Astros Hang On Through The Weekend Finishing 2-2 in the series vs Rangers, Can The Astros Hope Even With These Struggling Bats?

Astros Hang On Through The Weekend Finishing 2-2 in the Series vs Rangers, Can The Astros Hope To Still Go Far Even With These Struggling Bats?

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Lunch timers, Matt Thomas, Thomas, Ross Viel This is the
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Speaker 1 (01:33):
Good morning, and welcome to a Monday edition of The
Matt Thomas Show with Ross. This is Sports Talk seven ninety.
I was a little worried that Robert Forrest are only
gonna get a couple of highlights and Steve sparksicon all
the big home runs the last handful of days as
the comeback kids remain in play. Last four victories for

(01:55):
the Astros, all in comfort behind fashion, the stressen stros.
We come up with a nickname yet, Uh wow, cardiac
kids done, not kids, cardiac middle aged man, I'll tell
me in the middle of their mid thirties, decline cardiac
midlife crisis DROs. I like to think about it. Think

(02:18):
about it. What do you do when you have midlife crisis?
You come up with a comeback, You find something else. Okay,
that's the greatest example. But you know, I was trying
some minor setbacks for some major comebacks. And I will
use the L word. I don't care they got lucky.
They shouldn't have won that game yesterday because I mean
they got they got pulled Eastide Paradas snug at three

(02:40):
run home er over the fence to pull another. You
know what, they had no business winning that one. But
over one hundred and sixty two, you take what you
can get. Yeah, I don't think they didn't deserve to
win it. You have to put a ball. You have
to put the battle of the ball. Baby, it's someone
like it one like they got the friendly calls the
umpire Joe spotick and back that up. You get no
hit for seven innings, I'll use the old and I
don't care. What's up. Come at me, bro. You can

(03:02):
call me wrong. No, no, lucky as a ball hitting
the bag and our ball or miss our miss call
or a an error. That's luck. They sucked it to them. Okay,
they put a charge in two of them. They were
breathing orange fire in the land of that. Okay, well,

(03:23):
great performance by the bats. Four hits all games. I
didn't realize that the first six innings meant more than
the last three. Rossie, No, they don't mean the same. Okay, good,
I'm gonna get you convinced this. That was a Those
are quality wins. I like comeback wins. Okay, A and
m saltball does not. That was what I'm just saying.
You can't be banking on these pulling them out of
like this all year long. Have you bats? The bats

(03:44):
need to be better. They met the Astros offense this year.
I have, and it needs and it needs to be better.
That's what I'm saying. So up until yesterday, because I
did the postgame show on Saturday, why I talked to
one person. It was nice. That's good. Yeah, I mean
it's fine Saturdays with a quick turnaround. An't there gonna
be the the medius of postgame shows if you know
what I'm saying, Man, I mean Saturday night road game,

(04:06):
your team lost, didn't score much, scored one run in
the entire game of the first inning. It was not
like sarily a high volume call in show day. But
the Astros lemn take a look at that old box score. Okay,
So they score one in the seventh and three and
the eighth. They scored in a total of four innings
in the entire series. Because they were shot out on Thursday.

(04:30):
They had that six run seventh on Friday. Yes, they
had one run on Saturday in one inning and then
they had two. So one, two, three, four innings out
of thirty six sports RV. They scored runs most times.
When you say that, you're dropping three or four potentially
a geven swept. So you would say they're fortunate to

(04:50):
get out there with us, I'm saying with a series split,
I'm saying they're crafty. Oh okay. Meanwhile, Seattle want to
say thee be up on that Podrey. You know what?
So the Astros still find themselves in second place, tied
with the Texas Rangers, two and a half games behind
the MS. The M's will be in town for a
four game set coming up. I believe this weekend. That's

(05:11):
a good feeling L for you. You said they'd be
in first by May fifteenth. That is an absolute L.
And I also had them going four and three on
this road trip, which they still can do as long
as they take two out of three in Tampa Bay.
Two out of three wouldn't be bad in a steamy
Tampa Bay'll take a look, little let's look look at
old weather temperatures here. Okay, remember a trap It was
always pleasant seventy two degrees with nobody there, Well, nobody's

(05:35):
a relative term. It was extra chili. There was a
lot of body heat. Yeah, when there's fifty five hundred
people in the middle. I will say this, I wouldn't
cover one baseball playoff series against the Rays Waldcart and
the I didn't think it was as bad. Grant, I'm
not going there eighty one times a year, but there
was plenty of space, it was comfortable elbow, and the
food was good. Yeah. Okay, so the next three day forecast.

(05:57):
Today's high ninety two, that's good. Tomorrow's high ninety three,
and you're like, well, they're gonna be playing at night.
Who cares. Wednesday's game is at one ten Eastern time,
twelve ten locally ninety two degrees. What's what's the feels
like that on the mat six million high? They have
the same humidity issues. I mean, anything anything close to

(06:19):
a coastal town is gonna happen, and they're super close.
So they're on the Bay. I feel like they literally are.
I mean it's the airport, it's George Stumburn or Field,
and there's Tampa Bay right next to all within about
five miles of each other. Tampa underrated town, by the way,
I'll take your word for it. Oh, you are quite
the a strip club connoisseur. So I guess you would
say that. I mean I spent my summers in the

(06:41):
Tampa Saint Pete You're area area for about five or
six years when I was younger. That's what my mom said,
you want to go spend six weeks with one grand
parent four the other? And I said, absolutely, let's go.
Aki Weather says, real feel of one oh two today
in Tampa? Can you take an in game shower on
that bad boy? I guess you could, all right, bring

(07:01):
a bucket of ice. Keep a couple of buckets of
ice in the dugout. So, needless to say, Uh, the
astros fortunate, not lucky, fortunate to take two out of four.
So there's synonyms blessed, fortunate and lucky appreciative. Here we go, semantics.

(07:21):
What is this two to six? I know what lucky is.
I've been lucky for most of my life. Oh you're
fortunate too. I mean I put a little hard work in,
but there's mostly been luck. Okay, fine, well I'll dial
the lucky back to fortunate, even though they want saying
I will take well, we will agree unfortunate. There's a
nice middle there. Uh, if you would like to be
a part of the show. We we Ross and I would

(07:43):
be fortunate to have you. We'd be lucky to have you.
We would both we got to talk about we have
some marketing advice for MLB. We just do I don't
know and you and I'm not talking about this yet.
But it was rivalry weekend, which is really a great
idea for everybody that, with the exception of Atlanta Boston
had some sort of regional rivalry to it. Angels played Dodgers,

(08:07):
A's played the Giants, the two Mets team, the two
New York teams played, the two Chicago teams played. You
had Colorado Arizona. That guts because there's really no natural
for them. And the only other odd one is Atlanta
versus Boston because Washington ball. I mean you to go geographically,
and I know that, uh not every city had to
go through this. In fact, no other city had to

(08:28):
go through this except Houston and Dallas. The TV markets.
Their Friday game was on Apple, Yes, which is very
easy to get. Now you have to subscribe to Apple.
You can get a seven day free trial. You can,
but it's all things considered, it's one touch. You want
to watch the game, Yes, I think their presentation is good.
The little stats are interesting. So everything on Apple is

(08:51):
fine to me. Roku is a hot mess. I could
not get it on a constant stream, and I have
great stream at my house. It's too early, let's go.
I have great internet at my house. Okay, thank you

(09:12):
that I do not have to worry about issues such
as those except for this damn Roku channel. I had
no issue. Well you're lucky. I just downloaded it on
my TV and then used it and then in just
like true TV that I only dust off in March,
I'll only dust it off when I go with the ask. Huh.

Speaker 5 (09:28):
No.

Speaker 1 (09:28):
Yeah, I had the constant streaming issues with it really
on my smart TV. I got one of my TV's
and downstairs it has the ability to get that channel.
One of my smart tvds doesn't. It's a long age
story of different times. Okay. Uh. And then the weirdo commercials,
you know when they don't have advertisement, they just run
those little Yeah they were running like, hey, watch the
Kings King of Queen's channel. Yeah, it's twenty four hours

(09:49):
of King of Queens, or watch the chalk being put down.
The first and third baseline kind of a surrounding moments
major League Baseball. You have got to get off Roku.
I mean Apple, I get FS one. I understand Fox,
even if you want to live life without ESPN, which
I think it's going to be a tragic mistake for them.

(10:09):
Mm hmm. You cannot put any more games on Roku.
I mean, what's next? Who?

Speaker 7 (10:15):
Now?

Speaker 1 (10:16):
Hula would be actually decent Hula. It would be an upgrade,
would be worse to be TOB would be worse. Actually
two B is not that bad. The two B game
of the week, Yeah, could happen. They're owned by Fox,
so okay, well that game of the Week could became
so at least it will be marketing. Who the hell
markets Roku? I don't know who they're owned by. I
don't know how that happened. Uh, but they took a

(10:37):
check in its crushing their product. Now, granted, it's as
long as you equally distributed among all the thirty different
baseball teams and everybody's got to feel the pain once
per year. But I just feel like, again, the Astros
and Rangers really got screwed. If you wanted to watch
this rivalry, which is something that I would think that
TV viewing habits in both Arlington and Dallas and Houston
would be very good. You took two of the four

(10:57):
games and you said, eh, no thanks, we're gona. I'll
let streamers pay for it. So it was just a
frustrating Sunday because I could not get a steady stream feed.
Thank you of the Astros game on Sunday. So, uh,
all the shots taken up. My friend Dave Raymond, I
didn't get to see a lot of because he did

(11:18):
say Yandy Diaz instead of Yaner Diaz on the home run. Yeah,
that was a mistake. And that's somebody else did that
last week. I can't remember who it was. It was
a national which is surprising because it's not like Yanner
Diaz is new to the Astro. No, but Yandy yan Year.
It's not the craziest thing ever. Maybe his maybe his
friends call him that. We don't know yany Maybe they do.
I mean, he's the Andy man. He can all right,

(11:42):
he makes the world. We're we're burying this first segment
now money further Thank you. Ten thirteen of The Matt
Thomas Show with Ross. If you'd like to join us
today seven one three, two, one two five seven ninety
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(12:03):
is getting into TJ and Ross. Where the hell is
yourn On Alvarez swinging in the cages feeling better. We'll
discuss well, were we've been discussing it since Tuesday or
before that. We'll discuss ten fourteen seven one three two

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one two five seven NINTI seven one three two one
two five SEVENINTI. The Matt Thomash old Ross continues. We're
here until two o'clock to tell the truth at eleven
thirty on seven ninety. All right, if you're happy about
your astros, I was thinking me a hell yeah, but
it was just a serious split. I mean it is
what it is. Seven one three two one two five
seven nineties. Fortunate it was a good weekend. Yeah, I

(12:49):
mean again, as I said before, you score four innings
total of thirty six, that doesn't necessarily lead itself to
a prosperous weekend. They weren't the smash stros, were they?
He was Okay, let's get him all knocked out in
one inning. By the way, I was almost ready to
send you a text about U Yanyr Diaz who hit

(13:10):
the home run yesterday. Okay, he has five. Oh, you
were talking about him being the sneaky team, sneaky team leader.
He's not. He's in third place. Okay, Uh. Peretti is
hitting the home run yesterday. He now has seven. But
it is interesting that in a season where the Astros
slug has not been spectacular, sneakiness can come in there.

(13:31):
And that's exactly what Yan is doing. He's sneaky in
the mix. I believe I told you there'd be two
ways he'd be sneaky, A on his hurt or be
the team is not hitting well, and so far we
both so far, I'm gonna preface. I do a lot
of things with prefaces. Okay, we call you preface Thomas.

(13:52):
I don't, I do not deny that I love the
Houston Astros. Yes, I have been a fan for forty
six years who had a long time Dale Mountains. When
I left town for five I was still a fan. Yeah.
Why are they being so sneaky about Jordon unless they

(14:14):
just want to say, hey, he's not getting any better,
it's gonna be why. I mean, this feels like the
last ten years with different general managers. And I can't
imagine that Jim Crane is all of a sudden going,
you know what, let's let's let's keep things on the
down low. What would be in his interest. It's not
gonna slow slow down ticket sales. It's not gonna slow

(14:35):
down what the Astros are gonna do. From a fan standpoint,
You're not gonna lose fans. And it's not because I
think you're trying to all of a sudden give a
competitive advantage. Because if Urdon is on the line up,
regardless of what the reason is, you're not in the line.
But can't help you.

Speaker 8 (14:50):
It just.

Speaker 1 (14:53):
They Urdon hasn't spoken in four days. Not that we
would carry a lot of it or any of it,
but the interpreter could help us out, Hey, what's going on?
What have you been doing? I mean, it would be
three minutes of frankly softball questions thrown at him. And
I felt like we were doing this last year with
Kyle Tucker in that long absence. But regardless of whether

(15:14):
or not we care how the Astros handled the situation, Damn, Jodan,
this is taking a lot longer than anybody I think
initially anticipated. So for any of us, and I listened
to Sean and Sean, I listened to Dan and Gordy
talking about it, like, well, I predict he's gonna be
happening this weekend. I've you can't predict injuries. You can't
predict when someone goes I'm ready to go. You can

(15:35):
predict who's gonna win a game. You can predict how
somebody's gonna do with the plate, or what they're gonna
do scoring wise, or how they're gonna do. But you
can't predict when a guy's gonna wake up and say
I'm gonna be in the lineup today. So we're not
gonna do that. But this has been a long time, Yes,
a lot longer than I think anybody thought it was
going to be. I have a dumb question for you.
I'm here for it. Wow, just plenty of them. Why

(15:57):
can't we just wait till he's in the lineup and
when he's back, he's back, I mean, if he's got
a setback. Yeah, Apparently we had Dana Brown on last
week and he said within the next five days. It's
been five days. They were hoping and Joe spotted himself
at least last week was saying we're hoping for the weekend.
And when he's ready, he's ready. It's not like he's
just hanging around and eating ice cream and not swinging

(16:17):
a back. Okay, so why wouldn't they make him available?

Speaker 7 (16:19):
Then?

Speaker 1 (16:20):
I don't know, because he's hurt, he's on the IL.
I don't know where he is around the team. He
doesn't like to speak to the media in the first
place you were on, especially the last couple of years.
Maybe it's the player prerogative, which very well could be
the case. Maybe he said, shut yo, bomasses up. My
hand's ready when it's ready. I don't know. I substantive
update would be nice, for sure. Yeah, so I'll say

(16:40):
is this. I'm not like angry or mad about it.

Speaker 9 (16:43):
I just.

Speaker 1 (16:45):
Ultimately I don't care when he talks or when he
doesn't talk. I want him just a big be out
there because this team needs a scoring it needs a
hitting punch. And here's the problem. It wasn't like he
left on it. He wasn't batting to ops a twelve
hundred when he left. No, he was strugg We even
what are our season numbers? Can you look him up?
And I will look him up. I think he's around
like six hundred ops. So yeah, I just I think

(17:08):
I'm more just venting about wanting him back, and obviously
you don't want to bring him back too early. Six
forty six ops, two ten average, a lot of strikeouts,
three grime runs, twenty one strikeouts, and one hundred and
twenty one played appearances. It's not horrible. I've seen worse.

(17:28):
There's worse than this lineup. Yeah. So he had had
a lot of hard hit contact throughout the season, but
it's just it had kind of come in waves, almost
like Christian Walker. It's coming waves. It hasn't been consistent. Yeah, which,
by the way, Christian Walker average up to two oh seven.

(17:50):
It was at a high water mark of two ten
at one point. Correct, he's mashing, hey, as long as
the defense is good. By the way, one thing about
this weekend that was of alarming was the fact the
defense that I mean, Jeremy Paanea had two airs called
on him, could have been a third. They gave one
to two Walker. The Astros had three airs on Saturday.
Defense has been nails all season. Yeah, Well, it's been

(18:11):
really As I've said before, it's been really great for
about nine years or so little drop off last year,
but this year it has been really good. And that's
really saying something. Because the Astros incorporated a new second
basement or combo second basement and two guys that have
never played the outfield before in leftfield and rightfield. You
would think there would be a significant downturn and there
hasn't been. Well, yeah, Rogers and on the right side

(18:32):
of the enfield, whether it be Rogers or dubon the
occasional Jose al two. That's a huge improvement defensively over
every day Al two A. And then Christian Walker a
major improvement over John Singleton and whatever else right right,
So you know it's interesting to me, Boyd Jake is
out there and make it plays. Maddie, how's they am

(18:52):
catching everything? What do you mean two ninety three? Oh,
I'm sorry, second on the team was up. I'm happy
you should be he hasn't had. You know, May is
usually typically his best month. The a slump to some degree.
I don't imagine a two thirty hitter is gonna hit
two ninety all season. But if he stays about if

(19:12):
he stays about two seventy five, is that not a
win win for this organization. Don't no, no, no, no, no.
You're a president. You as a president should understand you'll
accept two seventy. I know I'll accept it for sure.
I just don't know what's gonna happen, all right. Other
things today on the radio program. Uh yeah, yeah, I
was gonna say, I to back to Jordan. I maybe

(19:32):
he just doesn't want to talk, like leave me alone.
Yeah yeah, I leave the yard on alone. He should
be happy he performs for you people, but I miss him.
We miss him too. He wants to be out there.
I'm sure it's long. He's got to get his legs ready.
DH go out there and gets him hacks. Be all right,
ready to go. You know what he needs to do.

