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Rich Davis
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Dan Buyer
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Covino
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Dan Buyer
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Covino
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Rich Davis
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Covino
Now, who's the saddest guy in all the land today?
Rich Davis
Who?
Covino
Jay Z. I don't care. Lost one deadly squad about that guy. Oh, but he bet a million.
Rich Davis
Yeah, but you keep talking about it.
Covino
Couldn't care.
Rich Davis
I'm not saying it's not news. I'm just saying I feel zero sympathy at all for that guy.
Covino
I didn't say, I didn't say you should be all bent about it, but I'm saying Jay Z was so good.
Rich Davis
You want to bet? Yeah. You want to bet a million dollars? Beat it. I'm glad he's losing.
Danny G
And it's like you dropping 100.
Covino
I mean, you know, you're, you're so confident that you bet a million on thunder and five. And then just like that, three games in, your bet's done.
Rich Davis
And it's such a battle. Like I said, it came down to the fourth quarter, very close game, until the Pacers, problem solved, figured it out, made their shots, played good D, turned it around, pulled away with it in the fourth quarter. It's been so back and forth that every time a team loses, the next team wins. So based on this pattern, and it's been the same for both teams throughout the postseason, throughout the playoffs, OKC wins the next game. You follow that pattern. Indiana Pacers win this, and maybe Danny G. Is right all along. We'll see what happens.
Covino
Let me throw, let me throw this out. I had written down first hour. Are Jay Z sympathies? Oh, no, no, no, no.
Rich Davis
It's, it's a fun tidbit of information, but if you think I care at all. And I'm a Jay Z fan. I'm not saying that he stinks or anything like that, but you want to blow money and risk money like that, you deserve to lose.
Covino
Yeah. Hov. Losing that bet is like betting the under. And if you're a football gambler, you know this feeling. You bet the under and it's like 21:10 in the first quarter and you're like, yeah, this ain't gonna work.
Danny G
You know the. The secret weapon for the Pacers? Iowa, Sam, you're gonna like this station. The Pacers playoff record with Caitlin Clark in attendance eight. No.
Iowa Sam
They finally won a game three too.
Rich Davis
Yeah.
Iowa Sam
Lost game three in each of their series. Finally won one.
Rich Davis
So maybe she is the good luck charm. Iowa. Sam, you're onto something there. I think so, man. So a big night for the Pacers. And man, just OKC was so dominant all season long. Sga mvp. You're thinking that they got this easy and it doesn't look that way as of now, but hey, we'll see.
Covino
Please, if you don't think that OKC comes back in game four ties it up. Listen, there might be.
Rich Davis
I think they will.
Covino
There might be all these jabronis that are like, swole market team. This is going to go seven and we are going to get some thrills. There's no way one of these teams just closes it out because if anything, you imagine that the Thunder will find the way. SGA didn't have a great game. They did. And the bench won that game for the Pacers. So.
Rich Davis
And we said it from the start, yes, small market team might equal bad ratings for the NBA, but it doesn't mean we're not going to have a battle for the real fans actually care and want to tune in. So that's what we're getting so far. I'm digging it.
Covino
And that's the misconception. I saw someone hit us up on Twitter yesterday with that same dumb debate saying that we were insinuating it's not a good finals because of the small market teams. No, no, we've never said that. What we've said is the networks don't like it, but the true NBA basketball fans are going to get a great series.
Danny G
Before the finals started, we pointed out it was a great matchup.
Covino
Yeah, it's.
Danny G
I was. And I thought it was going to be fast paced and a lot of energy on the floor and that's what we've got.
Covino
You're absolutely right. I just pointed out that who cares about the networks? But they're the ones that are like, oh no. I do agree with Oklahoma.
Rich Davis
One thing Jason McIntyre said on the hur heard it's the lack of star power where the casual fans sort of tune out therefore and small market therefore the ratings will be down. But we're getting a really great NBA Finals.
Covino
You could argue that SGA doesn't appear to be the guy that carries that LeBron Steph Curry torch because if he were, then we'd be excited about the beginning of a. Of a dynasty right now. Damn buyer.
Monsie
And guys, just, just a heads up with that. Cavino could have referenced me saying it on his own show yesterday, but he chose to use Jason McIntyre a completely different show on Fox.
Covino
You know what? You're a Camino. Yeah, you're. I don't know. We'll.
Monsie
We'll see. Not. Not too sure, Dan.
Rich Davis
Consider it me keeping you on your toes. I wasn't sure you were paying attention.
Covino
Is that what it is?
Danny G
Oh man.
Monsie
You know, I remember Mike Harmon always telling me how his dad always said stab kissing in. You know.
Rich Davis
What do you mean?
Monsie
I said jason Smith show with Mike Harmon. Weeknights on fox Sports Radio, 10 Eastern, 7 Pacific.
Covino
What in the hell?
Rich Davis
I just making sure you were listening. That's.
Covino
That's okay. He's testing you, Dan. He's test.
Rich Davis
You're right, it is. It's a lack of star power but guys like Halliburton are stepping up. There are bench players like you said that are stepping up. You're still going to get a battle so don't be sleeping on it. And again, hope you had a Pacers night. They're up two to one and then you got your game four on Friday and game four NHL tonight.
Covino
Well, Stanley cup again, another series that could be tied up at the end of tonight. That's 2:1 right now. We'll see what happens. I do have to selfishly check in with my guy, Dan Byer. He's slowly becoming a rich Davis guy, I can tell. How's my. How's my dude code? Senga's hamstring.
Monsie
So this is all that we know. MRI scheduled for tomorrow after injuring it today in a game that they almost gave away after his injury.
Covino
I know the Mets are hot. They won six in a row. Best record in baseball.
Rich Davis
And I hate Soto. Heating up. I hate it. I can see it.
Covino
Soto, he's got that look in his eye. I hate him. I hate Kavito. Hates Soto so.
Rich Davis
Because you could feel it happening as a Yankees fan sitting there watching him like, oh, no, here it goes.
Covino
I'll tell you, he's doing for the Mets that thing he did that I admired so much when he was on your Yankees where he swings through a pitch, looks at the pitcher and he.
Rich Davis
Gives him a okay, like I figured you out.
Covino
And then on the next pitch, hits a rocket. I remember him doing that on the Yankees in the postseason last year, saying, yo, that is ridiculous. But you know what?
Rich Davis
That ties into what we're saying about the Pacers and the magic that they're finding able to figure it out, like, oh, okay, I got you now. That's what Soto's saying to the pitcher in that moment. And that's what the Pacers are able to do. They're able to adjust and make the changes to be like, you know what? We figured it out. We got it now. We're going to win. And we've seen that, man. That's been the difference. And it's working for your boy Juan Soto too, right now. Well, you see, it's clicking. It's clicking.
Covino
I'm going to credit our very own damn Buyer. I'm not going to, you know, shout out another show like you because I.
Monsie
I respect Dan Buyer, thank you very much.
Covino
But it was just Dan yesterday who said, rich, a plethora of starting pitching cannot be a bad thing for your team. Because I said the Mets got guys like Frankie Montas and Mania coming back. Where are they going to make room? Hey, listen, if Senga, knock on wood, hopefully has like a mild hamstring, hamstring strain, you miss a starter too, you put in Blackburn or Montes when he comes back. So I think this is where you see that depth is never a bad thing, especially in starting.
Monsie
It will be an IL stint for sure. But just how long, we don't know yet.
Covino
It's two weeks and he misses two to three starts. Hey, listen, he has a league leading 1.47 ERA. So Senga's health down the line, way more important than rushing him back, especially when the Mets have again, a pretty decent depth at the starting pitching position. And you know what, Kavino, on top of all that, there are rumors that come trade deadline, it could be your Yankees or my Mets that bring Jacob deGrom back to New York. Have you seen those rumors?
Rich Davis
Yeah, I mean, it could happen.
Covino
I'll say this, as much as I want to hate on your Yankees in a playoff series, if you had Max Freed and Jacob deGrom, one, two punch, you know what?
Rich Davis
I give that a James Hetfield. Ooh, yeah.
Covino
And imagine if you had Garrett Cole too. But then again, he's not a big playoff guy. He has stumbled in the playoffs, but.
