WEBVTT

1
00:00:00.080 --> 00:00:03.520
<v Speaker 1>But we're talking Astros with our good buddy Steve Sparks

2
00:00:03.600 --> 00:00:06.559
<v Speaker 1>right now, who joins us every single week right here

3
00:00:06.679 --> 00:00:09.800
<v Speaker 1>at this time on the show, and Sparky, me and

4
00:00:09.839 --> 00:00:11.800
<v Speaker 1>Gordy you have talked about a ton this morning. You

5
00:00:11.800 --> 00:00:15.080
<v Speaker 1>give up thirteen runs on Thursday, you give up only

6
00:00:15.160 --> 00:00:18.320
<v Speaker 1>one run on Friday, and when then you give up

7
00:00:18.359 --> 00:00:22.199
<v Speaker 1>sixteen on Saturday and no runs yesterday and you win

8
00:00:22.399 --> 00:00:25.600
<v Speaker 1>that one too. Have you ever seen a weirder series

9
00:00:25.679 --> 00:00:29.519
<v Speaker 1>in all of your playing years, broadcasting years, whatever it

10
00:00:29.600 --> 00:00:30.079
<v Speaker 1>might have been.

11
00:00:31.519 --> 00:00:34.560
<v Speaker 2>You know, I don't think any Astros fan has seen that.

12
00:00:34.600 --> 00:00:40.039
<v Speaker 2>I had one of the media relations guys look it

13
00:00:40.119 --> 00:00:44.280
<v Speaker 2>up yesterday and minus won twenty one run differential in

14
00:00:44.320 --> 00:00:48.000
<v Speaker 2>a four game series has never taken pace a place

15
00:00:48.039 --> 00:00:52.759
<v Speaker 2>in Astros franchise history. The record was minus thirteen. So

16
00:00:52.799 --> 00:00:56.679
<v Speaker 2>by eight runs the Astros scored less runs or got

17
00:00:56.439 --> 00:01:00.240
<v Speaker 2>beat up by less runs in this four game set

18
00:01:00.280 --> 00:01:01.880
<v Speaker 2>and came away winners in two of them.

19
00:01:01.880 --> 00:01:03.000
<v Speaker 3>That was pretty remarkable.

20
00:01:03.399 --> 00:01:05.599
<v Speaker 1>No, no, for sure, But I mean, as I mentioned,

21
00:01:05.719 --> 00:01:09.159
<v Speaker 1>Thursday and Saturday not so great for the bullpen. Any

22
00:01:09.239 --> 00:01:11.239
<v Speaker 1>level of concern with you, like, do you feel like

23
00:01:11.319 --> 00:01:13.239
<v Speaker 1>that the innings are starting to rack up for those

24
00:01:13.280 --> 00:01:15.120
<v Speaker 1>guys or do you just feel like it was a

25
00:01:15.159 --> 00:01:15.799
<v Speaker 1>bad series.

26
00:01:17.079 --> 00:01:18.920
<v Speaker 2>I don't think the innings are really racking that day,

27
00:01:18.920 --> 00:01:21.480
<v Speaker 2>and I think, you know, sometimes guys have bad games.

28
00:01:22.120 --> 00:01:23.680
<v Speaker 3>Is there a level of concern.

29
00:01:24.239 --> 00:01:26.359
<v Speaker 2>There's always a level of concern when a guy does

30
00:01:26.439 --> 00:01:28.959
<v Speaker 2>it in back to back games. Brian King bounced back

31
00:01:29.040 --> 00:01:31.120
<v Speaker 2>yesterday from a tough one that he had a couple

32
00:01:31.120 --> 00:01:31.879
<v Speaker 2>of days before.

33
00:01:32.280 --> 00:01:35.079
<v Speaker 3>But when a guy has a couple maybe three.

34
00:01:35.640 --> 00:01:38.920
<v Speaker 2>Just from past experience, just knowing that what that feels like. Man,

35
00:01:38.959 --> 00:01:42.879
<v Speaker 2>you get in a rut at a pitcher sometimes it's tough.

36
00:01:42.680 --> 00:01:46.000
<v Speaker 3>To climb out of it, so you do get concerned.

37
00:01:46.280 --> 00:01:49.319
<v Speaker 2>You're looking for ways and times to get them in

38
00:01:49.400 --> 00:01:51.319
<v Speaker 2>that game so you know they can.

39
00:01:51.200 --> 00:01:53.359
<v Speaker 3>Clear that hurdle like King did yesterday.

40
00:01:54.200 --> 00:01:58.040
<v Speaker 2>But you know, sometimes you're not playing in lopsided games,

41
00:01:58.040 --> 00:02:00.760
<v Speaker 2>so you can't get them in there for a ten days,

42
00:02:00.799 --> 00:02:03.439
<v Speaker 2>and then that problem gets worse and worse.

