Rich (2:19)

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Covino (2:29)

All right. Hey, welcome to the show Hashtag the show. Hashtag Cavino rules. Hashtag Rich is lame. Just kidding. I'm sorry, buddy. I'm sorry.

Rich (2:42)

Hey, listen, even when there's not much going on, there's always something going on with this show. We have a lot of fun with you guys.

Covino (2:46)

Hashtag Covino and Rich. Let's have some fun.

Rich (2:49)

CNR on fsr. You know why? It's going to be fun today. Isaac Lowenkron's here. What's up? The Kron.

Covino (2:54)

See, we'll make something from nothing. Foo Fighters style.

Rich (2:58)

Nothing.

Covino (2:58)

We're down ass fools. No, we're gonna have fun with Isaac and Iowa Sam. Hi, Sammy. Danny G. And a party. And a party till it gets shut down. Party in a party without the Fox Sports Radio nation. So it's a Taco Tuesday fiesta. We are Covino and Rich on Fox Sports Radio and we be rocking out. Let's go. You know who else is stopping by? Y LeBron. He's excited about the Taco Tuesday. But broke Poppy, Big Papi stops by with some baseball trivia. Oh, we're giving away prizes. We got baseball trivia, multiple choice. It'll be fun. And of course, it all goes down. Now broadcasting live from the Fox Sports radio studio. If you miss any of today's show and you want to catch the podcast, search Covino, Enrich, wherever you get your podcast. And Danny G. Posts a best of and a best of the week on Saturdays. Plus you could watch what you heard right now.

Rich (3:50)

Wearing a sweet jacket today.

Covino (3:52)

That's a sweet jacket, bro. You steal that from the Dan Patrick collection? Cause I see a little corduroy.

Rich (3:57)

This is the.

Covino (3:57)

Were you a Pearl Jam fan?

Rich (3:58)

This is my. My DP special. Yeah, you know what?

Covino (4:01)

The DP limited series.

Rich (4:03)

We're gonna get into how sad my Mets are today. We're gonna talk some football and Aaron Rodgers and we're gonna talk about punk ass behavior. Stealing balls from kids.

Danny G (4:12)

It was supposed to be about the Phillies, not your Mets.

Rich (4:14)

And you know what? It makes the Mets even worse. And we're going to get to the art of the mixtape. But you know, I heard Isaac Lonecron say something in his update. Isaac, I do listen. Isn't that crazy?

Isaac Loewencron (4:25)

That makes one of us.

Rich (4:26)

No, I heard you mention the name Russell Wilson.

Isaac Loewencron (4:29)

Yeah.

Rich (4:30)

Did you see him for the Savannah Bananas over the weekend?

Covino (4:32)

No. He was looking large and in charge.

Rich (4:35)

He took an at bat, grounded out, but you know he has a nice cut. Multiple sport athlete back in the day.

Covino (4:40)

He was looking like me in 2002. And a lot of people were saying, 20, 20.

Danny G (4:43)

He has my physique.

Covino (4:44)

Right now, people are saying he look.

Rich (4:47)

He looked very Kirby Puckett, rest in peace. Very Kirby Puckett esque. And I want to just ask you guys, right out the gate, is a baseball uniform, if snug, the least flattering uniform in sports?

Covino (5:00)

Ask Chris Christie and tell me what you think.

Rich (5:06)

I mean, Spots played the video right now on our YouTube feed. Russ, honestly, hey, it's off season, though.

Covino (5:11)

In his defense, you see any fighter when they're not in training, any football player when they're not game ready, they don't all walk around, you know, at that, playing weight, you know what I mean? Fighting weight.

Rich (5:25)

And I'm not one to judge. I'm not Mr. Ripple Pecks.

Covino (5:27)

I'm just saying, one bad weekend, I'm tipping the scales over 200 bills, easy.

Sammy Sam (5:31)

I'm going to call you Mr. Ripple Pecs now.

Rich (5:33)

It's my new guy.

Covino (5:34)

Yeah, this guy thinks he's slim, good

Sammy Sam (5:35)

body, whether he ripple pecs or not.

Rich (5:38)

But it did make me think, though, that, my goodness, if you wear a snug baseball uniform for a charity event or something like that, it really is like. It's so unflattering. Unless you really are a slender, slim guy.

Danny G (5:52)

Yeah, he looks like you're going to pop the buttons.

Rich (5:55)

Everyone looks like Bartolo Colon in a baseball uniform, even if you're. Unless you're like, again, super slim.

Covino (6:02)

The weakest part of that story, because my brother and sister were there at that Savannah Banana game at Yankee Stadium. They welcome the great Bam Tino. Tino Martinez in front of 55,000 New York Yankees fans. And he's there in the same uniform. He's looking pretty good, you know, he's older now and he's waving. Everyone's pumped areas World Series champion Yankees legend. Give it up for Tino Martino. Everyone goes, bam, Tino. He goes up there and he's taking pitches. He's playing for the bananas. And who's pitching? Like someone from the Clowns or the warriors or something. He's taking pitches.

Rich (6:41)

Hardy animals.

Covino (6:41)

He strikes out on three pitches. Let's hear it for Tino. That's it. You don't groove one for the Yankee legend who's there giving up his own time for the bananas. I find that to be absurd.

Rich (6:55)

Let the guy get a hit.

