C&R - A's Possible Leak, Brainwave!

Summary

The Dan Patrick Show: C&R - A's Possible Leak, Brainwave! (May 2, 2026)

Episode Overview

On this lively Friday edition of The Dan Patrick Show (C&R), hosts Steve Covino and Rich Davis—joined by their rotating crew and listeners—delve into the recent drama surrounding the Oakland Athletics’ (A’s) move to Las Vegas and the rumored team name leak. The show is a classic example of Kavino and Rich’s mix of humor, debate, and interactive radio, with a special send-off for producer Ryan Berschinger. Other highlights include a spirited discussion about high school priorities (prom vs. playoff game), crowd-sourced opinions, and the popular “Brainwave” trivia segment.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Prom vs. Playoff Game: What Matters More to High School Athletes?

Segment Begins: [03:51]

• Background: A Florida high school playoff baseball game gained national attention after five senior players, including the team’s ace pitcher, missed the game for their senior prom, costing their team a shot at victory.

• Debate: Covino and Rich spar passionately about whether they’d have chosen their own senior prom or stuck with their team.

  • Covino’s Perspective:

    • “As a high school kid, baseball was everything to me... There’s no way you were telling a 16, 17 year old me to miss a baseball game. I don’t think that was happening.” ([06:10])
    • Emphasizes commitment to the team over the social event and the lasting regret of missing a playoff game.
    • Value of athletic achievement and the “glory” that can come with it.

  • Rich’s Take:

    • "No bigger competitive guy than me, but I'm going to the prom. You have one prom." ([05:39])
    • Prioritizes making once-in-a-lifetime memories and relationship milestones.

  • Listener Input:

    • Boise Bob (Caller): “You can chase tail the rest of your life. You can only chase glory but a few moments in your lifetime, no matter how big that glory is for you, you go play the game, man.” ([09:13])
    • Alabama Todd (Caller): Shared that his school compromised, letting them play the game earlier and still attend prom. ([11:35])

• Takeaway: There is no consensus—listeners and hosts remain deeply divided, highlighting generational and personality-based values related to sports vs. social experiences.

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2. The Oakland (Sacramento) A’s Transition: Leaked Name “Las Vegas Blackfire”?

Segment Begins: [12:27]

• Transition Drama:

  • The A’s are in a state of flux, temporarily playing in Sacramento’s Sutter Health Park and awaiting their move to Las Vegas.
  • Covino: “They’re a homeless bunch of hobos... was some of their future leaked?” ([03:59])

• The Leak:

  • A job posting fueled rumors by referencing the “Las Vegas Blackfire.”
    • Isaiah Thomas: “That was what was in the location on the job posting.” ([14:37])
  • Job postings were quickly edited after public attention; speculation abounds over whether it’s a real name or a placeholder.

• Name & Identity Debate:

  • Should the franchise keep the historic “Athletics” name and green-and-gold color scheme? Or is a full rebrand to something uniquely “Vegas” essential?
    • Covino: “It makes me think of, you know… you gotta keep things like this top secret when it comes to naming a team, a business, a baby… you just decide, put it out there just to see.” ([16:59])
    • Rich: Wonders if Vegas should seize the chance for a total rebrand: “Vegas has an opportunity to really rebrand… Do you want to shed all of the history the A’s?” ([18:33])
  • Pop culture angle: Several Area 51/alien name suggestions (e.g., Las Vegas Aliens, Vegas 51s), connecting to region and maintaining the “A” logo motif.

• Update: Isaiah points out that “Blackfire” may actually be a local co-working space—possibly just a placeholder. ([16:36])

• Legacy vs. Fresh Start:

  • Producer Dan Beyer: “One reason to maybe keep the name was it's not exclusive to Oakland. They were the Athletics previous stops in Kansas City and Philadelphia.” ([19:08])
  • Covino: “Keep the colors, change the name, and start something new at the same time.” ([19:44])

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3. “Brainwave” – Fan-Favorite Interactive Trivia Game

Segment Begins: [27:55]

• Game Explanation: Listeners try to guess the most popular staff answers to subjective multiple-choice questions in categories like relationships, lifestyle, sports, and music.
• Highlights from Rounds:
  • Relationship Dilemma: Most annoying thing a partner can do while watching a show together.
    • “Face stuck in the phone” wins fan and host votes ([30:44]), though Covino insists, “everybody’s face is stuck in the phone nowadays… getting up is even more rude.” ([30:50])
  • Vacation Dream Spot: Rome, Maui, or Tokyo? Maui is the fan favorite, though most hosts argue Rome for history and food, Tokyo for adventure. ([33:18])
  • Sports Embarrassment: Worse for the ego—giving up a home run, being posterized in basketball, or getting trucked in football?
    • “Getting dunked on/posterized” takes the (dis)honor: “That's a lasting image. You're posterized. You're embarrassed.” – Covino ([35:50])
  • Musician Show-Off: Drums, saxophone, or piano? Responses are split, stirring playful arguing: “I think when you go to a show where there's a drum solo baked into the show... it's not been impressive. So I said drums.” – Berschinger ([38:23])
  • Pro Sports City Choice: St. Louis, Buffalo, or Salt Lake City? No consensus, illustrating staff’s regional biases ([39:53]).

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4. Farewell to Producer Ryan Berschinger

Segment Begins: [41:18]

• Tributes: Colleagues from across the Fox Sports network share heartfelt memories and praise.
  • J Stu: “He became the one word that all of us try to become when we leave a shop. And that's irreplaceable.” ([43:13])
  • Dan Beyer: “He is someone that I trusted wholeheartedly… he will be sorely [missed].” ([43:27])
  • Berschinger: “It’s not lost on me that it’s incredibly rare to get to do something that you genuinely enjoy for a living. And it's even more rare to be able to do that with people that you love doing it with.” ([47:59])
• Send-off: Group plans to grab wings and beer to celebrate.

