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On Sports 6 00:00:14,920 --> 00:00:18,000 Speaker 1: Radio ninety three point three KJARFM. 7 00:00:18,160 --> 00:00:21,880 Speaker 2: Hu Millan rejoins us right now on the radio program. 8 00:00:22,360 --> 00:00:24,880 Speaker 2: Here we're going to talk to Matt Thomas from Houston 9 00:00:24,920 --> 00:00:27,400 Speaker 2: bottom of the hour on the Astros coming to town 10 00:00:27,440 --> 00:00:30,920 Speaker 2: this weekend, but before that had a chance yesterday, as 11 00:00:30,960 --> 00:00:32,640 Speaker 2: you know, to catch up with YOUWDC. 12 00:00:33,400 --> 00:00:34,360 Speaker 3: Ryan Walters. 13 00:00:34,680 --> 00:00:37,280 Speaker 2: We're going to talk about Ephesian's price sock and Takario 14 00:00:37,400 --> 00:00:39,440 Speaker 2: Davis not having them in the secondary and how that 15 00:00:39,560 --> 00:00:41,479 Speaker 2: changes the Husky defense. 16 00:00:41,520 --> 00:00:42,920 Speaker 3: So your homework. 17 00:00:42,600 --> 00:00:45,479 Speaker 2: Assignment, Huey, is to listen for the next two and 18 00:00:45,479 --> 00:00:49,800 Speaker 2: a half minutes to Husky Real Quick Coordinator Ryan Walters. 19 00:00:50,000 --> 00:00:51,120 Speaker 3: Hey talk about. 20 00:00:50,840 --> 00:00:54,640 Speaker 2: A lot of topics, including, by the way, what young 21 00:00:54,680 --> 00:00:57,800 Speaker 2: guys he thinks that are on this spring roster right 22 00:00:57,840 --> 00:01:00,960 Speaker 2: now may have a chance to shine cob Apple Cup 23 00:01:00,960 --> 00:01:01,920 Speaker 2: in week number one. 24 00:01:02,040 --> 00:01:03,840 Speaker 4: You know who's going to be a starter. You know, 25 00:01:03,880 --> 00:01:06,560 Speaker 4: it's still early. Yeah, you know, the rest of the 26 00:01:06,600 --> 00:01:09,840 Speaker 4: spring ball in the fall camps sort of iron that out. 27 00:01:09,880 --> 00:01:12,319 Speaker 4: But you know, some of the younger guys that have 28 00:01:12,360 --> 00:01:16,080 Speaker 4: stood out, you know obviously Darren Derek Coleman, Brussa, right, 29 00:01:16,520 --> 00:01:18,360 Speaker 4: you know, it looks like a looks like it looks 30 00:01:18,400 --> 00:01:20,399 Speaker 4: like a monster out there, just like you did in 31 00:01:20,560 --> 00:01:23,560 Speaker 4: on tape in high school. You know, t I is 32 00:01:23,600 --> 00:01:27,760 Speaker 4: another young guy up front that's you know, physically can handle, 33 00:01:28,000 --> 00:01:31,960 Speaker 4: you know, playing in the big ten. Jaron Jones the 34 00:01:32,000 --> 00:01:35,400 Speaker 4: defensive back. You can can run, can play outside, can 35 00:01:35,440 --> 00:01:38,600 Speaker 4: play inside, in the slot. And then you know a 36 00:01:38,600 --> 00:01:40,560 Speaker 4: lot of the guys that we got from the transfer 37 00:01:40,640 --> 00:01:43,759 Speaker 4: portal that we're counting on to play big minutes for us. 38 00:01:43,880 --> 00:01:47,680 Speaker 4: You know, they they have been pleasant surprises and have 39 00:01:47,760 --> 00:01:50,320 Speaker 4: confirmed the things that we thought about them, yeah before 40 00:01:50,360 --> 00:01:50,800 Speaker 4: you brought them in. 41 00:01:50,880 --> 00:01:53,160 Speaker 2: Well, you guys last year were tenth in the country 42 00:01:53,160 --> 00:01:55,680 Speaker 2: in power for in scoring if you take out that 43 00:01:55,800 --> 00:01:58,400 Speaker 2: James Madison's and Western Missions and all that stuff. So 44 00:01:58,480 --> 00:02:00,480 Speaker 2: I thought, just a marvelous year for you guys in 45 00:02:00,520 --> 00:02:03,000 Speaker 2: your number one for you as the d C. But 46 00:02:03,240 --> 00:02:05,800 Speaker 2: there's some changes, right, there's no to Carrio Davis, there's 47 00:02:05,800 --> 00:02:07,160 Speaker 2: no Efesians price Socks. 48 00:02:07,200 --> 00:02:08,440 Speaker 3: So the scheme that you. 49 00:02:08,400 --> 00:02:10,680 Speaker 2: Played with those guys on the back end, you know, 50 00:02:10,720 --> 00:02:13,079 Speaker 2: those are those guys on the islands out there. Can 51 00:02:13,120 --> 00:02:15,960 Speaker 2: you continue to do what you did schematically or does 52 00:02:16,000 --> 00:02:18,880 Speaker 2: the personnel force you to make maybe some changes to 53 00:02:18,919 --> 00:02:19,320 Speaker 2: your scheme? 54 00:02:19,400 --> 00:02:21,840 Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean obviously every year you're gonna have tweaks 55 00:02:21,880 --> 00:02:25,200 Speaker 4: in adjustments, you know, just in terms of evolving as 56 00:02:25,200 --> 00:02:29,480 Speaker 4: a as a coach, evolving as a roster yep, and 57 00:02:29,680 --> 00:02:32,200 Speaker 4: you know, evolving with the game. The game always changes. 58 00:02:32,240 --> 00:02:35,680 Speaker 4: And you know, even though we don't have those two guys, 59 00:02:35,840 --> 00:02:38,000 Speaker 4: you know, a lot of times, you know, only one 60 00:02:38,000 --> 00:02:39,880 Speaker 4: of those guys was available during the season, so right, 61 00:02:40,440 --> 00:02:43,160 Speaker 4: you know, we have to tweak real time during the 62 00:02:43,160 --> 00:02:46,120 Speaker 4: season as well, so it won't be too much different. 63 00:02:46,160 --> 00:02:49,160 Speaker 4: There'll be a couple of different variations, but very confident 64 00:02:49,200 --> 00:02:51,160 Speaker 4: with the guys that we have in the locker room. 65 00:02:51,160 --> 00:02:53,160 Speaker 2: Defensively, yeah, Well, I asked Jet Fish he was with 66 00:02:53,240 --> 00:02:55,560 Speaker 2: us Ryan last week, and I said, what's the one 67 00:02:55,600 --> 00:02:58,000 Speaker 2: position group on this football team that you feel the 68 00:02:58,040 --> 00:03:00,520 Speaker 2: most confidence in? And I actually thought he was going 69 00:03:00,560 --> 00:03:02,960 Speaker 2: to say the offensive line he didn't say the offensive line. 70 00:03:03,040 --> 00:03:06,080 Speaker 2: You want to guess what position group he was line linebackers. 71 00:03:06,320 --> 00:03:07,840 Speaker 2: You know, I'm glad you guys are on the same page. 72 00:03:07,880 --> 00:03:10,079 Speaker 2: By the way, if you would have said something totally different, 73 00:03:10,160 --> 00:03:12,000 Speaker 2: we may have a problem. Why do you agree with 74 00:03:12,000 --> 00:03:12,600 Speaker 2: the coach on that? 75 00:03:12,800 --> 00:03:14,919 Speaker 4: You know, I think we got four guys that could 76 00:03:14,960 --> 00:03:17,440 Speaker 4: start at you know, any Big ten school. You know, 77 00:03:17,520 --> 00:03:21,160 Speaker 4: you look at the experience that that those guys have 78 00:03:21,280 --> 00:03:26,840 Speaker 4: coming back, all have played in meaningful games and competitive moments. 