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Speaker 1: What's up, everybody.

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Speaker 2: Welcome into another edition of Crush City Territory. My name

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Speaker 2: is Chandler Room with Tyler Stafford and Josh Reddick on

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Speaker 2: the eve of the first full squad spring training workout

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Speaker 2: for the Astros. Josh, how much do you miss West

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Speaker 2: Palm Beach?

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Speaker 3: Two part answer for that Florida spring training is the

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Speaker 3: absolute worst. Yes, but obviously missed the atmosphere and the

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Speaker 3: camaraderie and hanging out with the boys and seeing the

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Speaker 3: boys again. But definitely definitely love Arizona spring training way better.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I've never covered in Arizona spring training, but all

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Speaker 2: of my colleagues that have Arizona spring training just laugh

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Speaker 2: at us that are in Florida spring training because Arizona

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Speaker 2: everything's fifteen minutes away, you barely have to drive, and

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Speaker 2: going out in Scottsdale, and the nightlife in Arizona far

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Speaker 2: far better than anything you can get.

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Speaker 3: Everything, everything's better when you go out there. Considering you

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Speaker 3: know your forty five minutes is your farthest travel trip.

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Speaker 1: Your closest in Florida is forty.

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Speaker 3: Five minutes to Port Saint Lucy if you're not playing

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Speaker 3: the Nationals that is. But yeah, I mean, your your nightlife,

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Speaker 3: your your your food selection is just through the roof.

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Speaker 3: Because I mean, obviously we're we're men in our twenties

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Speaker 3: Let's be real, so we all we all know what

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Speaker 3: it's like over there, and it's just all around, just entertainment, tonight,

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Speaker 3: life to just everything. I mean, if you want to

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Speaker 3: go get up and do something, you can go twenty

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Speaker 3: go to Dave and Busters just right there. If you

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Speaker 3: want to go club men until three in the morning

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Speaker 3: and then get up at five am for spring training,

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Speaker 3: that's your call.

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Speaker 1: So it's plenty of options to get in trouble.

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Speaker 3: So I mean, I will say one thing Florida has

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Speaker 3: over them is a lot less options to.

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Speaker 1: Get in trouble. There you go.

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Speaker 4: It's important.

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Speaker 1: It is when you when you read headlines every spring.

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Speaker 2: Training West Palm. West Palm has Rachel's and that's about it.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I've heard about this place, but we'll leave it

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Speaker 3: I heard a lot of stories from Astro's guys who

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Speaker 4: Gosh, since we last talked, the news we all kind

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Speaker 4: of expected did happen, and that's Bragman signing with the

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Speaker 4: and kind of the deal that he got. Where did

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Speaker 4: that kind of fit in for you?

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Speaker 1: I thought it was a lot. I mean, considering what

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Speaker 1: what the what the.

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Speaker 3: You know, the the league and everything was going to

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Speaker 3: it seemed like a lot. And when you look at,

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Speaker 1: Felt like a lot.

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Speaker 3: But you know, obviously, at the end of the day,

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Speaker 3: you're happy for the player because you always want the

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Speaker 3: player to get his money and get as.

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Speaker 1: Much as he can, and you.

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Speaker 3: Tip your cap for the guy for holding out and

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Speaker 3: realizing what he could get done. I mean, the two

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Speaker 1: But you know, that's just the way the game is

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Speaker 3: It seems as opt outs become a bigger thing, little

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Speaker 1: Spring training is over. But you know, I thought three.

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Speaker 3: Years was a big surprise, considering he came very publicly

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Speaker 3: know it comes out that he signs that three year deal.

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Speaker 3: But when you're getting the most AAV for yourself, it's

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean, I'm never going to be in in

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Speaker 2: The Tigers were six for one to seventy one and

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Speaker 4: So fully understand the AAV. I get it that you know,

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Speaker 4: the years are different. I am just saying for me

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Speaker 4: just blows my mind. Whenever whenever these numbers come out

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Speaker 3: Is weird because you know, it all depends on what

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Speaker 3: all depends on what he thought that. Maybe he thought

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Speaker 3: Maybe it just was about more money. But you know

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Speaker 3: I think that was something that could have been brought

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Speaker 3: only you play in those states where there's no income tax.

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Speaker 3: So Boston, Massachusetts, very high tax rate. Been there and

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Speaker 3: but you know, it obviously does play out. Chamber's given

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Speaker 3: me a lot of looks right now.

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Speaker 1: I don't like it.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I have, I have my something crawled up my

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Speaker 2: Oh okay, I'm trying to not look like a complete

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Speaker 4: I was terrifying.

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Speaker 1: I was I was paying.

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Speaker 3: I was guessing myself because you gave me the kind

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Speaker 3: of same look when I mentioned Gary Pettis last week,

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Speaker 1: Josh follow as plus as you guys do.

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Speaker 2: Josh, you you were as familiar with the Red Sox

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Speaker 2: as anybody. I mean, you came up there, you played

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Speaker 2: at Fenway a bunch on paper, it seems like a

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Speaker 1: Can you kind of do you agree with that?

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Speaker 2: Is this the best ballpark that Bregman could go to

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Speaker 2: you've seen that media market, You've seen kind of how

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Speaker 3: I think it's I think it'll be just fine. I mean,

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Speaker 3: Bregman always loves the spotlight. He seems to thrive in

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Speaker 1: So and it doesn't stop at Finnway.

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Speaker 3: When you when you're going out to lunch, when you're

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Speaker 1: In every major sport in that city.

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Speaker 3: But when you look at the big picture, I think

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Speaker 1: He's always been a clutch guy. But you know, go

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Speaker 1: back to like the question of the best ballpark.

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Speaker 3: For him and his swing, probably not from you know,

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Speaker 3: We know Bregman doesn't hit the four hundred and forty

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Speaker 3: He could still poke it out to right because it

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Speaker 3: But I think with benefits Bregman is he's going to

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Speaker 1: For you know, singles. They are going to be easy.

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Speaker 1: But the thing, the thing that.

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Speaker 3: Really questions me about Bregman is right centator right for him,

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Speaker 1: A good hitter anyway to focus on his singles.

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Speaker 3: The other way, if they work out to doubles and

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Speaker 1: Him just staying centator left. He said, that's a good hitter.

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Speaker 3: He can go to other ballparks in that lead in

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Speaker 3: that division because you still playing Yankee Stadium where it's

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Speaker 3: It's just a really good, you know, division to hit in.

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Speaker 3: There's going to be a forty double season incoming for him.

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Speaker 2: Astros fans have been merciless in my mentions the last

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Speaker 2: Hear about him, So I hear you. We will stop

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Speaker 4: Speaking of cards, look what I just got in from eBay.

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Speaker 1: I'm writing down that website.

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Speaker 2: Oom Brad Peacock, Yes, sir staff Ace Brad Peacock.

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Speaker 3: I had to write that down because you know, a

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Speaker 1: Of see like, oh, what's this random pictures? No, that's

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Speaker 2: That's a lot of baseball cards for you, isn't it.

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Speaker 1: Josh. It's probably about one hundred and thirty.

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Speaker 3: There's a few in there that got multiples in there,

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Speaker 2: Who who who's your favorite, Like, who's the one guy

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Speaker 1: Oh gosh, Prime mad Bum. I got Prime med Bum

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Speaker 3: I can't think of them all, but you know there's

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Speaker 1: Name that just had no shot. I mean the Ross.

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Speaker 3: Dettweiler who always comes up, who is a high draft pick.

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Speaker 3: In my draft year and six, I faced him when

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Speaker 1: It's just like, dude, you just stop, just walk me

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Speaker 3: Every time I can watch every time I pull up

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Speaker 1: You just like here we go, like here we go.

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Speaker 1: So he's definitely one that stands out. Obviously not a

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Speaker 4: Got your lists one hundred and twenty eight, so you're

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Speaker 4: you're right on.

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Speaker 1: That was close, Josh.

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Speaker 2: I promise the people that we will talk about the

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Speaker 2: Bear with me. This, this this all ties in. So

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Speaker 2: so Raphael Devers, for those that don't know, is in

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Speaker 1: What was your reaction, Joshua, Well, your first reaction is,

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Speaker 1: know he's not. He's doesn't seem like a team guy.

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Speaker 3: When you come out, when you just flat out and

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Speaker 1: Because the negotiations.

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Speaker 3: You have to feel like they talked to this guy about, hey,

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Speaker 1: Is it something that I want to do?

