even if it's just for that game him on bobblehead night. You can't have him in the minors on his bobblehead night.

[Matt Jones]

Can you think about what that would be like if you're in the minor leagues and at the majors level, they're celebrating your bobblehead and you don't even get. He can't even go. He has to play that night. He doesn't even get to buy a ticket.

[Myron Metcalf]

That. That'd be the most insulting thing that could ever happen, I think, to it, to a player, if they have a bobblehead night without you, that's like, I don't, honestly don't think it gets. It's worse than that.

[Matt Jones]

Right now. Do you. Do you like bobbleheads? I'm showing you one. I have a lot of bobbleheads. My Ellie bobblehead. Do you like bobbleheads?

[Myron Metcalf]

I think we give bobblehead people too much power. They've just kind of taken over. I don't think any team in pro sports has more than two athletes worthy of a bobblehead. I think that's not true.

[Matt Jones]

You're saying there's no team, no team that has three bobblehead worthy people?

[Myron Metcalf]

Not one team in sports has more than two players who are bobblehead worthy. We're real quick.

[Matt Jones]

This wasn't the topic, but that's okay. Let's go through the sports. Yeah, basketball. You don't think any team in the NBA has. So you couldn't have a LeBron, a Luca, and an Austin Reeves?

[Myron Metcalf]

Ain't nobody getting the Austin Reeves bobblehead. What are you gonna do with that? What are you talking about? Like now you just bring it up. Names. LeBron and Luca, of course. But. But Austin Reeves bobblehead, he's not there yet.

[Matt Jones]

So you're not. You're a no on an Austin Reeves bobblehead?

[Myron Metcalf]

Absolutely not.

[Matt Jones]

Okay.

[Myron Metcalf]

Just. We have to set limits with bobbleheads.

[Matt Jones]

Hang on just a sec. 888, say ESPN. We'll open up the phones. This feels like something someone could. Is there any team in sports.

[Myron Metcalf]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

That you think has three bobbleheads?

[Myron Metcalf]

Where?

[Matt Jones]

So, NBA. Jalen Brown, Jason Tatum, and that's Eric White.

[Myron Metcalf]

See that again? Again, you're throwing in a bobblehead because that's what the bobblehead people have told you to do. But the reality is there are two athletes on any given team in all of professional sports who are bobblehead worthy.

[Matt Jones]

Okay. All right. All right, let's switch sports. Let's go to the NFL.

[Myron Metcalf]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Mahomes. Kelsey and Chris Jones.

[Myron Metcalf]

You want me to have a Christian? First off, the bobblehead's gonna weigh three and a half pounds for Chris Jones. No, I don't want a Chris Jones bobblehead. There's a Kelsey bobblehead and a Mahomes bobblehead. And there's no.

[Matt Jones]

Myron.

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[Matt Jones]

Oh, I like. Can the coach count?

[Myron Metcalf]

Coaches shouldn't get involved if we're just talking about athletes. Coaches, I mean, I guess that's a different category. But in terms of players, no team has more than two.

[Matt Jones]

All right, I'm opening this up. 888, say ESPN. Is there a team that. All right. So we went through. How about baseball?

[Myron Metcalf]

Yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Can we get a show? Hey, a Freddie Freeman and a Mookie. A Mookie. Yeah. How about that? Mookie, Freddie and Shohei. That's not a bobblehead.

[Myron Metcalf]

3. The only Dodgers bobblehead that should be given out is Shohei pitching. Shohei back. That's your bobblehead. It's. It's two Show Hayes. That's the only bobblehead that matters.

[Matt Jones]

So there's no Freddie Freeman bobblehead, no Mookie Betts bobblehead. It's.

[Myron Metcalf]

It's Shohei hitting.

[Matt Jones]

Okay.

[Myron Metcalf]

What?

[Matt Jones]

All right, let me go back in the day. Aikman, Irvin, Emmett Smith.

[Myron Metcalf]

Give me Irvin and Emmett as the bobbleheads.

[Matt Jones]

You're not gonna do an Aikman bobblehead?

[Myron Metcalf]

No, I'm not. I'm not giving anyone three bobbleheads.

