Astros Are Creeping Up To The #1 Spot In AL West, After Going 2-1 vs Kansas City Royals

Astros Are Creeping Up To The #1 Spot In AL West,  After Going 2-1 vs Kansas City Royals  

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:01):
Ted on one an h challenge. Good morning and welcome
to a Thursday edition about Thamas show with Ross. That's
the Sports Talk seven ninety and they did for the
second consecutive night. How about two comebacks?

Speaker 2 (00:15):
And since you dropped the first game and won the
next two, you came back in the series as well,
and a four and two home stad baby, Hey everyone,
admitt it may excuse me. Dyke In Park was known
as a place when the Oosterers can't win. Well, they
win now, they don't win so much on the road,
but they went at home. I think they won forty
six games there last year.

Speaker 1 (00:33):
It's good. It's better than the year before.

Speaker 2 (00:35):
Yeah, I mean it's sick locult. It doesn't make any sound. No,
and uh we should not read into it, No, but
I will read anybody who was searching for reasons like,
well they all just had babies?

Speaker 1 (00:46):
Are they just staying up all night with crying babies?
As I was an issue for a while. You had
the uh.

Speaker 2 (00:53):
Seven to ten first pitch, Maybe jo Justin Verlander's staying
up all night FaceTime in kate Upton. He's tired, heke
he can't pitch at home. I'd FaceTime with Kate Upton
quite a bit if I could, well, she would.

Speaker 1 (01:02):
Hit the cline quite quickly. New video. Who is exactly?

Speaker 2 (01:07):
Hey, It is nice to have all of you with
us today on the Matt Thomas Show with Ross. We
will stay with the baseball theme for much of the
show today, including a visit with Brian McTaggart, who will
be driving it. Maybe a matter of fact, he might
be in his car listening to the show right now
as we speak.

Speaker 1 (01:20):
How many BUCkies has he hit by?

Speaker 3 (01:22):
Now?

Speaker 1 (01:22):
Well, realistically you hit one on each side of forty five? Right, Well,
there's one in Madison Madisonville, and there is there another
one beyond after Dallas, and the fort allis not Elgin
l Ennis.

Speaker 2 (01:35):
Is that on the left side of forty five? On
the right side, I don't remember. The Inn one is newer.
Madisonville's the og Oh my god, Madisonville. I had one.
Got into a.

Speaker 1 (01:44):
Minor uh argument, I would say.

Speaker 2 (01:47):
It was it was more than minor argument. It wasn't
a full blown one. But my wife and my daughter
went to that Madisonville one and we've talked about this
four in the show. She spent like sixty six dollars
on non gas, and I'm like, what are you doing? Oh,
that's easy peasy, and she's like it's it happens very quickly.

Speaker 1 (02:06):
Yeah.

Speaker 2 (02:08):
So then I'm like, nobody never does that, And then
all of people say, of course they do. And then
I went one time, uh huh, I was going to
San Antonio to and from because I was going to
do a Cougar game back to do rockets, and I
went to BUCkies and I got a couple of things
for some of the broadcasters go back to San Antonio
and then my bill was like seventy dollars. I'm like,
you could spend sixty five seventy dollars in a.

Speaker 1 (02:29):
Blink of an eye at rookies. Yeah.

Speaker 2 (02:31):
It didn't used to be like that back in the day.
Back in the day, but then they started jacking out
the prices. Yeah, by the time you get a brisket sandwich,
some Bucky Nuggets, and maybe a T shirt and a
coffee muggy, you're out a hundred bucks. I you know
what we was talking about, like leaving this business to
go be manager. I have a friend if I went
to college with, he was a manager of a rookies.
That's great in Florida, and he's making good money. Now
his chef work is terrible and there's intense pressure on

(02:53):
it because it's such a large operation. But he does
quite mean, he never finished and never got into greends
pressure at least in Texas. You open the doors, people
flocking his or and he works in Florida's I don't
know how the Rockies does in Florida compared to.

Speaker 1 (03:04):
The rest thoughts.

Speaker 2 (03:06):
Problem is, I'm guessing in Florida people live at the Rockies.
You know how Florida people are grifters a little bit, Yeah,
hiding in behind the icy machine.

Speaker 1 (03:15):
Yeah, it happens.

Speaker 2 (03:16):
I think we had a non Florida story about somebody
living in a Walmart before in the yeah above above
the next to the sign, I think, yeah, So there
you go. Congratulations of the Astros. Four into the homestand
they're on their way. Well they're already. They're probably taking
a nap, getting ready for a series with the Arlington Rangers,
who are smacking the ball quite well.

Speaker 1 (03:35):
As a matter of fact, they beat the Rockies. Well,
who doesn't beat the Rockies. Yeah, that's true.

Speaker 2 (03:38):
Rockies are now seven and thirty six after the Rangers
one eight to three. The Rangers and Astros are tied
for second place in the American League West. The Mariners
have cooled off a little bit, and the Astros, I believe,
waking up today one game out of first place.

Speaker 1 (03:52):
Am I correct on that?

Speaker 2 (03:53):
Yes, they are one game out, as are the Rangers.
A's must have lost last night. They're one and a
half back. Okay, so it's a tight fit in the
American League West, I think, and not knowing the A's
overly well, but I knowing they're better obviously, but they're
not going to be able to hang and I'm certainly
not gonna make any trades of the deadline to get better.
I don't think Seattle shows much of a history of

(04:14):
doing that. Does it come down to the Astros and
Rangers when the dust settles about who will win to
the American League West? Do you think it's gonna be
the Astro Seattle? Or it could be Texas Seattle, could
be all three could be. All happened in twenty twenty three, right,
didn't it come down to the three of them and
the Mariners were the odd man out? So the reality
is these games will carry some probably not probably will
carry some extra importance because you could be dealing with

(04:35):
some tiebreaker situations.

Speaker 1 (04:37):
You're saying, we could have some must win games coming
up this.

Speaker 4 (04:39):
Weekend, must win games for the Astros, four of them
this weekend in Arlington.

Speaker 1 (04:52):
I feel like you just coat me into these things.

Speaker 2 (04:55):
I go do it a lot of things, and I
feel like I take the bront of this from the
audience because of frankly, your issues. You're so devious, you
really are, and I hate you for it, but I
get it. I do the same thing if I can,
if I were you. Hm, So you take advantage of
my weaknesses because you know that we are wading which

(05:16):
is the most win is a certainly weakness of mine.
And uh so, yeah, the Astros against the Rangers tonight
and it'll be a seven O five?

Speaker 1 (05:23):
Uh uh seven five or seven times? Okay? So they
go to good Night to be on the pregame? Are
you doing that tonight?

Speaker 2 (05:31):
Back to back days? Let's go, I was at the
ballpark yesterday, get Naudio?

Speaker 1 (05:37):
You did? Who'd you talk to? Choe spottam? Yeah?

Speaker 2 (05:40):
But that's easy. So what did you go in the duc?
Did you go in the clubhouse build a relationship? You
certainly had plenty of It's twenty twenty five. Nobody's building
a relationship.

Speaker 1 (05:47):
That's true.

Speaker 2 (05:48):
It is awful, and I will you know, we can
do here because I love you, so we can peel
the curtain bag.

Speaker 1 (05:54):
It's uh.

Speaker 2 (05:56):
And look, it would record to build a relationships with
any athlete today, and that's not necessarily significantly different than
it was twenty five or thirty years ago. But they're
way First of all, they're way more guarded than they
were twenty five or thirty years ago.

Speaker 1 (06:07):
M hm. But you have to you have to almost
literally go every single day.

Speaker 2 (06:10):
Yeah, Like channeler Rome Brian mctagger, those guys are building relationships.

Speaker 1 (06:13):
Matt Kawakara of.

Speaker 2 (06:14):
The Kawahara Karahara Kawahara Karahara, who covers the accidentally called
him Mark yesterday. Sorry, Matt, did did help? I corrected
myself immediate. I was like, I'm city feel bad here,
No embarrassed, Okay, No. He was just like, it's all right.
If there's anybody's name you couldn't forget, it would.

Speaker 1 (06:30):
Have to be his.

Speaker 2 (06:31):
It was a bit of a blank stare. But that's
also you know, sometimes you get that when you talk
about it no matter what. Yeah, he's just very quiet.
Oh yeah, he's just a quiet guy. Love love does
a good job. Yeah, Matt, we really have really good Yes.
First of all excellent writers, second of all good information
seekers and finders. And third they're not decent people. Now,
Chandler is spicy af and I love him for that.

(06:52):
I never want Chandler. Chandler is that is the devious,
most devious of the three by far, and I live
for that. Okay, He's also a fantastic texter. Hmmm, what
does that mean?

Speaker 3 (07:06):
Man?

Speaker 1 (07:06):
Looking at you? What is a fantastic text? Meaning?

Speaker 2 (07:09):
I sent a text to him and usually interesting five
minute man, It's just the truth. I didn't say he
was I didn't say he was hot. He's a beat reporter.
Those guys are always on their phone. Well, I mean,
I'm saying built into his job.

Speaker 3 (07:19):
You.

Speaker 1 (07:20):
I sent you a text. I put my phone down, Matt,
because I'm locked in, I said, not picking up my
phone scrolling the whole the whole segment.

Speaker 2 (07:25):
I I send a text to you, and I get
a response within thirty six hours. Sometimes it's quick. Sometimes
if it's pressing. Okay, astros Win mctagart will be this
one of our good buddies. He'll be with us at
eleven o'clock. It we'll talk with him.

Speaker 1 (07:39):
Uh.

Speaker 2 (07:40):
At eleven thirty, we have I just don't get it,
and I have one involving somebody eating at Minute Made Park.
That's where tease dyk in Park. You you didn't do it.

Speaker 1 (07:53):
All year, and I've got in a bad around. I'm
the same way too. Yeah. Maybe it's because we've been
going to the ballpark.

Speaker 2 (07:58):
Right right, right, right right, so we got I just
don't get at eleven thirty about somebody eating at dunkin Park.
I just don't get I want to hit this person,
not not like angrily, but just like what are you doing?

Speaker 1 (08:09):
Okay?

Speaker 3 (08:09):
Uh?

Speaker 1 (08:10):
We have the news at noon and we have believe
it or not today at one.

Speaker 2 (08:13):
Fifty and coming up in just eighteen short minutes, Rossy,
the first breakdown of the NFL textan schedule for the season.

Speaker 1 (08:22):
Well, you also teased something at the end of yesterday's shit.
I'm sitting here for I just don't get it.

Speaker 2 (08:27):
Okay, Yeah, good, because because I've got the textan schedule
I want to break down I have.

Speaker 1 (08:32):
I've had a chance to look at it. I spent
all night.

Speaker 2 (08:34):
I did my YouTube show with a complete breakdown of
the Textan schedule, and I'm gonna tell you how they're
gonna do it ten thirty today. Okay, I mean, if
that's not the way you want to listen to this show,
I don't know what if it could be, but this
is the what you need to do. Sit back, relax,
be a part of the program as well. Seven one
three two one two five seven ninety seven one three
two one two five seven ninety I need a ruling

(08:58):
on a gut feeling involving the textan schedule when we
return ten thirteen Sports Talk seven ninety ten nineteen on
Sports Talk seven ninety it is the Matt Thomas Show
with Ross. We were with you today until two o'clock
today Ryan mctagger to forty minutes.

Speaker 1 (09:14):
So just don't get it. And the first.

Speaker 2 (09:19):
I want to say, I don't know if anybody in
the marketplace is actually breaking the textan schedule down. So
thankfully you found us to do that today, the first
show in the market to break down the schedule. Yeah,
we'll do it, and I'll give you my predictions of
based off of the schedule of what the text are doing,
then we'll do it about ten minutes from now. All right,
So to my ruling. We talked about on gut feelings,
how many standalone games now? Standalone games easily? The answer

(09:44):
is four. That's a gut feeling L. For Matt Tumm,
it is a gut feeling L. But I think I
could I could buy an argument for three and a half. Nope,
and I'll explain why. First, it's nine o'clock at night,
ten o'clock in the East. No one in America is

(10:05):
going to stay up late to watch the Texans in
the Seahod.

Speaker 1 (10:07):
That's not true. I'm watching it.

Speaker 2 (10:09):
I said, America, not Houston. I know America's party. Houston's
part of America. Yeah, but generally speaking, no one in Raleigh,
no one in Duluth, no one in Boston.

Speaker 1 (10:20):
Oh yeah, nobody.

Speaker 2 (10:21):
Oh you mean all those places you named with legal gambling, Oh,
they're watching Matthew.

Speaker 1 (10:27):
Secondly, it's on ESPN plus.

Speaker 2 (10:32):
I mean, come on, a nine o'clock game that can
only be seen through your computer or your tablet or
if you're if your television's smart TV Martagi.

Speaker 1 (10:45):
Yeah, it's twenty twenty five. Baby, have you met America?
You're getting out the bunny ears. Now.

Speaker 2 (10:50):
The ESPN Plus game they did last year did have
really low ratings. Yes, a lot lower than they were expecting.

Speaker 5 (10:55):
Uh.

Speaker 2 (10:56):
USA Today put out a story yesterday about the five
worst show televised games. The Texans Seahawks game came in
at number three. H Okay, that's they're they're hating.

Speaker 1 (11:08):
Uh.

Speaker 2 (11:08):
The reality is, if you want to claim your victory
of the fourth one, I'll give it to you. Because
but ESPN Plus is like being on Roku this Sunday
for the Astros Rangers. I'm sorry, Okay, stop, No, it's
not like being on Roku. ESPN Plus Disney and ESPN

(11:30):
and a huge streaming service and Monday night football at.

Speaker 1 (11:33):
Nine o'clock at night.

Speaker 2 (11:34):
Why are they putting on at seven because I imagine
it's a doubleheader night. Yeah, they're like, yeah, we'll put
a game on it people care about, and then we'll
put the Textan Seahawks came on. They didn't have to
put the Texant Seahawks on. They could have, yeah, the
CBS sockey but they were looking for a little ratings.
It's a cache was gonna carry. Look all right, Lina,
we'll do that is what week number seven of the NFL.

(11:55):
I don't don't even answer this because I want to
find out for myself. Okay, I'm gonna go to Week
seven of the NFL. Let's see what what game is
opposite the one that's gonna be on the real channel
Monday Night Football on the same night that Texas But
Buccaneers Lions.

Speaker 1 (12:10):
Um.

Speaker 3 (12:13):
Um.

Speaker 2 (12:14):
The Bucks don't have a lot of national cachet. The
Lions clearly do. I think so with Baker Mayfield being
there in their division champs. I think back to back
years now they did do the smart thing. They did
say they did start. They're going to start that Buccaneers
Lions game at six o'clock. So they're gonna basically give you, guys,
give all of America three hours to say, hey, what
we're done with our game? Flip over to ESPN Plus

(12:34):
or see or click onto ESPN. There's no more flipping anymore.
But you know, you get well if you flip it
on the remote and if you have your smart TV. Matt, Okay,
why don't we have a watch party that night?

Speaker 1 (12:44):
You want to?

Speaker 2 (12:45):
You got your Zenith twenty five inch at Homer, What
are you doing? I'm gonna be watching it on my phone.
Probably is that there was the family's asleep.

Speaker 1 (12:53):
Nine o'clock.

Speaker 2 (12:54):
Yeah, is there a chance after your tapioca pudding in
your hot spongebath. Come on, man, it's games in Seattle,
so what it's it's it's Texans after dark.

Speaker 1 (13:06):
Yeah.

Speaker 2 (13:06):
And by the way, that game will not start to
probably nine to fifte because they're not gonna want to
They're gonna want to wait for that first one to good.

Speaker 1 (13:11):
They're gonna have a pre game in between all that stuff. Yep.

Speaker 2 (13:14):
But yeah, the the es I'm trying to remember what
the ESPN Plus game they had this year. It was
I think there was like the lowest rated game in years.
But obviously they're not gonna give up on ESPN Plus.
They just launched this big streaming service, so they they're
gonna want games on ESPN Plus.

Speaker 6 (13:27):
Yeah.

Speaker 2 (13:28):
So they've chose of all the games, they said, let's
put on an interconference matchup with two teams that played
each other once every what six years or something like that.
Mm hmm, all right, so yeah, uh, the first Monday
night game of the year. Second Monday night game is
going to be the Texans first home game, which is cool. Uh,
you have a Prime The Buffalo Texans game will be
on Prime. That's a good one, by the way. And

(13:48):
this is a good one.

Speaker 1 (13:48):
Did you watch And I think I watch very little
of the NFL networks schedule coverage because I was watching
the ASTI.

Speaker 2 (13:53):
I didn't watch any I was at the game and
doing the post game. I think we talked about him yesterday.
Al Michaels is an externally good mood. He loves his schedule. Oh,
because they finally got him, I mean Buffalo Houston for
a Thursday night Prime game.

Speaker 1 (14:06):
Yeah, they're feeling really good about them. So did Jeff
Bezos up the ante, Well, he's a bigger basically like, look, we.

Speaker 2 (14:12):
Spend all this money you gotta you can't keep giving
us Cardinals versus Jaguars. We need some We need some
stuff with some teeth in it. So that's a good one.
And then you got the uh NBC game which will
be at Kansas City. Oh geez, October seventh, at Kansas
City at night at Arrowhead.

Speaker 1 (14:33):
What's the problem.

Speaker 2 (14:34):
Can the Texans go to Kansas City on a Sunday
night with it being about twenty five degrees seventh? By
the way, December seventh is twenty five degrees? What do
you think? What do you mean?

Speaker 1 (14:42):
Why not? I don't have you met the Texans? Yeah?

Speaker 2 (14:46):
Well you know what, I'm gonna save the rest of
this for my prediction segment. Oh yeah, baby, and just
a little bit, can't wait?

Speaker 1 (14:52):
All right? Seventh? Wait was the I forgot to look?
Is the Cardinals game at?

Speaker 3 (14:56):
Oh?

Speaker 1 (14:56):
No, I know it wasn't the Cardinals game? Who are
they go on the Roadians?

Speaker 2 (14:59):
And we were like, that's got three o'clock. I think
we did say Cardinals, but it's a home games.

Speaker 1 (15:02):
Never mind.

Speaker 2 (15:03):
The Texans rams is at three twenty five, but it's
not the main doubleheader game to day. The main game
is to trade Green Bay. So basically Houston and LA
will watch that game. Everybody else WI watched the tray
Green Bay and then the three twenty five Sunday December game.
Have a three twenty five home game against the Raiders.

Speaker 1 (15:19):
How about that?

Speaker 2 (15:21):
So many of you have been thirsting for NFL schedule breakdown,
and we gave it to you. But you had only
had to wait ten hours for that to happen. And
I'm sorry that other stations in town do not address
the Texans schedule like we do full breakdown becoming in
the next segment the next time, and I will run
down the exact run by the way real quick. The
home game themes for the Texans this year.

Speaker 1 (15:42):
Well, okay.

Speaker 2 (15:43):
Saturday August sixteenth is a preseason game against Carolina. It's
a play football game. The home game against the Buccaneers
to open up on Monday Night football is a Liberty
White game. The Tennessee game is International Day.

Speaker 1 (15:57):
What does that mean? Does that even mean? I don't
even know what that means.

Speaker 2 (16:00):
The game against the Niners on Sunday, October twenty six
is rep a h Town.

Speaker 1 (16:04):
Oh great, you're gonna throw up your h Matt no chance.

Speaker 2 (16:07):
Sunday November two against Denver is Legend's homecoming, so basically
Andre Johnson okay. November the ninth Jacksonville is Salute the
Service game. November the twentieth, The Thursday ninth game against
Buffalo is the Battle Red Game. I'm guessing they're gonna
wear all red top and bottoms.

Speaker 1 (16:21):
Okay.

Speaker 2 (16:21):
December fourteenth against Arizona's Kid's Day. December twenty first is
a holiday game, and the twenty eighth game is the
Space City game against the home game against Indianapolis whatever
that means. Okay, And I was looking at some sched
release video rankings. Texans generally in the bottom third. It
was terrible. First of all, I would say, collectively, top

(16:42):
to bottom, they sucked. Let me ask you all this,
If any of you saw a schedule release that you
thought was really good, let me know what it was.
I've only seen about three or four of them.

Speaker 1 (16:51):
There was one like the Chargers Minecraft one.

Speaker 2 (16:54):
I didn't see that one. Now, I did see the
Buffalo Bills. When did you see Buffalo Bills one?

Speaker 1 (16:58):
No where?

Speaker 2 (16:58):
I think it was Josh Allen was shooting hoops and
he says, why don't you get AI to do the scheduling?

Speaker 1 (17:03):
You know, artificial intelligence?

Speaker 7 (17:04):
Huh.

Speaker 2 (17:05):
So the Buffalo Bill's guy says, okaygo get AI. So
basically they went and got Allen Iverson to do it.
But they all suck. But was that Budweiser commercial from
twenty six years ago?

Speaker 1 (17:21):
Who is it? And Dennis Quaid, Yeah, is Colm McNair
on the social team. I didn't even recognize the rest
of people.

Speaker 2 (17:34):
I saw bun obviously, uh, Dennis Quait and I just well,
I started doing that is that it was just like, God,
my late nineties life just kind of show right before
my eyes.

Speaker 1 (17:46):
It was, Yeah, you didn't recognize the Mexican ot? Who's that?

Speaker 2 (17:51):
The Mexican ot? I don't know, no idea that is.
He's a rapper from Bay City? Okay, good for him.
Was anybody else celebrity wise that we would recognize? I mean,
Paul Wall, you recognize him? You know my daughter doesn't
know who Paul Wall is? Well, yeah, she's like sixteen seventeen.
Now thanks, Okay, Well he was making his hay in
twenty twenty.

Speaker 1 (18:10):
Who were they trying?

Speaker 2 (18:11):
Who are they trying to get to? What was what
was the point of going on?

Speaker 8 (18:15):
Was?

Speaker 1 (18:15):
Ah? I don't know, man.

Speaker 2 (18:17):
I talked to the social team interview them. Well they
should be fired. Ah, that seems extreme, okay, demoted m Okay.
So let me ask you this, if you guys can
tell me one of the oh of the schedule releases
that you thought was usually the Atlanta Falcons are pretty good?