43
00:02:03.280 --> 00:02:07.359
<v Speaker 3>Because they get rusty as well. So, man, it's such

44
00:02:07.400 --> 00:02:08.159
<v Speaker 3>a mind game.

45
00:02:08.360 --> 00:02:10.879
<v Speaker 2>It's such a tough game when you don't have full

46
00:02:10.960 --> 00:02:14.319
<v Speaker 2>confidence to go out there and pitch it your best ability.

47
00:02:14.479 --> 00:02:17.800
<v Speaker 2>So we'll see, you know, if guys get an opportunity

48
00:02:17.840 --> 00:02:20.280
<v Speaker 2>to get in there and get on a little bit

49
00:02:20.319 --> 00:02:20.800
<v Speaker 2>of a role.

50
00:02:20.879 --> 00:02:22.759
<v Speaker 3>We know what can happen against.

51
00:02:22.759 --> 00:02:25.280
<v Speaker 1>Steve Sparks joined us here on the Seawan Salisbury Show

52
00:02:25.319 --> 00:02:28.520
<v Speaker 1>for his weekly visits and Sparky. I mean, we talked

53
00:02:28.520 --> 00:02:31.800
<v Speaker 1>about the two bad games in this series, but the

54
00:02:31.840 --> 00:02:35.120
<v Speaker 1>two really good ones were because of your starters. Friday

55
00:02:35.199 --> 00:02:38.919
<v Speaker 1>Night Fromber Valdez, he was awesome. Yesterday seam deal with

56
00:02:39.039 --> 00:02:41.639
<v Speaker 1>Hunter Brown just unable to go nine innings like Fromber

57
00:02:41.680 --> 00:02:45.159
<v Speaker 1>did on Friday Night. But I mean, you know that

58
00:02:45.280 --> 00:02:47.680
<v Speaker 1>Friday game, I mean that had to be one again

59
00:02:47.719 --> 00:02:49.759
<v Speaker 1>that kind of feeds into this series just being so

60
00:02:49.879 --> 00:02:52.919
<v Speaker 1>weird of not only how good Fromber was, but how

61
00:02:52.960 --> 00:02:53.479
<v Speaker 1>quickly he.

62
00:02:53.479 --> 00:02:58.199
<v Speaker 2>Worked eighty three pitches, so that tied of Astros franchise

63
00:02:58.240 --> 00:02:59.080
<v Speaker 2>record at nine inning.

64
00:02:59.120 --> 00:03:04.120
<v Speaker 3>Game Fromber and Hunter Brown are legitimately.

65
00:03:03.719 --> 00:03:05.879
<v Speaker 2>They're two aces, So they have two aces and they're

66
00:03:05.879 --> 00:03:09.000
<v Speaker 2>spread apart in their rotation right now, which is beautiful.

67
00:03:09.439 --> 00:03:09.599
<v Speaker 4>You know.

68
00:03:09.719 --> 00:03:11.840
<v Speaker 2>Not to have them back to back allows you to

69
00:03:12.680 --> 00:03:15.439
<v Speaker 2>kind of catch your breath with the bullpen guys, and

70
00:03:15.479 --> 00:03:17.919
<v Speaker 2>for Joe a spot of being able to like kind

71
00:03:17.919 --> 00:03:20.360
<v Speaker 2>of put the gas pedal on one of those guys

72
00:03:20.599 --> 00:03:23.439
<v Speaker 2>in a particular outing to get a little deeper into

73
00:03:23.439 --> 00:03:27.479
<v Speaker 2>these games is great for what they need right now now, Lance.

74
00:03:27.240 --> 00:03:30.199
<v Speaker 3>The way he's pitched the last couple of games looks like.

75
00:03:31.599 --> 00:03:34.120
<v Speaker 2>They've legitimately got three guys who can go out there

76
00:03:34.479 --> 00:03:38.199
<v Speaker 2>and really pounce on some people fromer I think he

77
00:03:38.240 --> 00:03:41.039
<v Speaker 2>had in the era below two. In May, he was

78
00:03:41.120 --> 00:03:43.919
<v Speaker 2>perfect four to zero in his five games. I just

79
00:03:43.960 --> 00:03:47.439
<v Speaker 2>can't say enough about him. We know that you know

80
00:03:47.520 --> 00:03:50.800
<v Speaker 2>that things have gone sour every once in a while,

81
00:03:51.319 --> 00:03:53.840
<v Speaker 2>you know, maybe at inopportune times. But then when you

82
00:03:53.879 --> 00:03:56.400
<v Speaker 2>look at the total body of work for Farmer Valdez,

83
00:03:56.439 --> 00:03:58.759
<v Speaker 2>and when you watch him when he's really good, you

84
00:03:58.879 --> 00:04:02.439
<v Speaker 2>understand that he's a He's a matchup nightmare for anybody.

