C&R - One Shining Moment, AstroNOT, MLB #2

Summary

The Dan Patrick Show: C&R - One Shining Moment, AstroNOT, MLB #2
April 7, 2026 | iHeartPodcasts and Dan Patrick Podcast Network

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Episode Overview

This episode of The Dan Patrick Show, with Covino and Rich (C&R) at the helm, blends humorous sports talk with pop culture observations, zeroing in on three major themes: the allure and tradition of “One Shining Moment” in NCAA basketball, a startlingly underreported milestone in human space exploration (“AstroNOT”), and the emergent status of Major League Baseball as America’s clear #2 sport behind the NFL. The hosts deliver high-energy banter, hot takes, and audience interaction, all with their trademark comedic flair.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. March Madness & "One Shining Moment" (Begins ~03:28)

• The hosts open with anticipation about the NCAA championship game: #2 UConn vs. #1 Michigan.
• Rich Davis proclaims "One Shining Moment" as “the best culmination of all sports” (03:28), while Monty jokes the song could use a modern upgrade, riffing on who should perform it next.
• There’s nostalgia and reverence for the tradition, setting a celebratory sports tone for the episode.

2. AstroNOT: Astronauts Break Space Records, No One Notices (08:07)

• Rich shifts gears for a “deep thought” unrelated to sports: American astronauts have traveled further into space than any humans in history—yet it's barely reported.
  • “Reid Wiseman, Christina Koch, Victor Glover, and Jeremy Hansen… are seeing things no human eyes have seen. And no one’s making a big deal about it.” (08:21)
  • Monty exclaims, “That’s the first I’ve heard that stat. Is that a fact?” (08:43)
• The segment humorously juxtaposes the cultural obsession with trivial entertainment news against this historic human achievement.
• The nostalgia of ‘80s and ‘90s space enthusiasm is invoked (“Milhouse was onto something!” 10:50), lamenting today’s public apathy toward space news.
• The group concludes that unless space missions are wrapped in reality TV drama, most people won’t care:
  • "If there was a reality show called Dating in Space, then we might care." (14:20)

3. MLB’s Home Run Robbery Spectacle & the “Number Two” Sport Debate (15:30 onward)

• Joe Adell's wild weekend—robbing three home runs in one baseball game—sparks awe:
  • “Three [home run robberies] in one game… That’s a billion to one, I would say.” – Monty (16:30)
  • Rich spotlights how even non-fans are talking about this, proof of MLB’s surging relevance.
• There’s extensive discussion about baseball’s rules, especially relating to home run robberies, and how casual fans are often confused. The trio debates whether if an outfielder jumps over the fence but still catches the ball, it’s an out (consensus: it is, and always has been).
• The group laughs at viral moments—like a college player having a ball bounce off his head over the fence, likened to the infamous Jose Canseco moment (22:05).

4. Baseball's Leapfrogging of NBA to Become America's #2 Sport (23:00)

• The segment pivots to a major sports media narrative:
  • "Baseball is now secured in that number two spot behind the NFL... For a while, it felt like NBA #2, baseball #3. That switch is abundantly clear now." – Rich Davis (22:35)
• Factors Offered (34:39–36:56):
  • Rich: NBA stars—though talented—aren’t connecting emotionally with fans, making it hard for the league to build personalities or new rivalries. “You just can’t force love.”
  • Monty: MLB’s consistency works in its favor; fans always know when their team is playing due to a consistent schedule, whereas NBA’s schedule and TV placement are unpredictable.
  • Steve Covino: Increased accessibility and pace of play in MLB (pitch clock, shorter games), social media-friendly highlights, and new energy have made baseball more appealing.
• “In a season and a half, we’ve seen a full 180° reversal between MLB and NBA…” (38:09)

5. Audience Interaction & Hot Takes (Many Points)

• Callers and live chat participants weigh in.
  • Ken from NY credits MLB’s rule changes (like the pitch clock) for making games more watchable and points out NCAA and NBA’s issues with player transfers and NIL deals leading to fragmented fan bases. (50:18)
  • Austin echoes that home run catch rule confusion is mostly among casual fans.
• Quote that captures the show’s spirit:
  • “Casual fans just can’t wrap their heads around it.” – Monty (31:44)

6. The Ever-Present Role of Sports as Escape (15:05)

• Monty: “That’s the beauty of sports, though… it distracts you from the news sometimes. And most news is whack news.”

7. Trivia and Sports Media News (48:10)

• Rich asks: Only two coaches have won an NBA title and then gone to coach college hoops—current news about Michael Malone, while the first was Larry Brown with the Pistons then SMU. (48:14)
• News of the day includes: North Carolina hiring Michael Malone as men's basketball coach, Juan Soto to IL in MLB, Angels’ off-field drama (47:30–47:45).

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On adults critiquing kids’ movies:
  • “Any adult doing a critique of this on Instagram or TikTok… you should bang your head against the wall.” – Rich, on ‘Super Mario Galaxy’ (06:37)
• On space exploration apathy:
  • “We’re further into outer space than we’ve ever been, and people care more about Super Mario!” – Rich (12:03)
• On what would make people care about astronauts again:
  • “If the astronauts were having an affair… or there was a show called Dating in Space, then we might care.” – Monty (14:08, 14:20)
• On why MLB is now mainstream again:
  • “Those minor adjustments made the world of a difference for baseball. A pitch clock… just moving the game along.” – Ken, caller (50:03)
• On NBA’s struggles with fandom:
  • "The artists [NBA stars] aren’t connecting. If the artist's not connecting with the audience... I don't know what to tell you." – Rich (35:23)
• On the cyclical nature of sports and culture:
  • "Some things are unexplained… baseball’s popping and you can’t really describe it. Things go in cycles." – Rich (39:36)

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Timestamps by Segment

• 03:28 – March Madness, "One Shining Moment", NCAA Championship build-up
• 08:07 – ‘AstroNOT’: Astronauts achieve space milestone, public ignores it
• 15:30 – Joe Adell’s insane game & MLB’s improbable highlights
• 23:00 – Is MLB now America’s #2 sport? The debate heats up
• 34:39–36:56 – Theories: Why NBA lags, MLB surges; importance of league culture and structure
• 38:09 – Rapid turnaround in MLB’s fortunes
• 50:18 – Callers weigh in on MLB’s changes and NBA’s fragmentation
• 48:10–49:00 – Trivia: NBA champions turned college coaches
• 47:30–47:45 – Angels’ walkoff and major sports headlines

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Closing Thoughts

This engaging episode mixes sharp sports analysis, culture commentary, and the signature C&R humor. From celebrating athletic tradition ("One Shining Moment") to exposing the public’s priorities ("AstroNOT"), and dissecting big-picture trends in American fandom (MLB’s rise, NBA’s challenges), the show offers both laughs and insight.

