Hour 1 - Happy Valentine’s Day!

Summary

Podcast Summary: The Herd with Colin Cowherd – Hour 1: Happy Valentine’s Day! Release Date: February 14, 2025

Host: Colin Cowherd (via Covino and Rich)
Produced by: iHeartPodcasts and The Volume

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1. Valentine's Day and Balancing Love with Sports ([05:04] - [07:00])

The episode kicks off with hosts Steve Covino and Rich Davis delving into the theme of Valentine's Day. They discuss the challenges of balancing romantic relationships with a passion for sports, particularly football. Rich shares a humorous anecdote about suggesting a romantic evening with his girlfriend by watching Cobra Kai, highlighting the intersection of personal interests and relationships.

Notable Quote:

• Rich Davis ([05:04]): "Do you have to go out tonight? How do you make it romantic? How do you balance sports and love?"

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2. Cobra Kai Final Season and Nostalgia ([07:00] - [15:00])

A significant portion of the discussion revolves around the final season of Cobra Kai. Rich expresses his excitement about the show's conclusion, emphasizing the nostalgia it brings as it revisits familiar Los Angeles landmarks and integrates personal connections with the hosts' workplace. They reminisce about the original Karate Kid movies, comparing their impact to iconic sports films like Rocky.

Notable Quotes:

• Rich Davis ([07:54]): "It's really cool to see them cruising around the streets of LA right where we work."
• Steve Covino ([14:08]): "More than like, the Rocky movies as a kid."

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3. Influence of Sports Movies: Karate Kid vs. Rocky ([15:00] - [25:00])

The hosts engage in a lively debate about which sports movie had a more profound impact during their youth. Rich staunchly advocates for Karate Kid, arguing that its themes of perseverance and personal growth resonated deeply with him. Steve counters by highlighting the motivational power of the Rocky series, particularly Rocky IV, emphasizing its powerful soundtrack and inspirational narrative.

Notable Quotes:

• Rich Davis ([16:33]): "It's the sports movie that fired us up the most as kids."
• Steve Covino ([23:18]): "Rocky 4 is the number one answer."

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4. Caller Interactions: Favorite Sports Movies ([25:00] - [35:00])

Listeners call in to share their favorite sports movies, adding diverse perspectives to the conversation. A caller from Newport Beach cites Days of Thunder as influential, while another from Tampa mentions Teen Wolf as a relatable film. These interactions showcase the varied impact of sports-themed cinema on different individuals.

Notable Quotes:

• Caller ([27:43]): "Days of Thunder really kind of set a spark for me."
• Steve Covino ([25:34]): "I was trying to think back if there's anyone in any category we're missing."

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5. Sports News Segment with Bo: Highlights and Highlights ([35:00] - [43:00])

Bo, the news producer, joins the conversation to deliver the latest sports updates. Key highlights include Juju Watkins' standout performance in a basketball game and Travis Hunter's participation in the NFL Combine. Rich and Steve discuss the versatility of Hunter as a defensive back and his potential impact in the NFL, drawing parallels to multi-position players like Deebo Samuel.

Notable Quotes:

• Bo ([35:05]): "Juju Watkins of USC had 38 points, 11 rebounds, eight blocks and five assists in their 71-60 win over the number one UCLA Bruins."
• Rich Davis ([36:21]): "Let him do it as Rob Parker. It's great for the NFL."

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6. The Yankees' Grooming Rules and Devin Williams ([43:00] - [51:00])

A heated discussion ensues about the New York Yankees' strict grooming policies, specifically targeting pitcher Devin Williams' facial hair. Rich criticizes the team's insistence on a clean-shaven appearance, arguing that it undermines Williams' confidence and intimidation factor on the mound. Steve adds that personal confidence is crucial, both in sports and in everyday life, likening it to feeling one's best on a date or at work.

Notable Quotes:

• Rich Davis ([49:12]): "I do believe that there's a compromise. You just can't look like a hobo out there."
• Steve Covino ([50:29]): "Don't you want to feel your coolest, your best?"

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7. Final Thoughts and Upcoming Topics ([51:00] - [43:00])

As the episode wraps up, the hosts preview upcoming discussions, including topics on baseball, the NFL offseason, and a humorous story about Jason Kelsey related to Valentine's Day. They encourage listener interaction via social media and phone calls, reinforcing their commitment to an engaging and interactive show.

Notable Quotes:

• Steve Covino ([39:07]): "There's a lot to get to, Kavino. Baseball right around the corner."
• Rich Davis ([43:18]): "Covino and Rich in for Colin on the Herd. Happy Valentine's, puppy."

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Conclusion

This Valentine's Day episode of The Herd with Colin Cowherd seamlessly blends sports enthusiasm with personal reflections on relationships and nostalgic media influences. The engaging discussions, coupled with listener interactions and timely sports news, offer a comprehensive and entertaining listening experience for fans seeking both insightful commentary and relatable banter.

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Notable Quotes with Timestamps:

• Rich Davis ([05:04]): "Do you have to go out tonight? How do you make it romantic? How do you balance sports and love?"
• Rich Davis ([07:54]): "It's really cool to see them cruising around the streets of LA right where we work."
• Steve Covino ([14:08]): "More than like, the Rocky movies as a kid."
• Rich Davis ([16:33]): "It's the sports movie that fired us up the most as kids."
• Steve Covino ([23:18]): "Rocky 4 is the number one answer."
• Bo ([35:05]): "Juju Watkins of USC had 38 points, 11 rebounds, eight blocks and five assists in their 71-60 win over the number one UCLA Bruins."
• Rich Davis ([49:12]): "I do believe that there's a compromise. You just can't look like a hobo out there."
• Steve Covino ([50:29]): "Don't you want to feel your coolest, your best?"
• Rich Davis ([43:18]): "Covino and Rich in for Colin on the Herd. Happy Valentine's, puppy."

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Note: This summary excludes advertisements, intros, outros, and non-content sections of the transcript to focus solely on the substantive discussions and interactions of the podcast episode.

Transcript

[Colin Cowherd]

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[Rich Davis]

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[Colin Cowherd]

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[Ryan]

Now let's get this party started.

[Rich Davis]

You're listening to Fox Sports Radio. Surprise, surprise, surprise, surprise.

[Steve Covino]

What's up, buddies? Kavino and Rich. And for Colin on the herd, surprise most suckers.

[Rich Davis]

It's us, Kavino and Rich.

