August 12, 2025 • 9 mins
Coming back to Daikin to start their 6-game homestand, the Astros go on to take the series opener from the Red Sox yesterday with a final score of 7-6. Following a huge celebration night here in Houston honoring both former and current Astros veterans Alex Bregman and Carlos Correa, and with Cristian Javier debuting his first 2025 start, Sean and Dan take a moment analyzing how important the addition of Carlos back to this organization has been for the Astros thus far and what might the future tend to look like moving forward.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
As we continue the Astros conversation here, you want to
join us seven one three two one two five seven
ninety and I mentioned a couple of different variables of
Carlos Korean's leadership last night, one on the field and
one off the field. And it is the third inning
there where the Astros broke through and finally scored some
(00:21):
runs against Boston, and he got runners on the corner
there with one out for Korea at the plate and
the guy sitting next to me in the in the
press box, I just said, hey, look at that right side.
You know, just it was wide opening. You got the
first basement over at first, you know, holding the guy
on second basement's up the middle because you can't you
can't shift anymore. But at least you know, that's what
(00:44):
the chart tells you, is that he's probably gonna hit
a ball right there, easy double play for a year.
Out of the inning, Carlos Korea like you could almost
see it and feel it that he looked over to
the right side and was like, h look at that.
Maybe it's not gonna be the hardest hit ball. Doesn't
have to be the hardest hit ball. Just get it
through and we get run in, going the other way,
staying with it in manufacturing or run there. That's number one.
(01:06):
But remember too that in he got started camp Smith
with the double down the left field line, and that
was nice to see out of him, especially after the
double on Sunday. And the same guy that I mentioned
that too, looked in the dugout and goes man Correa
is unbelievable. Look at him, he goes he Immediately once
he got back to the dugout, camp Smith went up
to him and started telling him something like, you know
(01:27):
of those things that I don't know if you were
necessarily missing it, but you at least visibly get to
see that people calling for leadership, well at least you're
seeing it in action.
Speaker 2 (01:39):
Yeah, And he's the response and it's almost to no where.
And at times just because somebody had success on a
player or another player, that's the time when you go
to him. I've always seen you know what I'm saying,
things are going good. Go go lead him up and
coach him up of why it happened, and kind of
get their response and also engage with him. He just
(01:59):
has He's always had a great knack, and I guess
I appreciate him more now than maybe we did then
because I guess because there were so many great players, right.
And now you're coming into a situation that you got
to take on the role again that you didn't know
you were going to take on a month and a
half ago, and hell and less than that, and here
(02:19):
you are doing your thing, your first series at home.
Correy has got to not only does he have to
take care of his business like a great player does,
but also in the process of you having to deal
with it, you got to go play third base. It's
not your normal position, and you got to make sure
that everybody else is engaged, even though they have heaped
that on you. That's just who you are. And it's
(02:41):
a fine line between worrying about somebody else and forgetting
what you got to do and then doing what you do,
or the other side of doing what you do and
still in the process of bringing your teammates along with you.
So but there's nothing worse than forced the leadership, and
there's nothing better than natural leadership when it comes to
that L word. And he's got it and this team's
better for it. And don't ever let anybody tell you
(03:04):
that leadership's overrated. It's not jam right. Leadership is actually underrated. Yeah,
there is no question authentic leadership.
Speaker 1 (03:12):
And I think that's what people were the most excited
about when he was added back. I mean the production
all of that, the player remembering who he was, Yeah,
that's sure, but I mean being able to add that
back that.
Speaker 2 (03:23):
That was at and it was also the biggest thing
that people talked about in losing him. Are we going
to pay him?
Speaker 1 (03:31):
You know?
Speaker 2 (03:31):
And then the member that that year he had a
good year and played a lot of baseball that year,
was not hurt much that year, and so it was like, oh,
he sent a loud message it Hey, there's pressure on
me to perform well and get this contract. And he did.
He didn't get the contract he wanted, but he did
all of that, and it was like, Okay, this guy
stepped his game up. So he's really put his money
(03:54):
where his mouth is. But I remember when he left
on this show and people call him. The number one
topic that they brought up about losing him was where's
the leadership coming from? And you knew the Altuve hits
in a different way. It's not a it's a different
leadership than than even far. Yes, just do your thing.
And then there was Bregman there. But who leads in
(04:14):
and a in a okay, in a really good baseball
mind way, you know what I'm saying.
Speaker 1 (04:20):
And you heard Joe Spota talk about that too. He's
in on our hitters meetings kind of directing it himself.
Who do you want more in on your hitters meetings?
No disrespect to Joe A.
