Covino & Rich - Blowout & Chill vs. Close & Torture

Summary

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The Dan Patrick Show: Covino & Rich — "Blowout & Chill vs. Close & Torture"

Date: October 3, 2025
Podcast: The Dan Patrick Show (via iHeartPodcasts and Dan Patrick Podcast Network)
Summary by: Podcast Summarizer

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Episode Overview

In this lively episode, Covino & Rich (Steve Covino and Rich Davis) dive deep into the eternal sports fan debate: Is it better when your team wins in a stress-free blowout, or do close, nail-biting games bring more excitement—even if they’re “torture”? Broadcasting live from the Fox Sports Radio studios, they banter alongside Danny G., Iowa Sam, and Dan Byer, mixing humor with heartfelt sports takes and plenty of personal anecdotes.

Throughout the episode, the team discusses recent MLB postseason action and NFL matchups, while also exploring how fandom affects stress, enjoyment, and even household cleanliness. The panel draws on their own experiences as invested fans, with Covino and Rich embodying opposite perspectives on the joy and agony of close games versus relaxed dominance.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Blowout Wins vs. Close Games: Which Is Better?

• Covino’s Take: Strongly prefers blowouts for his team—wants to relax and "moonwalk in [his] socks" while enjoying a stress-free win.
  • Quote: “I want the Yankees to blow them out tonight so I can enjoy, relax and have fun.” (04:09)
  • For Covino, close games cause palpable stress: “Did I really enjoy that? I felt relief afterward, but I’m like, I don’t even know if that was fun. That was so stressful.” (27:37)
• Rich’s Take: Loves “the torture”—the thrill, anxiety, and soaring relief (if his team wins) of a close game. He argues the best sports memories come from the nerve-wracking moments:
  • Quote: “All the best games, all the best sports memories you have are always a close game. No one’s like, you know what I loved? When my team won 12–2.” (04:51)
  • Rich even admits, “I love, I love a little torture.” (15:13)
• Danny G. & Iowa Sam: Weigh in on the personal toll: Danny stress-cleans during games, Iowa Sam notices that “after a close, stressful win you remember it fondly, but only after the fact.” (05:07–05:13, 29:54)
• Fan Call-ins: James from Orlando sides with Covino: “I want a blowout so I can relax, watch them kick ass.” (30:28)

2. Does “Fun” for a Fan Mean “Stress-Free”?

• Covino argues “feeling alive” is not the same as enjoying oneself.
  • Quote: “Are you really having fun where you’re so nervous the whole time?” (03:54)
  • “The answer’s in the body language. If you’re pacing around like a maniac… your body language would imply you’re not really having fun. You’re kind of stressed.” (14:17)
• Rich insists the joy is in the anxiety and the payoff: “It’s good stress. It’s fun stress. Those are the moments you live for as a sports fan.” (14:16–14:43)

3. Memorable Moments: Reliving Past Close Games and Blowouts

• Rich recounts his childhood as a 49ers fan: the elation after Joe Montana’s famous drive vs. the Bengals, contrasting it with the comparatively emotionless 55–10 Super Bowl blowout of the Broncos. (05:48–06:26)
• Dan Byer joins, confirming that the close Seahawks–Packers playoff win was meaningful in a way the Super Bowl blowout win wasn’t: “There were absolutely different feels.” (13:09–13:22)

4. Different Types of Fans, Different Reactions

• Some fans (like Covino and James from Orlando) physically wear out their socks or stress-clean the house; others (Rich’s wife) can’t even watch the big moment, choosing to wander into the kitchen instead. (06:47, 31:00, 32:14)
• Discussion of generational/parental stress, where blowouts are strongly preferred when it comes to watching their kids compete. (19:23)

5. Impact on Watching Habits

• Rich admits he sometimes tunes out a blowout win if the outcome is certain: “If the Mets are up big, I turn it off. I’m like, hey, they got this one.” (15:19)
• Covino, on the other hand, watches every moment: “I want them to build their confidence… Pile it on, and then take away the stress. Enjoy the victory.” (16:14)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments (with Timestamps)

• Rich: “I like the game being… you also like being stomped on with women in high heels.”
  — (10:14) — Covino throws some playful shade about Rich’s love for “torture.”
• Iowa Sam: “What is Rich — a long snapper, a whipple snapper?”
  — (05:41) — Joking about Rich’s potential positions if he were to suit up for the 49ers.
• Dan Byer: “As soon as Percy Harvin ran the kickback, you’re like, ‘All right, let’s get this over [with].’”
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• Danny G.: “Sports is kind of like our version of a soap opera. We don’t want to miss anything.”
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• Covino: “If your team’s not in it, then all you want… you want to see a close game.”
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• Covino: “I got a hat on today, man.”
  — (19:23) — Joking about losing hair from the stress of nail-biter games.

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Timestamps for Key Segments

| Segment | Approx. Time Range | Notes | |---------|-------------------|-------| | Opening banter, baseball and football overview | 01:10–02:37 | Setting the table; postseason excitement | | Dodgers vs. Reds comments; nail-biter debate introduction | 02:36–04:00 | “Congrats on your Dodgers…” | | Main debate: blowout or nail-biter? | 03:40–11:16 | Includes fan body language, stories, stress | | Childhood memories, stress reactions | 05:48–07:13 | Rich’s 49ers memories | | Danny G. and Rich’s stress habits | 06:47–07:13 | Stress cleaning, pacing | | Rich explains stress/fun contradiction | 10:19–10:46 | Prefers close games for “good, healthy stress” | | Dan Byer’s perspective | 13:09–13:22 | Seahawks games: close wins vs. blowouts | | Parenting angle (Mike in Cincinnati email) | 19:23–19:44 | Extra stress when your kids play | | Short series vs. long series MLB discussion | 19:44–20:46 | Rich, Dan Byer, Covino | | Watching habits (Covino vs. Rich) | 15:45–16:14 | Covino watches every moment, Rich tunes out | | Humor & banter about stress, adrenaline, and risk | 28:01–29:45 | Rollercoaster vs. teacup metaphor | | Fan call-in (James in Orlando) | 30:01–30:28 | Fan sides with Covino on wanting blowouts | | Spouses' stress-watching habits | 32:14–32:43 | “My wife… covers her eyes and dips in the kitchen” | | Reflection on clutch players vs. nervous fans | 32:49–33:37 | “That’s why they’re in the big leagues…” | | Attendance/viewership boom MLB stats | 42:45–43:23 | Rich, Covino discuss baseball popularity | | Transition to MLB highlights/tire rack play of the day | 38:14 onward | Key Yankees playoff moment replayed |

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Tone and Style Notes

• The show maintains a conversational, comedic, and occasionally irreverent tone.
• Frequent inside jokes, playful jabs, and nostalgia.
• Listeners are invited to call in and share opinions; fan perspective is foregrounded.
• Covino and Rich clearly love sports and each value different types of fandom; their debate never gets mean-spirited.

