March 27, 2025 • 42 mins
Covino & Rich have too much fun with their Old-School baseball topic! They take a ton of calls & play 'ON THE ROAD AGAIN." Who's your favorite crazy MLB player, Canseco or Dykstra? The guys monitor their baseball teams & there's some Dodger gold. Plus, dunk your face in Saratoga water!
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I'm gonna justify that hell out of this. Like when
some guy doesn't scandalous stuff and he's like, honey, it's
because you know he's drinking. No that this is a
great justification the Mets have by far the best opening
day record in Major League Baseball. Their winning percentage on
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opening Day going into today forty and twenty one leaps
and bounds better than any other team in.
Speaker 1 (02:23):
Major League Baseball?
Speaker 2 (02:24):
And that what does that got him? So maybe a
loss on opening Day changes the stars? Oh oh sure, okay,
I'll go with it.
Speaker 1 (02:36):
If you win opening Day every year, we'll go nowhere. Now,
whatever we don't.
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Right after this show in about an hour. But right
now we do it.
Speaker 2 (03:18):
Every Thursday, Old School win fifty hits in honor of
Opening Day, In honor of baseball. Who was your favorite
player of all time? Of course that changed as life
went on, right that player retired and you probably found
someone new. So for me it was I mean, I
used to love Willie Randolphin, Dave Winfield, know those guys.
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But Don Mattingly was the life changer, the game changer
for me. The hit man Donnie baseball. And what did
that mean. He had a style of baseball that he played.
It was dirty, it was gritty, it was real baseball.
And you know, you know how mamba mentality means something
to a basketball fan, Donnie baseball meant something to a
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little East Coast kid. It was like, this guy was
a ballplayer. He got thirty and did everything he could
to help his team win. He hit six Grand Slams
in one season. He had magical MVP years. He was
nasty at first base. He was an unassuming power hitter.
He wasn't like a big dude. But it was how
he wore his hat. It was how he had his
eye black. I mean, it was how he had he
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stood pigeon toed in the batter's box, left handed. Every
kid playing with football rich for fun. You would switch
sides if you were righty you batted lefty, and when
I batted lefty, you better believe I got into my
Don Mattingly baseball stance. That must have been cool to
root for the second best first baseman in New York
in the eighties, after Keith Hernandez. You could say that
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it's not true. I mean, who has more gold gloves?
Who has more MVPs? Just throwing it out there, he
has a better baseball career and still coaching and is
a legend and should be all the who's smoking cigarettes
of the dugout and doing cocaine off the strippers? Exactly
why it's Don maddingly ahead of Keith Hernandez. I was
giving him credit for that. No, So, who got you
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to love the game?
Speaker 1 (05:05):
And why? And why?
Speaker 2 (05:06):
Danny g Let's go to you. You're West Coast guy.
Let's switch it up, bring it out to the West coast.
Who did you fall in love with as a little kid?
Speaker 1 (05:12):
What made you love him?
Speaker 3 (05:13):
Early eighties? My grandma took me in to Dodger Stadium
for my first time. Pedro Guerrero. What was the first
player of me? And my older brother put a poster
of up in our bedroom. Yeah, the way he stood tall,
in the batter's box. Great, great player for LA and
I'll never forget the first time we saw him interviewed
after a game. We were shocked that he was speaking Spanish.
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We thought he was African American.
Speaker 1 (05:35):
C see Betty and three. Yeah.
Speaker 3 (05:38):
Yeah, he was on the combo of him and Dusty
Baker was Pedro Guerrero. Yeah, but we were I mean, hello,
we were kindergarten in second.
Speaker 1 (05:47):
Grade total, and he was the hot card to have
at that time.
Speaker 2 (05:50):
Yeah, when when trading cards was was back in action. Iowa, Sam,
who's that guy for you? Why did you love him?
I feel like for I say, I'm gonna guess before
he even tells us. Yeah, Fernando Vellans, Well.
Speaker 1 (06:04):
I brought you back to your roots. Was there was
there a player?
Speaker 4 (06:08):
Now?
Speaker 1 (06:08):
Because I'm gonna think back, I'm gonna give you another angle.
Speaker 2 (06:10):
If you didn't have a hometown team and you lived
in the middle of a cornfield, then I will, like Sam.
Speaker 5 (06:15):
I grew up rooting for the Phillies. But I that
was like later in life. I didn't did he have I.
Speaker 2 (06:21):
Don't have a tradition in the I thought every kid,
every kid rooted for Chris Saber I thought, in the nineties,
did you have Mike Schmidt mustache trimmings and a little
ziplock bag you got an eBay?
Speaker 1 (06:31):
Yes, yeah, I know that.
Speaker 5 (06:32):
In my yes, I mean like like a lot of
people loved you know when I was a kid, like
Frank Thomas and the White Sox growing up, And can
I tell you Frank Thomas. I got to see him
hit a home run one set at their old old
ballpark the I played in.
Speaker 2 (06:44):
It's not my answer to this question, but Frank Thomas,
for some reason, was one of those guys that wasn't
on my team, but I took such an interest in
his stats.
Speaker 3 (06:52):
I was just gonna ask you guys that question. Who
was the first baseball player for another team that you loved?
And you had a couple paid of six sheets, obsessed
with their cars. Others loved Griffy Jr. I was like, no, no,
Frank Thomas is my guy.
Speaker 2 (07:05):
That's cool, that's a good answer, But yeah, griff Griffy
Junior poster.
Speaker 1 (07:09):
And for me, it was Eric Davis. He was great bat,
oh man.
Speaker 3 (07:14):
I loved his batting stance, on his swag, the way
he held the bat. I wanted Eric back then I
wanted Eric Davis on the Dodgers so badly.
Speaker 2 (07:22):
And this is a weird reference, but every kid could relate.
He was nasty in the game RBI. He had thirty
seven home runs that year and he was on the
National League All Star team in RBI baseball, So you
associate things to how good were they in video games
as well?
Speaker 1 (07:37):
At that time.
Speaker 2 (07:38):
I remember Rade Bogs batted three sixty eight just because
of RBI. Seriously, you knew your stats, you knew your cards,
and if you're a kid of the eighties, one of
the best baseball fights of all time was Ray Knight
and Eric Davis at third base. Ray Knight gets into
like a fighting irishman, stands like put him up, put
him up, and him and Eric Davis tussled. Yeah, it
was a really great baseball fight in the eighties. But
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my answer, who got me to baseball? I grew up
a Mets fan, So there's so many choices, right was
at Keith? Was it Gary Carter being all clean cut
with his you know, Irish spring commercials and you know,
drinking milk. To me, it was Dwight Good And I
was a pitcher in Little League. I wore number sixteen.
It's always been my lucky number. And I'm a Montana
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fan in football, so sixteen my daughter's birthdays of sixteen,
that number follows me and as a kid, the billboards
of Dwight Good and when he pitched at Chase Stadium
back in the day, that place was electric. If drugs
and alcohol and stuff didn't get in his way, would
have been one of the greatest ever Friday night's appointment
watching watching Dwight Good in New York. Even if you
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weren't a Mets fan, Rich, was there a scrub on
the team that you loved?
Speaker 1 (08:43):
Seriously? Like that?
Speaker 2 (08:44):
You just rooted for so hard, tough, tim tough, not
a scrub, but I remember the tough shuffler I have
to them and then I say, scrub, you know, respectfully.
Bobby meets Chaim for me, I always rooted for him
and Randy Vallardi as time went on, too, I always
rooted for that guy.
Speaker 1 (09:00):
What you got, Isaac?
Speaker 6 (09:01):
First of all, Rich, have you ever read a book
called The Bad Guys?
Speaker 4 (09:06):
Oh?
Speaker 7 (09:06):
Such a great.
Speaker 2 (09:07):
It's the only book I've read since Where the Wild
Things Are.
Speaker 7 (09:11):
He didn't mess much.
Speaker 1 (09:12):
It's a great book.
Speaker 7 (09:14):
This is super random, but for me.
Speaker 6 (09:16):
Alijandro Pana now Adro Pana, was the winning pitcher in
the Kirk Gibson home run game. Later when the Braves
made their first run of the World Series in ninety one.
He got clutch strikeout after clutch strikeout down the stretch
in the LCS and in the World Series.
Speaker 7 (09:34):
But he had a.
Speaker 6 (09:35):
Really distinctive, super graceful wind up and pitching motions. And
so when I was of that age, I would always
wear out the right toe on my tennis shoes like
every month, and my mind, yes, my mom was like,
why do I keep having to buy you new shoes?
Speaker 7 (09:54):
Why is it just the right toe?
Speaker 6 (09:56):
And I realized it was because I was emulating the
Alijandro and you pitching motions so so much.
Speaker 1 (10:02):
That's a good one.
Speaker 2 (10:04):
I would emulate the high leg kick overhand heat of
a Dwight Gooden and he would drag his foot. Every
year I'd have to get there was in a little
diition you would put on your cleats for if you
if you did drag your right foot, or you'd have
to buy shoe gou.
Speaker 1 (10:21):
Or cleats.
Speaker 2 (10:22):
But it does go to show you the impact that
these players have on not only you but kids today
and how special it is and that's why we're excited
about baseball. Man Randall, question for you, Yeah, as we
get to the rest of the phone calls, phones are hot,
love talking baseball, Danny Isaac Iowa, I would say, He's like,
I don't.
Speaker 1 (10:40):
Know, I don't remember any of those when you were
a kid.
Speaker 5 (10:43):
I'm trying to think, like in the obviously in the nineties,
like the Cubs and the Cardinals are pretty much Iowa's teams,
so you have Sammy Sosa and market cart but like
that whole thing.
Speaker 1 (10:53):
But like, I don't, I don't. I don't have a player.
There was no guys.
Speaker 2 (10:56):
Who do you remember being the signature inside your glove?
Speaker 1 (11:00):
Oh, that's a good one.
Speaker 2 (11:01):
I remember having a rawlings infield glove. I had the
Ozzie Smith. So many people had Robin Yell Rob that
was a big one. Was a very popular one.
Speaker 1 (11:09):
Mine.
Speaker 2 (11:10):
Actually I got mine off of mine fell off the truck.
