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October 18, 2024 41 mins

Covino's sports gut is not aging well & Rich's mush record is off the charts! The guys compare all the great 'Big Christmas' home run calls, as the Guardians beat the Yankees in a thriller. They have Rich's amazing mush stat line & live proof, Mets go up early in Game 5, without RICH! Plus, 'RICH's BIG TV GAME OF THE WEEK!' 

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Speaker 1 (00:01):
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Speaker 2 (00:10):
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buddy CNR.

Speaker 1 (00:26):
On fs even Fast Rich Davis, the sad Rich Davis.
But you look happy, You look fine. I'm in a
great mood. I thought you're gonna come in all beaten up,
bruised up, sad, depressed, hair disheveled, scruff drawn, hungover after
that Mets loss. Who knows, But you look great. Man

(00:46):
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Speaker 2 (01:07):
Oh no, forget, Hey, we're bringing the show on the
road Graduate Hotels. We're going to be at Seattle's location
Friday November first, the day before the Husky Trojans, and
then we hit up Alabama for the Auburned location that's
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Speaker 1 (01:28):
Oh. Yeah, looking forward to that. But I'm not even kidding, man.
That was like a horrible roller coaster ride yesterday. I
can acknowledge as a Yankees fan it was an instant classic.
What an amazing game. You know, I, as a Yankee fan,
was on the opposite side of it, though not the
winning side of it, but incredible. Can I just tell

(01:48):
you what happened? I know you have tons of stories.
You were there at City Field, Rich, so I can
imagine what you're dealing with. You're still you're still on
your streak of not ever witnessing victory in the postseason.

Speaker 2 (02:03):
It's hilarious at this point.

Speaker 1 (02:04):
You are mush Davis. So we'll get to that. But yesterday, dude,
I was going out to dinner, right. I was taking
my daughter and some family out to dinner yesterday all
while this was going on. Now, I had planned this
dinner before this before I knew the game was on.
It just happened to be all happening at once. That's
how life is sometimes. So I'm there driving and I

(02:30):
have the game on on my phone, pull up, sitting down,
I still got the game on, and Cleveland walks off
in extra innings. I went from extreme highs. I went
from Judge ties it up with a bomb off the
greatest reliever in baseball. Then Stanton hits the Stantonian Blast.

(02:53):
I'm like, I can't believe this. And then you got
the best reliever in the postseason there to close it out,
Luke Weaver. I'm like, yes, dude, I'm as high as
high could be. And then they lose it because Weaver
gives up a tying home run, and then Clay Holmes
not my homes let's up a walk off. Can you

(03:14):
tell me how on God's Green Earth? As the expression goes,
how am I supposed to have a nice dinner knowing
that this just happened? They just seated me. Now I'm
supposed to pretend like I'm happy to be there, dude?
It was lame. Misa a blase. And I'll tell you what, man,
I try not to let sports affect my mood that much.

(03:34):
It's impossible. I know that. But I was out and
I'm like, oh, I'm gonna have a nice night for
the rest of the night. After dinner, when I got home,
I was moping around and it felt like not a heartbreaker.
People was like heartbreak. It wasn't heartbreak. It's like a
gut punch. I can't handle it anymore. Yeah, it's like
I can't believe, you know, when you're walking around like

(03:55):
what happened? What's wrong? Like, oh, that's what's wrong? Yeah?
They just in the worst fashion possible. It was so weak.
It was such a great game, but so weak of
a feeling. Man, we I.

Speaker 2 (04:08):
Want to say what everyone else is thinking about now
about you that the Yankees are up to one so chit.

Speaker 1 (04:15):
Doesn't change what happened, dude, it would be up three nothing. Hey,
if today's slight up, it absolutely does not. You think
I'm the only guy with the sentiment of that was
a gut punch or a heartbreaker. That was like a tough,
tough loss. After that comeback, dude.

Speaker 2 (04:32):
Even the manager of your team, Aaron Boone's like, what
are you gonna do?

Speaker 1 (04:35):
Classic?

Speaker 2 (04:36):
Ain't I right?

Speaker 1 (04:37):
It was a classic. I'm not denying that. That doesn't
doesn't deny the fact that or changed the fact that
it was a gut punch of a game. But here's
where I was going anyway. So perhaps you're right, because Rich,
before we hear about your game and get into it
and get involved and get into weekend hobnobbing Rich's big
TV game of the week and all the fun stuff

(04:57):
we do on Fridays, I feel like the older I'm getting,
and I'm in complete denial of that, the less I
could handle. Man. I feel like my threshold of handling
things it's just not what it used to be. I'll
give you an example. Turbulence on an airplane. I've been
flying across country for years, right, Never once did I

(05:21):
give a Diddley squat about turbulence that I care about
anything flight related or anything like that. Dude, I feel
any turbulence nowadays. Maybe it's because I'm a parent, maybe
because I feel vulnerable, maybe because I'm getting older. I
don't know what it is. I can't handle it. I
get nervous, I get anxiety. And that's how I felt
after that stupid game yesterday. I'm like, I can't handle this.

