Covino (1:09)

Vito enriched FSR on YouTube again. Easter weekend. Tomorrow's Good Friday. Today is Holy Thursday. Holy moly Thursday.

Rich (1:18)

Sorry, I pulled. Pulled in door. I didn't know how many outs there were.

Covino (1:22)

Yeah, man, get your head in the game. Mental errors. We got no room for that. So we're streaming live at Covino and Rich FSR if you want to chime in, you want to chat, you want to join the fun today? Thursdays are always fun because we start the weekend again. Easter weekend. Whether you celebrate or not, we hope you enjoy it. By the way, you think anyone's going to kiss my dad's keister for Easter?

Rich (1:40)

Oh, is that a big Steve phrase?

Covino (1:42)

Oh, yeah. Yeah. He can kiss my keister for. It's actually Easter, and I'm wondering if anyone's going to kiss his keister. I'm sure. So kiss my keister for Easter. So on Thursdays, we throw it back. We reminisce old school. When 50 hits in 47 minutes, we throw it back. We get you involved. We also play show and tell like little schoolboys. And I brought something really cool in. And throughout the show, if you can guess exactly what it is that we brought in and you shout about it on the YouTube chat, Danny G. Will pick a name, give out some prizes, later on. Okay. Because we'll do the reveal at the end of the show. But aside from baseball and one Jersey guys, we're gonna talk about One Jersey guys. People that have played for one team. Sort of an outdated thing. Does it mean anything? We'll explain. We gotta talk and start off with Danny G's Raiders.

Rich (2:33)

The Raiders. Danny G. Kirk Cousins, huh?

Dan Beyer (2:39)

Yeah. It would have been a better signing if it was Kirk cousin 10 years ago, but Baha maybe not because obviously they're going to draft Fernando Mendoza. And so this is a good veteran to have in the quarterback room.

Covino (2:50)

I think maybe the best veteran to have. But my question first for you, Danny G. Is you'd like that? You like that or what?

Dan Beyer (2:57)

Yeah, I mean, we talked about this, what, a month or so ago and we said it would be a good move if Kubiak had a conversation with him and let him know, hey, Fernando's the guy, but you're going to be here to kind of mentor him.

Covino (3:10)

So you do like that.

Rich (3:11)

You like that.

Covino (3:12)

You love that. And you know what? From a financial standpoint, you got to like that. Falcons picking up 8.7 million of the contract. Raider is only 1.3 million and Cousins is guaranteed 10 million. I think next year in roster bonuses. Next year in 2027.

Rich (3:26)

Quarterbacks are like furbies and tickle me almost.

Covino (3:30)

Tamagotchis.

Rich (3:31)

Tamagotchis. Sometimes an item is so hot you can't even get your hands on one. A Yoshi bobblehead. And then the next minute they could get him for like a pack of gum. Kirk Cousins, I know Atlanta's picking up part of it, but $1.3 million, that's

Covino (3:48)

so we live a steal of a deal.

Rich (3:49)

Isn't it crazy to think that one minute someone could be 30, 40, $50 million quarterback and the next minute a team's picking up this dude for 1.3?

Covino (3:58)

Well, here's the interesting part of the story and Danny G. Chime in. This is your team. I want to know your thoughts. And FOX Sports Radio Nation want to hear from you. Dan Beyer, Iowa. Sam, everybody.

Rich (4:07)

You know, you don't want to know my mom's thoughts. She's a Raider saying she called me today.

Covino (4:10)

Absolutely. 87799 on Fox. 87799 on Fox to hit us up. These two guys are cut from the same cloth. I don't know if that's like a flannel, an L.L. bean sort of material. I don't know. But they're sort of like very similar in their, in their ways. Right. Probably super cuts kind of guys or sports clips wherever they go. Very saying.

Rich (4:34)

Fernando Mendoza shops at Kohl's as well.

Covino (4:36)

Yeah, like, I don't know. Very wholesome in their ways and their demeanor. I can't think of a better mentor Foreman those than a Cousins if he's willing to accept that role. And I think he is. But here's the tricky part, right?

Rich (4:50)

He's saying both you say in the quarterback room and Vegas is going to Sunday Easter mass together.

Covino (4:56)

Yeah. I think there's going to be a very kind quarterback room going on here because they're two very kind people.

Rich (5:03)

But a lot of darn it's in shucks that.

Covino (5:06)

Does it mean that they're not competitive though, Right.

Danny G (5:10)

So jiminy jillikers, what do you think

Covino (5:12)

is going to happen if Mendoza was solid at Pro Day? Right. 53 for 56 or something like that?

Dan Beyer (5:18)

Yeah, he looked good.

Covino (5:20)

Real invested in the receivers, knowing the routes he was calling the routes, making sure everybody knew what was going on. True leadership. I think I even heard Colin say, like very Peyton Manning, like in his leadership, like, what if he's playing great? Then what happens with Cousins? Right? Like, is there going to be that competition? Is he going to get his shot?

Rich (5:39)

Does Cousin.

Covino (5:40)

Cousins start the whole season? Like, how does this play out? What are your thoughts?

Rich (5:43)

That was, that was my mom's first question. She goes, well, did Danny. Because my mom, anytime there's Raider stuff, my mom's like, what is your. What does Danny think?

Covino (5:51)

Well, what if Mendoza kills is what I'm saying.

Rich (5:54)

Point is he's not going to play. If you're a Raiders fan and you're licking your chops at the idea of Fernando Mendoza, has this delayed your excitement by one year? Is there the sentiment that Cousins is your QB for a year and now Mendoza becomes a mentee? Or is there a part of you that's like, nah, he'll play.