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Takeaways

• No single way to enjoy being a sports fan: The joy and torment of fandom depend as much on personal temperament as on outcomes.
• Blowouts bring relaxation and easy joy—but perhaps fewer lifelong memories.
• Close games are “torture,” but if you survive with a win, they become legendary.
• How you watch (and stress about) games affects everything from your sock durability to your home’s cleanliness.
• Sports, by design, are shared, dramatic stories—win or lose, the emotions run deep.

If you’ve ever found yourself pacing the room, cleaning obsessively, or nervously checking your phone during a game, this episode is for you.

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For more Covino & Rich: Catch their podcast, follow them on Fox Sports Radio, and join in the debate on social!

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Transcript

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[Covino]

I know what I'm doing. Rooting for the Yankees. Let's go. Yeah, I know what I'm doing. I'm booing the Red Sox.

[Rich]

Who are you rooting for in the game that's on right now? Tigers up a run on the Cleveland Guardians. You have a horse in that race, mentally or no?

[Covino]

No, but I like Gleyber Torres still, so I guess I'll root for him.

[Rich]

I would say it's really a matter of do you want the team that made this miraculous comeback or do you want to see Detroit, right. The ship after collapsing worse than anyone other than the Mets?

[Covino]

Yeah, I don't know. We'll see what happens and we'll keep you posted. We're Cavino and Rich. We're broadcasting live from the Fox Sports Radio studios and we be rocking out. Let's go. Postseason ghost season. Remember, don't yawn throughout the month of October because when you do, a ghost sticks his junk in your face. Iowa Sam is on the ones and twos. Danny G. Is the super producer of this professional gram. Covino and Rich, what Up. Danny G. Congrats on your Dodgers, man.

[Danny G.]

Thank you.

[Covino]

You know what's gross about the Dodgers? Just their ability to hit the ball and step up in the moment. It's like they picked up right where they left off, like they're tailor made for October. Guys like Kiki Hernandez step up like they're superstars. I don't know what it is, man. It's like they turn on. They look great already. And hey, congrats to the Reds on a decent run and for making it. But the Dodgers just outclass them. Just too big of a team. And that's again, to them.

[Rich]

I will say this, starting Saturday, you can't have those bullpen shenanigans against Philadelphia. It's not going to work.

[Danny G.]

No, but you saw that they found their closer in Roki, who was hurt all season and healthy just in time.

[Covino]

Seem that way. It seems that way.

[Rich]

But I'm just saying, like the Dodgers.

[Danny G.]

The setup guys, yes, they are struggling.

[Rich]

They could score at will. It seems like that lineup is just insane in that membrane.

[Covino]

However, games and the series have been tremendous. Ratings prove it. Ratings are up. Everything about it is exciting. You know, these games are nail biters. Can I tell you something? Watching that game again, as a Yankees fan yesterday, Yankees, Red Sox, it was a must win for the Yankees. Obviously, they won the game. And I found it, like, almost impossible to enjoy because I'm pacing the house. I feel alive.

[Rich]

Fun of being a fan.

[Covino]

You feel alive in the moment. But are you really having fun where you're so nervous the whole time?

[Rich]

It's the great debate of sports. Like, it's the great debate. Do you rather your football team win 24, 21, or do you rather them win 31, 3?

[Covino]

It makes it a great game, I think, for the casual viewer and the person who's not emotionally invested. But when you're as emotionally invested as I am, or as everybody is, when they really root for a team, it's hard to not. It's hard to have fun if it's not a blowout. Like, I want the Yankees to blow them out tonight so I can enjoy, relax and, like, have fun.

[Rich]

That's no fun.

[Covino]

I'll be moonwalking in my socks throughout the living room. Can score more than like, four. Can they have a big inning and score like six, seven runs?

[Rich]

You know what's fun?

[Covino]

That's fun.

[Rich]

What's fun right now is Detroit, Cleveland, 21 6th inning.

[Covino]

Yeah, but so close. Exactly. When it's so close. Oh, it's just gut wrenching.

[Rich]

It's fun for everyone. And when you look back, all the best games, all the best sports memories you have are always a close game. No one's like, you know what I loved?

[Covino]

No, I disagree.

[Rich]

I loved when my team won 12.

[Covino]

Because it takes away stressful. It takes away the stress and it just enhances the joy.

[Iowa Sam]

I think after, if you win and it was stressful, you're like, oh, what a game. But if it's like you lose, you're like, my soul.

[Covino]

Have you seen more relief than elation.

[Rich]

As you see my old school 49ers sweatshirt on tonight? I'm wearing it because they might. I might have to suit up tonight. They might need to have me play with Pierce all out. Brock Purdy out.

[Iowa Sam]

What's your position, Rich? What would you play?

[Rich]

What would I play? Slot receiver.

[Iowa Sam]

They need someone to catch the ball.

[Rich]

Punter.

[Iowa Sam]

So they're fine there. Need someone to catch the ball.

[Rich]

When you think that back to my.

[Covino]

Childhood, there's got to be so many jokes there. I'm just so focused on the Yankees, I couldn't think of it.

[Iowa Sam]

What is Rich is a long snapper, a whipple snapper?

[Covino]

I have a question, Rich. Is Bobby Boucher?

[Rich]

If you're a 49ers fan, it's a great example because they won back to back Super Bowls. 89, 90, 88, 89. Depending if you call out the super bowl season or the season year. The first time was the drive with Montana against the Bengals. John Taylor back in the end zone. The Niners win on that final drive, remember? Oh, there's John Candy in the stands. The next year they beat the Broncos 55, 10.

