C&R - Short Shorts, Oversleeping, High Spurs

Summary

The Dan Patrick Show (Covino & Rich) – Episode Summary

Episode: “C&R – Short Shorts, Oversleeping, High Spurs”
Date: April 4, 2026
Hosts: Steve Covino, Rich Davis (with Sam and Danny G)

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Episode Theme:

A lively Friday episode blending sports debate, workplace etiquette, personal quirks, and humorous banter. The show takes aim at topics like appropriate men's shorts length, “oversleeping” in professional sports, high notes from the Spurs, and a brewing controversy in Chicago White Sox commentary. Listeners are regularly invited to join the interactive discussion, with the tone fast, irreverent, and full of playful insults.

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Key Discussion Points and Insights

1. The Great Short Shorts Debate

Timestamps: 02:18 – 05:49

• Rich shows up in gym shorts, sparking outrage and relentless roasting from Covino and Sam for their “unmanly” length.
  • “You're like a grown man with muscular man thighs. They look too short on you.” – Steve Covino (03:16)
• They riff on the generational acceptability of shorts length (3-inch, 5-inch, 7-inch, etc.), winding up with a mock-poll and fashion advice for men.
  • “If you're a grown man, you have options. There's five, seven or nine inches… but at least go 7.” – Rich Davis (03:34)
  • “Anything over the knee is uncivilized. You're just a Sandman. You're Sandler.” – Steve Covino (03:56)
• YouTube/live chat is encouraged, especially for video evidence of Rich’s “man thighs.”

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2. Bracket Challenge Standings and Spring Sports Update

Timestamps: 05:01 – 06:32

• Quick rundown of the Fox Sports Radio bracket challenge, leaderboards, and some cheeky promotional plugs.
• Spring themes, Easter prep, and a preview of weekend sports “must-watch” content (Final Four, MLB, Deontay Wilder fight).

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3. Oversleeping in Sports and Life: Is It a Real Excuse?

Timestamps: 06:41 – 24:16

• Main segment: Kansas City Royals rookie Carter Jensen is benched for “oversleeping” on game day – should this ever be an excuse at a professional level?
  • “I don't believe in oversleeping.” – Rich Davis (07:08)
• Rich’s Position: Oversleeping is always “operator error” (i.e., user’s fault); alarms don’t fail, people do.
  • “If someone says they overslept, what they're really saying is they made a mistake… alarms don’t break.” – Rich Davis (13:11)
• Covino’s Counterpoint: Oversleeping is real and can happen, especially when bodies demand rest.
  • “You could oversleep. Dude. You could oversleep.” – Steve Covino (22:36)
  • “My daughter does it every day, bro… She sleeps through that alarm.” – Steve Covino (13:20)
• Lively debate ensues, expanding into personal stories and time management, including ADD/ADHD tangents and social etiquette.
• Sam and Danny G weigh in with stories about their pets, partners, and their own sleep habits, complicating Rich’s “never oversleep” argument.
• Listeners call in and chime in with stories of oversleeping and “heavy sleepers” vs. “light sleepers.”

Notable Quotes:

• “It's user error. I guarantee there's no way your phone alarm goes off and you just keep sleeping.” – Rich Davis (13:12)
• “I disagree with you 120%. If that's a thing.” – Steve Covino (13:27)
• “My mom... Sunday rolled around, my mom didn't get out of bed until I foraged… She would sleep completely through [noise].” – Steve Covino (22:27)
• “Ask me if I’ve ever missed a Dan Patrick fill-in or an early morning flight.” – Rich Davis (17:40)
• “What are flat Earthers saying today?” – Rich Davis, in a digression on deniers (20:34)

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4. Listener Calls & More Oversleep Tales

Timestamps: 21:16 – 34:23

• Callers debate oversleep, one noting Carter Jensen openly joked in spring training about needing “six to eight alarms” (21:16).
• Another caller suggests the Royals could make a promo out of it: Carter Jensen branded alarm clocks (33:08).
• Sam shares a story about NFL player Rich Ornberger faking a minor car accident as an excuse for being late to Patriots practice (28:28).

Quote of the Segment:

• “The question was: ‘Which tire on the vehicle was flat?’” – Bernie, relaying a classic coach’s loophole story about caught-in-a-lie athletes (42:13)

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5. Workplace Honesty & Desperation Stories

Timestamps: 28:28 – 32:00

• The team swaps confessions about extreme measures taken to avoid being late for work—including faking tears to get out of traffic tickets.

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6. High Notes: Spurs Buzzer Beater and Play of the Day

Timestamps: 40:03 – 41:02

• San Antonio Spurs highlight: Dylan Harper half-court buzzer beater before halftime.
  • “He hit a really interesting note right there. With the Spurs… That was good, man. I thought only Rich Davis could hit that high note.” – Steve Covino (40:20)
• Hosts joke about handling the “high notes,” crediting the Spurs and their own banter.

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7. White Sox Controversy: ‘Southside Samurai’ Nickname

Timestamps: 43:21 – 44:25

• Ramping up for a “controversial” baseball story: White Sox announcer calls Munetaka Murakami the “Southside Samurai.”
  • “There he is, the Southside Samurai.” – John Schriffen, via show discussion (44:02)
• Raises the issue of cultural appropriation and how language and context matter in sports commentary.
• Teased for in-depth debate after the break.

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Memorable Moments and Show Quotes

• “You got your laundry mixed up?” – Sam, on Rich’s shorts (03:11)
• “Rich is like Christopher Lloyd in My Favorite Martian: he only needs to sleep 20 seconds at night.” – Sam (17:56)
• “You never heard the expression ‘heavy sleeper’? This guy’s clearly a heavy sleeper.” – Steve Covino (21:39)
• “My little Orphan Dickie tears.” – Rich Davis, on his ‘sob story’ to a NYC cop (31:35)
• “He's full of malarkey—balderdash I tell you.” – Sam and Covino, on Rich’s hardline stance (19:27+)

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Timestamps Quick Guide

• 02:18 – 05:49 – Short shorts roasting
• 06:41 – 24:16 – Oversleeping & responsibility debate
• 21:16 – 34:23 – Call-ins, heavy sleepers, promotions
• 28:28 – 32:00 – Workplace lateness confessions
• 40:03 – 41:02 – Spurs high-note Play of the Day
• 43:21 – 44:25 – White Sox ‘Southside Samurai’ nickname controversy preview

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Overall Tone & Style

• Fast-paced, quick-witted banter
• Humorous, playful insults between co-hosts
• Interactive with audience—calls, chat, social plugs
• Blends sports commentary, pop culture, and personal/human stories

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Best For:

Listeners who enjoy sports talk that weaves in cultural debates, pop culture, and authentic personalities—not just stats and scores.