Speaker 2 (04:28):
Spotta. Those guys are even your hitting coach or a
guy who knew the strikes on and knows the strikes
on as good as anybody in baseball, and how how
to make adjustments even though he struggles early, giving people
hints along the way, help along the way. It still
same thing here. So that was the number one thing.
And you got that leadership back, which is important.
Speaker 1 (04:46):
Fill in the blank.
Speaker 2 (04:47):
The best teams are, the best teams are well talented.
The best teams are close teams. Teams. I don't know
what is it? Player led? Oh there, yeah, there's that.
That to me is like getting there. Well that to me,
well that's a you know involved To me, the best
(05:08):
teams I've ever been on were not policed by the coach.
They were handling the building the coach or whatever. Only gentlemen.
They were only involved if it was something that had
business related to it other than that fight, disagreement doing
it all. And it wasn't players only meetings. We didn't
do those either, right, we've all been on one. It
(05:30):
was when you come to where you've got to take
guy's side, you know what to It was players handled
and nobody was bothered by it. Those were the best
teams when you can't lead by your own players and
you got to look upstairs to somebody that's upstairs, whether
it's a coach or a manager or somebody in a suit.
I got news for you that you're already done. You're
you're already in trouble. So that's it. And that's a
(05:51):
great point that the best teams are not only player led,
but also thick skinned. Baseball teams or football teams got
to be willing to be coached, and you've got to
be willing to actually be criticized properly and not let
it effect you like, take it personal. So there is
no question those type of teams will always have a chance.
And at the top of the list is you've got
(06:13):
to have some pretty talented players. Talent is you start
with talent. Then then you work out there. But give
me great leadership with great talent will win world series.
Give you great talent with average to below average leadership
and guys that aren't on the same page, you will
be done. The coach will get fired, the manager will
eventually get fired. And you show me leadership, great leadership,
(06:35):
and some good talent. I still got a chance to win.
Show me the zero leadership with great talent. We've seen
that before that team will go away. They won't be
able to handle nutcut and time. This team's proven they
can with a whole bunch of different array of things.
They finally got the guy back in play that's willing
to make Just think real quick before we go to break,
and then we'll get to you, Lisa, right after this break,
(06:57):
before we get to the stakeout. Yep, just think about
how don't let me lose my train of thought. Think
about how gosh dang it when it comes to the
leadership of a team and where they're going. Gosh dang it.
Now I've sitting here, I was thinking about something else
and it'll come to me. So if you want to
(07:17):
get to Lisa or get her after the break, I
will have it. It was it had to do with
best teams and where they're going and whyat matters and
the difference it will make. It'll come to me. I'm
all over. I'm sitting here thinking about what Lisa's I
was reading, but I was reading what Lisa was going
to talk about talking about Korea, and it had something
to do with him. It'll come back to me.
Speaker 1 (07:37):
You heard the man, Lisa. You're gonna lead us off
here and then we will get into the stakeout because
is this the ultimate revenge? And something of recent times
might tell us yes, we'll discuss that here. You want
to join us seven one three two one two five
seven ninety. Again it's Seve one three two one two
five seven ninety Sean Salisbury's show on a Tuesday sports
Stock seven ninety.
Speaker 2 (07:57):
Hey, listening to a recent podcast, a businusiness leader, a
very well respected one, said, the best companies are ones
in Dan and Ierson. You're talking about baseball that solve
problems in the market. When don't we just talk about
problem solvers Leadership on a team isn't that similar? This
is a team and it's dn M Auto Leasing. So
consider this new vehicle transaction prices. They're around forty eight
(08:19):
grand on the average today, forty eight thousand bucks. That's
double where it was in twenty ten and outpaces wage
increases by quite a bit. Affordability is a problem for
a lot of people. It's ridiculous, and with talks of
tariffs and other noise, customers are looking for a solution,
and that solution is affordable monthly payments. Some banks have
(08:39):
dealt with this by extending financing loans and financing terms
out to eighty four months and even ninety six months.
In fact, over twenty percent of auto loans now with
these banks are seven years long. Seven years long. That's
like a mortgage. No, we don't want a mortgage with
our vehicle. Don't do that. That's why more clients are
considering leasing than the other time. And if you're going
(09:01):
to lease, you might as well do it with somebody
who's been in business forty nine years and is the
best in the business. They're the nation's leading leasing company
when it comes to vehicles with fifty thousand satisfied customers,
and that is DNM Auto Leasing. The experts that specialize
in yet solving the high payment problem with ez lease
(09:21):
that's ez lease with no money down, payments significantly lower,
and buying and then buying which you have to pay
a lot, but significantly lower, and then with payments not
only lower but terms. That makes sense. So why wouldn't
you call DNM leasing or visit them at dmauto leasing
dot com. Let's lower the payments and let's have no
(09:43):
money down. Put that in your pocket so you can
do something with it. And the best in the business
is waiting for your call or waiting for your visit
dmauto leasing dot com. That's dmauto leasing dot com.