(19:53):
He doesn't need his talk anymore. He just didn't come
out there and just put his arms in a flex position,
say I'm back. Yeah, he's uh like a like a
Michael Jordan press release, except just with him flexing. Yeah
that's fine because he scares me. Look, get the hand
issue out of the way. I don't care. Don't rush.
Be all right. They were they were fortunate to uh

(20:14):
to split the series. So you're still fortunate. I told
you they slugged their way in a minute, you just
said fortunate were upgrade. Oh my god, all right, fine,
I'm gonna upgrade they were lucky. No, I'm gonna say
they were blessed. The baseball guys smiled upon them. Yeah,
they got runs in four innings or whatever you said
all weekend, So you split the series? I don't remember it. Yeah, yes,

(20:37):
how about this. You escaped with the Spirit series to
split well, and that could have been Honestly, when you
only score on four innings and the whole weekend, you
you are escaping in some respects, because most times when
you only score in four innings, you're not gonna win,
certainly over four games. Yeah, but that's at least Saturday's game.
I did the post game show. It was quick. Yeah,
what are you whining about? I want more wins. I

(20:59):
don't like the Rangers. I don't like their uniforms. On Friday,
you going into the white top and black pants. I
didn't like the all blue yesterday. I like the all blue,
I didn't. I don't like their city ones are terrible,
extremely uninventive. Well, I don't know what they are. Yeah,
why did you go black pants? I don't know whatever?

(21:21):
Arlington Rangers. Good weekend for them. They had big crowds
all weekend too.

Speaker 4 (21:24):
Well.

Speaker 1 (21:24):
Yeah, because the astros are in town. Yeah, I could
always say they let's go Astros in the background. The
astros are in town, stimulating the economy of Arlington. You're welcome, county. Yeah.
All the hotels and stuff. Yes, the pawn shops guy
got some new business. Dollar Tree. I heard it was
flooded with people. Dollar Tree. The astros. People have to

(21:47):
spend more money than the Dollar Tree got a week.
Get you to the Walmart Man Corner Market next to
the stadium. Your g spend that money getting up there.
You got a penny pinch. I remember he's going to
be able to go to Dollar Tree at the dollar
Cokes and potted meat for dinner. Oh like, didnty beef?
Like the beef stew? Yeah? Or the spam ad spam? Yeah,
I've had spam. Oh ROAs, but ask for friends. Aren't

(22:09):
even spam and Arlington. There's a Robbies down there. You
gook get you. You can get your beef and cheddar
and call it call today. That's true. There's a Bendy's
over there too. That's what they That's what the parade
started a couple of years ago, right, I think they
did start at the Bendy's line. Yeah, you go to
the you go to the Rangers parade, you get a
five dollars Figy Boney, give me a four for four
and I will be in the parade. All right, co Rangers,

(22:35):
I hope you have a nice weekend until your parade.
And by the way, Jock Peterson going deep on Saturday?
What was that? Ah? Jock, Jock's Jock is batting half
his weight he's been He started off the season hot
and everybody's like, oh, Rangers coaches, Birdy now, yeah, terrible.
Ten thirty on Sports Talk seven Natty seven one three

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one two five somebody, I just want no more Roku.
I mean, if you want to give me some apple,
I'll get it. You want to put me on the Uh?
What else is there?

Speaker 7 (23:06):
Oh?

Speaker 1 (23:06):
The Fox Game of the Week would be cool. We
got some of those coming up, hopefully, Little ESPN's in
the night baseball And I'm not a super big Carl
Rabbits fan. I think you have you know it's all right?
Was he the one that called the home runner that
wasn't well he called a home runs a game winner. Oh,
and he was in the top of the inning. H
that's well. You know nobody's perfect. It's gonna happen. I

(23:27):
wish I was perfect. Game broadcast m but you know
we all we call camp back a thousand. Yeah, they
won't take they won't except the calls. That's right, I
ain't no Joe Buck ten thirty on Sports Talk seven
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(23:49):
I get on this show cracking me up? What'd she say?
She said she loves the show. I can't wait to
listen every day, tended to She said she can't wait
to follow sports RV on Instagram. That was great. She's like,
I appreciate that. She says, Uh, I love sports MT
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(24:09):
He just doesn't. This provides a called a material. I
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That's right, let's go. Unfortunately, the last text I just
got within the last thirty seconds. I cannot repeat over

(24:30):
the air, do not then? Don't? Uh, what's in the
group chat? Would you like to know what's in the
group chat? I am in the group chat with my
fellow Rocket broadcasters. Okay, and we'll go to Tommy and
Matt in just one second. Here, Vanessa Richardson's gonna be
working some ESPN dot com like pre pre post post
kind of stuff before their game presentation. Good for her.

(24:50):
What does that mean? It's just you go on their
website and just get like, you know, like if they're
if their game starts at seven o'clock, they're on at six,
just kind of talk about she's walking in the Western Conference,
she's gonna to okay, like the like in the studio. No,
she's gonna be at site. She's in Oklahoma City and
then she'll go too. I don't know if it's it
could be an interviewing players they're on the court. Hernamon
s Shepperd doing the show. Remember before Rocket Rockets legend

(25:13):
Matt legend is kind of a strong tale and when
he signs autographs at Toyota Center before the game, he's
a Rockets legend. Okay, fair enough, so, Hernamon Shepherd so
in the group chat today, she's she told us she's
the hotel she's staying at in in Oklahoma City and
haunted one. It very well could be. Okay, sorry, you

(25:33):
know what, always spoil your story, you do spoil, I'll
shut my mess up. So the bottom line is that
she's like, is this really true? And we have all
commented unsaid stories and how a member of our broadcast
team apparently met the ghost one time and had relations.
Well apparently she wanted relations and he refused. Hey man,

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that's once in a lifetime opportunity. So the question I
would ask to all of you is if have you
ever had sex with the ghost? Seven one three two
one two five seven ninety You know what I have
the I think I have somewhere. I got called on
the Sports RV show. Remember the woman said she was
having sex with the demon. Yeah, I mean because the
Bobby Brown story happened. Yeah, Bobby claimed to have sex

(26:16):
with the ghost. Correct, Yes, he said he was being
mounted by a ghost. And for some reason I can't
find that. So I have brought up this this story
about our this person the broadcast team having sex with
or being attempted to have sex with the with the
ghost and I was being mounted by a ghost. Yep,
thank you, Bobby. And the name of the ghost bell
Way for those of you are playing at home in
Oklahoma City is Fie. I'm letting it fly by. I'm

(26:43):
just letting it go. Why e f F I E
I didn't make it up. Short for Ephraim. I don't know.
Is it a male or female or is it definitely
a female? Oh, the legend has it, and you can
go look this up. The legend has it that you
can throw that Effie was a part of a was

(27:05):
a part of an adulterous affair back in the twenty
short for Euphemia, I don't know what it was. Short
for Ophelia. I don't know. Well, you know, you seem
to know everything about the ghost. Somebody's asking I didn't
ask for the long name. Geez, all right, ghost hunter,
I ain't ghost. I'm just saying that the story is
that apparently the her and the baby perish being mounted
by a ghost in the died in the twenties, and

(27:28):
that the ghost still stays at the hotel. So it
is that's my h that's my story. So that's part
of the group chat. Your chatto I have today. Umm.
Oh uh, no, can't read that one. Got there, somebody
I can't read. It's just terrible. Yeah, you and you're
depraved people that you hate, your circles that you keep. Yeah, seriously.

Speaker 7 (27:51):
Uh.

Speaker 1 (27:52):
The key the key to being in an empty group
chat is the ability to race quickly, Okay, to protect
those that are innocent. That's pretty smart. Probably, Thank you
very much. Let's talk to the great people of Houston, Texas.
Matt in Spring Branch at ten thirty nine on seven
out of Matt.

Speaker 7 (28:07):
Good morning, Bay, good morning, Happy Monday, Matt and Ross. Yeah, yeah,
I wanted to call and chime in. I went up
to the game Friday, drove to Arlington. I went to
the game, and I got to say, as much as
I hate all things Dallas and the Rangers and the Cowboys,
they've done a they've done a fantastic job at that
stagment down that it's pretty awesome.

Speaker 1 (28:24):
I got to say, in the.

Speaker 7 (28:25):
Surrounding areas lost entertainment, what's spent like three hundred dollars
in just alcohol there?

Speaker 1 (28:28):
So we had a good time.

Speaker 7 (28:29):
Good lord, Yeah, you were talking about the Rangers appalling uniforms,
those special ones they were Friday. I noticed after a
few pops on Friday that the old English Texas Rangers
logo looks like the Rice Owls logo. So I got
into a lot of I got into I gotten under
the skin of a lot of Rangers. Stands by going
let's go Rice Owls over and over again.

Speaker 1 (28:51):
Matt, Matt, where are you going? Matt?

Speaker 10 (28:54):
I was going, I was going who and who ow?
I absolutely was.

Speaker 1 (28:58):
And let me tay, let me let me tell you why,
let me tell hold on, hold on, let me tell
you why they pissed you off, or that you got mad.
They got mad at you because no one knows what
that is. You could scream let's go Astros. You could
sco let's go alt A or Esac or a Christian
walker for live. I mean just a lot. You're going

(29:19):
to the Rice al chant and a Ranger Astro game.
I'd be mad at you too. And I'm an Astros fan.

Speaker 7 (29:25):
That's how obscure stupid it is. And either way, I
got under skin.

Speaker 1 (29:28):
So I'll take this. Said it work, Matt.

Speaker 10 (29:30):
There you go.

Speaker 1 (29:31):
But I'm an astro. But I'm an Astro fan.

Speaker 8 (29:33):
Matt.

Speaker 1 (29:33):
You and you're getting under my skin for this. I
wouldn't want you doing that. Let's let's let's fust material.
The uniforms look like Rice. He's right, what's the problem, Yeah,
google Rice, look what they look like. I'm not doubting you.
I just know if I can go with that material
or not. I mean, I want my material to stick.
So how many people said, shut your bomb ass up?
How manyeople said, oh that makes a lot of sense. Yeah,

(29:54):
they are the rice OUs.

Speaker 7 (29:56):
Well, the fifty to fifty spattery of Rangers Astros fans.
They'll get a lot of high fives from the Astros fans.
And was so I'm an equal opportunity offender.

Speaker 1 (30:05):
So I'm glad I offended you too. Yes, and I
love you for it. And you spent THREEUND dollars in
liquor and you're okay, and you drove back safely.

Speaker 10 (30:11):
Yes, I drove back safety the next day.

Speaker 7 (30:14):
Yes, even though I spend all that money on booze,
I still call a win because any Astros win. And
two steps also nice.

Speaker 1 (30:19):
You stay in art intended to go in stay in
Dallas area.

Speaker 7 (30:22):
I stayed in West Dallas, which was sketchy as hell.
It's probably on my windows were intact the next day, and.

Speaker 1 (30:27):
West Dallas is a little sketch. Yeah, I get you that.
Thank you Matt for the phone call. Appreciate a good
phone call. Yeah, I don't know if I had to
go with a rice Oul reference in the middle of
an Astro ranger. But you know what you do? You
right when we stay here on the show, you do you.
I feel a little bad that I've not been to
that stadium before. Why, I don't know. I I uh,
it is nice and it doesn't really look when you

(30:47):
get in there, it doesn't really look like a minute
made part. Well, I'm gonna say this. When I was younger,
I wanted to say, let's go here, let's go here.
I travel so much for six months of the year.
I don't know if I wanted to jump in a
car and go somewhere else for three or four days,
I get it. I mean, if I can get a
luxury suite, that's one thing. Oh Jesus. And Valet parking
probably a big help as well. Valet, nobody's valeying your
car at the stadium. You don't know that, not you

(31:10):
unless your president ops over there or something. Well, I
do know, Rob Mattwork who works with the Rangers. You
s worked for the Astros a long time ago. I
didn't even need the name drop. I just did there.
I've known Robert doesn't count as a name drop. No
one knows who the hell it is. Okay, Rob Mattwork
is a senior vice president operations with the Rangers. He's
a former Astros PR guy, and I've known him for
probably thirty five years. Okay, when's the last time you
contacted him? Oh? We're Facebook friends. Yeah, has an answer

(31:33):
my question. I might have wished him happy birthday. Oh
you liked his post, that doesn't count. You might have
gave him a happy birthday. Well see, how don't you
know my feeling? Laugh on his reel. It's like, here's
what I'm thinking about. On Facebook. My birthday is coming
up in about two and a half weeks, okay, and
always about June fourth, which is the day before my birthday,

(31:54):
I get the hundreds of happy birthday Matthews, Matthew or hepbirthday,
MA make it a great day, or they just go
hb MT to really simplify it. Yeah, what's wrong with that?
I'm thinking about taking my birthday off of the Facebook
page and seeing how many people still wish me having
Nobody will do it. Nobody will do it, and you
are going to feel like everybody hates you. Don't fall
on that trap. Yeah, don't worry. Don't worry about it.

(32:15):
Who cares? Nobody knows when your birthday is, Matt, I
don't know your birthday. Yeah, see, you're December eleventh, right,
I hay close enough? What is it? I'm not gonna
tell you. It doesn't matter. It's some j December some point,
right correct. Jonathan and I have no idy when your birthday.
John's closer, but you never brought it up one I know, Ja.
I've known Jonathan for fifteen and to change fewer years
and he's closer. But that's okay. I don't care. It's fine.

(32:38):
So you think I should take it off or keep
it on. I took mine off of Facebook years ago
and I can't remember if I put it back. I
don't think I did. Alright, I have it still on,
but I'm thinking about pulling it off. Why not you
can hear from that person from high school that you
haven't seen in thirty five years, because it would be
nice to have the people actually remember your birthday. Nobody
remembers your birthday, Matt, unless they have it on a calendar. See,
like I said, you don't remember my birthday. We've been

(32:58):
working together sixteen years, so I had the right month.
Yes you do, and I'm proud of you. I bought
you gifts. I didn't know you. I thought yours was
June first. You said June fifth. Yeah, okay, see, I'm club.
We're both close. It doesn't matter. We're in the range.
It's too many birthdays to remember. I get you. I
remember immediate family members, and that's about it. I have
my three kids, my wife, and my mother and my father,

(33:20):
and that's just that's probably as far. That's about as
deep as I go. Okay, stop, you can go ahead
and get that one. I feel like you just catch
trying to catch me. I didn't try to do anything.
I didn't make you say quote. That's as deep as
I go.

Speaker 7 (33:37):
I was.

Speaker 1 (33:38):
I did not make you say that. I don't know
it was that bad. I need you, I don't need you.
I think your commentary seven one three two one two
five seven ninety seven one three two one two five
seven ninety If you want to jump in to tell
the truth is coming up at eleven thirty, and we've
got the news at noon. We've got believe it or
not today? What's believing in? Is it gonna be on

(33:59):
Scottish floor? Long worn legs? Did you watch that much
of the PGCHI about six minutes because the thing was
on somewhere. I was eating food, so remote for you.
Dot biz came in to help that. Huh? All right?
Ten fifty, Good morning, It is the Matt Thomas Show
with Ross Astros split a series in Arlington, three in

(34:22):
Tampa today, well, actually not three, one in Tampa. Tuesday's
a night game. Wednesday is a day game. Then they're
home for a four game series Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and
Sunday against the Seattle Mariners. Then they're off a Memorial
Day Rossie again, major League Baseball. One hundred percent of

(34:43):
I should say a hundred percent. What percentage of the
American workforce is off of Memorial Day? Eighty I mean
the service industry. I was still working, yes, but all
government employees are done, schools are out. I mean, I
would think most companies, so let's say eighty percent. You
are taking a day where every game there should be
a game in every fifteen ballparks at these players get

(35:07):
to spend some time with their families. Matt and I
think that's great. Fooie Polly them. No, by day we
play baseball. They're not here to just perform for you, Matt.
Three three to ten minute may park astros. Hey, let's
let's go and they can be out there in grilling,
grilling and chilling by the pool. Well, then that they're
gonna do that, then invite us. Do you want them

(35:29):
to invite the city of Houstonton into their homes?

Speaker 7 (35:32):
No?

Speaker 1 (35:32):
Me, oh, just you. I have a relationship with them,
some of them. No, you don't. I really know. I
used to have a lot of great relationship. A lot
of them are all gone now. But that's fine. Taylor
Scott actively hated you. Mmm, no, he's going not true,
Not true. You built a relationship with Taylor Scott. I
didn't know. I didn't, actually, Okay, me and Arrogetty are close.

(35:52):
You guys are boys. We are boys. Unfortunately it was
almost in our fantasy team league. Well we're getting there.
He sounded like he knew what he was doing, though
I didn't want to news for you. If you get
Spinster Arragatty in our Fantasy League. I'll be back. I
thought you were gonna come back. You said no, come on, no,
I'm good. Jonathan'll take my spot seven.

Speaker 10 (36:11):
For him.

Speaker 1 (36:12):
Wow. Wow, what it's aulting right to him? What I
was it of that? Nothing? You can get your girlfriend
to go get after him? Oh no, please don't sit here.
Let me tell you something. I'm scared the Valley girls
will throw hands in a millisecond. She don't care who
it is with you. I know Tommy's whether they sit

(36:33):
ten fifty four Tommy, good morning.

Speaker 6 (36:35):
Hey, good morning guys.

Speaker 1 (36:36):
Thank you so much for having me on.

Speaker 6 (36:38):
I love the show.

Speaker 1 (36:38):
Thank you.

Speaker 5 (36:40):
Hey.

Speaker 6 (36:40):
So my take is kind of on Brendan, Well not
kind of, it's on Brendan Rogers.

Speaker 1 (36:44):
I mean, I like the signing when we signed him.

Speaker 6 (36:46):
I like, you know, he was a low risk him
reward type sign but I mean his OPS is under
six hundred. I feel like we're better off with Dubon.
And I was keep an eye sugar Landing. I mean,
Shae Whitcomb is tearing the cover off the ball man.
It's got over ten home runs over there, And I mean,
I don't see why we can't bring him up and
take a look at him again and maybe left field
or maybe even at the second So I was curious

(37:08):
what y'all's take was on Brendan Robers.

Speaker 1 (37:10):
Now you mentioned Sugarland. I've not looked at the recent numbers.
Have you noticed the thing about Bryce Matthews in the
last handful of days or weeks.