[Steve Covino]

Feel like all I've been doing the last week is just walking into rooms like I'm Kendrick Lamar or singing that stupid chapel roan song.

[Rich Davis]

You know, you keep bringing up the stupid chaperone song Pink Pony Club and somehow I've avoided it. Good for you. Stop trying to bring it into my life. That's Rich Davis. I'm Steve Covino. Just a kid from Union, New Jersey, out here in the mean streets of la. Yeah, with this blockhead.

[Steve Covino]

Mean streets. You live in Sherman Oak.

[Rich Davis]

CNR on FSR the number because we'd like to get interactive. 87799 on Fox. Always a pleasure to be in for Colin on the Herd. Hit us up at Covino and Richard and Happy Valentine's, papi. Happy Valentine's.

[Steve Covino]

Happy Valentine's papi.

[Rich Davis]

We got big sexy Ryan on the ones and twos and he's extra Sexy with his Mr. Nose underwear today. Nice. I saw that. All red looking hot. Big sexy Ryan. We got bo. He's got your headline news. He's hanging out with us. And thank you Fox sports Radio Nation for being with us.

[Steve Covino]

That happy Valentine's papi. That Ryan just played Happy Valentine's puppy. There was a girl that interned for us over a decade ago and that's actually her because she would say ballentines with a B poppy every time.

[Rich Davis]

Over a decade ago. Like way over a decade ago.

[Steve Covino]

I'm just trying to age you.

[Rich Davis]

She's like 70 years ago.

[Steve Covino]

She's a grandma now.

[Rich Davis]

She's definitely a granny by now.

[Steve Covino]

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[Rich Davis]

I just want to remind everybody before we dive into this to stop at the gas station on your way home. Make sure you buy flowers, guys. Bring the romance. That's what women want. Gas station presents today. Remember, they want the Russell Stovers and the gas station flowers.

[Steve Covino]

Yeah, the cheap little bouquet. Because you are a dummy and forgot.

[Rich Davis]

And that's just one tip of the day. We got plenty as the day goes on. So let's get into it. We're going to talk some Valentine's Day, right? Like, do you have to go out tonight? How do you make it romantic? How do you balance sports and love? We'll get to all of this. I'll say, ripping. Ripping like mark in front of your girl ripping.

[Steve Covino]

That's funny.

[Rich Davis]

Ripping ass.

[Steve Covino]

Well, there's a story about Jason Kelsey we're going to get to. We're going to talk some baseball right around the corner. We'll be diving into the baseball season. So a lot on the way.

[Rich Davis]

We'll be diving headfirst like Jim Edmonds, bro.

[Steve Covino]

Let's go.

[Rich Davis]

So I want to start off by saying, last night, Thursday night, Thursday the new Friday night heading into Valentine's weekend, it was also Galentine's Day, right? That's the trend. Happy Galentine's Day. So the ladies went out and partied, and they're like, f. The guys. Guys are stupid.

[Steve Covino]

Is that what Galentine's Day is?

[Rich Davis]

Right?

[Steve Covino]

I don't know.

[Rich Davis]

I don't know. So I figured you and I could bro it up, have a broentine's day maybe on Sunday or something. What do you think?

[Steve Covino]

That sounds fantastic. I don't know.

[Rich Davis]

But so last night, I was bringing the romance, and I was saying hey to my girlfriend. I was like, why don't we watch something romantic? She's like, like what? I'm like, like, Cobra Kai. Perfect. Yeah. Cobra Kai's back. So, yeah, there it is. Sexy Ryan. The greatest song that ever was.

[Steve Covino]

You know, the song was supposed to be fun fact in Rocky 3.

[Rich Davis]

Rocky 2, I think I believe.

[Steve Covino]

3.

[Rich Davis]

Really? Well, one of the Rockies. Yeah.

[Steve Covino]

Rocky 3 for sure. For a fact. I know, because it lines up. It was supposed to be the one with Mr. T. Clubber Lang, and they ended up going with Eye of the Tiger. And they pass this along to Karate Kid.

[Rich Davis]

I thought the history repeats itself part was the fact that he fought Apollo again.

[Steve Covino]

He fought Clover Lang twice.

[Rich Davis]

Oh, and just do the math.

[Steve Covino]

Rocky 1 was 76. Rocky 2 is 79. Rocky 3 was early to mid-80s, like Karate Kid, you know, And I think.

[Rich Davis]

That would have added a lot, but it added a lot to one of our favorites. 1985 or 84. 85. Classic, the Karate Kid. So if you guys don't know, they turned that into a major. Well, YouTube Red at the time. The Netflix show, right?

[Steve Covino]

84, by the way.

[Rich Davis]

84. We were sliding around in our socks, doing crane kicks in the kitchen. Karate Kid. Impactful moment for a lot of our. Our childhood, Right? Who would have thought I'd turn out to be an All Valley champion myself out here in California?

[Steve Covino]

When I moved out here, I thought karate would be a way bigger deal.

[Rich Davis]

So we're actually live exactly from where this show is supposed to take place?

[Steve Covino]

Yeah, no doubt.

[Rich Davis]

Now I'm watching last night. It's the final season. It's the final five, six episodes of the final season. Like part two of the final season. So it's wrapping up. All the episodes were released last night and few observations. It is really cool to see them cruising around the streets of la right where we work. In fact, they pass Fox Sports Radio. They pass it. And I got a little tingle in my broadcasting dingle. I was like, ah, that's right where we work. That's so cool. And all the places that we go and we frequent, it's all there in the show. So it hits us a little stronger. But I'm watching. I'm getting fired up about the Sakai Takai and Tory Nichols. I'm a big fan of Peyton List, Torrey Nichols and all the characters and Miguel. And I like the show. I like Johnny Lawrence. I'm Eagle Fang all the way. I'm Cobra Kai. Never dies. My question for you. And by the way, Rich.

[Steve Covino]

Yeah.

[Rich Davis]

There's some cameos that you're gonna be so jealous of in the final season. There's some cameos, word up. Some broadcasters that we know personally are in it. You know, when Jim Lampley shows up in a Rocky movie or, hey, like, hey, that's. That's the guy. That's. That's the classy James Lennon Jr.

[Steve Covino]

If you tell me, like, Jonas or like Ben Maller is in Karate Kid, I'm already jealous that Dan Patrick's gon the new Happy Gilmore.