Covino and Rich’s take? Enjoy the games, don’t overthink the headlines, and maybe—just maybe—pay attention next time someone breaks the edge of human achievement in outer space.

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Transcript

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[Monty Belano]

Oh, yeah. I hope someone kissed your keysta for Easter. Well, I hope everyone had a happy Easter weekend. Holiday weekend. If not, just hope you had a Joe Adele, Deontay Wilder women's UCLA basketball sort of weekend, bro.

[Rich Davis]

You know who's happy about that? Big Mike. I love ucla.

[Monty Belano]

Oh, yeah. Congrats to Big Mike and all the beautiful women. Well, of ucla.

[Rich Davis]

I am sort of bummed about Juan Soto.

[Monty Belano]

Oh, yeah, it's out 10 games, huh?

[Rich Davis]

But you know what? Hey, we're going to have fun here. We're going to have fun on a Monday. There's a lot to get to, but I'm going to start the show a little unconventional today.

[Monty Belano]

Oh, boy.

[Rich Davis]

I have two deep thoughts that have nothing to do with sports.

[Monty Belano]

But don't worry, I thought the whole show was unconventional.

[Rich Davis]

Sort of true, right?

[Monty Belano]

All right, let's rock out CNR on fsr.

[Rich Davis]

Oh, and by the way, something else I want to get to on today's show is one shining moment. The best culmination of all sports.

[Monty Belano]

You know, it's such a legendary moment. I'll just leave it at that.

[Rich Davis]

Okay, we'll get to that.

[Monty Belano]

I think this song needs an upgrade, though.

[Rich Davis]

Who do you want to sing it? Godsmack?

[Monty Belano]

I don't know.

[Rich Davis]

Like, is that what you want?

[Monty Belano]

Yeah, yeah, that'd be dope.

[Rich Davis]

Some mumble rap.

[Monty Belano]

No, I know that's part of the tradition.

[Rich Davis]

Stop. I get it. What's up, Sexy Ryan?

[Monty Belano]

Sexy Ryan's here. Danny G. Super producer Danny G. And our favorite, no offense to Dan Beyer, of course, Monty Belano. Hi, guys.

[Rich Davis]

I'm gonna clip that and play for Dan Byer next time he takes a Covino guy.

[Monty Belano]

I said respectfully, no offense to Dan Byer.

[Steve Covino]

You said all the right things.

[Monty Belano]

I said, I love Dan Beyer the most. But, yeah, our favorite, Monte Bologna.

[Rich Davis]

That's like saying, no offense, but, like,

[Monty Belano]

you know, all the right things.

[Steve Covino]

All the right things were said.

[Monty Belano]

So thank you guys for being. We have unconventional Covino and Rich on the way, but we're broadcasting live from the Fox Sports Radio studio. And if you miss any of today's show and you want to catch the podcast, search Covino Enrich. You know, podcasts still matter, even though we're all about. Hey, Watch us on YouTube as we stream live. Watch us on YouTube anytime at Covino and Rich FSR. I'm pulling up the live chat and let's go, man. Let the wild rumpus start. We got the championship tonight, bro. So yeah, buddy, already have built in Monday night plans. Number two, UConn. Number one, Michigan. And we're super pumped about it.

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[Monty Belano]

right, it's one shining Monday. Hope it's been a fun day. If not, let's get it going.

[Rich Davis]

All right, so one shining moment. We'll talk some ncaa, we'll talk some baseball and why it's a solid number two. Maybe I shouldn't say solid number two.

[Monty Belano]

That's, you know, what everyone's saying. What does baseball and Rich Davis have in common? Solid number two, bro. Not that you're number two in life, but I know your bathroom habits. Oh, and we're going to talk about

[Rich Davis]

Giannis and he looked at me like I'm number two. No insinuating you're number one.

[Monty Belano]

You know, maybe this is tm, but Rich will leave during commercial and come back.

[Rich Davis]

Sorry, you have terrible digestion.

[Monty Belano]

Yeah, I'm like, this is a 20 minute session for this guy.

[Rich Davis]

Get a better diet.

[Monty Belano]

I know, sorry.

[Rich Davis]

But I want to start the show with two things.

[Monty Belano]

Go ahead.

[Rich Davis]

That have nothing to do with sports. And that's the fun of our show, right? We don't need to force it. I saw Super Mario Galaxy with my kids over the weekend and I just want to let it be known. Any grown up, any adult doing a critique of this on Instagram or TikTok as if they're analyzing some type of Academy Award winning film. Honestly, you should bang your head against the wall.

[Monty Belano]

I bet you Ryan's that type of guy. Is Ryan.

[Rich Davis]

I actually agree with Rich.

[Monty Belano]

Okay.

[Rich Davis]

It's A European movie. Guess what? Ask me if I like the movie. Ask me if I like Mario Galaxy. Did you enjoy the movie? Guess what? My five year old. I'm sorry, my six year old son and my eight year old daughter did, which means I did. It was a fun movie. I ate popcorn, I sat there. It looked beautiful on imax.

[Monty Belano]

Well, I don't know about the plot

[Rich Davis]

line if you're worried about the plot

[Monty Belano]

line of Super Story. Huh?

[Rich Davis]

But it's everywhere.

[Monty Belano]

Everywhere where, you know, adults have this crazy opinion or expectation for a kids movie. Even Roger ebert.com said, Ah, mediocre at best. Hey, it's breaking April records. It was the number one movie in the world this weekend. And it's for the kids. Like, why are we expecting more than that? So it's absurd.

[Rich Davis]

Number one observation, adults, you're embarrassing yourself by criticizing Mario Galaxy.

[Monty Belano]

Hail Mary. Project Hail Mary number two, a solid number two as a result.

[Rich Davis]

Well, speaking of Project Hail Mary in outer space, we're talking about all the dumbest things. You see headlines like, man, you see the Bachelorette, she says she's going through a really tough time and it got canceled from abc.

