June 12, 2025 • 41 mins
C&R react to Game 3 of the NBA Finals! They talk Juan Soto (shocker), and "survey says." The show has a great discussion on what part of being in the big leagues is hard, according to players. Plus, 'OLD-SCHOOL WHEN 50 HITS,' with 5 phone lines tied behind our back!
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Hope you had a Pacers sort of night. I thought
the coolest thing that Halliburton addressed a few weeks ago
was that how they've just become masters that problem solving.
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They're able to see what the issue is, resolve it.
If there is a problem, you know he'll solve it.
Check out the hook well, Halliburton. So they make adjustments,
turn it around in the fourth quarter, and bam, your
Pacers are up two games to one, one, sixteen to
one oh seven.
Speaker 1 (02:15):
Who's the saddest guy in all the land today? Who?
Jay Z? I don't care, but he bet a million yeah,
but you keep talking about it. Couldn't care. I'm not
saying it's not news.
Speaker 2 (02:28):
I'm just saying I feel zero sympathy at all for that.
I didn't say, I didn't say you should be all
bent about it. But I'm saying jay Z was so
good bet. Yeah, you would have bet a million dollars
beat it.
Speaker 1 (02:42):
I'm glad he's losing. And it's like you drop in
one hundred.
Speaker 2 (02:44):
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 in your BET's done.
Speaker 1 (02:54):
And is such a battle.
Speaker 2 (02:55):
Like I said, it came down to the fourth quarter,
very close game until the Pacers problem solve, 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
(03:15):
the playoffs. Okayc 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. Let me throw this
out I had written down first hour. Are jay Z sympathies? No, no, no, no,
it's a fund bit of information. But if you think
I care at all, and I'm a jay Z fan,
(03:36):
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. Yeah, losing that bet is like
betting the under. And if you're a football gambler, you
know this failing. You bet the under and it's like
twenty one ten in the first quarter and you're like,
you got this ain't gonna work.
Speaker 3 (03:53):
You know. The secret weapon for the Pacers, Iowa, Sam,
you're gonna like this stat the Pacers playoff record with
Caitlyn Clark in attendance eight.
Speaker 2 (04:03):
No, they finally won a game three too, Yeah, series
finally won one. So maybe she is the good luck Charmiawha, Sam,
You're onto something there, I think so.
Speaker 1 (04:15):
Man, so a.
Speaker 2 (04:16):
Big night for the Pacers and man, just okay, see
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. Please if
you don't think that OKAC comes back in Game four
ties it up. Listen, there might be I think they will.
(04:38):
There might be all these Jabbronis that are like Swolborg team.
This is gonna go seven and we are gonna get
some thrills. There's no way one of these teams just
closes it out because of anything. You imagine that the
thunder will find the way. SGA didn't have a great game.
They just and the bench won that game for the Pacers.
So and we said it from the start, Yes, small
(05:00):
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, Karen want to tune in.
So that's what we're getting so far. I'm digging it.
And that's the misconception. I saw someone hit us up
on Twitter yesterday with that same dumb debates and that
we were insinuating it's not a good finals because of
(05:22):
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.
Speaker 3 (05:32):
Before the Finals started, we pointed out it was a
great matchup. Yeah, it's 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.
Speaker 1 (05:40):
You're absolutely right.
Speaker 2 (05:40):
I just pointed out that who cares about the networks,
but they're the ones that are like, oh no, I'm
in Oklahoma. One thing Jason McIntyre said on The Herd,
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 the Great NBA Finals, you
(06:01):
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, Dann Bayer.
Speaker 1 (06:15):
And guys, just just a heads up with that.
Speaker 4 (06:17):
Cavino could have referenced me saying it on his own
show yesterday, but he chose to use Jason McIntire on
a completely different show on Fox Sports.
Speaker 2 (06:24):
You know what your cavin Yeah, well, we'll see. Not
not too sure, Dan, consider it me keeping you on
your toes.
Speaker 1 (06:34):
Attention? Is that what it is? Oh man?
Speaker 4 (06:36):
You know, I remember Mike Harmon always telling me how
his dad always said.
Speaker 1 (06:39):
Step kissing is you know? What do you mean?
Speaker 4 (06:43):
Jason Smith Show with Mike Harmon weeknights on Fox Sports
Radio seven Pacific.
Speaker 1 (06:48):
Hell, I'm just making sure you were listening. That's that's okay.
He's testing you, Dans testing.
Speaker 2 (06:54):
You're right, it is. It's a lack of star power.
But guys like Hallim Burton 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 PACER's night.
They're up two to one and then you got your
Game four on Friday. In Game four NHL tonight, well,
Stanley Cup again another series that could be tied up
(07:15):
at the end of tonight. That's two to one 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 how's my dude
code saying his hamstring.
Speaker 1 (07:29):
So this is all that we know.
Speaker 4 (07:30):
MRI scheduled for tomorrow after injuring it today. It came
that they almost gave away after his injury.
Speaker 2 (07:37):
No the Mets are hot. They won six in zwo
best record in baseball, and I hate Soto heating up.
Speaker 1 (07:42):
I hate it. I can see it. Sodo, he's got
that look in his eye. I hate him.
Speaker 2 (07:46):
Give you don't hate Soto so because you could feel
it happening you just as a Yankees fans sitting there
watching like, oh no, here, I'll tell.
Speaker 1 (07:55):
You he's doing for the Mets.
Speaker 2 (07:56):
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 gives him a okay,
like I figured you out, and nextitch 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 that ties into what we're saying about the
Pacers and the magic that they're finding able to figure
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it out, like oh, okay, I got you now. And
that's what Soto's saying to the picture 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 gonna win and We've seen that, man, that's been
the difference, and it's working for your boy Wan Soto
too right now. Well his click and it's clicking. I'm
gonna credit our very own Damn Bayer. I'm not gonna,
(08:40):
you know, shout out another show like you, because I
respect Dan Byer, thank you very much.
Speaker 1 (08:44):
But it was just Dan yesterday who said rich, a.
Speaker 2 (08:47):
Plethora of starting pitching cannot be a bad thing for
your team, Because I said, the Mets got guys like
Frankie Mantas and Manaya coming back.
Speaker 1 (08:54):
Where are they gonna make room?
Speaker 2 (08:56):
Hey listen, If Senga knock on what hopefully has like
a mild hamstring hamstring strain, you miss a starter or two,
you put in Blackburn or Mantes when he comes back.
So I think this is where you see that depth
is never a bad thing, especially in starting.
Speaker 4 (09:10):
It will be an ile stint, yeah for sure, but
just how long we don't know yet.
Speaker 2 (09:14):
It's two weeks and he misses two to three starts.
Hey listen, he has a league leading one point four
to seven ERA, so Sainga'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.
Speaker 1 (09:30):
And you know what, could you know?
Speaker 2 (09:32):
On top of all that, there are rumors that come
trade deadline, it could be your Yankees or my Mets
that bring Jacob de Gram back to New York. Have
you seen those rumors? Yeah, I mean it could happen.
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 de Gram won two punch.
Speaker 1 (09:53):
You know what, I give that a James Hetfield.
Speaker 2 (09:55):
Oh yeah, I imagine if you had Garrett Cale too.
But then again, he's not a big playoff guy. He
has stumbled in the playoffs. But this might be his
chance to show that he's got it. He could earn
that ring because Rich's biggest criticism about the Grams. He
left the Mets to win with the Rangers, but he
(10:15):
really didn't play with the Rangers. No, I'm saying, de
Gram's a big game pitcher. Garrett Cole oh Coley, Yeah, 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 gonna win ninety games, They'll make the playoffs. But
the Yankees got to do something to make the fact
that they lost Garrett Cole. Except big moves don't come cheap,
so you might have to lose a Jason Dominguez or
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something like that, a high young prospect or play. 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 they're 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.