As we continue the Astros conversation here, you want to
join us seven one three two one two five seven
ninety and I mentioned a couple of different variables of
Carlos Korean's leadership last night, one on the field and
one off the field. And it is the third inning
there where the Astros broke through and finally scored some
(00:21):
runs against Boston, and he got runners on the corner
there with one out for Korea at the plate and
the guy sitting next to me in the in the
press box, I just said, hey, look at that right side.
You know, just it was wide opening. You got the
first basement over at first, you know, holding the guy
on second basement's up the middle because you can't you
can't shift anymore. But at least you know, that's what
(00:44):
the chart tells you, is that he's probably gonna hit
a ball right there, easy double play for a year.
Out of the inning, Carlos Korea like you could almost
see it and feel it that he looked over to
the right side and was like, h look at that.
Maybe it's not gonna be the hardest hit ball. Doesn't
have to be the hardest hit ball. Just get it
through and we get run in, going the other way,
staying with it in manufacturing or run there. That's number one.
(01:06):
But remember too that in he got started camp Smith
with the double down the left field line, and that
was nice to see out of him, especially after the
double on Sunday. And the same guy that I mentioned
that too, looked in the dugout and goes man Correa
is unbelievable. Look at him, he goes he Immediately once
he got back to the dugout, camp Smith went up
to him and started telling him something like, you know
(01:27):
of those things that I don't know if you were
necessarily missing it, but you at least visibly get to
see that people calling for leadership, well at least you're
seeing it in action.
Speaker 2 (01:39):
Yeah, And he's the response and it's almost to no where.
And at times just because somebody had success on a
player or another player, that's the time when you go
to him. I've always seen you know what I'm saying,
things are going good. Go go lead him up and
coach him up of why it happened, and kind of
get their response and also engage with him. He just
(01:59):
has He's always had a great knack, and I guess
I appreciate him more now than maybe we did then
because I guess because there were so many great players, right.
And now you're coming into a situation that you got
to take on the role again that you didn't know
you were going to take on a month and a
half ago, and hell and less than that, and here
(02:19):
you are doing your thing, your first series at home.
Correy has got to not only does he have to
take care of his business like a great player does,
but also in the process of you having to deal
with it, you got to go play third base. It's
not your normal position, and you got to make sure
that everybody else is engaged, even though they have heaped
that on you. That's just who you are. And it's
(02:41):
a fine line between worrying about somebody else and forgetting
what you got to do and then doing what you do,
or the other side of doing what you do and
still in the process of bringing your teammates along with you.
So but there's nothing worse than forced the leadership, and
there's nothing better than natural leadership when it comes to
that L word. And he's got it and this team's
better for it. And don't ever let anybody tell you
(03:04):
that leadership's overrated. It's not jam right. Leadership is actually underrated. Yeah,
there is no question authentic leadership.
Speaker 1 (03:12):
And I think that's what people were the most excited
about when he was added back. I mean the production
all of that, the player remembering who he was, Yeah,
that's sure, but I mean being able to add that
back that.
Speaker 2 (03:23):
That was at and it was also the biggest thing
that people talked about in losing him. Are we going
to pay him?
Speaker 1 (03:31):
You know?
Speaker 2 (03:31):
And then the member that that year he had a
good year and played a lot of baseball that year,
was not hurt much that year, and so it was like, oh,
he sent a loud message it Hey, there's pressure on
me to perform well and get this contract. And he did.
He didn't get the contract he wanted, but he did
all of that, and it was like, Okay, this guy
stepped his game up. So he's really put his money
(03:54):
where his mouth is. But I remember when he left
on this show and people call him. The number one
topic that they brought up about losing him was where's
the leadership coming from? And you knew the Altuve hits
in a different way. It's not a it's a different
leadership than than even far. Yes, just do your thing.
And then there was Bregman there. But who leads in
(04:14):
and a in a okay, in a really good baseball
mind way, you know what I'm saying.
Speaker 1 (04:20):
And you heard Joe Spota talk about that too. He's
in on our hitters meetings kind of directing it himself.
Who do you want more in on your hitters meetings?
No disrespect to Joe A.
Speaker 2 (04:28):
Spotta. Those guys are even your hitting coach or a
guy who knew the strikes on and knows the strikes
on as good as anybody in baseball, and how how
to make adjustments even though he struggles early, giving people
hints along the way, help along the way. It still
same thing here. So that was the number one thing.
And you got that leadership back, which is important.