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5. Weekend Hobnobbin’ – What to Watch

Segment Begins: [49:24]

• Covino: Benavidez vs. Zuro fight (boxing), some good UFC matches
• Rich: Hulk Hogan documentary (“Million Dollar Secret” on Netflix), “Should I Marry A Murderer?” (Netflix trending), plus new movie releases (“Devil Wears Prada 2” or “MJ”)
• Isaiah Thomas: NHL and NBA playoffs

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Notable Quotes & Moments

• Rich Davis: “You keep trying to back us up to Wednesday... I just love Sam's midweek major so much though.” ([20:56])
• Covino on Team Loyalty: “It would have ate me alive to not be there for the team, I think. What would you tell your kid?” ([10:50])
• Listener Boise Bob: “You can only chase glory but a few moments in your lifetime. You go play the game, man.” ([09:13])
• On A’s Naming Drama: “Is it gonna be the Las Vegas Blackfire, or now that they get a public response, does it backfire?” – Covino ([15:22])
• On Legacy vs. Rebranding: “Keep the colors, change the name, and… start something new at the same time.” – Covino ([19:44])
• Farewell Tribute: “He became the one word that all of us try to become when we leave a shop. And that's irreplaceable.” – J Stu ([43:13])
• Ryan Berschinger’s Goodbye: “Everybody here is super genuine, super real, and I love you all.” ([48:05])

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Timestamps for Important Segments

| Time | Segment | |----------|---------------------------------------------------| | 03:51 | Prom vs. Baseball Playoff Decision | | 12:27 | Oakland/Sacramento A's Move and Name Leak | | 14:37 | “Las Vegas Blackfire” Job Posting Rumor | | 27:55 | Brainwave Game Begins | | 41:18 | Farewell Tributes to Ryan Berschinger | | 49:24 | Weekend Hobnobbin’ (What to Watch) |

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Tone and Style

The conversation is high-energy, irreverent, and occasionally combative in a fun, brotherly way. The hosts lean into nostalgia, sports fanaticism, and pop culture references, drawing in listeners through interactive call-ins and relatable personal stories.

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Summary Takeaway

This episode combines the signature humor and debate of Covino & Rich with deeper questions about sports loyalty, tradition versus reinvention, and what we value most in life’s pivotal moments—all set against the ongoing backdrop of real-world sports news. For longtime listeners, the send-off for Ryan Berschinger adds an emotional, communal moment of gratitude and reflection.

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[Steve Covino]

we got to talk the Sacramento A's.

[Caller/Guest]

A.

[Rich Davis]

Well, I mean they're just the A's.

[Steve Covino]

They have no. I know. I call them the Sacramento A's.

[Rich Davis]

A they're homeless bunch of hobos.

[Steve Covino]

Well, they're playing in Sacramento. We'll explain. There's a story about them. The Hobo A's, they're in transition. Was some of their future leaked? We'll explain. But right now we're wrapping up with your phone calls at 87799 on Fox. There was a playoff baseball game between West Nassau High School and Sawanee High School that garnered national attention for which is unexpected for a 3A Florida high school baseball game. But it's because they had the prom and the playoff game scheduled at the same time.

[Rich Davis]

I mean that's just terrible planning by the school district and everyone involved.

[Steve Covino]

But if you read all the comments, you know, they can't have the district like coordinate 600 different proms for the playoff right through that. And then there's a lot of feedback too. Like you're really overrating what a prom is nowadays. I understand the promposals are a big deal, but A lot of people goof off of them and they head off to another party anyway, like, but I'm

[Rich Davis]

saying that they go, you've been talking about it. Promposals, high school sweethearts, that's a big thing.

[Steve Covino]

I get it. But yeah, I also think that your girlfriend would understand that you're committed to a team you can meet up later on.

[Rich Davis]

You think like a high school romance

[Steve Covino]

is because guess who missed it? Five seniors missed the game. Right. And their ace pitcher, who would have pitched, also missed the game. Let me try to find it. He has a.094 ERA, this kid, and he missed the game. And they got clobbered. Senior pitcher Fisher Bennett skipped the game as well and they got beat as a result. So it became a story of what would you do? It's not an easy decision. No, that's for sure.

[Rich Davis]

I mean, but if you read the

[Steve Covino]

feedback, my God, it's so divided.

[Rich Davis]

No, well, because it's a, it's a. I look at it this way. No bigger competitive guy than me, but I'm going to the prom. You have one prom.

[Steve Covino]

You keep saying that, but you're going to the prom. So maybe, you know, maybe you're not.

[Rich Davis]

I would prior.

[Steve Covino]

I look back and I say it's about commitment, not competitiveness. Like you make a commitment to the

[Rich Davis]

team, but you also make a commitment to yourself and your girlfriend. And you know, like you said, you live one time, you have one senior prom. And some people, like, I didn't even

[Steve Covino]

go to my prom back then, dude. As a high school kid, baseball was everything to me.

[Rich Davis]

But, you know, everything to me, my

[Steve Covino]

high school girlfriend, I would have found it very hard. I think you were just horned up. My night wasn't that special. It was. And I had a wonderful high school relationship. So I'm not downplaying the importance of that either.

[Rich Davis]

Depends on how good you are too.

[Steve Covino]

Like I said, I really think that factor.

[Rich Davis]

Don't make it sound like. It's not like if you're a team that like leaked into the playoffs and you were going to get whooped or, you know, like I said, if you're a scholar.

[Steve Covino]

I don't think there was any way you were telling a 16, 17 year old me to miss a baseball game. I don't think that was happening.

[Rich Davis]

Yeah, but when all your friends are going in a limo or a party bus, let's be honest, and you're drinking,

[Steve Covino]

you're sneaking, I wouldn't have cared about that. Nowhere near as much as getting my name and face in the paper for the playoffs paper. Yeah, that's. That went way more to me. Yeah, you didn't get your picture in a paper in high school if you played.

[Rich Davis]

I lived in New York. The Daily News is not printing high school results.

[Steve Covino]

They did for me.

[Rich Davis]

You were never in the Daily News or New York Post.

[Steve Covino]

I was in the Star Ledger. The same equivalent, you bonehead.

[Rich Davis]

Some weak ass Jersey paper.

[Steve Covino]

No, it's the same thing, you numbskull. You chud.

[Rich Davis]

You think the Jersey.

[Steve Covino]

It's the same thing. It's the biggest paper in New Jersey.

[Rich Davis]

You think the Jersey Ledger has the same clout as the New York Times?

[Steve Covino]

Star Ledger has the same. Not the same cloud because it's a different state. But if you're making all state. Where. Where do you think they're posting that in the newspaper? That's what I went to.

[Rich Davis]

I think you go to the prom.

[Steve Covino]

Obviously, it's online and different now.

[Rich Davis]

You go to the prom and make memories, you know, you. You play ball the rest of your life.

[Steve Covino]

You're missing my point. It would have been a tough sell to tell a kid whose life revolved around baseball to miss the game. I don't think I would have. The more I think about it, it's not an easy decision, but I don't think I would have. So you can't tell me you're the most competitive guy ever, but you would have chose the corny party?

[Rich Davis]

I'm the one guy in this room that still plays competitive.

[Steve Covino]

Yes, because you're still searching for that glory, I guess.

