Hour 1 - Better Weekend, Michael Jordan or the NBA?

Summary

The Dan Patrick Show: Hour 1 - Better Weekend, Michael Jordan or the NBA?

Date: February 16, 2026
Hosts: Covino & Rich (filling in for Dan Patrick), Danny G
Podcast Network: iHeartPodcasts and Dan Patrick Podcast Network

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Episode Overview

This lively post-Valentine’s and President’s Day episode is a humorous, sports-heavy recap, wrestling with one big question: “Who had the better weekend—Michael Jordan or the NBA?” Filling in for Dan Patrick, Covino & Rich and Danny G dissect NBA All-Star Weekend’s lackluster excitement, Steph Curry’s new animated movie “Goat”, and celebrate Michael Jordan’s Daytona 500 win as a team owner, addressing the viral video moment involving MJ. The show is packed with candid dad banter, hot sports takes, generational gripes, and moments of pure comedic chemistry.

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Main Discussion Points & Insights

1. NBA All-Star Weekend Recap: Underwhelming or Evolving?

[03:39 - 13:50]

• Hosts admit: Priority for All-Star Weekend was low, with Rich focusing on dad duties and only catching highlights.

• Event Critiques:

  • Dunk contest and general All-Star activities failed to capture sustained attention.

    “Sweeping is more exciting. Wiping down my counters... cleaning up the house. Kavino is more exciting to me.” – Danny G, [07:20]

  • Dunk contest specifically felt forced and lacked star power.

    “We were so spoiled as kids… Vince Carter, all the big stars…” – Danny G, [09:23]

  • Attempts at excitement (like player dance moves) seen as awkward and cringy, with questionable showmanship.
  • The event felt more like background noise than a can’t-miss spectacle.

• Empathy for Participants:

  • Hosts note it’s tough for NBA stars to risk being ridiculed if they lose these “fun” events, so the best avoid it.

• Efforts to Innovate:

  • While praising the NBA for trying new things, the hosts agree that past iterations still loom large.

    “You gotta throw things against the wall to see what works.” – Rich, [08:18]

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2. Steph Curry’s “Goat” and Competing Weekend Narratives

[04:05 - 04:36; 14:12 - 22:19]

• Rich’s Mini-Review: He took his kids to see “Goat,” a Steph Curry-produced animated basketball movie, and found it more engaging than the All-Star events.

  “Animated animals playing basketball... seem to be more action packed than the NBA All-Star weekend.” – Rich, [06:46]

• Box Office Note:

  • “Goat” made $26 million, which the hosts respect, though they joke about movies vs. NBA in terms of “winning the weekend.”

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3. Michael Jordan’s Stellar Weekend & Viral “Controversy”

[14:17 - 18:33; 35:55 - 37:16]

• Jordan scores as a team owner:

  • Michael Jordan’s NASCAR team wins the Daytona 500 (Congrats to Tyler Reddick).

• Controversial Moment:

  • Viral video shows Jordan playfully interacting with a child during celebrations, leading to social media uproar.
  • Hosts’ Reaction:
    • Context matters: The child is the driver’s son, celebrations were innocent, but in today’s climate, moments get misconstrued.

      “If you got kids, you tickle your kids and you horse around… it’s so contextual.” – Rich, [15:37] “Unfortunately, social media gets a hold of these things and they explode.” – Danny G, [15:45]

    • Hosts show empathy for Jordan, criticizing those who always “assume the worst.”

      “It’s the public who should be ashamed of themselves for making things like this into what it is.” – Danny G, [36:24]

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4. Who Actually WON the Weekend: Jordan or the NBA?

[14:12 - 19:51; 22:36 - 23:01]

• Hosts present the central debate: did Michael Jordan, with his team’s Daytona 500 win (and social media fame), have a better weekend than the lackluster NBA All-Star festivities?
  • Covino: “He had the best weekend.” – [18:33]
  • Rich jokingly puts the "Goat" movie at #1, Michael Jordan at #2, and the NBA at #3, wishing the league had more flash.

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5. Sports Entertainment: Generational Shifts & Fan Demands

[20:35 - 21:40]

• Parallels between modern fans impatiently flipping through streaming services and quickly judging sporting events—harder to entertain, more easily distracted, and quick to move on if unimpressed.
• Hosts admit maybe it’s a generational thing, but even casual fans struggled to connect with this year’s NBA showcase.

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6. Interactive Food Break – Keeping it Light

[33:01 - 35:55]

• A fun tangent: comparing the merits of interactive dining (melting pot, hibachi/teppanyaki) and the proper etiquette for tipping chefs who perform stunts. Offers a breather before shifting topics.

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7. Baseball Segment – Rule Change on ABS & K-Zone

[39:06 - 48:54]

• Discussion on MLB’s new automated ball-strike (ABS) system and the impending removal of the on-screen K-Zone for TV viewers.
  • Some hosts are nostalgic for the K-zone and the “laser puck” era in hockey.
  • Rich contends the All-Star Game & Home Run Derby remain MLB’s only undiminished showcase events, compared to NBA/NFL struggles.

  • “Baseball’s All-Star Game… still works till this day. The Pro Bowl went down the tubes… NBA All-Star Weekend? They’re figuring it out…” – Rich, [39:06]

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Notable Quotes & Moments (with Timestamps)

• “Sweeping is more exciting… cleaning up the house, Kavino is more exciting to me [than the All-Star Weekend].”
  – Danny G, [07:20]

• “We were so spoiled as kids… Vince Carter, all the big stars…”
  – Danny G, [09:23]

• “[NBA All-Star] just couldn’t get my attention the way it used to...or then again, maybe that’s on me.”
  – Danny G, [19:51]

• “We really are King Joffrey… entertain me! Like we are. We really are sitting on our throne… thumb ready to go up or down.”
  – Rich, [20:37]

• “It’s the public who should be ashamed of themselves for making things like this into what it is. But you also gotta protect these kids. So I see both sides.”
  – Danny G, [36:24]

• “I’d rather watch that Goat movie over and over and over with my kids…”
  – Rich, [22:37]

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Important Segments & Timestamps

• Opening Banter & NBA All-Star Initial Reactions: [03:39-07:50]
• Dunk Contest & NBA All-Star Criticisms: [07:51-13:50]
• Goat Movie Review & Family Corner: [04:05-04:36, 22:36-23:01]
• Michael Jordan Daytona 500 Win & Video Reaction: [14:17-18:33, 35:55-37:16]
• Weekend Winner Debate & Pop Culture Parallels: [14:12-19:51, 20:35-21:40]
• Dining/Interactive Food Tangent: [33:01-35:55]
• Baseball Rule Changes & K-Zone Debate: [39:06-48:54]

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Final Thoughts

This episode is a colorful, laugh-out-loud take on the constantly shifting landscape of sports entertainment. The hosts blend nostalgia, critique, and humor to capture the modern sports fan’s love/hate relationship with all-star specials—ultimately, leaning toward Michael Jordan as the real weekend winner. For longtime and casual fans alike, the conversation is as much about sports as it is about the quirks of contemporary fandom and dad-life priorities.