Speaker 3 (18:32):
Is you know?

Speaker 1 (18:32):
The one that's always funny.

Speaker 2 (18:33):
To me is that when they go to the when
they go to the quote unquote man on the street
and they show logos of teams. Oh yeah, that's always
when always makes me chuckle.

Speaker 1 (18:40):
That was funny. Who did that last couple of years
with the Panthers or somebody?

Speaker 2 (18:44):
So shoot me a tweet or give us a shot,
tell us who who did a good job on the
schedule releases, because I would say, by and large, America
just like these things are boring and terrible and uninteresting
and not funny. And in the Texans case, twenty six
years old references. You talk about me trying to get
all I'm trying to get I'm trying to get younger
in the hippo Yeah you are, Matt.

Speaker 1 (19:04):
You're so hip. You haven't made a Sanford Son reference
in two years.

Speaker 2 (19:09):
You're welcome out. Yeah, you're welcome. Thank you very much.
Fere mentions of Thelma from Good Times. She's still hot,
how old she is?

Speaker 3 (19:18):
All right?

Speaker 2 (19:18):
When we returned, we're gonna tell you how the Texans
are gonna do this year. Okay, there's no one in
the marketplace that is going to tell you how the
Texans are going to do this year except me. I'm
surprised nobody else did the Morning showren predict what the Texas.

Speaker 1 (19:34):
No, they run it down. They didn't buy. I doubt it.
They were too busy talking about arch maning. I don't know.
I didn't listen. You should have. It was very interurn.
I'm sure it's great.

Speaker 3 (19:41):
No, I don't know.

Speaker 1 (19:42):
I'm not usually up, but you will be shortly.

Speaker 2 (19:45):
Because you love the Shawn Salisbury Show, Yeah, I do,
but I love sleep more.

Speaker 1 (19:49):
That's fair. Ten thirty four Sports Talk seven euty it
is about Thomas show with Ross. Are we ready? Ross? Jonathan?

Speaker 2 (19:59):
Are you ready? It's to play some NFL music? Give
me second.

Speaker 1 (20:07):
Let's take a phone call real quick. How about that.

Speaker 2 (20:08):
We'll take a phone call before we do, Let's talk
to our friend Johnny in San Diego.

Speaker 1 (20:12):
Hello, Johnny?

Speaker 6 (20:14):
Hey, hey there, Matt.

Speaker 1 (20:15):
How you doing, good friend? Thank you for dollanning. What's up?

Speaker 7 (20:19):
Uh? Hey?

Speaker 8 (20:20):
So the Titans were the ones that did the thing
two years ago where they had the people.

Speaker 6 (20:25):
Guess the logos.

Speaker 8 (20:27):
Buddy of mine just sent me the cliff this morning
because he ran across and thought it was hilarious. But
I wanted to talk about the You said November ninth
was the Salute to service.

Speaker 1 (20:38):
Yeah.

Speaker 8 (20:39):
Yeah, So that coincides with uh Houston hosting Fleet Week
for the Navy for the first time ever. They're going
to be that same week. It's from the fit to
the twilt.

Speaker 1 (20:51):
What is fleet week?

Speaker 8 (20:54):
Fleet week is where you have a bunch of ships
from the United States Navy pull into a port that
they don't typically work out of, and they have a
bunch of festivities and you know, outreach.

Speaker 6 (21:08):
Stuff and big events.

Speaker 8 (21:10):
Uh, sailors get invited to go to professional.

Speaker 6 (21:13):
Games and do things.

Speaker 8 (21:15):
Uh, there's a lot of community outreach, you know, kind
of just also a lot of drinking and partying by
the sailors.

Speaker 1 (21:22):
Drinking and horn doggy.

Speaker 9 (21:23):
Yes.

Speaker 1 (21:24):
Do they hand out condoms during this weekend.

Speaker 6 (21:27):
Before you leave the ship typically?

Speaker 1 (21:29):
Yeah, Yeah, that's a good idea. Stay safe out there, folks.

Speaker 6 (21:33):
Yep. Yeah. No.

Speaker 8 (21:35):
I realized that it was a home game that week,
and I thought it was pretty cool. Uh, I'll be
retired by that point. Congratulations amount for that.

Speaker 1 (21:44):
What do you what are you gonna do?

Speaker 2 (21:45):
What are you gonna do after your retire Are you
what are you gonna go in the private sector?

Speaker 1 (21:49):
Just chill out?

Speaker 7 (21:51):
Uh?

Speaker 8 (21:51):
Probably the private sector. I got a little bit of
a sugar Mama situation going on.

Speaker 1 (21:56):
Yeah, you're living the dream. John all right, so, Johnny,
how how are you? I am forty one, and how
old is the sugar mama?

Speaker 6 (22:06):
She's forty three? Okay, but she makes good money.

Speaker 1 (22:10):
Okay.

Speaker 8 (22:10):
Yeah, we're moving to Texas and she's gonna continue making
San Diego based salary.

Speaker 1 (22:15):
So they, oh, good for you.

Speaker 2 (22:17):
Seriously, I don't want to congratulations in your life. You
worked well for our country, you gotta. I'm assuming she's
an attractive woman, right, and you're gonna be doing for
very well financially.

Speaker 8 (22:27):
I definitely married up. You know how you always say
that you know your wife settled, you married up?

Speaker 6 (22:31):
Yeah, same situation.

Speaker 2 (22:32):
Over here, exactly. I don't know what my wife was thinking.
Actually I do, thank you Johnny for the phone call.

Speaker 1 (22:39):
It's like, so you're.

Speaker 2 (22:40):
Gonna have a good career hunting radio and then do
some broadcasting.

Speaker 5 (22:43):
Huh.

Speaker 1 (22:43):
Okay. God love her, God love Kim. She's been decades
of happiness.

Speaker 2 (22:49):
By the way, the Indianapolis Colts deleted their twenty twenty
five schedule release because they deleted it because they had
the Coast Guard arresting Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek Hill in
the video and apparently Microsoft licensing issues with using a

(23:10):
spoofing Minecraft without appropriate legal clearance.

Speaker 1 (23:17):
Um, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Speaker 2 (23:20):
I'm these young and sometimes like take take some risks,
don't they? Ross, So you're not always getting proper trademark clearance, Matt, No,
you're not.

Speaker 1 (23:29):
No, you're not all right, Ladies and gentlemen, ten thirty
eight on Sports Talk seven and I present to you Literally,
there's no deficy YouTube show doing it. There's no deficy
wannabe radio host doing it. There's a deficy radio there's
a deficy radio host doing it. It's me and I
present to you my predictions of the twenty twenty five

(23:51):
Houston Texans Hit the Music Ross Matt Sunday, September the seventh,
Texans will be in Los Angeles take on the Rams.

Speaker 2 (24:02):
Angle actually in the Inglewood and ROSSI Matthew Stafford. I
know he's staying in Los Angeles, but he only can
throw at forty percent, his arm strength is significantly down.

Speaker 1 (24:15):
And Deante Adams is so old he'll be out there
in a wheelchair.

Speaker 2 (24:18):
Christian Kirk is going to make his LA debut a success.
Seven catches eighty four yards in a touchdown.

Speaker 1 (24:25):
Wow.

Speaker 2 (24:26):
Texans beat the Rams twenty one to Tenkay Matthew Stafford
throws multiple picks in the game. Secondary are one and oh.
Monday Night, September fifteenth, the Liberty Wideout game, the Buccaneers
are coming in. The Buccaneers don't ever play well in
the first half of the season. They always get better,

(24:47):
just like Baker Mayfield does. But guess what, the Texans
will catch them at the right time. Will Anderson will
sack Buddy Buddy Baker Mayfield three times in a twenty
seven seventeen Texans went over the Buccaneers.

Speaker 1 (25:01):
Okay, two and oh Baby LFG. Week three, Sunday, September
twenty first, Texans go to Jacksonville for a noon game.
The Jaguars don't even know where they're playing because they're
hardly playing Jacksonville anymore. They're always going overseas for one
race or the other. They're lost.

Speaker 2 (25:19):
Trevor Lawrence gets a haircut before the game, really shaves
his head. Uh No, it's a it's a cu cut
if you will. Okay, he's obviously disjointed by that. He
misses his free flowing locks.

Speaker 1 (25:35):
Wow. He actually tries to run for a first down
and gives up the football.

Speaker 2 (25:40):
It is scooped up by as here give by Jalen
Peatreet runs to the house. Texans two defensive touchdowns win
it twenty eight.

Speaker 1 (25:52):
Sixteen okay three and Oh.

Speaker 2 (25:56):
Sunday September the twenty eighth, the Tennessee Titans are in Wow,
the number one pick in this draft.

Speaker 1 (26:03):
Cam Ward not playing in the game. What happened? He
gets concussed the week before?

Speaker 2 (26:08):
Oh man, So Will levis He's still a Texan Titan?

Speaker 3 (26:12):
Right?

Speaker 9 (26:13):
Yeah?

Speaker 1 (26:14):
I think so.

Speaker 2 (26:15):
Thomas Sports Enterprises no longer bullish on him because tennant,
because he will throw three amazing interceptions, one will be
returned for a pickstick six by Derek Stingley. Kimy Febrin
hits four field goals in the game, one of which
is at least fifty five yards. These are wildly specific predictions.
Well that's what I'm here for. Again, Nobody else in

(26:36):
the marketplace is doing this, so I gotta do it.
Texans beat the Titans thirty one eleven. It's really an
odd score. They get a safety safety in the bag
safety cluck. Then Sunday, October the fifth, we go week,
because of course, some of the two of the Texans
in Baltimore to take on the ravens Lamar Jackson two

(26:57):
costly fumbles, one in the red zone late as they
try to drive. Texans hold on for dear life twenty six,
twenty three.

Speaker 1 (27:05):
Wow, in a rainstorm Bible way. It'll be raining in
Baltimore weather as well. Yes, nobody in the marketplace is
doing this.

Speaker 2 (27:14):
Monday, October the twentieth, the Texan's get a week off.
Fifteen days later, they'll be going to Seattle to take
on the Seahawks. Who's the Seahawks quarterback now, Sam Darnold,
Oh my god, he will be sacked five times. There
will be the twelfth man up there, and we won't

(27:35):
hear a pete from them. This will be the most
dominant road victory for the Texans this season. The Seahawks
may only score two field goals in the game. Meanwhile,
a pair of rushing touchdowns from who would be the
who would be the backup to the backup of the backup?

(27:57):
Oh you know what, we'll give you to the Joe
Mixon Okay makes in rushes for one hundred and fourteen
yards and two touchdowns. That you're gonna go Darry ogunbow
twenty seven to six. They beat Seattle eighty percent of
the crowd leaves by the fourth quarter because it's too late.

Speaker 1 (28:10):
They got to go to work the next day.

Speaker 2 (28:12):
Then Sunday, October twenty sixth, the San Francisco Ford Anders
are gonna air in. Who's their big expensive tight end,
George Kittle? George Kittle?

Speaker 1 (28:24):
How many weeks are we in? Too many? We're gonna
hurry here quickly. You know what.

Speaker 2 (28:28):
George Kittle cracks an ankle in the game. Oh my god,
Texan's win by two scores. Finally, Denver Broncos are in town. Denver.
Sean Payton is a grumpy the entire time. Really, Yes, okay,
I go Nicks. Bo Nix throws for bow doesn't know football.
Both throws for one hundred and fourteen yards and two.
I n T's Texans get another four field goal game

(28:50):
from Kymie Fairbird. He's very busy this year. You think
I've counted forty seven interceptions for the Texans defense. It's
gonna be never one of the NFL. Texans win that
one over the Broncos. Who cares Jacksonville Jaguars at home?
Easy ps win at Tennessee will be thirty five thousand
people there drunk. One of having relations with their husband

(29:10):
in the private suite at halftime. Really yeah, it's gonna
be ugly and there'll be video of it. Becoming of
an NFL owner. Josh Allen hates playing in Buffalo. In Houston,
we saw that last year. If you will repeat itself,
Texans beat the Buffalo Bills, they will be at that
point eleven and zero. It's the game so boring. Michael's
falls asleep in the fourth quarter and he wants more
pictures of himself during the course of the presentation. Then

(29:31):
you go to Indianapolis, Texans, What are they doing Indianapolis?
Every year they win, so history repeat itself there. That's
got to be at least a two touchdown win. Sunday,
December the seventh Primetime Sunday Night Football at Kansas City.
It's a tough one. Not tough, are you kidding me?
Texans love playing in Kansas City. First halfs they will
not blow a twenty three point lead. They will win

(29:51):
the game.

Speaker 1 (29:51):
By three on a last second touchdown reception Nico Collins
back left corner of the end zone. Fourteen seconds left.
Texans to win the game.

Speaker 2 (30:01):
That person that puts them at fourteen and oh Arizona
at home.

Speaker 1 (30:05):
Can you even name five Cardinals? I can't. Fifteen and oh,
the Las Vegas Reed is former Seahawk quarterback now running
things there.

Speaker 2 (30:14):
He doesn't know a city he's in. He can't believe
is in Las Vegas. They're throwing dice on the sideline.
Texans win by two touchdowns. Geno Smith doesn't even finish
the game because of boredom. Then the seventeenth week, back
to Los Angeles to take on the Chargers. The crowd
will be eighty percent Texans fans. Anyway, sixty thousand Texans
fans will make their way to Los Angeles. They'll go
to sixteen and oh when they beat the Chargers at

(30:38):
so five, Yeah, suck at Jonathan Allen and then the
Colts and the Texans as the Texans try to go
for a seventeen and oh season yet again, they will
do so.

Speaker 1 (30:47):
Oh, Bram Damnac's like, we got to put this team
game on because we want to see the Texans go
to seventeen and oh. They don't arrest their starters. Having
clinched the number one seed at this point.

Speaker 2 (30:57):
They taste seventeen and oh, they taste home field throughout
the AFC playoffs. Richardson will rush for sixty four yards
in the first half.

Speaker 1 (31:06):
At running back. Is he still playing QB at this
pol He's running for his life.

Speaker 2 (31:11):
And uh as is Eyeshire Ear will forearm shiver him
to the face. He won't play in the second half.
Texans beat the Colts by three touchdowns. So, Wow, Jonathan
and Ross, I present to you a seventeen and oh
Texans season.

Speaker 1 (31:26):
Unbelievable. That's what I'm talking.

Speaker 2 (31:28):
Unbelievable. Nobody else in the marketplace will do that.

Speaker 1 (31:31):
I just did it.

Speaker 2 (31:32):
Wow your thoughts and the Texans going seventeen tozer seven
one three two one two five seven ninety seven one
three two one two five seven ninety Lord.

Speaker 1 (31:43):
You should be.

Speaker 2 (31:47):
Time is ten fifty two. Good morning, man, Ross with you,
I'm gonna choke tube is everything?

Speaker 1 (31:54):
Okay?

Speaker 10 (31:55):
I just I'm just still emotional for Pete road Day,
this comeback who bet on baseball and was committing statutory
rape was reinstated.

Speaker 3 (32:07):
Dies.

Speaker 1 (32:07):
This is a great day. By the way, I just
put out a tweet.

Speaker 2 (32:11):
I said, the Texans are going seventeen and oh this year,
and let me see what the excitement level is on
this Hey, can you sums down on Twitter? I have
no likes, no comments, no retweets. I like this tweet
from DPP nineteen eighty looking forward to the game against
the Titans, thirty one to eleven.

Speaker 1 (32:31):
Texans score four field goals. Not sure how they scored
nineteen from there, but I can guarantee that will be entertaining.
Yes you hear that? Can you hear that? Don't help
me on my numbers. It's damn you. Oh man, that's
good stuff.

Speaker 2 (32:51):
By the way, Aaron Wilson reporting, Let's make sure I
get this right. I don't like to aggregate an Aaron Wilson.
Let's see if Aaron Wilson actually has.

Speaker 6 (32:58):
This on history.

Speaker 2 (32:58):
Yeah, Aaron Wilson. Yeah, he's does great reporting here in Houston. Um,
I need to look at his running through his tweets here.
So I'm not gonna say it there's there's somebody aggregating
in Aaron Wilson report.

Speaker 1 (33:11):
I want to make sure I'm right about this.

Speaker 2 (33:12):
So you don't want to get faked out by uh yeah,
ball sax sports or something.

Speaker 1 (33:18):
Is that what's called?

Speaker 2 (33:19):
Really Sometimes people people will retweet that thinking it's real.
I'm like, did you not read what the outlet was called.
I've muted and blocked all though, so I don't get
caught up in that mess.

Speaker 1 (33:28):
But all right, you know what an.

Speaker 2 (33:29):
NBA sentil you're your new kids and liking spreading misinformation.

Speaker 1 (33:33):
Look at you laughing, Jonathan. Do you think it's hilarious? Yeah,
I'm trying to be a serious media professional. I don't
even know his fake news crossing my timeline.

Speaker 2 (33:45):
All right, so this is I love it though this guy,
this guy doesn't follow me, someone can give him the
time of day. Okay, Yeah, I mean, I'm I'm never
gonna I'm never gonna respond to you. I'm not if
you can't at least take the time to follow me
and you're not getting a response to me or like
or any of.

Speaker 1 (33:59):
That stuff to complain with the game.

Speaker 2 (34:04):
Do you want to follow dufists who have no living
and make no money because they're filed radio people that Johnny, Hey,
I'm gonna call me out for everybody. No, you're I
got news. You're a successful radio host. You went on
Channel two Sports today.

Speaker 1 (34:16):
That's true. You've made it now, Ross looks like we
made it. See you do like man a little more
than you want to say you do lom that couple.
Kaman is a jam.

Speaker 3 (34:27):
Let's talk.

Speaker 1 (34:27):
We made it. He's got jams made. It's okay. You
didn't even write I write the songs.

Speaker 2 (34:32):
It's a great song though too. It's okay. It's fantastic.
Jeff and Richmond at ten fifty four on seven houty.

Speaker 11 (34:38):
Hello, Jeff, Hey, Ross, great show, Thank you, avid listener.

Speaker 3 (34:41):
Appreciate it.

Speaker 1 (34:42):
Thank you, Jeff. Do you know the top MLB sources
of the farm system rankings? And then do you happen
to know where the astros falling at? Oh? Ross? Do
you have the answer to that? Ross?

Speaker 2 (34:56):
I don't have the exact answer, but yeah, you go
to Baseball America of course, be pipeline baseball prospectives. Generally
they're in the twenty five and below and most rankings.
I haven't looked at the latest ones, and a lot
of times they do re rankings.

Speaker 3 (35:09):
Right, Okay, cool, awesome.

Speaker 1 (35:11):
I appreciate it, man.

Speaker 2 (35:13):
Thank you, Jeff, Thank you, Jeff. Thanks for Colin Ross. Yeah,
I have a great day.

Speaker 1 (35:17):
Yeah, whatever, all right.

Speaker 2 (35:19):
Seven one three two one two, Great stuff, Jeff, Yeah, Jeff,
thanks for Colin Ross.

Speaker 1 (35:23):
He appreciates it.

Speaker 2 (35:24):
Astros By MLB Pipeline twenty ninth in the latest rankings
from last week. I got news for I mentioned this
to somebody the the game the other day. I'm gonna go
ahead and call bs on these rankings because guess what
the Astros do.

Speaker 1 (35:37):
Every year?

Speaker 2 (35:38):
They bring somebody up like who Colton Gordon yesterday four
and a third three year and runs. Yeah, great stuff,
it's fine. Blue ball got shelled. Uh Smith, guys, he's
hitting two four. They're all here and they just got
Cam Smith is their top hunter. Guy Jake Myers. Okay,

(36:00):
even the president of the Jake Myers fancle, he's doing well.
He's twenty nine. He's not a prospect. Okay, that helped
me out here. Who else has been young have been
called up?

Speaker 1 (36:11):
Hmmm?

Speaker 2 (36:13):
I mean my point is this, they have gone Brown
was the top hundred, let me prospect. They have gone
to the they have gone to the bullpen for the bullpen.
They've gone to the minor league system for five consecutive years.
It feels like every team goes there to their monor
league system, and the Astros, since Luna has left, has
had a quote unquote garbage minor league system. But they
keep going to it. They've made trades with it, and

(36:34):
they've gone to it and it's helped me. Joeyo Lopafido.
I wouldn't bring up Jake Bloss, but that's it, you know, Yeah,
Jake Bloss. Oh, Hayden was nescular trades. It doesn't count wall.
They traded for him and he blew his elbow.

Speaker 1 (36:45):
Mm. It felt personal, not personal, it's a fact. Unfortunate.
It's Scotty in river Oaks. Good morning, Matt Ross.

Speaker 5 (36:54):
What's going on, guy?

Speaker 1 (36:55):
Yeah, Scott, it's great to hear from you, unlike the
previous caller.

Speaker 5 (36:58):
Go ahead, all right, So I don't know if you remember.
I called in on Tuesday when we were doing gut
feelings and I would like to apply for parcel credit
because I predicted that Week one would be Monday night
football at home versus Bills. Now obviously it's week two,
not week one, but our home opener is on Monday
night and we.

Speaker 1 (37:16):
Own a different opponent and they're playing the Bucks. Scott
meant the Bills. I want more credit because they will
start with being now, Scott, well, we.

Speaker 5 (37:25):
Also do get the Bills in prime time, so.

Speaker 1 (37:27):
I was correct about all right? Okay, So I.

Speaker 5 (37:34):
Mean at least at least maybe half a point. Okay.
The other thing is I was at the I was
at the Astros game last night. A lot of fun,
Jeremy Pane, you know, playing very very well.

Speaker 6 (37:47):
But the one observation I.

Speaker 5 (37:49):
Want, I don't know if you guys have seven we're
how many whether for the attendant glow last night the
lowest I've noticed since I can remember, since you know
this recent era has started. If you guys have any
data on what the attendance members are so far this year?

Speaker 1 (38:07):
Oh yeah, it was a good last week. But I'm
with you. I thought. Uh.

Speaker 2 (38:11):
I actually texted a well another media member saying, man
is dead in here.

Speaker 1 (38:16):
And it was dead in the press box too.

Speaker 2 (38:17):
It's like Wednesday against the Royals and Colden Gordon making
his major league debut and nobody was in the building.