[Rich Davis]

No, because you would have. Enjoy sports.

[Steve Covino]

The party bus.

[Rich Davis]

Get out of here.

[Ryan Berschinger]

That's.

[Rich Davis]

That's.

[Steve Covino]

That's lame to me. Now I think about it, you know, Enjoy your cumberbun. I'm trying to win a game at that stage of my life.

[Isaiah Thomas]

Croissant?

[Steve Covino]

No. Cumberbun. I said.

[Rich Davis]

Yeah, I do. What'd you say? Cinnamon buns.

[Steve Covino]

Cumberbatch.

[Rich Davis]

All right, let's go to your phone call.

[Isaiah Thomas]

Let's start with Boise Bob.

[Rich Davis]

Boise Bob. What's up, man?

[Caller/Guest]

Hey, what's up, fellas? Rich, I can't. I can't believe I get to crack you twice in the same week, my friend.

[Steve Covino]

Oh, hey, well, you have to remember, when Rich thinks that everything he says is correct because he's rich.

[Rich Davis]

I mean, facts.

[Steve Covino]

Yeah, but that's not true. Hey, Boise Bob, just because you said it doesn't mean. Because he. Rich, is so high on himself. He's like, it must be great because I said it. That's not how it works. There's two sides to the story.

[Rich Davis]

You think you're not the most arrogant guy.

[Steve Covino]

Because if you got to put yourself in a, in a kid's mindset whose life revolves around sport. A boy's mindset.

[Rich Davis]

A boy that revolves around.

[Steve Covino]

You think a boy cares about dancing at a prom?

[Rich Davis]

Dancing? Or like getting booty from his high school sweetheart? And drinking. And drinking.

[Steve Covino]

Break the news to you. High school kids are getting booty regardless of the prom.

[Rich Davis]

Okay, you know what? I, I, I want to slam your head against the counter. Let's go the phone calls.

[Steve Covino]

Okay. Hey, careful.

[Isaiah Thomas]

Yeah, Boise. Bob is still there.

[Rich Davis]

Oh, Bob. Hey. Sorry, sorry. Mom and dad are fighting. Hi, Bob.

[Caller/Guest]

Rich's problem is he's too busy trying to make CHUD out of a croissant on somebody's wrist so that he can get a little action. You can chase Dale the rest of your life. You can only chase glory. But a few moments in your lifetime, no matter how big that glory is for you, you go play the game, man.

[Steve Covino]

At first I saw how difficult of a decision this is for a high school kid. The more I think about it as a 17 year old or a kid playing varsity, there's no way I'm missing that game.

[Isaiah Thomas]

You need some Al Bundy stories, Rich. All right, let's go to Vegas.

[Steve Covino]

Especially if the team is counting on you because there's one pitcher who was the ace.

[Rich Davis]

If he's such an ace, then we'd be hearing about this kid getting a scholarship. You'd be hearing about this kid. He's already been drafted.

[Steve Covino]

Dude, he had an under one era. He's their guy.

[Rich Davis]

I don't know how competitive this. You said this is like a small town.

[Steve Covino]

Because it's all they know. So what? You know, it might not in the grand scheme of things. Yeah. Oh, big deal. But it's a big deal to them in that town of wherever they are in Florida.

[Rich Davis]

Let's go.

[Isaiah Thomas]

Trip in Vegas is back.

[Rich Davis]

Trip.

[Caller/Guest]

Hey, gentlemen. Rich, you know I love you, Covino. You're my guy. Always. Hey, I had a chance. I already had everything booked for the prom done. We got invited to this prestigious golf tournament. And then at that tournament, I actually signed my letter of intent and we won. So I could care. Like that. The caller said glory is glory. I mean, girls come and go, but having the glory was what was exciting for me.

[Rich Davis]

But you're guaranteeing some type of glory. What if they would have got whooped? What if it was like a lackluster game they like, like, but you don't

[Isaiah Thomas]

know until you play the game. I mean, you can't make a decision based on what if we lose.

[Steve Covino]

It would have ate me alive to not be there for the team, I think. All right, like I said, what would you tell your kid? Because, you know, we're adults now. I would ha. I would leave it up to my kid. Hey, this is your decision. But I would. I think I would advise my kid to wear the. Commit. You made a commitment to this team.

[Rich Davis]

I would tell my kid, you have one prom. You're not going to want to look back and be like, I skipped my promotion.

[Steve Covino]

Yeah, but like I said, why can't they party afterward?

[Rich Davis]

The game is like, are they. I mean, again, this is just poor scheduling. I'm sure there should be some adjustment made.

[Steve Covino]

877-99-FOX. It's a national story for a reason. For a reason.

[Rich Davis]

One last call. Two more calls.

[Isaiah Thomas]

Let's go to Alabama.

[Rich Davis]

Todd, we're never gonna agree. Guys. What's up, Alabama?

[Caller/Guest]

Hey, guys. What's going on? The. So I had. I played a baseball playoff game and went to the prom.

[Isaiah Thomas]

Same night.

[Caller/Guest]

It was. Well, we started at 1 o', clock, moved up. Game ended up being 13 innings. We won.

[Rich Davis]

Well, that's what I'm saying. They should make some type of compromise to.

[Isaiah Thomas]

He's basically saying move the game up

[Rich Davis]

so they can do both to live the perfect life of Alabama. What's his name?

[Isaiah Thomas]

Todd.

[Dr. Nicole Safire]

Todd.

[Steve Covino]

Alabama. Todd.

[Rich Davis]

Alabama. Todd got it right. I mean, they should move the game. This should not be an issue to begin with. I think it's awful to put a kid in that scenario. Choose your senior prom or, or play in a playoff game. Like, that's, that's something a kid shouldn't

[J Stu]

have to choose

[Rich Davis]

schedule makers. Put it in, AI. Make it work. Who else we got? Wrap it up with who?

[Isaiah Thomas]

Yeah, we wrapped it with Todd.

[Steve Covino]

Thank you, Todd. Now, there's another baseball story which is kind of funny.

[Rich Davis]

This is funny.

[Steve Covino]

And it involves. I call them the Sacramento Ace. Because they play in Sacramento. Yeah, Legally. Might be going to Mudskipper Stadium. What's it called? The what? I always forget. Like, what is it?

[Isaiah Thomas]

Sutter Health.

[Steve Covino]

Some sort of, like, catfish. What is it? Mud. Mud Cats? Mud Cat?

[Caller/Guest]

A.

[Rich Davis]

No, not the Mud Cats.

[Steve Covino]

It's not Sacramento Mudskippers.

[Rich Davis]

The Scallywags.