79 00:03:27,919 --> 00:03:30,320 Speaker 4: And then you know Zadrius, you know, even though he's 80 00:03:30,360 --> 00:03:32,080 Speaker 4: a young guy, he started a couple of games at 81 00:03:32,080 --> 00:03:34,880 Speaker 4: the end of the year and and has hit the 82 00:03:34,880 --> 00:03:38,000 Speaker 4: ground running this spring. So I feel comfortable with any 83 00:03:38,200 --> 00:03:41,720 Speaker 4: any sort of combination of that group. And those guys 84 00:03:41,800 --> 00:03:44,840 Speaker 4: have done a great job of of of answering the 85 00:03:44,840 --> 00:03:47,880 Speaker 4: bill from a leadership standpoint defensively as well. 86 00:03:48,480 --> 00:03:50,800 Speaker 2: All right, well, that's a little bit from Ryan Walters 87 00:03:51,400 --> 00:03:52,400 Speaker 2: a lot to go over there. 88 00:03:52,440 --> 00:03:52,920 Speaker 3: By the way. 89 00:03:53,280 --> 00:03:56,200 Speaker 2: Uh, we'll talk about Darren Coleman Brusa in a second, 90 00:03:56,280 --> 00:03:59,080 Speaker 2: because Ryan Walters went out of his way to call 91 00:03:59,160 --> 00:04:02,360 Speaker 2: him a monster, and he's seventeen years old, right, so 92 00:04:02,400 --> 00:04:05,400 Speaker 2: we'll see. But the answer to the question, Hue, and 93 00:04:05,440 --> 00:04:07,720 Speaker 2: you talked about this a little bit on yesterday's show, 94 00:04:08,160 --> 00:04:11,320 Speaker 2: how does this thing change without Ephesians Price Socket? To 95 00:04:11,400 --> 00:04:14,400 Speaker 2: Carrio Davis, what'd you make of what Coach Walter said there? 96 00:04:14,440 --> 00:04:15,040 Speaker 3: What do you think? 97 00:04:15,600 --> 00:04:15,840 Speaker 5: Yeah? 98 00:04:15,880 --> 00:04:18,279 Speaker 6: Well, first of all, I think you have to focus 99 00:04:18,360 --> 00:04:21,800 Speaker 6: on just how unique those two as a tandem were. 100 00:04:21,920 --> 00:04:24,960 Speaker 6: They go to the combine and that's the most accurate 101 00:04:25,760 --> 00:04:29,080 Speaker 6: height measurement you'll ever take in your life. And every 102 00:04:29,160 --> 00:04:33,159 Speaker 6: player is measured and gets a four digit number assigned 103 00:04:33,200 --> 00:04:36,960 Speaker 6: to them that represents the height and it's and it's 104 00:04:37,000 --> 00:04:41,400 Speaker 6: in it's in eighth inch increments. So even for example, 105 00:04:41,960 --> 00:04:45,719 Speaker 6: Michael Vicks was his number is six zero zero zero, 106 00:04:45,760 --> 00:04:50,320 Speaker 6: which is six foot Even Drew Brees was six zero 107 00:04:50,440 --> 00:04:52,760 Speaker 6: zero two, six foot and two eights. You say, well, 108 00:04:52,839 --> 00:04:54,920 Speaker 6: in two eights a quarter, of course it is, but 109 00:04:55,160 --> 00:04:59,040 Speaker 6: that's how they do it. It's two eights. So Ephesians 110 00:04:59,120 --> 00:05:02,640 Speaker 6: Price Sock was six oh three three. That means he 111 00:05:02,720 --> 00:05:05,720 Speaker 6: was measured exactly six three and three eighths, right, And 112 00:05:06,000 --> 00:05:09,200 Speaker 6: to Caryo Davis six oh three seven, six foot three 113 00:05:09,200 --> 00:05:13,279 Speaker 6: and seven eights obviously sixty four. That is a big 114 00:05:13,480 --> 00:05:17,280 Speaker 6: long tandem and uh. And by the way, you say, 115 00:05:17,800 --> 00:05:19,960 Speaker 6: Richard Sherman was you know in the six three right 116 00:05:20,000 --> 00:05:23,719 Speaker 6: around there coming out of Stanford, Richard Sherman ran a 117 00:05:23,760 --> 00:05:27,600 Speaker 6: four to six flat four point six to zero. Pricetock 118 00:05:27,680 --> 00:05:30,159 Speaker 6: ran a four four five. Like to have that type 119 00:05:30,200 --> 00:05:33,440 Speaker 6: of length and then now it's four four five is 120 00:05:33,480 --> 00:05:36,040 Speaker 6: not elite catch up speed. But when you combine it 121 00:05:36,080 --> 00:05:39,279 Speaker 6: with that length, you know, you want to say, okay, 122 00:05:39,320 --> 00:05:41,720 Speaker 6: if I'm going to play a single high structure defensively 123 00:05:41,760 --> 00:05:45,240 Speaker 6: in the NFL like the Huskies did. The Huskies were 124 00:05:46,680 --> 00:05:51,160 Speaker 6: the fourth highest UH propensity of all Power four defenses 125 00:05:51,240 --> 00:05:55,400 Speaker 6: last year in terms of their single safety coverages, which 126 00:05:55,400 --> 00:05:58,280 Speaker 6: are basically Cover three that's a zone and Cover one 127 00:05:58,360 --> 00:06:01,640 Speaker 6: that's man and man and and they and and then 128 00:06:01,640 --> 00:06:03,920 Speaker 6: in the man demand on part of it. They were 129 00:06:04,279 --> 00:06:06,919 Speaker 6: at thirty eight percent. That was ninth overall out of 130 00:06:07,000 --> 00:06:12,080 Speaker 6: sixty seven sixty eight Power four teams. So so they 131 00:06:12,120 --> 00:06:16,120 Speaker 6: played a lot of that. They they're well coached, they 132 00:06:16,240 --> 00:06:20,039 Speaker 6: understand route structures in front of them and combinations, and 133 00:06:20,120 --> 00:06:23,400 Speaker 6: they can play press. They're good in zone and so 134 00:06:23,880 --> 00:06:26,479 Speaker 6: I think they're losing a lot of guys and we 135 00:06:26,640 --> 00:06:30,080 Speaker 6: just don't know until you know, we see the their 136 00:06:30,120 --> 00:06:35,680 Speaker 6: their replacements. But those skill sets, those traits that the 137 00:06:35,800 --> 00:06:38,760 Speaker 6: Huskies had last year on the perimeter were a huge 138 00:06:38,760 --> 00:06:40,840 Speaker 6: part of what they did. They could do because you 139 00:06:40,880 --> 00:06:46,120 Speaker 6: could lock them up. You could dedicate other resources to 140 00:06:45,200 --> 00:06:47,640 Speaker 6: uh to the front seven and stop in the run. 141 00:06:47,640 --> 00:06:49,920 Speaker 6: And it's not just well, okay, we're going to have 142 00:06:50,040 --> 00:06:52,920 Speaker 6: a single safety, solar safe or other safeties in the box. 143 00:06:53,320 --> 00:06:53,520 Speaker 5: Right. 144 00:06:53,600 --> 00:06:56,880 Speaker 6: You don't have to buzz out what's called curl flat defenders. 145 00:06:57,200 --> 00:07:00,760 Speaker 6: You don't have to have them have wide landmark to 146 00:07:00,839 --> 00:07:05,400 Speaker 6: help the corners. If you feel like the outside corners 147 00:07:05,400 --> 00:07:07,599 Speaker 6: can lock it down, you can have them have more 148 00:07:07,680 --> 00:07:10,119 Speaker 6: narrow landmarks and help kind of more in the middle 149 00:07:10,120 --> 00:07:13,239 Speaker 6: of the field and say, for example, a comeback route 150 00:07:13,360 --> 00:07:17,720 Speaker 6: you know at sixteen seventeen eighteen yards. If your coal 151 00:07:17,800 --> 00:07:20,640 Speaker 6: flat defender, think of have an outfield and an infield. 