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Speaker 3: Probably not, you know's there's definitely different ways to answer

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Speaker 3: I don't feel comfortable doing this.

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Speaker 1: Is there a solution that we can figure this out? Boom, flatline.

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Speaker 1: Over you talk to the media.

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Speaker 3: Hey, guys, something I may or may not want to do.

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Speaker 3: We'll see where it takes this and move forward. Bam,

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Speaker 1: There's just different ways to answer that.

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Speaker 3: As the person making him stuff look like, you know,

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Speaker 1: We're going to think differently about this guy. So I'm

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Speaker 3: Guy just won the Gold Glove last year's Greggy's obviously

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Speaker 3: You know, I don't think wherever Bregman plays, he's been

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Speaker 1: But I just I just think it's.

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Speaker 3: Just just a little bit of a bad look for Devors,

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Speaker 4: Meanwhile, in in West Palm Beach, you've got more videos

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Speaker 3: He's the best is any He's just he doesn't care.

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Speaker 3: He just wants to play every day and he just

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Speaker 1: He's just happy to be there. Put a glove on him,

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Speaker 1: let him dh. He doesn't care. And it's it's great

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Speaker 3: Things that players that you know, this is something like

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Speaker 1: So for him to have.

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Speaker 3: what kind of character out to me is. If we

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Speaker 2: Do you have, Josh. I mean, we get to see

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Speaker 2: This guy could run Houston if he wanted. This guy

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Speaker 2: could run this team if you want. He could have

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Speaker 3: I think just how accommodating he is with everybody. You know,

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Speaker 3: That's so rare nowadays, is players really wanting their teammates

440
00:19:08,560 --> 00:19:11,040
Speaker 3: and their whole team as a whole to do well.

441
00:19:11,080 --> 00:19:13,359
Speaker 3: Because you'll go on some teams I've been on a

442
00:19:13,400 --> 00:19:15,880
Speaker 3: couple of them where you know there's guys in there

443
00:19:15,920 --> 00:19:19,120
Speaker 3: that may seem like they want you to do well,

444
00:19:19,160 --> 00:19:21,240
Speaker 3: but you know, deep down under their breath they're wishing

445
00:19:21,280 --> 00:19:21,560
Speaker 3: you're not.

446
00:19:21,640 --> 00:19:23,280
Speaker 1: They're like kind of hoping that you don't do well.

447
00:19:23,280 --> 00:19:25,439
Speaker 3: But when you get into that clubhouse, it all started

448
00:19:25,440 --> 00:19:28,120
Speaker 3: with him, and that was what made our atmosphere so great.

449
00:19:28,160 --> 00:19:31,360
Speaker 3: There for four or five six years, was top to bottom.

450
00:19:31,359 --> 00:19:35,000
Speaker 3: Everybody was all about being there for everybody. Pictures were

451
00:19:35,040 --> 00:19:37,720
Speaker 3: talking to hitters, hitters were talking to pictures.

452
00:19:37,720 --> 00:19:37,919
Speaker 1: You know.

453
00:19:37,960 --> 00:19:41,280
Speaker 3: It wasn't like a clicky separation in the clubhouse. We

454
00:19:41,280 --> 00:19:44,200
Speaker 3: were all working to improve and to help everybody.

455
00:19:44,240 --> 00:19:46,159
Speaker 1: Get better and help us get there to win. And

456
00:19:46,200 --> 00:19:48,320
Speaker 1: that's what makes things so special. When you got the

457
00:19:48,400 --> 00:19:48,960
Speaker 1: guy like.

458
00:19:48,840 --> 00:19:53,080
Speaker 3: Out too, the franchise icon, willing to be that silent

459
00:19:53,200 --> 00:19:54,120
Speaker 3: leader and do that.

460
00:19:54,560 --> 00:19:56,240
Speaker 1: It makes everybody want to follow suit.

461
00:19:56,240 --> 00:19:58,080
Speaker 3: And if this guy, the Hall of Famer, who just

462
00:19:58,119 --> 00:19:59,840
Speaker 3: goes out there and does what he does every day,

463
00:20:00,240 --> 00:20:02,080
Speaker 3: is gonna be this way, then there's no other way.

464
00:20:02,359 --> 00:20:04,720
Speaker 3: Yours truly should act any different, for the guy next

465
00:20:04,760 --> 00:20:05,680
Speaker 3: to me should be any different.

466
00:20:05,680 --> 00:20:07,720
Speaker 1: We're here to help each other win and the ultimate

467
00:20:07,800 --> 00:20:08,440
Speaker 1: goal is to win.

468
00:20:08,520 --> 00:20:10,679
Speaker 3: So when they start with that, that makes it a

469
00:20:10,720 --> 00:20:12,359
Speaker 3: different kind of place, in a special place.

470
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Speaker 2: The last time we talked Josh about al Tuove possibly

471
00:20:17,320 --> 00:20:19,600
Speaker 2: going to left field, it was kind of more of

472
00:20:19,640 --> 00:20:21,239
Speaker 2: we were like, oh, like, we'll believe it when we

473
00:20:21,280 --> 00:20:24,120
Speaker 2: see it, Like this's just to get Bregman back, and

474
00:20:24,160 --> 00:20:27,520
Speaker 2: now Bregman's not coming back. And I watched al Tuve

475
00:20:27,760 --> 00:20:32,280
Speaker 2: do only outfield drills today in West Palm Beache. It

476
00:20:32,320 --> 00:20:35,320
Speaker 2: was kind of the outfield drills were enough to kind

477
00:20:35,320 --> 00:20:38,159
Speaker 2: of be kind of shocking. But then after the outfield drills,

478
00:20:38,680 --> 00:20:41,639
Speaker 2: Mauricio Dubon went out to second base, Jeremy Panio went

479
00:20:41,640 --> 00:20:44,359
Speaker 2: out to shortstop. Some of the other big league infielders

480
00:20:44,400 --> 00:20:47,080
Speaker 2: came to do their drills, and Jose al Tuva sat

481
00:20:47,119 --> 00:20:51,080
Speaker 2: on the side and he watched them do the infield drills.

482
00:20:52,240 --> 00:20:53,679
Speaker 1: That was odd to see.

483
00:20:55,359 --> 00:20:57,280
Speaker 2: Is it surprising to you at all that this is

484
00:20:57,560 --> 00:20:59,960
Speaker 2: this is looking more and more real, This is looking

485
00:21:00,200 --> 00:21:02,120
Speaker 2: like this is going to be something that he may

486
00:21:02,160 --> 00:21:04,639
Speaker 2: not play there primarily, but he is going to play

487
00:21:05,200 --> 00:21:08,479
Speaker 2: at least a portion of this season and left field.

488
00:21:09,400 --> 00:21:11,320
Speaker 2: Does that surprise you at all that they're they're making

489
00:21:11,359 --> 00:21:12,280
Speaker 2: this move right now?

490
00:21:12,800 --> 00:21:14,840
Speaker 3: It is a little surprising because I think I thought

491
00:21:15,040 --> 00:21:17,399
Speaker 3: we were all under the impression that when Bregman signs,

492
00:21:17,440 --> 00:21:19,200
Speaker 3: that was going to be the big move for him

493
00:21:19,520 --> 00:21:20,800
Speaker 3: to make, make it kind of a.

494
00:21:21,480 --> 00:21:24,200
Speaker 1: Priority, So it is kind of a bit of a surprise.

495
00:21:24,720 --> 00:21:26,359
Speaker 3: I did see the picture where he was just hanging

496
00:21:26,359 --> 00:21:28,639
Speaker 3: out with the coaching staff, so that was pretty pretty

497
00:21:28,640 --> 00:21:30,960
Speaker 3: fun to see him different. And then, by the way,

498
00:21:31,000 --> 00:21:32,359
Speaker 3: I told you guys, it was going to be your

499
00:21:32,440 --> 00:21:33,280
Speaker 3: Don's glove.

500
00:21:35,800 --> 00:21:37,960
Speaker 1: Called that. Yeah, I would love to, you know.

