December 3, 2024 • 41 mins
C&R have too much fun talking the proposed MLB "Golden-At-Bat!" Why does Rich love it so much? Can he sway Covino's opinion that it's corny? The show comes up with more fun rule changes for the NFL & NBA! Plus, callers from all over the country weigh-in!
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
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(00:24):
what we do. We bring the boom. Covino and Rich
on Fox Sports Radio. Hope you had a Denver Bronco
swore tonight. Yeah. And by the way, Jamis Winston, how
fun is he to watch? You know? I got questions
about Jamis Winston. We're gonna talk a lot of NFL today.
(00:45):
We're gonna talk about a nonsense, a new rule in
baseball that everyone hates but me, and I'm gonna tell
you why it's the best thing they could possibly do.
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That's Danny g living the dad life. We got Dan Byer.
What's your updates? He's also living the dead life. He is.
Those two are knee deep in it. And of course
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Spotty's on the videos at Covino and Rich. If you
want to play along at home, let the wild Rumpest start.
It's the time of year where the kids are well behaved.
Thank you, Elf on the shelf. All right, hey, listen,
we got to talk some Monday night football. We got
to talk about this golden at bat. I feel like
I almost want to start with that because I think
it is the most intriguing thing in sports, and I
(03:06):
love how everyone in the sports world is taking a
big doo doo on it like this. So I saw
this today courtesy of Fox Sports MLB. It's all over
the place. Rob Manfred says, oh for Manford Man, Yes
of Manford Man, blonde dude, Bob revved up like a deuce.
I know what you thought the lyrics were. We all did.
(03:26):
It's a deuce revved up like a deuce. You know
what that refers to? You know it's a cover song,
by the way, it's a Bruce Springsteen another Roller in
the Night. I've heard the original. I like the Manford
Man version, but he's referring to a little deuce coop, right,
make a little deuce coop? Well at Robert Manfred says
there's a buzz around adding a golden at bat rule
(03:48):
to Major League Baseball, and he says this rule would
allow a team to choose one at bat in every
game to use their best hitter, regardless of where they're
at in the lineup. So basically, you just put your
best hitter in or the appropriate hitter in whenever you
want to, once per game. And I heard the first
(04:09):
little buzz or roomor I heard about it was well,
it's a rumor, but they might give it a try
for the All Star Game. Then I started thinking about
that too, and I'm like, imagine making the All Star
team and then you're pulled for your one at bat
because I don't even want to throw Wan Soto in
there or show Hey in there, so you miss your
one at bat. But it could be fun for an
(04:30):
All Star game. It could be fun for baseball. But
my first initial thought, I'll tell you what I thought
right after we hear it from himself, the man, himself.
Speaker 2 (04:39):
Man for a variety of things that are being talked
about out there.
Speaker 1 (04:43):
One of them, there was a little buzz around.
Speaker 2 (04:45):
At an owner's meeting, was the idea of a golden
at bat. That is, you know, putting your best player
out there out of order at a particular point in
the game. That rule and things like that are in
the conversation only stage right now.
Speaker 1 (04:59):
Now. I'm a fan of keeping things fresh and new ideas.
I'm not against that at all. But my first initial
thought was, Hey, that's interesting. They're even considering something that
sounds so silly to me. That sounded so silly to me,
And I don't want to say I'm flip flopping, but
Rich I heard your thoughts about it, and I heard
(05:22):
other people's thoughts about it. They sort of opened my
mind up to it a little bit more a little bit.
I think I'll tell you why. I think any change
in sports is good for the most part, because if
it stinks, you could always say, you know what, didn't
change our mind, It didn't work. It happened with pass
(05:42):
interference challenges, right like, yeah, this is just about the
graphics and hockey with the uses. I liked it with
the tail on the pocket. I don't know who you called.
I thought it was cool. There are times where decisions
are made and we say, you know, that didn't work out,
and you could always say, all right, let's let's go back.
(06:03):
I am all about the idea of changing rules and
strategies to make it more fun for the fans. You
got kids, Do you know what their attention span is?
It's not getting better all these little changes to the game.
Do you know who's mad? You're grandpappy. Yeah it was
Mickey Mantle played and made Ruth and who cares what?
(06:24):
They're dying soon that generation. You know what it feels
like though. You know when you'd play whiffleball or something
growing up, and you'd have your own house rules, but
you go and play at someone else's house rules and
they have like some ridiculous role like, yeah, but if
you hit it off that tree and you catch, it's
stilling out. But if you hit it over the house,
it's an automatic grand slam. And You're like, really, I
(06:45):
don't know if I vibe with these rules. Every rule change.
That's what counds like to me. It's like, wait, so
you're gonna just take someone out of lineup to throw
someone better in, but once per game. At first it
feels silly, and I'll give credit where it's due. Rich.
I talk about it, and he immediately was excited about it.
But then Rich said he heard our old pal, mad
(07:06):
Dog Russo also talking about it. And you said, mad
Dog found it to be a great idea. That's so great,
he said, when it cuts to this eye, golden, golden,
that bad. I'm open to it. He's open to it.
He's open to it. So when I heard mad Dog's
take through Rich, that opened my eyes and ears up
even more because I'm thinking he's our old colleague and
(07:30):
we've known him for a while. We know how hardcore
he is for his Giants and for baseball and everything else,
and like, if an old school fan like him is
open to that, maybe there is something to it. And
then I'm listening to Rich like, yeah, we could always
move backward on it. Think about the bigger basis, Think
about some of the changes baseball made. The pitch clock.
We were not all open to it right away, and
(07:52):
you know what, it worked out. It was fine, didn't you.
In fact, it made the game quicker and better. In
my opinion, do you hear anyone complaining about none the
pitch clock now that we're a year or so deep
into it. No, the bigger basis. The only person I
ever hear talk about it is Rob Parker. Pizza box
Like pizza boxes. The bases are so big like pizza boxes, Parker. Yeah,
(08:14):
so no one had a problem with it, but we
all thought, oh, this is gonna be terrible. You can't
change America's game tradition. You can't do that. Yo, can't
do it. Let's be real about it. Baseball needs to
step things up to make things more interesting. But is
this a little absurd? And I'll tell you a little
like basketball, Like, come on, it sounds dumb. I'll tell
(08:36):
you why. Every rule change that has happened in our
lifetime is met with resistance. That is true, then it happens.
It's like an update on your iPhone. The emojis now
are different colors. Remember you had the iPhone with the
button and they eliminated the button. How we gonna wait
a minute, the home button? Yeah, you just swipe up now.
(08:58):
Oh I'll never get used to that within like two weeks. Well,
I look, you're better. Yeah, but where does this silliness stop?
It still feels silly, but I'm not really hating on it.
The rest the way, the rest of the world is.
Danny g told me that Dan Patrick was totally dumping
all over this idea earlier today. Here I had boxing
(09:20):
Big Mike was saying they were coming up with what
dumber rules did they make? I'm telling you in our lifetime,
let's go over a couple so I know the initial
reaction because I had the same initial reaction was this
sounds stupid. Okay, it's really not that bad when you
think about it. Guess what, there was no replay in sports?
How many stupid blown calls would have been corrected. There
(09:42):
was no two point conversion in the NFL. There's a
lot of things they slid in over the last twenty
thirty forty fifty years that we get used to, not
only do we get used to it? We're like, oh yeah,
we're better for it. Well, think about baseball. You can't
barrel over a catcher. That's recent history. Pickoffs, they've and
did that. These are all things that we were like,
come on, but we rolled with it because the game evolves.
Speaker 3 (10:06):
There's gotta be a spot where you draw a line
in the sand, though, because where this is gonna get
ridiculous is pre show meeting.
Speaker 1 (10:13):
Rich was like a reverse golden bat, you know, because
I got the reverse golden at bats. See where it's
gonna quick? Look who's selling out the Savannah bananas? You know,
if you got a boy, if anyone's got a son, dude,
perfect trick shots. People love spectacles. We can't expect the
(10:35):
younger generation to have the patience of an old person.
Good luck trying that's like it's like trying to keep
your kid off of social media and without wanting a phone.
Good ethan luck. You know that that's a great point, Rich,
And I know it sounds goofy. I heard other buzz
about this new potential rule throughout the day and they
(10:55):
compared it to what do we turn into the Savannah bananas?
