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Speaker 1: This is the Matt Thomas Show with Ross ten.

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Speaker 2: Oh one and the am. You are on Sports Talk

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seven out of l O and welcome into a Wednesday

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edition of The Matt Thomas Show with Ross without Matt Thomas.

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Nineteen players on the IL at one point eight starting

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pitchers on the IL. I mean underperformances from guys in

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the heart of the lineup for guys like Christian Walker

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to Jose l TV to occasionally elinor Diez and uh somehow,

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some way, even though it has been a malaise for

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a couple of months, last two days they found a

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way six to five if your Astros beat the Texas Rangers.

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It got Harry there at the end, and you know,

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Dello Santo's giving up some runs. Brian a Bray you

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having to come in for a four out save. He

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got some traffic on the base pads and the ninth

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ninth inning as well. But your Astros secure the victory,

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they win the series against the Rangers. They go for

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a sweep today at seven to ten on Sports Talk

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seven to ninety six o'clock. Astros on deck with yours truly,

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that'll be three straight in a row for those of

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you counting at home, and they go for the silver

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boot series. They go for the sweep, and they go

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for the tiebreaker season long against the Rangers, and most importantly,

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they go to keep pace with the Seattle Mariners, who

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will not freaking lose. They crush the Royals yesterday. Astros

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still a half game back in the American League West.

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Mariners have won ten in a row, and we're talking

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about it on The Matt Thomas Show with Ross Without

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We're talking some astros. You still want to get in.

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In the day two of the aftermath of the Tampa

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Bay Buccaneers versus Texans game, I'm seeing more and more

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content on the Internet that people think the Texans were

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allowed to score on that Nick Chubb touchdown. We can

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talk about that. We got a lot of other Texans

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things to get to, a lot of CJ. Stroud. I

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don't want to say hate, but uh I've said pushback.

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The honeymoon is certainly over with CJ. Stroud. Astros are

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in the thick of a series in an American League

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Western race, and they continue to win as well. Seven

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to one three two one two five seven ninety is

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the phone number if you want to get in there,

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seven to one, three two one two five seven ninety.

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You can also send some tweets to at sports RV.

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Speaker 3: So.

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Speaker 2: Yes, last night the Astros were able to get a

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win against the Texas Rangers. They were three. It was

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kind of lining up for a potential disaster scenario for

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the Astros in that game. You get up six to

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nothing by the fourth inning, and then they had a

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lot of traffic on the bas pass throughout the game.

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Now they came through I think all three of their

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hits with runners in scoring position. They were three for fourteen.

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I think all three of them came in the fourth inning.

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It comes in bunches, as they say, three for fourteen

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with runners in scoring position, which isn't horrible. It's not

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as bad as what the Rangers had. They were one

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for seven with runners in scoring position. They should think

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about firing their hitting coaches. Oh wait, they already did

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that earlier this season. I guess they need to fire

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the new guy too. Just keep firing the hitting coaches

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until you can get runs with scoring in scoring position.

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That's what the fans tell you. But anyways, I digress,

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so you couldn't come through with it. Aj Blue Ball

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was very good. Three innings pitched, he got you fit

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fifty pitches, he got seven strikeouts. He was getting swinging

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miss like crazy. We talked with Joe's Botty yesterday, like

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it just looks confident out there, and confidence is very key,

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especially when you get to this level of sport. It's

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confidence is key in any level of anything in life,

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but especially of course when you're a major league pitcher

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and you're a rookie and you're trying to get outs.

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So he looked confident out there. He was pretty good.

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Colton Gordon came in in a piggyback situation, gave you

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three innings, he gave up a run, then it was

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all good. Jayden Murray's getting outs, and then Yodelo Sento's

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got the first two out of the eighth inning, and

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you're feeling good. Win probability for those of you playing

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at home got up to ninety nine percent at that moment,

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and then a bunch of guys got on base, and

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then it started to get harry, and I kept on

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kind of like, uh, I don't know, Like you're in

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a stressful situation and you have to remind yourself that

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everything's gonna be okay.

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Speaker 4: That's what was.

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Speaker 2: Happening to me last night. I was in a stressful

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situation with the Astros and I had to keep I

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was like mass hitting refresh the win probability, Like, Okay,

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they're still supposed to win this game. They're still supposed

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to win this game. It was like seventy It got

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down to like seventy five, seventy three percent, but I

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was like, okay, seventy three percent is good. They're still

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favorite to win this game. But I got I did

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get scared that they were gonna blow it. And the

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same thing with Brian a Bray. You there in the

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ninth inning, but all's well, that ends well. But you

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had to have Brian a Bray who get thirty two

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pitches he pitched the day before, so he's not gonna

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be available in a sweep situation for the Astros against

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the Rangers. But hey, go out there and score a

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bunch of runs and you won't need him. Easier said

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than done. I don't know if you check him out. Matchup.

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Jake deGrom Is on the hill for the Texas Rangers

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going up against Christian Javier so Astros underdogs today, but

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they can go for the sweep and they were able

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to get to win. Yourd on Alvarez if you had

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not heard, unfortunately is uh, well, he's gonna miss significant time.

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Here is uh, here's uh uh. This is from yesterday,

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Joe Aspota speaking to the media on the This is

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in the dugout and hold on, where is the cut

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that I had? Why is it all messed up? Okay?

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Here it is. Here's Joe Aspota And just this always

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happens with the Astros. You they they don't tell you

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the diagnosis, they don't tell you how long it's going

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to be. But I would say listen to your context

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text clues when it comes to what Joe Spota had

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to say on Jordon's injury yesterday.

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Speaker 5: He's got a pretty significant ankle spring. So this is

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going to keep him out for for a while. Let's

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not get into days, weeks, any of that. We are

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going to take one day at a time. But this

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is going to take some time to heal. We don't

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have that many days left on the regular season, so

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we are going to he's in there getting some treatment,

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getting some.

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Speaker 2: Work done, so.

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Speaker 5: You know, hopefully it's not he's not out for long

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period of time.

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Speaker 2: So he starts off Chris Gordy hanging out saying it's

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a significant injury and he's gonna miss some time. Then

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he goes and he does the the Astros backpedal. Well,

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we don't want to get into timelines. We don't want

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to give you days. We don't get it. But you

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can just tell us, like, hey, it's gonna take some time.

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Speaker 4: Guy, if two weeks.

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Speaker 2: Left in the season, Yeah, why do we not want

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to get in a timeline?

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Speaker 1: Why?

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Speaker 4: I never understand that, And I don't know if the

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answer is injuries are really iffy. I mean, you can

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wake up one day and it could feel great, and

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we all understand that. Yeah, but you you just still

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have a general idea that he's not gonna play baseball

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in the next two weeks.

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Speaker 2: So like just say that, Like, I don't understand.

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Speaker 4: We're not guys, We're not gonna put days or times

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on it, like okay, but we can at least put

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a general speculation on it.

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Speaker 2: I just watching the video. I don't know this for

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a fact, but it just feels like a situation where

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it's like Joe spot is like, hey, guys, the Trainers

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are the player or whoever I don't know, is like that.

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It seems like an organizational thing, and and Joe Spotta

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knows that he has to bear the brunt of it.

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Because then there was a follow up question. I don't know,

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there's a cut right here. Let me see if this

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has the question on it. Taylor from Chandler like, it's

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a very simple beat repiter. Beat reporter asks, Hey, this

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guy got injured. Is he hitting? Is it gonna hit

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the il? And well, Joe's spotty didn't really want to

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answer that question. Did you just hurt? What I said?

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This is going to take some time.

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Speaker 6: I know, I'm wondering for your rosters. We're gonna play me,

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I'm sure that. Listen, one day at a time. Chanler, Okay,

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I'm not gonna give you days weeks what we're gonna

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do next. He's gonna have to sit down and wait.

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Speaker 2: Okay, a little combative from Joe's spot of there, Hey,

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did you hear what I said, Chandler like, one day

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at a time. Well, okay, well I'm sorry, players hurt.

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We're asking if he's hitting the IL. So he's very

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basic stuff.

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Speaker 4: So he's saying they're not like he's going to remain

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on the active roster. They're not putting him on the IL.

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Speaker 2: I guess that. So it would be the ten day IL.

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It's fifteen for pitchers. I believe in ten days for

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player position players, so it would just be ten days

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and there's ten games left, and so I don't know,

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I don't know. O Spot is not gonna say.

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Speaker 4: It's always weird like that, like how much do you

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want to bet? Later today it comes out you're on

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alvvers to the he's on the eye. M like yeah,

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So it's so weird to be like one day at

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a time challenge asking a legit question, are you gonna

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play a man short because he's taking an active roster

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spot and you're not yeah yet exactly.

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Speaker 2: So again, I will say, just my gut feeling is

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it's not like Joe Spot is saying, hey guys, we

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really need to keep a competitive vantage. We're not gonna

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tell anybody anything. So I'm like, I don't know if

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it's the trainers, I don't know who it is, or

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I don't know what's going on. It's just weird. It's

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just weird to say this guy. But but I think,

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like I said, again, you got to read the tea leaves.

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You gotta read between the lines, or you gotta actually

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kind of said and plain sight the word. He went

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out of his way to say significant ankle injury. So

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that makes me believe he's gonna miss the regular season.

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And that's that was reported by Bob Nightingale.

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Speaker 4: I don't know, man, it's uh, look, the timing of

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this may work out in your favor.

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Speaker 2: If what's his face?

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Speaker 4: Uh, parades gits back right like if he saw Paradis

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comes back, he's gonna be your d.

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Speaker 2: That They like to stick Jose Altuve there some they

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like to use the d H spot to get both

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Caratini and Diez in the lineup. So I mean, but yeah,

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if Paratus is available, obviously he's been one of your

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best hitters all season long. It's yeah, what a freak Injine,

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Like what dude?

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Speaker 4: All of Jordan's career has just been marred by stupid,

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not stupid but you know, like.

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Speaker 2: Well he got hit running into the way. He's got

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hit running into the wall before. Uh, and now he

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gets hit slide. It looked like a slipping side slide

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the way his foot went on first on home home plate.

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And Joe Spot to talk about it yesterday here on

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this show, like, yeah, sometimes it's early. It was the

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first inning, and you know that the grounds crew likes

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to water down the infield to start the game. And

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he said a lot of times he said they towel

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it off. And I don't know if they didn't towel

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it off enough for what happened, because he he's like,

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we don't score a run there. Maybe they're like, we

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don't score runs in the first inning that much anyways,

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the first inning. And while he slid all over it,

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the regular season. Okay, quick break here on the Matt

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masking tape, bubblegum or whatever they've been doing? Houston Texans

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day number two talking about their loss. How are we

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Speaker 2: Stroud? Nick Kayley's under a lot of fire on social

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media as well. Seven one three two one two five

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talking about a number of different things going on in

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the Houston sports world. In the sports sphere. Uh. I

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think maybe at some point we need to talk about this.

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Did you see this Tom Brady stuff where he's he's

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on Monday Night Football, He's like on a headset in

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the coaches booth and people are like, wait, this guy's

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allowed to go and be in coaches meetings for the

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opposing teams because he's a broadcaster.

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Speaker 4: I think when you were out, I've filled in with

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Matt and they I did this as a shut yo

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bab ass up because.

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Speaker 2: They relaxed when they were last yeol they.

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Speaker 4: Were like, oh he get like and I'm like, dude,

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pick one. Either you're an owner or or a broadcast

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You cannot be both. It's that is that skews the

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Speaker 2: And it also feels like normally you wouldn't take that

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too much into it. But when it's the most hyper

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competitive like football player in the last thirty years, and

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also it's a guy who's been known to bend rules

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and been involved in multiple cheating scandals along with Bill

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Belichick and the Patriots, that's when I would give a

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I just and and who there's somebody called him

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out on it publicly, like you have.

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Speaker 2: To pick on another owner was a cow McNair. You

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cannot do that, Tom, It is an unfair advantage. Yeah,

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I don't have to fight. It was a it was

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Speaker 4: Of course.

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Speaker 2: Mike Florio has got a piece up. Oh man, Mike

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Florio loves hit pieces on the NFL. How does it?

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How does NBC still keep him on the air. He

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loves trying to undress Roger Goodell in the NFL, like

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at any point, any any time he can.

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Speaker 4: I think that's one where it's like you're a broadcast partner,

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but you don't own like in other words, if he

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was on NFL network, Yeah, Floria would have been booted

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a long time ago.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, maybe he would have. All right, Anyways, we got

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a lot of stuff to talk about. Seven one three

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were talking about this during the break, Cordy. You have

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the Mariners on a ten game winning streak. I mean

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I talked about them waking up at some point because

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the lineup was good, the pitching was good. Uh, and

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their bullpen's like, Okay, it's not what I mean. It's

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Munos and then uh, they do have some some issues

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with a bunch of reliable leverage guys. But anyways, they

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kept on losing, and you're kept on. You kept on

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saying to yourself, how do they keep losing the games?

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This lineup and this pitching is so good, they have

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to start winning at some point, And well at some

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point was ten games ago, ten and zero in their

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last ten games, and they just keep on churning out

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the dubs and a lot of them they're making look easy.

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I mean, the last two wins eleven to two and

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twelve to five over the Angels and Royals. It's they're

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not going away. And on the flip side, we also

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is five games. They've done it twice, but they just

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haven't been consistently good enough. And now your your aos

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opponent is is ripping off ten straight wins. They just

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will not lose, and you remain a a half game

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behind them in the American League West.

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Speaker 4: And with this game tonight, if I was a betting man,

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I would lean towards loss.

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Speaker 2: Like you won the first two the series. Yeah, they

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first of all, they've been underdogs in the first two

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games of the series. But yes they are underdogs in

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this one as well. Texas at a minus one thirty five.

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So that's what you got to lay to win. One

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hundred Astros plus one fifteen. That's what you win if

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you bet one hundred. So slight underdogs in this one.

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have not won three games in a row this month. Astros. Yeah,

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I knew, yeah, that would that would be Hey, what

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better time than now win the Silver Boat Series. They'll

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be also a DEFEATI Gordy, come on, man, and your

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past performance.

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Speaker 4: Up against Merril Kelly Jack Lyder, Yeah, so I mean,

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Jake de gram I'm not Look, did it against their other

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two arms? Six six runs from back to back knights?

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Can you get the sixth night?

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Speaker 2: I would say probably not unless it's gonna be against

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the bullpen. But also I didn't think that they were

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gonna get to Meryl Kelly. Merrick Kelly. Merrill Kelly, he said,

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easily had his worst start of the season, or at

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least his worst start as a Ranger. Three inning, six

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earned runs, like they were scoring off of them, So

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it can be done. You can put together some good abs.

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It happened last night, can it happen for a second

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consecutive night, But then once funny enough, Meryl Kelly's been

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great and then once he gets chased. You can't do

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anything against the Rangers bullpen, but it can be done.

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I'm with you. I would say I'd favor the Rangers,

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and Vegas favors the Rangers as well. But hey, you

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were underdogs the last two nights. Go out there and

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get this sweep. It'd be important to help Bury the

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Rangers win the Silver Boot Series and most importantly, keep

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pace with the Mariners, who just cannot lose.

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Speaker 4: I'm just looking at it. The Mariners are in Kansas City.

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They won last night twelve to five. This is off

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of Sunday's game, winning eleven to two. Yes, Cole Reagan's

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is set to go for the Kansas City Royals. He

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has not pitched in a game since June. Okay, so

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he's gonna be on a pitch counter. He's coming back fantastic.

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And then they'll play a day game to so you'll

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have a day off tomorrow. Mariners will play a day

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game tomorrow against City.

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Speaker 2: Which we hope it goes fifteen innings.

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Speaker 4: So this thing, let's okay. So you're what, you're half

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a game back.

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Speaker 2: Still, yes, one in the loss column.

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Speaker 4: So if you win tonight and they lose, you'll be

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half a game up, and then if they come back

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and win on Thursday, you will be not dead even

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going into to a.

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Speaker 2: Huge series late September, mid to late September, Mariner's coming

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into town. Either way, even if the Astros lose to

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I mean, it's it's year within striking distance, you will

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be at most what two games back.

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Speaker 4: At must Yeah, So let's let's let's just say, let's

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just say for argument's sake, the Mariners win tomorrow and

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today and you go or they come in on Friday

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and you're a full game back.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, win the series and you're tied.

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Speaker 4: Win the series, so you would have Yeah, so you'd

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have to take you would have to take two out

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of three to just stay tied.

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Speaker 2: They they lined it all up. I mean, you're giving

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them your best shot. You get, you get the day off,

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then you get Hunter Brown and fromber Valdez. And look,

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I understand Frober has been extremely shaky lately, but those

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are your two best guys, you get them those first

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two games of the series, and then ESPN's not always right,

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but they have Jason Alexander and line up for the

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third game. Those have been your three best start pictures.

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So you're giving your them your best shot at home,

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where you've been better than on the road, and where

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the Mariners have been horrible on the road, although they

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didn't seem to mind being in Kansas City last night.

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What's the season series that was? So I don't recall honestly, Okay, so.

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Speaker 4: Let's go back in April. They took Mariners, took two

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out of three. You won the series, though they came

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out here for four. You took three out of four.

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Speaker 2: Okay.

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Speaker 4: So so they were two and one and then one

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in three, So that's three and four.

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Speaker 2: And then to start the season they lost a three

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game set. No, I just I agree, I'm working from four.

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I'm sorry.

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Speaker 4: I thought you're going backwards. So they were three and four.

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Then they took two out of three out of the

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All Star break, now they would be four and so

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that would be five and three. Five, yes, five and five,

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and then and then there's this series. Okay, so wins

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the tiebreaker, Yes.

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Speaker 2: Big games coming up. It's playoffs, baby, yeah.

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Speaker 4: I mean for anybody who's layoffs, Anybody's just like, ah,

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let me know when the Astros make the postseason.

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Speaker 7: All this is the postseason. Yes, this weekend is the

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post season. Well, they're two and zero in the posts.

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Some people are saying, this is the playoffs now, and

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they're two and zero in the playoffs. And you got

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a big game coming up against the Rangers today. Okay,

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we got to take a break.

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Speaker 2: Seven one three two one two five seven ninety is

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the phone number if you want to get in. Seven

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one three two one two five seven ninety. Astros, hang

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on for the win yesterday, go for the sweep today,

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Seattle coming in this weekend? How we feel it? Seven

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one three two one two five seven ninety. Back after

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the short bottom of the hour break on Sports Talk

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seven ninety, your home for the shows. Remember when this

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song took over the entire planet? That was crazy. Welcome

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back to the Matt Thomas Show with Ross without Matt Thomas,

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Chris Gordy hanging out. Appreciate you Ros Virial here as well.

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Matt Thomas is on.

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Speaker 3: Uh.

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Speaker 2: I guess you'd call it work caation. I don't know.

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He's probably not working that hard at the broadcaster meetings

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in New York. He'll be back tomorrow. Oh he schmoves him. Well,

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he's trying his best to schmooze. He's getting he's getting

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like a fake smiles from Mike Breen like yeah, thanks, Matt,

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really love you here. You're the best. All right, anyways,

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just go just please go away, all right. Seven one

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three two one two five. I'm kidding, Matt. Seven one

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three two one two five seven ninety is the phone

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number if you want to get in. So we are

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in the thick of this American League West race, and

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I was kind of thinking about this now. I know

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Ranger fan is more focused on what's going on with

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the Cowboys this week and then bouncing back and getting

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a week two win after a Week one disaster. But

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if you are a Ranger fan and then they made

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all these moves at the deadline and then at this moment,

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you find yourself four and a half back of the Mariners.

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I think they're currently out of the wild card playoff.

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Speaker 4: Odds god one saying said if they lose tonight, like

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they're basically they think they're done.

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Speaker 2: They got to be cooked. I mean they're the Astros,

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by the way, are the second wild card right now,

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if for those of you who don't know, they passed

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the Red Sox who lost and the Astros one. So

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they're tied in the lost column with the Red Sox,

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but they have one more win, two in the lost

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column behind the Yankees for the first wild card. So

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it's no guarantee, which it seemed like it could have

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been before that they are going to play the Mariners

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in the opening series. Guardians are two and a half

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back of the Red Sox, so three back of the Astros,

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and then the Rangers are three and a half back

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of the Red Sox as well. Yeah, it feels like

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the Rangers are done. I mean the margin for air

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is extremely thin. As I said, their playoff odds are

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at thirteen thirteen percent right now.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, because it's basically if Boston were to fall apart,

474
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Cleveland could sneak in there. But yeah, this is this

475
00:23:07,559 --> 00:23:10,599
is very interesting. Look, I know the TV networks want Yankees,

476
00:23:10,680 --> 00:23:14,119
Red Sox, of course they want more than yeah, but

477
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I mean it kind of sucks though, right if like

478
00:23:18,279 --> 00:23:22,599
this thing the division this the series this week against

479
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the Mariners. The winner of this will be in the

480
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driver's seat to win the American League West and possibly

481
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host a wildcard series against that that very team.

482
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Speaker 2: Yeah, you gotta win the you gotta win the series,

483
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and I mean even if you don't, then you gotta

484
00:23:37,799 --> 00:23:39,759
win like five out of six, if not all six

485
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against the A's and the Angels. This just kind of

486
00:23:41,880 --> 00:23:44,319
sucks because it's like, what if the Astros.

487
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Speaker 4: What if they win tonight and then they take two

488
00:23:46,640 --> 00:23:49,240
or three against Seattle this weekend, and then in two

489
00:23:49,279 --> 00:23:52,039
weeks Ross we're talking about the Astros hosting a wildcard

490
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series against the damn Mariners again.

491
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Speaker 2: Uh, do you know what, Let's let's go to that.

492
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Let's teleport to that that reality the Astro. How do

493
00:24:00,599 --> 00:24:03,519
you feel about the Astros in that series? You feel

494
00:24:03,519 --> 00:24:05,640
better because they're at home, right.

495
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Speaker 4: But Seattle's got the edge pitching. I feel like their

496
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pitching's been would it be?

497
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Speaker 2: I don't even know exactly how they would order it

498
00:24:15,559 --> 00:24:20,400
as far as Gilbert or Kirby. I mean, Castillo has

499
00:24:20,440 --> 00:24:23,640
been good for them as well. Brian Wu. I mean,

500
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let's just say if it goes three, I'm not feeling

501
00:24:26,880 --> 00:24:31,039
great with the first two well, actually, well do okay,

502
00:24:31,359 --> 00:24:33,960
I got another one for you. Let's say two. Okay,

503
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you get two more runs of the rotation. What if

504
00:24:36,480 --> 00:24:40,079
Fromber is okay? And those two runs and Jason Alexander

505
00:24:40,160 --> 00:24:41,839
is good in those runs and you make the playoffs?

506
00:24:42,400 --> 00:24:46,759
Can you say, out loud with a straight face, dfad

507
00:24:46,799 --> 00:24:49,480
by the Age, Jason Alexander is your number two starter

508
00:24:49,640 --> 00:24:53,200
in a playoff series. I wonder if they would do that,

509
00:24:53,319 --> 00:24:57,240
no over Fromber Over fromber If Fromber's been shaky, they've

510
00:24:57,480 --> 00:24:59,519
it was it like seven eight games in a row

511
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he started, they lost.

512
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Speaker 4: He's.

513
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Speaker 2: He's he's been shaky.

514
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Speaker 4: But I just feel like the reputational they'd even said

515
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it with Sean a week or two ago. He's like, no, man,

516
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I mean from with track record, So they're gonna go

517
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on track round.

518
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Speaker 2: Okay, you want to look at his playoff track record.

519
00:25:18,119 --> 00:25:21,160
He's had some blow up starts. Yeah, in twenty three,

520
00:25:21,759 --> 00:25:24,039
in twenty two he was nails. Yeah, I think in

521
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twenty one and maybe even some other times he has

522
00:25:27,599 --> 00:25:30,200
blown up in the playoffs. Of course. Jason Alexander I

523
00:25:30,240 --> 00:25:32,759
don't believe has much of a postseason. I'm just saying

524
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I'm not saying I'm just saying it's something that you know,

525
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those one you can say, we'll come to the we'll

526
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cross those bridges when we come to them. But it's

527
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something that's in the back of my mind that would

528
00:25:42,920 --> 00:25:44,839
just be kind of crazy to say out loud, But

529
00:25:44,960 --> 00:25:47,920
it isn't the craziest thing to think that that it

530
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could change that way. Now, if he can just go

531
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ahead and have a good start, he's been good at

532
00:25:51,400 --> 00:25:53,559
home all year long, that'd be that's a feather in

533
00:25:53,559 --> 00:25:55,720
his cap all for not all year long, but for

534
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the majority of the year. And then if you are

535
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able to host the post season series, you would have

536
00:26:02,559 --> 00:26:05,680
him at home as well. But yeah, it just it

537
00:26:05,799 --> 00:26:08,599
feels like it could be a fluid situation. But when

538
00:26:08,640 --> 00:26:10,799
the game and take care of business, I just hate

539
00:26:10,799 --> 00:26:11,440
we're in the spot.

540
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Speaker 4: I remember a few weeks ago, they were right there,

541
00:26:14,359 --> 00:26:16,319
right behind the Tigers and the Blue Jays for best

542
00:26:16,359 --> 00:26:17,039
record in America.

543
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Speaker 2: Do you remember that? And now you're six and a

544
00:26:19,519 --> 00:26:23,519
half back of Toronto. Well, everybody keeps getting hurt. Your

545
00:26:23,559 --> 00:26:26,519
bullpen is it's not in shambles, but it's hanging by

546
00:26:26,519 --> 00:26:28,960
a thread. And then ord On Alvarez just flips his

547
00:26:29,000 --> 00:26:32,640
ankle in half. Toronto's won six in a row. The

548
00:26:32,680 --> 00:26:35,119
Mariners have won ten in a row, so it is

549
00:26:35,200 --> 00:26:36,759
possible to close the season strong.

550
00:26:37,160 --> 00:26:40,240
Speaker 4: The A's have won five in a row. You gotta

551
00:26:40,279 --> 00:26:41,240
play them.

552
00:26:41,720 --> 00:26:44,480
Speaker 2: It feels like the like the Astros plane is run

553
00:26:44,480 --> 00:26:45,960
out of gas and they're just trying to make it

554
00:26:45,960 --> 00:26:47,279
to the to the to a soft land.

555
00:26:47,359 --> 00:26:47,480
Speaker 8: Now.

556
00:26:47,519 --> 00:26:49,359
Speaker 2: The Angels have lost five in a row, but they

557
00:26:49,359 --> 00:26:51,400
won two in a row. Oh yeah, the angel lost

558
00:26:51,400 --> 00:26:53,279
fight with the A's. What about the A's though, I

559
00:26:53,359 --> 00:26:58,119
just said they have won fire. Yeah, that's what I'm saying, Like,

560
00:26:58,359 --> 00:27:01,400
just not the I'm the Rangers out there. I'm so

561
00:27:01,440 --> 00:27:04,160
sick of the A's. I've had enough. I suppose of them.

562
00:27:04,279 --> 00:27:06,359
They always do this. They're terrible and then their young

563
00:27:06,400 --> 00:27:08,440
talent looks good and gives them promise for next year,

564
00:27:08,480 --> 00:27:09,440
and then they're terrible again.

565
00:27:10,559 --> 00:27:13,400
Speaker 4: Would it be something if the Rangers missed the playoffs?

566
00:27:14,359 --> 00:27:17,319
The Cowboys, I don't think they're gonna make the playoffs.

567
00:27:18,720 --> 00:27:21,880
Speaker 2: Mavericks, they're gonna make the playoffs. I would say yes.

568
00:27:24,440 --> 00:27:27,519
I would just love to see Dallas sports Cooper Flag

569
00:27:27,559 --> 00:27:29,319
go back into the toy I saw a tweet Cooper

570
00:27:29,319 --> 00:27:31,119
Flag's moms not letting him spend more than one hundred

571
00:27:31,119 --> 00:27:33,559
and eighty k on a on a car. She's limiting

572
00:27:33,599 --> 00:27:36,160
them or something like that. That's my money, mom, Get

573
00:27:36,160 --> 00:27:39,240
off my big whoa. Okay, first of all, you don't

574
00:27:39,279 --> 00:27:43,880
need a supercar, sorry, twenty year old. Okay, you good.

575
00:27:44,359 --> 00:27:46,480
You just you need Cooper Flag. Just need something to

576
00:27:46,519 --> 00:27:47,839
go to the grocery store. You don't need to pull

577
00:27:47,920 --> 00:27:48,519
up in a Ferrari.

578
00:27:48,960 --> 00:27:49,160
Speaker 9: Guy.

579
00:27:49,400 --> 00:27:51,880
Speaker 4: Some guy yesterday in traffic passed me in a corvette.

580
00:27:52,400 --> 00:27:55,400
He very quickly hit eighty ninety miles per hour and

581
00:27:55,400 --> 00:27:57,839
then not even sixty seconds later was in dead stop traffic.

582
00:27:59,160 --> 00:28:03,960
Speaker 2: You're in Dallas exactly your ear ear cargo. Yeah yeah,

583
00:28:03,960 --> 00:28:07,359
you're coold stop. All right. Fine, if you're that insecure

584
00:28:07,359 --> 00:28:09,680
and you want everybody looking at you, that's great. But anyways,

585
00:28:09,720 --> 00:28:11,359
all right, we're gonna take a break on that note.

586
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On the Matt top of his show with Ross, we're

587
00:28:13,960 --> 00:28:16,119
talking to Mastros. We're gonna go to Texans mode coming

588
00:28:16,160 --> 00:28:18,079
up at eleven o'clock. Anything you guys want to get to.

589
00:28:18,200 --> 00:28:21,640
Phone lines are open. Seven one three two one two

590
00:28:21,680 --> 00:28:23,839
five seven ninety is the phone number. If you want

591
00:28:23,839 --> 00:28:25,920
to get in seven one three, two one two five

592
00:28:26,440 --> 00:28:29,319
seven ninety back in a minute after this quick break

593
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ten forty eight am. Here on Sports Talk seven ninety,

594
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Ross Virrea with you. We've got wait, what is Wednesdays

595
00:28:50,079 --> 00:28:52,920
on the show eleven thirty? I just don't get it? No,

596
00:28:53,079 --> 00:28:56,039
is that Thursdays? Shut your bo mass up. See dude,

597
00:28:56,039 --> 00:28:57,119
I'm terrible.

598
00:28:57,200 --> 00:28:57,599
Speaker 3: This is.

599
00:29:00,000 --> 00:29:02,640
Speaker 2: You don't know what you're doing in the shows. I

600
00:29:02,720 --> 00:29:04,480
just show up, make fun of man for four hours

601
00:29:04,480 --> 00:29:07,759
ago home normally all right, Yeah, ain't nobody had time

602
00:29:07,799 --> 00:29:10,200
for that slast shut shoe bum ass up coming up

603
00:29:10,240 --> 00:29:12,119
at eleven thirty earlier? I think I said, I just

604
00:29:12,119 --> 00:29:14,160
don't get it. I did get my days mixed up.

605
00:29:14,559 --> 00:29:14,880
Speaker 4: All right.

606
00:29:14,920 --> 00:29:16,599
Speaker 2: Look, I've had a couple of long days. I've done

607
00:29:16,599 --> 00:29:18,279
two post games at all. I'm doing another one tonight.

608
00:29:18,319 --> 00:29:20,720
I'm doing four out of five days this week, so

609
00:29:20,799 --> 00:29:23,599
my brain's a little scrambled. Okay, you have my deepest apologies.

610
00:29:23,640 --> 00:29:25,640
You're a little bit like arch Manning his his brain

611
00:29:25,720 --> 00:29:29,720
is whoa, whoa no or no. My shoulder feels fine.

612
00:29:31,079 --> 00:29:32,960
I don't need surgery. I don't know what you're talking about,

613
00:29:33,240 --> 00:29:37,359
he says, it's not physical, it's just mental. What is EPA?

614
00:29:38,160 --> 00:29:41,160
That would be expected points added? Let me guess the

615
00:29:41,319 --> 00:29:43,480
year are you looking? Don't look at the textans EPA.

616
00:29:43,839 --> 00:29:45,559
I like EPA. I think it's a good metric if

617
00:29:45,599 --> 00:29:47,160
you look at normally the teams that you think of

618
00:29:47,400 --> 00:29:52,359
as the best in football offensively and defensively, it it

619
00:29:52,480 --> 00:29:54,079
rings pretty accurate to me.

620
00:29:54,599 --> 00:29:58,240
Speaker 4: Well, arch Manning is dead last among quarterbacks out of

621
00:29:58,240 --> 00:29:59,440
one thirty three EPA.

622
00:29:59,559 --> 00:30:03,480
Speaker 2: Well that's not good. One three at one thirty three,

623
00:30:03,640 --> 00:30:05,079
That's that's not good at all.

624
00:30:06,359 --> 00:30:11,400
Speaker 4: All right, Well, dead last? I mean you started get

625
00:30:11,400 --> 00:30:14,359
to a point where you go, who's the backup? Uh?

626
00:30:14,400 --> 00:30:17,559
Speaker 2: It's what's his name? From Troy? He transferred over from

627
00:30:17,680 --> 00:30:20,680
Troy Matt Campbell or something like that. I can't even

628
00:30:20,720 --> 00:30:26,559
really remember. He came into the game on Saturday. Let

629
00:30:26,559 --> 00:30:28,680
me go. I don't know why I'm talking like this.

630
00:30:29,720 --> 00:30:33,279
Let me get it. They got the kid, Uh, what's

631
00:30:33,279 --> 00:30:35,480
his name? The big five star coming in? And I'm sorry,

632
00:30:35,519 --> 00:30:37,599
did I say Matt Campbell? Matt Caldwell? Same thing?

633
00:30:38,279 --> 00:30:42,119
Speaker 4: So Matthew eric white guy named Matthew Caldwell. Yes, And

634
00:30:42,119 --> 00:30:44,119
then they have Trey Owens.

635
00:30:46,160 --> 00:30:50,839
Speaker 2: And uh, Yeah, some guy named kJ Lacey who was

636
00:30:50,920 --> 00:30:55,480
mister football Alabama. Oh yeah, from Sarahlyn. So there you go.

637
00:30:56,319 --> 00:30:59,079
Who's the guy they have comeing in next year? Da Bell?

638
00:30:59,400 --> 00:30:59,599
Speaker 4: Yeah?

639
00:30:59,599 --> 00:31:03,480
Speaker 2: Bell Bell had Rajah Bell's son. Yes, he I think

640
00:31:03,519 --> 00:31:06,000
he got upgraded a five star. He's having a minor

641
00:31:06,039 --> 00:31:08,839
procedure and he's like, yeah, I'm shutting it down. They're like,

642
00:31:08,880 --> 00:31:12,279
he's done really high school football. Yeah. Apparently, they're like,

643
00:31:12,799 --> 00:31:14,559
we're gonna go ahead and keep this five star in

644
00:31:14,640 --> 00:31:17,160
IL deals all lined up. We're gonna go ahead and

645
00:31:17,279 --> 00:31:20,400
shut down his senior year. So Dia Bell is supposed

646
00:31:20,400 --> 00:31:21,960
to be coming, He's supposed to be the next big thing.

647
00:31:22,000 --> 00:31:24,200
But of course Arch Manning was the next big thing.

648
00:31:24,559 --> 00:31:28,119
You look at the recruiting class of that year, what

649
00:31:28,200 --> 00:31:30,839
was it. Malachi Nelson was a five star, Nicol Yamlava

650
00:31:30,920 --> 00:31:33,079
was a five star, Like basically everybody was a five

651
00:31:33,079 --> 00:31:35,640
star that year. Has not been a good quarterback. It happens.

652
00:31:35,720 --> 00:31:38,880
Speaker 4: What if? Is it a world where Arch is just

653
00:31:38,960 --> 00:31:42,160
kind of averaged this year? Next year Dia Bell comes

654
00:31:42,200 --> 00:31:44,400
in and beats out Arch for the starting show.

655
00:31:44,400 --> 00:31:44,680
Speaker 3: Why not?

