Astros Shut Out Phillies Again! Game 3 Of The Series Starts This Afternoon, Can They Keep Climbing? NBA Draft Talk

Astros Shut Out Phillies Again! Game 3 Of The Series Starts This Afternoon, Can They Keep Climbing? NBA Draft Talk

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:01):
This is the Matt Thomas Show with.

Speaker 2 (00:04):
Ross oh one in h Town. Good morning, and welcome
to a Thursday edition of The Matt Thomas Show with Ross.
This is Sports Talk seven ninety Rossie, I gotta min
something to you. I've got a client meeting to go

(00:26):
to right after the show today, and I was gonna
listen to you host the on deck, but I might
have to listen to Melton John instead.

Speaker 1 (00:32):
That's fine. I wasn't expecting much support from you.

Speaker 2 (00:35):
You know what, I just tease, I will listen to
every minute of you running through the glorious recap of
another Astro shutout.

Speaker 3 (00:46):
Yes, Phillies had not been shut out in six weeks,
and the Astros did it in back to back games.

Speaker 2 (00:54):
And let's face it, the reason why was because of
the amazing life. But the Astros were able to put
out the last handful of you know, the last handful of.

Speaker 1 (01:03):
Days, a lineup of pictures.

Speaker 3 (01:06):
Yes, lefties, yeah, all of the lefty party, babe.

Speaker 2 (01:10):
You think somewhere Dusty Baker's like, are you serious? I
couldn't get a lefty the whole time I was here,
except for Brooks Raley. Oh mait you brought you dropped
the Brooks Raley on us. Yikes, but it fits. Yeah,
I need a lefty. No, you'll get nothing. James Click,
you're out of here. I mean, I'm Clanton, You're out
of here. God, Rossie the leftyde love it one after

(01:34):
the other. Five of them total yesterday, and they shut
out the Phildolph Phillies, who are a really good hitting team. Yes, Stars,
Ross they do.

Speaker 1 (01:43):
Yeah, they're missing Bryce Harper, but they still got a
lot of great hitters.

Speaker 2 (01:47):
I am I I help me out with this. I
feel like I'm like on a dream date, like like
Startle Johansen is like saying, yeah, man, let's go here,
let's go here, let's go to a Hawaiian island, let's
go to Vegas, Let's go there. I mean, we're not
gonna wake up from this time soon, are we.

Speaker 1 (02:08):
I think it's only gonna get better.

Speaker 2 (02:11):
Oh, with the guys coming back, is what you're saying.

Speaker 1 (02:13):
Mm hmm. Yeah, that means you're going back back to
the crib with with Scarlett Johansson.

Speaker 2 (02:20):
Okay, okay, no, make those noises certainly that had kept
across on air, did it? Certainly not while you're at home. Gosh,
we need you focus forty seven and thirty three. It's
not just yeah, they're the best team in the bad division, right,

(02:41):
one of the better one of the better records in baseball.

Speaker 1 (02:44):
Yeah, third best record in baseball.

Speaker 2 (02:45):
And the second best record in American League, which means
that the Astros the playoffs want to start today sports RV.
They would have a buy in the first round.

Speaker 1 (02:53):
Let's keep that going.

Speaker 2 (02:54):
Yeah, we don't know.

Speaker 3 (02:55):
No, No, this is crazy wild card stuff that we got
last year.

Speaker 2 (02:59):
All right, may I do this. I'm gonna put the
car before the horse all the rest of the month
of May. All right, June and then a little bit
of July.

Speaker 1 (03:07):
Are you doing Are you doing playoff rotation again? I'm
in schedule watching, Okay.

Speaker 3 (03:13):
I was like, man, we gotta new schedule rot we
do playoff rotation every day starting in June.

Speaker 2 (03:17):
Let's do it. It beats the alternative. They're not doing it, Genver,
I can tell you that right now.

Speaker 1 (03:22):
No, they are not. They're not doing it in Sacramento.

Speaker 2 (03:24):
No, they're not doing it there. They're not doing it
in Washington. All right, so you've got one more at
the Phillies. You've got three with the Cubs. This weekend,
and then you have July, the week of end of
June and July three at Colorado, and then you're gonna
go from I mean feasting to no, I wouldn't say famine,

(03:45):
but the Dodgers obviously are a significant step up in
Class six game Roady to Denver and to Los Angeles.
Then you've got three with Cleveland, three with Texas before
the All Star break. I mean, it's not terrible sports,
arev It's just not.

Speaker 3 (04:02):
I mean we've been talking about it and it continues
to be true because they were playing good teams. Now
they have the easiest schedule strength remaining in terms of
opponent win percentage.

Speaker 2 (04:12):
Yeah, but isn't it? Would you argue with me if
I said that using that in baseball is the least
important of the mix. Like, for instance, if the Texans
had to play Cleveland one week, followed by Carolina one week,
followed by let's say Tennessee, you'd say, oh, those are
terrible teams. Those would be three gimme wins rockets. Let's

(04:33):
say they played Washington followed by Charlotte, followed by let's
see Dallas without Kyrie Irving and Anthony Davis Okay, those
are three wins. I want to be able to tell
you that the Astros could run off a slate of
games against Colorado and maybe Cleveland the mix. But again, baseball,
to me, is even the worst teams lose or win

(04:55):
what thirty eight percent of the time.

Speaker 1 (04:59):
Yeah, but any given Sunday can anything can happen in
a football game. Yeah, and you lose to the Titans
randomly and stuff like that.

Speaker 2 (05:07):
I don't know.

Speaker 3 (05:07):
I would say probably basketball is the safest, right, like
Wizards coming in town. You're like eighteen and a half
point favorites, generally not losing that game, even though a
team can get hot from three or you can bomb
from three in a bad way, bad bomby. I would
say the most sure thing is for sure.

Speaker 2 (05:25):
Yeah, it might be third, but I don't think it's
I don't know. Still funny, you gotta win the games
the Rockets open up. Remember who the Rockets played in
Game one last year?

Speaker 3 (05:34):
Yes, the Charlotte horn Charlotte Hornets. I was like, big deal,
Jalen Green signed an extension. Rockets are going to the
Western Finals.

Speaker 2 (05:45):
And we lost to those Hornets. Yeah, and then they
won the next eighty Yes, last three didn't even really count. Yeah.

Speaker 3 (05:54):
It was like they were coming out of a wedding
party to be introduced to everyone, and the bride fell
on her face, but she got back up and everything
was great.

Speaker 2 (06:02):
Are they happily married to this day?

Speaker 3 (06:04):
Well there was a little bit of a slight change.

Speaker 2 (06:08):
Did somebody gain wai or somebody was infinitel some thirty
seven year old guy from Phoenix showed up? Oh no, no, no,
all right, So your beloved Astros win again with this
combination of Colton Gordon Steven Okert.

Speaker 1 (06:24):
I was doubting that. I tried to you know, I
tried to rain you in again and you came a
little bit to my side, and you were right. You
gotta stop lett me rain you in. Matt, what were
you because we were talking about Zach Wi. I was
like Zach Whaler tomorrow.

Speaker 2 (06:37):
Oh yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah. So let me
ask you. You were right? I was wrong, and I
haven't looked what is he over under on today's game?
First game had one run, the second game had two runs.

Speaker 1 (06:49):
I see the line. I don't see the total A brow.
By the way, pitching today for the Stros six and
a half. That's low for baseball for folks.

Speaker 2 (06:56):
That don't know. Yeah, so let me go back to
this murderous row of lefties, Gordon okert SUSA King and.

Speaker 1 (07:03):
Hater Josh freaking Hater Astro's.

Speaker 2 (07:07):
MVP right now. Uh, he's pitched five of the last
seven days. Is that was that accurate? I saw? Yeah,
hasn't lost a game. Mike has twenty one saves and
as Ernie's one point seventy three. That's a good sample size.
M hm, plenty of sample size for close.

Speaker 3 (07:20):
Who told you preseason forty says for hater because this
offense wasn't gonna be that great and there'd be a
lot of close games.

Speaker 2 (07:26):
I believe it was Dan Matthews.

Speaker 1 (07:27):
No, I don't think so.

Speaker 2 (07:28):
Did you have Bennett Suss's Ernie at one point five seven?

Speaker 1 (07:31):
Actually that was no, I had it at one point
five to six.

Speaker 2 (07:35):
Do you think Stephen Okertz family's like son, you got
a two point five two era? Yeah, Dad I do?
Or yeah, Mom I do? Or yeah, girlfriend I do? Yeah.
But we know who you are. I mean, you're you
were just a mid He was good.

Speaker 1 (07:48):
Like two three years ago, right with. I can't remember who.

Speaker 2 (07:51):
Brian King, ern Ron average at two point nine seven
baller baller and that includes like two rofies.

Speaker 3 (07:59):
On the road trip, he was running into some trouble
and it was three hits allowed.

Speaker 2 (08:02):
But well, I mean he got out of it. I
mean it is what it is. Bases loaded, I mean
baseloaded won out and they didn't score. But imagine Philadelphia fan.
Do you think Philly fans calling wyp and Philadelphia losing
their mind? Mmm?

Speaker 1 (08:15):
No, They're still basking in the glow of a Eagles
super Bowl bill Birds.

Speaker 2 (08:19):
I feel like that's a huge football town. I think
it's a huge sports town in general. Yeah, very angry
sports town. Oh god, angry and unattractive and high cholesterol
and just crumpy.

Speaker 1 (08:30):
I think our show would be canceled in like three weeks.

Speaker 2 (08:32):
There. You guys are soft. You guys are trying to
be you having a light hot and a you went.

Speaker 1 (08:39):
I went to Boston and went New York.

Speaker 2 (08:41):
Yeah, what, I don't know. Philly accent sound like if
from Philadelphia, would you please call us and give us
your thickest Philadelphia accent? Oh?

Speaker 1 (08:49):
No, here, you open up a Pandora's box.

Speaker 2 (08:51):
There. I had a buddy mine, uh, who I met
through a former radio partner of mine. His name is Lenny.
He's calling Philadelphia Lenny, Philly Lenn and his Philadelphia accent.
And he was not attractive, not that I was sitting
there looking like, no, man, you're a handsome dude. But
I'm just saying, what's wrong with you?

Speaker 1 (09:06):
Can recognize man's handsome?

