The Best Of Covino & Rich

C&R talk Valentine's reservations & laughter ensues! They have an Aaron Rodgers update.. from Rich's dad. Callers weigh-in on retired athletes they think could still suit up! They have a Kelce reminder about staying in touch with siblings. The fellas have a Devin Williams/Yankees beard topic. Will he finally spark the compromise needed? Cove has a viral jam that will stick in your brain! Plus, 'MID WEAK MAJOR' brings the heat & Monse woofs! 

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:02):
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(00:22):
It's better be good if you forget to make a
reservation for Friday, that on Tinmesday, just go to the
restaurant that you want and be like, oh yeah, Cavino,
Party of two, Sarah, we don't have you here. What
do you mean if you don't think I'm made a reservation?
And they might be like, oh my god, I'm so
sorry right this way, sir.

Speaker 2 (00:39):
Yeah, because nobody's doing that.

Speaker 3 (00:40):
That's your like wild trick.

Speaker 2 (00:42):
Everyone's doing that.

Speaker 3 (00:43):
Rich, You're a frog. We're gonna take you. They're not
gonna take your word for them. They'd be like, cirk
it out of my face. You don't think I met
a reservation. Cirk it out of my face. That's ridiculous.
That was your dirt bag tip.

Speaker 1 (00:53):
I mean, here's what you do. You go on like
a rezie or an open table. You make a reservation
for like, let's say a month in advance, and then
you photoshop the date so it looks like you made
it for February fourteenth. Then you show it to them
and be like, I have this confirmation.

Speaker 3 (01:07):
See damn, that's good. You think that's good show.

Speaker 1 (01:13):
But you make us think you have to you have
to show them like an old timer, see made, Reggie,
Why would they want to argue my table? You wouldn't
want to argue with an old timer, like they don'tant
to argue Dick Tracy exactly.

Speaker 3 (01:27):
Yeah, don't be a reservation.

Speaker 4 (01:29):
Yeah, don't be a sucker and go out to a
restaurant that night.

Speaker 3 (01:32):
It's I agree.

Speaker 1 (01:35):
But then again, reminder, there are some people, and I'm
not saying they're a pain in the yeas, but there
are some women and men that need to do things
on today. One of our best friends, one of our friends, Shannon,
my my wife's best friend. Shannon is one of those like, it's.

Speaker 3 (01:51):
My birthday dinner tonight. We're like, it's Tuesday or.

Speaker 1 (01:53):
Wednesday, and can't we go Friday? And she's like, but
today's my day. Like some people want to do it
on the day, like your exes like that.

Speaker 4 (02:00):
Well, that's why Valentine's Day is made up. Anyways, Jesus
wasn't born on that day.

Speaker 1 (02:05):
Cavino's ex wife wanted him to skip Spot's wedding because
it was on.

Speaker 3 (02:08):
Like some day, wasn't it. It was on her birthday?
Nice let a keeper. Looking back, I maybe should have.
I don't know. It was weak, just kidding.

Speaker 1 (02:15):
Spot spots on the videos at Covino and Rich, Danny
g super producing, What up?

Speaker 3 (02:20):
Danny g What up? Man?

Speaker 1 (02:22):
He got that Barry White voice ready for Valentine's Day?

Speaker 3 (02:25):
Yeah, you gotta sing some power ballants.

Speaker 1 (02:27):
The Brenday would be up, brought some ale, pull your
loco home. He's gonna be like seeing some boys to men.
The love I have run next to me is here
rend no ways will be to be seeing some boys to.

Speaker 5 (02:41):
Never let go.

Speaker 1 (02:43):
Okay, hold you in my arms for Barry White getting ready.
So Danny Gene his buttery voice is on stand by
ninety nine on Fox.

Speaker 3 (02:52):
Io was Samuel, What up? Iowa?

Speaker 1 (02:54):
Sam He's on the ones and two inch Rich. I
believe I met Shannon at your party.

Speaker 3 (02:58):
Yeah, I want good looking. A lot of the guys
were asking for.

Speaker 1 (03:03):
I met all three of them. Yeah, Shannon and her
friends and Mansi is here. We're gonna get to one
of your Yankees.

Speaker 3 (03:13):
Cano. How is Devin Williams gonna change baseball forever?

Speaker 1 (03:16):
Well, today's a special day, not only two days away
from Valentine's Papa, but it's pitchers and catchers reporting.

Speaker 3 (03:22):
Man, I thought that was Friday.

Speaker 1 (03:24):
Yeah, catchers, pictures and catchers are reporting.

Speaker 3 (03:31):
So we're getting.

Speaker 1 (03:31):
Closer and closer to baseball now, which always helps the
post Super Bowl blues.

Speaker 3 (03:36):
So I'm excited about NBA Laker updates.

Speaker 1 (03:39):
We're gonna talk about Robbie Cano, but I got to
give us a quick update on a really fun conversation
we had yesterday.

Speaker 3 (03:48):
We were talking about Aaron.

Speaker 1 (03:49):
Rodgers and we spent a good amount of time having
a really funny yet informative conversation. Well, we went over
every team, Really, where could he possibly end up if
he doesn't retire. It really was a team by team
breakdown of Oh, he can't go there, next, can't go
there next?

Speaker 3 (04:09):
All right, that's a possibility.

Speaker 1 (04:11):
Dan Bayer was weighing in, Danny g We all had
our thoughts, and we said twenty seven giants. There was
a few possibilities Raiders, there was like five or six teams.
We narrowed it down that twenty six teams. It's just impossibly.
I was talking to my dad on the way in, Oh,
I haven't talked to you super Bowl week sounded great.

Speaker 3 (04:29):
Caught up with my dad. Oh, hi, Rich is your father?

Speaker 1 (04:32):
And by the way, every voicemail he leaves me starts
with high Rich, it's your father.

Speaker 3 (04:36):
Hi, Rich is your father. I know, I know what you.

Speaker 1 (04:40):
Dad, And he said that was a great conversation, and
we talked about it even more. And by talking it
out even more with Dad, it's like, you know what,
I see it going totally different.

Speaker 3 (04:53):
I go, what do you mean?

Speaker 1 (04:54):
He goes, Oh, Aaron Rodgers is such a peculiar yet
intriguing dude that in the world that all you guys
living today, can't this guy team up with someone and
just do a podcast and make a ton of money.

Speaker 3 (05:07):
And then.

Speaker 1 (05:09):
The season starts and inevitably, unfortunately, there will be a
top tier quarterback that goes down.

Speaker 3 (05:18):
Happens all the time. Unfortunately.

Speaker 1 (05:20):
Yeah, and Danny g you ever thought yesterday, we never
even thought about the idea of that team doesn't exist
yet because it could be a top tier team that
loses QB one and all of a sudden, Aaron Rodgers
is the answer to come in and save the team.

Speaker 3 (05:34):
Yeah, we didn't go over that.

Speaker 1 (05:36):
That was like the one blind spot we had in
that conversation, Like, there could be any top tier team,
the forty nine ers, you know, the Eagles, the Bucks,
there could be any team that's a good NFC team
or AFC team where QB one goes down and the
quick fixes. Man, we have so much talent. We can't
just throw the season away. Aaron Rodgers and I think

(06:00):
that's the answer, because I don't think there's a very
clear one. So since there's no clear fit, we're trying
to put a square peg in a round hole. Why
not just say he doesn't play and then the minute
unfortunately someone will get hurt.

Speaker 3 (06:15):
That's where Aaron Rodgers steps in.

Speaker 1 (06:16):
It would be a great possibility and a great solution.
But would he be mentally and physically ready and prepared
to jump right back into the NFL.

Speaker 3 (06:26):
I've stay in shape. Yeah, I mean you would have
to hope and assume he's.

Speaker 4 (06:30):
Got a big ego, so to sit around and be like, oh,
I'm my wait, I don't know if he's that kind
of guy, Rich, but.

Speaker 3 (06:36):
He would also love to be the guy that comes
in and saves the day. That part is true to
what goes.

Speaker 1 (06:42):
Down unfortunately, knock on wood, Mike McDaniel, Yo, Aaron Rodgers,
he goes down to South Beach, saves the day. There
is a he hero, Joe Burrow, you high ankle, sprain
out for eight weeks.

Speaker 3 (06:56):
There go my hero.

Speaker 1 (07:00):
Aaron Rodgers comes running in justin Herbert oh Man, rotator cuff.

Speaker 3 (07:04):
He can be a hero. Baby. We're off to find
the hero, the Dame Aaron Rodgers. It could be anywhere.

Speaker 4 (07:16):
And yet we can't get this guy to do karaoke
at listener events.

Speaker 1 (07:19):
No, no, only when I want yeah yeah, when he
comes out organically.

Speaker 3 (07:23):
Yeah, when you.

