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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'm chandeler Rome, joined by Tyler Stafford and a very

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Speaker 1: special guest, a World Series hero and more recently, a

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Speaker 1: long suffering Arkansas An LSU football fan. Space City Home

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Speaker 1: Networks owned Jeff Blom Blummer. How's the off season treating you?

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Speaker 1: How you doing?

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Speaker 2: It's been interesting, to say the least, good to finally

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Speaker 2: be on with you guys. But yeah, you're right about

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Speaker 2: the Arkansas LSU issue that we're having, both coaches being fired,

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Speaker 2: sub subpar records. Arkansas is still looking for that one

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Speaker 2: SEC win and then just the full meltdown in Louisiana,

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Speaker 2: which I know that you feel as well.

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Speaker 3: Well, I'm happy to contribute to both of those problems

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Speaker 3: as an aggie, so you know, I feel like I've

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Speaker 3: I've destroyed both programs for you this year, So you're welcome.

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Speaker 1: You had an up. You had an up to that

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Speaker 1: eleven am Arkansas LSU game in Baton Rouge in three weeks.

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Speaker 2: Believe it or not, I will have the entire Blum

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Speaker 2: family in Baton Rouge for that epic matchup in Baton Rouge,

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Speaker 2: and we will be up at the crack of dawn

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Speaker 2: at the parade grounds getting ready for that game in

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Speaker 2: the middle of the afternoon.

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Speaker 1: Hell yeah, bring the bloody.

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Speaker 2: Mary, you better believe it.

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Speaker 1: I love that we're not going to talk about US.

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Speaker 1: I mean, we could talk about SEC.

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Speaker 2: Football, but I think that would be interesting.

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Speaker 1: I think we'll stick more to the Astros. Blommer, We'll

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Speaker 1: talk more big picture in a little bit. But some

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Speaker 1: news yesterday the Astros kind of starting their off season

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Speaker 1: house cleaning of the roster to the cliffs notes version,

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Speaker 1: they have to get all the guys on the sixty

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Speaker 1: day IL activated by Thursday. To do that, they had

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Speaker 1: to open some forty man roster spots, and they did

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Speaker 1: that yesterday by putting five players on outright waivers. And

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Speaker 1: I think the name that is going to resonate the

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Speaker 1: most is Chas McCormick. Chas McCormick is on outright waivers.

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Speaker 1: That does not necessarily mean that his time in the

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Speaker 1: organization is over. He could if no one claims him

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Speaker 1: on waivers and he accepts an outright assignment to Triple A,

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Speaker 1: he could stay in the Asher's organization. But he's got

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Speaker 1: since he has more than three years in major league

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Speaker 1: service time, he has the right to refuse an outright assignment,

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Speaker 1: So there is a chance that Chas McCormick's tenure in

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Speaker 1: the Ashers organization will be over. And Plummer, I'm not

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Speaker 1: sure it was a surprise, just given how the last

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Speaker 1: two seasons have gone for Chas. A lot of injuries,

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Speaker 1: just a lot of underperformance. But as I wrote yesterday,

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Speaker 1: and I think as a lot of people will will understand,

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Speaker 1: like Chas McCormick's place in Astro's lore, in like the

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Speaker 1: fabric of the franchise is pretty sealed by what he

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Speaker 1: did in Game five of the twenty twenty two World Series.

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Speaker 1: But even though it wasn't surprising, still still kind of

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Speaker 1: staggering to see the finality of this, that he could

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Speaker 1: be on his way out.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, it's one of those things you kind

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Speaker 2: of sensed or felt that was coming, because, like you said,

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Speaker 2: you know, being that postseason hero in the World Series

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Speaker 2: with that catch out there off JT real Muto, the

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Speaker 2: anticipation that with the injuries with Jake Myers at the

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Speaker 2: time he said, well we could put Chas in centerfield

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Speaker 2: and we can survive. Or when Jake Myers comes back,

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Speaker 2: we can move Chas McCormick to a corner when we

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Speaker 2: lose Kyle Tucker kind of thing. And it just never

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Speaker 2: came to fruition. I know that they gave him plenty

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Speaker 2: of opportunities, and I think that maybe Dana Brown and

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Speaker 2: his crew, in concert with Joe a spot and maybe

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Speaker 2: came to the conclusion with all of the or the

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Speaker 2: bounty of outfielders that they now have with Cam Smith

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Speaker 2: moving to the outfield, that he became expendable. And like

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Speaker 2: you said, it becomes a business move, that becomes a

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Speaker 2: production move, and he just never got back to who

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Speaker 2: he was in that twenty twenty two season where he

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Speaker 2: was playing great defense, putting together great at bats. And

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Speaker 2: I just really agree with you in the sense that

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Speaker 2: the injuries really hampered any opportunity that he had to

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Speaker 2: get injured and have to go back on the injured list.

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Speaker 2: But it's a tough move. He's obviously endeared himself to

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Speaker 2: for Chandler and I, you know, the personality, the character

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Speaker 2: you know, he was never a dull moment. If you

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Speaker 2: need to pick me up, you'd go over and talk

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Speaker 2: to Chazz and he'd give you an anecdote or say

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Speaker 2: something off the wall that would kind of bring a

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Speaker 2: But there's also a Chancy moves because I think, like

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Speaker 2: you did. Maybe you guys thought back in twenty twenty

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Speaker 2: two that off season there was some interest in Chaz

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Speaker 2: maybe being a guy that you could trade for if

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Speaker 2: you're another organization he is.

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Speaker 1: Chaz has long had suitors from other clubs. I'm not

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Speaker 1: going to say the names out loud, but you think

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Speaker 1: of Chaz's profile, right it's a right handed bat with

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Speaker 1: a lot of opposite field power. You think of teams

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Speaker 1: that have short porches and right field. There's one that

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Speaker 1: the Astros play kind of frequently in the American League.

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Speaker 1: They Yeah, the Yankees have long had interest in Chas McCormick.

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Speaker 1: I'm not saying that they're gonna be the team that

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Speaker 1: claims him. You know, the Phillies need outfield help. That

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Speaker 1: would be a that would be a nice full circle

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Speaker 1: moment for Chazz, as a Pennsylvania native, to get back

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Speaker 1: to Philly maybe to help them. But you know, I

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Speaker 1: think Chaz is certainly a guy that just needs to

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Speaker 1: change of scenery. I think he is a an ideal

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Speaker 1: change of scenery candidate, and you know, hopefully for him. Again,

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Speaker 1: nothing bad to say about Chaz as a human being

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Speaker 1: worked hard. This was not a this was not an

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Speaker 1: effort thing. It just there was injuries and then just

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Speaker 1: I think a lot of it was between the years,

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Speaker 1: things just kind of piled up on him mentally and blummer.

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Speaker 1: You know this, I mean, you played like when you

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Speaker 1: get when you when when you start to slump, it's

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Speaker 1: really hard to maybe get out of your own way,

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Speaker 1: Chaz obviously did and the numbers were going.

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Speaker 2: Now, No, there's no worse feeling than digging into the box,

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Speaker 2: looking up and seeing numbers around that you know, Mendoza line,

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Speaker 2: the other guys that feel like are just racing past you.

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Speaker 2: And I know that's probably how he felt. Cam Smith

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Speaker 2: mean all of a sudden. He went from you know,

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Speaker 1: The other four guys that were placed on outright waivers

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Speaker 1: yesterday were Luis Garcia, who just just a tough break,

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Speaker 1: I mean, another Tommy Johnson. You knew that he wasn't.

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Speaker 1: I mean, he's an arbitration eligible. They were either going

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Speaker 1: was kind of foregone conclusion. John Rooney, who will be

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Speaker 1: a great immaculate grid answer one day. You can say

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Speaker 1: he pitched for the Astros. Pedro Leone who once got

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Speaker 1: four million dollars to sign with the Astros, and and

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Speaker 1: I can't think of a better way to say. He

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Speaker 1: just it just didn't work. Just He's got all the

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Speaker 1: be surprised if he gets another organization. You know, the

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Speaker 1: that the Astros didn't give pedro Leone enough chances. He

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Speaker 1: more of a chance you want to give a guy. Uh.

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Speaker 1: And then Kennedy Corona also on outright waivers, so that

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Speaker 1: takes care of maybe some house some roster house cleaning

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Speaker 1: before Thursday. As I've mentioned before, we'll get to the

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Speaker 1: GM meetings on I'm going to get their Sunday, but

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Speaker 1: they start next Monday. We'll get a lot more from

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Speaker 1: Dana Brown then. But but Blumber, as you look at

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Speaker 1: this offseason, what are you excited to see and what

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Speaker 1: do you think Dana Brown's kind of foremost priority needs

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Speaker 1: to be as he goes into this winner.

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Speaker 2: I think it's going to be health. You know, there

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Speaker 2: were some guys that were beat around throughout the course

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Speaker 2: of the season, you know, with random stints on the

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Speaker 2: injured list, most notably for me yord On Alvarez, what

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Speaker 2: I mean, he is a complete, you know, dynamic shifter

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Speaker 2: some of the positions, and with the addition of Carlos Koreat,

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Speaker 2: obviously it creates a little bit of logjam in the infield.

