Astros Lose Series To Rangers, All-Star Break, MLB 2025 Draft Day 1 Recap

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:02):
Salsbury.

Speaker 2 (00:04):
Okay, let's do this. Sewn Salisbury.

Speaker 3 (00:12):
To usc true longtime friend Shawn Salisbury.

Speaker 2 (00:14):
Dan Matthews, this is the Sean Salisbury show.

Speaker 4 (00:24):
One and that is pulled down the right field line.
That's a fair ball and headed for the corner from
Evan Carter. Langford speeding for third. He gets the way
from Tony Beasley. Here's a relay to play by al Twove.
Not nearly in time. Langford scored, sliding over to third
with a triple as Evan Carter he drives in the
first run of the game. It's one nothing Rangers, pitch

(00:45):
by Brown and that's lifted down the right field line,
slicing long run for Smith. It lands just fair and
then bounces into the seats for an automatic double. Carter
scores and it's two nothing Rangers. That was fair by
maybe a foot or two. Smith couldn't get to that
slicing line drive as Duran snaps an zero for thirteen

(01:06):
two to one.

Speaker 5 (01:07):
This when hammered the left and you could forget about
this one. That is deep and that is way out
of here. Off the community leaders signs and Adolas Garcia
has made it a three nothing game as Adolas Garcia
where there's thirteenth.

Speaker 6 (01:21):
Home run of the season.

Speaker 4 (01:23):
Is Hunter Brown surrendering the home run of all these
two two curveball and that's whack deep to left field.
It sends back Langford at the wall looking up, see
a letter off the community leaders sign Zach Schortz first
home run of the year, and it's four to one.
Rangers field shades to pull, pitched by armstrong Man. That's

(01:46):
a ground ball, and I bounce off the mound, fielded
by Secret to the left of second, throws to first,
and that is the ballgame.

Speaker 6 (01:53):
The Texas Rangers take two out.

Speaker 4 (01:55):
Of three from the Astros, winning this afternoon five to
one to flow out the first half of the baseball schedule.
Astros go one and five on their six game homestand
against the Rangers and Cleveland.

Speaker 6 (02:15):
Yeah, that's how it went.

Speaker 5 (02:17):
And with that we say away we go, and good
morning as I am here in Atlanta at SEC Media
Days and then a little bit later on today over
at the Battery, Atlanta for the All Star Game festivities
to catch up with some of the Astros. But he
Sean Salisbury is back in Houston, and Sean, I mean,
as you just heard Robert Ford tell us right there,

(02:39):
it wasn't all a complete loss. But I mean we
talked about possible worst case scenarios, and I think we
can agree this was pretty much a worst case scenario
this weekend.

Speaker 7 (02:49):
Well, they are five games in front, they lost ground,
They're one and five. As good as Hunter Brown is,
he was out pitched yesterday by Valdi, and a good
job on Saturday of taking care of their business. And
Lance mc colors, you just don't know which guy's showing up.
Man is don't in their three game series, so one
in five. I don't believe in, like I said, game

(03:10):
to game momentum. I do believe in in game momentum,
but I do believe in confidence. And while they're having
a hell of a first half, or did have a
hell of a first half of the season, you're coming
out of that break one in five, and if I'm
not mistaken, where you at in Seattle coming out of.

Speaker 6 (03:23):
It right in Seattle first three games.

Speaker 7 (03:26):
So I was adamant about it, just from my vantashe
point is the season over, of course not.

Speaker 2 (03:32):
They're five games in front.

Speaker 7 (03:33):
It's been a hell of a season, but judging the
last two series, you let people come into your building
and take care of business. And the long ball was
flying around over the weekend at times, and I mean
a home run after home run.

Speaker 5 (03:45):
But the.

Speaker 7 (03:47):
Rangers did what they're supposed to do if you want
to gain ground, and he Vouldy pitched well yesterday. And
I mean there's a lot to cover when it comes
to the series. But one in five, regardless of everything,
that the how you got there one and five and
they lost ground and now they go to the All
Star break. Everybody can get the rest they need, but
not just this team, every team. And you put it

(04:08):
this way, there's a little more hope and a little
more oh okay, we closed the gap coming out of it.
So five games is a nice lead, but five games
can also go dwindle quickly. It was exactly what you
didn't want to get swept or twice or go one
in five in a series.

Speaker 6 (04:24):
And they did.

Speaker 7 (04:26):
And only they know how much urgency was on their mind,
hopefully a lot. But they they did not play their
best baseball, They did not pitch their best and they
definitely were outpitched at times and out hit also. But
and then you got to decide, you know, at home,
who is Lance McCullers, which we're still trying to figure out.
So there were some good things to take away from

(04:46):
the weekend, but in the win loss column over the
last six games, you're one in five. That's not good
going into the All Star Game, which also brings about
as trade deadline approach as what's next.

Speaker 8 (04:58):
Now?

Speaker 5 (04:58):
It definitely does, I mean, and one of the things
that me and you had talked about numerous times we
were going to be doing this post show is the
back end of the bullpen and namely Josh Hater, who
yet again it gets beat on a pop up that
is only out at dyke In Park. But still we
had said it, Sean, we were going to do that
show where Josh Hater blew a save. And I mean,

(05:21):
it just kind of doesn't it just kind of like
feed into everything that was the last six games.

Speaker 2 (05:27):
It absolutely does. It absolutely does.

Speaker 7 (05:30):
And it not only feeds and everything was now Now
now you're asking yourself, Okay, which one's a real astro?
So just the eighty games, yes, which I think most
of us believe, And did we discover weaknesses or is
it just simply injury and time and that the other
team's pretty good too? Both these other teams. Cleveland hung
around and the Rangers are good. But if there's nothing

(05:51):
do you learned, If there's nothing to take away from
this other than the fact that you won one out
of six and that's your your that's your latest streak
at home, You're one in five?

Speaker 6 (06:02):
Is that?

Speaker 7 (06:05):
How good are the Rangers? And how good is Seattle?
And how what is this division all about? And where
is it headed? But also just can you continue to
go like this without getting healthy and without making some
kind of deal at the trade deadline and get this going?

Speaker 2 (06:23):
Are they tired?

Speaker 7 (06:24):
I mean, there's a lot of questions, but yeah, it
kind of just kind of epitomizes what the last six
games in the weekend we're all about. Chance to them
take a deep breath. Like I said, this isn't like,
oh my gosh, panic time, but if there's got to
be a little bit alarm for concern, the ground was good.
I mean it just there's a Valdi look like he

(06:44):
does in the postseason. We've said it all along. This
division is not You're not gonna run away and hide
in this division. Five games feels like you did the
first half, but the last six games there's some stuff
that's crept in that doesn't look like them. Can we
chalk it up to just baseball that's competition, or is
this team?

Speaker 2 (07:04):
Are some of the weakness starting to show through?

Speaker 7 (07:06):
And there's not a lot of them, but if there is,
maybe getting healthy's a big part of that. Yet we
still don't have answers of how many people and how
soon they're going to be healthy coming out of this.
But they get a break, so I don't want to
hear about how tired people are coming out of this.

Speaker 6 (07:20):
They got plenty of rest. No, they definitely do. They're
going to be off all the way until Fridays.

Speaker 5 (07:26):
You mentioned that's when they restart the season out there
in Seattle against the Mariners for three games. Who by
the way, they went into the Detroit this weekend, and
no matter what happened with the Astros, you at least
had a little bit of comfort of, oh, they're facing
the Detroit Tigers. They didn't face Trek Scubele. They still
face Casey Maiz, who is an All Star for a J.

(07:46):
Hinch's team. But still Seattle goes in there. They handle business,
and you mentioned it, they're five games back of the
Astros now and I mean, look, Sean, we just saw
it this weekend. Don't write off the Rangers because you
talked about it how they outpitched the Astros. That's one
thing that they also have on their side is they
have incredibly good pitching. Maybe not so much in the bullpen,

(08:07):
but that team starts to hit. I've said it all along, Sean,
that's the team I'm concerned about. It's not so much Seattle.

Speaker 7 (08:14):
Well, I've quite frankly figured that the Rangers were to
me going in, I know, with Seattle's pitching, but when
de Gram and Evaldi are going, their pitching staff can
compete with any of those guys at the front, at
the starting pitching up front, that they're just I mean,
we think about the starting pitching of those three teams
in this division with them, when you roll out one
or two guys at the top, well all three pretty good,

(08:37):
damn good as a matter of fact. So that was it,
And you just figured when things heat up and they
could go and the Rangers will hit. I trust them
at the plate more than I do Seattle, and rightfully so.
Now Seattle may be a little underrated with the bats
and the way the season cal Raley's had, But I
trust the Rangers overall lineup when they're healthy hitting, as

(08:58):
much as I do any team in the DIVI quite frankly,
when the Astros aren't healthy, and now with Bregman and
Tucker gone, you're working in a rookie and he's had
a great year in cam Smith and the way Praatus
who's an All Star as well. But when they're healthy,
they can swing the bat as good as anybody, and
we saw their World Series year. They can rake as
good as anybody in baseball, and their pitching is good.
I figured by the end of this thing, and with

(09:19):
the manager that they have, that you weren't going to
see the same team all year long that you saw
last year, a team that almost looked you know, they're
banged up, but almost looked World Series hangover type. And
we see that a lot. Bruce Bochi doesn't let that
fester very long. He's really good at his job, needless
to say, with all those rings he's got on his finger,
they're going to hang around. And if they start to hit,

(09:41):
and pitching stays healthy and de Grom gives you a
full season and Evaldi is who he always is and
get to the postseason.

Speaker 2 (09:46):
We're in for a hell of a race. It's nice
they have this kind.

Speaker 7 (09:49):
I'd hate it to be one or two games or
you know, somewhere even and you're coming off a one
in five series, and this is going to happen to
every one in five two series that you played at home.
I don't like the fact that they came in here
and both teams came in here and pretty much dominated.
When I say, Donni in the win loss column in
your building, this is going to be a hell of
a second half. And who's going to make moves at

(10:10):
the trade deadline, whose pitching is going to stay and
or get healthy, and whose bats become more productive. The
Rangers are dangerous when they pitch like they do and
then their bats get rolling. They can hit it at
a yellowstone. So I think we're in for a hell
of a second half, and it's going to be incumbent
upon the Astros. I know, the All Star Games here
and that's fine and dandy, but next Friday they have

(10:32):
to come out smoking on the road. They just do
because they I mean, you're talking three games swing immediately
coming out of that thing, and you've got to go
on the road and take care of your business.

Speaker 6 (10:43):
Definitely now, you absolutely do.

Speaker 5 (10:46):
And that's the work that the Astros have cut out
in front of them. And I mean, you know, for
the Astros at the moment, I mean, you're still, as
you mentioned, without a lot of your injured guys. And
it's not exactly like Dana Brown today painted a really
optimistic picture about any of those guys getting back anytime soon.
I mean, with Jake Myers, you mentioned three and a

(11:08):
half weeks at our Three plus weeks was his wording
that he used, Sean, so.

Speaker 7 (11:12):
I would say five minimum. You're looking for Jake Myers
at the end of August. Great, well, well we're going
to come out of this thing. It's going to be
what July eighteenth, or when they play again, what's it
going to be the eighteenth, nineteenth?

Speaker 2 (11:25):
What's that next Friday?

Speaker 7 (11:27):
Today's the fourteenth year, the eighteenth, okay, so eighteenth from
when he went out. I mean, just so even go
back five days or what have you. So Myers goes out,
so it's three and a half weeks now, they usually
whenever they say it, they don't air on the side
of oh, three and a half weeks, and he'll be
back in a week. Usually when they air, it's three
and a half I mean minimum. So that's a month

(11:48):
that takes you to mid August. That takes you to
MiG mid August. If he's on schedule, if there's no setback. Now,
my history here tells me that I would air on
the side of a little bit later than earlier. That's
just from what we've seen. So he's late August. There's
no I mean, you still know when Hobby airs come back.

Speaker 6 (12:08):
I don't.

Speaker 7 (12:08):
Garcia Arraghetty, no idea, then Jordan, no clue. I mean,
we can keep rolling through them all. There's no date
where somebody says, you know what he's in. Maybe Chas
McCormick's getting close, I guess. I still don't know when
the exact date's going to be for him. But is
Chas the difference for you? He gives add some depth

(12:30):
for you, but in truth we don't. So if you're
operating without these guys for the next month, and you're
pitching staff as well, still you know you're mixing and
matching and Lance mccolors. One day on the road, you'll
see him strike out nine and the next day you're
not sure at home if he can get anybody out.
So this is and we're complaining like this, we're not

(12:50):
complaining of just breaking down the honest truth is. And
they got a five game lead, but that will go
away quickly if they don't come out with intensity and
urgency and uh with intention when the when the open
the second half. Now, this team's resilience has told us
all along that anytime we start to question it, they're
resilient enough to keep going. And I believe in him,

(13:11):
and I believe in Dana Brown is a talent evaluator
in the general match, I do, and I think that
this is a really good team. But we always wondered
if there was going to be a time when they
went through and the lack of depth and or all
these different faces and Sugarland minor league team playing the
major league team but still contributing, which is a tribute
to them, was it going to catch up to them?

(13:32):
And we're gonna find out. I think it's too early
say yeah, they caught up to him. One in five
gives you a bummer feeling. That's that bitter, bitter sweet
taste going into the ulstar break that I hate. You're
up five and it feels good, but it feels doesn't
feel great now, And that that bitterness is because you
went in with it like it almost felt like even
though I know they didn't approach it and take it
half assed, but you approach it like, well, we got

(13:55):
a we got a seven game lead.

Speaker 2 (13:57):
We no big deal.

Speaker 7 (13:58):
I don't think they think like that, but that's what
with the perception would come in and here you are
now with the five game lead, and you've got to
open against the team that's capable of sweeping you if
you don't hit, they are just like you're capable of
sweeping them. So it is that the health is an issue,
but we still don't know when they're coming back, and
there's there's no date. So now you've lost your best

(14:19):
defensive centerfielder and a guy who's hitting three hundred a
bat that we didn't count on. That has been a
guy who's been in that pain of him and preadis
has been the best, the best of the best for
you know guys in camp Smith. Two of them were
here last year. One we'd ever expected to hit and
the other one was waiting. It is finally having his
career year. Now you've eliminated all those guys. For the

(14:40):
most part, Paratus is playing great baseball, but I'm and
so is Cam. But the other two Jake's hurt, and
you're trying to figure out who'd I leave out there?
Jake is hurt. You know, Cam Smith's a rookie and
so we got to get him going, so or keep
him going? Should I say it's amazing or counting on
a rookie to be that guy to supply a bunch
of stuff and and the defense and offense on both sides.

Speaker 2 (15:03):
So my frustration is.

Speaker 7 (15:05):
That I didn't I didn't want to have this conversation
on a Monday that they were one and five going
into the break and here we are, but it's five
game lead. So they had a cushion. But that cushion
can shrink in a hurry if next Friday they're not
you know, or this Friday? Should I say they're not
all in on coming out of that thing? Smoke and
that's where their mind needs to be.

Speaker 5 (15:23):
Absolutely, seven seven ninety the number to get in on
the phone lines. And speaking of that frustration, Sean, it
was felt. And the only thing I have to say
is tell me you don't watch baseball without telling me
you don't watch baseball. We'll talk about that coming up
right here. It is a Seawan Salisbury show again. I
am here in Atlanta at SEC Media Days and for

(15:44):
the All Star Game festivities. Sean back in studio in Houston.
We're just getting going here on a Monday, Sports Talk
seven ninety.

Speaker 2 (15:52):
Why isn't the rat race more racy?

Speaker 5 (15:55):
Rope strutching completely shutting down the Southwest Streetway?

Speaker 6 (15:59):
Bat slow?

Speaker 9 (16:01):
Anyway, enjoy your time crawling through Houston road construction with more.

Speaker 2 (16:06):
Sean salaspar on Sports Talk seven ninety.

Speaker 5 (16:12):
We're talking Astros right now here on the show. Seven
one three two one two five. Seven ninety is the
number to get in on the phone lines. And Sean,
that same phone number was used quite a bit yesterday
as I hosted the tenth Inning Show. And let's also
just lay it out even further. The Astros have just
lost five of six. You close out the first half
that way, and I think that the emotions were even

(16:34):
heightened because you lose a series to the Rangers, and
yet again Adulas Garcia crushes this team. But I will
tell you right now, the overwhelming majority of calls that
I got were probably some of the worst that I've
ever gotten in my entire life, and they were fire
Joe aspata guy.

Speaker 2 (16:55):
So a spota was the reason. Huh mm hmmm.

Speaker 6 (16:59):
Apparently apparently he's the reason.

Speaker 2 (17:03):
I Well, did they give a reason why?

Speaker 6 (17:05):
Well?

Speaker 3 (17:05):
What?

Speaker 6 (17:05):
What?

Speaker 7 (17:06):
What part of the three game series? I mean, they
were didn't like a decision A pitcher came and they
didn't want to in.

Speaker 6 (17:10):
They wanted a guy out sooner. What?

Speaker 10 (17:12):
Well?

Speaker 2 (17:12):
What I don't I don't.

Speaker 7 (17:14):
I'm rarely on Astros Twitter or the post cod listening
because I don't. I mean, like Twitter is when when
we're during the season. Hell, locally, Astros twitters all over Twitter,
which is a good thing. There's a lot of great
smart ones.

Speaker 6 (17:26):
But I did that.

Speaker 7 (17:27):
I'm sure the oh my gosh, here's what happened, especially
since it was rival, especially since it was Garcia. So
what did Joe do wrong on a consistent basis that
caused these three losses?

Speaker 6 (17:38):
I'm glad you asked.

Speaker 7 (17:39):
Should I say these two losses five losses out of
the last six games?

Speaker 2 (17:42):
What was it? What was their reasons? I didn't listen?

Speaker 5 (17:45):
Well, funny enough, one of the chief ones that I
got was the decision in the top of the ninth
inning in the game that they won, mind you to
take jose Altove out defensively and put Kennedy Corona in
and of course in al two bays spots in the
order was Corona. He draws the key walk to set

(18:05):
up Zach short, which the result worked out, But that
was the one of you know, can't can't understand what
he's thinking right there, You've got to have jose l
TV in the lineup, and he was only bailed out
because the Astros came through to which then my response
to that is old is the score at the time
you were up three to two. It's an execution thing
that's on the players, that's not on Joe Aspota.

Speaker 7 (18:26):
Well, I'm still trying to figure out. But the result
was a win, So the decision was the right decision.
I mean, I didn't see three airs on defense by
the position when you made a defensive switch, did you,
and then Drew walk and they went again.

Speaker 6 (18:41):
I don't see for me.

Speaker 7 (18:42):
Listen, I when you're the leader, I'm more concerned with
what was going on going into these six games at
home leading into the All Star break, because I've told
you and it creeps in. Whether it's Joe, whether it's
I wouldn't care who it is, And it's on the players.
It's incumbent upon the players that you know, you don't
need a speech to get self ready.

Speaker 2 (19:01):
Cleveland good.

Speaker 7 (19:02):
You know they they'll hang around, but at home especially,
and then you got there. The rangers coming in should
have been treated. I treat like a three. If it's
a three game playoff, well, the astros are eliminated. That's
how I look at it. And execution does matter. Now
if he'd have left two V on the bench for
three straight days and decided not to pitch Hunter Brown
or then they said, well what are we doing? We

(19:23):
just kind of guiding through. He didn't he played players,
he played, Paradus played. I mean, they all got run.
So then the decision worked. And then so the game
they'll complaining about they won. So we're looking for reasons
to get mad because in truth, hose Al two Vey's
not a great defensive player at this stage of his career. Now,
would you want to keep him in in case it
rolled along and he needed his at bat well, and

(19:44):
you got that at bat later on. Those are just
chances you have to take man, it's situational. And remember
this team lives on what they're They're big analytics team, right,
so whether it's defensive metrics or whatever, it is when
you decide to make a switch. So for me, I'm
still trying to figureure out why when it works and
it doesn't work the next time, you can criticize it.

(20:05):
But when the decisions uh made by a manager, and
manager's part of he's a leader of this team, so
he falls into the category when one lose, all lose
and he's the decision maker.

Speaker 2 (20:17):
But was it Joe a Spotta?

Speaker 7 (20:19):
Was it more execution throughout a six game series where
they got away with one and won one game, but
the other five they didn't execute any better than Cleveland
for sure, and the Rangers did. And Garcia has been
known to punish this team a few times as well.
So I always marvel at how it's the eye. Confess
it's got to be that guy's fault. At no time

(20:40):
in this series did he pick up a bat. At
no time in this series did he throw fastball, meaning
Joe spot So he's not void of criticism if he
makes a bad decision. We've did that, that's okay. My
bigger concern than pulling Altov out for a defensive replacement
is what was the thought process going into these six
games at home the week of the All Star Game.

(21:01):
I'm just telling you one of the hardest things to
do is guard away from that mindset of vacation.

Speaker 6 (21:06):
We all get in it. If I know I'm going on.

Speaker 7 (21:09):
Vacation next week, while I'd focus on this week, there's
a part of you that I'd have to guard against. Man,
I'm already thinking about what golf course I'm playing with.
It happens, It just does hell Fridays. For most business
people in the world, at about eight o'clock on Friday morning,
they're already clocking in to think it's a dog on
vaca three day weekend. Hell, we might as well just

(21:30):
work four days. So it gets into all of us
with human nature on a Friday. We don't want to
just mail it in. You still get Friday should be
treated like a Tuesday when it comes to your job.
So I don't know where it was their head. Were
they on vacation, Are they tired? I don't know. But
A Spot has made some great moves. Joe Spot at
the midway points, the manager of the year. It is
the manager of the year especially. I mean he just is.