Would it be all that bad to get the attention
of young fans. Does does the public? Do you guys
realize how popular the Savannah bananas are. They're selling out
everywhere they go. It's a game. Let's not make it
seem like, well, it's supposed to be fun, right. They
don't need integrity of judges. And you know, I was
(11:18):
gonna say politicians, but there's lacks of integrity there too.
But yeah, but I'm saying Savannah bananas. It appeals to
young people, It appeals pun intended appeals, It appeals to families.
Don't you want to get more excitement involved in baseball,
which traditionally has been boring to a younger fan. So
as silly as it sounds, and I'm standing my ground,
(11:40):
it sounds silly as hell. I'm like, get out of here,
because I'm a baseball fan. It sounds dumb. The more
I hear Rich talk about it, the more I hear
mad Dog, an old school fan, talk about it and
he's open to it, I'm like, maybe I should be
a little open to it. And it doesn't sound. Yeah,
it doesn't sound as bad to me now that I
really think about it than it initially did. Evolution, baby,
(12:01):
everything in life, we evolve. I'll give you a few examples,
since I'm the king of analogies. Move over, cowhard, listen
to these analogies. In life. We're in the holiday season right.
Every year, our parents would send out Christmas cards. People
still do them. Then they became personalized. It used to
(12:23):
just be like a snowman on the front, like, oh,
dear friends, Uh, I love Greg, Marianne, Richie, Jimmy and Laurie.
That's my family. You send them out, your parents like
might keep them. Then everyone decided I'm going to make
personalized ones with my kids now unless it's like a
close family member. You get that in the meilic. Oh look,
(12:44):
Tim and his wife sent me a card. Garbage. No,
he's supposed to hang them around the doorway or one
under the tablecloth or something. I use them as coasters. Yeah,
you know. I was them to make fun of how
ugly some of my friend's kids got. You know, picture
that picture of your kids on Santa's lap, Put it
on Facebook, Instagram and TikTok or put it anywhere X
(13:08):
and guess what Your friends and family will be more
likely to see it and comment. Then you just bl evolution.
Evolution you know, by the way, you know what I
really do. I'm serious. It's terrible. But you always get
those Christmas cards from a new parent because they're excited
about their new kid and their new family. But then
as the years go by, every year you get another
one and the kid's cute, and he's cute, and he's cute,
(13:30):
and then he hits like an ugly stage and that's
when I tear it up. And that's what I talk about.
Want ugly kids in my house. I get out of here.
So there's a little baby grinch. Listen. I spend a
lot of time at Low's because you know you're a homeowner.
That's like your number one store or home depot. You know.
My number one problem with Lows, I'm sorry, home depot.
My number one problem with home deepo. I don't know
(13:51):
what Lows us. Number one problem with the depot, I
don't know what. They don't take Apple pay. They don't,
in fact that I have do you know any I've
had to be like, are you I don't have my
wallet on me? I just ran here quick too. You
eat a fruit guy on the corner and his little
cart takes ample pay. The girl Scouts of America set
up outside of supermarkets, and they're like, we have Zell,
(14:12):
Venmo anything you need. Where the girl scouts here some
smow is square square. Listen. There are times where I'll
see someone even asking for money, like you got some
you got a spare dollar. I'm like, listen, dude, if
I were you, I'd put up a QR code. I'd
give you five bucks or a sandwich. But I don't
have cash on me. What am I gonna do? We
(14:33):
live in a different world. Get with the times, and
that includes sports. I promise you that's true. Even the
hobos out here in LA have Venmo Christmas cards, Christmas cards.
How you pay for things if you don't have Apple
pay or Venmo good luck? Do you write checks? I
(14:53):
do sometimes, but no for the most part. No. So
explain how you see this work and rich why you're
sold on it, and and explain your flip side rule. Okay,
and Danny G's gonna explain the three options because there's
three options and how this is gonna work. This is
so awesome. Give the three options. I'll tell you which
one's best. Yeah.
Speaker 3 (15:11):
So the way I'm hearing it, when I was reading
what Jason Stark was commenting about it. The three options
they tossed around were you could use this golden at
bat once anytime in the game, option two anytime after
the seventh inning, or option three if it's a tide
game going into extras.
Speaker 1 (15:29):
I like it one time anytime throughout the game. Right,
it's like a challenge, But I think, yeah, like after
seventh inning too, though, I think anytime. Maybe you want
to use it in the third inning. Feel free. And
by the way, when we say the golden at bat,
what this means is if you have runners on second
and third and like Gavin Lux is up and you're like, yeah,
(15:49):
he's struggling. Oh Tani, you're up, and he'll still maintain
his position in the batting order. And let's be real
about it, kids, family sports fans, everybody under the moon
would rather see Otani get another bat than your boy
Will Smith that you love talking about Danny g And
the reality is Danny although it's not fair, they're getting
(16:12):
paid tens of millions of dollars, relaxed. But it's not
like a pinch hitter where you, yeah, he loses his position.
He's still in the game. It's just that at bat right.
If that's all of a sudden, it's bases juiced and
the Mets like, oh man, who is up their eighth hitter.
They could be like no, no, no, Francisco Lindor you're
up now.
Speaker 3 (16:30):
The managers have a signal that we all know for
you know, changing the picture. So if this happens, what
would the signal be for the golden bat? Would they
have many golden bat?
Speaker 1 (16:41):
I think I think that the manager has to come
out of the dug out like it's Willie Wanka, be
like I got the golden I got the gold.
Speaker 3 (16:48):
Like an actual golden ticket in his hand.
Speaker 1 (16:51):
He's cashing in the tic pitt Aaron Boone on the
top step of the dug out, dancing around with his
to put the Gene Wilder top hat on. Yes, and
then he goes Aaron Joe sounds fun, but it sounds
like a circus. It sounds dumb. I think it's amazing,
and I have a counter to this, all right, So
it's the counter. So you have one golden at Bata game.
And if anyone hates this, you just hate fun. Really,
(17:11):
I mean, it's baseball. When this is not like brain surgery,
you are the most fired up I bat it. Oh listen,
if you're at a game and all of a sudden,
you're like, man, I would really love to see uh, oh,
give me a stud player. I would love to see
Raphael Devers with another at bat. Well, it's bases juiced
in the seventh put them up again. I love this idea.
Now to counter it, though, I think every team should
(17:34):
have one golden at bat ticket, really a goal ticket
with the top hat. Counter it with the blocker. Now,
I think let's say Padres Dodgers basses are juiced, Otani's on,
(17:55):
Freddie Freeman's on Mookie like let let's let's say let's
say Mooki's on and Freddy's on, and you got Otani
at the plate. The defense has one skip. It's not
an intentional walk. It's a we're gonna hold up our skip,
like like you're playing Uno or something. What if someone
(18:17):
uses their golden at bat? Can they use the skip?
Is like a game of Uno. You could revert and
then and then Danny the Dodgers connect, Well, you lost
your skip because we're gonna bat him anyway. It's baseball. Now.
This is where it gets corny, like the greatest idea.
I love it. I so badly wanted to do that.
I want to implement this in my softball league. I'm
gonna propose this tonight. How about this? How about if
(18:38):
the golden ticket works for the at bat, you try
it out spring training, all Star games, something fun, novelty
like that. If it works, then maybe you could incorporate
a skip. I don't know if if you could skip,
I'm sorry, skip, I don't know if you could then
have this UNO strategy involved. How would the skip work?
Speaker 3 (18:58):
You as the manager, you get a pick which of
their players goes to bat in that situation.
Speaker 1 (19:03):
I think it's just a proceeds with the batting goal,
right right, I'm skipping that batter, like, yeah, no, we're
not facing him. But if you want us per game,
Let's say that the Marlins are playing the Mets, and
the Mets have the bases loaded. Pete Alonzo's up, but
you know who's on deck? I don't know, Iglesias. The
Marlins gonna be like, we're gonna use our skip.
Speaker 3 (19:20):
So it's the reverse of an intentional walk.
Speaker 1 (19:22):
Yes, because the batter does not go to first base,
it's skip. So are you really buying into that? No, no,
even the skip I should be the commissioner. You know,
you're really buying into that because this is for real
and I do I don't know. I do hate change,
but I'm open to trying this out for the fun
(19:46):
of the Get this, guys, it is just the game.