[Covino]

Yeah, I think you're misunderstanding what I'm saying. I'm not saying it's more fun. I'm not saying it's a better game, but it's more enjoyable because there's less stress involved.

[Rich]

I remember being alone.

[Covino]

I'm having fun. When I'm pacing around the living room and then the dog's looking at you like, what's going on? You taking me out for a walk or what?

[Rich]

I remember as a little boy, I'll admit this, I was like, almost crying in my room thinking, like, the Niners are gonna lose to the Bengals, and then Montana does the drive. I remember jumping around, like on my be, like I was in a hotel room just jumping on the bed.

[Danny G.]

Also on NFL Sundays. I know, Rich, you do the same thing. Your places never look. Cleaning cleaner. Because I stress clean during games. I'm like, oh, that's dusty. And I'm dusting and it's crazy. I know I'm not alone in that.

[Rich]

My living room and kitchen look immaculate. The wood glimmer and shine on my kitchen table from how many times I broke out the pledge. Come on, Brock Purdy.

[Covino]

It's really a question of are these nail biters actually entertaining if you're emotionally invested, if you're just a casual fan, yeah, they're great games, but when you're.

[Rich]

On the losing end, it ends up sucking. But I talked about it this season with my, with my Met Fran friends. I was like, yeah, man, like what do you rather, you'd rather win the division by 15 games? And they're like, yes, yes, I agree. I love the nail biting nature of it. But if you come out on the winning side of it, I don't know.

[Covino]

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[Rich]

Just ask you one more time about the close gamer blow.

[Covino]

I'm not gonna agree with you. You gotta respect people. You're a high energy, high strung guy. I like to chill. I was born with chill. You were born with none. I want to relax and watch my team blow them out and beat them and not be stressed. I understand it's a better game when it's close, but for me personally, I like to know that we have it in the bag. Yeah, but that's like, that's stressful, man.

[Rich]

That's.

[Covino]

I didn't do yesterday and I was stressed out the whole time. I didn't have fun watching that.

[Rich]

But, you know, you got hair.

[Covino]

Who's. I lost calories. I ripped a hole in my sock from just walking around so much.

[Rich]

Who's your reliever? That looked like he was the most excited man in the world. Who is that?

[Covino]

Cruz, man.

[Rich]

Cruz, when he comes off the mound and he's like, like banging his chest, how are you not fired up yourself?

[Covino]

But only out of relief, not out of. Not out of joy.

[Rich]

So my point is, I like. You could say, like, it's torturous, but I like watching my team almost play from behind the times and catch up. Or I like.

[Covino]

You probably like being tortured by women, too. It's a weird preference. I like mine.

[Rich]

Like, I like the game being.

[Covino]

You also like being stomped on with women in high heels.

[Rich]

Not into that at all, by the way.

[Covino]

But if the game.

[Rich]

If the game is 2:2, and you're like, all right, we got this part of the lineup coming up. To me, that's like a good, fun, healthy stress. I hate games when your team is winning. Let's say your team was winning 12, 2. There's times where you're almost rooting for your team to get out so you can get the game moving along. Like, all right, let's. Let's move this along. Like, all right, sixth inning. Come on. You're more worried about. Like, all right, let's just get.

[Covino]

Yeah.

[Danny G.]

Unless you have a bad bullpen, then you're like, four more.

[Covino]

Four more runs.

[Rich]

But like, Danny, there was a point last night where Dodgers fans had to be like, all right, let's. Let's move this along, all right? Pie Hayes or whoever's up at the end of the lineup just ground out.

[Danny G.]

So potheads.

[Rich]

Pothead. No, no, it's not pothead. Not pothead. All right, come on, let's go.

[Danny G.]

No, I hear what you're saying. Part of you just wants to get it over.

[Rich]

You ever go. You ever go to a game and it's a blowout in. Even in your favor. And you're sort of like, all right, line up. Like, come on, let's. We don't need. Let's gotta be traffic. Come on. I'm just saying, I love a close game. And I was locked in to that Red Sox, Yankees game.

[Covino]

You also love a parade. People are different.

[Rich]

But you know what I didn't like? The Dodgers, Reds game. Dodgers outmatch that bunk team. So, you know once when they got that two run lead in the first inning off of the T. Oscar, a little mishandle in right field. I was happy about that, Danny, because I'm like, all right, at least now, like, there's a little excitement because I knew the Dodgers would somehow put up at least five to 10. I don't. I don't know why you would want to watch a blowout if it's a Sunday football. I'll turn a game off if, like.

[Covino]

All right, the second because there's less stress involved. Different strokes for different folks. I get it. Like I said, I understand we're not going to agree, but you're not going to convince me otherwise. I feel alive in those moments, but I'm stressed out. I'd like to sit back and you know what I felt like? Remember that old Adam Sandler bit on a throwback Thursday of the nervous kid playing baseball? Like, oh, no, please don't hit it to me. Oh, no. Oh, yeah, oh, no.

[Rich]

Or the excited Southerner.

[Covino]

Every time, every time the Yankees were on defense, you know, when a new pitcher took the mound, I'm dying inside. I'm like, oh, no, oh, no, oh, no, the Red Sox are going to score. Oh, no. And then when they're at bat, I'm like, oh, yes, please score. Run. Oh, yes. Oh, that's the only relief I get is when they're playing offense. Everything you're saying otherwise, I'm dying every side the whole time.

[Rich]

Everything you're saying makes sense. You just want your team to win. And I get it.

[Covino]

And convincingly and easily. Easily.

[Rich]

And my dumb theory only makes sense if your team wins. I'm just saying all your best memories in sports never have to do a blowouts. I guarantee Dan Byer, who's a big Seahawks fan, one of his favorite memories is definitely when Richard Sherman and Michael Crabtree and you guys, you know, the Niners are about to go for the win and you guys won. That's a game where you're probably pacing around your living room or you might have even been at that game, like Those are the moments you live for as a sports fan. No.

[Dan Byer]

Yeah, absolutely. And then the next year, when they were down by the packers and had that crazy comeback and then ended up winning in overtime, that was another one compared to when they blew out the Broncos in the super bowl and it was over at halftime. There were absolutely different fields.

[Rich]

And not to say you don't appreciate it, but when they blew out the Broncos in the super bowl towards the third quarter, weren't you sort of like, all right, let's just move the clock along and hoist the trophy?

