Speaker 1: Is the Matt Thomas Show with Ross.
Speaker 2: Sat on one an As Town. Good morning and welcome
to a Thursday edition to the Matt Thommy's Show. And
Ross that's his sports talk seven ninety touch like faults,
the smooth fact it was so long. Agod to the
extreme first pieceide of the road because it deals and
this is clabberd deep to left field and that is
into the Crawford boxes hand cod window. Jam Smith goes
deep for the eighth time this season and the Astros
double their advantage to nothing. Here in the second William
some of the morning tracks, he leaps.
Speaker 3: Out well and as it was.
Speaker 4: Playing, and I'll sar.
Speaker 2: One on basketball and that past backing.
Speaker 4: Mags an Astros in the.
Speaker 2: Two games Skin even this series that he gave a kiss.
They can beat the colaud of Rocky Ford. It's coming
back Gainstown, camp Smith for the first time in like
three months, and you're gone after one hundred games. It's
all back, and so is mister Texas and Ross are
you keeping with this mister Texas bit? Oh, I'm not
America is He's been doing it last four days now?
This is a po okay, Hi, It's good to be back,
thank you for playing this song. Turn it up. The
greatest hitter in Astro's history by ops plus is back
and you play a Selene Dion power ballad. I mean
it's kind of a gem. I'll give you that. See
I told you forget suck. It's all coming back eache town.
So you go with a soft singing Canadian correct that
people are jamming to this right now. But like this
was not on the bingo card, but it hits. See
now you've heard this song before, right Jonathan? Of course?
All right, I check every day when we play a
song if you've ever heard this song. But okay, I'm
new to the show. I know it's so fitting that
you played this on SFA game Day because from Jennings
just you know, it's crazy. That's a coincidence. Oh is
this small already talking? You're starting early. I'm gonna be
nice and calm because the beatdown you're about to get
in about nine hours. Oh, it's gonna be relentless. It's
gonna be crol with fair. I have it at forty
five to ten tonight forty five to ten? Yeah, all right?
Is the line still holding it twenty two and a half? Yeah, Okay, hmm,
you didn't even ask me for tickets. Are you going
the game tonight? Do you not want to go? You
give me the tickets? Well we have, we can get
your tickets. It's basically there's not gonna be anybody. It's
gonna be half empty. I mean you can get tickets. Well,
you can get tickets. Sneak in three. They literally were
giving away free tickets. Somebody said if somebody forward me
in an email, they were giving away free tickets to
students or something like seven one three. He on a student,
so he's got to call seven one three, goil Cook's
or go to uh coop dot com prostituted for about
six bucks on the secondary market. Okay, right, no, no, no, right,
you got to spend it right at the University Houston.
They need I mean it's a very small stadium with
only forty thousand anyways, and then it's about half empty
every week, so you should be fine. You can get
a section for yourself. I'm sure not getting a section. No, no, no,
it's it's oh, it's gonna be full. It's gonna be full.
It's the attend it's gonna be matt, I'm gonna put
it around thirty nine eight. Okay, thirty nine eight, all right,
we'll check, Yeah, we can check now. Just know this
just all go ahead. Is the weatherbed or if the apocalypse?
Oh okay, here we go and somehow that school by
the way, we did SFA believe it or not. Yesterday?
Do you know the average SAT score is ten seventy. Uh,
I'd have thought it sixteen hundred. I'd have thought it's
been a lot lower. I thought it would have been
about five fitty. Yeah, I mean it's kind of it's
basically open enrollment. It's fine. We're all surprised. Yes today
even he was like that must that must have been
from the old system when it was like twenty four hundred. Yeah,
he's like, I could have gotten outters college for that.
All right, you are back after battlebanning throughout the state. Now,
how many miles do you put in the car altogether?
Speaker 1: You do?
Speaker 2: It's funny you say that I calculated yesterday and I
can't remember. I think it was like thirteen hundred miles
on the car in a week. And you how far
west did you get you to go? In tow Mexico.
I went all the way in New Mexico. I went
from I went from Austin to Carlsbad, New Mexico. Then
I went to Guadaloupe Mountains National Park, which is like
in Pecos, Texas or something like that. And then I
went to Fort Davis, Texas and the McDonald Observatory, which
is incredible. You need to go. And then I went
to Big Bend National Park and then back through San
Antonio to Houston, all throughout Texas. It's not bad. I've
done those things as well. No, you're a mister. Have
you been a Big Been National Park? Yes, I've flown
over it many times. Okay, so I know you haven't been.
Have you been at Guadaloupe Peak, the highest peak in Texas? Yeah,
I've flown over it. No, many times, you haven't. Have
you been I went to a state? Have you been
to any Have you been to literally any state park?
Have you been to Paris? Have you been to any Yes?
I've been through Paris. No, no, no, no, no, no,
Paris Texas. Okay, I've stayed in Paris, Texas. Okay. Have
you stayed in any state park?
Speaker 5: Uh?
Speaker 2: The Rariot? Okay, Look I don't. I only stay in Rariot's,
Milton's uh bits, Carl barrels or reasons. I figured you'd
go to one of the national parks if you're mister
Texas tribes, areas, stops and eats, a corner cafes at
least one state park. I do shake hands, kiss baby.
You haven't been to the Capitol building in Austin, correct,
I have been to the capitol yet. And you say
you said you had last week. You're a liar. Now
it seems like I remember. I think it's like you're
pretty bad, all right? The local nine do get how
how much did you know?
Speaker 1: You?
Speaker 2: You were obviously in town yesterday to watch again because
you were tweeting Texas and whatnot. But you do did
you check out check out in life or did you
try to look at the find I only checked after
games were over. I checked the score. I didn't want
to invest the games because I wanted to. When I
go on these trips, I want to unplug. I want
to make sure I'm not invested. I'm not like I'm
trying to stay off my phone. I mean nature. These
trips are purposefully because you know this, Matt, these jobs
that we have, we have to plug into every game,
every injury, every other game. What are the Mariners doing?
What is all this? And it's just twenty four hours,
and so I try to really get away when I
get away, and so I only I saw the scores
of the games. I did check when I saw them
scoring a bunch of runs, and then I opened. I
tried to stay off my Twitter, but sometimes you just
click it, refrash it. I saw your tweet about the
about the hitting coaches, so that I fired off that tweet.
By the way, thank you. I appreciate that they did
a great job willing them to win. They're doing a
great job with this Jordan guy. The hitting coaches. I
thought they did a fantastic job having him hit a
home run. So yeah, I would say I only watched
the scores, and then I watched the extended highlights of
two games ago, and then I watched last night. So
I'm a little behind. Okay, I didn't know Bryce. What
happened with Bryce Matthews. He came up, and he came,
he came and went and when I was gone, Yeah,
because Taylor Trammell went to the wall in center field
and got hurt. Oh oh, they brought him up, and
so he's down now after the oh with the the
Fromber game, right, that was when I liked you did
see you saw terrible Fromber before he left, and you
saw great, full on meltdown. I had been defending him
for a week, saying people overblow and he doesn't really
melt down anymore, and then he had a full blown meltdown.
He was he was awesome yesterday. But man, and maybe
I'm spending too much time looking at him, but he
looks pissed off all the time. Hmm, okay, he's not
locked in now. Maybe that's the greatness that makes him
one of the best pictures in the game. Look, I
don't remember justin Vernonder cracking smiles. Yea vernonders pissed off,
Brown gets pissed off. There is non Ryan wasn't cackling
during this. You know his games when when he's not
walking six people in an inning, Spencer Araghetty gets a
little pissy out there. Already way too soon, way too,
I'm sorry. All right. The radio show today, we are
a little bit of a shorter show today. Now, back
in the day, this would be a full show because
we we were only a three hour show. But since
we're adding more time to our show and not getting
compensated for it, we're our shorter show. Oh my god,
so you haven't changed. No, I and this are video
cameras frozen. I think so that hasn't changed. It was
literally working the first five minutes of the show. Oh man. Yeah,
that's the look of discuss I'm seeing of you as
the Cougar score their fifth touchdown in the second quarter.
Get him tickets to the game. I need to see ticket,
I need to see photos of this. I need I
need the full experience for him at the u of
HsfA game. He you know, if he wants tickets, I'll
get it for him. Okay, But those of you that
don't do need tickets have one three go kuks and
uahed cougars dot com slash tickets. I believe they have
a section for a you can buy bolk pricing. I
believe it's twenty tickets for ten dollars.
Speaker 1: Mm.
Speaker 2: That was bad. Wow. Don't ask when you want to
go see when they're at nine to zero in the
year and you want to go to a game, don't ask.
Don't ask. Oh, I actually don't mind going to Cougar's games.
There's a lot of good Cougar I like actual good
Cougars fans. There's bad Cougar fans like you and then,
but there's actual good ones who really care about the programs.
All right, seven one three two one two five seven. Unty,
the rudeness is already kicked in. You know what time
away would make you a different person too. I would
like to apologize. I'm sorry. I know sorry is here tomorrow,
but I've been gone for a week, so I'm getting
my infrom last week. No, that was rude. I'm goin
to have something on your trip that you just didn't
get during the trip, right, think about there's a lot
of things I just really oh my gosh, huh mm hmm, Okay,
let me think of I'm go and write them down.
You're gonna forget uh normally Brian mctagger at eleven o'clock,
but we're gonna push him into on deck because we
have on deck show today a twelve o'clock with a
one to ten first pitch. We'll talk to him. We
have I just don't get it. At eleven thirty, Ross,
I gave a homework assignment too. He's going to give
us a practice squad breakdown of the Texans players that
are on the practice squad looking forward to that.