It really is a game. I know we take it
real serious, but it's just the game. And if this
makes it more fun, and I know you want to say,
what is this Savanna bananas? Guess what, Savannah bananas are
fun and they're selling out and they're intriguing to younger fans.
There's a game that has to evolve and is there's
no harm in trying the golden at bat. I think
(20:10):
that's where you stop it for now, and if it works,
then you incorporate some other things or other goofy ideas.
I think, listen, what did more people watch in anything
this year in the United States and the world, Mike Tyson,
Jake Paul So to pretend that we don't like excitement
is fun. It was novelty and fun and spectacle novelty gimmicks.
(20:32):
I think the one thing the NFL needs to do
next year, if you want to talk about rule changes,
we've discussed this that it's come close with the rules committee,
with the NFL. The on side kick has such a
terrible conversion rate. They've talked about the team instead of
kicking off after they score, they would get the ball
(20:52):
their twenty or twenty five yard line, and it's fourth
and fifteen. That's what we need to keep in mind,
that these are games and you're just trying to make
the game better. Guess what, I don't. It's just a game.
What was it? I mean, you could still take it serious,
but just like you take a board game serious, they're
just trying to make it better.
Speaker 4 (21:08):
What it's for?
Speaker 1 (21:09):
Little rules? There was a game I played, we played
when we were all with our buddies in Miami after
some drinks and some fun. Oh telestrations, Yeah, telestrations. It
does all these fun games. Guess what, I don't play
anymore Monopoly? What are you? Seventy five years old? Ninety?
I love Monopoly? You would, I was Sammy? You don't
have Instagram? All right? So what the hell your kids?
Fox Sports Radio names? Never you think you think my
(21:32):
kids would sit down for Monopoly? I thought you guys
were Monopoly guys. Get out of here. What do you
think about the golden at bat rule that's been proposed.
Your thoughts on it? Does it sound corny? It does
sound a little corny. Could it work? I think it can,
so the golden at bat rule? Let us notice three options.
Want to know your thoughts and we got prizes to
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(21:54):
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Covino and Rinch or call us now. We're talking about
this golden at Bat rule that they're throwing around today.
I love it, and I'm being said, I'm being I
just want everyone to questions though, I want everyone to
(24:23):
know I'm one hundred percent serious when I say I
love it. I love it. I love it. I love it.
I love it. I love it like Lyle love it.
I love this because of it, like John love. It's
so true, so true, I think, and I'm reading all
the benefits that sports. That's the ticket, the golden ticket,
that's the ticket. I think sports is about fun. I
(24:44):
said this in the hallway during the break and go, guys,
what's sports fun?
Speaker 4 (24:47):
Right?
Speaker 1 (24:48):
Like, the same people that would resist any fun rule
change are probably the type of people that don't like
our show because we bring.
Speaker 3 (24:54):
The boom lead to like a Harlem globetrotter's game. Yeah,
of course, yeah, you don't want it to get out
of hand, dude. It's not twenty seven at bats in
a nine inning game. One time in the game.
Speaker 1 (25:05):
You could elect to put your best hitter in for
someone else in a key spot. And I said to
Cavino during the commercial, I said, listen, I want you
to paint a picture. Close your eyes for a second. Okay,
it's Dodger Stadium tie game against the Padres, no peaky
bottom of the knife, and all of a sudden, Dave
(25:27):
Roberts comes to the top step of the dugout fanfare
starts playing. He reaches into his back pocket Golden outs.
It sort of music is oh, mister perfect theme from wrestling.
Remember that oh Dum dum. I picture like a two
(25:48):
thousand and one space out as he but a Dodge
dom dom don' don't don't imagine how electric lots of
timpany how electric would Dodger Stadium be in that moment. Yeah,
it would go wild if he used it to take
out some lame mask Bantner, to throw Otani in there,
or you know, you take out every team's got a
star dude to reverse it at San Diego, you put
(26:10):
Machado or Tatis up in a key spot. It's only fun.
So here's my question. Though, I heard Ben Verlander talking
today that with this rule, you choose your golden hitter
before the game, so you're choosing your best That's the
way he sort of presented it. I think it should
be like an impromptu decision, like we're with They've got
(26:35):
to figure all these things out. Danny g said there's
three different variations of how they would use it. But
my understanding when Ben was talking about it from MLB
Network was that Aaron Judge is like, you're he's your
golden at bat and you could use him whenever you want.
You're saying when you hand in the lineup part at
the beginning of the game, okay, and then you know,
(26:55):
if you're thinking this sounds ridiculous as oh, it's too much.
You don't you could always pitch around this golden at bat,
can't you. I mean not only that worst case scenario
you walk a run in or you walk them, but
you're just handling it like a regular at bet. I
sort of negates it to some degree. I genuinely think
it's just fun. What's up, Dan Bayer, guys? I appreciate
(27:18):
the showmanship of it all is. I felt that coaches
challenges in the NBA and even the in the NFL
should have some sort of drama, like a special card
that's to be played and you take to the scores desk.
How about this golden batter must wear gold helmet, yes,
or golden batting gloves. So if there's gotta be something
yet golden bat.
Speaker 4 (27:39):
Or just or your on field play is the gold
fitted cap that's different than everyone else.
Speaker 1 (27:45):
To show how special you have a gold crown, then
a crown on top of the helmet.
Speaker 4 (27:52):
Don't be ridiculous, guys, this is I mean seriously.
Speaker 1 (27:55):
Wait, so you you do not like this or you do?
Speaker 4 (27:58):
I don't really care, to be honest with you. I
don't think that it's really in the spirit. I don't
think that you. If I was to side one way,
I would say that this is not an option. But
I don't mind them trying to try to look at
something different.
Speaker 1 (28:10):
But let's not act like theatrics aren't part of it.
Does every head coach in the NFL need to throw
the red challenge flag? They could just tell the ref,
but there is something dramatic about throwing or about Bill
Belichick would just drop it like there is theatric. So
let's not pretend this doesn't happen. And we're talking about
the NBA ratings are down, Danny g you during the break,
you were saying, you're watching sequences now where they're going
(28:32):
back and forth six possessions and are always like three point,
three point or three pointer. Yeah, there's a lot of debate.
Speaker 3 (28:37):
We talked about it on the show last week of
why NBA ratings are low right now. And there's some
diehard NBA fans who they're saying this is their first
season where they're not tuned in for as many games
as they would normally watch. I'm thinking, and I know
this is the last Tuesday for qualifying for NBA Cup,
what if in the Cup games Tuesday and Fridays, in
the fourth quarter, you put a five point spot out
(28:59):
there on the court that's almost mid court.
Speaker 1 (29:01):
You know what, Danny, this is genius because it doesn't
in like a tournament already have special courts. Dude, it
doesn't apply to the regular season, so the traditionals would
be like, all right, if you said, just during the
NBA Cup games, there was a four let's forget the five,
a four point shot and it was like five to
ten feet back from the three pointer. That's a start
(29:23):
of something I think that could work for especially for
the tournament. How about that five? Oh I'm sorry, Dangle,
Oh that's that's okay.
Speaker 4 (29:29):
Did you have a joke? Because I have a legit?
Speaker 1 (29:32):
Go ahead with the five point line is actually a
decal of Caitlin Clark's face just on the court. How
about that? So at the logo three, you interrupted Dan
Byer for that, I did, Yeah, But Dan, on with
your serious business here.
Speaker 4 (29:45):
I've brought up this proposal with field goals somewhat tongue
in cheek, but there is a reality to it. How
about in the NBA Cup you switch it. Three point
shots are two pointers, two point shots are three pointers.
Then see how your game changes. So now you're going
to the basket and you're not just doing launch. You
know that launch It balance things out the actual the
(30:08):
actual goal of trying to get as close to the
goal as you can to score the maximum amount of points.
Speaker 1 (30:13):
And then wide open three would now be two, so
it's a little easier. But you got to get in
the paint if you want to throw rests, which should
really be the ultimate goal.
Speaker 4 (30:22):
I've said this about field goals in terms of if
you were to make a change, the closer you get
to the goal line, the more that field goals should be,
right because isn't the goal of trying to drive down
and score and move the football? So instead of just
being like, we'll just kick this sixty yard er, which
is the same as a twenty yarder.