My uncle gave it to me and said it was
a Jim Palmer glove that I had, but I loved it.
Speaker 1 (11:18):
A lot of us had hand me down spy.
Speaker 3 (11:20):
My grandpa gave me an old glove and he said
I want you to play second base.
Speaker 1 (11:23):
It was a Joe Morgan signal. Oh nice, that's cool.
Speaker 2 (11:26):
Yeah, you know, years later we actually worked with Joe
Morgan's daughter, totally random, but we did, and she was
super sweet.
Speaker 1 (11:34):
He's a legend for sure.
Speaker 2 (11:35):
So those little things, though, put those players on your
radar and maybe for that reason you rooted for them
or kept an eye on them and fell in love
with the sport. And that's what we're asking today in
honor of Opening Day. Your favorite player of all time?
But what made you love them?
Speaker 1 (11:50):
Yeah? What made you fall in with something about it?
Speaker 2 (11:53):
Like Isaac described that moment perfectly, like he'll never forget it,
and that's sold them.
Speaker 1 (11:57):
Moving forward. Greg in Portland on.
Speaker 6 (12:00):
What's up, buddy, Yeah, man, and I love this topic,
by the way.
Speaker 1 (12:07):
Nice.
Speaker 4 (12:08):
Nineteen ninety six, Andrew Jones came into.
Speaker 8 (12:11):
The league for the first time and that was that
was it.
Speaker 2 (12:15):
I mean, I know who I fell in love with
that year, John Wetland. They were gonna say Carmen Electra, no, no, no,
but remember.
Speaker 1 (12:24):
That John Wetland. That's cool.
Speaker 2 (12:25):
And no, Andrew Jones and that Braves team that they
were great, the Yankees. Andrew Jones was incredible. You're absolutely
right that team Chipper Jones Andrew Jones. It's a shame
that team won one World Series as a as a
as a crew, say hi to let's go to John
In meine John Covin on Retchan's ou buddy.
Speaker 4 (12:48):
Hey guys, I haven't listened guys in a long time,
but they switched me to Knights at the hospital, so
I finally get to listen to you.
Speaker 1 (12:54):
Well, hey, welcome back, brother. How's how you feeling? And
what do you think? What player made you fall in
love with baseball? And all?
Speaker 4 (13:01):
This was old school and it defined my age. Storm
and Gorman Thomas from the Milwaukee Brewers, and I can
still name off almost every player from back then in
this late seventies early eighties.
Speaker 1 (13:15):
That's awesome.
Speaker 4 (13:17):
I loved his pose at He didn't have any flair
as a wind up or anything. He just stood at
the plate, waited for that ball and knocked the living
daylights out of it.
Speaker 2 (13:29):
You know who you got to give credit to, because
it took like twenty five thirty years for someone to
think of this on social media. Batting stance guy dude,
I was just I recently saw he did still funny.
He did your ninety six Yankees and I thought of you.
I was like, oh, I love it.
Speaker 8 (13:46):
Man.
Speaker 1 (13:47):
Batting stance guy is still funny because it's what all
of us did.
Speaker 2 (13:49):
You went through your team's lineup, you'd be like, you're
like now batting when he Dyke, should you be all down?
Speaker 1 (13:54):
Yes?
Speaker 3 (13:54):
And that's a question for you guys. The number one
batting stance you used to Daryl Strawberry, guy, remember one
to answer to you. Boy, that's when you're ready to hit
some bombs. So we used to crouch down and do
Ricky Henderson's stance.
Speaker 1 (14:06):
For sure, man, no doubt.
Speaker 2 (14:09):
So yeah, even as a Yankees fan growing up, Darryl Strawberry,
I mean that meant it was like its home run time.
Speaker 1 (14:15):
So the batswirl.
Speaker 2 (14:16):
Yeah, you were ready. So the number again, eight seven, seven,
ninety nine out Fox. If we don't get to you
hit us at Covino and Rich we throw it back,
go old school and fifty hits, taking you back to
your childhood days. You had that poster in your room.
Eventually it came down for Carmen Electros. But that player
made you fall in love with the game. What was
it about him? That made you love him. I'll tell
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you this as I watch a Yankees game out of
the corner of my eye. Yeah, that facial hair isn't
given Devin Williams much confidence. He's about to blow this game.
Speaker 1 (14:43):
I hope not.
Speaker 2 (14:44):
By the way, my answer was Don Manningly Rich quick story,
and I'll make it quick. Went to a Yankees game,
and I'm wearing my Donnie baseball Don Manninglee number twenty
three baseball shirt, right, the T shirt. They didn't print
shirts for everybody back in the day. It was just
the star players. I'm wearing my.
Speaker 1 (15:01):
Don Manley T shirt.
Speaker 2 (15:03):
And you know, my dad gets into New York City
Bronx traffic and who are we sitting right next to
in traffic on the way home? Don Maddingly Right? Me
and my buddy, another kid named Rich, my little league
pal Ritchie.
Speaker 1 (15:20):
Right. We're in the car and we look over to
the left.
Speaker 2 (15:24):
Does he cry something? I was thinking I could have
been the Rich of communal route. Maybe maybe Don Manningly
is side by side with us in traffic like I'm
the major Deagan or whatever. I'm sure it was done
Maddingly it was. It was, And you know your your
little kid imagination goes wild. But it was a gold Mercedes.
But in my mind it was made of gold, right
because I was a kid, But it was a gold Mercedes.
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True story, and I'll never forget. Like I look over
and I go to my dad.
Speaker 1 (15:51):
Oh my god, it's Don Maddingly. And my dad was like, yeah,
it would have it. He didn't look. He thought we
were lying. My buddy came over, Yo, it's done.
Speaker 2 (16:00):
My dad still thinks we're trying to like prank him
to look he's Don Manningly stuck in traffic. My dad
finally turns to the left and he seized Don Mattingly.
He's like eight, rolls his window down.
Speaker 1 (16:12):
Yeah, hey Don.
Speaker 2 (16:13):
He let Don Manningley cut in front of us in traffic.
But Don Manley waved to us, gave us the thumbs up.
Made me love him even more. Just seemed like the
coolest dude in New York. And he wasn't a New
York sort of guy, you know what I mean.
Speaker 1 (16:27):
He was just a ballplayer.
Speaker 2 (16:29):
I love your story, but I'm gonna I'm gonna true story.
I believe it was just a mustache guy from the Bronx.
Speaker 1 (16:34):
My dad, my.
Speaker 2 (16:35):
Dad let Don manningly cut him in traffic, and he
was super grateful for it.
Speaker 1 (16:40):
It happened. Let's say, what's up to?
Speaker 2 (16:42):
Where do you want to go, Danny g you want
to Let's go to Dwayne in Odessa. Let's go rapid
Fire off to wrap this up on opening day? Who
made you fall in love with the game?
Speaker 1 (16:51):
What's up? Man? Yeah?
Speaker 9 (16:52):
I would have to say a Kirby Pucket center field,
just running around all over place, diving. And then in
the World Series twins are down, he said, everybody jump
on my back. I'm gonnarry you to the World Series. Yeah,
that's pretty it's pretty freaky.
Speaker 1 (17:05):
He was so great man.
Speaker 2 (17:06):
You feel like you picture him gracefully jumping against the wall. Yeah,
against that Plexi guy. Yeah, without a down. Be Puckett
was incredible. Paul in North Carolina? What's up man, Paulie?
Speaker 1 (17:18):
Your ball? You bully?
Speaker 2 (17:20):
Hey?
Speaker 8 (17:20):
So like he's doing good?
Speaker 1 (17:22):
Man?
Speaker 2 (17:22):
What I'm a little nervous. Yankee's about to lose this
game ahead.
Speaker 8 (17:27):
I'm gonna I'm gonna answer you guys a couple of questions,
rapid Fire. I'm a forty four year old Mets fan,
so when I was in eighty six. I had just
turned six years old.
Speaker 1 (17:35):
So you, you and I, You and I are the
exact same. So here we go. Let's let's hear it.
Speaker 8 (17:39):
Yep. Well, Garry Gary Carter was my my favorite player.
I remember that Ivory soap commercial where he ripped at
bar soap in half. I thought it was the coolest
damn thing. The first player outside of the Mets I
really adored was Tony Gwynn. I had a poster in
my room. He had bats in one hand and balls
and the other. And the poster said, it's not the bats,
that's the ball. I thought that was great. Yeah, first
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signature and the glover. The first signature and the glove.
I remember, I was a squatty had the black catchers
go with the orange outside targeting. It was a late
pair of signature.
Speaker 2 (18:14):
That one for sure. By the way, let's go Mets
sor right, let's go ye. I won't feel so bad
of your Yankees blowed here, I hope. Now it's up.
Speaker 1 (18:23):
Cherry out.
Speaker 2 (18:24):
Let's go Williams with the whiff, two outs, any one
more out for the win?
Speaker 1 (18:31):
All right?
Speaker 2 (18:32):
Back two Yankees, But the Brewer has got runners on
second and third. I know, uh, you know what, they
just went to some Yankees guidos in the stands high fiving.
Speaker 1 (18:40):
They just jinxed you. Let's go brew Crew, all right,
wrap it up, Albert in Texas. What's up?
Speaker 10 (18:46):
Many's go on, guys.
Speaker 9 (18:48):
A big as fan.
Speaker 8 (18:50):
I got iconic duo Jeff Bagwell and Craig digeos Yo.
Speaker 2 (18:54):
If you were an Astros fan during that time, Bagua
and Bigio were such a dynamic to such such great ballplayers.
Speaker 1 (19:02):
Mm hmm.
Speaker 2 (19:02):
That was even when you change your logo to that
like cosmic looking corny uniform. Remember those years of course, Yeah,
you mean like the Mike Scott Kevin bassiars those years.
Se I like that cheesy rainbow eighties one fight, Uh,
you know, one more. We'll go to Arizona and say
hi to Corey and then we'll move on. What's up man? Hey?
Speaker 10 (19:19):
Real quick wrapping fire. So my two favorite players. I'm
a die fan born in eighty nine. I watched the
Earthquake series with my Dawn on the couch as a baby. Anyways,
Eric Burns, Nick Swisher, I don't care what anybody says.
They were two of the most exciting players that I
got to watch.