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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]

Sorry, one second. I was on the phone with the President.

[Steve Covino]

Oh, really?

[Rich Davis]

Call Tiger Woods.

[Steve Covino]

You're not Tiger Woods. You're Inch Davis. I'm Steve Cavino That's Inch Davis.

[Rich Davis]

Does that mean.

[Steve Covino]

It means you're wearing like 3 inch shorts and they're offensive.

[Rich Davis]

My wife bought these. God, they're too short. I'm not gonna lie. They're five inch shorts.

[Steve Covino]

Oh, are you wearing those for Easter? Because I see your bottom huevos stand up.

[Sam]

Let me see.

[Rich Davis]

I got way too much thigh going on.

[Sam]

Let me see that. Let me see that white meat over there.

[Rich Davis]

Oh, look at that.

[Steve Covino]

Who's this guy with the bulletproof legs in the studio?

[Rich Davis]

I regret these shorts.

[Steve Covino]

Your fluorescent upper man thigh. I feel offended. I'm Covino. That is Inch Davis. And we be rocking out.

[Sam]

Man. Thy Teo.

[Steve Covino]

That's me, man thigh Teo in the studio. And it's not me. It's Rich with his tiny short shorts.

[Rich Davis]

Yeah.

[Steve Covino]

By the way, it's not even that hot. Why are you wearing like little girl shorts, man?

[Sam]

It's like a gym teacher daughter shorts.

[Steve Covino]

I think you got your laundry mixed up.

[Rich Davis]

No, this is my uniform. I'm wearing the white socks. 1970s alternate uniform.

[Steve Covino]

Dude, they wore way short your thighs. Those short shorts are for little weenie boys. You know what these are for? Little Gen Z weenials. You're like a grown man with like muscular man thighs. They look too short on you.

[Rich Davis]

Can I give everyone a piece of advice before we get into today's Fox Sports? Rad.

[Steve Covino]

When you got muscular legs, looks odd.

[Rich Davis]

If you're a grown man, you have options. There's five, seven or nine inches at the. At the least you got to go 7. 9 is like old guy shorts. And yeah, if you don't want to be the same.

[Steve Covino]

Oh, yes. I like mine extra big. They're making a comeback.

[Sam]

Baggy clothes or baggy clothes.

[Rich Davis]

I know, but I don't know. I feel like you look like the sandman playing basketball.

[Steve Covino]

I go nine. Seven to nine.

[Rich Davis]

Now you got to go seven.

[Steve Covino]

Some are nine. They're like, yeah, I don't care. Gym shorts. They're new. 9. Anything over the knee is uncivilized. You're just a sandman. You're sandler. This guy has. They're like three and a half inch shorts. I see. You're right. I see some hang down, bro. They're too short.

[Rich Davis]

My wife ordered me gym shorts because I said, babe, from where?

[Steve Covino]

Baby Gap?

[Rich Davis]

I said to her, you know, some of my old gym shorts are so old that they look at the label.

[Steve Covino]

The label says oshkosh, bro.

[Rich Davis]

I mean, these are.

[Steve Covino]

Yeah.

[Danny G]

Stand up for our YouTube channel, Rich.

[Steve Covino]

Yeah, dude, they're like way short man.

[Rich Davis]

Oh boy, look at how white.

[Steve Covino]

Look at this man. Where's my sunglasses? I'm seeing fluorescent man thigh. I don't want to see all that upper white hairy man thigh in my studio. But anyway, I guess it's that time of year when you have to invest in a new short, especially here in Los Angeles. Live from la, Live from the Fox Sports Radio studio, we are Covino and Rich. And if you miss any of the show and you want to see Rich's man thighs on video, I don't know

[Rich Davis]

if you do, that's not a good sell.

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[Steve Covino]

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[Rich Davis]

FSR a promise to keep my legs onto the console. Tripp just hit us up in Vegas and he said I had to go from YouTube to the iHeart app after I saw your legs.

[Steve Covino]

Oh yeah, man, they're offensive.

[Rich Davis]

My apologies. Yo, let's. Let's get the show going. We're gonna talk some NFL today. There's a story of a racist comment, but it's not.

[Steve Covino]

I mean, according to you.

[Rich Davis]

Well, listen, we're gonna get a little controversial. Plus we'll like. Is that play brainwave talk some NFL, but this is story in Major League Baseball that has less to do about baseball and more to do with something I don't believe in. I don't believe in oversleeping.

[Steve Covino]

What does that mean? What? I don't believe in it, but what does that mean?

[Rich Davis]

I don't get it.

[Steve Covino]

Well, what about when you're tired? How about that? How's that for a comeback? What about when you're really tired?

[Rich Davis]

It's all human error.

[Steve Covino]

What do you mean? If you slept, you know, two hours the night before, there's a good chance you might oversleep the next day. You don't believe in that.

[Sam]

Let's define this. Are you talking about oversleeping? Like I overslept my alarm or you slept so much you feel groggy?

[Rich Davis]

There is a story out of Kansas City where a Royals rookie catcher, Carter Jensen, was benched for oversleeping. Now, the problem is that not only did he let his teammates down because he got benched, he didn't give veteran. We talked about him yesterday, one jersey his whole life. Salvador Perez, Sally Perez couldn't get his day off. He couldn't DH because based on principle, they had to bench this kid for showing up. But they're saying is pretty close to game time. Didn't show up that much before the game. And people are saying, ah, they let him off easy. Like his teammates are getting his back. Like, listen, learning, you know, it's a. It's a learning thing, right?

