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Speaker 1: What's up?

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Speaker 2: Everybody?

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Speaker 1: Welcome into another edition of Crush City Territory channeler Roam

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Speaker 1: along with Tyler Stafford. Happy Fourth of July to everyone

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Speaker 1: that's listening. I hope you're outside popping fireworks with your children,

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Speaker 1: hanging by the pool, doing something fun. Tyler and I

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Speaker 1: are going to sit here and talk about the Colorado Rockies.

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Speaker 1: Great Fourth of July entertainment. Tyler, how did you enjoy

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Speaker 1: watching the Rockies for three games against the Astros.

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Speaker 2: Oh? I enjoyed it. They are a baseball team, It's fine.

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Speaker 2: I had the thought watching them that when your team

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Speaker 2: is good, unearned runs don't count. In your head, you

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Speaker 2: just go like, well, you know that happens. Sometimes you

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Speaker 2: push it off, and when your team is bad, all

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Speaker 2: you can think about are unearned runs and how you're

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Speaker 2: just giving games away. And that's what it must be

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Speaker 2: like for the forties seven Rockies fans who are watching

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Speaker 2: on TV regularly. So feel bad for them. I'm sure

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Speaker 2: you had some very normal responses to the Astras losing

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Speaker 2: a game to the Rockies. I'm sure nobody was weird

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Speaker 2: in your mentions about that.

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Speaker 1: Oh man, it was. Joe Spotto was manager of the

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Speaker 1: year going into that game, and he exited the game

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Speaker 1: as the next manager needs to be fired because some

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Speaker 1: guy named Jordan wims through a second inning against the

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Speaker 1: worst team in modern history before they go to Dodger Stadium,

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Speaker 1: almost like you want to keep his bulping fresh. Almost

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Speaker 1: like they knew they had won the series and they

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Speaker 1: were going to try everything they could to win that

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Speaker 1: game on the final game on Thursday, and they did.

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Speaker 1: Joe Spottle was pinch hinting, a ton of guys, pulled

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Speaker 1: a lot of levers at the end of the game,

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Speaker 1: got matchups he wanted, but they weren't going to They

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Speaker 1: weren't going to chase a win at the expense of

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Speaker 1: what they're looking at in the long term. And I

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Speaker 1: think this isn't active for people because this is like

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Speaker 1: last year. Their downfall last year was that they started

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Speaker 1: twelve and twenty four and so as a result of that,

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Speaker 1: Joe Spota had to chase wins from about early June

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Speaker 1: on just to get out of that hole, to get

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Speaker 1: back on top of the division. They ran their leverage

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Speaker 1: relievers into the ground, They ran a lot of their

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Speaker 1: position players into the ground. It was all two ve

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Speaker 1: fatigue toward the end of the season, a lot of

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Speaker 1: their guys that they just couldn't afford to either get

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Speaker 1: that because they had to win. The luxury of entering

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Speaker 1: yesterday's game eighteen games over five hundred and with a

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Speaker 1: seven game lead over the Mariners in the division is

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Speaker 1: I'm never gonna sit here and say that a team

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Speaker 1: goes into a game trying to lose. The Ashers did

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Speaker 1: not do that. They try to win every game they

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Speaker 1: put out there, but they are not going to do

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Speaker 1: it if it's going to jeopardize something. You know, maybe

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Speaker 1: for the three or four days Joe Spotta knew he's

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Speaker 1: going into Dodger Stadium with they don't have an They

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Speaker 1: did not have an off day. They they're playing six

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Speaker 1: games in a row. They had to use a good

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Speaker 1: bit of their bullpen at Course Field because you know, look,

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Speaker 1: the Rockies are abysmal, But the one thing that was

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Speaker 1: of that was the environment. They a ton of blue pits,

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Speaker 1: but give them credit. They chase Hunter Brown after six innings.

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Speaker 1: Colton Gordon believe, I believe only through five, so did

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Speaker 1: They did not want to go into Dodger Stadium down

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Speaker 1: all their leverage relievers, especially you know, everyone was very

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Speaker 1: very upset that, you know, Jordan Wiens pitched a second inning.

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Speaker 1: If the Ashers had the lead, I think Joe a

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Speaker 1: have gone to some some bigger names to try to

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Speaker 1: a tie game or a game they're losing, he's not

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Speaker 1: going to risk going to Hater or Bray, you king,

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Speaker 1: It is the blessing that the Astros have of being

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Speaker 1: also the curse of when you play for the Astros,

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Speaker 1: and when you've done what they've done for the past

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Speaker 2: I'll be honest. I was listening on the radio and

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Speaker 2: recognize that Jordan Williams was an Astros pitcher. I was

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Speaker 2: So congrats to Astros legend Jordan Williams, who I now

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Speaker 2: know plays for the Astros. So so good for him.

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Speaker 2: You get a series win, you get out of there.

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Speaker 2: You know. I had the thought this morning too. Uh

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Speaker 2: it's it's July fourth. Do you have any memorable star

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Speaker 1: Not particularly the President attended. I covered Alabama and Georgia

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Speaker 1: when they played in the National Championship at Mercedes Benz Stadium,

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Speaker 1: the one that Tua Tongue Bailoa hit DeVante Smith on

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Speaker 1: walked out during the national anthem. That was I guess.

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Speaker 1: Regardless of your political affiliation, it's pretty cool when the

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Speaker 1: I love O Canada. O Canada is a banger of

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Speaker 1: can I'm sure you can add some stuff here as

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Speaker 1: a musician. But we were in Canada last year for

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Speaker 2: My Uh, my knowledge of O Canada comes from this

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Speaker 2: probably is not a shock to you, but I have

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Speaker 2: a lot of parody songs that I sing to my

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Speaker 2: it so far. But yes, that's my that's my experience

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Speaker 2: with with O Canada. I have sung the national anthem

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Speaker 3: Uh.

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Speaker 2: And then one time I was a I was a

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Speaker 2: It's a hard song to sing.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, everyone always everyone always says that and explain to me, why,

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Speaker 2: So it's the range of it. So the like lowest

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Speaker 2: I'm glad we got that out of the way.

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Speaker 1: Are you a Klay Walker fan that they just like

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Speaker 1: keep bringing him out to international anthem for no reason?

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Speaker 2: I love that he's got a job eight eight games

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Speaker 2: it NRG or is that still the name?

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Speaker 1: I think they're trying to I think they're trying to move.

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Speaker 2: That took me longer to get than I'd like to

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Speaker 1: I for the longest time, I probably till college, didn't

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Speaker 2: We should just go down a list of all of

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Speaker 2: those types of things that took this way too long.

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Speaker 1: It's a I mean, everyone would certainly start to see

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Speaker 1: They're about to have the biggest one eighty turn in

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Speaker 1: maybe the history of baseball road trips. They are going

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Speaker 1: The defending World Series champions Los Angeles Dodgers that have

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Speaker 2: Be k Hernandez.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, key k. If key k gets into this series

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Speaker 1: he's pitched a good bit this year for the Dodgers.

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Speaker 1: It's pretty funny. We talk about how the Astros could

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Speaker 1: same questions as the Astros. You know, Ben Casparius is

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Speaker 1: followed by I believe Ryan Rableski and then their TBA

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Speaker 1: It's a little bit easier to explain when you can

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Speaker 1: just say, Hey, Rookie Betts, Freddie Freeman Show, Hey o Tani, Tiascar, Hernandez,

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Speaker 1: Max Montzy's hurt now. But they've got you know, obviously, look,

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Speaker 1: this is this is going to be the best team

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Speaker 1: that the Astros have played. Hunter Brown will not pitch

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Speaker 1: on Saturday opposite opener, show Hey Otani. What do you

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Speaker 1: expect to see for three games at Dodger Stadium.

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Speaker 2: I expect to see a whole lot of All Caps

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Speaker 1: second base and left field, so he's obviously enjoining Dhing.

434
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Speaker 1: So I wonder if they look to do that a

435
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Speaker 1: little bit more, especially with how long they think Jordan

436
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Speaker 1: is going to be out now at this latest setback.

