C&R - Losing Inches, Mid Weak Major!

Summary

The Dan Patrick Show — C&R: "Losing Inches, Mid Weak Major!"

Episode Date: March 26, 2026

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Episode Overview

This episode of Covino & Rich, broadcasted as part of The Dan Patrick Show, is a lively, fast-paced mix of sports banter, pop culture observations, listener engagement, and plenty of laughs. Main themes include baseball’s Opening Day, changing technology and player measurements in MLB, fandom habits (like just how many hats are too many?), and the recurring “Midweek Major” segment, where trending sports and entertainment headlines are debated. The camaraderie between Steve Covino, Rich Davis, and crew shines, yielding insight and relatable comedy for sports fans of all stripes.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Baseball Opening Day Hype

Timestamp: 03:22–05:17

• The cast celebrates MLB Opening Day with team allegiances noted: Covino—Yankees, Rich—Mets, Danny G—Dodgers, Iowa Sam—flexible fandom.
• Quick banter sets the tone: “Let's go baseball. Let's go Los Junkies. Mark the time. All right, so I'm Kavino. Yankees guy. Rich Mets guy. But all around we're baseball guys.” (Steve Covino, 03:22)
• Discussion of viewing options and the growing intersection between live sports, streaming (Netflix), and fan engagement.

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2. ABS System and "Losing Inches" in MLB

Timestamp: 11:26–18:04

The Problem

• A lighthearted but sharp critique of the new ABS (automated ball/strike) system in MLB, which requires accurately documented player heights to set the digital strike zone.
• Covino and the team joke about players being forced to reveal their "true" height, exposing years of rounding up or inflating numbers on official rosters.
• Notable players have been “shrinking” on paper:
  • “Gavin Lux, formerly listed at 6:2, is now 5:11.” (Rich Davis, 12:42)
  • “Bo Nailer went from 6 foot to 5, 9.” (Rich Davis, 15:41)
  • “Alex Bregman went from six one to six foot to five eleven to now five ten.” (Rich Davis, 16:45)

The Fun—Comparison to Wrestling

• The cast draws parallels to professional wrestling, where stats were notoriously exaggerated for showmanship.
  • “When we were kids, if you watch WWE back then ... they made every guy ... like 285 pounds.” (Rich Davis, 13:19)
• Hulk Hogan promo is played as comic evidence:
  • “‘The Hulkster is 6 foot 7, 2 inches from heaven. And I weigh 305, and I can whip any man alive.’” (Hulk Hogan, clip, 15:14)
• Discussion expands to the culture of rounded-up stats in high school and college sports.

Notable Quote

• “The long season starts with one pitch, but the belief starts before it's even thrown.”
  (Big Mike’s Wednesday Words of Wisdom, 09:24 & 09:50)

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3. Fan Gear Excess—How Many Hats is "Too Many"?

Timestamp: 19:15–31:28, 49:15–52:41

• Debate centers on Covino’s ever-growing New York Yankees hat collection. Guesses from the cast range from 12 to 35.
• Covino reveals he owns 30 Yankees hats (as of the episode), prompting Rich and others to question at what point fandom becomes an obsession.
  • “It looks like a lid store ... like, one for every day of the season.” (Rich Davis, 20:20)
  • “I don’t think I go overboard ... I have a healthy relationship with sports.” (Steve Covino, 19:15)
• Brief exploration of sports fan rules for jerseys, including:
  • Only wearing jerseys for retired legends,
  • No name on jerseys if the team doesn’t use them (i.e., Yankees),
  • Retiring jerseys for players who leave the team.
• Relatable extension: How does this compare to other hobbies (sneakerheads, purses, watches)?
  • “When is it a problem as far as sports gear? It's like your wifey or girlfriend with bags and things like that ... What's too much?” (Steve Covino, 40:25)

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4. Midweek Major Segment

Timestamp: 31:59–40:13

Highlights:

• Puka Nacua Lawsuit: NFL star alleged to have bitten a woman, with other off-field drama.
  • “Very major. First of all, he's a high profile player, very likable guy ... Not good. Not good. ... I hope a lot of this is not true.” (Steve Covino, 34:11)
• MLB Opening Game on Netflix: Discussion around the pros/cons of a single, heavily promoted Opening Night game and the broader move toward streaming.
  • “I think that's why Netflix is marketing this as a big event. I'm curious to see what's happening.” (Steve Covino, 36:20)
• Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition: Is it relevant anymore? Commentary on inclusivity and representation.
  • “I'm not a fan. I'm not a fan of Sports Illustrated welcoming all body types ... It's Sports Illustrated. These are supposed to be athletes.” (Rich Davis, 38:16)
• Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Son Debuts: Joseph Baena, Arnold’s son, following in his bodybuilding footsteps.
  • “It's just really cool ... I love the story. I love how Arnold, they've embraced ... and made a great relationship out of this.” (Steve Covino, 39:34)

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5. Listener Interaction and Sports Debate

Timestamp: 07:48 onward, throughout

• Call-in segments and live chat shout-outs encourage real-time feedback (e.g., guessing the “Wednesday words of wisdom”, voting on how many hats is “overboard”, etc.).
• Playful listener predictions, like this call-in:
  • “The most crazy prediction will be when Covino wins his bet, Rich will not pay you before Christmas.” (Caller/Danny G, 08:06)

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6. Baseball Attire for Kids & Changing Culture of Youth Sports

Timestamp: 06:12–07:39

• Rich and team lament how, in youth sports, kids are now decked out in expensive gear and accessories rather than focusing on skill.
  • “Every kid ... can't slide or they don't even know how to slide head first yet. But they all have these like ice cream sundae looking sliding gloves and gear.” (Rich Davis, 06:22)
• “Dick’s Sporting Goods. The real winners.” (Iowa Sam, 06:44)

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7. Rules & Traditions Around Sports Jerseys

Timestamp: 51:39–51:58

• “If your team doesn’t have a name on the jersey, you don't have a name on the jersey.” (Rich Davis, 51:39)
• “If a player got traded from your team or left in free agency, you got to put that jersey aside until they retire. ... The safest bet is always a retired legend.” (Rich Davis, 51:57)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• “I'm five eleven and a half.” (Rich Davis, 11:41)
• “I always say, very specifically five ten and three fourths. My license says five eleven because I rounded up." (Steve Covino, 11:43)
• “This is like a total, total 180 from what we knew of Puka Kua ... would hate to see his career go down like that.” (Steve Covino, 34:11)
• “Why do you have all these copies of this book? He stole all the books. He's like, what if I want to read it more than once? You know, you have one head, but you got to switch it up!” (Rich Davis, 20:43)
• "You want to feel the best, especially when you're out there on a big stage, man. Yeah. I think the players should control what they're wearing on that game.” (Steve Covino, 51:31)