[Steve Covino]

I got. I always forget. Rich and I have been there. I'm going there again to watch them play.

[Isaiah Thomas]

Right. It is Sutter Health Park.

[Steve Covino]

Yeah, yeah. But what is the name of the team that plays there?

[Isaiah Thomas]

The Mud Chickens.

[Steve Covino]

No, it's like the Mud. Mud. Mud. Is it mud or crud?

[Rich Davis]

The ass grabbers.

[Steve Covino]

The tough mudders. So they play at a minor league stadium in Sacramento.

[Isaiah Thomas]

It's the River Cats.

[Steve Covino]

River Cats. There it is. That was way off. They play at the River Cats stadiumite. And it's such a great vibe because all the old people in the community are there welcoming you to the ballpark.

[Rich Davis]

Oh, the people that scan you. Scorecard.

[Steve Covino]

Welcome to the ballpark.

[Rich Davis]

The people that scan your tickets were like, relief nice. Seniors that, like, can't, like, they're probably

[Steve Covino]

have a great time at the ball game.

[Rich Davis]

My name's Ebenezer.

[Steve Covino]

Enjoy our town. Really cool ballpark feel. And that's where they're playing. Until, of course, they make Vegas their home, I guess.

[Rich Davis]

Yeah. But much like the Tennessee Titans, who weeks ago shipped out merch to fans that had a new logo on it, and then the team's like, oh, yeah, by the way, that's our new logo. It's very Houston Oilers. Like, it was a little. I guess you would say, what a misstep.

[Steve Covino]

I guess. There was a posting, and the story today is, did the A's really leak the Las Vegas name change in a job posting? So we don't.

[Isaiah Thomas]

We don't know if this is legit

[Rich Davis]

or not, or at least a placeholder name, because there are jobs posted to work for the new Vegas baseball team

[Steve Covino]

that'll be there soon.

[Rich Davis]

The Now A's. Soon to be Vegas whoever.

[Isaiah Thomas]

Yeah.

[Rich Davis]

And the job postings were listed under, hey, do you want to work for the Las Vegas Black Fire?

[Isaiah Thomas]

That was what was in the location on the job posting.

[Steve Covino]

Yeah. And they were removed and reposted without the black fire after people caught wind. So, you know, we speculated. We said. I remember the answer I went with. I was like, they should call themselves the Aliens because they could keep the A logo, the Las Vegas Aliens, but go with the A's.

[Isaiah Thomas]

But Vegas kid in the backyard saw alien.

[Steve Covino]

Yeah.

[Rich Davis]

Yeah.

[Isaiah Thomas]

Nine, 10ft tall.

[Rich Davis]

I mean, they. They already. There's so many, like, Area 51 Nevada references, like, make the. The stadium almost spaceship. Like, I mean, the Raider Stadium looks like a Roomba, you know, like, just. I think it's a great angle.

[Steve Covino]

The Vegas 51s.

[Rich Davis]

Yeah, we said.

[Isaiah Thomas]

You said Death Star.

[Caller/Guest]

Wrong.

[Rich Davis]

Yeah.

[Steve Covino]

So. So is it gonna be the Las Vegas Blackfire, or now that they get a public response, does it backfire? Because I don't see people really saying that they love it. I think it's actually pretty cool, though.

[Rich Davis]

Some are saying that might be just like.

[Steve Covino]

Like a PR holding place.

[Rich Davis]

Like a holding place. Like a marketing firm holding name.

[Steve Covino]

Vegas Black. The Las Vegas Blackfire. I don't even know what that means. I know Danny G. Looked it up, and he said it's some sort of firm out there. But, like, is that a reference to gambling or is there some. Some sort of Vegas reference that I don't know to that.

[Rich Davis]

I do think it's wild that they can't keep the A's, the Athletics, without some type of. Like, do you think this is an opportunity for that franchise to restart, or do you think it would be a shame to lose a franchise with such a legendary color scheme and name as the Athletics? That. That green and gold. That green and yellow.

[Steve Covino]

Green and gold is classic.

[Rich Davis]

I mean that.

[Steve Covino]

Why did they say they can't keep the color scheme?

[Rich Davis]

The color scheme they could keep.

[Steve Covino]

We said they couldn't keep the name.

[Rich Davis]

Then we talk about. There's very few teams in sports. Baseball with green, right?

[Steve Covino]

Yeah. They were the only. Yeah. In baseball, they're the only team. Yeah. So unless you want to count, like the. The Mariners got a hint of green, I think.

[Isaiah Thomas]

In an update on this, MSN is reporting that the term blackfire in Vegas refers to a co working space located near the A's Ballpark Experience Center.

[Steve Covino]

So it's very specific.

[Rich Davis]

So like a little placeholder of a name. But. But I do wonder, what would it take and should they try to somehow work out a deal to keep the A's colors and name?

[Steve Covino]

It makes me think of, you know, you gotta keep things like this top secret when it comes to naming a team. A business, a baby. A baby. Especially because I remember my mom. I made the accident of telling my mom. And now you're looking back, you know, she was right, because I'm happy with what I went with. But we made the mistake of telling my mom what we were thinking about naming my daughter back in the day, and I sort of slipped in conversation. She's like, what, you're gonna name her that? And I don't want to say it to offend anybody. She goes, that's a. She's like, that's an ugly girl's name. Gertrude. Let's just put it that way. She said something along those lines. I'm like, oh, she sort of ruined it for me now. Ugly girl's name. I'm not gonna. Now. Now I can't name her that.

[Rich Davis]

That's. That's why sometimes you don't leave it up to you. Don't leave it up to people.

[Steve Covino]

You just decide put it out there just to see. It was sort of buzzed that they get like, oh, people.

[Rich Davis]

To me, it feels more like a placeholder. I'm just more intrigued besides this name Cavino do. If you were a fan of that franchise or you are in Vegas and you're like, sweet, we're getting a baseball team. Do you like the idea of a fresh go or do you like the idea of. No, man, those are historic colors. And the Athletics, if rebranded a little bit, could be cool. Or do you say, no, no, that's. I don't want you. Do you look at that as well?

[Steve Covino]

Vegas doesn't have any sort of uniformed color. I mean, they're black and gold and black and silver and. Right. So there's no uniform. Uniformity like. Like a Pittsburgh would have.

[Isaiah Thomas]

I say keep the colors and change the name. But. But keep the A as you said. That would be dope.

[Steve Covino]

Yeah.