Speaker 5: Uh.
Speaker 2: The uh, mister Texas as The reason I brought this
a couple of days ago is because not only am
I mister Texas, but I'm also the Texans andt Centera.
I told you the Joe mix it wasn't going to
play when others said, don't worry about it. Can you
explain that? Yeah? I said I wasn't worried. But that
was like two months out. What what come out that
everybody's I didn't see the piece of news that came out.
He is on the non free n FI minimum of
four weeks. Okay, the week five game is against Baltimore.
They're off the week six and then get back an
action on the week seven. Uh. And then yesterday they
had a press conference where they basically said we're not
going to tell you what's wrong with him, and don't ask.
They held the press conference to say we're not hell
for him. They just general here's our roster kind of thing. Yeah,
so people like Dimiko is getting very combative, so people
have been very mixed about it about Hey, uh, the
Astros tried to tell you something and you got mad
at them because they tried to tell you something but
it wasn't the truth. Then you have Casarrio, uh and
Demko saying, we're not going to tell you. Stop asking.
It's what the words the best interest of us and
the players will leave us alone. It's and I had
a deep conversation about this with somebody because we were
talking about this in the show yesterday. Very quickly we
said there were some people that both that on both
sides of it. Hey, when he shows up, we'll be ready.
We don't need to know. And then there's other people
that said, look, we invest in the team. The injury
report is a huge part of it, forgetting about the
gambling or forgetting about the fantasy football aspect, which clearly
is a huge part of it. It just is. It's
a big part of it. But injury reports have always
been a part of the NFL. Now, the NFL does
injury reports during the regular season, so you have to
report those things during the week, but that's only in
a fifty three man roster situation. They don't have to
say word one about Joe Mixon until he's on that
fifty three man roster. So it was there was a
little bit of it. I just thought it was And
the conversation that I have on my buddy said, Demiko's
just picking a fight, doesn't need to pick he got
He got into it yesterday by saying, well, we don't
ask you about your health situation. Well, nobody cares about
sports reporters, you know. Well there wasn't really a lot
of reporters. It's more like fanboys. But that's a different
issue for a different times.
Speaker 6: It was you just.
Speaker 2: People's health when it comes to a team that you love,
you care about, not looking for a complete MRI report,
not looking for his X rays we put on the
social media circles, but what's going on? And they just
they didn't discuss how he got hurt. When he's been
out and when he's coming back and they know it,
they're just not going to tell you. So it's just
it was just an interesting conversation how people felt on
both sides of the fence. I'd like to discuss that
if we could, we sure went out seven one three
two one two five seven ninety seven one three two
two five sevenety I just don't get an eleven thirty
astros on deck at twelve noon, Astros do win and
Ross is going to put me in my place because
the over under number was already hit yesterday. We'll discuss
that next here on seven ninety two home runs for
the local nine yesterday one from Cam that had not
happened a long time, but he has been in a massive,
massive slump. Don't look up how many parks it was
all run in.
Speaker 1: Well.
Speaker 2: It's funny because I was watching the TV at the
call at the time and Takl's like, oh, there's a
bun just stick drive like the land in the second row. Well,
at least it was like a ref Ragwell. I was
gonna say that we love you. Jeff, by far the
all time war leader in Astro's history and the second
greatest Astro of them all, but by far the all
time war leader in Astro's history. Post is in war history. No,
not postseason war no, no, no, no, okay, so yeah,
he Jeff's depth perception is not fantastic. You doing this
to me. I didn't do it. I didn't make you
say that.
Speaker 5: True.
Speaker 2: There was a couple of times, and look, Jeff Bagwell's
not a broadcaster. Jeff Bagwell is an all time great,
all Baseball Hall of Famer. And he's a fan of
the Astros and a part of the organization. So he
got a couple of times for fly balls that weren't
really close to going out. He got excited like fans
did to do sometimes in the stands. Yeah, he's basically
Astro Twitter. Oh No, Astros Twitter is not a fan
of Jeff Pegwell, no, I'm just gonna I was damn it. Okay,
I'm gonna do I'm sorry. I'll maybe repeat this eleven third.
It's fine. It's different on this. I think for a
change of pace, he's just fine. I agree. I'll tell
you this. He knows things. Yes see, I don't remember
the middle of the reliever for the Rockies who gave
up the home run Dalvarus to run blast. He was
talking about he threw a change up, and he said,
that's a trouble spot for this Colorado picture because Jordan
did not swing at the change up, meaning he knew
it was coming. So he says, if he throws it again,
he's going to be prepared for it because he already
saw it once and didn't swing. He was prepared for
it the second time. Yes, it was a change up.
And he hit it just straight away center field of
you know, four and seven feet exactly. He just he gives.
He absolutely knows baseball. He is a fan boy. I mean,
that's who Jeff is. I mean, I couldn't hear about
how everybody was great and everybody. He's an astro for life.
He's an astro for life. And I brought this up
to Gordy the other day and maybe yeah, ahead of
me because you were gone. And this is because of
his general manager s duties when he had them, consulting
duties aren't so great. I don't know of an athlete
who is es on the field cherished, but post career
is more hated than Jeff Bagwell because, as I said,
I don't think Calrupken Jr. Ever has to worry about
getting booed in Baltimore ever again that they ever got
booted to begin with. I don't think and we'll just
go over great. I don't think John Smoltz has to
go to Atlanta and never get booed. I don't think,
uh we just j Griffy can go to Sincanna or
Seattle and they're beloved. John Elway was kind of batching
things in Denver for a little while.
Speaker 1: Right.
Speaker 2: The key is this, if you're one of the all
time greats, just don't stay with that team. Just walk away. Yeah,
called a career, remember for what you were. But I'm
with you. There are things he talks about exactly when
he talks about approach and getting an inside pitch. He
was talking about Correa waiting for a curve ball and
then he got one and you just missed it. All
those things that you're talking about. I think it's great now,
of course. And when I say he's not a broadcaster,
I mean he doesn't. For example, Matt Thomas is a
great broadcaster about talking and explaining things and articulating thoughts
and knowing when to talk and using your strong voice
and inflection and all that type of stuff. He's just
not polished. But the analysis he gives is good. Couldn't
disagree with you. But again, I think for one sixty
two you would drive you all insane. Yeah, And I
also believe if he was to do one hundred and
sixty two games, he'd have to get some media training,
just like Jeff Blumpman. Jeff Blum put the reps in.
Jeff Blum is now a broadcaster as much as he's
the next player. He knows the intricases of it. Jeff
in Jeff's life, and I was in this to his face.
Jeff was an interim batting coach for the Astros during
the lean years. I don't know if you guys remember.
Speaker 1: That or not.
Speaker 2: I don't remember that. It was about two months, okay,
and he was really good at it. But being good
for two months, I'm sorry, Blum. No, Jeff Bagwell for
two months was a really good batting coach. But it's
a total month job, or at least an eight month job.
He didn't want that, so he went in there and
gave his advice and he moved on. You have to
be trained to be a good hitting coach. Just because
you did it asn't necessarily mean you have to you
can coach it particularly well. Same thing about being a
general manager. I think you have to cut your teeth
in the front office, about scouting, about player development, about
deal of negotiations, about trades. I mean, guys don't become
general managers after a fourteen year playing career, and if
they usually do, they are usually a failures. Michael Jordan
is one of the greatest well, I mean he'sed in
my mind, the greatest basketball player of all time executives
in NBA history, because he didn't have that training. He
may have been a coach on the floor, but he
wasn't dealing with drafts. He wasn't dealing with fregency, wasn't
dealing with a salary cap. He botched just about everything
he did, but he had so much money that he
could get away with it. And he's still Michael Jordan.
Jeff bag will be the same situation. Jeff would have
to get some training to say, all right, don't murmur,
don't yell, don't be so willing to go oh Poplin.
Like there was one last night that I mean might
have gotten two hundred fiftet the cam Smith one. Yeah,
it was like, oh, Ky looked it up. It was
to sixty eight. Okay, I'm awful little bit, but I mean, yeah,
that's pretty light to begin to sixty eight. But it's
not a home run unless you're in a little league.
But maybe the dead perception in that booth because when
Cal's like there's a draft for Campsmith, Oh my god,
second row Crawford boxes. Okay, I mean it was still
a home run that was two hundred and seventy feet.
It is what it is, all right. So the Astros
did win. They have a game and a half lead
because the Mariners did win yesterday. Uh. And the Mariners,
I believe, are off today if I'm not mistaken. They've
been playing well, right, one five in the last six Yeah,
grant again it was against Sacramento and San Diego. But
it is what I mean. San Diego's good. You can
lose to bad teams. Ask the Houston Astro Lord, don't
bring that up again. That's not good.
Speaker 1: Uh.
Speaker 2: And then the this weekend, the Mariners will be uh
at Cleveland. Okay, let's go Guardians. Let's go Guardians. Your
home for Guardians Baseball ten twenty seven. If you guys
want to join us seven one three two one two
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seven nine zero, We're with you today until eleven, well
actually untill noon, and then we have astroson deck at
twelve o'clock. First pitch will be at one ten. Listen
all the way. I mean, if you want to stop
taking a break at two o'clock, that's fine, but we
want you to least listen to two o'clock. Yes, Ross,
Ross really want two o'clock ten thirty two. Matten Ross
with you here on a Thursday. Boy, Ross picks those
days he's in on a short day, you'll have You'll
have to work Friday and then you're off Monday. You
think this wasn't planned. I learned from the from the
great No No, no, no you you. I'm actually proud
of you, Chili Poelo. Yeah, I was gonna say, not me.