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Speaker 2: Who plays, where estoc Parade is coming back, what happens,

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Speaker 2: Who's going to be healthy enough to even be on

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Speaker 2: a trading block, Who's going to be healthy enough to

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Speaker 2: lot of question marks as far as position players. I'm

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Speaker 2: because that could impact Alvarez, Altuve, Zach Coles, the Jacob Meltons,

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Speaker 2: even Jake Myers in that mix, you know, who's expendable

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Speaker 2: you're going to have to be creative if you're Dana

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Speaker 2: Brown trying to figure out how to create at bats

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Speaker 2: for these guys, how to create depth on your position side.

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Speaker 2: But for me, the biggest thing is the assumption is

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Speaker 2: we're losing fromber Valdez, and that is anywhere from a guaranteed,

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Speaker 2: you know, flour of about one hundred and eighty innings

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Speaker 2: where you're going to find Dana Brown having to do

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Speaker 2: some heavy lifting or thinking with his with his herd

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Speaker 2: of analytic engineer baseball engineers, trying to figure out how

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Speaker 2: you're going to cover innings because as you see it

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Speaker 2: right now, Hunter Brown, who's you know, in the running

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Speaker 2: for Cy Young? Which is great, But once you get

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Speaker 2: going to eat those innings? And how do you cover

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Speaker 2: those innings? And I think that's probably the biggest primary

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Speaker 2: question you've got to answer early.

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Speaker 3: So I'm still reeling from Chandler introducing you as a

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Speaker 3: World Series hero as as a lifelong Astros fan that

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Speaker 3: that hurts, But I did I don't know if you've

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Speaker 3: talked about this. I thought of you immediately when the

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Speaker 3: Pope was elected and we found out that he was

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Speaker 3: a white Sox fan. Have you given thought to the

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Speaker 3: fact that you are more than likely the sole reason

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Speaker 3: that the Pope has had one of his ten best

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Speaker 3: nights in his life. Like, does what does that mean?

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Speaker 3: Have you considered that?

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Speaker 2: Well? I mean, and it's it's a two way street

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Speaker 2: if you think about it in that sense. You know

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Speaker 2: the fact that I, you know, we we I mean granted,

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Speaker 2: I had you know, that one, that one big opportunity

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Speaker 2: and capitalized on it in Game three to help the

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Speaker 1: Did you get did you get any? I don't know

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Speaker 1: Who's who's the best Otani comp on the two thousand

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean we were we almost ran the table.

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Speaker 1: There you go, he did his Yamamoto impression. Well that

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Speaker 3: To be fair, Burley complete games were an hour and

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Speaker 1: So there was a little more news yesterday, and I

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Speaker 3: going to really focus on the runners in scoring position.

434
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Speaker 3: We want to stick to contact, Like, how do you

435
00:21:31,920 --> 00:21:34,920
Speaker 3: how do you have a team wide approach? But baseball

436
00:21:34,960 --> 00:21:36,880
Speaker 3: is an individual game. Like you can have a team

437
00:21:36,920 --> 00:21:39,399
Speaker 3: wide approach, but each person the steps in the box

438
00:21:39,520 --> 00:21:42,560
Speaker 3: is you know, dealing with their own approach and their

439
00:21:42,600 --> 00:21:44,919
Speaker 3: own strengths and weaknesses. Like, how do you how do

440
00:21:44,960 --> 00:21:47,920
Speaker 3: you communicate that in a way that you actually see

441
00:21:48,200 --> 00:21:49,240
Speaker 3: results on the field.

442
00:21:49,840 --> 00:21:51,840
Speaker 2: Well, I think there's enough data nowadays you can go

443
00:21:51,960 --> 00:21:54,120
Speaker 2: individually and there's enough people working in some of those

444
00:21:54,119 --> 00:21:57,960
Speaker 2: baseball option you can pick out each situation and break

445
00:21:58,000 --> 00:21:59,800
Speaker 2: down the at bats where they were successful, where they

446
00:21:59,800 --> 00:22:02,040
Speaker 2: were successful, what pictures did they have a lot of

447
00:22:02,040 --> 00:22:04,119
Speaker 2: success against. What pitchers did they not have a lot

448
00:22:04,160 --> 00:22:06,919
Speaker 2: of success against? And like you said, and you can

449
00:22:06,960 --> 00:22:09,480
Speaker 2: take individually day by day too. You know, did I

450
00:22:09,480 --> 00:22:11,120
Speaker 2: get in a fight with my wife? Did my dog

451
00:22:11,280 --> 00:22:13,760
Speaker 2: crap on the carpet? You know, did I not sleep

452
00:22:13,840 --> 00:22:16,600
Speaker 2: last night? I don't know. You know, you're dealing with

453
00:22:16,640 --> 00:22:18,439
Speaker 2: that kind of stuff every day too. But at the

454
00:22:18,480 --> 00:22:21,480
Speaker 2: same time, and I think this even goes to being

455
00:22:21,480 --> 00:22:23,600
Speaker 2: a manager in the current game, is how do you

456
00:22:23,640 --> 00:22:26,040
Speaker 2: manage these guys individually and how do you motivate them?

457
00:22:26,880 --> 00:22:29,040
Speaker 2: And you've got to be able to find those intricacies

458
00:22:29,040 --> 00:22:30,640
Speaker 2: that you're able to give to these guys and give

459
00:22:30,680 --> 00:22:36,200
Speaker 2: them tangible evidence and tangible ways to execute what they're

460
00:22:36,200 --> 00:22:38,640
Speaker 2: trying to do, and just encourage them because this game

461
00:22:38,720 --> 00:22:41,720
Speaker 2: is so hard. Trying to hit three or four different

462
00:22:41,720 --> 00:22:43,760
Speaker 2: pitches every bat is just going to make you a

463
00:22:43,800 --> 00:22:45,720
Speaker 2: worse hitter. I think you've got to narrow it down,

464
00:22:46,200 --> 00:22:48,879
Speaker 2: focusing key situations and when you get to account that,

465
00:22:48,920 --> 00:22:50,639
Speaker 2: you know you're going to have success or maybe have

466
00:22:50,640 --> 00:22:53,639
Speaker 2: a higher tendency on a pitch, go ahead and attack it.

467
00:22:53,640 --> 00:22:55,080
Speaker 2: But I think there's enough date out there where the

468
00:22:55,160 --> 00:22:58,400
Speaker 2: hitting coach can actually narrow it down to what makes

469
00:22:58,440 --> 00:23:01,959
Speaker 2: this hitter successful and give them that information and reinforce

470
00:23:02,040 --> 00:23:04,240
Speaker 2: it and allow them to go out there and be successful.

471
00:23:05,320 --> 00:23:09,160
Speaker 1: You mentioned the word it kind of stagnated and when

472
00:23:09,200 --> 00:23:11,560
Speaker 1: this all happened, And I want to be respectful of

473
00:23:12,119 --> 00:23:14,520
Speaker 1: your position, Blumber, like, I know that you know these guys,

474
00:23:14,560 --> 00:23:17,199
Speaker 1: you're in the traveling party, and I don't want to

475
00:23:17,280 --> 00:23:19,400
Speaker 1: I don't want to put you in an uncomfortable spot here,

476
00:23:19,520 --> 00:23:22,760
Speaker 1: but you know, when this all happened, the one thing

477
00:23:22,800 --> 00:23:25,440
Speaker 1: that stood out. You know, Alex Centron and Troy Snicker

478
00:23:25,720 --> 00:23:28,520
Speaker 1: have been in the organization for a long time, like

479
00:23:28,680 --> 00:23:32,920
Speaker 1: Centron since twenty seventeen, Snicker around that time as well.

480
00:23:32,920 --> 00:23:35,199
Speaker 1: They both got on the major league staff around twenty eighteen,

481
00:23:35,800 --> 00:23:38,239
Speaker 1: and they obviously, like I mean, look like if we're

482
00:23:38,280 --> 00:23:41,760
Speaker 1: gonna if they're gonna be quote unquote scapegoaded for what

483
00:23:41,840 --> 00:23:43,960
Speaker 1: happened these past two seasons. You have to give them

484
00:23:44,000 --> 00:23:47,560
Speaker 1: credit also for dynamic offenses that this team had in

485
00:23:47,600 --> 00:23:51,399
Speaker 1: twenty nineteen, twenty twenty one, twenty twenty two. But you

486
00:23:51,440 --> 00:23:55,240
Speaker 1: mentioned stagnated, and I asked this question aloud, you know

487
00:23:55,280 --> 00:23:57,040
Speaker 1: when this happens, So I guess I'll ask you here.

488
00:23:57,600 --> 00:24:00,960
Speaker 1: Do you think just the things got stay, just like

489
00:24:01,160 --> 00:24:03,639
Speaker 1: when you hear have the same voices, when it's the

490
00:24:03,720 --> 00:24:06,119
Speaker 1: same people that and it's you know, a large a

491
00:24:06,240 --> 00:24:11,320
Speaker 1: roster that's largely been unchanged. Do you think just bringing

492
00:24:11,400 --> 00:24:14,280
Speaker 1: just a new set of eyes, a new perspective, and

493
00:24:14,359 --> 00:24:16,679
Speaker 1: just a new way of saying things? How beneficial do

494
00:24:16,720 --> 00:24:17,439
Speaker 1: you think that could be?

495
00:24:18,760 --> 00:24:21,879
Speaker 2: I think it could be very beneficial. And I agree

496
00:24:21,880 --> 00:24:24,160
Speaker 2: with you in the sense said I loved Alex Centron.

