Hour 2 - Coming to Class, With a Bat

Summary

Podcast Summary: The Herd with Colin Cowherd Episode: Hour 2 - Coming to Class, With a Bat
Release Date: March 28, 2025

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Introduction

In this engaging second hour of "The Herd with Colin Cowherd," hosts Covino and Rich dive deep into the heart of baseball, celebrating Opening Day with personal anecdotes, favorite player discussions, and lively debates. Skipping over the numerous advertisements and promotional segments, the conversation remains focused on the passion and nostalgia that baseball ignites in its fans.

Favorite Baseball Players: Personal Stories and Inspirations

1. Covino’s Admiration for Don Mattingly Covino opens the discussion by expressing his deep admiration for Don Mattingly, affectionately dubbed "Donnie Baseball." He recounts a memorable childhood experience where he believed he saw Mattingly stuck in traffic, only to realize it was a passing car. However, Covino fondly remembers how Mattingly waved at him and his friend, solidifying his love for the player.

• Notable Quote:
  "Don Mattingly waved to us, gave us the thumbs up, made me love him even more. He just seemed like the coolest dude in New York."
  (Timestamp: 20:05)

2. Rich’s Fondness for Dwight Gooden Rich shares his connection to Dwight Gooden, reminiscing about pitching in Little League and idolizing Gooden’s performances at Shea Stadium. He reflects on how Gooden's potential was immense, despite his struggles with personal issues.

• Notable Quote:
  "If drugs and alcohol and stuff didn’t get in his way, he would have been one of the greatest ever."
  (Timestamp: 12:29)

3. Danny G’s First Love: Pedro Guerrero and Eric Davis Danny G reminisces about his first baseball heroes, Pedro Guerrero and Eric Davis. He highlights Guerrero’s impact during his first visit to Dodger Stadium and Davis’s electrifying performances that captivated him as a young fan.

• Notable Quote:
  "Pedro Guerrero was the first player me and my older brother put a poster of up in our bedroom. The way he stood tall in the batter's box."
  (Timestamp: 09:05)

Listener Engagement: Sharing Favorite Players

Throughout the episode, Covino and Rich invite listeners to share their favorite baseball players and the reasons behind their admiration. Several callers join the conversation, each bringing unique stories and perspectives:

4. Isaac Loewencron’s Tribute to Alejandro Pena Isaac shares his admiration for Alejandro Pena, recalling Peña’s distinctive pitching motion and his memorable performances in pivotal games.

• Notable Quote:
  "I was emulating the Alejandro Pena pitching motion so much that I got new shoes every month."
  (Timestamp: 13:54)

5. Greg from Portland’s Love for John Wetland Greg highlights his affection for John Wetland, particularly admiring Wetland’s consistency and performance during critical game moments.

• Notable Quote:
  "John Wetland was incredible. He didn’t have any flair, but he knocked the living daylights out of it."
  (Timestamp: 16:00)

6. Albert from Texas Champions Jeff Bagwell and Craig Biggio Albert praises the dynamic duo of Jeff Bagwell and Craig Biggio, reminiscing about their synergy on the field and their contributions to the Astros' success.

• Notable Quote:
  "Bagwell and Biggio were such a dynamic duo. They were great ball players and symbols of the Astros’ winning season."
  (Timestamp: 22:40)

Debate on 'Crazy' Baseball Players: Jose Canseco vs. Lenny Dykstra

A spirited debate ensues when Covino poses the question: "Who’s your favorite crazy baseball player?" The options are Jose Canseco and Lenny Dykstra.

7. Rich’s Preference for Jose Canseco Rich advocates for Jose Canseco, appreciating his larger-than-life personality and unique antics both on and off the field. He notes Canseco's recent appearances and humorous engagements, such as reading to schoolchildren.

• Notable Quote:
  "Jose Canseco is a crazy player because he was such a beast on the field and his antics off the field are just hilarious."
  (Timestamp: 39:33)

8. Covino’s Take on Lenny Dykstra Covino counters by favoring Lenny Dykstra, mentioning their interviews and Dykstra's eccentric behavior, which he finds both entertaining and quirky.

• Notable Quote:
  "Lenny Dykstra is a fun time. He's a little creepy, but in a respectful way."
  (Timestamp: 38:39)

9. Danny G’s Insights Danny adds depth to the debate by sharing Dykstra's opportunistic tactics, such as hiring private investigators to gather information on umpires, blending humor with a nod to Dykstra's controversial methods.

• Notable Quote:
  "He told Colin Cowherd he would hire private investigators to follow umpires around. It's wild."
  (Timestamp: 38:53)

Upcoming Segments and Bonus Content

As the discussion flows, Covino and Rich tease upcoming segments, including their bonus podcast "Over Promise," which will delve into Major League Baseball records and offer interactive games for listeners.

• Notable Mention:
  "We'll play a game called On the Road Again on Over Promise on Fox Sports Radio's YouTube page right after this show in about an hour."
  (Timestamp: 06:35)

Closing Remarks and Final Thoughts

The episode wraps up with reflections on the ongoing baseball season, emphasizing the excitement and momentum generated by Opening Day performances. Covino and Rich encourage listeners to stay engaged, participate in upcoming shows, and continue sharing their baseball stories.

• Notable Quote:
  "Opening day is delivering. Just setting the tone for what I predict is going to be a really exciting season for the ages."
  (Timestamp: 50:36)

Conclusion

"Hour 2 - Coming to Class, With a Bat" offers a heartfelt and nostalgic exploration of baseball through Covino and Rich's personal stories and passionate debates. By connecting with listeners and sharing cherished memories, the hosts celebrate the enduring love for the game, making it a compelling listen for baseball enthusiasts and casual fans alike.

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Notable Time-Stamped Quotes:

1. "Don Mattingly waved to us, gave us the thumbs up, made me love him even more. He just seemed like the coolest dude in New York." — Covino (20:05)
2. "If drugs and alcohol and stuff didn’t get in his way, he would have been one of the greatest ever." — Rich (12:29)
3. "Pedro Guerrero was the first player me and my older brother put a poster of up in our bedroom. The way he stood tall in the batter's box." — Danny G (09:05)
4. "I was emulating the Alejandro Pena pitching motion so much that I got new shoes every month." — Isaac Loewencron (13:54)
5. "John Wetland was incredible. He didn’t have any flair, but he knocked the living daylights out of it." — Rich (16:00)
6. "Jose Canseco is a crazy player because he was such a beast on the field and his antics off the field are just hilarious." — Rich (39:33)
7. "Lenny Dykstra is a fun time. He's a little creepy, but in a respectful way." — Covino (38:39)
8. "He told Colin Cowherd he would hire private investigators to follow umpires around. It's wild." — Danny G (38:53)
9. "We'll play a game called On the Road Again on Over Promise on Fox Sports Radio's YouTube page right after this show in about an hour." — Covino (06:35)
10. "Opening day is delivering. Just setting the tone for what I predict is going to be a really exciting season for the ages." — Covino (50:36)

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This detailed summary encapsulates the essence of the episode, highlighting the hosts' enthusiasm for baseball, their personal connections to the game, and the interactive elements that engage the audience. Whether you're a die-hard fan or new to the sport, Covino and Rich’s conversation offers a rich tapestry of stories and insights that celebrate the timeless allure of baseball.