Speaker 1 (07:23):
Put pressure on me, I don't want to sing. We
need to be meta. Oh yeah, let's do it, me
and you sam Ooh yeah yeah, Well you mean next
year's halftime performers. Let's hope because it's in San Francisco.
All right, You know what, Rich, I think that is
a strong possibility, but only if he's like mentally.

Speaker 3 (07:45):
Prepared in that way.

Speaker 1 (07:46):
I'm not saying that he falls off but what if
he really makes a solid mental decision that he's done.
Sometimes when people make that decision, it's hard to come
back from it. Then again, there's so many pro athletes,
well the fighting and football, where they get that in.
I know they say they're done, but they want to
play again. I know he is, you know, one of one.
The guy you know went to ten Super Bowls, one

(08:09):
seven of them. There's a part of me that thinks
Tom Brady could step on the field tomorrow. But then again,
he's conditioned TB twelve, that's his You know, he looks
better now than he did coming out of the combine
twenty five years ago. But you're gonna look at Tom
Brady and say, you know, if he wanted to at
what forty six next year? You don't think Tom Brady,
if he wanted to, could be the quarterback of your Raiders.

Speaker 4 (08:30):
Danny j oh Just this past postseason, there's the video
of him throwing the nice tight spirals to Gronk pregame
and the internet blew up, like, see, this guy could
join a team right now. He could suit up for
the Raiders if maybe he signs his ownership shares to
his son.

Speaker 1 (08:46):
Did you happen to see that clip of Colin. When
Tom Brady was on the Herd. Tom Brady talked about
how when you hit a certain age, your football knowledge,
like tom Brady football i Q is unmatched.

Speaker 3 (09:02):
He said that Super Bowl.

Speaker 1 (09:03):
He went into it against the Chiefs, he knew what
every defenders like little ticks and movements were. He knew
by looking at a linebacker are they gonna come at
me or are they going to drop back?

Speaker 3 (09:16):
Because he studied so much film.

Speaker 1 (09:18):
Like when when their arms move, like I could tell
that you know they're not going to rush me. Tom
Brady so studied and so disciplined that I think, just
based on his football i QUE and the fact that
he stays in shape, could still be a quarterback. So
if you don't think Aaron Rodgers could take a six
month little break, come back mid season if a team
needs him, no doubt. Yeah, Tom Brady was still playing

(09:39):
well in his last season. Aaron Rodgers hasn't played well
in two years now.

Speaker 3 (09:43):
Yeah, but he turned it on towards the very end.
He sucked.

Speaker 1 (09:47):
Aaron Rodgers also did come back in like record time.
He didn't come back as they didn't need him, but
he was on pace to come back in record time
from an achilles injury. So it's not like he's a
old man winter. It's not like he's Bartolo Cologne trying
to get back on the mountain. Okay, but his focus
is in a cave somewhere, on a darkness retreat, playing
the bongos. Tom Brady's focus was on football. There's a

(10:10):
big difference there. Where's your mind at, where's your head at?
As the basement Jack said. And by the way, since
you brought it up, if you think Tom Brady could
get back out there, and if you think in this
hypothetical Aaron Rodgers would just step out of the podcasting
booth to jump right back into football, this brings up
the Robinson Cano story today. Yeah, Robin Cano thinks he

(10:30):
could very well just hop right back on an MLB team.
And I'll tell you this, every sport's different, right. I
don't know if I buy into that, man, Every sport
is different. Of course, that's a very blanket statement.

Speaker 3 (10:42):
Let me explain.

Speaker 1 (10:44):
The downward curve at the end of someone's career is
steeper in all sports, Like you fall off that cliff
at different heights in different sports, like the NBA, you
go from averaging twenty six to twenty two to eighteen.

Speaker 3 (10:58):
You know, production goes down.

Speaker 1 (10:59):
Your little slower football, you know, wide receiver gets a
little slower, nine hundred yards instead of twelve hundred. I
feel like in baseball, some of these sluggers, it's just over.

Speaker 3 (11:10):
I don't know what happens.

Speaker 1 (11:12):
You go from hitting thirty forty bombs, hitting two sixty,
two seventy, and then all of a sudden, it's like
eighteen home runs, betting two to oh one. It in baseball,
it happens quick. And Robbie Cano, you saw him go
from a guy that was batting three hundred something with
a lot of home runs but knocketing it a ton
of ribbies. He still ended his major league career seventeen
year major league career batting three to oho one, So

(11:34):
he's still over three hundred.

Speaker 3 (11:36):
Great hitter.

Speaker 1 (11:37):
He was so slick and so good in his prime
at second base that he got a lot of criticism
for being lazy because he looked slazy.

Speaker 3 (11:46):
He looked like he was playing lazy because he played
so smooth and so effortless.

Speaker 1 (11:50):
Give me a year like a prime year for Robbie Cano,
as a Yankee or a Mariner. Give me, like just
a home run RBI average stat line, like in like
a Robbie Cano All Star year. I'm gonna have to
look it up because I was looking up his Mexico stats.
You are in Mexico Reference dot com. I was on
Mexico Reference dot com. That's where he played last. And

(12:10):
that's why people think that he still got some juice.
If you don't know, he played in the Mexican League
and before that, he think he played on the SpongeBob
SquarePants team.

Speaker 3 (12:21):
And I'm not even making that UPO wait to go Canoe.
The point I was gonna make was.

Speaker 1 (12:29):
But he lit it up in the Mexican League, batting
like four sixty something or four thirty something, and he
was hitting bombs and he was on his major streak.
So people were like, he still got some juice. But
Robbie Cano, Yeah, his best years were with the Yankees,
for sure. I got it right here, took you too
all here, We got it wasn't long I was telling
you about the Mexican League. Robbie Cano a great example

(12:50):
of a typical canoe year. Let's say twenty thirteen with
the Yankees. His last year before he decided to go
to Seattle, before he went for the bag and ruined
his career. Forty one home runs, I'm sorry, no, twenty
nine home hold on, here we go one second, I'm sorry,
twenty seven home runs, one hundred and seven. Ribby's be

(13:12):
at three fourteen. The year before that, thirty three home runs,
ninety four RBI three thirteen. And then you go from
that to like you already referenced. I was gonna say,
you're playing on a minor league team on SpongeBob SquarePants
Night and there's like, you know, six hundred people in
the stands and you're and they're like, yeah, that used
to be Robbie Cano. Like you to quote, uh, you

(13:35):
know one of my favorite movies that you've never seen
because you're too cool. Angels in the Outfield, your boy
Tony Danza, remember the kid goes you used to be
Mel Clark and he's a a kid I used to be.
I'm still Mel Clark. Al oh wait, he plays the
aging pitcher and I'm still Mel Clark. Oh great cast,
I mean, how is it not Danny Glover, Christopher Lloyd,

(13:56):
Tony Danza. Cavino's too cool for that, as he would say,
when did that come out the nineties?

Speaker 3 (14:01):
I was too busy getting ass. I mean it's true.

Speaker 1 (14:03):
What if Matthew McConaughey, Matthew McConaughey's in it. McConaughey plays
center field. Now he gets lifted up and he catches
a ball, Manzi, you know what else he hasn't seen
Mighty Ducks?

Speaker 3 (14:12):
You know what? Because I was too busy ol chasing ass.

Speaker 2 (14:15):
Okay, I get that you were chasing ass back then.
You're not doing that now, So you can watch them now,
I am. You already got the ass to stop.

Speaker 1 (14:22):
You could have taken all these girls on a date
to your home to watch these movies, I know, and
then gotten what you want.

Speaker 3 (14:26):
You can watch them now when I watch them now
with your daughter? Yeah, what sport? Now she's scrolling on
social media.

Speaker 2 (14:34):
Mighty Ducks is so fun.

Speaker 3 (14:35):
Classic, I mean, he's so good.

Speaker 1 (14:37):
I made a Gordon Bob Bay reference recently and he's like,
I don't know what you're talking about him.

Speaker 3 (14:41):
Break up with him.

Speaker 1 (14:42):
But much like Mel Clark, I used to be you.
I used to be Mel Clark. Robbie Cano, you used
to be Robbi Can And he also used to be
on steroids, and they used to make bad decisions for
leaving the Yankees.

Speaker 4 (14:52):
What if some of his bombs in Mexico came off
with Trevor Bauer that changed her mind?