Speaker 2 (09:08):
I can't. But he wasn't. Sorry. I'm just is what
it is. I mean, the biggest complaint I have about
you is the fact that many people think you're attractive
because of your main and I know I know you too. Well,
that's your biggest complaint, well, at least publicly. Privately there's
other things. Man, You gotta distract him with something, No kidding, thankfully,

(09:36):
I don't use my hair to distract people. Seven one
three two one two five seven ninety seven one three
two one two five seven ninety If you want to
love on your local nine who have brought the Phillies
to town and they have not scored a run and
going back to last year, I think it's Robert Forman
brought this up. It's gotta be over twenty innings of
not scoring any runs against the Astros, Wow, including eighteen

(09:59):
in this series so far, So we got on deck
for you at noon. Brian McTaggert will be along the way.
He's got a good mane. Yeah, that's a you guys
gonna have a Maine off between you and Macaugard.

Speaker 1 (10:09):
Yeah, we're gonna talk about haircare routines for the entire interview.

Speaker 2 (10:12):
And I'll show myself out all right at ten twelve
on Sports Talk seven ninety. If you want to jump
into the conversation, you may do so at seven one
three two one two five seven ninety. That's seven one
three two one two five seven hunting now if you
don't want to call in and talk some astros Uh.
Ross was a uh gave us a complete breakdown pre
show on the NBA Draft from last night, and we'll

(10:34):
get to that along the way as well. We just
don't get it at eleven thirty. Astros on Deck at
noon so we was shorter edition of the Matt Thomas
Show with Ross. Come out and be a part of it.
Seven one three two one two five seven ninety. Jenny
Chain on The Matt Thomas Show with Ross. Matt Ross
with you here with your til noon. Rossell Hobby on
Deck show at twelve for a one to ten first

(10:54):
pitch inside dyik In Park. Ross I was at the
draft experience yesterday, which was interesting experience because the Rockets
did make the tenth pick in yesterday's draft, and one
of our listeners is very upset that that pick is
not going to Phoenix because he wanted the Rockets to
take the same guy out to Duke.

Speaker 1 (11:13):
Remember that call we had, Yes, I do remember.

Speaker 2 (11:16):
And I was just kind of sitting there waiting to
do my thing for the draft last night and just
kind of my own my business. And guy comes up
to me and says, hey man, you're so little key
and I said, yeah, I'm just chelling. He goes, man,
I love your show, Thank you very much. And Son
comes over and says hello and says, hey Son, this
is Matt Thomas. He does a radio show with Ross
and he's also the voice you hear inside Toyta Center

(11:37):
during the Rockets games. And I said, I haven't done
that in four years, and he goes, oh, no, you
you did it during the playoff. You were awesome. No,
I did the radio broadcast and I can prove it
to you, and I can show you my Twitter account
that says I'm the radio announcer. So, hmm, the legacy

(12:02):
will grow on my friend, my friend Ross.

Speaker 1 (12:04):
Hey, at least he knew who you were.

Speaker 2 (12:06):
That's true. Dropped your name. That was nice.

Speaker 1 (12:08):
Oh, that is nice. I'm shocked that anymore.

Speaker 2 (12:12):
I betch, Jonathan, if you were a sperning length of
the time, you might get your name dropped.

Speaker 1 (12:15):
Yeah.

Speaker 2 (12:16):
Point, I mean I wouldn't. I wouldn't expect it. But just.

Speaker 1 (12:21):
Yesterday my brother was saying, how much you enjoyed you
on the show, Jonathan.

Speaker 2 (12:25):
Actually, yeah, by the way we played uh, we played
Philadelphia Freedom. That was Elton John a and you would
have heard the song before.

Speaker 4 (12:32):
No, But on the way here, I I like let
Elton John too, So I was like, I heard this
one and I watched the file picket. This is a
that's probably I'll get a tough five Elton John song.

Speaker 2 (12:40):
Hmmm. I agree with you on that. Fillof for Freedom
is a tough you drafted it.

Speaker 1 (12:44):
We did a fantasy five once of Elton John's songs,
Jonathan and I won.

Speaker 3 (12:48):
Yeah, I'm on, Matt, I even can you feel the
love tonight?

Speaker 2 (12:55):
You know, the programmer of Sonny and Mark Sherman Roe
srect through FM was was the first judge, and he
chose me, Yeah, because he felt sorry for you. That's
not true. He told me publicly privately, you're a liar.
Yeah yeah. Part of the charm of putting these songs
on is for Jonathan to open up his repertoire for.

Speaker 1 (13:17):
I really appreciate it. Yeah yeah, And now you have
to start listening to some of his music. Whatever Jonathan likes.
I think of Damns.

Speaker 4 (13:24):
What is your number one jam right now, right now? Yeah,
we're gonna spot It's also it's like Playboy Cardi no no, no, no, no, no,
no no no.

Speaker 2 (13:34):
I'm not let me tell you something. I'm not listening
to Lizzo. I can tell that for damn sure Lizzo.

Speaker 4 (13:38):
Yeah, honestly, Matt, I think we have catch she's doing.

Speaker 2 (13:43):
I've never listened to Lizo. Not happening. She plays the flute. Well,
excuse me, she plays the flute. I did not know that.

Speaker 1 (13:51):
That's all I know.

Speaker 2 (13:52):
She's h alum, don't care. Oh dang dank coogar mad
I'm sorry. I mean, I can't love all the Cougars.
I gonna love most of you, but I can't love
every single one of you. M all right back to it.
Yeah me loosen to Alton John. I've lost two Fantasy

(14:13):
fives that I thought I was robbed. One was the Beatles.
One that was obnoxiously bad. When Octopus's Garden got a vote,
I mean.

Speaker 3 (14:20):
All pusses gold and I voted for you in that one,
Thank god you did, and you still lost, still lost.

Speaker 2 (14:28):
That was that was a That was my birthday thing too.
I think I not only did I lose the Fantasy five,
but I lost it on my birthday. Your list was like, man,
you had you like the Murderer's Row. Yeah, I every
one on my head on you got beat by the
twenty nineteen Washington Nationals in that one.

Speaker 1 (14:43):
And I don't know what happened.

Speaker 2 (14:44):
Oh I couldn't win a home game. Could I know?

Speaker 1 (14:47):
It was bad?

Speaker 2 (14:48):
Yeah, that's true.

Speaker 1 (14:49):
You got robbed, that was for.

Speaker 2 (14:50):
Sure, Thank you very much. Seven one three two five
seven ninety seven one three two one two five seven
ninety Do you know? You know? Because I told you
I'm obsessed about watching State. Not only are the Astros
in the second spot in the American League and with
a one game lead over the Yankees, because the Yankees
did win yesterday, do you know the Astros are two

(15:11):
and a half out of having the top record in
the American League.

Speaker 1 (15:16):
Yes, I did, but that's only because I looked at
the standings before the show today. I didn't.

Speaker 3 (15:20):
I mean, Tigers have been losing some games. Who told
you the Tigers have come back to earth a little bit?

Speaker 5 (15:26):
Yes?

Speaker 2 (15:27):
You also said, and I hate to give you credit
for anything, you also said there were gonna be some
regression in the Astros lineup. And now, granted everybody's regressing
his lineup, that's true. I mean it had been. I
mean you scored three runs in two games. I mean
they're going there have been a lot of a slugging.

Speaker 3 (15:43):
Put it that way, Yes, and that's okay because the
pitching has been great. That's the formula you can win. Now,
this is not necessary. I mean it is a potential
World Series previous, I mean it is, But this why
you need to score more than two runs every game.

Speaker 1 (15:58):
Of course you're not gonna shut people out every every game,
but this was going to be the Astros formula is
going to be the great pitching and enough hitting.

Speaker 2 (16:08):
And can I ask for one small thing, yes, Christian Walker,
please start hitting.

Speaker 1 (16:15):
How long have we been saying this. He's at two
fourteen man since the early May, oh early May.

Speaker 2 (16:21):
I think we're probably starting well, you know, we probably
went to the probably gave early week.

Speaker 3 (16:26):
Yeah, give him some time. That's right, we're hitting. We're
getting close to the midway point of the season.

Speaker 2 (16:35):
Batting average two fourteen on basis two eighty one, he's
slugging three point fifty nine. I mean, God, give.

Speaker 1 (16:46):
Him the All Star break. I'm telling you, I'm feeling good.
He's gonna clear his head, whatever, any sort of aliment
he could possibly have, will be get all healed up,
and he's gonna have a big second half.

Speaker 2 (16:58):
All right, the Tuesday during All Star Week. Okay, I
want you to gut feeling just his second half numbers.

Speaker 1 (17:06):
Are you gonna be in town or I'm gonna be
onre We're both in town.

Speaker 3 (17:09):
Huh, we're both in town. I'll look at that. I
don't think it's happened in years for All Star Week.

Speaker 2 (17:13):
I know next, by the way, I booked the trip
to Hawaiian next All Stars, So just give me the
heads up on that.

Speaker 1 (17:17):
Twenty twenty six.

Speaker 2 (17:18):
Yeah, that's fine, But I mean I'm giving you like
thirteen month advanced owns.

Speaker 1 (17:22):
I appreciate that.

Speaker 2 (17:23):
I'm just trying to be thoughtful.

Speaker 1 (17:26):
That's great.

Speaker 2 (17:27):
And actually, you know, I was gonna take some time
off next week.

Speaker 1 (17:30):
You're doing shows from out there, You'll be on.

Speaker 2 (17:32):
You'll be on. Uh, there's a zero chance of that,
but I was. I was gonna take next week off
to work my daughter. My daughter's playing in a national
volleyball event. It's a big one every year, and I figured,
how can I miss some of the volleyball? Not hers,
but like other friends like, hey, come watch our daughter play.
Oh see, I thought you were being true to the

(17:54):
show Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday from Dallas.

Speaker 3 (17:56):
This guy, that's only because you don't want to go
and watch some other girls that you don't care about
playing volleyball.

Speaker 2 (18:01):
That might be part of it ross, But I'm true
to the radio pro.

Speaker 3 (18:05):
This whole time. I was like, Wow, Matt's been showing
some dedication. He's stepping up to the play. I really
appreciate this.

Speaker 2 (18:10):
You continue, you should continue to believe. No, I'm just
saying you're fraud. I should have known. Sometimes are ulterior
motives to things. Back to Campsman, back to a Christian Walker,
I mean ROSSI I can add the ops and slugging together.
I mean, I can add on baseball slugging. If I
can do that, that's a problem.

Speaker 3 (18:31):
Six forty I'm gonna tell you what's a problem and
where the abrasive stuff is starting to come shine through.

Speaker 2 (18:39):
Uh.

Speaker 3 (18:39):
I know you're not a wins above replacement guy, Matt,
but he's at negative point nine.