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[Rich]

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[Rich]

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[Covino]

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[Rich]

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[Covino]

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[Rich]

Happy opening day to everybody.

[Covino]

Everybody's saying it. Happy opening day.

[Rich]

Make that baseball.

[Covino]

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[Rich]

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[Rich]

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[Covino]

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[Rich]

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[Rich]

Let me tell you why, oh why the Mets losing today I'm just fine with.

[Covino]

Let me hear this justification. Go ahead.

[Rich]

That's a great one. I'm going to justify the hell out of this. Like when some guy does some scandalous stuff and he's like, honey, it's because, you know, I was drinking, you know, this is a great justification. The Mets have by far the best opening day record in Major league baseball. Their winning percentage on opening day going into today, 40 and 21. Leaps and bounds better than any other team in major league baseball. And that, what does that got him? So maybe a loss on opening day changes the stars.

[Covino]

Oh, sure, okay. I'll go with it.

[Rich]

I mean, like if you win opening day every year, go nowhere.

[Covino]

Now, whatever. We don't fit into today's show.

[Rich]

You're telling me there's a chance.

[Covino]

We're going to discuss on over Promise. That's our bonus podcast that debuts today, episode 85 on Fox Radio's YouTube page. And I can tell you right now we're already into hour two.

[Rich]

We're not going to have time.

[Covino]

We're going to talk Major league baseball records that'll never be broken and some ones to look out for on Over Promise.

[Rich]

We play on the road again as well.

[Covino]

We'll play a game too. On the road again. Like the path the careers of legends in baseball. We'll play some games on Over Promise on fox Sports Radio's YouTube page right after this show in about an hour. But right now we do it every Thursday, old school when 50 hits in honor of opening day. In honor of baseball, who was your favorite player of all time? Of course, that changed as life went on, right? That player retired and you probably found someone new. So for me, it was. I mean, I used to love Willie Randolph and Dave Winfield and all those guys, but Don Mattingly was the life changer, the game changer for me. The hitman Donnie Baseball. And what did that mean? He had a style of baseball that he played. It was dirty. It was Gritty. It was real baseball. And you know, you know how mamba mentality means something to a basketball fan, Donnie? Baseball meant something to a little east coast kid. It was like this guy was a ball player. He got dirty and did everything he could to help his team win. He hit six grand slams in one season. He had magical MVP years. He was nasty at first baseball. He was an unassuming power hitter. He wasn't like a big dude, but it was how he wore his hat. It was how he had his eye black. I mean it was how he. He stood pigeon toed in the batter's box left handed. Every kid playing wiffle ball. Rich for fun, you would switch sides. If you were righty, you batted lefty. And when I batted lefty, you better believe I got into my Don Mattingly baseball stance.

[Rich]

That must have been cool to root for the second best first baseman in New York in the 80s after Keith Hernandez.

[Covino]

You could say that. It's not true.

[Rich]

I mean, who has more Gold Gloves? Who has more mv? I just, I'm just throwing it out there.

[Covino]

Who has a better baseball career and still coaching and is a legend and should be a hall of fame?

[Rich]

Who was smoking cigarettes in the dugout and doing cocaine off the strippers?

[Covino]

Exactly why it's Don Mattingly ahead of Keith Hernandez.

[Rich]

Oh no. I was giving him credit for that.

[Covino]

No.

[Rich]

All right, so who got you to love the game and why? And why? Danny G, let's go to you. You're a west coast guy. Let's switch it up. Bring it out to the west Coast. Who did you fall in love with as a little kid?

[Covino]

What made you love him?

[Danny G]

Early 80s. My grandma took me to Dodger Stadium for my first time. Pedro Guerrero was the first player me and my older brother put a poster of up in our bedroom. The way he stood tall in the batter's box. Great, great player for la. And I'll never forget the first time we saw him interviewed after a game. We were shocked that he was speaking Spanish. We thought he was African American.

[Covino]

CC Betty and three.

[Danny G]

Yeah. We're like, what?

[Covino]

Yeah. No como.

[Danny G]

He was the combo of him and Dusty Baker was awesome.

[Covino]

Pedro Guerrero.

[Danny G]

Yeah, we were. I mean hel. We were kindergarten in second grade and.

[Covino]

He was the hot card to have at that time. Yeah. When. When trading cards was. Was back in action. Iowa. Sam, who's that guy for you? Why did you love him?

[Rich]

I feel like for I going to guess before he even tells us.

[Danny G]

Yeah, guess.

[Rich]

Fernando Valenzuela brought you back to your roots. Was there. Was there a player now? Because I'm going to think back. I'm going to give you another angle. If you didn't have a hometown teen and you lived in the middle of a cornfield in Iowa, like Sam, I grew up rooting for the Phillies, but I. That was like, later in life.

[Danny G]

I didn't.

[Rich]

Didn't you have. I don't have a tradition in the night.

[Covino]

I thought every kid. Every kid rooted for Chris Saba.

[Rich]

I thought in the 90s, every kid with glasses. Then you have Mike Schmidt mustache trimmings in a little Ziploc bag you got on ebay.

[Covino]

Yeah, though that in my. Yes.

[Rich]

I. I mean, like.

[Covino]

Like a lot of people loved, you.

[Rich]

Know, when I was a kid, like.

[Danny G]

Frank Thomas of the White Sox growing up.

[Rich]

And can I tell you, Frank Thomas was it. I got to see him hit a.

[Danny G]

Home run once at.

[Covino]

At ballpark they played in.

[Rich]

It's not my answer to this question, but Frank Thomas, for some reason, was one of those guys that wasn't on my team, but I took such an interest in his stats.

[Danny G]

I was just going to ask you guys that question. Who was the first baseball player for another team that you loved and you had a couple pages of plastic sheets obsessed with their cards?

[Rich]

Others loved Griffey Jr. I was like, no, no, Frank Thomas is my guy.

[Covino]

That's cool. That's a good answer. But, yeah, Griffey Jr. Poster and everything.

[Danny G]

For me, it was Eric Davis.

[Covino]

Oh, he was great.

[Danny G]

He was out of love. Oh, man. Loved his batting stance, his swag, the way he held the bat. I wanted Eric back then. I wanted Eric Davis on the Dodgers so badly.

[Covino]

And this is a weird reference, but every kid could relate. He was nasty in the game, RBI. He had 37 home runs that year, and he was on the National League All Star team in RBI baseball. So you associate things to. How good were they in video games as well at that time?

[Rich]

I remember Wade Boggs batted.368 just because of RBI baseball.

[Covino]

Seriously, you knew your stats, you knew your cards.