Speaker 2 (21:53):
Now.

Speaker 7 (21:53):
You'd love to be the Red Sox right now. With
the way they've played. They're last ten. I mean they're rolling.
But you know what you make him, but he doesn't
execute it. Now, if he took Kyle Tuova out in
the fourth because I just want to get out two
va rest and then you end up losing, well, then
a different story. The ball's not heavy and you get
five days to rest, you'll be just fine. So I

(22:14):
don't have Joe's made a lot of good decisions this year.
Sometimes they don't work the majority of the time. Like
most managers on good teams, Joe's done a good job
of leading them. He's the least of my worries right now.
He is the least of my worries on this team.
Health is number one. And where the hell was their mind?
Six games in a row at home?

Speaker 5 (22:33):
Yeah, I mean it is almost j Z ninety nine.
Problems in Joe as spot ain't one.

Speaker 6 (22:38):
Yeah.

Speaker 7 (22:38):
I mean if he does well, if he becomes makes
decisions that are like I'm sure he'll question if you
make Joe's not stupid. Joe knows when you make a
decision what you got to do, and if it doesn't work,
I mean, I think he's a pretty stand up guy.

Speaker 2 (22:50):
I don't think.

Speaker 7 (22:51):
One in five was on Joe as Spot of this
Week and it was on execution. Can't get anybody out
pitch here out early Friday. Then you go in and
you take care of your business Saturday in a close
one and do what they've done.

Speaker 6 (23:00):
They win.

Speaker 7 (23:01):
They win close in one run games, and then came
back and you got out pitched with your ace on
the mound. Simple, you just did, and they got more
clutch hits and you only run one run across. Can't
keep asking Hunter Brown to pitch great and only give
up uh and and him only give up a handful
of hits, and but you only score one run when
he pitches. I mean, you're you're not going to keep
winning that way.

Speaker 6 (23:21):
You're just not.

Speaker 7 (23:22):
And so they've got the consistency of it. But uh,
they're they're five games in front. So a lot of
problems out there. But I got news for you. Five
games in front. Imagine now, if they were five games
behind and they were won and five at home, we'd
be we'd be now now the panic button would hit,
especially when you're not one, when you're wondering where all
the health is going to come from, and when you're
getting guys back. So it's going to be a it's

(23:42):
going to be a great second half. And it was
a hell of an overachieving first half considering guys that
have come up here that we didn't I mean, think
about it. Not that they're not going to be great players,
but Cam Smith's overachieved. We didn't expect him to play
this great as a rookie. Hell, you didn't expect him
on the roster in the spring early in the spring.
So it rolls through Paradus played like an All Star.
It's been a hell of a first half. It was

(24:04):
a hell of a poor series. And you can be happy,
you can be happy with one and Matt at the
other to go one in five going into the All
Star break, but to be five games in front what
fifteen sixteen games over five hundred, it's a hell of
a first half. But the last taste in your mouth
is you got beat by your rival two out of
three and you're one in five. It should stick in
your crawl and it should fester over the time off,

(24:26):
Relax and get away from it, but don't forget and
come out ready to smoke, because now you're back into
a division against a team that's chasing and that has
good pitching. So it's it's going to the focus is
gonna have to kick in quick. You don't have time
to You're not going to Colorado to play them for
three games, so this will be important.

Speaker 2 (24:44):
But Joe spot is not my issue right now. It's not.

Speaker 6 (24:47):
No, he is not.

Speaker 5 (24:49):
And I mean you know you also factor in in
that Saturday win. Brian Bray gives up a run. He
doesn't do that very often. Josh Hater blowing his first
save of the season after being a perfect twenty five
for twenty five and said.

Speaker 7 (25:01):
It last week and was gonna happen. It just happened
against a rival and that sucked, right Yeah.

Speaker 5 (25:06):
No, I mean that's and that's exactly it. That's you see,
you know, Sean, I mean, I understand it. We're all human,
we all have emotions. Sometimes, you know, they hit, sometimes
they don't. In this case, it does not hit. And
I think a huge reason for that is it's not
only the losing five out of six, it's how you
ended the five out of six against the team that

(25:26):
you just absolutely cannot stand to lose to because their fans.

Speaker 7 (25:29):
Let you know about it, There is absolutely no question
about it. But the great part about it, if your
glass half full guide excuse me, which I most of
the time in after all this and after playing kind
of to me, that's the back to back series you
played your most subpar baseball the year when you've just
it just felt.

Speaker 2 (25:49):
A little different the rest of this year.

Speaker 7 (25:51):
I mean, they've had their losses and stuff, but they've
done a great job of not going through this and
letting these things hang around a while. But the glass
half full part of me says, five games in front,
so you're you're still the lead dog, But how where's
your head at and sustaining this and getting people healthy
because the attrition starts to kick in, and God forbid,

(26:12):
like with what happened to Jake Myers, that that happens
anywhere else, whether it's a pitcher and or an everyday player,
because quite they're.

Speaker 2 (26:19):
They're gonna have to scramb around.

Speaker 7 (26:20):
Put it this way, maybe Joe spot his best job
doing this year, considering all the great things he's done,
may very well be how to mix and match a
lineup and keep nine guys on the field and then
to be five games in front of first place. The
thing that chaps you're asked the worst is who they
lost to. Just like I told you it was gonna
bother if you went in and this happened. Because now

(26:40):
there they've been four hours up the road. They're sitting
there saying, still got him, Still got him. That's how
they feel. And I don't like that sound. I don't.

Speaker 2 (26:48):
And Joe's Spotta wasn't the reason.

Speaker 5 (26:51):
No, no, definitely not. And yeah, I mean that's that's
not a good feeling whatsoever. And that's what the Astros
have to grin and bear and sit on for the
next five days until you get back at it on
Friday up in Seattle, John and Downtown. See you right there.
We'll get you involved in the conversation. You want to
join them. Seon one three two one two five seven
ninety Again it's someone three two one two five seven

(27:11):
ninety as we're just getting rolling here on a Monday
Sean Salisbury Show, Sports Talk seven ninety.

Speaker 7 (27:17):
Men's ta clinic dot com is where you go, guys.
You want to get your body right, mind right, feel
a little sluggish, it's time full body wellness, wellness optimization.
You feel a little soft, well, then get you and
that that could cover two areas where we're talking about
a low testosterone. You feel a little soft, well, Mama
probably didn't like that either, So we can fix that.
At Men's Tea Clinic. You just go in, draw a

(27:38):
little blood. It's non invasive, and by the end of
the day have your results, and then you can get
to normalizing it right, normalizing that testosterone which makes mama
happy at home. Also that other part of are you
feel a little soft meaning exercise in the gym, not
getting in there. So, man, it's starting to beat you down.
And we all know how when we don't feel physically right,
our mind gets a little take care, we get a

(27:59):
little brain fog, and then now you're battling seven different
things and it comes down to one the conflict of man,
I have low testosterone. Well, you got the perfect people
and great wellness optimization team at Men's t Clinic, five
convenient locations. Eleven years they've been doing this, Sarah eleven
year anniversary this year, So what's not to like? What's
not to like is if you just said at home,

(28:19):
and don't do it now. That's a self inflicted problem
because if you have it, and it's nothing to be
ashamed of. People have low testosterone, but amazing how quickly
you can fix it get back to feeling you so full.
Body wellness, wellness optimization is how I'm approaching twenty twenty five.

Speaker 2 (28:34):
We're halfway through. What are you waiting on? Guys?

Speaker 7 (28:36):
If you want the best life has to offer, make
sure it's not testosterone that's keeping you down. It's MEN'ST
Clinic dot com, MEN'ST Clinic dot com. Don't you deserve
twelve cylinders? We'll get out of lower gear. Let's get going.
Twelve twelve cylinders is a good thing, but you can
get it taken care of right away. Pop on in
there and get that consultation. Let's get this thing right

(28:57):
at Men's TA Clinic Men's ta clinic dot com.

Speaker 5 (29:00):
The seven ninety listener line in the six o'clock hour
is brought to you by one eight hundred car cash
John in Downtown John appreciated, Good morning, How.

Speaker 11 (29:09):
Are you doing very well?

Speaker 6 (29:11):
How are you uh well?

Speaker 8 (29:14):
Sean?

Speaker 11 (29:16):
You know I call all the time and we've been
astro fans. It's way back Cod forty five, you know,
out there in South Houston, and well I got a
congratulate that they're doing good, you know for what uh
what we're doing here, and uh, but they're lacking one
thing is a power hitter. You know, they need they
need somebody to pick them up after you know about

(29:39):
the fourth spot. You know, so if they'll two Ve
gets on base, which he does you know all the time,
and then Tom right behind him. Of course we miss
we miss Alvarez because well you know, he really kills
the ball. But uh, that's why we're we're we need
a power hitter this time until Alvarez comes back. And

(30:04):
I don't know what they're going to do with that.
And unfortunately some of the pitchers need to step up,
you know, pick it up and really get going with it.
And it's going to be a dogfight in the second half.
You know, all the teams that were losing were winning,
and we need to keep it up.

Speaker 7 (30:23):
Are you concerned coming out Are you concerned coming out
of the injury for our Jordan when he does get healthy,
that that because he didn't the power wasn't there before
he came out.

Speaker 6 (30:33):
Are you concerned that there's going to be a season
long issue.

Speaker 11 (30:37):
Well, his risk Sean, you know, it's not the same
as if it was very well healed.

Speaker 6 (30:44):
There was a.

Speaker 11 (30:45):
Mistake made before that to let him come back as
quick as he did, you know, and that's why he reinjured.
That risk, so you know, they have to wait to
see how well it's going to end, you know, and
does affect your you know, he doesn't really need to
swing that hard because he's got a lot of power.

(31:06):
You know. All he's got to do is just tap
that ball.

Speaker 7 (31:08):
And he needs to be healthy and he'll be fine.
But but but when when are we going to get
him healthy? That's the problem.

Speaker 11 (31:14):
Yeah, that's uh because I'm sure he's ready to play,
you know, and he you know, like I said again here,
he doesn't need to swing hard because he's got all
that power in those arms. You know, the risks, you know,
and he doesn't. All he's got to do is meet
that ball. But you know, he gets excited, you know,

(31:34):
of course all players do, and he But we're hoping
that he'll be back soon and I'm sure everybody's going
to be happy because he needed you know, he's you know,
and here again you know, We're proud of my little bunch.
We hang out together since the military, you know, and

(31:55):
we're proud of what they're doing, you know. And I
hope that they, you know, recover, which she probably will.
But boy, I'll tell you what, it's going to be
a hard drive, you know, and we we hope the
best for him.

Speaker 7 (32:11):
Absolutely, they had a hell of a first half. It
just the way you wanted.

Speaker 11 (32:17):
You have to consider to what they had, you know,
what they have and you know, mister spot of there,
he tries to make the right decisions. You know, it's
hard for what he has right now. Well, we will
have good luck to him and we'll be pulling for him,
and we'll keep buying our flips plans and.

Speaker 6 (32:34):
There you go.

Speaker 11 (32:35):
What's going on.

Speaker 7 (32:35):
Appreciated, I have a good height, have a great week.

Speaker 6 (32:39):
Yeah, appreciate it.

Speaker 12 (32:41):
Well.

Speaker 5 (32:41):
I mean, first of all, thank you for your service, Sean.
But a couple of things there. Number one is the
hand for jrd On has been what's been bothering him.
And we'll hear from Dana Brown talking about him in
the top of the next hour. But I mean, you know, Sean,
it gets back to another thing that's you know, I
bear peeding it myself. But we're what John's talking about

(33:04):
right there. It's two names, Christian Walker and Jiner Diaz.
Both of those guys were at best cns D plus
in the first half. That's putting it mildly offensively for
both of those guys.

Speaker 7 (33:18):
And I mean, but the balls, I mean they're they're
playing a little bit better though, both of them. You're
talking about you need a monster second half. Is that
what you're saying, Well, I mean, at least right now.

Speaker 5 (33:29):
I mean, yeah, that's this is one of those when
you're without the guys that you're without in your lineup.
I mean, guys like them are supposed to take their
offensive game to the next level. I mean that's where
that's what you need out of them right now, fair
or not, that's what's needed this team. Not one for
four's not strikeouts with runners in scoring position.

Speaker 6 (33:47):
You need production out of those guys, period.

Speaker 7 (33:51):
And you're gonna need it in the second half, especially
since those guys approach has to be they have to
I bet maybe both of them combined have to end
up being yorred on ores in the second half and
almost treated as if you're not going to have him
that's the mentality for them.

Speaker 6 (34:06):
Now.

Speaker 7 (34:06):
The reason why I say both of them because it
may take two of them when Jordon's going good, it
may take three cats.

Speaker 2 (34:10):
But they're gonna have to up that.

Speaker 7 (34:12):
That's why this whole thing, it's gonna be a grind
seven eight game lead, seven and a half game lead
now down to five. This is not going to be
We're not going to coast through this thing. Meaning the Astros,
there's not and I know they know that. And getting
healthy and then every single time, then, like I said,
when one gets hurt and somebody comes in and even
if they do a good job, now you've depleted the depth.

(34:32):
Now you're looking for what if and you don't want
to play the what if game, and there's a lot
of what if When it comes to their health and production.
You need more production from guys that you're talking about,
the two that you mentioned that you expect that have
big bats and they have to they have to come through.
But the production from injured guys are getting back on
this roster and contributing because I don't know how much.

(34:55):
I mean, you know it's not smoking mirrors, because they're
better than that. Because this team, they've got them well prepared.
You can't be five games in front after eighty plus
games and have it be smoking mirrors. But to be
able to withstand this, and then when you want to
get people rest, how are you going to rest them
at the end as this season goes on. If you're
devoid of bodies, you know what I'm saying, void of bodies?

(35:16):
Should I say it's gonna be It's gonna be a problem.
And then you do not want to start the tax
of bullpens. So you're going to have to continue to
get a great effort from your starting pitching into you know,
into six innings, and so the bullpen's not worn out.

Speaker 2 (35:29):
It's been a hell of a first haap.

Speaker 7 (35:30):
I just hate the feeling going into the All Star
break of getting, you know, almost being swept twice and
going one to five heading in. I told you last
week it was a concern of mine where your head was,
but it was everybody. I mean, some teams are going
to this All Star break feeling real good, and the
astro's got to feel good about the season. But anybody
that buries them right now, oh man, they're not good.
See look what happens. We're making a big mistake. This

(35:51):
team's is resilient as any team in the league. But
resilience is one thing. Production's another, Yeah, no doubt about it's.
And you know it's fun. You talking about guys needing rest.
I kind of, you know, think of football tapping the helmet.
I think that Joe.

Speaker 5 (36:05):
If somebody you know, came in tap the top of
their helmet and said, hey, you know, need a little
bit of time off, Joe would be like, I don't
have anybody else, what.

Speaker 6 (36:13):
Are you talking? I would ask, I can't give you rest? Yeah,
and I would. I would.

Speaker 7 (36:17):
You know, you're going to get to the point some
guys may just have to gut through some of this
scheduled days off, but you're gonna hope Now if they
all get healthy and you know, and everybody's rolling, you've
got a full roster, it'll be a nice blessing. But
you always got to prepare for stuff like this, and
it's hit them hard in a lot of different positions,
and and they're gonna get a chance to test themselves

(36:37):
coming out of this All Star break right in Seattle.
But five game lead is a lot better than saying, man,
you're chasing. So those other two teams still got to
chase and remember they also got to stay away from
being banged up, and they're going to need more production
like in Seattle, from a lot more bats than just
the cal Rallies of the world. So we're in for
a hell of a second half, which I kind of
like it. It'll keep them on edge all year long.

(36:58):
But that gap got closed, and we saw some a
little bit of weakness this past weekend over even when
your best pitchers pitching that you can't just keep giving
him one run. We talked about the stress it puts
on their team can't do it, and they got to
score more. And that goes back to your Yiner Diaz
and Christian Walker playing like well like you expected when

(37:18):
the season started.

Speaker 5 (37:20):
For sure, we'll continue this conversation another John wants to
weigh in. We'll get you involved in the conversation. You
want to join them, There got a couple of lines
open for you. Seven one three two one two five
seven ninety. Once again, that's sub one three, two one
two five seven ninety. Is it looks bleak right now,
and I mean we have to beat you down a
little bit more before we can build you back up.

Speaker 6 (37:39):
We'll let you decide right here.

Speaker 5 (37:40):
It is a Shawn Salisbury show on a Monday Sports
Talk seven ninety. The Shawn Salisbury Show continues, No, no,
now you.

Speaker 6 (37:50):
Know John in need Bill, John, what's going on?

Speaker 13 (37:56):
Let's go, fellow, tell y'all big good man, good good hey,
look man.

Speaker 14 (38:02):
A couple of things.

Speaker 13 (38:03):
I'm gonna stick with it, and I'm gonna ride this
horse and beat this horse all the way across Sean.

Speaker 14 (38:11):
I got a question for you to ask the Dana Brown.

Speaker 13 (38:18):
Why any hell did they send Jeremy Pinya on the
road trip because all we heard was all we were
hoping to get him some work in, some work in.

Speaker 14 (38:28):
That was two weeks ago and we still ain't seen him.

Speaker 13 (38:31):
He could have stayed at home in his own bed,
gotten better treatments, relaxed. I mean, because they were saying, oh,
he's on the edge, he's right there, he's right there, man.
That's that's ds just like this yacht of daz.

Speaker 14 (38:50):
Alvarez. Excuse me, they they they need to start holding
people accountable. You are the Houston Astros.

Speaker 13 (38:59):
You cannot tell me that you don't know what grade
of a strained cast muscle. Jake Myers has man, this
is this is BS and I know seeing you said it,
you've beaten the dead horse too. You he can only
say what he's told. Dude, you are Houston Nationvill's general manager.

(39:21):
I want answers. Either give me the answers or there's
the door. There's more doctors that I'm sure that.

Speaker 14 (39:29):
Are willing to work with the Houston Astros.

Speaker 7 (39:32):
John, let me ask you a question, though. Let me
ask you a quick question, real quick. I know we
only got about a minute before go to break. But
when it comes to like a calf, well, I understand
the pain. You think you want him home if he's
not going to play wise on the road and supporting
the team or whatever. But with uh, when when it
comes to like Jake Myers calf man, the soft tissue
injuries really fall down. It's hard to find the threshold

(39:55):
of pain in that that's on the player.

Speaker 6 (39:57):
I mean, when it.

Speaker 7 (39:57):
Comes to soft tissue, it's like in a rib cage.
Ain't nothing you can do with the rib cage and
you're setting led to hear right, But so with Jake myself,
what what what do.

Speaker 2 (40:05):
You do you think that?

Speaker 6 (40:06):
I mean, should they know when Jake's coming back?

Speaker 10 (40:08):
Now?

Speaker 2 (40:08):
I'm with you the frustration.

Speaker 7 (40:09):
But you know, how how do we know in a
soft tissue injury how long it's going to be, or
that we should know the depth of that injury.

Speaker 13 (40:17):
I think we should know that some type of the
depth of an injury. Now, you know, we all we've
all been around it. A lot of us listeners and
and and and and stuff have been through through sports injuries.
I mean, you know, unfortunately I ripped mind achilles in
Arkansas State, right, you know, on a pivot.

Speaker 14 (40:36):
But my point is.

Speaker 13 (40:39):
The the and it was it snapped right there to that,
and I know we're up against it, but Jake is
going to tell them how severe it is, just like
pushing them, just like him saying, oh I'm ready to go,
ready to go. I just man, they got to treat
that thing because we've all seen it. Look at the
gentleman in the NBA this year in the final with

(41:00):
Indiana Aliburton Haliburton, you know, you know he snapped it.
A couple of years later, who was at uh Ad
I think snapped his or Chris Paul. Anyway, but here
here's my last taken. I know y'all gotta go yesterday, Dan,
I was we were coming home from the game.

Speaker 14 (41:19):
We were all at the game, and we're listening to
the after show, and people don't don't quit y'all stage jobs,
blaming a spoder.

Speaker 13 (41:32):
For for for look, believe me, I am the last
person that wants to lose to the break infects Rangers,
cannot stand them. But you try go managing an MLB
team with all the damn injuries this man has got
to deal with. He has got a squad put out

(41:54):
there that y'all weren't pissing and moaning when he was
sweeping the Dodgers of last week, couple of weeks ago,
ten days ago.

Speaker 14 (42:03):
But now because we lost our you know, these last
five out of six, y'all ready to thought. Look, I've
criticized everybody, and when I'm.

Speaker 13 (42:12):
Wrong, Sean will back me up. I will call back
in and say I'm wrong. But y'all go try to
manageing this this team with the huge band aid that
he has put together on there.

Speaker 14 (42:26):
I have a great week, man, you.

Speaker 6 (42:28):
Too, John, Thanks?

Speaker 5 (42:29):
Yeah, I appreciate it, John, And we can continue this too.
I mean, I see that a couple of other people
want to weigh in on this, so we'll give him
a chance. There's a lot to chew on there, Sean,
So we'll continue talking about it with you know, not
only the injury concerns, but just also the way that
this team is playing as uh, we still got three
hours more to go here on the Seawn Salisbury Show
on a Monday, Sports Talk seven ninety.

