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Speaker 1: What's up, everybody. Welcome into another edition of Crush City Territory.

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Speaker 1: I am Channeler Roam back from travel Hell alongside Tyler Stafford,

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Speaker 1: who did a wonderful job as the host of the

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Speaker 1: last podcast, which just so happened to be the podcast

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Speaker 1: covering I don't know, the biggest story that has happened

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Speaker 1: to the Astros in the last at least year year

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Speaker 1: and a half. Tyler, you and Josh did a nice job.

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Speaker 1: I was impressed, Thank you.

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Speaker 2: I was very nervous one about the audio levels. I

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Speaker 2: was twisting stuff the whole time that hoping I was

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Speaker 2: getting that right. And there's a lot of things that

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Speaker 2: Chandler does, kind of Wizard of Oz style. As we're talking,

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Speaker 2: there's a lot of things up on the side of

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Speaker 2: the screen and he's like clicking the buttons to bring up,

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Speaker 2: you know, on YouTube, the banners that pop up. Sometimes

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Speaker 2: he's typing them in as we're talking, and then he's

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Speaker 2: clicking the different videos and throwing them to ads. It's hard,

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Speaker 2: Like it was very difficult to talk and listen to

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Speaker 2: what Josh was saying and like think about clicking all

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Speaker 2: of this. So I appreciate that you do that all

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Speaker 2: of the other times, Chandler.

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Speaker 1: Now you understand why I just don't listen to anything

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Speaker 1: you say most of the time when we're talking.

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Speaker 2: There's a lot going on back there. So definitely glad

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Speaker 2: to have done it once. You know, we talked a

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Speaker 2: lot about obviously the Carlos Korea deal. You did a

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Speaker 2: lot of reporting on that. Were there any kind of

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Speaker 2: other many bits of the story that you think are

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Speaker 2: interesting that we hadn't really touched on yet.

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Speaker 1: I mean, you guys pretty much touched on that. Jim

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Speaker 1: Crane wanted this, and Jim Crane got it done. That

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Speaker 1: is usually how this works with Jim Crane. If he

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Speaker 1: wants something, nine times out of ten, it gets done.

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Speaker 1: The lone exception would probably be when they tried to

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Speaker 1: acquire Blake Snell and Josh Hater at the twenty twenty

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Speaker 1: three trade deadline from the San Diego Padres, and then

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Speaker 1: that next winter they signed Josh Hater to the largest

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Speaker 1: free agent deal in Crane's ownership tenure. So he does

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Speaker 1: end up getting what he wants most of the time,

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Speaker 1: but even the times he doesn't, it ends up working

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Speaker 1: out for him, you know it. It really just seemed

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Speaker 1: like this was a perfect storm of things that happened.

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Speaker 1: And it was funny. I was on a radio hit

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Speaker 1: like a day later, the day after the deadline, and

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Speaker 1: someone brought up, you know, you know, if if this

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Speaker 1: they brought if Alex Bregman does this, then this doesn't

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Speaker 1: happen the cars. I was like, guys, you're you're over,

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Speaker 1: You're over making this over dramatic. If he saw Paradus

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Speaker 1: doesn't tear his hamstring running down the first baseline in Seattle,

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Speaker 1: this doesn't happen like that was the impetus for this.

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Speaker 1: They needed a third baseman, they needed an infielder. And

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Speaker 1: you know what, Jim Crane in his ownership tenure has

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Speaker 1: shown that he's not real big on just going to

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Speaker 1: the mushy middle. He doesn't want you know, Ramon Urrius

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Speaker 1: was not going to be satisfactory for a Jim Crane

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Speaker 1: style tree deadline. And he and from from some some

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Speaker 1: things I have gathered, you know, Bob Nightingale first reported

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Speaker 1: this in USA Today earlier today, and it is something

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Speaker 1: that I had heard a little bit. This was pretty

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Speaker 1: much directly Jim Crane called, you know, members of the

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Speaker 1: pole Ad family who own the Twins and they talked

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Speaker 1: the money. This was basically an owner to owner deal.

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Speaker 1: And you would expect that when you've got Carlos has

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Speaker 1: you know, one hundred and three million dollars left on

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Speaker 1: his contract, and they were talking about how much to eat,

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Speaker 1: how much not to eat, Like when you're talking about

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Speaker 1: hundreds of millions of dollars, like that's outside of the

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Speaker 1: realm of the general manager. Like that's outside of the

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Speaker 1: realm of a president of baseball operations. That's what happened

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Speaker 1: really in any in any situation like this. But yeah,

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Speaker 1: this was this was Jim Crane driven. Jim Crane got

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Speaker 1: his man and stunningly, Uh, Carlos Correa has not fixed

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Speaker 1: everything that is wrong with the Houston Astros. They went

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Speaker 1: to Fenway Park this weekend and it was funny. I

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Speaker 1: wrote about this little bit today. They wanted this to

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Speaker 1: be a celebration, like the Astros were trying to throw

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Speaker 1: a party, celebration at in Boston. At Fenway Park. They

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Speaker 1: took the odd not odd, They took the rare step.

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Speaker 1: They traveled a team photographer just.

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Speaker 2: And they looked great.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, and look, I mean he evan tripley. He did

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Speaker 1: a fantastic job. The pictures were awesome, but you could

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Speaker 1: tell the Astros really wanted to play this up like

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Speaker 1: he got on a flight. You know, no real didn't

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Speaker 1: know he was getting on a flight, got on a flight,

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Speaker 1: came down. They had him there. You know, the mayor

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Speaker 1: priorities of the fourth largest city in the country are real,

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Speaker 2: There the weekend, I'm in Boston.

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Speaker 1: I'm sure he needed a vacation in Boston on this

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Speaker 1: one random weekend. I'm sure he needed a vacation. They

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Speaker 1: wanted this to be like a coronation, like back, like

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Speaker 1: Carlos care Is back. We're We're the big bad Astros again.

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Speaker 1: And then they went out for three games and played

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Speaker 1: about as poorly as they have played all season. Fundamentally,

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Speaker 1: it was they scored five runs in three games. The

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Speaker 1: Red Sox scored six runs in the fourth inning. Today

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Speaker 1: it was. There were base running gaffs, there were outfielders

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Speaker 1: throwing the ball to the wrong base, there were bad

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Speaker 1: situational hitting. Everything that could go wrong for this team.

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Speaker 1: Went wrong this weekend, and it spoiled what should have

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Speaker 1: been a nice Vibes weekend, a weekend that they wanted

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Speaker 1: we got the band back together and we're ready to go.

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Speaker 2: Yeah. They they were bad. There's no other way to

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Speaker 2: put it. Watching them was just and am I remembering

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Speaker 2: correctly that they scored first in all three games? Yeah?

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Speaker 1: Christian Yeah it was Christian Walker hit Yeah, just absolute

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Speaker 1: missile home runs. Yeah, put them up.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, they did score first in all three games. So

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Speaker 2: after going what eighteen nineteen games? Yeah, then they can

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Speaker 2: score for some three straight games and can't win any

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Speaker 2: of them, even regardless of how it looked just results wise,

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Speaker 2: you simply cannot lose three games in a series where

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Speaker 2: you have Fromber and Hunter Brown pitching and Garrett Crochet

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Speaker 2: I didn't even pitch for the Red Sox, Like, you

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Speaker 2: didn't even get their best pitcher.

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Speaker 1: Nor did Brian bo who was there right number two.

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Speaker 2: So like, regardless of how they looked like, you cannot

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Speaker 2: lose all three of those games, like you you just can't.

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Speaker 2: And it was it was bad. I mean, it was

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Speaker 2: very fun to see Korea out there. I appreciated that

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Speaker 2: was just very funny because they kind of had to

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Speaker 2: So I'll always remember that. Speaking of Chandler, you were

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Speaker 2: at the games and so you did not experience this.

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Speaker 2: Do you know that all three of these games were

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Speaker 2: broadcast on different platforms? I do.

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Speaker 1: I do because I woke up at six thirty am

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Speaker 1: is which is ludicrous. I cannot believe they played that

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Speaker 1: fifteen people that watch on Roku loved it.

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Speaker 2: Yeah. I had it up only because I can do

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Speaker 2: it's early in the morning and I just we're watching

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Speaker 2: on silent on my phone. But I will say I

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Speaker 2: got a lot of hate for this online. The Apple

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Speaker 2: TV broadcast rules. It looks so good.