[Rich]

And if you're a kid of the 80s, one of the best baseball fights of all time was Ray Knight and Eric Davis at third base. Ray Knight gets into, like, a fighting Irishman stance, like, put him up, put him up. And him and Eric Davis tussled. It was a really great baseball fight in the 80s. But my answer, who got me into baseball? I. I grew up a Mets fan. So there's so many choices, right? Was it Keith? Was it Gary Carter being all clean cut with his, you know, Irish Spring commercials and, you know, drinking milk. To me, it was Dwight Gooden. I was a pitcher in Little League. I wore number 16. It's always been my lucky number. And I'm a Montana fan in football, so 16. My daughter's birthday's the 16th. That number follows me. And as a kid, the billboards of Dwight Gooden when he pitched at Shea Stadium back in the day, that place was electric. If drugs and alcohol and stuff didn't get in his way, would have been one of the greatest ever.

[Covino]

Friday night's appointment. Watching, watching Dwight Good in New York, even if you weren't a Mets fan, Rich, was there a scrub on the team that you loved? Seriously, like that? You just rooted for so hard. Timmy Tuffle. Tim Tuffle.

[Rich]

Not a scrub, but I remember the Tuffle Shuffle.

[Covino]

I have two of them. And I say scrub, you know, respectfully, Bobby Meacham. For me, I always rooted for him. And Randy Velardi as time went on, too. I always rooted for that guy.

[Rich]

What you got, Isaac?

[Isaac Loewencron]

First of all, Rich, have you ever read a book called the Bad Guys? Oh, such a great book.

[Rich]

It's the only book I've read since where the Wild Things Are.

[Isaac Loewencron]

You didn't miss much.

[Rich]

It's a great book.

[Isaac Loewencron]

This is super random, but for me, Alejandro Pena. Now, Alejandro Pena was the winning pitcher in the Kirk Gibson home run game. Later, when the Braves made their first run to the World Series in 91, he got clutch strikeout after clutch strikeout down the stretch in the LCS and in the World Series. But he had a really distinctive, super graceful wind up and pinching motion. And so when I was of that age, I would always wear out the right toe on my tennis shoes, like every month. And my mom dragging your foot? Yes. My mom was like, why do I keep having to buy you new shoes? Why is it just the right toe? And I realized it was because I was emulating the Alejandro Pena pitching motion so, so much.

[Covino]

That's a good one. And it's a great.

[Rich]

I would emulate the high leg kick overhand heat of a Dwight Gooden. And he would drag his foot every year. I'd have to get. There was a little addition you would put on your cleats for if you drove, if you did drag your right foot.

[Covino]

Or you'd have to buy shoe goo to replay. Yeah, cleats. But it does go to show you the impact that these players have on not not only you, but kids today and how special it is. And that's why we're excited about baseball, man.

[Rich]

Randall. Randall, question for you.

[Covino]

Yeah.

[Rich]

As we get to the rest of the phone calls. Phones are hot. Love talking baseball. Danny Isaac, Iowa. I was saying, he's like, I don't know. I don't remember any of this when you were a kid. I'm trying to think, like in.

[Covino]

Obviously in the 90s, like, the Cubs.

[Rich]

And the Cardinals are pretty much Iowa's teams. Yeah.

[Danny G]

So you had Sammy Sosa and Mark.

[Rich]

McGuire, but like that whole thing. But like, I don't.

[Covino]

I don't.

[Rich]

Yeah.

[Danny G]

I don't have a player.

[Rich]

There was no guy who. Do you remember being the signature inside your glove?

[Danny G]

Oh, that's a good one.

[Rich]

I remember having a Rawlings infield glove. I had the Ozzy Smith.

[Covino]

So many people had Robin Yeo.

[Rich]

Robin, yeah. Was a big one.

[Covino]

It was a very popular one. Mine, actually, I got mine off of mine. Fell off a truck. My uncle gave it to me and said it was a Jim Palmer glove that I had, but I loved it.

[Danny G]

A lot of us had hand me downs. My grandpa gave me an old glove and he said, I want you to play second base. It was a Joe Morgan signature.

[Covino]

Oh, nice.

[Rich]

That's cool.

[Danny G]

Yeah.

[Covino]

You know, years later, we actually worked with Joe Morgan's daughter. Not totally random, but we did. And she was super sweet. He's a legend for sure. So those little things, though, put those players on your radar. And maybe for that reason, you rooted for them or kept an eye on them and fell in love with the sport. And that's what we're asking today in honor of opening day, your favorite player of all time. But what made you love him?

[Rich]

Yeah, what made you fall in love?

[Covino]

There was something about him. Like, Isaac described that moment perfectly, like, he'll never forget it. And that sold him moving forward.

[Rich]

Greg in Portland, you're on. What's up, buddy?

[Covino]

Yeah, man.

[Unknown]

And I love this topic, by the way.

[Rich]

Nice.

[Unknown]

19, 1996, Andrew Jones came into the league for the first time, and that was. That was it.

[Covino]

You know who I fell in love with that year? John Wetland.

[Rich]

They were gonna say Carmen Electra.

[Covino]

No, no, no, but remember that.

[Rich]

But John Wetland. That's cool.

[Covino]

And no, Andrew Jones and that Braves team that they. They were great. They lost the Yankees. That year was incredible. You're absolutely right.

[Rich]

That team. Chipper Jones. Andrew Jones. It's a shame that team won one World Series. As a. As a. As a crew. Say hi to. Let's go to John in Maine. John Kavino and Rich. What's up, buddy?

[Unknown]

Hey, guys. I haven't listened to you guys in a long time, but they switched me to nights at the hospital, so I finally get to listen to you.

[Rich]

Well, hey, welcome back, brother. How's. How you feeling? And what do you think? What player made you fall in love with baseball on opening day?

[Unknown]

This is old school and it defines my age. Stormin Gorman Thomas from the Milwaukee Brewers. And I can still name off almost every player from back then in the late 70s, early 80s.

[Rich]

That's awesome.

[Unknown]

I loved his pose at. He didn't have any flair as a wind up or anything. He just stood at the plate, waited for that ball and knocked the living daylights out of it.

[Rich]

You know who you got to give credit to because it took like 25, 30 years for someone to think of this on social media. Batting stance guy, Dude. I was just thinking, I recently saw he did funny, he did your 96 Yankees and I thought of you.

[Covino]

I was like, so I love it, man. Batting stance guy is still funny because.

[Rich]

It'S what all of us did. You went through your team's lineup, you'd be like, you're like now batting Lenny Dykes and you'd be all down.

[Danny G]

Yes. And that's a question for you guys. The number one batting stance you used.

[Rich]

To Darryl Strawberry number one answer on the board.

[Covino]

That's. That's when you're ready to hit some bombs.

[Danny G]

We used to crouch down and do Ricky Henderson's batting stance for sure, man.

[Covino]

No doubt. So yeah, even as a Yankees fan growing up Darryl Strawberry, I mean, that meant it was like it's home run time.

[Danny G]

So bat twirl.

[Covino]

Yeah, you were ready. So the number again. 8 7, 7. 99 on Fox. If we don't get to you hit us at Covino and Rich, we throw it back. Go old school. And 50 hits taking you back to your childhood days. You had that poster in your room. Eventually it came down for Carmen Electra. But that player made you fall in love with the game. What was it about him that made you love him?