Speaker 15 (42:52):
KD Houston, k t D HD two Houston Night Hard
radio stations.

Speaker 5 (42:59):
Run gets Sports Talk seven ninety your home for your home.

Speaker 9 (43:05):
Teams from the Parsons, Imagine Next Studios, Salsbury.

Speaker 2 (43:16):
Salisbury House did Okay, let's do this, Sean Salisbury.

Speaker 3 (43:22):
To usc Troup, longtime friend, Shawn Salisbury.

Speaker 2 (43:25):
Dan Matthew, excuse, this is the Sean Salsbury Show.

Speaker 6 (43:34):
Astros fault of the Rangers five to one.

Speaker 5 (43:36):
They dropped two out of three in the series, five
of six overall in the homestand heading into the All
Star break each perettis not going to be joining Josh Hater,
Jeremy Penia, and Hunter Brown here in Atlanta for the
All Star Game due to a personal matter. However, he
is expected to be back with the club when they
start second half of the season in Seattle. seOne three, two, two, five, seven,

(43:57):
ninety is the number to get in on the phone line.
And Sean a couple of different things, and you know,
one of them was brought up by John, the previous
John before the last one about the lineup right now,
And I mean, obviously we know the given that the
situation you're dealing with, you don't have yourd on, you
don't have Jeremy Paine, yet, you don't have Jake Myers.

(44:18):
Those are three guys that you really count on in
the lineup and you're not able to have them available
to you right now. But I mean it is where
you have had some guys that have played above their abilities.
I mean you talked about cam Smith earlier. He started
to struggle a little bit towards the end, but overall
Cam Smith has been really good. This is where the
shelf life kind of comes in because you're having to

(44:40):
put even more on guys like Mauricio Dubon, and even
having to try to count even more on guys like
Taylor Tremill, who did give you some good at bats,
but still you're not wanting to count on Taylor Tremill
if you're going to be a team that makes a
deep postseason run and the astros are hoping that's not
going to be the case. But to the points brought
up there, I mean it gets back to again, I

(45:03):
repeat myself, because it's true. You got to count on
the guy that you gave sixty million dollars two for
three years over the offseason. You got to count on
the guy that's bad at almost three hundred every single
season that he's been with his team in yinor Diaz.
It's some of the other guys that are putting the
pressure on those guys, and frankly, I just don't think
that they're up to the task.

Speaker 6 (45:22):
Well I.

Speaker 7 (45:24):
I well, I don't know why they're not up to
the task. I mean I understand. I mean, I know
you've got a major hang up on this Christian Walker stuff.
And I get it as everybody does the production production
of it. One for four, hero for four, two for
four home run, oero for four, oh for four, over
three in a walk, one for four home run and
yinerdas the expectations. But I don't there's nothing that tells

(45:46):
me in their career that they can't do it. Matter
of fact, all you know, all of the stuff, the
the the the past of what they've done points to
in a short stint obviously, and is part of his career.
Yanerdas and then Christian Walker overall has been a productive
player since he's been in this league. And we always

(46:08):
place money value on it. Oh man, all the money
we paid him, we got to play better.

Speaker 6 (46:11):
I get it.

Speaker 2 (46:12):
And but I'm different than you.

Speaker 7 (46:14):
While they've struggled, and yes, there needs to be criticism
every single day. If they're not, it's a day to
day thing. When I say criticism, I mean breakdown. Why
yet we see him hit the ball hard, and we
know at first base that this team, when they make
a commitment to somebody, they're gonna they're gonna be patient
about it. But but the same energy for his success.

(46:35):
We didn't give him the same energy for success that
in Colorado and La expect him to go in there.
I know we we want that energy, But I don't
know what would tell you that in his career that
would say you just don't know they're capable of doing it.

Speaker 4 (46:47):
Why not?

Speaker 7 (46:48):
Hell, they've proven it every year. This year has been
a struggle. Now, imagine if you get healthy and they do.
I'm trying to look at the you know, the glass
half full part of it. But yes, Christian Walker has
been a problem as far as when I say a problem,
not a problem teammate, hell of a teammate, but as
far as his production, and especially when you Pain is out,
you lost a lot of production. And Jordan hasn't given

(47:09):
you the production even when he was healthy, and now
with him out that you've expected all year long.

Speaker 2 (47:14):
But I'm looking at I got it.

Speaker 6 (47:15):
I have to lean on him.

Speaker 7 (47:17):
I can't go into the second half of this season thinking, well,
I don't expect them to elevate their play. They have
to if, of course, you're going to go where you
want to go, They're they're going to have to with Paint.
I mean, where are you getting runs if those two
don't produce it? And Pain he doesn't get healthy soon,
and Myer's with the way he's hit the ears. You're
back in the lineup. You're expecting a rookie, two new guys,

(47:39):
a corner third baseman, your your corner infield at third base,
and camp Smith and then now Tuve and then the
d Bond part of it, where you're giving him, you know,
moving him around, getting him all kinds of at bats
because you need him. But I'm expecting Christian Walker and
yannerdy Is to play like they're supposed to do, and
they deserve criticism for the first half, but the the
energy has got to be from them that they're gonna

(48:01):
be productive. There's no way I can go in the
second half this season thinking this is who they are
and there's nothing in their career that tells me that
other than this first half of this season.

Speaker 5 (48:13):
Yeah, I mean, and that's all that matters too. I mean,
because they're in your building. Everything else they've done, it's
either they've been out of your building or you know,
they did it somewhere else.

Speaker 7 (48:22):
But let's keep pushing it. Yeah, let's keep pushing it
elsewhere too, though. I mean, Christian Walker, I knows the
the the main focus. I mean, it's it's been in
your crawl from day one, and I get it.

Speaker 6 (48:33):
But Lance mc.

Speaker 7 (48:34):
Cullors has got a pitch better at he's he's got
he's got a pitch better. Hey, he's got a pitch
better four and a half, four inings or four and
a third or four There is not enough. So that's
part of it. You've got to continue to push your
your starter's got to continue to get into that six
or seventh, any are the bullpen is going to be
worn out.

Speaker 2 (48:52):
I mean, break is gonna have a moment. Haters gonna
have a moment.

Speaker 7 (48:55):
But unfortunately, in the valid day, what you're saying for
Yinter and and Christian Walker, they've had unfortunately had some
tough moments a lot in the first half. But I
if they if they're who we think they are, especially
the catcher who's young, we we have got to believe
that he's going to come out of this and play well.
And if he doesn't, then who And if Christian Walker

(49:17):
this is the way it's going to be all year long.
If he doesn't, then who Now remember and Christian Walker's
what what is he thirty five thirty six?

Speaker 6 (49:24):
Is that? What is he in his mid thirties? Christian
Walker thirty four thirty four?

Speaker 5 (49:29):
Is that?

Speaker 1 (49:31):
Is that?

Speaker 11 (49:31):
You know?

Speaker 2 (49:31):
If is that factual?

Speaker 6 (49:32):
I don't know. He's in his mid thirties.

Speaker 7 (49:34):
He is thirty four, okay, thirty four years old, which
he's in I mean, this is this is an important
season for him. It's important season. His production has to
go up. But I believe more in them to produce
than I don't. And maybe that's bells and whistles and
you know, all the all the fun band going off
and birds singing around my hood, around the around my

(49:56):
hood and my neighborhood thinking singing out loud that they're
going to kick ass in the second half. I'm sure
that's probably a little two glass half full, but that's
all you can lean on. Can you count on jord
On right now? I'm talking about even when he's even
when he comes back, there's gonna be a curve right
where he has to get back into it healthy and
the torque and all that, and hopefully he will, but

(50:17):
if not, those two caps are going to have to
provide power that they haven't provided on a consistent basis.

Speaker 6 (50:22):
And we know that. But I can't put the.

Speaker 7 (50:24):
First half, or this last series, the whole first half
of the lack of consistent production just on Christian Walker.
There's some other guys that have to elevate their game,
not only in certain situations, but the health is the
biggest issue because you continue to deplete depth, and even
Jake Myers, who's had a great first half of the
season now with him out, Joe Spott has got a

(50:44):
task on his hands. But yes, if you want to
get where you're going. They can't survive this and expect
pitching to continue. We saw some hicc Hunter Brown given it.
He doesn't that's not normally him. His last two starts
haven't been the dominant Hunter Brown, right, But yet we
expect him to dominate. So you're gonna run through lolls
with those guys. So when you do, that's when you
need Christian Walker's and Yaner Diaz and those guys to

(51:07):
get me six or seven runs. So I'm not taxing
a bullpen and so my starter can push through a
couple tough innings, it's gonna be It's gonna be a
run in the second half.

Speaker 2 (51:15):
It is, especially with the lack of health well.

Speaker 5 (51:19):
And it's also too, I mean, I think that's the
thing that disappoints us All is believing that it was
going to be a chance for this team to be
able to run away with this thing and not, you know,
have to necessarily worry about the Mariners of the Rangers
in the second half, but I mean, it's crazy.

Speaker 2 (51:34):
They're not running away.

Speaker 7 (51:35):
And if the Mariners are six, and if the Mariners
were five in front and the Arrangers were as well,
they wouldn't be running away either. There's too much that
can happen, too many injries and too much history with
de Gram's you know they're going to get a full
season at him. It's been a while the way, So
you could look around, I mean, there's all of them
have their flaws, and so if they were five in front,
I would think, Man, the Astros are within striking distance,

(51:55):
and we'd be excited that you know that they that
this this is bunched together. They're five in front. But
you can if you think we're five in front, you
can kind of take a deep side, which I always hate. Ah,
we can take a deep breath and we're good. Well,
that deep breath got you to one and five, if
that's exactly, If that's what happened. But you've got to
be more productive consistently at the plate because I do
trust the pitching more than I do the hitting right now.

Speaker 5 (52:18):
Yeah, I mean, and that's been what's carried this team
for the most part this season, because I mean, in
addition to the individual I've brought up, it's also for
me been a collective as a whole at times when
it comes to the lineup, And I mean that's something
too I mean you pointed to it. That's something that
you'd absolutely like to see the final stretch of the
season here after the All Star break is some of

(52:39):
the bats, especially the ones that you count on coming
through for this team.

Speaker 6 (52:42):
So we'll see if they are able to do that.

Speaker 5 (52:44):
All right, coming up here, I shared something on the
seven ninety Twitter account that's going to make total sense
here on the stakeout, so we'll do that. It is
the Shawn Salisbury Show on a Monday. I'm here in Atlanta,
Sean and TRIPLEI back in Houston as we continue here,
Sean Salisbury Show, Sports Talk seven ninety.

Speaker 3 (53:01):
Jake take Barrel's his way to the basket.

Speaker 6 (53:05):
The window in hey is Jay Shanty.

Speaker 2 (53:08):
Back to the Seawan Salisbury Show.

Speaker 16 (53:12):
On Sports Talk seven ninety, Black Ship Station of your Rockets.

Speaker 2 (53:21):
All right, Sean, what are you hearing out there now?

Speaker 9 (53:24):
The Salisbury's takeout Salsbury's takeout on the Sean Salisbury Show.

Speaker 6 (53:36):
Indeed, it is here on a Monday.

Speaker 5 (53:39):
The Astros lose five to one to the Rangers. Yesterday
they dropped five or six on the home stand, and
the All Star break is here. Jeremy Penny on Hunter
Brown along with Josh Hater here in Atlanta for the festivities.
Only Hater will be available for the game, but Sean
the Cowboy Carter Tour Beyonce is also happening here in Atlanta,

(54:00):
and the hotel that me and Gordy are staying at here,
right near the College Football Hall of Fame, is right
in the shadows of where it's being held, Mercedes been Stadium,
where the Falcons play. This seems like it's one of
those shows that you can't just go to the concert
because everybody I've seen is in some sort of Western war.
And like I said, we posted on the seven ninety
Twitter account picture of Pee Wee Herman because I didn't

(54:23):
take a picture of it.

Speaker 6 (54:24):
Yesterday, so you're gonna have to take my word for it.

Speaker 5 (54:26):
But I'm riding down the elevator with this nice elderly
couple and they're both dressed in westernwaar. The man seriously
was dressed like Pee Wee Herman and westernware. And it
was one of those that I'm like, seems like a
nice enough guy. I'm not gonna bust him up. I mean,
I was wearing a Houston hat, so you know he
knew I was from Texas, So he'd probably know that

(54:47):
I know Western ware decent enough, because I think you
know my stance on Western ware, especially in Houston that
we costplay in it for a couple of weeks during
the rodeo. We don't really wear Western ware in Houston.
But it brings up another conversation of dressing up for events,
like jerseys at games. There's a big conversation about you know,

(55:10):
is a grown man allowed to wear a jersey of
a player at a game? Kind of like taking your
glove to a baseball game? Are you allowed to do
that as.

Speaker 6 (55:17):
A grown man?

Speaker 5 (55:18):
So dressing up for concerts, shows, games, whatever it is,
are you about it?

Speaker 7 (55:28):
I get why somebody goes to Well, then you can't
be mad at the the people who go to a
George Strait concert and wear a cowboy hat and lee jeans, right,
same thing?

Speaker 17 (55:39):
No?

Speaker 6 (55:40):
Should they should?

Speaker 11 (55:40):
They?

Speaker 2 (55:40):
Should they?

Speaker 7 (55:41):
Okay, let me ask you this, and I'm gonna get
to my point. I think you can like one and
not like it. I guess it depends what you're talking about.
Am I the guy who shows up to a friggin'
movie theater in a Darth Vader concert?

Speaker 17 (55:52):
No?

Speaker 7 (55:52):
I don't I are a Darth Vader movie, a Star
Wars movie. I've never understood. I never understood, though I
understand a party, like whether whether they have comic con
where they show up there and that's what the that's
why you're there. I've never understood I'm going into a
dark theater sitting in a hot Darth Vader suit. Nobody
sees me anyway, unless you're standing in line on the
way out.

Speaker 6 (56:13):
I think I did to me. I understand now if it's.

Speaker 7 (56:15):
A kid that wants to wear, you know, a Star
Wars costume, they're eight nine and they're great. I've never
understood the allure with going to a movie theater, and hell,
I guess people don't go to movie I still I
went to the movies theater over the weekend.

Speaker 2 (56:30):
Saw the the F one movie yesterday. Was phenomenal. Brad
Pitt was awesome in the movie.

Speaker 7 (56:35):
But I've never I mean, I don't wear I don't
wear racing gear in a jumpsuit to go watch an
F one movie. To watch Brad, I've never understood the
movie because who's seeing it at a costume party? Yeah,
at a concert, you're going to watch George Strait of
course people are gonna wear, you know, western wear, country music.
I and Beyoncell She's not exactly a country star, which

(56:59):
is the odd part of it anyway, but she'll be
dressing so concerts, you know, I guess, but you do people?
I mean, I guess what do people wear? If? I mean,
like when I go to an Elton John concert, I
don't wear his blaying and stuff on a like kid,
the way he dresses, right, So I guess it depends.
Country seems easy because western wears, you know, is prevalent

(57:19):
in a lot of places. And I understand that Houston
may not be or other than the Rodeo. But when
they go to concerts, people do they want to fit
in and everybody's wear. That part I get. I understand
a concert. I've never understood a movie. I'm not a
jersey guy. I've had this conversation with people. I don't wear.

Speaker 11 (57:35):
Now.

Speaker 7 (57:36):
I've bought one for my kids. I could Ted Williams
jersey that he's had forever. I'll have them, but I don't.
I don't wear jerseys to games. I just don't. But
I've come around with it. I usually say, man, it
looks good on a kid. But if a kid's with
his dad, and a dad's got a glove because his
son or daughter is it's seven years old.

Speaker 2 (57:52):
I think that's just being a cool day. Hey, I'll
dress like you.

Speaker 7 (57:54):
It's like when we're staying around, when you're when you're
watching grandkids or your when your kids are young and
the talker, you're talking to your dog like like you do.
If they had a camera on all of us doing that,
we'd be like, is that the way I was sounding
with my dog? So, but you know, I mean we do,
we do crazy stuff. So I don't have a problem
with it. When it comes to, you know, kids and
wearing jerseys and taking their glove, I guess like when

(58:19):
somebody wears a jersey just walking around town two out
of five days during the work week is a little
odd to me.

Speaker 2 (58:25):
But if that's part of their where that's fine.

Speaker 6 (58:27):
Kids.

Speaker 7 (58:27):
I don't have a problem. And when you're taking your
kids to a game, I don't have problem. And if
you want to go support it, I don't wear I
wouldn't wear a tank top jersey to a basketball game
without a T shirt underneath it. And I don't think
I want to wear rockets jersey with a keem Elijah
on with the armpit, hair hanging out, and unless of course,
and the hair on your back, unless, of course you

(58:47):
got a T shirt on it. It just looks weird
to me when it's just the jersey, like you're a player,
right the jersey. I don't have a problem with I don't.
I used to like, man, that seems odd. I'm not
a jersey guy. I'm just not, just like some people
aren't hat people. I like wearing hat. So I don't
have a problem going to somebody going to a concert
dressing like who they want to look like the person
on you know, whether it's Beyonce who's going to dress

(59:08):
up in western wear and the people do it, or
you go to George Straight or Morgan Walk.

Speaker 2 (59:11):
I't have a problem with it. I really don't.

Speaker 7 (59:13):
But you're right, it's not like people walk down the
street in Houston just because it's Texas and everybody's got
cowboy boots and pair of jeans on and in a
western shirt with an eight gallon ten gallon cowboy hat.
But I understand why concerts bring that out. I've never
understood the costumes in the movie theater. I've never the
jersey thing's fine if people like to do it because
you want to put it on your favorite player and

(59:34):
with kids. I don't wear jerseys, but I'm past the
point of thinking it's weird for somebody adult to wear it.

Speaker 11 (59:40):
Why not?

Speaker 7 (59:40):
But adult wants to have some fun and wear it
to a Red Sox Astros game and he's got his
favorite player.

Speaker 2 (59:46):
That doesn't bother me.

Speaker 7 (59:47):
There's a bigger fish to fry now when people when
they're when the number eighty five percent of the wardrobe
is jerseys, I'm probably like, I don't know, man, Okay,
it's just like they're specific and special.

Speaker 2 (59:58):
I guess, But I don't have a problem with it.

Speaker 6 (01:00:00):
I don't.

Speaker 2 (01:00:01):
It never bothers me.

Speaker 7 (01:00:02):
It doesn't even bother me as the person who overwears jerseys,
I don't have a problem with it. All we wear
T shirts with teams names on it, or western wear
and vintage T shirts, so it doesn't bother me. I
used to be like, man, this seems odd, but kids, adults, grandparents,
I guess. There's a time and a place. But the
thing is the costumes like in a movie theater when
you're not at comic con. That kind of stuff is

(01:00:24):
a little odd to me. But I used to be
a little more like this is weird, But I'm not anymore.
If you love wearing a jersey and it looks cool
and you like your look, I wouldn't care what anybody
else thinks.

Speaker 2 (01:00:36):
Just don't wear a jersey without like.

Speaker 7 (01:00:39):
A T shirt on, where you're sitting next to somebody
and your armpit hair is hanging out and you're pitting
out because you're excited about the game without a T
shirt on, that just seems a little odd. Like I've
always believed you shouldn't wear open toed shoes in a
steakhouse or a nice high end restaurant. If you're walking
into a steakhouse and you got flip flops on, I
just think it's kind of disrespectful to the rest of
people in they're cover your toes. Man, even if you

(01:01:00):
get pedicures like I do, cover them. But you walk
it into a bar and you got a tank top on.
It's a beach bar. Who cares, that's what that's the attire.
So now I'm not bothered like I used to be
a little more bothered by the constant jersey where I
think it's you know, if people love it. It's kind
of cool and there's some really cool jerseys, So level
up and have a blast with it, man, and kids
wear it as often as you want.

Speaker 6 (01:01:20):
I think it's cool.

Speaker 7 (01:01:20):
I'm bummed that we don't have Halloween parties at schools anymore.
For these kids to enjoy, they should be able to
dress up and have a blast. Oh dude, there's times
if one person I can tell you from experience, if
one person or two people families don't celebrate Halloween, they
quit having their school little school parties.

Speaker 6 (01:01:39):
Well, we don't want to self esteem this person.

Speaker 7 (01:01:41):
Uncover why because somebody dressed up like Casper the friendly
Ghost our school. It's ridiculous. But as far as jerseys
and costumes, that is. You know, but if you're wearing
a Halloween costume around four days a week, I'd worry
about you.

Speaker 2 (01:01:53):
But jerseys to games and and you know, to the
grocery store. I just there's certain times.

Speaker 7 (01:01:58):
Just don't wear the tank top jersey sitting next to
a family and you're pitting out, and.

Speaker 6 (01:02:03):
Then put a T shirt on underneath the jersey to
wear the jersey.

Speaker 11 (01:02:05):
I don't.

Speaker 7 (01:02:06):
I like hockey sweaters. I think they're cool too, So
I've come around on this. Adults are anything you can wear.
You can wear a jersey. Now, when should a dad
not bring a glove to the game? I think it's
weird when two grown gentlemen bring a glove to the
game and there's no kids next to him. But would
you rather catch the ball, get hitt in a face
or not? So I don't care about that.

Speaker 6 (01:02:25):
Listen.

