Astros Beat Rangers, Astros Bring Up Zach Dezenzo, Texans Training Camp, USA Basketball Beats Brazil

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Speaker 1 (00:02):
Soulbrey.

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

Speaker 3 (00:08):
Seawan Salisbury.

Speaker 4 (00:11):
There to usc troupes, longtime friend, Shawn Salisbury.

Speaker 3 (00:14):
Brian Lima, go Lobos.

Speaker 5 (00:17):
This is the Sean Salisbury show, the kicking, the one too,
and hi'm sky's this one shallow center Byers is in
a few steps waiting for it. Makes the catch, and
Robert Valdez has thrown eight no hit innings. They go
to the ninth in Arlington, Astros, two Rangers.

Speaker 6 (00:40):
Nothing.

Speaker 5 (00:44):
One on, nobody out bottom of the ninth pitch on
the way and that's a ground ball.

Speaker 6 (00:48):
Pregnant scoops. The short hop too has left tal.

Speaker 5 (00:50):
Tub for what the first that's two five, four to
three double play, and the Rangers are down to their
final outs.

Speaker 7 (01:01):
Boy, it's like clockwork with Valdez. Sometimes all you got
to do.

Speaker 6 (01:04):
Is ask.

Speaker 5 (01:07):
Gregman with a perfect throw for the pivot, the one
two swing and a mess got him to chase a
curveball in the dirt. Seeger down on strikes. First punch
out for Fromber and there are two outs. A lot
of times when you go over scotting report, you'll say,
all right, Sieger lights it low, all right, let's throw
it low.

Speaker 6 (01:25):
But even lower.

Speaker 5 (01:27):
So the first time Fromber's faced the Rangers since Game
six of lash Yer's ALCS. Swing and a miss at
a curveball and Young goes down. Second strike out for Fromber,
and there is one away, big percentace. These whists are
going to be on this Curveboy's curveballs as good as
it's been. The kick and the pitch swing and a
mesk got him on a high fastball and Garcia strikes

(01:49):
out side, is retired. Third strike out for Fromber. Here
comes the two and that is strike three. Call on
the inside corner. Down goes Duran Fromber with his fourth
strikeout side retired.

Speaker 7 (02:03):
Here comes the two pitch fromper set at the belt,
long pause and the pitch gott it. Strike three, another breaketball.
Three straight curve balls for Fromber and seven no hit
hittings for Valdez.

Speaker 1 (02:22):
Well, the no hitter almost happened. Welcome into the Sean
Salisbury Show here on Sports Talk seven. Honey, Sean Salisbury,
Brian Leemammanuel Elmore. Astros do win the ball game, they'll
go for these series win this afternoon against the Rangers.
Fromer Valdez was one out of way from a no hitter.
The Olympic team men's basketball headed to the semifinals. Texans

(02:43):
continuing with practice, Sean tripley, good morning man, what an
outing for fromer Valdez walks, Josh Smith gets to Corey Seger,
and of course Cory Seger hits a bomb to cut
that no hitter.

Speaker 8 (02:56):
Yeah, Doug, give my closer than that. You know, you
just got away from me and a good hitter put
the ball in the seats. But eight and two thirds
one hundred plus pitches, what struck out five.

Speaker 6 (03:11):
And gave you what you needed A long outing, not
a lot of traffic.

Speaker 8 (03:19):
Got some help from his friends, especially at the top
of the lineup. I think without two Va, Bregman and
jord On all a couple hits each. I think Yiner
took care of it. But also at the bottom of
the order, Meyer's got a couple hits that last night
looked like a team that could raak. And you didn't
need a lot of help last night because the no hitter.

(03:39):
But you put it all together. You won a lot
of games when the pitcher's going like that. And here, yeah,
the top of your order gets involved, and you saw
it last night.

Speaker 1 (03:49):
Astros had eleven hits last night, four runs offensively team
with runners in a swarm position three for eleven. They
still left ten on base. You know, when Frommer's cruising
like that, you only need a couple of runs. And
thankful for that jord On Alvarez home run late in
the game, because that was basically the difference, that two
run bomb in the ninth. He hit it a long away.