Speaker 2 (19:38):
And you just named you just named like two of
the most charismatic players. I love Nick swishlish Man. I
think he's great. I love his energy, I love his vibe. Uh,
great answers and is a great cut to and yeah,
oh yeah two super personality plus dudes. Rich is right,
and we can't get to everybody. We appreciate your phone calls,
but I do want to hear your feedback again at
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Covino and Rich x on ig everywhere on social media,
Covino and rech, Hey.
Speaker 1 (20:04):
Let me let me pose this question. Then we'll go.
Speaker 2 (20:06):
I'll pose a question, think about it, and you can
hit us up at Covin on Rich or if you
want to chime in.
Speaker 1 (20:11):
You know what I'm thinking about Bill Rich.
Speaker 2 (20:12):
And when we talk about this, the superstar comes to
mind the maddingly the good in those guys, right, the
Wade Bogses of the world. But there was also a
lot of fun in that dude who wasn't that good
but you really pulled for Of course, that pulled you
into the game because you're like, yeah, I know he's
not the best, but it really gets me involved. And
like I said, some of those guys really got you
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even more into the game. Okay, so here here's my
question for you. Who's your favorite crazy baseball player crazy?
Two options? Two options? Jose Canseco, yeah, or Lennydikos. It's
funny because Canseco's in the news, I know, but Dykstra
or Canseco think of that because there's a story about
one of them. Okay, and his name is Jose can
say go. We'll get to that in a bunch more next.
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And by the way, the brewis just missed a walk
not a walk out, but a three run hand one
by ten feet.
Speaker 1 (21:00):
Oh, Yellich, Yellich went found. Okay, so we got more
Cavino and Rich. We do it next here on Fox
Sports Radio.
Speaker 2 (21:07):
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onto something and we can't take the credit. I mean,
Travis Matthew hooked U something. We're trying to hook you
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you're wearing it and people like compliment you. There's your
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I love it, Covino and Rich on Fox Sports Radio. Sorry,
I'm distracted. Met's had two on two outs ventos at
the dish. You know, I got a random question Steve Covino,
(23:05):
Mickey and the Duke Isaac long Crime. I know you're
in your zone doing updates, but do you get out?
You get an extra pep in your step and your
delivery when you're doing baseball updates again as an anchor,
is that fun.
Speaker 1 (23:20):
For you or is there a sport that you prefer funny?
Speaker 6 (23:23):
I was just thinking about that, yes, because it's opening Day,
But frankly, tomorrow, how much are any of us going
to be talking about baseball tomorrow? I remember during my
reporting days in.
Speaker 2 (23:36):
LA isn't your eliot scoops?
Speaker 1 (23:38):
Call him.
Speaker 7 (23:40):
One of them, if you know what I mean.
Speaker 6 (23:44):
But as a reporter, Opening Day at Dodger Stadium was
literally like a civic holiday, and then the next night
there'd be twenty four thousand in the stands.
Speaker 7 (23:53):
It's just I think it just goes to show.
Speaker 6 (23:56):
More how great the atmosphere and the tradition of opening
Day is around this country.
Speaker 2 (24:04):
And that's something beautiful that's passed down generation to generation,
like your grandpappy, your dad, your uncle. It might have
been a family tradition, like, yeah, we go to opening Day.
I have friends ye that by like the partial season
ticket packages to the Mets or Dodgers of this team,
and that always includes opening Day. There's a lot of
people that took today off from work. I asked Isaac,
because when he's giving the updates, I get excited to
(24:26):
hear what he's saying, and I get excited to listen. Well,
you also said his other sport updates are lackluster, right, Yeah, okay,
and baseball they're just so much better.
Speaker 7 (24:34):
I have other lackluster things about me.
Speaker 3 (24:36):
Just ask my wife, Isaac, you know how to guarantee
to not have just twenty four thousand in the stands
for the second game ring ceremony for the Dodgers coming tomorrow.
Speaker 2 (24:46):
Yeah, I think you're gonna say, like, oh, Tony's dogs,
bobblehead or something. So the Mets, well, they had bases juice,
two outs, and Nimmo hit a rocket to center field.
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Speaker 1 (25:37):
And we're going to play a game called on the
Road Again.
Speaker 2 (25:40):
For example, if I said, if I say, how get
you on Randy Johnson? If I said, Randy Johnson on
the road again, can you tell me his career trajectory,
his resume of the teams he played on anybody you
want to play?
Speaker 1 (25:57):
Oh, Isaac, let's go look.
Speaker 6 (25:59):
At that usc He was a photographer at the Daily
Trojan student newspapers and he's a photographer now, yeah, for
the NFL, Montreal Expos, Seattle Mariners.
Speaker 7 (26:12):
Boy Yankee are these in order.
Speaker 1 (26:17):
You don't if you get it in order, I mean,
you just get an extra.
Speaker 7 (26:19):
High Expos Mariners.
Speaker 6 (26:21):
Then I seem to remember him going to the Astros
before he went to the Yankee. No, before he went
to the Diamondbacks and then to the Yankee. So that's
five teams and that's all I got, baby.
Speaker 1 (26:31):
I'm pretty sure that's it. Let's double chet, let's double
check as well. I think you nailed it. I think
you nailed it. And that's how you play on the road.
Speaker 2 (26:37):
Again, Rich and I are going to play against each
other on over promise because we don't have time.
Speaker 1 (26:41):
Now.
Speaker 2 (26:41):
That's on Fox Sports Radio's YouTube page right after this show.
Speaker 1 (26:46):
You forgot one the Giants.
Speaker 2 (26:47):
Yeah, ended his career as a San Francisco Giant for
a second, but other than that, you got it. Uh wait,
So he pitched for six teams Expos, Seattle, Houston, Arizona, Yankees,
Arizona again, and the Giants.
Speaker 1 (27:06):
And you know, the.
Speaker 2 (27:06):
Giants is the one you forget, and that's usually you
have a game is one. There's always one you could
barely remember them playing for, and it's kind of fun
because you recall them in the uniform. Maybe a moment
they had in the uniform or your baseball cards and
you're like, yeah, I could picture them in that. That's right, dang.
So we'll play that on over promised our bonus show
on Fox Sports Radios YouTube page, or you could listen
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wherever you stream.
Speaker 1 (27:30):
A live chat.
Speaker 2 (27:30):
Sure I was saying, you said Frank Thomas was a
guy you loved, right, No, that was Danny j No,
it is me. Oh okay, Frank Thomas on the road again.
We had Frank Thomas play.
Speaker 1 (27:42):
Wow, dude, that's what. It's not a tough one. Is
that a trick question? Why?
Speaker 2 (27:47):
Because I can only think of one team? Uh how
many teams total? Three total?
Speaker 5 (27:53):
What I want to say one of them is wait,
hold on, I got another one. Uh so obviously the
White Sox pot was he also an Oriole No good.
Speaker 2 (28:04):
Guess though, played a ton of years for the White Sox. Obviously,
Hall of famer. Great dude. Frank Thomas and the ladies
love it too, had quick stints at the end. But
the Oakland A's in Toronto Blue Jays, I vaguely remember
Oakland Blue Jays totally forgot that, you know, But man,
(28:27):
that's what's so weird.
Speaker 1 (28:28):
About it is.
Speaker 2 (28:28):
You could barely picture him in a Blue jays Er open.
That's the fun of on the road again. You know,
maybe we bring that show, Maybe we bring this game
to the show. Maybe a little more regularly. We'll play
it on over promised again. The show that's sweeping the nation,
I think is some of the best stuff we do.
It's a it's a bit of a hybrid. It's a
lot of fun. Check it out. We do it in
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about twenty minutes. I do want to remind you though,
in O seven this might come as a surprise to you,
but in seven and O sick Frank Thomas had some
big numbers in the home run department. He played his
first year with the Oakland A's thirty nine home runs,
one hundred and fourteen ribies.
Speaker 1 (29:09):
Wow, you know it's funny too.
Speaker 2 (29:10):
And then he hit twenty twenty six home runs with
the Blue Jayson next year. Sometimes you look back at
someone's stats, you thought they may have lost it, they
weren't as good, and you realize how good they were.
Like when I think of Jason Giambi, you think of
those monster numbers he put up in Oakland, right, and
I'm like, yeah, when he came to the Yankees, who
wasn't that good?
Speaker 1 (29:29):
And then you look up his numbers to the Yankees
like they were great? Crazy? Yeah, and you look up
the stats.
Speaker 2 (29:35):
Hey, when you're doing the bull scroll later look up
Giombi's stats. But anyway, so answer the question I posed
before the breaking up. It was your favorite crazy player?
Your favorite crazy player. I narrowed it down to two.
You could throw a wild card in there, but if
I said, I was gonna say wild thing. Rick Vaughan,
who do you find more entertaining, jose Canseco or Lenny Dykstra.
Speaker 1 (29:55):
The answer for me is easy.
Speaker 2 (29:57):
We've interviewed Lenny Dykstra and and he's a fun time
but he's a little creepy.
Speaker 1 (30:03):
Respect he does all those.
Speaker 2 (30:04):
Weird sex tips on the Howard Stern Show.
Speaker 1 (30:07):
He gets and they're funny.
Speaker 3 (30:09):
He told Colin Cowhert back in the day that he
would hire private investigators to follow umpires around and had
dirt on that.
Speaker 2 (30:18):
Find out an umpire his wife and he'd be like, hey, Hank,
I hope Marshall doesn't find out about what you're doing.
Speaker 1 (30:25):
It'd be like and he said his on base percentage
yet up all of a sudden in the next pitch
ball next a wild guy.
Speaker 2 (30:32):
So my favorite player would be Conseko, like crazy player Conseco,
because I mean, he was.
Speaker 1 (30:38):
Just such a beast. He was so big.
Speaker 2 (30:40):
He was like a big giant in the batter's box.
And then he did so many goofy things. He's always
blinking all the time, and he's always like up to
some weird tweet and then he did something weird this week.
He's in the news this week doing something like, Oh,
it's funny because it's so sweet, and it's it's not
necessarily in character.
Speaker 3 (30:56):
Nice for Jose, it's just funny the way he looks
walking around character.
Speaker 2 (31:00):
In full uniform, in full age uniform.