It's Chilie. I get days off. That side missed take
days though, and then he would were every short show
day he would work. So so Wednesday was last Wednesday.
When I left, it was like a one hour shot,
you know. So yesterday our boss, Brian Erics said, is like,
I'm taking Thursday Friday. And he says, I'm going to
get a long weekend because I've got a long weekend
plus the Monday off. And I said, well, I am
working Labor Day. I'm the only one on the staff
is working on Labor Day. And I said, you know,
I get twenty five days off per year. It's part
of my contract. Uh huh. And I said, I'm gon
leave four or five alone. And I said, after working
the Labor Day. I'm gonna work the I'm gonna take
the twenty five, so you should. I'm going to good
and I'm gonna try to do a couple of Rossies,
not do a damn thing. Yes, I need you to relax,
like I'm going to be taking some time in September.
But I'm going to the NBA broadcast meetings. Oh okay,
well hopefully, but how long The meetings aren't eight hours
a day or no. Their actually is very nice. They
feed you very well. Uh the Rockets do. Yeah. Yeah,
it's in Jersey City. That's a strange part Jersey. We
don't even go to New York. We go into Jersey City.
HU was apparently cheaper there and they take you on
a smash and grab tour. I believe. Well, they do
feed us. There's a night activity with the bar is
flowing and that's good. That's good too. Yeah. I'm just
saying and be hanging out with my new NBA brethren.
Mike Twico is doing games again. Uh, I don't know
if we ever talking about this. There are some that
are saying the NBA is oversaturated. You explain in what
way that you know you can watch NBA games in
the season on a national basis, depending if you have
all the services, you can watch NBA basketball seven days
a week, Okay, now exactly, so it's hard for us
to be able to say this is not good. But
I mean they got they're doing Wednesday night football with
on Christmas the last couple of years now too, So
I mean, but football is king. Yeah. NBA is like,
we're gonna put five games on at Christmas Day. In
the NFL is like, I don't care what you put on.
You can bring on Michael Jordan, kriremvil jabbar, We're still
gonna beat you with some RANDO NFL game. I guess
that's interesting. Do they like, was it better back in
the old days when it was just Sunday night or
when it was just Monday night football or Sunday Night football,
but now it's Thursday night. No, I think NFL no
matter what you put on against rats. And that's the
one thing that will be the most crazy thing about
sports is that, like, for instance, but this is a
bad example because we have opening Night because people are
just maybe just Thursday for college football, but at Rando
Thursday night college football game. But to let's just go
with a couple of decent team. Let's go with Cal
versus Utah. Okay, Thursday night college football. Unless you're a
Cal a Utah fan or you've got some sort of
betting implications on it, you're not gonna You're not gonna
put it on a little taste. On the other if
you put on the Jaguars versus the Dolphins, I mean,
it may not be a huge grabber, but it's gonna
have twenty five times the ratings of that college football game.
I think I wonder how much fantasy football really helps
to me. It's more fantasy football than it's gambling, because
I what I do believe is I believe the general
sports audience thinks that everybody bets on game on sports,
and I don't think. I think it's still a very
very small group. Did you get doctor Rode on last week? Yes? Okay?
Is he coming on this week?
Speaker 1: No?
Speaker 2: Next Friday? What the hell?
Speaker 1: Man?
Speaker 2: All right? He gave me some such good advice for
fantasy draft. Oh my gosh, good would there? Yeah? I'm
I'm just happy that I want you to win, Matt.
I'm back to back, back to back champ. I can't
win every single year I've won four of the last six,
so I mean, somebody else has got to win. As
long as it's not Clinton. I don't care who it is.
You know, I didn't let you guys have the crown
for a year. We never We don't have a belt
or anything, do we know we used to have? We
have that big trophy that's in the green room, the
five hundred pound gorilla Gorilla trophy or whatever it is.
I thought it was for our radio station. That's how
we were there, I know, But then it was gifted
to us. That was like, Joe, Yeah, I think I
want a belt. Okay, well you buy it. You want
to buy it out of the fund because I ain't
doing that. We can get everybody chip in, like ten bucks.
How much do they cost? I've never bought a belt
before my life? You haven't? We know who should ask?
Good claim. He's probably got about six or seven of them,
bad boys. I mean, thank you with a spinner? Did
you want the twenty four carrot gold plated? Because that's
going to cost extra. It's gonna take six to eight
weeks to get customized. He knows everything about it. Thank god.
Teresa pays the bills in that house. Somebody's got to
be responsible for with their money. Mean that that little
playroom he's got, I mean big screen TV, video games,
forty nine belts, and thirty different uniforms. Well, don't forget that.
He's got like a bunch of five hundred dollars jackets
and it's ninety seven degrees every day in Texas. Used
to you wore this atrocious text in shirt the other day.
I was like, what are you doing? It's terrible. You
are the fashion police up here, Matt officially. Look what
I'm wearing today. I got my uh gear on. Now
Jonathan can't see it because we don't have the equipment
to work. That's good, Yeah, it's working now. Actually all right, Yeah,
let's talk to James. The Matt Thomas Show with Ross James.
Speaker 4: Good morning, Yeah, Matt, it's not quite fall yet, but
still it is football season. And now these hicks from
the Sticks are gonna break out their Rand mc nalley
road map, get in their station wagon with their sister wives,
drive down to T D e. CU Stadium and try
to build their foundation. But they'll sharpen their acts. They'll
try to build their foundation, but there's only one problem.
Who's house, Who's house? I'm out.
Speaker 2: Wow, there's ten out of ten smack from the cougar side. Now,
just a random just imagine, just imagine I'm rooting. I'm
rooting for John. It's not gonna happen, but I'm rooting
for you. You know what, I'm rooting for you. I
might be the only one I'm still here. There's a few,
there's a few right now. I'm gonna I'm gonna call
out Rent this exactly.
Speaker 1: Bet.
Speaker 2: No, there's no bad I thought you guys were making
a bet. Somebody's gonna to sing the fight song or
you know something fun.
Speaker 6: I'll go.
Speaker 2: I'll even take a class there. Man, it can't be
hard to get in. Ooh, what class are you going
to take? I don't know. By the way, question you
want to want to be helpful. One of the things
I believe in yesterday was you can get a degree
in cyber security at SFA. I believe it. That's a
believe it. Yeah that sounds yeah, it's twenty twenty five. Yeah,
but I don't know if I didn't realize that cybersecurity
was a degree.
Speaker 1: It is.
Speaker 2: That's a those are great jobs. That's a great degree.
Actually that's a that's a feather in the cap SFA.
I say, uh no, there is no bet because I
don't want to take it. You want some job security,
You're always gonna need cybersecurity. Well, I would think it's
an it where it's at. Well, companies are people reducing
I T departments? I mean, I wouldn't want to bring
up one around here or anything. That's wow. And we
had two guys and they let them both off and
we had nothing about Iteen nightmares ever since. But that's
a different issue. We have to ship everything to Cincinnati
somehow in San Antonio and then you get on the
get on the team's calling in on how they answer
for you. That's great, that's fine. All right, where are
we going with this? No, we were supposed to talk
about You're supposed to talk about your gut feeling? Know
do you guys do got feelings? On Tuesday? I remembered
I didn't give you guys those Yeah, he documented, Yeah,
he wrote it down, Okay, he had Okay, he wrote
it down. Yeah, all right. Oh, what I was gonna say.
If you're an SFA fan, this is an open invitation
to call at him Jacks. Let's go. Let's go, Jacks
fan say this, Jonathan, I don't believe there's even an
SFA fan listen to show right now. Not a single
person is an SFA fan listening to the show. Seven
one three, two one two five seven. We're gonna go
for the next hour and twenty minutes without a single
SFA calling person calling the show. First of all, you
don't know any of the players. Second of all, you
have not been to a game since you were probably
a sophomore in college, drinking bruskies with with with Brodie,
and uh you are you're you're not gonna be at
the game tonight. You don't care about your school. You
were forced to go to SFA because other schools wouldn't
let you in, and you got out there as fast
as possible and you and you wound up being with
a couple of girls that gave you STDs. Wow, Well
that probably did happen. He calls them big and blonde
over there at SFA. Yeah, big counter girls, what he said,
now climbing mountains or what in rolls hills and get
some rolling hills up there and neck and win. They're
not like Green Bay big, but they're probably bigger a
little that's a little bit of hills. Yeah, you know what,
I gotta turn my mic off. The girl I went
to my sophomore year in high school, uh homecoming dance.
She is an s FA grand She got her teaching
degree there. We had some attractive people from my high
school went to s FA. And by the way, another
believe or not yesterday was you. It's sixty three percent
of the SFA roman are female. I mean, I mean,
do you need another reason to go? Put it this way?
If if you're eighteen or nineteen and looking to experience
that love for the first time to chop some woods
and you can't, you can't get the you can't get
your wooded in an acadotius. I mean, my god, you
must be a loser, all right? So Dale Woods? Is
Dale really an SFA fanersy pretending to be one. He's
a lumberjack while we gotta pretend. Yeah, there's a lot
of pretending over there. I'm gonna tast something. There's more
SFA people to pretend they went to the University of Texas.
You know that's to be the case, right or A
and M. It's happening. Asking a couple of a and
m shirts. I knew it Dale on seven ninety. Good morning.