(04:11):
I still didn't what they said it was only four
thirty six. I don't ever trust the what is it,
the stat cast, whatever you want to call it, Like
four thirty six, It looked more like four fifty four
to sixty. I mean, I feel like they they cheap,
They come up cheap on some of those distances. But anyways, yeah,
I mean he finally hit a home run for the
first time since July twenty first, so that was much

(04:33):
needed as well.

Speaker 8 (04:34):
And that was another thing I was gonna add, you
got his power back, so you got a little bit
of everything you were looking for yesterday. And you know
Josh Hater finishing did Let's see what he would he
pitch just to ya.

Speaker 3 (04:47):
He came in and got one out.

Speaker 8 (04:50):
I was gonna say, when eight and two thirds, so
he got, but at least he came in and you know,
Blew had it clean and got him sell. You walked him,
but didn't didn't belabor the point and took care of
it because then there one swing a bat away from
a tie and then another base run from a win.

Speaker 6 (05:06):
But Fromber did his duty.

Speaker 8 (05:07):
I know it gets a little heated and a little
nervous when hater comes into the game. Now, but they
had a little bit of everything, plus the power from Jordon,
which they're going to need more of. And as far
as the distance, it was crazy. I was looking at
it a collage somebody put together where Otani's ball, the
home run he hit against I think it was atlant

(05:27):
and was almost four eighty and the center field and
they went through all thirty two ballparks. They're all thirty ballparks.
Should I say, of where his ball would have landed
had he hit it that same ball in their ballpark,
and that when you look at some of the places
that ball would have landed another ballparks, was nuts, which
reminds you that it seems like Jordon's hit a few

(05:49):
of those two But distance are not insurance with his
home run, but a lot of people got into the
act last night, and Fromber was if that's the Fromber,
you're going to get the rest of his start, then
there there's your guy that's going to open your We
talked about Hunter Brownby in the ace. That'll be the
guy that opens your h important game or playoffs, when

(06:11):
when the when the postseason gets here, If that's the
from but we're going to get sharp against a good
hitting team. And he always keeps the ball down and
for the most part, keeps it in the ballpark until
until the ninth inning in this one but.

Speaker 6 (06:25):
Fantastic performance.

Speaker 8 (06:26):
And again everybody got involved, at least the people that
needed to get involved last night.

Speaker 6 (06:32):
Sure it did.

Speaker 1 (06:33):
Yeah, I know, I know when wins and losses don't
always tell the whole story, but don't look now Frommer's
eleven and five with a three point four to sixty
r A.

Speaker 8 (06:45):
Yeah, after a handful of starts, you know, and at
certain points in a season where it's been and that
was ugly to see the ace. Well he's really he's
really started to paint and do the things he's necessary.
You know that the app his need, but that you
would consider a stuff and he looked like and that
would have been his second old hitter and what a year. Yeah,

(07:08):
a little over second old hitter in a year, so
as far as the calendar year goes, so pretty impressive
from him last night against a team that we know
can hit, and he is hanging around who was much
needed offensively and defensive, even though they didn't score twelve runs.
Those are the kind of nights you need some clutch
hitting and get a few runs that they did.

Speaker 6 (07:28):
And Fromber did his gig.

Speaker 1 (07:30):
On June twenty third, Fromber tossed seven and he's got
the win against Baltimore June twenty ninth, he went just
four and two thirds, no decision. Then July fourth on
he has gone at least five and two thirds in
every single outing and a good majority of those are
either six, seven, six and a third five and two

(07:52):
thirds six and then obviously eight and two thirds. So
here lately, over the last what little over a month,
he gives you at least pretty much six innings and
he's won one, two, three, four, five, five, six, Yeah,
six wins over the last about month and a week.

(08:13):
He's been really really good down the stretch.