152 00:07:20,840 --> 00:07:23,040 Speaker 6: Your coal flat defenders are like your third basement and 153 00:07:23,080 --> 00:07:26,280 Speaker 6: your first basement. So you could tell your third basement, 154 00:07:26,360 --> 00:07:29,760 Speaker 6: first basement, hey, really sprint out towards the sidelines. Really 155 00:07:29,840 --> 00:07:32,800 Speaker 6: help those left fielders in those right fielders, or you 156 00:07:32,840 --> 00:07:35,200 Speaker 6: can say no, squeeze, help the second basement in the 157 00:07:35,880 --> 00:07:38,960 Speaker 6: short stop, you know, squeezeman into the middle and let 158 00:07:38,960 --> 00:07:41,120 Speaker 6: the left fielders in the right fielders handle it. Well, 159 00:07:41,120 --> 00:07:44,560 Speaker 6: that's kind of of what you have when from a 160 00:07:44,600 --> 00:07:48,440 Speaker 6: scheme standpoint, when you have those type of tall guys 161 00:07:48,480 --> 00:07:51,200 Speaker 6: that can run. So we'll see how it's replaced. But 162 00:07:51,560 --> 00:07:53,280 Speaker 6: to me, it's a big loss and a big question. 163 00:07:53,560 --> 00:07:54,240 Speaker 3: Yeah, no doubt. 164 00:07:54,240 --> 00:07:57,040 Speaker 2: I mean, obviously you've got, you know, a really deep 165 00:07:57,080 --> 00:07:58,000 Speaker 2: linebacker group. 166 00:07:58,120 --> 00:07:59,320 Speaker 3: You've got a deep group. 167 00:07:59,320 --> 00:08:03,160 Speaker 2: And the second as far as name recognition, like I 168 00:08:03,200 --> 00:08:05,680 Speaker 2: think we know the names of these guys. I mean, 169 00:08:05,720 --> 00:08:09,480 Speaker 2: Alex McLoughlin's not new Ryland Dillard Allen was here a 170 00:08:09,520 --> 00:08:13,120 Speaker 2: year ago and played Dylan Robinson played Ray Shunk Clark played. 171 00:08:13,600 --> 00:08:16,000 Speaker 2: The question is is there a price Soccer in Davis 172 00:08:16,040 --> 00:08:18,760 Speaker 2: among them? And the answer right now for me is no. 173 00:08:18,920 --> 00:08:20,480 Speaker 2: I mean, you know, I don't know if you saw 174 00:08:20,520 --> 00:08:22,960 Speaker 2: this or not, not that it matters. But McLoughlin changed 175 00:08:22,960 --> 00:08:25,760 Speaker 2: his number to Price Socks seven. He went from twelve 176 00:08:25,840 --> 00:08:28,720 Speaker 2: to seven. But he's obviously a safety and Price Sock 177 00:08:28,840 --> 00:08:31,880 Speaker 2: was a corner. You went two NFL caliber corners out 178 00:08:31,880 --> 00:08:33,679 Speaker 2: there on the edge, and that was a big reason 179 00:08:33,720 --> 00:08:37,120 Speaker 2: why the Huskies were fifteenth in the country and scoring 180 00:08:37,200 --> 00:08:40,079 Speaker 2: defense and tenth among power for football teams. 181 00:08:40,160 --> 00:08:41,000 Speaker 3: So I'm just. 182 00:08:41,000 --> 00:08:44,120 Speaker 2: Wondering where the star power is man, right, I mean 183 00:08:44,120 --> 00:08:46,319 Speaker 2: if the star power right now is in the linebacker 184 00:08:46,400 --> 00:08:49,040 Speaker 2: spot with Tarika A Lukeda Buddha al Lucta. 185 00:08:49,160 --> 00:08:51,040 Speaker 3: You remember got hurt in the Wazoo game. It was 186 00:08:51,080 --> 00:08:52,120 Speaker 3: out for the rest of the year. 187 00:08:52,800 --> 00:08:55,280 Speaker 2: Jacob Monu was going up and down the whole year 188 00:08:55,280 --> 00:09:00,160 Speaker 2: with his red shirt status, x Ray Alexander ZRs and 189 00:09:00,200 --> 00:09:03,680 Speaker 2: dres Rady Saale. You got Isaiah Ward coming off the edge. 190 00:09:03,679 --> 00:09:06,720 Speaker 2: There's some names on this defense that we're all very 191 00:09:06,760 --> 00:09:09,560 Speaker 2: aware of. But are there stars on this defense? To me, 192 00:09:09,640 --> 00:09:11,160 Speaker 2: the answer is not yet. 193 00:09:12,400 --> 00:09:12,880 Speaker 3: Not yet. 194 00:09:12,920 --> 00:09:16,800 Speaker 6: And and you know, for all their statistical success and 195 00:09:16,920 --> 00:09:19,920 Speaker 6: they they were, you know, in top ten or fifteen 196 00:09:20,160 --> 00:09:24,760 Speaker 6: in a number of categories, but in terms of their 197 00:09:24,800 --> 00:09:29,000 Speaker 6: their sack production right there, they're sacked. That That's where 198 00:09:29,040 --> 00:09:31,200 Speaker 6: it's really got a I'm pick up, I'm looking for 199 00:09:31,240 --> 00:09:34,760 Speaker 6: that damn sheet of paper. The uh yeah, they're there. 200 00:09:35,280 --> 00:09:39,040 Speaker 6: They were yards per game, fifteenth, yards per rush, thirteenth, 201 00:09:39,320 --> 00:09:43,280 Speaker 6: net yards per tap, their pass defense eleventh is now again, 202 00:09:43,320 --> 00:09:46,240 Speaker 6: this is out of sixty eight power for uh, schools. 203 00:09:46,920 --> 00:09:50,640 Speaker 6: But they were sixty first in sacks and fifty six 204 00:09:51,559 --> 00:09:54,160 Speaker 6: in sacks per attempt. So that would be like the 205 00:09:54,200 --> 00:09:57,080 Speaker 6: one area, yes said, okay, got you got a young 206 00:09:57,520 --> 00:10:00,000 Speaker 6: freshman coming in defensive end. He looks like he's got 207 00:10:00,160 --> 00:10:02,000 Speaker 6: the frame to be able to play you know, big dude. 208 00:10:02,000 --> 00:10:03,880 Speaker 6: Maybe even a defensive been and a three to four 209 00:10:04,280 --> 00:10:08,200 Speaker 6: type of a frame. But that would be, you know, 210 00:10:08,240 --> 00:10:10,440 Speaker 6: on the surface of it, an area that I would 211 00:10:10,480 --> 00:10:13,040 Speaker 6: think Coach Walters feels like they've got to get better. 212 00:10:13,360 --> 00:10:14,240 Speaker 3: Yeah, no question. 213 00:10:14,320 --> 00:10:17,480 Speaker 2: And look, I mean there's obviously things about the offense 214 00:10:18,040 --> 00:10:19,480 Speaker 2: that we want to see them get better at. 215 00:10:19,559 --> 00:10:19,760 Speaker 3: You know. 216 00:10:19,840 --> 00:10:22,200 Speaker 2: The obvious one is, you know, scoring points against the 217 00:10:22,240 --> 00:10:24,800 Speaker 2: better defenses that you play. And you know, look, i 218 00:10:24,800 --> 00:10:27,000 Speaker 2: mean nobody's asking the Dogs to be able to hang. 219 00:10:27,080 --> 00:10:30,040 Speaker 2: It'd be great forty five on Ohio State and Michigan, 220 00:10:30,520 --> 00:10:33,079 Speaker 2: but can you score more than six? Right, I mean, 221 00:10:33,160 --> 00:10:35,720 Speaker 2: can you give yourself a chance if your defense shows 222 00:10:35,800 --> 00:10:38,920 Speaker 2: up and allows in the mid twenties. So you know 223 00:10:39,000 --> 00:10:41,880 Speaker 2: you mentioned this earlier, man, the disparity, right, and what 224 00:10:41,920 --> 00:10:44,840 Speaker 2: they did in the non conference games, which was, let's 225 00:10:44,880 --> 00:10:48,679 Speaker 2: face it, a cupcake schedule versus what they did against 226 00:10:48,720 --> 00:10:52,199 Speaker 2: the Big Ten was gigantic. Then you throw in the 227 00:10:52,280 --> 00:10:54,880 Speaker 2: ranked teams and the good teams on their schedule, right, 228 00:10:55,320 --> 00:10:58,800 Speaker 2: So I'm not asking them to go bananas against those 229 00:10:58,800 --> 00:11:01,520 Speaker 2: teams because nobody does. What I'm asking them, Hugh, for 230 00:11:01,600 --> 00:11:03,400 Speaker 2: lack of a better term, is to not be feeble 231 00:11:03,520 --> 00:11:04,080 Speaker 2: in those games. 