[Monty Belano]

She's living hell on earth. After all the backlash of being canceled,

[Rich Davis]

all the bunk headlines we see on social media and like tweets going out by politicians, all this craziness that's going on. Can I give you four, four names?

[Monty Belano]

Sure.

[Rich Davis]

Reid Wiseman, Christina Koch, Victor Glover, and Jeremy Hansen. You're like, who are they? Are they Chipotle workers or. No, these are the astronauts that have now gone further into outer space than any other humans. And no one's making a big deal about it. They are seeing things that no other human eyes have seen.

[Monty Belano]

You know how I know you're right? Because you're the first guy I've heard even mention that stat to me. They're the first. Is that a fact? It's the furthest mankind has ever gone.

[Rich Davis]

They have gone further into outer space than anyone in the history of our planet.

[Monty Belano]

And you heard it here first from Rich Davis.

[Rich Davis]

And we were talking. We're talking about Savannah Guthrie going back to the Today show and how the Bachelorette's really sad.

[Monty Belano]

It's a big story.

[Rich Davis]

And how, you know, tonight's a basketball game. Have we lost complete sight of the fact that it's pretty damn cool that we are in outer space farther away than ever before?

[Monty Belano]

I didn't know that.

[Rich Davis]

Am I a nerd about this? You don't think that's.

[Monty Belano]

I know. I think it's Amazing. I actually have been following it, but I didn't know that. Little fun fact, anyone? Anything?

[Rich Davis]

See, look, what are the names again?

[Monty Belano]

Give them. Give them their due.

[Rich Davis]

Reed Wiseman.

[Monty Belano]

Good guy.

[Rich Davis]

Christina Koch.

[Monty Belano]

Lovely.

[Rich Davis]

Victor Glover.

[Danny G]

Who?

[Monty Belano]

Handsome. Handsome fella.

[Rich Davis]

Oh, and Jeremy Hansen.

[Monty Belano]

Jeremy Hansen. What if the coolest. Hansen.

[Rich Davis]

But I guess we'll get to baseball.

[Monty Belano]

No, I think that's amazing, dude.

[Danny G]

But in this time, it's not being done in a television studio.

[Monty Belano]

Yeah, like, that's legit.

[Rich Davis]

You mean what they're filming over in Burbank?

[Monty Belano]

That's pretty cool, man. That is cool. That's big news. I guess the point is, it's a shame that Rich has to be the first one to tell us because of all the nonsense that we're flooded with on the Daily. I'm just saying I have not heard that little fun fact. I've seen all the other updates, though.

[Rich Davis]

Monty, you're a little. You're a bit younger, but if you were a kid in the 80s and 90s, actually more 80s, so you're. You're. You're out.

[Steve Covino]

I am out.

[Rich Davis]

But there was a time where every kid was like, spaceships and wanted to go to outer space. I'd be an astronaut. It was like space camp. Kids would be like, what do you want to be when you grow up? And, like, an answer would be like, I want to be an astronaut. And then they had the Challenger that blew up, and it was sad and kids cried and teachers cried. And I think since then, it was like, yeah, I don't know if we like spaceships anymore. If you grew up in that time, that was like, the coolest thing.

[Monty Belano]

There was definitely, like, 10 kids in your class that said, I'm gonna be an astronaut. That was definitely.

[Steve Covino]

You sound like Milhouse.

[Monty Belano]

And it was like, honestly, Milhouse was onto something.

[Rich Davis]

It was, you know, he lost its luster. It was before we were born, but the great space race and, you know, us versus Russia. Get someone on the moon. This is like a really important narrative for a generation or so.

[Monty Belano]

It was actually the great space coaster. Yeah.

[Rich Davis]

And, you know, now all of a sudden, Fast forward to 2026. We're like, yeah, yeah. There's like, the eighth headline is like, oh, yeah, by the way, we're like, further into outer space we've ever been.

[Monty Belano]

No. You know, I saw. Saw more criticism on the quality of the photos of Earth compared to the last time we got those photos. That was more of a headline than what you just said. Like, why did we lose photo quality

[Rich Davis]

of the earth, I think.

[Monty Belano]

And it's operator.

[Rich Davis]

Or I think their iPhone had a little smudge on the camera.

[Monty Belano]

No, that we actually use digital photos in a certain time of the year, as opposed to actually, you know, they forgot to last time they took the photo.

[Rich Davis]

The trick my wife does, you got to put it in portrait mode upside down.

[Monty Belano]

Yeah.

[Rich Davis]

You get a better photo that way. They. Yeah, they just didn't do that. But, hey, let's move on. It's Fox Sports Radio. But I just think it's fascinating that with all the headlines of, you know, baseball's back in a big way. ABS challenges the Bachelorette. This. There's a million headlines, and buried amongst that is that we are further away than we've ever been.

[Monty Belano]

More people complaining about Super Mario than talking about how cool, how far we've gone as mankind.

[Rich Davis]

I'll be honest. Proof is in the studio, by the way.

[Monty Belano]

If you.

[Rich Davis]

Proof is in the studio.

[Monty Belano]

But if you're in the studio complaining about Super Mario, get a life, losers. Seriously.

[Rich Davis]

But truth is, proof is in the studio. Danny G. Has said not one word on it. Monty's like, that's cool. I guess.

[Steve Covino]

I didn't know.

[Rich Davis]

Yeah, I didn't know.

[Steve Covino]

I mean, I knew, but I didn't know that.

[Rich Davis]

And Ryan played a sound effect. Nerds. So I just don't care. I got bills to pay, man. But I'm just saying, like, is it the proof? And I just feel like I made my point, though.

[Steve Covino]

Yeah.

[Rich Davis]

In the studio, I look around, and I was like, yeah, that's cool. I guess human beings are further at whatever. Let's talk about baseball.

[Monty Belano]

Everyone cares.

[Rich Davis]

Juan Soto's on the IL.

[Monty Belano]

Juan Soto is on the IL now I'm excited.

[Rich Davis]

Let's talk about that.

[Fox Sports Radio Announcer]

Yeah.

[Monty Belano]

10 games, man.

[Danny G]

Austin Reeves is out.

[Steve Covino]

Lucas in Europe.

[Rich Davis]

I know, but, guys, someone's, like, further away in outer space than they've ever been before. But do you want to talk about what does Curry's return mean for the Warriors?