Dan Beyer (6:12)

I don't think there's any chance that Mendoza does not get on the field in the first year, even if Cousins is looking good. And then the other argument and I heard your boy Jason McIntyre, who Covino plays basketball against every weekend.

Covino (6:25)

That's right.

Dan Beyer (6:25)

And call that guy they were arguing over. How does it go? Colin said I would start, of course, Cousins, and then I would let him mentor the young guy. And Jason said, nope, there's no better way to learn except being on the field. So they arguing. In which order do you go? But I think Clint Kubiak, from the signs and the comments he's made he wants a veteran first, and he wants Mendoza on the sideline to learn the speed of the game and then inflating,

Covino (6:54)

it's going to be for Mendoza to get out there and then fail and then be taken out. Like, yeah, you let him learn behind Cousins. The whole point. I would say that's the whole point.

Dan Beyer (7:03)

But to your point, what if Fernando has a great preseason and is just on fire even though it's against backups or whatnot?

Covino (7:11)

It's not a matter of him. It's just, I don't think he's in a, like, start opening day, but I think he's going to, or should I say Cousin is going to have a shorter leash if he continues to kill. So again, even though they're very friendly guys, it seems like a perfect match. There's still that competitive nature in both of these dudes. They both want to play. They both want to start. Mendoza's already playing great from what we're seeing.

Rich (7:35)

Cousin has probably. That's not in game play, though.

Covino (7:37)

I mean, I'm hurt. I'm hearing he's near perfect rich so far.

Rich (7:41)

Why would you even care what real Colin says when you could ask AI Colin? I mean, that's. That's what I like to do. You want to ask AI Colin?

Covino (7:48)

Only if you go, hey, Colin.

Dan Beyer (7:49)

When I heard the real Colin comment

Rich (7:51)

on this, though, every stat, every storyline, I've got it all. What do you want to know? Hey, Colin, if you were the Raiders, would you start Mendoza or Cousins week one column? Week one, I'm starting Kirk Cousins. Protect the kid, stabilize the offense, and let Fernando Mendoza learn what pro football looks like when the Bullets are live. There you go. Even.

Covino (8:13)

Even if you're worried about the future, you got to protect his feelings and his confidence and everything else. Cousins been there, done that. You know, if Cousins is struggling and everyone's cheering for Fernando, I mean, yeah. On the flip side of it, that's a nightmare. If Mendoza struggling and everyone's like, throw in Cousins, yo, that's. That's not what you want.

Rich (8:36)

Don't even know you want your quarterback. Is it. Is it the whole point of Cousins going there, knowing his role? Like, this is not an open QB competition where they. Where they got two lateral, you know, talent guys, where it's like, all right, you're going to compete for the job. You know what? It's sort of like we had Frank Kelly Endo on yesterday. And by the way, if you missed yesterday, might have been one of our funniest shows in a long time.

Covino (8:54)

At least to us.

Rich (8:54)

I mean, I thought every impression, every sports topic we did with him, you know, we all rolled together. And the picture, Sam, of you and Frank, I don't know if I've ever seen that happy.

Covino (9:05)

We. We were.

Rich (9:06)

I was just looking at.

Danny G (9:07)

We both look deranged. He has this crazy look on his face, and I'm like, you're doing, like, giddy.

Covino (9:12)

Yeah.

Rich (9:13)

You're doing your Sideshow Bob smile.

Covino (9:15)

And he.

Rich (9:16)

He's got his gruden look. But when he was here, you know who. The guy we met, that was his opening act, right? Funny dude.

Dan Beyer (9:24)

Yeah. Patrick Keane.

Rich (9:25)

But you know what? He knows. He knows he's the opening act for Frank. He's not. He doesn't. There's no delusion that, like, he's the guy. Frank's the guy. When you have an opening act for a band, a comedian, you know, the

Covino (9:38)

opening act's not always the opening act.

Rich (9:40)

But I'm saying sometimes you know the role that you've taken on. And I think Kirk Cousins goes to Las Vegas. He knows the assignment, right? He the assignments. Yo win some games if you can. You're a good dude and a veteran, smart quarterback. Teach this young kid. And if you win some games during the growing pains of Mendoza, so be it. But I think the assignment's clear. I don't think Kirk Cousins is like, I'm going to win the job. Hey, maybe he opens up some eyes and gets a chance somewhere else. But I think the assignment's clear.

Dan Beyer (10:09)

Yeah. And remember, this is a rebuild, so there's going to be a lot of new moving parts. There's going to be new players, new faces. They're going to need a few weeks to gel on both sides of the ball. And that olock is what you worry about. Because part of the big problem last season was you had Colton Miller, who's their Pro Bowl O lineman. He was out injured for most of the season. JPJ went down halfway through. So they get two of their best guys healthy. Of course, they got a great, great. One of the two best centers in free agency. So they're in the mode of fixing that. But I'm curious to see what's going to happen in a few weeks here with the NFL draft. Are they going to address that O line even further by getting some depth?

Covino (10:50)

I think this is a great situation for Mendoza to be in. Patrick Mahomes had that luxury worked out for him. Not everyone has that luxury. It's a perfect opportunity for him to grow, to learn from a really good dude, and to still get you excited for something to root for if and when he's ready this year. What did your mom have to say about it again, the richie.

