1 00:00:06,920 --> 00:00:07,720 Speaker 1: What's up? Everybody? 2 00:00:07,720 --> 00:00:10,520 Speaker 2: Welcome into another edition of Crush City Territory presented by 3 00:00:10,560 --> 00:00:13,760 Speaker 2: Fox One. I'm Chandler Rome, joined by Josh Reddick and 4 00:00:13,920 --> 00:00:17,599 Speaker 2: Tyler Stafford. Guys, how was how was your weekend? Did 5 00:00:17,640 --> 00:00:20,360 Speaker 2: you do anything fun? Did you watch anything that was encouraging? 6 00:00:21,040 --> 00:00:25,120 Speaker 3: Yeah? I was gonna ask you the same, Chandler. Did 7 00:00:25,160 --> 00:00:29,080 Speaker 3: you have any fun weekend activities that you part partook 8 00:00:29,120 --> 00:00:30,480 Speaker 3: it part partakened in. 9 00:00:31,560 --> 00:00:35,360 Speaker 2: I watched, I watched, I watched History. M that was fun, 10 00:00:36,240 --> 00:00:38,920 Speaker 2: something that hadn't happened, and you know, thirty two years happened. 11 00:00:38,960 --> 00:00:41,199 Speaker 2: And then Brian Kelly got fired, which is great. I 12 00:00:41,240 --> 00:00:43,360 Speaker 2: got to watch I got to watch History. I got 13 00:00:43,400 --> 00:00:45,000 Speaker 2: to watch the end of an era. I was there, 14 00:00:45,280 --> 00:00:51,159 Speaker 2: as another famous Hustonian often says, I was there at 15 00:00:51,159 --> 00:00:52,720 Speaker 2: the end of the Brian Kelly era. 16 00:00:52,840 --> 00:00:54,280 Speaker 1: No one can ever take that away from me. 17 00:00:54,720 --> 00:00:57,440 Speaker 2: Josh, would you like to hire Brian Kelly as a 18 00:00:57,440 --> 00:00:59,480 Speaker 2: analyst for the Georgia Bulldogs? 19 00:01:00,000 --> 00:01:01,920 Speaker 4: THO, I don't want him anywhere near near the boys. 20 00:01:03,280 --> 00:01:05,319 Speaker 4: I think that would be funny, like if they took 21 00:01:05,360 --> 00:01:08,200 Speaker 4: Billy Napier. That'd be hilarious. You know, a bye week 22 00:01:08,240 --> 00:01:09,880 Speaker 4: and they played Forlida next week, so that'd be a 23 00:01:09,959 --> 00:01:11,240 Speaker 4: hilarious chess movie. 24 00:01:11,680 --> 00:01:12,520 Speaker 3: Just hop on over. 25 00:01:13,160 --> 00:01:15,600 Speaker 4: Just brought him on over as a consultant or you know, 26 00:01:15,640 --> 00:01:17,680 Speaker 4: as an analyst. Make up some job title and bring 27 00:01:17,760 --> 00:01:21,640 Speaker 4: him in. But yeah, yeah, it was. 28 00:01:22,120 --> 00:01:25,440 Speaker 3: It was fun. I enjoyed watching it. You know, as 29 00:01:25,520 --> 00:01:30,560 Speaker 3: I've I've been teaching Olivia and Margo how to watch sports. 30 00:01:30,840 --> 00:01:34,600 Speaker 3: Uh so, Olivia is real good at knowing what the 31 00:01:34,640 --> 00:01:37,600 Speaker 3: score is, so she would update me just about after 32 00:01:37,680 --> 00:01:41,839 Speaker 3: every play what the score was as we were watching it. Dad, 33 00:01:41,880 --> 00:01:45,920 Speaker 3: we still have fourteen? Yeah, I know. And she's like, well, 34 00:01:45,959 --> 00:01:47,360 Speaker 3: when are we going to score? I'm like, you gotta 35 00:01:47,360 --> 00:01:48,000 Speaker 3: get to the end. 36 00:01:49,280 --> 00:01:50,760 Speaker 1: When are we going to score very soon? 37 00:01:51,120 --> 00:01:54,920 Speaker 3: Depends on depends on when what half you're watching. I 38 00:01:54,960 --> 00:01:58,120 Speaker 3: will say, I do want to take some credit. I 39 00:01:58,160 --> 00:02:03,240 Speaker 3: did at halftime switch TVs and chain shirts and that 40 00:02:03,360 --> 00:02:06,320 Speaker 3: seemed to do the trick. So I will be taking 41 00:02:06,360 --> 00:02:08,120 Speaker 3: partial credit for the Aggie's. 42 00:02:07,800 --> 00:02:12,639 Speaker 4: Victory, as you should, because why they did what they did. 43 00:02:12,960 --> 00:02:16,919 Speaker 3: Look I I so listen. I haven't updated my AGI 44 00:02:17,000 --> 00:02:20,040 Speaker 3: wardrobe since college. And this may shock you, but I 45 00:02:20,080 --> 00:02:23,360 Speaker 3: do not fit into the medium T shirts that have 46 00:02:23,440 --> 00:02:29,400 Speaker 3: been washed six hundred times since college. And I got 47 00:02:29,400 --> 00:02:31,760 Speaker 3: a lot of children around here and and not a 48 00:02:31,800 --> 00:02:33,320 Speaker 3: lot of money, so I didn't want to pay like 49 00:02:33,360 --> 00:02:37,320 Speaker 3: the forty dollars for the A and M branded T shirt. 50 00:02:37,440 --> 00:02:39,920 Speaker 3: So I did before the season started go to Walmart 51 00:02:40,000 --> 00:02:43,800 Speaker 3: and just get a plane maroon T shirt for five dollars, 52 00:02:43,840 --> 00:02:46,799 Speaker 3: and that's been my game day shirt. But I didn't 53 00:02:46,880 --> 00:02:48,840 Speaker 3: I didn't have it on in the first half, and 54 00:02:48,880 --> 00:02:51,600 Speaker 3: that's what the problem was. So when I switched, we 55 00:02:51,720 --> 00:02:52,760 Speaker 3: kicked it in a high gear. 56 00:02:53,160 --> 00:02:57,440 Speaker 4: Magic comes from anywhere watching magic can come from any place. 57 00:02:58,800 --> 00:02:59,600 Speaker 1: I'm not gonna lie. 58 00:02:59,680 --> 00:03:03,320 Speaker 2: There's there's not much to talk about baseball wise with 59 00:03:03,520 --> 00:03:05,680 Speaker 2: the Astros, so we could do like we could do 60 00:03:05,720 --> 00:03:07,760 Speaker 2: forty minutes on this. I could talk about how I 61 00:03:07,800 --> 00:03:11,120 Speaker 2: sat uncomfortably close to the Texas A and M band, 62 00:03:11,360 --> 00:03:13,880 Speaker 2: who just they do a lot of gyrations, and they 63 00:03:13,880 --> 00:03:16,280 Speaker 2: do a lot of like just moving their hands randomly, 64 00:03:16,880 --> 00:03:19,360 Speaker 2: and then everyone started swaying at one point and it 65 00:03:19,440 --> 00:03:20,720 Speaker 2: was really disconcerting. 66 00:03:20,919 --> 00:03:22,600 Speaker 1: And I don't really know what I watched. 67 00:03:23,480 --> 00:03:27,320 Speaker 3: You liked it, don't listen he was moving. I don't. 68 00:03:28,639 --> 00:03:32,040 Speaker 3: I will not stand for this Aggie slander. Everybody wishes 69 00:03:32,480 --> 00:03:37,560 Speaker 3: that their college fan base would support their college as 70 00:03:37,680 --> 00:03:41,480 Speaker 3: much as every Aggie supports Texas. That's the best part 71 00:03:41,560 --> 00:03:44,000 Speaker 3: about college sports is that everybody who went to A 72 00:03:44,040 --> 00:03:47,800 Speaker 3: and M is a rabid an M fan and it 73 00:03:47,960 --> 00:03:51,120 Speaker 3: rules like everybody wants their college to feel like that. 74 00:03:51,280 --> 00:03:54,600 Speaker 3: And you were jealous, and that's sad for you. 75 00:03:55,520 --> 00:03:58,440 Speaker 1: The dog didn't even make the trip, didn't need to. 76 00:03:58,480 --> 00:04:00,080 Speaker 3: The dog was in. Every player. 77 00:04:02,680 --> 00:04:04,840 Speaker 4: Got you there. 78 00:04:04,960 --> 00:04:08,839 Speaker 2: Come back now, we'll clip that one. 79 00:04:10,120 --> 00:04:10,680 Speaker 1: We'll get back. 80 00:04:10,720 --> 00:04:12,840 Speaker 2: Well, uh, we'll get back to some baseball and we'll 81 00:04:13,160 --> 00:04:16,279 Speaker 2: We'll remind you that this show, as always, is presented 82 00:04:16,800 --> 00:04:25,680 Speaker 2: by Fox One. As always, guys, on Fox one. That's 83 00:04:25,960 --> 00:04:27,880 Speaker 2: where you can stream the World Series. You can stream 84 00:04:27,880 --> 00:04:30,719 Speaker 2: Big New and Kickoff. You can stream anything you want 85 00:04:30,760 --> 00:04:33,039 Speaker 2: on Fox one. And if you're watching this, we have 86 00:04:33,040 --> 00:04:34,560 Speaker 2: a QR code right there. You can start a seven 87 00:04:34,600 --> 00:04:38,080 Speaker 2: day free trial at foxwe dot com. But right now, 88 00:04:38,839 --> 00:04:40,600 Speaker 2: if you start it by tonight, if you listening to 89 00:04:40,680 --> 00:04:42,280 Speaker 2: Sunday Night, you can watch Game three of the World 90 00:04:42,320 --> 00:04:46,240 Speaker 2: Series on Monday for free on Fox one dot com. 91 00:04:46,279 --> 00:04:49,000 Speaker 2: What have been you guys's early impressions of the first 92 00:04:49,040 --> 00:04:52,960 Speaker 2: two games of two very entertaining games in the World Series. 93 00:04:54,040 --> 00:04:57,080 Speaker 2: You know, the Blue Jays just absolutely unloading on the 94 00:04:57,080 --> 00:04:59,159 Speaker 2: Dodgers after they got into their bullpenning Game one and 95 00:04:59,200 --> 00:05:05,960 Speaker 2: then Game two, Josh's favorite pitcher through another another executive 96 00:05:06,000 --> 00:05:09,640 Speaker 2: complete game in the postseason. Josh, I guess I'll give 97 00:05:09,640 --> 00:05:12,880 Speaker 2: you the floor again. Did you watch Yamamoto on Saturday? 98 00:05:12,920 --> 00:05:15,320 Speaker 2: And what did you think of the way he pitched? 99 00:05:15,320 --> 00:05:16,400 Speaker 2: What have you thought of the first two games of 100 00:05:16,400 --> 00:05:17,120 Speaker 2: this World Series? 101 00:05:17,400 --> 00:05:20,400 Speaker 4: I mean I watched bits and pieces. I don't watch 102 00:05:20,480 --> 00:05:24,440 Speaker 4: baseball for fun anymore, but you know, it is what 103 00:05:24,480 --> 00:05:26,560 Speaker 4: it is. This guy's really good, obviously from what he's done. 104 00:05:26,600 --> 00:05:28,520 Speaker 4: And you know, the guy said what I said. That's 105 00:05:28,520 --> 00:05:31,039 Speaker 4: out there so it's public knowledge. But whatever. Not my 106 00:05:31,080 --> 00:05:34,000 Speaker 4: best tweet we've admitted on here. But this guy's really dominanting. 