[Rich Davis]

Because there's always that balance cove of keeping tradition alive, but also like starting fresh. Like Vegas has an opportunity to really rebrand. Like, new merch, new vibes. Yo, Vegas has a baseball team. Do you want to shed all of the history the A's? Are you like, no, no. There's a lot of legacy there. The Bash Brothers, Dave Stewart, Reggie Jackson. Go back to Catfish Hunter. You want Raleigh Fingers.

[Steve Covino]

I mean, as much as you can. Just because you want to pull that. That fan base. You know, you want to keep as many fans possible as you can and win over some new ones one way.

[Dan Beyer]

One reason to maybe keep the name was it's not exclusive to Oakland. They were the Athletics previous stops in Kansas City and Philadelphia. So it's a name that has traveled to different spots as well. So why it would stay with Oakland wouldn't have been in tradition with the actual nickname if you kept it in Las Vegas.

[Steve Covino]

I'm curious.

[Rich Davis]

If you surveyed all Athletics fans, would they say, yeah, they're moving to Vegas. We're pumped about it. Keep the name. Or do you think the baseball world would benefit more Covino from like a fresh new. Like, yeah, they're the, you know, the Vegas alien invaders or something.

[Steve Covino]

Right. Well, my understanding was they couldn't keep the name like negotiating. I would at least keep the colors to keep some of the tradition because I don't know if you followed what I said. If you're starting a new franchise, you still want to get as many old fans as you can, not just new fans. So you want to keep the old Dave Stewart, Dave Parker, Ricky Henderson fans, the Raleigh Finger fans from yesteryear, and then win over New Vegas fans as well. So keep the colors, change the name and you know, start something new at the same time. But as of now, the rumor is Vegas Blackfire. Was this leaked? Was this sort of testing the waters to see what the feedback was? I don't hate it by any means, but what do you guys think?

[Rich Davis]

Or just a placeholder? And Cavino, do you think? I mean, what did the Million Dollar man teach us when we were kids?

[Steve Covino]

That everybody has a price.

[Rich Davis]

So I mean, if they want the athletics name, yeah, they can negotiate. They could get it.

[Steve Covino]

Vegas has a lot of money.

[Rich Davis]

There's a lot of flow flowing around. So. All right, your thoughts on that and pl Next we play brainwave. You want in 87799 on Fox. You can play our favorite game. Gets us into the weekend. We'll play Brainwave. We'll do mid end of the week. Geez. Weekend hobnob.

[Isaiah Thomas]

Yeah, you keep trying to back us up to Wednesday.

[Steve Covino]

Yeah man.

[Rich Davis]

I just love Sam's midweek major so much though. We're doing weekend hobnobbing and Brainwave all coming up next right here on Cavino and Rich.

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[Rich Davis]

You root for all game. Sevens, you're rooting against the teams that are up 3, 2. Tonight.

[Steve Covino]

Why not for the fun of it?

[Rich Davis]

Except for Danny's Lakers.

[Steve Covino]

Sorry, no. Yeah, rooting for the Lakers.

[Rich Davis]

All right, listen, it's time to play, I think a lot of people's favorite game, Brain Wave. Let's go.

[Steve Covino]

Do Cavino and Rich really share the same brain?

[Rich Davis]

Doris day rich,

[Steve Covino]

Joe DiMaggio. Is their crew not far behind?

[Rich Davis]

We're one.

[Steve Covino]

Welcome to Brain Wave. Try to make sense of the brain. It's easy. We drop fun, sports, music, and entertainment questions. And if you match with enough of these boasts ourselves, you win.

[Caller/Guest]

I love that.

[Steve Covino]

On the count of three, reveal Brain Wave.

[Dan Beyer]

One, two, three.

[Rich Davis]

Yeah, you guys are on the same wavelength right now.

[Isaiah Thomas]

All right. Happy Friday.

[Steve Covino]

Yeah, buddy.

[Isaiah Thomas]

The questions in this game are all subjective. You just need to try and match the brain of CNR in the crew. Gonna get our contestant from the studio lines right now. Then I'll explain the rules. Rules. Isaiah in Boise was the first through.

[Steve Covino]

Hey, Isaiah. What's going on?

[Caller/Guest]

Yo, what's up? Long time listener. Love you guys.

[Isaiah Thomas]

Thank you, brother. What do you do for living there in Idaho?

[Caller/Guest]

I'm an insurance agent. And by the way, earlier, I have your back. Rich, I'm totally on on board with you. I didn't get to go to prom, and. And I've got your back on that one for sure.

[Steve Covino]

Yeah, you know, I thought about it. More people that want to go to prom probably sucked at baseball.

[Rich Davis]

Get out of here.

[Steve Covino]

I like you, Isaiah.

[Isaiah Thomas]

I'm like, all right, here we go. I have five rounds ready to go. Our contestant needs to win two of them to be the champ and walk away with a C and R prize pack. I'm going to ask a question and then give three debatable answers to choose from. The six of us in studio are going to write down our answers on these dry erase boards. Hold them up, boys. So get onto our YouTube channel right now. Then on the count of three, caller shouts out his answer. Isaiah, you got a match with four out of the six of us to win the round. Or no matter his answer, if all six of us match, he automatically gets that round. Are you ready?

[Rich Davis]

Yeah. Born ready.

[Steve Covino]

Let's go.

[Isaiah Thomas]

All right, here we go. Round one. Let's start with the relationship category.

[Steve Covino]

Love it.

[Rich Davis]

Let's go.

[Isaiah Thomas]

And by the way, Bursh is here on his last day at fsr.

[Steve Covino]

Oh, this is a bye bye Burshi moment.

[Isaiah Thomas]

His better half is here to witness this relationship category Question. Which of these is worse when trying to watch a show with your significant other? Her face is stuck in her phone. She starts comparing scenes to your personal life. Or she keeps getting up to do other things. Which is worse? Oh, face in her phone starts comparing scenes to your personal life, or she keeps getting up to do other things.

[Steve Covino]

And the question is, when you're watching a show with your significant other.

[Caller/Guest]

Right.

[Steve Covino]

When you're watching a show. Okay, got it all.

[Isaiah Thomas]

Writing our answers down. And let me know when you're locked in.

[Steve Covino]

Locked in.

[Rich Davis]

Locked in.

[Ryan Berschinger]

Yes, locked.

[Isaiah Thomas]

All right, and we need Isaiah's answer on the count of three. One, two, three.

[Rich Davis]

Ducking.

[Caller/Guest]

Face stuck in the phone.

[Isaiah Thomas]

Face in the phone. All right, we start with Steve Covino.

[Steve Covino]

I mean, I think everybody's face is stuck in the phone nowadays. So I'm saying getting up, because that's even more rude. No, like, if you're getting up doing things, that. To me, that's more rude. So I said, getting up.

