Astros Win Series Over Dodgers, MLB Trade Deadline, NFL QB Contract Extensions, Team USA Dominates Opener

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Saulsbrey old by, Okay, let'sdo this. Sewan Salisbury to usc truth,
longtime friend, Shawn Salisbury, BrianLima, go Lobos. This is
the Sewn Salsbury show. Astros gofor a sweep. However, they lose

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Game three. But what a weekendit was for the Houston Astros. Sure
was. You thought it was nutsand I said two it was gonna make
fifty million about two months ago,didn't I? Yeah, but I think
you're nuts every day. Yeah,exactly, Well, that money's nuts too.
How about Jordan Love though, oneyear as a starter and he makes
the he gets the bag. Yeah, man, that's uh, well,

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you're rolling abound fifty five fifty fivea year old? Goods you? Yeah,
I mean you know what, hecan feed his family? He can't.
He can't, especially with grocery theyare these days. Yeah, he's
not gonna be hurting, can afforddefeat his family, Thank God. A
little simpler than others, thank God. Good for those guys. Hey,
if you can get it, don'thate you know what I'm saying. I'm

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with you. Then Astro is thekey story. You're right. Many we've
seen him play against you know,an American League and National League with our
two of the three best teams Ithink in our mind, the Orioles and
the Dodgers, and they well,were they five or six or they sweep
the Oriols? They did, didn'tthey? Or were they two or three
ball when when both double check out? Or five or six? I mean

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against those two teams. I doknow going into that Dodgers series, Sean,
the Astros were nine and two againstfirst place teams, right, so
then it had to be then theymight have lost one to the Dodgers,
I mean to the Orioles and theone of the Dodgers, and then one
along the line. For We'd haveto look at it, and maybe maybe

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it was did they lose to Seattle? Possibly one game when Seattle was leading
the division. Maybe I don't know, but regardless, it was a you
know, he would have loved tosweep, but it was a you know,
Seattle winning their game. Now therethere even again, but there's the
in first place, with the tradedeadline looming and the big moments over the
weekend from berd did an incredible jobon Friday, stepping up and pitching well,

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I thought, Raghetti, did youknow he grinded his ass off in
the game yesterday, the walk offhome run by Bregman. What what a
that's like a World Series walk off, the iconic picture of him and was
a yord On in the background jumping. Yeah. Yeah, it was really
cool. So a lot of thingsthat went on, but you know,

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first two games of the series inparticular, looked Now there's always mistakes that
go onto the games, but looklike almost look like that could have been
World Series moments. Honestly, youknow, big crowds and the flare for
the dramatic and your ace, yourace was supposed to be your ace at
the beginning of year, pitched likeone. They got in some some timely

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hitting and then Bregman's walk off.We've seen that movie before in the past.
So it was a huge weekend tostay tied for first place. But
there were moments in it that madeyou see that made you feel like I
was watching the astros are used towatch and we've seen that a lot the
last thirty thirty five games. ButI can tell you this, I'm not

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sure and I don't know what's goingto happen here in the next what forty
eight hours or so, or less. But I can tell you this that
I believe that if you're a majorleague team across Baseball, and from my
view and vantage point, if theAstros get healthy, just because of their
flair for what you saw and theway they play against good teams and what

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they're used to in the postseason,this will still be a team that you
don't really want to deal with inthe postseason if it gets to that point.
I'm just looking ahead, but theydo not want the Astros to get
to make a big trade that fareswell for them. Baseball doesn't. I'm
just telling you, I'm talking aboutopposing teams where you're like, we already

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get this team's already got that.There's something about them in those moments.
Like I said, they're not thesame team they've been in the past,
but they have it in them andthey're still banged up. For a team
that's been beat up, you know, immensely throughout the season and had to
come back from what they've come backfrom, it just kind of shows that,
Okay, that's who they've been inthe postseason the past, and they've

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had to do that in the regularseason this year to put themselves in position
they have that chance again and rightnow with the All Star with the All
Star break pass and the trade deadlinehere, and it is you don't want
to have to deal with this teamin a those series and anything. Man,
we drew the Astros or if it'slate right now, how could your

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money not be on them? Justthe way they play against good teams in
big moments normally they I think theysent a little bit of a message in
some way, shape or form ofthose first two games. Now how long
the message lasts, I don't know, but it's one to me that they
still in those games. Their aceat the beginning of the year can still
be that guy if he's mentally focused, and they still have enough you know,

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shut you out one night and haveenough bats to go do what they
do when they're right, and theystill got enough big time moments in them
with guys who've been All Stars andare big money players in those moments,
and that they're there. You can'tjust be Filly or the Dodgers or the
Orioles, those teams that people aretalking about. I assure you, in
those rooms they sit in, theAstros are still a factor for them.

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I guarantee it and to answer yourquestion about Baltimore, Seawn, they did
sweep Baltimore back in June, middleof June. So five of six from
teams two teams, and now youknow Philadelphia would be another one. But
five or six from two teams thatwe always say, you got to play
well against bad teams, you gotto hammer them, but you've got to

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play really well against the teams thatwill be standing more than likely near the
end of the season, and thoseare two of them. Now you know
they could get upset along the way, but those are two that we expect
that they're going to be around nearthe end of the season. And then
the Astras elevate their play. They'vebeen known to do that and they've done
it again and they're going to needto keep doing it to you know,

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win the division. But if you'reanother team in baseball, if you're an
American League team, if you're inthe division, you're not. And now
the record says you can't. They'retight for first place, but I mean
a month and a half or twomonths ago, we would have all said,
well, they just kind of they'refloundering around a little bit. They're
inconsistent, which we did say amillion times, and they may still be

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some of that. But I cantell you that if you're an opposing team
knowing that lineup and knowing they're doingthis and they're not even near full health,
it's got to get into your headas an opposing team a little bit.
It just does, and then they'reback there. Past the last seven
years always loombs. Regardless of youare. Reputation does matter, and reputation
can be big unless you know howto slug it out of him. Their

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reputation's pretty pretty prevalent around Major LeagueBaseball, and I think the Friday and
Saturday night games were big reasons why. Yeah, Friday's with from Brow to
Mount Friday. You know, wealways talk about the mental side of things
for him and when is he goingto implode? When is it all going
to go downhill? He got intoa little bit of trouble I believe,

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I think it was in the fifthinning, and found his way out of
it. And then he ends upgoing six and a third, four hits
nowhere and runs ten strikeouts and twowalks, So the strikeout number finally back
up for him. He improved thenine to five his last couple oddings have
been pretty damn good, and especiallywith this Dodgers team, even though he
didn't have Freddy Freeman, even thoughthey they didn't, excuse me, Freddy
Freeman played in that and then leftand then left. That's right, Yeah,

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he did play in that game.And then of course Shohio Tani leading
off the home run that shohl Tanihit the other night. What was on
on Saturday? Faturday? It wasSaturday. Oh god, dude, he
obliterated that baseball. Yeah, he'sfreakish man. He just and then you
look at him as big as heis, and he you know, I

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think so. I think he wasin the leadoff spot yesterday. I think
it was yesterday, that Saturday.I mean, he might have been doing
that. I don't know. Youcan't remember he was hit Friday, the
whole weekend. Yeah, he didit. Yeah, I just it just
it's baffling to me. You know, you're not supposed to be You're really
not supposed to be able to dothe stuff he does. You're just not.
I mean, I know, we'rea time when we look at athletes

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and say, you know, forme, it kind of starts when I
look back and I think okay,the Usain Bolts. Since the Olympics are
going on. A Usain Bolt who'ssix' five about two twenty five.
I mean, he's my size andrunning ninety sevens and nine six is in
jogging or three quartering at the lastfifteen meters right, and you look at
him and say that dude's an outsidelinebacker and he's fastest man in the world.

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When I when I, when youstart watching that, you're like,
come on, man, yeah,you know that's that's that's supposed to be
reserved for a guy six foot onehundred and eighty five pounds. We could
just fly right. That's powerful aura. But it's say, and I know
we've had some pretty good size excuseme, sprinters, but a lot of
the times, like Carl Lewis wasbut long and lengthy, but not two
thirty worth dude to twenty five forit. I mean, stop it right

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the lineup say hey, dude,you can run and go with a gold
medal day, but we'd like youto play sam linebacker next week. That
that that size guy. And thenyou keep going on with some of these
freaks, you know how, andthen the Otani's roll along. We get
football players that are like that,or some hockey guy like Connor McDavid who
can score you know when his eyesclosed. I'm just talking about their freakish
skill set. We've seen it throughoutsports forever, but just because of social

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media and more and more, andthen we get guys like Otani who can
hit it five hundred feet and youput him in a leadoff spot you can
run. I mean, it's justand then the guy is, you know,
winning MVPs and throwing a hundred Imean, it's just it's it's pretty
stupid. And we got these wegot these young kids all over the place,
similar skill set, and it justwatching Otani and I'm telling you now,

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we take it for granted. Wejust don't. I don't think we
realize least I don't. I mean, I know we try to appreciate it,
but do you really, deep down, honest to God, when you
watch him. I know you marvelat him, and I do too,
but when you watch him, doyou really stop for a moment say we're
seeing something that we have never andBabe Ruth, I know we saw it

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then, but I'm talking about justthe body type, the skill set.
Babe Ruth, I guess freak isfor a guy who on the in the
pictures and the highlights we see wasa very It wasn't exactly I guess in
the gym every twenty minutes, right, but was just a phenomenal athlete for
his size. But you start tolook at it like this and you think,
how do linemen run for seven?There are three hundred and ten pounds,

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right? And then Otani, doyou really stop when you mar and
marvel? Maybe we won when hiscareer is done, But do you sit
and say this every day when youwatch and play, We're watching some this
is different beyond belief, and itis. And I take him for granted.
I do. He hits another homerun, it's like, oh,
there we go. He hits anotherone, Oh there we go. Oh
it's a or like an Aaron Judge. It's six eight Roman center field.

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I mean, so I probably needto be better at not wait until the
career is over to take him.You know, we we wait. Oh
I appreciate him, dude, Otaniis you just can't. The stuff that
dude's doing is different level stuff.Man, It's weird. And every year
we expect him to stumble into whatfifty home runs and one hundred plus RBIs

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and he can hit one. Hecan, I mean, and oh,
by the way, dude, theguy he's hitting like this and he's got
Tommy John problems. Right, allhe's doing is right, you got Tommy.
And next year when he goes inpitches, he may win sixteen games
and go sixteen and three on thatroster while also hitting three ten with fifty

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bombs. Right. That's why I'msaying, I appreciate him, and we
every time we talk about him,we have something I guess new to say
about it. But I'm not surewe appreciate him enough. I'll be honest
with you. I know I couldappreciate him more. I just I think
we just we're so used to himdoing different things. It's like, you
know, we see certain hoop basketballplayers they're like, oh, yeah,

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we see we see him do itevery night. But what he does every
night, you're not supposed to beable to do, I guess, is
what I'm saying. No. Yeah, in the baseball that he hit on
Saturday, the location of where itwent up at min May Park, there's
only one other guy that usually hitshim up there, and that's you and
on Alvarez. Yeah, yeah,That's why I'm saying, well, we
do we appreciate your done enough.I mean when he's he just you know,
because he's a d H and sometimesleft fielder and he doesn't pitch.

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I mean, he is a phenomenaland maybe it's a little you know,
cheesy this morning to be thinking aboutthese athletes, I guess because he's tying
to the Olympics. I mean,do we really stop back and say,
well, my homes and what theseguys are doing. And they make a
lot of money to do it.But I when I see like the otanis
do it, or watch somebody inthe Olympics, or watch a Jordan hit,
it's like, you know what.I know. I was fortunate to

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play pro sports for ten years andsee some phenomenal athletes, and I didn't
appreciate them enough until the career wasover because you're competing with them and against
them. But as you said,and watch them and see balls that are
hit the places when they're pitched toplaces you're not supposed to hit at times,
you know what I mean, likehow did he get to that ball?
Or how could he put the ballup there? I just I have

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a great appreciation every day watching theseguys or golfers do some of the stuff
that they do. Man, it'sjust it's impressive. Even as a guy
who was able to witness the WarrenMoons of the world, I still don't
know if we appreciate him enough.And we got some in Houston that are
pre damned good at it. Yeah, we sure do. That ball that
Otani hit was obliterated. However,the Astros take two out of three.

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Let's take a look at those updatedAl West standings, and let's look at
a Fromber's outing. He pitched hisass off, look like an ace.
That's next on spour Stalk seven toeighty more Sean Salisbury, get in,
strap in and ride in. Tomorrowis the deadline. It's five o'clock central

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tow a tongue of Iolo Jordan Love, both signing massive contracts over the weekend.
In the NFL, there was abig time walk off bomb by Alex
Bragman on Saturday afternoon. And thisis how it sounded, right here on
seven nine year home for Astros baseball. E what oh Bragman belts it day

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to left belt at this game isover under the trade tracks Ralics, Fragman
oh walked off hold run and theAstros win it seven to six. Best
comeback of the year, Astros downfive nothing at one point, Bragman with

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the batlift that landed in our booth. Steve Sparks's classic. That was Robert
Ford and Steve Sparks on that calla bat flip that landed in our booth.
What a game that was on Saturday, Sean. You know, it
leads to a discussion, and we'lltalk about Frommer's outing from Friday night as

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well, but it just leads tothe discussion where Alex Bregman started off extremely
slow. We heard the narrative thathe's a slow starter, but it was
pretty bad at times infield pop upafter infield pop up. He's turned it
around. He's doing things that wehave always seen Alex Bregman do, playing
good defense, and then it seemslike he has a flair for the dramatic
when it comes to this Astros teamin his Astros' career. So at least

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a discussion do you think that AlexBregman is going to be an Astro next
season? Oh, listen, whywould your person what why would your thought
process changed. I think every homerunning hits, in every big moment he
hits means more money from somebody else. I you go back to the beginning
and think he was struggling so much, which the normal slow start. Yes,

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but the normal slow start that waslike wait said, there was zero
power, There was no slugging andnot even as it wasn't even as selective
as you're used to with Alex pregnantto play well if you if you recall
people were ready for the first ninetygames, eighty games, you can say
he's seventy. Put it this wayfor sure, the first seventy games.

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Say you know what, I'd bewilling to trade him right now. There
may be somebody still is because yousay, well, he's not coming back,
so go get something for him.Well, they're not going to trade
him because, as Dana Brown saidon here when he was asked two months
ago, what's the biggest thing toyour turnaround? Would name me one person
that has to turn it around andthat if he does boom, or who's

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the the leader that has to getit going and do what he does,
or the most important part of yourteam. However I phrase it, he
simply said, without even hesitation,Alex pregnant. Well, and he has.
And you can see that there's beena correlation to him being somewhat hot,
not just him and then you know, really hot at times, to
them turning it around. And healways played defense. You never let that

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falter. Well, he's playing likean all star third base fan now and
he's playing like a big money guy, and he's playing like we expect Bregman
to play all the time. Idon't know anybody's thought process if you thought
Alex Bregman was leaving a month ago, just because here's what happens. We
get caught up in the emotion ofhe homered for the Astros being down five

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and Steve Sparks is one hundred percentcorrect. The biggest comeback of the year
not just because you were down five, but because you were down five against
the Dodgers and the way it endedwasn't wasn't you know you got a head
in the seventh inning or the eighthinning or the sixth inning and held it
off. Is it got to atie and you had to get a walk
off out of it. I meanthat's the way comebacks. You love him.

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We're down, we come back andthen I'll walk off to win it
and against the team that's a WorldSeries caliber team against the Dodgers. So
it was awesome and it was AlexBregman. But my thought process, here's
what happens as fans and we alldo media. Oh he homered as an
astro, another big moment, flairfor the dramatic. As we mentioned,
Oh, he's gotta want to bean astro. Listen, the other teams

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are watching too. Well. Youtell me, did all of a sudden,
Jim Crane or anybody's thought process changeand think let's pay him the thirty
more million a year, I meanthirty million a year for ten years because
he homered on Saturday with the walkoff. No, but I just know,
like from like you brought the fanperspective and the emotional Dude, I
saw it all day Saturday night,all day Sunday. Okay, you did.