Speaker 7 (01:02:25):
Got to the point, if it makes you happy, wear
whatever the hell you want, as long as it's also
respectful to the people next to you. Like, because somebody
came in wearing a tank top and open toad sandals
at a steakhouse at Mastros, I'd kind of look like
it's probably not the place for that.

Speaker 6 (01:02:40):
We shouldn't have to eat.

Speaker 7 (01:02:41):
You want to eat a hot dog at a place
at a ball game, wear all the tank top you want.
So I'm not in the judging somebody in the jersey business.
I'm okay with it now, even though I'm not a
wear a jersey.

Speaker 2 (01:02:51):
To a game guy.

Speaker 6 (01:02:52):
I'll wear the T shirt of the Astros, but I
don't wear jerseys.

Speaker 5 (01:02:55):
It kind of reminds me of a couple of years
ago when it was the Barbie and Oppenheimer. I remember
I went to see Oppenheimer and a bunch of women
were dressed in Barbie.

Speaker 6 (01:03:05):
Pink everything like that. Yeah, I just made the comment.

Speaker 5 (01:03:08):
I said to the person at the time, one of
my buddies that I went and saw Oppenheimer with. I said, Oh,
I guess I missed out. I'm wearing the three piece
suit in the fedora. I should have showed up.

Speaker 6 (01:03:19):
And there you go in costume.

Speaker 7 (01:03:20):
Now, if they're going beforehand to go to have cocktails,
these gals at the Barbie thing, and then after they're
gonna go out to dinner after they see a movie, fine,
But I've never understood wearing the costume to a movie.
Is the movie better because you're dressed like Darth Vader
or dressed like a Marvel character. If it's a nine
year old kid, have ad it, or a seven year
old go for it. An adult though, with two adults,
and you're dressed like Darth Vader and Yoda on two

(01:03:43):
different ones, watching two different movies.

Speaker 2 (01:03:45):
Yeah, I probably think it's a little weird.

Speaker 7 (01:03:46):
Sitting in the theater dressing and sweating your and then
you got to take the costume off so you can
actually enjoy the movie Little Odd But Jerseys don't bother
me anymore. Although I'm not a Jersey where by away man.
Spend all the money you want. Put that memorabil on
if you like it, I'll give it to my kid.
But I'm not a Jersey guy, never have been.

Speaker 5 (01:04:02):
Well, I mean, of course too, if you're dressed like
Darth Vader, it's hard to eat popcorn. I mean, that's
gonna be a problem. Now you're a Jersey guy, there,
aren't you. You're a Jersey guy. Okay, So let me
ask you this. Are you bothered when people dress up
in country for a concert.

Speaker 17 (01:04:16):
No?

Speaker 7 (01:04:17):
Oh, okay, I thought I thought that you were not
going to give the guy a hard time because because
because he was dreaded, the older folks were dressed up
in in western wear. I was gonna say, but you're
a Jersey guy, so you're okay with that, so it
doesn't bother you either.

Speaker 6 (01:04:31):
Obviously, No it doesn't.

Speaker 5 (01:04:33):
I mean it just ice to made the comment with it,
because I mean, what I what it looked like to
me is that you know, he goes to the western
wear store.

Speaker 6 (01:04:41):
She goes to the western wear store.

Speaker 5 (01:04:42):
And maybe you know because as you mentioned, Beyonce is
not really country.

Speaker 6 (01:04:46):
What do you mean? Not really?

Speaker 7 (01:04:47):
She's not country? Okay, it's not not really right. She
stepped into to you don't have to protect her because
she's from Houston. She's done a country singer, Okay, she's
done a country album and dabbled ind she's not she's
she's not more country than George Straight is hip hop.

Speaker 2 (01:05:02):
Okay, let's face facts. George Straight puts it out.

Speaker 7 (01:05:05):
But I can you imagine George Straight a moonwalking like
Michael Jackson are going out there and doing hip hop
and and having and he and Morgan wall and are
collabing on the stage and there and he's you know,
doing it with with with cube.

Speaker 6 (01:05:18):
Yeah.

Speaker 7 (01:05:18):
Well, if you put an album together, we'd say, what
a great album. But he's a country singer. She's not
a country and Western singer. Regardless. She's dabbled in it
and won some awards, But I don't think anybody mistakes
her for a country singer, although there's a lot of
people that love her country music. I would imagine hints
why the award, But now, don't don't call her a
country singer because that's not what she is. And I

(01:05:38):
think everybody knows that Houston or not, I don't care
where she's from. She's not a country singer.

Speaker 5 (01:05:43):
I would say it's more of Hollywood and Madison Avenue's
idea of what western wear is right.

Speaker 7 (01:05:48):
And I think you can tell when somebody dresses up
that that's not their normal. That would like when a
fan dress up that they're doing this because of the
concert and join it. I think we get too out
of hand worrying about what other people are the jersey
or how they're dressed up. If they want to have
fun and it makes them feel good, let let it happen.
But on the other side, I think you can tell
who the who the who the Western where people are

(01:06:09):
that are new to the party and ones that that's
their everyday thing. You know that they wear it every
day as part of their regular attire. And I think
it pretty much sticks out and we know who they
are and it's okay if that makes them happy, have
at it for.

Speaker 6 (01:06:21):
Sure, for sure.

Speaker 5 (01:06:22):
I just you know, it's it's like I've said, especially
in Houston. I mean, we'll wear it for a couple
of weeks and then after that, I mean, you know,
you'll have people show up to work boots and jeans.

Speaker 6 (01:06:31):
But aside from that, somebody.

Speaker 7 (01:06:33):
Shows up and I think Dan because yeah, the perception
of outside of tech, it's just Texas, right, they think
Austin and San Antonio and Houston. And it's all I
say is it's Texas. So everybody wears it. I haven't
wore a pair. I haven't wore a pair of cowboy
boots to this radio show. And since I've been here,
you know what I'm saying. So, but you wear cowboy boots.
But I wouldn't consider myself a western wear guy. But

(01:06:55):
I think a lot of people that wear it. It's
just natural and fits in those jeans are you know,
just creased.

Speaker 6 (01:07:00):
And ready to go. So I got no issue with it.

Speaker 7 (01:07:02):
But I'm just I've never been a jersey or dress
up guy except Halloween or when there's a party that
everybody's dressing.

Speaker 6 (01:07:08):
Up looking good, feeling good. That's what it's all about.

Speaker 7 (01:07:11):
You there, you go, And if they were, if it
makes them feel good, I got no issue with it.
Everybody should have more attitude as a kid. We'd be
a lot better off in society if we all looked
at life like a seven year old does.

Speaker 6 (01:07:20):
Be good.

Speaker 5 (01:07:21):
Plus you you mentioned the open toe shoes. I mean,
Tripley will tell us that gen Z supposedly looks down
on the open toad shoes. Apparently, if you wear open
toad shoes around gen Zs, they'll let you know that
they think it's well.

Speaker 6 (01:07:33):
Well, especially I'm about fly yeah, well especially.

Speaker 11 (01:07:37):
Yeah.

Speaker 7 (01:07:38):
But even slides into a steakhouse with a pair of
socks on, No, that's a bad hak and slides fine
around there. But like I said, even then and gen Z,
Now that's the greatest thing gen Z's that you've mentioned
to me about it. Gen Z doesn't like open toad shoe.

Speaker 6 (01:07:51):
Good good.

Speaker 7 (01:07:52):
I don't need to see somebody's toad jam while I'm
eating a steak. Wear open toad shoes on the beach
and all that other stuff when you're being casual. Now,
when you walk into somewhere nice, okay, no tank tops
and no open to If I ever had a restaurant
or a bar, those are two things you're never wearing,
especially unless it's on the beach and we're all eating
fish tacos having a blast. That ain't happening because it's
just disrespect to the other people. Hey, how's that tank top?

(01:08:13):
All pretty good. My armpit here is good too. While
they're eating their filet. That's nice. No, don't do it
cover your toes in a steakhouse, high end restaurant.

Speaker 5 (01:08:21):
Definitely, I was gonna say, I mean, you know, with
me with my potatoes outgre out and then my you
know rabbi cook medium rare.

Speaker 6 (01:08:28):
I'm with you on that for sure.

Speaker 7 (01:08:29):
All right, the spinach i meat, I wanted to be
the spinisch i meat and not the stuff out of
your toes.

Speaker 2 (01:08:34):
That's exactly right.

Speaker 6 (01:08:34):
Oh, there you go. That's a hell of a picture. Anyway.

Speaker 5 (01:08:40):
I guess the next where the next place we can
go with that is Dana Brown painting quite a picture.
When it comes to the Astros injuries, we'll let you
hear from the Astros GM coming up right here. It
is Sean Salisbury Show on a Monday Sports Talk seven
to ninety. The seven o'clock hour, seven ninety listener line
is presented by one eight hundred car cash or Goodbye
Biscuit in on the phone lines. Biscuit, good morning.

Speaker 14 (01:09:04):
Hey, top of the morning.

Speaker 3 (01:09:05):
My brothers a shine.

Speaker 10 (01:09:10):
I can deal with some flip flops of open those shoes.
I can't deal with those crocs. Man, that's that's a
female shoe to me. And I see all these boys
when these crops, I'm man everything.

Speaker 7 (01:09:21):
I've always felt the crocs were for the medical field,
anybody standing up a long time to get comfortable feet,
and for kids that were under seven. Okay, I went,
you know what, Biscuit, and I guess I can't. Have
you ever put them on your feet?

Speaker 5 (01:09:34):
Now?

Speaker 18 (01:09:35):
I never.

Speaker 1 (01:09:36):
I can't.

Speaker 10 (01:09:36):
That's a woman's shoe.

Speaker 1 (01:09:37):
I never tried.

Speaker 7 (01:09:38):
I haven't either, and I know I hear. I don't
know how much art supports in them, but I've never
I've never. I've never tried them on. I just always
thinking I kind of feel that are those for kids
or those for the medical field. Here you see doctors
and people wearing them all the time. And because I
guess the you know they're on their feet, that feels
a lot a lot better for them.

Speaker 6 (01:09:59):
But I'm with you. I've never put them on, and
I'm not, uh and I'm not about to.

Speaker 2 (01:10:03):
That's just me.

Speaker 7 (01:10:04):
I'm with you one hundred percent. But I can't do
an open toad shoe or a flip flop in a
high end restaurant. Biscuit, there's just something wrong. But that's
a bad look. Yeah, I mean I'll flip flops to
the beach right. Oh yeah, yeah, I'm with you.

Speaker 10 (01:10:17):
I'm just just walking away.

Speaker 7 (01:10:19):
I'm a California guy. I mean, I'm a Texas guy,
but born in California held flip flops. Guys are wearing
those around it when it hits fifty degrees or forty
degrees in California and rain and my buddies used to
come get out of off their surfboard, come to school
and they be they be in flip flops. So that
was a normal occurrence. But yeah, in certain places time
and a place. But I've never been a crock guy.

(01:10:41):
Maybe somebody call and say, what what the total advantage
of crocs are. I've always looked at it as medical
or people that are on their feet all the time,
and for kids.

Speaker 2 (01:10:48):
But and you've you've added the one too. You think
that's for the female.

Speaker 1 (01:10:52):
Uh you know, let me.

Speaker 10 (01:11:00):
Happened to be flipping through the channels and stumble to
call him the draft and man, this kid to ashtros people,
I see what Dana Brown, it's a big dude.

Speaker 1 (01:11:09):
I'm like, wow, okay, I mean you know you're not
gonna look it up, but I think this guy is
like six four two something two forty. I'm like, okay,
and he only eighteen, and he's an athlete who played basketball, baseball,
in soccer. I'm like, okay, I see where they're going.
Look like maybe a third basement or first basement and

(01:11:29):
for the future.

Speaker 7 (01:11:30):
And you know those those soccer players with good feet too.
You know we saw that with the team too, right.
I mean, it's just when it comes to basketball. But
you know, I'm with you. I don't know enough about him,
but I can tell you this one thing I don't
ever question is Dana Brown's ability to scout talent.

Speaker 2 (01:11:45):
That's for damn sure.

Speaker 10 (01:11:47):
And they mentioned that on the telecast last night. They say, hey, man,
Dane Brown, man, he he knew how to pick them.
And they some of the guys in Atlanta system or whatever, yep.
And so I can see what the man look that
good future cornerstone infielder to me for the Astros that
he like to say he had a lot of So

(01:12:08):
he's just eighteen and big, big dude, John, look look
at a big dude.

Speaker 6 (01:12:12):
I like that biscuit.

Speaker 7 (01:12:13):
What would it take for you and I to to
put on a pair of crocks and wear them for
a day, Well what would have to take?

Speaker 2 (01:12:19):
It ain't happening. No, you can't lose any bet that fast.

Speaker 10 (01:12:24):
I'd like to say a ball had all those kids. Man,
I'm the one walking around with the flip flop in
the in the black socks. So man, there you can't
get me with no crocks.

Speaker 6 (01:12:33):
The hike, the hike, the low calf socks and the
flip flops or the slides. Hey Dan, do you Dan?
Do you wear crocs?

Speaker 5 (01:12:42):
So I used to look down on the croc but
then I finally bought a pair, and now there might
go to house shoe.

Speaker 7 (01:12:48):
Yes, the closest thing, the closest Dan idea biscuit, I'm
gonna let you tie into Dan here in just a second.

Speaker 6 (01:12:54):
My my, I'm a on.

Speaker 7 (01:12:57):
If I want that comfort of my feet, I get
the clouds, you know, the wear a bunch of those shoes,
the clouds, which I love stylish and I love the clouds.

Speaker 6 (01:13:04):
But I haven't done it. So biscuit, biscuit, have at it.

Speaker 2 (01:13:07):
Brother, have that Dan, have that Dan?

Speaker 1 (01:13:11):
Man? You you come around with those fellows. Man, we
lift our sunglasses up, like, okay, there you go.

Speaker 10 (01:13:18):
You know we started we started watching that back when
you come around.

Speaker 6 (01:13:25):
My reputation precedes me. What what what can I say?
You know, there's no there's no sense in fighting it now.

Speaker 1 (01:13:32):
Sean to each his own.

Speaker 2 (01:13:34):
I guess that's exactly right.

Speaker 6 (01:13:36):
There you go. What's good for one may not be
good for the other. There I am not.

Speaker 17 (01:13:42):
Well.

Speaker 7 (01:13:44):
Yeah, hey, Dan, that day when you go visit Biscuit
at the barbershop, make sure you have your your shoes
laced up and covered without crocs on, and you'll fit
right in there.

Speaker 2 (01:13:53):
You'll be good right.

Speaker 6 (01:13:57):
There you go.

Speaker 2 (01:13:58):
Sure, appreciate it to Biscuit. Great stuff.

Speaker 6 (01:14:01):
There you go.

Speaker 7 (01:14:02):
Yeah, he stayed away from the barbershop with the Biscuit
without those on.

Speaker 6 (01:14:05):
Huh.

Speaker 7 (01:14:05):
And I now and now now I got a visual
of the high the high you know, different colored socks,
the high blacker Navy socks with the with the slides
on for somebody that's that's like sixty five and over.
And I know Biscuit isn't that old. So I don't
think he really wears that regularly when he's coaching up
hoops or baseball. I think he's uh I think Biscuit's
got to dialed in. But yeah, the crocs is another
another battle people will have over those crocs, right.

Speaker 6 (01:14:28):
I can't.

Speaker 2 (01:14:28):
I've never worn so I can't. I don't know how
comfortable they are.

Speaker 5 (01:14:31):
Yeah, I'm a and they're incredibly comfortable. That was the
other part of it too, is I finally put on
a pair and I wanted to try and I was like,
you know what, Okay, I understand now, did you see?

Speaker 7 (01:14:43):
And then to get off to before we go to
break here that three players from one high school we're
all drafted in the first round in California at Corona
High School, Yeah, Karana High School, And I know exactly
where that where the high school is. Three players picked
in the first round of the same team. I don't
know if they won the state championship, but if they didn't,
we to have a talk with with what's going on there?

Speaker 2 (01:15:02):
Three in the first round. Pretty impressive And.

Speaker 5 (01:15:04):
I was gonna say, usually if that's the case, then
you got to look at the coach and be like, hey, buddy,
what's going on here? How you losen to a bunch
of guys that maybe a couple of them are going
to play d one ball. But now the Astros get
Xavier Nine's out of the Seattle area, and I mean
don't know much about him, talk about him, but I
do know a little bit about Ethan Fry, so we
can talk about him too. I mentioned Dana Brown to Sean,

(01:15:27):
and we'll get to that at the top of the hour.
But Bill Brandon, see you guys right there, work you
guys into the conversation as we continue.

Speaker 6 (01:15:34):
To roll along here from Atlanta.

Speaker 5 (01:15:36):
At least I'm in Atlanta, Sean and TRIPLEI back in Houston,
but we continue here. On a Monday Sports Talk seven
ninety The Shawn Salisbury Show continued.

Speaker 6 (01:15:48):
Bill, what's going on, Hey, good morning, gentlemen.

Speaker 5 (01:15:51):
Real.

Speaker 17 (01:15:51):
I'll keep this real quick. Crocs moved to Texas six
years ago. Never had him wear them all the time.
Now when it's porn rain or I'm on my kid's boat,
okay at the outside and I got water up to
my ankle, I'm gonna wear my crocs and not gonna
wear my tennis shoes. Uh, Astro fans. Yesterday's calling Charlotte.
I listened to it for about five six minutes, and

(01:16:12):
I was I had to turn it off because draft me,
DUTs what astro fans that I know. It's what we
naturally talk about. And you guys have used the phrase
all morning, first half, second half, blah blah blah blah blah.
We are fifteen games past the mathematical halfway point of
the season. There's only sixty six games left in this year,

(01:16:32):
astro fans. You want to worry about something, worry about
the vet. You've only got sixty six games left, not eighty,
not eighty one. Okay, you've got problems with Joe Espada.
You've got sixty six games.

Speaker 6 (01:16:45):
Of fire in here.

Speaker 17 (01:16:46):
You go, there's not a lot of time to get
this RECTI but I know that. I'm not trying to
put a push up panic button. But it's not like
there's a lot of time left here. That's that's not
very much time.

Speaker 6 (01:16:55):
Guys.

Speaker 7 (01:16:56):
Hey, hey, real quick, Hey Bill, don't go awhere yet. Hang,
we got I know we got a break, but real quick,
you make such a great point. Think about that. How
will you say we got sixty what little over sixty
games left?

Speaker 10 (01:17:08):
Is that what it is?

Speaker 11 (01:17:09):
How how many games?

Speaker 2 (01:17:10):
Yeah?

Speaker 7 (01:17:11):
Ninety six right, and the halfway points eighty one of them.
So you're like you said fifteen above listen, and there's
no the talk of and we all get caught up
in it of oh there's time, it's still early.

Speaker 2 (01:17:22):
It ain't early.

Speaker 7 (01:17:24):
It ain't really because you know what the next thirty
days if Jordan doesn't play, If he doesn't play, guess
what that means. Now we're down to thirty games or
about thirty five games twenty plus a month. Twenty five
games a month. And then if if Jake Myers misses
till the middle of August, because they said three and
I had three three and a half weeks, bam penya.
He's still I don't even know if he's doing any
upper body work yet. As of last Wednesday he wasn't.

(01:17:45):
So you are one hundred percent correct. The judgment will
come when the end is here, at the end of
the season and how they've done right now first half,
he's a manager of the year. We'll see what happens
in the second, especially with what they got. But I can,
I mean, with what they've been dealing with.

Speaker 2 (01:17:58):
But you are so right.

Speaker 7 (01:17:59):
We think that All Star Game midway point. No, we're
we're we're pushing one hundred games. We're pushing one hundred games.

Speaker 6 (01:18:07):
Sean, we were kids, it was a half way.

Speaker 2 (01:18:09):
It's exactly now we're happy.

Speaker 17 (01:18:11):
Wait, we didn't play the All Star Game in the
third in the third week of July.

Speaker 6 (01:18:14):
That's exactly. It's exactly right. Man.

Speaker 2 (01:18:17):
Now, look so this is no longer. Oh we got time.
It's a long season.

Speaker 11 (01:18:20):
No.

Speaker 7 (01:18:21):
Before you know it, you're going to be down to
thirty and the stretch runs in. I'm with you on
to forget dog days of summer. It's time to pick
it up. And they're five games in front. You got
a you are one hundred percent correct, brother, great point.

Speaker 6 (01:18:32):
Take care brothers.

Speaker 5 (01:18:34):
He appreciate it, Bill, Yeah, I mean, you know, we've
talked about it all the time too, Sean. Of you
know the post All Star break of if you go
five hundred, you're still an eighty eight, eighty nine, ninety
one team at that point or just a little bit above.
So it's there for the astros. I mean, you know,
it's kind of like in golf. The shots are out there.

Speaker 7 (01:18:53):
You just got to make them, that's fact. I mean,
And and you also got to take them. Don't be
afraid to take them either. But it's gonna take somebody
of these guys, I just need a guy like Jiner
Diaz or you mentioned Christian Walker to have similar first half.
I'm not even talking about power similar first half that
Jake Myers had hit, just putting the ball in play

(01:19:13):
and give it a chance for a guy that is
overachieved at the plate. You're gonna a rookie is carrying
some of the stuff in the right field. The veterans
got to pick that part of up. And you've got
to give a pitching staff more consistent runs or you're
gonna put too much stress on him down and then
down the stretch in the last month of the season.
It's gonna take a lot gotta get healthy. But I
think Joe Spot has done an outstanding job considering what

(01:19:34):
he's would hand he dealt. It would be an outstanding
job if everybody was healthy and your fifteen games or
whatever over five hundred. But it's hard to extend it
through the rest of the season for sure.