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Speaker 1: It is it just like the Clarity.

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Speaker 2: Yes, it's the only it's the only way that you

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Speaker 2: or whatever de scales everything to ten ADP. Sorry for

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Speaker 2: nerding out on everyone, but the Apple broadcast looks insane.

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Speaker 2: It looks like it's filmed with your eyes, like you're

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Speaker 2: sitting in the game. And yeah, I get the people

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Speaker 2: to your local radio broadcasts and you get these unbelievable

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Speaker 2: image quality. And the cinematography is great. They do a

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Speaker 2: lot of really cool They have a bunch of like

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Speaker 2: know why. I get it's because if you don't have

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Speaker 2: Apple TV, you're mad that you can't watch the astros

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Speaker 2: that day. But the broadcasts are incredible.

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Speaker 1: I think the one thing that they could meld these

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Speaker 1: two things together, I think what Roku does? They do

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Speaker 1: it the right way. They had Dave O'Brien, who was

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Speaker 1: and then Julia did the field reporting. I think if

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Speaker 1: getting mad that their local broadcast is not involved. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I don't know. How did how did O'Brien and Blumber

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Speaker 2: They did good. They did another game earlier this year

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Speaker 2: on Roku, so I remember already having seen, you know,

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Speaker 2: These people are not like airheads where they can't like

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Speaker 2: you know, just because they're normally the home broadcast and

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Speaker 2: the like they're they know what they're doing, you know,

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Speaker 2: they can do the other parts of it. That's always

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Speaker 2: the complaint, Like when we talk about for playoff games

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Speaker 2: broc I'm like the people doing it. One hundred and

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Speaker 2: sixty two games could absolutely change the way that they

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Speaker 2: talk and do a broadcast, and it would be fine,

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Speaker 2: and they have immense knowledge of the players. But anyway,

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Speaker 2: I thought it was good today. I didn't watch as

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Speaker 2: much of it because it was a Sunday morning at

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Speaker 1: You were probably up for five hours already.

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Speaker 2: I'm luckily my girls sleep in pretty well, and that's

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Speaker 2: because it takes us a long time to get them

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Speaker 1: You also have like a two month old.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, well, he's just up always. I don't even count

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Speaker 1: Since Korea is all people want to talk about, let's

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Speaker 1: your second first impressions of Carlos Korea this weekend in Boston.

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Speaker 1: First of all, I thought he played. Of course, he

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Speaker 1: had to play shortstop the middle game. They made a

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Speaker 1: game back. He's back at shortstop. But I thought on

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Speaker 1: Sunday he was incredible at third base, and I don't

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Speaker 1: I think that is going to be the least of

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Speaker 1: their concerns is how he's going to transition to third base.

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Speaker 1: He made some plays on Sunday that were that you

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Speaker 1: don't see like veteran third baseman make. He and Bregman

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Speaker 1: Like they have, They've come a long way.

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Speaker 2: How dare you?

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Speaker 1: Sandy al Contra is going to start on Monday again

434
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Speaker 1: Jason Alexander, which is on paper, that's not what you want.

435
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Speaker 1: But those are the games that the Ashers somehow win

436
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Speaker 1: ten to one.

437
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Speaker 2: Jason Alexander and Sandy al Contra huge when they were

438
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Speaker 2: in the nineties, but it's really fallen off in the

439
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Speaker 2: past few years.

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Speaker 1: You know, Dylan Cez could have started that game or

441
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Speaker 1: Sandy all contractor to start that game for the Astros.

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Speaker 1: But I guess that's a different conversation for a different

443
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Speaker 1: Since this is so Carlos Korea heavy, of course, Carlos

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Speaker 1: Korea is going to be our drafting part of our

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Speaker 1: DraftKings player spotlight, Tyler, Carlos Korea. You you we just

446
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Speaker 1: talked about how cool it was to see him back.

447
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Speaker 1: What did you think of the first impressions you got

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Speaker 1: of him in back in an Astro's uniform, and how

449
00:23:34,040 --> 00:23:37,840
Speaker 1: can he how can he maybe help this team going forward?

450
00:23:37,840 --> 00:23:39,560
Speaker 1: A team that needed a spark. I mean, it's pretty

451
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Speaker 1: odd they lost twelve of nineteen games for the deadline.

452
00:23:42,280 --> 00:23:46,520
Speaker 1: This team needed invigoration, They needed somebody to energize them.

453
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Speaker 1: Carlos Korea just by walking in the clubhouse. Does that

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Speaker 1: just his presence, his era, everything about him. But what

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Speaker 1: do you think he'll bring on the field to really

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Speaker 1: help this team and propel them forward.

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Speaker 2: I mean, we've already talked about the fence both being

458
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Speaker 2: able to be incredible at third base already, but also

459
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Speaker 2: when jere mc panney was out for a game, you're

460
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Speaker 2: able to move him over. He can play there. So

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Speaker 2: on the field, you know there's gonna be a lot there.

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Speaker 2: But we talked about his slugging was down a lot

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Speaker 2: in Minnesota, and it doesn't look like from the advats

464
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Speaker 2: that you've seen that there's not something else to unlock there.

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Speaker 2: So as we're looking towards this this next game coming up,

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Speaker 2: I'm taking him to hit a home run again. He

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Speaker 2: had a great swing today. I know they don't have

468
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Speaker 2: the statue there anymore, but that would make me want

469
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Speaker 2: to hit home runs more if you put a statue,

470
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Speaker 2: maybe that's why they took it down. But but yeah,

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Speaker 2: I'm taking Korea to keep it up and hit a

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Speaker 2: homer tomorrow.

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Speaker 1: That's a that's an it's a pretty easy be not

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Speaker 1: easy bet, but because Sandy al Contre is gonna be

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Speaker 1: pitching for the Marlins, but certainly one that Korea is

476
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Speaker 1: known for, the dramatics he's known for. He has that

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Speaker 1: All right, Tyler, how much of this Red Sox series

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Speaker 1: was a bad weekend or did you have bigger concerns

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Speaker 1: that this is kind of a more long term problem?

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Speaker 4: Uh?

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Speaker 1: I did.

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Speaker 2: I've never seen this account before, but something popped up

504
00:26:13,520 --> 00:26:18,200
Speaker 2: today of like MLB luck meter, and I didn't dig

505
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Speaker 2: into too much of the stats behind it, but essentially

506
00:26:22,240 --> 00:26:25,000
Speaker 2: it's expected stats and you know, things like that based

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Speaker 2: on how hard you hit the ball with all those

508
00:26:27,480 --> 00:26:30,680
Speaker 2: types of things, And in all three games, the Astros

509
00:26:30,680 --> 00:26:35,439
Speaker 2: were like expected to win more than not. So there

510
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Speaker 2: were all games that like if you just looked at

511
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Speaker 2: the raw things that happened. Now, of course that doesn't

512
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Speaker 2: take into account terrible base running decisions and you know,

513
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Speaker 2: overthrows and things like that. But it's bad. It certainly

514
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Speaker 2: is not what you want to see. The team is

515
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Speaker 2: objectively better than they were a week ago. I mean,

516
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Speaker 2: even without trade just Jeremy Pinea on the team now,

517
00:27:01,000 --> 00:27:03,879
Speaker 2: like you know, they're they're better than they were a

518
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Speaker 2: week ago. So if you thought this team was good

519
00:27:07,119 --> 00:27:10,720
Speaker 2: a week ago, there's no reason, based on the three

520
00:27:10,760 --> 00:27:14,600
Speaker 2: games that you just watched, to change that opinion because

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Speaker 2: you still I mean, you had a great Hunter Brown start.