232 00:11:04,120 --> 00:11:11,199 Speaker 7: Yeah, period, Yeah, no doubt. But I think they'll tell you. 233 00:11:11,200 --> 00:11:13,720 Speaker 6: You know, approved offensive line play is going to help 234 00:11:14,040 --> 00:11:17,120 Speaker 6: the quarterback. Now, you know, you lose some playmakers and 235 00:11:17,120 --> 00:11:19,800 Speaker 6: we'll get into that, but you know, just to put 236 00:11:19,840 --> 00:11:23,920 Speaker 6: a bow on to talk about the corners for perspective, Uh, 237 00:11:24,600 --> 00:11:26,720 Speaker 6: when we talk about Ephesians, Price Hocke he was in 238 00:11:26,800 --> 00:11:30,480 Speaker 6: He's in the ninety seventh percentile at cornerback heights and 239 00:11:30,520 --> 00:11:33,839 Speaker 6: to Caro Davis is in the ninety ninth percentum arm 240 00:11:33,920 --> 00:11:38,720 Speaker 6: length Price Hock eighty six percentile. Uh and to Carrio 241 00:11:38,840 --> 00:11:41,000 Speaker 6: eighty ninth percent of But how about to Carrio Davis, 242 00:11:41,000 --> 00:11:43,480 Speaker 6: he's still in the eighty first percentile and speed, so 243 00:11:43,480 --> 00:11:45,920 Speaker 6: so to be that high in terms of your frame 244 00:11:46,720 --> 00:11:49,880 Speaker 6: but then still be able to run and have that 245 00:11:49,920 --> 00:11:52,400 Speaker 6: catch up speed like you press and maybe you get 246 00:11:52,440 --> 00:11:55,160 Speaker 6: beat at the line because everybody does do you have 247 00:11:55,200 --> 00:11:57,600 Speaker 6: the catch up speed? Well, these guys have shown for 248 00:11:57,600 --> 00:11:59,679 Speaker 6: the most part that they do have that catch up speed, 249 00:11:59,760 --> 00:12:03,080 Speaker 6: so you know, but that that's just kind of finished 250 00:12:03,080 --> 00:12:06,000 Speaker 6: in the conversation on the corners. But as for the 251 00:12:06,040 --> 00:12:10,880 Speaker 6: offense and and uh and and what you saw from 252 00:12:11,000 --> 00:12:15,760 Speaker 6: the quarterback, I think that it's very clear they had 253 00:12:15,960 --> 00:12:17,920 Speaker 6: They are number one in the end of in you 254 00:12:18,040 --> 00:12:21,840 Speaker 6: excuse me, all power forward, number one in terms of 255 00:12:21,920 --> 00:12:26,640 Speaker 6: their drop in production from their performance against the poor 256 00:12:26,720 --> 00:12:31,439 Speaker 6: defenses to their performance of against the best defenses. All 257 00:12:31,600 --> 00:12:37,480 Speaker 6: quarterbacks drop. Yeah, he drops the most, number one out 258 00:12:37,480 --> 00:12:39,440 Speaker 6: of one. That's not a stat you want to be 259 00:12:39,559 --> 00:12:43,600 Speaker 6: number one in he's unfortunately number one, biggest drop. So 260 00:12:43,640 --> 00:12:45,640 Speaker 6: all the stuff you do against UC Davis and the 261 00:12:45,679 --> 00:12:48,560 Speaker 6: Cougars and what have you, you know, garbage touchdowns at 262 00:12:48,559 --> 00:12:51,600 Speaker 6: the end of the government may nothing sixty yards, you know, 263 00:12:51,640 --> 00:12:55,240 Speaker 6: all that stuff, we don't care about that. You gotta 264 00:12:55,360 --> 00:12:59,600 Speaker 6: you gotta, Yes, it's gonna you're not gonna play statistically 265 00:12:59,600 --> 00:13:02,400 Speaker 6: as well against the best teams, but you can't have 266 00:13:02,480 --> 00:13:03,880 Speaker 6: the number one gap. 267 00:13:04,320 --> 00:13:05,400 Speaker 3: Right, we got a break. 268 00:13:05,600 --> 00:13:07,760 Speaker 2: Let's get an update for the Masters, and then Matt 269 00:13:07,760 --> 00:13:10,160 Speaker 2: Thomas will join us from Houston with a preview of 270 00:13:10,600 --> 00:13:12,640 Speaker 2: what the Mariners are facing in the next four games 271 00:13:12,679 --> 00:13:15,640 Speaker 2: against the Astros. Coming up on ninety three to three KJRFM. 272 00:13:18,480 --> 00:13:20,720 Speaker 1: This is Duke of Duke Seafood and this hour is 273 00:13:20,720 --> 00:13:23,040 Speaker 1: brought to you by Duke Seafood. Why don't you make 274 00:13:23,040 --> 00:13:25,840 Speaker 1: it a Duke's night tonight. Reserve your table today at 275 00:13:25,920 --> 00:13:29,800 Speaker 1: Dukeseafood dot com. Now back to Softy and Dick on 276 00:13:29,880 --> 00:13:32,720 Speaker 1: Sports Radio ninety three point three kJ R. 277 00:13:33,000 --> 00:13:37,679 Speaker 8: FM, right center field. 278 00:13:38,679 --> 00:13:41,920 Speaker 9: Tell them up at second Victor Road Place. 279 00:13:42,040 --> 00:13:42,920 Speaker 3: Makes the catch. 280 00:13:43,160 --> 00:13:52,120 Speaker 9: Yes, the ball game, the biggest series win in a 281 00:13:52,160 --> 00:13:53,920 Speaker 9: lifetime for the Mariners. 282 00:13:54,800 --> 00:13:57,319 Speaker 2: Well that's going back to last year. That's basically how 283 00:13:57,320 --> 00:14:01,080 Speaker 2: it ended for Houston. I'd think Root Sports, but there's 284 00:14:01,080 --> 00:14:04,040 Speaker 2: nobody left to thank over at Root Sports. For God 285 00:14:04,480 --> 00:14:07,440 Speaker 2: to Aaron Goldsmith, who was gonna come on the show 286 00:14:07,440 --> 00:14:09,880 Speaker 2: in the three o'clock hour, but the station caught on 287 00:14:09,960 --> 00:14:13,079 Speaker 2: fire and we had to basically cancel the entire three 288 00:14:13,160 --> 00:14:16,199 Speaker 2: o'clock hour here on the radio show. So Hueye I 289 00:14:16,640 --> 00:14:19,640 Speaker 2: told Jackson before today's show, I said, I want to 290 00:14:19,680 --> 00:14:24,239 Speaker 2: get somebody on the air talking Astros baseball, somebody respected 291 00:14:24,280 --> 00:14:28,520 Speaker 2: in the Houston community, somebody knows the Astros up and down, 292 00:14:29,000 --> 00:14:33,240 Speaker 2: Somebody who is well respected in the baseball community, well 293 00:14:33,360 --> 00:14:35,280 Speaker 2: educated on the Astros situation. 294 00:14:36,800 --> 00:14:38,080 Speaker 3: We couldn't find anybody. 295 00:14:38,200 --> 00:14:42,000 Speaker 2: So instead we have Matt Thomas from Sports Talk seven 296 00:14:42,000 --> 00:14:42,800 Speaker 2: to ninety. 