656
00:31:44,759 --> 00:31:47,519
Speaker 2: I don't care whoever it is. I didn't pay any

657
00:31:47,559 --> 00:31:49,920
and il money to Arch and I didn't hype him up.

658
00:31:50,720 --> 00:31:52,799
Listen to this show. I told you that I was

659
00:31:52,839 --> 00:31:55,039
concerned he was that not that good because he couldn't

660
00:31:55,039 --> 00:31:55,759
beat out Quinn.

661
00:31:55,599 --> 00:31:59,000
Speaker 4: Yours and he did go to Newman that you know,

662
00:31:59,039 --> 00:32:02,000
it's not exactly like the competition he was playing against

663
00:32:02,200 --> 00:32:03,039
was all that great.

664
00:32:03,119 --> 00:32:04,920
Speaker 2: Yeah, people talk, but if you looked at the highlights,

665
00:32:04,960 --> 00:32:07,000
I mean he was making plays. I like I said,

666
00:32:07,039 --> 00:32:09,839
if anybody, even if you changed, I'm not saying place

667
00:32:09,960 --> 00:32:10,680
last year is it?

668
00:32:10,799 --> 00:32:11,000
Speaker 4: Yeah?

669
00:32:11,039 --> 00:32:13,920
Speaker 2: He did game starter like, he looked great. Well. He

670
00:32:13,960 --> 00:32:16,519
also made a lot of most of his mistakes I

671
00:32:16,599 --> 00:32:20,599
felt that he made were mental this year, last year,

672
00:32:20,680 --> 00:32:22,759
last year. This year, it looks mental and physical, like

673
00:32:22,960 --> 00:32:25,400
if you can't pass accurately, that that's going to be

674
00:32:25,440 --> 00:32:28,720
an issue. That a guy he's pulling a CJ. Stroud

675
00:32:28,960 --> 00:32:29,279
That is.

676
00:32:29,319 --> 00:32:31,359
Speaker 4: Waldough to be righted one thirty three out of one

677
00:32:31,440 --> 00:32:32,759
thirty three. You know what else is funny?

678
00:32:32,799 --> 00:32:34,880
Speaker 2: I saw some status was like on Pro Football focused

679
00:32:34,920 --> 00:32:38,599
college or something, and it was, uh, it was talking

680
00:32:38,640 --> 00:32:40,960
about like one of the one of the alignemen for

681
00:32:41,000 --> 00:32:43,480
the Longhorns, and it was like no pressures allowed this

682
00:32:43,599 --> 00:32:46,559
weekend and I'm like, wait a second, they played UTEP.

683
00:32:48,200 --> 00:32:50,640
Speaker 4: I just saw, I just saw they did a post

684
00:32:50,759 --> 00:32:54,279
last night. It was like sold out. Saturday Night's game

685
00:32:54,319 --> 00:32:57,160
against Sam Houston State sold out. Yeah, and all the

686
00:32:57,200 --> 00:32:59,960
Sam Houston people are like you all like braggett, like

687
00:33:00,079 --> 00:33:02,519
this is a big game for y'all. All the same

688
00:33:02,559 --> 00:33:04,160
of Houston people are like, man, we must be in

689
00:33:04,160 --> 00:33:05,319
your heads if y'all are like.

690
00:33:05,319 --> 00:33:07,559
Speaker 2: Oh, well, you guys are idiot. They do that every

691
00:33:07,599 --> 00:33:11,319
single week. They every week that the stadium sells out,

692
00:33:11,319 --> 00:33:13,079
they do sold out, they do a sold out post.

693
00:33:13,200 --> 00:33:14,960
So don't feel special Sam Houston.

694
00:33:15,000 --> 00:33:18,000
Speaker 4: Sorry, I will say though I brought this up multiple times.

695
00:33:18,359 --> 00:33:20,799
Can you imagine if you're so? I saw somebody was

696
00:33:20,839 --> 00:33:25,119
trying to resell their their tickets for the game this week.

697
00:33:25,920 --> 00:33:28,680
It's in It's in like section nineteen, which includes the

698
00:33:28,720 --> 00:33:31,200
Longhorn Lounge. M I was like, oh, what do you

699
00:33:31,200 --> 00:33:33,799
get from that? You get a seat with a chair

700
00:33:33,839 --> 00:33:37,599
back in the end zone. But in the Longhorn Lounge

701
00:33:37,720 --> 00:33:41,440
it says you get to buy stuff from a cash bar,

702
00:33:41,759 --> 00:33:44,359
and like, you get Nothing's include what.

703
00:33:44,440 --> 00:33:48,559
Speaker 2: It used to be so Mac and Day, Mack and

704
00:33:48,680 --> 00:33:50,319
mid Day When I was in school, there was no

705
00:33:50,359 --> 00:33:54,559
alcohol sales a DKR and you had to well, we

706
00:33:54,599 --> 00:33:58,440
as college students, we found a way, and then.

707
00:33:58,680 --> 00:33:59,480
Speaker 4: This was a way to be.

708
00:33:59,599 --> 00:34:03,319
Speaker 2: Like then they added the lounges, and the lounges were

709
00:34:03,359 --> 00:34:05,359
the only place you can buy alcohol. But now I

710
00:34:05,440 --> 00:34:07,160
believe you can buy alcohol everywhere.

711
00:34:06,880 --> 00:34:09,639
Speaker 4: Right, but you couldn't go You couldn't bring the drink

712
00:34:09,679 --> 00:34:11,039
to your seat back then, like I had to drink

713
00:34:11,079 --> 00:34:11,320
it more.

714
00:34:11,440 --> 00:34:13,639
Speaker 2: Yeah exactly. Okay, So I mean.

715
00:34:13,559 --> 00:34:15,480
Speaker 4: I'll bring that up to say this guy was trying

716
00:34:15,480 --> 00:34:18,280
to resell his tickets. He's like, it's in the Longhorn Lounge,

717
00:34:18,320 --> 00:34:20,119
but he's selling for like a couple hundred bucks. And

718
00:34:20,159 --> 00:34:23,400
I'm like, it's Sam Houston State, Like you're gonna pay spent.

719
00:34:23,960 --> 00:34:26,159
You spent a couple hundred bucks on the ticket, and

720
00:34:26,199 --> 00:34:27,599
then on top of it, you got to play for

721
00:34:27,639 --> 00:34:28,840
all your drinks as well.

722
00:34:28,880 --> 00:34:31,000
Speaker 2: Like all right, you got me curious. I was looking

723
00:34:31,000 --> 00:34:35,280
at tickets. This is insane. The cheapest tickets to Texas

724
00:34:35,679 --> 00:34:39,519
Texas ou are five hundred dollars. Oh yeah, well that's

725
00:34:39,559 --> 00:34:43,840
but that's cotton ball. Yeah, but that's that's ridiculous.

726
00:34:44,559 --> 00:34:46,679
Speaker 4: But the point I was making was like Texas is

727
00:34:46,719 --> 00:34:49,639
home slate. I remember their their toughest game they opened

728
00:34:49,719 --> 00:34:50,840
on the road at Ohio State.

729
00:34:51,440 --> 00:34:53,840
Speaker 2: Their second toughest game is on the road Georgie Cold.

730
00:34:53,880 --> 00:34:56,320
They went up on ticket prices this year. So like,

731
00:34:56,360 --> 00:34:58,639
if you're my brother, my brother has season tickets.

732
00:34:58,880 --> 00:35:02,039
Speaker 4: Your season tickets this year got you San Jose State, U,

733
00:35:02,159 --> 00:35:06,920
Tap Sam, Houston State, Vanderbilt, Arkansas A, and L.

734
00:35:06,960 --> 00:35:08,840
Speaker 2: You're basically paying for the Aggie game. You're paying for

735
00:35:08,840 --> 00:35:10,320
the whole season for the Aggie game.

736
00:35:11,400 --> 00:35:13,199
Speaker 4: Vanderbilt games looking tougher now.

737
00:35:13,159 --> 00:35:16,280
Speaker 2: Vanderbilt games looking tougher too. So I mean it's not

738
00:35:16,360 --> 00:35:18,840
a guarantee. I mean by the end of the season, Uh,

739
00:35:19,039 --> 00:35:22,880
Texas mighty be an upset mode again that a rivalry.

740
00:35:22,880 --> 00:35:24,480
Anything can happen, upset mode by the.

741
00:35:24,480 --> 00:35:28,440
Speaker 4: Best games Oklahoma neutral field, Yes, at Ohio State, Uh

742
00:35:28,519 --> 00:35:29,440
huh at Georgia.

743
00:35:29,559 --> 00:35:32,400
Speaker 2: Okay, Well it fluctuates year to year. Whatever. Oh, I'm sorry,

744
00:35:32,440 --> 00:35:34,760
I heard you. SEC was the gauntlet in every every week,

745
00:35:35,000 --> 00:35:36,960
every week was the biggest game in the world in

746
00:35:37,000 --> 00:35:39,519
the SEC. So I don't know, you tell me.

747
00:35:39,639 --> 00:35:42,079
Speaker 4: Wait till next year when you'll have to play L

748
00:35:42,199 --> 00:35:44,760
s U, Alabama, South.

749
00:35:44,559 --> 00:35:50,400
Speaker 2: Carolina Surry Dub Dub Dub dub. What's up with Dia Bell? Yeah, no,

750
00:35:50,679 --> 00:35:53,360
broke ass hard. Well we'll see.

751
00:35:53,920 --> 00:35:57,519
Speaker 4: Uh well, this is the comment I'm going to get

752
00:35:57,559 --> 00:36:01,119
to get to you. One one Texas fan said, is

753
00:36:01,119 --> 00:36:03,199
it so much of an ass for Arts to just

754
00:36:03,239 --> 00:36:06,400
play to the level of David Ash?

755
00:36:06,519 --> 00:36:12,280
Speaker 2: Hey, Now, David David ash was making some plays, baby,

756
00:36:12,960 --> 00:36:17,000
got seventy six concussions. He was battling out with Shane

757
00:36:17,039 --> 00:36:21,960
Buchell back of the day. Yeah, it's it's concerning to

758
00:36:22,000 --> 00:36:24,320
be sure you got one more cupcake left against Sam

759
00:36:24,360 --> 00:36:26,760
Houston and then it's gonna kick up a notch and

760
00:36:26,800 --> 00:36:27,760
we'll see how It's.

761
00:36:27,760 --> 00:36:29,960
Speaker 4: All I need for Arts is to play like David

762
00:36:30,000 --> 00:36:31,639
Ash or Case McCoy at this point.

763
00:36:32,760 --> 00:36:35,280
Speaker 2: Hey, Case Case was horrible, but he won that last

764
00:36:35,280 --> 00:36:38,199
game against A and M. Sam Houston state fan, glad

765
00:36:38,239 --> 00:36:42,239
to know where your super Bowl? Okay, Yeah, Sam Houston

766
00:36:42,360 --> 00:36:47,239
is is Texas's Super Bowl? Good call? Texas really sold

767
00:36:47,280 --> 00:36:49,000
out a stadium for a poverty team.

768
00:36:49,320 --> 00:36:49,719
Speaker 4: Loll.

769
00:36:50,079 --> 00:36:53,119
Speaker 2: They post that every week, Sam Houston Bearcat. Every week.

770
00:36:53,199 --> 00:36:55,440
I know you guys don't pay attention, and that's okay,

771
00:36:55,679 --> 00:36:59,079
but every week they said, they put they post when

772
00:36:59,079 --> 00:37:01,119
they sell out. I think Sam Houston's steak, so they

773
00:37:01,159 --> 00:37:01,519
have to.

774
00:37:01,679 --> 00:37:02,480
Speaker 4: They have their.

775
00:37:02,360 --> 00:37:04,559
Speaker 2: Forty point favorites. I mean, come on, look a little

776
00:37:04,559 --> 00:37:06,320
bit better. Okay, this is the thing. They beat them

777
00:37:06,320 --> 00:37:08,159
by forty. It doesn't even matter. You got to go

778
00:37:08,199 --> 00:37:09,960
get something done on the road at Florida and then

779
00:37:09,960 --> 00:37:12,239
of course the big game against them after that. Paycheck

780
00:37:12,280 --> 00:37:16,440
on it, paycheck on what do they cover? I mean,

781
00:37:16,519 --> 00:37:17,440
look at the latest line.

782
00:37:17,599 --> 00:37:18,599
Speaker 4: I don't think they cover.

783
00:37:19,000 --> 00:37:22,360
Speaker 2: Let me look at the latest line and a half.

784
00:37:22,559 --> 00:37:23,400
Speaker 4: It's a lot.

785
00:37:26,400 --> 00:37:28,840
Speaker 2: That's a stay away. That's I'm keeping my paycheck.

786
00:37:30,599 --> 00:37:31,800
Speaker 4: I don't think they can cover it.

787
00:37:31,920 --> 00:37:34,679
Speaker 2: My paycheck small enough as it is. We're keeping that

788
00:37:34,719 --> 00:37:37,400
bad boy like they beat the crap out of San Jose. Hey,

789
00:37:37,679 --> 00:37:40,679
guess what I'm going to like Charles this weekend. I'll

790
00:37:40,679 --> 00:37:43,159
put a bed down for you, brother. Let me know

791
00:37:43,280 --> 00:37:44,840
than you give me Sam. Put your money where you

792
00:37:45,039 --> 00:37:48,159
put your money, maybe where your mouth is.

793
00:37:49,400 --> 00:37:51,920
Speaker 4: And they've gotten their butts kicked by Western Kentucky UNLV

794
00:37:52,000 --> 00:37:52,440
in Hawaii.

795
00:37:52,519 --> 00:37:56,039
Speaker 2: Hold on, you said, oh, hold on, no? Now the hell?

796
00:37:56,400 --> 00:38:00,599
Yeah right, don't backpedal now, don't bag pedal now, Gordy

797
00:38:00,639 --> 00:38:02,800
Sam Houston might be the worst team in college football.

798
00:38:03,000 --> 00:38:06,039
All right, well, hopefully the long runs can make them

799
00:38:06,079 --> 00:38:08,400
look as such. All right, quick break here on the

800
00:38:08,480 --> 00:38:12,760
Matt Thomas Show with Ross, without Matt Thomas, Chris Gordy

801
00:38:12,880 --> 00:38:15,320
is here. You want to get in seven one three

802
00:38:15,400 --> 00:38:17,599
two one two five seven ninety. Is the phone number

803
00:38:17,599 --> 00:38:20,440
seven one three two one two five seven ninety coming

804
00:38:20,519 --> 00:38:23,679
up at eleven thirty. It's ain't no bodygat time for

805
00:38:23,719 --> 00:38:26,480
that slash shut Joe bum ass up. And I have

806
00:38:26,519 --> 00:38:28,480
an important question for you that we're going to discuss

807
00:38:28,760 --> 00:38:31,559
in the next segment. How are we feeling about c. J. Stroud?

808
00:38:31,599 --> 00:38:34,039
He is under a lot of fire on social media.

809
00:38:34,079 --> 00:38:35,840
We'll get to that next as we start our number

810
00:38:35,840 --> 00:38:38,039
two on the Matt Thomas Show with Ross. But I

811
00:38:38,079 --> 00:38:40,360
also have to ask you how are you feeling in

812
00:38:40,400 --> 00:38:46,480
your general life?

813
00:38:49,199 --> 00:38:49,599
Speaker 1: All right?

814
00:38:49,880 --> 00:38:53,800
Speaker 2: Number two in the Matt Thomas Show with Ross Rosbyria

815
00:38:53,880 --> 00:38:56,360
with you. Matt Thomas is out, Chris Gordy is here

816
00:38:56,360 --> 00:39:00,360
hanging out. And right now our weekly Wednesday Yes at

817
00:39:00,360 --> 00:39:04,159
eleven o'clock, as everybody knows, is Brian Boga Sevic please

818
00:39:04,199 --> 00:39:09,199
to be joined by him? Uh Bogie Uh, first of all,

819
00:39:09,239 --> 00:39:11,840
actually let's start right off with this Jordon thing. Can

820
00:39:11,880 --> 00:39:14,760
you explain to me why home plate was so slick

821
00:39:14,800 --> 00:39:16,559
and why it looked like there was a slipping slide

822
00:39:16,599 --> 00:39:17,920
down there for him to get hurt?

823
00:39:18,960 --> 00:39:21,119
Speaker 10: You know what it's it's kind of always that way.

824
00:39:21,239 --> 00:39:24,199
You see guys slip all the time, and you know

825
00:39:24,440 --> 00:39:26,360
it's it's kind of like damned if you do.

826
00:39:26,360 --> 00:39:27,119
Speaker 3: Damned if you don't.

827
00:39:27,119 --> 00:39:29,199
Speaker 10: You don't want yord on sliding your risk, you know,

828
00:39:29,320 --> 00:39:31,480
damming your knee into the batter's box. Batter's box is

829
00:39:31,480 --> 00:39:34,920
a little bit harder than the field, you know, slide

830
00:39:34,960 --> 00:39:37,199
into second base or something. But at the same time,

831
00:39:37,840 --> 00:39:39,719
you're running full speed and you step on home plate

832
00:39:39,760 --> 00:39:41,360
and you get You see guys slip all.

833
00:39:41,280 --> 00:39:43,639
Speaker 3: The time, and that just that was a nasty one.

834
00:39:43,679 --> 00:39:45,960
Speaker 10: Like there there was there was a good replay, you know,

835
00:39:46,400 --> 00:39:48,719
right in on his foot and you saw, you know,

836
00:39:49,079 --> 00:39:50,199
go all the way over on it.

837
00:39:50,280 --> 00:39:51,800
Speaker 3: That was a that was a nasty one.

838
00:39:51,840 --> 00:39:54,039
Speaker 2: We had Joe spot on yesterday. He talked about like

839
00:39:54,119 --> 00:39:57,280
guys toweling off home plate or something like, can you

840
00:39:57,320 --> 00:40:00,199
explain that to me? Like, is that something guys? It's

841
00:40:00,199 --> 00:40:02,800
as hitters do that before the first inning or something

842
00:40:02,880 --> 00:40:05,559
like that, because it's the fields all wet obviously from

843
00:40:05,599 --> 00:40:08,800
from the grounds crew wetting everything to start the game.

844
00:40:09,719 --> 00:40:12,480
Speaker 10: Yeah, they spray down the batter's boxes and everything, and

845
00:40:12,519 --> 00:40:15,800
obviously home plates gets home plate gets wet, but it'll

846
00:40:15,800 --> 00:40:17,920
get wiped down. You'll see throughout the course of the

847
00:40:17,960 --> 00:40:19,880
game the Empire come out and wipe it down, or

848
00:40:20,039 --> 00:40:21,960
catchers will kick the dirt off of it. It's just,

849
00:40:22,639 --> 00:40:25,599
you know, it's kind of like a necessarily sary evil, right,

850
00:40:25,599 --> 00:40:29,840
You've got this flat, slick, hard surface right kind of

851
00:40:30,039 --> 00:40:33,960
in the middle of the action. It's not ideal. I'm sure.

852
00:40:34,199 --> 00:40:38,360
I'm sure Major League Baseball has explored better options. But

853
00:40:38,519 --> 00:40:40,760
you know, if you change the material and then somebody

854
00:40:40,800 --> 00:40:43,199
steps on it and the cleat catches in it and they,

855
00:40:43,360 --> 00:40:45,559
you know, roll an ankle or twist the knee on

856
00:40:45,599 --> 00:40:47,480
top of home plate, then you're gonna have everybody screaming

857
00:40:47,519 --> 00:40:48,079
about that too.

858
00:40:48,960 --> 00:40:51,000
Speaker 4: All right, Boge, you're reading between the lines of what

859
00:40:51,320 --> 00:40:55,159
Joe spot has said yesterday. Is there any hope of

860
00:40:55,519 --> 00:40:58,559
perhaps your I mean, it feels like with two weeks

861
00:40:58,639 --> 00:41:01,159
left in the season, where back in the regular season game,

862
00:41:01,199 --> 00:41:04,800
But do you think possible the playoff Runny could be back.

863
00:41:06,559 --> 00:41:07,519
Speaker 3: I think it's possible.

864
00:41:07,840 --> 00:41:11,159
Speaker 10: I don't know if it's likely, but I mean, anybody

865
00:41:11,199 --> 00:41:15,360
that's played basketball, watched basketball, covered basketball, you see these

866
00:41:15,400 --> 00:41:18,800
ankle injuries all the time, and they're you know, there's

867
00:41:18,920 --> 00:41:22,079
about as wide a variant variants on an ankle spring

868
00:41:22,320 --> 00:41:26,280
as any injury you can have. And once once the

869
00:41:26,360 --> 00:41:30,239
swelling goes down in the in the pain kind of subsides,

870
00:41:30,920 --> 00:41:32,679
you know, then you can figure out more of a

871
00:41:32,679 --> 00:41:35,400
timeline how long it's going to take to strengthen it up.

872
00:41:35,840 --> 00:41:39,119
And you see some sometimes guys bounce back in you know,

873
00:41:39,280 --> 00:41:41,679
a couple of days or a week, or sometimes it's

874
00:41:41,719 --> 00:41:44,559
weeks in two months. So there's really no way to

875
00:41:44,679 --> 00:41:48,719
tell right now, but yeah, I think there's probably an

876
00:41:48,719 --> 00:41:53,079
outside chance that it's possible. But you know, to put

877
00:41:53,079 --> 00:41:56,199
a percentage on it, and who knows these things? You

878
00:41:56,239 --> 00:41:58,480
have no idea when a guy rolls an ankle.

879
00:41:58,840 --> 00:42:01,440
Speaker 4: You you, as a former hitter, how much does the

880
00:42:01,480 --> 00:42:04,320
ankle matter in the box. You know, obviously we're out

881
00:42:04,320 --> 00:42:06,159
of the box running the bases. You got to have

882
00:42:06,199 --> 00:42:08,639
a good ankle, But how much does does that affect

883
00:42:08,639 --> 00:42:11,440
the swing? How much does does the ankle matter there?

884
00:42:12,079 --> 00:42:16,199
Speaker 10: Yeah, actually probably more so than it does running. You know,

885
00:42:16,280 --> 00:42:18,639
running is straight line, you're up on the balls of

886
00:42:18,679 --> 00:42:20,880
your feet and you're kind of under control.

887
00:42:21,239 --> 00:42:22,079
Speaker 3: When you're talking.

888
00:42:21,840 --> 00:42:23,800
Speaker 10: About hitting in the batter's box, there's a you know,

889
00:42:24,119 --> 00:42:25,800
it all starts from the ground up. There's a lot

890
00:42:25,840 --> 00:42:28,360
of force put into the ground. You're digging your cleats in,

891
00:42:28,400 --> 00:42:30,159
there's a lot of torque. You have to really like

892
00:42:30,760 --> 00:42:33,599
break through the dirt as you turn and transfer all

893
00:42:33,719 --> 00:42:37,079
that power. And if your ankles are weak, it's you know,

894
00:42:37,159 --> 00:42:41,000
certainly going to affect your swing from a power production standpoint.

895
00:42:41,400 --> 00:42:43,960
It's also probably going to affect you mechanically as you

896
00:42:44,000 --> 00:42:48,360
try to overcompensate. So yeah, I think, honestly it will

897
00:42:48,360 --> 00:42:51,679
probably It will probably be easier to get back into

898
00:42:51,880 --> 00:42:54,760
a scenario where you can run in a straight line

899
00:42:55,000 --> 00:42:58,519
decently earlier than you're talking about being able to take

900
00:42:58,599 --> 00:43:00,960
one hundred percent, you know, full speed swings.

901
00:43:01,440 --> 00:43:03,960
Speaker 2: Brian bogas Sevik was here on a sports Talk seven

902
00:43:04,079 --> 00:43:06,920
ninety and that's all depressing, So let's get into something

903
00:43:06,960 --> 00:43:10,519
a little bit more uplifting. Zach Cole been pretty good

904
00:43:10,559 --> 00:43:13,000
for the Astros over three yesterday before that, he had

905
00:43:13,039 --> 00:43:16,280
the big home run as he replaced jord On Alvarez.

906
00:43:16,880 --> 00:43:19,480
What have you seen from him? And I was especially

907
00:43:19,559 --> 00:43:22,400
impressed by the home run where it was the forceinger

908
00:43:22,519 --> 00:43:24,519
top of the zone where pitchers like to pitch, and

909
00:43:24,599 --> 00:43:25,639
he got around on that one.

910
00:43:26,719 --> 00:43:29,119
Speaker 3: Yeah, that was actually that was a good pitch.

911
00:43:29,159 --> 00:43:32,280
Speaker 10: That wasn't a mistake that Jack Lader made and Jack

912
00:43:32,360 --> 00:43:35,159
Ledder was in a groove and had some good stuff.

913
00:43:35,239 --> 00:43:37,519
So you know, you start seeing a guy who can

914
00:43:37,960 --> 00:43:40,599
get on top of somebody's best pitch at the top

915
00:43:40,639 --> 00:43:41,800
of the zone, it's pretty impressive.

916
00:43:41,880 --> 00:43:43,559
Speaker 3: He's got tools. I mean, he's.

917
00:43:44,199 --> 00:43:48,280
Speaker 10: He's bigger and stronger. Then you kind of think he's.

918
00:43:48,159 --> 00:43:49,639
Speaker 3: Twitchy and explosive.

919
00:43:49,679 --> 00:43:51,400
Speaker 10: He's got really really good backspeed.

920
00:43:51,440 --> 00:43:52,920
Speaker 3: He can catch up to a fastball.

921
00:43:53,719 --> 00:43:57,079
Speaker 10: I think the thing that I've probably been most impressed about, though, is,

922
00:43:58,000 --> 00:44:00,960
you know, the hits that he's got that aren't the

923
00:44:00,960 --> 00:44:04,159
home runs, the RBI base hits, shooting the ball the

924
00:44:04,159 --> 00:44:07,360
other way. He's handled some at bats pretty well, getting

925
00:44:07,400 --> 00:44:10,199
down in the count, fighting back, laying off of tough

926
00:44:10,239 --> 00:44:13,360
off speed pitches. You know, sometimes you think a guy

927
00:44:13,360 --> 00:44:17,440
in that situation, a young a young hitter whose main

928
00:44:17,599 --> 00:44:20,679
tool is power and bat speed is going to come

929
00:44:20,679 --> 00:44:24,320
out there just hacking. But it's been pretty high quality

930
00:44:24,360 --> 00:44:28,079
at bat which you know, gives you more hope to

931
00:44:28,360 --> 00:44:31,639
maybe this is somebody who can be helpful throughout the

932
00:44:31,679 --> 00:44:33,800
course of a couple of weeks and into a playoff

933
00:44:33,840 --> 00:44:37,039
push and who knows next year rather than just hey,

934
00:44:37,079 --> 00:44:38,480
this is a guy who was swinging a hot bat

935
00:44:38,519 --> 00:44:40,280
at the minor league. Let's ride it out for as

936
00:44:40,360 --> 00:44:42,480
long as we can up here in the big leagues,

937
00:44:42,559 --> 00:44:45,119
you know, and then we'll move on the.

938
00:44:45,079 --> 00:44:47,480
Speaker 4: Big question, Brian. We've had from a lot of folks,

939
00:44:47,519 --> 00:44:49,840
you know, just bounce around town. People will go, hey,

940
00:44:50,159 --> 00:44:51,480
what do you think you think you asked us make

941
00:44:51,480 --> 00:44:53,719
the playoffs? You think they got any chance? All this

942
00:44:53,760 --> 00:44:55,800
kind of stuff. And my answer I'm giving to them

943
00:44:55,840 --> 00:44:58,960
now is this is the playoffs, right, I mean, like

944
00:44:59,039 --> 00:45:00,559
with what Seattle's right now.

945
00:45:00,639 --> 00:45:03,039
Speaker 2: Ten in a row is absolutely stupid.

946
00:45:03,079 --> 00:45:05,599
Speaker 4: But we'll see what The Astros could complete the sweep

947
00:45:05,599 --> 00:45:08,199
tonight of the Rangers. But matters will play another game

948
00:45:08,239 --> 00:45:10,599
tomorrow against the Royals. You'll know where this thing is.

949
00:45:10,639 --> 00:45:12,960
Speaker 2: There? You a game back? Are you you know? Two

950
00:45:13,039 --> 00:45:13,920
games back? Whatever?

951
00:45:14,039 --> 00:45:16,920
Speaker 4: Going into this weekend. But man, you talk about the

952
00:45:16,920 --> 00:45:19,679
importance of a series, how crazy is this weekend going

953
00:45:19,719 --> 00:45:22,599
to be with Seattle coming in here? Basically they're tied,

954
00:45:22,639 --> 00:45:25,039
season series tied five and five. I mean, this is

955
00:45:25,079 --> 00:45:26,079
the playoffs right here.

956
00:45:26,960 --> 00:45:28,039
Speaker 2: Yeah, this is the real deal.

957
00:45:28,199 --> 00:45:31,440
Speaker 10: This is every pitch matters, every inning matters. There's no

958
00:45:32,079 --> 00:45:35,760
you know, we spend six months talking about the big

959
00:45:35,800 --> 00:45:38,639
picture of baseball and things will level out and you

960
00:45:38,719 --> 00:45:41,159
just keep making the right play and you'll be fine

961
00:45:41,159 --> 00:45:44,800
over time. This is like trust your gut, take some chances,

962
00:45:44,960 --> 00:45:46,719
roll the dice and whatever.

963
00:45:46,480 --> 00:45:46,920
Speaker 3: You have to do.

964
00:45:46,960 --> 00:45:48,679
Speaker 10: I mean, you can just tell by the way the

965
00:45:48,719 --> 00:45:51,440
games are being managed. This game, this series with the

966
00:45:51,519 --> 00:45:54,840
Rangers on both sides, you see the amount of moves

967
00:45:54,840 --> 00:45:55,119
being a.

968
00:45:55,199 --> 00:45:56,440
Speaker 3: Pitching change is being made.

969
00:45:56,719 --> 00:46:00,480
Speaker 10: You know, both managers playing matchups from a pinch hitting standpoint,

970
00:46:00,519 --> 00:46:02,280
Guys coming in and out of the lineup on a

971
00:46:02,320 --> 00:46:05,480
day to day basis. This is real baseball. This is

972
00:46:05,519 --> 00:46:10,360
playoff baseball. And I mean, you know, Joe Spotta essentially

973
00:46:10,559 --> 00:46:13,360
emptied the clip yesterday and did everything he could to

974
00:46:13,440 --> 00:46:16,079
secure that win. It took every bit of Brian Abra

975
00:46:16,239 --> 00:46:19,760
youw and you know, is he probably not available today? Yeah, sure,

976
00:46:19,800 --> 00:46:21,840
but it doesn't matter because you had to get that

977
00:46:21,880 --> 00:46:25,119
game yesterday, figure out today today. So yeah, I mean

978
00:46:25,360 --> 00:46:28,599
it's playoff baseball started this week here in Houston.

979
00:46:29,039 --> 00:46:31,639
Speaker 2: Yeah, And what do you think the mood is around it?

980
00:46:31,719 --> 00:46:33,519
We know that it's been a lot of veterans in

981
00:46:33,559 --> 00:46:35,360
that clubhouse and a lot of guys who've been through

982
00:46:35,400 --> 00:46:37,679
these types of wars, and they did win the last

983
00:46:37,719 --> 00:46:41,519
two games, but it just feels like from an outside perspective,

984
00:46:41,559 --> 00:46:43,920
the hits just keep on coming. With jord On going

985
00:46:43,960 --> 00:46:47,599
down the way that he did, Seattle just does not lose.

986
00:46:48,039 --> 00:46:49,840
How do you think things are going there? Just in

987
00:46:49,920 --> 00:46:50,960
between the guys.

988
00:46:51,719 --> 00:46:53,639
Speaker 10: You know it, see, it seems pretty steady.

989
00:46:53,800 --> 00:46:55,800
Speaker 2: I mean, you have plenty.

990
00:46:55,440 --> 00:46:58,039
Speaker 10: Of guys who have gone deep into playoffs, plenty of

991
00:46:58,039 --> 00:47:00,719
guys who have faced this kind of pressure, and even

992
00:47:00,760 --> 00:47:03,480
the young guys that have come up through the organization,

993
00:47:03,840 --> 00:47:07,159
they've been conditioned that this is eventually what it turns into.

994
00:47:07,280 --> 00:47:09,719
This is not surprising for anybody when they when these

995
00:47:09,760 --> 00:47:11,960
guys come up through the Astros organization and they think

996
00:47:11,960 --> 00:47:14,239
about playing in the big leagues, they think about playing

997
00:47:14,320 --> 00:47:17,719
in the postseason. So it's not really sneaking up on anybody,

998
00:47:17,760 --> 00:47:21,679
but you know, it's it's a strange thing to say,

999
00:47:22,360 --> 00:47:26,079
but having lost so many players throughout the course of

1000
00:47:26,079 --> 00:47:29,000
the season, you know, when Jordon goes down, obviously it's

1001
00:47:29,000 --> 00:47:31,000
a huge blow. And you could just tell by you know,

1002
00:47:31,039 --> 00:47:33,840
how quiet the stadium got, and everybody knew how serious

1003
00:47:33,840 --> 00:47:36,360
it was, But it almost felt like it was like, oh,

1004
00:47:36,480 --> 00:47:39,679
you know, here's another one. And it's almost like everybody's

1005
00:47:39,719 --> 00:47:44,239
so kind of exasperated with with how many injuries there's been.

1006
00:47:44,639 --> 00:47:47,599
It's almost just, yeah, we'll just keep doing what we're doing.

1007
00:47:47,719 --> 00:47:51,000
It's it's almost doesn't have that much of effect because

1008
00:47:51,039 --> 00:47:52,880
they've had to deal with it over and over.

1009
00:47:52,920 --> 00:47:53,840
Speaker 3: If this was a team that.

1010
00:47:53,880 --> 00:47:56,320
Speaker 10: Was completely healthy all throughout the season and then you

1011
00:47:56,360 --> 00:47:59,199
get dealt this big blow, it would be a little

1012
00:47:59,199 --> 00:47:59,800
bit more.

1013
00:47:59,639 --> 00:48:02,599
Speaker 3: Shocked than kind of what has been felt this last week.

1014
00:48:03,320 --> 00:48:07,480
Speaker 4: You know, Back in second week of September twenty twenty three, Brian,

1015
00:48:07,559 --> 00:48:10,079
there was a guy named Evan Carter that got called

1016
00:48:10,159 --> 00:48:12,400
up by the Rangers and got red hot for them,

1017
00:48:12,599 --> 00:48:17,079
was a big part of their postseason run. Can Zach

1018
00:48:17,159 --> 00:48:20,239
Cole be the Astros version of Evan Carter here.

1019
00:48:21,280 --> 00:48:24,400
Speaker 10: Yeah, I think there's actually probably a lot of similarities

1020
00:48:24,519 --> 00:48:26,920
between the two just in terms of, you know, the

1021
00:48:26,960 --> 00:48:29,079
positions that they play, the kind of their game, the

1022
00:48:29,159 --> 00:48:33,719
power speed combinations, and it's you know, it's not uncommon

1023
00:48:34,039 --> 00:48:37,639
to go down into the farm system, find one of

1024
00:48:37,679 --> 00:48:40,400
your big prospects, guys playing well, and try to make

1025
00:48:40,440 --> 00:48:43,039
them the X factor. That's what Evan Carter was. It's

1026
00:48:43,079 --> 00:48:44,960
a kind of a different story with Zach call I mean,

1027
00:48:45,000 --> 00:48:48,440
he was completely off the prospect radar. This guy wasn't

1028
00:48:48,559 --> 00:48:50,679
in spring training. He was down you know, I think

1029
00:48:50,719 --> 00:48:53,599
around twenty in terms of the prospect rankings coming into

1030
00:48:53,599 --> 00:48:57,079
the season and repeating the level of double A going

1031
00:48:57,119 --> 00:49:00,360
into this year. So it's been a more out of

1032
00:49:00,440 --> 00:49:03,960
nowhere thing. But but yeah, certainly the same scenario of

1033
00:49:04,119 --> 00:49:08,039
we've got a guy who can probably help us in

1034
00:49:08,119 --> 00:49:10,360
some way and we're going to go and we need

1035
00:49:10,400 --> 00:49:13,000
every bit that we can get out of the organization.