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Speaker 2: You just didn't score enough runs that that day, right,

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Speaker 2: you know, if you score three runs, that's a that's

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Speaker 2: a game that you're like really excited about, Like, yeah,

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Speaker 2: Gray have played third, he made some good plays. Hunter

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Speaker 2: Brown went seven to one run you know, like that's

527
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Speaker 2: not that's not a game that you normally would be

528
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Speaker 2: concerned about. And is as rocky as Frommer's start was,

529
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Speaker 2: especially in that fourth inning, he was able to you know,

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Speaker 2: lock in a little bit. So I don't know, it's

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Speaker 2: it's bad, but I don't think I don't think it's

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Speaker 2: anything that you're concerned about moving forward just yet.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, it probably makes it worse that the

534
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Speaker 1: Mariners took three or four from the Rangers and they're

535
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Speaker 1: two and a half back. There. They're right, this is

536
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Speaker 1: a division race again, Like this is not you can't

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Speaker 1: just say that the Mariners are out of it. You

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Speaker 1: can't just forget about them that like you, you are

539
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Speaker 1: now in a division race. You are in a dogfight

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Speaker 1: for the division, which is not something we would have

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Speaker 1: said in June when the when the lead got up

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Speaker 1: to you know, around seven games, and it just seemed

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Speaker 1: like every time. That's the other thing. It seemed like

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Speaker 1: every time the Mariners would lose, the Astros would win,

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Speaker 1: and vice versa. It seemed like every time the Mariners

546
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Speaker 1: could never win on a day that the after is

547
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Speaker 1: lost and that has reverse course. And you know, they've

548
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Speaker 1: gained a lot of ground that they they made their

549
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Speaker 1: team a lot better at the deadline too. They are

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Speaker 1: an objectively better team with Josh Naylor and au henne

551
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Speaker 1: O Suarez at the corners replacing whoever Ben Williamson was

552
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Speaker 1: at third base and Luke Rayley at first base. Like,

553
00:28:48,720 --> 00:28:51,760
Speaker 1: they are a better team with those guys. They probably

554
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Speaker 1: on paper have the best lineup in the American League.

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Speaker 1: And I know that's going to kill Josh Josh Reddick

556
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Speaker 1: to hear me say that. But yeah, when you can

557
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Speaker 1: go a lineup of Crawford, a Rosarina, Julio cal Suarez, Naylor,

558
00:29:08,600 --> 00:29:13,320
Speaker 1: like that's goodry Plonko had a big homer off Jacob

559
00:29:13,360 --> 00:29:16,680
Speaker 1: deGrom today, Like they've got Like they are a complete team.

560
00:29:16,840 --> 00:29:20,000
Speaker 1: This is a complete club. This is not going to

561
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Speaker 1: be easy. The Astros are in a dogfight for the division.

562
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Speaker 1: But when you look at this weekend, no one wants

563
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Speaker 1: to hear this. But in the look, they got three

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Speaker 1: hits on Sunday, They Sunday they just that was that

565
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Speaker 1: was bad. That was one of the worst games they

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Speaker 1: played all year, just in terms of energy, in terms

567
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Speaker 1: of just production. Like it was not good.

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Speaker 2: They got they're so sleepy as Yeah, that blame Roku.

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Speaker 1: Yes, the Ashers lose. If the Ashers lose the American

570
00:29:43,960 --> 00:29:45,920
Speaker 1: League West by one game, they can blame Roku for

571
00:29:46,400 --> 00:29:48,800
Speaker 1: play at ten thirty in the morning on this Sunday.

572
00:29:48,840 --> 00:29:51,920
Speaker 1: But in the first two games of that series, they

573
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Speaker 1: took seventeen at bats with runners in horn position. They

574
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Speaker 1: got two hits with in the seventeen at bats, but

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Speaker 1: they took seventeen at bats from and scoring position, and

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Speaker 1: they left twenty one guys on base. Like, I know

577
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Speaker 1: it's cliche and no one wants to hear it, but like,

578
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Speaker 1: if you're getting that many opportunities, like you're doing something right.

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Speaker 1: There is something going. Like I just think it was

580
00:30:14,080 --> 00:30:17,200
Speaker 1: a case of they needed a big hit. They needed

581
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Speaker 1: one of those Christian Walker moonshot homers over the Monster.

582
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Speaker 1: They needed that with two guys on base instead of

583
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Speaker 1: being a solo shot. They needed Carlos Correa to hit

584
00:30:26,640 --> 00:30:29,680
Speaker 1: a homer today with a couple guys on base. But again,

585
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Speaker 1: these things kind of work in ebbs and flows and

586
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Speaker 1: how the season goes. There's peaks and valleys. It's a marathon,

587
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Speaker 1: not a sprint. You hear this all the time. But

588
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Speaker 1: I'm not panic button concerned yet. But I mean, look,

589
00:30:43,080 --> 00:30:45,720
Speaker 1: this team has also lost fifteen of its last twenty

590
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Speaker 1: two games. This is not two things can be true

591
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Speaker 1: at the same time. Like, I didn't view this weekend

592
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Speaker 1: as like some huge, you know, indictment on the franchise,

593
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Speaker 1: indictment on the team. That the Red Sox are really good.

594
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Speaker 1: There's in second in the American League, Geese now they're

595
00:31:00,640 --> 00:31:03,200
Speaker 1: comfortably in the playoffs. Like that is a you played

596
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Speaker 1: a good team. At the same time, this Astros team

597
00:31:07,040 --> 00:31:08,960
Speaker 1: has not played well for a month now, Like this

598
00:31:09,040 --> 00:31:12,840
Speaker 1: is not now we are talking about the team that

599
00:31:13,000 --> 00:31:17,240
Speaker 1: didn't play well for the previous You know, twenty games

600
00:31:17,520 --> 00:31:20,040
Speaker 1: looks a lot different than the team played this weekend,

601
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Speaker 1: so you have to judge it through kind of a

602
00:31:22,240 --> 00:31:25,800
Speaker 1: different looking prism. But I didn't. I didn't come out

603
00:31:25,840 --> 00:31:28,200
Speaker 1: of this weekend thinking, oh man, this team's cooked. But

604
00:31:28,560 --> 00:31:30,400
Speaker 1: I also, like I left it, I was like, man,

605
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Speaker 1: you know, that's the kind of competition that they're gonna

606
00:31:33,320 --> 00:31:35,240
Speaker 1: have to play down the stretch, because I don't know,

607
00:31:35,240 --> 00:31:36,960
Speaker 1: if you've looked at this schedule.

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Speaker 2: Tyler, it's tough.

609
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Speaker 1: Like they get the Red Sox come to dike In

610
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Speaker 1: Park next week, Like they get off of this road

611
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Speaker 1: trip and they get the Red Sox again at dyke

612
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Speaker 1: In Park, and then they got to go to Arlington,

613
00:31:48,600 --> 00:31:50,840
Speaker 1: they got to go to Toronto, they got to go

614
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Speaker 1: to New York on I know that we just talked

615
00:31:53,480 --> 00:31:55,760
Speaker 1: about the Yankees are a mess right now, but you

616
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Speaker 1: don't just walk into the Bronx and win three games

617
00:31:58,400 --> 00:32:02,800
Speaker 1: without trying, Like they got to go to Detroit in September,

618
00:32:02,840 --> 00:32:05,920
Speaker 1: Like this is going to be like, they've got a

619
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Speaker 1: tough road ahead and they're gonna play a lot of

620
00:32:08,400 --> 00:32:11,200
Speaker 1: teams that look like the Red Sox, and they did

621
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Speaker 1: not ecquit themselves well against that caliber team this weekend.

622
00:32:15,440 --> 00:32:17,480
Speaker 2: Yeah, a lot of a lot of good tests coming

623
00:32:17,560 --> 00:32:22,880
Speaker 2: up uh in the next six weeks. But again, you're right,

624
00:32:22,920 --> 00:32:25,160
Speaker 2: the team has not been good for a month. But

625
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Speaker 2: I think when you look at the team that played

626
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Speaker 2: this weekend and even what they were able to do,

627
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Speaker 2: like you said, with that many runners in scoring position,

628
00:32:34,040 --> 00:32:38,000
Speaker 2: there's almost no correlation between what you did yesterday with

629
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Speaker 2: runners in scoring position to what you will do tomorrow.

630
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Speaker 2: It is. It is a very random thing that just happens.

631
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Speaker 2: You know, there are they're tiny, you know, percentage points

632
00:32:48,200 --> 00:32:50,560
Speaker 2: you can equate to people who like really have a plan,

633
00:32:51,040 --> 00:32:55,480
Speaker 2: But as far as clutchness or whatever, there's really not

634
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Speaker 2: a correlation there. So it's not something that you're overly

635
00:33:00,640 --> 00:33:04,240
Speaker 2: concerned with. But yeah, it's a it's a really close race.