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For more:

• Follow Covino & Rich, and Danny G on the Dan Patrick Show for future fill-ins and daily radio banter.

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[Danny G]

You are listening to the Dan Patrick show on Fox sports Radio. Hey, good morning.

[Rich]

Here we go.

[Danny G]

Happy Valentine's, puppy. It's our post Valentine's morning show President's day celebration. Is that too wordy, Rich, I would.

[Rich]

Have stopped you halfway through that.

[Danny G]

Where's your Abe Lincoln hat, dude?

[Rich]

Damn, I thought it was tradition.

[Danny G]

Happy President's day. I hope you have the day off. We are here in for Dan Patrick Covino and Rich. Let me shamelessly promote first, we're normally on Monday through Friday, 5 to 7 on the east, 2 to 4 on the west. But when they say, hey, can you fill in for dp? We say, not only could we fill in, it's our Dan Patrick presidential hat trick. Yeah.

[Rich]

Three in a row. Break out the Abe Lincoln top hat.

[Danny G]

I brought a hat just in case it was a bad hair day. With the new early schedule.

[Rich]

It'S early here in the west coast, but we're ready to go. Let's do this. NBA all star weekend. Before we talk NBA, before we talk about people reporting for baseball and did Michael Jordan have a better weekend than the NBA, we're going to get to a bunch of crap aliens. Former presidents are admitting there's aliens. We'll get to all that. But I got to say, I saw a movie last night with the kids and I think it was better than NBA all star weekend.

[Danny G]

Oh, Jesus.

[Rich]

I saw goat, the Steph Curry produced movie. Yo, that was good boy. Now it only made 26 mil. I mean, I say only, but you know, animated movie, heartfelt the thorns. Bunch of random animals playing basketball. Animated movie. Kids loved it. I came out of the movie saying that was fantastic. So if you're bored today, you got the day off and you got to figure out what to do with the kids. It might be raining where you are. I think it was good. I think it was worth watching.

[Danny G]

It's raining dogs. Hallelujah. So that's Steph Curry's project, right? Yeah. So congrats to him. Really good. And no surprise, Rich is a big softy pants. He loves kids movies. And I'm not saying I don't. I do too. And if you're living that dad life and Rich is in the heart of it right now, this dude wears little kid little league sweatshirts every day.

[Rich]

It's my life.

[Danny G]

He is full time coach, dad and really, really in it right now. I'm the dad of a teenage pain in the. I mean, daughter who has the day off as well today. So as soon as I get home from this show, I have to be here, chauffeur and drive her around town and she has to party with her friends. That scene is a different.

[Rich]

You deal with like teenage boyfriends. I'm dealing with little league and flag football.

[Covino]

Yeah, I was going to say most of us transition from the NFL season to NBA. Rich goes from NFL season to flag football with kids.

[Danny G]

Exactly.

[Rich]

And dude, can I tell you, I.

[Danny G]

Imagine that was your weekend. I had to deal with my teenage daughter, like going to the movies with the boy and it's like, it's a whole other nightmare. But, you know, she's my kid and I love her, but it really is stressful. She's my kid and I love her. Stressful, dude, because you want them to have a good time, but not too good of a time.

[Rich]

You don't want to pull on that. The old popcorn trick.

[Danny G]

Yeah, I gave her a quiz on the movie. I'm like, yeah, tell me about it. Just to make sure they were watching the Cliff Notes. So, yeah. I hope you enjoyed your Valentine's weekend. I'm still wearing my leftover pink T shirt. Is that lame or no?

[Rich]

Yeah, I don't. Do you celebrate Valentine's Day? You're a grown ass man.

[Danny G]

Sam has his heart on. I mean, he got a heart on. Yeah, he's. Sam has his heart T shirt. Hearts on heart T shirt. He has his heart on and he looks all celebratory. That's his Valentine's outfit. Black Raiders gear.

[Rich]

That's his everyday.

[Danny G]

That's his romantic look right there. His Muhammad Ali T shirt and Raiders hat. And we wish you lots of love. Hope you had a nice loving weekend. Hope you loved the All Star weekend. Hope you loved the game. Hope you got some loving. And we hope you love the show today.

[Rich]

I got to ask you guys because again, I'm doing flag football with the kids. Little League started, Ponyball started. All this stuff began. So I casually threw on the NBA All Star Weekend.

[Covino]

Rich was watching the Daytona 500 on his phone.

[Rich]

Let me tell you, I saw the movie Goat. Like I said, I feel like animated animals playing basketball produced by Steph Curry seem to be more action packed than the NBA All Star weekend. Can I tell you what I saw as a guy that only saw the highlights and flipped around on my phone because again, I was living the dad life this weekend and NBA All Weekend juice.

[Danny G]

Everybody's living their life. I had it on too. So no need to over explain. I could not focus on that for more than three minutes at a time.

[Rich]

No, but I'm saying it was like priority number 58 for me on my list.

[Danny G]

I had it on the whole time, Rich. And I tell you, I was trying, you know what it felt like trying to get to the end of Stranger things. Like I got it on, but I'm not focused. Oh, I got it on. And sweeping is more exciting. Wiping down my counters, you know, cleaning up the house. Kavito is more exciting to me.

[Covino]

Co was like round robin. That's too much math.

[Danny G]

Well, you know what?

[Rich]

Danny gave the time to clean the baseboards.

[Danny G]

Yeah.

[Rich]

You know when you just crown the crown moldings got a little.

[Danny G]

I started clearing out my inbox on my email, you know, because that was more interesting than the all star or. Let me rephrase it. Was able to capture my attention more. I just needed more distraction. And of course, we have the attention spans of goldfish in today's world. I get that. And I will say, and I'm not just saying this, but the NBA was more competitive. But it was confusing and it was, I don't know, I wasn't really buying into it.

[Rich]

Danny G, you got to throw things against the wall to see what works.

[Danny G]

Yeah. And I commend that. So I don't want to come off too harsh, but Rich, I try to pay attention. And I had it on. The entire weekend, I had it on. I just could not get into it.

[Rich]

Dude, we're gonna play. We're gonna play a game called Rich. Hardly watched. Here's my observations. Tell me if I'm right. I saw Jackson Hayes do a dunk and I was like, all right, is that like a warm up or something?

[Danny G]

And Danny said, no, no, everybody thought that. And in fact, that was the sentiment. Like, did he realize that it had started, you know? Yeah, it's like, oh, we're on the air.