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• 03:22–05:17: Baseball Opening Day banter
• 06:12–07:39: Discussion on youth sports gear excess
• 07:48–10:03: Listener call-ins, trivia, and “Words of Wisdom”
• 11:26–18:04: MLB ABS system and players’ “losing inches”
• 19:15–21:07 & 49:15–52:41: Fan gear collection, when is it too much?
• 31:59–40:13: Midweek Major—debating the biggest headlines
• 51:39–51:58: Rules for proper jersey wearing

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Episode Takeaway

This Covino & Rich installment deftly combines Opening Day anticipation with quirky inside-baseball talk (literally), authentic fan debates, and signature irreverent humor. You’ll get surprising insights into how modern technology is forcing truth in sports stats (and shattering egos), the ongoing evolution of sports pop culture, and the never-ending journey of figuring out just how much of a fan you’re allowed to be.

For fans who haven’t listened:

You’ll leave with a smile, some trivia-ready factoids (player heights aren't always what they seem!), and maybe second thoughts before buying that 31st team cap.

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For the full experience (including photographic evidence of Covino’s hat collection), check out their socials and YouTube at @CovinoAndRich.

Transcript

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[Steve Covino]

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[Rich Davis]

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[Steve Covino]

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[Rich Davis]

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[Steve Covino]

Opening day, baseball opening night. Let's go baseball. Let's go Los Junkies. Mark the time. All right, so I'm Kavino. Yankees guy. Rich Mets guy. But all around we're baseball guys. Danny G. Dodgers, Iowa Sam, who are you a fan of today? I was Sam.

[Iowa Sam]

Dodgers today as a kid is the Phillies.

[Rich Davis]

Oh yeah, whatever.

[Steve Covino]

Whoever's winning two NL teams Low and Cron's hanging out. Mike's got his words. We're broadcasting live from the Fox Sports Radio studio. Remember professional wrestling fans, the action continues every week. TNA Thursday Night Impact every week. Don't miss the adrenaline, the drama, the total non stop action. Your favorite TNA wrestling stars again. Let's rock out. If you want more show times, more info, visit tnawrestling.com if you want more baseball. You want some midweek major, maybe some NFL, keep it here on Covino and Rich. Everything at Covino and Rich and streaming live on YouTube. Which by the way, I keep saying I'm going to pull up the live chat and I keep forgetting, do it right now. Damn, I'm doing it chatting live. You can watch us live or watch it later. Watch what you hear @COVINOENRICH FSR on YouTube. I'm Steve Covino. That's Rich Deposer Davis wearing a Red Hot Chili Peppers T shirt. Not interested at all in watching the new documentary. I just want to make that clear. I was like, dude, you got to watch it.

[Rich Davis]

Why would I do that?

[Steve Covino]

Because you're wearing the T shirt. How about that?

[Rich Davis]

You told me it was about like the early days of the Chili Peppers in life.

[Iowa Sam]

Yeah, do it for Hillel Slovak, the first guitarist Brave do those first. Their first couple albums are so good.

[Steve Covino]

Hell yeah, dude. Watch that on Netflix.

[Rich Davis]

By the way. Speaking of, Sam just convinced me I'm gonna watch tonight

[Steve Covino]

after your baseball highlights on Netflix, right? You could watch the documentary about the Chili Peppers or Bruce Bruce's new comedy on Netflix. It was really funny, dude. Really funny. So enjoy your pump night.

[Big Mike]

In the latest episode rich of our show Paradise.

[Rich Davis]

Oh, so good.

[Steve Covino]

Yeah, but that's on Hulu.

[Rich Davis]

Can I, can I say we talked about our umpire is going to be quote, humiliated by abs. When do you think the first challenge will be? Will it be in the first inning of the first game tonight or you think it's going to take a second?

[Steve Covino]

It's going to take a second. Yeah. First, first inning. Nah.

[Rich Davis]

Who's going to be the first guy?

[Big Mike]

It's going to be halfway through the game.

[Rich Davis]

Who's it going to be? Ben Aros.

[Steve Covino]

Ben Rice, maybe Right on the helmet, the new spokesman for Ben's original Rice.

[Rich Davis]

So by the way, did you see Ben's original Rice commented and followed us?

[Steve Covino]

I did see that. We talked about it yesterday. You could follow our clips and follow us at Covino and Rich on Instagram and social media. So I got a question. When it comes to baseball attire, going too far. Sports gear, let's say sports gear.

[Rich Davis]

The fact you're wearing stirrups today, the

[Steve Covino]

fact that I'm wearing full on uniform in the studio brings up that question. But first, let's take a phone call. And in Mike's words of wisdom, all

[Rich Davis]

right, you know, it's too much with baseball stuff, geared equipment. I know where you're going. But let me tell you, if you coach little kids, those memes are right where it's like $2,000 worth of bats, two hits. Or like every kid kids can't slide or they don't even know how to slide head first yet. But they all have these like ice cream sundae looking sliding gloves and gear. And yo, everyone's got those little baseball necklaces.

[Iowa Sam]

That's Dick's Sporting Goods, man. Dick's Sporting Goods. The real winners.

[Rich Davis]

But you know what, it's even more than that, Sam. It's like specialty shops that sell high end stuff. Like I was telling you, all the, all the bats. Remember when you were a kid you had two Easton bats in the, in the little league dugout. They had those rubber handles, the big barrel Easton and then there was like ceramic bats for a second. But right now your kids get to a certain level bats like 4 or 500 bucks. It's ridiculous. Stupid. It really is, dude. I was wearing a pair of jeans and my soccer cleats, bro. Like, wait, you didn't have the $500 hype fire? You didn't have the drop 10 hyp fire. Okay, sorry. Guess you can't hear.

[Steve Covino]

Mike, Mike, Mike. Wearing his. Like, his. His dungarees.

[Rich Davis]

Tough skins, bro. Tough skins. His Lee.

[Steve Covino]

His Lee jeans are his tough skins with the crease because they were ironed down the middle.

[Rich Davis]

I got them. They're husky.

[Steve Covino]

Yeah, husky fit.

[Rich Davis]

Husky fit. Looking like he's a bad news bear.

[Steve Covino]

Seriously. All right, so before we get Mike's Wednesday words of wisdom, let's take this quick phone call. I don't want to keep people on hold. 87799 on Fox. 87799 on Fox. Who do we got?

[Big Mike]

Danny G. Our boy Tripp in Vegas wants to weigh in with some predictions.