636
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Speaker 2: So they're they're going to need to, you know, win

637
00:33:08,280 --> 00:33:10,920
Speaker 2: a series against the Miami Marlins, which you wouldn't think

638
00:33:10,960 --> 00:33:15,080
Speaker 2: would be a scary proposition, but apparently it is.

639
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Speaker 1: Since we've spent thirty four minutes talking about Carlos Corey.

640
00:33:19,480 --> 00:33:22,160
Speaker 1: Let's talk about the other dudes. What did you think

641
00:33:22,400 --> 00:33:25,760
Speaker 1: of your first look at Haysu Sanchez and maybe to

642
00:33:25,800 --> 00:33:28,880
Speaker 1: a lesser extent, ramon Orius Romona Arius obviously did not

643
00:33:28,960 --> 00:33:32,080
Speaker 1: play as much as Heyesus Sanchez. But I mean the

644
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Speaker 1: fact that Haysus Sanchez hit third in this lineup in

645
00:33:35,920 --> 00:33:38,560
Speaker 1: his first three games in an Astros uniform tells you

646
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Speaker 1: a lot. It tells you how they view him. It

647
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Speaker 1: tells you how highly they think of his bat. What

648
00:33:44,120 --> 00:33:46,160
Speaker 1: did you think of what you saw from Hayesus Sanchez

649
00:33:46,160 --> 00:33:46,840
Speaker 1: in three games?

650
00:33:47,200 --> 00:33:50,360
Speaker 2: I mean, I get why when you watch that guy

651
00:33:50,440 --> 00:33:53,120
Speaker 2: play baseball, you're like, I bet that guy's really good

652
00:33:53,120 --> 00:33:55,280
Speaker 2: at baseball. You know, like if you're just watching for

653
00:33:55,360 --> 00:33:57,280
Speaker 2: one at bat, I can see how you can look

654
00:33:57,320 --> 00:33:59,760
Speaker 2: at him and be like, man, that looks like a

655
00:33:59,800 --> 00:34:03,200
Speaker 2: really good baseball player. And we saw snippets of that

656
00:34:03,880 --> 00:34:08,080
Speaker 2: defense was rough, that that was not great. Part of

657
00:34:08,120 --> 00:34:10,960
Speaker 2: that I will give you know a little bit of

658
00:34:11,640 --> 00:34:14,600
Speaker 2: you know, a fly here where it's he's a right fielder.

659
00:34:14,760 --> 00:34:18,840
Speaker 2: He's playing left field for essentially the first time in Fenway,

660
00:34:18,880 --> 00:34:22,520
Speaker 2: which is already a very weird left field to navigate,

661
00:34:22,880 --> 00:34:25,759
Speaker 2: so I'm willing to overlook that he did play right

662
00:34:25,800 --> 00:34:29,560
Speaker 2: field today and was not good there either, So we'll

663
00:34:29,600 --> 00:34:32,440
Speaker 2: figure that out at some point. But the bats, I

664
00:34:32,480 --> 00:34:36,680
Speaker 2: thought looked good and we talked about on the last podcast.

665
00:34:36,760 --> 00:34:42,600
Speaker 2: But man, his his like raw numbers are very impressive.

666
00:34:42,680 --> 00:34:45,600
Speaker 2: His bat speed, his exit velow is all stuff that

667
00:34:45,680 --> 00:34:48,400
Speaker 2: you you look at and go, I bet the Astros

668
00:34:48,400 --> 00:34:52,280
Speaker 2: can kind unlock something in there. You know, you mentioned

669
00:34:52,320 --> 00:34:56,279
Speaker 2: ramon Arias, but he he played a little bit. It

670
00:34:56,280 --> 00:34:58,120
Speaker 2: looks like he can play a couple of different positions,

671
00:34:58,120 --> 00:35:01,560
Speaker 2: which is nice. Bats looked good, but yeah, Haze Sanchez

672
00:35:01,600 --> 00:35:05,160
Speaker 2: really made a good impression at the plate, at least

673
00:35:05,640 --> 00:35:09,239
Speaker 2: to me. Base running was a little rough too, so

674
00:35:09,560 --> 00:35:13,520
Speaker 2: that's right, to work on the other parts first. But

675
00:35:13,520 --> 00:35:15,080
Speaker 2: but yeah, they hitting look good.

676
00:35:15,320 --> 00:35:18,640
Speaker 1: Yeah, the thing about Hayesus Sanchez is going to be interesting,

677
00:35:19,080 --> 00:35:22,520
Speaker 1: And Joe A. Spotta talked both to Hayesus Sanchez about

678
00:35:22,520 --> 00:35:24,880
Speaker 1: this and then talk to us about it. You know,

679
00:35:24,920 --> 00:35:27,160
Speaker 1: this is a guy that's coming from a place in

680
00:35:27,200 --> 00:35:31,080
Speaker 1: Miami that didn't really win much. There weren't a ton

681
00:35:31,120 --> 00:35:35,760
Speaker 1: of expectations, there weren't the pressure there was a lot different.

682
00:35:35,880 --> 00:35:38,960
Speaker 1: And the one thing Joe Aspata has or tried to

683
00:35:39,000 --> 00:35:41,560
Speaker 1: tell Haysue Sanchez and maybe his first day with the

684
00:35:41,600 --> 00:35:44,719
Speaker 1: Astros was to play loose, to play free, and to

685
00:35:44,800 --> 00:35:47,399
Speaker 1: not think that he had to come in and do

686
00:35:47,480 --> 00:35:51,359
Speaker 1: something outside of himself. But I do wonder though that

687
00:35:51,360 --> 00:35:53,799
Speaker 1: that that's easy, a lot easier said than done, Like

688
00:35:53,920 --> 00:35:58,400
Speaker 1: when you're a guy that is traded to a team

689
00:35:58,800 --> 00:36:02,120
Speaker 1: like the Astros, that has such high expectations, that is

690
00:36:02,160 --> 00:36:05,480
Speaker 1: always in contention, and when you are I mean, look,

691
00:36:05,520 --> 00:36:07,360
Speaker 1: he wasn't the biggest trade they made at the deadline,

692
00:36:07,360 --> 00:36:10,600
Speaker 1: but they gave up the most capital to get him.

693
00:36:10,680 --> 00:36:14,400
Speaker 1: I mean they gave up three prospects. Not well, Gusto's

694
00:36:14,480 --> 00:36:17,360
Speaker 1: technically not a prospect, mber whatever, they gave up three dudes.

695
00:36:17,480 --> 00:36:20,800
Speaker 2: He's in the miners apparently cowards, dare they?

696
00:36:21,360 --> 00:36:24,920
Speaker 1: But he's I mean, he was a consequential acquisition for

697
00:36:24,960 --> 00:36:29,160
Speaker 1: this team, and that can affect guys very differently. You know,

698
00:36:29,200 --> 00:36:31,759
Speaker 1: you say, Kakuchi came in here and embraced it. He

699
00:36:31,840 --> 00:36:35,279
Speaker 1: came from a place that in Toronto where they were

700
00:36:35,320 --> 00:36:38,080
Speaker 1: not good last year. The clubhouse was not in a

701
00:36:38,080 --> 00:36:40,600
Speaker 1: great spot, the bullpen was terrible and they were blowing

702
00:36:40,600 --> 00:36:42,799
Speaker 1: all of his leads. Once he got out the out

703
00:36:42,840 --> 00:36:45,040
Speaker 1: of the game, he came to a place where the

704
00:36:45,080 --> 00:36:47,520
Speaker 1: defense behind him was really good. They had a great bullpen,

705
00:36:48,000 --> 00:36:50,440
Speaker 1: and they welcomed him with open arms, and he thrived.

706
00:36:51,040 --> 00:36:53,040
Speaker 1: That's not always the case, And I'm not saying, hey,

707
00:36:53,080 --> 00:36:55,000
Speaker 1: sus Sanchez is going to go down the other path,

708
00:36:55,080 --> 00:36:57,560
Speaker 1: but it's just something to keep in mind for a

709
00:36:57,600 --> 00:37:01,840
Speaker 1: guy that is still relatively when you look at you

710
00:37:01,840 --> 00:37:03,920
Speaker 1: know his time in the big leagues. He is twenty

711
00:37:03,960 --> 00:37:05,960
Speaker 1: seven years old. But I mean again, this is a

712
00:37:06,000 --> 00:37:09,880
Speaker 1: guy that has not played a ton of meaningful baseball.