[Dan Byer]

As soon as Percy Harvard ran the kickback, you're like, all right, let's get.

[Covino]

This over in retrospect, Right? And again, of course, it's all retrospect. If your team is not in it.

[Rich]

By the way, the Tigers, then this.

[Covino]

Does not apply to you.

[Rich]

Tigers up 6 1.

[Dan Byer]

You stealing my job, Rich?

[Rich]

I'm sorry.

[Covino]

That's okay.

[Dan Byer]

That's all right.

[Rich]

Tigers up 6 1. And this got a little out of hand quick. So Cleveland has nine outs left at home to try to make this a game. But see, if you're a Detroit fan. Yeah, of course. You want to pile on you. I go, come on, make it 8:1. That's not as exciting. I'm not locked into this game in my peripherals as much now.

[Covino]

Yeah. Because again, you're a casual fan. You're not a fan of either one of those teams. So you want to see a close game. If you root for that team, you want them to win and not stress you out.

[Rich]

I could sum it up the difference between you and I.

[Covino]

No, but the answer's in the body language. If you're pacing around like a maniac, your body language would imply you're not really having fun. You're kind of stressed. But it's good stress. It's fun stress. I get that. Do you remember when 49ers, like, it's. It's not a joyous moment until the game's over. And then I sit there and I think, man, that was. I don't know, man, I. Because if they would have lost last night, I. You feel like quitting the sport. Like, I'm not watching ever again.

[Rich]

Do you remember that 49ers game in the playoffs where they were completely outplayed in the snow in Green Bay, but they somehow blocked the punt in the fourth quarter, scored a touchdown, and the Niners won? If you remember, Danny, I jumped in my pool. That. That was, like, the start of the tradition. That was the most. Again, Kavino, I Get what he's saying. Like, unenjoyable. Yet at the end, you're like, oh, my God. You don't want to be stressing out the whole time.

[Covino]

Splishy splashy.

[Rich]

But the difference between Kavino and I, which is probably the difference between so many listeners and people checking us out right now.

[Covino]

You love to be tortured.

[Rich]

I love. I love a little torture.

[Covino]

Well, that's weird. I'm not into that, in that I don't need clamps on my nipples.

[Rich]

I. I'm not saying you got a cl. But what I'm saying is if the Mets or one of my teams is winning 11 2, I'm actually sometimes not watching anymore. I'm like, all right, awesome. They won t brain. No.

[Covino]

I love that. Kavino will pilot on.

[Rich]

Kavino will be a dinner. Get this. This is my. This is the way to best sum it up. If we're at dinner. Danny G. Having some wings guys night out. You know, we always joked that Cavino has his phone out for every Yankees game there is.

[Covino]

Yeah.

[Danny G.]

Can't miss a minute. I respect that.

[Covino]

But now, if to me, if the.

[Rich]

Yankees are winning 8:1, I'm like, all right, they got this one. I'm turning it off. Kavina loves to watch the pile on.

[Covino]

Because they're my only joy.

[Rich]

That's my only joy. If the Mets are up, what else do I get? If the Mets are up big, I turn it off. I'm like, hey, they got this one.

[Covino]

I don't even know. That's weak, bro. How could you even admit that?

[Danny G.]

Sports is kind of like our version of a soap opera. We don't want to miss anything.

[Covino]

Yeah.

[Danny G.]

I want to feel like you're left out.

[Rich]

Yeah.

[Danny G.]

You don't want to be left out of anything that happens with your team.

[Covino]

I want them to build their confidence. Yeah. Keep building that confidence. Everyone get involved in the party. Yeah. Keep getting rbi, Keep getting hits. Pile it on, and then take away the stress. Enjoy the victory.

[Rich]

I have the flip question, and then we'll move on.

[Covino]

So, again, this all stems from some of these games. Most of these games have been nail biters. Except for your Dodgers, Danny G. Are you really enjoying them?

[Rich]

Yes.

[Covino]

When your heart's on the line the entire time, they're tough to enjoy because last night was very stressful. If they didn't win, that was the last baseball game I watched for the season. What's worse? It's hard to relax in that moment.

[Rich]

What's worse, buddy?

[Covino]

Yeah.

[Rich]

And I'm not. I'm not putting this out there in the universe, but I sort of am. What would you be more upset by? Red Sox win 91 tonight or they win 21 in the 9th?

[Covino]

The blowout would probably upset me more because, you know, I would at least have the, the hope, the peace of mind, and the solace of knowing that they were in the game and they battled. Yeah.

[Danny G.]

You want to scratch until the very end.

[Covino]

Yeah, like I don't blow out. Like, that's how you go out. That's weak.

[Rich]

Yeah, but that's, that's. But. But the close one, you leave yourself in more what ifs, though.

[Covino]

I don't know, man. Me and you view these things differently, I guess. Yeah. And that's why it's a fun question for you. Fox Sports Radio Nation, 87799 on Fox. But the question only applies if your team's in it and your heart's on the line. Because again, if. If it's not, then all you want, you want to see a close game. I could. I understand that. It's like, I don't say every game in the Super. If your team's not in the super bowl, you want to see a good competitive game, you don't want to see a blowout.

[Rich]

So let me ask you this. With the four wild card games, well, yours already wrapped up. Danny J. Dodgers, Phillies, what matchup do you like better for the ds? Do you want it to be a divisional? Cubbies, brewers, or do you want to see the Padres Brewers? What do you think is more fun?

[Covino]

Oh, you're asking. You're asking Dan, Anyone?

[Rich]

Padres, brewers or Cubbies? Brewers.

[Covino]

Ooh, that's a good one because that.

[Rich]

That game just started. That's in the first. Sorry, Dan. Buyer just letting you.

[Covino]

I'd like to see Padres00. I personally would like to see them. There's a lot of star power in San Diego. I want to see how these young brewers size up.

[Rich]

And as much as in this moment, as much as it might be fun to see you cry about the Yankees, I think Yankees Blue Jays being that they did.

[Covino]

Oh, yeah.

[Rich]

They both had the same exact record. I think Yankees Blue Jays would be a great divisional matchup. What do you think about this? It looks like it's Detroit, Seattle, and that's going to be a battle, too. I, I think this.

[Covino]

We're.