Speaker 5 (01:19:44):
Speaking of health, Dana Brown giving us a glimpse of
the collective health of the Astros, is it painting much
of an optimistic pitcher for this team. We will what
you hear from him next right here, as it is
the Sean Salisbury Show on a Monday here at SEC
Media Days and Seawan and Tripoli back in Houston Sports
Talk seven ninety.

Speaker 2 (01:20:04):
AD Houston, Houston I Hard Radio station.

Speaker 6 (01:20:11):
And the Rockets.

Speaker 9 (01:20:13):
Sports Talk seven ninety your home for your home teams
from the Parsons, Imagine Next Studios, Sab.

Speaker 6 (01:20:28):
Hoon.

Speaker 2 (01:20:28):
Okay, let's do this. Sean Salisbury.

Speaker 3 (01:20:33):
To usc true longtime friend, Shawn Salisbury.

Speaker 2 (01:20:36):
Dan Matthews, Jesus, this is the Sewan Salsbury Show.

Speaker 5 (01:20:45):
MLB Draft last night, Astros take Xavier Nine's, a high
school shortstop out of the Seattle area, with their first
round pick, and at pick number five overall, they take
l s U outfielder Ethan Fried Sean. Normally at this
time every single week we hear from from Astros Radio
Steve Sparks, but it is the All Star breaks, so
I'm gonna give Sparky the week off, so we'll pick

(01:21:06):
up with him next Monday. But do you want to
let us hear right now from Astros GM Dana Brown
as he joined his radio counterparts Robert Ford on ASTRO
launched yesterday for his weekly visits, and we're talking about
the collective health of the Astros mentioned Jake Myers earlier,
Dana mentioning yesterday three plus weeks at least for the

(01:21:28):
right calf strain right now for the Astros center fielder.
But then there's also Jeremy Pania, There's Jordon Alvarez, what's
to come of the picture, Spencer Arraghetti, everybody else of
the sort. Well, we'll focus now on Jeremy Pania and
jord On first with the Astros shortstop. This is what
Dana Brown had to say yesterday about Painia's chances of Hey,

(01:21:49):
could he ramp up enough to be able to start
off with the Astros out in Seattle.

Speaker 6 (01:21:54):
I mean that's a.

Speaker 19 (01:21:55):
Little early because we, you know, we want to take
it a little slow. We're encouraged that he's doing baseball activities,
you know, like swinging a bat and fielding ground balls,
not really throwing yet. I really don't want to aggravate
that rib. But you know, I think it could be,
you know, in the near future, you know, sometime, you know,

(01:22:17):
at the start of the second half. Not sure right now,
you know, how how or how soon, but I think
he may be one of the first guys to come
off the ie out Sean.

Speaker 5 (01:22:27):
There's a lot right there. I mean number one first
and foremost, we can take it. Jeremy Paney is not
gonna be playing that Seattle series. That sucks. But then
it's also to the buzzwords that we've heard from Dana
Brown of near future, they're going to be back very soon.
I mean, we've talked about it numerous times.

Speaker 6 (01:22:44):
What is soon? Well, he doesn't sound like he's back
anytime soon.

Speaker 7 (01:22:47):
Well, and you know, like I said, Dana doesn't want
to have to play team doctor. But near future means
is near future a month?

Speaker 6 (01:22:53):
Or is that a week?

Speaker 7 (01:22:54):
I don't know what the near in my the near
future for me is, you know, and within the one
I say, oh, in the near future, it's in. It's
inside a couple of weeks, is my thought, prize, But
that's not going to be the case. And if he
gets back so so, apparently now he is doing some
upper but he did he say he's swinging a bat now,
didn't I just hear Dana Brown say that, which he
wasn't doing any upper body work as of a what

(01:23:17):
about a week ago or so. So that's a good thing.
But like I said, you're this is for your own sanity.
I would never ever think. I wouldn't think Jake Myers
is coming back sooner than later. I'm just telling you
three week, three and a half weeks air on the
side of four and a half weeks, just to be smart.
Of course they want to back, and of course part

(01:23:37):
of it, I think too when they do this we
don't talk enough about, is for fans.

Speaker 6 (01:23:41):
And people to keep hope, you know, the glass half full.

Speaker 7 (01:23:44):
Sometimes even when the glass isn't half full when it
comes to the injuries, it's half empty. So yeah, I
think part of it is when you say near future,
it keeps people, you know, excited. Yet when you get
past what is the near future and people can't define it,
then what happens is the frustration kicks saying, well, what's
near few? I mean, we're ninety plus days now, aren't we?

(01:24:04):
Are we three months in now with Jordan right around
there something like that, or we're pushing three months be
three months like at the end of this month, so
two and a half there you go. So it is
like I said, you got to play the players. I mean,
you've got to count on the players that are playing
and hope. But I hate hoping. But when you don't
have answers, and there's nothing you can I can do
from a distance, or a fan can do. Accept it,

(01:24:26):
you know, trust that these guys are getting their rehab
in properly and they'll come back. But I don't know
what near future means. Not that I need to and
not that you and I need to, but near future
to me. And when you say near future and then
they ask if he could be back by the by
by the first series of the second half, and he says, oh,
that that that's not that soon.

Speaker 6 (01:24:43):
So what is near futures? That three weeks? Is that
a month?

Speaker 7 (01:24:46):
That's the only thing from me, that's the only thing
to me. Is defining those words, those like you said,
those keywords that kick in you're like near or future.
When you put them both in now you're covering both.
It's like saying, well, I think this team's got chance
to win, but we also got a chance to lose
a few if we don't play well.

Speaker 2 (01:25:03):
Okay, so what is it? So there, I think that's
where you're at right now, dan Is.

Speaker 7 (01:25:08):
It's the verbiage and the semantics that bother us, probably
more than if you just know that, hey, he's going
to be out at least a month. I'd rather have
you tell me he's going to be out at least
another three weeks than near future or too.

Speaker 2 (01:25:19):
That's just me.

Speaker 7 (01:25:20):
But like I said, I wouldn't want to have to
do what Dany does, scout all this talent, be a
general manager on a championship caliber team and then have
to play doctor as well. It sucks, But unfortunately that's
been the biggest question. Think about that, more questions about
the injuries than what's going on with the trade deadline.

Speaker 2 (01:25:35):
It's crazy. It's crazy. So they're they're.

Speaker 7 (01:25:37):
Managing and leading their way through some tough times. But
if he's one of the first ones back and he's
not going to be ready for the next what week
to ten days, then you're looking at two two and
a half weeks. That means that ain't good for the
other guys. If he's one of the first ones back,
that means those other guys are still a ways away.

Speaker 6 (01:25:54):
Well, it's ramping up the priority for the trade deadline
for that very reason.

Speaker 7 (01:25:58):
Oh, he's he's thinking, he's making you know, damn well,
they're they're taking every call and mull and stuff over
what's going to make them better you know that, Oh.

Speaker 5 (01:26:07):
I mean, and you have to because I mean, it's
kind of to a point where you almost wonder if
Joe Espada is going to Dana and being like Dina,
I can't play anybody else, like I don't have anybody else,
Like we've got to do something well.

Speaker 6 (01:26:19):
I would want to be able to find a way.

Speaker 7 (01:26:20):
There's no way they're not communicating about that, considering how
this team always feels like they're close, knitting together and communicative,
and I think that'll be the case here as well.
Of course he knows, and I think it's and you
don't need to be a baseball expert to look at
this team and say, what's it going to be like
if they get healthy? And on the other side, what
happens if they don't? And I think that's more concern

(01:26:42):
than it is for us. And you know what, through
all this, what are the chances that one of these guys,
whoever it is, a pitcher that's been out a while,
that we get the message that we're shutting them down
the whole season. That's what concerns me, is that message
coming from one of one of these guys. We're wait
and wait, and it gets to a point where like, man,
so think about this real quick. With Jordon. Let's just

(01:27:04):
use him as an example. Dan, if he misses tell
another twenty five let's say twenty five more games. Fair,
that's not unreasonable, right, that's a month. Okay, then we.

Speaker 6 (01:27:14):
Think that would be incredibly reasonable both how this has
played out.

Speaker 7 (01:27:17):
Okay, so in middle of August, then he settles in
and that's then you're down to thirty plus games left.
He settles in and he say, well, let's just have
him for the postseason. Great, but let's hope that ramp
up and settle in. When he's on this roster, it's
back to being Jordon because imagine him coming back and
it just not feeling right or him just not gather
takes a while to gather it. And you know, just

(01:27:37):
having him in the lineup is a difference for the
other players to protection and all those things and just
his presence. But it's going to have to be the
other p word, and that's production once he gets back in.
But as we continue to inch closer, I sure as
hell don't want to hear a set back again, and
that you know what, we just got to shut him,
shut him down.

Speaker 2 (01:27:53):
It's too risky. I hope we don't get that news.

Speaker 6 (01:27:55):
I really do.

Speaker 5 (01:27:57):
Yeah, see you and me both. And speaking of that,
Dan did talk about Jordan yesterday. The plan is for
him to see a doctor again this week, and then
Dana has the next step after they have that visit.

Speaker 6 (01:28:09):
A new doctor this week or the same one, a
new doctor.

Speaker 2 (01:28:12):
So fur on a fourth or fifth one.

Speaker 5 (01:28:15):
I believe, I believe it is. He just said that
he is going to see a doctor. Doctor, Okay, going
back to one of them. But here's Dana Brown about
what will happen after that doctor's visit.

Speaker 19 (01:28:25):
I think once that's over, the doctor could potentially clear
him the start swinging a bat. And you know, as
I mentioned before, it's just as long as your and
ie feels good, we're gonna try to expedite his return
because you know, we'll take we'll take whatever he can
give us right now because we're missing that left hand
bat in our lineup.

Speaker 6 (01:28:45):
I get that, Sean, but that makes me uneasy, man.

Speaker 5 (01:28:48):
I mean, it's again, we've talked about it, two and
a half months that he'll have been out. You're really
going to try to quote unquote expedite this and get
him back facing live pitching when you're struggling the way
that you are right.

Speaker 7 (01:28:59):
Now, didn't you think you didn't we expedite it? And
then he had to shut him down.

Speaker 6 (01:29:03):
Wasn't that expert?

Speaker 2 (01:29:04):
So?

Speaker 7 (01:29:05):
And he wasn't one hundred percent? Because Dana had said
on here and asked, I said, was he one hundred
percent healthy when he took that live VP?

Speaker 2 (01:29:12):
And he said close?

Speaker 11 (01:29:13):
You know?

Speaker 7 (01:29:13):
And I asked again, I said was he And he said, oh,
he was close, and he said he felt good. And
you just heard Dana so, And like I said, I'm
not dog in Dana. I understand his situation and the
problem he did, the situation he's in, but if you're
going to expedite it, then you still run the risk
of Okay, he's close. And here's one thing I know
about high end great athletes and great players like him,

(01:29:35):
most of them every now, and you'll get the guy
who's just is it just kind of lingers around and
the guy doesn't have a high threshold of pain or
it has to be perfect before he goes out there.
I'm not saying that's yourd on. I don't know, but
I'm not saying I think he's better than that. But
I do know this that if you if he comes
out there and you you allow a player to make

(01:29:56):
the decision because they're feeling well, and you have to
when it's a hamstring or that. But this is structural
as well pain threshold. Most of them will say I'm
good to go even when they're not. I know I would.
I'd lie my ass off if I haven't met getting
on the field. And I did when it came to
a concussion. Yeah, man back in the day. Yeah, and
went out there and played and don't remember three quarters

(01:30:18):
of the game. But I wasn't willieving because as a
guy who's waiting for your opportunity, not that Jordon's waiting
for his opportunity. Most competitive athletes will tell you exactly
what you need to hear to get back out on
the field. If that's the case, sometimes you got to
protect the player from himself because I'm sure the frustration
and the impatience with Jordon himself with him is starting
to build up, Like I got to get back out

(01:30:39):
there because he knows the talk is we need that
power left handed bat power everywhere, let alone from the
left handed side. So I think Dan that you got
to be careful when a player says I'm good to go,
because the many a player have been sat back down
because they came back prematurely.

Speaker 5 (01:30:56):
It just feels like it's the definition of insanity, Sean.
It really does, because it's great hog Day over and
over again. When it comes to injuries of you know, hey,
you know they're gonna be back here very soon. We
had to shut him down, Like I just I don't
understand how you get from one road to the next
that quickly, and it seemingly happens with this team over
and over again. But that's a frustration that we can

(01:31:16):
continue later on in the show. Again, if you want
to join us on the phone lines, the number is
seven one three two one two five seven ninety. Again
it's seven one three two one two five seven ninety.
We'll stick with baseball here, Sean. But some frustration boiling
over with the game itself. We'll talk about it here
on the Sewn Salisbury Show on a Monday, Sports Talk

(01:31:37):
seven ninety.

Speaker 2 (01:31:40):
Back to it, age down, Bring you on, juice, now,
bring the jukes, let's go.

Speaker 5 (01:31:44):
The Sean Soundsbury Show continues host definitely.

Speaker 2 (01:31:48):
On Sports Talk seven ninety.

Speaker 5 (01:31:52):
The pitcher for the Brewers, who has been pretty good
for the start of the season. He has made five
starts two point eight one era uh and uh. He
made the All Star Team over the weekend as a
late replacement. Some of the Phillies players were not very
happy because Christopher Sanchez, who had a really good first half,
and Ranger Suarez both left off of it. But Sean,

(01:32:15):
I think the point of contention here is the guys
made five starts.

Speaker 6 (01:32:19):
What are we doing?

Speaker 11 (01:32:21):
Uh?

Speaker 2 (01:32:21):
There has been a lot of talk about that.

Speaker 7 (01:32:23):
But did I did I see somebody compare him to
like the just because of who his like personal like
Mark the Byrd Fedrich? Did I see that or just
the the that had made Is that who you're talking about?

Speaker 6 (01:32:35):
Who'd you say? Make sure I heard you?

Speaker 2 (01:32:37):
Yeah, that's exactly right.

Speaker 7 (01:32:38):
I I saw somebody because he's kind of got that,
you know, that spark, like fans want to see it?

Speaker 6 (01:32:44):
And are we really that bothered if fans want to
see it?

Speaker 11 (01:32:47):
You know?

Speaker 6 (01:32:47):
And remember how many how many players from that team
are on the All Star Team? Do we know from
the Phillies.

Speaker 5 (01:32:54):
I'd have to look at the roster, but I mean,
just with the seasons that Sarez.

Speaker 7 (01:32:59):
Deserved to make it. So now that's just in house.
That's exactly right. So you could have made you could
have made an argument for both. I just you know,
there's a lot of fanfare surrounding him. People seem to
love his personality and his game. You're right, I get it,
but it is still a it is still a fan game.

(01:33:21):
But the guy who got snubbed for it or missed
out on it, and I'm sure is happy for his teammate.
But there were some other guys. But every year we're
going to have three or four or five guys or
eight guys, ten guys who deserve to make it and
some who don't. But you're right, the body of work
says not enough to be in an All Star Game.
But those that are decided and decided otherwise. So there's
a you know, the personality in the game and what

(01:33:43):
they want they get. It's not really that big a deal.
You're not going to see much of him, But I
do understand why there's a couple others on that roster
that should.

Speaker 6 (01:33:49):
Be on it.

Speaker 5 (01:33:51):
And as I'm looking at it right now, it looks
like there were two Phillies that made the All Star team.
Kyle Schwarbro is a DH and then Wheeler as a
starting pitcher, and both deserve to be on it, no doubt,
for sure, no absolutely. But another name that was brought
up with Miserroski making the All Star team was people, well,
what about Paul Skins last year? I mean, my god,

(01:34:12):
the guy made a handful of starts and he was
the starting pitcher for the National League in the All
Star Game. The difference is Sean he had eleven starts already,
like he had pretty much at least a good chunk
of the season underneath his belt to at least say, hey, yes,
I can pitch well at this level and I deserve
to get this honor.

Speaker 7 (01:34:32):
Yeah, there's no doubt. And well, and it was a
good decision. Take a look at his game now, if
they could just give him like three runs of run support,
it'd be different.

Speaker 2 (01:34:39):
Guys. The guy is just built different.

Speaker 7 (01:34:42):
So whatever the reasons, why, you know is it's in
the big scheme of thing, is not gonna be that
big a deal. But once again, well, what's worse giving
you that guy who five starts and then or that
what Soto said, He's making seven hundred and fifty million
bucks and was bummed he did in his comment about
making the All Star Game was that you know he

(01:35:03):
did that money would have been nice, one hundred grand
bonus that he was going to get.

Speaker 2 (01:35:06):
Now read the room on that.

Speaker 7 (01:35:08):
The fact that we gave a guy five starts, uh,
you know to make an All Star team or Soda
who didn't make it wanted to make it because he
needed one hundred thousand dollars bonus.

Speaker 6 (01:35:19):
No, I mean, And that's the other part of this too.

Speaker 7 (01:35:22):
Is recognizing the room. And like I said, five years
from now, we won't remember if this go. Oh yeah,
that's right, he made it after five starts, but man,
it would be nice. And one hundred grand is one
hundred grand. But I was like a little I think,
a little taken a back that, yeah, I want to
make it. I want that bonus. Uh seven hundred and
fifty mil or seven hundred mil. Yeah, it was different,
But I get it.

Speaker 6 (01:35:39):
I get it.

Speaker 7 (01:35:40):
There's always going to be somebody who's bothered that they
didn't make it, and what if he'd have made what
if he'd about how about eight of them? Where where's
your threshold? Where's the threshold for you? Starts?

Speaker 6 (01:35:51):
And oh start?

Speaker 5 (01:35:52):
Yeah, I mean, I think probably ten, ten, Okay, So
I think I think if I think if you've made
ten or more starts, then you can say you've got
a body of work.

Speaker 6 (01:36:01):
But five, I'm not so much there. But you talk
about reading the room.

Speaker 5 (01:36:04):
Part of that room is there's a little part of me,
Sean that says, spare me the outrage when it's not
only where you'll have guys that get left off, but
also guys who take themselves out of this. Where a
good majority of the really good pitchers who made the
All Star team pitched over the weekend. So then they
threw up their hands and said, well, I'll go, but

(01:36:26):
I can't pitch right.

Speaker 7 (01:36:28):
So you got to add guys to the roster to
cover it so you can play nine innings all those things.
And Dan, I just you know, for when it comes
to this and you know it's like an exhibition and
the rest of it, and you're right, it's because we
don't want it to become the Pro Bowl. Well, guys
keep begg it out. We're the eighth guy on it,
which leads me to do you believe? And I'm adamant

(01:36:50):
against this. I don't think every team needs to be represented.
You're an All Star, you're an All Star. I don't
think every team needs now. Some have three, some have five,
whatever the majority is. But if you're a team that
doesn't have an All Star and we put you on
just because well we got to be represented, I disagree
with that one hundred percent.

Speaker 6 (01:37:09):
Disagree with it.

Speaker 7 (01:37:10):
And I used to like the days when we wear
our own hat and uniform and just go in where
they'd introduce them. I don't know, are they wearing they
got their regular everybody's got a uniform.

Speaker 6 (01:37:18):
They're not wearing their own, are they? Are they wearing
their own again? No, they're not. They they did away
with that a few years.

Speaker 7 (01:37:23):
Yeah, I know they did, but I'm begging for them
to bring it back. I liked, well, you're representing an
All Star team, but you're representing your team, and I
don't think even though it's an exhibition All Star. Now
here's the iron I'm battling myself so too. At seven
hundred million, well I want that bonus? Well, I get it.
Who doesn't? But you make enough to recognize the room,

(01:37:44):
especially in these times. The flip side is there's a
guy who doesn't make sodo money that did have a
bonus in his contract that isn't going to get it
because they put somebody on from a team maybe that
didn't deserve it. Now, usually every team has a guy,
but it is a team game. And if your team's
eight million games under five hundred are you are you
really an All Star? Do they have an All Star?

Speaker 5 (01:38:04):
So?

Speaker 6 (01:38:05):
And maybe they do.

Speaker 7 (01:38:06):
I guess if you have twenty five home runs at
the break and your team sucks, that's fine. But I'm against,
absolutely against having to have a guy from every team
on an All Star team. I know it's an exhibition,
but it still matters, or we wouldn't play it, And
it still matters for some with incentive, especially those who
aren't making seven hundred and fifty million bucks.

Speaker 5 (01:38:25):
Well I mean especially too. I mean, you hear the
word meritocracy all the time in pro sports.

Speaker 6 (01:38:30):
Yep.

Speaker 5 (01:38:30):
I mean I feel like, you know, with all of
the because all Star games in general, they're done, the
Pro Bowl, they don't even fake it anymore. They're just like,
we'll have a few skills competitions and then sure we'll
have a little flag football game, but it doesn't matter.
I mean, baseball is the newest one. They're the last
one to pretty much just say yeah, we don't care.
I mean, and it's it's been that case in the NFL.