713
00:37:10,719 --> 00:37:13,400
Speaker 1: Is the Marlins did go to the playoffs one of

714
00:37:13,440 --> 00:37:15,880
Speaker 1: the years he was on the team, but other than that,

715
00:37:15,960 --> 00:37:19,600
Speaker 1: like he has not played a lot of just games,

716
00:37:19,640 --> 00:37:22,560
Speaker 1: a lot of stakes games with a lot where where

717
00:37:22,560 --> 00:37:25,680
Speaker 1: a base running mistake is going to be more consequential

718
00:37:25,760 --> 00:37:28,720
Speaker 1: than it would be in Miami. Or overthrowing the cutoff

719
00:37:28,760 --> 00:37:31,400
Speaker 1: man like he did on Sunday and letting Trevor Story

720
00:37:31,440 --> 00:37:33,600
Speaker 1: get an extra ninety feet like that means more in

721
00:37:33,640 --> 00:37:36,040
Speaker 1: Houston than it did when it was with the Marlins.

722
00:37:36,040 --> 00:37:39,239
Speaker 1: So it'll be an interesting adjustment for him. Again. I

723
00:37:39,840 --> 00:37:42,200
Speaker 1: can't decide if it's good or bad that they're going

724
00:37:42,239 --> 00:37:44,960
Speaker 1: back to Miami so quick that he'll get to like

725
00:37:45,160 --> 00:37:47,080
Speaker 1: just go right back to Miami and see all of

726
00:37:47,120 --> 00:37:49,080
Speaker 1: his former teammates. I can't decide that's gonna be good

727
00:37:49,120 --> 00:37:51,400
Speaker 1: or bad for his psyche. But who knows. Maybe that

728
00:37:51,480 --> 00:37:54,080
Speaker 1: lets him settle down. But it'll be interesting to see

729
00:37:54,120 --> 00:37:57,040
Speaker 1: him go back home, go back to Miami. And one

730
00:37:57,120 --> 00:37:59,600
Speaker 1: other person that we will see in Miami is Spencer

731
00:37:59,600 --> 00:38:03,840
Speaker 1: ari Yety is gonna pitch. I believe it will be Tuesday.

732
00:38:04,040 --> 00:38:07,040
Speaker 1: Don't quote me on that. Don't don't run with that.

733
00:38:07,560 --> 00:38:10,040
Speaker 1: They are TBA right now on Tuesday and Wednesday. They

734
00:38:10,040 --> 00:38:13,080
Speaker 1: haven't announced yet when Spencer Arighedtty will start. I think

735
00:38:13,200 --> 00:38:16,160
Speaker 1: it'll be Tuesday, but they can flip it and do

736
00:38:16,200 --> 00:38:19,280
Speaker 1: it Wednesday, who knows. But he'll be back the first

737
00:38:19,440 --> 00:38:23,480
Speaker 1: of the cavalry, the pitching cavalry to come back, a

738
00:38:23,520 --> 00:38:26,080
Speaker 1: pitching cavalry that they think is gonna be pretty effective

739
00:38:26,120 --> 00:38:27,520
Speaker 1: because they didn't go get any pitching at.

740
00:38:27,480 --> 00:38:30,200
Speaker 2: The deadline, so and they traded one of their starters,

741
00:38:30,360 --> 00:38:31,240
Speaker 2: and they did they.

742
00:38:31,120 --> 00:38:33,960
Speaker 1: Traded one, so they they have a lot in this

743
00:38:34,280 --> 00:38:38,160
Speaker 1: and as We've talked about Tyler, Spencer, Araghetty is probably

744
00:38:38,200 --> 00:38:41,520
Speaker 1: the guy that you look at and you're counting on him,

745
00:38:41,560 --> 00:38:46,160
Speaker 1: maybe more than Garcia, France and Hobber, just because those

746
00:38:46,200 --> 00:38:48,319
Speaker 1: other three guys haven't pitched in a big League game

747
00:38:48,320 --> 00:38:51,640
Speaker 1: in more than a year. They all had pretty major surgeries,

748
00:38:51,680 --> 00:38:56,279
Speaker 1: reconstructive type surgeries. Spencer Arigedtty. Look, I'm not diminishing a

749
00:38:56,320 --> 00:39:00,960
Speaker 1: fractured thumb, but had a lesser injury. Has pitched already

750
00:39:01,000 --> 00:39:03,520
Speaker 1: this season, has not did not have to go through

751
00:39:03,520 --> 00:39:07,839
Speaker 1: a just a long spring training build up like he.

752
00:39:08,000 --> 00:39:10,200
Speaker 1: It's a little bit different situation when there's a lot

753
00:39:10,320 --> 00:39:13,320
Speaker 1: of pressure and expectations on him going into the start

754
00:39:13,680 --> 00:39:16,000
Speaker 1: and you know, the final two months of the season.

755
00:39:16,600 --> 00:39:20,600
Speaker 2: Yeah, no, he The Astros need him to get into

756
00:39:20,640 --> 00:39:24,840
Speaker 2: the sixth with three or maybe four runs almost every

757
00:39:25,080 --> 00:39:27,600
Speaker 2: time he goes out. They you know, they just can't

758
00:39:27,600 --> 00:39:30,439
Speaker 2: have a lot of three and four inning starts from

759
00:39:30,480 --> 00:39:33,880
Speaker 2: guys or stars where the starters are just getting blown

760
00:39:33,960 --> 00:39:36,839
Speaker 2: up or things like that. Ragetty has to come out

761
00:39:36,840 --> 00:39:40,960
Speaker 2: and just be a consistent pitcher because they need that.

762
00:39:41,000 --> 00:39:44,840
Speaker 2: They have three slots in the rotation right now that

763
00:39:44,920 --> 00:39:49,000
Speaker 2: you have no clue what you're getting on on those days.

764
00:39:49,680 --> 00:39:53,600
Speaker 2: But yeah, he's He's definitely somebody that you're you're counting

765
00:39:53,640 --> 00:39:55,960
Speaker 2: a lot on and I you know, there's no reason

766
00:39:55,960 --> 00:39:58,560
Speaker 2: to think that he can't other than you know it's

767
00:39:58,880 --> 00:40:00,680
Speaker 2: it's going to take a bit to b old back up.

768
00:40:00,680 --> 00:40:03,040
Speaker 2: But like you said, it's not a reconstructive surgery. You're

769
00:40:03,080 --> 00:40:07,720
Speaker 2: not concerned about re injury things like that or pushing

770
00:40:07,800 --> 00:40:12,600
Speaker 2: him too hard because it was just a just quote

771
00:40:12,680 --> 00:40:13,640
Speaker 2: unquote a thumb.

772
00:40:14,400 --> 00:40:17,279
Speaker 1: Yeah, the Marlins are not a world beating lineup by

773
00:40:17,280 --> 00:40:19,480
Speaker 1: any means, but I mean we they have a below

774
00:40:19,520 --> 00:40:22,759
Speaker 1: average ops plus, but I mean we just have won

775
00:40:22,840 --> 00:40:25,160
Speaker 1: six series in a row. Like they're vibing, they're playing

776
00:40:25,200 --> 00:40:27,080
Speaker 1: well at home. I think there's people actually going to

777
00:40:27,120 --> 00:40:29,400
Speaker 1: the games. Now I'll get to see for myself. I

778
00:40:29,400 --> 00:40:33,560
Speaker 1: guess if people show up. But they're much like the

779
00:40:33,600 --> 00:40:36,600
Speaker 1: Astros were for out throughout much of June. They're running

780
00:40:36,600 --> 00:40:39,439
Speaker 1: on vibes and they've got some good young players. You'll

781
00:40:39,440 --> 00:40:43,200
Speaker 1: see Sandy al Contra. This is this is a good

782
00:40:43,239 --> 00:40:46,719
Speaker 1: little team that sounded way worse than I wanted it

783
00:40:46,760 --> 00:40:50,200
Speaker 1: to sound. I mean, they're they're plucky, they're they're not

784
00:40:50,360 --> 00:40:52,720
Speaker 1: gonna they're not gonna make the playoffs. They're not gonna

785
00:40:52,760 --> 00:40:56,600
Speaker 1: like they probably can't keep this up, but they're gonna

786
00:40:56,600 --> 00:40:58,600
Speaker 1: be a challenge. They're gonna be a phone in the Ashers.