Speaker 6 (37:17):
Well, he's been injured now, Yeah, before he got injured, though, he.

Speaker 1 (37:21):
Was still in bases left and right for.

Speaker 6 (37:23):
Them, Yes, sir, he was. The defense has been really
good too. My family went to a couple of games
in Sugarland. The experience out there is just unreal. And
I mean Bryce Matthews had some good games. The strikeouts
were a little high, but I mean, I think he's
I think he's gonna be great.

Speaker 1 (37:39):
Yeah. My feeling is on Bryce, and I'm just getting
the tone of what the team talked about is that
if he was to be brought up here, it would
be a late late season call up or maybe they
would think about maybe giving him opportunity to be a
starter in twenty twenty six. I think, honestly, if I
was a betting man, which I can bet on a
certain things, certainly a baseball predictions that they're gonna probably

(38:01):
keep this combination working for a while and then maybe
kick the tires. I'm trying to find somebody via the
trade market to get a little more punch at second base,
because look, I don't know if Dubond six days a
week is gonna give you significantly better numbers. Not saying
that Brandon's a good offensive player, he hadn't been really
good since he played in home in Denver with the Rockies.

(38:22):
I like his glove. He's had a few memorable moments.
It's just one of those spots where you can't I
hate this to be an excuse maker, but maybe you
just gotta have trouble spots in certain parts in your lineup,
and that maybe just gonna be a real bad spot
for them this year. Getting productive out of that second
base position and when it comes defense, I mean at

(38:42):
third base. I know it wasn't great. I couldn't tell
you how he would be as a second baseman. Yeah, no,
that's true.

Speaker 6 (38:49):
I know that third base game was rough, but his
heading has been great.

Speaker 1 (38:53):
Oh yeah. I mean, look, at the end of the day,
if you can give you if you can get average
work at second base, like Frankly, the Astros are getting
you know. I mean, I wouldn't say that they're they're
not embarrassed themselves, hose not and certainly campsmen. Matter of fact,
camp Smith's getting better out there. But you can you
can you afford a slight defensive drop at second if
that's what you're getting, you'd probably get a pretty significant

(39:14):
one if you were to all of a sudden give
Shay an opportunity to play there. I don't know. I
think it's very much a work in progress right now.
I agree. Thank you so much, guys. Nice to hear
from you. Thanks guy, Thank you, Tommy. I mean, and
also again, well, Shay's sample size the big leaguer is
very limited, correct, but he's leading the at least as

(39:34):
the last week, was leading the PCL and home runs,
so he's he's caught fire with the bat. Yeah, I
don't know if you think that. I mean, he's not
thought of as one of the best prospects in baseball,
so we have to take all those types of things
with the grain of salid. Is he a quadruple player
stuff like that, Yep, I can't. Unfortunately, our an internet
has gone down. But I believe Brendan Rodgers is like
he he has been having some good hard hit contact,

(39:57):
it just hasn't been translating unfortunately on the field. Fly
to me, when I think about this team, this is
a terrible but I if I feel like if you
get anything on a second base ross, it's gravy at
this point. And I know I shouldn't feel that way,
but that's why I feel Brennan, Rodgers, Dubon and then
some Albilt running. Yeah. What I'd like to see is

(40:18):
I want to see continued development from camp Smith. Zach
descends on getting some AB's what you know, in an opportunity,
and maybe those two guys finding it out. Getting Jorda
on back will certainly help this team. And I do
believe that Christian Walker will get into some sort of
rhythm to you know, get that ops above to more
respectable number above seven hundred. Will take it this, yeah,
I'll take it, I mean yeah, because then let's tell you,
if he gets above seven hundred here in the next

(40:40):
few weeks, that means he's gonna have caught fire. And
you're two and eight. Let me tell you something. You
want to be a little bit lucky in this situation.
Your astros are two and a half games at a
first place with basically sixty six percent roster a lineup
being subpar hitters. I don't know how they're doing it well.
I do good defense, good pitching, good pitching, and amazing

(41:04):
bullpen work and hopefully Lance mckeller's junior holds up. And
here's the thing about bullpen is, you've got so many
guys in that bullpen, not going in that starting rotation,
not going five. You're having to use your bullpen a lot,
and it doesn't feel like it's been overly taxed. And
we'll talk more about that tomorrow with Joe Spotted ten
fifty eight. It is the Matt Thomas Show with Ross

(41:26):
second hour coming up, Ross, Matt, we have an NBA
Western and Eastern Conference Finals in play. Okay, we will
give that. A State of Houston wants full breakdown. We'll
give a thirty to forty five second run on that. Okay,
we got to tell the truth at the bottom of
the hour. And we also have I found today something
on the Today Show that Hallmark. You know, Hallmark makes

(41:48):
those cheesy ass movies. They're they're like Lifetime without violence.
The Lifetime movies have violence. Oh yeah, yeah, you took
my sister's kid or separated birth, or my my husband's
other lover. And yet oh yeah they get stabbed and whatnot.
Absolutely not by car shot.

Speaker 10 (42:08):
All.

Speaker 1 (42:08):
I guess that's why you love those movies so much.
So my wife's been watching all of these Hallmarks and
they're just it's the same plot every time. I thought,
exactly we met at the Christmas tree and then now, yeah,
you're ringing my bill. Okay, and feels succinct. There's a
new Hallmark movie out about love involving the Buffalo Bills.

(42:31):
We need to create a plot for it, okay. Seven
one three two one two five seven ninety seven one
three two one two five seven eighty. It's eleven o'clock
on seven ninety. Yeah, he's eleven old three on Sports
Talk seven ninety It is the Matt Thomas Show and
Ross Matt and Ross with you here on this Monday, Astros.
What the series against the Texas Rangers. We have an

(42:51):
NBA Eastern and Western Conference Finals set. We had golf yesterday,
Not that we spent a lot of time talking about
John Rahm, but he was one back through I think
thirteen and wound up finishing seven out of first place.
That's a shame. That's a huge way they call the
kids call an implosion. Mm hmm. And it cost me

(43:13):
what did you say about a million and a half dollars? Yeah,
it's one point four or something like that. He went
from two point two to eight hundred thousand something to
two million to six hundred thousand. I think, woh lord,
that's a shame. But what else do you finish in life?
In eighth place and you make six hundred thousand dollars?
Not bad? Not bad for days. For four days of work,
it's doing okay. And I mean, yeah, professional golfer's got

(43:35):
to be one of the most cake jobs ever. I
would completely disagree with you on that. What Yeah, I
think it is one of the most difficult. You can
call it, skill game, whatever you want to call I
don't care. What you call golf is hard. Golf wife,
Oh oh yeah, you get to go to like nice
beaches and the most beautiful golf courses in all the world.

(43:55):
You make millions of dollars. Have you seen golf wives?
Why the way have you ever seen a win a
championship and he walks out of his girl and she's like,
oh no, you don't. You're right, Yeah, golf wives are
minimum eights, minimum maten eight point nines. That's true. No,
but I would say anybody that rips on golf or

(44:16):
being I'm not ripping off. I'm not saying it's easy. Yeah,
but yeah, you're not. Alex Bregman's in the cage ten
hours a day. You're hitting golf balls ten hours a day.
And the crazy thing about golf is you have to
worry about You have to spend two hours on drives.
You gotta spend two hours on your mid rank, on
your mid clubs, you have to spend an hour on
your chips. You gotta worry about the sand. You gotta
worry about hitting the ball in the woods, and by

(44:39):
the way, you gotta worry about putting. Oh no, I
gotta hit a golf ball. This is horrible. This is
the worst life I've ever had. This is one of
your worst takes ever. Oh my god, you are so wrong.
Golf is as difficult as it and oh, by the way,
the pressure, it's difficult. It's ridiculously difficult with millions of
people watching and thousands people watching it by yourself, three
hundred pound John Day's out there hitting a heater and
then just smoking drives. He doesn't make hard. He didn't

(45:01):
last long. He looks like he's doing he's a mascot.
He ain't doing it because he wants to. He's doing
because he wants to drink beer. Yeah, and hang out
with fours and fives when he can be hanging out
with nines and tens. You can be the best golfer
in the world and have man boots. Okay, name the
last lord, Jill Michelson, Go ahead, besides man, besides Phil Mickelson,

(45:27):
who has man breast large ones that have won championships.
It's gonna go back thirty years. Scotty Scheffler's now. It's
not like he's ripped now. Bryson de Chambeau is ripped.
I would say nine out of ten guys on the tour,
Jordan Spieth scrawnye have flat bellies essentially these days nineteen

(45:51):
ninety three. That's about five six yeah. Oh, come on,
you're telling me Scotty scheffer looks like a bodybuilder. Come on,
But I'm saying, come on, man, I mean, he looks
like he's had a dad bod look. He looks like
he's dropping off his wife at targets three hours, Which
which target? And one by Sam Phelipe. Sure, ooh that's
a good one. I'd go there me, longhorned legend, Scotti chef. Yeah,

(46:14):
So why you're ripping out one of your own ripping
on I'm terrible. Golf's just diff very difficult. I wish
I was gonna say it's easy. I wish I was
good at it. Said a lot of things about my life,
all right. Eleven o seven on Sports Talk seven nauty
seven one three two one two five seven nine is
zero seven one three two one two five seven eighty.

(46:34):
The NFL owners meetings are taking place in Minneapolis, which
is surprising that you would think they would go down
to Florida. Maybe the rates were too high. Maybe they
have throw ten around different cities like they do the draft.
There are two things in play, and I will not
discuss either one of them because I'm saving them for
to tell the truth coming up to the bottom of
the hour. Okay, but we can get your thoughts on this, sure,

(46:56):
Tuck rull, not the tuck rule, the tush push. Okay. Uh.
There is word around the streets that they're going to
put a vote to this while they're there at the
owner's meetings. What do you think get rid of it?
Keep it? I say leave it, okay, because well, first
of all, the team that's best at at the Eagles,
they weren't as good once Jason Kelsey retired, and everybody

(47:21):
else tries it, and it's not as highly successful. It's
a legal play and by the way it extends drives
NFL loves points. I would be surprised if it was
a banned All right again, I'll say my opinion on
this for twenty three minutes from now. Okay, number two,
I already know your your thoughts about this. We've talked
about this before. They are going to have a conversation

(47:41):
about whether or not you make if you make the playoffs.
You make the playoffs, but you're not guaranteed a home
playoff game if you win your division. Thank you. Can
we have some logic in this. This is ridiculous. The
NBA does it that way, yes, Major League Baseball does not. Right,
if you win your division, you get a home series

(48:01):
one of the top three. Yeah, unfortunately, and this is ridiculous.
You should be guaranteed to buy You shouldn't have to
play some wild card team like the Astros did last year,
where they throw tarrek s google and then and then
a bullpen game with great matchups that they can formulate,
and then you lose in two games after winning your
division at one hundred and sixty two game season. It's ridiculous.

(48:22):
So you're saying that winning a division should mean something, yes, well,
then then you should well say it for the bottom
of my head. No, I'm saying it should mean something.
In the NFL, you get a playoff spot, but getting
an automatic home game, I don't think so. But you
said baseball should get to buy from a wild card. Yes,
oh so playing the division, but they shouldn't be if

(48:43):
they're putting how many six wildcards? No, there's three wild cards,
six teams each total, three division champs and three wild cards. Yes,
and the NFL is seven. Yes, only the top team
gets a buye hm. Okay, we'll say my thoughts on
this because you met at the bottom of the hour. Okay,
because I've had a chance. I didn't do much this weekend.

(49:05):
I did watch some basketball, obviously, watched the Astros and
until Roalco screwed it up for me yesterday, and then
I did binge watch the series. You got that all
finished up? Me, No, you we're not doing this. I
didn't do it. Step back, step back, ab at in Costello,
I didn't do it. Vik Yeah, Vikings win fourteen games.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers win ten over a seventeen game season.

(49:27):
I think that's significant enough to have the Buccaneers not
earn a home game. But if anybody did see you,
let me know what you think, I'd be down. In baseball,
if you win your division, you win a crappy division,
which the Astros did, and some team's got like ninety
five wins, like the American League West. There was a
couple of years ago, didn't the Giants and Dodgers. One
was like one hundred and five wins and one was
like one hundred and four. Yes, so you're saying the

(49:48):
same thing you're basically, I think you have to be consistent.
If you win enough games to capture a playoff spot,
you should not be hurt by your divisions. What you're saying, yes,
in all sports you're hedging. You're hedging alone. Because it's
one hundred and sixty two game season. It's different than
the seventeen game season. Well, I'm not trying to think, yeah,

(50:09):
but you can't play on hundred and sixty two football games.
Oh yeah, thank you. I'm aware of that. So it's
gonna so it's gonna be different. I know it's gonna
be different. So that's why perhaps I could say that there,
I could have two different answers. If it's two different seasons,
you gotta said no, I think you gotta stay. You're
gonna be stayed, tried and true to one formula. This
is my this is my thought. I'm gonna use logic
and you're gonna use feelings. Feeling I don't have any feelings, Okay,

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until I tell you that to tell the truth at
bottom of the hour seven one three two one two
five seven nine, if you want to jump in seven
one three two one two five seven, we've got two
minus left in the segment. This will get us plenty
of time to discuss the NBA playoffs. Okay. So Aaron
Gordon is the power forward for the Denver Night Yes,
grade two hamstring. They said he's gonna be Sham says

(50:54):
he's gonna be out for a month. A month. He
was in warm ups. He practiced the day before he
started it was actually pretty good. Denver got out to
a twenty one to ten lead. And when I saw
that on my phone after I took I was taking
a nap on Sunday afternoon, like, I gotta put this
scheme on. This could be one of the all time upsets.
So I did that Rossi. He was twenty one to ten,

(51:17):
and then after that the Nuggets went on to only
score seventy two points arrest away, while the thunderscore one
hundred and fifteen Yes ninety three. Nice wrinkle by Mark Dagnall.
Dagnall degnalt U, the thunder coach they used as the
primary defender on Nikola Jokic. He only took up nine

(51:39):
shots at Jokich. That's crazy. They used Alex Caruso and
he was allowed to get away with a lot of
grabbing and holding it. Do we like guys that were
headbands because this is becoming way too prevalent in the NBA.
What's wrong with the headmand eh? What are you trying
to do? Get sweat out of your eyes? Why doesn't
every player use that then? Because they don't want to.
I don't know they want sweating. He'll just Alexander does it? Yeah,

(52:03):
they're Airton mean Aaron Holiday for the Rockets? Does it sometimes?
Jay Sean Tay, you just wipe your brow. It's fine.
Not the sweat away. Yeah, Caruso is basically bald, right.
I think you definitely have a lot of sweat trickling
down your head. I know I sweat when I eat.
I've seen it. Yeah, it's quite a sight. It's all
just worrisome. I started dialing nine to one. If you

(52:25):
look worse, I hit one more one. But did you
ever hit the send button? It's just no. I love
and twelve on Sports Talk seven out. It is about
Tobas show with Ross. If you want to chime in
on the Astros split of the series, if you want
to chime in on the NBA playoffs, I would love
an NBA call. I wouldn't get one, but I'd love
one if you want to get your thoughts on whether
or not the division's champions should be guaranteed a playoff
spot in the NFL. They're discussing that the tush pushes

(52:47):
in conversation as well, and we have to think about
this plot for this Buffalo Bill's Hallmark movie. Okay, it's
coming out. No, they're starting literally starting production today. Okay, well,
see that just shows you they're gonna be it's gonna
be ready in time for Christmas. You're starting it in May.
They basically just take any run of the mill actor,

(53:08):
do they not, And because usually don't take movies take
a couple of years to edit and go over scenes
and rehears production, They're like, man, we'll just get out
there and improvise it. Yeah, it's a Hallmark movie. They
do very well. Apparently One Household in Kingwood, Texas is
on twenty four to seven, like remember, no, remember the
first ridiculous. That's why I go to the room and
watch me some roku astros and rays on deck tonight. Oh,

(53:34):
it's gonna be Adam and Adam doing it. Well, it's
because it's in our time slots. They would easily do
the show. Also the times slot and hats. They can't
be bothered. Seven one three two one two five seven?
Why are you shaking your head? Ross?

Speaker 6 (53:45):
You know?

Speaker 1 (53:45):
And you know I'm right? Why am I shaking your head?
I shake my head at you every day. It's fine. Uh,
first Pace, sorry that you have to endure this abuse,
Adam and Adam. I wish you the best you always do.
Colton Gordon will throw today for the local. Now, okay,
you know Fromer gave you enough innings yesterday, so your

(54:06):
bullpen's in pretty good shape. We haven't talked about your
boy Lance for Colors Junior. Yeah, four innings, which was
right at the number. I think as we talked about
that today, right right at the number. Didn't get any
help from his defense. Early gave up two runs. They
were not earned. Yeah, well it was his error. Yeah
that's true. Uh, but the Astros got great bullpen work.

(54:27):
I'm seriously, where would this team be without its bullpen.
It's crazy that. One of the things that frankly think
about this, I think we were with three or four
days out before the start of the season and there
were still loads of question marks about who was going
to do what role. And it's been great. Kine Ort,

(54:49):
Susan's been Sean Duben's been good, Dubins came back from injury,
and a brain has been overused. I mean it feels
like there has been not a concerted effort, but just
a he's pitching like a normal eighth inning guy would
be in that spot. Yeah, start of the season, he
was playing about half their games. Let's see, he's got
twenty one appearances now. But it's cool. It felt like

(55:09):
it's cooled off considerably a little bit the last couple
of weeks. So where would this think about this? When
do you say this? A team stays relevant in its
own division with its bats performing well under expectations, its defense,
and it's relief pitching kind of carrying the heavy lifting

(55:30):
of the squad. That's the twenty twenty five Astros in
a nutshell. Yes, and it's gonna get better, Matt. The
bats are gonna start hitting. It's gonna turn Yeah. I like,
I like your enthusiasm. It's early, No, it's I mean,
it's still. I think I think we can stop saying

(55:51):
this early. After what seventy five games? Would you say,
give or take fifty, We're getting there on that for sure. No,
I think you can. I think you can. It feels
like to me sometimes there's a second season after the
trade deadline, you kind of okay, you know what I'm saying.
You have a new you may have a new roster spot,

(56:11):
or you got a train. Maybe I wouldn't start hittingntill
September and he would end up with good numbers at
the end of the year. Yeah, tell me he's cooled
off a little bit. I mean, I love but he
might have. I mean, I feel like I'm not watching
highlights him every other day on ESPN. I haven't heard
his name much, so he's cooled off a little bit.
He's only hitting three oh three with a nine to fifty.
Oh ps, how do you do in the last three games?