[Covino]

If it wasn't. Hey, if it wasn't for Carter Bryant of the spurs, that dunk competition would have really stung.

[Rich]

But Danny, am I wrong by saying that he ran out of time?

[Covino]

Yeah, he didn't get his last dunk in, so he lost by default. Your winner was keyshot with the whole time, dude.

[Danny G]

It didn't help the situation. It made it feel really lame. And the overall sentiment. And again, you could chime in and defend it. Maybe it's a younger guy's thing. Maybe we're not relating to the Young dudes. And we sound like old guys. Keep in mind we're the youngest in the game here on Fox Sports Radio. It just felt like something we grew up with, which was so awesome. Just isn't that anymore. Are we just holding on to the past? You know, because we used to look forward. Just like the home run Derby. We get excited about that. We used to get excited about the dunk contest. It's not the same, dude.

[Covino]

And there's showmanship involved. Like, you want the participants to, like, hype the crowd up and get everybody into it. But he was forcing those dance moves. And at one point, my wife Brenda said, he's too tall to be doing the Dougie. He looks so awkward.

[Danny G]

Guys twerking. He's doing like a little nanny. Nanny, poof, poof. Sort of like I just did. It was like, so corny, dude. It was like, hey.

[Covino]

Especially after he couldn't get the dunk. He wanted in. And it took like four tries. And then he. He busted and hit the dance move hard. And we're like, bro, we knew what dunk was coming that whole time.

[Danny G]

Danny G. We were so spurled. As old people say. We were so spurled. We were so spoiled as kids. And we would see Vince Carter and.

[Covino]

Oh, there was side by. It's funny you say Vince Carter. There were side by sides all day yesterday of Vince Carter's dunk and Jackson Hayes dunk.

[Danny G]

That's what I mean. So when you grow up with that level of excitement, right? And it was such a big deal and all the big stars we grew up with were there, and then you see what's going on today. It's like, am I missing something?

[Covino]

You even. You didn't even mention the magic player who got stuck on the backboard.

[Danny G]

Scary.

[Covino]

Yeah. It looked like he broke his back. He fell back and banged the back.

[Danny G]

Of his head, my neck and my back.

[Rich]

To quote Mike Tyson, spinal.

[Danny G]

Yo. Honestly, we could joke now. For a second, I was scared. That looked bad. He got stuffed by the. By the backboard. Awkward. And he fell straight back my back. My neck in my back. Doctor said he needed a bacchiotomy, but other than that, he's okay. He got stuffed by the rim. Fell straight back onto his spinal. Yeah, that was his head.

[Covino]

That was Jace Richardson.

[Danny G]

Yo, Jace Richardson, thanks for providing the only excitement of the contest, but we're glad you're okay.

[Rich]

You know what it comes down to? It comes down to I don't blame the big stars for not wanting to do it, because look at us. We're just a bunch of critics. A bunch of dudes that can't slam dunk in any capacity. Hey, hold on.

[Danny G]

Bottom of the net. I can hit bottom of the net.

[Rich]

Kimmy does jump it up.

[Covino]

But. But Rich, I'll, I'll push back a little bit on that. Rich. I feel like people were wanting it to be good.

[Danny G]

Yeah.

[Covino]

It's one things where you, you remember how good some of those dunk contests were and you want it to go there again.

[Rich]

Athleticism. Athleticism didn't get worse. If anything, it got better. I just think the star players, maybe it's ego, they don't want to lose. No one wants to put themselves out there. The same way Kavino doesn't want to do karaoke or something unless he really wants to do it. Because putting yourself out there, you leave yourself vulnerable. And I feel like a lot of these stars, like, what am I going to do? The slam dunk contest. And if I don't win, I'm the guy that lost. The slam dunk contest for what?

[Danny G]

Let's reemphasize the importance of All Star weekend here for the NBA. You know, there was a lot of talk that it's just not popping like it used to. Right. And after the NFL, we all have the NFL blues and we're all looking for what's next. You got to wait until next month for the World Baseball Classic and MLB and everything else. So this was a huge weekend to jump on board again and get caught up on the NBA. If you're just a casual fan. I mean, if you're an NBA guy, we get it, you're watching all the time. But if you're here and there, this was the weekend that was going to pull you right back in full force. And this was their opportunity to get you excited again. I think for most people, not hating, just stating it did the opposite. It's like, ah, you know, I wanted to go with what you said, Danny G. I wanted to be excited. I wanted to watch, I wanted to like it. No one sits in front of a new show or a new comedy special or a new movie and says, all right, I hope this stinks. We all want to be entertained. We all go there with great intentions. I wanted to watch it and enjoy it, and I can't see. I hated it, dude. I'm not saying I hated it, but it was not the excitement that should have brought if it wanted to win you over for the rest of the season. It just wasn't.

[Rich]

There were moments of, there were, there were high I guess you could call them highlights. Things that you saw floating around social media all weekend.

[Danny G]

Yeah, I mean, that's good.

[Rich]

They're trying new things.

[Danny G]

But the question really is, I think I saw my. More Michael Jordan highlights. Bad ones.

[Rich]

I was gonna say. What's the.

[Covino]

And a good one. Lifting that team trip.

[Danny G]

Congrats, he's a winner.

[Rich]

What's the winner of the weekend? Who won?

[Danny G]

Apparently Steph Curry in the movie Goat.

[Rich]

I thought it was good, only like I said it under delivered money wise, I guess, at the box office. But I thought a basketball movie about a goat. A former NBA star holding up a Daytona 500 trophy. Michael Jordan, his team won. Congrats to. Who's that wrote down here? Tyler Redick, Daytona 500. So who wins the weekend, Michael Jordan or the NBA? Well, he's now a champion in another sport and you could say Michael Jordan won the weekend. Meanwhile, there's a video of him, like, tickling a kid's butt floating around and people are all up in arms about it.

[Danny G]

That's the whale part I was pausing on. Well, well, yeah. He proves once again that I think there was some.

[Covino]

Some context to that too.

[Danny G]

I agree, dude.

[Rich]

I agree.

[Covino]

What I read is the kid was wet from the celebration. So he was kind of like pulling the kids wet clothes.

[Danny G]

Yeah, you can see that. And. And you know what? It's unfortunate. That's all I could really say about that. As a parent, I do agree with the sentiment of. Yo. You never put your hands on any kid like that. That's not your kid. Right. Especially someone else's kid.

[Rich]

Yeah. But hold on. I'm a dad.

[Danny G]

Yeah.

[Rich]

I feel like.

[Danny G]

Like, is it that big of a deal? It's just a bad look. Public and national, all over the place.