Rich (11:12)

Does that mean, like, I'm not going to see Fernando this year? Because she was all pumped. She's a, you know, longtime suffering Raiders fan.

Covino (11:18)

You'll see him. I think you will see him. But if Cousins is doing well, what

Dan Beyer (11:22)

week, if you guys had to place a bet, which NFL week do you think he would make his debut?

Rich (11:28)

Six, I think you're looking at.

Covino (11:30)

That's a good one.

Rich (11:31)

I think. Six or seven, something like that. I think, like, if you're looking at 1 and 5, 2 and 4, if you guys get off to a. A rough start, as the kiddos say, maybe six, seven. Six or seven. That's about right. Right. A third of the way. A little, you know, around the third of the way there.

Covino (11:45)

Week six, Steelo Stockton wanted to know how many games does Captain Kirk play?

Rich (11:50)

Yeah, but here's the thing.

Covino (11:51)

Much like a Russell Wilson, Alex Sanchez chiming in. Manny Munoz, much like a Russ last

Rich (11:57)

year for the Giants. Yeah, like you knew the assignment because they were so high on Jackson Dart. Russell Wilson, he knew that. Hey, listen, I'm. No matter how well I do, unless I'm, Unless all of a sudden I'm lighting up the league and I'm the Russell Wilson of ten plus years ago, it's a waiting game. They're waiting for me to mess up essentially enough to bring in the young guy.

Danny G (12:23)

And that wasn't going to happen because he was. He said he was injured.

Covino (12:25)

Right.

Danny G (12:26)

He wasn't going to light it up. He was like, I'm playing on a bum knee or whatever.

Rich (12:28)

So the reality is Kirk Cousins has to know deep down inside that it's really a waiting game until the fans get impatient or they really think Fernando's ready. Because we all know as optimistic as Danny always is, Dan Beyer, we all know that the Raiders are not going to start the season 5 and 1, 6 0, and us be like, man, we got a problem. That Cousins is the guy. I can't see that being the case.

Sam (12:52)

No, I don't think so either. And I think it's. It's amazing that Kirk Cousins is going to get $20 million and it's likely be there next year if he wants to serve as a backup. But he's not going to be a threat to Mendoza. There are other teams could have put Kirk Cousins in a spot where he competed for the job, and he isn't And I think that's, that's when I look at this and I see that's where Kirk Cousins is at his career, where he looks at it and says, I'll be able to start, I'll be able to start a few games I want to play. I'm not ready to be the complete backup, but I know that my time as a backup is probably arrived and this is my last chance to do it. But it's not like he's in a spot where I look at like Jacoby Brissette was, you know, in Arizona, right, where he comes in and takes over for Kyla Murray and ends up thriving. No other team looked at Kirk Cousins in that sort of role.

Rich (13:45)

I mean, the opposite is like a flacco who's like, teams are going to be upset. They don't give me a chance. Like, I think Kirk Cousins is settling into where he's at in his career.

Sam (13:55)

Yes, yes, I think that's exactly what it is. There's no expectations that he's going to steal the job from anyone and no other team in the NFL. I mean, the jets are saying that they're in on Geno Smith, right? Like so, like they are choosing Geno Smith over Kirk Cousins.

Covino (14:07)

So it's a win, win for both guys at that, at this particular stage of their career. It also depends like who they're playing in week six. Right. You don't want to throw Mendoza out there.

Dan Beyer (14:18)

And we've mentioned this on past shows. When do they get the Chiefs? Do they get them early on the schedule when Patrick Mahomes is still healing?

Covino (14:26)

Right, right. Yeah, that's interesting too. So I think all those things do matter, but I disagree with McIntyre completely. I think you sit Mendoza, protect his confidence, protect him, protect the young guy, as AI Collins said. And Cousins does his thing, he starts. I don't think there's any debate there really. I think that's just the way it has to go right now. And Rich is saying, and I like it, by week six, Mendoza's in there. Easy to take some snaps.

Rich (14:55)

Isn't Kirk Cousins career sort of an interesting one to assess? When you really think about how he found himself starting in Washington because of injuries and it's like, yeah, Cousins could be the guy. He thrived there, had some cool moments, becomes the guy in Minnesota, then that sort of expires, goes to Atlanta thinking he has a fresh start and they go, oh, Michael Penix Jr. Come on in. And now, now here we are. Now it's.

Sam (15:17)

Can I tell you, that's And I don't know how Danny thinks. I don't know how Sam thinks. I don't know you think of. You know, I look at it, I have a different complete story arc for Kirk Cousins because you look at it that way. I look at it as guy who was taken with RG3, then ends up holding the Washington football organization. They're at odds over his contract. Continues to get guaranteed money, continues to get guaranteed money from the Minnesota Vikings in these amazing deals. Never gets maybe enough credit that he deserves, yet was never primetime Kirk. And then he goes to the Falcons and gets a $40 million deal coming off of an Achilles surgery. And we're wondering what the heck is going. So, like, I think that there's a couple of different narratives that when you're talking about who Kirk Cousins really is

Rich (16:01)

as a quarterback, what an interesting legacy to dissect, huh?

Sam (16:04)

Yeah, absolutely.

Rich (16:05)

Because Dan and I just painted two pictures that are both very accurate. But like, don't go side and side, like, because you could say, like, here's a guy that made a ton of money.

Covino (16:13)

Here's the one thing is that he's great negotiator.

Rich (16:16)

He was.

Covino (16:17)

You don't think when you get that kind of money that there's a party that wants to prove you're worth that kind of money. Like, that's why I think there's still something to prove for Cousins. Even though they're telling him this is his role and he agrees, like, yeah, yeah, sure, sure. You don't think he wants to move everybody?

