September 16, 2025 • 41 mins
Covino & Rich talk memories of the great Robert Redford! 12 MLB games left until the playoffs? The guys take a look at the Wild Card races. 'SHOWTIME MAHOMES TRIVIA' comes in hot! Plus, in honor of Redford, they talk best Baseball movies of all-time & sports movie G.O.A.T.'s!
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Now we're gonna play Showtime Mahomes Trivia this hour and
we'll talk some baseball movies. Rest in peace. Robert Redford,
the guy that was synonymous with handsome for most of
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our life until Brad Pitt became a thing. Yeah, he
was like our grandparents and parents reference like, he's handsome,
Robert Redford. Your grandma called them wonder buns. It's going
to say we know him as Roy Hobbs, Roy Hobbs,
the wonder boy. So rest in peace. Legend. I think
he started his career because there's a very famous Twilight
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Zone episode called night Caller and He's Death. I think
it's called night Caller. He's Death and he comes knocking
on the old lady's door, and he's a young Robert Redford.
You always see these on the New Year's marathons. And then,
of course he became one of the greatest actors and
most handsome leading men and directors, an Oscar Award winner, WonderBoy,
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no doubt Robert Redford. So we'll talk about some baseball
movies later on, But back to you. Yeah, Dicky doodle boy,
I do want to talk baseball. In a second, you
want to talk Michael Kay. I do want to talk
Michael Kay. I want to talk Wildcard. I want to
talk baseball. But I'm seeing a lot of people talk
about the Chiefs oh and two for the first time
in over a decade, first time they started own two
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since twenty fourteen. And I want to just point out
the importance of this game this week, Week three against
the Giants. Now, I feel like nothing's to guarantee, but
I feel like I'm gonna roll heavy with the Chiefs
this week as much as I'm enjoying Russell Wilson a
men's warehouse, say you're gonna love the way you look,
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and they guarantee it. You know what, do I want
to give a men's warehouse guarantee? Do I want to
give a uh? Do I want to give a George
Forman guarantee?
Speaker 2 (03:24):
Oh?
Speaker 1 (03:24):
The George Forman guarantee is the highest form of guarantee,
So be careful. I guarantee you. But with the Chiefs,
I know you don't want to look ahead, and dB,
you know I love me some schedule watching, Danny g
You guys make fun of me for schedule watching, but
after I make funny you for Mets watching, because that's
as hopeless. It's fair point. It's called a waste of time.
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But if you do want to look ahead, after the
Giants game on Sunday Night football, the Chiefs have to
host the Ravens. You can't go into that Ravens game.
Oh and three, you can't. I mean this is this
is as well. There's a lot of buzz about how
the league won't let it happen for as early as
it is in the season. You can't allow the Giants
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to think they have a chance in this game, you
got to game plan a different way. So I anticipate
this being like one of my favorite bets of the week.
I mean, the Chiefs at the Giants is our hope
for New York to end vit JNA.
Speaker 3 (04:21):
You can't imagine a world where Kansas City would be
oh to three with Patrick Mahomes and Navy Reid there.
Speaker 1 (04:27):
And then having to go play the Ravens in Week four. Right.
Speaker 3 (04:32):
Yes, the Giants, even though Dallas put up forty on
them in overtime, do have some players on defense. And
I don't know how much of the Chiefs problems are
solved just because of what they are offensively, but I
would side with your way of thinking on this.
Speaker 1 (04:49):
Yeah, I mean it seems like that's a pretty big
lock for Week three. However, how wild would it be
for the NFL if the Chiefs started own three and
then you knew that they were facing the Ravens. So
just there's always some every game has a great storyline
in the NFL, and I'm feeling that way about baseball
right now. With twelve games to go, there is a
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wildcard hunt. My Mets are clinging onto deer life. They
won on a Pedalanzo walk off on Sunday. That was big.
And now you're looking at the final stretch of games,
a lot of teams are playing each other, a lot
of key matchups. Yankees, you're almost giving the division to
the Blue Jays at this point, and you're just hoping
for that number one. Wildcards are your home I mean,
(05:32):
I guess. So that's how it's looking because the Blue
Jays keep winning. Yankees keep dropping stupid games to teams
like the Twins. No offense to our boss who loves
the Twins, but those are the games you can't lose
as of right now. As you know, the playoff format
of Major League Baseball, the one and two seed get
a buye. The third division winner has to host a
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wildcard round as well as the best wildcard winner. So
the best wildcard winner and the worst division winner are
sort of in the same boat. There's no like you're
in the same position of you the best wildcard winner
and the worst division winner. So as of right now,
if the season ended right now, could be now, yeah,
the Yankees and Seattle would host the wildcard round and
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they'd battle of the top al MVP contenders and you
know who they would battle against division rivals, the Red
Sox and the Yanks, and the Astros and the Mariners.
So you're looking at some potential really great wildcard matchups.
And then over in the NL you're looking at the
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two teams getting a bye. No one would have ever
thought this the Brewers. You might have thought the Phillies,
but Brewers and Phillies are pretty much locks for the
most part for those one and two seeds, which means
the Dodgers would host the worst wildcard, which as of
right now would be the New York Mets, and then
you got the best wildcard. The Cubs would be hosting
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the Padres. And these are all great matchups for Major
League Baseball. Think about that Padres going into Wrigley Yankees
and the Mets coming out here to La Mets, Dodgers, Yankees,
Red Sox, Mariners, Astros and Cubs Padres.
Speaker 2 (07:16):
Man.
Speaker 1 (07:17):
Yeah, those are pretty good matches. And think about the
hype we had last year. No Locke whatsoever for the
Mets because they only have a one and a half
two game lead over who's behind them. I don't My
point was it seemed like it seemed last year like
the Dodgers had it all right, so it's like, how
are we going to bring down the Dodgers? This year
is anybody's game, anybody's series. So I think we're going
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to all be pulled in even harder in the next
few weeks. Yeah, and Jesse, it got crazy last year.
Just to point out how close that NL is. I'm
saying the Mets with pure hope in my voice because
they are only again two games in the lost column
over teams that are chasing them. The Diamondbacks are playing
five hundred baseball. But while they are the closest teams
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to the Mets and the wildcard hunt, as of right
now hold on the wild card has the Arizona Diamondbacks
are actually seventy six and seventy five, a game and
a half behind the Mets. This is where you start
schedule watching. Look could the Diamondbacks have over the final
week and a half. If the Diamondbacks somehow find a
way to make the playoffs, they freaking earned it because
they play the Giants, Then the Diamondbacks have to play
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the Phillies, the Dodgers, and the Padres. Yeah, not happening. Phillies,
Dodgers and Padres. What a And again there's seventy six
and seventy five, so they'd have to play big against
the best teams in the NLT even make it, they'd
have to play big. If they do, I get it,
then then you deserve it. And the Giants. I'm banking
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on Danny G's Dodgers because the Giants have to play
a four game set at Dodger Stadium. So I'm banking
as a Mets fan, on the Dodgers whooping the Giants
at least three of those four Danny split it at
least three or four. And then the weird wild card
pun intended are the Reds, who are just sitting there.
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It's seventy five and seventy five. The Reds are seventy
five and seventy five, playing no better than five hundred baseball.
They are the definition one hundred and fifty games in
five hundred. They play the Cardinals, the Cubs, Pirates, and Brewers.
They play all on their division. So just a really
interesting final stretch for Major League Baseball. Over the next
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two weeks. It's going to be intense. We'll be talking
about it series matters, and they're all playing each other
because the Mets gets tough the Mets play over the
final stretch, they play the Cubbies, they play the Padres.
The Mets, however, do look out and they play the
Nationals at City Field for three games. So hopefully that
looks like you could win two out of three, three
out of sweep, So we'll see. I'm just saying baseball
right now is hot. I know it's a football world,
(09:51):
and we love the NFL, but I think Major League
Baseball really delivered this year as far as all the
big teams are so close, there's no really dominant team
because even though you might say, well, you know, the
Brewers have the best record, as you said, you can't
see the Brewers matching up in a five or seven
game series the way you They're not going to dominate someone. Yeah,
(10:14):
but you know what, I also thought Terrence Crawford wouldn't
step up against Canelos. So you never know until you
see it. I know that sounds obvious, but it's true. TB.
You're a you're a you know, a Brewers fan.
Speaker 3 (10:24):
I look at it the opposite way, like, I think
that five game series is tricky for them, but I
think that they're they're pitching their bullpen. Yeah, maybe wasn't
as great as it was earlier in the season. But
I think that they're starting pitching is better than what
anybody else would have to bring to the plate.
Speaker 1 (10:42):
Or does reality slap them in the ass?
Speaker 3 (10:44):
I don't know.
Speaker 2 (10:45):
Yeah, we don't know.