Speaker 1 (38:22):
If nobody was kicking it, nobody was kicking it. Huh uh.

Speaker 2 (38:27):
What you can do is we can go back on
attendance based off of what the attendance was a year
ago at this point.

Speaker 1 (38:34):
Right, that's a lot of work. You're making me dig
that up. No, you don't have to, Okay. My simple
answer to this and life's not simple.

Speaker 2 (38:44):
It's a midweek school's not out yet Wednesday against the Royals,
against the Royals who have zero cachet, I mean zero cachet.
And frankly, if you had a bobblehead giveaway, you'd probably
a forty thousand pe Yeah, there was also no giveaway,
I should say, you should say, And that's another reason
the press box was so empty.

Speaker 1 (38:59):
But oh, by the way, so I got a bibblehead
the other day, you did? Yeah? Can I have it? No?

Speaker 2 (39:05):
Uh, there are members of the media who have never
met that flood. My role, My role kicks them out
of your seat. I had to push aside politely.

Speaker 1 (39:15):
I had I.

Speaker 2 (39:16):
Kicked somebody out of the seat seventy five percent of
the time.

Speaker 1 (39:18):
I go there.

Speaker 2 (39:19):
I don't want to be rude, you don't. But there
is a group of media people. How do I do
this very tenderly? Here, I'll just go ahead and do it.

Speaker 1 (39:27):
It's my peoples, it's my brown people's. When there's a
bibblehead forty five thousand of a show up with credentials,
I don't know why.

Speaker 2 (39:33):
Oh, how all right, I'm gonna say this, Jonathan, Please
make sure I'm okay with this.

Speaker 1 (39:37):
I'm just saying the Hispanic media for you in.

Speaker 2 (39:40):
Houston only comes to Astro games when there's bibblehead giveaways. True,
and there's a bunch of them, A bunch would be
slow to a wrong term. You mean a plethoraugh. Yeah,
and you got kick them out of your seat this.

Speaker 1 (39:59):
Brian I. Taggert is up next as tell him when
it was pissed at us. True, but the truth hurts.
Shout out my university on dogs. But uh, they're in
our seats all the time.

Speaker 2 (40:10):
McTaggart next, eleven o'clock seven on It, Come back in
a minute, all right, eleven o three Sports Talk seven Ontie.
Brian McTaggart is with us for his weekly visit.

Speaker 1 (40:19):
Now.

Speaker 2 (40:21):
Brian leaves and lives in League City. He covered the
game last night. We're gonna try to guess where he is.
He's on his way to Arlington right now, closest without
going over wins Ross. We don't know where he left,
when he left. We're no, we we're just appear here, guest.
So let's say he got home at say midnight. Okay, yeah,

(40:41):
he's an instant career man. Probably get the Burly seven thirty.
He didn't pack, so we packed quickly for this. Uh huh,
he's about a fifteen minute package. I'll say something thirties
two and a half hours. And I'm going to say,
he is, I'm going Buffalo, Texas. I was gonna say Buffalo,
Are you serious?

Speaker 6 (40:59):
Are you here?

Speaker 2 (41:00):
I was really gonna say Buffalo. What's the place where?
Saying fair I'm gonna go Fairfield. Okay, I'm gonna say
course of Canada? Nope, too far, Brian?

Speaker 1 (41:09):
Where are you?

Speaker 11 (41:11):
I just posted a picture on my Twitter. It tells
you exactly where I'm at. Okay, here, So he's in Madisonville.
Then if you posted it, it's got to be buggy. Yeah,
you gotta be a Bucky's nice.

Speaker 3 (41:22):
I just pulled him.

Speaker 1 (41:23):
Oh Madisonville. Damn chalk. You know we went off chalk, Brian.
That's that's we messed up?

Speaker 3 (41:30):
You did? You did?

Speaker 7 (41:31):
That?

Speaker 3 (41:31):
Was? That was?

Speaker 6 (41:32):
That was a layup for you guys.

Speaker 1 (41:33):
So what time did you leave Lake City this morning?

Speaker 3 (41:37):
I left about nine ten?

Speaker 11 (41:39):
Okay, hit a little traffic around downtown when forty five
goes to two lanes for some unknown reason, and then yeah,
but otherwise yeah, otherwise fine.

Speaker 1 (41:48):
Okay, good all right. Good. Hey, uh, the comeback kids
are back in action.

Speaker 2 (41:52):
This is not a bad little serious performance for the
local night, especially with two back to backers. I thought
yesterday was even more impressive because of the fact that
it felt like Kansas City was and cruise control of much.

Speaker 1 (42:01):
Of the game.

Speaker 11 (42:03):
Yeah, I agree to take two to three with the
pitching matchups that that the Royals were throwing out there
and you know, come from behind win. I think, what
only their second win this year when trailing after seven innings,
so that was, you know, probably one of the most
impressive wins of the season. I mean, I was just
thinking that they're squeezing every ounce they.

Speaker 3 (42:21):
Can out of this offense.

Speaker 11 (42:22):
I mean, two solo homers get it done a couple
of days ago, you know, yesterday, do bomb drops a
couple of doubles. I mean, the offense is still scuffling
really badly and they're making the most of it. But
the pitching has been so good for the most part,
especially the bullpen, that they're in every game pretty much
with the exception of a you know, a couple of
those in the home stand that we're all aware of.

(42:43):
But yeah, I mean, you know, I think Joe said
it a few times. The fact that they have this
record and their offense is as poor as it's been,
I think it's pretty it's pretty promising. If you think
once they get back to full strength and everyone starts
hitting up to their level.

Speaker 2 (42:58):
I think you have to make an accept to your
rule about everybody's struggling offensively except the leadoff man Jeremy Penia.
My god, is this ops gone up like five hundred
points in the last two weeks.

Speaker 11 (43:09):
Yeah, he's done a nice job in that leadoff spot.
And uh, you know, he had that great spring and
made a few changes to his swing and got off
to a little bit of a slow start, but he
looks like now he's he's developing into everything they had
hoped he would be. I mean this is his fourth
year now, so it's not like this is an overnight thing.
But man, good for him. I mean, he's put in
a lot of work to get to this point. And

(43:30):
anytime you put someone in the leadoff spot, you know,
you wonder how they're gonna do. It comes with a
lot of pressure. And he's done a very nice job.
You know, just sort of like when you move somebody
to close it, you don't know, if they're built for
it or not. Guys you know, Will Harris couldn't do it,
and you know Ken Giles really couldn't do it, but
you know other guys can and they move Penya the
leadoff spot and he certainly is, you know, a quarter

(43:53):
through the season, is probably the Astros MVP at this point.

Speaker 2 (43:56):
Yeah, we've seen hot streaks from him before, Brian, And
of course you always mentioned Memorial Day is kind of
where you you shake things out. We're only a couple
of weeks out from that and he is still sustaining this.

Speaker 11 (44:07):
Yeah, but and that leads me to believe it's real.
I mean, he's you know, not striking out as much,
walking a little more, and it just it just looks
more confident at the plate. His swing is just seems
to be uh, you know, the.

Speaker 3 (44:20):
Word he's used is quieter.

Speaker 11 (44:21):
There's just not not going you know, a lot going on,
a little toe tap, and he's got those quick hands.
You know, yesterday I tried to you know, sneak a
ball by him, and you know, he was able to
get those hands in and just turn on it. And
so yeah, he's uh, you know, he's got a chance
to make the All Star Game in the in the
American League at shortstop. Add that to his resume, which
already includes a World Series, a World Series MVP, ALCS MVP.

Speaker 2 (44:45):
There was really only one poor reliever in the middle
relief corps and Taylor Scott obviously got DFA yesterday, But
I mean Dubin or King and then Bray you who's
felt like the appearances have gone down? Where were this
team be without this bullpen? Because not only are they successful,
but man, Brian, they're being used in the fifth any

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more than perhaps any other bullpen in baseball right now.

Speaker 11 (45:10):
Yeah, I'd be interested to see where they rank as
far as innings pitched. That's something I'll I'll look up
after I finished my icy here at Bucki's. But even
the two games where they had the short starts and
the Colors game in the Gusto game, the bullpen came
in and shut the door. In both games they they
had a chance. You know, I think both games maybe

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had the time run at the play it at some point.
So yeah, you know, I've said it before. I thought
the bullpen was the one area where they going into
the season, I thought they were really thin.

Speaker 3 (45:41):
But so far it's been it's been their strengths so far.

Speaker 11 (45:44):
And Dubin's the guy we saw yesterday who can come
in and you know, sneak ninety six ninety seven by
you before you know it. He's He's very durable, a
guy that can pitch two innings if you if you
need to start him and get four it in is
he can do that as well. So you know, it
stinks for Taylor Scott who did a really job last year.
But yeah, Dubin I think could be even a bigger
weapon out of that bullpen. So you know, props to

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all those guys for forgetting it done, but got to
do it over the next four months as well, because
some of those guys are pitching a lot. You know,
Brave he's pitching a lot again. So we'll see how
they do here as we continue through the season.

Speaker 2 (46:20):
Brian McTaggert continuing with us here on Sports Talk seven
ninety back to the lineup, Real Quick, continuing struggles for
Christian Walker, oh for four a couple of strikeouts. Talked
about pinya and hoping that's real and we hope it's
not real with the way that Walker's performing.

Speaker 3 (46:37):
Well.

Speaker 11 (46:37):
I went to Christian Walker Monday before the game and
did an interview with him on how well he was hitting,
you know, and if you talked to him. I know
Matt interviewed him after. I did a very stand up guy.
I mean in very honest, very candid.

Speaker 3 (46:53):
You know.

Speaker 11 (46:53):
He came, as advertised, just one of the best, you know,
interviews you could have. But he was great about a
swing and I think at that time he was hitting
twenty five, he was coming around, and then I think
he had a hitless series against the Royals, so he
may never want to talk to me or Matt again.
But just when I think that he's coming around, and
then you have a stretch where he looks like, you know,

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he's a little bit lost at the plate. So yeah,
the deeper you get into this more you start to
scratch your head. But man, I still think there's got
to be better days ahead from Matt. I just don't
I'll be shocked of Christian Walker's hitting two eleven and
at the All Star Breaker two fifteen, or even two twenty.

Speaker 1 (47:32):
We all know full well how Astros fans can be. Brian.

Speaker 2 (47:35):
There has been a lot of talk about hitting coaches
all year, especially now with Jeff Pass and Alex Bregman
article talking about adjustments he made. Just your opinion on
that whole narrative and any underlying possibility of a change
being made.

Speaker 3 (47:49):
There, Yeah, I don't see it.

Speaker 11 (47:53):
I mean, the same hitting coaches that you know in
twenty twenty two when they won the World Series, the
same pitching coach is.

Speaker 3 (48:00):
When they won the World Series. To me, I'm always
gonna put the blame on the player, I mean, bottom line.

Speaker 11 (48:05):
Yeah, if you read the pass An article, one of
the things that stood out to me was that one
of the things that clicked for Bregman that he said
was that he was getting the knob past the ball.
He said the same thing last year when he was
struggling here. He had a big game and he's like,
not past the ball, that's what clicks. So this isn't
anything new, I don't think.

Speaker 3 (48:23):
I don't think.

Speaker 11 (48:24):
Bregman's got gone there and just reinvented his swing. I
think maybe he's made a couple of changes here and there.
He was the guy that was constantly tinkering with his swing,
always trying different things, always looking at video.

Speaker 3 (48:35):
I think he likes hitting at Fenway Park.

Speaker 11 (48:38):
That's one of the reasons he signed there is he
thought he really liked the backdrop and the idea of
the green Monster.

Speaker 3 (48:43):
So I think it's just low hanging fruit to say
blame the hitting coaches. Blame the hitting coaches.

Speaker 11 (48:49):
And I saw your tweet yesterday Ross that you know,
where's the praise for the hitting coaches for helping you know,
come have a guy that looks like he'd be an
All Star. Now, the responsibilit on the players, And yes,
I mean at some point if there's a team wide
failure in hitting philosophy, then yeah, maybe you make some changes.
But you have some very accomplished hitters in the Astras

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lineup not carrying the weight, and the onus is on
them more than it is the coaches.

Speaker 2 (49:15):
To wrap up our conversation, Brian, what's going through the
mind of Lance mccullors. Obviously, the last start was far
from what he wanted. Only one third inning struggled in
terms of pitch cap the first one, and look, Arlington
is a place the Rangers are hitting well, it's an
easy ballpark for hitting offensively. I'm not going to say
how important is it, so I don't want you to

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read into that, but start number three, he wants to
see some tangible improvement.

Speaker 1 (49:41):
I'm assuming yes, oh.

Speaker 11 (49:44):
Yeah, I mean it's got to be a case where
a if you're lance after that start, you want to say, hey,
that was a one start thing. I'm back on track,
get some quick innings, get some swing and miss which
he wasn't able to do, maybe even build the velocity
just a little bit. I mean, the Rangers on a
great line. They just beat up on on the Rockies
who are just awful. Uh Mark Uh, Cory Segers on

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the I l again, he's there, you know, by far
their best hitter and someone who's really gonna thorn in
their side. But uh, you know they have Jack Peterson
hitting third last night. His ops is under five hundred.
So this is this is a this is a lineup
that I think he could have some success against. But
if he does go out there, have another short start,
gets knocked around, then maybe you know, you have to

(50:26):
have some you know, real discussions about, you know, where
do you go from here with Lions mccollors junior. But
if he has a good start on Friday, then you
try to build on it. But uh, you know, we'll
see it's gonna be a very interesting start for him
on Friday for sure.

Speaker 2 (50:38):
And lastly, any thought of maybe seeing Jordan on this
road trip at some point.

Speaker 11 (50:44):
I would think I would think we will. I mean,
I know that Joe said we're close, and we've heard
that over and over. I guess until maybe he's taking
some batting practice on the field. I think they really
want him in the lineup for the for this series.
I don't maybe they get him back to the last
couple of games and maybe he's in there tonight. Who
those But I certainly would be surprised if he is
not in the lineup at some point during this road trip.

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And uh, maybe we'll have more clarity on that when
we get to Arlington and a few hours we're.

Speaker 3 (51:10):
Able to talk to Joe.

Speaker 2 (51:11):
All right, last question, Ross, you and I will guess
what flavor icy did Brian mctagger choose at BUCkies. Now
the two leaders in the clubhouse are Cola and Cherry.
Blueberry also sometimes gets in there, and I believe doctor
Pepper can be a flavor. Now that BUCkies I've gone
to has multiple machines. I'm gonna go you went Cola?

(51:34):
What do you say, Ross, I'm gonna go Cotton candy.

Speaker 3 (51:39):
Cotton candy.

Speaker 11 (51:40):
Well, I actually haven't gotten it yet, about about to
go in, but yeah, I'm definitely.

Speaker 3 (51:44):
A Cola guy.

Speaker 1 (51:45):
That's what I'm talking about.

Speaker 3 (51:48):
Great goodn't you are? You are? What do you say, Thomas?

Speaker 1 (51:52):
That isis And by the way, thanks for throwing Thanks
for throwing under the bus.

Speaker 2 (51:58):
With the Christian Walker interview, people was like, oh, that
sports empty curses back in the play, I'm gonna start
calling the mctaggard curse.

Speaker 1 (52:03):
That's what, cause you got to him before I did.
So well, I think he.

Speaker 3 (52:06):
Wouldn't have talked to him. He probably would have been doing.

Speaker 2 (52:08):
Okay, he's been there for two World Series wins, Matt,
So I don't think there's a Brian McTaggart curse.

Speaker 1 (52:13):
That feels fair tags really really really safe travels. We'll
talk to you.

Speaker 2 (52:17):
Again next week. I see it, Brian McTaggart, Cola icy.
I haven't had an icy in the longest time. I
can't tell you the last one. God, it's the love
at the movies. I think years ago, yeah, a couple
of years ago. And then when I was a kid,
every time I go to a convenience store to get
an icy, the machine never worked sucked.

Speaker 1 (52:37):
That's things have changed.

Speaker 2 (52:38):
And thank you to Rukies for having multiple icy machines
available for our quenching of our thirst.

Speaker 1 (52:46):
Thank you.

Speaker 2 (52:47):
I don't just don't get it coming up at the
bottom of the arm. I great, I got a great
story for you on this Okay eleven twenty one Sports
Talk seven ninety it is a Matt Thomas show with
Ross We've got I just don't get it coming up
at the bottom of the arm. For those of you
there new to the show, and first of all, I
wish Look, my birthday is coming up on June fifth.
Can you go tell ten people about the show, each

(53:07):
one of you that consider me at least an acquaintance.
Some of you friends really close friends. I think if
you listened to the show, we're friends. Yes, except for
that idiot, that fake Cougar fan, Christian.

Speaker 1 (53:18):
He can go to hell.

Speaker 2 (53:19):
Yeah, we recently got some shocking data that people will say,
oh did you hear this on the Rod Ryan Show?

Speaker 1 (53:24):
Or did you hear this on the whatever Show? But
they don't do it as much in sports for some reason. Yeah.

Speaker 2 (53:29):
So if you could tell a friend about the show,
I would appreciate it. So tell ten people. I'm asking
for one.

Speaker 1 (53:36):
I guess you know what I'll do.

Speaker 2 (53:38):
You know I'm asking for ten. But all said, I'll
be happy with one that gets us like fourteen new listeners.

Speaker 1 (53:42):
That's true, Matt. You over ask Yeah, like at Christmas time? Dad,
can I have this new high end video game? Well,
I'll give you the video game from five years ago? Yeah.
Can you loan me five hundred dollars? And really I
probably just need one hundred.

Speaker 2 (53:57):
I'll give you some money. Oh thanks, we're going to Nick,
We're going to like Charlestons. I gonna give you something.
We got to take a week and try to I'm
to invest you in the Pogram game. Oh no, it's fine.
I mean I'll be willing to do it.

Speaker 1 (54:09):
It's just so time consuming. You're a stock. You gotta
put like eight hours in there. Okay, I'd rather be
at the sports book getting hammered. We may do that too.

Speaker 2 (54:17):
Hey, just saying, fucking Cranberry's got my name on it.
But back to my point, uh ohe are we going
with this?

Speaker 1 (54:25):
I don't know. I don't know why.

Speaker 2 (54:28):
Oh I was so, if you're new to the show,
Every Wednesday, every Thursday we do I just don't get it.
And that's where you have just don't get something in
your life that you don't understand. We are the three
of us with our experience. Well, Jonathan's not experience and anything,
but Ross and I are experiencing things. He's an experience
in caa athlete, that's true. Yeah, experience and trying to

(54:49):
understand why this girl puts five ranch dressings on her salad. Yeah,
paying attention. He's listen to music. Okay, he did a nine.
Pay attention to the show. We're watching him on the
kind of camera.

Speaker 1 (55:00):
He's busy, he's watching YouTube. He probably is all right
minecraft seven one, three, two, five, seven nine. If you
want to join in the conversation.

Speaker 2 (55:07):
Astros with a nice win, come from behind Canvasit is
a mid team, but you gotta beat the mid teams.

Speaker 1 (55:12):
They're mid.

Speaker 2 (55:13):
It's a good America like Central's good. Okay, if they're mid,
what are the Astros mid? Plus they have a better
record do the Royals? For only so long they're twenty
five and twenty. Astros are twenty two and twenty. So
that the only reason why they're not a twenty five
because they have they've played three less.

Speaker 1 (55:29):
Games, so far. Oh okay, so well they got an
opportunity this weekend.

Speaker 2 (55:33):
All right, so predict how the Astros are going to
do in this seven game roadch We got four in
Arlington and three in Tampa. And do you want my
homer pick on my real pick, I would like both please.
Homer pick would be three out of four. My realistic
pick is they probably split it. I think they're going
to go four and three on the next trip. Oh,
on the trip, I'm sorry, I was thinking about this
weekend in Arlington. Yeah, four and three on the trip.

Speaker 1 (55:56):
I could see that. Oh the grama Paul. By the way,
MLB And by the way, you.

Speaker 2 (56:05):
Must win game with Hunter Brown going in this series,
because then it's mccullar's Blanc Augusto against Evaldi.

Speaker 1 (56:10):
Maddy and later. I'm gonna ask you this right now.

Speaker 2 (56:12):
I don't want you to utter the rotation the rest
of the weekend after what you just did, unless, of course,
Lance gives you six frames.

Speaker 1 (56:19):
Well, uh, Jack Lder started the season hot, but he's
been giving up some runs now.

Speaker 2 (56:24):
Yeah, by the way, really really really irritating about these
social social these uh streaming services.

Speaker 1 (56:34):
What's wrong tomorrow night? It's an apple TV game. Yeah,
put on some Ted Lasso and then flip on the
game Sunday is a Roku game? Yeah, put on some
yet Jokers reruns Full House Channel and then go to
the ass. Yeah, exactly.

Speaker 2 (56:55):
Baseball's got That's why I said Baseball and any SPN
have to kiss the makeup.

Speaker 1 (56:59):
They have to. They have to figure out a way
to keep them on that network somehow. Someway. The revenues
keep coming, owners keep making more.

Speaker 2 (57:07):
But I ross, the check for Roku can't be that now,
Apple Apple, I could see, But the Roku dollars can't
be crazy. There's got to be a what do you
call it ross when you buy when you buy something
and you take the money, but then you know there's
you're not getting a great rate to return on. I mean,
it's just a it's a I guess it's a bad investent.

Speaker 1 (57:27):
Quick fix. The quick fix.

Speaker 2 (57:28):
They took some cash over a Sunday slate of games. Look,
I'm pretty savvy on the streaming stuff. It til takes
me fifteen minutes to find Roku.

Speaker 6 (57:40):
What it?

Speaker 1 (57:41):
What the matter? Nothing? I'm with you as far as
they they have to balance the Apple Apple I can
get because it's a mega, mega, super popular streaming service
with original TV shows, and they're trying to get into
the Netflix crowd.

Speaker 2 (57:56):
They're trying to get into the Amazon Prime. I get Apple, Roku,
I don't get. Yeah, the quick fix money weighed against
growing the sport.

Speaker 1 (58:06):
We talk about this in the NBA.