[Matt Jones]

See, I think you're gonna have a hard time, though, claiming that all three of those guys would not have deserved, in the 90s, a Bible hit. What about. What about. What about LeBron, Dwayne Wade and Chris Bosh?

[Myron Metcalf]

You. You know, Chris Bosh ain't getting a bobblehead. Stop. Stop throwing in these people because you wanted. You want them to have a bobblehead. You want. You're. You're the person who wants everybody to be acknowledged. And even if you didn't win, here's a sticker. Get rid of the dog on stickers.

[Matt Jones]

No, Chris Boss doesn't get a bobblehead.

[Myron Metcalf]

I love Chris Bosh. He's not getting a bobblehead.

[Matt Jones]

All right, Randy in North Carolina, can you think of a team that deserves three under the Myron scale?

[Caller]

Yes, sir. Just to emphasize on your point, 49er fan football. George Kittle, Fred Warner, Christian McCaffrey. Y' all hang up.

[Matt Jones]

Fred Warner's not getting one.

[Myron Metcalf]

See, that's the problem. It's the third guy.

[Matt Jones]

I'm with Myron on that. You gave you Fred Ward? I don't even know what Fred Warner looks.

[Myron Metcalf]

Fred Warner's not good.

[Matt Jones]

Warner's for anybody named Fred. Unless it's, well, he's great.

[Myron Metcalf]

Well, he's. He's a great player, but he's not good about it.

[Matt Jones]

Fred Flintstone.

[Myron Metcalf]

No, don't say. Don't put up with. Now, Fred Water is a great player, but he's not getting the bobblehead.

[Matt Jones]

Josh and Okc. Josh, who's getting the three bobbleheads?

[Caller]

Hey. Yes, sir. How about our Oklahoma City Thunders? Shay, Chet and J. Dub. All three also?

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, See the problem is you can't have J Dub with the one because there's two jdubs on your team. So I don't even know which J Dub you're giving me the bobblehead on. He doesn't get 45.

[Myron Metcalf]

Jalen Williams is in the NBA or something like that. Like. No, Chet will get one. Shay will get one. 100%. But. But that's it. Those are the bobbleheads.

[Matt Jones]

All right, let's go to Weston in South Dakota. Weston.

[Caller]

All right. I'm tagging right behind this guy because I agree with him. We got Chad Shay or. Yeah, Chat Shea and J Dub. And you're wrong. There's a J Dub and a J Will. There's two differences, J Dub.

[Matt Jones]

See, the mere fact that you all know that is why you don't both Jalen. They're both Jalen Williams. I guarantee you there is not a human being out there outside of Oklahoma and maybe one guy in South Dakota who can tell the difference between the Jalen Williams.

[Myron Metcalf]

Well, and these are the teams that end up giving out 19 bobbleheads because the fans just eat it up. Everybody deserves a bobblehead.

[Matt Jones]

Let me tell you.

[Myron Metcalf]

I have.

[Matt Jones]

I like collecting bad bobbleheads. I have. Now, he played at Kentucky and I love him. But Myron, I have a Brandon Knight, Milwaukee Bucks bobblehead.

[Myron Metcalf]

Well, as someone who grew up in Milwaukee, the Bucks gave our bobbleheads for the. The trainers, you know, I mean, the equipment guy had a bobblehead in Milwaukee, like, so everyone got one.

[Matt Jones]

Rodney in North Carolina. Which one?

[Caller]

Lamelo ball.

[Matt Jones]

Brandon Miller. Yeah, I'm sorry. Brandon Miller's really getting one.

[Myron Metcalf]

Cone. Getting one. But you're not getting that third.

[Matt Jones]

You're not. Yeah, the Hornets aren't even. The Hornets are a play in team. You can't have three bobbleheads from a play in team.

[Myron Metcalf]

Conquered up a lamello ball. I'm with you.

[Matt Jones]

What about. What about Paul Skeins, the new kid? Connor Griffin and o' Neill Cruz?

[Myron Metcalf]

If you got to say the new kid, then you don't have three bobblehead books.

[Matt Jones]

Jose in Chicago, do you have three?

