Scott Boras Speaks At MLB Winter Meetings, Astros Trade Possibilities, Rockets In Win-Or-Go-Home Vs. Warriors For NBA Cup

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Speaker 1 (00:02):
Lunchtimers. This is the Matt Thomas Show.

Speaker 2 (00:06):
Ten o three at Ashtown. Good morning, and welcome to
a Wednesday edition of The Matt Thomas Show with Ross.
It is great to have you with us today on
a night that will be one of the most memorable
in Houston sports history. Will it? I mean kind of hoping,

(00:31):
being purely selfish, the streak must end fifteen long regular
season games, but tonight things will be different. Inside Toyota Center,

(00:54):
a crowd of more than seventeen thousand ish hopefully arriving
on time. Is an eight thirty slash really eight forty
five tip of the potential slides You've got basically no
excuse A Man Thompson, Dylan Brooks, Fred van Vliet, Tarry

(01:15):
Eid Jayshaun Tate, maybe Appera and Shangoon, Jacques Landell, maybe
Steven Adams. Maybe we'll take the floor against Steph Curry,
Draymond Green and the rest of the Golden State Warriors.

(01:40):
Jonathan Kaminga and he's been rocking killer frankly destroying the
rockets unfortunately, Trace Jackson, Davis, Kevon Looney, Oh, I've had
enough of Kevon Looney. I've hit my limit. I'm at
my looney limit. He said that more than once in
your life, we will eyes above it all, and the

(02:02):
seventeen thousand people that will be in that arena really
at the top of their lungs. Turn this thing around.
Let's go Rockets, Let's go Rocket, Let's go Rocket. You

(02:25):
should play some calls to really accentuate this. Bitch God
the NBA Cup. Have you caught NBA Cup fever? Houston,
I've caught it. That's because you want to go to Vegas.
It's in my pores. Where are they gonna put you
all up with the circus circus or what there think
of what the exact opposite of circus circus would be?

(02:49):
The are you the Cosmo?

Speaker 3 (02:53):
I don't know what's high on?

Speaker 2 (02:54):
What's higher than that? The JW.

Speaker 4 (02:56):
Marriott?

Speaker 2 (02:57):
I can't say, but okay, it's spectacle, okay, and ross.
The best part of it is we'd be leaving tomorrow
for a Saturday game. Hashtag lose game prep hashtag you're
losing five g's. That might be accurate for the financial
wellbeing and my children's and my wife's Christmas present. Maybe

(03:18):
the Rockets should lose. I can hear your unborn grandchildren,
weeping that you're going to Vegas. Did Pappy leave us
any money? No, but he was really it was very
damn important for him to go to the NBA Cup
games at Las Vegas. No, but uh he dried out
his mouth and he lost four thousand dollars, so it
was worth it. He brought us back some souvenirs. Alright,

(03:42):
NBA Cup keychains you got for free? Hey, I mean,
do you want me to buy you a shirt? Do
you want me to an NBA Cup shirt? Yeah? No,
I would Actually, if I could actually find one, I'll
get you on. I'll get you a carnival weark. It's
kind of where it's all sorts of free stuff you.
I mean, yeah, just give me the the typical Vegas souvenirs.

(04:03):
So you can get a drunk one drunk two shirts
and we can wear them together. Oh, that'd be outstanding.

Speaker 3 (04:07):
All right.

Speaker 2 (04:07):
So today on the radio program, yes, it's an NBA
Cup knockout game, but there's also a little bit of
enough is enough seriously magazine Baby, fifteen straight losses to them,
It's that's that's on a twenty twenty sports RV. Russell
Westbrook and the boys, God Almighty, can we just win

(04:30):
one more win game? We're supposed to play now Golden
State five times this year. I do not want it
to be zero to five. And I'll be damned if
Brandon Postjemski is gonna be the one that causes me
a trip out of Vegas. But Jenski is balling broke.

(04:52):
He is really good, actually well against the Warrior. I
mean it gets the Rockets special and Andrews the Wiggins
uh the starting for the Rockets the last time they won.
If I have the correct one, which I think I
HiT's twenty twenty yo. James Harden, Russell Westbrook, PJ. Tucker,
Robert Covington, Daniel House Junior. Wow, that's an interesting five

(05:12):
and they blew him out. I want to say like
one thirty five, one oh five something like that. Look
at this guy, you nailed it on the head. Thank
you very much. It well because I can't call you
peach basket because I keep bringing up peach basket. Thomas
with the basketball knowledge that was in San Francisco. Scott
the Chase, Wow, we won a game there. Chase Center
has been open that long. Good and Rina, by the way,

(05:34):
the opposing starting five, Jordan Poole, Andrew Wiggins, Damian Lee,
Raymond Green, and Marquis Chris, Rockets legend Marquise Chris friend
of mine. Marquise and I have hung out a few times.
Guys are broskies. I didn't know that. Yeah, we did,
we've We've He's a big not not part cheesy. What's

(05:54):
a bacarrat guy parts. I was like, it's I'm gonna say,
back Iraq, but it's not right. You had a casino
with the Griswolds. Yeah, playing part cheesy. Yeah, back Rae.
He's a huge background guy. I'm not speaking of a turn.
He just that's what. That's his game of choice. He's
done well, okay, you say so? All right? So if
you are willing to sacrifice something tonight for your beloved

(06:19):
Houston Rockets to end a fifteen game winning losing streak,
what are you willing to sacrifice? Seven one three two
one two five seven ninety seven one three two, one
two five seven ninety This streak has to end now, Ross,

(06:40):
I've sacrificed a lot lately. I can't think of something.
You know what I'll do. I'm going to tell you
how important this is. For me that the Rockets not
only win this game to end this losing streak, but
a potential trip to Vegas. I'm going to make a
declaration that you never would have ever heard in a
million years. I will give up the McRib until the

(07:01):
Rockets beat the Warriors. That is something that should be
taken very seriously by those of you in the Houston
sports community. Oh you're giving up a discussing pressed pork
gristle sheet. We're all proud of you, Matt. I called
America sandwich. You call it whatever you want to call it.
It dipped in the most mid below replacement level barbecue

(07:25):
sauce you can find. There's a lot of people selling
that kind of stuff too. Have you seen people trying
to hoard out barbecue sauce? What are you calling out,
Alex Bregman like that craft is fine? Hey, come on
either of that bad boy in so, I have given
up mcribs until the last time you had a McRib
ummm probably ten days ago. Okay, by the way, I

(07:47):
tried to eat it in my car. Major problems. You
got barbecue sauce everywhere on the steering wheel. Yeah, it's
a mess. Don't eat the mcgrib should be enjoyed at
home with family, with friends, with close life of ones.
You know they into the restaurant on the road is
a box of a couple of dogs and fries from
Mames Money Miland you did that with a with ay

(08:08):
with all the stuff on into the same thing, same thing.
By the way, when I get a rig rock from
from Rick Reynolds, I I have to get it without
lettuce because when I get the brig rackets, all the
lettuce is flying all over us, and the pickles and
the sesame seed bun gets everywhere. Yeah, and the two
all be fatty as of course. All right, So what

(08:29):
are you giving up? Do you want me about it?
I'll think about it. That be something we're gonna give
up praising the University of Houston Cougar's athletic program. Oh,
if you're giving up the Nick rib Connor, I want
you to think about it as well. I want all
of Houston. It has been what was exact date on
that twenty twenty game in San Francisco? Uh, it was
February twentieth, So we're looking at almost five years in

(08:55):
between regular season victories. That's well, there was a pandemic pause,
but the season still went on. Oh yeah, they still
playing games. Enough is enough. The Warriors must go down.
Gary Payton, the second needs to be humbled. Yeah, he's
two cocky. Oh my god, Kyle Anderson, y'all know who

(09:20):
Kyle Anderson is. I don't even know if the general
audience who's Kyle Anderson. He walks like he's and runs
like he's seventy five years old. And it takes him,
I'm at least twelve seconds to put a shot up.
You know how you have a cat shoot. There's no
cat shoot. It's catch, rotate the ball in your hand.
It's like he's shot putting it up there. There's nothing

(09:41):
fluid to him.

Speaker 3 (09:42):
Goes in.

Speaker 2 (09:42):
It does go in, although he's only shooting twenty nine
percent from three. Oh well, he's got a higher career numbers,
isn't he. Yeah, he's had a down season. All right,
Other things to get to today on the radio program,
we've had twenty four hours since you and I have
visited about all these trade rummers with the Astros. Okay,
are you starting to settle in with some more thoughts
about how crazy or maybe yes I am? Turbulent off

(10:06):
season this is going to be for the Local nine.
We'll get to that, okay, we will get to shut
your ball mass up. At eleven thirty today he made
Doka joins us at one o'clock. Believe it or not,
all things the Anthony Melton I'm throwing a random No, no,
I wouldn't do that. It's rockets legend aanthey. And by
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(10:26):
Italy is going to be? Uh no, I'm not even
gonna say the first name that popped in my mind.
Go ahead, who is it? We're gonna tell you when
we come back. Papa John. Who is Papa John the
pizza Oh you mean the man who runs a pizza place,
Papa John. Yeah, you're actually not incredibly far off. I

(10:51):
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politics on the show?

Speaker 5 (10:55):
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Speaker 2 (10:56):
What kind of politics?

Speaker 3 (10:57):
Guys?

Speaker 2 (10:57):
Are we talking about the Italian ambassador? Because it's gotta
it's got a Houston look to it. Is it Mario Mario?
Well he's I guess Japanese Cann'd you see who it is?
I did? Yeah, okay, that's it's a it's a there's
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(11:21):
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Speaker 3 (11:22):
Yes?

Speaker 2 (11:22):
Are you serious? Yes? What how did you guess that?
On the fit tri Did you saw from somebody? I
swear I was just kidding. I was thinking, you said Houston,
So I said Mattress Mack, And then I said, Pat,
Tim and Fertita? Who are those are the first two
you went to? Tam and the Fortita. I don't think
he's walking around the president Tua, but I've been happy
to go to the Florid it's with you. Is he

(11:43):
of Italian origin? I don't know. I mean, if let
me tell you he is Sicilian descent. Apparently. If press
calls me and says you want to be an ambassador
of some country, I'm probably tad. I don't think he's
calling him out of the blue. I imagine there's some
relationship there. Whatever, I'll take the gig if free trips there,
or at least goverments. My first guest would be large donations.

(12:04):
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Speaker 6 (13:38):
Matt Thomas Show with Ross Now on Sports Talk seven ninety.

Speaker 2 (13:51):
It's important Houston, Texas to sacrifice some things. You know what,
We could actually use this as a multi sport event here.
What do you want to sacrifice for Bregman to come back?
For Bregman to come back? Yeah? Well, but you know,
if you sacrifice your wallet, you could buy some season

(14:12):
tickets until Jim Crane truck or whatever you want. Good,
All right, I'm a spoiled credentialed media member. Yes you are.
You come in the game to night the Rockets game. Yeah,
of course, what do you mean? I'm on the Rockets beat.
You are, no.

Speaker 3 (14:29):
No.

Speaker 2 (14:29):
Our Rockets beat reporter is Connor d mcgoverner. How's he
been doing. He's been going. I haven't seen him lately. Busy,
that's fine, that's fine. He got a girlfriend and he's like,
I can't go to games like I'm busy. So that's
basically he's now he got a girl. He doesn't want
to cover sports events anymore. He's on a different kind
of beat. What excuse me, jesus say singing Elton, we

(14:52):
need your help here we'll pregnant.

Speaker 3 (14:53):
Pause.

Speaker 2 (14:54):
By the way, did you hear about Elton John lately? Today?
He was named nine named Kon of the Year by
Time magazine. That's different than person. Yeah, why what did
he do? Just being him, wearing but dazzled outfits and
going on a farewell tour for six years?

Speaker 3 (15:10):
Yeah?

Speaker 2 (15:11):
You know he's blind?

Speaker 4 (15:11):
Now?

Speaker 3 (15:12):
What?

Speaker 2 (15:13):
Yeah? He cannot see? Well, yeah, that's I got it.
I mean I got that part where you said he
was blind. I figured that's that's my fault. Okay, so
his music should get better like Ray Charles and Stevie Wonder.
I don't think he's like blind blind, but he's definitely
unable to go out and tour and stuff and do
that kind of stuff anymore because of the It's not

(15:35):
because of eye disease something something the cataracts or I
don't know what it is, but hmm, okay, that's not good. No,
you don't want to hear that. No, but he is
time eye kind of year, which I don't know why.
I think it's for charitable work and that kind of thing.
I mean, he is knighted, sir. Elton John. He doesn't
have a channel on serious sex. I wonder why he

(15:56):
never did Billy channel. Oh it's Elton John way greater
than Billy Joel. I mean that John's got more hits.
Elton John's better artist. I would lean towards that as well. Yes,
what do you mean, what do you what do you say?
You got nothing? You want to say something? We overrated,
Billy Joel, Shut your bum ass out. We overrated, shut

(16:17):
yo bum as up. I sat until eleven thirty. Sorry,
slightly overrated? Uh huh, No, got some hits. No, you
saw the house look like when I was there, Yeah,
forty thousand people, I was thinking slightly overrated. No, I'm
just kidding. You can't judge him on in his seventies.
All right, it's enough from you. I mean piano man,
one of the all time greats.

Speaker 3 (16:38):
Thank you.

Speaker 2 (16:40):
He's got some other good hits too, got lots of
good hits. Seventh in Uptown Girls, she Brings you down,
brings that down. If I was him, I'd be embarrassed
that song. Yeah, moving Out. It's not a great one either,
eh see, bringing you to my side a little bit.
But he's but his super big hits or somemmer my
favorites obviously. Yes, all right. Seven seven, I ask you

(17:04):
a simple question. Me and Elton and Ross are asking
what do you want to sacrifice for Rockets when they've
lost fifteen consecutive games with the Golden State Warriors. Richard
in Link City on seven on good morning.

Speaker 7 (17:14):
Richard, Hey, guys, good morning, What a beautiful day in Houston. Huh, Yes, sir,
Tonight tonight we beat the the Warriors, and it's because
we're gonna make sacrifices. And I would sacrifice beer. Now
that's a big sacrifice. Who I won't drink beer until
they beat the Warriors, and I'm counting on them beating

(17:34):
them tonight. I don't drink beer every day, but every
weekend I drink a lot of beer. So this is
kind of a big step. Okay, now, okay, so that's
my sacrifice.

Speaker 3 (17:44):
Now.

Speaker 7 (17:44):
I want to get to the Astros. That was my
main reason for the call. Sure, last season was so painful.
Last season was so painful, and I was glad to
see them plaw their way back. And I was glad
to see them find their way in. And I love
that you say, Kakouchi kind of chapter of the year,
Like those games became must watch TV for me, and

(18:05):
I love going to his games to watch him pitch.
But now that he's not on the team, it looks
like Bragman's not coming back, so this isn't going to
be a reunion tour kind of watch him play out
his career. I'm on the team that says, let's trade
Tucker while let's let's sell high and get as much

(18:26):
as we can. I'm not saying selling cheap, but I'm saying,
really try to get like two, like two, I guess
triple A like class A blue chit prospects from from
a good team, and maybe a few others thrown in
if we can and do something about our outfield positions,

(18:46):
maybe third base, because we've got the bones. We've got
good players, we've got Alvarez, we've got our catcher, we've
got our short stop. We've got a good pitching stop,
good enough pitching staff that we can fill in the
gaps later. That's my and I say trade Presley while
we're at it.

Speaker 2 (19:02):
Well, I think I think that's that's definitely in the conversations. Well,
thank you Richard for the phone call. They've been trying
to trade Presley and he has no trade. So hey,
we got a thirty five year old who has been
slipping the last couple of years. We want some of
your best prospects. And oh, by the way, he might
veto your trade doesn't sound really like a big sales job,
does it? Very appetizing? Yeah? I mean you're not talking

(19:27):
about this yesterday. If Bregman's leaving, that's a huge chip,
a huge core of what has been an amazing championship run. Yes,
and you're not signing Kyle Tucker. There is no chance,
no way, no how ain't gonna happen, and Ross, I've
been saying it for two years that way. I mean
the moment they went to arbitration and loss like mfforts.

(19:49):
As soon as I get out of here, I'm out
of here. Yeah, he's I'm with you, he's gone, And
I would trade farmber velvets because you should be putting
a lot of money in his piggy bank. I mean
that he's been very, very good, but I don't want
to overpay for a guy that still makes coffee nervous frombers.

(20:12):
Settled in quite nicely after that bad start in May
when he gave up like three still sweats bullets like
you wouldn't believe, ROSSI. He also throws no hitters. He
also goes up three home runs in an inning and
that was one time, literally one time, and his cracking
like an e got there really once, all right. Ten

(20:33):
twenty eight out Sports Talk seven Unty real Quick, Gill
and Hockley on seven aunty good morning.

Speaker 8 (20:38):
Gil, Okay, let's get this going here.

Speaker 4 (20:42):
Billy Joe was married to uh utown girl Christy Briekley.

Speaker 5 (20:46):
That is right, and uh uh huh, and Leo and
John's married too.

Speaker 2 (20:52):
I don't know some guy. I don't know. Yeah, there
you go, some guy.

Speaker 5 (20:57):
That's that's what doesn't what you were compared.

Speaker 2 (21:00):
We're talking about what is their sexuality have to do
with their songs? I love them both, But he.

Speaker 4 (21:05):
Had he had Uptown Girl, which is you know, what's
your name?

Speaker 2 (21:08):
Yeah, uptown girls. Maybe he should have been gay and
he wouldn't have made Uptown Girl. I would have liked
the video.

Speaker 4 (21:13):
The video was also her prancing around come on now.

Speaker 2 (21:17):
Yeah, and he and they were married for like three years.
I mean yeah, I mean I don't Yeah. And that
song makes you want to put a poker in my ears.
That's not nice. Uh So, maybe I wish Billy Joel
was a little more like l John in that respect.
I just voted for Billy Joel and your pole question three,
he's got Billy Joel overrated, underrated, properly rated six I'm

(21:39):
just asking, I know what you're asking. You look because
you're a product. No, I'm not, I'm asking you're a
proder Early on sixteen I got sixty nine percent properly rated.
That's what's overrated. Twenty six percent Okay, but no, it's
still a vast majority. Say he's properly rated. You know what,

(22:01):
I didn't say anything. Yeah you did. You completely said something.
There's a piano. Man's a little lazy songwriting. Whoa dude,
you're fired. Let's go break one of our nine producers back.
I would say elementary. Who says tonic in gin? This
is Gin and Tonic. He's trying to make a rhyme.
You got a favy who's still in the navy. Yeah,

(22:23):
and will be five No no, no, no, no no oh.
We're playing Billy Joe coming back here. I don't care
what you say. I hate you both equally. You're just
you're just a poker, and you are just a hater.
It sounds like it's written by n eighth grader. But
this is a good song though. Oh I don't know.
It's been sung by a bout I mean six million
people in concerts. Yeah, I'm not disputing that. He's no

(22:45):
Kendrick Lamar songwrinning, that's for sure. I know ten thirty
Sports Talk seven houty piano man, I got you. Oh,
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Speaker 3 (24:17):
Home of Your Ashers.