107 00:05:34,000 --> 00:05:37,039 Speaker 4: His fastball is electric. He hides the ball really well, 108 00:05:37,080 --> 00:05:39,799 Speaker 4: and I believe it's what does he call his special 109 00:05:39,839 --> 00:05:43,760 Speaker 4: football splitter thing. It's has some crazy name. That is 110 00:05:43,800 --> 00:05:46,560 Speaker 4: absolutely that's the hardest pitch in baseball for me as 111 00:05:46,600 --> 00:05:48,760 Speaker 4: a career player was to hit the dang splitter because 112 00:05:48,760 --> 00:05:50,320 Speaker 4: that thing was coming out so hot and all of 113 00:05:50,360 --> 00:05:53,440 Speaker 4: a sudden it disappears off the table. So he's got 114 00:05:53,440 --> 00:05:56,479 Speaker 4: a great combination of everything. But I mean that just 115 00:05:57,120 --> 00:05:58,919 Speaker 4: and then you go back to Game one and it 116 00:05:59,000 --> 00:06:01,040 Speaker 4: just shows that that that Blue Jays lineup is just 117 00:06:01,080 --> 00:06:03,360 Speaker 4: pretty some special. There's some big names in there. There's 118 00:06:03,360 --> 00:06:05,599 Speaker 4: some names in there that you know, kind of hang 119 00:06:05,680 --> 00:06:08,400 Speaker 4: out in the shallows and they lurk for you, and 120 00:06:08,440 --> 00:06:10,840 Speaker 4: when they can, they do damage. There's guys here that 121 00:06:11,240 --> 00:06:13,040 Speaker 4: you try to pitch around, and there's guys ready to 122 00:06:13,080 --> 00:06:14,640 Speaker 4: pick them up. And that's what makes them so good 123 00:06:14,720 --> 00:06:17,320 Speaker 4: because they're a team that does put the ball in play, 124 00:06:17,360 --> 00:06:19,120 Speaker 4: which is so rare in today's game. 125 00:06:20,040 --> 00:06:22,840 Speaker 3: Yeah, those are two good teams. I mean, you know, 126 00:06:23,040 --> 00:06:26,640 Speaker 3: after watching, you know, especially at the end of the season, 127 00:06:27,360 --> 00:06:29,920 Speaker 3: following the Astros, but also checking in quite a bit 128 00:06:29,960 --> 00:06:34,400 Speaker 3: of the other kind of middling AL teams, You've got 129 00:06:34,440 --> 00:06:38,080 Speaker 3: a real sense of what those teams looked like. And 130 00:06:38,120 --> 00:06:40,480 Speaker 3: the Blue Jays and Dodgers are playing a different style 131 00:06:40,480 --> 00:06:44,080 Speaker 3: of baseball than those other Those are those are the 132 00:06:44,120 --> 00:06:47,280 Speaker 3: two best teams in baseball. I mean, I think the 133 00:06:47,279 --> 00:06:50,320 Speaker 3: Phillies were up there, you know as well. But I 134 00:06:50,640 --> 00:06:55,160 Speaker 3: mean this is a very good matchup. Yeah, it's been 135 00:06:55,200 --> 00:06:57,719 Speaker 3: a ton of fun. I mean, it was so cool 136 00:06:57,800 --> 00:07:02,360 Speaker 3: seeing the Rhino fans just go nuts in Game one. 137 00:07:02,440 --> 00:07:05,679 Speaker 3: That was I mean, I love a home game where 138 00:07:06,160 --> 00:07:08,800 Speaker 3: everybody can just go crazy, and that that Grand Slam 139 00:07:08,960 --> 00:07:11,960 Speaker 3: just tore the roof off the place it was. It 140 00:07:12,000 --> 00:07:12,480 Speaker 3: was great. 141 00:07:13,120 --> 00:07:16,560 Speaker 1: Imagine It's a yeah. I mean, it's been a great series. 142 00:07:16,600 --> 00:07:18,200 Speaker 2: And if you're not like Josh and you do watch 143 00:07:18,240 --> 00:07:21,640 Speaker 2: baseball for fun, you can do that on Fox One 144 00:07:21,760 --> 00:07:25,080 Speaker 2: as always, from MLB postseason to the NFL on Fox 145 00:07:25,120 --> 00:07:27,280 Speaker 2: to Big Noon Saturdays with Fox One, you get it 146 00:07:27,360 --> 00:07:30,720 Speaker 2: all live. Start your seven day free trial today. Offers 147 00:07:30,720 --> 00:07:33,960 Speaker 2: are subject to change. Go to foxone dot com for 148 00:07:34,040 --> 00:07:41,240 Speaker 2: complete terms and conditions. Fox one Streaming Now. It's interesting, 149 00:07:41,360 --> 00:07:45,360 Speaker 2: you know, watching watching the World Series and seeing I 150 00:07:45,360 --> 00:07:47,440 Speaker 2: think Josh you put it best at that they're two 151 00:07:47,520 --> 00:07:52,720 Speaker 2: different kinds of teams, right, Like the the Dodgers have 152 00:07:53,640 --> 00:07:56,960 Speaker 2: a lot of stars, and I'm certainly not sitting here 153 00:07:57,000 --> 00:07:59,200 Speaker 2: saying the Blue Jays do not have stars. Vladimir Guerrero 154 00:07:59,360 --> 00:08:03,400 Speaker 2: Junior is in credible, George Springer turns into a superstar 155 00:08:03,520 --> 00:08:07,400 Speaker 2: when the when the calendar hits October. You know they 156 00:08:07,440 --> 00:08:09,360 Speaker 2: have Max Scherzer on the team. Who's gonna walk into 157 00:08:09,400 --> 00:08:12,240 Speaker 2: the Hall of Fame. Kevin Golsman's a very very good pitcher. 158 00:08:12,640 --> 00:08:15,600 Speaker 2: Shane Bieber's want to cy young like they've got superstar 159 00:08:15,680 --> 00:08:18,160 Speaker 2: cred ench guys. But these these teams are going about 160 00:08:18,200 --> 00:08:20,360 Speaker 2: it in a different way. And it's been interesting to 161 00:08:20,440 --> 00:08:23,239 Speaker 2: me to watch how these two teams have gone about 162 00:08:23,280 --> 00:08:27,040 Speaker 2: it and to think maybe what astros can take from 163 00:08:27,120 --> 00:08:31,920 Speaker 2: these two teams and maybe what they didn't have in 164 00:08:32,040 --> 00:08:36,560 Speaker 2: twenty twenty five that can you know, make they can 165 00:08:36,640 --> 00:08:39,720 Speaker 2: look at these two teams and say, Okay, here's where 166 00:08:39,760 --> 00:08:41,920 Speaker 2: we maybe need to address some things. And I think 167 00:08:42,520 --> 00:08:45,360 Speaker 2: right off the top, it's you look at the Blue 168 00:08:45,440 --> 00:08:48,000 Speaker 2: Jays and you look at obviously, they put the ball 169 00:08:48,040 --> 00:08:51,160 Speaker 2: in play a lot. They are a contact centric lineup. 170 00:08:51,760 --> 00:08:53,959 Speaker 2: They you know, had the highest contact rate in the 171 00:08:54,000 --> 00:08:57,840 Speaker 2: big leagues. You know, they infield hits, they go with pitches, 172 00:08:57,880 --> 00:08:59,920 Speaker 2: they go the other way. They they'll hit and run, 173 00:09:00,040 --> 00:09:04,120 Speaker 2: they'll bunt like it is aesthetically pleasing offensive baseball to watch. 174 00:09:04,200 --> 00:09:06,120 Speaker 2: And we have talked ad nausea and that the Ashers 175 00:09:06,240 --> 00:09:08,680 Speaker 2: did not have that this year. And you know, they've 176 00:09:08,720 --> 00:09:11,679 Speaker 2: made staff changes and they're they're going to look to 177 00:09:11,880 --> 00:09:14,920 Speaker 2: revitalize the offense. But I think the other thing about 178 00:09:14,920 --> 00:09:19,160 Speaker 2: the Blue Jays guys that the Ashers did not have. Josh, 179 00:09:19,240 --> 00:09:22,199 Speaker 2: you mentioned it, like there are guys all up and 180 00:09:22,360 --> 00:09:25,560 Speaker 2: down that roster that can contribute, Like all twenty six 181 00:09:25,679 --> 00:09:28,959 Speaker 2: guys on that roster, all fourteen position players that they have. 182 00:09:29,640 --> 00:09:32,479 Speaker 2: You know, it's guys like I mean, old friend Joey Loperfdo, 183 00:09:32,720 --> 00:09:37,319 Speaker 2: It's Miles Straw, It's you know, Nathan Lucas, Addison Barger, 184 00:09:37,520 --> 00:09:39,559 Speaker 2: I mean Addison Barger came off the bench for a 185 00:09:39,640 --> 00:09:42,920 Speaker 2: pinch hit Grants in Game one, And I think that's 186 00:09:43,000 --> 00:09:48,240 Speaker 2: been something guys that these past couple Astros teams, they've 187 00:09:48,320 --> 00:09:52,319 Speaker 2: had depth, but it's a very top heavy team. And 188 00:09:52,880 --> 00:09:55,840 Speaker 2: you saw this year when you don't have Jordan Alvarez 189 00:09:55,880 --> 00:09:58,760 Speaker 2: for most of the year, when Isak Paratus has to 190 00:09:58,840 --> 00:10:01,040 Speaker 2: miss a good chunk of the season, and when jose 191 00:10:01,200 --> 00:10:03,480 Speaker 2: L Tuvey just did not have the season you are 192 00:10:03,559 --> 00:10:06,559 Speaker 2: accustomed to see him having. It puts a lot of 193 00:10:06,600 --> 00:10:09,719 Speaker 2: pressure on them to get contributions from other places on 194 00:10:09,800 --> 00:10:12,040 Speaker 2: their roster. And I think they can look at the 195 00:10:12,080 --> 00:10:14,640 Speaker 2: Blue Jays and kind of see that they don't have 196 00:10:14,840 --> 00:10:18,800 Speaker 2: that sort of major league depth that can overcome maybe 197 00:10:19,040 --> 00:10:21,040 Speaker 2: a couple of their superstars not having I think I 198 00:10:21,080 --> 00:10:23,520 Speaker 2: don't know if that's something that they can fix overnight, 199 00:10:23,800 --> 00:10:25,679 Speaker 2: but maybe it's something you know, they look this winner 200 00:10:25,760 --> 00:10:30,200 Speaker 2: to see if they can get, you know, marginal upgrades 201 00:10:30,320 --> 00:10:33,360 Speaker 2: depth wise, to make sure that the fall off if 202 00:10:33,440 --> 00:10:35,839 Speaker 2: and when injuries are under performance occur to their big 203 00:10:35,920 --> 00:10:38,280 Speaker 2: name players isn't as drastic as it was this year. 204 00:10:39,440 --> 00:10:41,719 Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean, you got to start with contact. We 