[Caller]

I got. Hey, hey, guys. Love your show.

[Matt Jones]

I got three for you.

[Caller]

I got to go way back, though. I say Jordan, Pippin and Rodman.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, okay, now there you go. You can't argue with that one, Myron. That is one for the like. You cannot there. If there were bobbleheads in 1998, there's no way there would not be a Jordan, a Pippin and a Rod.

[Myron Metcalf]

There'd be a Jordan and a Rodman, right?

[Matt Jones]

You wouldn't give one to Scotty?

[Myron Metcalf]

No, because I'm tired of him. Mostly. He's. He's become the most annoying former player in NBA history. Try to convince us that he was as good as Michael Jordan. So maybe if he hadn't been so annoying, I might give him one. But not in this case.

[Matt Jones]

What about Magic Cream Worthy? Because the worthy bobblehead people would want one with goggles.

[Myron Metcalf]

Magic and Kareem are getting those, and we love James Worthy, but he's worthy of a lot of things. Just not a bobblehead in that situation.

[Matt Jones]

Captain Shakespeare. Go, Captain Shanks.

[Caller]

All right, so how about this one? We're gonna go hockey. All right? Now, Colorado, we got McCarr, we got McKinnon, and we got Lanis. God, the captain. Or you can throw Wedgwood in there. Who's the best goalie in the NHL?

[Matt Jones]

Myron, what do you think about those?

[Myron Metcalf]

What are we talking about? What are we. But this is how. This is how fans get tricked in the. Appreciate.

[Matt Jones]

Appreciate the call.

[Myron Metcalf]

Thinking they got nine bobblehead kids.

[Matt Jones]

Okay, so you would agree with me, though. The Pippin, Rodman, Jordan and Aikman, Emmett Irvin are. Those are hard ones to say.

[Myron Metcalf]

You can't do difficult. Okay, I'm. I'm gonna do Aikman and Emmett for diversity purposes, and then give me Rodman, Rodman and Jordan. Rodman would have had one because you would have had the colored hair.

[Matt Jones]

Oh, yeah. Rodman is. That's gonna be a huge purple head.

[Myron Metcalf]

Jordan and Robin are.

[Matt Jones]

Gary, I will say this. No one has yet given me a slam dunk.

[Myron Metcalf]

That's what I'm saying right now.

[Matt Jones]

But I do think the Dodgers with Shohei Freeman and Mookie Betts. That's a hard one to say. That doesn't work.

[Myron Metcalf]

Mookie and Shohei, I think most people would say, yes. Freddie would be the odd man out, as great as he is.

[Matt Jones]

All right, well, we'll say 888, say, ESPN. We got folks on. We will take some more calls. Also, I called Myron this week to talk about something. And, you know, sometimes I'm. I'm scared to call people because I'm like, oh, they might be busy. Maybe they're doing something. Maybe. Maybe, like, you know, they're at a party or maybe they're, like, with their kids. I don't know that I've ever had a lamer. I can't talk to you right now because I'm doing this answer than what I had for Myron and we will deal with it next here. I'm Matt Myron on ESPN Radio.

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[Myron Metcalf]

Matt and Myron, the podcast.

[Matt Jones]

All right, Myron, a couple people have writing in. You know we have a text machine for this show where you can send me messages. 772-7745254. The song from a couple segments ago was by Foreigner, not just foreign. You said it was by foreign. I didn't correct him.

[Myron Metcalf]

So I'm gonna take neither one of you corrected him.

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[Myron Metcalf]

But you know what? Steve Harvey would have given me credit on Family feud for that answer. That's how I respond to that.

[Matt Jones]

All right, so I'm gonna give you a few of them that people are suggesting from history. We still haven't had another Paris and do from now. Bird, Mikhail, Parish.

[Myron Metcalf]

I think this is Boston in the 80s. Robert Paris ain't getting that bobblehead. I think we all know. I think we all know.

[Matt Jones]

You don't think this city would have rallied around Robert Parish.

[Myron Metcalf]

I think. I think we all know that city

[Matt Jones]

of Boston would be like, how about Danny A. What do you think about that?