501
00:21:38,119 --> 00:21:40,200
Speaker 3: I think getting more and more reps and seeing more

502
00:21:40,280 --> 00:21:43,760
Speaker 3: video would be a big indicator for him. But you know,

503
00:21:43,800 --> 00:21:45,720
Speaker 3: once he's out there for live batting practice, so that

504
00:21:46,040 --> 00:21:48,240
Speaker 3: first game, that first ball that he gets is going

505
00:21:48,320 --> 00:21:49,920
Speaker 3: to be a huge sign to whether they go they

506
00:21:49,960 --> 00:21:55,320
Speaker 3: go this could work, or going oh never mind. I think,

507
00:21:55,400 --> 00:21:57,000
Speaker 3: you know, the first week of games is a big,

508
00:21:57,080 --> 00:21:59,160
Speaker 3: big step and a big indicator for that, because once

509
00:21:59,160 --> 00:22:01,680
Speaker 3: you get those livery off the bat in a game,

510
00:22:01,880 --> 00:22:02,720
Speaker 3: it changes.

511
00:22:02,440 --> 00:22:04,479
Speaker 1: Everything from drills to batting practice.

512
00:22:04,520 --> 00:22:06,480
Speaker 3: But I think, yeah, definitely kind of a bit of

513
00:22:06,560 --> 00:22:09,800
Speaker 3: surprise how urgent it seems to have become to keep

514
00:22:09,880 --> 00:22:11,760
Speaker 3: him out there even without Bregman, because I think, like

515
00:22:11,760 --> 00:22:14,320
Speaker 3: I said, I think we were under that impression that, well,

516
00:22:14,359 --> 00:22:15,800
Speaker 3: if we get Bregman, then we're.

517
00:22:15,680 --> 00:22:17,600
Speaker 1: Going to move him out there and bounce him around.

518
00:22:17,600 --> 00:22:19,639
Speaker 3: And now it just seems like, regardless of what happened,

519
00:22:19,640 --> 00:22:20,679
Speaker 3: that was the plan all along.

520
00:22:22,359 --> 00:22:25,840
Speaker 4: Does that I mean, obviously at spring training, you know,

521
00:22:25,920 --> 00:22:29,639
Speaker 4: you're you're kind of doing your normal prep or whatever.

522
00:22:30,359 --> 00:22:33,760
Speaker 4: During the season, if you're trying to learn a new position,

523
00:22:34,200 --> 00:22:38,720
Speaker 4: is that something that you know can affect you at

524
00:22:38,720 --> 00:22:41,760
Speaker 4: the plate or you know, playing second base, whatever, like,

525
00:22:41,960 --> 00:22:44,760
Speaker 4: is that something that you have to worry about with

526
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Speaker 4: without Tuove trying to learn a new position.

527
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Speaker 1: I don't.

528
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Speaker 3: I don't believe so, No, he's too good da even

529
00:22:49,800 --> 00:22:51,440
Speaker 3: worry about that. You know what, once you get into

530
00:22:51,480 --> 00:22:53,560
Speaker 3: that box, everything goes out the window and the door

531
00:22:53,600 --> 00:22:57,480
Speaker 3: of playing defense and in that regard. And you know,

532
00:22:57,720 --> 00:23:01,040
Speaker 3: I speak from personal experience a lot on this podcast,

533
00:23:01,080 --> 00:23:03,720
Speaker 3: but you know, when I was doing my transition to first.

534
00:23:04,400 --> 00:23:05,960
Speaker 1: It was almost it was almost like.

535
00:23:05,920 --> 00:23:08,920
Speaker 3: A relief to get into the batter's box because I

536
00:23:08,960 --> 00:23:11,800
Speaker 3: was I was so nervous because you know, I've I've

537
00:23:11,800 --> 00:23:14,800
Speaker 3: seen how hard these guys hit the baseball, and you know,

538
00:23:14,840 --> 00:23:16,600
Speaker 3: they hit them hard to me in right field, much

539
00:23:16,640 --> 00:23:19,800
Speaker 3: less being one hundred feet closer. So just being terrified

540
00:23:19,840 --> 00:23:21,920
Speaker 3: and nervous while playing first base for two and a

541
00:23:21,960 --> 00:23:24,480
Speaker 3: half innings before getting up to the plate was just

542
00:23:24,520 --> 00:23:26,320
Speaker 3: a huge stress on myself. So to get in that

543
00:23:26,359 --> 00:23:28,679
Speaker 3: box was kind of like, oh, oh man, okay, now

544
00:23:28,680 --> 00:23:30,280
Speaker 3: I can just focus on hitting and I have to

545
00:23:30,320 --> 00:23:32,480
Speaker 3: worry about that for the next three and a half minutes.

546
00:23:32,880 --> 00:23:34,639
Speaker 3: So maybe that's one way to look at it, to

547
00:23:34,680 --> 00:23:36,240
Speaker 3: kind of give him a relief to not focus so

548
00:23:36,320 --> 00:23:38,800
Speaker 3: much on it. But he's so easy going an easy

549
00:23:38,840 --> 00:23:40,879
Speaker 3: minded that I don't think it's going to bother him

550
00:23:40,880 --> 00:23:42,520
Speaker 3: one But he's going to go about his day, do

551
00:23:42,640 --> 00:23:43,119
Speaker 3: his work.

552
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Speaker 1: He's going to get his you.

553
00:23:45,040 --> 00:23:46,800
Speaker 3: Know, one hundred and eighty to two hundred hits again

554
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Speaker 3: and be the normal guy.

555
00:23:48,359 --> 00:23:48,760
Speaker 1: So I don't.

556
00:23:48,800 --> 00:23:51,240
Speaker 3: I don't think it affects that guy. Other guys for sure,

557
00:23:51,480 --> 00:23:53,680
Speaker 3: but with a guy like two V, I highly doubt it.

558
00:23:55,080 --> 00:23:58,840
Speaker 2: Fortunately for the Astros, it's been a relatively uneventful first

559
00:23:58,880 --> 00:24:03,399
Speaker 2: five days in camp. Everyone's here, no one's hurt. Nothing

560
00:24:03,520 --> 00:24:08,600
Speaker 2: is nothing knock on wood, as Josh did, nothing. Nothing

561
00:24:09,000 --> 00:24:11,399
Speaker 2: massive has happened that we need to get reaction to.

562
00:24:11,640 --> 00:24:15,040
Speaker 2: But there was a couple things that have happened the

563
00:24:15,080 --> 00:24:16,760
Speaker 2: last couple of a couple of things that players have

564
00:24:16,920 --> 00:24:20,360
Speaker 2: said that I think, Josh, I want you to weigh

565
00:24:20,440 --> 00:24:23,920
Speaker 2: in on today. You know, first of all, with the caveat,

566
00:24:23,960 --> 00:24:28,240
Speaker 2: it is February seventeenth, and any talk about batting order

567
00:24:28,359 --> 00:24:31,240
Speaker 2: at this point in spring training is kind of eyewash.

568
00:24:31,920 --> 00:24:36,679
Speaker 2: But for some reason it was brought up many times today.

569
00:24:37,600 --> 00:24:40,639
Speaker 2: Batting order and who could bat second, who could bat where.

570
00:24:41,160 --> 00:24:43,600
Speaker 2: I think it's pretty clear who the top five hitters

571
00:24:43,600 --> 00:24:45,760
Speaker 2: in the Astros batting order are gonna be. It's gonna

572
00:24:45,760 --> 00:24:50,640
Speaker 2: be al tu Va, Alvarez, Paratus, Christian Walker, and then

573
00:24:50,760 --> 00:24:53,159
Speaker 2: you know, kind of go from there. Put those in

574
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Speaker 2: any order you.

575
00:24:53,840 --> 00:24:56,280
Speaker 1: Can, okay in that or okay any order, okay.

576
00:24:56,080 --> 00:24:58,000
Speaker 2: In any order you want okay, But here's where we're

577
00:24:58,000 --> 00:25:01,119
Speaker 2: getting to with the batting order. There was considerable like

578
00:25:01,280 --> 00:25:05,760
Speaker 2: angst from corners of fandom last year that Jordan Alvarez

579
00:25:05,840 --> 00:25:08,600
Speaker 2: hit second in the order, which is kind of a

580
00:25:08,640 --> 00:25:10,879
Speaker 2: more mod It's a more modern way to construct a lineup.