Speaker 1 (11:04):
You saw it.
Speaker 2 (11:04):
Against your Yankees. Yeah, he tosses the ball a little
high to Senga and you see him over extend the
leg and he comes down and starts rolling on the
floor and.
Speaker 1 (11:13):
It's like, oh, no, come scaring, Come on. He walks
off the field.
Speaker 2 (11:18):
So they're hoping it's just mild, but yet happens all
the time in sports. You just help you up depth,
all right, Hey, the number eight seven, seven, nine nine
on Fox. I don't know if it's working right now,
so give it a shot later if you want, we'll
play a game. Maybe we'll do something to give away
some prize, but we got a lot doing today. Yeah,
speaking of reichbaw and it's not just baseball. This applies
(11:40):
to all of sports, but especially baseball because baseball is
the longest schedule.
Speaker 1 (11:45):
There was an article from the Athletic.
Speaker 2 (11:49):
New York Times dot com Athletic about how one hundred
and thirty ballplayers were interviewed and surveyed, and he went
over the miss concepcions.
Speaker 1 (12:01):
That's the real pronunciation. I never get surveyed. Have you
ever been surveyed? Never?
Speaker 2 (12:05):
Has anyone ever come up to you and said, survey
says minus Rich Davis.
Speaker 1 (12:09):
Family feud ratings, TV radio. Has anyone ever surveyed you politics?
Speaker 2 (12:15):
You know they'd be like, this guy's leading in the
political polls.
Speaker 1 (12:18):
No one's asked me, crap I only skipped surveys. Would
you like to skip survey? Yes?
Speaker 2 (12:23):
If I know it was for family feud, it'd be like,
sign me up. You know that's true, right, you do
skip it? So that's probably it. You probably aren't asked Rich,
but anyway, the athlete man.
Speaker 4 (12:34):
That's what all those Netflix and YouTube things, they're actually
for family feud and we're just skipping them.
Speaker 1 (12:39):
Damn. Yeah, man, I never surveys. Survey says, well, could
you know?
Speaker 2 (12:45):
Survey says there's a lot of ballplayers out there that
are saying there's a lot of misconceptions.
Speaker 1 (12:50):
Of what it's like to be a big leaguer.
Speaker 2 (12:52):
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 love?
Speaker 1 (13:02):
It's kind of hard to have sympathy.
Speaker 2 (13:04):
Goes back to the jay Z thing when these guys
are making millions of.
Speaker 1 (13:07):
Dollars in living the dream.
Speaker 2 (13:08):
Say all professional sports, you include hot dog eating or
now of course, yeah, make sure if I could put
Joey Chesnut in this conversation, 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
(13:31):
playing the sport for a living, but every job, your
job people in the NBA, NFL, and EHL, 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.
(13:52):
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.
Speaker 1 (14:01):
You feel bad? Do you keep these things in mind?
Or do you not care at all?
Speaker 2 (14:05):
Get out there and play, and get out there and
win because you're compensated fairly for it.
Speaker 1 (14:08):
Look at it this way.
Speaker 2 (14:09):
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
gonna have moments where it sucks. Remember I even reference like,
you could be an adult film star and be like, man, today,
I gotta go to me and four women. There's even
(14:32):
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 we're like, man, just stink, saying dude, you're.
Speaker 1 (14:42):
A quarre hay.
Speaker 2 (14:43):
That's life, right, But their life is not all sunshine
and rainbows. As the great Rocky Bilboa said, 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 a four years later, you look
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like old man clements anytime. They always they often compare
like manager of the Yankees the same way too. I mean,
any coach, sure, 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.
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So the athletic covers MLB players and the biggest misconceptions
about travel and missing family events. Now, Danny g sam
byer Rich, this whole thing was done anonymously, though I
don't know how you feel about that.
Speaker 1 (15:44):
I like it.
Speaker 3 (15:44):
Like that.
Speaker 2 (15:45):
I like it because, uh, people will not be scared
to give a real answer, because if let's say, Bryce
Harper or Mike Trout or Pete A. Lonzo or some
big star said something, you might be like, oh you okay,
cry baby. I bet you want, Soto set all of
this stuff. That's you love one soda. I cool were here,
but I missed my family. I bet just Soto said
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all this I that's my guest. I feel like, before
we even get into this, I'm gonna have way more sympathy. Okay,
socause you're a like work, work, work type of guy.
I'll give you some of the examples. Well, you gotta
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
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the world, especially here in America, 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.
Speaker 1 (16:38):
I'm gonna be a fireman.
Speaker 2 (16:39):
I'm gonna play in the NFL. They're living the dream
and they're getting paid millions of dollars, women, celebrity mansions,
fast cars.
Speaker 1 (16:51):
They got it all.
Speaker 2 (16:53):
But they're saying there is a tough side. And one
of the things that comes up is, dude, I missed
my mind. I'm seventeen 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.
Speaker 1 (17:07):
Of the stories.
Speaker 2 (17:08):
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.
Speaker 1 (17:23):
And that's another thing. The travel.
Speaker 2 (17:26):
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 dragon 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
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every other week. Yeah, if not every week. So traveling,
packing up, missing birthdays, the feeling of their letting people down.
This was another big one too. They see their time
is so limited. It's like they gotta get out there
take some batting practice. They see these kids and they
want to sign autographs and everything but you know what,
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they gotta get out, they gotta get ready, they gotta pack,
they gotta get on a flight, they got to 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
(18:34):
seem to glorify. 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
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you're playing and your team mixed the postseason, you're not
go into a wedding. You you are missing every wedding
unless it's in a little couple month window because there.
Speaker 1 (19:07):
Might be a good thing. Been to some weddings where
you didn't want to be there.
Speaker 2 (19:10):
Danny I don't want to do the disappoint thank you.
I'm a huge wedding fan. I love going as.
Speaker 1 (19:15):
Not surprised me.
Speaker 2 (19:16):
I love Rich shows off his electric slide. I love drinking,
I love dancing, I love seeing love. I love a wedding. Well,
speaking of summers, Rich, when these weddings go down anonymously,
of course, I haven't had a summer since I was
eight or nine years old. Line now, okay to say
that yet that that's a big one. You haven't had
(19:37):
a summer since you were eight or nine. But you
have probably some sort of built in pull, some sort
of grotto, probably in your own backyard, you know, diving
off of I'm sure you're able to use it from here,
here and there. I mean, can we go back to
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the travel really quick? They're saying it's way more of
a grind than we could ever imagine.
Speaker 3 (20:02):
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 lap 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
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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 nine to
five like our wives do. I'm sure they're there to support.
Speaker 2 (20:41):
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 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
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on any relationship in your life. That's why hate to
quote him, but he did it all right, he did everything.
Speaker 3 (21:07):
There's more strain not having money to pay your bills
and your significant other having strust.
Speaker 2 (21:13):
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. I agree, being broke
is worse than missing someone in so many cases. 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
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any of these things until his career was over.
Speaker 3 (21:38):
And as if I was a professional athlete, I think
I would wait as well.
Speaker 2 (21:42):
There's still other things to get to the downside. Because
we do we 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. Noxt I think about it, and I'm
going to read our feedback at Coven and Rich.
Speaker 1 (21:59):
Well, the question is do you have any sympathy? I do?
I do? I do?