[Myron Metcalf]

Yeah, Bird and Mikhail are getting that bobblehead. Paris going to have to wait on his. I. I would think.

[Matt Jones]

What about Pierce, Garnett, Allen?

[Myron Metcalf]

That's a tough one because they all

[Matt Jones]

came in at once.

[Myron Metcalf]

That's a tough one. Garnett, definitely.

[Matt Jones]

Pierce was a legend in Boston. So you're gonna have to say no to reality, which would be hard.

[Myron Metcalf]

Which would be. Which would be harder. But, you know.

[Matt Jones]

All right, how about this case? Maddox, Glavin, Smoltz.

[Myron Metcalf]

Yeah, that's a tough. That's a tough one. That's.

[Matt Jones]

That's because they're also all put together in people's. You kind of think of all three of them together.

[Myron Metcalf]

It's. But I think there's still gonna be an iron man out in. In all these situations.

[Matt Jones]

You're gonna leave Tommy Glavin off the. Is that what you're doing?

[Myron Metcalf]

I might have to leave him off the same. I might have to leave Ray Allen off in. In the Celtics situation.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, I think those are good. Now I will say, I think the Dodgers qualifies. Myron's being harsh. But before we go the phones people are going to suggest him. I need to tell people what Meyer was doing. I had to call Myron about, like, a business matter, like it was important. Are you all right? Are you still there?

[Myron Metcalf]

I'm sorry.

[Matt Jones]

What happened? All of a sudden you just collapsed off camera. I was like. I literally was like, is he okay? What's going on?

[Myron Metcalf]

I took a sip of coffee.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah.

[Myron Metcalf]

And Cheaters is on the back. And this guy did a running hammer punch. This guy did a running hammer punch, like his girlfriend's mistress or whatever. So that it just caught me in a weird.

[Matt Jones]

Okay, so you're telling me when I'm trying to do the show with you, you have Cheaters on. In the background. For people who don't know. I have the Masters on.

[Myron Metcalf]

Masters on, too.

[Matt Jones]

And you have Cheaters just.

[Myron Metcalf]

It happened at a weird time. Go ahead.

[Matt Jones]

Joey Greco is compelling. No, I called him and I said, hey, I want to talk to you about something I hear in the background in 33. And I go, where are you? And he was like it's Wednesday, it's pool tab and bingo night. And he said it like I was the stupid one. Like I was the one that didn't understand. On Wednesdays you play pool tabs and bingo like a 74 year old retiree at the Villages in Florida. What, what, what are you doing with your life?

[Myron Metcalf]

I like bingo. I now have my own dauber. You have a dauber.

[Matt Jones]

Like, so I have my own dauber.

[Myron Metcalf]

The serious ones have a dauber. I just, I enjoy it and I don't actually. I don't want to be in a bingo hall that doesn't have mostly people over the age of 65. Like, that's my crowd.

[Matt Jones]

So you're telling me that on Wednesday night you go to a bill bingo hall?

[Myron Metcalf]

Well, there's a whole circuit here. I know them all.

[Matt Jones]

There's a circuit, there's a. There's a tour.

[Myron Metcalf]

Know most of the. Most of the places, yeah.

[Matt Jones]

Oh, you know, the regulars.

[Myron Metcalf]

I know a lot of the places that have. Bingo's intense, man. Have you played bingo?

[Matt Jones]

I have. I once. I won one time playing in one of those events. I've done, I've gone, oh, I got it.

[Myron Metcalf]

You're one of those people. If you can't win every time, you don't mess with it. That's your, that's your whole thing. If they don't walk in and say, here's the winning card.

[Matt Jones]

So let me ask you a question. So you do it. Is it just brainless fun? Is that why you do it?

[Myron Metcalf]

Oh, it's, it's, it's not brainless at all. You got to listen for the number. What's the first one? Because let's say you get bingo and you're not paying attention and someone yells at first, they win.

[Matt Jones]

Okay. When you say pay attention, you just look at your card, they say, oh, 60. And then you just.

[Myron Metcalf]

I'm not playing with one card. I've got six, five lined up. You know, I've got a whole table of cards. I'm increasing the.