Speaker 1 (10:47):
But Rich back here. But let me just tell you though,
this is my total Mets homer. Take just for a
second that we'll move on. The Mets are throwing all
these young kids, and there's a weird advantage to team's
never getting a look like McClain no one's no one's
(11:07):
seen this kid yet. Nolan McLain, no one has seen
him is is the best in baseball history. After five
six starts, he's over forty strikeouts, the kids dealing, and
then you got Sprote, who is another young pitcher for
the Mets, and you and you know Jonah Than got
roughed up one game, but you have him and you
(11:28):
know Manaia and if Senga comes back, like I feel like,
I still feel I hope that my kids, yeah, ready
for that big moment. You don't know that you'll never know,
not battle tested for that moment yet. But again, just
did they come through? Absolutely, just a great time for
the Mets and Danny Jenny g You've talked about all
the year pitching for your Dodgers. If a if a
series started today, who you throwing? Is it? Yamamoto? Game
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one is do you put Otani in the starting rotation
for a playoffs?
Speaker 2 (11:55):
Here? Yeah, that's what it looks like right now. Yamamoto
Glass now are the one and it should be the
one in two. The question for the Dodgers, and I
sent you the article earlier today, there's speculation about would
you use Otani out of the bullpen the closer as
a middle guy postseason? Primarily as a closer because the
two closures they have right now in Tanner Scott and
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Blake Trinan are both struggling.
Speaker 1 (12:18):
Well, I don't think there's any debate on you use
Otani where you think you'll need him most, which might
be coming out giving you mornings in the bullpen. Have
him on standby, because that's why you're paying the guy.
That's why he got this ridiculous contract. For moments like
right now like you need him more than ever to
be that guy. CO have a guy that the Mets
(12:39):
got from your Yankees. Does a guy like Clay Holmes,
now who was in the rotational year. Does he become
valuable out of the pen, because his whole career before
now has been hey, all hands out decks. It's not
time to be a prima. Don't time to like do
whatever the team needs. You know how fired up I
get about football. Football is my favorite, but right now
it's so hard not to feel so excited about not
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just your own team, but the baseball playoffs are such
a special time because and especially this season, because it's anybody,
it's anybody's the power team that's dominant. The power teams
are all lacking something. Yankees, Dodgers, they're all lacking something.
And there's some young teams that you're like, oh, do
they got the juice? And you know that these three
game wildcard series could go anyway? And then the divisionals
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are always fun. So baseball and football at the same time.
This is like I feel like, uh, I feel like
how I felt they get a strip club in my twenties,
a candy store is a kid. I feel like just overwhelmed,
like looking around, like, geez, too much to watch.
Speaker 2 (13:35):
It's interesting too. Is Covino pointed out that last year
you felt like the Dodgers were the odd odds on favorite,
But he didn't even feel like that to us Dodger fans,
to be honest with you, because of those bullpen games.
Didn't know those were going to be as successful as
they turned out to be. In that article that I referenced,
the writer from MLB dot com was saying that the
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Dodgers could use O Tawny as the first guy of
a bullpen game. Yeah, if they want to go that
route with like Shean, he could go coming out, he
could go.
Speaker 1 (14:07):
To see his pitchcownt maybe go two or three or
something right. Interestingly enough, Danny, before the season started, do
you remember we talked about how like, oh, magog, what
are the Dodgers over under? What are they gonna win
one hundred and ten twenty games? Dodgers may win ninety
games maybe if they get cold that what ninety ninety
two tops like the Dodgers. I mean, you need to
(14:29):
chill because your mets are terrible because their expectations were
really high too. Oh yeah, no doubt, My mets are
super high. My mets are probably the big letdown of
it might be the biggest letdown of the season. If
you get into the postseason, spend all that money on
one Soto, yeah, and all the key players and Alonso
at the end like that, they were expected to be
way better when you when you get into the postseason,
then it's a new start, so you almost forgive. But
(14:51):
I think the Dodgers might be top of the pack
because we all if you would have said, I'll give
you the odds of ninety five games over under, you
would have bet your house on over ninety something games.
Dodgers are eighty four and sixty six twenties man twelve
games left. Even if they've given if they go eight
and four, they win ninety two games.
Speaker 3 (15:13):
Are So are we saying this about the Dodgers because
they're defending champs.
Speaker 1 (15:17):
Or defending champs end? Because we felt like they even
got more pieces in the offseason. And we're like, because
I remember we even had the conversation Vegas out of
it like over on their one hundred and four wins,
and we thought that was on present.
Speaker 2 (15:26):
You thought that when they signed Blake Snell.
Speaker 1 (15:28):
They signed Blake Snell, right, Oh my god, they're fourth
and fifth starters there other teams.
Speaker 2 (15:32):
Bass Snell has barely been on the field this season.
Speaker 1 (15:35):
That's true.
Speaker 3 (15:35):
But to your point of earlier when you were talking
about the Mets and some of the new guys up,
like we are we talking about the Dodgers because they're
the defending champs or because we know all of their names?
R there's like there's you know, the Bruises are the
best record in baseball for over two months, and there
is a very realistic opportunity that they could have played
(15:56):
their best baseball a month ago during that winning streak.
That would not be uncommon in baseball. But I don't
think that people are looking at them as a threat
because of the lineup that people don't know. And it's
a bunch of mix, you know, mix of.
Speaker 1 (16:09):
Gods and the guys that I know and you know
because we love baseball. But I guarantee the average baseball
the average sports fan that's like, yeah, I casually watched
baseball doesn't know like Jackson Curio, Yeah, and how great
that kid is, Like there's got the Brewers got ballers.
They're just not they don't have names like Aaron Judge
or Shoheo Tani or Wansto, but the Brewer's ball. So
this is gonna be.
Speaker 3 (16:28):
Exciting, And I actually think it works a little against
the Padres because their lack of success. Maybe we hold
it against them, but we know their players and their
lack of success and what they haven't haven't done, and
what could they could have done last year against the Dodgers.
So sometimes just taking sometimes can be a popularity contest
when we've seen other teams go on runs like you know,
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the Braves a few years back, and what Texas and
Arizona did a couple of years ago.
Speaker 1 (16:52):
Well, do only throw one more stat at you? And
that is since the inception of the wild card after
the strike, thirty baseball seasons, only seven times has the
best team in baseball went on to win the World Series.
Seven out of thirty has the best team went on
to win the World Series. So you're talking about twenty
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three of those thirty times, some team got hot, some
team that didn't expect, not the one hundred win team.
So that's why it's gonna get exciting. And I'm here
to pump you out this way saying, but it comes
down to who has the most dominant I promise you
one and two starters, I promise you possible three starters.
And that's where the Yankees look promising. I'm serious the
same way you pump us up for a fight night
(17:33):
when we might not know the people. For all the
football fans that are die hard, like guys that are
glued every football game there is, I promise you pay
a little more attention to baseball because what you got
coming up over the next week and a half of
pennant races and wildcard races and then the playoffs start.
Football and baseball combined should get you excited in your
pants at least for me. Is that weird? Maybe a
(17:56):
little bit. And I don't know if we're gonna have
time to talk about Mike Okay? Now thoughts on okay,
John Carlos buns, But uh, you know, if we have time,
we'll talk is it hot, hokey or awesome when it
comes to home run celebrations? Speaking of baseball, but we
still have to get into show Time Mahomes Trivia and
some baseball movies in tribute to Robert Redfu said it, buddy.
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we do this every week football season. It's time for
a little Showtime Mahomes Trivia. The mostly lovable Patrick Mahomes
truth is, I want everybody to love me, not just
the refs. It's time for some NFL trivia.
Speaker 2 (21:24):
I'm here, I'm here, Yes, we know you're here.
Speaker 1 (21:27):
All right, Patrick Mahomes here to play Showtime Homes Trivia.
Speaker 2 (21:31):
Fests our security walking our broke Patrick into the main studio.
Speaker 1 (21:35):
Yeah, man, what's up you guys talking smack Bouts Chiefs.
We're in about week three? Where about yourself?
Speaker 2 (21:43):
How you feeling after this? Uh?
Speaker 1 (21:45):
I'm feeling good. I got the magic slow start, you see.
I put it right in Kelsey's hands. He's the guy
slipping right now. That's what happens when you got too
much going.
Speaker 2 (21:53):
On, I'll throw your teammates under the bus.
Speaker 1 (21:55):
I mean, you know, why are people listening to this?
I didn't reize that.
Speaker 2 (22:00):
All right, let's meet the contestants. Twenty four time winner
Rich Davis right over there?
Speaker 1 (22:04):
What's Patrick's speaking of? Cheeks?
Speaker 2 (22:07):
Twenty one time champion Dan Byer Hello. Nine time winner
Spotty Boy in the house?
Speaker 1 (22:14):
Hey?
Speaker 2 (22:14):
Yeah, sorry? What's he?
Speaker 1 (22:16):
Guy? Sleeping over here.
Speaker 2 (22:18):
And looking to win a Seeing Our prize on the
studio lines? Patrick in Phoenix?
Speaker 1 (22:22):
Oh?
Speaker 2 (22:23):
Patrick? Patrick?
Speaker 1 (22:24):
Hey? Patrick?
Speaker 2 (22:24):
Yes? Patrick?
Speaker 1 (22:25):
I feel like Spotty boys just standing there like Kelsey
in the Super Bowl, Remember you just standing there, just
standing there. Now I'm hitting him in the numbers and
he's dropping it.
Speaker 2 (22:34):
How you doing? Patrick? Hey?
Speaker 1 (22:37):
What's up?
Speaker 2 (22:37):
Guys? Go be back?
Speaker 1 (22:40):
D Backs are trying to make a run man. Good
luck to you guys. See it up? Patrick?