85
00:04:02.520 --> 00:04:05.080
<v Speaker 3>He can tell you, and I saved his on the broadcast.

86
00:04:05.120 --> 00:04:07.199
<v Speaker 2>By event, he can tell you any one of those

87
00:04:07.240 --> 00:04:09.879
<v Speaker 2>three pitches are coming, throw it in the strike zone

88
00:04:09.879 --> 00:04:11.960
<v Speaker 2>and still get weak contact or a swing and miss.

89
00:04:11.960 --> 00:04:13.319
<v Speaker 3>And I don't think you can say.

90
00:04:13.159 --> 00:04:16.079
<v Speaker 2>That about anybody else in baseball as far as three

91
00:04:16.120 --> 00:04:16.600
<v Speaker 2>pitches go.

92
00:04:18.519 --> 00:04:20.759
<v Speaker 5>It's been a lot of fun to watch to watch

93
00:04:20.800 --> 00:04:23.680
<v Speaker 5>from Bert Hunter pitch this this season. Sparky, no doubt,

94
00:04:24.720 --> 00:04:29.199
<v Speaker 5>it's it's funny. Yesterday Jacob Melton makes his big league debut.

95
00:04:29.519 --> 00:04:30.720
<v Speaker 4>Gets the Monkey office back.

96
00:04:30.759 --> 00:04:32.560
<v Speaker 5>We've seen that a lot with these guys who you know,

97
00:04:32.600 --> 00:04:35.959
<v Speaker 5>these hitters that remember Bragman didn't take like a couple

98
00:04:36.000 --> 00:04:37.560
<v Speaker 5>of weeks for him to get his first hit. It

99
00:04:37.560 --> 00:04:39.199
<v Speaker 5>seems like a lot of these guys they call up

100
00:04:39.199 --> 00:04:41.040
<v Speaker 5>and they get they get their first hit in their

101
00:04:41.079 --> 00:04:43.720
<v Speaker 5>first game or two. But the thing that stands out

102
00:04:43.720 --> 00:04:45.959
<v Speaker 5>to me, Sparky, is how many times in the last

103
00:04:46.000 --> 00:04:49.199
<v Speaker 5>two years or so, you guys have had to say

104
00:04:49.199 --> 00:04:52.480
<v Speaker 5>on the broadcast making his big league debut. This guy

105
00:04:52.560 --> 00:04:54.720
<v Speaker 5>called up making his big league debut, And it's just

106
00:04:54.759 --> 00:04:55.399
<v Speaker 5>been amazing.

107
00:04:55.439 --> 00:04:55.600
<v Speaker 3>I know.

108
00:04:55.680 --> 00:04:57.959
<v Speaker 5>That's why Dana was kind of brought in here to

109
00:04:58.000 --> 00:05:00.360
<v Speaker 5>be the GM, was to repool his farm sat and

110
00:05:00.399 --> 00:05:03.519
<v Speaker 5>get it back going. But man, it's just been amazing

111
00:05:03.560 --> 00:05:07.000
<v Speaker 5>how many rookies the Astros have had the last two

112
00:05:07.120 --> 00:05:10.000
<v Speaker 5>years plus, and yet all these guys seem to come

113
00:05:10.079 --> 00:05:12.319
<v Speaker 5>up and contribute and play a big role.

114
00:05:13.560 --> 00:05:13.759
<v Speaker 4>You know.

115
00:05:13.879 --> 00:05:17.399
<v Speaker 2>I attribute some of that, Chris to the culture that

116
00:05:17.439 --> 00:05:19.639
<v Speaker 2>they have in the locker room.

117
00:05:20.720 --> 00:05:21.879
<v Speaker 3>Twenty five years ago.

118
00:05:22.079 --> 00:05:23.959
<v Speaker 2>I mean, guys who were coming into the locker room

119
00:05:24.040 --> 00:05:27.040
<v Speaker 2>and you were expected to say absolutely nothing. You know,

120
00:05:27.120 --> 00:05:29.399
<v Speaker 2>you didn't really feel like you were part of the

121
00:05:29.399 --> 00:05:31.720
<v Speaker 2>team until year two, really, to be honest with you.

122
00:05:32.000 --> 00:05:34.839
<v Speaker 2>And I think it's a tribute to what the Astros

123
00:05:34.839 --> 00:05:36.879
<v Speaker 2>have been able to develop when they had guys like

124
00:05:37.000 --> 00:05:38.240
<v Speaker 2>Korea and Springer.