Speaker 1 (31:03):
With a bat am.
Speaker 2 (31:05):
I correct in saying he read to school children.
Speaker 1 (31:08):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (31:08):
Las Vegas had him out to one of their elementary
schools for like one of those reading weeks.
Speaker 2 (31:13):
Hey, it's ridiculous. He shows up in full uniform and
a bat like, that's ridiculous, and he answered questions, I'm
Jose Canseeko and this book is called The Puppy Who
Lost His Way. You're right, it's sweet, but it's so
hilarious because you see these pictures. Yeah, you see this
big goon walking in this in the hallways in his uniform.
Speaker 1 (31:34):
It's so funny to see.
Speaker 2 (31:36):
And are we one hundred percent certain it wasn't Ozzy Canseko,
Like he sends his brother out there to do this thing.
Speaker 1 (31:41):
This one's for you.
Speaker 2 (31:41):
It's like you ever hear the story of Tom Hanks.
You know Tom Hanks is the voice of Woody from
toy story. But when Tom Hanks is too busy, his
brother like Jeb Hanks. I don't know his brother's name,
but his brother. He has his brother do like the
voiceovers for the toys and all the other things.
Speaker 1 (31:59):
He doesn't have time or.
Speaker 7 (32:00):
His son Browny Hanks.
Speaker 2 (32:02):
Yeah yeah, no no, so like forget you remember the
Woody like pollstring. There's a snake in my boot. That's
not Tom Hanks, that's his brother the royalties for me. Yeah, so,
like I wonder if if Ozzy Consico goes on his behalf.
Speaker 3 (32:17):
This looks like jose It says. He volunteered to read
to a fourth grade class for Las Vegas for their
Nevada Reading Week, a statewide event to celebrate literacy. He
stayed after after reading the book, he stuck around for
a Q and A with the kids and he signed photos.
Speaker 1 (32:33):
Did he say what book he read her? Now? Yeah,
the Berenstein Bears. What a little golden book did he read?
Speaker 2 (32:39):
Hey, it's me jose Canseco and today we're gonna read
the Three Chinese Brothers.
Speaker 3 (32:43):
It's definitely a baseball book. You can't title. You see
a baseball player on the front of the book.
Speaker 1 (32:49):
He's reading. Oh, that's so funny.
Speaker 2 (32:51):
Let's go to our buddy, Isaac lon Kron And if
you can think of some other you know funny, you know,
crazy players like the jose Canseecos and Lenny Dykschers of
the world.
Speaker 1 (32:59):
Hit up at Covi non.
Speaker 7 (33:01):
Rich for me in a good way.
Speaker 6 (33:03):
Rex Huddler one of the nicest, nicest guys you will
ever come across.
Speaker 1 (33:08):
Indeed, what about turk Wind though, Remember he would throw.
Speaker 2 (33:11):
Yesnumber ninety nine teeth around his neck and he slam
down the rosen bag every time.
Speaker 7 (33:17):
I love it.
Speaker 6 (33:18):
I mean, the list just goes on and on and
on in Major League Baseball. But I also echo Ricky Henderson.
He briefly was with the Dodgers. He lockered next to
all people. Dave Roberts. Now the Dodgers manager, and they
got along great. But Ricky Henderson could not stop referring
to him as Robinson. He would be repeatedly told his
(33:38):
name's not Dave Robinson, it's Roberts, and Ricky was like, yeah,
I get it.
Speaker 7 (33:42):
Robinson.
Speaker 6 (33:42):
Robinson write in character for Ricky Henderson. Austin Wells and
Anthony Volpi hit home runs for the New York Yankees
today and their four to two opening Day win over
the Brewers, who left runners at second and third in
the ninth inning. Baltimore Orioles hit six home runs in
a twelve two win at Toronto. Adelie Rutchman and Cedric
Mullins homer twice. Tyler O'Neill homern on opening Day for
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the sixth straight season, San Francisco Giants rally to what
at Cincinnati six to four. Giants trailed three to two
entering the top of the ninth inning, scored to tide,
and then Wilmer Flores had a go ahead three run
home run right now the Phillies and Nationals tied at
three in the top half of the ninth inning.
Speaker 7 (34:22):
Crazy game, because Washington go ahead.
Speaker 2 (34:24):
I'm sorry, Scott just swung it ball four totally with
the baby load and full count tip, so.
Speaker 6 (34:30):
They are going to the bottom of the ninth inning
tied at three. Washington starter Mackenzie Gore struck out thirteen
through six innings, allowed just one hit. They took him
out after just ninety three pitches, leading one to nothing,
and then Bryce Harper and Kyle Schwarber promptly hit home
runs against the Nationals bullpen thanks a lot Nerds. Meanwhile,
the Nationals did come back to tie it three to three.
(34:51):
Wan Soto, making his debut for the New York Mets,
singled to Wright, walked flight to left, and then walked again. However,
the Mets trail three nothing at Houston after eight innings
and the Boston Red Sox with a five to two
bottom of the ninth lead at Texas. Boston's Wheelier A
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three run home run in the top half of the
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Cavino and Rich, I just took a look. That's an update,
by the way, great update, Isaac. I just took a look.
I was wondering who pitch for the Rangers today, and
it was Charlie Huff. It was EVOLDI I was, I
was close. I was hoping as much as he's not
a met anymore. I was like, I hope the grom
didn't get roughed up in game one, but yeah, I
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not going down easy. Why isn't that bat by Acuna Jr.
(37:07):
That's like pitch ten of the I beat. Huh they
got the first tuuan, you got your bloop, Now you
need a blast to tie it up.
Speaker 1 (37:14):
The Mets are down three nothing, Junior's up.
Speaker 2 (37:18):
So hey, baseball's back and Rich we're also back on
Fox Sports Radio. That guy happy about his Yanks, me
hanging in with the Mets. A lot of Dodgers fans
in the room.
Speaker 1 (37:26):
Yeah, they rolled the blue carpet out.
Speaker 2 (37:28):
By the way, those Dodgers' uniforms with the gold lettering
in the hats are are sick. Those are so so dope.
It's so nice. I hate to say it, they're so
damn nice. Let me remind you, though, that we got
sweeten action today and uh DraftKings all about the underdogs,
and I got a couple possible underdog things going on
(37:50):
that I'm really feeling. Maryland six and a half point
underdog to Florida.
Speaker 1 (37:57):
Yeah yay. And Michigan the five seed.
Speaker 2 (37:59):
I really like Michigan nine and a half point doggies
as well, so I like them as well. Wow, Well,
enjoy your madness, baby, dipsy dude, dunkaroo, enjoy your college basketball,
but enjoy ice.
Speaker 1 (38:11):
Cube being paraded around Dodger Stadium in a slammed in
Paula getting.
Speaker 2 (38:17):
His flowers as they say, what a celebration they're putting
on though at Dodger Stadium.
Speaker 1 (38:22):
It's incredible.
Speaker 2 (38:23):
Let me tell you that is pretty awesome what they're doing.
But Acuna just walked and he put up a stellar
at bat to load the bases for the Mets in
the ninth inning and they're down three nothing to the astro.
So man baseball really slaying it. I know it's all
about the madness. Right now. And I know it's all
about college basketball and it is heating up, but Opening
(38:43):
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know we got like two minutes. I'm like so locked
into this next game, faces loaded, no outser down three
black quack. As you said during the last break, we
were talking about how baseball if you're not feeling the
(39:50):
momentum of baseball and the fans and everything going on
with MLB, you're you're sleeping, You're living under a rock.
Speaker 1 (39:56):
There's a vibe.
Speaker 2 (39:57):
There's definitely a different level of excitement down in the
past two I saw the Bryce Harper home run earlier,
you know, Superstars, Young Pictron, the National struck out with thirteen, Like,
just a lot of good baseball and I'm pumped. But
there's a viral video from a couple days ago. You
and I have been goofing about it off the air. Yeah,
morning routine guy, his name is Ashton Hall and sweeping
(40:18):
the nation. Have you seen this guy with his ridiculous
morning routine. Wakes up at three in the morning, splashes
like ice water in his face, Saratoga sparkling water. He
dunks his face in it to I guess, tightening up
his pores. Like it's gone so viral. People are making
parody videos of it. It's so next level. He's taking
(40:39):
a swim, He's writing in his journal, he's, you know,
brushing his teeth for over two minutes, and he does
all this before Danny, you and I and could you know?
And everyone even wakes up. But he's getting nunk it
done early. It's so ridiculous. I think what's cool about
is you take a little piece of it here and there, right,
But it really makes you feel terrible about your morning routine.
Speaker 1 (40:58):
I'm not meditating. I don't got time for a swim.
Speaker 2 (41:00):
You might want it my morning routine like wearing yesterday's
clothes while I put on a pair of crocks to
drop my kids off. It's going, dude. It's gone so viral.
It's everywhere and if you haven't seen it yet, you're
bound to see it tonight. And everyone's backing the hall.
What is it, logan Paul? People are making videos you Martin,
Martin Wieze. Who's gonna be in with the odd couple next?
This guy's out of his mind, huh.
Speaker 9 (41:22):
I know.
Speaker 1 (41:22):
I had some serahtoga water this morning.
Speaker 5 (41:24):
Ah, same kind of day though, same same kind of day,
nothing changed.
Speaker 1 (41:28):
Well, this guy's dipping his face in it, so I'm
sipping it. You gotta see.
Speaker 2 (41:32):
I was missing the ice in the bowls. Maybe that
was bananas and a robed bananas on his face. I
feel like we got you have to do this one day. Yeah,
maybe wakes up one day and see if it changes everything.
Speaker 5 (41:42):
I did my face in vodka. You can shine your
shoes with banana peels. This It sounds impossible, dude, you
know what, but this is what he does for a living.
He's a fitness lifestyle coach and all that. So we'll
talk about that and more tomorrow. But join us on
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I'm gonna justify that hell out of this. Like when
some guy doesn't scandalous stuff and he's like, honey, it's
because you know he's drinking. No that this is a
great justification the Mets have by far the best opening
day record in Major League Baseball. Their winning percentage on
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opening Day going into today forty and twenty one leaps
and bounds better than any other team in.
Speaker 1 (02:23):
Major League Baseball?