(05:43):
I was watching with my eyes closed like this, hands
in front of my eyes.

Speaker 2 (05:47):
But when the Yankees are up to one and likely
will still win in five or six games, I hope.
So you know what you sound like. You sound like
the guy who someone says, Yo, man, I lost my wife.
She dumped me and I and I lotched my job.
And you're like, yo, that's terrible. Man. Guess what my
goldfish died? I feel you.

Speaker 1 (06:06):
Yeah, all those things have happened to me, including the goldfish.
So I understand what strife is all about, what loss
is all about. And I'm telling you last night, Why
do you just not take my word for it? Last
night was a gut punch. Regardless of up two games
to one, they would have been up three to nothing
they should have been. But it was an amazing win
and it showed the resilience and greatness of Cleveland, and

(06:27):
it was a fun game, just not for me.

Speaker 2 (06:30):
I'm not denying your gut punch, but Danny g are
you backing me up on the On the I'm certainly
not saying tone deaf, but when your team has not
multiple games and a best of seven, I mean that's
you know, watch social media every.

Speaker 1 (06:43):
Yankee fan felt like, I can't believe that happened. That's
hard to come back from. Every game is a new game,
But dude, that's a that could be a major momentum shifter.
Cleveland comes in with major confidence. The Yankees are shaking
a little bit. They thought they had it in the bed.
Their relief pitching's questionable now, so it totally changes the

(07:04):
feeling and momentum of the series unless they stop that
bleeding today.

Speaker 3 (07:09):
You use the word right there a cove because my
answer to Rich is if your Mets had a walk
off like that today against my Dodgers, wouldn't that make
you at least feel like, oh, we have a little momentum.

Speaker 2 (07:23):
Benny, I'll tell you this. I'll give you this. I'm
not there. I could promise you the Mets are gonna
win today. I feel it. They're not going to lose
three in a row at City Field. That place was electric.
Mets will win today. They'll force a game six.

Speaker 1 (07:37):
I took care of this.

Speaker 3 (07:39):
I sent a COVID cutout of you to the stadium,
so you're still there, buddy, yo.

Speaker 1 (07:45):
Okay. To wrap up my final thought, man, I feel
like the older I get the more. I feel like
I can't handle this, man, I can't watch. It's making
me nervous. I'm pacing around like a maniac and just
dealing with that. Yesterday I was like, ah, this is
this terrible. So anyway, that was my story. But congrats
to Cleveland man, one of the greatest postseason games. Continuing

(08:06):
with the whole sentiment and story of this might be
the best postseason where the stars have risen and we've
seen some great baseball now then and I don't know,
I'd say in the past ten years.

Speaker 2 (08:20):
Yeah, no doubt. Hey, I was Sam if you could
find the call on TV that was unbelievable. And have
you guys seen the aerial footage of Cleveland where from
like a half a mile from the stadium, the sound
and the fireworks like that place.

Speaker 1 (08:31):
Erupted, erupted, dude erupted as a casual fan or no
horse in the race, that had to be fun to watch, Like,
oh my god, because I'll tell you what, when Judge
and Stanton hit those back to back home runs, my
phone was blowing up, just people hitting me up like dude,
are you watching this? And I wasn't responding. I feel
like that's a jinx like, don't bother me in those moments.

(08:54):
I'm not responding. I'm in the zone. And then of
course at the end, no one hits you up because
it's misery. But these games have been fantastic, man, fantastic games.

Speaker 2 (09:04):
If you didn't hear the TV call of when the
Guardians beat the Yanks, it was, you know, we've been
criticizing and everyone's been, you know, super critical of all
the baseball TV announcers. This was a call for the ages.
Take a listen.

Speaker 4 (09:19):
Oh, oh my goodness, Big Christmas, I've tied it.

Speaker 2 (09:27):
Be hold of it present.

Speaker 3 (09:36):
Oh my goodness, Rich, have you heard the Spanish version?

Speaker 2 (09:46):
I would love to hear you.

Speaker 3 (09:48):
I don't have it in front of me right now,
but I saw it on Sports Center this morning.

Speaker 1 (09:51):
The announcer keep screaming.

Speaker 2 (09:53):
Fully stubb it on, fully, stub it on.

Speaker 1 (09:57):
Dude. People lost it, And yeah, Noel stepped the big
Christmas stepped up, huge, big lee in that moment. And
of course David Fry, who came into the pinch hit
you know with the walk off. It was just an
amazing sight. I just hated it as a Yankees fan,
and Rich to keep you posted Shohy continues his hot hitting.
Started the game off with a single against your Mets.