Speaker 2 (18:43):
That is first before we can Yeah, I'll buy into it.
Whatever you're in. Tell me out.

Speaker 3 (18:46):
Those players in baseball are going to be like seven
eight nine wins above replacement into the season above a
replacement player basically somebody from Triple A who comes up,
basically a Cooper Hummel who's actually been pretty good.

Speaker 1 (18:57):
He's negative. You want to put good.

Speaker 3 (18:59):
A good player, like, for example, right now, Jeremy Pene
is around four or five wins above replacement positive, he's
at negative point nine, as in, he's been worse than
a Quadruple A quality player.

Speaker 2 (19:14):
So basically you're saying he's worse than John Singleton would
have been. Oh he had a home run last night
for the Space Cowboys. How about that?

Speaker 1 (19:21):
Oh boy, Well, we know he's gonna mass in Triple A.
He always does this.

Speaker 2 (19:27):
If there was a Triple A Hall of Fame, John
Singleton's in the group, right, He's close. No, I don't
think it's close. I think he's got a better case
than Peter Leone, does he.

Speaker 1 (19:36):
I think Tyler White's got a great case.

Speaker 2 (19:39):
Every feel like he's hitting three seventy six in Sugarland.
Call him up, the great White. Who else would be
in the Triple A astros.

Speaker 3 (19:50):
David Hensley, I'm trying to think, Oh, Shae Wickham for sure,
sh Wick Oh yeah, but usually on the.

Speaker 2 (19:57):
Road, says Arsalazz, Yeah, he's a baller.

Speaker 3 (20:02):
Can we go to the sugar Land Space Cowboys franchise
in Index?

Speaker 2 (20:09):
Well? You know that Robert Ford, our buddy? Is it
got uh inducted into the Frontier League Hall of Fame?

Speaker 1 (20:17):
Is that independent?

Speaker 6 (20:18):
Or is that?

Speaker 2 (20:19):
I don't know what that was. He was doing Katamazoo
Wings baseball, I think is what it was back when
he was a youngster. Okay, now he's a long established
Major league broadcaster. So if he can get in the
front there's got to be a Hall of fame a
Triple A, right, I don't hope so. But the Christ
Davis of of of John Singleton is yeah, yeah, John

(20:41):
Singleton over under and when he shows up in an
Astro uniform this year, if you want to be a date,
can you do it?

Speaker 1 (20:46):
You know they are Astros fans already calling from to
be called up on Twitter.

Speaker 2 (20:50):
They're they're they're a bical bunch, all right. That's where
it's come down to. The Astros are thirteen above five
hundred second best record and we can't get our first
basement of hit. We need him too. Imagine where this
scene would be if he did. Seven one three two
one two five seven ninety is how you reach a

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Matt Thomas Show with Ross. We take this program until
now ROSSI will have the On Deck Show Brian mctaggerba
be along the way at around twelve fifteen.

Speaker 7 (21:40):
Uh.

Speaker 2 (21:40):
If you'd let to be a part of the radio program,
let me give the numbers again seven one three, two
one two five seven nine zero seven one three two
one two five seven ninety We'll have I just don't
get it coming up at eleven thirty today, and mine
is going to be a mine. I just don't get it.
For maybe the fourth or fifth time, I've brought up
this category on the show, so it'll be a repeat

(22:02):
topic for me eleven thirty. That just happened to me
last night as I was leaving the Tote Center.

Speaker 4 (22:06):
Oh real quick, guys, Matt, I got your question from
my top song right now, and I knew. I don't
know if you guys know these guys, but from the seventies,
it's Seals and Cross Summer Breeze.

Speaker 1 (22:15):
That's my that's my top jam right now.

Speaker 2 (22:18):
You know what, if I could adopt you, I would
you like something.

Speaker 1 (22:22):
I'm telling you.

Speaker 2 (22:22):
See, I'm telling you Matt loves those seventies soft hits.

Speaker 1 (22:26):
It's a jam. I'm in the car every morning.

Speaker 2 (22:31):
Matter of fact. Come back in the next break of
good song.

Speaker 1 (22:33):
That's hilarious.

Speaker 2 (22:35):
I got you Summer Breeze.

Speaker 1 (22:36):
You've been hanging out with Matt too long. It's infecting
your brain.

Speaker 2 (22:39):
Jonathan, I never thought I could take somebody underneath my wings.
But I'm gonna take you underneath my wings. I'm gonna
I'm gonna send you to height you'd never been before.

Speaker 1 (22:46):
I'm telling you, this song is a I listened to
it every morning. That's interesting.

Speaker 2 (22:51):
You know what I am not. I'm gonna put a
moratorium on talking about your girl in a ranch dressing
for one month. Now know that I know this song
is one of your favorites.

Speaker 1 (22:58):
Good God, bless you, God bless me.

Speaker 2 (22:59):
That's what it That's what it took, all right. Uh
So last night Ross the draft took place, and I
think after Cooper Flagg, no one cared, right, I mean
basically we'd be really honest here.

Speaker 3 (23:11):
Uh yeah, and basically half the Wreckers roster who had
a losing record.

Speaker 2 (23:16):
How does Rutgers have two top five picks and they
sucked to No. In and Coward get drafted. By the way,
Colin Coward got drafted. Coward got drafted.

Speaker 1 (23:25):
Good for him?

Speaker 2 (23:27):
Yeah, what an odd NBA draft? I mean it was
just again, when you have college basketball just does not
resonate to the general public because there are so many
players that you can't build any sort of relationship with
it in terms of following because they're they're one and done,

(23:48):
and that's just that's just what the league is all about.
And and like I said, like Stefan Castle was a
Rookie of the Year in the NBA okay, and he
played really well for a San Antonio team that wasn't great,
but they were better than they were the previous year.
And obviously Windby helped out a lot of that way
as well, right, Stefan Castle. I had no idea who
Stefan Castle was three years ago. Now I know he

(24:10):
helped you kind of win a national championship, but I'm
not really paying a whole attention to yukon basketball. Did
you know that, Dylan, I mean Dylan Harper is Ron
harper Son. Did you know that?

Speaker 3 (24:20):
Yes, yes you did, Okay, but I mean I heard
it a few weeks ago or something. It was just
some kind of draft thing.

Speaker 2 (24:26):
VJ. Edgecumb went to Baylor, played against my Cougars twice,
got his asked me twice. Sorry to hear about that,
but it is what it is. Con Kinneppel, I knew
because our family watched his thirty Duke Games of year,
so you knew exactly who it was. And then this
other Rutgers kid, Ace Bailey, who apparently told ROSSI told
everybody I don't want to talk to you. Uh huh.

(24:47):
And one of the teams he didn't want to talk
to I mean, didn't want to visit, didn't want to
have a zoom, didn't want to have text chats. Yes,
what was it about was the Utah Jazz and they
drafted him.

Speaker 3 (24:57):
Did not want to end up in Salt Lake City.
They said, shitt you bump mass up. Get over here.

Speaker 2 (25:00):
There's a couple of other ones. One the ninth pick,
South Carolina's Colin Murray Boyles.

Speaker 1 (25:07):
Wait, why are you skipping Longhorn legend Trey Johnson.

Speaker 2 (25:10):
Why didn't you respond to me when I texted poor
Tray Johnson when he got picked by the Wizards.

Speaker 1 (25:14):
What'd you say? I said, Poor Tray Johnson didn't see.
I was busy.

Speaker 4 (25:18):
Did just see the guy? I don't know what team
you got? I think, said the Raptors, And he like said, uh,
death bomb.

Speaker 2 (25:24):
Okay, I was about I'm just about to mention his name,
and you were ruined. You got ahead of me.

Speaker 1 (25:30):
No, hold on, that's a Matt No, I just said
Colin Murray Boyle's name.

Speaker 2 (25:36):
I didn't mention the team. I mentioned the school.

Speaker 1 (25:39):
Let's see, where's poor Tray Johnson.

Speaker 2 (25:41):
Let's see group check. Oh see he was in a group.
I missed it and no response. No ha ha no,
I understand drop a haa on it right now. No,
it's not it's too way too late. So so here,
even though Jonathan my new Son got way ahead of me,
here is the ninth pick of South Carolina. First of all,
I found out that South Carolina Ross only won six

(26:02):
games last year. Is that bad? I don't think it's good,
especially when you probably fatten up it with a non
conference games. You know, you're like playing Central Missouri in
your first game or something Georgia State. So I don't know.
I want everyone to spend two minutes of their day
today going to YouTube and looking up what Colin Murray

(26:23):
Boyle's reaction was when he was picked by the Raptors
at nine. Because the prevailing thought is as soon as
he got drafted, he dropped an F bomb. Now, AI
can certainly affect things. We're not the greatest lip readers,

(26:45):
but I would have to say I think he did
drop an F bomb. As soon as he got drafted.

Speaker 1 (26:54):
So you have you think he was mad about the raptors.
I don't know.

Speaker 2 (26:58):
Did he say why would did you say?

Speaker 1 (27:01):
F have you seen the video?

Speaker 2 (27:02):
Us?

Speaker 1 (27:02):
Yes, I've seen the video.

Speaker 2 (27:03):
What do you think? I mean if you think if
you think it isn't then maybe.

Speaker 3 (27:07):
He thought he was gonna go before nine and he
thought he was. He was sad that he slipped that far.
He's like, he was just happy that he stopped slipping.

Speaker 2 (27:15):
Because here's the thing. If you go google search Cola
Marie Boyles, two things are going to happen. They're going
to he's gonna you're gonna see the viral reaction he got,
and then you're gonna look at his girlfriend for a
couple of minutes. Holy smokes.

Speaker 1 (27:31):
She seems nice. Oh she plays at South Carolina too. Yes,
she's a first rounder. In my book, she's a lottery pick.
She might be the Cooper Flag of this year's draft.
What kind of draft, Matt.

Speaker 2 (27:51):
Of talented players from South Carolina? Uh huh. So apparently
he had to clarify his reaction after Yeah, what did
he say?

Speaker 1 (27:59):
What his excuse?

Speaker 2 (28:01):
Let's see if I can find it. The number one
headline is clarifying it. Oh he said, just disbelieve. What
I said was not a bad thing by any means.
Thankful believe him Ross or not. Toronto was the first
team that I worked out for. What I said was
not a bad thing.

Speaker 1 (28:18):
Just very thankful.

Speaker 2 (28:20):
Mm hmm.

Speaker 1 (28:21):
Maybe he was a relief. You never drop an F
bomb when you relieve Matt.