[Rich Davis]

This guy's a clown. Isaiah, I'm with you. When you're watching a show and you're trying to follow a plot line, even if it's a reality show and you

[Steve Covino]

look over to me, you're putting your phone down. The guy that had 14 hours on his phone last week, Dude, I put

[Rich Davis]

my phone down, and I'll turn to my wife. Can you believe? Enough. And if she's looking at her phone, I feel disrespected. Phone.

[Isaiah Thomas]

All right.

[Steve Covino]

That's just the way of the world.

[Rich Davis]

You know, they're actually.

[Steve Covino]

Actually making shows that are. That you could watch along with your phone.

[Isaiah Thomas]

All right, we go to Dan Byer.

[Dan Beyer]

Face and phone.

[Rich Davis]

There you go.

[Isaiah Thomas]

All right, two points. There we go to bur.

[Ryan Berschinger]

Yeah. So this was. This was hard to answer with my wife standing right in front of me. So I. I think probably what would be the worst out of these three is, like, when the villain in a show does something and she turns to me and she's like, oh, this is like the time when you did this, right? Huh? Isn't that terrible? So I said, sort of like when

[Rich Davis]

she watches Bridgerton and she's like, you are not.

[Isaiah Thomas]

I was close to agreeing with Burch because I don't like those comparisons either, because it takes you out of the fantasy of the show too. But I also said face and phone, because I do cove. I do put my phone away when we're trying to watch an episode of, you know, your friends and neighbors. And I look over, and she missed something because she's looking at, you know, online shopping.

[Rich Davis]

What I'm saying is I sometimes look at my wife. Kavino makes fun of me because I say I look at my wife, but for a reaction like, oh, my God, babe. And if. And if she's not feeling what I'm feeling, because she's scrolling.

[Isaiah Thomas]

All right, well, it all comes down to Iowa Samuel right now.

[Rich Davis]

I thought it did.

[Steve Covino]

I think, though, when you're actually missing part of what you're watching, that's the worst. So I said, keep leaving. Yeah, I'm with Sam. Me and Sam. Brainwave.

[Isaiah Thomas]

So Isaiah does. Doesn't get that round. Sorry. Got a few more here. A few more tries for you, Iowa.

[Dan Beyer]

Sam's girlfriend goes out to the shed in the backyard.

[Ryan Berschinger]

Yes, exactly. Where all the bodies are.

[Isaiah Thomas]

Yeah. All right, round two. Let's go to the lifestyle category. This is fitting because of what's happening on our show next week. Okay, which is the better vacation destination? Rome, Maui, or Tokyo? These are all listed as a top three favorite destinations. Rome, Maui, or Tokyo. Let me know when you're locked in.

[Steve Covino]

Locked in, locked, locked and loaded.

[Isaiah Thomas]

All right, Isaiah. One, two, three, go Maui. He says Maui, we go in reverse order. We start with Iowa.

[Steve Covino]

Sam, been to Maui.

[Rich Davis]

Beautiful spot.

[Steve Covino]

But I said a Rome. The food, man come on the sites, man.

[Isaiah Thomas]

Nothing beats Maui. So he gets a point from me.

[Rich Davis]

There you go.

[Isaiah Thomas]

All right. What say you, Bursh?

[Caller/Guest]

Love you, Danny.

[Ryan Berschinger]

Yeah, I figured you would say Maui. I, I, I think that's a strong answer. I was in Tokyo a couple weeks ago, and I loved it.

[Steve Covino]

Yes.

[Isaiah Thomas]

It was your honeymoon, right? Yes.

[Ryan Berschinger]

Yeah, it was, DB Fantastic.

[Dan Beyer]

Give me Rome.

[Isaiah Thomas]

Nice. All right, Jim, Roll

[Dan Beyer]

Rome.

[Isaiah Thomas]

All right, mathematically, he's out, Right? But what'd you say, Rich?

[Steve Covino]

I mean, Maui.

[Rich Davis]

I'm with you, bro.

[Steve Covino]

That's because that's where Rich does his favorite sex move.

[Rich Davis]

You know what I call it? It's when the kids are sleeping. I call it the Maui plowie. You don't have to beat that salmon.

[Steve Covino]

I'm like, I'm letting it go.

[Isaiah Thomas]

Oh, what'd you say, Kovino?

[Steve Covino]

Tokyo's great. I've been there. I'm actually going to this week. And then I'm going to Korea after that.

[Superhuman Podcast Announcer]

Wow.

[Steve Covino]

Now he's great. I've never been to Rome. It's got to be Rome. It just sounds like more historical, and, I don't know, it's ancient by the Way.

[Rich Davis]

When in Rome. You're not going to North Korea, are you?

[Steve Covino]

No, actually, yeah. I'm getting a Kim Jong Un haircut.

[Isaiah Thomas]

By the way, please support our show next week when Dan Beyer and Monsieur.

[Rich Davis]

DB And Monsieur. I love it.

[Isaiah Thomas]

All right, so we go to round three. Need to get on the board here. Isaiah, go to the sports category. All right, listen to these choices, and I'll repeat them, but listen closely. What's worse? Being the pitcher who gives up a clutch homer and. And then the hitter bat flips? Being the defender in the paint who gets dunked on and posterized, or being the linebacker who gets trucked and pushed backwards into the end zone by a running back. Sorry, db.

[Steve Covino]

One more time. One more time.

[Rich Davis]

Yeah.

[Isaiah Thomas]

So the pitcher who gives up a clutch homer and the hitter bat flips off on you. Being the defender in the paint who gets dunked on and posterized. Or being a linebacker who gets trucked and pushed backwards into the end zone by a running back. Which is worse?

[Steve Covino]

Locked in.

[Isaiah Thomas]

All right, all writing our answers down.

[Steve Covino]

Locky doodle dandy.

[Isaiah Thomas]

Let me know when you're locked.

[Steve Covino]

Unlocked.

[Isaiah Thomas]

Isaiah, on the count of three. One, two, three.

[Caller/Guest]

Dunked on. Posterized.

[Isaiah Thomas]

He says posterized. We start with Steve Covino.

[Steve Covino]

It's gotta be dunked on. Posterized. That's a lasting image. You're posterized. You're embarrassed. It's like you just got dunked on. Boom.

[Rich Davis]

All right, Rich, you know, now that you're saying it, they make posters of dunks. Like, I remember my friends would have the John Starks dunking over Jordan poster, but I feel like you could just be Ben footing, and it's not as embarrassing. I feel like if you're a pitcher on the mound and you give up a key home run, to me, that's like, oh, there's no more empty feeling. If you were pitched in any level. If you give a home home run up, you. You feel like a piece of garbage.