125
00:05:37.959 --> 00:05:39.079
<v Speaker 3>Coming up to the big leagues.

126
00:05:39.600 --> 00:05:42.160
<v Speaker 2>I think that the Astros recognize that those guys were

127
00:05:42.160 --> 00:05:44.839
<v Speaker 2>going to help them win games very quickly. So to

128
00:05:44.879 --> 00:05:47.800
<v Speaker 2>be able to simulate and feel like they were part

129
00:05:47.839 --> 00:05:49.839
<v Speaker 2>of the team right away was going to be paramount

130
00:05:49.839 --> 00:05:51.199
<v Speaker 2>for the team to turn it around.

131
00:05:51.879 --> 00:05:53.480
<v Speaker 3>So I think that culture has remained.

132
00:05:53.519 --> 00:05:55.399
<v Speaker 2>So I think it's been ten years that the Astros

133
00:05:55.439 --> 00:05:58.519
<v Speaker 2>have welcome young guys into the clubhouse and said, all right,

134
00:05:59.000 --> 00:06:01.920
<v Speaker 2>let us help you. You know, we're all about winning here.

135
00:06:02.399 --> 00:06:06.959
<v Speaker 2>We don't care about this tenure or what you say

136
00:06:07.079 --> 00:06:08.120
<v Speaker 2>or what you don't say.

137
00:06:08.519 --> 00:06:10.480
<v Speaker 3>We want you to help us win baseball games.

138
00:06:10.519 --> 00:06:13.399
<v Speaker 2>And I think as soon as guys come to spring training,

139
00:06:13.519 --> 00:06:17.120
<v Speaker 2>you know, I think guys like Jacob Melton and camp

140
00:06:17.160 --> 00:06:20.600
<v Speaker 2>Smith feel like they're part of the team.

141
00:06:20.839 --> 00:06:23.399
<v Speaker 5>Sparky as good as as good as Hunter Brown and

142
00:06:23.720 --> 00:06:26.279
<v Speaker 5>Fromber have been. We saw Lance take a you know,

143
00:06:26.279 --> 00:06:29.519
<v Speaker 5>a step further in his getting back into the groove.

144
00:06:29.600 --> 00:06:31.920
<v Speaker 5>Granted it was against the A's, but he pitched very

145
00:06:31.959 --> 00:06:34.720
<v Speaker 5>well with the twelve strikeouts. But I look at the

146
00:06:34.720 --> 00:06:37.079
<v Speaker 5>four and the five and Ryan Gusto and Colton Gordon

147
00:06:37.120 --> 00:06:41.319
<v Speaker 5>are doing everything they can. What is the It feels like,

148
00:06:41.600 --> 00:06:43.399
<v Speaker 5>you know, Colton Gordon at least every time out he's

149
00:06:43.399 --> 00:06:44.439
<v Speaker 5>given you five innings.

150
00:06:45.000 --> 00:06:47.560
<v Speaker 4>Why are they so quick to go grab Gusto?

151
00:06:47.639 --> 00:06:49.959
<v Speaker 5>In your opinion, it feels like to me, I know

152
00:06:50.000 --> 00:06:51.959
<v Speaker 5>he was he was a starter, then he was bullpen

153
00:06:52.000 --> 00:06:53.879
<v Speaker 5>and he was back to the starter and felt like,

154
00:06:53.920 --> 00:06:56.240
<v Speaker 5>all right, they maybe it's an issue of having to

155
00:06:56.279 --> 00:06:58.839
<v Speaker 5>get his workload back up, But I mean, I look

156
00:06:58.879 --> 00:07:01.319
<v Speaker 5>at it, seventy nine pitches, eighty three pitches. Just feels

157
00:07:01.360 --> 00:07:02.839
<v Speaker 5>like in the fourth of the fifth they're ready to

158
00:07:02.879 --> 00:07:06.319
<v Speaker 5>go grab him and he's not getting those five complete

159
00:07:06.319 --> 00:07:08.959
<v Speaker 5>innings as of late. Is that just building back up

160
00:07:09.000 --> 00:07:11.680
<v Speaker 5>his workload or is that an issue of second third

161
00:07:11.720 --> 00:07:14.160
<v Speaker 5>time through the lineup and they want to just you know,

162
00:07:14.199 --> 00:07:16.920
<v Speaker 5>be precautionary. Why why is said they're not letting Gusto

163
00:07:17.040 --> 00:07:18.360
<v Speaker 5>kind of ride it a little bit longer.