(01:38:51):
It's been that case in the NBA. I mean the NHL. Now,
they did a pretty cool thing with the you know,
Four Nations Cup or whatever they called it. I mean,
that was fun because kind of gave us a little
bit of a taste of Faye. Now you're getting countries involved.
That's the way to a pitcher.

Speaker 7 (01:39:05):
I still like East versus West, your your conference versus
our conference. And in baseball competit everybody where their own
uniforms represent your town with the if you play for Cincinnati,
where the Red's uniform and hat, and let's go play
and the best the best get in. I'm just I'm
against well, it's it's the everybody gets. But Baseball's going

(01:39:25):
to do it forever. The representative.

Speaker 6 (01:39:27):
I just don't.

Speaker 7 (01:39:27):
I just don't believe that if you're not an All
Star that you should. Oh man, we got a guy
even though you're hitting two fifty two with nine home runs,
we got to put him in the All Star Game.
I'm just being a bit hyperbolic. But and in the
big scheme of things, in truth, all we're doing is
trying to get through this so we get to the
second half. Although the Major League Baseball All Star Game
is still eight thousand times better than the trashy ass

(01:39:48):
Pro Bowl and the worst of them all, well, I
take that back. The Pro Bowl's pretty bad considering we're
in flags now, but in the NBA All Star Game
both are pathetic. At least this one gives me something.
Hockey has a change up, but I just still want
me versus you, East versus West in the NBA and
American League versus National League. Let's ramp it up, be
competitive and go do it short of getting somebody hurt,

(01:40:09):
put the team's uniform on and let's go. And if
you're not an All Star, you don't get selected. Simple.
That's just the way I look at it.

Speaker 5 (01:40:15):
Always will yeah for sure, all right, seven one three, two,
one two five seven ninety is the number to get in.
Let's get back into the Astros conversation because I feel
like we've beaten y'all up a pretty good amount this
morning with the way that things have been going with
the Astros. But what if there are positives we can
discuss that here. As Gary Brandon Adams. See you guys
right there. We'll get you involved. You can join them.

(01:40:35):
Seven one three two one two five seven ninety against
seven one three two one two five seven ninety. Sean
Salisbury Show continues on a Monday here Sports Talk seven ninety.

Speaker 6 (01:40:44):
The seven ninety listener.

Speaker 5 (01:40:45):
Line in the eight o'clock hour is presented by one
eight hundred car Cash Gary.

Speaker 18 (01:40:51):
Good morning, Hey, good morning guys, great show as usual.
And I apologize if y'all talked about this already, because
I just.

Speaker 14 (01:40:57):
Now got got online here.

Speaker 18 (01:40:59):
So I was calling about and, uh, what's the Walker
the first baseman. Yes, they do not put him down
in that bottom three with those triple A people. There's
something wrong he is. I watched every damn game and
he's almost an automatic strikeout. So they need to put
him down in the bottom third of the lineup and

(01:41:20):
make him start hitting.

Speaker 14 (01:41:22):
If he doesn't, he doesn't need to be up position
number four clean up.

Speaker 2 (01:41:26):
That's that's outrageous.

Speaker 11 (01:41:27):
Uh.

Speaker 18 (01:41:27):
So, I don't know if y'all talked about that or not,
but just calling to see what y'all's thoughts are on that.

Speaker 6 (01:41:33):
Dan had him Dan.

Speaker 7 (01:41:35):
Dan had him back there about three weeks ago. Right, Dan,
I mean we discussed it, and yeah, I just and
now maybe it's just like, well, he gets hot, you
think you got to jump him back up. And because
you're expecting when we got him here, you expected, as
we said before, for three four five more than likely
to begin the season, to be Alvarez if he wasn't

(01:41:58):
going to hit in the two hole. And when they
decide did Joe in this team, they put him in
a three to hole, you expected it to be Alvarez
and either Walker, di As Diaz Walker that was your
three four five, maybe one of them in six hole,
depending on Petis, and you need him up at the
top of lineup.

Speaker 2 (01:42:12):
He's proven it.

Speaker 7 (01:42:12):
So in truth, this is something that that I understand
when a guy gets hot, why you'd want to move
him back up. But the truth is you got to
get him comfortable for more than six games or five
games Raking right, and if he sees better pitches or
feels more comfortable, but the pressure to succeed there, and
he's been in a league long enough to have to
deal with the pressure. But it's just not been a

(01:42:33):
consistent driving the baseball the way you want hit the
ball out of the park and striking out more than
you'd want. So I have zero issue with moving him down.
And I know some look at his a demotion. Sometimes
that demotion can turn out being the best thing that
happens to you, And I'm one of those guys.

Speaker 6 (01:42:51):
I don't.

Speaker 7 (01:42:52):
I don't need the same guy. I need the hot
guys where they're supposed to be. And we know who
those guys are when they're going good.

Speaker 6 (01:42:58):
On this team.

Speaker 7 (01:42:58):
Right now, I Thinkucker's better for this for what they're
looking for now, to get him right, because you're going
to need him longer than you think producing because the
health of this team is gonna need Christian Walker. Be nice,
if he was the second half MVP of this team,
that would be nice.

Speaker 5 (01:43:16):
Well, I mean I think if you do get that,
then you're talking about being able to run away with
the division, because then that's the part of this team
that has not been consistent for you all season long.

Speaker 2 (01:43:26):
That's my points. That's exactly right.

Speaker 5 (01:43:27):
I mean, yeah, I mean where you've had spurts where
they've been really good, but then that's the problem.

Speaker 6 (01:43:31):
Then there's the drop off.

Speaker 5 (01:43:33):
I mean, you know, I use the suit store and
my cousin Vinny the entire store has the flu. I mean,
it seems like that happens to this team and such
as baseball. I get it, but I mean you, I mean,
you know, to go back into a conversation that you
had with Joe A. Spotta, you know, at FanFest before
the season even got going of hey, do you want
to you know, use as many lineups as you did

(01:43:53):
last year?

Speaker 6 (01:43:54):
He flat out said no. But I mean, Sean, the
problem is is you know he didn't see this.

Speaker 5 (01:44:00):
Yeah see, I mean yeah, Cooper Hummel is not an
everyday major leaguer and his playing time is even starting
to wane a little bit. But Zach Short is not
an every day major leaguer. He's given you good things,
but he's not somebody that you want to have to
count on. And same deal with Taylor Tremill. Nothing against
Taylor Tremmell, but you would much rather have Jake Myers
out there. And if you did have Jake Myers, you
did have Jeremy Painia even without jord On, then yeah,

(01:44:23):
you would be able to have some of that lineup
flexibility where you can say, hey, let's put this guy
six' seven and he can help us out, there, right
Now joe's just looking at it As, HEY i just
want to put together the most competitive LINEUP i.

Speaker 7 (01:44:34):
Can, yeah IF i can get a second half like
you expected From diaz And Christian, walker not only will that,
help you may be able to sustain it without Without
jordan in the lineup and not knowing how long The
myers and the group's going to, be it's going to
take a special somebody's going to have to have the
best second half of their of their of those guys

(01:44:56):
of their. Career, honestly if these injuries stay like And
i'm talking about, It i'm not talking about. Pain i'm
not talking About Jake. Myers i'm talking about somebody. Else
they are going to have to elevate or the pressure
you're putting on a pitching staff is just too. Much
you can't keep running out there one and two run
games and they'll get some. RUNS i get, It But
i'm not talking about it in the spurts of. It

(01:45:17):
when we see it once in a, while it's the. Consistency,
okay we had an off game, here then the next, day.
Boom the pressure that you're putting on opposing pitchers as
opposed to the pressure that we're getting put under here
because of the inconsistency of producing runs on a regular.
Basis you're asking a lot of a pitching staff that's
far from. Healthy so it's saying. Something but once, again

(01:45:39):
five games in front and coming out of a tough two,
series it'll be incoming upon them to come out and
start the pitching while we hope.

Speaker 6 (01:45:49):
It carries them in the second.

Speaker 7 (01:45:50):
Half the truth of the matter, Is, dan if you
had one, wish my wish would be that the hitting
it controls the second half and the pitching stage where it's.
At i'm not talking about. It if the pitching, falters
it won't matter what the hitting. Does if the pitching
can stay consistent like they have for the most, part
up and down the, pitching the starting, five you, know
saans a few appearances once in a, while and the,

(01:46:11):
bullpen you'd be in good. Shape BUT i would love
us to be spending our time, saying, damn look what
this offense is giving a pitching. Staff see that's got
to happen in the second.

Speaker 6 (01:46:21):
Half, WELL i, mean you've spoken it into it existence.

Speaker 5 (01:46:24):
ONCE i, mean remember what you said before the season
about career years for a couple of, guys you've gotten
that so far and the only problem is now they're. Hurt,
so you, know hopefully you can speak In Christian walker's
final sixty six games of the season to be able
to reach that, point.

Speaker 7 (01:46:41):
And we can't feel sorry for. Him they got business to.
Do it's what they, do And Christian walker knows.

Speaker 6 (01:46:45):
This he knows.

Speaker 7 (01:46:46):
It So i'm anxious to see how they come out
swinging the bat in the second. Half and if they're
just ten percent, better fifteen percent, better and the pitching
staff stays and does what it's been, doing The astros
will win this division by by by you, know, five, six,
seven eight, games and then they'll be able to have
some comfort. Late but if the pitching staff holds up
and you don't, hit it's gonna be a, fistfight BECAUSE

(01:47:08):
i would expect that The rangers are going to continue to,
hit AND i would imagine that the that The mariners
will a little get better at. It and both of
them have pitching staffs that are worthy of competition with The.
Astros and both of them have pitching staffs that going
into the season people thought were every bit as good
as The. Astros from one to, five.

Speaker 5 (01:47:26):
And your lips Of god's. Ear, sean hopefully that is the.
Case Adam Brandon john see you guys right. There will
work you guys into the. Conversation you want to join?
Them seven one three two one two five seven. Ninety
what's he? Gonnet step one three two one two five seven.
Ninety as we continue here on The Seawan Salisbury, Show
Dan matthews here In atlanta FOR Sec Media days and
The All Star game, festivities and we'll continue here on

(01:47:47):
The Sean Salisbury Show Sports talk seven.

Speaker 6 (01:47:49):
Ninety let's go.

Speaker 2 (01:47:52):
On this is The Sean Salisbury. Show the guy.

Speaker 5 (01:47:57):
Seriously does his, show yelling at about in the W
i don't know if you can hear.

Speaker 7 (01:48:01):
THEM i can HEAR i can hear the hustle and
bustle a little bit behind, you BUT i. DON'T i
don't hear one guy. Specifically maybe somebody else. Does and
what's matt what what what's? What's what's place of?

Speaker 6 (01:48:11):
Wings you talk? About so people know that, city that magic,
city that's a strip. Club it is, okay but they're,
known they're known for their.

Speaker 5 (01:48:19):
Wings and remember, too when THE nba had THEIR covid
rules That Lou williams broke the. Rules and that's why
he became known As Lemon Pepper lou right because he
said he went there because the wings were so?

Speaker 6 (01:48:31):
Good are they that?

Speaker 5 (01:48:32):
GOOD i have never had. Them i've heard they're really.
Good but apparently they're air, fried WHICH i, mean you
know that's that's the line WHICH i could.

Speaker 6 (01:48:41):
Use but, YEAH i have never had.

Speaker 5 (01:48:44):
Them but maybe me And gordy we do, that, uh you,
know Either tuesday Or wednesday night we head over To Magic.
City i'm looking at him and, well now you're.

Speaker 6 (01:48:52):
Gonna have to explain it to.

Speaker 7 (01:48:53):
Mama, yeah you're gonna try try to convince you to
you two going in there for, wings that it's always
a good, one just like you you Read playboy for the,
articles right, Right SO i try to explain that, One,
hey we're gonna go get the.

Speaker 2 (01:49:05):
Wings, well why don't you just have them? Delivered, No,
no we got to eat them in.

Speaker 7 (01:49:08):
Person And i'm gonna this is gonna sound maybe short
sighted or, wrong but AND i know certain exotic dance,
clubs okay that have. This you'll hear people, say, well
they've got good food and the rest of. It i'm
sure they. Do i'm not here to tell. Them they,
don't But i've never ever. THOUGHT i GUESS i have

(01:49:30):
a hard time staring down at a piece of prime
rib for lunch when blooney flaps are standing on the
thing ahead of, me up on up on top of the. Stand,
Okay i'm looking at baloney flaps While i'm While i'm,
eating uh and dipping it in ranch and blue.

Speaker 2 (01:49:47):
Cheese that makes me. Horny so, yeah try that.

Speaker 6 (01:49:50):
One.

Speaker 7 (01:49:51):
Try, hey let's go to. Magic what are you going there?
For why'd you get subscription A? Playboy BECAUSE i love
the Ten questions or whatever?

Speaker 6 (01:49:58):
IS i love the. Article it's. Great so, yeah WELL
i got your back on that.

Speaker 18 (01:50:02):
One.

Speaker 2 (01:50:02):
DAN i know it's for the.

Speaker 7 (01:50:03):
Wings pop on it, there but uh, Yeah i've heard
that they're supposed to be pretty. Good but, UH i
don't think you're gonna be able to pass that one.
Off you And gordy on, mom And gordy shook his. Head,
no you said absolutely. Not there you, Go, yeah try that.

Speaker 6 (01:50:15):
ONE i THINK i think would put the kaibosh on that,
one and Probably megan.

Speaker 2 (01:50:18):
Would stick the wing stick the wings.

Speaker 7 (01:50:20):
Stop all, Right, well let me ask you, this if
they were both with, you, guys would you guys take
him in.

Speaker 2 (01:50:27):
There oh oh, no no no no no no.

Speaker 5 (01:50:31):
No no no no no no no no no no no,
no let, me let, me let me retea, Here i'm
going to. Retea if they wanted to, go then sure
to say.

Speaker 7 (01:50:39):
No what about what about they're on the, vy they're
on a you, know they're on a girls. Trip they go,
together they're they're, friends and all of a sudden they're
somewhere and they want to go see. Uh they there's
a strip club that they want to go to by
themselves because they like they they got great uh pasta,
salad okay that they just love, it or they've got great.

(01:50:59):
Suit that's another thing that'll make you horny in a
strip club is they got? Sushi are you gonna let
them go by? Themselves when they're out of?

Speaker 6 (01:51:06):
Town they want to go see? Magic. MIKE i MEAN
i CAN'T i.

Speaker 7 (01:51:10):
Say Magic, MIKE i said in This, YEAH i, mean
but in, person not at the movie. Theater you can't
reach out and. Touch, uh what's the what's the actor's?
Name That Channing tatum's package on the. Screen So i'm
just asking, you what would what's good for the goose
with the good for the, goose good for the?

Speaker 6 (01:51:25):
Gander are you good with?

Speaker 2 (01:51:26):
That you guys? Good or is it is this kind
of a guy we're allowed to is get?

Speaker 7 (01:51:29):
It so we do have double, standards Right i'm with
you one dred, Percent but try to explaining that one to,
them right.

Speaker 6 (01:51:35):
WELL i, mean, look you got to accept your flaws
for what they. ARE i.

Speaker 5 (01:51:38):
CAN'T i can't compete With Magic. MIKE i can't. Compete
you're down under any of those.

Speaker 6 (01:51:42):
Guys Thunder, thunderdog Thunder. DOG i MEAN i bring it
in other.

Speaker 5 (01:51:47):
Ways i'm just seeing physique, wise it's it's a little
bit of an uphill climb for me to do.

Speaker 6 (01:51:52):
THAT i, mean you, know forty is here in a
month and a half for.

Speaker 7 (01:51:55):
Me so if you guys do do, That if you,
do you go in there and just make sure you
get an extra dipping, saw a little bit of extra
blue cheese on that wing for. Me, okay that in
the afternoon sounds great to. ME i did stick the wing.
Stop you guys will be, okay, brother there you.

Speaker 5 (01:52:09):
GO i was gonna say They're, hooters you, know somewhere like,
that probably big city.

Speaker 7 (01:52:14):
Wings you, go that's the way to kiss the ass
had a way to slide them. IN i like your, style,
MAN i don't wait to.

Speaker 6 (01:52:21):
PINE i like. That there you, go good. Job, Hey
sam treats as.

Speaker 7 (01:52:24):
Well.

Speaker 5 (01:52:25):
Man we got to, say you, know it got the
white wings. Going it's it's a good. Time it's a good.
Time there you. Go so, Yeah i'm with you. Though
usually on food at places like, That oh, man they
got a great. Buffet, Yeah i'm sure you're going there
for the. Buffet can't wait that that's the, reason you.

Speaker 7 (01:52:39):
Know oh and then by the, way by the time
you're done eating your, wings you look, up And i'm
sure she'll be in.

Speaker 6 (01:52:42):
Love you'll be you, guys sure she loves. You, hey
do you know she loves?

Speaker 14 (01:52:45):
Me?

Speaker 2 (01:52:46):
MAN i met, her so she loves.

Speaker 11 (01:52:47):
Me.

Speaker 7 (01:52:47):
Yeah, yeah even the forty seven hundred other dudes that
strolled through. That but, hey all they're trying to do
is get themselves to medical.

Speaker 6 (01:52:53):
SCHOOL i.

Speaker 7 (01:52:54):
UNDERSTAND i do he much. Respect, yeah earn the money
however you got to. Earn that's, it exactly.

Speaker 6 (01:53:00):
Right everybody's got bills to, patient no question about.

Speaker 7 (01:53:03):
It And i'll tell you what if you ever tried
to dance on a polled in just to see if
you could balance, yourself it wouldn't go, there he. Goes
they got some, strength, now so let's give them credit
where credit's.

Speaker 2 (01:53:13):
Due take some.

Speaker 7 (01:53:13):
EFFORT i GUESS i would Imagine i'm still not getting
wings at a strip, club, sorry or roast. Beefy that's
that's right up there.

Speaker 5 (01:53:21):
TOO i, mean you even touched on a little bit
of your buddy that thinks you, Know oh, man she's into.

Speaker 6 (01:53:27):
Me she's into. Me it's like she's in your, money.

Speaker 2 (01:53:29):
Dude she loves, You, yeah, exactly she.

Speaker 5 (01:53:33):
Loves you as long as the credit card is swiping
and as long as as long as the money is
coming out of THE. Atm that she does after that
is what the money runs.

Speaker 7 (01:53:40):
Out as they say to, athletes know your personnel and,
coaches let's, Say i'm sure their pregame speech, is, hey
know your personnel when you're out there, dancing know who's
got the coin and who.

Speaker 6 (01:53:50):
Doesn't there you, go that's, right, yep k y p
k Y. O, no your, opponent that's. Right, yeah that's.

Speaker 5 (01:53:56):
Uh it's it's not looking like it's going to be
a go for. Us But i'll have to ask the
guy yelling into his microphone how the wings. Were and
then ONCE i get, that Maybe i'll bring him on with.
Us and, then you, Know, sean if you need a
little bit of a wake, up he can you, KNOW
i don't NEED i don't need a wake, up But
i'll just put him on. Mute there you, Go there you.

Speaker 6 (01:54:13):
GO i THINK i think most people probably.

Speaker 5 (01:54:15):
Will but, Anyway, yeah we continue here AT Sec Media
days and we will have different guests dropping by all
throughout the, week like for, Example sean lsu is making
their rounds, today and, UH i think that me And,
gordy you're gonna have a chance to catch up With
garrett and Dust.

Speaker 6 (01:54:32):
MEYER i, mean just real quick on. Them you.

Speaker 5 (01:54:34):
KNOW i know that's a program that you keep a
close eye, on especially with some friends that you had
there in the. Program but it was interesting the question
was brought up last, night is this a playoff or
nothing season For Brian? Kelly like if that doesn't, happen
then it's a complete. Disappointment and you wonder if it's
been a failure the entire time he's been.

Speaker 7 (01:54:52):
THERE i think with what always goes hand in, hand
and you know how this is when you've played the
kind of. Money these coaches get paid now and you're
going and you're coaching at a school that's GOT nfl
guy AFTER nfl, guy and you've got a veteran quarterback
who's really. Good and the expectations AT, lsu and rightfully,
so are through the roof and they should they always should.

(01:55:12):
Be it comes a point in time when if you,
listen even even Though Ryan day was doing it longer
at the university when he was since he's been At Ohio,
state do you realize we started this season after he
got beat By. Oregon they wanted to fire. Him there's
people who wanted to fire. Him he's now the national,
champion and So brian's a good football. Coach but, yes, Patience,

(01:55:33):
now when you're in the, year what is?

Speaker 6 (01:55:34):
This will this the year? Three?

Speaker 2 (01:55:35):
Now or a year and?

Speaker 14 (01:55:35):
Four?

Speaker 6 (01:55:36):
Already number?

Speaker 2 (01:55:36):
Four there you, go he's been through three of.

Speaker 6 (01:55:38):
Them there you.

Speaker 7 (01:55:38):
Go so, yeah because he's had What jaden for a
couple and then Nuss meyer for one and now this is,
TWO i would think that Neuts meyer's going to elevate his.
Game but that's a competitive not only, division but a competitive,
conference and it's going to be interesting to see how he,
does But Brian kelly's a good. Coach but, yes if
they don't make the, playoff the whispers will be loud
and they'll they'll turn into they'll turn into some, roars no.