[Rich Davis]

Tripp, what do you think?

[Danny G]

I got three predictions.

[Steve Covino]

One, the Red Sox. The Red Sox. When the crazy prediction, the Red Sox

[Rich Davis]

win the American League.

[Steve Covino]

Okay. If healthy Ronald Acuna Jr. Wins the NL MVP. And then the most crazy prediction will

[Danny G]

be when Covino wins his bet. Rich will not pay you before Christmas.

[Steve Covino]

Wow. What a trash bag. Rich, trash bag. Davis, man, pay that man his money. You know, The Yankees won 94 games last year. I don't see them doing worse than that this year with Garrett Cole. So.

[Rich Davis]

Garrett Cole. Garrett Cole, who talks like Patrick Mahomes slowed down, right?

[Steve Covino]

That's right. Never used spider tech. But I am ready to get back on the mound this year, so very pumped to see them win. And I'm very pumped to win $1,000 again from Rich.

[Rich Davis]

That's what you're saying? We're going to have Garrett Cole trivia?

[Big Mike]

No, no, we are actually. Actually, we're going to be debuting Big Poppy trivia.

[Steve Covino]

Oh, yes.

[Rich Davis]

Wow.

[Steve Covino]

I can't wait.

[Big Mike]

Is coming up for the baseball season.

[Steve Covino]

Big Poppy's coming soon, giving away prizes. All right, so before we get into sports gear, let's welcome Mike. He's got words of wisdom every Wednesday, and if you could repeat it verbatim, you win a prize. Sammy boy, hit it.

[Danny G]

It's time for the guy that runs this place.

[Big Mike]

Just for clarification, guys, Big Mike does

[Rich Davis]

not run this place.

[Steve Covino]

He is not in charge of everything.

[Big Mike]

He has no power over, really, anybody here?

[Rich Davis]

He does not run this place.

[Steve Covino]

It's Big Mike's words of wisdom on a Wednesday.

[Rich Davis]

Hi, Mike. Hello, gentlemen. In honor of Major League Baseball opening night, here we go. The long season starts with one pitch, but the belief starts before it's even thrown.

[Steve Covino]

Ooh, I like that one. That's a good one. I like that one. Ties in with a very special night.

[Rich Davis]

One more time, Mike, One more time. Yeah. The long season starts with one pitch, but the belief starts before it's even thrown.

[Steve Covino]

By the way, Sam, good work on the gong. Great job on that. All right, so hey, Peter Bergman, who's with us live. Scott Vermeyer, Steelo and Stockton, everybody, on the live chat. If you could repeat that verbatim. Colin in Canada, 87799 on Fox. Your chance to win a CNR prize pack. Some koozies just in time for baseball season. Mini footballs, whatever we could throw in there. Pair of socks. Danny G. You got an extra pair to throw in there.

[Rich Davis]

Some dirty stirrups.

[Steve Covino]

Yeah, There you go. Dan. Rod88, everybody chiming in live. You could repeat that. K Rain19 west in Vegas, everybody, on the live chat. 87799 on Fox.

[Rich Davis]

Well, take a look at the standings on right now. And I say that because the Chicago White Sox are in first place just because they have it alphabetical. So the, if you're a fan of the AL Central, just take a look now. White Sox in first place, guys. The Angels also in first place. Are you, are you the guy that's going to tell me after Aaron Judge hits a home run tonight, he's on pace to hit 162 this year? He's going to do it, bro.

[Steve Covino]

So, you know, I think he will hit a home run this year. And I think that dude has so much to prove. That WBC just ignited so much fire and so many players. And I'm really excited to see that momentum carry over. Like I said, what if he has,

[Rich Davis]

what if he gets the yips down now?

[Steve Covino]

What if it's like, I don't think that's happening. So it's not like the guy doesn't deal with pressure every day. Playing in New York, you know what

[Rich Davis]

I found funny about the baseball season? Besides your problem we're going to talk about in a second. This Camino's got a problem. Yes, he does. Because of the new ABS system. This is a guy like Covino's nightmare who always likes to fudge his height a little bit.

[Steve Covino]

That's bs, bro.

[Rich Davis]

I'm five eleven and a half.

[Steve Covino]

I always say, very specifically five ten and three fourths. My license says five eleven because I rounded up. But my honest answer is five ten and three fourths.

[Rich Davis]

We'll, we'll give you that quarter inch.

[Steve Covino]

You can have it yeah, but hey, that's my honest answer. That is a story that we really haven't talked about a lot, but some people have lost up to like, 3 inches because they've been lying. The ABS system required that the players give accurate height analysis so that they could have the proper strike zone. And sh. Otani, believe it or not, went up an inch, so he went from 6:3 to 6:4. So he's even more of a beast at.

[Rich Davis]

On. I heard every £10 you lose, you. Oh, no, you meant height. Okay, I'm sorry.

[Steve Covino]

Yeah, no, it's. By the way, it's every 35 to 40 pounds. Okay.

[Rich Davis]

Some of the notable. Isaac, you know that there's some MLB players dealing with some shrinkage is what the. What I'm reading here.

[Danny G]

You want to make an ointment for that?

[Rich Davis]

You want to know what guys are dealing with some George Costanza shrinkage?

[Steve Covino]

You have the top ones.

[Rich Davis]

Gavin Lux, formerly listed at 6:2, is now 5:11.

[Steve Covino]

Like, that's embarrassing.

[Rich Davis]

That's a guy that was fudged. That's like when, you know, someone fudges inches in anything 62 to 5 11, that's like, you know.

[Steve Covino]

Yeah, that's. That's. Like I said, some people actually got bigger.

[Rich Davis]

I've. I've fudged. I'm exactly six foot. But there have been people that are like, what are you, like, six one? I'm like, yeah, like, I'm not going to correct you.

[Steve Covino]

Right. That's fair.

[Iowa Sam]

Diego Pavia Vanderbilt, the quarterback?

[Rich Davis]

Yeah.

[Iowa Sam]

On their, you know, media guide during the season, they listed him as 6 foot, and he's really like 59 or 5 10.

[Rich Davis]

Well, you know, it's like, you know, where this started. I was him. You're thinking Rich, maybe back in the day in baseball or football. No, when we were kids, if you watch WWE back then, WWF wrestling, they, like, not only fudged it a little bit, they made every guy like, Mr. Perfect or Ravishing Rick Rude or the Honky Tonk Man. These guys, they're like, at 285 pounds. 285 pounds. These guys are like six foot. Like, picture Tito Santana. I'm naming random guys, but picture like a. Like Shawn Michaels. That guy's what? Shawn Michaels, probably 6 foot 6.