437
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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, you're right, there's there's not a whole

438
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Speaker 2: lot of flexibility right now with everyone being injured. And

439
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Speaker 2: I'm sure as soon as we finish today, you're going

440
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Speaker 2: to tweet out some other injury that we we didn't know.

441
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Speaker 2: That seems to be your your you know, your your

442
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Speaker 2: standard operating procedure here as we finish a podcast and

443
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Speaker 2: then you get all your news, which is very rude

444
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Speaker 2: of you to not do it while we're recording. Uh,

445
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Speaker 2: but yeah, we'll we'll see. I mean, just get get

446
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Speaker 2: his bat in the lineup some way. We've I feel

447
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Speaker 2: like the past few times two V has played second,

448
00:23:58,480 --> 00:24:02,480
Speaker 2: there's been at least one play every game where I'm

449
00:24:02,520 --> 00:24:06,280
Speaker 2: assuming you're biting your tongue and not saying, let's see,

450
00:24:06,320 --> 00:24:08,160
Speaker 2: I told you this is why he's not playing second

451
00:24:08,200 --> 00:24:12,040
Speaker 2: base every day. But find a way to get him

452
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Speaker 2: in the lineup, and you know, you just you go

453
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Speaker 2: from there. You know, the sample sizers are still so

454
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Speaker 2: small that I'm not sure that it really makes that

455
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Speaker 2: much of a difference for his hitting where he's playing.

456
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Speaker 2: Like I don't I don't think he is like a

457
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Speaker 2: true talent one hundred ops points higher as a DH

458
00:24:33,320 --> 00:24:36,920
Speaker 2: than playing in the field. But you just you want

459
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Speaker 2: to get him out there however you can. So even

460
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Speaker 2: if that means doing what you did yesterday and starting

461
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Speaker 2: of a DH and then having to figure out how

462
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Speaker 2: to get through the rest of the game and having

463
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Speaker 2: him play second for an inning or two, you just

464
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Speaker 2: figure out ways to get your best guys in the

465
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Speaker 2: lineup every day.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, that was fun. At the end of the game,

467
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Speaker 1: Esuay was fun trying to follow along with the moves,

468
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Speaker 1: the pitcher spot was in the hole like Zach Short

469
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Speaker 1: was on deck when the game ended, and then in

470
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Speaker 1: the hole was the picture spot. And Sassar Salazar would

471
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Speaker 1: have hit, and that because he was the only position

472
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Speaker 1: player Joe had left.

473
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Speaker 2: Would he have Would Joe have let him hit even

474
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Speaker 2: if he was the only option?

475
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Speaker 1: Yes, yes, I mean Caleb Org was not going to hit.

476
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Speaker 1: Caleb Org was the picture that was. He's a large man.

477
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Speaker 1: I'd be a little petrified if he stepped in the

478
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Speaker 1: box that if I just like hung a breaking ball

479
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Speaker 1: or something, he could probably get a hold of it.

480
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Speaker 1: I mean, he's a big, strong man. But uh, Saysar

481
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Speaker 1: Salazar would have hit in that situation, and then Joe

482
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Speaker 1: would have been out of bench players and in course

483
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Speaker 1: field who the hell knows. Like that game could have

484
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Speaker 1: gone twelve thirteen innings and we could have seen a

485
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Speaker 1: position player or a pitcher hit. That would have been fun,

486
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Speaker 1: like I would have like which picture on this team

487
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Speaker 1: would you like to see hit? I like Lance, We've

488
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Speaker 1: seen Lance hit. Lance is out of it. Which which

489
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Speaker 1: other picture on this team would you like to see

490
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Speaker 1: taking it? Bat? I bet?

491
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Speaker 2: I bet Hunter Brown can have.

492
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Speaker 1: He did catch and he caught in high school. It

493
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Speaker 1: was his only offers. One of his only D one

494
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Speaker 1: offers out of high school is to be a bullpen

495
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Speaker 1: catcher at a D one school, So he would have

496
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Speaker 1: you know, he would have.

497
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Speaker 2: Had offers for bullpen catchers.

498
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Speaker 1: It was one of those like come, like, we'll promise

499
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Speaker 1: you a spot on the team, like maybe after your

500
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Speaker 1: freshman year, but like if you come and like are

501
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Speaker 1: a bullpen catcher and like around the team and like

502
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Speaker 1: help us out, like we can, we can help, we

503
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Speaker 1: can get you on and then I think that was

504
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Speaker 1: it was kind of a handshake agreement that if you come,

505
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Speaker 1: like you're maybe not ready right now, but we catch

506
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Speaker 1: a little bit and then and then we'll see where

507
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Speaker 1: we go from there.

508
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Speaker 2: Is that what Brockamanni's doing too? Are they? Are they

509
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Speaker 2: dangling that carrot in front of him for the last

510
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Speaker 2: twenty years, like, hey, you never know, we might we

511
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Speaker 2: might have you play.

512
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Speaker 1: I mean with the amount of injuries they have, Yes,

513
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Speaker 1: probably Brockamani remember in a twenty twenty in summer camp

514
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Speaker 1: when they were building up before the sixty game season,

515
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Speaker 1: like Brockamanni was playing the outfield in some of these

516
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Speaker 1: inner squad games, because like they had players that were

517
00:27:01,720 --> 00:27:04,440
Speaker 1: test positive and like couldn't show up, so like they

518
00:27:04,480 --> 00:27:08,720
Speaker 1: didn't have like enough guys on at minute, made to

519
00:27:08,800 --> 00:27:11,840
Speaker 1: like do a nine on nine like have a full lineup.

520
00:27:12,240 --> 00:27:14,800
Speaker 1: So like there were coaches playing the outfield, there were

521
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Speaker 1: coaches hitting, like Brockamanni was playing the outfield sometimes that

522
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Speaker 1: was a twenty twenty what a time they should.

523
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Speaker 2: Let They should let the managers hit. They're already in uniform.

524
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Speaker 2: Just let let a spot it get out there and

525
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Speaker 2: swing if he needs to. That that should count.

526
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Speaker 1: I would would that like inspire teams though to like

527
00:27:34,040 --> 00:27:34,840
Speaker 1: hire like.

528
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Speaker 2: They all already hire backup catchers anyway, that's every manager though.

529
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Speaker 1: Like yeah, like Creig Council could Creig Council is probably

530
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Speaker 1: the best hitting manager like out there.

531
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Speaker 2: Do you think he would still do his batting stance?

532
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Speaker 1: I hope, I hope. I mean that's why why would

533
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Speaker 1: you not. That's the only reason for him to hit.

534
00:27:52,800 --> 00:27:54,080
Speaker 1: That's the only reason I want to see him hit

535
00:27:54,119 --> 00:27:56,359
Speaker 1: is keep doing his batting stands. Be able to you

536
00:27:56,359 --> 00:27:59,280
Speaker 1: should be able to pick like one coach on staff

537
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Speaker 1: to hit if the game goes that that should be

538
00:28:01,280 --> 00:28:04,359
Speaker 1: the next rule change. If the game after the twelfth inning,

539
00:28:04,720 --> 00:28:07,320
Speaker 1: like someone on the coaching staff has to take in

540
00:28:07,359 --> 00:28:08,880
Speaker 1: it back, like to get us out of here.

541
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Speaker 2: Like agreed, if you're going to put them in uniform,

542
00:28:12,560 --> 00:28:13,840
Speaker 2: they should be allowed to play.

543
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Speaker 1: The Ashers would pick Alex Centrome, probably the best player

544
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Speaker 1: that they have on their on their coaching staff. The

545
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Speaker 1: hitting coach who surprisingly, Tyler's surprising that the hitting coaches

546
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Speaker 1: are good at their jobs.

547
00:28:25,080 --> 00:28:28,719
Speaker 2: Now, well, they started trying a month ago, which because

548
00:28:28,720 --> 00:28:31,960
Speaker 2: we yelled at him enough. Ye just like we fixed

549
00:28:32,000 --> 00:28:34,920
Speaker 2: the medical stuff, we also fixed the hitting coaches. It's

550
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Speaker 2: all us.