Speaker 2 (24:19):
Millions and millions of people love this song. Millions the
soul this song is timeless. Millions and millions of people
love Toxic by Britney Spears. No you don't. They think
she's a whatever. This guy's seventy years old. He's still
putting up fifty thousand people in stadiums. He's fine. I

(24:41):
brought the house down at a midtown bar. Oh my god,
I knew he was wondering how long it take to
make you about you? Geez, I sang the song. The
bar owner. I won't name the bar. They wn't spend
money with us anymore anymore. But he bought beers for
bar drinks for everybody because I was like, Matt, you
are a crooner. I'm like, yes, they call me the
crooner about the code do the backwards spooner? Excuse me?

Speaker 3 (25:06):
All right?

Speaker 2 (25:08):
Uh this dude, Dove Kliman he mute him. Mute him.
Are you sure an aggregator, yes, mute him, Mute him.
Mute Ari Sports Update. You probably mute Mike Florio, although
he does a good job of aggregating. No, mute dog.
I long muted Mike.

Speaker 5 (25:25):
Hi.

Speaker 2 (25:25):
My name is Ross and I want you to mute
Dove Climbate. He does not put out anything on his own.
He puts reactionary stuff. He he It's probably not even him.
It's probably somebody who bought the account and just goes
for impressions to try to make money off of it.
Do not follow Dove climb I don't follow him. But
he's in the for U tab. So that's my that's
my first misstake. NIL collective funding per incitable estimates. Yeah,

(25:48):
he aggregated this. I saw this also number one school
in the country that has more NIL money. This is
a made up estimate by the NCAA. By I was
gonna say, why when did the NCAA have time to do.
This is my question. They based it off of I
can't remember. It was like season ticket sales and sponsorships.
They based it on an estimate. That's why you don't see.
You're gonna go through the list and you're not gonna

(26:08):
name Oregon. So that's how you know this list is wrong. Okay,
well then you know what if it's wrong with a well,
it just says Texas is number one at twenty two
point two million. Mm hmmm, yeah. I mean, look, I'm
gonna say Texas not I'm not even talking about this
as a Longhorn fan. Texas I'm sure is probably no no, no.
This I'm not saying to strike a conversation. I'm just
this is a matter of fact. But you are right.
Where is Oregon in this mix? Nowhere? Because basically Phil

(26:34):
Knight said, I've got a blank checkbook for you. You
whatever you want, you can have it. Yes, I'm eighty
six years old, I eat food out of a blender.
My night nurse comes three times a day, and uh,
we're good. And whatever you want, Oregon, it's yours. I
want to die with the National championship. And he's probably
gonna get one this year. They're they're the pretty they're

(26:54):
significant favorites. Yeah, there is no why it's interesting. Why
didn't so? I guess Oregon did not report anything or
Oregon's n CAA, like I said, they made this up
based on I think it was like sponsorships, estimated sponsorships
and ticket sales. M mmmmm, all right, well then forget

(27:15):
then you're right. If Organ's on the list, then it's
it's it's a non conversation. Starting to go to the
top ten. If you want, I have it, if you'd like,
go ahead, Texas, Ohio state. That's the l s U.
All three of those over twenty million. How does LSU
have money when they can't even build roads in the
state of Louisiana. When they don't when when when the
kids don't even start addition, till the seventh grade governmental
corruption in Houston, it's Louisiana in an show roads. Yeah,

(27:41):
I guess we should be bagging on Louisiana roads. Although
when they start putting paint to separate the lines, it'll
be a good thing for them. Uh uh. I think
they're also instead of bike lanes, are doing walk land
barefoot lanes. You know, in Louisiana, and when they get
their first dentists in that state, it'll be really something incredible.

(28:01):
Georgia eighteen million, Texas A and M fifth at seventeen million, Michigan, Alabama, Florida,
Clemson all around fifteen million, plush, A and M.

Speaker 4 (28:10):
Is it?

Speaker 2 (28:11):
Why is A and M at seventeen point two and
they're not on this group? This, this whole list is
all whack. I told you you don't want your right
dove climbing. You've been muted, done with you? Oh what
kind of name is dove climban? Like when missus Clement
was building, was birth this child? And it came out
and she maybe it's German climbing, dove climbing. You do

(28:34):
you know dove Clyman. No, I don't know.

Speaker 3 (28:36):
I don't know.

Speaker 2 (28:36):
I don't know what the tail DV dover is short
for some I don't know whatever. Dove is a Hebrew
name for boys. It means bear. That's what Google just said.
So maybe that was a strong, brilliant name. I missus
Cleman bare climbing from the old last coach from the
nineteen twenties. Yeah, I think he's a linebacker. Bad climbing,

(28:58):
taking on new to Rockby and the bar. So I'm
not a name. There's also a linebacker's coach at Southern
Miss right now, ironically enough, all right seven one three
two one two five seven natties seven one three two
one two five seven nuting. We're asking you guys to
sacrifice something for the Rockets. Is now you don't have
to sacrifice it anymore. If the Rockets win the night,
your sacrifice is about twelve hours, so that guy can

(29:19):
start chugging beer right after the game. You let me
tell you something. If the Rockets win tonight at approximately
see eight forty eleven forty five, I'm going to McRib
get him mcgribs somewhere. Okay, I can probably tell you
that a Rickronalds location I'm going to Okay, it'll be
probably Kirby in fifty nine. They're open late tweeting from
the toilet at seven am. I would never bring my

(29:41):
phone in the bathroom. You don't, I guess if you're
sitting that's true. Yeah, come on, not standing though, that
kind of gets weird. People do it.

Speaker 3 (29:52):
They do it.

Speaker 2 (29:53):
No, you were go see and be go. You feel
naked when you go to sit down and you don't
have your phone. No sitting down for sure? Staying here?
Are you reading the shampoo by a label like the
good Old Days or the walls and like old like
truck stops and whatnot for a good time? Call this person?

(30:13):
And then the guy behind two lines down says, all
I called her. She's great at doing these things. That's fine.
Anyway we're going with this. I don't know we were
talking about dove climbing or no, we're doing We brought
up nil stuff we're doing. No, I'm going to just u.
And also, thirty percent people are saying Billy Joel's overrated
right now. That's because you have thirty percent of your
audience's losers. I'm just saying it's non zero. I wasn't

(30:38):
asking for zero. You get thirty percent. Anything that's not true.
I get thirty percent of people said I make GRIBs
the greatest sandwich ever made on hour. So I did
the poll twice and it was around sixty forty both times.
I knew another one that further proves the point proves
what point? Anything you can get, you can get about
thirty percent. So you love the mick rib I do sure,
you should be thinking more than forty percent should beyond it,

(30:58):
And I'm fine. I don't you know what. I don't
want you. I don't want you jumping on the Grim family.
I asked if CJ. Shrauild was a franchise quarterback, and
I think it was like eighty nine percent. Yes, So
you want to want to try that right now? Yes,
I'll do it. What do you think is gonna be?
You said it was eighty nine the first time I
can go find the exact number. Let's go with. I'm

(31:19):
gonna guess it's gonna be his His answer will will
be somewhere between seventy and seventy nine. That he's gonna
take a slight drip off drop off like this year,
would you Okay, well, they're wrong if you say he
would you be honest. You're saying he's not a franchise quarterback.
You're an idiot. Has he taken a slight drop off
this year? He's not. His numbers aren't as good as
they were last year. And honestly, I missed the last

(31:40):
couple of weeks kind of. I just watched the games
like condensed games. No, I mean, he's still the best thing.
Going right now. I was out of the country. We know,
we were very well aware of that. We he's still
the best thing going for this team. But he has
been a byproduct. And I've talked about this five million
times and don't continue to talk about it. He has
been affected by the woeful offensive line performance. There's an

(32:04):
indirect performance of his performance based off of the fact
that he doesn't trust the five or six guys in
front of him. Somebody called real Frank Brink. He is
the chief data officer at Fantasy Points and Fantasy Points
Data okay has the Texans with the worst rate of
blown block or pressure allowed in the NFL thirty point

(32:25):
three percent of the time. Best in the NFL is
the Eagles only fifteen percent of the time. Worst is
the Texans double that. Second worst, the Patriots, third worst,
the Raiders at twenty five percent. And that would mean
there would be very very understandable why there would be
a slight drip off. He's not getting this sort of protection,

(32:47):
he doesn't feel as comfortable, his feet aren't set as much.
He's throwing probably off his back foot more than they
ever did before. And you know what dems the brakes.
This can be fixed. Right, there's no reason why the CJ.
Straw can't come back next year and put up the
numbers that he put up his first year in the NFL. Well,
and they're eight and five and poise to win the
division and getting the playoffs and see what happens, and

(33:07):
then losing the first round again playing at three thirty
on a Saturday. Man, it is what it is. They're
gonna win the first round. Promise No, I can't promise
they're gonna beat the Titans two weeks ago. That's true.
Seven one. It makes you go to the country for
that seven one three two one two five seven ninety
seven one three two one two five seven ninety Shut

(33:28):
your bamb ass up. Come up at eleven thirty, the
News at noon at twelve o'clock, and we'll have em
doka at one o'clock. If you want to sacrifice something
for Alex Bregman's contract, you know the easy thing you
could sacrifice ross would be your wallet, my wall. Tell
Jim Crane whatever it takes, are you doing a gofund me?
Jim Crane's doing okay, true, he's doing quite well for himself.

(33:50):
He's not my money. Here's just a budget. Everybody's got
a budget, Yes he does. Seven one three, two one two, five,
seven ninety.

Speaker 6 (33:56):
More Matt Thomas Show with Ross now Sports Talk seven.

Speaker 2 (34:01):
Ninety We're gonna hear from the front of the show
Scott Morris right now in the program. We only had
Scott on Eliers never That's one of those the choices
you want to lie. Frequent guest friend of the show,
Boris Corporations own Scott Boris, who's having a wonderful pre postseason. Yeah,

(34:25):
he's doing very great. Twenty twenty four three didn't treat
him so well. Twenty twenty fourth treated him quite well. Uh.
He spoke today and says that our favorite third basement.
A lot of folks would like to talk to him.

Speaker 10 (34:40):
We all know what comes after ad.

Speaker 11 (34:43):
You know that is the senior Champions in Bragna's Gates,
the c Square. All these teams realize what a leader
he is, what a champion he is, and plus his
skill level to boot so he's.

Speaker 10 (34:55):
Had a remarkable career to date. He's very much in
the battle.

Speaker 2 (34:59):
You know what, Ross, I really want you to become
a sports agent and I will have you represent me. Okay,
could you imagine the ego you had now granted Bregman's
paying Scott to do this, not saying on these things
out the kindness of his heart. Would you like to
have a press commerce with a bunch of microphones and
someone talking about you in this glowing way? That's what

(35:20):
Scott just did. Alex Precory ab come C champion, he's
a C two. Oh my C squared?

Speaker 3 (35:27):
He squared?

Speaker 2 (35:27):
Yeah, okay, you wouldn't want then we spare these cheesy
one liners and talk some baseball. Oh he's not to know.
I know Scott Boris is all about the cheesy one liners.
So it's yeah, in collecting that commission, Yeah, what is it?
I think they get three percent basically, and sometimes it's
a max a.

Speaker 3 (35:47):
Yeah.

Speaker 2 (35:48):
So let's say he signed if he get full three percent,
a seven hundred and sixty two million or whatever it was.
So he signs, break me to a deal at one
seventy five that would be three and a half million dollars. No,
three percent with over five million dollars yes, from one client.
Mm hmm, I's got to spread that night. He's got employees.

(36:09):
I wonder, I wonder what the underlings that the Boris
Group makes. How many employees? Do you think there are?
I could even guess. Could it be one hundred? One hundred? Yeah,
that's something about Right Rights Corp. I don't know. And
I find this, Why wouldn't we want to go work
for him? If we're the low end of the total
poll and our boss is making that kind of money?
I mean, he's got to be giving us a nice
Christmas party?

Speaker 5 (36:29):
Right?

Speaker 12 (36:30):
Uh?

Speaker 2 (36:30):
Seventy five employees, says Google. Could you imagine working for
Scott Boris? And you're say, what do you make?

Speaker 4 (36:37):
Man?

Speaker 2 (36:38):
Forty two thousand dollars a year?

Speaker 5 (36:39):
What?

Speaker 3 (36:40):
No?

Speaker 2 (36:41):
I don't think so. But you have to have like
an NBA to work for him? Right, let's see former
major league players, scouts, lawyers, analyst, trainers, and a research team.
Any of those fit for you? No, you're stuck with
any of those. You're stuck for me?

Speaker 3 (36:56):
All right.

Speaker 2 (36:57):
I could call myself an analyst. I've heard your analy things.
Trust me. I listened to Rockets trap. Hey, I'm the one. Hey,
you try talking to yourself for seventeen many don't like,
don't complain, I'm the one listening. Can come for my
record twenty one minutes on one Rockets game I don't
think you may get it tonight with a late start show.
Start me myself and I on Sunday night after the

(37:18):
Clippers after the win too, u jirod called, But does
he even count for a monologue? Sure he does. Okay,
back to Scott Boris for a second. He is also
talking about the fact that he and Dana Brown still
hard communicating.

Speaker 10 (37:32):
Dana and I.

Speaker 11 (37:33):
Continue to talk and uh, you know, we obviously are
uh making every attempt.

Speaker 10 (37:39):
We know that bragging plays really really well there.

Speaker 11 (37:43):
I've got a great group of teammates, a remarkable history
that a few teams enjoy, so we continue to talk
about it.

Speaker 2 (37:50):
Can I read between the lines? This is just me,
This is just sports fan? Does not even me educated
sports host. Okay, Scott's going like, damn it, this is
nice and every think, but get Jim on the phone.
I don't need to be wasting my time with this.
You know what we want. Tell Jim, this is what
we want, and if you don't give it to us,
we're gonna go trying to find it somewhere else. Yeah,

(38:12):
how I mean, how much how much conversation can you have?
You're not like you're not adding twenty five square feet
to an apartment. You're not adding an extra cop I mean,
this is there isn't a conversation. Bragman at this point
is not backing down. I would think he's not, especially
if Morris is telling the truth that there are multiple
teams going after him. I think the Yankees and Red Sox,

(38:33):
the Tigers, I mean, the Blue Jays. I mean, I
think these reports that are out there saying that there's
interest I think are sincere. Now because you have interest
in would you want to offer our two different animals here?
But you're not. You're not fighting over the color of drapes,
you know what I mean? Yeah, Well, but if they
continue to talk, I think that to me has to
be a positive sign for your chances if you're hoping
the Ashers are gonna resign them. Because if if Jim

(38:55):
Crane had taken a hard line stance that I'm not
going over this year's and over this annual value, then
there would be no conversations. I guess there's nothing else
to talk about. But I think that that's good. But
it's but it's a cut and dry conversation, right, there's
no will I don't think, so there has to be
if there's no go I mean with contract negotiations, I'm
sure they're they're talking to multiple parties. If you're Dana,
you have to say you know nothing except the Houston Astros.

(39:18):
Jose Altuve want is one of your best friends in life.
You met your wife here, your child. I mean, you
know nothing. You are gonna go down as the greatest
third baseman and a name and close in Astros baseball history.
We're gonna retire your number. They're gonna do all that. Anyways,

(39:38):
You've got two championships, You've given all you want, and
now you want to be paid for what you had
given to this franchise. And if they're saying, no, thanks,
we don't think you're worth that, then he's gonna go
get it from somewhere else. Alex Preigman doesn't know the
Astros anything. No, I'm not saying he does. I'm just
saying that's what Dana's got to be saying, is that,
do you really want to really go somewhere else? If
Dana is saying that that, Alex Redman can say I
don't know you anything. Yeah, I mean, you're right there.

(40:07):
I guess I'm I'm supposed to be happy talking. But yeah,
if the numbers don't change, the numbers don't change, right, Well,
that's what I'm thinking. I mean, if you're getting stonewalled,
not unless Scott Boris could be saying, yeah, we continue
to talk, but maybe nothing's happening, or maybe they're checking, like, hey,
this is our offer. Does anything changed?

Speaker 3 (40:23):
Nope?

Speaker 2 (40:23):
All right, talk to you tomorrow. That's right. Come on in.
Hey are you still stuck on that six one fifty six? No,
we're not. It's gott I got good news. We're gonna
go six one sixty one. Yeah, oh kid, tomorrow, all right, bye?
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but you're saying, well, at least they're talking. At least
three lines of communication are open. I maybe maybe he's

(41:05):
maybe Dani's just bad mouth under their teams. Do you
really want to go to Phoenix? They suck it's hot there.
Do you really want to go play for the Yankees,
where you have a root of not just hot non
hot women watching you play baseball. What does it matter, Hey,
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Speaker 1 (43:09):
Lunchtimers. This is The Matt Thomas Show eleven.

Speaker 2 (43:14):
O three in Houston, Texas. This is our two of
the Matt Thomas Show with Ross. It is very nice
to have all of you with us. We are today
here until two pm. Rockets against the Warriors tonight. Emya
Douk is gonna join us in a couple of hours.
You know, he's got to be like, come on. You know,
when he was a coach of Celtics, they lost the
Warriors in the NBA Finals and that hasn't beaten them

(43:38):
any times here in Houston. That's true, fad enough. The
curse of the Warriors must be lifted. And that's why
you got to sacrifice something, not sacrificing anything, nothing at all.
I thought you're a Rockets fan. I am a Rockets fan.
I'm a huge Rockets fan. I love the Rockets. I
want them to win, all right. Philip Gamez has one

(43:58):
less white claw than usual. Oh that's it. One claw.
People areut here still getting clawed up in twenty two.
I was gonna ask you, is the claws is still
a thing?

Speaker 3 (44:08):
Yeah?

Speaker 2 (44:08):
I guess so. I thought people had moved on to
the truly's and the neutrals and everything's a Selter. Now
bud Light has a Seltzer. Connor has a He's asking
when he's hanging out with his Broskies, does he'd go
to the White c I met the broskis like the claws. Absolutely,
you guys big claw drinkers. Sorry, Uh, white claws aren't bad.

(44:30):
But I'm just drinking good old fashioned beer. I don't
think it's it's a it's a more drinkable for the ladies. Man.
It's true.

Speaker 13 (44:38):
When you got the group, the squad, and you're going
to the liquor store, you gotta get up some fair better.