(56:33):
Can you tell? Yeah, let me get his game logs
for you. Geez, I mean, don't have to, No, I will.
I think it's informative. I think you're the information the
show one for his last ten okay, because that's because
you know what, he's human with a double and no
one walk, So he's human. He wasn't three days, yeah,

(56:56):
for one weekend set against the Braves. We he's gonna
cool off. I mean, I hope to a point where
I mean, think about this. Even though he has had
a spectacular starting to his Red Sox career, it hasn't
translated into a dominant performance. I mean, they're not in
first place in that division. Yeah, it's not like it's

(57:16):
his fault though, it's team game, Maddie. What's their record now?
They are I don't know. I mean they've been kind
of hanging a little a few games above five hundred. Right,
they're twenty three and twenty five. They're in second place.
That division was supposed to be all world. Well do
you see the Orioles fired Brandon Height over the weekend? Yeah,

(57:40):
go the two straight playoff appearance and then grant they
granted they were also too big playoff quick one hundred
games last year. They're good, but they also didn't sign
a couple of guys in the off season. Sign Todd
darre went somewhere else. Yeah, they let Corbyn Burns go.
Their pitching was not very good. It has not been
very good. It's funny, that's a franchise that you would think,
with all of the history that team has had, especially

(58:01):
in the sixties and seventies, they don't spend like big
market team. Yeah. Sin's Baltimore though, Mean, how would you
describe Baltimore. I mean, I've been a few times major.
I don't think it's small. Mean, you take DC Baltimore area,
it's obviously big enough. The Sea he's got its own team, Yeah,
but Baltimore's kind of like a regional team. It's got

(58:23):
out those min Atlantic States, Virginia, Maryland, parts of North Carolina.
You're gonna sneak into Braves territory. I don't know. It
feels like to me they should be a team that
could spend big money. They've had their own TV network,
they were one of the original teams that had their
own TV network. Grant's had a hard time getting picked
up by networks and whatnot. So I don't know. They
just don't spend. And that's good. Teams the Asters are

(58:46):
competing with, frankly, are always going to be the ones
that are spenders. The Yankee spend. Who else really, the Angels,
Red Sox spend. The Angels spend, did never get any
benefit out of it. Seattle doesn't spend. Now, the Rangers
do spend a little bit, they spend a lot. Nobody
in nobody in the entire Central Division spends no think

(59:10):
about five. I mean, the White Sox are in a
big market, but they don't. They are the stepchild to
the Chicago Cubs. They're in second place in their own town. Yeah,
so it's you know what, I'm okay with teams that
don't reinvest. And that's why it's one of those things
that I think that Jim Crane and his group get

(59:30):
a lot of hassle about is the Astros, even though
they do watch their dollars, even though they don't want
to get into the luxury threshold and the taxes on that.
Every time I look at a payroll of teams in
Major League Baseball, I see the Astros in top ten.
And it's been that way just about every year the
Jim Cran's owned the team as they were, like say
twenty sixteen and beyond, when some of those guys were

(59:52):
getting arbitration years and signing long term contracts. Now in
twenty thirteen, twenty fourteen, when he first of baught the
team that's that was rebuilt, there was no reason do that.
Think about it if you have been a fan of
the Baltimore Orioles, deep deep ross fan base, generational fan base.
I mean, think about Brooks, Robinson and Cal Ripkin and

(01:00:12):
Jim Palmer. I mean it's a you know, a Just Weaver,
Mike Quaya as an enterprise man. That's a that's a
franchise that you would think would would want to spend money,
that have a fan base, that have guaranteed huge crowds,
and yet they don't their fifteenth in payroll. That feels
about where they should be. Yeah, Astros ninth according to

(01:00:34):
spot track, so is I think as long as the
Astros stay in the top ten, and they have been
that way, it feels like forever and ever and ever.
I think the criticism of Jim not wanting to spend
money is validated. It just hurts this year. Criticism, Yeah,
not validated. It just hurts this year a little bit
more because you not only saw one great player traded,

(01:00:56):
but you saw another player depart. A lot of teams
that have two players of that heart of the older
middle lineup, guys like Bregman and Tucker leaving. It stings
much more. And that's why there was so much energy
towards Peetis coming in and doing what he's done, which
has done a very nice separate third base. That's why

(01:01:17):
the Christian Walker trade, relatively speaking, you were blessed by
that because you're gonna get some pop at first base
you didn't have before and signing, and then you were
thinking that Cam Smith was gonna be the phenom and
it hasn't worked out yet. Cam Smith's showing some signs
of life. He had a good weekend. I'm not. I'm
you know, Thomas Sports Enterprises doesn't dig into baseball, but
I'm bullish on Cam Smith. You should be his defense.

(01:01:41):
He embarrassed himself. He's been no, he's been great, and
he had four hits over the weekend. Yeah, I think
any games and again, if he decends we're gonna fight
this out there, get the most abs, let's go. But
as Joe Spotted told us last week, he'd like for
one of those two guys to kind of take that
spot over, and at this point that just hasn't happened yet.
All Right, Every Monday at eleven thirty, I give a
John and Ross four sports takes, Ross and Jonathan. I

(01:02:05):
believe only one of them. This week, I'm giving you
three lies. It's up to you to decide which one
I'm telling the truth on. We'll have that for you
next eleven twenty eight on Sports Talk seven to eighty
eleven thirty two on Sports Talk seven on every the
news and noon coming up at about to twenty five
minutes every Monday on this radio program, we come up

(01:02:29):
with a little game we called to tell the truth.
And this is what we do here. Uh, I have
four Sports takes here. Now, granted, some are a little
off and they're not ones. I believe one of these
four I believe, gentlemen, that means what just one? Just
one means three of them? I don't believe. Okay, it
is up to you to decide which one of the

(01:02:50):
four I believe. I can't wait here, we go. I
have in my mind what I envisioned for the NBA Finals.
The Oklahoma City Thunder will represent the Western Conference. Okay,
the Eastern Conference will be represented by the Indiana Pacers. Okay.

(01:03:14):
Number two Ross unfortunately does this to me about once
or twice per year with sports takes. He convinces me, oh,
this is a lie. I have changed my mind and
I hate doing this. I hate giving you credit. The
NFL should not guarantee division winner a playoff home game.

(01:03:36):
H Okay, I hate that number three. It's cheap and
it's gimmicky. The NFL should abandoned the toush push. It's
just it's it's when they created the game of football,
they didn't think of a dumb ass push rule to
allow quarterbacks to get some help. Okay, Okay, So I

(01:03:59):
don't think the NFL needs to be cheap at gimmicky,
Leave that for Arena football, leave it for Canadian Football
League League for the UFL. Okay, get rid of the
tush push. And number four, Bill Belichick's off the field
life and troubles aren't going away. I have a feeling
I have a take that I don't think he's going

(01:04:20):
to be coaching North Carolina before the start of the season.
I think there's going to be a very convenient way
for him to say my health or I decided this
is too much work. I don't think Bill Belichick will
coach a game at North Carolina. Those are my four takes.
Which one of the four do I believe one Thunder

(01:04:41):
and Pacers in the finals. The NFL should not guarantee
the Vision winning a playoff home game. The NFL should
abandoned the Tush push because it's cheap in gimmicky. Or
Bill Belichick will not coach a game at North Carolina.
Which one Am I telling the truth? All right? You
only believe one of these? Only one only believe? Only

(01:05:02):
believe one Thunder Facers Finals, All right, I'm throwing out
the last one. I think Jonathan throughout the last one. Yeah,
I think Bill Belichick could be at the start of
the season is a couple of months, right, and then
the first one too.

Speaker 8 (01:05:14):
Maybe, I don't know, like'ttle next to the favorites, and
it is vanilla to just do this just to put
an NFL take trying.

Speaker 1 (01:05:22):
To throw us off with the pacers. I don't know
if he execuse that this is this is a good
list because he's this is interesting and oh, really, you
were gonna say it's a hot garbage. I will take
that as a couple. It's really hot garbage and it's
not going to be anywhere remotely that's true. Ross.

Speaker 8 (01:05:40):
I don't know Matt too much, like like start to
get to know me. Would he like does he like
the creative spot like parts of the sports, like did
you like innovative things like creative?

Speaker 7 (01:05:49):
No?

Speaker 8 (01:05:49):
He he's like he normally likes. He's normally old fogy.

Speaker 1 (01:05:55):
Okay that you hear how rude people. I don't like you.

Speaker 8 (01:05:59):
He's normally No, we don't need automatic balls as strikes. No,
these young players can't make money in college foot pa
and football.

Speaker 1 (01:06:06):
I have my accident.

Speaker 8 (01:06:08):
I think I think he believes that this boss is
to be gone, should be banned.

Speaker 1 (01:06:12):
Because it's new I could believe that. I also don't
want to believe Matt is gonna come to my side
on something, even though I do normally over the years
wear him down. Sometimes I don't everything with my senses
of logic. I just I just bow down you because
I'm just hard to argument with you. That's, by the way,
Stevie Wonder concerts did suck continue on whatever? Oh my god,
that's that's our biggest argument of all time. And I'm

(01:06:33):
right on that and it doesn't matter. So anyways, I
think it's two or three. I'm going to stick with
you know what, I'm gonna go row. I'm going number one. Oh, Jonathan,
what you got? I'm sticking with three. I'm sticking with

(01:06:54):
this bus, all right. I think North Carolina has some
serious regrets about Bill Belichick, but it would be a
horrendous stain on North Carolina's hiring policies, and it would
be the stain on Bill Belichick not to even coach
one game. I may amend my thought of how long
he's going to be there. It could be a one
and done, but he'll be the coach. Plus again, it's

(01:07:15):
so late in the season. You talk about jointing a
football program by not having a coach who all of
a sudden just quit right now. So no, I think
he'll be coaching North Carolina. Is the regret, absolutely, But no,
he'll be there. Uh, I've not changed my mind. I
do believe there should be some value in a divisional

(01:07:37):
winner game. Yeah, you get in the playoffs. I believe
there should be the regular value, not the amended value
as you would like to do. So a seven and
nine Seahawks team should get a home game against like
a thirteen win however many wins the Saints teams had
that year. Okay, that happens once every ten years. I
can live with it. It's ridiculous. Okay, now I can

(01:07:59):
argue your point. Very Let's say I told you he
likes to dig in. If it's if it's once every
I'm not changing things for once every ten years. I'm
just not. Yeah, it was a long time ago, long
time ago. So it's down to one and three. You
know what. I'm not the biggest fan of the tush push,
but it's it is what it is. It works, it's legal,

(01:08:22):
you can't change it. Nobody threw a flag. And more importantly,
guys Jonathan, it's gonna be very hard to determine whether
it's what are the referee's gonna say illegal toush push?
I mean, I think it would be way too hard
to monitor and have arguments about whether it was a
real tush push or not. So I do believe the
Indiana Pacers are gonna beat the New York Knicks to

(01:08:44):
win the Eastern Conference. It'll be Oklahoma City versus Indiana
in the NBA Finals, And as much as Ross you
and I will love that because it'll be two very explosive, awesome,
great offensive teams, it could go down as to the
one of the lowest rated NBA Finals in history because
you're talking about two teams that don't have much national cachet. Yeah,
I think it's good for the I think it's good

(01:09:06):
for the long term. I don't disagree with you on
that that get shaped. Look, even if it's a smaller stage,
because there's not get these guys, they Shay Gilders, Alexander,
the Jalen Bruns, I mean the Knicks or the Pacers. Yeah,
if it's the Pacers, whoever, it's going to be right.
It's going to be a good matchup. Although I think
the Thunder are going to be favorites. Minnesota, Oklahoma City
doesn't have, like you said, national cachet, but Aunt Edward,

(01:09:27):
Shake Gildes, Alexander. Let's let these guys get on this
big stage and grow, try to go to the audience
that way. To me, I'm actually more excited about what
can happen in the West than maybe even in the
NBA Finals. And there's also a part of me. But
so the answer is number one. I think it'll be
the Thunder in the Pacers in the NBA Finals. Congratulations,
Thank you Johnson. You got one win so far. Are
you guys a right?

Speaker 8 (01:09:45):
I swerved at the last second. Have you made a
lot of sense with the titch Puss. I'm not even
assaulty with this one.

Speaker 1 (01:09:50):
Thank you very much. I find myself annoyed by the
celebrity Nick fans that haven't been seen in like twenty
five years. First of all, Steven A. Smith screaming on
an ESPN about his Knicks fandom is annoying as hell. Yeah,
but he's been consistent with that. He has been. But
he's interviewing Ben Affleck. When did I want to get
Ben Affleck's and being an opinion about anything. He's not

(01:10:10):
a Boston fan. No, he is straight up in New York.
What oh, yeah, he was a Boston Red. No, well
he may be mad name in Timeout, Timeout, wrong person,
Ben Stiller, excuse me? Okay, I correct myself. Ben Stiller
is a New York fan. Okay, yeah, No, Ben Steel
has been to the Knicks games for years. And do

(01:10:31):
I need his expert analysis on this? No? Probably not.
But and I'm tired. I don't want to see Spike Lee.
I don't want to see any celebrities. I don't care
about the celebrity appeal. I just don't. Man, well, a
lot of people do, I know, I'm gonna know who
love celebrities. There's a whole there's networks and magazines and
websites dedicated to celebrities, and I choose not to partakes.
We're everyday sports fans. We don't really care what Ben

(01:10:53):
Siller has to say. It's like I don't care about
celebrities opinions, and I don't care about news anchors that
that that wear the gear and pom poms and go
why can tell you? I don't really care about Steven A.
Smith's opinion either. But at least, as you said, he's
been consistent. Yes, and that is to tell the truth
of this week. Nicely done, Thunder. It's the thunders Championship.

(01:11:13):
To win and are we very curious or to lose? Uh,
that's the proper phrase. Both win and there's the significant favorite. Yes,
and it will be a major shock if they were
to lose. Yeah. Part of me wants to see how
this works out because could you imagine the small Oklahoma

(01:11:34):
City is the smallest city in the NBA. Right, It's
more smaller in San Antonio, I think, I think so.
Now I'm talking about television marketing. I like city population,
but I think from TV wise, they got to be
the smallest. How does the NBA handle that, trying to
market a team that is the smallest in the NBA?
M hm? And they have been on TV a lot
this year. I'm curious how much Oklahoma City's fandom has

(01:11:59):
grown just in the last four months because again, yeah,
the Thunder been on national TV a bunch. Are they
getting any any national cache at all? You would hope so.
But it also takes personalities. I mean, it was happening
when they had Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook, and I
mean they those guys were on commercials and very extremely marketable,
and to a lesser extent, James Harden when he was there.

(01:12:22):
Mm hmm. It can't happen. You just have to continue
to win and be likable. But that personality. But Durant
and James were distinctive. Russ had charmed would be that
the right term. I think the way that he plays
hard and he's loud and carden Stein, Jalen Williams, Casey Wallace,

(01:12:46):
Lou Dort, uh Ched, Holmgren, ROSSI. They're all fine players,
but give me something memorable they've done. You know what
they need to do. They need to go on Loud.
Dort memorably got blocked by James Harden in Game seven.
Need to go on a TV show, a che Hoolmgreen.
They're in commercials. Chett and Shay were in the AT
and T commercials that were all over March Madness. See,

(01:13:09):
I don't remember that at all. I don't remember that. No,
what a good needs, what a guy wants. It was
on every other commercial break in March. Maybe I'm losing
my memory. Well, that's very apparent. They needed to go
on Ross is my name by the way, okay, Paul
uh seven one three two one, I'm not wrong seven
one three two one two five seven ninety seven one

(01:13:31):
three two one two five seven ninty real very quick,
w NBA take we come back. What I know you
said you'd never bring it up, so I won't. I'll
let you do it. You lied, I'll we'll let you
do it coming back eleven forty four on Sports Talk
seven dot all right, I can't do it, so Ross
you do it. You're right. I gotta mean, I gotta

(01:13:55):
maintain some sort of credibility. Phil fraud, I mean, I
get that too. What am I bring up up? Exactly?
The only reason why they just whispered? They ever get
headlines Angel Reese? Yep. And so what happened with the
I know there was a flagrant foul that Caitlin Clark
committed on to Angel Reese. Is everybody okay? They got

(01:14:17):
beef still. I believe they all walk up this morning,
had a good nutritional breakfast and wanted to practice. Yes,
I'm doing They're doing fine. Uh, And apparently they are.
The w NBA is investigating allegations of hateful fan comments
directed at Angel Reese Okay, the w NBA saying in
a statement, we strongly condemn racism, hate and discrimination. I

(01:14:39):
will certainly hope so, and in no place in our
league or in our society. Imagine. The WNBA says, blank happens.
We are aware of get allegations and are looking into
the matter. Oh man, see if I even bring up
you know what, you throw a question at me. Okay,
so I can. It doesn't come across as Matt's coming
to Matt. What do you think about this Angel Reese

(01:15:00):
Clayton Clark thing. I don't know what question I'm posing.
That's good, that's good. Okay. If this is the only
thing that gets headlines for it, the league needs has
still had a lot of work ahead of them. Well, yeah,
they're not established, and they're they've been kind of, I
mean for twenty plus years now floundering higher, isn't it thirty? Yeah?