164
00:07:19.920 --> 00:07:21.879
<v Speaker 2>I think it kind of goes back a little bit

165
00:07:21.879 --> 00:07:24.279
<v Speaker 2>to what we were talking about with with Fromber and

166
00:07:24.399 --> 00:07:27.600
<v Speaker 2>Hunter Brown split up in their rotation, and I think

167
00:07:27.639 --> 00:07:30.199
<v Speaker 2>you feel really goods like if Gusco pitches the day

168
00:07:30.240 --> 00:07:33.160
<v Speaker 2>after Saint Hunter or the day after Fromer, you got

169
00:07:33.160 --> 00:07:37.120
<v Speaker 2>a loaded bullpen that next day after the CG or

170
00:07:37.160 --> 00:07:39.199
<v Speaker 2>he's gone seven or eight innings, and you feel like,

171
00:07:39.519 --> 00:07:41.480
<v Speaker 2>all right, if we can get to our leverage. Guys

172
00:07:41.639 --> 00:07:44.639
<v Speaker 2>probably thinking even beforehand, if I can get him four

173
00:07:44.720 --> 00:07:46.959
<v Speaker 2>or five innings here, then I can go to the

174
00:07:47.079 --> 00:07:50.319
<v Speaker 2>King and Hater and feel really good about knocking this

175
00:07:50.360 --> 00:07:50.839
<v Speaker 2>game out.

176
00:07:51.000 --> 00:07:52.279
<v Speaker 3>So I think that's part of it.

177
00:07:52.519 --> 00:07:54.399
<v Speaker 2>I think the other part is getting stretched back out

178
00:07:54.399 --> 00:07:58.079
<v Speaker 2>against really hard doing what Gusto's done so far this year.

179
00:07:58.120 --> 00:08:01.040
<v Speaker 2>I think he's pitched seven games the starter, six games

180
00:08:01.040 --> 00:08:03.240
<v Speaker 2>as a reliever, and it's hard to get into a routine,

181
00:08:04.319 --> 00:08:06.680
<v Speaker 2>so I think he's kind of a massage in that situation.

182
00:08:07.480 --> 00:08:11.000
<v Speaker 2>And the other thing is I think other teams the

183
00:08:11.040 --> 00:08:14.680
<v Speaker 2>more the more they get a chance to see you,

184
00:08:14.720 --> 00:08:16.040
<v Speaker 2>they're able to make adjustments.

185
00:08:16.079 --> 00:08:18.600
<v Speaker 3>And if you use your eyes on occasion, you start

186
00:08:18.639 --> 00:08:19.120
<v Speaker 3>to see.

187
00:08:19.000 --> 00:08:23.040
<v Speaker 2>Guys maybe give up a few line drives the last

188
00:08:23.040 --> 00:08:26.120
<v Speaker 2>couple of innings before he comes out. Those are the

189
00:08:26.160 --> 00:08:28.240
<v Speaker 2>little red flags you're looking for as a manager or

190
00:08:28.240 --> 00:08:30.240
<v Speaker 2>a pitching coach to say, all right, we might want

191
00:08:30.240 --> 00:08:31.040
<v Speaker 2>to get somebody up.

192
00:08:32.519 --> 00:08:35.600
<v Speaker 5>Talker Steve Sparks here on Sports Talks of Any and Sparky,

193
00:08:35.720 --> 00:08:40.039
<v Speaker 5>we got Dana Brown on Saturday to give an update

194
00:08:40.159 --> 00:08:43.519
<v Speaker 5>on your on Alvarez and kind of you know what's

195
00:08:43.559 --> 00:08:45.720
<v Speaker 5>going on there, and you know, we come to find

196
00:08:45.720 --> 00:08:47.639
<v Speaker 5>out that that they do a little imaging after that

197
00:08:47.679 --> 00:08:50.600
<v Speaker 5>inflammation goes down and there is a break in there

198
00:08:50.639 --> 00:08:55.080
<v Speaker 5>and Dana reveals that it's about sixty percent healed. But

199
00:08:55.080 --> 00:08:57.919
<v Speaker 5>by one breath, it is reassuring. Okay, now we know

200
00:08:58.000 --> 00:09:00.159
<v Speaker 5>what it is. We have a little bit of the

201
00:09:00.200 --> 00:09:02.879
<v Speaker 5>timeline here. We know, let him rest, let that thing heal,

202
00:09:02.960 --> 00:09:04.759
<v Speaker 5>and then you know, hopefully he'll be good to go.

203
00:09:05.320 --> 00:09:07.559
<v Speaker 5>But on the other side, Sparky, this is a second

204
00:09:07.600 --> 00:09:10.240
<v Speaker 5>straight year where it's been an issue of the Kyle Tucker.