Speaker 2 (58:08):
It's similar, not with the streaming stuff, but like to
where they always put Lebron and steph On and Lebron
and Steff and Lebron and Steff and Lebron Steff. Well,
those guys are gonna retire soon or just not be
very good. You gotta build up the other young stars.
So you gotta build up. You've got to build up
your audience somehow, rather than saying, all right, we're gonna
get rather than getting five million viewers on ESPN or Fox,

(58:29):
we're gonna get one million viewers on Roku, but we're
gonna take the money.

Speaker 1 (58:32):
Yep.

Speaker 2 (58:33):
So you're losing out on four million people watching your show.
These are numbers I'm making up on it. I think
it's very accurate.

Speaker 1 (58:38):
But yeah, so you're losing out on millions of people
watching the game that you want to grow ten years
down the road, twenty years down the road, and there
is not an eleven year old going dead put Roku
on because the Astros and Rangers are playing today at noon.
All you're doing is pissing off the people that would
watch the game, and that's Astro fans and range your

(59:00):
fans on their respective networks. I just don't get it.

Speaker 6 (59:03):
Is up.

Speaker 1 (59:03):
I came up with the phrase they cutting off your
nose to spite your face?

Speaker 2 (59:06):
Or what's the reverse you're you're saying, Wait a minute,
you're coming up with that original phrase nose. I'm trying
to the phrase you were trying to think of the
quick fixed phrase. Yeah, yeah, I will accept they're not
cutting off their nose because they're taking money. Never mind,
doesn't worry. They're adding their nose to spite their grandma.
What has grandma have to do with this? Well, word shopping?

Speaker 1 (59:28):
I like that, jon Is.

Speaker 2 (59:30):
That is the best piece of sound you have played
in the history of your this show with you being
on it. Oh now he's paying attention.

Speaker 3 (59:38):
Oh yeah, oh.

Speaker 2 (59:40):
He's working on tomorrow. Somebody's got to all right, what
don't you get? If there's something I don't get? The
last thirty seconds of Ross's a little siloquy over there
seven one three two one two five seven ninety seven
one three two one two five seven ninety.

Speaker 1 (59:56):
If you don't get something, we're here to answer it
for you. Next on seven ninety.

Speaker 12 (01:00:05):
Do you have something in your life that just don't
get No need to worry, no need to We will
just do the topics. Just see if we comprehend the
things that may n use our friends.

Speaker 1 (01:00:17):
It's time to say I just don't get it. All right,
here we go. What don't you get in your life?
I present to you.

Speaker 2 (01:00:34):
An example of this is such this story is so
bizarre that I could actually honestly probably do a shut
your ball ass operating. But I got time for that. Okay,
Houston Chronicle story. This is on May thirteenth. Oh no,
I gotta, I gotta sign in. Oh jesus, this is terrible.

Speaker 3 (01:00:53):
Here we go.

Speaker 1 (01:00:53):
Okay, we'll go. We'll call you the show prep parr.
Here we go.

Speaker 2 (01:00:57):
H a baseball season ticket holder named Win Lee. He
went to dik In Park on May the twelfth.

Speaker 1 (01:01:06):
Just a couple of days ago, he posted on social
media about bringing three pounds of crawfish into Monday night's
game against the Royals. Lee pose with his ballpark meal
in delight of the post, holding it up from his
season ticket seats in left field foul territory. Others were
not so amused.

Speaker 2 (01:01:25):
Facebook commenters called Lee quote inconsiderate of those around him
because of the mess and smell the mudbugs can create.
One commented sarcastically, bet your neighbors love you. Lee, however,
said he was insured he was mindful of his seat mates.
He said he ate the crawfish at the picnic tables
in front of dyke In Parks team store in the
leftfield concourse, pregame to not make a miss. He confirmed

(01:01:48):
that with another social media post of him digging into
his meal, and he shows photos of that. Lee said
bringing in food is a regular practice for him. He
takes advantage of the stadium's policy the guests can bring
food contained in a clear plastic bag no bigger than
one gallon in size for every home game. But he
said that this was the first time he brought crawfish
to the ballpark. He says, it's crawfish season. You know,

(01:02:11):
I'm sorry, mister Lee, and maybe you're listening to showing
for that, We thank you for it. You cannot bring
crawfish in a plastic container to a ballpark, or a
paper or a plastic bag. Crawfish needs to be eaten
in a crawfish esque type situation at a restaurant at

(01:02:34):
a boil.

Speaker 1 (01:02:35):
Don't they do a boil the ashtros I've never seen it.
They had before. I'm sure they have.

Speaker 2 (01:02:40):
I would say, bringing crawfish to a game and a
plastic bag, I would say, gentlemen, I just don't get
it so gross. They need to bring potatoes and corn
in there too. Sausage, yeah, was it? Spice poker underrated?
The mushrooms all, love it all, love it all. The
boiled mushrooms. Crawfish very good. I will come to your crawfish. Well,
I just wanted to crawfish. I'll eat everything else.

Speaker 1 (01:03:03):
Oh, I thought you said you're gonna have somebody peel
them for you, and my daughter does. Let me tell
you something.

Speaker 2 (01:03:09):
I've spent thousands of dollars on her and volleyball. At
least you can just peel my crawfish. Let's let's go
through this step by step please. So you're sitting at
a restaurant or a crawfish ball, were in to a
crawfish ball a couple weeks ago. Okay, like one where
you proper the proper crawfish boil. They put the paper
down and this double bunch of.

Speaker 1 (01:03:28):
Circular She sits next to you, Yes, grabs a crawfish tail,
appeels the tail and then what she saying, feeds it
to you or throws it into my little con circular thing.
I don't. I don't ask.

Speaker 3 (01:03:42):
She didn't.

Speaker 2 (01:03:43):
She puts just the tail in there, and then you
grab the tail, dip it in butter, seasoning or whatever, Yes,
and then you eat.

Speaker 1 (01:03:49):
I eat the meat every single time. Oh lord, that good.
That's an easy one. That's it. Gee good.

Speaker 2 (01:03:57):
My point is this, she knows I don't like doing it.
She's really good at doing it, so thus she does
it for me and I eat it voluntarily. What do
you mean, Yeah, I don't ask her to do it.
I can go to a car every once in your
wholehole life.

Speaker 1 (01:04:15):
Asked her to do it?

Speaker 2 (01:04:16):
No, she tried to show me. She tried to show
me she's a huge crawfish connoisseur. I mean, she give
me a crawfish eight every day of the week. She
She's like, Dad, it's so easy, and I like I
don't want to do this, and so I like I
held my potatoes, my mushrooms, my sausage, the shrimp sometimes
in a crawfish bowl.

Speaker 1 (01:04:32):
You know, Dad, I'll do it for you. So it's nice.
I got something for you, mat Yes, I just don't
get that I spend I don't want to. I don't
want to pocket watch so key, but you're going to.
You don't have to. I spend twenty five thousand dollars
a year in her volleyball.

Speaker 2 (01:04:46):
Okay, that isn't Yeah, So if she so, she gets
so so she's got to peel your crawfish exactly.

Speaker 1 (01:04:52):
I get that. Huh.

Speaker 2 (01:04:56):
She is amazing, even though that I'd want to eat
a crawfish, somebody's hands had been all over it. It's
my daughter, It's fine, come on, all right. So back
to my original point. Do you get bringing all the entrails?
What if there's like a little entrail on there, it's fine.

Speaker 1 (01:05:09):
You wash it off. Do you spray it down with
a hose?

Speaker 3 (01:05:12):
Oh?

Speaker 2 (01:05:13):
Go back to my original point. Do you get bringing
crawfish a minute made part or to a dik in park? No, Jonathan,
you that's filthy. I mean I could see bringing what
would be the what's the length of I mean, can
you bring sandwiches in?

Speaker 1 (01:05:29):
Yes? Can you bring in a burger that you're made
in a peanuts yeah? I mean burger you're why not you?
Nobody's bringing a burger, but you're not bringing spaghetti and meatballs?
But that way you could you could be messy. But crawfish.
I just don't get it. Russell, do you got I
got a lot?

Speaker 6 (01:05:47):
I know you do.

Speaker 1 (01:05:50):
Uh. I'm gonna go, well, actually a couple of things.

Speaker 3 (01:05:54):
I have.

Speaker 1 (01:05:55):
Uh, I'm just gonna say it.

Speaker 2 (01:05:58):
Exfinity cable I'm just gonna say because I'm unsatisfied with
them right now, let's spend money with us. I don't
think maybe they do love you, Exfinity. So I have
to get a new cable box because unfortunately the four
K ones they have keep shortening out on me. And
every time I get a new remote, there is a
button on the remote that is a thirty second jump.

Speaker 1 (01:06:18):
But when you get the new remote, it's a five
minute jump and you have to go through a little code.

Speaker 2 (01:06:24):
You have to put in zeros and all this stuff
to change it to a thirty second jump. Why is
the default? And I've done this with five different Xfinity remotes.
Why is the default a five minute jump? Who is
sitting there watching the game or a TV show.

Speaker 1 (01:06:39):
And needs a five minute jump as opposed to a
thirty second jump.

Speaker 2 (01:06:45):
I just don't get it. Can see somebody please tweet
me that they've dealt with this as well? Is this
is just me and I've been a rerec rev guy
for twenty five years. Thirty second jump and then you
can jump back fifteen seconds whatever. I think it's thirty
four to fifteen back ors.

Speaker 1 (01:06:57):
I'm okay with it. That makes perfect sense, especially in
the day.

Speaker 2 (01:07:00):
Someone now, NFL offenses are a little quick, but the
thirty second jump is clutch. And what you're trying to
catch up on an NFL game? Why is there a
five minute jump on the remote?

Speaker 1 (01:07:08):
I just don't get it. Can someone make sense out
of that for me? You need a technician? Don't you
to call the show?

Speaker 3 (01:07:14):
No?

Speaker 1 (01:07:14):
I don't need to.

Speaker 2 (01:07:15):
Yeah, I guess so sorry. I don't need a technician
to fix it at Google dot com. But I don't
get it because I don't live in it that world.
So every time I get a new box, because they
keep short down on me, because their technology is crap.
I have to get a new remote, and then I
have to and I hit forward. I'm like, oh crap,
it just jump five minutes. So sometimes the box is good.
Sometimes it's not. Yeah, sometimes it works and it shorts

(01:07:38):
out and Peter's out and I gotta get a new one.
So it's the key is having good box, A good box. Well, yeah,
you want HD or you want four K, Johnathan, any
thoughts on this. I don't have cable, so I don't know.
I don't I these a rucus so like, and I
just get my games off of.

Speaker 1 (01:07:58):
Streamys. Just see the kids these days. They are of
how soft talking is. Yeah, then he's checking getting gold
coins the girl on the chap. I got to get
rid of the fifty porn sites that are look at well,
look at one of those porns. I got like three
a couple of viruses, Jonathan, slowly and succinctly, would you
tell us what you don't get? I actually have a

(01:08:19):
good one today, because I don't understand.

Speaker 13 (01:08:21):
I was at the game yesterday and there was this
long Royals fan with his girlfriend right in the midst
of all all and it was just booming when they
got those two hund runs, you know, lied by himself.
His girlfriend's loving it, and then he goes I think
all two bays struck out or got easy out, starts
cussing him out, saying how bad he sucks it out
the whole entire part, all it was emphasis around him,

(01:08:45):
all got othered and got like right behind him all
stuff instead of messing with him, like and then when
they came back, I'm talking like, grabbed his cab through
his cap and then the ball.

Speaker 1 (01:08:54):
Was talking about gosh, bullying and fun of this is
his girlfriend.

Speaker 13 (01:08:57):
And I just don't understand why you would do that
to your Like, I don't know why you put yourself
in that position.

Speaker 1 (01:09:02):
I don't get that.

Speaker 2 (01:09:04):
There's never need to be antagonistic or argumentative at a ballpark.
It's a it's a place of joy.

Speaker 1 (01:09:09):
Well generally you get all they at the dome though,
that's that's crazy. You get angry drunks as well. Okay,
thank you, Jonathan, thank you? Did you have a second one?
Did you have a second one? Another one?

Speaker 6 (01:09:26):
Oh?

Speaker 1 (01:09:26):
Yeah. We talked about this story yesterday at News at noon.

Speaker 2 (01:09:31):
HBO Max, which HBO is a heritage brand television wise
and some of the greatest television shows ever, pound for pound,
the most of the best television shows ever.

Speaker 1 (01:09:41):
And then they went to Max and then now they're
going back to HBO Max. I just don't get it.

Speaker 2 (01:09:46):
What are they doing? What is happening with you folks?
They never should have gone to it in the first place.
Everyone said that, and now they're going back. I don't
get what they're doing over there. Do I have to
download a new app again?

Speaker 13 (01:09:59):
Do you know what?

Speaker 2 (01:10:00):
Today on NBC Savannah Guthrie said, it's like coke going
to new Coke going back to old coke.

Speaker 1 (01:10:07):
Yeah, but you said that Eli yesterday she bit stole me.
I just don't get Savannah guth three eight million dollars
a year, dumb.

Speaker 2 (01:10:14):
Be let's go stop stealing my bed. Yeah, but they
did that to compete with Pepsi. Yeah, that's also different too.
They also changed their formula, which was the dumbest thing ever.
I remember having New Coke on a plane one time,
going this is garbage. It was no good, it was terrible.
But you love Pepsi.

Speaker 1 (01:10:29):
I love it all.

Speaker 2 (01:10:30):
Pepsi RC Shasta, all right, right, order coke, Pepsi, doctor pepper.
Oh you hate doctor. I don't know I forgot about it.
Never mind me, never mind, don't shoot me. No, it's fine,
Doc is gross. Thank you very much, Thank you, Jonathan,
than get you raised, Jonathan?

Speaker 1 (01:10:44):
What are you making? Eleven dollars and I'll get you
eleven fifteen?

Speaker 9 (01:10:47):
Let's go.

Speaker 1 (01:10:48):
That would be greatly appreciated.

Speaker 3 (01:10:49):
That.

Speaker 2 (01:10:49):
Yeah, I give him fifteen cents more to fifteen dollars
an hour. He just means lump some, Yeah, I llump some.
All right, Let's get to the calls. Next to Alan
and Keith wanted some things they don't get. What's overd
Here we are the best advice you can find in
the Houston sports marketplace.

Speaker 1 (01:11:03):
Is that all right? KARROSSI I'm just curious how many
people are on your side putting a Twitter poll? Oh
for sure, sports RV Jonathan, You and I are heavy,
heavy minority on this. It's two out of three on
this show.

Speaker 2 (01:11:13):
It's not liking doctor Pepper. Yeah, I bet it's I
bet you'll get less than ten. It'll be ten percent
or less. Think so yes, Now I'm gonna vote on
your poll. It's gotta be simple. Like it or don't
like it, don't don't, don't get multiple thoughts. I'm gonna
go to my burner and vote, all right, seven one
three two sports to seven ninety Yeah, no, seven one
three seven any more.

Speaker 1 (01:11:32):
I I just don't get it next.

Speaker 3 (01:11:36):
All right.

Speaker 2 (01:11:36):
The early poll results are quite stunning. ROSSI on the
dr pepper like it.

Speaker 1 (01:11:43):
Don't like it.

Speaker 2 (01:11:46):
Right now, it's seventy to thirty. I thought it was
gonna be ninety ten, and they very well, it could
be at the end of the day, and we'll see.
I'm just curious you and I love root beer. Yeah
there members of our family, my family that does. My
wife despises rut beer. Really, I think it's delicious. What's
your favorite root beer?

Speaker 1 (01:12:07):
A and W?

Speaker 2 (01:12:09):
They used to be A and W places whether you
would go and then they still have him in the Midwest.
We get the root beer and you pour it into
a frozen to like a frosted mug. Oh my gosh, delicious.
I'm gonna go barks mug then an W.

Speaker 1 (01:12:21):
Huh. Yeah, but I like them. I love an W
to my top to my top five soda that's really quick,
IBC underrated, good old fashioned coke number one. I don't
drink that anymore. I drink the Coke zero. That's good.
Number two sprite? Three? Really? Three? Uh would be root beer?

(01:12:42):
Four would be squirt? Excuse me? Squirt? You like square
grayfru soda?

Speaker 3 (01:12:49):
Yes?

Speaker 12 (01:12:49):
I like?

Speaker 1 (01:12:50):
And yeah I like it.

Speaker 2 (01:12:51):
Where do you find squirt at any scorcier start? I
haven't seen squirt in years.

Speaker 1 (01:12:55):
I'll get you a squirt. I'll bring you a squirt tomorrow.
I got some of the house. I'm good. Keep it
at home. You won't drink a square with me?

Speaker 14 (01:13:03):
No?

Speaker 1 (01:13:03):
I think you should keep that at home? All right?
Keith on seven out of Keith, what don't you get?

Speaker 6 (01:13:10):
I got four things?

Speaker 1 (01:13:11):
Man, Okay, let's keep it quick.

Speaker 6 (01:13:15):
To get it out.

Speaker 7 (01:13:16):
Okay. First, I don't understand how pop of those who
has mid food like it like y'all say, mid still
make for a whole bunch of money. Number two. I
don't understand how food truck drivers make any money. Because
I drive by there and I might see one person

(01:13:38):
or five people out of a whole day. I can't.
I can't understand how they make money. Number three, I
wonder I know how we live in a sick ass world,
but I wonder who cares that much about the astros
that they're threatening Lancemcolor's family if he pitched, if he pitched, uh,

(01:13:59):
if he's pitching up number four, I wonder how.

Speaker 3 (01:14:06):
Donald J.

Speaker 7 (01:14:06):
Trump gets away with it letting woot and punkin on
a regular basis and takes gifts from a terrorist organizations
and gets away. But that's poor thing.

Speaker 1 (01:14:18):
I thank thank you, thank you Yankees. Keith.

Speaker 2 (01:14:23):
I'll let you address that last one, Matt. I'm skipping
number four. Sorry, not talking politics. Wrong show called Michael Berry.
I got to help you with that one. Yeah, number
three on the color stuff, Russe, I got news for you.

(01:14:44):
A lot of Major League Baseball players get those threatening
types of things.

Speaker 3 (01:14:47):
They just do.

Speaker 2 (01:14:48):
I think honestly, jose L two B has probably gotten
the ten times worse and they've handled it their own way.
So yeah, okay, Unfortunately, I think athlete social media violence
is very real, and it just hurt that Lance happened
to get it on the night where he did not
perform well. I would also say, I mean, look, obviously

(01:15:11):
it's it's wrong, and it's as people have a screw loose,
you know, And actually I'm just gonna leave it with that.

Speaker 1 (01:15:18):
Yeah, just say that people have screw looses loose screws loose. Yeah,
screws loose. It's like a new show. Don't don't do it.
I don't know. I'm not listening to this. I'm going
out of the room. Okay. What about food? Yeah?

Speaker 2 (01:15:34):
Food, Well, first of all, food trucks. They spend I'm
anti food trucks. Oh boy, I mean I want to
sit down. I don't want to have to stand and
sit on a curve. You got a picnic table. Yeah,
it's fine. You fancy Matt would be anti food truck.
That is a zero shock. Yeah, I'm just him.

Speaker 1 (01:15:53):
I understand if I have a choice. He was sitting
in a restaurant and weight on your hand and foot.

Speaker 2 (01:15:57):
Yes, and I'll and I'll give them and I'll get
them gratuity with a white service, and I'll get them
twenty two percent tip.

Speaker 1 (01:16:02):
How about that?

Speaker 2 (01:16:02):
Okay, so shut your boy mask twenty two percent. I've
seen you in action. I don't know about that. Oh,
I've given a forty before, you know that.

Speaker 1 (01:16:10):
Forty dollars. Yeah, it was a five hundred dollars billop,
get out of here. Let's get some more folks in here. Well.

Speaker 2 (01:16:16):
He also said, by the way, food is not good
it's good. I think it's good. It's really good.

Speaker 1 (01:16:20):
I don't think it's good.

Speaker 2 (01:16:21):
I don't think it's It's better in New Orleans obviously,
that type of food, but I think for being in Houston,
I will say this, it's overpriced.

Speaker 1 (01:16:29):
I don't think. I think that whole conglomerate is overpriced. Everybody,
look the Rappist family.

Speaker 2 (01:16:33):
You are nice people, You've been around Houston forever, but
every one of your restaurants is overpriced.

Speaker 1 (01:16:38):
Yeah, my pasitos, I'm like brother, brother, Just spend seventy
five dollars.

Speaker 2 (01:16:42):
Listen to my pasitos. If you were to reduce your
price is fifteen percent. I'm not asking for twenty five,
and I'm asking for twenty If you could not get fit,
I would go to your place once a week because
your fijetas are amazing. Your chips are lighting crispy. The
garlic sauce you have with the sausage good, with the
salsa good. The chicken fajetas with the with the butter
is top freaking shell. Just lower your prices. Yeah, gotta

(01:17:07):
take out a payday loan to go there.

Speaker 1 (01:17:09):
I can't do it.

Speaker 11 (01:17:10):
Uh.

Speaker 1 (01:17:11):
Barbecue's okay, Uh, the Cajun food's good. The burger is good,
the steak is excellent.

Speaker 3 (01:17:17):
Just you.

Speaker 2 (01:17:17):
We went to the burger once, remember it's right Owa.
He had to share it was so damn expensive. Well
you had a gift card? Who are like never again?
The reality is you're just too expensive.

Speaker 1 (01:17:25):
I just don't get it, man, I know you want profits,
uh bob and sugarli What don't you get hey, Matt rosy.

Speaker 15 (01:17:34):
Tags tags' was gonna be disappointed shortly after y'all's call
earlier because Rookies no longer has cola icy What.

Speaker 1 (01:17:49):
I just don't get that. Just don't get that. Ruggies
right right, and it's been replaced by DP oh gross
nasty pepper. Stop. Yeah, well I'm still going to Rockies, don't.

Speaker 2 (01:18:07):
I mean, I give you a forty two ounce to
you with no with no problem, and the beaver nuggets
and give me a give me a brisket sandwich and
uh sausage on a stick. Actually you have a sausage
wrapped up on a tortilla which is very under also
on a stick.

Speaker 1 (01:18:20):
Yeah, one packet of mustard. You're good. I love things
on a stick. Yeah, I know you do.