[Steve Covino]

I mean, it's the big leagues, dude. Like, there's certain jobs you can't be late for. And I really think that radio is one of them. It's not that we're doing brain surgery here. It's not rocket science, but, you know, there is a service and a courtesy involved. You have a shift, like if you're on time, you're late, you gotta be early. You gotta be at least an hour early. At the very minimum, half hour early. If you're on the air, like, you can't be late for your own shift. And I think the same applies for, I don't know, professional athlete. You got 5,000 people showing up to see you play and a guy's counting on you to show up. So he has the day off. It's disrespect of the highest regard. You know why? Because I feel like it's. It's very selfish, and it's sort of a power move. It's like everyone's waiting around for you.

[Rich Davis]

You could count, I wouldn't say one hand, a few hands, maybe, how many jobs you really do need to be there on time. Because, hey, if you work at an office, hey, you know, I hit some traffic. I'll be there. I'll be there at 9:08. If you're eight minutes late, hey, sorry, boss. You know, bring someone a coffee, bring some donuts for everyone. Everyone's happy. Radio is one of those things, like, when we're done, guess who's up next? Our buddy Rob Parker and Kelvin. If they're not here, then what's on the air?

[Steve Covino]

Exactly.

[Rich Davis]

If you're not at the stadium, who takes the field? Like, there are certain jobs unless Sam tells jokes. Yeah, I'm not saying they're important.

[Steve Covino]

I'm just trying to kill time.

[Rich Davis]

I was. Sam's like, there's a rabbi, a priest. They walk into a bar.

[Steve Covino]

You see? Think about that. Think about that for a minute. I'm not saying what we do is important, but if we're like, all right, arriva, dirtie baby. See you in the promised land. Rob Parker and Kevin watch Odd Couples next, and they're not here.

[Danny G]

Actually, though, Covino, it is important. We got FEMA passes during COVID Yeah, yeah, because we, you know, trigger the. The EAS alarm if there's a major disaster emergency.

[Rich Davis]

Don't make it sound important, Danny. It is, though.

[Steve Covino]

You know, it's a service. People count on you and rely on you even to get them from point A to point B or to kill some time. So what would happen? Danny G and Iowa Sam do some. Some stand up.

[Rich Davis]

If we want it.

[Steve Covino]

If we want it to be great team players, Rich and I would have to stick around. But, you know, we do have. We have to pick our kids up, you know, so these things do matter.

[Rich Davis]

I remember one time we filled in for Dan Patrick, and it was a vacation week, like a holiday week. So when we were done, Doug Gottlieb was filling in for Colin. I remember Doug was like, I remember this Doug Gottlieb here. I can't get my. My stuff working. And he couldn't figure it out. And we stuck around for like an extra 40 minutes. And I'm thinking, what if we were like, no, I gotta go, dude.

[Steve Covino]

We might be the only Hosts in history to fill in for Dan, Patrick and Colin on the same day. Right.

[Danny G]

What, do you want to walk down the hall and suddenly we were on the call in show?

[Steve Covino]

Yeah, dude, that's so true. I forgot about that. But in his defense, he was having technical errors. But you know, looking back now, it could happen to anybody. I'm not going to say anything could happen to me and you. Yeah. So.

[Sam]

Yeah.

[Danny G]

Don't make Gottlieb throw a chair.

[Rich Davis]

Yeah, exactly.

[Caller]

On his desk, some dude named Doug

[Steve Covino]

Rich is saying he doesn't believe in oversleeping.

[Rich Davis]

Well, I say that because he's a young man and listen, you can't question his work ethic.

[Steve Covino]

Are you gonna give me that ADD stuff?

[Rich Davis]

He made theory, he made it to the big leagues. What's my ADD theory?

[Steve Covino]

That add, they have a real issue with time management if you have, if you really suffer. People claim they have ADD and people say they have add, but people who really have issues with add, that high definition adhd.

[Rich Davis]

Yes.

[Steve Covino]

Say that time management is a real issue for them. So before they know it, like being on time is very difficult. Remember we talked about that?

[Rich Davis]

I. I try, I try not to be late to dinners and events and stuff like that because, you know, it is, it is rude behavior when you're. When you're late and you have someone else waiting at a restaurant, at a party.

[Steve Covino]

It's a power, it's a pattern.

[Rich Davis]

Hey, I'll meet you for coffee at 2 o' clock for a little meeting. I'm running late. I'll be there at 2:20.

[Sam]

You want to get out of it, Rich? Like you want to give yourself an excuse when you get there. I'm sorry. I was running on island time. On. Yeah, you're like. Island time's always a good 15 minute buffer there.

[Steve Covino]

Yeah, but we're not. Unless we're in Manhattan. You're in Los Angeles. Where are you in to me? What island are you on? Pen Island. This guy. Are you on pen Island? Get it? Pen Island.

[Rich Davis]

Pen.

[Sports Update Host]

Yes.

[Rich Davis]

Yeah.

[Steve Covino]

So the story is he's saying he overslept. Is that a valid excuse for a. I get it. He's a young man, but he's still a professional. There's an expectation.

[Rich Davis]

I guess what I was saying to you guys is that you guys couldn't understand what I said when I said I don't believe in it, meaning it could happen. But to me, anytime someone says they overslept, I think what they're really saying is I made a mistake. Meaning, like I forgot I Said AM instead of PM or PM instead of am. My phone died or fell asleep without. I woke up, hit snooze, and then I irresponsibly said let me go back to sleep for five minutes and. And blew it. Because guess what? Alarms don't break. Phones don't not just go off.

[Steve Covino]

Like you could see through it though.

[Rich Davis]

It's user error. I guarantee there's no way your phone alarm goes off and you just keep sleeping.

[Steve Covino]

My daughter does it every day, bro. You. You're. I don't agree with you. All right, let me make this clear. Rich is saying he doesn't believe in it. I'm telling you straight up. I disagree with him 120%. If that's such a thing. And it's not.

[Rich Davis]

I don't think they should.

[Steve Covino]

The highest level. If it's a one time highest possible level, I want the world to know I don't agree with this bozo. Not even for a second. You absolutely could oversle. I do it all the time. My daughter does it every day. If I don't wake her up, she's not waking up. And that alarm's just going off and off and off. You know why? She's on the phone with teenage boys up until the wee hours of the night. So she sleeps and oversleeps through the morning. What do you mean you don't get it?