Speaker 2 (28:31):
You know what I have see. But it wasn't in
a public setting when wearing a tuxedo. So he was
just upset about the tax bracket he's going to be

(28:52):
in now in Toronto, he's probably upset about. You know,
it is a pain in the acid travel there. You
have to go through customs every single time. When you're
you're an NBA player, the Raptors. You don't get any
special treatment.

Speaker 3 (29:01):
By the way, you can renew your passport online super easy.
Just did it last week.

Speaker 2 (29:05):
Oh thank you. I got mine runs out in September.

Speaker 1 (29:08):
Mine goes in October. So I just wanted to knock
that out.

Speaker 2 (29:10):
Okay, So here's what I want changed. How do we
pronounce the duke player that got picked by the Rockets
last night, Miluke malatch.

Speaker 1 (29:20):
It is common Malawak, Malowak, an think he.

Speaker 2 (29:26):
Was tearing up. He was very blessed. I believe he's
in the Sudan if I'm not mistaken. Worked his rear
end off to get to the NBA. Good for him.

Speaker 1 (29:34):
Yeah, the NBA Academy Africa Project.

Speaker 2 (29:37):
I mean, what a very nice story. So he gets
picked number ten mm hm and he gets to shake
the commissioner's hand like those players do.

Speaker 1 (29:45):
They get invited to the draft, and he has to
put a rocket cap on.

Speaker 2 (29:50):
This has to end.

Speaker 3 (29:52):
I thought somebody said they weren't gonna have to make
him put there. They weren't gonna make him put on
a rocket cap.

Speaker 2 (29:56):
It's not fair to the kid.

Speaker 1 (29:58):
I mean, it's not a big deal, though, I don't
think I think it.

Speaker 3 (30:02):
Oh you put a hat on, poor guy. Oh you're
gonna be a millionaire and you had to put a
hat on for five seconds.

Speaker 2 (30:08):
I don't see it that well, okay, I see it
as he is a phoenix sun mm oh, this poor baby,
he had to put on a hat. Everybody knows. I
don't know.

Speaker 1 (30:19):
It doesn't bother me. It just kind of start. Yeah,
I wish they wouldn't do it, But I mean, nobody's
dying over it.

Speaker 2 (30:26):
My resolution is this, And you tell me if this
sounds okay. If you know you're being traded in this draft,
literally this trade happened what three days ago. Have him
wear a lottery hat, an NBA draft hat, or an
NBA logo hat.

Speaker 1 (30:41):
Yeah, NBA logo hat makes the most sense. I was
thinking the same thing.

Speaker 2 (30:45):
That's That's all I'm saying, Ross, is that don't deprive
him of the opportunity to put a hat on and tickets.
Those pictures will be taking for the rest of his life.
I mean, I still see pictures all the time of
all those great NBA players putting their hats on when
they're on for the team for the very first time.

Speaker 1 (30:58):
I'll tell you one reason they wouldn't do that just thought.

Speaker 2 (31:00):
Of it in case the trade doesn't go through.

Speaker 1 (31:03):
Well that's one.

Speaker 3 (31:04):
But also because these draft they make these drafts hats
specifically for the draft, and and people like to buy them.
And if you're a Rockets fan and you're happen to
be watching it and you're like, oh, you know what,
that hat looks good, I want to buy that hat.
It's kind of a showcase of the of the draft hats.

Speaker 2 (31:20):
Oh so basically then marketing because the Rockets don't have
a draft pick that's really theirs. You wouldn't be able
to see the rocketeh.

Speaker 1 (31:26):
You're not gonna sell any Rockets draft hats and nobody
else what they look like.

Speaker 2 (31:30):
I never thought of it that.

Speaker 8 (31:31):
Yeah.

Speaker 3 (31:31):
I don't know if that's part of it, because I
remember that there was like four or five years ago.
I was like, oh my god, those hats are amazing,
and I bought one.

Speaker 2 (31:39):
So maybe they get rid of the hat in general,
or kids? Watch are too many kids wearing the hats?

Speaker 6 (31:45):
Oh?

Speaker 2 (31:46):
I mean, have you seen some of these people who
buy like seven thousand hats two heads for like happy people?

Speaker 3 (31:51):
Exactly? Yeah, what do you call what do you call
hat sneaker heads? I don't even I don't even know
hat heads, but that makes sense. The hat goes on
your head.

Speaker 1 (31:58):
I don't know.

Speaker 2 (31:58):
We'll figure it out. We're gonna figure that out, all right.
We're gonna have a little summer breeze when come back.
And it makes me feel fine. Ten forty five on
The Mat Thomas Show with Ross. If you'd like to
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(32:19):
the evening on the Ring. Ross thinks I'm gonna do
a karaoke. We should do a do it to this song?

Speaker 1 (32:27):
Try thought? Am I gonna be Seals or Croft?

Speaker 6 (32:30):
Croft?

Speaker 1 (32:31):
Okay? Does Croft sing?

Speaker 2 (32:34):
I don't even know if you one of them are alive?
To the jazz? Come all right? Okay, as you hear
this song, would you like to play? Guess who is
a cleanup hitter today for the Astros?

Speaker 3 (32:48):
Okay, one of Seals and Croft is alive. Guess which Croft? Crofts?

Speaker 2 (32:54):
Crofts? Excuse me Crofts?

Speaker 1 (32:56):
Uh, yes, that is correct.

Speaker 2 (32:58):
How old is he?

Speaker 3 (32:59):
James Seals died in twenty twenty two RP. And Crofts
is eighty six eighty six?

Speaker 2 (33:12):
Thank he's doing the casino circuit?

Speaker 1 (33:14):
Can you do I think he's in a wheelchair.

Speaker 2 (33:18):
You don't know that. Maybe he's maybe he's walking to I.

Speaker 3 (33:20):
Can't even find a Wikipedia page just for him. It's
only Seals and Cross.

Speaker 2 (33:26):
Well, I mean, does John Oates have a Wikipedia page?
Because I know you know, Daryl Hall certainly does. I
don't know our Garfuncle's probably got one. Even though Paul
Simon became the star of that group.

Speaker 1 (33:39):
How is there no page for Darryl Kross?

Speaker 2 (33:43):
You don't know? You don't know. I'm serious. I'm putting
it in and it's only sealed and Cross. He's the
one that lives seals and he can't get his own
Wikipedia page.

Speaker 3 (33:53):
Something's wrong. Their Wikipedia page is only like two paragraphs
as well?

Speaker 1 (33:58):
Why are you on Wikipedia?

Speaker 2 (33:59):
What do you mean?

Speaker 1 (34:00):
That's my jam? This is how I write believe it
or not? Every day?

Speaker 2 (34:03):
Yeah, what do you mean? Wikipedia is your best friend?
Imagine when Wikipedia we were in high school, how easy
our term paper would be. You guys will get the
fact check it. Yeah, maybe it's a horrible it's mostly
it's mostly good. I checked stuff when it sounds crazy.
Who has better accuracy homeput umpires in Major League Baseball
or Wikipedia?

Speaker 1 (34:22):
Wikipedia?

Speaker 3 (34:25):
Now that's after something happens, like somebody will be like,
oh the Astros, it's they lost them as the owner
of the Yankees. But generally the people that the Wikipedia
nerds don't let that go. They they ban and block
people and they take it very seriously.

Speaker 2 (34:38):
Yeah, and they always asking me for money and I
have never given Wikipedia dime yet.

Speaker 1 (34:42):
Oh I've given them money absolutely for you?

Speaker 2 (34:45):
Why not Matt because I always think of other people
that probably deserve my charitable doormay.

Speaker 1 (34:50):
I use them every day.

Speaker 2 (34:52):
Yeah, it's almost like a service, I exactly, I use
them every day, so I try to support. All Right, Rossie,
let's get to it. Name today's cleanup hitter for the
local nine.

Speaker 1 (35:05):
Oh, I already saw the lineup.

Speaker 2 (35:08):
Sneaky snake, Jake is once again batting clean up for
the Astro.

Speaker 1 (35:12):
What's the problem.

Speaker 2 (35:15):
There's no problem because the Astros are forty seven and
thirty three, so I don't see any problems. I just
see it's another one of those Are you if again,
if I would have told you Jake Myers was going
to be in the series against this week, batting twice
in five days, batting cleanup, and I told you that
in February, you'd been like, Okay, literally half the team

(35:38):
is on the injured list or quit or got.

Speaker 1 (35:40):
Traded, right, or they all got a stomach flu.

Speaker 2 (35:44):
Yeah, little food poisoning ravage the Astros clubhouse.

Speaker 1 (35:51):
Yeah, that would probably be my thinking.

Speaker 2 (35:54):
So if you're Joe a Spot and you're putting Christian Walker,
who's batting six today, or if you're Dana Brown, this
means I guess this is better for Damer. You go
up to Christian Walker's I mean, do you see how
much I'm paying you and you can't bat higher in there?
I need my manager trust Jake Myers to get one
more ab in the game than you. That's wouldn't that

(36:18):
be the momentum, the the uh, the motivator, the motivator
to go. Yeah, I gotta I gotta start hitting here.
I mean, I'm sure Christian Walker Jake Myers a bros.
But I mean Jake Myers having a really good season
career offensively. Yeah, seven sixty six, ohps, gets your ass
in the sixth spot, Yaner, Christian Walker and Christian Walker too.

(36:41):
Dinner's better seventh?

Speaker 1 (36:43):
Yeah, I'm sorry, Ierson's seventh.

Speaker 2 (36:45):
And by the way, when did the left field spot
become djore? Cooper Hummels had left, Taylor Tremielle was there
last night, and again a lot of the aching five
I love.

Speaker 1 (36:58):
I like it a lot because he's not good in
the felt.

Speaker 2 (37:02):
And you know, you know, I'm sure there's communication between
Jose Like, man, I know I've lost a step. I'll
do whatever you want, but I know I'm probably better
serve as a dh. Now when Jordon gets back, that's
gonna be how much who's gonna be daging? Primarily when
when ordone gets back, whenever he dies come back? All right, Ross,

(37:23):
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Eleven oh two on Sports Talk seven out of eighty
is hour number two of the radio program. This is
the final hour of the show, so if you would
like to come in, let your voice be heard at
seven one three, two, one two five seven out of
you ten o'clockers. Eleven o'clock is a little slow to
wake up, but come on in. We are here. Where
are friendly? We are ready to talk with you about
all things Astros baseball. Russell of the on deck at

(41:34):
twelve first pitch with Hunter Brown. The COEs is he
co as are the ace? I say Co's at this
point because Frober has.