[Steve Covino]

Yes.

[Rich Davis]

When the aliens come, then I'll be excited. Is that what it is? I don't know. Like, I feel like we're so desensitized. That might be what it is.

[Monty Belano]

We went from, you know, the. The great space race, as you described it, to the nation that cried aliens. And then people get tired of that, right? People get space stories after a while. I'm thinking there might be something to that. Like, oh, yeah, great. What do we find? Nothing, you know? Oh, what's up there? Nothing. Okay. And then you're bored, you know? So people, we've done that so many times. Oh, aliens. Oh, it's not aliens. All right, whatever. They just get tired of space stories. So maybe we have space fatigue.

[Rich Davis]

You know how this becomes a story? The only way we care is if all of a sudden we find out, like, would you believe in outer space, these. No. Astronauts are having an affair.

[Monty Belano]

No, no. And like hot women up there. Oh, no way.

[Rich Davis]

They hooked up in outer space. What is that like if you saw that last night? Actually, if you thrust against someone, do they just keep going?

[Monty Belano]

Yo, man, space ass. If there was.

[Ken (Caller)]

Hold on.

[Rich Davis]

So you gotta hold on tight, Mossy.

[Monty Belano]

People would care. People would care. If there was a reality show. We're sending the losers to outer space. Or the winners or somebody. Outer space, then people would care.

[Rich Davis]

I saw a reality show.

[Monty Belano]

If there was a show called Dating in Space, then we might care.

[Rich Davis]

I saw a show. It's like a dating show on a. Unlike a yacht. And when someone gets kicked off, they have to walk a plank.

[Monty Belano]

Love overboard. See, I know that, but I don't know the love overboard. I know the fun fact.

[Rich Davis]

Maybe, maybe if they kick people off the spaceship one at a time and have to just float into outer space and they're like, sorry,

[Danny G]

the astronauts reveal their age after they hook up.

[Monty Belano]

Yeah, then we would care.

[Rich Davis]

You're actually 60.

[Monty Belano]

But honestly, Rich, that's the beauty of sports, though. I mean, it does distract you from the news sometimes. And most news is whack news. You mentioned, you mentioned not actual bombs, but F bombs on Easter and terrible tweets from the president, things like that. Right?

[Rich Davis]

Yeah.

[Monty Belano]

Craziness like baseball and sports and fighting, NBA takes you away from all that. And sometimes you need that. Like I mentioned, Joe Adele, sort of weekend a deontay Wilder sort of weekend college basketball. Like, these are all distractions. I'm not saying keep your head in the sand, stick your head in the sand. I'm saying that sometimes you do need that, though. And sometimes when you got a lot of things going on, you do miss a lot of these things you talk about. But it is important.

[Rich Davis]

So, hey, I do want to. I do want to talk baseball. And you said Joe Adele.

[Monty Belano]

Yeah, that was.

[Rich Davis]

What do you think? What do you think the odds are of someone even getting three home run robbing opportunities, let alone catching all three. And not on top. On top of that, it being the significant reason why your team won zero

[Steve Covino]

because fans don't know how to behave. Like the fact that everyone got out of his way, to me is the bigger story.

[Monty Belano]

Right.

[Steve Covino]

Nobody got in his way. And it wasn't even close. It wasn't even on the edge. People were literally like, all right, everybody, there are Mariner fans nearby. Everyone got out of the way. The picture of him standing by him with the ball in his glove standing up and no one near him from

[Monty Belano]

the fan perspective, that shot, have you seen that shot?

[Steve Covino]

Got out of the way.

[Rich Davis]

It's. Honestly, it is almost like an award winning shot. Like, not sound corny, but. And by the way, way clearer than the picture of the moon.

[Monty Belano]

That's. Yes, no, but.

[Rich Davis]

But that fan shot or whoever took that picture of him by himself. No one in his way.

[Monty Belano]

Dude, you got to.

[Steve Covino]

No excuses.

[Rich Davis]

So well done.

[Monty Belano]

Well done is right. I mean, when you factor in fan interference, when you factor in the probability of 3, just about home runs are being hit in your direction, then you got to catch them. Like that's a billion to one, I would say. And. But also, three in one game, people go on the tire, dude, not even get that opportunity. I think Tatis was it. Tatis had four last year. The entire year he had three in one game.

[Rich Davis]

But on top of all that, I'm saying even like that for like, game could have been a blowout in either direction. The fact that those home run robberies meant something as well. So what a wild weekend.

[Monty Belano]

And by the way, talk about like full circle moments. There's a lowlight reel of Joe Adele where he has multiple opportunities, where he reached out, had the ball and dropped it over the fence or bounced off his glove, went over the fence. He got his total redemption this weekend. Unbelievable.

[Rich Davis]

That's what a world we live in, that someone has his low light reel on standby.

[Monty Belano]

It's all over the place. I don't know how they put it out. The Internet always wins, but he was that guy. When you see the clips, you're like, oh, yeah, that's right. This poor dude totally redeemed himself for the weekend again moments you practice in the backyard and dream about. He had three of them in one game. That's unbelievable. I'm more impressed by that than the. What was that stat again you said? See, I already forgot. The furthest we've ever done.

[Rich Davis]

Four people in outer space.

[Monty Belano]

The furthest we've ever gone as humans.

[Danny G]

And this is. This is the Angels, which makes it more impressive. They couldn't get their flyover right for two years in a row. The timing was off of their flyover. That made news over the weekend. And then their team president threw out the first pitch and Got booed horrendously.

[Monty Belano]

That was the other story. Yeah, apparently, the fans don't care about winning. Boo.

[Danny G]

Yeah. The stadium played music to try to drown out the booze.

[Monty Belano]

Apparently they do, and they were pumped about that. And we got some really great photos, like Monsieur said, of those moments. You know, I'm not giving this any juice, but there is a side story, too, all over social media, where people are confused because there's no specific rule that tells you, like, what's the call on whether or not they catch the ball but they fall over the fence? Because technically, the ball still went over the fence. Should that be. Or could that be a home run?

[Rich Davis]

In that case, it's always an out.

[Steve Covino]

It's an out. He caught the ball.

[Jonas Knox]

He caught the ball.

[Monty Belano]

I know he caught the ball, but he never came back in. He fell over the wall.

