August 15, 2024 • 11 mins
Now on a hot streak of eight, the Astros have turned the tide big time since the start of the season in March. Accomplishing almost the impossible following injuries, chasing back to five hundred, and roster depth throughout the season, could Joe Espada being in contention for manager of the year?
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
KB Houston, HD Houston and Hard Radio Station.
Speaker 2 (00:07):
This is Sports Talk seven ninety the Rockets, your home
for your home teams, driven by the classic elite Fewick
GMC Studios for the elite car buying experience.
Speaker 3 (00:22):
Salisbury Houston.
Speaker 1 (00:27):
Okay, let's do this.
Speaker 2 (00:29):
Sewan Salisbury.
Speaker 1 (00:32):
To usc true longtime friend, Shawn Salisbury.
Speaker 2 (00:35):
Bryan Lima, go Lobos. This is the Sean Salisbury Show.
Speaker 1 (00:43):
Joey LOOPERFEDA. Yeah, so what did you call Joey?
Speaker 4 (00:48):
Uh?
Speaker 1 (00:48):
Matt moscon Matt Moscone.
Speaker 5 (00:50):
I don't know, Ma mascon put this on the end,
Matt Mescato, Mat Moscow something that I don't know. Matt Mascanna,
thank you. Scona is a Moscona or Scannah?
Speaker 3 (01:01):
I probably to made it tomorrow. I've met the Scona
for me. Yeah, that's how I call it. That's what
I say to him. But just as Maddie, just just Maddie. Okay,
Matti ballgame. Who's more of a Maddy ballgame? Matt Moscona
or Matt Thomas? You know what? I think they both
could fit the bill of the ballgame. Oh, I'll give
(01:22):
it a stone cold lock. Oh we love a stone
cold lock. Well, dead lock. Yeah, yeah, Matt does a
great job here, and Matt does a phenomenal job in there,
and the You've got great show up there in New
Orleans and Baton Rouge, great sec insight and NFL insight too.
Love him, but get your pronunciation right. Don't you look
(01:42):
thinking about our man who sent the Encino Man?
Speaker 1 (01:45):
Yes, that's a that's classic, THEO Man. I'm gonna send
you this audio.
Speaker 3 (01:51):
Where is it at? It's assisted Living Dracula. I love it,
he says Sean. I just had flashbacks to the bar
scene from Encino Man for some reason.
Speaker 1 (01:58):
A man, such a good movie. Classic.
Speaker 5 (02:02):
Oh my goodness, let's get out to the phone lines.
Speaker 1 (02:05):
Brandon's been hanging on for a while. Hello Brandon, Good morning, Brian.
How are you guys outstanding? How are you hey?
Speaker 5 (02:14):
Astro's got swapped the Tampa Bay Rays.
Speaker 1 (02:18):
I'm happy they did Brandon eight in a row. Yeah?
Speaker 5 (02:29):
Are you?
Speaker 1 (02:30):
Are you ay for talking about Texans? Oh? Yeah, we're
we're gonna get there this morning, Brandon.
Speaker 5 (02:40):
I'm not gonna I'm gonna watch the game Saturday. So
are we gonna watch the Astros as well? They play
the White Sox? You ready?
Speaker 1 (02:49):
I am ready, I'm going to the game. Are you.
Speaker 6 (02:53):
Yep?
Speaker 1 (02:54):
Good for you, Brandon.
Speaker 5 (02:55):
We appreciate the call, buddy, have a good day and
thank you Brandon. You as we Well, let's go from Brandon,
Let's talk to Matt.
Speaker 1 (03:02):
Hello, Matt, Hey, what's up?
Speaker 4 (03:05):
And what's up?
Speaker 2 (03:06):
Sean?
Speaker 1 (03:06):
How a y'all doing? Doing great?
Speaker 4 (03:08):
Man?
Speaker 1 (03:08):
How are you?
Speaker 4 (03:09):
Oh? Hanging hand there? Man? Hey? I want to talk
about Chad McCormick for a second. He got fourteen pitches
yesterday throwing at him and four strikeouts. He's better off
not even swinging the bat. He's a better just walking
up and just standing there. I mean, it was just
bad yesterday watching.