551
00:28:35,840 --> 00:28:38,720
Speaker 1: The hitting coaches told camp Smith to drive in runs

552
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Speaker 1: from the cleanup spot. They had not done that for

553
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Speaker 1: three months, and now camp Smith gets to the cleanup spot.

554
00:28:44,320 --> 00:28:46,560
Speaker 1: Here's from the hitting coaches. Hey, go drive in that run.

555
00:28:46,600 --> 00:28:50,840
Speaker 1: And he's doing it great, great job all around to everyone.

556
00:28:51,720 --> 00:28:55,120
Speaker 2: You know, he's he's good. Who camp Smith?

557
00:28:55,200 --> 00:28:58,600
Speaker 1: I'm aware, I don't know if you've been watching. I'm aware.

558
00:28:59,800 --> 00:29:04,320
Speaker 2: I know it is a bit, but he's he's really good.

559
00:29:04,600 --> 00:29:07,440
Speaker 1: Did you see? So I'm not bringing it up to

560
00:29:07,800 --> 00:29:09,760
Speaker 1: I'm bringing it up to so we can look at

561
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Speaker 1: what he did after because again you're judging cam Smith

562
00:29:13,280 --> 00:29:15,840
Speaker 1: by how he responds to failure. That's that's kind of

563
00:29:15,920 --> 00:29:17,120
Speaker 1: priority number one as well.

564
00:29:17,160 --> 00:29:19,040
Speaker 2: I'll let you know when he fails, let me know.

565
00:29:19,320 --> 00:29:22,479
Speaker 1: So yesterday the Mickey Moniac triple. That ball was one

566
00:29:22,560 --> 00:29:24,920
Speaker 1: hundred and twelve off the bat. It's really hard to

567
00:29:25,000 --> 00:29:27,640
Speaker 1: read balls in the outfield at course field, no matter what,

568
00:29:27,840 --> 00:29:31,400
Speaker 1: especially when the sun's out. A bad read by cam Smith,

569
00:29:31,400 --> 00:29:33,880
Speaker 1: that ball gets past him. But to watch him recover,

570
00:29:34,160 --> 00:29:37,560
Speaker 1: to watch him throw accurately to the cutoff man Mauricio

571
00:29:37,680 --> 00:29:40,560
Speaker 1: Dubon low too, because that's one thing they've been working

572
00:29:40,560 --> 00:29:43,520
Speaker 1: with Cam Smith on. He's got a huge throwing arm

573
00:29:43,520 --> 00:29:45,520
Speaker 1: and he knows it, but he's got to hit the

574
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Speaker 1: cutoff man. And when he hits the cutoff man, the

575
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Speaker 1: throw has to be low. Because he has a tendency

576
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Speaker 1: to sail his throws. His throws can get high. That

577
00:29:53,680 --> 00:29:56,520
Speaker 1: you know, makes extra movement for the cutoff man, who

578
00:29:56,560 --> 00:29:59,520
Speaker 1: can't just go right into a relay. Hit Dubon with

579
00:29:59,560 --> 00:30:02,840
Speaker 1: a beautiful relay, throw right in his chest. Dubon turn around.

580
00:30:03,080 --> 00:30:05,640
Speaker 1: They do a beautiful relay, execute it, throw out the

581
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Speaker 1: runner at home. I get two runs scored after that.

582
00:30:07,760 --> 00:30:11,280
Speaker 1: But that was good to see a kid that again

583
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Speaker 1: is playing a position that he only started playing in

584
00:30:13,160 --> 00:30:16,240
Speaker 1: spring training, hasn't been out there much in a really

585
00:30:16,320 --> 00:30:19,440
Speaker 1: tough outfield at a in a close game, you know,

586
00:30:19,560 --> 00:30:23,440
Speaker 1: was able to put that aside. He was able to

587
00:30:23,440 --> 00:30:27,360
Speaker 1: put aside, you know, not reading that ball. Well did

588
00:30:27,400 --> 00:30:29,560
Speaker 1: something that they've been working with him on, keeping his

589
00:30:29,640 --> 00:30:31,320
Speaker 1: throws low, and they got to run around at home

590
00:30:31,360 --> 00:30:34,080
Speaker 1: play that. That was the most impressive thing maybe I

591
00:30:34,120 --> 00:30:37,040
Speaker 1: saw not hitting from camp Smith this weekend.

592
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Speaker 2: Well then he got his own fake triple, so it

593
00:30:39,760 --> 00:30:40,880
Speaker 2: evened out, you know.

594
00:30:41,400 --> 00:30:45,800
Speaker 1: So it all worked out. Catch probability on that.

595
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Speaker 2: All I see is a screaming triple into the outfield

596
00:30:50,680 --> 00:30:51,160
Speaker 2: way to go.

597
00:30:51,400 --> 00:30:53,160
Speaker 1: I was waiting on him to homer and it last

598
00:30:53,160 --> 00:30:55,040
Speaker 1: at that it was going to be a cycle and

599
00:30:55,040 --> 00:30:57,200
Speaker 1: we're gonna have to, like, we're gonna have to we

600
00:30:57,280 --> 00:30:59,360
Speaker 1: have to explain that that triple to a lot of people.

601
00:30:59,640 --> 00:31:03,560
Speaker 2: How did you celebrate Christian Walker extending his hitting streak

602
00:31:03,680 --> 00:31:08,080
Speaker 2: against the Colorado Rockies, because they brought that up just

603
00:31:08,080 --> 00:31:10,960
Speaker 2: about every time he came up to bat, as if

604
00:31:11,000 --> 00:31:13,400
Speaker 2: that were a stat that any of us cared about.

605
00:31:13,680 --> 00:31:18,480
Speaker 2: T cam Blum did, Yes, I bet they mentioned it

606
00:31:18,640 --> 00:31:21,280
Speaker 2: a dozen times this series that he has a twenty

607
00:31:21,320 --> 00:31:23,920
Speaker 2: one game hitting streak against the Colorado Rockies.

608
00:31:24,160 --> 00:31:26,640
Speaker 1: They gotta they gotta protect the brand. I get it,

609
00:31:26,920 --> 00:31:29,200
Speaker 1: I get it. We all gotta we all gotta eat,

610
00:31:29,280 --> 00:31:31,120
Speaker 1: we all gotta do things, we all got to do

611
00:31:31,160 --> 00:31:34,720
Speaker 1: things differently. But yeah, he had some. I mean, look,

612
00:31:34,760 --> 00:31:37,200
Speaker 1: he the first game, like he had three hits, like

613
00:31:37,480 --> 00:31:39,880
Speaker 1: pulled the ball a couple of times. I mean that

614
00:31:40,640 --> 00:31:42,840
Speaker 1: it was encouraging the first game, but that's been the

615
00:31:42,840 --> 00:31:46,760
Speaker 1: problem with Christian Walker all season. You'll see an encouraging game,

616
00:31:46,840 --> 00:31:49,600
Speaker 1: You'll see an encouraging stretch of ten at bats, and

617
00:31:49,640 --> 00:31:53,000
Speaker 1: then the next fifty or just you're like, what happened?

618
00:31:53,080 --> 00:31:56,440
Speaker 1: The consistency is just not there. And then the bat

619
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Speaker 1: spikes this series were ferocious. He had some. Look, it's

620
00:32:01,800 --> 00:32:04,760
Speaker 1: pretty well known by now Christian Walker is wearing every

621
00:32:04,800 --> 00:32:07,600
Speaker 1: emotion that this season is is wreaking on him. He

622
00:32:07,720 --> 00:32:10,880
Speaker 1: is wearing it like you can see it. The bat spikes,

623
00:32:11,040 --> 00:32:14,680
Speaker 1: the staring at the umpire, the slow walk back to

624
00:32:14,720 --> 00:32:18,360
Speaker 1: the dugout. This weekend or this week in Colorado, there

625
00:32:18,400 --> 00:32:20,400
Speaker 1: were a couple of bat spikes that were that were

626
00:32:20,440 --> 00:32:23,280
Speaker 1: pretty righteous. I don't know if I doubt Space City

627
00:32:23,280 --> 00:32:26,160
Speaker 1: Home Network showed them on the on the broadcast, but

628
00:32:26,920 --> 00:32:32,600
Speaker 1: it was again, I feel for the guy. He's he's working,

629
00:32:32,880 --> 00:32:36,560
Speaker 1: he's trying. It's just it's not there consistently right now.