1036
00:49:13,119 --> 00:49:15,000
So can it be the extract? He's already been the

1037
00:49:15,079 --> 00:49:17,880
X factor. He's maybe not single handedly, but been a

1038
00:49:17,960 --> 00:49:20,599
huge part of two wins that they really needed.

1039
00:49:20,840 --> 00:49:22,639
Speaker 4: And what I like about him too, Brian is even

1040
00:49:22,639 --> 00:49:25,280
on nights where he's hitless, he works a walk, you

1041
00:49:25,280 --> 00:49:27,159
know what I mean, Like he's he's finding ways to

1042
00:49:27,199 --> 00:49:29,239
get on base for you. And that's what this team

1043
00:49:29,320 --> 00:49:31,440
is needed desperately the last couple of weeks.

1044
00:49:31,840 --> 00:49:34,280
Speaker 10: Well they need they need people who can affect the game.

1045
00:49:34,559 --> 00:49:35,360
Speaker 2: And he's done that.

1046
00:49:35,599 --> 00:49:37,920
Speaker 10: And you know, it's been obviously the big swings of

1047
00:49:38,000 --> 00:49:41,360
home home runs, but yesterday he had played appearance where

1048
00:49:41,400 --> 00:49:44,639
he walked. He tagged up from first to second on a.

1049
00:49:44,599 --> 00:49:45,920
Speaker 3: Ball to right field.

1050
00:49:46,199 --> 00:49:48,119
Speaker 10: Then he tagged up from second to third on a

1051
00:49:48,159 --> 00:49:51,280
ball that was like medium depths in center field. He

1052
00:49:51,320 --> 00:49:54,599
didn't end up scoring, but he turned, you know, just

1053
00:49:55,119 --> 00:49:58,679
a walk with nobody on base into a legitimate run

1054
00:49:58,719 --> 00:50:02,000
scoring opportunity. And that's what they need as much as

1055
00:50:02,000 --> 00:50:03,719
they need a guy who can come up and provide

1056
00:50:03,719 --> 00:50:05,480
a little bit of juice to the lineup. Just give

1057
00:50:05,519 --> 00:50:08,119
me as many guys as we can in that order,

1058
00:50:08,440 --> 00:50:11,360
who can you know, get it rolling a little bit.

1059
00:50:11,679 --> 00:50:12,000
Speaker 3: All right?

1060
00:50:12,039 --> 00:50:15,320
Speaker 2: Brian bogus Sevic weekly Wednesday guest here on Sports Talk

1061
00:50:15,480 --> 00:50:18,880
seven Nightty Bogie. We appreciate, appreciate the time and insight

1062
00:50:18,960 --> 00:50:22,199
as always, Talk to you next week, all right, See

1063
00:50:22,239 --> 00:50:24,280
you guys all right, thank you. There you go. Good stuff,

1064
00:50:24,360 --> 00:50:28,639
great stuff with Brian Bogosvic as always quick break. Here

1065
00:50:28,679 --> 00:50:30,679
on The Matt tom Show with Ross without Matt Thomas,

1066
00:50:30,760 --> 00:50:34,159
Chris Gordy hanging out. Appreciate Bogie hanging with us, coming

1067
00:50:34,199 --> 00:50:37,079
up at eleven thirty eight. No buddy got time for that.

1068
00:50:37,119 --> 00:50:39,280
Slash shut Joe bum ass up. Then we got the

1069
00:50:39,280 --> 00:50:41,079
news at noon. We also got you at seven one

1070
00:50:41,119 --> 00:50:44,719
three two one two five seven ninety seven one three

1071
00:50:44,880 --> 00:50:50,880
two one two five seven ninety Continuing along here on

1072
00:50:50,920 --> 00:50:55,199
The Matt Thomas Show with Ross without Matt Thomas, Chris

1073
00:50:55,199 --> 00:50:58,199
Gordy's here. Ain't nobody got time for that's coming up next?

1074
00:50:58,199 --> 00:50:59,960
You got something, Gordy.

1075
00:51:00,079 --> 00:51:03,320
Speaker 4: So the Texans just signed They signed a player to

1076
00:51:03,519 --> 00:51:07,280
practice squad, a tight end, Brendan Bates out of Kentucky.

1077
00:51:07,280 --> 00:51:08,159
Speaker 2: Brandon Bates.

1078
00:51:08,239 --> 00:51:09,840
Speaker 4: I don't look him up, like, I don't even remember

1079
00:51:09,920 --> 00:51:13,239
him at Kentucky. He's played like six years at Kentucky.

1080
00:51:13,280 --> 00:51:16,719
He was in the class of twenty eighteen. Well, Chris

1081
00:51:16,800 --> 00:51:20,239
Rodriguez was in his signing class. Chris Rodriguez been the

1082
00:51:20,320 --> 00:51:21,440
NFL a handful of years.

1083
00:51:21,519 --> 00:51:23,760
Speaker 2: So if anybody knows Kentucky football it's you because of

1084
00:51:23,800 --> 00:51:26,239
your wife. So I'm gonna trust if you haven't heard

1085
00:51:26,280 --> 00:51:28,159
of the guy. He's not very good. Yeah, he caught

1086
00:51:28,199 --> 00:51:31,440
like twenty four passes in his six blocking tight end base.

1087
00:51:31,519 --> 00:51:32,480
We're looking at okay.

1088
00:51:32,519 --> 00:51:35,400
Speaker 4: So but anyway, he'll be a practice squad for your Texans.

1089
00:51:35,920 --> 00:51:36,039
Speaker 9: Uh.

1090
00:51:36,119 --> 00:51:40,119
Speaker 4: They also placed Justin Watson on the injured reserve list.

1091
00:51:40,199 --> 00:51:42,920
Speaker 2: What oh, that's actually hurtful?

1092
00:51:43,480 --> 00:51:45,840
Speaker 4: Well, I guess they says they they added Brendan Bates

1093
00:51:45,880 --> 00:51:48,679
and then says they signed to the practice squad dv

1094
00:51:48,800 --> 00:51:52,320
A Johnny Carter and safety Jalen Mills out of LSU.

1095
00:51:52,519 --> 00:51:55,719
Speaker 2: So anyway, just some roster notes there.

1096
00:51:55,719 --> 00:51:58,639
Speaker 4: The Texans ross are going to face their first Divisional

1097
00:51:58,719 --> 00:52:02,679
opponent season this weekend when they traveled to Jacksonville take

1098
00:52:02,679 --> 00:52:07,360
on the Jaguars at Yes, can you name the Jaguars stadium? U?

1099
00:52:09,480 --> 00:52:12,519
Speaker 2: If you gave me a if you gave me something,

1100
00:52:12,679 --> 00:52:14,159
you gave me a multiple choice, I could get it.

1101
00:52:14,320 --> 00:52:16,039
I can't remember. I can't recall it off the top

1102
00:52:16,039 --> 00:52:17,760
of my head. Give me a multiple choice. Can you

1103
00:52:17,760 --> 00:52:19,800
make it up? Think I should be able to get it.

1104
00:52:19,800 --> 00:52:21,440
Don't worry about it. Just tell me. Yeah.

1105
00:52:21,440 --> 00:52:23,239
Speaker 4: Well, because all the other ones are going to be

1106
00:52:23,280 --> 00:52:26,199
obvious if I name them. Okay, here, here are your options.

1107
00:52:26,920 --> 00:52:35,719
My Mark Stadium, Huntington bank Field, lumen Field. No, that's

1108
00:52:35,760 --> 00:52:41,800
in Seattle, an ever Bank Stadium. It's the last one.

1109
00:52:42,599 --> 00:52:42,800
It is.

1110
00:52:43,480 --> 00:52:46,480
Speaker 2: Yeah, but I wouldn't have gotten though.

1111
00:52:46,519 --> 00:52:49,239
Speaker 4: I would never know the Ravens played M and T

1112
00:52:49,440 --> 00:52:53,760
Bank Stadium and the Bills play at high Mark Stadium. Whatever.

1113
00:52:54,000 --> 00:52:55,880
Just being named lambeau.

1114
00:52:55,440 --> 00:52:58,480
Speaker 2: Field money very very easy.

1115
00:52:58,760 --> 00:53:01,280
Speaker 4: But okay, I get that these companies are paying tons

1116
00:53:01,320 --> 00:53:04,760
of money, but you don't. Your naming rights aren't on

1117
00:53:04,880 --> 00:53:08,360
long enough thrust to even remember. So like you buy

1118
00:53:08,400 --> 00:53:09,360
it for two years.

1119
00:53:09,400 --> 00:53:12,480
Speaker 2: Great, well, Dyken thinks they're getting value out of it.

1120
00:53:12,519 --> 00:53:13,920
I guess good for that.

1121
00:53:14,199 --> 00:53:17,679
Speaker 4: I mean, NRG has been nrgy, but but it was reliant.

1122
00:53:17,800 --> 00:53:19,880
But presumably dyke In is going to be around for

1123
00:53:20,039 --> 00:53:20,880
years and years and year.

1124
00:53:20,960 --> 00:53:23,239
Speaker 2: Yes, they signed a multi year deal for.

1125
00:53:23,199 --> 00:53:25,039
Speaker 4: Like a year or two and then leaving. I mean

1126
00:53:25,719 --> 00:53:28,039
Minute Made was here for twenty years.

1127
00:53:29,079 --> 00:53:31,079
Speaker 2: Ish, Yeah I don't. Oh yeah, I had to be

1128
00:53:31,159 --> 00:53:33,239
around twenty years because obviously it was Enron and then

1129
00:53:33,280 --> 00:53:36,039
it was astros Field. First it was the ballpark at

1130
00:53:36,119 --> 00:53:40,079
Union Station. But like Okay, Raymond James Stadium. You know

1131
00:53:40,119 --> 00:53:43,400
what that is, right? Yeah, that's Tampa Bampo so Fi Stadium,

1132
00:53:43,719 --> 00:53:45,880
that's in La. Well, that's so Fi though, But that's it.

1133
00:53:45,960 --> 00:53:46,639
That's a sponsor.

1134
00:53:46,960 --> 00:53:49,159
Speaker 4: But at least it seems like that'll be so Fi

1135
00:53:49,239 --> 00:53:51,159
for a long time to come. Do you know where

1136
00:53:51,199 --> 00:53:52,440
State Farm Stadium is?

1137
00:53:53,119 --> 00:54:01,280
Speaker 2: I know State Farm Arena is Atlanta State Farm Stadium.

1138
00:54:03,320 --> 00:54:03,880
I don't remember.

1139
00:54:04,000 --> 00:54:05,440
Speaker 4: It's the Arizona Cardinals.

1140
00:54:05,519 --> 00:54:09,599
Speaker 2: Okay, I know that. It's just this is silly. Northwest Stadium?

1141
00:54:10,280 --> 00:54:14,960
Who Northwest Stadium? Do you know who's Seattle Washington Commanders?

1142
00:54:15,159 --> 00:54:16,800
I didn't know that. I mean again, this is just

1143
00:54:16,920 --> 00:54:19,519
it's Northwest. They're in the northeast.

1144
00:54:20,440 --> 00:54:20,719
Speaker 4: I think.

1145
00:54:20,880 --> 00:54:24,559
Speaker 2: I think Denver's the best empower field you gotta have

1146
00:54:24,679 --> 00:54:27,599
at mile high out there. Lambeau doesn't have anything on it, right.

1147
00:54:27,639 --> 00:54:28,960
The dumbest one is Acker.

1148
00:54:29,119 --> 00:54:32,159
Speaker 4: Sure. Come on, dude, I don't know that Heinsfield, I

1149
00:54:32,199 --> 00:54:34,880
got no. The hines family may have removed their name.

1150
00:54:35,039 --> 00:54:38,039
They it will always be Hinesfield, just like Lakers will

1151
00:54:38,039 --> 00:54:40,480
always play at Staples. Staples.

1152
00:54:40,559 --> 00:54:42,559
Speaker 2: Yeah, but that's a sponsor too. Now they're at what

1153
00:54:42,639 --> 00:54:44,960
Crypto dot Com or whatever, but nobody calls it you're

1154
00:54:45,000 --> 00:54:46,639
at the crypto, Well do you call it that when

1155
00:54:46,639 --> 00:54:48,760
you're on the broadcast? Whatever? Do you got to get

1156
00:54:48,760 --> 00:54:51,039
more money? Squeeze more money, Let's go anyway.

1157
00:54:51,119 --> 00:54:53,679
Speaker 4: The Texans will head to Everbag Stadium this week. Do

1158
00:54:53,719 --> 00:54:56,719
you know Ross Houston leads the all time series against

1159
00:54:56,800 --> 00:54:58,639
Jacksonville thirty one to fifteen.

1160
00:54:59,360 --> 00:55:01,239
Speaker 2: Is that like the old franchise they lead the all

1161
00:55:01,239 --> 00:55:02,119
time series.

1162
00:55:01,800 --> 00:55:04,880
Speaker 4: With It includes a fifteen and eight mark on the road,

1163
00:55:06,039 --> 00:55:08,400
So I mean we might as well call that NRG East.

1164
00:55:08,639 --> 00:55:11,840
Speaker 2: I like that fifteen and eight in Jacksonville. And now

1165
00:55:11,880 --> 00:55:14,000
I realize they beat up on the Jaguars over the years,

1166
00:55:14,000 --> 00:55:15,519
but I didn't realize it was that split.

1167
00:55:15,559 --> 00:55:18,039
Speaker 4: How about this, The Texas have won seven straight road

1168
00:55:18,119 --> 00:55:19,480
games against Jacksonville.

1169
00:55:20,159 --> 00:55:21,599
Speaker 2: That has nothing to do with this year.

1170
00:55:21,800 --> 00:55:25,480
Speaker 4: So in Jacksonville, will beat their ass. In London, we'll

1171
00:55:25,480 --> 00:55:27,119
beat their ass wherever we got to play.

1172
00:55:26,920 --> 00:55:29,039
Speaker 2: Wherever you want to get it. Jacksonville.

1173
00:55:29,599 --> 00:55:32,880
Speaker 4: They enter this matchup riding an eleven game road win

1174
00:55:33,039 --> 00:55:37,440
streak against divisional opponents. I did not realize that Texans

1175
00:55:37,440 --> 00:55:40,280
go into the division opponent's houses and beat the snot up.

1176
00:55:40,400 --> 00:55:41,719
Speaker 2: Well, the division's been terrible.

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00:55:42,360 --> 00:55:44,880
Speaker 4: It's the longest active street in the streak in the NFL.

1178
00:55:44,920 --> 00:55:47,280
Speaker 2: By the way, will the street gets snapped.

1179
00:55:47,280 --> 00:55:51,280
Speaker 4: This weekend, Houston's defense had four sacks in the loss

1180
00:55:51,280 --> 00:55:53,480
to the Bucks, tied for the fourth most in the NFL.

1181
00:55:53,519 --> 00:55:56,480
In Week two, they added six tackles for a lost,

1182
00:55:56,480 --> 00:55:57,559
bringing their season.

1183
00:55:57,280 --> 00:56:01,679
Speaker 2: Total to fifteen. So defense playing the butts off. Defense

1184
00:56:01,719 --> 00:56:03,920
has been good, but they were getting gashed in the

1185
00:56:04,000 --> 00:56:06,320
run two consistently. They gave up three hundred and sixty

1186
00:56:06,320 --> 00:56:08,079
six yards to the Buccaneers. A lot of that came

1187
00:56:08,119 --> 00:56:08,920
on that last drive.

1188
00:56:09,800 --> 00:56:12,880
Speaker 4: Daniel Hunter had two sacks, becoming the fifteenth fastest player

1189
00:56:12,880 --> 00:56:16,039
in NFL history to reach one hundred career sacks.

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00:56:16,119 --> 00:56:18,079
Speaker 2: Yeah, I heard that over the weekend. I was like, Wow,

1191
00:56:18,079 --> 00:56:20,360
he's already got one hundred sacks. I mean, a hundred

1192
00:56:20,400 --> 00:56:24,440
sack club is like that. That's pretty elite as as one.

1193
00:56:24,519 --> 00:56:27,320
Speaker 4: Sean Jones will tell you it's true, and he went

1194
00:56:27,360 --> 00:56:30,920
to l Shuo Daniel Hunter, but he is God. He

1195
00:56:31,079 --> 00:56:33,159
is right there behind the line to put a jar.

1196
00:56:33,239 --> 00:56:35,039
Every time you mentioned LSU, you got to put money

1197
00:56:35,039 --> 00:56:39,360
in a jar. He's a half sack behind Aaron Donald okay,

1198
00:56:39,400 --> 00:56:41,159
and Aaron Donald's retired, so one more.

1199
00:56:41,679 --> 00:56:45,519
Speaker 2: Yes, Aaron Donald also an interior alignment. So it's amazing

1200
00:56:45,519 --> 00:56:48,159
that Aaron Aaron Donald got to the numbers that he did.

1201
00:56:49,000 --> 00:56:51,599
Speaker 4: Nick Chubb, he found the end zone late with twenty

1202
00:56:51,599 --> 00:56:55,760
five yard touchdown run. He surpassed the eight thousand career

1203
00:56:55,800 --> 00:56:58,840
scrimmage yards mark, becoming the tenth active running back to

1204
00:56:58,880 --> 00:56:59,960
reach that milestone.

1205
00:57:00,360 --> 00:57:02,199
Speaker 2: Do you think they allowed him to score? More and

1206
00:57:02,239 --> 00:57:04,400
more people are posting that they think they allowed Nick

1207
00:57:04,440 --> 00:57:08,840
Chubb to score. To me, I he was slow, thinks, well, yeah,

1208
00:57:08,840 --> 00:57:11,840
it looks like he was running slow. Who got mad

1209
00:57:11,840 --> 00:57:14,079
at me when I said that? Yesterday? Dan Matthews getting

1210
00:57:14,119 --> 00:57:15,599
upset with me when I said he was slow? So

1211
00:57:15,800 --> 00:57:18,760
you talked to him about that. I believe you said

1212
00:57:18,760 --> 00:57:21,039
it looked like he was running in quickset. Hey man,

1213
00:57:21,079 --> 00:57:24,360
come on, that was on private text. What's up with it?

1214
00:57:24,360 --> 00:57:27,000
What's up with you and matt snitching on everybody? Come on,

1215
00:57:27,079 --> 00:57:31,800
mant no, it's not republic consuming. Okay, all right, all right.

1216
00:57:32,920 --> 00:57:33,519
Speaker 4: What matter?

1217
00:57:34,280 --> 00:57:37,960
Speaker 2: I'll say he looks slow as it doesn't matter. It's

1218
00:57:37,960 --> 00:57:41,800
a slippery slope. It doesn't matter. I'm not saying Nick

1219
00:57:41,840 --> 00:57:43,599
Chubb is gonna call me, and I'm saying it doesn't matter.

1220
00:57:43,639 --> 00:57:49,920
I'm just saying you, that's a president. Well never mind,

1221
00:57:51,000 --> 00:57:52,760
it's a precedent. You don't want to say. That's all

1222
00:57:52,800 --> 00:57:55,320
I'm saying. People. People know that I'm right.

1223
00:57:56,559 --> 00:57:59,159
Speaker 4: But anyways, Will Anderson, by the way it gets Tampa,

1224
00:57:59,199 --> 00:58:02,039
recorded his second consecutive game with a sack. According to

1225
00:58:02,119 --> 00:58:06,440
Next Gen Stats, will Anderson generated a career high ten pressures,

1226
00:58:06,480 --> 00:58:08,800
the most by any player in a game this season.

1227
00:58:09,440 --> 00:58:12,079
He has totaled thirteen pressures this year, tied for the

1228
00:58:12,079 --> 00:58:12,960
second most in the AFL.

1229
00:58:12,960 --> 00:58:15,440
Speaker 2: That's good. That's how many twelve yard runs did he

1230
00:58:15,480 --> 00:58:18,239
allowed to his side? They got to Baker. They just

1231
00:58:18,280 --> 00:58:21,559
couldn't bring his ass down. I mean they did, yeah,

1232
00:58:21,639 --> 00:58:23,679
four second, they should have had eight. Well he Look,

1233
00:58:23,800 --> 00:58:25,440
this is the thing. I don't know why people are

1234
00:58:25,440 --> 00:58:27,760
acting like they're just finding this out. Baker Mayfield can move.

1235
00:58:28,119 --> 00:58:30,559
I mean, I understand he has not thought of as

1236
00:58:30,599 --> 00:58:33,440
the the you know, the Lamar Jackson Josh Allens of

1237
00:58:33,440 --> 00:58:36,519
the world. But he's got some legs on him. He does.

1238
00:58:37,239 --> 00:58:40,840
Speaker 4: It almost feels like to play an NFL to play

1239
00:58:40,920 --> 00:58:44,239
quarterbacking really in college or the NFL. Now you cannot

1240
00:58:44,239 --> 00:58:46,760
be a statue anymore. You have to be able to move.

1241
00:58:47,320 --> 00:58:49,039
You have to have some running ability.

1242
00:58:50,239 --> 00:58:55,400
Speaker 2: Well, she just Stroud had some rushing yards. He was

1243
00:58:55,440 --> 00:58:57,679
their second leading rusher, wasn't he behind Nick Chubb?

1244
00:58:57,800 --> 00:58:58,039
Speaker 4: Yep?

1245
00:58:58,920 --> 00:59:01,360
Speaker 2: Not good because some more woody marks in there, especially

1246
00:59:01,360 --> 00:59:02,760
because I picked them up off of waivers.

1247
00:59:02,840 --> 00:59:06,599
Speaker 7: All right, go ahead, one more thing. Yeah, I mean

1248
00:59:06,719 --> 00:59:07,760
we could. We could throw out there.

1249
00:59:07,800 --> 00:59:10,760
Speaker 4: Daniel Hunters post six seasons with at least ten sacks,

1250
00:59:11,159 --> 00:59:13,159
as tied with T. J. Watt and Cam Jordan for

1251
00:59:13,199 --> 00:59:17,119
the first fourth most among active players. So I mean, look,

1252
00:59:17,159 --> 00:59:20,079
there's a lot of good even though the wins aren't there.

1253
00:59:22,559 --> 00:59:25,519
Speaker 2: I'd rather they win. That would be nice. Okay, we're

1254
00:59:25,519 --> 00:59:28,159
gonna take quick break on that. On that note, is

1255
00:59:28,199 --> 00:59:31,719
there anything you do not have time for? Do you

1256
00:59:31,760 --> 00:59:33,519
want to tell someone to shut their bumb ass up?

1257
00:59:34,079 --> 00:59:37,880
Seven one three two one two five seven ninety seven

1258
00:59:38,000 --> 00:59:41,119
one three two one two five seven ninety You can

1259
00:59:41,159 --> 00:59:43,719
also send tweets it at sports RV and at Chris

1260
00:59:43,800 --> 00:59:46,880
Gordy as well. Ain't no body they got time for that?

1261
00:59:46,920 --> 00:59:48,880
Slash shut your bumb ass up is coming up at

1262
00:59:48,880 --> 01:00:05,119
seven one three two one two five seven nine.

1263
00:59:52,719 --> 01:00:03,519
Speaker 11: A here again, tamp here again, hereby get tampered.

1264
01:00:08,519 --> 01:00:13,519
Speaker 2: That's right, it's your favorite time of the week. You're

1265
01:00:13,559 --> 01:00:17,679
looking for something cathartic, you're looking for a release valve.

1266
01:00:17,760 --> 01:00:21,679
This can be your segment. If something's been happening this

1267
01:00:21,760 --> 01:00:25,760
week at work, somebody's bothering you, been running to traffic,

1268
01:00:26,480 --> 01:00:29,639
or maybe you've just been doing a bad job of

1269
01:00:29,960 --> 01:00:32,519
dealing with people in the service industry, like Jonathan Allen.

1270
01:00:32,960 --> 01:00:36,239
You say, hey, nobody got time for that, Hey nobody

1271
01:00:36,320 --> 01:00:41,519
get Or you've been arguing with people or somebody saying

1272
01:00:41,519 --> 01:00:44,920
something you don't like and I don't know, you just

1273
01:00:44,960 --> 01:00:47,239
don't like it, and you want to say, shut you,

1274
01:00:47,239 --> 01:00:50,480
obamass up man, shit jobam mess up man. You can

1275
01:00:50,480 --> 01:00:52,840
do it at seven one three two one two five

1276
01:00:53,159 --> 01:00:56,800
seven ninety the phone number seven one three two one

1277
01:00:56,920 --> 01:01:01,119
two five seven ninety, Chris, since you are a guest

1278
01:01:01,159 --> 01:01:03,920
on this program, the floor is yours.

1279
01:01:04,280 --> 01:01:07,760
Speaker 4: For those who watch that show on ESPN, what is

1280
01:01:07,800 --> 01:01:08,719
it called First Take?

1281
01:01:09,159 --> 01:01:10,039
Speaker 2: I don't watch it, Nope.

1282
01:01:10,199 --> 01:01:13,320
Speaker 4: There was a lot of folks surprised yesterday morning.

1283
01:01:13,639 --> 01:01:15,920
Speaker 2: Burke mangnus of excuse.

1284
01:01:16,320 --> 01:01:19,960
Speaker 4: He's like one of the heads that he is, Burke Ma, Mangnus, Magnus,

1285
01:01:20,079 --> 01:01:23,039
I don't know one of those. He released a statement

1286
01:01:23,079 --> 01:01:28,400
that Molly carm informed them that she was They could

1287
01:01:28,400 --> 01:01:32,519
not come to a new contract decision, so when her

1288
01:01:32,559 --> 01:01:34,679
contract expires at the end of the year, she's gonna

1289
01:01:34,679 --> 01:01:36,920
move on. Molly carm just making the announcement, I'm gonna

1290
01:01:36,960 --> 01:01:40,480
move on, gonna gonna be done here to whatever. Well,

1291
01:01:40,679 --> 01:01:44,400
hours later on, when First Take starts up, Molly Karm's

1292
01:01:44,440 --> 01:01:47,079
not even there. Steven A Smith is there who has

1293
01:01:47,119 --> 01:01:49,920
to release a statement basically saying she's decided to on

1294
01:01:49,960 --> 01:01:53,039
effective immediately. She's not even gonna finish out the contract.

1295
01:01:53,599 --> 01:01:57,320
Speaker 2: Oh really, I mean this is unconscionable. Molly Carum is

1296
01:01:57,400 --> 01:01:59,360
leaving the program effective immediately.

1297
01:01:59,519 --> 01:02:02,119
Speaker 4: Steven later went on on a serious XM show to

1298
01:02:02,119 --> 01:02:05,760
say the details quite frankly and none of y'all's business,

1299
01:02:06,559 --> 01:02:09,440
only to later go on and say, obviously it was

1300
01:02:09,519 --> 01:02:14,360
contract related. Steven, if the details are none of anybody's business,

1301
01:02:14,400 --> 01:02:16,199
you're outing what the business is.

1302
01:02:19,039 --> 01:02:21,440
Speaker 2: ESPN could not budge on the number because they have

1303
01:02:21,559 --> 01:02:23,000
to give me so much money.

1304
01:02:23,079 --> 01:02:24,760
Speaker 4: Now I have to add on to this because the

1305
01:02:24,800 --> 01:02:28,440
Athletic has a story today Ross that reports steven A

1306
01:02:28,559 --> 01:02:32,559
Smith's new deals with ESPN and serious XM now pay

1307
01:02:32,639 --> 01:02:38,800
him forty dollars a year is sorry, Molly, he is

1308
01:02:38,840 --> 01:02:42,039
getting paid like one of the highest paid athletes in sports.

1309
01:02:42,360 --> 01:02:43,159
Speaker 2: Sorry Molly.

1310
01:02:43,559 --> 01:02:45,119
Speaker 4: But all he does is shows up, put on a

1311
01:02:45,159 --> 01:02:48,960
sports code and goes, quite frankly, here on my tanks.

1312
01:02:49,400 --> 01:02:50,760
Speaker 2: I gets mines, Molly.

1313
01:02:51,639 --> 01:02:54,880
Speaker 4: Sorry, sorry, Molly had to go. Wants this job for

1314
01:02:54,960 --> 01:02:55,920
thirty k a year.

1315
01:02:56,320 --> 01:03:00,320
Speaker 2: I'll take it. I'll take that paymump. All right, anyway,

1316
01:03:00,400 --> 01:03:01,000
thirty k.

1317
01:03:03,360 --> 01:03:06,960
Speaker 4: New York's pretty expensive an efficiency.

1318
01:03:07,440 --> 01:03:09,079
Speaker 2: I might be able to get me a broom closet.

1319
01:03:09,760 --> 01:03:12,559
Probably not even that. Actually, all right, well there you go.

1320
01:03:12,639 --> 01:03:14,719
Steven So you're saying, ain't nobody get time for Molly

1321
01:03:14,760 --> 01:03:15,559
Caeren or steven A?

1322
01:03:15,679 --> 01:03:18,840
Speaker 4: Well it was steven A outing her reason. But then also,

1323
01:03:19,400 --> 01:03:21,960
ain't nobody got time for steven A making forty million

1324
01:03:22,000 --> 01:03:28,360
a year? ESPN disagrees he is ESPN, and Tommy doesn't

1325
01:03:28,360 --> 01:03:31,000
even watch the games. He's like, yeah, I think that

1326
01:03:31,320 --> 01:03:33,679
John Elway's doing really well for the Broncos.

1327
01:03:33,960 --> 01:03:36,920
Speaker 2: What the sn ESPN stands for? Steven A? Everybody knows

1328
01:03:36,920 --> 01:03:38,239
that he's like, I think.

1329
01:03:38,079 --> 01:03:40,519
Speaker 4: De Shawn Watson's gonna take the Texans in the playoffs

1330
01:03:40,519 --> 01:03:40,840
this year.

1331
01:03:41,239 --> 01:03:46,079
Speaker 2: Dude watching the game, stop miss He is not that bad,

1332
01:03:46,199 --> 01:03:48,159
but they do ask him to the expert. Wasn't he

1333
01:03:48,239 --> 01:03:49,400
on their hockey coverage too?

1334
01:03:49,440 --> 01:03:51,719
Speaker 4: Oh yeah, they're gonna pull up baseball. I mean I

1335
01:03:51,760 --> 01:03:54,280
think Alex Begman could carry the Astros this year.

1336
01:03:56,480 --> 01:03:59,159
Speaker 2: Uh man, Well, I'm gonna go in the same vein

1337
01:03:59,239 --> 01:04:02,320
with the broadcast, but also somebody who is a broadcaster

1338
01:04:03,559 --> 01:04:07,079
and a team owner. They talked about the rules last

1339
01:04:07,159 --> 01:04:09,800
year where Tom Brady, you're a team owner, you can't

1340
01:04:09,800 --> 01:04:13,440
be in production meetings, you cannot be in team meetings,

1341
01:04:13,719 --> 01:04:18,159
you cannot I don't know, be spying on the other teams.

1342
01:04:18,519 --> 01:04:21,599
Then they relax those rules. Then there's video of him

1343
01:04:21,679 --> 01:04:25,519
literally on the headset while the Raiders are on offense.

1344
01:04:26,199 --> 01:04:28,639
So you're gonna tell me this guy who was involved

1345
01:04:28,639 --> 01:04:32,840
in Spygate, who is involved in deflake gate, who has

1346
01:04:32,880 --> 01:04:34,920
been known to be in the rules, who is one

1347
01:04:34,960 --> 01:04:37,960
of those hyper competitive people on the planet and owns

1348
01:04:38,000 --> 01:04:42,559
a chunk of an NFL team, is it possibly, at

1349
01:04:42,639 --> 01:04:45,159
least possibly gonna be doing a little bit spying on

1350
01:04:45,199 --> 01:04:49,000
other teams when he's in a team meetings. I cannot

1351
01:04:49,039 --> 01:04:51,000
believe this is still being allowed. I cannot believe they're

1352
01:04:51,000 --> 01:04:53,599
allowing him on the headset. You can't have it both ways,

1353
01:04:53,639 --> 01:04:56,360
Tom Brady. Ain't nobody got time for that. Hey, nobody

1354
01:04:56,440 --> 01:04:57,199
got time for dead.

1355
01:04:58,480 --> 01:05:02,199
Speaker 4: I was gonna throw a Diego Pavia at least his

1356
01:05:02,280 --> 01:05:05,079
attorney in here, the Vanderbilt quarterback. Did you see yesterday

1357
01:05:05,079 --> 01:05:08,719
that with some new legislation, you know, the NCAAA, they're

1358
01:05:09,079 --> 01:05:13,239
going to Congress and all this stuff constantly with house settlement,

1359
01:05:13,320 --> 01:05:15,719
all this stuff, like there's still stuff being worked only

1360
01:05:15,920 --> 01:05:17,880
on a daily basis. Well, apparently his attorney came out

1361
01:05:17,960 --> 01:05:22,000
yesterday and said, you know, Diego Pavia could challenge for

1362
01:05:22,079 --> 01:05:25,400
seventh year of eligibill I saw it. Diego very quickly

1363
01:05:25,719 --> 01:05:30,360
put on Twitter, said cap, but like, come on, just

1364
01:05:30,440 --> 01:05:33,960
that whole the thought of a player playing seven years

1365
01:05:34,519 --> 01:05:35,880
get a job, sir.

1366
01:05:37,000 --> 01:05:40,480
Speaker 2: Well, I kind of get what they're saying. I mean,

1367
01:05:40,599 --> 01:05:43,199
why is there a certain limit on eligibility if you're

1368
01:05:43,239 --> 01:05:45,159
in school, why can't you play for the school.

1369
01:05:47,039 --> 01:05:51,800
Speaker 4: It's just dude, Van Wilder. Eventually you gotta grow up.

1370
01:05:51,840 --> 01:05:53,079
Peter pan go get a job.

1371
01:05:53,159 --> 01:05:57,559
Speaker 2: The ncaa house of cards is crumbling under all these lawsuits,

1372
01:05:57,559 --> 01:06:01,119
and I absolutely love it. I just do so. Who

1373
01:06:01,119 --> 01:06:02,400
you saying you ain't got no time for?

1374
01:06:02,519 --> 01:06:05,039
Speaker 4: Well, ain't nobody got time for lawyers wanting to say?

1375
01:06:05,360 --> 01:06:08,400
What about that? Deserves a seventh year of eligibility?

1376
01:06:08,559 --> 01:06:11,679
Speaker 2: Lawyer? See opportunity? The lawyers pouncing on opportunities for lawsuits.

1377
01:06:11,679 --> 01:06:12,679
Who could have seen that coming?

1378
01:06:12,760 --> 01:06:14,239
Speaker 4: I just kind of threw that one in. The other

1379
01:06:14,360 --> 01:06:17,320
actual one I had, though, was on a certain manager

1380
01:06:17,360 --> 01:06:18,639
of the Los Angeles Dodgers.

1381
01:06:19,079 --> 01:06:21,880
Speaker 2: Okay, what he did? Dave Roberts do show?

1382
01:06:21,960 --> 01:06:25,400
Speaker 4: Hey, Otani had a no hitter going last night through

1383
01:06:25,440 --> 01:06:30,039
five innings. Dave Roberts pulls him in the sixth inning,

1384
01:06:30,079 --> 01:06:35,480
the Phillies put up five runs before lead, and the

1385
01:06:35,480 --> 01:06:37,400
Phillies are now just a game and a half back

1386
01:06:37,400 --> 01:06:38,920
of the Brewers for the NL one seed. I got

1387
01:06:38,960 --> 01:06:41,519
a Buddyho's a Burrs fan. He's like, are you kidding me?

1388
01:06:41,639 --> 01:06:42,320
Speaker 2: Dave Roberts.

1389
01:06:42,800 --> 01:06:43,599
Speaker 4: We're trying to hang.

1390
01:06:43,440 --> 01:06:46,320
Speaker 2: On his one seed, Yeah, gifting the Phillies a win. Well,

1391
01:06:46,320 --> 01:06:48,320
they're trying to being no Tony back from injury from

1392
01:06:48,440 --> 01:06:50,599
literally he's had two Tommy John's.