[Rich Davis]

I'm just saying it doesn't exist. I don't.

[Steve Covino]

Full of baloney.

[Rich Davis]

I don't think they should come down hard on this kid.

[Steve Covino]

He's a. I think they absolutely should. So that. That way he doesn't do it again, have a backup alarm, tell his girlfriend to wake his ass up. You know, he should have people on standby. He's a professional athlete. That's the dream job. He should be the first GU there, especially being a young player. First guy there carrying Salvador Perez's equipment because of this move. And I don't believe in hazing. I don't believe in bullying. But this is something that he needs to pay the price for. He's in the big leagues. He's playing like a minor leaguer. He's not a baby boy. I don't agree with you at all. Let's make that clear on anything.

[Rich Davis]

Apparently.

[Steve Covino]

No on this. Do you hear what Rich is saying? Please, Fox Sports, Radio Nation, help me out. Rich 4 inch Davis. Because he's wearing little tiny baby shorts.

[Rich Davis]

I don't like that nickname.

[Steve Covino]

It's about the shorts.

[Rich Davis]

Not a fan of that nickname.

[Steve Covino]

It's the shorts. So it's saying he doesn't believe in oversleeping. I don't even. He's also the same guy that says he doesn't believe in carbon dating, so I don't believe or understand what he's even talking about.

[Rich Davis]

What I'm saying is this dude, Carter Jensen. Yeah, I get it. I like that the manager said you bench this game, but I think they gave him a what? That's a one time pass. Like don't let it happen again kid. Apparently he's a real good young player. Like everyone loves this kid.

[Steve Covino]

Mistakes happen.

[Rich Davis]

Mistakes happen. But now that that can't happen again. My point is, anytime someone tells you they overslept, just know that it's BS because it's not.

[Steve Covino]

What are you talking about? Has anyone. Hold on. We got 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 people in the studio. Perfect. Danny G. Sam never overstepped them.

[Rich Davis]

No one's ever.

[Steve Covino]

I. I think he's the only guy that claims to have never overslept.

[Rich Davis]

I think Mike, who Rudges place, agrees.

[Steve Covino]

We all have internal biological clocks. We all have like a system. But there are times where your body says, nah, I need rest. And you oversleep and you can sleep through that alarm. It happens.

[Danny G]

Mike runs this place. So he waltzes in whenever he feels like it. That's why he's never been late.

[Sam]

Big Mike also wakes up with the roosters. I mean, they start

[Danny G]

the older you

[Steve Covino]

calls up the bear, he hibernates.

[Danny G]

Yeah, the older you get, the earlier you rise.

[Rich Davis]

My point is this, and I'll make it clear. Let me finish. If someone says to you, oh, I missed my flight, or sorry I was late for work, sorry I missed the meeting, oh, my kids were late for school. Oh, we overslept. It's a BS answer because it means nothing. It's fake.

[Sam]

What if your phone dies and you have an alarm set on your phone? You don't charge your phone.

[Steve Covino]

He's saying operator error, Sam.

[Rich Davis]

I said everything. When someone goes, that'd be your fault

[Sam]

if you didn't charge your phone.

[Steve Covino]

Right?

[Rich Davis]

Yeah. Let me finish.

[Sam]

Sorry.

[Rich Davis]

My point is, everything that ties back to I overslept isn't necessarily overslept. It's operator error.

[Steve Covino]

I know.

[Rich Davis]

My phone died. My phone died. Oh, I said 6:00pm Instead of 6:00am you made a mistake.

[Steve Covino]

I know you're really hung high strung and hyper, but do you ever get just tired maybe so you oversleep.

[Rich Davis]

You know, you maybe oversleep when you're hungover because you drank too much.

[Sam]

Yes, I Was going to say you miss a flight, a 5am flight because you're hungover and you're like in a different state of mind while you're asleep.

[Steve Covino]

My point is stressed out and your body needs rest. You're feeling under the weather, so you, you overslept a little bit. And get this, how does that not happen?

[Sam]

High schoolers like teenagers, you know, when you're a little kid, you'll wake up really early naturally, when your brain changes. When you're in high school, you're a teenager and they sleep really hard and they want to sleep for like 12 hours. Like that's part of the growing process.

[Steve Covino]

Yeah, no, I agree. And I'm not saying that it's a valid excuse. I'm just saying that, yeah, I think it happens. Absolutely. Rich is saying that oversleeping is. He doesn't believe in it.

[Rich Davis]

So it's 100% operator error.

[Steve Covino]

I disagree. I think it's probably, you know, 60, 40, 60% of the time is probably operator error.

[Rich Davis]

Ask me if I ever missed a Dan Patrick fill in or an early morning flight.

[Steve Covino]

You're also a guy that springs out of his bed into his socks. You know, very hyper and high alert at all times. I could sleep through an alarm. I really can. I could sleep right through it.

[Sam]

Rich is, Rich is like the character from played by Christopher Lloyd in My Favorite Martian where he only needs to sleep like 20 seconds in a night and he's like, I'm ready. I'm refreshed.

[Steve Covino]

And again, Carter Jensen of the Royals was late to the game, costing Salvador Prez his day off. And he suspended one game. Or he's sitting one game, he's suspended, he's sitting one game.

[Rich Davis]

And it was a little, hey, man, don't let it happen again. His teammates say mistakes happen. It's not the biggest story, but it was a headline. And it got me thinking that I don't believe in oversleeping. And you guys all questioned me like, what do you mean you don't believe in it? And I said, anytime you hear the phrase oversleeping, it's always human error. Alarm clocks don't break. Phones die if you forget to plug them in. If you drink too much or you're high and you sleep through it. Oh, man, sorry. I smoked too much last night. I had one too many whiskeys. That's on you. It's all human error.

[Sam]

Have you ever slept so hard, though, where you're like, I slept so hard. I felt like I was like I was dead.

[Rich Davis]

You know what I'M talking about.

[Sam]

That's when you're so out.

[Rich Davis]

My alarm has woken me up and I hit snooze. And that mistake, you jump up, like, 10 minutes later, like, oh, my God, like, I almost went back to bed. But that, again, is human error.