Rich (16:32)

I know it's a TV show, but we all watch quarterback on Netflix, right?

Covino (16:34)

Yeah.

Rich (16:35)

And we gained a lot of respect for how tough he is, how much he puts into it, how like what a nice guy he is. So I don't know. Cousins is a very interesting guy. That there's. There's a lot of layers of Kirk Cousins.

Dan Beyer (16:45)

Do you know, with this season's earnings, he's projected to surpass $341 million in his career.

Sam (16:52)

I think that's going to be his legacy.

Covino (16:53)

Yeah, good for him. Yeah.

Sam (16:54)

Remember, like, he wouldn't sign these long term deals with Washington and he would get franchise tagged and they would have to pay him and have to pay him. And then he went to Minnesota, I think signed like at that time, maybe in a ballpark, give me like a three year, $90 million deal, you know, somewhere. But all of it guaranteed. All of it was guaranteed. And he would do that with all of these deals. And that's what somebody said. Add another $20 million guaranteed.

Rich (17:19)

Dude doesn't need to shop at Kohl's anymore.

Danny G (17:23)

You know, he's not going to be in the hall of fame anytime soon, but his agent will be.

Rich (17:27)

You know what, Sam? It's a good. Good negotiator.

Covino (17:29)

Right?

Rich (17:29)

He's ma. He's making deals. So, Kirk Cousins to Danny G's Raiders. That's your big NFL off season story today.

Covino (17:37)

And when we say friendly competition, even though he's set up to be the mentor, I think you can't have a friendlier competition between these two.

Rich (17:45)

Two friendly fellas.

Covino (17:46)

Yeah, two friendly fellas. No, sir.

Sam (17:48)

After you.

Covino (17:49)

Starting quarterback.

Danny G (17:49)

I insist.

Covino (17:50)

You first.

Rich (17:50)

Interesting. We were going to have. We're going to have cousins on the show today, but Colin stole them.

Covino (17:54)

Oh, y. So sorry, guys. Appreciate that. So, yeah, Danny G's pretty pumped. Raiders fans should be pretty pumped.

Rich (18:02)

He gonna look cool. I mean, I think everyone looks cool in silver and black, definitely.

Dan Beyer (18:06)

I've already seen the photoshopped pictures of them.

Covino (18:09)

And by the way, two nerds as Raiders quarterbacks is kind of. Kind of a contrast. The other thing, fan base.

Dan Beyer (18:16)

Think of it. They're both pocket passers, so they both have pocket protectors. It's true. Kubiak system is going to be good for both of them.

Rich (18:26)

That's funny. Pocket protectors.

Covino (18:27)

Yeah.

Rich (18:28)

Did I do that?

Danny G (18:30)

Pocket protectors.

Dan Beyer (18:31)

That's great.

Covino (18:31)

Yeah.

Rich (18:32)

So Sam's like, what's wrong with that? No, I'm pumped.

Covino (18:34)

No, I love the.

Danny G (18:34)

I love the mixing of the joke.

Dan Beyer (18:36)

That should be the nickname of the Raiders O line.

Danny G (18:39)

Yes.

Rich (18:39)

The pocket protectors.

Covino (18:41)

You heard it here first. You heard it here on Cavino and Rich, guys.

Rich (18:45)

Golly. All right. Hey, we got more. Kavino and Rich, your thoughts on the Raiders. And of course, I wouldn't say big news, but I mean, is it is. Makes a little. Makes it a little clearer in the AFC west what the Raiders plan on doing. And of course, we're still trying to figure out when Mahomes will. Will come back. There's. There's. There's unanswered questions in that division. I think we got one of those answers today.

Covino (19:07)

I have one more thought. One more Jerry Springer final thought on this before we take more phone calls and move on, though. It takes a really big person, and I think that Kirk Cousins is that type of guy, even though still competitive. He's only 37 years old and I think has a lot to prove. He wants to show he's worth that money. It takes a big person to be a mentor. You Know, to not look at people as competition, to want to help them and help them grow. And that could also be a part of his legacy that he may embrace. Like, yeah, I'm not the Kirk Cousins I used to be, but if I could be a big part of this guy's story and he becomes something, I'm going to take a lot of pride in that.

Rich (19:42)

Some people, no matter what your career is, they don't necessarily want to be essentially training your replacement. You've heard that phrase many a times in business.

Covino (19:50)

Brett Favre, you know, he didn't look at it like it was his job to train Aaron Rodgers.

Rich (19:55)

Who was it? Who was the other person? Was it Tannehill? I feel like someone else made it very clear in the past Joe Montana

Covino (20:01)

wasn't very kind to Steve Young.

Rich (20:02)

Well, he. I mean, that was when people just spoke their mind. They both were adamant that they were better than the other person, I think. But I think there was recently someone that said, it's not my job to mentor this person.

Dan Beyer (20:14)

That. That was Tannehill saying that about Malik Willis.

Covino (20:17)

Yeah.

Rich (20:17)

Because it was like, yo, it's that I. I'm not. People said, are you going to mentor this guy? And he's like, it's not my job to mentor this guy.

Covino (20:23)

I'm interested in seeing what Cousins says about that. But that could be a really cool part of his story where he takes a lot of pride in helping Mendoza become a future legend in the sport. So, you know, we'll see what happens.