Speaker 1 (14:56):
Oh that would be good because they ever know, they
never fail, because better than according to Bower. Yeah, So
based on this though, because there's a common thread going on,
could Aaron Rodgers say, ah, I'm gonna continue as a
broadcaster and host of Sports Jeopardy all of a sudden

(15:18):
come back in the league if someone get gets hurt.
Can Tom Brady still play? Can Canoe still play? Because
Canoe said that today it's pitchers and catchers, everyone's talking baseball.
Canoe says that he could still play at a high level.
He could play major League baseball. What are or are
there other athletes that come to mind realistically where you
think I bet they could still play. Dwight Dwight Howard

(15:41):
comes to mind, because the Lakers needed a big man
right and he's always chirping like yo. Terrell Owens was
always in the conversation, says he kept his body fit.
But now a lot of time has passed. I'm glad
you said the beginuse the Kaepernick stuff. For years, te
O was the guy where I was was the answer.
I remember thinking, like, man, is he that much of
a pain the ass that no one wants to take
a chance on him? Because remember he would show his

(16:02):
own combine videos and he was ripped and he'd sleep
in you know, the the chamber where he would reverses aging,
and I thought, TiO is the answer. Oddly enough, I
made fun of him moments ago, but I really think
pun intended. I think Bartolo Colombe could still eat innings.
I maybe not now, but a couple of years ago.

(16:24):
Bartolo Cologne is just a guy. Well he whatever threw
one hundred. I wouldn't downplay it because he had that
that rubbery arm, and he's a crafty pitcher. I you know,
he probably still has some heat because he's got a
lot of weight behind it, so I wouldn't I wouldn't
say no to that.

Speaker 3 (16:42):
How old is he? I mean, now, spot age check
me on Bartolo Colomne.

Speaker 1 (16:46):
I know it's also your favorite fragrance, Bartolo Cologne.

Speaker 3 (16:50):
Cologne fifty one rich.

Speaker 1 (16:53):
I mean, obviously he can't do it now, but I
really think if you rewinded a couple of years there
was video of him like throwing Beep and Bartolo Cologne
was never a guy that overpowered you. He just threw
eighty eight to ninety and knew where to place the ball.
Who could still compete at a high level, if not professionally,
doesn't matter to the sport because even in the world

(17:15):
of fighting. I don't know if you saw this rich
but Keith one time, Thurman is saying he's making a
grand comeback in twenty twenty five. You see it in
fighting all the time because they get the itch and
fighters never know when they're done. Yeah, you know, there's
a guy that played for my team last year and
played for monse You and Denny Geez Dodgers. Is there

(17:38):
any guess left in the tank for j D Martinez?
He looked lost at the playball. Yeah, I was gonna
say last year. I mean, I know he's adventuring into
pickle ball now, but JD Martinez, there were rumors like, yo,
his veteran presence is so he's.

Speaker 3 (17:52):
A great clubhouse guy exactly.

Speaker 1 (17:54):
But there were times last year where I knew the
pitcher was throwing an outside slider and he would just
chase and miss by five feet like, Oh.

Speaker 3 (18:03):
I got hot?

Speaker 1 (18:03):
Take ready? Has anyone said this based on this conversation.
I truly think Gronk could have been more productive if
he played this season than Travis Kelsey. As lazy as
Kelsey looked in the super Bowl. Have you seen some
of the tape of this dude? He wasn't even moving
on half of those boys. There are some embarrassed. There
is some isolated place for the super Bowl, super Bowl.

(18:25):
There's some isolated place from the super Bowl that made
Travis Kelsey look like he was the last guy off
the snap every time, not blocking down Mahomes.

Speaker 4 (18:33):
No, he's nouting. He's never been a big blocker. I've
seen video on him before where he's no George Kittle. Yeah,
I mean his mo is get down the field fifteen
yards and stand around kind of and wait for Mahomes
to scramble and throw to you.

Speaker 1 (18:47):
You see him throwing his hands off, like what. Yeah,
he's looking lazy.

Speaker 3 (18:50):
And I'm not hating. I'm just stating.

Speaker 4 (18:52):
I like Kelsey was extra pouty as well as Mahomes
was in the super Bowl.

Speaker 3 (18:56):
And if you don't believe me, I didn't notice it
during the game.

Speaker 1 (18:59):
Watched there's a lot of clips that are surfacing on
social media and you're like, Wow, that dude didn't even
block anybody, and the guy he was supposed to block
ended up tackling either the running back or Mahomes.

Speaker 3 (19:10):
Damn.

Speaker 1 (19:10):
I know it's slow mo on Instagram at TikTok, but
there are plays that they're showing where the ball snapped
and he's a he's a good like second behind everyone
else as far as reaction and the defenders getting two
steps before Kelsey's reacting like Gronky could have been Gronky
more productive.

Speaker 3 (19:30):
I think I think he could still play a little bit.

Speaker 1 (19:32):
Sucks when you don't have the refs on your side.
Huh yeah, who else comes to mind? Fox Sports Radio
Nation eight seven seven ninety nine on Fox. There's a
difference between he looks like he could still play and
then really believing he could still play. Like we just
interviewed Drew Brees. Dude looked like he could still play.
He was in great shape, he looked young. What did
he say to you? He said that he thinks he
could if he didn't have arthritis in his shoulder. He

(19:53):
said the last year that he played his football IQ
and he was giving himself props. He said, I I could.
He said, I could still play today mentally, mentally, but
and it's physically his whole body.

Speaker 3 (20:06):
He just said his shoulder.

Speaker 1 (20:07):
He's like, yo, anything beyond thirty or forty yards, I
just couldn't do it anymore. Even his last season, he
was just you know, short passes here and there. Couldn't
couldn't throw it deep.

Speaker 3 (20:16):
He said. He said he couldn't throw past forty five yards.

Speaker 1 (20:18):
He said, if everything was under forty yards, he could
be elite right now in the NFL. He said, if
he could like use his other arm, Yeah, trade his
other arms because it's fresh that he could definitely play.
So who else do you think is sitting around that
could still play? I as we get to the phone calls,
we're going to talk about those retired players, NBA, NFL.

Speaker 3 (20:39):
A lot to get to today.

Speaker 1 (20:40):
But as now a coach of you know, my daughter's
softball team and my son's baseball team.

Speaker 3 (20:46):
If you're the manager, make up your mind. Well, when
I say manager, you make fun of me. So what
do you want? I want the truth, Rich, I'm the manager.

Speaker 6 (20:53):
Transparency.

Speaker 1 (20:54):
Yeah, So it's a bummer. Still, I got that feeling
of like, oh man.

Speaker 3 (20:59):
It's raining.

Speaker 1 (20:59):
Its practice is canceled, Like today was supposed to be
my son's first T ball practice.

Speaker 4 (21:04):
It's supposed to rain all week here in LA. Did
you cancel it? That also makes you the general manager I.

Speaker 3 (21:09):
Had to be.

Speaker 1 (21:10):
They said fields are closed today. Yeah, and the manager
you're a coach. Wow, I'm just funning things. That's awesome.
Shout out to my buddy Jeff soup On, former baseball pitcher,
is the guy that runs my kids pony ball.

Speaker 3 (21:22):
So get him out there.

Speaker 1 (21:22):
Come on, what a league they got Jeff soup On
and the softball king of the Valley, Rich David.

Speaker 3 (21:27):
I mean, do you think Soupon could still throw in
the majors?

Speaker 1 (21:31):
You know, he looks trim and good for like you
think he's no offense, No for you. He's been retired
for a while. And Sam, but you know what, that's
ak Sam played the shot.

Speaker 3 (21:45):
It's dead.

Speaker 1 (21:46):
Who do you think could make that sweet comeback and
still be able to play and compete at a professional level.
There's a lot of stories in the news. We brought
up Tom Brady. That's an obvious one. Aaron Rodgers, if
he were to retire. He'd be on standby for any
team that would need him in an emergency cause. And
there's always a star QB one that goes down in
the beginning of the season. He'd be the guy that
would be able to jump in Robinson Cano. As of today,

(22:09):
pitchers and Catchers Robinson Cano in the news saying that
he could still play at a professional level. He's forty
two years old. Though, who else comes to mind. I
told you in the world of fighting fighting one time,
Keith Thurman wants to get back in the ring at
that one forty pound division and compete with these young
guys and one of my favorite fighters, not because I

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like him personally, because he was just exciting. Anytime someone says, oh,
Connor McGregor, I'm like, I don't want to see it anymore.

Speaker 3 (22:36):
Because that's a perfect example. Father time.

Speaker 1 (22:39):
My friends and I would never talk smack. I would
love to see it, but I don't believe it at all.
As far as I think he's washed, and I would
love for him to prove me wrong. I would never
say it to his face. I'm a fan, but I
don't think he could do it. Go buddy, Remember Joe
Bimol was trying to do that.

Speaker 7 (22:55):
No.

Speaker 1 (22:55):
Joe Bimole, former baseball pitcher Humber Dodger, Danny, he was
real close to me making a professional comeback. He does
baseball clinics for kids in high school and college and
young pros. Joe Bimel in his early forties was throwing
more heat than he did in his big league career,
and he actually got a minor league deal and I.

Speaker 3 (23:13):
Was hoping it worked out. Yeah, because there was new
methods of training.

Speaker 1 (23:16):
He actually got bigger and stronger as a result, got
more heat on his fastball.

Speaker 3 (23:21):
But again father time won.