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How many times you seen it thewhole year? Though this year not
as much, to be honest withyou, not as much because of the
struggles, but as he's turned itaround, and then of course the what
is the iconic picture that we sawfrom Saturday night with Jordan in the background,
and you flipped it when Jordan hitthe home run and Bregman was in
the background. It pulls at fansemotional heartstrings. I mean, well,

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it sure does. It pulls itdead. That's my point. Yeah,
it pulls it out. Your emotionalheart springs at mine. Now that's an
astro at fans, and all ofa sudden, over a game or two,
you're thinking, oh, he's comingback because the fans cheered him.
Well, they have cheered him ifthat was in Boston and he was a
Red sowk, of course they have. So he doesn't. I mean yes,
And that's the part of it thatmakes me agreed. I think the

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same thing. Oh those home run, I mean that home run, walk
off, his emotions, celebration,Oh yeah he's back. Well, I
got Well, if they offer twentyeight five a year or thirty one a
year, and somebody offers thirty fivea year, what do you think he's
doing. He's going with thirty five. He's here, He'll remember the moments.
Okay, when when Korea left,you do I need to go back

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on the heel during the you know, the the twenty seventeen he's a spokesperson.
Walk off moments all that, he'sour guy, he's the leader,
gid, dude, there's no wayyou can let him go. He's not
leaving. Where's he playing now,Minnesota fans, that's right, Minnesota fans
are going to cheer him too.I get the that you're right that if
you went around and pulled after thisweekend, Astro's fans and all of us,

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of course, our emotion has changed. Yes, he did that as
an Astro. No way he's gonnaget that somewhere else. Well, we
don't, We don't want to thinkso. But if he does that in
Los Angeles in walk off fashion,guess what they're doing. He's coming back
out of the dugout, even asa walk off on a curtain call,
and they're gonna stick around and cheerhim and standing ovation. He'll have the

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same moments somewhere else. I mean, I know it's hard, that sucks
to say, And these Astro fanshave been great to him since he started
his career. Do I think thatpart weighs emotion when he makes a decision?
I do. Do I think thatwhen he crossed home plate after that
walk up, he's thinking I lovethis stuff, Yes, but what happens
very next what happens the very nextday, Brian, you got to get
back in. It's back into businessas usual, right right? Do I

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think emotion comes into it? Yes, when he's gonna make this decision,
which right now you were worried moreabout winning in twenty twenty four than his
contract. But do I think yes? But do I also think the better
he plays, the more that somebodylike the Cubs of the Red Sox or
the Yankees are gonna want him atthird base? I do, There's no
doubt. And then moving to devers, move devers to first or you know
it gets people. You'll find placesfor good players. But I also know

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this that Yes, I do thinkif it came down to it and it
was a million dollars difference a yearand over the course of eight years,
that's eight million bucks. Do Ithink you could say, listen the emotion,
this is where I started. I'man LSU guy, I'm close to
home the fans. Do we stillgot something special? Do I think that
could keep up? Hell? Yes, the whole thing that's going to be

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the the decision. How close arethey are they close enough to make it
to where Alex pregnant is within amillion or two a year or I mean
you start to do the math.Now, let's say thirty one million a
year over eight years, or thirtythree million a year over the eight years.
What are you taking? Truthfully?No matter what, what are you
taking? A thirty three Yeah,you are? You are? That's two

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million a year eight that's sixteen millionmore dollars. So the point is,
well, we're all feeling this emotion. Emotion and check books sometimes don't match.
So that's my point, Brian,is that yes, the motion of
what we saw, Oh, he'sgot to be an astro he does.
Now what if they get beat inthe playoffs and he gets one ninety seven?

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The frustration and people are you knowhow? You know how quickly think
what was being said about him twomonths ago? Walk off fashion? It
changes in a hurry. Just likeif he struck out three times in that
game and popped up with the basesloaded a chance to win a first round
playoff game, what would the fansbe saying but he shot out? Try?
I mean, we all will.I'm not being mean to the fans.

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It's the emotion of the moment.The moment says he's an astro and
he'll come back. The money says, are you gonna match it? Because
he is going to get paid andwe expected this to be the situation for
him to play really good baseball ina walk here and have a decision to
make. The key is how muchmoney are the Astros gonna pay him.
He's gonna get offered big money nomatter where he goes, and we got

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to enjoy him while he's here becausethere's a chance he'll leave. And when
those moments hit in the very moment, yes, the emotion says, no
way he's going anywhere, But thenwe got it. Then you wake up
the next day, and then twodays later and five days later, it's
like, oh, you settle backinto real life, right because walk offs
don't happen every night. So Iget what you're saying. It's worth a
good conversation. But that moment,if he comes back, he may say,

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Okay, they get paid me theright money, but yeah, I
knew I was an astro in thatmoment against the Dodgers. But if he
leaves, you know what, he'llsay, great memories that walk off with
the Dodgers, all that stuff wasawesome, but business is business, so
just you know what it comes tocount. It's gonna come down to money.
Yeah, and if the money's abig difference, he'll leave. If
it's close, the astros will bein the in the conversation. That's simple.

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One walk off. I don't thinkchanges a whole lot. And whether
he's coming back or not. Hashtagpay the man. Yeah, well we
stood. You know, if youwant him here, don't put that hashtag
on it, because we saw whathappened the last time that ashtag was applied
to a superstar player on this team. Yeah, he took his ass up
to Minnesota. Yes he did.That's Carlos career. Let's keep talking to
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to Brent. Brent, Good morning, Good morning, Hey stick man.
Does it get any better on aradio call than Robert and Steve Sparks?
Who do you say? Stay?Yeah, well, no, not usually

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on radio. When it comes toradio broadcast, We're fortunate to have one
of the best teams on the planet. So Robert's emotion and Steve's emotion and
Steve's ability to add sense of humorto a great call as well. Yeah,
we're lucky here in Houston, that'sfor sure. Exactly. There's a
beauty behind the radio broadcast as opposedto like a video broadcast. We're like

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because the guys on the radio theyhave to like paint the picture right,
and like the ocean that goes intothat and just a real quick backstory and
I'll get out the horn here realquick. Uh, there's nothing like listening
to baseball games or football games orbasketball or whatever like and got rest in

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peace, Jim Peterson. I meanthat just absolutely ripped my heart out the
other day when I found out hepassed away. May he rest in peace
because he was the voice of myyouth, like listening to two games on
the radio. So anyways, that'skind of all I got. That's basically

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it. Sorry, I no problem. We mean, there's just so much
beauty and like, uh, radiobroadcasts and everything, so that's it awesome.
Yeah, no, I agree,And it can make you, it
can make you you're you. Ithink radio broadcasts gets you in emotions more

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than anything because the phrase you useis exactly what makes them great. There's
a lot of time now, lesstime in between pitches now than used to
be because of the pitch clock,but they get time to tell stories and
the story can carry on for tenbatters. I mean, I'm seriously,
it can't into the next inning.Vin Scully, Mike Shannon, Ernie Harwell,

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you know, Harry Carry, Iknow They all did a lot of
TV too, but they started onradio and radio and radio is still their
love. And you know, Igrew up listening to Vin Scully and Dick
Enberg and the radio and Chick hernfor basketball, and you know it was
just and you're exactly right. Theypaint the picture where they two ball.
They they'll talk about blades of grassthat you take for granted watching on TV,

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talk about you can you know,smell the hot dogs in the stands
or it just they paint a greatpicture and Robert's emotion and then boom,
you hear the crack of about ifyou know you hear the crack of the
bat, then you hear the broadcastbecause you can hear the echo of the
crack of the bat on radio.Yeah, it's pretty cool. So yeah,
No, you make a great point. I think there's an emotion and

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a it just kind of it hitsdifferent when a radio broadcast is on.
And I'm one hundred percent in agreementwith you and the way they paint the
picture and it leads to your emotionsand their storytelling and you're like sitting on
the edge and it's like driving downthe street. Boom, you go crazy.
Because somebody did it. You're sittingat home with the old transistor radio
if that's what you're still doing.So I'm with you. Good call we

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got I think you said, ChrisTripoli, Chris is up, Chris,
welcome in man. How you doing. I'm doing good. How are y'all
doing this morning? Doing fine?Thank you? So the one thing I
wanted to talk about because we haven'thad a lot of positivity about the ASH
shows, you know, in thefirst couple of months. So the one
thing I want to take away withthis this weekend series is I would have

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definitely loved to sleep the Dodgers.I hate the Dodgers with a passion,
but I'll take out of three againstthe Dodgers. But if you go back
and look on Saturday night and yesterday. I can't remember about Friday night,
but Saturday night and yesterday, allof the runs we had came on with
two outs except for the wal Golfhome run. And that's exactly what we

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were not having in the first partof the season, because when there was
two outs, I was like,Okay, well this inning's over. I'm
gonna go to the restroom or I'mgonna get up and go do something and
every I mean, Singleton's single waswith two outs. Diez's home run yesterday
was with two outs. Singleton's homerun was with two outs, you know
what I mean. So getting thosetwo outs hits and people on base is

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something that we weren't doing in thepast. Chris is a great, great
point because in the past years they'vebeen dynamic and you know, precise and
dynamic that you had to they wouldwear pitchers out with two outs, and
that's who you began that, that'swho they were like. It was redundance

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and the Astros are clutch and they'regood at hitting, you know, without
two with two outs and runners andscoring position or two outs. Nobody on
getting the solo home run the tiesof game. Yes, their past they've
been able to. They made youwork for three outs, right, and
you're right the first two outs,you're like, okay, it's one of
those years, man, that youweren't sticking around for out number three.

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Well, different ballgame over the weekendand hopefully their DNA is who they are
again the rest of this season.But yeah, you make a good ability
to get two out hits was bigthis weekend and it's going to have to
happen for them to be a WorldSeries team. They've got to get back
to that. And they did anice job this weekend on that. Now,
that's a good point by you,brother, thank you. And it

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is because the frustration of you know, but that's the ebb and flow of
a baseball season, right, Andthat that's why when you get when the
frustration bar when Data Brown says,oh, hey, it's a long season,
you're like, oh, come on, long seats, But he's right.
Frustrating, but right, it's sometimeswe get like, oh, I
got to hear that, But it'sright because if it wasn't a long season,

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we wouldn't be seeing this by now. It is a long season,
and this team is way different thanthey were in by in games in the
first sixty five games, and it'sChris pointed out two out hitting yesterday was
was paramount or should I say overthe weekend was paramount in their success and

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we'll be paramount and their success therest of the season frommer looked like a
ace. Bregman brought the emotions ofplease stay and this is who the Astros
are. They take the Dodgers sweep. I mean, I had a chance
to sweep a good team, taketwo out of three and they've got a
monster on the mound tonight against Pittsburgh, which will not be easy. But
in the trade deadline looms and we'llfollow it. There may be a bunch

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going on today, who knows,still waiting for what is that big move?
We'll discuss Sports Talk seven to ninetySean Salisbury Show. Salisbury Show continues
and it did no no, Now, you know, let's talk to Mike
wants to talk about Alex Bregman.Mike, what's on your mind with Alex
Pregman? Hey, guys, youknow the Astros. I think the first

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three years regretted that they didn't signSpringer simply because you know the centerfield situation.
But now year four, he's trailingoff. I don't know if it's
a you know, a one yeardeal or not, but they've got three
more years in Toronto with this guy, and he doesn't play center field no
more, and he doesn't look quitethe player he was previously at thirty four

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years old. Well, however,with Bregman, I think he's now he's
not twenty nineteen Bragman obviously, buthe's still solid and I think that he's
the type of player that can lastlonger than a Korea and a Springer,

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which all thoughts on that, andhave another question for you, Well,
I think you're right, last longer, not run around getting beat up in
the outfield. And you know thatI do get And for the most part,
he's been more durable than both Koreaand Springer have in their careers.

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He say, you know, we'vehad the hand and the thumb and the
wrist or whatever it was, buthe's been pretty damn durable. Gregman and
playing great third base, and Agesays he's got plenty of great baseball in
him. The question I asked foryou when you say solid, Mike,
I'm you tell me before you askyour next question. And Brian Chiman on
this as well. And we knowhe's got superstar potential built solid and thirty

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five million a year. Are yousaying solid enough to be that guy that
you want for eight years at thirtyfour thirty five, thirty three million a
year or solid thirty million? Yeah, that when it comes to keeping him,
what are you willing to pay solid? In your mind? What is
solid? I mean? Yeah,that's what I'm saying there are other teams
looking at him at Superstar? Doyou look at him Here's like he's a

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he's a See. I think he'sbetter than Solid. I think you do
too, Mike. I know whatyou're saying, and Solid durable, but
also just a solid guy to haveon your team. I think he's going
to get paid like a star.So the question I ask you is what
is Solid worth to you to keephim? I personally disagree with you a
little bit on one issue. Ifyou look at last year, if it's

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anything like last year, other thana Tawny and that other Japanese pitcher,
there was nothing really crazy out there. For what I remember correctly, they
kind of cut back a little bit. Now, Blake Snell couldn't get anything
until the end of the year,so cut back What do you mean,
So you mean what he's going toget paid? No, what I'm saying
is I don't think. I don'tthink he's going to get more than five,

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say, six years, thirty milliondollars. Personally, I don't think
he's going to get more than that. Well, I'm just telling you that's
that's my point. And then wedon't disagree. We're right that Solids not
thirty million for six that's that's lookedmore on the star side. I mean,
but I get what you're saying.It's semantics on the phrasing. I

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wouldn't give him more than I'm notgiven an eight or ten year contract.
I am with you, but hisagent years you need his his agent has
got more. So you know whatthey're gonna ask for, right, They're
gonna ask for a lot, eithershorter terms and more money a year or
But I'm with you. Now,if you're talking six years at thirty million
a year, I think the Astrosshould pay that that. That's that's fair

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to me. There there is noquestion about it. But if you start
to creep up into the thirty threemillion a year for seven or eight years,
I personally think that's too long,for too much. I do so,
Brian, I don't know what youthink, but we've talked about it.
You give me to six years,I'm good at thirty million a year.
What's that about buck eighty to twohundred million? I'm all in.
He's gonna get more than that thoughin my opinion that that's my that's my

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point. So where does the solidto star and Mike are you willing to
go from you're saying, okay,six years. See if it's at six
years, I personally think he's goingto be pushing that he's gonna want with
Scott Borris, thirty three and ahalf to thirty five million a year or
more. I do I think,Okay, I'm signing for five or six
years, here's what I want.I'm not sure you can get him for

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six years and thirty million at abuck eighty at least. That's especially if
the second half of this season thelast thing they remember is Bregman getting hot
and that looks like Superstar versus orStar Alex Bregman. So, but Mike,
I'm with you six years. I'mgood. I just don't know if
six years and thirty million is goingto be enough. Hey, guys,
one other question, if I mayreal quick, one thing that does concern

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me about All two V. Andlook at the numbers for me? Are
you thirty four years old? AndI'm fine with the contract? Got me
wrong? But I'm thinking in termsof Bregman, if you look at something
that's never happened before with All twoV and the announcers on TV, they're
worried about nice cream with Julia,and that love affair between the announcer in

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Julia all day draws me crazy.But look at the strikeouts that he's done
this year. He's going to breakone hundred. I don't think he's ever
done it. I think he's almostat his strikeout ratio now. Granted he's
still three hundred eight. I'm notthat worried about it. But I also
I'm thinking, why is he strikingout more this year than he did in
the past, because that's usually atelltale sign of a player potentially slowing down

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as they get older. Especially lookat the I got it right number for
me, Yeah, I got itright here in front of So in twenty
twenty four so far, he's goteighty six strikeouts. The highest he's ever
had in his career was ninety one, and that was in twenty twenty one.
Twenty twenty two of the World Seriesyear he had eighty seven, twenty
thirteen, he had eighty five,twenty seventeen, he had eighty four twenty

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nineteen eighty two. Those are hishighest strikeout numbers and he's already surpassed those.
So he's coming up on Yeah,he's coming up on a lot of
strikeouts this year for him, atleast, oh, he'll strike out one
hundred plus times this year. He'salready at eighty six. He's striking out
one hundred and what one hundred andten? Yeah, yeah, somewhere in
that range. Yeah. Yeah,we appreciate the call, Mike. We
got to get to the top ofthe hour. Thank you. I'm SHAWNA.