Rich (20:39)

And, you know, we haven't even said the name one time. Tom Brady. Do we know much, Danny, about TBS relationship with Kirk Cousins? Are they, like, you know, I know there's a camaraderie and a fraternity among. Amongst NFL quarterbacks, but are you assuming those. Those two guys get along? Is there a history with Kurt?

Dan Beyer (20:58)

Yeah, I'm not sure about Tom.

Covino (21:00)

I'm not surprised if they had beef.

Rich (21:01)

I mean.

Sam (21:02)

Yeah, I don't.

Dan Beyer (21:02)

I'm not sure of the history between them, but I know that Kubiak has a history with Cousins.

Rich (21:08)

Cousins, yeah.

Dan Beyer (21:09)

Yeah.

Rich (21:09)

So, you know what?

Dan Beyer (21:10)

Hey, well, a good history.

Rich (21:11)

And I'll tell you this, it just shows that while baseball's popping basketball, we got less than 10 games, we're getting ready for the playoffs. We're looking at. Is Wemby gunning for mvp. Like, there's. There's storylines and everything, but the NFL, a backup quarterback story still somehow gets our interest because the NFL brings it. They do. All right, well, hey, we got more. Convene On Rich we're going to talk about baseball and just sports in general when it comes to one jersey athletes. And does it even matter anymore? In fact, is there even a bragging right involved? We'll get to that. Plus we'll go old school today, talk some movies, have some fun. CNR on FSR Hang tight Is your

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Rich (24:01)

Yo.

Covino (24:01)

Hey, more than ever before, I want people to check out at Covino and Rich FSR just to see Rich and how corny he is. No, I'm just kidding. Just to see this ridiculous picture of Sam and Frank Caliendo from yesterday.

Rich (24:14)

How great is that?

Covino (24:15)

And no, seriously to see what I brought in for show and tell because I think it's the best thing I've brought in yet and might be the best thing I've I'm ever bringing in.

Dan Beyer (24:24)

You're gonna talk about riches.

Covino (24:26)

Oh, you know what? He fails, you get an F. No, not an F in life.

Rich (24:30)

Well, I'll explain when we go over our CNR FSR show and tell.

Covino (24:34)

But if you can guess what it is or the closest guest you know or you say something fun or at

Dan Beyer (24:39)

least, yeah, comment on it.

Covino (24:40)

Yeah. Danny G picks your name on the live chat at Covino and Rich fsr you win a prize, a prize pack and I'll explain what it is and we do the reveal at the end of the show.

Rich (24:49)

By the way, if you are on social media, give Frank Kelly and those some love and let him know you enjoyed him on the show. Because I thought yesterday everything from his Gruden to his Trump to his Al Pacino to his Morgan Freeman, it was fantastic.

Danny G (25:03)

Jim Roman Mill Kuyper, he does a

Rich (25:04)

really good Roman Kuiper. Everything he does. I'm a big fan. So shout out to our pal and our buddy Frank Caliendo. Now, yesterday was April Fool's Day. I got got. I thought I went through the whole day without getting tricked and I read something Danny that I thought was real. And then I found out today. I'm like, ah, son of a. I heard that Joe Gatto is going back to impractical jokers for the final season. And I was like, that's cool. Those guys get back together for one more year. And he put out today like, yo guys, I was just playing.

Covino (25:31)

Well, you know what? I got got too now.

Rich (25:33)

It felt like real.

Covino (25:34)

That got me. But I only saw it today so I wasn't thinking April Fools, you know,

Rich (25:39)

I thought I was like, oh, you

Danny G (25:40)

didn't look at the source material. The guy is an impractical joker. But he got you on the day of joke. Or you were like, oh, it's a safe day to take him seriously.

Covino (25:49)

Son of a bee got me. So hey, we're Covino Enrich everything Covine Onrich at Fox Sports Radio, Danny G's our super producer pumped about the Kirk Cousins news. And of course Mendoza like that. Yeah. Are they match made in heaven. Think this could work out to everybody's benefit?

Rich (26:06)

You like that?

Covino (26:07)

But I do think there's going to be a competition. I was Sam is here on the sounds. He's always the Man, Dan Byers got your updates and in about 18 minutes.

Rich (26:18)

Old school.

Covino (26:19)

When 50 hits, we reminisce, we throw it back, we get you involved. So the number, save it in your phone. 8799 on Fox on a day after

Rich (26:27)

boneheaded mistakes by Francisco Lindor. Danny, I saw your Raiders. Your Raiders. Your Raiders got cousins. You're Dodgers. I was at a Mexican restaurant with the wifey last night. Grandma's in town so we actually get to go out for dinner once in a while. I'm watching the Dodgers and Freddy hit a bomb.

Covino (26:44)

Freddy is the bomb.

Rich (26:45)

But the Dodgers, they dropped one. Not everything's clicking so far. In fact, there's a list of MLB sluggers that have yet to hit a home run. And when I say the word sluggers it sounds like a. I'm talking about children like hey little slugger.

Covino (26:58)

Get this, sluggers who haven't hit one. Shohei, I saw that yesterday. Yeah, no home runs.

Rich (27:04)

I can't help but think of Trump when I say that. Shohei Cal Raleigh. Shohei Otani, Cal Raleigh.

Dan Beyer (27:11)

Is that Frank Caliendo?

Rich (27:13)

Julio Rodriguez ohtani, Bobby Witt Jr. Vladdy Jr. Kyle Tucker Acuna Jr. Matt Olson, Nick Kurtz Jr. Camarina Caminero, Fernando Tatis Jr. And Rafael Devers. All guys that have not hit a bomb yet.