Speaker 3 (41:45):
Had two months of excellent base it's been Yeah, it's
been a neck and neck race right now. Good problem
to have, Yeah, I would say, okay, man, let's do it.
Playoff series starts today, all right.

Speaker 2 (41:59):
I got an answer by the way, one two three
than the answer okay, okay, one two three Fromber. I
didn't hear you seriously again, here we go, here we go,
stay by one two three from well, you just changed

(42:20):
your mind five seconds ago. I know it's a good
problem to have, it really really, you know, honestly, My
guess is it could come down to who's needed in
the last week of the season. Mm hmm. If you
don't need those last games and you can set your
rotation the way that you want to, if you need
one of those two guys to help you win, like

(42:41):
the last week of the season, the Astros go to
Sacramento and to Anaheim. If you need them at any
point in those series, especially in the last four or
five days, then maybe that would affect well, no, actually no,
because if let's say the Astros of the two seed,
then you'd have to you would skip the wild card.
But just acting today, you say, how or over Fromber again,

(43:01):
I can't argue with you. I either one of them
be fine to me.

Speaker 1 (43:04):
I'm with you.

Speaker 2 (43:07):
The only reason why I probably would lean Fromber is
because he is the more veteran of the two. Kind
of a hat tip kind of situation.

Speaker 3 (43:14):
I get that also. I mean I think it would
you know, depending on uh uh, the the matchup and
who would be. If it's a more leftiest, possibly lefty
stacked lineup, then you probably want Frober to get more
turns through the rotation. I'm trying to think Yankees a
couple lefties, but not a ton.

Speaker 2 (43:37):
I think do the Do the Tigers have a bunch
of lefties up in their lineup? I think so. I
think they do so okay. By the way, speaking of
former aces for the Astros, I don't know if you've
paid any attention to this or not, because I didn't
really do any of it until I happen to see

(43:58):
something on the for you Tivy, the for you tabh
for you tab and I are getting along. Okay, it's
tailored to you, Matt, that's fine, but it does help
in some respects. If there's gonna be some things, I'm
not gonna pay attention to that. I happen to see
this and goal. Do you know who's oh and five
with with his new team? Oh and five with his

(44:19):
new team? No, I don't, justin James Verlander.

Speaker 1 (44:25):
Hmm, well, okay, he's back from his injury.

Speaker 2 (44:29):
He has made twelve starts. His ERA is four point
five two. I think he pitched yesterday. I'm gonna go
back and look in just a second, but he has
been a Giant for what three months?

Speaker 1 (44:43):
Yeah? I have his stats of what are you looking for?
Just how he's always last? Did he pitch yesterday? Twelve starts?

Speaker 11 (44:49):
Oh?

Speaker 1 (44:49):
Okay, I can pull up the game log. He's got
a four to fifty two ERA in twelve starts, and
he has a negative war by the way, he pitched
yes Jurday, No, two days ago?

Speaker 2 (45:01):
Five? Anyone that series too? I think five?

Speaker 1 (45:03):
Ay, three earned runs.

Speaker 2 (45:06):
Not quality nopet as the five I manor League Baseball.
So he signs that contract, he's trying to figure out
his future. He signs with the Giants and he's not
won a game yet. Now, granted, some of that could
be I'm gonna presume that some of that is bad luck. Yeah,
he said it looks like he said, like four quality

(45:27):
starts and one any of those. But can you imagine
here is a guy that is I mean, he's first
bout Hall of Fame, right of course? Okay, and you
know how there are sometimes that players stick around too long,
and there's been plenty of examples of him. Are we
gonna look at the last couple of years of Justin
Verlander and go, did you are you just here for

(45:50):
the paycheck? And the answer would be yes.

Speaker 1 (45:53):
I think he's I think he in his mind thought
he was going to get three three hundred wins.

Speaker 2 (45:59):
He ain't get two seventy five. Brohm. Now to sixty two,
he's sitting on Guess where he was sitting on March
the fifth to sixty two. Guess where he's sitting on
June twenty sixth to sixty two. I mean, my goodness,

(46:19):
that's tough. All right, One more thing before I go
to the phones. So our friend of the show, channeler Rome,
I mean, he's he's our he what is he is
he our cranky second cousin. Hmm, I'm gonna go first cousin. Yeah,
I I And I don't mean to adore men, but

(46:40):
I adore channel a room because he's there's just he's
just no, there's no one like him.

Speaker 1 (46:44):
He's very unique. He's great, and I like to be
really good at his job.

Speaker 2 (46:49):
Really good at his job. Really there's no sugarcoating. There's
hard work. It's putting phone calls, it and it's making connections.
And he's unique, and I like to be around unique people.
I don't work with enough unque people in my life,
but Chandler is certainly one of them. So if you,
I would invite you to, first of all, subscribe to
the Athletic. It's not the daily Astros won this, this

(47:10):
happened this, It's kind of it's behind the scenes, not
necessarily analytical, but it gives you. It doesn't give you
the rip and read headline. It gives you some thought
of what's happening behind the scenes on Vara and of
all the sports they do a really nice job.

Speaker 1 (47:23):
You're a better, more well informed sports fan if you
read The Athletic.

Speaker 2 (47:26):
I feel like that's exactly right. So he's talking about
and I've not read it all the way through, but
I've read a little couple of the paragraphs this morning
about how Jeremy Pagna and Carlos Korea have this offseason
worked out a lot together, and basically, Carlos Korea is like, man,
you're going to go to the All Star Game. You're
going to be become one of the premier shortstops of
this game. And it made me think how much did

(47:52):
Cardlos Korea whisper into the ear of Jeremy Pagnia. If
you have a good season, you need to make a
change in your agency because this offer. I'm sure that
Jeremy told Korea how much he was getting offered by
the Astros and Carl's Korea, I mean, say what you
will ended up with good, really really good money, but

(48:16):
didn't didn't they didn't cash in. He was going to
the highest bidder was the Giants and the Mets at
one point before he couldn't pass physicals. Is that right?
Well of the two teams?

Speaker 3 (48:27):
I thought, yes, I don't know how much money he's
missed out though, I mean, he'd been making over thirty
million a year.

Speaker 1 (48:34):
He's probably looking for like three hundred million and ten years.
Ye right, yeah, but he's I mean he's been gone
since twenty two and he's made over thirty million every
year and Korea is he signed a four or five
year deal this this offseason, right.

Speaker 2 (48:48):
So yeah, he actually has. Yeah, so he's it's just
not he's not any in the one big deal he's
getting in his little.

Speaker 1 (48:54):
Yes, he's getting more than whatever the astro what was
it they they said it?

Speaker 2 (48:59):
What was it?

Speaker 1 (48:59):
Like a six one fifty?

Speaker 2 (49:01):
I think yeah. But my deduction is is that I
bet you brow to bro, player to player, competitor competitor,
friend a friend, he's probably going go kick ass and
go get an agent who's really gonna get you the
big money. And that's why it it's not ironic that
in the middle of an All Star season, his best

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offensive year, that the word comes out that Jeremy Paine
has got a new representation. It kind of all the
ross the puzzle piece, they're kind of.

Speaker 1 (49:32):
Being put together here, and I mean, yeah, that's that's
what Jeremy Peney should do.

Speaker 2 (49:41):
Yeah, And meanwhile he's probably going to his old agency. Man,
I was worth worth more than five to one oh five.
But at that point in his career, he wasn't.

Speaker 3 (49:52):
Yeah, it's it's he's having this huge career renaissance right
now and we'll see where he goes.

Speaker 2 (49:58):
And honestly, I defend the astros anundefended major League Baseball
on this as I talked about with you yesterday, Ross,
If you overpay him, people are gonna be like, what
the hell are you doing? And then as soon as
the guy steps up a little bit in his game.
And Jemmy's been a good astro, but this season season,
he's been a great astro.

Speaker 1 (50:16):
Right, He's one of the best players in baseball, right.

Speaker 2 (50:18):
One of the best in baseball, should no doubt about
be on the All Star team. Now, that makes a difference.
But he's got a chance to do a variety of
postseasons of perlatives. You take a half year of this
and he gets to take that half season and turn
it into a financial windfall for him for the foreseeable
future after having a couple of good but far from

(50:39):
great seasons.

Speaker 3 (50:45):
It's kind of it's very unique. It's very interesting that
the career arc of Jeremy Pagnat years ago, it does.

Speaker 2 (50:53):
Benefit the player.

Speaker 3 (50:55):
Yeah, absolutely, yeah, you get I mean he's been he's
been gold glove and quality and a really good shortstop
this whole time, right, But when he was World Series
in ALCSMVP, we thought he was just gonna he was
just on a freight train to superstardom.

Speaker 1 (51:12):
And it took a couple of years.

Speaker 2 (51:14):
And then the offensive aggression and then a resurgence, and
now one's worried about keeping him a couple of years
from now. We weren't even thinking about that before the
season started. Yeah, Korea was different. I mean, he was
a number one overall pick phenom. He was an All
Star by the age of twenty two. Paint is twenty seven.

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He's definitely older because he didn't start as a major
leaguera till he was twenty four.

Speaker 1 (51:44):
So there is a he'll be twenty eight in September.

Speaker 2 (51:48):
Yeah, there is a There is a little bit of
a balance of what benefit does the current financial situation
benefit the team? Clearly, again, you gotta be with the
team for six years unless you get traded, which is crazy.
The players for the player feel like, you know what,
this is not fair to us, and and I do
agree with him, I mean six years a long time,
But then you have a guy that has had two

(52:09):
good seasons but one great half, and all of a sudden,
you got a fan base, and you've got a new agent,
and you've got this dollar amount that is astronomically projected
to be astronomically high. What if that comes into player
or not? Who knows, But it is interesting to me
that maybe Carlos Korea was able to whisper in the
year of Jeremy Pina. If you're good, go get an

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agent who's even better than you. And Scott Borrows is
that guy? Eleven thirteen on The Mount Thomas Show with Ross,
If you'd like to join us seven one three two
one two five seven ninety seven one three two one
two five seven ninety coming up at the bottom of
the hour. I just don't get it. What don't you get?
I mean anything in your life, whether it be sports,

(52:52):
whether it be your relationship, whether it be your best
friends at work, whether it be your bros down the street.
You just don't get it. What do you want to know?
Seven to one to three two one two five Matt
Ross with you on Sports Talk seven ninety Our Time
He is eleven nineteen seven one three two one two
five is seven nine. If you want to jump into

(53:12):
the conversation seven one three two one two five seven ninety.
Gary is the new cany at eleven nineteen. Gary, what
do you have today? Hey, Matt, this is Gary.