[Rich]

I was like, if you got kids, you tickle your kids and you horse around them, and if that's like a nephew or something. And it's so contextual, it's so.

[Danny G]

Is clearly a kid from the team. Yeah, from his winning team. And they're celebrating. They're all exciting, excited about the victory. Unfortunately, social media gets a hold of these things and. And they explode.

[Rich]

But I think everyone. Because of the temperature of the world right now. Yeah, we're all hung up on, like, Epstein stuff.

[Danny G]

I think. I think everyone.

[Rich]

I think everyone.

[Danny G]

You can't blame people for being protective of kids.

[Covino]

By the way, that was the winner's son. That's Tyler Reddick's.

[Rich]

So what I'm saying, I think because of the world we live in now, everyone wants to lean creepo instead of just saying it's like an innocent little moment that is misconstrued because we don't know the context.

[Danny G]

Anything stand on record that I actually agree with rich 100%. I'm just giving you the flip side of how social media is reacting to it. You know what it reminds me, I'm not mad at Michael Jordan. Not even a little bit.

[Rich]

No, I mean. I mean, you don't know that relationship people have.

[Danny G]

Yeah, but I'm upset for him that he's getting this backlash. Like, in today's world, when cameras are on you especially, you got to be extra careful because you don't want to deal with that. You know, it's like. And you know what's sad about that is you can't even be nice to a kid because you're fearful of weird criticism. Like, there's sometimes just like, if you're in an elevator or something, you're there with a little kid. Just being nice to a little kid feels weird because you don't want people to look at you like, hey, buddy, nice guy. Like. And you have to justify, like, oh, I'm. I'm a parent, too. And I just want to say I felt a little weird just acknowledging your puppy. I wanted to say hi to your little kid there. I'm not a creep. And Michael Jordan, if you missed it, because not everybody saw it, but it was all over the place. Now, he had a better day than the actual NBA, is what we're saying here, because his team won the Daytona 500. In celebration.

[Rich]

Who was the driver? Lightning McQueen.

[Danny G]

Yeah.

[Rich]

Riddick, Tyler, Rick.

[Danny G]

Oh. So in celebration, they're out there in the rain and they're all super pumped. He's high five. And everybody. There's a little kid, and he's part of the celebratory festivities and.

[Rich]

Celebratory festivities.

[Danny G]

Michael Jordan, like, shakes off his shirt because it's raining and it's wet, but he's pinching his cheeks.

[Rich]

He's.

[Danny G]

He's grabbing.

[Rich]

He's pinching the little kid's butt.

[Danny G]

He's grabbing his butt. Like, shaking off the rain. Yeah. And you know what? They're all having a great time. They just won a big race. I'm not defending it, but I understand he's just having a good time.

[Rich]

People are.

[Danny G]

People are weirdos.

[Rich]

Not being a pervert about it or weirdos.

[Danny G]

People are weirdos, man.

[Rich]

Want to look for the worst and everything, but.

[Danny G]

And unfortunately, it becomes a story. And we wouldn't be doing our job if we didn't acknowledge that. Yeah, he had the better weekend, but he didn't need this nonsense.

[Rich]

Oh he didn't need a out of context weird clip. Like what is he doing? And if you're Michael explained it makes.

[Covino]

He had the best weekend.

[Rich]

But, but, but literally leave it at that.

[Danny G]

Like then you have to explain yourself or what? Or do you just let that fizzle.

[Rich]

Because Jordan is a private guy that doesn't need to explain himself to anyone. What was the last time he had made a public comment about anything in.

[Danny G]

His insight to excellence?

[Rich]

His big sit down with Mike Tirico that was supposed to be like every week. Yeah, I think he's doing just fine.

[Danny G]

So the question to you, Fox Sports Radio Nation, Dan Patrick nation President's Day. Who had the better weekend? Was it former NBA legend Michael Jordan who continues to win. All he does is win, win, win. Or the NBA All Star weekend.

[Covino]

Which, which Sunday was an improvement.

[Danny G]

I was going to say it sounds like we're being hard on it as far as competitive. Yes. It seemed like the players were in it quite Leonard like, wow, he still got game. He still cares. You know, watching him play, watching these guys play, watching LeBron hit those shots. Anthony Edwards was all into it, you know, watching these players compete. Yes, that was nice to see. But I don't know, man. Like I said, it just couldn't get my attention the way it used to, the way it should. Or then again, maybe that's on me.

[Rich]

Let me, let me play devil's advocate.

[Danny G]

For a second, but I'm not the only guy. I see what people are saying.

[Rich]

We're going to get to a ton of stuff today. Some football. Even though it's not football season, there's football news, a debate in the world of Major League Baseball. You know, I just totally remembered something that I thought would be interesting for the show today. So we'll talk a little baseball, some football aliens. Not only was Obama catching loose balls courtside, he so casually in an interview was like, yeah, there's aliens. Like aliens. We're gonna talk about this, believe this is true. So a lot to get to today, but who won the weekend, NBA or Michael Jordan?

[Danny G]

Is there someone else we're not thinking of?

[Rich]

And, but, but again, let me just.

[Danny G]

Play you Lance Romance.

[Rich]

Let me play devil's advocate. We are, we really are. As we like to point out, we're King Joffrey. We think we're Joaquin Phoenix and Gladiation entertain me. Like we are. We really are sitting on our thrown like a bunch of lazy asses like with our thumb ready to go up or down.

[Danny G]

Like, when you have 37 streaming services, you got options entertain.

[Rich]

It's true. What dating and streaming services have left people in the same weird spot. Everyone. The same way. You talk to your single friends and they're swiping on Tinder and Bumble and Field and all these apps your friends talk about, why? Why can't they find love? Because everyone is hard to please. You make one little mistake, they're on to the next. They're always about to upgrade. We have, like you said, 37 streaming services, a million options, that if we don't like a dunk in the NBA dunk contest, we're like, goodbye.

[Danny G]

Like, I didn't like his dance moves.

[Rich]

Yeah, you don't like the dance moves.

[Danny G]

Next. He shot Johnson, but gas dance moves. Click. Next. I don't care.

[Rich]

The big takeaways from the weekend. We'll hear from you next on the Dan Patrick Show. Kavito and Rich. What one Was it the NBA? Was it Michael Jordan winning the Daytona 500? Was it what I took my kids to see even though it didn't make a bunch of money? Goat in the theater?

[Danny G]

You're the first guy I heard bring that up. Even though I've seen lots of promos for it.

[Rich]

Hold on. I have a question. It's 6:19 on the west Coast. Who would be the first guy to tell you about this movie? I came out this weekend.

[Danny G]

You're the first guy.

[Rich]

Guess what? You haven't even taken a shower this week.