Isaac Loewencron (6:57)

What are you trying to get your

Covino (6:58)

rocks off striking on an old guy?

Rich (6:59)

Groove one to Tino the way, like Jeter was grooved one in his last at bat.

Covino (7:03)

No, dude, this isn't real. I get it. The bananas don't always win. It's not like the Globetrotters. So they're playing and they're doing their best. But he's the guest of honor. He's the guy that hit World Series home runs at Yankee Stadium.

Rich (7:17)

You don't groove them.

Covino (7:18)

One just out of courtesy based on

Rich (7:20)

the popularity of the Savannah Bananas. Before we get into.

Covino (7:23)

But anyway, I don't want to dump on it before my family said they had a blast.

Rich (7:26)

Before we get into a, you know, quote real baseball, we'll talk about the Phillies making moves, the Red Sox making moves. Meanwhile, the Mets are still sitting on their thumb. We'll get to baseball. We'll get to NBA playoffs. We're going to get to all this stuff. But I do have to ask. A year ago I posed a question to you and I want to know if your mind has changed.

Covino (7:44)

No, it hasn't.

Rich (7:46)

Okay. I said to Covino a year ago, and I'm curious with the Cron, Isaac Lone Cron and Danny G. Think I said with the popularity of the Savannah Bananas, you see a listers coming out to the game now, former retired legends,

Covino (7:59)

Broadway performances on the field.

Rich (8:01)

That was pretty cool, right?

Covino (8:02)

It was insane. They did a whole Aladdin sketch over the weekend at Yankee Stadium. They sell out everywhere they go.

Rich (8:08)

So when you see the popularity of

Covino (8:09)

the bananas, I gave him so much

Rich (8:10)

props and I said, cavino, you have the opportunity to take part in a Savannah Bananas bit on the field where you throw out a first pitch or take it at bat or do a little song and dance or something with the Savannah Bananas or throw out a first pitch at a Colorado Rockies game. What are you picking?

Covino (8:28)

The MLB is still the MLB and it's still more of an honor. Mlb, something I grew up with. Savannah Bananas. I'm not going to say it's a fad, but, you know, it's just a thing right now. It could last for the rest of our lives. And I wish them all the best. I hold my ground. I stick with major league baseball, real baseball opportunity. Because it says a lot more to me. As a kid that collected cards, as a kid that loved baseball, wanted to play in the big leagues.

Rich (8:52)

Isaac Lone Crown you on stilts throwing out a first pitch or the Colorado Rockies in front of 2,000 people.

Covino (8:59)

Yeah, he's saying in front of 2,000 people for the Rockies or in front of 55,000 packed at a Savannah Bonanza

Rich (9:06)

in a crowd of kids and families and everyone's having fun at the circus.

Covino (9:10)

It's still, like, do you want to be at the circus or do you want to be part of something legitimate?

Isaac Loewencron (9:14)

Admittedly, right now, the bananas simply have more peel.

Covino (9:23)

That's so dumb. That so dumb. I love it.

Danny G (9:26)

He'll be here till Tuesday.

Covino (9:28)

Wow. Hey.

Rich (9:29)

But he's got a peel.

Covino (9:30)

That was a Cal, by the way, Rich.

Danny G (9:34)

It's not exactly fair to Rockies and their fans. They approximately average 28,000 fans a game.

Rich (9:40)

You know, I should say the Mets.

Danny G (9:42)

Exactly.

Rich (9:43)

I should say my Mets. Where tickets are now $6. It's more expensive to get a Taco Bell Crunch wrap than it is to go to a Citi Field.

Sammy Sam (9:51)

Yeah, I think that's an indictment on Taco Bell, though.

Covino (9:53)

They're both an honor, but one holds a lot more credibility. As simple as that. But all the credit in the world to what they've built. It's amazing. It's fun for the family. But yeah, Russell Wilson, looking a little thick in that yellow pinstripe uniform. Tino Martinez, they should have grooved them one. But either way, enjoy it. It's getting kids involved. And we'll talk more baseball here on the show.

Rich (10:14)

And by the way, shout outs to Derek Klena. We're not going to talk more about the clip here, but look it up for yourself. If you haven't seen that kid, he was a Tony Award. A Tony Award nominee. So he's a Broadway star and he was also a big time pitcher in his high school college. Come up. Did you see this guy? He did like a whole song and dance of Disney songs and Broadway hits.

Covino (10:35)

Well, he's on the bananas now.

Rich (10:36)

Yeah, he's on the bananas. And then after doing this whole ridiculously beautiful performance, hops on the mound and starts throwing 90 mile an hour heat.

Covino (10:44)

Incredible. If you haven't seen it, it went viral over the weekend. Definitely worth the watch. But you know what? It does, it really does. It forces the MLB's hand to be more entertaining. And I think we've seen a little bit of that with the WBC and everything we're witnessing this season. You know, more theatrics, more fun. It's baseball.

Rich (11:00)

I think at this stage of the game. If you go to Citi Field to see the Mets, there should be a chance they pull you out of the crowd to put you on the team.

Covino (11:05)

You know, I wouldn't be surprised. I think that's the next move I just saw.

Rich (11:10)

Juan Soto and Luis Robert Jr. Are both saying they have tightness and stiffness and their day to day. What are we doing? This might Be the. This might be. And Danny Garrett. I know the leach should be the Phillies fired their manager and the Red Sox fired the manager. But in my mind, the bigger lead is yet the Mets have not.