Speaker 2 (02:24):
And that what does that got him? So maybe a
loss on opening Day changes the stars? Oh oh sure, okay,
I'll go with it.
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If you win opening Day every year, we'll go nowhere. Now,
whatever we don't.
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episode eighty five on Fox Sports Radio's YouTube page. And
I can tell you right now we're already into hour two.
We're not gonna have time. We're gonna talk major League
Baseball records that will never be broken and someone's to
look out for.
Speaker 1 (03:01):
On over Promise, we play on the road again as well.
Speaker 2 (03:04):
We'll play a game too on the road again, like
the path the careers of legends in baseball. We'll play
some games on over Promise on Fox Sports Radio's YouTube page.
Speaker 1 (03:15):
Right after this show in about an hour. But right
now we do it.
Speaker 2 (03:18):
Every Thursday, Old School win fifty hits in honor of
Opening Day, In honor of baseball. Who was your favorite
player of all time? Of course that changed as life
went on, right that player retired and you probably found
someone new. So for me it was I mean, I
used to love Willie Randolphin, Dave Winfield, know those guys.
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But Don Mattingly was the life changer, the game changer
for me. The hit man Donnie baseball. And what did
that mean. He had a style of baseball that he played.
It was dirty, it was gritty, it was real baseball.
And you know, you know how mamba mentality means something
to a basketball fan, Donnie baseball meant something to a
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little East Coast kid. It was like, this guy was
a ballplayer. He got thirty and did everything he could
to help his team win. He hit six Grand Slams
in one season. He had magical MVP years. He was
nasty at first base. He was an unassuming power hitter.
He wasn't like a big dude. But it was how
he wore his hat. It was how he had his
eye black. I mean, it was how he had he
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stood pigeon toed in the batter's box, left handed. Every
kid playing with football rich for fun. You would switch
sides if you were righty you batted lefty, and when
I batted lefty, you better believe I got into my
Don Mattingly baseball stance. That must have been cool to
root for the second best first baseman in New York
in the eighties, after Keith Hernandez. You could say that
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it's not true. I mean, who has more gold gloves?
Who has more MVPs? Just throwing it out there, he
has a better baseball career and still coaching and is
a legend and should be all the who's smoking cigarettes
of the dugout and doing cocaine off the strippers? Exactly
why it's Don maddingly ahead of Keith Hernandez. I was
giving him credit for that. No, So, who got you
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to love the game?
Speaker 1 (05:05):
And why? And why?
Speaker 2 (05:06):
Danny g Let's go to you. You're West Coast guy.
Let's switch it up, bring it out to the West coast.
Who did you fall in love with as a little kid?
Speaker 1 (05:12):
What made you love him?
Speaker 3 (05:13):
Early eighties? My grandma took me in to Dodger Stadium
for my first time. Pedro Guerrero. What was the first
player of me? And my older brother put a poster
of up in our bedroom. Yeah, the way he stood tall,
in the batter's box. Great, great player for LA and
I'll never forget the first time we saw him interviewed
after a game. We were shocked that he was speaking Spanish.
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We thought he was African American.
Speaker 1 (05:35):
C see Betty and three. Yeah.
Speaker 3 (05:38):
Yeah, he was on the combo of him and Dusty
Baker was Pedro Guerrero. Yeah, but we were I mean, hello,
we were kindergarten in second.
Speaker 1 (05:47):
Grade total, and he was the hot card to have
at that time.
Speaker 2 (05:50):
Yeah, when when trading cards was was back in action. Iowa, Sam,
who's that guy for you? Why did you love him?
I feel like for I say, I'm gonna guess before
he even tells us. Yeah, Fernando Vellans, Well.
Speaker 1 (06:04):
I brought you back to your roots. Was there was
there a player?
Speaker 4 (06:08):
Now?
Speaker 1 (06:08):
Because I'm gonna think back, I'm gonna give you another angle.
Speaker 2 (06:10):
If you didn't have a hometown team and you lived
in the middle of a cornfield, then I will, like Sam.
Speaker 5 (06:15):
I grew up rooting for the Phillies. But I that
was like later in life. I didn't did he have I.
Speaker 2 (06:21):
Don't have a tradition in the I thought every kid,
every kid rooted for Chris Saber I thought, in the nineties,
did you have Mike Schmidt mustache trimmings and a little
ziplock bag you got an eBay?
Speaker 1 (06:31):
Yes, yeah, I know that.
Speaker 5 (06:32):
In my yes, I mean like like a lot of
people loved you know when I was a kid, like
Frank Thomas and the White Sox growing up, And can
I tell you Frank Thomas. I got to see him
hit a home run one set at their old old
ballpark the I played in.
Speaker 2 (06:44):
It's not my answer to this question, but Frank Thomas,
for some reason, was one of those guys that wasn't
on my team, but I took such an interest in
his stats.
Speaker 3 (06:52):
I was just gonna ask you guys that question. Who
was the first baseball player for another team that you loved?
And you had a couple paid of six sheets, obsessed
with their cars. Others loved Griffy Jr. I was like, no, no,
Frank Thomas is my guy.
Speaker 2 (07:05):
That's cool, that's a good answer, But yeah, griff Griffy
Junior poster.
Speaker 1 (07:09):
And for me, it was Eric Davis. He was great bat,
oh man.
Speaker 3 (07:14):
I loved his batting stance, on his swag, the way
he held the bat. I wanted Eric back then I
wanted Eric Davis on the Dodgers so badly.
Speaker 2 (07:22):
And this is a weird reference, but every kid could relate.
He was nasty in the game RBI. He had thirty
seven home runs that year and he was on the
National League All Star team in RBI baseball, So you
associate things to how good were they in video games
as well?
Speaker 1 (07:37):
At that time.
Speaker 2 (07:38):
I remember Rade Bogs batted three sixty eight just because
of RBI. Seriously, you knew your stats, you knew your cards,
and if you're a kid of the eighties, one of
the best baseball fights of all time was Ray Knight
and Eric Davis at third base. Ray Knight gets into
like a fighting irishman, stands like put him up, put
him up, and him and Eric Davis tussled. Yeah, it
was a really great baseball fight in the eighties. But
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my answer, who got me to baseball? I grew up
a Mets fan, So there's so many choices, right was
at Keith? Was it Gary Carter being all clean cut
with his you know, Irish spring commercials and you know,
drinking milk. To me, it was Dwight Good And I
was a pitcher in Little League. I wore number sixteen.
It's always been my lucky number. And I'm a Montana
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fan in football, so sixteen my daughter's birthdays of sixteen,
that number follows me and as a kid, the billboards
of Dwight Good and when he pitched at Chase Stadium
back in the day, that place was electric. If drugs
and alcohol and stuff didn't get in his way, would
have been one of the greatest ever Friday night's appointment
watching watching Dwight Good in New York. Even if you
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weren't a Mets fan, Rich, was there a scrub on
the team that you loved?
Speaker 1 (08:43):
Seriously? Like that?
Speaker 2 (08:44):
You just rooted for so hard, tough, tim tough, not
a scrub, but I remember the tough shuffler I have
to them and then I say, scrub, you know, respectfully.
Bobby meets Chaim for me, I always rooted for him
and Randy Vallardi as time went on, too, I always
rooted for that guy.
Speaker 1 (09:00):
What you got, Isaac?
Speaker 6 (09:01):
First of all, Rich, have you ever read a book
called The Bad Guys?
Speaker 4 (09:06):
Oh?
Speaker 7 (09:06):
Such a great.
Speaker 2 (09:07):
It's the only book I've read since Where the Wild
Things Are.
Speaker 7 (09:11):
He didn't mess much.
Speaker 1 (09:12):
It's a great book.
Speaker 7 (09:14):
This is super random, but for me.
Speaker 6 (09:16):
Alijandro Pana now Adro Pana, was the winning pitcher in
the Kirk Gibson home run game. Later when the Braves
made their first run of the World Series in ninety one.
He got clutch strikeout after clutch strikeout down the stretch
in the LCS and in the World Series.
Speaker 7 (09:34):
But he had a.
Speaker 6 (09:35):
Really distinctive, super graceful wind up and pitching motions. And
so when I was of that age, I would always
wear out the right toe on my tennis shoes like
every month, and my mind, yes, my mom was like,
why do I keep having to buy you new shoes?
Speaker 7 (09:54):
Why is it just the right toe?
Speaker 6 (09:56):
And I realized it was because I was emulating the
Alijandro and you pitching motions so so much.
Speaker 1 (10:02):
That's a good one.
Speaker 2 (10:04):
I would emulate the high leg kick overhand heat of
a Dwight Gooden and he would drag his foot. Every
year I'd have to get there was in a little
diition you would put on your cleats for if you
if you did drag your right foot, or you'd have
to buy shoe gou.
Speaker 1 (10:21):
Or cleats.
Speaker 2 (10:22):
But it does go to show you the impact that
these players have on not only you but kids today
and how special it is and that's why we're excited
about baseball. Man Randall, question for you, Yeah, as we
get to the rest of the phone calls, phones are hot,
love talking baseball, Danny Isaac Iowa, I would say, He's like,
I don't.
Speaker 1 (10:40):
Know, I don't remember any of those when you were
a kid.
Speaker 5 (10:43):
I'm trying to think, like in the obviously in the nineties,
like the Cubs and the Cardinals are pretty much Iowa's teams,
so you have Sammy Sosa and market cart but like
that whole thing.
Speaker 1 (10:53):
But like, I don't, I don't. I don't have a player.
There was no guys.
Speaker 2 (10:56):
Who do you remember being the signature inside your glove?
Speaker 1 (11:00):
Oh, that's a good one.
Speaker 2 (11:01):
I remember having a rawlings infield glove. I had the
Ozzie Smith. So many people had Robin Yell Rob that
was a big one. Was a very popular one.
Speaker 1 (11:09):
Mine.
Speaker 2 (11:10):
Actually I got mine off of mine fell off the truck.
My uncle gave it to me and said it was
a Jim Palmer glove that I had, but I loved it.
Speaker 1 (11:18):
A lot of us had hand me down spy.
Speaker 3 (11:20):
My grandpa gave me an old glove and he said
I want you to play second base.
