C&R - Bosses, Bases & Bearded QBs!

Summary

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The Dan Patrick Show (Covino & Rich)

Episode: C&R – Bosses, Bases & Bearded QBs!
Date: October 17, 2025
Host(s): Covino & Rich, with Dan Byer and Danny G.

Main Theme:

This episode celebrates National Boss’s Day by diving into the best (and worst) bosses in sports, pop culture, and personal experience. The hosts blend playful banter, listener stories, and real sports talk—including discussion on MLB postseason performances (especially Shohei Ohtani and “old guy” athletes), with the conversational humor and nostalgia Covino and Rich are known for.

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Key Topics & Discussion Points

1. Bosses in Sports and Pop Culture (05:11 – 15:15)

• National Boss’s Day “Old School When 50 Hits” Segment
  • The crew reminisces about iconic sports bosses:
    • George Steinbrenner (Yankees): “He had an expectation. He was very Trump-like in the way he managed his team, in the way he commanded respect.” – Covino (06:17)
    • Dr. Jerry Buss (Lakers)
    • Al Davis (Raiders): “Al Davis. Oh, yeah.” – Covino (07:38)
    • Vince McMahon (WWE)
    • Jerry Jones (Cowboys)
  • The importance and perception of “the boss” extends to TV and movies:
    • “You don’t think of Mr. Slate or Mr. Spacely...from Hanna Barbera?” – Covino (08:08)
    • Laughs about cartoon bosses, Boss Baby, and the tough (and sometimes absurd) early workplace experiences the hosts had.

Memorable Moments/Quotes:

• On Steinbrenner’s guest spot in Seinfeld:
  • “George Steinbrenner was just not a good actor…and had to then break it to Steinbrenner like, 'I’m not gonna use your voice.'” – Rich (06:30)
• On demanding early radio bosses:
  • “I had to clear out his whole attic because he was moving. So I was his personal mover…” – Covino (09:55)

2. Personal Boss Stories (09:55 – 15:14)

• Comics and catharsis as Covino & Rich describe the sometimes ridiculous things they did for radio bosses in their formative years.
• On gifts for bosses: Is this “kiss ass” or just kind?
  • “It’s like the kid that brings the teacher a gift—like the kid that brings her an apple.” – Covino (13:35)
• Listener call-ins: Michael Scott, Mr. Burns, Jennifer Aniston in Horrible Bosses, and more.

Notable Listener Call-in (16:36 – 18:34):

• Willie in Anchorage: “First boss that comes to mind is Michael Scott.”
• Meg in Montana: Seinfeld trivia—reveals the actor who played the physical Steinbrenner.

3. Bosses in Entertainment (18:53 – 21:59)

• Conversation expands to pop culture bosses:
  • The Office's Michael Scott and how his character evolved.
  • “He really did [get better with age].” – Covino (16:43)
  • “Jennifer Aniston in Horrible Bosses—that’s a good one.” – Covino (19:13)
  • “Devil Wears Prada”, “Whiplash”, “Elf” (Peter Dinklage), “Office Space” (Bill Lumberg)
• Reflects on what makes a great (or infamous) boss, and how harsh bosses may push you in different ways.

4. How Bosses Influence Growth (19:40 – 21:59)

• Perspective on “tough love” and adversity as learning experiences.
  • “When I look back at all those bosses…Nothing could be as difficult as…the Devil Wears Prada. But I learned a lot from them.” – Covino (19:40)
  • “Being a boss is kind of like having a superpower—some people just don’t know how to handle that responsibility, and they abuse it.” – Danny G. (20:36)
• Discussion expands to head coaches/”bosses” in pro sports, and the idea that not all great assistants make great bosses.

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Baseball Talk: Shohei Ohtani & the Dodgers (34:17 – 39:18, 49:31 – 50:37)

• Shohei Ohtani’s postseason struggles get dissected:
  • “Shohei did something that no one had ever done before. He deferred his payments, what, $2 million a year, which allowed the Dodgers to get the other players to back him up…and they wouldn’t have those players if it wasn’t for that move he made.” – Covino (35:30)
  • Despite batting .147 in the postseason before this episode, minimal criticism compared to Aaron Judge’s postseason scrutiny.
• Discussion on building winning teams—star power vs. role players— and how Dodgers management used Ohtani’s team-first contract.

Notable Quotes:

• “If you win, it gets forgotten.” – Rich (37:08)
• “That’s the thing...not necessarily fair though. What was the biggest criticism for Aaron Judge? That he wasn’t coming through in the postseason. Why not at least a little bit of that narrative for Shohei Ohtani?” – Covino (37:09)

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5. MLB Postseason/Old Guys in Sports (04:09 – 04:57, scattered)

• Celebratory shoutout to “old guys” in the game: “Max Scherzer’s 41 for the record and so is Aaron Rodgers, and Flacco is 40…” – Covino (04:28)
• Live reactions to Dodgers-Brewers, mention of Scherzer’s possible last start.

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Additional Themes and Calls

• Bosses as TV/Movie Tropes: “Lumberg might be your number one TV or movie answer…that’s a cult classic.” – Rich (11:50)
• Workplace Absurdities: Danny G. shares how a radio boss stole his prize rims (15:00)
• Listener Rapid-fire (24:55 – 26:46):
  • Bosses from Dinosaurs, Lou Grant, Glengarry Glen Ross (“Alec Baldwin!” – Doug call-in), George Jetson/rumored Jim Carrey movie.

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6. NFL Thursday Night Teaser & Pick (51:17 – 52:35)

• Picks for Steelers vs. Bengals & betting advice:
  • “Steelers and the under in a teaser. There you go.” – Rich (52:14)
• Reflections on the state of veteran QBs (“battle of the old ages”).

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Notable Quotes & Moments by Timestamp

• “I would do all sorts of personal things…and personal errands for my boss. If he needed me to pick up his suits…I did that.” – Covino (09:55)
• “One boss said to me, ‘I don’t pay you to think. We already have a Howard Stern here.’” – Covino (14:49)
• “Cartoons combined. How about the big stories?” – Covino (08:56)
• “Being a boss is kind of like having a superpower in a way, because some people just don’t know how to handle that responsibility, and they abuse it.” – Danny G. (20:36)
• “If you win, this is all forgotten. If the Yankees had won a World Series while Aaron Judge batted, you know, .208…the Dodgers are winning, and there are moments where even though he’s not contributing, his pure presence is felt.” – Rich (37:34)
• “You know, he’s just not an easy target like that. He’s a really likable guy, and you know how great he is. So you really don’t want to—it doesn’t matter when he bats .147, but the stats don’t lie.” – Covino (38:56)

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• Bosses in sports and culture: 05:11 – 15:15
• Personal boss stories: 09:55 – 15:14
• Listener Boss Call-ins: 16:33 – 18:34 and 24:55 – 26:46
• Bosses in Entertainment: 18:53 – 21:59
• Shohei Ohtani & Dodgers salary cap strategy: 34:17 – 39:18, 49:31 – 50:37
• Picks for NFL Thursday game: 51:17 – 52:35

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Tone & Style

• Conversational, irreverent, and witty—true to Covino & Rich's signature style.
• First-person stories and nostalgia build a relatable foundation.
• Engaging tangents—listeners and hosts riff on pop culture in real time.
• Balance of sports analysis and life advice (workplace, coaching, growth).