Speaker 2 (44:42):
Yeah, real like back in your day it was zema.
Back in my day it was Mike's hard lemonade. Now
it's and smear enough, and now it's the lemonade is delicious.
Yes see, there we go. Well you will you like
sweet drinks, and that's I wasn't never a zema drinker. Okay,

(45:03):
I was maybe once in a while Bartles and James
and a wine cooler.

Speaker 14 (45:06):
Okay.

Speaker 2 (45:06):
You know what back in you I was gonna say,
back in your day was the wine coolers too?

Speaker 3 (45:09):
Yeah? Yeah.

Speaker 2 (45:11):
Uh. Spibes says, the more the rockets whin, the longer
you will live. It's a win win, giving up giving
up the I'm not giving up mcgribs for life. I'm
just giving up until they beat the Warriors. It's you know,
I'm my double mcgrib double McRib You really are delicious
Patty on top of port delicious battle, you're trying to
get hospitalized immediately. Oh my god, Colton says, long live

(45:32):
Billy Joel. I'd sacrifice Elton John. Oh see, this is
where I call Billy Joel overrated. He's not in the
class of belt. He's not in that inner circle to me,
to me, who's in your inner circle? Oh, inner circle
would be Elton John, Michael Jackson, Prince Kendrick Lamar. You
just show your ignorance every time. You just don't understand.

(45:54):
You're out of touch. But we can move on. Yeah,
those types, and I think, I think, what were we
talking about with h with college football tiers. I put
Billy Joel in the second circle. That's all now, No, no, no,
even though you don't personally, even though I'm saying it's me,
it's my opinion. Yeah, yeah, yeah, that's right. I don't

(46:15):
like hip hop music at all, but not to realize
that Kendrick Lamar is tier one in that group is ridiculous. Yeah.
How many super Bowls Billy Joel done? At least one?
Did he do one? Yeah? I was gonna say that
probably wasn't the greatest example you want to go with.
He doesn't have as many Grammys as Kenrick Lamar, different categories.
They weren't going min on mine with each other. How many?

(46:36):
How many Best Rap Performance Grammies does Billy Joel have?

Speaker 4 (46:40):
Zero?

Speaker 2 (46:41):
Yes, suck at Billy Joel? How many Rap Albums of
the Year does Billy Joel have? How many? How many
Top American and MCA American Top How many Billboard Top
one hundred songs is Kendrick Lamar one? I don't know
a lot. I would have to look and a lot
of those. It's different as well with rap because there's
a lot of featured songs right like back in the
I guess what Billy Joe does he in the future?

(47:02):
Anybody except his own voice. He's never done a duet.
M No, I can't think of one. No, he's never
done a single duet in his career. Come on, it's
reached top forty now, gotta be somewhere. John didn't do
many duets either him. The only one I could think
I was Dunkle Breaking my Heart by Kiki d h.
Was he singing on Crocodile Rock? Yes, he was singing
on Cross singing the La la la part? Was that him? Yeah?

(47:25):
I think they call it there? Oh? For sure? Was
he singing Castrato? Well, you know he can't sing a
lot of songs anymore because his voice can't reach there limits.
And now he can't see and uncortunately I'm going out
in John greater than Billy Joel and that not even close.
I will agree with you on that, but to put
the downgrade Billy Joel is just not fair. I'm not downgrading.

(47:48):
You called him overrated. That's down I don't know what
your definition when someone calls overrated like I said, he's
not I would put the Beatles in the inner circle
and I would put Billy Joel out of it. How
about that. You're trying to passify me. It's not meanifying you.
I'm telling you how I feel what happened to them?
Did I delete my Billy Joe pol went away? This

(48:13):
probably spammed. I didn't delete the tweet. Did I accidentally
delete it?

Speaker 3 (48:18):
No?

Speaker 2 (48:19):
You couldn't have No, it's gone, you know, like his
his Twitter found you actions like don't you make fun
of him?

Speaker 3 (48:26):
What?

Speaker 2 (48:30):
Oh no, what did you do? I must have accidentally
deleted that.

Speaker 3 (48:36):
That's wrong.

Speaker 2 (48:36):
Now I have to do it again. Oh my god?
All right, eleven old eight on Sports Talk seven ninety Now,
the pole question is going to be compromised. I know
I'm with you on this, said at myself. By the way,
ninety two percent of people saying Caes Shroud is a
franchise quarterback. It's good if you throw those three picks
this week, you can redo that pole question. It's thirty

(48:57):
percent of people don't say everything. I think I'm right
more than I'm wrong thirty percent of the time. Seven
one three two one two five seven ninety seven one
three two one two five seven ninety Uh are we
gonna let me ask you on this on this Kyle
Tucker stuff for a second here. Sometimes whence our report

(49:17):
comes out, it gains more steam than it probably should.
So I've taken a step back a little bit on
the I don't I absolutely believe that Kyle Tucker should
be traded. But for everything I'm starting to read from
different variety of reports. It feels like the Dana is
just taking the offers, putting him in his note file
and saying, I'm gonna take him back with me to

(49:38):
Houston and then we'll sit in our offices and kind
of I don't think he went, kind of on the
bus or the plane or whatever how we got there
to Arlington or Dallas wherever they are, and it's like,
I'm here to move Kyle Tucker. I think he's basically saying,
what you got, let me hear from you. I'll take

(49:58):
these back and I'll get back with you if I
hear something I like, which I don't know if it's
the right philosopher or now. I feel like the best
negotiations can be done Mono Mono looking right in the
eye and say, hey, Kyle ain't signing with me. I
need a big haul. Let's not mess around. I think
that's what they need to do. And I'm not endorsing is.

(50:20):
This is painful for me as an aster and I'm
an astro fan beforem an astro broadcaster. That's first and foremost.
It's painful for me. But it was painful for me
when Kyle. Every time I look at Kyle Tucker's body
language is like, I'm getting the hell out of here.
I don't think he hates it here, but he just
knows that the Astros are not willing to give him
the type of money that he believes he's gonna get
from perhaps five or six other teams, especially when there

(50:41):
is a trend out there that still teams are willing
to pay ungotly amounts of money for five tool, but
players are in Juan Soto's case, four tool. I wonder
if they're gonna do what needs to be done it
what needs to be done is Kyle Tucker and Yorda
and not I Yora. Kyle Tucker and fromber Valdez need

(51:02):
to be traded if you're swinging miss and Bregman, which
is at all likelihood they will. But what if Bregman
comes back? Is that is that can all of a sudden,
can't change Kyle Tucker's approach. I don't think so. I again,
Kyle Tucker knows the reputation of the Astros fair market value,
shorter trim contracts. Other teams don't believe in that same philosophy,

(51:22):
and that's their problem, But he don't care about that.
I think I mean, at the very least, you can
contend for a championship. I see it much easier with
Bregman than without. I think it's about domino's falling. If
that domino falls, you're you're not contending and you need

(51:43):
to do something. If Bregman was to sign here, which
I believe is no chance, would then would that push
the Astros training Tucker until the deadline? See how the
team goes this year? But that you do hurt a
potential for grabbing players because you're you're essentially trading your
prospects for a rented player. You know what? You know

(52:04):
what I'm gonna say now, now that you're asking me
all this, don't even sign Bregman. Don't even try. All right,
two hundred million dollars, we're good or whatever it's going
to be one seventy five. This team needs a reset.
To me, Well, the argument to me from somebody on
Twitter yesterday was why would the Astro Why would Kyle?
Why would any team want to trade for Tucker knowing

(52:26):
that he's only out one year left in the contract. Well,
the team's traded for one soda now, of course, Kyle
Tucker is not one sodo, right, not even close, well
kind of close. So you're not going to get You're
going to get a very good haul, but you're not
getting a life changing haul because you are only you are,
in theory, only going to grab him for one year
unless you feel like you bring him there and he's

(52:47):
going to sign a massive contract and then it's a
win win for everybody for that other team. But yeah,
there's a risk associated with even trading him this offseason
now by the other team, because again, just like Wan
Soto and the Podres, the Yankees thought they were getting
him from San Diego and he was going to sign
a long term contract and decided to go elsewhere. So

(53:07):
there's a risk on both sides for sure. Eleven twelve
on Sports Talk seven ninety seven one three two one
two five seven nine zero. Are we doing a good
enough job in convincing you that the Astros need to
have short term pain for longer term pleasure? Why don't

(53:27):
you just say gain painting gain? I don't aunt a rhymer.
What's the opposite of pain? What is the opposite of pain? Gain? Really? Yes,
I think pleasure is probably the opposite of pain. When
you go to you go to messuse Oh, it's gonna

(53:49):
be both. You don't go so I can really go
for some gain, and people say I could really go
for some pain. Now I would like to see you
go to a messuse and say I could really go
for some pleasure. Give hear that was a bad example.
I'll think of something. But paining gain are not synonymous.

(54:13):
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Speaker 6 (55:07):
More Matt Thomas Show with Ross Now on Sports Talk seven.

Speaker 2 (55:12):
Ninety eleven nineteen. Here on The Matt Thomas Show with
Ross seven one three two one two five seven. I
ain't coming up at bottom of the hour, Ross, We're
cann tell some people to shut their bumbasses up. Seven
one three two one two five seven ninety on Twitter

(55:33):
at sports MT, at Sports Harvey and at Connor d McGovern.
Let's talk to some people you want to. I'd love
to interact with the folks. You know, the show's about
caller interaction.

Speaker 3 (55:44):
Is it?

Speaker 2 (55:45):
Back and forth? Rep? Partey, all this stuff you'd like
to have. Plus we're gonna hear what channel role idiots? Yah,
we don't do that very often. Sometimes we got to
channel roams some sound bites from his visit yesterday with
the A Team coming up in a few minutes as well.
Gerrod on The Matt Thomas Show. How the hell are you?

Speaker 15 (56:02):
I'm lord?

Speaker 8 (56:03):
All right, Matt?

Speaker 15 (56:03):
How you doing good?

Speaker 2 (56:05):
Good? Good to hear from you?

Speaker 15 (56:06):
All right, good to hear from you, an ross man,
Before I talk about the rocket games, the big game,
and now I'm talking quick thing about the Ashtros.

Speaker 8 (56:12):
I think the Astros can.

Speaker 15 (56:13):
Make some under the radar moves to get better. I
think Brigham was gone. I think he's going to a
team on the East coast, Bhilly, New York, Boston. He
probably gona end up in one of those two destinations.
But as far as the Ashrows goore, they can make
some They can make some small under the radar moves.
Man had the first basement. I think gunning backs first.
Mason Goldsmith's out there, make you get him, had another
outfielder to go with Tucker and the other guys in

(56:37):
yardarn if he's gonna pay the left field in the outfield,
and then probably add a picture if you're not gonna
bring Berland the back. And I think you can compete
in the division that they heard that is not as
stronger division. They're in no very weak division. They're not
in the American League East, but you got a bunch
of heavyweights over there in East. They're in the American
League West. So I think they can win that division
with a small under the radar moves and still compete,

(56:57):
especially when you still got al Tuvay and Yordon. Now
as far as that Rockets go, they game to Night
fifteen game losing street to Golden State Warriors. They have
owned you over the last several years. You gotta get
the win tonight. The Rockets are playing some good balls,
but they're on too against Golden State. Golden State beat
you without Fraymont and Steph Currys, so you hold him one.

(57:20):
This would be a good game to get get get
a get back a win against Golden State, and I
think the key to it is Steph Currve. You got
to be able to slow him down. You know they're
gonna be sitting screens, a lot of them moving screens,
so hopefully Doe could get on the referees and getting
their here telling them to watch out for the movie screens.
And they sell a lot of movie screens, but they
it's part of their offense, so they kind of get
away with it more than other teams that that are

(57:42):
tired of those high screens separating their shooters. So I
think that's the key. I think again, the Rockets got
the state defence that they been playing all year. The
Doones got to be the guy that they look to
go to when the game is on the line. I
don't think he's getting enough shots down the stretch as
a guy like a Jay Green and the other guys
like Van Fleet are getting little filleral attempted in a Sagoue,

(58:04):
who I think is their best player. But I think
they have an opportunity to get a win tonight and
they got to just us come up in and step
up to the plate. Man against Golden State, Man, it's
gonna be a good game.

Speaker 14 (58:13):
Man.

Speaker 15 (58:13):
Ghod State is a team that plays great defense, as
we've seen in the last game, so they're gonna try
to nulify a lot of what the Rockets do. I'm
kind of glad that the Rockets did have a little
break in between the game that they played Sunday to
prepare for the offense that goal to State runs. Because
gold State runs a lot of motion offense, Princeton style offense,
so I know it Doper and his coaching staff would
be well prepared for that offense.

Speaker 8 (58:33):
That they run.

Speaker 15 (58:34):
And Uh, they just got to try to slow down,
slow down, Steph Curry, compete on the boards and make
sure no other guy uh from Golden State Warriors steps
up and have big games. If they able to do that.
I think they get to win tonight and get off
the snide of a fifteen games.

Speaker 3 (58:48):
Who was stacked against the Warriors.

Speaker 15 (58:50):
What's your guys saying?

Speaker 2 (58:51):
Thanks, Jeri, I appreciate the phone call. I mean, this
is gonna be strange, but comings had a great game
against the Rockets. In fact, you had occur high and
Buddy Hell was really good before that too. I mean,
we don't even know what the Rockets are like against
Steph Kurky is he didn't played against him yet this year. Well,
Steph Curry is still pretty good, still the greatest shooter

(59:11):
I ever walked the planet. He want some intelligence on
Steph Curry lately? Uh, not really that he's hasn't He
missed both matchups this year and they've lost them both. Yeah, listener, Yeah,
I appreciate that we need this one week because of
course I played nineteen minutes a game. No, you don't.
You just want to go to Vegas. He scored thirty.

(59:33):
It's Minnesota on Sunday, Minnesota. I said, Dallas is nice,
so you can go to Dallas. You love Dallas. You
always talk about how nice it is. I mean, midtown
is nice. I've got friends and family there, Okay, But
I can go with out friends and family in Vegas.
I mean you can go to the Craft my friend
Ris Casino only an hour away from Dallas. But there's

(59:54):
also one downstairs in my lobby in my hotel. Really hmm,
that doesn't narrow it down Ross then yeah, you've narrowed
down to one hundred and twenty five hotels. Then Tropicana
that's gone. Oh all right, thanks Jron for the fun
the Hooters' No, that's the Yo Yo o Yo o Yo.

(01:00:17):
I like the Ross and I have had some great
times at Owens. Let me tell you some O Yo's
got ten dollars minimum, three to two blackjack on the strip,
get a little off the strip, and if you're single
and ready to mingle with a certain clientele. I don't
know it for myself, but I've seen it firsthand from
other people. Oh Yo, it's your spot. Really Yeah, you

(01:00:39):
can hit the spot at Oyo is what you're saying.
You can hit that spot at O Yo and not
the word, and it won't cost as much as like
hit the spot at Caesar's or at Cosmo. Are you
talking about Vegas hooker prices right now? No, I'm just
saying that the average woman drinks more at the Oyo
than she does anywhere else. What, Oh, one hand on

(01:01:02):
the dice and one hand with a cocktail head on
bread and bread and chicken wings from the restaurant that's
in there. That's true, the very mid restaurant. We've actually
had great times at Oyo. I'm not gonna downplay over.
I love Oyo, except it's like an act of Congress
to cash out like nine hundred bucks there. They're like

(01:01:22):
kind to call the manager. I'm like, nobody wins nine
hundred dollars in this place like lemon that much like
lemons are like fifteen or twenty dollars a hand.

Speaker 3 (01:01:30):
At Oyo.

Speaker 2 (01:01:30):
It's like they you put on a ten spot for
a vent, like, oh, thank you very much for your service.
Soyo is also the first place I ever saw somebody
split sixes against a ten. Good thing. You weren't there,
Oh my god, I got a conniption, as the kids say,
they do say a conniption. Yeah, there's so much for

(01:01:52):
draw to digest. I mean, Golden State is not the
Golden State yesterday talking about okay, well, the under the
radar moves for the astros Yeah, you're gonna have to
pull some strings and work some magic. If Dana Brown
has continued to do what he's tasked with, and that
is not signing contracts over five years and probably staying

(01:02:12):
under the luxury tax this year and not being a
repeater tax offender, which it looks like the Astros are
going to do. If they swing and miss on bregnant
and then not have a lot of money to spend
in wiggle room, then yeah, he's gonna under the radar
moves is gonna have to be his jam. You're gonna
need something like a Trey Cabbage move from last year
to work out. Trey Cabbage move didn't work out. Taylor

(01:02:35):
Scott was an under radar move last year, Yes, and
it worked out correct. Brian King like that type. It
feels like it's easier to do with pictures. It is, Yeah,
because every team, every year you got different relievers stepping
up and playing. A guy that came on at the
end of the year and he was pretty good and
then he got hurt. Jason Hayward the right fielder. No,
not Jason Hayward, the other one. Oh god, how did

(01:02:58):
I already forget got hurt? In the right field, played
right field and got hurt at the end of the year. Yeah,
people know who I'm talking about. All I'm finding it
right now? Uh not Cooper Hummel, Where is this fool?
But I'm Ben Gamble g A M. E. L. Benet. Yeah,
Like Ben Gamble came playing twenty games and he was solid,

(01:03:18):
and you were like trying to start him in right
field and then he got hurt. Like you need you
gotta that's not under the radar, that's not even on
the screen. That's what I'm saying. You're gonna need that
kind of stuff to work out, because otherwise what else
you gonna do. You don't have propects that are banging
down the door. You don't have a lot of wiggle
room in free agency. As Channel Room said, we'll get
to that in the next segment, right, Well, no, we're
to save it for the News it noon. What's the

(01:03:40):
next segment? Shut your ball mass up? Okay, News at
Noon with Chandler Room's comments on free agency trades, not
a lot of positivity. If you are in the Alex
Bregnant must stay here club, you're not gonna want to
hear what Channel Rum is. One word comes to mind bleak. Hmmm, despair.

(01:04:04):
As far as championship hopes, they're not gonna lose one
hundred and twenty games next year. Is part of this though, however,
because the Astros playing that will be the weakest division
in baseball next year. It's a winnable division even with
Alex Bregman. Without Alex Bregman, and if you get some
other free agent because I got, I don't. I'm ready

(01:04:25):
to make this assessment. I don't believe Trey Winkem is
going to be the opening day third base for the Astros.
What's the matter? I just this put just put out
from Chandel the room. Preliminary Kyle Tucker trade talks with
the Astros and the Cubs, both involved Saya Suzuki and
East Soak paradis what hmmm mmm, So maybe there's a

(01:04:46):
little more to it. Is it time to say goodbye?
Kyle Tucker's getting moved? Could it happen this week? All right?
Let's go seven one three two one two five seven
ninety seven one three two one two five seven ninety

(01:05:07):
You ready to shut your bom mass up about some things?
I'm ready to shut yoba mess up about this. I
guess something's gonna happen. It's happened in the office today.