Speaker 5 (01:55:59):
Doubt such as life in major college, football especially in THE.
Sec John Brandon, adams see you guys right, there work
you guys into. Conversation do you want to get back
into the astros because we'll continue on the positivity track
with this team as they are at The All star
break sixteen games, above five hundred and five games in
front of The mariners for The aos. Lead as we

(01:56:20):
get into the fourth hour of The Seawn Salisbury show
here on A Monday Sports talk seven, Ninety.

Speaker 7 (01:56:24):
Hey, guys Doctor jeff wiz at witzdvision dot, com my,
guy my vision. Man i'm so grateful THAT i have,
him THAT i am a patient of, his AND i
talk all the time about we got him in town
and we got one of the foremost lacy procedure doctors
on the. Planet but IT'S i care as. Well and
glasses and, Contacts i'm not big on, them BUT i

(01:56:45):
needed something THAT i wanted to be able to, see
be safe at night and get a clear, picture and
SO i had it done and, man it was the
Best i'd seen in thirty. Years and all of a,
sudden a handful of years, late this was just. Recent
AND i told you, GUYS i got a little cataracts
in my right, eye AND i was concerned it's gonna be.
Fine and in a, matter you go in, there you
prepare for, it you go in there with the. PROCEDURE

(01:57:05):
i was out in ten twelve, minutes and in a
couple of, Days i'm, like oh my, gosh this is
what was like WHEN i got the lasik. First so
it doesn't matter what it. Is he's adept at. Everything
And i'm so grateful that he's my doctor and he's
my eye care physician and he did my. Lasik so
if you're looking for that and want to see, clear
pop on in and see. Him the review is, free

(01:57:26):
the consultation. Free it's seven one three three six five
ninety seven nine nine seven one three three six five
ninety seven ninety. NINE i think he's the best on the.
Planet And i've been around and talk to people who've
also used him and are, like you know, what that's the.
Guy AND i can talk to people who have if
it's not, me talk to somebody else who understands exactly

(01:57:47):
what it's supposed to look.

Speaker 6 (01:57:48):
Like no pun.

Speaker 7 (01:57:49):
Intended when you're, done and the after eye, care he's
been spectacular for, me and quite, frankly it's real. SIMPLE
i can see my golf ball, DOWN i can see better,
driving and you know, what it's just a clear picture
WHEN i wake up in the, morning AND i love.

Speaker 6 (01:58:02):
It you can do it. Too why?

Speaker 7 (01:58:03):
Wait if you're tired of all the, glasses contacts and
taking three different eye cases with you where you, go
and contacts and putting your finger in your, eye why
not just get it. Fixed it doesn't take, long it's non,
invasive and the recovery is urgent and, quick and the
latest eye care and the latest equipment and the best
doctor on the. Planet in my, opinion it's Doctor Jeff
witz At witsadvision dot, Com witsittvision dot wits At vision dot.

(01:58:26):
Com why, wait Witsad vision Dot.

Speaker 15 (01:58:27):
Com KBM E HOUSTON acdhd Two, houston an iHeartRadio, station
The astross The, Rockets Rockets Fast befall your home for
your home.

Speaker 9 (01:58:40):
Teams this Is Sports talk seven ninety from The parsons
that match, next.

Speaker 20 (01:58:45):
Studios this is former from The astros broadcast. Team right
now your shot at one thousand dollars On Sports talk seven.

Speaker 21 (01:58:55):
Ninety just enter this nationwide keyword at sports seven ninety dot.
Com bank B a N K Bank enter it now
At sports seven ninety dot. Com, Salisbury, okay let's do,
This Sewn salisbury.

Speaker 3 (01:59:19):
To Usc troup's longtime Friend Shawn, Salisbury dan.

Speaker 2 (01:59:22):
Matthewscuse this is The Sewan salisbury show.

Speaker 18 (01:59:31):
In The.

Speaker 5 (01:59:31):
Astros in the first night of THE Mlb, draft take
a high school Shortstop Xavier ninons out of The seattle,
area as well as a college outfielder LSU's Ethan, fry
taking ninety fifth. Overall so those are two new players
of The astros have added in their draft. Class but
see some of you waiting on the phone lines against
someone three two one two five seven ninety will get

(01:59:54):
it started With adam And spring who wants to weigh?

Speaker 6 (01:59:56):
In, adam good, Morning, okay good morning. Guys, hey what's up? Man?

Speaker 12 (02:00:02):
HEY i wanted to talk about THE i wanted to
talk about The All Star game a little. Bit so to,
me these players have a responsibility to show. Up i'm
kind of aggravated by players Like Close ramier, saying, Oh
i'm Just i'm. Cool i'm gonna rest up and then
save my strength for the second half of the.

Speaker 8 (02:00:22):
Season and and.

Speaker 12 (02:00:25):
By the, way is this a rule as a pitcher
pitched On sunday they cannot pitch An All Star? Game
or is that is that just their Choosing they're, Gonna
they're gonna wait it.

Speaker 6 (02:00:33):
OUT i believe it, Is.

Speaker 5 (02:00:36):
SEAN i don't know if you've heard, different BUT i believe, That,
yeah if you pitch On, sunday that automatically knocks you.
OUT i think Even, Saturday like Like Garrett crochet pitched
On saturday and he's not.

Speaker 7 (02:00:45):
Gonna, yeah but he also threw a complete game one
oh shutout, two which was. Phenomenal you know. What you know,
what even if it's not even if it's not A
Major League baseball, rule there's. THIS i don't like unwritten.
Rules we seem to have a lot of them in.
Baseball you, know we just. Understand it's kind of like
when you're at that f one movie that the second

(02:01:06):
racer on a team's supposed to block, everything even if
he's got a faster. Car what you're supposed to sit
back and let help number one. Win you'll find that
out when you go see the, movie and it's pretty.
Cool but with, THIS i just think that that unwritten
rule of oh you, threw we wouldn't throw if you're
the manager from another team or a. COMPETITOR i don't
think you'd throw him. Anyway plus you wouldn't get anything

(02:01:27):
out of. Him it's just too much. Risk BUT i
would imagine it's a, rule AND i don't think anybody'd
pitch a guy on a day and a half rest,
anyway my. Man But i'm with you on the you get,
elected why aren't you showing?

Speaker 6 (02:01:36):
Up you need. Rest it's not exactly like The All
Star game is going to tax your.

Speaker 7 (02:01:40):
Ass you're only going to play a couple innings unless
you're hurt or a personal reasons that are serious and
not the personal reason THAT i just want to take
time off and go play.

Speaker 2 (02:01:49):
Golf, Yeah i'm with. You if you're, elected it's an
honor you should be.

Speaker 5 (02:01:52):
THERE i.

Speaker 2 (02:01:53):
Agree go, ahead whatever what else you got for, us my?

Speaker 14 (02:01:58):
Man go?

Speaker 6 (02:02:01):
Ahead, YEAH i grew up in the.

Speaker 12 (02:02:02):
Count didn't he play like three thousand straight games or
something like?

Speaker 18 (02:02:06):
That?

Speaker 7 (02:02:07):
Yeah he played in a lot of. Them you had,
to you had, to you had to pry him out
of the, lineup and that didn't. Happen he wasn't Gonna
AND i love. That i'm coming to. Work i'm not
even look at the lineup. CARD i, Mean i'm playing every. Day,
Yeah i'm not a big load management guy for. Baseball
i'm just.

Speaker 12 (02:02:21):
NOT i DON'T i don't want to go to two
games a. Year in the, GAME i go to The
All star, Player, oh we're going to rest them for
a day because he just needs a break every now and,
man that's that doesn't cut it for.

Speaker 18 (02:02:34):
Me so.

Speaker 6 (02:02:36):
We appreciate.

Speaker 7 (02:02:37):
It, Man, YEAH i understand that rest as you get,
Older dan and pitching and. STUFF i Guess i'm maybe
it's probably too old, school And i'm being, honest and
we'll get To john And brandon here in one. Second
it's too old school of. THINKING i, MEAN i admit.
It there's no Doubt i've always had a problem with
when we hit an eighty five pitch ninety pitch. Threshold
if the guy's going, good let's get him. Out and

(02:02:59):
he's twenty five and hasn't had arm. Injuries that just
to me it's AND i know everything. Specialized i'm just
reading something On get a little real, Quick dan On
Bob gibson in THE uh AND i use this as
an example because he was a grinder And i'll get
to it IF i can find. It BUT uh seven
with he seven and zero in his. World i'm trying
to look and all of them were complete games like

(02:03:22):
In world. Series i'm gonna find. It and THEN i
saw this. NUMBER i actually took a screenshot of, It,
Dan BUT i don't want to bore you guys with the.
Details i'll go back and get. It But I've i've
always preferred guys to, play AND i am a bit
archaic on.

Speaker 2 (02:03:34):
THAT i get. It BUT i grew up at a
time when you just. Didn't you just it was the
same lineup every.

Speaker 7 (02:03:39):
Day AND i know guys like Al, tuva they say
to give him a little rest, going but in truth
is a. CATCHER i get. Pitcher i've just never. Understood
And i'm not even talking about the, Ass So i'm
talking about. Overall why a twenty five year old young
why Would cam why Would Cam smith need? Rest, well
if he's not, Her i've just ever AND i Know sean,

(02:04:01):
well that's our. KICK i get it because this day
AND i come From i'm on The i'm. HEALTHY i
want to play. Now if you're grinding and struggling and
need a day off for your. Mentalwares but if you're going,
Good oh we had a scheduled day off three a
week from. Now, well If i'm going, good change the
scheduled day, off move the goal. POSTS i know THAT

(02:04:22):
i think different than most. Do the guy needs the, rest, pitcher,
CATCHER i get. IT i just don't understand why a
second baseman or a young right, fielder why we're not
more like Cal, ripken but we're more Like Joel. EMBIID
i know his has been. Injuries you get my. POINT
i just have never understood the whole.

Speaker 6 (02:04:41):
THING i.

Speaker 7 (02:04:42):
Can't, well they only play seventeen regular season games in, Football,
SEAN i, understand but the physicality's four thousand times tougher
on a hockey player and a football player than it
is in. Game on a, basement nobody's hitting you at
third base in the face when you throw or make a.
Catch i'm not saying baseball players at, all but there's
just a. PERCEPTION i JUST i can't Imagine Lamar jackson

(02:05:04):
after taking twenty hits in a game coming to me and,
saying you know WHAT i need next week? Off i'm.
Tired all, right let's get the backup. IN i know
it's different, games but you, know the physicality makes up
for the lack of. Games i'm just old school and
too old school on, this AND i Know i'm wrong
for some but If i'm, Healthy i'm playing unless the coach, says,
well you're not producing your. Bench other than, that If

(02:05:26):
i'm a guy And i'm, HEALTHY i don't know why
you wouldn't want to play one hundred and sixty. GAMES
i just don't get. It AND i have a hard
time changing on. That AND i know people will be
indifferent to me on, that AND i don't. Care but to,
me if you're, healthy and LIKE i, Said Cam smith
would never come out of the. Lineup he's twenty two
years old or whatever it, is you're, playing and if
you're struggling a little, bit we'll get To if you're

(02:05:48):
having one of, those COACH i need a mental. Day
if he if he comes to, me different, STORY i don't.
Lie i'm not a big scheduled day.

Speaker 2 (02:05:55):
Off that's just.

Speaker 7 (02:05:56):
Me i'm just NOT i think you should play your
lineup AND i shouldn't have to look at. It If
i'm a healthy third, BASEMAN i should be playing every.

Speaker 5 (02:06:03):
DAY i just Should, well, YEAH i mean and, TWO
i mean we saw it yesterday With Bryce. MATTHEWS i
mean that was more this guy's struggling handful of strikeouts
hasn't gotten a hit since getting called up On, friday
SO i think that was the case with.

Speaker 6 (02:06:15):
Him but, UH i, mean you.

Speaker 7 (02:06:17):
Know that production shouldn't be from He, listen he needs
to fight through that. Though that's just he's a young
player that doesn't know major league. Pitching what the hell
would he need to go out there and fight through.
IT i JUST i can't imagine it just from, me
AND i know it's WRONG i do in my.

Speaker 2 (02:06:31):
Life it's.

Speaker 7 (02:06:31):
NOT i JUST i just don't Get can you, imagine,
though what if we did? This what if we are
this archaic an old school or like a construction. Worker
can you imagine if you if you if you, said
well on the days you don't, play that's so, Hyperbuck you're, you're,
you're you're you're not getting. Paid how many guys would
be taking days off in THE nba in, Baseball, oh
you wouldn't see. Ever that's exactly. Right so when you

(02:06:57):
put that, out there's. Whoa and that's what's guarantees do give.
You you're afforded the opportunity to take days off AND
i know what. Happens that's life and that's how twenty
twenty five and all, this that's how it. Is it
doesn't MEAN i gotta like it because If i'm the starting.
Player plus there's that simple part OF i don't want
to leave my glove on the. Mound well. Sewn it's
only one, game SO i don't want ANY i don't
want anybody to think, that, ooh that guy goes four

(02:07:19):
to four and three home. Runs, now maybe maybe should play.
Everything you don't even want to let that creep in,
Hell Peyton manning didn't even want anybody to take the kneel.
Down he'd run out. THERE i remember what was, It
oswalla want to grabbed his. Helmet peyton went out, there
took the kneel. Down it's, like, no, no, No that's
why those guys they played because they don't even want,
it even the best of the. Best SO i think,
different AND i get AND i one hundred. PERCENT i

(02:07:40):
understand other people's approach to, it but mine, is If i'm,
Healthy i'll fight through the struggles unless it's so bad
you got to bench. Me But Bryce matthews in his,
case if he's not, performing then you just don't play
him because he's not. Performing But i'll be damned if
a guy a week into the league is too tired
to go out there and play middle exhaustion or pick it.

Speaker 2 (02:08:00):
Up if that's the, Case, okay that's.

Speaker 6 (02:08:03):
Just the WAY i.

Speaker 7 (02:08:03):
Feel i'm not a Big i'm not a big guys,
off AND i do agree that if you get selected
The All Star game and you can, GO i think
you should unless there's something really, baby you're gonna have a,
baby or you're. Hurting other than, THAT i think you
should be. There if we're playing it and you get
elected and they're honored with, that with that honor and
elected and have that chance, go that's just.

Speaker 6 (02:08:22):
Me Anthony richardson learned that lesson in THE. Nfl did he?

Speaker 1 (02:08:26):
Not?

Speaker 6 (02:08:26):
Where he?

Speaker 5 (02:08:26):
Said, Ah, MAN i just came out BECAUSE i was
Tired stike and said all, right well we're tired of
you being our starting, quarterback.

Speaker 2 (02:08:32):
And we'll go out and Get Daniel. Jones that's.

Speaker 7 (02:08:34):
Exactly and you know what real, Quick dan IS I
i can't the two worst things that you could ever,
do or the one worst thing and two sports that
you could ever do in football And i'll just use
hockey because the physicality of bolton and basketball and baseball
require a lot of. Stamina and the best athletes in
the world in basketball get. It but just that mental
approach to it the last thing in the world you should.

(02:08:54):
Do you should lie to me when you're tired or
Be you tap out as a football player trying to
get the respect back in the. Building that's like taking a,
punch like one punch to the gut and a guy
knocking you down in a boxing match and you calling
over this, saying, man it didn't feel.

Speaker 6 (02:09:09):
Real.

Speaker 7 (02:09:09):
Kick i'm tapping out when you haven't even had your
ass kick just. Yet you tapped out after you made a,
run tapped out after you made a run for what
a first? Down and you got to tap? Out, nah
you want to lose players respect tap? Out you want
to gain them keep, Competing AND i Just i'm not
saying that the guys that get days off aren't. Competing
most of those guys probably want to play anyway in.

(02:09:30):
Baseball BUT i just to, me if there's one hundred
and sixty two, games if you need twenty days off
during the year and you're healthy's that's about eighteen too
many in my.

Speaker 5 (02:09:39):
Opinion it just is for, Sure john And brand didn't
see you guys right. There we'll get you guys involved
in the. Conversation you want to join the we got
a couple spots open for you at seven one three,
two one two five seven ninety seven one three, two
one two five seven Ninety as we continue here on
The Sean Salisbury show on A, Monday Sports talk seven
ninety this is this shot als free. Show, yes that's very.

(02:10:03):
Nice now with that fresh leather scent On Sports talk, Seven,
brandon good, Morning good.

Speaker 13 (02:10:13):
Morning i'm gonna be watching The All Star. GAME i
want to watch The All Star.

Speaker 3 (02:10:18):
Game and THEN i know you're In. Atlanta how paraway
are you from from the.

Speaker 5 (02:10:25):
Stadium we're probably about fifteen minutes or. So it's not
too far away.

Speaker 11 (02:10:31):
That.

Speaker 7 (02:10:32):
Chair maybe.

Speaker 2 (02:10:35):
The All Star game in THE i wonder we should
be coming To.

Speaker 1 (02:10:40):
Houston what?

Speaker 5 (02:10:42):
Nice, yeah it'd be it'd be. Nice but they've already
announced it's gonna go To. Philadelphia oh, man well we'll
get one. Back we'll get one back. Soon how about these?

Speaker 6 (02:10:52):
Astros, Brandon, hey.

Speaker 4 (02:10:57):
Did you watch the?

Speaker 11 (02:10:59):
ASTRANNING i?

Speaker 6 (02:11:01):
Did, YEAH i did postgame that, night so, yeah for.
Sure so what?

Speaker 2 (02:11:09):
Happened why did it?

Speaker 6 (02:11:11):
Done say that, Again, BRANDON i didn't hear. You What
why did the gang got?

Speaker 13 (02:11:20):
Doain what?

Speaker 5 (02:11:22):
Happened, WELL i, mean the only delay THAT i. Remember
appreciate the, Call. Brandon the only delay THAT i, Remember
sean was the fromber where he wore a one hundred
and four mile an hour hot shot off Of Corey seeger's.
BATS i don't remember a delay in the extra. INNINGS i,
mean the only thing is maybe a couple of, replacements

(02:11:43):
BUT i have no.

Speaker 6 (02:11:46):
Idea i'm not. Sure so, YEAH i mean that's.

Speaker 5 (02:11:49):
The fromber, one, which for the life of, ME i
have no idea how he stayed in the game after,
that BECAUSE i, mean as soon as that, happened it was.
Long it was a couple of close calls On, Saturday,
SEAN i don't know if you noticed where it was
that and Then jiner hits the home run and they
try to do the, jumping you, know smash elbows With.
Altuve he Smokes altuove in the, nose And i'm, like

(02:12:09):
If altuve broke his, nose you better get That batman
mask for him because you ain't losing.

Speaker 6 (02:12:13):
Him you can't lose.

Speaker 2 (02:12:14):
Him, yeah or celebrate different or more, efficient, Right, yeah.

Speaker 5 (02:12:19):
Maybe maybe If yer is gonna do the the, jumping
uh you, know forearm, tap he's got to do that
WITH i don't, Know Christian.

Speaker 6 (02:12:26):
Walkerbodie.

Speaker 5 (02:12:28):
YEAH i was gonna say with him high level because
with Al, tuove even though you know he's got some
hops for for being a short. Guy but, yeah that's that's,
uh that's that's probably something you want to guard against
in the.

Speaker 6 (02:12:39):
Future any dudes have been hurt, celebrating so just be.

Speaker 5 (02:12:43):
Careful, YEAH i was gonna, say you got to you
gotta make sure that you celebrate cautiously at least try
to do it. Enough but seven, one, three, two two,
five seven ninety is the number to get in on
the phone. Lines john on the northwest side wants to
keep us, Going, john what's going, on hey?

Speaker 17 (02:12:59):
Man doing this?

Speaker 6 (02:13:00):
Morning very?

Speaker 22 (02:13:02):
Well hey, Man, look you KNOW i don't have too
many complaints about the ashloads because with all the injuries
they had this, Season, man they're in first. Place you,
Know i'm amazed that they're in first.

Speaker 14 (02:13:18):
Place.

Speaker 16 (02:13:18):
Man, NOW i will say this, HATER i just can't
FIND i can't find it within myself to trust.

Speaker 6 (02:13:26):
Him.

Speaker 2 (02:13:26):
Man to, me he's like a box of.

Speaker 22 (02:13:28):
CHOCOLATES i know you're having a good, season BUT i
just cannot trust. Him and, look on another, note you
al were talking about The All Star.

Speaker 14 (02:13:36):
Game, SEAN i have to disagree with you on one.

Speaker 22 (02:13:40):
Thing NORMALLY i would say that these players should go
to The All Star.

Speaker 16 (02:13:44):
Game but when you think about this long.

Speaker 8 (02:13:47):
Season in, baseball these guys are practically living in, hotels you,
know all the, time they're gone from the families for
a long time on the.

Speaker 2 (02:13:59):
Road and you, know SO i can't blame a, player
especially if he's been.

Speaker 12 (02:14:04):
An All star.

Speaker 2 (02:14:04):
BEFORE i can't blame.

Speaker 22 (02:14:06):
Or play if you want to stay home with his,
family because it's A baseball has the longest season.

Speaker 8 (02:14:12):
Period.

Speaker 16 (02:14:13):
Man and one more, Thing, MAN i know you got
AND i hear right That Major League baseball got a
guy from The Milwaukee brewers that have only played in five.

Speaker 14 (02:14:26):
Games and made him An All.

Speaker 22 (02:14:28):
Star are you telling me that The Milwaukee brewers don't
have anyone on dead team more qualified to be An All.

Speaker 14 (02:14:36):
Star it's it's true THAT i really hear, that because
that really did.