205
00:09:10.320 --> 00:09:12.360
<v Speaker 5>Oh it's a bone bruise. It's a bone bruise. Oh wait,

206
00:09:12.399 --> 00:09:14.960
<v Speaker 5>there's a break in there. It just concerns you a

207
00:09:15.000 --> 00:09:15.399
<v Speaker 5>little bit.

208
00:09:15.440 --> 00:09:15.879
<v Speaker 4>And I get it.

209
00:09:15.919 --> 00:09:19.320
<v Speaker 5>Sometimes injuries are just they're hard to diagnose. But for

210
00:09:19.399 --> 00:09:21.639
<v Speaker 5>the fans out there, I think fans are just frustrated

211
00:09:21.639 --> 00:09:23.000
<v Speaker 5>because this is the second straight ear of one of

212
00:09:23.039 --> 00:09:27.279
<v Speaker 5>your star players missing significant period of time and oh,

213
00:09:27.279 --> 00:09:28.840
<v Speaker 5>it turns out there is a break in there.

214
00:09:30.799 --> 00:09:34.519
<v Speaker 3>Yeah, and I understand that, and I've seen this. I've

215
00:09:34.519 --> 00:09:35.919
<v Speaker 3>seen this for years.

216
00:09:36.000 --> 00:09:39.879
<v Speaker 2>This is you know, sometimes those the small fractures just

217
00:09:39.879 --> 00:09:42.519
<v Speaker 2>don't show up on X rays or imaging because because

218
00:09:42.519 --> 00:09:45.600
<v Speaker 2>of cloudiness or whatever. It might be that they were

219
00:09:45.759 --> 00:09:49.399
<v Speaker 2>able to diagnose rag Getty's thumb break very quickly because

220
00:09:49.440 --> 00:09:51.000
<v Speaker 2>it was just in a spot where it wasn't as

221
00:09:51.000 --> 00:09:53.519
<v Speaker 2>cloudy and it was more clear, and they got on

222
00:09:53.559 --> 00:09:54.399
<v Speaker 2>it very quickly.

223
00:09:54.440 --> 00:09:57.360
<v Speaker 3>But people have been going on on and.

224
00:09:57.240 --> 00:10:01.519
<v Speaker 2>On about this forever. It's just sometimes is clear with

225
00:10:01.879 --> 00:10:06.080
<v Speaker 2>the inflammation. So I think the good news is right now, Chris,

226
00:10:06.080 --> 00:10:10.679
<v Speaker 2>and I understand the frustration is that the Ashers are.

227
00:10:10.639 --> 00:10:11.360
<v Speaker 3>Playing good ball.

228
00:10:12.120 --> 00:10:14.679
<v Speaker 2>They played above five hundred without yord On last year.

229
00:10:14.720 --> 00:10:18.440
<v Speaker 2>I think they were fifteen games above five hundred without.

230
00:10:18.159 --> 00:10:19.360
<v Speaker 3>Tucker in the lineup.

231
00:10:19.440 --> 00:10:21.480
<v Speaker 2>They've been able to keep their heads above waters when

232
00:10:21.480 --> 00:10:22.919
<v Speaker 2>they're waiting for these guys to get back.

233
00:10:22.960 --> 00:10:24.399
<v Speaker 3>And I don't think it's going to take ord On

234
00:10:24.440 --> 00:10:26.879
<v Speaker 3>that long to get back. And you know, when you're

235
00:10:26.919 --> 00:10:29.159
<v Speaker 3>talking about that it looks.

236
00:10:28.919 --> 00:10:31.480
<v Speaker 2>Like because of the calcification that it looks like he's

237
00:10:31.519 --> 00:10:34.919
<v Speaker 2>healing pretty quickly. Then I don't think it's going to

238
00:10:34.919 --> 00:10:36.919
<v Speaker 2>be too much longer, And thank goodness, the.

239
00:10:36.879 --> 00:10:38.600
<v Speaker 3>Astros are still in the thick of things.

240
00:10:39.440 --> 00:10:42.320
<v Speaker 2>But at the same time, I understand that it's frustrating,

241
00:10:42.320 --> 00:10:44.960
<v Speaker 2>and I'm sure it's frustrating for everybody involved when you

242
00:10:44.960 --> 00:10:46.960
<v Speaker 2>can't see things as clearly as you'd like to.

243
00:10:48.320 --> 00:10:50.799
<v Speaker 1>Again, Steve Sparks joins us for his weekly visit here

244
00:10:50.840 --> 00:10:54.440
<v Speaker 1>on The Sean Salisbury Show, hour three every single week,

245
00:10:54.559 --> 00:10:57.559
<v Speaker 1>And Sparky, I can't remember. Were you on the Pittsburgh

246
00:10:57.600 --> 00:10:59.679
<v Speaker 1>series last year when they faceball schemes?