[Steve Covino]

Started in WWE wrestling because as a

[Rich Davis]

kid, I remember being like, but we

[Steve Covino]

did that in high school football. Everybody just rounded up.

[Rich Davis]

Yeah, but rounding up is different than them saying macho man from sarasota, Florida, at 270 pounds. Macho man. 270 pounds. Macho man, Randy Savage was probably 6, 2, 2, 10.

[Danny G]

And the one I always remember because it was always this Hulk Hogan at 303 pounds. 3.

[Steve Covino]

Give me a.

[Rich Davis]

You think Hogan was 300 pounds? I mean, he was big, but 260? 270? Come on.

[Steve Covino]

I don't know.

[Rich Davis]

I remember we have a Hulk Hogan workout set. In fact, I was. Sam, we talked recently about workout gimmicks. Can you do a quick search on your system there? The Hulk Hogan workout set. He talks about his height and. Wait. And I think every kid of the 80s got this for Christmas. Hogan was the first to fudge this. Listen.

[Steve Covino]

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

[Rich Davis]

How you doing, all you little hucksters? This is the Incredible Hulk Hogan, the WWF Heavyweight Champion of the World. And I'm really excited about this new Hulkamania workout set. Me too, Hulk. You know, The Hulkster is 6 foot 7, 2 inches from heaven. And I weigh 305, and I can whip any man alive. Wait, hold on. You can stop it there. You can stop it. Six seven, three, zero, five.

[Iowa Sam]

He just said those things so he could rhyme. Rhyme?

[Rich Davis]

He's a big dude. Rest in peace. I was always a fan. I know he had people had reasons to not like him, but I, you know, I was a little Hulkamaniac as a kid. I could separate the man and the hero. Hulk hogan was not 300. 5, 6, 7, 6, 7, 6, seven. Come on, give me a break. But no Gavin Lux. 6, 2, now 5, 11.

[Steve Covino]

Did you see Bo Nailer's the worst?

[Rich Davis]

Bo nailer went from 6 foot to 5, 9.

[Steve Covino]

That's the most embarrassing, like, Dennis teammates ever. Look at him be like, yo, dude, it says six foot up on the screen. There's no way give.

[Rich Davis]

You know how to 5, 9. Kavino has a buddy that's a little on the shorter side. And he at one point investigated. Have you guys ever heard of height increasing? Shoes?

[Steve Covino]

Of course.

[Iowa Sam]

Timberlands, baby. George couldn't take them off.

[Steve Covino]

Over in India, they sell all those insoles all the time too. On social media.

[Rich Davis]

Have you. I. I'll be honest. There was one time I went to a. Like a doctor's appointment. You know, when they measure you, you know, they pull down your pants. No, when the doctor is like, all right. He wrote down on my chart something like 5, 11 and 3/4, 190 something. I'm like, whoa, whoa, whoa, what are we doing? No one's ever set them under six foot. Let's. I. I was like, upset about it.

[Steve Covino]

You gotta stand up straighter.

[Rich Davis]

Yeah, you gotta there's people out there now. People are going out and getting elective surgery to have their bones lengthened.

[Steve Covino]

Oh, yeah, no, that's.

[Rich Davis]

So they can be taller.

[Steve Covino]

It's crazy deal. People are bone smashing. Mike, Mike. Just to get sweet jawline.

[Rich Davis]

There's young off. There's young idiots taking hammers to their face. I'm aware, Alex. They can just call me. I'll take care of it. Alex Bregman. If you're dumb enough to do it, you could hire Mike. Alex Bregman. The funny part about him is that they've shown his player profile and. And over the past four years, he lost an inch every year. Alex Bregman went from six one to six foot to five eleven to now five ten.

[Steve Covino]

So five ten. So Alex.

[Rich Davis]

Alex Bregman lost an inch a year for the last four years.

[Steve Covino]

Yeah, it's. It's sort of embarrassing. And if you miss that story, it's because of the ABS system. The strike zone works with your height.

[Rich Davis]

Yeah. Like, it's.

[Steve Covino]

So they had to get accurate height from all these players, and now the truth is coming out and it's. It's embarrassing, but it's also kind of fun.

[Rich Davis]

You know, I'll give him credit, even though he's never given us a shout out. I'm a fan of John Boy and his lip reading. And I think he's a great broadcaster. Great dude.

[Steve Covino]

Great. Yeah.

[Rich Davis]

John Boy actually displayed how he stood on, like, a milk crate, and he showed how the strike zone would change if. If you're Altuve. Because I think John Boy is not a tall guy. I think he's like, maybe 59 or 5 10. He showed how his height versus if he stood on a milk crate. How ABS has found a way to digitally figure out every player's exact strike zone. Pretty cool when you think about it.

[Steve Covino]

We have the technology. Yeah. Again, getting it right. And I'm all for it. And I think if the umpires just have that type of attitude, it's just better for the game. It doesn't make them look bad.

[Rich Davis]

I don't. I don't understand why we're even bothering making the umpires make the call in the first place. What a fish. Just let ABS make the calls and the umpires. Then the umpires don't look like idiots. I have a better idea. Better idea. Could we take a page? You know, we were talking the other day about how the Globetrotters did something different than the NBA. Banana ball sure is. Given a fun perspective on baseball. Now, flag football might be Doing that for football. What if we took a page out of banana ball? The Savannah Bananas. What if it was something gimmicky? Like if an ump in major league baseball gets more than three challenges wrong, they smash from the face of the pie. Like, something humiliating.

[Steve Covino]

You get a wedgie from the team captain.

[Rich Davis]

Like, like all of a sudden, like, imagine. Imagine like the Phil fanatic comes out with a pie, and it's like we go to ABS. Ooh, he got it wrong for the 4th.

[Steve Covino]

Maybe that's what Netflix has up their sleeve tonight.

[Rich Davis]

Yeah, tonight.

[Steve Covino]

Because they're planning a big event.

[Rich Davis]

No, you get more than 3 APS. ABS calls wrong. Pie to the face. I don't know. Humiliating? I don't think so.

[Steve Covino]

All right, so again, speaking of making the call, your calls now at 87799 on Fox. If you can guess Mike's Wednesday words of wisdom. We'll get to your phone calls next. And do I have a problem? Yeah, let me just set this up. I'll set it up real quick. I'm a big fan of sports merchandise, as we all are. Right. Sports gear. I don't think I go overboard by any means because I don't think I'm an overboard fanatic. I think I have a healthy relationship with sports. What do you think the over under is for me when it comes to Yankee hats? Yankee hats. Someone brought this up in our live chat yesterday.

