September 5, 2025 • 9 mins
Wrapping up their homestand last night here at Daikin against one of their biggest postseason competitors, the Astros fall short as the Yankees go on to take 2 of the 3 from the Stros, resulting in another series loss. Still leading the AL West roughly 4 games ahead of the Mariners, the Astros now roll on to Arlington, set to continue the Silver Boot Series between their interstate rival, the Texas Rangers. Sean and Dan evaluate the Astros' last series at home against the Yankees and what adjustments must be made as they roll into this weekend's series if the club wishes to sustain its place at the top of the division.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
But the Shrows do lose last night eight to four.
Cowboys lose to the Eagles on the opening night of
the NFL season twenty four to twenty. But the one
I am willing to listen to Jose Altuve. I mean,
it's it's unbelievable right now, just how rough he has
(00:22):
been in that three hole in this lineup right now. See,
he's a non factor. And it sucks to say that,
it really does.
Speaker 2 (00:30):
But you're down on Joel Tuvac one.
Speaker 1 (00:33):
Hundred percent, one hundred percent right now. I am. And
he's not the only one. I mean, I said that
last night. I don't need to hear from Christian Javier
after that game. I don't need to hear from anyone else.
I need to hear from a guy that you're supposed
to count on that is now two for his last
nineteen and in Christian Walker, who I believe is one
(00:53):
for his last twenty. Yeah, iinter dias the same deal
he had to double the other night. All right, fine,
that's that's all good and fine. But guys that you're
supposed to be counting on three through six right now,
three of those guys absolute non factors for you right now.
Speaker 2 (01:08):
So you're saying Dana wasn't playing when he said the
other day that the Jordan's here, I mean, he's gonna
make it go. The problem is he's doing his thing.
And my question to him was, well, what if Jordan's
raking but the rest of the guys played the same
inconsistent basement, Well, everybody will get better and that should
(01:30):
be the case, right. I mean, you think the collateral
part of having him in the lineup and seeing pitches
and all that. We saw it in the first game
when he came for Christian Walker pitcher. You know, pinch hitter,
boom come around, get a different pictuer, boom and Christian
Walker does his thing. So with that, they you're gonna
(01:51):
need this. Listen, the stars are gonna have to play
well they you just at this time, you just have to.
And one of those is Altuve. He needs to go
on a run. He absolutely has to go on a run, right, Yes,
and if he doesn't, forty four can't. Can't can't just
be the guy who keeps halving to Rake every single day. Fair, No,
there's just they're not good enough to overcome seven guys
(02:15):
hitting average at a certain period of time, even with
the big man raking in a lineup. So I'm with it.
I understand your frustration only for Walker, for runners in
scoring position, and for Al Tuvey, who's just as capable
as going on one of those runs. But it needs
to happen, especially now.
Speaker 1 (02:30):
I mean, and it's and it is much more than
just those guys, but I mean, it's just the entire lineup, Sean,
It's the same thing every single night. This is the
easiest team in baseball to pitch too. It's not even close.
You throw him a pitch on the outside corner, you're
going to beat him. It really is that simple. Now,
Carlos Krel last night, the double he had to lead
off the second inning. As soon as I saw that,
(02:52):
I was like, okay, like that, that's what you're supposed
to do. But instead, Hey, you know what, I really
got to be able to pull this baseh There's another
bouncer to third base. It's the same thing every single game.
Like you, honestly are beyond and scene at this point.
If you think that this is going to change and
that this team is going to magically get hot and
(03:14):
that they're going to be able to put together four
or five wins in a row. I'm not even sure
they can put together three wins in a row right
now with how just awfully inconsistent that group is. And
it's beyond frustrating at this point because one group, like
the pitching last night, I get that, and people brought
that up to me. Danny gave up eight runs. Hey,
that's not lost on me. Kayli Board had a rough night.
(03:35):
But you know what, Kayla, Board's also been for you,
somebody that has stepped up and been nails for you
the last few games that he's come in.
Speaker 2 (03:42):
He's been pretty damn good a majority of the time
he's been hanging around this season. Correct, Yes, I mean
he's been He's been a great Put it this way,
when you think of his name pops up when you
talk about people you need, you know, when we talk
about and or those are guys that have had to
and have for the majority of this season done their job,
(04:06):
and sometimes you do run into that, But those are
the nights somebody else has to pick you up at
the plate. Correct, it is.
Speaker 1 (04:13):
Yeah, And that's why after the game, when Joe a
Spot is up there, all you know, I liked our fight.
Your fan base is tired of hearing it Joe, Like,
I got to be honest, and I'm one of your
biggest fans. They're tired of hearing that from.