297 00:14:42,680 --> 00:14:45,880 Speaker 3: In Houston joining us on the program. Matty, how are you. 298 00:14:47,640 --> 00:14:48,840 Speaker 5: Great to hear from you? How are you? 299 00:14:48,920 --> 00:14:49,200 Speaker 3: Yeah? 300 00:14:49,240 --> 00:14:51,440 Speaker 2: How about that man? The station caught on fire. We 301 00:14:51,520 --> 00:14:54,080 Speaker 2: had to get kicked off the air for the first hour. 302 00:14:54,160 --> 00:14:56,320 Speaker 2: But we're here, we made it. We're all good. So 303 00:14:57,000 --> 00:14:59,960 Speaker 2: Matt Humellen x NFL quarterback is with us as well. 304 00:15:00,040 --> 00:15:03,000 Speaker 2: But let me get your thoughts on this Astro's team, 305 00:15:03,080 --> 00:15:05,520 Speaker 2: because both your team and my team are kind of 306 00:15:05,800 --> 00:15:07,520 Speaker 2: scuffle it a little bit right now. 307 00:15:07,560 --> 00:15:11,640 Speaker 8: I absolutely open up the year with two losses at 308 00:15:11,680 --> 00:15:14,560 Speaker 8: home to the Anaheimer's, then one the next two, then 309 00:15:14,640 --> 00:15:17,960 Speaker 8: swept the Boston Red Sox. Were like, all right, championship 310 00:15:18,000 --> 00:15:22,560 Speaker 8: here we come back atop the America League West, where we. 311 00:15:21,600 --> 00:15:23,000 Speaker 5: We rightfully belong. 312 00:15:24,080 --> 00:15:26,360 Speaker 8: And then went to the Sacramento and dropped two or three, 313 00:15:26,440 --> 00:15:28,400 Speaker 8: and then went to Denver. You know, the Rockies are 314 00:15:28,880 --> 00:15:32,800 Speaker 8: tough outed course field three straight losses there. So the 315 00:15:32,840 --> 00:15:34,880 Speaker 8: boys are entering at your beautiful city out a five 316 00:15:34,920 --> 00:15:35,680 Speaker 8: game losing street. 317 00:15:36,360 --> 00:15:40,120 Speaker 6: Well, let's let's pick up on your comment, because we're 318 00:15:40,200 --> 00:15:44,040 Speaker 6: here saying your time is done and uh and and 319 00:15:44,120 --> 00:15:47,760 Speaker 6: so uh. But what what is the mentality in that 320 00:15:47,840 --> 00:15:50,600 Speaker 6: club in terms of okay, the Mariners? I imagine in 321 00:15:50,640 --> 00:15:53,680 Speaker 6: that Clubhouser said, the Mariners took for one year what 322 00:15:53,840 --> 00:15:57,200 Speaker 6: had been hours for a long time. How much attention 323 00:15:57,400 --> 00:16:00,840 Speaker 6: is on the Mariners and and you're attacking them specifically, 324 00:16:01,000 --> 00:16:03,640 Speaker 6: and just a mindset in that regard of trying to 325 00:16:03,640 --> 00:16:04,720 Speaker 6: get the AL West back. 326 00:16:04,960 --> 00:16:10,400 Speaker 8: For the Astrosnes, the Rangers, or the Mariners or anybody 327 00:16:10,400 --> 00:16:12,680 Speaker 8: else in the America League West, it's about fixing themselves. 328 00:16:12,680 --> 00:16:15,120 Speaker 8: This is a team that had a lot of issues 329 00:16:15,160 --> 00:16:18,080 Speaker 8: going into spring training about whether the outfield is going 330 00:16:18,120 --> 00:16:18,280 Speaker 8: to be. 331 00:16:18,280 --> 00:16:19,400 Speaker 5: Able to hit, whether rose A. L. 332 00:16:19,400 --> 00:16:21,320 Speaker 8: Tuoby was going to get some of the juice back 333 00:16:21,360 --> 00:16:23,600 Speaker 8: from his bat from a couple of years ago. Can 334 00:16:23,640 --> 00:16:26,160 Speaker 8: you keep your on Alvarez healthy. The answers to all 335 00:16:26,160 --> 00:16:28,880 Speaker 8: those questions so far, boys have been yes, yes, and yes. 336 00:16:29,680 --> 00:16:32,560 Speaker 8: The issue is this team is being beset by injuries. 337 00:16:32,720 --> 00:16:35,400 Speaker 8: Hunter Brown injured lists going to be probably out at 338 00:16:35,480 --> 00:16:38,000 Speaker 8: least a month, Christian Javier, another member of the starting 339 00:16:38,120 --> 00:16:42,040 Speaker 8: rotation Grade two, for a shoulder strain for him probably 340 00:16:42,040 --> 00:16:44,400 Speaker 8: out at least a month. Jake Myers, who has been 341 00:16:44,400 --> 00:16:47,640 Speaker 8: their outstanding defensive center fielder Grade two, strained for him 342 00:16:47,720 --> 00:16:51,040 Speaker 8: on a ribcage. He's probably out a month. The injuries 343 00:16:51,080 --> 00:16:53,640 Speaker 8: are coming at an absolute terrible time at on top 344 00:16:53,680 --> 00:16:57,080 Speaker 8: of the fact that the Astros closer Josh Hater, hasn't 345 00:16:57,240 --> 00:16:59,080 Speaker 8: been in a manor league baseball game at all this 346 00:16:59,160 --> 00:17:01,280 Speaker 8: year and probably won't be another three to four weeks. 347 00:17:01,760 --> 00:17:04,600 Speaker 8: Brian Obray, who's been a very effective eighth inning guy, 348 00:17:04,680 --> 00:17:06,280 Speaker 8: has an ERA of nineteen. 349 00:17:06,920 --> 00:17:08,560 Speaker 5: And the Astros forgot. 350 00:17:08,359 --> 00:17:11,880 Speaker 8: How to pitch in Denver, and so it went from 351 00:17:12,000 --> 00:17:13,840 Speaker 8: feast of famine in a very short period of time. 352 00:17:13,840 --> 00:17:15,960 Speaker 8: But as I tell the audience back here in Houston 353 00:17:15,960 --> 00:17:19,040 Speaker 8: all the time, boys one hundred and sixty two, let's 354 00:17:19,040 --> 00:17:21,200 Speaker 8: not fret over a rough stretch here. 355 00:17:21,480 --> 00:17:23,840 Speaker 3: Yeah, well, listen, I appreciate the cliches. 356 00:17:24,600 --> 00:17:24,720 Speaker 4: You know. 357 00:17:24,800 --> 00:17:27,080 Speaker 2: I'm glad when people remind me in April it's early, 358 00:17:27,119 --> 00:17:28,840 Speaker 2: because I thought it was July, by the way, So 359 00:17:28,960 --> 00:17:29,560 Speaker 2: thank you for that. 360 00:17:30,080 --> 00:17:31,440 Speaker 5: But I'm killing to say something. 361 00:17:31,520 --> 00:17:36,280 Speaker 8: Let me let me give you twenty seven ounce our guys. Yeah, 362 00:17:36,400 --> 00:17:39,040 Speaker 8: we'll take it one game at a time. Keep your 363 00:17:39,160 --> 00:17:41,439 Speaker 8: keep your egos checked, and don't put them. Bring him 364 00:17:41,440 --> 00:17:42,240 Speaker 8: inside of the clubhouse. 365 00:17:42,400 --> 00:17:44,560 Speaker 2: Now you forgot the best two hours. You forgot the 366 00:17:44,600 --> 00:17:47,280 Speaker 2: best one. It's a marathon, not a sprint. Don't forget 367 00:17:47,320 --> 00:17:50,080 Speaker 2: that one, Mattie. How about the kid of the mound tonight? 368 00:17:50,119 --> 00:17:52,120 Speaker 2: And he's not really a kid. He's twenty eight years old, 369 00:17:52,160 --> 00:17:56,800 Speaker 2: but he's a rookie. Tatsu Ya Emi, Japanese feet on, 370 00:17:57,040 --> 00:18:00,000 Speaker 2: he's twenty eight years old, third starting to Major league. 371 00:18:00,200 --> 00:18:03,320 Speaker 2: He's got this backward slider that breaks the wrong way 372 00:18:03,400 --> 00:18:04,960 Speaker 2: and freaks everybody out. 373 00:18:05,000 --> 00:18:06,480 Speaker 3: Tell us about the guy in the mount tonight. 374 00:18:06,520 --> 00:18:09,320 Speaker 8: Man, Yeah, really good against the A's over the weekend. 375 00:18:09,320 --> 00:18:10,879 Speaker 8: As matter of fact, the last time the Astros won 376 00:18:10,920 --> 00:18:13,120 Speaker 8: a game, he was on the mound. It was very 377 00:18:13,160 --> 00:18:15,040 Speaker 8: shaky in his first start, just I think a lot 378 00:18:15,040 --> 00:18:16,720 Speaker 8: of it was nerves, had control issues. 