[Rich Davis]

Well, you're gonna be jealous, but you're gonna be happy for the guy. There's a few special surprises in the last few episodes. Can't give it away yet again. It just came out last night. I got one more episode left, so I don't even know where it goes. All I have to say is this. Here's my observations. The first two of the new slew of episodes were really slow and kind of whack, but then it kicks in high gear, and I heard it ends tremendously, so it really kicks in. Nice. Okay? And I know it's a goofy show, trust me. I just find it entertaining.

[Steve Covino]

Well, football's over. We're finding things to watch. And then we said, cobra Kai's out. Love is Blind, the dumb reality show to watch with, you know, the wifey.

[Rich Davis]

And got to sit through two of build up about the Sakai Takai, this big karate tournament. And then it really kicks in, and now I'm like, ooh, edge of my seat. But the question here, Fox Sports Radio Nation.

[Steve Covino]

Yeah.

[Rich Davis]

Of all the sports movies we grew up watching, Flash it back on a Friday, Valentine's puppy. Of all the sports movies.

[Steve Covino]

You know, oddly enough, when people talk about their favorite sports movies, they forget to incorporate karate because you'll hear people be like, oh, yeah, Hoosier is Rocky. You know, feel the dreams. No one ever says Karate Kid, because in their mind, they're like, well, is it a sports movie? It's. Karate's a sport, right?

[Rich Davis]

It was our version of Rocky, you know, and karate was a big thing, at least in my life. As a kid, I wanted to be a little karate master. Taekwondo kid is what I was. So, yeah, it's very much a sports movie, martial arts movie, but I put it in that genre of movies, for sure. Of all the sports movies we grew up with, think about them. The ones we grew up with. 80s, 90s.

[Steve Covino]

Yeah.

[Rich Davis]

If you're older, that's fine, too. I'm here to say. And you could debate it all you want. We could chop it up, you can get involved. 8, 7, 7, 9, 9 on Fox.

[Steve Covino]

Actually, the number. The number's different, right?

[Rich Davis]

Well, not according to this.

[Steve Covino]

We're filling in for Colin. I think the number is. I don't know. How do I be.

[Rich Davis]

Find it here? Well, I have a piece of paper that says it.

[Steve Covino]

Eight, seven, seven for the herd. Oh, you're Ron Burgundy. Dude, if I put whatever you put down.

[Rich Davis]

Thanks for.

[Steve Covino]

You'd read.

[Rich Davis]

So, yeah.

[Steve Covino]

So. 877 for the herd.

[Rich Davis]

Thanks for making yourself useful, buddy.

[Steve Covino]

Oh, yeah. You got a pal.

[Rich Davis]

Richard shows up in his Hustle sweatshirt. So on all the movies we grew up watching, I'm here to say that I think, in fact, I feel my corazon on this Valentine's Day, my heart of hearts, that it's the number one sports movie that fired us up the most as kids. Meaning when you watched it, you wanted to do karate, you're doing crane kicks, you're doing kung fu and karate moves, jumping off the couch. Which one fired you up the most? The most motivating as a kid, for me, I think the answer is clearly Karate Kid number one, based on Cobra Kai.

[Steve Covino]

More Than like, the Rocky movies as a kid.

[Rich Davis]

Yeah, because I was like, I could do that. I didn't think I was gonna jump in a ring and fight Apollo Creed, you know, I was like, oh, I could be an All Valley karate champion.

[Steve Covino]

Well, when the show. Cobra Kai did kick off, sign up.

[Rich Davis]

For karate class, I didn't think I was gonna go in there and be the next. The next Spider Rico.

[Steve Covino]

When you.

[Rich Davis]

Absolutely.

[Steve Covino]

When Cobra Kai did kick off on Netflix and was at its height a couple years back, they did say around the country karate signups for kids were high.

[Rich Davis]

Without a doubt, I took karate as a kid.

[Steve Covino]

But as far as motivational, I mean, I know. I know.

[Rich Davis]

I know you the one that fired you up the most, you put it on vhs. You were, you know, practicing moves on your siblings. You. You thought that you could be that kid. And by the way, Daniel LaRusso for me, I was born in Newark, New Jersey. I'm from Union, like I said. But he was from Newark in the movie, and he moved to la. Much like your boy you're looking at right now.

[Steve Covino]

I think you just. You have a personal connection to the story.

[Rich Davis]

I feel like, hey, that guy.

[Steve Covino]

I think if you're talking about movies that fired you up as a kid, I know you're saying, well, karate was attainable because you could just join a karate class. Rocky iv, by far, because every kid had the soundtrack. Even if you were a little kid, you were doing fake workouts in your house. When you maybe, you know, were a teenager, you had the Rocky 4 soundtrack on your Walkman.

[Rich Davis]

I mean, how could I say that's a bad answer?

[Steve Covino]

Rocky 4 is the number one answer. I mean, Drago kills Apollo. You know, Rocky grows a beard, and he's living in Russia for a month or so without Adrian. I mean, that, to me, is the ultimate motivating.

[Rich Davis]

When he climbs and he jogs up the mountain, Drago, that's.

[Steve Covino]

Come on, that's number one.

[Rich Davis]

Yo. I'm not gonna say it's a bad answer. I love that. But I still believe I thought about this. I didn't just, you know, say it, because I watched Cobra Kai last night. I was thinking about it. I'm like, you know, of all the movies that fired me up most as a kid, it was Karate Kid. It was because it was the kid version of Rocky. That's really what it was. And we're not making that up. That's why the soundtrack was similar. That's why that song was originally meant for Rocky.

[Steve Covino]

Rocky, kid, I have an answer. That Was impactful in the dumbest way. It's not Rocky, it's another Stallone movie.

[Rich Davis]

Well, you know, yesterday was the anniversary of over the Top. Did you see that?

[Steve Covino]

Well, you took the words right out of my mouth. They're meatloaf.

[Rich Davis]

But did you know that?

[Steve Covino]

I did not.

[Rich Davis]

It came out 38 years ago this weekend. Well, yesterday, to be exact.

[Steve Covino]

If you're telling me if you were a kid of the 80s or 90s, if you didn't at one point turn your hat around and arm wrestle one of your buddies and try to do that, Move your hand around like Stallone.