[Rich]

I'll tell you this as I watch a Yankees game out of the corner of my eye.

[Covino]

Yeah.

[Rich]

That facial hair isn't given Devin Williams much confidence. He's about to blow this game.

[Covino]

I hope not. By the way, my answer was Don Mattingly. Rich, quick story and I'll make it quick. Went to a Yankees game and I'm wearing my Donnie baseball don mattingly number 23 baseball shirt. Right, The T shirt. They didn't print shirts for everybody back in the day. It was just the star players. I'm wearing my Don Matting T shirt. And, you know, my dad gets into New York City, Bronx traffic, and who are we sitting right next to in traffic on the way home? Don Mattingly, right? Me and my buddy, another kid named Rich. My little league pal Richie, right? We're in the car, and we look over to the left.

[Rich]

Does he cry? Some days thinking I could have been the Rich of communal route. Maybe.

[Covino]

Maybe Don Mattingly is side by side with us in traffic. Like, what, on the Major Deegan or whatever.

[Rich]

Are you sure it was Don Mattingly?

[Covino]

It was. And you know, your little kid imagination goes wild. But it was a gold Mercedes. But in my mind, it was made of gold, Right? Because I was a kid, but it was a gold Mercedes. True story. And I'll never forget. Like, I look over and I go to my dad, oh, my God, it's Don Mattingly. And my dad was like, yeah, whatever. He didn't look. He thought we were lying. My buddy came over. Yo, it's Don Mattingly. My dad still thinks we're trying to, like, prank him to look. It's Don Mattingly. Stuck in traffic. My dad finally turns to the left and he sees Don Mattingly.

[Rich]

He's like, hey.

[Covino]

Rolls his window down.

[Rich]

Gaeh.

[Covino]

Don. And he let Don Mattingly cut in front of us in traffic. But Don Mangley waved to us, gave us the thumbs up, Made me love him even more. Just seemed like the coolest dude in New York. And he wasn't a New York sort of guy. You know what I mean? He was just a ball player.

[Rich]

I love your story, but I'm gonna. I'm gonna.

[Covino]

True story.

[Rich]

I believe it was just a mustache guy from the Bronx.

[Covino]

My dad. My dad let Don Mattingly cut him in traffic, and he was super grateful for it. It happened.

[Rich]

Let's say what's up to. Where do you want to go, Danny G. Let's go to Dwayne in Odessa. Let's go, rapid fire. We'll wrap this up on opening day. Who made you fall in love with the game? What's up, man?

[Unknown]

Yeah, I would have to say Kirby Puckett, center field. Just running around all over the place, diving. And then in the World Series, Twins are down. He says, everybody jump on my back. I'm going to carry you to the World Series. You know, that's pretty. It's pretty. Pretty special.

[Covino]

He was so great, man.

[Rich]

Don't you feel like you picture him gracefully jumping against the wall?

[Covino]

Yeah. Against that plexiglass.

[Rich]

Yeah.

[Covino]

Like, without a Doubt. Kirby Puckett was incredible.

[Rich]

Paul in North Carolina. What's up, man? Paulie. Yo, Paul.

[Covino]

Hey, yo, Paulie.

[Unknown]

Hey, fellas. How are you guys doing?

[Rich]

We're good, man. What's up?

[Covino]

I mean, I'm a little nervous. Yankees about to lose this game.

[Unknown]

I'm gonna. I'm gonna answer you guys a couple of your questions. Rapid fire. I'm a 44 year old Mets fan. So when I was in 86, I had just turned 6 years old.

[Rich]

You and I are the exact same.

[Covino]

So here we go.

[Rich]

Let's. Let's hear it.

[Unknown]

Yep. Well, Gary. Gary Carter was like my favorite player. Remember that Ivory Soap commercial where he ripped a bar soap in half? I thought it was the coolest damn thing. The first player outside of the Mets that I really adored was Tony Gwynn. I had a poster in my room. He had bats in one hand and balls in the other. And the poster said, it's not the bats, it's the balls. Thought that was great. First signature in a glove. The first signature in a glove. I remember I was a squatty fat kid and I had the black catchers go out with the orange outside target. And it was a Lance Parish signature.

[Rich]

I remember that one.

[Covino]

That was a big one for sure, by the way.

[Rich]

Let's go, Mets. All right, let's go.

[Covino]

Yep.

[Rich]

Hey, I won't feel so bad if your Yankees blow it here.

[Covino]

I hope not.

[Rich]

Who's up? Cheerio. Oh. Let's go.

[Covino]

Williams with the whiff. Two outs. They need one more out for the win. All right, back to Yankees.

[Rich]

But the brewers got runners on second and third.

[Covino]

I know.

[Rich]

You know what? They just went to some Yankees guidos in the stands high fiving. They just jinxed you. Let's go, brew crew. All right, wrap it up. Albert in Texas. What's up, man?

[Unknown]

Hey, what's going on, guys? Big Astros fan. I got an iconic duo. Jeff Bagwell and Craig Biggio.

[Rich]

Yo, if you were an Astros fan during that time, Bagwell and Biggio were such a dynamic duo, such, Such great ball players. And that was even when you change your logo to that, like, cosmic looking, corny uniform. Remember those years?

[Covino]

Of course. Ye. You mean like the Mike Scott Kevin Basiers those years?

[Rich]

See, I like. I like that cheesy Rainbow 80s one. Yeah, you know, one more, we'll go to Arizona and say hi to Corey and then we'll move on. What's up, man?

[Unknown]

Hey, real quick. Rapid fire. So, my two favorite players. I'm a die hard Oakland a's fan. Born in 89, I watched the Earthquake series with my dad on the couch as a baby. Anyways, Eric Burns, Nick Swisher. I don't care what anybody says. They were two of the most exciting players that I got to watch.

[Rich]

You just named. You just named, like, two of the most charismatic players.

[Covino]

I love Nick Swishlish, man. I think he's great. I love his energy, I love his vibe. Great answers.

[Rich]

And Burns is a great guy, too.

[Covino]

And yeah. Oh, yeah. Two super personality plus dudes. Rich is right. And we can't get to everybody. We appreciate your phone calls, but I do want to hear your feedback again at Covino Enrich, on X, on ig, everywhere on social media. Covino and Rich.

[Rich]

Let me pose this question, then we'll go. I'll pose a question, think about it, and you can hit us up at Covino and Rich. Or if you want to chime in.

[Covino]

You know what I'm thinking about, though, Rich, when we talk about this, the superstar comes to mind. The Mattingly, the Gooden, those guys, right? The Wade Boggs is of the world. But there was also a lot of fun in that dude who wasn't that good. But you really pulled for, of course, that. That pulled you into the game because you're like, yeah, I know he's not the best, but it really gets me involved. And like I said, some of those guys really got you even more into the game.

[Rich]

Okay, so here's my question for you. Who's your favorite crazy baseball player?

[Covino]

Crazy.

[Rich]

Two options. Two options. Jose Canseco.

[Covino]

Yeah.

[Rich]

Or Lenny Dyke.