[Steve Covino]

He caught the ball.

[Monty Belano]

But I'm saying, the casual fan. Look, you got to be real. We have baseball's number two, right? So we have a whole slew of casual fans that are confused by this. They're like, but could. Shouldn't that be a home run? And I'm with you. I'm.

[Steve Covino]

Yeah, it's not a question.

[Rich Davis]

Didn't your hero Derek Jeter dive into the crowd to catch a ball?

[Steve Covino]

Yes.

[Monty Belano]

Caught the ball but fell into the stands. Yeah, that's true. Yeah. But a home run. A home run is what, something that goes over the wall? I don't know.

[Rich Davis]

Maybe.

[Monty Belano]

Like I said, maybe it's new fans that are confused by it because there's so many young and new casual fans. If you catch the ball and you fall over the wall, that way, it's

[Rich Davis]

happening for the history.

[Monty Belano]

It's always, dude, you act like this happens all the time. I saw.

[Rich Davis]

I saw a highlight once.

[Monty Belano]

I saw a guy in Japan run through the wall, but you act like we have a whole, like, a lot of highlights.

[Rich Davis]

Oh, when the guy's head. I saw a guy's head go over the wall. Dude, that was Naked Gun.

[Monty Belano]

He's pretending that, like, there's home run catches that go over the wall. That happened in Little League one time.

[Rich Davis]

But, like, people confused by this are morons that don't know the rules with you.

[Monty Belano]

I'm telling you that this is, like, a big side story all over the place. I'm not making it up.

[Rich Davis]

I don't get moron alerts.

[Monty Belano]

Well, hey, maybe I haven't. Maybe I need to reset my algorithm.

[Rich Davis]

Maybe your algorithm needs to be more sophisticated about moon landing.

[Monty Belano]

Yeah, I guess. Says the Guy who. I mean, every time I look over his shoulder, some girl with some weak ass dance moves.

[Rich Davis]

Listen, because my algorithm is ass cheeks. The Mets and 49ers.

[Monty Belano]

Space ass.

[Rich Davis]

And now astronauts. Astronauts. You're an ass man.

[Monty Belano]

Oh, Rich. No, he's just. He's an ass man.

[Rich Davis]

Oh, my algorithm is embarrassing, Ryan. Honestly, it's my favorite sports teams. And, like, girls that. My wife's like, you felt like. She calls it sizzle. All AI. I'm like, maybe, but they're good looking. Who cares if they're AI or not?

[Monty Belano]

The thinking is, if you're gonna catch a home run, like, your feet gotta land back into the stadium or something like that. I completely agree with you. Like, yeah, but there's a lot of people confused by what happened and what they saw there. Promise you. And when you're on the ball, doing the ball, scroll later, and you see all these people that are saying that, you're like, oh, maybe he was right. I'm just telling you what they're saying. I didn't think it. I watched baseball my whole life. I'm like, nice. I thought that was amazing.

[Rich Davis]

Well, speaking of baseball, here's what I want you guys to think about for a second, and we're going to come back and take all your feedback. Most interactive show on fsr.

[Monty Belano]

You also got people that are expecting Citizen Kane out of Super Mario. So people have weird expectations and weird ideas about what should be.

[Rich Davis]

Yeah, I know. Bowser's character didn't have the same character arc as Shawshank Redemption.

[Monty Belano]

Exactly. So you have people with these crazy expectations. They're not going to know the MLB rule book when they're witnessing something that, honestly, we've really never seen before. You're acting like as if. As if we've seen this a million times.

[Rich Davis]

Well, I might as well say it, because we talked about home runs and going over the fence. There was a. There was a college kid who. The ball bounced off his head and went over the fence, a la. Remember when the ball bounced off Canseco, everybody. This was even worse. It bounced like, boing. Like. Like a trampoline, like 20ft in the air.

[Monty Belano]

Yeah.

[Rich Davis]

If you haven't seen that one before.

[Danny G]

The warning track.

[Rich Davis]

Before the warning track, it was like a routine fly ball. Cavito. He lost it. I feel like the guy had a

[Monty Belano]

trampoline on his head. Springhead McGirt.

[Rich Davis]

Yeah.

[Monty Belano]

What was that guy's name?

[Rich Davis]

Springhead.

[Monty Belano]

Old Springh. And it went over the fence. I don't think I've seen that so,

[Rich Davis]

you know, I'll show you that during the break. But here's what I want to pose the question. Well, speaking of baseball, baseball studies have shown, and we're going to read these studies when we come back. We'll, we'll give you the details. Baseball is now secured in that number two spot behind the NFL.

[Monty Belano]

There's no doubt everybody's talking about it,

[Rich Davis]

no doubt that the NFL is king by far. Number one. It's like leaps and bounds. The NFL number one, numero uno. But for a while it felt like NBA number two, baseball number three. That switcheroo is abundantly clear now.

[Monty Belano]

But it also felt like NBA had tons of momentum and baseball was slowly declining. Now it's almost the exact opposite switch spots.

[Rich Davis]

Why the switcheroo? What is your reasoning and thought process behind this? Why is baseball back to number two and why has the NBA dropped off?

[Monty Belano]

Honestly, when we were saying it, I feel like we were getting some crazy feedback on that. And now as of today, the Athletic, the New York Times. Who? Walt Weiss, the Daily News.

[Rich Davis]

What athletic?

[Monty Belano]

No, it was Carney Lansford, Dave Stewart, Carney Lansford, the Athletic.

[Rich Davis]

According to the Athletic, who? Dennis Eckersley?

[Monty Belano]

No, but now everybody's talking about it because it's undeniable. I think the momentum of the WBC and the ratings talk with that really propelled that story and gave it some juice.

[Rich Davis]

Covino has a theory. I have a different theory. Let's hear yours. Why is baseball overtaken the NBA for that number two spot? We'll get to that. Plus Giannis. Giannis is a trying to get NBA back to number two. Giannis is saying something out loud. As Monsieur said, these are like inner thoughts. When a star player says something out loud and you're like, I'm sorry, say that again. You. Oh, you're really saying that. Giannis said something that will make you question what's going on in the NBA big time, bigly. So we'll talk some baseball, some NBA. And of course, tonight, your championship game. March Madness culminates tonight. All coming up right here. Covino and Rich.