[Rich Davis]

Well, I don't want to be Yankee hats.

[Steve Covino]

Not just. Not hats, period. Just Yankee hats.

[Rich Davis]

I don't want to tell people how to live their life. You know, you do if you want to. If you want to, you know, overindulge in something, hey, have at it. But there's a picture that if you're watching our YouTube chat, our video guy spot has this picture. Camino laid out all his Yankee hats for, like, what am I going to wear this year, dude? I'll just say this. It looks like a lid store. I'm like, like, one for every day of the season.

[Steve Covino]

I was dropping one yesterday. This all started on the live chat. Manny Munoz, Manny Munoz of. Of. Of the Kavino enrich nation of Fox Sports radio said, hey, what do you think his over under is? How many hats does he have?

[Rich Davis]

Well, we have an answer of how many.

[Steve Covino]

I have an answer. And I took a picture of them all.

[Rich Davis]

And honestly, it's like, you know, you have one head, right?

[Steve Covino]

But I got lots of different shirts and different color combos.

[Rich Davis]

It looks like. You ever see my blue heaven?

[Steve Covino]

Oh, of course.

[Rich Davis]

Steve Martin is like, why do you have all these copies of this book? He stole all the books. He's like, what if I want to read it more than once? You know, you have one head, but

[Steve Covino]

you got to switch it up. You got to stay fresh.

[Rich Davis]

So we'll, we'll get to some sports gear. We'll chop it up with you guys.

[Steve Covino]

How many do you think I have? And. And when does it become a problem? That's the question. You have a problem. We'll figure it out.

[Rich Davis]

What's the answer for jerseys if you're a big basketball fan? If you have blank number of jerseys, maybe you need to slow down. Like, do we have numbers in mind?

[Steve Covino]

And we got midweek major more Cavino and Rich and the answer to that question next right here on Fox Sports Radio.

[Rich Davis]

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[Danny G]

Hi, this is Jay. I'm the producer of the Paulie and Tony Fusco show. Usually in these promos, they ask you to listen to the show.

[Steve Covino]

I'm here to ask you, please don't.

[Danny G]

Don't listen to this show. The hosts are two absolute morons who

[Steve Covino]

have the dumbest takes on sports imaginable.

[Danny G]

Don't listen to this show so it can get canceled.

[Steve Covino]

Whoa, whoa, whoa. What the hell are you doing in our studio?

[Rich Davis]

Get him, Paulie.

[Steve Covino]

Ignore that fool.

[Iowa Sam]

Listen to the Paulie and Tony Fusco

[Steve Covino]

show on the iHeartRadio app or wherever you get your podcast.

[Rich Davis]

He's still moving.

[Steve Covino]

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[Steve Covino]

Good.

[Rich Davis]

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[Rich Davis]

Yay.

[Steve Covino]

Yay.

[Rich Davis]

You know, there was a funny moment on yesterday's show that went so under the radar. You gotta watch this clip at Covino and Rich on Instagram. Let's just say Kavino figured out what's under Cam Newton's hat.

[Steve Covino]

Oh yeah, I can't stop laughing.

[Rich Davis]

And I'm. I'm always baffled how sometimes there'll be one of the funniest clips we have and it doesn't get a ton of views. And then there's a clip that I think is, eh, it's all right. It gets a ton of views. Social media confuses the hell out of me. I promise you. This Cam Newton clip, hilarious.

[Steve Covino]

Yeah, let's make the world right. Like our clip at Coenrich, I was

[Rich Davis]

fascinated by like, yeah, that clip's not that great. Got a ton of views. That clip's awesome. And no one's really looking at it, huh?

[Steve Covino]

Yeah. At Covino, Enrich at Fox Sports Radio.

[Rich Davis]

Can I prove a point?

[Steve Covino]

Check out our clips.

[Rich Davis]

One of our most viewed videos of all time with millions and millions of views is our video producer Spot popping the pimples on his nose.

[Steve Covino]

Yeah. How dumb is that? Yeah. You have this great clip from yesterday and five people liked it. So like our clips, maybe more than five. Covino.

[Rich Davis]

But I mean, like.

[Steve Covino]

And it was me all five times.

[Rich Davis]

50 million people watched our producer pop nose pimples. But it's like he has a really good clip.

[Steve Covino]

It's called spots nose goo.

[Iowa Sam]

There's a market for that, I guess.

[Steve Covino]

I guess at Covino and Rich, you

[Rich Davis]

watch Pop up pimping. Pimping Popple.

[Iowa Sam]

No. Makes me kind of makes my skin crawl a little bit.

[Steve Covino]

All right, well, we're Kavino and Rich. That's Sam. We got Danny G here. We're live from the Fox Sports radio studio. And are you into video games? Celebrities are just a good time. The Global Gaming League is a video game league with celebrity owned teams from T Pain to Neo competing in everything from Call of Duty to Tetris. Sign up and join the league [e-mail] and professional wrestling fans, the action continues every week.

[Rich Davis]

TNA Thursday. Yeah, they got the TNA Thursday night impact. Don't miss the adrenaline, the drama, and the total nonstop action. Watch your favorite TNA Wrestling stars. For showtimes and more info, visit tna wrestling.com now before we get to midweek, Major, put these things in order. Do you want to see a good pimple popped? Do you want to see someone wash their ear out and all this gross earwax comes out?

[Iowa Sam]

Yes.

[Rich Davis]

Or do you want to watch someone like pull an ingrown hair that's like five feet long?

[Steve Covino]

I mean, how about none of them?

[Rich Davis]

Yeah, how about I want you to watch those things?

[Steve Covino]

I want to see some booty shaking. Yeah. I don't want to see that.

[Iowa Sam]

The ear thing's kind of fascinating.

[Rich Davis]

You ever see that? People flush their ear out. You're like, oh, my God, that was in your ear.

[Steve Covino]

Some guy's weird cyst. Like, I don't need to see that. Or your foot fungus. I'm good. All right, so why can't we see cool things? I don't need to see all that other stuff. But before.

[Rich Davis]

How about this?

[Steve Covino]

You want to see my hat collection before we do midweek?

[Rich Davis]

Major, I do want to see your hat collection.

[Steve Covino]

Let's see over under Danny G. Over under. On Yankee hats. Not just hats, just Yankees hats. Because our boy Mr. Munoz hit us up, and he's like, yo, what do you think the over under is?

[Rich Davis]

My guess would have been 12. And I was way. I was way low.

[Big Mike]

I mean, if you would have asked me before I saw the picture, I would have said 30.