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I understand where Mike's coming from.But there's one guy that I'm not
turn about, and that's Hoseel Tuve. Yeah, I think and I understand
what Mike's saying. Bat speed slowsdown, he're not catching up. But
if he was hitting two thirty,Mike, I'd be I'd i'd be I'd
be a more concern the fact thathe's hitting over three hundred. It's just
he's, you know what, someguy's just kind of different. I'm actually

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surprised that these these the eighties areas free swinger as he is. I'm
actually surprised it's not been more overhis career, to be honest with you,
you know, I know he's beena contact guy and gets you know,
he's a two hundred hit one hundredand eighty to two hundred hit guy.
But in truth, over the lastthree or four years, hitting more
home runs and being a free swinger, chasing out of the strike zone,
go and get that high pitch thateighties hit, because the truth is for

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a guy that it's a free swinger, he's really not a rapid strikeout all
constant guy. So I'm not reallyconcerned if it's fifteen more strikeouts. So
especially in this era where nobody itseems to me that the people don't care
about strikeouts. It really, Imean, it's in I guess I don't
know why you put the ball inplay. At least you got a chance
in an air. But I'm notconcerned either if he gets to one hundred

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and ten, as long as hisaverage isn't two thirty and you're like,
damn, he's slowing down everywhere.The guy still, you know what,
got a couple more hits. Ithink yesterday hitting over three hundred and still
provides that at the top of thelineup the chance to homer every time he's
up. I give what Mike saying. I think closalt two is different.
I wouldn't look at it as anythingmore than he struck out more this year.
Maybe it goes back down to ninetynext year. As long as his

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production is up at the plate.Strikeouts, I don't think are going to
concern the Astros, and really don'tconcern me that much. No, it's
it's it's not a concern for me. Like I'm with you, though.
If he's hitting like ten to twentytwo thirty, hell even two fifty,
okay, then I'm concerned. Butright right, I'm laid on stuff and
and he's over I mean, he'schasing everything out of his own where it's

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all. It almost feels desperate.Josel two. They still doesn't feel he
doesn't feel like a desperate baseball playerto me. He's still hitting three hundred
plus at the top. I'm moreconcerned with him on the base pass than
I am at the plate. Well, he's never been good at that,
so that's okay. They're ok withthat, I know. Let's get into
the top of the hours. Weget to seven o'clock here on Sports Talk
seven ninety. There was a coupleof trades already made over the weekend.

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How does it affect the Houston Astroswill discussing next right here on the Shawn
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the Sean Salisbury Show. Got acouple more, guys. I want to
get in and talk about these HoustonAshers and that trade deadline, and also
the series win about excuse me overthe weekend against the Dodgers. To start
with Ronnie, Ronnie, good morning, Good morning, guys. I got
two things I want to mention.Everybody's talking about Bregman and all this kind

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of stuff. I was surprised ina way when they were actually able to
sign Altuve, which proves to methat Scott Boris will get what his clients
want. If Bregman wants to stay, Boris will get him what he wants.
So you know, I'm just notgoing to worry about it. Until

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after the season. Uh. Withthe pitch, everybody's wondering about who's going
to pick up this reliever, who'sgoing to pick up that start or whatever.
My question is sort of the opposite. The Dodgers are banged up with
their pictures, you know, allthe young guys they've had. Everybody's got
some pictures that they're having to dependon young rookies and inexperienced guys that they

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can't they didn't want to depend on. So my question is somebody who gets
to the Championship Series and or theWorld Series is going to have to depend
on young guys like we did ourKatie, Javier and Garcia. And I'd
be interested to know if Steve knowswhat he thinks about it. I know
he hadn't seen every team because he'swatching Astro's games all the time. Which

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team do you think is going tohave a young pitcher step up for them
that people didn't think was going todo it? The hell of a point,
thank you, Ronnie, exactly right, And Ronnie, think about it
now, it's not just Erkety Garcia. And who'd I leave out of that
group? Did he say Romber asa Orkety Garcia? He had a third

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one in there, and Ronnie madea good that's a hell of a point.
Push it to this year Araghetty,Hunter Brown, and although he's not
young baseball experience, he is young. And that's for now Blanco, I
mean he was he thirty. Yeah, when it comes to major league starts

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and counting on him in the postseason, he is young. So while you're
listen, you could be thirty atwenty eight, twenty nine year old rookie.
And while he said, well hea little more experienced, you're still
a rookie. And with Blanco,he's still this is a first year of
full time. He's that guy starter. So in truth, you're relying on
three guys that one in Hunter Brown, you got some bullpen, got some

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start. What was he going tobe like in his first full season?
Is starting? Araghetty his first fullseason and he is a rookie. It's
starting with a as a rookie,but first full season starting. And now
Blanco, who's been good all yearfor the most part, is a He's
not been in this situation often asa starter at major league level. So

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it's similar if the age isn't thesame and done, two young guys,
but adding the older guy and thirtyyear old Blanco, you're still getting You're
needing that those guys. So itdidn't just talk about the Garcia and Orkeaty
in that run of young players pitcherson the Mount. It still applies here
and you're gonna need it, andthey've needed it to get to where they
are, and Hunter Brown supplied alot of it. Arraghetti gave you some

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innings again yesterday, so you're gettingsome of that. Ronnie spot On.
And I'm curious who that young guyor young staff is in Major League Baseball,
in the American or National League thatcan provide that that's not used to
providing that, because well, they'verelied on a little more experienced and veterans.
I don't know that answer, right, I don't. Maybe Steve,

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does you know where there's two orthree guys with similar experience to the Garcia
Keaty run in the World Series stuff? And what we got here? I
don't know, but I think it'sinteresting. As far as Bregman, he's
right, he'll get what he wantsfor the most part, or close somewhere,
and if it's here to take alittle less and he wants to stay,
then then Boris will make that work. But you can't borrow trouble Man.

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We're we're a ways of I mean, there's nothing going to be done
between now and the end of theseason, so there's no reason in worrying
about Bregman's deal. There's there's plentyof other things to deal with right now
than worrying about whether Bregman is goingto get signed. Start worrying about that
when the national season comes to aclose, and hopefully that's later not sooner.
Yeah, that's uh, it's agood point because what we've seen being

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said from Dana Brown, I thinkyou said it over the weekend that they
haven't even offered him anything. They'regonna wait for the season to finish up,
so there's no point in worrying aboutit now, especially when they are
tied for the AL West lead.I think you know, probably need to
be worried about other stuf Uugh.Yeah, their focus is going to be
on this team and it should be. It should be and then truth,

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if they haven't made him an offer, then why should we worry about it?
If you I mean, if theyhave made him an offer, that's
you just you are borrowing Trouble's like, oh, and you'll stress yourself out
of it. There's gonna be plentyof time to stress over Alex Bregman leed
or not. You'll you'll, you'llhave time to do that. So save
your gut and focus on the goodstuff that's going on and hopefully getting Kyle
Tucker and some health back. Butthe Bregman things is going to be interesting.

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And when his agent, Scott Boris, you better be in for a
little bit of a marathon because he'sgonna, he's gonna, he's gonna work
the system. He always does andthat's what his clients pay him to do,
and he'll do it. All right. Let's look at some before gets
to the stake out. Let's lookat some MLB trades that have already been
made. I think the one ofthe not bigger ones, but one of
the more high profile one, JazzChisholm went from the Miami Marlins to the

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New York Yankees. The Philadelphia Philliesseem to be all in. They go
and get one of the best closersin baseball, Carlo Estevez. They got
him from the Los Angeles Angels.They sent a couple of their top prospects
over there. The Cubs making asurprise move and actually buying looks like they

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went and got Esak Paratus, whichis about that. I guess he was
there happy with how hot they gotright two weeks, three weeks, agoes,
Hey, we'll see what happens.Yeah, we'll see what happens.
But they got into Now. Idon't know if you buy them and move
somebody else, but maybe the Cubsthink they got a chance. And that

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says that they think they do correct. Yeah, and that's that was one
of the names that was reportedly oneof the top names on the Astros list
to try and go trade for.And here come the Cubs and they go
and get him when they're still Imean, they're in somewhat contention, but
not right there to be, youknow, to say, damn, we
need to make this move. Buthey, you know, I mean they

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got out in front of it andhad the pieces to move it, and
they moved him. That starts tobe My concern is with with the tread
trade deadline looming, somebody else snatchingit right after, you know, snatching
it right out from under you,going and getting the guy you wanted.
How many of those How many ofthose guys that you wanted get picked up
by somebody else that leads you withthe guy you real kind of wanted but

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didn't want, you know what Imean? So when when when that part
of the desperation kicks in and Ididn't know Emelio Estevez the pitch. Yeah,
that's that's the Mighty Ducks guy.Yeah, I mean when did he
and now he's he's he's a bigtimer for the chance to win a World
Series in Philly. Yeah, whata career, you know what I'm saying,

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crazy man, what a career.I mean he was in Men at
Work. Yeah, I mean withwith with brother Chuck, who also pitched
in a pro team in Major League. He was a Cleveland He was a
Cleveland Indian. He was unbelievable.Yeah, he was a wild thing.
Vaughn. Yeah. So basically inthe s Stevez, is it s Stevez?

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That's where do you go with it? Hey, that's a Stevez many
Stevez okay or Steve right, dependson where you put the emphasis, right.
Yeah, So with which with Charlie, I mean he had a pretty
good run in Cleveland. They gotbaseball in their DNA. Right, and
now, Emilio, what did hemake the switch from being one of the
you know, one of the youngguns with Rob Low and that to pitching

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in Major League based incredible, incrediblerun. Well, I guess if you're
going to manage the Mighty Ducks,you might as well pitch for the Anaheim
Angels. Uh huh and be partof the trade, I mean as well.
Yeah, I mean it's something andthe same guy, right, yeah,
it is the same guy. Itis. Yes, it's crazy.
So he's he's now with Philadelphia.So you know, he goes from the
West coast over to Philadelphia. Alittle bit of a different crowd over there,

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you know what I mean. Seemslike it would fit Estevez a little
bit better being in Philly. Yeah, chance to win a World Series two
for you. He hasn't won oneyet, So it's a I mean good
for him. I mean, hasthat a great I mean, been in
some really good movies and now he'she's in a great role with Philadelphia.
Incredible the same guy right, correct, Yes, it is. Can't confirm

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that. How do you pronounce itst s Stevez instead of st correct?
See where the emphasis So Emilio Estevez, you Emilio Steve. Yes, nice.
I just wondering if you caught ontothat. I don't know, I
didn't know if you apparently you have. Yeah, man, a lot to

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get him, take a lot ofrespect for him, don't they? They
sure do a minute that minute work? Yeah? Was it? That was
Dick Dreyfuss too, right, RichardDreyfus in it? Yeah, really good
movie. It's one of my favorites. Man, underrated, it is very
underrated. I agree, what afrigger? And you thought oh Tony was
special, Well he bets on sports. So you never heard of S.
S. S. Stevez? Yes, yes, yes, yeah, all

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right, yeah man. Yeah,so he's headed to Philadelphia walking off a
movie setting, headed right over toPhillies, the Phillies, yeah, sag
after the major leagues. Yeah man, yeah, I bet you wish you
could do that, huh with yourmovie? You know, I still got
to get you that award, don'tworry. Yeah, I got snubbed,
you do. I agree for BestSupporting Actor in a Comedy rule, but

(52:20):
who's counting? Yeah, I meanwho's bitter? Yeah? Really, seriously,
we still got to get that foryou. All right, let's head
to the steak out next right hereon Sports Talk seven ninety No. Back
to Sean Salisbury. All right,Sean, what are you hearing out there

(52:43):
now? The Salisbury stakeouts, sALStakeout on the Sean Salisbury Show. It's
time for the steak out here onthe Shawn Salisbury Show, Sean Brown and
Triple Lee Astro's Pirates tonight min inMay Park seven ten to the first pitch,
six o'clock on Deck Show right hereon seven on your home for Astros
Baseball. Steve Sparks Astros Broadcast,A're gonna join us at eighty thirty this

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morning. We're on trade deadline watchall morning long in Major League Baseball.
That deadline is tomorrow morning, orexcuse me, tomorrow afternoon at five o'clock
Central, We're gonna talk Astros Baseballand that trade deadline. A lot of
trades happening over the weekend. Ashroshaven't had any movement pretty much all morning
long here, especially with Steve Sparksare joining us. So with that for

(53:27):
the stakeout, Sean, I wantto get to some women's basketball. That's
right, your favorite pastime. DonStaley, you know the name she sat
down with Mike Turrico over in Parisas the women's basketball team gets ready to
play Japan today in opening round forthe Olympics. She was on the committee

(53:57):
to select the United States women's nationalteam for women's basketball. Obviously Kaitlyn Clark
not on that list to make thesquad. This is what Don Staley had
to say about Kaitlyn Clark. There'sso much conversation about women's basketball. The
run you South Carolina had to thenational championship, a perfect season, obviously
Katelyn Clark, and there was somuch conversation on should Caitlyn be on the

(54:22):
US women's national team. You werepart of the selection group. Give me
your read on that now that we'vegot a little bit of time and we
can get into some clear error tosee what happened. Right. As a
committee member, you're charged with puttingtogether best team of players, the best
talent. Caitlyn is just a rookiein the WNBA. Wasn't playing bad,
but wasn't playing like she's playing now. If we had to do it all

(54:45):
over again the way that she's playing, she would be in really high consideration
of making the team because she isplaying a head and showed us above a
lot of people shooting the ball extremelywell. I mean, she is an
elite passer. She's just got agreat basketball IQ. And she's a little
more season in the in the progame she had in a couple of months

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as she was two months ago.It's a great perspective to add there.
All, Right, a couple thingshere. Why is that a great perspective
to add? Mike Tarrico, Yousounds never mind, but Don Staley sean
they basically this list the roster wasreleased on June ninth. Kaylin Clark was
twelve games into her w NBA career, and that's what the side of her

(55:27):
fate to not be on the USAwomen's team. Yeah, Yet, if
you went and asked Don Staley aboutsomebody, he'd say, oh, they're
only twelve games in, give themtime. That's that's what we'd all say
about every player, right, Well, come on, give a give this
person or that guy. And whenwe come up, well, would we
say, all the astras are onlytwelve games into their season. Well,
Don Staley, I mean you're onlytwelve games into your coaching career. What

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if at the beginning of her coachingcareer, they would have judged her after
twelve games, and they also gavethis whole high basketball coaching. IQ was
a great player, was an elitepasser with elite vision, and your twelve
games into your career and that's notenough. Here's what I do know.
First of all, it's just hyper, it's just right now. It's to
cover your ass. We made amistake. She should be there. That's

(56:14):
number one. Number two is whojudges a person twelve years into their career
and you can't see the forest throughthe trees. She answered the question,
well, look, hey, Imean if she'd been playing the way she
is now, well didn't you don'tyou take that into consideration. She is
gonna get better. We know highbasketball IQ. You don't learn high basketball
IQ in twelve games. High basketballIQ's always been there with her elite passer.