Speaker 2 (01:18:27):
You put a stick on it. The best restaurants you
can even do a number two of those rookies. All right,
say later, all right, well, what are you looking at
me for. I'm not looking at you, Yeah you are. No,
I'm looking at something that's wrong with something's wrong with Matt. Well,
huh h, I am starving. Actually I'm doing.

Speaker 1 (01:18:47):
That is literally eating in the middle of this sea.
If you're a I don't, don't.

Speaker 2 (01:18:52):
I'm talking to you right now. I can't be eating
right now. My biggest pet peeve and you just do
it daily? Now, ko, what's the matter with this show?

Speaker 3 (01:18:59):
Is this?

Speaker 1 (01:19:00):
Joe lends him something eating in mid segment.

Speaker 13 (01:19:01):
Hello geo, Hello guys, and hopefully your phones don't mess
up on me.

Speaker 3 (01:19:06):
Like they did.

Speaker 1 (01:19:07):
Oh yeah, now go ahead, Sorry about that.

Speaker 6 (01:19:10):
But but anyway, Matt, did I hear you right? You
don't do food trucks?

Speaker 1 (01:19:13):
No, I don't No, no, no, no, no, they don't
do them. I don't prefer them. I would rather go
to a restaurant than go to a food truck.

Speaker 13 (01:19:19):
I got you, Okay, Okay, Well I was gonna say,
I just don't get that, man, because some of the
best tacos in your life will be truck for all
email route.

Speaker 1 (01:19:29):
Now I'm not going all the email round. There's no
chance of me going all to email route. Yeah, because
a little over there. Yeah, that's what I'm saying.

Speaker 3 (01:19:36):
I don't want to.

Speaker 1 (01:19:37):
I don't find I don't want to the taco. Don't
start none won't be fine. Hey, I don't want as.

Speaker 5 (01:19:43):
Long as as long as you go with Ross, Matt, you'll.

Speaker 1 (01:19:46):
Yeah, let me tell you.

Speaker 2 (01:19:48):
I don't want to for heat a taco with peeking,
a guy on a gunshot wound.

Speaker 1 (01:19:51):
I just don't want those. They're gonna be fine, all right, guys,
I mean, don't start none, won't be none, Matt. That's
how you that's how you conduct yourself. You start acting
crazy in the hood, they're gonna start acting crazy on you.
Gotta be one of them. How do how do I
do that? Sometimes you might catch astray. That's a different story.

Speaker 2 (01:20:11):
But yeah, I look, Yeah, if I've been to food trucks, yes,
if I well, I go again, absolutely, But I would
prefer to go to a sit down restaurant. I'm never
calling to the family and said, hey, everybody, fancy get it.

Speaker 1 (01:20:25):
Geez.

Speaker 2 (01:20:26):
Now there is a food truck place in Kingwood that
has that's crawfish. That's that's what the that's where all
the family goes either crawfish.

Speaker 1 (01:20:31):
Okay, and you don't like it, well, I don't like
I'm not a huge crawfish guy Soles and someone's daughter
someone it's there and peels on your crawfish tale.

Speaker 2 (01:20:43):
And that's why she maybe is my favorite kendad the
three Oh my goodness, cam baby girl daddy, Yeah, there's no,
there's no maybe.

Speaker 1 (01:20:53):
How does Rachel feel about the situation? Exactly?

Speaker 2 (01:20:56):
Daddy's a little princess because we're two boys with a
baby girl.

Speaker 1 (01:20:59):
I understand. I'm not hating, I'm just saying, well, you know,
maybe about it. The funny thing is she's such a
frauling and so she goes, well, Dad, I'm getting my
college paid for him.

Speaker 2 (01:21:07):
Like, girl, I paid for your college. Sorry, when you're
part playing volleyball in the fifth grades, we'll stop. That's
all part of being a dad. It's fine, all right.
Eleven fifty eight. We have the news at noon coming up.
In a matter of moments. The Texans schedule is out
the rot of the Astros with a nice win, and
we have not mentioned a certain team is out of
the playoffs in the NBA.

Speaker 1 (01:21:27):
Yes, I got at Can I get a hell?

Speaker 5 (01:21:32):
Yeah?

Speaker 1 (01:21:33):
Okay, No, I'm fine. You've got that right? All that
Hallelujah for Big C and he wings.

Speaker 2 (01:21:46):
Our number three of the Matt Thomas Show with Ross.
I am the Ross part of it. God knows what
Matt's doing. I think he's wandering the hallways. But that's okay.
We got a number of things get to We had
Brian McTaggert on earlier in the show. If you missed that,
we'll have that conversation coming up for you at one thirty.

(01:22:07):
Phone lines are open at seven to one three two
one two five seven ninety seven one three two one
two five seven ninety And well, I guess we're gonna
do it without Matt.

Speaker 1 (01:22:17):
We will just go to the news here at noon.

Speaker 3 (01:22:20):
No, you're naughty.

Speaker 1 (01:22:20):
We've been back for two minutes. What are you doing?

Speaker 2 (01:22:25):
People run the company want to value my opinion, So
you're eating in the middle of the last segment, and
now you're not coming back in time.

Speaker 1 (01:22:30):
You're schmoozing with people. Schmoozing.

Speaker 2 (01:22:33):
I'm trying to build the brand of the Matt Thomas
Show and Ross it's built. I know we are who
we are, Ladies and gentlemen. I present to you the
Peter Jennings of sports journalism. H You, Matt, Well, there's.

Speaker 1 (01:22:44):
A lot going on in Houston sports and in the
sports world in general, but we start with the Houston
Astros back to back comebacks for a comeback series victory.
Here's e O two. Hay you lists this one over
the head of Garcia and.

Speaker 16 (01:23:00):
A left field dupond racing around third waters double plot
just throws the second. It's an RBI single for Paidia
and the industrial step come back to take up fourth
rate ly Paydia.

Speaker 1 (01:23:11):
Four for four. Jeremy Paigne goes four for four.

Speaker 2 (01:23:15):
You've just heard, as you just heard Robert Ford say,
a couple of runs batted in season average up to
three point fifteen, season ops up to eight forty.

Speaker 1 (01:23:27):
That Thomas is the Jeremy Penia breakout season. Foux real.

Speaker 2 (01:23:31):
You know what's funny. We've talked about this before. He's
actually hitting sliders too. His percentage of everything is improved.

Speaker 3 (01:23:38):
Do you think this not?

Speaker 1 (01:23:39):
Nelessari? The light bulb turned on.

Speaker 2 (01:23:41):
But as players get older, work on their mechanics, grow
into being professional hitters.

Speaker 1 (01:23:49):
He's obviously worked.

Speaker 2 (01:23:49):
On his game, and I'm I'm happy to see the
positive results because frankly, you need to figure out what
to do with him long term. And and I think
he's building a case to say, hey, sign me up,
give me that big, long term contract.

Speaker 1 (01:24:06):
Josel.

Speaker 2 (01:24:06):
Tuove said, get this guy long term contract. Let's go
probably a week ago. Problem is he's only got two
years off of arbitration. Usually you sign those guys left
attack on three. Yeah, I don't know what too. If
your German pinion, are you a quote unquote betty on yourself?
I bet not myself.

Speaker 1 (01:24:26):
Yeah, he probably will. We'll see how that plays out.

Speaker 2 (01:24:29):
Also last night, Colton Gordon Matt the fourth pitcher for
the Astros to make their.

Speaker 1 (01:24:35):
Major league debut. Colton Gordon four in a third innings,
pitched seven hits, three earned runs, a couple of walks,
three strikeouts, all looking by the way, and forty one
swings only two whiffs. He tops out at ninety two.
So let's just put this in perspective.

Speaker 2 (01:24:56):
He's going to have to mix his pitches up, have
incredible control and because he doesn't overpower people. This is
what we've seen so far. He's gonna be pitching the contact. Yeah,
he was sticking with sinker slider. He said after the
game he throws up to six pitches, so maybe that
we'll mix that in. But that's what they're trying to
go with. That was the game plan to get started.
As you said, uh, pitching the contact. Seven hits only

(01:25:18):
the three earned runs. Not a great start, but not
a disaster. Did enough and this bullpen has been great
Sean Dubin getting you five outs, even though he gave
up the run that was charged to Colton Gordon, but
Caleb Ort very efficient. And then Brian King and Josh Hater,
how about the Astros with twenty two wins. Josh Hater
with ten saves and a win, So that's half.

Speaker 1 (01:25:40):
Of your wins. He's factored in and he will be
going to the All Star Game.

Speaker 2 (01:25:43):
It is a no doubt, no if answer, Butts, he's
headed to the Midsummar Classic.

Speaker 1 (01:25:48):
One fifty point eight nine whip.

Speaker 2 (01:25:51):
By the way, Brian King guessed the show a couple
of days ago with a scoreless frame yesterday. Yes, that
is true. That is Mes McNeese eight Legit is a
sports RV blessing.

Speaker 3 (01:26:03):
You know, what.

Speaker 1 (01:26:03):
I'm gonna take full credit for that. You're all right, man.

Speaker 2 (01:26:06):
Also, you had the Houston Texans schedule released yesterday, four
standalone games Monday night Sunday night. No, it's not three
and a half. It's called Monday Night Football. Seriously, you
are you get any you get the ESPN Plus game.
That means we had to throw you on there Monday
Night football.

Speaker 3 (01:26:25):
No they didn't.

Speaker 1 (01:26:26):
They had one Monday Night Football twice and Thursday Night
Football and a Sunday Night Football.

Speaker 3 (01:26:31):
Suck it.

Speaker 2 (01:26:33):
There's there's two that's one and a half Monday night game.
One them is nine o'clock at night. No one's gonna
be nobody's gonna be looking at their computer. You're gonna
be watching. You're the only ones on my smart TV.

Speaker 1 (01:26:41):
You and Darley having relations with Walter the games going
on twive wake d I know you're gonna wheel out
your buddy ear guess what? But yess what, Darling's gonna
want to.

Speaker 3 (01:26:52):
Come with you. I just can you wear my bleeding
after we're finished?

Speaker 1 (01:26:55):
You got it on your your phone, your tablet, your laptop,
and your team. You gotta smart TV, grown aff man,
grown ass teams put their games on today. You got
your nineteen age Montgomery Ward TV. And that's fine. It's
not gonna be out there. It's twenty twenty five pound
Cannessey Chiefs. Don't worry about being on ESPN plus. The
Dallas Cowboys on't theorr about ESPN plus. Well, the Texans

(01:27:17):
aren't the Cowboys. They're ten really better at what wins.

Speaker 2 (01:27:24):
Technically, they got the same amount of Super Bowl appearances
since franchise is formed ESPN Plus, they have three and
a half national broadcast four standing by it four continue on.
By the way, I'll have my own game, I'll have
my runtime. I'm gonna have my schedule prediction of the
Texans coming up with about on the hour. Okay, I

(01:27:44):
get it a lot quicker than the first one, that's true.

Speaker 1 (01:27:46):
When are you doing that? Twelve to thirty? Okay, twelve
thirty schedule release, our schedule, run through rundown, our predictions?

Speaker 3 (01:27:53):
Sure? Why not?

Speaker 1 (01:27:54):
All right, Matt.

Speaker 2 (01:27:55):
Elsewhere in the news we mentioned this with Brian McTaggart,
Jeff Passing with a big expose Okay, it wasn't an
expose a profile. What are you gonna call it of
Alex Bregman and how he's doing well with the Red Sox.
What you said, Bregman's a douche side In the audio,
I literally love Alex Bregman, one of my friends.

Speaker 3 (01:28:16):
Well.

Speaker 1 (01:28:16):
In the long article talks about him fitting in with
the Red Sox, also talks about him and how he
loves talking baseball, and also talked about the Red Sox
working with him to address a flaw in his swing,
poor set up and load. Rather than exclusively focusing on
bat speed, he committed to loading earlier and rebuild his

(01:28:37):
swing in a place that's heaven to baseball rats like him,
the batting cage. This has got to cause a lot
of Astros fans to be upset.

Speaker 2 (01:28:46):
WHU Jeff Passen is a selective He first was an
Astro hater. Second of all, he writes all these little
puff pieces when these guys leave, but he doesn't have
the stones to do it when they weren't Astro gear.
So shut your bomb ass up, Jeff Passen. You're a
door and I hate you. Thank you, Matt, and stop
playing air guitar with rage against the machine songs, air drums, whatever.

(01:29:08):
You're not cool, you're not fun, you're not interesting. Your
dork people at ESPN make fun of you, and you're
generally speaking a douche elsewhere Mat speaking speaking of douches, Warriors,
Draymond Green was fined fifty thousand dollars by the NBA
yesterday for making an inappropriate comment that questions the integrity
of game officials. He found out with four thirty eight

(01:29:31):
remaining in the game, I guess a couple of days ago,
and his comments postgame. The NBA took umbrage with those
and he was fined fifty thousand dollars. Matt, your thoughts
on Draymond Green saying that basically, the Warriors aren't getting
a fair whistle. I can't possibly comment because there's nothing

(01:29:51):
ease to that I believe in. And by the way,
the Warriors lost yesterday. Bye the Minnesota verse. Cykholm is
who you got if the city holds on? Okay, Oklahoma City.
I think we'll hold on, he said five and a half.
I know what y'all doing talking about the spread? Was

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Draymond Green. He's going to be a fantastic analyst, but
right now he's just a mid basketball player. Was pretty
good who actually kurtailed in the final game of the series. Yes,
you got the Thunder and Nuggets battling out. Also one
more note from the Warriors. Matt Steve Kerr said, Hey,
if Steph Curry were healthy, they go to distance. He

(01:30:34):
thinks they could have won the NBA Championship if Steph
Curry had been healthy in this series. Why he's supposed
to say that? I don't know, so I agree with him,
but why wouldn't he say that? And that's your newsic man,
all right, thank you very much, Truss, excellent job, as always,
bottom of the hour. I will make my predictions in
the Texan schedule. Yes again, I don't know why nobody
in Houston sports they're talking about.

Speaker 1 (01:30:56):
The Texan schedule. It's crazy. I haven't mentioned it not
a single time.

Speaker 2 (01:30:59):
Can't Wait and we here at Sports Talks seventy will
do something that no other show in the marketplace is done,
and that will give you a complete schedule breakdown.

Speaker 3 (01:31:05):
Can't Wait.

Speaker 1 (01:31:07):
Thank you, Bart Scott seven.

Speaker 2 (01:31:11):
Seven ninety. Let me ask you all a question on
the astros. Are you starting to to steal a line
from the Jackson's can you feel it? I paused for
a moment there to let you reflect. Two out of
three against Kansas City two out of three earlier against Detroit.

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You know what they are, they're mister, they're the meat
loaf of Major League Baseball. And meat loaf is good.
It'll ketchup crust behind it, mashed potatoes, green beans, green corns,
Southern style with bacon, Uh yeah, corn bread or perhaps
a yeast roll. I don't think one of each, as
compared to a non yeast roll. Are there such things

(01:31:53):
in non yeah rolls? Yes, mat they're called rolls.

Speaker 1 (01:31:56):
Just what are they made of? Then? Bread? We yeast
makes things rise right right? Just regular? Oh, just regular,
non noneral. I don't know, does that have yeast?

Speaker 3 (01:32:05):
I don't know.

Speaker 2 (01:32:11):
Seven one three two one two five seven und we're
watching sports in here, because that's what we are. We're
a sports show in Minnesota's up on Baltimore three nothing.

Speaker 8 (01:32:20):
You know.

Speaker 2 (01:32:21):
The Twins have won ten consecutive games, really yeah, and
they're still in fourth place in the division.

Speaker 1 (01:32:28):
Isn't that odd? That's very odd.

Speaker 2 (01:32:30):
They're twenty three and twenty now they were thirteen and twenty.
They won ten consecutive games, and they are still five
and a half out of first place because the Tigers
are twenty nine and fifteen thank god. The Astros are
in the mid Al West. Astros, conversely, are two above
five hundred and a game out tie with the Rangers

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starting a four game series.

Speaker 3 (01:32:53):
Tonight.

Speaker 1 (01:32:53):
We'll have it for you on deck at six o'clock,
first pitch seven five, and tonight it'll be.

Speaker 2 (01:32:59):
Up to the Hunter Brown. Friday it will be Lance mcculters.
Fingers crossed, small prayer.

Speaker 1 (01:33:11):
I'm worried.

Speaker 2 (01:33:13):
I told you on today the truth on Monday that
I was afraid we're gonna have to have a difficult conversation.
I hope I'm wrong too, because honestly, pictures have blow ups.
They have off nights and sometimes they get rattled and hit. Hey,
his arms should be fresh. Sh You're always trying to

(01:33:33):
find positives. So to my point earlier, can I tell you?
And look, I am an Astros fan, so it's easy
for me.

Speaker 3 (01:33:43):
To do this.

Speaker 2 (01:33:46):
But the Astros are two games about five hundred. If
you were to grade their overall hitting, it's probably a
C minus to a D plus right body of org
uh huh starting pitchings, and probably a C minus to
a B plus at very best, maybe closer to a
C im going bet plus starting pitching no, go back

(01:34:09):
to B plus, keep going over the balance of the
sea Frommer was good, Hunter has been great. I'll say
be minus bullpen a mm hmmm. And guys and gals,
they're a game out of first place. We, because we
are the followers of the Astros, are tremendously lucky to
see where they are. We are lucky. As to your

(01:34:30):
point that they're only they're in the American League West,
they would be six games back. They are six games
back of the Tigers. Yeah, and that's not even you know, honestly,
you're six games away from having the best wreck in
the American League.

Speaker 1 (01:34:44):
That's not even that. That doesn't sound that even that terrible.
It's not terrible. It's it's the Astros are really lucky
to be where they are right now.

Speaker 2 (01:34:52):
Yeah, but I mean they have seven more wins than you,
and it's there's year forty two games end of the season,
so games back doesn't sound terrible, but it's also is
still early. Yeah, if we did on pace, guy, you're
pacing to be twenty four games back. But that's not
gonna happen. No, And you're also on pacing to be
about an eighty seven win team.

Speaker 1 (01:35:11):
Give or tape. Yeah, that's about what we I don't
remember whatever. I believe this or not.

Speaker 2 (01:35:16):
Okay, the winner of the American League West will not
win ninety games. Big collision. Yeah, is that Correa? That
Korea and Buxton? Oh no, they went head. No, they're
both made out of glass. Two of the most off
injured players of the Twins are hurt. They're both down
and getting attention from trainers.

Speaker 1 (01:35:37):
Oh my gosh. If you're a Twins fan, you just
want to rip your hair out. You're on a ten
game winning streak.

Speaker 2 (01:35:44):
The team is finally battling back Byron Bucksman and Carlos Korea,
much beligned by injuries, and they just collided with each other,
and they're both being seen by trainers. You know what,
they might have gotten double concuss in this spot. Oh,
if there were actually Twin fans, I would feel sorry
for them. The Oh god, no, God, please no, no,

(01:36:08):
who heads knock? It's the back of Correa's head and
the side of Byron Buckston. So he didn't and it
actually bucks And held onto it.

Speaker 1 (01:36:16):
I think that's out.

Speaker 2 (01:36:18):
But oh, and by the way, there are Twins fans.
They just haven't been rewarded.

Speaker 3 (01:36:23):
With much.

Speaker 2 (01:36:23):
They've cut payroll. They're trying to sell the team. It's
a great baseball market. I lived there for three years.
A baseball stadium. When it's not October or April or
May or parts of June and July, they're still down.
This is terrible.

Speaker 1 (01:36:39):
Oh my gosh, Well what were we talking about?

Speaker 2 (01:36:42):
Okay, so do you I find myself very encouraged on granted,
and if you dropped three or four of the Rangers,
I'll come back with clinical depression on Monday.

Speaker 1 (01:36:50):
But point being is that things could be significantly worse.
You have a bottom five offense in baseball, right, No,
they're out ops thirteenth.

Speaker 2 (01:37:03):
See, this is why, and this is what a lot
of fans are missing. That's not your fault because they've
been losing some of these games. They gave Atlanta Colors
Junior gave up all those runs. They scored nine runs
in that they did score that right now, there was
that other one where Stature Ran Gusto was getting shelled. Yeah,
they lost those games, so we kind of washed those
away in our mind that they scored those nine runs.
If they had won nine to two, it was a

(01:37:24):
seven to nothing game of seven to five. Ultimately, yeah,
they scored five runs in that game. They you know,
so the offense now the last two days it's been
shut down for sure, but last several games nine runs, three,
nine to six, five, two and four. It's not horrible,
it's about it's been mid They they were bottom five,

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but now they're thirteenth in tam OPS. I don't have
to look at run scored and you know, wr seeds
and there's and let's be brutally honest about this. You
lose Kyle, you lose Alex. You weren't just going to
replace him with two men. I know that camp Smith
was supposed to be the the future right away, and
he's struggling. Let's face it, you have an OPS understud

(01:38:06):
struggle struggling. He's not playing every day. That's that's interesting.
We didn't have time to get to a McTaggart, but like,
what is the future for him? It's Decenzo has been
taking a lot of the time. I think the future
is as I said before, I think if cam Smith
continues to play sparingly and doesn't work his waist behind
the lineup, maybe a demotion wouldn't be the worst thing.

(01:38:27):
I made this analogy like, don't I don't want him
to be. I don't anticipate it to be. But you
can't carry Descenzo and McCormick and Smith. You can't have
two outfielders that are not playing every single day. I
made I made this analogy last night on The tenth
Inning Show. Tell me what you think. Okay, do you
know when you went to college and they did what
was work study where it's kind of you get some

(01:38:48):
college credit, but you also get paid.

Speaker 1 (01:38:52):
So is it Can it be like that to where.

Speaker 2 (01:38:54):
He's he's he's game planning, he's hitting the cage with
major leaguers, he's up with major leaguers, he's working with
major league hitting coaches, and he's not playing every day,
but he's playing three four times a week. And there's
value in that, maybe more so than just playing every
day at Double A or Triple A ball and where
he's kind of like on a work study.

Speaker 1 (01:39:15):
May I give you another example? Okay, Well, tell me
what you think of my analogy?