205 00:10:41,880 --> 00:10:44,520 Speaker 4: go back to contact to the baseball, and that becomes 206 00:10:44,559 --> 00:10:46,400 Speaker 4: the biggest issue for me when you're looking at what 207 00:10:46,480 --> 00:10:49,319 Speaker 4: this Blue Jays lineup can do from any guy that 208 00:10:49,400 --> 00:10:51,800 Speaker 4: they're looking for. So I think the astros can really 209 00:10:51,840 --> 00:10:55,079 Speaker 4: benefit from doing whatever they can to find guys to 210 00:10:55,200 --> 00:10:57,640 Speaker 4: fill those roles when they absolutely need them, whether it 211 00:10:57,760 --> 00:10:59,880 Speaker 4: takes moves, whether it takes you know, these little free 212 00:11:00,080 --> 00:11:02,400 Speaker 4: and signing and every rule five you need to do, 213 00:11:02,960 --> 00:11:05,280 Speaker 4: find these little things that fill the holes in your 214 00:11:05,360 --> 00:11:07,160 Speaker 4: in your spots that you really need to work on. 215 00:11:07,400 --> 00:11:09,400 Speaker 4: And then you know, when you when you kind of 216 00:11:09,720 --> 00:11:12,400 Speaker 4: look at what those guys can do, Like you said, 217 00:11:12,440 --> 00:11:15,720 Speaker 4: it's Addison Barger is somebody that I don't think hardly 218 00:11:15,760 --> 00:11:18,719 Speaker 4: anybody knew until came one of the World Series. And 219 00:11:18,800 --> 00:11:21,280 Speaker 4: now this kid's gone down into one of the biggest 220 00:11:21,280 --> 00:11:24,280 Speaker 4: moments of his life. But just had all the uh 221 00:11:24,440 --> 00:11:26,520 Speaker 4: you know, the courage and everything and to know how 222 00:11:26,559 --> 00:11:28,679 Speaker 4: to handle the situation like that. This is a lefty 223 00:11:28,760 --> 00:11:31,360 Speaker 4: lifting matchup off the bench. You know, this is tough, 224 00:11:31,400 --> 00:11:33,079 Speaker 4: and he gets the hanging curb and done miss it. 225 00:11:33,160 --> 00:11:35,679 Speaker 4: So it shows of this team, you know, really knows 226 00:11:35,720 --> 00:11:38,520 Speaker 4: how to focus and and you know, we probably don't 227 00:11:38,559 --> 00:11:40,240 Speaker 4: see a lot of stuff behind closed doors, but I 228 00:11:40,320 --> 00:11:43,040 Speaker 4: bet that's a really tight knit ball club. And you 229 00:11:43,120 --> 00:11:44,559 Speaker 4: see I really tightened it. They are in the in 230 00:11:44,840 --> 00:11:47,280 Speaker 4: the dugout, but I guarantee in that clubhouse, man, there's 231 00:11:47,360 --> 00:11:48,599 Speaker 4: some special things going on. 232 00:11:49,400 --> 00:11:53,160 Speaker 3: Yeah. So the Blue Ers have barge. The Astros need 233 00:11:53,240 --> 00:11:58,120 Speaker 3: the aircraft carrier next year. That'll that'll help get them 234 00:11:58,120 --> 00:12:02,800 Speaker 3: to the ship. It's only gets you will uh huh uh. 235 00:12:03,360 --> 00:12:06,559 Speaker 3: Here's my hot take. The Astros did not have a 236 00:12:06,640 --> 00:12:09,880 Speaker 3: cool dugout celebration for home runs this year, and I 237 00:12:09,960 --> 00:12:13,720 Speaker 3: think that's what cost them. The Mariners had the sick trident, 238 00:12:14,480 --> 00:12:19,040 Speaker 3: the Blue Jays have the jacket. You want to hold 239 00:12:19,080 --> 00:12:20,520 Speaker 3: the trident, get out of here. 240 00:12:20,760 --> 00:12:23,160 Speaker 4: You want to. I'm not saying, okay, it was pretty cool. 241 00:12:23,600 --> 00:12:25,240 Speaker 3: Yeah, come on, you want to hit a home run 242 00:12:25,320 --> 00:12:27,199 Speaker 3: and get back to the dugout and hold a try 243 00:12:27,200 --> 00:12:28,160 Speaker 3: itent That looked awesome. 244 00:12:28,480 --> 00:12:30,120 Speaker 4: No matter who you played for, man, I have something 245 00:12:30,120 --> 00:12:31,240 Speaker 4: to look forward to you if you hit a home 246 00:12:31,320 --> 00:12:32,839 Speaker 4: run to come back and the dugout. Whether it's a 247 00:12:32,920 --> 00:12:36,040 Speaker 4: silly jacket or silly bro I'm all for it. 248 00:12:36,360 --> 00:12:39,720 Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, was it? Was it twenty seventeen where 249 00:12:40,440 --> 00:12:43,880 Speaker 3: where they did the everybody like turn and stare at 250 00:12:43,920 --> 00:12:45,640 Speaker 3: the camera. Was that twenty seventeen? 251 00:12:45,880 --> 00:12:48,920 Speaker 1: I was twenty eighteen. It was a Bregmant thing. 252 00:12:48,960 --> 00:12:52,679 Speaker 3: Of course, Yes, that's a that was a great one. 253 00:12:52,800 --> 00:12:56,960 Speaker 3: But you know, the Astros needed a dugout celebration. That's 254 00:12:57,000 --> 00:12:59,440 Speaker 3: why they didn't hit enough home runs this year. They 255 00:12:59,480 --> 00:13:00,800 Speaker 3: weren't excited to get back. 256 00:13:01,160 --> 00:13:03,800 Speaker 4: We didn't have one in my tenure there. They didn't 257 00:13:03,800 --> 00:13:04,760 Speaker 4: have anything. 258 00:13:04,840 --> 00:13:05,400 Speaker 3: Step it up. 259 00:13:06,080 --> 00:13:08,200 Speaker 1: This This is actually interesting to me, and I didn't 260 00:13:08,240 --> 00:13:09,560 Speaker 1: know we were going to go down this road. 261 00:13:09,640 --> 00:13:12,720 Speaker 2: But like the Astros, at least since I've covered him 262 00:13:12,760 --> 00:13:17,679 Speaker 2: starting in twenty eighteen, like they've never really gotten into 263 00:13:17,920 --> 00:13:21,960 Speaker 2: the I guess celebration form of like baseball, they haven't. 264 00:13:22,360 --> 00:13:24,640 Speaker 1: They're a very straight laced team. 265 00:13:25,080 --> 00:13:28,360 Speaker 4: Like the thing though, right, like the player of the 266 00:13:28,440 --> 00:13:30,160 Speaker 4: game thing is still a thing that I hear they do. 267 00:13:30,400 --> 00:13:33,840 Speaker 1: No sure, but that's behind closed doors, right right, that's cool. 268 00:13:33,840 --> 00:13:36,400 Speaker 4: I mean that's gone for what this is probably ninth season, 269 00:13:36,440 --> 00:13:39,040 Speaker 4: so I mean that's that is why closed doors cool. 270 00:13:39,160 --> 00:13:41,000 Speaker 4: I mean it's it's still something that I guess you 271 00:13:41,080 --> 00:13:43,080 Speaker 4: can actually look afford to as a player, like if 272 00:13:43,120 --> 00:13:46,480 Speaker 4: you have that three for four, you know, driving three 273 00:13:46,600 --> 00:13:48,400 Speaker 4: that get you the ball game, like you know, walking 274 00:13:48,480 --> 00:13:50,920 Speaker 4: up the tunnel like yeah, I got that title built tonight, Like, 275 00:13:51,559 --> 00:13:53,520 Speaker 4: but I get that they do need something and then dugout, 276 00:13:53,559 --> 00:13:56,920 Speaker 4: I'm with you, Like something that shows on camera that 277 00:13:57,240 --> 00:13:58,600 Speaker 4: they're doing something fun and cool. 278 00:13:58,679 --> 00:14:01,720 Speaker 3: Get a cool astronaut helmet to put it, do something, 279 00:14:01,880 --> 00:14:04,079 Speaker 3: but have I think the other thing too, is that 280 00:14:04,120 --> 00:14:06,880 Speaker 3: the Astros have been so good that they probably haven't 281 00:14:06,920 --> 00:14:10,040 Speaker 3: felt that they can do the goofy because it does 282 00:14:10,160 --> 00:14:13,520 Speaker 3: feel like the like really goofy celebrations are for the 283 00:14:13,640 --> 00:14:16,520 Speaker 3: like underdog teams. You know, it's like, yeah, we're we're 284 00:14:16,520 --> 00:14:18,000 Speaker 3: out here, we're doing this, And Nashal has been so 285 00:14:18,160 --> 00:14:20,160 Speaker 3: good that you can't do that. But they missed the 286 00:14:20,160 --> 00:14:22,440 Speaker 3: playoffs this year. They can do whatever they want next year. 287 00:14:23,080 --> 00:14:25,840 Speaker 3: Uh So, yeah, we need to get we need to 288 00:14:25,880 --> 00:14:28,640 Speaker 3: get our smartest brains on that and come up with 289 00:14:28,720 --> 00:14:32,000 Speaker 3: a good celebration that they can do in the dugout. 290 00:14:32,040 --> 00:14:36,120 Speaker 3: I think that's just a brain at this point. 291 00:14:36,440 --> 00:14:39,480 Speaker 4: Anything silly at this point was mm hmm to. 292 00:14:39,560 --> 00:14:41,920 Speaker 1: Your to your point, Tyler, like the Dodgers don't have it, 293 00:14:42,520 --> 00:14:43,160 Speaker 1: what the Dodgers. 294 00:14:43,320 --> 00:14:45,800 Speaker 3: The Dodgers can't do it, that's that's embarrassing. 295 00:14:45,880 --> 00:14:48,720 Speaker 2: If they do it, they throw sunflower seeds at like 296 00:14:48,880 --> 00:14:50,760 Speaker 2: a guy that hits a homer and that's about all 297 00:14:50,880 --> 00:14:51,920 Speaker 2: their celebration of the do. 298 00:14:52,000 --> 00:14:53,800 Speaker 1: But you're right, like the Yankees don't have any of that. 299 00:14:54,080 --> 00:14:56,720 Speaker 1: Like it's the teams that like are always good. 300 00:14:56,920 --> 00:14:59,800 Speaker 2: Right, But then you also run into the you're in 301 00:14:59,880 --> 00:15:01,880 Speaker 2: a the weird thing of like if you do one 302 00:15:01,920 --> 00:15:03,920 Speaker 2: of those dugout celebrations and then you have like a 303 00:15:03,960 --> 00:15:06,040 Speaker 2: season like the Orioles had this year when it's like 304 00:15:06,560 --> 00:15:10,120 Speaker 2: they're twenty under five hundred by June and they're drinking 305 00:15:10,200 --> 00:15:13,120 Speaker 2: out of the homer hose as Brandon Hyde's getting fired tomorrow. 