[Rich Davis]

Yeah, but that didn't get me all motivated as a kid. Like, again, where you just lose it and you're on the bed jumping around doing crane kicks. No way. You know, for that, it's maybe a certain wrestling match you may have seen a certain Wrestlemania. Rocky is definitely a top three answer. Rocky four, you said specifically. I agree with you. But as far as sports movies, that really motivated you. Like, maybe it was a baseball movie, maybe it was major League, maybe it was sandlot or something like that. But no, I know, I'm sorry, I'm sorry. It's gotta be Karate Kidd.

[Steve Covino]

You know what motivated me the most? Eastbound and down. Kenny Powers taught me to never give up on my dreams. And he taught me about the importance of fiction.

[Rich Davis]

You were a kid in the 20 teens. Congrats.

[Steve Covino]

I'm saying, like, you know, you're not allowed to be motivated as an adult.

[Rich Davis]

I love Kenny Powers.

[Steve Covino]

Kenny Powers made you realize that. Never give up on your big league dreams. And again, the importance of having a good friend like Stevie.

[Rich Davis]

I know you think back and you think of Karate Kid as some sort of cheesy 80s movie, right? But I'm here to remind you, based on the popularity and finality of Cobra Kai, that I think it's the sports movie that fired us up the most as kids. And again, that's a generational question. I'm an 80s kid, so that's my answer.

[Steve Covino]

I think another one.

[Rich Davis]

Again, add to the list or debate me or that's. Again, there's really no wrong answers.

[Steve Covino]

Oh, I mean, it's a fun, dumb question, so there can't be a wrong answer. I think you're not adding something to this list because it's not a movie that was on your radar. But even if he didn't play hockey, the Mighty Ducks and Gordon Bombay taking these misfit kids, you could say, well, then the Bear News Bears then too. But to me, Mighty Ducks is on this list as far as that got you all motivated. Oh, look at these little dopey kids all working together. They could win. Mighty Ducks is on this list.

[Rich Davis]

These movies are great. And you mentioned the Bad News Bears, right? Shout out to Coach Buttermaker, shout out to all the characters from that movie. There was no like montage with a dope ass, you're the best around. There was no cool soundtrack. That compliment a great sports movie has a great montage of kick ass and you know, and songs that you could relate to. That's the only difference there. Like for me when you said Bad News bears, you know, old 70s movie, which I love but it didn't inspire me. It is an inspiring movie that you could turn it all around and be great and all that stuff. But again, it had a soundtrack, it had a song, it had a crane kick. So I'm sticking with my answer. You could feel free to add I never saw the Mighty Ducks. I'm sorry to admit, never watched. I've seen parts of everything because I live in this in this time. But I've never watched it. I was too, a little too old for that. That was like my little sister's movie.

[Steve Covino]

You know, I mean, never too old for flying. The Flying voice.

[Rich Davis]

Yeah.

[Steve Covino]

Well, and it's not a movie. That's not a bedroom move.

[Rich Davis]

That sounds like a bedroom move. The flying V that came out in 90 something. I was definitely experimenting with some other flying Vs. Yeah.

[Steve Covino]

Relax your thoughts at 877 for the herd. We'll take your feedback also on social media at Covino and rich in for Colin and we're live from the Tyrack.com studio. It's Fox Sports Radio Covino and Rich. Be sure to catch live editions of.

[Rich Davis]

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[Rich Davis]

Oh, big sexy Ryan spreading the romance. He's spreading something I don't even want to know. Damn. It's Covino and Rich in for Colin on the Herd. Happy Valentine's, papi. Bo is on the phones. Super producing. Bo is going to give you the herd line news. 8, 7, 7 for the herd. That's the number. 8, 7, 7 for THE herd at Covino and Rich. And please follow our podcast. We're on Monday through Friday, 5 to 7 on the east. Just search Covino and Rich and our bonus pod too, called over Promise. Now we're gonna talk. The Eagles halftime the parade. We're gonna get involved again. We love to be interactive, but last night I was watching the final season of Cobra Kai Never Dies. I haven't watched the final episode yet, but there's a great build up. There's some fun cameos. And it dawned on me, flashing it back on a Friday, that the reason I love this so much is because of the nostalgia. Hands down, when I think about it, hands down, when I think about the movie that fired me up, the sports movie that fired me up the most as a kid, motivated me, got me excited. It's Karate Kid. And it still holds up.

[Steve Covino]

I don't know if it's in my top five. I love the movie, I love the show, but as far as sports movies, it motivated me. I don't know, how about, like I said, Mighty Ducks, Maybe Rudy, Rudy, Rudy.

[Rich Davis]

Stealing everybody's answer. These are all great movies.

[Steve Covino]

Come on, dude.

[Rich Davis]

But I'm saying, hands down, this is the number one for me.

[Steve Covino]

Rocky, for just, Just the soundtrack. And Russia and Drago.

[Rich Davis]

These are great movies, but Rocky was a man, yo. Like you.

[Steve Covino]

I'm a man.

[Rich Davis]

You're like, absolutely. Look like a man to you. I say absolutely. No. Were you a man back in 85 when that came out? No. You know, and that's a great movie. Great montages. I get it. Your calls, 877 for the Herd Bill.

[Steve Covino]

Newport beach, you're on. With Kavino and Rich in for Colin today. What's up, buddy?

[Caller]

Hey, how are you?

[Rich Davis]

Good, man. What's up?

[Steve Covino]

What's your. What's your answer?

[Caller]

You know, I. I'm in the auto industry. I'm calling you from Newport Beach. First time caller. Great show.

[Steve Covino]

Thanks, guys. Thanks.

[Caller]

You know, Days of Thunder really kind of set a spark for me because I. I work closely with the Shelby vehicles and things with power and the Ford versus Ferrari.

[Rich Davis]

Hey, dude.

[Caller]

Inspirational all around.

[Rich Davis]

Where are you from again?

[Steve Covino]

He's from Newport beach.

[Rich Davis]

Okay, so again, 1990 Days of Thunder. Tom Cruise. I get it. Everyone's gonna have their. And that's really what it comes down to. What is it for you? Right. I'm a kid from Jersey. Like, car movies, racing was just not my thing. Right. So. But in my heart of hearts, I still think Karate Kid is the universal number one response. It's not a wrong answer, but you can see how, like, that wouldn't resonate with me.

[Steve Covino]

But he's saying that motivated him in his world.

[Rich Davis]

Of course.

[Steve Covino]

So, like, the military always talks about how the movie Top Gun, the recruitment numbers for young, you know, kids out of high school that wanted to fly planes because of that movie. Let's Go to Tampa. Yeah.