What's up, man, Man? How you doing? I'm good.
Speaker 3: Man.
Speaker 5: I'm actually a graduate. Man, I'm a baseball letterman. I
played football infa for semester and I end up doing
some coaching after that. So I am a Lumberjack fan though.
Speaker 7: Man.
Speaker 2: All right, and you're pride that you went to c FA.
Speaker 5: Oh yeah, well they paid pay for my school, so
why not be.
Speaker 2: Broud you could? And how are the ladies when you
were there? They big and bigg in country like that.
Jonathan was saying, Uh, there's a few you.
Speaker 5: Know, East textas a little different place. Explain, He explained, yes, yeah,
just just different type of people. Man. You know how
people say he's texteds is man, you probably related to
everybody else and know everybody else that you're not related to,
So it's a little it's a little different world.
Speaker 2: Okay, I think it was pretty That was a pretty
politically correct answer for you, my friend, Dale. Are you
going to are you going to be Are you going
to the game tonight?
Speaker 5: Now, I'm not gonna be able to make it to
the game tonight. I'm gonna go to a high school
game tonight.
Speaker 2: So you're choosing a Randall High School game over your
beloved All institution, your alma mater.
Speaker 5: Now when I coached for a long time though, so
you know it's the first year and not coaching. So
I'm gonna go watch a game.
Speaker 2: Fine for Pea, which game are you going to? Which
high school game?
Speaker 5: I hadn't decided yet.
Speaker 8: She was gonna get into, You're not you're gonna you
if you're gonna choose a game that you've not chosen
yet over the school that you went to that gave
you a scholarship.
Speaker 2: This is typical Jacks.
Speaker 5: Fornight.
Speaker 2: I will all right, Dale, that's what I'm hearing. That's
thanks to the phone call. That're good to pre appreciate
your down the man, here you go. That was that's
an s F. A Jack fan, the biggest Jacks fan
we can find is not even going to the game,
Like I'm gonna go some high school game, not sure
which one yet? I mean, how much worse could the
next call be, Jonathan? I mean, seriously, you gotta be flabbergasted.
After that, She's like, I'm not I'm not going to
the game tonight. I'm going to go to a high
school game. I just haven't decided which one I'm gonna
go to, so he would rather go to see Brookshire
Royal play Lagrange over watching your beloved Jacks get their
ass kicked by five touchdowns. I'm not gonna All that
has to happen is a miracle. And I wake up
and I'm just talking mess the whole show and Mess.
I really hope that happens. I just now it means
it's thirty zero first quarter. I'm just gonna turn it off.
But yeah, Oh, I thought you're gonna go to the game.
I thought you're the big jacksman. You've been talking trash
for March. You going to the game. I want to
hear this. It really reason. Okay, you know if I,
if I, if you're it, don't stop. You're not going.
You're what your girl's on like you go tonight. There's
no chance she wants you to watch a lifetime movie
with her, and she'll be just fine watching that. That's
why it's gonna be like seventy five s FA fans
of the game today, maybe one hundred at tops be
thirty nine thousand, seven hundred U of H fans one
we're gonna check the attendants mass where we are. It's
gonna be seventeen hundred and seventy five all that. I think.
Thirty nine to seven is how many available I see
on the market stop seven one three two one two.
Are they closing the top for this, No, they're opening
up a third deck. Is it called tea? Is the
t and td ECU for tarp? Mmmm, it's TEA for
totally completed, totally full. Oh, it's completed. That's pretty small.
Forty thousand, we're gonna we're gonna have forty six forty seven.
We're gonna do work. I think we're doing construction right
now as we speak. Seven one three two one two
five seven ninety Madden Ross Sports Talk seven ninety. Hey, Matt,
and I can't believe you're here. I can't either. No,
I it was funny because I was I was asked
looking for the postcard. I went to my mailbox every day.
Oh wait a minute, you really did get me a
You didn't fill it out, though, don't do hold on,
I'm right right now. Yeah, don't give it to me
until I for the show. I want you to think
about what you want to say. Is there evenna stamp.
I wasn't sure does this address go here? And then
I write the message here. I didn't know what happened,
that's right, Okay, See I didn't do it. I didn't
know where to address it to. I guess here. I'm
trying to think the last time I did a postcard.
Maybe I mosing college. Yeah, yeah, I mean that's got
to be it.
Speaker 1: You know what.
Speaker 2: This is a big fail in my part because all
these national parks have post offices. So I'm sorry you
don't wanna do for you. Next year, We've got a
couple of long NBA road trips. I'm gonna send you
a postcard from the road a couple of times. Why not?
I just don't believe you. I well, I swear to
God I will all right. I just don't get it.
Coming up at eleven thirty. Astras on deck is at
twelve o'clock. First pitch today is at one ten with
co staff ah Ja sailing Tannor in the mound. He's
been great, looking forward to talking about it. I did
to tell the truth the other day and I was,
hold on, give them all three, give me all four?
You have them? Yeah, I'll look up. Let me get
a phone call in no, no, no, because honestly telling
you about your ons home run and you're getting me
go ahead, knock it out. That's fine. I mean, yeah,
you said he wasn't gonna hit a home run all year,
and then it's August twenty eighth and he hit one.
To be fair, though, yes, you have you have almost
I had no faith. You have little faith. You only
said two home runs. I thought it'd be a you know,
mid September, but I didn't think he was gonna be
out all season. I said six. He did say six,
so he's well, we'll see who gets closer. A great
baseball mind over there, I know so how many games
have left thirty twenty nine, twenty nine. I think somewhere
in that range. We're less than thirty five teas and
I hit six. I don't think it. But if I'm
gonna end up closest, you're already done. I actually know.
If it's if if he never hits, if if he
doesn't hit it, man, you and I are are you
if if we the news comes out later today, he's
got hand paint and he's out. And by the way,
under the prices right rules, you'd have gone over and
I would have won because I would have I picked
the under Okay, just say, well you can't bid zero
with prices, right, so you you would have been kicked
off the show. I should said point five Barker with
a kicked you in the nuts and sent you off
the show. Remember that, Remember that time you and I
went and went golfing with our buddy and uh and
Bob was with us, Yes, and he punched him multiple times.
Oh my god, it was terrible. Mm hmm. They were
paired together and one guy was playing really poorly. Yeah,
and our Jonathan and our friend would insist on wearing
hockey jerseys when he played golf. You should you well,
like a collared shirt or something. All right, that's tried.
I got We got him in a Dawn one. We
got him on the Misery. We're talked about Joe Mix
and he was he was held captive and his ankles
got crushed and he's like, oh that sounds familiar. He
says gorgeous, Like what a misery that would be, And
he goes, man, I gotta figure out dame of that
movie is, Yeah, it would be a misery visual situation.
I've seen that movie in class in class kind of
glass you're going to It was in high school that
she had put it on. But oh, okay, would you
go to high school again? I went to William B.
Travis Myne junior year. Is that off enrollment as well,
a top line for school?
Speaker 4: Yeah?
Speaker 2: I don't think so. I'm just saying I think aren't
all high school's open enrollment? Yeah, that's true. I think
I think it's called forced enrollment. Roger on seven ninety
good morning.
Speaker 7: Good morning. I believe the frust or something was like
frush is wrong, bitch, but anywhere and anyway, So I'm
don't get me wrong what I about to say. I
really loved the result last night. I loved it from
we had it head on straight. I love the fact
that Jordan got his first safe of a home run.
Speaker 2: Here we go sometimes no.
Speaker 7: No, no, no, it was there. Everything's good. I just
didn't like the vibe. I guess there was the maybe
the you know, the fans were into it, or just
something going on that there's no fire on this team.
Speaker 2: Man, Roger, Roger, what do you mean? What do you
what do you when you say what do you want
them doing? Flops? Or what do you want them doing
handstands or.
Speaker 7: Playing the bad News Bears. They should be kicking that
they were living, not out of his team. He had
it cation to the seventh. They need to score another run.
I'm just saying they're better than that, aren't they aren't they?
Speaker 2: They lost them the night before. Base is hard. Any
win you can get you take. Are you being serious
right now?
Speaker 1: Roger?
Speaker 7: I just think they I just think they they played
down for the eleven competitions too many times. I just
think that that's they won by four runs, They won
by four wards. But then they got their butt kick
the night the night before because they just seemed like
they just were were the astros y'all laid down but
it didn't happen. Yes, baseball is hard, but I mean
that team is not talented. They're there, they have a
three and forty run differential. They're historically bad.
Speaker 2: They've won. They've won thirty eight games this year. They're
not winless. Wow. Wow, yeah, they.
Speaker 7: Won thirty eight games. Listen to what you just said.
They won thirty eight games.
Speaker 2: Yes, so they have a day. They have not gone winless.
Speaker 7: Oh my god. I'm what I'm saying, loss is they
should be better they should be better.
Speaker 2: I don't know. They already had four. I mean it
is I mean, did you want them to win seventeen
and nothing? Is that what you're looking for? That that
made you feel? This is ridiculous, Roger, you're being ridiculous.
They split a series. They split a series with the Dodgers. Recently,
they won three out of four against the Diamondbacks. Recently
they won a series against the Cardinals. Recently the Cardinals,
they split four with the Dodgers.
Speaker 7: Okay, that's great, we should sweep them.
Speaker 2: Well, you should shut your bumb mess up on. You're
making me want to go back on vacation. This is ridiculous.
Speaker 5: This is.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I voice, that is one of the dumbest things.