[Iowa Sam]

Sam, any guesses on your hat collection?

[Steve Covino]

Yeah, just Yankees.

[Big Mike]

Just Yankees.

[Iowa Sam]

Oh, just Yankees. I'll say 35.

[Steve Covino]

Lowen. Cron. Do you have a get. Do you have a number? Because I didn't know what was high or low.

[Danny G]

Anyway, I'm going to. I'm going to make this 26, because I think that's the number of championships the Yankees have won.

[Steve Covino]

27.

[Danny G]

27. Okay, I'll go with 27, then.

[Rich Davis]

Also the number of little league home runs.

[Steve Covino]

Also. Yeah, the answer is. And I was surprised because again, Wes, in Vegas, the guys, a bunch of guys were speculating yesterday on the chat how many think he has just Yankees hats as of now. Because, of course, you give some away, you add some new ones. I got 30 going on. There's a picture you could see. You see the collection right there at COVINO and Rich FSR on YouTube. COVINO and Rich FSR on YouTube. Because, look, you. Especially with the Yankees, they don't even have City Connect jerseys or hats or different anything. So you got to just find other variations to match your outfit, to match your sneakers or whatever. So you got to have other options.

[Rich Davis]

You should wear a new one every time Giancarlo misses a game because he's banged up.

[Steve Covino]

Oh, man. So, yeah, I'm at 130 right now. By the end of this season, probably close to 45 maybe. But I'm at 30. And you could see that. Now the question is, when does it become a problem? How many jerseys do you have, Rich?

[Rich Davis]

I have. I have four jerseys. You know what I got.

[Steve Covino]

I got six.

[Rich Davis]

Let's. Let's solve this. But right now, something we do Every week. I love it. Iowa Sam has taken over for our video guy spot, something we call midweek major.

[Steve Covino]

Let's go.

[Rich Davis]

Cavino.

[Steve Covino]

And Rich gets you over the middle of the week with midweek major.

[Rich Davis]

Oh, I love that.

[Steve Covino]

We throw sports and pop culture headlines

[Danny G]

and topics at the fellas and it's

[Rich Davis]

like the kids say, that's so mid week definitely major.

[Danny G]

CNR scoring midweek major.

[Rich Davis]

Aw, yeah.

[Big Mike]

Gotta go quick here to give our fill in Iowa Sam at least seven full minutes.

[Rich Davis]

I don't know, he might Tom Brady maybe. Our video guy spot is Drew Bledsoe. I don't know.

[Big Mike]

Before I hand things over to the number one and only fill in host of the segment, let's roll the two big red love dice in the main studio.

[Steve Covino]

I just rolled the nine.

[Big Mike]

All right, now it's a rich roll.

[Steve Covino]

Ah, rich roll seven.

[Big Mike]

Well, that means Covino gets first take. And now, ladies and gentlemen, the most famous person besides Jenny Hart from Iowa City, Iowa. Iowa Sam.

[Steve Covino]

Hey, Sammy, sweetheart, let's go.

[Iowa Sam]

Hey, guys.

[Steve Covino]

All right.

[Iowa Sam]

I was told you guys held off on discussing this story just for me. I appreciate it. We start with Puka the nibbler. Nakua get. Oh, get this guy to step in for that McDonald's executive next time someone needs to take a big bite of something.

[Steve Covino]

Am I right?

[Iowa Sam]

All right, we know the talent with Puka, guys. We know the talent. He does big things on the field and but lately he draws plenty of attention off the field. And allegedly he had a pretty crazy December this past year. In a lawsuit, a woman named named Madison Atiabi claims that Nakua bit her. Charlie, you bit me. While they were at a dinner on New Year's Eve. And at some point she claims he blurted out an anti Semitic comment. Now to refresh people's memories, it was also in December of this past year that Puka went on a live stream with some dummies and was captured performing a gesture that many found many people found to be anti Semitic. Eventful December for Puka. Now back to the lawsuit. Puka's representation says it's all a cash cow crab. His lawyer doesn't deny that Puka bit her playfully, but not hard enough to cause actual pain and suffering. His lawyer also notes that Ms. Atiabi joined Puka at a club later that night. His legal team plans to file a defamation claim. Puka in the news again midweek or major.

[Steve Covino]

Very major. First of all, he's a high profile player, very likable guy. He had everything to gain with a sweet deal moving Forward, you have Jackson, Smith and Jigba signing a pretty sweet deal. You don't think Puka Nakua was about to make some moves and you got this news. Not good. Not good. It's a, it's a, a big time surprise, I would say, because a lot of people now go online from man, we love Puka to is there an AB situation going on? I hope not. So I hope a lot of this is not true because we've interviewed him several times. Everybody that meets the guy loves the guy. So this is like a total, total 180 from what we knew of Puka Kua and who would hate to see his career go down like that and his money go away.

[Rich Davis]

I'm gonna say major and I'll tell you why.

[Steve Covino]

Definitely major.

[Rich Davis]

I think Puka makes poor decisions, but not based on him being a bad dude at all. In fact, we've had him on the show many a times and I think Puka is a really good guy. I think. Can I make the comparison? Remember Mantay Tea was naive when he was playing for Notre Dame and entering the league where he was just like, you know, there was like a nevity to him that was like, oh man, you gotta wisen up. You can't hang with the wrong people. I think Puka let these boneheads make him do a gesture he didn't even know he was doing, if you remember that. And I think he just linked up with the wrong girl. Probably playfully bit her and she's like, oh my God, I'm hurt. Meanwhile she goes to the club.

[Steve Covino]

I don't know. Didn't it start with criticism of the referees? Like there was a lot of stuff like leading up to where we're at right now, I don't know.

[Rich Davis]

I think Puka is just, let's hope, putting himself in bad situations.

[Iowa Sam]

All right, pressing on here. Let's go to baseball. It's opening day, opening night, Yankees at Giants tonight, 8:05 Eastern, 5:05 Pacific time. As you guys have talked about, listen, the rollout of last year's game where we had a game on in the middle of the night in Korea versus one game on Netflix to get things all started. How do you like the rollout midweek or major?

[Steve Covino]

The rollout of one game?

[Rich Davis]

Yeah, well, the roll.

[Steve Covino]

I think it's cool. Just like one game as opposed to last year.

[Iowa Sam]

The first game wasn't on. Like you had to wake up at two in the morning to watch it. So this year, this year it's like easy. It's on Netflix. It's on.

[Steve Covino]

I think it's great. And I think that's why Netflix is marketing this as, like, a big event. I'm curious to see what's happening. But the fact that everybody gets to tune in to watch one game tonight, I think think is a big deal. And I think it's a nice way to start the season, and especially as a Yankees fan. Let's go.