247
00:11:01.480 --> 00:11:04.600
<v Speaker 3>I was not okay, I remember, I remember.

248
00:11:05.759 --> 00:11:07.799
<v Speaker 2>I remember watching some of the stuff that he was

249
00:11:07.840 --> 00:11:10.799
<v Speaker 2>doing in the you guys know about the water bags

250
00:11:10.799 --> 00:11:11.480
<v Speaker 2>and stuff like that.

251
00:11:11.600 --> 00:11:12.960
<v Speaker 3>Some of the crazy stuff.

252
00:11:13.240 --> 00:11:15.919
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I've seen trying to switch around to one and

253
00:11:15.919 --> 00:11:18.000
<v Speaker 2>all that stuff. I remember Schiens doing that. I can't

254
00:11:18.000 --> 00:11:21.080
<v Speaker 2>remember if I was working that game or not, but

255
00:11:21.120 --> 00:11:23.879
<v Speaker 2>I know he pitchedway pitched six innings, gave up two

256
00:11:24.039 --> 00:11:26.600
<v Speaker 2>or one on run in that game against the Astros.

257
00:11:26.639 --> 00:11:28.840
<v Speaker 3>But they've got their hands full tomorrow night.

258
00:11:29.799 --> 00:11:31.519
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I mean and for you, I mean, you know

259
00:11:31.519 --> 00:11:33.360
<v Speaker 1>when you get to see a guy like him get

260
00:11:33.360 --> 00:11:34.879
<v Speaker 1>to go to work. I mean, is that add a

261
00:11:34.879 --> 00:11:36.639
<v Speaker 1>little bit of extra juice to the game for you?

262
00:11:37.960 --> 00:11:38.360
<v Speaker 3>It does?

263
00:11:38.600 --> 00:11:41.080
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I look forward to it. I love watching great pitching.

264
00:11:41.200 --> 00:11:44.159
<v Speaker 2>You know that game yesterday TODs Bradley the race? How

265
00:11:44.200 --> 00:11:46.480
<v Speaker 2>could you not love that? Do you guys know the

266
00:11:46.480 --> 00:11:48.759
<v Speaker 2>story with Bradley what he was able to do the

267
00:11:48.879 --> 00:11:50.440
<v Speaker 2>last time he faced the Astros.

268
00:11:51.200 --> 00:11:54.679
<v Speaker 3>The pitching coach introduced a new grip and a new pitch.

269
00:11:55.080 --> 00:11:57.159
<v Speaker 3>In between the first and second inning, after.

270
00:11:57.000 --> 00:11:58.759
<v Speaker 2>He gave up a couple of runs to the Astros,

271
00:11:59.320 --> 00:12:01.600
<v Speaker 2>he introduced the new pitch to him, a one seam.

272
00:12:01.440 --> 00:12:04.480
<v Speaker 3>Fastball, and he dominated the Astros after that. And then

273
00:12:04.519 --> 00:12:06.000
<v Speaker 3>he goes yesterday.

274
00:12:05.840 --> 00:12:08.519
<v Speaker 2>Seven innings that no earn runs against the Astros with

275
00:12:08.559 --> 00:12:09.639
<v Speaker 2>that one seam fastball.

276
00:12:09.679 --> 00:12:12.159
<v Speaker 3>Again, so pretty crazy the Astros.

277
00:12:12.399 --> 00:12:16.320
<v Speaker 6>You know, I had a couple of the coaches asking

278
00:12:16.440 --> 00:12:18.840
<v Speaker 6>yesterday on the plane ride to Pittsburgh, what was that

279
00:12:18.919 --> 00:12:21.639
<v Speaker 6>pitch that Bradley was going They were trying to figure

280
00:12:21.639 --> 00:12:24.360
<v Speaker 6>out what it was, and it was a one seam fastball.

281
00:12:24.399 --> 00:12:26.480
<v Speaker 2>A lot of guys throw the two team fastball for sink,

282
00:12:26.519 --> 00:12:30.000
<v Speaker 2>but the one seam fastball doesn't have as much lateral movement,

283
00:12:30.679 --> 00:12:33.240
<v Speaker 2>and he learned it on the fly. It was pretty remarkable,

284
00:12:33.360 --> 00:12:36.279
<v Speaker 2>very talented, twenty four years old, and just like schemes,

285
00:12:36.360 --> 00:12:37.600
<v Speaker 2>he's just getting started.

286
00:12:37.960 --> 00:12:40.639
<v Speaker 4>Interesting. I'm thankful for the new scheduling.