Speaker 2 (10:18):
I know, I'm I'm watching on my phone. I'm by
the way, I'm nice from what I understand. Uh, the
radio side was just as good. I don't want to
I don't want to keep having you relive this. Camno,
but last night Cleveland Guardians beating the Yanks. Take a listen.
Swing in the.

Speaker 4 (10:37):
Deep, John j Well, swing on, hit high, hit deep.
Its too run hold run to the play too soon

(11:00):
like David.

Speaker 1 (11:03):
Wow, Yeah, Saturday, but props, you know, made it a series,
made it more exciting on the side, note too, two
runners on for your Dodgers, Danny g and your Mets
are looking sloppy to start the game off.

Speaker 2 (11:16):
Rich Marte with an error.

Speaker 1 (11:17):
There Martin with a big you don't want to do that, so.

Speaker 3 (11:20):
Oh, by the way, really quick, I found the Spanish call.

Speaker 1 (11:23):
Sorry, oh no, sorry, let's hear it. I heard October

(11:49):
Baseball Baseball dB. What did you think about all this? Well,
I just had a question.

Speaker 5 (11:54):
Do you guys think like Spanish sports talk shows are
like here's the English call, and then they're doing crazy
like it's the reverse.

Speaker 1 (12:01):
I don't think that that happens. No, that's so true.
You're right, but that's why they go ballistics, so there
are those are always better. So yeah, oh man, dude,
what a game? What a night?

Speaker 2 (12:12):
And again, to answer Dan Byer, it's like a lot
of your friends think about it. A lot of times.
Better parties, better vibe, Like the Spanish announcers are creating
a vibe that you know, maybe you can't create with
a nerdy white guy announcer.

Speaker 1 (12:25):
You guys want Mexican food or really bland German food.
It's like, that's that's your option right there, right, here's
the English call or this. That's so true. I never
even thought of that. Funny man. But again, I feel
like the older you get, you're supposed to be stronger,
You're supposed to be able to handle more things, calm,
cool and collected. I'm starting to feel the opposite on
certain things where I just can't like I mean I can,

(12:48):
but I feel it more than ever Cove.

Speaker 2 (12:50):
So yeah, I feel you big time on the traveling. Now,
don't get me wrong, I'm pumped. Like we said about
our Seattle broadcast, our aubur And broadcast, I'm gonna be
an Austin doing the show live the next couple of days.
Next week. I'm in New York. Now every time I
got on a plane, it's a different feeling than when
I was in my twenties. I think it's an eight.
When you get a little older and you have kids,

(13:11):
You're like, there's just a I don't know, a little
more anxiety.

Speaker 1 (13:14):
It's your mortality kicksaing or something. I don't know, Like
I'm just more anxious about these things than I ever was.

Speaker 2 (13:20):
Now, based on what you said and what Danny said,
and you know, Covino, since we're gonna play those calls
from the Guardians last night, let me take you back
to four, another great time in your baseball life, when
the Red Sox came back three to zero. I remember
the sentiment was in Game four, don't let us win tonight,

(13:40):
speaking of big poppy, big poppies. Chiseled Beard and Fade
must have been done three minutes before the broadcast to night,
because I saw him with Kevin Burkhart and I'm like,
is he I feel like they took the barber cape
off of him and they're like, end You're live, Michel
be He Dude, Yes, I got the precision El Mantro barber.

(14:00):
He cuts it up, it up real nice looking, very
nice for postseason and let's go Gus science. Jeter's Baldo
look was high and tight, a fresh, so I feel
like the barber was on set two minutes before. But
to bring up Poppy, he was with the sentiment of
don't let us win tonight, because then you never know.
And as the Mets just got out of that second

(14:23):
and third no out, jam Danny the Dodgers, as Colin
Cowhard said, I'll back them up on this. It's like
a beautiful rom com versus the best team in baseball,
like the Mets of the fun story, like Oh my God,
and you know Lindor and My Girl the Temptations performed tonight.

(14:44):
The Mets are a fun story. Grimace hawked to a girl,
Timmy Dodgers. You can't argue the Dodgers are a better
on paper team. But if you let the Mets hang around,
and Manaia would pitch game six right And again, I'm

(15:05):
not the guy jumping ahead of myself, but if the
Mets one tonight, it's three to two, Game six, Manaia
is the only guy that seems unhittable right now, that's
pitching for the Mets. You is not It's not crazy
to think a game seven could be forced?

Speaker 1 (15:19):
No, and is that crazy to think that the Cleveland Indians,
I'm guardians, I'm sorry. He could turn it all around
after today.

Speaker 2 (15:25):
It could be two to two.

Speaker 1 (15:27):
You should cancel you now.

Speaker 2 (15:29):
You should wish they were the Cleveland Indians and uh
Jake Taylor and wild and Rick Vaughn were playing.

Speaker 1 (15:33):
I wish, yeah, no, that was me wish. Sorry about that.
I'm not sure what happened there again, do not want
to crack the door open even slightly. Anything could happen.