Speaker 2 (22:43):
What do you? What do you do for a living
there in Phoenix? Oh?
Speaker 1 (22:47):
I do? Actually I'm driving a box nice Camino's down
the vending machine guy for years.
Speaker 2 (22:54):
Right. Here are the rules for Showtime Homes NFL Trivia.
The first contestant with two correct answers is the champ.
If there's a tie, we have a tie breaker question.
Your name is your buzzer, but you do have to
wait until all three possible answers are read. If there's
two wrong answers in a row, we move on to
the next question. Are you ready? Let's get it.
Speaker 1 (23:11):
Let's do it all right here, Patrick mahomes here. How
many NFL teams have some sort of animal in their names? Oh?
Think about the NFL. Okay, some type of animal A eleven,
B fifteen or C seventeen?
Speaker 2 (23:27):
Patrick, Patrick.
Speaker 3 (23:31):
Fifteen?
Speaker 2 (23:32):
You are correct?
Speaker 1 (23:34):
Oh man, mama bringing the boom.
Speaker 2 (23:38):
Patrick on the board, already halfway to a CNR in
their football All right? You want to name those teams
or you want me to name them?
Speaker 1 (23:44):
I got it. Bill's Dolphins, Eagles, Ravens, Bengals, Bears, Lions, Jaguars, Falcons, Panthers, Broncos, Cardinals, Rams, Colts,
and Seahawks.
Speaker 3 (23:54):
Oh my, the Bill's tricky though, because it's Buffalo. Is
the city name? Budget I think would come right? Yeah, yes,
Buffalo's Yeah, got the Bills.
Speaker 2 (24:05):
In there, all right? Round two and Patrick on the
board as we move on here.
Speaker 1 (24:10):
All right, what was that once quoted saying about mistakes. Hey,
the mistakes go away once you spend countless hours in
film study. B the league is making a big mistake
allowing the Eagles to grab cheeks and push each other's
butts or see. I'm just trying to learn from every
(24:30):
mistake that I make so I never make them again.
Speaker 2 (24:34):
Patrick Patrick, trying to sweep the board. See with the
no mistakes.
Speaker 1 (24:41):
You are a wow wow Wow.
Speaker 2 (24:44):
Didn't even let any of the other players get on
the field.
Speaker 1 (24:47):
Damn. And that's how I'm going to dominate the game
against the giants, big giant turns, that's what they are.
Speaker 2 (24:56):
Congratulations Patrick, thank you, thank you very much.
Speaker 1 (25:02):
The other oh that guy, Oh yeah, thank you, Ratt.
Speaker 2 (25:05):
And good luck in week three to you, broke Patrick.
Speaker 1 (25:08):
I got it. And as long as Kelsey's not playing
like buns, I think, I think we're good, and then
we'll take on the Ravens redeem ourselves and then you
guys will be kissing my ass I mean around the here. Yeah,
sorry about that, all right, guys, have a great week
letta Patrick Later, guys, all right, let's uh, let's go
to Dan Bayer for an update. What's up, dB? Wow,
what a game?
Speaker 2 (25:29):
Patrick is quick, dominating.
Speaker 1 (25:30):
Quick, little, quick, little game. Cholerace Patricks were on fire.
Speaker 3 (25:35):
Yeah, it was Saint Patrick's day here on Fox Sports Radio.
The NFL released the statement saying the Raiders limited partner
in Fox broadcaster Tom Brady did not break any NFL
rules by appearing in the team's coaches box during last
night's game against the Los Angeles Chargers. The Minnesota Viking
side quarterback Desmond Ritter and placed running back Aaron Jones
uninjured reserve with a hamstring injury. Well, the Bengals placed
(25:56):
quarterback Joe Burrow on IR and signed Brett Rippins their
active roster. Team also signed Betteran quarterbacks Mike White and
Sean Clifford to their practice squad. Bengals have the Vikings
in Week three, where we expect it to be Jake
Browning against Carson Wentz. The situation with JJ McCarthy is interesting.
We talked about this with the year nine Ers. Rich
in the schedule that they have because of a short
week and Week five against the Rams, the Vikings are
(26:17):
playing two games overseas. They play against the Steelers in Dublin,
Ireland in Week four, and then they'll play in Week
five against the Browns in London. So there is some
question on what do you do with JJ McCarthy just
because of the schedule that you're about to embark on.
Speaker 1 (26:34):
It. These are things that I guess you don't plan
for right obviously. So it leaves some teams in a
tricky situation as far as where to put guys.
Speaker 3 (26:42):
Yeah, absolutely, so something to at least watch. The note
from the Vikings is they did not place McCarthy on
injured reserve. They did with Aaron Jones, so they placed
him on reserve with a hamstring injury. Vikings have that
buy after those two international games there by coming up
in Week six. Buccaneers defensive lineman Elijah Cantsi will miss
(27:05):
the rest of the season with a torn peck muscle.
Dallas Stars guard Page Becker's named the WNBA's twenty twenty
five Rookie of the Year. The PGA Tours twenty twenty
six season opening event The Century will not be played
Atkapaloua on Maui because of drought conditions and an ongoing
water dispute between the course owners and the Islands water system.
Astro slugger Yourd Malvarezking to miss time with a significant
(27:26):
left ankle injury. Braves top the National six to three
in Game one of a doubleheader earlier today.
Speaker 1 (27:31):
Guys, back to you, Thank you you. Dan By here
the great ee. During the Mahomes showtime trivia, you talked
about how many mascots in the NFL are animals? How
many NFL teams have some sort of animal in their names.
The question do you guys all know? I think this
is more of an amateur question, but do you guys
know the one NFL logo that faces in the opposite
(27:53):
direction of the rest? Got it? You know? Just on
the top of your head, dan By, I'm guessing you knowssed.
You're a logo guy. There's a reason I know. I
wonder if you know the reason the one logo that
faces opposite every other one.
Speaker 3 (28:05):
I I'm gonna say Philadelphia Eagles.
Speaker 1 (28:09):
Are correct, right, But it's because they have an e
in the father. Yeah. But if you look at all
thirty two NFL logos, they're all facing to the right.
The eagle is looking to the left of all the
thirty two logos. So but it does make like you said,
the e of the feathers.
Speaker 3 (28:25):
So thank you DV for well the interesting thing like
if you look at it, Chiefs, if we can go
on this sort of thing, like the chief's helmet is
you have the arrow going left to right in both cases.
But it could also make sense if you just flipped
the case around and had the both arrowheads going forward
(28:45):
as well. But they don't.
Speaker 2 (28:46):
They don't do it like that.
Speaker 1 (28:47):
The Ravens, I believe each side of helmet is the
raven looking towards the the eyes of the player, or
is the raven reversed on something?
Speaker 3 (28:56):
You know what I'm saying, like, yes, if you're exactly
you're on the same exact.
Speaker 1 (28:59):
I know you're saying. Like some some teams replicate the
logo on both sides. Some yeah, I keep it, keep
the logo. I think the Ravens actually flip it because
I've seen the Ravens logo the opposite way. Am I
totally wrong? I don't know.
Speaker 2 (29:12):
No, you're right. The beak is going towards the front.
Speaker 3 (29:15):
Also, the is is put in a different spot when
it's when you're looking at it right to left.
Speaker 1 (29:22):
Thank you, d be appreciate you always now, Covino, we
lost the legend, Like you said, it's the reference our
grandparents and parents would always used before Brad Pitt was
mister hansome before, uh, who is it? For younger people?
Is like Zach Efron before he got all poofy faced,
like who is who is? Like the who's the answer for?
(29:43):
Like handsome guys? Please, just for the fun of it,
lock up Zach Effron on the cover of like like
a Prada ad or something. It's very interesting. Is he
like Latino? Now I'm so confused. It's very photoshop. I
don't know. Anyway, he's super handsome and ripped. But for
years it was Brad Pitt, and then before that it
was Robert Redford forever. Yeah, your grandmother would be like
(30:06):
Robert Redford. In fact, my mom hit me up. It's
like it's so sad. That's like Tom Cruise passing. You
don't understand. That was me and your father's first date
when we saw the Sting. And you know, he's the natural,
He's the WonderBoy, is a great life at ninety eighty
nine years old. So based on that, it's like a
(30:26):
two part, doozy, two part sort of question. Maybe we
could save one for another day, But is The Natural
the best baseball movie of all time? That's the first
question that comes to mind. And then I saw two
Jibbroni's two Goons in a Room I think was the podcast.
There's a podcast called the Rewatchables talking about who's the
(30:47):
sports goat, the sports movie goat, sports movie, got sports
movie goat? So what actor you're saying, what actor has
dominated more than one sports movie? Because there's a guy
that comes to mind, but then there's a few other
guys that make you say hmm so, So based on that,
we pay tribute and homage to the wonder boy himself,
(31:08):
Robert Redford. We do it next right here on the
Covino en Rich showgram program. Thank you, Thank you Ryan
for playing some Major League soundtrack, Because when Covino sued
is The Natural the best baseball movie? My first thought was,
how can you put that when Major League exists.
Speaker 2 (31:29):
To two different categories though one's uh a slapstick comedy
and the other is a drama.