Rich Davis
This might be his chance to show that he's got it. He could earn that reign. Because Rich's biggest criticism about deGrom is he left the Mets to win with the Rangers, but he really didn't play with the Rangers.
Covino
No, I'm saying the ground's a big game. Pitcher Garrett Cole.
Rich Davis
Oh, Cole.
Covino
Yeah, he hasn't been. So I'm saying when you lost Cole, a lot of people said, well, how can the Yankees, they're going to win 90 games, they'll make the playoffs. But the Yankees got to do something to make the fact that they lost Garrett Cole.
Rich Davis
Except big moves don't come cheap. So you might have to lose a Jason Dominguez or something like that. A high young prospect or player.
Covino
Well, if you don't know what I'm talking about, I'll wrap up the baseball talk quick with. Earlier today, the Mets continued their their winning ways and on a ground ball to first base code Senga, Mets ace Cy Young level candidate this year runs over to first base to cover Pete Alonzo, who's been errant with his throws here and there. You saw it against your Yankees. Yeah, he tosses the ball a little high to Senga and you see him overextend the leg and he comes down and starts rolling on the floor and it's like, oh, scary, come on. He walks off the field. So they're hoping it's just mild, but yep, happens all the time in sports. You just hope you have depth.
Rich Davis
All right, speaking of baseball, and it's not just baseball, this applies to all of sports, but especially baseball because baseball is the longest schedule. There was an article from the athletic New York times.com Athletic about how 130 ballplayers were interviewed and surveyed and they went over the misconceptions. That's the real pronunciation.
Covino
I never get surveyed. Have you ever been surveyed?
Rich Davis
Never.
Covino
Has anyone ever come up to you.
Rich Davis
And said survey says minus Rich Davis.
Covino
Family Feud, ratings, tv, radio. Has anyone ever surveyed you? Politics. You know, they'd be like, this guy is leading in the political polls. No one's ever asked me crap.
Monsie
I only skipped surveys. Would you like to skip survey? Yes. If I knew it was for Family Feud, I'd be like, sign me up.
Rich Davis
You know that's true, right? You, you do skip it. So that's probably it. You probably are asked Rich. But anyway, the athlete, that's what all.
Monsie
Those Netflix and YouTube things. They're actually for Family Feud and we're just skipping them.
Covino
Damn. Yeah, man, I never serv. Survey says what Cavino survey says there's.
Rich Davis
A lot of ballplayers out there that are saying there's a lot of misconceptions of what it's like to be a big leaguer. Now again, if you're not a baseball fan, it doesn't matter because this applies to all professional sports. And my question right off the gate is, do you feel bad for the. Hold on. It's kind of hard to have sympathy. Goes back to the Jay Z thing when these guys are making millions of dollars and living the dream.
Covino
Hold on. All professional sports, you include hot dog eating or.
Rich Davis
No, of course I do. Yeah.
Covino
Make sure. If I could put Joey Chestnut in.
Rich Davis
This convers, I mean, of course it's the tough side of sports. That's basically what they're talking about in this new article. The challenges and the misconceptions of what it's like to be a big leaguer. Many baseball players can recognize the privilege that they have of playing the sport for a living. But every job, your job, people in the NBA, NFL, NHL, MLB has its share of challenges. Our life is awesome, but it's not as easy as people think it is. Yeah, money and celebrity and hitting home runs and playing a kids game, it's fun. But it's not all it's cut out to be. That's what they're saying. And they go over some of the things that some people sometimes forget about. And I'm wondering again, do you feel bad? Do you keep these things in mind or do you not care at all? Get out there and play and get out there and win because you're compensated fairly for it.
Covino
Look at it this way. The other day I forgot what the conversation was because we talk about a million things every day. We're the most, not only interactive, but we cover so much in this two hour span. The other day we were just talking about how no matter what your job is, you're going to have moments where it sucks. Remember I even referenced like, you could be an adult film star. Be like, man, today I got to go. It's a me and four women. There's even dudes in the adult industry that are like, man, I hate my job today. No matter what you do, you could be a starting quarterback in the NFL. And there's days where like, man, this stinks. And he's like, dude, you're a quarter.
Rich Davis
Hey, that's life. Right? But their life Is not all sunshine and rainbows, as the great Rocky Balboa said.
Covino
I mean, dude, think about presidents of the United States. You talk about, is there any more of an honor than being the president? And you always see those before and after pictures of Obama, Clinton, Bush and Trump. Like, you age thankless.
Rich Davis
Yeah. Four years later, you look like old man Clements. Anytime. They always. They often compare, like manager of the Yankees the same way, too. I mean, any coach or big league manager, it's highly stressful. You're putting wear and tear and age on your body. Dealing with the media, dealing with the day to day grind. So the athletic covers MLB players and the biggest misconceptions about travel and missing family events. Now, Danny G, Sam Beyer, Rich, this whole thing was done anonymously, though. I don't know how you feel about that.
Covino
I like that. I like it because people will not be scared to give a real answer. Because if, let's say Bryce Harper or Mike Trout or Pete Alonzo or some big star said something, you might be like, oh, yeah, okay, crybaby.
Rich Davis
I bet you Juan Soto said all of this stuff. That's my guess.
Covino
You love Juan Soto.
Rich Davis
I could be here, but I miss my family. I bet you Soto said all this.
Covino
I.
Rich Davis
That's my guess.
Covino
I feel like before we even get into this.
Rich Davis
Yeah.
Covino
I'm gonna have way more sympathy. Okay, so you're a like work, work, work type of guy.
Rich Davis
I'll give you some of the examples. Well, you got to keep in mind, Rich, they're playing a kid's game. They're living the dream. These are the players blessed from the gods that actually made it. Every young boy all over the world, especially here in America, you pick up a bat and like, you know what? Even before you have the stupid thought of, I'm gonna be an astronaut, you're like, I'm gonna play in the big leagues.
Covino
I'm gonna be a fireman, I'm gonna.
Rich Davis
Play in the NFL. They're living the dream.
Covino
Yeah.
Rich Davis
And they're getting paid millions of dollars. Women, celebrity mansions, fast cars, they got it all. But they're saying there is a tough side. And one of the things that comes up is, dude, I missed my mom. I missed 17 birthdays in a row. I didn't even get to celebrate with my mom. Missed his family's birthday. Seventeen years in a row is one of the stories. And forget about your mom. Even though time with your mom and dad is limited, and that's important. Part of that is missing your own kids birthdays and missing Them grow up. So that's. That's a big, big factor for all professional sports because you're traveling all the time. And that's another thing, the travel. There seems to be a giant misconception of, yeah, they got on a plane, whoop dee doo. But the wear and tear that it takes on your body to recover, the packing up every week that no one ever factors in. And when you think about what a drag it is to pack up, like, even if you're going to the sweetest destination, you know, you put off packing to the last minute because it sucks. They have to do that every. Basically every other week.
Covino
Yep.
Rich Davis
If not every week. So traveling, packing up, missing birthdays, the feeling of they're letting people down. This was another big one too. They see their time is so limited. It's like they got to get out there, take some batting practice. They see these kids and they want to sign autographs and everything. But you know what? They got to get out. They got to get ready. They gotta pack. They gotta get on a flight. They gotta get into the clubhouse and get ready. They don't have time for all that. So they feel like they're letting kids down all the time. They come across as arrogant, and that's never how they want to be perceived, but that's how they are left feeling. And that's how people talk about them on social media, which is a whole other aspect of the misconceptions and downside of everything that we seem to glorify.
Covino
I saw something in this athletic article that hit me, which was, yeah, you missed some birthdays and events for your kids. One of the anonymous players said he hasn't been to the wedding of a family member or friend in a decade. Because weddings are always, usually what, spring and summer or fall weekends. And if you're playing and your team makes the postseason, you're not. You're not going to a wedding.
Rich Davis
You.
Covino
You are missing every wedding unless it's in a little couple month window because.
Danny G
It might be a good thing. Been to some weddings where you didn't want to be there.
Covino
Danny, I don't want to do the.
Rich Davis
Conga to bust your poind.
Danny G
No, thank you.
Covino
I'm a huge wedding fan. I love going to wedd.
Danny G
Does not surprise me.
Rich Davis
I love Rich shows off his electric slide.
Covino
I love drinking. I love dancing. I love seeing love. I love a wedding.