379 00:18:17,240 --> 00:18:19,440 Speaker 5: He is a Scott Boris. 380 00:18:19,040 --> 00:18:21,600 Speaker 8: Client, my friends, and do you know how we feel 381 00:18:21,600 --> 00:18:23,320 Speaker 8: about Scott Boris anywhere? 382 00:18:23,880 --> 00:18:24,840 Speaker 5: That's the highest bidder. 383 00:18:24,840 --> 00:18:26,760 Speaker 8: So he signed a three year contract with options each 384 00:18:26,800 --> 00:18:30,000 Speaker 8: of the first first two years, obviously, and it's a 385 00:18:30,000 --> 00:18:32,359 Speaker 8: pipeline the Astros have not used. The Far East has 386 00:18:32,359 --> 00:18:34,440 Speaker 8: not been something they've gone to. They've tried their work 387 00:18:34,440 --> 00:18:37,399 Speaker 8: in the Dominican and Venezuela and those types of countries 388 00:18:37,440 --> 00:18:39,399 Speaker 8: to grab their players with academies and whatnot. So this 389 00:18:39,520 --> 00:18:41,399 Speaker 8: was kind of an interesting way for the Astros to 390 00:18:41,400 --> 00:18:44,120 Speaker 8: get into free agency with him. He chose Houston because 391 00:18:44,119 --> 00:18:46,400 Speaker 8: he wanted to be somewhere where it was so dominated 392 00:18:46,600 --> 00:18:49,080 Speaker 8: by other players going to other places. But yeah, if 393 00:18:49,080 --> 00:18:51,080 Speaker 8: you watch the slider, and I know you're a big 394 00:18:51,119 --> 00:18:53,000 Speaker 8: YouTube guy, although you're more of a different type of 395 00:18:53,000 --> 00:18:54,520 Speaker 8: tube soften than YouTube. 396 00:18:54,720 --> 00:18:59,400 Speaker 7: Wow, wow, he went right there. 397 00:18:59,560 --> 00:19:02,560 Speaker 8: Okay, I would say go take a look at it, 398 00:19:02,600 --> 00:19:05,440 Speaker 8: because that slider, when it stays in and around the zone, 399 00:19:05,960 --> 00:19:07,920 Speaker 8: it does strange things. And I'm happy to see he's 400 00:19:07,920 --> 00:19:09,520 Speaker 8: wear an Astro gear. But again, it's just a one 401 00:19:09,560 --> 00:19:11,760 Speaker 8: year kind of audition, and I hope he helps out 402 00:19:11,760 --> 00:19:14,040 Speaker 8: because right now the Astro's rotation is a hot mess. 403 00:19:14,680 --> 00:19:17,040 Speaker 6: You know, I was curious about the age, and I'm 404 00:19:17,040 --> 00:19:18,800 Speaker 6: just kind of looking at the age of the lineup. 405 00:19:18,960 --> 00:19:21,200 Speaker 6: A couple of things surprised me. I think of painting 406 00:19:21,240 --> 00:19:23,480 Speaker 6: as young, and Alvarez is old. And yet they're both 407 00:19:23,480 --> 00:19:26,160 Speaker 6: twenty eight. But you got Korea at thirty one, Christian 408 00:19:26,200 --> 00:19:29,320 Speaker 6: Walker thirty five, and now two Bay swinging old bat 409 00:19:29,400 --> 00:19:32,440 Speaker 6: He's gonna be thirty six in May. What is there 410 00:19:32,440 --> 00:19:35,400 Speaker 6: a feeling in Houston in the club that, Okay, here 411 00:19:35,520 --> 00:19:38,480 Speaker 6: was a nucleus that did so much. But do you 412 00:19:38,520 --> 00:19:40,080 Speaker 6: feel like they're getting long in the tooth in a 413 00:19:40,119 --> 00:19:42,080 Speaker 6: way that adversely affects them? 414 00:19:42,960 --> 00:19:43,680 Speaker 5: I mean somewhat. 415 00:19:43,760 --> 00:19:45,600 Speaker 8: I mean, Jose is not the player that he was 416 00:19:45,640 --> 00:19:47,479 Speaker 8: five or six years ago when he would wake up 417 00:19:47,480 --> 00:19:49,919 Speaker 8: with three hits. I think he's gonna get to three thousand. 418 00:19:49,960 --> 00:19:51,480 Speaker 8: I think it's very important for him to do so, 419 00:19:51,520 --> 00:19:53,919 Speaker 8: and I hopefully he does this an astro, you know, 420 00:19:54,119 --> 00:19:55,760 Speaker 8: ord and Alvarez still very much in the prime of 421 00:19:55,800 --> 00:19:57,879 Speaker 8: his career. But the reality is this, He's had a 422 00:19:57,920 --> 00:20:00,440 Speaker 8: variety of little ailments here and there a last three 423 00:20:00,480 --> 00:20:03,399 Speaker 8: or four years, I believe, and I'm not trying to 424 00:20:03,400 --> 00:20:05,600 Speaker 8: go to the cliche card again, Softy. I think he's 425 00:20:05,640 --> 00:20:07,480 Speaker 8: one of the five most feared hitters. But you can't 426 00:20:07,480 --> 00:20:09,439 Speaker 8: be feared boys if you're not in the lineup. So 427 00:20:09,920 --> 00:20:11,760 Speaker 8: that's why they want to play him at d H 428 00:20:11,840 --> 00:20:14,760 Speaker 8: as much as they can. He's a guy that wants 429 00:20:14,800 --> 00:20:16,399 Speaker 8: to play in the outfield. Feel like he's more invested 430 00:20:16,440 --> 00:20:18,840 Speaker 8: in the game. He's playing both sides. He's really good. 431 00:20:18,920 --> 00:20:20,719 Speaker 8: Jeremy Payne, this is a big year for him as 432 00:20:20,760 --> 00:20:24,680 Speaker 8: he thinks about future contracts. And Eastoch Perdies, who was 433 00:20:24,720 --> 00:20:26,960 Speaker 8: a really nice addition to the Astros as part of 434 00:20:27,000 --> 00:20:28,760 Speaker 8: the trade last year with Kyle Tucker, is a kind 435 00:20:28,800 --> 00:20:30,960 Speaker 8: of a jack of all trade guy. In fact, he's 436 00:20:31,000 --> 00:20:32,920 Speaker 8: going to play second base tonight for the Astros and 437 00:20:32,960 --> 00:20:34,440 Speaker 8: he's been playing a little bit of third, a little 438 00:20:34,440 --> 00:20:36,720 Speaker 8: bit of first base, trying to find a spot for him. 439 00:20:36,760 --> 00:20:39,400 Speaker 8: So I still think the offensive lineup is good. Christian 440 00:20:39,440 --> 00:20:41,960 Speaker 8: Walker has been off to a great start at first base, 441 00:20:42,000 --> 00:20:44,119 Speaker 8: which is nice. John air Diaz, a guy that we 442 00:20:44,119 --> 00:20:45,520 Speaker 8: thought a lot of a couple of years ago. 443 00:20:45,400 --> 00:20:47,000 Speaker 5: Has not really panned out in the last year or so. 444 00:20:47,119 --> 00:20:50,840 Speaker 8: Offensively, this team can still hit, but a strength of 445 00:20:50,920 --> 00:20:54,320 Speaker 8: this team going into the season was pitching. And unfortunately, 446 00:20:54,320 --> 00:20:56,240 Speaker 8: when you've already lost two fifty of rotation and we're 447 00:20:56,280 --> 00:20:59,440 Speaker 8: not even a April fifteenth yet, that is a huge 448 00:20:59,560 --> 00:21:01,159 Speaker 8: Roorry sign right now for the Astros. 449 00:21:01,200 --> 00:21:04,000 Speaker 2: Matt, let me ask you one more before you go. 450 00:21:04,520 --> 00:21:08,200 Speaker 2: Matt Thomas with Sports Talk seven ninety. He also moonlights. 