Speaker 2 (22:02):
I listen because I know it's a big thing to say, well,
put money aside, because money is such a big part
of it. It's like it's telling you to put the
biggest element aside, you know, put aside the fifty million
dollars you're making in the NBA. That's hard to put
a side, but being away from your family, that's a
price tag of its own.
Speaker 1 (22:23):
Right, it is, and it's a sacrifice.
Speaker 2 (22:25):
I think, you know, the unsung heroes are the guys
that travel with these teams that aren't paid that.
Speaker 1 (22:30):
Way podcasters do that.
Speaker 2 (22:32):
I think about it all the time, Like, don't you
wonder how Michael Guys like Michael K have a life.
Speaker 1 (22:37):
We have a buddy that works with the WWE.
Speaker 2 (22:39):
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. Oh man, that must be awesome.
I don't think I would ever want to do it.
You're sacrificing a lot.
Speaker 4 (22:54):
Yeah, And I don't think that ballplayers are the only
profession that travels. No, So like there's others that were CEOs,
and people are flying across country and doing this and that.
Speaker 1 (23:04):
People in sales and they're making.
Speaker 2 (23:05):
A fraction of the money right absolutely, And they're not
playing a kids game and they're doing.
Speaker 1 (23:09):
It year round.
Speaker 4 (23:10):
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 maybe like, hey, we're traveling to
Baltimore because we got to start a three game set
at that point to sit there and always have to
be there and in baseball player mode for five straight
(23:31):
months or waiting up at least to the All Star break.
Speaker 2 (23:34):
At breaking in the All Star breaks, like three days. Yes,
and we make it seem like they got a month off.
Dann Buyer again, amazing point. And I'll tell you why
you can see nay because Dan's right. Yes, we we
do our show here on Fox Sports Trading on Friday.
We don't do our other podcast on Fridays. We have
so sort of like a half day. We just do
(23:56):
this show. Then we have Friday nights, Saturday Sunday, and
we sometimes be like, man, that wasn't enough to refresh.
Speaker 1 (24:03):
Dann Buyer's right. A baseball player has a Monday.
Speaker 2 (24:06):
Or Thursday off, but you know, in that day usually
spend a lot of playing. There's a flip side, like
danyg pointed out before, they also have youth on their side.
So tell me when you were in your early twenties
in early thirties, 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 careers all over.
Speaker 4 (24:28):
At forty, 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.
Speaker 1 (24:34):
Side of the country.
Speaker 4 (24:35):
We're 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 do We're
not going to a game that weekend, We're not coming.
Speaker 1 (24:46):
It was amazing.
Speaker 4 (24:48):
It was like it was worth the world to not
just go on a plane that one weekend after doing
it for ten straight weeks.
Speaker 2 (24:56):
I don't know if you've noticed because of our industry,
Dan Buyer, I'm sure you follow a lot of broadcasters
and your you know, acquaintances with folks that work for Fox, ESPN, NBC.
You do you do notice that once the season ends,
they all go on like three week vacation with their
with their family like you always see like, oh, there's
Kevin Burkhard on a you know, on a vacation for
three weeks, or hey, there's this guy, you know why Cavino,
(25:18):
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 exactly. And there's more reasons that you might feel
a little bad for them or not at all. Are
you hearing is that we're here or are you saying,
(25:39):
you know what? I never thought of it that way.
I kind of understand. Again, this is from the athletic
we'll discuss it even further. Plus, we got Dodgers news
and more on the Cavino and Rich more look at
that and more. I can't wait for them more. Hey, uh,
Travis Matthew, We're gonna be in Vegas next See our
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(27:06):
Denny's boy, Lebron James, he'd be traveling.
Speaker 1 (27:13):
Iowa. Sam on the ones and.
Speaker 2 (27:14):
Twos Stanny G's on the phones at eight seven seven
ninety nine on Fox. I usually say meager like Bob Seger,
but this one's the jam right here?
Speaker 1 (27:24):
Am I really on the phones right now? Though? Is
he really? The phones are broken? Yeah?
Speaker 2 (27:28):
We'll explain it. I'm not broken all the way. There's
one line open right now, right, there's one line open.
DB's got your updates in about five minutes. We're Covino
and Rich on Fox Sports Radio Again. Congrats to the
Pacers taking the game last night. One sixteen, one oh
seven ran away with it in the fourth. Talked about
that and in the world of professional sports, it's a
(27:49):
glorified business. They get paid like rock stars, they're living
the life. But in a recent article from The Athletic,
they anonymously interviewed about one hundred and thirty big leaguers
and man, they were all talking about the dark side,
the downside of how tough it is to be a
(28:12):
professional athlete, especially.
Speaker 1 (28:14):
In the world of baseball.
Speaker 2 (28:16):
And we can't really fault them like it does sound
like wah, because life's tough and no one has it
really that much better than them. And are we gonna
fault grown men for opening up when they asked? Yeah,
they were asked, And how often do people say, why
can't men have feelings too?
Speaker 1 (28:36):
Men have right?
Speaker 2 (28:37):
Like, we're gonna crucify these guys for opening up for once.
It's not like they complain all the time. That's what
this article was about. You know what, Danny g has
great thoughts. He's on the phones on our one phone
line that's working, so you're gonna be you better be
good if you call today.
Speaker 1 (28:50):
But you said I would say I was rocking out.
Speaker 2 (28:52):
I have to bring this up because I thought he
was training for the Air Guitar Championship. Because I have
add to the fullest.
Speaker 1 (28:59):
You take care of that.
Speaker 2 (29:00):
Because I was about to say today show or yesterday
show or both, I'm.
Speaker 1 (29:03):
Saying every show. Yeah, you said you were rocking out.
Speaker 2 (29:06):
Today's anniversary of the movie Dirty Work with Norm MacDonald
and I know you're Norm fans love that movie. One
of my favorite scenes ever is when the late Chris
Farley goes up to the jukebox when they're about to
have a big bar fight and he's like, yeah, let's rock.
Speaker 1 (29:19):
Out gee seven.
Speaker 2 (29:24):
That he hits the wrong song, but there was a
specific like fight song that he wanted to queue up.
Speaker 1 (29:28):
I forget which one it was. You remember is he
the guy who had that Saigon wife? Who bit is
I'm using their tam wife but nose off?
Speaker 2 (29:37):
Yes, that was Chris Farley in the Dirty Work classic.
Speaker 1 (29:40):
Yeah, just hey, that was on this day in ninety eight.
Speaker 2 (29:43):
If you're not catching it, he hit the wrong song
on the jukebox, so they have a full on brawl
at the bar to this song.
Speaker 1 (29:49):
Pinakolada song.
Speaker 2 (29:50):
Rupert Holmes, Now, Rich what I was about to say
to give this story some more juice. Yeah, it's missing
your kids growing up. It's the traveling, it's not being there.
But 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.
(30:11):
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. Can I
give you the weakest mild comparison.
Speaker 1 (30:26):
Sure.
Speaker 2 (30:26):
Next weekend we're going to be having a big event
in Vegas. 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,
all seven of my kids are coming, Danny. I already
told my wife, like, I'm probably not gonna talk too much.
Speaker 1 (30:44):
Yeah, we all have to divine because.
Speaker 2 (30:45):
We're going to be schmoozing and being thankful for the
listeners and support. So I said, honey, yeah, and so
it's like a wedding that's like a small microcosm of the.
Speaker 3 (30:54):
The what you still they still get to give you
a hug. What about our military?
Speaker 1 (30:59):
That's true? Oh yes, you don't get to go visit
your your mom or dad when they're in the military.
That's also chosen. There's no draft. They choose that life.
You chose the professional sports life as well.
Speaker 2 (31:10):
How many people in this country are checked to check right?