Rich Davis
Well, speaking of summers, Rich, when these weddings go down anonymously, of course. I haven't had a summer since I was 8 or 9 years old. Think about that.
Covino
Conga line now. Okay, say that one again. That's a big one.
Rich Davis
You haven't had a summer since you were 8 or 9.
Covino
But you know what?
Rich Davis
You have probably some sort of built in pool, some sort of grotto probably in your own backyard that you don't diving off of. I'm sure you're able to use it from here, here and there.
Danny G
I mean, can we go back to the travel really quick?
Rich Davis
Yeah. They're saying it's way more of a grind than we could ever imagine.
Danny G
I understand that it takes some out of you to travel, but I feel bad for players way back in the day who traveled commercial, who traveled on broken down buses. Nowadays they are in the LA of luxury. These teams really take good care of them. And in your life as a famous athlete, you have a lot of people trying to help you. Like if you watch the starting five on Netflix, Anthony Edwards, his uncle did all of his packing for him for every trip and Anthony Edwards threw him some money. He said every other week he gave him some money for helping out. These guys are not doing this on their own. Some of them might be, but a lot of them have the family support. Do their wives have to grind and do a 9 to 5 like our wives do? I'm sure they're there to support that.
Rich Davis
Well, Dan, I'm glad you brought that up too. And you're right, there's a flip side, right? Hey, man, you got the money to make all these things happen. But think of the, think of the pressure you're putting on your significant other who signed up for this lifestyle, right? But that puts a major strain on your relationship. So not only are you missing out on time with your kids, major strain on any relationship in your life. That's why, hate to quote them, but he did it all, right? He did everything.
Danny G
There's more strain not having money to pay your bills and your significant other having that sort of stress.
Rich Davis
You know, a lot of people say absence makes the heart grow fonder. It sometimes makes the heart grow colder. And that wife, that significant other starts getting bitter towards you not being there and she's picking up all the slack while you're hitting home runs.
Covino
I agree. Being broke is worse than missing someone in so many cases.
Rich Davis
But you know, the guy who had the greatest blueprint to life, Derek Jeter, didn't get married, didn't have kids, didn't do any of these things until his career was over.
Danny G
And that's why, if I was a professional athlete, I think I would wait as well.
Rich Davis
There's still other things to get to the downside because we do, we glorify, glorified every day. What are some of those other things that maybe we have a misconception of? It's all in this article from the Athletic and we'll get to it. Next.
Covino
I, I think about it and I'm going to read our feedback at Covino and Rich.
Rich Davis
Well, the question is, do you have any sympathy?
Covino
I do, I do. I do. Listen, because I know it's a big thing to say, well, put money aside because money's such a big part of it. It's like it's telling you to put the biggest element aside. You know, put aside the $50 million you're making in the NBA. That's hard to put aside. But being away from your family, that's a price tag of its own, right?
Rich Davis
It is. And it's a sacrifice.
Covino
I think, you know, the unsung heroes are the guys that travel with these teams that aren't paid that way.
Rich Davis
Podcasters do that too.
Covino
I think about it all the time.
Rich Davis
Like, don't you wonder how Michael guys like Michael K have a life?
Covino
My, we have, we have a buddy that works for the wwe. We have friends that work for the NBA or like baseball like Steve Gelbs and Gary Cohen and these guys that they're going on every road trip. To me, some of those jobs seem so cool. Like, oh man, that must be awesome. I don't think I would ever want to do it.
Rich Davis
Yeah. You're sacrificing a lot.
Danny G
Yeah.
Monsie
And I don't think that ball players are the only profession that travels.
Rich Davis
No.
Monsie
So like there's others where CEOs and people are flying across country and doing this and that.
Danny G
People in sales.
Monsie
Yeah.
Covino
And they're making a fraction of the money, right?
Monsie
Absolutely.
Covino
And they're not playing a kids game.
Monsie
And they're doing it year round. And that's the one place where I have like sympathy and empathy is where you just, you don't get a day like very rare. Like you get a day off. But that day off may be like, hey, we're traveling to Baltimore because we got to start a three game set at that point to, to sit there and always have to be there and in baseball player mode for five straight months or waiting up at least to the All Star break.
Covino
I think the All Star break is the All Star breaks like three days.
Monsie
Yes.
Covino
And we make it seem like they got a month off. Dan Byer, again, amazing point. And I'll tell you why you kissing a Because Dan's right. Yes, we, we do our show here on Fox Sports Radio on Friday. We don't do our other podcast on Fridays. We have so sort of like a half day. We just do this show. Then we have Friday night, Saturday, Sunday. And we sometimes be like, man, that wasn't enough to refresh. Dan Byers. Right. You might, A baseball player has a Monday or Thursday off, but you know what I mean, is usually spent on a plane.
Rich Davis
There's a flip side. Like Danny G. Pointed out before, they also have youth on their side. So tell me, when you were in your early 20s and early 30s, in the prime of your career, you weren't putting in the extra work, the extra hours, the extra grind. It's kind of what they're doing for the rest of their life because they have the rest of their adult life to sort of chill. Their career's over. At 40.
Monsie
I traveled for college football early at my time here at Fox Sports Radios. Every weekend at a different game and usually on the other side of the country, grinding it was, but it was every weekend. So I'd come back, fly back on a Sunday, leave again on a Thursday. And it was the same way. Circle through the one week where they're like, we don't, we're not going to a game that week and we're not covering. It was amazing. It was like it was worth the world to not just go on a plane that one weekend after doing it for 10 straight weeks.
Covino
I don't know if you've noticed because of our industry, Dan Byer, I'm sure you follow a lot of broadcasters and your, you know, acquaintances with folks that work for fox, espn, NBC. You do notice that once the season ends, they all go on like three week vacation with their family. Like you always see, like, oh, there's Kevin Burkhardt on a, you know, on a vacation for three weeks or hey, there's this guy. You know why Kavino? Because they put so much time in that when that season ends, it's, it's, you know, they have the only time of the year to do what they want to do.
Rich Davis
Exactly. And there's more reasons that you might feel a little bad for them or not at all. Are you hearing wah, Is that what you're hearing? Or are you saying, you know what? Never thought of it that way. I kind of understand. They also express that even when your family's in town, they're there to support you, but you don't have time for them because you're obligated to be There at practice, like your schedule doesn't align with everything they're doing. Your hours are always off. And we can't forget the struggle that they all put in just to be there with the minor league salaries and things like that.
Covino
Can I give you the weakest mild comparison?
Rich Davis
Sure.
Covino
Next weekend we're going to be having a big event in Vegas. The. The head count is getting a little out of control. Keep them coming. I'm excited. This could be our biggest party we've ever had. My wife's coming, bro.
Danny G
All seven of my kids are coming.
Covino
Danny. I, I already told my wife, like, I'm probably not going to talk to you much.
Rich Davis
Yeah, we all have to divide and.
Covino
Conquer because we're going to be schmoozing and being thankful for all the listeners and support. So I said, honey, yeah. And so it's like a wedding that's like a small microcosm of the.
Rich Davis
The.
Danny G
But you still. They still get to give you a hug. What about our military?
Covino
That's true.
Rich Davis
Oh yeah. See, when you put it, you don't.
Danny G
Get to go visit your, your mom or dad when they're in the military.
Covino
That's also chosen. There's no draft.
Danny G
They choose that life chose the professional sports life as well.
Rich Davis
How many people in this country are check to check, right? So a lot of people reading this.
Danny G
And like 75 of us.
Rich Davis
Yeah. So a lot of people like, oh, you didn't get to go to the wedding. And I do sympathize with a lot of their schedule and a lot of the struggles. It's gotta be tough. But like Danny G. Said, they made that choice. They're living that life. But please keep in mind too, the flip side here is these dudes are done at 40 something years old. They got the rest of their life to do everything else. That's not the case for the average American person.
Covino
But you keep saying it like the rest of your life is guaranteed and oh, you're gonna live to 90 and have a healthy, long life.
Rich Davis
Rich. That's a better. You would. This is a better lottery draw grab than what regular people have, you know.
Covino
To compare it to a celebrity couple. That's why it was very talked about when Travis Kelsey and Taylor Swift seem to go above and beyond to be there for each other. Which got a lot of eye rolls but a lot of attention because, you know he's going to Japan, showing up to a game. She in between her tour stops are like, you know, I don't. I love this dude. She's thinking, I Gotta go see him. And when you really think about those two, Easy to mock, but that's what made them such an interesting story last year.