[Covino]

Well, it's funny because Canseco's in the news.

[Rich]

I know, but Dykstra or Canseco? Think of that because there's a story about one of them.

[Covino]

Okay.

[Rich]

And his name is Jose Canseco. We'll get to that and a bunch more. Next. And by the way, the brewers just missed a walk. Not a walk up, but a three run home run by 10ft.

[Covino]

Oh, Yellich.

[Rich]

Yellich went foul.

[Covino]

Okay, so we got more Covino and Rich. We do it next here on Fox Sports Radio.

[Rich]

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[Covino]

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[Rich]

There's your boy. Strikeout win. Nice. Devin Williams. I wonder if he has a Travis Matthews shirt under I'M sure.

[Covino]

Hey, I'm wearing my Yankee one right now. They have the MLB collection. And again, compliments people like, yo, that's a nice Yankee shirt. Because it's not your average Yankee shirt. It fits nice. It's not some boxy one you bought right outside the ballpark. Nice quality high end materials. They got it all too. Casual stuff, of course. They got their golf stuff. They got everyday stuff at times, polos.

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[Covino]

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[Rich]

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[Rich]

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[Rich]

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[Covino]

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[Covino]

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[Covino]

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[Covino]

We're talking baseball. I love it. Covino and Rich on Fox Sports Radio.

[Rich]

Sorry, I'm distracted.

[Covino]

That's baseball.

[Rich]

Mets had two on, two outs, Vientos at the Dish.

[Covino]

You know, I got a random question. Steve Cavino, Mickey and the Duke, Isaac Loincron. I know you're in your zone doing updates, but do you get the ozone? You get an extra pep in your step, in your delivery, when. And you're doing baseball updates again as an anchor. Is that fun for you or is there a sport that you prefer?

[Isaac Loewencron]

Funny, I was just thinking about that. Yes, because it's opening day, but frankly, tomorrow. How much are any of us going to be talking about baseball tomorrow? I remember during my reporting days in.

[Rich]

La, isn't your alias Scoops Callahan one.

[Isaac Loewencron]

Of them, if you know what I mean. But as a reporter, opening day at Dodger Stadium was literally like a civic hun holiday. And then the next night there'd be 24,000 in the stands. I think it just goes to show more how great the atmosphere and the tradition of opening day is around this country.

[Rich]

And that's something beautiful that's passed down generation to generation, like your grandpappy, your dad, your uncle. It might have been a family tradition like, yo, we go to opening day. I have friends that buy like the partial season ticket packages to the Mets or Dodgers or this team. And that always includes opening day. There's a lot of people that took today off from work.

[Covino]

I ask Isaac because when he's giving the updates, I get excited to hear what he's saying and I get excited to listen.

[Rich]

Well, you also Said his other sport updates are lackluster.

[Covino]

Right? Yeah.

[Rich]

Okay.

[Covino]

And his baseball ones, they're just so much better.

[Isaac Loewencron]

I have other lackluster things about me. Just ask my wife.

[Danny G]

Isaac, you know how to guarantee to not have just 24,000 in the stands for the second game ring ceremony for the Dodgers coming up tomorrow?

[Rich]

Yeah, I think we can say, like, oh, Tani's dog's bobblehead or something. And the Mets, well, they had bases, juice, two outs, and Nimmo hit a rocket to center field.

[Covino]

Oh, that's the eighth. Still the eighth. I thought it was the ninth. We're live from the Tirerack.com studio. Remember to check out Fox Sports Radio's YouTube channel. Search Fox Sports Radio on YouTube and you'll see a whole bunch of video highlights from all of our shows. Covino and Rich especially. Be sure to subscribe. You'll never miss the very best of Fox Sports radio videos on YouTube. And right after this show, a half hour from now, the debut of episode 85 of Over Promised. That's our bonus podcast. We'll be talking Major League Baseball records that are never going to be broken, get you fired up for the season. We'll talk about ones that might. And we'll talk about rooting for the Sweet 16, how to root for college basketball. And we're going to play a game called on the Road Again. For example, if I said. If I said.

[Rich]

I'll give you one Randy Johnson.

[Covino]

If I said Randy Johnson on the Road Again, can you tell me his career trajectory, his resume of the teams he played on? Anybody want to play?

[Rich]

Oh, Isaac. Let's go look at that.

[Isaac Loewencron]

Usc.

[Covino]

Okay.

[Isaac Loewencron]

He was a photographer at the Daily Trojan student newspaper.

[Covino]

And he's a photographer now?

[Isaac Loewencron]

Yeah, for the NFL. Montreal exposure, Seattle Mariners. Boy, Yankee. Are these in order?

[Rich]

No, you don't have to go in.

[Covino]

If you get it in order. I mean, you just get an extra high five.

[Isaac Loewencron]

So Expos Mariners, then. I seem to remember him going to the Astros. Before he went to the Yankee? No, before he went to the Diamondbacks and then to the Yankees. So that's five teams and that's all I got, baby.

[Covino]

I'm pretty sure that's it.

[Rich]

Let's double check. Let's double check his work.

[Covino]

I think he nailed it. I think he nailed it. And that's how you play on the Road Again. Rich and I are going to play against each other on Over Promise, because we don't have time. Now that's on fox Sports Radio's YouTube page right after this show.

[Rich]

You forgot one.

[Isaac Loewencron]

The Giants. Yeah.

[Rich]

Ended his career as a San Francisco Giant for a second, but other than that. You got it.

[Covino]

Wait, so he pitched for six teams.

[Rich]

Exposure. Seattle, Houston, Arizona Yankees, Arizona again, and the Giants for one season. And you know, the Giants is the one you forget.

[Covino]

And that's usually how the game works. There's always one you could barely remember them playing for. And it's kind of fun because you recall them in the uniform, maybe a moment they had in the uniform or your baseball cards, and you're like, yeah, I could picture him in that. That's right. Dang. So we'll play that on over promised, our bonus show on fox Sports Radio's YouTube page. Or you could listen wherever you stream. Can I give you. We have a live chat. Sure.

[Rich]

All right. I was. Sam, you said Frank Thomas was a guy you loved, right? No, that was Danny G. That was me.

[Covino]

Oh, okay.

[Rich]

Frank Thomas on the road again. We had a Frank Thomas play.

[Covino]

Wow. Dude, that's what.

[Rich]

It's not a tough one.

[Covino]

Is that a trick question?

[Rich]

Why?

[Covino]

Because I can only think of one team. How many teams total?

[Rich]

Three total.

[Covino]

What I want to say one of them is. Oh, wait, hold on. I got another one. So obviously the White Sox.

[Rich]

But was he also an Oriole? No. Good guess, though. Played a ton of years for the White Sox, obviously. Hall of Famer, great dude, Frank Thomas. And the ladies love it, too. Had quick stints at the end with the Oakland A's and Toronto Blue Jays.

[Covino]

I vaguely remember Oakland Blue Jays. Totally forgot.

[Rich]

Yeah, that. You know.

[Covino]

But, man, that's what's so weird about it, is you could barely picture him in a Blue Jays or open uniform.