Speaker 1 (31:35):
Plus Rich didn't see the movie when it sort of mattered. Yeah,
that's true. I only watch A Natural later as an adult,
so yeah, you're right.
Speaker 2 (31:43):
Maybe that is Yeah, through the eyes of a kid, Covino,
that changed how we felt about baseball. When we were
that age.
Speaker 1 (31:49):
No, I'm more of a fan of Willie Mays Hay
Cover off the balls, mattch something really magical.
Speaker 2 (31:54):
He want the bat, he want the kid. The bat
Boy walked his bat out to Roy Hobbs one.
Speaker 1 (32:01):
Roy, Yeah, carved himself out of a tree struck by lightning.
The WonderBoy, wonder Boy. I thought I wanted the WonderBoy
bat one day Man. That inspired kids growing up watching
that movie The Natural the soundtrack. That's a powerful, powerful
moment when he's jogging around the bases and the night
sky and it's exploding. Dude, it's amazing. You're gonna compare
that to Roger Dorn and his old legs? Simpleton answer?
(32:24):
You know, like, are you gonna compare that to wild Thing?
Rick Vaughan play that classic music for a second Major League?
But when you're comparing it to like a classic like that,
I don't know if it really compares. So it's a
two part doozy. Maybe we could save one for another day,
Like I said.
Speaker 2 (32:41):
Turn that up for a second, like Rich when the
ball is still flying through the air after the lights
are all exploding. Man that we played that VHS tape out.
We wore it out for real.
Speaker 1 (32:53):
It's it's an emotional one. It's a great movie. Maybe
I need to rewatch it. You know what. I watched
recently again for the first time in probably twenty years,
on one of our road trips, one of our the
Scout I don't know something lame, No, no, you dumbass.
I watched Mister Destiny. That's a great movie. Mitchell, tell
me that mister Destiny's better than the Natural. Supposed to
sit here and be like, yeah, man, you got a point.
(33:13):
Mister Destiny is a hell of a movie. I'm not
saying it's not, but but it's not. You. You come
here like Angels in the outfield compares and it's like, no,
it does well is in. We were on a recent
Covino on Rich trip. I forgot where we went with
Fox Sports, but you and I were on a flight
and oh MLB All Star Game. I watched Field of
(33:33):
Dreams for the first time in like twenty years, and
Spot was sitting next to me and he teared up
watching me watch it. It was like I didn't even
need to hear it. I just it made me cry
just watching those scenes. So I beget it. Some of
those scenes are fantastic, and maybe I need to watch
wonder Boy again. Maybe I need to watch wonder Boy
much other meaning of your how was I wonder Boy? Man?
Speaker 2 (33:56):
Dude, he struck out the whammer.
Speaker 1 (33:58):
Yeah, dude, it's worth the watch. It's like a Babe Beaver.
Speaker 2 (34:01):
He struck out Babe Ruth.
Speaker 1 (34:02):
Yeah, he struck out Babe Ruth in the movie. It's
kind of cool.
Speaker 2 (34:05):
When he was a nobody, they were like on the
side of a train.
Speaker 1 (34:07):
Oh, who's this guy? So I saw it's a two
part doozy in honor of Robert Redford who passed away
eighty nine. Jebediah Johnson himself. By the way, it's not
Zach Gelifanakis, the very famous gift that you see the
guy smiling. Only idiots think that thought Robert Redford with
a beard. It's Robert Redford with a beard. If you
thought that was Zach Alfanakas, kick yourself in the head
(34:28):
with your own croc. The Rewatchables apparently is a podcast,
So I'll pose this. I got this from another podcast,
and I thought it was a good thought because I
share the thought. Yeah, when it comes to sports movie goats,
I think there's an answer, who comes to mind? All right,
I'll give you my answer. My answer is, if you're
asking me who seemed like, because I have two layers,
(34:49):
let me not Robert Redford. I believe he is part
of maybe one of the greatest baseball movies of all time.
But who's me sports movie goat? Let me give my answer,
But it's twofold, okay. If it's based off of one performance,
I think simply based on his mechanics, how natural he
came across pun intended natural. I think Charlie Sheen winning
(35:13):
winning Charlie Sheen in Major League was the best single performance.
But if you're asking me, who's been in more than
one sports movie and dominates, I feel like Dennis Quaid
is like great in every baseball movie or sports movie
he's done. So you know what man answer, I agree
with Richard, that's scary because Dennis Quaid is very convincing,
as like a sure whatever he is in a sports movie,
(35:36):
Dennis Quaid really does come. I knew the answer would
be Kevin Costner, and that's what the Rewatchable sort of
agreed on. I thought they said, because he has seven
like really great sports movies. They counted seven. He's a
good athlete and I can't debate that, but I have
to say Dennis Quaid is more convincing. Now, why do
you have me down on your page? Bernie Mac and
mister three thousand? You know what I want you to
(35:58):
think about it? Who's the second movie? Who's the sports movie? Goat?
And is based on Roy Hobbs, Robert Redford is the Natural?
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That's expresspros dot com and listen. Of course, there's gonna
be a lot of you know, middle aged or older
people that are like you're the Natural or this. That
doesn't make them wrong, Bro, It makes your answer, I
think a little more silly. Major League is great. You're
gonna compare. You're comparing a silly movie, which is one
of my favorites. Ask you a really great movie. It
the difference the following question, and then answer it. If
(37:05):
I've said, Cavino, oh, the Yankees are rained out, which
they're not, by the way, But if they were, and
I said, you have two hours and your assignment is
you must watch a baseball movie right now. Today today,
Robert Redford passing away, and I haven't seen The Natural
in a minute, it would be The Natural today. That's
(37:25):
a no BS response today. If it wasn't this day
that we honor Robert Redford and I had just seen
The Natural, then it probably would be Major League because
it's like a light, easy, breezy, like you could quote it.
I believe that, even when it's played on TV, I'm
one of the few people that even like Major League two.
I mean, I get Omar Reps's no Willie Mays Hayes,
(37:47):
but I still think the plot line of two was
pretty fun. I mean, remember the catcher who couldn't throw
the ball unless they showed him a Playboy magazine. He
had the yips, And you know, there were some good
storylines in Major League two. I thought it was still
like a decent movie. I believe that was there. I
like Major League three, Back to the minors, that's what
you lost me. That great you have You Have No
Marbles one? I think it is Baseball movie the Asian Player.
(38:09):
That might be the second one. Actually the Asian Player
You Have No Marbles is great? Okay, but oh, can't
we have like a real conversation for a minute though,
and say, like, everybody has their personal favorites, so you're
allowed to say my personal favorite is Major League But like,
isn't there something like a realistic best, Like if you're
gonna say a realistic best, like your your your favorite
(38:30):
movie might be Happy Gilmore, great sports movie. Yeah, Adam Sandler,
the Sandman is in a lot of sports movies, water Boy,
Happy Gilmore. What's the other football movie he's in, Uh,
the one that he's in a few the basketball movie Hustle.
So Happy Gilmour might be your favorite movie, by like,
(38:52):
it's not the greatest movie, that's just Rich's favorite movie.
I like it when you really talk in a serious conversation. No,
you think The Natural carries more weight than Major League?
It really is like comparing like dumb dumber.
Speaker 2 (39:06):
It should be two categories. One best sports drama of
all time, best sports comedy of all time.
Speaker 1 (39:11):
No, that's what I'm saying. Riches given me his personal
favorite as to like, what is really the best.
Speaker 2 (39:17):
Because people have argued for years between Field of Dreams
and The Natural, that's the two best baseball dramas.
Speaker 1 (39:24):
Jenny, I can't argue that sentiment that serious baseball. I
can't argue that you love Major League the best that's
your preference. Could I give you one more? I was
gonna say, you know what else is a great serious
baseball movie for the love of the game. Kevin Costner,
Another Kevin Costner. That's why they're saying, is the sports
moves a little bit more drama and it's a great movie.
(39:45):
A lot of people like Eight Man Out as far
as serious movies. I thought that was a boring movie.
Didn't like it as much. I think it's and I
love Field of dream League of their own. I don't
like you. I don't like that. I don't know why
I never got into it, but you know what I
did like sixty one the Roger Marrison really under rated.
Crystal was great with Barry Pepper. Billy Crystal made it.
I got one question. I'm curious, what if we go
(40:05):
around the room. There's five of us in the room
right now, I'm gonna give you a movie. I want
you to tell me if you consider it a baseball
movie or is it not? Because I feel like such
a big part of the movie was on the baseball diamond.
Do you think Naked Gun would be considered a baseball movie? No?
A good half hour that movie, A good half hour movie. No,
(40:26):
the last half hour of that movie. I must kill
the Queen Reggie Jackson. That's like saying The Attraction is
an Easter movie because the bunny Rabbit. Yeah, there's a
baseball element involved, it's not a baseball movie. Come on, Rica, Plazzo,
Armando Krishone. All right, so think about let us know
(40:46):
exactly at Covino and Rich at Fox Sports Radio. Who's
your sports movie though? Is it? Clearly Costner? But what's
the best baseball movie of all time? Is it the
late greats Robert Redford's The Natural. We'll see you guys Manyana.