451 00:21:08,280 --> 00:21:10,080 Speaker 2: Hugh by the way, is the voice of the Rockets 452 00:21:10,080 --> 00:21:13,360 Speaker 2: in Houston, so he does have some talent. By the way, 453 00:21:13,400 --> 00:21:15,280 Speaker 2: it's not just a radio hack like you and I have. 454 00:21:15,200 --> 00:21:17,080 Speaker 8: A let me face something, I have a men's talent. 455 00:21:17,200 --> 00:21:20,240 Speaker 8: I am a twenty hour week radio host. I call 456 00:21:20,320 --> 00:21:23,160 Speaker 8: four NBA games a year. I'm an a NBA two KM. 457 00:21:23,240 --> 00:21:25,960 Speaker 8: I'm beloved by everybody west of the Mississippi. 458 00:21:26,240 --> 00:21:28,159 Speaker 2: Yeah, and you have great hair, by the way, all right, 459 00:21:28,200 --> 00:21:30,640 Speaker 2: I'll tell you that right now. I have no idea 460 00:21:30,680 --> 00:21:33,199 Speaker 2: what it looks like, but you got great hair. That 461 00:21:33,640 --> 00:21:37,639 Speaker 2: call that we played there when the Mariners swept the 462 00:21:37,680 --> 00:21:41,679 Speaker 2: Astros last year to basically, let's face it, and the 463 00:21:41,760 --> 00:21:44,840 Speaker 2: Astros chances of winning the West, that was a big 464 00:21:44,840 --> 00:21:46,919 Speaker 2: moment for us. And I think that there is a 465 00:21:47,160 --> 00:21:51,119 Speaker 2: rivalry that is still fairly young, but it is a 466 00:21:51,240 --> 00:21:55,160 Speaker 2: rivalry that is developing up here in Seattle towards Houston. 467 00:21:55,560 --> 00:21:58,879 Speaker 2: Do you guys feel the same way that the Mariners 468 00:21:58,920 --> 00:22:06,280 Speaker 2: have become a bit of a rival now with the Astros. 469 00:22:06,680 --> 00:22:08,880 Speaker 8: I don't want to say no, but I don't think 470 00:22:08,920 --> 00:22:10,920 Speaker 8: people wake up in the morning going off checking this 471 00:22:10,960 --> 00:22:13,880 Speaker 8: score or when you have a rivalry safting, I think 472 00:22:13,880 --> 00:22:14,120 Speaker 8: you can. 473 00:22:14,359 --> 00:22:15,640 Speaker 5: You're probably in the same spot. 474 00:22:15,880 --> 00:22:17,480 Speaker 8: You wake up in the morning seeing how. 475 00:22:17,359 --> 00:22:20,080 Speaker 5: That other team did, and if they lose, you smile. 476 00:22:20,200 --> 00:22:22,159 Speaker 5: If if they win, you get disgusted. 477 00:22:22,600 --> 00:22:24,359 Speaker 8: I don't think we're at that point yet. I would 478 00:22:24,400 --> 00:22:26,960 Speaker 8: think probably to Seattle's got to win a couple of 479 00:22:26,960 --> 00:22:29,680 Speaker 8: more divisions to do it. The rivalry obviously is four 480 00:22:29,720 --> 00:22:31,760 Speaker 8: hours the north of us in Dallas with Arlington, and 481 00:22:31,800 --> 00:22:34,040 Speaker 8: we'd like to make fun of the Rangers every possible 482 00:22:34,119 --> 00:22:37,320 Speaker 8: chance we can because of their fans. The stadium basically 483 00:22:37,359 --> 00:22:39,880 Speaker 8: is the carbon copy of our stadium. They have horrific 484 00:22:39,920 --> 00:22:43,280 Speaker 8: City Connect uniforms year after year after year Dallas. When 485 00:22:43,320 --> 00:22:45,640 Speaker 8: the Rangers won the World Series, they had a parade 486 00:22:46,160 --> 00:22:49,399 Speaker 8: in Arlington, which is basically a Walmart, a Golden Crown, 487 00:22:49,480 --> 00:22:51,560 Speaker 8: some pawn shops, and then as soon as a praide 488 00:22:51,640 --> 00:22:54,520 Speaker 8: was over with, they went right to Dallas Cowboys training camp, 489 00:22:54,600 --> 00:22:57,639 Speaker 8: conversation or early seasons. So that to me still is 490 00:22:57,680 --> 00:23:01,679 Speaker 8: number one rival, but clearly Astros and this means a 491 00:23:01,720 --> 00:23:04,400 Speaker 8: little bit right now, but you know, with both teams 492 00:23:04,400 --> 00:23:06,800 Speaker 8: struggling the way that it is. Somebody's gonna get fat 493 00:23:06,840 --> 00:23:08,680 Speaker 8: and happy this week didnt feel better about themselves and 494 00:23:08,680 --> 00:23:10,399 Speaker 8: then I think the loser of this series and as 495 00:23:10,440 --> 00:23:12,720 Speaker 8: long as it don't split, yeah, is gonna feel really 496 00:23:12,760 --> 00:23:13,439 Speaker 8: down on the dumps. 497 00:23:13,520 --> 00:23:15,680 Speaker 3: Yeah, this is a pretty big series for somebody, man, 498 00:23:15,760 --> 00:23:16,240 Speaker 3: No doubt. 499 00:23:16,720 --> 00:23:19,440 Speaker 2: I'd say it's it's it's as big as they get 500 00:23:19,440 --> 00:23:21,360 Speaker 2: for the tenth of April, without doubt. 501 00:23:21,359 --> 00:23:23,840 Speaker 3: All right, Matt, listen, man, appreciate this buddy. 502 00:23:23,840 --> 00:23:26,720 Speaker 2: Always fun to have you on, and we'll talk very soon, 503 00:23:26,760 --> 00:23:29,120 Speaker 2: I'm sure, on your highly rated program down there too. 504 00:23:30,040 --> 00:23:32,560 Speaker 8: Last thing, when the Rockets and Sonics play each other 505 00:23:32,760 --> 00:23:35,560 Speaker 8: down the road in a couple of years, Yes, softy, 506 00:23:35,640 --> 00:23:36,080 Speaker 8: I want. 507 00:23:35,960 --> 00:23:38,840 Speaker 5: You right next to me. Yes, doing my stats. 508 00:23:39,400 --> 00:23:40,040 Speaker 3: I'll be there. 509 00:23:40,200 --> 00:23:42,440 Speaker 2: Hey, man, at this point, I'll do whatever the hell 510 00:23:42,520 --> 00:23:45,240 Speaker 2: you want, because that means I'm doing something for a 511 00:23:45,320 --> 00:23:49,040 Speaker 2: Sonic game. I'll sell peanuts, man, I'll clean the toilets 512 00:23:49,040 --> 00:23:50,040 Speaker 2: at the Toyota Center. 513 00:23:50,080 --> 00:23:50,439 Speaker 3: Whatever. 514 00:23:50,760 --> 00:23:51,639 Speaker 5: Call me anytime. 515 00:23:51,720 --> 00:23:54,360 Speaker 8: I can't wait see Edel's Super Basketball. 516 00:23:54,400 --> 00:23:55,640 Speaker 5: I'm kJ R all. 517 00:23:55,600 --> 00:23:58,640 Speaker 2: Right, But Matt, Matt Thomas with us on the radio show. 518 00:23:58,680 --> 00:23:59,960 Speaker 2: He's good buddy of mine. 519 00:24:00,119 --> 00:24:00,520 Speaker 3: Houston. 520 00:24:00,600 --> 00:24:03,520 Speaker 2: Great dude and gets this, gets what this business is 521 00:24:03,520 --> 00:24:06,280 Speaker 2: all about. But imagine he's doing a show and he's 522 00:24:06,320 --> 00:24:09,160 Speaker 2: doing the Voice of the Rockets too, So good for him. 523 00:24:08,680 --> 00:24:10,240 Speaker 3: I'm not doing that much work. 524 00:24:10,280 --> 00:24:13,320 Speaker 2: We're gonna break textimonials Hoe Next on ninety three to 525 00:24:13,320 --> 00:24:21,159 Speaker 2: three KJRFMA. 526 00:24:18,480 --> 00:24:22,880 Speaker 10: Welcome to Saftie and Dick's Hardball Pregame Show presented by 527 00:24:22,960 --> 00:24:26,840 Speaker 10: Pimco the insurance you get learn more at keemco dot 528 00:24:26,880 --> 00:24:31,520 Speaker 10: com on Sports Radio ninety three point three kjr FM. 529 00:24:31,560 --> 00:24:33,840 Speaker 2: All right, guys, here we go Softie and Dick's Hardball 530 00:24:33,880 --> 00:24:36,320 Speaker 2: Pregame Show with no Dick, which just makes it Softie's 531 00:24:36,320 --> 00:24:40,800 Speaker 2: Hardball pregame show on the radio. Program that did not 532 00:24:40,840 --> 00:24:41,879 Speaker 2: come out right? Whatsoever? 