[Isaiah Thomas]

All right, we go to Dan Byer.

[Dan Beyer]

Lucky to say I've had all three of these happen to me in my. My high school career. Posterized is the worst.

[Isaiah Thomas]

Another point, and we go to Bersche.

[Ryan Berschinger]

I said dunked on.

[Steve Covino]

No, wait, that's one. We need one more.

[Isaiah Thomas]

I also said posterize. Pull it against the ground.

[Steve Covino]

Poor few, buddy.

[Caller/Guest]

Go.

[Isaiah Thomas]

Just for fun. Sam, what did you say?

[Steve Covino]

I also said the defender in the paint getting dunked on.

[Isaiah Thomas]

All right, halfway to cnr. Halfway to C and R. Prize pack for Isaiah and Boise. We go to round four, the music category, which of these instruments is the most impressive to shred on in front of a live audience.

[Caller/Guest]

Audience.

[Isaiah Thomas]

The drums, the saxophone, or the piano.

[Steve Covino]

No Easy breeze.

[Isaiah Thomas]

You think so?

[Steve Covino]

Yeah.

[Isaiah Thomas]

There's a lot of arguing online about this music category. Which of these instruments is the most impressive to shred on in front of a live audience? The drums, the saxophone, or the piano?

[Steve Covino]

Locked.

[Caller/Guest]

Wait, there's.

[Steve Covino]

There's an instrument missing where that term

[Dan Beyer]

shred actually comes from.

[Rich Davis]

That's because that would be too obvious.

[Isaiah Thomas]

Right? That would be a run our way.

[Steve Covino]

Okay. All right.

[Rich Davis]

Thank you.

[Isaiah Thomas]

So we're all writing our answers down.

[Steve Covino]

All right.

[Caller/Guest]

I'm locked.

[Steve Covino]

Yeah.

[Isaiah Thomas]

All right. And Isaiah, we need your answer on the count of three. One, two, three.

[Caller/Guest]

Drums. Gotta be the drums.

[Isaiah Thomas]

He says drums. All right, we go in reverse order. We start with IO Samuel, I think

[Steve Covino]

this is a personal favorite. I said the saxophone. Bill Clinton.

[Rich Davis]

I love. I love you, Kenny G. I love

[Ryan Berschinger]

a good sax solo, man.

[Steve Covino]

It gets me going.

[Dan Beyer]

Was that Baker Street?

[Rich Davis]

Yes, it was. Can you isolate that? By the way, a good sax solo gets me going.

[Isaiah Thomas]

But the question was the most impressive. Yeah, I feel like there's a lot of impressive drummers, but when someone really gets going crazy on the piano. We were just talking about still dream. I said piano. All right. We go to bersch.

[Ryan Berschinger]

I think when you go to a show where there's a drum solo baked into the show where the rest of the band leaves and there's. I've never been to a single show where that's happened, and it's not been impressive. So I said drums.

[Steve Covino]

I said drums.

[Dan Beyer]

All right, DB I've never been to a show where I didn't leave when the drum solo started.

[Stugots]

So I said, sax.

[Rich Davis]

Wow.

[Steve Covino]

You're too saxy.

[Rich Davis]

Well, I feel like you could fake a drum solo. You could give me a pair of drumsticks, and I could be like. And I played the saxophone in high school. Not impressive. Billy Joel. He's a piano man. Alicia Keys plays a piano. There's nothing more impressive than someone on a piano. You guys are buffoons.

[Steve Covino]

Crocodile Rock.

[Rich Davis]

A guitar solo is number one. Followed by piano.

[Steve Covino]

It's drums. Easy. It's the easiest answers. Drums. There's nothing more impressive. Dan, I can't believe you get up in the middle of the drum solo. Sometimes they have dueling drum players.

[Rich Davis]

It's a doing piano bar. You clown.

[Steve Covino]

Who you are? Crocodile Rock. Boy, nobody here's on the same brainwave.

[Isaiah Thomas]

Yeah, Isaiah, I'm sorry. There's only one category left. You need two to Win. So that ends your run here. Gives us a couple of minutes to say goodbye to Birch. Doesn't he have.

[Dan Beyer]

Didn't he win one?

[Caller/Guest]

Thank you, guys.

[Dan Beyer]

This was the last one.

[Steve Covino]

Oh, no, no.

[Isaiah Thomas]

They're right. I'm so sorry. Yeah, you're right.

[Dan Beyer]

Right, D.B.

[Isaiah Thomas]

all right, so here we go.

[Steve Covino]

This is your last chance.

[Dan Beyer]

Looks like somebody started vacation early.

[Steve Covino]

Yeah.

[Rich Davis]

Thank you.

[Isaiah Thomas]

No, thank you for keeping score. All right, here we go. Last chance. We go back to the sports category. Which of these cities would you rather live and play pro Sports in?

[Caller/Guest]

Good.

[Isaiah Thomas]

St. Louis, Buffalo or Salt Lake City?

[Steve Covino]

Oh, boy.

[Isaiah Thomas]

Which of these cities or three great

[Rich Davis]

cities, we have affiliates there.

[Isaiah Thomas]

Would you rather live play Pro sports in St. Louis, Buffalo, or Salt Lake?

[Steve Covino]

All right. Locked. All right.

[Isaiah Thomas]

We're all writing our answers down. Everybody locked?

[Rich Davis]

Yep.

[Isaiah Thomas]

All right, Isaiah, on the count of three. One, two, three.

[Caller/Guest]

Salt Lake.

[Isaiah Thomas]

He says Salt Lake. Steve Covino, we start with you.

[Steve Covino]

Dang. I said St. Louis. Big sports town. I don't want to be in Buffalo.

[Isaiah Thomas]

Little bit abandoned lately, though.

[Rich Davis]

Lately? Buffalo's too cold. Salt Lake? Nah, I mean, beautiful. I went St. Louis, too.

[Isaiah Thomas]

Dan Beyer.

[Dan Beyer]

Have you guys been to St. Louis?

[Rich Davis]

Yeah, I almost got killed under the arch.

[Dan Beyer]

That place is awful. Give me Buffalo.

[Rich Davis]

You were there, like, a year ago. You loved it. You and Chase were there.

[Isaiah Thomas]

And Birch.

[Ryan Berschinger]

Love Bill's Mafia. The food in Buffalo is fantastic. Went Buffalo?

[Steve Covino]

Oh, we're all over the place.