(56:37):
She was an elite passer twelve thefirst twelve games, just like she
is now. So those if itwas only those two things, not shooting,
elite passer, high basketball IQ,with her history, wouldn't you want
her on the team And you startto say, well, she's gonna get
better when we selected the team,she'll get better in her rookie year.
So let's take that into consideration,and by the time the Olympics start,

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Caitlin Clark should be playing really goodbasketball because she's got two things you must
have to be in her position inpro basketball, high basketball IQ, elite
passer, and obviously she had thegreat following and Jersey cells and all that.
So I think that it's I thinkthere's a lot of bs there.
I think I have a lot ofrespect for Don Stanley's coach. I think

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she's really good. You don't rollthrough a season undefeated, and she's won
a couple national championships. She getsit. But in truth, if you're
saying, well, we would she'dhave been heavy consideration now. No,
if they would elected now, theywould have taken her, taken her.
So why didn't you start to say, if you're a great, if you're
a great talent evaluator, want toput the best on the court when you're

(57:43):
choosing this team. Aren't you sittingaround the table saying, listen, guys,
we already know she's an elite passerwith elite basketball IQ right now,
two things that she may have probablyis better than anybody on the court with
those two things, already, she'scome twelve games into her career. Now
let's look forward. What's it goingto look like in a month from now.
We already know she's proven she canshoot. She's just getting her feel

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for it. I'm talking about ifif you're done, you're having these conversations
with the committee. Yeah, she'llshoot better if she starts to get accustomed
to it. Guys, she cango on a roll where she may end
up being one of our best playersby the time the Olympics are over.
Don't you think we got to takeinto consideration what we know now, what
it's going to look like when wego to the Olympics. Why didn't that
so when Mike says, well,that's a great point, No, the

(58:30):
great point would have been saying allthose things and saying we should have parlayed
it out knowing that she was goingto get better because she already had those
two things that we need. Andthe third one is bringing attention and fans
and eyes and ears to our Olympicteam even more than already. But elite
passer and high basketball IQ you thinkthose are two things that would help you

(58:52):
win a gold medal? I believeso, and we know she works her
ass off is as as we stoodthe battle of getting taken elbows and doing
all those things. To me,I just think, and I'm not questioning
because Don Staley knows how to coachbasketball. I just think that this was
I don't know. They didn't justjudge her for basketball. No, they
did not judge her for just basketball. That's it. You can say whatever

(59:13):
you want. They did not,because if you would have, you parlay
it out and say she's a biggame player. Yeah, she'll be in
a month from now, she'll bewhen when we select, when we actually
go to the Olympics, she'll be, She'll be better. They should have
thought of that twelve games in orearly on when they elected, you know,
selected the team. Caitlin Clark deserveto be in the in the Olympics.
She just did just admit, likethey just need to admit they were

(59:35):
being petty and they blew a hugeopportunity. That's it. That's that's that's
what it is. Then you couldsay, great point, Yeah, that's
great. The great point is youknow what she's got and you know she's
gonna get better. But by judgingsomebody, did you judge every single player
twelve games into the season, everysingle one of them that you took or
twelve games into their career, andnone of them that are on that team

(59:55):
for the most part, Diana Trossimaybe, but very few. None of
them scored like her, but veryfew had the college career. Now there's
a lot of them with great collegecareers, and that maybe even Tarassi maybe
even better because they won national titlesand all that stuff. But if you're
just talking about a person, andif you could do nothing else but be
an elite passer to get the greatplayers on that team the ball, wouldn't

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you want that on your team?Yeah? If that was her only skill
set. Yeah, And we know, while she's an elite passer, you
know what, she's even a betterwhen she finally gets accustomed and put it
this way, it's gonna be toughon the basketball world when she gets her
shot back down to the point whereshe's dialed in with the elite passing,

(01:00:37):
just as an elite passer alone,to get people their ball on the spot
at the Olympics should have been enough. And the fact that quite quite frankly,
women's basketball needed Caitlin Clark and lookwhat she did for the WNBA,
just to bring eyes and ears sellingout arenas. That would have been a
great thing at the Olympics. Butit wasn't just that she is a player
and a damn good one, andher basketball, like you and passed,

(01:01:00):
is through the roof and maybe asgood as anybody on that team already.
Yeah, she should have been onthe team. And it's just it's funny
that don Staley comes out and sayswhat she says. I mean, it's
just they re petty. And thenwhen it comes to don Staley, you're
a lot of people won't question itbecause she's a great coach, right and
she was on the committee. Sobut this went far deeper. It's not

(01:01:20):
just well she's you know, she'sa rookie. Now, this was there
was a little pettiness by you didn'twant and you also didn't want jealousies at
the Olympic Games. And there wouldhave been jealousies on that team because she
would have got the most attention ofany Olympian maybe maybe other than maybe some
own biles. I mean, therewould have been very few Olympians getting more

(01:01:40):
attention than Caitlyn Clark. And soyou stayed away from those petty jealousies.
It was deeper than on the court. And you and I both know it.
The jealousies exists. It's a fact. Yeah, definitely is a fact.
All Right, let's get back toMajor League Baseball. Astros general manager
Dana Brown spoke to Robert Ford yesterdayin regards to the trade deadline and some

(01:02:00):
of the conversations that are being had. What did he say? We'll hear
the audio discussed next on The ShawnSalisbury Show. The Shawn Salisbury Show continued,
I'm not sure what's going on withthe phone lines on that side,
but have a little difficulty those lines. Look at those phone lines, dog,

(01:02:22):
Yeah, you know, it's justit's just another thing I do here
on the show for us Sean.Really, that's what you do. Hey,
you know what, the more youcan do, you know what I'm
saying, Just another another one meaningyou're saying and another one? Yeah,
what do you? What are youeven doing out on the West coast?
What? What do you what?What's the what's the game play this morning?

(01:02:45):
Uh? Today, I will beAnd I saw a bunch of my
buddies over the weekend, in onein particular, who's overcome some some health
issues and is recovering quite not onlyquite nicely, but phenomenal news. Part
of our golf reunion that like seventyof us have every year, same tournament.

(01:03:08):
So we played in a group withthe three of the best for my
best friends in the world from myhigh school and did that in San Diego.
I'm back in the desert and I'mplaying PGA West today. When I
get off the air and just fatcaptain plunge pool in it pool and swimming
golf a friend of mine, onefriend of mine matter, I mean,

(01:03:30):
it was. I'm so proud ofhim and you know what a blessing it
is to have him fully healthy again. So there you go. Good for
your buddy, man, I'm happyto hear that. When you so,
when you say plunge pool, doyou just have a regular pool or is
it actually just have an legit plungepool. No, it's a regular pool.
And then they also have you know, there's the Plunge Pool Company.

(01:03:51):
It's one of those plunge pools thatit gets down to about forty five degrees
and the jets are in it andyou sit in it and it revitalizes.
You're like when I'm off the airthis morning, I'll get out, sit
in it, revitalize it, youknow, gets your by. It's incredible.
It's like sticking your h You seethe ads for the plunge pool.

(01:04:11):
It's literally called a punch pool.But it's a big old it's a big
looks like a big tub. It'splaced outside the top and it's got a
chiller on it and you sit inthat thing. It's like when you play
it and you had to put yourfoot if you twist it an anklete,
stick it in a trash can icebucket. Yeah, school, you see.
Yeah, yeah, So it's alegit plu out the ice. It's
a legitimate I say plunch pool.It is a plunge pool. Oh wow.

(01:04:34):
Okay, there's a regular pool inthe jacuzzi, but then there's a
plunge pool as well. So it'snot a bad thing when you're it's hot
out and you go and it's onehundred and fifteen degrees and hop in a
forty eight to fifty degree plunge pool. But it's great for your body and
the recovery is I think it's oneof the greatest inventions of all time.
You know, they always say,rubb dirt on or like, hey,

(01:04:56):
put your foot in ice. Yeah, and it recovers quickly your body.
And you want to talk about awake up call, Oh yeah, if
you want, if you want towake up early in the morning and you
need something to get you rolling.No no, no disrespect to Ko Fifi
and to to you know, toenergy drinks and all that. That's the
energy right there, dude. Soyeah, but it was you know,

(01:05:16):
I got to mix in fun,but also part of it was getting a
buddy of ours back to this reunionwho's one of the great people of all
time. His his dad was ourathletic director in high school. And this
our friend, does this every yearwhere we guess he has a tournament and
they donate money and all the highschool they invite them all and you give
you get everybody whoever can make itsigns up and we do it. And

(01:05:39):
I had a really golf neat golfcourse in San Diego, and well,
the guy who originally started Ashworth,you know, John ash the Ashworth clothing,
the brand that Fred cub that's it'shis golf course, and so that
he had, you know, andthe greens were phenomenal. We had a
blast. And my guys, it'sactually four quarterbacks from my high school.

(01:06:00):
They're in our group every year andin four different years, and we've all
been I'm talking about extremely close.And two of them are brothers that were
the sons of the athletic director whowere older than us, who've become their
family, those guys who play inour group, and so it's just all
of us that from any if you'rea nineteen seventy graduate, all the way
to graduated, and everybody from thehigh school and the surrounding high schools are

(01:06:25):
invited and it's just a great event. And this one was extra special because
a year ago at this time,we didn't know if our friend was going
to make it. He's a bigtime owns a company, and it hit
him out of nowhere and has recovered, and his attitude and the way not
only recovered but is stronger than everyonelooks great. So it was not only

(01:06:47):
a reunion of getting together, butof extra special moment because he got to
come back and he's healthy and hisbrothers and our group always and we're all
like, just it's a special relationship, and it was. We had a
blast and we actually played really goodgolf. But the whole thing was the
moments, you know, standing therethinking, damn, and he's not a

(01:07:10):
hugger. You know, this guyis one of those guys always just kind
of quiet until you start, untilyou get to know him. He's got
his circle. He just he's kindof an introvert, but he really isn't.
But he's doling out hugs and gettaking him because it was a he
had no choice because we were sohappy to see him. But I said,
you may not be a hugger,but you know, it's been a
lot of years, but you arenow and whether you want to be or

(01:07:30):
not. But I think it alsowas cathartic for us because to see him
overcome this and to be back swinginga golf club and kicking ass and fully
healthy. It was a pretty goodmoment. But other than that, dude
just enjoying a hundred plus degree weatherand I know it's been raining there,
so I got no complaints, man, after seeing him BacT, the small
stuff really doesn't matter. So itwas really cool. It was it was

(01:07:53):
It's been worth it, so hewas the main reason I had to come
out here. I think, actuallytoday it's not supposed to rain in the
in the city of Houston, finallyafter like seven straight days of rain because
right over the weekend. Again,a little nappy poo for you today,
maybe no, probably not, nonappy poo. Noah. What do you
think about the plunch pool though?You think you'd you'd think you'd jump in.

(01:08:15):
I do the plunge pool at atmy gym four times a week,
so so you know how important theyare? Are? They awesome? It's
phenomenon. Now, it'll it'll,it'll get you. Okay, it takes
you. Got to sit in therefor a minute. It takes you.
But yeah, man, that's whatI've been doing, just you know,
and uh, it's been it's beena good one so far. It's been
awesome. That's that's really good tohear about your buddy. Yeah, that's

(01:08:38):
really good. You'd love you'd lovehim. He's a special that whole group.
And you know, you can imagineif I tell you we're all whack
jobs now you imagine put them allin the same foursome and and and celebrating
a buddy's health. Yeah, itwas a pretty special saturday, man,
I can say that. Needless tosay that. Ye, that's good.
Stuff for you and your your friendgroup. Man's awesome to hear. Let's

(01:09:00):
hear from Dana Brown. He spokewith astro's broadcaster Robert Ford, as he
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teams are selling and buying who arethey? We'll discuss it next on Sports
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from Dana Brown, the Astros generalmanager. He spoke yesterday with Robert Ford
of the Astros broadcast team, ashe does before the game on Sundays.

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You can hear every Astros game righthere on Sports Talk seven to ninety.
He spoke to Robert about which teamsare going to be selling and buying,
and that's what he said. Andin order to open up the market,
we're even talking to teams that arecontending, you know, maybe they have
a surf plus, maybe we havea surf plus. Maybe there's something we
could do to swap you know,players out and both teams will still be

(01:11:57):
pretty good. But yeah, there'sthere's going to be some teams that flip
the light switch and say, okay, all of a sudden, now you
know we're sellers and you know,so looking forward to that happening. Maybe
that'd open up the market a littlebit more. So, that's pretty interesting
Sean saying that they've been discussing tradesand players with contenders, not just the

(01:12:18):
bottom of the barrel in the league. Yeah, and you know why that
doesn't surprise me. And I getwhat you're saying one hundred percent, but
why when you look into it buyersand sellers, aren't you always trying to
help your team one way or anothernow or two years from now. So
for me, and if you havea surplus is the keyword there, well,

(01:12:40):
you should still go to buyers becausethe buyer may be buying something that
where they're buying and maybe a contenderthat's a that is a or a should
I say, a non contender that'sstill a buyer because what if it's a
young player that they're saying, well, we we don't have a surplus that
we want that guy because two yearsguy is going to be star. So

(01:13:03):
when we go the buyers or sellers, sometimes even those teams that are out
of it still buying because they're buying, well, look, we got a
surplu, we got extra salary,or we got extra a veteran on this
team that can go help somebody else. But while he could help us,
we're not going anywhere this year,but we are still going to buy.

(01:13:24):
And they consider buying buying prospects.I mean, so what's the difference is
buying only a veteran that helps nowor could you be buying because you think
by next year the year after thethree guys you're getting that are younger players
and maybe two young players and oneyounger it's a platoon player for them the
team you're trading with, but mightbe a starter for you. So really,

(01:13:45):
the buyer sellers just perspective on whereyou're coming from. So that doesn't
surprise me. The teams that aren'tcontenders are maybe buying, but teams that
are considered sellers that are there orcontenders are still selling. Why they may
be selling something they have a surplusof to get something they don't even though

(01:14:06):
that person may not be the helpthis year, does that make sense?
You don't just always got to goget help this year. You may and
it may be a young player thatyou say, well, he's not going
to start for us, but wecan use him in our lineup. He
can give us some depth. Andyou say, well, why would you
trade that veteran pitcher if you're ifyou're in a if you're a contender,

(01:14:26):
why because maybe we got they havea surplus of him, and that guy
to them, they're around him everyday, see him every day that maybe
he just doesn't fit what they're tryingto get done, and they even as
a even as a contender, youmay still be somebody who doesn't want to
deal with a certain salary and youwant somebody else to take it on.
Whoever, whatever goes on. Sojust because you're a contender doesn't mean you

(01:14:48):
can't still be a seller because youmay be selling. What they think is
why would you sell that? Whenin when when in truth, they're selling
something they don't want because they havea surplus of it. Even though they're
in contention to be in a buyersituation, and they may consider themselves buying
even though they're getting rid of aveteran. They can go help somebody else.
So I think there's a lot ofdifferent ways to look at It does

(01:15:09):
not surprise me at all. Andthe thing with this is I was going
to ask you, there's no waywe can come out of this without somebody,
right, Yeah, there's no way, no way, no way,
dude, I would be shocked ifthat. You mentioned the emotion of Bregman
when you walk off home run allof a sudden, is he coming back?
Right? We get caught up inthe moment is he going to sign

(01:15:30):
here now? Because of the momentof oh the emotion. Well, there's
still a lot of money and alot of baseball to be played before we
consider that. Well, what aboutthis situation. Do you get caught up
in the moment as a team thatsays, look at us, we can
still do this. We don't needanybody think about that. Can you get
caught up? And I can't imaginethey are, But would it be easy
to get caught up in the momentand say, well, let's let's not

(01:15:54):
make that deal. Yet, maybelet's hold off and see what happens Monday,
heading into Tuesday, and then bythen every guy you want, the
big, the big, the guysthat were your pecking order like you were
in drafting them have been traded orgone, and now there's one guy left
and you got to be desperate andyou got to overpay for him. Could
that happen? Does the emotion ofa Dodgers weekend take you out and say,

(01:16:16):
you know what, we are goodenough with our current roster and we're
going to get Verlander and Tucker back? Could that make you back off of
going after and losing out on aplayer you really wanted a week and a
half ago, but you're now gettingcaught up in the do we really want
to mortgage that and get rid ofthat young player for a veteran we think
can help, but we're not guaranteedto help. Let's hold off and by

(01:16:40):
then you lose that. That can'tThat can't be their thinking. They got
to be thinking more on the aggressiveside. Correct, But yet we're what
now pushing what thirty some hours awayfrom the trade deadline? Yeah, come,
something's got to happen, correct,I would think so I would,
I would think. So, Idon't know how they how they do not
go into this trade deadline and notmake a move when they know they need
pitching. They need two arms.Well that's a start and a bullpen.