Danny G (11:28)

Well, I do like the angle of the what can you do in life for $6?

Covino (11:33)

Well, I think they tie together, actually, because it's all the bottom dollar. Right. It's all the bottom line. And if you're trying to pack the stadium and in order to do that, you have to tell the bananas to play there or have $6 tickets to see the Mets because nobody wants to go because of the product you're putting out there. I think when they're getting hit in the pocket like this, they're forced to fire their manager and eventually it's going to happen. So today, Rob Thompson of the Phillies fired Don Mattingly. One of my heroes is the interim and he should be the coach. Former coach of the year with Florida. So Don Mattingly, Donnie Baseball is the head coach. Interim head coach in Philadelphia. Alex Cora obviously fired. The whole staff fired in Boston, all before sort of unprecedented. Unprecedented. And Mendoza probably next. So are you surprised that they went before Mendoza? It's bound to happen because you can't go the rest of the season charging $6 for tickets. And the only way to get people back in the seats is to prove that you're shaking it up and that you're willing to shake it up and do whatever it takes to put results out on the field to get people to come back and pay regular price.

Danny G (12:45)

Especially when you have the Knicks in town who are going to be sold out at the Garden tonight trying to snap that 22 tie against the Hawks. Rich, I know you've seen over the past 24 hours, 48 hours, all the, all the different means saying this is $6. And whatever this ticket is always. How about this, though? This is really crazy. You can buy 88 tickets to tonight's Met to the Nats at Mets on 4:30 for the same price as one ticket to Hawks and Knicks tonight at the Garden. 88 Mets tickets is the equivalence. That's crazy.

Rich (13:20)

It's terrible.

Covino (13:23)

$6 for a Mets ticket or $6.39 for a Taco Bell Crunchwrap Supreme. That's the. That's the viral meme.

Rich (13:30)

Yeah, we said that it's also wild or, you know, I just got two tacos at El Pollo Holoco because it's Taco Tuesday. Much better deal for under $6.

Covino (13:37)

Yeah.

Sammy Sam (13:38)

And you get way more food.

Rich (13:39)

A Taco Bell venti drink is the same price as a Mets ticket.

Covino (13:44)

So therefore to put the seats, to fill the seats, I should say they're going to have to fire their manager because that's the only thing that's going to send the signal to the fans like hey, we're trying to salvage the season here. Hey, we fired Mendoza. We need you to come back. And maybe that lights a spark for the rest of the team. It's really embarrassing at this point. Here's a question. If the Phillies have done it, the Red Sox, if the Red Sox have done it, the Mets are going to have to do it. And it's unfortunate to Mendoza. Even when you got guys on the team like Soto saying it's not his fault, everyone's vouching, falls on the players. He's doing his job.

Rich (14:17)

Every player is saying the right thing and they're vouching, saying Mendoza is a great leader, is doing everything right. But if, if we all know, and I think we could all agree on a couple things, if GMs and front offices make more day to day decisions than they used to when we were kids, right. Like a lot of managers talk about how front office folks are actually putting their input on lineups, roster moves, bullpen moves. So if the manager doesn't even have full control and the players are playing like ass on the field, the manager's sole job seems to be to fire him up. And if they're 9 and 19, I, I'm going to say this and I need you to see if I'm just being a homer, being that I'm a New York Mets fan. If the Mets finish this season with like 60, 70 something wins and they're way under 500, couldn't you argue it's the biggest disgrace of a professional sports season in the history of sports based on payroll. Based on payroll, based on expectations. Like there's. Has there ever been a team with a, with a payroll like that in a major market that under delivered that much? Here there have been teams that stalled in the playoffs. But would it be the biggest letdown of a team in the history of sports?

Covino (15:28)

In the history of sports? No question.

Rich (15:31)

Think of another one. You can't.

Covino (15:34)

Because, because of the payroll and the superstars that they got.

Danny G (15:38)

If they, I would say the other one that comes up and not necessarily because of the money but because of the lineup is when Karl Malone joined the Lakers thinking he was going to win a ring.

Rich (15:46)

Oh no, that. But they made the playoffs and just lost.

Isaac Loewencron (15:47)

They made the finals.

Rich (15:48)

They made the finals and Lost to the Pistons. Correct?

Danny G (15:50)

Yeah, correct. But if. Yeah, if your high payroll can even crack the playoffs.

Rich (15:56)

Dude, when teams like the Nationals and the Marlins are, you know, a handful of games better than you, and these are teams that like have no resources compared to. It's really embarrassing.

Covino (16:06)

Professional baseball tickets for six bucks. They're begging people to come because the fans are that frustrated with the team. My. My daughter's cheerleading competition tickets were 11 bucks. So put that in perspective. Like you said before, did you, did

Rich (16:21)

you sit next to Belichick or at the cheer competition?

Covino (16:24)

It's weird. Bill Belichick was there.

Rich (16:26)

It was weird. Kavino Belichick, he was cheering his daughter. Bill is cheering on his girlfriend.