Speaker 3 (01:05:14):
Okay.

Speaker 2 (01:05:17):
If someone's bothering you, someone you want daily, someone is
is giving you. If somebody's driving poorly, it's your If
you're if you're mother in lass driving you crazy, you
want to tell them to shut their bom mass up.
We'll get to that, and we'll also get to the
channel room information coming in the last few minutes seven
one three, two, one two five seven ninety seven one three, two,
one two five seven nine even got shut your ball

(01:05:39):
mass up? Ain't nobody got time for that? Coming up
next here on Sports Talk seven ninety.

Speaker 12 (01:05:43):
Car put again again, here put again, Damaday here again, Dampada,
care again, damp again, here again, Time here again.

Speaker 1 (01:05:54):
Dampada.

Speaker 2 (01:05:57):
Eleven thirty three Sports Talk seven ninety Time for you
to tell some people to shut their bomb asses up.
I got one to any email service that allows you
to reply all to everybody in your office so everybody
can see your emails over and over and over again
with responses for like eighty people. If you hit reply

(01:06:17):
all in your workplace or to your friend group and
not everybody needs to see the results and responses you're
sending out, shut your bumb ass up, man, Shut your
bum ass up, man. I am anti reply all. It
does more harm than good. It just really does. What's
the harm the harmers? I gotta see your responses. I
don't care about your responses. I get deleted. I gotta

(01:06:39):
move forward, I gotta get My email list is longer.
I don't have time to look at your reply alls,
especially when it's hey, thanks or that was great, much appreciated,
miss you, Happy birthday. Oh hell no, it's the proper etiquette.
For example, we get emails here for let's say it's
our big boss and it's his birthday, and now email

(01:07:00):
goes to all staff happy birthday, and I just text
that person ply all No, you reply to that person
directly or your text. Well, for example, there was somebody
here recently they got a big promotion, and that goes
out to the email. Can you reply all on that?

Speaker 3 (01:07:15):
You know what? Everybody?

Speaker 2 (01:07:15):
You know you're congratulating that person. Why do I care
if you know if I'm congratulating, you know what I'm doing.
Because if I see you congratulate, I'm like, well now
I got to congratulate. No, because that those people are
trying to kiss ass. The reply all key is for
people that want to kiss ass, or it's for old
people who don't know what they're doing. That too, When
are we have a new market manager now our boss,

(01:07:35):
our super boss Eddie got a promotion, so we have
Paul Lambert is now our market manager. And I texted
Paul to congratulate him. I didn't send that out. Hey, everybody,
congratulations to Paul because I don't want to come across
the kiss ass. I just congratulate him, man to man,
mono mono, because I didn't need the whole world to
see it. Okay, So for those of you that use
reply all, shut your ball, mess up shit so bam

(01:07:57):
mass up man. But I got time for me to
be hit the league key over and over again. Whether
they take you a hot point seven seconds, it's just
the effort that it has to take to begin with you,
poor baby seven one three two one two five seven
ninety seven one three two one two five seventy anybody
get time to watch the Rockets lose the Warriors for

(01:08:17):
a sixteenth straight time. Let's go Rockets. Ain't nobody got
time for the bottom bowl to be half full? The
whole game.

Speaker 8 (01:08:26):
Nobody.

Speaker 2 (01:08:27):
Come on, people, come on, I gonna be honest with you,
T N T. I'm not a big fan of yours.
Today we're starting this bad boy off at eight forty
five tonight with a potential seven minute slide. Anybody got
time for eight forty five tip offs?

Speaker 3 (01:08:38):
Hey?

Speaker 1 (01:08:38):
Nobody got?

Speaker 2 (01:08:39):
We're going on basically some pet pills before the game starts. Matthew,
take me a nap, power nap, and you take a
nap at the fourth quarter hopefully not hopefully not?

Speaker 3 (01:08:49):
Well got?

Speaker 1 (01:08:50):
Uh, I will go.

Speaker 2 (01:08:51):
I've been going to the movies a few times the
last couple of weeks because, uh, Interstellar is back in Imax.
I wanted to see that in Imax, and and I
wanted to see Gladiator two in Imax, so I'm all
going Imax. I also saw Wicket in Imax as well.
What is the deal when the time of the movie says,

(01:09:11):
say five point thirty, that you're not even starting the
movie until six o'clock. Now, I understand you have to
get a few previews in. I understand maybe one or
two commercials, but we're talking about twenty five thirty minutes
of previews and commercials at every movie theater. You're already
gouging me on tickets. You're already gouging on popcorn and

(01:09:32):
candy and every single thing else. I feel like the
most price gougeest thing in the world is the movie theater,
and you're playing a bunch of ads on top of that.
Ain't nobody got time for the movie to start thirty
minutes after the actual start time you listed? Heiny, nobody
get tap it all, by the way, sneaky movie theater.
Show me a fresh and cola beverage with the what

(01:09:55):
do you call that? The uh, the spice, fizz, the
fizz okay, the effervescence. Yeah, and then then I go, man,
that looks good. And then go up there and turn
me eleven dollars and fifty cents. Now gonna got time
for a twelve dollars fizzy drink. Hey, nobody get sneaking
that water in half priced Tuesdays are your friend?

Speaker 3 (01:10:12):
Okay.

Speaker 2 (01:10:14):
I hate movie theaters though, but the movie experience I
think is something we need to keep. I don't want
them to go with You're gonna be in the minority
on that. I think we're gonna lose them. We're gonna
move we're losing theaters left and right. Yeah, but I
don't think one hundred percent of them will go in.
I don't take I would agree, but it'd be like
boxing cards. They'll still be a little bit of them.

(01:10:35):
I'm gonna completely die out. They're gonna be on pay
per view and YouTube. Is that what you're saying, Well,
movies are pay per view, that's true. Seven one three
two one two five seven. If somebody's mad at you
or something you're mad at them, let us know. Seven
one three two one two five seven. Hounty Connor is
on the mic with headsets on. He must have something
he needs to get off his chest. He's ready to go.
He is ready. I mean it's something too spicy.

Speaker 13 (01:10:55):
On the weekends, I usually play pickup hockey, and last
night I played and A and an actual game like
an adult league that they had and they need players,
so I played. And there's an actual run and we
got to give it six weeks to you're on crutches, Actually,
do you really hurt my shoulders?

Speaker 3 (01:11:11):
Today?

Speaker 13 (01:11:14):
I played an actual game and this time they had
a rough, but the rough didn't call any penalties. I
got trips like three times. One of them when I
hurt my shoulder on. I was in full like Superman
because some guy swiped up my legs. So why is
there a rough Ain't nobody got time for you just
to stand there and be another pylon in the middle
of the ice.

Speaker 2 (01:11:30):
Hey, nobody get that funny. The only time as an
adult I played with the referee was in one of
the Rockets three on three tournaments, and he missed every call.
It was three on three and we were playing half
court and he still missed every call. I was shocked.
There was a certain media member, Mike, running with rom Ropez,
who was railing, what is it again, Ron Ropez, Ron

(01:11:51):
ro Prez. Okay, go ahead, shout out Ropie. Good kid.
Uh yeah, he was working the It's like guy, I relax,
it's a three on three media tournament. Mat I didn't complain.
I was just well, the one I hurt my shoulder
on I I stayed down here. You should complain. Maybe
you should work the refs. Find out how much he's making.

(01:12:12):
If it's over fifty bucks a game, you can work him.
If it's under fifty, you gotta leave them alone. I
used to make forty dollars a game on that was
an hour, thought in terror, how longer your game? Probably
about an hour? Huh, you guys can't be out there
too long. It was like an hour twenty.

Speaker 3 (01:12:28):
You know.

Speaker 2 (01:12:28):
Craig Akerman plays hockey. Oh are they in the same
They can't. How many how many hockey leagues are in
this city? He's got to be out there, and he
calls himself a goon. He's at their high sticking folks
in the Yeah, he says he's the dirtiest player on
the team. It's just kind of strange because Craig's pretty
mild manner. Actually, I could see that. Really, Craigs a
little sneaky, sneaky goon. I could see that. Huh okay,

(01:12:53):
I mean that in a very loving way. Mister Ackerman.
He's not listening. Maybe he is, I don't know. He's
just waking up about now. Good for him and Akerman,
life ain't bad.

Speaker 3 (01:13:04):
All right.

Speaker 2 (01:13:04):
Seven one three two one two five seven ninety seven
one three two one two five seven ninety uh Worth
repeating again, Intercountental Airport, whoever engineered this rebuild of theirs,
the terminals, the parking, the lanes, ain't nobody got time
to get around an Intercountent Airport, doing once around at
the airport and it takes you fifty minutes.

Speaker 3 (01:13:25):
To do it.

Speaker 2 (01:13:26):
Hey, nobody, geta And by the way, if I'm going
to pick up my wife at the airport and you
guys know we're coming your way, don't be rud us
those people that are just telling us a move, move, move, screaming,
yelling us, how about have a little bit of decency
in your conversation. I'm not sitting there waiting for forty
five minutes. I don't want to be there for very
long either. I want to pick up my wife. I
want to leave. I'm looking to camp out. I'm looking

(01:13:48):
to go get some some pretzels at Antie Ann's inside
the building and pick up my wife and get out
of there. Chick out against any N's. I love anie Ans,
anie N's or Wetzel's press. Which one is your choice?
I don't I don't really remember whatzels or having it.
I think they're all about the same, right, Yeah, I'd
probably use the same dough. I'm sure they do seven one, three, five,

(01:14:15):
seven out of If you got something in signe your
mind and you want to that's bothering you. Let us
voice be heard right this second. I got another one.
I think somebody's pranked us or something. They cranked up
the heat till it's like seventy five degrees in here,
and it feels like a sauna. Whoever did this? Because
Matt says it wasn't him, I on me it was
I know it wasn't me. Connor's got a smirk on
his face. I'm a little worried. I'm just laughing because
I always have to deal with it being cold in here. Dude,

(01:14:37):
it is a sauna in here. Ain't nobody got time
for whatever pranks. They're cranking up the heat over there.
I'm gonna take my shirt off. It's so hot in
here right now. You already got a sweater on when
you take your shirt off. So I'm gonna help now.
Dann Matthews is texting me and Craig Craig akim in
the rat on the ice hunh. I didn't call him
a rat, I call him a goon. Dang, Dan, are

(01:14:57):
you getting dry snitched? Dan?

Speaker 1 (01:14:59):
Stop?

Speaker 2 (01:15:00):
Shut your buys up, Shut up, man, geez, come on,
I don't even know damn dry snitching out there. All right,
Let's take a time out. Come back and see if
you guys have something on your mind. Last chance, if

(01:15:20):
you have something that's made you mad. Maybe all this
talk about Bregman leaving, maybe all this talk of Tucker
being traded, it's got you mad. Let us know seven
one three, two one two five seven ninety the news
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Speaker 6 (01:16:28):
Matt Thomas Show with Ross now Sports Talk seven ninety.

Speaker 2 (01:16:38):
All Right, nobody's in a bad mood today, Ross is
maybe just me and you none that bad of the mood.
This segment's got legs to it.

Speaker 3 (01:16:49):
I know it does.

Speaker 2 (01:16:51):
There's no way. This mean world in which we live
in is always in a situation where you have nothing
to complain about. It is a mean old world to
live in. I'll buy yourself all by myself. Eric Carmon
maybe one of the five sat of songs ever made,
ripping off a rock moning Off's Concerto number two?

Speaker 3 (01:17:08):
Is that what it is? Yes?

Speaker 2 (01:17:10):
Does anybody feel bad that Eric Carmon did that? I
think Serge's Rock Moningoff's family is very upset. Okay, rock
mining off? Matt Top top five Russian composers all the time. Um,
he's the kender Kumar of Russian composers. No, I would
say that's probably Peter Chaikowski.

Speaker 3 (01:17:28):
Okay, very good?

Speaker 2 (01:17:29):
All right, last call for anybody wants to shut their
bomb masses up. Seven one three two one two five
Sevanai seven one three two one two five Sevanai. Let
us know if somebody is irritating you, he ain't go
about any Nobody got time for something. Ain't nobody got
time for Alabama fans feeling sorry about their situation with
the College Football Playoff. Yeah, you maybe piss at SMU

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got in. You may think you could beat SMU, but
you lost to Oklahoma and got your ass kicked by Oklahoma.
So shut your bum mass up. Roll tide. Hey, nobody
got you know what you could suck tide? You can
do cit obumass. Excuse me, I'm with you. How about
the ALABM eight what's his name, Greg Burn or something
like that. He came out and was like, We're not

(01:18:12):
going to make tough schedules anymore. If this is how
we're gonna be treated. You played Western Kentucky, South Florida,
five and seven, Wisconsin and Mercer. Shut your bum ass
up exactly sits as you lost to Vanderbilt and oh you,
both of whom would not have been Bowl eligible if
they did not beat you. Get out of here, damn seriously.

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And by the way, Florida State fan you're upset about
your situation still from last year. Shut your bum ass
up too. I want to hear about how you got
a state fan. Yeah, they kind of got a host,
but kind of got hosed. They got their perfect recipe
for disaster. The following year, Texas was able to get in.
So I wasn't that man, although I was mad when
I was at the Sugar Bowl. Are you spending money
to this year on playoffs?

Speaker 16 (01:19:00):
We'll see.

Speaker 2 (01:19:00):
I'm not going to I'm not going to Austin. I'll
be in New Orleans for my birthday.

Speaker 3 (01:19:03):
All right.

Speaker 2 (01:19:04):
More vacation time for you? 's good? You deserve it. Yeah,
I get to day's you should take take vacation for
like eight months. I'm not forgroaching. I'm not taking these
all picking and choosing in days off like some people.
I have to do it that way. It's better this
war for consistency of the show. Okay, Like I gotta
take days off next week just because I don't really
need to, But you're gonna be taking the days I

(01:19:24):
wanted to take off. I'm sacrificing you. I appreciate you, Matt.
You've sacrificed so much. And by the way, anybody just
wants to rip on my mcgribs, stop doing it. I've
heard the bit for long enough. It's America, sandwich touch
you bo mess up. If it's such America to stay
on the menu because people don't like it and it's
a disgusting Uh enough gunk gets caught up in the
machines that some company has to sell them off. They

(01:19:46):
sell it to McDonald's and they press it into sheets
and sell it to Rubes like you shut your bum
mess up. Shit, you bum ass up man in early
advance for the media that never go to Rockets schemes.
You're gonna be there tonight. You know who you are are.
Shut jo, bumass up. Don't come around only when the
team's playing. Well, I didn't see your ass up there

(01:20:07):
when Christian Wood was playing. I was there, you were there.
I'm not telling you to shut your bum out, just
telling you that, Hey, Christian Wood Rockets legend. If he
could just play defense, he'd be a complete player. Is
he in some the leak? I haven't seen him yet.
He's got to be the league somewhere right off the
bench for the Lakers. Last I heard, is he still
in the Lakers. No, that was last year, still in

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the Lakers. Well, there you go. I don't think he's
playing much then, No, not that I've been watching a
lot of Lakers ball. Let's see, all looks like he's
been hurt.

Speaker 3 (01:20:37):
All.

Speaker 2 (01:20:37):
I got one for you for Steve Ballmer, the coach
of the owner of the Los Angeles Clippers. Arena's gonna infigurate.
Los Angeles people are gonna run the Clipper games. Guess
what they're like ten thousand people at the Rockets game
on Sunday night. Oh really, it's because the Lakers are
playing against sucky Portland and the Rams game just got
let out. Nobody wanted to go to Clippers games because
guess what, you're just the city's bitch. Oh wow, it

(01:21:00):
is the truth. That's rude. I would say the city's
bitches the Angels, that's true. That's like Orange Counties bitch.

Speaker 8 (01:21:10):
No.

Speaker 2 (01:21:10):
I like, I like Seve Balmber. I mean, the arena
is absolutely amazing, But yeah, what do you think of
the wall?

Speaker 3 (01:21:15):
Thing?

Speaker 2 (01:21:15):
Overrated? Rockets shot better than against the wall. How did
it look? Did it feel cool with the fans getting
into it? Sorta? Yeah, they were just ringing cow bells.
It wasn't crazy. Well, I mean I thought that they
were led by Norman Powell. When they were called by
the Wall, I thought it'd be like there would be
like special graphics for that one area or just a bunch. No,
none of that. They couldn't get twenty thousand in the

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building for Visa zubatsa domination. He's a double level machine. Actually,
I excuse me. Yea Rockets are three and against the Clips.
Let's go. That's the rivalry. I don't care, No, James Harden,
it worked out well. Got bad blood?

Speaker 14 (01:21:54):
Is that what it is?

Speaker 2 (01:21:55):
Rockets Clippers bad blood?

Speaker 3 (01:21:56):
Yeah?

Speaker 2 (01:21:56):
Kevin Porter, junr over there seventy seven. By the ways,
what's strange Jersey number?

Speaker 16 (01:22:01):
I like it.

Speaker 2 (01:22:02):
He can still score.

Speaker 6 (01:22:03):
He number.

Speaker 2 (01:22:04):
He's not a he's not affisihing underneath circumstances being still score.
Remember there was a question in a couple of years
back to put a lot of money in his piggy bank,
to let him run things until he got sideways. They did,
and then well there was a horrific domestic incident. Yeah,
and that he went over season.

Speaker 5 (01:22:21):
Now he's bad.

Speaker 2 (01:22:22):
Yeah, he's playing major minutes for them. He's number one
guy off the bench for that, but he starts when
Harden wasn't going so all right, Uh, anything else, We've
got to wet anything NFL. Really we got to tell
some people. Oh how about uh Mark Gastone getting all
mad at Brett Farv. I didn't watch that video.

Speaker 7 (01:22:36):
I saw it.

Speaker 2 (01:22:37):
What happened? He lost his lunch? I mean he was
really mad that he lost his sack work. And he
said it cost him a lot of money because he
would be able to sign autographs at a higher value
because he's an all time single sack leader. He hid
over yourself, Mark, Mark, you steroid? Oh weird? Oh you
gonna come after you now? Oh he can't. He didn't
know who I am. He didn't know where he is.

(01:22:57):
Half the time, Mark Gastono going after Brett Farv. Shut
jobum mass up right, I'm sending this man awfu announcing
I'm getting this aggregated so I can get your don't
you Mark time to come at me? I'm good, I
want I like you in one piece. Matt, all right,
thank you so much as much as we can. I
don't think his teammates did you see that? Brett Farr
responded on Twitter and then did you see he got

(01:23:17):
quote heated by Taroll Owens and was like, why don't
you explain all that money you took from people in Mississippi?