Speaker 1 (30:38):
Right if you get to the if you get to
the four yard line, it's like fourth and goal and
you're like, oh, damn it, maybe that's four points instead
of yeah, you get four.
Speaker 4 (30:45):
Look at look at all the way that you've traveled
down the field already, and about this, how about.
Speaker 1 (30:50):
This dB that's true. I never thought of it that way.
That's a good point. Inside the red zone to four point.
Speaker 4 (30:55):
Yes, here we go. You're down by three. You guess what,
You're not going to settle for the field goal. We're
gonna try to get inside the twenty to go for
the win.
Speaker 1 (31:03):
And all of these things sound a little funny because
it's new. It may come across a little goofy, but
that's how every rule changed to our history has yeah,
has begun and how and that's how it felt, and
then we got used to it, and that's just become
the game. Wait, you're gonna sound you're gonna go a
date on the internet. That's crazy. Now, look how everyone
(31:23):
meets now about Uber. You're gonna get in a car
with a stranger. You're like, yeah, didn't we do that
with regular taxis? Yeah, but they're taxis. These are just people.
And now we're in ubers and we don't know who
they are and we get in there with no problem.
But at first it sounded weird. Bottled water. So golden
at bat and when you throw in the the theatric stretch,
(31:45):
like Dan dan Bayer said, music moment they're throwing in
their best hitter. I think that's kind of cool. Gold
batting gloves. Yeah, and it sounded corny to me, but
I'm I'm buying into it because phones are all hot.
So everyone hold on because we're gonna through all the
phone calls. But let baseball needs it well, So let's
go to Dan Buyer for an update. What's going on? dB?
Speaker 4 (32:05):
We do have a baseball signing Red Sox and are
all this Chapman agreeing on a one year deal with
almost eleven million.
Speaker 1 (32:11):
You know what I love about this? Covino hates Chapman
when he was a Yankee. I hope he shuts them.
Remember he was a no show. Remember he had a
terrible ending with them. Yeah, I hate it. Chapman been
on what like six seven teams though, Yeah, yeah, it's been.
He's on Pittsburgh right, Red's Pittsburgh Rangers, Yankees, not Red Sox.
And this more I'm.
Speaker 4 (32:30):
Sure Now the big news of the day, Texans linebacker
is Zis l Shire suspended three games for his hit
on Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence this past Sunday. He's expected
to appeal that three game ban. NFL VP John Runyan
said that Alsire's hit was a serious violation of league rules.
Texans GM Nick Assario extremely upset with Runyan's wording in
(32:51):
the league statement, saying that an unfair picture was being
painted to the of the linebacker and of the organization.
Speaker 1 (32:58):
I think the big thing from our talking about a
who's never been suspended, never been echeckeded, so now we're
saying that he's going to be suspended for three games.
Speaker 4 (33:06):
Former Green Bay Packers and Seattle Seahawks end coach Mike
Homgrin is the loan finalist and the coaching category for
induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Former Packers
wide receiver Sterling Sharp, who played for Home Grid for
a while in Green Bay, is one of three former
players considered as a finalist in the senior category. Thirteen
point five to one million viewers tuned into Amazon Primes
(33:27):
broadcast of the Black Friday game between the Raiders and Chiefs.
That's up forty one percent from a year ago. Well Rich,
The Niners officially placed running back Christian McCaffrey on IR
with this pcl injury. Guys, back to.
Speaker 1 (33:38):
You, Thank you, dB. Hey Rich, you know, I'm thinking
about this Golden at bat thing some more too, And
I just thought about this. This sounds crazy and like
such a big deal. But why are we counting out
the fact that, like we said, you can always pitch
around that batter, right yea, but how about this doozy?
You can always get him out too, and that adds
(34:01):
more fun to it. Like, man, they used a golden
at bat and he struck him out, you know, or
you throw your relief picture in like it changes the strategy,
makes it more fun. Like we have this belief, we
have this thought that just because they threw in the
golden at bat that all of a sudden, this guy's
hitting a home run. No, he could often fail probably
(34:21):
seven out of ten times in that moment, exactly eight
out of ten times in that moment, which makes it
more interesting, more drama filled, more drama show you know
that would change strategy, have people step up. It's a
big moment. It's kind change you changed. My initial thought
was the obvious one, which is corny. That sounds dumb,
(34:43):
but it could work. I'm buying into Rich's thought of
it could work, but I think it starts and stops there.
For now. We're gonna get to all your phone calls
next the gold in that bat, and let me ask
you before we go to the break yeah, we missed one.
Team Chapman's been on six. I'm sorry seventeen. Okay, on
(35:03):
the road again. We said Texas Rangers. He said, yeah,
you said Rangers. We said Cubs, Yankees, Yankees. Uh he
went back and forth, Reds Red Yeah where he started, right, Yeah,
there was one we missed, Kansas City Royals. Oh yeah,
so since the Yankees, Cubs, Kansas City, Texas, Pittsburgh Red Sox.
(35:23):
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(38:00):
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(38:21):
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Speaker 1 (38:29):
Come on, man, move along, let's go to your phone
calls the Golden at bat. Who knew this would bring
so much fun and controversy. I think it's really and
I really believe in it. But I do think it's
hilarious too because it gets people talking. And you were
saying some even more interesting thoughts off the air. As
far as like other rule changes, tom Brady saying that
(38:52):
there should be penalties for quarterbacks who like deceptively slide late.
I've seen mahomes do that a few more than a
few times this season. We see it a lot, and
you're right, there should be some sort of penalty against that.
I even heard Rex Ryan saying that coaches should be
teaching these quarterbacks to be diving head first in those situations,
(39:13):
not the way Trevor Lawrence was sliding in that moment.
I mean, Tom Brady on you're saying you got to
take their ankles out. Tom Brady on the Herd earlier
today was saying that that quarterbacks were not that we're
crying about it like good quarterbacks are putting dangerous positions. Meanwhile,
offensive coordinators are calling board design quarterback runs and then
(39:34):
we get all mad when they get hurt. Yeah, you
got to think of the reasons, right. The reasons aren't
sometimes safety reasons. That's always a good thing. And to
make the game more exciting. We're living in a different time,
a different world, a different place. I can't even sit
through a movie because I get so bored because I
want instant gratification. We're living a social media lifestyle. Baseball
(39:59):
slow moving. This add a lot more fun, playing and simple.
Let's start with Chad. You're on the show, Kevin and
Rich What do you think man? Rapid fire?
Speaker 5 (40:06):
Hey guys, I'm not opposed to change, but can we
come up with a name for it that's less skimmicky
than that golden at bat? That sounds like something you
make up in the back.
Speaker 1 (40:16):
You know, it's so fun you know what? I think
that's a little bit of it. Funny though his thought
was funny, it sounds corny, right, that was my first
thought too. I'm like, come on, Bruno and Brooklyn, what's up? Bruno?
Speaker 5 (40:27):
Tom Gonna after the show as usual? I love it.
I love it. I'll tell you why. You can watch
those games man, where it's dragging, nobody's getting anybody out
or nobody's turning turning anybody around the plates. Next thing
you know, they give them the flag outcome. It's like
it's gonna be like, you know, almost like a wrestling day.
You're gonna bring your powerhouse out, but better yet, what's
(40:49):
just gonna do to the rotation? As far as your pictures,
what are they gonna do with these guys coming out
of the ten all of a sudden it's a tie game.
You bring your race out, I mean, you bring your
golden that a rout. But at the same time, now
you're looking at maybe the eighth inning they might lose
this game. So now you're changing, You're pulling guys out
at a ten. You're you know you're gonna change strategy.
Speaker 1 (41:09):
By the Wye dude, fans are there for fun, right
They get to see their favorite batter most likely fine
six times yeah and any key spot more when we're
at bat per game. That's what it's all about. Now,
make it make it snappy. Andrew and Bakersfield, what's up?
Speaker 5 (41:25):
What's up? Strangers?
Speaker 1 (41:26):
What's what do you mean.
Speaker 5 (41:30):
All right, I am. I hate it. I think it's
an obvious ploy by the MLB to get viewers to
watch the game exactly.