Speaker 5 (03:27):
Them ulverdoor all for four with the golden sombrero.
Speaker 4 (03:31):
Matt not good, No, no, I mean it was bad.
Fourteen pitches and with Joey Spotta. I mean, he deservess
manager of the year by far what he's had to
deal with with a mess at first base, the whole
Montero thing, and at the beginning of the year, we're
twelve and twenty four and everybody was throwingneath the bus
(03:52):
and I'm stead of watching the games. He did every
move that I would do, you know, I mean pitching
present as during the night. It just wasn't happening in
the beginning, and now these guys are just rolling and
it's awesome to see. It's awesome to watch.
Speaker 3 (04:07):
Yeah, if it continues and they win the division, you'd
be hard pressed not to give him Manager of the Year.
You really would, because other teams we expected Baltimore to
be good, and I know that they've played with Philadelphia.
You know, obviously in the National League, you know there's
manager of the Year candidates, but nobody's had to deal
with more. And as a rookie head coach, excuse me,
rookie manager taken over. If this continues and they win
(04:30):
the division, I don't know how regardless of people's thoughts
about the start this is, to overcome all this and
win a division would be I think one of their
best years and not best teams, but one of their
most memorable years that I can think of in the
last eight To do what they've done after all these
injuries and get this production from some people you didn't
(04:50):
expect it from. Yeah, they win the division, it'd be
hard to keep Joe spot It from winning Manager of
the Year.
Speaker 1 (04:56):
It really would be.
Speaker 4 (04:57):
And then that Kakuzi trade. I mean, I mean if
they go to the World Series or you know, even
to the Championship Series, I mean, then might go down.
You know, it's just the only trade at the deadline
being overshadowed by Berlander. I mean, this dude came over
here and just started dealing. I mean, and then he
has all the other pictures on board as well, you know,
(05:20):
I mean every ever since he came back, everybody's throwing better.
Speaker 1 (05:24):
Yeah, he's he's done really good. Matt. Appreciate the call
man your day. It's a great point, thanks Matt.
Speaker 3 (05:30):
And the Kakuchie trade, no doubt is Yeah, the first
early returns in three starts to say that Dana Brown
made the absolute right decision and to make this trade.
Speaker 1 (05:40):
Yeah, absolute right decision, no question about it. Sena, welcome in, Hi,
good morning.
Speaker 6 (05:47):
So regarding as LATA, you know, I agree with everything
y'all are saying that, you know, the comeback of the
team and if we win the division, especially from a
strong showing in the playoffs, I do think a Spot
is gonna get Manager of the Year. However, I honestly
don't think that he deserves it. I think he's doing
(06:09):
good enough, but the dependability of our bullpen that's been lately,
the guys stepping up on the pitching staff. I credit
a lot of that to the pitching, the pitching coaches.
I mean, Arragetty making strong, getting stronger and stronger through
the season. Hunter Brown's turnaround, I don't see that as spot.
(06:30):
I had a whole lot to.
Speaker 1 (06:32):
Do with that.
Speaker 4 (06:33):
He was.
Speaker 6 (06:34):
He's been able to make do with what he's got
on the pitching, and luckily guys have stepped up. We
do have one of the highest batting averages of a
team in UH in baseball, but our risk right now
runners in scoring position, it's still low. And I attribute
some of that to how he's building the lineup throughout
(06:54):
the season. Where he had Bregman, when Bregman was, you know,
really not showing up, continuing to play a bray you
early in the year, continuing to play McCormick. Now Aladni's
Diaz just riding the bench, coming out for a few
at bats and not really doing anything.
Speaker 1 (07:12):
I totally agree with the idea of bringing stays Oar.
Speaker 6 (07:14):
Salas are up because that would give a little more
depth to catching. Since Karatini and Diaz are both Raking
right now. You want them both in the lineup, so
having another catcher just in case would be very helpful.
So I honestly, I think it's a spot of would
win manager of the Year if we keep going like this.