Speaker 3 (15:43):
And we saw the Dodgers they had their backs against
the wall with the padres, yes, and beat them twice
there in sandyego.

Speaker 1 (15:50):
Is that's just respect for the other teams? Dude. You
want to be able to stomp them when they're down,
that's it. You don't let them get back got up.
It's like a boxing match, dude, when a boxer knows
they got their guy hurt, there's a guy there's a
great boxer will finish them. You know, you gotta be patient, right,
you don't want to get caught, you gotta be patient,
but you want to finish that guy when you know

(16:10):
you got him hurt. You don't want to let him
get back in the fight, saying, do a baseball when
your team. When that team is down, you want to
stop them because anything can happen.

Speaker 2 (16:20):
It's amazing to give your boxing analogy because it's true.
If some guy's on the ropes, if he gets saved
by the bell and he has that in between rounds
to just WHOA, let me get my composure, you might
have lost your chance. So Danny, you know, for your sake,
Dodgers win today, you're all good. If the Dodgers lose today,

(16:40):
they're probably still good anyway. But you're right, you don't
want to keep that door cracked open. It's just bad
for business.

Speaker 1 (16:48):
I mean, he just brought up to two thousand and
four Red Sox. Anything's possible. Is it likely? No, but
it's possible. So the Dodgers Mets are on as we speak.
Yesterday's games were insane Broncos with the big win over
the Saints. It's amazing that, like I said, Thursday night,
football is taking a back seat, and basically the Temptations.

Speaker 2 (17:11):
Just do Lindor's walk up song live. I'm you know,
I'm watching it, so I don't know, but it looked like, yeah,
by the way, that's something you don't really say on TV.
They his walk up song because he you know, he's
such a girl. Dad is my girl. Yeah, and the
crowd continues to sing the whole first verse even when
he's batting, and it's like it's a really cool thing.

(17:32):
And they have the temptations out there tonight for Game
five and Queens. Now, I want to give you the
final stat line to show you the narrative that rich
Davis May is the mush. Oh yeah, I went to
three games in the NLCS. The Mets were outscored twenty
seven to two.

Speaker 1 (17:50):
And how much did you pay for all that?

Speaker 2 (17:52):
I don't want to tell you for that torture?

Speaker 1 (17:54):
For that cats a better stack?

Speaker 2 (17:56):
Can I give you a better step that I just
analyzed besides me watching my team be outscored twenty seven
to two over three games. Guess what the Mets are
with runners in scoring position? When I've attended, oh for
seventeen with runners on base in scoring.

Speaker 1 (18:15):
Position, you're like a glutton for punishment.

Speaker 2 (18:17):
Oh, look at that. Lindor leads off with a hit.
You know why I'm not there?

Speaker 1 (18:20):
Yeah, so we established it. He is officially much Davis
and if you want to, I got to say he
did a great job though yesterday. If you want to
live Rich's roller coaster, it was just a downward spiral. Really,
if you want to watch his experience from City Field,
we did a very special live over promised from city
Field our bonus podcast. Rich brought you behind the scenes

(18:42):
live on our IG Live and it's all over our
social media at Covino and Rich at Fox Sports Radio.

Speaker 2 (18:49):
Danny G, did you watch any of it? Because I'm
imagining from the other side of things. You must have
got a kick out of watching me spiral.

Speaker 3 (18:55):
Yeah, it was gut Wrenchie Brenda was giving me updates.
She's like, yeah, he looks even now, sadder, sad and
let me tell you, and you look cold by the way.

Speaker 2 (19:03):
Danny G. The highlight might have been. And I'm trying
to be a good sport about it. Listen, I'm not
on the field. I can't win. It's it sucks that
my team's not winning when I'm there. But I thought
the funniest part that I could even laugh at is
in the eighth inning, They're like, oh, it's time for
the Billy Joel singalong, and I'm like, and I lose it.
I'm like, you expect me to sing piano man right now?

Speaker 1 (19:22):
And you know what else is so sad about those
moments And you could see it again at Covino and
Rich watch it later over promise from City Field our
bonus podcast live is that you were there with buddies,
and it's so hard to have fun with your buddies,
especially buddies you haven't seen in a while, and you're
trying to have fun, but your team is sucking, so
you really can't.

Speaker 2 (19:40):
Let me tell you though, we made the best of it,
and I want to thank the Mets because even if
they lose this and it all doesn't work out, I
got to see a college bud, I got to hang
with one of my best female friend's husbands. I got
to see a childhood friend. I'm at my sister's house
right now. My sister bought a house on Long Island,
so I got to see that for the first time.

(20:01):
I got to play with my niece this afternoon. So
if anything, the Mets brought me back for a quick
New York trip where I got to see friends and family,
so I wouldn't have done that. The Mets made it,
and if.