(01:15:23):
What was the first year? Two ninety nine before that,
it's gotta be ninety five, ninety six, somewhere in that range. Yeah,
it's just founded in ninety six. First season was ninety seven,
So you're talking about three thirty eight year no, twenty
eight years of it and the only thing that gets
any attention is when its two most recognizable stars have

(01:15:47):
beef or one commits a foul and the other the
other one gets up and wants to fire. Well, the
NBA was floundering in the seventies and then Larry Bird
and Magic Johnson had had a big rivalry. That rivalry
saved the NBA. This rivalry is just annoying. It's annoying me.
What's annoying about it? Because it's on my television? Okay,
and A granted we're in a very slow time in sports,

(01:16:09):
and this is reason we'll bring it up. I mean,
I'm be barely honest, that's what I'm giving a couple
of minutes here. I mean, I'm you know, they call
me and they call me honest, Matt, and honestly when
I have to go to watch my shows or anything
I'm watching, and this is I mean, this is what
we get. It's if you can. And again I look,
I peruse ESPN. You do as well, all of us do,

(01:16:30):
is sports fans that are broadcasters. We'd like to see
what's going on the world of sports. And when your
for you tab is inundated with it and when your sport,
your ESPN dot com is inodatead with it. It's not
about Hey, this great game between A versus B it's
these two are fighting again. They don't like each other.
My guess, they don't even respect each other. My guess.

(01:16:51):
It's it's nasty. No matter when they play, where they play,
what time of the day they play, they'll play in
front of the pulpits still fight. There's no resolution to it.
At least when you had Magic versus Bird, they eventually
came to appreciate each other. And maybe that's what they
have to do. But if this beef is the only

(01:17:12):
way you get headlines, then your league is still in
a lot of trouble. Now I don't watch the NBA,
but my understanding is that Caitlin Clark is way better
than Angel Reeves. That is accurate, and I don't even
really know that except for the numbers that I've seen
on the website. I mean, I've never watched a full
WNBA game now. Now, remember I did call the Comets

(01:17:33):
games many years ago, and it was fun, it was new,
it was something different. But every time I want to
gravity towards it, this is what I have to hear about,
and I just think that if you're the WNBA. Not granted,
you can't, you can't artificially come up with storylines. But
it's the only way they're getting attention is by these

(01:17:54):
two women that want to throw hands, not literally, but
you figuratively it'd be nice as they did. And how
do you and how and let me ask you this,
and maybe there's no answer to this, but how do
you solve that if the only way you grab headlines
on none women's sports sides and non WNBA fan sites
is by oh, Clayton Clark and Caitlyn Clark and Angel

(01:18:18):
Reese are mad at each other? Again, what what does
that say? It says that that we're not really paying
attention to the quality of basketball. And I think that's
what the women probably my guess do you think? Don't
you think that ninety five percent of the WNBA is
pissed off of this is how they get headlines? Again,
a lot of them are pissed off about Kate and
Clark and all the time that she's getting. But I mean,
they need to embrace it. She's a big star, and

(01:18:39):
she's she's the biggest star in the league already and
this is only her second year. And attendance has been
way up. I was just kind of browsing at the
first couple of seasons of the league. This is, of
course before big expansion. Yeah, they were averaging about ten
thousand a game throughout the year. Throughout the league, those

(01:19:00):
numbers went way down. So the question is, how do
the how do the teams do that don't involve Kaitlyn
Clark games. I don't know, probably not great, but the
league as a whole went from sixty six hundred before
Caitlin Clark came to ninety eight hundred. And see, I
think you could with how many teams and only what

(01:19:21):
they about fourteen or fifteen somewhere in that range, you
could you skew that because you are now taking every
Caitlyn Clark game. Instead of putting him in like hinkle
Field House, you're putting him in the main arena Indianapolis. Yeah,
I'm sure it helps, But so what. The tickets are sold,
whether Caitlyn Clark is in the league, No matter how
you want to slice it, every team's attendance went up
average attendants. Yeah, I don't hear from the other It

(01:19:42):
just feels like this was their opening weekend was Yeah, man,
I know this. I don't want to know this because
you know what, I'm squad this week. He's your w
NBA locked, You're locked on WNBA. Maybe so maybe maybe
I'm watching it more than I read thoughts. I would
we appreciate about you? And what did I see? Instead?
I see them getting mad at each other again, and

(01:20:03):
then you get the racism claims coming. I mean, God,
can we just play sports? You need a little controversy.
He got to mix it up, Matt. You need rivalries
and stars. Well, at this point they've got two. I'm
sure there's others, but that's only Usua. Wilson's a star, Matt.
I guess you know women you should say if you're

(01:20:25):
gonna call her name, gets she a star? I think
she's one m vps and stuff and stuff. He's retired.
I think he's been retired. You can't go to Lisa Leslie.
Don't dump a Rebecca low Bow on it. Kelsey Plumb
is a star. I don't know if she plays well. Now,
there was one girl recently drafted by TCU that was

(01:20:46):
in the swimsuit model of a model in the s
I uh huh, And how you feel about that?

Speaker 10 (01:20:51):
Oh?

Speaker 1 (01:20:51):
Is that the Yeah, I know you're talking about. But
the blonde from TC. Sure's fine, great player. Kevin Brink.
Mm hm, she said it. I would know it, No, Cameron,
was that the that's the real tall one, Cameron Brink.

Speaker 8 (01:21:04):
Yes, I think that's the one. That's where her I think, Yeah,
look at you are you are w NBA B guy.
See look at college sports when they callee for that's
the last don't you know the college woman's back small?

Speaker 6 (01:21:15):
I guess.

Speaker 1 (01:21:16):
Spinging that my son has. Cameron Brink was in the
the SI she's super tall. Did you hear Matt gas Gas?
I should turn my microphone off. That's terrible you okay,
Oh there, I want you. I want you coughordable long

(01:21:38):
all right, the news. She's six foot four, Cameron Brink.
What does she play college? No clue? You see this
picture of her next to Kevin Hart. Oh my god,
look at that. I think she's got heels on there too.
But yeah, I believe the the word everyone uses with
her was up east like pick her up unless she'll
pick you up and swing you around. Just that the

(01:22:02):
people on the internet. When you pay attention to those people,
what do you mean I'm just telling you what the
streets you're saying, Matt, So that's the Starlins. We should
be talking about the w BNBA, not two girls wouldn't
want to fight each other every other day? What hot
six foot four women in the SI Swimsuit edition just
saying that, Well can we gave it four minutes and

(01:22:24):
I'm proud of us, But I think the league has
got to figure out a plan B. It can't be
about these two young ladies fighting every time they play. Biggest.
Look if the NBA had that for a while, I
remember all the bad boys. They eventually had to get
rid of that. They had to get rid of that.
It hurt the NBA to have every time a Detroit

(01:22:45):
Pistons game. I was on a nineteen ninety and somebody
was throwing hands. I think you should bring it back.
I think you should do it like hockey fights. Explain
what do you mean you want to square up? Let's
square up. First guy that goes down, You're out for
five minutes. You want square up in professional bass games?
I don't know it would ruin the game when what way?

(01:23:06):
Uh wat teeth concussions? Well, everybody talks about how tough
hockey guys are Oh, it is tough. He's got his
teeth throw on the ground and he's still he's still playing. Well,
why can't we do it with NBA players because I
think NBA players would be afraid to do it. And
by the way, take the hockey players out of the uniform.
How many everyone want to throw hands at that point?
Not many? What they put it on the uniform and
all of a sudden they're ready. They got the pads

(01:23:27):
on one, Yeah, they're they'll plus you're on the score on.

Speaker 8 (01:23:31):
We'll put we'll get gloves at the at the regrettable segment,
we'll put boxing gloves at the scores tab.

Speaker 1 (01:23:37):
I want to apologize for this this last week. And
he's already got a mouth guard and he doesn't need one.
I would watch, okay, we all we got two hours
up to go. What we're not We're not putting boxing
gloves at the scores table at NBA games. I would

(01:23:59):
watch the uigs. You're sicko all right? Time for the
news at noon Afrio Cobo five Sports Talk seven ninety.
We have got game number one of the NBA Eastern
Conference Finals tonight. I don't think it'll be much of
a conversation point. But nevertheless, week you know what, it

(01:24:19):
doesn't start till a Wednesday. They don't start to Wednesday.
Damned they got a long ass break.

Speaker 10 (01:24:25):
You know.

Speaker 1 (01:24:26):
The thunder who played yesterday start their series before the
Eastern teams do. That's rude, gosh all. Part of today's
news at noon and we will go with the Bill
Baza of Houston sports journalism is Rossfield oreal Bill Byesa Matt.

Speaker 11 (01:24:47):
Thank you for making that comparison. Here the news at
dude Ald Sports Talk seven nighty of course headlined while
you're Houston Astros scratching back and clawing a no hit
for seven innings. Yannr Dia broke to the no hitter
from Jack Lder in the seventh and then Esach Paradus
really broke it.

Speaker 1 (01:25:07):
Up and for them after that, oh, this is this
is this is the computer system. This is not anybody's fault.
Put mine. I guess here we go now the one
one and that is line deep down the left field line,
going back on it, lankfort on the warnings track, he
leaps and it's up. It's gone.

Speaker 9 (01:25:30):
A great run hover for Esoc Paratas and the Astros
take the lead.

Speaker 1 (01:25:37):
It's boor to three Houston. Seventh home out of the
year for escoc Paradis his first on the road, and
boy did he make it cown? Why he cracked him?
He looked angry after that last take, and man did
he take it.

Speaker 8 (01:25:52):
Out on that pitch and once again the Astro score
with two outs.

Speaker 1 (01:25:58):
Thankfully forly Matt, the Astros able to come away with
two wins over the extended weekend in the four games
Silver Boot Series. Most importantly, they improved a twenty four
and twenty two remain in the race, tied with the Rangers,
two and a half back of the Mariners in the
American League West. Mariners finishing off a big weekend in
San Diego, knocking out the Potteries. By the way, the

(01:26:20):
Angels sweeping the Dodgers in Chavez Ravine over the weekend.
How about that Dodgers have been disciplined. I think they've
had a lot of injuries. So it ain't last of
Angels in the city, or was it? Oh my god,
what the hell are the Dodgers doing? I like the
Angels are still here. This is unbelievable and count Orange
County is part of La right. I don't think so.
The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Astros continue on the

(01:26:43):
road for three games against the Tampa Bay Rays before
settling in for a ten game homestand tied for the
second longest homestand of the season. But also on everyone's
mind when it comes to Houston Astros, what is going
on with your Alvaaz? There was hope he would be
activated over the weekend. Dan Brown on the Astros Radio

(01:27:05):
network yesterday, what is it going to take? Oh, I'm
how did I fall for this again? This is my fault.
Stupid ass, broken everything.

Speaker 10 (01:27:13):
Yeah.

Speaker 9 (01:27:13):
I think the big thing is it's the bottom hand,
you know, It's the hand that's closest to the knob.
It's the hand that takes on most of the pressure.
I think the best thing to do is to let
it totally heal. You don't want them to come back
too soon and then lose them for three more weeks
or a month, you know, you know, six weeks from
today or three weeks from today.

Speaker 1 (01:27:35):
You don't want that.

Speaker 9 (01:27:35):
So let's let it really heal, so we get them
for the rest of the year. And he's feeling a
lot better, you know. I think the Ipprofrien's working and
so you know that's helping out a lot.

Speaker 1 (01:27:47):
So let's let this let's let this thing heal. And uh,
you know, no shaking hands so you don't reinjure that thing.

Speaker 8 (01:27:54):
Just yeah, it's fist bumps, you know, let it heal.
Fiz bumps, fist bumps only. No shaking hands. Bro hugs
are more than acceptable for Jordan.

Speaker 1 (01:28:01):
And look, I understand, I want your what I'm back
in the lineup as bad as anybody. But let this
bad boy heal. No re injuries.

Speaker 5 (01:28:07):
It is what it is.

Speaker 1 (01:28:08):
How much ibuprofene should you take? There? Can you take
too much ibuprofen one day? Well, yeah, you probably can.
Maybe he's taking those big six hundred milligram ones, those
horse sized pills. Yeah, that's the ones they give you for,
you know, the doctor when when you've been hurting. Met
we got a bad hand, it hurts. Gotta heal it up.
Get that ibuprofene going. Yeah, I think it helps with
the inflammation. It fills potential Astros corporate sponsor on this

(01:28:31):
bad boy. Yeah, maybe they maybe they could go with that.
Continue all right, Matt. Elsewhere in the news at noon,
Scottie Scheffler winning the PGA Championship. Matt your breakdown of
his last eighteen on Sunday. Ah, you got within a
one stroke, A bunch of the folks did, and then
he pulled away and won. And congratulations you hoist the trophy.

(01:28:51):
Want a lot of cash and golf goes back do it?
Who cares mode for about the next So where did
he go to school? Well, he'd probably didn't finish. Those
here to go to Texas don't finish. It appens to
the best of us. I mean, I know one in particular.
Don't want to out people. It's okay, okay, fine man
Elsewhere in the news, since you wanted to bring up softball,

(01:29:13):
I heard you were talking about how you couldn't wait
to talk about softcare. Apparently Liberty has beaten the number
one overall seed Texas A and M to reach softball
Super Regionals. They're the first number one national seed to
be eliminated in regionals since seeding began in two thousand
and five.

Speaker 8 (01:29:31):
So congratulations to the Texas A and m Aggie's program
of athletics making more history.

Speaker 1 (01:29:37):
So the spring sports A and M gets bounced in
the tournament. Coach leaves to go to Maryland baseball team
is preseason number one, probably not going to make the
NCAA tournament. A and M was the number one overall
seed in the ball, in the softball and they get
bounced in the regional. That's shame. My son graduated though.
That's about that that you know before. That's the best.

(01:30:00):
That's a huge plus math, thank you very much. Down
to one. He doesn't care much about the softball, doesn't. Oh,
he was not happy. He went He went out in
the backyard and yelled a bunch.

Speaker 2 (01:30:11):
No.

Speaker 1 (01:30:11):
Oh yeah, you know him for the softball squad. Oh yeah,
especially when he number one. It's like a one scene
the tournament losing, you know, one seeds don't take it. Well, yeah,
that's a shame. I don't know. Longhorse has fully been
a one seed, like twice, so I don't really know
about that much, all right, Matthew Keeping along the NBA
draft getting nearer and near. Of course, Cooper Flagg, thought

(01:30:32):
of as the number one overall pick. ESPN's Jonathan Givoni
has been updating his mock drafts still. In his latest one,
those Gonna be Good for You. On the play by play, Matt,
he's still got the the Rockets taking Casparis Jack. Oh,
excuse me, out of Illinois the point guard. Say his

(01:30:52):
name again, Kasparis Jacks or might be a soft j
could be a yaka.

Speaker 10 (01:30:58):
What about?

Speaker 1 (01:31:00):
Do you think he cuts his name down like short.
I'll have to go look at some youtubehighlights and see
what the public play. Guys always say, Casper, don't go
with friendly ghost mentions, too easy, low hanging fruit. Okay, true,
shooting percentage of sixty percent as a freshman at Illinois,
a keenspan he and Reed Shepherd can battle it out.

(01:31:22):
Six four and three quarters, so almost six' five with
no shoes five all, Right so he's not, lean he's
physically fit mm, hm and he is a potential draft.
Pick gut feeling. Ross, oh we can't do it because
we're gonna do it. Tomorrow, Okay well i'll give you.
One we can write it. Down it's, fine all, right
write it. Down rockets keeping number. Ten no matter what

(01:31:44):
happens to the keep ten or do they move, it
no matter what, happens no matter what, happens no matter
what players they may go, after that feeling gets, gone
and that ties into my gut feeling that they will
go for a, complimentary slash rotational piece rather than big game.
Hunting by the, Way, Uh yanna didn't ask me anything
On twitter. Yesterday we'll go through some of, That. OKAY

(01:32:05):
i think it's kind of interesting to see what the
man with The greek freak does when he goes on
a Rando saturday and people ask him. Questions all, right
and do we read in the context clues that he
may be giving out and that's true news at noon
it is twelve Fourteen Sports Talks. Sivana, Yes yanna spoke Through.
Twitter we'll give you some of his, responses plus The

(01:32:26):
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direct message from this spot Named Ulalia. Thorne she has seven,
friends two of what you're common of. Mine, okay don't

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you know when someone asks you to be a friend
and you've never met them and they don't live, here
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(01:34:18):
walk maybe pick up, art do. SOMETHING i spent an hour.
YESTERDAY i spent binge watching. YOU i watched The astros
AND i responded to a bot On. MESSENGER i have no,
life and for THAT i apologize shows you That i'm.
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(01:34:39):
Right WHILE i was looking at my timeline, yesterday and
we'll get To gary wants to talk ABOUT a and
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guess it. Is so, yeah this one on a asked me.
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just in the case of he was just responding to.
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time Is euros with. Chicken, wow, OKAY i like more

(01:35:04):
years with, lamb but teach his. Own, yeah, okay favorite
smoothie Flavor caribbean. Passion that just sounds made up favorite
video game of all TIME fifa And god Of. War
back WHEN i used to play about that is. GREAT
i never Played god Of, war but people love, It,
uh the GREATEST nba player of all? Time oh he copped,

(01:35:25):
out didn't? He mj or bron for? Now like went with?
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Time he, Says coming To america reminds me of his. Childhood, oh,
okay it's. Funny funny they wonder if he went to
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(01:35:46):
Messi zidane And Theory Terry Terry. Henri you know what
you Think messi of that list Is don's, Great But
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Hmm i'm going he And Kevin DURANT. M i would

(01:36:11):
Take steph for. Sure i'm not Putting dame. Second all.
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who are the athletes you admire growing? Up Ai ktie
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(01:36:31):
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Here now we're starting to get a little more. Interesting all.
Right favorite city to play in on the Road, Houston? Nope, Oh, atlanta, Nope,
sacramento keep? Going what is? It New? York his favorite

(01:36:55):
all TIME tv, Show game Of. Thrones let's, see those
two seasons weren't, great but they weren't as bad as people. Say, yep, yep. Yep.
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point guard of all? Time Magic steph Or Isaiah thomas

(01:37:17):
did not bring not making a pick in any of.
These No John stockton in that. Mix No Chris paul
favorite wrestler of all, Time Eddie. Guerrero that's a that's
that's a deep that's a deep cut on that. One
he's dead. Right, yes you like fruity, pebbles he says
he likes fruit loops more and cinnamon toast, Crunch, oh
cinnamon toast crunch The goat, okay and a couple more

(01:37:39):
all time starting Five, STEPH, Mj Kobe kat And Lebron,
okay that's a pretty Good light, Up lebron At, center
kde At Power, forward a couple. More if we're going
to wrap this, up of all the cities you've ever been,
to which city makes you the happiest to be, there
not counting your Hometown florida. Cities, okay he likes the. War,

(01:38:04):
yeah you know he's grew Up. Mediterranean. Yep and there
was one MORE i wanted to run. Through, okay you
and four other CURRENT nba players have to fight At
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the jungle with no. Weapons Nicolea, Jokic Zach edy WHICH
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(01:38:29):
Himself Steven adams. Hmm and that's part of the ask
me anything from the tweets of One janis then the
gombo no references to Anything houston. Related he brings Up New,
york he brings up The florida. Cities and by the,
way he is scheduled this week to speak with The Milwaukee.