497
00:24:24,320 --> 00:24:26,879
Speaker 2: He was wide open with me in conversations that we

498
00:24:26,920 --> 00:24:28,840
Speaker 2: would have when I had questions about what's this guy

499
00:24:28,880 --> 00:24:32,880
Speaker 2: working on. Granted, I wouldn't be able to probably use

500
00:24:32,920 --> 00:24:35,120
Speaker 2: it in a broadcast, just because I wanted to respect

501
00:24:35,119 --> 00:24:39,560
Speaker 2: that right, you know that that coach broadcaster confidentiality kind

502
00:24:39,600 --> 00:24:43,560
Speaker 2: of thing. But Snicker was great too, and they had

503
00:24:43,560 --> 00:24:48,440
Speaker 2: some phenomenal lineups to work with, and there were probably

504
00:24:48,520 --> 00:24:50,320
Speaker 2: some really good moments where they just said, you know what,

505
00:24:50,400 --> 00:24:52,200
Speaker 2: I just need to stay hands off, tell this guy

506
00:24:52,240 --> 00:24:54,840
Speaker 2: what this guy's got, and I'll be fine. But there

507
00:24:54,880 --> 00:24:57,679
Speaker 2: has to be a certain I think there has to

508
00:24:57,680 --> 00:25:02,000
Speaker 2: be a certain adaptability and and a pliability within your

509
00:25:02,000 --> 00:25:04,720
Speaker 2: own philosophy and with your roster because you're getting different

510
00:25:04,720 --> 00:25:07,439
Speaker 2: guys every single year. You know, the altuves are going

511
00:25:07,520 --> 00:25:09,560
Speaker 2: to do what they do. You know, they did a

512
00:25:09,560 --> 00:25:12,240
Speaker 2: great job with Jeremy Paanya, But there's certain guys like

513
00:25:12,280 --> 00:25:15,439
Speaker 2: the ESCs and you know, maybe Christian Walker to a

514
00:25:15,440 --> 00:25:18,399
Speaker 2: certain extent, where you just know what they're going to

515
00:25:18,560 --> 00:25:20,639
Speaker 2: you know what they're going to do. So maybe on

516
00:25:20,760 --> 00:25:24,600
Speaker 2: the tendency side or maybe on the approach side, you

517
00:25:24,600 --> 00:25:26,520
Speaker 2: can kind of play with that a little bit and say, hey,

518
00:25:26,560 --> 00:25:29,639
Speaker 2: I'm noticing this. Have you thought about trying this? But

519
00:25:29,920 --> 00:25:32,640
Speaker 2: I think sometimes if you change the vernacular a little bit,

520
00:25:32,800 --> 00:25:34,640
Speaker 2: you might perk the ears of some of these younger

521
00:25:34,640 --> 00:25:37,040
Speaker 2: guys go oh, never thought of it that way, Let's

522
00:25:37,040 --> 00:25:40,160
Speaker 2: try that approach. But you have to be very delicate

523
00:25:40,400 --> 00:25:43,159
Speaker 2: in working with these guys and truth be told to

524
00:25:44,040 --> 00:25:46,320
Speaker 2: you know, as much on us as we put on

525
00:25:46,400 --> 00:25:49,440
Speaker 2: the Snickers and the centrons. A lot of these guys

526
00:25:49,480 --> 00:25:52,040
Speaker 2: have the resources to have their own hitting gurus behind

527
00:25:52,040 --> 00:25:55,399
Speaker 2: the scenes. A lot of these guys are getting, you know,

528
00:25:55,520 --> 00:25:59,159
Speaker 2: information from the field and they're getting information from the

529
00:25:59,160 --> 00:26:01,760
Speaker 2: guys that they're working with in the offseason. So as

530
00:26:01,840 --> 00:26:03,800
Speaker 2: much as we point to the hitting coaches who have

531
00:26:03,840 --> 00:26:06,280
Speaker 2: a label, there's some other guys behind the scenes that

532
00:26:06,560 --> 00:26:08,160
Speaker 2: maybe need a little culpability too.

533
00:26:09,320 --> 00:26:12,199
Speaker 3: If I can turn this towards you, which you know,

534
00:26:12,320 --> 00:26:16,080
Speaker 3: I'm sure you're uncomfortable with. If I'm doing my math correctly,

535
00:26:17,840 --> 00:26:21,880
Speaker 3: this will be year fourteen for you broadcasting with the Astros,

536
00:26:22,400 --> 00:26:26,560
Speaker 3: you had fourteen big league seasons, so you're now even

537
00:26:26,960 --> 00:26:31,760
Speaker 3: in both playing and broadcasting. What does that mean. I mean,

538
00:26:31,760 --> 00:26:34,679
Speaker 3: that's twenty eight years in the big leagues. But you know,

539
00:26:34,760 --> 00:26:37,240
Speaker 3: what does that mean to you? Hitting a milestone like

540
00:26:37,320 --> 00:26:39,359
Speaker 3: that this upcoming season.

541
00:26:40,800 --> 00:26:43,760
Speaker 2: I actually appreciate you bringing this up, and you know

542
00:26:43,800 --> 00:26:46,359
Speaker 2: it's not one of my you know, one of my

543
00:26:46,400 --> 00:26:49,199
Speaker 2: attributes to go look at me kind of thing, But

544
00:26:49,800 --> 00:26:51,639
Speaker 2: you know, there is a reality in the sense that

545
00:26:52,000 --> 00:26:55,120
Speaker 2: playing for fourteen years alone is miraculous in itself. I feel,

546
00:26:55,240 --> 00:26:58,480
Speaker 2: especially for a guy like me who had a particular

547
00:26:58,600 --> 00:27:02,159
Speaker 2: role and had to play for six different teams, so

548
00:27:02,200 --> 00:27:03,720
Speaker 2: I took a lot of pride in that, and then

549
00:27:03,720 --> 00:27:06,040
Speaker 2: being able to transition into the booth and being able

550
00:27:06,040 --> 00:27:08,920
Speaker 2: to create a voice and an opportunity here with Houston

551
00:27:09,440 --> 00:27:13,040
Speaker 2: and being it through the golden era of Astros baseball

552
00:27:13,040 --> 00:27:14,879
Speaker 2: and realizing that my voice is going to be on

553
00:27:14,920 --> 00:27:17,560
Speaker 2: top of a lot of those highlights is even more

554
00:27:17,600 --> 00:27:20,480
Speaker 2: incredible to me. But at the same time, being able

555
00:27:20,520 --> 00:27:22,840
Speaker 2: to know that I'm going to sit in there and

556
00:27:22,840 --> 00:27:25,040
Speaker 2: create a second career that was just as long as

557
00:27:25,040 --> 00:27:31,280
Speaker 2: my previous career is very, I guess, just satisfying. It's incredible,

558
00:27:31,359 --> 00:27:33,400
Speaker 2: and it makes me want to be better. It makes

559
00:27:33,400 --> 00:27:35,600
Speaker 2: me want to work a little bit harder to try

560
00:27:35,640 --> 00:27:37,680
Speaker 2: and maintain this. But it's kind of crazy to think

561
00:27:37,720 --> 00:27:40,800
Speaker 2: that in nineteen ninety four I got drafted by the

562
00:27:40,840 --> 00:27:43,679
Speaker 2: Expos and here I am thirty one years later, still

563
00:27:43,720 --> 00:27:47,760
Speaker 2: institutionalized in the game. So I appreciate you bringing that up,

564
00:27:49,000 --> 00:27:52,879
Speaker 2: and I'm incredibly grateful for the opportunity, and obviously I

565
00:27:52,880 --> 00:27:54,000
Speaker 2: love being here in Houston.

566
00:27:54,480 --> 00:27:57,600
Speaker 3: Was there any you know, I know that this is

567
00:27:58,400 --> 00:28:00,359
Speaker 3: the job, right, Like, I'm sure you can kind of

568
00:28:00,359 --> 00:28:02,760
Speaker 3: get jaded with it, but I assume that there are

569
00:28:02,800 --> 00:28:06,080
Speaker 3: moments throughout the season where it just kind of hits you, like, man,

570
00:28:06,119 --> 00:28:08,439
Speaker 3: this is this is my job? Like, was there anything

571
00:28:08,480 --> 00:28:11,239
Speaker 3: from this season, any any moment or even just like

572
00:28:11,720 --> 00:28:14,640
Speaker 3: stepping into a stadium or maybe talking to somebody pre

573
00:28:14,800 --> 00:28:16,919
Speaker 3: or postgame or something. Was there Was there anything that

574
00:28:16,920 --> 00:28:19,160
Speaker 3: stood out to you this year of like, man, this

575
00:28:19,240 --> 00:28:21,119
Speaker 3: is this is cool? That this is my job that

576
00:28:21,160 --> 00:28:21,719
Speaker 3: I get to do.

577
00:28:23,680 --> 00:28:27,159
Speaker 2: Maybe maybe just you know there there's certain guys on

578
00:28:27,160 --> 00:28:28,560
Speaker 2: the plane that will come up and talk to you.