Oh my god, they only won four nothing. That's what
we're going with. Are you serious? You paid off the
money line, you paid off the run line. We're all good, brother.
The four runs is good. You win a game by
four runs. It wasn't a squeaker. Well, here's here's why
I think he's going with this is that the game
was one nothing for most to night. It was he
was one nothing to the seventh Smith hits, the homer
makes it to nothing. And then and then Orda hits
the home run and make it four nothing. Okay, I
guess it is what was what he wants? Is he
wanted nine to two? Uh? Well, Chase Dolander has been
very good away from course field. Is he always under Fuck?
It's really strange. He had the reverse numbers. He is awful,
awful at home and very respectable in the row. That
makes sense when you're in Colorado. Yeah, but I mean
his the ARA is eleven in Colorado. Yeah, so he's
been very good away from Colorado. Yeah. No, he's a
normal human being. He pitches well there and he sucks
at home. I think his era was under four away
from Colorado. So he's been a good pitch lower now
he had lower now after last night? Yeah, they won
the game. Guys, what are we doing stack in the
first place? Where Stacken wins? We are mad after a
four nothing win? Can can we here ourselves talk out loud?
You had that thought and then you said it on
a radio show, and we thank you for listening. We
do thank you for listening. Roger. We appreciate you. But
that was a ridiculous take. I like four nothing ten
fifty eight Sports Talk seven eighty ouse is the Matt
Thomas Show with Ross Spot one O four Sports Talk
seven ninety. We are in our sports talk mode until
the bottom of the hour that at eleven thirty we're
going to do I just don't get it. Very curious
about your just don't get it because you spent a
you said, with thirteen hundred miles in the streets and
freeways and highways of Texas. Yes, you know I must
start calling you wester I ten. You don't get the
whole state it I went I ten eighty seven, one seventeen,
and I can't remember a bunch of others. Ranch Road
five oh five. I was all over the place, matting,
I was all over Texas. Yeah, I know it's good.
Which you know. I'll be going to Allison, san Antonio.
I've already been to Austin so far this year, Love Galveston.
You know I'm the lone star state. Wait, you he
just sent me a postcard. I got you. You got
it now. It's just you're a horrible cannony for mister
Texas eternally yours. Yes, you didn't even put a stamp
on it. I know. I'm sorry. I bought it though
I intended to mail it, but I just didn't make time.
Your hand running is terrible too. I know you write
like a fourth grader this like I was trying to
write it quick. If I had taken my time, it
would have been better. But yes, it does look like
a fourth grader wrote it. It's like an sfat This
guy some backwards ours. By the way, Jonathan, a postcard
is a small car with a picture. No, he's saying
that because you're young. That's exactly right. When was the
last time you sent a postcard, Jonathan? Never in my life. Actually,
that's a nice one though. Look at those caves Carl's
bad caverns. You can see what they look like on
my Instagram at sports RV. You know what, I'm trying
to put more stuff on there. I got a few
Instagram followers off of me talking about how bad Jurors
was and how there was all sorts of rodents on
Are you serious? Yeah? Rodents, snakes and oh yeah snakes.
I also, I will go ahead and say it on air,
I ran into a black bear. I'll be posting that soon.
Were you scared? I was a little scared for a
few seconds. How big was he? I think it was
an adolescent. I'm gonna I don't know how to say
how big he was.
Speaker 7: He was?
Speaker 2: How big is this? Matt, don't ask me how big
your thing is?
Speaker 7: There?
Speaker 2: Yeah?
Speaker 1: What do you think?
Speaker 2: It's pretty big?
Speaker 4: Right?
Speaker 2: Ain't that big? I've seen bigger. I mean, I've seen bigger.
But it's not bad. It's fair. The show was on television,
and to be so much better. It was an adolescent
bear on the trail that I was coming up. So
our adolescent's naive to things. I mean, there, it's never
been a I didn't know this so afterwards, which I
would have been much much more calm. There's never been
a bear attack in Big Bend in history because it
black bears are more docile, brown bears and grizzlies. That's
what you have to worry about. But it's black bear country.
And it was walking up the trail I had. I
yelled at it. I was like, hey, so to get
its attention. Oh, you did say something to him, yes,
because I needed him. But he was just looking for food.
He was sniffing around in the middle of the trail.
It's called the window trail. If you look it up
on Big Bend, you go two miles down and then
you go two miles back up. I'm on the way
back up and the sun was in my eye, so
I had my hat low, so he kind of snuck
up on me. Well, I guess I snuck up on him,
and so he didn't see me, and so I clapped
so he could see me. And they tell you to
pick up rock and like throw rocks towards the bear
and it'll run away. So I was throwing. I picked
up some rocks and I started throwing it at throwing
them at the bear, and he was running away, but
he was running up the trail, so I have to
keep walking. When I was no he didn't any noises
and then so I he finally knew where it was
and he was just walking up the trail as I
was walking up the trail, maybe thirty yards ahead of me.
And then eventually I threw a couple more rocks when
he stopped, and then he got off the trail. Last
question about your little nature trail walk. What did you
eat when I was camping? Yeah, I went into I
bought like sandwich stuff and I had trail mix I have.
I had some colachis that I bought from Kolachi Chauhruskas
in Ellinger, Texas. I believe great colachis. And what else
did I eat? That's about it? Sandwich stuff, Colachi's trail mix,
no eggs, benedict. Oh, and I have these kind of
frieze dried meals. You can boil water and you pour.
I had chicken and dumplings and I had a pad tie.
How are the how are the freeze drieds? The freeze
drides are solid? I did commercials when when I lived
in Utah for the freeze dried Yeah, I've did basically
that type of stuff. You just boil like a couple
of water. I have a little stove, you boil a
cup of water. You pour it in there, make sure
the lid's on the stove and don't pour boiling water
in your hand like I did. Sorry about that. And
then you just wait like ten minutes and then it's
good to eat. We have a small bit of breaking news.
Is it a breaking news? That's one? That's it okay.
ESPN is shaking up their broadcast team for the NBAS.
George Burke is out is to be demoted to the
number two team. Hmmm. Doris Burke will be off the
number one team. Richard Jefferson stays, Oh that's okay, Mike
Bream stays, and the add on is Tim Legler. I
like legs. I like legs a lot. I don't hate door.
The only problem with Doris Burke is when like they're
going up what do they call it, matt when you're
going off to break and you throw a little like way, yeah, okay, well,
like you know, uh who does a great job, Bill
Raftory're like onions or with a twists or whatever. So
she tries to do that kind of stuff and it's
very forced and not very good. I think it's because
they tell him to do that. Yes, exactly right. So
it's not good at that. But her and basketball analysis,
I think is good. Yeah, she I have do I
do this delicate and Richard Jefferson's basketball announces it's horrible.
I'm not a big writch. I actually but dorisburg more
than Richard Jefferson. I agree with that, But but I
don't think either is like unbelievable. I don't think. I
don't think Doris Burke is like incredible, just good good.
But yeah, so they're shaking things up. The crew got
I wouldn't say university crushed, but it was very few. Yeah,
and again it's all about what's how good the series is.
I like Legs JJ Reddick was great and then he
now he's coaching the Lakers. Yeah, all right, So there's
a very little bit of a minor news on that. So, yeah,
Doris Burke is out and Tim Leglers and Tim Legler's
very very good. All right, I love it ten here
on the Matt Thomas Show with rows seven one three,
two one two five seven nine zero so real quick.
So Joe Mixon yesterday or two days ago, we found
out was not going to be available for the first
part of the season, first four weeks, and Nic Cassio
was very we know what's going on, we're not going
to tell you. And because it's important to us in
the building, it's important to Joe, and that's all it's
important to whether we tell you or not, because their
feeling is is that if you give out information and
then it doesn't come into pass or things change, then
the organization gets ripped for not being honest. And Dimiko
basically when he was his turn on the podium yesterday,
doubled down that and said, hey, you know I'm a player,
the player wants privacy. We respect that, we want our
own privacy. When he comes back, he comes back, and
I think I would probably say fifty five to sixty
percent unto the fans probably said that's fine, we can
live with that. And there was forty percent that said,
wait a minute. You know, we're not asking for an MRI,
but he is a key part of your team, and
if we're just a root for your team, we want
to know as much information as possible.
Speaker 6: So so.
Speaker 2: Again, the end I thought I had about it yesterday
because I took a lot of phone calls in both
directions on it, was I just think to Miko, just
I think you're asking for trouble when you say we're
not going to tell you, and we'll tell you when
we want to tell you, because they're obviously trying to
hide something, whether it's there was an injury that took
place that they didn't know about and found out late,
whether or there was an injury that happened they don't
want to tell us what happened because it's embarrassing or something,
or it's one of those situations that they know the
answer that he's not going to play this year, but
they don't want to make the mistake and saying, well,
we didn't address the issue in getting him back and
ready to go when we needed more running backs and
besides just signing Nick Chubb. So I don't know. I
don't know where you stand on this. Is it wrong
to say I don't really have a strong opinion. I
kind of get both sides, Like what is it that
we owe you that this human being is hurt to
give you the prognosis and the weeks and all that
type of stuff. So I do get that perspective. But
the fact of the matter is is when you're a
professional athlete, those types of things generally do come out.
And it's not anything hyper personal. It's not like you're
talking about the intricacies of looking at the diagnosis and
charts and all that type of stuff. It said he's
got a foot injury, he'll be back in six weeks.
That's not like a huge invasion of privacy to me.