(01:17:03):
And you think two starters in abullpen three arms and try to get a
bat you know, not I'm sorry, a starter in a bat or a
starter and a bullpen. Guy?You know they need arms. Yeah.
Do you think that the longer theygo one or two things, The longer
they go, they lose out onguys they wanted early in the process because
they weren't willing to give up whateverthey were asking the opposing team. Or

(01:17:26):
the second one is that the longerthey go, the more the deal's big,
more wow factor deal that they're goingto go pluck somebody who you didn't
know you could pluck and decide,okay, let's give up this extra prospect
to get that guy and go dothat. So, you know, the
thinking makes me I think two ways. Are we are you missing out on
the guys you really wanted, andin turn, is it going to cause

(01:17:47):
you to go after a guy thatyou didn't think you could could part with?
Certain players? But you're gonna doit? Are you willing to disrupt
the apple cart that way? Ijust you know, the longer it goes,
the more concern and I get.But I also get a little excited.
Think you're gonna get eleven o'clock hourdeadline trade. That's gonna make you
say damn hell? Yeah. Idon't know. I just think I think

(01:18:09):
it would be an epic failure ifyou didn't do anything. Yeah, that
would be my opinion. I agreewith you on that one hundred percent.
Let's get into the eight o'clock hour. Dana Brown also spoke about Kyle Tucker
little frustration there. What's going onnow? That's next? From the top
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(01:22:11):
friend Shawn Salisbury, Bryan Lima,go Lobo. This is the Sean Salisbury
Show, Charlie over in Louisiana.We appreciate you holding Charlie. Good morning,
good morning. Hey. I justwant to say I think we should
show the bragman comments. Uh,he's having a subpar year offensively. I

(01:22:33):
wish he could hit in the twoseventy two eighty range. But I think
what he adds to us on defenseis worth what he's not doing offensively.
I mean, he's a great defensivethird baseman. Uh. He plays third
base like Cam and did he usedto play you know, hair on fire

(01:22:55):
and can sing the ball over thefirst base. Uh. Secondly, I
got to watch the Saturday night gameand al twove, I'm sure, like
all of us, are frustrated byhis first swing attitude when he gets to
the plate. But the other nighthe really cost us. He put us
in a bond with the bases loaded. I think it was the seventh or
eighth ending bases loaded to out andJose swung at three consecutive pitches that were

(01:23:20):
a good foot the foot and ahalf outside of all three sliders, three
sliders in the other batter's box.Yeah, and he just drives. It's
crazy, you know, and I'mgoing, Wow, what is in this
guy's brain. He's a potential Hallof Famer, but what does he think?
And that's my only comments. He'sjust very puzzling guy to figure out

(01:23:42):
how he can be such an eliteathlete. But then it's like he goes
brain dead on some of the atbat. You guys have a great day.
Thank you, Charlie appreciated Charlie.Yeah, youna be a little frustrating
the time, Z Sean. Yeah, there's no question about it. And
just when when Charlie said, justwhen the frustration kicks in, it drives

(01:24:03):
you crazy. He homers to beatyou and so and that's just who he
is. I put it this way. I don't think he's gonna you know,
sometimes we talk about patience as youget older. I don't think patience
in life. I don't think youget more patient get older. I think
you get more impatient. Maybe that'sthe case at the plate too. He's
a we talked about it, freeswinging. That's just going to be him

(01:24:26):
and it will drive you crazy.But at the same time, just a
second you're done saying what are youdoing, there'll be one out of the
strikes on the guy hammers into theCrawford box. You're like, I cannot
believe this this because he's so aggressive, especially trying to get out in front
of pitch, you know, outin front at the beginning and looking hunting
his pitch early. But yes,it's it's It can be maddening, there
is no doubt about it. Butthat's who he is. So you got

(01:24:49):
two choice. We can you know, chase that ghost of will he ever
change? And I don't think you'regoing to see that in the stage of
his career. And I get onepercent with Charlie saying, but while I'm
not good with it when it happens, I'm good with the overall package jose
al Toovey brings. It'll cost himat some point this year. Again,
he will chase something. We said, what are you doing? But he's

(01:25:11):
also gonna go out there and he'sgonna hit a double homer and you know,
and rip the ball and go ona run where you're like, damn
on bad pitches that are out ofthe strike zone. So everybody runs through
it. The difference is he somehowfinds a way to make up for some
of his you know, it's likeon the base pass, he's just as
frustrating. He'll he'll crush you,and then the next time he'll homer with

(01:25:33):
somebody at second base and he doesn'thave to get on base and they win
by two. So sometimes you gotto take the frustration with it, even
though it's mappening at times, nodoubt. Charlie's right. Yeah, I'm
talking about al Tuv chasing those sliderson the outside half into the others batter's
box. Sean, would you ratherchase those sliders or chase that neon rainbow
that live in the honky talk dream? Probably that one. I bet you

(01:25:56):
can't name that cut Blake Shelton,And it's a long enough name for Bady,
just say Blake Shell. He namedthe cutter of the artist. I
don't know both who sings it's it'scountry. Chasing that Rainbow? Live in
that Honky Tom dream, Come onshould Is Is it anything like a neon

(01:26:20):
light at the end of the time? No, no, no, no.
Chasing that Rainbow by Alan Jackson AlanJackson, Yeah, legend. You
know what? Hey, when daddylet me drive, man, I chasedaid
I chase that neon Rainbow? ReleasedJanuary first, nineteen eighty nine. I
wasn't even born yet. There yougo, all right, what made you

(01:26:42):
think of that? Well, yousaid chasing, and Charlie said chasing,
So I thought, huh. Andthen also another guy that chases pitches is
Hobby Baias. Have you seen howbad Hobby Baiaz is with the sliders on
the outer half? Yeah, andHobby Bias' bat is going south for a
minute. Okay, he's he's itis. He's a hard watch at the

(01:27:05):
plate, dude. Yeah, it'sa bad watch the plate. Yes,
yeah, it is. It isnot watch. Yeah. I just heard
chasing, And you know I'm aI'm a youth, that's the cut.
I'm a wealth of a youth,a youth of wealth of use, a
youth of wealthless knowledge, a wealthof not useless, but wealth of music
knowledge. We know this, It'sbeen it's been established on the Seawan Salisbury

(01:27:28):
Show that I have very good knowledgewhen it comes to music. So sources
close to you are telling you,Hello, sources me, you are.
You are the clothes You're the cutmaster. You've you've did, you have
designated yourself that, that's what peopleare saying, would be the cut master.
But I just I have the knowledge. You got some knowledge? Yeah,

(01:27:50):
so you're there, you're the musicmogul. Yes, here you go.
Yeah, I don't. I don'tknow if I can confirm that.
WHOA what do you mean, Mikedeny it? Why? I might be
able to? I might be.You can be on certain things. You
are certain things like I said,maybe a line here or too. Alan
Jackson got you with that one.But there are certain things that you may

(01:28:13):
just you might you might go emptyon. You know what I'm saying,
empty backfield on? Yeah? Whowas backfield to support that? Who's the
Dave? Who's not the Dave?David Busters? But who's the Ghostbusters guy
again that they all were talking aboutRay Parker Jr. That's an understandable miss.
I mean, it's like, howdo you not know who sings Ghostbusters?
You know? And there's other cuts, but understandable miss but like when

(01:28:36):
you missed, who's saying uh,you know, for instance, who's saying
Stairway to Heaven? Oh that's that'sinexcusable. Yeah, yeah, no,
yes, yeah, not yeah,but it's it's also led Zeppelin. That's
the one I'm referring to. It'suh, it's uh, that's what I'm

(01:28:56):
saying. Tears in Heaven is notStairway to Heaven. That led Zeppel Stairway
as you might have heard a coverby Eric Clapton, But that's not the
one. No, I'm thinking youjust vacinated. Why you're not the cut,
Why you're not the cutmaster? Ohyeah, it's like, uh,
it's like my good friend Nat Kingcole Yeah right, some one referred to
him as that Cole King. Yeah, who did that? But who's keeping

(01:29:19):
count? Who who's keeping score?I didn't realize we were a scoreboard watching
again? Yeah, I mean,who does it? You know, get
out of people's wallet and get outof people's scoreboard. You don't have to
saying dog wow, isn't that theway? Shoot? We stay out of
people's wallet. We might as wellstay out of there some of their ineptness,
you know what I mean? Okay, now it's in. You know
what, I didn't know that.I didn't know that that verbiage from the

(01:29:42):
AJ song from the Alan Jacksons.All right, he's on his Dude,
I think he's gonna go. He'son his last concert tour too. Oh
is he? No? I thinkyeah, there's I think there's a health
issue for Alan Jackson. No way, dude. Look, I'm pretty sure
I thought I heard it on.I thought I heard it that. I
mean, he's fine, but thatwe're the mode skills they did, they're
not keeping up. There's something goingon that I heard on on uh the

(01:30:06):
from the one of the DJs onserious on White two Country over the weekend.
I I believe there is something they'retalking about get the tickets, because
he's admitted that there's some some motorskills things that are going on that with
with him that uh, you know, because he's such a friggin legend.
So I'm pretty sure I'm correct onthis. So he announced it a couple

(01:30:29):
of years ago that he had thathe has degenerative nerve condition that he received
uh, he actually inherited from hisfather and affects his mobility and balance on
stage. There you go, andso that there that he the continent.
I don't think it means he's gotto quit singing, but the live concerts
to prevent you Here we go.Found it. Sorry, I found it.
Alan Jackson said he's hanging it upfull time right after one last country

(01:30:54):
music tour, and it is dueto his oh my goodness, it is
uh are caught Marie tooth. It'sa it's a it's a strange name,
and it's I think fairly is agenetic neurological condition that affects muscle control and
the feet and hands. Oh mygosh. Yeah, it's not. His
voice is gonna be fine, Butto go on concert, you know,

(01:31:15):
you don't want to. He doesn'twant to put himself in those situations.
He's ot a hell. I mean, he's a legend, and I'm sure
he's still going to sing, butlive concert tours that could be an unfortunate
set of circumstances. So I knew, I knew. I heard that right
over the weekend. So if youget a chance to see him on this
tour, do it legend. Oneof the all time greats. Yeah,
one of the all time greats isAlan Alan Jackson. You know who else

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going to be a hell great deadlinewatch in Major League Baseball with the deadline

(01:33:51):
tomorrow at five o'clock central to atongue of Ilo at Jordan Love both signing
massive contracts over the weekend in theNFL. Seven three two two seven ninety
is the number to join. Let'stalk to Ray. Ray. Good morning,
Ray, good morning. I justwant to let you another reason why
the Ashros won this weekend is Ihad a Dodger burn party in the back

(01:34:15):
of my my backyard with a burnpit and is quite lovely. I videotaped
it. Also, the uh Am, I the only one that was,
had a stomach ache seeing the nameof Jo and Ryan on the back of
a Dodger jersey. It just mademe upset. But who are we looking
for? Is now in the tradedeadline. I can hang up and hear

(01:34:41):
your comments. Appreciate it right,thank you well. Uh East Soak Paratus
was one of the top prospects thatthe Astros are gonna are not prospects but
players that at the Astros are gonnatry and go and get. He is
now with the Chicago Cubs. Ibelieve U. E. Flyn was also
taking off the board. Yep,he was traded as well. I know

(01:35:01):
they were looking maybe to look forhim as well. Uh, he was
sent to the Baltimore Orioles. It'sa huge that's a huge get. Yeah,
there's no doubt. Yeah, he'she's pitched well over the last couple
of years and he's pitching the WorldSeries. So he's got that, especially
if the Orioles are going to tryto make a run to get to the
World Series. So there's still somepitchers out there. James and tie On

(01:35:26):
is another name that the Astros havebeen tied to. Jack Flaherty maybe they
could go after. So there's somenames still out there. You know,
we're just gonna have to see howit goes over the next what thirty hours,
I guess, And we don't knowwhat. There's probably names that we
haven't mentioned that there that they seeand are thinking about that they don't want
anybody to know about it. Imean, other than the obvious ones that

(01:35:50):
you mentioned, the ones we've talkedabout in the past, I'm not sure.
I mean, would you if you'reit's like getting ready for the draft,
are you going to even your insiders, the people you're close with that
break information, Are you going totell them names pre so the names get
out there. I don't want peopleto know certain things, you know what

(01:36:11):
I'm saying. Some thing's got tobe completely protected. Were you're like,
oh, I didn't know they wereinterested in that guy and they pulled it
off. So there may be aname or two that we haven't discussed,
or that's not even being discussed inguys who have extra insight, who do
that for a living, that wedon't know. But I can tell you
this, it's starting pitching. Butthe closer it gets, the more I'm
either concerned that it's not going tobe who they want or two that a

(01:36:33):
blockbuster, bigger deals in the worksthat they're just trying to work out that
it's like the wow factor deal.So but we know this, the starting
pitcher is the top priority. Yeah, Yeah, there's no question. A
couple other names being reported this morning. Obviously I mentioned James and tie on
Eric Fetti for the White Sox writein a pitcher seven to four so far

(01:36:58):
this season was three point one pointone e er. He's appeared in twenty
one games all twenty one of thosegames he has started. Uh you say
Kakuchi for the Toronto Blue Jays,left handed pitcher. We saw him a
couple of weeks ago when the Astrosplayed him. Then, obviously you have
the popular names of Garrett Crochet,You've got Schooble, even though we don't

(01:37:21):
know if the Tigers are even goingto try to move him. Those are
you know, shoot for the starstype mentality, because that's gonna take a
lot to go get those guys.But there are some other names being surfaced
this morning in regards to the Astrostrade deadline. And just like you said,
John, they are pitchers, sothey need arms. Dana Browns talked
about it may not just be oneas well, It may not just be

(01:37:44):
one arm. Who knows. Maybeit's two starters. Maybe it's a starter
and a bullpen guy, say aguy who can give you both. Maybe
it's I and I don't think it'sjust gonna be a guy. I think
it's gonna be somebody. And whatdo you consider a guy? I don't
know. Maybe some people consider aguy a non popular name. There's plenty
of non popular names that are reallygood pictures, and so I don't know.

(01:38:06):
I mean if you can get afetti won ten you know, yeah,
I didn't do it. You knowwhat I'm saying. I mean there
because my name is King crow Bar. Okay, I mean silver bullets.

(01:38:26):
Yes, yes, you are sostupid. You're gonna you make up the
call. You made the call andsaid we want fetti and we would like
you guys to throw in some iceand some silver bullets with the trade.
Don't you love it? I thinkwe might be the only ones that understand
that inside joke right now. Hasno idea what we're talking about. I

(01:38:49):
mean, listen, listen. Youmay not be rich, but if if
I went back by me would Yeah, but if I if I win the
trade deadline, it could be aboat you and a truck to pullet with
a one tin ice down with somesilver bullets at shot. Got to give

(01:39:11):
it to you, though, Igot to give you. That's a good
crow Bar. It is really good. That's really good kid. Make sure
we bring that back, can't Wecan come back with that cut because it's
buy me a boat by Chris Janssen. Yeah, that's it's so. And
if you throw in some ice andsome silver bullets dude, and you grab
that Fetti one tin. I'm indude, because I got news for you.

(01:39:34):
You're going to look at like sportinggoods. Those the YETI one tin's
ain't cheap. No they're not.And a Fetti one ten may cost a
little bit, maybe not as muchas you'd think. You might get that
a little more discounted. But yeah, the King Crowbar, dude, I
thought you might appreciate that. Ohman, that's good. And I didn't
think about it until you hit hisname. I said, hell, yeah,

(01:39:54):
I want to Fetti one ten.Let's go. So for those listening
that have no idea, we're talkingabout Chris Jansen country song is called buy
Me a Boat, and the lyricsit could buy me a boat, It
could buy me a truck to pullit. It could buy me a Yetti
one ten ice down with some silverbullets. Sean play on words, Eric
fetti yetti at rhymes fetti won tenget it got it good? Yeah?