Rich Davis
Right? I think the takeaway here is, yes, these guys are living the life in all professional sports. They really are. They're living the dream.
Covino
And they were asked, by the way, what the. What the setback is.
Rich Davis
But it's not all fun. It's not all sunshine and rainbows. Not to repeat myself, but it's just not all glamour and glitz. There's a lot of downside.
Danny G
I would say it's like a movie set, Covino. Like we put actors and actresses up on a pedestal. Yeah, but there's so much downtime, you.
Rich Davis
Know, just to hurry up and wait, like.
Danny G
Exactly.
Rich Davis
They're sitting around on time with the.
Danny G
Yes, their lives are very interesting. We see the finished product.
Rich Davis
Right.
Danny G
But we're not there during the grind of it all, so.
Rich Davis
And truthfully, we don't care. So they have to deal with that, too. Nobody cares that, you know, we play 162 games a year. We don't. We really don't. But this article is trying to express that. Hey, man, it's not as easy as we think.
Covino
Yeah. Let's go to my favorite news anchor. Maybe not Cavino's Dan Buyer. What's going on, man?
Monsie
When Monty's here in an hour. I know that answer may change, but since he's not here, I'll take it right now.
Covino
Hey, look at the clock. It's time. Win 50 hits. Let's go.
Rich Davis
There's a surge.
Covino
Yeah. What we gonna do right here is go back.
Rich Davis
Into time.
Danny G
Throwing it back for a Thursday, old school, when 50 hits at 50 after CNR give you the time capsule topic. And we reminisce together.
Rich Davis
Yeah, we reminisce and we get you involved every Thursday, old school and 50 hits on the clock. But Danny G, This Thursday, it's like one line at a time, right?
Danny G
Yeah, for sure. So your call is really going to matter this afternoon slash this. And you got to make it count because they are working on our phone system right now. Only one of the lines is functioning at the moment.
Rich Davis
Can we give incentive, though? Like if you completely unlock a memory and we're all like, no. Oh, man, I forgot about that. How about we'll give you a Swiggy if you're able to do that. All right.
Danny G
I got at the mailing list right in front of me.
Rich Davis
Perfect. 87799 on Fox is the number. Now, you got to realize that this Week out here in California. Yeah. Lots of protests and lots of craziness. Right. But school also wrapped up this week here in la.
Covino
Look at me.
Rich Davis
And school is pretty much winding down for everyone else in this country.
Danny G
Next Friday, the first official day of summer.
Rich Davis
Yeah. Kids are graduating out here in la. So we're starting to think about school time and the end of school and something that you would find in schools in the 80s and 90s that you wouldn't find today. That's the question. So think back. Put yourself in your grade school, high school classroom. Something that you used to see there then that you don't see now that your kids are like, I don't know what you're talking about.
Covino
Go. So many things come to mind.
Rich Davis
So many things.
Covino
I'm going to give you one. I'll get the obvious one. Out the gate, out the way.
Rich Davis
Do you think there's a number one answer?
Covino
I mean, one that you know, you're just not seeing anymore? You know what that is? That old ass TV with the VCR on that roller and it was like had like a rope around it.
Rich Davis
They always call this genius from the A.V. club in there. And it has. Yeah, it has that stupid rope or that stupid.
Covino
It's like a harness to keep it on the stand.
Iowa Sam
It had wheels on it.
Rich Davis
No one knows how to really use it ever.
Danny G
Or the teacher would pick two students to go wheel it in.
Rich Davis
Yeah, that's so funny. But I don't think that's the number one answer. I think that's a great answer that we all remember.
Covino
And unfortunately that's how a lot of us saw the Challenger and some other, you know, pivotal moments. 9, 11. For some younger kids.
Rich Davis
Someone wheeled it in that old ass.
Covino
TV wheeled in with the vcr and again there was that like harness rope that kept it all together.
Rich Davis
I don't know what you're talking about, man. I think the number one answer on the board is the shock you feel when you go to your kids classroom for a open house or whatever and you realize that there's no more chalkboards, there's no more chalk or chalkboards.
Iowa Sam
You're like, it's messy.
Rich Davis
You have dry erase boards. What is this?
Covino
So what kid gets to go bang out the erasers?
Iowa Sam
That feeling on your fingers.
Danny G
One your dad wouldn't appreciate. At the beginning of the school year we got an email from the district saying no more vending machines on campus.
Rich Davis
Oh, wow.
Danny G
Yeah, something we all lived off the vending machine for sure.
Rich Davis
So things that you saw in schools in the classroom 80s, 90s that aren't there anymore. I'll give you another one. I don't want to steal anyone else's answer, but you know what? I'll tell you next. How about that? I said chalkboards because everything's dry erase. But I have another one I think that rivals. But I don't want to give away anyone else's answer.
Covino
All right, let's. Let's go to your feedback. Danny G. Phones are hot, but again, they're broken. So I don't got the names, but I see them ringing.
Danny G
Yes, sir. Let's start with Milo and Bakersfield. Yeah. So breaking news. Four of the lines now are functioning. Yeah, baby. Plus three. All right. Yeah. For some reason some of the lines are dark today, but Milo and Bakersfield, let's start off with you.
Covino
What's up, Milo?
G
Hey, big up. No respect to CNR and the crew. Thanks for having me.
Covino
Hey, thank you, man. What's up?
G
So you stole my answer with the VCR combo cart. But the best thing about that was minimum day on a Friday three day weekend. When you saw that in class, you knew it was gonna be a chill day. Nowadays everything's streaming, so you don't know when the teachers are gonna throw anything up.
Rich Davis
You would try your hardest to not to. To like not fall asleep while they were playing something on that.
G
But I gotta. I got another answer. Overhead projector.
Rich Davis
That was mine. Man, I'm glad I didn't say it. I was thinking the same thing.
Covino
Yeah. What do they do now? Just.
Rich Davis
It's all. It's all computer screens.
Covino
So you just. They have a project.
Iowa Sam
Nicer projectors that actually like fit to the ceiling.
Rich Davis
Exactly.
Iowa Sam
It's, you know, not the ones with the.
Rich Davis
And they're usually projecting something off the computer.
Covino
Mirroring your laptop on the screen.
Danny G
Remember when Al Davis wheeled. Went out for his press conference and people were like, what is that?
Rich Davis
But ours had the same technology as like an old school bowling alley. Kind of. Remember they would put this like. Like wax paper. What do you even call that? That, that.
Covino
Transparency.
Rich Davis
Transparency paper with the. This is an erasable marker.
Covino
Obtuse angle. This is an acute angle.
Rich Davis
Exactly. Those old school overhead projectors.
Danny G
I hated when the teacher spent two hours doing that.
Iowa Sam
Well, I think we get hot too.
Rich Davis
I'm gonna say one that no one's gonna say. Pencil sharpener from the 1800s. That Ben Franklin style pencil sharpener. You got that damn right.
Iowa Sam
Pencils anymore or what?
Rich Davis
No, kids don't even write script or cursive anymore. But remember that Old. It was, like, there probably for a hundred years. It was from, like, Walnut Grove. Like, Charles Ingalls used that pencil sharpener, and you used the same one. What up, Dan Beyer?
Monsie
I'll tell you what, guys. There is one thing that I thought this may be a bit of stretching it. How about actual students? Because when I was growing up, homeschooling was so foreign. If there was a kid who was homeschooled, he might also have been a Sasquatch.
Covino
That's true.
Monsie
Because, like, you heard of him, you didn't know. Maybe you saw him in town once, but he wasn't within your friend group. He was just a kid that was there. Homeschooling was so foreign. So to spin it that way, actual students. Now it seems very common.
Covino
Really funny you would say that, because when I, you know, coach these kids in Little League and Pony Ball, there's always one or two kids on the team that are homeschooled. And I don't think I knew a homeschool kid. You heard of one?
Monsie
Yes.
Iowa Sam
His mom gives him haircuts with a bowl.
Covino
He's very pale.
Iowa Sam
He doesn't step outside.
Covino
Correct. I got one rare.
Danny G
It was like Bigfoot and DB During COVID The kids were all on Zoom.
Monsie
Yes.
Danny G
Nobody was.