That's my point is that if you just say Joe's
gonna be gone for a while, he suffered the injury,
this way, we feel bad. We look forward to getting
him back. I just what you do is when you
don't get from information, you give those that do get
paid to find the information more ammunition to go find it. Yeah,
because Chafter's pissed. Chafters like they're not telling us and
I don't really. Yeah, he made a tweet about a
couple days ago. It's like the load of secrecy I'm
paraphrasing here is something that's surprising to me. Why they're
not being more transparent about Joe mixing situation. It is
bizarre and it's rare. I don't know what the heck's
going on over there. More breaking news, this time from
the Astros. Next Yes and a gut feeling hit for you, Yes,
eleven thirteen on Sports Talk seven ninety More breaking news
in the world of sports, this time from a local perspective.
I'm gonna give this another one, but not three, Okay,
Joe spot Maddie Yeah. Joe A Spotta a few minutes
ago said that now this is kind of tempered, if
you want to I think it's kind of tempered. Mm hmmm.
Lance mccullors Junior will work out of the bullpen in
the short term, but could be available to start this
finale against the Angels on Monday, hmmmm. So he's gonna
be in a long relief role, and if they don't
need him in said long relief role, he will start.
That's what it seems like. Yes, because again, the Astros
do not have an off day until I want to say,
a week from Monday. So that's well, it's the rest
is homestand and that's quite a bit of games. Actually,
that's the rest of the homestand and then the road
trip to I believe Texas. Okay, wow, so yeah, they
don't have it. They don't have an off day for
a well, it's stretch of like ten or eleven and
straight games. So so it's a gut feeling hit on
my part, probably a little later than I thought it
was going to be. He's got to throw out of
the bullpen first, that's true. Well, I'm still giving myself credit.
I would give yourself credit to thank you. I've talked
about and I was. I mean, I will say my
reasoning that I didn't think he'd come out of the
bullpen is because he walks. You got too many guys
and he puts too many people on base. Now, if
it's a long if it's a mop up type of situation,
that makes sense. This is to me as as close
to a we don't need you any more type maneuver.
If he were not under contract for almost eighteen million
dollars next year, I really I would. I agree. Yeah,
I think he'd be gone. Yeah, there's no way he
taking his swell. There's no way that he understands the situation. No,
he understands. No, no, no, I don't think you don't.
You don't think he think. You think he thinks he's
that close. And he's been, he's been grace at that
and you weren't here. Okay, he said in his last
start against Baltimore is like, man, if that sinker just drops,
I'm this close. Oh well, it's funny that you would
interpret that way because I would do the same thing.
But I heard him say something completely different. Jeez. Okay,
well he's not a face reality. Then I don't think
I will say I didn't see his last time out?
Speaker 1: Was it?
Speaker 2: I mean, how bad?
Speaker 7: Was it?
Speaker 2: Five walks? That's not good?
Speaker 1: No?
Speaker 2: Did he throw a twelve innox?
Speaker 4: No?
Speaker 2: No, no. That one thing about the Baltimore series and
though they hit the ball well, they did not pitch well.
Javier and mccullars. Both did not go very long on
the four innings, pitched three earned runs, five walks, eighty
seven pitches. Okay, No, here's the problem, Lance, and it's
to your point. Actually, Lance doesn't get it, you know,
I just don't get it which we be doing here
in ten minutes. Lance doesn't get it. I think he
had deep down he asked under this okay, maybe at
its core, Yeah, in front of in front of a
bunch of reporters. I could believe him saying he's close,
deep down in his heart, does he believe he do
his heart he believes it. Well, I'm saying, deep down
in his heart, does he believe he is being done
wrong by the astros? I don't think that. I'm not
willing to say that. Yeah, I'm I'm if. I again,
I don't know Lance very well at all. I here's
my This is a terrible guess, but I don't think
I'm that far off. I've worked my ass off for
two plus years to get back to where I need
to be a starting pitcher. I just had a blister
which I can't control. I'm doing everything I can. I
have this sinker of mine that as long as it drops.
I'll be good. I'm just I'm on the brain. It's
it reminds me, frankly, of a guy in your sales department,
ross uh huh, that hasn't hit his number in a
long time, and he's the one that goes against says man.
It's like a car salesman. You have to sell eleven cars.
You've sold four. Man, I had five deals. Blame everyone else, Well,
you can blame other people. You can say that I
was just this close, something happened. He's to me, he's
the guy. He's the sales guy ROSSI that hasn't hit
his number, but has a list of reasons why he's
on the precipice, on the cusp of hitting that number.
You could be right, because, for example, last year when
Ryan Presley was all but hurt that they signed Josh
Hater and it's like, brother, you are not Josh Hater.
So a lot of these one of the reasons athletes
get to the heights that they do is because of
a high level of self confidence and a belief in themselves,
even with their backs against the wall, and especially with
a guy like Ryan Presley who was known to be sensitive.
Lance mccullochs known to be sensitive. Yes, I could buy
what you're selling. So that's my take on that is
that I don't think he likes this. I don't think
he understands it. And he's also probably going we need
starting pitching. Okay, But the problem, the probably reason why
the team is struggling starting pitching is because you can't
go deep into games. Well, maybe we need to have
a nice sitting down with Lance. Just tell him what's
going on. You know, laborty weekends coming up? We got plants, okay,
you want Hey, Lance, your eire is almost seven. You're
walking like five guys every time you get out there.
The team is in the thick of an American League
West Race. You're field inne Pennant. Pitching numbers are bad.
Basically any number that you look at is bad. And
he's basically in my mind, he's probably also thinking, are
you kidding me? Cast off? Jason Alexander is getting an
opportunity to prove himself more than I am. Wait a minute,
I'm the one that look where this team was eight
or nine years ago when I was healthy. Are we
role playing this now? Look? LANCEA, we appreciate everything that
you've done, and all the speeches you provided and breaking
off twenty four A bury you. We're gonna bury you
in the air. We're gonna bury you in the h ye.
And I don't know if that means Houston at this point,
but quite frankly, you'd be off the team if you
weren't making eighteen million dollars next year. Yeah. Yeah, And
that's a hard conversation. I'm sure it was for probably
Joe Spata and or Dana Brown. No, that's and you know, look,
we Joe is so pro player. I mean, most guys,
most managers are being the my way of the highway
in twenty twenty five. Ain't gonna work in Major League
Baseball for that matter, any start of coaching. Yeah, he
believes in his guys. So I'm sure they tried to
soft pedal as best they could. But you know what,
numbers don't lie. Sports are v They just don't. He's
also but he's also probably and I'm thinking before trying
to roll play lancer, he's like, wait minute, I've made
one start. You're not giving me one more opportunity.
Speaker 1: Now.
Speaker 2: Again, this is where I think the soft pedal comes
into play. He might be available Monday. Okay, Yeah, so
it's trying to tempering the emotion a little bit. I
think ideally, ideally the Astros would get up ten nothing,
worn down ten nothing against somebody, and then you could
throw Lance mccolor junior in a clean inning and he'd
give you two three innings to work to work things out,
to work out the kinks you cannot. Now, first inning
is not high leverage, but you can lose games in
the first inning. And Lance mcculors Junior has lost several
games for the Astros in the first couple innings and
they can't afford to do that right now. I'm sorry, Lance,
wait on you, and I got one more thing for
your ross. Let's say he goes and does this for
two weeks and kicks ass. Two things can come into play.
One he can get back in the starting rotation, and
number two, he can slowtify his playoff spot.
Speaker 5: Yeah.
Speaker 2: And if he's a disaster, well, guess what, all another blister.
We'll see you next year. Yeah, because I guarantee you
right now, if you are constructing a twenty six man
wild card roster for the first round of which best
best of three ain't on it now and there's a
chance he wouldn't be on the Divisional Series roster. No,
So if I'm Lance, I take that, and again, this
is hard to do. It's like a demotion.
Speaker 7: It is.
Speaker 2: You can either take an emotion and prove that the
the naysayer is wrong, or you can go It's like
a guy that goes to Triple A. I mean, we've
talked to hundreds of athletes that have that have gotten
demoted to go back Triple A and they can go
down there and pout or then go and fix their
swing or fix their approach and come back better than
ever it happens. Or you can get traded to the
Cubs and get dfa'ed. Yeah, or you can be DFA
and accepting a time with the Baaltimorials, says Sean Duban.
Oh oh, I forgot that happened while I was gone.
Poor guy was good for two months, then he gets
shelled like three straight times in the DFA. I mean,
time to Taylor Scott been on with the teams that
you've been gone, well, I think there are three. Bryce
Matthews has been up and down. I missed a lot,
you did. I gonna catch up, all right, seven one
three two one two five seven ninety If you want
to join our conversation seven one three two one two
five seven nine zero Now for the next half hour.
If there are things in your life you just don't
get seven one three two one two five seventy and
it could be about sports, it could be about life.
The three of us are three of different generations, three
of different education levels. One is class what is brilliance?
One a sophistication? Well then you and then you have
Jonathan Ross. Wasn't there a second not too long ago?
Excuse me? Wasn't there is? There isn't there are always
gun violence going on in the campus? Oh wow, he's
going to the gun violence card. Guys, Necadosias is very safe.
You can get your education without worrying about the pop pops.
I just don't get you seven one three two one
two five seven Hoarie, come in with your just don't
gets next on seven U Do you have something in your.
Speaker 6: Life that's just don't get No need to worry, no
need to We will just suf for topics.
Speaker 2: Just see if we comprehend the things that may can
use our friends. It's time to say I just don't
get it. All right, here we go seven one three
two one two five seven, Honie, what don't you get
in your life? I am of the oldest of the group.