Speaker 1 (31:14):
So a lot of people reading this and.
Speaker 2 (31:15):
Like yeah, so a lot of people are like, oh,
you didn't get to go to the wedding.
Speaker 5 (31:20):
Wow.
Speaker 2 (31:22):
And I do sympathize with a lot of their schedule
and a lot of the struggles. It's gotta be tough.
But like dany 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 forty.
Speaker 1 (31:37):
Something years old.
Speaker 2 (31:38):
They got the rest of their life to do everything else.
That's not the case for the average American person. You
keep saying it like the rest of your life is guaranteed,
and oh, you're gonna live to ninety and have a
healthy lung, which that's a better you would this a
better lottery draw grab than what regular people have, you know,
to compare it to a celebrity couple. That's why it
(31:59):
was very talked about when Travis Kelcey 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
(32:19):
when you really think about those two easy to mock.
But that's what made them such an interesting story last year.
Speaker 1 (32:26):
Right.
Speaker 2 (32:27):
I think the takeaway here is, yes, these guys are
living the life in all professional sports.
Speaker 1 (32:34):
They really are. They're living the dream.
Speaker 2 (32:35):
And they were asked by the way what the setback is.
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.
Speaker 1 (32:49):
I would say it's like a movie set.
Speaker 3 (32:51):
Covino like, we put actors and actresses up on a pedestal. Yeah,
but there's so much downtime, you know, it's to hurry
up and wait life exactly. They're around, they're sing out
on time with the Yes, their lives are very interesting.
We see the finished product, right, but we're we're not
there during the grind of it all.
Speaker 2 (33:08):
So and truthfully, we don't care. So they have to
deal with that too. So nobody cares that. You know,
we play one hundred and sixty two games a year.
We don't, We really don't. But this article's trying to
express that. Hey, man, it's not as easy as we think. Yeah,
let's go to my favorite news anchor, maybe not Covinos,
Damn Bayer.
Speaker 1 (33:27):
What's going on? Man?
Speaker 4 (33:29):
When Manzi's here in an hour, I know that answer
may change, but since he's not here, I'll take it
right now, buddy, Right now. At the US Open, there
is a lead at four under par and it's held
by JJ Spahn Sung JM got it to five under
at one point, but has dropped a couple of shots.
He's now in a group that's at three under par
that includes Sam Burns and Tristan Lawrence, who's in the
(33:49):
clubhouse after a round of sixty seven. John Ram's at
two under par, as is Cameron Young and Seawou Kim
As for world number one Scottie Scheffler, He's on the
course right now, but two over through thirteen holes. A
couple of other notables. Jordan Speth is one under par
through fourteen holes and currently three shots back in the lead.
Brooks Keepka even par through fifteen. Bryce into Shambo shot
(34:10):
seventy three today puts him at plus three. Rory McElroy
and Phil Micholson each shoots seventy four. They are at
plus four. Stanley Cup Final Game four tonight Oilers and
Panthers eight o'clock Eastern time. Florida is up in the
series two games to one. New York Rangers traded Chris
Crowder to the Anaheim Ducks today. While in baseball, Met's
got that win against the Nationals for to three, but
Pitcherkodei Singa likely heading to the injured list because of
(34:33):
a hamstring strain. Met say he'll get an MRI tomorrow.
Rangers right of the Twins sixteen to three. Rocky's trying
to come back against the giantspur running out of time
seven to five right now in the bottom of the
eighth inning in favor of San Francisco Steelers said coach
Mike Tomlin said today that he's optimistic they get a
deal done with TJ. Watt, who was sitting out mandatory
(34:53):
mini camp because he wants a new deal. In ESPN
reports that there's some traction on a possible Kevin Durant
trey from the Phoenix Suns. In fact, Sham's Sharania says
that teams are motivated to get a deal done prior
to the NBA Draft, which is less than two weeks away.
Speaker 1 (35:09):
Guys, back to you.
Speaker 2 (35:10):
Ye, thank you Dan Again, we're Cavino and Rich and
I thought of one more thing.
Speaker 1 (35:15):
Rich recently on over promised you.
Speaker 2 (35:16):
Remember we discussed something that Aaron Judge said that he'd
never said before, that he never leaves his hotel room
when he's on the road. So something else we don't
think about is the fame and celebrity that they're sort
of prisoner too.
Speaker 1 (35:32):
A lot of these guys can't even go wout and
live life. Some of the superstars can't. It's Frankenstein.
Speaker 2 (35:38):
Oh wait, no, it's Aaron Judge, you know, but it
could be a lonely sort of existence when you're there
and you can't even leave your hotel. So the point is, sometimes,
according to this athletic article, sports aren't always professional.
Speaker 1 (35:52):
Sports aren't always what they're cut out to be.
Speaker 2 (35:54):
But you're gonna get sympathy from the very from you.
No one will care at oh Ali, Well, listen, coming up,
we're gonna go old school in fifty hits. Start thinking
about this very funny meme. Things that were in your
classroom in the eighties and nineties that are just not
there anymore. Something you would find in schools back in
(36:16):
the day. You know, when you realize this when your
kid has like an open house and you go to
visit and you're like, what.
Speaker 1 (36:21):
The hell try a race. Sports. Yeah, it's going on here.
So we'll get to that.
Speaker 2 (36:24):
We'll go old school talk, some NBA finals, baseball football,
all your fun here on Cavino and Rich Yeah, Live
from the Fox Sports Radio Studio.
Speaker 1 (36:45):
It's time you guys ready for the TI Rack play
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Speaker 2 (36:52):
I got it going in the fourth quarter last night.
Take a listen.
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He's got the ball now, right answer the arc.
Speaker 4 (36:58):
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Back into town, throwing it back for a Thursday Old
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Speaker 5 (38:27):
Now.
Speaker 1 (38:28):
You got to realize that this week out here.
Speaker 2 (38:30):
In California, Yeah, lots of protests and lots of craziness, right,
but school also wrapped up this week here in La Fools,
look at me, and school is pretty much winding down
through everyone else in this country next Friday, the first
official day of summer. Yeah, kids are graduating out here
in La. So we're starting to think about school time
(38:50):
and the end of school and something that you would
find in schools in the eighties and nineties that you
wouldn't find today, that's the question. So think back, put
yourself in your grade school, high school classroom. Something I
used to see there then that you don't see now
(39:12):
that your kids are like, I don't know what you're
talking about. So many things come to mind. I'm gonna
give you one. I'll get the obvious one out the gate,
out the way. You think there's a number one answer,
I mean one that you know you're just not seeing anymore.
Speaker 1 (39:26):
You know what that is?
Speaker 2 (39:27):
That old as TV with the VCR on that roller,
and it was like I had like a rope around it.
They always call this genius from the AV club in
there and it has Yeah, it has that stupid rope
or that stupid heart. It's like a harness to keep
it on the stand, had wheels on. No one knows
how to really use it ever.
Speaker 3 (39:46):
Or the teacher would pick two students to go wheel
it in.
Speaker 2 (39:50):
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. And unfortunately that's how a lot of
us saw the Challenger, and you know, pivotal moments nine
to eleven for some younger kids, someone wheeled it in
that old ass TV wheeled in with the VCR and
again there was that like harness rope that kept it
all together.
Speaker 1 (40:07):
I don't know what you're talking about, man.
Speaker 2 (40:09):
I think the number one answer on the board is
the shock you feel when you go to your kids
classroom for open house or whatever, and you realize that
there's no more chalkboards. There's no more chalk or chalkboards.
You're like, say, guy, you have dry erase boards.
Speaker 1 (40:22):
So what kid gets to go bang out to the erasers?