(01:38:51):
BUCKS i think we'll know by the end of this.
WEEK rossi Where jannis would prefer to. Play and there
was an early. THEME i don't know who is somebody
that was not a credited member of the. Media it
was just some some sort of celebrity that said that
he thinks he's gonna go to An Eastern conference sitting because,
frankly the path to a championship is significantly the easier

(01:39:12):
in The, east and it would be in The, west
especially With Jason tatum having a rip achilles right now
And Jalen brown's also hurt. Too oh, yeah yeah something,
so and then you've got, look If indiana's doing, it
you could. Be you could Be indiana next. Year wherever
you may. Go and how if The knicks win The,
east imagine putting Adding giannis to The knicks or THE i,

(01:39:33):
mean The nets could be come out in. Play you
gotta you gotta. Go you gotta go where the draft
capital is. Highest and that's why The rockets and The
spurs remain two of the teams on the top of the,
list because again they've got plenty of draft capital to Give.
Milwaukee Because milwaukee needs to build through the, draft they
need some salary, reduction and that takes care of both
those situations if you make a move with say The

(01:39:54):
rockets of The. Spurs so just a little, SOMETHING i
want to bring up in terms of antecdotal about Well
johannis did on a Rando sunday. Morning, well he probably
won't be doing anything In. Houston is there Anything is
there any part of you that thinks he's going to
stay With milwaukee the quote unquote running. Back, NO i

(01:40:14):
don't think so. Either dame S, yeah they're in Cap.
HELL i Think dame being hurt probably sealed the. Deal,
honestly you could spin it as his best way to
help The milwaukee franchise is to get traded away and
let them have a little bunch of assets and restock and. Rebuild,
yeah it's. Fair let's go To gary In paarland at
twelve twenty Eight, gary good, afternoon thank you for, waiting.

Speaker 12 (01:40:37):
Good, afternoon and thank. You look for ten o'clock all
five days of the week during the. WEEK i really
enjoy your.

Speaker 1 (01:40:45):
Show thank you very. Much thank.

Speaker 2 (01:40:47):
You.

Speaker 10 (01:40:47):
Continue we GOT i know you got an egg in your.
Family now we do.

Speaker 1 (01:40:52):
Them uh oh oh.

Speaker 10 (01:40:53):
OH i got out in seventy, three So i'm.

Speaker 5 (01:40:57):
OLD i.

Speaker 1 (01:40:57):
Understand SO i got a one that.

Speaker 12 (01:41:00):
Starts this, year just graduated from in his high, school
and one sophomore and one just.

Speaker 10 (01:41:06):
Graduating she's going back to it to be a.

Speaker 1 (01:41:07):
Teacher, congratulations thank You Aggie.

Speaker 10 (01:41:11):
SPORTS i hate the rub salt in the. Wounds but
you left out.

Speaker 1 (01:41:16):
Tennis oh that's. Right they lost a national championship this
weekend In. WACO i forgot about. That, Sorry, yeah.

Speaker 10 (01:41:23):
That's that's a tough.

Speaker 12 (01:41:24):
Deal but, anyway you know they said that first number
one to be, eliminated that was in the regional right
uls you l S u women softball was number, ONE i,
believe and they got beat By southeastern losy.

Speaker 1 (01:41:42):
Out but there was but there was only one number
one team overall in the. Tournament it was. Overall ye,
yeah that's that's what they're referring.

Speaker 10 (01:41:51):
To, YES i got. It Takes haggis a little longer
SOMETIMES i.

Speaker 1 (01:41:56):
UNDERSTAND I i've got one of the. FAMILY i GET
i get. You we all are like on tape. Delay
OH i. Understand, well thank You gary for the phone.
CALL i appreciate. It thank you very. MUCH i always
love What aggie calls a show to pounce on the
wounds of Another. Aggie my son's probably asleep and not,
listening but that's. Okay i'll send him a. Transcript he's.

(01:42:18):
Asleep oh, yeah since he's, yeah he has. Been he
goes to bed at three or four o'clock in the,
morning he pulls a ross. CLOCK i can respect, THAT
i bet. You CAND i like when this show started
at two. Pm you still were late occasionally only. Once
it was pretty profound, Though no it. Wasn't it looks.
Good what do You you must be? HUNGRY i am.

(01:42:39):
Hungry we have a birthday in the office, today which
means free. Lunch if you're high enough on the payroll
and on the deck tlo on the pecking, order we'll
get the. LEAVINGS i got the. SCRAPS i got a
birthday cake and lunch of my fortieth. Birthday that's. COOL
i got squad for fifty that's all. Right would you
get for our thoughts and? Minds? Nothing that's, terrible that's.

(01:43:00):
Fine let me, go let's go get your budgets? Tight, yeah,
alright very. Tight twelve thirty On Sports talk seven ninety
seven one three two one two, five seven Ninety if
you want to jump into the, conversation all, right which
linebacker do you expect The texas to have the most
success this? Year Sports, harvey who's your who's your? Call

(01:43:22):
you know what we don't care at this, Point, Les i'll.
Share let's let's get the training. Camp then we can
break that down like, about, oh you're not A Henry
toto guy's he's high. Effort probably gonna take a step.
Back let's move on something. Else, no uh all, right
seven one, three two one two five seven. Ninety it
is not a robust sports. Day Uh so it means
if you want to get in about your local, nine

(01:43:43):
we'll get to more of them in the eight. Minute
BUT i do want to talk about something THAT i
brought up earlier. Today do you Know ross that there
is going to be a new movie that begins production
today In, Buffalo New. York explain it's called how To
Day touchdown A Bill's Love? Story all The Day touchdown
A Bill's Love. Story oh, yes it'll be ready in

(01:44:06):
time for This. Christmas remember last year they did a
movie about The Kansasity chiefs and involved Uh Andy ree
was in, it one OF i think The kelsey boys
were in. It The Kelsey mom was in.

Speaker 7 (01:44:16):
It.

Speaker 1 (01:44:17):
NO i, okay, Well i'm just telling you. Now but
there is a new production that begins. Today the people
that will be involved in it will, Feature there will
be cameos And sean, McDermott Deamar, hamley, Uh Jim, Kelly Steve, Tasker,
Thurman Thomas Scott norwood and, yeah and the voice of

(01:44:37):
The Bills Chris, brown will also see some. Action hmm
makes me think a, basketball a three, pointer a, rockets
Love christmas love. Story, oh where you're in? IT i
MEAN i, COULD i would do. It it's. AMAZING i
have to act every day for four hours with. You
point bing is? THIS i don't know if there's a
plot for this, Yet so get your thinking caps on,

(01:44:59):
first and if you would like to help us out with,
this you are more than welcome to tell us what you.
Think ain't touchdown a holiday touched ON A bill's love
store would be about, Okay so Let's i'll. Start, okay
one unattractive. Man why has he got to be? Unattractive
stay with? Me it is my, movie not. Yours, mustache

(01:45:24):
thirty to forty pounds, overweight, okay probably in between. Jobs
he's been fired or in or laid off six times
in the last three. Years all, right but he keeps
His Buffalo bill's season. Tickets for some. Reason he gets
on top of a ladder and he wants to be

(01:45:45):
a part Of bill's. Mafia so it's a big snowy
day In. Buffalo temperatures are about twenty three. Degrees there's,
ice there's, snow and he slips on the ladder and
he lands on the table full of. Food there's a
botchy girl going and he's he's he's set on. Fire

(01:46:06):
the neighboring car runs over this. Woman he's at a.
Tailgate is at a. Tailgate this woman comes. Over she's
of course wung A bill's. Sweater, yes she's got facial hair.
Too it's kind of something kept this. Movie and she saves.
Him she saves his. Life she saves his, life and
they romanticize the, ability the the love between the two of,

(01:46:29):
them and they wind up getting married outside on a.
Table thus the name of the movie Is Holiday, TOUCHDOWN
A bill's love story of an out of work, guy massively,
overweight bad breath of. Annoying how do they demonstrate his
bad breath over the. Screen maybe she goes to a

(01:46:52):
little c G i. Green maybe maybe she goes to
kiss him and she's like when she gets a, gum,
yeah got some dead teeth in. There that is HOW
i build the plot for holiday touchdown At bill's love.
Story how do you see your? Story, well you already
stole the breaking table. THING i was like the easiest
low hanging. Fruit i'm. Sorry, yeah, Yeah, matt they're meaning that.

(01:47:14):
Tailgate first of, all they're both attracted because this IS.
TV i don't know why you have a woman with
facial hair on, there not that there's anything wrong with.
THAT i mean it's not. PREFERRED i don't think there's
a lot of women bumping around listen to show that
one facial. Hair what if you like the bearded, lady
that's up to.

Speaker 5 (01:47:28):
You i'm just.

Speaker 1 (01:47:30):
Saying i'm just thinking it's like a little. Patch, Okay,
well nobody hits facial hair in my. Scenario, okay but,
yes there's a woman eating a trash plate at a, tailgate,
okay and the young man he lights himself on, fire
and he jumps and breaks the table and stealing my. Story,

(01:47:51):
NO i had this. STORY i came up with the
story two hours. Ago that's not. True you said he
caught on. FIRE i said he let himself on. Different got? You,
okay what are you talking? About all? Right continue on
and then, yeah mid the, Ruckus uh he gets she
gets some gravy on her, face and he walks over
and real slyly and, so and he wipes it off

(01:48:13):
her face and then uh licks it off his. Finger
they wink at each other and they start getting after
in the porta. Potty they have. Relations, yeah they don't
have relations in A hallmark. Movie i'm. Sorry oh they don't. Know, Okay,
well it's. Insinuated if this porta potty is a, rocking
you this port Of john's a, rocking don't come a.

(01:48:36):
KNOCKING i have another scenario for.

Speaker 6 (01:48:37):
You.

Speaker 1 (01:48:37):
Okay bills are playing a home playoff game in the, playoffs,
okay and they're playing The Los Angeles. Chargers, okay And
Justin herbert throws three touchdown passes in the first. Half,
hmm this is really a scenario This this guy will

(01:48:58):
call Him bob is screaming you afit Suck. BILLS i
thought you said they don't curse In hallmark. Movies, well
this is Effan. Okay the woman like. That the woman
comes over to him with her, child this is weird and,
says what are you doing yelling and swearing at A
Buffalo bills? Game. Okay he then calls her a name and,

(01:49:25):
says get your bridy kid out of. Here. Wow, meanwhile
a guy two rows back sees, this breaks up their.
Altercation come to find out that guy and that woman
went to high school. Together, oh it's a. Reconciliation then
come to find out the very last moment that that

(01:49:49):
kid is his and she never told. Them they hooked
up in high school and never told. Them wait is
this from a real. Movie this sounds like Straight. Hallmark
wait a, minute so, no, no, no, no this is
no stay with. Me this is my, plot not. Yours
your plot. Sucks they wind up all getting. Together it's

(01:50:10):
a great love. Story they get married at the fifty yard.
Line Marv levy is there to give away the. Bride, okay,
well the ghost Of Marv levy is, there and thus
it yet, again is a holiday touchdown. Way Marv levy is?
Alive Actually, okay well now he was definitely. There then, sorry,

(01:50:30):
folks he's ninety. Nine that's a good all ive or.
DEAD i would have said he would go along. Past
can you beat that? Story, No, matt it feels like
you stole from a, movie OR i didn't not show
that is completely one percent. Organic, jonathan do you have
a story that you could see that you can see
The Buffalo bill's love.

Speaker 8 (01:50:48):
Story i'm not beating the random child was his and
they've getting.

Speaker 1 (01:50:54):
Married you watch a lot of soap. Operas is that
nice that then he breaks up the fight and the
and the kid that he never knew it was his
was his at A Buffalo bills. Game it's kind of.
Heartwarming sounds, Great, matt looking forward to not watching that
movie on The hallmark. Chan they'll be ready in time For.

(01:51:15):
December can't? Wait all? Right, so if any of you
have a story a plot for, This oh this is
a bad, idea let me tell you. Something it's not that.
Bad our audience is. Smart they'll figure it. Out some of.
You send us a tweet if you like At Sports,
empty or call us at seven one three two one
two five seven ninety if you have a storyline that

(01:51:36):
you think would fit the football love story of The Buffalo,
bills let us know seven one three two one two
five seven ninety seven one three two one two five
seven Ninety, again they're starting production Day. Ross they need our.
Help it's Called Holiday, touchdown A bill's love, story and
it features Former bills past and president and the radio

(01:51:58):
voice of The Buffalo. Bills, wow my Friend chuck, says
you've completely lost. It, yeah well we knew. THAT i
don't think. IT i don't think these are. Terrible i'll
come up with one. More we come. Back, no we're.
Good are you SURE i can't do one?

Speaker 5 (01:52:16):
More?

Speaker 1 (01:52:16):
Yeah very? Sure are you on?

Speaker 7 (01:52:19):
It?

Speaker 1 (01:52:19):
OKAY i won't do?

Speaker 6 (01:52:21):
It? Then?

Speaker 10 (01:52:22):
One?

Speaker 1 (01:52:23):
Thanks all?

Speaker 5 (01:52:24):
Right?

Speaker 1 (01:52:24):
Thanks seven one three two one two five seven dotty
seven one three two one two five seven. Dotty all.
Right we got an hour and ten minutes left to
go on This monday edition of the. Program Normally brian
Bogus evic with us on Third. Wednesdays we'll move him
till tomorrow at eleven o'clock because of the fact that
he'll be doing Television. Wednesday so we'll Have brian Bogos

(01:52:44):
evic with us. Tomorrow we'll also Have joe a spot
with us. TOMORROW i don't know if we're getting a
player or, not but that could be THE us or
the eight, team one of the, two, Okay and we'll
have got feelings on the show tomorrow and hopefully something
more newsy than what we've had the, day which is
an ASTRO i, mean is The astro split JUST i

(01:53:05):
mean maybe maybe are we are we caught up in
this world of five hundred baseball just doesn't necessarily get
us fired up one way or the? Other are We
are we in that stretch right? Now?

Speaker 6 (01:53:15):
Uh?

Speaker 1 (01:53:18):
Yeah BECAUSE i don't remember it being this quiet a year.
Ago at this, Point tenants was down last homestand remember
this team was so much worse last year than it
was right. Now they're gonna be, fine all? Right, Uh,
Brian apparentland is gonna help us with this. Movie. Here
we're gonna we're gonna help This Buffalo bill's love story along, Here,

(01:53:38):
brian good morning to you or good, Afternoon, hey good.

Speaker 13 (01:53:41):
Good after The matt AND i got a point on The,
astros AFTER i uh filling out a little color to
This Buffalo, bills please do. So you forgot about how
The Buffalo bill's fan and his wife Met after he
got drunk and jumped into a table crying a public,
intoxication he met his, wife who happened to his probation.

Speaker 1 (01:54:00):
Office oh the probation. OFFICER i forgot about that. Part
that's a good. One that's a good.

Speaker 13 (01:54:05):
One after you, know after he smashes to the table and,
gets you, know arrested for public.

Speaker 14 (01:54:11):
Intoxication she's there to be his probation.

Speaker 1 (01:54:13):
Officer so basically buff that it's holiday touchdown A Buffalo
bill's prison love story not necessarily.

Speaker 14 (01:54:23):
Prisony you, know he gets released on his own record county.

Speaker 1 (01:54:26):
JAIL i get, IT i get, IT i got. You,
YEAH i spent a night in the drum. Tank so
they found love in a hopeless. Place you, know we're
gonna Do here's we're gonna, Do brian when The texans
played The. Cowboys we're gonna do this with The. Cowboys
BECAUSE i don't Think Buffalo. Bill we can't make fun
Of Buffalo. Bills we don't have relation with them because we.
Don't we don't have anything with. Them it's poor. Guys

(01:54:47):
way we. Do we hate them for The bills in the,
nineties we.

Speaker 14 (01:54:50):
Do we still hate it for nineteen ninety. Three that still.

Speaker 1 (01:54:54):
Hurts that's, fair all. Right what's your astros? Point, yeah
WHAT i find the.

Speaker 13 (01:54:58):
Starving but you, know ACTUALLY i Think dashers are in
a better spot compared to last. Year considering they're, Doing
they're in a better spot record, wise with more.