[Isaiah Thomas]

Well, I gave you a point, Isaiah. I said Salt Lake. You ever been to Canyon Lands in Utah? Beautiful. What you say for fun? Iowa, Sam?

[Steve Covino]

I said Buffalo, man. Passion of the fan on a different wavel Brain wave, I should say.

[Isaiah Thomas]

Isaiah, thank you for listening every day in Idaho and playing the game. Appreciate you.

[Caller/Guest]

Appreciate you guys.

[Rich Davis]

Thank you, man.

[Steve Covino]

Have a great, great weekend. And like Danny G Said, this is a farewell and a goodbye to our good pal Bershi boy, Ryan. Bershie. Ryan. A tremendous run here at Fox Sports Radio. He was walking, owning these hallways long before we got here. Yeah.

[Rich Davis]

And J Stu, I know you. You wanted to say your own farewell. J Stu, let's talk about it.

[Steve Covino]

Welcome J Stu, to the show.

[J Stu]

First of all, thanks for having me on your show. I love being on this program. I will be on the program all next week with Dan Byer and Monsie Bong.

[Steve Covino]

All right. Fantastic, J Stu.

[J Stu]

But it's not about me. I'm going to make this about me. I'm going to make it about Ryan Berschinger. I'm going to speak for the network here. For a second and say that nobody is nicer and nobody laughs at your jokes harder than Ryan Berschinger.

[Rich Davis]

Yep.

[J Stu]

So intrapersonally, he's just a great guy to have around, and he's going to be missed. Professionally speaking. The very first person that I met when I walked in the building at Fox Sports Radio five years ago with Ryan Berschinger, he was assigned with teaching me the ropes, showing me the place. It. It really. It kind of. It dawned on me, like, six months later that Ryan Berschinger could do my job, and he was told to train this new guy to do a job that he was qualified to do. Yeah, he was completely gracious and unselfish. He could have resented me. He could have sabotaged me, but he was so generous. And that lived out for the next five years. He's a professional. He's proactive. He takes the initiative in this creative space that we all exist in. You want somebody to bring you ideas. You want somebody to ask you if they could help. Ryan Berschinger does that. Anybody could just show up and do what they're supposed to do. Ryan Berschinger went above and beyond that, and he became the one word that all of us try to become when we leave a shop. And that's irreplaceable. If that's a word, you have to be replaced.

[Steve Covino]

Thank you. Hey, you're right, Jay, Stu, thank you, man. You're going to be missed, Ryan, for sure. But I don't want to take any time away from DB because you guys had a long run, too, right? I mean, over 10 years together working.

[Dan Beyer]

Yeah, we did. Yeah. So I've loved working with Ryan throughout those years, even when he started as an intern. So I know he's off to bigger and better things, but he is someone that I trusted wholeheartedly when we were ever doing shows or working together. So he will be sorely. He's made a lot of friends here. We saw. With everything that I told him, I said, I'm going to miss him more as a worker than an actual friend, because that's how good of an employee he was.

[Steve Covino]

Yeah, I'm going to miss him laughing at all my bad jokes. You were right about that, Jason.

[Rich Davis]

I thought the same thing. I'm like, what a guy to laugh at my bad jokes.

[Dan Beyer]

I also thought Covino was throwing to me because I do have an update to do.

[Rich Davis]

What do you got, tb?

[Dan Beyer]

Let's do it.

[Rich Davis]

Yes.

[Dan Beyer]

I just have to tell you because Brandon Ingram is out, so the Raptors will be without Brandon Ingram.

[Rich Davis]

4.

[Dan Beyer]

Game 6 tipping off at 7:30 Eastern Time was downgraded throughout the day, will not play tonight. Pistons and Magic coming up at the top of the hour. Lakers and rockets at 9:30 Eastern Time. Kevin Durant out for that game. Cubs beat the Diamondbacks today 6 to 5. Wayne county prosecutors won't pursue charges against DK Metcalf of the Steelers following an interaction with a fan at alliance game in Detroit in December. Cowboys sign one of their first round picks, safety Caleb Downs from Ohio State. Chase Claypool worked out with the packers and the Athletics as Russell Wilson in deep talks with CBS about starting a career in broadcasting. Cam Young leads the Cadillac championship at 13 under after two rounds.

[Rich Davis]

Guys, back to you DB have a great weekend. We come back, we go over weekend Hobnobbin and say farewell to Burch.

[Caller/Guest]

Yeah.

[Rich Davis]

Thank you, J. Stu.

[Steve Covino]

Thank you Jay.

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[Ryan Berschinger]

Well, it's incredibly kind of you guys to give me any of your airtime. That's, that's, that's so nice.

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[Ryan Berschinger]

It's not lost on me that it's incredibly rare to get to do something that you genuinely enjoy for a living. And it's even more rare to be able to do that with people that you love doing it with. I am going to miss seeing all of you around because the people here are great, great people. It is a ton of fun to spend every single day with you and to not have you in my life. Every single day is gonna be tough. I'm gonna miss you guys so much. I thank you all so much for just being who you are. It's so important because this is radio, people. You have to be who you are. You have to be real. Sometimes people listen to these shows and they think people are just putting on a character. No, you can't. You can't do three at four hours a day. As someone else. Everybody here is super genuine, super real, and I love you all. So thank you all so much for giving me this opportunity. And this won't be the last you see of me because I'm doing some other stuff in this industry, and I'm very excited about it. So I'll see you all again.

[Steve Covino]

Thank you, man. Ryan Berschinger, it's been a pleasure, man. You're a great dude and you're great to work with. We wish you all the best.

[Rich Davis]

Let's go have some wings and beers

[Steve Covino]

with bur to celebrate. Bur.

[Caller/Guest]

Bur.

[Steve Covino]

Bur. Hip, hip hooray. Hip, hip, hooray.

[Isaiah Thomas]

So cnr give me the one top thing from each of you we should watch this weekend.

[Steve Covino]

You got the Benavidez Zerto fight. So there's some good ufc, but there's some good boxing. David Benavidez, the Mexican Monster. The cruiserweight championship against Gilbert Zuro Ramirez,

[Rich Davis]

the Hulk Hogan documentary. If you haven't watched it, Million Dollar Secret un Netflix is great. And there's a new trending show on Netflix. Should I Marry a Murderer? All right, so that's hot. And you gonna see devil worse, Prada2 or MJ?

[Steve Covino]

I'm actually heading to Japan, so I'll tell you all about it when I get back.

[Isaiah Thomas]

NHL playoffs and NBA playoffs this weekend. Let's go.

[Rich Davis]

Have a great weekend. Today's Friday.

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