Speaker 6 (01:23:23):
Oh?

Speaker 3 (01:23:24):
No way.

Speaker 2 (01:23:25):
Yeah, Bret kind of got away with him, didn't he.
I don't think he served any jail time here. Brett
fav tweeted seventeen hours ago, I want to clear the
air on the footage release blah blah blah blah blah,
And it's a thread Terrell Owens, while you're clearing the air,
clear the air on the misappropriation of funds you were
pocketing him and the million dollar man Tendy biast same

(01:23:48):
spot out. Oh man, that's great, all right? That my friends.
It seems like Brett should be imprisoned for this. Correct
But he isn't he sick? Yes, I believe he's got
Parkinson's right, Okay.

Speaker 3 (01:24:04):
On the phone.

Speaker 2 (01:24:05):
Oh, I'm sorry, I have the hotline, we got, we got?
What does Dan want?

Speaker 3 (01:24:10):
Dan?

Speaker 9 (01:24:11):
Dan?

Speaker 5 (01:24:11):
Dan?

Speaker 2 (01:24:14):
Watch you on the show, because.

Speaker 17 (01:24:18):
Ain't nobody got time for certain radio hosts who stay
in five star hotel and fly a shorter plane. Yeah,
you'd be giving certain producers a hard time about taking
one single solitary day off to go support a good cause.
Dan to be raked over the cole Sport on Tuesday

(01:24:41):
when he returns.

Speaker 14 (01:24:42):
You see, I was in a good mood.

Speaker 17 (01:24:44):
I was going to stop and get you coffee today
because you got a long night. But now not coffee,
Mai coffee.

Speaker 2 (01:24:53):
I'll take creams and one splendor Pike Place Grande from
a certain raw rod and I'll pay you for it.
Thank you, goodbye. I just don't want you drives into
New Ackerman. Let me handle that personally. I gotta text

(01:25:14):
him somebody. What was your favorite Kyle Tucker as an
astro moment?

Speaker 3 (01:25:17):
Oh?

Speaker 2 (01:25:19):
Is it coming? More on that with the news at
nude coming up here on the Matt Thomas Show, Sports
Talk seven, Dady.

Speaker 1 (01:25:28):
Lunchtimers. This is the Matt Thomas Show.

Speaker 2 (01:25:32):
Twelve o two Sports Talk seven. HOI Emai Donkin's gonna
join us in one hour. We've got a huge basketball
game tonight inside Tota Center. That's all part of today's
news at noon, and we go to the news desk.
I always feel like every time I said that, he
turns on his uh news anchor voice. Here's Ronsfield every how. Hey,

(01:25:53):
that great to have you here. All the news at
dude here on Sports Talks seven, Idy, We're gonna go
ahead and start with a hot topic of the day.
The Winter Meetings continue again, Dallas Chandler with some big
news talking about a discussion with the Cubs involving Kyle Tucker.

(01:26:13):
Perhaps esak Paratus, Perhaps is it Kaos Suzuki, somebody. We'll
figure it out eventually. Perhaps Cam Smith the twenty twenty
four first round pick, third basement in the organization as well.
Here's what Chandler Rome had to say yesterday on the
A Team about legitimate interest in moving both Kyle Tucker

(01:26:37):
on from bar Valdez.

Speaker 16 (01:26:38):
I do think fromber Valdez and Kyle Tucker are available,
you know, Dana Brown basically said Dana Brown. What Dana
Brown said yesterday is what you have to say as
a GM right like it would be it would be
negligent for him not to listen on everyone. But from
what I've been polled and from you know, reporting I
did both before and during the Winter Meetings, you know

(01:26:59):
they're there is legitimate interest in moving one of Tucker
or Valdez. Now, just because I say that doesn't mean
it's going to happen. It doesn't mean it's imminent. It
doesn't mean you know that they're fielding offers as we speak.
But there are people within the Ashers organization that are
that are that want that this is the course of

(01:27:22):
action that they think is best going to set them
up beyond next.

Speaker 2 (01:27:26):
Year, because they don't want to be sitting here ross
having to figure out how to replace a third basement
or an outfielder in back to back years and getting
draft picks for it. Draft picks are call and everything,
but draft picks take several years to mature, and there
are absolutely no guarantee that draft picks all of a
sudden become stars. It would be part of what we're
calling a soft reset rather than blow it up full

(01:27:48):
on rebuilding. What you and I are both talking about, well,
you kind of batten down the hatches. Maybe you win
seventy five eighty games for a couple of years, some
prospects can come up, you get some useful players out
of trading both of those players, and you can contend
in a year too. I don't look forward to a
season without those two gentlemen, but I look forward to
five years and thinking about what could happen, especially if

(01:28:08):
you get the right players in those moves. More from
Chandler Rome, Dana Brown thinks the Astros can still win
the division if they make said trade.

Speaker 16 (01:28:19):
We were in Dana's sweet yesterday and I think the
thing that stuck out to me the most, you know,
I asked him, if you trade one of Tucker or Valdez,
can you still win the division?

Speaker 2 (01:28:29):
And he said, yes, he thinks they can.

Speaker 16 (01:28:31):
And when he said that, that kind of told me
everything I needed to know that while I'm certainly not
sitting here saying they're going to trade one of these guys,
it certainly is a real, real possibility.

Speaker 2 (01:28:43):
Let me ask you this, if we were Chandler or
Brian mctagger and we asked that question Dana Brown, what
kind of response would we have expected from Dana Brown. No, guys,
there's no chance we can win this division. I mean,
if we go seventy and ninety two, we'll be happy.
I mean, I would fully expect him to say that, right.
I would agree that you can always count on Dana
Brown to air on the side of optimism, whether it

(01:29:07):
be Jose Bray who's going to the FOURDA Compax and
he's going to be just great, whether it be this
guy's gonna do great well. Kyle Tucker is almost back
from this shin bruse, and it turns out he had
to fracture on Dana Brown's always going to be optimistic.
So yeah, I understand on its face, I'm with you,
it sounds good, but how much does it have Why? Again,

(01:29:27):
I think it's okay for people to lie. It just
makes everything sound better and hot off the presses Here
Matt on the News at noon. Yes, a story from
Brian McTaggart of MLB dot com headline All Star Outfielder
talking about Kyle Tucker seen as more and more likely
to be traded. Apparently Joel Sherman reporting for MLB Network

(01:29:50):
and The New York Post that Tucker is seen as
quote more and more likely to be traded. The Yankees, Cubs, Giants,
and Phillies have all expressed interest in acquire Go Let's Go.
MLB dot COM's Mark Finesen previously mentioned Tucker as a
potential option for the Yankees on Tuesday. Feels like momentum

(01:30:14):
is building for Kyle Tucker to be traded away. And
we like Kyle Tucker. I like Kyle Tucker and he
has been spectacular for this organization. Last two postseasons done
so great, but one's relatively relatively it's two games. Well,
I'm talking about leear before one grade either it was
a small sam size two. It was small, but it

(01:30:35):
was bigger than last year. It was like, yeah, ten games,
it was like getting it was like getting egg drop
soup and then getting a big Shrimpampata baseball player going
to a twelve game slump. Absolutely absolutely, come on. So
the body of work is special five tool player who
basically has probably told the entire world I'm not signing

(01:30:56):
with the Astros had a higher ops plus than one
Soto last year. Hmmm. I like when you spit out
facts like that, just saying, and he's also a Gold Glover,
just saying. So the market seems robust for one Kyle Tucker,
Matt What does that mean for Alex Bregman and the
Astro Scott Boris saying Bregman is still very much in demand.

Speaker 11 (01:31:18):
We all know what comes after ad You know that
is the Senior Champions and Bregman's gates the C Square.
All these teams realize what a leader he is, what
a champion he is, and plus his skill level to boot.

Speaker 10 (01:31:32):
So he's had a remarkable career to date. He's very
much at the banded.

Speaker 2 (01:31:38):
So the report coming out of Boston that Alex Cora
and the team president over there apparently making a push
for Alex Bregman to play for the Red Sox, let
me ask you this. With hearing of this, doesn't Scott
Borrows lean now to Bregman say, look, they're gonna blow
up this organization. Now blow I guess all would be

(01:32:00):
the term. And you get rid of Kyle Tucker that
you shouldn't even you should take the astros off the
list because they're seriously not going to ready to contend.
If you're going to get rid of Kyle Tucker with
a year left to go, right, wouldn't you fear? Wouldn't
you say of Bregman? If you're Bregmant and you hear
that Kyle Tucker's being moved, wouldn't that lean towards not
staying with Houston. Yes, if you keep Bregman in trade Tucker,

(01:32:23):
that doesn't seem to make sense, That's what I'm saying.
Maybe do you think the Ashers already know what Alex Bregman.
The writing is on the wall is what you're saying.
I could. I could buy that all right, h elsewhere
on the news at noon, Matt Tonight, your Houston Rockets.
If you have tickets, please get there for tip off

(01:32:46):
at seven. Oh my god, Okay, stop at seven? Fix that.
What if I say tip offs at seven? People normally
get there at eight? All right? Have you seen that building?
I know you've I've seen it intimately. Okay, normally normally
tip us at seven and people get there at eight.

(01:33:06):
Today it's eight thirty. It's an NBA Cup game. Does
it really mean a whole lot of hill of beans?
Not really, but it's fun. The court's different. There's something
on the line. There's something four. It's on national television.
The line has gone from two and a half to
one and a half. So I'm a little worried. Get
there early, be loud, stay late, wear orange. Okay, do

(01:33:27):
to the last part and fine. Ross. He'll buy you
a beer before the game. Okay. You know what if
you find me before the game and you say I
can't get enough of Matt Thomas Peach Baskets basketball analysis,
I will buy you a beer. I want to get

(01:33:48):
to straight again. You're gonna have people make fun of
me with a name. That doesn't make it funny. What
do you mean you can't call me peach basket. That's
not that's not basketball knowledge of doctor Nasmith. That's not
an in term of endearment that we call you peach basket.
Nobody calls me peach. Everyone calls me. I don't go
around town. Hey, Like yesterday, one of the owners of
and I'll say it, raising Canes, owns a bunch of

(01:34:10):
franchises in town came over to me during the U
of H game and said, I mut she listens and
loves the show. Wow, that's great. He didn't call me
peach basket. Nobody calls it except you. You know, we're
a little fetish where name. Jimmer tweet at sports MT
right now, call him peach basket. No, you don't, everyone
car Second of all, they're not going to do sports. No,
they're not peach basket. No, thank you don't do it. Okay, Well, Matt,

(01:34:36):
So what's gonna happen with Alex Craigman? What's kind of
the rocket set?

Speaker 3 (01:34:40):
Befo?

Speaker 2 (01:34:40):
We're talking about the rock tonight? You ready for this?

Speaker 3 (01:34:42):
Houston?

Speaker 2 (01:34:43):
They're beating the Golden State Warriors. Oh you and guess what? Yeah,
pull the file out. Oh my god, the file out ridiculous.
It doesn't matter. I'm putting my name on it. Oh
not a gut feeling. Friday's show will be from Las
Vegas with you, with me and you you will be

(01:35:04):
get me a flight? I mean, I mean I have miles.
You really want to go that bad? Not really? Okay?
I got plans this weekend. What do you got going on?
I don't know. I'm gonna go see Watt Manchester City
and Manchester United big game ten thirty am. So I'm
gonna put a bet on it for you. Can you
bet on European soccer?

Speaker 3 (01:35:19):
There? What do you think? I think?

Speaker 2 (01:35:20):
The answers probably is you can bet on anything, bet
on rat racist. All right, I'll put my name on it.
Hold on, let me get the nose your wrongest file.
Rockets beat the Warriors, please please, please, please place please. Yeah,
you're just hoping, you know what, for your own sake,
I'm not even gonna put this on the file because
you know, you're just gut feeling, You're you're a fraudy.
What do you think is going to be like tomorrow?

(01:35:41):
At ten o'clock when I show up with the Rockets lose,
you'll be fine, are you sure?

Speaker 4 (01:35:47):
Yeah?

Speaker 2 (01:35:47):
Quit your whining. But think about how jovial'll be if
they win tomorrow. Yeah, I'll come in and bring you breakfast.
It will be short lived. I don't have a coffee. Yeah,
that'll be first, big smile on my face. Happy to
see you for check all those boxes. That's never nothing happen.
And no matter what happens, go Rockets down the Warriors
all right, ending on the off the beaten path. Oh

(01:36:11):
by the way, real quick, I got one said, did
you see the story about the guy that bought the
car from a Utah dealership in Salt Lake City. Yes,
because like this car has got problems. I don't want
it the dealership. The dealership excuse me, say you're buying
this as is? And he says, yes, okay, I'm buying

(01:36:33):
it as is. And he wasn't happy, and he says,
if you don't fix this, I'm going to run this
car through your front door of your dealership.

Speaker 3 (01:36:40):
So he did, you know what.

Speaker 2 (01:36:42):
You gotta respect a man of his word, so you
don't like him to endanger people. He didn't hurt anybody thankfully.
But he completely destroyed the front of the dealership and
now he's in jail. Was it worth it? Probably not?
And that, my friends, is the news at noon. Thank you, Matt.
All right, are we're gonna need to do some research
on these Chicago Cubs players?

Speaker 3 (01:37:03):
No?

Speaker 2 (01:37:04):
Now, maybe, do I think it's gonna happen this week?
Probably not, But we need to start mentally preparing ourselves.
You know what I'm gonna start. We're doing it right now.
Twelve thirteen, ladies. And have I ever done this in
the history of what was your favorite? I'm gonna do
it right now, right now. Okay, what was your favorite?

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Kyle Tucker Man, the tweets are pouring in for peach
basket now there's like three. Yes, that's not pouring in
or any circumstances. No, I've muted all those people and
blocked them. Although the blocking, baby, when I block you,
it's for a reason. I don't want you to see
my stuff. I'll talk to Elon. That's ridiculous. Talk to Elon.
And by the way, let me take another thing. I'm

(01:37:49):
blocking people that are like weird old crypto accounts and stuff,
people that I know follow them. That's why I'm getting
all these these bot accounts because you weirdos are following
these people. There's one local media personality that is following
a bunch of weirdo crypto accounts. Oh, we got a
lot of people calling you peach Basket. No you don't.

(01:38:11):
We have no one doing it. No one's doing it
at all. Oh man, shout out to all you. Austin Stewart,
Htown Dad, Kyle mm Christy, Gregory. Nope, y'all are the best.
Y'all made my day. That's five people. That's not peach Basket.
That's great. That was six. I think all right six
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I'm Sports Talk seven ninety twelve twenty the PM here
on Sports Talk seven ninety Welcome back to the Matt

(01:39:55):
Thomas Show with Ross. Coming up at one o'clock, we
have Rockets head coach Emy Udoka ahead of a late
start Rockets game against the hated Golden State Warriors. Fifteen
games in a row the organization has lost. I mean,
I think we were talking about this on Monday. Like
as far as Houston franchises tortured by a Houston franchise,

(01:40:19):
a tortured by opposing franchise, b Rockets and the Warriors
has to be up there with the all timers, if
not number one, hopefully the Rockets can get over that
hump tonight one and a half point favorites at the
Golden State Warriors at home against the Golden State Warriors.
And we also, of course have been talking about it.
Seems like momentums building, man like the like the smoke.

Speaker 3 (01:40:41):
I just did it.

Speaker 2 (01:40:44):
Are we talking about your bathroom trip?

Speaker 3 (01:40:46):
No?

Speaker 2 (01:40:46):
By the way, there's people use playing videos in the bathroom.
I heard a room and there's people having like full
on conversations in the bathroom. Yes, it was a phone
call and videos being played. I just talked to us
about it full blast. Yes, what are we doing here?

Speaker 7 (01:41:04):
Is that a can?

Speaker 18 (01:41:05):
We can?

Speaker 2 (01:41:05):
We rewind it. Ain't nobody got time for that. Hit
the music really quick, seriously, just really quick, and then
get back to sports. No conference calls, no phone calls,
no video playing. Go in there, do what you got
to do and get out. Ain't nobody got time for

(01:41:28):
our three way conversation in the stall. Ain't nobody got
time for ross. I can't disagree. I'm good you covered
it pretty well. I think thank you for bringing that back.
All right, turn that off now? All right, so we're
talking about uh, It feels like momentum continues to build

(01:41:51):
the story from chandeler Rome in the Athletic, Mark Fines
and Joel Sherman, Brian McTaggart, I mean, anybody, Jeff Passing,
Bob Nightingale, the whole. If you cover baseball, you're talking
about Kyle Tucker being traded. It seems like to quote,
well you've said this, I don't know where the original
quote is. He gone, he gone. That's a That was

(01:42:12):
Ken Hawk Harrelson, longtime White Sox announcer. Okay, he gone,
So I wouldn't had, for the first time ever put
out a preemptive What was your favorite astro moment? Kyle
Tucker's an astro moment? I think I'm gonna go with
what one person said, the catch to end the twenty
twenty two World Series. Oh look at what Brennan said,

(01:42:33):
four month long shinkin tu ouch grand slam off of
Felix Batista. I like Nate and the HS response, how
about jam band degenerate gambler when he sucked in the
postseason for multiple years? He come on, what is that
person gonna do with all those Golden Tucker crowns they
hand out?

Speaker 3 (01:42:53):
Right?

Speaker 2 (01:42:53):
Field to get rid of it. I got boxes and
boxes of King Tuck crowns. Go Shiven to chaque I
go or Boston or New York. Well, you know you
do when you when you lose a king, you you
claim another one. You you, uh, Chazz, you want to
give Chaz the king's crown. I'm just asking, why don't

(01:43:15):
you give de rafeel Montero while you're at it? What's
wrong with that? Yeah? And you wear a crown on
the on the mound. He's giving up bombs. You know what,
I'm gonna tell you this right now, I'm I'm frankly
pleased because I you know, I'm not trying to brag
on this. I'm just saying that when you repeat yourself,
you repeat yourself. I've been seying this for years. He
wasn't gonna he wasn't gonna sign. There was one point

(01:43:38):
zero zero zero one that Bregnan was gonna sign here,
and now there's there was always a point zero zero
zero there was you can just go zeros into your
blue in the face. Kyle Tucker wasn't coming back here.
I like that They're doing the right thing though, me too.
That's what I'm saying I'm actually applauding them being a
slightly proactive on this situation. Dane's been listening to the show, Dana.