581
00:25:10,880 --> 00:25:14,359
Speaker 2: You put your best hitter second. Corey Seeger hits second

582
00:25:14,359 --> 00:25:18,159
Speaker 2: for the Rangers for a reason. It sound Joe a

583
00:25:18,200 --> 00:25:20,280
Speaker 2: spot was asked today if that's going to be the

584
00:25:20,320 --> 00:25:22,600
Speaker 2: plan going forward, and he said he's still considering a

585
00:25:22,640 --> 00:25:25,720
Speaker 2: lot of things. He said, Esak Paratus profiles as a

586
00:25:25,720 --> 00:25:27,760
Speaker 2: two hole hitter. That could be a guy that they

587
00:25:27,800 --> 00:25:31,280
Speaker 2: look at. But you know, if he can extract thirty

588
00:25:31,359 --> 00:25:33,640
Speaker 2: or thirty five mil plate appearances from his best hitter

589
00:25:33,680 --> 00:25:35,679
Speaker 2: in the two hole, it's a place you probably want.

590
00:25:35,760 --> 00:25:38,720
Speaker 2: Jordan Alvarez. When Jordan Alvarez was asked about it, he

591
00:25:38,880 --> 00:25:41,960
Speaker 2: said he doesn't care where he hits. He just wants

592
00:25:41,960 --> 00:25:45,399
Speaker 2: to hit in one spot and never be moved. He

593
00:25:45,480 --> 00:25:48,520
Speaker 2: just wants to get into one place and not move. Josh,

594
00:25:48,600 --> 00:25:51,760
Speaker 2: is that something that is not a common refrain from

595
00:25:51,880 --> 00:25:55,440
Speaker 2: hitters that they like to know I'm gonna hit leadoff

596
00:25:55,480 --> 00:25:57,680
Speaker 2: or I'm gonna hit fourth or I'm gonna hit six,

597
00:25:57,760 --> 00:26:00,320
Speaker 2: and I'm not moving from there unless there's an injury

598
00:26:00,400 --> 00:26:02,920
Speaker 2: or something happens. But most of the time, one hundred

599
00:26:02,920 --> 00:26:04,399
Speaker 2: and fifty one hundred and fifty five times a year,

600
00:26:04,440 --> 00:26:06,320
Speaker 2: I'm gonna be hitting in that spot in batting order.

601
00:26:07,000 --> 00:26:09,359
Speaker 3: Yeah, I think it's a huge thing to worry about,

602
00:26:09,400 --> 00:26:11,119
Speaker 3: because you don't you go home every night and you

603
00:26:11,200 --> 00:26:13,440
Speaker 3: wake up every day going, Okay, I'm setting stone where

604
00:26:13,440 --> 00:26:15,720
Speaker 3: I'm going to be and make sure your mind rest,

605
00:26:15,800 --> 00:26:18,199
Speaker 3: you know, For me, it was always about changing my

606
00:26:18,280 --> 00:26:20,200
Speaker 3: game plan when I was bouncing around. When I hit

607
00:26:20,320 --> 00:26:22,680
Speaker 3: second in seventeen, I knew where I was going to

608
00:26:22,760 --> 00:26:23,200
Speaker 3: be every day.

609
00:26:23,240 --> 00:26:23,880
Speaker 1: I was going to be.

610
00:26:23,800 --> 00:26:26,080
Speaker 3: Between Springer and now two B and be completely happy

611
00:26:26,080 --> 00:26:28,399
Speaker 3: with that. As the years went on, you know, I

612
00:26:28,440 --> 00:26:31,320
Speaker 3: obviously moved down to the bottom, which I'm not complaining

613
00:26:31,359 --> 00:26:35,400
Speaker 3: about because our lineup was historically good, so that became

614
00:26:35,440 --> 00:26:37,119
Speaker 3: a little bit different factor. But I think it can

615
00:26:37,240 --> 00:26:41,080
Speaker 3: change your mindset a little bit whenever you're bouncing around.

616
00:26:41,080 --> 00:26:45,160
Speaker 3: And for me personally, I think Jordon is a three

617
00:26:45,200 --> 00:26:47,600
Speaker 3: hold hitter. Obviously, he's one of your best. I think

618
00:26:47,600 --> 00:26:49,919
Speaker 3: he's your best hitter. If not how two ba's your

619
00:26:49,920 --> 00:26:53,399
Speaker 3: best to hear. But I personally, I like twove in

620
00:26:53,440 --> 00:26:55,199
Speaker 3: the two hole. I like you done in the in

621
00:26:55,240 --> 00:26:58,159
Speaker 3: the three hole, then that gives you Christian Walker in

622
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Speaker 3: the four hole, that gives you your righty left, righty

623
00:27:00,560 --> 00:27:04,240
Speaker 3: right there you figure out your leadoff hitter, I think

624
00:27:05,080 --> 00:27:06,320
Speaker 3: in a little different manner.

625
00:27:06,520 --> 00:27:08,000
Speaker 1: Maybe that's just me.

626
00:27:08,040 --> 00:27:11,240
Speaker 3: Obviously I'm not a GM or a manager, but I'm

627
00:27:11,240 --> 00:27:13,439
Speaker 3: with you. Those first five spots become a little bit

628
00:27:13,440 --> 00:27:15,480
Speaker 3: of a different thing, and I think Paradus becomes a

629
00:27:15,480 --> 00:27:17,000
Speaker 3: really good five whole option for you.

630
00:27:18,000 --> 00:27:19,600
Speaker 1: And then you follow that up with like a guy

631
00:27:19,640 --> 00:27:20,119
Speaker 1: like the Ironer.

632
00:27:20,160 --> 00:27:22,240
Speaker 3: I think the leadoff spot becomes a big issue because

633
00:27:22,240 --> 00:27:23,719
Speaker 3: you don't know who you're going to be starting at

634
00:27:23,720 --> 00:27:28,920
Speaker 3: that point from center left right, second, for that matter,

635
00:27:28,960 --> 00:27:31,480
Speaker 3: who who's going to be that guy? But I think

636
00:27:31,480 --> 00:27:34,480
Speaker 3: that two, three, four, five, six column is like my

637
00:27:34,640 --> 00:27:37,479
Speaker 3: perfect identification for this lineup.

638
00:27:37,520 --> 00:27:39,720
Speaker 1: I just for me. I think they just they would

639
00:27:40,040 --> 00:27:41,560
Speaker 1: piece together better that way.

640
00:27:42,680 --> 00:27:44,800
Speaker 3: Obviously, Jordan has plenty of success, and the two on

641
00:27:44,840 --> 00:27:46,679
Speaker 3: the flip side of that is you know you're you're

642
00:27:46,680 --> 00:27:47,280
Speaker 3: a three er old hitter.

643
00:27:47,280 --> 00:27:48,760
Speaker 1: Think about how many times he comes up with two

644
00:27:48,840 --> 00:27:49,960
Speaker 1: outs and nobody.

645
00:27:49,600 --> 00:27:52,359
Speaker 3: On, so that that becomes a big issue as well,

646
00:27:52,680 --> 00:27:55,439
Speaker 3: where as opposed to like you know, but on that

647
00:27:55,440 --> 00:27:57,240
Speaker 3: flip side, you got Altuove hitting.

648
00:27:57,040 --> 00:27:57,480
Speaker 1: In front of you.

649
00:27:57,560 --> 00:27:59,600
Speaker 3: Regardless whether he's hitting lead off for second, you're a

650
00:27:59,600 --> 00:28:01,480
Speaker 3: two or three, this guy's gonna be.

651
00:28:01,480 --> 00:28:03,960
Speaker 1: On the level on base a lot. So I think

652
00:28:04,000 --> 00:28:05,160
Speaker 1: that changes everything too.

653
00:28:05,200 --> 00:28:07,320
Speaker 3: But this seems the way the game's going now is

654
00:28:07,359 --> 00:28:11,200
Speaker 3: the two hole becomes that better hitter, because let's be honest,

655
00:28:11,320 --> 00:28:13,400
Speaker 3: I wasn't the best hitter in our lineup in twenty seventeen.

656
00:28:13,480 --> 00:28:16,240
Speaker 3: Why was I hitting second? How two A was he

657
00:28:16,320 --> 00:28:19,080
Speaker 3: hit third? There's my argument. So I just I just

658
00:28:19,080 --> 00:28:21,440
Speaker 3: think it depends on how your lineup is stacked, how

659
00:28:21,480 --> 00:28:24,600
Speaker 3: you piece it together. But I really prefer your done

660
00:28:24,600 --> 00:28:27,560
Speaker 3: in that three hole because he gets that protection with

661
00:28:27,600 --> 00:28:29,639
Speaker 3: Walker in the four, gives him protection with Pratus and

662
00:28:29,680 --> 00:28:30,240
Speaker 3: the five.