Speaker 1 (11:23):
It was a Joe Morgan signal. Oh nice, that's cool.
Speaker 2 (11:26):
Yeah, you know, years later we actually worked with Joe
Morgan's daughter, totally random, but we did, and she was
super sweet.
Speaker 1 (11:34):
He's a legend for sure.
Speaker 2 (11:35):
So those little things, though, put those players on your
radar and maybe for that reason you rooted for them
or kept an eye on them and fell in love
with the sport. And that's what we're asking today in
honor of Opening Day. Your favorite player of all time?
But what made you love them?
Speaker 1 (11:50):
Yeah? What made you fall in with something about it?
Speaker 2 (11:53):
Like Isaac described that moment perfectly, like he'll never forget it,
and that's sold them.
Speaker 1 (11:57):
Moving forward. Greg in Portland on.
Speaker 6 (12:00):
What's up, buddy, Yeah, man, and I love this topic,
by the way.
Speaker 1 (12:07):
Nice.
Speaker 4 (12:08):
Nineteen ninety six, Andrew Jones came into.
Speaker 8 (12:11):
The league for the first time and that was that
was it.
Speaker 2 (12:15):
I mean, I know who I fell in love with
that year, John Wetland. They were gonna say Carmen Electra, no, no, no,
but remember.
Speaker 1 (12:24):
That John Wetland. That's cool.
Speaker 2 (12:25):
And no, Andrew Jones and that Braves team that they
were great, the Yankees. Andrew Jones was incredible. You're absolutely
right that team Chipper Jones Andrew Jones. It's a shame
that team won one World Series as a as a
as a crew, say hi to let's go to John
In meine John Covin on Retchan's ou buddy.
Speaker 4 (12:48):
Hey guys, I haven't listened guys in a long time,
but they switched me to Knights at the hospital, so
I finally get to listen to you.
Speaker 1 (12:54):
Well, hey, welcome back, brother. How's how you feeling? And
what do you think? What player made you fall in
love with baseball? And all?
Speaker 4 (13:01):
This was old school and it defined my age. Storm
and Gorman Thomas from the Milwaukee Brewers, and I can
still name off almost every player from back then in
this late seventies early eighties.
Speaker 1 (13:15):
That's awesome.
Speaker 4 (13:17):
I loved his pose at He didn't have any flair
as a wind up or anything. He just stood at
the plate, waited for that ball and knocked the living
daylights out of it.
Speaker 2 (13:29):
You know who you got to give credit to, because
it took like twenty five thirty years for someone to
think of this on social media. Batting stance guy dude,
I was just I recently saw he did still funny.
He did your ninety six Yankees and I thought of you.
I was like, oh, I love it.
Speaker 8 (13:46):
Man.
Speaker 1 (13:47):
Batting stance guy is still funny because it's what all
of us did.
Speaker 2 (13:49):
You went through your team's lineup, you'd be like, you're
like now batting when he Dyke, should you be all down?
Speaker 1 (13:54):
Yes?
Speaker 3 (13:54):
And that's a question for you guys. The number one
batting stance you used to Daryl Strawberry, guy, remember one
to answer to you. Boy, that's when you're ready to hit
some bombs. So we used to crouch down and do
Ricky Henderson's stance.
Speaker 1 (14:06):
For sure, man, no doubt.
Speaker 2 (14:09):
So yeah, even as a Yankees fan growing up, Darryl Strawberry,
I mean that meant it was like its home run time.
Speaker 1 (14:15):
So the batswirl.
Speaker 2 (14:16):
Yeah, you were ready. So the number again, eight seven, seven,
ninety nine out Fox. If we don't get to you
hit us at Covino and Rich we throw it back,
go old school and fifty hits, taking you back to
your childhood days. You had that poster in your room.
Eventually it came down for Carmen Electros. But that player
made you fall in love with the game. What was
it about him? That made you love him. I'll tell
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you this as I watch a Yankees game out of
the corner of my eye. Yeah, that facial hair isn't
given Devin Williams much confidence. He's about to blow this game.
Speaker 1 (14:43):
I hope not.
Speaker 2 (14:44):
By the way, my answer was Don Manningly Rich quick story,
and I'll make it quick. Went to a Yankees game,
and I'm wearing my Donnie baseball Don Manninglee number twenty
three baseball shirt, right, the T shirt. They didn't print
shirts for everybody back in the day. It was just
the star players. I'm wearing my.
Speaker 1 (15:01):
Don Manley T shirt.
Speaker 2 (15:03):
And you know, my dad gets into New York City
Bronx traffic and who are we sitting right next to
in traffic on the way home? Don Maddingly Right? Me
and my buddy, another kid named Rich, my little league
pal Ritchie.
Speaker 1 (15:20):
Right. We're in the car and we look over to
the left.
Speaker 2 (15:24):
Does he cry something? I was thinking I could have
been the Rich of communal route. Maybe maybe Don Manningly
is side by side with us in traffic like I'm
the major Deagan or whatever. I'm sure it was done
Maddingly it was. It was, And you know your your
little kid imagination goes wild. But it was a gold Mercedes.
But in my mind it was made of gold, right
because I was a kid, But it was a gold Mercedes.
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True story, and I'll never forget. Like I look over
and I go to my dad.
Speaker 1 (15:51):
Oh my god, it's Don Maddingly. And my dad was like, yeah,
it would have it. He didn't look. He thought we
were lying. My buddy came over, Yo, it's done.
Speaker 2 (16:00):
My dad still thinks we're trying to like prank him
to look he's Don Manningly stuck in traffic. My dad
finally turns to the left and he seized Don Mattingly.
He's like eight, rolls his window down.
Speaker 1 (16:12):
Yeah, hey Don.
Speaker 2 (16:13):
He let Don Manningley cut in front of us in traffic.
But Don Manley waved to us, gave us the thumbs up.
Made me love him even more. Just seemed like the
coolest dude in New York. And he wasn't a New
York sort of guy, you know what I mean.
Speaker 1 (16:27):
He was just a ballplayer.
Speaker 2 (16:29):
I love your story, but I'm gonna I'm gonna true story.
I believe it was just a mustache guy from the Bronx.
Speaker 1 (16:34):
My dad, my.
Speaker 2 (16:35):
Dad let Don manningly cut him in traffic, and he
was super grateful for it.
Speaker 1 (16:40):
It happened. Let's say, what's up to?
Speaker 2 (16:42):
Where do you want to go, Danny g you want
to Let's go to Dwayne in Odessa. Let's go rapid
Fire off to wrap this up on opening day? Who
made you fall in love with the game?
Speaker 1 (16:51):
What's up? Man? Yeah?
Speaker 9 (16:52):
I would have to say a Kirby Pucket center field,
just running around all over place, diving. And then in
the World Series twins are down, he said, everybody jump
on my back. I'm gonnarry you to the World Series. Yeah,
that's pretty it's pretty freaky.
Speaker 1 (17:05):
He was so great man.
Speaker 2 (17:06):
You feel like you picture him gracefully jumping against the wall. Yeah,
against that Plexi guy. Yeah, without a down. Be Puckett
was incredible. Paul in North Carolina? What's up man, Paulie?
Speaker 1 (17:18):
Your ball? You bully?
Speaker 2 (17:20):
Hey?
Speaker 8 (17:20):
So like he's doing good?
Speaker 1 (17:22):
Man?
Speaker 2 (17:22):
What I'm a little nervous. Yankee's about to lose this
game ahead.
Speaker 8 (17:27):
I'm gonna I'm gonna answer you guys a couple of questions,
rapid Fire. I'm a forty four year old Mets fan,
so when I was in eighty six. I had just
turned six years old.
Speaker 1 (17:35):
So you, you and I, You and I are the
exact same. So here we go. Let's let's hear it.
Speaker 8 (17:39):
Yep. Well, Garry Gary Carter was my my favorite player.
I remember that Ivory soap commercial where he ripped at
bar soap in half. I thought it was the coolest
damn thing. The first player outside of the Mets I
really adored was Tony Gwynn. I had a poster in
my room. He had bats in one hand and balls
and the other. And the poster said, it's not the bats,
that's the ball. I thought that was great. Yeah, first
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signature and the glover. The first signature and the glove.
I remember, I was a squatty had the black catchers
go with the orange outside targeting. It was a late
pair of signature.
Speaker 2 (18:14):
That one for sure. By the way, let's go Mets
sor right, let's go ye. I won't feel so bad
of your Yankees blowed here, I hope. Now it's up.
Speaker 1 (18:23):
Cherry out.
Speaker 2 (18:24):
Let's go Williams with the whiff, two outs, any one
more out for the win?
Speaker 1 (18:31):
All right?
Speaker 2 (18:32):
Back two Yankees, But the Brewer has got runners on
second and third. I know, uh, you know what, they
just went to some Yankees guidos in the stands high fiving.
Speaker 1 (18:40):
They just jinxed you. Let's go brew Crew, all right,
wrap it up, Albert in Texas. What's up?
Speaker 10 (18:46):
Many's go on, guys.
Speaker 9 (18:48):
A big as fan.
Speaker 8 (18:50):
I got iconic duo Jeff Bagwell and Craig digeos Yo.
Speaker 2 (18:54):
If you were an Astros fan during that time, Bagua
and Bigio were such a dynamic to such such great ballplayers.
Speaker 1 (19:02):
Mm hmm.
Speaker 2 (19:02):
That was even when you change your logo to that
like cosmic looking corny uniform. Remember those years of course, Yeah,
you mean like the Mike Scott Kevin bassiars those years.
Se I like that cheesy rainbow eighties one fight, Uh,
you know, one more. We'll go to Arizona and say
hi to Corey and then we'll move on. What's up man? Hey?
Speaker 10 (19:19):
Real quick wrapping fire. So my two favorite players. I'm
a die fan born in eighty nine. I watched the
Earthquake series with my Dawn on the couch as a baby. Anyways,
Eric Burns, Nick Swisher, I don't care what anybody says.
They were two of the most exciting players that I
got to watch.
Speaker 2 (19:38):
And you just named you just named like two of
the most charismatic players. I love Nick swishlish Man. I
think he's great. I love his energy, I love his vibe. Uh,
great answers and is a great cut to and yeah,
oh yeah two super personality plus dudes. Rich is right,
and we can't get to everybody. We appreciate your phone calls,
but I do want to hear your feedback again at
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Covino and Rich x on ig everywhere on social media,
Covino and rech, Hey.