630
00:32:36,600 --> 00:32:39,000
Speaker 1: And who knows, maybe the All Star break will be

631
00:32:39,040 --> 00:32:41,960
Speaker 1: what he needs, but it's it's rough to watch.

632
00:32:42,200 --> 00:32:44,880
Speaker 2: Well, the air is so much thinner, so the bat

633
00:32:44,920 --> 00:32:47,560
Speaker 2: spikes look cooler because you can throw it through the

634
00:32:47,600 --> 00:32:50,680
Speaker 2: air a lot faster. So he got a lot of

635
00:32:50,680 --> 00:32:53,440
Speaker 2: practice in this week. But I mean, apparently all he

636
00:32:53,480 --> 00:32:55,320
Speaker 2: has to do is play the Rockies. I mean, he

637
00:32:55,720 --> 00:32:58,720
Speaker 2: can't stop hitting against him. He is is the lou

638
00:32:58,840 --> 00:33:03,320
Speaker 2: garry of players against the Rockies right now.

639
00:33:03,680 --> 00:33:06,440
Speaker 1: That bodes well for the Astros World Series hopes because

640
00:33:06,880 --> 00:33:10,440
Speaker 1: because Astra's Rockies World Series is going to feed families, and.

641
00:33:10,280 --> 00:33:13,040
Speaker 2: I don't think they're mathematically eliminated. If they go off

642
00:33:13,360 --> 00:33:16,160
Speaker 2: sixty or seventy wins in a row, they could be there.

643
00:33:16,480 --> 00:33:18,480
Speaker 1: I think I have faith. I have faith. They have

644
00:33:18,520 --> 00:33:21,880
Speaker 1: a nice little bullpen. They have a lineup that exceeded

645
00:33:21,880 --> 00:33:24,880
Speaker 1: my expectations, but granted my expectations were.

646
00:33:25,520 --> 00:33:28,440
Speaker 2: In they're only thirty five and a half back on

647
00:33:28,560 --> 00:33:31,160
Speaker 2: July fourth. They they've got time to make it up.

648
00:33:31,480 --> 00:33:34,959
Speaker 1: You can, you can inspire. Warren Schaffers are interim manager.

649
00:33:35,040 --> 00:33:36,680
Speaker 1: I don't know if you'd ever heard his name before

650
00:33:36,880 --> 00:33:40,840
Speaker 1: just five seconds ago. You know, young guy, full of energy,

651
00:33:40,840 --> 00:33:43,120
Speaker 1: full of life. Maybe he can rile the boys up

652
00:33:43,160 --> 00:33:43,960
Speaker 1: on the fourth of July.

653
00:33:44,600 --> 00:33:49,400
Speaker 2: I assume that that's Astro's legend, Jordan Schaeffer's cousin or something.

654
00:33:49,640 --> 00:33:51,800
Speaker 1: I don't believe, so I think it's just another random

655
00:33:52,200 --> 00:33:55,400
Speaker 1: It's too bad. It's tough. We did get to see

656
00:33:55,400 --> 00:33:59,160
Speaker 1: a milestone on Wednesday night at course Field for Josel

657
00:33:59,200 --> 00:34:01,440
Speaker 1: two by another mile stone in a career full of them.

658
00:34:01,440 --> 00:34:05,320
Speaker 1: And we will talk about Al Tuvey and his earnest

659
00:34:05,360 --> 00:34:07,640
Speaker 1: pursuit of three thousand hits. Right after a message from

660
00:34:07,640 --> 00:34:08,040
Speaker 1: our friends of.

661
00:34:08,040 --> 00:34:10,560
Speaker 5: Oil Territory, We're gonna take you through the latest card

662
00:34:10,600 --> 00:34:13,720
Speaker 5: that I pulled in my arena club slab pack Aja,

663
00:34:14,000 --> 00:34:14,920
Speaker 5: And here it is.

664
00:34:15,000 --> 00:34:16,960
Speaker 6: I pulled a Jared Jones card.

665
00:34:17,120 --> 00:34:19,800
Speaker 5: So Jared Jones is going to be out for a minute,

666
00:34:19,840 --> 00:34:22,000
Speaker 5: but I'm gonna hold onto this one for the long term.

667
00:34:22,040 --> 00:34:23,840
Speaker 6: He was nasty in his rookie season.

668
00:34:25,000 --> 00:34:27,440
Speaker 3: Agreed this is a great card to pull. It's gonna

669
00:34:27,440 --> 00:34:29,640
Speaker 3: go up in value once he comes back because this

670
00:34:29,680 --> 00:34:32,960
Speaker 3: guy dealt in his rookie season, gets punch outs, he

671
00:34:33,000 --> 00:34:35,440
Speaker 3: gives the innings. Once he's backs got you're in it

672
00:34:35,440 --> 00:34:38,120
Speaker 3: for the long term. Don't give up on Jared Jones

673
00:34:38,239 --> 00:34:39,760
Speaker 3: or this card you got from Arina Club.

674
00:34:40,520 --> 00:34:43,040
Speaker 5: Yep, there it is. That's how you pull a slab

675
00:34:43,080 --> 00:34:46,120
Speaker 5: pack card. It's very cool. It's all fancy and digital.

676
00:34:46,160 --> 00:34:48,200
Speaker 5: You can get it sent to you physically, and if

677
00:34:48,200 --> 00:34:50,279
Speaker 5: you want to sell it right back to Arena Club,

678
00:34:50,320 --> 00:34:52,320
Speaker 5: you can do that with their buyback option right away,

679
00:34:52,440 --> 00:34:54,399
Speaker 5: or you can hold it right now. You can get

680
00:34:54,400 --> 00:34:57,200
Speaker 5: twenty percent off your first slab pack or card purchase.

681
00:34:57,480 --> 00:35:00,200
Speaker 5: Just go to Arena Club dot com slash fou. I'll

682
00:35:00,600 --> 00:35:03,160
Speaker 5: use code foul. You've been talking about Arena Club all

683
00:35:03,200 --> 00:35:05,880
Speaker 5: season long because they dominate the hobby.

684
00:35:05,920 --> 00:35:08,120
Speaker 6: If you buy, sell, trade, collect, go for it.

685
00:35:10,600 --> 00:35:13,120
Speaker 1: So, Tyler, will you remember where you were when Josel

686
00:35:13,200 --> 00:35:15,920
Speaker 1: Tuve got his two thy, three hundred and fifteenth hit

687
00:35:17,320 --> 00:35:19,680
Speaker 1: of his major league career to pass Jeff Bagwell for

688
00:35:19,800 --> 00:35:21,399
Speaker 1: second on the Astros all time list.

689
00:35:22,000 --> 00:35:25,160
Speaker 2: Yes, only because I was changing a diaper at the time,

690
00:35:25,960 --> 00:35:30,160
Speaker 2: so that will be that will be seared in so

691
00:35:30,360 --> 00:35:34,839
Speaker 2: I'll remember that very clearly. But look, good for him. Man.

692
00:35:34,920 --> 00:35:39,800
Speaker 2: It's also crazy that he has two thousand or three

693
00:35:39,880 --> 00:35:42,520
Speaker 2: hundred and fifteen hits in an Astros uniform and that

694
00:35:42,800 --> 00:35:45,960
Speaker 2: just now put him into second in an Astros uniform.

695
00:35:46,040 --> 00:35:48,680
Speaker 2: I mean, the Astros have had a couple of legends

696
00:35:48,760 --> 00:35:54,840
Speaker 2: play their entire careers for the Astros, so pretty crazy

697
00:35:55,600 --> 00:35:59,880
Speaker 2: to still be that far behind the team lead and hits.

698
00:36:01,200 --> 00:36:05,399
Speaker 2: Look he's hugging away, he's he's getting there. But yeah,

699
00:36:05,760 --> 00:36:08,320
Speaker 2: great for Altuve. I was that was fun to watch.