Speaker 1 (41:41):
Wow, it's a ploy to get people to be interested. Wow. Shocking,
you know, keep Andre on hold, I want to get
to that more next Coveno and Retch, and of course
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Thank you, Elf on the shelf. All right, hey, listen,
we got to talk some Monday night football. We got
to talk about this golden at bat. I feel like
I almost want to start with that because I think
it is the most intriguing thing in sports, and I
(03:06):
love how everyone in the sports world is taking a
big doo doo on it like this. So I saw
this today courtesy of Fox Sports MLB. It's all over
the place. Rob Manfred says, oh for Manford Man, Yes
of Manford Man, blonde dude, Bob revved up like a deuce.
I know what you thought the lyrics were. We all did.
(03:26):
It's a deuce revved up like a deuce. You know
what that refers to? You know it's a cover song,
by the way, it's a Bruce Springsteen another Roller in
the Night. I've heard the original. I like the Manford
Man version, but he's referring to a little deuce coop, right,
make a little deuce coop? Well at Robert Manfred says
there's a buzz around adding a golden at bat rule
(03:48):
to Major League Baseball, and he says this rule would
allow a team to choose one at bat in every
game to use their best hitter, regardless of where they're
at in the lineup. So basically, you just put your
best hitter in or the appropriate hitter in whenever you
want to, once per game. And I heard the first
(04:09):
little buzz or roomor I heard about it was well,
it's a rumor, but they might give it a try
for the All Star Game. Then I started thinking about
that too, and I'm like, imagine making the All Star
team and then you're pulled for your one at bat
because I don't even want to throw Wan Soto in
there or show Hey in there, so you miss your
one at bat. But it could be fun for an
(04:30):
All Star game. It could be fun for baseball. But
my first initial thought, I'll tell you what I thought
right after we hear it from himself, the man, himself.
Speaker 2 (04:39):
Man for a variety of things that are being talked
about out there.
Speaker 1 (04:43):
One of them, there was a little buzz around.
Speaker 2 (04:45):
At an owner's meeting, was the idea of a golden
at bat. That is, you know, putting your best player
out there out of order at a particular point in
the game. That rule and things like that are in
the conversation only stage right now.
Speaker 1 (04:59):
Now. I'm a fan of keeping things fresh and new ideas.
I'm not against that at all. But my first initial
thought was, Hey, that's interesting. They're even considering something that
sounds so silly to me. That sounded so silly to me,
And I don't want to say I'm flip flopping, but
Rich I heard your thoughts about it, and I heard
(05:22):
other people's thoughts about it. They sort of opened my
mind up to it a little bit more a little bit.
I think I'll tell you why. I think any change
in sports is good for the most part, because if
it stinks, you could always say, you know what, didn't
change our mind, It didn't work. It happened with pass
(05:42):
interference challenges, right like, yeah, this is just about the
graphics and hockey with the uses. I liked it with
the tail on the pocket. I don't know who you called.
I thought it was cool. There are times where decisions
are made and we say, you know, that didn't work out,
and you could always say, all right, let's let's go back.
(06:03):
I am all about the idea of changing rules and
strategies to make it more fun for the fans. You
got kids, Do you know what their attention span is?
It's not getting better all these little changes to the game.
Do you know who's mad? You're grandpappy. Yeah it was
Mickey Mantle played and made Ruth and who cares what?
(06:24):
They're dying soon that generation. You know what it feels
like though. You know when you'd play whiffleball or something
growing up, and you'd have your own house rules, but
you go and play at someone else's house rules and
they have like some ridiculous role like, yeah, but if
you hit it off that tree and you catch, it's
stilling out. But if you hit it over the house,
it's an automatic grand slam. And You're like, really, I
(06:45):
don't know if I vibe with these rules. Every rule change.
That's what counds like to me. It's like, wait, so
you're gonna just take someone out of lineup to throw
someone better in, but once per game. At first it
feels silly, and I'll give credit where it's due. Rich.
I talk about it, and he immediately was excited about it.
But then Rich said he heard our old pal, mad
(07:06):
Dog Russo also talking about it. And you said, mad
Dog found it to be a great idea. That's so great,
he said, when it cuts to this eye, golden, golden,
that bad. I'm open to it. He's open to it.
He's open to it. So when I heard mad Dog's
take through Rich, that opened my eyes and ears up
even more because I'm thinking he's our old colleague and
(07:30):
we've known him for a while. We know how hardcore
he is for his Giants and for baseball and everything else,
and like, if an old school fan like him is
open to that, maybe there is something to it. And
then I'm listening to Rich like, yeah, we could always
move backward on it. Think about the bigger basis, Think
about some of the changes baseball made. The pitch clock.
We were not all open to it right away, and
(07:52):
you know what, it worked out. It was fine, didn't you.
In fact, it made the game quicker and better. In
my opinion, do you hear anyone complaining about none the
pitch clock now that we're a year or so deep
into it. No, the bigger basis. The only person I
ever hear talk about it is Rob Parker. Pizza box
Like pizza boxes. The bases are so big like pizza boxes, Parker. Yeah,
(08:14):
so no one had a problem with it, but we
all thought, oh, this is gonna be terrible. You can't
change America's game tradition. You can't do that. Yo, can't
do it. Let's be real about it. Baseball needs to
step things up to make things more interesting. But is
this a little absurd? And I'll tell you a little
like basketball, Like, come on, it sounds dumb. I'll tell
(08:36):
you why. Every rule change that has happened in our
lifetime is met with resistance. That is true, then it happens.
It's like an update on your iPhone. The emojis now
are different colors. Remember you had the iPhone with the
button and they eliminated the button. How we gonna wait
a minute, the home button? Yeah, you just swipe up now.
(08:58):
Oh I'll never get used to that within like two weeks. Well,
I look, you're better. Yeah, but where does this silliness stop?
It still feels silly, but I'm not really hating on it.
The rest the way, the rest of the world is.
Danny g told me that Dan Patrick was totally dumping
all over this idea earlier today. Here I had boxing
(09:20):
Big Mike was saying they were coming up with what
dumber rules did they make? I'm telling you in our lifetime,
let's go over a couple so I know the initial
reaction because I had the same initial reaction was this
sounds stupid. Okay, it's really not that bad when you
think about it. Guess what, there was no replay in sports?
How many stupid blown calls would have been corrected. There
(09:42):
was no two point conversion in the NFL. There's a
lot of things they slid in over the last twenty
thirty forty fifty years that we get used to, not
only do we get used to it? We're like, oh yeah,
we're better for it. Well, think about baseball. You can't
barrel over a catcher. That's recent history. Pickoffs, they've and
did that. These are all things that we were like,
come on, but we rolled with it because the game evolves.
Speaker 3 (10:06):
There's gotta be a spot where you draw a line
in the sand, though, because where this is gonna get
ridiculous is pre show meeting.
Speaker 1 (10:13):
Rich was like a reverse golden bat, you know, because
I got the reverse golden at bats. See where it's
gonna quick? Look who's selling out the Savannah bananas? You know,
if you got a boy, if anyone's got a son, dude,
perfect trick shots. People love spectacles. We can't expect the
(10:35):
younger generation to have the patience of an old person.
Good luck trying that's like it's like trying to keep
your kid off of social media and without wanting a phone.
Good ethan luck. You know that that's a great point, Rich,
And I know it sounds goofy. I heard other buzz
about this new potential rule throughout the day and they
(10:55):
compared it to what do we turn into the Savannah bananas?
Would it be all that bad to get the attention
of young fans. Does does the public? Do you guys
realize how popular the Savannah bananas are. They're selling out
everywhere they go. It's a game. Let's not make it
seem like, well, it's supposed to be fun, right. They
don't need integrity of judges. And you know, I was
(11:18):
gonna say politicians, but there's lacks of integrity there too.
But yeah, but I'm saying Savannah bananas. It appeals to
young people, It appeals pun intended appeals, It appeals to families.
Don't you want to get more excitement involved in baseball,
which traditionally has been boring to a younger fan. So
as silly as it sounds, and I'm standing my ground,
(11:40):
it sounds silly as hell. I'm like, get out of here,
because I'm a baseball fan. It sounds dumb. The more
I hear Rich talk about it, the more I hear
mad Dog, an old school fan, talk about it and
he's open to it, I'm like, maybe I should be
a little open to it. And it doesn't sound. Yeah,
it doesn't sound as bad to me now that I
really think about it than it initially did. Evolution, baby,
(12:01):
everything in life, we evolve. I'll give you a few examples,
since I'm the king of analogies. Move over, cowhard, listen
to these analogies. In life. We're in the holiday season right.