Speaker 3 (40:25):
That feeling on your fingers 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.
Oh wow, something we all lived off the vending machine.
Speaker 2 (40:40):
Sure, so things that you saw in schools in the
classroom eighties, nineties 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.
Speaker 1 (40:50):
How about that
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As my dad would say.
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Hope you had a Pacers sort of night. I thought
the coolest thing that Halliburton addressed a few weeks ago
was that how they've just become masters that problem solving.
(01:57):
They're able to see what the issue is, resolve it.
If there is a problem, you know he'll solve it.
Check out the hook well, Halliburton. So they make adjustments,
turn it around in the fourth quarter, and bam, your
Pacers are up two games to one, one, sixteen to
one oh seven.
Speaker 1 (02:15):
Who's the saddest guy in all the land today? Who?
Jay Z? I don't care, but he bet a million yeah,
but you keep talking about it. Couldn't care. I'm not
saying it's not news.
Speaker 2 (02:28):
I'm just saying I feel zero sympathy at all for that.
I didn't say, I didn't say you should be all
bent about it. But I'm saying jay Z was so
good bet. Yeah, you would have bet a million dollars
beat it.
Speaker 1 (02:42):
I'm glad he's losing. And it's like you drop in
one hundred.
Speaker 2 (02:44):
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 in your BET's done.
Speaker 1 (02:54):
And is such a battle.
Speaker 2 (02:55):
Like I said, it came down to the fourth quarter,
very close game until the Pacers problem solve, 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
(03:15):
the playoffs. Okayc 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. Let me throw this
out I had written down first hour. Are jay Z sympathies? No, no, no, no,
it's a fund bit of information. But if you think
I care at all, and I'm a jay Z fan,
(03:36):
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. Yeah, losing that bet is like
betting the under. And if you're a football gambler, you
know this failing. You bet the under and it's like
twenty one ten in the first quarter and you're like,
you got this ain't gonna work.
Speaker 3 (03:53):
You know. The secret weapon for the Pacers, Iowa, Sam,
you're gonna like this stat the Pacers playoff record with
Caitlyn Clark in attendance eight.
Speaker 2 (04:03):
No, they finally won a game three too, Yeah, series
finally won one. So maybe she is the good luck Charmiawha, Sam,
You're onto something there, I think so.
Speaker 1 (04:15):
Man, so a.
Speaker 2 (04:16):
Big night for the Pacers and man, just okay, see
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. Please if
you don't think that OKAC comes back in Game four
ties it up. Listen, there might be I think they will.
(04:38):
There might be all these Jabbronis that are like Swolborg team.
This is gonna go seven and we are gonna get
some thrills. There's no way one of these teams just
closes it out because of anything. You imagine that the
thunder will find the way. SGA didn't have a great game.
They just and the bench won that game for the Pacers.
So and we said it from the start, Yes, small
(05:00):
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, Karen want to tune in.
So that's what we're getting so far. I'm digging it.
And that's the misconception. I saw someone hit us up
on Twitter yesterday with that same dumb debates and that
we were insinuating it's not a good finals because of
(05:22):
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.
Speaker 3 (05:32):
Before the Finals started, we pointed out it was a
great matchup. Yeah, it's 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.
Speaker 1 (05:40):
You're absolutely right.
Speaker 2 (05:40):
I just pointed out that who cares about the networks,
but they're the ones that are like, oh no, I'm
in Oklahoma. One thing Jason McIntyre said on The Herd,
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 the Great NBA Finals, you
(06:01):
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, Dann Bayer.
Speaker 1 (06:15):
And guys, just just a heads up with that.
Speaker 4 (06:17):
Cavino could have referenced me saying it on his own
show yesterday, but he chose to use Jason McIntire on
a completely different show on Fox Sports.
Speaker 2 (06:24):
You know what your cavin Yeah, well, we'll see. Not
not too sure, Dan, consider it me keeping you on
your toes.
Speaker 1 (06:34):
Attention? Is that what it is? Oh man?
Speaker 4 (06:36):
You know, I remember Mike Harmon always telling me how
his dad always said.
Speaker 1 (06:39):
Step kissing is you know? What do you mean?
Speaker 4 (06:43):
Jason Smith Show with Mike Harmon weeknights on Fox Sports
Radio seven Pacific.
Speaker 1 (06:48):
Hell, I'm just making sure you were listening. That's that's okay.
He's testing you, Dans testing.
Speaker 2 (06:54):
You're right, it is. It's a lack of star power.
But guys like Hallim Burton 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 PACER's night.
They're up two to one and then you got your
Game four on Friday. In Game four NHL tonight, well,
Stanley Cup again another series that could be tied up
(07:15):
at the end of tonight. That's two to one 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 how's my dude
code saying his hamstring.
Speaker 1 (07:29):
So this is all that we know.
Speaker 4 (07:30):
MRI scheduled for tomorrow after injuring it today. It came
that they almost gave away after his injury.
Speaker 2 (07:37):
No the Mets are hot. They won six in zwo
best record in baseball, and I hate Soto heating up.
Speaker 1 (07:42):
I hate it. I can see it. Sodo, he's got
that look in his eye. I hate him.
Speaker 2 (07:46):
Give you don't hate Soto so because you could feel
it happening you just as a Yankees fans sitting there
watching like, oh no, here, I'll tell.
Speaker 1 (07:55):
You he's doing for the Mets.
Speaker 2 (07:56):
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 gives him a okay,
like I figured you out, and nextitch 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 that ties into what we're saying about the
Pacers and the magic that they're finding able to figure
(08:19):
it out, like oh, okay, I got you now. And
that's what Soto's saying to the picture 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 gonna win and We've seen that, man, that's been
the difference, and it's working for your boy Wan Soto
too right now. Well his click and it's clicking. I'm
gonna credit our very own Damn Bayer. I'm not gonna,
(08:40):
you know, shout out another show like you, because I
respect Dan Byer, thank you very much.
Speaker 1 (08:44):
But it was just Dan yesterday who said rich, a.
Speaker 2 (08:47):
Plethora of starting pitching cannot be a bad thing for
your team, Because I said, the Mets got guys like
Frankie Mantas and Manaya coming back.
Speaker 1 (08:54):
Where are they gonna make room?
Speaker 2 (08:56):
Hey listen, If Senga knock on what hopefully has like
a mild hamstring hamstring strain, you miss a starter or two,
you put in Blackburn or Mantes when he comes back.
So I think this is where you see that depth
is never a bad thing, especially in starting.
Speaker 4 (09:10):
It will be an ile stint, yeah for sure, but
just how long we don't know yet.
Speaker 2 (09:14):
It's two weeks and he misses two to three starts.
Hey listen, he has a league leading one point four
to seven ERA, so Sainga'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.
Speaker 1 (09:30):
And you know what, could you know?
Speaker 2 (09:32):
On top of all that, there are rumors that come
trade deadline, it could be your Yankees or my Mets
that bring Jacob de Gram back to New York. Have
you seen those rumors? Yeah, I mean it could happen.
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 de Gram won two punch.
Speaker 1 (09:53):
You know what, I give that a James Hetfield.
Speaker 2 (09:55):
Oh yeah, I imagine if you had Garrett Cale too.
But then again, he's not a big playoff guy. He
has stumbled in the playoffs. But this might be his
chance to show that he's got it. He could earn
that ring because Rich's biggest criticism about the Grams. He
left the Mets to win with the Rangers, but he
(10:15):
really didn't play with the Rangers. No, I'm saying, de
Gram's a big game pitcher. Garrett Cole oh Coley, Yeah, 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 gonna win ninety games, They'll make the playoffs. But
the Yankees got to do something to make the fact
that they lost Garrett Cole. Except big moves don't come cheap,
so you might have to lose a Jason Dominguez or
(10:40):
something like that, a high young prospect or play. 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 they're 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.