[Rich]

We got some great playoffs, man.

[Covino]

I think what we'll agree on here, Rich, in this weird debate we're having, and it's like, you know, how do you enjoy the game? How do you feel about these Close matchups is you do get that sense of feeling like alive. Like you're so in the moment, you're so invested, you're so animated, you're so into it. And that is the fun of sports. I get it. But man, it's uberly stressful and I definitely lost a lot of hair watching.

[Rich]

I could tell your hairline.

[Covino]

I got a hat on today, man.

[Rich]

Mike in Cincinnati hit us up and he said, guys, there's a rub. Here he goes. Wait until your kids get a little older rich when it comes to watching pros versus your kids. When your kids are an important game, you want the blowout. You don't because he's like, you'll use, you'll lose. As he said, years off your life watching your kids in a really close.

[Covino]

Game compete in anything. Yeah, I agree.

[Dan Byer]

I know there's been a lot of conversation. We were even talking yesterday about not feeling fulfilled by a Red Sox, Yankees three game series. You know, like you just, you want like a 7 sort of game series. However, in terms of like how it like builds up and how it feeds out, I'm not too mad at that at the three game series because there's no guarantee we would get a seven game series or even a five game series from them. But I'm just curious from your guys perspectives, especially Cavino, like are you, are you mad that you had to face the Red Sox or you just, would you rather have faced them in a seven game series? Since you like the blowout, not the close game, how do you feel about facing your rival in a short sort of format as opposed to a longer one?

[Covino]

I look at it this way. It used to be a one game.

[Rich]

Looking back at that, looking back at that, I get it. But looking back and for years we had a one game, two wild card teams played one game.

[Covino]

I wish it was a five game series though. I do, I do wish it was a little longer, but I know it's better than it used to be so I can't complain.

[Rich]

The only reason it can't be a five game is because then you have these teams with buy they can't sit around for a week and then you're going into November. So yeah, it makes sense.

[Danny G.]

I do like how they took the travel out of it also.

[Dan Byer]

Yeah, I think it's a significant advantage for the home team to be able to get all three games at the higher seated team in those series. But some fans were feeling not fulfilled because they only get three games. Could have only got two if your Yankees didn't win last night on that series.

[Rich]

They painted a big picture last night about how you know me. I'm not a Yankees fan at all. The Bronx looked popping last night. That stadium looked like. I haven't seen that excitement at Yankee Stadium in quite a while. It seemed like they were panning around the crowd. I pant a little too much to this one dude in the mustache like some random guy and he kept pointing.

[Covino]

Like I didn't notice because I was walking around like a maniac. But my girlfriend's like, can you sit down? I'm like, no, I can't.

[Rich]

The same way the Dodgers broadcast was obsessed with Jason Bateman.

[Danny G.]

Oh that in the service dog.

[Rich]

Like we enough of Bateman and the service dog.

[Covino]

By the way, Rich, the guy with the mustache was Austin Wells and he had the game winning hit last night, not that guy.

[Rich]

Yeah, so well, listen, enjoy your MLB playoffs. We'll talk of course a little bit more about MLB throughout the day, but lots of NFL. We got Thursday Night Football kicking off Week five. My Niners are depleted, but I have a thought about the Niners Rams tonight. We'll get to that. Plus we'll go old school and 50 hits. A lot more coming up. Your buds Cavino and Rich if you're.

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[Covino]

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[Covino]

Hey, this is Matt Jones and I'm.

[Matt Jones]

Drew Franklin and this is NFL Cover Zero. We think NFL coverage should be informative and entertaining and twice a week. That is exactly what you're gonna get. We're just here to try to give you an NFL perspective a little bit different.

[Covino]

Did you see the Colts pretzel? That was my other big takeaway from that game.

[Matt Jones]

What was that?

[Covino]

Looks like something that should not be sold.

[Rich]

Oh, my.

[Covino]

So that was my other big Colts takeaway.

[Matt Jones]

They sold that?

[Rich]

Yes.

[Covino]

I might want to go back at the Colt Stadium. Yeah. Might want to go back to the drawing board on that.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah.

[Covino]

I thought the shape we had with pretzels was working pretty well. It's worked for generations.

[Matt Jones]

We're just here trying to enjoy it. We hope you all will join us throughout the year. And let's go.

[Covino]

I hope I'm as youthful as Pete Carroll is at his age. He's a young 73.

[Matt Jones]

He is a young 73. He is spry.

[Covino]

I wouldn't fight him.

[Matt Jones]

I would listen to NFL Cover Zero with Matt Jones and Drew Franklin on the iHeartRadio app as Apple podcasts or wherever you get your podcast.

[Covino]

So on and so on. And Scooby, dooby, dooby. Covino and Rich different strokes to rule the world.

[Rich]

I just saw one of those baseball stats where you're like, no way.

[Covino]

Give it to me, Dwayne stats.

[Rich]

Because there's always a stat that amazes you. In the career battle between the Detroit Tigers and the Cleveland Indian Slash Guardians, today is the rubber match because until today, those two franchises are 1167 and 1167 against each other. So today it looks like Detroit wins the rubber match after, you know, close to 2500 games. So that wild.

[Covino]

That is wild. Cavino enriched live from the Fox Sports Radio studios Remember, old school in 50 hits in about 20 minutes, we throw it back and reminisce. We're going to talk old school cartoons. We'll explain later on. Plus, our bonus podcast debuts today, episode 111. And I'll tell you more about it later on. So in the meantime, catch us on our YouTube page, Covinoenrich FSR, Iowa. Sam playing some Sly in the family stone. That is Sly in the family stone, right, Sam?

[Iowa Sam]

Absolutely, sir. And by the way, remember, like, a long time ago, I was like, dude, Yankees fans ever say Yankees? And you're wearing the shirt Yankees.

[Rich]

You know who made that shirt?

[Covino]

Who?

[Rich]

It's Thor. @kavinoinrich.com we made it.

[Covino]

It's an official C and R shirt. What's great about this shirt?

[Danny G.]

Thought that was from Gronk's website.

[Covino]

No, no.

[Rich]

He would make a shirt like that. Yeah, Yankees, man.