Covino (16:30)

We've said it. We're the same guy. I guess I was wondering why he was there. Mets first Nationals. The cost to get to the game and back on the subway is $6. So 12 to get there and back is $6. The tickets are. Are $6. Is a $12 night out to see the Mets. Which sounds great and all, but it just goes to show you how pathetic they are and how done the fans are at this point with the team. So man, I feel sorry for you, Rich. And I'm telling you, the fact that the Mets did this and the Red Sox did this all before May, it only makes things harder for the Mets not fire Mendoza.

Rich (17:10)

Well, Phillies, their fans got to be at least pumped that you make a big decision like that. As my buddy Rob Parker, you know, the MLB bro himself here at Fox Sports Radio. Uh huh. Uh huh. Rob Parker reminded me yesterday that the last time the Phillies shook it up with a big managerial change, remember, they got rid of Girardi. And what happened? They went to the Series like, did I do that? They were struggling, said make a move. And at that time, Joe Girardi was a hot commodity struggling. And they moved on. And you've seen it before. A team's total vibe could change based on leadership. And the Red Sox are pulling. They pulled the trigger. Same with the Phillies. If the Mets stigwoodman does it, it's just like fools move. The fans have no faith. Don't you want it? Like Danny, we always talk about this like in any sport, when management and ownership just sits there doing nothing, what confidence that give the fans that they care.

Danny G (18:09)

Yeah, but then there's the other question. Because all of us fans are always like, get rid of this person. Get rid of that person. Who do you replace them with? You're the Mets fan. I know you have that Correa dude, the bench coach, he's like a rising

Rich (18:21)

star in your Correa is a rising star. Others are saying, should Beltran get his shot? And then others are saying, Alex Cora passed on the Phillies job. Alex Cora. I mean, a guy that's been proven.

Covino (18:32)

I mean, there's options there. And he's respected in New York. He's apparently been talking to Boonie. And what are they talking about? Maybe house coaching in New York. Who knows what they're talking about?

Danny G (18:44)

And this time, you need a guy who gets fired up, Richard. Yeah, because Mendoza is just.

Rich (18:49)

He's chill. And I'm sure he's a great guy. Right? That's the thing. Like, you know, you don't. No one says this in a way where it's like, yo, Mendoza, I hate the guy. Seems like a really good dude. But if you're not firing up this particular group of 26 men, then, dude,

Sammy Sam (19:04)

you gotta go bring back Charlie Manuel. He's 82.

Covino (19:07)

What are you gonna do? What are you gonna do as a dad, Rich? Are you gonna let your kids suffer and try to be Mets fans? Are you gonna let him root for the Dodgers and just call it a day?

Rich (19:16)

I think I might.

Covino (19:18)

I think that Mets are just forcing your hand.

Rich (19:20)

I. I feel like they are. I was trying to. I was trying to do the balance. Like, you know, guys, dad grew up a Mets fan, but you collect the Dodgers, too. I have friends that are telling me, why are you torturing them? They live in la. They're LA kids. Like. Like, what do you know?

Covino (19:35)

It could affect their confidence. It really could. Because rooting for the Yankees, as, you know, a 90s kid growing up, those are my formidable years as a high school and college kid, I feel like it gave me a lot of confidence.

Rich (19:48)

Oh, my God. You know what the grossest thing would be? What if I deferred them to Uncle Steve over here and been like, my son's name is Ben. What if I'm like, Ben.

Covino (19:54)

Benny Barrels, man, like Ben Rice.

Rich (19:56)

Your name could be Benny Barrels.

Covino (19:57)

Benny Barrels, man, like Ben Rice, Ben Arross. But my point is, like, I feel like it does impact your psyche a little bit. It makes you feel a certain way. Like, you know, if you're a Chicago Cubs fan from back in the day, you know, lovable losers. You know, if you're a Red Sox fan who hadn't. There's, like, an attitude about you, right? An underdog sort of attitude.

Rich (20:17)

If you're.

Covino (20:18)

If you're growing up a Mets fan right now, you kind of like, are Like a letdown.

Rich (20:22)

Like if you, if you live out

Covino (20:23)

here in la, you want to provide your kid with that sort of mentality if you don't have to.

Rich (20:28)

Like, if you live out here in LA and you're a Clippers fan, I'm always like, well, look at you. Like, how, how'd that happen?

Covino (20:35)

I feel like it does mold your personality somewhat. So Rich has a choice to make. Because we're living out here in Los Angeles, they're little LA kids. Rich forcing upon his weak ass Mets right now is not doing them any good. But are there other things that you'd rather pay $6 for than Mets tickets at this point? Because you really can't get much for $6 nowadays.

Rich (20:54)

I'm not that guy, that's a fair weather dude. But I was thinking about taking my kids down to Anaheim on Friday night to go see the Mets Angels and I, I firmly believe they don't really deserve my support right now. I know that sounds like oh me, like, I don't know. I feel like a lot of people would feel that way. Like, so I'm gonna drive two hours in traffic down to, to Anaheim to watch the Mets Angels. When the Mets are doing nothing to make moves for a team like, isn't

Covino (21:19)

that one of the top parental moves? Like you never reward bad behavior and they're putting some bad product out on the field, why reward them with your presence?

Sammy Sam (21:27)

Those tickets might be even cheaper.

Covino (21:29)

Who knows?

Sammy Sam (21:30)

Let's go, Rich. Come on. I'll drive.

Rich (21:33)

Sam, we might be able to like sit actual on the bench for $2. For 50 bucks.