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Conclusion

This episode stands out for its celebration of iconic, notorious, and outlandish bosses seen through Covino & Rich’s comedic and reflective lens, mixing in real sports analysis (especially about aging athletes and Ohtani’s contract/postseason play). Listeners get entertainment, personal anecdotes, pop culture references, and practical sports talk—all delivered with the show’s trademark energetic banter.

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Transcript

[Covino]

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[Dan Byer]

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[Covino]

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[Rich]

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[Dan Byer]

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[Covino]

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[Rich]

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[Covino]

Hey, thanks for listening to the Covino Enrich podcast. Be sure to catch us live every weekday from 5 to 7 Eastern, 2 to 4 Pacific on Fox Sports Radio.

[Rich]

Find your local station for Kavito and [e-mail] or stream us live every day on the IH radio app by searching FSR. You a big sports baby or what?

[Covino]

Well, yeah, kind of. I'm still a little salty about the Yankees, but I'm excited for all the games tonight for the good of baseball.

[Rich]

Do you want the Blue Jays to tie it up?

[Covino]

Absolutely. But I still want them to lose. Duh. Blue Jays lose, lose. Tonight you got the battle of. Not the battle of the ages, battle of the old ages. Steelers, Bengals. You got Brewers, Dodgers, Blue Jays, Mariners. So you have an action packed Thursday night. Plus you got over promised. That's our bonus show that starts in an hour on YouTube. Covino Enrich FSR we'd be rocking out.

[Rich]

And one more fun old guy to tonight's docket of great sports, Max Scherzer. We mentioned it before probably, I hate to say it, but maybe the last big start of his illustrious career. Unless he keeps playing or they move on. This is a big one for Mad Max. So if you're a Max Scherzer fan.

[Covino]

Max Scherzer's 41 for the record and so is Aaron Rodgers and Flacco is 40 if you're keeping score at home. So props to all the old guys. And we say old, respectfully old guys on the field, young guys in life where Cavino and Rich, the youngest in the game, believe it or not. And perspectives, everything. Yeah, Danny G. Is here. We got the old guy Dan Byer hanging out with us. And of course the very old guy. And we got Iowa Sand.

[Rich]

Dan Byer invented fantasy football. People don't realize that he was, you know what up db him and Matt Barry were in a back, back room one day.

[Dan Byer]

You know, I just know that Kavino's older than me. That's all that I know. That's all that I know.

[Rich]

That's all that matters.

[Covino]

That is true. All right, so thank you guys very much for hanging out with us. Now, before we talk, Shohei Ohtani and more mlb Shohei Ohtani. Every Thursday, we throw it back and we do something called old school, when 50 hits. And super producer Danny G. Reminded us, sent us a cool meme that today is national Boss's Day. So that could be in sports managers. People that come to mind for you could be in life, could be your.

[Rich]

Story, real life, fiction, it doesn't matter.

[Covino]

It could be ones that just stand out. When you think of Boss, you think of who?

[Rich]

Boss? Hug?

[Covino]

Yeah.

[Rich]

Boss Tweed?

[Covino]

No, I think of Bruce Springsteen. The Boss.

[Rich]

Can I tell you, it's. It's funny. You haven't even mentioned it on or off the air yet. In the world of sports, rest in peace, the Boss. George Steinbrenner, the most demanding eye rollie. You know, I feel like there was a time in our childhood where depending on the conversation he had, he would hire and fire Billy Martin and Lou Piniella back and forth.

[Covino]

Yeah, you know what? That might be the number one answer on the board when it comes to sports bosses. Right. Show up with his turtleneck.

[Rich]

Well, Dr. Jerry Buss is a. Is a. Is a close one up there. Doctor. The late Dr. Buss as well.

[Covino]

But Steinbrenner was. Yeah, he'd fire you. You had to do it his way. He had an expectation. He was very Trump, like, in the way he managed his team, in the way he commanded respect.

[Rich]

And I always found it funny that Larry David flew out. I heard this on, I believe, Rich Eisen. He flew Steinbrenner out to film the scenes for Seinfeld because, remember, George Steinbrenner was on Seinfeld. Remember, George Steinbrenner was just not a good actor. And he had to then break it to Steinbrenner like, I'm not gonna use your. You're on the show, but I'm not gonna use your voice. And he was a big voice.

[Covino]

So the. The back of Steinbrenner's head was actually Steinbrenner. No, it was Larry David. I know it was the voice of Larry David, but he always showed him from behind.

[Rich]

He had come in to do some voice and voice work and stuff for the Steinbrenner role. And Larry's like, yeah, just. He's great at a lot of things. Acting wasn't one of them, which is Wild Costanza.

[Covino]

Give me one of them Calzones. National Bosses Day. Got a few stories and a few people that come to mind for me.

[Rich]

Danny G. Anyone else in that conversation with Dr. Buss and George Steinbrenner, is there a trifecta? Is there a third, like, really polarizing, winning.

[Danny G.]

Al Davis.

[Covino]

Oh, there you go.

[Rich]

Of course. I got to go to you for that one.

[Covino]

Al Davis. Oh, yeah.

[Danny G.]

They're even making that movie right now with Madden and Davis.

[Covino]

I mean, it's not professional sports, but it kind of is. Vince McMahon's in? No, I would say he has to be in the conversation.

[Rich]

Vince.

[Danny G.]

I. I was on the phone. Did you guys say Jerry Jones?

[Rich]

Oh, Jerry.

[Covino]

A lot of raccoon.

[Rich]

By the way, we just named, I think, the list of Jerry Jones, al Davis, Vince McMahon, George Steinbrenner and Dr. Buss. That's your top five in sports entertainment, right?

[Covino]

I mean, I have to. Right. In the world of cartoons, honestly. Because this comes to mind. When you think of bosses. You don't think of Mr. Slate or Mr. Spacely, of Space Lee Sprockets. Like, you don't think of those guys from Hanna Barbera.

[Rich]

Jetson.

[Covino]

Fire. I think of those guys, yeah.

[Danny G.]

Oh, of course.

[Covino]

I think of the Hanna Barbera bosses. You think of how pumped Fred was to get out of work. You think of George Jetson, how. You know, how his boss is yelling at him all the time.

[Rich]

Hey, Sam, do your best. Mr. Spacely, it's the. You're fired. With a little.

[Covino]

I'm not. I really don't know this character very well. I've never. I don't never done a Mr. Space. Let me listen to this one real quick. You fire.

[Rich]

All right, here we go. I'll give you my right.

[Covino]

Fire. So, you know, cartoons combined. How about the big stories?

[Danny G.]

Big head, really quick, Kov. Because KO has been watching this. He's watched it three times probably the past two weeks. Boss Baby.

[Covino]

Oh, great movie.

[Rich]

Kids love that. Boss Baby's fantastic.

