College Gymnast Sydney Smith Draws Sydney Sweeney Comparison, Viral Kim Mulkey Picture & Scorching Hot Mic

It's May, it's hot as hell in Florida, the smell of freshly cut grass is permeating throughout the country, and we have a sneaky good weekend on tap. 

Who has it better than us? 

Kentucky Derby? NHL playoffs? Cinco de Mayo? May the Fourth? Meaningless MLB baseball that we can still bet on, which makes it very meaningful?

Check, check, check, check and check!

Nobody is the answer to that above question, by the way. But you already knew that. 

On that note, welcome to a Thursday Nightcaps – where we welcome back old friend Sydney Smith even though she's very much graduated to bigger and better things. Don't ever forget where you came from, folks. 

One day you're an up-and-coming college gymnast drawing comparisons to Livvy Dunne, the next you're mentioned in the same breath as Sydney Sweeney. God, I love this country. 

What else? We had just the hottest of hot mics at the Mets game last night (Mets got jobbed, by the way), and it gives me the chance to revisit the greatest Mets hot mic moment of all time. 

There's also a picture of Kim Mulkey on the internet making the rounds that I can't get enough of, and the Mrs. Doubtfire kids reunited today for the movie's 31-year anniversary – which leads us down a predictable rabbit hole that ends with Boy Meets World star Maitland Ward. 

You can probably connect those dots, but, if not, you'll see in a minute. 

Get you a pre-Cinco de Mayo Corona Light and settle in for a Thursday 'Cap!

There's nothing better than a good hot mic moment 

I'm a sucker for hot mics, especially in baseball. They're just the best. I'm of the belief that every single player should be mic'd up for every single game. 

I also want steroids completely legalized, along with that spider tack stuff. Let's get this sport back on the damn map!

Feel like my hot mics idea probably has the best chance of all three of those to succeed, for obvious reasons. ESPN has already started interviewing players every few innings, which is cool, but imagine if we got moments like this every game:

Couple things …

1. The announcers need to realize we're getting prime hot mic content here and shut the hell up. I mean, my God. Fellas, SHUT UP! We're trying to listen. 

2. I think Pete was safe to begin with. 

3. The blocking of the plate rule is dumb. I don't understand it. Way too subjective to be an actual rule. 

4. Carlos Mendoza needs to bring this sort of fire with him next time if he wants a call overturned:

This Kim Mulkey picture has my brain in a pretzel

Just an all-time rant from Terry. It's my favorite MLB moment maybe ever. Not sure there's anything you could show me that tops it. 

Our ass is in the jackpot now!

What does that even mean? Seriously. I don't know, but I use that phrase at least once a month with my wife and giggle like a school girl to myself every single time. She has no clue what it means when I say it, which makes it even funnier. 

God, I must be the worst human to live with. God bless The First Lady. What a trooper. 

I'd imagine this is how she feels every single time I open my stupid mouth:

Sydney Smith gets the Sydney Sweeney comparison

I mean, it's just jarring. I'm not here to make fun of Kim Mulkey, by the way. She's a pistol and I want exactly 0 percent of that smoke. 

But I had to address this picture. Fair is fair, and I'm nothing if not fair. 

Here's how shocked I was by this picture … I had to confirm it was actually Kim with one of our OutKick fellas. Seriously. THAT's how unsure I was. Hell, I still am. 

Now, I understand a bad picture can absolutely ruin someone. I've had my confidence absolutely obliterated a number of times because of what a camera did to me. 

• Bad angle.
• Wrong side.
• Kid yanking on my shirt so it's all of a sudden tighter than it's intended to be, therefore showing my dad bod to everyone.
• The wind blows at just the most inopportune moment.
• Literally anything taken between Sept. 1 and March 1. (football season/holiday time frame).

I don't want to sound mean or sexist or rude or whatever you wanna call it here, but I assume this is just purely makeup-driven, correct? It's a hell of a drug, I guess. Insane. 

Anyway, let the haters hate, Kim. You just had to deal with Angel Reese and the rest of the LSU drama queens for a full season. I'd look like that, too. 

Definitely not like this:

Mrs. Doubtfire, Caitlin Clark and this is why I don't mess with Mother Atlantic 

Welcome back to class, Sydney! Been a while, but when you get mentioned in the same breath as Sydney Sweeney, the Algo tends to perk up. 

See what I did there? Come on. That was a good one!

OK, rapid-fire time so I can get back to this Kristen Saban-James McCoy Taylor drama. First up?

Happy 31 years to one of the greatest movies in the history of cinema, Mrs. Doubtfire!

I usually rate movies based on how often I stop to watch them while scrolling my 900 TV channels, and there are a few. 

• Any Star Wars movie not named Last Jedi. 
• Titanic.
• The Parent Trap.
• We're The Millers.
• Forgetting Sarah Marshall.
• Any Indiana Jones movie that doesn't involve aliens.
• Mrs. Doubtfire.
• Jumanji.
• Any of the Takens.
• Remember the Titans.

Is that the most varied list you'll see on the internet today? Probably, but whatever. I'm a weird dude. That's why I'm amazed The First Lady doesn't look like Kim Mulkey. 

Next? Well, sticking with Mrs. Doubtfire … that above post launched me down a rabbit hole of what's the cast up to today? Frankly, it's not very exciting. Mara Wilson – AKA Natalie – seems to be a big cat girl on Instagram, which checks out. 

Anyway, it reminded me that Matty Lawrence – AKA brother Chris – was also a star over on Boy Meets World, and he famously dated Maitland Ward during that one weird college year of the show. 

And that, of course, reminded me that Maitland Ward is now a porn star:

Never saw it coming! 

One minute you're dancing in college, just having a good, clean time, and the next you're in the big leagues. 

Speaking of …

Godspeed, Caitlin! By the way, if you thought the Caitlin Clark stuff had died down, Indiana's preseason opener is somehow … tomorrow. 

That's right. Tomorrow. That would be like if Caleb Williams' first game was next week. Seriously. How does that even work? 

Finally, how about this hero from down under springing into action over the weekend? Reason No. 1919183746 I don't mess with the ocean:

Gia Duddy is off the market 

Yep. No thanks. It's why I don't go anywhere near the water when I'm at the beach. Been there, done that. I used to dabble with rip tides as a kid by accident and learned my lesson. 

We're not meant to fly, and we're not meant to swim. I prefer keeping my ass parked on dry land with a cold beer and a rogue, thank you very much. 

OK, that's it for today. Good class by all. Welcome back, Sydney Smith, and welcome back, Gia Duddy!

See you tomorrow. 

OutKick Nightcaps is a daily column set to run Monday through Friday at 4 p.m. (roughly, we’re not robots).

Sydney Smith or Sydney Sweeney? Email me at Zach.Dean@OutKick.com.