579
00:28:28,640 --> 00:28:32,240
Speaker 2: It's the relationships. It's uh, you know, talking to Mauricio

580
00:28:32,359 --> 00:28:34,159
Speaker 2: do bond because we share that bond of being a

581
00:28:34,359 --> 00:28:36,640
Speaker 2: you know, a utility type player. So I appreciate him

582
00:28:36,680 --> 00:28:39,720
Speaker 2: and he the fact that some of these guys will

583
00:28:39,920 --> 00:28:42,640
Speaker 2: come up and ask me questions, I absolutely adore them

584
00:28:42,680 --> 00:28:44,840
Speaker 2: for that. So I appreciate them doing that. But I

585
00:28:44,840 --> 00:28:47,880
Speaker 2: think it was you know, when when Carlos came back

586
00:28:47,920 --> 00:28:50,680
Speaker 2: to the Astros and we're wait, we're sitting on the

587
00:28:50,680 --> 00:28:52,880
Speaker 2: field talking to guys, talking to other you know, the

588
00:28:52,920 --> 00:28:55,280
Speaker 2: other team. But when he comes out of the clubhouse

589
00:28:55,320 --> 00:28:57,560
Speaker 2: and gives you a you know, a ginormous hug after

590
00:28:57,680 --> 00:28:59,680
Speaker 2: not being there for four or five years, and you're like, dude,

591
00:29:00,560 --> 00:29:02,960
Speaker 2: you know what I mean. We had a good relationship,

592
00:29:02,960 --> 00:29:05,000
Speaker 2: but I didn't realize that, you know, he was that

593
00:29:05,080 --> 00:29:08,040
Speaker 2: happy to be back, and he embraced us, you know,

594
00:29:08,120 --> 00:29:09,960
Speaker 2: and you always feel like being on the media side

595
00:29:09,960 --> 00:29:12,320
Speaker 2: that you're kind of the enemy a little bit because

596
00:29:12,360 --> 00:29:15,200
Speaker 2: you have to be critical of what they're doing on

597
00:29:15,240 --> 00:29:17,360
Speaker 2: the field, and we obviously we praise them when they

598
00:29:17,440 --> 00:29:20,320
Speaker 2: do well. But that was kind of the moment where

599
00:29:20,360 --> 00:29:22,120
Speaker 2: I was, and there was a there were moments towards

600
00:29:22,120 --> 00:29:23,840
Speaker 2: the end of the season when the realization that the

601
00:29:23,880 --> 00:29:27,000
Speaker 2: team wasn't going to make the playoffs when I said,

602
00:29:27,040 --> 00:29:32,920
Speaker 2: you know what, the team isn't succeeding and making my

603
00:29:33,120 --> 00:29:35,959
Speaker 2: job easier, which it is when they win. But I

604
00:29:36,000 --> 00:29:38,000
Speaker 2: still enjoyed it. You know, I still look forward to

605
00:29:38,000 --> 00:29:39,640
Speaker 2: showing up to the field. I still look forward to

606
00:29:39,680 --> 00:29:42,280
Speaker 2: talking to the guys and having a broadcast. So I

607
00:29:42,320 --> 00:29:44,400
Speaker 2: think that's kind of where the realization set in for me.

608
00:29:45,120 --> 00:29:48,920
Speaker 3: Well, you also went through the twenty thirteen season, so

609
00:29:48,960 --> 00:29:51,120
Speaker 3: anything well do is better.

610
00:29:51,640 --> 00:29:54,680
Speaker 2: Keep in mind twenty thirteen, twenty fourteen. I had to

611
00:29:54,720 --> 00:29:56,320
Speaker 2: deal with them, but they also had to deal with

612
00:29:56,320 --> 00:29:58,080
Speaker 2: me too. Man, I didn't know what the hell I

613
00:29:58,120 --> 00:30:00,320
Speaker 2: was doing on a mic. You know, I'm cut soon,

614
00:30:00,360 --> 00:30:03,200
Speaker 2: I'm burping, It's you know, it's chaos and I'm going,

615
00:30:03,200 --> 00:30:05,560
Speaker 2: what the hell are these guys doing. In the back

616
00:30:05,600 --> 00:30:07,280
Speaker 2: of my head, I'm going, there's no way that guy's

617
00:30:07,280 --> 00:30:09,360
Speaker 2: ever going to see a big league roster again. You know.

618
00:30:09,480 --> 00:30:11,280
Speaker 2: It's like, but I I'm you know, I had to

619
00:30:11,280 --> 00:30:14,880
Speaker 2: be very diplomatic about how I said things. But as

620
00:30:15,000 --> 00:30:18,080
Speaker 2: much as awful as that was, it was probably the

621
00:30:18,080 --> 00:30:20,920
Speaker 2: best learning experience for me to go through those two

622
00:30:21,000 --> 00:30:23,520
Speaker 2: years because it allowed me to get a lot of

623
00:30:23,600 --> 00:30:25,320
Speaker 2: junk out of the way to be able to be

624
00:30:25,400 --> 00:30:27,920
Speaker 2: prepared for the better years when.

625
00:30:27,720 --> 00:30:30,320
Speaker 1: You stopped playing, Like, was this a goal for you? Like,

626
00:30:30,480 --> 00:30:34,200
Speaker 1: was it was broadcasting or in media in some way?

627
00:30:34,280 --> 00:30:35,840
Speaker 1: Was that a goal for you? Is that just something

628
00:30:35,880 --> 00:30:37,560
Speaker 1: that you got offered a job, like, hey, let me

629
00:30:37,600 --> 00:30:38,840
Speaker 1: try it, and here we are.

630
00:30:39,560 --> 00:30:43,120
Speaker 2: Yeah. So the middle of July, I get released and

631
00:30:43,160 --> 00:30:45,600
Speaker 2: my body's broken. I've got two torn obleagues. I've had

632
00:30:45,720 --> 00:30:49,040
Speaker 2: knee surgery, you know, I had hand surgery, and I'm like,

633
00:30:49,200 --> 00:30:51,760
Speaker 2: you know, I'm out. I get it. I'm like, I can't.

634
00:30:51,800 --> 00:30:54,400
Speaker 2: I can't get on the field as much as I

635
00:30:54,400 --> 00:30:56,360
Speaker 2: want to. So I knew my career was over, you know,

636
00:30:56,360 --> 00:30:58,160
Speaker 2: in the middle of July. So you know, we packed

637
00:30:58,200 --> 00:31:02,160
Speaker 2: up everything went home and and I did not plan

638
00:31:02,240 --> 00:31:05,360
Speaker 2: on being a broadcaster. And there were two games at

639
00:31:05,360 --> 00:31:08,120
Speaker 2: the end of twenty twelve with the Arizona Diamondbacks, who

640
00:31:08,120 --> 00:31:11,840
Speaker 2: I got released from, that they needed to cover. They

641
00:31:12,400 --> 00:31:16,600
Speaker 2: had recently fired their play by play guy and they

642
00:31:16,840 --> 00:31:24,440
Speaker 2: had who is it? Mark Grace had some issues with

643
00:31:24,480 --> 00:31:28,240
Speaker 2: the law, we'll say, and they had some open spaces,

644
00:31:28,240 --> 00:31:30,320
Speaker 2: so they said, hey, we've got two games, would you

645
00:31:30,360 --> 00:31:32,200
Speaker 2: mind coming and covering him? And I was like, dude,

646
00:31:32,320 --> 00:31:34,880
Speaker 2: you guys are paying me anyways, I'll show up and

647
00:31:34,920 --> 00:31:37,520
Speaker 2: do it. And it turned out that that was my

648
00:31:37,640 --> 00:31:40,600
Speaker 2: demo reel. But when Jim Crane took over, the team

649
00:31:41,240 --> 00:31:45,000
Speaker 2: wiped out radio because Milo was retiring and they got

650
00:31:45,080 --> 00:31:47,680
Speaker 2: rid of Dave Raymond and Brett Dolan. I believe at

651
00:31:47,680 --> 00:31:52,600
Speaker 2: the time Jim Deshayse went to Chicago with the Cubs.

652
00:31:53,040 --> 00:31:55,160
Speaker 2: Bill Brown pulled back and was only going to do

653
00:31:56,280 --> 00:31:59,400
Speaker 2: home games, So there were there were maybe one or

654
00:31:59,400 --> 00:32:03,000
Speaker 2: two spots on TV and two spots on radio. And

655
00:32:03,520 --> 00:32:07,520
Speaker 2: talking to Brad Austmas Markel read, you know, Darren Urstad's

656
00:32:07,640 --> 00:32:09,680
Speaker 2: some of these other guys that I played with that

657
00:32:09,720 --> 00:32:12,240
Speaker 2: had retired before me, and we're still in the game.

658
00:32:12,280 --> 00:32:13,800
Speaker 2: And then I knew guys that were outside the game,

659
00:32:13,800 --> 00:32:17,160
Speaker 2: and I said, you know, any advice I go, I'm done.

660
00:32:17,320 --> 00:32:18,600
Speaker 2: They're like, if you want to stay in the game,

661
00:32:18,640 --> 00:32:20,080
Speaker 2: find a way to stay in the game. And I

662
00:32:20,120 --> 00:32:25,120
Speaker 2: thought coaching, front office, scouting, whatever it may be. Media,

663
00:32:25,640 --> 00:32:29,120
Speaker 2: And it just so happened that my agent heard about

664
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Speaker 2: interviews for the Astros TV radio jobs. I took the call,

665
00:32:34,000 --> 00:32:36,840
Speaker 2: flew out to Houston in about five four and a

666
00:32:36,880 --> 00:32:40,640
Speaker 2: half five hour interview, and got the job. So that's

667
00:32:40,720 --> 00:32:43,520
Speaker 2: kind of where I landed, and it found me. I

668
00:32:43,520 --> 00:32:44,280
Speaker 2: didn't find it.