Danny G (21:39)

I was going to ask you, somebody in our YouTube chat asked, what are the premium seats going? $6 is the nose.

Rich (21:46)

But I bet you know what, my guess is under a hundred. Because usually realistically if you sat on the field level at citi field, buck 50, probably like you know, 150 bucks or 125, 200, something like that, you know, good seats. I can't imagine them being 100 now. Right? Mets Nationals. What a trash game that is, man.

Sammy Sam (22:06)

Rich, we can go to. So the series is coming up May 1st or 3rd, right? We can go for upper level seats between 10 and 16 bucks per ticket.

Covino (22:16)

I mean it is a wheel of a steal of a deal. But you know when you realize why they're so cheap? It's so sad.

Sammy Sam (22:22)

Yeah, affordability versus watching a winning product.

Covino (22:25)

Yeah, that's the debate. Because no one wants to go because the product's so bad. But they're a team that was expected to Be so good.

Rich (22:32)

I don't want to be all over the place. But we talk over the years a lot about fair weather fans and what makes you a front runner. All that type of, you know, sports talk. Right. Is that being fair weather or is that not rewarding bad behavior? Bad behavior. Like, if I'm like, you know, I was gonna bring my kids to the Mets Angels and go down to Anaheim and make a night out of it.

Covino (22:51)

It's interesting you say that because you could be the biggest fan of, I don't know, fill in the blank. I don't want to call out like a P F Changs or something. Right. But if you have bad service over and over again, you stop going. That's just how life works in a way, right? With fandom, it's a little different, though, because it's so part of your identity and your culture and your background and where you're from. Your grandpappy and are you truly supporting your team?

Danny G (23:16)

Because that's the key word my mom taught us as little kids. Like the Monday after a bad loss for your NFL team. Wear your gear, okay? And get in front of it. Like, if kids wanted to tease you or whatever. Whatever. I'm a real fan. And so I always made it a point to have my Raider gear on on the Monday after a loss, after a big win. It's like more casual because are you a fan supporting them in their roughest times or are you just there for the good times?

Covino (23:42)

I agree. It's game, a test of your character, right? What? You only ride with them when things are high.

Rich (23:48)

That's why I asked the question. Because this is a great example.

Covino (23:50)

Friday night compromise. I think you, you don't have to turn your back on the team, but you also don't have to, like, throw your money at them either.

Rich (23:57)

Yeah, but you could argue like, Rich, if you were a true fan, now's the time to support him. Like, do I take the family down? And you know what's going to happen? I mean, I'm not going to sit in bed seats.

Covino (24:06)

It's hard for you to support him when Soto doesn't even want to play.

Rich (24:09)

But what I'm saying is, you know, you know, I'd probably go get better seats. Which means, is it, Am I going to spend $1,000 night for a team? For a team that is trash? Right now, it's hard.

Danny G (24:21)

But later this season, if your team turns it around, you could say I was there when it was sucking at its worst.

Isaac Loewencron (24:29)

And here's one other positive note. The LA Times reports that the concession stand at Angel Stadium that was closed because of rodent infestation is cleaned and is expected to reopen Friday against the Max. First in.

Rich (24:45)

All right, perfect.

Sammy Sam (24:46)

Best time to go to the concession stand right after it gets. You know, it's like a.

Rich (24:50)

By the press. It's like a hotel opening up. It's like we just got rid of the bedbugs. You want to be the first person? It's time to book.

Sammy Sam (24:56)

Let's go.

Rich (24:56)

Let me ask you this. What are you thinking? You know, let's not play guessing games. I'll tell you. We can move on. So many other things to talk about, but I know met ticket prices because I. I used to have like. We used to have season tickets, Cavino, you and I, when we worked at sny. I know the prices. Field level, you know, roughly behind one of the dugouts, 5, 10, 20 rows up. But good seats. Any given day would be 125 to 150 minimum. Right. That would be like sort of the gauge. Right now you could sit right a little beyond first bay, a little beyond first base before the grass of the outfield even starts. Like the end of the infield. $37.

Covino (25:33)

So sad it is. Or $6 as the story goes.

Rich (25:38)

Is this the 90s? $30 for an infield seat at Citi Field.

Sammy Sam (25:42)

We all want to go back to the 90s, don't we?

Stugats (25:44)

Right?

Sammy Sam (25:44)

Nostalgia. God, those are some great prices.

Covino (25:46)

You still got your Doc Martens, Sam? I do.

Rich (25:48)

Well, start clapping for Mackie Sasser. All right, let's go. All right. Hey, we got more Covino and Rich. And hey, congrats to the Phillies and the Red Sox or at least making a move. We'll get to NFL and we're going to talk about losers that steal balls from kids. We're going to talk about the Rams and Ty Simpson.

Covino (26:05)

Secret meetings and Big Poppy will be here.

Rich (26:09)

All coming up right here on Kavino and Rich.

Covino (26:11)

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Covino (30:25)

I was saying with the cars bro. Let the good times roll. He's our resident DJ Sammy Sam on the ones and twos.

Sammy Sam (30:34)

Got brighter in there.

Covino (30:36)

Yeah, we just going on lights up. Someone finally paid the electric bill here at Fox Sports Radio.

Danny G (30:42)

Electric bill can really see Rich's Botox now.