Speaker 8 (08:15):
Which is is it? You know, like the Hunter Brown
presence elevate in his play. I mean meaning because I believe,
like when I think about the old Atlanta Braves with
Smoltz and Glavin and Maddox, there was inner competition. One
guy goes out there and pitch as well, you fed
off it. And I think we saw that with col
and Verlander here as well. And so when your ace

(08:38):
is going like that, you don't want to be the
guy that I got to keep up when our one
is going like that, we got to do our gigs.

Speaker 6 (08:45):
So regardless of intercompetition or not.

Speaker 8 (08:48):
Other people on the staff that are pitching, especially this
staff that's got some young pitchers and some that you
know that the innings threshold that are you know, with
all these injuries, that are looking for something aside from
their own performance, saying or hat on an example, we
all do well, that's good, and he is done what
an ace is supposed to do, especially since you're talking

(09:09):
about July, and when he's going good is that's when
other people look and say, okay, when he's on the mound,
now good chance at content extending a winning streak and
chance at stopping a losing streak. When Fromber hits him out,
he's been sensational for five or six straight starts, and
that's a good example. And other people on the staff
can feed off it. And you can see Arraghetti's twelve strikeouts.

(09:31):
You saw Kokuchi even though he hasn't been here on
his opening performance. We've seen Hunter Brown, So it does matter.
I think it permeates to the team when when your
ace is going good. I think people feed off that.

Speaker 1 (09:45):
Yeah, and maybe they needed that win in the worst
way because that that sets him up for the rubber
match today, which is an afternoon game. Kauchie on the mound.
They were they were on a three game losing streak.
Offense was not very good. They got done last night,
like I said, with eleven hits. Al Tuve had to,
Bregman had two, Alvarez two with that bomb, Yiner with two,

(10:09):
Zach Dezenze Zach making his UH major league debut. He
was called up yesterday from Triple A Sugar Lane. He
went over for UH. He looked pretty much just like
a rookie. And then Jake Myers a couple of hits
even though some soft contact there. Chas McCormick shawan, Yeah,
he's he's not very good this year. Like his at

(10:30):
bats are not good. To put it lightly, they're awful.
Let's just call like this his that bats suck. He
looks lost.

Speaker 8 (10:41):
That guy took a step back at the plate this
year from last year, Big time went from a guy
that we thought was an everyday starter to a guy
we didn't think it was going to be on the
team at the All Star break or at the trade deadline.
Did he was going to be a piece thrown in.
He's a throwing piece. So last year hit what twenty
plus o runs? Twenty home runs? Yeah, twenty two and

(11:05):
came up with some really big hits at the right time.
Last year had a good season and we I thought
he'd earned an outfield job, but he obviously this year
and people have those kind of years. But it's been
sometimes you watch him with the plate and you're saying,
this ain't the same cat that I watched last year.
It really that that there's a major chasm between the two.

(11:28):
Last season, this season our major distance, you know there
really is.

Speaker 1 (11:31):
I mean it's man like last year's hitting two zero
four this year four home runs, an ops of five
seventy five. Last year his let's see his ops was
eight forty two. Finished the season with a two seventy
three average and he had twenty two home runs and
he looks nothing like that play.

Speaker 8 (11:50):
It's a different This is a different dude. This is
a disguise. Yeah, different guy.

Speaker 6 (11:54):
Yeah.

Speaker 1 (11:54):
Not not good for uh Chas McCormick. However, the Astros
do get that win, go for the series win. Today,
let's hear from Farmer Valdez one out away from a
no hitter. Either way, hell of a performance. We'll hear
from fromber and how he felt about his outing next
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joined the show at nine thirty this morning. Fromber Valdez,
took a no hitter into the ninth, got the first
two outs, walked a guy walked two, i should say
in that inning, and then had to face Corey Seeger.

Speaker 3 (14:37):
Corey Sieger ed it. This is how it sounded.

Speaker 6 (14:41):
Singleton not holding on Smith at first.

Speaker 5 (14:43):
From bern Deliver, Smith takes off and Seeger hits it
high in the air and deep to right.