669
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Speaker 1: How have you you mentioned, like, I mean, when you're working,

670
00:32:48,800 --> 00:32:51,360
Speaker 1: you know, twenty thirteen Astros games and you're looking out

671
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Speaker 1: on the field and you're like this this isn't even

672
00:32:53,320 --> 00:32:55,400
Speaker 1: I mean in your head, and you're probably like this,

673
00:32:55,400 --> 00:32:58,400
Speaker 1: this is barely a big league team. I'm like, how

674
00:32:58,440 --> 00:32:58,719
Speaker 1: have you?

675
00:32:59,320 --> 00:32:59,760
Speaker 2: How have you?

676
00:32:59,840 --> 00:33:03,800
Speaker 1: I guess mastered the art of like not not saying

677
00:33:03,840 --> 00:33:05,840
Speaker 1: what's really in your head. I guess is the way

678
00:33:05,880 --> 00:33:08,800
Speaker 1: to put it. Like, because I mean you and I,

679
00:33:08,800 --> 00:33:11,320
Speaker 1: I'll peel the curtain back. You and I text during

680
00:33:11,360 --> 00:33:15,720
Speaker 1: games and we say some things, both good and bad

681
00:33:15,800 --> 00:33:18,720
Speaker 1: that will never appear in print and will never be

682
00:33:18,840 --> 00:33:22,720
Speaker 1: set on air. How do you balance that, you know,

683
00:33:23,240 --> 00:33:25,800
Speaker 1: being in that former player role of just kind of

684
00:33:25,960 --> 00:33:28,720
Speaker 1: also wanting to be authentic, wanting to be yourself, but

685
00:33:28,840 --> 00:33:30,840
Speaker 1: also understanding that you know, you've been in that role

686
00:33:30,880 --> 00:33:32,880
Speaker 1: and this is a hard game and you're not trying

687
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Speaker 1: to kick guys when they're down and things like that.

688
00:33:36,440 --> 00:33:38,760
Speaker 2: Yeah. Well, you know, initially when I got the job,

689
00:33:38,960 --> 00:33:40,600
Speaker 2: you know, that was the biggest thing for me, because

690
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Speaker 2: you know, I grew up in the you know, the

691
00:33:42,400 --> 00:33:46,800
Speaker 2: Joe Morgan eras, listening to him, and you know, back

692
00:33:46,840 --> 00:33:48,920
Speaker 2: in my day, I didn't I never wanted to be

693
00:33:48,960 --> 00:33:51,920
Speaker 2: the back in my day guy because the game is

694
00:33:51,920 --> 00:33:57,320
Speaker 2: evolving so quickly and guys are obviously bigger, stronger, faster, better,

695
00:33:57,600 --> 00:33:59,880
Speaker 2: you know. Uh so I I realized that, But at

696
00:33:59,880 --> 00:34:03,160
Speaker 2: the same time, how could I bring my experiences to

697
00:34:03,240 --> 00:34:05,600
Speaker 2: the modern game. Is a lot of emphasis that I

698
00:34:05,680 --> 00:34:07,520
Speaker 2: put on there. But the biggest thing for me, Chandler

699
00:34:07,680 --> 00:34:10,319
Speaker 2: was the first couple of years, and going back to

700
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Speaker 2: what you asked me, Tyler was about calling games for

701
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Speaker 2: those terrible teams and anticipating the doom and gloom and

702
00:34:16,239 --> 00:34:18,360
Speaker 2: being shocked at what was I was seeing on the field.

703
00:34:19,200 --> 00:34:22,440
Speaker 2: Is I was very real. I was still in the

704
00:34:22,520 --> 00:34:25,880
Speaker 2: dugout reacting like, you know, holy shit, that just happened.

705
00:34:25,880 --> 00:34:28,280
Speaker 2: Oh my, what in God's name was that guy? Thinking?

706
00:34:28,719 --> 00:34:30,680
Speaker 2: Why did you throw that pitch? You more? You know,

707
00:34:30,719 --> 00:34:32,640
Speaker 2: I would, I would actually there were moments where I

708
00:34:32,719 --> 00:34:36,560
Speaker 2: believe I actually said stuff like that. And I learned

709
00:34:37,400 --> 00:34:40,359
Speaker 2: that I was going to be a better analyst if

710
00:34:40,400 --> 00:34:44,160
Speaker 2: I actually analyzed the game after watching the play. So

711
00:34:44,280 --> 00:34:47,880
Speaker 2: I learned to be very patient. And I also learned

712
00:34:47,880 --> 00:34:50,040
Speaker 2: that I had a good producer that I could go

713
00:34:50,160 --> 00:34:53,279
Speaker 2: in my talk back and I could say, what in

714
00:34:53,320 --> 00:34:55,360
Speaker 2: the name of Zeus's anus was that guy doing on

715
00:34:55,480 --> 00:34:58,920
Speaker 2: that play? You know? And my producer, to his credit,

716
00:34:58,960 --> 00:35:01,960
Speaker 2: would respond like, I have no idea. Can you believe that?

717
00:35:01,520 --> 00:35:04,480
Speaker 2: We'd interact in that sense, so I could kind of

718
00:35:04,480 --> 00:35:07,800
Speaker 2: get it out. But I learned in those thirteen fourteenth

719
00:35:07,840 --> 00:35:10,320
Speaker 2: in the years of thirteen fourteen, to just be patient,

720
00:35:10,800 --> 00:35:17,120
Speaker 2: recognize what I'm seeing, mentally, exhaust the negative immediate reaction,

721
00:35:17,320 --> 00:35:19,759
Speaker 2: and kind of sit back and then analyze the play

722
00:35:19,800 --> 00:35:22,440
Speaker 2: and say, this is why that play completely blew up,

723
00:35:22,920 --> 00:35:25,080
Speaker 2: and this is why the astros are going to lose

724
00:35:25,120 --> 00:35:28,239
Speaker 2: the game, so I think learning the patients to be

725
00:35:28,320 --> 00:35:30,600
Speaker 2: able to take a step back. And obviously it's gotten

726
00:35:30,640 --> 00:35:33,520
Speaker 2: better with TK because TK is such an unbelievable play

727
00:35:33,520 --> 00:35:36,279
Speaker 2: by play guy that I don't have to react. He's

728
00:35:36,320 --> 00:35:40,439
Speaker 2: already explaining it and I just sit back, relax, wait

729
00:35:40,480 --> 00:35:43,600
Speaker 2: for the angle of the play that's coming, and kind

730
00:35:43,600 --> 00:35:46,160
Speaker 2: of create the thought before I say it, which is

731
00:35:46,160 --> 00:35:48,239
Speaker 2: probably much better and I probably should do in more

732
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Speaker 2: conversations in real life.

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Speaker 3: Well, I can. I can tell you I watched every

734
00:35:52,680 --> 00:35:57,040
Speaker 3: out of the twenty thirteen season for some reason. I

735
00:35:57,040 --> 00:35:58,839
Speaker 3: was in college at the time. I was working at

736
00:35:58,880 --> 00:36:01,839
Speaker 3: the student newspaper at so I was just up all

737
00:36:01,920 --> 00:36:07,680
Speaker 3: night anyway at a computer. But I started my Twitter

738
00:36:07,680 --> 00:36:10,520
Speaker 3: account because no one wanted to talk about the twenty

739
00:36:10,560 --> 00:36:13,600
Speaker 3: thirteen Astros with me. So you may not remember, but

740
00:36:13,680 --> 00:36:16,960
Speaker 3: you you got a lot of tweets from me under

741
00:36:17,000 --> 00:36:21,440
Speaker 3: the pseudonym Jeff Blogwell for for a long time of me,

742
00:36:21,719 --> 00:36:25,480
Speaker 3: just me and probably fifty other people watching a Tuesday

743
00:36:25,640 --> 00:36:30,160
Speaker 3: night fifty watch, yeah, watching the Astros. But I remember

744
00:36:30,160 --> 00:36:32,840
Speaker 3: all of that, and I mean, it's it's crazy to

745
00:36:32,880 --> 00:36:36,640
Speaker 3: think now this is year fourteen for you, and you know,

746
00:36:36,680 --> 00:36:40,520
Speaker 3: it's it's been it's been a long, great run. I

747
00:36:40,520 --> 00:36:44,200
Speaker 3: mean that's you've seen the lowest of lows and the

748
00:36:44,280 --> 00:36:46,520
Speaker 3: highest of eyes with the team that you've covered, which

749
00:36:46,760 --> 00:36:49,279
Speaker 3: I mean as a you know, as a as a

750
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Speaker 3: broadcaster like you don't. I mean, I would assume you'd

751
00:36:52,880 --> 00:36:56,640
Speaker 3: rather have the kind of mountaintops and valleys than just

752
00:36:56,719 --> 00:36:59,520
Speaker 3: go eighty six wins every year and be boring like

753
00:36:59,520 --> 00:37:02,520
Speaker 3: the astros have had plenty of things to talk about

754
00:37:02,560 --> 00:37:05,120
Speaker 3: for you in your broadcasting career.

755
00:37:06,280 --> 00:37:08,600
Speaker 2: No, absolutely, Yeah, I'm with you on the peaks and valleys.