[Sam]

I think technically Rich is correct, but.

[Rich Davis]

No way.

[Steve Covino]

No way. Jose.

[Rich Davis]

How do you.

[Steve Covino]

He actually convinced you?

[Rich Davis]

You know what?

[Steve Covino]

I congratulate you for convincing this dummy.

[Sam]

You're both lawyers. You're making convincing arguments.

[Steve Covino]

No.

[Rich Davis]

Get out of here.

[Steve Covino]

He's full of vatos. Don't say hullabaloo.

[Rich Davis]

But he is.

[Steve Covino]

This guy is full of it. He's full of it.

[Sam]

He's full of malarkey.

[Steve Covino]

Malarkey. I tell you, I don't believe in oversleeping.

[Sam]

Balderdash.

[Steve Covino]

It's a slow news day if that's what we're leading with.

[Rich Davis]

Let's move on then.

[Steve Covino]

Guys, guys, I got it. I don't believe in oversleeping. You know what?

[Danny G]

Well, there's two callers on this.

[Rich Davis]

You know what? Take two calls. And then there's a story of a possible racism.

[Steve Covino]

Counter argument is the most. Is the most obvious thing I've ever

[Rich Davis]

heard in my life.

[Steve Covino]

Here's the counter argument, guys. Ready? I was really tired. You don't believe in that. I needed sleep. My body needed rest. I slept through the alarm.

[Caller]

I don't know.

[Steve Covino]

There's a. You know, the counter argument is really not that hard to figure out here.

[Rich Davis]

I was late because I overslept has as much credibility to me as someone goes, oh, I cheated on my wife because I got drunk.

[Steve Covino]

Dude. I feel like I'm in a twilight time.

[Rich Davis]

These are, like, not gonna sleep.

[Steve Covino]

I can't even believe that this guy's coming on national radio to tell me he doesn't believe in oversleeping. It's a human fact that your body needs rest sometimes.

[Rich Davis]

You know what I'm curious about?

[Steve Covino]

All those doctors tell you to rest because you're sick and you're pushing your body to the limits. Sometimes you could oversleep because you need it.

[Danny G]

Buddy believes in the Easter Bunny. He said before the show is taking his kids.

[Rich Davis]

I'm going to take the kids to the Easter Bunny today. You know what I was curious about, though? Have you seen those sweet pictures of Earth from outer space? What are flat Earthers saying today? What are those weirdos saying today?

[Sam]

What are the moon moon landing deniers gonna say in a few years when we land on the moon with Artemis 4?

[Rich Davis]

I feel like you're the type of guy that should live on the moon.

[Caller]

I am.

[Sam]

Come in peace. I come in peace.

[Rich Davis]

You should be one of those guys. All right, let's take two quick phone calls. We promise we'll move along. Just having fun on a Friday.

[Steve Covino]

It is funny, but I can't believe you believe it. Hey, Rich convinced Sam. So, I mean, maybe there's other people pointing at the radios. Like, Rich makes a point.

[Sam]

The jury's still out.

[Danny G]

I don't think the callers are gonna agree with Rich Dan in Kansas City on the show.

[Caller]

Hey, I'm in Kansas City. So there was a haha funny video clip that came out in the spring of him saying, I need six to eight alarms to wake up and this happens. And then.

[Steve Covino]

Oh, so he had said that prior to this.

[Danny G]

Oh, so this is something. He's had issues.

[Steve Covino]

Hey, man, you know some people. How about this, Rich? Ready? I'm about to blow Rich's mind. You never ever heard the expression to describe someone as a heavy sleeper. There's heavy sleepers and light sleepers. This guy's clearly a heavy sleeper.

[Sam]

Maybe he has narcolepsy.

[Steve Covino]

All right, so he had a reputation. Like, he talked about this before. That's not uncommon. Dude, my mom. Oh, my God. I grew up with a woman that just slept the entire day. She's like, how could you say that on radio, Stephen? I was always making you breakfast. Dude, if Sunday rolled around, my mom didn't get out of bed until I forged came down her nightgown like Ebenezer Scrooge in her nightgown. I need my beauty sleep, Marley. And Marley. She wears that old. She wears like the Little House of the Prairie nightgown. She would. I'm like, man, how does that pop sleep?

[Rich Davis]

You're one of five kids. I'm sure she has other things to wear.

[Steve Covino]

Kids would be running around making noise, playing drums. Mom would sleep completely through that. Trust me. You could oversleep, dude. You could oversleep.

[Rich Davis]

Who else we got?

[Steve Covino]

Daddy?

[Danny G]

Let's talk to Mo in Tempe.

[Steve Covino]

Hey, Mo. Hey, Mo. Certainly.

[Rich Davis]

What's up, Mo? Most sleeping right now.

[Steve Covino]

Hey, Mo, what's up?

[Caller]

Now, in my household, I'm a construction worker. So I have to be at work early. I wake up religiously, same time in the morning. My wife, on the other hand, she works from home. So she'll set her alarm for when she thinks she needs to get up. But. And it'll be 3, 4 in the morning, she doesn't get up till 6 o'. Clock. So she will keep setting it over and over, which wakes me up because I don't have to be at work until 5. But I wake up and hear her alarm. I have to turn her alarm off, Dude.

[Steve Covino]

She's oversleeping because her body needs rest. Because everybody needs. They always say eight. It's not really eight hours. Seven, though.

[Rich Davis]

They say seven to nine.

[Steve Covino]

For an adult, eight hours would be great. If you can get eight hours, you're winning in life. Good for you. Everybody needs that rest. So if you're not getting it, eventually it catches up to you. You're gonna oversleep. I'm not saying that's an excuse. I'm not saying it's okay that this dude was late. It's not. I do agree that accidents happen, but yeah, I also believe that oversleeping is a possibility.

[Rich Davis]

His excuse also better be that he was alone. Like if there was some woman in his bed and she didn't even help him wake up. Come on.

[Steve Covino]

Yeah. So that's the story. Learn from your mistakes. Learn from his mistake. Sometimes in life, even when you're on time, you're late. Get there a little early. Give yourself some time. Be respectful to others. Be prepared. Carter Jensen, he's a young dude. He needs. What did he say? Six to eight alarms? He needs 10 alarms and someone else to back him up. Because I'm sure he's the breadwinner of the family. He should have people on standby to wake his ass up.