306 00:15:13,200 --> 00:15:15,400 Speaker 2: And then like or like the Red Sox had the 307 00:15:15,480 --> 00:15:17,880 Speaker 2: laundry cart celebration a couple of years ago, and they 308 00:15:17,920 --> 00:15:21,240 Speaker 2: were terrible, and you like you saw sad laundry like 309 00:15:21,240 --> 00:15:23,600 Speaker 2: because you have to do it, Like even if you're 310 00:15:23,680 --> 00:15:25,760 Speaker 2: like eliminated, or even if you're like in a nine 311 00:15:25,840 --> 00:15:28,520 Speaker 2: game losing streak and you hit a nothing homer in 312 00:15:28,560 --> 00:15:30,520 Speaker 2: the eighth inning, like you still have to do the celebration. 313 00:15:31,200 --> 00:15:33,640 Speaker 2: So there's a risks to it. But I've always found it, 314 00:15:34,120 --> 00:15:35,960 Speaker 2: like Josh, was that did y'all ever talk about that? 315 00:15:36,200 --> 00:15:39,160 Speaker 2: Like when I don't even know, maybe if you were 316 00:15:39,200 --> 00:15:42,040 Speaker 2: with the Ashers or maybe with other teams, liked how 317 00:15:42,160 --> 00:15:44,280 Speaker 2: much was that talked about about? Like I don't want 318 00:15:44,320 --> 00:15:46,200 Speaker 2: to put it so simply, but just like looking like 319 00:15:46,280 --> 00:15:49,320 Speaker 2: you're having fun in the dugout, like doing something to 320 00:15:49,440 --> 00:15:52,160 Speaker 2: like lighten the mood and bring a little bit of energy. 321 00:15:52,560 --> 00:15:54,600 Speaker 4: Well, I was fortunate in my time because we were 322 00:15:54,600 --> 00:15:56,160 Speaker 4: always having fun because we were winning. 323 00:15:56,560 --> 00:15:58,040 Speaker 1: Yeah, we had special. 324 00:15:57,720 --> 00:16:02,080 Speaker 4: Team, so that was that made a lot easier. But gosh, man, 325 00:16:02,080 --> 00:16:04,960 Speaker 4: I mean, the only thing you can think of nowadays 326 00:16:05,040 --> 00:16:07,600 Speaker 4: is like guys doing their cool little crazy handshakes that 327 00:16:07,680 --> 00:16:09,480 Speaker 4: they do after home runs, like you always see the 328 00:16:09,560 --> 00:16:12,360 Speaker 4: Kray and Out two V like whatever they do, and 329 00:16:12,440 --> 00:16:14,800 Speaker 4: everybody looks forward to having their handshakes done on camera. 330 00:16:14,920 --> 00:16:17,600 Speaker 4: That seems to be the more popular thing to do 331 00:16:17,640 --> 00:16:20,160 Speaker 4: amongst everybody, which where I guess. Yeah, Like when I 332 00:16:20,280 --> 00:16:21,960 Speaker 4: was when you when you were just like talking, I 333 00:16:22,080 --> 00:16:23,600 Speaker 4: was trying to think of other teams that did things, 334 00:16:23,680 --> 00:16:26,240 Speaker 4: and now I'm thinking more there's less teams to do 335 00:16:26,320 --> 00:16:27,440 Speaker 4: it than more teams to do it. 336 00:16:27,560 --> 00:16:29,120 Speaker 3: But I mean I do like it. 337 00:16:29,200 --> 00:16:31,400 Speaker 4: I like it's I like the concept of that and 338 00:16:32,240 --> 00:16:34,320 Speaker 4: because yeah, I mean, we all know this game is fun, 339 00:16:34,400 --> 00:16:36,200 Speaker 4: but to show it didn't have a little bit more emotion. 340 00:16:36,320 --> 00:16:38,200 Speaker 4: And then you think about on the other end, like 341 00:16:39,280 --> 00:16:41,880 Speaker 4: that becomes a merchandise item, like people start selling whatever 342 00:16:41,960 --> 00:16:43,760 Speaker 4: silly thing is, Like how many tritis do you see 343 00:16:43,840 --> 00:16:46,680 Speaker 4: in the stands in Seattle? Now, like there's probably that, 344 00:16:47,400 --> 00:16:49,600 Speaker 4: especially in the playoffs, like there are probably thousands of them. 345 00:16:49,680 --> 00:16:51,840 Speaker 4: So like you just you can benefit it from it 346 00:16:51,880 --> 00:16:53,760 Speaker 4: so many ways. You have you know, your Space can 347 00:16:53,880 --> 00:16:56,080 Speaker 4: City whatever they call the City Connect Jerseys and now 348 00:16:56,160 --> 00:16:59,480 Speaker 4: you start smelling selling these twenty five dollars space helmets 349 00:16:59,520 --> 00:17:02,000 Speaker 4: for everybody. It hits home run all of a sudden, 350 00:17:02,080 --> 00:17:04,320 Speaker 4: there's a you know, here's ten thousand giveaway for the 351 00:17:04,359 --> 00:17:06,960 Speaker 4: first ten thousand fans the next year, YadA, YadA, YadA. 352 00:17:07,040 --> 00:17:10,000 Speaker 4: So it becomes a really really marketable thing with something 353 00:17:10,040 --> 00:17:12,119 Speaker 4: that the fan base can really get behind and support 354 00:17:12,160 --> 00:17:14,960 Speaker 4: and bring in maybe more fans that maybe find that 355 00:17:15,080 --> 00:17:16,679 Speaker 4: side of baseball a lot more entertaining. 356 00:17:17,440 --> 00:17:22,040 Speaker 3: No chance, would it be twenty five dollars? Absolutely, yeah, 357 00:17:22,400 --> 00:17:26,960 Speaker 3: at no no way is it twenty five dollars the mini? 358 00:17:27,560 --> 00:17:28,160 Speaker 4: About the minies? 359 00:17:28,200 --> 00:17:31,080 Speaker 3: The mini, I don't care. Let me tell you, as 360 00:17:31,119 --> 00:17:33,520 Speaker 3: someone who has taken a kid through that team store 361 00:17:33,720 --> 00:17:37,600 Speaker 3: a lot, no chances, I think twenty five dollars fair enough. 362 00:17:37,880 --> 00:17:39,960 Speaker 4: I guess I bought a Tumblr. I think like sixty 363 00:17:40,040 --> 00:17:44,320 Speaker 4: bucks in yeah, it made you buy it. They didn't 364 00:17:44,359 --> 00:17:47,560 Speaker 4: know who I was. Chandler, I mean cognito man, A 365 00:17:47,600 --> 00:17:49,160 Speaker 4: good looking just in suit. 366 00:17:50,720 --> 00:17:53,960 Speaker 3: Well oh yeah, classic Astros fan in a suit. This 367 00:17:54,119 --> 00:17:55,720 Speaker 3: guy's probably a no life with. 368 00:17:55,880 --> 00:18:00,359 Speaker 4: My journalist strap little briefcase thing around me, like with 369 00:18:00,480 --> 00:18:03,600 Speaker 4: my ID literally hanging right there. But yeah, I'm not 370 00:18:03,680 --> 00:18:06,919 Speaker 4: here to cop free stuff. Man, mm hmm. Pame customer. 371 00:18:06,960 --> 00:18:09,240 Speaker 4: I gotta if I got to pay for my food 372 00:18:09,280 --> 00:18:11,200 Speaker 4: in the media room, Chambler, I'm gonna pay for my 373 00:18:11,280 --> 00:18:12,080 Speaker 4: tumbel at the team. 374 00:18:13,400 --> 00:18:16,200 Speaker 1: That twelve dollars. That twelve dollars for media dining. That's 375 00:18:16,240 --> 00:18:18,240 Speaker 1: a that's for me is. 376 00:18:18,320 --> 00:18:21,480 Speaker 4: Worth the vanilla Coca long then, I when I worked 377 00:18:21,480 --> 00:18:23,640 Speaker 4: in the ballpark, because they had a fountain vanilla coke. 378 00:18:23,960 --> 00:18:25,720 Speaker 4: Oh they got Yeah, they got the big old Coca 379 00:18:25,760 --> 00:18:29,840 Speaker 4: Cola machine with it had every flavor and it has everything. Dude, 380 00:18:30,720 --> 00:18:33,560 Speaker 4: It's like a six or seven vanilla coke night for 381 00:18:33,680 --> 00:18:36,399 Speaker 4: me when I can get the ball park. 382 00:18:37,200 --> 00:18:41,119 Speaker 3: Oh yeah, it's like what was was it Bregman that 383 00:18:41,800 --> 00:18:44,880 Speaker 3: after his rookie year. They were they were like, hey, 384 00:18:44,960 --> 00:18:47,880 Speaker 3: have you considered not drinking eight Doctor Pepper's a day 385 00:18:48,080 --> 00:18:50,280 Speaker 3: and maybe that'll help you And then he became really 386 00:18:50,320 --> 00:18:50,879 Speaker 3: good after that. 387 00:18:51,800 --> 00:18:54,280 Speaker 4: No, because I can't support that, because I would drink 388 00:18:54,440 --> 00:18:56,440 Speaker 4: a monster in the morning, a red bill for the game, 389 00:18:56,520 --> 00:19:00,080 Speaker 4: and probably about four or five sodas in between, and 390 00:19:00,200 --> 00:19:02,600 Speaker 4: probably two sos after the game. But I would be hydrating. 391 00:19:03,080 --> 00:19:05,320 Speaker 4: I covered myself. I would be hydrated, so I guess 392 00:19:05,320 --> 00:19:07,800 Speaker 4: I was kind of playing for the tie. But I 393 00:19:07,840 --> 00:19:10,359 Speaker 4: didn't drink sodas during the game. If that meant any. 394 00:19:10,760 --> 00:19:11,119 Speaker 1: There you go. 395 00:19:11,720 --> 00:19:14,680 Speaker 2: It was just like Verlander used to like crush like 396 00:19:14,800 --> 00:19:18,399 Speaker 2: some extravagant Taco bell order before every every game he 397 00:19:18,480 --> 00:19:20,080 Speaker 2: pitched like that, used to when he was coming up 398 00:19:20,119 --> 00:19:22,600 Speaker 2: with the Tigers, like when he was young, Like in 399 00:19:22,720 --> 00:19:24,399 Speaker 2: his younger days, he used to I think it was 400 00:19:24,520 --> 00:19:27,280 Speaker 2: like three hard tacos, a crunch Trap Supreme, and a 401 00:19:27,359 --> 00:19:31,200 Speaker 2: Mexican pizza. Like he used to destroy some Taco bell 402 00:19:31,280 --> 00:19:32,240 Speaker 2: ever before every game. 403 00:19:33,040 --> 00:19:35,640 Speaker 4: Picture in my head of JV walking into some clubhouses 404 00:19:35,680 --> 00:19:37,640 Speaker 4: with a freaking plastic back from taco Bell. 405 00:19:38,480 --> 00:19:40,119 Speaker 3: I was gonna say, when's the last time you think 406 00:19:40,160 --> 00:19:42,800 Speaker 3: he had taco bell? He was eating it even then. 407 00:19:43,240 --> 00:19:46,320 Speaker 4: He had it plenty of times this year. Really, if 408 00:19:46,359 --> 00:19:48,240 Speaker 4: you got a thing, dude, you guys, you guys stick 409 00:19:48,320 --> 00:19:50,760 Speaker 4: to it like I like, I mean, I know I 410 00:19:50,960 --> 00:19:52,800 Speaker 4: was reference to my stories, but like no joke. I 411 00:19:52,840 --> 00:19:55,240 Speaker 4: would go to Cracker Barrel, the same Cracker Barrel against 412 00:19:55,280 --> 00:19:58,800 Speaker 4: the Rangers every game, order the same breakfast or lunch, 413 00:19:59,320 --> 00:20:02,159 Speaker 4: go to the ball and just absolutely go off. Always 414 00:20:02,200 --> 00:20:05,840 Speaker 4: did well against the Rangers, and it was always there 415 00:20:05,880 --> 00:20:06,040 Speaker 4: you go. 416 00:20:06,240 --> 00:20:08,000 Speaker 3: I've been to the one in Baytown quite a bit. 417 00:20:08,240 --> 00:20:10,880 Speaker 3: Used to play my my pop on Checkers there all 418 00:20:10,960 --> 00:20:11,320 Speaker 3: the time. 419 00:20:11,920 --> 00:20:14,560 Speaker 4: I love my boys. Actually really enjoyed going to Cracker 420 00:20:15,040 --> 00:20:19,120 Speaker 4: mm hmm just for the TA game play. Yeah, game's 421 00:20:19,119 --> 00:20:24,080 Speaker 4: awesome to pull the phone out of nothing, get two 422 00:20:24,160 --> 00:20:26,720 Speaker 4: tea games. They're there set for fifteen minutes. 