Speaker 1 (20:10):
You've had plenty to cheer about, they've been a hell
of an exciting team and it's not over yet. We'll
keep you posted at Fox Sports Radio Nation and lots
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Worker or NFL Player Weekend Hobnobbing and more. Plus Tom
Brady and Rich is going to break down why baseball
is the hardest sport to win. In baseball is the

(20:33):
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Speaker 1 (21:34):
I got no chill and guess what rich, Like I said,
everything happens at once. Today after our show, I have
to go to my daughter's like homecoming football game. She's
a cheerleader. She's not a starting center or anything. She's
not playing defensive end. In case you were wondering, my
daughter is cheering, right, so it's homecoming. I got to

(21:57):
go there and pretend like I'm paying attention while the
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Sports Radio. That's Rich Davis live from his sister's bathroom.

(22:44):
I think that's not where he should be right now.
By the way, now you know what is he's got
such a nervous belly. Let me pull the curtain back
a little bit. No, he should be at the Mets
game right now. Alonzo would have struck out, all right.
Our boss.

Speaker 3 (23:00):
I don't know if I should be saying this on
the air or not, but our boss gave Rich the
approval the thumbs up to be off the air today
to miss today's show.

Speaker 1 (23:08):
Did Rich go to the.

Speaker 3 (23:09):
Game and take our bosses love and be like, thank you, dude,
I want to see my team.

Speaker 1 (23:14):
Honestly, I don't think he could handle anymore.

Speaker 2 (23:16):
I couldn't And you know what I said, It was
so perfect. When Pete got up pulling bear, Pete a
Lonzo gets up with two on, I said, of course
he's going to hit a three run home run. Why
would he not? And then the next pitch he digs
a low pitch out and hits a four hundred bomb.

Speaker 6 (23:31):
Rich is at the stadium. He just walked down to
the tunnel on the on the way out, so he
wasn't like in the main area. That's why it sounds
like that.

Speaker 1 (23:39):
Hey, Mush Davis, Mush Davis for for people just joining us,
millions of people just tuning in at different times all
the time. Give us your mushstats again. Please, the mushtats
are great. Please just one more time, because now your
Mets are up three something, You're you're you're not there,
and your mets like they're they're on fire right now. Yeah,
and Danny g doesn't want any just get loaded right now,

(23:59):
right now. So give us your muschstats before we move on.
We should be in the Hall of Fame. What should
be on Baseball reference.

Speaker 2 (24:06):
It extends beyond baseball. I'm a forty nine Ers fan.
I'm oh and three going to the Super Bowl live.
My daughter and son are both oh to four going
to live Mets games during the regular season. I was
at the World Series in two thousand when the Mets lost.
I was at the World Series in twenty fifteen when
the Mets lost. I went to the one game Wildcard.
In twenty sixteen, when the Mets lost. I went to

(24:26):
six NLCS Game seven, Mets lost. I went to the
final game of the seven season. Glavin gave up seven
in the first inning. Mets lost. I went to three
NLCS games this season, Game one at Dodger Stadium. In
Games three and four City Field, the Mets were outscored
twenty seven to two. They were oh for seventeen with
runners in scoring position, and I can't win.

Speaker 6 (24:50):
Oh wait, and don't forget the one you told me
earlier today. When the Dodgers played the Mets earlier in
the regular season, I went to the game they lost.
You went to they won. That's won three out of
four games in the series.

Speaker 2 (25:01):
The Mets have been This.

Speaker 1 (25:04):
Music follows rich Mush Davis. And by the way, he
broke Garoppolo's leg a few seasons ago. Oh yeah, nothing,
you lose, good day? And he knocked out the lights
at the Super Bowl, Remember that? Oh yeah, Rich tripped
on the cord. The lights went out of the Super Bowl.
You're bad luck when it comes to this. The rest
of your life is glorious. And by the way it

(25:26):
comes to this, not ceilarity finally gets out of the inning. Yeah,
Mets with the early three nothing leads you gotta believe,
so damn you Rich, Hey, Rich. Before we get to
dB and the update and everything else, you often say
you're the first one to say that football has the

(25:47):
greatest parody than any other sport that we root for
you we watched the Well do the stats prove that. Well, yes,
I'll tell you what, because parody and best team winning
are not mutually exclusive. I saw a cool thing on Instagram,
and of course everything that I say on social media

(26:09):
is true.

Speaker 2 (26:09):
I know you saw the same thing. Parody just means
the competition levels equal the best teams. You know, there's
a lot of competition, like any team could win any
given Sunday. As you see, there's a lot of three
and two. There's a lot of four and two teams
three and three, teams four and two, two and four.

(26:29):
There is something interesting about baseball being that there's so
many steps to get to the world series and win
the World Series. That sixty two percent. That's how many
games the best team in baseball will likely win each year, right,
sixty two percent?

Speaker 1 (26:46):
Okay, the best best team.