1393
01:06:50,360 --> 01:06:52,559
Speaker 4: Dave Roberts, nobody got time for you.

1394
01:06:52,719 --> 01:06:55,360
Speaker 2: You know what, ain't nobody got time for you? Who

1395
01:06:55,480 --> 01:06:57,400
cares about a no hitter? They're trying to make sure

1396
01:06:57,400 --> 01:07:00,599
he doesn't rip his acl again. He's just building back

1397
01:07:00,639 --> 01:07:02,320
up from multiple Tommy Johnson.

1398
01:07:02,559 --> 01:07:05,480
Speaker 4: Dodgers have the fourth best record in the in the NL.

1399
01:07:05,639 --> 01:07:07,920
Remember when they signed Otani and all those big name

1400
01:07:07,960 --> 01:07:10,840
players are like like one hundred and twenty games a year.

1401
01:07:11,039 --> 01:07:14,119
Speaker 2: Yeah, well, they've had like five billion injuries. They have

1402
01:07:14,199 --> 01:07:17,440
eighty four wins. Yeah, how's all that money paying.

1403
01:07:17,239 --> 01:07:17,760
Speaker 4: Off for them?

1404
01:07:17,840 --> 01:07:20,039
Speaker 2: Well, we'll see when they get to the playoffs they

1405
01:07:20,039 --> 01:07:22,039
get a little bit of healthy. I ain't. I'm not

1406
01:07:22,079 --> 01:07:24,079
writing the Dodge off yet, but the Phillies have been good.

1407
01:07:24,079 --> 01:07:26,239
You mentioned the Brewers have been very good. The National League.

1408
01:07:26,599 --> 01:07:28,800
Thank god the Astros aren't over there, because the American

1409
01:07:28,880 --> 01:07:30,880
League feels a little bit more winnable. If the Astros

1410
01:07:30,920 --> 01:07:32,920
were healthy, I said this, like, you know what, I'll

1411
01:07:32,920 --> 01:07:34,840
say that anybody can time for all these injuries. The

1412
01:07:34,920 --> 01:07:38,480
Ashers were healthy, I would be tabbing them as American

1413
01:07:38,559 --> 01:07:39,159
League favorites.

1414
01:07:39,199 --> 01:07:39,559
Speaker 4: I would.

1415
01:07:40,119 --> 01:07:42,519
Speaker 2: I mean, if you had Renel Blanco Hayden was an Esky,

1416
01:07:42,840 --> 01:07:48,199
Brandon Walter, east Ok, Paradis, Jordan Alvarez, I mean, Josh Hayter,

1417
01:07:48,440 --> 01:07:52,719
Bennett SUSA. Yes, that's a stat squad. Honestly, we need

1418
01:07:52,760 --> 01:07:54,400
to be giving Dana Brown a timp of the cap

1419
01:07:54,920 --> 01:07:56,679
for for a how stacked this team would have been

1420
01:07:56,719 --> 01:07:58,440
if they were fully healthy. I thout, ain't nobody had

1421
01:07:58,480 --> 01:08:00,960
time for Yorda, I'll running through stops. Ain't nobody got

1422
01:08:01,000 --> 01:08:03,760
time for Well, Ain't nobody got time for Tony Paris

1423
01:08:03,840 --> 01:08:07,119
Chica getting stop signs ran through? I mean, it seems

1424
01:08:07,199 --> 01:08:11,960
rather regularly. And we talked to with Joe spot about

1425
01:08:11,960 --> 01:08:13,840
that yesterday and he said, hey, it's it's at the

1426
01:08:13,920 --> 01:08:14,320
end of the day.

1427
01:08:14,320 --> 01:08:15,800
Speaker 4: The onus is on the players, is not like the

1428
01:08:15,840 --> 01:08:18,680
new step dad that like nobody wants to pay attention to.

1429
01:08:20,119 --> 01:08:24,159
Speaker 2: Yeah, I guess you're not my real third base coach

1430
01:08:24,239 --> 01:08:26,600
Gary Pettis is gone. I'm gonna run through the stops on.

1431
01:08:27,079 --> 01:08:30,359
Don't go little little Jeff Blomer in there? All right,

1432
01:08:30,439 --> 01:08:32,079
Jonathan Allen, what do you got?

1433
01:08:33,039 --> 01:08:35,479
Speaker 12: You know I got I haven't seen the hate about

1434
01:08:35,479 --> 01:08:38,520
CDs child, but I'm gonna tell you I'm.

1435
01:08:38,439 --> 01:08:39,039
Speaker 2: The main one.

1436
01:08:40,600 --> 01:08:44,840
Speaker 12: The main one after this, that preps conference after Monday

1437
01:08:44,920 --> 01:08:48,079
night's game, and you, as a quarterback leading the team,

1438
01:08:48,199 --> 01:08:51,680
is sitting there with your head down, talking under your breath, saying, yeah,

1439
01:08:51,720 --> 01:08:55,840
whi's gotta do better. Yeah, seeings that happened. Yeah, yeah,

1440
01:08:56,079 --> 01:08:59,279
you know, I'm sad. We love That's that's not what

1441
01:08:59,319 --> 01:09:00,920
you do. That's not how you're gonna win an O two.

1442
01:09:00,960 --> 01:09:02,520
That's not how you rally team. That's not how you

1443
01:09:02,520 --> 01:09:04,720
get anybody to get to get behind you. You just

1444
01:09:04,720 --> 01:09:07,359
seem like you're upset with yourself and granted, okay, you

1445
01:09:07,399 --> 01:09:09,880
can be, but that's not gonna lead anybody. And you

1446
01:09:10,039 --> 01:09:11,640
showing that and saying it to your team that you

1447
01:09:11,720 --> 01:09:13,720
really don't don't have any faith and just saying, oh,

1448
01:09:13,760 --> 01:09:16,920
we'll go get it back next time. No an'ybody had

1449
01:09:16,960 --> 01:09:19,760
time for that. If you're gonna be this qualified athlete

1450
01:09:19,800 --> 01:09:21,199
that you came from Ohio State, you supposed to be

1451
01:09:21,199 --> 01:09:22,680
this big dog to lead, and you want to be

1452
01:09:22,720 --> 01:09:25,279
an elite quarterback, any of these elite quarterbacks that are

1453
01:09:25,279 --> 01:09:26,960
above you aren't doing that. They're gonna take you on

1454
01:09:27,000 --> 01:09:29,159
a chant, they're rally the team behind. They're gonna tell

1455
01:09:29,159 --> 01:09:30,560
you what the problem is, and they're gonna go after it.

1456
01:09:30,680 --> 01:09:32,560
Look at anybody else that's above him. He was what

1457
01:09:32,680 --> 01:09:36,840
eight ran before the season started, Yeah somewhere around there,

1458
01:09:36,920 --> 01:09:39,199
you know, Like I just it just bugs me really bad.

1459
01:09:39,239 --> 01:09:42,920
Speaker 2: Wow, Okay, CJ. Stroud hater number one. I'm not. I'm not.

1460
01:09:43,039 --> 01:09:45,000
Speaker 12: I'm critical because I really feel like he should be

1461
01:09:45,079 --> 01:09:47,079
If he's that qualified, and I know he's that good

1462
01:09:47,079 --> 01:09:48,359
an athlete, you shouldn't be doing that.

1463
01:09:48,399 --> 01:09:50,319
Speaker 2: He should be better. And we're gonna bring some numbers

1464
01:09:50,319 --> 01:09:52,520
coming up here in a little bit to make it

1465
01:09:52,600 --> 01:09:54,359
even worse. All right, those in your hold, we'll get

1466
01:09:54,359 --> 01:09:55,840
to you. You guys, got something you want to get off

1467
01:09:55,840 --> 01:09:58,880
your chest? Eight nobody got time for that? Slash shut

1468
01:09:58,960 --> 01:10:01,760
Joe ball mass up seven one three two one two

1469
01:10:01,800 --> 01:10:05,159
five seven ninety seven one three two one two five

1470
01:10:05,399 --> 01:10:07,439
seven ninety back in a minute after the short break.

1471
01:10:16,920 --> 01:10:18,319
All right, you want to get in you can do so.

1472
01:10:18,479 --> 01:10:22,079
Seven one three two one two five seven ninety seven

1473
01:10:22,119 --> 01:10:26,880
one three two one two five seven ninety for eight.

1474
01:10:27,039 --> 01:10:29,960
No body got time for that. Slash shut yo bumb

1475
01:10:30,000 --> 01:10:33,359
ass up Ray in Miami is next up? What's up?

1476
01:10:33,399 --> 01:10:33,600
Speaker 3: Ray?

1477
01:10:35,359 --> 01:10:35,560
Speaker 1: It is?

1478
01:10:35,640 --> 01:10:36,119
Speaker 13: Spot up?

1479
01:10:36,880 --> 01:10:39,359
Speaker 3: Shut yo bum midd ass up.

1480
01:10:39,720 --> 01:10:43,039
Speaker 13: If a kid asks you a spota about a time table,

1481
01:10:43,399 --> 01:10:46,439
so you have never seen an ankle mess up in

1482
01:10:46,479 --> 01:10:49,840
your life, you can't give any time timetable. It's spot up.

1483
01:10:49,960 --> 01:10:52,279
Shut your bum ass up, and I can't wait till

1484
01:10:52,279 --> 01:10:53,840
we get rid of your mid dass.

1485
01:10:54,960 --> 01:10:56,239
Speaker 4: Shit, your bum ass up.

1486
01:10:56,319 --> 01:11:01,960
Speaker 2: Man. Okay, there was a lot. There's a lot of

1487
01:11:02,000 --> 01:11:03,239
funny things happening here.

1488
01:11:03,920 --> 01:11:04,119
Speaker 3: Uh.

1489
01:11:04,199 --> 01:11:08,039
Speaker 2: First of all, is Joe spotted particularly short? I don't

1490
01:11:08,119 --> 01:11:12,159
think of him as particularly short. I mean he's like

1491
01:11:12,239 --> 01:11:15,840
six foot right, is Joe? Is Joe a spota here?

1492
01:11:16,319 --> 01:11:19,760
Joe aspota height? Let me google this by the way.

1493
01:11:19,800 --> 01:11:21,840
You want to follow that you can seven one three

1494
01:11:22,279 --> 01:11:25,319
two one two five seven ninety seven one three two

1495
01:11:25,560 --> 01:11:28,039
two five seven niney okay, Google's listened at five ten.

1496
01:11:28,640 --> 01:11:31,239
I think of him as around there. I don't think

1497
01:11:31,239 --> 01:11:34,079
of him as short. He was rocking a new look

1498
01:11:34,119 --> 01:11:36,640
with the glasses he's been he's been going with the

1499
01:11:36,640 --> 01:11:39,840
glasses lately, keeping the eye sharp. I'm okay with that

1500
01:11:40,359 --> 01:11:43,199
number one. That's funny that he's calling Joe's spot is short.

1501
01:11:43,239 --> 01:11:45,399
I'm okay with the criticism of him not it was,

1502
01:11:45,479 --> 01:11:48,319
it was. It was bizarre for him to act surprise

1503
01:11:48,439 --> 01:11:51,560
to get asked if jord On Alvarez was going on

1504
01:11:51,640 --> 01:11:54,159
the i L. But also my second favorite part of

1505
01:11:54,159 --> 01:11:59,439
that was him calling Chandler Roma kid. When a kid

1506
01:11:59,479 --> 01:12:02,720
with a kid asks you about someone going to the IL,

1507
01:12:04,159 --> 01:12:06,039
Chandler Rome, I don't know how how old is Channeler

1508
01:12:06,119 --> 01:12:08,239
roam these days? Early thirties?

1509
01:12:09,479 --> 01:12:10,800
Speaker 4: Yeah?

1510
01:12:10,880 --> 01:12:14,439
Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, okay, well you should know, aren't you guys

1511
01:12:14,680 --> 01:12:17,439
LSU alums and whatnot. Yeah, but we didn't we didn't

1512
01:12:17,439 --> 01:12:20,880
graduate together, Chandler Roam age. Oh this is not really

1513
01:12:20,920 --> 01:12:24,720
readily available. I mean, yeah, he looks like a young man.

1514
01:12:25,079 --> 01:12:27,920
I'm gonna say, are you gonna blind guests thirty three

1515
01:12:28,039 --> 01:12:30,439
years old? For Chandler Rome?

1516
01:12:30,920 --> 01:12:32,760
Speaker 4: Won't you text him? Your text buddies with him?

1517
01:12:32,800 --> 01:12:35,680
Speaker 2: That's true? We text every now and then. Uh, Chandler,

1518
01:12:35,680 --> 01:12:38,760
if you're listening, how old are you? Apparently ain't nobody

1519
01:12:38,840 --> 01:12:42,079
got time for for? For Joe Espada, all right, seven

1520
01:12:42,119 --> 01:12:44,880
one three, seven ninety If you want to get anything

1521
01:12:44,880 --> 01:12:47,159
else from anither of you guys, anything else you ain't

1522
01:12:47,159 --> 01:12:47,760
got no time for?

1523
01:12:49,239 --> 01:12:49,520
Speaker 3: Hmm.

1524
01:12:51,119 --> 01:12:53,359
Speaker 4: I was uh, I was gonna do that. I don't

1525
01:12:53,359 --> 01:12:55,039
want to beat up on the textan, see do it

1526
01:12:55,159 --> 01:12:59,600
more than we should do it. I mean, Nick Cassario,

1527
01:13:00,199 --> 01:13:03,920
you got time for your reworking. You supposedly reworked this

1528
01:13:04,000 --> 01:13:08,039
offensive line in the off season. Look better to you.

1529
01:13:09,079 --> 01:13:11,279
Speaker 2: I was actually did look a little bit better in

1530
01:13:11,319 --> 01:13:13,520
week two than it did in week one. I could

1531
01:13:13,600 --> 01:13:17,720
say that nobody is that something. I just don't know

1532
01:13:17,720 --> 01:13:18,199
how you look.

1533
01:13:18,359 --> 01:13:21,800
Speaker 4: They look so sharp those first two drives, and then

1534
01:13:21,840 --> 01:13:25,760
you seed to go punt punt, punt, punt punt.

1535
01:13:26,279 --> 01:13:28,560
Speaker 2: Yeah, you had Woody Marx catching, Yeah, you got the

1536
01:13:28,880 --> 01:13:34,119
you you had that big you had that big touchdown

1537
01:13:34,159 --> 01:13:37,840
for Nico Collins. Then Woody Marx is catching like thirty

1538
01:13:37,840 --> 01:13:41,399
five year old thirty seven yard screen passes. You're like,

1539
01:13:41,439 --> 01:13:43,600
oh my gosh, they're gonna use Woody marks. They're looking good.

1540
01:13:43,640 --> 01:13:46,640
It's like they got an inventive game plan. Things are

1541
01:13:46,640 --> 01:13:51,720
going well well, and then they faltered. Anybody got time

1542
01:13:51,760 --> 01:13:56,439
for that? Texans? Oh and two? Now, of course, uh yeah,

1543
01:13:56,439 --> 01:13:57,720
you can go ahead and fay the music down if

1544
01:13:57,720 --> 01:14:00,399
nobody else wants to get in appreciate you, Jonathan. Oh

1545
01:14:00,479 --> 01:14:03,239
and two, Now, how much solace do you find in

1546
01:14:03,279 --> 01:14:05,560
the fact that both of the teams you lost to

1547
01:14:05,680 --> 01:14:11,119
are probably going to be division winners. Yeah, but I

1548
01:14:11,159 --> 01:14:14,279
don't know. I mean, the NFC South sucks. So the

1549
01:14:14,319 --> 01:14:18,239
Bucks winning that, the fountains are looking okay, Buccaneers beating

1550
01:14:18,279 --> 01:14:19,119
them on the road.

1551
01:14:21,359 --> 01:14:23,319
Speaker 4: Did I give you the two stats yesterday? The Bucks

1552
01:14:23,319 --> 01:14:26,560
have never had never won in Houston before yesterday.

1553
01:14:26,319 --> 01:14:27,800
Speaker 2: I didn't know that. How many times have they played

1554
01:14:27,800 --> 01:14:30,920
in Houston? They were oh and five? Okay, so then

1555
01:14:30,960 --> 01:14:31,800
you're out one and five.

1556
01:14:32,279 --> 01:14:32,399
Speaker 10: Uh.

1557
01:14:32,640 --> 01:14:35,840
Speaker 4: Baker Mayfield was previously one in seven in his career

1558
01:14:35,840 --> 01:14:37,920
on Monday Night football. He's now two and seven.

1559
01:14:38,560 --> 01:14:42,359
Speaker 2: He's mister clutch. Came up clutching that game. How many

1560
01:14:42,359 --> 01:14:44,399
good teams that he'd been on in those scenarios too, though,

1561
01:14:44,600 --> 01:14:48,199
he've been playing for the Panthers and the Browns. Then

1562
01:14:48,199 --> 01:14:49,680
he was a backup for the Rams.

1563
01:14:49,760 --> 01:14:53,479
Speaker 4: Right, if you're on Monday Night football, though presumably you're

1564
01:14:53,640 --> 01:14:54,479
doing some right.

1565
01:14:54,399 --> 01:14:56,600
Speaker 2: That's true, you're probably a pretty good team for a

1566
01:14:56,600 --> 01:14:59,560
Monday Well, there were some lean years on Monday Night football.

1567
01:14:59,600 --> 01:15:01,960
Then he has Pano was like, hey, NFL were cutting

1568
01:15:01,960 --> 01:15:04,880
you this check. We need to get some more marquee matchups.

1569
01:15:04,920 --> 01:15:06,359
And the NFL's like, well, how do we do that.

1570
01:15:06,479 --> 01:15:10,159
Let's see, NBC wants better matchups, Prime wants better matchups.

1571
01:15:10,640 --> 01:15:14,239
ESPN wants better matchups, more games. Let's go that's what

1572
01:15:14,239 --> 01:15:14,720
they're doing.

1573
01:15:15,640 --> 01:15:18,760
Speaker 4: What's crazy too, just a quick college football NuGet I

1574
01:15:18,800 --> 01:15:21,960
saw Did you see two coaches got fired already?

1575
01:15:23,520 --> 01:15:26,880
Speaker 2: Virginia Tech, yes, CLA Yes. It talked about.

1576
01:15:26,680 --> 01:15:30,319
Speaker 4: Three weeks into the season. Pete Dammle tweeted this out.

1577
01:15:30,319 --> 01:15:33,319
He said, last year, the first in season firing didn't

1578
01:15:33,319 --> 01:15:36,279
happen until after week eight October twentieth.

1579
01:15:37,760 --> 01:15:39,920
Speaker 2: This year it's after week three. They're getting to like

1580
01:15:39,960 --> 01:15:42,479
it's getting more and more like soccer managers. They fire

1581
01:15:42,520 --> 01:15:45,399
those dudes like every three weeks and then they just

1582
01:15:45,880 --> 01:15:48,439
well lose a few games all time to sack the manager,

1583
01:15:48,479 --> 01:15:52,159
as they call it. And it feels like increasingly, even

1584
01:15:52,199 --> 01:15:54,359
the last I don't know, twenty years, it feels like

1585
01:15:54,800 --> 01:15:57,720
i'd be curious to see at the end of the

1586
01:15:57,800 --> 01:16:00,720
year how many head coaches were fired year by year

1587
01:16:00,760 --> 01:16:02,920
by year. Maybe it's always been like this and I

1588
01:16:03,000 --> 01:16:06,680
just don't remember, but especially like you said, early season firings,

1589
01:16:06,720 --> 01:16:10,760
in season firings, it's just everybody's on a shorter fuse.

1590
01:16:10,880 --> 01:16:15,920
It feels like across all sports and now it's as

1591
01:16:15,920 --> 01:16:18,399
you mentioned, it's happening in college football. First, that's really

1592
01:16:18,399 --> 01:16:20,079
what we should have done. Shut your bump mass up.

1593
01:16:20,079 --> 01:16:24,239
Speaker 4: The fans that are out there going Demiko ryans ain't him?

1594
01:16:24,960 --> 01:16:29,640
Speaker 2: Oh yeah, there's people doing that. Come on, I think

1595
01:16:29,720 --> 01:16:31,800
yesterday calling Demiko Ryan's mid.

1596
01:16:32,800 --> 01:16:36,760
Speaker 4: It's okay, Like if you want to start questioning CJ. Stroud, okay,

1597
01:16:37,279 --> 01:16:40,520
but come on, like to say to completely throw him

1598
01:16:40,560 --> 01:16:42,920
under the bus at this point.

1599
01:16:44,239 --> 01:16:47,840
Speaker 2: Yeah, Well, I think he's a good head coach, and

1600
01:16:48,399 --> 01:16:51,239
I think sometimes the attention to detail stuff can be off,

1601
01:16:51,359 --> 01:16:54,359
like procedural stuff like I brought it up yesterday. I

1602
01:16:54,359 --> 01:16:57,520
think the like the end of the game where you

1603
01:16:57,600 --> 01:16:59,520
have six seconds left, like have a plan. They had

1604
01:16:59,520 --> 01:17:01,800
no plan. They didn't run a play where they tossed

1605
01:17:01,800 --> 01:17:03,279
it back fifty times. They didn't tell him to get

1606
01:17:03,279 --> 01:17:04,680
out of bounds and try to do a Hell Mary.

1607
01:17:04,880 --> 01:17:07,359
They just ran out the string like the game was over.

1608
01:17:07,640 --> 01:17:11,239
That's bad coaching to me. All right, Well on that nough.

1609
01:17:11,239 --> 01:17:12,800
We're gonna take quick top of the our break. Our

1610
01:17:12,880 --> 01:17:14,840
number three of the Matt Thomas Show with Ross without

1611
01:17:14,840 --> 01:17:17,199
Matt Thomas is coming up. Chris Cordy is hanging out.

1612
01:17:17,199 --> 01:17:19,920
We're gonna get some Texans. We also have the News

1613
01:17:20,159 --> 01:17:23,119
at Noon coming up next, all the top sports news

1614
01:17:23,119 --> 01:17:26,319
items of the day coming right jack, right at you.

1615
01:17:26,439 --> 01:17:34,560
After this quick break, our number three of the Matt

1616
01:17:34,640 --> 01:17:39,680
Thomas Show with Ross without Matt Thomas. He will be

1617
01:17:39,840 --> 01:17:43,000
back tomorrow. Chris Gordy is hanging out. We'll have Adam

1618
01:17:43,039 --> 01:17:46,079
Clanton in the fold as well. We got a lot

1619
01:17:46,119 --> 01:17:49,000
of stuff going on in the sports world. That's means,

1620
01:17:49,119 --> 01:17:52,760
that means we have to get to the news at noon,

1621
01:17:56,840 --> 01:17:58,359
all right, a lot of stuff to get to here.

1622
01:17:58,359 --> 01:18:00,760
All the news at nude Chris Gordon. We will lead

1623
01:18:00,760 --> 01:18:04,000
off with your Houston Astros going for a sweep today,

1624
01:18:04,239 --> 01:18:07,560
seven to ten. First pitch as it'll be Jake de

1625
01:18:07,640 --> 01:18:11,279
Grom versus Christian Javier. Six o'clock Astros on deck, coming

1626
01:18:11,279 --> 01:18:14,560
your way with yours truly. Yesterday they were able to

1627
01:18:14,600 --> 01:18:18,079
get to win. They got up six nothing. You're feeling good,

1628
01:18:18,079 --> 01:18:21,680
They're gonna cruise. Everything's all right. We're gonna run scored

1629
01:18:21,680 --> 01:18:24,600
by the Rangers in the fifth, then four runs in

1630
01:18:24,680 --> 01:18:26,800
the eighth. Brian Braid, you had to come in in

1631
01:18:26,840 --> 01:18:30,880
the eighth put out the Fires. Also got into some

1632
01:18:31,079 --> 01:18:33,760
trouble in the ninth, but was able to get out

1633
01:18:33,800 --> 01:18:37,159
of it. He not just his seventh save this season

1634
01:18:37,239 --> 01:18:40,239
for the Astros and seventh since Josh Hater's gone down

1635
01:18:40,520 --> 01:18:44,119
thirty two pitches for him yesterday, however, fourteen or twelve

1636
01:18:44,199 --> 01:18:47,359
I think maybe the day before. Likely unavailable for the

1637
01:18:47,399 --> 01:18:49,800
Astros today, but he got to the save and back

1638
01:18:49,800 --> 01:18:52,720
to back games, two saves, two wins against the Rangers

1639
01:18:52,720 --> 01:18:56,079
in the first two games of this pivotal mid September series.

1640
01:18:56,359 --> 01:18:58,920
Speaker 4: Yeah, it's just like we all predicted that Aj blue

1641
01:18:58,920 --> 01:19:01,800
Ball and Colton Gordon would be holding things down for

1642
01:19:01,840 --> 01:19:03,119
the Astros pitching staff.

1643
01:19:04,840 --> 01:19:07,079
Speaker 2: Is Aj blue Ball going to get built up and

1644
01:19:07,119 --> 01:19:09,239
start a playoff game for the Astros?

1645
01:19:09,840 --> 01:19:14,319
Speaker 7: Well, he threw three innings yesterday, fifty stout seven k

1646
01:19:14,399 --> 01:19:15,039
is very nice.

1647
01:19:15,399 --> 01:19:16,279
Speaker 2: I mean I think like.

1648
01:19:16,680 --> 01:19:19,239
Speaker 4: He'd be like a candidate to pitch an inning or two,

1649
01:19:19,399 --> 01:19:22,760
but you see, like start, is he like an opener?

1650
01:19:23,359 --> 01:19:26,000
Speaker 2: You know, Yeah, you get to go to a piggyback situation.

1651
01:19:26,039 --> 01:19:27,880
I mean you could do basically what you did yesterday,

1652
01:19:27,920 --> 01:19:29,840
go with blue Ball for three Colton Gordon for three.

1653
01:19:29,920 --> 01:19:34,439
I mean, you definitely are gonna have some options elsewhere. Unfortunately,

1654
01:19:34,439 --> 01:19:41,000
the Mariners trounce the Kansas City Royals. Ten games in

1655
01:19:41,039 --> 01:19:43,720
a row the Mariners have won. They remain a half

1656
01:19:43,720 --> 01:19:46,239
game ahead of the Astros in the American League West.

1657
01:19:46,760 --> 01:19:48,319
The Mariners just will not lose Gordon.

1658
01:19:50,039 --> 01:19:52,880
Speaker 4: They won't. And I hate it, and I hate everything

1659
01:19:52,920 --> 01:19:55,520
about the Mariners, and I hate that we're gonna have

1660
01:19:55,560 --> 01:19:59,439
to play them in basically, oh win or take all

1661
01:20:00,039 --> 01:20:03,760
playoff series this weekend. And I also hate that this

1662
01:20:03,840 --> 01:20:05,800
could also end in the Astros having to go play

1663
01:20:05,800 --> 01:20:09,920
a wild card series in Seattle against this very Seattle team.

1664
01:20:10,920 --> 01:20:13,000
Speaker 2: How raucous and loud are those crowds going to be

1665
01:20:13,079 --> 01:20:15,800
in Seattle? Yeah? Sure, out there.

1666
01:20:15,680 --> 01:20:18,279
Speaker 4: Time for the playoff series. And I will give them credit.

1667
01:20:18,319 --> 01:20:20,720
I mean it got loud. That that's a that's a

1668
01:20:20,760 --> 01:20:23,039
fan base that has been in the desert for so long.

1669
01:20:23,119 --> 01:20:25,359
They are hungry for any kind of success from their

1670
01:20:25,359 --> 01:20:26,000
baseball team.

1671
01:20:26,279 --> 01:20:29,840
Speaker 2: Absolutely are hungry to get anything going.

1672
01:20:30,439 --> 01:20:31,119
Speaker 4: Crickets.

1673
01:20:32,079 --> 01:20:35,880
Speaker 2: Did you eat them? I thought they're oven roasted? Whatever

1674
01:20:35,880 --> 01:20:37,880
they are they deep fried? They bred them?

1675
01:20:38,239 --> 01:20:41,319
Speaker 4: No, because it looks like crickets. Maybe they're just oven.

1676
01:20:41,119 --> 01:20:44,279
Speaker 2: Bakes, all right? A couple of NFL news and the notes.

1677
01:20:44,359 --> 01:20:46,359
We will get to some more on CJ's trout than

1678
01:20:46,359 --> 01:20:49,199
the Texans coming up in the next segment. The Jets

1679
01:20:49,199 --> 01:20:51,920
have ruled out just in fields for their game against

1680
01:20:51,960 --> 01:20:54,479
the Buccaneers. Sounds like the Buccaneers are going to start

1681
01:20:54,520 --> 01:20:58,640
off three to zero. Tyrod Taylor the backup for the

1682
01:20:58,640 --> 01:21:04,319
New York Jets. Texans great, So let's see starting quarterbacks

1683
01:21:04,399 --> 01:21:07,880
in week number three. Already We've got Jake Browning, We've

1684
01:21:07,880 --> 01:21:13,840
got Mac Jones, We've got Tyrod Taylor, we have who

1685
01:21:13,920 --> 01:21:18,159
is it again, that's started Carson Wentz in Minnesota as well.

1686
01:21:17,880 --> 01:21:21,479
Speaker 4: For multiple games. He's gonna start Jake Browning basically for

1687
01:21:21,479 --> 01:21:24,479
the next three months for the Bengals. I've said this before,

1688
01:21:24,520 --> 01:21:29,079
the NFL has got a backup quarterback problem. And the

1689
01:21:29,119 --> 01:21:31,920
stars are great. But when the stars get hurt, and

1690
01:21:31,960 --> 01:21:35,800
they inevitably, inevitably do every year, we have five to

1691
01:21:35,840 --> 01:21:40,279
ten huge name quarterbacks that get hurt missignificant portions of time,

1692
01:21:41,319 --> 01:21:44,800
the backups are not great. It is a problem in

1693
01:21:44,840 --> 01:21:45,359
the NFL.

1694
01:21:46,319 --> 01:21:51,079
Speaker 2: Yeah, so you got all those guys starting as backups,

1695
01:21:52,079 --> 01:21:54,399
Russell Wilson remaining the starter. He had a good start,

1696
01:21:54,439 --> 01:21:56,720
but I mean, I don't feel like he's very good.

1697
01:21:56,840 --> 01:21:59,000
Bryce Young, to a tongue of a low, is not

1698
01:21:59,119 --> 01:21:59,800
very good either.

1699
01:22:00,039 --> 01:22:06,520
Speaker 7: Who's the best backup in the league, the most competent backup?

1700
01:22:06,600 --> 01:22:09,359
Speaker 2: Hey, it might be Jake Browning anytime he goes in

1701
01:22:09,399 --> 01:22:10,800
for Cincinnati, he's very good.

1702
01:22:11,079 --> 01:22:13,159
Speaker 4: Like, I'm just trying to think of a guy Marcus

1703
01:22:13,199 --> 01:22:15,399
Mariota if he had to start, Yeah, Mariota might go

1704
01:22:15,439 --> 01:22:17,199
for Jadon Daniels.

1705
01:22:17,039 --> 01:22:26,159
Speaker 2: Jimmy Garoppolo, Davis Mills. I don't feel like any of

1706
01:22:26,159 --> 01:22:29,640
those are very good. So yeah, definitely some quarterback issues

1707
01:22:30,239 --> 01:22:35,039
in the NFL. Also in the NFL, some news, not

1708
01:22:35,079 --> 01:22:40,760
necessarily news news, but Raheem Morris, who says himself not

1709
01:22:40,800 --> 01:22:45,600
prone to hyperbole. He said by Jon or Now Mike

1710
01:22:45,760 --> 01:22:48,520
Urico said, it's back to Bjeon. We went from Bjeon

1711
01:22:48,560 --> 01:22:51,000
to Bajeon. Now back to Bejon. According to Mike Ico

1712
01:22:51,039 --> 01:22:57,920
on Sunday Night Football, Bjeon Robinson, Well, that's what Bjeon

1713
01:22:57,960 --> 01:23:00,000
said it himself in a press conference in the offseason,

1714
01:23:00,880 --> 01:23:02,319
and then they recorded not.

1715
01:23:02,279 --> 01:23:04,960
Speaker 4: Correct people from when he was at Texas. Hey, this

1716
01:23:05,000 --> 01:23:05,880
is how you pronounce my.

1717
01:23:05,880 --> 01:23:09,319
Speaker 2: Name, you know it happens. I mean Rowe roy Oswalt

1718
01:23:09,880 --> 01:23:13,439
was going by Oswald for years. Who else? There were

1719
01:23:13,479 --> 01:23:14,800
some other ones recently.

1720
01:23:14,479 --> 01:23:17,520
Speaker 4: Well you mentioned earlier Tyrod Taylor temporarily.

1721
01:23:16,960 --> 01:23:21,880
Speaker 2: Was It's very confusing. So he's Bjon back to Bejon

1722
01:23:21,960 --> 01:23:27,039
back to Bijeon is the best player in the NFL.

1723
01:23:27,159 --> 01:23:30,199
He's definitely the best player in football, without a doubt,

1724
01:23:30,600 --> 01:23:34,119
Morris saying on Wednesday, He's unbelievable. I love the kid.

1725
01:23:34,479 --> 01:23:36,680
I love everything about him. I love watching with the ball,

1726
01:23:36,720 --> 01:23:39,920
I love his confidences, demeanor, his mindset, leadership, everything about him.

1727
01:23:40,279 --> 01:23:41,399
Speaker 4: Well, he's the best.

1728
01:23:41,239 --> 01:23:42,000
Speaker 2: Player in football.

1729
01:23:42,039 --> 01:23:48,079
Speaker 4: He's not even the best rusher, Jonathan Taylor, Travis Atia, Dark, James.

1730
01:23:47,039 --> 01:23:50,600
Speaker 2: Longhorn, legend, Bjeon Robinson the best player. I mean, is

1731
01:23:50,640 --> 01:23:54,439
he better than Josh All NFL? Well, according to Raheem Morris,

1732
01:23:54,439 --> 01:23:57,720
he is Lamar Jackson. Lamar Jackson I think is actually

1733
01:23:57,800 --> 01:24:00,880
the best player in football. Have you seen he is

1734
01:24:00,960 --> 01:24:06,199
the alt the all time passer rating leader in NFL

1735
01:24:06,399 --> 01:24:10,800
history at the moment is Lamar Jackson.

1736
01:24:13,600 --> 01:24:16,199
Speaker 4: I like Miles Garrett basically falls out of bed and

1737
01:24:16,520 --> 01:24:17,800
racks up two sacks a game.

1738
01:24:18,000 --> 01:24:21,439
Speaker 2: So Miles Garrett's pretty great. You're starting a franchise with anybody.

1739
01:24:21,439 --> 01:24:25,840
I'm going Lamar Jackson though, Oh fuck, Mahomes, how do

1740
01:24:25,880 --> 01:24:28,359
you deny him? I guess I forgot about that guy.