[Rich]

That's the fun of on the road again. You know, maybe we bring that show. Maybe we bring this game to the. To the show. Maybe a little more regularly.

[Covino]

We'll play it on Over Promised again. The. The show that sweeping the nation, I think, is some of the best stuff we do. It's a. It's a bit of a hybrid. It's a lot of fun. Check it out. We do it in about 20 minutes.

[Rich]

Cove. I do want to remind you, though, in 07, this might come as a surprise to you, but in 07 and 06, Frank Thomas had some big numbers in the home run department. He played his first year with the Oakland A's. 39 home runs, 114 ribbies.

[Covino]

Wow. You know, it's funny, too.

[Rich]

And then he hit 20. What is this? 26 home runs with the Blue Jays. The next Year.

[Covino]

Sometimes you look back at someone's stats, you thought they may have lost, they weren't as good, and then you realize how good they were. Like, when I think of Jason Giambi, you think of those monster numbers he put up in Oakland. Right? I'm like, yeah, when he came to the Yankees, he wasn't that good. And then you look up his numbers.

[Rich]

The Yankees, like, they were great, great as a Yankee. Yeah.

[Covino]

And you look up the stats, hey, when you're doing the bowl, scroll later, look up Giambi stats. But anyway, so answer the question I.

[Rich]

Posed before the break, and then we got home.

[Covino]

Who's your favorite crazy player?

[Rich]

Your. Your favorite crazy player. I narrowed it down to two. You could throw a wild card in there. But if I said I was going.

[Covino]

To say wild thing. Rick Vaughn.

[Rich]

Who do you find more entertaining, Jose Canseco or Lenny Dykstra?

[Covino]

The answer for me is easy. We've interviewed Lenny Dykstra, and he's a fun time. He's a little creepy. I say that respectfully.

[Rich]

He does all those weird sex tips on the Howard Stern Show. He gets.

[Danny G]

He told Colin Cowherd back in the day that he would hire private investigators to follow umpires around and he had dirt on that.

[Rich]

He would find out if an umpire was cheating on his wife. And he'd be like, hey, Hank, I hope Marcia doesn't find out about what you're doing and be like. And he said his on base percentage went up.

[Danny G]

All of a sudden, the next pitch. Ball. Next one ball.

[Covino]

Wild guy. So my favorite player would be Canseco. Like, crazy player, Canseco. Because, I mean, he was just such a beast. He was so big. He was like a big giant in the batter's box. And then he did so many goofy things. He's always blinking all the time, and he's always, like, up to some weird tweet. And then he did something weird this week. He's in the news this week doing something weird.

[Rich]

Oh, it's funny because it's so sweet. And it's not necessarily in character.

[Covino]

It's nice for Jose.

[Danny G]

It's just funny the way he looks walking around in character, in full uniform.

[Rich]

In full age uniform with a bat. Am I correct in saying he read to school children?

[Danny G]

Yeah. Las Vegas had him out to one of their elementary schools for, like, one of those reading weeks.

[Covino]

It's ridiculous. He shows up in full uniform and a bat. Like, that's ridiculous.

[Danny G]

And he answered questions for all the kids.

[Rich]

I'm Jose Canseco, and this Book is called the Puppy who Lost His Way.

[Covino]

You're right. It's sweet, but it's so hilarious. Cause you see these pictures and you see this big goon walking in this in the hallways in his uniform. It's so funny to see. And are we 100% certain it wasn't Ozzy Canseco? Like, he sends his brother out there to do this.

[Rich]

Ozzy, this one's for you.

[Covino]

It's like, you ever hear the story of Tom Hanks? You know, Tom Hanks is the voice of Woody from Toy Story, but when Tom Hanks is too busy, his brother, like, Jeb Hanks. I don't know his brother's name, but his brother, he has his brother do, like, the voiceovers for the toys and all the other Woody things he doesn't have time for.

[Isaac Loewencron]

Or his son, Brawny Hanks.

[Covino]

Yeah, y. No, no. So, like, don't forget about Chet. You remember the Woody, like, pull string. There's a snake in my boot. That's not Tom Hanks. That's his brother who's getting the royalties for that. Yeah. So, like, I wonder if. If Ozzie Canseco goes on his behalf.

[Danny G]

This looks like Jose. It says he volunteered to read to a fourth grade class for Las Vegas for their Nevada Reading Week, a statewide event to celebrate literacy. He stayed after after reading the book. He stuck around for a Q and A with the kids and he signed photos.

[Covino]

Did it say what book he read or not?

[Rich]

Yeah, the Berenstain Bears.

[Covino]

I want to know, what little golden book did he read?

[Rich]

Hey, it's me, Jose Canseco, and today we're going to read the Three Chinese Brothers.

[Danny G]

It's definitely a baseball book. You can't see the title, but you see a baseball player on the front of the book he's reading.

[Covino]

Oh, that's so funny.

[Rich]

Let's go to our buddy Isaac Loewencron, and if you can think of some other funny, crazy players like the Jose Cansecos and Lenny Dykstras of the world, hit us up Ovino and Rich for.

[Isaac Loewencron]

Me in a good way. Rex Hudler, one of the nicest, nicest guys you will ever come across. Indeed.

[Rich]

What about Turk Wendell? Remember, he would throw.

[Covino]

Yeah.

[Rich]

Number 99, snake teeth around his neck and he would slam down the rosin bag every time.

[Isaac Loewencron]

I love it. I mean, the list just goes on and on and on in Major League Baseball. But I also echo Ricky Henderson. He briefly was with the Dodgers. He lockered next of all people, Dave Roberts, now the Dodgers manager and they got along great. But. But Ricky Henderson could not stop referring to him as Robinson. He would be repeatedly told his name's not Dave Robinson, it's Roberts. And Ricky was like, yeah, I get it. Robinson. Robinson right in character for Rickey Henderson. Austin Wells and Anthony Volpe hit home runs for the New York Yankees today in their 42 opening day win over the brewers, who left runners at second and third in the ninth inning. Baltimore Orioles hit six home runs and a 122 win at Toronto. Adelaide Rutchman and Cedric Mullins homered twice. Tyler O'Neal homer on opening day for the sixth straight season. San Francisco Giants rallied to win at Cincinnati 64 Giants trailed 32 entering the top of the ninth inning scored to tied and then Wilmer Flores had a go ahead three run home run. Right now the Phillies and Nationals tied at three in the top half of the ninth inning. Crazy game because Washington go ahead.

[Rich]

I'm sorry. Stott just swung at ball four totally with the base loaded and full count too.

[Isaac Loewencron]

So they are going to the bottom of the ninth inning tied at three. Washington starter Mackenzie Gore struck out 13 through six innings, allowed just one hit. They took him out after just 93 pitches leading one to nothing. And then Bryce Harper and Kyle Schwaber promptly hit home runs against the Nationals bullpen. Thanks a lot nerds. Meanwhile, the Nationals did come back to tie it 3 3. Juan Soto, making his debut for the New York Mets, singled to right, walked, flied to left and then walked again. However, the Mets trail three nothing at Houston after eight innings and the Boston Red Sox with a five two bot of the ninth lead at Texas. Boston's Wheeler Abreu hit two home runs including the go ahead three run home run in the top half of the ninth inning. Rocket Mortgage helps you use your rent payments to get closer to home ownership with rent rewards. To learn how you can save up to $5,000 off the cost of your home just by paying rent, visit Rocket.com Rocket Mortgage LLC. Licensed in all 50 states states nmlsconsumeraccess.org Also licensed in all 50 states, Covino and Rich.