Speaker 5 (53:22):
I called you Friday on the I'm sorry and I
talked about your wife meeting her at the country club.
And I have felt so bad all weekend and all
week that I want to call and apologize to you.

Speaker 2 (53:36):
Well, that was nice. That was out of line.

Speaker 5 (53:39):
Out of line, so I listened to you every day.

Speaker 2 (53:41):
So well, thank you very much. I don't want you
front over anything. We're family on this show, except.

Speaker 1 (53:46):
Well, I appreciate it, sir.

Speaker 5 (53:48):
All right, thanks Matt.

Speaker 2 (53:49):
How about that?

Speaker 1 (53:50):
Huh wow?

Speaker 2 (53:52):
Yeah?

Speaker 1 (53:53):
Thanks Gary.

Speaker 2 (53:56):
Yeah, I mean he may have met it, want my
wife at the country club. I don't think he did,
but he came to apologize anyway. Good for him.

Speaker 1 (54:03):
That was awesome.

Speaker 2 (54:06):
You're right back there now. By the way, the Astros
have a TBA as they're started for Saturday's game against
the Cubs. Joe A. Spott is telling the local media
down the ballpark that it could be Lance mccutter's. It depends,
okay tomorrow.

Speaker 1 (54:24):
So that's good. He's been throwing off a mound right,
doesn't want to rehab starts.

Speaker 2 (54:30):
You'll have some more news with that with Brian Mttacker
when he joins you in about an hour from perhaps.

Speaker 1 (54:35):
Yeah, stay tuned for the Astros on Deck show.

Speaker 2 (54:39):
We want you to stay with us all day long. Now,
if you want to turn it off after the game
is over, that's fine, but at least until the Astros
game is done.

Speaker 1 (54:46):
No, you should listen.

Speaker 3 (54:47):
It'll be the A Team and then it'll be a
Crawford box Cast special Edition.

Speaker 1 (54:53):
With Dan Matthews and Kevin Eshenfelder.

Speaker 2 (54:56):
No, wait a minute, the Crawford box Cast is usually
with you and Gordy. What's yes? Uh? Oh, I was tabbed.
I got called up to the big leagues today, Matt Yeah,
I know you're gonna be doing something with Sonny Sunny
ninety nine point one. Yes.

Speaker 1 (55:08):
The first seven people they have to do it couldn't
do it.

Speaker 3 (55:10):
So I'm man, I'm ready, Baby, We're gonna rock the
dock at the Chema Boardwalk.

Speaker 2 (55:15):
Now, are you introducing somebody or what's.

Speaker 3 (55:17):
H There's a nineties band it's called Joylux will also
be giving away some scratch off tickets through via the
Texas Lottery. It's it's presented by the Texas Lottery. There's
gonna be a nineties band, there's gonna be I mean
it's rock. The dock on the Chema Boardwalk should be fun,
good time out there. I'll be there starting at six
o'clock at the Chema Boardwalk. How long you're playing in
staying for as long as they're paying me?

Speaker 1 (55:36):
Two hours?

Speaker 2 (55:38):
So at eight oh one you're out of the Chema Boardwalk. Okay?

Speaker 1 (55:42):
Yeah?

Speaker 2 (55:42):
Should I get a room down there and just get hammered?
I mean it's a long drive I'm aware. I mean
it's really long in that area. I mean you get
Actually McTaggart lives like ten minutes May. Why don't you
ask you? Yeah? Place? Can I sleep on his couch?

Speaker 1 (55:58):
I won't throw up on it? Brian? Yeah, Oh, boardwalking
boardwalk ends one hundred and thirty at night. That ain't that.

Speaker 2 (56:07):
But is someone that.

Speaker 1 (56:09):
One hundred and seventy?

Speaker 2 (56:11):
I think I think Jonathan. I think Ross was thrown
up on couches before. He was just kind of a
little precursor on that. No, I haven't thrown up on
a couch in years. Six weeks.

Speaker 1 (56:22):
There you go, now years, it's been years.

Speaker 2 (56:27):
Last how about this? How about this one? Last time
you threw up? Period? I got a stomach bug about Yeah,
I did two months ago. Mine was not alcoholic.

Speaker 1 (56:41):
I want to say it was about eighteen months ago.
And it was it was both ends.

Speaker 2 (56:50):
Hmm.

Speaker 1 (56:51):
It wasn't pleasant.

Speaker 2 (56:52):
I got one for you.

Speaker 3 (56:53):
I'll tell you who it was too. It was uh,
do not folks at the end of the night by
the poke bowl from rage reread.

Speaker 2 (57:01):
You got you got a midnight and pokey.

Speaker 1 (57:04):
I'm sorry. It was a mistake.

Speaker 2 (57:08):
I was so sick. I was taking a shower because
I had thrown up. Somebody I threw I was.

Speaker 3 (57:12):
Trying to eat something healthy. I was trying not to eat.
I was not trying to get like a large pizza.
But yeah, the plate the place was closing in like
five minutes. It was a bad idea Rocks friend at midnight,
what are you doing?

Speaker 2 (57:23):
Come on? Yeah, stomachould be used.

Speaker 1 (57:25):
I just trying to keep it local, high protein poke bowl.

Speaker 2 (57:29):
It didn't work out well for you, no, you know
on both ends.

Speaker 1 (57:33):
Well, it did work out. I lost about six pounds.

Speaker 2 (57:35):
Okay, did someone hold your hair during the whole thing
or what?

Speaker 4 (57:40):
No, do you just let it like when you were like,
you know, do you just let it fall in your
face and you just went in distress?

Speaker 2 (57:49):
Yeah? I don't know.

Speaker 1 (57:50):
I normally keep I would say I keep my hair
up ninety percent of the time.

Speaker 2 (57:57):
The key to a great relationship and a little Matt
pro tip for you is when your girl is sick,
hold her hair.

Speaker 1 (58:06):
Yeah, I've been there.

Speaker 2 (58:09):
Tell me I'm wrong, Ladies and gentlemen. Alex On seven,
ninety eleven, twenty five, Alex, good morning.

Speaker 7 (58:16):
Man, boys, y'all are hitting some serious some serious points
for me. I came in with one thing and now
I've got like five things I want to talk about.
But I understand, dude, midnight food calls are really actually
a critical moment in your day. About ten years ago,
I was visiting some friends in Corpus and, uh, you know,
we were drinking.

Speaker 2 (58:36):
We had some beers.

Speaker 7 (58:37):
We stopped that as stripes and I got a barbicoe
a taco around minute.

Speaker 2 (58:41):
I tell you, tacos, but not one am talking some
other things has been sitting there since about six thirty,
you know that? Right?

Speaker 7 (58:51):
Oh on, man, let me live in my innocence. So yeah, no,
around one am they showed back up and it was
it was. It was pretty rough for a couple of hours.
But uh so, y'all know, I've gone through some insurance
problems and some car problems and everything. And about April
twenty fifth, I was riding my Harley on my lunch
break on a Friday to my mechanic to get something

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and the guy got pulled out in front of me.
I t boned him completely his fault, broke both legs.
Was in the hospital for a while, and my buddy's
staying with me to help me out because I can't
do everything quite quite great yet. And he got a
stomach bug, dude, while I'm in the middle of having
two broke legs and so like, he can't do anything.

Speaker 2 (59:32):
Man.

Speaker 7 (59:32):
It was the worst. For like two days, I'm going
back and forth to HGUV like hobbling in and out
trying to get pdalyte and all this.

Speaker 6 (59:41):
It was horrible.

Speaker 7 (59:42):
I don't wish that on anyone. But going back to
your justin Berlander conversation, y'all are honestly making me think
that y'all are gonna get y'all are gonna get Crane's
attention talking like this, because if Lance doesn't come back strong,
if Spencer has any issues, what's to stop Crane from going. Hey,
let's go ahead and try it one more time. Jim

(01:00:05):
Crane is in love with Justin Verlander.

Speaker 2 (01:00:07):
You know, yes, I know he is, but he also
let him go two different times. Don't worry about it.
Do not sweat this out.

Speaker 7 (01:00:14):
J Crane would Justin Verlander's white built if Justin.

Speaker 2 (01:00:18):
Oh, the white belt is a key, I give you that.
That's that's a good point on your part. No chance,
no way, how, Thanks Alex, We'll see it, Rossie, No chance,
no know how. It ain't not the way that your
your fill ins are pitching. I mean, Brandon Walter had
a good start. He is, Era is better than Justin Verlanders.
Probably the same or at least in the same area

(01:00:38):
for Ryan Guston whoever. They're trying to say, under the tacks,
and those guys are on league minimum, not fifteen not
a fifteen million dollar deal, which of course would be
pro rated at this point.

Speaker 1 (01:00:46):
But still.

Speaker 2 (01:00:48):
No that that time has passed, let me get to
uh John On seven eleven twenty seven, Hi John, Yeah, I.

Speaker 13 (01:00:56):
Had a question with on his free agency. You know
what that with the rocket saw talking all is going on?

Speaker 2 (01:01:01):
Uh?

Speaker 1 (01:01:01):
Okay?

Speaker 13 (01:01:02):
For instance, if you know, so many signs in New
York for one hundred million compared to signing and you
know in Texas for like eighty million, suppose they kind
of evens out because of the taxes. But what if
what if a player does sign here for eighty million
but gets traded, does that kind of like screw him
over later or do they keep the same agreement in
like the same taxes.

Speaker 2 (01:01:24):
No, if you if you work in a different state,
you have to adhere to their tax rules.

Speaker 13 (01:01:29):
Oh so that's a player will get screwed basically if
you gets traded.

Speaker 2 (01:01:32):
Yeah, that's a good point. Why generally players don't factor
that in. No, they don't, thank you, John ulthough I.

Speaker 3 (01:01:39):
Think Corbyn Burns did when he signed with the Arizona
instead of Toronto.

Speaker 2 (01:01:44):
Yeah, I don't know if players necessarily are wigging out
about it when they hear about it. Usually, if you're
getting traded, it's well, I shouldn't say that, because sometimes
you are going to a worse place. You know. That's
something I hadn't thought a whole lot about yet. But
you you make the money in which the state of
which you were, I mean you're gonna get taxed. Yeah.
Well yeah, even if you're like a road games, they
play the taxes.

Speaker 1 (01:02:05):
Yeah.