423 00:20:28,880 --> 00:20:31,640 Speaker 1: So back to the World Series we talked about. 424 00:20:31,680 --> 00:20:34,440 Speaker 2: Obviously, the Blue Jays put the ball in play better 425 00:20:34,440 --> 00:20:36,880 Speaker 2: than any lineup in baseball. They did eighty point six 426 00:20:36,920 --> 00:20:39,240 Speaker 2: percent contact rate the year. It was the highest in baseball. 427 00:20:40,400 --> 00:20:43,879 Speaker 2: The Dodgers had the eighth lowest contact rate in baseball 428 00:20:43,960 --> 00:20:46,639 Speaker 2: this year, which again goes to show you that you 429 00:20:46,720 --> 00:20:48,560 Speaker 2: don't have to do it all one way. 430 00:20:49,240 --> 00:20:50,399 Speaker 1: But what the Dodgers did. 431 00:20:50,520 --> 00:20:52,840 Speaker 2: The Dodgers had two dred and forty four home runs 432 00:20:52,920 --> 00:20:55,400 Speaker 2: this season, which was the most in the National League 433 00:20:55,440 --> 00:20:57,160 Speaker 2: and second behind the Yankees. 434 00:20:57,320 --> 00:20:58,720 Speaker 1: Uh for the Major League leads. 435 00:20:58,760 --> 00:21:02,359 Speaker 2: So again, you can sacrifice some contact if you're going 436 00:21:02,400 --> 00:21:04,199 Speaker 2: to hit the ball out of the ballpark and if 437 00:21:04,240 --> 00:21:06,320 Speaker 2: you have that much power, and I think you know, 438 00:21:06,400 --> 00:21:09,560 Speaker 2: the one thing that we did see from the Astros 439 00:21:09,640 --> 00:21:13,040 Speaker 2: this season was a lack of I guess what we 440 00:21:13,119 --> 00:21:15,439 Speaker 2: have come to expect from them power wise, They hit 441 00:21:15,440 --> 00:21:18,000 Speaker 2: one hundred and eighty two home runs this season, and 442 00:21:18,080 --> 00:21:21,680 Speaker 2: again we can well well with the disclaimer that we 443 00:21:21,760 --> 00:21:23,880 Speaker 2: always give you. Ordan Alvarez played in forty eight games. 444 00:21:24,400 --> 00:21:28,280 Speaker 2: Jose al Tuvey was not himself down the stretch, Jeremy 445 00:21:28,320 --> 00:21:31,760 Speaker 2: Panya missed a month, Esak Paratis couldn't pull homers into 446 00:21:31,760 --> 00:21:33,160 Speaker 2: the Crawford boxes for two months. 447 00:21:33,320 --> 00:21:34,879 Speaker 1: Like that all goes into it. 448 00:21:35,160 --> 00:21:39,320 Speaker 2: But the best teams in October and Josh, you know this, 449 00:21:39,520 --> 00:21:42,200 Speaker 2: like you gotta be able to either hit the ball 450 00:21:42,200 --> 00:21:47,120 Speaker 2: out of the ballpark or find ways to tax pitchers. 451 00:21:47,680 --> 00:21:50,720 Speaker 1: And the Blue Jays do a nice job of taxing pitchers. 452 00:21:51,640 --> 00:21:53,480 Speaker 2: The Dodgers may not tax pitchers and they may not 453 00:21:53,520 --> 00:21:55,320 Speaker 2: put the ball in play as much, but when they 454 00:21:55,400 --> 00:21:57,800 Speaker 2: put it in play, it goes out of the ballpark. 455 00:21:57,840 --> 00:21:59,680 Speaker 2: And it helps to have Shoheo Tani. It helps to 456 00:21:59,720 --> 00:22:02,119 Speaker 2: have Mookie and you know, Freddy Freeman the top of 457 00:22:02,119 --> 00:22:05,000 Speaker 2: the lineup. Will Smith's very good as well. But it's 458 00:22:05,040 --> 00:22:07,560 Speaker 2: one of these things like if the Ashers want to 459 00:22:07,640 --> 00:22:11,440 Speaker 2: get back to where they've been, like they've got to, 460 00:22:12,080 --> 00:22:13,520 Speaker 2: they've got to get better in both of those series. 461 00:22:13,560 --> 00:22:15,480 Speaker 2: They've got to put the ball in play more. And look, 462 00:22:16,160 --> 00:22:18,800 Speaker 2: I don't know what the easier fix is. Is it, 463 00:22:19,200 --> 00:22:23,280 Speaker 2: you know, just hoping that Christian Walker rebounds and can 464 00:22:23,320 --> 00:22:25,200 Speaker 2: get you a thirty homer season like he's had his 465 00:22:25,280 --> 00:22:28,360 Speaker 2: past four seasons. Is it, you know, relying on full 466 00:22:28,400 --> 00:22:31,560 Speaker 2: health from Paradus and hoping that Alvarez plays one hundred 467 00:22:31,560 --> 00:22:34,000 Speaker 2: and ten games, or is it you know, reimagining your 468 00:22:34,119 --> 00:22:36,600 Speaker 2: roster to make it more contact centric. 469 00:22:36,680 --> 00:22:39,520 Speaker 1: But you've got to be either one of those things. 470 00:22:39,600 --> 00:22:40,480 Speaker 1: You've got to either hit the. 471 00:22:40,440 --> 00:22:42,240 Speaker 2: Ball in the ballpark a lot, or you've got to 472 00:22:42,280 --> 00:22:44,000 Speaker 2: put the ball in play, and the Ashers did not 473 00:22:44,240 --> 00:22:47,320 Speaker 2: do that either of those things enough this season, especially 474 00:22:47,320 --> 00:22:48,800 Speaker 2: when you look at this World Series matchup. 475 00:22:49,640 --> 00:22:53,040 Speaker 3: Yeah, it also might help to find your World Series 476 00:22:53,119 --> 00:22:58,760 Speaker 3: Game one starter in triple A or whatever you Savage. 477 00:22:58,440 --> 00:23:00,760 Speaker 4: Was doing at the beginning of the year, I believe. 478 00:23:01,000 --> 00:23:06,119 Speaker 3: Loway, Okay, yeah, I mean just single A. Yeah, I 479 00:23:06,200 --> 00:23:10,720 Speaker 3: mean that'll help. But I mean seriously that when you 480 00:23:10,800 --> 00:23:14,000 Speaker 3: look at the Blue Jays roster, what they have is 481 00:23:14,080 --> 00:23:18,600 Speaker 3: their top paying guys performed in Vladimir Guerrero and George 482 00:23:18,640 --> 00:23:22,119 Speaker 3: Springer and Kevin Gosman Max Scherz are to an extent, 483 00:23:22,680 --> 00:23:25,240 Speaker 3: and then they had a lot of contributions from guys 484 00:23:25,600 --> 00:23:29,720 Speaker 3: in pre arbitration. I mean again, Savage made literally fifty 485 00:23:29,800 --> 00:23:32,440 Speaker 3: seven thousand dollars this year. I mean he was only 486 00:23:32,480 --> 00:23:35,920 Speaker 3: in the bigs for a day, you know, before the 487 00:23:35,960 --> 00:23:41,880 Speaker 3: World Series, sou But I mean Addison Barger is pre ORB. 488 00:23:42,240 --> 00:23:44,640 Speaker 3: You know, Bryden Fisher has been good for them out 489 00:23:44,680 --> 00:23:48,880 Speaker 3: of the Bullpener's pre orb, Joey Lo Perfido. I mean, 490 00:23:48,960 --> 00:23:53,280 Speaker 3: even Tyler Hyneman somehow at thirty four is pre arben. 491 00:23:53,359 --> 00:23:56,639 Speaker 3: He had a really good season. But you know, I 492 00:23:56,720 --> 00:23:58,800 Speaker 3: mean they they have a lot of guys that are 493 00:23:58,840 --> 00:24:03,000 Speaker 3: contributing that aren't being paid a lot. Even Ernie Clement 494 00:24:03,240 --> 00:24:05,680 Speaker 3: is only in his first year of arbitration. He made 495 00:24:05,720 --> 00:24:07,679 Speaker 3: less than two million dollars this year, and he's been 496 00:24:07,760 --> 00:24:12,720 Speaker 3: phenomenal in the playoffs for them. And while the Astros 497 00:24:12,760 --> 00:24:17,200 Speaker 3: had contributions from players like that, they didn't have anybody 498 00:24:17,280 --> 00:24:21,560 Speaker 3: that you were circling every day in the lineup of okay, 499 00:24:21,680 --> 00:24:24,600 Speaker 3: this guy is here, he's coming in. They didn't have 500 00:24:24,640 --> 00:24:27,399 Speaker 3: anything like that. Everybody that they were really relying on 501 00:24:28,160 --> 00:24:29,800 Speaker 3: were people they were paying a lot of money to. 502 00:24:30,480 --> 00:24:35,240 Speaker 3: They didn't have the young up and coming talent contribute. 503 00:24:35,520 --> 00:24:37,080 Speaker 3: And I mean even when you look at the last 504 00:24:37,320 --> 00:24:40,879 Speaker 3: ten years of Astros baseball, it was the waves of 505 00:24:41,000 --> 00:24:41,879 Speaker 3: talent coming in. 506 00:24:42,119 --> 00:24:42,280 Speaker 1: Right. 