Speaker 1 (20:04):
Let me let me pose this question. Then we'll go.
Speaker 2 (20:06):
I'll pose a question, think about it, and you can
hit us up at Covin on Rich or if you
want to chime in.
Speaker 1 (20:11):
You know what I'm thinking about Bill Rich.
Speaker 2 (20:12):
And when we talk about this, the superstar comes to
mind the maddingly the good in those guys, right, the
Wade Bogses of the world. But there was also a
lot of fun in that dude who wasn't that good
but you really pulled for Of course, that pulled you
into the game because you're like, yeah, I know he's
not the best, but it really gets me involved. And
like I said, some of those guys really got you
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even more into the game. Okay, so here here's my
question for you. Who's your favorite crazy baseball player crazy?
Two options? Two options? Jose Canseco, yeah, or Lennydikos. It's
funny because Canseco's in the news, I know, but Dykstra
or Canseco think of that because there's a story about
one of them. Okay, and his name is Jose can
say go. We'll get to that in a bunch more next.
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And by the way, the brewis just missed a walk
not a walk out, but a three run hand one
by ten feet.
Speaker 1 (21:00):
Oh, Yellich, Yellich went found. Okay, so we got more
Cavino and Rich. We do it next here on Fox
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I love it, Covino and Rich on Fox Sports Radio. Sorry,
I'm distracted. Met's had two on two outs ventos at
the dish. You know, I got a random question Steve Covino,
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Mickey and the Duke Isaac long Crime. I know you're
in your zone doing updates, but do you get out?
You get an extra pep in your step and your
delivery when you're doing baseball updates again as an anchor,
is that fun.
Speaker 1 (23:20):
For you or is there a sport that you prefer funny?
Speaker 6 (23:23):
I was just thinking about that, yes, because it's opening Day,
But frankly, tomorrow, how much are any of us going
to be talking about baseball tomorrow? I remember during my
reporting days in.
Speaker 2 (23:36):
LA isn't your eliot scoops?
Speaker 1 (23:38):
Call him.
Speaker 7 (23:40):
One of them, if you know what I mean.
Speaker 6 (23:44):
But as a reporter, Opening Day at Dodger Stadium was
literally like a civic holiday, and then the next night
there'd be twenty four thousand in the stands.
Speaker 7 (23:53):
It's just I think it just goes to show.
Speaker 6 (23:56):
More how great the atmosphere and the tradition of opening
Day is around this country.
Speaker 2 (24:04):
And that's something beautiful that's passed down generation to generation,
like your grandpappy, your dad, your uncle. It might have
been a family tradition, like, yeah, we go to opening Day.
I have friends ye that by like the partial season
ticket packages to the Mets or Dodgers of this team,
and that always includes opening Day. There's a lot of
people that took today off from work. I asked Isaac,
because when he's giving the updates, I get excited to
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hear what he's saying, and I get excited to listen. Well,
you also said his other sport updates are lackluster, right, Yeah, okay,
and baseball they're just so much better.
Speaker 7 (24:34):
I have other lackluster things about me.
Speaker 3 (24:36):
Just ask my wife, Isaac, you know how to guarantee
to not have just twenty four thousand in the stands
for the second game ring ceremony for the Dodgers coming tomorrow.
Speaker 2 (24:46):
Yeah, I think you're gonna say, like, oh, Tony's dogs,
bobblehead or something. So the Mets, well, they had bases juice,
two outs, and Nimmo hit a rocket to center field.
That's the still the eighth, those nine. We're live from
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(25:34):
Sweet sixteen, how to root for college basketball.
Speaker 1 (25:37):
And we're going to play a game called on the
Road Again.
Speaker 2 (25:40):
For example, if I said, if I say, how get
you on Randy Johnson? If I said, Randy Johnson on
the road again, can you tell me his career trajectory,
his resume of the teams he played on anybody you
want to play?
Speaker 1 (25:57):
Oh, Isaac, let's go look.
Speaker 6 (25:59):
At that usc He was a photographer at the Daily
Trojan student newspapers and he's a photographer now, yeah, for
the NFL, Montreal Expos, Seattle Mariners.
Speaker 7 (26:12):
Boy Yankee are these in order.
Speaker 1 (26:17):
You don't if you get it in order, I mean,
you just get an extra.
Speaker 7 (26:19):
High Expos Mariners.
Speaker 6 (26:21):
Then I seem to remember him going to the Astros
before he went to the Yankee. No, before he went
to the Diamondbacks and then to the Yankee. So that's
five teams and that's all I got, baby.
Speaker 1 (26:31):
I'm pretty sure that's it. Let's double chet, let's double
check as well. I think you nailed it. I think
you nailed it. And that's how you play on the road.
Speaker 2 (26:37):
Again, Rich and I are going to play against each
other on over promise because we don't have time.
Speaker 1 (26:41):
Now.
Speaker 2 (26:41):
That's on Fox Sports Radio's YouTube page right after this show.
Speaker 1 (26:46):
You forgot one the Giants.
Speaker 2 (26:47):
Yeah, ended his career as a San Francisco Giant for
a second, but other than that, you got it. Uh wait,
So he pitched for six teams Expos, Seattle, Houston, Arizona, Yankees,
Arizona again, and the Giants.
Speaker 1 (27:06):
And you know, the.
Speaker 2 (27:06):
Giants is the one you forget, and that's usually you
have a game is one. There's always one you could
barely remember them playing for, and it's kind of fun
because you recall them in the uniform. Maybe a moment
they had in the uniform or your baseball cards and
you're like, yeah, I could picture them in that. That's right, dang.
So we'll play that on over promised our bonus show
on Fox Sports Radios YouTube page, or you could listen
(27:28):
wherever you stream.
Speaker 1 (27:30):
A live chat.
Speaker 2 (27:30):
Sure I was saying, you said Frank Thomas was a
guy you loved, right, No, that was Danny j No,
it is me. Oh okay, Frank Thomas on the road again.
We had Frank Thomas play.
Speaker 1 (27:42):
Wow, dude, that's what. It's not a tough one. Is
that a trick question? Why?
Speaker 2 (27:47):
Because I can only think of one team? Uh how
many teams total? Three total?
Speaker 5 (27:53):
What I want to say one of them is wait,
hold on, I got another one. Uh so obviously the
White Sox pot was he also an Oriole No good.
Speaker 2 (28:04):
Guess though, played a ton of years for the White Sox. Obviously,
Hall of famer. Great dude. Frank Thomas and the ladies
love it too, had quick stints at the end. But
the Oakland A's in Toronto Blue Jays, I vaguely remember
Oakland Blue Jays totally forgot that, you know, But man,
(28:27):
that's what's so weird.
Speaker 1 (28:28):
About it is.
Speaker 2 (28:28):
You could barely picture him in a Blue jays Er open.
That's the fun of on the road again. You know,
maybe we bring that show, Maybe we bring this game
to the show. Maybe a little more regularly. We'll play
it on over promised again. The show that's sweeping the nation,
I think is some of the best stuff we do.
It's a it's a bit of a hybrid. It's a
lot of fun. Check it out. We do it in
(28:49):
about twenty minutes. I do want to remind you though,
in O seven this might come as a surprise to you,
but in seven and O sick Frank Thomas had some
big numbers in the home run department. He played his
first year with the Oakland A's thirty nine home runs,
one hundred and fourteen ribies.
Speaker 1 (29:09):
Wow, you know it's funny too.
Speaker 2 (29:10):
And then he hit twenty twenty six home runs with
the Blue Jayson next year. Sometimes you look back at
someone's stats, you thought they may have lost it, they
weren't as good, and you realize how good they were.
Like when I think of Jason Giambi, you think of
those monster numbers he put up in Oakland, right, and
I'm like, yeah, when he came to the Yankees, who
wasn't that good?
Speaker 1 (29:29):
And then you look up his numbers to the Yankees
like they were great? Crazy? Yeah, and you look up
the stats.
Speaker 2 (29:35):
Hey, when you're doing the bull scroll later look up
Giombi's stats. But anyway, so answer the question I posed
before the breaking up. It was your favorite crazy player?
Your favorite crazy player. I narrowed it down to two.
You could throw a wild card in there, but if
I said, I was gonna say wild thing. Rick Vaughan,
who do you find more entertaining, jose Canseco or Lenny Dykstra.
Speaker 1 (29:55):
The answer for me is easy.
Speaker 2 (29:57):
We've interviewed Lenny Dykstra and and he's a fun time
but he's a little creepy.
Speaker 1 (30:03):
Respect he does all those.
Speaker 2 (30:04):
Weird sex tips on the Howard Stern Show.
Speaker 1 (30:07):
He gets and they're funny.
Speaker 3 (30:09):
He told Colin Cowhert back in the day that he
would hire private investigators to follow umpires around and had
dirt on that.
Speaker 2 (30:18):
Find out an umpire his wife and he'd be like, hey, Hank,
I hope Marshall doesn't find out about what you're doing.
Speaker 1 (30:25):
It'd be like and he said his on base percentage
yet up all of a sudden in the next pitch
ball next a wild guy.
Speaker 2 (30:32):
So my favorite player would be Conseko, like crazy player Conseco,
because I mean, he was.
Speaker 1 (30:38):
Just such a beast. He was so big.
Speaker 2 (30:40):
He was like a big giant in the batter's box.
And then he did so many goofy things. He's always
blinking all the time, and he's always like up to
some weird tweet and then he did something weird this week.
He's in the news this week doing something like, Oh,
it's funny because it's so sweet, and it's it's not
necessarily in character.
Speaker 3 (30:56):
Nice for Jose, it's just funny the way he looks
walking around character.
Speaker 2 (31:00):
In full uniform, in full age uniform.
Speaker 1 (31:03):
With a bat am.
Speaker 2 (31:05):
I correct in saying he read to school children.
Speaker 1 (31:08):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (31:08):
Las Vegas had him out to one of their elementary
schools for like one of those reading weeks.