[Covino]

Yeah, the rest of the country's been up for three hours, Rich. You should have got a phone call about that.

[Rich]

Yes, of course. But what I'm saying is.

[Danny G]

Yeah, it's like my east coast bacha galoop friends are like, yo, bro, this weekend. My phone's already been buzzing all morning.

[Rich]

No one mentioned basketball. And I'm telling you that I took my kids to see a heartfelt basketball movie produced by Steph Curry. Sure, it's good with the voices of a bunch of people. You know, we just can't get Rich.

[Covino]

To watch a real NBA game.

[Rich]

Yeah, I'll be honest, Danny G. I'd rather watch that Goat movie over and over and over with my kids. I keep telling Rich Richardson, fall on his head.

[Danny G]

Ryan Garcia is fighting Mario Barrios this coming weekend. I'm like, rich, you want to watch? He's like, no, I want to watch Goat again. I'm like, again? You just saw it, Goat boy.

[Rich]

So he's talking Jim Brewer.

[Danny G]

According to Rich, Goat boy had the best weekend. What do you think?

[Rich]

I'm going to say goat. I'm going to say. I'm going to say goat number one, NBA is in third place to goat and Michael Jordan winning the Daytona 500. Your thoughts? We'll get to him next right here on Fox Sports Radio. Thanks for listening to the Dan Patrick show podcast. Be sure to catch us live every.

[Danny G]

Weekday morning, 9 to noon Eastern or 6 to 9 Pacific on Fox Sports Radio.

[Rich]

Find your local station for the Dan patrick [e-mail] or stream us live every day on the iHeartRadio app by searching.

[Danny G]

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[Rich]

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[Danny G]

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[Rich]

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[Danny G]

And Rich the Odd Couple with Rob.

[Rich]

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[Danny G]

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[Rich]

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[Narrator/Host]

On the iHeartRadio app on June 11, 1998, a deputy from the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department went missing. It's an all out manhunt for John Awjay. Every search and rescue team in LA county has been called in to help. Within days, tips started flooding into the Sheriff's department. The rumor around the drug scene was that a deputy was taken care of. Is this the story of a man who just got lost in the desert? Or of a cover up in the Inside the nation's largest sheriff's department.

[Rich]

A homicide captain saying, detective, do not find out if this guy's guilty or innocent. Who does that?

[Narrator/Host]

Valley of Shadows A new series from Pushkin Industries about crime and corruption in California's high desert. Do you have any advice for us while looking into this disappearance?

[Danny G]

I wouldn't do it alone.

[Narrator/Host]

Listen to Valley of shadows on the iHeartRadio app Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Rich]

Segregation in the day, integration at night.

[Narrator/Host]

When segregation was the law, one mysterious black club owner had his own rules. We didn't worry about what went on outside.

[Danny G]

It was like stepping in another world.

[Narrator/Host]

Inside Charlie's Place, black and white people danced together. But not everyone was happy about it.

[Rich]

You saw the kkk.

[Danny G]

Yeah. They was dressed up in their uniform. The KKK set out to raid Charlie.

[Narrator/Host]

Take him away from here.

[Danny G]

Charlie was an example of power. They had to crush him.

[Narrator/Host]

From Atlas Obscura, Rococo Punch and visit Myrtle beach comes Charlie Place, a story that was nearly lost to time until now. Listen to Charlie's place on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. You can accomplish a lot in a decade. You could earn a bachelor's degree and a master's degree back to back. You could compete in two separate consecutive Olympic Games. Well, we made my favorite murder. I spent 10 years of true crime, 10 years of conversation, and 100 years of swearing. Here's the thing, everyone. Politeness. Go yourself. Is when someone sneezes. From now on, we have something for everyone. Advice, support, and a safe space for your feelings. This is terrible. Triflers need not apply. Stay out of the forest. You're in a cult. Call your dad. Don't worry, it gets worse. Toxic masculinity ruins the party again. I said, dad, what the hell? What are we gonna do? And he goes, I don't. What the hell? I don't know. We're gonna sally forth. We're gonna sally forth. You guys stay sexy. Don't get murdered. Elvis, do you want a cookie? A cookie? Listen to my favorite murder on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Goodbye. For decades, people traveled across the world to see John of God, desperate for cures no doctor could offer. And when they arrived, they saw things they couldn't explain.

[Covino]

This is real.

[Danny G]

This guy's actually doing surgery, and it's a miracle.

[Covino]

I never believed that miracles were real until that point.

[Narrator/Host]

But behind those adoring crowds was something much darker. One of the reasons why I never went to the police is because I saw at least five or six men with guns. Everywhere he went. That was clear to me. Like, close your mouth. Don't open your mouth. Don't say anything. I'm your host, Martina Castro, and in the podcast Two Faced John of God, we'll look back on a man who claimed he could perform miracles and got people from all around the world to believe him from exactly right and adonde Media. This is Two Faced John of God. Listen on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Danny G]

Jump, jump, jump, jump. Did Daddy Mackel make you jump, jump, Iowa Sam playing some old school crisscross. Rich meant Christopher Cross. He wanted to hear sailing Sam. Oh, by the way, it's the. It's the Mack daddy of Fox Sports Radio Covino.

[Rich]

No one's ever said that.

[Danny G]

And there's the cheese. It's the Mac and cheese of radio.

[Covino]

And Rich, it's the anniversary of this song. February 1992.

[Rich]

Wow.

[Danny G]

Rich is dying to tell you this story. You know this is his first concert or where you took a girl.

[Rich]

It is my first concert. Speaking of romance, I know Sam was playing Daddy Mac and make it jump, jump in honor of the slam dunk contest. But I did take a girl to see Kris Kross in junior high.

[Danny G]

Did you wear your pants backwards?

[Rich]

And I didn't even get a kiss. I remember being like, I thought I was all smooth like you want to go feed Kris Kross together? Westbury Music Fair all over Long Island. And I did not wear my clothes backwards, but they did.

[Danny G]

Nice.

[Covino]

Were you at least wearing cross colors?

[Rich]

Dude, you know it.

[Danny G]

So like I said, Mac and cheese of radio, CNR on fsr, everything at Covino and Rich. Should I shout out Frank Caliendo? Because he usually tunes in to the Dan Patrick show and then he's disappointed when we're here. What up, Frank? Or should I shout out to Sandman?

[Covino]

Oh, yes, but he said he's not fully upset about.

[Danny G]

Fully upset.

[Rich]

He said we're his second favorite question for you. The guy that was doing all the dancing at the NBA slam dunk contest.

[Danny G]

Yeah, Keisha Johnson.

[Rich]

Keshawn Johnson.

[Danny G]

Now he's got better dance moves than me, but still the corny as hell.