Speaker 1 (11:04):
You saw it.
Speaker 2 (11:04):
Against your Yankees. Yeah, he tosses the ball a little
high to Senga and you see him over extend the
leg and he comes down and starts rolling on the
floor and.
Speaker 1 (11:13):
It's like, oh, no, come scaring, Come on. He walks
off the field.
Speaker 2 (11:18):
So they're hoping it's just mild, but yet happens all
the time in sports. You just help you up depth,
all right, Hey, the number eight seven, seven, nine nine
on Fox. I don't know if it's working right now,
so give it a shot later if you want, we'll
play a game. Maybe we'll do something to give away
some prize, but we got a lot doing today. Yeah,
speaking of reichbaw and it's not just baseball. This applies
(11:40):
to all of sports, but especially baseball because baseball is
the longest schedule.
Speaker 1 (11:45):
There was an article from the Athletic.
Speaker 2 (11:49):
New York Times dot com Athletic about how one hundred
and thirty ballplayers were interviewed and surveyed, and he went
over the miss concepcions.
Speaker 1 (12:01):
That's the real pronunciation. I never get surveyed. Have you
ever been surveyed? Never?
Speaker 2 (12:05):
Has anyone ever come up to you and said, survey
says minus Rich Davis.
Speaker 1 (12:09):
Family feud ratings, TV radio. Has anyone ever surveyed you politics?
Speaker 2 (12:15):
You know they'd be like, this guy's leading in the
political polls.
Speaker 1 (12:18):
No one's asked me, crap I only skipped surveys. Would
you like to skip survey? Yes?
Speaker 2 (12:23):
If I know it was for family feud, it'd be like,
sign me up. You know that's true, right, you do
skip it? So that's probably it. You probably aren't asked Rich,
but anyway, the athlete man.
Speaker 4 (12:34):
That's what all those Netflix and YouTube things, they're actually
for family feud and we're just skipping them.
Speaker 1 (12:39):
Damn. Yeah, man, I never surveys. Survey says, well, could
you know?
Speaker 2 (12:45):
Survey says there's a lot of ballplayers out there that
are saying there's a lot of misconceptions.
Speaker 1 (12:50):
Of what it's like to be a big leaguer.
Speaker 2 (12:52):
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 love?
Speaker 1 (13:02):
It's kind of hard to have sympathy.
Speaker 2 (13:04):
Goes back to the jay Z thing when these guys
are making millions of.
Speaker 1 (13:07):
Dollars in living the dream.
Speaker 2 (13:08):
Say all professional sports, you include hot dog eating or
now of course, yeah, make sure if I could put
Joey Chesnut in this conversation, 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
(13:31):
playing the sport for a living, but every job, your
job people in the NBA, NFL, and EHL, 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.
(13:52):
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.
Speaker 1 (14:01):
You feel bad? Do you keep these things in mind?
Or do you not care at all?
Speaker 2 (14:05):
Get out there and play, and get out there and
win because you're compensated fairly for it.
Speaker 1 (14:08):
Look at it this way.
Speaker 2 (14:09):
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
gonna have moments where it sucks. Remember I even reference like,
you could be an adult film star and be like, man, today,
I gotta go to me and four women. There's even
(14:32):
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 we're like, man, just stink, saying dude, you're.
Speaker 1 (14:42):
A quarre hay.
Speaker 2 (14:43):
That's life, right, But their life is not all sunshine
and rainbows. As the great Rocky Bilboa said, 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 a four years later, you look
(15:07):
like old man clements anytime. They always they often compare
like manager of the Yankees the same way too. I mean,
any coach, sure, 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.
(15:28):
So the athletic covers MLB players and the biggest misconceptions
about travel and missing family events. Now, Danny g sam
byer Rich, this whole thing was done anonymously, though I
don't know how you feel about that.
Speaker 1 (15:44):
I like it.
Speaker 3 (15:44):
Like that.
Speaker 2 (15:45):
I like it because, uh, people will not be scared
to give a real answer, because if let's say, Bryce
Harper or Mike Trout or Pete A. Lonzo or some
big star said something, you might be like, oh you okay,
cry baby. I bet you want, Soto set all of
this stuff. That's you love one soda. I cool were here,
but I missed my family. I bet just Soto said
(16:07):
all this I that's my guest. I feel like, before
we even get into this, I'm gonna have way more sympathy. Okay,
socause you're a like work, work, work type of guy.
I'll give you some of the examples. Well, you gotta
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
(16:28):
the world, especially here in America, 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.
Speaker 1 (16:38):
I'm gonna be a fireman.
Speaker 2 (16:39):
I'm gonna play in the NFL. They're living the dream
and they're getting paid millions of dollars, women, celebrity mansions,
fast cars.
Speaker 1 (16:51):
They got it all.
Speaker 2 (16:53):
But they're saying there is a tough side. And one
of the things that comes up is, dude, I missed
my mind. I'm seventeen 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.
Speaker 1 (17:07):
Of the stories.
Speaker 2 (17:08):
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.
Speaker 1 (17:23):
And that's another thing. The travel.
Speaker 2 (17:26):
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 dragon 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
(17:49):
every other week. Yeah, if not every week. So traveling,
packing up, missing birthdays, the feeling of their letting people down.
This was another big one too. They see their time
is so limited. It's like they gotta get out there
take some batting practice. They see these kids and they
want to sign autographs and everything but you know what,
(18:12):
they gotta get out, they gotta get ready, they gotta pack,
they gotta get on a flight, they got to 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
(18:34):
seem to glorify. 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
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you're playing and your team mixed the postseason, you're not
go into a wedding. You you are missing every wedding
unless it's in a little couple month window because there.
Speaker 1 (19:07):
Might be a good thing. Been to some weddings where
you didn't want to be there.
Speaker 2 (19:10):
Danny I don't want to do the disappoint thank you.
I'm a huge wedding fan. I love going as.
Speaker 1 (19:15):
Not surprised me.
Speaker 2 (19:16):
I love Rich shows off his electric slide. I love drinking,
I love dancing, I love seeing love. I love a wedding. Well,
speaking of summers, Rich, when these weddings go down anonymously,
of course, I haven't had a summer since I was
eight or nine years old. Line now, okay to say
that yet that that's a big one. You haven't had
(19:37):
a summer since you were eight or nine. But you
have probably some sort of built in pull, some sort
of grotto, probably in your own backyard, you know, diving
off of I'm sure you're able to use it from here,
here and there. I mean, can we go back to
(19:57):
the travel really quick? They're saying it's way more of
a grind than we could ever imagine.
Speaker 3 (20:02):
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 lap 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
(20:24):
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 nine to
five like our wives do. I'm sure they're there to support.
Speaker 2 (20:41):
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 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
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on any relationship in your life. That's why hate to
quote him, but he did it all right, he did everything.
Speaker 3 (21:07):
There's more strain not having money to pay your bills
and your significant other having strust.
Speaker 2 (21:13):
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. I agree, being broke
is worse than missing someone in so many cases. 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
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any of these things until his career was over.
Speaker 3 (21:38):
And as if I was a professional athlete, I think
I would wait as well.
Speaker 2 (21:42):
There's still other things to get to the downside. Because
we do we 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. Noxt I think about it, and I'm
going to read our feedback at Coven and Rich.
Speaker 1 (21:59):
Well, the question is do you have any sympathy? I do?
I do? I do?