Covino (30:44)

Yeah, I know. That's why we wanted to brighten it up. Danny G's our super producer. He's getting ready for Big Poppy trivia. He was wrangling Big Poppy in the lobby before. And of course Isaac Loincron is here with your updates. Again. We're live from the Fox Sports Radio studio. Covino and Rich and Mets tickets are $6 now, which forces the hand as a business decision. We gotta pack the seats. We got a fireman Doza to show the fans were willing to do something for $6. Rich, would you rather buy Mets tickets? I looked it up. According to AI, you can get coffees and pastries. I said what could you get for 106 bucks? Used books, toiletries, small toys or specialty food items like deli bowls or chocolates. Yeah, or anything at 5 below Deli Bowl.

Rich (31:35)

That's the weakest answer you get when you ask AI. I'd rather get any of those things than sit through a Mets game right now when no one seems to even want to be in it.

Covino (31:43)

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Rich (31:55)

Yay.

Covino (31:56)

Two candles, a quarter pound of chicken

Rich (31:58)

salad At Ralph's, you can get two

Covino (31:59)

scented candles with a bamboo lid for under six bucks. You could get yo yo toys, bath toys, and keychains for under six bucks, according to AI.

Rich (32:09)

Or sit at Citi Field.

Covino (32:10)

Or sit at City Field and watch Juan Soto not play.

Danny G (32:13)

You get two items at the dollar store because everything in there now is like 2.99.

Covino (32:17)

I buy that for a dollar, man.

Rich (32:19)

I could. I could buy a five bucks. I could buy some marigolds for the front yard.

Covino (32:23)

There you go.

Rich (32:23)

Danny G, who we got?

Danny G (32:25)

Let's see. Boise. Bob wants to weigh in on your.

Rich (32:27)

What up, Bob?

Isaac Loewencron (32:29)

Rich, I. All due respect to Isaac's diligence in getting hard hitting stories to us, but somebody needs to break the truth to you, my friend. They didn't cure a rat infestation. The rats heard that the Mets were coming to town and they decided to relocate back to Chavez.

Covino (32:45)

Yeah, the rats were like, the Mets stink.

Rich (32:46)

Let's get out of here.

Covino (32:48)

The Mets are infesting this place. We gotta go. That's funny, man. Thank you. That's good. All right, so there's another story that we got to talk about, unfortunately, and it involves the art of the mixtape. I really want to just focus on that, okay? Because I don't want to be. I don't know, I don't want to be the guy that's talking, like, salacious headlines, especially when the people involved haven't spoken out yet. I mean, Mike Frable did. There's a story today.

Rich (33:20)

He's cured, by the way.

Covino (33:22)

What do you mean?

Rich (33:22)

I don't know. He went to something. He's backwards. He's cured.

Danny G (33:26)

He missed the second half of the draft.

Covino (33:28)

Did you see. I don't know how recent this was, but there's footage of him shopping for, like, nightgowns at the airport. And people are speculating on social media. The sleuths, right? Like, if you're in the doghouse, you buy nightgowns at the airport, don't you go all out and buy a tennis bracelet or something nice, like, nightgown. He's buying an Ebenezer Scrooge nightgown.

Rich (33:52)

I have a female friend that every time. Every time her husband does something really dumb, I'm like, sweet new watch she got. Where'd you get that necklace?

Covino (34:00)

I don't know if that's getting out of the doghouse. Yeah, I don't know if Hudson News peanuts are getting you out of the doghouse.

Danny G (34:07)

Is this story ever gonna lose oxygen?

Covino (34:09)

Dude, I swear.

Danny G (34:10)

Definitely no.

Covino (34:11)

That's why it needs to be address like by George Stephanopoulos has to get to the bottom of this interview. Both parties.

Danny G (34:17)

This is no torpedo bat.

Rich (34:19)

We've said this before, not to beat a dead horse, but Variable seems like a great dude and Diana Rossini's been nothing but a sweetheart to us. So I feel bad that this story won't go away. But now when you see that there was like a spot of. They're saying there was a Spotify playlist made.

Covino (34:34)

Yeah, yeah. I'm not here to speculate. The only thing I do want to say is I was impressed they put Papa Roach on the playlist for that. I have to say that's pretty cool. But there was a playlist with her name on it and his name on it and it was made around the time when he was going through a four game losing streak with the Titans.

Rich (34:54)

Yeah.

Covino (34:56)

And the whole premise of the playlist was like, turn the page. Like, here's a positive playlist.

Rich (35:02)

You can make a playlist for a friend.

Covino (35:04)

You absolutely can.

Rich (35:06)

You made a playlist and I listened to it. Cavino made a playlist called Falset Tunes. Yeah, it's all the best songs in rock, pop, and any in hip hop with Pharrell. Like anyone that has the falsetto voice.

Covino (35:16)

Yeah, a lot of Jamiroquai on that bad boy. You know any falsetto Falsett tunes?

Rich (35:20)

Some Michael McDonald.

Covino (35:22)

Yeah. I got one called My Foo Averites and it's all my favorite Foo Fighters. I got one called the Summer Jams of the Summer and I just added the new sublime on it. So I'm always making playlists. Right.

Rich (35:34)

Remember the Alt?

Covino (35:35)

I got one called the Alt Vault that I'm real proud of.

Rich (35:38)

The Alt Vault. The Alt Vault. Yeah.