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[Rich Davis]

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[Monty Belano]

By the way, I'm Steve Cavino, the only guy in the studio that jumped over the flagpole. Rich actually fell right on the flagpole. Landed right on it. I jumped over the flagpole. Super Mario Brothers. True story. Yeah, I think it was a glitch maybe, but I did it.

[Rich Davis]

You jokes are so predictable. Rich Landon, ass first on the flag.

[Monty Belano]

Actually, I'm glad you found it funny. It wasn't a joke, it was a fact. It was true, by the way. Yeah. If you're Vito and Rich on Fox

[Rich Davis]

Sports radio, if you're criticizing Super Mario Galaxy as a grown up, you're an ass clown. And if you're not fascinated that there's four astronauts that have gone further than anyone else who you're also an idiot. We're going to talk NBA and MLB in a second.

[Monty Belano]

I'm getting feedback. We're streaming live. You could watch us live at covino and rich fsr on YouTube. And mark morgan5552 says, no offense to Covino me, but I'm a Rich Davis guy. So I mean people are feeling you, I guess. Yeah.

[Rich Davis]

Good. See, Mark's a smart fell.

[Monty Belano]

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[Rich Davis]

say wears a helmet around town.

[Monty Belano]

A beer helmet, I was going to say he's wearing one as we speak. Scott for mayor Steelo. Everybody chimed in live. Alex Sanchez, Wes, Colin in Canada, we're streaming live. We're chatting it up live. 87799 on Fox. We are going to play trivia later for prizes and we'll get you ready for the championship tonight. It's one shining Monday and you know, I just had another EP for me. I was in the bathroom and I saw another video. A lot of the controversy is when it comes to robbing a home run, Rich, you're keeping the home run in the ballpark with this one. You and the ball left the ballpark. And I'm telling you, casual fans just

[Rich Davis]

can't wrap their head around it doubling down. Everyone knows this rule.

[Monty Belano]

Cause I'm setting some up. You boneheaded. Let me talk. So Joe Adell robs three home runs over the weekend. Casual fans are confused by this because there's a gray area in the rule book, right? There just is. And they're Busting out. Well, it says here, and it doesn't

[Rich Davis]

really, the gray area would be, let's say Aaron Judge is playing the outfield.

[Monty Belano]

Yeah.

[Rich Davis]

If he hopped the fence, walked up to row G and just hung out there and caught a fly ball, that's a home run. He went there and caught it. But if the ball carries you over the fence, it is a home run.

[Monty Belano]

So when there's a lot of speculation on stuff like this. No, it always has been. The guy fell over the wall. That doesn't happen all the time.

[Rich Davis]

Guys hold the territory.

[Monty Belano]

With a home run, you're keeping the ball in the park. There's a, there is a little bit of a difference because there's a lot of convincing arguments. And when you come back tomorrow and you, you tell me about it, I'm going to bop you over the head with your croc. Because I'm telling you what they're saying on social media. I'm not saying that it's right at all. I disagree with them and I'm telling you what's going on with all the speculation on rules and different changes and upgrades and changes in baseball that's making it number two, a solid number two after the NFL. Joe Girardi presented something interesting too, over the weekend. Over the weekend, Trent Grisham sort of buckled his ankle with an awkward slide at home. And he says, when they change the rules, what I really think they should do is you just have to graze home plate because it's not a raised base. Why should you be required to sort of touch that base? You should just graze over it just like you're going over the end zone.

[Rich Davis]

No, no, what he's talking about is the equivalent of what they usually do in senior softball.

[Monty Belano]

Yeah. Like it's hard to touch that bag when you're sliding.

[Rich Davis]

But if you slide over it in senior softball, I know this because I'm not a senior. But before we play baseball or softball at the fields, sometimes there'll be a line, like a chalk line right by home plate. I'm like, what's, what's that arbitrary line? And they don't expect your, your, you know, your 70 year old dad who's playing old guy softball to slide or get in the way.

[Monty Belano]

So you just have to hurt yourself for no reason.

[Rich Davis]

You never touch home plate. You just have to pass.

[Monty Belano]

That's what they're. Well, he was speculating on because, you know, the one rule, the other rule that they might add next after robot umpires, they're doing it in AAA Baseball, now it's the check swing and they're using the foul lines to determine whether or not you broke the plane. You know how they always say, did he break his wrist, break the plane? Did he cross the plate? Now it's did you cross the foul line? So if you're a right handed batter, the foul line facing the first base line, if you cross that foul line, then it's an automatic strike.

[Rich Davis]

Interesting in the game.

[Monty Belano]

And they're saying that they want to implement this. There's a bunch of moving parts in baseball. It's all working to their advantage. And maybe that's why it's a solid number two.

[Rich Davis]

All right, why is baseball leapfrog, which is Kavino's favorite game to play with his buddies when he drinks?

[Monty Belano]

Ah, good one, bro.

[Rich Davis]

Shut up. Why has baseball leapfrogged basketball? And I have a theory, and my theory is simply nothing that baseball did as much as what the NBA is failing to do. And I think there's nothing I. Monty, before you found the love of your life and Sean, your boyfriend, you ever go on a date with a guy that on paper looked good, but you're like, for some reason I'm just not feeling him. Yep. Like, he's handsome, got a good job. Like, why am I not like. I think the stars of the NBA, Wemby, sga, some of the younger stars, they're not doing anything wrong. But you just can't force love. It's like a record label back in the day in music, they could go to radio stations and be like, here's our hot new artist, you gotta play their song.

[Monty Belano]

The artists aren't connecting is what you're saying.

[Rich Davis]

But if the artist's not connecting with the audience and no one's requesting that song, I don't know what to tell you. So I think it's a combination of the NBA just having a hard time connecting these young stars to the fan base.

[Monty Belano]

But doesn't it feel like it happened like this? Like it happened quick because we were. Everybody was dumping on baseball for a minute. We always defended it.

[Rich Davis]

Everyone loves to say load management and this and that and too many teams to the playoffs. And those are factors. But I think the fans are not connecting to the stars.

[Monty Belano]

And number two, my reasoning is pretty simple.

[Rich Davis]

Yeah, your, your reasoning.

[Monty Belano]

I'll say it.

[Rich Davis]

Good.