507 00:24:42,400 --> 00:24:46,880 Speaker 3: You would have your you know, Springer in Korea and Altuve, 508 00:24:47,359 --> 00:24:49,680 Speaker 3: but then you'd have Bregmann coming in in his first 509 00:24:49,760 --> 00:24:53,000 Speaker 3: year and contributing, and you know, Jeremy Panya obviously in 510 00:24:53,080 --> 00:24:57,760 Speaker 3: his rookie year. And then obviously the Astros had just 511 00:24:58,040 --> 00:25:03,119 Speaker 3: incredible luck and skill of pitching development where you had 512 00:25:03,200 --> 00:25:05,840 Speaker 3: guys like Christian Hobbyer come out of nowhere, fromber come 513 00:25:05,880 --> 00:25:08,440 Speaker 3: out of nowhere, Renel Blanco, you know, all of these 514 00:25:08,480 --> 00:25:12,719 Speaker 3: guys who would come up and you weren't counting on them. 515 00:25:12,760 --> 00:25:15,080 Speaker 3: You didn't build your roster around that. But that's what 516 00:25:15,359 --> 00:25:19,640 Speaker 3: lifts a team up. And the Ashers haven't picked anywhere 517 00:25:19,680 --> 00:25:21,960 Speaker 3: near the top of the draft in a long time. 518 00:25:22,200 --> 00:25:25,480 Speaker 3: They missed two years of first round picks and they 519 00:25:25,600 --> 00:25:31,280 Speaker 3: haven't had that next wave hit. And that's what makes 520 00:25:31,280 --> 00:25:34,000 Speaker 3: it really difficult to build a roster because unless you're 521 00:25:34,040 --> 00:25:37,520 Speaker 3: the Dodgers and you can spend you know, half a 522 00:25:37,640 --> 00:25:44,600 Speaker 3: billion dollars on a roster, which to be clear, good good, 523 00:25:44,920 --> 00:25:48,680 Speaker 3: I like, that's fine with me. I want that. To 524 00:25:48,760 --> 00:25:52,080 Speaker 3: be very clear, if I every team in baseball would 525 00:25:52,119 --> 00:25:55,159 Speaker 3: love if their owner just said I don't care, I 526 00:25:55,200 --> 00:25:57,960 Speaker 3: will I will pay whatever money it takes. Like that, 527 00:25:58,640 --> 00:26:00,840 Speaker 3: the Dodgers are not ruining base ball by paying a 528 00:26:00,880 --> 00:26:03,000 Speaker 3: bunch of a bunch of money to all of these players. 529 00:26:03,040 --> 00:26:05,480 Speaker 3: That is a good thing. I wish every team would 530 00:26:05,520 --> 00:26:08,719 Speaker 3: do it. Every team has the ability to spend more 531 00:26:08,760 --> 00:26:12,119 Speaker 3: than what they're spending. They're making a business decision to 532 00:26:12,240 --> 00:26:13,960 Speaker 3: do it or not to do it. And the Dodgers 533 00:26:14,000 --> 00:26:17,480 Speaker 3: have decided, yes, we're going to spend all this money 534 00:26:17,560 --> 00:26:21,560 Speaker 3: to be really good and do it so good. Good 535 00:26:21,640 --> 00:26:24,560 Speaker 3: for the Dodgers, I mean it's worked out for them. 536 00:26:24,640 --> 00:26:27,359 Speaker 3: They've spent a ton of money and it's working. But 537 00:26:27,560 --> 00:26:30,000 Speaker 3: even the Dodgers have guys who they're not paying a 538 00:26:30,119 --> 00:26:34,600 Speaker 3: ton of money contribute to their team. I mean, Uh, 539 00:26:35,119 --> 00:26:38,840 Speaker 3: Sasaki is making seven hundred and sixty thousand dollars this year? 540 00:26:40,359 --> 00:26:45,119 Speaker 3: How do you? How do you pronounce pages least pahz again? 541 00:26:45,920 --> 00:26:50,040 Speaker 3: Less than a million dollars this year? Yeah, show hey 542 00:26:50,119 --> 00:26:53,959 Speaker 3: for two, Blake Snell, I'm looking at uh, look at 543 00:26:54,040 --> 00:26:58,240 Speaker 3: their contract, So show a technically counted towards the luxury 544 00:26:58,280 --> 00:27:00,399 Speaker 3: tax he counted as forty six million, but he only 545 00:27:00,480 --> 00:27:03,680 Speaker 3: got two million in cash this year. Somehow, Blake Snell 546 00:27:03,760 --> 00:27:07,280 Speaker 3: got sixty four million dollars in cash this year but 547 00:27:07,440 --> 00:27:10,119 Speaker 3: only counted thirty one million. I don't know what that means, 548 00:27:10,880 --> 00:27:13,920 Speaker 3: but that's very funny that he made thirty times the 549 00:27:14,000 --> 00:27:18,560 Speaker 3: amount of show. Hey, but he rules too, like goody, 550 00:27:18,760 --> 00:27:21,600 Speaker 3: pay these guys this amount of money and your team 551 00:27:21,720 --> 00:27:23,879 Speaker 3: is going to be really good. Because the Dodgers have 552 00:27:24,040 --> 00:27:26,320 Speaker 3: fifteen of those guys that they're paying a lot of money. 553 00:27:26,359 --> 00:27:31,760 Speaker 3: The Ashers had four or five who you know, we're 554 00:27:31,800 --> 00:27:34,800 Speaker 3: playing this year. So the Dodgers can afford to have 555 00:27:36,200 --> 00:27:39,600 Speaker 3: what the Ashers had in missing a lot from Christian 556 00:27:39,640 --> 00:27:42,600 Speaker 3: Hobvier and missing a lot from Lance mccullors. Because they 557 00:27:42,640 --> 00:27:45,480 Speaker 3: have fifteen other guys that they're paying ten to twenty 558 00:27:45,560 --> 00:27:48,399 Speaker 3: million dollars who have been really good at some point 559 00:27:48,600 --> 00:27:51,720 Speaker 3: but maybe not aren't the best this year, you know. 560 00:27:51,760 --> 00:27:54,520 Speaker 3: I mean they're paying Clayton Kershaw a ton of money, 561 00:27:55,600 --> 00:27:58,560 Speaker 3: a ton relative to other teams, not a ton relative 562 00:27:59,200 --> 00:28:02,560 Speaker 3: to the to thes. But I mean, like Michael Conforto 563 00:28:02,720 --> 00:28:06,080 Speaker 3: is making seventeen million dollars for them this year, and 564 00:28:06,480 --> 00:28:09,680 Speaker 3: I don't think they care one bit about that because 565 00:28:09,680 --> 00:28:11,760 Speaker 3: I have a bunch of people who are really good. 566 00:28:11,840 --> 00:28:15,119 Speaker 3: So you need both, right, You need you need to 567 00:28:15,240 --> 00:28:17,360 Speaker 3: hit on the free agents that you do sign, which 568 00:28:17,400 --> 00:28:19,960 Speaker 3: the Astros have not done, and you need the next 569 00:28:20,040 --> 00:28:24,639 Speaker 3: wave of talent to come in and be contributors. Obviously, 570 00:28:24,720 --> 00:28:28,080 Speaker 3: you'd love for them to be stars, but even if 571 00:28:28,119 --> 00:28:32,040 Speaker 3: they're just regular everyday players, that's what brings the roster up, 572 00:28:32,119 --> 00:28:36,480 Speaker 3: and the Ashers haven't had either of those happen. And 573 00:28:36,520 --> 00:28:39,920 Speaker 3: the Blue Jays also extended their superstar. I mean, they've 574 00:28:40,000 --> 00:28:44,640 Speaker 3: signed Vlad Guerrero until some fake year that's never gonna 575 00:28:44,640 --> 00:28:48,000 Speaker 3: happen in twenty seventy eight or whatever, but he's gonna 576 00:28:48,000 --> 00:28:51,280 Speaker 3: be on the team forever. And the Astros haven't done 577 00:28:51,320 --> 00:28:51,800 Speaker 3: that either. 578 00:28:52,080 --> 00:28:53,240 Speaker 4: So all of the. 579 00:28:53,240 --> 00:28:57,680 Speaker 3: Ways that these rosters are constructed, the Astras really haven't 580 00:28:57,760 --> 00:29:00,400 Speaker 3: done that in the last few years, and that's why 581 00:29:00,440 --> 00:29:03,920 Speaker 3: they're in the World Series and the Astros aren't. I 582 00:29:04,040 --> 00:29:08,520 Speaker 3: think the stat just keeps bears repeating. The Astros had 583 00:29:08,600 --> 00:29:11,560 Speaker 3: eight players on their season opening payroll this year, making 584 00:29:11,600 --> 00:29:14,960 Speaker 3: at least ten million dollars, and they combine to a 585 00:29:15,080 --> 00:29:17,160 Speaker 3: crew six point six wins above replacement. 586 00:29:18,400 --> 00:29:21,520 Speaker 1: I mean, that's it again. 587 00:29:21,560 --> 00:29:24,360 Speaker 2: And Tyler, you put it very very very well stated. 588 00:29:24,640 --> 00:29:27,640 Speaker 2: If that's going to happen, you need some of your 589 00:29:27,680 --> 00:29:30,240 Speaker 2: pre orb guys and need some of your young roster 590 00:29:30,520 --> 00:29:31,920 Speaker 2: guys to help. 591 00:29:32,560 --> 00:29:33,640 Speaker 1: And let's also like. 592 00:29:34,280 --> 00:29:38,120 Speaker 2: Sometimes you just need luck isn't the word, but something 593 00:29:38,160 --> 00:29:41,880 Speaker 2: you need contributions from guys that you just you're not 594 00:29:42,040 --> 00:29:44,440 Speaker 2: counting on going into the season. Like I don't think 595 00:29:44,640 --> 00:29:47,560 Speaker 2: the Blue Jays like Trey Savage a lot. I don't 596 00:29:47,600 --> 00:29:50,840 Speaker 2: think they ever envisioned him starting Game one of the 597 00:29:50,880 --> 00:29:54,360 Speaker 2: World Series for their major league team, or starting you know, 598 00:29:54,520 --> 00:29:57,880 Speaker 2: playoff games in or in September, just like I don't 599 00:29:57,920 --> 00:30:00,560 Speaker 2: think the Astros envision Jeremy Pani'll win the World Series 600 00:30:00,640 --> 00:30:03,720 Speaker 2: MVP in twenty twenty two, like we've talked about, Like 601 00:30:04,240 --> 00:30:08,000 Speaker 2: Jeremy did not have a great for what he was 602 00:30:08,120 --> 00:30:09,840 Speaker 2: that year as a rookie. He had a fine season, 603 00:30:09,920 --> 00:30:12,040 Speaker 2: he was a league average hitter, won a Gold Glove, 604 00:30:12,560 --> 00:30:16,600 Speaker 2: filled in for Carlo's Korea admirably, but just was not 605 00:30:17,160 --> 00:30:20,680 Speaker 2: and then went on a three week out of body experience. 606 00:30:20,960 --> 00:30:24,320 Speaker 2: And because I don't does everyone remember in twenty twenty 607 00:30:24,360 --> 00:30:26,480 Speaker 2: two like that, that was probably the worst stretch of 608 00:30:26,600 --> 00:30:27,400 Speaker 2: offensive baseball. 609 00:30:27,440 --> 00:30:29,680 Speaker 1: Josel Tub's ever played that in those playoffs. 