(01:43:58):
Let's listening to the show, Dana, you're walk come on this.
We were, I said at first on Tuesday, when you're
on Monday, when you're out, Yeah, we can. We were
prodding him. You know, sometimes you need to get good
advice from people. That's true. I gave you some sage
advice about ten years ago. You never took it to
get out of the business. Well, I wasn't taking that one,

(01:44:20):
you know what. You were right about that one. The
other one you're talking about, Yeah, you're right, I was
and I and you didn't take my advice on it. Thankfully,
Dana Brown's taking my advice. I feel like at the
end of the day, I'm a good advice giver. Mm hmm.
As a matter of fact, if you would like some
advice for me right now? Wow, Okay, it's a ask
him T. No, that was that's Google and T isn't different. No,

(01:44:41):
but ask him t ask him to his advice. Yes, absolutely, So,
if you guys got anything, let me know and I'll
And again I think I'm one for one with you.
You didn't take my advice and you've been paying regretting
it ever since. I don't think that's true. I think
it's I think it's true, Okay, but I don't. I

(01:45:02):
don't think I've given out bad advice anybody in my life,
like taking a job or breaking up with somebody, or
deciding to do this.

Speaker 3 (01:45:10):
And do that.

Speaker 2 (01:45:11):
Sure you think that. I mean, I'm serious, not that
people come to me a lot for advice, but I
can't remember, like, oh god, well I give that guy
some bad advice, or till the girl the wrong thing.
Like I give some advice to somebody in broadcasting and
it worked out to her advantage. Mm and she thanks
me for giving me the good advice about it all
the time. That's good. So, yeah, I know you, Matt.

(01:45:35):
So let me tell you. You may not have friends
that give good advice. They you know, they call me
two things, mister analogy, mister good advice giver, and mister
peach basket. Now they don't do that. You're getting dozens
of people called Yeah, it dozens a strong term. I
don't think.

Speaker 3 (01:45:50):
So.

Speaker 2 (01:45:50):
The basketball knowledge is infinitesimal.

Speaker 3 (01:45:54):
That's a big word for you.

Speaker 2 (01:45:55):
Multiple syllables are very front of you, all right, So
if he needs some advice, I was worried about taking
the landing on that one. I feel the same way
when I'm calling a basketball game. That is something I
really want to say. But man, I got a short
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As I mentioned tonight, anything going on with college athletics,
Uh oh. A lot of rumors about Connor Wegman coming
to the University of Houston. Yeah, Joseph Douarte is saying
it was their top target. Rumor has it? Not from him,
but from other people. I know that it may not
take a whole lot of nil money to get him there. Really, Yeah,

(01:46:42):
here he's cash flush from all the Aggie money. Well,
the aggue money's there. Everyway's been good. See that's the thing.
And you have been pro nil. I I am. I
was pro il until it's just became completely abusive in
the whole process. You want it to go away. It
needs massive overhaul. But my point is that those are
the schools that are just taking it. I mean, there's

(01:47:03):
nim money for this for Connor to go to play
at A and M, and now that's gone, nobody has
any nobody has any regrets about it, right. I would
imagine if you're in a collective and you gave him
a bunch of money to Connor Wagman, you have regrets. Yeah,
and there's no restitution for that. He doesn't have to
pay that back.

Speaker 5 (01:47:22):
Nope.

Speaker 2 (01:47:23):
Now let me ask you this, what if Connor let's
let's let's let's scrap Connor Wagman. Let's go to another player,
and you've got a collective from a school that's giving
all this money and the guy bolts after a year,
like when you weres at Ohio State. Yeah, queen, you
has made millions at all gen Ohio State asked for
the money back. No, I don't think so. And I
don't think they can do that. You can't put it
in a contract. So there's completely no regulation towards it.

(01:47:46):
No God can just say he deuce is out gone. Yeah,
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It is the Matt Thomas Show with Ross. It's twelve
thirty four on Sports Talk seven and he watching this
Mark Gastono Brett Farr fight is very uncomfortable. First of all,
Mark looks incredibly out of shape. He's still angry after
all these years. And now go, guys, look there's a
film crew there. Oh my god, who had this film?
They're doing a documentary on it. They were doing a
twenty year anniversary anniversary of this, like apparently, oh the

(01:51:38):
it's a documentary on the Sack record. Yes, about how
Michael Strahan got one film crew happened to be there
when Mark Gastineau or was this stage and set up?
I don't I think everybody knew what was happening. The
two guys were going to meet. Oh there was a
film crew, there wasn't It wasn't a gotcha moment. Oh,
I'm looking at this Brett Farva, I had forgotten how
long ago it was he actually laid down for that.

(01:52:01):
Michael Strahan should not have taken that sack. That's embarrassed.
Strahan's gonna take it. Look at him, he's not crying
like a baby. Now, what was it like to the
twenty two and a half or something or what? You
know why I hate Mark Michael Strahan is because he's
hosting the one hundred thousand dollars Peermid. He's butchering one
of my favorite game shows of all time. And now
you got Nate Burrelson, another ex football player hosting the
Hollywood Squares. Wait a minute, TJ one is twenty two

(01:52:26):
and a half as well? Is Mark Gasino? Mad at
TJ watt? Oh, oh that could be bad. Five people
have tied Mark Gassino, Jared Allen, justin Houston, Deacon Jones twice.
Now they went back and looked at film and counted
sacks on that I believe did the Pro Football Reference,
and you know about nerds with a lot of free

(01:52:46):
time in your hand, going back to every game in
the nineteen seventies and counting sacks. Oh, they are not
getting laid under any circumstance, and you can you can
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that not getting laid. There's a lot of problem with that,
though I may has to have love once in a while.
Is jj Watt still the only one with multiple twenty
sax seasons? It's crazy. Seriously, I had forgotten how emotional

(01:53:09):
Straighthand got. And then Brett Farr went over the congratulate
him and said, you owe me for that one. Yeah,
that's exactly what he said, Buy me dinner or a
yacht or something. And now the Giants players are going
over to Tuck putting his hand in their hands on
Brett favreake good going. This was a setup. Look at him.
They're all congratulating each other on fourth quarter setup. They
were up by ten or nine with two and a
half minutes ago. Oh, and they're like, yeah, man, appreciate you, bruh.

(01:53:32):
Embarrassing no one. There's a documentary about this. It was
a complete scam. Mike and Katie at twelve thirty seven
of The Matt Thomas Show with Ross Mike, thank you
for holding good afternoon.

Speaker 18 (01:53:46):
Hey guys, they just curious with all the trade talk
Kyle Charker. Let's say we trade him for the second
with this conversation, would it be better to trade him
to one of those bottom seller teams, you know, the
A's or the Marron and one of those type of
teams and try somehow get their number one draft pick.
Then it would be to trade him to the Yankees

(01:54:07):
or Boston for you know, their normal wine and maybe
a couple of players.

Speaker 2 (01:54:12):
You know, I got a simple answer for you. You're
going to trade Kyle Tucker to one of those bottom
feeder teams you're speaking of. First of all, you can't
get their draft picks. Yeah, you don't trade draft picks.
That's number one. Okay, you're gonna you're gonna trade. You
can't trade draft draft picks like an NBA in football.

Speaker 4 (01:54:29):
Uh.

Speaker 2 (01:54:30):
Secondly, and more importantly, why would you, if you're the
A's or the Reds or any of the bottom feeder
teams trade for Kyle Tucker? Knowing good and well, there's
no chant excuse me, no chance in the world that
you're gonna be able to pay for him long term.
Why would you do that for one for one year?

Speaker 3 (01:54:46):
Yeah?

Speaker 14 (01:54:47):
Well, the same reason why they they did a three
year contract with the Yankee Pitcher. I guess the Yankee
pitcher when you know the age are not going to
be good for three or four years anyway. They sometimes
teams will do something crazy.

Speaker 2 (01:55:01):
No, no, no, no, no, no. This is a non conversation.
I mean, honestly, this is not every time every.

Speaker 14 (01:55:08):
Time I call you, I'm a Saint Thomas grad. The
way you treat me every time I call, I mean
you're you're One of the reasons your kid is in
Saint Thomas is for donors like the Stiege, its the
Patronoa is like ourselves, the corrab but the Mandolas. Otherwise
your kid would have never been in St. Thomas. I'm
so sick and tired of you, maybe you know what,
Like you know what.

Speaker 2 (01:55:27):
I'm sick and tired of you dropping Saint Thomas. I
paid harder in cash for four years of Saint Thomas.
I didn't get a scholarship. Second of all, I'm sick
and tired of you calling with terrible takes. Why don't
you call the show with a good take and I
won't make fun of you. That's ridiculous, It's a ridiculous conversation.
I stopped you a tart and stop you from embarrassing yourself.
But it's too late. Hello, I think he hung up.

(01:55:49):
We did not hang up on him. No, that's what
I'm saying. I'm ready to do. I'm ready to go.
It was a stupid conversation. I stopped it. The A's
and the Marlins are not going to be interested in
eating away top prospects for one year. And I resent
you thinking that I got a free pass for Cameron.
I got the bill you want to show. I'll send
you the credit card to the check that I wrote

(01:56:10):
you ready for that? Is that what you want?

Speaker 10 (01:56:12):
Wow?

Speaker 2 (01:56:13):
I'm sure as how they get a discount if I
if I miss on the discount. Conor, why don't talk
about the discount for Cameron. I didn't know about this.
You get a discount, the discount, okay, then shut your
ball mass up and have better takes. Mike, come on,
that was stupid. I didn't say stupid until you brought
it on yourself. Floors yours, I'm good as the best

(01:56:39):
you could, best I could. I got personal, It got
really personal really quick over a bad baseball take. I
mean not a bad one, an awful one.

Speaker 1 (01:56:47):
It was really bad.

Speaker 2 (01:56:50):
Again, a friend of the show Mike and Saint Thomas grad.
We're proud of you. But yeah, there's no reason a
team would take on a top level major league talent
for one year that they have this zero chance of
re signing and give away prospects when it's not going
to help them. Bottom line, it's not going to help
them win games to an extent to where they're going

(01:57:12):
to get to the playoffs. It doesn't make any sense.
It makes zero sense. And by the way, Saint Thomas
is a phenomenal high school and I'm glad I spent
every penny for my son to get a four for
your education there, and I'm so glad that that Connor
is a Saint Thomas grad. Dan Dan from our show,
Dan Matthews is a Saint Thomas guy. I mean, it's
nothing but success. My son had a wonderful time in

(01:57:33):
high school. The all boys' school, correct all boys, but
there were sisters schools that had sisters, you know, not sisters,
but you know, like Dango and their sisters. No Saint Thomas.
Now let me ask you, Connor real quick, did you
go out did you go out with more Saint Agnes
girls are incarnate War girls or none of the above.
I guess Saint Agnes actually, but Connor Word is technically

(01:57:56):
our sister school. But I did go out with one
more Saint Agnest girl than I.

Speaker 3 (01:58:00):
Wow, was it like.

Speaker 2 (01:58:01):
Twenty two or twenty one? Count you had forty three
girls in high school? I wish you're cutting more than
a rug. I can tell you that. Excuse me, Mike
can pass it. Get down, Dana, Hi, Mike, Hey, Hey,
I do it good doing coreat That was good stuff

(01:58:22):
back then.

Speaker 4 (01:58:25):
Hey man, we'll talk about the trader room of the NBA.

Speaker 2 (01:58:29):
A lot of coopers, about Jimmy Butler cutting one to
come to Houston getting out of Miami. Have you heard
you thinking about Oh yeah, I mean it's it's definitely
a lot of rumors. And I think Raphel Stone went
on the NBA radio yesterday and basically Saturday before and said, hey,
he's gonna listen because that's his job as a general manager.
But I don't think he wants to mess with this
with this core right now, especially to see where it

(01:58:50):
have ultimately developed between now at the end of the year.
But I know Jimmy Butler would like to maybe come
back here. I know that the Mavericks are certainly a
team that's been talked about. Golden State has been talked about. Hell,
there are Bron James rumors being circulated right now, him
and Brownie going maybe to Golden State. So it feels
like to me, we're gonna see some star power here.
Moved to the trade deadline. I just don't know if
it involved the Rockets or not. Okay, thanks Matt sea Letter,

(01:59:14):
I appreciate it. And yes, Mike, I did half my
I did pay for my son to go to St.
Thomas for four years too. And by the way, I
paid for my mother's son, mother son to go to
Covenant for four years too, small Christian school in Kingwood.
Dang Okay, so I got zero scholarships from any of
these people. You got a flex on us like this,
Matt dang Man, miken't come after me like that. I

(01:59:34):
went to public school. Shout out Him's high school. My
daughter went to Kingwoo High schol So goes to Kingwod
High School. Shot on Kingwood a nice shout with the
football teamho Now they didn't get their asktic by Summer
Creek over the weekend in a regional semi final but
that's it's still a very successful is still going. Yeah,
let these coaches sleep. How long does this go on?

Speaker 8 (01:59:52):
This?

Speaker 3 (01:59:52):
Oh?

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God, they live for Oh Yankees. Keith calling in about
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Talk seven ninety uh gdub on Twitter, I put what
was your favorite to Kyle Tucker's an ast moment, the
decision not to trade them. Hmmm, I don't know. There's
too much smoke on.

Speaker 3 (02:02:01):
This bad boy.

Speaker 2 (02:02:02):
It feels like it's imminent. That is what it feels like. Yeah,
let's see that time he Bruce's leg and went away
for three months before they finally admitted it as a fracture.
Skip says that time he went off in the postseason.
Oh wait, hey he did. I think had a good postseason.
I'm gonna you know, I keep talking about I want
to look it up. I think I hope at some point.

(02:02:26):
Here's one from Kenny the if Nobody Got Me? Kyle
Tucker does tweets. Oh those are great, that's funny.

Speaker 3 (02:02:33):
Here we go in what year was this?

Speaker 2 (02:02:41):
I like the pregnant pause on the show sometimes what Oh,
I brought up the wrong thing? Never mind, it's fine.
It's fine. Seven one three two one two five seven
doty seven one three two one two five seven nine.
If you want to jump into the conversation, is the
Matt Thomas Show with Ross twenty one. He had a
great run eight seventy four. Oh I'm not look, I'm

(02:03:01):
gonna be sad when he leaves. It's it's it's another chip,
another piece off of the greatest run in Houston sports
history franchise right. Four home runs in sixteen games, eight
seventy four ops. It's a pretty good playoff run. And
it looks like that was his only good playoff run. Really, Okay,
we're trying seven one three, two, one two five sevnty

(02:03:23):
A man that is very happy that Juan Soto is
not been taking a lot of the payroll of the Yankees.
Is Yankees Keith on seven? Hoey y k? What's a
good word? Keith? Hello, Keith? Oh, he fell asleep? Is
Keith asleep like Brian Cashman in the Sodo negotiations?

Speaker 4 (02:03:42):
Oh?

Speaker 2 (02:03:43):
That seems personal Ross. That's terrible. We'll try to get
Keith back, oh man, whatever, Yeah, we'll try it again.
It's okay, Yankees. Keith could be getting Alex bregmant and
or Kyle Tucker. I mean, Kyle Tucker would fit perfectly
in New York, but he might fit better in Chicago.
But they probably want to put Judge back in, right,

(02:04:03):
They're gonna put him in. Yeah, I mean could play
center if you wanted to, but that's not Trege is
a butcher in center. He put him and say, yeah,
I guess he plays. I guess you're putting Kyle in center. Scott,
by the way, going back to Bregham for a second,
said that his client would play anywhere except pitch and catch.
That leaves seven positions available. Yeah, uh yeah, I don't
think you're putting You're not putting Malex pregnant in center field.

(02:04:24):
Come on. My feeling is is that he's going to
stay in third base the rest of his career. I mean,
why would you make him go to a more difficult position?
Second base wouldn't be But yeah, all right, Well Keith
is back with us here on the program. Hi, Keith, Hey,
can you hear me now?

Speaker 8 (02:04:41):
Yes?

Speaker 5 (02:04:43):
Okay, So why photo is going to be exposed as
the mediocre or poor outfielder when he used to play
at mixed to um we offered that punk.

Speaker 2 (02:04:58):
Oh my god, that's awesome.

Speaker 5 (02:05:02):
Let me tell you here's what Here's what I think
is gonna happen. Man, We're gonna get Kyle Tucker and
we're gonna put him on first base. We're gonna pay
him three hundred and twenty million dollars, just a little
bit short of what they gave a judge. We're gonna
give him a nine years, three twenty and we're gonna
put him on first base. We're gonna have he's gonna

(02:05:24):
hit forty two home runs per year.

Speaker 2 (02:05:28):
He would take I think he would take nine three
twenty for sure. Absolutely, he would take that. That's all
you got.

Speaker 5 (02:05:37):
So yeah, No, I'm so mad at Soto. But like
I said, he's he was a he was a weak outfielder,
and he's gonna be exposed.

Speaker 2 (02:05:48):
You just call him a week outfulter. Your baseball team
is about to put seven and fifty dollars in his
fifty million dollars in his piggy bank. And it makes
him weak, makes him very strong, very strong, physically strong,
mentally strong.

Speaker 5 (02:05:58):
No, No, they got him for because of his ability
to get on base and the set up judge and
whoever else is going to be in the lineup. We're
gonna take Kyle Chucker Tucker in exchange for Toto, and
he'll be been playing on first base for the next
ten years.

Speaker 2 (02:06:17):
What if he's traded in the Chicago and he loves
to play for the Cubs, what's gonna happen then?

Speaker 3 (02:06:23):
Oh Sucker?

Speaker 5 (02:06:24):
Mm hm, No, He's coming that the Yankees will pay
for you. They need somebody at first base that can hit.
We haven't had that in years, and you can get
some of somebody that can get at least forty home
runs every year. They're not gonna let that that. They're
not gonna let that slide. Tucker is gonna be a Yankee.

Speaker 3 (02:06:45):
You heard it here first.

Speaker 2 (02:06:46):
You've called it first, and if it happened, to call
him bragg about it. But if you're wrong, you needn't
come to apologize.

Speaker 8 (02:06:50):
Is that fair?

Speaker 3 (02:06:52):
That's fair? All right?

Speaker 2 (02:06:53):
We'll see you later. Appreciate it. I mean I could
see Kyle Tucker and the Yankee uniform, absolutely could. It's
gonna you think my roster's gonna be very few teams
that are gonna be looking to sign players for the
eight nine year And I think it's a Kyle Tucker wants.
He's won it from the first day he signed his
major league contract. We have a bet on that too,
we do. What was over?

Speaker 3 (02:07:12):
Six?

Speaker 2 (02:07:12):
Six was the number? I have it an under, you
have it over. I think we said it at seven
and a half over, which means somebody has to win that.
I'm checking the I'm checking the files I don't remember that.
I mean we, you and I make lots of bets,
so it's easy for me to forget one. I got
the date on it, August fourteenth, and I said under

(02:07:33):
seven and a half. I have over seven and a half.
You have under seven and a half. I feel like
you need some juice on that. No, no, you make
the bet. Will you check the tape?