Speaker 2 (22:02):
I listen because I know it's a big thing to say, well,
put money aside, because money is such a big part
of it. It's like it's telling you to put the
biggest element aside, you know, put aside the fifty million
dollars you're making in the NBA. That's hard to put
a side, but being away from your family, that's a
price tag of its own.
Speaker 1 (22:23):
Right, it is, and it's a sacrifice.
Speaker 2 (22:25):
I think, you know, the unsung heroes are the guys
that travel with these teams that aren't paid that.
Speaker 1 (22:30):
Way podcasters do that.
Speaker 2 (22:32):
I think about it all the time, Like, don't you
wonder how Michael Guys like Michael K have a life.
Speaker 1 (22:37):
We have a buddy that works with the WWE.
Speaker 2 (22:39):
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. Oh man, that must be awesome.
I don't think I would ever want to do it.
You're sacrificing a lot.
Speaker 4 (22:54):
Yeah, And I don't think that ballplayers are the only
profession that travels. No, So like there's others that were CEOs,
and people are flying across country and doing this and that.
Speaker 1 (23:04):
People in sales and they're making.
Speaker 2 (23:05):
A fraction of the money right absolutely, And they're not
playing a kids game and they're doing.
Speaker 1 (23:09):
It year round.
Speaker 4 (23:10):
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 maybe like, hey, we're traveling to
Baltimore because we got to start a three game set
at that point to sit there and always have to
be there and in baseball player mode for five straight
(23:31):
months or waiting up at least to the All Star break.
Speaker 2 (23:34):
At breaking in the All Star breaks, like three days. Yes,
and we make it seem like they got a month off.
Dann Buyer again, amazing point. And I'll tell you why
you can see nay because Dan's right. Yes, we we
do our show here on Fox Sports Trading on Friday.
We don't do our other podcast on Fridays. We have
so sort of like a half day. We just do
(23:56):
this show. Then we have Friday nights, Saturday Sunday, and
we sometimes be like, man, that wasn't enough to refresh.
Speaker 1 (24:03):
Dann Buyer's right. A baseball player has a Monday.
Speaker 2 (24:06):
Or Thursday off, but you know, in that day usually
spend a lot of playing. There's a flip side, like
danyg pointed out before, they also have youth on their side.
So tell me when you were in your early twenties
in early thirties, 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 careers all over.
Speaker 4 (24:28):
At forty, 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.
Speaker 1 (24:34):
Side of the country.
Speaker 4 (24:35):
We're 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 do We're
not going to a game that weekend, We're not coming.
Speaker 1 (24:46):
It was amazing.
Speaker 4 (24:48):
It was like it was worth the world to not
just go on a plane that one weekend after doing
it for ten straight weeks.
Speaker 2 (24:56):
I don't know if you've noticed because of our industry,
Dan Buyer, I'm sure you follow a lot of broadcasters
and your you know, acquaintances with folks that work for Fox, ESPN, NBC.
You do you do notice that once the season ends,
they all go on like three week vacation with their
with their family like you always see like, oh, there's
Kevin Burkhard on a you know, on a vacation for
three weeks, or hey, there's this guy, you know why Cavino,
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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 exactly. And there's more reasons that you might feel
a little bad for them or not at all. Are
you hearing is that we're here or are you saying,
(25:39):
you know what? I never thought of it that way.
I kind of understand. Again, this is from the athletic
we'll discuss it even further. Plus, we got Dodgers news
and more on the Cavino and Rich more look at
that and more. I can't wait for them more. Hey, uh,
Travis Matthew, We're gonna be in Vegas next See our
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(27:06):
Denny's boy, Lebron James, he'd be traveling.
Speaker 1 (27:13):
Iowa. Sam on the ones and.
Speaker 2 (27:14):
Twos Stanny G's on the phones at eight seven seven
ninety nine on Fox. I usually say meager like Bob Seger,
but this one's the jam right here?
Speaker 1 (27:24):
Am I really on the phones right now? Though? Is
he really? The phones are broken? Yeah?
Speaker 2 (27:28):
We'll explain it. I'm not broken all the way. There's
one line open right now, right, there's one line open.
DB's got your updates in about five minutes. We're Covino
and Rich on Fox Sports Radio Again. Congrats to the
Pacers taking the game last night. One sixteen, one oh
seven ran away with it in the fourth. Talked about
that and in the world of professional sports, it's a
(27:49):
glorified business. They get paid like rock stars, they're living
the life. But in a recent article from The Athletic,
they anonymously interviewed about one hundred and thirty big leaguers
and man, they were all talking about the dark side,
the downside of how tough it is to be a
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professional athlete, especially.
Speaker 1 (28:14):
In the world of baseball.
Speaker 2 (28:16):
And we can't really fault them like it does sound
like wah, because life's tough and no one has it
really that much better than them. And are we gonna
fault grown men for opening up when they asked? Yeah,
they were asked, And how often do people say, why
can't men have feelings too?
Speaker 1 (28:36):
Men have right?
Speaker 2 (28:37):
Like, we're gonna crucify these guys for opening up for once.
It's not like they complain all the time. That's what
this article was about. You know what, Danny g has
great thoughts. He's on the phones on our one phone
line that's working, so you're gonna be you better be
good if you call today.
Speaker 1 (28:50):
But you said I would say I was rocking out.
Speaker 2 (28:52):
I have to bring this up because I thought he
was training for the Air Guitar Championship. Because I have
add to the fullest.
Speaker 1 (28:59):
You take care of that.
Speaker 2 (29:00):
Because I was about to say today show or yesterday
show or both, I'm.
Speaker 1 (29:03):
Saying every show. Yeah, you said you were rocking out.
Speaker 2 (29:06):
Today's anniversary of the movie Dirty Work with Norm MacDonald
and I know you're Norm fans love that movie. One
of my favorite scenes ever is when the late Chris
Farley goes up to the jukebox when they're about to
have a big bar fight and he's like, yeah, let's rock.
Speaker 1 (29:19):
Out gee seven.
Speaker 2 (29:24):
That he hits the wrong song, but there was a
specific like fight song that he wanted to queue up.
Speaker 1 (29:28):
I forget which one it was. You remember is he
the guy who had that Saigon wife? Who bit is
I'm using their tam wife but nose off?
Speaker 2 (29:37):
Yes, that was Chris Farley in the Dirty Work classic.
Speaker 1 (29:40):
Yeah, just hey, that was on this day in ninety eight.
Speaker 2 (29:43):
If you're not catching it, he hit the wrong song
on the jukebox, so they have a full on brawl
at the bar to this song.
Speaker 1 (29:49):
Pinakolada song.
Speaker 2 (29:50):
Rupert Holmes, Now, Rich what I was about to say
to give this story some more juice. Yeah, it's missing
your kids growing up. It's the traveling, it's not being there.
But 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.
(30:11):
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. Can I
give you the weakest mild comparison.
Speaker 1 (30:26):
Sure.
Speaker 2 (30:26):
Next weekend we're going to be having a big event
in Vegas. 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,
all seven of my kids are coming, Danny. I already
told my wife, like, I'm probably not gonna talk too much.
Speaker 1 (30:44):
Yeah, we all have to divine because.
Speaker 2 (30:45):
We're going to be schmoozing and being thankful for the
listeners and support. So I said, honey, yeah, and so
it's like a wedding that's like a small microcosm of the.
Speaker 3 (30:54):
The what you still they still get to give you
a hug. What about our military?
Speaker 1 (30:59):
That's true? Oh yes, you don't get to go visit
your your mom or dad when they're in the military.
That's also chosen. There's no draft. They choose that life.