700
00:36:09,000 --> 00:36:11,680
Speaker 1: Of course, it was a first pitch hit that got him,

701
00:36:11,880 --> 00:36:14,120
Speaker 1: that got him to pass Jeff Bago. He has five

702
00:36:14,200 --> 00:36:16,480
Speaker 1: hundred and sixty two first pitch hits in his career,

703
00:36:16,600 --> 00:36:18,839
Speaker 1: which is the most of any active player by about

704
00:36:18,880 --> 00:36:21,839
Speaker 1: one hundred. Of course it had to be that way.

705
00:36:22,560 --> 00:36:26,120
Speaker 1: He got two more hits on Thursday, which means he

706
00:36:26,200 --> 00:36:29,600
Speaker 1: is at two thousand, three hundred and seventeen hits. He

707
00:36:29,719 --> 00:36:32,400
Speaker 1: is in sole possession of second place on the Astros

708
00:36:32,440 --> 00:36:35,200
Speaker 1: all time hit list. There's only one guy ahead of him,

709
00:36:35,280 --> 00:36:37,960
Speaker 1: and there's only one number for him left to really

710
00:36:38,000 --> 00:36:40,440
Speaker 1: reach and the way I viewed it taylerand kind of

711
00:36:40,440 --> 00:36:44,200
Speaker 1: the way I wrote it this week is this now

712
00:36:44,360 --> 00:36:49,439
Speaker 1: begins the three thousand chase in Earnest, Like, I don't

713
00:36:49,480 --> 00:36:51,680
Speaker 1: think they're gonna have signs in the ballpark counting it

714
00:36:51,760 --> 00:36:54,239
Speaker 1: down yet. I don't think that's coming for another couple

715
00:36:54,239 --> 00:36:56,000
Speaker 1: of years. But he has to get to at least

716
00:36:56,000 --> 00:36:58,880
Speaker 1: twenty five hundred, maybe before that. But at this point,

717
00:36:58,920 --> 00:37:01,760
Speaker 1: like there is nothing left for him. There's there's nothing

718
00:37:01,840 --> 00:37:03,319
Speaker 1: left for Al two. Ba'd be like, oh, I self

719
00:37:03,400 --> 00:37:04,520
Speaker 1: to get to this guy, I have to get like

720
00:37:05,320 --> 00:37:09,799
Speaker 1: Vigio and three thousand is it. And it'll be really

721
00:37:09,840 --> 00:37:12,000
Speaker 1: fascinating to see how this plays out if you if

722
00:37:12,000 --> 00:37:15,399
Speaker 1: you're into the on pace game. Al Twovey is on

723
00:37:15,560 --> 00:37:19,000
Speaker 1: pace this season for one hundred and fifty six hits. Now.

724
00:37:19,040 --> 00:37:20,879
Speaker 1: He had one hundred and eighty five hits last year.

725
00:37:21,040 --> 00:37:24,600
Speaker 1: It doing on pace anything with Al Twovey is foolish

726
00:37:24,640 --> 00:37:28,719
Speaker 1: because he's just a unicorn that exceeds any expectations, that

727
00:37:28,760 --> 00:37:33,120
Speaker 1: defies any logic or convention. He makes a living out of,

728
00:37:33,320 --> 00:37:37,239
Speaker 1: you know, defying expectations. So but let's play the game.

729
00:37:37,280 --> 00:37:39,320
Speaker 1: He's on pace for one hundred and fifty six hits.

730
00:37:39,960 --> 00:37:42,400
Speaker 1: He's got four more years on his contract after this one.

731
00:37:43,360 --> 00:37:47,319
Speaker 1: If all he does is match that on pace. If

732
00:37:47,360 --> 00:37:50,440
Speaker 1: he goes one hundred and fifty six hits the next

733
00:37:51,080 --> 00:37:53,400
Speaker 1: four years after this one and finishes this year with

734
00:37:53,400 --> 00:37:56,600
Speaker 1: one hundred and fifty six hits, he would it would

735
00:37:57,000 --> 00:37:59,359
Speaker 1: he would have three thousand hits. He would be right

736
00:37:59,400 --> 00:38:03,040
Speaker 1: at I believe three thousand ninety four, maybe thirty one

737
00:38:03,080 --> 00:38:07,080
Speaker 1: hundred in my math's not great, but it's due. It's there.

738
00:38:07,520 --> 00:38:10,840
Speaker 1: It's there for him. All it is now is staying healthy.

739
00:38:11,400 --> 00:38:14,200
Speaker 1: It's we have seen. Look, we have seen the aging

740
00:38:14,280 --> 00:38:17,160
Speaker 1: process maybe start to take its toll on al Tuova

741
00:38:17,320 --> 00:38:20,239
Speaker 1: this season, and I don't think it's been drastic. I

742
00:38:20,239 --> 00:38:22,319
Speaker 1: don't think it's been something that we have watched him

743
00:38:22,360 --> 00:38:24,920
Speaker 1: We're like, wow, we're watching a player in decline. He

744
00:38:25,040 --> 00:38:28,680
Speaker 1: is certainly not what he was twenty seventeen, twenty eighteen,

745
00:38:28,760 --> 00:38:32,279
Speaker 1: twenty nineteen, but he is not by any means like

746
00:38:32,360 --> 00:38:35,759
Speaker 1: a they're running him out there for Noah, Like it's

747
00:38:35,800 --> 00:38:39,920
Speaker 1: not terrible, but he certainly is starting to show some

748
00:38:40,040 --> 00:38:42,719
Speaker 1: signs that age is coming. Age is always going to

749
00:38:42,800 --> 00:38:46,520
Speaker 1: come for everybody. But he's on pace to do this,

750
00:38:46,920 --> 00:38:48,840
Speaker 1: and he can if he can do it before the

751
00:38:48,960 --> 00:38:52,160
Speaker 1: end of this contract, which I think that was everyone's intention.

752
00:38:52,239 --> 00:38:55,239
Speaker 1: Scott Morris said it when they gave when they negotiated

753
00:38:55,280 --> 00:38:58,000
Speaker 1: this contract, that they negotiated it with three thousand hits

754
00:38:58,040 --> 00:39:01,200
Speaker 1: in mind. And now the numbers are that, you can

755
00:39:01,239 --> 00:39:04,040
Speaker 1: start doing the math. You can start kind of charting

756
00:39:04,040 --> 00:39:06,360
Speaker 1: it out what he needs to do to get to

757
00:39:06,360 --> 00:39:07,360
Speaker 1: three thousand hits.

758
00:39:07,840 --> 00:39:12,560
Speaker 2: Look, Dodger Stadium just celebrated three thousand, so he could

759
00:39:12,560 --> 00:39:15,879
Speaker 2: get really hot this weekend and maybe knock out six

760
00:39:15,960 --> 00:39:19,600
Speaker 2: seven hundred hits and get there this weekend. They've already

761
00:39:19,600 --> 00:39:22,960
Speaker 2: got all the three thousand merch ready to go for Kershaw,

762
00:39:23,520 --> 00:39:27,600
Speaker 2: so just switch it on over for Altuve. But yeah,

763
00:39:27,600 --> 00:39:30,359
Speaker 2: I mean Altwov is one of those guys that even

764
00:39:30,440 --> 00:39:35,200
Speaker 2: with aging, he's gonna get hits, like that's just what

765
00:39:35,280 --> 00:39:40,880
Speaker 2: he does. His bat toball skills are unprecedented. You know that.

766
00:39:41,680 --> 00:39:45,839
Speaker 2: It does just seem like a volume issue of how

767
00:39:45,840 --> 00:39:47,959
Speaker 2: many games is he gonna play because he's gonna get hits.