(01:40:15):
Because I mean listen, one thingI do know when that when that when
you get that yetti, I meanyou could put I I bought a YETI
and I'm on this trip for myyou know, my travel RV and got
it outside. Ice down, truetrue story. Now ice down, and
you put ice in those yetties.And I'm not telling any thing. Anybody

(01:40:35):
don't know, but it's one hundredand fifteen out here, one hundred and
twelve. Yeah, you leave itout there. The ice won't melt for
three days, four days. Iput ice in when I got here,
which was last weekend. Yeah right, I got last week Do you realize
there's still ice in the damn thing? Is there? Really? I mean
I put at the bottom. Istill have to put ice in the top
every like two days. But youthink about that. So if Fetti,

(01:40:59):
if Fetti want and can give uswhat a YETI won ten does and cool
down people for a couple of days, that'd be good for the rotation.
I'll take him. You feel me, King crowbar dog. That's pretty good.
Man. Oh man, Let's let'sgo to break because we got ASTROS
broadcaster Steve Sparks joining the show nexton s on The Shawn Salisbury Show,

(01:41:19):
The Shawn Salisbury Show continued, isthat time of the week we're gonna welcome
in Astros broadcast or Steve Sparks,We sure are. It's our regular eight
thirty visit on Mondays and what acall he over the weekend? Classic stell,
we welcome in Steve Sparks. Now, Steve, do you have the
bat flip? Did it land inthe press box? One of the all

(01:41:41):
time greats? Brother? How youdoing that? Was? That? Was?
That was a classic? It landedup here? Hey, real quick,
tripley, do you have that?Do you have that? Pull that
up for Steve so he can hearit here and pay our respects to one
of the greats here. So yeah, I have at I know you do,
but we all do. But itwas It was, dude, It
was classic. And as always wemay not like hearing ourselves, but when

(01:42:05):
you do what you do, everybodyloves it. And it was an awesome
call. And and tripley let usknow when you got it? Yeah,
he's getting it. We love doingthis live on air. Steve, you
know what you know? So Ishouldn't. I should have warned it.
Smooth, good transitions. Here,there we go, There we go,

(01:42:30):
we go, all right, herewe go. Here's Steve Sparks on the
call and walk off. Alex BregmanBragman with the backflip that landed in our
booth. That was great. Obviously, you Robert Robert Ford chuck, yeah,
good chuckle of the background after hemade the call this game is over.
And the bat flip by Bregman Stevein truth and it was a great

(01:42:54):
call and a great moment reminders ofthis team's clutch performance. It hit like
this is who the Astros are againsta good team in those moments and it
must have been a big watch.But I actually thought this weekend felt like
playoff baseball. It did. Yeah, three sellout crowds playing the Dodgers,

(01:43:15):
and to that game in particular,coming back and capping off five nothing deficits.
So to be able to do thatin Bragman, who's got the most
swag of anybody on the team,to be able to get that job done,
it was perfect. So we hada great time, and you know,
everybody that was watching or listening orat the ballpark had had a great
time, especially because it was theDodgers. Hey, Steve, is that

(01:43:38):
swag? We talked about it.You know, when you're losing, it's
tough to you know, to dothe things that they do. But when
they were been at their best,there's been this and the swagger and the
confidence and the smiling and the happyI know it's easier when you're winning,
but that kind of looked like,Okay, we need more of it.
Was it had to be nice,And I think there's a direct correlation between

(01:44:00):
swagger and winning, which is obvious. But do we expect to see that
the rest of the year with theway they're playing and with the way they're
acting, Well they should. Youknow, a lot of guys are rolling
pretty well right now, especially Bregman. When you talk about Bregman the way
he started the year or where heis now, it's been going on for
about six weeks. I think theway he's swinging the bat, I feel
like something's good, something could happenevery time he steps in there. So

(01:44:26):
they're in a pretty good spot.You get Tucker back Man. I like
this lineup, maybe a little bittoo much swinging mess at the bottom third
every once in a while in certainmatchups. But Joe Espada has done a
phenomenal job. I think with hispinch hitting, guys have been coming through
at a very high clip as faras the pinch hitters go. So he
knows those matchups going into these games, and it's been fun man. I

(01:44:50):
think one of the twenty three andten last thirty three games. It's nothing
to sneeze at. So what theAstros have been able to do without some
guys has been fantastic. Steve,you mentioned Joe a spotty, you know,
like all managers do, you getgood stuff and then you get bad
stuff and the slow start people ashe in over his head? Is he

(01:45:13):
over all all the talk? Buthe's never changed his demeanor, the way
he handles press conferences, none ofit's he stayed the course, which a
lot of us are yo yelling upand down. So with that not not
a grade, but have you seenhim like a player? He's a rookie
manager. Have you seen him growinto the role even though he's been familiar
with this team, but grow intothe managerial role as the season's gone on

(01:45:35):
with certain decisions he's made. Ihave, you know, and I knew
the communications skills we're going to bethere to begin with, but it's just
being able to, you know,kind of navigate some of this stuff.
Now, would you agree with howyou've chased wins to get to this point,
you know, and the way they'veused some of the relievers fifteen games

(01:45:58):
for hater who's pissing in games thatthey weren't winning. You're you're going to
scratch your head and go how inthe world. But they had to do
it, Sean, And I don'tblame I don't blame him one bit.
They've had they've had to chase thesewins. So to be where they are
right now, I think says alot about the way he's handled things.
And you know, you go outthere and you win these games to get

(01:46:20):
back in it, and you'll worryabout all the other stuff. Later,
Steve Sparks aso's broadcaster for his weeklyvisit at eight thirty on Mondays, Steve,
with all this good. You mentionedtwenty three and ten, the last
thirty three, and there's a lotgood. But your job is you know,
you do it such a great jobof under every week you come on
here and tell us stuff that we'relike, Okay, this is a different

(01:46:40):
way to look at it, ina unique way, in a good way.
So with this you mentioned swing andmiss in the bottom third of the
order, Well, is is theresomething else that? I don't know if
it concerns the right word, Butthey makes you like, makes you a
little uncomfortable with the lineup right nowor what they're doing with it, what's
still missing, aside from injuries,to make them to where you're even more

(01:47:01):
comfortable than you already are, becauseI know you love the lineup when they're
going good. You know, I'mnot going to say that there's anything that
I really cringe, you know,as far as some of these guys,
some of these guys are young andthey're still trying to learn their way to
be too anxious in big moments.So I feel pretty good about a lot
of these guys. I'd say hittingwith two strikes from time to time,

(01:47:24):
guys, you know, just beingable to choke up and put it in
play. That's kind of a lostart that we don't see many teams do
it all these days. But towin playoff baseball and to play selfless baseball,
which we've seen in the playoffs,I mean, I think those are
the game that the situational hitting iswhere the Astros will be better than the

(01:47:45):
other teams when it matters most Steve. I asked Dana Brown probably a month
maybe six weeks ago, I askedhim about and I don't think I've told
you to ask you about this yetor mention this year. I asked him
about the home run ball. Youknow, teams who live in long ball,
which is great, but with alaunch angle and all that, and
as in in the APEX has changed. But I said, if you were

(01:48:05):
going to sustain winning and you know, the last one hundred or ninety games
of the season, or if youhad your druthers, your choice of the
long ball or winning by small ball, what tells me more about your team?
And he said winning by small ballwould be his preference and that would
tell us more agree or disagree.Well, to beat the best pickers,

(01:48:30):
I feel like you got to doa little bit of both, and I
don't want to. Yeah, hewasn't diminishing the home run, Stephen,
Yeah, he wasn't diminishing the homerun. He was just saying how important
that moving runners over at the righttime and small ball was to for consistency.
Yeah. Yeah, when you getthat leadoff double, you know,
and you can almost equate that,and thank goodness, they don't do it

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in the playoffs. With that secondbase in the extra innings and that next
batter, that first batter after thegame, it's the double. It's so
important whether how my inning is goingto shape up, and if you can
hit it to the right side,and if you could pull the ball if
you're left, if you can figureout a way to position yourself in the
box to get that job done,then that's that's half the battle. That's

(01:49:15):
how you win those games, youknow. And and doing that that that
runner on second base, nobody out. Get the runner over, you know,
take your shot the other way.If it falls in for a hit,
that's a bonus. But at thevery least third base with less than
two of us, you're gonna wina lot of games. So the Astros
have done really well against the bestpitchers this year. Corvin Burns they beat,

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They beat Trek Scugle, they beatGarrett Crochet and Pablo Lopez. They
beat a lot of aces. They'regoing to see another one today. But
uh but the long ball, Seanis played a bit part in those.
They hit four homers against Burns inthe last two times he started against them.
So I don't want to diminish whatthe on ball does to a team

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in these games these days. Youknow, it's just a part of it.
And to win a lot of thesegames, you got a slug.
Oh. Yeah, I think theAstros certainly have a lot of guys who
can leave the ballpark. Yeah,And I think part of it was him
saying, we'll be better more consistentwith we can heap out of the ballpark,
but moving being able to do thoselittle extra things, moving runners over

(01:50:23):
part of the small ball would helpus establish more consistency. And he,
like you believes them both And whodoesn't, Steve. We have a caller
who's a diehard fan. You've probablyyou know you listen, You've probably a
Ronnie who who's who dives deep intothis. And he didn't even know if
you'd know the answer, But Ifigured we'd ask you because he asked us
to ask you, And I thought, why not when when Orkidi and Garcia,

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you know, those young pitchers whohad to come in and do their
thing in World Series runs? AndI had mentioned that Arraghetti and Hunter Brown
as a full time starter and eventhough he's not young, Renelle Blanco his
first full season starting like this inthe Major so there's a similarity. But
he wanted to know other teams andbeing the fact that you watched the Astros
so much, is there a teamout there that has young that is in

(01:51:08):
a similar situation the Astros were inwhere they're going to have to rely on
young pitching like the Astros did andstill do to get where they want to
go. And he didn't really knowthe answer. And I don't know that
answer, but I didn't know ifyou did or if you've seen along in
the travels this year a team that'slike, well, they're not just relying
on veterance. There's a couple ofyoung starters. I don't know, is
it Baltimore? Is there some teamwe're missing and maybe a couple names.

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If not, no big deal,but he wanted to know if you may
have that answer. Well, thefirst two series, this series, the
Astros are facing five out of sixrookie starters. So you know, the
Dodgers just threw three rookie starters athim, with River Ryan at the point,
Gavin Stone and who Robleski the secondday, and they're going to rely

(01:51:51):
on those guys and that that dudeyesterday River Ryan looked good. I mean
that kid, yeah, yeah,so and they all they all look good,
to be honest with you, SoI think the Dodgers are going to
rely on those guys and you know, you're rolling the dice on Clayton Kershaw
at this stage of his career.So we'll see how they shape up as

(01:52:12):
far as their health a little lateron. But I think they're going to
have to roll in there with someyoung guys, Paul Skins, Garrett Jones
with Pittsburgh, you know, ifthey make the playoffs, they are certainly
going to headline their rotation. Sothere's a few teams out there, you
know, And I think guys getto the big leagues now and they're much
better prepared to go out there andpitch on these stages because they've been doing

(01:52:32):
it since they were fourteen, right, they were recognized real early that they
had a special talent. So they'vebeen facing the best and the best in
Atlanta, you know, in SanDiego and all these places around the country,
and they're used to it. They'reused to the attention in the bright
lights. Yeah, Steve reminds meof rookie quarterbacks. Now, we's have

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one here in CJ. Stroud.We watched mahomes Soon we see the Josh
Allen Lamar Jackson playing in front ofone hundred thousand Ohio State and Michigan you've
been in these big moments. It'sjust and now you're getting paid well in
college, they're getting paid now allthe time. So that's that we're allowed
to do that now. But you'reexactly right that if parisons are pretty amazing.
Yeah, it's much more sophisticated gamein college now, right for those
border grade you know, they're they'rethey're reading the defenses as much like they

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would at the pro level now,much more so than they did back when
you were playing, right, farfar more different, And there's so many
different specializations. You know, we'redoing so many more formations and personnel groupings.
They've got a lot to grasp andthen to be able to execute it
and play fast because they are playingfaster than they've ever played. So yeah,
and you got your mind's got toyou got you got to get through
those reads. Your eyes got tomove quick. So there's so many similarities,

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all right, Steve. You knowthe elephant in the rooms the trade
deadline, and we're we're what fiveo'clock tomorrow Central time, so we're what
thirty some hours away from that?Does just the not having a move done
yet give you that there's going tobe and I say the desperation because you
you don't want desperation or should weas you mentioned more of a wow factor

(01:53:59):
opportun unity that you still think somethinglike that's going to happen. I think
the only failure would be that nothinghappens. That's my opinion, whether it's
right or wrong, I think something'sgoing to happen. Where do you stand
on where we are right now withthirty some hours away from that deadline?
Well, I asked Dana yesterday,you know where he thought, you know,
things were going and where they wereright now? He just felt like

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it was really slow. They've gota million million things out there and they're
they're trying like crazy, and they'vethey've got their names in the hat on
a bunch of them. And hejust says that everybody is just going really
slow. And he thinks it's eithergoing to be tonight or tomorrow before the
Astros gets up and done. Somaybe it'll be before then. But he

(01:54:44):
just said it's going slower than theyhad imagined. But they've been very aggressive
and they're in on a ton ofguys, and he says it over and
over, it's all about pitching.We know that, whether it's starting is
the number one per priority. Thenit's relief pitcher priority. I said,
what's third priority? I said,is a corner infield or what is it?
And he says, it's just abat, you know, it doesn't

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have to be a certain position oranything like that. He would love another
left handed bat in the lineup,but he said, that's definitely third priority.
But starting pitching, man, they'vecast their net out there for a
lot of different guys, and Iwould imagine it's some guys that we probably
haven't even talked about yet. Yeah, we were saying that before you came

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on, Steve, there's names outthere that nobody's talking about that maybe one
of those guys or two of thoseguys that end up here. So Steve,
there's a chance we could. Imean, you expect something to happen,
but it could get a little frenziedaround baseball, right if the movement
goes like damn, eight moves ina matter of an hour for different teams.
We could see some of that inthe next handful hour, whether it's
tonight or tomorrow morning. It soundslike it's going to be a frenzy,

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you know, and it might starttonight and it might start tomorrow morning.
But it sounds like everybody's just tryingto get all their ducks in a row,
and they're lining things up, andthey outed on the talk board of
what everybody's offering. You know.There might be seven or eight teams offering
for one pitcher, you know,and they just have to weigh and probably

(01:56:09):
negotiate and see if they can geta little bit more with the leverage that
they have. Because there's so manymore buyers than there are sellers, so
I don't blame them, you know. And as a as a buyer,
you might get a little frustrated athow slow it's going and how much more
do you have to go out there? But when there's that many, that
many bidders, you're gonna have tooverpay, and and everybody understands that,

(01:56:30):
and that's why that's why these offersare going to be so enticing, no
question about it. And not abad situation to be tied for first place
of all the things that have happened, right still, I mean, it's
it's it's a pretty good situation tobe in. Everything's a bonus as long
as you get what you went outthere to get, and Steve, You'll
get a chance to watch another ACEtonight. What a treat it's going to
be to watch schemes on the moundand a chance for the Astros to beat

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another ace. They just keep themcoming, man, So it'll be fun.
And we always appreciate your insight.The next time we talk, we'll
be headed towards down the stretch andhopefully I'll be talking about whoever the new
editions are, Steve, and weappreciate you all. Yeah, then off
we go. Yeah, looking forwardto it. So thanks for having me.
I would just say, man,be patient. They're doing everything that

(01:57:15):
they can to get to get itdone and to improve this team. And
I'm with you, guys. Iheard you a little bit as I was
waiting to come on. This teamneeds a pitcher to keep everybody else healthy
more than anything, so we'll seewhere it goes. If not, then
you cross your fingers on on JustinBerlander and Luis Garcia being able to contribute
here pretty soon, no doubt.And every staff is somewhere around baseball is

(01:57:39):
going to be going through some sortof health issue and concern about a picture
somewhere along the line. There's noquestion Steve. We appreciate you great stuff,
and have Bregman autographed the bat flipfor you, brother, the one
that landed in the press box.And I appreciate it, my man,
you got it, thanks so much. I appreciate that. All right,
Yes, the great Steve Sparks,we'll come back and discuss here. It
is Sports Talk seven ninety and itis Sean Salisbrichow with TRIPLEY and Brian Olee

(01:58:01):
mccoming right back. Let's go.This is this Sean Salisbury show. But
the Baltimore Orioles continue to look fortop of the rotation arm. Why would
you trade him? Hey? Yeah, the tigers you have, you shouldn't.
Why would you trade him? Asyou heard our our Yettie one ten
Fetti one, Eric Fetty and anduh triple A good job of getting that

(01:58:25):
stuff up for Steve Sparks. Ididn't even warn him and he was boom
popped it right up there, souh didn't even warn I mean Triple E
to you know for the call.So it was good stuff and great hearing
from Steve Sparks. I'm sitting heretrying to figure out, okay, what
what what advantage is trading him aquality frontline starter, left hander. If
you're trying to build a future,he's not old. I'm trying to figure

(01:58:49):
out why you why you? Ifyou're selling, you'll sell him. Well,
we're going to get probably, youknow what, one thing you'll never
be able to do, one thingyou can never replace, or it takes
a long time to replace his armafter arm after arm, left handed arm,
right. Well, if I'm tryingto figure why, why is he
in the cellar? Why? Becauseyou can't afford to pay him soon?