[Covino]

It's great. Because if you love the Yankees, it works. And if you hate the Yankees, oh, it's awesome. So [e-mail] Yankees. Let's go. And if you just joined us, you know, Rich and I proving without even trying how different we are. The guy was born with no chill, so he loves a nail biter. If your team's in a nail biter, it's almost hard to say you enjoyed the game because the Yankees won yesterday. But afterward, I'm thinking to myself, did I really enjoy that? I felt relief afterward, but I'm like, I don't even know if that was fun. That was so stressful. So that's basically what we're wrapping up now. It's easy.

[Rich]

You know what? You're right, though. We are cut from a different cloth.

[Covino]

Because mine's leather. Yours is like. I don't know what yours is.

[Iowa Sam]

Burlap.

[Covino]

Yeah, burlap or something. Some sort of burlap sack.

[Rich]

I don't care what mine is, but yours is definitely leather. Because you think you're like the Mexican Fonz.

[Iowa Sam]

Where's leather, Chad?

[Rich]

I. It is interesting, though, because in all aspects of life, I do like that thrill of panic, of panic and uncertainty.

[Covino]

It's terrible.

[Rich]

I feel like it's.

[Covino]

For example, the tigers are up 6:1, right? Rich says, you see this game right here? Tigers, Cleveland. I'm bored by it already because it's 6:1. I'm like, I get it. Because you don't care about either team, but Detroit Tigers fans feel great about that. That's my point.

[Rich]

But, you know, give them more rush, they would have more of a rush. If it was two one, that's not joy.

[Covino]

That's panic. And I think you have, like, a misunderstanding of what joyous feels like.

[Rich]

I'm a roller coaster guy. You're a teacup guy.

[Covino]

I guess, maybe.

[Iowa Sam]

Maybe.

[Covino]

Maybe I'm a. Maybe I'm a Peter Pan's flight kind of guy. What?

[Rich]

Have you ever.

[Covino]

You never went on Peter Pan's flight.

[Rich]

Have you ever had. How do I say this politely on Fox Sports? Have you ever made love in a place where you could get caught? Were you like, no way.

[Iowa Sam]

Risk, adrenaline rush.

[Rich]

I must love that. And you would think I'm a skydiver or something. I'm not. I just feel like you. You like very little risk and you like very little excitement. Like, you seem like sort of a dud of a guy to me.

[Covino]

Oh, jeez, Sadie seems like a dud.

[Iowa Sam]

You like to be titillated, Rich? That's what you like?

[Covino]

Yeah. He likes a nail biter.

[Iowa Sam]

He likes titillation.

[Covino]

He thinks that's fun. You know, you realize that it's called a nail biter because you're nervous and you're panicky the whole time. Biting your nails doesn't equal fun. I think you were dropped on your head or something. You're misunderstanding. Put that helmet on, that Strauss helmet. Cause that's not fun until it's over and he won.

[Iowa Sam]

I think you remember it fondly because of how stressful it was. Like, I think. Of course, I think of certain football wins for Iowa where they escaped. And you're like, that was amazing. But only after the fact.

[Covino]

Here's the deciding factor. What do you guys think? Hit us up. Covinoenrich. OXSportsRadio. We'll wrap it up with one more phone call.

[Rich]

All right.

[Covino]

Have James in Orlando. Hair. What up, buddy? What's up? What's up, gentlemen? BET show radio right here.

[Rich]

Thank you, man.

[Covino]

You guys. Yeah. First time in. Yeah. I mean, I'm with Covino on this one. I'm a Miami hurricane. And let me tell you something, I've. All week I've been stressing about this game coming up on Saturday, and I am going to be wearing out the.

[Rich]

Carpet if it's a close game. No, for real, I'm going to be.

[Covino]

Pacing and I want a blowout. I want to blow out so I can relax, watch them kick ass. Yes. James, you know what? You said you wore out your carpet. I don't have carpets. But you know what? I have now? I started off tonight with a brand new pair of gold toe socks. They Were mint. By the end of the night they were screen door socks on the bottom. You know what I mean by screen door socks? Yeah, I already wore through a pair.

[Rich]

Of brand new pants.

[Iowa Sam]

No, they're down to the fibers.

[Rich]

His socks look like the dirty screens in my cousin Vinnie that the old lady couldn't see through.

[Covino]

There you go. And my girlfriend. You know, I have a theory on this too, cuz girls don't burn through socks the way guys do. They don't look usually heavier too. Look at your wife and girlfriend's socks, both of them. If you have both, look at both of their socks. They don't have the screen door socks.

[Rich]

You have a gumad look at hers.

[Covino]

Yeah, they don't have the screen door troubles that we have. And my theory is this. They don't panic about sports the way we do and they don't create as much friction as we do. As big fat slobs, they don't have that weight. Friction. Pacing around, watching a really tight fight or a tight game the way we do. Because my girlfriend hits me up, she's like, aren't you embarrassed wearing those things? I'm like, these are game day socks you want from me?

[Rich]

Have you ever watched a fight with Covino? He's shadow boxing. Yeah, like he's Tank Davis or something.

[Danny G.]

Nowadays there are so many females who are huge sports fans just like us. And I will say about my better half, baseball Dodgers is what stresses her out the most. But you're right, she stresses in a whole different way. I'm pacing and she rocks in her chair. Like the way you see Rich with his nervous energy. That's what she'll do when, you know, Vessia comes in, she's rocking like this.

[Rich]

Can I tell you my pet peeve about my wife? Because I have very few, because she's a good woman. My wife has this stupid approach to sports.

[Covino]

Oh boy, somebody sent her this sound bite.

[Rich]

My wife has the stupidest. My kids think stupid's a curse word. It's so funny.

[Covino]

Dude.

[Rich]

That's it. Stupid. She doesn't, she doesn't want to watch big plays. When her team is playing, she like covers her eyes and dips in the kitchen.

[Covino]

She's like looking in the fridge.

[Rich]

I do that too. My wife's a Packers fan. When they were playing Sunday night against the Cowboys during a big play, I'm like, babe, it's third and one and she's in the kitchen and she's like, I can't watch.

[Covino]

Nerves.

[Matt Jones]

You can't watch.

[Rich]

You gonna Dip away for all the big plays. Are you a psycho?