756
00:37:08,640 --> 00:37:10,880
Speaker 2: But don't you know, don't ever discount the fact that,

757
00:37:11,320 --> 00:37:14,840
Speaker 2: you know, if there weren't people on the periphery. You know,

758
00:37:14,880 --> 00:37:17,440
Speaker 2: I've got a great crew in Julian TK. I get

759
00:37:17,440 --> 00:37:19,440
Speaker 2: to hang around Tags, I get to hang around Chandler.

760
00:37:19,480 --> 00:37:22,080
Speaker 2: I mean they're there. I don't know if Chandler feels

761
00:37:22,120 --> 00:37:25,080
Speaker 2: the same way, but there's there. There needs to be

762
00:37:25,160 --> 00:37:29,239
Speaker 2: an outlet for the for the non broadcast side to

763
00:37:29,360 --> 00:37:32,279
Speaker 2: be able to be the fan that says, why don't

764
00:37:32,280 --> 00:37:34,440
Speaker 2: they move this guy? How come he's not getting called up?

765
00:37:34,440 --> 00:37:36,440
Speaker 2: Why don't they have the lineup set up like this?

766
00:37:37,120 --> 00:37:38,920
Speaker 2: You know, you've got to be able to have that outlet,

767
00:37:38,960 --> 00:37:41,040
Speaker 2: and you know, obviously being around Chandler on a daily

768
00:37:41,080 --> 00:37:44,480
Speaker 2: basis has provided that. He's been a great conversation. Uh,

769
00:37:44,520 --> 00:37:46,480
Speaker 2: you know, and sometimes the ideas are the same and

770
00:37:46,520 --> 00:37:48,239
Speaker 2: sometimes they're not. And I think that's kind of the

771
00:37:48,239 --> 00:37:52,160
Speaker 2: beauty of baseball. You can have those those different viewpoints.

772
00:37:52,200 --> 00:37:55,160
Speaker 2: But being able to have that outlet actually helps me

773
00:37:55,360 --> 00:37:58,480
Speaker 2: personally on a broadcast because I can kind of vent

774
00:37:58,560 --> 00:38:00,120
Speaker 2: a little bit and kay, okay, I got that out

775
00:38:00,120 --> 00:38:01,839
Speaker 2: of the way. Now I can focus on the game.

776
00:38:02,960 --> 00:38:04,920
Speaker 1: They should, uh, they should put a mic in the

777
00:38:05,000 --> 00:38:06,440
Speaker 1: booth before games.

778
00:38:06,920 --> 00:38:09,400
Speaker 2: Could you imagine what that podcast would go nuts?

779
00:38:11,040 --> 00:38:15,960
Speaker 1: I don't know who would get canned first, Probably me, probably.

780
00:38:16,160 --> 00:38:18,040
Speaker 2: There's a certain reason for that. I mean, I've got

781
00:38:18,080 --> 00:38:19,960
Speaker 2: a little more leash than you do. I think it's

782
00:38:20,000 --> 00:38:21,720
Speaker 2: not by much, to be brutally honest.

783
00:38:22,040 --> 00:38:24,800
Speaker 1: No, it's not before we get before we get you

784
00:38:24,800 --> 00:38:28,520
Speaker 1: out here. Is there as we're as we're talking about this,

785
00:38:28,600 --> 00:38:31,759
Speaker 1: they released the spring training schedule, which home I don't

786
00:38:31,800 --> 00:38:35,840
Speaker 1: even want to think about that because of that, is

787
00:38:35,880 --> 00:38:39,640
Speaker 1: there is there one young player, whether it's minor leagues

788
00:38:39,920 --> 00:38:41,759
Speaker 1: that we haven't seen yet, whether it's a guy that

789
00:38:41,800 --> 00:38:44,560
Speaker 1: we saw this year. Is there one guy that you're

790
00:38:44,600 --> 00:38:48,239
Speaker 1: looking forward to maybe seeing take that next step, be

791
00:38:48,360 --> 00:38:50,640
Speaker 1: the be a guy that can really impact this thing

792
00:38:50,760 --> 00:38:54,319
Speaker 1: and maybe, you know, change the way that we think

793
00:38:54,320 --> 00:38:56,080
Speaker 1: about the roster, change the way that we think about

794
00:38:56,080 --> 00:38:57,080
Speaker 1: the trajectory of the team.

795
00:38:58,320 --> 00:39:01,160
Speaker 2: Yeah, I wish I was as good as you and

796
00:39:01,200 --> 00:39:03,480
Speaker 2: Steve Spark or both of you and Steve Sparks are

797
00:39:03,520 --> 00:39:06,799
Speaker 2: as far as you know, really digging in on the

798
00:39:06,840 --> 00:39:11,480
Speaker 2: minor league side and seeing some of those names I am,

799
00:39:12,000 --> 00:39:14,400
Speaker 2: I'm a little two guys that are kind of peaking

800
00:39:14,440 --> 00:39:17,800
Speaker 2: my curiosity. I on the offensive side, I want to

801
00:39:17,840 --> 00:39:21,759
Speaker 2: see what Jacob Melton can do. I think he's a

802
00:39:22,080 --> 00:39:27,320
Speaker 2: phenomenal athlete, but I want to know if the athleticism

803
00:39:27,360 --> 00:39:30,799
Speaker 2: translates into talent and being able to play a full

804
00:39:30,880 --> 00:39:35,240
Speaker 2: major league season. You know, the injuries are always an issue.

805
00:39:35,280 --> 00:39:37,759
Speaker 2: I think with Jacob Melton, with what he's had to

806
00:39:37,800 --> 00:39:42,480
Speaker 2: go through, can he turn that corner? Can he be

807
00:39:42,560 --> 00:39:44,360
Speaker 2: a guy? I don't know if he's going to be.

808
00:39:44,480 --> 00:39:46,200
Speaker 2: You know, I want to know what he can be

809
00:39:46,200 --> 00:39:48,320
Speaker 2: because I because I like some of the things that

810
00:39:48,360 --> 00:39:50,040
Speaker 2: I've seen. I think he was a little too passive

811
00:39:50,040 --> 00:39:52,600
Speaker 2: in the box for me. I want to see him

812
00:39:52,680 --> 00:39:54,200
Speaker 2: kind of the reins off a little bit and be

813
00:39:54,239 --> 00:39:56,279
Speaker 2: aggressive and see what that swin can do. Because his

814
00:39:56,360 --> 00:39:59,560
Speaker 2: speed for me, plays, his defense plays. I want to

815
00:39:59,560 --> 00:40:01,960
Speaker 2: see what he can do on the pitching side. Talking

816
00:40:01,960 --> 00:40:06,000
Speaker 2: about eating up innings and and trying to stay within

817
00:40:06,040 --> 00:40:08,239
Speaker 2: the organization. AJ blue ball kind of turned me on

818
00:40:08,320 --> 00:40:11,080
Speaker 2: that last month. There were a couple of starts where

819
00:40:11,080 --> 00:40:13,840
Speaker 2: I was like, hmm, he gave me six innings. He

820
00:40:13,880 --> 00:40:16,120
Speaker 2: started to punch out the world, he got some swing

821
00:40:16,160 --> 00:40:18,719
Speaker 2: and miss I want to And then coming out of

822
00:40:18,760 --> 00:40:20,400
Speaker 2: a bullpen and what he did out of the bullpen,

823
00:40:20,520 --> 00:40:23,600
Speaker 2: dear god, I was like, okay, that at ninety six

824
00:40:23,719 --> 00:40:26,360
Speaker 2: with the curveball, his change up is better than I

825
00:40:26,360 --> 00:40:29,719
Speaker 2: think a lot of people think. That stuff plays for me, man,

826
00:40:29,800 --> 00:40:31,920
Speaker 2: and I want to see how he how he treats

827
00:40:31,960 --> 00:40:35,840
Speaker 2: this off season and shows up in spring training because

828
00:40:35,880 --> 00:40:38,600
Speaker 2: I think there's a there's a really good opportunity for

829
00:40:38,680 --> 00:40:40,760
Speaker 2: him to slide into that rotation and have an impact

830
00:40:41,840 --> 00:40:43,720
Speaker 2: and just real quick, I want to see if Spencer

831
00:40:43,840 --> 00:40:47,200
Speaker 2: Raghetti can you know, you know, where are these got.

832
00:40:47,239 --> 00:40:49,799
Speaker 2: I want to there's a lot of questions. But you know,

833
00:40:49,960 --> 00:40:52,239
Speaker 2: I want to know how he's going to bounce back

834
00:40:52,280 --> 00:40:54,440
Speaker 2: from a lot of the injury issues he's gotten through too,

835
00:40:54,480 --> 00:40:56,840
Speaker 2: because I think his stuff plays well. But aj blueball

836
00:40:56,840 --> 00:40:59,680
Speaker 2: for me might be that might be that surprise for me.

837
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Speaker 4: Mm hmm.

838
00:41:00,800 --> 00:41:03,320
Speaker 3: Yeah, Chandler is a blue ball hater. For some reason,

839
00:41:04,080 --> 00:41:07,560
Speaker 3: he refuses to say that he's a starter. I don't

840
00:41:07,560 --> 00:41:09,359
Speaker 3: get it. He looks like a starter to me.