768
00:39:48,120 --> 00:39:51,160
Speaker 2: He just is. There's a there seems to be a

769
00:39:51,200 --> 00:39:54,840
Speaker 2: floor for al Tuove of you know, the number of

770
00:39:54,920 --> 00:39:57,719
Speaker 2: hits he's gonna have in a season, partly because he

771
00:39:57,760 --> 00:40:00,000
Speaker 2: doesn't walk a ton, although he's walking more this year

772
00:40:00,760 --> 00:40:06,920
Speaker 2: than normal. But you know, yeah, it's hard not to

773
00:40:07,080 --> 00:40:10,399
Speaker 2: just kind of start the countdown in your head of all, right,

774
00:40:10,440 --> 00:40:13,359
Speaker 2: he's he's on track. He's he's going to get there

775
00:40:13,360 --> 00:40:16,680
Speaker 2: at some point. I mean, you take that with a

776
00:40:16,760 --> 00:40:19,920
Speaker 2: huge grain of salt. You know, you could certainly get

777
00:40:20,000 --> 00:40:23,200
Speaker 2: injured and miss a year, and that could could really

778
00:40:23,239 --> 00:40:27,680
Speaker 2: set you back. But provided that he is healthy, I

779
00:40:27,719 --> 00:40:30,799
Speaker 2: don't see any reason that he doesn't get there at

780
00:40:30,800 --> 00:40:31,200
Speaker 2: some point.

781
00:40:31,640 --> 00:40:34,600
Speaker 1: Yeah, and remember he's doing this. He's still on pace

782
00:40:34,800 --> 00:40:38,919
Speaker 1: to get three thousand hits, even after missing fifty three

783
00:40:38,960 --> 00:40:41,200
Speaker 1: games to start the twenty twenty three season when he

784
00:40:41,239 --> 00:40:45,120
Speaker 1: fractured his thumb in the WBC. The sixty game season

785
00:40:45,120 --> 00:40:48,319
Speaker 1: in twenty twenty put a lot of people's pursuits of

786
00:40:48,360 --> 00:40:51,759
Speaker 1: records in peril. But I mean, Alta Vey has overcome that.

787
00:40:51,840 --> 00:40:55,399
Speaker 1: I mean he's going he's going to need some kind

788
00:40:55,440 --> 00:40:58,080
Speaker 1: of outlier season, I think, because is he going to

789
00:40:58,080 --> 00:41:00,480
Speaker 1: get one hundred and fifty six hits identical for the

790
00:41:00,480 --> 00:41:02,759
Speaker 1: next four years. I'm not sure. He's probably going to

791
00:41:02,800 --> 00:41:06,120
Speaker 1: have to exceed that number in a couple of seasons.

792
00:41:06,160 --> 00:41:08,359
Speaker 1: But I mean, this is a guy. Last year, like

793
00:41:08,360 --> 00:41:10,279
Speaker 1: we just talked about it, last season, he finished with

794
00:41:10,280 --> 00:41:12,839
Speaker 1: one hundred and eighty five hits. In twenty twenty one,

795
00:41:12,880 --> 00:41:14,640
Speaker 1: he finished with one hundred and sixty seven. He has

796
00:41:14,680 --> 00:41:17,080
Speaker 1: not finished with fewer than one hundred and fifty six

797
00:41:17,160 --> 00:41:19,759
Speaker 1: hits in a healthy one hundred and sixty two game

798
00:41:19,840 --> 00:41:25,640
Speaker 1: season since twenty nineteen. So he it's there. Like every

799
00:41:27,120 --> 00:41:29,360
Speaker 1: part of his track record, every part of the president

800
00:41:29,400 --> 00:41:32,439
Speaker 1: he has set says that he should get to three

801
00:41:32,480 --> 00:41:36,200
Speaker 1: thousand hits. Not easily, because it's never easy to do this,

802
00:41:36,360 --> 00:41:40,320
Speaker 1: but it is well within his reach. Again, provided health

803
00:41:40,440 --> 00:41:43,200
Speaker 1: and provided that the owners don't lock out the players

804
00:41:43,239 --> 00:41:46,000
Speaker 1: again in two years and we miss games as part

805
00:41:46,000 --> 00:41:47,000
Speaker 1: of a labor dispute.

806
00:41:47,480 --> 00:41:51,080
Speaker 2: And look, if you need some sort of encouragement for

807
00:41:51,239 --> 00:41:56,400
Speaker 2: a you know, late thirties astros legend putting up an

808
00:41:56,400 --> 00:42:00,239
Speaker 2: outlier season, look no further than Toronto, where George Bringer

809
00:42:00,360 --> 00:42:03,080
Speaker 2: has a one forty five ops plus this year as

810
00:42:03,080 --> 00:42:06,520
Speaker 2: a thirty five year old. So these guys haven't in him.

811
00:42:06,560 --> 00:42:10,080
Speaker 2: You know, there's nothing to say that Altu Bea doesn't

812
00:42:10,160 --> 00:42:13,040
Speaker 2: just have a four month hot streak in a season

813
00:42:13,120 --> 00:42:17,160
Speaker 2: and has a season where he hits three fifteen again

814
00:42:17,280 --> 00:42:20,399
Speaker 2: and puts up a ton more hits. So it's it's

815
00:42:20,440 --> 00:42:22,439
Speaker 2: certainly possible. It's it's in there.

816
00:42:23,120 --> 00:42:25,640
Speaker 1: I'm curious because I wasn't around for this, and it's

817
00:42:25,640 --> 00:42:28,080
Speaker 1: probably the only parallel we have to the situation that's

818
00:42:28,120 --> 00:42:32,000
Speaker 1: going on. What was Bigio's pursuit like toward the end,

819
00:42:32,080 --> 00:42:35,839
Speaker 1: and because obviously, like by the end, Craig was I mean,

820
00:42:35,880 --> 00:42:37,560
Speaker 1: we talked about this one did the All Century team?

821
00:42:37,640 --> 00:42:40,919
Speaker 1: Like he was? He was pretty past his prime toward

822
00:42:40,960 --> 00:42:42,520
Speaker 1: the end, and it was I don't want to say

823
00:42:42,560 --> 00:42:44,920
Speaker 1: hanging on just for three thousand hits, but that was

824
00:42:44,960 --> 00:42:47,000
Speaker 1: something that he was obviously chasing. What was it like

825
00:42:47,160 --> 00:42:49,520
Speaker 1: watching that? And do you think we're in for a

826
00:42:49,600 --> 00:42:51,320
Speaker 1: similar situation with Altuove?

827
00:42:52,080 --> 00:42:56,720
Speaker 2: So I was too young to know that Craig Biggio

828
00:42:56,880 --> 00:43:00,200
Speaker 2: was bad at the end, you know, I was. I

829
00:43:00,239 --> 00:43:03,359
Speaker 2: was like twelve when he got his three thousand hit,

830
00:43:03,800 --> 00:43:06,480
Speaker 2: So all I knew was like this guy that I've

831
00:43:06,520 --> 00:43:09,600
Speaker 2: watched my whole life, who's awesome, is still out there

832
00:43:10,520 --> 00:43:12,960
Speaker 2: getting hits, you know, Like I mean, I was aware

833
00:43:13,000 --> 00:43:17,799
Speaker 2: that he wasn't the best player in baseball. But you know,

834
00:43:17,880 --> 00:43:20,560
Speaker 2: I think there's a lot of narrative of like, oh,

835
00:43:20,640 --> 00:43:23,440
Speaker 2: you know, he was just hanging on for this and

836
00:43:23,480 --> 00:43:26,560
Speaker 2: the Astros were doing him a favor, which you know

837
00:43:26,880 --> 00:43:30,680
Speaker 2: is true. But I did not feel that. All I

838
00:43:30,719 --> 00:43:35,759
Speaker 2: felt was that countdown, and so I was very invested.

839
00:43:35,840 --> 00:43:37,600
Speaker 2: I mean, there was an article like every day in

840
00:43:37,640 --> 00:43:40,520
Speaker 2: the paper that I was reading about how many hits

841
00:43:40,520 --> 00:43:47,080
Speaker 2: away he was. We actually were at the cabin in Colorado,

842
00:43:47,440 --> 00:43:52,920
Speaker 2: so I remember watching that game in Colorado when he

843
00:43:52,960 --> 00:43:58,040
Speaker 2: got his three thousand hit, and we also were offered

844
00:43:58,040 --> 00:44:02,239
Speaker 2: tickets for that game. My dad was a pastor growing up,

845
00:44:02,280 --> 00:44:06,920
Speaker 2: and he wore enough Astro stuff from the pulpit that

846
00:44:06,960 --> 00:44:10,120
Speaker 2: people would give him tickets every once in a while.