1741
01:24:29,159 --> 01:24:35,399
He's pretty good, He's pretty close. Yeah, doesn't suck. I

1742
01:24:35,439 --> 01:24:40,159
totally agree with that all right. Elsewhere in the news, Gordy,

1743
01:24:40,199 --> 01:24:46,279
are you familiar with Taylor Townsend, the tennis player. I

1744
01:24:46,319 --> 01:24:50,359
was thinking of Tommy Townson. No, what about Touchdown Tommy

1745
01:24:50,359 --> 01:24:57,119
Maddox American that tennis starred Taylor Townsend apparently having to

1746
01:24:57,239 --> 01:25:02,760
apologize to the entire country of China for making some

1747
01:25:02,840 --> 01:25:10,359
comments that people found offensive about Chinese food. She posted

1748
01:25:10,439 --> 01:25:15,800
videos of local dishes, including bullfrogs and turtles, and joked

1749
01:25:15,800 --> 01:25:18,720
that she would need to talk to hr about the

1750
01:25:18,800 --> 01:25:22,840
quality of food. Clearly, of course, I don't know how

1751
01:25:22,840 --> 01:25:26,439
she didn't anticipate this. There was going to be some backlash,

1752
01:25:26,720 --> 01:25:31,239
as she took to Instagram to apologize after facing backlash

1753
01:25:31,279 --> 01:25:34,239
online in China. I just wanted to come out here

1754
01:25:34,279 --> 01:25:37,119
and apologize sincerely from the butt of my heart. Oh God,

1755
01:25:37,119 --> 01:25:40,119
said Townsend, where she had to say she understood how

1756
01:25:40,119 --> 01:25:42,920
privileged she was as a professional athlete, to be able

1757
01:25:42,920 --> 01:25:47,960
to travel around the world and experience cultural differences. It's

1758
01:25:47,960 --> 01:25:49,520
one of the things I love so much about what

1759
01:25:49,600 --> 01:25:52,199
I do. And I've had nothing but the most amazing

1760
01:25:52,279 --> 01:25:55,159
experience in my time here and at the tournament. Everyone

1761
01:25:55,199 --> 01:25:57,920
is so kind and gracious, and the things that I said,

1762
01:25:58,439 --> 01:26:00,800
we're not representative of that at all. I wanted to

1763
01:26:00,800 --> 01:26:04,800
truly apologize. There's no excuse and no words, and for me,

1764
01:26:04,880 --> 01:26:05,479
I want to be back.

1765
01:26:05,479 --> 01:26:10,039
Speaker 4: That's a shut you open mess up because you're that's

1766
01:26:10,079 --> 01:26:13,439
not normal to us who follows her on social media.

1767
01:26:13,479 --> 01:26:17,640
It's mostly Americans, right, so your audience, this is weird.

1768
01:26:18,199 --> 01:26:20,439
You don't have to go and apologize after it. She says.

1769
01:26:21,039 --> 01:26:23,399
Speaker 2: Have you with the hell turtle and bullfrog at the

1770
01:26:23,399 --> 01:26:24,439
dinner table as wild?

1771
01:26:24,680 --> 01:26:24,880
Speaker 3: Yes?

1772
01:26:25,279 --> 01:26:27,000
Speaker 4: Too many of us in an America. That's weird.

1773
01:26:27,439 --> 01:26:30,920
Speaker 2: You ever eating bullfrog? No, Gordy, I'll bet frog legs.

1774
01:26:31,319 --> 01:26:33,520
Have you had You've had turtle soup? You're from New Orleans.

1775
01:26:33,560 --> 01:26:35,640
I had some gator over the weekend. Yeah, and a

1776
01:26:35,640 --> 01:26:38,239
lot of gator, had a lot of frid gata at

1777
01:26:38,239 --> 01:26:39,239
the barbecue gata.

1778
01:26:39,319 --> 01:26:41,680
Speaker 4: But I just to see that's the stuff where it's

1779
01:26:41,680 --> 01:26:44,279
like when we go out of the side of the country.

1780
01:26:44,319 --> 01:26:47,000
It's the same thing when like Europeans come here, they go,

1781
01:26:47,079 --> 01:26:49,199
oh my god, look at this. We're not like you

1782
01:26:49,239 --> 01:26:53,079
better apologize right now. No, it's different for them, different cultures.

1783
01:26:53,079 --> 01:26:55,479
You're experiencing different things. It's okay to have an opinion

1784
01:26:55,479 --> 01:26:55,920
on it, though.

1785
01:26:56,079 --> 01:26:57,920
Speaker 2: Yeah. When I went to Korea, I had some stuff

1786
01:26:57,960 --> 01:27:00,199
that I don't normally. Had had some chicken feet, which

1787
01:27:00,199 --> 01:27:03,319
I didn't really care for. Quite grissly, I had kidney

1788
01:27:03,479 --> 01:27:03,920
And did.

1789
01:27:03,800 --> 01:27:07,920
Speaker 4: You post on social media? I respect this liver and

1790
01:27:07,960 --> 01:27:09,479
the culture of you eating liver.

1791
01:27:10,079 --> 01:27:13,640
Speaker 2: One of them the translation said chicken ass. I did

1792
01:27:13,680 --> 01:27:14,600
post that on Instagram.

1793
01:27:14,800 --> 01:27:15,119
Speaker 4: That's fine.

1794
01:27:15,119 --> 01:27:17,279
Speaker 2: I didn't get any backlash. It's no one on there

1795
01:27:17,279 --> 01:27:19,760
and tried it. It's different for us, that's all it is.

1796
01:27:20,039 --> 01:27:23,199
That's true. All right, Well, that's the news. At noon,

1797
01:27:23,239 --> 01:27:24,880
we're gonna take quick break, We're gonna come back. We're

1798
01:27:24,880 --> 01:27:27,880
gonna talk some Texans. We're gonna talk some unfortunate stats

1799
01:27:27,880 --> 01:27:30,720
for Nick Kyley, unfortunate stats for CJ Straud. How are

1800
01:27:30,720 --> 01:27:33,439
you feeling about that Texans offense? We'll talk about that

1801
01:27:33,520 --> 01:27:39,039
next here on The Matt Thomas Show with Ross twelve

1802
01:27:39,119 --> 01:27:42,840
twenty pm here on Sports Talk seven hinty cross the

1803
01:27:42,920 --> 01:27:46,119
area with you phone lines open seven one three two

1804
01:27:46,159 --> 01:27:49,960
one two five seven ninety seven one three two What

1805
01:27:50,000 --> 01:27:53,439
are you looking for? You all right over there stretching? Okay?

1806
01:27:53,479 --> 01:27:57,119
Seven one three two one two five seven ninety You

1807
01:27:57,119 --> 01:28:02,119
gotta stretch out. That is very important. Texans oh and

1808
01:28:02,199 --> 01:28:08,199
two on the road against Jacksonville in week number three.

1809
01:28:08,399 --> 01:28:13,560
Jacksonville did lose to Jake Browning last week, but they

1810
01:28:13,640 --> 01:28:18,680
also won in week one. Texans have lost two games

1811
01:28:19,600 --> 01:28:24,800
by one score, both too probable division winners. They are

1812
01:28:24,920 --> 01:28:28,960
underdogs in this upcoming game by one and a half.

1813
01:28:29,520 --> 01:28:30,960
Oh total is it forty three and a half? I

1814
01:28:31,000 --> 01:28:33,399
thought I saw a little tick higher than that earlier

1815
01:28:33,479 --> 01:28:35,680
in the week, But anyways, forty three and a half

1816
01:28:35,720 --> 01:28:38,079
is the total in this one one and a half.

1817
01:28:38,399 --> 01:28:43,079
Texans are dogs to Trevor Lawrence and the Jacksonville Jaguars.

1818
01:28:43,680 --> 01:28:47,479
So I was looking at a couple of things as

1819
01:28:47,479 --> 01:28:49,359
far as there's a lot of guys that I follow

1820
01:28:49,399 --> 01:28:51,319
the dude data and stuff like that, and mostly I

1821
01:28:51,359 --> 01:28:54,239
follow them because of fantasy football. But there's a guy

1822
01:28:54,319 --> 01:28:57,239
named Ben Baldwin who puts we were talking about EEPA

1823
01:28:58,039 --> 01:29:02,479
where he uses adjusted EPA for pass protection, receiver drops, interceptions,

1824
01:29:02,520 --> 01:29:05,920
fumber recoveries, stuff like that, and then he blends it

1825
01:29:06,479 --> 01:29:09,880
with Pro Football Folcus's grades and then it spits out

1826
01:29:09,880 --> 01:29:13,319
a number and it ranks all thirty two quarterbacks right now.

1827
01:29:13,760 --> 01:29:17,840
Top five quarterbacks in football Dak Prescott, Josh Allen, Lamar Jackson,

1828
01:29:17,920 --> 01:29:24,600
Jordan Love, Matt Stafford by these metrics. Where do you

1829
01:29:24,680 --> 01:29:28,159
think Chris Gordy Just a blind guess. I'm gonna give

1830
01:29:28,159 --> 01:29:30,960
you a hint. It's in the bottom half. Yeah, where

1831
01:29:31,000 --> 01:29:33,239
do you think c J. Stroud is? I was gonna

1832
01:29:33,239 --> 01:29:34,880
say last twenty eighth?

1833
01:29:35,199 --> 01:29:35,680
Speaker 4: Geez.

1834
01:29:36,399 --> 01:29:40,720
Speaker 2: There are thirty four quarterbacks rated by these metrics. Boone

1835
01:29:40,800 --> 01:29:44,279
Nicks and JJ McCarthy are last two, Tounguevalo, Aaron Rodgers,

1836
01:29:44,319 --> 01:29:48,359
Gino Smith cam Ward, and then CJ. Stroud behind Joe Flacco,

1837
01:29:48,680 --> 01:29:52,680
Justin Fields and Trevor Lawrence and Bryce Young. That's where c. J.

1838
01:29:52,840 --> 01:29:56,000
Stroud is right now. And this is a guy we

1839
01:29:56,079 --> 01:29:59,800
talked about in the off season that is a top

1840
01:29:59,800 --> 01:30:03,319
ten type quarterback. He talked about himself being like remember

1841
01:30:03,319 --> 01:30:05,560
he was going in podcast after his rookie year, like hey,

1842
01:30:05,600 --> 01:30:08,399
I needed to be in the MVP conversation, putting himself

1843
01:30:08,439 --> 01:30:11,159
like top five ahead of Josh Allen and others, and

1844
01:30:11,560 --> 01:30:13,720
it felt it felt warranted, it felt good. It was like, yeah,

1845
01:30:13,760 --> 01:30:15,960
this guy's confident, he's got all his swag and then

1846
01:30:15,960 --> 01:30:18,680
here we are right now to where c J. Stroud

1847
01:30:18,800 --> 01:30:21,399
is by these metrics with jarn and will be all

1848
01:30:21,439 --> 01:30:27,439
but they're not good. Twenty eighth in football twenty eighth.

1849
01:30:27,800 --> 01:30:30,880
Speaker 4: What what is the issue is it? I mean, is

1850
01:30:30,880 --> 01:30:34,319
it the O line, is it the OC or is

1851
01:30:34,359 --> 01:30:35,760
it CJ himself?

1852
01:30:37,119 --> 01:30:39,600
Speaker 2: I think it's a little bit of everything. Honestly, I

1853
01:30:39,600 --> 01:30:44,479
think I think the biggest problem not the biggest problem. Yeah,

1854
01:30:44,479 --> 01:30:47,319
I'll say it, the biggest problem. If Joe Mixon wear

1855
01:30:47,319 --> 01:30:49,720
was back, I would feel so much better about this offense.

1856
01:30:49,760 --> 01:30:51,359
I would feel so much better about where c J.

1857
01:30:51,439 --> 01:30:53,520
Stroud was. And Joe Mixon was here for a lot

1858
01:30:53,560 --> 01:30:55,199
of the season last year, but he did miss some

1859
01:30:55,279 --> 01:30:57,760
time with some injuries. And that was also around the

1860
01:30:57,760 --> 01:31:00,600
time Stefan Diggs and Nico Collins were getting hurt, so

1861
01:31:00,800 --> 01:31:04,800
you basically you need I would say the biggest help

1862
01:31:04,840 --> 01:31:07,600
to see J. Stroud is both a healthy Nico Collins

1863
01:31:07,640 --> 01:31:10,760
which you have right now, thankfully, and a healthy Joe Mixon.

1864
01:31:11,399 --> 01:31:13,840
And when is he coming back? When have we heard anything?

1865
01:31:14,039 --> 01:31:14,119
Speaker 5: Like?

1866
01:31:14,680 --> 01:31:16,479
Speaker 2: I think Woody Marx needs to get some more looks.

1867
01:31:16,720 --> 01:31:18,680
He looked good in a couple of reps of pass Pro.

1868
01:31:18,920 --> 01:31:21,079
Looks good catching the ball, looks good running the ball.

1869
01:31:21,279 --> 01:31:23,640
I want to see a little bit more Woody marks.

1870
01:31:23,680 --> 01:31:25,840
I know Nick Chubb did have that long touchdown, but

1871
01:31:26,079 --> 01:31:29,239
I just I still don't have confidence of him as

1872
01:31:29,319 --> 01:31:36,239
far as somebody who can be a game breaker, somebody

1873
01:31:36,279 --> 01:31:39,359
who can can go out there and just be better

1874
01:31:39,439 --> 01:31:41,439
than the other guys and more talented in the other guys,

1875
01:31:41,479 --> 01:31:43,239
because that's how you win a lot of games in

1876
01:31:43,239 --> 01:31:45,720
the NFL. Of course, you win with scheme and coaching

1877
01:31:45,760 --> 01:31:47,439
and all those types of things, but a lot of

1878
01:31:47,439 --> 01:31:49,840
times it's like, hey, that guy was just dominant. There

1879
01:31:49,880 --> 01:31:51,479
was nothing we could have done to stop him. And

1880
01:31:51,560 --> 01:31:53,520
Joe Mixon did that a lot where he's turning three

1881
01:31:53,600 --> 01:31:56,479
yard losses into three yard gains or five yard gains

1882
01:31:56,800 --> 01:31:59,560
with his patients, with his vision and going out there

1883
01:31:59,560 --> 01:32:02,239
and just being a good tass catcher and all that

1884
01:32:02,279 --> 01:32:04,399
stuff and being a complete running back. And you don't

1885
01:32:04,439 --> 01:32:07,079
have that and that's huge when you have an offensive

1886
01:32:07,079 --> 01:32:09,199
line that's not very good, so you can't pass protect.

1887
01:32:09,359 --> 01:32:11,600
You need to have some semblance of a run game

1888
01:32:11,880 --> 01:32:14,159
for the other team, and you don't have that right now.

1889
01:32:15,600 --> 01:32:19,479
Speaker 4: The I googled Joe Mixon just to see and there

1890
01:32:19,560 --> 01:32:24,279
is a story from two days ago USA Today entitled

1891
01:32:24,279 --> 01:32:28,000
when will Joe Mixon return, Texan's running back injury Update?

1892
01:32:28,640 --> 01:32:30,960
So you would think an article titled that, yes, we're

1893
01:32:31,000 --> 01:32:34,560
gonna get some kind of clarity here, probably not first sentence,

1894
01:32:35,000 --> 01:32:38,199
when will Joe Mixon return from his injury? As of

1895
01:32:38,279 --> 01:32:42,239
the time of this writing, Mixon's eventual return date is

1896
01:32:42,279 --> 01:32:47,079
not clear. Why in the hell would you title an article.

1897
01:32:46,920 --> 01:32:50,479
Speaker 2: Because you got your click? That's why they got your click.

1898
01:32:50,479 --> 01:32:53,720
What outlet is this? This is USA Today? The USA

1899
01:32:53,760 --> 01:32:57,720
Today is doing boarding news. SI. You can't trust any

1900
01:32:57,760 --> 01:33:00,039
of them these days. It's it's horrible, all right. And

1901
01:33:00,039 --> 01:33:04,800
then here's another another data point. They came across my

1902
01:33:04,840 --> 01:33:07,800
timeline again. It's it's from Fantasy Points Data. It's his

1903
01:33:07,880 --> 01:33:10,960
fantasy website and I follow a lot of fantasy stuff

1904
01:33:10,960 --> 01:33:14,680
because I like fantasy football and multiple leagues. Most off

1905
01:33:14,920 --> 01:33:20,920
target throws by a percentage since twenty twenty three, Will

1906
01:33:21,000 --> 01:33:26,479
Levis number one, then Caleb Williams, then Trevor Lawrence, then CJ. Stroud.

1907
01:33:28,000 --> 01:33:30,359
Actually they have Lawrence and Shroud tied at twenty one

1908
01:33:30,399 --> 01:33:34,359
point seven percent highest off target rate. Other quarterbacks on

1909
01:33:34,399 --> 01:33:40,479
this list include Aaron Rodgers, Josh Dobbs, Desmond Ritter, Aiden O'Connell,

1910
01:33:41,319 --> 01:33:46,000
mac jones, and Bryce Young. The Bryce Young thing is

1911
01:33:46,119 --> 01:33:49,439
he's regressed again. Uh yeah, well he ended up with

1912
01:33:49,479 --> 01:33:51,520
three touchdowns, but he threw the ball like fifty times

1913
01:33:51,520 --> 01:33:53,840
this past weekend. But yeah, he wasn't very good in

1914
01:33:53,840 --> 01:33:57,039
week one, So that's concerning for me.

1915
01:33:58,079 --> 01:33:58,399
Speaker 4: Trevor.

1916
01:33:58,439 --> 01:34:01,079
Speaker 2: I keep watching Trevor Lawrence and and I know I

1917
01:34:01,079 --> 01:34:03,399
picked him on my fantasy league because Brock Perdy got hurt.

1918
01:34:03,399 --> 01:34:06,439
But it's like he misses open throws far too often.

1919
01:34:06,760 --> 01:34:09,640
And same thing for CJ. Stroud. The only two guys

1920
01:34:09,680 --> 01:34:12,079
ahead of you on this list are Will Levis and

1921
01:34:12,119 --> 01:34:18,479
Caleb Williams. That's concerning how does it get better? When

1922
01:34:18,520 --> 01:34:20,960
does it get better? And here's how is he so

1923
01:34:21,039 --> 01:34:23,039
good his rookie year? And then now we're sitting.

1924
01:34:22,840 --> 01:34:27,159
Speaker 4: Here and here's the thing is like these days, if

1925
01:34:27,199 --> 01:34:29,199
you get even an average quarterback.

1926
01:34:29,239 --> 01:34:31,920
Speaker 2: You gotta lock him up, you gotta pay him well.

1927
01:34:32,000 --> 01:34:34,159
I mean, Caleb Williams is the number one pick on

1928
01:34:34,199 --> 01:34:36,439
this list. Trevor Lawrence makes a ton of money. He's

1929
01:34:36,479 --> 01:34:40,439
on that list as well, and then it's like a

1930
01:34:40,439 --> 01:34:44,960
bunch of backups and unproven guys. So yeah, I'm concerned.

1931
01:34:45,399 --> 01:34:49,079
I'm concerned about where we are right now with CJ. Stroud.

1932
01:34:49,520 --> 01:34:51,640
And we know it's got to be complimentary football, but hey,

1933
01:34:51,640 --> 01:34:54,680
it's the NFL. You're not gonna have perfect pockets every

1934
01:34:54,880 --> 01:34:58,920
single snap out there. It just does not happen. This

1935
01:34:59,039 --> 01:35:01,960
is not This is not Arch Manning sitting back there

1936
01:35:02,000 --> 01:35:04,960
for eight seconds against UTEP. This is the NFL. The

1937
01:35:05,000 --> 01:35:07,520
other guys are paid to You gotta figure something out

1938
01:35:07,640 --> 01:35:09,600
and they have to be better, and CJ. Stratt has

1939
01:35:09,640 --> 01:35:14,640
to be better with you. I just I don't know

1940
01:35:14,680 --> 01:35:18,159
what the major problem is. And somebody tweet this out yesterday.

1941
01:35:18,199 --> 01:35:20,840
What do you think about this theory that CJ hasn't

1942
01:35:20,880 --> 01:35:23,760
looked the same since Tank Dell went down? That's true.

1943
01:35:23,920 --> 01:35:25,880
I think that's a good point. That was his kind

1944
01:35:25,880 --> 01:35:28,640
of sake. Oh yeah, you could. You could count on

1945
01:35:28,720 --> 01:35:31,680
him to beat man coverage. You find zones soft zones

1946
01:35:31,720 --> 01:35:35,199
as well. You could also get some easy screens and

1947
01:35:35,199 --> 01:35:38,079
stuff like in the round, stuff like that that like

1948
01:35:38,279 --> 01:35:40,199
the teams had now, even though of course he's as

1949
01:35:40,239 --> 01:35:42,920
short and little as he is when he's on the field,

1950
01:35:43,199 --> 01:35:44,800
teams have to know where Tank Dell is.

1951
01:35:44,640 --> 01:35:44,800
Speaker 5: He is.

1952
01:35:44,880 --> 01:35:50,279
Speaker 2: He was a dynamic athlete, and goodness knows if and

1953
01:35:50,319 --> 01:35:52,279
when he's ever gonna come back. You just have to

1954
01:35:52,319 --> 01:35:54,800
operate under the assumption that he's not coming back, and

1955
01:35:54,840 --> 01:35:56,479
when he does, he's not going to be as effective

1956
01:35:56,479 --> 01:35:59,119
as he was because of how devastating that injury was.

1957
01:35:59,479 --> 01:36:02,439
That he's so you still have Nico Collins. You at

1958
01:36:02,520 --> 01:36:04,840
least got him the targets. He got nine targets I

1959
01:36:04,880 --> 01:36:08,039
think in the last game. But you gotta have more

1960
01:36:08,520 --> 01:36:14,039
catchable targets to continue to get him involved in the game.

1961
01:36:14,079 --> 01:36:16,640
All right, quick break here on the Matt Thomas Show

1962
01:36:16,720 --> 01:36:19,039
with Ross. Where you at on CJ. Stroud? I just

1963
01:36:19,079 --> 01:36:23,520
told you by the by EPA and Pro Football Focus rankings,

1964
01:36:23,520 --> 01:36:27,079
he's twenty eighth in football. I gotta believe he's better

1965
01:36:27,079 --> 01:36:30,760
than that, but those numbers say what they are. How

1966
01:36:30,800 --> 01:36:34,439
does he continue to improve and go up from there?

1967
01:36:34,760 --> 01:36:37,039
Seven to one to three, two one two five seven

1968
01:36:37,119 --> 01:36:38,720
ninety is the phone number if you want to get in.

1969
01:36:39,000 --> 01:36:45,119
Seven to one three two one two five seven ninety.

1970
01:36:48,239 --> 01:36:50,359
Feels like there's a lot of blame to go around

1971
01:36:52,359 --> 01:36:57,680
with the Texans offense. Do we go to the quarterback?

1972
01:36:58,119 --> 01:37:00,880
Do we go to the offensive coordinator? Do we go

1973
01:37:00,920 --> 01:37:03,319
to the offensive line, do we go to the run game?

1974
01:37:03,399 --> 01:37:05,199
Do we go to the pass catchers? And it feels

1975
01:37:05,239 --> 01:37:10,479
like yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, and yes it is

1976
01:37:10,520 --> 01:37:12,840
not being good now a good week against it is

1977
01:37:12,880 --> 01:37:15,680
the week to week league. I was feeling pretty good literally,

1978
01:37:15,680 --> 01:37:18,279
like the first quarter of the game where they scored

1979
01:37:18,319 --> 01:37:25,279
against the Buccaneers. Nico Collins catches that spectacular touchdown in

1980
01:37:25,319 --> 01:37:28,039
the right side of the end zone. We're feeling all

1981
01:37:28,079 --> 01:37:31,880
good in the neighborhood. And then what basically the rest

1982
01:37:31,920 --> 01:37:34,199
of the game happened, and they get held up in

1983
01:37:34,279 --> 01:37:37,520
fourth down in goal to go situations, and they just

1984
01:37:37,520 --> 01:37:40,279
couldn't consistently score points, and then the defense couldn't hold anything.

1985
01:37:40,399 --> 01:37:45,760
Speaker 4: This is what's wild, Nico Collins. Nico Collins to start

1986
01:37:45,760 --> 01:37:51,239
the season off last year ross Week one against Indy six,

1987
01:37:51,319 --> 01:37:54,000
catches one hundred and seventeen yards he was targeted eight

1988
01:37:54,039 --> 01:38:00,359
times Week two against Chicago, targeted ten times, eight catches,

1989
01:38:00,359 --> 01:38:03,439
one hundred and thirty five yards in a touchdown this

1990
01:38:03,479 --> 01:38:06,439
season through two weeks, twenty five yards and fifty two yards.

1991
01:38:06,800 --> 01:38:08,800
Speaker 2: Yeah, but he's been he's been targeted a lot, right,

1992
01:38:09,039 --> 01:38:13,079
he's been off target. Uh, like target five times a week,

1993
01:38:13,119 --> 01:38:15,960
won nine times this week. Okay, So yeah, fourteen targets

1994
01:38:16,039 --> 01:38:18,199
two games. Not terrible. They're trying to get him just

1995
01:38:18,199 --> 01:38:20,199
saying it was eighteen through two games. Last year. He

1996
01:38:20,239 --> 01:38:23,039
had two hundred and fifty yards through two weeks. He

1997
01:38:23,079 --> 01:38:27,520
should get more catches. I wonder what the catchable targeted rates. Well,

1998
01:38:27,520 --> 01:38:29,039
I just read you the number who has the most

1999
01:38:29,039 --> 01:38:32,880
off target throws in football. He's tied for third is CJ. Stroud.

2000
01:38:32,920 --> 01:38:38,439
This is since twenty twenty three most off target throws,

2001
01:38:39,119 --> 01:38:43,840
highest rate, tied with Trevor Lawrence, behind Will Levis, who's

2002
01:38:43,920 --> 01:38:47,520
been benched. And I don't where is will Levis even

2003
01:38:47,520 --> 01:38:49,439
Oh he's out for the season. Right, he has shoulder injury,

2004
01:38:49,479 --> 01:38:51,560
I believe. So he was benched and then had a

2005
01:38:51,600 --> 01:38:54,720
shoulder injury. And then Caleb Williams, who I like, he

2006
01:38:54,800 --> 01:38:56,720
has a big arm, but Caleb Williams misses a lot

2007
01:38:56,720 --> 01:39:00,199
of throws as well. I mean that those numbers sometimes,

2008
01:39:00,199 --> 01:39:01,319
you know, you have to take data with a grain

2009
01:39:01,359 --> 01:39:02,359
of salt and you have to be like, all right,

2010
01:39:02,359 --> 01:39:04,760
I don't know if I actually believe that, but Will Levis,

2011
01:39:04,840 --> 01:39:07,239
Caleb Williams, Trevor Lawrence, and CJ. Stroud being the most

2012
01:39:07,239 --> 01:39:10,680
inaccurate or most off target throws in football where they

2013
01:39:10,680 --> 01:39:13,279
filter out screen passes, that makes a lot of sense

2014
01:39:13,319 --> 01:39:14,279
to me. It just does.

2015
01:39:15,840 --> 01:39:18,560
Speaker 4: Brandon Allen, by the way, the backup to cam Or

2016
01:39:18,680 --> 01:39:22,039
didn't Tennessee who Brandon.

2017
01:39:21,680 --> 01:39:24,720
Speaker 2: Allen not familiar with his work quarterback? Okay, I'll take

2018
01:39:24,720 --> 01:39:26,520
your word for it. You could have just made that up.

2019
01:39:27,079 --> 01:39:32,039
Brandon Allen not familiar with his work at some point,

2020
01:39:33,680 --> 01:39:37,159
Kyle Allen, Brandon all Right, Josh Allen.

2021
01:39:37,560 --> 01:39:41,279
Speaker 4: Brandon Allen spent a season with Denver, three seasons at Cincinnati,

2022
01:39:41,800 --> 01:39:44,880
spent last year with the forty nine ers.

2023
01:39:45,199 --> 01:39:53,560
Speaker 2: Mm hmm, man, everything can feel better with a good

2024
01:39:53,560 --> 01:39:56,840
weekend against the Jaguars who their their defense is not good.

2025
01:39:57,000 --> 01:40:00,600
Their their their defense is not very very good. So

2026
01:40:04,600 --> 01:40:07,399
but how are we feeling about this weekend? One and

2027
01:40:07,439 --> 01:40:10,600
a half point dogs on the road against the Yax

2028
01:40:10,640 --> 01:40:14,600
and Wars. Yeah, they're underdogs, oh one and a half points.

2029
01:40:14,960 --> 01:40:17,000
That's pretty crazy though. I would have thought, I mean

2030
01:40:17,039 --> 01:40:19,159
what I spotted off those stats for you earlier about

2031
01:40:19,199 --> 01:40:23,319
how the Texans are eleven and five in Jacksonville all

2032
01:40:23,319 --> 01:40:26,000
the time, Like they that doesn't matter. Vegas didn't care

2033
01:40:26,039 --> 01:40:29,920
what happened in twenty sixteen. It's about twenty twenty five.

2034
01:40:30,039 --> 01:40:32,840
Let's rosters turnover, I mean a year to year really

2035
01:40:33,439 --> 01:40:39,159
in the NFL. I mean, I hope, I hope you

2036
01:40:39,199 --> 01:40:46,039
can get some points against Jacksonville. In their defense, Trevor

2037
01:40:46,119 --> 01:40:48,399
Lawrence has been prone to giving up and turning over

2038
01:40:48,399 --> 01:40:51,960
the ball. I just mentioned him on the Inaccurate Passers List.

2039
01:40:52,479 --> 01:40:55,279
They're all upset, you know, if we're doing Jacksonville radio,

2040
01:40:55,279 --> 01:40:58,159
which thank god we're not. We live in beautiful, wonderful Houston, Texas.

2041
01:40:58,399 --> 01:41:00,279
You're talking about how Trevor Lawrence came to get the

2042
01:41:00,319 --> 01:41:03,600
ball accurately to Brian Thomas Junior, who had a breakout

2043
01:41:03,640 --> 01:41:04,399
year last year.

2044
01:41:04,479 --> 01:41:06,479
Speaker 4: They think calls over there, You think people call the

2045
01:41:06,600 --> 01:41:09,760
radio station. I think, so, hey, guys, we'll talk. We'll

2046
01:41:09,760 --> 01:41:10,600
talk Jags.

2047
01:41:11,479 --> 01:41:14,079
Speaker 2: I think you do get some talk on Jags ten

2048
01:41:14,159 --> 01:41:17,800
ten XL with Rick Blue, who's been our guests a

2049
01:41:17,920 --> 01:41:19,399
number of times throughout the years.

2050
01:41:20,039 --> 01:41:22,319
Speaker 4: It's just when they for them playing all those games

2051
01:41:22,359 --> 01:41:24,119
in London, like I feel like they just don't have

2052
01:41:24,119 --> 01:41:24,600
a passage.

2053
01:41:24,640 --> 01:41:26,880
Speaker 2: Do they get more calls from dudes in London? Yeah, Hey,

2054
01:41:26,960 --> 01:41:29,600
Cherry out want to talk from jagualls football. Let's go

2055
01:41:29,640 --> 01:41:35,039
to Mike in Manchester. Hey, I know jents evening, Gov

2056
01:41:35,119 --> 01:41:39,760
knows it's uh, it's midnight Elvia and I'm quite schnukeld.

2057
01:41:40,079 --> 01:41:44,880
Could we get better protection for Trevin Lawrence? Terrible? The

2058
01:41:44,920 --> 01:41:47,600
worst English accent you could find anywhere right here on

2059
01:41:47,640 --> 01:41:50,520
Sports Talk seven ninety. I don't know who's doing Jags talk,

2060
01:41:50,960 --> 01:41:53,319
but if we were doing Jags talk, we wouldn't be

2061
01:41:53,399 --> 01:41:55,880
very happy either. At least they've won a game. Though.

2062
01:41:56,000 --> 01:41:56,720
What happened with.

2063
01:41:56,640 --> 01:42:00,439
Speaker 4: Brian Thomas last week, Like it's almost what those things

2064
01:42:00,479 --> 01:42:01,600
he had like a mental block.

2065
01:42:01,800 --> 01:42:03,880
Speaker 2: Well, how about Liam Cohen coming out after the game

2066
01:42:03,880 --> 01:42:06,159
being like, yeah, guys, he's been dealing with at risk injury.

2067
01:42:06,199 --> 01:42:08,159
You know, he's just not one hundred percent. And then

2068
01:42:08,199 --> 01:42:11,079
everybody's like, uh, you know it's illegal to have somebody

2069
01:42:11,119 --> 01:42:13,039
with an injury and not be putting it on the

2070
01:42:13,039 --> 01:42:16,399
injury report. So Brian Thomas Junior wasn't on the injury

2071
01:42:16,439 --> 01:42:18,800
report last week with the risk injury. Now all of

2072
01:42:18,800 --> 01:42:21,039
a sudden, he's listed this week. Is questionable with a

2073
01:42:21,079 --> 01:42:23,840
wrist issue. Yeah, oh, I think you're not supposed to

2074
01:42:23,880 --> 01:42:25,920
do that. You're not supposed to do that, Liam, You know,

2075
01:42:25,920 --> 01:42:27,880
I supposed to have players who are dealing with injuries

2076
01:42:27,880 --> 01:42:31,439
and not list them on the injury report, and certainly

2077
01:42:31,560 --> 01:42:34,079
don't go in the postgame presser and then mention it

2078
01:42:35,000 --> 01:42:38,000
is he has. The NFL launched an investigation on that

2079
01:42:38,079 --> 01:42:43,359
at all. I don't know. So Brian Thomas Junior is questionable.

2080
01:42:43,920 --> 01:42:46,119
I wonder if we're gonna see Derek Stingley did a

2081
01:42:46,119 --> 01:42:48,800
pretty good job of shutting down Mike Evans. He didn't

2082
01:42:48,800 --> 01:42:50,720
get a whole lot of targets, a lot of PBUs

2083
01:42:51,039 --> 01:42:53,640
was able to stick tight with him, and generally in

2084
01:42:53,720 --> 01:42:57,079
years past, the Texans have not gone with shadow coverage.

2085
01:42:57,079 --> 01:43:00,359
They've used Kamari Lassiter of course, depending on whatever are

2086
01:43:00,399 --> 01:43:03,119
who well whoever else is on the other side, But

2087
01:43:03,399 --> 01:43:05,239
first two weeks of the season they've done a fair

2088
01:43:05,239 --> 01:43:07,279
amount of shadow covers. Derek Stingley. I wonder if you're

2089
01:43:07,279 --> 01:43:09,159
going to see the same thing with Brian Thomas Junior.

2090
01:43:10,560 --> 01:43:13,000
Speaker 4: I think so. I think he's because I was curious,

2091
01:43:13,000 --> 01:43:14,960
so were they going to have him just play aside

2092
01:43:15,159 --> 01:43:18,239
or follow Mike Kevivitz around? And he followed mikevins around

2093
01:43:18,960 --> 01:43:22,039
and look a mecha Abuca was the better for it.

2094
01:43:22,560 --> 01:43:25,359
Speaker 2: They've got this guy. For those in fantasy circles.

2095
01:43:25,560 --> 01:43:27,800
Speaker 4: You know this name that's emerged the first two weeks,

2096
01:43:28,119 --> 01:43:29,239
is it Diami Brown?

2097
01:43:29,439 --> 01:43:32,359
Speaker 2: Yeah, Diami Brown's he was He had some big catches

2098
01:43:32,399 --> 01:43:35,880
for the Commanders last year and was kind of falling

2099
01:43:35,960 --> 01:43:38,439
under the radar, and then now he's been catching touchdowns

2100
01:43:38,479 --> 01:43:39,520
for Jacksonville.

2101
01:43:39,600 --> 01:43:41,560
Speaker 4: Yeah. I was not familiar with his work, but he

2102
01:43:42,000 --> 01:43:44,880
is kind of emerging here and as a as a

2103
01:43:44,960 --> 01:43:47,680
number two threat for the Jags. It's kind of weird

2104
01:43:47,680 --> 01:43:49,640
because you would think Travis Hunter that they would be

2105
01:43:49,720 --> 01:43:52,720
force feeding him to get him involved for where they

2106
01:43:52,800 --> 01:43:53,359
drafted him.

2107
01:43:53,520 --> 01:43:55,880
Speaker 2: Yeah. So it sounds like Christian Kirk is supposed to

2108
01:43:55,880 --> 01:43:59,359
be back for the Texans this weekend. How much do

2109
01:43:59,399 --> 01:44:01,439
we feel like that can have a positive impact on

2110
01:44:01,760 --> 01:44:03,680
the Texans and what Nick Kayley and then want to

2111
01:44:03,680 --> 01:44:05,840
do revenge game, right, did that's true?

2112
01:44:05,840 --> 01:44:06,840
Speaker 4: Did you play for the Jags?