Speaker 1 (23:22):
But he was real close to making it back to
the big leagues after retiring. So who do you think,
just based on the eye test, I guess and how
people take care of themselves, could actually still play. I
do think Gronk could still play. He's in good shape.
He's thinner now, but I think you know he could
have still played if you wanted to.

Speaker 3 (23:39):
He could bulk up. Yeah.

Speaker 1 (23:40):
And by the way, let's bring it back to the
original thought. And then, Danny, I want to hear your
thoughts and we'll go to the phones. The original thought
was yesterday we at length we talked about where on
earth could Aaron Rodgers land?

Speaker 3 (23:52):
And it never dawned on us to think, well, maybe nowhere.

Speaker 1 (23:56):
He doesn't retire, but he you know, chills out and
then inevitably there will be a top tier team that
loses a quarterback due to injury and incomes Aaron Rodgers
to save the day, and Camino saying will he be ready?

Speaker 3 (24:09):
And I think the answer is yes. Yeah. Not too
long ago.

Speaker 4 (24:12):
I remember seeing Marshawn Lynch being interviewed and he said
he felt like he could still run over some players.

Speaker 2 (24:17):
That's so weird that you said that, because that's who
I had in my mind. I was like, am I
crazy to think Marshall Lynch can still go out there?

Speaker 4 (24:25):
Even those last couple of seasons with the Raiders. He
obviously wasn't as fast, but he still could bol defenders over.

Speaker 3 (24:32):
Right, That's what I'm thinking.

Speaker 2 (24:33):
It's like, I'm not expecting him to be quick, but
I think he could be effective.

Speaker 1 (24:36):
By the way, you know, he's in a movie. I
saw him in a trailer or something for a movie.
Either that or I dreamt it.

Speaker 5 (24:44):
Guys.

Speaker 1 (24:44):
I also got a podcast with Gavin Newsom. Does anyone
listen to it? I may have had the weirdest dream,
but I'm pretty sure the movie.

Speaker 3 (24:51):
I think we're all dreaming. I don't know what we're
talking about, Marshawn Lynch. I think it's been in several movies.
What's more likely to him playing the NFL again?

Speaker 1 (24:59):
Or for any want to listen to a podcast Love Hurts?

Speaker 3 (25:04):
That looks pretty good.

Speaker 1 (25:06):
Oh yeah, there's a Billboards offer right now. Came out
last Friday, so I was ready. So he might be
able to still play, But he's got a whole other
career sort of taken off as an actor. Ain't that wild?
Marshall Lynch. So we'll wrap it up with your phone calls?
Who do you think still has the juice?

Speaker 3 (25:21):
Roger?

Speaker 8 (25:22):
Hey, Roger Vermont, you're on Hey, what's happening?

Speaker 3 (25:26):
What's somebody? I said, Roger, and you said, what's happening?
How about that? What's up? Buddy?

Speaker 1 (25:30):
Yeah?

Speaker 8 (25:30):
Well yeah it's yeah, Roger works up. So this is
not really current, but I think into his late forties
personal Walker could have still helped the team big time.

Speaker 3 (25:44):
Yeah, he was ripped it in shape.

Speaker 4 (25:45):
Yeah, he was training while he fought in the UFC,
right right, he did. Yeah, he was the answer to
this question. A decade or fifteen years ago, he's like
sixty sixty one, and he kept himself in great shape.
That's the thing.

Speaker 1 (25:59):
Not all athletes, because they live and eat the way
they used to and they don't make those adjustments post
their career and either get way out of shape or
they just stopped lifting like Gronk did. What about what
about a wide receiver? We said too, but I mean

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after he retired, Ocho Cinco still seemed like he was
taking care of himself, doing you know, media stuff. Do
you think Ocho Cinco a couple of years later, if
he wanted to, could have pushed or I like the
end of his career, he was fading even when he
was on a team. I always got that that vibe.
Let's go to Joel in since he what's up Joel.

Speaker 3 (26:41):
Henybody?

Speaker 4 (26:44):
So one guy thinks that nobody's talking about pretty recent
and I think he would still ball out and probably
be top five in his position at pro level.

Speaker 3 (26:53):
Andrew Luck, Oh yeah, if he wanted to take the chance. Yeah, he.

Speaker 1 (27:00):
Retired and his body didn't go through a full, you know,
full full career of NFL play, so maybe he could
come back.

Speaker 3 (27:06):
Yeah, way. It made me think of a belly. Does
heven belly?

Speaker 5 (27:08):
Now?

Speaker 1 (27:08):
Though I'm praying Andrew Andrew bluck? Yeah, but he had
such skill. He's a skillful player. What happened to Victor Cruz?
Why did he retire? Too much salsa dancing? Too much
salsa dancing? I think he turned a salsa dance instructor,
isn't it?

Speaker 3 (27:21):
Isn't that true? You know, like Gurley got hurt.

Speaker 1 (27:24):
I'm like one off one of these guys that were
sitting around like a Todd Gurley was sitting around, but
then he realized, you know what, man, I still could play.
I rested off the injury or something. Some of these
guys are so young man. Some of them retired early,
like McAfee retired early to do a podcast. Oh he
Victor Cruz retired early to do salsa dancing. I mean
he's better than the cruise is only thirty eight now

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and he's been out in the league.

Speaker 3 (27:47):
How many years? What's up? Nick and Cincy?

Speaker 1 (27:51):
I was saying, Uh, Jamie Moyer, I think it's still uh.

Speaker 3 (27:55):
Oh it was one hundred and forty seven when he retired.

Speaker 1 (27:58):
Jamie Moyer could collect Social Security and still stuck around.
I put them together in my brain. Darren Oliver, Remember
how long that guy played? Darren Oliver, That dude, I
feel like I was playing forever. I feel like Darren Oliver,
if we were, we would play on the road again.
I think Darren Oliver played for every Major League Baseball
But Jamie Moyer, he looked like he was at least

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fifty five when he was still playing. Well, you look up,
Darren Oliver. Let's go to Manci for an update.

Speaker 3 (28:23):
But yeah, yeah, guys, that's right.

Speaker 6 (28:27):
I think.

Speaker 2 (28:28):
And in the NBA Buckstar Damian Lillard will be out
for tonight's game against the Timberwolves to allow.

Speaker 3 (28:33):
A full recovery. Damian Lillard the team Buckstar, not the
other team Minnesota, Minnesota.

Speaker 2 (28:42):
I'm gonna keep saying all the words standing around.

Speaker 3 (28:46):
The timber what Timberwolves? What wolves? Are timber Wolves? I
really don't hear it. Like every everyone tells me, where
where's your hell?

Speaker 2 (28:53):
Wol Did you get confused or did you know who
I was talking about?

Speaker 3 (28:57):
Okay, great?

Speaker 1 (28:57):
Thank You's incredibly rude.

Speaker 3 (29:02):
Ye, welcome to the club.

Speaker 2 (29:04):
Back to Cavino, I love you.

Speaker 3 (29:09):
Happy Valentine's.

Speaker 1 (29:12):
Cavino and Rich on Fox Sports Radio live Fromtirack dot
Com studio.

Speaker 3 (29:18):
Appreciate you hanging out.

Speaker 1 (29:20):
We'll take the rest of your feedback at Covino Rich
at Fox Sports Radio. Who do you think still has
the juice? Who do you think could still play? Pitchers
and catchers have reported so we get all excited about
baseball at least I do. I know everyone here does.
Dodgers fans do post football blues. If you're not into

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the NBA, then you're like, all right, baseball.

Speaker 3 (29:45):
Let's go.

Speaker 1 (29:45):
Is it a tot of funny when you do see
some of your favorite big leaguers come back a little
out of shape?

Speaker 3 (29:50):
Oh yeah, and they get back at the shape real quick.

Speaker 1 (29:52):
But you realize that from September October through the holidays
there's some guys that put on five to ten pounds
of uh, you know, a little dad bought act and
then you know, by opening day they're good.

Speaker 3 (30:02):
But I didn't see some of the Mets. I'm like, oh,
what's going on this guy? People? You know, Wan Soto
looks like he's six months pregnant. Stop it. I saw
the pictures one one Bloto.

Speaker 1 (30:11):
One Bloto good one bro. I like that one one
blowto You would like that, you would like that he's
gonna be a player.

Speaker 5 (30:20):
He is.

Speaker 1 (30:23):
He's definitely pregnant, but you're seeing players in a different uniform.
Borlander in his giant skier.

Speaker 3 (30:29):
Right. Oh wow, I'm just shocked.

Speaker 1 (30:31):
That's the first time I heard someone say, wom blowout.
That's a good one.

Speaker 3 (30:34):
I'm mad. I didn't think of it. A factory over here.
But Devin Williams.