[Covino]

That is a good one. So I've worked for some demanding people, very demanding people in my career, and a few stories come to mind. One of my first radio bosses, like you said, Rich, you had to do certain things to get that airtime.

[Rich]

I told you, my old radio boss said, you want airtime? You're my cover story for When I Cheat on My Wife. I'm like. As a young man, I'm like, what?

[Covino]

The thing is, we've all done Stuff like that. Right. Today's generation, you can't. Because they'll, like, try to sue you or something.

[Rich]

He would say things like, you could fill in afternoon drive. But Tuesday night, you and I were at the movies and having a drink. I'm like, sure. I felt bad.

[Danny G.]

That was before HR departments.

[Covino]

Yeah. For all that. Right.

[Danny G.]

There were no training videos, Nothing like that.

[Covino]

I would do all sorts of personal things. And personal errands for my boss. If he needed me to pick up his suits, I would do that. When you needed to go buy presents for, you know, his kids, I would do that. I remember one time I had to clear out his whole attic because he was moving. So I was his personal mover. Like, we did all sorts of stuff like that just to get ahead in life and to get that opportunity. But there was one time I was working in radio promotions. Is a true story. And it's a legendary story. If you followed us for years. It was at Metallica Tattoo the Earth. Or. Yeah, I think it was a Metallica Tattoo to Earth Festival. Or like an Oz Fest sort of show.

[Rich]

Yeah.

[Covino]

And it was a very metal show. And these metal fans didn't like commercial rock radio. They liked all underground college radio. Right. And one dude stepped on our promotional vehicle. Got up on it and got everyone cheering. They were shaking the van back and forth. And I'm there like, I'm the station representative. And the guy did. The guy. How do I say this?

[Rich]

Number two.

[Covino]

There was a number two on our vehicle. And I'm like, oh, my goodness. And the boss made me clean it up. Made me clean it up.

[Danny G.]

Come on.

[Covino]

Yeah.

[Rich]

Poop again.

[Covino]

Yeah, exactly. So, like, not only was I offended, but then I had to do that. Humiliated in front of everybody. So I'll never forget it.

[Danny G.]

Geez. If he was around nowadays, he'd tell you, I'm gonna call ice on you, yo.

[Covino]

Yeah.

[Rich]

So can I tell you, you really, Karen. You paid your dues, huh?

[Covino]

Paid my dues. We all did, though. It was a different time. And I know the stories get even worse the further you go back, but bosses in TV and life. I think of Mr. Angeleno, I believe was his name from Jack's Bistro. Remember he used to work for Mr. Angelino.

[Rich]

Felipe. He was tough on Jack.

[Dan Byer]

Yeah.

[Covino]

He'd come in and start yelling at Jack all the time.

[Rich]

But we mentioned it earlier.

[Covino]

Three's Company.

[Rich]

Lumberg might be your number one TV or movie answer.

[Covino]

We have sort of a problem here. Yeah. You apparently didn't put one of the new cover Sheets on your TPS reports. It's funny because that's a cult classic. Yet probably the number one answer when it comes to bosses in TV and entertainment.

[Rich]

I don't know if I'm just saying this answer because of my sports fandom, but is it general knowledge that before Steve Cohen bought the Mets, the Wilpons were the worst owners? Like worst bosses. Like is that a sentiment that non New Yorkers know?

[Danny G.]

Yeah, I think so.

[Rich]

With the money they got caught up in the schemes and the Bernie Madoff and didn't want to spend money. Snyder of the Redskins, now commander's terrible boss.

[Covino]

By the way, Bill Lumberg from the movie Office Space is played by Gary Cole. And side note, I've seen him at the CBS right across the street from over here like recently. Really?

[Dan Byer]

Yeah.

[Covino]

If you could just go ahead and make sure you do that from now on, that would be great. I'm like, there he is. Lumber. I'm in line with lumber.

[Danny G.]

Rich, how about the horrible owner the Dodgers had here in Southern California, Frank McCourt. Remember that? And I think he's still owns a piece of the parking lot. And he went through a bad divorce and that was messy before Magic Johnson and that big group took over.

[Rich]

Did you guys watch the whole Clippers documentary about Donald Sterling?

[Danny G.]

Yeah.

[Covino]

Hey, let me ask you a question. Since his boss's day, is it a total kiss ass move to buy your boss a gift for let's say the holidays or something? Do people still do that? Is that just a kind gesture?

[Danny G.]

Holidays, Cool. Yeah, I saw a Hallmark pop up for today though to get them a boss's national Boss day gift.

[Covino]

Is that kiss ass?

[Danny G.]

I would say that that's a little over the top.

[Covino]

But aren't you like the kid that brings the teacher a gift like the kid that brings her an apple?

[Danny G.]

No, but the same way I know your guys favorite team. So I give you gifts based on your teams. I've done that with our boss before. I've given him like Minnesota gear.

[Covino]

I haven't done that in years. Maybe we should.

[Rich]

Rich, I said the boss. Something I said from Rich and then in parentheses, not Covino. So when contract time comes up, you.

[Danny G.]

Know, Christmas is cool, but if you're doing more than that, you're probably just trying to do too much.

[Covino]

Here's why this is another true story. Danny G. Had a boss. Rich knows him. This is before you and I worked together though. But we ended up working for this guy again, Rich and I and I bought him one of those like, like Pen Holders from things engraved or they got sharper image. But I had it engraved. And it was like, you know, boss man, you know, just could his cool pen in it because he's my boss. I thought it was a cool, thoughtful thing to do. And like, my. The reaction I got wasn't like what I expected. So I was like, yeah, never doing that again.

[Rich]

What did you want to say?

[Covino]

Yeah, I just wanted to be like, oh, you know, that was a great kind gesture. Give me a hug or something.

[Danny G.]

Okay.

[Covino]

The best thing a boss ever deflated feeling like, yeah, maybe I shouldn't have done that.

[Danny G.]

Then.

[Rich]

One time when you were on your come up, I remember you saying a boss once said to you, like, I don't pay you to think.

[Covino]

Yeah, he did. One boss said to me, I don't pay you to think. We already have a Howard Stern here.

[Rich]

Just hang up those banners.

[Covino]

Read the liners, buddy. Read the liners.

[Danny G.]

Yo, I had a radio boss steal from me one time.

[Covino]

What? Yeah.

[Danny G.]

Now I know they have an affiliate in their city too, so I have to be careful. And I've programmed several stations so it could be any of those cities. But so we. You guys know, in our business, there's this thing called trade, where there's certain companies that the radio station wants to do business with, but instead of money, they trade services. So all of us full timers, we got an email saying, hey, this awesome auto parts west coast shop, they're gonna hook all the full time talent up with rims for their cars. Make an appointment, go and pick your rims. I'm so excited. I take my car, I'm like, I pick the rims, make an appointment for when I was gonna go get them on. Then I got a follow up email from the boss saying, hey, guys, I'm so sorry, we're not gonna finish this trade with this company. And I'm like, dang it, I missed out on my rims. I'm not kidding you. Two weeks later, he rolls up, his car has my rims that I picked up on his car.