Monsie
Now it's normal.
Covino
I got one that might still be there because they never removed them. But you don't see kids using them anymore. The old water fountain.
Rich Davis
Oh, yeah.
Covino
Every kid has their water bottle. Bottle of water. I remember gym class. I got my Stanley, our gym teacher.
Iowa Sam
How are you supposed to fill up the water unless you have a fountain?
Covino
I'm saying they have the, like, purified filter thing. Like at the airport where you hold your water bottle. Yeah.
Rich Davis
You might have to sit there in line and wait in line.
Iowa Sam
Like, oh, Especially the machines that. The fountains that had, like, the engine in it that would cool the water, make it really cold, calcified. You're like, oh, this is the best water I've ever had.
Rich Davis
Yeah. Those are so old school.
Covino
It's funny. Shout out to the late Mr. Frasca. We used to. We used to laugh how he would let you get a drink for the quickest three seconds.
Rich Davis
Yeah, yeah.
Covino
Next he'd be like, 1, 2, 3. Next, meathead. 1, 2, 3. Next,. Meathead. And I'm thinking to myself, like, now we're like, kids, you gotta hydrate. Back then, if you're like, can I get a drink of water?
Rich Davis
You're like, no. Exactly.
Danny G
The old water fountains are like old phone booths now. Like, do you Know, we have one here in the hallway. No, obviously, no one ever uses.
Iowa Sam
I haven't used that thing in years.
Covino
I'm the only one that occasionally, on my way out, we'll take a sip and it shoots to the ceiling.
Iowa Sam
Also, it's not cool. It's like room temperature. It's off.
Rich Davis
That's a bidet, bro. Oh, yeah. Someone's got to tell them.
Covino
That explains.
Iowa Sam
Brush your teeth.
Covino
That explains.
Rich Davis
All right, I think. You know what? We're gonna go to phones again. 87799 on Fox. But I just thought one. I'm gonna unlock a memory. I. I thought of one that no one's gonna get. Who do we got?
Covino
We got Danny hook.
Danny G
See? Let's move on to Joe in Illinois.
Covino
Hey, Joey. What's up, bud?
Rich Davis
Hey.
Covino
Hey, guys. How's it going up there? We're good, man. What's. What do you. What will you never see in a classroom now that you saw in the 80s or 90s?
G
Well, do you remember the Earth globes? You know, the big globe thing of the.
Covino
The Earth, the planet that would spin.
G
Around that have all the. The countries on it?
Danny G
Yeah. Teacher would point to it with a.
Rich Davis
Big ruler, like, globey. Like me globey.
Covino
I love how jokes played. The globe. Like, I've never seen one. I know it has the countries on it.
Rich Davis
He's like, you know, the teacher with a nice globe. So I'm like, huh?
Iowa Sam
It's a globe.
Rich Davis
Yeah.
Danny G
Who.
Covino
Ms. Lippy?
Rich Davis
Yeah. Thank you, buddy. Who else do we got?
Covino
Danny, before you go to the next one, I'm gonna hit you up with one because I don't know if anyone will say it.
Rich Davis
No, I got the best one.
Covino
Do you remember that long stick with the hook on it?
Rich Davis
You son of a bee.
Covino
That would open, like, the high windows.
Danny G
Not thought about that.
Rich Davis
It's like they would call on you to open up a window, and you have to. It's again, it's something designed by Ben Franklin. And you would take this early 1800s, like, pole. You have to put it in that little loop to push the window open.
Danny G
Rich, you win a swiggy for that one.
Rich Davis
Yeah, the Ben Franklin pole.
Covino
But, you know, it's funny, Danny.
Danny G
You guys, the one that has a dent in it.
Rich Davis
We know what. There's no air conditioning in a lot of our schools.
Covino
Danny, you grew up on the West Coast.
Iowa Sam
Here's some Ben Franklin music for you. Maybe a little.
Covino
You grew up on the West Coast, Danny. And who wants to open up the window? I miss Libby.
Danny G
Who's got A can opener.
Rich Davis
What was that stupid thing called? I'm gonna ask ChatGPT right now.
Covino
You guys grew up on the West Coast. Camino's a Jersey guy, I'm a New York guy. You know what baffles me? Sending my kids to school out here in la. You. All the classrooms are like, outside. We only saw that, Danny. Oh, the modulars we only know. But I'm saying we only saw that in Karate Kid. Yeah, we saw the movies. Not even trailers. I'm saying my kids school. The entrances to the classroom are outdoors.
Danny G
I see what you're saying.
Covino
My elementary, middle school, high school was all like. You walk in the front doors of the building and everything is interior.
Danny G
And some of your schools were stacked up. Right?
Covino
We have three floors in my school.
Rich Davis
They're like little kid prisons with cinder blocks.
Danny G
Yeah, our schools were spread out, all one story.
Covino
We had three. Three levels, but it was all interior. Here in la, my kids, like, they, like, eat lunch outside. They walk into their classroom outdoors, like it's different. I only saw it in tv. All right, let's go to who, Danny? Who do we have?
Danny G
Let's talk to your boy Tripp in Vegas.
Covino
Yo, what up, Tripp?
G
Hello, gentlemen. I got three. But I want to say one thing real quick to everybody listening. Do not think you can't meet Rich and Covino in the crowd. Please come out. You guys waited one night for me just to meet me an hour. So please, everybody come see them. They will spend time with everyone.
Rich Davis
Thank you, buddy.
Covino
The most interactive. We are so appreciative of the listeners. This. The headcount's getting high. It's going to be the biggest party that we've ever had as a show. And we've been together a long time, so I can't wait, Tripp.
G
All right, so here we go. 1. So I'm gonna go in order the. The tin lunchbox with the matching thermos that would break first day because it didn't number two or three, a floppy disk in the 90s, that doesn't even exist. And. And from the 80s, the number one thing you were most scared of, the paddle hanging on the wall if you misbehave.
Rich Davis
Oh, there's no kids getting paddled.
Covino
There's no. There's no sister whoever. Catholic school, hitting the kids with the ruler.
Rich Davis
No, definitely not.
Covino
He brought up a good one, though. He brought. He brought up a couple good ones. He got me thinking of the library and microfiche. The kids even know what microfiche is hard. Catalog. Catalogs. And all that nonsense.
Danny G
They have never seen that in their life.
Rich Davis
No way.
Covino
Danny G. Remember that? Weak ass. Works cited or bibliography you'd have to put together. And you'd get all your sources at the library.
Danny G
Dewey Decimal System, please.
Covino
Get out of here.
Rich Davis
Last time I saw microfiche was probably on, like, Dexter or something. Yeah. You know. Seriously, when's the last time you saw that? There's no way. And Tripp made me think of when he brought up the thermos and the lunchbox that we had growing up. I know exactly which ones he was talking about.
Covino
Use the thermos.
Rich Davis
I did. Yeah. I used to use that bad boy. But it makes me think of the products that just really aren't around anymore. Like the Trapper Keepers that we often reference. Like, I loved my Trapper keeper as an 80s kid. You're not seeing that anymore. Not at all. All right, so things that you saw in the 80s 90s classroom that you don't see anymore.
Covino
Do kids still rock the pencils where you could look like you' giving yourself a needle?
Rich Davis
Yeah, they do those.
Covino
You know, the pencils that you would.
Rich Davis
Like, pretend you buy the lead for?
Danny G
How about the troll pencil toppers?
Covino
What about the pen that had the multicolors that you would click on the.
Rich Davis
Top, Sell them still those.
Covino
I have one of those.
Danny G
Sam. I was gonna say that sounds like something. Sam would have had a collection.
Rich Davis
Everyone always tried to get all four colors out at the same time. Wouldn't work. But you couldn't.
Iowa Sam
I have one. How about this? The school compass. Not a compass. You think about finding directions, but the compass where it was the pencil in one. Like, you make a circle and then you make a circle. I don't know if kids cause that one. The point where you stuck it into the desk. That's, like, sharp. That could be a weapon.
Rich Davis
You know what, Sam? We all have kids. My daughter's a teenager now. She's never once asked me, like, dad, we gotta go buy a compass. So maybe you're right.
Danny G
Or a protractor.
Rich Davis
Yeah. Yeah. Never. Not once.
Covino
Protractor.