Covino (35:40)

I have a whole DES Rocks playlist that I love, so I'm always working at it. So, yeah, benefit of the Doubt. You could, you know, just be the type of person that shares playlists.

Rich (35:51)

I feel like I gave mega mix 96 to a lot of people.

Covino (35:53)

That was a good one.

Rich (35:54)

I had my finger on the button to make sure the DJ didn't interrupt the lyrics. Remember that move?

Covino (35:59)

Yeah, of course. And then Jack the whack or someone like you would talk all over it and ruin it.

Rich (36:04)

That's true.

Covino (36:05)

So because of this story, we're not here to spread the gossip. Other than I do want to make the observation that the playlist was kind of weak.

Danny G (36:11)

Rich would take his headphones off and be like, I nailed that post.

Rich (36:15)

Meanwhile, I ruined someone's mixtape.

Covino (36:17)

Like Sticks was On there, did you see all the bands that were on this playlist? Sam Hunt, Beyonce. It was, like, all over the place. There was no, you know. And that's why we want to talk about it. It's not about spreading gossip. It's a story that you're gonna see. So it's just kind of like our due diligence to mention it. But based off of it, we want to talk about the good old days when there was the art of the mixtape.

Rich (36:43)

I want to ask you this, buddy boy.

Covino (36:44)

Go ahead.

Rich (36:45)

When Spotify or SiriusXM, Pandora, Apple and all these companies make the music so accessible to you, and that's the world we live in now, right? You go the iHeart app or whatever the heck you consume your music, you can make like a Spotify playlist like that in five minutes. Does that take away the love that goes behind a mixtape? Like, if you made a girl a mixtape back in the day, I'm talking cassette tape or even, like, burning a cd, there was, like, almost like an effort. You would even put some artwork, like, you would maybe write on it for her, a little message. Will kids now ever understand?

Covino (37:22)

No.

Rich (37:23)

How much a mixtape, I'm sure there's

Covino (37:25)

maybe an equivalent that I don't know of, but the effort's not the same. The amount of heart is not the same. The sequence in which you put those songs and how they would blend and you would fade it in and out. Not the same. The fact that you had a handwrite all the little songs there and you're sending little secret messages in the lyrics of those songs. Not the same. So, yeah, you know, maybe it's a casual, friendly playlist. I'll give you some more bands that were on this one, and we're going to go over the arts and rules of the mixtape. The lost art of the mixtape. What were some of your favorite memories about it? It was Red Hot Chili Peppers, Can't Stop, Last Resort, Papa Roach. Welcome to the jungle, gnr. Remember the photograph? Def Leppard.

Rich (38:08)

Remember the Isaac Loinchron mixtape he made for you? Remember, it was you and me, 2003.

Covino (38:13)

Yeah, that was a good one. I still play that one. Isaac.

Rich (38:15)

It had a single ladies on it by Beyonce.

Covino (38:17)

Yeah. Oh, Beyonce is inside your window playing

Isaac Loewencron (38:19)

it on a boombox, holding it up like this.

Rich (38:22)

See the art of that, the art of the boombox and the. I don't know, there was just something different.

Covino (38:25)

Your eyes was also on the playlist.

Isaac Loewencron (38:28)

Your eyes, the light, the heat, your eyes.

Covino (38:32)

Speaking of Beyonce, break my soul Beyonce was also on this salacious playlist called Turning the Page, which has since been deleted, I'm pretty sure. So, you know, it's. It's a weird story. I'm not trying to lean into that. What we're trying to lean into now is based on that, the art of the mixtape and your favorite part about it, and maybe some other things that are just gone as a result of technology and time.

Rich (38:59)

Yeah, there are so many things. And you know what? We could talk about it after ILO's update. Isaac Loewencrum. What's going on, man?

Isaac Loewencron (39:05)

All right, fellas. The Philadelphia Phillies today fired manager Rob Thompson. Philadelphia at 9 and 19, tied with the for the worst record in the National League. Bench coach Don Mattingly was named interim manager for the rest of the season. Phillies president Dave Dombrowski first offered the job to recently fired Boston Red Sox manager Alex Cora on Sunday morning, but Cora declined. In the NBA, Boston Celtics president of basketball operations Brad Stevens won the league's executive of the award today for the second time in three seasons in the NFL. The Athletic reported that the New York jets hosted quarterback Russell Wilson for a free agent visit. The Baltimore Ravens are signing undrafted free agent quarterback Diego Pavia. Finally, this is an amazing story. People out there, and you guys all probably vaguely remember this, but do you remember last December, then, New York Giants place kicker young Wei Koo?

Rich (40:02)

This is a great story. I'm glad you brought it up. Yes, we do remember this.

Isaac Loewencron (40:06)

He whiffed on a place kick in a Monday Night Football game against the Patriots, and that blooper wound up saving someone's life. A man out there named Mark Toothaker in Lexington, Kentucky was watching the whiff and laughed so hard it caused a seizure. He was taken to the hospital. A CT scan revealed a tennis ball sized tumor on the left side of his brain. The tumor was surgically removed and he is cancer free. Can you believe that?

Rich (40:34)

Back to you guys. That's a pretty cool story.

Sammy Sam (40:41)

So he almost killed him and then he saved him?

Rich (40:43)

Yeah.

Covino (40:43)

Yeah. That's a wild story.

Rich (40:45)

Wow.