[Rich]

Well, it says it, Danny G. It says here you already. You picked up your rims already.

[Danny G.]

And I just, I did my. I didn't obviously didn't say anything about it, and I just tried to ignore it, but every time I saw his car, it was like, Like a stake through the heart.

[Covino]

Wasn't Dinklage the boss in what movie was that?

[Rich]

Elf.

[Covino]

Elf, right. Yeah, he was the Boston elf. That comes to mind.

[Rich]

So call me elf one more time.

[Covino]

Yeah, exactly.

[Rich]

Say elf one More time we're gonna.

[Covino]

Go to your phone calls. Now, who comes to mind? Sports, Life, Entertainment. Do you have any stories you want to share? It's national bosses day here on the Covino and Rich Show.

[Rich]

Let's say hi to Willie in Anchorage. What's up, Willie?

[Covino]

Hey, Willie. Hey, how's it going, guys?

[Rich]

What's up?

[Covino]

First boss that comes to mind is Michael Scott. Everybody knows that dude.

[Rich]

I mean, no.

[Covino]

God, please, no, no, no, no. You know what's crazy, too, is how he got better with age. He really did.

[Rich]

On the morning show. He looks way handsome.

[Covino]

Do you ever see and in the.

[Rich]

Season one, season one versus the end, his hairline and everything?

[Covino]

No, no, it's great. If you watch the early episodes, he was bald over. He was slicking it back. Yeah. And then his hairline became more robust.

[Rich]

Yeah, he got. He got the Hollywood glow up.

[Covino]

He's such a good character, though. Alex, Alice Cooper is Steve Carell's dad. Look it up. Alice Cooper is Steve Carell's dad.

[Rich]

I'm gonna look it up.

[Covino]

If you put some eyeliner on Steve.

[Rich]

Carell, he'd look a lot like Alice Cooper.

[Covino]

He could be Alice Cooper for Halloween. Easily.

[Rich]

By the way, the Michael Scott clips, looking back at how politically incorrect and wrong he was for some of those, like. Like, I guess you would say, like the seminars and the racial sensitivity that some of those clips, I don't think would fly today unless it was on.

[Covino]

Like, a streaming service or when. When. When they out, all out Oscar. And he's like, I'm gonna kiss him in front of. Remember that? That's one of the funniest moments in Office's history.

[Rich]

Let's go to Meg in Montana. Hi, Meg.

[Covino]

Hi, Meg. Hey, guys.

[Danny G.]

How are ya?

[Covino]

We're good.

[Rich]

What's up, Meg?

[Covino]

Well, I just couldn't get over the George Steinbehr talk from Seinfeld. I'm a huge Seinfeld nerd, and I could not help but give you guys a little anecdote. Lee Baer is the actor that played the physical back of the head of George Steinbrenner. And he did all the yuck, yuck, yuck motions while Larry David was doing the voicing.

[Rich]

Yeah, that makes sense, Meg. You're right, because I was like, that's not Larry David.

[Covino]

But yeah, it's not George Steinbrenner's back either. Like, it doesn't look like he's a little too big, I think.

[Rich]

But I know Larry David, and I said rich eyes and her pals. And I feel Like, I heard the clip where Larry does say how I wanted to get George involved, but it didn't work out. It's like, that must have been a rough conversation, even for Larry David. But who better at the awkward than Larry David? Yeah.

[Covino]

And thank you for the real sexy, I mean, informative phone call. We appreciate that.

[Rich]

Meg, if you are in Love is Blind, I would definitely want to meet you.

[Danny G.]

Speaking. Speaking of voiceovers. And you guys have done his voice on the show before, Mr. Burns.

[Covino]

Oh, yeah. Good kid. Boss reference. All right, who else do we got? Who comes to mind? Who's that quintessential boss that comes to mind on national bosses?

[Rich]

Oh, you know, the hottest bosses. That. So inappropriate. Jennifer Aniston in Horrible Bosses.

[Covino]

That's a good one. That is a good one.

[Rich]

Remember, she's, like, trying to seduce Charlie Day, and he's just. And Bateman, and for that matter, I think everyone.

[Covino]

Right. But you know what? Not only does it make you think of those pop culture references, but it makes you think of all the people you worked for. And for what it's worth, even the ones I complain about, I learned a lot from man. I really did. And I was like, you know what? Nothing could be as. As difficult as, like, the. It felt very much. You ever see the movie Devil Wears Prada?

[Rich]

I have.

[Covino]

That's another good boss. I work for a guy, a guy that treated me just like that. And you wonder, like, are they pushing you because they're a holes, or are they pushing you to really, truly bring out the best in you? It's kind of like the movie Whiplash. I always thought that. You ever see Whiplash with J.K. simmons? Like, was he the worst guy ever, or was he really trying to bring out the best in. What's that actor's name? Oh, come on.

[Rich]

Okay.

[Covino]

Young studly guy. What's his name?

[Rich]

You know, I'm talking about J.K. simmons and Miles Teller.

[Covino]

There you go. So when I look back at all those bosses. Yeah, I did learn a lot from them. One of my bosses had a sign on his desk. It said, it can be done. And no matter what I did and I came there with a problem, he would point at that thing, and he didn't care what I had to do to get it done. Get it done. And I think those lessons stick with you and, you know, props to them all along the way. Yeah.

[Danny G.]

Being a boss is kind of like having a superpower in a way, because some people just don't know how to handle that responsibility, and they abuse it. And We've all had bosses like that. I think you guys would agree. In general, your life is so much better when you have a good boss.

[Rich]

It is true. And if you want to turn into sports, because we are Fox Sports Radio, there are some bosses that aren't capable being the main boss a la the head coach. There are people that are better defensive coordinators, hitting coaches, all, you know, OCs or bench coaches. And. And you see it, and.

[Covino]

You were just saying that you probably. Probably feels lonely at times.

[Rich]

You were using the Devil Wears Prada analogy and whiplash. There are some bosses, and I talk about this with my wife all the time. As far as teachers and coaches, kids all respond differently, but you got to figure out what works for you and your kids or employees. Some people need tough love, and some people crumble.

[Covino]

It's true.

[Rich]

I noticed it when I coach, like, there are kids that are unfocused, and if I try to be a little tough on them, they listen. But then other kids, if you're tough on them, they just curl into a ball.

[Covino]

You know, they're a boss for a reason. Right. They might have the ability and skill set to know what that employee needs to get them motivated. For all I know, this guy saw me as a pampered mama's boy, and he's like, I gotta toughen this kid up if he wants to make it.

[Rich]

Well, look who. Look who is no longer batting.140. Shohei Ohtani with a leadoff triple in the bottom of the first inning.

[Covino]

Oh, wow. Now he's batting a whopping, what, 165. Felt it cove. Was that boss the same guy that said that don't use your brain, or is it just different? Yeah, it actually was. Yeah. Okay. Yeah, see, I don't like that as advice. Don't use your brain. I mean, I kind of. I get what he's saying. Like, just follow orders. Just do what I tell you to do. Don't pay to think. Yeah, just think. Don't pay you to think. Ye was the same guy. Same guy, all right. You know, I don't know some radio. Some radio tyrants out there, but you learn your lessons, man, you move on.