Have a great Tuesday night, enjoy some tacos. We'll see
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Now we're gonna play Showtime Mahomes Trivia this hour and
we'll talk some baseball movies. Rest in peace. Robert Redford,
the guy that was synonymous with handsome for most of
(01:49):
our life until Brad Pitt became a thing. Yeah, he
was like our grandparents and parents reference like, he's handsome,
Robert Redford. Your grandma called them wonder buns. It's going
to say we know him as Roy Hobbs, Roy Hobbs,
the wonder boy. So rest in peace. Legend. I think
he started his career because there's a very famous Twilight
(02:11):
Zone episode called night Caller and He's Death. I think
it's called night Caller. He's Death and he comes knocking
on the old lady's door, and he's a young Robert Redford.
You always see these on the New Year's marathons. And then,
of course he became one of the greatest actors and
most handsome leading men and directors, an Oscar Award winner, WonderBoy,
(02:32):
no doubt Robert Redford. So we'll talk about some baseball
movies later on, But back to you. Yeah, Dicky doodle boy,
I do want to talk baseball. In a second, you
want to talk Michael Kay. I do want to talk
Michael Kay. I want to talk Wildcard. I want to
talk baseball. But I'm seeing a lot of people talk
about the Chiefs oh and two for the first time
in over a decade, first time they started own two
(02:53):
since twenty fourteen. And I want to just point out
the importance of this game this week, Week three against
the Giants. Now, I feel like nothing's to guarantee, but
I feel like I'm gonna roll heavy with the Chiefs
this week as much as I'm enjoying Russell Wilson a
men's warehouse, say you're gonna love the way you look,
(03:15):
and they guarantee it. You know what, do I want
to give a men's warehouse guarantee? Do I want to
give a uh? Do I want to give a George
Forman guarantee?
Speaker 2 (03:24):
Oh?
Speaker 1 (03:24):
The George Forman guarantee is the highest form of guarantee,
So be careful. I guarantee you. But with the Chiefs,
I know you don't want to look ahead, and dB,
you know I love me some schedule watching, Danny g
You guys make fun of me for schedule watching, but
after I make funny you for Mets watching, because that's
as hopeless. It's fair point. It's called a waste of time.
(03:46):
But if you do want to look ahead, after the
Giants game on Sunday Night football, the Chiefs have to
host the Ravens. You can't go into that Ravens game.
Oh and three, you can't. I mean this is this
is as well. There's a lot of buzz about how
the league won't let it happen for as early as
it is in the season. You can't allow the Giants
(04:08):
to think they have a chance in this game, you
got to game plan a different way. So I anticipate
this being like one of my favorite bets of the week.
I mean, the Chiefs at the Giants is our hope
for New York to end vit JNA.
Speaker 3 (04:21):
You can't imagine a world where Kansas City would be
oh to three with Patrick Mahomes and Navy Reid there.
Speaker 1 (04:27):
And then having to go play the Ravens in Week four. Right.
Speaker 3 (04:32):
Yes, the Giants, even though Dallas put up forty on
them in overtime, do have some players on defense. And
I don't know how much of the Chiefs problems are
solved just because of what they are offensively, but I
would side with your way of thinking on this.
Speaker 1 (04:49):
Yeah, I mean it seems like that's a pretty big
lock for Week three. However, how wild would it be
for the NFL if the Chiefs started own three and
then you knew that they were facing the Ravens. So
just there's always some every game has a great storyline
in the NFL, and I'm feeling that way about baseball
right now. With twelve games to go, there is a
(05:10):
wildcard hunt. My Mets are clinging onto deer life. They
won on a Pedalanzo walk off on Sunday. That was big.
And now you're looking at the final stretch of games,
a lot of teams are playing each other, a lot
of key matchups. Yankees, you're almost giving the division to
the Blue Jays at this point, and you're just hoping
for that number one. Wildcards are your home I mean,
(05:32):
I guess. So that's how it's looking because the Blue
Jays keep winning. Yankees keep dropping stupid games to teams
like the Twins. No offense to our boss who loves
the Twins, but those are the games you can't lose
as of right now. As you know, the playoff format
of Major League Baseball, the one and two seed get
a buye. The third division winner has to host a
(05:53):
wildcard round as well as the best wildcard winner. So
the best wildcard winner and the worst division winner are
sort of in the same boat. There's no like you're
in the same position of you the best wildcard winner
and the worst division winner. So as of right now,
if the season ended right now, could be now, yeah,
the Yankees and Seattle would host the wildcard round and
(06:17):
they'd battle of the top al MVP contenders and you
know who they would battle against division rivals, the Red
Sox and the Yanks, and the Astros and the Mariners.
So you're looking at some potential really great wildcard matchups.
And then over in the NL you're looking at the
(06:37):
two teams getting a bye. No one would have ever
thought this the Brewers. You might have thought the Phillies,
but Brewers and Phillies are pretty much locks for the
most part for those one and two seeds, which means
the Dodgers would host the worst wildcard, which as of
right now would be the New York Mets, and then
you got the best wildcard. The Cubs would be hosting
(07:00):
the Padres. And these are all great matchups for Major
League Baseball. Think about that Padres going into Wrigley Yankees
and the Mets coming out here to La Mets, Dodgers, Yankees,
Red Sox, Mariners, Astros and Cubs Padres.
Speaker 2 (07:16):
Man.
Speaker 1 (07:17):
Yeah, those are pretty good matches. And think about the
hype we had last year. No Locke whatsoever for the
Mets because they only have a one and a half
two game lead over who's behind them. I don't My
point was it seemed like it seemed last year like
the Dodgers had it all right, so it's like, how
are we going to bring down the Dodgers? This year
is anybody's game, anybody's series. So I think we're going
(07:40):
to all be pulled in even harder in the next
few weeks. Yeah, and Jesse, it got crazy last year.
Just to point out how close that NL is. I'm
saying the Mets with pure hope in my voice because
they are only again two games in the lost column
over teams that are chasing them. The Diamondbacks are playing
five hundred baseball. But while they are the closest teams
(08:02):
to the Mets and the wildcard hunt, as of right
now hold on the wild card has the Arizona Diamondbacks
are actually seventy six and seventy five, a game and
a half behind the Mets. This is where you start
schedule watching. Look could the Diamondbacks have over the final
week and a half. If the Diamondbacks somehow find a
way to make the playoffs, they freaking earned it because
they play the Giants, Then the Diamondbacks have to play
(08:27):
the Phillies, the Dodgers, and the Padres. Yeah, not happening. Phillies,
Dodgers and Padres. What a And again there's seventy six
and seventy five, so they'd have to play big against
the best teams in the NLT even make it, they'd
have to play big. If they do, I get it,
then then you deserve it. And the Giants. I'm banking
(08:47):
on Danny G's Dodgers because the Giants have to play
a four game set at Dodger Stadium. So I'm banking
as a Mets fan, on the Dodgers whooping the Giants
at least three of those four Danny split it at
least three or four. And then the weird wild card
pun intended are the Reds, who are just sitting there.
(09:07):
It's seventy five and seventy five. The Reds are seventy
five and seventy five, playing no better than five hundred baseball.
They are the definition one hundred and fifty games in
five hundred. They play the Cardinals, the Cubs, Pirates, and Brewers.
They play all on their division. So just a really
interesting final stretch for Major League Baseball. Over the next
(09:29):
two weeks. It's going to be intense. We'll be talking
about it series matters, and they're all playing each other
because the Mets gets tough the Mets play over the
final stretch, they play the Cubbies, they play the Padres.
The Mets, however, do look out and they play the
Nationals at City Field for three games. So hopefully that
looks like you could win two out of three, three
out of sweep, So we'll see. I'm just saying baseball
right now is hot. I know it's a football world,
(09:51):
and we love the NFL, but I think Major League
Baseball really delivered this year as far as all the
big teams are so close, there's no really dominant team
because even though you might say, well, you know, the
Brewers have the best record, as you said, you can't
see the Brewers matching up in a five or seven
game series the way you They're not going to dominate someone. Yeah,
(10:14):
but you know what, I also thought Terrence Crawford wouldn't
step up against Canelos. So you never know until you
see it. I know that sounds obvious, but it's true. TB.
You're a you're a you know, a Brewers fan.
Speaker 3 (10:24):
I look at it the opposite way, like, I think
that five game series is tricky for them, but I
think that they're they're pitching their bullpen. Yeah, maybe wasn't
as great as it was earlier in the season. But
I think that they're starting pitching is better than what
anybody else would have to bring to the plate.
Speaker 1 (10:42):
Or does reality slap them in the ass?
Speaker 3 (10:44):
I don't know.
Speaker 2 (10:45):
Yeah, we don't know.
Speaker 1 (10:47):
But Rich back here. But let me just tell you though,
this is my total Mets homer. Take just for a
second that we'll move on. The Mets are throwing all
these young kids, and there's a weird advantage to team's
never getting a look like McClain no one's no one's
(11:07):
seen this kid yet. Nolan McLain, no one has seen
him is is the best in baseball history. After five
six starts, he's over forty strikeouts, the kids dealing, and
then you got Sprote, who is another young pitcher for
the Mets, and you and you know Jonah Than got
roughed up one game, but you have him and you
(11:28):
know Manaia and if Senga comes back, like I feel like,
I still feel I hope that my kids, yeah, ready
for that big moment. You don't know that you'll never know,
not battle tested for that moment yet. But again, just
did they come through? Absolutely, just a great time for
the Mets and Danny Jenny g You've talked about all
the year pitching for your Dodgers. If a if a
series started today, who you throwing? Is it? Yamamoto? Game
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one is do you put Otani in the starting rotation
for a playoffs?