533 00:24:42,119 --> 00:24:42,920 Speaker 3: You mean with. 534 00:24:42,920 --> 00:24:48,080 Speaker 2: Us back at the studio. Emerson Hancock on the mound 535 00:24:48,080 --> 00:24:53,960 Speaker 2: tonight for the Mamages. Tatsia Emi, Japanese pitcher twenty eight 536 00:24:54,000 --> 00:24:56,920 Speaker 2: years old. You may have heard you about this wrong 537 00:24:57,000 --> 00:25:00,520 Speaker 2: way slider that he's got that we talked to Matt, Yeah, 538 00:25:00,600 --> 00:25:01,399 Speaker 2: that earlier. 539 00:25:01,960 --> 00:25:04,439 Speaker 7: Uh, it's like a screwball. Screwball, right. 540 00:25:04,560 --> 00:25:08,640 Speaker 2: Imagine imagine a right handed pitcher throwing to a right 541 00:25:08,680 --> 00:25:13,280 Speaker 2: handed hitter and the slider would typically break away from 542 00:25:13,280 --> 00:25:17,359 Speaker 2: that right handed hitter. His slider breaks into the hitter, 543 00:25:17,640 --> 00:25:20,560 Speaker 2: it goes to his arm side and not his glove side. 544 00:25:20,600 --> 00:25:23,600 Speaker 2: It's kind of a wacky deal, so nobody really knows 545 00:25:23,600 --> 00:25:26,040 Speaker 2: what to call it, how to describe it. I don't 546 00:25:26,040 --> 00:25:28,000 Speaker 2: even know how you prepare for it because I'm not 547 00:25:28,000 --> 00:25:30,720 Speaker 2: sure if anybody else can throw it. So you'll see 548 00:25:30,760 --> 00:25:34,199 Speaker 2: a lineup tonight that's never seen this guy obviously. Emerson 549 00:25:34,280 --> 00:25:37,320 Speaker 2: Hancock has seen the Astros a couple of times, but 550 00:25:37,400 --> 00:25:39,879 Speaker 2: only eight innings overall, so not a lot of history 551 00:25:39,920 --> 00:25:43,720 Speaker 2: there between the Astros and Hancock. But JP Crawford Leanoff 552 00:25:43,760 --> 00:25:47,240 Speaker 2: and short Cal Rowley, Julio Naylor two three four hitters 553 00:25:47,280 --> 00:25:49,119 Speaker 2: are hitting a combined one thirty four with a home 554 00:25:49,200 --> 00:25:52,160 Speaker 2: run ten RBI. So got to get those guys going 555 00:25:52,280 --> 00:25:54,760 Speaker 2: a Rose Arena and left Ringley and right Colgong had 556 00:25:54,840 --> 00:25:58,040 Speaker 2: second can zone d h and Leo Revos at third. 557 00:25:58,080 --> 00:26:01,160 Speaker 2: Mason Hugh you mentioned it earlier and Matt Thomas as well, 558 00:26:01,240 --> 00:26:04,320 Speaker 2: that this is an Astro baseball team who may feel 559 00:26:04,359 --> 00:26:06,800 Speaker 2: like their window is starting to close a little bit here. 560 00:26:07,119 --> 00:26:10,840 Speaker 2: I mean between twenty seventeen and twenty twenty four. They 561 00:26:10,880 --> 00:26:15,080 Speaker 2: made the playoffs eight consecutive times. The Mariners have made 562 00:26:15,119 --> 00:26:18,280 Speaker 2: the playoffs six times in fifty years, and they made 563 00:26:18,280 --> 00:26:21,320 Speaker 2: it eight years in a row from twenty seventeen to 564 00:26:21,359 --> 00:26:26,600 Speaker 2: twenty twenty four. That included four World Series appearances, two titles, 565 00:26:26,880 --> 00:26:30,000 Speaker 2: and they went to the ALCS or better every year 566 00:26:30,040 --> 00:26:33,240 Speaker 2: for seven straight years, but then missed the playoffs a 567 00:26:33,320 --> 00:26:37,320 Speaker 2: year ago. So this is a fairly decent size series. 568 00:26:37,400 --> 00:26:40,919 Speaker 2: I thank you for April for two reasons. Both teams 569 00:26:40,920 --> 00:26:43,160 Speaker 2: are scuffling a little bit, and I think for the 570 00:26:43,200 --> 00:26:47,359 Speaker 2: astros Man the Mariners kinda they made them look silly 571 00:26:47,400 --> 00:26:51,200 Speaker 2: a year ago when they swept them last season in Houston, 572 00:26:51,440 --> 00:26:53,640 Speaker 2: and they want back what the Mariners took from them. 573 00:26:53,640 --> 00:26:55,439 Speaker 7: I think, yeah, there's no doubt. 574 00:26:55,480 --> 00:26:59,679 Speaker 6: And when you're talking about that long period of success, 575 00:27:00,160 --> 00:27:02,200 Speaker 6: you know, a lot a lot of familiar names, right, 576 00:27:02,480 --> 00:27:04,560 Speaker 6: you know, Bregman goes on to the Red Sox, but 577 00:27:04,720 --> 00:27:09,840 Speaker 6: you know, I'm looking for example, yeah, yeah, the Marina Killer, 578 00:27:09,920 --> 00:27:13,359 Speaker 6: right right? And uh and so I'm you know, just 579 00:27:13,400 --> 00:27:16,000 Speaker 6: looking at their roster. Did that's a price? If I 580 00:27:16,000 --> 00:27:16,400 Speaker 6: would have. 581 00:27:16,320 --> 00:27:20,040 Speaker 7: Said to you, who's older Alvarezer Paanya? 582 00:27:20,400 --> 00:27:20,640 Speaker 3: Right? 583 00:27:21,920 --> 00:27:27,520 Speaker 6: What would have you said, probably paynya older than Wow. Okay, yeah, 584 00:27:27,600 --> 00:27:30,280 Speaker 6: well they're they're the same age. Yeah, it just seems 585 00:27:30,280 --> 00:27:33,320 Speaker 6: like Payya is young at any rate. Uh Altuve, you know, 586 00:27:33,359 --> 00:27:35,840 Speaker 6: it seems like he's probably the hub of the wheel 587 00:27:36,640 --> 00:27:39,480 Speaker 6: at least mostly and from a clutch perspective, he'll be 588 00:27:39,480 --> 00:27:43,119 Speaker 6: thirty six in May, Christian Walker at thirty five, and 589 00:27:43,200 --> 00:27:45,920 Speaker 6: Korea at thirty one. Those are just the the main 590 00:27:46,160 --> 00:27:48,879 Speaker 6: you know, uh players over thirty. So they've done a 591 00:27:49,000 --> 00:27:52,840 Speaker 6: nice job of of uh you know, Janner Diaz and 592 00:27:52,880 --> 00:27:56,120 Speaker 6: at twenty five. You know, they've they've replaced a lot 593 00:27:56,160 --> 00:27:59,240 Speaker 6: of guys and kept you know, a few of the 594 00:27:59,240 --> 00:28:02,000 Speaker 6: the star warts of recognizable names, but they've tried to 595 00:28:02,040 --> 00:28:03,320 Speaker 6: fortify it with some young guys. 596 00:28:03,600 --> 00:28:03,879 Speaker 3: Yeah. 597 00:28:03,880 --> 00:28:07,480 Speaker 2: Well, for Altuve, I mean, he's really done something that 598 00:28:07,560 --> 00:28:10,199 Speaker 2: a lot of people aren't able to do. To be 599 00:28:10,520 --> 00:28:14,400 Speaker 2: just an unbelievable TV actor in the seventies on Fantasy Island, 600 00:28:14,600 --> 00:28:19,640 Speaker 2: and then to become the phenomenal baseball players that he's 601 00:28:19,720 --> 00:28:25,440 Speaker 2: become and later in life i mean six years old. Yeah, yeah, no, 602 00:28:25,680 --> 00:28:27,000 Speaker 2: it's it's really incredible.