787
00:40:58,760 --> 00:41:01,640
Speaker 1: This is not when you when you looked at Astros

788
00:41:01,719 --> 00:41:04,520
Speaker 1: Marlins last month. They're gonna go in there and take

789
00:41:04,520 --> 00:41:07,040
Speaker 1: two or three without even trying, even with like the

790
00:41:07,080 --> 00:41:09,560
Speaker 1: sugar Land lineup, they were running out three weeks ago

791
00:41:09,920 --> 00:41:12,399
Speaker 1: and now like no, like they're they're playing very well.

792
00:41:12,440 --> 00:41:15,400
Speaker 1: They're playing they they have a good manager and Clayton McCullough,

793
00:41:15,520 --> 00:41:19,799
Speaker 1: first year manager that's doing a very nice job. This

794
00:41:19,880 --> 00:41:22,319
Speaker 1: is this is going to be a real test for them. Uh,

795
00:41:22,400 --> 00:41:24,640
Speaker 1: the Ashers are better, they have a better roster, they have,

796
00:41:24,840 --> 00:41:27,239
Speaker 1: they have better everything. But this is still going to

797
00:41:27,239 --> 00:41:28,719
Speaker 1: be a pretty substantial test for them.

798
00:41:29,200 --> 00:41:31,560
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, well we'll see. This is this is

799
00:41:31,600 --> 00:41:35,040
Speaker 2: your first time in Miami, correct, I.

800
00:41:34,960 --> 00:41:37,319
Speaker 1: Mean first time going to the ballpark, but not my

801
00:41:37,360 --> 00:41:37,719
Speaker 1: first time.

802
00:41:37,760 --> 00:41:40,279
Speaker 2: An Sure, you're down there club and a lot. It

803
00:41:40,400 --> 00:41:41,320
Speaker 2: seemed like a big club.

804
00:41:41,360 --> 00:41:41,560
Speaker 1: Guy.

805
00:41:42,400 --> 00:41:45,440
Speaker 2: Do you do you think you will see an alligator?

806
00:41:47,840 --> 00:41:50,520
Speaker 1: Perhaps? I hope. I mean I'm from Louisiana, so they're

807
00:41:50,520 --> 00:41:52,719
Speaker 1: just kind of attracted to me. That's true. They can

808
00:41:52,800 --> 00:41:55,160
Speaker 1: they can sniff, they sniff my scent, and they just

809
00:41:55,200 --> 00:41:56,439
Speaker 1: like they walk.

810
00:41:57,200 --> 00:41:59,360
Speaker 2: Yeahah, they recognize a brother.

811
00:41:59,719 --> 00:41:59,919
Speaker 1: Yeah.

812
00:42:00,160 --> 00:42:02,440
Speaker 2: But this is your thirtieth stadium, which is really cool.

813
00:42:02,520 --> 00:42:06,320
Speaker 2: You've seen all major league stadiums now, So I wanted

814
00:42:06,320 --> 00:42:09,680
Speaker 2: to ask you a few questions. One, I feel like,

815
00:42:10,880 --> 00:42:14,279
Speaker 2: especially sports writers, everybody's kind of top five as far

816
00:42:14,320 --> 00:42:18,520
Speaker 2: as just ballparks are pretty similar. But rat rattle off

817
00:42:18,600 --> 00:42:20,680
Speaker 2: quick your top fives here.

818
00:42:21,719 --> 00:42:25,319
Speaker 1: San Francisco, whatever it's called now, it's always pack Bell

819
00:42:25,400 --> 00:42:29,399
Speaker 1: Park to me. Okay, just Seattle, it's always safeg Field.

820
00:42:29,400 --> 00:42:31,640
Speaker 1: To me, it's Tea Mobile. Probably those are probably my

821
00:42:31,719 --> 00:42:32,680
Speaker 1: two favorites.

822
00:42:33,120 --> 00:42:33,440
Speaker 2: Okay.

823
00:42:33,840 --> 00:42:35,840
Speaker 1: I like Fenway Park. I really. I was talking to

824
00:42:35,880 --> 00:42:38,200
Speaker 1: somebody on the I was talking to somebody there this weekend,

825
00:42:38,200 --> 00:42:40,840
Speaker 1: and it's amazing what they've done with the place where

826
00:42:42,080 --> 00:42:46,279
Speaker 1: they haven't made it like so modern to where it's

827
00:42:46,400 --> 00:42:50,040
Speaker 1: lost its feel and it's lost it's you know, nostalgia,

828
00:42:50,160 --> 00:42:53,080
Speaker 1: Like it's still it's not a dilapidated piece of crap,

829
00:42:53,680 --> 00:42:56,640
Speaker 1: but it's also still got its charm for being as

830
00:42:56,640 --> 00:42:58,720
Speaker 1: old as it is. They've done a very nice job

831
00:42:58,840 --> 00:43:03,920
Speaker 1: keeping it up. Fenway's up there. For me, this is

832
00:43:03,960 --> 00:43:08,000
Speaker 1: gonna sound very odd. I loved the trop Man. The

833
00:43:08,080 --> 00:43:12,600
Speaker 1: Tropic Canna Field was great for for a variety of reasons,

834
00:43:13,200 --> 00:43:17,799
Speaker 1: mainly a lot to do selfishly, because very easy to

835
00:43:17,840 --> 00:43:20,880
Speaker 1: work in it. There's so much space you can like

836
00:43:21,280 --> 00:43:23,680
Speaker 1: press box is huge. There's no media that covers them,

837
00:43:23,760 --> 00:43:25,200
Speaker 1: so you have a ton of space.

838
00:43:25,480 --> 00:43:27,640
Speaker 2: And there's a lot of empty seats to sit in,

839
00:43:27,800 --> 00:43:28,480
Speaker 2: is what you're saying.

840
00:43:28,760 --> 00:43:30,560
Speaker 1: A lot of empty seats. You can just go and

841
00:43:30,600 --> 00:43:33,279
Speaker 1: it's easy to get to the clubhouse. It's from a

842
00:43:33,320 --> 00:43:38,160
Speaker 1: working from a working perspective, Tropic Canna Field is awesome.

843
00:43:39,440 --> 00:43:41,960
Speaker 1: The one that doesn't get mentioned a lot that should

844
00:43:41,960 --> 00:43:45,839
Speaker 1: get mentioned is target Field in Minneapolis. It is low

845
00:43:45,880 --> 00:43:48,680
Speaker 1: key one of the best ballparks you can go to

846
00:43:48,760 --> 00:43:52,040
Speaker 1: if you can, if you can go to Minneapolis when

847
00:43:52,040 --> 00:43:54,680
Speaker 1: it's not freezing, if you can go to Minneapolis in

848
00:43:54,719 --> 00:43:56,239
Speaker 1: the summer and get a tick to go to a

849
00:43:56,280 --> 00:43:58,680
Speaker 1: Twins game. You may not know who's on the roster

850
00:43:58,760 --> 00:44:01,799
Speaker 1: now because they traded half of it, but go for

851
00:44:02,080 --> 00:44:06,280
Speaker 1: target Field. It is an incredible ballpark. I love target Field,

852
00:44:06,280 --> 00:44:09,200
Speaker 1: but if you make take traffic Caana Field out that

853
00:44:09,320 --> 00:44:12,840
Speaker 1: was just a selfish one. I would probably say My

854
00:44:13,000 --> 00:44:19,279
Speaker 1: fifth would probably be I'm not confident in saying it,

855
00:44:19,360 --> 00:44:24,040
Speaker 1: but I like Petco Park. I like Petco Park more

856
00:44:24,120 --> 00:44:25,239
Speaker 1: for the surroundings.