Covino (27:28)

I don't know why you're skipping him.

Rich (27:29)

He was 30.

Covino (27:29)

30 last year.

Rich (27:31)

I skipped or 2. Do you want me to tell you

Covino (27:32)

every one of those hitting like Jazz Chisholm? You think, you think Jazz Chisholm said 5050 this year. Yeah, you better keep dreaming buddy.

Rich (27:39)

Your clown ass thinks that Jazz Chisholm is in the same power category as Francisco Lindor.

Covino (27:44)

30.

Rich (27:45)

30.

Covino (27:45)

Man, why are you sleeping on that? Please. So I mean he deserves. He was in a home run contest. You skipped him on purpose. Don't listen to Rich. He's a biased host. He didn't even mention the guy that was in the third. Yeah, he biased show up.

Rich (27:59)

But think of Jazz Chisholm and think home run hitter. I think great ballplayer but I mean home run.

Covino (28:04)

He had over 30 bombs. He said he could have hit four. He missed a month of the season. You jabroni. He missed a month last year and hit over 30. Yeah, I think he's like in the 40 category. Yeah, he was weak in the competition. That doesn't mean he doesn't hit home runs. So anyway, Rich is. Rich is a front running Mets fan.

Rich (28:24)

Chisholm has been playing in baseball since 2020. He has hit 30 home runs one time and last year it was 31.

Covino (28:35)

Yeah. And he's still playing at Yankee Stadium.

Rich (28:38)

18, 14, 19, 13 homers. Like, you're acting like this guy's. I mean, he's a great ball player. I like jazz. Chisholm.

Covino (28:44)

I can't wait till he hits more than your weak ass. Francisco Lindor, who's ruining your team. As Craig Carton said today, I'll give credit where it's due. Get him the team.

Rich (28:52)

Get him off the team.

Covino (28:53)

Bringing down the vibe. His mental errors. Those are mental errors. Inexcusable. The dude doesn't know how many outs there are.

Rich (29:00)

That's little league.

Covino (29:01)

Way to go, slugger. That's little league. You don't know how many outs there are. He's the guy that's supposed to let everybody know how many ounce there are.

Rich (29:08)

Dan Byer, the consummate professional who does not make the bonehead mistakes we probably make. Db. What's worse in your mind? Lindor not knowing there was one out instead of two.

Covino (29:18)

Mental errors always.

Rich (29:19)

Or when he's leading off first and he's daydreaming, looking down at his, at his sliding glove and gets picked off. Soto hits a home run on like the next pitch, and they, they lose in extras.

Sam (29:30)

I thought the base one optically was worse.

Rich (29:33)

He just like, I don't know how to describe it. He let off casually look down his sliding glove. Lefty pitcher just bam, got him.

Sam (29:41)

I'm not saying that the first one is inexcusable. I just thought the off the base one was. You know, infielders do. The infielders are the ones who are supposed to tell the outfielders, you know, one down, two down, two down. So there is a little bit added responsibility than a guy who catches one in the. In left field with one out and thinks it's the third and starts trotting in. I think that's a little different story. But the base one to me was inexcusable. I don't know how you can even explain that one.

Rich (30:06)

Yeah, just looking, looking down at his feet.

Covino (30:09)

Speaking of baseball. Yeah, I got to give credit where it's due. Like I said, Carton was the guy saying, get him off the team. There's a guy, his name's Alex Day. I say disrespectfully, I don't know who he is, but I saw it on social media and he was talking about one Jersey guys in baseball. So I figured that's pretty interesting because I, I still give that a lot of credit. Like, wow.

Rich (30:31)

Means nothing.

Covino (30:32)

Unfortunately, anymore, I know, just like batting average. But to me, call me old school. I'm an old fool. That's so cool.

Rich (30:39)

I'm calling you old school because you're wearing earrings.

Covino (30:41)

Old school and 50 hits. Now I'm wearing earrings because I can. You can't. How about that? How about that? Garden Father? So he's wearing a shirt that says the garden Father. You know what?

Rich (30:51)

Have you seen my rose bushes?

Covino (30:52)

Because he got a brown. He's got a brown thumb. And it's not from the garden.

Rich (30:55)

Don't be envious of my baller. Backyard.

Covino (30:58)

All right, so baseball.

Danny G (31:00)

He's got yellow roses now.

Rich (31:02)

You see my lantanas?

Danny G (31:03)

You see the yellow ones he put in? They're pretty nice.

Covino (31:06)

They are pretty nice.

Rich (31:07)

Thank you, Sam.

Covino (31:08)

So baseball is my first love, guys. I think a lot of our first loves.

Rich (31:12)

Didn't you say the other day, you, like, you told your girlfriend, like, the Yankees are your true love or something like that?

Covino (31:17)

They've always been there. Yeah. They never turn on me.

Rich (31:20)

What about me? You heard me. The Yankees are my true love.

Covino (31:23)

When I hear about players that dedicated their entire career to one team, I mean, put yourself in that situation. I think at one point, when we first started our show, Rich, in the early 2000s, the stat was people go through seven career changes throughout a lifetime. And that was like a lot back then. 7. And now I think it's like, way higher. Because people are just job hoppers. There's no loyalty in anything.

Rich (31:46)

Well, they used to be held against you in most careers. If your resume showed a lot of hopping around, like you were unstable, like your dad, you're unstable.

Covino (31:54)

Your grandfather spent his entire year where

Rich (31:56)

my grandfather worked at Con Edison, which is the big power company in Queens and New York.