Speaker 22 (02:14:40):
Happen, well you, KNOW i, mean they making a mockery
out of being An All start.

Speaker 14 (02:14:45):
There i'll hang up in this And i'll have a
good dated all.

Speaker 5 (02:14:48):
Right see, You john appreciate. IT i, mean it's not
about A Milwaukee brewers. Thing it's just that he's one
of the hot young pitchers right. Now and that's kind
of The All Star game part of, It. Sean it
is an. Exhibition it is for the. Fans we would
like to see as many stars. There AND i think
that that's more of you to talk about recency. Bias,
yeah prisoner of the, moment that's what that.

Speaker 7 (02:15:07):
Is, oh of, course and the fan and they're jacked
up about. HIM i, mean he's a riser and he's
done some good, things so, YEAH i get. It but once,
AGAIN i don't think every team has to be. REPRESENTED
i mean they do now by the, rules BUT I
i just if you're An All, star you're An All.
Star if you're, not you're, Not and some get. Snubbed it's,
unfortunate but that's the way it, is And i'd just
like to see everybody deserve to get in, it get in.

(02:15:29):
It AND i do understand What john's saying real quick
about about taking time off if you've been An All.

Speaker 2 (02:15:34):
STAR i do understand.

Speaker 7 (02:15:35):
It but for, ME i think about, this AND i
know they travel a, lot and they're away from their,
families there's no question about. It but they also travel
in with a lot of space and really nice chartered.
Flights they stay in the best. Hotels most of the
time they're playing night, games which you sleep in and
you get the whole.

Speaker 6 (02:15:52):
Day i'm not saying it's not.

Speaker 2 (02:15:53):
Hard it's a.

Speaker 7 (02:15:54):
Grind, anybody, listen travel is not sexy after you've done
it a little.

Speaker 6 (02:15:57):
BIT i get.

Speaker 7 (02:15:58):
It BUT i also know that one thing you'll miss
when you're. Done if it was Five All, stars you
know it was the greatest part about it all string
and not that you get to play and swing the
bat you're, there is that you get to be at the.
Fellas it's like a reunion every. YEAR i, MEAN i
think those things ARE i. DO i just think that
when it's all said and, done you'll remember the money

(02:16:18):
you made from The All Star, game but more than. Likely, remember,
MAN i got to sit with this, guy and Like Paul,
skins he wants to spend a lot of time following
Around clayton kershaw on at and and picking his.

Speaker 2 (02:16:29):
Brain that's the stuff THAT i.

Speaker 6 (02:16:31):
Like SO i do get.

Speaker 7 (02:16:33):
It and if you're beat down and exhausted and you
say family is the. REASON I, hell who doesn't want
to be around? Family but a lot of those guys
take their family with, them and it's it's it's it's
it's basically a vacation. ANYWAY i know you still got
to put a uniform, on But i'm just one of those.
Guys it's it's the honor that goes with it as
a part of. It real, Quick, dan did you See
You probably. Didn't i'm such a nut. JOB i Watch

(02:16:55):
Senior Tour, GOLF Pga Tour, golf and The women's. Golf
i'm going to tell you, what and she won't Get
quig Great Grace kim yesterday And peter, saying, well we
don't talk about. This i've just got to give credit
to a. Player she was sick throughout the whole. Week
she comes to the, fire she has To, Birdie, Birdie.
Birdie comes to the eighteenth. Hole she's, Down she's down

(02:17:16):
to a couple. Strokes she has to get into. It
she has to make eagle to get into the. Playoff
she smokes a drive and then hits a four rescue
club to where you can kick in to a foot
and makes, it finds her.

Speaker 6 (02:17:32):
Way into the.

Speaker 7 (02:17:32):
Playoff they go and go back to the. Playoff she
hits her first shot into the first cut of rough
at back at eighteen apart. Five then hits a shot
that you And i'd hit that goes into the, water
a little little pond right by the green side and
she has to take a, drop take a penalty. Stroke
the other girls on just off the, green behind the

(02:17:53):
green above the bunker put a little downhill chip.

Speaker 2 (02:17:55):
Shot, well lo and, behold she chips.

Speaker 7 (02:17:59):
IN i mean the tournament's space if she doesn't chip,
in and the other girl just gets it close and
two putt wins the. Tournament she chips in over, water
over rocks it goes, in so the other gal has
to make, parts so they tie. Again they go to
the eighteenth again and tee. Off she hits in the
middle of, fairway hits another four rescue up to the
green and makes about a twelve foot or to win the.

(02:18:21):
TOURNAMENT i, MEAN i think it was three shots you
just can't hit under, pressure and, dude she delivered while
she was, sick AND i think it was an incredible.
Performance and if that would have Been woods or, McElroy
we would be going. Nuts BUT i sat there and watched, them,
Thinking i'm going to tune into, this And i'm telling,
you shot after shot after, shot you can't hit it
where she hit it under those circumstances three times and

(02:18:44):
then chip in when the tournament's over and extend it
again and then go win. It it was incredible. Performance
SO i want to give credit to. Somebody that's how
golf is supposed to be. Played unfortunately most of the
world can't play. It and she was lights out and
it was a major In france and it was her first,
major so all those things. Combined if you didn't see,
it go back and watch three of her shots in three,

(02:19:05):
holes all on the, eighteenth either regulation or in extra,
holes and you'll, say there's no way that you'd think
you're watching a doctored. Video that's how good it. Was,
Phenomenal so Sick Grace. Kim, yeah, Yeah Grace.

Speaker 5 (02:19:18):
Kim, SO i MEAN i would say that those are
two things that we love here on The Shawn Salisbury.
Show she posted and she's a solid ball, Striker.

Speaker 6 (02:19:26):
Oh tremendously solid ball. Striker and, really, hey you know
what she.

Speaker 7 (02:19:30):
Does she plays within, Herself, Dan, yeah that's another great
golf plays in. Herself and you know, what she attacked the,
flagstick so there you. Go, aggressive really solid ball. Striker,
yeah solid. Scrambler. Yeah but what a way to win a. Major,
good what a way to win? Him and now she
deserved after, that she can take a day. Off go,
ahead we'll give. Her we'll allow her to win a

(02:19:51):
major In france and take a day. Off back to.
Back australian's, UH i think have won that. Tournament so
it was A i Think Minji lee won last. Year
but what at what a great it was like she
just knocked it. In she just hit that shot shots
that you dream of and you're to hit one of
them in your. Career she hit three of them within three,
holes all on the same, hole two of them in
extra holes in one regulation to force she has two

(02:20:14):
strokes down and still managed to get in.

Speaker 2 (02:20:16):
It was incredible fun stuff to, watch.

Speaker 5 (02:20:18):
WELL i mean exciting close golf down the. Stretch it's
as good A tv as there is and sounds like
that was the case yesterday over there In. France all,
right coming, up let's get back into The astros conversation
because could a familiar face return? Soon we'll talk about
them right. Here it is A Sean salisbury show on
A Monday Sports talk seven.

Speaker 6 (02:20:37):
Ninety the seven ninety listener.

Speaker 5 (02:20:39):
Line here in the nine o'clock hour is presented by
one eight hundred Car. Cash he spoke over the weekend
with The Crush city, podcast which Is Chandler rome And Tyler.
Stafford they do a great job over. There of Course
chandler does a great job covering the team for The
Athletic but a couple of things that stood out to
me from his. Visit number, one The robertos trade in twenty.

(02:21:01):
Eighteen made that Trade ozuna obviously had the domestic violence
issue and people were not very huge on the trade
for that very.

Speaker 6 (02:21:09):
Reason he had.

Speaker 5 (02:21:11):
Still a legal case pending at the time and going
through all of, that and it was interesting to Hear,
luna which we don't have the audio of it.

Speaker 6 (02:21:18):
Today maybe we'll have some of the audio.

Speaker 5 (02:21:20):
Tomorrow But luno he did express regret in making that,
trade saying he did not take into account how much
backlash there would be from making that, deal and that
had he taken that into account at the, time he
would not have done.

Speaker 7 (02:21:34):
It AND i understand, that AND i remember distinctly what
that was like when it happened and going on a
radio and having to talk about. It and, again like he, said,
Listen Jeff luno didn't make a whole lot of personnel.
Mistake he was really. Good that was one of them
at a. Time AND i know we're all looking for,
forgiveness but you, know our second chances and certain, things

(02:21:57):
but second chances and stuff with that was a that was.
Harsh and, uh it's amazing this day and, age AND
i know the. THINK i, mean we all. Do what's
the number one priority for people most of the time in,
sports dan the one you want to, win, Right that's the.
Priority and sometimes you'll make excuses to. Win you'll make

(02:22:18):
excuses for why a guy fits or why you need
to make the deal for a. Win, now, listen there's
a lot of guys who are going to get more
chances because they're more talented than. Others i'm not even
just talking about. Him i'm talking about in certain, situations
guys will get extra chances because they're better at what
they do than somebody. Else AND i think a lot
of people would agree With Jeff luno that of mistakes
that were, made that was one of. Them and the

(02:22:41):
backlash and the you, know you try to, say, Well
i'm not going to pay attention to other. People think
when it came to, that and it came to keeping women,
safe it was it was, important and it was a
mistake and while he had some moments of good, pitching
that that was one that probably didn't belong. Here AND
i think that it's and it's it's being self, aware
Like Jeff luno made a mistake and to be able

(02:23:02):
to admit. It BUT i think that a lot of
us and when it, happened we're, like, hmm what's the
fallout going to be from? This and quite, frankly we
we do give people who give me a better chance to.
Win think about in the course of time and coaches
in any, sport how often you'll give a guy who
gives you a better chance to win a chance if

(02:23:23):
he's done the same exact thing over a guy who's
just a good, player, Right and there's times when, winning
unfortunately and it shouldn't, happen becomes more important to. Some
And i'm not saying With jeff because he admitted the,
mistake but when some that, man if we can, WIN
i don't care what the guy's. Done and that was
a mistake and it was a mistake then and a mistake.

Speaker 5 (02:23:43):
Now. WELL i mean it is also too where you,
know there are going to be people who are not
going to BE i guess their reputation is going to
be a little sullied in the eyes of some, people,
Right AND i mean that is a risk that you.
DO i, mean it's it's for you where you, know
we see it all the time THE nfl, draft where

(02:24:04):
a guy will get. Drafted oh, hey he's got. This you,
know why'd you guys take? Him, well you, know we
look for patterns and didn't see a pattern with this.
Guy you, know it was just a bad moment for
him and they've learned from their. MISTAKE i, mean we'll
see that all the. Time but it could also be
too For luno because he did also allude to this
during the. CONVERSATION i, mean you got to say things
like this if you're going to get your way back,

(02:24:26):
in BECAUSE i feel like the other part of, it
Because luno did say he does not believe that he's
blackballed from. Baseball as a matter of, fact he's had
two or three owners reach out to him asking about
his interest.

Speaker 6 (02:24:36):
In a good hire. Him, yeah no.

Speaker 5 (02:24:39):
Doubt, look The Washington nationals need one right, now and
The Washington nationals are very much in the wheelhouse of
What luno likes to, do, REBUILD i, mean and they've
got a pretty good foundation.

Speaker 7 (02:24:49):
Too And i'm sure he'd take great pride in being
able to do it because he is a brilliant baseball.
Mind there's no question about. It and you do make
you do making it for, Me, dan there's a big
difference in giving a guy. Chance who's you know that he,
said she, said somebody's made a, mistake or you smoked
a joint and got caught for five years, AGO i
can't have you on my.

Speaker 2 (02:25:07):
TEAM a bigger.

Speaker 7 (02:25:08):
Difference and there's a difference between make a mistake and
make a, choice and the miss the mistake is it's
not a mistake to beat on your significant other.

Speaker 2 (02:25:16):
Wife that's a, choice that's not a, mistake, Okay and
and so there is a big.

Speaker 7 (02:25:21):
Difference oh, man he just made a mistake running a stop,
sign you, know or doing a rolling, stop or rolling
through a red light that you Said i'm going no matter,
what that's, Choice, okay and they but but this is
a that was a, THIS i, mean that was a.

Speaker 6 (02:25:37):
ONE i, mean that was a mistake rolling.

Speaker 7 (02:25:38):
Through You oh, man it turned red WHEN i WAS
i thought it was gonna be, yellow ran through, bam fender.
Bender i'm talking about when you do that and choose
to do, this there's a big difference mistake and. Choice
and they made the choice to go with a guy
who had made a bad choice in. Himself so it
also depends on the depth of. It we know second
chances are important to a lot of people and should.
Be but when it when you make the choice to

(02:26:00):
put your hands on a, woman you've basically lost some
freedom to have decisions made in your favor when it
comes to your, profession no.

Speaker 5 (02:26:08):
Doubt, WELL i, mean and it feels like the final you,
know dimension That Jeff luno's gonna have to go through
here is you have to almost wonder if he's gonna
have to make a full throat apology for the, cheating,
well even though he has said he did not have
direct knowledge it was going.

Speaker 7 (02:26:23):
On, Right and for me And Jeff, CURRICUL i Interviewed
jeff every week like we do With Dana brown every single,
week and he was great on. Here but the same
thing of giving. Chances Now jeff's going through the same
thing of wondering when he's going to get another opportunity
or if he, does is the timing?

Speaker 6 (02:26:38):
Right and what did you?

Speaker 2 (02:26:40):
KNOW i just find this hard to.

Speaker 7 (02:26:42):
Understand it's your, team and this team has great camaraderie
and has and what do we always talk about, Clubhouse
this team's close, environment, culture all, that and A gm
has a lot to do with, that. RIGHT i find
it Hard And i'm not saying, believe BUT i find
it hard to understand how you would not know what's.

Speaker 6 (02:27:02):
Going on.

Speaker 7 (02:27:04):
When you have DIREV i, mean when you talk to
these guys every. Day that part's. HARD i, mean and
maybe he, didn't but that part is hard for me to.
Understand i'm not calling him. Alive i'm just saying it's
hard for me to understand BECAUSE i would think that
you have a pretty good, idea like a, parent what
your kids are doing most of the, time and sometimes
we miss because we're not paying. Attention But jeff so
dialed in on the attention to detail THAT i was

(02:27:25):
surprised when he, said, WELL i didn't. KNOW i didn't
have knowledge of. IT i think that's the hard, part
that it's hard for him. Standing and maybe it will
come to that Because Jeff luno belongs running he should
be running a. Team the question is remorse and did
he do? It and where's the come To, JESUS i don't.
KNOW i Like jeff And i'm going to tell you,
what whoever gets, him if he ever comes back and
gets that chance, again they'll be grateful for it and

(02:27:48):
they will win if they give him the.

Speaker 5 (02:27:50):
Time, YEAH i mean he's definitely, proven not only, here
BUT i mean kind of Like Dana brown In. ATLANTA i,
mean he did the same thing In Saint. LOUIS i,
mean you could probably make every single argument that Those
Cardinals World series winning teams were a huge part Of
Jeff luno being in that front office and advising and
doing whatever he needed to do as an ASSISTANT gm

(02:28:10):
at the. Time then he finally got his chance here
and well we know what the results are here In
houston Again Dan matthews here In atlanta FOR Sec Media
days and also for The All Star. Game but we
do want to get into a little bit of college
football here to close it, out BECAUSE i can't Believe
i'm going to say THAT i agree with this, guy
AND i wonder If sean is going to agree as.

(02:28:31):
Well we'll talk about it here to close this. Out
on A, Monday Shawn Salisbury, Show Sports talk seven. Ninety
let the celebration start, More Sean salisbury On Sports talk seven.

Speaker 6 (02:28:43):
Ninety AS i, mentioned with me being here In atlanta FOR.

Speaker 5 (02:28:48):
Sec Media, days college football is nigh and you've heard
me be critical before Of Paul. FINEBAUM i don't think
we ever got to his defense of Arch manning in the,
past and, then of course course you know he was
taking umbrage with, people you, know taking umbrage with his
his stance on Arch.

Speaker 6 (02:29:08):
Manning needless to.

Speaker 5 (02:29:09):
STAY i don't agree with a ton when it comes
To Paul finebaum on college, football BUT i.

Speaker 6 (02:29:13):
Do agree with.

Speaker 5 (02:29:14):
This do you believe That Bill belichick is playing second
fiddle to his Girlfriend Jordan hudson right.

Speaker 7 (02:29:20):
Now second fiddle at the university or just now second,
fiddle how just.

Speaker 5 (02:29:27):
To overall attention of NOT i, mean not even Just
Bill belichick the, coach just that the fact that we're
talking about her much more than we're talking about, Him
like It's Bill belichick And Jordan.

Speaker 6 (02:29:38):
Hudston but she's the primary.

Speaker 7 (02:29:40):
Focus well not online she isn't she happens to be
a fiance OR i think fiance now and not a
girlfriend of. Fiance i'm gonna put my trust in the
history Of Bill, belichick whether we like the fact or
not that he's dating or gonna marry or engage to
or got a girlfriend that's you, know old and young
enough to be his. Granddaughter, probably probably that's the good on.

(02:30:02):
Him some of some people are, jealous some people have
cringe worthy because of.

Speaker 6 (02:30:06):
It some people don't.

Speaker 7 (02:30:07):
CARE i understand the disdain for, It but in, truth
will will applaud a rock star for doing. It, well
we'll applaud a rock star for doing but we get
it's Just. Bill It's. Bill he's seen this movie before
and probably some of it self. Inflicted i'm gonna go
with the. HISTORY i don't talk hell if you. Wouldn't
just when you just said her, NAME i forgot what

(02:30:28):
her first name. Was so anybody that's focused on, that
that's a them. PROBLEM i can guarantee. YOU i don't
know how their season is gonna. BE i don't know
how they're gonna turn, out BUT i can tell you
two things THAT i guarantee are gonna. Happen they will
be mentally prepared to. Play And Bill belichick's thoughts on
game day will not be on his girlfriend or on
the practice suite once in a, while and she can
meddle and he's gonna have to control. THAT i get all,

(02:30:50):
that But i'm gonna go with history. Here And bill's
been winning damn near as long as she's been. Born
so the people that are saying that she's getting, more
she's getting more from the people who like gossip, monging of.
Course but for, Me Bill, belichick it gives A North
carolina a pretty good chance to. Win now players talent's
going to prove, that and does he have a good?

(02:31:11):
Quarterback and can they win in a very in a
conference it's not quite THE sec Or Big, ten but
got good. Players So I'M i don't think more people
are TALKING i think the question, is, now go lose
three games In september and then, listen because then it'll
come out and people will, say you know, what it's
because he's lost his attention to. Detail his team's making

(02:31:31):
too many, mistakes he's too focused on the.

Speaker 2 (02:31:33):
Girl then that'll start.

Speaker 6 (02:31:35):
In this is just all off.

Speaker 7 (02:31:36):
Season it goes back to LIKE i always, say if
you play golf In february and throw an interception In,
october fans want to, Say, yep he shouldn't have played
golf In. February So, bill how do you Know bill's
not going to come out and coach better than ever
because he's getting the.

Speaker 2 (02:31:49):
Young stuff that he.

Speaker 7 (02:31:50):
LOVES i don't, know BUT i can tell you this
That Bill belichick will have his team prepared. Now whether
they're physically good enough to win on a regular, BASE
i don't. Know but he knows the narrative out, There
he knows what's. Talking But i'm gonna go with history.
Here history tells me if when he all went in,
doubt that she'll just have to take a back seat

(02:32:10):
sometimes to his football.

Speaker 6 (02:32:11):
Team although it doesn't seem that. Way she may have
great control over.

Speaker 7 (02:32:15):
It i'm gonna trust That Bill belichick will do the
job he's done a long time. NOW i don't know
if he's in it for the long. HAUL i don't
know if he'll be one and. DONE i don't know
if he wants to go back to THE. Nfl BUT
i doubt That Bill belichick is going to succumb to
all the oh it's about his girlfriend as opposed to.
HIM i would, think knowing him from his past and
the way he's gone about his, business that this matters
a lot to him because of what people are, saying

(02:32:38):
and he's proven people wrong plenty of.

Speaker 6 (02:32:40):
Times i'm leaning.

Speaker 7 (02:32:41):
Towards, belichick ALTHOUGH i don't think he's got a national
championship type. Team the results have been In Well sean
Without Tom brady would he do?

Speaker 6 (02:32:48):
Well not very.

Speaker 7 (02:32:48):
Well But Andy reid wouldn't be winning a lot of
games Without Patrick mahomes, Either So i'm gonna Get belichick.
CREDIT i don't care about his choice of. WOMEN i
do care about his focus on his football.

Speaker 6 (02:32:58):
Team and we'll just.

Speaker 7 (02:32:58):
See but loose three And september and this will be
a real conversation as opposed to.

Speaker 5 (02:33:02):
Now, WELL i, mean there are some who say the
love of a good woman will help. Me people are
pointing At Jeremy pania new, girlfriend career, year.

Speaker 7 (02:33:10):
Happens all the, time happens all the. Time we'll see
if it works For.

Speaker 6 (02:33:13):
Bill there you.

Speaker 5 (02:33:15):
Go He's Shawn, Salisbury, Tripoli Emmanuel, Elmore Dan matthews here
In atlanta AT Sec Media days and also for The
All Star game, festivities The Matt Thomas show With ross
coming up. Next we will talk to you in twenty
hours right here on The Sewn Salisbury. Show Sports talk
seven ninety

Speaker 1 (02:33:40):
Now