[Monty Belano]

This sounds really dumb and I get it. That's fine. But when it comes to baseball, right, Baseball, I know that if it's the weekend, the Yankees are going to be on in the afternoon sometime. I know where to find them, how to find them during a weeknight. I know they're going to be on at night. You know, it's pretty easy on the yes network, they're going to be on the yes and that if they're off, it's going to be a Monday or a Thursday game, they're going to be off. With the NBA, there's no consistency that I could, that me personally, I could follow. I could never find the. Like I could. I never know really when it's on and maybe there's a pattern I'm missing but I can't get a firm grasp on when to catch the game or how to catch the game.

[Rich Davis]

Sometimes it sounds dumb, but I agree with you.

[Monty Belano]

The consistency isn't the same for me.

[Rich Davis]

I agree with Kavino. Once the baseball season starts, let's say you are a Red Sox fan, they're going to play every day except a Monday or Thursday because those are the designated off days in baseball and they'll be on what is it, Nessen or Messing in Boston, the Mets on SNY or the MLB app every day unless it's a Monday or Thursday. Those are the designated baseball travel days. Your team's either going to or are they playing every day? Let's say the Clippers. Monsie, I have no clue if they're playing today, tomorrow, if they have two days off, if they're playing back to back. Is it going to be on NBC? Is it on espn? Is it on the local affiliate? Like the schedule is a little, it's not as consistent, it's not as easy to follow. Like you know when your team is on.

[Steve Covino]

I mean I hear, I hear what you guys are saying, but I also think it's because you're not really NBA fan.

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[Steve Covino]

I know, I know when the Clippers are going to play, I know I'm going to watch them.

[Monty Belano]

I mean, I know how to find out, right?

[Steve Covino]

I mean, no, but I know where they're going to. I know where they're going to go. And then I know what you're saying that there is no rhyme or reason. Especially this year now with NBC, with Amazon prime, there's like every, every day is a different network. I hear you, but I think it's if you were like a, if you're

[Rich Davis]

a die hard fan, if you're like a big time Celtics fan, you know how to find.

[Steve Covino]

You know how to find. So I don't, I don't know if that's it, but I think it's a lot of stuff and it does seem out of nowhere. But I think baseball has been on the rise since even last year with the changes that they made of shortening the game. I think it's easier to watch highlights of baseball on social media than it is to watch maybe NBA highlights.

[Rich Davis]

I think the players have become a little more celebratory and even like I said to Cavino, I said, but honestly,

[Monty Belano]

in a season and a half, we've seen a full 180 enroll reversal between MLB and NBA. Rich always clowned on me as a joke. Rich is a huge baseball fan too, but he would say I have these sports interests of an 80 year old white guy. I like boxing and baseball, right?

[Rich Davis]

Because his name should be Burt and he smokes a cigar.

[Monty Belano]

Baseball slow moving and boring and you know, and all of a sudden, just like that, these minor changes has everybody sweating baseball again.

[Rich Davis]

But the thing is, it's hard to put your finger on it the same way. Like, why is Sydney Sweeney the hot chick, right? She's good looking, but there's a ton of good looking girls.

[Steve Covino]

No, but she's also hot.

[Rich Davis]

She's talented. But what I'm saying is there's a ton of good looking, talented people. Why her? Like sometimes you can't put your finger on.

[Steve Covino]

I'm gonna give you two reasons why. Are we being serious?

[Rich Davis]

Are we being serious?

[Steve Covino]

This is what I'm saying.

[Rich Davis]

But is she the only one with jumbos?

[Steve Covino]

No, but there's not many that look like her.

[Rich Davis]

I said to Cavino, I said sga, right? He's electrifying.

[Monty Belano]

He wears cool outfits, great player.

[Rich Davis]

Why are, why like, why the disconnect for some fans? Meanwhile, Shohei Ohtani is like a polite tip in his helmet, like a good. But like is Shohei that like amazing? He's just a great player. But we're all drawn to Shohei Otani.

[Monty Belano]

I think the Dodgers being great is

[Rich Davis]

that amazing, by the way. But I'm saying personality wise, he doesn't even speak English.

[Steve Covino]

So like I'm saying, he does when he talks to Cameron Brink.

[Rich Davis]

I know, but what, but what I'm. But what I'm saying is I think you can't explain it. Some things are unexplained, explainable. And I think right now baseball's popping

[Monty Belano]

and you can't really describe and things go in cycles. But as of today, like we said, New York Times, the Athletic, a lot of people are saying, man, it's solid. Ratings are in. It's number two after the NFL Your reasons why we're going to get to your phone calls next. But monsieur has an update.

[Steve Covino]

Fellas, the news of the day comes out of college, but basketball, it's not the astronauts. It's North Carolina finding their next men's basketball coach.

[Rich Davis]

Carolina's got a new head coach. Ignore the fact that four people have now been further in outer space than anyone else.

[Steve Covino]

It doesn't matter. Is that Michael Malone is going to be the new Tar Heels head basketball coach leading the Nuggets to their only NBA championship in 2023. And of course the title game is later tonight between two seed UConn and one seed Michigan. It's all tipping off from Indianapolis at 8:50pm Eastern time. When to it comes comes to the NFL. Giants all pro defensive tackle Dexter Lawrence has requested a trade. He will not be participating in the team's offseason workout program that opens on Tuesday in Major League Baseball.

[Monty Belano]

Yeah.

[Steve Covino]

Mets have placed Juan Soto on the 10 day IL with the Cav strain that he suffered Friday against the Giants. He's expected to be sidelined two to three weeks. Right now in baseball, the Rays. We have not seen baseball at Tropicana at Tropicana Field for 561 days. The Rays lead the Cubs 43 after six innings. And for over 40 years, Tire Rack has been helping customers find the right tires for how, what and where they drive ship fast and free backed by free road hazard protection with convenient installation options like mobile tire installation. Tirerack.com the way tire buying should be. And guys, Angel Reese is on the move. The WNBA star is headed from Chicago to Atlanta. The sky have traded her to the dream. Back to you guys.

[Rich Davis]

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[Monty Belano]

All right, so we're going to get to all your phone calls, all your feedback sound good.

[Rich Davis]

And by the way, can I give you guys a trivia question? It's a really good one based off monsieur saying who is the new head coach at University of North Carolina?

[Steve Covino]

Michael Malone.

[Rich Davis]

Michael Malone who is a former NBA champion.

[Steve Covino]

Yes.