Speaker 1 (30:38):
Is known for being one of the best closers in baseball.
He's now a Yankee. Now, if you could picture Devin Williams,
he had a bit of that intimidation factor because he
had a sweet beard. He had a nice seat groomed
beard that fit his face. I mean, completely intimidating, other
than when Peter A. Lonzo hit a three run home
run off of him to send the Brewers home and

(30:59):
have Bob you his last call before he passed away,
be terrible. Besides that, I mean, Devin, but it wasn't
like a hobo beard. It wasn't disheveled. It was very maintained.
He looked handsome and look good.

Speaker 3 (31:11):
I'll be honest, handsome dude, handsome Latino guy with a beard.

Speaker 1 (31:14):
And he said that he hadn't seen himself without the
beard in years. Because he was being questioned, hey, when's
the last time he shaved. He's like, I couldn't tell you,
and he said he'd hold onto the beard for as
long as he could until the Yankees made him shave it.
Dave reported, he shaved his beard and it's not good.
And I saw him and I was like, dude, I

(31:35):
couldn't believe what I saw. I'm like, where's the rest
of his face?

Speaker 3 (31:38):
Monci? I just texted you the picture. Have you seen
the before and after?

Speaker 1 (31:41):
It looks like he's missing I'm not saying he's a
bad looking guy, but the beard balanced out his face
so much. It elongated his face a good three inches.
I feel like he's missing three inches four inches of chin.

Speaker 5 (31:52):
Yeah.

Speaker 3 (31:53):
Right, it's like a different person.

Speaker 1 (31:55):
He looks like he looks like he looks like a
badass dude that you would not want to face.

Speaker 3 (31:59):
Now he's a little cheek.

Speaker 1 (32:04):
So he went from intimidating closer to he looks like
boss baby now.

Speaker 3 (32:11):
Yeah. So, and and here's the kicker.

Speaker 1 (32:15):
He's saying that, you know, the beard gave him confidence,
And I know that sounds lame. But that's why I
think this could cause a change, and we'll explain next.
Reach out to your siblings. I say this because the
Kelsey Brothers said before they did their podcast they would
go months without any communication. And it's easy because listen,

(32:37):
I live in l A, My brother lives in Maryland.

Speaker 3 (32:39):
My sister's months.

Speaker 1 (32:41):
The text thing and social media, like, there's no excuse
to not shoot your brother.

Speaker 3 (32:45):
Attack doesn't just start a podcast. I've talked.

Speaker 1 (32:50):
I talked to my sister, you know, like at least
once a week or so, just to be like, Hey,
what's up, how's your kid, how's everything?

Speaker 3 (32:56):
My brother?

Speaker 1 (32:56):
Though sometimes life's busy, we could go a month without
top busy. Dude, you're on the ball doing the scroll.
You can't shoot somebody at text message. My brother is
one of those guys. We all have one of these
friends or family members that turns their phone off. You know,
that person who turns their phone off. I know that
my eighty five year old people. I think you still

(33:17):
have to my phones don't near me. I think my
brother's that guy. You know, when someone's got like a
wife that controls them. I think my brother puts down his.

Speaker 3 (33:26):
Phone when he gets home and is not allowed to
touch it. I really it is possible.

Speaker 1 (33:30):
But hey, just to point it out, say hi to
your brothers and sisters, your siblings, because now I look
at my kids and I'm.

Speaker 3 (33:36):
Like, and I hope they get along when they're older.

Speaker 2 (33:38):
Yeah.

Speaker 1 (33:38):
But the Kelsey Bros, who are the most famous brothers,
let's be honest in the world right now, said before
their popularity of New Heights and before they were working
together for them, it was Ozzie and jose Canseco.

Speaker 3 (33:48):
Right.

Speaker 1 (33:48):
No, it was Billy and Calber and his baseball bath
that said, yeah, how could I forget? No, it was
your favorite brothers, oh, Danny DeVito and Arnold.

Speaker 4 (33:57):
Yeah, and way back in the day, the Necros, they were.

Speaker 3 (34:01):
One hundred and eighty five still pitching in the big leagues.

Speaker 1 (34:03):
Yeah, I was gonna say, when you were talking about
old players that could still do it, they did. They
could probably still do it somehow. So anyway, say hello
to your siblings. That was a random thought, only because
everyone's thinking about Valentine's Day. But I saw that headline.
I'm like, you know what, I guess people get busy,
But when you see your kids, if your parents and
you see your kids don't rich.

Speaker 3 (34:21):
As the great Peewee Herman said, and I quote, what
do you? I know you are, But what am I
busy doing?

Speaker 5 (34:28):
What?

Speaker 3 (34:29):
He's taking his bath? Really? Really? Really?

Speaker 1 (34:33):
Your brother's so busy, dude, dude, I will call him.
Everybody's busy. The first ring goes to send a text
to somebody, the first ring goes right to bossmail does
not mean they're rejecting you. It's like the phones off,
like kids like you.

Speaker 6 (34:47):
No that that was a rejection.

Speaker 3 (34:49):
It was off. It would go straight.

Speaker 1 (34:51):
I think a lot of times it just go straight too.
There you go, I mean text him. It has that,
you know when someone is like they have their phone
on silent, or like.

Speaker 2 (34:58):
Yeah, do I have my phone unifications silence.

Speaker 1 (35:01):
I think the reminder here is it takes zero effort
to reach out through social media like someone's post or
send somebody a text, period. And that Kelsey story is
odd to me. That's really oddul they're both because they're
so they seem so close. Now you're right, but again
they they said, not only did Travis Kelce has MONSI

(35:21):
said in the update, not only months, not only is
he saying he's going to put a time out on
this discussing his future. They talked about how months would
go by and they wouldn't talk.

Speaker 3 (35:31):
That's weird.

Speaker 1 (35:32):
Now they make millions together. So back to the story
of today. Pitchers and catchers report Devin Williams of the
Yankees former brewer. Now, Yankee had to shave because that's
the policy. We all know that because it's been questions
so often, like what an outdated policy? Some players they
reluctantly shave their beard. They don't want to do it,
but they do. But you can also leave the mustache. Remember,

(35:54):
I feel like the mustache, I feel like you and
I talk about this more than any other sports TV
or radio show in the nation. But this is Yankee
facial hair policy, I think is one of the more
outdated team specific rules possible. Okay, what are the Yankees
paying Devin Williams eight point six million dollars a year
eight point six million dollars a year. But an elite

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closer type, an elite closer with high expectations.

Speaker 3 (36:18):
Right, he will be a big asset to your bullpen
for sure.

Speaker 1 (36:21):
That's the goal here, that's the point, that's the investment.
That's why they got it.

Speaker 3 (36:24):
And what does a closer need more than most positions
to be honest.

Speaker 1 (36:27):
Confidence, intimidation factor, all those things. So this is why
this proves that change starts with one person. I believe
Devin Williams to be that one person. There's been a
lot of people along the way, from your Gombi's to
your Johnny Damon's. It's gonna be him because you can't
have that weeny looking guy on the mound late in

(36:48):
the innings with the lack of confidence because he doesn't
have his beard. Honestly, I'm like, if you're gonna invest
eight point six million dollars in this guy a year
and you want him to do his job, let him
feel as confident as possible.

Speaker 3 (37:00):
It doesn't make any sense to me. You know.

Speaker 1 (37:02):
So at this point, if you're really serious about winning,
and that's what this guy's saying, I'm not saying this. Guys,
Devin Williams says he's most confident with his beard. He
feels like a little baby boy at a place without
the beard.

Speaker 3 (37:13):
Let him be him. I know that sounds stupid, and
why is all his confidence in his beard? Anyway?

Speaker 1 (37:18):
If that makes him feel cooler, It's like what Andy
Pettit would pull his hat down. You put that intimidation
factor on. Dave Stuart was known for that. Let the
dude do his thing, let him be confident, let him
be lights out. You gotta let him grow his beard back.
He looks so if you were facing him, would you
want to face that little baby boy or the guy
with the beard? Here see the pictures and this is

(37:39):
years ago, the photoshops and the actual real pictures of
James Harden and then James Softon. Yeah, you don't want
to play James Harden. You want to play James Softon. Yeah,
you whoop James Softon's James Softon's not intimidating. Now, the
crazy part about this is that Cavino came to work
today with a parody.

Speaker 3 (37:57):
He found some little fun video on social media.

Speaker 1 (38:00):
Well, the premise is this based on the beard, right,
because you see what a difference it makes. This guy's
face was shortened like a good three to four inches.
Not that he's not handsome. He still looks handsome. He
just looks like a little baby boy and the whole
shape of his face is different. This goes back to
a Jim Gaffigan joke where he says that the poor

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man's face lift is growing the beard. The beard is
the poor man's facelift. It really is, because it makes
you wonder what's going on under there? Danny, I've known
you three plus years now here and a half years.
He doesn't even know what's going on there. Do you
even know what's going on under there?

Speaker 3 (38:36):
Oh? I have pictures from high school.

Speaker 1 (38:38):
But Danny, since I was a while ago, since I've
known you, Danny, you have a beard and a mustache.