Speaker 16 (01:39:20):
Not bad?

Speaker 1 (01:39:20):
Okay, not ridiculous. I might have a better one. Okay,
go ahead, Jonathan, you feel free to jump in on this.

Speaker 2 (01:39:31):
There are people, there are young people in this world
that apply to Texas, A and M every single year, okay,
and don't get in.

Speaker 1 (01:39:41):
They get to go to blin uh huh, but they
get to take some classes or Prairie View.

Speaker 2 (01:39:48):
No, this is Blenn in particular because Brenhanman and a
colisation are close that live at Blint, that live maybe
close to A and M that takes some classes at Blind,
but they also get an opportunity to take one or
two classes at Texas and M because Blind feeds right
into A and M. What if he's a blind student
but gets a little bit of taste of life in
college station.

Speaker 1 (01:40:08):
Well, no, because he's with the major league team the
whole time, so it doesn't work. Yeah, that would be
like him being Aggie.

Speaker 2 (01:40:15):
Yeah if he was like splitting time between sugar Land
and Houston, then that would make more sense.

Speaker 1 (01:40:19):
So you're shooting my example down. I'm sorry, that feels fair.

Speaker 13 (01:40:23):
I think about it as more like in high school
with the JV like crossover the varsity in practice and
it comes play the JB game.

Speaker 2 (01:40:29):
Hmmmm, and then what a bunch of injuries happen your
varsity baby, time to get crushed, tying.

Speaker 1 (01:40:35):
To be over your skis all right, your example was
the best. No, mine's not that great. I fully flawed.
I fully accept it. There's no perfect man.

Speaker 2 (01:40:47):
Still made sense? Or like, how about you like an apprentice.
He's apprenticing right now to where he's learning, he's getting
to do some things. He's not playing every day, and
he's not on full time salary getting better. He's on
full time salary. Any benefits, yeah, good benefits, major league salary,
he's up with the major league club and service time.

Speaker 1 (01:41:05):
Yeah. You know what, all of our examples suck. Well.

Speaker 2 (01:41:07):
The thing is is that because this is a unique
situation for him who has not gone to the miners
and got in seat all that seasoning, is it beneficial
for him even if he's not playing. What I'm saying is,
are they weighing is it more beneficial for him play
every day at Triple A or Double A or is
it more beneficial for him to play half the time
and still learn on the job how to carry himself

(01:41:29):
and prepare as a professional.

Speaker 3 (01:41:31):
I don't know.

Speaker 1 (01:41:31):
That's something they have to decide. I just don't know
if it's going to be this.

Speaker 2 (01:41:35):
I can't imagine this being long term, especially when you
get your on on Alvarez back now, sALS.

Speaker 1 (01:41:39):
Are you gonna drop? Which something's got to give? Something
to hit us up to give you.

Speaker 2 (01:41:42):
I don't think you want to keep as many outfitters
that aren't playing right now, let me tell you right now,
we've got the NFL schedule prediction coming up. How are
the Texans going to do in twenty twenty five? I
have the answer for you after I tell you about
what's happening. Since no one in Houston Ross is talking

(01:42:03):
about the Texans NFL schedule and the predictions we hear
at Sports Talk seven, I need to do it for you.
Twelve thirty five. Bras you ready, No, quickly, I can
do this a lot faster, So somebody to speed up
on a week's time. Actually, all right, Matthew Stafford three
h nine and two scores Rams the Texans in Week one.
Oh god, it's a Ram victory. I will say, twenty

(01:42:27):
seven to seventeen Rams.

Speaker 3 (01:42:29):
Tough.

Speaker 2 (01:42:30):
Number two. Texans home for the Monday night game against
Tampa Bay. They get out to a fast lead, but
Baker Mayfield throws three touchdowns in the second half.

Speaker 1 (01:42:39):
He is the comeback kid. Twenty seven to twenty four
Bucks beat the Texans. Tough.

Speaker 2 (01:42:43):
Texans open up the year at oh to two Jacksonville.
Week three, Trevor Lawrence hasn't cut his hair since training camp.

Speaker 1 (01:42:53):
Really, he's got a main guard of the uniform. You
can grab that. He's got a huge main going.

Speaker 2 (01:42:57):
He also runs for a touchdown on the fourth cour
Alsi's Ausha ear gets called for a personal foul for
a horse collar, setting up a first in goal to
one quarterback sneaks it in.

Speaker 1 (01:43:08):
They also win twenty seven to twenty four. Oh wow, geez.
Texans tough one oh three heartbreaker. Cam Ward comes in
in week four. Dang rushes for one hundred, throws for
one hundred and seventeen twenty to seventeen. Titans beat the
Texans their own four. That's a tight one there. Ross

(01:43:31):
What always happens to the Texans when they go to Baltimore.
We don't even need to talk about this. Lay Henry
just got a new deal.

Speaker 2 (01:43:37):
Derrick Henry two touchdowns, Lamar Jackson four passing touchdowns, forty
to fourteen blowout in Baltimore. Oh come on, Texans go
to Seattle in week number seven. Cow can't find a
ESPN plus under any circumstance. Yes he can, it's on

(01:43:58):
his Xbox. No, he can't and find it. Hannah's yelling
at him, saying, come with me to the game. He goes,
He goes, No, I want to watch it on the month.
I got the ESPN app on his PS five. There's
no doubt in my mind. Big day for Seattle. Five
field goals, eighteen to six. The game's got nothing but
field goals in it.

Speaker 1 (01:44:16):
Seven field goals in the two teams, by the way,
Constant rain in Seattle for that Monday night game. Well,
of course, so the Texans are owing six, then you've
got Kittle. George Kittle's gonna catch. You know, the Texans
can't cover tight ends never three touchdowns by himself three
Well play Mony Fantasy team that week rock Party two

(01:44:38):
forty nine, rock Port Party three.

Speaker 2 (01:44:40):
In those three touchdowns all to George Kittle. It's a
twenty four to twenty win. Oh is this fascerrating?

Speaker 1 (01:44:46):
One ozh six point two uh niners win. Texans are owned. Seven.

Speaker 2 (01:44:54):
Genos Man comes in not eloquent, throws a couple of picks.
They're actually thinking about replacing it, replacing him late in
the game, but he puts together a massive drive with
one forty nine on the clock and no timeouts, eighty
five yard drive Phil goal wins it for Denver thirty

(01:45:14):
to twenty seven.

Speaker 1 (01:45:16):
Texan's still looking for their first win. There it is
genals Smith doing on Denver. There was a trade.

Speaker 2 (01:45:20):
Who's the quarterback a Denver? Now bo Nicks? Oh Nicks
was Jeters Smith in Vegas? I'm getting getting teams.

Speaker 1 (01:45:26):
Who's in Seattle?

Speaker 3 (01:45:27):
Uh?

Speaker 1 (01:45:28):
Seattle's quarterback?

Speaker 3 (01:45:29):
Now?

Speaker 1 (01:45:30):
Oh it's uh uh? I said it to you. Donald.
There we go at least mixed up. I didn't mentioned
Donald's name by the name that I and not yet. Okay, well,
then shut up. Owen eight of the Texans.

Speaker 2 (01:45:42):
Jacksonville comes in every time the Jaguars and Texans play.
It's a coin flipper. C. J.

Speaker 1 (01:45:49):
Stroud throws a pick six late in the game twenty fourteen.
Come on, man, Jacksonville with the win. This is hater
Matt Thanas. Owen nine not good. Texans always go to
Nashville when the orders. When the Tennessee Titans are runing
the order uniforms. The Titans have given that up. It
will make a difference. Derrick Henry not there, but who's

(01:46:12):
the running back for the Titans, now Tony Pollard. Two
scores late within the last five minutes, a fumble Nico
Collins tries again an extra already keep a drive alive
in coughs football up Tennessee's short position in the red zone.
Tennessee wins twenty seven twenty. That's tough scenes.

Speaker 2 (01:46:34):
Josh Allen was embarrassed by the last time he was
in Houston. You won't be embarrassed this time. Three sixty
eight and four scores. Oh my gosh, Thursday thirty one thirteen,
Buffalo at the win Man. That's flight on a Thursday.
That puts the Texans at own eleven. That's is there
heat on Dimico Ryans at this point? Anthony Richardson throws

(01:46:55):
for two to nine. Okay, now you're lying Rose two
scores runs two twenty eight seventeen. Texans lose at Indianapolis
or Owen twe.

Speaker 1 (01:47:06):
Throws for two nine two.

Speaker 2 (01:47:07):
He goes four for twenty throwing and he throws for
two oh nine with big four big bombs. ROSSI what
did the Texans do when they go to Kansas City
each and every year and they get their ass?

Speaker 1 (01:47:15):
Whoop?

Speaker 2 (01:47:15):
Still go and give the final score to that one
for US twenty three to sixteen Ohn thirteen. Kyler Murray
is playing for his next contract.

Speaker 1 (01:47:25):
He's running around like a Toddler. Run off with your food.

Speaker 3 (01:47:28):
C J.

Speaker 2 (01:47:29):
Strong gets food poisoning before the game and can not play. Really,
Honey Mills is he's still in the ross. Tney Mills
throws for one seventy five and two picks Arizona with
the upset twenty one to ten Ohn fourteen. Gosh, this
is rough Gino Smith and the eighties. It's a three
to twenty five game. Cal doesn't know that he's been

(01:47:51):
there since ten o'clock.

Speaker 1 (01:47:52):
He thinks it's a noon game. Okay, so the coaching
staff they're they're way too early. Fatigue sets in big
comeback for the Raiders in the second half. They score
fourteen in the fourth quarter and win twenty one seventeen Wow,
oh and fifteen. That is a big comeback.

Speaker 2 (01:48:09):
Chargers make up for last year's wild card loss in
Los Angeles.

Speaker 1 (01:48:18):
Herbert the truth, the truth. It's the truth that he
threw four interceptions in that playoff game. Justin now, go
Chargas go.

Speaker 2 (01:48:27):
Arnold Schwarzenegger bangs the drum before kickoff. Herbert throws for
three on nine and three scores, doesn't go a pick
three on nine.

Speaker 1 (01:48:37):
I didn't stutterr three on nine. Chargers win it. Oh.
I can't believe this. Thirty one to seven.

Speaker 3 (01:48:45):
Wow.

Speaker 1 (01:48:45):
Wow, that's a massive beatdown. I would love to worth
that day all right.

Speaker 2 (01:48:49):
Indianapolis Week number seventeen, money meals gets to start again
because CIJ wants to rest to get ready for next season.

Speaker 1 (01:48:58):
It's kind of an odd one. No, I get it.
I mean they're owing sixteen.

Speaker 2 (01:49:03):
Nicocollins also suffering with a hamstring injury. This team is
beset by injuries. The Colts and Texans have nothing to
play for. Anthony Richardson starts the game, doesn't finish it,
but still runs for two scores in a seventeen to
seven Colts win at NRG. Hannah then says, we're moving

(01:49:24):
out of this stadium so we can't win here anymore.
We need a new facility in Fort Bink County.

Speaker 1 (01:49:28):
Texans. In the year zero and seventeen, they are devastating.

Speaker 2 (01:49:38):
There are issues about the new offensive coordinator, Yack Cerio's
gotta be gone. Cereo's in trouble Demiico's in trouble and
Hannah can't get her stadium in Fort Bink County. It
is a miserable, down trotten year for the Houston Texans
NFL franchise.

Speaker 1 (01:49:53):
Jeez, So there you have it.

Speaker 2 (01:49:58):
Oh and seventeen. And my deepest sympathies to those of
you that are decent, normal NFL Texans fans, not Darling,
not better Red Bob, not deep still Dan, what about
better Red Ross? I've long forgotten about him. Let's go Texans.
I got eleven and six. First glance over under.

Speaker 1 (01:50:17):
By the way, Vegas recalibrate is nine and a half. Okay,
that's a slight under from last year. Correct? I think
it was a nine and a half or was it
ten and a half? Last was nine and a half
because you lost a bet.

Speaker 2 (01:50:28):
Yeah, it's fine, all right, fans, I just told you
your squad is going on seventeen this year. Any reaction
whatsoever seven one three two one two five seven ninety
seven one three two one two five seven niney if
you want to react to what I think is going
to be a down trotten here for the local football team.
Oh and seventeen, are you willing to come to grips
with that seven one three, two one two five, seven.

Speaker 1 (01:50:50):
Ninety twelve fifty on Sports Talk seven ninety It is
the Matt Thomas Show with Ross. We are with you
today until two o'clock.

Speaker 2 (01:50:59):
We've got to uh McTaggart replay if you didn't catch
him earlier in the show, which first fall of shame, shame, shame.
But we'll get some good baseball insights from the Astros
beat right on his way to Arlington. My guess is
he's probably very close to getting there right now, starting
of a four game series with the Rangers. We'll have
the on Deck show at six o'clock, first pitch at
seven five from Arlington and you and I'm not gone there.

Speaker 1 (01:51:20):
Yeah, we talk about this today.

Speaker 3 (01:51:23):
I just.

Speaker 1 (01:51:25):
The stadiums. I've been there. Oh, I've not got twenty
three playoffs. You didn't.

Speaker 2 (01:51:30):
Gordon Covering courtesy of car Buck Brewing, and so you
the one that said that, Hi, the press box was
it is ridiculous. I've heard from credible sources. It's one
of the worst in baseball, if not the worst. Okay,
but you're way high up there. You didn't judge where
a fly ball is going. You're so high And where
did you sit during this in the press box? Yeah,
it was terrible.

Speaker 3 (01:51:50):
It was awful.

Speaker 1 (01:51:51):
How's the food. Food's good? They got nice soft serve,
better than any soft serve from in the media dining
in this town.

Speaker 2 (01:51:59):
Hmm, what's up. I'll let you address that with the media, folks.
I mean, I appreciate a good saut serve. Both the
Astro well, I don't know. I had Texans have saucer.
I haven't been in a Texans game. No at seven
they have, they have no. Apparently the Texans had quite
a good media spread. I know they used to back.

Speaker 1 (01:52:15):
When I was going, but I haven't been in years.

Speaker 2 (01:52:16):
You can go back, They're welcome me. I like to
watch Red though, I'm you know, what, Sunday's at my
off day in my life. I need to just I
feel like, yeah, you go to an Astros game and
you're watching the Astros, but there's not ten other games
going on that you want to watch with your follow
with your fantasy teams. Plus they allow more fake media
in Houston than any other sports team in town. So
obviously the Texans due. I'll take you rid for it.

Speaker 1 (01:52:36):
I don't know.

Speaker 2 (01:52:36):
Yeah, all right, seven one three, two, one two five
seven ninety seven one three two one two five seven nine.
If you want to get in, uh, we didn't. We've
kind of glossed over this a little bit. The Warriors
are done. Mm hmm, yes, it feels good and get
them out of here. And look, they beat the Rockets,
and you have to give them that, but they had

(01:52:58):
no chance with those Steph Curry. They had to have
Steph and Jimmy Butler playing out of their mind every
single game of that series against Minnesota, and it simply
did not happen. And the Minnesota Timberwolves knocked him out
in five games.

Speaker 1 (01:53:09):
And covered the ten and a half. Good for them.

Speaker 2 (01:53:14):
Do you think some of the charm of playoff Jimmy
has been hurt by the fact that he was so
mid in this series.

Speaker 1 (01:53:20):
I don't think so. He had that hip injury.

Speaker 2 (01:53:25):
Four of eleven from the floory finished, so seventeen points,
six rebound, six assists in forty two minutes.

Speaker 1 (01:53:31):
I mean, he yes, but he he's thirty five years old.
He's a made man.

Speaker 2 (01:53:37):
As far as playoff wars that he went in carrying
that Miami's cull was in twenty twenty where he was
just absolutely carrying that squad to an NBA finals. So no,
thirty five years old with a hip injury. I'm not
crushing him personally, but I know people will, and that's
very prisoner of the moment, and like people were like,
what does this extit mean for Lebron James's legacy?

Speaker 1 (01:54:00):
He's forty years old and the team is not good
outside of Lukadancic, who doesn't play defense.

Speaker 2 (01:54:07):
Doesn't mean anything, doesn't mean a hill beans. So I
don't think this means a whole lot for Jimmy Butler's
legacy or Draymond Green's or Steph Currys.

Speaker 1 (01:54:14):
They're old, yeah, I mean at some point you're just
not good as you were five. I mean Kim Aijuan
last three years of Rocket One, Great Toronto Rock Keem
was frankly poor. Yeah, they were getting roughed up by
the Jazz and whatnot. And well ninety seven was the
was that the sixth game? That was the stock Dion
game winner?

Speaker 2 (01:54:34):
Yep, but ninety eight was worse, right, I mean, dream
everybody everybody who left literally as good as he started,
we could have said Michael Jordan, but then he came
back even Kobe when he scored those incredible points down
the stretch of his career, he had taken a step
back in his career. I mean, guys don't retire when
they're as good as they were seven or eight years ago.

(01:54:55):
Does anybody in the NBA had that kind of John
Elway moment, win it all and right off in the sunset?
Could John and play more? Absolutely he could have. That's
a great example. Uh, who would have Barry Sanders left
still on top of the game. But he was, Yeah,
but he was still winning a championship.

Speaker 1 (01:55:10):
Yeah, win at all.

Speaker 2 (01:55:11):
No, I'm not even talking about a championship game. Yeah,
I'm not even talking about team I'm talking about individual performance.
Jordan did it in ninety eight, but then he came back.
That's because he was told to go away. No, I'm
talking about ninety eight.

Speaker 1 (01:55:23):
Oh, I know. He quit so many times it's hard
to keep back his track.

Speaker 3 (01:55:27):
Yeah.

Speaker 2 (01:55:27):
Yeah, the old time great competitor. He quit basketball three times,
one of them because the NBA told him to.

Speaker 1 (01:55:34):
Allegedly. There's nothing to back that up except conspiracy. That's
conspiracy that I rationalize. That's okay, I'm not rationalist. I
just believe it I don't need to rationalize it. Okay,
you don't think you really don't think that the most
recognizable greatest player on earth, when told of some off
the field discretions of the NBA, said you know what'd
be good for you to go away for a lot
while and then come back.

Speaker 6 (01:55:53):
Yeah.

Speaker 1 (01:55:56):
No, I'm saying, that's not a question of rules. It's
a question of are there some illegal gambling activities and
are some debts that you don't want publicly out there.

Speaker 2 (01:56:03):
I believe the last dance he talked about being exhausted,
he was sick of the limelight, and then his father passed.

Speaker 1 (01:56:08):
Athletes all athletes lie, we'll cover up. Well, all right,
mister conspiracy theory, I don't believe that. I told you.
I don't believe every conspiracy theory. Okay, I believe that one. Okay, cool,
there's millions of people behind you. That means he's still
not the greatest. I still believe that's good too, Quitter.

(01:56:28):
If he's so great, how come the team won fifty
five games the next year? I got Lebron James villaryl
not right. I didn't say a name. I didn't bring
anything up. We know what you're going. No, I'm not
going with anything. I'm asking you a question. If he's
so great, how come they still won fifty five games?
They had a great team. Okay, interesting, but Michael is
the greatest for some. For most, I'm a Kareem guy.

(01:56:52):
You are not six MVP, six championships. Who's matching that? Uh,
nobody lately. I mean, if you're a Kream guy, you
might be a Wilt guy too.

Speaker 2 (01:57:04):
There's an argument for Will when he averaged fifty points
a game, second best in the league was like thirty two. Yeah,
but the problem is you never saw right now, the championship. Yeah,
we never saw it. We never saw it so hard
for those numbers. So this year, I don't know who.

Speaker 1 (01:57:17):
Won the scorre.

Speaker 2 (01:57:18):
I don't even know who won the scoring championship this year.
It's probably around thirty to thirty two points. So what
if there was some guy out there scoring fifty game?
Did SJA win the champion scoring title? I'll take your
word for it. I don't recall.

Speaker 1 (01:57:28):
Okay, we'll start the one o'clock hour with Michael in
Newodlands once against some astro baseball chatter going, we always
love that Brian mcgaggert replay coming up at one thirty.
Ross Butter Today's edition, I believe or not at one fifty.

Speaker 2 (01:57:37):
It's all things Michael Jordan retirements. We're gonna sort him out.
He did it so many different times, it's I know,
it gets confusing. He's such a big quitter. I can't
believe you drink a big gulp of Michael Jordan hater
eight every broadcast.

Speaker 1 (01:57:51):
You don't, Actually you do? You hate him? I yeah,
you do.

Speaker 2 (01:57:54):
Go ahead, just say it. That's fine. Just because you're
not by yourself on this. You're not gonna be on
an island. I'm not on any eyeand I'm not doing anything.
You got a bunch of pimple eyed people and Nick
Wright think that the Lebron's are great. Nick Wright does,
He's doing shtick, by the way, Nick's why is Nick
on Dan Patrick Show?

Speaker 1 (01:58:11):
What did anybody go? God? I wouldn't I want to
listen to Dan Patrick Show to hear what Nick right?

Speaker 3 (01:58:14):
I mean?

Speaker 1 (01:58:15):
Oh God, it's just yeah, points per game was shake
Gilgess Alexander good job at thirty one point four thirty
two point seven. I wasn't bad.

Speaker 3 (01:58:23):
I guess you.

Speaker 1 (01:58:24):
I guessed second was Janni's third Nikola Jokic. By the way,
you see the Bovada and I don't usually give them plugs.
Bovada's got the Jannis of the Rockets is the favorite.
I don't think it's happening. I would welcome it because
you know why they're doing that is because I was
thinking they have the most trade ships. They do have

(01:58:44):
a lot of assets.

Speaker 2 (01:58:45):
I think we have got to start thinking about keeping players,
keeping draft picks, because look at all the teams that
people are bullish on. Houston, San Antonio, Oklahoma City keep
their keep their draft picks. They don't go get them
for Bradley Beal. They don't go get him for uh uh,
Jimmy Butler, they don't go get him for you know,

(01:59:06):
for Calves were great in the regular season. They made
a big trade for Donovan Mitchell and but they also
built around with some.

Speaker 1 (01:59:11):
Some draft picks.