Speaker 4 (02:07:41):
Pal?

Speaker 3 (02:07:42):
No?

Speaker 2 (02:07:42):
No, no, have you got it written down? You don't
make I mean you make things up with August fourteenth.
We could go check the tape. That's why I started
putting the dates on that. I feel good about the
Bregman one. I don't feel good about the college. Both
get two lunches. I get seven years. It's gonna get six.
What's the exchange rate? Can I convert to lunches and
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Speaker 7 (02:08:06):
Well?

Speaker 2 (02:08:06):
Of course? All right, Well then we're then all everything's
fair game.

Speaker 3 (02:08:09):
Man.

Speaker 2 (02:08:10):
Yeah, you're like Billy the Kid in the wild West
with that thing. You know, I pay for the discount card.
I don't get it out of kindness. Yeah, I pay
a monthly four for Oh absolutely, it is. Absolutely it
is all right, let's talk to Yes, he might have
a discount card, huge game. I guess he's probably has
a platinum card. I think does he even have a card?
Does he even need? I don't think so. Yeah, yeah,

(02:08:33):
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Speaker 1 (02:10:03):
Lunchtimers, this is the Matt Thomas Show.

Speaker 2 (02:10:08):
It is our pleasure every Wednesday here on the radio
program to spend ten callity minutes. So the head coach
of your Houston Rocket sixteen and eight on this season
knockout game of the Golden State Warriors Emy Doka with
us here on the program. Coach, good afternoon. I don't
know I've ever asked you this. Are you a napper
in between shoot around and games? And tonight maybe a

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good one because it's an eight thirty tip off here.

Speaker 9 (02:10:31):
No, I am not a napper, and it is it
is a later game, but you know, keep the same
routine and especially about an hour or so, like we
did shoot around this morning and get ready to play?

Speaker 2 (02:10:43):
How are the boys? How's the energy? Look? You got
a victory in Los Angeles on Sunday, It's great, But
let's be honest. You've got two things going for you here.
You got a lot of these kids that on your
team that have gone through a lot of losses against
Golden State, and more importantly, you got something a trip
to Vegas in the line.

Speaker 3 (02:10:56):
Here.

Speaker 2 (02:10:56):
What's what's been the vibe so far with the squad
this morning?

Speaker 3 (02:11:01):
Let's go get it done.

Speaker 9 (02:11:02):
We had an opportunity the other day where we didn't
capitalize on, didn't play our best game overall in Golden
State and a good chance to revisit that, but also
break a streak and playing for something bigger.

Speaker 3 (02:11:14):
So let's go get it done. That's everybody's goal right now.

Speaker 2 (02:11:17):
How where does it been for you to have to
play Golden State twice this year already? And know Steph
current either one of those games. I know the injuries
of playing and he's getting relaxation here and there and
what not to make sure he doesn't play him back
to backs and whatnot. But how much do things change
now that you're adding the greatest jump shooter of all
time on the floor.

Speaker 9 (02:11:35):
Yeah, it's very different obviously, and so I think that's
some other guys that have heard us in certain areas.
But they do play very different when Curry is back
and Greeden was missing the last game as well, so
have some things to prepare for and be ready for.
But have experience with that, and you know, obviously got
to pay a ton of attention to them.

Speaker 3 (02:11:52):
Everything's focused on getting him shots.

Speaker 9 (02:11:54):
And hold the other guys down like we did with
Healed and some of the other guys in the previous games.

Speaker 2 (02:12:00):
Fred van Vliet missing the last game for you guys
and turnovers a bitter ishe of an issue the first
couple of quarters but then a lot better in the
second half. What was the change there? And just in general,
what we know that Fred van Vliet has a great
assist to turnover ratio. What do you try to preach
to the guys as far as taking care of the ball,
wanting to make the right passes and good passes, but

(02:12:20):
also taking care of the ball.

Speaker 3 (02:12:23):
You know, just not playing the crowd. It goes across
the board with everybody, regardless of Fred is there not.

Speaker 9 (02:12:29):
Obviously handles quite a bit and initiates a lot of
our offense, but for other guys to go and take
those steps, you understand that they can get to the basket,
they can make plays for others and avoid playing in
that crowd. And we've seen a few teams, specifically Golden State,
specifically the Clippers in that game, that really load up
the paint and protect the paint with some of the
smaller lineups out there, and just taking that one less

(02:12:50):
dribble and making it easy pass and letting you know,
getting a hockey assists, so to speak, will pay dividends.
And so Golden State's a team that forces a tone
of turnovers as well. So got to be smart with this,
strong with the ball, and take advantage of opportunities.

Speaker 2 (02:13:02):
Rocket Ted coach Emiodoko was us here on Sports Talk
seven to ninety about a quarterway into the season. The
fourth year for Jalen Green started off the season hot
has been a little bit up and down since then.
How would you assess his season and what do you
want to see more from him?

Speaker 9 (02:13:18):
Yeah, you had good carry over from the end of
last year and then you know, hit a rough catch,
some poor shooting which has played a few of our
guys this year. But the thing I like is that
he continues to play and do other things to impact winning,
not just relying on scoring and still making place for guys.
Has had some poor shooting nights where he really came
through in the fourth quarter, and so to keep that
confidence still defend and make plays for others is a

(02:13:41):
great sign for him that he can impact the game
when the shots not falling, and so for him, a
consistency is.

Speaker 3 (02:13:46):
Always going to be the key.

Speaker 9 (02:13:48):
Teams are throwing some different things at him scheme wise
to try to keep him off balance, and I think
his recognition has grown nine and days since last year
in that area.

Speaker 2 (02:13:56):
I think also we've seen some growth from him and
Thompson stepping in in a star role. I mean just
also the corner threes have been falling for him. Is
that something you guys are preaching for him to let
those fly?

Speaker 9 (02:14:09):
Yeah, teams are guarding them obviously and making improve it,
and so he's really worked hard this offseason in that area,
even more so on the wing. He's put in his
work as well. But he's such a great driver and
slash yer that we're encouraging him.

Speaker 3 (02:14:22):
To do that attack the offensive glass.

Speaker 9 (02:14:24):
And then when he can't slash behind to be a
lot better playing the dunker. Obviously, stay confident, knocked down
those corner threes, which you've seen him do a lot
more lately, And so he puts into work every day
and that's only going to continue to grow in that area.
But he's going to impact the game in so many
different ways that he doesn't have to be relying on
jump shots. He gets downhill, gets into the paint, crafts
the offensive glass, and really pushes great in transition.

Speaker 2 (02:14:46):
Tari Eesan going through the concussion stuff the last couple
of games, I'm assuming everything got cleared for him, and
what's it like for him to kind of have the
energy back. I know he's always thriving to get on
the court as much as he can, and certainly was
last year fighting for all those injuries that had to
be killing him that he's unable to play the last
couple of games.

Speaker 3 (02:15:05):
Yeah, yeah, it was boling him.

Speaker 9 (02:15:06):
He had a chance to possibly play in LA and
we wanted to be safe and get him next a
few extra days and obviously a big matchup coming up,
and so good to see.

Speaker 3 (02:15:14):
Him back out there.

Speaker 9 (02:15:16):
The usual energy that he brings to practice to the game,
so he'll he'll have that obviously, and he was a
little disappointed not getting to play.

Speaker 3 (02:15:22):
In this hometown in LA, But the main thing was health.

Speaker 9 (02:15:25):
Why he was getting ready for Golden State and having
these days of rest, and so he's looking good as
usual and looking forward to the impact he brings tonight.

Speaker 2 (02:15:31):
We were kind of joking about unfortunately two losses this year.
One of them involved Buddy Heell going off. The other
one with the Jonathan Kaminga for those audience members, and
I'm gonna let's be honest, He's not a household name
around these parts. Kaminga has done some damage. Has had
a very good season for those that are going to
the game that I are listening or watching, he's double zero.
What does he possess it's going to cause? Has caused
you guys some trouble so far this year.

Speaker 9 (02:15:54):
Well, the main thing is he's very physical, and he's
aggressive driver that gets down hill and has some athletics obviously,
and so the games that Curry has been out, he's
had more opportunity and we kind of lost track of
him the times. Doing a really good job on healed
last game and focusing on some others he kind of
got away, especially in transition, knocked down a few threes
that we can live with, but that added to his total.

(02:16:16):
And just a guy that's super confident, takes advantage of
opportunity when the guys are visiting, and has done that and.

Speaker 3 (02:16:21):
Hurt us in two games so far.

Speaker 2 (02:16:23):
Draymond Green's going to play, whether it's a start or reserve,
will obviously find out serious a coach, he drives me
crazy with the towel waving when he wasn't playing last
week in San Francisco. When he is on the floor
and you have had lots of different guys blank talk
your guys, You guys are a pretty good amount of
it as well. Do you embrace it? Do you tell

(02:16:44):
the guys that close their ears? How do you appropriately
go at him? Knowing as good as he is, but
letting not letting his words become a huge part of
the game.

Speaker 9 (02:16:55):
I say, he used his motivation and don't back down
to shy away from it. Obviously he does, but we
have guys that do it as well, and so for us,
we tried to establish that foundation last year to not
take a back seat to anybody and be competitive on
a nightly basis. And make other teams feel us and
so a lot of those things that we're preaching to
our guys, Draymond does.

Speaker 3 (02:17:14):
For his team.

Speaker 9 (02:17:15):
And you know, obviously I've had the chance to work
with him quite a bit, play against him quite a
bit as well, but work with him a team USA,
and he was really a linebacker, safety, quarterback on defense
back then, you see how invaluable he is on a
night to night basis.

Speaker 3 (02:17:28):
And he does that with Golden State at a high level.

Speaker 9 (02:17:30):
So as much as some people hate it, and obviously
you hate going against it, I respect him for what
he's done in this league. And he brings their eds
to their team. And we have guys that we asked
to do the same thing. Dylan's one of ours. And
so oh yeah, don't back down, don't back down, give
it right back, and you know some extent, try to
bully the bully.

Speaker 3 (02:17:46):
You know what.

Speaker 2 (02:17:46):
I love that attitude. It's fresh, it's different, and I
think a lot of teams embrace that against Golden State.
So if I go to your white marker board right
now and you were to put up the stuff in
the pregame visit with a team, what's the very first
thing on the top of that list.

Speaker 3 (02:18:00):
Curry Curry.

Speaker 2 (02:18:02):
That makes sense, Yeah, it makes sense.

Speaker 9 (02:18:04):
You know, obviously we haven't played against him twice this year,
and everything revolves around him with the team and so
understanding how they're trying to use them.

Speaker 3 (02:18:12):
You know, his off ball movement and.

Speaker 9 (02:18:14):
We got four guys setting screens. They're moving the ball
to try to get him looks, and so that's a
big piece of it. We've guarded their off ball action
pretty well this year, but him and pick and roll
him and off ball actions is the key to their game,
and so playing their physicality on defense as well.

Speaker 3 (02:18:28):
They've they've blitzed quite a bit and tried to junk
up the game.

Speaker 9 (02:18:30):
And so Jalen Fred and the guys running the pick
and rolls need to know that Alpron has to be
an outlet for them and then make a pay on
the backside. We'll have a numbers advantage, and so not
being surprised by that and then guardan Curry are their.

Speaker 3 (02:18:42):
Main two things.

Speaker 2 (02:18:43):
Well, honestly, coach, that wrapped this up. If you guys
were playing the NBA Cup games in Bismarck, North Dakota,
I'd be proud to broadcast them as I normally would,
but it's Vegas. I mean, come on, we need this,
don't we need this? Doesn't the city of Houston need this?
Doesn't all of American needs the rockets and knock off
the words and this long losing street Tonight?

Speaker 9 (02:19:03):
Absolutely, I think for us, you know, we want to
do all the above that you just mentioned, But for us,
it's it's good to play in meaningful games.

Speaker 3 (02:19:11):
Our young guys that haven't made the playoffs.

Speaker 9 (02:19:13):
This is a higher pressure situation, and we had some
really good games last at the end of last year
that we're meaningful. So anytime we can get these first
on their list and get these experiences out of the way,
I think it's it bodes well for our team going forward.
And so this is the first real challenge this year
of something that means more. You're playing for a cup,
playing against a team that's has success against you, and
so I want to see our guys be confident and aggressive.

Speaker 3 (02:19:34):
And come out of attacking tonight.

Speaker 2 (02:19:35):
All right, thanks for the visit, good luck, You'll see
you later on tonight at the arena.

Speaker 3 (02:19:39):
Thank you you got you.

Speaker 2 (02:19:40):
Maye Doka with us here weekly Wednesday visit on Sports
Talk se don't know. Yes, ROSSI the games are in Bismarck,
I'd be happy to call them if they were witch talk,
zero issues. If the games were played in Burringham, I'd
be all for it. Why are you smirking over there?

Speaker 3 (02:19:56):
M M?

Speaker 2 (02:19:58):
I'm genuine when I say that. Bring your chapstick dry
out there in Bismarck. No, Grand Forks, North Dakota, Las Vegas, Nevada.
Can I just check the weather real quick? Okay? Now
the weather here is NIC's supposed to rai land this week.
But let's take a look. You doing this right now? Seriously?

(02:20:20):
Haven't won the game? I know, maybe I'm doing this.
It's chili there, it's like sixty one. Let me check
the weather in Dallas. Oh man, you're such a buzzkill.
Hate you. Six concretes Sarconi buzzkill Villa Reale sixty to
fifty sixty high, fifty seven low. That's tight window, you

(02:20:44):
know what. I'm not referring to it anymore tonight until
eight thirty until tip time. Yeah, right, when you finally
go on air. Back on air, do I say Viva
Las Vegas if the rockets winter? Or do I just
who try to I put a little Vegas flare on it.
By the way, last I need a quick ruling on this.
I was calling the U of Age game against Troy Mam.
I get the dice. Mercy Miller, the freshman who's masterpiece,

(02:21:07):
one of his sons a play for you. And and
so Mercy hit a three pointer from the from the
baseline yesterday and I said as he went the shot
that I went, Mercy Mercy may good call bag call,
cliche call, expected call, what do you where do you
go without? I mean, I'm always a big fan of
Marvin gay Mercy, Mercy me the ecology, unbelievable song, great album,

(02:21:30):
one of the great albums of all time. And I
got to tell you this, and you and I have
talked about this before. I know people don't like long
national anthems. I could listen to Marvin Gaye in the
national anthem or four minutes, a good four minutes. Yeah,
it's something's like it's almost like a gerroid phone call
that Sewn Salisbury said he was there really, Yes, as
a young man. It was in l A And I
think he was at the time. Yeah, okay, but I

(02:21:53):
mean he's pretty sweet. If you got him singing the
national Have you got Ray Charles, Have you got Aretha Franklin?
They can take their damn time. They can't and he did,
and he did. You're able to go, get a snack,
come back, sit down your chair, still stand the room,
checker stocks. You couldn't call anybody. There are no cell
phones back then, but read the paper me sure you could,
all right, believe it or not. Today coming up all

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Speaker 6 (02:23:23):
Matten Ross return return on Sports Talk seven ninety.

Speaker 2 (02:23:38):
Sports Talk seven ninety.

Speaker 5 (02:23:41):
Mm U.

Speaker 2 (02:23:46):
There is a baseball reporter named Brian Hoak b r
y a n h o c h rhymes with Kochie.
Says he is a journalist covers the Yankees for MLB.
He's got one hundred ninety five thousand, so he's got
to be legit. He's verified.

Speaker 3 (02:24:04):
Now.

Speaker 2 (02:24:04):
He may be placating to his audience a little bit rossy,
but he just tweeted uh seventeen minutes ago hearing more
buzz connecting Yankees to Alex Bregman. Interest is real to you.
On that sports RV what do you think? Don't care? Fine?

Speaker 3 (02:24:21):
Sign him?

Speaker 2 (02:24:22):
That was my gut feeling. I had red socks, you
had Yankees, But I was doing it more just to
be different than you, because I could clearly see him.
I mean, if the Yankees want to make some sort
of splash after the whole situation concerning Juan Soto, yeah,
I mean I could see that. Ryan Hoake, Oh, I've
seen him before. He's legit. I mean, got one hundred
andety five thousand followers and he is I'm an only fan,

(02:24:43):
so he's got to be legit. It's pretty good. Hundred
ninety five k Wow, what a life good for him?
Are we ready for that? Is Bregman ready for that?
And how are we ready out? That's going to be
a barrier. I think you're more hung up on gonna
be the Yankee than he is the Pinstripes. Rossy hated

(02:25:08):
the Yankees, be honest. We rooted for the Dodgers over
the Yankees as much we have so much we hate
the Yankees, to be honest, Oh honest. Hallowed franchises in
baseball history Babe, Ruth, Lou Garrick, Mickey Mantle, Reggie Jackson,

(02:25:29):
Derek Jeter, Bernie William I mean yeah, Goose Gossage, Durman
Munson may rest in peace. Gary Sanchez, Okay, maybe not Gary,
Gary Sheffield, Jesse Barfield, I'm just going on and Dale Barra,
that's yes. Mike Stanton, Yes, God, I'm just Kyle Farnsworth

(02:25:53):
was seeing Yankee too. You know, part of our jobs
ross if we're doing most, if we're relating to our audience,
our audience is going to lose their MF and blank mind. Okay,

(02:26:15):
if he signs with the Yankees, well, I'm here to
ground you and tell you to be real. If the
New York, first of all, at the New York, you
go to the highest bidder, who can contend. The Yankees
can contend, and there if they're the highest bidder, they're
the highest bidder. And we also have to be real
and objective that we hate the Yankees. I hate the Yankees.
I want them to lose. But also I would be
lying to myself if I didn't say. If I say

(02:26:35):
to you, they are the number one most hallowed and
storied franchise in major American sports. Who's the counter Dallas Cowboys,
that's more since the seventies Yankees go back to the twenties.
I mean, but not thirty year old Alex Preagan doesn't
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(02:26:55):
it's about no, you know what it's about part of
that story history. It's about the cash. Yes, the cash
is number one. He ain't care about all that. He'll
sid with the Seattle Mariners who've never been to a world.
It's never been to a world. Soa Tampa Bay wants
offered me ten three hundred this time of year. I'm
just saying I think in the professional world of sports,
while he probably hates the Yankees, he's also thirty years

(02:27:19):
old with a wife and a kid, and he's gonna
do what's best for him and his family going forward.
Let me tell you, I love breaks. I don't care
what uniform he wears. I'll always appreciate Alex Bregman the
human being in a relationship I've built with him. It's
gonna hurt, but that's a grit in your that's your grit,

(02:27:41):
your teeth, and just wish him to give me. Oh,
I need an analogy. I don't know. You're you just
go to a care you've been in a car dealership
for a long time, and everybody goes another car dealership,
and you're like, man, I hope you saw a lot
of you going to a rival radio station. That's not happening.