287
00:12:40.720 --> 00:12:42.600
<v Speaker 5>I went up to see those guys again and goes man,

288
00:12:42.639 --> 00:12:44.720
<v Speaker 5>that the Rays were just a thorn on your side

289
00:12:44.799 --> 00:12:45.440
<v Speaker 5>this season.

290
00:12:45.480 --> 00:12:46.679
<v Speaker 4>I'm good on not seeing.

291
00:12:46.399 --> 00:12:49.679
<v Speaker 3>That Bradley again. Hey, I was looking yesterday.

292
00:12:49.759 --> 00:12:52.600
<v Speaker 2>There were I think seven teams that had either thirty

293
00:12:52.679 --> 00:12:54.240
<v Speaker 2>or thirty one wins.

294
00:12:53.919 --> 00:12:55.159
<v Speaker 3>In the American League.

295
00:12:55.519 --> 00:12:59.000
<v Speaker 2>Seven teams, and you start thinking about these series in

296
00:12:59.080 --> 00:13:00.759
<v Speaker 2>late May and in early.

297
00:13:00.639 --> 00:13:02.799
<v Speaker 3>June, thinking that it didn't matter too much. It's so

298
00:13:02.879 --> 00:13:04.919
<v Speaker 3>early in the season. Man, There's going to be.

299
00:13:04.960 --> 00:13:08.000
<v Speaker 2>Crazy tiebreakers by the time we get to the end

300
00:13:08.039 --> 00:13:10.240
<v Speaker 2>of this thing because of how close everybody's gonna be

301
00:13:10.279 --> 00:13:11.360
<v Speaker 2>bunched at the end of this thing.

302
00:13:11.399 --> 00:13:14.559
<v Speaker 1>I think for sure, hopefully the Astro is one of

303
00:13:14.559 --> 00:13:17.320
<v Speaker 1>those teams on the right side of the tiebreaker. But

304
00:13:17.360 --> 00:13:19.480
<v Speaker 1>we're always on the right side whenever we talk with

305
00:13:19.519 --> 00:13:22.080
<v Speaker 1>this guy, because he is Steve Sparsany joins us here

306
00:13:22.120 --> 00:13:25.840
<v Speaker 1>on the Sean Salisbury Show, Sparky, appreciate the time, Buddy.

307
00:13:25.919 --> 00:13:28.399
<v Speaker 1>Is there a Primanny Brothers trip in this one? Primanny

308
00:13:28.399 --> 00:13:32.720
<v Speaker 1>Brothers overrated, properly rated. What do you think of sandwiches

309
00:13:32.840 --> 00:13:35.240
<v Speaker 1>with fries on them?

310
00:13:36.120 --> 00:13:36.480
<v Speaker 4>Yeah?

311
00:13:36.519 --> 00:13:38.679
<v Speaker 3>Well, my son he lives in Tennessee.

312
00:13:38.759 --> 00:13:41.480
<v Speaker 2>He flew in yesterday, so he met me on this

313
00:13:41.559 --> 00:13:44.840
<v Speaker 2>trip and that's number one on the box. We're also

314
00:13:44.879 --> 00:13:47.879
<v Speaker 2>going to go to the Roberto Clemente Museum in about

315
00:13:47.879 --> 00:13:51.080
<v Speaker 2>forty five minutes, so we're gonna get a little private

316
00:13:51.080 --> 00:13:53.240
<v Speaker 2>tour with Joe spot On some of the other coaches

317
00:13:53.320 --> 00:13:54.399
<v Speaker 2>and staff.

318
00:13:54.480 --> 00:13:56.399
<v Speaker 3>So my son and I are going to go on that.

319
00:13:56.399 --> 00:13:57.799
<v Speaker 3>That's an unbelievable trip.

320
00:13:57.799 --> 00:14:00.399
<v Speaker 2>If you ever go to Pittsburgh, the Roberto Clemente Museums

321
00:14:00.480 --> 00:14:04.360
<v Speaker 2>is my favorite I've ever been to. So it's gonna

322
00:14:04.360 --> 00:14:04.840
<v Speaker 2>be a fun.

323
00:14:04.720 --> 00:14:06.840
<v Speaker 3>Weekend or a fun fun a few days here with

324
00:14:06.919 --> 00:14:07.279
<v Speaker 3>my son.

325
00:14:07.480 --> 00:14:09.200
<v Speaker 1>No, that's awesome, man, We'll go enjoy that.

326
00:14:09.240 --> 00:14:09.440
<v Speaker 4>Hey.

327
00:14:09.480 --> 00:14:11.639
<v Speaker 1>We appreciate your time every single week with us and

328
00:14:11.879 --> 00:14:12.879
<v Speaker 1>great stuff as always

329
00:14:14.559 --> 00:14:15.759
<v Speaker 3>Thanks Dan, see Gordy