857
00:44:25,360 --> 00:44:27,360
Speaker 2: Okay, So that's what I wanted to quitz in the

858
00:44:27,400 --> 00:44:29,640
Speaker 2: middle of the gas. That's what I wanted to ask

859
00:44:29,640 --> 00:44:32,080
Speaker 2: about because a lot of times when people talk about

860
00:44:32,080 --> 00:44:35,240
Speaker 2: their favorite stadiums, what they mean is the stadium itself,

861
00:44:35,280 --> 00:44:37,239
Speaker 2: which is obviously a big part of it. But when

862
00:44:37,280 --> 00:44:40,080
Speaker 2: you are traveling to other places that is a part

863
00:44:40,160 --> 00:44:42,360
Speaker 2: of your trip, you do need to build kind of

864
00:44:42,400 --> 00:44:45,399
Speaker 2: a weekend around that. So I wondered if you could

865
00:44:45,440 --> 00:44:49,839
Speaker 2: give Because you're staying every time right next to the stadium, like,

866
00:44:49,880 --> 00:44:53,320
Speaker 2: you kind of know the initial surroundings. So if somebody's

867
00:44:53,360 --> 00:44:56,480
Speaker 2: planning like a two day trip somewhere where the baseball

868
00:44:56,920 --> 00:45:00,000
Speaker 2: game is, you know, a very big part of it.

869
00:45:00,040 --> 00:45:02,560
Speaker 2: But there's stuff to do outside of it. Are there

870
00:45:02,600 --> 00:45:04,719
Speaker 2: any kind of towns that you are like, oh, these

871
00:45:04,719 --> 00:45:07,799
Speaker 2: are really cool downtown areas to hang out in.

872
00:45:08,360 --> 00:45:11,120
Speaker 1: Saint Louis is an awful city, but the ball park

873
00:45:11,239 --> 00:45:14,160
Speaker 1: village and everything around Bush Stadium is very nice. Like

874
00:45:14,239 --> 00:45:16,560
Speaker 1: I would. I would do it. If you've never done it,

875
00:45:16,719 --> 00:45:22,160
Speaker 1: just go hang out around there. Wrigleyville is awesome in Chicago, obviously,

876
00:45:22,200 --> 00:45:25,080
Speaker 1: if you're going to Wrigley Field, like do that once

877
00:45:25,120 --> 00:45:27,439
Speaker 1: in your life. Everything around Wrigley Field is great. There's

878
00:45:27,440 --> 00:45:30,600
Speaker 1: a ton of stuff to do around it. The Battery

879
00:45:30,600 --> 00:45:35,480
Speaker 1: in Atlanta is it's fun, but it also caters to

880
00:45:35,600 --> 00:45:38,960
Speaker 1: a certain type of you know, demographic and a certain

881
00:45:39,719 --> 00:45:43,680
Speaker 1: very much a younger feel. Tyler. You you sort of

882
00:45:43,719 --> 00:45:46,080
Speaker 1: went to an SEC school. I went to an SEC school.

883
00:45:46,120 --> 00:45:50,520
Speaker 1: Like it's a lot. It reminds me a lot of

884
00:45:50,560 --> 00:45:53,920
Speaker 1: like an SEC football tailgate going to the Battery in Atlanta.

885
00:45:54,000 --> 00:45:56,880
Speaker 1: And so there are some people that that's not their aesthetic,

886
00:45:56,920 --> 00:45:59,359
Speaker 1: that's not their thing, and so I can see why

887
00:45:59,400 --> 00:46:02,000
Speaker 1: some people to the Battery and not like it. But

888
00:46:02,480 --> 00:46:05,680
Speaker 1: I enjoyed it because I that's kind of my Segon

889
00:46:05,680 --> 00:46:08,680
Speaker 1: That's what I like. But yeah, those are those are

890
00:46:08,760 --> 00:46:11,000
Speaker 1: up there. There's some that I would tell you to avoid,

891
00:46:11,280 --> 00:46:14,040
Speaker 1: Like Kansas City is in the middle of nowhere, like

892
00:46:14,040 --> 00:46:16,440
Speaker 1: like Kaufin stadiums in the middle of a parking lot.

893
00:46:16,920 --> 00:46:20,719
Speaker 1: I would not recommend doing that. San Francisco, like the

894
00:46:21,760 --> 00:46:25,160
Speaker 1: stadium is awesome. The Giants Ballpark is awesome, but there's

895
00:46:25,200 --> 00:46:28,080
Speaker 1: really nothing around it, like within walking distance or anything.

896
00:46:28,719 --> 00:46:31,080
Speaker 1: The best bet though, is Petco Park we were just

897
00:46:31,080 --> 00:46:34,120
Speaker 1: talking about. It is in the middle right like Denver, Yes,

898
00:46:34,360 --> 00:46:36,920
Speaker 1: of course, yeah, there's a lot of stuff around Cores

899
00:46:36,920 --> 00:46:40,040
Speaker 1: in Denver, but Petco Park it's literally in the middle

900
00:46:40,080 --> 00:46:41,239
Speaker 1: of the gas so cool.

901
00:46:41,239 --> 00:46:43,959
Speaker 2: If you've never been there, it is. There's a there's

902
00:46:44,000 --> 00:46:47,000
Speaker 2: even that bridge that walks over from that hotel right

903
00:46:47,080 --> 00:46:48,359
Speaker 2: like you literally don't even have to.

904
00:46:48,320 --> 00:46:51,799
Speaker 1: Go there anymore. But they that used to be the

905
00:46:51,840 --> 00:46:55,120
Speaker 1: Ashers team hotel. They used to stay there, and I

906
00:46:55,160 --> 00:46:57,239
Speaker 1: mean the guys just literally walk the bridge to the

907
00:46:57,239 --> 00:47:00,600
Speaker 1: ballpark and it's it's like you you walk out of

908
00:47:00,640 --> 00:47:03,920
Speaker 1: that ballpark and anything you want. If you want to

909
00:47:03,960 --> 00:47:06,960
Speaker 1: go to a restaurant, there's like fifty restaurants out. If

910
00:47:07,000 --> 00:47:09,960
Speaker 1: you want to go clubbing, there's clubs for you. If

911
00:47:09,960 --> 00:47:11,440
Speaker 1: you want to go just have a drink at an

912
00:47:11,480 --> 00:47:14,840
Speaker 1: Irish bar, there are plenty of those. Like San Diego

913
00:47:15,120 --> 00:47:18,879
Speaker 1: is great, what a city, what I think, And when

914
00:47:18,920 --> 00:47:21,879
Speaker 1: that place, when that team is good, which they usually are,

915
00:47:22,360 --> 00:47:26,520
Speaker 1: that place is electric. When we went up there last

916
00:47:26,719 --> 00:47:29,959
Speaker 1: for that weird series in September where the Umpires lost

917
00:47:30,000 --> 00:47:33,360
Speaker 1: control Jose Alva took a shoe off, like that place

918
00:47:33,880 --> 00:47:37,879
Speaker 1: was lit and when they are good, that place is rock.

919
00:47:37,920 --> 00:47:40,120
Speaker 1: And I would highly recommend getting a ticket trying to

920
00:47:40,120 --> 00:47:41,040
Speaker 1: go see a Potter's Game.

921
00:47:41,280 --> 00:47:43,680
Speaker 2: Would you be surprised to learn that on my trip

922
00:47:43,719 --> 00:47:47,120
Speaker 2: to San Diego an entire day at the zoo?

923
00:47:47,880 --> 00:47:49,120
Speaker 1: No, that's not surprising at all.

924
00:47:49,239 --> 00:47:51,560
Speaker 2: Yeah, rules. The San Diego Zoo is awesome.

925
00:47:51,840 --> 00:47:53,480
Speaker 1: Is that? Are they known for having a good zoom?

926
00:47:53,560 --> 00:47:55,840
Speaker 2: Yeah, it's the best. There was a show on Animal

927
00:47:55,840 --> 00:47:58,440
Speaker 2: Planet growing up that was like a trivia show on

928
00:47:59,280 --> 00:48:01,719
Speaker 2: at the San Diego Zoo and I wanted to go

929
00:48:01,760 --> 00:48:03,600
Speaker 2: on there so bad, just so I could take the

930
00:48:03,600 --> 00:48:07,320
Speaker 2: private tour of the zoo after. But yes, that that

931
00:48:07,440 --> 00:48:08,239
Speaker 2: zoo rules.

932
00:48:08,680 --> 00:48:11,040
Speaker 1: Given cam Smith's current struggles.

933
00:48:10,760 --> 00:48:13,320
Speaker 2: You may need a week off to go to the zoo.

934
00:48:13,480 --> 00:48:16,239
Speaker 1: You need to get into the zoo to like be compressed.