But I honestly think that he's big good enough. I
(07:38):
don't think that his managing is what got this team
back on track.
Speaker 1 (07:43):
Per se. I think that's a fair argument. Fair, Yeah,
it's a fair argument.
Speaker 3 (07:49):
And I think that Sheen is admitting that if they
win the division, he will win it. But Sheen, I
think this happens a lot happens in football, happens in baseball,
or there's other guys, assistant coaches, bench coaches, people who's
hitting instructors who may get credit on a local level,
but the national levels like football. When Kansas City wins
(08:10):
man Andy Reid, but Steve Spagnola was the hero of
the Super Bowl, his play calling in the defensive coordinator
was the hero of the Super Bowl. It's always when
somebody goes to the Hall of Fame, it's not the
pitching coach Brent Strong, who should be in the Hall
of Fame when he's done. Five years after he's done,
Brent strong belongs in the Hall of Fame as an
assistant coach, manager or not. And I can tell you this,
(08:30):
on most teams, assistant coaches do most of the work
you've earned, and a spot has been there doing all
the spring training work and now he gets to enjoy
the fruits of his labor and make good in game decisions.
But in truth, most of the teaching is done by
position coaches in football. All that, but yet the credit
coach of the Year will always go to the manager.
Yet the pitching, what they're going on in these meetings,
(08:53):
they have to set up all the analytics and walk
them through the game plan for their pictures. She's one
hundred percent right, she is. Some may not think he
deserves it because of some of the mismanagement of it,
but there's also been some great management. He's going to
make rookie mistakes, but if they go do it, he's
going to get credit for it.
Speaker 1 (09:13):
And some of it.
Speaker 3 (09:14):
He definitely deserves to keep it together and he hasn't
waivered one bit on his personality. It stayed the same,
win or lose, So credit to him on that. Because
you're looking for a sense of calm when things aren't
going well and a sense of calm when they are
from your manager, because it's just got you got to
stay the course. But I think Sheen is right that
I understand the argument. I do, but after all he's overcome.
(09:37):
I think the national flavor would say, you got to
vote a manager, yeah, because you're not supposed to win
with all that right, you're just not.
Speaker 1 (09:44):
But decisions made.
Speaker 3 (09:45):
I don't think assistants in any sport get enough credit.
I just don't. I think the assistant coaches tell me
Brent Stroump's not a Hall of Famer. Is he's not
going to get it elected to the Hall of Fame
because he was an assistant, right, but not. I have
never been a manager. But he belongs in just as
much as a guy who won a bunch of games.
Why because without Brent strom here, I'm not sure this
(10:06):
pitching staff and the guys that are teaching now are
anywhere close to what you would have expected. When you're
the best at what you do in pro sports and
over a sustained period of time, there's got to be
a place in the Hall of Fame for it. And
that includes assistant coaches and or you know, in football,
in basketball, in baseball guys, my guy in who's been
(10:26):
around who with a triangle offense? Who is around Phil
Jacksonville Jackson. But no, but his assistant I've interviewed forty years.
It'll come to me in a second. He should be
a Hall of Famer. He belonged now, baby, basketball is different.
They've put basketball contributions in the Hall of Fame. He's
been as a long time as a text Winner, text
Winner forty to fifty years. He belongs in the back
(10:47):
and maybe he is. But in basketball they do it's basketball.
You know what I'm saying. All the basketball you do
for basketball, it's not just head coaches. A lot of
people with their contribution to basketball, and that part of
the Hall of Fame.
Speaker 1 (11:00):
Basketball has got it right.
Speaker 3 (11:02):
Because Brent Strom's contribution to baseball belongs in the Hall
of Fame.
Speaker 1 (11:06):
Text Winner is in the Hall of Fame.
Speaker 3 (11:07):
There you go and look how many times tex Winner
has been an NBA head coach. They would have put
him in the All Fame. You're not going to find
any numbers that say a long time head coach. But
his assistant and his impact on triangle offense, all those
things have made him a top one of your top
right hand men. He's in the Hall of Fame for
a reason. His contribution. That's where the NBA gets the
(11:27):
Hall of Fame right. Baseball and football should follow suit
when it comes to contribution. Assistant coaches belong in the
Hall of Fame.