663
00:28:30,080 --> 00:28:31,600
Speaker 1: And DS and the six, and just I feel like

664
00:28:31,600 --> 00:28:34,760
Speaker 1: it gives him a better all around protection spot in

665
00:28:34,800 --> 00:28:35,320
Speaker 1: the three hole.

666
00:28:36,200 --> 00:28:41,040
Speaker 4: It's interesting you mentioned changing your approach depending on where

667
00:28:41,120 --> 00:28:44,960
Speaker 4: you were hitting in the lineup too, And I mean, look,

668
00:28:45,040 --> 00:28:48,480
Speaker 4: I mean I even in Little League. I remember doing

669
00:28:48,520 --> 00:28:51,280
Speaker 4: that as a kid, right, Like when you're when you're

670
00:28:51,720 --> 00:28:54,360
Speaker 4: hitting fourth, you come up and you're for whatever reason,

671
00:28:54,400 --> 00:28:56,320
Speaker 4: you're like, oh, I'm this is the time where I'm

672
00:28:56,360 --> 00:28:59,200
Speaker 4: going to swing for the fences or you know, if

673
00:28:59,200 --> 00:29:01,320
Speaker 4: you're if you're hitting first or second, you're just trying

674
00:29:01,320 --> 00:29:03,640
Speaker 4: to get on base. And I remember that was a

675
00:29:03,640 --> 00:29:06,840
Speaker 4: big thing with Springer, right, that he wanted to hit first,

676
00:29:06,920 --> 00:29:09,560
Speaker 4: just because it helped his approach to like take more

677
00:29:09,600 --> 00:29:12,600
Speaker 4: pitches and to settle in a little bit better and

678
00:29:12,880 --> 00:29:17,000
Speaker 4: not swing as wildly. So is that true? Like when

679
00:29:17,040 --> 00:29:20,080
Speaker 4: when you're playing, do you do you approach the game

680
00:29:20,160 --> 00:29:22,720
Speaker 4: differently depending on where you're at in the lineup?

681
00:29:23,480 --> 00:29:25,960
Speaker 3: Oh yeah, I mean, like I guess I always go

682
00:29:26,040 --> 00:29:28,320
Speaker 3: back to personal experiences and personal reference.

683
00:29:28,320 --> 00:29:30,320
Speaker 1: We may get tired of me talking about.

684
00:29:30,120 --> 00:29:33,160
Speaker 3: My experiences, but you know, when I was hitting two

685
00:29:33,400 --> 00:29:36,200
Speaker 3: for this team, you know, I hit Springer now too,

686
00:29:36,240 --> 00:29:38,640
Speaker 3: they we all know there may have been a maximum

687
00:29:38,720 --> 00:29:40,720
Speaker 3: of five pitches seen between the bat.

688
00:29:42,080 --> 00:29:43,960
Speaker 1: So my role became a little bit more of auto.

689
00:29:44,200 --> 00:29:46,120
Speaker 3: Listen, let's take till we get a strike, or you know,

690
00:29:46,200 --> 00:29:48,360
Speaker 3: take till we get a good count, because we don't

691
00:29:48,360 --> 00:29:49,600
Speaker 3: want this pitcher to come up there and have a

692
00:29:49,600 --> 00:29:51,760
Speaker 3: seven pitch first inning and get fall into a rhythm

693
00:29:51,800 --> 00:29:54,960
Speaker 3: and be into a role. That kind of kind of

694
00:29:54,960 --> 00:29:57,120
Speaker 3: became the same thing for me as the bottom of

695
00:29:57,120 --> 00:29:59,480
Speaker 3: the lineup hitter as well, because when I got switched

696
00:29:59,520 --> 00:30:01,280
Speaker 3: to like that nine hole and that kind of stuck

697
00:30:01,280 --> 00:30:02,560
Speaker 3: in that nine hole, I was kind of in the

698
00:30:02,600 --> 00:30:05,320
Speaker 3: same spot because I had Springer ahead of me and

699
00:30:05,320 --> 00:30:07,640
Speaker 3: then I'll two ve behind him. So it kind of

700
00:30:07,640 --> 00:30:09,400
Speaker 3: came an issue to be like, all right, well, we

701
00:30:09,520 --> 00:30:11,240
Speaker 3: still need to take some pitches because we don't want

702
00:30:11,240 --> 00:30:13,120
Speaker 3: this guy to have another quick ginning. But at the

703
00:30:13,200 --> 00:30:14,560
Speaker 3: same time, you know, I'm at the bottom of the

704
00:30:14,560 --> 00:30:16,600
Speaker 3: lineup for this reason, I can't really let a fastball

705
00:30:16,640 --> 00:30:19,320
Speaker 3: go down the middle and you know, not help turn

706
00:30:19,320 --> 00:30:20,840
Speaker 3: over my lineup. My job was there to help turn

707
00:30:20,880 --> 00:30:22,280
Speaker 3: over the line and kind of be a second lead

708
00:30:22,280 --> 00:30:24,640
Speaker 3: off hitter for these guys and get on base for them.

709
00:30:24,640 --> 00:30:26,040
Speaker 3: So that was kind of my thing, and not really

710
00:30:26,040 --> 00:30:29,000
Speaker 3: provide the kind of power or driving runs and that

711
00:30:29,120 --> 00:30:29,600
Speaker 3: kind of thing.

712
00:30:29,680 --> 00:30:31,760
Speaker 1: So it can definitely vary. It all depends on who's

713
00:30:31,800 --> 00:30:32,400
Speaker 1: around you too.

714
00:30:32,440 --> 00:30:35,280
Speaker 3: I mean, when you're hitting six, seven, eight, I can

715
00:30:35,320 --> 00:30:38,320
Speaker 3: remember being in my Oakland days and you know, Monday,

716
00:30:38,360 --> 00:30:40,480
Speaker 3: I'd be hitting three. Tuesday, I'd hitten third, and then

717
00:30:40,520 --> 00:30:42,520
Speaker 3: Wednesday you get the lefty, and if I'm even playing,

718
00:30:42,520 --> 00:30:44,560
Speaker 3: I'm hitting seventh or eight, and.

719
00:30:45,600 --> 00:30:47,000
Speaker 1: You know I'm only lefty in the line up. At

720
00:30:47,000 --> 00:30:48,920
Speaker 1: that point, you're really hurting me more than you're helping

721
00:30:48,960 --> 00:30:49,760
Speaker 1: me by moving me.

722
00:30:50,480 --> 00:30:52,200
Speaker 3: Because you took me out of my three spot with

723
00:30:52,240 --> 00:30:54,640
Speaker 3: all my protection, and now you put me in the

724
00:30:54,680 --> 00:30:55,440
Speaker 3: seventh eighth.

725
00:30:55,280 --> 00:30:58,160
Speaker 1: Spot where the bottom of our lineup is with no protection.

726
00:30:58,760 --> 00:31:00,480
Speaker 1: So your game plan, in your.

727
00:31:00,400 --> 00:31:02,680
Speaker 3: Mindset changes a lot because you've got to realize who's

728
00:31:02,720 --> 00:31:04,960
Speaker 3: hitting around you, who's behind you, who's.

729
00:31:04,720 --> 00:31:06,400
Speaker 1: In front of you, how quickly the guy had an

730
00:31:06,440 --> 00:31:07,200
Speaker 1: ending last inning.

731
00:31:07,600 --> 00:31:09,560
Speaker 3: It all becomes a different thing. It becomes that chess

732
00:31:09,600 --> 00:31:12,320
Speaker 3: game of breaking everything down, like, Okay, well I don't

733
00:31:12,360 --> 00:31:13,120
Speaker 3: have as much protection.

734
00:31:13,200 --> 00:31:13,880
Speaker 1: I can't be as.

735
00:31:13,800 --> 00:31:16,360
Speaker 3: Aggressive here because he's going to try to fiddle around me.

736
00:31:16,400 --> 00:31:18,360
Speaker 3: I'm the only lefty here right now, he's going to

737
00:31:18,400 --> 00:31:20,440
Speaker 3: try to all speed slider me to death, look for

738
00:31:20,480 --> 00:31:22,360
Speaker 3: my fastball and get If I get one, you can't

739
00:31:22,400 --> 00:31:22,720
Speaker 3: miss it.

740
00:31:22,760 --> 00:31:23,880
Speaker 1: So it was all about.