[Rich Davis]

Guess what, Rich. Guess what? Any kid in any part of the country could have signed up for karate lessons.

[Steve Covino]

That is true.

[Rich Davis]

Beat up the bully. Who was the bully, by the way? Was it Daniel Simon?

[Steve Covino]

It's a good question. Who really was Matt, you're on a Tampa. Kavino and Rich in for Colin. What's up, pal?

[Caller]

Hey, great topic. So not saying this is the greatest movie ever, but one that I related to the. I related to Scott Howard because I was skinny, short kids, I like to play basketball.

[Steve Covino]

And he talked about a song in the end.

[Caller]

So it was win in the end. Scott Howard and Teen Wolf.

[Rich Davis]

Dude, that's so funny.

[Steve Covino]

Do we all know in the end of Teen Wolf someone junks everyone? Do we know the story of this? Yes. When they scroll through the crowd at the end of the movie, they never caught it. There's a guy that pulls his junk out of his fly and it made the final cut of the movie. So in case you want to junk gaze later, just look at the end of Teen Wolf.

[Rich Davis]

Is it true that your father walked in and he caught you with that pause on your TV as a truth?

[Steve Covino]

That is not true. That's not true.

[Rich Davis]

By the way, it's actually really funny how inaccurate it is when he's taking free throws at the end. Remember, his nemesis is like standing right under the basket. Like, just to look at him and talk about.

[Steve Covino]

When you take free throws, people stand in front of you.

[Rich Davis]

That's not how it works. But a very funny movie, which a lot of people still don't realize.

[Steve Covino]

That's what got you. Not the whole fact that a kid turns into a wolf.

[Rich Davis]

Well, you know, that's a story about puberty, right? A lot of people don't know that that Teen Wolf is really a story about puberty. Not necessarily. You know, the fact that he was a wolf.

[Steve Covino]

But Kavino more confused by the continuity of the free throw than the fact that it can turn into a wolf.

[Rich Davis]

Hold up. What's that guy doing mean? Mugging Scott Howard. Alex P. Keaton. Michael J. Fox. So again, I'm here to say Cobra Kai got me thinking about Karate Kid. Karate Kid. The most inspiring the movie, the sports movie that got me fired up the most as a kid.

[Steve Covino]

Corey in Alaska. CNR in for Colin. What's up, Corey?

[Caller]

Hey, what's up?

[Steve Covino]

Hey, buddy. Yes, you're on, Corey. Go on.

[Caller]

Oh, sorry. Yeah. So 5, 11, 215. So I got two things. One, Rocky. You want to shoot out or shout out to Rocky? Rocky.

[Rich Davis]

Tom.

[Caller]

Tom Colton. Three, Ninjas. Best little martial arts movie ever made.

[Steve Covino]

Oh, it's Valentine's Day. So what was that little thing? Rocky Loves Emily. Rocky Loves Emily.

[Caller]

Heck, yeah. The movie that kind of changed my life. I'm going in a different direction. Here is a little big league. I grew up in Minnesota, and this 12 year old took control of a team, and that got me all started in the fantasy football and everything. So, I mean, I know it's not exactly the same, but that thing got me pumped up. I'm like, hey, I could own my own team too.

[Steve Covino]

That's pretty cool. You know, Kavito's bummed because when his grandfather died, he just got a shoehorn, not a baseball team.

[Rich Davis]

I really got nothing. I got a pair of his binoculars.

[Steve Covino]

Oh, your grandma died. You got a tortilla press.

[Rich Davis]

I had to look this up. Three Ninjas, 1992. So at this point in my life, I'm in junior high, right. So. But I am inspired now to maybe check it out with my kid or my nephew or something.

[Steve Covino]

Might I suggest Three Ninjas Kick Back the sequel. Let's go to Pa, Pennsylvania. Steve, you're almost covinano on Rich. What's up, buddy?

[Rich Davis]

How are you?

[Steve Covino]

What's up, man?

[Caller]

Hey, man, I got two movies for you. For the football players, I'd say All the Right Moves.

[Steve Covino]

Okay.

[Caller]

For the wrestlers, I'd say Vision Quest.

[Steve Covino]

All right, all right. You know, I'm trying to think back if there's anyone in any category we're missing. And by the way, a lot of.

[Rich Davis]

A lot of Tom Cruise. That's 1983. All the right Moves. I remember watching that late night on HBO when I was a kid, hoping for a rated R because that's the kind of little kid I was.

[Steve Covino]

Yeah. You remember the hbo Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo.

[Rich Davis]

Feature presentation. Come on, R. Come on, come on, boobies.

[Steve Covino]

Rated R for nudity.

[Peter Schrager]

Yes.

[Steve Covino]

Stayed up late just for that. Yeah.

[Rich Davis]

So I remember watching that back in the day for sure. Good 80s one. And again, whatever type of kid you were, like a little skate kid, I'm sure, like Gleam in the Cube or, you know, it depends what you were into. But for me, like Karate Kid, the story of it just. Again, I thought of that as a kid's version of Rocky, but I don't think of it as a kid's movie. I think that's just a great movie about the relationship between him and Miyagi. I think it's still great today. Listen, but especially as a kid, something.

[Steve Covino]

That Cobra Kai the series has gone on too long. But you know what? It's still entertaining.

[Rich Davis]

Oh, it's so stupid.

[Steve Covino]

I find the most fun part about Cobra Kai on Netflix that you have to check your brain at the door and pretend like karate in the Valley is such a big deal, that kids are dying, kids are fighting. There's a scene in one of the seasons where Daniel LaRusso.

[Rich Davis]

Yeah.

[Steve Covino]

Lives in a beautiful house here in California, and kids are having a karate fight in his place. And they're throwing each other through windows. Yeah. And the cops are uncalled. Like, that's how it is.

[Rich Davis]

And then this karate life, it's all about the Sakai Takai, this international karate tournament. And here's the hint I'll give you. Remember I said some fun cameos of people you know personally. It gets national TV coverage, the Sakai Takai.

[Steve Covino]

You know what's funny? You got to ask yourself, where do you have to check your brain at the door more as far as these shows? Is it the influence of karate in Karate Kid? Is there another example where it's like, you just gotta. Come on. You just gotta check your brain instability for Big Storm?