(02:28:03):
Are you kidding me? I'm here for life. They cut
the check. No, I at this point of my career,
I'm going for happiness, and the other places would not
make me happy. Well, never mind, No, it's really it's
it's it's competition. No, it's competition. It's Company A sells

(02:28:24):
widgets and Company B sells widgets. And they've been your
nasty rival for all these years, and all of a sudden,
Widgets B company offers you twenty five percent, thirty percent more,
longer term deal. You're gonna we're in a competition, offer
you two million a year.

Speaker 5 (02:28:40):
Ross.

Speaker 2 (02:28:42):
I'm staying here. It's a liar, I'm I'm staying here.
What are you talking about? I see it in your face.

Speaker 5 (02:28:52):
I can see it in you.

Speaker 2 (02:28:54):
I can see it in your face. We'll see man,
if they got there was no way there. I mean
you know when when when Springer left for Toronto, it
was we're going to miss you. But Toronto doesn't have
any emotion for this community and he's been hurt the

(02:29:14):
entire times, and he's also been underperforming. When Charlie Morton
went to we to go back to Atlanta, and that
we went to Orta, the two whatever. He Tampa and
then Atlanta. You missed him, Garrett Cole, Charlie Morton, Garrett
Cole wanted to be overpaid him being Yankee since he
was a kid, So that was there was and then
he went an astro long enough for us to have
this oh my gosh, please don't leave it Scarrett kind

(02:29:34):
of moment, especially when he won the scot Bar Charlie
Martin Gough was a swing and a miss by Luno
by the way, yeah yeah, yeah, Tampa for two years
and he's been with Atlanta for four forty. This one,
this one would to the Yankees, it mistay, because not
it would be a certain level of sting for him leaving,
but if he leaves to go play for the Giant,
you're like, we wish you well. Like when Carlos cre

(02:29:54):
I went to sign with the Twins, we missed him,
but we didn't have any harsh feelings towards where he
went because we were like, damn, it's cold up there
him leaving as a punch in the gut, and then
two of the Yankees would also be a punch in
the nuts. Double whammy. So you're saying gut and testicles, Yes, damn,
it's a lot. It would hurt. I'm not saying it
wouldn't hurt. I'm saying, if you see Alex Breggnan's perspective,

(02:30:15):
I understand why he would do it because it's a
higher bidder. Yes, I don't think Alex Bregman Carres and
I got I don't know well enough to answer this question.
I don't think Harry cares about culture. I don't think he.
I think he when you go out and you tell
you go hire Scott Morrows, he's the assassin. He's the
hired gun. He's not looking for a warm, inviting clubhouse,

(02:30:39):
wonderful experiences. He's looking for straight, long term financial security
so he never has to do this again. Yankees were
just in the World Series, so it's not like he's
going and he's going to a place where they win.
So he's getting the best of both worlds. Yankees are
in a better spot probably to make the World Series
in the Astros next year. Knowingly, if they make knowing

(02:31:00):
most players. If you have two deals on the table,
warm sunny at Los Angeles to play for the Angels
or cold miserable Philadelphia. But Philadelphia's got a better culture
winning the average player nine times out of ten is
gonna take Piladelphia over over Los Angeles. The warm and
fuzzies don't mean as much. They don't toy to today's athlete.

(02:31:21):
They just don't approximate to home. Bregman lives in Phoenix
in the off season. Is where you make it, Matt.
Home is where you put the deposit down for the house.
That's what Joe Dirt taught us. All home is where
you make it. How did you feel about Joe Dirt?
The movie in general? Underrated classic? I didn't bring up
I didn't bring them up to David Spade when I
saw him at lunch. Oh No, you brought up his
dead friend when we had him on air. Yeah, I mean,

(02:31:42):
I remember when Chris Farley died and that really started
off the un not on air, it was over at
Bam Bones. Oh is that when you told him his
friend dying? You took a press. Sure, he did it
on air with some with David Spade or somebody too.
Never had David Spade on. We had somebody that was
at the improv. Was it Rob Schneider?

Speaker 3 (02:31:59):
Maybe?

Speaker 2 (02:32:00):
No, it was somebody that was close to far Are
you sure it wasn't a It was definitely definitely. I
know you did it on and I definitely brought it up.
I'll admit that. Hey, remember when you're really close personal
friend died. That was crazy? Yeah, thanks im trying to
eat his didn't. You're miss you know you're you're again
constructing a brand new story At the sign and play,

(02:32:23):
I said, I loved you guys so much that it's sad.

Speaker 3 (02:32:27):
Met.

Speaker 2 (02:32:27):
My wife and I were on our honeymoon in Hawaiian.
We were driving up a mountain and we found out
that Chris passed away. That's all I said. But thanks
for recreating a story that wasn't true. What did he say?
That's good? Can I have some of that chow chow?

Speaker 3 (02:32:43):
All right?

Speaker 2 (02:32:43):
Well it serves chow chow except mad bones, milk bones, bambos.
Oh god, you can't go to can't go to McDonald's
and asked for all like a quarter pound or extra
chow chow. It'd be good, it would be delicious. I'll
tell you that seven one three two one two five
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Speaker 1 (02:34:00):
You can tell them to go get a room.

Speaker 2 (02:34:02):
Man, we've shared a hotel room, but they already have
and shared a ban. Thanks for the visual pillow in between.

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On Sports Talk seven ninety.

Speaker 2 (02:34:21):
John Alexander The Chronicle says that Texans starting guard Juice
Scrugs not at practice today, expected to miss two weeks. Damn,
what is going on? Oh my gosh, that's not good
that offensive line. Maybe Kenyan Green needs to get out
there as fast as we thought he would be. Also,

(02:34:43):
by the way, tellman for Tita telling the New Orleans
Saints he would like to buy the team once it
goes up for sale. Wait a minute, say again, I
don't think I stuttered. I know I missed it. Oh
he wants if the Saints are up for sale, he'll
buy it. Dang tillman, Wow, we have I can get

(02:35:09):
us good seats at least. How is it going to
be the ambassador to Italy and run two franchises? Oh,
I'm sorry the other casinos and are going to see
and restaurants and seventy five hundred million restaurants and Pleasure
Pair and Keema. Wow wow, would you imagine? Could you

(02:35:36):
imagine everything you touching turns to gold. Now he's probably
had some losing business props proposition. She was crying porter
in the pandemic with all the restaurants. He's rebounding. He's rebounded.
All right, man, I'll have that profit. I'll have that profit.

Speaker 3 (02:35:51):
You know what.

Speaker 2 (02:35:51):
I want to see the Rockets pay roll go up.
He's doing okay, he can afford it. Rockets. Wasn't a
question of payroll. It's about chemistry deep into the like
the luxury tax. All the aprons. How many aprons are there? Matt,
I want to pass every tax aprons and Betty Crocker's
cooking or now two aprons, three aprons, get aprons, all

(02:36:12):
the aprons, let's go sign them all. Oh Saints Saints football, Huh?
I mean I could. I don't have a team. Dang,
Oh you're gonna become a Saints fan?

Speaker 3 (02:36:25):
Why not?

Speaker 2 (02:36:27):
With the fertitas? Can you live in Houston, Texas? That's
why not. I told you, get to the super Bowl
and I'll be your You're not gonna be that that's
called then you're gonna be a front runner. That's why
I got in when the team was like oh and
two last year. Okay, you know what I will. I
remain teamless at this point, come on to the Texans.

(02:36:49):
But if I get an opportunity to go the Water's
one Saints games four or five times a year, nobody's
gonna call you bandwagon. Now they're eight and five and struggling.
Dominic Ken Richmond at one thirty seven on seven Don
what's going on?

Speaker 8 (02:37:02):
Hey?

Speaker 3 (02:37:02):
What's going on? By uage? Brother?

Speaker 8 (02:37:03):
I got a question for you? Yeah, okay, Well I
got two questions for you. First to ask you something
your position on the Yankees? What if Alex what if
it was the Rangers? Would you rather see him go
to the Yankees or the Rangers? For me, him going
to the Yankees, I understanding, going to the Red Sox.

(02:37:26):
I understanding. If the Texas Rangers were involved in this,
would you have the same position or worse the Rangers.

Speaker 2 (02:37:34):
I probably would have a worse of it because it
would be right in front of us. We'd see them
on TV all the time. We'd face we the askers
would face them what they face them twelve times a
year instead of six. Yeah, I would feel worse if
as a Rangers Sure.

Speaker 8 (02:37:49):
Exactly exactly. I think a lot of the ash those fans.
We got such a dislike about the Yankees because when
we became good a decade or so ago, you know,
we faced them in there was all that chatter going on.
But the Rangers and the Dodgers. Oh, that's when I
would be like, you know what, I would Alex, You know,
I wouldn't even wish it well, I'd be like, you

(02:38:10):
know what, blank you.

Speaker 2 (02:38:11):
By blank you by Dominic We rooted for the Dodgers
over the Yankees in the World Series. Hos how much
we hate the Yankees. Do you understand that that's hard
for us to do?

Speaker 9 (02:38:20):
No?

Speaker 8 (02:38:21):
No, no, no, no, no, who we I didn't the Dodgers.

Speaker 2 (02:38:26):
You're rooting for the for the You're rooting for the
Yankees and the Dodgers.

Speaker 8 (02:38:31):
With you, darned sir? Did I can't stand the Dodgers.
I hate them. With him, I put the Dodgers, the Cowboys,
and the Texas long Horders in the same group.

Speaker 2 (02:38:42):
Hey, hookme horns.

Speaker 8 (02:38:46):
Now, my next, my next thing. I'm being honest l
twove At the end of the season, local television even
made you know, some some national buzz saying that he
can't see Alex not being on this, on this, on
this ball club al Touby he gave them, well, he

(02:39:08):
didn't give them anything. He earned it. He signed a
nice extension I consider a friendly extension, UH baseball and
the baseball world was concerned. Did you how do you
think this is going to make al tub feel? It
hasn't happened yet.

Speaker 2 (02:39:23):
It's indifferent that that was lip service, dom that was
lip service. Jose al Tuova did the good thing because
as his good buddy and he wanted He also probably
got a phone call from Scott Boris said, hey, why
don't you put a bug in the Houston media ear
to make sure that Bregman gets as much money as possible.
But at the end of the day, Jose al two
bay knew exactly what Alex Bregman was going to be
able to do, and that was go test free agency.

(02:39:44):
That was more of just being good teammate and putting
a proper face on al Twove runs differently when it
comes to content negotiations. A Alex Bregman does and I know,
he just is he knows his boys going to be
leaving him, and and that to me was nothing more
than just an opport you need to put his voice
out in front of a couple of microphones. It didn't
mean as much as I think you've been trying to

(02:40:04):
make it sound like.

Speaker 8 (02:40:06):
Okay, okay, and my last thing that I hang up
and let you guys come in on it. Yeah, Dallas
Kinkle Springer Korea. Look one only the only person we've kept.
Here's our two day Like what what what is the what?

Speaker 7 (02:40:28):
What do we what?

Speaker 3 (02:40:29):
Not?

Speaker 8 (02:40:29):
What are we saying?

Speaker 3 (02:40:30):
What?

Speaker 8 (02:40:31):
Everyone knows our model now? Like so you get drafted
or you come up through the through the farm system
and become good. But the market is going to say
one thing. But the Houston Nationals aren't going to pay.
In my opinion, I hope, I hope they can figure
out a way to keep regnant because not only for
what he does offensively and now he's here. Knows he's

(02:40:51):
hot and cold, but so is everyone else. But he's
a damn good coach on the field. Absolutely, So I
don't know, I'm I don't know about this one. You
guys have a good one.

Speaker 2 (02:41:03):
Thanks Tom in a good conversation. Let's run to a
Dave AND's bring on seven hunty, Hi, Dave, Hey.

Speaker 4 (02:41:09):
Hey, guys, you know jumping on the Bregman thing real quick.
I think that Crane is going to make a real
solid attempt to sign him. And I think as fans,
if he does that, that's all we can really ask.
And uh, you know, the reason I think he will
sign him well more than the other guys is because,
you know, Correa or Springer. I think Jim Crane values

(02:41:30):
guys who stay on the field, and Bregman is like,
you know, he played one hundred and fifty five games
every year, or you never got that from Korea. You
never got that from Springer. You know, you get it
from Altuve and you get it from bregmant And I
think that that's what Jim Crane.

Speaker 2 (02:41:43):
But David, I'm not I bet I'm not getting any
sort of vibe that thinks the Astros are legitimately close
with this. The offer that was announced about two weeks
ago was six years at one fifty six and and
that just wasn't going to be the market value. Now
you can go up a few million dollars, but I
think Bregman's going to be closer too, and he's going
to be, say to one sixty one sixty five. And
that's why I think the Astros have said, with all

(02:42:05):
due respect, we just can't pay that kind of money.
So I would not get my hope ups. I just
I don't. And maybe I'm wrong, and maybe Dave I'm
misreading it, and maybe Alex have a change of heart
on this one. But I don't sense that that's what
Jim Crane is thinking. I think there's a threshold for
him on years, and there's certain certainly a threshold on
the amount of money he gets paid overall.

Speaker 4 (02:42:25):
I say one more thing, sure I wanted to you
said earlier, Matt, you were talking about analogies for Bregman
going to the Yankees.

Speaker 3 (02:42:32):
Yeah.

Speaker 4 (02:42:32):
I think a good analogy would be you go back
to the late seventies if Earl Campbell somehow ended up
on the Steelers, you know, or in the early eighties
a La Jahoon decided to transfer to Arkansas or Louisville,
you know what I mean, or.

Speaker 2 (02:42:46):
Play for the Utah or play for the Utah Jazz,
something like that. I get you. Thank you, Dave for
the phone call. We appreciate it. We'll talk to Tim
and Galvez the next then play Believe It or Not
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Speaker 6 (02:44:12):
Got?

Speaker 2 (02:44:12):
What you got on the big show? I'll let you
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Speaker 21 (02:44:15):
I'm always having conversations with you or my blood pressure
gets elevated.

Speaker 5 (02:44:20):
Is that just me?

Speaker 2 (02:44:21):
But I send you visit visus vicious message, vitriol, vitriol.
How many shows?

Speaker 21 (02:44:29):
Let me let me rephrase this. How many products in
the market are you going to hate consume between now
and tonight's game at eight thirty, which is a later
tip zero? Because I'm going I got a hotel down
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You are so fancy, it's disgusting. I'm fancy. I'm using points,
that's all. You took the day off because you got

(02:44:50):
in late, and now you're going to take a hotel.

Speaker 2 (02:44:54):
Are you doing your show the next day at least tomorrow? Yeah,
because you'll be well rested. I don't have well the
game one end of a minute Why don't you move
into the city. Why don't you call Kim Thomas and
have that conversation.

Speaker 21 (02:45:04):
I want to live in in the annexed portion of
the town when you're you're here doing all.

Speaker 2 (02:45:09):
Of the things I know, well, something called cost of living.
How's that morning traffic? Why don't you move down to
my neck of the woods. We can get in some trouble.
Are you're death staring me? Both of you? You had
this conversation with him on fair haven't you. Oh, I've
talked to him about this multiple Why don't you get
Kim on the phone. I'll explain, Oh, why don't you
go do that?

Speaker 21 (02:45:26):
But Hey, if I can get Teresa on the air
on live radio, then you can do that with Kim.
She's not nearly as dangerous as my wife, That's true.
Mine will she'll count the ribs that she stabs you.

Speaker 2 (02:45:36):
Between weekdays two to six, Sports Talk seven ninety Tim
and Galveston on the Matt Thomas Show with Ross and
then not with Adam.

Speaker 4 (02:45:44):
Hi, Tim, Hey, I got a question about the Texas
for you, but I wanted to comment on what y'all
been talking about. Sure, I think that the Rangers would
be more of a slap in the face. I did
root for the Yankees, uh when we were in the
National League, but since we've been in an American league,
I was pulling for the Dodgers all the way this year.

(02:46:06):
Are we not interested in Aeronauto and Goldsmid at all?
If we lose Bragman Aeronato?

Speaker 2 (02:46:14):
Aeronado has put out a list of teams apparently he's
interested in being traded to, and the Astros are not
one of them. So I don't know if that means
much or anything.

Speaker 4 (02:46:21):
Dips don't mean anything to him. Excuse me, I mean,
we're in the playoffs every year.

Speaker 2 (02:46:26):
Yeah, but he's he's about cash, contract happiness. He doesn't
you know, teams can't afford him. Then I wouldn't say that.
I mean, you're gonna open up a lot of money,
especially if Bregman doesn't sign here and if and if
Verlander goes somewhere else, they're gonna they're gonna need to
do some spending here in the offseason. I wouldn't say that.

Speaker 4 (02:46:41):
I watch a lot of MLB Network and those guys.
No one's talking about either of those two players, the
Astros having any interest in him, And my real question
is why the Texans had to go play the Jets
up there two years in a row. What's the scheduling
with that?

Speaker 2 (02:47:00):
Well, this year they were supposed to play the AFC East.
That so they played everybody in the AFC East this year.
That was that was THEIRS. That was their schedule rotation.
And did they play the Jets the previous year? I
don't remember that. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. That was probably
a byproduct of your seating in the division versus a

(02:47:20):
placing in the division of an AFC East team. But
you do rotate every division every year in the AFC,
and then you have like a one off, and that
one off had to be against that that particular year,
against an AFC East team that matched your ranking in
the division.

Speaker 4 (02:47:34):
Okay, I was just wondering if somebody overlooked that, Like
usually they alternate, you play two teams, you play them
once there and then once here the next year it
was to play.

Speaker 2 (02:47:45):
It's like back when Manning and Brady used to pla
every year because they would win their divisions every year. Yeah,
it's it's it's a there's a formula team. There's no
overlooking Thank you for the phone call. It's a formula.
All right, fine, mats up to go. In the show,
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(02:48:05):
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Speaker 2 (02:48:26):
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What her?

Speaker 2 (02:49:02):
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Here it's a Saint Louis accent Nell. He was famous
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Speaker 10 (02:50:07):
Show listening to the astros talk about?

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All right? Very nice? Here's your questions. Mark Gastono is
a five time pro bowler and was a four time
first Team All Pro. Believe It or Not Not was yikes?
I guess ross and nobody wants his Nelly tickets. It's
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(02:50:36):
know you wrote the question. Oh you were talking aout
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Oh my lord, you know what I got? I got
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Speaker 3 (02:52:08):
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Speaker 2 (02:52:09):
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Scott Boras Speaks At MLB Winter Meetings, Astros Trade Possibilities, Rockets In Win-Or-Go-Home Vs. Warriors For NBA Cup

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