[Rich Davis]

I think.

[Iowa Sam]

And Netflix dipping into baseball for the first time.

[Rich Davis]

I like that. And I'll tell you, a lot of people hate that because they go, why is Netflix or another streaming service? Hey, we're. We're guys. We're evolving. We stream things, right? I'm curious to see what Netflix does. I think it's cool. Know what I do miss, though? You know, you love tradition. Sometimes where it's like, every Thanksgiving, what do we get? The Lions and the Cowboys hosting games, Right? Remember the Cincinnati Reds? Wasn't there a tradition when we were younger? The Reds had the first game every year.

[Iowa Sam]

Maybe.

[Rich Davis]

I don't know if I like the rotation. I just feel like that could have been a cool tradition they kept. But, hey, Yankees, Giants, have fun tonight. Enjoy.

[Iowa Sam]

All right. And we'll go to one of Rich's mini bailiwicks, one of his many areas of specialty, for another story. Guys, I don't know how relevant magazines are these days. I don't know how relevant Sports Illustrated is these days, but Sports Illustrated just dropped a preview of its yearly swimsuit edition. It features the likes of Are you listening, Rich? Libby Dunn and other beautiful women. But Livy Dunn, she's in there. And I know. Rich's ears just perked up. Is this something you'd peruse Rich Davis and Steve Covino midweek or major?

[Steve Covino]

Definitely major. Yeah, definitely major. I think these brands, like, we started our radio career for Maxim radio. Remember that magazine, Maxim? And our job is to bring that to life on the radio. These brands, Sports Illustrated, Matt, they still exist, but in different forms on social media. And I still think we still get some very beautiful women and cool names out of it.

[Rich Davis]

Yeah, I agree. Livy Dunn, Brooks Nader, a lot of these Baywatch reboot people, some great athletes. What I don't like is that it's Sports Illustrated. Nah, I don't want to say it. People yell.

[Steve Covino]

Rich was hoping Adam Dunn was on

[Rich Davis]

the COVID Yeah, just move on.

[Steve Covino]

What were you gonna say?

[Rich Davis]

I. I'm not a fan. I'm not a fan of Sports Illustrated welcoming all body types. And I'll tell you why. Because it's not a campaign for a product. It's Sports Illustrated. These are supposed to be athletes. So when they include all body types,

[Iowa Sam]

I think these are swimsuits on sale.

[Rich Davis]

I feel like all body types should be included in life, in society, dating the world, sports. You should be athletic.

[Steve Covino]

Alejandro Kirk would disagree with you.

[Rich Davis]

Yeah, like, if they're doing a bodies issue for dudes, they shouldn't be putting, you know, put it athletic. I don't know. That's my thought. But that's just me. No offense.

[Steve Covino]

Well, I didn't mean to put you on the spot. I had no idea where you were going with that saying.

[Rich Davis]

Like, I saw some of the things and I'm like, yeah, but shouldn't this be for, like, fit people? Oh, I don't know.

[Big Mike]

You saying no offense fixes everything.

[Steve Covino]

Yeah, he said no offense.

[Rich Davis]

Hey, guys, no offense.

[Steve Covino]

He did say no offense, guys.

[Rich Davis]

I said no offense. You did.

[Iowa Sam]

You're fine.

[Rich Davis]

I did say no offense.

[Iowa Sam]

And speaking of bodies, last story here. Like father, like son.

[Rich Davis]

No offense.

[Iowa Sam]

Arnold Schwarzenegger's son, Joseph Baena, the child he shares with his former housekeeper, Mildred. This young man definitely got some of dad's physical characteristics, and he's about to make his professional bodybuilding debut in Colorado this weekend. Joseph appears to be as tall as dad, about six two, and he's built like a brick chimney. Nothing but love between father and son. And it's nice to see dad coaching him up to take over the family business. This is, honestly, guys, a wonderful story. I already sold you on it. Midweek or major?

[Steve Covino]

Oh, this is major. It's just really cool. Again, this was his illegitimate son. This is who we're talking about, Arnold's son. And what happened was he was always very big and he resembled Arnold, but he's gotten ripped. And I followed his yolk path. Yeah, he's. He's very shredded right now, and you're seeing, like, wow, he really does got a lot of that in him. So I love the story. I love how Arnold, they've embraced. Embraced and made a great relationship out of this.

[Iowa Sam]

Openly his dad is openly his son.

[Steve Covino]

Very cool to see. I think it's major, and I wish him all the best. He's a really personable guy, too. Really funny dude.

[Rich Davis]

I love everything about the story.

[Steve Covino]

Yep.

[Rich Davis]

Taking accountability, being. Being a dad, doing everything. I think it's fantastic. No offense.

[Iowa Sam]

And that's midweek Major, guys.

[Steve Covino]

No, thank you. Great job. I was Sam, Sammy boy.

[Rich Davis]

Thanks.

[Steve Covino]

Bringing you the biggest stories in all the sports and pop culture. We decide are they midweek major. We do it every Wednesday.

[Rich Davis]

All right. You want to.

[Steve Covino]

Yeah. I was going to say to wrap up our previous discussion, when is it a problem as far as sports gear? It's like your, your wifey or girlfriend with bags and things like that. It's like when do you step in

[Rich Davis]

and say, hey, you could say that about dudes or women with watches and jewelry or sneakers or shoes. Like what? Yo, what's too much? You know, think about it. We'll go to I love front update first. What's up buddy?

[Danny G]

Isaac Lone Crown Rich hasn't said no offense that much since discussing the 2025 Mets. Anyway, sorry. Well, we started. I'm sorry.

[Steve Covino]

Oh man.

[Danny G]

All uphill from here. We will actually start in New York where today NBA commissioner Adam Silver told reporters that a special board of governors meeting will be held in May to reform the NBA's draft lottery format in an effort to address tanking today. The NBA's board of governors also unanimously voted for the league to explore bids for potential expansion teams in Seattle and Las Vegas. Hey, are you into video games, celebrities or just a good time?

[Steve Covino]

Good question.

[Danny G]

I know I am. The Global Gaming League is a video game league with celebrity owned teams, celebrities like T Pain and Neo competing in everything from Call of Duty to Tetris. Sign up and join the league [e-mail] in the NFL, Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes posted a video on his Instagram stories today of himself dropping back and throwing passes just over three months after having surgery to repair his torn left acl. Finally, labor negotiations between the NFL and the the NFL Referees association abruptly broke off today. The NFL RA's collective bargaining agreement expires the end of May. Referees association executive director Scott Green told reporters, quote, we asked them to give us a response and they refused. They then got up and left, unquote. Back to you guys.