[Rich Davis]

I mean, yeah, probably the fact that it's such a big deal. We'll wrap it up with a few more phone calls because we got to talk. Eagles and their parades going on. There's lots going on in the world of sports and football. But again, sports, movies, as a kid, that fired you up the most.

[Steve Covino]

Let's wrap it up with John in Florida. What's up, John?

[Rich Davis]

John.

[Steve Covino]

Damn you, John, you there, buddy?

[Rich Davis]

Yes.

[Steve Covino]

Oh, what's up, man? You're on with Kabino and Rich.

[Rich Davis]

Hey, hey.

[Steve Covino]

You guys are.

[Rich Davis]

Come on.

[Steve Covino]

You guys are forgetting a good one. What do you got?

[Rich Davis]

Forget all these little kid ones, man. All the right moves. You know, it's funny. You're the second person that just said that. 1983. It's a good one for sure. And I love all those movies. All these movies were great, right? These kids movies growing up. Remember the Titans, Little Giants, Miracle the Rookie. There's so many sports movies that we loved as kids growing up. I'm just saying that this is the number one. When I think about it, you bring.

[Steve Covino]

Up, Remember the Titans. That's a separate category in conversation. That's sports movies that make you tear up like a little bee. I watch Remember the Titans. That'll get you emotional. I heard Colin, we're filling in for him, talking about how Brian's Song was that for him. You ever watched that back in the day, of course.

[Rich Davis]

Yeah.

[Steve Covino]

I think he had to school. That'll make you shed one.

[Rich Davis]

Rookie of the year, Space Jam. There's so many great ones. We grew up with angels in the afield. Rich always talks about.

[Steve Covino]

So you used to be Mel Clark. Answer this question and we'll move along.

[Rich Davis]

What is saying the difference between Karate Kid and a Rocky, which is an obvious answer? Rocky. Absolutely. Rocky Balboa. Inspiration.

[Steve Covino]

Kavino.

[Rich Davis]

What's a more is that that he was a kid? He was a high school kid.

[Steve Covino]

What's a more unbelievable premise? I'm going to leave Teen Wolf and Air Bud Golden Retriever out of this.

[Rich Davis]

Air Bud, your mom's favorite.

[Steve Covino]

My mom loves that. What's what's more unbelievable that karate becomes that popular in California where it's like the main focus of the Valley or the fact in Mighty Ducks misfit kids go from not knowing how to play hockey to playing for the world championship a year later.

[Rich Davis]

I'm going to go with that because you downplay the significance and popularity of martial arts. I don't know.

[Steve Covino]

You think a nerdy guy. Yeah.

[Rich Davis]

But you act like there's not a scene or an importance to martial arts and karate. I think at every point in every kid's life, there's a few things that I think are universal. Unless you were a total weenie, you had the thoughts that you could be a professional athlete or something, or an astronaut. I don't know. It depends where your head was at. You probably thought magic was cool at one point. You're like, you know what? I'm gonna practice a few magic tricks. And you thought to yourself, I'm gonna do some karate moves. Maybe it was wrestling moves, right?

[Steve Covino]

Yeah, but it was. It was.

[Rich Davis]

So for me, it's not that far.

[Steve Covino]

Off of a thought by watching. I took karate by watching Cobra Kai, though. I do find it funny, though. Just the same way if you watched again Mighty Ducks and it's like, really? The fat Goldberg goalie kid is the best in the world?

[Rich Davis]

Yeah, that's more unbelievable.

[Steve Covino]

But then I say to myself, Larus daughter and that weird dude with the mohawk, they're going to beat some of these karate experts. Like, who's that hot chick they brought in who's actually a jiu jitsu expert?

[Rich Davis]

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. I know who you're talking about.

[Steve Covino]

Like.

[Rich Davis]

Like she was in the final. She's in the final season.

[Steve Covino]

All right. Hey, thank you for the feedback, Rich in for Colin.

[Rich Davis]

And by the way, if you want to still chime in or you're listening to the podcast in the future again. Covino and Rich just hit us up on social media at Covino and Rich. Hashtag Covino is right.

[Steve Covino]

Don't. I would not fuck. You know what?

[Rich Davis]

Hashtag Karate Kid.

[Steve Covino]

I'll let you go with that. In for Colin. We're doing it live from the tirerack.com studio and it is time for Bo filling in with the Herdline news.

[Rich Davis]

No, no, no. Heard on the news. This is the Herd line news.

[Caller]

How's it going, fellas?

[Rich Davis]

Good, man.

[Steve Covino]

What's up, Bo?

[Caller]

Doing well. Doing well. Happy to be here with you guys. Today we're going to have stories trickle in as the Philadelphia Eagles, the world champions, make their way through the streets of Philadelphia. We're going to start here though, with a big game last night as Juju Watkins of USC had 38 points, 11 rebounds, eight blocks and five assists in their 7160 win over the number one UCLA Bruins.

[Steve Covino]

Damn.

[Rich Davis]

Wait, what was the score again?

[Steve Covino]

71, 71 to 60.

[Rich Davis]

Oh, okay.

[Caller]

Up and down.

[Rich Davis]

Yo, can I tell you something? Not to compare high school sports to this, but my daughter's a cheerleader here in the Valley here in Los Angeles, right? So she's living that teenage life.

[Steve Covino]

I'm surprised she's not into karate when.

[Rich Davis]

When, of course, she's not at all. Valley tournaments.

[Steve Covino]

Yep.

[Rich Davis]

Cheering for them, dude. The game the other day at her high school was 83 4. Her team lost 83 4. I was like, do these kids even try? Are you cheering hard?

[Steve Covino]

Told me your. Your daughter's high school is academically focused, but I don't even know who play, who plays on the team.

[Rich Davis]

Talk about embarrassing. I'm like, you're not cheering good, I guess. I don't know.

[Caller]

Were those four or three free throws or were those just two made baskets?

[Rich Davis]

They're embarrassing. That's what it is. I don't know. I don't know how it happened, but 83 to 4.

[Steve Covino]

By the way, Juju Watkins, she's add to the list of women basketball players that are becoming more household names. So great for her.

[Caller]

Absolutely. Colorado wide receiver, defensive back, however you want to call it. Heisman winner Travis Hunter, he's going to attend the NFL combine next month. Listed as a defensive back. I saw this for his workouts.

[Steve Covino]

It's interesting, right? Because we saw Shohei Ohtani pitch and bat last year. Bo, your Dodgers didn't seem to need him on the pitching side of things. And you wonder, even though he could do it, do you think whatever team picks Travis Hunter is going to have him play both sides of the ball.