Speaker 1 (01:55:07):
Of a subparwer.

Speaker 14 (01:55:08):
OFFENSE i think they've been living.

Speaker 13 (01:55:09):
Dangerously BUT i think they've gotten more clutch hits this
year with runners in scoring position than they did most
of last. YEAR i know last year that number was anemically,
bad AND i don't like the slow starts and know,
what nine runs in the first inning all. Year but
considering you have what two left handed bats in this entire,

(01:55:30):
lineup and that's only if.

Speaker 14 (01:55:31):
You're Putting caroteni in to their pinchhit or you, know
d h or catcher, day it's it's it could be
a lot.

Speaker 13 (01:55:39):
Worse and to be two or three games over five
hundred and actually be what second place in the division
actually isn't. Bad BUT i think this proves the point
that they have to go out and do something to
get a left handed.

Speaker 10 (01:55:51):
Bat get rid Of chase.

Speaker 14 (01:55:52):
Mcport he's not gonna get your left handed, bat but
he's not. Playing get rid of.

Speaker 13 (01:55:57):
Him let him go somewhere else where he can play
and be more full, time whether it's The White sox
Or pittsburgh or. Wherever just let him go about his.
Way but the fact That jordan isn't taking questions is rather,
concerning and to, me it's starting to harken back a
lot more to The Kyle tucker, situation and the fact
that we have heard nothing About Luis garcia in the

(01:56:19):
last two or three weeks is also. Concerning that we
haven't heard that he's starting to ramp up a little
bit or throw bullpens or side sessions or anything like.

Speaker 14 (01:56:29):
That it's he played toss on flat ground like three weeks.

Speaker 13 (01:56:33):
AGO i think this could be bigger than The lance
mccullor's delay.

Speaker 14 (01:56:37):
And makes me think something else is wrong that they're
not telling. You but that's ALL i.

Speaker 13 (01:56:41):
Got, guys don't don't discount the the probation propation.

Speaker 1 (01:56:47):
Officer, yeah, yeah that's not a bad, call not a
bad call at all To Luis. Garcia AND i think
what we've here's the. Problem this is Major League baseball's.
Done that's. Wrong there are too many people think that
you can get. Back they always say twelve to sixteen
months or also on, these on These Tommy, john's how
many guys come back in TWELVE i. DON'T i THINK

(01:57:08):
i think it's an unfair calendar. Search and when it's,
sixteen that usually means it's deep into the season of
that other second. Year and by the time you're thinking about,
that like bringing him Back august fifteenth doesn't do you any.
Good i'm not expecting anything From Louis carcia this. YEAR
i am expecting zero From Christian. Javier i'm expecting zero

(01:57:29):
FROM Jp. France i'm expecting zero From Louis. GARCIA i
would just say when you have those types of, serious serious,
injuries Like Hayden, wisnski is gonna Have tommy john here this? Week?
REALISTICALLY i, mean is he gonna be ready to go
By june of next? Year that's probably. Not we can

(01:57:50):
go and wipe out this year and in our minds
and it is a, schedule but then we've heard That
Louis garcia was ahead of schedule and he he got
shut down last What Colors junior got shut down multiple
times when he was battling. BACK i think my philosophy
on Significant tommy John s type injuries Is i'll see
you in two. Years that's the. Way that may not
be fair because obviously you want guys, back but there

(01:58:16):
there has never been a thought in my mind that
that had me thinking That Wist garcia was going to
pitch anytime. Soon so when you get him, back if
you do get HIM ba at any point this, year it's.
Encouraging but the silence is pretty. Profound AND i wish
you AND i would, say, hey, Man i'm. Close that's, Fine.
Matt maybe he's not. Close what do you want him

(01:58:36):
to come out and, Say i'm six weeks? Away uh
so he. Would so you're saying if he said, that
that would spread, wide spread panic throughout the. ORGANIZATION i don't.
KNOW i don't. KNOW I i JUST i think the
player can say, Hey I'm I'm i'm as anxious as y'all. Are,
again you you get ask these. Questions it's not like
you got you got WHAT i burn seeing chasing you

(01:58:57):
down on. This you got largely friendly people that want
to just give you. Up dare For, itz listeners and viewers,
whatever except me and. Unfortunate does it Puts joe a
spot on the corners Or dana it's, close we're you,
know give him a lot a lot of? Profit, yeah
that's What dana. Said he's got prof's got him feeling.
Good hopefully he'll be back. SENT i want to Howny,

(01:59:19):
milgrim just take him. Though six, hundred THAT'S i think
it's the right. Amount, okay all, right there you, Go
doctor villareill up the cause, Here i'm here for, you.
Folks twelve fifty seven on The Matt Taba show With.
Ross we've got an hour left to. GO i mean
that the time is just flown BY rossi has it?
Not oh my, goodness we're, wait we've done three hours
of the. Show we've got one, hour one hour. Left, yes,

(01:59:40):
whoa you're right. Breezed you know we're gonna do freeze
by like The. Irishman we're gonna get. Well so let's
do our ten o'clock open here at one. O'clock get
people fired. Up, okay because you know What mama, said
there'll be days like. This uh you. Know they also,
said don't call it a what come? Back mama told
me not to. Come, NO i make some my songs.

(02:00:03):
Up Oh i'm, sorry don't call it a. Comeback that's
what we. Did mama, said knock you out and don't
call it a. Comeback we knocked out The. Rangers wee
because of Course i'm the back up left fielder seven, one, three, two, one,
two five and seven cannot knock you. Out so The
astros dead took four four innings of. Baseball this thirty
six of the thirty six that were. Played that's not,

(02:00:26):
ideal but about two wins out of it been nice
to get three or. Four, yeah it's. Fine score two
runs On thursday would have been. Cool all, right let's.
Celebrate i'll take a series split anur on can are
you kidd? Me i'd rather have a series? Win, yeah
episode would? They, yeah it's like you're supposed to be.
Better it's like kissing your. Shits, no, no the exact same.
RECORD i think The rangers have played two less games

(02:00:49):
of The astros have played two. More but they're exactly
the same. Team but they're supposed to be. Better Why?
Astros why Frak The rangers are supposed to. Better you're
supposed to win your hoded you picked and win this
division The. Astros, okay well then they're supposed to be
better than. Them, well The astros have owned global life.
Field it is. True it's like they're home away from. Home,
yes But i'll take a serious. Split it's. Fine keep

(02:01:11):
them a couple of, games about five, hundred and The
astros will go to Warm, tampa where they're already sweating
bullets hot ninety degrees at first pitch lord good. Luck
that's Why tampa needs to just get rid of. Baseball
it's a good sports. Sound it just not a good baseball.
Town is it a good sports? Town buccameers do well the.
Lightning they like the. Lightning, yeah they really, will because

(02:01:33):
they win. WELL i, MEAN i think they do very.
WELL i mean those The Sun belt cities don't do
real well on. Hockey tampa's the. Exception, now granted they've
also won a, lot but m, hm they do better
Than atlanta has lost two different teams And. Phoenix they
do want a. Third in, Fact Gary bettman last week
said the Probably atlanta's gonna get a squad Before houston.
Does why why would they get a third shot Before

(02:01:55):
houston gets? One it must be because the investment is
WHICH i don't. Care somebody's pony up the. Money that's. Fine,
yeah all. Right so The astros get to two out
of four three games with The Tampa Bay rays and
then The Seattle mariners are being for four. Games that's
when you start, going all, right you want to go
tackle first Place American League. West get you guess what

(02:02:16):
you get to? Do you go go head to head
against a team that's right in front of. You you
can't slip. Up and by the, way we didn't talk
about this, before and we'll talk about this With joe
spot of. Tomorrow uh did did you see him get? Tossed,
yes it didn't take. Long he put his hands out
wide and obviously discussed on some horrific Russ the umpiring

(02:02:42):
is so bad, again how bad is? It it's almost
LIKE i could come to your side And i'm gonna
feel Like i'm, go now. Go what if you had
the technology to get every single call, right, okay for
the nine, world for the nine million time you you
say this every, time and you're. Right so give me

(02:03:05):
the answer to your own. Question why don't they do?
It are they protecting the human? Element the answer is one. Percent,
yes you have. To they just signed a new deal
with the umpires. Union you would have to negotiate with.
Them and some of the players like it the old,
way but that's just because, baseball of more than any
of the other, sports is more. Traditionalists more Of this

(02:03:28):
is how we always done. It this is the way
we're always going to do.

Speaker 7 (02:03:30):
It.

Speaker 1 (02:03:33):
And thus it's never going to change because You, rossie
we couldn't even get players you be universally agreeing on,
this and there. WERE i, mean the umpiring On saturday was.
Atrocious yesterday was. Bad, yeah the call that guy that
spot an ejected was. Atrocious it was it was way.
Off and it wasn't because you know what it was.

(02:03:57):
Ross it wasn't because the the, pitch, well the pitch was.
Low but these catchers are are full in the umpires.
Frame that's another counter. Argument people liked. It catchers framing has.
Value it's, like, okay so your value is is tricking an.
Umpire that's like saying the players in THE nba they

(02:04:17):
have great value because they sell foul. Calls it's something
we want out of the. Game CAN i ask you
a really stupid. Question, yes, now back way way way
way back in the day before any of us were
born and our parents were, born didn't the play umpire
next to the? Picture was he next to the? Picture?
MAYBE i don't, know but let me in theory. Again

(02:04:39):
here comes the stupid question of the. Day AND i
apologize for. This, okay put the home put the plate
umpire next to the pictures mount, well you need somebody
at home. Plate, Okay with all of the catcher dust,
off the. Plate you can't call out and save at. Home,
okay but he can race to. That he can run
in that, position he can. Waddle have you seen These? No, No,

(02:05:00):
no they're. Fair they're actually physically, fair some of. Them
Joe west. Disagrees if you see the view the umpires
see the view that we see as baseball, fans they
would know the pitch framing is grabbing the ball almost
at the shoe legs and pulling it up with the.
Zone you wouldn't be able to hide. That umpires worked

(02:05:22):
behind the, Batter i'm, sorry worked or behind the. Pitcher
they didn't always have a set. Position that was in
the eighteen. Eighties, yeah so just the other day mm.
Hmm because if you looked at the center field, view
which is what we, get you know who's who's circumventing the.
System it's the it's the crafty catchers that are doing. It, yes,

(02:05:47):
Okay so you so let's go over the things you
were worried about handing the get given the catch of
the foul. Ball, no you just you just get a
foul ball that's in your bag and you handed the.
Picture that's. TRUE i solved on. That what else you
got whether what other. HINDS i got a dust played
off when it, dirty you can run down there and
do that. Again these are things that will never. Happen
better call.

Speaker 5 (02:06:04):
Out.

Speaker 1 (02:06:07):
Okay the only time you'd really miss a call or
potentially missed a call is if a player is trying
to steal, home which happens what? Once i'm if a
player is getting to stop. Sign Jeremy paine is getting stop,
sign you don't think you got to go over there
and then he runs through? It then you got to
run home? Too, OH i THINK i think about a fifth.
OFFICIAL i think you run home as soon as the
pitch is. Thrown or what if you have technology that

(02:06:30):
can get every single call, run you could just use?
That whoa? Crazy my mind is. Blown there is a
disconnect from your logical argument to the umpire's, union for. Sure,

(02:06:50):
yeah but these are all and a percentage of. PLAYERS
i don't know what percentage that, is but it's not
one hundred percent plain about, computers but they're they're really.
Good they're better than they were even ten or fifteen years.
Ago and that's one of the reasons they want to keep,
it is to keep this as a skill because that's
a skill on which they are, judged and they are
the best on the. Planet BUT i got some for

(02:07:12):
you when your deals over with The. Union if you're
getting all balls and, strikes can't you get a bunch
of jokers from college or whatever and they can do
just as good as a. Job how much better when
we take out calling balls and? Strikes how much better
are these umpires than the best college umpires who are
not in The. Union, WELL i forget about the, college

(02:07:36):
about the minor league, guys, yeah or. MINORS i, mean
most of the heavy lifting is done behind the plate
because even on the base pass you have challenges and
you have crew. Reviews you don't even need guys who
have good temperaments and who are going to have good
relationships with players and, coach BECAUSE i, mean ninety percent
of the arguments that start are because of balls and,

(02:07:56):
strikes and there is no leash for conversation with balls and.
Strikes going back before the insurgy played hy Guys homme
and him and him And.

Speaker 8 (02:08:09):
Han but it ain't much and you can get a little,
hey what's going on from the dugout and then gets
let's a good, day let and then the umpire.

Speaker 1 (02:08:16):
Takes his mask, off and then it becomes, yeah, yeah keep,
it take all that out of the. GAME i don't
know there there must be, somebody somebody in The Big
league offices that can, say, well are your little full poof,
prans got full proof, plans got some heres with, it

(02:08:37):
and here's what it. Is let me, Know Because i'm all,
Ears i'm open to to logic and. Arguments But JOE.
A spotted was absolutely. Right he did not have any,
time you, KNOW i, mean ain't nobody had time for?
Something he had no time for a ball at the
shoelaces got pulled up and got called a. Strike m.

(02:09:01):
Hm you, know IF i, was IF i was in The,
union you know the first THING i would, Do i'd
Tell Major League baseball to get rid of the box
in the in the graphics that is causing as much
animosity of anything, else because now fans are running up
there going do you miss? THAT i wouldn't allow all
this technology to show the ball where it. LANDS i,

(02:09:22):
mean look at all THE tv replays you see at,
games And i'll get another thing we call we are
talking about a ball spinning three thousand times per minute
thrown ninety five miles an hour or, whatever and when
it's an inch off or a core or a half inch,
off we're, like these guys are. Idiots look at these blind.

(02:09:43):
Umpires it's very. Hard it's very difficult to call these
pitches with all this movement and spin in, velocity and
then it's barely off and we call them. Idiots it's
a tough job because if you AND i were behind
the dish, ross, oh we would be doing the exact
same maybe seventy five percent. Running WHEN i was in high,
SCHOOL i was an umpire For Little league. Baseball it's.

(02:10:04):
Tough it's not. Easy i'm not saying no one's saying it.
Is no one's calling these people idiots or incompetent or.
On but today's pitch framers are fooling umpires at a
higher clip than ever. Before it's a very hard. Job guess,
what let me make it easier on. You we'll just
let the technology take care of it and you'll still

(02:10:24):
have a. Job but isn't that part of the problems in?
Business and together you're taking it as you're taking, away
is technology is helping everybody's, business but getting guess what's
eliminating jobs and people don't like. That'sari you're not going
to eliminate their. Job they're still going to have their.
Jobs they're not going. Away you'll still have a homewate.
Empire but maybe they. Don't maybe they think they are

(02:10:44):
going to lose the. Job they. Won't they'll say the, men,
sure they'll lose a base umpire over. This, NO i
don't think they should or. Would there's no reason. To
LIKE i, said you got the umpire at Home plate has,
jobs it has things to, do and you're taking away
the hardest. Job and guess, what you're all helping the
integrity of the game because people there are people out
there who are missing their parlays and calls and strikes

(02:11:04):
and saying these games are being. Rigged of course they're
idiots and. Crackpots but we have the. Technology but if
we Ask jobe about it, tomorrow which we, will and
we're running over, there we're gonna ask, him he's gonna,
say these guys have a, hard tough job to. Do they.
Do and that's been the common defense of nine to
nine percent of anybody that's ever been asked About home
plan on barring is they him in hall and get

(02:11:26):
mad and then they, go, well you, know it's not,
easy AND i respect. Him that's a hard, job but
they still need to do it. Right but we've had
this argument for a long time and there is no,
no not even a real we can't even Get we've
had insert replay at the moneling level for quite some
time and it's still not a name and. TINKER i
think it's coming either next year AND i think in
the next two years they will be The Challenge. System but,

(02:11:49):
YAW i will take The challenge. System is it? Against
it's one step closer to what we, need and that
is better accuracy seven one three two one two five
seven ninety seven to one three, two one two five
seven hours one twenty three In Sports talk seven, iety
it Is matt And ross with you until two, o'clock
we believe it or. Not coming up in about thirty
five minutes from. Now it is going to be. Googleable

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and it Concerns i'm piring right.

Speaker 10 (02:12:14):
Where we go?

Speaker 1 (02:12:14):
With, yes all, right so make sure, okay and what
else we got going? On what else do we got going?
On matt got astros? Tonight yes we have no basketball,
tonight some HOCKEY i won't be. Watching, YEAH i lived
In minneapolis for three, years AND i was just telling

(02:12:36):
my kids about it. Yesterday we had a really fun
going to the. Games But MAN tv does not do any.
Service i've been trying to go to A Las Vegas
Golden knights game with, you but you won't. Go spender,
right it's very. RUDELL i thought you were going to
pick up. Tickets. No, NO i wanted you to be
able to, Say, matt you, fly we buy OR i?
BUY i get him done. That, well maybe it's the

(02:12:57):
blackjack table goes, well.

Speaker 5 (02:13:00):
It's.

Speaker 1 (02:13:00):
True are they still in the? PLAYOFFS i don't EVEN
i couldn't have Any dallas stars are? Stilling? Sure why?
Not i'll take your word for. It and they eliminated
The Winnipeg. James are they still in the? Playoffs that
would be today's believe it or. Not don't do. THAT
i don't think they do. That let's go to A
jay In shureline at one twenty four j thanks for
holding good, Afternoon.

Speaker 5 (02:13:20):
Good, Avenue math And ross and the producer. GUYS i
was just mowing my lawn and they came in and
here's the discussion about the umpire thing. Again so why
don't we why don't the umpire were a pair Of
google glasses with a special app that shows the strike.