Speaker 3 (38:44):
He got to Spot beard.

Speaker 1 (38:46):
I was Spot shaved his beard off like last year
or something, and I was like, you look different, man. Yeah,
but he didn't shave shave completely Razor to ski. Yeah,
he went like full scruff, so he didn't shave shade, And.

Speaker 3 (38:59):
That like altered my perception of Spot.

Speaker 1 (39:02):
But this post is a question too, So this isn't
just about the Yankees and one man making the change,
because that's just just my theory, and I think that's
your hope as a fan. You want your players on
your team to feel as confident as possible, right, But
you as a person also want to feel as confident
as possible when you're making these choices about your facial
hair and how you look, you know, as we approach

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the day of Love and everyone wants to put their
best foot forward, we have a question for you, Well,
you want people to feel comfortable. I mean, I think
the tech world made a big step in the right
direction with this. Think of all those like you know,
Silicon Valley type of folks where you know, business casual
became over thing. It's like, hey, we're guys just making
apps on a computer. Why are we wearing suits? And

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it became like, you know, you would dress like one
of these rich tech guy Wall Street.

Speaker 4 (39:49):
There's even some old school churches who have recently gone
away from you have to have clean cut look at
church and allow beards now tweak you know what Yankee
to still be doing. This is real old school.

Speaker 1 (40:02):
It's real old school. And you know, some guys have
negative chin. You know, some guys there they don't know
they can't fold towels, you know, because they're missing a chin.
It's a death perception. So they grow a beard and
it works for them, and it gives them a swag
and a spring in their steps, facial confidence.

Speaker 4 (40:19):
At least meet the players in the middle like, Okay,
you can have a beard, but it needs to be
trimmed and well cast beard. That's the way you don't
I get it. You don't want to look like a caveman.
You don't want to be unprofessional. But let the guys
still have their own personality without.

Speaker 2 (40:32):
A doubt, especially if you let a mustache happen.

Speaker 6 (40:37):
That's what I'm saying.

Speaker 2 (40:37):
You let you do, let facial hair happen, but just
not a beard.

Speaker 1 (40:41):
Yeah, they need to nail that. There should be a
compromise where it's like it's just got a look groomed.
You can't look like Kevin Malar of the Red.

Speaker 3 (40:47):
Sox in the and if you don't have a good beard,
you can't do it.

Speaker 1 (40:49):
Who is the dude, black black man. You're a guy
in the Phillies who's got that j Marsh. It looks
like a Marsh guy from the Marsh.

Speaker 3 (41:00):
So you can't look like.

Speaker 1 (41:01):
Someone from Duck Dynasty. But you could find something in between, right, Especially,
let's be honest, a lot of these Latino players are
as groomed as could be.

Speaker 3 (41:09):
They got the barber on standby every day. Their fate
is tight.

Speaker 1 (41:12):
So you're telling that guy he can't have the big, poppy,
precision beard. Yeah, you're taking away there they're you know,
in a way, they're confidence right in a way. So
the question to the everyday fella, though, as we get older,
you're really faced with a decision hilarious to me. And
the question is do you shave and look younger and

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worse or do you let the beard grow in and
look older and better. Let me say one more time.
Do you look younger and worse, younger and worse or
older and better?

Speaker 5 (41:48):
Do you want to look.

Speaker 7 (41:49):
Worse, old, hurt or younger? It's kind of a curse.
Shup the former lanswer, But you have got.

Speaker 5 (42:01):
To make this choice.

Speaker 3 (42:02):
What's your choice? What are you doing?

Speaker 5 (42:04):
Younger and worse? I don't know. Do you want to
look younger and worse?

Speaker 1 (42:10):
Yes?

Speaker 5 (42:11):
Do you want to look younger and worse?

Speaker 3 (42:13):
Devin Williams?

Speaker 5 (42:15):
Do you want to look younger and worse? One half?
Do you want to worse? Older? That's got hurt.

Speaker 3 (42:24):
We only played that so that it's now stuck in
your head for the rest of the deaths. Catchy, what
am I listening to?

Speaker 5 (42:31):
You?

Speaker 1 (42:32):
Some TikTok Instagram guys, SA know that it's not just
some guy. You gotta give them credit to play the
song it's Jesse blocked in right on social media, so
props to him.

Speaker 3 (42:42):
He's an older fella.

Speaker 1 (42:43):
It looks like Mandy Patankin actually, right, And it's the
it's the question of do you want to look younger
and worse?

Speaker 3 (42:49):
Meaning shave your beard, shows himself clean, shave.

Speaker 1 (42:51):
You look younger, but you look worse, right because you
got all this fat face. Yeah, yeah, you look like
Dave Williams, looks like a like Mack and me with
a shaved beard, or older and better. You know, you
grow that beard back, you look older, distinguished and older
is not necessarily good, but you do look better for whatever.

(43:12):
He might have some he might have some gray in there, yeah,
because sometimes older is kind of bad, but it is better.

Speaker 3 (43:21):
Like imagine Draymond Green without the beard.

Speaker 1 (43:25):
Right, So it's does he shaven look younger and worse
because he's still gonna look old, but shaved and chubby
probably or older with the beard and the gray, but
still he looks better for some reason. Yeah, it's a
weird choice that guys have to make. Picture Lebron James, right,
he's got a little gray coming in, but Lebron with
the beard probably more handsome look. But he looks older.

(43:47):
If Lebron went clean shaven, he'd probably look thirty something.
You know what happens. Let me look like we look wave.
Let me put it in Steve Cavino terms for him.
You're looking right out. If I shave my face clean
shaven right had this big fat face and two chins
coming out right, it looks like and then he looks
like Ernie and then the scruff starts to grow in
and it looks a little grayish. So I look younger

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and worse, or or I have the scruff going on.

Speaker 3 (44:14):
It makes me look a little older, but better. It
gives your face definition. Ah. So it's the choice that
we all are are at.

Speaker 1 (44:22):
And I think Devin Williams is making a poor, poor
choice right now, and unfortunately it's not his decision. He
looks younger and worse. Truthfully, right now, right now, my
stubbles a little too thin. I feel like I'm right
now at the border of looking younger and worse.

Speaker 6 (44:37):
I feel like we're about to do aerobics.

Speaker 1 (44:41):
Late nineties, early two thousands, like too some government agency
put out like a commercial or something.

Speaker 3 (44:51):
No, but it is. It's a question, man.

Speaker 1 (44:53):
It really sucks and I feel bad for Devin Williams,
but the point is, well, what choice would you make?

Speaker 3 (44:58):
Guys?

Speaker 1 (44:58):
As Black Sheep said, the choice is yours. But for
Devin Williams it's not. The Yankees are making him do
this and he lost all his swag is confidence and
his intimidation factor, which I think is necessary for the
Yankees closer At this point, I feel like we say
this every time the Yankees acquire a new player. Yeah,
but this is very big a sif. When are they
gonna give it up? Very gonna stop the time? The

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closer position comes with an intimidation factor, right, Think of
the Mets. They got all this spectacle, they have horn sections,
the lights go out. You got this dude coming out
with like baby boy do what his stupid face? Now
no one cares about that. He has to.

Speaker 3 (45:34):
Yeah, he's gonna come out to like the bubble Guppies
theme or something.

Speaker 1 (45:36):
Yeah, exactly, Yeah, he comes back to uh uh what's that? Uham?
That is the lamest looks under pets. Do you want
to look younger or worse or older than better? That's
the question for you to make or for you to answer.
Fox Sports Nation. I think ninety nine Fox from the

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women I've asked, I've heard a lot of answers and Monci,
I don't know if you agree with this. A lot
of women are answering they rather their dude look a
little older and better, more libsolute.

Speaker 3 (46:08):
A lot of women. Most women don't want.

Speaker 1 (46:12):
Most women don't want their grown man with the clean
shaven look. You know, can give his hip to the
Fox Sports Radio Nation. My girlfriend doesn't like the facial hair.
That's why I was rock and clean shaved for a while, right,
But then I realized this is what every guy needs
to know. They're trying to take you out of the
shes she really likes. Yeah, that puffy face. She's trying

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to take you out of the game. Well, like, there's
guys who do have a clean shaven face, like Don Draper,
John Hamm. That works for him, that works really well.

Speaker 3 (46:43):
You know what you think beard John Hamm? No, but
with a beard, I don't even know what he'd look
like like a good beard.

Speaker 2 (46:51):
That's another thing. If you don't have a good beard,
don't have a beer.

Speaker 3 (46:55):
Can barely grow the beard in. But people like it.
Let me, let me give you.

Speaker 9 (47:00):
Whatever.

Speaker 3 (47:01):
John Hamm is one of the most handsome guys out there.

Speaker 1 (47:03):
Example, I'll give you a handsome guy with a beard
and tell me if you think you would be as
cool without Meagan from The Walking Dead, Jeffrey Dean Morgan.
That guy with the beard looks like you mean.