[Rich]

Joe Tory, right? Look at a Joe Torrey who was so dominant as the. As the Yankee skipper, but everywhere else, he was not good.

[Covino]

Right? True.

[Rich]

And Joe Torrey was the most chill, laid back type of guy. Compare that to other managers you've seen like a. In your Yankee fandom, like a Pinella or Billy Martin or, you know, like, it's. Everyone's different.

[Covino]

It's true.

[Rich]

And respond differently. By the way, the I don't want to take damn Byers thunder, but Dodgers up one. Oh, Mookie Betts just hit a gapper. So back to back hits to start the bottom of the first, and Mookie Betts doesn't exaggerate a dance at second.

[Covino]

He's really rubbing it in.

[Rich]

He, he, he didn't, he didn't even do the hip flex. He did like a whole number. He was like.

[Covino]

No, you need to. Again, back to sports. You know, Dave Roberts, he gets a lot of criticism, but he might be steady, the right guy for those characters, you know, and he proved he was last year. And maybe this year.

[Rich]

You could argue that's why. You could argue that's why Rex Ryan hasn't got a gig since. Because maybe his style is like, no, I know these young kids are not going to respond to you.

[Covino]

When I say boss, who do you think of seriously? Because then what if I said hello, both you think of Baba Bowie and Howard Stern. Hey, speaking of Howard Stern, I worked at the same radio station as him. True story. Our main boss said to me one time that I did such a great job that I was going to get a bonus. And people who follow that show knew who I'm talking about. So I was so pumped because I was a young man on the come up, and I was like, I'm getting a.

[Rich]

A bonus.

[Covino]

So telling all my friends, I'm getting a bonus. The boss said, I'm getting a bonus.

[Danny G.]

Was it pig vomit?

[Covino]

No, no, but along the same lines.

[Danny G.]

Right after the guy who took over.

[Covino]

And I got my bonus in Princeton ski shop gift certificates. And it was like, here's Happy Holidays. I got an envelope. I was like, oh, okay. I got a. It was like three, like ten dollar gift certificates.

[Rich]

Well, if that's the case, then Clark Griswold, boss for giving him the jelly of the month club.

[Danny G.]

Yes.

[Covino]

He needed a bonus for his pool.

[Dan Byer]

And then.

[Covino]

But you know, the humiliation. Like my girlfriend at the time, my par. Like, did you get your bonus? I'm like, yeah, yeah. He's a. I got my bonus.

[Rich]

Here's some snow pants. Jason in Maryland. What's up, Jason? Let's go, Rapid fire. Let's go. What's up, Jason?

[Covino]

What's going on, fellas? I'm gonna take it back to the 90s. I used to be terrified. The younger name was BP Ridgefield. The boss from the dinosaur Muppet Giant that used to come on back in the day. Yeah, the boss Was always portrayed as a scary, angry person.

[Rich]

Our buddy Stu in Vegas. What's up Stu? We doing?

[Covino]

I'm old so I'm gonna go. Lou Grant and my wife. I used to work for a football team. And my boss told me one day he wanted to do the world's largest condom pole at halftime. And he said, find me someone to make a 50 foot condom. It can be done. It can be done.

[Rich]

Promotional idea that Lou Grant, by the way.

[Danny G.]

Mary Tyler Moore show.

[Covino]

We see what we see.

[Rich]

Judge Dan Buyer would know that.

[Covino]

Dan, do you know who am I thinking of? Who am I?

[Rich]

We're talking old tv, maybe Dan Byron.

[Dan Byer]

You're talking Lou Grant. Is that what you said? Oh, I thought you said Lou Graham. Yeah, but sorry, I have the baseball game in one of my bad.

[Covino]

I was thinking of Ted Knight.

[Rich]

Let's go to Matt and Penn. What's up, Matt?

[Covino]

Hey, guys. Well, the boss, that was. I was thinking I was just taking Lou Grant, but I guess that dates me as being an old fart. I'm just gon it with this. Jim Carrey just signed on to play George Jetson's George Jetson.

[Rich]

Is that true, by the way? Is that true or just a dumb thing I saw? Because I thought the same thing. I don't believe anything.

[Danny G.]

I saw it on a reputable website.

[Covino]

I've seen this everywhere. And I think that's a great casting. But I have a theory that a lot of if you're a white guy, a lot of your dads look like George Jetson. Like Rich's dad. If they should cast Rich's dad as George Jetson and he would be perfect, no doubt.

[Rich]

All right.

[Covino]

Oh, my boy Elroy.

[Rich]

Wrap it up. Wrap it up, Rochester. Hey, Doug.

[Covino]

Hey, guys. Glenn. Gary. Glenn Ross. Alec Baldwin.

[Rich]

Oh, my God.

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[Covino]

Great movie. Great, great pick points.

[Rich]

All right, well, hey, we're gonna take the rest of your feedback next. We'll go to Dan by for an update. We'll talk a little show. Hey, and it's all here, right here on fox sports radio. Hang tight.

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[Covino]

Hey, it's Ed Helms. And welcome back to snafu, my podcast about history's greatest screw ups. On our new season, we're bringing you a new snafu Every single episode.

[Podcast Announcer]

32 lost nuclear weapons. You're like, wait, stop. What?

[Covino]

Yeah, Ernie Shackleton sounds like a solid 70s basketball player who still wore knee pads. Yes.

[Dan Byer]

It's gonna be a whole lot of.

[Covino]

History, a whole lot of funny, and.

[Rich]

A whole lot of guests.

[Covino]

The great Paul Scheer made me feel good. I'm like, oh wow, Angela and Jenna, I am so psyched you're here.

[Podcast Announcer]

What was that like for you to soft launch into the show?

[Covino]

Sorry Jenna, I'll be asking the questions today.

[Podcast Announcer]

I forgot whose podcast we were doing.

[Covino]

Nick Kroll. I hope this story is good enough to get you to toss that sandwich. So let's, let's, let's see how it goes. Listen to season four of SNAFU with Ed Helms on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. What's up everybody? This is Snax from the Trap Nerds podcast and we're bringing you the horror every week all October long. Kicking off this month, I'll be bringing you all my greatest fear inducing horror games from Resident Evil to Solid Hill. Me and Tony bringing backfireteam on Left 4 Dead 2 and we just gonna be going over some of the greats. Also in October, we'll be talking about our favorite horror and Halloween movie and figure out why black people always gotta die first. The Umbral reliquary invites any and all fool brave enough to Peruse its many curiosities. But take heed, all sales are final. Weekly horror side quests written and narrated by yours truly with a full episode read and a comment. Very special. And we will cap it off with Horror movie Battle Royale. Jason versus Freddy, Michael Myers versus the Alien Thing with the Little Tongue Monster. October, we're doing it Halloween style. Listen to the Traverse podcast from the Black Effect Podcast Network on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcast.