2113
01:44:08,079 --> 01:44:10,800
Speaker 2: Yes, he did, and he was hurt a lot and

2114
01:44:10,840 --> 01:44:14,159
well when he was signing the offseas like, yeah, I

2115
01:44:14,199 --> 01:44:16,159
like that signing. He's really productive as long as he's

2116
01:44:16,199 --> 01:44:17,600
on the field. And then he misses the first two

2117
01:44:17,640 --> 01:44:20,680
games with a hamstring injury, now expected to play week

2118
01:44:20,720 --> 01:44:23,840
three according to Demico Ryans. So I mean, can that

2119
01:44:23,960 --> 01:44:26,640
give you a bit of a boost all.

2120
01:44:26,600 --> 01:44:30,800
Speaker 4: These Aggie wide receivers Mike Evans, Christin Kirk.

2121
01:44:30,960 --> 01:44:32,800
Speaker 2: Yeah, they seem to have a lot of good players,

2122
01:44:32,840 --> 01:44:34,680
they just don't ever seem to win, although they're winning

2123
01:44:34,720 --> 01:44:36,680
right now with a big win over Notre Dame over

2124
01:44:36,680 --> 01:44:38,600
the weekend. So I mean, can we say that, Can

2125
01:44:38,600 --> 01:44:41,479
we say, hey, you're going against the Jaguars. Their defense

2126
01:44:41,640 --> 01:44:44,079
isn't the toughest in the league, although they have had

2127
01:44:44,439 --> 01:44:47,920
a good first couple of weeks. But I mean they

2128
01:44:47,920 --> 01:44:49,920
were giving up points to free in Drake Browning. I

2129
01:44:49,960 --> 01:44:52,039
think did Jake Browne He had like four touchdowns in

2130
01:44:52,039 --> 01:44:54,920
that game or something like that, Right, So okay, Jake

2131
01:44:54,960 --> 01:44:57,800
Browning's carving him up. CJ. Strow can possibly do it.

2132
01:44:58,079 --> 01:45:00,640
You got the offensive line intact. We're a little bit

2133
01:45:00,640 --> 01:45:02,640
better in week two. Can you follow that up even

2134
01:45:02,640 --> 01:45:04,800
though you're on the road with a better Week three?

2135
01:45:06,560 --> 01:45:09,079
Maybe how about this all right, I'm gonna paint a

2136
01:45:09,279 --> 01:45:12,960
positive picture for you. Christian Kirk is back, Nick Kayley

2137
01:45:12,960 --> 01:45:15,760
gets another week of play calling under his belt. You

2138
01:45:15,800 --> 01:45:19,760
have a more stable offensive line, maybe some more woody

2139
01:45:19,880 --> 01:45:22,760
marks helps the run game as well, and the Texans

2140
01:45:22,800 --> 01:45:24,479
can sore some points this weekend. Can you buy what

2141
01:45:24,520 --> 01:45:25,119
I'm selling there?

2142
01:45:26,079 --> 01:45:28,680
Speaker 4: I could buy it. I mean I think they should.

2143
01:45:28,880 --> 01:45:31,039
This is this is your home away from home. This

2144
01:45:31,119 --> 01:45:33,399
is a place where you you have you have played

2145
01:45:33,520 --> 01:45:36,760
very well over there in Jacksonville. So I think the

2146
01:45:36,800 --> 01:45:38,680
Texans get their mojo back this week.

2147
01:45:39,239 --> 01:45:43,319
Speaker 2: Hmm. I like that. I predicted that on gut feelings yesterday.

2148
01:45:43,359 --> 01:45:45,439
I'm gonna stick with it right now.

2149
01:45:45,760 --> 01:45:49,399
Speaker 4: Kids have won seven straight road contests against Jacksonville. We

2150
01:45:49,399 --> 01:45:52,079
can't say in Jacksonville because wasn't one of those in London.

2151
01:45:52,199 --> 01:45:56,399
Speaker 2: Visit a first win game for the Texans falling oh

2152
01:45:56,479 --> 01:45:59,399
to three, oh and three, especially with the Colts right

2153
01:45:59,399 --> 01:46:02,159
now sitting two. You know, did I see too?

2154
01:46:02,600 --> 01:46:05,399
Speaker 4: I think it's said it was a stat so there

2155
01:46:05,439 --> 01:46:07,520
have been teams that have started oh and two and

2156
01:46:07,680 --> 01:46:10,119
gotten to a super Bowl but never won a super Bowl.

2157
01:46:10,600 --> 01:46:12,439
Speaker 2: Okay, well, the Texans are getting to the super Bowl.

2158
01:46:12,479 --> 01:46:13,439
I'm really worried about that.

2159
01:46:13,680 --> 01:46:18,279
Speaker 4: You don't think the Steam won a super Bowl two weeks?

2160
01:46:20,159 --> 01:46:20,359
Speaker 3: Well?

2161
01:46:20,359 --> 01:46:22,640
Speaker 2: Have you have you been watching the same football team?

2162
01:46:22,640 --> 01:46:22,960
Speaker 14: I am?

2163
01:46:23,119 --> 01:46:25,319
Speaker 2: Have you been watching the Well, the Chiefs are oh

2164
01:46:25,359 --> 01:46:25,640
and two.

2165
01:46:25,840 --> 01:46:29,159
Speaker 4: If you're though this was supposed to be here, they

2166
01:46:29,199 --> 01:46:30,039
take the big step.

2167
01:46:30,159 --> 01:46:33,520
Speaker 2: I don't think so. I predicted, well, I stupidly predicted

2168
01:46:33,560 --> 01:46:35,920
eleven and six. I should have stuck with ten and seven.

2169
01:46:36,000 --> 01:46:40,840
Even that feels optimistic at this point. But I mean Bengals, Well,

2170
01:46:40,840 --> 01:46:42,520
we'll see what happens with the Joe Burrow how long?

2171
01:46:42,760 --> 01:46:44,840
How much Joe Burrow? I mean Jake Brown and can

2172
01:46:44,880 --> 01:46:47,279
hold it down with Joe Burrow out, But it starts

2173
01:46:47,279 --> 01:46:50,199
with the Bills and the Ravens and the Chiefs. Chargers

2174
01:46:50,199 --> 01:46:54,119
are two and zero. You're worse than them? No? No,

2175
01:46:55,000 --> 01:46:56,079
not feeling it right now?

2176
01:46:56,319 --> 01:46:56,720
Speaker 3: All right?

2177
01:46:57,319 --> 01:47:00,640
Speaker 2: Can you buy what I'm selling? Another week of Nick Kayley,

2178
01:47:01,439 --> 01:47:05,520
Christian Kirk comes back, more Woody marks CJ. Stroud improving,

2179
01:47:06,399 --> 01:47:10,159
scoring some points against the Jaguars. Can you buy that

2180
01:47:10,199 --> 01:47:12,319
at all? So it looked like it could be a

2181
01:47:12,319 --> 01:47:15,039
clear picture for some offensive improval for the Texans. What

2182
01:47:15,079 --> 01:47:17,159
do you think seven one three two one two five

2183
01:47:17,199 --> 01:47:18,800
seven ninety is the phone number you want to get

2184
01:47:18,800 --> 01:47:22,199
in seven one three two one two five seven ninety.

2185
01:47:22,239 --> 01:47:25,439
It is the Matt Thomas showed with Ross. Without Matt Thomas.

2186
01:47:25,600 --> 01:47:28,159
He'll be back tomorrow, Adam Clinton'll be joining. Chris Cordy

2187
01:47:28,239 --> 01:47:30,319
is here in the fold right now at seven one

2188
01:47:30,359 --> 01:47:39,119
three two one two five seven ninety. I think we

2189
01:47:39,640 --> 01:47:42,560
retire that one timely stuff there went to the last

2190
01:47:42,560 --> 01:47:45,880
time Mike Pires pitch for the E's, although I do

2191
01:47:45,960 --> 01:47:48,239
appreciate that was the seventeen or something the Matt Thomas

2192
01:47:48,319 --> 01:47:53,560
rejoined old players. I do like that. My favorite was

2193
01:47:53,960 --> 01:47:55,600
I was so mad we got rid of the Royce

2194
01:47:55,600 --> 01:48:00,279
White one. Hey this is Royce White. Thanks Royce. Yeah,

2195
01:48:00,279 --> 01:48:02,159
he last pitched for the A's in twenty twenty one.

2196
01:48:03,000 --> 01:48:06,640
Did Mike fires he is fired up for some Astros baseball. Hey,

2197
01:48:06,640 --> 01:48:10,840
he threw no hitter the Astros never forget. And then

2198
01:48:10,960 --> 01:48:13,800
when he got tagged up by the Astros in like

2199
01:48:13,840 --> 01:48:16,680
twenty eighteen or nineteen, he went ahead and leaked that

2200
01:48:16,760 --> 01:48:19,760
they had been cheating for many years. And then they

2201
01:48:19,760 --> 01:48:22,600
became the face of a league wide scandal and we're

2202
01:48:22,680 --> 01:48:26,000
escapegoaded by Rob Manfred. And then they won another championship

2203
01:48:26,039 --> 01:48:28,239
in twenty twenty two, and now in twenty five they've

2204
01:48:28,279 --> 01:48:33,439
had a billion injuries and they're still winning. They're still standing.

2205
01:48:33,439 --> 01:48:36,960
Speaker 4: Baby, there's gonna be some like five ten years from now,

2206
01:48:36,960 --> 01:48:38,640
it's gonna be somebody that's gonna come out on.

2207
01:48:38,640 --> 01:48:40,399
Speaker 2: The Yankees and the Dodgers.

2208
01:48:41,199 --> 01:48:43,720
Speaker 4: Look, hey, we were doing this, and they's gonna get

2209
01:48:43,760 --> 01:48:44,840
brushed under the rug.

2210
01:48:45,039 --> 01:48:49,520
Speaker 2: The friggin Red Sox got dinged for using Apple Watches,

2211
01:48:49,640 --> 01:48:52,119
and then they had another scandal, and nobody talks about it,

2212
01:48:52,119 --> 01:48:54,680
didn't They hired back their manager. There was also the

2213
01:48:54,720 --> 01:48:58,720
mastermind of the Astro scandal. Nobody says a word. Oh,

2214
01:48:58,840 --> 01:48:59,720
that was the funniest part.

2215
01:48:59,760 --> 01:49:02,399
Speaker 4: When we were in Boston a few weeks ago, we

2216
01:49:02,399 --> 01:49:04,159
were up by the Green Monster and these two dudes,

2217
01:49:04,199 --> 01:49:06,279
these two Boston guys, like having fun, was.

2218
01:49:06,119 --> 01:49:08,760
Speaker 2: Like, hey, sorry, so you were kicking yeah and.

2219
01:49:08,720 --> 01:49:10,800
Speaker 4: All this stuff, and then one of the guys, you know,

2220
01:49:11,159 --> 01:49:14,520
one of guy's like, yeah, you get cheetahs and we're like, dude,

2221
01:49:14,720 --> 01:49:17,000
you realize, like you say something to a manager, was

2222
01:49:17,000 --> 01:49:20,720
the architect to that? He was like yeah, but yeah,

2223
01:49:21,159 --> 01:49:22,119
he's not doing it here.

2224
01:49:22,800 --> 01:49:27,079
Speaker 2: It's like, oh man, they got did they? Oh man?

2225
01:49:27,319 --> 01:49:28,520
I would have loved to have been there.

2226
01:49:29,279 --> 01:49:31,880
Speaker 4: Oh then we then we started the whole Yeah. But

2227
01:49:31,920 --> 01:49:34,199
in seventeen we beat the Yankees. You didn't want us

2228
01:49:34,199 --> 01:49:36,640
to beat the Yankees and not like the Yankees probably

2229
01:49:36,640 --> 01:49:37,720
would have won the World Series.

2230
01:49:37,840 --> 01:49:41,479
Speaker 2: Like, yeah, you're probably right, Okay, it's good. Yeah, guys

2231
01:49:41,479 --> 01:49:45,720
are friggin idiots. Everything crumbles under like five seconds of

2232
01:49:45,720 --> 01:49:48,359
some semblance of logic with these people taking me upset.

2233
01:49:48,439 --> 01:49:50,239
Speaker 4: We went to a bar and there were these like

2234
01:49:50,319 --> 01:49:53,800
blue collar dudes that did construction, like twenty two to

2235
01:49:53,920 --> 01:49:57,159
twenty three year old dudes. It was like type a

2236
01:49:57,399 --> 01:50:02,159
casting out of a movie for a bars in Boston. Hey, Johnny,

2237
01:50:02,199 --> 01:50:04,119
you see the socks. I'm like, there's no way this

2238
01:50:04,199 --> 01:50:06,960
is real. This is like a movie. It's like a

2239
01:50:07,000 --> 01:50:12,319
play or something. Yeah, wicked. Wicked is a term for

2240
01:50:12,399 --> 01:50:15,840
wicked awesome. Yeah, how was that movie? Ross?

2241
01:50:15,960 --> 01:50:19,600
Speaker 2: It said a very good wicked Wicked. It was wicked good.

2242
01:50:20,920 --> 01:50:22,840
I've only been to Boston once, and it was basically

2243
01:50:22,920 --> 01:50:24,399
for a weekend for a wedding, so I didn't spend

2244
01:50:24,399 --> 01:50:26,359
a whole lot of time about town. This girl was

2245
01:50:26,399 --> 01:50:27,600
looking at a photo of somebody.

2246
01:50:27,640 --> 01:50:31,800
Speaker 4: She goes, hey, hey, uh, Dawna, this guy looks wicked familiar.

2247
01:50:32,399 --> 01:50:35,920
I was like, that's they like use it in common sentences.

2248
01:50:36,720 --> 01:50:40,079
Speaker 2: Uh, that's pretty funny. Scott river Oaks has been waiting,

2249
01:50:40,119 --> 01:50:42,960
So Scotton river Oaks, we shall go. What's up? Scott?

2250
01:50:43,359 --> 01:50:43,960
Speaker 15: What's going on?

2251
01:50:44,119 --> 01:50:44,439
Speaker 3: Ross?

2252
01:50:44,800 --> 01:50:45,159
Speaker 2: All right?

2253
01:50:45,239 --> 01:50:47,159
Speaker 15: So I'm glad y'all switched over to the Astros for

2254
01:50:47,159 --> 01:50:49,159
a minute. So I wanted to hear.

2255
01:50:49,039 --> 01:50:50,920
Speaker 8: Your thought on something. I don't know if you remember

2256
01:50:51,399 --> 01:50:53,720
about a month month and a half ago, when the

2257
01:50:53,720 --> 01:50:57,760
Mariners really started getting close to us, Matt was freaking

2258
01:50:57,760 --> 01:50:59,159
out because it was the first time they had been

2259
01:50:59,159 --> 01:51:01,000
within a game maybe at that point in time.

2260
01:51:01,079 --> 01:51:04,920
Speaker 15: So I called in trying to calm his alleviate his fears,

2261
01:51:04,920 --> 01:51:07,279
which he said I did a poor Java agreed with me,

2262
01:51:07,760 --> 01:51:11,119
and my point was being the three seed division winner

2263
01:51:11,279 --> 01:51:14,079
and being a wildcard team. There really isn't that much

2264
01:51:14,079 --> 01:51:15,960
of the difference between the two. And you look at

2265
01:51:16,000 --> 01:51:19,319
it right now, if you're asking me my opinion. Would

2266
01:51:19,319 --> 01:51:23,680
I rather host Seattle or Boston at home or go

2267
01:51:24,000 --> 01:51:26,600
to New York and play the Yankees. I'm not saying

2268
01:51:26,640 --> 01:51:28,840
we manipulate game. Of course, we're going to try to

2269
01:51:28,840 --> 01:51:30,119
win all the games we can because you never know

2270
01:51:30,119 --> 01:51:31,600
what's going to happen. But I think I would rather

2271
01:51:31,680 --> 01:51:34,159
go to New York. The pressure would be completely on them.

2272
01:51:34,399 --> 01:51:36,479
If anything starts going our way, they're going to be like,

2273
01:51:36,479 --> 01:51:38,520
oh my goodness, we can't beat these guys again. And

2274
01:51:38,560 --> 01:51:41,840
if a very quick series versus Boston, who swept us

2275
01:51:41,840 --> 01:51:45,039
this year, came into Houston, scored fifteen hundred runs in

2276
01:51:45,079 --> 01:51:48,640
one game in Seattle. Who knows our pitching staff backwards

2277
01:51:48,640 --> 01:51:50,760
and forward? Not to mention, I think we've lost like

2278
01:51:51,600 --> 01:51:53,840
six or seven home playoff games in a row. So

2279
01:51:53,880 --> 01:51:55,880
if it was up to me, I actually think I'd

2280
01:51:55,920 --> 01:52:00,159
rather go to New York for a Wildcard series than host.

2281
01:52:00,439 --> 01:52:02,600
Speaker 2: I mean, I understand your logic, but to me, it's

2282
01:52:02,640 --> 01:52:04,760
all kind of a wash. I mean, going on the

2283
01:52:04,880 --> 01:52:07,640
road either way, I would. I would prefer either way

2284
01:52:07,680 --> 01:52:09,520
for the Astros to be at home than on the road,

2285
01:52:09,520 --> 01:52:11,600
no matter who the ponent it is. I mean, if

2286
01:52:11,640 --> 01:52:14,000
you put radonan freed in games one and two and

2287
01:52:14,039 --> 01:52:16,039
whatever order they want to do them. That that's going

2288
01:52:16,119 --> 01:52:18,920
to be a pretty stiff competition. Same thing for the

2289
01:52:18,920 --> 01:52:21,560
Mariners at pitching, and they'll have a number of options

2290
01:52:21,840 --> 01:52:23,840
for one and two, whichever way they want to go.

2291
01:52:24,600 --> 01:52:26,880
I just want the Astros to win, and I would

2292
01:52:27,000 --> 01:52:29,800
rather the division. That way, you can guarantee yourself home

2293
01:52:30,119 --> 01:52:30,720
home field.

2294
01:52:31,800 --> 01:52:34,560
Speaker 15: Yeah, I hear that, I think to your point. Additionally, further,

2295
01:52:34,600 --> 01:52:37,760
the most important thing is, please let's not have any

2296
01:52:37,920 --> 01:52:40,439
more injuries. Although that it doesn't seem either.

2297
01:52:40,600 --> 01:52:41,359
Speaker 2: They don't listen to us.

2298
01:52:41,359 --> 01:52:44,079
Speaker 15: There's just a curse going. Yeah, there's just nothing we

2299
01:52:44,079 --> 01:52:46,680
can do about that and just have some semblance of

2300
01:52:46,760 --> 01:52:49,079
playing well. The final thing specifically about New York that

2301
01:52:49,119 --> 01:52:51,000
I forgot to mention that if we want to talk,

2302
01:52:51,039 --> 01:52:52,960
if we want to say we're cursed with injuries this year,

2303
01:52:53,000 --> 01:52:55,760
which is true, there's just something about being in New

2304
01:52:55,840 --> 01:53:00,720
York where Jose LTV and Carlos Terrea turned into different players.

2305
01:53:00,720 --> 01:53:02,319
So if that's where we had to play those first

2306
01:53:02,520 --> 01:53:04,600
three games and got to knock them out one more time,

2307
01:53:04,600 --> 01:53:05,520
I wouldn't mind it at all.

2308
01:53:05,880 --> 01:53:08,079
Speaker 2: Yeah, technical, yeah, that would be nice. There there is

2309
01:53:08,119 --> 01:53:11,359
some magic for the Astros at Yankee Stadium. But still

2310
01:53:11,399 --> 01:53:13,479
I would rather be at the home stadium, no matter,

2311
01:53:13,680 --> 01:53:15,199
no matter who the pony it is. If you if

2312
01:53:15,239 --> 01:53:17,359
you're taking on the Yankees or the Mariners or the

2313
01:53:17,399 --> 01:53:20,560
Red Sox or whoever, it's going to be difficult and

2314
01:53:22,680 --> 01:53:24,880
I'd rather. I'd rather than be at home. We'll see.

2315
01:53:24,920 --> 01:53:26,640
It's not up to us. It's up to those guys

2316
01:53:26,640 --> 01:53:28,119
out there on the field, and up to those guys

2317
01:53:28,119 --> 01:53:31,439
in Seattle who seem to not want to lose, as

2318
01:53:31,439 --> 01:53:32,960
they've won now ten in a row.

2319
01:53:33,039 --> 01:53:34,960
Speaker 4: They did win two out of three in New York

2320
01:53:35,039 --> 01:53:37,039
last month. But I guess I don't want to tempt fate.

2321
01:53:37,199 --> 01:53:38,279
Not me either, all.

2322
01:53:38,279 --> 01:53:40,920
Speaker 2: Right, Brian is next up on the phone line. What's up, Brian?

2323
01:53:41,880 --> 01:53:42,520
Speaker 3: Hey, what's up?

2324
01:53:42,520 --> 01:53:42,800
Speaker 4: Guys.

2325
01:53:42,880 --> 01:53:43,960
Speaker 2: Gotta have Gordy on there.

2326
01:53:43,960 --> 01:53:45,800
Speaker 14: Man got a lot of knowledge on the phone, right

2327
01:53:45,880 --> 01:53:46,359
or Hey.

2328
01:53:46,319 --> 01:53:49,840
Speaker 10: I've never heard of that guy, go Gordy.

2329
01:53:50,000 --> 01:53:52,319
Speaker 3: Hey check it out. Guys. I'm with the other caller.

2330
01:53:52,439 --> 01:53:54,479
Speaker 14: Like you where you go to go to Yankee Stadium.

2331
01:53:54,520 --> 01:53:57,720
We are a different animal, uh, you know, we go

2332
01:53:57,800 --> 01:53:59,800
out there and perform because all the booze. I wish

2333
01:54:00,319 --> 01:54:02,600
bus every single stadium like they do.

2334
01:54:02,680 --> 01:54:03,399
Speaker 15: We win every game.

2335
01:54:03,399 --> 01:54:05,239
Speaker 14: I think, you know what, two we would have sixty

2336
01:54:05,239 --> 01:54:10,439
home runs. But going back to the Texans, I think

2337
01:54:10,479 --> 01:54:12,159
that Shroud has seen ghosts out there.

2338
01:54:12,199 --> 01:54:12,359
Speaker 3: Man.

2339
01:54:12,399 --> 01:54:14,800
Speaker 14: I think he's been hit so hard so many times.

2340
01:54:15,079 --> 01:54:17,680
He's got that David Carr effect. Man, And when you're

2341
01:54:17,720 --> 01:54:20,319
running for your life most of the time, and you

2342
01:54:20,399 --> 01:54:22,079
know the results are not going to be there, just

2343
01:54:22,079 --> 01:54:23,760
throws are going to be off your timid. You can

2344
01:54:23,800 --> 01:54:26,479
see his feet moving, you know, a little bit more

2345
01:54:26,520 --> 01:54:28,399
than it should. You know, he's not settled in and

2346
01:54:28,720 --> 01:54:30,920
you know, and quite frankly, i'd be running for my

2347
01:54:30,920 --> 01:54:32,600
life too, but three Hundretown guy running after me.

2348
01:54:33,880 --> 01:54:36,800
Speaker 2: Yeah, it does seem a little bit like I kind

2349
01:54:36,800 --> 01:54:38,720
of pushed back on that last year. I was like, yeah,

2350
01:54:38,800 --> 01:54:40,560
maybe he looks a little snake bit, but he just

2351
01:54:40,600 --> 01:54:43,039
seems a little off. It does seem, especially the first

2352
01:54:43,039 --> 01:54:45,439
couple of weeks where he is kind of bailing on

2353
01:54:45,479 --> 01:54:47,199
plays a little bit early. It was better for him

2354
01:54:47,239 --> 01:54:51,840
in week two, especially early on, And hopefully he can

2355
01:54:51,840 --> 01:54:54,079
continue to settle because I do think it is it's

2356
01:54:54,159 --> 01:54:56,800
kind of a mental battle for him to try to

2357
01:54:56,840 --> 01:54:59,920
make sure he's not seeing ghosts. He's not running back

2358
01:55:00,039 --> 01:55:03,159
words into plays and taking more yards on sacks, which

2359
01:55:03,159 --> 01:55:04,720
he did a better job of in week two.

2360
01:55:05,319 --> 01:55:08,319
Speaker 4: Can I also bring up remember him as a rookie

2361
01:55:08,960 --> 01:55:12,800
everything we heard about, Oh, he's just he's he's in

2362
01:55:12,880 --> 01:55:15,880
the lab, he's doing film work. He's putting in all

2363
01:55:15,920 --> 01:55:18,439
this work and all this stuff. Like he he was

2364
01:55:18,479 --> 01:55:22,560
a grinder his rookie season. All the hard work paid off.

2365
01:55:23,359 --> 01:55:25,840
And then what did we see the next offseason? He's

2366
01:55:25,880 --> 01:55:29,199
playing in the All Star Game, celebrity game, he's playing

2367
01:55:29,239 --> 01:55:31,600
in the home run derby, he's doing this. Is he

2368
01:55:31,720 --> 01:55:34,479
dating that chick? What's her name? You know they gave

2369
01:55:34,520 --> 01:55:37,600
him a ride home from Oh yeah, Amber Roads, Amber,

2370
01:55:38,039 --> 01:55:40,720
Like all these stories, all this stuff, and then last

2371
01:55:40,760 --> 01:55:44,000
year it wasn't It was a little bit of regression.

2372
01:55:44,119 --> 01:55:46,159
And then we're going, oh, it's the old line. Ah,

2373
01:55:46,199 --> 01:55:49,520
it's this, it's that. Is it fair to say to

2374
01:55:49,720 --> 01:55:52,600
question is he putting in the hard work that he

2375
01:55:52,680 --> 01:55:55,119
did as a rookie, because I did it?

2376
01:55:55,359 --> 01:55:57,399
Speaker 2: You know this, Patty, he talked about that. He talked

2377
01:55:57,399 --> 01:55:58,960
about going on podcasts and he said he didn't do

2378
01:55:59,000 --> 01:56:01,920
any of that. This this off he was quiet, this offseason,

2379
01:56:01,960 --> 01:56:04,199
he was working and he knew that there was criticism

2380
01:56:04,279 --> 01:56:06,119
of him doing all that type of stuff, so he

2381
01:56:06,199 --> 01:56:08,840
had the I'm locking in off season, and well, two

2382
01:56:08,840 --> 01:56:11,279
weeks in, it kind of doesn't matter. Your offensive line

2383
01:56:11,319 --> 01:56:13,239
isn't working and you've got you've got a new offensive

2384
01:56:13,279 --> 01:56:15,239
coordinator and you've got no run game. It kind of

2385
01:56:15,279 --> 01:56:17,199
doesn't matter how much you want to lock in. Yeah,

2386
01:56:17,239 --> 01:56:20,039
it's tough. I'm just I'm just putting it up out there.

2387
01:56:20,039 --> 01:56:23,439
Speaker 4: I don't know, maybe he is. I'm just saying, is

2388
01:56:23,479 --> 01:56:26,840
there something in there that maybe he is? You know,

2389
01:56:27,119 --> 01:56:30,439
you get that fact check, you start driving the fancy car,

2390
01:56:30,520 --> 01:56:32,600
you got all the clothes, you got the nice pat

2391
01:56:33,880 --> 01:56:34,840
I've arrived here.

2392
01:56:35,479 --> 01:56:38,439
Speaker 2: Work And I think he talked about that and how

2393
01:56:38,439 --> 01:56:41,119
he's not really just he's not doing that this offseason.

2394
01:56:41,159 --> 01:56:45,079
And I know the results aren't there, but I do

2395
01:56:45,159 --> 01:56:48,319
believe that CJ. Stroud is putting in the work until

2396
01:56:48,359 --> 01:56:50,720
proven otherwise. All right, top of the hour break Here

2397
01:56:50,760 --> 01:56:52,720
our number four, The Matt Thomas Show with Ross is

2398
01:56:52,760 --> 01:56:54,920
coming up. Gordy, appreciate you hanging out.

2399
01:56:54,960 --> 01:56:55,479
Speaker 4: Yeah, thank you.

2400
01:56:55,479 --> 01:56:57,920
Speaker 2: You can pass the baton to Adam Clinton. He's gonna

2401
01:56:57,920 --> 01:56:59,840
come hang out for a little bit. You guys can

2402
01:57:00,000 --> 01:57:02,039
we'll get in. We're talking about CJ. Shroud. Where are

2403
01:57:02,039 --> 01:57:04,359
you at on him? Is he too full of himself?

2404
01:57:04,520 --> 01:57:08,159
Or is it just a function of everything is dysfunctional

2405
01:57:08,239 --> 01:57:11,239
with this offense? And they got to get on track

2406
01:57:11,319 --> 01:57:14,520
this weekend against Jacksonville. Also, of course, talking about the Astros,

2407
01:57:14,720 --> 01:57:16,880
where do you want them in the playoff race? How

2408
01:57:16,920 --> 01:57:19,359
we're feeling about them in the playoff races. They go

2409
01:57:19,439 --> 01:57:21,840
for a sweep against the Rangers seven to ten. First

2410
01:57:21,840 --> 01:57:24,359
pitch here on Sports Talk seven ninety anything you want

2411
01:57:24,359 --> 01:57:26,960
to get to phone lines open seven one three two

2412
01:57:27,039 --> 01:57:29,920
one two five seven ninety seven one three, two one

2413
01:57:30,039 --> 01:57:34,640
two five seven ninety is the Matt Thomas Show with

2414
01:57:34,880 --> 01:57:47,720
Ross Our number four of The Matt Thomas Show with

2415
01:57:48,159 --> 01:57:52,319
Ross Without Matt Thomas. He will be back from his

2416
01:57:52,479 --> 01:57:59,279
vacation in New York City tomorrow. I'll have to ask him, Uh,

2417
01:57:59,359 --> 01:58:01,439
he put his name on it? Now? Of course, Jonathan,

2418
01:58:01,439 --> 01:58:03,399
you have learned the distinction gut feeling is like something

2419
01:58:03,399 --> 01:58:05,680
you feel in your gut. When Matt says he's putting

2420
01:58:05,720 --> 01:58:08,840
his name on something, he said, no chance, no way,

2421
01:58:09,000 --> 01:58:12,119
how it's not gonna happen. I believe he did that

2422
01:58:12,319 --> 01:58:14,520
for saying that the Astros are going to win the

2423
01:58:14,520 --> 01:58:16,640
American League West. So we'll get an update from Matt

2424
01:58:16,680 --> 01:58:20,000
on how he's feeling on that tomorrow. In the meantime,

2425
01:58:20,039 --> 01:58:22,600
Adam Clinton should be here shortly. You guys can get

2426
01:58:22,600 --> 01:58:24,800
in phone lines or open at seven one three two,

2427
01:58:24,800 --> 01:58:28,199
one two five seven ninety seven one three two, one

2428
01:58:28,279 --> 01:58:33,640
two five seven ninety. So the Astros win yesterday in

2429
01:58:34,239 --> 01:58:36,039
I mean, do you call it a thriller, a nail

2430
01:58:36,039 --> 01:58:39,560
bier and avoided collapse, however you want to describe it.

2431
01:58:39,560 --> 01:58:42,399
They were up six nothing, they ended up holding on

2432
01:58:42,600 --> 01:58:48,479
and winning six to five. Mariners continue to win and

2433
01:58:48,520 --> 01:58:50,680
win and win, so you're still a half game back

2434
01:58:50,960 --> 01:58:53,760
of the MS. They will be facing off against the

2435
01:58:53,840 --> 01:59:00,520
Royals again. The good news is Kansas City slight favorites

2436
01:59:00,840 --> 01:59:03,880
going up against Bryce Miller with Cole Reagan's who was

2437
01:59:03,960 --> 01:59:06,479
making his first start for in a couple of months.

2438
01:59:06,800 --> 01:59:09,760
Although you know Regans has been well, actually not great

2439
01:59:09,800 --> 01:59:13,039
this year, and then he got hurt. But anyways, Kansas

2440
01:59:13,039 --> 01:59:17,159
City's favored, so hopefully that plays out. But also you

2441
01:59:17,199 --> 01:59:21,399
are underdogs with Christian Javier going up against Jake de Gram,

2442
01:59:21,720 --> 01:59:23,399
but it'd be nice to just win the games in

2443
01:59:23,399 --> 01:59:25,159
front of you. And I don't think the Astros are

2444
01:59:25,199 --> 01:59:27,560
just like overly scoreboard watching or anything like that. They're

2445
01:59:27,560 --> 01:59:29,159
focused on the task at hand. We saw that with

2446
01:59:29,239 --> 01:59:31,880
them getting the wins the last two games with jord

2447
01:59:31,960 --> 01:59:36,800
On Alvarez going down with a significant angle ankle injury

2448
01:59:36,840 --> 01:59:40,199
as it is described by Joe Aspada. So you got

2449
01:59:40,199 --> 01:59:41,880
the two wins, but you want to win the Silver

2450
01:59:41,880 --> 01:59:44,239
Boots Series, you want to win the tie breaker, you

2451
01:59:44,279 --> 01:59:47,039
want to keep pace with the Seattle Mariners. So it's

2452
01:59:47,159 --> 01:59:49,439
very important for the Astros to get the win. Tonight,

2453
01:59:49,560 --> 01:59:52,520
seven to ten, first pitch, six o'clock, Astros on deck,

2454
01:59:52,520 --> 01:59:55,159
coming your way here on a Sports Talk seven to

2455
01:59:55,239 --> 01:59:57,359
ninety phone lines open. As I said, it's seven to

2456
01:59:57,359 --> 02:00:01,399
one three, two, one, two five seven, And it feels

2457
02:00:01,399 --> 02:00:03,319
a little bit like where we were in the middle

2458
02:00:03,319 --> 02:00:06,960
of June, where the injuries kept on piling up and

2459
02:00:07,039 --> 02:00:09,680
up and up, and the Astros just kept on winning games.

2460
02:00:10,199 --> 02:00:13,039
Like you get jord On out of the game on

2461
02:00:13,279 --> 02:00:16,600
Monday and then Zach Cole comes in and does his thing.

2462
02:00:17,239 --> 02:00:19,880
Then he's not in the linet. But all yesterday either

2463
02:00:20,520 --> 02:00:22,319
and you get the six early runs, you hang on

2464
02:00:22,399 --> 02:00:25,239
on the wind. So can we say hopefully that can

2465
02:00:25,279 --> 02:00:28,119
happen again to where the Astros can wave their magic

2466
02:00:28,159 --> 02:00:30,279
wand and we're like, yeah, you got Christian. Javier hasn't

2467
02:00:30,319 --> 02:00:31,880
been very good or up and down at the very

2468
02:00:31,960 --> 02:00:35,279
least going up against Jake de Gram. Somehow, some way,

2469
02:00:36,119 --> 02:00:38,560
can they sweep the Rangers today? That would be pretty

2470
02:00:38,600 --> 02:00:42,119
nice to see. Merril Kelly had a horrible start for

2471
02:00:42,199 --> 02:00:44,640
the Rangers yesterday. I think it was at least, at

2472
02:00:44,680 --> 02:00:47,880
the very least's worst start in a Ranger's uniform. You

2473
02:00:47,880 --> 02:00:50,119
were able to get him. He was chased off after

2474
02:00:50,239 --> 02:00:53,199
just three innings, giving up six to six earned runs.

2475
02:00:53,520 --> 02:00:55,279
Maybe the Astros can get to Jake the Gram a

2476
02:00:55,319 --> 02:00:57,439
little bit, score some runs and get to sweep against

2477
02:00:57,479 --> 02:01:03,680
the Arlington Rangers. Jake de Grom, Yes, sir, he's had

2478
02:01:03,720 --> 02:01:04,239
a like.

2479
02:01:04,199 --> 02:01:05,119
Speaker 3: A r Hi.

2480
02:01:05,159 --> 02:01:07,279
Speaker 2: How are you? Thanks for hanging out? Sorry, I'm allreciate you.

2481
02:01:07,319 --> 02:01:09,279
No short notice, okay notice.

2482
02:01:09,319 --> 02:01:10,560
Speaker 9: I was like, all right, let me see if I

2483
02:01:10,560 --> 02:01:12,319
can squeeze all the things I need to.

2484
02:01:12,279 --> 02:01:13,600
Speaker 2: Do before I did.