847
00:44:10,520 --> 00:44:14,080
Speaker 2: Somebody offered us tickets to that game. We were not there,

848
00:44:14,840 --> 00:44:17,920
Speaker 2: we were in Colorado, but could have been there, that

849
00:44:17,920 --> 00:44:18,680
Speaker 2: would have been cool.

850
00:44:19,480 --> 00:44:21,479
Speaker 1: But he hit it against the Rockies too, did.

851
00:44:21,960 --> 00:44:24,480
Speaker 2: Yeah, we were watching and that's the only way we

852
00:44:24,480 --> 00:44:26,600
Speaker 2: were able to watch it too, because this was pre

853
00:44:27,640 --> 00:44:30,080
Speaker 2: internet streaming, so we were able to just watch it

854
00:44:30,160 --> 00:44:32,560
Speaker 2: on the cable that was in so we were watching

855
00:44:32,560 --> 00:44:38,520
Speaker 2: it on the Rockies broadcast weirdly enough. But yeah, I

856
00:44:38,560 --> 00:44:43,279
Speaker 2: mean I was. I was very excited watching, and I

857
00:44:43,360 --> 00:44:45,879
Speaker 2: will be for Altuve as well as as he gets

858
00:44:45,920 --> 00:44:49,320
Speaker 2: closer and closer. That'll be something that I am tracking.

859
00:44:50,160 --> 00:44:52,320
Speaker 2: I'm pretty sure I have an alto a hit tracker,

860
00:44:54,040 --> 00:44:56,080
Speaker 2: maybe not a hitch. I know I have a Verlander

861
00:44:56,360 --> 00:45:01,560
Speaker 2: hit tracker bobblehead or strikeout tracker Bobblehead somewhere. I'm sure

862
00:45:01,560 --> 00:45:03,120
Speaker 2: that there will be an Al two BA one at

863
00:45:03,120 --> 00:45:05,600
Speaker 2: some point here that I can add to the collection.

864
00:45:05,800 --> 00:45:10,400
Speaker 2: But yeah, I mean, look, that didn't That didn't happen often,

865
00:45:10,680 --> 00:45:13,240
Speaker 2: whether you're an Astros fan or not, like somebody getting

866
00:45:13,280 --> 00:45:15,920
Speaker 2: to a milestone at that level. Same thing with kershaw Man,

867
00:45:15,960 --> 00:45:18,200
Speaker 2: I was, I was tuned in, I was watching that.

868
00:45:18,280 --> 00:45:22,000
Speaker 2: It's it's crazy to see somebody put up that sort

869
00:45:22,040 --> 00:45:25,799
Speaker 2: of career milestone to show that they've been that good

870
00:45:25,800 --> 00:45:28,600
Speaker 2: for so long. That just doesn't happen often.

871
00:45:28,680 --> 00:45:28,880
Speaker 3: You know.

872
00:45:28,960 --> 00:45:32,839
Speaker 2: You you see players come up and they can have

873
00:45:33,000 --> 00:45:35,680
Speaker 2: really great starts to their career or they can have

874
00:45:35,800 --> 00:45:39,399
Speaker 2: like crazy years, but to do it that consistently for

875
00:45:39,440 --> 00:45:45,200
Speaker 2: that long is it's incredible. And so I will absolutely

876
00:45:46,400 --> 00:45:50,560
Speaker 2: be tracking that and watching and excited if and when

877
00:45:50,600 --> 00:45:51,520
Speaker 2: Al two Bay gets there.

878
00:45:52,040 --> 00:45:54,800
Speaker 1: One thing about the Kershaw three thousand strikeouts that was cool.

879
00:45:54,880 --> 00:45:58,560
Speaker 1: It happened like about twenty minutes after the Astros game

880
00:45:58,760 --> 00:46:01,640
Speaker 1: ended in Colorado, and so we were in the clubhouse

881
00:46:01,719 --> 00:46:05,560
Speaker 1: like doing postgame interviews and everything. And the one thing

882
00:46:05,600 --> 00:46:09,799
Speaker 1: that I wish the general public could do is to

883
00:46:10,040 --> 00:46:14,520
Speaker 1: watch other major league games with big league players, because

884
00:46:14,560 --> 00:46:18,040
Speaker 1: hearing their commentary and just hearing how they view the game,

885
00:46:18,480 --> 00:46:23,840
Speaker 1: it's fascinating to me. But I digress. Kershaw was he

886
00:46:23,960 --> 00:46:26,800
Speaker 1: struck out? I think it was Vinnie Capra to get

887
00:46:27,160 --> 00:46:32,200
Speaker 1: his three thousandth and the entire clubhouse was enthralled by it.

888
00:46:32,239 --> 00:46:35,360
Speaker 1: They were they were all watching it. I mean, like again,

889
00:46:35,400 --> 00:46:38,719
Speaker 1: like you can we can all do this crap about

890
00:46:38,760 --> 00:46:41,719
Speaker 1: oh like Ashra's Dodgers big rivalry, like everyone hate, Like no,

891
00:46:41,880 --> 00:46:44,600
Speaker 1: like these guys really are like professionals and like they

892
00:46:44,760 --> 00:46:48,600
Speaker 1: enjoy watching like their comrades succeed. And I mean that's

893
00:46:48,640 --> 00:46:51,279
Speaker 1: a this is a not a once in a lifetime thing,

894
00:46:51,320 --> 00:46:53,480
Speaker 1: but it's certainly something that doesn't happen often, like a

895
00:46:53,520 --> 00:46:58,040
Speaker 1: three thousand strikeout, And the entire clubhouse was was I mean,

896
00:46:58,239 --> 00:47:01,560
Speaker 1: everyone was tuned into that game. Now on one TV

897
00:47:01,680 --> 00:47:05,280
Speaker 1: they did have Honduras in Mexico in the Gold Cup

898
00:47:06,000 --> 00:47:13,399
Speaker 1: finals and Estak Paratus and Mauricio Dubon. We we're very in.

899
00:47:13,400 --> 00:47:13,920
Speaker 2: Tune to that.

900
00:47:14,120 --> 00:47:17,200
Speaker 1: But everyone else wanted the uh, everyone else wanted to

901
00:47:17,239 --> 00:47:19,120
Speaker 1: watch Clayton Kershall get us three thousand strake and it

902
00:47:19,160 --> 00:47:22,680
Speaker 1: was cool to watch. So just like if josel Tuve

903
00:47:22,760 --> 00:47:25,239
Speaker 1: gets three thousand hits, there's only thirty three people that

904
00:47:25,280 --> 00:47:28,759
Speaker 1: have ever gotten three thousand hits, it would be I mean,

905
00:47:29,000 --> 00:47:31,520
Speaker 1: it goes without saying it would be pretty incredible. So

906
00:47:32,520 --> 00:47:34,600
Speaker 1: just to give you a little bit maybe of on pace,

907
00:47:34,760 --> 00:47:36,799
Speaker 1: another on pace thing if you want, and we'll tie

908
00:47:36,800 --> 00:47:40,440
Speaker 1: it back to Craig Bigio, Joseel two veg is currently

909
00:47:40,440 --> 00:47:44,520
Speaker 1: playing his age thirty five season. Craig Bigio finished his

910
00:47:44,600 --> 00:47:48,240
Speaker 1: age thirty five season at one thousan at two thousand,

911
00:47:48,520 --> 00:47:52,880
Speaker 1: one hundred and forty nine hits. Joseel Tuve has already

912
00:47:52,960 --> 00:47:56,040
Speaker 1: exceeded that. He is in the middle of his age

913
00:47:56,080 --> 00:47:58,680
Speaker 1: thirty five season and is at two three hundred and

914
00:47:58,760 --> 00:48:02,520
Speaker 1: seventeen hits. So again, if you're playing the on pace game,

915
00:48:02,680 --> 00:48:09,880
Speaker 1: he is well pasted. Craig Biggio's established track. But again,

916
00:48:10,200 --> 00:48:13,200
Speaker 1: so much can happen in the next four years. You hope,

917
00:48:13,360 --> 00:48:15,799
Speaker 1: just as a as a baseball purist and as a fan,

918
00:48:15,880 --> 00:48:18,920
Speaker 1: that he stays healthy, that he's able to play the

919
00:48:18,960 --> 00:48:22,080
Speaker 1: commesurate number of games needed. And then who knows, let

920
00:48:22,120 --> 00:48:25,759
Speaker 1: the let the baseball gods do what they do with

921
00:48:26,120 --> 00:48:30,160
Speaker 1: Jose Al two am Tyler Dodger series. What are you

922
00:48:30,200 --> 00:48:33,799
Speaker 1: looking to see? Aside from hoping that no one there's

923
00:48:33,800 --> 00:48:37,640
Speaker 1: no physical altercations between the fans and the players, what

924
00:48:37,680 --> 00:48:39,799
Speaker 1: are you hoping to see in these three games at

925
00:48:39,840 --> 00:48:40,640
Speaker 1: Chavez Ravine.