[Rich]

Here's the thing, you damned if you do, damned if you don't. Here we are talking about how it lacks excitement and someone hit us up on the in show chat. You can watch the show, by the way, streaming live every day. YouTube.comononrich FSR yeah, I'm the guy bringing the romance.

[Danny G]

My sweet pink T shirt left over from last night.

[Rich]

This guy still hasn't changed his shirt in two days.

[Danny G]

Yeah.

[Rich]

People are saying on the intro, here's a guy trying to dance. Whether they're cheesy moves or not. He's trying to bring the excitement in a pretty mundane event. And now you're in front of the guy dancing like.

[Danny G]

No, no, no. It's not just me.

[Rich]

It's like being at a lame ass wedding.

[Danny G]

You are the messenger.

[Rich]

It's being.

[Danny G]

This is the buzz. Of course we give our opinions. This is the buzz. You talk to your friends, you read the comments, you see what people are saying. I'm wrapping it up and giving it to you. I also agree, though, that it looked lame as hell.

[Covino]

It did strike a pose after a 50. Yeah, he was striking a pose after a $40.

[Danny G]

I'm just saying, Trump has better dance moves than this guy. He was. It's President's Day. I'm trying to give him some props.

[Rich]

It's a bunch of nobodies now.

[Danny G]

That's right. I like these guys. I like these guys.

[Rich]

He said. A bunch of nobodies. Travesty, he said.

[Danny G]

Yeah.

[Rich]

He gave Michael Jordan a shout. I see Jordan's winning the weekend. I'm just saying, imagine being like a lame ass party at a club or a wedding. No one's at the dance floor. You got to at least credit the one guy that's like, all right, I'm gonna go bust open some moves. I'm gonna get this party started. Gets out there, trust me, Starts doing the. I'm not being.

[Danny G]

We're not mean for the sake of it. If you're new to our show, these are the observations we made. Like Danny G said, you bust out the dance moves when you do something awesome. He was busting out the dance moves from the start, and they weren't good dance moves. Not trying to criticize, not hating, just stating.

[Rich]

Okay. Who you like to do. Who's the. Who's the guy from Dance with the Stars? That sassy judge for you. That guy all of a sudden now.

[Danny G]

Dancing the cha Cha.

[Rich]

Now dancing the pasa.

[Danny G]

Double. What's his name? Bruno.

[Rich]

No, you're Bruno. Bruno over here.

[Danny G]

My Bruno.

[Covino]

Didn't he pass away, rp?

[Danny G]

No, Bruno didn't die.

[Covino]

I thought one of the famous judges from that show passed.

[Rich]

Oh, the old white guy. Unfortunate. No, Bruno's still K and trying to ruin our week.

[Covino]

No, not Bruno. The other one.

[Danny G]

No, no, look. And again, we're streaming live like Rich said. So I'm not trying to talk smack here. I am looking bloated like Pork Chop Pete. I feel like Pork Chop Pete after all that meat I had last night at the melting pot. So, yeah, look at me. I even shaved to bring the romance.

[Rich]

Melting pot.

[Danny G]

Yeah. I went to the melting pot.

[Rich]

He's 25 years old.

[Danny G]

My girlfriend loves that.

[Covino]

His Girlfriend is.

[Danny G]

Yeah, she's.

[Covino]

She is.

[Danny G]

No, hey, whoa, hey.

[Rich]

No, no, Belichick. No.

[Danny G]

No Belichick. She's in her. Yeah. My Jordan is in her 30s and she loves the melting pot. And I went overboard.

[Rich]

31. I can't deny how fun the melting pot is. I just made fun of it. But the truth is, melting pot or any, like, fondue place really is fun. It really is.

[Danny G]

They brought out that chocolate and I was like, don't mind if I fondue. I gave her my best Al Pacino. Don't mind if I fondue.

[Rich]

Let me ask you.

[Danny G]

And I ate all of it like a slob. So here I am, all puffy faced in for Dan Patrick, not hating on the dunk contest, just state.

[Rich]

Let me ask you. Since no one cares about the dunk contest, my hotter question is best interactive food spot. Because you went to the melting pot last night and I think tonight. Because the kids have off.

[Danny G]

Yeah, dude.

[Rich]

And I think I'm going to. I think I'm going to hit up little hibachi tonight. A little teppanyaki. I think. I think the kids are in store for an onion volcano today.

[Danny G]

Nice.

[Rich]

Is that. Is that the best interactive?

[Danny G]

Oh, yeah. There's no question as far as interactive.

[Rich]

Oh, yeah.

[Danny G]

Because in these other gimmicks, you're the one preparing the food. It's like, what a joke.

[Rich]

Korean barbecue, melting melting pot.

[Danny G]

It's like you got to know how to prepare it and read instructions.

[Rich]

But when you say those are like more fun date spots.

[Danny G]

It's fun. Yeah, it is. It's fun.

[Rich]

But you got the cocoa vine.

[Danny G]

I'd rather watch the onion volcano and watch them do their cool tricks and catch a little piece of scrimp.

[Rich]

Let me ask you this.

[Danny G]

Yeah.

[Rich]

You go to. You go to hibachi. I know people say, what's tipping yucky? I know. I call it hibachi.

[Danny G]

I mean, we did our entire lives, so I'm not changing for any Ariri rang.

[Rich]

There's a bunch of chains out there.

[Danny G]

Give me another one, Benny.

[Rich]

Hana Benihana.

[Danny G]

Come on, give me another one.

[Rich]

Out here in la, there's a place there be something fishy.

[Danny G]

What is the yamato, Right?

[Covino]

Yamatos. Yeah, that's really good.

[Danny G]

Here's the question.

[Rich]

This is the hard hitting one. Danny, do you have to tip that guy or does your tip go to him?

[Covino]

I always tip that guy.

[Danny G]

Yeah, I think.

[Narrator/Host]

Yeah.

[Covino]

Especially if he does a really good volcano.

[Rich]

But I'm saying if he does an extra good volcano and all Beating heart and what else?

[Danny G]

Coca Cola.

[Rich]

Coca Cola. So, you know, throws a shrimp in your mouth. Yeah, you do a little.

[Danny G]

You know, it's a matter not the.

[Rich]

First time you caught a zucchini in your mouth.

[Danny G]

Well, this weekend it was.

[Rich]

But when you have this guy or woman put on a good show, do you have to slip him a 20? Or when you tip 20% on your bill, do they get that? Or does the woman that brings you the mai tai get it?

[Danny G]

Hey, man, if your daddy stacks, then bring. Bring it. Give him some cash.

[Rich]

I think that's the one time you got to do the old guy thing.

[Danny G]

You know what I do?

[Rich]

You gotta do the Tin Guy thing.

[Danny G]

I call it the old mj, where I just squeeze his cheeks.