[Rich Davis]

I'm sorry. I was dozing off. All right. Kavino and Rich, having fun on a Friday? We have more. Next. There's a story of, oh, I thought

[Steve Covino]

you were gonna give us the refrigerator rolls. You're not gonna give us that. Rich has a hot take on refrigerator rolls. But we do got to talk about the White Sox.

[Rich Davis]

There. There's a story of God, the fact that someone's even saying racism drives me insane. Is it racist? There's a story out of Chicago. Plus a refrigerator rule at work. We'll get to that. And I will play Brainwave Talk. A little NFL. All coming up. A fun Friday with Covino and Rich.

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[Rich Davis]

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[Steve Covino]

I love this song. Twilight Zone. That's where Rich is living. What's he talking about? What planet is Rich on? Live from the Fox Sports Radio studio, we are Covino and according to the feedback, Inch Davis. Really catching on. Inch Davis because his shorts are like 4 inches too short.

[Rich Davis]

Yeah.

[Steve Covino]

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[Rich Davis]

Everyone except Soto.

[Danny G]

Dude, Shohei woke up for the Dodgers today.

[Steve Covino]

Oh, yeah, and Ben Rice has been awake. Man, Yankees got the W today. And you know what? You're gonna get your updates with Perfett in just a few minutes. But Danny G. Is on the phone super producing. He's the executive producer of the show. He's a radio tycoon. Danny G. We were.

[Rich Davis]

Danny G. And I were just sharing stories about how everyone does run late or oversleep, and there are times where you. You desperately try to get to work on time. And, Sam, you were telling me one of the. One of our hosts here at Fox Sports Radio has a great running late, oversleeping story.

[Sam]

There's another. Well, there. At least there was another Steven Rich here, Steve Hartman and Rich Ornberger, who had a show on Sundays for a long time. And Rich still hosts here, here and there. But when he was playing, he was an offensive lineman when he was with the Patriots. One day, he remembers the sunlight was hitting him in the eyes when he woke up. And he knew, uh, oh, I'm late. Because he would get up at, like, crack of dawn to get to practice, and the Patriots and Bill Belichick would cut you for, like, very trivial, for anything, really. Like, you have to be locked in more so than any other organization. So Rich is in a panic. He's like, I'm gonna lose my job. He's putting himself together. He's out the door, and he's driving to practice from his. Wherever his home was and, you know, around New England area. And he's, like, desperate. He's thinking of this. He's concocting this cockamamie plan in his mind. He's like, I'm going to, like, gently rear end this, like, van in front of me on the road. So he could tell his employers, tell Belichick and the Patriots that he got into a car accident. So he kind of taps this guy. They pull over.

[Rich Davis]

Brilliant. That's brilliant. Because he hurt no one. And he was probably able to tell whoever he hit, like, yo, here's the. He had some money.

[Steve Covino]

He.

[Sam]

This all he said. This old man that he hit was just like, I. It's. I think it's okay.

[Rich Davis]

It's just a little fender better.

[Sam]

He gives the guy, like, a thousand bucks in cash. He has his on. He has on him. And then he gets there and he's like, I was. I got no car accident. I had the proof. Here's the pictures. And then I think Belichick, or an assistant coach sat him down, was like, okay, you had the accident. This time it was like a wink and a nod, like, we know you were up to no good. Like, we know that that story was bs.

[Steve Covino]

It's a great.

[Sports Update Host]

Rich told us.

[Sam]

So good.

[Steve Covino]

I think Rich, that's great. Really doesn't believe in oversleeping.

[Sports Update Host]

That is not the.

[Steve Covino]

It seems like an impossibility, improbability. Because he's so hyper and hyped up. He's just a naturally hyper guy. Perfect. Was that not the real story?

[Sports Update Host]

No, no, no. That's it. I was just going to point out that from events around here, that is not also the only story around. Fox Sports Radio I've heard of claiming a car accident. Well, in this case, I think it was a flat. It was a claimed flat tire. But either way, there has been several. Several stories I've heard around here about cars.

[Rich Davis]

Every time someone says their car was towed, I'm like, show me proof.

[Steve Covino]

Show me.

[Rich Davis]

I don't know if I believe you. There was one time I was running late for work. One time. This is not an oversleep thing, but Danny and I were sharing stories of desperation because when you work in certain industries, and again, what we do isn't the most important, but it is a job that when your show starts at a certain time, you need to be there.

[Danny G]

You can't be late.

[Rich Davis]

I was a youngster in the game. I was like 20, 21, and I was working in New York, an opportunity I probably didn't even deserve. And there was a big traffic jam. I cut around some cones that I shouldn't had to get where I got to go. A cop was like, you're a big trouble.

[Steve Covino]

Pull over.

[Rich Davis]

And I thought that I was like, what am I gonna do? I start crying, like, hysterically. I'm gonna lose my job, my golden opportunities. Acting blubber. Crying, like, acting.

[Sam]

You were genuine or this was like.

[Rich Davis]

I was like, probably a little. Couple of both, to be honest. Sam and I poured out.

[Steve Covino]

Rich is a good actor. He played. Weren't you, Little Orphan Annie in the high school play?

[Rich Davis]

I was. The sun will Come Out Tomorrow. And the officer looked at me in my little tears. My little crocodile tears.

[Steve Covino]

Little Orphan Dickie tears.

[Rich Davis]

Yeah, my little Orphan Dickie tears. And he goes, you are pathetic, you little. Beep. Get the f out of here. I like.

[Danny G]

I was like, now, were you truly emotional over what was happening?

[Rich Davis]

I was, but I was like, I better. If I laid on thick. Either way, like, I gotta do something. So.

[Caller]

So.

[Steve Covino]

Hey, Carter Jensen learn from his mistake and be on time. And do accidents happen? Absolutely. And that's what happened here. Now we gotta get your phone calls in, and we gotta talk about, well, something really controversial on a very casual great Friday. It's a good. And there's a story with the White Sox, but who do we got?