Iowa Sam
Holy schnikes, Danny, describe the protractor again.
Covino
Protractor. We look like a half a circle.
Rich Davis
It was plastic.
Iowa Sam
Yes, yes.
Covino
With angles.
Danny G
Yeah.
Iowa Sam
And then, like, the right angle thing. The little device for geometry.
Rich Davis
So things you saw then that you don't see now. School wrapped up this week. Who do we got?
Danny G
Danny J. Kentucky. Our boy Nick.
Rich Davis
Hey, Kentucky. What's up? What's up, Nick?
G
Hey, man, y' all took a lot.
Rich Davis
Of mine, but I'm.
G
I'm gonna say the food pyramid is.
Danny G
Exactly opposite of what it was in the 80s.
Covino
It's. So, yeah, we were told the worst advice on, like, health and fitness and food categories and everything. Like, they were clueless. They were clueless. Joe Jackson in the 80s with food stuff.
Rich Davis
Well, you know what I've noticed, and I know this isn't everywhere. It's regional. There's regional differences. We're here in Los Angeles, right?
Danny G
Right.
Rich Davis
When I was a kid, and when we were kids of the 80s, the kid that brought their lunch was sort of the weird kid.
Danny G
Right.
Rich Davis
As you got older, right. If you were in high school, you just. You bought your lunch at school right.
Covino
Now here in la, you brought your lunch where I went to school.
Rich Davis
Yeah, you like the weenie a nerd.
Covino
Because you know what? What you wanted to do is mom give you, like, two bucks because she wanted pizza or PBJ or whatever they had pizza. Taco Bo. If you. Because you wanted to go on the lunch line and chop it up with the other kids.
Rich Davis
Pork roll on a bun.
Covino
Get your little cookies. You get your little. Remember the. The wax triangle push up like ice pop.
Rich Davis
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Covino
You would get all that crap. If a kid brought, like, a pbj. I was like, what's wrong with you?
Rich Davis
Yes. And now from. Again, everything's different. But my daughter's in high school now. The people that get the lunch at the school and don't bring their own are almost like, what's wrong with you? Yeah, it's the opposite. It's the opposite. Someone's like, what are you, poor or something? What's going on? Why are you. Why eating school lunch? Because it's so bad.
Iowa Sam
I used to beg my folks to. I brought my lunch pretty much through junior high school from, you know, K through whatever. K through 8. And I used to beg them, I can I just get a school lunch once a week? Because, like, I wanted that hot pizza.
Covino
You wanted that hamburger patty sloppy joe.
Iowa Sam
Yes, exactly.
Covino
No, they didn't call it hamburger. You know why?
Rich Davis
Because it's a meat patty.
Covino
It was called the beef patty on a bun because it wasn't the quality enough to be called tech. Technically, a hamburger. Fun fact. So if you went to school and it was like, today, beef patty on.
Rich Davis
A bun, on a bun.
Covino
You know why they didn't say hamburger? Because to call it a hamburger, it.
Rich Davis
Has to be a certain.
Iowa Sam
It needs to be a certain, like, sirloin.
Rich Davis
Yeah.
Iowa Sam
Actual ground meat.
Danny G
Did you guys have taco boats?
Covino
Yeah, he Just said that when you were.
Rich Davis
Yeah, yeah, Taco boats. But Danny, that's one of my patties.
Danny G
Biggest memories from the cafeteria.
Covino
So funny that Kavino. That's so right. You know, when you go back to your old college, the bars that were cool are now lame. And the lame bars, they're cool. Like, it just changes.
Rich Davis
Yeah.
Covino
Kavino brought up a good point. We have to reiterate that when you were a kid, if you grew up in the 80s or 90s, if you brought your lunch, you're a weirdo. If you. You wanted to buy the school lunch and be cool.
Rich Davis
Yeah. As you got older.
Covino
Now if you get the school lunch as it. There's almost a vibe of like, you're getting the school lunch.
Rich Davis
Yeah. Like, oh, what's like prison food? Are mom and dad on vacation or something?
Covino
Yeah.
Danny G
Like, are you not healthy about the cafeteria? Something you would never see nowadays in high school. I think it was like this in junior high, middle school as well in California. Here, if, say, you had a family where they were struggling a little bit like a single mom, and so they assisted her with paying for the lunch, they'd give you a pink ticket every day. The kids who paid for the lunch with full money, paid their parents, paid the full price, had a green ticket. So all of us with the pink ticket were looked at as these poor bastards.
Rich Davis
Yeah, that sucks.
Danny G
Oh, you're one of the poor kids and rich. They would not let you get the premium items in the cafeteria.
Covino
Sorry, Danny, you have a pink ticket. Oh.
Iowa Sam
They had alternate lunches for both dietary and for financial reasons.
Danny G
So what A friend of a friend of mine, we. What we would do, we would wait until almost the end of lunch and then go in. They had nothing left except some of the premium stuff. They'd have to give us the good stuff.
Rich Davis
You know what else you wouldn't find? Danny G. Fox Sports Radio Nation. I'm gonna blow your mind. The art of the origami notes or the little notes being passed, shaped like footballs that we would play with at lunch. Because kids are just texting each other all day. They're not passing notes. This did not happen.
Covino
I was cleaning up some boxes recently in the guest bedroom of. Hey, old school memories, sports memorabilia, high school stuff. And I saw a bunch of random love notes from high school girlfriends mixed in with baseball stuff. And I thought about how our kids generation, they won't write each other little cute teenage love notes. Just.
Rich Davis
No, they're sending texting each other, Right? Yeah. Inappropriate things.
Covino
How many times would you Try to scope out that girl in between periods to hand her a note.
Rich Davis
Oh, you know what else you won't see in my high school? In my high school, we had like a smoking area. I don't think you'll see that anymore.
Covino
Is there a baby? Is there a vaping area?
Rich Davis
May. I don't know. I don't know. But we did have a smoking area where kids would go there during lunchtime.
Covino
But there may be a weed area for anxiety.
Rich Davis
Exactly right. Things you don't see in schools anymore. But we were subject to in the 80s and 90s. We do this on Thursdays. We throw it back. Old school and 50 hits. And we're gonna get back to your phone calls now. 877-99-NOx.
Danny G
Yeah, thank you for all the calls coming in. Adam in Waco.
Covino
Yo, what's up, Adam?
G
Hey. We had those red hot radiators that we would take the skin with our crayons and melt them all over the place.
Covino
Yeah. The fact that. The fact that you as a kid could have leaned into one of those hot radiat. Yeah, that's.
Iowa Sam
They would also make banging sounds and like, because it was like up getting the heat going.
Danny G
That makes me think of the very unsafe playground toys too, for the little kids at elementary schools back in the day.
Covino
Oh, no doubt.
Danny G
Steel springs, rusted.
Rich Davis
Did you guys have like a red box in your grammar schools where they would open it up in the summertime? Do you know what I'm talking about or no? Every grade school.
Covino
What popped out of it?
Rich Davis
No, every grade school. I'm from New Jersey. And in the summertime there would be a red box that they opened up so that you can go to the playgrounds and play with the kickballs and the knock hockeys and the paddles and they'd give you basketball.
Danny G
Sports equipment.
Rich Davis
Yeah, sports equipment. I don't see kids going to the local playground, opening up some sort of thing like that like we had in the 80s.
Covino
I haven't seen knock hockey in a minute.
Rich Davis
That's what I mean. Like, they had all that stuff in the red box that they would open up for summertime activities for kids that were just going there to play.
Covino
My daughter is only just wrapped up second grade, but she was talking about how she would play kickball with some of the boys and a couple of the girls at recess. And I asked her, I go, when you kick the ball, can you peg someone to get him out? She's like, no, you have to throw the base. Like, I think the newer rules might be Maybe until they get older. But like, remember you used to be able to just take someone with the ball and you used to be able.
Rich Davis
To call your pitch too straight or bouncy.
Covino
I don't know.
Rich Davis
Straight or bouncy. Anyway, things you don't see anymore. 877-99-FOX. Who do we got?
Danny G
Danny G. Okay, let's talk to John in the San Fernando Valley.
Covino
What's up, John?
G
No more American flags up on the walls.
Covino
I see that there's an American flag in my kids school.
Rich Davis
You know, there was a moment, but I think they're back now.