Speaker 2 (11:55):
Here? Yeah, that's what it looks like right now. Yamamoto
Glass now are the one and it should be the
one in two. The question for the Dodgers, and I
sent you the article earlier today, there's speculation about would
you use Otani out of the bullpen the closer as
a middle guy postseason? Primarily as a closer because the
two closures they have right now in Tanner Scott and
(12:16):
Blake Trinan are both struggling.
Speaker 1 (12:18):
Well, I don't think there's any debate on you use
Otani where you think you'll need him most, which might
be coming out giving you mornings in the bullpen. Have
him on standby, because that's why you're paying the guy.
That's why he got this ridiculous contract. For moments like
right now like you need him more than ever to
be that guy. CO have a guy that the Mets
(12:39):
got from your Yankees. Does a guy like Clay Holmes,
now who was in the rotational year. Does he become
valuable out of the pen, because his whole career before
now has been hey, all hands out decks. It's not
time to be a prima. Don't time to like do
whatever the team needs. You know how fired up I
get about football. Football is my favorite, but right now
it's so hard not to feel so excited about not
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just your own team, but the baseball playoffs are such
a special time because and especially this season, because it's anybody,
it's anybody's the power team that's dominant. The power teams
are all lacking something. Yankees, Dodgers, they're all lacking something.
And there's some young teams that you're like, oh, do
they got the juice? And you know that these three
game wildcard series could go anyway? And then the divisionals
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are always fun. So baseball and football at the same time.
This is like I feel like, uh, I feel like
how I felt they get a strip club in my twenties,
a candy store is a kid. I feel like just overwhelmed,
like looking around, like, geez, too much to watch.
Speaker 2 (13:35):
It's interesting too. Is Covino pointed out that last year
you felt like the Dodgers were the odd odds on favorite,
But he didn't even feel like that to us Dodger fans,
to be honest with you, because of those bullpen games.
Didn't know those were going to be as successful as
they turned out to be. In that article that I referenced,
the writer from MLB dot com was saying that the
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Dodgers could use O Tawny as the first guy of
a bullpen game. Yeah, if they want to go that
route with like Shean, he could go coming out, he
could go.
Speaker 1 (14:07):
To see his pitchcownt maybe go two or three or
something right. Interestingly enough, Danny, before the season started, do
you remember we talked about how like, oh, magog, what
are the Dodgers over under? What are they gonna win
one hundred and ten twenty games? Dodgers may win ninety
games maybe if they get cold that what ninety ninety
two tops like the Dodgers. I mean, you need to
(14:29):
chill because your mets are terrible because their expectations were
really high too. Oh yeah, no doubt, My mets are
super high. My mets are probably the big letdown of
it might be the biggest letdown of the season. If
you get into the postseason, spend all that money on
one Soto, yeah, and all the key players and Alonso
at the end like that, they were expected to be
way better when you when you get into the postseason,
then it's a new start, so you almost forgive. But
(14:51):
I think the Dodgers might be top of the pack
because we all if you would have said, I'll give
you the odds of ninety five games over under, you
would have bet your house on over ninety something games.
Dodgers are eighty four and sixty six twenties man twelve
games left. Even if they've given if they go eight
and four, they win ninety two games.
Speaker 3 (15:13):
Are So are we saying this about the Dodgers because
they're defending champs.
Speaker 1 (15:17):
Or defending champs end? Because we felt like they even
got more pieces in the offseason. And we're like, because
I remember we even had the conversation Vegas out of
it like over on their one hundred and four wins,
and we thought that was on present.
Speaker 2 (15:26):
You thought that when they signed Blake Snell.
Speaker 1 (15:28):
They signed Blake Snell, right, Oh my god, they're fourth
and fifth starters there other teams.
Speaker 2 (15:32):
Bass Snell has barely been on the field this season.
Speaker 1 (15:35):
That's true.
Speaker 3 (15:35):
But to your point of earlier when you were talking
about the Mets and some of the new guys up,
like we are we talking about the Dodgers because they're
the defending champs or because we know all of their names?
R there's like there's you know, the Bruises are the
best record in baseball for over two months, and there
is a very realistic opportunity that they could have played
(15:56):
their best baseball a month ago during that winning streak.
That would not be uncommon in baseball. But I don't
think that people are looking at them as a threat
because of the lineup that people don't know. And it's
a bunch of mix, you know, mix of.
Speaker 1 (16:09):
Gods and the guys that I know and you know
because we love baseball. But I guarantee the average baseball
the average sports fan that's like, yeah, I casually watched
baseball doesn't know like Jackson Curio, Yeah, and how great
that kid is, Like there's got the Brewers got ballers.
They're just not they don't have names like Aaron Judge
or Shoheo Tani or Wansto, but the Brewer's ball. So
this is gonna be.
Speaker 3 (16:28):
Exciting, And I actually think it works a little against
the Padres because their lack of success. Maybe we hold
it against them, but we know their players and their
lack of success and what they haven't haven't done, and
what could they could have done last year against the Dodgers.
So sometimes just taking sometimes can be a popularity contest
when we've seen other teams go on runs like you know,
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the Braves a few years back, and what Texas and
Arizona did a couple of years ago.
Speaker 1 (16:52):
Well, do only throw one more stat at you? And
that is since the inception of the wild card after
the strike, thirty baseball seasons, only seven times has the
best team in baseball went on to win the World Series.
Seven out of thirty has the best team went on
to win the World Series. So you're talking about twenty
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three of those thirty times, some team got hot, some
team that didn't expect, not the one hundred win team.
So that's why it's gonna get exciting. And I'm here
to pump you out this way saying, but it comes
down to who has the most dominant I promise you
one and two starters, I promise you possible three starters.
And that's where the Yankees look promising. I'm serious the
same way you pump us up for a fight night
(17:33):
when we might not know the people. For all the
football fans that are die hard, like guys that are
glued every football game there is, I promise you pay
a little more attention to baseball because what you got
coming up over the next week and a half of
pennant races and wildcard races and then the playoffs start.
Football and baseball combined should get you excited in your
pants at least for me. Is that weird? Maybe a
(17:56):
little bit. And I don't know if we're gonna have
time to talk about Mike Okay? Now thoughts on okay,
John Carlos buns, But uh, you know, if we have time,
we'll talk is it hot, hokey or awesome when it
comes to home run celebrations? Speaking of baseball, but we
still have to get into show Time Mahomes Trivia and
some baseball movies in tribute to Robert Redfu said it, buddy.
(18:19):
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to play show Time with Homes Trivia's multiple choice hosted
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You're talking about the team's not really knowing what this
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we do this every week football season. It's time for
a little Showtime Mahomes Trivia. The mostly lovable Patrick Mahomes
truth is, I want everybody to love me, not just
the refs. It's time for some NFL trivia.
Speaker 2 (21:24):
I'm here, I'm here, Yes, we know you're here.
Speaker 1 (21:27):
All right, Patrick Mahomes here to play Showtime Homes Trivia.
Speaker 2 (21:31):
Fests our security walking our broke Patrick into the main studio.
Speaker 1 (21:35):
Yeah, man, what's up you guys talking smack Bouts Chiefs.
We're in about week three? Where about yourself?
Speaker 2 (21:43):
How you feeling after this? Uh?
Speaker 1 (21:45):
I'm feeling good. I got the magic slow start, you see.
I put it right in Kelsey's hands. He's the guy
slipping right now. That's what happens when you got too
much going.
Speaker 2 (21:53):
On, I'll throw your teammates under the bus.
Speaker 1 (21:55):
I mean, you know, why are people listening to this?
I didn't reize that.
Speaker 2 (22:00):
All right, let's meet the contestants. Twenty four time winner
Rich Davis right over there?
Speaker 1 (22:04):
What's Patrick's speaking of? Cheeks?
Speaker 2 (22:07):
Twenty one time champion Dan Byer Hello. Nine time winner
Spotty Boy in the house?
Speaker 1 (22:14):
Hey?
Speaker 2 (22:14):
Yeah, sorry? What's he?
Speaker 1 (22:16):
Guy? Sleeping over here.
Speaker 2 (22:18):
And looking to win a Seeing Our prize on the
studio lines? Patrick in Phoenix?
Speaker 1 (22:22):
Oh?
Speaker 2 (22:23):
Patrick? Patrick?
Speaker 1 (22:24):
Hey? Patrick?
Speaker 2 (22:24):
Yes? Patrick?
Speaker 1 (22:25):
I feel like Spotty boys just standing there like Kelsey
in the Super Bowl, Remember you just standing there, just
standing there. Now I'm hitting him in the numbers and
he's dropping it.
Speaker 2 (22:34):
How you doing? Patrick? Hey?
Speaker 1 (22:37):
What's up?
Speaker 2 (22:37):
Guys? Go be back?
Speaker 1 (22:40):
D Backs are trying to make a run man. Good
luck to you guys. See it up? Patrick?