Speaker 3 (47:16):
Javier, Yeah, because I've seen him.

Speaker 1 (47:19):
I've seen Javy er Bardem so I just the same guy,
not the same guy he would look Kendrick Perkins, right,
Kendrick Perkins, right now, bear off, take that beard off.
He's the he's the biggest weenie and I don't care
what he says. There's this void space under his chine.
You can't even see.

Speaker 3 (47:34):
Yeah, what's going on there, Kendrick Perkins.

Speaker 6 (47:36):
No, but yeah, he would not be intimidating without.

Speaker 3 (47:38):
That dude from the office.

Speaker 1 (47:40):
Yeah, Stanley, he looks like Carl Winslow without that beard.
With the beard, I'm like, stop it. So do you
want to look younger and worse or older and better.

Speaker 6 (47:53):
Older and better?

Speaker 5 (47:54):
I do that?

Speaker 3 (47:56):
Ercle uh Kurt in Pennsylvania, what's up, buddy? Stop?

Speaker 5 (48:00):
Hey?

Speaker 3 (48:01):
What's going on?

Speaker 9 (48:01):
Guys?

Speaker 3 (48:02):
I love your show? Thanks man, thank you man. You're
gonna be singing that song all night, by.

Speaker 1 (48:05):
The way, Yeah, i'd stop the guy talking show.

Speaker 4 (48:13):
I'm just really surprised you guys haven't played the Simpson
Baseball episode clip of Mad Shavior sideburns yet.

Speaker 1 (48:21):
It's a classic. I do know it, man, but look,
I get it. There was a time and a place.
It's a different world now. The world has changed a lot, man,
like a lot since Don Mattingly in the eighties.

Speaker 3 (48:32):
Medically gives me to those hide burns and Ryan for
rolling that in that was very timely, so great.

Speaker 1 (48:38):
But you also have to realize too that, man, it's
twenty twenty five. You can't expect these especially Richardy said it,
these young Latin players, these Dominican dudes to shave, and
you want them to play for your team. I know
that sounds like petty and ridiculous when you're paying them
millions of dollars. But I can make a million dollars

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somewhere else where. I don't have to like look like
a mutant just to play on your team. And can
I you know who said that. Alex Radugo said that
recently too. He's like, yo, I'll go play for another
team where I could be myself. Now, I get it.
Making millions of dollars is a priority for a young man.

Speaker 3 (49:17):
But take yourself out of the bullpen for a second.
Take yourself out of the bullpen.

Speaker 1 (49:23):
I don't know if Devin Williams is married or single,
whatever the case may be, but you find out, but
you think, thank you MONSI do you think Devin Williams
wants to go out on the town with his boys
if he's single or in New York City?

Speaker 3 (49:34):
I think his wife. If he's married.

Speaker 1 (49:35):
Do you think that's the look he would choose because
a girl? Clearly he had a girlfriend. Yeah, I have
a question. So tattoos are allowed, right, Yeah? What if
you got a beard tattoo?

Speaker 3 (49:48):
I don't know.

Speaker 2 (49:48):
I was wondering that, or try it on, like just
to spite them. I'm gonna try on every day.

Speaker 1 (49:53):
It's just like you did, like a hen of beard,
so where it wasn't permanent. People get tattoos of a hairline.

Speaker 3 (49:59):
Honestly looks. This is my prediction.

Speaker 1 (50:01):
It's going to be such a thing as the picture's
surface today and everyone's gonna be making fun of him.
And he already stated that he had he's more confident
with his beard. It's gonna come down to a compromise.
Like Danny g said, that's my prediction. I you heard
it here on Fox Sports Radio. The Yankees will eventually
allow a maintained scruff, a maintained beard moving forward. That's

(50:22):
my guess. After this, I have a question something like that.
It sounds so ridiculous. But would that be in a
press conference?

Speaker 3 (50:32):
Yeah? Probably maybe, Like how ridiculous does that sound?

Speaker 1 (50:35):
But after you know, one hundred plus years of Yankee legacy,
will there have to be some type of house time
runner coming form and be like, I'm a ready to
announcement to make for the Yankees after you know, after
one hundreds of the years of this organization. Because like
it's an old organization, so there's old rules and traditions, right,
So yeah, this one needs to be updated. That's all
simple as that. What do you say all the time? Rich,
I'll give you credit. Sometimes tradition is making the same

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mistake over and over and over again.

Speaker 3 (50:58):
It's ridiculous, Yankees. It's not at the time of Babe
Ruth anymore.

Speaker 1 (51:01):
There's two things that the Yankees need to adjust. One
of them is the facial hair stuff because it's lame.
And secondly, I love it because I do admire the
history of the pinstripes and everything, but the fact that
the Yankees won't do a city Connect Jersey or Yeah,
it's like, come on, it's like.

Speaker 6 (51:17):
Come on, it's time to be fun.

Speaker 1 (51:18):
Yeah, give us some options to his fan and clearly
this tradition isn't making you that great, right, right.

Speaker 2 (51:24):
At one point maybe it did, right, and maybe it did,
but now it's it's not. Devin Williams does have a girlfriend,
and it's funny that we're talking about his beard.

Speaker 6 (51:32):
Sports Keita has a whole story, Maggie bad doc. I'm
gonna guess. And they've been together since twenty fifteen, twenty sixteen.
And there's a picture of them from twenty fifteen, twenty
sixteen and he has no beard. Oh interesting, Yeah, and
it's his profile and he looks like a baby.

Speaker 3 (51:48):
But that was ten years ago. He was a man.
He's a man.

Speaker 1 (51:51):
Well, my wife has said to me, like distressed, never
to clean get clean shaven, because I look like a
you know, a drake. I look like I look like
a Yeah, I look at your crew.

Speaker 3 (52:07):
All right. So that's the updat.

Speaker 1 (52:09):
Sorry on Devin Williams again. Pictures and catchers that positive
is here. Here is that Hey, baseball is underway. Look
at the clock. It's midweek.

Speaker 3 (52:24):
It's time.

Speaker 9 (52:27):
Covino and Rich gets you over the middle of the
week where mid Week Major love that we throw sports
and pop culture headlines and topics at the fellas and
it's like the kids.

Speaker 1 (52:40):
Say, that's summit.

Speaker 9 (52:41):
We definitely see in our scoring mid Week Major.

Speaker 5 (52:48):
Yeah.

Speaker 3 (52:49):
Are you guys ready?

Speaker 9 (52:51):
Yeah?

Speaker 5 (52:51):
Does everybody go say hey?

Speaker 4 (52:53):
Y'all say man, it's hey, hey, We're about to give
Spotty at eight full minute. It's the segment. When you
hear the warns, you know you've made it to the
middle of the week. Before we hand things over to
the number one and only host to the segment, we
roll the two big red Love dice the main studio.

Speaker 3 (53:09):
See who goes first?

Speaker 1 (53:10):
I just rolled it seven in a ritual six really
seven got six? That means Cove gets the first take.
And now, ladies and gentlemen, the most famous person besides
Judy Bloom from Scotch Plains New Jersey Spotty boy.

Speaker 3 (53:29):
Hey, guys, we have all the super Bowl stuff today.

Speaker 1 (53:31):
I know it's kind of old news, but it's all
the pop culture stuff from that I'll talk about it,
But let me start with the story that broke today.
So you may see the viral video of John Rocker
and Patrick Mahomes seniors. It's embarrassing ex changing words on
Bourbon Street in New Orleans ahead of Mahomes the second
losing to the Eagles. Well, Barstool's Dave Portnoy announced today

(53:53):
that the two former MLB pitchers will face off in Barstools,
a rough and rowdy event on April eighteenth and Wheeling, Virginia.
The quote beef on Bourbon Street, as portnar called it,
will headline the event. People are now unclear because of
the video it's saying. It looks stages are unclear if
it was staged to promote this, but because it was

(54:14):
awfully quick to come to fruition after this viral thing
this past weekend. Either way, I'm sure Patrick Mahomes will
be there, nice and proud watching this event midweek are major.

Speaker 3 (54:23):
Major I don't know if he will sarcasm. I'm kind
of embarrassed about the whole thing.

Speaker 1 (54:29):
Just played the worst game of my life and now
I got my dad embarrassing me. More like sort of
like insult to injury, like putting salt on the wound.
Patrick Mahomes, is your son. Stop embarrassing the kid. You're
fighting John Rocker on the streets of New Orleans and
now at a barstool event. You don't need to do this.

(54:50):
Come on, Pat Mahomes, don't do that to your son.

Speaker 3 (54:53):
I'm just catching win to this. What is this?