KB Houston, HD Houston and Hard Radio Station.
Speaker 2 (00:07):
This is Sports Talk seven ninety the Rockets, your home
for your home teams, driven by the classic elite Fewick
GMC Studios for the elite car buying experience.
Speaker 3 (00:22):
Salisbury Houston.
Speaker 1 (00:27):
Okay, let's do this.
Speaker 2 (00:29):
Sewan Salisbury.
Speaker 1 (00:32):
To usc true longtime friend, Shawn Salisbury.
Speaker 2 (00:35):
Bryan Lima, go Lobos. This is the Sean Salisbury Show.
Speaker 1 (00:43):
Joey LOOPERFEDA. Yeah, so what did you call Joey?
Speaker 4 (00:48):
Uh?
Speaker 1 (00:48):
Matt moscon Matt Moscone.
Speaker 5 (00:50):
I don't know, Ma mascon put this on the end,
Matt Mescato, Mat Moscow something that I don't know. Matt Mascanna,
thank you. Scona is a Moscona or Scannah?
Speaker 3 (01:01):
I probably to made it tomorrow. I've met the Scona
for me. Yeah, that's how I call it. That's what
I say to him. But just as Maddie, just just Maddie. Okay,
Matti ballgame. Who's more of a Maddy ballgame? Matt Moscona
or Matt Thomas? You know what? I think they both
could fit the bill of the ballgame. Oh, I'll give
(01:22):
it a stone cold lock. Oh we love a stone
cold lock. Well, dead lock. Yeah, yeah, Matt does a
great job here, and Matt does a phenomenal job in there,
and the You've got great show up there in New
Orleans and Baton Rouge, great sec insight and NFL insight too.
Love him, but get your pronunciation right. Don't you look
(01:42):
thinking about our man who sent the Encino Man?
Speaker 1 (01:45):
Yes, that's a that's classic, THEO Man. I'm gonna send
you this audio.
Speaker 3 (01:51):
Where is it at? It's assisted Living Dracula. I love it,
he says Sean. I just had flashbacks to the bar
scene from Encino Man for some reason.
Speaker 1 (01:58):
A man, such a good movie. Classic.
Speaker 5 (02:02):
Oh my goodness, let's get out to the phone lines.
Speaker 1 (02:05):
Brandon's been hanging on for a while. Hello Brandon, Good morning, Brian.
How are you guys outstanding? How are you hey?
Speaker 5 (02:14):
Astro's got swapped the Tampa Bay Rays.
Speaker 1 (02:18):
I'm happy they did Brandon eight in a row. Yeah?
Speaker 5 (02:29):
Are you?
Speaker 1 (02:30):
Are you ay for talking about Texans? Oh? Yeah, we're
we're gonna get there this morning, Brandon.
Speaker 5 (02:40):
I'm not gonna I'm gonna watch the game Saturday. So
are we gonna watch the Astros as well? They play
the White Sox? You ready?
Speaker 1 (02:49):
I am ready, I'm going to the game. Are you.
Speaker 6 (02:53):
Yep?
Speaker 1 (02:54):
Good for you, Brandon.
Speaker 5 (02:55):
We appreciate the call, buddy, have a good day and
thank you Brandon. You as we Well, let's go from Brandon,
Let's talk to Matt.
Speaker 1 (03:02):
Hello, Matt, Hey, what's up?
Speaker 4 (03:05):
And what's up?
Speaker 2 (03:06):
Sean?
Speaker 1 (03:06):
How a y'all doing? Doing great?
Speaker 4 (03:08):
Man?
Speaker 1 (03:08):
How are you?
Speaker 4 (03:09):
Oh? Hanging hand there? Man? Hey? I want to talk
about Chad McCormick for a second. He got fourteen pitches
yesterday throwing at him and four strikeouts. He's better off
not even swinging the bat. He's a better just walking
up and just standing there. I mean, it was just
bad yesterday watching.