741
00:31:24,360 --> 00:31:27,200
Speaker 3: Getting less and fewer mistakes in the bottom as opposed

742
00:31:27,200 --> 00:31:29,400
Speaker 3: to having that better protection and getting more mistakes.

743
00:31:29,040 --> 00:31:29,440
Speaker 1: At the top.

744
00:31:30,560 --> 00:31:33,440
Speaker 2: And that's something that Alvarez talked about last year. I mean,

745
00:31:33,480 --> 00:31:36,080
Speaker 2: al tuove you know, we know as well as anybody

746
00:31:36,120 --> 00:31:38,360
Speaker 2: like goes up there and if he sees three pitches,

747
00:31:38,680 --> 00:31:40,800
Speaker 2: that's a lot. I mean, he goes up there, he's

748
00:31:40,840 --> 00:31:43,320
Speaker 2: swinging the minute he steps into the batter's box. And

749
00:31:43,760 --> 00:31:46,920
Speaker 2: that was an adjustment for Alvarez, who had hit you know, third, fourth,

750
00:31:46,960 --> 00:31:48,800
Speaker 2: fifth in the order his whole career. And it's like

751
00:31:49,440 --> 00:31:52,280
Speaker 2: he's like rubbing his bat and getting his pines hard,

752
00:31:52,360 --> 00:31:54,440
Speaker 2: everything ready, and like he looks up and he's up

753
00:31:54,520 --> 00:31:57,320
Speaker 2: to bat, and that a tough adjustment. And I think

754
00:31:57,320 --> 00:31:59,160
Speaker 2: it's something that I think by the end of it,

755
00:31:59,160 --> 00:32:01,400
Speaker 2: he got you to. I think he got used to.

756
00:32:01,400 --> 00:32:03,840
Speaker 2: In look. I mean, he had a fantastic year last year.

757
00:32:04,040 --> 00:32:07,360
Speaker 2: I don't think hitting second last year impacted his numbers

758
00:32:07,360 --> 00:32:10,560
Speaker 2: at all as we see. But yeah, it's something that

759
00:32:10,640 --> 00:32:13,840
Speaker 2: I think, you know, Jordan said today, he's gonna hit

760
00:32:13,840 --> 00:32:15,920
Speaker 2: wherever they tell him to. He hasn't demanded to hit

761
00:32:15,960 --> 00:32:18,719
Speaker 2: in one spot. He just he has asked, you know,

762
00:32:18,840 --> 00:32:21,000
Speaker 2: if you're gonna put me in one spot, keep me there.

763
00:32:21,320 --> 00:32:23,960
Speaker 2: And you know, the season may not allow that. You know,

764
00:32:24,000 --> 00:32:25,840
Speaker 2: you never know. I mean, this team didn't have Kyle

765
00:32:25,840 --> 00:32:27,560
Speaker 2: Tucker for three and a half months last year. That

766
00:32:27,640 --> 00:32:31,400
Speaker 2: forced some different batting orders. So but I think as

767
00:32:31,480 --> 00:32:34,280
Speaker 2: they as the season goes on, I think you'll see

768
00:32:34,320 --> 00:32:39,080
Speaker 2: it maybe a more set place for Alvarez. And then Josh.

769
00:32:39,160 --> 00:32:44,000
Speaker 2: One final quote that stood out to me these first

770
00:32:44,040 --> 00:32:48,800
Speaker 2: five days before full squads. One of one of your

771
00:32:48,800 --> 00:32:52,760
Speaker 2: two remaining teammates from the twenty seventeen team, Lance McCullers,

772
00:32:53,640 --> 00:32:57,040
Speaker 2: who is, by the way, throwing a bullpen, throwing bullpens.

773
00:32:57,080 --> 00:33:00,200
Speaker 2: He's doing well. They expect him. He's not to be

774
00:33:00,240 --> 00:33:02,440
Speaker 2: ready for opening Day, but it does sound like he's

775
00:33:02,480 --> 00:33:06,120
Speaker 2: doing about as well as can be done from the colors.

776
00:33:06,120 --> 00:33:11,400
Speaker 2: But everyone's really been getting asked throughout this camp about

777
00:33:11,680 --> 00:33:15,000
Speaker 2: kind of the trajectory of the franchise after the off

778
00:33:15,000 --> 00:33:17,600
Speaker 2: season moves. You know, you trade Kyle Tucker, you salary

779
00:33:17,640 --> 00:33:20,600
Speaker 2: dump Ryan Presley, you don't bring Bregman back. I mean,

780
00:33:20,600 --> 00:33:24,120
Speaker 2: those are three pretty huge moves, and I thought Lance

781
00:33:24,280 --> 00:33:28,200
Speaker 2: had a very interesting perspective on the whole thing. And

782
00:33:28,200 --> 00:33:30,160
Speaker 2: I'm gonna pull up the quote now for everyone on

783
00:33:30,200 --> 00:33:33,720
Speaker 2: YouTube to see it and I'll read it verbatim for

784
00:33:33,760 --> 00:33:38,840
Speaker 2: those that aren't watching on YouTube. So Lance was talking

785
00:33:38,880 --> 00:33:43,560
Speaker 2: about Lance was talking about the twenty twenty five Astros,

786
00:33:43,600 --> 00:33:46,560
Speaker 2: and he said, maybe coming out of the shoot, we're

787
00:33:46,600 --> 00:33:50,440
Speaker 2: a little bit more step by step. Hey, let's get out,

788
00:33:50,600 --> 00:33:54,040
Speaker 2: let's get hot, Let's put ourselves in the situation where

789
00:33:54,080 --> 00:33:57,560
Speaker 2: we win the West then move to the playoffs, versus

790
00:33:57,600 --> 00:34:02,840
Speaker 2: showing up to camp and saying World Series or bust. Now,

791
00:34:03,400 --> 00:34:07,520
Speaker 2: I don't think that team. I don't think it's one

792
00:34:07,520 --> 00:34:11,440
Speaker 2: of these situations where you know they're they're gonna come

793
00:34:11,440 --> 00:34:14,160
Speaker 2: into camp with lesser expectations. This is still a club

794
00:34:14,200 --> 00:34:17,120
Speaker 2: that expects to be in the playoffs, they expect to win,

795
00:34:17,320 --> 00:34:20,239
Speaker 2: they to do all that. But do you see where

796
00:34:20,239 --> 00:34:22,480
Speaker 2: he's coming from, Josh, that that maybe this isn't a

797
00:34:22,520 --> 00:34:24,920
Speaker 2: team that you have to go in and be like, oh, man, like,

798
00:34:25,000 --> 00:34:26,759
Speaker 2: if we don't make the World Series, this is a

799
00:34:26,760 --> 00:34:27,640
Speaker 2: colossal failure.

800
00:34:28,239 --> 00:34:28,439
Speaker 1: Yeah.

801
00:34:28,600 --> 00:34:31,320
Speaker 3: I think that, you know, he's he's kind of putting

802
00:34:31,320 --> 00:34:32,680
Speaker 3: out there what everybody's kind of feeling.

803
00:34:32,680 --> 00:34:33,239
Speaker 1: But we're not.

804
00:34:33,320 --> 00:34:35,440
Speaker 3: They're not the Astros of old anymore. They're not the

805
00:34:35,560 --> 00:34:38,680
Speaker 3: guys that we can pretty much pencil in. You know,

806
00:34:38,760 --> 00:34:42,160
Speaker 3: March first AO West Division champions and the Houston as.

807
00:34:42,880 --> 00:34:45,520
Speaker 3: I really think that, you know, the dynasty is kind

808
00:34:45,520 --> 00:34:47,959
Speaker 3: of I wouldn't say on its way out the door,

809
00:34:48,120 --> 00:34:50,080
Speaker 3: but you know, they're they're kind of walking that way

810
00:34:50,120 --> 00:34:53,160
Speaker 3: as to where you know, the powerhouse at Houston Astros

811
00:34:53,160 --> 00:34:54,759
Speaker 3: aren't there anymore, and he's kind of they're kind of

812
00:34:54,800 --> 00:34:57,120
Speaker 3: realizing that, you know, this is stuff that we may

813
00:34:57,160 --> 00:34:58,840
Speaker 3: have to work a little harder for now, and we

814
00:34:58,960 --> 00:35:02,680
Speaker 3: have pieces to still do that. So there's no confidence

815
00:35:02,680 --> 00:35:05,120
Speaker 3: and there's still someplat I said that wrong. There's still

816
00:35:05,120 --> 00:35:08,680
Speaker 3: plenty of confidence in this team in that clubhouse. But

817
00:35:08,719 --> 00:35:11,520
Speaker 3: I think he's just realizing and making it publicly. Look,

818
00:35:11,560 --> 00:35:14,320
Speaker 3: this is gonna be a harder job. This division's gotten harder,

819
00:35:14,719 --> 00:35:16,719
Speaker 3: players have gotten better. You know, we we were not

820
00:35:16,800 --> 00:35:18,440
Speaker 3: the powerhouse we used to be, and.