Speaker 2 (31:13):
Hey, it's ridiculous. He shows up in full uniform and
a bat like, that's ridiculous, and he answered questions, I'm
Jose Canseeko and this book is called The Puppy Who
Lost His Way. You're right, it's sweet, but it's so
hilarious because you see these pictures. Yeah, you see this
big goon walking in this in the hallways in his uniform.
Speaker 1 (31:34):
It's so funny to see.
Speaker 2 (31:36):
And are we one hundred percent certain it wasn't Ozzy Canseko,
Like he sends his brother out there to do this thing.
Speaker 1 (31:41):
This one's for you.
Speaker 2 (31:41):
It's like you ever hear the story of Tom Hanks.
You know Tom Hanks is the voice of Woody from
toy story. But when Tom Hanks is too busy, his
brother like Jeb Hanks. I don't know his brother's name,
but his brother. He has his brother do like the
voiceovers for the toys and all the other things.
Speaker 1 (31:59):
He doesn't have time or.
Speaker 7 (32:00):
His son Browny Hanks.
Speaker 2 (32:02):
Yeah yeah, no no, so like forget you remember the
Woody like pollstring. There's a snake in my boot. That's
not Tom Hanks, that's his brother the royalties for me. Yeah, so,
like I wonder if if Ozzy Consico goes on his behalf.
Speaker 3 (32:17):
This looks like jose It says. He volunteered to read
to a fourth grade class for Las Vegas for their
Nevada Reading Week, a statewide event to celebrate literacy. He
stayed after after reading the book, he stuck around for
a Q and A with the kids and he signed photos.
Speaker 1 (32:33):
Did he say what book he read her? Now? Yeah,
the Berenstein Bears. What a little golden book did he read?
Speaker 2 (32:39):
Hey, it's me jose Canseco and today we're gonna read
the Three Chinese Brothers.
Speaker 3 (32:43):
It's definitely a baseball book. You can't title. You see
a baseball player on the front of the book.
Speaker 1 (32:49):
He's reading. Oh, that's so funny.
Speaker 2 (32:51):
Let's go to our buddy, Isaac lon Kron And if
you can think of some other you know funny, you know,
crazy players like the jose Canseecos and Lenny Dykschers of
the world.
Speaker 1 (32:59):
Hit up at Covi non.
Speaker 7 (33:01):
Rich for me in a good way.
Speaker 6 (33:03):
Rex Huddler one of the nicest, nicest guys you will
ever come across.
Speaker 1 (33:08):
Indeed, what about turk Wind though, Remember he would throw.
Speaker 2 (33:11):
Yesnumber ninety nine teeth around his neck and he slam
down the rosen bag every time.
Speaker 7 (33:17):
I love it.
Speaker 6 (33:18):
I mean, the list just goes on and on and
on in Major League Baseball. But I also echo Ricky Henderson.
He briefly was with the Dodgers. He lockered next to
all people. Dave Roberts. Now the Dodgers manager, and they
got along great. But Ricky Henderson could not stop referring
to him as Robinson. He would be repeatedly told his
(33:38):
name's not Dave Robinson, it's Roberts, and Ricky was like, yeah,
I get it.
Speaker 7 (33:42):
Robinson.
Speaker 6 (33:42):
Robinson write in character for Ricky Henderson. Austin Wells and
Anthony Volpi hit home runs for the New York Yankees
today and their four to two opening Day win over
the Brewers, who left runners at second and third in
the ninth inning. Baltimore Orioles hit six home runs in
a twelve two win at Toronto. Adelie Rutchman and Cedric
Mullins homer twice. Tyler O'Neill homern on opening Day for
(34:04):
the sixth straight season, San Francisco Giants rally to what
at Cincinnati six to four. Giants trailed three to two
entering the top of the ninth inning, scored to tide,
and then Wilmer Flores had a go ahead three run
home run right now the Phillies and Nationals tied at
three in the top half of the ninth inning.
Speaker 7 (34:22):
Crazy game, because Washington go ahead.
Speaker 2 (34:24):
I'm sorry, Scott just swung it ball four totally with
the baby load and full count tip, so.
Speaker 6 (34:30):
They are going to the bottom of the ninth inning
tied at three. Washington starter Mackenzie Gore struck out thirteen
through six innings, allowed just one hit. They took him
out after just ninety three pitches, leading one to nothing,
and then Bryce Harper and Kyle Schwarber promptly hit home
runs against the Nationals bullpen thanks a lot Nerds. Meanwhile,
the Nationals did come back to tie it three to three.
(34:51):
Wan Soto, making his debut for the New York Mets,
singled to Wright, walked flight to left, and then walked again. However,
the Mets trail three nothing at Houston after eight innings
and the Boston Red Sox with a five to two
bottom of the ninth lead at Texas. Boston's Wheelier A
Bray you hit two home runs, including the go ahead
three run home run in the top half of the
(35:12):
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Speaker 2 (35:38):
Cavino and Rich, I just took a look. That's an update,
by the way, great update, Isaac. I just took a look.
I was wondering who pitch for the Rangers today, and
it was Charlie Huff. It was EVOLDI I was, I
was close. I was hoping as much as he's not
a met anymore. I was like, I hope the grom
didn't get roughed up in game one, but yeah, I
(35:58):
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not going down easy. Why isn't that bat by Acuna Jr.
(37:07):
That's like pitch ten of the I beat. Huh they
got the first tuuan, you got your bloop, Now you
need a blast to tie it up.
Speaker 1 (37:14):
The Mets are down three nothing, Junior's up.
Speaker 2 (37:18):
So hey, baseball's back and Rich we're also back on
Fox Sports Radio. That guy happy about his Yanks, me
hanging in with the Mets. A lot of Dodgers fans
in the room.
Speaker 1 (37:26):
Yeah, they rolled the blue carpet out.
Speaker 2 (37:28):
By the way, those Dodgers' uniforms with the gold lettering
in the hats are are sick. Those are so so dope.
It's so nice. I hate to say it, they're so
damn nice. Let me remind you, though, that we got
sweeten action today and uh DraftKings all about the underdogs,
and I got a couple possible underdog things going on
(37:50):
that I'm really feeling. Maryland six and a half point
underdog to Florida.
Speaker 1 (37:57):
Yeah yay. And Michigan the five seed.
Speaker 2 (37:59):
I really like Michigan nine and a half point doggies
as well, so I like them as well. Wow, Well,
enjoy your madness, baby, dipsy dude, dunkaroo, enjoy your college basketball,
but enjoy ice.
Speaker 1 (38:11):
Cube being paraded around Dodger Stadium in a slammed in
Paula getting.
Speaker 2 (38:17):
His flowers as they say, what a celebration they're putting
on though at Dodger Stadium.
Speaker 1 (38:22):
It's incredible.
Speaker 2 (38:23):
Let me tell you that is pretty awesome what they're doing.
But Acuna just walked and he put up a stellar
at bat to load the bases for the Mets in
the ninth inning and they're down three nothing to the astro.
So man baseball really slaying it. I know it's all
about the madness. Right now. And I know it's all
about college basketball and it is heating up, but Opening
(38:43):
Day is delivering, just setting the tone for what I
predict is going to be a really exciting season for
the Ages.
Speaker 1 (38:51):
And again we're Cavino and Rich.
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Covino or Bill Belichick? Apparently we're the same guy. Plus,
we get you ready for the weekend with weekend hobnobbing
(39:26):
that's on tomorrow's show. But in just eight minutes we
give you over promised our bonus show on Fox Sports
Radios YouTube page. So get ready and join us live
no doubt. Now before you get out of here, I
know we got like two minutes. I'm like so locked
into this next game, faces loaded, no outser down three
black quack. As you said during the last break, we
were talking about how baseball if you're not feeling the
(39:50):
momentum of baseball and the fans and everything going on
with MLB, you're you're sleeping, You're living under a rock.
Speaker 1 (39:56):
There's a vibe.
Speaker 2 (39:57):
There's definitely a different level of excitement down in the
past two I saw the Bryce Harper home run earlier,
you know, Superstars, Young Pictron, the National struck out with thirteen, Like,
just a lot of good baseball and I'm pumped. But
there's a viral video from a couple days ago. You
and I have been goofing about it off the air. Yeah,
morning routine guy, his name is Ashton Hall and sweeping
(40:18):
the nation. Have you seen this guy with his ridiculous
morning routine. Wakes up at three in the morning, splashes
like ice water in his face, Saratoga sparkling water. He
dunks his face in it to I guess, tightening up
his pores. Like it's gone so viral. People are making
parody videos of it. It's so next level. He's taking
(40:39):
a swim, He's writing in his journal, he's, you know,
brushing his teeth for over two minutes, and he does
all this before Danny, you and I and could you know?
And everyone even wakes up. But he's getting nunk it
done early. It's so ridiculous. I think what's cool about
is you take a little piece of it here and there, right,
But it really makes you feel terrible about your morning routine.
Speaker 1 (40:58):
I'm not meditating. I don't got time for a swim.
Speaker 2 (41:00):
You might want it my morning routine like wearing yesterday's
clothes while I put on a pair of crocks to
drop my kids off. It's going, dude. It's gone so viral.
It's everywhere and if you haven't seen it yet, you're
bound to see it tonight. And everyone's backing the hall.
What is it, logan Paul? People are making videos you Martin,
Martin Wieze. Who's gonna be in with the odd couple next?
This guy's out of his mind, huh.
Speaker 9 (41:22):
I know.
Speaker 1 (41:22):
I had some serahtoga water this morning.
Speaker 5 (41:24):
Ah, same kind of day though, same same kind of day,
nothing changed.
Speaker 1 (41:28):
Well, this guy's dipping his face in it, so I'm
sipping it. You gotta see.
Speaker 2 (41:32):
I was missing the ice in the bowls. Maybe that
was bananas and a robed bananas on his face. I
feel like we got you have to do this one day. Yeah,
maybe wakes up one day and see if it changes everything.
Speaker 5 (41:42):
I did my face in vodka. You can shine your
shoes with banana peels. This It sounds impossible, dude, you
know what, but this is what he does for a living.
He's a fitness lifestyle coach and all that. So we'll
talk about that and more tomorrow. But join us on
over promise not to tell that orrivea there. You may
see you in the over Promised Land.
Speaker 1 (41:59):
Goodbye,
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