Speaker 3 (01:02:05):
I know you knew this, man, but uh, just telling
that the people the road games you make, Like for example,
when the Astros go and play in Sacramento, then there
it's in California. There the money they earn is California
under California tax law.

Speaker 2 (01:02:18):
But you get is gonna be under Arizona tax rules
now because even though he signed the contract in Texas,
he is an employee.

Speaker 1 (01:02:24):
It's where you play, right, Yeah, and that's for the
forty one home games.

Speaker 2 (01:02:28):
Right, let's real quick, get to Jason before we get
to I just don't get it, Hi, Jason, Hey guy,
if they look I got this.

Speaker 6 (01:02:36):
I'm making a lot of money, Benton. Look at this
with the bullpen, with the starters, with no yord on.
As long as we're not playing Sacramento or Tampa. Take
the under. I bet it's hitting. I don't know what
it is, but I'm making a lot of money. I
bet that's hit the seventy percent of the time on
Astro games.

Speaker 1 (01:02:51):
Gotta be probably recently.

Speaker 2 (01:02:53):
But Jason, I was in Vegas two weeks ago and
I took the over and I won. So I think
it just depends on the pitching matchup, does don't you think.

Speaker 6 (01:03:00):
When I look at Jordon, I look at the look
at the game the other day. I mean, what I'm
saying is as long as what which game was that
you were betting on? Was that the one in Sacramento?

Speaker 2 (01:03:08):
No, I was betting the game at home against? Who
were they playing? It was an Astros Friday game. Oh
now it's gonna bug me. I'm gonna look it up.
Pulled up, stay where you are? Oh, Minnesota? It was Minnesota.
Was they were up, The over under was eight and
a half and they had gotten to ten by the
third inning total.

Speaker 6 (01:03:28):
Which if that's very surprising with Minnesota because they've had
no offense off seats.

Speaker 2 (01:03:33):
By the way, today's stay away game for me, Stay away.

Speaker 6 (01:03:36):
Sorry about your Gerbil, No I already already under hamster.

Speaker 2 (01:03:40):
Thank you. It was a hamster, Thank you very much. Anyway.
By the way, I want to give a real quick
shout out now we're late, Rossie. So many nice people
have worried about our hamster.

Speaker 1 (01:03:48):
That's great.

Speaker 13 (01:03:49):
Even though.

Speaker 2 (01:03:52):
Anybody and he's still in the freezer. He's in a ziplockbag.
He's fine, oh man, and covered up, so we don't
even know what's going on in there. That's oh, come on,
Ted Walliams. Ted's frozen. Can't I keep my hand? Well,
nobody's eating ice out of Ted williams freezer. You don't
know that.

Speaker 1 (01:04:14):
In the same freezer as your fridge.

Speaker 2 (01:04:15):
And Ted Williams is a little more iconic than than cheeks.
We have two refrigerators in a freezer. He is in
a freezer. Freezer.

Speaker 1 (01:04:22):
All right, I'm not eating anything out of there. That's
bad juju.

Speaker 2 (01:04:28):
You got right.

Speaker 1 (01:04:29):
You got haunted ice cream bars.

Speaker 2 (01:04:33):
So you're saying you wouldn't eat my bluebell. No, that's
a stay away from me, a right, ways over Unders
to stay away from today's game. By the way, no
feel whatsoever on this. Really stay away, you know how
I am. I'm mister over Under. Stay away from this.

Speaker 1 (01:04:46):
One seven and a half.

Speaker 2 (01:04:49):
Stay away. Okay, we'll ross give it out. We'll see
what we'll say.

Speaker 12 (01:04:53):
You do.

Speaker 2 (01:04:53):
Let's go one and no today. What do you got ross?
What you got over Under? I don't know.

Speaker 1 (01:04:57):
Christopher Sanchez uh, hater's probably gonna be down, probably a break. Right,
it can be back. You just use a lot of
the bullpen.

Speaker 2 (01:05:08):
If I had a lean, I lean over, if I
had a lean. But I'm I'm toasting you to tell
you to stay away.

Speaker 1 (01:05:16):
Okay, stay away, slight lean.

Speaker 2 (01:05:20):
Over, but just stay away. What don't you get we're
asking you now? Seven one three two one two five
seven ninety Do you have something in your life that
you just don't get? No need to worry, no need
to We will just doess the something. Just see if

(01:05:42):
we comprehend the things.

Speaker 1 (01:05:44):
That they can use our friends, it's time to stay.

Speaker 2 (01:05:46):
I just don't get it. Here we go seven one
three five seven ninety seven one three two one two
five seven What don't you get? I got two things?
One Kenny and Katie backs this up. Ross. I don't
get how a guy who is running for the galleria

(01:06:08):
would jump from one level to the other thinking he's
gonna land on the ice of the gallery and be
just fine. I just don't get that. You know, somebody,
I'm editing your clip for this, you're talking about that.
I don't get how that he thinks that would end
well for him.

Speaker 3 (01:06:24):
I don't really get it either. But I mean, I guess,
first of all, probably very young and stupid m watching
too many movies. You just watch the Jason Bourne trilogy
or something.

Speaker 2 (01:06:36):
He's obviously seen too many mission impossibles because that guy's
jumping all from playing to playing without any issue. So
he's thinking, well, what's one one one floor to mall? Yeah,
I don't get that.

Speaker 6 (01:06:47):
Man.

Speaker 2 (01:06:48):
You gotta take the l you gotta put those sunglasses
back and just say you apologize, spend spend the night
in the hammer, in the in the in the prison,
the jail, and be done with it. Right now, he's
got two legs of work.

Speaker 3 (01:07:01):
Yeah, the extra I mean shopless thing's got to be
a pretty minor misdemeanor, right he got well now, yeah,
that's what I'm saying. Like, if if he had had
just sat there, he wouldn't have broken legs and he
wouldn't have extra charges.

Speaker 2 (01:07:15):
Yeah, and then he's at the hospital and he's like, well,
then you know, the hot nurse comes in and says, hey, uh,
what happened man, I'm so sorry. What'd you do?

Speaker 11 (01:07:22):
Oh?

Speaker 2 (01:07:22):
I jumped from the second floor of the first the
gulley because I was running from cops that can get
you no brownie points. None. Number two guys, I left
Totu Center last night after the Rockets draft experience. And
what do I always complain about on fifty nine Ross?

Speaker 1 (01:07:41):
That would be street racing?

Speaker 2 (01:07:42):
Why are we street racing at eight thirty on a
rando Wednesday night in Houston, Texas, thiks, I mean just
the on ramp onto fifty nine outside of Dyakin Park.
I get on, I get in the right lane, get
up to about sixty five, sixty six, sixty seven. I'm

(01:08:03):
gonna get in the middle lane and draw my nice
drive home. Listen to some yacht rock Call to Day,
listen to the Astros and boom five. Cars are just
going at one hundred and ten miles an hour, whisping
by me left and right. I just don't get street
racing A and B in Houston, Texas and C at
eight thirty at night, I mean one o'clock in the morning.

(01:08:25):
Do what you want to do. Crash, I don't care,
but don't do it when there are people out in
the streets. I just don't get it.

Speaker 1 (01:08:32):
Guess it's just young kids looking to live life.

Speaker 2 (01:08:37):
Matt. I used to I tell you this.

Speaker 3 (01:08:40):
I used to go to the street races back in
the day. Shout up the folks. You used to go
to the Ranking Road on the north side. Oh, let
me guess one time. Well, sometime one time some guy
there was an argument and a guy pulled out a gun.
Everybody everybody's like, all right, we're out of here.

Speaker 2 (01:08:56):
Gunfire, knives, all sorts of stuff. Fight. It was fun. Yeah, Rank,
I get into fights now. I used to go to
some street racing on Katie Clodine back in the day.
But that was also nineteen eighty seven where people were
it was. It was much safer time. You used to
do what now, go down on Katie Clodine Road out
in way clothing bfe Katie. Yeah, I mean way deep

(01:09:20):
back in there, and there'd be street races back there. Yeah,
but it was, but there was nobody within miles of
the place.

Speaker 1 (01:09:25):
I'm Oka Street.

Speaker 2 (01:09:26):
So if you, if you had the need for a
street race, go forty miles outside of the setting limits
and call it like go hang on New Waverley. You
can street race in New Waverley. Nobody's there, and just
don't streat race. In general, I would agree with you, Matworth.
It Rossie. What don't you get.

Speaker 1 (01:09:44):
I don't get our old friend Aaron Rodgers.

Speaker 2 (01:09:46):
Did you see what he.

Speaker 1 (01:09:47):
Said on the Pat McAfee show.

Speaker 2 (01:09:49):
He's gonna retire for this year?

Speaker 3 (01:09:51):
Not only that, he said quote by the way, on
a nationally televised show that he goes on.

Speaker 2 (01:09:59):
I don't want the attention. I know that's a narrative
out there. When this is all done, it's Kaiser SoSE
that's a Usual Suspects reference.

Speaker 3 (01:10:08):
Man, I know you didn't see that movie, but he
basically disappeared. You won't see me. I won't be in
the public. I don't want to live a public life.
That's a serious Aaron Rodgers, just shut your bamb ass up.

Speaker 2 (01:10:23):
And I just don't. I don't get him. How do
you think that we don't do those on Wednesdays? But
maybe that's a perfect you could When I'm done, I'm done,
you won't see me, and I'm looking forward to that.
I got news for Aaron. I did he have a
gun to his head while he's on the Pat McAfee show. Sorry, ahead,
never gonna care about you again. Here's the one thing

(01:10:44):
that professional athletes don't seem to understand, generally speaking, when
you're done playing for your our favorite teams, we take
you out like trash time. March is on Aaron, Yeah,
well you are utterly forgettable. Well he's one of the
old time greats. Yes, but there have been a lot
of all time greats that are utterly forgettable.

Speaker 1 (01:11:04):
Top twelve ish quarterback of all time?

Speaker 2 (01:11:07):
Who's the greatest offensive point guard in the history of
the NBA? Gary Payton? Yeah? Do we think about Gary Payton?
Not really know what's he? Boy?

Speaker 1 (01:11:13):
He carried about his son.

Speaker 2 (01:11:15):
Son playing for the Warriors causing me headaches. That's true,
just saying we don't typically care about you when you're done.
You know what. That's rude, Matt. These are human beings
and you're just throwing them into the trash. Accurate, Jonathan,
What don't you get.

Speaker 4 (01:11:33):
I don't understand now that I'm getting older. I don't
understand that way. I'm twenty two.

Speaker 2 (01:11:40):
Guys, you cannot say as I'm getting older into your
thirty five shit, your bam.