I'm the most mature. Right, Actually, Jonathan might be the
most mature. All right, I'm the most immature. I don't know.
It's pretty uhh. I think it's pretty close between us.
One of the reasons we get along. I know we
don't take life too seriously. No, all right, Uh, what
don't you get? Seven one three two one two five Sevenati,
We got James on the line. We'll get to him
if the rest of you come on in seven one
three two one two five seven. AINI, what don't you get?
You have been on the trip? Did you write down
the things you don't get?
Speaker 1: Uh?
Speaker 2: Yeah, I got a couple things please.
Speaker 1: Uh.
Speaker 2: First of all, I was out in beautiful nature. I
was at some national parks. I went to a state park,
and just about everywhere I went, I saw a bunch
of litter everywhere, and I ended up picking up a
good amount here and there, especially when I was at
my campsite, which had uh it had They tell you nothing.
They tell you that because bears are in the area.
They say don't leave any food stuff. There's a greasy
paper bag at the campsite. There's orange peels all over
the place, used wipes that I had to pick up.
And if you were in nature and you're at a
national park, I figure there's some part of you that
appreciates nature and we want to take care of it.
I don't get these people. We're going out here and
throwing their trash everywhere when you're supposed to be caring
for and curating and appreciating nature in these national and
state parks. I just don't get it. Oh, we don't
have a sounder, do we? I thought we hit a sounder. No,
it's a no. I don't think we ever had. No,
it's my fault. What do you want? You want a
sage like Scooby going, Oh, that's actually a bad idea,
Scooby roll roll. I don't get it, Tarlock, Scooby, you're
gonna lose your voice, got it? I can't. I gotta
do a h pre game showing night, all right, I
forget that. There you go. I don't get it. It's
very upsetting. I think people, I will say, unfortunately, I
get it. I think people have any opportunity to drop trash.
You're gonna do it, whether it's in a movie theater,
whether it's a ballpark, whether it is Have you seen
our carpets in ours in our prep room. Yeah you're guesting. Yeah,
you've been dropping stuff all over the place over there. Well,
that doesn't seem fair, but that's fine, Okay. I'm gonna say, unfortunately,
the average human being, and at least in our country
that we live in love or slobs. So I'm gonna say, Rossie, unfortunately,
I'm sorry to say it. I totally get it. You
people make me sick.
Speaker 1: I know, I know.
Speaker 2: All right, what else you got me? You are to
going one more? Yeah? All right? So I'm I'm in
the Cheese Hoos Basin campground at four. It's not for Ben,
Big Ben. It's one of the darkest skies in the
entire country and it's during the New moon, so people
come there for stargazing. You could see the look at
some of the pictures I put on my Instagram at
Jesus sports RV on my Instagram at sports RV, you
could see some of the you could literally see the
Milky Way galaxy. Then in the middle of the night,
some jackass has got like one of those mega powered
spotlights and he's pointing it up in the sky. Now,
I don't people don't know this, but it takes your
eyes like ten minutes to adjust to the total bark
total at least. And this Yahoo is out there, plus
just like putting his spotlight all over the place and
in the sky and on the mountains and all this
type of stuff pissing me off. And I really was
thinking about going and say something to him, but then
he stopped finally, And I just don't get that either.
We're all out here trying to want to look at
the stars, not you be a buffoon with your giant
spot Oh look, got you on the spotlight on the mountain.
That's cool. No, you're an idiot and I hate you
and I just don't get you. This would have been better, frankly,
if you'd have done an Instagram live on this orner
reels because people run, I'm gonna stop. Oh here we go. Okay,
So I'm gonna tell you, I just don't get it
because I've never been in that situation, so I can't
speak to it. Okay, all right, mine go Number one.
I told you this earlier today. The Jeff bag will
hate on broadcasts. I just don't get it. I think
he's fine. Again. I don't need one hundred and sixty
games of it. Yeah, but fifteen the year's not gonna
kill me. I'm with you. I don't mind it, but
I do get white people don't like it. People are you, Matt?
You could be literally there are people on this on air,
on this station who think Mike Bring does a bad job.
Like people do that Bag. People like really good broadcasters
and good I think for whatever reason, people love to
hate on color guys, especially colored guy, not colored guys.
Colorlor commentari, color commentators. Man a little nervous about that.
Lord and women. But Doris Purk, Yeah, I don't mind Dorisburk,
Tony Romo I think does a great job and people
hate on him. Tom Brady at least got better. Uh
who else? By the way, Tom Brady's broadcasting rules are
a lot more relaxed. He can go taking criticized officials now,
and he can also go into the production. What changed
the NFL changed it? Okay, because you know he's got it,
he's got a He's really involved in the Raiders. I mean,
probably more than any broadcaster should be. I think the
NFL is in an unfair advantage being. I believe it's
an unfair advantag I think the NFL is going to
tell him at some point, Fisher cut bait in your
broadcasting career. Oh I got another quick one. Oh okay,
I got one after that. I don't get why you
call yourself mister Texas.
Speaker 6: I do.
Speaker 2: You're an immigrant number one, we're all immigrants. Number two.
I don't get what the basis is for you to
say this this. Did you think Galveston's cool? And you've
been to Lubbock a few times and now you're mister Texas.
It doesn't make any sense to me. I've been, don't
get it, Austin, San Shriven, through some cities, Corpus Christie,
I love them all. You've never been to the Capitol
Building all I've been in the National parks. You don't
like enchiladas, you don't like Tamali's. You barely tolerate brisket,
No sweet forget that, oh no sweet tea. I mean,
the list goes on. You get why I'm mister Texas.
I put a poll on my Twitter at sports RV,
who is the worst mister Texas candidate Matt Thomas or
General Santa Anna, and right now you were losing sixty
five to thirty five. Well, shout out to them thirty
five percent. I guess all right mine quickly. I just
don't get why people go to their phones or go
to their cars, sit in the car and shoot videos.
Oh yeah, like they just sit and they got their
seat belt on and they're like in the middle of
their car and there, which is really not vacinating. But
I mean, I'm going to do one in the next
seven to set ten days, and it's gonna be so hilarious,
is it. Yeah, don't don't oversettle that because I'm gonna say,
I'm gonna get the car and go here I am
in my car. That's it. Oh, that's hilarious that people
are gonna los real slapper. I'm asking you a question.
Why do people feel like they have to go in
their cars and do videos. Help me WoT me through this, please.
It's twenty twenty five and people film doing in your apartment.
You can't do what you have. I don't know, because
I think it's you don't have to deal with the back.
What was that? Oh that's you videos on your phone.
I don't get why you're you can't put your phone
down for five second take your phone away like you're fourteen.
I'm yeah, I'm on your side. You've never done that. No,
I have those creepy videos with graphics behind green screen.
Pal All right, that's called cwoma key. I'm doing another one.
You know what I'm doing one today? On a review
of Interstellar Barbecue. One of the there was a they
got a Michelin star. I believe they were top ten
in the last I think there were number six and
in the last top fifty. And how many How long
do you have to wait in the line? I got
there at ten oh three. I was eating by about
eleven fifteen. WHOA, don't you're gonna get mad at me?
Go ahead? Waiting in line for an hour for barbecue.
Let's say I just don't get okay. Let's say you're
going to a restaurant and it's a twenty minute wait,
and you sit down, you get your drinks, you have
to order your food, right, and how long does that take?
Fifteen twenty minutes? I doesn't take fifteen. So by the
time you get to the restaurant, by the time you're
sitting down and your food hits the table. It could
be an hour and fifteen right easily? Yes or no?
This is possibility. Okay, all right, ain't that bad? Usually
it's gonna be a squitch you whining. It's gonna usually
be stay a baked potato salad. Oh my god, this
is this? This beef that I ate beef rib. I
ain't waiting one hour and twelve minutes for a beef rip,
like I said, this is this is hand crafted smoke
for twelve hours in Michelan Star. You're not You are
not mister Texas. If you're not waiting an hour for
Michelin Star Texas barbecue, you are the worst candidate in history.
You can see the trail on my Instagram at sports
RVLG be dropping a review video later today. Jonathan, what
don't you get? Oh kill me, man, I got one
for you. I don't get why you think your team's
got a chance in hell of waning minute?
Speaker 1: No?
Speaker 2: Oh you know, I you know? Are you going to
the game. Don't be a fraud. Are you going to
the game. I'm going to the game. I'm not talking
to you, man, talk to me. You know I could. No,
you're not your girl wants you to watch some show
on on Lifetime. You're good, you got planned. Sorry, but no,
I don't get going back to Rogers call because this
happens often while I'm screening callers, is that they just
think because the team sucks her they have bad expectations
for the team, that they're not still pro ballplayers, Like
these guys are on triple A, double A, you know,
like these guys are just the same level with the
horrible chemistry and a horrible managing team. So I don't
understand why that keeps happening with all these older people.
I would say older, like yeah, like get them, it's
not I don't know. It rubs me the wrong way
when I have to hear that when they win for
nothing and somebody says that's not good enough. But like,
and you know, I mean, that's ridiculous, but it happens
that just Roger, but it happens on all these other
callers that you're like, oh, like why is this? This
is that I'm like, you guys don't understand how sore
one these ballplayers after even just one game, so all
the recovery, all the mental they have to do, the
IVS that put in when they go into the hotel
rooms all that stuff. Like, there's so much more to
the sport and going back to back at a quality
start than just oh, go hit ball, go along. Like so,
if I tell people that yard On Alvarez is not
playing today, you don't think people should wig out about that.