[Rich]

I just took a look.

[Covino]

That's an update man.

[Rich]

By the way, great update Isaac. I just took a look. I was wondering who pitched for the Rangers today and it was Charlie Huff. It was Evaldi. I was, I was, I was close. I was hoping as much as he's not a Met anymore, I was like I hope deGrom didn't get roughed up in game one. But yeah, I guess he'll he'll pitch tomorrow. All right, we got more Covino and Rich next right here on FOX Sports Radio.

[Covino]

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[Rich]

Whether you know exactly what you want or you're looking for a great recommendation, Tire Rack makes it easy. You're going to get fast free shipping, free road hazard protection, and convenient installation options, including mobile installation where they bring the tires to your home or office.

[Covino]

And of course, the best selection, including the full line of Continental tires. And they don't just sell tires, they test them on the road and their test tracks. So learn how the tires you want to tackle, the tires you want tackle evasive maneuvers, drive and stop in the rain, or just handle your everyday commute.

[Rich]

Here's the deal. Tirek.com sports get the continental test results, ratings and reviews and be sure to check out all the current special offers. That's tirerack.com sports tireact.com the way tire buying should Be.

[Larison Campbell]

There's a type of soil in Mississippi called Yazoo Clay. It's thick, burnt orange, and it's got a reputation.

[Mary Kay McBrayer]

It's terrible, terrible dirt.

[Larison Campbell]

Yazoo clay eats everything, so things that get buried there tend to stay buried until they're not. In 2012, construction crews at Mississippi Biggest hospital made a shocking discovery.

[Rich]

7,000 bodies out there or more, all.

[Larison Campbell]

Former patients of the old state asylum, and nobody knew they were there.

[Rich]

It was my family's mystery.

[Larison Campbell]

But in this corner of the south, it's not just the soil that keeps secrets.

[Rich]

Nobody talks about it.

[Larison Campbell]

Nobody has any information. When you peel back the layers of Mississippi's Yazoo Clay, nothing's ever as simple as you think.

[Nikki Glaser]

The story is much more complicated and nuanced than that.

[Larison Campbell]

I'm Larison Campbell. Listen to under yazukle on the iHeartRadio app, Apple podcast, or wherever you get your podcast.

[Bob Pittman]

Hi, I'm Bob Pittman, chairman and CEO of iHeartMedia. I'm excited to introduce a brand new season of my podcast, Math and Stories from the Frontiers of Marketing. I'm having conversations with some interesting folks across a wide range of industries to hear how they reach the top of their fields and the lessons they learned along the way that everyone can use. I'll be joined by innovative leaders like Chairman and CEO of Health Beauty Tarang Amin.

[Covino]

The way I approach risk is constantly try things and actually make it okay to fail.

[Bob Pittman]

I'm sitting down with legendary singer, songwriter and philanthropist Jewel.

[Nikki Glaser]

I wanted a way to do something that I loved for the rest of my life.

[Bob Pittman]

We're also hearing how leaders brought their businesses out of unprecedented times, like Stefan Bonsell, CEO of Moderna.

[Covino]

It becomes a human decision to decide to throw by the window your business strategy and to do what you think is the right thing for the world.

[Bob Pittman]

Join me as we uncover innovations in data and analytics, the math, and the ever important creative spark, the magic. Listen to math and magic stories from the frontiers of Marketing on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcast, or wherever you get your podcast.

[George M. Johnson]

We ready to fight? I'm ready to fight. Is that.

[Covino]

I thought it was.

[George M. Johnson]

Oh, this is Fighting Words. Okay, I'll put the hammer back. Hi, I'm George M. Johnson, a best selling author with the second most banned book in America. Now more than ever, we need to use our voices to fight back. And that's what we are doing on Fighting Words. We're not gonna let anyone silence us.

[Covino]

That's the reason why they're banning books like yours, George. That's the reason why they're trying to stop the teaching of black history or.

[Rich]

Queer history, any history that challenges the.

[George M. Johnson]

Whitewashed norm or put us in a box. Black people have never, ever depended on the so called mainstream to support us. That's why we are great. We are the greatest, greatest culture makers in world history. Listen to Fighting Words on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast.

[Mary Kay McBrayer]

I'm Mary Kay McBrayer, host of the podcast the Greatest True Crime Stories Ever Told. Join me every week as I tell some of the most enthralling traffic. True crime stories about women who are not just victims, but heroes or villains, or often somewhere in between. Listen to the greatest true crime stories ever told on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

[George M. Johnson]

Love at first swipe? I highly doubt it. What's your biggest red flag? No, no, no. What's your ultimate green flag? These days, reality TV and social media have us thinking love is instant. We're marrying strangers at first sight. We're finding love through walls, or we're even judging people by balloon pops. But what really makes a relationship last? On this episode of Dope Labs, poet, author and relationship expert Young Pueblo breaks down the psychology and biology of loving better. And he provides eye opening insights and advice that we all, all need. It's a big realization moment that you should not be postponing your happiness like your greatest happiness. Is not necessarily going to, like, come from a relationship. Your partner, they should add to your happiness, but your happiness is really coming from within. You listen to Dope labs on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast.

[Rich]

Mets not going down easy.

[Covino]

Baseball.

[Rich]

What An F bat by Acuna Jr. That's like pitch 10 of the at bat, huh?

[Covino]

They got the first two on. You got your bloop. Now you need a blast to tie it up. The Mets are down three nothing.

[Danny G]

That's baseball.

[Covino]

And Acuna Junior's up. So. Hey, baseball's back, man. Cavino and Rich. We're also back on Fox Sports Radio.

[Rich]

That guy happy about his Yanks. Me hanging in with the Mets. A lot of Dodgers fans in the room.

[Danny G]

Yeah, they rolled the blue carpet out.

[Rich]

By the way, those Dodgers uniforms with the gold lettering and the hats are sick.

[Covino]

Those are so dope. They're so nice.

[Rich]

I hate to say it, but they're so damn nice. Let me remind you, though, that we got Sweden Action Today and DraftKings all about the underdogs. And I got a couple possible underdog things going on that I'm really feeling. Maryland, six and a half point underdog to Florida.

[Covino]

Yay. Yay.

[Rich]

And Michigan, a five seed. I really like Michigan nine and a half point doggies as well, so I like them as well.

[Covino]

Wow. Well, enjoy your madness, baby. Dipsy. Do Dunkaroo. Enjoy your college basketball, but enjoy Ice Cube being paraded around Dodger Stadium in a slammed Impala getting his flowers, as they say. What a celebration they're putting on, though, at Dodger Stadium.