[Rich]

Stop it.

[Danny G]

I said, get over here.

[Rich]

Get over here.

[Danny G]

I squeeze his cheeks.

[Covino]

You put the 20 in his undies.

[Danny G]

I slipped the 20 in his tighty whities, and I give it a squeeze.

[Rich]

But I think it is the time where you have to be like east coast Italian guy where you put like a 20 in your hand and you're like, yeah, thanks a lot. Thanks. Yeah, thanks for that Onion volcano.

[Danny G]

And by the way, feedback's coming in. We're streaming live at Covino and Rich on fsr. Covino and Rich, FSR And a lot of people saying, yeah, the Michael Jordan thing is blown out of proportion, as we agree. It's a shame that anyone's talking about it. He has a. Apparently a great relationship with this little kid, and it's just like family. Yeah, it's. It's the public who should be ashamed of themselves for making things like this into what it is. But you also got to protect these kids. So I see both sides.

[Rich]

Yeah, but when the public doesn't know the relationship between the families, and you see an innocent moment with Michael Jordan and then people making it seem like he's doing something inappropriate. It takes a beautiful moment. Post it. Daytona 500 victory in the rain with the family. Like, you should be ashamed of yourself for thinking something creepo. Because then I'm thinking, like, where's your mind go? Your mind goes creepo all of a sudden? Then you might be a weirdo.

[Danny G]

Yeah. But you also can't have your head in the clouds when it comes to your kids. Right. So you can't trust everybody. So I understand where that thought comes from.

[Rich]

That is true.

[Danny G]

But, yeah, it's Michael Jordan. It's a public situation. It's. It's a celebratory situation. He knows the family. He knows the kid. Really well, context matters. It always matters. So in the rain, let's make that clear. I. I'm happy for Michael Jordan. He's a winner. It's a shame that's even a story. Yeah.

[Rich]

So congrats to MJ Daytona 500 and of course, Tyler Reddick.

[Danny G]

And if we're going to be on the positive, even though I think Michael Jordan wins the weekend, you say it's goat, right? Goat boy. Goat kind of goat sound effect. Was that Rich's goat boy?

[Rich]

Let me tell you, Danny G, I.

[Danny G]

Do think that the NBA, let's, let's stay positive was competitive. How exciting. How pulled in were you? It also could be on you. You know, maybe that's on me. Maybe I was thinking more about the meats at the melting pot than I was about watching the actual game. You know, how competitive was it? It was pretty competitive.

[Covino]

I have an idea for you.

[Danny G]

So congrats on at least trying to take chances.

[Covino]

That fourth game, it culminated, you know, the round robin tournament style.

[Danny G]

A lot of people were confused by it. Danny G. That was part of the problem.

[Covino]

Yeah, I mean, I wasn't, because I was tuned in at the start when they explained it.

[Danny G]

Yeah, it's a quick Google search, but.

[Covino]

Still, it was something that I had on in the background. And then I paid attention to the third and fourth game, especially that last game. It was OGs versus the. The Youngins, the youngsters, they kept saying, so why not do a shorter one full All Star Game and just do veterans versus youngsters, like a certain age threshold. So once you get to this age in the NBA and you make the All Star team, you're on that side. So it's like the new guys trying to, you know, I. Listen, I don't know, I'm thinking that we gotta. We gotta simplify it somehow with the same style that we had yesterday with that competition that we did.

[Rich]

See, whether you love it or hate.

[Danny G]

It, again, the young guys beat the World Team, but. And then the old guys beat the young guys.

[Rich]

Whether you love it or hate it. And some people love to be like, oh, baseball, you know? You know, people love to mock baseball. I'm a big baseball guy.

[Danny G]

Same.

[Rich]

Their All Star Game and Home Run Derby. For as much as people like to be like baseball, it's the one that still works till this day. The All Star Game, American League, National League and the Home Run Derby, it's the only one that somehow feels like it works. The Pro bowl went down the tubes and I heard. I heard Steve Young even talking to Dan Patrick about how like, you know, you get to a certain point when you're an NFL player. Back then you didn't want to get hurt for no reason. Then they made it flag football and then at one point the Mannings were captains. Like, they've tried it. It's done. NBA All Star Weekend. They're figuring it out. They're trying at least, right? But baseball tried and true. There's something still fun about AL NL Home Run Derby. Bam. Mid July. Awesome.

[Danny G]

Can you believe the turnaround for baseball, the rebranding of baseball? Like, we're so excited about baseball again. You go back less than five years ago, people were so ho hum about baseball as few seasons totally changed.

[Rich]

I've thought about baseball that I want to pose right now.

[Danny G]

Baseball felt like an 80 year old white guy sport. And I say that because Rich says, Rich says I have the taste of an 80 year old white guy because I'm a big baseball boxing fan for.

[Rich]

A young Latino guy. Camino's like, I like boxing and baseball. Is your name Burt and you're from the 1920s?

[Danny G]

I say that respectfully. My name's not Ebeneezer. My name is Steve Covino. And yeah, I've always loved dancing the Charleston too. It's weird. Yeah.

[Rich]

So let me, let me ask a baseball question.

[Danny G]

I feel like it's got a great, great rebranding thanks to all the excitement in the, in the postseason, I'd say in the past few years.

[Rich]

And of course people in smaller markets like baseball's got some issues. Listen, I'm a Mets fan and there's a conversation where you get to later about that, but did you see the latest? The K zone is going away and I'm curious if you think this is good or bad. Did you get used to it? It's, this is not like the first downline where. Imagine if they got rid of the first down, yellow first downline.

[Danny G]

You'd be talking to the wrong guy here because I even like the, the hockey little laser thing that they did back in the day.

[Rich]

Kavino liked the laser. I thought that was punk.

[Danny G]

I was like, I was watching Blades of Steel. I thought it was cool. So I can't see that little stupid puck flying around. I thought it was a great idea.

[Rich]

If they didn't highlight the original line of scrimmage and the first downline, so many of us would be like, what, what do you do? How am I supposed to know where the first down is? That yellow first downline has become such a, a, such a, such part of the fabric of the NFL now.

[Danny G]

Right.

[Rich]

Necessary. You watch an old game, Danny, even from the 90s, which doesn't feel like a long time ago, the score's not permanently on the screen and there's no first downline in all the games. It's just not the way it was.

[Danny G]

Wasn't the thinking they were trying to keep you holding on to find out, like for rating reasons. Right.