It's just playing a home run. All right. We know
he's good. He set in time. He just came back
from injury. He played for two games, one of them
in the field, correct, yeah, and left field, and and
they're giving him a day off. It seems very very normal.
I get that, all right, Well, I will tell Jonathan
why people do this. Number one, they're spoiled fan bases.
And number two, I think a lot of people don't
watch a lot of baseball outside of just the Astros.
They tunnel in on the Astros. Other teams have runners
in scoring position issues, Other teams lose to bad teams.
As I mentioned to Roger, like they split a four
game set with the Dodgers. I'm sure Dodgers radio is
all upset about that, like it happens talking about the
Rockies splitting the series with the Dodgers. Anyways, all right, now,
it's your turn. James will start with you the recipe.
Come on in seven one three two one two five
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ninety What don't you get? We'll hear from you next
here on Sports Talk seven ninety All right.
Speaker 5: Here we go.
Speaker 2: You just don't get stuff, Let's go seven one three
two one two five seven ninety seven one three two
one two five seven Nuntie James, thank you for holding
my friend. What don't you get?
Speaker 3: Hey there, guys, fellow Maine Creek alumni calling?
Speaker 1: What year?
Speaker 2: I just ninety six? Okay, congratulations, you went on outstanding
high school.
Speaker 6: Thank you.
Speaker 1: I'm perked outside the Big City wings at Copperfield, and
I just don't get why the Michelin man is white.
Speaker 2: Ah wow, that's yeah, tires are black. Hmm, just start reward.
Thank you sir. The Mitchell man is white. M oh okay,
you have an answer, yes, go ahead. The tires that
the rubber tires are naturally gray and white. It was
not until nineteen twelve that carbon chemicals will mix into
the white tires, which turned them black. You learn something
new every day. Let me tell you something. There are
other shows in this marketplace. So are going to give
you a deep Texans roster breakdown. This show is going
to tell you the origin of the Michelin entire guy.
That's what separates us from the rest of the people
in this market. Yes, shout out to make your high school.
Shout out to all of you playing your first high
school football games. Busy night of the old high school slave. Yes,
says our lumberjack fan from earlier went one random lumberjack
guy who says, I'll go to any game in town,
but the school that I went to, hm m m uh,
Matt in Spring Branch, Matt. What don't you get, ain't
Matt and Ross. I was just going to be a
passive listener today. I was just gonna listen to the
people of Houston calling. But with Ross and you talked
about the national parks. You triggered me.
Speaker 1: The worst thing that happened to national parks was COVID
because more people had to get outside and they started
discovering national parks. So the more people get, the more
trashy people. So it's it's bad news and apropos to
your spotlight. Bro. I don't I don't get, I don't get.
Speaker guy at the beach. I'm there listening to the
nice wave and relaxed. I'm not here to listen to
your your bro country or your regit tolling, whatver the
hell you got going on. So I don't get speaker
guy at the beach. Thanks, thank you.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm with you. There's also speak now. I've also
done it in my day. Speed people do speakers on
the trail. First of all, it's a bad idea if
you well, no, it's actually not a bad idea if
you want to scare bears away. But yeah, you're supposed
to enjoy nature sounds. I'm with you. I do speaker
at the beach. I've done that before. I mean, you
want to just jam out and have put some music
on your buds on or no, yeah, you can do earbuds.
But I think you know, people get together with a
group of people and they put some music on and
go to the beach. I mean, I get it, but
I also get if you want to just be there
to be enjoying the beach sound, the relaxing beach sounds
or the relaxing sounds of nature. I'm gonna go with
I get music on the beach, definitely, don't no on
the beach. Yes, I am a campsite. I put on
some music a little, like some low music some of
the time. Some of the time I was just listening
and I didn't do it all one way. And sometimes
I was putting on like some relaxing music low so
I could hear the nature as well. Like my wife said,
we're going to Hawaii next year. She says, you're not
bringing your phone to the beach or the iPad or
any of that stuff. Okay, you know what I'm gonna do. Worse,
We're gonna plants for us to go to Hawaii next July. Huh.
I'm going to try to attempt to not tweet for
an entire week. Yes, that sounds great. I think I'm
gonna enjoy it. I'm not gonna say it's gonna change
your life. It won't hurt it. It's I'm gonna look
at it. It's better, don't even look. No, delete the
I don't think I can delete that for a week.
You really think I can do that for a whole week?
How long are you gonna be going? I don't know
even we even thought about it. It's so expensive. I
no go Hawaii. Go to King Kong. It's Carly's high
school graduation trip. That's so we should go to King Koon.
I don't want her to go to Kang Ku. A
little dangerous down there. It's King Kon's fine. You mean
you're gonna First of all, I know you you're gonna
book a nice, all inclusive resort. You're not gonna leave
the resort. You're in zero danger? Are you sure? I
can't okay, I can't say zero, but you're in ninety
nine point danger free, okay? Slick Rick on seven on
eighty slick what don't you get?
Speaker 4: Hey?
Speaker 5: What's happening? Guys? I'll just.
Speaker 2: Sounds like our I'm can you hear why? I don't understand.
Oh jeez, that's our that's our phone, slick Rick trying
to call back on a different line. You call slick
headtail slick to call back. I don't get why we
continue to openly rip our phone service and it never
gets fit. Because it's Internet based. Internet can go out sometimes.
I mean they told us Internet base was gonna be better.
Who did Who said that? I want to know who
this person is? The IT people. Everything's gonna be streamlined,
guys and it's gonna be on the cloud and it's
just gonna be. It's gonna make your life so much easier.
It's not. It's made my life more aggravating. John in
Lake City, John, what don't you get?
Speaker 3: How do y'all?
Speaker 6: I just graduated last year out of high school, so
I'm fairly new to adult things. Some model understand is
how there can be two gas stations right next to
each other and one's like three dollars the other is two.
Speaker 2: Fifty m John, where do you go to high school?
Clear Springs High School? And are you in college? You're
working right now.
Speaker 7: I'm going to firefighting school and this upcoming spring.
Speaker 2: Oh oh that's outstanding. I got a good friend of mine.
It's a firefightre you guys. You're going a tough life,
but a rewarding life, my friend. Good luck to you
on that. Yeah very much, Yeah, thank you. I don't
get it either. I see I see gas stations across
the street all the time, Not spikes gas stations, just
general gas stations. Yeah, that are twenty to twenty five
cent discrepancy. I don't get it. I don't understand either.
I guess somebody can explain that to me, Well, it
could be a mandate by the by the people. Don't know.
I've seen the same prices across from each other. Yeah,
but I mean what if what if shell says or
lay whatever their company, there's Ralse's company wide. Like I
have a very I have a very good friend of
mine whose wife determines gas station cost for gas stations
in the southeast, the Atlanta metro area and all throughout
the southeast. She determines it. Nobody else does. Okay, so
maybe somebody had an off day. You never know these things. Uh,
steve it in Pairland, Stephen, what don't you get?
Speaker 3: Hey, I don't get why. I went to home depot
the other day and a Snicker's bar costs three dollars
and forty eight whoa, yeah, compared to when I was
growing up it was fifty cents out of.
Speaker 2: Any Well, why are you going to home depot to
get your candy? Why don't you go to the seven
to eleven?
Speaker 3: Well, you know, I was just over there and I
was like, hey, why not pick up a Snickers bar?
And I looked at it.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I don't think he went to home depot for
a Snickers bar? And then you're making a massive mistakes,
even going to a home depot. I'm sure he happened
to be at home depot. Man, I want a Snicker bar.
You know I'm gonna go. It's time to head a
home depot.
Speaker 3: Yeah, it doesn't work that way.
Speaker 6: Uh.
Speaker 3: I love the videos that you're Oh.
Speaker 2: Thank you, Steven. I wouldn't either. It's they're not any good.
They're a waste of time. He won't give you that
kind of good material at sports RV on Instagram. Speaking
of that, do you know there's a new Snickers bar Steven?
I saw this on an ad called Snickers High Protein.
Oh okay, yeah, people are into the protein.
Speaker 6: Now.
Speaker 2: Twenty grams of protein. That's a lot. Four grams of sugar.
My guess it tastes like crap. What about fiber? Twenty
grams of in a Snickers bar? That is a lot.
It's probably not great, but you know, if you need
a protein load, Matt, which I know you do. Yeah,
those cast a little little skin. Shut up, Tom, I
can hear him. That's our engineer, Tom suck. Did you
know that, Tom? Cameras Internet sucks. Our camera sucks. The camera.
You're doing a great job, Tom, Tom Calves. Look at
my calves. I didn't say this. Calves got a lot
of work out about four thirty yesterday morning. If you
know what I'm saying, nobody needs to know that. I
just told you. You doing chat? And Kenny, what don't
you get you in calf lifts?
Speaker 1: Man?
Speaker 8: You know.
Speaker 2: Chat? That's the same line. Hear that Tom not his fault.
Well it's easy to blame him. Sorry, Chad. We would
have gotten to you, but we have internet phone lines
after us on deck. You ready? Not really, I'm not
gonna provide much analysis, but I'm gonna can sit with me.
I'm gonna be each other in a few days. I'm
gonna bes just sit with me. I won't create BS analysis.
I've only watched one game in the last week. I
will not throw anything at you that will throw you off.
Thank you. I don't know, Oh god, I would. It
would be fun to do that. Brian mctart's gonna join
us as part of it. The fifteen minutes here on
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