Speaker 2 (22:43):
What do you? What do you do for a living
there in Phoenix? Oh?
Speaker 1 (22:47):
I do? Actually I'm driving a box nice Camino's down
the vending machine guy for years.
Speaker 2 (22:54):
Right. Here are the rules for Showtime Homes NFL Trivia.
The first contestant with two correct answers is the champ.
If there's a tie, we have a tie breaker question.
Your name is your buzzer, but you do have to
wait until all three possible answers are read. If there's
two wrong answers in a row, we move on to
the next question. Are you ready? Let's get it.
Speaker 1 (23:11):
Let's do it all right here, Patrick mahomes here. How
many NFL teams have some sort of animal in their names? Oh?
Think about the NFL. Okay, some type of animal A eleven,
B fifteen or C seventeen?
Speaker 2 (23:27):
Patrick, Patrick.
Speaker 3 (23:31):
Fifteen?
Speaker 2 (23:32):
You are correct?
Speaker 1 (23:34):
Oh man, mama bringing the boom.
Speaker 2 (23:38):
Patrick on the board, already halfway to a CNR in
their football All right? You want to name those teams
or you want me to name them?
Speaker 1 (23:44):
I got it. Bill's Dolphins, Eagles, Ravens, Bengals, Bears, Lions, Jaguars, Falcons, Panthers, Broncos, Cardinals, Rams, Colts,
and Seahawks.
Speaker 3 (23:54):
Oh my, the Bill's tricky though, because it's Buffalo. Is
the city name? Budget I think would come right? Yeah, yes,
Buffalo's Yeah, got the Bills.
Speaker 2 (24:05):
In there, all right? Round two and Patrick on the
board as we move on here.
Speaker 1 (24:10):
All right, what was that once quoted saying about mistakes. Hey,
the mistakes go away once you spend countless hours in
film study. B the league is making a big mistake
allowing the Eagles to grab cheeks and push each other's
butts or see. I'm just trying to learn from every
(24:30):
mistake that I make so I never make them again.
Speaker 2 (24:34):
Patrick Patrick, trying to sweep the board. See with the
no mistakes.
Speaker 1 (24:41):
You are a wow wow Wow.
Speaker 2 (24:44):
Didn't even let any of the other players get on
the field.
Speaker 1 (24:47):
Damn. And that's how I'm going to dominate the game
against the giants, big giant turns, that's what they are.
Speaker 2 (24:56):
Congratulations Patrick, thank you, thank you very much.
Speaker 1 (25:02):
The other oh that guy, Oh yeah, thank you, Ratt.
Speaker 2 (25:05):
And good luck in week three to you, broke Patrick.
Speaker 1 (25:08):
I got it. And as long as Kelsey's not playing
like buns, I think, I think we're good, and then
we'll take on the Ravens redeem ourselves and then you
guys will be kissing my ass I mean around the here. Yeah,
sorry about that, all right, guys, have a great week
letta Patrick Later, guys, all right, let's uh, let's go
to Dan Bayer for an update. What's up, dB? Wow,
what a game?
Speaker 2 (25:29):
Patrick is quick, dominating.
Speaker 1 (25:30):
Quick, little, quick, little game. Cholerace Patricks were on fire.
Speaker 3 (25:35):
Yeah, it was Saint Patrick's day here on Fox Sports Radio.
The NFL released the statement saying the Raiders limited partner
in Fox broadcaster Tom Brady did not break any NFL
rules by appearing in the team's coaches box during last
night's game against the Los Angeles Chargers. The Minnesota Viking
side quarterback Desmond Ritter and placed running back Aaron Jones
uninjured reserve with a hamstring injury. Well, the Bengals placed
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quarterback Joe Burrow on IR and signed Brett Rippins their
active roster. Team also signed Betteran quarterbacks Mike White and
Sean Clifford to their practice squad. Bengals have the Vikings
in Week three, where we expect it to be Jake
Browning against Carson Wentz. The situation with JJ McCarthy is interesting.
We talked about this with the year nine Ers. Rich
in the schedule that they have because of a short
week and Week five against the Rams, the Vikings are
(26:17):
playing two games overseas. They play against the Steelers in Dublin,
Ireland in Week four, and then they'll play in Week
five against the Browns in London. So there is some
question on what do you do with JJ McCarthy just
because of the schedule that you're about to embark on.
Speaker 1 (26:34):
It. These are things that I guess you don't plan
for right obviously. So it leaves some teams in a
tricky situation as far as where to put guys.
Speaker 3 (26:42):
Yeah, absolutely, so something to at least watch. The note
from the Vikings is they did not place McCarthy on
injured reserve. They did with Aaron Jones, so they placed
him on reserve with a hamstring injury. Vikings have that
buy after those two international games there by coming up
in Week six. Buccaneers defensive lineman Elijah Cantsi will miss
(27:05):
the rest of the season with a torn peck muscle.
Dallas Stars guard Page Becker's named the WNBA's twenty twenty
five Rookie of the Year. The PGA Tours twenty twenty
six season opening event The Century will not be played
Atkapaloua on Maui because of drought conditions and an ongoing
water dispute between the course owners and the Islands water system.
Astro slugger Yourd Malvarezking to miss time with a significant
(27:26):
left ankle injury. Braves top the National six to three
in Game one of a doubleheader earlier today.
Speaker 1 (27:31):
Guys, back to you, Thank you you. Dan By here
the great ee. During the Mahomes showtime trivia, you talked
about how many mascots in the NFL are animals? How
many NFL teams have some sort of animal in their names.
The question do you guys all know? I think this
is more of an amateur question, but do you guys
know the one NFL logo that faces in the opposite
(27:53):
direction of the rest? Got it? You know? Just on
the top of your head, dan By, I'm guessing you knowssed.
You're a logo guy. There's a reason I know. I
wonder if you know the reason the one logo that
faces opposite every other one.
Speaker 3 (28:05):
I I'm gonna say Philadelphia Eagles.
Speaker 1 (28:09):
Are correct, right, But it's because they have an e
in the father. Yeah. But if you look at all
thirty two NFL logos, they're all facing to the right.
The eagle is looking to the left of all the
thirty two logos. So but it does make like you said,
the e of the feathers.
Speaker 3 (28:25):
So thank you DV for well the interesting thing like
if you look at it, Chiefs, if we can go
on this sort of thing, like the chief's helmet is
you have the arrow going left to right in both cases.
But it could also make sense if you just flipped
the case around and had the both arrowheads going forward
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as well. But they don't.
Speaker 2 (28:46):
They don't do it like that.
Speaker 1 (28:47):
The Ravens, I believe each side of helmet is the
raven looking towards the the eyes of the player, or
is the raven reversed on something?
Speaker 3 (28:56):
You know what I'm saying, like, yes, if you're exactly
you're on the same exact.
Speaker 1 (28:59):
I know you're saying. Like some some teams replicate the
logo on both sides. Some yeah, I keep it, keep
the logo. I think the Ravens actually flip it because
I've seen the Ravens logo the opposite way. Am I
totally wrong? I don't know.
Speaker 2 (29:12):
No, you're right. The beak is going towards the front.
Speaker 3 (29:15):
Also, the is is put in a different spot when
it's when you're looking at it right to left.
Speaker 1 (29:22):
Thank you, d be appreciate you always now, Covino, we
lost the legend, Like you said, it's the reference our
grandparents and parents would always used before Brad Pitt was
mister hansome before, uh, who is it? For younger people?
Is like Zach Efron before he got all poofy faced,
like who is who is? Like the who's the answer for?
(29:43):
Like handsome guys? Please, just for the fun of it,
lock up Zach Effron on the cover of like like
a Prada ad or something. It's very interesting. Is he
like Latino? Now I'm so confused. It's very photoshop. I
don't know. Anyway, he's super handsome and ripped. But for
years it was Brad Pitt, and then before that it
was Robert Redford forever. Yeah, your grandmother would be like
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Robert Redford. In fact, my mom hit me up. It's
like it's so sad. That's like Tom Cruise passing. You
don't understand. That was me and your father's first date
when we saw the Sting. And you know, he's the natural,
He's the WonderBoy, is a great life at ninety eighty
nine years old. So based on that, it's like a
(30:26):
two part, doozy, two part sort of question. Maybe we
could save one for another day, But is The Natural
the best baseball movie of all time? That's the first
question that comes to mind. And then I saw two
Jibbroni's two Goons in a Room I think was the podcast.
There's a podcast called the Rewatchables talking about who's the
(30:47):
sports goat, the sports movie goat, sports movie, got sports
movie goat? So what actor you're saying, what actor has
dominated more than one sports movie? Because there's a guy
that comes to mind, but then there's a few other
guys that make you say hmm so, So based on that,
we pay tribute and homage to the wonder boy himself,
(31:08):
Robert Redford. We do it next right here on the
Covino en Rich showgram program. Thank you, Thank you Ryan
for playing some Major League soundtrack, Because when Covino sued
is The Natural the best baseball movie? My first thought was,
how can you put that when Major League exists.
Speaker 2 (31:29):
To two different categories though one's uh a slapstick comedy
and the other is a drama.