Speaker 5 (03:27):
Them ulverdoor all for four with the golden sombrero.
Speaker 4 (03:31):
Matt not good, No, no, I mean it was bad.
Fourteen pitches and with Joey Spotta. I mean, he deservess
manager of the year by far what he's had to
deal with with a mess at first base, the whole
Montero thing, and at the beginning of the year, we're
twelve and twenty four and everybody was throwingneath the bus
(03:52):
and I'm stead of watching the games. He did every
move that I would do, you know, I mean pitching
present as during the night. It just wasn't happening in
the beginning, and now these guys are just rolling and
it's awesome to see. It's awesome to watch.
Speaker 3 (04:07):
Yeah, if it continues and they win the division, you'd
be hard pressed not to give him Manager of the Year.
You really would, because other teams we expected Baltimore to
be good, and I know that they've played with Philadelphia.
You know, obviously in the National League, you know there's
manager of the Year candidates, but nobody's had to deal
with more. And as a rookie head coach, excuse me,
rookie manager taken over. If this continues and they win
(04:30):
the division, I don't know how regardless of people's thoughts
about the start this is, to overcome all this and
win a division would be I think one of their
best years and not best teams, but one of their
most memorable years that I can think of in the
last eight To do what they've done after all these
injuries and get this production from some people you didn't
(04:50):
expect it from. Yeah, they win the division, it'd be
hard to keep Joe spot It from winning Manager of
the Year.
Speaker 1 (04:56):
It really would be.
Speaker 4 (04:57):
And then that Kakuzi trade. I mean, I mean if
they go to the World Series or you know, even
to the Championship Series, I mean, then might go down.
You know, it's just the only trade at the deadline
being overshadowed by Berlander. I mean, this dude came over
here and just started dealing. I mean, and then he
has all the other pictures on board as well, you know,
(05:20):
I mean every ever since he came back, everybody's throwing better.
Speaker 1 (05:24):
Yeah, he's he's done really good. Matt. Appreciate the call
man your day. It's a great point, thanks Matt.
Speaker 3 (05:30):
And the Kakuchie trade, no doubt is Yeah, the first
early returns in three starts to say that Dana Brown
made the absolute right decision and to make this trade.
Speaker 1 (05:40):
Yeah, absolute right decision, no question about it. Sena, welcome in, Hi,
good morning.
Speaker 6 (05:47):
So regarding as LATA, you know, I agree with everything
y'all are saying that, you know, the comeback of the
team and if we win the division, especially from a
strong showing in the playoffs, I do think a Spot
is gonna get Manager of the Year. However, I honestly
don't think that he deserves it. I think he's doing
(06:09):
good enough, but the dependability of our bullpen that's been lately,
the guys stepping up on the pitching staff. I credit
a lot of that to the pitching, the pitching coaches.
I mean, Arragetty making strong, getting stronger and stronger through
the season. Hunter Brown's turnaround, I don't see that as spot.
(06:30):
I had a whole lot to.
Speaker 1 (06:32):
Do with that.
Speaker 4 (06:33):
He was.
Speaker 6 (06:34):
He's been able to make do with what he's got
on the pitching, and luckily guys have stepped up. We
do have one of the highest batting averages of a
team in UH in baseball, but our risk right now
runners in scoring position, it's still low. And I attribute
some of that to how he's building the lineup throughout
(06:54):
the season. Where he had Bregman, when Bregman was, you know,
really not showing up, continuing to play a bray you
early in the year, continuing to play McCormick. Now Aladni's
Diaz just riding the bench, coming out for a few
at bats and not really doing anything.
Speaker 1 (07:12):
I totally agree with the idea of bringing stays Oar.
Speaker 6 (07:14):
Salas are up because that would give a little more
depth to catching. Since Karatini and Diaz are both Raking
right now. You want them both in the lineup, so
having another catcher just in case would be very helpful.
So I honestly, I think it's a spot of would
win manager of the Year if we keep going like this.
But I honestly think that he's big good enough. I
(07:38):
don't think that his managing is what got this team
back on track.