935
00:48:16,280 --> 00:48:20,000
Speaker 1: And yeah, that's gonna be interesting. I wrote about a

936
00:48:20,040 --> 00:48:22,719
Speaker 1: little bit today. That's gonna be an interesting next two

937
00:48:22,719 --> 00:48:25,359
Speaker 1: months because he sue Sanchez on the roster, like they

938
00:48:25,400 --> 00:48:28,400
Speaker 1: now have a pretty ideal platoon partner for cam Smith

939
00:48:28,440 --> 00:48:29,200
Speaker 1: And if they want to.

940
00:48:29,120 --> 00:48:32,520
Speaker 2: Probably find he's got to be so sleepy, he's so tired,

941
00:48:32,719 --> 00:48:35,640
Speaker 2: Like you can pay so many games, you can tell

942
00:48:35,760 --> 00:48:37,600
Speaker 2: like it's got to be exhausted.

943
00:48:38,000 --> 00:48:40,840
Speaker 1: It's you can tell he has he has hit the

944
00:48:40,880 --> 00:48:44,640
Speaker 1: rookie wall. And look, there's no law saying he can't

945
00:48:44,680 --> 00:48:47,520
Speaker 1: scale the rookie wall and then like go off in October.

946
00:48:47,560 --> 00:48:50,680
Speaker 1: We saw Jeremy Panna do that three years ago. But

947
00:48:50,920 --> 00:48:53,720
Speaker 1: right now he looks like a guy that needs a break.

948
00:48:54,000 --> 00:48:56,160
Speaker 1: He looks like a guy that doesn't need to be

949
00:48:56,239 --> 00:48:59,800
Speaker 1: playing every day. And the way Joe has written his

950
00:48:59,880 --> 00:49:02,080
Speaker 1: life lineups this week, he hasn't played every day. He

951
00:49:02,120 --> 00:49:04,800
Speaker 1: didn't play the opener against the Nationals at diyk In

952
00:49:04,880 --> 00:49:07,880
Speaker 1: Park for this series earlier this week, did not play

953
00:49:08,000 --> 00:49:12,160
Speaker 1: today on Sunday. I haven't looked at the I think

954
00:49:12,239 --> 00:49:15,600
Speaker 1: the Marlins are throwing three right handers in a row.

955
00:49:15,840 --> 00:49:17,560
Speaker 1: You know there's a chance he doesn't play in one

956
00:49:17,600 --> 00:49:19,520
Speaker 1: of those games because they want hay Sus Sanchez to

957
00:49:19,560 --> 00:49:22,640
Speaker 1: play against right handed pitching most of the time. So

958
00:49:23,560 --> 00:49:26,600
Speaker 1: it could be one of thes where the conversations could

959
00:49:26,600 --> 00:49:27,160
Speaker 1: get interesting.

960
00:49:27,400 --> 00:49:31,120
Speaker 2: I would prefer for him to get a fake ten

961
00:49:31,239 --> 00:49:34,440
Speaker 2: day injury and then say just like go sleep for

962
00:49:34,480 --> 00:49:37,719
Speaker 2: a week, Like just go go somewhere and rest and

963
00:49:37,760 --> 00:49:40,480
Speaker 2: we'll see you in a week. Like you're you've been great,

964
00:49:40,800 --> 00:49:44,600
Speaker 2: Just go go get some rest. Because he looks burnt out.

965
00:49:44,680 --> 00:49:46,880
Speaker 2: I mean, do you remember your your first real job,

966
00:49:47,239 --> 00:49:49,759
Speaker 2: like after college, that first year of just having a

967
00:49:49,840 --> 00:49:50,920
Speaker 2: job that you had to do.

968
00:49:51,440 --> 00:49:53,160
Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, yeah, it was a bus boy.

969
00:49:53,960 --> 00:49:56,520
Speaker 2: You're a bus boy. I was a teacher, So I

970
00:49:56,680 --> 00:49:59,640
Speaker 2: was just I mean, by by the time the Christmas

971
00:49:59,680 --> 00:50:01,720
Speaker 2: break around, I was like, I don't understand how people

972
00:50:01,760 --> 00:50:05,200
Speaker 2: wake up every This is so hard to keep doing this.

973
00:50:06,120 --> 00:50:08,600
Speaker 1: Yeah, being a bus boy prepared me for my current

974
00:50:08,680 --> 00:50:10,960
Speaker 1: job because I would go into work at four and

975
00:50:11,040 --> 00:50:13,479
Speaker 1: leave it midnight, which is basically what I do now.

976
00:50:13,600 --> 00:50:17,359
Speaker 1: So I was just destined to do this. But yeah, no,

977
00:50:17,520 --> 00:50:20,920
Speaker 1: he's it's again. It happens to all. This isn't like

978
00:50:20,960 --> 00:50:23,520
Speaker 1: an indictment on cam either. It's not an indictment on

979
00:50:23,640 --> 00:50:26,880
Speaker 1: the Astros medical staff or strengthening like this. It's just

980
00:50:26,920 --> 00:50:30,640
Speaker 1: a thing like he's twenty two years old and for

981
00:50:30,760 --> 00:50:34,360
Speaker 1: better or worse, he came in when he ended last season.

982
00:50:34,600 --> 00:50:36,799
Speaker 1: There is no way he could have envisioned that he

983
00:50:36,800 --> 00:50:40,439
Speaker 1: would be on a major league roster on what's today

984
00:50:40,480 --> 00:50:44,120
Speaker 1: August third, and for a contender playing as well as

985
00:50:44,120 --> 00:50:46,440
Speaker 1: he has. I doubt he trained in the off season

986
00:50:46,600 --> 00:50:48,600
Speaker 1: with that thought in his mind. He trained to play

987
00:50:48,600 --> 00:50:51,080
Speaker 1: a full professional season, but he trained to play a

988
00:50:51,080 --> 00:50:55,000
Speaker 1: full minor league season, which is shorter. It's they have

989
00:50:55,320 --> 00:50:58,440
Speaker 1: built in off days every Monday. They can do different

990
00:50:58,440 --> 00:51:01,799
Speaker 1: things with you. They don't play into October like this

991
00:51:01,840 --> 00:51:05,040
Speaker 1: team is going to like it's it's it's gonna be

992
00:51:05,040 --> 00:51:07,280
Speaker 1: tough for him. And you even saw, like Mark Kottse

993
00:51:07,440 --> 00:51:09,960
Speaker 1: with the A's do you did you realize that they

994
00:51:10,040 --> 00:51:13,200
Speaker 1: sat Nick Kurtz the fourth game of that series that

995
00:51:13,360 --> 00:51:14,600
Speaker 1: he hit the four homers.

996
00:51:14,680 --> 00:51:17,799
Speaker 2: Oh, I sure realized it. I was definitely aware that

997
00:51:17,840 --> 00:51:18,680
Speaker 2: he was not playing.

998
00:51:18,920 --> 00:51:21,360
Speaker 1: He was not he didn't play, and Mark Kotze literally said,

999
00:51:21,400 --> 00:51:23,959
Speaker 1: like I have to protect him because he's playing too much.

1000
00:51:24,120 --> 00:51:27,279
Speaker 1: Like I get it, like I have. Mark Kotze basically said,

1001
00:51:27,280 --> 00:51:30,000
Speaker 1: like I have to stop myself and restrain myself because

1002
00:51:30,400 --> 00:51:32,160
Speaker 1: I want to play him, like I want to keep

1003
00:51:32,200 --> 00:51:34,080
Speaker 1: running him out there, but like if I do that,

1004
00:51:34,239 --> 00:51:36,960
Speaker 1: he's gonna end up worn down. And I think you're

1005
00:51:36,960 --> 00:51:39,680
Speaker 1: seeing some of that with cam Smith, so it'll be

1006
00:51:40,000 --> 00:51:42,399
Speaker 1: very interesting to see how the playing time shakes out

1007
00:51:42,480 --> 00:51:47,600
Speaker 1: and right field going forward. But cam Smith, like us,

1008
00:51:47,640 --> 00:51:50,640
Speaker 1: all is very tired. So we're going to end this

1009
00:51:50,800 --> 00:51:54,080
Speaker 1: so I can go to sleep because because I'm gonna

1010
00:51:54,080 --> 00:51:57,400
Speaker 1: blame Roku again because I've been up since six am

1011
00:51:57,680 --> 00:52:00,800
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1012
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Speaker 2: Go see The Naked Gun in theaters on Tuesday when

1029
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Speaker 2: it's cheap and full of people.

1030
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Speaker 4: Bye. The