Speaker 2 (26:48):
Yeah, the best hockey team wins roughly sixty five percent
of their games. In the NBA, best NBA team roughly
wins seventy three percent of their games, and the best
football team usually wins eighty to eighty five percent.

Speaker 1 (27:03):
Of Well, then if the best football team is winning
the highest percentage of games, wouldn't that be the opposite
of parody when baseball is sixty percent.

Speaker 2 (27:14):
Of the games? No, because parody meaning there's a lot
more competition in baseball, could you know? You could argue,
you could argue in baseball that there's eight good teams
and twenty something that don't have a chance, you know.

Speaker 1 (27:26):
Or I could argue that the best team in the
NFL wins eighty five percent of the games, but it
could be an average team in baseball that if they're
hot and they have the momentum, they still have a shot,
they still have a chance.

Speaker 2 (27:41):
Here's the stat that backs up baseball being the toughest.

Speaker 1 (27:44):
Okay, so baseball is the toughest game. To win is
the point we're making. Based on the Fall Show, Based
on the good Path, Go Ahead.

Speaker 2 (27:52):
World Series, NBA Finals, World Series history, the best baseball
team wins the World Series forty six percent of the time,
the best NBA team wins the NBA Finals seventy five
percent of the time, and the best NFL team wins
eighty percent of the time.

Speaker 1 (28:14):
So to me, that explains or explains that the most
dominant team usually wins. That's the opposite of parody to me.

Speaker 2 (28:22):
No, no, no, no, because I think the spots for
the playoffs, there's a lot of teams and a lot
of fan bases at least excited like we're in it.
There's a lot of teams in the middle baseball, you
could argue that it's a top tier of some teams
and a lot of trash teams.

Speaker 1 (28:39):
Okay, So I think everybody's following the stats, yeah, right,
But I think we're all interpreting these stats differently. I
think Danny G's interpreting it the same way I am,
and Rich is still standing his ground on But the
NFL still has the most parody. I get the system
as to why and their draft picks and things like that,
as to why we think that. But I think the
stats are not showing that. If the best NFL teams

(29:02):
are still winning eighty five percent of the time, then
that shows you that, Yeah, what's expected to happen is happening.
That's not fair and balanced. Really, in baseball, you're getting
the opposite. You're getting teams with less of a shot
still with a bigger chance to win.

Speaker 3 (29:17):
Yeah, the stats were proving in that video that the
hottest teams in baseball usually come out Victoria's.

Speaker 1 (29:24):
Not necessarily the best, quote unquote best teams in baseball.
So to me, that's the opposite. To me, baseball, it's
proving stat wise, the opposite of what we're led to
believe that football provides more parody, but in baseball showing
that if you have a decent team with good momentum,
you still have a greater chance to win. But I

(29:46):
think we are all following the stats, and you can
even repeat them. There's just different ways to interpret what
they need.

Speaker 2 (29:53):
You, Like in politics, you could take a poll and
both candidates can make it look like it favors what
they're saying.

Speaker 1 (29:58):
Yeah, it's actually really interesting because the way you're describing
it was the exact opposite way of how I interpreted it.
But I think we both understand dB. Do you make
any sense of what we're saying here? Not really, No,
not at all. You know, I kind of figured that
because it.

Speaker 2 (30:15):
Was a little confusing, But let me let me simplify it.

Speaker 1 (30:17):
Yeah, go ahead.

Speaker 2 (30:19):
When it comes to let's leave out hockey. Baseball, forty
six percent of the time, the best team, the best
paper team meaning statistically record everything, wins the World Series.
NFL's eighty percent, NBA Finals just below that in the seventies.
But I think when I say parody, I mean year
to year, there's a bunch of teams that could make

(30:40):
the playoffs. In baseball, I see it like the same
handful teams make the postseason. And yeah, the best team
might not make the postseason, but you're still almost predictable
of who's going to be in the postseason the NFL.
Every year the playoffs completely turn over.

Speaker 1 (30:58):
Well, the point of this video and the point of
this discussion was that even if you were the best
team in baseball, your chances of winning it all were
still the hardest, harder than any other sport to win
the championship.

Speaker 2 (31:11):
Agree, that's the point, and you know, could I think,
you know, even though my Mets look good right now,
if the World Series is likely Dodgers Yankees, I think
that'll prove the opposite, which I think those would probably
be the two teams that deserve to be there.

Speaker 1 (31:27):
Your thoughts will get your feedback probably confuse the hell
out of you. But hey, that's fine. Let us know
what you think. Eight seven, seven ninety nine on Fox. Yeah,
I know, go back to cleaning the bathroom and let's
get an update from Dan Meyer.