Every year, our parents would send out Christmas cards. People
still do them. Then they became personalized. It used to
(12:23):
just be like a snowman on the front, like, oh,
dear friends, Uh, I love Greg, Marianne, Richie, Jimmy and Laurie.
That's my family. You send them out, your parents like
might keep them. Then everyone decided I'm going to make
personalized ones with my kids now unless it's like a
close family member. You get that in the meilic. Oh look,
(12:44):
Tim and his wife sent me a card. Garbage. No,
he's supposed to hang them around the doorway or one
under the tablecloth or something. I use them as coasters. Yeah,
you know. I was them to make fun of how
ugly some of my friend's kids got. You know, picture
that picture of your kids on Santa's lap, Put it
on Facebook, Instagram and TikTok or put it anywhere X
(13:08):
and guess what Your friends and family will be more
likely to see it and comment. Then you just bl evolution.
Evolution you know, by the way, you know what I
really do. I'm serious. It's terrible. But you always get
those Christmas cards from a new parent because they're excited
about their new kid and their new family. But then
as the years go by, every year you get another
one and the kid's cute, and he's cute, and he's cute,
(13:30):
and then he hits like an ugly stage and that's
when I tear it up. And that's what I talk about.
Want ugly kids in my house. I get out of here.
So there's a little baby grinch. Listen. I spend a
lot of time at Low's because you know you're a homeowner.
That's like your number one store or home depot. You know.
My number one problem with Lows, I'm sorry, home depot.
My number one problem with home deepo. I don't know
(13:51):
what Lows us. Number one problem with the depot, I
don't know what. They don't take Apple pay. They don't,
in fact that I have do you know any I've
had to be like, are you I don't have my
wallet on me? I just ran here quick too. You
eat a fruit guy on the corner and his little
cart takes ample pay. The girl Scouts of America set
up outside of supermarkets, and they're like, we have Zell,
(14:12):
Venmo anything you need. Where the girl scouts here some
smow is square square. Listen. There are times where I'll
see someone even asking for money, like you got some
you got a spare dollar. I'm like, listen, dude, if
I were you, I'd put up a QR code. I'd
give you five bucks or a sandwich. But I don't
have cash on me. What am I gonna do? We
(14:33):
live in a different world. Get with the times, and
that includes sports. I promise you that's true. Even the
hobos out here in LA have Venmo Christmas cards, Christmas cards.
How you pay for things if you don't have Apple
pay or Venmo good luck? Do you write checks? I
(14:53):
do sometimes, but no for the most part. No. So
explain how you see this work and rich why you're
sold on it, and and explain your flip side rule. Okay,
and Danny G's gonna explain the three options because there's
three options and how this is gonna work. This is
so awesome. Give the three options. I'll tell you which
one's best. Yeah.
Speaker 3 (15:11):
So the way I'm hearing it, when I was reading
what Jason Stark was commenting about it. The three options
they tossed around were you could use this golden at
bat once anytime in the game, option two anytime after
the seventh inning, or option three if it's a tide
game going into extras.
Speaker 1 (15:29):
I like it one time anytime throughout the game. Right,
it's like a challenge, But I think, yeah, like after
seventh inning too, though, I think anytime. Maybe you want
to use it in the third inning. Feel free. And
by the way, when we say the golden at bat,
what this means is if you have runners on second
and third and like Gavin Lux is up and you're like, yeah,
(15:49):
he's struggling. Oh Tani, you're up, and he'll still maintain
his position in the batting order. And let's be real
about it, kids, family sports fans, everybody under the moon
would rather see Otani get another bat than your boy
Will Smith that you love talking about Danny g And
the reality is Danny although it's not fair, they're getting
(16:12):
paid tens of millions of dollars, relaxed. But it's not
like a pinch hitter where you, yeah, he loses his position.
He's still in the game. It's just that at bat right.
If that's all of a sudden, it's bases juiced and
the Mets like, oh man, who is up their eighth hitter.
They could be like no, no, no, Francisco Lindor you're
up now.
Speaker 3 (16:30):
The managers have a signal that we all know for
you know, changing the picture. So if this happens, what
would the signal be for the golden bat? Would they
have many golden bat?
Speaker 1 (16:41):
I think I think that the manager has to come
out of the dug out like it's Willie Wanka, be
like I got the golden I got the gold.
Speaker 3 (16:48):
Like an actual golden ticket in his hand.
Speaker 1 (16:51):
He's cashing in the tic pitt Aaron Boone on the
top step of the dug out, dancing around with his
to put the Gene Wilder top hat on. Yes, and
then he goes Aaron Joe sounds fun, but it sounds
like a circus. It sounds dumb. I think it's amazing,
and I have a counter to this, all right, So
it's the counter. So you have one golden at Bata game.
And if anyone hates this, you just hate fun. Really,
(17:11):
I mean, it's baseball. When this is not like brain surgery,
you are the most fired up I bat it. Oh listen,
if you're at a game and all of a sudden,
you're like, man, I would really love to see uh, oh,
give me a stud player. I would love to see
Raphael Devers with another at bat. Well, it's bases juiced
in the seventh put them up again. I love this idea.
Now to counter it, though, I think every team should
(17:34):
have one golden at bat ticket, really a goal ticket
with the top hat. Counter it with the blocker. Now,
I think let's say Padres Dodgers basses are juiced, Otani's on,
(17:55):
Freddie Freeman's on Mookie like let let's let's say let's
say Mooki's on and Freddy's on, and you got Otani
at the plate. The defense has one skip. It's not
an intentional walk. It's a we're gonna hold up our skip,
like like you're playing Uno or something. What if someone
(18:17):
uses their golden at bat? Can they use the skip?
Is like a game of Uno. You could revert and
then and then Danny the Dodgers connect, Well, you lost
your skip because we're gonna bat him anyway. It's baseball. Now.
This is where it gets corny, like the greatest idea.
I love it. I so badly wanted to do that.
I want to implement this in my softball league. I'm
gonna propose this tonight. How about this? How about if
(18:38):
the golden ticket works for the at bat, you try
it out spring training, all Star games, something fun, novelty
like that. If it works, then maybe you could incorporate
a skip. I don't know if if you could skip,
I'm sorry, skip, I don't know if you could then
have this UNO strategy involved. How would the skip work?
Speaker 3 (18:58):
You as the manager, you get a pick which of
their players goes to bat in that situation.
Speaker 1 (19:03):
I think it's just a proceeds with the batting goal,
right right, I'm skipping that batter, like, yeah, no, we're
not facing him. But if you want us per game,
Let's say that the Marlins are playing the Mets, and
the Mets have the bases loaded. Pete Alonzo's up, but
you know who's on deck? I don't know, Iglesias. The
Marlins gonna be like, we're gonna use our skip.
Speaker 3 (19:20):
So it's the reverse of an intentional walk.
Speaker 1 (19:22):
Yes, because the batter does not go to first base,
it's skip. So are you really buying into that? No, no,
even the skip I should be the commissioner. You know,
you're really buying into that because this is for real
and I do I don't know. I do hate change,
but I'm open to trying this out for the fun
(19:46):
of the Get this, guys, it is just the game.
It really is a game. I know we take it
real serious, but it's just the game. And if this
makes it more fun, and I know you want to say,
what is this Savanna bananas? Guess what, Savannah bananas are
fun and they're selling out and they're intriguing to younger fans.
There's a game that has to evolve and is there's
no harm in trying the golden at bat. I think
(20:10):
that's where you stop it for now, and if it works,
then you incorporate some other things or other goofy ideas.
I think, listen, what did more people watch in anything
this year in the United States and the world, Mike Tyson,
Jake Paul So to pretend that we don't like excitement
is fun. It was novelty and fun and spectacle novelty gimmicks.
(20:32):
I think the one thing the NFL needs to do
next year, if you want to talk about rule changes,
we've discussed this that it's come close with the rules committee,
with the NFL. The on side kick has such a
terrible conversion rate. They've talked about the team instead of
kicking off after they score, they would get the ball
(20:52):
their twenty or twenty five yard line, and it's fourth
and fifteen. That's what we need to keep in mind,
that these are games and you're just trying to make
the game better. Guess what, I don't. It's just a game.