Speaker 6 (14:48):
It sends back McCormick at.

Speaker 5 (14:50):
The wall and it's gone and there goes the no hitter.
Corey Seger with a two run homer with two outs
in the ninth.

Speaker 6 (14:59):
It is four to two two Astros.

Speaker 5 (15:01):
Seeger with his fifth home run in the last five
games and his twenty fourth of the year.

Speaker 3 (15:09):
Damn it, man, that hurts so bad. I know, I
was watching the whole game. Oh, I know, me too.
I didn't want it.

Speaker 1 (15:15):
So one thing about baseball players triple e is when
things like this happen, you don't move. Whatever you're doing,
you continue to do it. So I sat on my couch,
didn't walk my dogs. I sat on my couch in
the same spot. I was hoping he was gonna do it. Man,
I didn't move. I really didn't.

Speaker 3 (15:29):
In facts, I was on the phone.

Speaker 6 (15:31):
I stayed on it, and.

Speaker 3 (15:33):
I thought he had it.

Speaker 10 (15:34):
I thought he had one out.

Speaker 1 (15:35):
See but then when when he walked Josh Smith and
Corey Seeger got to the playoff, was like, man, he's
definitely gonna have to earn this one because Corey Seger
is on fire here lately. And unfortunately it didn't work.
Eight and two thirds did not get the no hitter.

Speaker 6 (15:52):
Damn it.

Speaker 3 (15:55):
That really hurt for it. I know from ber he
probably you know in his head about it.

Speaker 1 (15:59):
First no hitter broken up by a home run with
two outs in the ninth inning since nineteen ninety eight.
Roy Halliday, Oh that's a stat. Yeah, that is a stat.
Roy Halliday is the other one to have that happen
to him. He was looking for if Frober Valdez was
looking for his second no hitter in a year. He
threw one in August of last year. So just a

(16:21):
hell of an outing from from er Valdez. And we've
talked about it at nauseum with this guy.

Speaker 3 (16:25):
This is what he gives you. He can either give
you no hit performances, yeah, get.

Speaker 1 (16:30):
Deep into game seven to eighth inning, sometimes the ninth inning.
And then there's also times where he implodes. And I
think one of the funnier parts in that game last night,
Sean is uh, he didn't agree with a non strike call,
got a little frustrated. I think it was in the
eighth and five guys went to the mount along with

(16:51):
Josh Miller, the pitching coach, to calm him down, just
to make him say, hey, man, it's all right, let's
get back after it.

Speaker 8 (16:57):
They've seen the routine, yeah, I mean seen the movie.
So but he did a good job, man, he did
a good job of settling in and one pitch. I mean,
you're gonna get those every game from some umpire where
it's like, come on, man, you can't let that, you know,
sidetrack in. He'd settled right back in and eight and
two thirds. It was bummer because I think we all thought, oh,

(17:18):
this is he's getting this and then good hitter making
pay And if you're not gonna win, you might as
well go away pissing somebody off, I guess. But eight
and two thirds of great no hit ball by him,
and while he walked I think three, and didn't get
as much swing and missus. You know, you'd like to
get seven, eight, nine strikeouts, but I'll take him because

(17:38):
he hits and induces a lot of ground balls, man,
and the great double play turn but with you know,
Bregman's throw to the play to the glove side so
you can get a good turn on it and get
rolling and get to first base and just couldn't close
out the no no man. But you know what, the
win overall, you'd like to have that and win because
it's double celebration. But the win is going to get

(18:00):
what's the word I'm looking for a little diminished in
the talk because of Fromber's performance, But when it gets
right down to it, the no hitter, while a big
part of it, the win is going to be with paramount.
They needed it last night. Even though they only won
a game out, it still felt like with the losing
streak that they were more than a game out because

(18:23):
they hadn't been hitted. Just felt uglyar Then you know,
when we say losing streak, the number of games they've
lost over the last like, you know, ten or so,
they just haven't looked as smooth and to in that,
you know feeling last night with almost the no hitter,
it would have been great. You'll take the win anyway
you can get it. And hater gets the last out,

(18:43):
you'll take it. But it's the no hitter or the
performance that we're going to talk about most of the
day and nationally.