926
00:48:41,640 --> 00:48:46,160
Speaker 2: Uh? Some good pitching. I'm excited to watch some good pitching.

927
00:48:46,160 --> 00:48:50,799
Speaker 2: I'm excited to watch show. Hey, uh, you know you

928
00:48:50,800 --> 00:48:53,240
Speaker 2: you want them to end the series. I think even

929
00:48:53,280 --> 00:48:58,400
Speaker 2: taking one, just not getting swept would would be nice that,

930
00:48:58,600 --> 00:49:03,279
Speaker 2: you know, get out of their healthy, get back, get

931
00:49:03,320 --> 00:49:08,040
Speaker 2: your orbit, Turkey bobblehead. As a as a full healthy team.

932
00:49:08,680 --> 00:49:12,600
Speaker 2: I don't know. Maybe we'll have another diatribe update about

933
00:49:12,760 --> 00:49:17,000
Speaker 2: Jordon where they they found something magic in his hand. Uh,

934
00:49:17,040 --> 00:49:19,799
Speaker 2: so you know, that's That's what I'm really looking forward to.

935
00:49:21,560 --> 00:49:24,000
Speaker 2: I will say, for those of you who have not

936
00:49:25,040 --> 00:49:27,680
Speaker 2: one of my favorite baseball books is called Stealing Home

937
00:49:28,800 --> 00:49:32,520
Speaker 2: about you know, the Chavez ravine and and the Dodgers

938
00:49:32,600 --> 00:49:37,239
Speaker 2: kind of imminent domaining that it's a great book. I

939
00:49:37,320 --> 00:49:40,920
Speaker 2: highly recommend that while you're while you're watching this series.

940
00:49:42,360 --> 00:49:46,560
Speaker 2: But yeah, I mean, I'm excited we'll see some fireworks

941
00:49:46,920 --> 00:49:49,080
Speaker 2: on and off the field, Am I right?

942
00:49:50,520 --> 00:49:53,080
Speaker 1: I I don't. I don't want this to come off

943
00:49:53,120 --> 00:49:56,120
Speaker 1: as like serious. This is very tongue in cheek. But

944
00:49:56,120 --> 00:49:58,520
Speaker 1: if a sale two they plays left field at Dodger Stadium,

945
00:49:58,800 --> 00:50:03,040
Speaker 1: like that could dicey. But he's used to it though,

946
00:50:03,080 --> 00:50:05,720
Speaker 1: Like he'll handle it in stride. He'll bite his nails

947
00:50:05,719 --> 00:50:07,000
Speaker 1: and just kind of stand out there.

948
00:50:07,040 --> 00:50:11,880
Speaker 2: And I think that playing left field would make him

949
00:50:12,080 --> 00:50:16,399
Speaker 2: more likable. I feel like the closer proximity you get

950
00:50:16,440 --> 00:50:20,160
Speaker 2: to Jose Altuve, the more you realize you cannot actually

951
00:50:20,200 --> 00:50:22,440
Speaker 2: hate that man, Like I think on the internet, it's

952
00:50:22,480 --> 00:50:24,840
Speaker 2: easy to be mad at some guy that plays for

953
00:50:24,880 --> 00:50:27,319
Speaker 2: another team that you think is a cheater, and it's

954
00:50:27,320 --> 00:50:29,919
Speaker 2: easy to yell at him if he's standing thirty feet

955
00:50:29,920 --> 00:50:32,560
Speaker 2: away from you and he's like smiling at you while

956
00:50:32,560 --> 00:50:34,640
Speaker 2: you're yelling at him. I feel like that changes some

957
00:50:34,760 --> 00:50:39,320
Speaker 2: hearts in some Dodgers fans, which all have to say

958
00:50:40,160 --> 00:50:43,000
Speaker 2: hating other teams is good. That's that's part of sports.

959
00:50:43,239 --> 00:50:47,600
Speaker 2: It is. It is perfectly reasonable for fans of other

960
00:50:47,640 --> 00:50:51,200
Speaker 2: teams to not like the Astros for the perceived notions

961
00:50:51,239 --> 00:50:54,080
Speaker 2: that they have of them. It makes sense that they

962
00:50:54,120 --> 00:50:57,280
Speaker 2: look at Josel Tuve, the best player of the team

963
00:50:57,800 --> 00:51:01,200
Speaker 2: that they think, you know, cheated them out. I get it.

964
00:51:01,440 --> 00:51:05,440
Speaker 2: I'm not upset with other players for that, in the

965
00:51:05,480 --> 00:51:08,960
Speaker 2: same way that I don't agree with people that just

966
00:51:09,120 --> 00:51:12,680
Speaker 2: don't like Clayton Kershaw. I get it, though he's a

967
00:51:12,719 --> 00:51:15,719
Speaker 2: great player from a team that you don't like. I

968
00:51:16,160 --> 00:51:20,719
Speaker 2: understand not liking him. But yeah, if you're gonna be

969
00:51:20,800 --> 00:51:23,000
Speaker 2: that close to out too, Bay, I think you leave

970
00:51:23,040 --> 00:51:25,359
Speaker 2: the ballpark going like, oh, I don't know, I kind

971
00:51:25,360 --> 00:51:27,919
Speaker 2: of like that little guy out there running around getting

972
00:51:27,960 --> 00:51:30,799
Speaker 2: a bunch of hits. So so we'll see.

973
00:51:30,880 --> 00:51:34,240
Speaker 1: From your lips to the Dodgers fans ears, maybe it'll happen.

974
00:51:34,239 --> 00:51:37,839
Speaker 1: Who knows, we will. We'll see if it happens, and

975
00:51:37,880 --> 00:51:41,160
Speaker 1: we will recap it on Sunday here on crush Shitty Territory.

976
00:51:41,200 --> 00:51:43,760
Speaker 1: You can as always follow me on x at Chandler

977
00:51:43,840 --> 00:51:46,560
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979
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980
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981
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982
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983
00:51:59,239 --> 00:52:02,919
Speaker 1: the Astros, the Dodgers and preview the final homestand before

984
00:52:02,920 --> 00:52:05,000
Speaker 1: the All Star break. And on Sunday we should know

985
00:52:06,000 --> 00:52:09,080
Speaker 1: which astros are going to the All Star Game. None

986
00:52:09,120 --> 00:52:12,640
Speaker 1: of them will start, but they should have or who knows,

987
00:52:12,680 --> 00:52:15,200
Speaker 1: maybe Hunter Brown starts or from Bervel does They could

988
00:52:15,200 --> 00:52:18,040
Speaker 1: that could happen, but no position players will start, but

989
00:52:18,160 --> 00:52:21,680
Speaker 1: they should have ample representation in Atlanta and we will

990
00:52:21,719 --> 00:52:24,479
Speaker 1: talk about that when we come back on Sunday. Thanks

991
00:52:24,480 --> 00:52:26,120
Speaker 1: as always for listening guys, and we'll talk to you soon.

992
00:52:26,560 --> 00:52:55,600
Speaker 2: Bye,