Speaker 2 (01:59:12):
Yeah, all right, Astro conversation starts at one o'clock hour.
They did win two out of three against Kansas City,
and they have a chance to maybe sneak up at
the top spot. American leagueless it thinks, turn out right, todaight,
Astros and Rangers you'll hear it right here on Sports
Talk seven Huers.

Speaker 1 (01:59:26):
All right, those two of you that were on Hole,
I wanted to talk some astros. We're here for you
to do that final hour of the show.

Speaker 2 (01:59:31):
Ross and Matt with you on seven ninety seven one
three two one two five seven ninety is how you
reached the show.

Speaker 1 (01:59:37):
Astro's getting three was in the eighthenning. They scored those
runs Rossi at eighth inning to come back from a
three to one devicit to win four to three.

Speaker 2 (01:59:44):
It's funny that Josh hater hate has gone away very quickly.
Didn't take very long for that.

Speaker 1 (01:59:48):
Least got a.

Speaker 2 (01:59:49):
Pitch well and be given an opportunity to save games,
not coming in ties because his record with tie games
is not so sweet because he was giving up home runs.
But he has been perfect so far as on save
out turned into my correc down then Yes, ten out
of ten, Loira, Brian King front of the show, Loira,
calb Board, lower the Era.

Speaker 1 (02:00:08):
Yes, anybody else I'm forgetting about. I don't know. Probably
Bullpen's been great. Bullpen has been outstanding.

Speaker 2 (02:00:14):
Astro and Jeremy Payne's transition to the Ladoff spot's been
fantastic if you can just get everybody to get on.

Speaker 1 (02:00:20):
Some sort of hot drink. Ross Christian Walker since Monday
he was a hero on Sunday, Yeah, and done squat
since hitting coaches are ruining him in his eleventh year,
You roll your you know what else? Shut up? I
saw what you did on Twitter too. Anybody was anybody
snarky back at you? Or they all?

Speaker 2 (02:00:40):
Probably? I usually I generally kind of like throw a
stone and turn the other way. Didn't mute the conversation again, Yeah,
you know.

Speaker 5 (02:00:48):
What you are.

Speaker 2 (02:00:48):
You are throw the rock at the kid the playground
and run away and make sure you didn't get caught.

Speaker 1 (02:00:52):
That's different. I didn't say anything.

Speaker 2 (02:00:54):
I just made a joke like, hey, if if if
the the hitting coaches are ruining Jose al Tuove thirty
five years old, fifteen years in the game, and ruining
Christian Walker thirty four years old, eleven years in the game,
if they're ruining those guys, then don't have to give
credit to giving Jeremy Pania.

Speaker 1 (02:01:13):
Oh, by the way, who who were the hitting coaches
when Jose al Tuve was having them some of the
best runs of his life?

Speaker 2 (02:01:19):
You got fifteen thousand views on that. Okay, that's terrible.
Why because it's too many for your tweets? Why is
it too many? It's just why would you say that?

Speaker 3 (02:01:28):
Great?

Speaker 7 (02:01:28):
Is that?

Speaker 2 (02:01:28):
Why does that sentence come out of your mouth? Because
it feels like fourteen thousand too many? But that's a
different issue for different It sounds like jealousy Matt yet,
three hundred and seventy four likes?

Speaker 3 (02:01:36):
Really?

Speaker 1 (02:01:37):
Yeah, no, you're kidding. No for that, the one with
the weekend on it looking around.

Speaker 2 (02:01:42):
Yeah, it's just you said, looking for tweets giving the
Astros hitting coaches credit for Jeremy Pages for that's hilarious. Yeah,
I didn't even know. It must have been a lot overnight.
I was in nineteen comments, twenty two retweets. Okay, now,
let's take a look first at the Sports RV. But
I'm also trying to focus on my Instagram mat. If
you could follow me on Instagram at Sports RV, I
woud appreciate it. Influencer initiative. Go ahead, Robert Nolan says, Now,

(02:02:05):
let's work Paul Nolan. No, Robert Nolan, Now, let's work
out on Walker. Now, we haven't had the top of
the order hitting at the same time all year. Okay,
that seems fair, Stacey says, but I was told Alex
Bregman was a terrible hitter until he joined the Red Sox,
so it has to be the hitting coaches. Dome Skeller

(02:02:25):
two says they scored four runs last night. They're also
responsible for the other twelve position players, most of whom
have stunk at the plate this year. So he's so
Dome Skeller is not a fan of these people.

Speaker 1 (02:02:34):
That's fine.

Speaker 2 (02:02:36):
Twenty seventeen and twenty two champs, says ask Bregman, that's
that's what the ESPN article should a. Dfaid Walker says,
none will be given. Gordo b Staff says, it doesn't
work that way. It doesn't work that way. So when
hitters are hitting poor, it's all the hitting coaches. When
they hit well, none of they get none of the credit.

(02:02:57):
At w k underscuare Rodriguez, it's one game, relax, okay,
Craig w Lane it's been He's hitting three fifteen on
the season with an OPS over eight hundred.

Speaker 1 (02:03:06):
We are forty two games in. See this guy follows us.
He does follow me on Twitter. Shout out to you
with Matt at Craig w Lane.

Speaker 2 (02:03:13):
I don't think pointing out that one guy on the
team is hitting is really doing what you think. It
is contrary in there. And Craig does not follow me,
so that's screw you. He lives in reno and attitudes.
We really don't care about him. Um let's see.

Speaker 1 (02:03:27):
I think that's it. Thank you, Matt. Oh, here we go.

Speaker 2 (02:03:31):
I'm passionate about the stros, but some of y'all treat like,
treat this like at your job to watch.

Speaker 1 (02:03:36):
Just enjoy it. Your happiness should not be hinging on
the WL columns. It's kind of weird. Yeah, yeah, that guy.

Speaker 2 (02:03:41):
That guy's making a lot of good points. Um oh
what about two thirds of the order not getting a
single hit? A lot of work to be done, says Mike.
Mike also doesn't follow us, so screw him. And oh
Paanya is now HLP mlbs don't know. Is this guy
talking to me? Some of y'all act like it's your
job to watch. It is your job to watch, That's

(02:04:03):
what I'm saying.

Speaker 1 (02:04:03):
Is he talking to me? I wanted this guy?

Speaker 2 (02:04:05):
So this guy d wad, I can't say the first
part PENI is now HLP MLB's teams don't reach HLP.

Speaker 1 (02:04:12):
Why are you stupid? Yes, why you were stupid? Oh me, Yeah,
I don't know. He follows one person, he said, I
mute the conversation, four followers. I muted this conversation.

Speaker 2 (02:04:21):
Like I said, I knew he was gonna once I knew,
it gets into the I don't even know what you
would call it, just like into the void, into the
ocean of stupidity.

Speaker 1 (02:04:30):
I just mute the conversation. It's lovely.

Speaker 2 (02:04:32):
I didn't see any of this you're talking about. Okay,
So I like, I tweet for my followers, and people
will follow me and follow this show. Yeah, you know
when it gets out of that Yeah, if you don't
follow us, your mask. If it gets out of that sphere,
then that's when it's time to meet the conversation, because
that's when you get into the ocean of stupidity. That's
like my political when I was talking about having no
Ted Cruise of the Rockets game. People that are sports

(02:04:54):
fans know that Ted Cruz goes to sporting events and
he winds up watching losing events. Case in point, my
cook or is he was there in San Antonio. It
wasn't mean as a political Slaney was a get out
of my building, and all these people from all over
the country pro Trump, anti Trump, Republican Democrat were crushing me,
and I hurt my feelings.

Speaker 1 (02:05:14):
Well, you should have meted the conversation, Matt.

Speaker 2 (02:05:15):
I should have not even I'm again and then I said,
I don't do politics because I really don't do politics,
as y'all know, I don't do politics.

Speaker 3 (02:05:22):
And I go, what do you?

Speaker 1 (02:05:23):
How do you mean you don't do politics? Like saying
you don't do weather?

Speaker 3 (02:05:27):
It rains?

Speaker 1 (02:05:27):
Guess what? Ross?

Speaker 2 (02:05:28):
What can I do to adjust the rain? Not a
damn thing. I can't get in the clouds. I can't
change the forecast. Ross, just can't do it.

Speaker 1 (02:05:38):
Have you ever seen the rain? I know I have.

Speaker 2 (02:05:42):
Have you ever laughed had laughter in the rain? I
have laugh in the rain all the time. It's one
of the most romantic songs out there. But yeah, okay,
you put it, you put a you put Nilsa Daka's
laughter in the rain on after a night of romance,
after well during if you want to Jonathan next time
with your girl and you want to get romantic, I
want you to put the little Nil Sada on things

(02:06:04):
that Sadaka put a little laughter in the rain on.
I thought this was a woman though, Now this is
a guy. This Neil is a Nil's a guy. Listen
to this, John, then tell me what it.

Speaker 1 (02:06:16):
Sounds like to you.

Speaker 3 (02:06:20):
Make love to this?

Speaker 2 (02:06:21):
Yes, it stunts to a little retro love. It's basically
talking about having sex with out a condom. What yeah,
I see a little.

Speaker 1 (02:06:42):
I'm listening to someone my Home Down screening team. She
would this, she will cuddle with you for the rest
of her life. Hey, I got, I got, I got
thirty years of romance on you, my man. I would
never let you down.

Speaker 2 (02:07:01):
And you go and take take her out for a
salad with a bunch of extra ranch dressings on the side, Dode.
The waitresses get mad at your girl when you all
are out eating, and she was like, I want three
extra ranches please.

Speaker 13 (02:07:11):
It's the fast food workers that look at me like, really,
you can you need six extra ones?

Speaker 1 (02:07:15):
And I'm like, well, you're gonna get. You're gonna get
your fast food salads. Even when you go to chick
rick Rolet and you ask for like extra packets of
dress and they say that it's their pleasure, there's no
chance they're they're there. They're a foul mouth and you
like you wouldn't believe. All right, it's so embarrassing.

Speaker 2 (02:07:32):
Bo way, you can't put that much dressing on your
salad because you the whole point of his eating salad
is to be a little lean, to be healthy, and
the caloric intake off of those dressings are just terrible.
What's your girl's name again, Evanna? A little hard to Heartyvona.
You and I have not met. We'll become best friends.
When when you got to.

Speaker 1 (02:07:50):
Watch out, I hurts you from the valley. She'd come
mess you up.

Speaker 8 (02:07:53):
Bro.

Speaker 1 (02:07:53):
I'm worried about her parents. More about her.

Speaker 2 (02:07:55):
So Evana's parents if you're listening, No, no harm here,
But you cannot put six ranch dress on your salad.
You go for my three hundred calorie lunch to a
two thousand thousand Yeah, the fat grand You might as
well have an oreo shake.

Speaker 1 (02:08:08):
Yeah. Look what I mean, it's writting it down. He's
like time down.

Speaker 3 (02:08:13):
This is great.

Speaker 2 (02:08:14):
So when she cuts them off, it's like, it's not
my fault, it's Matt's fault. Yeah, come for Matt Thomas
on this. By the way, I had nothing to do
with any of this.

Speaker 1 (02:08:20):
We'll go out and have dinner. Will straighten it all out.

Speaker 2 (02:08:22):
Matter of fact, if we ever go as as as
a team to dinner, I will hold her to a
one dressing m okay and argument, you gotta pick up
the bill right, and then she'll leave me. She's like,
it's time for us to leave, Jonathan. John's like, my
salad just got here. We're leaving, Jonathan, and then you'll
you'll pick up the bill, and then I'll pick up
the bill. But then she'll mention you. She'll drop your
mental name on you too. What's your middle name? Jonathan Keith?

(02:08:45):
Johnathan Keith. Let's go to Keith.

Speaker 1 (02:08:47):
Let's go.

Speaker 2 (02:08:48):
He disrespected me. I can't have five oil and vinegars
on my salad. Let's go get out of here.

Speaker 1 (02:08:54):
Now that's the X rise. He wouldn't do that, all right,
So she would curse me when we left though.

Speaker 3 (02:08:59):
The whole car.

Speaker 1 (02:09:00):
Wouldn't you stayed a whole dinner, you know, ugly stairs.
She'd be polite during dinner one and get in the car.
That bald mfor.

Speaker 2 (02:09:09):
Loura with the Astros coming up in a few minutes,
is we have a chance to catch up with the
one and only Brian McTaggart. There's only one, all right.
So our buddy Nate Davis at USA today, I mean,
just is the provider of great commentary. He has put
together the five worst games in the NFL this year.

(02:09:33):
This is surprising. He opens up with Dallas against Philadelphia
at number five. This is the very first game of
the season. What's so bad about that? Ceedee lamb, George Pickens,
Dak Prescott back healthy in the rgning Super Bowl champs.

Speaker 1 (02:09:48):
I'm not.

Speaker 2 (02:09:49):
Let's see, does he say what's really long winded here?
Basically saying that Philadelphia is significantly better than Dallas. This
game will not be close. I'm just trying to paratrat
even points spread. I think it opened up as Yeah,
rookie head coach playing his first game on the road.
Just not a great game. The fourth worst game of

(02:10:11):
the year, Browns at the Detroit Lions.

Speaker 1 (02:10:20):
Browns is bad. Anything involving the Browns is bad.

Speaker 2 (02:10:23):
I mean, so that could, in theory be a Detroit
blowout of say forty two to seven something like that.
I mean maybe that's the reason why, I mean, you
could put Cleveland versus anybody would be one of the
worst games of the year, right, they are so uncertain
with their quarterback situation, so.

Speaker 1 (02:10:35):
This is regardless of national standing? Yeah apparently? Oh okay,
what why isn't Jaguars Titans on here? Twice? We gotta
call Nate number three Texans at Seahawks. Not only is
this game in the dreaded ten pm Eastern timeslot that

(02:10:57):
will be regrettably returned twice by Monday night this season,
you'll also have to hope the NFL the wi FI
doesn't blink. This showdown is in the Pacific Northwest exclusively
to ESPN Plus, or you could miss the next time
Sam Darnold or c. J. Straud get sacked way Sat

(02:11:21):
you know, off the top rope of that one.

Speaker 2 (02:11:22):
Jay's not gonna get sacked Cam Robins's after The second
worst game of the year is the Falcons against the Colts.
If you want to watch this, you gotta get up
by eight thirty Eastern Central time to watch the first
regular season game ever in Berlin, Germany. Didn't the NFL
voice Daniel Jones off on the Germans last year. Perhaps

(02:11:43):
is an unexpected barn burner between teams that could be
playoff dark horses. Maybe Atlanta running back b John Robinson
is even anchoring my fantasy lineup. Oh and perhaps it's
a battle of franchise that have typically been also rans
for the past decade, in a game where the ball
could quite realistically hit the ground half the time it's
put in the air. Sorry Deutsch Lance, he's apologizing. And

(02:12:05):
the number one worst game of the year December one,
the New York Giants play at the New England Patriots.

Speaker 1 (02:12:17):
That does sound like a snoozer.

Speaker 2 (02:12:21):
It would very likely wind up as a showdown between
three win teams with Drake May and Jackson Dart who
might as well be making their primetime debut by that
point of the season at the controls high degree of
skepticism for a tasty meal here, even if leftover sometime,
it tastes better.

Speaker 1 (02:12:35):
That's game is December? The first is that? Is that
Black Friday win?

Speaker 3 (02:12:38):
Is that? No?

Speaker 1 (02:12:39):
I can't be that late early December one?

Speaker 3 (02:12:42):
What is that?

Speaker 1 (02:12:43):
Are those also Monday? Those must have been all primetime games.
It's a Monday after Thanksgiving. So the Texans have the
third worst game.

Speaker 2 (02:12:55):
Scheduled for nine o'clock Central, ten o'clock in the East
Texans VC Hall. Unless you're I would say, seriously, if
eighty percent of the country will not even bother to
even find this game unless you've got serious, unless both
teams are super super good, which they could be. I mean,
tell me who's the definitive leader in the West.

Speaker 1 (02:13:15):
Niners? Are you sure?

Speaker 2 (02:13:17):
No, That's what I'm saying. The favorite ms Okay, Arizona. Mah,
why can't it be Seattle? I'm going with the Rams.
Sam Darnold had at great season last year for Minnesota
except the last couple weeks. The Niners finished last place
last year, so maybe they're going to benefit off of
the last place schedule.

Speaker 1 (02:13:37):
H Look at this guy. That's the NFL analysis unmatched.
You are peerless, Matthew. One other. I'm not peerless, Price
one other. NFL note.

Speaker 2 (02:13:48):
The NFL is contemplating allowing athletes from the NFL to
compete in the summer Olympics. Yes, in the sport you
may add track and field, no uh team, handball, no basketball, no.

Speaker 3 (02:14:09):
Ross.

Speaker 1 (02:14:09):
You're spoiling my NFL rewind for next week.

Speaker 2 (02:14:13):
Flag football is gonna become an Olympic sport. Yes, that
is utterly ridiculous.

Speaker 1 (02:14:23):
I think it's awesome.

Speaker 2 (02:14:26):
Lamar Jackson versus Lamar Jackson in like Tyreek Hill and
Sequon Barkley, a bunch of it gets a bunch of
dudes from Latvia.

Speaker 1 (02:14:36):
This is gonna be amazing. They're gonna score point. If
you thought the Dream Team basketball was bad, tell me
what Uruguay is gonna do when it comes to flag football.

Speaker 2 (02:14:47):
They got no shot. I want to see it, dude.
Does Team Canada have a shot? Are there Canadian NFL players? Yes,
can't be many. I don't think there's a lot. Is
Team Germany gonna be able to put something together? Probably not,
said France. Flying football team going to be.

Speaker 1 (02:15:10):
Hmm, not good. Who put Wimby on there and just
toss it up to him?

Speaker 2 (02:15:13):
A limit of one player per NFL team on each
national team participating?

Speaker 1 (02:15:17):
Oh so only one player per NFL team. That's fine.

Speaker 2 (02:15:21):
So if the Texans had a player that played for
particular country, nobody else could play.

Speaker 1 (02:15:26):
Okay, Derek Singley, see you later would be the text, Fross,
Come on, let's have a common sense here for just
a minute. Flag football in the Olympics. What's the problem.
Why are you mad about it? I'm not mad, It's
just stupid. I'm gonna watch it. You're telling me I can't.

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I've been watching Lamar Jackson's done on a.

Speaker 2 (02:15:49):
Bunch of Let me there are sports that are meant
for the summer Olympics. Basketball, track and field, swimming, beach volleyball.
I mean, didn't used to be beach seeing now look
at you. Beach volleyball wasn't there twenty years ago?

Speaker 1 (02:16:07):
Was it when they had it? It should have been
added a lot sooner.

Speaker 2 (02:16:09):
Oh my god, the indoor volleyball, handball, uh, swimming and
diving events, the javelin toss.

Speaker 1 (02:16:20):
Okay, the I jump if you will.

Speaker 2 (02:16:23):
Let's get some football, flag football, rack, flag football.

Speaker 1 (02:16:31):
Let's go. What's the problem now? Will I watch it? Yeah?
Shut your momass up there?

Speaker 3 (02:16:40):
What is you?

Speaker 1 (02:16:41):
But there's a lot of things I watch a lot
of bad television. Yeah, but yeah you do. Yeah, it's
the Olympics. It's once every four years. But aren't you
just just mimicking a bunch of goofy things that are
out there that really should not be worth of gold
medals and ceremonies and years and years. Isn't there any

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party that says training for this is something gonna be
something special?

Speaker 2 (02:17:05):
Watch Dereck Henry truck a bunch of dudes from Spain.
Hilarious truck in flag football? Why not you grab the flag,
you throw it down, it's over with, yeah, truck that
you get the flag from his stiff arm. I'd like
to see you try. Can you even make contact like that?

Speaker 1 (02:17:16):
I don't know. I don't know if somebody's getting trucked? Now,
what if you can't make contact, that's fine? Still fun? Okay?

Speaker 2 (02:17:24):
Well then yeah, like I said, give me Lamar Jackson
and Tyreek Hill and I don't know. Here's the thing.
You could take any mid NFL player. I guarantee you
Sam Darnald money Mills could make flight football look good.

Speaker 1 (02:17:36):
You put money Mills at cornerback or what?

Speaker 2 (02:17:39):
Well, let me ask you this, do you really want
if you're an NFL team, do you want your flag
footballers out there playing football with a chance to hurt themselves?
Apparently with this voting they're giving, they would be they
would get some kind of injury protection, like if somebody
got hurt, they would get some money or strip or
something like that.

Speaker 1 (02:17:54):
Let's go, it's called insurance. I don't care about the insurance.
If CJ.

Speaker 2 (02:17:57):
Strode plays flag football, there's a rotator cuff. He's not
the best quarterback in America and you need some football.

Speaker 1 (02:18:03):
You need to get more.

Speaker 2 (02:18:05):
Was the best quarterback in the NFL, Pat Mahammar Jackson,
Lamar Jacks You think either one is playing for flag
football because you gotta be you gotta be moving, got
to dodge the flag grabbers. And then what if you
break your hip doing these things? It should be fine,
you know what I gotta I'm gonna make a gut
feeling right now. Nothing but mid players playing this, okay,

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nothing about like Alan Lazar will be the wide receiver
I would send. I would send Lamar Jackson first, and
then Josh Allen second. If I'm Baltimore, I send none
of the above. I send no Josh Allen, I said,
I send, you know I send.

Speaker 1 (02:18:36):
I send.

Speaker 2 (02:18:40):
Jalen Hurts. No, I would send Jalen Hurts. I would send, Uh.
Who would I send?

Speaker 1 (02:18:45):
I don't know. Let's send Aaron Rodgers available, No, he's
old Joe Flacco. You know what I would send? Who
would be? Who's just a good?

Speaker 8 (02:18:52):
Do you?

Speaker 7 (02:18:53):
Now?

Speaker 2 (02:18:53):
Do you have the one two three? Mississippi? How does
it go with the Russian in this flag football Olympic
flag football.

Speaker 1 (02:18:58):
And we used to play.

Speaker 2 (02:19:00):
We used to get really mad when people from him
from frant one miss Hippia. I'll come get you, Lama
when you're playing you on mine.

Speaker 1 (02:19:10):
One qe back.