610 00:30:30,240 --> 00:30:33,160 Speaker 4: Yeah, it was fans were calling for, like to Benji 611 00:30:33,560 --> 00:30:33,960 Speaker 4: very hard. 612 00:30:35,040 --> 00:30:39,840 Speaker 2: Yeah, and sometimes you need you need guys other places 613 00:30:39,880 --> 00:30:41,680 Speaker 2: on your roster to step up and help out. 614 00:30:41,720 --> 00:30:43,600 Speaker 1: I mean Josh, I mean. 615 00:30:43,880 --> 00:30:46,240 Speaker 4: Marlin had who can't do it every time. 616 00:30:46,760 --> 00:30:51,640 Speaker 2: Yeah, and Josh, like in twenty seventeen Job twenty seventeen, 617 00:30:51,720 --> 00:30:54,960 Speaker 2: Josh Marvin Gonzales, like biggest hit of the biggest hit 618 00:30:54,960 --> 00:30:58,160 Speaker 2: of the World Series at Dodgers Stadium off Kenley Jansen, 619 00:30:59,480 --> 00:31:00,080 Speaker 2: the biggest home. 620 00:31:02,920 --> 00:31:05,240 Speaker 3: I still can't believe it got out. Every time I 621 00:31:05,320 --> 00:31:08,640 Speaker 3: watched that highlight. I think it's gonna die at the 622 00:31:08,680 --> 00:31:11,680 Speaker 3: warning track. I still don't understand how that ball got out. 623 00:31:11,680 --> 00:31:13,800 Speaker 3: But yeah, that that World Series does not happen if 624 00:31:13,880 --> 00:31:17,240 Speaker 3: Marmon doesn't hit that home run. Yeah, you need guys 625 00:31:17,320 --> 00:31:20,680 Speaker 3: like that, and you know the Ashes haven't had it 626 00:31:20,840 --> 00:31:24,520 Speaker 3: in the last couple of seasons, and that that's what happens. 627 00:31:24,600 --> 00:31:27,280 Speaker 3: But yeah, you know that doesn't mean that it can't 628 00:31:27,400 --> 00:31:31,200 Speaker 3: happen next year. You just have to construct a roster 629 00:31:31,360 --> 00:31:36,840 Speaker 3: that allows for those people to have those opportunities, and 630 00:31:37,880 --> 00:31:40,560 Speaker 3: both with the financial constraints that the Ashes were in 631 00:31:40,800 --> 00:31:44,680 Speaker 3: from bad free agent contracts and the amount of injuries 632 00:31:44,720 --> 00:31:46,520 Speaker 3: that they had this year, they were just not in 633 00:31:46,560 --> 00:31:52,120 Speaker 3: a position to have those guys make those contributions. I mean, 634 00:31:52,800 --> 00:31:54,760 Speaker 3: who knows, Like if Zach Cole had come up in 635 00:31:54,880 --> 00:31:57,680 Speaker 3: July and been able to do that over a full 636 00:31:58,600 --> 00:32:01,440 Speaker 3: you know, half of base ball, we could be talking 637 00:32:01,440 --> 00:32:03,920 Speaker 3: about him as that time. You know, he he had 638 00:32:04,120 --> 00:32:08,600 Speaker 3: that similar type of two week heater. It just happened 639 00:32:08,600 --> 00:32:11,320 Speaker 3: to be at a time that Dashers were too far 640 00:32:11,440 --> 00:32:13,600 Speaker 3: back and you know, weren't able to make up for it. 641 00:32:13,680 --> 00:32:16,640 Speaker 3: But those are the types of performances you need from guys. 642 00:32:17,480 --> 00:32:21,680 Speaker 3: Again the Blue Ernie Clement is like Roberto Clemente for 643 00:32:22,040 --> 00:32:25,680 Speaker 3: the Blue Jays right now, And who is Ernie clement 644 00:32:26,000 --> 00:32:29,240 Speaker 3: No offense, you know, but like that, that's what happens 645 00:32:29,400 --> 00:32:31,360 Speaker 3: is you need guys to just go on these heaters 646 00:32:32,040 --> 00:32:36,760 Speaker 3: and yeah, yeah, it. 647 00:32:36,800 --> 00:32:41,400 Speaker 4: Doesn't even take three weeks. It takes ten days. Ten days. 648 00:32:41,760 --> 00:32:43,880 Speaker 4: If you need seven games and three off days, that's 649 00:32:43,880 --> 00:32:45,600 Speaker 4: all it takes. You get you get on that player 650 00:32:45,640 --> 00:32:47,720 Speaker 4: of the week heater that you need at the right time. Man, 651 00:32:47,800 --> 00:32:49,720 Speaker 4: It's it's fantastic. 652 00:32:50,800 --> 00:32:53,520 Speaker 2: Erne Clement maybe Babe Ruth for the blue Jays, but 653 00:32:53,600 --> 00:32:56,480 Speaker 2: George Springer is George Springer for the Blue Jays, and 654 00:32:56,560 --> 00:33:05,480 Speaker 2: he is a focus of this week's DraftKings Player Spotlight. Josh, 655 00:33:05,560 --> 00:33:07,480 Speaker 2: I'm gonna I'm gonna give you the floor since I 656 00:33:07,600 --> 00:33:11,280 Speaker 2: know how much affinity you have for uh, for George 657 00:33:12,560 --> 00:33:14,760 Speaker 2: after what he went through in the last couple of 658 00:33:14,800 --> 00:33:18,360 Speaker 2: games against the Mariners, getting hitting the knee, getting booed 659 00:33:18,640 --> 00:33:20,840 Speaker 2: while he was or getting cheered while he was injured 660 00:33:21,120 --> 00:33:24,800 Speaker 2: by Mariners fans to see him hit that homer to 661 00:33:24,880 --> 00:33:28,040 Speaker 2: send the Blue Jays to the World Series. As a 662 00:33:28,080 --> 00:33:30,080 Speaker 2: former teammate and as someone that's close to him, what 663 00:33:30,200 --> 00:33:31,920 Speaker 2: was that like for you to watch? And it just 664 00:33:32,040 --> 00:33:34,360 Speaker 2: looks like vintage October George Springer. 665 00:33:34,600 --> 00:33:37,000 Speaker 4: Yeah, it was, man, it was so fun just watching 666 00:33:37,040 --> 00:33:38,920 Speaker 4: it from a different perspective, being able to watch it 667 00:33:39,000 --> 00:33:41,600 Speaker 4: from that that way, being happy for the guy obviously, 668 00:33:41,680 --> 00:33:44,120 Speaker 4: and just knowing how good of a person he is 669 00:33:44,160 --> 00:33:45,680 Speaker 4: and how great of a player he really can be. 670 00:33:45,800 --> 00:33:48,200 Speaker 4: So super hard for him. You know, as a baseball fan, 671 00:33:48,320 --> 00:33:50,520 Speaker 4: you're happy for that fan base to be able to 672 00:33:50,560 --> 00:33:53,480 Speaker 4: experience that I think probably the better place would have 673 00:33:53,520 --> 00:33:55,680 Speaker 4: been in Seattle. Be able to be like put them 674 00:33:55,760 --> 00:33:57,600 Speaker 4: down and down for the count. That would have been 675 00:33:57,680 --> 00:34:01,080 Speaker 4: fantastic because how dare you do that to a person 676 00:34:01,320 --> 00:34:03,920 Speaker 4: that ever gets hit by a pitch? And you know, 677 00:34:04,560 --> 00:34:06,080 Speaker 4: I will say it was kind of crazy to see 678 00:34:06,120 --> 00:34:08,879 Speaker 4: that that stadium crowded and actually sold out for once. 679 00:34:08,920 --> 00:34:10,880 Speaker 4: I don't think in my twelve thirteen year career I 680 00:34:10,920 --> 00:34:13,759 Speaker 4: saw that one time. So pretty crazy where those fans 681 00:34:13,840 --> 00:34:17,239 Speaker 4: came from. But yeah, it was fantastic for George to 682 00:34:17,239 --> 00:34:19,520 Speaker 4: be able to experience. That's something that he's been obviously 683 00:34:19,680 --> 00:34:22,759 Speaker 4: very comfortable doing. He's a probably by far I think 684 00:34:22,760 --> 00:34:25,920 Speaker 4: I saw some silly made up stat now in analytics 685 00:34:25,960 --> 00:34:28,880 Speaker 4: that he's like the by value, the best World Series 686 00:34:28,920 --> 00:34:30,920 Speaker 4: player ever in the history of the game or something 687 00:34:31,480 --> 00:34:33,960 Speaker 4: by some crazy number. So it's pretty cool to get 688 00:34:34,000 --> 00:34:36,520 Speaker 4: to be able to play with that guy, be able 689 00:34:36,520 --> 00:34:39,440 Speaker 4: to be close and be decent friends with that guy, 690 00:34:39,520 --> 00:34:41,719 Speaker 4: and just be able to message him after the game 691 00:34:41,800 --> 00:34:44,600 Speaker 4: and congratulated and get a text back is a pretty 692 00:34:44,600 --> 00:34:47,480 Speaker 4: great feeling because he's a superstar and he's a legend. 693 00:34:47,520 --> 00:34:49,800 Speaker 4: You know, he's he's a pretty big name now so, 694 00:34:50,080 --> 00:34:51,799 Speaker 4: and he was a big name before he left it. Man, 695 00:34:51,880 --> 00:34:53,680 Speaker 4: he's he's made a really cool, a big name for 696 00:34:53,760 --> 00:34:54,600 Speaker 4: himself overall. 697 00:34:55,719 --> 00:34:58,520 Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean watching him round the base is it 698 00:34:58,760 --> 00:35:02,480 Speaker 3: it felt like a copy paste from any of his 699 00:35:02,680 --> 00:35:07,440 Speaker 3: Astros homers. He did the classic kind of fist thing here. 700 00:35:07,600 --> 00:35:09,440 Speaker 3: And then my favorite is when he just he like 701 00:35:09,560 --> 00:35:12,120 Speaker 3: locks his arms down and he just kind of sprints 702 00:35:12,480 --> 00:35:14,560 Speaker 3: like this with his arms just pointed straight down. He 703 00:35:14,600 --> 00:35:16,200 Speaker 3: gets so excited he doesn't know what to do with 704 00:35:16,280 --> 00:35:20,040 Speaker 3: his hands run around the bases. Seeing that a lot 705 00:35:20,200 --> 00:35:24,000 Speaker 3: in an Astros uniform. It was great to see him 706 00:35:24,040 --> 00:35:26,799 Speaker 3: do that for the It's also just great to see 707 00:35:27,960 --> 00:35:32,800 Speaker 3: a player have a resurgence like this after down years. 