Speaker 1 (01:11:45):
Your birthday is in three days, No, in August August.

Speaker 4 (01:11:49):
But you know, yeah, I'm getting older and I'm realizing
I don't understand the club like in college. Oh yeah,
you go to college, you go to like a house party,
you get you know, like okay, then you just think
it translates oh, people at the club, and then you
realize it's these forty year old man flexing kay jumping, like,
but you're not going there.

Speaker 1 (01:12:10):
It's a waste of money. The club is the worst tool.

Speaker 4 (01:12:14):
And then you have the other side of the spectrum
with the females that just think they're all that dude,
this isn't this They only have a w two and
it's just it's just weird.

Speaker 1 (01:12:22):
I don't I don't understand it.

Speaker 4 (01:12:24):
I'd rather go to a house party than go and
wait in line where a bouncer might kick me out
because I don't look up, you know what I mean.

Speaker 1 (01:12:30):
I will say one thing. I was with you for
the most part. But when I was in on my
trip in Korea, I had a friend of a high
school friend of mine that i'd met up he'd been
living career for years, and we went to the club
and they first of.

Speaker 2 (01:12:41):
All, they paid for the bottles. I just showed up.

Speaker 3 (01:12:44):
And second of all, the DJ was playing like some
of these old jams, and we're all just kind of
like having fun and jumping up and down and singing
these stupid songs at the top of our lungs.

Speaker 1 (01:12:53):
It was fun.

Speaker 3 (01:12:54):
That was like the most fun I'd have it at
club like ever in my life. If you're going there
and you're like trying to hit on when and the
music's too loud and it's music you don't even like,
the club is the worst. But like in that instance,
if you're just going out with the bros and enjoying
some music and having a good, care free time.

Speaker 1 (01:13:10):
It's good. Like I'd rather go bar hopping. Didn't do that,
you know, No, I get it.

Speaker 3 (01:13:14):
I'm just telling you that I was with you and
then I had a really good time at a club
in et Wan, which is like the clubbing district in Seoul.

Speaker 4 (01:13:22):
Oh well, I know some people that went to Soil
for like a broad trip. They didn't come back the same.

Speaker 2 (01:13:27):
It was fun.

Speaker 1 (01:13:30):
I think I'm the same.

Speaker 2 (01:13:32):
Ross.

Speaker 1 (01:13:32):
Is he the same as Matt?

Speaker 2 (01:13:33):
Okay, I'm fine. I just can't relate to this conversation.
I don't go club hopping, Ross, No, I don't even
go pub crawl.

Speaker 3 (01:13:41):
So I'm saying, if you're doing it with the right
people and the right music and the right vibe, it's good,
but you still spend way too much money. But also,
bottles are way cheaper in Korea. I think you dropped
like three four hundred dollars in a bottle in a club.
In America, It's ridiculous. They were like eighty to one
hundred bucks.

Speaker 1 (01:13:58):
In career.

Speaker 2 (01:13:59):
I've explained to my my daughter Carly that when she
turns twenty one and we go to Vegas, that she'll
be able to get to go in the nightclubs when
she wants to not pay for anything and probably get
drinks for her themselves and all that. And meanwhile, Bro's
got to pay fifty dollars to get in and twenty
five dollars for beers.

Speaker 3 (01:14:13):
Yes, and that's the reason people go to the club too,
Jonathan's to pick up women.

Speaker 1 (01:14:19):
Yeah, man, I don't get it. That's why I'm saying,
I don't understand it.

Speaker 2 (01:14:21):
An't.

Speaker 4 (01:14:21):
It's a weird feeling like we're supposed to come out,
you know.

Speaker 2 (01:14:24):
Right from what's your sign? Oh that's cool? Are you
on ig? Yeah? You snap?

Speaker 1 (01:14:35):
And usually it's like the high girls stocking and just
so you follow her on ig, then she's gonna she's
gonna mute you. She's looking to get her follower count
up exactly.

Speaker 2 (01:14:42):
Speaking of follower count, follow sports RV Empty RV Sports
RVY on Instagram, at sports empty on Instagram, and you
know what follow rows on Instagram too.

Speaker 3 (01:14:55):
Yeah, I'm following everybody back until I get to five
hundred followers.

Speaker 1 (01:14:58):
I'm at four.

Speaker 3 (01:14:59):
So the next fifty five people who follow me at
sports RV on Instagram, I'm following.

Speaker 2 (01:15:03):
You back and then he's going to unfollow you.

Speaker 1 (01:15:05):
I'm not true, not true.

Speaker 4 (01:15:06):
On this breaking news on it. They just send us
something about why the internet such?

Speaker 2 (01:15:10):
Oh they do. We got the news coming up next,
breaking news about why seven on your phone?

Speaker 1 (01:15:15):
Just how many sounders is that?

Speaker 2 (01:15:18):
Fourth? Fifteen at least? All right, Jimmy and Taba, we'll
get to you. If you have something you don't get,
We're here for you. Seven one three two one two
five seven. On one of my son's best friends, Chase,
they had a birthday celebration for Cameron over the weekend
and apparently eight bros went to a karaoke club and

(01:15:39):
only three of them.

Speaker 1 (01:15:40):
Sang that's so lame.

Speaker 2 (01:15:43):
Five of the eight did not, and Chase calls them bitches.

Speaker 3 (01:15:48):
That's shit now, was it if if it's your idea,
if you're just going along to the to the karaoke
and you don't sing, I think that's fair game.

Speaker 2 (01:15:56):
Is it a requirement if you go to a karaoke
bar to you have to sing at karaoke?

Speaker 3 (01:16:00):
What if it wasn't your idea and you didn't really
want to go, but everybody else is going to just go,
then you don't have to do it. If you organize
a karaoke you gotta get up there.

Speaker 2 (01:16:08):
Yeah, if you're an organizer or you're a hey, I'll
go listen. If you're a hey, i'm gonna listen guy,
but don't sing, then that that makes it on you.
But if you're going but grudgingly because you want you
don't want to be by yourself and not be with
your friends, then that's acceptable. But I would think eighty
percent of the time you should sing while you're there.

Speaker 3 (01:16:26):
Yeah, you should sing even if you went there. One
small just one song I got you, like super.

Speaker 1 (01:16:31):
Bass by Nicki minaj or something, just to get it out.

Speaker 3 (01:16:32):
The super bass super what minaje that's got a lot
of words, probably got.

Speaker 2 (01:16:38):
Jimmy and Tom Ball, Jimmy Wall, don't you get.

Speaker 8 (01:16:42):
So mad, but I don't go well, real quick, first off,
back to your galleria, jumper, I s jumper guy. I'm
just gonna I haven't seen the picture of the video,
just face sheerly on the fact that he's stilling for malls.
I'm gonna guess that he's not highly intelligent. And maybe
he thought ice was saft like snow, and that's the

(01:17:04):
only thing I can think of.

Speaker 1 (01:17:05):
But anyway, he thought it was a Christmas in July event,
I guess so.

Speaker 8 (01:17:09):
But what I don't get. And just a couple of
minutes ago, you told Jonathan, once.

Speaker 7 (01:17:13):
You're over the age of thirty five, you can call
yourself an old man.

Speaker 8 (01:17:16):
I just turned thirty nine, so maybe I'm being an
old man. But and I'm not gonna go political, I promise,
But I believe in the right of constitutional right of
freedom of speech and all that kind of stuff. But
I do not get And if you want to peacefully
protest on the side of the road or outside the establishment,
you don't support, fine, But these protesters, man, now it's
blocking traffic and beating up cars, and one they're risking

(01:17:38):
getting run over and hurt them ownselves. And two whatever
agenda you're trying to push. It's not gonna make me
or most people sympathetic towards it. Like, I don't get it. Man,
you're not helping your own cause you look like a
bunch of thugs and idiots and you're in danger in yourself.
I don't get it, man, don't get it.

Speaker 2 (01:17:59):
Ross will let you have that one.

Speaker 3 (01:18:03):
There are people who believe that if you want your
protest to be heard, that you kind of have to
upset the apple cart that if you are.

Speaker 1 (01:18:14):
Now, of course I'm not one of these people. I'm
just telling you you don't get it. I'm trying to
explain it there, and especially when it comes to like
stopping traffic, Like if one hundred people get together in
a park and then nobody's there and nobody cares, then
does your protest get any publicity?

Speaker 7 (01:18:28):
No?

Speaker 1 (01:18:28):
And then new people know about your cause.

Speaker 4 (01:18:30):
No.

Speaker 1 (01:18:31):
And so if you do stop traffic, if you do
kind of.

Speaker 3 (01:18:35):
Kind of upset things and cause havoc or whatever, then
it brings more attention to it. But yeah, negative attention.
I mean, so there are some people, I don't know,
if you say agents of chaos or whatever, and then
there are some people that just join in on these
things just because they want to go do these things.
They don't care about the cause they want to go

(01:18:56):
set things on fire, they want to go looting, they
want to go do whatever, and so oh, it's just
I don't know. It's been happening for years and protests
and all that type of stuff. I mean, like the
Boston tea party was a big ruckus back in the way,
what back in the way, back in the day, right,
this is because they were destroying property. If it was

(01:19:18):
just like fifty guys in the.

Speaker 2 (01:19:19):
Square, like, hey, we don't like a taxation without representation,
it wouldn't have got the publicity.

Speaker 1 (01:19:24):
We had never heard about it. It probably protests like
that we never heard about.

Speaker 2 (01:19:27):
I got one. I was at real quickly at twenty seconds.
I was a friend of mine, went to high school
with Her name was Donna, and uh, she got drunk
at the prom and she was not going to graduate
from high school. All right. We had a huge protest
and we kept screaming Donna Martin graduates, Donna Martin graduates,
and she did so our protest worked.

Speaker 1 (01:19:48):
Oh the movie.

Speaker 2 (01:19:52):
No.

Speaker 3 (01:19:53):
But also you'll have situations where there are peaceful protesters
and police decked out in riot gear. Sometimes most police
officers are good, but sometimes there's one who want to
start stuff, who are poking prod are who are looking
to start in violent confrontation.

Speaker 2 (01:20:09):
And that's why I have a shirt that says, don't
start None, won't be none. That what my shirt says.
Ross Sure, I'm just disappointed that Donal Martin thing just
went over on everybody's head.

Speaker 1 (01:20:28):
I didn't go over my head, man. It was from
that stupid show Beverly Hills nine o two and oh

Speaker 2 (01:20:33):
Back tomorrow to wake the strippers up at ten o'clock