Covino (32:00)

His entire life for 50 years. What did he get, a plaque?

Rich (32:02)

He got like a watch and a little, how do you do it? But. But I.

Danny G (32:05)

But I feel like a nice pension, though, right?

Rich (32:08)

Yeah. But you know what, though? I'll say this, Sam.

Covino (32:09)

It's rare.

Rich (32:10)

Job hopping used to be a negative. Now young kids are told, you're never going to get that raise you want unless you go to another company. Job hopping is no longer frowned upon. In fact, people are changing jobs more than ever. In fact, to think of once one, Jersey athletes, like a Cal Ripken or a Jeter or, well, Clayton Kershaw, a Magic Johnson or, you know, like, there's guys that. Yeah, Kershaw, being that he retired 18

Covino (32:36)

seasons with the Dodgers, he's no longer there. So it Gets you thinking, well, who's left this year, right? And the first person that immediately comes to mind is Mike Trout. The only. Not only a guy doing it old school with one team, but he's the only old school Mike in the league, as we learned. Like, I find that to be mind blasting. He's the only Mike. You mean the most common name we had growing up? Every classroom growing up had a mic in it. Probably multiple mics.

Rich (33:05)

I mean, listen up, until a year ago, I remember in the NBA, like, Dame was always, you know, given a pat on the back for loyalty and Giannis. And now he looks like he'll be on the move at some point, right?

Covino (33:15)

So it's nice that Trout seems back, but the loyalty has seemed to work against him. When you see what happened with Shohei and him moving on. But Mike Trout has been with the angels now for 16 years. You know who else is in that same company?

Rich (33:27)

I think of Altuve.

Covino (33:29)

Yeah, that's what's crazy. It's like time's moving so fast. It goes with our theory, Rich. We've been on fast forward, especially since the pandemic the past six years. Altuve has been in the bigs for 16 years. So he's been with the Astros for 16 years. Trout, 16 years. You know who's next on this list? Any guesses? Vlad Guerrero Jr. No, but I'll give you a hint. He was in the wbc.

Rich (33:53)

Oh, wait, Al.

Covino (33:56)

Yep. I'll give you another hint if you want it. He was a big part of the WBC. His team won. Sally Perez, 15 years with the Royals.

Rich (34:05)

Yeah, I mean, he was there when they beat the Mets in 2015. And he was. He's been that. That staple.

Covino (34:10)

He's been that dude. And honestly, when it's so rare and few and far between in today's world, like, such a. Again, even in your world, how many people do you know that work where you work, and they've been there their entire career?

Rich (34:24)

That's so rare. Even guys that you look at and you say, oh, they're a Dodger. Mookie was a Red Sox.

Covino (34:31)

They all came from somewhere.

Rich (34:32)

Freddie was a Brave. You look at these guys, they were all from somewhere else. Shohei was an angel. I hate to say it. You're your boy, Judge. When he didn't go to the Giants or somewhere else, I think that sort of made that commitment. I think it made it be known that Judge will be a Yankee forever.

Dan Beyer (34:45)

I was thinking of Vlad because I think this is his eighth season, but he just signed that humongous 14 year deal.

Covino (34:52)

So he could he's going to be spend. Yeah, he's going to be that guy.

Dan Beyer (34:55)

Hall of fame career on one team.

Covino (34:57)

So you got Sally Perez, 15 years with the Royals. And again we're just saying hey, maybe they deserve or at least coming from an old school mentality, I think they deserve a little more credit for their loyalty. You could say foolish from today's standpoint because it's a league of winning. Who else is on this list? Who else deserves some credit? We'll get to it. Next.

Rich (35:17)

Dan Beyer, let's get an update. What's up?

Sam (35:19)

DB Salvador Peresma one for fours as Royals lost today to the Minnesota Twins five to one. And day baseball Pirates are calling up top prospect Connor Griffin. The 19 year old will make his debut against the Orioles tomorrow, becoming the first teenager to appear in the big league since 2019. Former Cy Young Award winner Trevor Bauer is going to pitch for the Long Island Ducks of the independent Atlantic League. Free agent quarterback Kirk Cousins signing a deal with the Raiders that'll pay him $20 million guaranteed. Raiders likely to use the number one overall selection on quarterback Fernando Mendoza in the draft later this month. Mendoza, by the way, is going to have a top 30 visit with the Raiders on Tuesday. Pro bowl corner Stefan Gilmore, who was named all pro twice during his career, announced his retirement. Pistons guard Cade Cunningham is going to miss at least another week of action because of his collapse lung. Iowa State women's basketball player Audie Crooks is entering the transfer portal. She averaged almost 26 points per game, second best in the country this season. Valero Texas Open on the PGA Tour, Tony Finau has a share of the lead at six under par. Tommy Fleetwood is currently in a group one shot back at minus five. Three time Masters champion Phil Mickelson says he will not compete in next week's Masters signing personal health matters with a family member is expected to take an extended leave from the game of golf. Guys, back to you.

Rich (36:35)

Thank you, Dan Buyer. All right. Now coming up, we are going to go old school in 50 hits and we'll take your feedback on some of those one jersey players and does that mean anything to you anymore? Because as we look around every league.

Covino (36:46)

Yeah, you realize or is it foolish?

Rich (36:48)

You realize like yeah, there's not many guys. There are very few players that are one team guy. So we'll get into that and old school all max right here on Fox Sports Radio.