You chose the professional sports life as well.
Speaker 2 (31:10):
How many people in this country are checked to check right?
Speaker 1 (31:14):
So a lot of people reading this and.
Speaker 2 (31:15):
Like yeah, so a lot of people are like, oh,
you didn't get to go to the wedding.
Speaker 5 (31:20):
Wow.
Speaker 2 (31:22):
And I do sympathize with a lot of their schedule
and a lot of the struggles. It's gotta be tough.
But like dany 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 forty.
Speaker 1 (31:37):
Something years old.
Speaker 2 (31:38):
They got the rest of their life to do everything else.
That's not the case for the average American person. You
keep saying it like the rest of your life is guaranteed,
and oh, you're gonna live to ninety and have a
healthy lung, which that's a better you would this a
better lottery draw grab than what regular people have, you know,
to compare it to a celebrity couple. That's why it
(31:59):
was very talked about when Travis Kelcey 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
(32:19):
when you really think about those two easy to mock.
But that's what made them such an interesting story last year.
Speaker 1 (32:26):
Right.
Speaker 2 (32:27):
I think the takeaway here is, yes, these guys are
living the life in all professional sports.
Speaker 1 (32:34):
They really are. They're living the dream.
Speaker 2 (32:35):
And they were asked by the way what the setback is.
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.
Speaker 1 (32:49):
I would say it's like a movie set.
Speaker 3 (32:51):
Covino like, we put actors and actresses up on a pedestal. Yeah,
but there's so much downtime, you know, it's to hurry
up and wait life exactly. They're around, they're sing out
on time with the Yes, their lives are very interesting.
We see the finished product, right, but we're we're not
there during the grind of it all.
Speaker 2 (33:08):
So and truthfully, we don't care. So they have to
deal with that too. So nobody cares that. You know,
we play one hundred and sixty two games a year.
We don't, We really don't. But this article's trying to
express that. Hey, man, it's not as easy as we think. Yeah,
let's go to my favorite news anchor, maybe not Covinos,
Damn Bayer.
Speaker 1 (33:27):
What's going on? Man?
Speaker 4 (33:29):
When Manzi's here in an hour, I know that answer
may change, but since he's not here, I'll take it
right now, buddy, Right now. At the US Open, there
is a lead at four under par and it's held
by JJ Spahn Sung JM got it to five under
at one point, but has dropped a couple of shots.
He's now in a group that's at three under par
that includes Sam Burns and Tristan Lawrence, who's in the
(33:49):
clubhouse after a round of sixty seven. John Ram's at
two under par, as is Cameron Young and Seawou Kim
As for world number one Scottie Scheffler, He's on the
course right now, but two over through thirteen holes. A
couple of other notables. Jordan Speth is one under par
through fourteen holes and currently three shots back in the lead.
Brooks Keepka even par through fifteen. Bryce into Shambo shot
(34:10):
seventy three today puts him at plus three. Rory McElroy
and Phil Micholson each shoots seventy four. They are at
plus four. Stanley Cup Final Game four tonight Oilers and
Panthers eight o'clock Eastern time. Florida is up in the
series two games to one. New York Rangers traded Chris
Crowder to the Anaheim Ducks today. While in baseball, Met's
got that win against the Nationals for to three, but
Pitcherkodei Singa likely heading to the injured list because of
(34:33):
a hamstring strain. Met say he'll get an MRI tomorrow.
Rangers right of the Twins sixteen to three. Rocky's trying
to come back against the giantspur running out of time
seven to five right now in the bottom of the
eighth inning in favor of San Francisco Steelers said coach
Mike Tomlin said today that he's optimistic they get a
deal done with TJ. Watt, who was sitting out mandatory
(34:53):
mini camp because he wants a new deal. In ESPN
reports that there's some traction on a possible Kevin Durant
trey from the Phoenix Suns. In fact, Sham's Sharania says
that teams are motivated to get a deal done prior
to the NBA Draft, which is less than two weeks away.
Speaker 1 (35:09):
Guys, back to you.
Speaker 2 (35:10):
Ye, thank you Dan Again, we're Cavino and Rich and
I thought of one more thing.
Speaker 1 (35:15):
Rich recently on over promised you.
Speaker 2 (35:16):
Remember we discussed something that Aaron Judge said that he'd
never said before, that he never leaves his hotel room
when he's on the road. So something else we don't
think about is the fame and celebrity that they're sort
of prisoner too.
Speaker 1 (35:32):
A lot of these guys can't even go wout and
live life. Some of the superstars can't. It's Frankenstein.
Speaker 2 (35:38):
Oh wait, no, it's Aaron Judge, you know, but it
could be a lonely sort of existence when you're there
and you can't even leave your hotel. So the point is, sometimes,
according to this athletic article, sports aren't always professional.
Speaker 1 (35:52):
Sports aren't always what they're cut out to be.
Speaker 2 (35:54):
But you're gonna get sympathy from the very from you.
No one will care at oh Ali, Well, listen, coming up,
we're gonna go old school in fifty hits. Start thinking
about this very funny meme. Things that were in your
classroom in the eighties and nineties that are just not
there anymore. Something you would find in schools back in
(36:16):
the day. You know, when you realize this when your
kid has like an open house and you go to
visit and you're like, what.
Speaker 1 (36:21):
The hell try a race. Sports. Yeah, it's going on here.
So we'll get to that.
Speaker 2 (36:24):
We'll go old school talk, some NBA finals, baseball football,
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Speaker 5 (38:27):
Now.
Speaker 1 (38:28):
You got to realize that this week out here.
Speaker 2 (38:30):
In California, Yeah, lots of protests and lots of craziness, right,
but school also wrapped up this week here in La Fools,
look at me, and school is pretty much winding down
through everyone else in this country next Friday, the first
official day of summer. Yeah, kids are graduating out here
in La. So we're starting to think about school time
(38:50):
and the end of school and something that you would
find in schools in the eighties and nineties that you
wouldn't find today, that's the question. So think back, put
yourself in your grade school, high school classroom. Something I
used to see there then that you don't see now
(39:12):
that your kids are like, I don't know what you're
talking about. So many things come to mind. I'm gonna
give you one. I'll get the obvious one out the gate,
out the way. You think there's a number one answer,
I mean one that you know you're just not seeing anymore.
Speaker 1 (39:26):
You know what that is?
Speaker 2 (39:27):
That old as TV with the VCR on that roller,
and it was like I had like a rope around it.
They always call this genius from the AV club in
there and it has Yeah, it has that stupid rope
or that stupid heart. It's like a harness to keep
it on the stand, had wheels on. No one knows
how to really use it ever.
Speaker 3 (39:46):
Or the teacher would pick two students to go wheel
it in.
Speaker 2 (39:50):
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. And unfortunately that's how a lot of
us saw the Challenger, and you know, pivotal moments nine
to eleven for some younger kids, someone wheeled it in
that old ass TV wheeled in with the VCR and
again there was that like harness rope that kept it
all together.
Speaker 1 (40:07):
I don't know what you're talking about, man.
Speaker 2 (40:09):
I think the number one answer on the board is
the shock you feel when you go to your kids
classroom for open house or whatever, and you realize that
there's no more chalkboards. There's no more chalk or chalkboards.
You're like, say, guy, you have dry erase boards.
Speaker 1 (40:22):
So what kid gets to go bang out to the erasers?
Speaker 3 (40:25):
That feeling on your fingers 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.
Oh wow, something we all lived off the vending machine.
Speaker 2 (40:40):
Sure, so things that you saw in schools in the
classroom eighties, nineties 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.
Speaker 1 (40:50):
How about that
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