821
00:35:18,640 --> 00:35:20,080
Speaker 1: This is the way it's got to be. It's gonna

822
00:35:20,080 --> 00:35:22,239
Speaker 1: be a full team effort and we can't really rely

823
00:35:22,320 --> 00:35:23,520
Speaker 1: on certain pieces anymore.

824
00:35:23,520 --> 00:35:25,919
Speaker 3: We gotta get out there and and like you said,

825
00:35:25,920 --> 00:35:28,200
Speaker 3: step by step becomes a huge thing, piece by piece,

826
00:35:28,280 --> 00:35:31,000
Speaker 3: day by day. It's a very cliche answer. You take

827
00:35:31,000 --> 00:35:32,680
Speaker 3: it one game at a time, but that's really the

828
00:35:32,719 --> 00:35:34,560
Speaker 3: best way you can do it. You get step one,

829
00:35:35,120 --> 00:35:38,720
Speaker 3: you win the way, aos worry about your home record.

830
00:35:38,760 --> 00:35:40,520
Speaker 3: After that you get the best you know is it's

831
00:35:40,520 --> 00:35:42,680
Speaker 3: still the home best record gets the home and field

832
00:35:42,680 --> 00:35:45,000
Speaker 3: advantage and that in that kind of deal. So when

833
00:35:45,040 --> 00:35:47,319
Speaker 3: theos first didn't worry about anything after that.

834
00:35:47,360 --> 00:35:50,439
Speaker 1: So I completely agree with this comment. Nothing wrong there.

835
00:35:50,840 --> 00:35:53,560
Speaker 1: You know, fans are gonna take it the way they

836
00:35:53,560 --> 00:35:53,799
Speaker 1: want it.

837
00:35:53,800 --> 00:35:55,600
Speaker 3: There's me plenty of fans that understand, be plenty of

838
00:35:55,640 --> 00:35:57,719
Speaker 3: fans that maybe take it the wrong way. But I'm

839
00:35:57,760 --> 00:35:59,399
Speaker 3: here to tell those ones taking it the wrong way.

840
00:35:59,440 --> 00:36:02,680
Speaker 3: It's not any comment. It's just some truth being thrown at.

841
00:36:02,640 --> 00:36:04,840
Speaker 1: Everybody's way, and this is the way we've got to

842
00:36:04,840 --> 00:36:06,919
Speaker 1: accept it. The team has to accept that. So that's

843
00:36:06,960 --> 00:36:09,200
Speaker 1: just that's just a guy stepping up and.

844
00:36:09,239 --> 00:36:11,080
Speaker 3: Being a leader, in my opinion, just putting it out

845
00:36:11,080 --> 00:36:13,080
Speaker 3: there of what's really in front of us and what's

846
00:36:13,120 --> 00:36:14,280
Speaker 3: really in front of this ball club.

847
00:36:15,080 --> 00:36:17,759
Speaker 4: Yeah, and it takes the pressure off too, right. I mean,

848
00:36:17,800 --> 00:36:21,640
Speaker 4: you still have the desire and the confidence to make

849
00:36:21,680 --> 00:36:24,040
Speaker 4: the World Series. Right, It's not like you're saying we're

850
00:36:24,040 --> 00:36:27,319
Speaker 4: gonna be happy if we just make You know that

851
00:36:27,320 --> 00:36:29,160
Speaker 4: that's not all what it's saying, but it does take

852
00:36:29,200 --> 00:36:31,000
Speaker 4: some of the pressure off because you can almost feel

853
00:36:31,040 --> 00:36:34,439
Speaker 4: it last year where it's like, oh, we got off

854
00:36:34,440 --> 00:36:38,400
Speaker 4: to this slow start, like everything is crumbling down, and

855
00:36:38,440 --> 00:36:40,759
Speaker 4: so yeah, I think that that makes a ton of

856
00:36:40,800 --> 00:36:44,840
Speaker 4: sense to do that. We were joking about it before

857
00:36:45,360 --> 00:36:48,080
Speaker 4: we started, Josh. I keep, I keep forgetting to tell

858
00:36:48,120 --> 00:36:51,360
Speaker 4: you this. So when you when you first came to

859
00:36:51,400 --> 00:36:54,480
Speaker 4: the Astros and you did all the you know, Rick

860
00:36:54,560 --> 00:37:02,600
Speaker 4: Flair stuff everywhere, I tweeted at the Astros, Wait, you guys,

861
00:37:02,840 --> 00:37:08,040
Speaker 4: uh should make like Wooston stuff. So that was me.

862
00:37:08,560 --> 00:37:11,200
Speaker 4: I was the one that came up with with woof.

863
00:37:11,320 --> 00:37:13,920
Speaker 4: That's where all the shirts and things came from.

864
00:37:14,000 --> 00:37:16,760
Speaker 1: So and you screwed yourself because you didn't patent anything.

865
00:37:16,880 --> 00:37:19,240
Speaker 1: I didn't even get a shirt. I got nothing.

866
00:37:19,440 --> 00:37:21,759
Speaker 4: But I just I keep forgetting to tell you that.

867
00:37:21,880 --> 00:37:23,960
Speaker 4: Uh that was that was for me.

868
00:37:24,360 --> 00:37:27,240
Speaker 1: That's all you. Yeah, man, I feel you. I feel

869
00:37:27,239 --> 00:37:29,160
Speaker 1: you there. That's that's terrible. You don't give me credit

870
00:37:29,200 --> 00:37:33,279
Speaker 1: because I'm with you there because I started you. I

871
00:37:33,280 --> 00:37:34,000
Speaker 1: don't know if you can.

872
00:37:34,200 --> 00:37:35,839
Speaker 3: You've been around long enough to remember the Bernie Lean

873
00:37:35,920 --> 00:37:39,319
Speaker 3: and open right, Yes, Bernie.

874
00:37:39,160 --> 00:37:43,239
Speaker 1: So that was me. Coco, Chris and Jerry Blevins get

875
00:37:43,280 --> 00:37:46,640
Speaker 1: all that complete, complete.

876
00:37:46,280 --> 00:37:49,920
Speaker 3: Lie, and then I get no love for bringing wrestling

877
00:37:49,960 --> 00:37:51,560
Speaker 3: into sports. I got, you know, I was one of

878
00:37:51,600 --> 00:37:53,600
Speaker 3: the first ones to bring a wrestling title into the

879
00:37:53,600 --> 00:37:56,480
Speaker 3: professional sports world, and I get zero love for it

880
00:37:56,520 --> 00:38:00,160
Speaker 3: because everywhere you go now there's.

881
00:37:59,760 --> 00:38:01,600
Speaker 1: There's title belts everywhere.

882
00:38:02,000 --> 00:38:05,200
Speaker 3: Triple H and ww sends one to every major champion

883
00:38:05,280 --> 00:38:07,960
Speaker 3: of every sport now and I get zero.

884
00:38:07,880 --> 00:38:11,000
Speaker 1: Love for it. And I'm the one who started at all,

885
00:38:11,080 --> 00:38:15,319
Speaker 1: so I'm obviously not mad or bothered by it one bit.

886
00:38:15,800 --> 00:38:20,279
Speaker 3: Yeah, I still got Triple H on speed dial in

887
00:38:20,320 --> 00:38:22,440
Speaker 3: case I'm needing, so he hooks me up pretty good,

888
00:38:22,440 --> 00:38:23,759
Speaker 3: So I'll take that trade any day.

889
00:38:24,160 --> 00:38:25,839
Speaker 2: Do you still have Rick Flair on speed dial?

890
00:38:25,880 --> 00:38:30,200
Speaker 1: Can you call him? If? I don't really call him

891
00:38:30,200 --> 00:38:30,440
Speaker 1: a lot.