Covino (40:45)

Thank you, Isaac Loewencron.

Rich (40:47)

Isaac Loewencron.

Covino (40:49)

Now the art of the mixtape. You know what, before we go out and say hey to big Poppy, Scott Vermeer hit us up on the live chat. We're on YouTube. What up, Scott? He goes, the next time a random female makes me a playlist will be the first time a random female friend makes me a playlist. You know, it is something guys we're more likely to do for women because we try so hard to impress. So when a woman's doing it for you, it does say a little more.

Rich (41:18)

All right, so we'll, we'll reminisce. Anything in the vein of the mixtape you miss will reminisce a little bit. Plus, again, vain. I did say vain.

Covino (41:27)

Leave the vein out of this.

Rich (41:29)

We're gonna talk about secret meetings, Ty Simpson, this story about the Rams. We'll get to Aaron Rodgers in the news and we'll do a little preview of the NBA playoffs tonight and big Poppy trivia all coming up right here on Fox Sports Radio.

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Rich (43:46)

you won't break my soul. You won't break my soul.

Covino (43:49)

Now, I'm not gonna criticize or talk smack about what was going on because I don't know the inner workings of people's relationships. Right?

Rich (43:58)

Right.

Covino (43:59)

And as Rich often says, people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones. Nobody's perfect. Right?

Rich (44:05)

Yeah.

Covino (44:05)

It's like, I will criticize this weak ass playlist. It really is bad because playlists have to have a flow. They have to have a flow, a rhyme, and a reason.

Rich (44:15)

You're saying you can't. You're saying you can't go from Beyonce to Papa Roach.

Covino (44:18)

Dude, it's so weak. The more I. I look at it, because I was like, I was like.

Danny G (44:25)

Unless there's some inside joke between the two people that the playlist involves, you

Covino (44:31)

know, it is a shared playlist. So I guess both could participate on the Spotify thing. If you don't know what we're talking about, let's just say two big names in the news involved in a lovers. What? Controversy.

Rich (44:47)

Scandal.

Isaac Loewencron (44:48)

I don't know.

Covino (44:48)

Scandal. Making a playlist together. And it's called Turn in the Page. And. And the thought is it was made to get Vrabel out of his coaching funk. And there is no rhyme or reason to the playlist. So it got us thinking of like the lost art of the mixtape.

Rich (45:06)

Well, I'll tell you what.

Covino (45:07)

This, you also, by the way, you also have to name the mixtape. That was another thing. What do you call it?

Rich (45:12)

That's a good one.

Covino (45:12)

Yeah, but it had to have a cool name.

Rich (45:13)

You know what? I'll say this. The lost art of the mixtape is right up there with the lost art of on a date night, going to Blockbuster and starting the A's and working your way to the Z's of the new releases and really putting thought into what movie you pick. Now I feel like you sit on your couch and you spend a half hour just being like, no, no.

Sammy Sam (45:33)

You don't even make it past the menu.

Rich (45:35)

My wife and I joke about how many nights we have intentions of like, you know, catching up a show or watching something and you spend 20 minutes deciding what to watch. Then you fall asleep.

Covino (45:45)

You don't even get past the menu. That random person from high school that you hadn't seen in years on a Friday night at Blockbuster, buy a box of Sour Jacks. All that's trickle the price.

Sammy Sam (45:55)

Yeah.

Covino (45:55)

All that.

Rich (45:55)

Huge.

Covino (45:56)

Done. So any other memories you want to share? And the lost art of the mixtape hit us up at 87799 on Fox. We are Covino and Rich live from the Fox sports radio studio. And it's time for our tyrack play of the day.

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Oh, Desmond Bain came up big against the Pistons from beyond three. The Magic closer to upsetting the one seed side out for Des.

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He's attacking. Thompson had it poked away. Got his back shot clock started. 2 Now Bane fade away. 3 Ball.

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Rich (46:48)

Yesterday you said you found nothing funny about Pavia not being drafted.

Covino (46:53)

I didn't think it was humorous. I didn't think it was something to laugh at. That a young man got left there hanging in embarrassment in front of his friends and family. Is it okay whether it was like deserving and all that? Like, you know, we debated that but a lot of people were laughing at his expense and I was like, that's kind of sad. He's a young man.

Rich (47:09)

I'm just making a point because you don't, you don't like people laughing at, I guess you would say an over the top collegiate athlete. Are you. How do you feel about laughing at obnoxious fans when their team loses?

Covino (47:22)

Yes. Because you said obnoxious fans because the

Rich (47:24)

Pistons are on their heels, number one seed. Right. Orlando wins a playing game, right?

Covino (47:29)

Oh, right.

Rich (47:30)

Orlando. Orlando. You know, I, I got rumor in the hallway here that weekend host V. V.J. husky. Yeah. Claims to be like, like the only true Pistons fan. And he was saying like this is it for them, their year. So people are like, oh, if they

Covino (47:43)

lose, is it wrong to root against Vijay Husky? If it's wrong, I don't want to be right.

Danny G (47:49)

So he's got to hate watching what Ben Caro has been doing.

Covino (47:52)

Oh man.

Rich (47:52)

So this, you know, we talked about 1 seeds usually having a pretty easy cakewalk. They got their backs against wall. They could win three in a row. But who knows? Listen, we got more Kavito and Rich and big poppy Trivia coming up.

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