Speaker 6 (18:49):
They will too, because it was really, really good.

Speaker 1 (18:52):
They came in to that game yesterday a game and
a half out Mariner's loss last night.

Speaker 3 (18:58):
Yeah, so they're a half game now.

Speaker 6 (19:00):
Yeah, there you go.

Speaker 3 (19:01):
Uh here's Joe Spotty.

Speaker 1 (19:03):
He actually mentioned Fromber staying cool on some bad calls
last night.

Speaker 3 (19:09):
This is what the manager had to say.

Speaker 11 (19:11):
Well, you know that that when that happened, was you
know we send you know, by sending Josh out there
because he got upset.

Speaker 6 (19:17):
It was like a you know, a check swing.

Speaker 11 (19:19):
It was something a call that he did not like
and you know, kind of go out there, got it yourself,
kind of sinko, get a grumball.

Speaker 6 (19:26):
You've got the weapons to get out of jams.

Speaker 3 (19:28):
And you know it was he did your riveting stuff.

Speaker 6 (19:33):
Yeah, I'm I don't know if I like the fact
that they sent him out. Five guys hover around the
bout and Josh Biller goes out.

Speaker 8 (19:41):
And you're like, Okay, that's the way you have a
that's the way you meet at the mount and settle
him in, or the other way, Like, is it so
blatant that you got to send him out because of
one he gets upset about one? You gotta you gotta
go coddle the you know what you get on what
I'm saying. I think it's the se Really I do too,

(20:02):
That's my point. And am I supposed to say, yeah, man,
with perfect timing to send somebody out and it end
up being really good timing to settle them in. But
the fact that they know they have to do that
bothers me a little bit, right, It bothers me that
you don't you're concerned over a call that he didn't like,
that he's going to go sideways, so you know, I mean,

(20:23):
because it instantly you're like, okay, So I don't know
whether to love the decision to send Miller out there
to go calm him down and the players to come out,
which is you like the timing and a manager understanding
the situation, but I don't. It's like, I don't know,
baby playing with a hot head and golf and he's
like or a basketball player, like, okay, there's the first

(20:44):
call technicals coming next time, somebody could get him to
the bench and set them down. It's like, okay, I
know that fromber's capable of getting sideways. But the fact
that they know that that urgent, that quick and it's
that blatant, I don't know if that's supposed to third.
But I do think that's why he send Josh Miller
out there, because I think that he was afraid it

(21:05):
was gonna go sideways, concerned about it, which which can
be alarming in itself. But the nice Timing Award by
Joe Aspata and the group last night to settle from Bren.

Speaker 6 (21:15):
But I'm not sure I like the fact that they
have to do that.

Speaker 3 (21:18):
I don't either, But they have to do it, no doubt.

Speaker 1 (21:21):
I mean, you saw it like they as soon as
it happened, all the players straight to the mount and
then here comes Josh Miller.

Speaker 6 (21:28):
It's like, damn.

Speaker 3 (21:28):
They got out there because they saw it coming up.

Speaker 6 (21:31):
They saw what was going on a company memo.

Speaker 8 (21:33):
If Fromer makes a pitch that looks like he's gonna
be disappointed, yeah, or somebody's gonna make the wrong call,
get to the mound.

Speaker 6 (21:40):
Damn, and there they go. Hey, by the way, Hey,
whatever it takes dog, Hey it takes.

Speaker 1 (21:47):
Hey, by the way. The White Sox won last night.
They ended their streak at twenty one twenty one losses
of them.

Speaker 8 (21:53):
Maybe they'll go, maybe they'll win twenty one in a
row and jump back into the hunt. Sure they will,
right Maybe? No, no, no, they don't have it in them.

Speaker 3 (22:05):
I doubt it.