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[Covino]

It's Covino and Rich on Fox Sports Radio. And if you're a hard and heavy classic rock fan, a KISS fan, I got sad news. Space Ace. Ace freely passed away at 74. Cause of death uncertain right now, but I did see earlier in the week that he had some injuries that led to like a brain bleeding or something like that. But 74 years old, rock legend Ace.

[Danny G.]

Freeley, Diane Keaton, D' Angelo and now him.

[Covino]

Yeah. So we rock out on his behalf. One of Rich's favorite songs. You know he was actually from New York. I think he was living in Morristown, New Jersey, but he was from the Bronx and is a song you hear a lot in the Queens.

[Rich]

So now this is a song they played for years. Every time the Mets would win a game.

[Covino]

Yeah.

[Rich]

And every time the Giants score a touchdown.

[Covino]

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[Rich]

Yeah.

[Danny G.]

Yeah.

[Covino]

Because tonight it's not the battle of the ages, it's the battle of the old ages. Aaron Rodgers, Joey Flacco. So we're going to talk about things you notice in your 40s who might be ass. We're going to add someone to the list and we're going to talk about Halloween costumes on over promised episode 113 again in a half hour on Covino and Rich FSR YouTube. So join us.

[Rich]

Well, he's got an RBI. Well, not an RBI. He's got a lead off triple. And he scored the run so far for the Dodgers. Shohei Ohtani. There's a, there's a sentiment that has to do with Shohei that we'll get to right after Chris's call. He wanted to wrap up our boss conversation. What's up, Washington State? Chris?

[Covino]

Oh, hey, man. I just wanted to get music, music in play and mention Suge Knight, Death Row. Oh, that's a good one. Yeah.

[Danny G.]

Talk about intimidating.

[Covino]

Yeah, intimidating boss for sure. And that's usually how they're portrayed in movies and tv and we shout out the bosses.

[Rich]

What about Tony Soprano?

[Covino]

Yeah, he was the boss. Yeah, he was the boss. He was the dog. So thank you, guys. Now, you say there's sentiment around Shohei Otani. I say there's just straight up stats that prove when it comes to postseason, he's kind of cheeks, but he gets away with it. And I know there's plenty of reasons as to why, but the stats don't lie. 200 lifetime, not counting today. He was batting 147 leading into today's postseason game. Hasn't really come through that clutch that big for your Dodgers. But I think it all goes back to one thing that we tend to forget. Shohei did something that no one had ever done before. He deferred his payments, what, 2 million a year, which allowed the Dodgers to get the other players to back him up. And they've been coming through. So when your team around you delivers and they're not relying just on Shohei and one person to come through, yeah, he gets away with it. And they wouldn't have those players if it wasn't for that move he made. Taking less money at the time.

[Rich]

Well, I heard Colin say this the other day, and I think these Dodger teams aren't winning just because they have the high payroll and big stars. Yes, pitching has shown that so far. You got Blake Snell and free agency. You had the money to sign Yamamoto, and you knew he wanted to come play with Shohei. Which, by the way, shows his worth in another way. Right. Other Japanese stars wanted to play with Chohei, but it's guys like Tommy Edmond. It's. It's guys that were on other teams that anyone could have had. Remember, we talk about how anyone in the NFL could have had Baker Mayfield if they really wanted. Anyone could have had Tommy Edmond. Anyone could have had Te. Oscar Hernandez. These are guys that went to the Snell.

[Covino]

Snell was up for grabs, went to the Dodgers. Expensive, but still.

[Rich]

But I'm saying those guys get.

[Danny G.]

Muncie is from the scrap.

[Dan Byer]

He.

[Rich]

Muncie was trash. Bar Sora. No one wanted Max Muncie. These are guys that went to the Dodgers and fit in with the stars and have become big postseason players. And much like that school project Covina, we've talked about how you might not be the person that contributes, but if you get an A, everyone gets an A, not just the person that does the best. And the Dodgers are defending world champs. Shohei may have not have had the numbers, but you know what? He's part of that squad. And if you win, it gets forgotten.

[Covino]

That's the thing.

[Rich]

And there are moments.

[Covino]

Not necessarily fair, though, because what was the biggest criticism for Aaron Judge? That he wasn't coming through in the postseason. He's a ghost in the postseason. Where's his big moment? Why not at least a little bit of that narrative for Shohei Ohtani if he's the biggest international star in the game?

[Danny G.]

We've been hearing it the past couple of weeks. Rob Parker's been screaming about it for over a week now.

[Covino]

I'm starting.

[Danny G.]

It's starting to heat up.

[Covino]

147.

[Rich]

That's pathetic.

[Danny G.]

But he's. But he's pitching. He's contributing in other ways.

[Rich]

And Cavino besides that if you win, this is all forgotten. If the Yankees had won a World Series while Aaron Judge batted, you know, 208 in the postseason, it wouldn't have been a big deal. There have been plenty of teams where the star player, you know, poops to bed in the postseason, and no one really seems to care because the team wins, the Dodgers are winning, and there are moments where even though he's not contributing, his pure presence is felt.

[Covino]

Meaning the other night say that about Aaron Judge?

[Dan Byer]

No.

[Rich]

The other night, just as much flack.

[Covino]

The other night, they weren't pitching around Aaron Judge. Other people weren't backing them up.

[Rich]

The other night, Mookie Betts got walked at the bases juiced. Why were the bases juiced? Because they did not want to pitch to Shohei Ohtani.

[Covino]

And that same stuff applied to Aaron Judge. It's just. We see two different narratives. I'm actually tipping my hat to the fact that Aaron. That Shohei was able to surround himself with greater players because of that deferred move he made as far as money, because you would not have those players. They would not be able to afford all these players if it wasn't for that move. Of taking. It was 2 million a year, right? Of taking that 2 million a year.

[Danny G.]

There are no Dodgers on the top 10 for highest paid salaries for next season. It's crazy. The list is Soto Wheeler, Guerrero Jr. Judge, Bregman, Rendone De Grom Trout, Cole Gray. Those are the top salaries for next season.

[Covino]

You can also say it's the way that Shohei carries himself, too. You know, he's just not an easy target like that. He's a really likable guy, and you know how great he is. So you really don't want to. It doesn't matter when he bats 147, but the stats don't lie.

[Danny G.]

They don't lie. But like Rich said, there's a lot of forgiveness given after you get that ring. Because Aaron Judge could literally flip off all those critics with a big ring on his finger if he had won one.

[Rich]

Yeah. And by the way, Bowers tying the game. And, you know, in fact, let's. Let's go to db, who's probably happy about this.

[Dan Byer]

Go ahead, Rich. Let's take it away.

[Covino]

Let's hear it, you know.

[Rich]

Hey, thanks, guys. Dan Byer here. What's up, db?

[Covino]

Hey, Dan.

[Dan Byer]

Jake Bowers, rbi, single scored. Caleb Durbin, who had a triple. Kike Hernandez probably shouldn't have dove for the ball in left field, got the brewers an extra base, but now they've even the score at one apiece right now.

[Rich]

It's like if you feel like you have a possible, you know, jump on the ball is one thing. He just laid out and the ball bounced five feet in front of him.