[Matt Jones]

I pull tabs. Pull tabs are maybe the most degenerate form of gambling.

[Myron Metcalf]

I'm not playing every night. You know, I just, you know, I mean, I don't have a problem just on Wednesdays. Listen, I. I think live a little bit, but bingo's really fun.

[Matt Jones]

You should try.

[Myron Metcalf]

You should get involved in. In bingo. Bingo's intense up here. I don't know what it is down there.

[Matt Jones]

All right, well, that sounds amazing. Let's go to Jason in North Carolina. Go.

[Caller]

So I'M going to be going with the villain over trifecta. Jalen Brunson, Josh Hard and Mikhail Bridges.

[Matt Jones]

Not bad for a college one. What do we think?

[Myron Metcalf]

That's a good one. I. I will say.

[Matt Jones]

But not playing currently, which was your point.

[Myron Metcalf]

I will say that 2016 team he's talking about, Jalen Brunson wasn't actually like a high level player on that team. If he's talking about the Knicks, then certainly that's not interesting.

[Matt Jones]

That's a good one.

[Myron Metcalf]

But I'm kind of with my.

[Matt Jones]

But it's also not currently going Justin in Kansas. Go Justin.

[Caller]

First, can I give you guys a compliment?

[Myron Metcalf]

Yeah, please.

[Caller]

I. I just want to say, and I'm not blowing smoke, you guys have the best show going. I mean, every show I listen to on ESPN sounds exactly the same. Three guys talking about betting and stuff. I don't care about it. Just turn it off. But every Sunday I listen to you guys, so just keep up the good work there.

[Matt Jones]

Well, thank you.

[Caller]

I hope you guys Rich Eisen a hard time because he probably needs a little bit. But anyways, I would argue the Kansas City Chiefs have three, maybe four, maybe even five, because you could, you could do Travis Kelsey, Patrick Mahomes, Chris Jones, Andy Reid, and even throw in Super Bowl MVP Kenneth Walker there.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah, you can't throw in. Well, first of all, he's not even played a game yet, so you can't. He can't be on a bobblehead when he hasn't played. We don't give it to coaches. And Myron's already said no on Chris Jones. So first of all, thank you for calling the nice words there. But I think we're gonna have to say no because again, here's my question. Does the average fan know what this guy looks like? And does the average fan know what Chris Jones looks like? I think the answer is probably no. They would know the other two, but I don't think they would know what

[Myron Metcalf]

Chris Jones, like, local fans are really.

[Matt Jones]

They would know. They would know.

[Myron Metcalf]

Yeah. Again, every sports fan thinks their team has 13 bobbleheads.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah. Logan in Missouri. What you. What are yours?

[Caller]

I know this isn't a current one, but I got the greatest show on turf with Falk Warner and Bruce.

[Myron Metcalf]

That's a good one.

[Matt Jones]

It's a good one.

[Myron Metcalf]

It's a good one.

[Matt Jones]

That's a good one. I'm with you. But again, not going now. But that's. That's up there. It's not quite Emmett, Michael, Irvin and Eggman, but it's close. Let's go to Ron and Florida. Go, Ron.

[Myron Metcalf]

Yeah.

[Caller]

First of all, I want to say, Myron, I've played bingo at the Americana and Villages once, so that's fun.

[Myron Metcalf]

I hope you enjoyed it.

[Caller]

I like bingo, but I would. I would go with the 72 dolphins. I know it's not current, but Zonka Kick and Mercury Morse, you know, I got.

[Matt Jones]

Well, yeah, no, because you didn't even put the quarterback. You got to have the quarterback, right? Greasy. No.

[Myron Metcalf]

Yeah. Again, it's. I still don't think you got three.

[Matt Jones]

Do you, like, feel accomplishment when you win at bingo?

[Myron Metcalf]

Oh, it's greatest thrill of my life.

[Matt Jones]

Not your children. Bingo. More Mad Myron thanks for listening to

[Myron Metcalf]

Matt and Myron the Podcast. You can listen to the show live every Sunday morning at 10am Eastern on ESPN Radio, the ESPN app, and on SiriusXM channel, channel 80. Matt and Myron the Podcast

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