841
00:41:09,480 --> 00:41:12,239
Speaker 2: That's the question. Is that is that because you haven't

842
00:41:12,239 --> 00:41:14,480
Speaker 2: seen it? I mean, we haven't seen enough. Like I've

843
00:41:14,520 --> 00:41:17,319
Speaker 2: seen enough to be like, I like the stuff, but

844
00:41:17,440 --> 00:41:19,520
Speaker 2: can it will it sustain itself? And will it be

845
00:41:19,560 --> 00:41:21,359
Speaker 2: a starter? I think that's kind of where I'm at too.

846
00:41:21,880 --> 00:41:23,879
Speaker 1: This is a don't shoot the messenger kind of thing,

847
00:41:23,920 --> 00:41:26,120
Speaker 1: because all I had heard from people in the organization

848
00:41:26,200 --> 00:41:28,319
Speaker 1: was that thought they thought he was a reliever, and

849
00:41:28,320 --> 00:41:31,319
Speaker 1: that was That was even into September when they were

850
00:41:31,360 --> 00:41:33,600
Speaker 1: giving him starts and he was pitching well, like, they

851
00:41:33,640 --> 00:41:35,560
Speaker 1: still kind of thought in the back of their mind

852
00:41:35,600 --> 00:41:37,840
Speaker 1: he's gonna be a reliever. This is a don't shoot

853
00:41:37,840 --> 00:41:39,120
Speaker 1: the messenger situation.

854
00:41:39,960 --> 00:41:42,120
Speaker 2: But yeah, but you could argue that fact, and I

855
00:41:42,160 --> 00:41:44,560
Speaker 2: think that's I mean, if you had him for two innings,

856
00:41:44,640 --> 00:41:48,359
Speaker 2: you know, every other day or whatever. I think. Man,

857
00:41:48,719 --> 00:41:50,480
Speaker 2: the stuff is electric, dude.

858
00:41:50,840 --> 00:41:53,160
Speaker 1: No it is. And like we've talked about it on

859
00:41:53,320 --> 00:41:56,239
Speaker 1: here before, like there is no harm. And as is

860
00:41:56,239 --> 00:41:58,360
Speaker 1: what they should do. He should come to spring training

861
00:41:58,360 --> 00:42:01,440
Speaker 1: as a starter, like stretch him out and then you

862
00:42:01,480 --> 00:42:04,200
Speaker 1: know what, if he gets beaten out or if it's

863
00:42:04,239 --> 00:42:06,560
Speaker 1: not working, it's a lot easier to just put him

864
00:42:06,600 --> 00:42:09,040
Speaker 1: in a bullpen roll from being stretched out than it

865
00:42:09,120 --> 00:42:11,120
Speaker 1: is to start him in a bullpenroll and then stretch

866
00:42:11,160 --> 00:42:13,600
Speaker 1: him out. So he's going to agree on that he

867
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Speaker 1: will get his opportunity to start, don't you.

868
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Speaker 3: Well, he's gonna he's gonna have a Brad Peacock season

869
00:42:20,000 --> 00:42:22,600
Speaker 3: where he makes a bunch of starts and then does

870
00:42:22,640 --> 00:42:26,280
Speaker 3: a bunch of the fireman relief. I'm a big Brad

871
00:42:26,280 --> 00:42:31,120
Speaker 3: Peacock guy, Plumber. I called him all throughout that twenty

872
00:42:31,160 --> 00:42:34,880
Speaker 3: seventies twenty seventeen season the staff ace because he was

873
00:42:34,960 --> 00:42:38,000
Speaker 3: just out there whenever they needed him.

874
00:42:38,280 --> 00:42:40,800
Speaker 2: Uh. Well, I asked the Mauricio Dubon of pitching, you

875
00:42:41,560 --> 00:42:44,200
Speaker 2: utility guy. I mean, it's not the most glamorous role,

876
00:42:44,239 --> 00:42:46,359
Speaker 2: and it's tough on the arm. But if you get

877
00:42:46,360 --> 00:42:47,879
Speaker 2: a guy that can do it, it really helps out.

878
00:42:48,280 --> 00:42:51,320
Speaker 3: Okay, I have two important questions. I'm going to start

879
00:42:51,480 --> 00:42:55,279
Speaker 3: with the first one a little easier here. What's your

880
00:42:55,320 --> 00:43:00,440
Speaker 3: what's your go to HO Dad's order Ho Dads in

881
00:43:00,520 --> 00:43:02,160
Speaker 3: San Diego? You're you're out there a lot.

882
00:43:02,280 --> 00:43:05,040
Speaker 2: Oh you know what. I was about forty five minutes

883
00:43:05,120 --> 00:43:07,920
Speaker 2: north in San ple Many, so I didn't I didn't

884
00:43:07,960 --> 00:43:10,799
Speaker 2: spend much time in Now. If I was going to

885
00:43:10,880 --> 00:43:13,480
Speaker 2: a beer, it would be a Green Flash. Green Flash

886
00:43:13,600 --> 00:43:16,080
Speaker 2: was one of my favorite ipash when I was in

887
00:43:16,160 --> 00:43:18,080
Speaker 2: San Diego. I would make a point of stopping and

888
00:43:18,280 --> 00:43:19,359
Speaker 2: getting at least one of those.

889
00:43:19,600 --> 00:43:22,360
Speaker 3: There we go. Okay, second one, I would assume you

890
00:43:22,360 --> 00:43:24,160
Speaker 3: have a little more of an opinion on I have

891
00:43:24,280 --> 00:43:27,400
Speaker 3: three young kids. I've got five, three year old and

892
00:43:27,480 --> 00:43:32,279
Speaker 3: a six month old. How did you raise triplets? Cause

893
00:43:32,280 --> 00:43:36,839
Speaker 3: I'm going crazy with them separate ages? What what were

894
00:43:37,000 --> 00:43:40,600
Speaker 3: nights like two months into having tripa? How did you?

895
00:43:40,640 --> 00:43:44,920
Speaker 3: How did you play baseball doing that so well?

896
00:43:45,360 --> 00:43:47,000
Speaker 2: I mean the first two months of their lives they

897
00:43:47,040 --> 00:43:49,640
Speaker 2: were in the nic queue, so I was literally doing laps.

898
00:43:49,719 --> 00:43:51,520
Speaker 2: I would go when I was at home, when I

899
00:43:51,560 --> 00:43:54,560
Speaker 2: was on the road, dude, I slept my brains out.

900
00:43:54,600 --> 00:43:56,319
Speaker 2: I was I was in bed until noon, and then

901
00:43:56,320 --> 00:43:59,080
Speaker 2: I'd go to the ballpark, play a game. Sleep. But

902
00:43:59,120 --> 00:44:00,960
Speaker 2: when I was home, would you know, it would be

903
00:44:01,000 --> 00:44:03,279
Speaker 2: go to the ballpark, play the game, come back, and

904
00:44:03,360 --> 00:44:07,000
Speaker 2: I would actually be in the hospital at midnight giving

905
00:44:07,400 --> 00:44:12,160
Speaker 2: the triplets their midnight feeding. So but once they got

906
00:44:12,160 --> 00:44:14,600
Speaker 2: home from that, keep in mind we had about an

907
00:44:14,600 --> 00:44:17,000
Speaker 2: eighteen month old at the time too, So my oldest

908
00:44:17,040 --> 00:44:20,919
Speaker 2: daughter is just running the show and we introduced three

909
00:44:21,200 --> 00:44:27,080
Speaker 2: you know, obviously bumps on a log, infants and chaos ensued.

910
00:44:27,160 --> 00:44:32,120
Speaker 2: But I think my entire paycheck, what felt like my

911
00:44:32,320 --> 00:44:34,960
Speaker 2: entire paycheck for the first seven months of their lives,

912
00:44:35,040 --> 00:44:40,560
Speaker 2: went to We had a afternoon nanny that would come

913
00:44:40,560 --> 00:44:42,040
Speaker 2: in and help out my wife, you know, in the

914
00:44:42,080 --> 00:44:44,240
Speaker 2: middle of the middle of the day. But we hired

915
00:44:44,440 --> 00:44:47,200
Speaker 2: night nurses. We had a nurse that would come in

916
00:44:47,239 --> 00:44:51,200
Speaker 2: from ten pm to seven am. One of them we

917
00:44:51,320 --> 00:44:55,600
Speaker 2: nicknamed Mary Poppins because she was literally from South Africa,

918
00:44:55,760 --> 00:44:57,960
Speaker 2: had the accent the whole nine yards. Came in with

919
00:44:58,000 --> 00:45:01,920
Speaker 2: the carpet bag and we were I let my wife sleep.

920
00:45:03,120 --> 00:45:06,399
Speaker 2: She was amazing. By the end of that seven months.

921
00:45:06,760 --> 00:45:09,040
Speaker 2: We said is she came in and she goes, I

922
00:45:09,040 --> 00:45:12,280
Speaker 2: think you're good, and we said, give us the routine.

923
00:45:12,880 --> 00:45:15,759
Speaker 2: She taught us how to swaddle them, we put them

924
00:45:15,800 --> 00:45:18,640
Speaker 2: down and we didn't see them until seven am the

925
00:45:18,680 --> 00:45:22,640
Speaker 2: next day. It was the most incredible thing I've ever

926
00:45:22,680 --> 00:45:25,240
Speaker 2: seen and the best money I've ever spent. So that's

927
00:45:25,280 --> 00:45:29,040
Speaker 2: how I did it. But I can't imagine having three

928
00:45:29,160 --> 00:45:30,719
Speaker 2: five and six. How old are you know?