Covino
Yeah, I see it. Yeah, they do the pledge every Friday. Go to assembly every Friday. They do it.
Rich Davis
Well, because there was a moment where people stopped pledging the flag. But I think, you know, that changed.
Danny G
It varies from state to state.
Covino
Yeah, yeah, no, they do it every. Every Friday morning. My kids school.
Rich Davis
Same.
Danny G
Let's talk to Austin. Let's see Jordan.
Rich Davis
Hey, what up, Jordan? Hey, how's it going, guys?
G
So I know y' all mentioned the overhead projector, but how about the old school projector with a light bulb and you had to like draw on the clear film.
Rich Davis
That's kind of. We were talking about. I thought you were going to say like the old film project, the film strip projector. It would beep and you have to press the button.
Danny G
Oh, like in gremlins.
Rich Davis
Like the film strip.
Covino
Oh, that would.
Rich Davis
That would be nap time for me in any classroom.
Danny G
True.
Rich Davis
87799 on Fox. We'll take a few more. Who do we got?
Covino
No offense to the school nurses out there, they're doing great work. But the nurse is a little more efficient now because I feel like the joke in my school was whatever it was, the nurse would just give you an ice pack.
Rich Davis
That is true. Remember, they would give you the hearing test though, when you were a kid.
Covino
Do they still do. Do they still do the lice? The lice test with the sticks.
Rich Davis
You have to raise your hand. Like I heard it.
Covino
Left, left hand, right hand, heard it.
Rich Davis
So things you don't see at schools that you saw growing up.
Covino
Do they give the scoliosis test anymore?
Rich Davis
I don.
Covino
Bend over, let me see your back.
Danny G
Dude, Rich got a polio shot.
Rich Davis
Can I tell you a story? This is the truth. When I was a kid in like junior high, I think it was like sixth grade, junior high time, there would be a guy that came around, did a scoliosis test, right? We'd have to get out in our tighty whities lined up, basically doing the elephant walk with each other in front of the whole, like all the girls in our tighty whities bending over while they checked our spine.
Iowa Sam
That doesn't sound right.
Rich Davis
How embarrassing is that? I didn't say he was slapping our ass.
Covino
Are you sure this was. Are you sure this was approved or did you just get.
Rich Davis
You know what? Maybe it was a fan of you had.
Danny G
You know what the state of California used to do at our elementary schools? They would have the kids line up outside and give us each a cup of fluoride.
Rich Davis
Oh, wow. No, I don't remember that.
Danny G
You would never see that nowadays.
Covino
No, I. I got, I got one.
Rich Davis
More and then we'll. But they would line us up to check our backs like that in front of all the kids. It was so embarrassing.
Covino
I got one more. We'll wrap it up with the phone calls. Then we'll talk some NBA, some NFL. We'll get to it. I think this is too dangerous. Now. I could be wrong.
Rich Davis
Wrong.
Covino
You could correct me, but I feel like this is long gone. The idea of a kid in a gymnasium climbing that huge rope with no real padding underneath.
Rich Davis
I haven't seen that. Like, I haven't even heard the reference until Wayne and Garth talks about.
Covino
There's always like the girl or skinny kid that could do it. And they'd go to like when you.
Iowa Sam
Climb the rope in gym class.
Danny G
Saw that in the Police Academy movies.
Covino
Yeah, but does any. Do you know of your kids? Anyone with kids? Kids. Have you ever heard them be like, today we climbed the rope in gym class.
Iowa Sam
That takes incredible strength, by the way.
Covino
Yeah, but I always thought it was wild.
Rich Davis
I was good at that, though.
Covino
It was like a flimsy pad at the bottom, by the way.
Rich Davis
Can I brag?
Covino
Kid would go all the way up.
Rich Davis
I want to brag, Rich, because I do hold the Union High School sit up record. 72 sit ups in a minute. But 83 farts and it has yet.
Covino
To be beat. I feel bad for the president. Had to hold your ankles.
Rich Davis
Yeah, so.
Danny G
Hey, man, add that to your.
Rich Davis
See that in any high school Little.
Danny G
League home runs, your setups. All right, let's wrap up for now on the calls. Brian in Mississippi.
Covino
Hey, Brian. Go ahead, buddy.
G
Hey, man, I just joined in, so I don't. I don't know if this has been said yet or not, but what about an old school pencil fight?
Rich Davis
Oh, you're not going to see that. No way. Those are. And you know what? We would have kids that would come in with like big giant Red Carpenter pencils. Like that doesn't count.
Danny G
Remember the pencils that would bend?
Rich Davis
Yeah, yeah, yeah, absolutely. But pencil fighting was a big deal. We did say the pencil. Pencil. The. The. The pencil sharpener. How would you even describe that thing?
Covino
The pencil sharpener was like screwed into the. It was like an old industrial.
Rich Davis
Yeah, the old.
Iowa Sam
And emptying the thing was fun. You always been like the shavings.
Covino
Oh, yeah. Is this. Was this just a New York thing? I was saying obviously from Iowa, Danny. West coast. Covino, Jersey.
Iowa Sam
I'm actually from Delaware.
Covino
Delaware. You and Joe, but.
Rich Davis
Huh. We're in Delaware. Wow.
Covino
I got. Do you remember like the cootie shot?
Rich Davis
Circle, circle, dot, dot.
Covino
Now you got the cootie shot. And people would scratch the top of their hand and leave like a mark.
Rich Davis
Yeah. Were you ever inducted into the Pen15 club or. No?
Covino
Yeah.
Rich Davis
Come here.
Covino
Let me. Let me write pen 15 on you.
Rich Davis
Well, you know what? We'll wrap up your phone calls next. How about that? Right?
Covino
And we'll talk some NBA final finals. Hey, what does it look like for the Thunder and Dodgers? If we have time, there's a Dodger story and it has to do with food. And we'll get to all that next right here. Cavino and Rich.
Rich Davis
Let'S wrap it up with our last call. Danny G. Let's go to New York.
Danny G
Greg. Greg.
Covino
What's up, man?
Rich Davis
What's going on, guys?
Covino
Hey. Well, I just want to let you.
Rich Davis
Know I'm sipping out of my CNR Swiggy right now.
Covino
Nice. I wanted to say about the school thing. Textbooks wrapped in brown paper grocery bags.
Rich Davis
Oh, mom would hook that up.
Covino
That's so funny.
Rich Davis
And if your mom didn't do it for you, she didn't love you.
Covino
That's true. And the inside always like the inside of your book said, like shop, right?
Rich Davis
Yeah, absolutely. And you would, you know, draw some band logos on it, have some hot girls sign it.
Covino
Yeah, good one.
Rich Davis
And you'd see all the previous owners of that book.
Iowa Sam
Did you guys ever have the elastic, like, stretchy, the fabric that you would put over the textbooks? Maybe that was more of a my generation.
Rich Davis
Yeah. No, he had the brown paper bag.
Iowa Sam
It was like just a spandex sleeve that you would put over the COVID and the back cover.
Rich Davis
Fancy stuff.
Danny G
I always reminds me of the peachy folders, too.
Covino
Did you grow up on the moon, Sam? No. I did.
Rich Davis
Are you from the future?
Iowa Sam
Yes.
Rich Davis
All right, now, moving on. We appreciate all the feedback. Keep it coming at Covino Enrich. And a quick reminder over promised. Our bonus podcast starts in about 20 minutes. Fox Sports Radio's YouTube page. Join the live chat, join the fun, or just check it out later. Fox Sports Radio's YouTube page. We're going to talk wasted time and we're gonna talk father son moments in sports because we're heading into Father's Day weekend. All right, so it's a visual show. You could also listen. Just search over promised.
Covino
All right, now, baseball, funny side up.
Danny G
Baseball.
Rich Davis
Now, a lot of people are saying screw the Dodgers. But there's a big but.
Covino
You like big butts.
Rich Davis
I cannot like, but this is awesome. Dodgers have added new menu items this summer. They've added a buzzball cocktail and a frozen cocktail cocktail bat to their drink menus.
Covino
No, no one loves frozen cocktails more than Covino.
Rich Davis
These look so good. Check these out again. It's a money grab. There's no doubt about that.
Covino
But on a hot summer day, how.
Rich Davis
You not grabbing one of these bad boys? A bat of icy. Basically, it's an icy bat but with alcohol and then this giant fishbowl of whatever that is. A buzzball.