[Covino]

And you know what? We're gonna move on slightly. But I had that same exact thought yesterday. Cause I couldn't watch. And I' like that's why they're in the big leagues though. Cause they're able to slow it down and compose themselves and they're more in control. When you're a fan, you're not in control. If you've played sports, you know you're in it. You're not nervous. But I was watching Anthony Volpe in a pressure moment yesterday. I'm thinking, my goodness, he's there in front of 55,000 screaming fans. Bunch of New York bacha galoops millions watching all over the place. And he's, you know, he's in the moment. Meanwhile, I can't even watch. So nerves are high and that's what makes it exciting. But I'm not sure if I had fun watching last night. And that's the question. Well, so we have to talk some NFL, no doubt. There's so much going on. There's even a fight rumor today.

[Rich]

So what?

[Covino]

I'm going to save that fight rumor for overprime.

[Rich]

So fights football, baseball, stress. But let's go to Dan Byer for an update. Db, what's doing, my friend? Hey, db.

[Dan Byer]

A lot doing. First of all in Cleveland, The Tigers a four run seventh inning extended their lead over the Guardian start to 6 1. Playing in the bottom of the eighth inning, Seattle awaits the winner of this contest and the Tigers are five outs away. Padres and Cubs are scoreless at Wrigley. However, bottom of the second inning, Cubs have the bases loaded with no one out. So the Cubbies looking to put something on the board. Winner of this game faces the brewers in the next round. Red Sox and Yankees, as you guys have said, 8 o' clock Eastern Time tonight at 8:15, it's the 49ers and Rams. No Brock Purdy for San Francisco. Mac Jones gets the start. 49ers also short at the wide receiver receiver position with no Ricky Pearsall or Joanne Jennings. The Commanders are in a bit of a similar situation. While Jaden Daniels comes back in week five to face the Chargers. Terry McLaurin and Noah Brown didn't make the trip to LA and Debo Samuel missed his second straight practice. So the Commanders could be without some key weapons Sunday against the Chargers. No practice again for Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson, missing his second straight day because of a hamstring injury. Buccaneers got good news that Baker Mayfield was on the practice field after sitting out yesterday's workout. But Bucky Irving didn't practice for the second straight day because of foot and shoulder injuries for the running back. Panthers running back Chuba Hubbard missed practice for the second straight day with a calf injury. Guys, back to you.

[Covino]

Hey, thanks, Dan. Appreciate it.

[Rich]

John lynch and Kyle Shanahan don't need me tonight, do they?

[Covino]

They're good.

[Rich]

Okay.

[Covino]

That's every dude's secret fantasy that doesn't involve women. You're there at the game and they call you and the coach looks at you and you're like, me? Yeah. You get in there or you throw a ball back to this, to the.

[Rich]

Field and you're like, what, his arm? Right?

[Covino]

Is that. Did anyone ever make a movie like that for real? Because every guy has thought that once in their life. Well, hey, you got, you got a hell of an arm, dude. Get in there.

[Rich]

Who's living their dream right now, pca look at him. The Cubbies getting Wrigley fired up. He just got a little bloop single with the bases juiced. Cubbies up one. Nothing on you. Darvish and the Padres right now. All right, we got more baseball, more football, and we're going to go old school when 50 hits more Covino and Rich next right here on Fox Sports Radio.

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[Covino]

Hey, this is Matt Jones and I'm.

[Matt Jones]

Drew Franklin and this is NFL Cover Zero. We think NFL coverage should be informative and entertaining and twice a week that is exactly what you're going to get. We're just here to try to give you an NFL perspective a little bit different.

[Covino]

Did you see the Colts pretzel? That was my other big takeaway from that game.

[Matt Jones]

What was that?

[Covino]

Looks like something that should not be sold.

[Matt Jones]

Oh, my.

[Covino]

So that was my other big Colts takeaway.

[Matt Jones]

I sold that.

[Rich]

Yes.

[Covino]

I might want to go back to the Colt Stadium. Yeah. Might want to go back to the drawing board on that.

[Matt Jones]

Yeah.

[Covino]

I thought the shape we had with pretzels was working pretty well. It's worked for generations.

[Matt Jones]

We're just here trying to enjoy it. We hope you all will join us throughout the year. And let's go.

[Covino]

I hope I'm as youthful as Pete Carroll is at his age. He's a young 73.

[Matt Jones]

He is a young 73. He is spry.

[Covino]

I wouldn't fight him.

[Matt Jones]

I would listen to NFL Cover Zero with Matt Jones and Drew Franklin on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcast.

[Covino]

Oh, man. Should I do my best. Fernando Cruz.

[Rich]

Yo.

[Covino]

Kavino and Rich on Fox Sports Radio. So fired up about the postseason ghost season. Spooky seasons here. Halloween's upon us. And right now we're live from the Fox Sports Radio studio and it's time for our tire rack play of the day. Speaking of the Yankees, last night the Yankees stayed alive.

[Rich]

Staying alive.

[Matt Jones]

Three, two pitch jazz runs.

[Rich]

Pit swing on line drive, right field, fair ball, pick ups. Jazz coming around third, Rojas waving him. Jazz coming down the line hit. Here's the throat of the plate. He slides.

[Covino]

He is in there.

[Rich]

He's in there. The Yankees have the lead.

[Covino]

It's four, three, New York in there like swimwear. I don't even know what that means.

[Rich]

Oh, Jazz.

[Covino]

Why did they say in there like swimwear?

[Rich]

It doesn't even rhyme.

[Covino]

Yeah, I don't even know why, but man, what a slide. What a moment. Jazz Chisholm superstar. I love that dude. And Wells came through big. That's courtesy of Yankees Radio network. That was our tire rack play of the day. For over 40 years, Tire Rack has been helping customers find the right tires for how, what and where they drive ship fast and free, backed by free road hazard protection with convenient installation options like mobile tire installation. Tire rack.com the way tire buying should be.

[Rich]

And as we're talking about baseball and all the stress of the postseason, man, and I was going to say Manny Ramirez, not Manny Ramirez gets thrown out at second after a two RBI double. So it's six three going to the ninth and Cleveland's got three more outs to try to stay alive in the 2025 season. So we shall See, it got a little closer. Got a little closer. So, NFL tonight, before we get into win 50 hits, when your team is decimated with injuries like my 49ers are, and I'm not bitching and complaining, I'm.

[Covino]

Just being real because, you know, look.