929
00:45:30,840 --> 00:45:31,400
Speaker 3: Six months?

930
00:45:31,480 --> 00:45:35,640
Speaker 2: Yeah, oh my gosh, six months. And one thing about

931
00:45:35,680 --> 00:45:38,520
Speaker 2: having basically Irish quads is everybody went through the same

932
00:45:39,560 --> 00:45:42,040
Speaker 2: phase at the same time. So like we were in diapers,

933
00:45:42,080 --> 00:45:45,399
Speaker 2: we were out of diapers, we were walking, we were babyproofing,

934
00:45:45,480 --> 00:45:47,759
Speaker 2: we were you know, first grades, so we were kind

935
00:45:47,800 --> 00:45:50,320
Speaker 2: of going through every phase. We didn't have to repeat anything,

936
00:45:50,360 --> 00:45:51,880
Speaker 2: which was kind of a blessing in disguise.

937
00:45:52,200 --> 00:45:53,680
Speaker 3: Are they identical triplets.

938
00:45:54,680 --> 00:45:58,239
Speaker 2: No, we actually had monoamnionic, which managed two of them

939
00:45:58,360 --> 00:46:01,160
Speaker 2: were in one sack, and then we had fraternal triplet

940
00:46:01,239 --> 00:46:03,279
Speaker 2: was in her own. The two in the same sack

941
00:46:03,320 --> 00:46:06,520
Speaker 2: were identical twins, so they're literally mirror twins. When they smile,

942
00:46:06,600 --> 00:46:09,360
Speaker 2: they have a dimple that matches the other one. One's

943
00:46:09,440 --> 00:46:11,439
Speaker 2: right handed, the other one's left handed. I mean, it's

944
00:46:11,520 --> 00:46:12,240
Speaker 2: it's insane.

945
00:46:12,640 --> 00:46:16,200
Speaker 3: Did you did you mark who was who when you

946
00:46:16,200 --> 00:46:16,879
Speaker 3: brought them home?

947
00:46:17,440 --> 00:46:20,360
Speaker 2: No, but the doc the nurses did. In the nick queue,

948
00:46:20,800 --> 00:46:24,799
Speaker 2: they had they baby A, B and C. My wife

949
00:46:24,840 --> 00:46:27,360
Speaker 2: would come in and scratch it out and be like Ava,

950
00:46:27,560 --> 00:46:30,520
Speaker 2: Audrey Kayla. And every day she would have to do

951
00:46:30,560 --> 00:46:32,440
Speaker 2: that because the nurse would be like, nope, that's baby A.

952
00:46:32,680 --> 00:46:34,319
Speaker 2: And they would put dots on the bottom of their

953
00:46:34,320 --> 00:46:36,920
Speaker 2: feet with the sharp beat, trying to remember who was

954
00:46:36,960 --> 00:46:39,879
Speaker 2: who and stuff like that. So, yeah, it was they did.

955
00:46:39,920 --> 00:46:45,400
Speaker 2: But for whatever reason, just that that paternal maternal instinct,

956
00:46:45,440 --> 00:46:46,279
Speaker 2: we knew who they were.

957
00:46:48,320 --> 00:46:51,720
Speaker 1: Thank god you remember them and now they now.

958
00:46:52,280 --> 00:46:55,840
Speaker 2: The story would go with me. Yeah, who knows, No,

959
00:46:55,960 --> 00:46:57,120
Speaker 2: you're Ava, just go with it.

960
00:46:58,040 --> 00:47:00,399
Speaker 1: You mentioned your You mentioned your paycheck. The first seven

961
00:47:00,440 --> 00:47:03,040
Speaker 1: months all went to the nick you and night nurses

962
00:47:03,040 --> 00:47:05,920
Speaker 1: and stuff. Now your paychecks are going to Arkansas and

963
00:47:06,080 --> 00:47:07,319
Speaker 1: l Shoes and IL and.

964
00:47:08,040 --> 00:47:12,680
Speaker 2: Yeah, heavy donor heavy donor to those those quality organizations. Yeah,

965
00:47:13,000 --> 00:47:15,480
Speaker 2: and I've got It's funny because uh, one of the

966
00:47:15,719 --> 00:47:19,839
Speaker 2: uh uh one of the assistant athletic directors, somebody high

967
00:47:19,920 --> 00:47:23,640
Speaker 2: up at Arkansas under hunter Urticek, who I've known previously,

968
00:47:23,800 --> 00:47:25,400
Speaker 2: but one of the guys that works for him his

969
00:47:25,480 --> 00:47:29,320
Speaker 2: name is Dan Trump, and Dan Trump was the backup

970
00:47:29,400 --> 00:47:35,719
Speaker 2: catcher on my freshman baseball team at COL. So I

971
00:47:35,800 --> 00:47:37,600
Speaker 2: call him all the time. I'm like, Trumpet, what's going

972
00:47:37,640 --> 00:47:39,560
Speaker 2: on with the team, what's going on with this? You know,

973
00:47:39,719 --> 00:47:42,799
Speaker 2: the basketball team, the football team, the baseball team. But

974
00:47:43,000 --> 00:47:47,280
Speaker 2: anytime I ask for tickets, I'm always in the touchdown club.

975
00:47:47,719 --> 00:47:50,439
Speaker 2: He hooks me up and he says, every single time

976
00:47:50,440 --> 00:47:52,399
Speaker 2: he goes, you're one of our biggest donors. Will put

977
00:47:52,440 --> 00:47:55,879
Speaker 2: you wherever you want. So it's kind of.

978
00:47:55,800 --> 00:47:59,560
Speaker 1: Cool you and you and a ton of others calling

979
00:47:59,600 --> 00:48:02,080
Speaker 1: the hog in the touchdown club. That's uh, that's the

980
00:48:02,200 --> 00:48:05,160
Speaker 1: That's the ideal off season for Blumber. We had to

981
00:48:05,160 --> 00:48:06,840
Speaker 1: interrupt it and get you on this podcast, but we

982
00:48:06,880 --> 00:48:10,880
Speaker 1: appreciate it. This was great. Appreciate you giving giving us

983
00:48:10,960 --> 00:48:14,160
Speaker 1: insight on everything from the team to triplets and everything

984
00:48:14,160 --> 00:48:19,240
Speaker 1: in between. We will see you at fans I guess

985
00:48:19,239 --> 00:48:20,319
Speaker 1: FanFest is the next thing.

986
00:48:20,200 --> 00:48:22,279
Speaker 2: We have going on next time. Right, do you want

987
00:48:22,280 --> 00:48:22,520
Speaker 2: to winter?

988
00:48:23,120 --> 00:48:24,120
Speaker 1: Do you want the Winter Meetings?

989
00:48:24,719 --> 00:48:27,160
Speaker 2: No, I'm not, I'm not going this year. Now, where's

990
00:48:27,200 --> 00:48:31,240
Speaker 2: it at? Where the where the winter meetings?

991
00:48:31,320 --> 00:48:34,120
Speaker 1: The GM meetings are in Las Vegas. Uh and the

992
00:48:34,160 --> 00:48:35,480
Speaker 1: winter meetings are in Orlando.

993
00:48:36,640 --> 00:48:40,560
Speaker 2: Uh so that's close enough to think about it. But yeah,

994
00:48:40,719 --> 00:48:42,520
Speaker 2: I probably won't be going.

995
00:48:42,560 --> 00:48:44,560
Speaker 1: All right, So if we don't see Blumber there, we'll

996
00:48:44,560 --> 00:48:47,080
Speaker 1: see him at fan Fest in January at dyke In

997
00:48:47,160 --> 00:48:50,520
Speaker 1: Park where it's always very cold. The Texans always lose.

998
00:48:50,600 --> 00:48:53,200
Speaker 1: The Texans always lose a playoff game like that afternoon.

999
00:48:53,360 --> 00:48:55,319
Speaker 1: They won't have to worry. They won't have to worry

1000
00:48:55,320 --> 00:48:59,480
Speaker 1: about that this year. But until then, this has been great, Blumber.

1001
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Speaker 1: We really appreciate it as always. Guys, Please rate and

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1003
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Speaker 1: at Tyler C. Stafford. You can follow me at Chandler

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Speaker 1: Underscore Roman Blummer you at Blumber twenty seven.

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00:49:18,200 --> 00:49:20,480
Speaker 2: Yep, I keep it simple both on Instagram and I

1009
00:49:20,480 --> 00:49:22,800
Speaker 2: haven't been on Exit forever, but yeah, that's where you

1010
00:49:22,800 --> 00:49:23,359
Speaker 2: can put it.

1011
00:49:23,640 --> 00:49:26,960
Speaker 1: Good. You should probably keep it that way, but this

1012
00:49:27,000 --> 00:49:28,560
Speaker 1: will be posted on x maybe you'll give us a

1013
00:49:28,560 --> 00:49:31,120
Speaker 1: retweet from there. We appreciate this, Blumber. This was awesome.

1014
00:49:31,200 --> 00:49:33,680
Speaker 1: Thank you, Thank you everybody listening, and we will talk

1015
00:49:33,680 --> 00:49:34,120
Speaker 1: to you soon.

1016
00:49:34,719 --> 00:49:35,080
Speaker 3: Bye.

1017
00:49:35,920 --> 00:49:36,560
Speaker 2: Appreciate it.