2485
02:01:14,960 --> 02:01:18,760
Speaker 9: Yeah, I've been pleasantly surprised because they they looked like

2486
02:01:18,800 --> 02:01:20,279
they were. I mean, this is like, okay, this is

2487
02:01:20,279 --> 02:01:22,279
finally the death blow. They're down and out, They're finally

2488
02:01:22,279 --> 02:01:24,159
gonna pack it in, and then they're just like, no,

2489
02:01:24,319 --> 02:01:25,119
we're gonna keep winning.

2490
02:01:25,159 --> 02:01:27,359
Speaker 2: Yeah, we're gonna go ahead and win like clutch winning,

2491
02:01:27,479 --> 02:01:29,840
just kidding. They almost blew it last night. Well, well,

2492
02:01:29,880 --> 02:01:35,079
Brian Brady was clutchingough. I'm sitting there in a heart attack.

2493
02:01:35,079 --> 02:01:36,760
Are you okay? I worry about you and your blood

2494
02:01:36,760 --> 02:01:37,640
pressure during these games.

2495
02:01:37,680 --> 02:01:40,439
Speaker 9: I'll tell you what. I'm gonna a little tease forward

2496
02:01:40,479 --> 02:01:44,199
for the eighteen today. There was I thought it was

2497
02:01:44,199 --> 02:01:46,079
coming today. I thought the heart attack that was gonna

2498
02:01:46,079 --> 02:01:47,199
be coming.

2499
02:01:47,239 --> 02:01:48,520
Speaker 2: Have you left me anything in your will?

2500
02:01:48,920 --> 02:01:50,520
Speaker 9: No, I don't. I don't even know if I have

2501
02:01:50,600 --> 02:01:53,399
a will. I should probably get on that forty four.

2502
02:01:54,319 --> 02:01:58,079
You're fine, it's fine. It was before eight am and

2503
02:01:58,119 --> 02:01:59,600
my blood pressure was way too high.

2504
02:01:59,680 --> 02:02:00,359
Speaker 2: Let's put that way.

2505
02:02:00,520 --> 02:02:03,319
Speaker 9: I'll explain on the show. It's a segment's worth. I'm

2506
02:02:03,359 --> 02:02:07,279
sure WEX will love that segment today. Okay, but yeah,

2507
02:02:07,600 --> 02:02:12,439
like this is just this is a formality, or I

2508
02:02:12,439 --> 02:02:16,279
guess I should call it the appetizer. You you have

2509
02:02:16,359 --> 02:02:19,199
to win this game because the Mariners are never losing

2510
02:02:19,239 --> 02:02:19,479
a game.

2511
02:02:19,600 --> 02:02:21,199
Speaker 2: It's they must win game.

2512
02:02:21,399 --> 02:02:24,119
Speaker 9: For the Astros tennis what you're saying, but they like

2513
02:02:24,159 --> 02:02:25,840
it's nice to put the distance between you and a

2514
02:02:25,840 --> 02:02:27,800
team that really doesn't matter in the grand scheme of things.

2515
02:02:27,880 --> 02:02:29,680
Speaker 2: It's true, but you can lose and the Mariners can

2516
02:02:29,720 --> 02:02:31,439
win the next two and you're still just two games

2517
02:02:31,439 --> 02:02:33,560
back of the Mariners. You have to take care of

2518
02:02:33,560 --> 02:02:36,159
business this weekend. You have to, That's what I'm talking about.

2519
02:02:36,239 --> 02:02:36,720
You have to.

2520
02:02:37,600 --> 02:02:39,760
Speaker 9: You have to make the Mariners feel the pain that

2521
02:02:39,920 --> 02:02:42,840
is their road record this season, like you have to.

2522
02:02:43,520 --> 02:02:45,720
You have to basically keep up with the Joneses because

2523
02:02:45,720 --> 02:02:47,840
everybody else has. Whenever the Mariners come to town to

2524
02:02:47,920 --> 02:02:50,960
their their gym, they beat them. It's when the Mariners

2525
02:02:50,960 --> 02:02:53,239
are at home that they're like indestructible. Now lately they've

2526
02:02:53,239 --> 02:02:57,520
been winning everywhere. But the Astros, with everything that's happened

2527
02:02:57,560 --> 02:03:01,960
and particularly the injuries to pitching, have to somehow. The

2528
02:03:01,960 --> 02:03:03,920
best part is you have your two best pitchers going

2529
02:03:03,920 --> 02:03:06,560
in this series. Like if this was somehow a rotation

2530
02:03:06,640 --> 02:03:09,479
where Hunter Brown, Yeah, that's actually true.

2531
02:03:09,319 --> 02:03:11,399
Speaker 2: Jason Alexander, you three your three best.

2532
02:03:11,239 --> 02:03:13,399
Speaker 9: Jason Alexander's like, screw you, ac, I don't know what

2533
02:03:13,439 --> 02:03:15,720
you're talking about, but like you know, he's been more

2534
02:03:15,760 --> 02:03:18,560
consistent than fromber of late. So yes, but if if

2535
02:03:18,600 --> 02:03:20,880
you also has a doorknob, well, if you get the

2536
02:03:20,920 --> 02:03:24,560
best of those three, you just have to find a

2537
02:03:24,600 --> 02:03:28,039
way to scratch across some runs. It's not like the

2538
02:03:28,039 --> 02:03:31,000
Mariner's rotation is like completely invincible.

2539
02:03:31,000 --> 02:03:33,359
Speaker 2: Like a year ago, they were awesome. You're good. Yeah,

2540
02:03:33,399 --> 02:03:35,159
it's good. I don't know how it's lining up for

2541
02:03:35,199 --> 02:03:37,800
them exactly. I'm trying to go to uh MLB dot

2542
02:03:37,800 --> 02:03:41,800
com probables because that's better than ESPN's. They're at least

2543
02:03:41,840 --> 02:03:44,640
four deep. No matter what I mean, you're talking about

2544
02:03:44,640 --> 02:03:49,159
Gilbert Wu Kirby, who's the other one? I never can't remember.

2545
02:03:49,439 --> 02:03:52,800
I can't well that good but uh yeah, but.

2546
02:03:53,039 --> 02:03:55,399
Speaker 9: Logan Gilbert though, the funny thing about him is he's

2547
02:03:55,439 --> 02:03:58,000
always oh yeah, the guy they traded for that was

2548
02:03:58,000 --> 02:03:59,279
the big the big acquisition.

2549
02:03:59,800 --> 02:04:02,479
Speaker 2: Uh Logan Gilbert is like he gets owned by the

2550
02:04:02,479 --> 02:04:05,399
ash recording the ESPN, which can be off. They've got it,

2551
02:04:05,479 --> 02:04:09,520
Wu Kirby, Gilbert.

2552
02:04:09,760 --> 02:04:14,239
Speaker 9: Now Kirby for real analysis here are you ready for it? Seriously?

2553
02:04:14,239 --> 02:04:18,439
Speaker 2: Punishable face. He destroys the Astros. Now, he's been not

2554
02:04:18,600 --> 02:04:20,880
this year. He's been shaky the last few times he's

2555
02:04:20,920 --> 02:04:23,000
gone out. He didn't destroy anybody this year. How long

2556
02:04:23,039 --> 02:04:24,760
have you how many times have you heard this guy's

2557
02:04:24,800 --> 02:04:26,479
been shaky? You know, he's been not being good and

2558
02:04:26,479 --> 02:04:28,159
then he comes out and throws like seven innings a

2559
02:04:28,199 --> 02:04:29,319
one run ball against the Astros.

2560
02:04:29,359 --> 02:04:31,399
Speaker 9: Well that, yeah, but to be fair, when that happens

2561
02:04:31,399 --> 02:04:33,239
to the Astros, it's always a no namer with like

2562
02:04:33,279 --> 02:04:37,319
a seven e ra. Well it's four forty six for Kirby. Yeah,

2563
02:04:37,479 --> 02:04:40,119
he's uh, he looks like he's been hurt half the year.

2564
02:04:40,159 --> 02:04:43,199
Speaker 2: That's what he looks like. Okay, Well, coming back from Andrey,

2565
02:04:43,359 --> 02:04:44,000
I hope you're right.

2566
02:04:44,920 --> 02:04:45,960
Speaker 4: I have to be here.

2567
02:04:46,000 --> 02:04:47,880
Speaker 2: It's over. Astros need to win two out of three

2568
02:04:47,880 --> 02:04:49,880
at the minima of course coming up this weekend. But

2569
02:04:50,319 --> 02:04:53,439
I mean, it feels like they could have continued to

2570
02:04:53,479 --> 02:04:56,000
throw in the towel and I will I will bang this,

2571
02:04:56,119 --> 02:04:57,800
continue to bang this drum as well. If they win

2572
02:04:57,840 --> 02:05:01,000
this division. Joe Spottan needs to be your American League

2573
02:05:01,039 --> 02:05:03,920
Manager of the Year. Is hard to beating that drum.

2574
02:05:04,479 --> 02:05:08,720
Speaker 9: I'm just saying, I just nineteen guys on the eyel

2575
02:05:08,800 --> 02:05:10,760
at one point, nobody cares about the Astros.

2576
02:05:11,000 --> 02:05:14,520
Speaker 2: Do you've got no Josh hater, You've got on Alvarez

2577
02:05:14,640 --> 02:05:17,000
I paratus, But you're not.

2578
02:05:17,079 --> 02:05:21,479
Speaker 9: You're talking to a whole East Coast bias voters. They

2579
02:05:21,520 --> 02:05:24,479
hate the Astros already. If they're healthy, they're not going

2580
02:05:24,560 --> 02:05:27,199
to give He might get like a get, he'll get

2581
02:05:27,199 --> 02:05:28,880
a vote from like tags, somebody local.

2582
02:05:28,960 --> 02:05:31,960
Speaker 2: Well he's got my vote, that's all that matters. And

2583
02:05:32,039 --> 02:05:34,560
I'm sure he appreciated. They're six and a half behind

2584
02:05:34,720 --> 02:05:39,439
the Blue Jays right now, who are leading the way

2585
02:05:39,479 --> 02:05:41,520
in the American League. But I mean, come on, man,

2586
02:05:41,560 --> 02:05:43,800
it's just I don't even know how the heck they're

2587
02:05:43,880 --> 02:05:47,239
They're even winning the last couple of games the Astros.

2588
02:05:47,399 --> 02:05:50,920
Speaker 9: Yes, I mean I was at Monday night's game and

2589
02:05:50,960 --> 02:05:54,760
I said this yesterday to Wex, like I would vote, yeah,

2590
02:05:54,840 --> 02:05:57,079
But I was like, you know, and I don't think

2591
02:05:57,159 --> 02:06:01,199
this necessarily applies as much to baseball because nothing applies

2592
02:06:01,359 --> 02:06:04,640
traditionally sports wise to baseball. They are up to nothing

2593
02:06:04,920 --> 02:06:08,279
on that that scored run by Alvarez where he put

2594
02:06:08,279 --> 02:06:11,319
his leg on that were but like that's the first inning.

2595
02:06:11,319 --> 02:06:12,640
Speaker 2: Okay, he just goes down.

2596
02:06:12,680 --> 02:06:14,439
Speaker 9: You see him go not only do the dugout, he's

2597
02:06:14,479 --> 02:06:16,239
going to the clubhouse, and you know it's bad.

2598
02:06:16,319 --> 02:06:18,159
Speaker 2: Had to be helped out to the clodhouse. And then

2599
02:06:18,159 --> 02:06:20,119
they like two innings later, they were down three to two.

2600
02:06:20,279 --> 02:06:22,199
How the team, how's the team going to respond to this?

2601
02:06:22,920 --> 02:06:24,560
You know, because that's the guy that came back. It

2602
02:06:24,760 --> 02:06:26,279
was like three best, you know.

2603
02:06:26,720 --> 02:06:30,039
Speaker 9: Not there's whispers that mister Perettis could be back this weekend.

2604
02:06:30,439 --> 02:06:33,680
Speaker 2: Yeah, all the time. I'm not super confident that.

2605
02:06:33,760 --> 02:06:33,920
Speaker 10: Well.

2606
02:06:34,000 --> 02:06:38,520
Speaker 2: Dana Brown's comments on Sunday where DH were it's a

2607
02:06:38,600 --> 02:06:41,920
long shot, but we're targeting this weekend, like okay, we'll

2608
02:06:41,920 --> 02:06:45,680
see you guys. He phrased it, like outside chances this weekend.

2609
02:06:45,800 --> 02:06:48,600
He said, long shot, Yes, long shot. He said they're

2610
02:06:48,600 --> 02:06:51,000
targeting the Seattle series. But it's a long shot. I

2611
02:06:51,039 --> 02:06:53,720
don't know. We we know Dana Brown can be optimistic

2612
02:06:53,720 --> 02:06:56,920
in these situations we know, which I love, but also

2613
02:06:57,159 --> 02:06:59,960
he can fall short of those expectations when he's always optimistic.

2614
02:07:00,359 --> 02:07:03,560
Just saying yeah, I'm not saying I'm just saying, you

2615
02:07:03,600 --> 02:07:04,079
know what I'm saying.

2616
02:07:04,119 --> 02:07:06,479
Speaker 9: The thing is like I know cal Rawley's hitting on

2617
02:07:06,479 --> 02:07:10,000
all these home runs. I've never once been like ooh,

2618
02:07:10,239 --> 02:07:12,279
se yeah. You know there's teams where you just deep down,

2619
02:07:12,279 --> 02:07:13,880
you might not say it publicly, you might not say

2620
02:07:13,880 --> 02:07:15,159
it out loud, but they worry you.

2621
02:07:15,199 --> 02:07:18,560
Speaker 2: Oh Cattle has never ever ever worried. You can say

2622
02:07:18,560 --> 02:07:20,520
they don't worry you. They're leading the division. They've won

2623
02:07:20,560 --> 02:07:25,239
ten games in a row, and well, and that's pretty

2624
02:07:25,319 --> 02:07:26,000
much all you need to know.

2625
02:07:26,079 --> 02:07:29,840
Speaker 9: Theyad earlier this year to a team that was basically

2626
02:07:29,840 --> 02:07:32,640
field at half of Sugarland Cowboy at Space Cowboy.

2627
02:07:32,359 --> 02:07:35,319
Speaker 2: And they've scored twenty three runs in their last two games. Well,

2628
02:07:35,359 --> 02:07:40,720
who have they played? Uh? Well, the Angels in the Royals? Woh, okay,

2629
02:07:40,800 --> 02:07:43,319
well Angels, Yeah, I mean guess, oh to the Angels

2630
02:07:43,359 --> 02:07:45,079
in the A's and then the Astros lose to them.

2631
02:07:45,119 --> 02:07:48,000
Speaker 9: Let me guess the Braves before that where they piled

2632
02:07:48,079 --> 02:07:49,159
up a bunch of runs on them.

2633
02:07:50,279 --> 02:07:53,000
Speaker 2: Was the Cardinals. I thought they played in the bravest

2634
02:07:53,039 --> 02:07:55,159
Braves before that. Yeah, I got swept by the Rays

2635
02:07:55,159 --> 02:07:57,439
before that. But they're on ten game win streak. Ashros

2636
02:07:57,479 --> 02:07:59,520
have played bad game, you know, the longest win streak

2637
02:07:59,520 --> 02:08:02,119
they've been in all season for the Astros. Five to

2638
02:08:02,119 --> 02:08:05,520
five is correct five twice. That's what happens when you're

2639
02:08:05,520 --> 02:08:07,239
a five hundred team. So they've played a lot of

2640
02:08:07,239 --> 02:08:07,880
bad teams.

2641
02:08:08,319 --> 02:08:10,359
Speaker 9: They're five hundred. Outside of the month of June where

2642
02:08:10,359 --> 02:08:12,960
they were awesome, that's where the ashes have been. And

2643
02:08:13,000 --> 02:08:15,039
that's why I'm gonna say I'm a little bit concerned.

2644
02:08:15,119 --> 02:08:17,760
I still think they can win. I still think. Man,

2645
02:08:17,760 --> 02:08:18,439
it's hard for me to.

2646
02:08:18,439 --> 02:08:20,880
Speaker 2: Say they will with yord On down now, but even

2647
02:08:20,920 --> 02:08:22,319
it's the two days ago, I was like, Yeah, they're

2648
02:08:22,319 --> 02:08:24,880
still gonna win the West. They're still gonna win it. Now,

2649
02:08:25,720 --> 02:08:28,720
how many more hits have to keep coming? Where I'm

2650
02:08:28,760 --> 02:08:30,720
losing my confidence? I think they're won away.

2651
02:08:30,760 --> 02:08:32,800
Speaker 9: For the CLB record, which was set by the Yankees

2652
02:08:32,800 --> 02:08:35,239
in twenty nineteen of nineteen guys on the IL, I

2653
02:08:35,239 --> 02:08:36,079
think it was a record.

2654
02:08:37,479 --> 02:08:39,479
Speaker 2: Yeah, they had nine up to nineteen. I believe at

2655
02:08:39,479 --> 02:08:42,239
one point eight starting pitchers. I don't know where exactly

2656
02:08:42,239 --> 02:08:43,560
what the numbers are. I think about this.

2657
02:08:43,760 --> 02:08:47,039
Speaker 9: If they put yord On back on the IL, I

2658
02:08:47,079 --> 02:08:51,039
don't know if that counts because he's about that. Oh gosh,

2659
02:08:51,359 --> 02:08:52,680
what was that about yesterday?

2660
02:08:53,199 --> 02:08:53,720
Speaker 4: Let's get it.

2661
02:08:53,720 --> 02:08:55,159
Speaker 2: Can we play that when we come back? Play that

2662
02:08:55,199 --> 02:08:58,079
when we come back. It was here at Joe getting

2663
02:08:58,079 --> 02:09:00,720
a little upset with his good friend Camp. It was

2664
02:09:00,720 --> 02:09:02,720
good or I was one of our callers called getting

2665
02:09:02,760 --> 02:09:05,560
upset at that kid. Chandler Rome as a caller, said

2666
02:09:05,600 --> 02:09:07,359
all right, Larry, we'll get to you. You guys want

2667
02:09:07,399 --> 02:09:09,199
to get in seven one three? Oh you know how

2668
02:09:09,199 --> 02:09:11,119
old he was? I guess I called him twenty seven,

2669
02:09:11,159 --> 02:09:14,479
and he's like, I'm thirty one. Okay, Well I guessed

2670
02:09:14,560 --> 02:09:17,119
thirty three earlier on the show today. All right, he

2671
02:09:17,199 --> 02:09:18,920
is thirty one years old. He is not a kid.

2672
02:09:18,960 --> 02:09:22,560
But it was an interesting exchange with Joe Spottle will

2673
02:09:22,560 --> 02:09:23,880
play that when we come back. You guys want to

2674
02:09:23,920 --> 02:09:26,079
get in, you can seven one three two one two

2675
02:09:26,159 --> 02:09:29,359
five seven ninety seven one three two one two five seven.

2676
02:09:29,199 --> 02:09:32,640
Speaker 5: Ninety Did you just put what I said?

2677
02:09:32,680 --> 02:09:34,760
Speaker 2: That this is gonna take some time. I know I'm

2678
02:09:34,760 --> 02:09:35,560
wondering for your roster.

2679
02:09:35,720 --> 02:09:36,279
Speaker 4: You're going to play me.

2680
02:09:36,319 --> 02:09:39,760
Speaker 2: I'm sure that he listened one day at a time. Cha, Okay,

2681
02:09:39,920 --> 02:09:40,439
I'm not going.

2682
02:09:40,439 --> 02:09:42,920
Speaker 5: To give you days weeks when we go what we're

2683
02:09:42,920 --> 02:09:46,000
gonna do next, He's gonna have two seat down and wait, okay.

2684
02:09:47,119 --> 02:09:50,560
Speaker 9: M are you like me and listen. I wasn't standing

2685
02:09:50,560 --> 02:09:53,159
there and I haven't seen a video of this. It

2686
02:09:53,359 --> 02:09:55,840
just felt unnecessary in that moment.

2687
02:09:56,239 --> 02:09:57,920
Speaker 2: There's a because there are a couple of things at play.

2688
02:09:58,199 --> 02:10:03,439
Speaker 9: Go ahead, the the Astros first of all, First and foremost,

2689
02:10:03,479 --> 02:10:06,039
the Astros bring this on themselves with the way they've

2690
02:10:06,079 --> 02:10:10,000
talked about injuries for the past I don't know decade. Secondly,

2691
02:10:11,199 --> 02:10:15,199
he asked a perfectly logical question. He didn't say when's

2692
02:10:15,239 --> 02:10:17,800
he coming back? He said, is he going on the il?

2693
02:10:18,199 --> 02:10:21,239
That's important because it means the difference between do to

2694
02:10:21,319 --> 02:10:26,239
do or ten days fifteen days into the season in

2695
02:10:26,279 --> 02:10:27,079
that case, or if.

2696
02:10:27,000 --> 02:10:28,960
Speaker 2: You're listening closely, you can hear Chandler say, yeah, I'm

2697
02:10:28,960 --> 02:10:30,279
just trying to see if you guys are playing a

2698
02:10:30,359 --> 02:10:33,000
main short Yeah, I mean because then.

2699
02:10:33,479 --> 02:10:38,159
Speaker 9: Okay, if he's not playing for a significant amount of time,

2700
02:10:38,680 --> 02:10:41,079
I mean, I know they don't have exactly the best reinforcements,

2701
02:10:41,079 --> 02:10:44,000
but why is he taking a roster spot exactly when

2702
02:10:44,000 --> 02:10:46,600
you're trying to win the division here? You're it's it's

2703
02:10:46,680 --> 02:10:48,520
just odd. I don't know why they're so weird.

2704
02:10:48,800 --> 02:10:52,119
Speaker 2: Very practical questions much are weird? Somebody gets hurt, you

2705
02:10:52,159 --> 02:10:56,279
ask if they're going on the IL and Joe's spot

2706
02:10:56,359 --> 02:10:58,199
is like, listen, we're not gonna do that. We're gonna

2707
02:10:58,239 --> 02:10:59,840
go or today, we're taking it one day at a

2708
02:10:59,880 --> 02:11:02,319
day time. So I guess we'll see if if jord

2709
02:11:02,359 --> 02:11:04,359
On Alvarez is going to hit the iel or what's

2710
02:11:04,399 --> 02:11:06,520
happening with that, or if they're trying to give it

2711
02:11:06,560 --> 02:11:08,399
a couple Maybe they're going to try to give it

2712
02:11:08,399 --> 02:11:10,439
a couple of days, see how he's feeling, and then

2713
02:11:10,479 --> 02:11:14,119
make a retroactive eyel move. That's what I would figure

2714
02:11:14,279 --> 02:11:15,520
is going to happen.

2715
02:11:16,319 --> 02:11:18,800
Speaker 9: Like can we think about a scenario because it's very

2716
02:11:18,840 --> 02:11:21,199
real and it's actually probably going to happen, so we

2717
02:11:21,279 --> 02:11:23,399
might as well go ahead and do this. You know

2718
02:11:23,600 --> 02:11:26,800
that both the Astros and the Texans are now weird

2719
02:11:26,880 --> 02:11:30,640
about injuries because de Miko's Yes, they are like, yeah,

2720
02:11:30,640 --> 02:11:32,279
ask about Joe mix and see how that goes for

2721
02:11:32,319 --> 02:11:37,239
your day. But when, not if, but when Kevin Durant

2722
02:11:37,279 --> 02:11:41,920
is on the shelf with some nagging ankle, knee, whatever injury.

2723
02:11:41,960 --> 02:11:44,399
Because it's gonna happen this year, I fully expect it

2724
02:11:44,560 --> 02:11:46,239
all right. That's why I don't expect to see him

2725
02:11:46,239 --> 02:11:50,159
in any preseason games. John, Okay, with how do you

2726
02:11:50,319 --> 02:11:54,000
think e May will handle that? Because I think that

2727
02:11:54,119 --> 02:11:55,800
e May. You know, he's such a he's like a

2728
02:11:55,800 --> 02:11:58,920
man's man. He's a he's a straight shooter about every

2729
02:11:59,079 --> 02:11:59,800
very straight shooter.

2730
02:12:00,119 --> 02:12:02,880
Speaker 2: Love having him on interviews, not that Joe Joe Spot

2731
02:12:02,960 --> 02:12:07,159
is very good, tough, Yeah, with no he mad, it's easy.

2732
02:12:07,239 --> 02:12:11,479
Speaker 9: Oh okay, I thought you were saying.

2733
02:12:09,920 --> 02:12:12,720
Speaker 2: I'm being serious. You can ask him anything. He didn't care. Yeah,

2734
02:12:12,760 --> 02:12:16,439
he does not take an answer to exactly. Like You're like,

2735
02:12:16,439 --> 02:12:18,560
you're sitting there, you know, you know how this is.

2736
02:12:18,600 --> 02:12:20,159
You're like, okay, we have to ask this squo. What

2737
02:12:20,159 --> 02:12:22,039
was it? Last year was like Cam Whitmore came out

2738
02:12:22,039 --> 02:12:23,840
and said a bunch of crazy stuff and I'm like, well,

2739
02:12:24,840 --> 02:12:26,199
I don't know if he May is gonna get mad,

2740
02:12:26,239 --> 02:12:27,920
but we have to ask this question. You ask him

2741
02:12:27,920 --> 02:12:29,439
about it and he's like, yeah, I saw it. I

2742
02:12:29,479 --> 02:12:31,199
don't know what the heck's going on. Like he'll just

2743
02:12:31,239 --> 02:12:33,960
answered he didn't care very matter of fact. It's awesome.

2744
02:12:34,119 --> 02:12:36,439
Speaker 9: You know who was kind of like sneaky difficult. I

2745
02:12:36,479 --> 02:12:38,159
don't want to say difficult, but I can't really put

2746
02:12:38,159 --> 02:12:41,840
my finger on what the word is that. Uh that

2747
02:12:41,840 --> 02:12:46,680
that interview we did with rafel Stone was he was

2748
02:12:46,800 --> 02:12:50,520
he was fine, gave great answers, but it was just

2749
02:12:51,000 --> 02:12:52,880
it was he was a little bit of like it

2750
02:12:52,960 --> 02:12:55,000
wasn't like pulling teeth. But it certainly wasn't a free

2751
02:12:55,199 --> 02:12:57,520
It wasn't Daryl Morey that diplomatic with Daryl Morra.

2752
02:12:58,239 --> 02:13:04,960
Speaker 2: Yeah, Kevin Durant's and we obviously like what he brings.

2753
02:13:06,439 --> 02:13:08,119
Speaker 9: The go in the other room and call in on

2754
02:13:08,159 --> 02:13:11,039
a phone. So it sounds just like him. It's insane

2755
02:13:11,319 --> 02:13:12,880
and I still can't do I think yours is better

2756
02:13:12,880 --> 02:13:13,680
than Gordy at this time.

2757
02:13:13,720 --> 02:13:15,840
Speaker 2: Well, you know, it's not a competition. I'm not here

2758
02:13:15,840 --> 02:13:17,760
to compete. I'm here to just get well, not here

2759
02:13:17,760 --> 02:13:19,840
in twenty twenty five now that he's long. I'm here

2760
02:13:19,880 --> 02:13:25,840
to give good content anyway, Thank you. I appreciate that. Yeah,

2761
02:13:25,880 --> 02:13:27,760
some guys are more forecoming than others. And that's just

2762
02:13:27,800 --> 02:13:29,720
in personality. That's people you meet in your day to

2763
02:13:29,800 --> 02:13:31,680
day life. It just is what it is. And some

2764
02:13:31,720 --> 02:13:33,960
guys are gonna be more guarded. For example, Dusty Baker.

2765
02:13:34,000 --> 02:13:36,279
I mean anytime you know, you would ask him just

2766
02:13:36,279 --> 02:13:39,159
say hey, I remember being like, what does remember the

2767
02:13:39,159 --> 02:13:43,000
whole Gyanardeas versus Martine Maldonado thing. I was like, hey,

2768
02:13:43,000 --> 02:13:46,039
what does Justy's last stand? What does Yanardys need to

2769
02:13:46,079 --> 02:13:47,920
do to more earn more playing time? I mean, I

2770
02:13:47,920 --> 02:13:49,960
put it in a very diplomatic way, and he's like,

2771
02:13:50,000 --> 02:13:52,000
I think I know more than you guys. And I'm like, okay,

2772
02:13:52,039 --> 02:13:56,399
well to relax, Dusty, like, obviously you're all you're going

2773
02:13:56,439 --> 02:13:58,319
into the Hall of Fame. You got two thousand hits

2774
02:13:58,399 --> 02:14:01,279
or twenty five hundred hits, whatever it was, World Series Champion.

2775
02:14:01,560 --> 02:14:03,159
I'm just asking you a question that he needs to

2776
02:14:03,199 --> 02:14:05,600
be asked, like, don't be so offended. And I don't

2777
02:14:05,640 --> 02:14:09,000
think Joe. Joe really gets offended. He doesn't normally, and

2778
02:14:09,079 --> 02:14:11,119
so that's why, I mean, especially somebody he works with

2779
02:14:11,159 --> 02:14:12,760
every day, with Chandler, it was kind of a little

2780
02:14:12,760 --> 02:14:18,279
bit surprising to hear Joe take that tact with with Chandler.

2781
02:14:18,359 --> 02:14:23,600
Speaker 9: Rome there, Yeah, I don't, it's it's not it's not ideal.

2782
02:14:23,880 --> 02:14:27,520
And Chandler, to his credit, he's a lot like he

2783
02:14:27,640 --> 02:14:30,279
may he just does not care about anybody's feelings. He's

2784
02:14:30,279 --> 02:14:32,159
trying to do his job and he feels like you're

2785
02:14:32,159 --> 02:14:34,960
making his job more difficult. He's gonna say, now, I

2786
02:14:35,000 --> 02:14:37,079
don't think that was this situation. I don't think. I

2787
02:14:37,119 --> 02:14:39,119
think for all intents and purposes, I think he has a.

2788
02:14:39,039 --> 02:14:42,800
Speaker 2: Good relationship with with Joe Spata, But it is.

2789
02:14:43,520 --> 02:14:46,800
Speaker 9: I know it's been trying at times, and particularly with

2790
02:14:46,840 --> 02:14:49,680
the medical staff. By the way, I'm sorry, but like,

2791
02:14:50,520 --> 02:14:53,159
can we just hit the reset button in that aspect

2792
02:14:53,199 --> 02:14:55,159
of the organization this offseason? Is that too much to

2793
02:14:55,199 --> 02:14:58,079
ask for? M I don't know, Jeremiah, I don't know

2794
02:14:58,119 --> 02:14:59,840
the staff. I'm not even trying. I'm not sitting here

2795
02:15:00,039 --> 02:15:02,159
and to get people fired. But come on, dude, yes

2796
02:15:02,199 --> 02:15:04,520
you are well. I mean, how many injuries do we

2797
02:15:04,560 --> 02:15:08,000
need to have of the head scratching variety?

2798
02:15:08,920 --> 02:15:12,640
Speaker 2: Like how does this happen? I'm gonna say something crazy.

2799
02:15:13,239 --> 02:15:16,800
I'm not a doctor and I don't know. You're right,

2800
02:15:16,880 --> 02:15:19,640
it looks suspicious for sure on the outside. Either one

2801
02:15:19,680 --> 02:15:22,399
of us are not having a medical degree, not looking anything.

2802
02:15:22,479 --> 02:15:25,000
It seems like they're rushing guys back and or misdiagnosic.

2803
02:15:25,279 --> 02:15:28,319
Speaker 9: If one pitcher came back and then left with elbow

2804
02:15:28,359 --> 02:15:33,119
inflammation after a years long rehab. That'd be one thing.

2805
02:15:33,359 --> 02:15:36,880
We've had multiple guys have this happen this year. Spenceria

2806
02:15:36,920 --> 02:15:38,840
Gay's back, just kidding, he's gone. Luis Garcia is back,

2807
02:15:38,880 --> 02:15:41,680
just kidding, he's gone. Lance mccullor is his own category again.

2808
02:15:41,720 --> 02:15:44,079
Speaker 2: I will say, I'm not a medical doctor. On the outside,

2809
02:15:44,119 --> 02:15:46,560
it looks bad, but that is a very uneducated opinion

2810
02:15:46,560 --> 02:15:49,159
on my part, and I understand, and we can all say,

2811
02:15:49,159 --> 02:15:51,560
we can all have our opinions, but we truly don't know.

2812
02:15:51,880 --> 02:15:53,960
And yeah, I wouldn't be shocked at all if there's

2813
02:15:54,000 --> 02:15:57,359
some sort of uh changing of the guard with training

2814
02:15:57,399 --> 02:15:59,680
staff or and or strength and conditioning staff and or

2815
02:15:59,760 --> 02:16:02,399
hitting coaches. When we talked about a lot, especially depending

2816
02:16:02,399 --> 02:16:04,119
on what happens. I mean, the pressure is on in

2817
02:16:04,159 --> 02:16:08,199
these last ten games or so for everybody in the organization.

2818
02:16:09,279 --> 02:16:10,840
I know what I would do if I own the team.

2819
02:16:11,760 --> 02:16:12,359
What would you do?

2820
02:16:12,640 --> 02:16:17,039
Speaker 9: Well, it's besides that I would bring back aj Hinch

2821
02:16:17,079 --> 02:16:17,640
in a heartbeat.

2822
02:16:17,840 --> 02:16:20,079
Speaker 2: Okay, that's not happening. Oh really, you want to make

2823
02:16:20,079 --> 02:16:20,840
a bet right now?

2824
02:16:20,960 --> 02:16:21,199
Speaker 3: Yes?

2825
02:16:21,720 --> 02:16:24,119
Speaker 2: What do you want to bet? What do you you? Okay,

2826
02:16:24,159 --> 02:16:26,279
you think it's gonna happen. Aj Hinch is coming back

2827
02:16:26,279 --> 02:16:29,560
to Houston win before his career is over. I'm not

2828
02:16:29,600 --> 02:16:31,800
gonna say, Okay, before his career over over, I wouldn't bet.

2829
02:16:31,800 --> 02:16:34,440
I wouldn't necessarily bet against that. The Tigers the World

2830
02:16:34,440 --> 02:16:37,440
Series in the next two years. Why would the Tigers

2831
02:16:37,520 --> 02:16:39,520
let him go there? They aren't they about to win

2832
02:16:39,520 --> 02:16:42,639
their division? Okay, what if he wants to be here?

2833
02:16:43,079 --> 02:16:46,840
Do you ever think about that? Okay, that's possible.

2834
02:16:47,239 --> 02:16:51,719
Speaker 9: Put it this way, if tomorrow Jim Crane was given

2835
02:16:51,760 --> 02:16:55,159
the choice, you can bring one back, but only one,

2836
02:16:55,799 --> 02:16:57,479
Jeff Luno or Aj Hinch.

2837
02:16:58,319 --> 02:17:00,879
Speaker 2: I would imagine it would be Hinch. Luno has been

2838
02:17:00,920 --> 02:17:03,479
out of baseball for a while and he sued you.

2839
02:17:04,280 --> 02:17:06,520
This isn't about Jim Crane wanting to or not. He

2840
02:17:06,520 --> 02:17:10,120
doesn't want to bring back Jeff Luno. But I think

2841
02:17:10,600 --> 02:17:13,920
it's a mutual interest. It's based on what I've heard,

2842
02:17:14,040 --> 02:17:16,760
I could see that. But I mean, what are you

2843
02:17:16,799 --> 02:17:19,719
gonna do? Trade for him? You might not have to.

2844
02:17:20,319 --> 02:17:22,239
Who was the last manager to get put traded for

2845
02:17:22,280 --> 02:17:26,319
Ossie Uh? I think he was traded to the White Sox.

2846
02:17:26,360 --> 02:17:28,239
Trade for him to Miami. I think they traded him

2847
02:17:28,239 --> 02:17:30,239
to Miami. Oh, I think you're right. I forgot about that.

2848
02:17:30,319 --> 02:17:34,120
I forgot about his his Miami chapter of his career.

2849
02:17:34,680 --> 02:17:36,040
I would have to go back and look at that.