[Rich]

At any injury report. Kittle, you know, out for a little while still. We don't know when iuk's coming back.

[Covino]

Bosa for the year, bitching and moaning.

[Rich]

Purdy, Joanne Jennings, Ricky Pierce, all the list goes on and on. When your team is down and out like that, what type of mentality do you go into the game with? Meaning like, it was Rams by, like a field goal because they were home. Then it went to Rams by five, six, seven. Now it's eight and a half. Vegas is saying, rams minus eight and a half. Do you go in ever to root on your team like, well, they'll probably lose tonight. Danny, I hate to be a jerk, but you're a Raiders fan. Do you go into a lot of weeks thinking, well, we're probably going to lose, but come on, Genti, show me something. Like, or should I hold out hope? It's a divisional battle.

[Danny G.]

You have to. You go into the week, yeah, you're nervous about it, but you think about all the bright spots on your team, even if there are positions where you're struggling.

[Rich]

Historically, Daniel. Historically. Kyle and I don't watch, though, Rich.

[Covino]

To watch the unthinkable, the unspeakable, the unbelievable. That's why. Because it could happen in sometimes, Rich.

[Danny G.]

The games you're supposed to win, you lose and vice versa.

[Rich]

That's true. So, I mean, like, look at it this way. Like, a week ago, up until the fourth quarter, the Saints played the Bills tough. I get it. Anyone could play with anyone. But historically, other than, you know, unfortunately, like, maybe one or two postseason games that mattered, Kyle Shanahan's schemes have sort of owned Sean McVay.

[Covino]

Okay.

[Rich]

The Niners have played historically well under Kyle Shanahan against the Rams. So there is a part of me that's like, you know, with Mac Jones, though, I mean, Mac Jones is.

[Covino]

Did you see the outfit he rolled up with today? I thought he was the king of hearts.

[Rich]

Half black suit, half red suit.

[Covino]

When you roll up with that sort of swag, you're trying to create some magic tonight. And that's what every. I think that's the mindset. It's like, yeah, you're. You're hurt and your whole team's not there. You're hoping to see some magic.

[Rich]

Mac Jones has played admirably this year. In fact, he's the Niners quarterback that's undefeated so far.

[Covino]

Right.

[Rich]

When you think about it. And he works well with Kyle and you know you're going to get a hell of a lot of Christian McCaffrey tonight. Right. So we shall see. 49ers defense, you know, Robert Salah said, you know, anyone that messes with him, he'll ruin they'll. He'll end their world.

[Covino]

Yeah.

[Danny G.]

He said all f your world up.

[Rich]

So. So we'll see. I think it's gonna be a fun Thursday night game.

[Covino]

It is. And it's amazing that we're talking baseball like a few years ago. We were not talking baseball like this when Thursday night Football was on.

[Rich]

We just weren't Kavino. As we get into when 50 times.

[Covino]

It'S a good time.

[Rich]

There is that stat I sent to you and Danny G. It's worth just reading real, real quick before we move on as far as like stats and numbers, MLB attendance and viewership, the growth this year is insane. Way up on every platform. It's up almost 10% on Fox. FS1, ESPN's up 20. TBS almost 30%. MLB Network 13%. MLB TV 34%. Attendance is up for the third year in a row. And it changes.

[Covino]

And credit the star power. We've been saying it all season, but the proof is out there now.

[Rich]

It's the most viewed season ever on social media clips with 17 billion views on social media.

[Covino]

So you got that and some football and we'll be talking about it more. But right now, look at the time. Let's go. There's a search. Yeah. What we gonna do right here is go back.

[Matt Jones]

Into time, throwing it back for a Thursday old school when 50 hits at 50 after C R give you the time capsule topic and we reminisce together.

[Rich]

Yeah.

[Covino]

So there's so many ways we could take this conversation. We'll figure it out. I have a plan. But on this day, and they call you on this day boy Mitch as a. As a pop radio host, he loves on this day.

[Rich]

Well, I find on this day trivia like the least lame. Like mainstream things like for instance today. This is not where we're going with old school. But you know what the anniversary is today, Danny? What is love? The Butabi Brothers Night at the Rocks.

[Covino]

Night at the Night at the Rocksboro.

[Iowa Sam]

The anniversary of Hadaway's what is Love? Or the night of the sketch airing on snl.

[Rich]

Night at Rock Night at the Rocks Fair. The movie. The movie.

[Covino]

The Movie got you. On this very day in 1950, who the hell is Shermy? Shermy and Patty premiered.

[Danny G.]

Yeah. The two characters they said that quickly were off the comic strip.

[Covino]

I don't even know Shermy, but I know Peppermint Patty and her sandals.

[Rich]

Who are the other two?

[Covino]

Sherman.

[Rich]

You know what? Sherman, you know who Sher's hanging out with. You know, there was a fourth. It was Snap, Crackle Pop, and, like, Shazam.

[Covino]

It was pow or something. Pow.

[Rich]

Yeah.

[Covino]

But anyway, on this day, the Peanuts comics trip was printed and debuted in 1950, premiering in nine newspapers. So the unlucky Charlie Brown became a thing, and the comic was printed eventually, over the years, in over 2,600 newspapers. Dang. And translated into 21 different languages. Original strips continued until February 13, 2000, and were all hand drawn by the strip's creator, the legendary Charles Schultz.

[Iowa Sam]

Legend.

[Covino]

Legend, for sure. But it all started on this day in 1950, and with the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown premiering again this holiday season. It got us thinking of your favorite cartoons growing up and your favorite cartoon specials.

[Rich]

I don't want to. I don't want to burst your bubble.

[Covino]

Yeah.

[Rich]

I watched the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown with my kids last year, and it's fantastic. It is awful.

[Covino]

Oh, Sammy, that's just blasphemy.

[Rich]

You have these memories of it being, like, so fun and cool, and you're like, oh, the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown. It's ass. I watched it last year.

[Covino]

There's no. Kids today are ass because they have no attention span.

[Rich]

No. All right, listen, we're gonna get into it. We'll reminisce a little bit. Old school in 50s hits. You guys are all ass clowns. More Kavino and Rich next. Hey, Fox Sports Radio.

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[Covino]

Did you see the Colts pretzel? That was my other big takeaway from that game.

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[Covino]

Hi.

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