Speaker 5 (31:44):
You know, just just to clarify a little because I
joked earlier today on the network on how thirty years
from now we're gonna have a best of thirteen series? Ye,
but if you did, you would think that the better
team would probably play out in that scenario. In Major
League Baseball, when you play one hundred and sixty two
games in the regular season, which is an enormous sample size,

(32:04):
and then you use a three or five game series
or in this case now a seven game series, it
still maybe as incomparable to what you've used to determine
who the best teams were through the regular season, right,
is that what you're kind.

Speaker 2 (32:17):
Of getting to it? So It's yeah, the best team
over one hundred and sixty two. It's it's harder for
the best team to show their dominance, where in other
sports the best team finds a way to get further
in the playoffs.

Speaker 1 (32:32):
Still confused, That's all right, Mets, No, that's all right.

Speaker 5 (32:35):
Hell good Mets, Dodgers right out top of the second
ending Pete Alonzo with that three run shot. You can
see it right now on Fox Sports One as the
Mets have that three nothing lead. But it's the Dodgers
up three to one in the best of seven series.
Yankees and Guardians eight oh eight Eastern Time, Yankees up
to one in that series. It's Game four the Alcs
on TBS.

Speaker 1 (32:54):
Some news in the NFL.

Speaker 5 (32:55):
Steelers wide receiver George Pickens told reporters that Russell Wilson
will be the starting quarterback against the Jets in Week seven.
Colts quarterback Anthony Richardson will start Sunday against the Dolphins,
but no Jonathan Taylor for India in that game as
the running back continues to deal with a high ankle.
Spring Bill's running back James Cook will play Sunday against
the Titans, as will tightend Dalton Kincaid, while Ramswide receiver

(33:16):
Cooper Cup is questionable to face the Raiders after missing
the last three games with an ankle injury. Forty nine
Ers running back Jordan Mason off the injury report. He
will play against the Chiefs on Sunday. Well, Kansas City
Wide receiver Juju Smith Schuster was able to practice today
despite a hamstring injury. Brown's head coach Kevin Stefanski confirmed
that running back Nick Chubb will make his season debut
against the Bengals. Well Tony Bennett officially retired as Virginia's

(33:39):
men's basketball coach today, signing the state of college basketball
is the main reason for his departure.

Speaker 7 (33:43):
I've been here for fifteen years as the head coach,
and I thought it would be a little longer, to
be honest, but that's been on loan. It wasn't mine
to keep, and it's time for me, said, excuse me.
I knew that would happen.

Speaker 1 (33:59):
It's time for me to give it back, and they
choked up.

Speaker 5 (34:01):
Tony Bennett stepping down today, Dodgers just put one across
on a wild pitch, so it's three to one. Mets
on top of LA show, Hey Otani at the plate
with the runner on second and two outs in the
second guys back to you, Hey.

Speaker 1 (34:14):
Thank you, Den Bayer.

Speaker 2 (34:15):
If you put on Covino's glasses, you may feel smarter
and you might be able to understand that stat I
think that's that's what we're missing, and also I wanted
to add that as a Niners fan. They're saying McCaffrey's
on pace is no more. There hasn't been a setback
in a minute. So uh, San Francisco saying it looks
like he will play this season. They just don't know
quite when.

Speaker 1 (34:36):
I think after the bye yeah, i'd say too. I
agree with you on that.

Speaker 2 (34:40):
All right, thank you, Den Byer.

Speaker 1 (34:42):
All right, so we're gonna do Rich's big TV Game
of the week. Rich's big TV Game of the week.
We'll do it next. Hang around is Cavino and Rich
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Speaker 1 (35:47):
You'd think I want to sing Piano Man with the.

Speaker 2 (35:49):
Mets I Losa by ten. That was be at City
Field last night. Givin on Rich Fox Sports Radio on
a Friday show.

Speaker 1 (35:58):
Hey Rich, sing along?

Speaker 2 (36:01):
You think I'm gonna say? I get it? When the
in stadium people have to keep the ruse up. But
in any sport, when your team's getting killed and the
in stadium people are still saying things like, all right,
I guess what helmet the balls under? You're like, are
you serious?

Speaker 1 (36:15):
I think Alvaa has just hit a double to start
off the ending for the Mets. Right now, Matt's Doyers
are on. I'm excited about the Yankees. Exciting baseball. Exciting
football is gonna be an exciting weekend. It get it's
more exciting here on the show, because it's time. Are
you ready?

Speaker 2 (36:31):
By the way, my friend I was bored. Ready, bro, it's.

Speaker 1 (36:33):
Time for Rich's big TV Game of the week. You
should hear my fat up, I got an extra TV the.

Speaker 2 (36:41):
Game game that I will have Rich's big TV game
of the week. It's Rich's big TV game of the week.

Speaker 1 (36:51):
Oh yeah, dude, me smack my belly. This is brought
to you by Zenis. By the way, day will.

Speaker 2 (37:01):
There are so many great games that let's get it
out of the way the late game. It's obvious what's
gonna be on the big television later in the day.
The East Coast four o'clock games, West Coast one o'clock games,
and that's the Chiefs at my forty nine ers a
rematch of the Super Bowl. Are the Niners back on track?
Do the Chiefs get dealt their first l I'm hoping

(37:22):
so you got the five and oh Chiefs.