2850
02:17:36,159 --> 02:17:37,760
I mean, okay, I'm not gonna I guess I'm not

2851
02:17:37,799 --> 02:17:39,680
gonna say it's the craziest thing. But I just think,

2852
02:17:39,760 --> 02:17:43,319
I mean, that's gonna cost you. Why would the up

2853
02:17:43,319 --> 02:17:45,399
and he's a free agent? Is his contract it's not

2854
02:17:45,479 --> 02:17:46,000
after this year.

2855
02:17:46,000 --> 02:17:47,079
Speaker 9: I know that, but I don't I don't know what

2856
02:17:47,120 --> 02:17:48,479
the stat I just know that it's not after this

2857
02:17:48,600 --> 02:17:52,360
season because he signed an extension. Like fairly, I say,

2858
02:17:52,399 --> 02:17:54,360
I want to say, like after twenty three, maybe.

2859
02:17:54,120 --> 02:17:56,040
Speaker 2: There could be mutual interest, but it feels like that

2860
02:17:56,319 --> 02:17:58,440
that would feel like a long shot to me. But hey,

2861
02:17:58,760 --> 02:17:59,959
clearly you know more than I am.

2862
02:18:00,079 --> 02:18:03,159
Speaker 9: Matter Anyways, I would absolutely back the Brinks truck up

2863
02:18:03,200 --> 02:18:05,959
for Jeff Luno if anybody could fix this mess at ten.

2864
02:18:06,799 --> 02:18:10,120
The roster is a mess. Think about after this season.

2865
02:18:10,159 --> 02:18:12,959
Think about where they're at. They're a mess. They got

2866
02:18:12,959 --> 02:18:16,479
to trade somebody on the big league roster just to

2867
02:18:16,520 --> 02:18:19,120
figure it out. You can't just move pieces around.

2868
02:18:18,959 --> 02:18:21,520
Speaker 2: Or you figure out some second base with either a

2869
02:18:21,639 --> 02:18:25,600
one of Paradis Correa or Pina.

2870
02:18:26,920 --> 02:18:29,639
Speaker 9: Okay, so Josel Twove is your everyday left fielder and

2871
02:18:29,760 --> 02:18:32,239
jord On your everyday dh.

2872
02:18:32,000 --> 02:18:36,399
Speaker 2: Oh you you you would mix them? Yeah, slip them. Yeah.

2873
02:18:36,920 --> 02:18:38,559
They've been playing or on more in left field than

2874
02:18:38,559 --> 02:18:40,680
I think they anticipated when he came back. And that's

2875
02:18:40,719 --> 02:18:44,000
because because Josel Tuve. I mean, don't look at the

2876
02:18:44,040 --> 02:18:46,719
advanced mastrics for the worst second basement in foot baseball,

2877
02:18:46,920 --> 02:18:49,559
and don't look at the advanced metrics for the worst

2878
02:18:49,600 --> 02:18:52,920
left fielder in baseball. At least last night was productive.

2879
02:18:52,920 --> 02:18:55,040
They're gonna see one guy on there twice. It's not

2880
02:18:56,520 --> 02:18:58,479
I hate it, you know what. He was scalding hot

2881
02:18:58,520 --> 02:19:00,479
for a while there with a bat. Yeah, I'm just

2882
02:19:00,479 --> 02:19:02,200
talking about in the field, but in the field. Yeah,

2883
02:19:02,239 --> 02:19:04,239
it's that's that's the whole reason this is even all right.

2884
02:19:04,239 --> 02:19:05,559
We got to take a break here at the bottom

2885
02:19:05,559 --> 02:19:07,360
of the hour here on the Matt Thomas Show with Ross.

2886
02:19:07,360 --> 02:19:10,000
When we come back, good conversation with Brian Bogasvic that

2887
02:19:10,120 --> 02:19:12,440
is coming your way. We're with you until two o'clock,

2888
02:19:12,840 --> 02:19:15,200
so make sure you get some more astros talk coming

2889
02:19:15,239 --> 02:19:17,719
your way next here on the Matt Thomas Show with Ross.

2890
02:19:20,040 --> 02:19:23,000
A great conversation earlier today with Brian bogas Sevic Wednesday

2891
02:19:23,040 --> 02:19:25,719
guest here on The Matt Thomas Show with Ross, So

2892
02:19:25,719 --> 02:19:28,280
I wanted to bring you guys some of that. You

2893
02:19:28,280 --> 02:19:31,920
can find the full conversation sports Talk seven ninety dot com.

2894
02:19:31,920 --> 02:19:35,319
But here is Bogey earlier today with myself and Chris

2895
02:19:35,360 --> 02:19:38,600
Gordy talking about your Houston Astros, winners of their first

2896
02:19:38,639 --> 02:19:41,399
two games in the series against the Rangers.

2897
02:19:41,920 --> 02:19:44,040
Speaker 10: You know what, it's it's kind of always that way.

2898
02:19:44,200 --> 02:19:47,159
You see guys slips all the time, and you know

2899
02:19:47,399 --> 02:19:49,559
it's it's kind of like damned if you do, damned

2900
02:19:49,600 --> 02:19:51,959
if you don't. You don't want jord on sliding your risks,

2901
02:19:52,000 --> 02:19:54,120
you know, jamming your knee into the batter's box. Batter's

2902
02:19:54,120 --> 02:19:57,520
box is a little bit harder than the field, you know,

2903
02:19:57,559 --> 02:20:00,000
sliding into second base or something. But at the same time,

2904
02:20:00,040 --> 02:20:02,399
I'm you're running full speed and you step on home

2905
02:20:02,399 --> 02:20:03,319
plate and you get.

2906
02:20:03,159 --> 02:20:05,040
Speaker 3: You see guys slip all the time, and.

2907
02:20:04,920 --> 02:20:07,120
Speaker 10: That just that was a nasty one. Like there there

2908
02:20:07,159 --> 02:20:09,680
was there was a good replay, you know, right in

2909
02:20:09,760 --> 02:20:12,399
on his foot and you saw, you know, go all

2910
02:20:12,440 --> 02:20:13,200
the way over on it.

2911
02:20:13,239 --> 02:20:14,760
Speaker 3: That was a that was a nasty one.

2912
02:20:14,799 --> 02:20:17,000
Speaker 2: We had Joe spot on yesterday. He talked about like

2913
02:20:17,079 --> 02:20:20,239
guys toweling off home plate or something like, can you

2914
02:20:20,280 --> 02:20:23,120
explain that to me? Like, is that something guys? It's

2915
02:20:23,159 --> 02:20:25,760
as hitters do that before the first inning or something

2916
02:20:25,840 --> 02:20:28,520
like that, because it's the fields all wet, obviously from

2917
02:20:28,559 --> 02:20:31,719
from the grounds crew wetting wetting everything to start the game.

2918
02:20:32,639 --> 02:20:35,440
Speaker 10: Yeah, they spray down the batter's boxes and everything, and

2919
02:20:35,479 --> 02:20:38,719
obviously home plates gets home plate gets wet, but it'll

2920
02:20:38,760 --> 02:20:40,879
get wiped down. You'll see throughout the course of the

2921
02:20:40,920 --> 02:20:42,840
game the Empire come out and wipe it down, or

2922
02:20:43,000 --> 02:20:44,920
catchers will kick the dirt off of it. It's just,

2923
02:20:45,600 --> 02:20:48,479
you know, it's kind of like a necessarily sary evil, Right,

2924
02:20:48,559 --> 02:20:52,799
You've got this flat, slick, hard surface right kind of

2925
02:20:53,000 --> 02:20:56,920
in the middle of the action. It's not ideal. I'm sure.

2926
02:20:57,159 --> 02:21:01,280
I'm sure Major League Baseball has explored better options. But

2927
02:21:01,479 --> 02:21:03,719
you know, if you change the material and then somebody

2928
02:21:03,760 --> 02:21:05,920
steps on it and the cleat catches in it and

2929
02:21:05,959 --> 02:21:08,040
they you know, roll an ankle or twist the knee

2930
02:21:08,360 --> 02:21:10,120
on top of home plate, then you're gonna have everybody

2931
02:21:10,159 --> 02:21:11,040
screaming about that too.

2932
02:21:11,879 --> 02:21:13,959
Speaker 4: All right, bug, you're reading between the lines of what

2933
02:21:14,280 --> 02:21:18,120
Joe Spot has said yesterday. Is there any hope of

2934
02:21:18,479 --> 02:21:21,520
perhaps your I mean, it feels like with two weeks

2935
02:21:21,559 --> 02:21:23,159
left in the season where I can see back in

2936
02:21:23,200 --> 02:21:26,280
the regular season game. But do you think possible deep

2937
02:21:26,280 --> 02:21:27,760
playoff Runnie could be back.

2938
02:21:29,520 --> 02:21:32,520
Speaker 10: I think it's possible. I don't know if it's likely,

2939
02:21:32,879 --> 02:21:37,719
but I mean, anybody that's played basketball, watched basketball, covered basketball,

2940
02:21:37,799 --> 02:21:40,440
you see these ankle injuries all the time, and they're

2941
02:21:40,799 --> 02:21:44,120
you know, there's about as wide a variant variants on

2942
02:21:44,200 --> 02:21:47,879
an ankle spring as any injury you can have. And

2943
02:21:47,879 --> 02:21:51,159
and once once the swelling goes down and and the

2944
02:21:51,559 --> 02:21:54,440
and the pain kind of subsides, you know, then you

2945
02:21:54,479 --> 02:21:56,520
can figure out more of a timeline how long it's

2946
02:21:56,520 --> 02:21:59,319
going to take to strengthen it up. And you see

2947
02:21:59,319 --> 02:22:02,680
some sometimes guys bounce back in you know, a couple

2948
02:22:02,680 --> 02:22:05,120
of days or a week, or sometimes it's weeks in

2949
02:22:05,120 --> 02:22:05,680
two months.

2950
02:22:06,079 --> 02:22:06,959
Speaker 2: So there's really no.

2951
02:22:07,120 --> 02:22:11,120
Speaker 10: Way to tell right now. But yeah, I think there's

2952
02:22:11,159 --> 02:22:15,639
probably an outside chance that it's possible, But you know,

2953
02:22:15,760 --> 02:22:18,200
to put a percentage on it, and who knows these

2954
02:22:18,200 --> 02:22:21,760
things you have no idea when a guy rolls an ankle.

2955
02:22:21,799 --> 02:22:24,799
Speaker 4: You, as a former hitter, how much does the ankle

2956
02:22:24,920 --> 02:22:26,239
matter in the box?

2957
02:22:26,239 --> 02:22:28,120
Speaker 2: We know, obviously we're out of the box running the.

2958
02:22:28,120 --> 02:22:30,280
Speaker 4: Bases, you gotta have a good ankle, But how much

2959
02:22:30,479 --> 02:22:33,360
does does that affect the swing? How much does does

2960
02:22:33,399 --> 02:22:34,360
the ankle matter there?

2961
02:22:35,040 --> 02:22:39,159
Speaker 10: Yeah, actually probably more so than it does running. You know,

2962
02:22:39,239 --> 02:22:41,559
running is straight line, you're up on the balls of

2963
02:22:41,639 --> 02:22:44,520
your feet and you're kind of under control. When you're

2964
02:22:44,559 --> 02:22:46,719
talking about hitting in the batter's box, there's a you know,

2965
02:22:47,040 --> 02:22:48,760
it all starts from the ground up. There's a lot

2966
02:22:48,760 --> 02:22:51,319
of force put into the ground. You're digging your cleats in,

2967
02:22:51,360 --> 02:22:53,120
there's a lot of torque. You have to really like

2968
02:22:53,719 --> 02:22:56,600
break through the dirt as you turn and transfer all

2969
02:22:56,680 --> 02:23:00,079
that power. And if your ankles are weak, it's you know,

2970
02:23:00,159 --> 02:23:03,920
certainly going to affect your swing from a power production standpoint.

2971
02:23:04,360 --> 02:23:06,920
It's also probably going to affect you mechanically as you

2972
02:23:06,959 --> 02:23:11,239
try to overcompensate. So yeah, I think honestly it will

2973
02:23:11,319 --> 02:23:14,639
probably It will probably be easier to get back into

2974
02:23:14,840 --> 02:23:17,719
a scenario where you can run in a straight line

2975
02:23:17,959 --> 02:23:21,440
decently earlier than you're talking about being able to take

2976
02:23:21,559 --> 02:23:23,879
one hundred percent, you know, full speed swings.

2977
02:23:24,399 --> 02:23:26,920
Speaker 2: Brian bogus Sevic was here on a Sports Talk seven

2978
02:23:27,040 --> 02:23:29,879
ninety and that's all depressing, So let's get into something

2979
02:23:29,920 --> 02:23:33,479
a little bit more uplifting. Zach Cole been pretty good

2980
02:23:33,479 --> 02:23:35,959
for the Astros over three yesterday. Before that, he had

2981
02:23:35,959 --> 02:23:39,719
the big home run as he replaced Jordan Alvarez. Uh,

2982
02:23:39,840 --> 02:23:42,479
what have you seen from him? And I was especially

2983
02:23:42,520 --> 02:23:45,239
impressed by the home run where it was the forcing

2984
02:23:45,479 --> 02:23:47,479
top of the zone where pitchers like to pitch, and

2985
02:23:47,559 --> 02:23:48,600
he got around on that one.

2986
02:23:49,639 --> 02:23:52,200
Speaker 10: Yeah, that was actually that was a good pitch. That

2987
02:23:52,319 --> 02:23:55,559
wasn't a mistake that Jack Lader made and Jack Ledder

2988
02:23:55,719 --> 02:23:58,319
was in a groove and had some good stuff. So

2989
02:23:58,719 --> 02:24:01,120
you know, you start seeing a guy who can get

2990
02:24:01,159 --> 02:24:03,639
on top of somebody's best pitch at the top of

2991
02:24:03,680 --> 02:24:04,760
the zone, it's pretty impressive.

2992
02:24:04,799 --> 02:24:06,280
Speaker 3: He's got tools. I mean, he's.

2993
02:24:07,159 --> 02:24:11,000
Speaker 10: He's bigger and stronger. Then you kind of think he's

2994
02:24:11,120 --> 02:24:14,479
twitchy and explosive. He's got really really good batspeed, he

2995
02:24:14,479 --> 02:24:17,280
can catch up to a fastball. I think the thing

2996
02:24:17,319 --> 02:24:21,239
that I've probably been most impressed about though, is, you know,

2997
02:24:21,600 --> 02:24:24,520
the hits that he's gotten that aren't the home runs,

2998
02:24:24,639 --> 02:24:27,520
the RBI bas hits, shooting the ball the other way.

2999
02:24:27,639 --> 02:24:30,600
He's handled some at bats pretty well, getting down in

3000
02:24:30,639 --> 02:24:34,079
the count, fighting back, laying off of tough off speed pitches.

3001
02:24:34,079 --> 02:24:37,079
You know, sometimes you think a guy in that situation,

3002
02:24:37,440 --> 02:24:42,200
a young a young hitter whose main tool is power

3003
02:24:42,440 --> 02:24:44,520
and bat speed, is going to come out there just hacking.

3004
02:24:44,639 --> 02:24:49,399
But it's been pretty high quality at bat which you know,

3005
02:24:49,920 --> 02:24:52,399
gives you more hope to maybe this is somebody who

3006
02:24:52,399 --> 02:24:55,680
can be helpful throughout the course of a couple of

3007
02:24:55,719 --> 02:24:58,520
weeks and into a playoff push and who knows next year,

3008
02:24:59,200 --> 02:25:00,680
rather than just hey, this is a guy who was

3009
02:25:00,680 --> 02:25:02,680
swinging a hot beat at the minor league. Let's ride

3010
02:25:02,719 --> 02:25:04,680
it out for as long as we can up here

3011
02:25:04,719 --> 02:25:06,840
in the big leagues, you know, and then we'll move

3012
02:25:06,879 --> 02:25:08,079
on the.

3013
02:25:08,000 --> 02:25:10,440
Speaker 4: Big question, Brian. We've had from a lot of folks,

3014
02:25:10,479 --> 02:25:12,840
you know, just bounce around town. People will go, hey,

3015
02:25:13,120 --> 02:25:15,040
what do you think that the Astros make the playoffs?

3016
02:25:15,440 --> 02:25:16,399
Speaker 2: You think they got any chance?

3017
02:25:16,440 --> 02:25:18,479
Speaker 4: All this kind of stuff, And my answer I'm giving

3018
02:25:18,520 --> 02:25:21,719
to them now is this is the playoffs, right, I mean,

3019
02:25:21,799 --> 02:25:24,680
like with what Seattle's doing right now, ten in a row.

3020
02:25:24,760 --> 02:25:26,000
Speaker 2: Is absolutely stupid.

3021
02:25:26,040 --> 02:25:28,520
Speaker 4: But we'll see what The Astros could complete the sweep

3022
02:25:28,559 --> 02:25:31,159
tonight of the Rangers, but matters will play another game

3023
02:25:31,200 --> 02:25:32,319
tomorrow against the Royals.

3024
02:25:32,360 --> 02:25:33,559
Speaker 2: You'll know where this thing is.

3025
02:25:33,559 --> 02:25:33,719
Speaker 3: There.

3026
02:25:33,799 --> 02:25:36,520
Speaker 4: You a game back? Are you you know, two games back?

3027
02:25:36,559 --> 02:25:39,719
Whatever going into this weekend? But man, you talk about

3028
02:25:39,760 --> 02:25:42,520
the importance of a series, how crazy is this weekend

3029
02:25:42,520 --> 02:25:45,239
going to be? With Seattle coming in here? Basically they're

3030
02:25:45,280 --> 02:25:47,680
tied season series tied five and five. I mean, this

3031
02:25:47,879 --> 02:25:49,000
is the playoffs right here.

3032
02:25:49,879 --> 02:25:52,920
Speaker 10: Yeah, this is the real deal. This is every pitch matters,

3033
02:25:53,000 --> 02:25:57,520
every inning matters. There's no you know, we spend six

3034
02:25:57,559 --> 02:25:59,920
months talking about the big picture of baseball and sing

3035
02:26:00,159 --> 02:26:02,680
will level out and you just keep making the right

3036
02:26:02,719 --> 02:26:05,520
play and you'll be fine over time. This is like

3037
02:26:05,959 --> 02:26:08,920
trust your gut, take some chances, roll the dice and

3038
02:26:09,040 --> 02:26:10,520
whatever you have to do. I mean, you can just

3039
02:26:10,559 --> 02:26:13,239
tell by the way the games are being managed. This game,

3040
02:26:13,440 --> 02:26:16,680
this series with the Rangers on both sides. You see

3041
02:26:16,840 --> 02:26:18,799
the amount of moves being made, pitching.

3042
02:26:18,559 --> 02:26:19,440
Speaker 3: Changes being made.

3043
02:26:19,639 --> 02:26:23,399
Speaker 10: You know, both managers playing matchups from a pinch hitting standpoint,

3044
02:26:23,479 --> 02:26:25,239
Guys coming in and out of the lineup, on.

3045
02:26:25,159 --> 02:26:26,120
Speaker 3: A day to day basis.

3046
02:26:26,440 --> 02:26:30,360
Speaker 10: This is real baseball. This is playoff baseball. And I mean,

3047
02:26:30,600 --> 02:26:34,799
you know, Joe spot Up essentially emptied the clip yesterday

3048
02:26:34,840 --> 02:26:37,399
and did everything he could to secure that win. It

3049
02:26:37,440 --> 02:26:39,959
took every bit of Brian Abray you and you know,

3050
02:26:40,159 --> 02:26:42,159
is he probably not available today?

3051
02:26:42,239 --> 02:26:42,440
Speaker 3: Yeah?

3052
02:26:42,479 --> 02:26:44,680
Speaker 10: Sure, but it doesn't matter because you had to get

3053
02:26:44,680 --> 02:26:48,079
that game yesterday figure out today today. So yeah, I mean,

3054
02:26:48,319 --> 02:26:51,559
it's playoff baseball started this week here in Houston.

3055
02:26:52,440 --> 02:26:55,040
Speaker 2: There you go, Brian Boga Sevic with some conversation. You

3056
02:26:55,040 --> 02:26:59,239
can find it in full Sports Talk dot Com. Great

3057
02:26:59,239 --> 02:27:04,520
Stuff with Bogie every Wednesday at eleven am. Appointment Setting Radio.

3058
02:27:04,719 --> 02:27:07,120
Don't forget all right, quick break here all the bat

3059
02:27:07,120 --> 02:27:09,280
Tabas Show with Ross, Adam Klinn is hanging out. Matt

3060
02:27:09,319 --> 02:27:12,120
Thomas will be back tomorrow. Final segment of the show

3061
02:27:12,239 --> 02:27:18,799
is coming up after this quick break, playing some of

3062
02:27:18,799 --> 02:27:24,319
Adam Clinton's favorite music. Coming back from break here, I sun,

3063
02:27:24,600 --> 02:27:28,440
I like millions. Do you ask why are we playing?

3064
02:27:28,639 --> 02:27:31,360
Speaker 9: My gosh, you know how I found out about this

3065
02:27:31,360 --> 02:27:34,600
this morning. I heard it from the other room as

3066
02:27:34,639 --> 02:27:39,799
my wife discovered it. Oh my god, go ahead, Cardi

3067
02:27:39,879 --> 02:27:41,840
B's knocked up by Stefan Diggs.

3068
02:27:42,159 --> 02:27:46,760
Speaker 2: Congratulations to Stefan Diggs and Cardi b can have no chance.

3069
02:27:46,840 --> 02:27:50,360
They are expecting a child. All the best to them,

3070
02:27:50,399 --> 02:27:52,280
and well the child should at the very least be

3071
02:27:52,360 --> 02:27:57,520
financial stable. Maybe you would imagine why not. I don't know.

3072
02:27:59,360 --> 02:28:01,280
Speaker 9: People that may a lot of money spend it all

3073
02:28:01,280 --> 02:28:05,000
all the time. Look at Antwan Walker gotta make a

3074
02:28:05,000 --> 02:28:09,440
gajillion dollars broke as a joke, and he's just one example.

3075
02:28:09,719 --> 02:28:14,200
Speaker 2: I'm yes and one Walker. That's a random pool. But

3076
02:28:14,600 --> 02:28:16,719
I just remember him being like because he was one

3077
02:28:16,760 --> 02:28:19,120
of them. More he had a massive gambling problem and

3078
02:28:19,159 --> 02:28:22,000
he he owed like fifty million dollars for blackjack debts.

3079
02:28:22,040 --> 02:28:24,799
I mean, Charles Barkley has a massive gamble like Bruno Mars.

3080
02:28:24,959 --> 02:28:28,520
Isn't who which which casino is holding Bruno Mars hostage

3081
02:28:28,520 --> 02:28:30,639
because he's in a big debt with them? Was it the

3082
02:28:30,959 --> 02:28:32,959
was it the MGGM. I think as the MGM he

3083
02:28:32,959 --> 02:28:33,440
owes them.

3084
02:28:33,440 --> 02:28:36,280
Speaker 9: He's like having to like work it off with performances,

3085
02:28:36,719 --> 02:28:37,559
Like think about that, I.

3086
02:28:37,639 --> 02:28:40,520
Speaker 2: Do like three hundred cons and I get back out there. Bruno, Yeah,

3087
02:28:40,600 --> 02:28:42,600
like no, buddy, think about.

3088
02:28:42,399 --> 02:28:46,120
Speaker 9: If you got in big yo to whoever, and you

3089
02:28:46,159 --> 02:28:50,040
couldn't sing or dance or whatever he does? Well, didn't

3090
02:28:50,040 --> 02:28:53,559
they crack your knees? Yeah? But that you have always thought

3091
02:28:53,559 --> 02:28:56,079
about that? And since you and I love mobster movies,

3092
02:28:56,120 --> 02:28:58,959
yes we do. Well, what is it really accomplished? Though

3093
02:28:58,920 --> 02:29:00,959
it doesn't get them the money they need, it sends

3094
02:29:00,959 --> 02:29:03,120
a message to the others if they don't pay. It's

3095
02:29:03,159 --> 02:29:06,520
about making an example the money I want the moneys.

3096
02:29:06,559 --> 02:29:08,639
You gotta make an example out of him.

3097
02:29:08,840 --> 02:29:09,239
Speaker 2: All right.

3098
02:29:09,639 --> 02:29:11,120
Speaker 9: You remember the other day when I tagged you in

3099
02:29:11,159 --> 02:29:16,239
that thing on Instagram? Yes, Joe Pesci, Yes, he told him,

3100
02:29:16,280 --> 02:29:17,719
what if I were to just put your head through

3101
02:29:17,719 --> 02:29:19,079
that hole in the glass right there?

3102
02:29:19,719 --> 02:29:20,040
Speaker 2: Yes?

3103
02:29:20,440 --> 02:29:20,520
Speaker 10: That?

3104
02:29:20,760 --> 02:29:23,600
Speaker 2: Oh wait was it that one? Yeah?

3105
02:29:23,639 --> 02:29:25,840
Speaker 9: And then magically the money appears out of his left

3106
02:29:25,840 --> 02:29:26,360
coat pocket.

3107
02:29:26,399 --> 02:29:28,239
Speaker 2: Oh yea yeah, yeah, I know it's yes, that one

3108
02:29:28,280 --> 02:29:29,479
when he's collecting I got chucked.

3109
02:29:29,479 --> 02:29:31,360
Speaker 9: I've never seen a guy that's like four foot seven

3110
02:29:31,440 --> 02:29:32,200
be so intimidated.

3111
02:29:32,239 --> 02:29:35,319
Speaker 2: That's from Casino, which is underrated by the way. She is.

3112
02:29:37,200 --> 02:29:40,760
Speaker 9: A looks amazing in that movie. B is completely psychotic.

3113
02:29:41,000 --> 02:29:43,959
She's every guy's worst nightmare of like the worst case

3114
02:29:43,959 --> 02:29:44,760
scenario could happen.

3115
02:29:44,879 --> 02:29:47,479
Speaker 2: Yeah, but see that was a th Rostein's fault.

3116
02:29:47,719 --> 02:29:47,920
Speaker 4: Yeh.

3117
02:29:48,000 --> 02:29:50,680
Speaker 2: She created that mom she told him he didn't want

3118
02:29:50,680 --> 02:29:51,200
to get married.

3119
02:29:51,520 --> 02:29:54,680
Speaker 9: I mean, anybody that is going to still be sneaking

3120
02:29:54,680 --> 02:29:58,719
around with James Woods behind your back probably not the

3121
02:29:58,760 --> 02:30:00,719
marriage material you're thinking, Lester.

3122
02:30:01,040 --> 02:30:04,280
Speaker 2: They're at their wedding and she's calling him in the

3123
02:30:04,319 --> 02:30:08,639
other room crying on the phone. Ah. Man, what a

3124
02:30:08,680 --> 02:30:12,399
great movie. Yeah, what a great film. And guys heads

3125
02:30:12,399 --> 02:30:14,680
were putting vices, I mean all sorts of stuff. Yeah,

3126
02:30:14,719 --> 02:30:17,760
it was good with the Tony spilatro way, Tony Spilantro

3127
02:30:17,840 --> 02:30:19,440
was the real guy and his name was what in

3128
02:30:19,479 --> 02:30:20,280
the movie? I forget.

3129
02:30:20,319 --> 02:30:22,559
Speaker 9: But the best part of that scene is he Joe

3130
02:30:22,559 --> 02:30:26,440
PESHI can't believe who he basically got his eyeball squeezed

3131
02:30:26,440 --> 02:30:26,840
out for.

3132
02:30:27,000 --> 02:30:32,120
Speaker 2: He's so mad about Johnny. Yeah, that's great, so great.

3133
02:30:32,159 --> 02:30:34,680
All right, what were we talking about. Congratulations to Stefan

3134
02:30:34,719 --> 02:30:39,479
Diggs and Cardi Ba. They are expecting a child and

3135
02:30:39,520 --> 02:30:41,920
I am wishing them the best in all of their

3136
02:30:41,959 --> 02:30:42,920
future endeavors.

3137
02:30:43,319 --> 02:30:45,040
Speaker 9: Texans legend Stefan Diggs.

3138
02:30:45,040 --> 02:30:47,799
Speaker 2: Texans absolutely put him in the season, put him in

3139
02:30:47,799 --> 02:30:49,559
the Ring of Honor. Why not? One of the all

3140
02:30:49,639 --> 02:30:52,959
time great the bars low? How low is the bar?

3141
02:30:53,239 --> 02:30:57,040
It's two people, right right, A player and a former owner,

3142
02:30:57,239 --> 02:30:59,360
JJ Watt and Andre Johnson. I mean players.

3143
02:30:59,360 --> 02:30:59,399
Speaker 10: What?

3144
02:30:59,520 --> 02:31:00,159
Speaker 2: Oh yeah, that's right.

3145
02:31:00,239 --> 02:31:03,559
Speaker 9: Andre is in there. Andre was first, wasn't he? Yeah,

3146
02:31:03,799 --> 02:31:07,319
he was the first one. And then now it's Janis.

3147
02:31:08,600 --> 02:31:10,680
Oh that's right. They did add No the Janis?

3148
02:31:10,760 --> 02:31:13,799
Speaker 2: No, No, they did, they did, Robert c Yeah, Janis

3149
02:31:13,879 --> 02:31:17,600
might be next. I would imagine Kerry mcmahir probably not

3150
02:31:17,600 --> 02:31:18,319
going to be put in there.

3151
02:31:18,360 --> 02:31:20,760
Speaker 9: Fifty percent of your four members of the Ring of

3152
02:31:20,760 --> 02:31:22,319
Honor are former ownership.

3153
02:31:22,879 --> 02:31:27,520
Speaker 2: That's Texas going to go in there. I mean, after

3154
02:31:27,559 --> 02:31:29,719
twenty five years, shouldn't you have more than two players?

3155
02:31:29,719 --> 02:31:31,799
And Demiico Ryans could make it in there? Well, maybe not,

3156
02:31:32,040 --> 02:31:34,159
things keep going the way that they are. I don't

3157
02:31:34,159 --> 02:31:35,239
know if he's going to be able to make it

3158
02:31:35,280 --> 02:31:37,840
in there. Do you still just come on in? Who cares?

3159
02:31:37,840 --> 02:31:41,719
So you still bring still believe in Tamiko Ryans's over

3160
02:31:41,719 --> 02:31:44,319
at Big City Wings, Big City Wings. I believe he's

3161
02:31:44,319 --> 02:31:46,680
a good defensive coach. Yes, I still believe in him

3162
02:31:46,680 --> 02:31:48,520
as a defensive coach. But when you give up twenty

3163
02:31:48,600 --> 02:31:50,719
five first downs and your offense can't do jack, your

3164
02:31:50,799 --> 02:31:52,360
defense is going to wear down at the end of games.

3165
02:31:52,399 --> 02:31:54,639
Speaker 9: Well, let me ask you, this is this kind of

3166
02:31:54,719 --> 02:31:58,280
like the situation where remember Mike D'Antoni was an offensive genius,

3167
02:31:58,280 --> 02:32:01,200
but he had to hire Jeff Bisdelic as a defensive coordinator.

3168
02:32:01,280 --> 02:32:04,840
Speaker 2: Yes, that's like the opposite of that. For the Texans. Well,

3169
02:32:04,879 --> 02:32:06,639
it's like, you know, Andy Reid is the offensive guy

3170
02:32:06,639 --> 02:32:09,680
and then Steve Spagnolo is a defensive guy. You I mean,

3171
02:32:09,920 --> 02:32:10,399
you're going to.

3172
02:32:10,399 --> 02:32:12,319
Speaker 9: Bring in an offensive mind. It needs to not be

3173
02:32:13,000 --> 02:32:15,600
the two jimokes that have been here since he's been here.

3174
02:32:15,799 --> 02:32:18,200
Speaker 2: Well, while Bobby Slok wasn't a Jimoke the first year

3175
02:32:18,200 --> 02:32:20,040
he's here, he was a genius and he was getting

3176
02:32:20,040 --> 02:32:22,159
all these head coaching nods and all that stuff. You

3177
02:32:22,159 --> 02:32:24,399
need better players, that's because their offensive line was better.

3178
02:32:24,479 --> 02:32:27,040
Nick Cayley looks a lot smarter when you can actually

3179
02:32:27,239 --> 02:32:30,840
hold the offensive line, can hold pressure, when guys are

3180
02:32:30,920 --> 02:32:33,360
actually getting on the same page, and when you can

3181
02:32:33,440 --> 02:32:36,440
have a running back that doesn't have seventeen knee surgeries

3182
02:32:36,479 --> 02:32:38,319
and his knees are held together by bubblegum. And his

3183
02:32:38,399 --> 02:32:41,680
name is Nick Chubb mcguiver got ahold of him. Yeah,

3184
02:32:41,799 --> 02:32:45,559
it's paper clips and duct tape and bubblegum holding Nick

3185
02:32:45,639 --> 02:32:49,200
Chubb's knees together. And you don't have much of a

3186
02:32:49,280 --> 02:32:51,840
running game. You don't have any pass catchers outside of

3187
02:32:51,920 --> 02:32:55,200
Nico Collins. He scored a touchdown. Uh, and your quarterback

3188
02:32:55,200 --> 02:32:57,559
has been shaky and inaccurate, and you got a first

3189
02:32:57,600 --> 02:32:59,799
time play caller. Other than that, things are going great

3190
02:32:59,799 --> 02:33:01,000
off the Texans.

3191
02:33:01,000 --> 02:33:02,719
Speaker 9: Of course, the line had to part like the Red

3192
02:33:02,760 --> 02:33:04,440
Sea for him to get that opening.

3193
02:33:05,200 --> 02:33:07,719
Speaker 2: It's so bad that people are saying that they let

3194
02:33:07,799 --> 02:33:11,680
him score on purpose. Yeah, that was I'm not there's

3195
02:33:11,719 --> 02:33:13,520
a lot of people saying it. I'm not saying it.

3196
02:33:13,639 --> 02:33:17,360
I'm saying I don't, yam. But Bay gives up the lead, yes,

3197
02:33:17,920 --> 02:33:20,360
and that purpose At that point there was two minutes left,

3198
02:33:20,840 --> 02:33:23,639
they were they had all three timeouts.

3199
02:33:23,200 --> 02:33:25,440
Speaker 9: Right, and they had been stopped on the previous eight

3200
02:33:25,520 --> 02:33:29,040
or nine consecutive drives on offense. Yeah, but they should

3201
02:33:29,040 --> 02:33:32,000
have been again because Baker Mayfield was allowed to I understand.

3202
02:33:32,120 --> 02:33:36,639
Speaker 2: I don't think it happened. That's complete nonsense. Who really

3203
02:33:36,719 --> 02:33:40,000
believe your running back is so bad that people are like, wow,

3204
02:33:40,040 --> 02:33:42,120
he got that free. They mustn't let him do that.

3205
02:33:42,120 --> 02:33:44,879
That's how bad it's been. Anyways, thanks for hanging out,

3206
02:33:44,920 --> 02:33:48,760
Missus James in season's over. Oh well, it's gonna be

3207
02:33:48,799 --> 02:33:50,959
three games in if they lose this one. But anyways,

3208
02:33:51,000 --> 02:33:52,799
I digress. Thanks to all of you for hanging out.

3209
02:33:52,799 --> 02:33:55,120
Thanks to Adam Clinton for hanging out. Thanks to Chris

3210
02:33:55,120 --> 02:33:57,559
Cordy as well. Thanks for Jonathan Allen and being here

3211
02:33:57,600 --> 02:34:00,239
for the duration. Thanks to Brian Bogusvich. Thanks all you

3212
02:34:00,280 --> 02:34:02,040
called tweet. I got involved in the show directly. I

3213
02:34:02,120 --> 02:34:04,680
do truly appreciate you. I'll talk to you folks coming

3214
02:34:04,719 --> 02:34:07,079
up at six o'clock on the Astros on Deck program

3215
02:34:07,120 --> 02:34:09,280
here on Sports Talk seven ninety. You're home for your shows.

3216
02:34:09,319 --> 02:34:11,399
Don't go anywhere. It's the A team coming up next.

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