[Rich Davis]

Thank you. Isaac Loinchron. Good seeing you, buddy. Can I put someone on the spot to make some sense of something for me? Because I feel like I know the answer. But listen, we have a room here of pretty knowledgeable folks. If Travis Kelsey's definitely going to play one more year, what was the strategy of the three year deal? Is it, is it to almost spread out money? Is it to give him the option to stay? Like, why? Why the three year deal?

[Steve Covino]

The understanding is you're getting one and probably not the other two. Or is the understanding, what's the strategy? Get one and then maybe a year

[Iowa Sam]

retires with the Chiefs like they want to make sure he' you have a three year.

[Rich Davis]

But would he really not retire with the Chiefs? I just feel like is there, is it spreading money out where they're. I don't know. Just maybe

[Steve Covino]

you're guaranteeing at least another year maybe to work with younger players, like to make it a transition of sorts.

[Big Mike]

It's still structured as a one year deal with 12 million in the first year and 3 million in incentives.

[Steve Covino]

Wow.

[Rich Davis]

Yeah. Interesting.

[Steve Covino]

So maybe it's like the parting gift Danny G. And I were talking about.

[Big Mike]

The additional years are because of the salary cap. It's to help.

[Rich Davis]

Yeah. That's what I'm saying.

[Big Mike]

So, yeah, you're right.

[Rich Davis]

Thing. Okay. All right. Cool. Danny. Appreciate you guys and appreciate all the feedback at 877-99-FOX. How much is too much when it comes to repping your team? Jerseys, hats, gear. We'll get to the bottom of that next before we get out of here.

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[Rich Davis]

So your Yankees start in about an hour.

[Steve Covino]

Yes.

[Rich Davis]

Opening day.

[Steve Covino]

Yes. Who's showing up big Max Freed. Max Freed. Ben Rice. Ben Arrows. Yeah, I like it because it's a big stage. It's Netflix, it's new. And people like, who's this Ben Rice guy? Ben Rice, whatever. Ben Rice. Then you're gonna see like, oh, wow, Ben Rice is good. This guy's got a bat. You know, this guy's dude. This dude is good. So you're gonna see it. You're gonna see him do big things tonight. And I'm real excited. All starts today. If you just joined us, Rich and I put a thousand dollar bet on Mets vs Yankees. Who has the better record at the end of the season. Last year I won and we did

[Rich Davis]

some Cy Young MVPs as well.

[Steve Covino]

I believe it. I believe in the run it back Yankees. And then the final question of the day was if Spotty, our video guy could pull up the picture again. You could see my collection of Yankees hats.

[Rich Davis]

You have a lot.

[Steve Covino]

And it's like it's an ever changing collection. There's new ones, there's old ones. You know, I got rid of a bunch of old ones. I gave them to my nephew. I'm going to be buying new ones probably this week. I always do. But right now I have 30.

[Rich Davis]

I think you got a problem.

[Steve Covino]

Shout out to Manny Munoz and Wes in Vegas and everybody on the chat guessing 30 was the total of just Yankees hats. When is it an issue and at what point do you stop?

[Rich Davis]

It's a lot, I think.

[Big Mike]

Like we got a card though. Like Scott said, you're in the sports, radio and TV business.

[Rich Davis]

Wiggle room.

[Steve Covino]

Yeah, we're on video all the time right off. I don't have, I don't have necessarily an NFL team or an NBA team. Right. So I'm limited to just Yankees gear. Got it. Mixed up the color combinations there. So I got 30. Rich is a guy that doesn't wear hats really at all.

[Rich Davis]

I mean, would you if you had this hair?

[Steve Covino]

No. So that's what I'm saying. Like, I don't know if 30s, like, excessive in today's world of. You could buy these so easily online.

[Rich Davis]

You know what?

[Steve Covino]

You find some.

[Rich Davis]

I have a related question real quick. And I know we got to get out of here, but I saw. But the Mets posted a video. And again, Mets are my team. Sorry for the Mets. Yankees overdoing it, but they are two of the hottest teams.

[Steve Covino]

They are.

[Rich Davis]

So they questioned all 26 guys. Danny G. On the Mets opening day roster, what uniform do you like the best? And I'm. I'm talking like a significant amount of guys on the team. We're like, oh, I like those. Those, like, alternate Met black jerseys with the blue Mets on it. And if a majority of the guys are like, yo, that's my jersey. Do you think the players should have influence on rotations of jerseys? Or is that the clubhouse you want

[Steve Covino]

them to feel the most?

[Rich Davis]

Like, if that's the clubhouse manager guy. Because fans were noting in the comments, like, not one Met player said, the city can.

[Steve Covino]

Well, they didn't have like a winning reputation with the black jerseys, right?

[Rich Davis]

Yeah, but everyone.

[Steve Covino]

But if everybody likes, let them change the reputation.

[Big Mike]

This would be like if our bosses had control of Covino's rotation with his Yankees hats.

[Steve Covino]

Yeah.

[Rich Davis]

You want to feel.

[Big Mike]

Vino needs to have that.

[Steve Covino]

You want to feel the best, especially when you're out there on a big stage, man. Yeah. I think the players should control what they're wearing on that game.

[Rich Davis]

And a reminder, the jersey rules. If your team doesn't have a name on the jersey, you don't have a name on the jersey.

[Steve Covino]

If.

[Rich Davis]

If you're the Yankee. If you're a Yankees fan and they. And it says number 99, it doesn't say judge.

[Steve Covino]

No. So it can only say number one. Grandma or grandpa.

[Rich Davis]

Yeah.

[Steve Covino]

Great.

[Rich Davis]

Yeah, that's the only. And if a player got traded from your team or left in free agency, you got to put that jersey aside until they retire. If it's a legend or just the rules. Yeah. You can't break those rules. And I think the safest bet is always a retired legend. Like, you can't go wrong with that. But, you know, have fun. Baseball season's here. I'm pumped. I think that this is the time of year where you're right. There's something to watch every night. So there's no excuse.

[Steve Covino]

And you know what? A bit of a homework assignment, but it'll be fun. Tune in to watch the Yankees Giants observations. Make some Netflix observations. What what's part of this big event and what you like, what you don't like. Jameis Winston and more. And we'll chop it up tomorrow and we'll do some old school and 50 hits.

[Rich Davis]

All right, have a great night, guys. Enjoy Opening day baseball March Madness continues tomorrow. Ariba Daci baby.

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[Rich Davis]

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Enjoy savings on top of savings when

[Steve Covino]

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