[Caller]

He's going to step in day one as like an elite defensive lockdown defensive back. I thought he would go as a wide receiver just because that's where the money is. But if he's smart, he'll play DB and step in for a wide receiver every once in a while.

[Rich Davis]

Let him do it as Rob Parker. It's great for the NFL.

[Caller]

He's a great wide receiver, but he's an insanely good defensive back. So I. I think he's doing the right thing here for his career long term.

[Steve Covino]

You could pull him in for a scheme here, there. I know it's, you know, an optimistic opposite sides of the ball, but a couple years ago, you know, before he didn't want to be on my 49ers anymore, Deebo Samuel was like part wide receiver, part running back more than I've ever seen a player. Split position, offensive.

[Caller]

Really made that team work when you think about it in that prime.

[Steve Covino]

Yeah.

[Rich Davis]

Remember our old boss, Stevie Cohen? Remember what he used to say? Think of the story, you know, think of the storyline here and how great that would be. We're talking about inspiring for kids. Inspiring for kids. They've never seen anything like that before. You know, they've never seen players go two way this way. I think it'd be great for the NFL. I think it'd be great to let him try it here and there. You know, I wouldn't stop him from doing it.

[Caller]

No. Yeah. Last one here. Long brewing story kind of from Super Bowl Sunday. I don't know if you guys saw Chauncey Gardner Johnson and Travis Kelce had a bit of a on field tiff. And then Swifties have Now review Bombed CJ's mom's restaurant wrong. Yeah, you know, really weird because he. He posted something on Instagram about Taylor Swift. Well, CJ's attire today @ the super bowl parade. You guys are gonna have to Google it and look it up. He's wearing a hoodie. That is a direct shot at Taylor Swift and her fans. And when you know who he is as a player and a person, you're not gonna be surprised when you do see it. I can't really say it on the air, but yeah, he's. He is continuing to stoke the.

[Rich Davis]

The flames here right now as we.

[Steve Covino]

Man, he's trying to upset a bunch of little white girls, isn't he?

[Caller]

Yeah, he is.

[Rich Davis]

Purple licks my. Oh, can't read it. It's black down. All right.

[Steve Covino]

Hey, you know, thank you, Bo. That's your hardline news. All right, Kavino and Rich in for Colin on the Herd now coming up, there's a lot to get to, Kavino. Baseball right around the corner. We're talking football ends. Where's your focus? Of course, we go NBA, we go baseball. And the off season in the NFL just as exciting. So we're going to talk some Aaron Rodgers later. There's a Jason Kelsey story that I find hilarious. It has to do with Valentine's Day.

[Rich Davis]

Happy Valentine's, puppy.

[Steve Covino]

And we will talk a little baseball next because I feel like a guy on your team, the Yankees, Devin Williams is being cramped like none other. We'll get to that next. Doing it live from the Tyrack.com studio. Covino and Rich in for Colin Friday on the Hurricane. Be sure to catch live editions of.

[Rich Davis]

The Herd weekdays at noon Eastern, 9am Pacific.

[Steve Covino]

Hey, it's Steve Covino and I'm Rich.

[Rich Davis]

Davis and together we're Covino and Rich on Fox Sports Radio.

[Steve Covino]

You can catch us weekdays from 5 to 7pm Eastern, 2 to 4 Pacific on Fox Sports Radio. And of course, the iHeartRadio app.

[Rich Davis]

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[Steve Covino]

We talk about everything, life, sports, relationships, what's going on in the world.

[Rich Davis]

We have a lot of fun talking about the stories behind the stories in the world of sports and pop culture. Stories that, well, other shows don't seem to have the time to discuss.

[Steve Covino]

And the fact that we've been friends for the last 20 years and still work together, I mean, that says something, right?

[Rich Davis]

So check us out. We like to get you involved too. Take your phone calls, chop it up as they say.

[Steve Covino]

I'd say the most interactive show on Fox Sports Radio, maybe the most interactive show on planet Earth.

[Rich Davis]

Be sure to check out Covino and Rich live on Fox Sports radio and the iHeartradio app from 5 to 7pm Eastern, 2 to 4 Pacific.

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[Steve Covino]

Something about Mary Poppins?

[AJ Jacobs]

Something about Mary Poppins? Exactly.

[Steve Covino]

Oh man, this is fun.

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[Steve Covino]

French dressing.

[AJ Jacobs]

Exactly.

[Rich Davis]

That's good.

[AJ Jacobs]

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[Steve Covino]

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[Rich Davis]

This is so weird.

[Steve Covino]

This is fun. Let's try this one.

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[Rich Davis]

That's awful.

[Bo]

And I should have seen.

[Steve Covino]

What'S up lovers? Time for couple skate. Remember that when you're a kid. Oh, you never couple skated with a girl?

[Rich Davis]

No.

[Steve Covino]

Sorry to hear that, pal.

[Rich Davis]

I was very stiff on the roller skates.

[Steve Covino]

Kavita on Rich in for Colin on the herd. Happy Valentine's Day. And by the way, happy three day weekend. I just realized that thank you to Abe Lincoln and his top hat and beard and George Washington and.

[Rich Davis]

What do you mean? He just thought that why you think I'm wearing this top hat today?

[Steve Covino]

I'm sorry.

[Rich Davis]

Celebrating the weekend and shout out to.

[Steve Covino]

All 45 of our presidents in U.S. history.

[Rich Davis]

Really? You're shouting them out like they're listening?

[Steve Covino]

Yeah, I'm shouting out, yo, what's up, Chester A. Arthur.

[Rich Davis]

If you want a real shout out, hit us up at Covino and Rich.

[Steve Covino]

Yo, President Taft.

[Rich Davis]

And by the way, Ryan's right, only 44 of them, man. Say it again.

[Steve Covino]

45.

[Rich Davis]

40. 45, 45.

[Steve Covino]

Oh, Ryan doesn't acknowledge one. Yeah, that's sorry.

[Rich Davis]

So he cut one out. So anyway, thank you guys for hanging out with us, Covino and Rich, reminding you that Cobra K never dies. And Happy Valentine's, puppy.

[Steve Covino]

Yeah, think about it, camino. There's been 40. This is the 47th president, President Trump, but there's been 45 men. So you know what happened with Trump is what happened with Billy Martin in the 80s for the Yankees, like got fired, came back, did it again, kind of like. So like the Yankees with Lou Piniella and Billy Martin, our whole childhood.