(01:59:10):
Is that what it is? Isthat? Why? But if you're if
you're aj Hinch, wouldn't you bekicking and screaming in the front off say
we can't get rid of him.We're trying to build something here. Isn't
he Isn't he one of your staples? Yeah? He is seventy. That's
my point. He's coming into theprime of his career. You can't just

(01:59:30):
keep his I'm not just talking aboutDetroit, I'm talking about anybody. How
do you keep If you're a teamthat wants to get over the top,
remove the astros from this state.They've arrived in there every year in contention,
But if you're one of these teams. That's still you're continuing to labor
to get yourself to another position.What did the Diamondbacks do these last couple
of years. They have a pitchingcoach named Brent Strom Right, yep.

(01:59:54):
They went out and got themselves somestarters and some guys and they developed them
on the major league roster and keptthem and they were in the World Series
last year. Well, they havegood hitters. What do we know the
Arizona Diamonbacks by last year they're pitching. So if you're Ajhnch and he's not
the one making these decisions, Imean, I'm sure he's got a hand
in given insight. And you're tryingto get Detroit back to Kurt Gibson days,

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just like Arizona was trying to getback to Randy Johnson and Gonzo days
where they to go to a WorldSeries and win it. What are you
doing? That's what I'm trying tothink. And like when you were the
White Sox, I know your waysaway and you can't sometimes owners and we'll
talk more about it, like whenyou give when you're willing to let Dylan
Ceesk go. Yeah, those areno hitter Last week, I just Brian,

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I'm trying to figure out this brandof baseball these days. You get
a guy ready in the privates career, now you said, well, we
may have to pay a little more, so let's just get rid of him
for prospects that may not work outanyway. I've never understood you give me
a twenty seven year old stud.I don't care if you got three your
top three prospects in your organization thatyou're trading him for. There's a chance

(02:01:00):
that two of the three are notgonna be great. Am I right or
wrong? Where's a chance? Right? Matter of fact, if they can
get the school ball's position, you'relike, okay, our school's position,
You're like, okay, I'll takeit. I just don't I understand at
thirty four, but twenty seven theprime your career left hander? What are
you doing here? I'm trying totry to figure these things out. You're
trying to build something, and inbuilding you take away a huge part of

(02:01:24):
the puzzle. It's part of yourbuilding block. It'd be like right now
going in and saying, you knowwhat, here's I think it's a great
idea. Let's go trade Hunter Brown. Right now? What I just done
I know that the Detroit's not theHouston Astros, but Brian is just baffling
to me. I think about this. You move, why why are you

(02:01:45):
then the same thing you're moving?What are you gonna want in two years,
Brian, the guy you moved,right, you're gonna want an arm
that arm right, the very guyyou moved you win unless you can upgrade
from him, why would you tradehim? And even even if you're in
Chicago with with with their guy Crochet, well easy, why you're trying to

(02:02:10):
find young hymns? So why areyou getting rid of him? Why are
you trying to move him? Idon't know, dude, It's just to
me sometimes I don't understand. Well, but you can get three for the
price one, but what if thosethree suck ass? There is no guarantee
that a top prospect. You wantme to roll through hundreds of them that
that didn't turn out to be reallygood baseball players when you got a guy

(02:02:32):
who is. I don't know,man, I just I'm glad the Astros
aren't doing that. But it's bafflingto me. It just is you're trying
to get to the top, andon the way to the top, you
cut your legs off. Makes nosense to me. I don't get it.
Let's uh well, let's continue thediscussion as we get into the nine
o'clock hour seven one three, twotwo, five, seven ninety. Andy
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Show over the weekend in the NFL. Seven one three two one two five
seven ninety Andy, Good morning.What's your thoughts on Joe A Spada?
I just want I want you guysto check me and make sure I'm not
losing my mind. Okay, youknow I'll do that for me. So

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we're head coaching and we're coming intothis series Thursday. There was no game,
right correct, Okay, so everybody'sfresh, right, yes, in
the boat. Then it's four tonothing going in the seventh inning. Okay,
so you come Presley, I mean, you go, Bragh who Presley
had her? You throw hat herin the ninth inning when it's five to

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nothing. You put Hatter in thegame when it's five to nothing. Okay,
that doesn't make sense to me.So so the next game Saturday,
hater, hater did not. Haterdid not pitch. Yes he did Friday
Friday Night, No he did not. Fromer Valdez, Brian and Brady,

(02:04:44):
Ryan, Presley, Taylor Scott.Oh that Scott in the finished Okay,
my bad, My bad. Ithought it was Hatter, My bad.
Okay, So but you went thosethree, which is good, good,
But why why even bring Presley inthe game? Why why I brak here?
You got a four to nothing lead. It's not a one run,
it's not two run, it's afull run lead. That's when you go

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with your lesser guys and if theyget in tumble boom, pull them.
So the next day you got aclose game and you come with Team King
pitches two thirsdnning gives up two hitsand two runs. Score. It goes
nineteen pitches, nineteen pitches a break. Who's those ten pitches on Saturday?

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Ten pitches and he gets three outs? So what does he come with last
night? In a three to twogame? He comes back with King.
Now, Presley hadn't pitched since Friday. He hasn't pitched since Friday. Do
you know what Presley's done his lastfourteen and two third innings. He's giving

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up six hits, zero row runsin the last fifteen games. Princeley has
been on five the last fifteen appearances. And he gets to pitch one time
over the weekend, one time,and it's when it's four to nothing and

(02:06:10):
he's sitting riding the freaking pine.Then and a Sparta goes back to back
with King, who had a badouting Saturday, and he brings his butt
back on Sundays. Now, youtell me why, Please try to tell
me why does that makes sense?No, but you said you're you'd say

(02:06:34):
tell you are you out of yourmind? You're asking two guys that are
out of their mind to convince theguy who's out of his mind. What
does it make sense? I'm withyou, No, I know and listened
and it is and we appreciate theinside Andy, I know the frustration.
I get it. It doesn't meanand at the time when Presley has been

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going good, you want to milkit, right, I get it,
I do. There are certain thingsthat's you know, managers or decisions will
be made that we may not likefrom where we sit. And it's not
even a matter like and it's ingame situations you're talking about. I don't
know, Brian, do you havea different answer other than sometimes trying to
get into that. I understand whenwe're going back to back games and we've

(02:07:16):
had this conversation before, right,you're not throwing that. We had the
conversation when Presley, I mean whena bray you, Presley and Hater went
back to back on a Thursday Fridaybefore the All Star break. But didn't
they they'd let them rest Saturday andSunday, didn't pitch them, and then
we're heading into an All Star break. So you know, sometimes you say,
well, why why why they hadsix more days to get to rest

(02:07:40):
too after that? Why not throwthem in a Sunday game when it was
a close game. Well, forwhatever reason. So I think there's some
things that make us scratch our head. But my only thing is it's closer
to the situation. There's got tobe psychological part of it too, about
getting guy work, giving guy rest, knowing that maybe there's an inning threshold
on a you know, on backto back days, or pitches that they

(02:08:01):
don't want to get to. Idon't know. I'd love to sit here
and say I know what Joe's thinking, or any other manager for that matter,
on a regular basis, but Idon't. Other than some of the
logical stuff that we see on aregular basis, some meological tell me a
manager who doesn't make decisions that youthink, what are you doing? Don't
you think that same way? Yeah? And so again with the with the
Brian A bra you thing on Fridaynight, he was already hot in the

(02:08:22):
bullpen, so already throwing pitches onthat arm because it was for nothing,
and then they attacked on an insurancerun. And I think at that point,
even the broadcasters we were talking aboutit that since he was already up
and going, that you threw him. Okay, I understand that point.
And then I'm not privy, andneither we are not privy to whatever game
planning that Joe Aspota, Josh Millerand the rest of that coaching staff has

(02:08:46):
going into a baseball game. Andin the bottom of no, I'm sorry,
the top of the seventh yesterday,Seth Martinez was in, he issues
a walk, and then Brian Kingcomes in and it's a lefty on lefty
matchup. He strikes out Otani onthree pitches. Now, okay, you
come in and get your job done. And then he comes back in to

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start the top of the eighth inningobviously gives up a home run. So
yeah, I mean you can,you can question that, but again I'm
not. I'm not privy neither ofyou to whatever game planning they thought.
Now, now from our standpoint,yeah, Ryan Presley hasn't pitched. He's
pitched extremely well. He hasn't pitch. That's Friday night. Why not use
that that top of the eighth tobring Ryan Presley in or however you need

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fit again, I mean high Tightstwenty twenty. It didn't work out,
but right, and here's what wedo too, is fan and I understand
we're all frustrated at times. Weare, But you say, not privy
to the game plan. We're alsonot privy to conversations they're having exactly with
the pitcher during the day, duringduring batting practice where they're warming up,
saying how you feel today? Whatdo you think? Well, my my

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arm's a little tired. Well,then you do that, and as a
manager, you got to protect usas you're not gonna come out and say,
hey, Presley told me his armwas worn out, and we can
get mad at whether an arms shouldbe worn out or not. The point
is is that we don't know andthe conversations, but I do know there's
communication. Steve has mentioned the communicationthat Joe as with his players has been
off the charts from day one.So I don't imagine you make many decisions

(02:10:16):
on the field during a game withoutknowing, especially pitching decisions from the bullpen
that you haven't communicated pre or withthe game plan mixed in that say okay,
if we're in this situation, weare sticking to this plan. So
Andy, I get your frustration,but that may be it. And in
the brave You situation, you're exactlyright. And Steve Sparks has mentioned this
before that they get up and you'relike, okay, you get up and

(02:10:39):
get you know, get juiced up, and you start your sweating and get
going. And then today, Imean you've basically thrown what Brian fifteen twenty
extra pitches, right, yeah,and that is your appearance. So you're
like, I mean, you know, it's the similar to when a rain
delay hits a starting pitcher. Howoften does he come back out and get
doesn't? He does exactly, Sofor a bullpen, it's kind of their
similar It's similar to what they do. You know, you anticipate while he's

(02:11:01):
up, Well, he's going andhe's intense, and now he's oh,
he's not coming in. Well,you're getting him up a bunch of times,
says could be a deeper effect thanjust one game. And you know,
to answer my own question, Iwas thinking about this and about the
schooble thing, right, and Iand you know, I'm a little maddened
by how would you why do youtrade a twenty seven year old left hander

(02:11:22):
when when you're looking to replace himwith twenty seven year old left handers that
are good, right, I mean, that's what you're trying to find,
Guys, you're trying to find youget rid of. I've always wanted this
in sports. Now. I knowsome guys are head cases and all that
in other situations, but when yougot what you're looking for, why get
rid of what you have for somethingyou may not get? That makes sense?
So have you thought about this?What is this, this Schooble thing?

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Don't you think you'd want to getrid of? Are you trying to
find somebody that would take that,would take hobby Buyas with him? Yeah,
Scooble, take hobby Buyas and getrid of that crap and that contract
and that that that just the guywho the guy can't hit anymore. He
chases, I mean, he chaseseverything and in turn grabbing a couple two

(02:12:07):
or three prospects and saying, okay, the sting of schoobl is bothersome.
But if we'll give you him,and you're giving us three prospects, but
you're taking hobby bias with him,makes sense? Yeah? That is the
only why else. Now listen,if you think you want to move somebody
hobby bias, put this way.You want to move hobby bias far more
than you want to move Schooble.I assure you of that. So if

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you say, okay, well,the only way I'm taking that dude is
if I get that dude. Well, the only way you're getting that dude.
You can have Bias, but Ineed three what could be dudes.
And so then you make the dealbecause to me, on a normal circumstance,
you don't you don't part with aguy like that. But he's got
the albatross around his neck, thatbig. It's like that guy who was

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supposed to be a power hitting infielderwho can do a lot, who strikes
his swing. He just missed anotherball out of the strike zone just now
at eight in the morning, andwest goest Bias just missed the ball out
of the strike zone. Why becauseyou know he swung at the damn thing.
Am I right? Yeah, slideron the outer half. If the
guy jumped off a boat in themiddle of the Atlantic Ocean or the Pacific

(02:13:13):
Ocean, he'd miss water. Okay, So that's why I mean, at
least a thought for why you'd moveScooble. Put it this way, If
Scooble does move, what do youbet that that Hobby Bias is in the
deal. I wouldn't be surprised.Yeah, here, take him off our
hands. Please tell you it's it'sat least it's something to think about.
For why am I mad? Mynut job? I think, why would

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I get rid of that guy togo get somebody who hopes like that guy?
So there you go, There yougo. All right, We'll keep
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closer and closer they play in theHall of Fame game this Thursday evening on
the first seven one three two onetwo, seven ninety is the number to
join here on the Shawn Salisbury shoLet's go to Wade. Wade, we
appreciate you holding brother. What's goingon? Hey, what's going on?
Guys? Hey? I got twocomments, So I'm I'm a little frustrated.

(02:16:11):
I keep sharing people bashing a spataand last time I checked one in
first place. I mean, itgets annoying that I always hear people bashing
the dude when he was probably oneof the most sought after coaches in Major
League Baseball the last two years.I mean, we're in first place.
We ought to be grateful. Imean, yeah, there's things that we
can do differently, but dude,it's like everybody's bashing them it's just it

(02:16:33):
gets so old. Did you haveanother point to that? I was did
you have another point? I thoughtyou got too. Yeah. The thing
is, I hope the Astros getFlirty and Torkosen today or tomorrow. I
think that'd be a great skill forSpencer tosen Man. I like it appreciated
Wade. Uh, you know,just a right handed that's a right handed

(02:16:54):
bat, but you'll take it.It's a power of that former top pick
for Detroit. Yeah, obviously inSpencer tokles And if if you well,
yea, and if you do,you're gonna have to take he said,
Flarty right, okay, Yeah,yeah, I thought I was gonna say,
Scooba to good. You might haveto take on somebody you ought to
take on. But uh, yeah, that would be great. Flarty and

(02:17:15):
Spencer Toorklesen would be great. Meanyou'd get a first basement from the right
handed side, but not a lefthanded bat, but that would be great.
If that's a toss end as aformer top pick, yeah, I'd
take that as well. As faras the spot it goes, I think
more people are warming up to him. I think there's some who you know,
have built in that they're frustrated.But he's made some decisions, as
all managers are going to get questioned. But and I don't know he sought

(02:17:37):
after a league baseball with that,because yeah, I don't around baseball.
I mean, he was respected andhighly respected, but people weren't standing in
line to hire him, or theywould have. He got passed on a
few times. This organization recognized hisstrengths and what he brought to them,

(02:17:58):
and I think for his benefit,it was a bonus that he missed out
on other opportunities because he got thejob here with an immediate World Series champion
instead of going somewhere where you gobecause the court the manager got fired,
they're not any good. This isa phenomenal gig for Joe Spotty and he's
done a nice job, a lotof growth. He's a rookie manager and
he'll grow. He's done some reallygood things. But yeah, they weren't

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standing in line or he would havebeen hired. And all the times they
kept saying, well he's a guy, a manager and waiting the rest of
it. But he got the rightgig, and it's this one here.
If you're him, this is theone you wanted because of the talent on
this roster. But while he waswell respected, he wasn't There wasn't team
standing in line to hire him,or they would have over the last three
years. Got a trade fresh offthe press, Kansas City Royals have traded

(02:18:48):
left handed pitcher Walter Pennington to theRangers for right handed pitcher Michael Lorenzen.
So Lorenzen acquired late in spring trainingby the Rangers and he has been traded.
There's one that did, yep,And there's one that people had talked
about with the Rangers who were withinstriking distance of these two teams of Mariners