[Dan Byer]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Misjudged it for sure. Dodgers got the one nothing lead on the Mookie Betts RBI double that scored Shohei Ohtani, but the brewers answer back in the top of the second. That's where they play now at Dodger Stadium. Brewers and Dodgers tied up at 1 in the second inning. Dodgers up 20 in the best of seven series. That brewers fan caught on video saying call ice towards a Dodgers fan during Game two in Milwaukee. Well, she has been banned from American Family Field in Milwaukee by the brewers. That's according to TMZ. Blue Jays and Mariners 8:30 Eastern Time that's on FS. One game for the ALCS is the Mariners are home in Seattle up to one in the series. Max Scherzer against Luis Castillo. Yankee skipper Aaron Boone says that Anthony Volpe and Garrett Cole likely won't be ready for the start of the season. Same with Carlos Rodon. As for Aaron Judge, the outfielder will not need surgery on his injured elbow. Cowboys wide receiver CD Lamb says he'll play against the Commanders on Sunday, while Niners tenant George Kittle says he'll return from his Week 1 hamstring strain to face the Falcons on Sunday Night Football Notable players to not practice today include Rams wide receiver Puka Nagua, Commanders wide receiver Terry McLaurin and Bucs wide receiver Mecca Abuka. Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray limited in practice because of a foot injury. And in college football, Indiana has given head football coach Kurt Sandy Signetti an eight year extension worth $11.6 million. Signetti, now the third highest paid coach in college football and had this to say after his deal.

[Covino]

My wife Minette and I love Indiana University, Bloomington, the state of Indiana, the people we've met. We have very strong feelings about President Whitten and Scott Dolson. We've accomplished a lot here in a short amount of time but still have a lot of work to do.

[Dan Byer]

Third ranked team in the country right now and Signetti only paid less than Ryan Day of Ohio State and Kirby Smart at Georgia. Guys, back to you.

[Covino]

Thank you.

[Rich]

Db, db, I would love Indiana too, by the way. If I got paid that much, I would say very nice things about Indiana.

[Covino]

Rich. So db, do you think that Shohei Ohtani avoids the criticism here because they're winning? Because think of the criticism Aaron Judge was getting. Dude ended up batting.500 in the postseason and you would have thought he was the reason they lost based on the press and the coverage and criticism he got. Shohei was batting.147 heading into today's game this postseason.

[Dan Byer]

So Shohei's not criticized because the Dodgers have been good in the postseason.

[Covino]

It's just as simple as that.

[Danny G.]

Yeah.

[Covino]

So you can't. And if that's the truth, then right, get off judges huevos and realize it was the team had nothing to do with him. He didn't have the backup that Shohei has.

[Rich]

Well, shout out to Max Muncie because another great postseason play infield was in runner at third and Max Muncie made a nice little sliding catch at third, spun around and threw a strike to home to get the runner on a tag play. Obviously not a force and that is under underestimated play right there. That's great execution by the Dodgers. Keeping it one one.

[Covino]

All right, so we got more Covino and Rich Spooky season postseason go season here on Fox Sports Radio. You.

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Hey, it's Ed Helms and welcome back to snafu, my podcast about history's greatest screw ups. On our new season, we're bringing you a new snafu Every single episode.

[Podcast Announcer]

32 lost nuclear weapons.

[Covino]

You're like wait, stop.

[Rich]

What Ernie Shit.

[Covino]

Shackleton sounds like a solid 70s basketball player who still wore knee pads. Yes, it's gonna be a whole lot of history, a whole lot of funny and a whole lot of guests. The great Paul Scheer made me feel good. I'm like oh wow. Angela and Jenna. I am so psyched you're here.

[Podcast Announcer]

What was that like for you to soft launch into the show?

[Covino]

Sorry Jenna, I'll be asking the questions today.

[Podcast Announcer]

I forgot whose podcast we were doing.

[Covino]

Nick Kroll I hope this story is good enough to get you to toss that sandwich. So let's see how it goes. Listen to season four of SNAFU with Ed Helms on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. What's up everybody? This is Snax from the Trap Nerds Podcast and we're bringing you the horror every week all October long. Kicking off this month I'll be bringing you all my great greatest fear inducing horror games from Resident Evil to Solid Hill. Me and Tony bringing back fireteam on Left for Dead two and we just gonna be going over some of the greats. Also in October we'll be talking about our favorite horror and Halloween movies and figure out why black people always gotta die first. The Umbral Reliquary invites any and all fooling brave enough to peruse its many curiosities. But but take it all sales are final. Weekly horror side quests written and narrated by yours truly with a full episode read and a commentary special and we will cap it off with Horror Movie Battle Royale Jason versus Freddy, Michael Myers versus the Alien Thing with the Little Tongue Monster. October, we're doing it Halloween style. Listen to the Trap Nurse podcast from the Black Effect Podcast Network on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcast or wherever you get your podcast.

[Sad Oligarch Host]

The Rich Russians Falling out of Windows podcast is back. Sad Oligarch Season 2 Since we left you in 2023 after season one, many politically motivated Russian millionaires have continued to die in suspicious circumstances. We dig deeper into these odd deaths which include everything from mushroom poisoning, a mysterious heart attack attacks, the window clumsiness, and suicide by decapitation. One thing we have found since we started back in 2022 is the information on the suspicious deaths has become much harder to find. Not just that, it seems as if state controlled media in Russia is being utilized to purposely confuse and contradict the reporting that gets put out. As you can probably imagine, season two gets very weird. Listen to Sad Oligarch on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Covino]

I'm Dr. Scott Barry Kaufman, host of the Psychology Podcast. Here's a clip from an upcoming conversation about exploring human potential. I was going to schools to try to teach kids these skills and I get eye rolling from teachers or I get students who would be like it's easier to punch someone in the face. When you think about emotion regulation, like you're not going to choose an adaptive strateg which is more effortful to use unless you think there's a good outcome as a result of it. If it's going to be beneficial to you. Because it's easy to say like go blank yourself, right? It's easy. It's easy to just drink the extra beer. It's easy to ignore, to suppress seeing a colleague who's bothering you and just like walk the other way. Avoidance is easier. Ignoring is easier. Denial is easier. Drinking is easier. Yelling, screaming is easy. Complex problem solving, meditating, you know, takes effort.

[Rich]

Listen to the psychology podcast on the.

[Covino]

Iheartradio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. Rockin piece Ace Freely Covito Enriched Live from the Fox Sports Radio studio. Business fluctuations make running your manufacturing business complex. But staffing your business doesn't have to be Let express employment pros provide the workforce you need. Go to expresspros.com, find a location near you. That's expresspros.com again. We're Covino Enrich at covinoenrich@fox sports Radio. New episode of over promised in 10 minutes we're going to talk about the worst things that happen in your 40s because tonight is the battle of the 40 year old quarterbacks. 41 for Aaron Rodgers. A new they might be ass and we talk some Halloween on over Promised. We do it live in 10 minutes again on YouTube. Join the live chat and check us out Covino and Rich FSR and tomorrow Richard Rich's big TV game of the week. Our fun new game brainwave giving away some prizes and we get you ready for the weekend with weekend Hobnobbin right here on Covino and Rich and Rich. You still got to give us your Thursday night picks. But real quick, right quick, I got to say that we learned this last year what the Dodgers did with Shohei Ohtani worked. But we're noticing it in a different way this year when you see that he's batting.147 minus the triple he hit tonight this entire postseason and the money they were able to use by him deferring his payments is working as they distribute it elsewhere to get other players to pick them up. So the Dodgers have a solid team and what they did with Shohei Ohtani works.