Iowa Sam
Have you guys seen the buzz ball? They're like these little spheres. They sell it like 7 11. They're just little cocktail drinks.
Rich Davis
Yeah, but it's a big Dodgers one.
Covino
Like that one time I was in D.C. and I know this because I get an email from the Washington Nationals every day since I bought those tickets, and I can't get them to stop.
Iowa Sam
It's called unsubscribe.
Covino
I know.
Rich Davis
How much you willing to pay for one of those bad boys? The bat looks pretty significant, but they.
Covino
Gotta be like 25. Yeah, 20 bucks easily. I was in D.C. and I happened to go to a Mets nationals game. It was no joke. Like your leg would burn on the seat. We happen to be there 100 degree day. My wife and I got trashed off of those big frozen drinks. They are so good at a ball. Can I tell you, this is an.
Rich Davis
Actual conversation I had at the last Yankees Dodgers game at Dodger Stadium. Our buddy. We cool enough to hook me up. I had a blast, right? We sat in the cool Iheart suite, the Fox Sports radio suite that we got there. And in the suite, you know, it's free dogs, Dodger dogs, fruit drinks, meatballs. Yeah. And they hooked it up. It was great. And I'm not bragging. I'm just telling you how it went down. Sweet perks. And I really wanted to get another drink. I didn't want to have the drinks there. I wanted to Get a drink.
Covino
Yeah.
Rich Davis
And my girlfriend was like, like, do you really need one? And I'm like, I'm at a ball game. Yeah, kind of.
Covino
Why should I shut you down?
Rich Davis
Yeah.
Iowa Sam
That's such a judgmental question.
Rich Davis
No, mister, you really need that. You really do. You realize that I'm at a ball game? So. Yeah, it's part of the experience. If I'm having a deer dog, I want to watch down with at least one brew. Is that so wrong? Am I a bad guy? So anyway, based on this new Dodger.
Covino
Drink menu, I don't think you really need that.
Rich Davis
What needs booze? What's the one thing that you can't leave the ballpark without?
Covino
I'll give you a.
Rich Davis
Because it has to be the. Even though these drinks look delicious, is it the helmet with the ice?
Covino
I'm a schoolboy. It could be a Dodgers game, Angels, Mets.
Rich Davis
Is it always the plastic helmet?
Covino
I can't leave a ball without in about the sixth or seventh inning, getting vanilla soft serve in an upside down helmet.
Rich Davis
I want to bring my. I want to bring my own John Allroot size helmet and say, hey, can you fill this up with soft serve and extra sprinkles, please? I am with you, Rich. I think that's the number one. Like it might be a hot dog or a sausage or something special or a drink or a beer. This special cocktail. But for me it's still that ice cream helmet.
Danny G
Bringing Bruce Bochy's old helmet.
Iowa Sam
Sunday sliders.
Covino
I'll say this old Kevin Mensch. I don't like the Yankees. You know this. I'm a mess fan, but when I go to Yankee Stadium, those garlic fries, you may not want, you may not kiss someone or talk to anyone close for a week, but those are insane.
Rich Davis
Is it as an adult, is it a junk food item or is it a cocktail alcohol item? Is it one of those tall boys or is it one of these new buzz ball?
Danny G
Yeah, these Dodger buzz balls are vodka, rum, tequila, 100 juices.
Rich Davis
Yo, dude, these look so good. And it gets so hot. So I could see these selling out. I'm surprised it took this long.
Covino
I think the lesson to learned here is when you go to the ball game, they gotcha. And you know what? Indulge. The ball game is for ice cream.
Rich Davis
But you really need a beer.
Covino
I think I do.
Rich Davis
Yeah. Yes.
Covino
I bet you monsieur would put back three of those and. And have stumble to the passenger seat of an Uber.
Rich Davis
Easily. Easily.
Covino
Yo, monsieur. She doesn't hear.
Rich Davis
She's not listening. Yeah. But she'll put some down for sure.
Covino
Hey, Monsie, this new Dodger blue ice drink, I feel like you'd put down like three. Three of them.
Rich Davis
No. She says no. It's probably really sweet. I'm not about that one. What's your item that you can't leave without? Like, I have to get one of those before.
Covino
Ice cream in a helmet.
Rich Davis
A press ice cream and a helmet is good. I don't know if we still have it, but we had a fried peanut butter, banana and jelly dessert that was to die for. Oh, my God.
Covino
It isn't part of going to ball game though. Eating something gross. You have to eat one gross thing at a ballpark. I don't think you could go to the game and be like, I ate healthy.
Rich Davis
Well, let me ask you this.
Covino
Everything's at a ball where you binge your bad food.
Rich Davis
Before we move on, how many dogs do you think you could down Moss?
Covino
She's a vegetarian.
Monsie
Well, I could have a Dodger.
Rich Davis
A veggie dog. We have those. How many veggie dogs could you get? I've done four in a ball game.
Covino
Three.
Rich Davis
Not four. But I died. I died. Really? Yeah. So you came back to life?
Covino
Yeah.
Rich Davis
And then came back to life and walked my car. Is this Monty's ghost?
Covino
My 5 year old son had 3 dodger dogs when we went last week. So we saw. I saw that. Dan Patrick's one of his behind the scenes guys. What does he call him?
Rich Davis
Dylan, the graphics guy. The brg. The back room guy. He's a brg. He dominated that hot dog challenge that people have been talking about 999.
Covino
Yeah, the nine hot dogs, nine beers, nine innings. And I wonder like, he crushed it. Is that something? Like he had way more beers.
Rich Davis
Right.
Covino
So props to him, Dylan the graphics guy. But do you think that's something you could comfortably do or No, I don't think so.
Rich Davis
You think you could, but you drink those nine beers throughout the day. Yeah. Yeah. Who am I, Wade Bogs?
Covino
I think the nine hot dogs is way simpler than the nine beers. I feel like by beer seven or eight, you'd be all bloaty because each inning you'd be forcing back a beer. And like the hot dogs, I feel like you really could finish.
Danny G
You should try it during our circa live broadcast next Friday.
Rich Davis
All right, maybe we will. Oh, geez. So check this out. We got over Promise. Next, our bonus podcast on fox Sports Radio's YouTube page. We're going to talk wasted talent and father son moments in sports. So join us live. Join the live chat Fox Sports Radio's YouTube page. We do that next.
Covino
Perfect. Until then, have a great night. Enjoy. Arrivederchi baby.
Rich Davis
We will see you manana. We will see you in the promised land. Over promised land.
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Podcast Summary: The Herd with Colin Cowherd – "The Best Of Covino & Rich" (June 13, 2025)
Note: While the episode is listed under "The Herd with Colin Cowherd," the provided transcript indicates that the content centers around Covino and Rich Davis discussing various sports topics. This summary reflects the conversations between Covino and Rich based on the transcript.
The episode, titled "The Best Of Covino & Rich," features hosts Covino and Rich Davis engaging in lively discussions about current sports events, personal anecdotes, and nostalgic reflections on school days. The conversation seamlessly transitions between analyzing ongoing sports series, particularly the NBA playoffs, and reminiscing about the schooling experiences of the '80s and '90s.
Discussion on Jay Z's Betting Losses:
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Star Power and Ratings Debate:
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Mets' Recent Performance and Senga's Injury:
Trade Rumors and Pitching Depth:
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Mental Health and Life Sacrifices:
Travel and Relationship Strain:
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Live Events and Bonuses:
Dodgers' New Drink Menu:
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"The Best Of Covino & Rich" offers a blend of in-depth sports analysis and heartfelt nostalgia, creating an engaging experience for listeners. Covino and Rich Davis adeptly balance current sports discussions with relatable memories, enriched by interactive listener participation. Notable moments include candid takes on athlete lifestyles, humorous banter about past school experiences, and enthusiastic promotions of upcoming content. The episode underscores the hosts' ability to connect sports commentary with broader life reflections, making it a compelling listen for both avid sports fans and those fond of nostalgic reminisces.
This episode of "The Best Of Covino & Rich" captivates listeners with its dynamic blend of sports discourse and nostalgic storytelling. Covino and Rich Davis deliver insightful commentary, punctuated by humor and personal anecdotes, ensuring a rich and engaging listening experience.