Speaker 1 (04:46):
Fill in the blank.
Speaker 2 (04:47):
The best teams are, the best teams are well talented.
The best teams are close teams. Teams. I don't know
what is it? Player led? Oh there, yeah, there's that.
That to me is like getting there. Well that to me,
well that's a you know involved To me, the best
(05:08):
teams I've ever been on were not policed by the coach.
They were handling the building the coach or whatever. Only gentlemen.
They were only involved if it was something that had
business related to it other than that fight, disagreement doing
it all. And it wasn't players only meetings. We didn't
do those either, right, we've all been on one. It
(05:30):
was when you come to where you've got to take
guy's side, you know what to It was players handled
and nobody was bothered by it. Those were the best
teams when you can't lead by your own players and
you got to look upstairs to somebody that's upstairs, whether
it's a coach or a manager or somebody in a suit.
I got news for you that you're already done. You're
you're already in trouble. So that's it. And that's a
(05:51):
great point that the best teams are not only player led,
but also thick skinned. Baseball teams or football teams got
to be willing to be coached, and you've got to
be willing to actually be criticized properly and not let
it effect you like, take it personal. So there is
no question those type of teams will always have a chance.
And at the top of the list is you've got
(06:13):
to have some pretty talented players. Talent is you start
with talent. Then then you work out there. But give
me great leadership with great talent will win world series.
Give you great talent with average to below average leadership
and guys that aren't on the same page, you will
be done. The coach will get fired, the manager will
eventually get fired. And you show me leadership, great leadership,
(06:35):
and some good talent. I still got a chance to win.
Show me the zero leadership with great talent. We've seen
that before that team will go away. They won't be
able to handle nutcut and time. This team's proven they
can with a whole bunch of different array of things.
They finally got the guy back in play that's willing
to make Just think real quick before we go to break,
and then we'll get to you, Lisa, right after this break,
(06:57):
before we get to the stakeout. Yep, just think about
how don't let me lose my train of thought. Think
about how gosh dang it when it comes to the
leadership of a team and where they're going. Gosh dang it.
Now I've sitting here, I was thinking about something else
and it'll come to me. So if you want to
(07:17):
get to Lisa or get her after the break, I
will have it. It was it had to do with
best teams and where they're going and whyat matters and
the difference it will make. It'll come to me. I'm
all over. I'm sitting here thinking about what Lisa's I
was reading, but I was reading what Lisa was going
to talk about talking about Korea, and it had something
to do with him. It'll come back to me.
Speaker 1 (07:37):
You heard the man, Lisa. You're gonna lead us off
here and then we will get into the stakeout because
is this the ultimate revenge? And something of recent times
might tell us yes, we'll discuss that here. You want
to join us seven one three two one two five
seven ninety. Again it's Seve one three two one two
five seven ninety Sean Salisbury's show on a Tuesday sports
Stock seven ninety.
Speaker 2 (07:57):
Hey, listening to a recent podcast, a businusiness leader, a
very well respected one, said, the best companies are ones
in Dan and Ierson. You're talking about baseball that solve
problems in the market. When don't we just talk about
problem solvers Leadership on a team isn't that similar? This
is a team and it's dn M Auto Leasing. So
consider this new vehicle transaction prices. They're around forty eight
(08:19):
grand on the average today, forty eight thousand bucks. That's
double where it was in twenty ten and outpaces wage
increases by quite a bit. Affordability is a problem for
a lot of people. It's ridiculous, and with talks of
tariffs and other noise, customers are looking for a solution,
and that solution is affordable monthly payments. Some banks have
(08:39):
dealt with this by extending financing loans and financing terms
out to eighty four months and even ninety six months.
In fact, over twenty percent of auto loans now with
these banks are seven years long. Seven years long. That's
like a mortgage. No, we don't want a mortgage with
our vehicle. Don't do that. That's why more clients are
considering leasing than the other time. And if you're going
(09:01):
to lease, you might as well do it with somebody
who's been in business forty nine years and is the
best in the business. They're the nation's leading leasing company
when it comes to vehicles with fifty thousand satisfied customers,
and that is DNM Auto Leasing. The experts that specialize
in yet solving the high payment problem with ez lease
(09:21):
that's ez lease with no money down, payments significantly lower,
and buying and then buying which you have to pay
a lot, but significantly lower, and then with payments not
only lower but terms. That makes sense. So why wouldn't
you call DNM leasing or visit them at dmauto leasing
dot com. Let's lower the payments and let's have no
(09:43):
money down. Put that in your pocket so you can
do something with it. And the best in the business
is waiting for your call or waiting for your visit
dmauto leasing dot com. That's dmauto leasing dot com.
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