[Rich Davis]

Only one other time in NBA history has a coach won an NBA title and then went to college basketball. Who is it?

[Monty Belano]

So the answer and your phone calls.

[Rich Davis]

Yeah, why the hell not? All right, all right. We'll do that and of course, we'll do some trivia, give away some prizes. All next right here on Fox Sports Radio.

[Monty Belano]

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[Monty Belano]

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[Rich Davis]

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[Monty Belano]

All right, Rich, come on man. Let's go to Starbucks.

[Rich Davis]

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[Monty Belano]

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[Rich Davis]

Yeah, I know you are about to be further away from the planet ever before.

[Monty Belano]

Tell me more Moon Boy.

[Rich Davis]

But Blake Lively, you know, got burned in her lawsuit with Blake with Justin Baldoni. That's what people worry about. About dumb things.

[Monty Belano]

Savannah Guthrie's mom.

[Rich Davis]

Yeah, I feel bad about that story though. Yeah. All right. Hey baseball a solid number two and we're going to tell you why in a second. But it's time for our tyrack play of the day. The A'S the Athletics walking it off an extra innings yesterday.

[Danny G]

A bray to the plate and the

[Rich Davis]

pitch is swung on. Drive the deep left field of its parents over it took it in the corner and it's gone. Rutgers ended it. Brad rucker with a three run shot in the A's win at 12 to 10.

[Monty Belano]

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[Monty Belano]

buying should be all right, so we still got trivia special guest up by giving away guests so stick around for that.

[Rich Davis]

What's the answer to my trivia question? Do you know? Does anyone want to take a swing?

[Monty Belano]

No.

[Rich Davis]

So he said. Mike Malone, new head coach for the Tar Heels but won an NBA title with the Nuggets. Has a guy ever coached an NBA champion and gone back to college? And it's happened one time and one time only and that is Larry Brown with the Detroit Pistons. Went to SMU like a decade plus later. So not an easy answer. But it's not the first time. I'm like I wonder if that has ever been done done. And one other time someone could call themselves an NBA coaching champion and then they go coach back in college.

[Monty Belano]

It's a pretty sweet front in football.

[Rich Davis]

You see guys go back and forth a little more in the NBA and college hoops. I feel like haven't really seen success on both ends. And as there's proof right there only

[Monty Belano]

one time now we're looking for the proof that baseball is a solid number two over the NBA. And we'll take your phone calls. Ratings prove it, right? Why is with the WBC the the fun fact there it pulled over 10 million viewers and I don't even think most people even knew of the tournament. I felt like I had to explain what it was to so many people and overhype it. Yet it caught the world by storm and pulled in over 10 million viewers. Had more viewers than six out of the seven NBA Finals games last year. So give me the give me I think that momentum carried into this season and now we're seeing all the changes. People are excited about it. ABS system. People are talking. There's a big buzz and it's popping.

[Rich Davis]

Give me the rivalry in the NBA that matches some type of Bird Magic or Steph versus LeBron or Lakers, Celtics. Like, is there a rivalry now? Like, if I said Wemby and sga, there's no real bad beef amongst the best teams in, like a conference. Right.

[Danny G]

The longest time, it was LeBron versus Steph.

[Monty Belano]

Yeah.

[Rich Davis]

And then we that play out in the finals year after year after year. And, you know, LeBron had that one amazing comeback. But I don't know your thoughts. Who do we got?

[Danny G]

Danny G. All right, let's start in upstate New York. Ken is on the way.

[Monty Belano]

Hey, Ken. Ken.

[Ken (Caller)]

Gentlemen. How are you? A couple reasons I think is for is one is baseball has gotten their act together as far as time, pitch, clock, other things just moving the game along a little more. You know, sitting down for three, three and a half hours. People can't do that. When you sit down for two hours or so, a little more doable. Yeah. And I think with. As far as basketball, I think you got to go back to college. Right. You're talking about all of the nil and all the. All of that is encompassing. People are in different teams every year. You know, the portal. Everybody goes to different teams. So you can't follow the players and you can't follow them into the colleges as much as you used to. You know, you had a player that was in one college for three years or two years even, at least you got to know that person and follow them into the pros. Now they scatter, and it's like, oh, well, I used to know him when he played for Syracuse, but I don't know when we plays for, you know, lsu.

[Rich Davis]

It's a great point, isn't it easy,

[Monty Belano]

too, that just those minor adjustments made the world of a difference for baseball. A pitch clock. Do we have time for one more phone call?

[Danny G]

Yeah, Austin, you got to be quick. 20 seconds.

[Rich Davis]

What's up, Austin?

[Monty Belano]

I was just going back to the being out of bounds whenever you catch

[Rich Davis]

the home run, y'.

[Ken (Caller)]

All.

[Rich Davis]

I didn't. I didn't hear y' all bring up foul balls. Happens more often and has never been

[Ken (Caller)]

complained about from what I've ever seen.

[Monty Belano]

Right. I think the only difference here is that, you know, with a home run robbery, you usually bring the. The ball back into the ballpark. And again, like I said, I attribute this buzz to over speculation of the rule book from casual fans that are, like, confused by it.

[Rich Davis]

Best defensive game ever.

[Monty Belano]

Yeah. Insane.

[Rich Davis]

All right, we got more Covino and Rich next on a Monday at Fox Sports Radio.

[Monty Belano]

Hang tight.

[Rich Davis]

Everyone hits that afternoon moment where a little boost would really help. That's where the New Starbucks Energy Refreshers Come in if you already love Starbucks refreshers, these have the same bright fruity taste now with an added boost of caffeine. Your favorite flavors like strawberry, acai or pink drink now have an extra kick for that perfect midday reset.

[Monty Belano]

Or try something new like Mango Strawberry Energy Refresher or Mango Dream Energy Drink. So when a little lift sounds good today, try the new Energy Refreshers at Starbucks or order one right now on the Starbucks app.

[Rich Davis]

Hey, it's Covino and Rich struggling to see up close. Make it visible with Viz.

[Monty Belano]

VIZ is a once daily prescription eye drop to treat blurry near vision for up to 10 hours.

[Rich Davis]

The most common side effects that may be experienced while using viz? Eye irritation, temporary dim or dark vision, headaches and eye redness.

[Monty Belano]

Talk to an eye doctor to learn if VIZ is right for you.

[Jonas Knox]

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[Steve Covino]

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