[Rich Davis]

Speaking of the Yankees again, let's get involved. Fox Sports Radio Nation. Covino and Rich in for calling on the herd. 8, 7, 7 for the herd. That's the number. 8, 7, 7 for THE herd at Covino and Rich. At Steve Cavino. At Rich Davis. Now I, Steve Covino. El hombre Masuampo. Yes, Dr. Love. Can I steal Mike's nickname? Mike, who runs this place?

[Steve Covino]

Who?

[Rich Davis]

Dr. Love? Mike. So as the resident Yankees fan, I'm a Yankees fan. Rich as a Mets guy, I gotta tell you, I think change starts with one person. I've always been the guy that was okay with the Yankees. Pinstripe pride, legendary franchise, no name on the back. Of course I like tradition, but as you've said, sometimes tradition is making the same mistake over and over again.

[Steve Covino]

Sometimes you force that eye rolly tradition where Yankee fans say things like, they gotta earn their pinstripes, like, oh God, could I roll my eyes more? And just something as simple as the Yankees don't have a city Connect jersey because they don't need an alternate jersey.

[Rich Davis]

The pinstripes, that did rub me the wrong way a little bit. I want to be rubbed the right way on this Valentine's Day, like Johnny Gill. And when they said no to the Connect jerseys, I was like, that's kind of lame. Like, can we have a little fun? It's baseball, it's a game. It's supposed to be kind of fun. But there is a sense of professionalism. I think you need to have in sports and in life, not everything's a free for all.

[Steve Covino]

Yeah, but you're the first person to say, you know, here's a bunch of dudes in suit and ties talking about sports. Meanwhile, the fans are wearing beer helmets, jerseys and hoodies. And it's sports, dude. At the end of the day, it's sports. So when the Yankees are a little too traditional, I think we live in a day and age now where it's going to start to backfire. And exhibit A is your dude.

[Rich Davis]

Yes, Devin Williams. If change starts with one guy, believe it or not, I think it's this guy. It wasn't Giambino who had to cut his mullet. It wasn't Johnny Damon who had a shave his caveman beard. It's this guy because it's 20, 25. It's a different time, it's a different place, and there's a different set of players out there. I think for you to have this shaving rule, you have to shave your face. This grooming rule that's been around forever with the Yankees since George Steinbrenner is so outdated at this particular point. Let's say you draft this young hotshot Dominican kid and he has a sweet shape up, but he's neatly groomed, but he's really shaped up and he has.

[Steve Covino]

A cool look about it.

[Rich Davis]

No, no, no, shave it.

[Steve Covino]

You're on the Yankees now.

[Rich Davis]

How lame slick fielding shaped up sweet faded Dominican kid that he has to shave his precision beard because it's a stupid rule. And that's kind of what's going on with Devin Williams here. So Devin Williams, they said, hey, look, you're a Yankee now, but you gotta shave that beard. And he has a good lengthy beard. And they said, well, when was the last time you shaved him? And he's like, oh, man, I haven't shaved in it forever. He shows up pitchers and catchers this week fully shaved and he looks like a little baby boy.

[Steve Covino]

He looks like the alien from Mac and me.

[Rich Davis]

He looks like a little baby cherub on Valentine's Day. And you're like, what is that? That's not the intimidation factor that you want closing out the game for the New York Yankees.

[Steve Covino]

Yo, Devin Williams went from looking like a badass slick closer to a little baby boy. Let me ask you, sexy Ryan, run the board today. When was the last time you shaved your beard? You're rocking the facial hair.

[Rich Davis]

I was in my 20s. One of my first big time jobs.

[Steve Covino]

Out of college was at Enterprise Rent a Car and you can't have facial hair to rent a car.

[Rich Davis]

I get it.

[Steve Covino]

Makes total sense. So you haven't shaved in easily a decade? Oh, easily, yeah. Bo producing today, rocking facial hair. When was the last time you clean shaved with a razor?

[Caller]

Back when I worked with the Dodgers, I worked at Dodger Stadium. You can't have facial hair though. So it was like 10 years ago.

[Steve Covino]

I can't tell you. The last time I took a razor to my face was easily a decade. And I feel like Covino, you dabbled a little bit a couple years ago. But most men nowadays, most grown ass men have some type of stubble, beard, goatee, mustache. I think this Yankees rule is just unnecessary. I don't think it has anything to do with professionalism.

[Rich Davis]

Here's why I think Devin Williams is the key here. Again, he's not the first guy that was forced to shave. Right. But he's a closer and the closer position comes with that intimidation factor. I said before and he has stated that he loses confidence without the facial hair. And that may sound petty and lame and silly, but think about it. If you're not feeling your best and most confident, that's the guy you want out there. And when you're investing $8.6 million in a player a year to play at his best and most confident and is most intimidating, why would you want to force this guy to shave? So I do believe that there's a compromise. I do believe that people need to speak up and make this happen. The compromise is, hey man, you just can't look like a hobo out there. You can't look like the 04 Red Sox. 04 Red Sox. Kevin Millar and his hobo beard.

[Steve Covino]

But I think there's something to be said. There's something to be said about feeling confident because I know this guy's listening right now being like really Covino, really rich. Like you think the beard and facial hair matters. But you know what if I asked you right now, you're a single guy, you want to go out on a date, you finally got that girl to hang out with you, that you're benign up.

[Rich Davis]

You want to feel your best when.

[Steve Covino]

You go to work, when you're on a date, when you're anywhere, don't you want to feel your coolest, your best?

[Rich Davis]

And when you see, and as an opposing player, when you see Devin Williams on the mound without that beard, he lost like three inches of his face. He looks so like non intimidating. I think that gives an edge to the batter. So I feel like it's really counterproductive for the Yankees to keep implementing this silly rule at this stage of life, stage of the game. For years I was like, nah man, rules are rules. You live by it. Now I believe we're at a compromise.

[Steve Covino]

Who is the Yankee? Yeah, that is a free agent now. Hasn't signed anywhere yet, but he commented about how he's excited to be himself again.

[Rich Davis]

Oh, Alex Verdugo.

[Steve Covino]

Verdugo said, oh, sweet. Now I could grow facial hair again. I could, you know, wear jewelry. It's, it's a big deal. So we'll take your feedback next right here. CNR in for Colin I'm Peter Schrager.

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