[Rich]

They used to say if we have the screen on the whole time, then you may just check the score and leave. They wanted you to stick around to figure out what the score was. And then they realized no, people are going to watch the game. So let me ask you this question and then we'll take your feedback. Next. 87799 on Fox in for Dan Patrick, Covino and Rich. Because you know why? You know how this year you're going to be able to challenge a ball on a strike because of that challenge, they're eliminating the K zone, the little line around the strike zone that some networks had it more prominent than others. Remember in the playoffs I noted how it was lighter in the playoffs, like it was very faintly there, the little square, the little strike zone box. They're getting rid of it because they think it'll help teams on a split second decision whether or not they should challenge a pitch.

[Danny G]

Chris Sale over the weekend says he's never going to challenge a pitch. Did you see that?

[Rich]

Well, you know what, we'll talk more about it next in for DP Kavino and Rich right here on FOX Sports Radio. Thanks for listening to the Dan Patrick show podcast. Be sure to catch us live every.

[Danny G]

Weekday morning, 9 until noon Eastern, 6 to 9 Pacific on Fox Sports Radio. And you can find us on the.

[Rich]

Iheartradio app at FSR or stream us.

[Danny G]

Live on the Peacock Act. Lance romance. Hope you got some romance. Hope you brought the romance this weekend. And happy President's Day. DP has the day off. So Covino and Rich are here. But for us it's just we start the day earlier because we're on every day anyway, 2 to 4 on the west, 5 to 7 on the east. Covino and Rich, thank you. And I mentioned Frank Caliendo before.

[Rich]

Yeah.

[Danny G]

If you want to see our interviews from super bowl week, we caught up with Frank. Great dude. Yeah. Real great time. And we interviewed everybody from Jackson Darth to Emmett Smith to Gary Vaynerchuk to Fernando.

[Rich]

Oh no, that's right. Fernando Mendoza.

[Danny G]

He was sniped from us.

[Rich]

As the story goes, Colin stole him. And you can learn more About Fernando Gate as well.

[Danny G]

It's all on YouTube and we're streaming live right now. Covino Enrich FSR at Covino Enrich FSR on YouTube. And we are live from the Fox Sports Radio studio. Remember, after the show the DP podcast and our stream goes up as well. Search Covino Enrich Wherever you stream your podcasts, Danny G puts a best of up. There's a of the week. Everything there. Covino and Rich five stars because anything less is uncivilized. But we're streaming live and you could join the live chat.

[Rich]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Now, before we get more into this new baseball. Baseball ABS ruling. Did you see former Fox Sports Radio employee Doug Gottlieb flipping out?

[Covino]

How could we miss that?

[Rich]

I. I wonder if people.

[Danny G]

The exact same effing play.

[Covino]

He hit the table so hard. He hit the table so hard.

[Rich]

The exact same play.

[Danny G]

The exact same.

[Covino]

The mic falls.

[Danny G]

Hey, all he's asking for is a. A fair game.

[Rich]

And you know what? I just wanted to give him a shout out because I asked Sam, I was like, what's his record? Because last year, I know, like he had a rough first season because the personnel wasn't there. But Sam, what, he went from having like a couple wins total to they're over 500.

[Danny G]

And props for him.

[Rich]

Good for him, man.

[Covino]

He's turning around.

[Rich]

Just wasn't a smooth night yesterday. But I'll be honest, it's so funny how people lack passion that I got to give Doug credit because when he has a little flip out like this, that was your cue to play the exact same play. The exact same play.

[Covino]

Excuse Sam, he has PTSD hearing that.

[Rich]

But what I'm saying, yeah, Sam's like, I've been doing the Doug all night.

[Covino]

Sam ran the equipment for the Gottlieb show back in the day.

[Rich]

But isn't it wild to think, like I know that we all get passion in our day to day life. The fact that, I don't know, maybe you could say it's other people are so composed. I like the passion from Doug. And it's not like Doug and I are best pals or anything, but I like that passion. He threw a chair at you.

[Danny G]

Listen, you guys are competing for number one coach on Fox Sports Radio now that he's gone.

[Rich]

I'm the number one coach on this network.

[Danny G]

You know this Rich coaches flag football and pony ball. That's true here in the Valley.

[Rich]

It's true, man.

[Danny G]

You know it.

[Rich]

All right, Baseball. Speaking of pony ball, abs, the automatic, the automated ball strike Baseball that kicks in this year. And if people are not in the.

[Danny G]

Loop on that for everybody, except for Chris Sale, who says he's never going to challenge a pitch. That was a side note. He says that you got to let umpires do their jobs. He's not an umpire. Let them do their jobs. Also, he trusts his catchers to frame a pitch, and he thinks it's sort of greedy. But I want to know what happens when there's a controversial player. Maybe it changes the game and his coaches and his teammates, like, yo, you gotta challenge that. Is he gonna. Is he gonna have a moment?

[Rich]

That's a BS answer. No offense to Chris Sale, but this narrative will change.

[Danny G]

You get to a game, he's been very outspoken about.

[Rich]

You get to a game, you retain them. If you're correct, this is not like every at bat. That's what I want to make it clear. You're talking about every batter you could be looking. You know, when you think about how many pitches are thrown an inning, you know you can have 20 pitches thrown an inning, right? If you're. If you're talking about 20 pitches thrown an inning, you're allowed to challenge two pitches a game. So this isn't like some BS, like the game's going to slow down, it's going to be annoying. It's an instantaneous tap on your helmet or tap on your hat, and they immediately are like, you started in the All Star Game. I thought it was great. And with Diaz, now Dodger, remember, he challenged the pitch, and it was strike three.

[Danny G]

So when we're hanging out in public, can I challenge all the BS you.

[Rich]

Talk about get two times a day? Yeah.

[Danny G]

Can I just tap my pompadour, Danny?

[Rich]

Should we install that on our show?

[Danny G]

Pat my head, Be like, hold on, Rich is exaggerating.

[Covino]

Covina would run out of tries first five minutes of the show.

[Danny G]

You know, according to Jet Chat, GPT, everything Rich said is false.

[Rich]

So to a game. And I bring this up because we're getting ready for baseball again. And I think people are going to always think the worst because no one likes change. And like, wait a minute, hold on. This is going to be really. I think it'll be fun that once or twice a game, maybe at a key spot, a call could be overturned. It could be fun. It adds another layer. But here's the problem. I think people are going to be more mad. Not about this, but because now on your television, no more little box around the strike zone. Whether it's Fox or ESPN or your local sny or yes network or Danny, where the Dodgers play. Spectrum.

[Covino]

Yes, sir.

[Rich]

No more little square box. No more box because they think it'll help people decide whether or not to challenge a play. So you'll go back to the olden days of no box.

[Danny G]

We lived plenty of years, plenty of years without it. I think we'll be okay, even though I'm sad to hear this.

[Rich]

So your thoughts and we'll talk some NFL. It's the off season, but never enough NFL. Here, Fox Sports Radio, Kavino and Rich in for Dan Patrick.

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