[Rich]

I agree. But don't.

[Covino]

He gets no criticism.

[Rich]

I agree, but don't because there's no seller Kevin baseball. So it's not like, he's pulling the Tom Brady, where it's like, spend the money elsewhere. There's unlimited spending for the Dodgers, Yankees, Phillies.

[Covino]

You know, so much that money. So in such a better way, instead of paying him a crazy amount of money.

[Rich]

I get what you're saying. You don't want to. You want to avoid luxury taxes and all these other things, but there's no salary cap. So I don't think Shohei is being the most like, oh, my God, team guy. You get as most money as you can in baseball. I just think that the Dodgers are covering for Shohei when he doesn't deliver.

[Covino]

Covering what the players that they were able to get because of that money.

[Rich]

He's guys. I said it's guys like. That would be like Judge being covered by a guy like Volpe or Austin Wells or one of these guys actually playing well. Where Tommy Edmond.

[Covino]

And in that case, the criticism should have never been unjudged then because he batted over.500. Shohei.147. Seriously, put that in perspective. Think of the criticism judge got. He batted.500 and carried that team. Shohei gets no criticism. He's batting.147.

[Rich]

No one's criticizing Judge anymore. You're making as much sense as Joe on Love is Blind right now.

[Covino]

Sure about that?

[Rich]

You watch Love is Blind? Monsieur, I think Joe is the biggest.

[Covino]

Is he sure about that, or did he really just want to shoehorn that comment into this conversation? I. So I was half listening to you guys because I'm prepping to anchor, but he wanted to talk about Love is Blind. Yeah, but Joe. Joe says some crazy things.

[Rich]

He's the dumbest guy I've ever seen.

[Covino]

I.

[Rich]

You know, him and that girl with the. Her. Him and the woman that owns a hair salon who has the worst hair.

[Covino]

Who has. Okay, I wasn't gonna say that, but it's.

[Danny G.]

No.

[Covino]

Facts, facts, facts. He's not wrong, you guys. I just. I'm all caught up.

[Rich]

I'm glad. I'm glad we all are on the same page, that there's so many great sports. But when that's done and you're laying in bed, we're watching Love is Blocked.

[Covino]

Yeah, we could.

[Rich]

All right, fair enough.

[Covino]

Could all agree on that.

[Rich]

All right, well, hey, tonight, here's the bet you're going to make. I'm going to win you some more money. We finally lost and we jinxed ourselves. What are we, nine and one now on Thursday and Monday night, Teaser bets.

[Covino]

Yeah.

[Danny G.]

You thought about your pick too hard last week.

[Covino]

I did.

[Rich]

I did. All right, well, here's what we're going to do tonight. I think Aaron Rodgers is going to continue to show the National Football League that, like, we were all wrong and he's still got enough juice and that team is good around him and everyone else stinks. The Steelers have somehow found a way to keep that team together. They are 4 and 1 right, coming off a buy. And you got Aaron Rodgers. They're six point favorites. Tease that down to nothing. Nothing. Meaning you just need the Steelers to beat Flacco and the Bengals.

[Covino]

Nothing.

[Rich]

Not the easy breezy. Here's why.

[Covino]

I don't want to get nothing.

[Rich]

I don't want to overthink it. The over under is 44 and a half. You could say go down to 38 and a half and pick the over. I'm not going to do that, though.

[Covino]

I.

[Rich]

This could be low score. I'm going to go under 50 and a half. Under 50 and a half and Pittsburgh Steelers just win. That's your teaser. So under 50 and a half, you know, I'm thinking 24, 2410, 2417 still wins that bet. Steelers and the under in a teaser. There you go.

[Covino]

It'll be fun. Yeah, Fun to watch the old guys do their thing tonight.

[Rich]

Yeah, and I'd like to see Blue Jays tie this bad boy up tonight. And Danny, no offense to you, because my kids now love the Dodgers. It would be nice to make this a series. Do you really want to sweep and sit around for a week? Come on. Is that any fun? Is that any fun?

[Covino]

Danny would enjoy your games tonight.

[Danny G.]

Guys, stop giving me extra anxiety.

[Covino]

I know.

[Rich]

Uh, we'll see you guys later. Arriba. Dare she, baby.

[Covino]

See you in the over promised land. Let's go. Johnny Knoxville here. Check out Crimeless Hillbilly Heist, my new true crime podcast from Smartless Media, Campside media and big money players. It's the true story of the almost perfect crime and the nimrods who almost pulled it off. It was kind of like the perfect storm in a sewer. That was dumb. Do not follow my example. Listen to Crimeless Hillbilly Heist on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. What's up, everybody? It's snacks from the trapped nerds. All October long, we're bringing you the horror. Boogity, boogity, boogity. We kicking off this month with some of my best horror games to keep you terrified. Then we'll be talking about our favorite horror and Halloween movies and figuring out why Black people always die first. And it's the return of Tony's horror show Z Quest, written and narrated by yours truly. We'll also be doing a full episode reading with commentary, and we'll cap it off with a horror movie battle Royale. Open your free iHeartRadio app and search Trapped Nurse Podcast and listen now.

[Podcast Announcer]

From tips for healthy living to the latest medical breakthroughs, WebMD's Health Discovered podcast keeps you up to date on today's most important health issues. Through in depth conversations with experts from across the healthcare community, WebMD reveals how today's health news will impact your life tomorrow.

[Covino]

Grow it's not that people don't know that exercise is healthy, it's just that people don't know why it's healthy. And we're struggling to try to help people help themselves and each other.

[Podcast Announcer]

Listen to WebMD Health discovered on the iHeartRadio app or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Covino]

The Internet is something we make, not just something that happens to us.

[Rich]

I'm Bridget Todd, host of the Tech and Culture podcast There Are no Girls on the Internet. In our new season, I'm talking to people like Anil Dash, an OG entrepreneur and writer who refuses to be cynical about the Internet. Internet.

[Covino]

I love tech. You know, I've been a nerd my whole life. But it does have to be for something like it's not just for its own sake.

[Rich]

It's an inspiring story that focuses on people as the core building blocks of the Internet. Listen to There Are no Girls on the Internet on the iHeartRadio app, Apple.

[Covino]

Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast.

[Sad Oligarch Host]

The Rich Russians Falling out of Windows podcast is back. Sad Oligarch Season 2 Since we left you in 2020 after season one, many politically motivated Russian millionaires have continued to die in suspicious circumstances. Season two gets very weird. Listen to Sad Oligarch on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Covino]

This is an iHeart podcast.