(02:19:11):
and the Astros and the reigning WorldSeries champs, that Lorenzen was the name
that was expected what to move.Right, Remember they've talked about some that
they were going to move, andhe became one of them. And to
our last caller, he makes he'sright. A lot of people get are
all over Joe a Spota. Joe'sdone a nice job, but I just
wanted to make sure that I don'tthink there was a long line. But
the line here is the one thatmattered. And this organization is held Joe

(02:19:31):
in the highest regard for a longtime, so that that shows me,
I don't know if this is anythingfor you that trade No, but it
also I mean no, yes andno no to the fact. Okay,
it's Michael Lorenzon. Obviously he wasgoing to be an inning zeter that you
know that the Astros could have takena look on, uh, you know
late in spring training when they weredealing with some guys that were dealing with

(02:19:52):
the with the injuries, meaning JPFranz j Justin er Lander were both u
the Rangers signed in for the Rangersout of me, yeah, when he
was throwing bullpens for scouts and thingslike that. But also it's like a
bigger thing to me, are theRangers going to start trading some players?
Are they going to be sellers?That? That's what it kind of makes
me. That piques my interest alittle bit more. Can you imagine what

(02:20:16):
a message that would be to fanbase here? What are they four or
five? There? Then they're insideof five games, aren't they? They
are right now, they're four anda half back. They've lost, they've
lost, they've lost three in arow in their five and five in their
last ten, and maybe recent andmaybe recency bias has them thinking we're not
really that good yet. I don'tthink if they can get you know,

(02:20:37):
the Grom roll and get going.I listen, they are a series away
that they were within three games,so I mean, hey, they got
some of the complaints the Astros hadearly on inconsistency. But if you can
keep it close, we know theycan go on a roll. It would
say a lot to their fan baseand to how they feel about their own
players. If they're willing to sellinside of four games, maybe they just

(02:20:58):
realize we're not the Mariners or Astrosthis year. I don't know if they're
to that point, And I don'tknow if Lorenzen is part of that well
considered worth selling. Since Lorenzen's gone, that's that's the precursor to all the
other stuff that's gonna happen. Brian, I don't know if another pitcher goes,
it's a starter, like if theytrade Scherzer. Yeah, you may

(02:21:20):
see the science that they don't believein there, that they don't believe they're
a championship team. But isn't thatfrustrating to a fan base coming off a
World Series win and you're saying you'reinside of five games that you're not gonna
buy, You're gonna sell. Well, I mean you look at crazy,
crazy ass message, isn't it.Yeah? Yeah, I mean, but
you look at the statistics for thepitching staff or the Texas Rangers sewn Nathan
Valdie hundred and six innings pitched,Andrew Heeny one hundred and five, and

(02:21:43):
then there was Michael Lorenzen one hundredand one and two thirds innings. Top
three in innings pitched for the Rangerswas Lorenz and John Gray was next at
ninety four, and then it's afalloff. Yourena seventy six and a third
innings. So you want to talkabout a guy that was eating innings for
the Rangers as a starter, hewas number three and they're trading him.

(02:22:05):
You're gonna trade one of your topinnings here. That shows me that they're
about to start selling, and whatmessages us into a fan base. So
what I mean imagine if they aretwelve games out, how much seller then
would they be selling. It's justit's it's odd because I don't consider them
out of it. I know theirbats. Their bats can carry them for
a while, and if you getto ground back, that's pretty formidable.

(02:22:28):
You said, Gray's your fourth bestpicture, right, Yeah, I mean
you're talking and we know Ivaldi's astud, right, So it's a little
bit odd. But the next handfulhours will probably tell you, Brian,
which way they're going and if BobNightingale, who originally talked about pitchers being
moved from Texas when they were furtherthan three or four or five out,

(02:22:48):
and here they are, Lorenzo alreadygone and already been over one hundred innings.
We're going to see if but theywent pitcher for pitcher, so maybe
you know that that may be partof it too. Didn't they trade the
pitcher for was the Royals? Yeah? Yeah, Pennington trip a guy,
right, so maybe they like thefuture of him and plus left hander at
a premium too. So we'll see, man, we'll see what that brings

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Love Electric. It's a connection youcan count on. The Shawn Salisbury Show
continues. Yeah, treat for everybodywatching not named an Astros fan. It's
a treat. But you gotta.I mean, they're good against aces.
Excuse me, as Teve Sparks haspointed out all the guys they've go this
year, but this guy's different.I mean, when you're the best pitcher

(02:25:03):
and you're a rookie and you're justmonths removed from college baseball, he's pretty
good. Yeah, it's uh impressiveto watch. Yes, it really is,
Brian and I joke, it isa treat to watch somebody that good
and the chess match that will begoing on, and how good hard he
throws, and he's got more thanhe's not just a thrower, he's a
pitcher, right and that's a that'sa different that's different for a rookie to

(02:25:26):
be able to come in and dothat All Star game starter all the stuff
there. But he's still he's filthyman, and it's a treat to watch
him. But it's not if you'reif you're an Astros batter, then you're
coming to the plate. It's notgonna be It's not a whole lot of
fun to have to deal with that. And I mean that can be a
stressful situation. But they've got afterraces and they laser focus in against good

(02:25:46):
pitching. But this guy's been aboutas good as you get in uh,
they're gonna face so he's in thatrarefied air. A great pitchers already in
this league. So I'm anxious tosee how they deal with him and what
his approaches. It's almost as ifyou can assure he's given you a seven,
right, Brian. I mean,you got to get after him earlier.
You're going to see him late intothe game because he's such as he's

(02:26:09):
tough, he's big, he's physical, and he's got a lot of stuff.
So it'll be a fun watch.It will be a treat. It's
a treat for Major League Baseball towatch an Astros hitter's got the tougher short
than we do. But we canmarvel a good pitching, whether he's a
competitor or not. Yeah, justfrom a baseball standpoint, yeah, I
mean, yeah, yeah, thatthat place ought to be packed with He's

(02:26:33):
in the team picture about guy.Hey, man, sure do you want
to go see I'll pay to seethat guy. Yes, he's in that
team picture of the right now.Honestly, is there ten guys in the
league you'd pay more money to gowatch. And plus you get the treat
of not just every nine hitters himcoming to the plate. You get to
see him, you know, throwone hundred pig, You get to see
him for a long you know whatI'm saying. Yeah, he's right there

(02:26:54):
for you. You're seeing everything happenin your eyes, not you know,
just four at bats. I meanthis guy, Yeah, he's he's he's
worth the price of admission to night, even if you were were wart an
Astros fan, But yeah, youwant to see something special. Plus there's
a little bit of extra when he'syou know, right down the interstate in
l s U. You know,I mean, there's a lot of that
connection. Right. Oh yeah,I mean it almost feels like he's he's

(02:27:16):
a Texas guy because he's a Ls U guy and we got to in
our own building. We got aton of L s U. Yeah,
there's like sports seven of them.I'm sure they're all going to be there.
And today's Chris Gordy's birthday, soyou know he's going to be out
there. Yeah, Happy birthday toGordy. Yeah. Yeah, you're right.
There's like three people that aren't thataren't the L s U. And
it's our It's all three of us. The rest of everybody here is l

(02:27:37):
Yeah, exactly. So, butyeah, I L SU or not,
This dude's filthy. It'll be fun. It'll be a fun watch man.
Yeah. Plus is Livy Dunn gonnabe in the building. Like I said,
it'll be a fun watch watching Paulschemes. He go, So she
is, I don't know's she's overhere? Skis dating him? Mmmm?

(02:28:01):
You disagree with me? All hisLivvy So you had to We're talking about
good, filthy pitching and you hadto go to uh the done card.
Yeah, she's over a Skis day. Paul skiings Scott. He's sexy,
he's physical. I'm not sure ifLivy Dunn is going to be there tonight.

(02:28:26):
So that's what you're going, that'swhy you're paying the price. No,
no, no, I'm just saying, you know, just I'm just
statingating all the facts of Paul Skean'sand his life. You know, So
he is going to pitch tonight,he is dating Livy Dunn. I'm sure
there's gonna be a lot of Ls U fans in the crowd tonight,
but you know, there might bea couple of Livy dunfans, who knows,
could be she gets she gets runwhile she's there. You know,

(02:28:48):
everybody wants to go and interview hertoo. She's a very talented athlete as
well. Indeed she is. Buthe's he's the He's the reason you're going
tonight, isn't it? Or thereason you're watching? That is for who?
Bryan Uh? According to according tomy source, Livvy Dunn is in
Paris right now, yeah, pricesupporting the old the Olympics, right yeah,

(02:29:13):
So she's not going to be theretonight. Well bummer for you.
Skiings though. Back to the filthybaseball stuff. Okay, baseball stuff,
all right, Okay, he's prettygood though. Head over skis for ball
skiings. What about head over boots? No, head over boots is what

(02:29:35):
we want? John Party. It'sMonday, Yeah, I want I want
John Party every day. That didn'tsound rights, That didn't No, not
at all, My gosh. Well, all I'm saying is Paul Skins is
going to be on the bump tonight. Livy Dunn not in attendance. So

(02:29:56):
for those that are going to wantto that are gonna want to get a
glimpse of Livy done, she willnot be there. Do you do know?
Yeah that if we trade for Ericfor Fetti he realized? Did do
you realize that? How often we'llrefer to the one ten? Yeah?
I know, just like what I'malso I'm also interest here. It was

(02:30:16):
hinching towards the title. Give ahinch, She'll take a mile. Yeah,
Laramie Tunsil, he's out with rightright right? What if he ever
gets what? What if he evermisses a game due tois honestly he's probably
you know, it's it's unfortunate ifhe got tonsel itis, dude, could
you if he ever did? Oh, he had his tonsils take it out

(02:30:37):
do you think do you think anybodywould have that in the headlines Larimie Tunseel
misses a game, Dulitis? Whatabout? How about the call from TK
when Fetti takes his uh his debuton the mound if they go and get
him? Okay, do you thinkit was like, I don't know,
you tell me Eric Fetty gonna stepto the mound some some people like to

(02:30:58):
call him fet a wop. He'sa he's a rapper. And there's one
local radio guy calls him Fetti oneten, Fetti one. He's I sing
him down like a Fetti one.Oh, That's exactly what I'd be.
He's He's I called like a Fettione ten ice down with some silver bullets.

(02:31:20):
B What happened to you? Notbe confused with King Tuck? Yeah,
what happened to you? Dude?I hope we pull off the Fetti
one ten man. He'll lights outand then Jance Chris Jansen could sing the
World Series. He could, exceptit's going to be klay Walker through and

(02:31:43):
through. Brother, Why you gothim singing everything? Because he does?
You know how many times klay Walkerhas sung the national anthem here in the
city of Houston. I mean,my god, it's every It's like every
week with with that guy. Okay, well, then that just goes to
tell you it's time to time totime to move on from play Walker,
get a new national anthem thing,or you know, then start tonight with

(02:32:05):
Paul Skins on the mountain. Well, one thing we won't do is we
are not going to get rid ofit's football time in Houston. Oh yeah,
we got to. No we're not. Yeah, that's one of the
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Sean Salisbury on Sports Talk seven ninety. That's the word on the street,
but I found something else. That'sthe word on the street. And this
is what's gonna get the astros atvictory tonight over Paul Skeins. Go car

(02:34:22):
me up, Sean, Let's go, come on, come on. You
can't wait to play golf after theshow. Oh yeah, oh yeah.

(02:34:46):
I can't even get into this song. This isn't, this isn't, triply
faded out, unbelievable. I prettymuch leave when you play that. When
you play that music, gotta leaveyou hanging. Yeah. You know,
it just doesn't hit the same asit doesn't hit the same as football time
in Houston. Man, it reallydoesn't. I don't know that doesn't hit
either. Yes it does, y'all. Stop the cap you know what they

(02:35:09):
say? It hits different, No, cap, it hits. It hits
different. Alright, they suck.Okay, you said no cap? Yeah,
no cap? Now okay, ohman, man, that's just cap.
What's cap? Do you you saythat that's a great cut Which one

(02:35:31):
go go Astros or its football timein Houston? No, no, no,
go go Astros blows football time inHouston. At least it hits different.
Yeah, guitar rift, it rightout of your cutter. Okay,
okay, goshy, hey we gotwe got one call left. Let's see
if we can get to Conrad James. Conrad James, I got about forty
five seconds for your brother. What'sgoing on? Okay? I think Bloss

(02:35:54):
is going to be a disaster,a spot of wants O J I'm I'm
tired of hearing all the bad rapabout our first base man. I love
John Singleton. He showed his metalthis weekend, and I apologize to Astro
nation. I was down on Bragman, but Bragman showed his greatness on Game

(02:36:18):
two with the Dodgers. Appreciate thecall, Conrod James, yeap O j
T. I'm assuming does he meanon the job training forming for joe Ya
Spata? Yeah. In Bloss,it's a it's a little bit of a
mismatch going in bloss first scheme Alittle bit, just a tad it's a

(02:36:39):
little a tad bit. Yeah.I think Conrad James on something there.
I think the he's entitled to thebragman opinion early on and changing his opinion.
He who who who of us hasn'tdone that with some player or some
situation, So we get it.I mean, no problem there, John
Singleton, I get the John Singletonlove as well. You'll just how you

(02:37:01):
if they don't get a if theydon't get a first base and then John's
gonna have to He's gonna get plentymore opportunities to show it most of the
time at first base because he'll bethe guy that plays most over there.
And then lastly, as far asBlost goes, what I don't want to
go into it is the Bloss isgoing to be so bad that it's just
what was his opening comment? Iwas like, oh, Jay, Conrad

(02:37:24):
James already got me bummed out.Yeah, I mean basically it was going
to blow tonight. Well, hecould pitch good and still lose the game
with Skens pitching, but one thingyou got to hang your hat on.
We'll see how long bloss lasts,but is that the Astros is Steve Sparks
mentioned when you play frontline starters aceson their staff. The Astros have been

(02:37:46):
really good against them this year,and this guy's as good as any they
face this year, as Paul Skein'shas shown it. So it's going to
be a treat tonight to watch andmaybe you'll get walk off fashion from Bregman
again, but at that point intime maybe they'll be in the ball.
But it's gonna be fun to watch. And there's a little bit of a
mismatch on the mound, but alsoa little bit of a mismatch when it
comes to who the better team is. Favor the Astros on that one.

(02:38:07):
Obviously got some more trade notes andrumors before we get out of here and
pass it on to stand Northfleet andChris Gordy. Cardinals are pushing heavy for
Eric Fetti and the Braves are amongteams considering Garrett Crochet from the White Sox.
These notes coming from John Hayman startingto fire up this morning. Didn't
the Braves just get a picture orthey just give one up to who did?

(02:38:31):
Am I losing my mind? Iknow Baltimore just got theirs. We
talked about that. They went outand I took care of buses. Who'd
they get? Baltimore got Zach Efflin, right, Yes, Baltimore got right.
So maybe Atlanta hasn't. No,Atlanta hasn't, but they've uh yeah,
Raynaldo Lopez exit. They've got injuriesgalore over there in Atlanta, so

(02:38:54):
they need some arms there. It'swell, they're very similar to the Astros.
Championship caliber team. They lost theirbest player in Acunya, obviously,
but championship caliber team with pitching depthissues because of injuries to the starting staff.
So they're gonna be looking to goget a guy that maybe the Astros
want. Who'd you say? Cardinalsare in on fetti? So we'll start

(02:39:16):
Yeah, yeah, well it's gonnabe a lot. We'll have a lot
to talk about. Stay right herebecause tomorrow, by this time tomorrow,
there'll be a huge trade deadline talk, not just here, but all over
baseball yep, for all of yourAstros, actually all sports. But as
we get to the trade deadline,keep it locked right here at Sports Talk
seven ninety, especially us on theSean Salisbury Show. Sean appreciate it hit
him straight today. Drink water please, so I will hear that, guys.

(02:39:37):
Appreciate you, guys, and we'llbe back at it again tomorrow with
some more fun news and a reportfrom PJ. West. I'll talk to
you. Appreciate that. As SeanSalisbury Triple Emmanuel Elmore is our producer,
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(02:39:58):
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