892
00:38:30,440 --> 00:38:33,200
Speaker 3: I'm more of a texture than a caller. But I

893
00:38:33,320 --> 00:38:35,920
Speaker 3: guarantee if I called Rick Flair if you didn't pick up,

894
00:38:35,920 --> 00:38:38,920
Speaker 3: he would call me back within the hour because he's

895
00:38:38,960 --> 00:38:43,640
Speaker 3: always very responsive, like I message him. Gosh, probably two

896
00:38:43,680 --> 00:38:47,080
Speaker 3: weeks ago after his daughter came back. She came back

897
00:38:47,120 --> 00:38:49,080
Speaker 3: after a year and a half hiatus and being injured

898
00:38:49,680 --> 00:38:52,840
Speaker 3: and she's actually headlining WrestleMania one night and yours truly

899
00:38:52,920 --> 00:38:55,799
Speaker 3: is going in April for the first time ever to

900
00:38:55,880 --> 00:38:59,680
Speaker 3: Vegas for WrestleMania, and so I was like, Hey, it's Vegas.

901
00:39:00,160 --> 00:39:03,279
Speaker 3: The Nature Boys coming, and that's exactly what I said.

902
00:39:03,280 --> 00:39:05,520
Speaker 3: I said, Nature Boys coming. I'm buying you a drink,

903
00:39:06,000 --> 00:39:08,080
Speaker 3: and he says, oh, yeah, I'll be there. Daughter's headlining,

904
00:39:08,080 --> 00:39:09,680
Speaker 3: will be there. I was like, perfect, I need an

905
00:39:09,760 --> 00:39:12,520
Speaker 3: energy drink from you, and I'm buying you a drink

906
00:39:13,520 --> 00:39:14,279
Speaker 3: and we're hanging out.

907
00:39:14,280 --> 00:39:16,600
Speaker 1: He's like, sounds good, buddy, miss you and that was

908
00:39:16,719 --> 00:39:17,560
Speaker 1: That was great. That was it.

909
00:39:17,640 --> 00:39:20,719
Speaker 2: So I truly cannot wait to get the play by

910
00:39:20,719 --> 00:39:23,280
Speaker 2: play of that Vegas weekend on this podcast.

911
00:39:23,719 --> 00:39:25,440
Speaker 1: Oh my goodness, that will.

912
00:39:25,280 --> 00:39:28,680
Speaker 3: Be view It's gonna be a good one because it's

913
00:39:28,680 --> 00:39:29,879
Speaker 3: a two you know, it's a two day event.

914
00:39:29,960 --> 00:39:31,480
Speaker 1: Now, WrestleMania is a two day event.

915
00:39:32,000 --> 00:39:35,360
Speaker 3: Buddy and I fly on Friday show, Saturday Sunday, little

916
00:39:35,360 --> 00:39:39,200
Speaker 3: golf in the morning both days. But the beauty of

917
00:39:39,239 --> 00:39:41,239
Speaker 3: it is WrestleMania is going to be over at like

918
00:39:41,320 --> 00:39:44,160
Speaker 3: nine o'clock that time, so that gives that gives me

919
00:39:44,200 --> 00:39:46,640
Speaker 3: plenty of times to hit the roulette tables, hit the

920
00:39:46,640 --> 00:39:51,719
Speaker 3: blackjack tables, hit some slots, and really, really, oh my

921
00:39:51,760 --> 00:39:52,080
Speaker 3: good man.

922
00:39:52,160 --> 00:39:53,560
Speaker 1: Vegas is one of my favorite spots.

923
00:39:53,600 --> 00:39:56,080
Speaker 3: And I could literally sit in the casino in Vegas

924
00:39:56,840 --> 00:39:59,680
Speaker 3: and slow play for twelve hours straight and be completely happy,

925
00:39:59,719 --> 00:40:01,360
Speaker 3: because I'm not a guy who's gonna go out there

926
00:40:01,360 --> 00:40:03,239
Speaker 3: and throw tens of thousands down. I'm gonna put like

927
00:40:04,000 --> 00:40:06,480
Speaker 3: three or four hundred down on a hand. You're not

928
00:40:06,520 --> 00:40:08,920
Speaker 3: even a hand just to stack. And I'm like, here's

929
00:40:09,000 --> 00:40:10,680
Speaker 3: here's my fifty, here's my one hundred.

930
00:40:11,239 --> 00:40:14,240
Speaker 4: You're losing me in Chandler here, and then he starting

931
00:40:15,040 --> 00:40:16,919
Speaker 4: me give me a look right there when you said

932
00:40:16,920 --> 00:40:19,120
Speaker 4: three or four hundred dollars a hand, I'm like no.

933
00:40:19,880 --> 00:40:22,520
Speaker 3: I corrected myself real quick because I was like, I

934
00:40:22,560 --> 00:40:25,280
Speaker 3: looked down at four blacks, and I'm like, no, one's enough.

935
00:40:25,719 --> 00:40:28,720
Speaker 1: That's what I told you. I was a junior high teacher, right.

936
00:40:31,160 --> 00:40:33,719
Speaker 2: And I'm a and I'm just a lowly sports writer.

937
00:40:33,920 --> 00:40:36,400
Speaker 2: So no, there will there will be no uh. If

938
00:40:36,400 --> 00:40:39,160
Speaker 2: I can get one black, that would be that would

939
00:40:39,160 --> 00:40:39,640
Speaker 2: be excellent.

940
00:40:40,120 --> 00:40:43,440
Speaker 3: Jackson does right now, Jackson or is it Jacksonville. Jacksonville

941
00:40:43,480 --> 00:40:45,560
Speaker 3: is the the.

942
00:40:44,960 --> 00:40:46,319
Speaker 2: Hard Rocks from Miami.

943
00:40:46,400 --> 00:40:48,080
Speaker 1: In Miami, I think is it Miami?

944
00:40:48,239 --> 00:40:49,640
Speaker 2: I think I could be wrong.

945
00:40:49,760 --> 00:40:51,480
Speaker 1: Ta or Jackson, one of I thought it was one

946
00:40:51,480 --> 00:40:53,560
Speaker 1: of those really hard I can't remember. It's like in Miami.

947
00:40:53,719 --> 00:40:55,360
Speaker 1: Miami is like an hour and a half away, isn't it.

948
00:40:55,360 --> 00:40:57,239
Speaker 1: That's what it is. Yeah, that's when it is.

949
00:40:57,280 --> 00:40:59,600
Speaker 2: Okay, I'm gonna have to look it up to give

950
00:40:59,600 --> 00:41:01,040
Speaker 2: me a reason to get out of here, to get

951
00:41:01,040 --> 00:41:04,040
Speaker 2: out of West Palm Beach where the Asher's full squad

952
00:41:04,239 --> 00:41:08,200
Speaker 2: will have their first workout tomorrow, and we will be

953
00:41:08,320 --> 00:41:11,400
Speaker 2: back to talk about it all. There's not been a

954
00:41:11,400 --> 00:41:14,400
Speaker 2: ton that's happened, but still we managed to get forty

955
00:41:14,440 --> 00:41:17,560
Speaker 2: one minutes of good podcast to you today, So we

956
00:41:17,680 --> 00:41:20,960
Speaker 2: will be back at some point this week to discuss

957
00:41:21,040 --> 00:41:23,920
Speaker 2: the latest with jose Al Tuve possibly playing left field,

958
00:41:24,239 --> 00:41:27,160
Speaker 2: who's going to replace him at second base, and maybe

959
00:41:27,200 --> 00:41:30,640
Speaker 2: just the overall tenor of a franchise that is that's

960
00:41:30,719 --> 00:41:33,560
Speaker 2: changing directions just a little bit. But we'll be back.

961
00:41:33,680 --> 00:41:37,280
Speaker 2: Keep rate and review us on Apple, subscribe on YouTube,

962
00:41:37,320 --> 00:41:40,480
Speaker 2: and please please please tell your friends, tell anybody that

963
00:41:40,480 --> 00:41:42,640
Speaker 2: wants to listen that we're just getting geared up because

964
00:41:42,640 --> 00:41:44,839
Speaker 2: the Ashers are just getting geared up, so we will

965
00:41:44,840 --> 00:41:46,840
Speaker 2: see you guys soon. We appreciate all the love and

966
00:41:46,880 --> 00:41:50,239
Speaker 2: all the feedback and keep on watching. Thanks guys, bye.

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Speaker 1: Appreciate it

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