Speaker 2 (04:23):
You, and I you know, I know you're just disdained
for this, but I also know your affection for Joe Spot.
I mean, good good man, good manager, right, but still
got to criticize when it's necessary. Here's the thing that
bothers me when when you say that, what does that?
What does fight mean? What does that mean you'll beat
eight four? What does the fight mean? Do you do
(04:45):
you scored a couple runs and had a chance to win?
Grind for you? I just for me fight. Whenever I
hear that, are you telling me? Then? At times they don't.
That's what I'm not just here, But I hear it
all you know in the football you hear it on
shows all the time. Hey man, they fought and compete.
You get paid to fight and compete. That that should
not be the outlier. That's the norm. That's your job.
(05:06):
So you're telling me when you're down four to one,
or you're down for to two, or at seven to
two or eight to three, that we're supposed to just man,
I'm just going to tell you what I don't ever do.
I told you I don't ever coach effort. I'd like
to teach my players or kids when they're doing it
to know what the ramifications of not giving effort are.
But when you get to a grown adult and you're
in a college locker room or in a high school,
(05:28):
college or NFL locker room, if I got to teach
you effort, we're in trouble. If I'm coaching effort, I
got we got too many other things to coach. To
coach your effort. That's a you thing that that's a
d NA deal. Okay, you do that, and the other
side is not just that, not just coaching effort. But
if I got to coach competitiveness when my team's down,
(05:51):
if you told the guy who listen, I'm taking your
paycheck back. If I see any loafer you don't play hard,
you'll never have to worry. But that's whare that's there
should be the built in rule. Now we all have
our lapses in man, don't take that playoff or you
know you get caught mind, you're you're down and your
mind's wandering, your wife's about to have a baby, or
you get the point, right, you're in a slump and
you're grinding too hard, squeezing the sawdust out of the bat.
(06:14):
I get all that, but I never why why would
I give a team credit for playing hard? Then, I'm
being honest, a grown man. Why why would I? You
shouldn't am I supposed to give my You're you're in
the middle of a pennant push, So that to me,
that's like saying, hey man, I give a person credit
for showing up on time to work. Now, some out
there that I've seen think it's like that. To show
(06:36):
up for work is kind of you're you're putting workers
and you shouldn't expect them to be on time. You know,
you see those news reports. What wait? When did that change? That?
That has nothing to do with boomer and gen z
e jetics. That's called a lifelong lesson. Show your ass
up on time. Okay, show you not seventeen minutes late,
show up on time when before the doors close it,
(06:56):
you know, ten o'clock at night or one o'clock in
the morning or eight in the morning, whatever it is,
show up on time and playing hard. It falls under
that same category competing Hey what do you what do
you say? He called it. We fought. I don't know
at this stage of the season, do I really have
to pat my guys on the back for fighting in
(07:18):
any building? See, to me, that's just a fill and
I love Joe, that's a fill word. That's a fill
where where we got beat. We're trying to be mister congeniality,
but you're not. You're not the hottest girl in the building.
They're the hottest guy in the building. Mister. It's well,
we fought, that's the go to. We gave it our
best effort, tried right, well, great out of the back.
(07:42):
You tried. Listen, there's a lot of people who try
and get an ass whop, and there's a lot of
people who try in an interview don't get the interview.
Why they weren't any good at it? We had somebody else.
It's a numbers game. We hear that in sports all time.
But to me, I'm sorry to tell you, I'm not
giving any grown man that makes that kind of money
or the truth matters. If it was five thousand, if
you signed up for it, you go do it, you
show up on time, and you play hard. I'm not
(08:04):
giving you any effort for fight. I'm not giving it.
Now you blow out your hamstring and you tape it
up and wrap it up, and you're trying to fight
through it and you're still playing different story that that's
the outlier I'm talking about. Hey, man, it's any seven
and we're fighting. Well, you're in a playoff race. You're
getting your ass kicked in the game in the eighth
(08:25):
the any way, You're damn right, you're fighting, I'd hope so.
Speaker 1 (08:29):
So.
Speaker 2 (08:29):
I don't for competing and fighting, I don't give I
don't give players extra credit for that. That's the norm.
That's the regular grading scale. You don't get an A
plus because you fought harder when we were losing. Nah,
not here, not anywhere. I don't ever do it. And
I think if you've got to coach that you're left behind.
If I'm coaching your effort and your fight, we ain't
(08:50):
going to this team won't win it. If that's the case.
If that's really the case, that I got to coach
fight and credit them for fighting getting after it at
this stage, can't do it, man. If I got to
do that motivational and get them going, but that's on them.
I'm not getting one person credit for hanging in there
and fighting.