708 00:35:32,840 --> 00:35:35,120 Speaker 3: I mean, that's that's the best part about baseball, is 709 00:35:36,080 --> 00:35:40,040 Speaker 3: these things can happen. I mean, George Springer's thirty six 710 00:35:40,480 --> 00:35:44,640 Speaker 3: and just out of nowhere this year is having one 711 00:35:44,760 --> 00:35:48,600 Speaker 3: of the best seasons of his career of a career 712 00:35:48,680 --> 00:35:53,000 Speaker 3: that's already been really really good, and it's it's just 713 00:35:53,080 --> 00:35:56,799 Speaker 3: fun to see because you know, it's it's that kind 714 00:35:56,840 --> 00:35:59,799 Speaker 3: of poetic feeling when spring training hits and you can 715 00:36:00,200 --> 00:36:04,319 Speaker 3: dream on every player on every roster of like what if, 716 00:36:04,640 --> 00:36:06,920 Speaker 3: what if this is the year that they you know, 717 00:36:07,000 --> 00:36:09,640 Speaker 3: what if Jordan's healthy and he hits sixty home runs 718 00:36:09,680 --> 00:36:12,960 Speaker 3: this year? What if? What if Altuve has a renaissance 719 00:36:13,080 --> 00:36:15,800 Speaker 3: year like we just saw George Springer have, or you 720 00:36:15,840 --> 00:36:18,799 Speaker 3: know what if these Ricky's coming up can can reach 721 00:36:18,880 --> 00:36:21,600 Speaker 3: the level that you know these other guys have had, 722 00:36:21,880 --> 00:36:25,480 Speaker 3: And man it is it is fun to see George 723 00:36:25,520 --> 00:36:29,200 Speaker 3: Springer doing this this year. I'm very happy for him. 724 00:36:32,000 --> 00:36:35,040 Speaker 2: Again, I don't uh, I don't bet on baseball usually, 725 00:36:35,280 --> 00:36:36,080 Speaker 2: and I wouldn't. 726 00:36:36,400 --> 00:36:38,759 Speaker 1: I wouldn't endorse it. But if you want to. 727 00:36:40,920 --> 00:36:46,160 Speaker 2: Just validate everybody, but I would if I did bet, 728 00:36:46,400 --> 00:36:48,640 Speaker 2: I would certainly think that George Springer is gonna have 729 00:36:48,680 --> 00:36:52,839 Speaker 2: a pretty uh George Springers have a pretty sizable role, 730 00:36:53,600 --> 00:36:56,000 Speaker 2: especially as this series goes back to Dodger Stadium, a 731 00:36:56,120 --> 00:36:58,880 Speaker 2: place Josh that I know, Uh, George likes to hit. 732 00:36:59,200 --> 00:37:01,920 Speaker 2: He hits welldum. He's got good memories at Dodger Stadium 733 00:37:01,960 --> 00:37:02,640 Speaker 2: in the World Series. 734 00:37:02,680 --> 00:37:04,920 Speaker 4: So it didn't heat up until Game three of the 735 00:37:05,000 --> 00:37:06,440 Speaker 4: twenty seventeen year old series either. 736 00:37:06,680 --> 00:37:11,600 Speaker 2: So yeah, watch out watch So as always DraftKings, as 737 00:37:11,640 --> 00:37:13,680 Speaker 2: you covered for that if you'd like that, if or 738 00:37:13,800 --> 00:37:16,360 Speaker 2: if you want to put some action on the NFL 739 00:37:16,600 --> 00:37:18,800 Speaker 2: as we head into Monday Night Football and as we 740 00:37:18,880 --> 00:37:21,600 Speaker 2: head into next week, that can be your spot at DraftKings. 741 00:37:22,080 --> 00:37:24,520 Speaker 2: Football is back, and so is your shot at big wins. 742 00:37:24,719 --> 00:37:28,080 Speaker 2: With DraftKings Pick six, the official daily fantasy partner of 743 00:37:28,120 --> 00:37:31,160 Speaker 2: the NFL, your game day instincts can score you real 744 00:37:31,280 --> 00:37:34,520 Speaker 2: money fast. 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I think you'll see a little bit on 768 00:38:45,080 --> 00:38:48,040 Speaker 2: more on the coaching staff and maybe some movement towards 769 00:38:48,120 --> 00:38:50,600 Speaker 2: some names and who could possibly fill those roles once 770 00:38:50,640 --> 00:38:56,360 Speaker 2: the World Series is over. Okay, can you address that please, 771 00:38:56,880 --> 00:38:59,920 Speaker 2: since you you brought it up. Michael Brantley is hitting coach? 772 00:39:00,080 --> 00:39:00,480 Speaker 1: Yes or no? 773 00:39:01,160 --> 00:39:01,200 Speaker 2: No? 774 00:39:02,040 --> 00:39:07,680 Speaker 4: Okay, Mike are retired and is happy retired, trust me happy? Oh, 775 00:39:07,760 --> 00:39:09,480 Speaker 4: I know, as happy as Mike can be. 776 00:39:13,360 --> 00:39:13,520 Speaker 3: Uh. 777 00:39:14,719 --> 00:39:18,160 Speaker 2: Yeah, I think I think there's some Honestly, there's some 778 00:39:18,239 --> 00:39:20,680 Speaker 2: candidates right now that are still playing or that have 779 00:39:20,840 --> 00:39:23,160 Speaker 2: teams that are still playing in the World Series. There's 780 00:39:23,200 --> 00:39:25,799 Speaker 2: some people that maybe the ashers want to interview, they 781 00:39:25,840 --> 00:39:27,080 Speaker 2: want to look they want to look at and they 782 00:39:27,120 --> 00:39:30,239 Speaker 2: want to do a full holistic search. And honestly, there's 783 00:39:30,320 --> 00:39:33,440 Speaker 2: a handshake agreement between all the all the clubs in 784 00:39:33,520 --> 00:39:38,120 Speaker 2: baseball that you don't make any news during the playoffs, 785 00:39:38,480 --> 00:39:41,280 Speaker 2: like if there are if there are games happening, playoff 786 00:39:41,360 --> 00:39:44,760 Speaker 2: games happening. There's a handshake agreement across all the sport. 787 00:39:44,920 --> 00:39:46,880 Speaker 2: Like you known, other teams that are not in the playoffs, 788 00:39:46,960 --> 00:39:50,640 Speaker 2: like don't hold press conferences, they don't announce managers getting hired. 789 00:39:50,719 --> 00:39:53,839 Speaker 2: They don't announce guys like because they want to save 790 00:39:54,120 --> 00:39:56,400 Speaker 2: the World Series and the and the dual events to 791 00:39:56,480 --> 00:39:59,400 Speaker 2: be standalone things. So that's kind of why you haven't 792 00:39:59,440 --> 00:40:01,520 Speaker 2: seen much movement on anything. 793 00:40:02,760 --> 00:40:03,520 Speaker 1: Some breaking news. 794 00:40:03,560 --> 00:40:06,520 Speaker 2: The Orioles hired their manager tonight on a World Series 795 00:40:06,560 --> 00:40:08,680 Speaker 2: off day, So you can do it on an off day, 796 00:40:08,719 --> 00:40:11,520 Speaker 2: you can do it when there's no games. Craig Albernaz 797 00:40:11,600 --> 00:40:13,800 Speaker 2: is going to manage the Orioles. He was the associate 798 00:40:13,880 --> 00:40:16,439 Speaker 2: manager of the Guardians the last two years, very close 799 00:40:16,480 --> 00:40:19,160 Speaker 2: to Steven Vote, so he's going to manage the Orioles. 800 00:40:19,160 --> 00:40:21,000 Speaker 2: But they did that on an off day, and there 801 00:40:21,000 --> 00:40:24,319 Speaker 2: will not be a World Series off day until at 802 00:40:24,360 --> 00:40:28,800 Speaker 2: the very earliest well, I guess it could be Thursday, 803 00:40:28,880 --> 00:40:32,399 Speaker 2: but who knows. There's at least there's at least three 804 00:40:32,440 --> 00:40:35,239 Speaker 2: more games to be played in this World Series, so 805 00:40:35,560 --> 00:40:38,200 Speaker 2: I don't think you'll see much on the coaching staff 806 00:40:38,400 --> 00:40:41,279 Speaker 2: until the playoffs are over, and then after that we'll 807 00:40:41,320 --> 00:40:43,800 Speaker 2: roll into the GM meetings of the first weekend in November. 808 00:40:44,440 --> 00:40:47,240 Speaker 2: Dana Brown will be available both days and he should 809 00:40:47,360 --> 00:40:50,239 Speaker 2: give us a lot more insight on what their plans are. 810 00:40:50,360 --> 00:40:53,440 Speaker 2: They've probably solidified some sort of sketch of how they 811 00:40:53,480 --> 00:40:55,239 Speaker 2: want to navigate this offseason, what they want to do 812 00:40:55,320 --> 00:40:59,560 Speaker 2: with the roster, so a lot still to be determined, 813 00:40:59,640 --> 00:41:02,120 Speaker 2: but now just everybody's kind of in that waiting period. 814 00:41:02,120 --> 00:41:04,440 Speaker 2: They're gonna watch the World Series, see when it's over, 815 00:41:04,560 --> 00:41:07,919 Speaker 2: and then get to work. We will be back next week. 816 00:41:08,040 --> 00:41:11,480 Speaker 2: We will have a player guest on Wednesday, someone that 817 00:41:11,640 --> 00:41:13,799 Speaker 2: is doing some nice things in the Arizona Fall League, 818 00:41:14,120 --> 00:41:17,480 Speaker 2: So stay tuned for a player guest on Wednesday, and 819 00:41:17,560 --> 00:41:19,960 Speaker 2: then Josh will be back at some point next week 820 00:41:20,000 --> 00:41:22,800 Speaker 2: and we can talk about either World Series MVP George 821 00:41:22,840 --> 00:41:26,040 Speaker 2: Springer or World Series MVP yoshanob Yamamoto who. 822 00:41:26,000 --> 00:41:30,280 Speaker 3: Knows two friends of josh Reddick. 823 00:41:31,560 --> 00:41:34,399 Speaker 2: Until then, you can follow Josh at j reddub Deuce 824 00:41:34,480 --> 00:41:36,800 Speaker 2: and help that help that tweet get up into the 825 00:41:36,880 --> 00:41:41,799 Speaker 2: twenty millions of views. You can follow Tyler So how 826 00:41:41,840 --> 00:41:42,279 Speaker 2: many does it have? 827 00:41:42,400 --> 00:41:44,840 Speaker 4: Now? I know it's over ten, I don't know the 828 00:41:44,920 --> 00:41:47,000 Speaker 4: exact Now get it. 829 00:41:47,000 --> 00:41:50,240 Speaker 2: To twenty million. Follow Tyler on x A Tyler C Stafford. 830 00:41:50,280 --> 00:41:52,600 Speaker 2: You follow me at Chandler Underscore Room. As always, please 831 00:41:52,640 --> 00:41:55,480 Speaker 2: rate and review us on Apple and Spotify. You can 832 00:41:55,840 --> 00:41:59,520 Speaker 2: like uh, you can like the episodes there. You can 833 00:41:59,560 --> 00:42:02,120 Speaker 2: also pbscribe to the Crust Shitty Territory YouTube channel so 834 00:42:02,160 --> 00:42:04,759 Speaker 2: you can notified every time we post a new podcast. 835 00:42:05,600 --> 00:42:07,680 Speaker 1: We will be back as I said, next week. Until then, 836 00:42:07,760 --> 00:42:09,359 Speaker 1: thank you for listening and have a good night. 837 00:42:10,120 --> 00:42:12,880 Speaker 3: Hulla bulou play neck play neck. Bye