Speaker 1 (37:24):
Three to three something, because you're the gurgule here. How
on God's Green Earth? I mean, he's that again? Are
your forty nine ers favorite in this game?

Speaker 2 (37:34):
Because I think on paper the Niners are as good
as people think they are, and the Chiefs are five
and oh on the road and they're thinking maybe maybe
this is the slip up game. And the Niners always
play the Chiefs tough. They just lost.

Speaker 1 (37:45):
This is the reality game. Yeah wow, I.

Speaker 2 (37:48):
Mean, listen, the Niners maybe need it more. But what
does that mean? You're right, Kavino. That's why earlier in
the week I told you my solar power parlay. I
like the Chiefs and a teaser bit if you remember,
I liked him getting eight. But remember Chiefs Niners, that's
the late game you gotta be honed in on. Now
the early games. Dude, I'm gonna leave I'm gonna leave

(38:11):
this up to you and then I'll make my final decision.
I know this is rich Davis's Big TV Game of
the Week. But I thought about Eagles Giants divisional battle. No,
that gets one of the four split screens. I thought
about Seahawks at Falcons. Nah, that's that's gonna be on
the split screen too. Cavino, Yes, two games. I don't
know which one. I think I know which one's at Packers.

Speaker 1 (38:36):
Oh yeah, right yeah.

Speaker 6 (38:39):
C J.

Speaker 2 (38:39):
Stroud Jordan love two young stud quarterbacks the games in
Green Bay. Mmm. But as much as I want to
throw that on the big TV, I might have to
because my wife's a Packers fan. Lions at Vikings. Is
this the week where the Vikings show the world No, no, no,

(39:00):
we're legit? Or did the Lions at four and one
go in to Minnesota and say, Yo, it's still our division?
Sam Darnold, slow.

Speaker 1 (39:09):
Down, all right, two amazing games, But if it was
my TV, it's Lions Vikings. You heard Colin Cowhard saying
the Lions are everything the Cowboys wanted to be and
they're just playing so dominant and up against the Vikings
right now. That's exciting for me. But I do see
the excitement and two young quarterbacks as well. So it's

(39:30):
your choice, my TV Lions Vikings.

Speaker 2 (39:34):
You know what, you know, I have the multiple TVs.
You might just forget the split screen and have two TVs,
one with Texas Packers, one with Lions Vikings, and then
in the.

Speaker 1 (39:43):
Afternoon segment is called. Is that against the rules?

Speaker 2 (39:47):
It might be, it might be, but you know what,
I will just.

Speaker 3 (39:49):
Say, split screen TV games games of the week.

Speaker 1 (39:53):
Yeah, that's true. You gotta pick one one. That's the
whole point.

Speaker 2 (39:56):
I mean, guys, I asked if you were ready, I'm
gonna go Lions Vikings only because you know, ma'am, I'm
I'm loving the Sam Darnold story. But the Lions are
man they like you even said, they're everything the Cowboys
wish they were.

Speaker 1 (40:13):
They're ta like, they're clever, you know, they got a
quarterback that's delivering. They're doing all these little things that
are impressive that we want to see.

Speaker 2 (40:23):
And because of their history of not being so great,
I do think America is behind the Lions. So they're
almost even like America's teams.

Speaker 1 (40:29):
And they're fun. Yeah, they're fun to watch.

Speaker 2 (40:31):
I think Lions and Vikings is your early game of
the week, but you got to keep an eye on that.
Texans Packers. But since the segment is what is my
big game, I guess I have to pick so Lions,
Vikings and then of course late games Chiefs Niners. Nothing
really later in the day that makes much sense other
than that, but a reminder, Sunday night football is going

(40:52):
to deliver as well, because you got Aaron Rodgers with
Devonte Adams going to play in Pittsburgh where then I'm
you know what the hell they're doing with fields and
Russell Wilson and they both might get snaps and that's
gonna be a lot of fun too. So Cavino all
timeslots on Sunday, have something worthy of the big TV.

Speaker 1 (41:12):
Oh wow, what a breakdown. That's great analysis, Tony, thank you,
thank you, problem buddy. All right, Rich, it's great analysis,
says always, and we appreciate you. Fox Sports Radio Nation. Now,
speaking of the weekend, we get into weekend hobnobbing next hour.
That's what you need to watch in the world of
sports and pop culture. We do it every Friday to

(41:33):
get you ready for the weekend. All right now, in
a few minutes, Rich, we're gonna play in and out Burger,
in and out Worker or NFL player giving away some prizes.

Speaker 2 (41:42):
Oh, I can't wait, can't wait. We got that and
a bunch more. We'll talk to Tom Brady Action Pack Friday,
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