Speaker 1 (09:08):
I think there's something else that adds to the frustration,
and we can talk about it if you want to
get in someone three two one two five seven ninety
against someone three two on two five seven ninety Shawn
Salisbury show Fight Song Friday here on the program Sports
Talk seven ninety
But the Shrows do lose last night eight to four.
Cowboys lose to the Eagles on the opening night of
the NFL season twenty four to twenty. But the one
I am willing to listen to Jose Altuve. I mean,
it's it's unbelievable right now, just how rough he has
(00:22):
been in that three hole in this lineup right now. See,
he's a non factor. And it sucks to say that,
it really does.
Speaker 2 (00:30):
But you're down on Joel Tuvac one.
Speaker 1 (00:33):
Hundred percent, one hundred percent right now. I am. And
he's not the only one. I mean, I said that
last night. I don't need to hear from Christian Javier
after that game. I don't need to hear from anyone else.
I need to hear from a guy that you're supposed
to count on that is now two for his last
nineteen and in Christian Walker, who I believe is one
(00:53):
for his last twenty. Yeah, iinter dias the same deal
he had to double the other night. All right, fine,
that's that's all good and fine. But guys that you're
supposed to be counting on three through six right now,
three of those guys absolute non factors for you right now.
Speaker 2 (01:08):
So you're saying Dana wasn't playing when he said the
other day that the Jordan's here, I mean, he's gonna
make it go. The problem is he's doing his thing.
And my question to him was, well, what if Jordan's
raking but the rest of the guys played the same
inconsistent basement, Well, everybody will get better and that should
(01:30):
be the case, right. I mean, you think the collateral
part of having him in the lineup and seeing pitches
and all that. We saw it in the first game
when he came for Christian Walker pitcher. You know, pinch hitter,
boom come around, get a different pictuer, boom and Christian
Walker does his thing. So with that, they you're gonna
(01:51):
need this. Listen, the stars are gonna have to play
well they you just at this time, you just have to.
And one of those is Altuve. He needs to go
on a run. He absolutely has to go on a run, right, Yes,
and if he doesn't, forty four can't. Can't can't just
be the guy who keeps halving to Rake every single day. Fair, No,
there's just they're not good enough to overcome seven guys
(02:15):
hitting average at a certain period of time, even with
the big man raking in a lineup. So I'm with it.
I understand your frustration only for Walker, for runners in
scoring position, and for Al Tuvey, who's just as capable
as going on one of those runs. But it needs
to happen, especially now.
Speaker 1 (02:30):
I mean, and it's and it is much more than
just those guys, but I mean, it's just the entire lineup, Sean,
It's the same thing every single night. This is the
easiest team in baseball to pitch too. It's not even close.
You throw him a pitch on the outside corner, you're
going to beat him. It really is that simple. Now,
Carlos Krel last night, the double he had to lead
off the second inning. As soon as I saw that,
(02:52):
I was like, okay, like that, that's what you're supposed
to do. But instead, Hey, you know what, I really
got to be able to pull this baseh There's another
bouncer to third base. It's the same thing every single game.
Like you, honestly are beyond and scene at this point.
If you think that this is going to change and
that this team is going to magically get hot and
(03:14):
that they're going to be able to put together four
or five wins in a row. I'm not even sure
they can put together three wins in a row right
now with how just awfully inconsistent that group is. And
it's beyond frustrating at this point because one group, like
the pitching last night, I get that, and people brought
that up to me. Danny gave up eight runs. Hey,
that's not lost on me. Kayli Board had a rough night.
(03:35):
But you know what, Kayla, Board's also been for you,
somebody that has stepped up and been nails for you
the last few games that he's come in.
Speaker 2 (03:42):
He's been pretty damn good a majority of the time
he's been hanging around this season. Correct, Yes, I mean
he's been He's been a great Put it this way,
when you think of his name pops up when you
talk about people you need, you know, when we talk
about and or those are guys that have had to
and have for the majority of this season done their job,
(04:06):
and sometimes you do run into that, But those are
the nights somebody else has to pick you up at
the plate. Correct, it is.
Speaker 1 (04:13):
Yeah, And that's why after the game, when Joe a
Spot is up there, all you know, I liked our fight.
Your fan base is tired of hearing it Joe, Like,
I got to be honest, and I'm one of your
biggest fans. They're tired of hearing that from.
Speaker 2 (04:23):
You, and I you know, I know you're just disdained
for this, but I also know your affection for Joe Spot.
I mean, good good man, good manager, right, but still
got to criticize when it's necessary. Here's the thing that
bothers me when when you say that, what does that?
