Rich Just Lured Another Convert into His “I-Can-Win-a-Point-Off-Carlos-Alcaraz” Pipe Dream

Rich has been saying he can win a point off Carlos Alcaraz for a while now, and he just found his newest recruit.

During a recent conversation on The Rich Eisen Show, a guest mentioned picking up both golf and tennis. Golf, they explained, was a return to the sport after years away, complicated by living in New York. Tennis was something different. They wanted a hobby outside of podcasting and comedy, and they loved the game growing up. Rich immediately heard what he needed to hear.

"I just realized as you said that you like golf and tennis," Rich said. "I'm like, what am I doing?"

What he was doing was gearing up to make his case again. With the French Open field thinned out by withdrawals, Rich saw his opening. He believes, sincerely and with full commitment, that he could get a point off the world's best tennis player.

"I could get a point off of Carlos Alcaraz before he gets six consecutive games against me," Rich explained, walking through the terms of his proposed challenge. One set. One point. He just needs Alcaraz to get on the court with him.

His guest was skeptical, asking whether Rich actually thought he could hit a winner or whether the point would come from an error. Rich had an answer for that too. "I can uncork a cross court that he would not see coming."

The group noted that Alcaraz is currently injured and not playing. Rich processed this information and immediately escalated. "You know what? Screw it. I think I could take the whole damn tour right now."

He did acknowledge, when pressed, that his tennis proficiency could be described as "not." Where does the confidence come from then? The guest floated a theory: "Great court knowledge." Rich agreed. "I see it. I see the burning tennis desire."

By the end, Rich had his convert. "I'm going to take what I said back. I think you can. I like this."

That is how it always goes with this bit. Rich spots a new convert, walks them through the logic, and somehow, by the time they're done talking, the point off Alcaraz seems at least theoretically possible.

He also has a strategy for the serve, which he described in some detail. Dink it a few times, let Alcaraz creep up to the net, then uncork a 95-mile-an-hour line drive right into his gut. Under the rules of tennis, hitting your opponent with a serve on the fly is your point. Rich confirmed he had recently learned this and considered it a genuine weapon.

The dream lives. The BTD is burning.