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Yeah buddy. CNR on FSR streaming live at Covino and Rich FSR. And if you missed yesterday's show, Frank Caliendo stopped by, which means Jon Gruden stopped by. Al Pacino stopped by. Morgan Freeman stopped by. A lot of people stopped by the show yesterday, so definitely worth the watch at Covino and Rich fsr. Thanks again to super producer Danny G for making that happen. Iowa. Sam is here. Dan Byers here. Thank you for being here.

Rich (39:04)

Can I give everyone a hint for our show and tell this week?

Covino (39:07)

Sure.

Rich (39:07)

Cavino put a lot of effort into it and I forgot.

Covino (39:10)

So yeah, I think people picked up on that part of it.

Rich (39:12)

Mine is a gem that I found in my trunk.

Covino (39:16)

Okay, weird.

Dan Beyer (39:16)

It's a picture of Clay Travis in his 20s.

Covino (39:19)

Rich literally has junk in his trunk.

Rich (39:21)

I do have junk in my trunk at Covino.

Covino (39:23)

Rich fsr to see what we're talking about, we will reveal our show and tell at the end of the show. Right now it's time for our tire rack play of the day. The brewers are off to a nice start this season. The pitch drilled into deep left center field. Back goes Mullins. He's turning.

Rich (39:38)

He's watching.

Covino (39:39)

It's flying. Goodbye. Bryce Tarang ties the game.

Rich (39:44)

It's so funny. I think of Frank Catalindo yesterday saying that announcers are the only ones that have that voice anymore.

Covino (39:49)

It's true.

Rich (39:50)

Facts. Milwaukee took care of the raise 8 to 2. Damn. Buyer was happy. He's a brew.

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Rich (40:21)

Yeah.

Covino (40:21)

Already mentioned Kershaw, who's done 18 years. Props Altuve Trout, 16. Byron Buxton already has 12 years in the league with Minnesota. Judge with 11. 11 years. We already said Salvador Perez, 15 years.

Rich (40:34)

You know who was on his way, which is why they were shocked when they traded him. Nimmo thought he'd be that guy for the Mets.

Covino (40:39)

Yeah. Out Jose Ramirez with Cleveland 14 years already. Aaron Nola 12 years in Philly. Ian Hap 10 years with the Cubs. And it's few and far between. It's rare, but I like the old school mentality of saying, you know what? I'm sticking with this team. Anytime there's an old school mentality, Rich, I give it credit. Wembanyama talking smack. You know, he might be a career guy there. We'll see. But it's just that old school mentality. And that's why we love it. And that's why we do this on Thursdays. Old school when 50 hits. Yeah.

Dan Beyer (41:13)

What we gonna do right here is go back

Covino (41:18)

into time. Throwing it back for a Thursday. Old school when 50 hits at 50 after C R give you the time capsule topic and we reminisce together.

Rich (41:29)

Yeah.

Covino (41:30)

Old school. Like playing for one team your whole career.

Rich (41:33)

That's crazy.

Covino (41:35)

Old school when 50 hits. Throwing it back on a Thursday. But we get you involved. Fox Sports Radio Nation. So start thinking about this 87799 on Fox. Your first movie ever and your most recent or maybe some movie theater memories.

Rich (41:51)

Okay.

Covino (41:51)

Anything that stands out because on this day, Danny G. Found this info. I find it hard to believe, but it's true. The Talley Theater in LA opened in the. And it was the first. In 1902.

Dan Beyer (42:03)

First permanent movie theater here.

Covino (42:04)

Permanent?

Rich (42:05)

Like this is a movie theater.

Dan Beyer (42:07)

And they used to just travel around and find empty places to show their pictures.

Covino (42:12)

First permanent theater opened on this date in 1902. That's kind of cool. Here in LA, do you have any

Rich (42:20)

weird movie theater stories?

Covino (42:22)

I mean, I think everybody has some. And I'm not talking about hole in the bottom of the popcorn box. Nothing creepy.

Rich (42:27)

Explain that to me. What are you talking about?

Covino (42:29)

I'm not talking, like, creepy, but maybe

Dan Beyer (42:32)

it was push the Twizzlers through Rich.

Rich (42:34)

Oh, okay. Okay.

Covino (42:34)

Yeah, that's the weakest movie.

Danny G (42:38)

The most buttery popcorn is at the bottom. That's why people cut the hole in the bottom so they can take the buttery popcorn.

Covino (42:43)

By the way, Danny G, you were giving Rich too much credit with the Twizzler. More like Tic Tac.

Rich (42:50)

Your weird, funny movie theater moments. And hey, listen, I'm going to the movies this weekend with the kids to go see Super Mario Galaxy.

Covino (42:58)

I'm hearing big things.

Rich (42:59)

Remember when movies weren't $30 a ticket? Yeah.

Covino (43:02)

What was your first. Do you even know my first movie? First movie or first that comes first one you remember? Yeah.

Dan Beyer (43:07)

Yeah,

Covino (43:10)

I think I know mine.

Rich (43:11)

I think.

Covino (43:12)

I think I know mine.

Rich (43:13)

I know it. Save it. You know what? We'll go over our old school movie memories and share some funny stories. I. I have two stories. Why I left in the middle of a movie.

Covino (43:21)

Yeah, that's. That's another funny question. Did you ever have to leave? Because I have two memories. Memories of that as well.

Rich (43:25)

Okay, we'll do that. And of course, we'll talk a little more. NFL, some NBA throwback. Thursday, Covino and Rich, right here on Fox Sports Radio. More next

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