What was it? I mean, you could still take it serious,
but just like you take a board game serious, they're
just trying to make it better.
Speaker 4 (21:08):
What it's for?
Speaker 1 (21:09):
Little rules? There was a game I played, we played
when we were all with our buddies in Miami after
some drinks and some fun. Oh telestrations, Yeah, telestrations. It
does all these fun games. Guess what, I don't play
anymore Monopoly? What are you? Seventy five years old? Ninety?
I love Monopoly? You would, I was Sammy? You don't
have Instagram? All right? So what the hell your kids?
Fox Sports Radio names? Never you think you think my
(21:32):
kids would sit down for Monopoly? I thought you guys
were Monopoly guys. Get out of here. What do you
think about the golden at bat rule that's been proposed.
Your thoughts on it? Does it sound corny? It does
sound a little corny. Could it work? I think it can,
so the golden at bat rule? Let us notice three options.
Want to know your thoughts and we got prizes to
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(21:54):
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Covino and Rinch or call us now. We're talking about
this golden at Bat rule that they're throwing around today.
I love it, and I'm being said, I'm being I
just want everyone to questions though, I want everyone to
(24:23):
know I'm one hundred percent serious when I say I
love it. I love it. I love it. I love it.
I love it. I love it like Lyle love it.
I love this because of it, like John love. It's
so true, so true, I think, and I'm reading all
the benefits that sports. That's the ticket, the golden ticket,
that's the ticket. I think sports is about fun. I
(24:44):
said this in the hallway during the break and go, guys,
what's sports fun?
Speaker 4 (24:47):
Right?
Speaker 1 (24:48):
Like, the same people that would resist any fun rule
change are probably the type of people that don't like
our show because we bring.
Speaker 3 (24:54):
The boom lead to like a Harlem globetrotter's game. Yeah,
of course, yeah, you don't want it to get out
of hand, dude. It's not twenty seven at bats in
a nine inning game. One time in the game.
Speaker 1 (25:05):
You could elect to put your best hitter in for
someone else in a key spot. And I said to
Cavino during the commercial, I said, listen, I want you
to paint a picture. Close your eyes for a second. Okay,
it's Dodger Stadium tie game against the Padres, no peaky
bottom of the knife, and all of a sudden, Dave
(25:27):
Roberts comes to the top step of the dugout fanfare
starts playing. He reaches into his back pocket Golden outs.
It sort of music is oh, mister perfect theme from wrestling.
Remember that oh Dum dum. I picture like a two
(25:48):
thousand and one space out as he but a Dodge
dom dom don' don't don't imagine how electric lots of
timpany how electric would Dodger Stadium be in that moment. Yeah,
it would go wild if he used it to take
out some lame mask Bantner, to throw Otani in there,
or you know, you take out every team's got a
star dude to reverse it at San Diego, you put
(26:10):
Machado or Tatis up in a key spot. It's only fun.
So here's my question. Though, I heard Ben Verlander talking
today that with this rule, you choose your golden hitter
before the game, so you're choosing your best That's the
way he sort of presented it. I think it should
be like an impromptu decision, like we're with They've got
(26:35):
to figure all these things out. Danny g said there's
three different variations of how they would use it. But
my understanding when Ben was talking about it from MLB
Network was that Aaron Judge is like, you're he's your
golden at bat and you could use him whenever you want.
You're saying when you hand in the lineup part at
the beginning of the game, okay, and then you know,
(26:55):
if you're thinking this sounds ridiculous as oh, it's too much.
You don't you could always pitch around this golden at bat,
can't you. I mean not only that worst case scenario
you walk a run in or you walk them, but
you're just handling it like a regular at bet. I
sort of negates it to some degree. I genuinely think
it's just fun. What's up, Dan Bayer, guys? I appreciate
(27:18):
the showmanship of it all is. I felt that coaches
challenges in the NBA and even the in the NFL
should have some sort of drama, like a special card
that's to be played and you take to the scores desk.
How about this golden batter must wear gold helmet, yes,
or golden batting gloves. So if there's gotta be something
yet golden bat.
Speaker 4 (27:39):
Or just or your on field play is the gold
fitted cap that's different than everyone else.
Speaker 1 (27:45):
To show how special you have a gold crown, then
a crown on top of the helmet.
Speaker 4 (27:52):
Don't be ridiculous, guys, this is I mean seriously.
Speaker 1 (27:55):
Wait, so you you do not like this or you do?
Speaker 4 (27:58):
I don't really care, to be honest with you. I
don't think that it's really in the spirit. I don't
think that you. If I was to side one way,
I would say that this is not an option. But
I don't mind them trying to try to look at
something different.
Speaker 1 (28:10):
But let's not act like theatrics aren't part of it.
Does every head coach in the NFL need to throw
the red challenge flag? They could just tell the ref,
but there is something dramatic about throwing or about Bill
Belichick would just drop it like there is theatric. So
let's not pretend this doesn't happen. And we're talking about
the NBA ratings are down, Danny g you during the break,
you were saying, you're watching sequences now where they're going
(28:32):
back and forth six possessions and are always like three point,
three point or three pointer. Yeah, there's a lot of debate.
Speaker 3 (28:37):
We talked about it on the show last week of
why NBA ratings are low right now. And there's some
diehard NBA fans who they're saying this is their first
season where they're not tuned in for as many games
as they would normally watch. I'm thinking, and I know
this is the last Tuesday for qualifying for NBA Cup,
what if in the Cup games Tuesday and Fridays, in
the fourth quarter, you put a five point spot out
(28:59):
there on the court that's almost mid court.
Speaker 1 (29:01):
You know what, Danny, this is genius because it doesn't
in like a tournament already have special courts. Dude, it
doesn't apply to the regular season, so the traditionals would
be like, all right, if you said, just during the
NBA Cup games, there was a four let's forget the five,
a four point shot and it was like five to
ten feet back from the three pointer. That's a start
(29:23):
of something I think that could work for especially for
the tournament. How about that five? Oh I'm sorry, Dangle,
Oh that's that's okay.
Speaker 4 (29:29):
Did you have a joke? Because I have a legit?
Speaker 1 (29:32):
Go ahead with the five point line is actually a
decal of Caitlin Clark's face just on the court. How
about that? So at the logo three, you interrupted Dan
Byer for that, I did, Yeah, But Dan, on with
your serious business here.
Speaker 4 (29:45):
I've brought up this proposal with field goals somewhat tongue
in cheek, but there is a reality to it. How
about in the NBA Cup you switch it. Three point
shots are two pointers, two point shots are three pointers.
Then see how your game changes. So now you're going
to the basket and you're not just doing launch. You
know that launch It balance things out the actual the
(30:08):
actual goal of trying to get as close to the
goal as you can to score the maximum amount of points.
Speaker 1 (30:13):
And then wide open three would now be two, so
it's a little easier. But you got to get in
the paint if you want to throw rests, which should
really be the ultimate goal.
Speaker 4 (30:22):
I've said this about field goals in terms of if
you were to make a change, the closer you get
to the goal line, the more that field goals should be,
right because isn't the goal of trying to drive down
and score and move the football? So instead of just
being like, we'll just kick this sixty yard er, which
is the same as a twenty yarder.
Speaker 1 (30:38):
Right if you get to the if you get to
the four yard line, it's like fourth and goal and
you're like, oh, damn it, maybe that's four points instead
of yeah, you get four.
Speaker 4 (30:45):
Look at look at all the way that you've traveled
down the field already, and about this, how about.
Speaker 1 (30:50):
This dB that's true. I never thought of it that way.
That's a good point. Inside the red zone to four point.
Speaker 4 (30:55):
Yes, here we go. You're down by three. You guess what,
You're not going to settle for the field goal. We're
gonna try to get inside the twenty to go for
the win.
Speaker 1 (31:03):
And all of these things sound a little funny because
it's new. It may come across a little goofy, but
that's how every rule changed to our history has yeah,
has begun and how and that's how it felt, and
then we got used to it, and that's just become
the game. Wait, you're gonna sound you're gonna go a
date on the internet. That's crazy. Now, look how everyone
(31:23):
meets now about Uber. You're gonna get in a car
with a stranger. You're like, yeah, didn't we do that
with regular taxis? Yeah, but they're taxis. These are just people.