Speaker 1 (31:35):
Plus Rich didn't see the movie when it sort of mattered. Yeah,
that's true. I only watch A Natural later as an adult,
so yeah, you're right.
Speaker 2 (31:43):
Maybe that is Yeah, through the eyes of a kid, Covino,
that changed how we felt about baseball. When we were
that age.
Speaker 1 (31:49):
No, I'm more of a fan of Willie Mays Hay
Cover off the balls, mattch something really magical.
Speaker 2 (31:54):
He want the bat, he want the kid. The bat
Boy walked his bat out to Roy Hobbs one.
Speaker 1 (32:01):
Roy, Yeah, carved himself out of a tree struck by lightning.
The WonderBoy, wonder Boy. I thought I wanted the WonderBoy
bat one day Man. That inspired kids growing up watching
that movie The Natural the soundtrack. That's a powerful, powerful
moment when he's jogging around the bases and the night
sky and it's exploding. Dude, it's amazing. You're gonna compare
that to Roger Dorn and his old legs? Simpleton answer?
(32:24):
You know, like, are you gonna compare that to wild Thing?
Rick Vaughan play that classic music for a second Major League?
But when you're comparing it to like a classic like that,
I don't know if it really compares. So it's a
two part doozy. Maybe we could save one for another day,
Like I said.
Speaker 2 (32:41):
Turn that up for a second, like Rich when the
ball is still flying through the air after the lights
are all exploding. Man that we played that VHS tape out.
We wore it out for real.
Speaker 1 (32:53):
It's it's an emotional one. It's a great movie. Maybe
I need to rewatch it. You know what. I watched
recently again for the first time in probably twenty years,
on one of our road trips, one of our the
Scout I don't know something lame, No, no, you dumbass.
I watched Mister Destiny. That's a great movie. Mitchell, tell
me that mister Destiny's better than the Natural. Supposed to
sit here and be like, yeah, man, you got a point.
(33:13):
Mister Destiny is a hell of a movie. I'm not
saying it's not, but but it's not. You. You come
here like Angels in the outfield compares and it's like, no,
it does well is in. We were on a recent
Covino on Rich trip. I forgot where we went with
Fox Sports, but you and I were on a flight
and oh MLB All Star Game. I watched Field of
(33:33):
Dreams for the first time in like twenty years, and
Spot was sitting next to me and he teared up
watching me watch it. It was like I didn't even
need to hear it. I just it made me cry
just watching those scenes. So I beget it. Some of
those scenes are fantastic, and maybe I need to watch
wonder Boy again. Maybe I need to watch wonder Boy
much other meaning of your how was I wonder Boy? Man?
Speaker 2 (33:56):
Dude, he struck out the whammer.
Speaker 1 (33:58):
Yeah, dude, it's worth the watch. It's like a Babe Beaver.
Speaker 2 (34:01):
He struck out Babe Ruth.
Speaker 1 (34:02):
Yeah, he struck out Babe Ruth in the movie. It's
kind of cool.
Speaker 2 (34:05):
When he was a nobody, they were like on the
side of a train.
Speaker 1 (34:07):
Oh, who's this guy? So I saw it's a two
part doozy in honor of Robert Redford who passed away
eighty nine. Jebediah Johnson himself. By the way, it's not
Zach Gelifanakis, the very famous gift that you see the
guy smiling. Only idiots think that thought Robert Redford with
a beard. It's Robert Redford with a beard. If you
thought that was Zach Alfanakas, kick yourself in the head
(34:28):
with your own croc. The Rewatchables apparently is a podcast,
So I'll pose this. I got this from another podcast,
and I thought it was a good thought because I
share the thought. Yeah, when it comes to sports movie goats,
I think there's an answer, who comes to mind? All right,
I'll give you my answer. My answer is, if you're
asking me who seemed like, because I have two layers,
(34:49):
let me not Robert Redford. I believe he is part
of maybe one of the greatest baseball movies of all time.
But who's me sports movie goat? Let me give my answer,
But it's twofold, okay. If it's based off of one performance,
I think simply based on his mechanics, how natural he
came across pun intended natural. I think Charlie Sheen winning
(35:13):
winning Charlie Sheen in Major League was the best single performance.
But if you're asking me, who's been in more than
one sports movie and dominates, I feel like Dennis Quaid
is like great in every baseball movie or sports movie
he's done. So you know what man answer, I agree
with Richard, that's scary because Dennis Quaid is very convincing,
as like a sure whatever he is in a sports movie,
(35:36):
Dennis Quaid really does come. I knew the answer would
be Kevin Costner, and that's what the Rewatchable sort of
agreed on. I thought they said, because he has seven
like really great sports movies. They counted seven. He's a
good athlete and I can't debate that, but I have
to say Dennis Quaid is more convincing. Now, why do
you have me down on your page? Bernie Mac and
mister three thousand? You know what I want you to
(35:58):
think about it? Who's the second movie? Who's the sports movie? Goat?
And is based on Roy Hobbs, Robert Redford is the Natural?
The best baseball movie of all time? While you think
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That's expresspros dot com and listen. Of course, there's gonna
be a lot of you know, middle aged or older
people that are like you're the Natural or this. That
doesn't make them wrong, Bro, It makes your answer, I
think a little more silly. Major League is great. You're
gonna compare. You're comparing a silly movie, which is one
of my favorites. Ask you a really great movie. It
the difference the following question, and then answer it. If
(37:05):
I've said, Cavino, oh, the Yankees are rained out, which
they're not, by the way, But if they were, and
I said, you have two hours and your assignment is
you must watch a baseball movie right now. Today today,
Robert Redford passing away, and I haven't seen The Natural
in a minute, it would be The Natural today. That's
(37:25):
a no BS response today. If it wasn't this day
that we honor Robert Redford and I had just seen
The Natural, then it probably would be Major League because
it's like a light, easy, breezy, like you could quote it.
I believe that, even when it's played on TV, I'm
one of the few people that even like Major League two.
I mean, I get Omar Reps's no Willie Mays Hayes,
(37:47):
but I still think the plot line of two was
pretty fun. I mean, remember the catcher who couldn't throw
the ball unless they showed him a Playboy magazine. He
had the yips, And you know, there were some good
storylines in Major League two. I thought it was still
like a decent movie. I believe that was there. I
like Major League three, Back to the minors, that's what
you lost me. That great you have You Have No
Marbles one? I think it is Baseball movie the Asian Player.
(38:09):
That might be the second one. Actually the Asian Player
You Have No Marbles is great? Okay, but oh, can't
we have like a real conversation for a minute though,
and say, like, everybody has their personal favorites, so you're
allowed to say my personal favorite is Major League But like,
isn't there something like a realistic best, Like if you're
gonna say a realistic best, like your your your favorite
(38:30):
movie might be Happy Gilmore, great sports movie. Yeah, Adam Sandler,
the Sandman is in a lot of sports movies, water Boy,
Happy Gilmore. What's the other football movie he's in, Uh,
the one that he's in a few the basketball movie Hustle.
So Happy Gilmour might be your favorite movie, by like,
(38:52):
it's not the greatest movie, that's just Rich's favorite movie.
I like it when you really talk in a serious conversation. No,
you think The Natural carries more weight than Major League?
It really is like comparing like dumb dumber.
Speaker 2 (39:06):
It should be two categories. One best sports drama of
all time, best sports comedy of all time.
Speaker 1 (39:11):
No, that's what I'm saying. Riches given me his personal
favorite as to like, what is really the best.
Speaker 2 (39:17):
Because people have argued for years between Field of Dreams
and The Natural, that's the two best baseball dramas.
Speaker 1 (39:24):
Jenny, I can't argue that sentiment that serious baseball. I
can't argue that you love Major League the best that's
your preference. Could I give you one more? I was
gonna say, you know what else is a great serious
baseball movie for the love of the game. Kevin Costner,
Another Kevin Costner. That's why they're saying, is the sports
moves a little bit more drama and it's a great movie.
(39:45):
A lot of people like Eight Man Out as far
as serious movies. I thought that was a boring movie.
Didn't like it as much. I think it's and I
love Field of dream League of their own. I don't
like you. I don't like that. I don't know why
I never got into it, but you know what I
did like sixty one the Roger Marrison really under rated.
Crystal was great with Barry Pepper. Billy Crystal made it.
I got one question. I'm curious, what if we go
(40:05):
around the room. There's five of us in the room
right now, I'm gonna give you a movie. I want
you to tell me if you consider it a baseball
movie or is it not? Because I feel like such
a big part of the movie was on the baseball diamond.
Do you think Naked Gun would be considered a baseball movie? No?
A good half hour that movie, A good half hour movie. No,
(40:26):
the last half hour of that movie. I must kill
the Queen Reggie Jackson. That's like saying The Attraction is
an Easter movie because the bunny Rabbit. Yeah, there's a
baseball element involved, it's not a baseball movie. Come on, Rica, Plazzo,
Armando Krishone. All right, so think about let us know
(40:46):
exactly at Covino and Rich at Fox Sports Radio. Who's
your sports movie though? Is it? Clearly Costner? But what's
the best baseball movie of all time? Is it the
late greats Robert Redford's The Natural. We'll see you guys Manyana.
Have a great Tuesday night, enjoy some tacos. We'll see
you tomorrow Orriba. There she may be you in the
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