[Danny G]

Danny, let's go to Reno. John is on the line.

[Steve Covino]

Reno, John, you're on the Cavino and Rich show.

[Caller]

Hey, guys. How you doing?

[Rich Davis]

What's up, John?

[Caller]

Hey, do any of you have a dog?

[Rich Davis]

Yes.

[Caller]

There's nothing that will wake you up faster than a dog yakking in the middle of the night.

[Steve Covino]

That's true. You know what? I lose hours of sleep, probably a week, because the dog just wakes you up, bouncing around, licking your face.

[Rich Davis]

I'm not going to lie. My dog died in December. And if there was any benefit of my dog not being with us is that I sleep better. Like, because when. Especially when my dog was old, you're waking up, like, in the middle of the night at least once or twice,

[Steve Covino]

barking at something, you know, something in the window or.

[Danny G]

Cats do that, too. They'll play with the blinds. Or they get on top of you because they want you to go down and give them fresh food.

[Steve Covino]

Thanks for the call, man. Who else we got?

[Danny G]

All right, let's go to Iowa.

[Steve Covino]

Thomas.

[Rich Davis]

Hey, Thomas. Me.

[Danny G]

Hey, Thomas.

[Caller]

Hey, what's up, guys?

[Rich Davis]

What up?

[Caller]

Hey, I got a question. The Royals are missing out on a promotion. Like, so many fans can get a Royals alarm clock. And I'm going to the Brewers Royals game this weekend. Any chance you'll sign my alarm clock?

[Rich Davis]

That's really funny. The. The Carter Jensen alarm clock.

[Steve Covino]

The Kansas City Royals nightcap. And they actually hand out nightcaps.

[Rich Davis]

Oh, I go like an Ebenezer Scrooge. A little.

[Steve Covino]

Yeah, that's a little sleep mask.

[Rich Davis]

It'll be as hot as that Yoshi Bubble head at Dodger Stadium. All right, thank you, guys for the feedback.

[Danny G]

One last call here. Brian, it is true.

[Steve Covino]

They could have fun with this story. They really can. That's not a bad idea.

[Rich Davis]

It really depends on how they want to spin it, Right? They can make it look like this is an irresponsible kid, or they could say, hey, listen, he made a mistake and we got his back. And he, you know, like, really. It's the spin zone, as they say, right?

[Danny G]

Let's wrap this with Brian in Florida.

[Rich Davis]

Brian.

[Steve Covino]

Brian.

[Rich Davis]

What's up?

[Caller]

Briano and Rich, I love your show.

[Rich Davis]

Thanks, man. What's up?

[Caller]

Originally, nostalgia. With everything you guys said, love, Rocky, but as far as getting.

[Rich Davis]

I feel like I feel like everything he's saying is kind, but I feel like you dropped his phone. You hit him like a river or something.

[Sam]

He was holding his phone with his feet.

[Steve Covino]

Yeah, that's what he's in his pocket while he's talking to him.

[Rich Davis]

Very skilled, man.

[Steve Covino]

Something's up with your phone, but we appreciate it, man. Thanks.

[Rich Davis]

You know, man, Appreciate that. Let's go to Prefet for an update and then a story of controversy out of Chicago. What's up, profit?

[Sports Update Host]

All right, guys, let's get you caught up in what's going around the world of sports. First, let's start in baseball, where number one baseball prospect Connor Griffin was put in the lineup to start today for the Pirates. Youngest man to make his debut as a teenager in Major League baseball since Juan Soto at age 18. Did it in 2018. Well, paid off immediately. First off, first at bat, he pops a double, scores an rbi.

[Steve Covino]

Awesome.

[Sports Update Host]

Then on the next play. Who is it? I forget the name. I just had Jerry Triolo hits the single and he scores from. And Griffin scores from second. So already right away, 4, 2, Pittsburgh over the Orioles right now.

[Steve Covino]

But I saw some quote, Griffin's going off skeens as much much watch TV for one day of the week. This guy is taking care of the other four.

[Rich Davis]

And you know what? They. They've done a good job. They're structuring a deal nine years, like 1:40. So I mean, that only takes him till it's like mid to late 20s.

[Steve Covino]

So exciting.

[Rich Davis]

Yeah, he's a. He's an exciting guy. You know what, I just wonder if Pittsburgh, who knows what's happens with the players union next year. Maybe Pitzer tries to build something finally.

[Steve Covino]

I don't know.

[Rich Davis]

We'll see.

[Sports Update Host]

Yeah, that would involve the ownership, actually. Again, this is never the problem of a salary cap. This is a problem of need to actually spend some money. But it is a loyal fan base. You'd like to see them. Most of my cousins were from West Pennsylvania, so I grew up with a lot of Pirates fans in my life. I still kind of hope they will do well. Nationals speaking more baseball, had their homeowner crushed by Los Angeles. Shohei Ohtani, Freddie Freeman, Kyle Tucker, Mookie Betts, Annie. Pah. I think I got everyone. All with home runs, 13 to 6. Your final score, Louisiana over Washington. Aaron Judge hit a 387 foot home run in the first inning en route to an 8 to 2 Yankees victory over the Marlins. Red Sox snapped an early five game losing skid on the season with a victory over the Padres 5 to 2. In the NFL, the Jacksonville Jaguars and edge rusher Trayvon Walker have agreed to terms on a four year, $110 million extension for the former first overall pick. The Associated Press named Duke forward Cameron Boozer as men's basketball national player of the year. He received 59 of 61 first place votes. UConn Sarah Strong is the women's national player of the Year. Nebraska Fred Hoiberg named Coach of the Year and Arizona head basketball coach Tom Lloyd announced he is remaining in Arizona. He will not take the job offer from North Carolina and he'll continue to coach the Wildcats. He's getting a new contract and will continue to coach them through the Final four. Back to Cavino and Rich.

[Steve Covino]

Great stuff.

[Rich Davis]

Thanks.

[Steve Covino]

Perfect.

[Rich Davis]

Met's got to stop a three game skid tonight. Nolan McClain's on the, on the hill out here in San Francisco.