Speaker 2 (02:19:13):
Two get back one two one Nasa bahamas. Yeah, here's
the thing. We used to play flag football as a kid.
You used to go one Mississippi to Missippi, three Missippi.
If you're playing Jonathan, you're saying Missippi like ten times
you get.

Speaker 1 (02:19:30):
One blitz forer four downs? Right, y'all play like that? Absolutely?

Speaker 3 (02:19:33):
Yeah?

Speaker 2 (02:19:34):
Do you have to call the blitz out? And I
can't remember what word we use for blitz. We went
to crash or something like that. What did you say
we went to We got a Mississippi man got home
as it was called covered sock.

Speaker 1 (02:19:44):
What is that all about?

Speaker 3 (02:19:45):
What we had?

Speaker 1 (02:19:46):
What kind of double and triple move routes we played?
You got triple move routes take ten seconds to develop. Okay,
So let me ask you this.

Speaker 2 (02:19:55):
If flag football is coming to the Olympics, and I
mean it's an all sincerity, when is dodgeball coming?

Speaker 1 (02:20:00):
I'm ready? I would watch it. You're over here whining,
complaining about everything Okay, you're shaking your fist at a
cloud telling us to get off your lawn. I'm like,
let's do it. Bring it home. I'll watch it.

Speaker 2 (02:20:15):
Okay, I will watch my beach volleyball because I believe
in true essence of real. I heard Spain's got a
strong squad for this upcoming Olympics in Brazil. Spain, very
zil never squads, all right. Brian mctagger joins US next
one twenty nine on Sports Talk seven ninety one. Sports
Talk seven ninety we get a chance to talk to

(02:20:35):
Brian mctagger on a weekly basis normally with this live
at eleven o'clock, and if you missed the conversation, well
it's so good and so rewarding, we decided to let
you hear some of it right here, and we talked
to Brian about a variety of things, from the outfield
to the starting rotation to the bullpen of Jeremy Pana
and the conversation Today opened up with the Astros doing
their job for a second consecutive night, come from behind

(02:20:58):
fashion a win against Kansas City.

Speaker 3 (02:21:00):
Yeah, I agree to take two or three.

Speaker 11 (02:21:01):
With the pitching matchups that that the Royals were throwing
out there and you know, come from behind win. I think,
what only their second win this year when trailing after
seven innings, So that was, you know, probably one of
the most impressive wins of the season. I mean, I
was just thinking that they're squeezing every ounce they can
out of this offense. I mean, two solo homers get
it done a couple of days ago, you know, yesterday,

(02:21:22):
do bomb drops a couple of doubles. I mean, the
offense is still scuffling really badly, and they're making the
most of it. But the pitching has been so good
for the most part, especially the bullpen, that they're in
every game pretty much, with the exception of you know,
a couple.

Speaker 3 (02:21:37):
Of those in the home stand that we're all aware of.

Speaker 11 (02:21:39):
But yeah, I mean, I think Joe said it a
few times. The fact that they have this record and
their offense is as poor as it's been, I think
it's pretty it's pretty promising if you think once they
get back to full strength and everyone starts hitting up
to their level, I.

Speaker 2 (02:21:55):
Think you have to make an exception to your rule
about everybody who's struggling offensively at the leadoff man. Jeremy
Pinion Mike God, is this ops gone up like five
hundred points in the last two weeks.

Speaker 11 (02:22:06):
Yeah, he's done a nice job in that leadoff spot.
And you know, he had that great spring and made
a few changes to his swing and got off to
a little bit of a slow start, but he looks
like now he's he's developing into everything they had hoped
he would be. I mean, this is his fourth year now,
so it's not like this is an overnight thing. But man,
good for him. I mean he's put in a lot
of work to get to this point. And anytime you

(02:22:27):
put someone in the leadoff spot, you know, you wonder
how they're gonna do. It, comes with a lot of pressure,
and he's done a very nice job. You know, just
sort of like when you move somebody to close it,
you don't know if they're built for it or not.
Guys you know, Will Harris couldn't do it, and you
know Ken Giles really couldn't do it, but you know
other guys can, and they move Penya the leadoff spot
and he certainly is you know, a quarter through the season,

(02:22:50):
is probably the Astros MVP at this point.

Speaker 2 (02:22:52):
Yeah, we've seen hot streaks from him before Brian, And
of course you always mentioned Memorial Day is kind of
where you shake things out. We're only a couple of
weeks out from that and he is still sustaining this.

Speaker 3 (02:23:04):
Yeah, but and that leads me to believe it's real.

Speaker 11 (02:23:06):
I mean, he's you know, not striking out as much,
walking a little more, and it just it just looks
more confident at the plate. His swing is just seems
to be uh, you know the word he's uses quieter.
There's just not not going you know, a lot going on,
a little toe tap. And he's got those quick hands.
You know, yesterday I tried to, you know, sneak a
ball by him, and you know, he was able to

(02:23:26):
get those hands in and just turn on it. And
so yeah, he's uh, you know, he's got a chance
to make the All Star Game in the in the
American League at shortstop. Add that to his resume, which
already includes a World Series, a World Series MVP, ALCS MVP.

Speaker 2 (02:23:42):
There was really only one poor reliever in the middle
relief corps and Taylor Scott obviously got DFA yesterday, but
I mean Dubin or King and then Bray you who's
felt like the appearances have gone down. Where would this
team be without this bullpen, because not only are they success,
but man, Brian, they're being used in the fifth any

(02:24:03):
more than perhaps any other bullpen in baseball right now.

Speaker 11 (02:24:07):
Yeah, I'd be interested to see where they rank as
far as innings pitched. That's something I'll I'll look up
after I finished my icy here at Bucki's. But uh,
even the two games where they had the short starts,
from the Colors game and the Gusto game, the bullpen
came in and shut the door. In both games they
they had a chance. You know, I think both games

(02:24:28):
maybe had the time run at the play it at
some point. So yeah, and you know, I've said it before.
I thought the bullpen was the one area where they
going into the season, I thought they were really thin.
But so far it's been it's been their strengths so far.
And Dubin's the guy we saw yesterday who can come
in and you know, sneak ninety six ninety seven by
you before you know it. He's he's very durable, a

(02:24:49):
guy that can pitch two innings if you if you
need to start him and get four it is he
can do that as well. So you know, it stinks
for Taylor Scott, who did a really nice job last year.
But yeah, Dubin, I think to be even a bigger
weapon out of that bullpen. So you know, props to
all those guys for forgetting it done, but got to
do it over the next four months as well, because

(02:25:09):
some of those guys are pitching a lot. You know,
Brave he's pitching a lot again. So we'll see how
they do here as we continue through the season.

Speaker 2 (02:25:17):
Brian McTaggert continuing with us here on Sports Talk seven
ninety back to the lineup real quick, continuing struggles for
Christian Walker, oh for four couple of strikeouts. Talked about
pinya and hoping that's real and we hope it's not
real with the way that Walker's performing.

Speaker 3 (02:25:34):
Well.

Speaker 11 (02:25:34):
I went to Christian Walker Monday before the game and
did an interview with him on how well he was hitting,
you know, and if you talk to him, I know,
Matt interviewed him after. I did a very stand up guy,
I mean, in very honest, very candid. You know, he came,
as advertised, just one of the best, you know interviews
you could have. But he was great about a swing

(02:25:55):
and I think at that time he was hitting two
twenty five, he was coming around, and then I think
he had a hit series against the Royals, So he
may never want to talk to me or Matt again.
But just when I think that he's coming around, and
then you have a stretch where he looks like, you know,
he's a little bit lost at the plate. So yeah,
the deeper you get into this and more you start

(02:26:16):
to scratch your head. But man, I still think there's
got to be better days ahead from Matt. I just
don't I'll be shocked if Christian Walker's hitting two eleven
at the All Star Breaker, two fifteen, or even two twenty.

Speaker 1 (02:26:29):
We all know full well how Astros fans can be.

Speaker 2 (02:26:32):
Brian, there has been a lot of talk about hitting
coaches all year, especially now with Jeff Pass and Alex
Bregman article talking about adjustments he made. Just your opinion
on that whole narrative and any underlying possibility of a
change being made.

Speaker 3 (02:26:46):
There, Yeah, I don't see it.

Speaker 11 (02:26:50):
I mean, the same hitting coaches that you know in
twenty twenty two when they won the World Series, the
same pitching coaches when they won the World Series. To me,
I'm always gonna put the blame on the player, I mean,
bottom line. Yeah, if you read the passing article, one
of the things that stood out to me was that
one of the things that clicked for Bregman that he
said was that he was getting the knob pass the ball.

(02:27:12):
He said the same thing last year when he was
struggling here. He had a big game and he's like,
not pass the ball. That's what clicks.

Speaker 3 (02:27:18):
So this isn't anything new, I don't think.

Speaker 11 (02:27:20):
I don't think Bregman's got gone there and just reinvented
his swing. I think maybe he's made a couple of
changes here and there. He was the guy that was
constantly tinkering with his swing, always trying different things, always
looking at video. I think he likes hitting at Fenway Park.
That's one of the reasons he signed there is he
thought he really liked the backdrop and the idea of
the Green Monster. So I think it's just low hanging

(02:27:43):
fruit to say blame the hitting coaches. Blame the hitting coaches.
And I saw your tweet yesterday Ross that you know,
where's the praise for the hitting coaches for helping people?

Speaker 3 (02:27:51):
You know, come have a guy that looks like he'd
be an All Star.

Speaker 11 (02:27:54):
Now the responsibilities on the players, and yes, I mean
at some point if if there's a team wide failure
in hitting philosophy, then yeah, maybe you make some changes.
But you have some very accomplished hitters in the Astros
lineup not carrying the weight, and the onus is on
them more than it is the coaches.

Speaker 2 (02:28:12):
To wrap up our conversation, Brian, what's going through the
mind of Lance mccullors. Obviously the last start was far
from what he wanted, only one third of an inning,
struggled in terms of pitch count in the first one,
and look, Arlington is a place the Rangers are hitting well,
it's an easy ballpark for hitting offensively. I'm not going
to say how important is it, so I don't want

(02:28:33):
you to read into that, but start number three, he
wants to see some tangible improvement.

Speaker 1 (02:28:38):
I'm assuming yes, oh yeah, I.

Speaker 11 (02:28:41):
Mean it's got to be a case where, hey, if
you're Lance after that start, you want to say, hey,
that was a one start thing.

Speaker 3 (02:28:47):
I'm back on track.

Speaker 11 (02:28:48):
Get some quick innings, get some swing and miss, which
he wasn't able to do, maybe even build the velocity
just a little bit. I mean the Rangers on a
great lineup. They just beat up on the Rockies, who
are just awful. Uh Mark Uh, Corey Seegers on the
I l again, he's there, you know, by far their
best hitter and someone who's really gonna thorn in their side.
But uh, you know they have Jack Peterson hitting third

(02:29:10):
last night. His ops is under five hundred. So this
is this is a this is a lineup that I
think he could have some success against. But if he
does go out there have another short start, gets knocked around,
then maybe you know, you have to have some you know,
real discussions about, you know, where do you go from
here with Lance mccullors junior. But if he has a
good start on Friday, then you try to build on it.

(02:29:30):
But uh, you know, we'll see it's going to be
a very interesting start for him on Friday for sure.

Speaker 2 (02:29:35):
And lastly, and he thought of maybe seeing Jordan on
this road trip at some point.

Speaker 11 (02:29:40):
I would think I would think we will. I mean,
I know that Joe said we're close, and we've heard
that over and over.

Speaker 2 (02:29:52):
Brian McTaggart earlier on with Ross by the way, he
wanted to go he was going to go get a Coke.
I see at the Rookies and it's only Dr pepper
now available to you there according to horses. By the way,
how is your doctor pepper pole coming away?

Speaker 1 (02:30:08):
I don't know.

Speaker 2 (02:30:09):
We'll recap it when we'll come back, all right, we
also believe it or not? Next, we're playing for amazing prizes.
I believe we're playing for autograph Adam Clinton photos. We'll
try to find something better in the next segment. Seven
one three two one two five seven, Hointy, what is
today's edition?

Speaker 1 (02:30:23):
I believe or not? Is it all things? Tony Camp?
We'll figure it out. Okay, we got about six.

Speaker 2 (02:30:27):
Minutes to do so seven one three two one two
five seven Anti Believe it or not?

Speaker 3 (02:30:31):
Is next? Well?

Speaker 1 (02:30:34):
I have Clinton telling us he's not doing the on
Deck Show night or the tenth Thinning. How many ten
things have you done in the last couple of years ago?
Adam two, I.

Speaker 2 (02:30:46):
Got my second in two days night. I got my
second this week, last night, I got one them on Saturday.
Come out at six o'clock, brought to you by Daily
and Black. It's the Astros on Deck Show.

Speaker 1 (02:30:56):
Good can't wait.

Speaker 2 (02:30:58):
Thank you, Matt, you're doing it one tonight I literally
just said that. The last words out of my mouth
said that, Yes, I am working the show tonight. Okay, good,
thanks for paying attention, Thanks for being locked in. Man,
you can be listening on Saturday when I do it. No,
all right, Adam, when are you gonna be doing? When's
your next tenth inning shows?

Speaker 1 (02:31:19):
It is your producer not working back there, He can't
see you. There's he doesn't have a video and his
girl right now? What he text his girl during the show?
They get three o'clockers in. Don't feel bad about that, Ross.
What's at three o'clocker? It's when he gets home at three?
Is that an afternoon delight? Reference? Pretty much? Is he
going to find his woman? He's going to hold her tight?

(02:31:41):
Sky rockets in fly?

Speaker 3 (02:31:43):
All right?

Speaker 1 (02:31:43):
Anyways, what were we talking to clients about the number
of tenth inning shows he does?

Speaker 3 (02:31:46):
Well?

Speaker 1 (02:31:46):
I was gonna tell Ross not to feel bad that
Matt was blatantly ignoring you there or not paying attention
to it, because I do it to him too, though,
so I do it all the time on my show,
but I'm the only one that doesn't on my show.

Speaker 2 (02:31:57):
I zone out on Matt all the time, especially if
he's on the road. Yeah, it's a it's a terrible problem.

Speaker 1 (02:32:02):
He scout. You need to stop traveling so much.

Speaker 2 (02:32:04):
That's not my fault. Tell the NBA, because my fault.
You're getting it second income and you're not here. That's
you know what we should do. We should do a
comparing contrast. We'll do a list on one side and
a list on the other. One side will be how
many tenth inning shows I've done. The other side will
be how many times Ross has had me or wex
fill in for you because you couldn't do your whole show.

Speaker 1 (02:32:22):
I'll just leave on that note. That's fair. By the way,
he's taking some time off, I'll be calling in for you.
I'm taking a lot of time. I've had one vacation day.
We are into May. You ain't going to see a
whole lot of me in these quarter three quarters full
a minute. All right, that's fine. We just do dead
air letter. Stop doing that. You never go fis hits you.

(02:32:45):
You're gonna make it about you. That doesn't make any sense.
Oh yeah, I'm going on vacation sets fires hits. What
does that tell?

Speaker 3 (02:32:51):
That's what comes.

Speaker 1 (02:32:52):
I'm going to assassination plat good vacations. I was like,
any sense that sounds like I'm going to be a
mercenary Afghanistan? Why don't you say wado? Some egos? So
these things? Hey, you will just watch me go? What
do you want to sleep with? Robert?

Speaker 3 (02:33:11):
Come on? Now? What I mean?

Speaker 1 (02:33:13):
You get so much? Get so much? Robert in you
excuse me? All you're sayings here's the ASTROS station. Okay,
it's a great catchphrase, and you can also say it
when you're going on vacation. I can't say nothing but hey, guys,
I'm going to kinkon for the weekend. Nothing but nylon.
You say, good gracious? Sounds like I'm going to go

(02:33:35):
crawd catching you say good gracious? All right, you're out
of control. You You are a real peach. Matthew, my
fun and my computer systems down, so gates what you're
gonna have to handle? The Believe it or not? All right,
it's the equipment right here.

Speaker 3 (02:33:50):
Not me.

Speaker 2 (02:33:51):
It's probably user. I'm seventy five percent sure. All right,
five minutes left to go in the show.

Speaker 1 (02:33:55):
What should we do?

Speaker 15 (02:33:59):
Wait?

Speaker 1 (02:33:59):
Should play?

Speaker 2 (02:34:02):
Chris Passest growing sports radio game show. We simply called
it be Believe It or not. And here's how it works.
You'll call seven one three two one two five seven
ninety seven one three two one two five seven ninety
today's edition to believe or not all things about former
Astro Tony Kemp.

Speaker 1 (02:34:16):
Who just announced his retirement Today. I'll read your statement
about Tony statements completely utterly accurate. You'll say this, believe it.

Speaker 2 (02:34:23):
If the statements erroneous foot of ball commit up, you
will say this to believe it or not. It's in
a row on all things Tony Kemp. When you're prized,
Jonathan will be playing for today.

Speaker 13 (02:34:31):
Go see a concert by Chris Isaac live on July
twenty ninth on the House of Blues.

Speaker 1 (02:34:37):
Bill and Katie. Hey, Bill, I got a quick question
for you. What is your favorite Chris Isaac song, Oh
Billy Jane.

Speaker 2 (02:34:45):
The Astros selected Tony Kemp in the fifth round of
the twenty thirteen MLB draft. Believe it or not, Hey
believe it, bendit statement number two for unfortunately a win
for you, Tony Kemp's Tony Kemp's favorite baseball player growing
up was Curtis Granderson.

Speaker 1 (02:35:07):
Believe it or not, Like my wife's said, hush and
I'll believe it, Believe it? No, I was putting gimmes
at the top. Don't take Bill first. Brian and Alvin.
Line two.

Speaker 2 (02:35:25):
Brian on seven Aunty, What was your favorite part of
today's ten to two radio show?

Speaker 1 (02:35:29):
Always a back and forth with you and our RV.

Speaker 2 (02:35:32):
According to Tony Kemp's Vanderbilt biography, his favorite movies are
The Sandlot and Remember the Titans.

Speaker 1 (02:35:37):
Believe It or Not?

Speaker 3 (02:35:39):
Not?

Speaker 1 (02:35:40):
Oh?

Speaker 3 (02:35:41):
How do you not know?

Speaker 1 (02:35:42):
His favorite movies? By way, Ross, I have seen.

Speaker 2 (02:35:45):
Remember the Titans outstanding flick. Let's go to line number four.
Paul on seven Aunty, Paul, You're ready to play Believe
it or not?

Speaker 7 (02:35:54):
Believe it.

Speaker 2 (02:35:55):
Tony Kemp is a big European soccer fan. He cites
Ronaldo as his favorite football Adinho, what ronald Nobody's ever
heard of him?

Speaker 1 (02:36:03):
Are you sis? Ronaldo? Ronaldinho? Matt you can't you get
to the bag? Insides? Ronaldino is his favorite footballer Believe
it or not?

Speaker 3 (02:36:15):
Not?

Speaker 6 (02:36:16):
Yeah, he is.

Speaker 1 (02:36:17):
I've said it once, set a thousand times. You gotta
know who Ronaldino is. George and Cyprus George on seven
ninety George, good afternoon. He ready to play believe it
or not.

Speaker 2 (02:36:30):
When Tony camp was DFA by the Astros in twenty nineteen,
it was so they could call up.

Speaker 1 (02:36:35):
Kyle Tucker and add unto the roster. Believe it or
not not, that's right.

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It was when Carlos Krey was hurt statement number two
for the way and Tony Kemp married his high school
sweetheart in twenty fifteen and then two went island hopping
and Thailand for their honeymoon.

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Believe it or not not, that is also right. They
went to Croatian in Europe, of course for youngratulations.

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Line number six, John in Downtown John on seven ninety John,
we your favorite part of today's tend to two radio show,
all of it. Tony Kemp was the player that the
astor is traded to the Cubs for Martin Maldonado.

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Believe it or not not, it WASI DFA then traded,
which you can't do under being DFA.

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All right, we need one more contested. These these ISAAC
tickets are not going like hotcakes, are they?

Speaker 3 (02:37:28):
No?

Speaker 2 (02:37:28):
I guess not one more, silly little contestant, great listener,
we're killing time. We go to a forty five second
dollars by the way, Ross tomorrow. We've gotten on Florida stories. Really,
if I'm sorry, is it Friday already? We have maybe
the longest Friday ten o'clock intro maybe in the history
of the show.

Speaker 1 (02:37:45):
Tomorrow. Because we've given you so much material, it's kind
of funny for those lean weeks when you're you're out
like three days in a week. I'm saving a few.

Speaker 2 (02:37:53):
You should save them for yeah, because Ross is gonna
be gone like most of September, October, November.

Speaker 1 (02:37:58):
So and when nobody else wants these Isaac tickets.

Speaker 2 (02:38:02):
Okay, that's all right, we'll give them to you. We
got two minutes of kill. Can't you see I can't
check out. You can't check out early.

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You gotta hang with me. I checked out about ten
thirty five.

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You did check out. So we never had a really
firm conversation about the crawfish. Do you think about the
crawfish going to the ballpark?

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Yes?

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Or no?

Speaker 1 (02:38:19):
That's a no, no, thank you? What else is a no?

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No?

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Spaghetti? Meatball? You you couldn't do it. You had to
breath to feel them for you. Steven On seven ninety,
you're the last one. You got one to win. Here
you ready to go, let's go.

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During his MLB career, Tony Kemp played the most games
for the Oakland A's Believe it or not?

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Believe it?

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Congratulations three winners today and nicely done everybody.

Speaker 3 (02:38:48):
All right?

Speaker 2 (02:38:48):
Sorry, so tomorrow I'm sorry. At eleven thirty tomorrow on
the show, we are going to have uh what else?
We got news at noon? Non Florida stories, hell yeah
or not? And an Astro victory against Texas Rangers. Hopefully
I'm calling my shot Hunter Brown seven innings, two runs,
seven hits, one walk, five k's boom.

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Rangers slight favorites minus one thirty five with the grom
on the Mountain. He spells his name with a little D. Right, No,
it's a little e. Oh that was a little D.
A D little too. I think it's right. I think
it's a little D. Imagine have a name with a
little D in your name? You love a little D.
I don't. It's like a regular size D. I'm next, Wexler.

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