And now we're in ubers and we don't know who
they are and we get in there with no problem.
But at first it sounded weird. Bottled water. So golden
at bat and when you throw in the the theatric stretch,
(31:45):
like Dan dan Bayer said, music moment they're throwing in
their best hitter. I think that's kind of cool. Gold
batting gloves. Yeah, and it sounded corny to me, but
I'm I'm buying into it because phones are all hot.
So everyone hold on because we're gonna through all the
phone calls. But let baseball needs it well, So let's
go to Dan Buyer for an update. What's going on? dB?
Speaker 4 (32:05):
We do have a baseball signing Red Sox and are
all this Chapman agreeing on a one year deal with
almost eleven million.
Speaker 1 (32:11):
You know what I love about this? Covino hates Chapman
when he was a Yankee. I hope he shuts them.
Remember he was a no show. Remember he had a
terrible ending with them. Yeah, I hate it. Chapman been
on what like six seven teams though, Yeah, yeah, it's been.
He's on Pittsburgh right, Red's Pittsburgh Rangers, Yankees, not Red Sox.
And this more I'm.
Speaker 4 (32:30):
Sure Now the big news of the day, Texans linebacker
is Zis l Shire suspended three games for his hit
on Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence this past Sunday. He's expected
to appeal that three game ban. NFL VP John Runyan
said that Alsire's hit was a serious violation of league rules.
Texans GM Nick Assario extremely upset with Runyan's wording in
(32:51):
the league statement, saying that an unfair picture was being
painted to the of the linebacker and of the organization.
Speaker 1 (32:58):
I think the big thing from our talking about a
who's never been suspended, never been echeckeded, so now we're
saying that he's going to be suspended for three games.
Speaker 4 (33:06):
Former Green Bay Packers and Seattle Seahawks end coach Mike
Homgrin is the loan finalist and the coaching category for
induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Former Packers
wide receiver Sterling Sharp, who played for Home Grid for
a while in Green Bay, is one of three former
players considered as a finalist in the senior category. Thirteen
point five to one million viewers tuned into Amazon Primes
(33:27):
broadcast of the Black Friday game between the Raiders and Chiefs.
That's up forty one percent from a year ago. Well Rich,
The Niners officially placed running back Christian McCaffrey on IR
with this pcl injury. Guys, back to.
Speaker 1 (33:38):
You, Thank you, dB. Hey Rich, you know, I'm thinking
about this Golden at bat thing some more too, And
I just thought about this. This sounds crazy and like
such a big deal. But why are we counting out
the fact that, like we said, you can always pitch
around that batter, right yea, but how about this doozy?
You can always get him out too, and that adds
(34:01):
more fun to it. Like, man, they used a golden
at bat and he struck him out, you know, or
you throw your relief picture in like it changes the strategy,
makes it more fun. Like we have this belief, we
have this thought that just because they threw in the
golden at bat that all of a sudden, this guy's
hitting a home run. No, he could often fail probably
(34:21):
seven out of ten times in that moment, exactly eight
out of ten times in that moment, which makes it
more interesting, more drama filled, more drama show you know
that would change strategy, have people step up. It's a
big moment. It's kind change you changed. My initial thought
was the obvious one, which is corny. That sounds dumb,
(34:43):
but it could work. I'm buying into Rich's thought of
it could work, but I think it starts and stops there.
For now. We're gonna get to all your phone calls
next the gold in that bat, and let me ask
you before we go to the break yeah, we missed one.
Team Chapman's been on six. I'm sorry seventeen. Okay, on
(35:03):
the road again. We said Texas Rangers. He said, yeah,
you said Rangers. We said Cubs, Yankees, Yankees. Uh he
went back and forth, Reds Red Yeah where he started, right, Yeah,
there was one we missed, Kansas City Royals. Oh yeah,
so since the Yankees, Cubs, Kansas City, Texas, Pittsburgh Red Sox.
(35:23):
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Does this golden at bat stink, stank or stunk? I
think it's amazing. Are you all on board? Well, I
think I'm coming around to this idea of mixing things
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I said it last hour online versus doing things in person.
Christmas cards that I mean, are you still getting those
in the mail? Like, think of the things your parents
and grandparents do, Christmas lights and how outdated some things feel. Yeah, Sports,
like everything else, you will continue to see an evolution
of rule changes and subtle differences. And that's just called
(38:00):
it's time to change, It's time to rearrange. When we
first started in radio, Danny g you and I Anchoviedo,
we all come from not only sports radio and TV,
but radio music. Dude, I was using reel to reel
when I started True Story. There were like old timers
that are like, I want to always play records and
carts and it's like, dude, we have computer systems now,
and they would resist and it's like, what are you resisting? Dude?
(38:21):
Those who resist will be replaced.
Speaker 3 (38:23):
There were dudes like Rick D's where he demanded to
have old equipment in front of him that he was
used to.
Speaker 1 (38:29):
Come on, man, move along, let's go to your phone
calls the Golden at bat. Who knew this would bring
so much fun and controversy. I think it's really and
I really believe in it. But I do think it's
hilarious too because it gets people talking. And you were
saying some even more interesting thoughts off the air. As
far as like other rule changes, tom Brady saying that
(38:52):
there should be penalties for quarterbacks who like deceptively slide late.
I've seen mahomes do that a few more than a
few times this season. We see it a lot, and
you're right, there should be some sort of penalty against that.
I even heard Rex Ryan saying that coaches should be
teaching these quarterbacks to be diving head first in those situations,
(39:13):
not the way Trevor Lawrence was sliding in that moment.
I mean, Tom Brady on you're saying you got to
take their ankles out. Tom Brady on the Herd earlier
today was saying that that quarterbacks were not that we're
crying about it like good quarterbacks are putting dangerous positions. Meanwhile,
offensive coordinators are calling board design quarterback runs and then
(39:34):
we get all mad when they get hurt. Yeah, you
got to think of the reasons, right. The reasons aren't
sometimes safety reasons. That's always a good thing. And to
make the game more exciting. We're living in a different time,
a different world, a different place. I can't even sit
through a movie because I get so bored because I
want instant gratification. We're living a social media lifestyle. Baseball
(39:59):
slow moving. This add a lot more fun, playing and simple.
Let's start with Chad. You're on the show, Kevin and
Rich What do you think man? Rapid fire?
Speaker 5 (40:06):
Hey guys, I'm not opposed to change, but can we
come up with a name for it that's less skimmicky
than that golden at bat? That sounds like something you
make up in the back.
Speaker 1 (40:16):
You know, it's so fun you know what? I think
that's a little bit of it. Funny though his thought
was funny, it sounds corny, right, that was my first
thought too. I'm like, come on, Bruno and Brooklyn, what's up? Bruno?
Speaker 5 (40:27):
Tom Gonna after the show as usual? I love it.
I love it. I'll tell you why. You can watch
those games man, where it's dragging, nobody's getting anybody out
or nobody's turning turning anybody around the plates. Next thing
you know, they give them the flag outcome. It's like
it's gonna be like, you know, almost like a wrestling day.
You're gonna bring your powerhouse out, but better yet, what's
(40:49):
just gonna do to the rotation? As far as your pictures,
what are they gonna do with these guys coming out
of the ten all of a sudden it's a tie game.
You bring your race out, I mean, you bring your
golden that a rout. But at the same time, now
you're looking at maybe the eighth inning they might lose
this game. So now you're changing, You're pulling guys out
at a ten. You're you know you're gonna change strategy.
Speaker 1 (41:09):
By the Wye dude, fans are there for fun, right
They get to see their favorite batter most likely fine
six times yeah and any key spot more when we're
at bat per game. That's what it's all about. Now,
make it make it snappy. Andrew and Bakersfield, what's up?
Speaker 5 (41:25):
What's up? Strangers?
Speaker 1 (41:26):
What's what do you mean.
Speaker 5 (41:30):
All right, I am. I hate it. I think it's
an obvious ploy by the MLB to get viewers to
watch the game exactly.
Speaker 1 (41:41):
Wow, it's a ploy to get people to be interested. Wow. Shocking,
you know, keep Andre on hold, I want to get
to that more next Coveno and Retch, and of course
a lot of NFL next hour right here
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