[Steve Covino]

Up in the bay, the Mets got a problem, dude, it's the problem. Yo, outside looking in, I know I'm hearing things. I'm a Yankees fan, but I pay attention to the Mets. And there's story after story where Juan Soto, everybody gravitates towards the guy where they're questioning him. Like, was he told to take on this role of leadership and mentorship? And everyone's like, no, he's just doing it because he loves the team, he loves the young guys and all the young guys love him. People are requesting to be by him in the locker room. He's taking people under their wing and it's like, wait a second. This is probably why Lindor's so salty. It's almost everybody loves soda on his own.

[Rich Davis]

It's almost like Survivor where alliances were made and Lindor, like, has the tribe spoken? Is he not going to get a rose? Like, what, what's like Lindor went from. Remember last year? The Mets have since made the announcement that they don't believe in captains. Like, there won't be a captain, right? But David Wright was a captain. John Franco was a captain. The Mets have had captains. But Steve Cohen said, while I'm the owner, there won't be captains. But there was major speculation that Lindor was going to be the captain. That narrative not only went away, but they said, no way, we're not doing that. And now he might be the problem.

[Steve Covino]

I heard that Luis Robert Jr. Like, wanted to be by him in the locker room, that he took him under his wing. There's like a lot of love there. Seems like Lindor is the problem and that's not something your team needs because they could be great.

[Rich Davis]

We shall see if they break that skid tonight. All right, we got more Kavino and Rich and a really controversial story next. And it has to do with the Chicago White Sox and race. We'll get to that right here on Fox Sports Radio.

[Steve Covino]

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[Steve Covino]

We're Covino and Rich with Danny Gradio. Too short. He's our super producer, Danny Gradio. It's actually Danny G Radio, but some hosts here think it's Grottio, right? Live from the Fox Sports Radio studio and it's time for our tire rack play of the day.

[Caller]

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[Steve Covino]

Special season going on for the Spurs.

[Caller]

Rebound champagne.

[Sports Update Host]

With two seconds ahead, Dylan Harper from

[Steve Covino]

half court knocks it down.

[Rich Davis]

A buzzer beater at half court for Dylan Harper. And the spurs go to the locker room. Up by 24.

[Steve Covino]

He hit a really interesting note right there. Right with the spurs and the Spurs. Spurs. That was good, man. I thought only Rich Davis could hit that high note.

[Rich Davis]

Yeah, when you grab my. Anyway, spurs handle the clips 1.18.99 spurs go to the locker room and the.

[Steve Covino]

That's so funny, dude. I don't know why.

[Rich Davis]

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[Rich Davis]

We were talking about. Do you believe in Oversleeping and running late and. And you know weekend superstar Bernie Frotto. Bernie is on the line. He's got a good story.

[Steve Covino]

Boy.

[Danny G]

Bernie.

[Rich Davis]

Yo, what's up, Bernie?

[Steve Covino]

Hey, Bernie.

[Caller]

Imagine being called to the big leagues and sleeping in that. Your new name is Mickey the Dunce. Anyway, true story, true story involving four Harvard football players back in the 70s, never made the media. They decided to go on a bender after a game Saturday and Sunday night, they blew it up a little too big. The Sunday morning they were supposed to be in an 8 o' clock team meeting and they weren't gonna make it. Had a two hour drive and had, you know, a few too many creme de menthe. So they decided to call the coach. Coach, we're on the way. We're so sorry. We got a flat tire, we can't make it. We'll be at practice Tuesday. Head coach said, no problem. They show up Tuesday for practice. Coaches, I know you guys wouldn't lie, you'd get kicked off the team for that. But he calls them all in and puts them in a separate room and he says, I just like to ask each one question. I'm gonna write it out on a piece of paper. Just all answer the question and we' papers independently after you leave. And the question was, which tire on the vehicle was flat?

[Steve Covino]

Get your story straight.

[Rich Davis]

Damn. It's a good story.

[Steve Covino]

That's a great story. Bernie Fratto.

[Rich Davis]

Bernie, good to hear from you, man.

[Steve Covino]

Yeah, man, we appreciate you weekends here on Fox Sports Radio. Great.

[Danny G]

Any of the players matched, you know.

[Steve Covino]

Oh, that's like, by the way, you got to know your story.

[Rich Davis]

That's a reminder to, you know, if you're going to keep a lock or do something with one of your buddies. I'll just say Covino used to have a pal. Let's just say that was up to shenanigans and would tell his girl, like, oh, Covino and I went to the movies. And then his girlfriend would go up to Kavino, be like, how'd you like the movie?

[Steve Covino]

I'd be like,

[Rich Davis]

movie?

[Steve Covino]

Yeah, that was great. Yeah, get your story straight, seriously. And get all your alibis in check. So thank you, Bernie Fratto, and thank you, Fox Sports Radio Nation. Trying to turn your good Friday into a great Friday. Happy holiday weekend. Happy Easter. Like I said yesterday, I wonder if anyone's going to kiss my dad's keister for Easter.

[Rich Davis]

I wonder.

[Steve Covino]

He's always talking about kiss my ke. I mean, this is the weekend. So shout out to my peeps and we got to Talk about the Chicago White Sox.

[Rich Davis]

Yeah, that's a. There's a White Sox story.

[Steve Covino]

There's a guy named Munataka Murakami who's sweeping the nation, and such a good player. Here's the deal.

[Rich Davis]

There's an announcer on the team, third year, play by play guy who's in the final year of his contract, so probably not trying to mess up in any way once that new deal, FDR style.

[Steve Covino]

Apparently he said something that's rubbing people the wrong way and it might, might have him in some hot water.

[Rich Davis]

He said that this young star player, Murakami, Munetaka Murakami, is looking for a nickname. This guy rips a hit. And the announcer, John Scriffin says, there he is, the Southside Samurai.

[Steve Covino]

Ooh.

[Rich Davis]

And I'm sure a lot of people like, ooh, that's a good nickname. But there were some people like, well, isn't that appropriation? Isn't that cultural misspeaking?

[Steve Covino]

And by the way, that's Rich Davis. I'm not sure where he's going with this yet. So I just want to say that context does matter. Context matters. And we'll talk about this next.

[Rich Davis]

Oh, it's going to be a good one. That plus brainwave and more season

[Steve Covino]

and

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