(02:13:41):
Zone the same thing can be seen by the. Audience
so what the audience seeing is what the umpire. See,
NO i, mean there's no controversy, there, Right so well
they say it's too much, technology then let's go to
home deep or. Loose let's get one of those protective

(02:14:04):
glasses and let's draw a, square a temporary or permanent
square right there on.

Speaker 1 (02:14:11):
That, WELL i don't think drawing on the glass is gonna, Work,
Jay you probably BECAUSE i different guys have different uh you,
Know Josel twove And Aaron judge have a different Strike
there you.

Speaker 5 (02:14:21):
Go that's. Right, now we'll just tell the umpire squad
a little bit of.

Speaker 1 (02:14:25):
It, Okay, yeah but then it's gonna go. Down then
it's gonna go down to his. Face it's gonna go
from his knees to his. Face it's be a little. Different,
okay let's go for The google.

Speaker 5 (02:14:34):
Glass, yeah That google.

Speaker 1 (02:14:35):
Glass let's stick with that.

Speaker 7 (02:14:36):
ONE i like.

Speaker 1 (02:14:37):
That that's that's less of a crazy. Idea, Jay thank,
you did some of that grass hit your? Nose there's
Something thank you for the. Phone call you're smoking grass
or smoking or cutting. It that's. Good it's a good.
Line beat me to. It uh one twenty six On
Sports talk. Seven, YEAH i like that. Idea get him
a Little google. Glass they can watch it and then
they'll know the strikes on boom almost. INSTANTANEOUS i like

(02:15:00):
that a lot Like Body camp with the. Cops we
like For but let me ask you, This, yeah less
beating did we Spend we'll just conveniently turn. Off, okay
you have been a fan of, baseball not a die,
hard but a fan of baseball since what you're ten years?
Old would that be fair to say so between the
ages of ten and twenty, five where you weren't in the.
Industry uh, huh didn't watch six games a week like you.

Speaker 7 (02:15:19):
Do?

Speaker 1 (02:15:19):
Now, okay did you complain them out mpiring when you
were absolutely? Seniors we complain about, Umpiring, yes when in
every sport referering. UMPIRING i think as we get, older
we get more grumpier towards game. Officials do you think?
SO i don't think. SO i MEAN i think it's universally.

(02:15:43):
Man i'll give you an example this, Weekend Manchester city
and THE Fa. Cup they got. Screwed they should have
give him a red. Card To Dean, henderson the, goalkeeper
he touched the ball in a goalscaring. Opportunity they video
reviewed it and didn't call it. Right, yeah you can
plain about officiating. Everywhere, Oh i'm not saying that people.
Don't we can plain on. Fishing i'm saying that as,
is this generation of, say twenty five year olds north

(02:16:07):
done more bitching about it than baseball twenty five year
old did it in nineteen seventy. Seven. Baseball, yeah baseball
has gotten worse because we have this, technology like you
mentioned with the boxes up. There now we can go
TO mlb is the second it happens, boom we go
to THE mlb app and look people in the stands do.

Speaker 6 (02:16:23):
It you.

Speaker 1 (02:16:23):
Know sometimes we'll be in playoff, games will be a
little press build out that'll be near, fans and people
will look at us when they see a bad call
that we will be checking on our laptops to see
if that call was right or, not and then, yeah we're, like,
oh oh that was a right, call are. You we're
giving people in this in the stands thumbs up or
thumbs down if the call was correct it's like, that
what is that video thing they always? SHOW i MEAN

(02:16:44):
tv shows every game i've ever seen always shows a,
well let's go back at our whatever it's called replay
and they show the ball landing and a sponsor on.
It but, yeah, yeah zone or. Whatever, yeah that's the
one thing we don't didn't see when we were watching
The game of the week in nineteen eighty. Two, no
but what you, do, remember what you would do is
they would have the they would have the above the
above the plate angle and they would show that to

(02:17:06):
see if it was. Outside you can at least see
if it was outside or inside low and high it was.
Harder but, yeah so more technology has created more. ANGER
i think it's been for. BASEBALL i think refereeing in
basketball we've always, complained complained. About, yeah, yeah by the,
way uh The. West the conference officials have been announced

(02:17:27):
for THE Nba Eastern Western conference, playoffs and all your
favorites are gonna be.

Speaker 2 (02:17:30):
There.

Speaker 1 (02:17:31):
Okay they don't ever really shift, things change things, up
give somebody a new which usually the guys of the.
Back he's, healthiest, Whatever, Yes Scott foster is. Back Bill kennedy's,
there but he does get to talk on the. Mic
he's not normally a crew. Chief it makes me. Sad
he's a good. Guy, Okay i'll take your word for.
It and, uh who? Else who can you name one
of their official besides In Zach Zach simon list to
see there we? Go, pressed can you? Name can you

(02:17:55):
name five baseball? Umpires? Uh Pat hoibrig's, Gone, yeah he's
definitely gonna Run. Kopa that's? Good uh be Buck nor,
Yep Angel hernandez is. Gone, John i'm sure IF i Robbed? Drake?
Sure why?

Speaker 7 (02:18:12):
Not?

Speaker 1 (02:18:12):
Yeah And Dan castell lenepa no. Hit that's the voice
on The. Simpsons how did you know?

Speaker 5 (02:18:19):
That there's no?

Speaker 1 (02:18:22):
Way empt? One ross zero shout out to The Indiana.
Pacers Tarry's. Halliburn he happened to see someone In New
york wearing A pacers, jersey And nick fans were chasing
Him ross and throwing trash at. Him he found out

(02:18:46):
who that person. Was he found out this guy is
a Lifelong pacers. Fan, wow he's a police officer and
he's going to see The pacers and The knicks play In.
Indianapolis good for. Him knicks fans get a little. WILD
a lot of hate On Tyrese. Haliburton it was name

(02:19:09):
listed as the most overrated player in THE nba and
all he did was win game winning shots and playoff
series and then screaming a today was just ripping on
him a little. Bit all, right he needs To, no
you gotta start throwing. Hands they're hitting you with trash
cans like. This this is. Ridiculous these people are conducting
themselves like. Animals It's New. York what do you expect

(02:19:32):
because you're wearing A pacers? Jersey grow? Up this is.
Horrible although you're kind of looking for a confrontation if
you're going out there in A Tyrese haliburton. Jersey this
is this Was nicks because this was while they're. Playing
wait when was, This, well it had to be something

(02:19:55):
during the regular. SEASON i think it was in the regular.
SEASON i, mean you wouldn't wear A cacer's jersey to
A nx Versus celtics. Game, yeah that's What i'm. Wondering
was this after The celtics? Game maybe he was, uh
maybe he was, boastful, like, hey you thought you had
it easy With. Boston guess what we're gonna take you.
DOWN i HAVE i have worn now WHEN i travel

(02:20:21):
around THE, NBA i wear rockets geared to my games
THAT i CALL i very. Thankfully CAN i knock on?
Whatever this is made of nine years of doing on
the road stuff and, Ross i've never had anybody come
up to me with any sort of you trash or
your team sucks or ane that kind of. Stuff, yeah
this is a. Salt what what the? Heck people were

(02:20:43):
chasing after. Him it's like an entire gang of. People,
YEAH i need to know how this. Started if he
went out and he if he was A pacers fan
and he went out among the crowd and looking to start,
something that's that's one. Thing don't you think That tyres
would have probably vetted that out a little? Bit THOUGH
i don't. Know Brian windhorse got ambushed by a bunch

(02:21:09):
of nick fans. Too, yeah they were throwing trash at.
Him that's. Ridiculous why Is New? York Why New yorker
throwing so much? TRASH i, mean it's at some, point
you got it's it's. Sports they are throwing a ball
into the hoop on a wooden, floor and you're throwing
trash at people about it and grow? Up come, on,
Man well it's because The knicks have not been to
this late in the in the playoffs in a long. Time,

(02:21:29):
yeah and then you've got all the celebrities out, there
and then you got the national talk show host or
all of a, sudden these ring Juvenid knicks. Fans you
know it's going to cost you. THAT i THINK i
saw this. Yesterday he's a, firefighter this, says, oh fire
not a police. Officer. Firefighter that's. RIGHT i knew it
was something of. Service cheapest ticket to go See game

(02:21:52):
one between The knicks and The pacers five and seventy
dollars one seventy to get you Into game one of
The Western finals tomorrow night In Oklahoma. City one hundred
and seventy. Dollars that's you know, What if it gets
you in the building for one, seventy that's not. Terrible
LIKE i feel like it could be a lot. Worse,

(02:22:13):
now granted that's probably the top roll of the arena
and they're okay, see but, yeah it's still a good.
VENUE i, mean he's again just to be in the
building and get YOUR t shirt out of the. Mix
you get a, yeah you're. Detected the FREE t shirt
from your Calculations, yeah at least they all wear it
In Oklahoma. City they don't wear it in every. City
while you're roll on your eyes, ross at least they're

(02:22:35):
all there in their seats wearing their jersey and creating
a great home. Environment what if you can't wear the
jersey because the size is not appropriate for, You, well
that's one. Thing it's good for most of the ninety
percent of. People ninety. Five what's the default? Size extra?
LARGE i think that's what they go with. You, YEAH
i think IT'S i think it's a good one because

(02:22:56):
you can still buy the. Tea you can get THE
t shirt. Produced we used to DO ta shirts are on.
Here you get the DOUBLE x level and it would
cost you significantly more than. Material, yeah THE xl you
can get it at a reasonable. Rate that's. Good plus
the girls WORE. Xl they wear a sleep. Shirt it's
kind of sexy in a summer. Respects don't you think
a little extra large sleep? Shirt, yeah but that's not

(02:23:19):
happening in the. Arena they're not going to sleep. Mat
we're talking about a basketball. Game but if you're bringing,
her you're talking about if you bring if you bringing
home to your, girl she wears that at. Night it's.
Good just a sports. Fan she's wearing something like, that it's.
Good win, win everybody. Win when seven one three two
one two five seven ninety seven one three two one two.
Five i'm just trying To i'm just trying to build a.
Conversation you're. ROSS i, think great. Job why don't you

(02:23:41):
get her a TRIPLE? X, no you don't want to
what you don't want your girl on a TRIPLE? X
you just said you wanted to wear AN Xl, jonathan
would you want to let your girl wear a TRIPLE?
X Shir would that be sexy if you going to
bed with her at? Night TRIPLE? X? Yeah make it
a ONE ex? Maybe see. Not he's backing to my.
Point there's no. Point you're not making a point. Now

(02:24:06):
if you really want to get, romantic she just wear
an extra, small then it's really. GOOD i don't want
to make some extra small shirts too. Tight it's. True
WHEN i made my first city shirts and my what's
happened the Good Morning tripper, shirts large was more. POPULAR
i thought it was going to be, okay all, right
we're gonna move on to something. ELSE i don't want
to go TO t shirt sizes. Here help me on.

(02:24:26):
Roch you're watching something focused on me And i'm not watching, anything,
okay just reading up on the reading up on the,
news anything anything. Juicing the last three hours and forty. Minutes,
no we didn't talk About hayden was an esc Getting
Tommy john much uh, okay the worst kept secret in? Baseball,
yeah that was kind of a LITTLE i think actually

(02:24:49):
you know reported that Was Todd collis during a game
broadcast like a week, ago and then we Ran ester
said it's. True we'll get back to, you. MAN i
don't bl in them for trying to get second and third.
Opinion it's not like not like delaying a week on
the news information is not going to make him film any.

Speaker 8 (02:25:05):
Better.

Speaker 1 (02:25:07):
Terrible so the, trade so far as this Was NESKY
tj probably done For william we know for the rest
of this year for, sure and what's going to happen
for all of next. Year perettes has been a. Win,
Yes Cam, Smith i'm still going to say to be, determined,
okay BUT i feel like the upside is. Good anybody

(02:25:33):
else the part of that, Trade Kyle, Tucker, WELL i
mean What i'm talking about from the astro, side of.
Things Kyle, tucker he's cooled. Off he's hitting two sixty
four with an eight ninety SEVEN. Ops, well the worst
numbers in last. Year THE ops is still strong in today's.
WORLD i feel like there's very few, players at least
on The. ASTROS i could see the hitting the ops

(02:25:54):
of A hunter of, oh eight ninety seven would be
far and. Away that's. Different but you, know in all honesty,
though AND i know this is gonna sound. Crazy, yeah
you sound. Crazy if he goes in place somewhere, else
it will be a massive win for The astros because
it will once again to show you that just because

(02:26:14):
you got sent to The Chicago cubs doesn't necessarily mean
that all of a, Sudden Kyle tucker became this warm
and AFFABLE i want to be A chicago couple for.
Life he was gonna. BE i was gonna. Go i'm
gonna go to the highest. Bidder and if The Los
Angeles dodgers get into a bidding war with The Chicago,
cubs The Los Angeles dodgers will win that billing. War that's. Fine, yeah,
no it doesn't matter where he. Signs, now The astros already.

(02:26:35):
Won now it hurts with Wesn. Esky but With paratus
and what you get Camp smith's whole, career that's giving
you more than one Year Kyle. Tucker, yeah whole, correct
and that's Why dana had to do it whole whole.
Career as far as pre, arbitration our pre free, AGENCY
i should, say, so why do we have this philosophy
of it was painful For tucker to say, goodbye but

(02:26:57):
we're letting him. Go and why haven't we lot more
about that With yacht with Fromber Valdez because fromber is
not gonna be here next. Year it's about the same
chances Of kyle signing a long term. DEAL i think
you had to still keep that. Balance if you're trading
away from, her then you're completely selling the, team which
is WHAT i thought they were gonna, do and that

(02:27:18):
would be hard to bring. Back it'd be hard to.
Sell we want to win when you're three of your
five most recognizable players are no longer with the. Team so,
YEAH i understand the balance on. That but at least
In tucker's, case you got a really good. Haul, frankly
you probably got a better haul than you would have
should have gotten because of the fact That Kyle tucker
will be a free agent at the end of this.

(02:27:40):
Year one On Sports talk seven to Ninety let's get
ready to play believe it or, not which is what
all things highly googleable about your? Shit just, say, Holly, Google,
okay you don't have to give. Hints you always want
to give, hints and you give The. Googles you said
the prize horse don't care what they're playing. For were
gonna be playing for a for a box Of sellers dried.

(02:28:00):
Sealery that's, true not. Right so today let's do. THIS
i want you to say The. Jonathan let's do a
little test. Here say we're playing for a box of dried,
celery uh three years old or tickets to whatever we
have tickets to give. Away we'll see what people want
to play. For seven one three two one two five
seven ninety seven one, three, two one two five seven

(02:28:22):
Ninety you know, What, oh this is a good one.
Today i'm believing or. Not you didn't very very very, well.

Speaker 10 (02:28:35):
Thank you.

Speaker 1 (02:28:35):
Man it's highly google. Bulls you're gonna have about one
and a half seconds to answer the. Question but, yeah
you price warring googling. Jerks, well you know we got
to start doing. Better job, up and it's my. Fault
we need to start doing believe it or not earlier
in the. Show oh, yeah we were supposed to do.
That we're gonna start doing it once a week next. Week,
okay we're gonna just pop it up when you're not.
Expecting it's the same four people are playing every, day

(02:28:58):
which we appreciate. YOU i, mean, yeah but WHEN i always,
say when you, listen which fair part of the ten
to two show they bring up all of? It or
that time you talk about The, Astros come, on, folks
we're here every single day ten o'clock until. Two we're
trying our. Best, LOOK i know The astros aren't making
you go. CRAZY i know you're not in for THE nba.

(02:29:19):
Playoffs we'll get through. This football is not too far.
Around and if you, know we can do some more
schedule break breakdown if you want. TO i, MEAN i
don't think anybody in the marketplace that broke The texans schedule.
Down i'm. Good, okay that's. Fine five minutes up to
go on the. Show what should we? Do we should

(02:29:43):
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(02:31:03):
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Show SO i feel, terrible, man Because i've been on
the golf course all, morning and USUALLY i catch you
guys all the, time AND i always engage with you
guys on next.

Speaker 1 (02:32:46):
Loom so your brutal, honesty let me tell you, Something,
Josh your brutal honesty is. AMAZING i really want you to.
Win are you? READY i want to win, too.

Speaker 6 (02:32:56):
MAN i want A t.

Speaker 1 (02:32:56):
SHIRT i want to go see The Big.

Speaker 10 (02:32:58):
Three so here we.

Speaker 1 (02:32:59):
Go Sean castleberry is A Major league baseball umpire believe
it or not.

Speaker 5 (02:33:06):
Believe.

Speaker 1 (02:33:06):
It he was a character In stopped The. Wedding how'd
you like that, One, Matt i'm very. IMPRESSED i gotta be.
Honest trey on sevenati you ready to? Play believe it
or Not Trey.

Speaker 5 (02:33:26):
Yeah.

Speaker 1 (02:33:27):
Uh Mick turner is a major league baseball. Umpire believe
it or. Not, No he's a character in the Movie
The Wedding. March how was that? Movie matt four Stars
Scott On, Seveinnati, scott you're ready to? Play believe it or? Not,
Yes Henry ross is a major league baseball. Umpire believe

(02:33:48):
it or, Not Henry Ross, no believe, no, no. Believe
he's a character In Gourmet Detective Duh stamon number two
for the When Jordan baker is a major league baseball.
Umpire believe it or.

Speaker 10 (02:34:05):
Not believe?

Speaker 1 (02:34:07):
It there you, go following it a. Winter oh my,
god who was a little nervous there for a. Minute
we got. One that's? Good all right Tomorrow Brian, Bogasmek Joe,
espada gut feelings news at, noon believe it or. Not
maybe an astro. Player you never know. What we can

(02:34:27):
steal one from The. Adams, ah that's. Fine they Got
they're gonna do a full show today and then they
have astros. Coverage oh they. Don't it's astros are off
early today a little. Bit they'll put a three and
a half hour day. In i'm proud of. Them waxler
And clatton next with the team on Sports Talk sevenatti