Speaker 1 (54:57):
Marker didn't embarrass himself, it was someone else. It was
well John Roker. And honestly, what I saw was John
Rocker approaching Pat Mahomes on the street saying what man,
I thought we were cool. I thought we were boys,
and Pat Mahomes was not having it. John Rocker threw
a drink at him. Now they're fighting. I think I

(55:17):
think the whole thing's embarrassed. So mid major, I said major,
because that's Holmes his dad. I was saying, how'd you
feel if your dad was doing you? You can't be
the only one that doesn't know the story. So I'm
glad we explained that it was the week of the
Super Bowl. To reiterate one last time, Mahomes Senior and
Rocker had an altercation on Bourbon Street that out of
the game. They had to be separated before the game.

(55:38):
Before the game, Before the week, like when everyone's partying
on Bourbon Street. So now I think it's major as well.
I mean, it's the best player in the NFL. How
did John Rocker come into play?

Speaker 3 (55:49):
This is it? If it's not? If it if it
is staged? Why? But if it's not, then I guess
that makes no sense.

Speaker 1 (55:55):
I saw John Rockers sort of jacked, but he looks
like he's got a limp and Jack's jack, but lem
he's jacked, like he's still very built.

Speaker 3 (56:04):
He's just what you're saying. And then you got.

Speaker 1 (56:07):
Pat Mahomes Senior who's slender, and it's just embarrassing. You'll
have time to give us a tell the tape later, don't.
I will watch it if it happens. And you know what,
I think you also have to give Portnoy credit. You
know barstool, it's who is it gonna watch? You're not
gonna watch John Rocker and Mahomes dad fight. It's ridiculous.
I rather, why don't we watch a bum fight? I

(56:29):
mean it sort of feels like that, right, yeah again,
can you know that?

Speaker 3 (56:32):
It?

Speaker 1 (56:32):
So?

Speaker 3 (56:32):
I don't want to reiterate it, but it's Patrick Mahomes.

Speaker 1 (56:36):
Why is his family embarrassing his his brother used to
and that his dad like the guy seems like so
well adjusted. Him and Britney are fantastic. He seems happy
when he's not losing running for his life. He's a
new dad too, Like, come on, yeah, grandpa's fighting.

Speaker 3 (56:50):
John Rocker sounds like the Royal Tenant baumbs. Oh Jesus
right next, all right, let me squeeze this one in.

Speaker 1 (56:55):
Uh. Eagles Cooper de Jean had a stellar pick in
this weekend Super Bowl, and the congrats have poured in,
including from fellow Iowa alumni Caitlyn Clark.

Speaker 3 (57:06):
Clark, as we know, huge Chiefs fan.

Speaker 1 (57:08):
She was seen attending the game with none more than
Taylor Swift, but she said to Gene a message after
the championship. Jeane said, actually ahead of the draft that
he could beat He was asked, obviously, you know that
he could beat Clark.

Speaker 3 (57:21):
In a one on one game.

Speaker 1 (57:22):
Of course he could, I know, But he's since changed,
saying that he respects what Clarke has done for women's
basketball in the University of Iowa in general, but was
really happy and proud that he actually got that nod
from the w NBA Superstar midweeker.

Speaker 3 (57:34):
Major major.

Speaker 1 (57:35):
She's the biggest star to come from that school, the
biggest star maybe arguably in sports right now.

Speaker 3 (57:41):
So for her to acknowledge.

Speaker 1 (57:42):
Him on his birthday with a big moment that he had,
I think that's great.

Speaker 3 (57:47):
Yeah, I mean, I think it's major.

Speaker 1 (57:50):
So what I think is weak is the fact that
Cooper Dejene backed off saying that he could beat Caitlyn
Clark one on one.

Speaker 3 (57:56):
I bet my home on Cooper de Gene.

Speaker 1 (57:58):
He's a grown man and still men and women competing
against but he would he would annihilate her one on one.
The fact that he had a back off for political
correctness reason, it's a noisy.

Speaker 3 (58:09):
I just want to keep it all.

Speaker 1 (58:11):
You think Kim Lacard beat a man in basketball that
played college basketball.

Speaker 2 (58:15):
I'm really in my eyes that you were offended by
all of.

Speaker 3 (58:17):
That there there. Yeah, good one.

Speaker 1 (58:20):
He's just rolling her eyes at your face right because
I'm a little more clean shaving. Stop it alright, younger.
Over to the halftime show. A couple stories out of that.
So Kendrick Lamar, as you said, officially the most viewed
halftime show.

Speaker 3 (58:34):
Uh.

Speaker 1 (58:34):
And despite heading into halftime with the twenty four to
zero lead over the Chiefs. Players on the Eagles did
not sneak out to watch the halftime show. Jlex Hunt
was actually stopped in it. Oh wait, Jelex saloxh Jylex Hunt, Yeah,
it's back ship player Jalx reveal, Yeah, I know that's
what it says, reveal that the team remained laser focused
during halftime, making sure they didn't blow their lead in
the second half, saying they just watch it on YouTube.

(58:56):
Actually so and a fun stat the NFL's official video
of the performance of Kendrick Lamar racked up more views
in one day than Usher's performance did when it was
posted a year ago. So that thing, it just keeps
blowing up and growing midwek or major. It's very major.
People can't stop talking about how they feel about the
halftime show, much like everything in our country.

Speaker 3 (59:17):
Very divided on this, and I think we're getting.

Speaker 1 (59:18):
Extra views on it because people are trying to figure
out why anyone else can possibly.

Speaker 3 (59:22):
Like it, like what did I miss? What did I miss?

Speaker 1 (59:26):
And you know what, we're gonna be talking about this tomorrow,
like who do we want or who do we think
should be headlining the Super Bowl halftime show? Next year,
but ratings are up. I think the whole thing's major.
One hundred and thirty three million people tuned in. We
talked about it at length. Yeah, I think it's major.
I think it's just the former, you know, additional proof

(59:48):
to backup A communio said, everyone thinks their opinion matters
so much, and I promise you it doesn't.

Speaker 5 (59:54):
Everyone.

Speaker 3 (59:55):
Everyone thinks their opinion of like, oh I loved it,
oh I hated it. Go on social media. Everyone they
have like the final word, like it matters.

Speaker 1 (01:00:02):
One hundred and thirty three million people watch It doesn't
matter what you think. One last one or no, because
he's the one last one still on the halftime show.
Maybe a reason for some of the views might have
to do with Serena Williams tennis great Serena Williams addressing
her viral appearance during the halftime show and says it's
apparently been thirteen years in the making. You may have
seen the video of floating around of her after winning

(01:00:23):
gold at the twenty twelve Olympics, so she said when
Compton born Kendrick Lamar reach out to her because she's
also from Compton, she jumped at the chance to be
able to dance in the Super Bowl.

Speaker 3 (01:00:33):
I know there's that added layer that she dated Drake.

Speaker 1 (01:00:36):
And the song not like Us as a distrack on Drake,
But she's saying it was really just about connecting with
her Compton fellow Compton native, and she said she practiced
hard for her ten to fifteen second appearance. Side story,
I don't know if you heard Steven A. Smith came
out since saying that it's bashomous, that bar bad. She
would damn damned if my wife was dancing shit to

(01:01:00):
a dishtract to her. If you but if you're with
somebody and that they're that concerned about their ex, like,
come on, man, that's embarrassing. I think there's a little
level of embarrassment there. She looked good, she looked good,
but like you're dancing about your ex. I'd be a
little insulted too if I was the new guy. I mean,
you know, I mean, you know the nw A lyrics, right,

(01:01:21):
I mean straight out of Compton, crazy mother Effron named Serena.
It's right, right, I mean we all spect to that.
All right, thank you, thanks Botty midwek Major. Let's go
to Monsy Belon. She walked her way into the studio.
I can't say gang names. I just looked that up.
Spot was a do you know that you can't say
gang names on the radio?

Speaker 3 (01:01:41):
TV? Interesting? Weird? I did not know your FCC training
or pay attention to it. We haven't said those words.

Speaker 10 (01:01:52):
The Bucks are going to be without Damian Lillard tonight
as they take on Minnesota. He's still gonna be available
for all the All Stars are events that he committed to,
the three point shooting contest and the game on Sunday.
Pelican's wingman Herb Jones will be out for the remainder
of the season after undergoing surgery to repair a torn
rotator cuff. In the NFL, Colorado quarterback should George Sanders

(01:02:14):
revealed that his first top two thirty visits with NFL
teams are going to be with the Browns and the Giants,
who hold the second and third overall picks in the
upcoming draft. Please replace the All Star Game in the
NHL for this year.

Speaker 1 (01:02:26):
Back to you, guys, I was singing a like a
little nursery rhyme with my kids.

Speaker 3 (01:02:30):
Can you singing with me?

Speaker 5 (01:02:31):
Yeah?

Speaker 3 (01:02:31):
If you want to be younger afraid? Thank you? All right?

Speaker 1 (01:02:39):
I knew what he was doing.

Speaker 3 (01:02:40):
He's clever, He's not clever any what he was doing.
Love you body, thank you

Speaker 8 (01:02:47):
All right,