What does fight mean? What does that mean you'll beat
eight four? What does the fight mean? Do you do
(04:45):
you scored a couple runs and had a chance to win?
Grind for you? I just for me fight. Whenever I
hear that, are you telling me? Then? At times they don't.
That's what I'm not just here, But I hear it
all you know in the football you hear it on
shows all the time. Hey man, they fought and compete.
You get paid to fight and compete. That that should
not be the outlier. That's the norm. That's your job.
(05:06):
So you're telling me when you're down four to one,
or you're down for to two, or at seven to
two or eight to three, that we're supposed to just man,
I'm just going to tell you what I don't ever do.
I told you I don't ever coach effort. I'd like
to teach my players or kids when they're doing it
to know what the ramifications of not giving effort are.
But when you get to a grown adult and you're
in a college locker room or in a high school,
(05:28):
college or NFL locker room, if I got to teach
you effort, we're in trouble. If I'm coaching effort, I
got we got too many other things to coach. To
coach your effort. That's a you thing that that's a
d NA deal. Okay, you do that, and the other
side is not just that, not just coaching effort. But
if I got to coach competitiveness when my team's down,
(05:51):
if you told the guy who listen, I'm taking your
paycheck back. If I see any loafer you don't play hard,
you'll never have to worry. But that's whare that's there
should be the built in rule. Now we all have
our lapses in man, don't take that playoff or you
know you get caught mind, you're you're down and your
mind's wandering, your wife's about to have a baby, or
you get the point, right, you're in a slump and
you're grinding too hard, squeezing the sawdust out of the bat.
(06:14):
I get all that, but I never why why would
I give a team credit for playing hard? Then, I'm
being honest, a grown man. Why why would I? You
shouldn't am I supposed to give my You're you're in
the middle of a pennant push, So that to me,
that's like saying, hey man, I give a person credit
for showing up on time to work. Now, some out
there that I've seen think it's like that. To show
(06:36):
up for work is kind of you're you're putting workers
and you shouldn't expect them to be on time. You know,
you see those news reports. What wait? When did that change? That?
That has nothing to do with boomer and gen z
e jetics. That's called a lifelong lesson. Show your ass
up on time. Okay, show you not seventeen minutes late,
show up on time when before the doors close it,
(06:56):
you know, ten o'clock at night or one o'clock in
the morning or eight in the morning, whatever it is,
show up on time and playing hard. It falls under
that same category competing Hey what do you what do
you say? He called it. We fought. I don't know
at this stage of the season, do I really have
to pat my guys on the back for fighting in
(07:18):
any building? See, to me, that's just a fill and
I love Joe, that's a fill word. That's a fill
where where we got beat. We're trying to be mister congeniality,
but you're not. You're not the hottest girl in the building.
They're the hottest guy in the building. Mister. It's well,
we fought, that's the go to. We gave it our
best effort, tried right, well, great out of the back.
(07:42):
You tried. Listen, there's a lot of people who try
and get an ass whop, and there's a lot of
people who try in an interview don't get the interview.
Why they weren't any good at it? We had somebody else.
It's a numbers game. We hear that in sports all time.
But to me, I'm sorry to tell you, I'm not
giving any grown man that makes that kind of money
or the truth matters. If it was five thousand, if
you signed up for it, you go do it, you
show up on time, and you play hard. I'm not
(08:04):
giving you any effort for fight. I'm not giving it.
Now you blow out your hamstring and you tape it
up and wrap it up, and you're trying to fight
through it and you're still playing different story that that's
the outlier I'm talking about. Hey, man, it's any seven
and we're fighting. Well, you're in a playoff race. You're
getting your ass kicked in the game in the eighth
(08:25):
the any way, You're damn right, you're fighting, I'd hope so.
Speaker 1 (08:29):
So.
Speaker 2 (08:29):
I don't for competing and fighting, I don't give I
don't give players extra credit for that. That's the norm.
That's the regular grading scale. You don't get an A
plus because you fought harder when we were losing. Nah,
not here, not anywhere. I don't ever do it. And
I think if you've got to coach that you're left behind.
If I'm coaching your effort and your fight, we ain't
(08:50):
going to this team won't win it. If that's the case.
If that's really the case, that I got to coach
fight and credit them for fighting getting after it at
this stage, can't do it, man. If I got to
do that motivational and get them going, but that's on them.
I'm not getting one person credit for hanging in there
and fighting.
Speaker 1 (09:08):
I think there's something else that adds to the frustration,
and we can talk about it if you want to
get in someone three two one two five seven ninety
against someone three two on two five seven ninety Shawn
Salisbury show Fight Song Friday here on the program Sports
Talk seven ninety
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