[Rich]

It's incredible, let me tell you. That is pretty awesome what they're doing. But Acuna just walked.

[Covino]

He. And he put up a stellar at bat to load the bases for the Mets in the ninth inning. And they're down three nothing to the Astros. So, man, baseball really slaying it. I know it's all about the madness right now and I know it's all about college basketball and it's heating up, but opening day is delivering. Just setting the tone for what I predict is going to be a really exciting season for the ages. And again, we're Covino and Rich. Brought to you by Travis Matthew apparel designed for conference confidence and comfort. Wearing my Travis Matthew MLB collection today, my Yankee shirt. No matter where the day takes you, remember travismathew.com they have you covered. Receive 20% off your first order when you sign up for emails travismathieu.com 20% off your first order when YOU sign up. Thanks again to travismathieu.com now, quick reminder, Rich. Tomorrow, is it me or Bill Belichick? It's the game to sweep in the nation. Cavino or Bill Belichick? Apparently we're the same guy. Plus, we get you ready for the weekend with weekend hobnobbing. That's on tomorrow's. But in just eight minutes, we give you over promised our bonus show on fox Sports Radio's YouTube page. So get ready and join us live.

[Rich]

No doubt. Now, before we get out of here, I know we got like two minutes. I'm like so locked into this. Best game. Bases loaded, no outs, are down three.

[Covino]

Quack, quack, quack.

[Rich]

As you said during the last break, we were talking about how baseball, if you're not feeling the momentum of baseball and the fans and everything going on with mlb, you're. You're sleeping, you're living under a rock. There's a vibe.

[Covino]

There's definitely a different level of excitement. No doubt, in the past two years.

[Rich]

Just saw the Bryce Harper home run earlier. You know, superstars young pitcher on the Nationals struck out a 13. Like, it's just a lot, a lot of good baseball and I'm pumped. But there's a viral video from a couple days ago. You and I have been goofing about it off the air.

[Covino]

Yeah, Morning routine guy. His name is Ashton hall and sweeping the nation. Have you seen this guy with his ridiculous morning routine?

[Rich]

Wakes up at three in the morning, splashes like, like ice water in his face.

[Covino]

No, no, no. Saratoga sparkling water. He. He dunks his face in it to, I guess open up his. Talking about this, tighten up his pores. Like it's gone so viral, people are making parody videos of it. It's so next level. He's taking a swim. He's writing in his journal. He's, you know, brushing his teeth for over two minutes.

[Rich]

And he does all this before Danny, you and I and Kavino and everyone even wakes up.

[Covino]

But he's getting. Who gets up damn early? It's so ridiculous. I think. I think what's cool about it is you take a little piece of it here and there, right? But it really makes you feel terrible about your morning routine. I'm not meditating.

[Rich]

I don't got time for a sweat. You know, my morning routine, like wearing yesterday's clothes while I put on a pair of Crocs to drop my kids off at school.

[Covino]

Dude, it's gone so viral, it's everywhere. And if you haven't seen it yet, you're bound to see it tonight.

[Rich]

And everyone's mocking him. What is it, Logan? Paul. People are making videos. Yo, Martin. You Martin Weiss? Who's gonna be in with the odd couple next? This guy's out of his mind, huh? I know. I had some Saratoga water this morning.

[Covino]

All right. Same day.

[Rich]

Same kind of day, though.

[Covino]

Same kind of day. Nothing changed. Well, this guy's dipping his face in it, so.

[Rich]

Sipping it.

[Covino]

You gotta see I was missing the ice in the bowl, so maybe that was the problem.

[Rich]

No bananas and. Oh, he had. He rubbed bananas on his face. I feel like we got. You have to do this one day.

[Covino]

Yeah.

[Rich]

Maybe wake up one day and see if it changes everything.

[Danny G]

I dip my face in vodka.

[Covino]

Yeah.

[Rich]

You can shine your shoes with banana peels.

[Covino]

This. Yeah, it sounds impossible. Dude, you know what? But this is what he does for a living. He's a fitness lifestyle coach and all that. So we'll talk about that and more tomorrow. But join us on over Promised.

[Rich]

Not until then, Ariva. Dare she, baby.

[Covino]

See you in the over promised land.

[Rich]

Goodbye.

[Nikki Glaser]

This is Nikki Glaser from the Nikki Glazer podcast. Have you guys seen this new commercial from Stand up to All Hate? It's basically Snoop Dogg and Tom Brady going back and forth with reasons that they hate each other. But then when you really listen to them, the reasons for the hate are just so stupid. I don't know. This commercial really got me. It's a strong reminder that hate in our country continues to be out of control. So join us at iHeart in standing up to it. If you see hate, speak up. Call it out. Your voice is a powerful tool in this fight. You can learn more by following supwithhate in Mississippi.

[Larison Campbell]

Yazoo Clay keeps secrets.

[Rich]

7000 bodies out there or more.

[Larison Campbell]

A forgotten asylum cemetery.

[Rich]

It was my family's mystery.

[Larison Campbell]

Shame, guilt, propriety. Something keeps it all buried deep. Until it's not. I'm Larison Campbell, and this is Under Yazoo Clay. Listen on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast.

[Mary Kay McBrayer]

I'm Mary Kay McBrayer, host of the podcast the Greatest True Crime Stories Ever Told. This season explores women from the 19th century to now. Women who were murderers and scammers, but also women who were photojournalists, lawyers, writers, and more. This podcast tells more than just the brutal, gory details of horrific acts. I delve into the good, the bad, the difficult, and all the nuance I can find, because these are the stories that we need to know to understand the intersection of society, justice, and the fascinating workings of the human psyche. Join me every week as I tell some of the most enthralling true crime stories about women who are not just victims, but heroes or villains, or often somewhere in between. Listen to the greatest true crime stories ever told on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Bob Pittman]

Hi, I'm Bob Pittman, chairman and CEO of iHeartMedia. I'm excited to introduce a brand new season of my podcast, Math and Stories from the Frontiers of Marketing. I'm having conversations with some folks across a wide range of industries to hear how they reach the top of their fields and the lessons they learned along the way that everyone can use. I'll be joined by innovative leaders like Chairman and CEO of Elf Beauty Tarang Amin, legendary singer, songwriter and philanthropist Jewel.

[Nikki Glaser]

Being a rock star is very fun, but helping people is way more fun.

[Bob Pittman]

And Damian Maldonado, CEO of American Financing.

[Rich]

I figured out the formula. I just have to work hard, then that's magic.

[Bob Pittman]

Join me as we uncover innovations in data and analytics, the math, and the ever important creative spark, the magic. Listen to math and magic on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast.

[George M. Johnson]

If you truly believe in liberation, you have to cover everybody. Hi, I'm George M. Johnson, a bestselling author with the second most banned book in America. In this week's episode of my new podcast, Fighting Words, I talk with the iconic actress Gabrielle Union about some of her pivotal roles and how to be a good parent in the face of today's backlash against black and queer communities. If you are more concerned about what your fellow racists think about you, you've already lost. Listen to Fighting Words on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.