Speaker 1 (07:43):
Per se. I think that's a fair argument. Fair, Yeah,
it's a fair argument.
Speaker 3 (07:49):
And I think that Sheen is admitting that if they
win the division, he will win it. But Sheen, I
think this happens a lot happens in football, happens in baseball,
or there's other guys, assistant coaches, bench coaches, people who's
hitting instructors who may get credit on a local level,
but the national levels like football. When Kansas City wins
(08:10):
man Andy Reid, but Steve Spagnola was the hero of
the Super Bowl, his play calling in the defensive coordinator
was the hero of the Super Bowl. It's always when
somebody goes to the Hall of Fame, it's not the
pitching coach Brent Strong, who should be in the Hall
of Fame when he's done. Five years after he's done,
Brent strong belongs in the Hall of Fame as an
assistant coach, manager or not. And I can tell you this,
(08:30):
on most teams, assistant coaches do most of the work
you've earned, and a spot has been there doing all
the spring training work and now he gets to enjoy
the fruits of his labor and make good in game decisions.
But in truth, most of the teaching is done by
position coaches in football. All that, but yet the credit
coach of the Year will always go to the manager.
Yet the pitching, what they're going on in these meetings,
(08:53):
they have to set up all the analytics and walk
them through the game plan for their pictures. She's one
hundred percent right, she is. Some may not think he
deserves it because of some of the mismanagement of it,
but there's also been some great management. He's going to
make rookie mistakes, but if they go do it, he's
going to get credit for it.
Speaker 1 (09:13):
And some of it.
Speaker 3 (09:14):
He definitely deserves to keep it together and he hasn't
waivered one bit on his personality. It stayed the same,
win or lose, So credit to him on that. Because
you're looking for a sense of calm when things aren't
going well and a sense of calm when they are
from your manager, because it's just got you got to
stay the course. But I think Sheen is right that
I understand the argument. I do, but after all he's overcome.
(09:37):
I think the national flavor would say, you got to
vote a manager, yeah, because you're not supposed to win
with all that right, you're just not.
Speaker 1 (09:44):
But decisions made.
Speaker 3 (09:45):
I don't think assistants in any sport get enough credit.
I just don't. I think the assistant coaches tell me
Brent Stroump's not a Hall of Famer. Is he's not
going to get it elected to the Hall of Fame
because he was an assistant, right, but not. I have
never been a manager. But he belongs in just as
much as a guy who won a bunch of games.
Why because without Brent strom here, I'm not sure this
(10:06):
pitching staff and the guys that are teaching now are
anywhere close to what you would have expected. When you're
the best at what you do in pro sports and
over a sustained period of time, there's got to be
a place in the Hall of Fame for it. And
that includes assistant coaches and or you know, in football,
in basketball, in baseball guys, my guy in who's been
(10:26):
around who with a triangle offense? Who is around Phil
Jacksonville Jackson. But no, but his assistant I've interviewed forty years.
It'll come to me in a second. He should be
a Hall of Famer. He belonged now, baby, basketball is different.
They've put basketball contributions in the Hall of Fame. He's
been as a long time as a text Winner, text
Winner forty to fifty years. He belongs in the back
(10:47):
and maybe he is. But in basketball they do it's basketball.
You know what I'm saying. All the basketball you do
for basketball, it's not just head coaches. A lot of
people with their contribution to basketball, and that part of
the Hall of Fame.
Speaker 1 (11:00):
Basketball has got it right.
Speaker 3 (11:02):
Because Brent Strom's contribution to baseball belongs in the Hall
of Fame.
Speaker 1 (11:06):
Text Winner is in the Hall of Fame.
Speaker 3 (11:07):
There you go and look how many times tex Winner
has been an NBA head coach. They would have put
him in the All Fame. You're not going to find
any numbers that say a long time head coach. But
his assistant and his impact on triangle offense, all those
things have made him a top one of your top
right hand men. He's in the Hall of Fame for
a reason. His contribution. That's where the NBA gets the
(11:27):
Hall of Fame right. Baseball and football should follow suit
when it comes to contribution. Assistant coaches belong in the
Hall of Fame.
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