Speaker 8 (22:05):
What would you do if they won like twenty eight straight.
I mean, they just went on a roll out of
body experience and to end won the division. I mean,
if they turned it around, and I don't even know,
are they like thirty out or something?

Speaker 6 (22:16):
I even know what it is.

Speaker 3 (22:17):
I think they've already been like mathematically eliminated.

Speaker 8 (22:21):
That'd be fifty games out. Okay, that's pretty much what
it is. If they, hey, they went under Detroit Tigers
are on like thirty five and five.

Speaker 3 (22:29):
They're shown they're twenty eight and eighty eight.

Speaker 8 (22:33):
Let's see, if they won thirty in a row, they
would they would be fifty eight and eighty eight.

Speaker 6 (22:39):
Still, yeah, they're not twenty and would you say they're what?

Speaker 3 (22:43):
They're twenty eight and eighty eight.

Speaker 6 (22:45):
Okay, so thirty in a row would give them fifty.

Speaker 3 (22:48):
Eight shown, they're forty one games back of the division.

Speaker 6 (22:51):
And so wait a minute, if they shot.

Speaker 1 (22:53):
They win thirty, and if they went thirty in a row,
they would be fifty eight and eighty eight.

Speaker 6 (22:57):
There, that's my point.

Speaker 8 (22:58):
If you win thirty straight, they are still thirty games
under five hundred.

Speaker 6 (23:03):
Yes, now that can't be right.

Speaker 3 (23:06):
I'm looking at it. They're twenty eight and eighty eight
right now.

Speaker 8 (23:09):
So they went thirty, that would make them fifty eight
and eighty eight, and they can still be thirty they're
so you're telling me right now that they are. They're
twenty eight and eighty eight. Yes, you're telling me right now,
they're sixty games under five hundred. Yeah, yes, I mean
when you when you think about it like that, I
knew that the twenty one I knew they were and

(23:30):
were not good. Don't misunderstanding because you think back they
got their twenty third, their twenty first win against the Astros. Yes, yeah,
and it's that was a long time ago and that
only won seven cents. Think about that, Yeah, that's that's perspective,
because can you imagine, Hey, man, they won thirty straight. Yeah, man,
they must be way out in front. They're only thirty

(23:51):
games under five hundred. Still, think about that.

Speaker 3 (23:54):
They would, right, they would still be eleven games out
of the division.

Speaker 6 (23:58):
Do you realize that you could go, oh, win fifty
straight and not make the playoffs.

Speaker 1 (24:04):
They're not gonna That's why I said yesterday when we
were talking about this losing streak for them, I said, yesterday,
they weren't.

Speaker 3 (24:10):
They were barely barely. Might win forty games this year.

Speaker 8 (24:15):
Fifty wins, they'd still be ten games under five hundred. Yeah, yeah,
and and not make the playoffs. Hey, how to go
this year? Well, we had a twenty one day game
losing streak. But we went on a role that did
something that nobody's ever done. We had a fifty game
win streak. Oh my gosh, what a season. Yeah, and
we were still ten games under five hundred.

Speaker 6 (24:34):
Yep. Now I want you to think about that for
a second. Yeah, talk about talk about debt. It's bad, dude.
That's sixty games under five hundred. Man.

Speaker 8 (24:44):
Hey, I went on a fifty game losing streak. Oh great,
how many games you win the division?

Speaker 6 (24:48):
Back? We did? We didn't even make the playoffs. Whoa what?

Speaker 8 (24:51):
Yeah, think about that for a Minute's add prospective year.
Damn Baseball life.

Speaker 1 (24:57):
Seven ninety got the phone lines ready to go. Got
four guys, want to get in and talk about this?
From ber almost no hitter, Let's get to you guys next,
and we'll hear from Robert Valdez how he felt about
coming just one out away from his second no hitter
in his career.

Speaker 3 (25:12):
That's next, The.

Speaker 1 (25:15):
Shawn Salisbury Show continued. Let's talk to Ronnie. Ronnie, good morning,
Good morning, guys.

Speaker 12 (25:22):
I got three quickies for you.

Speaker 6 (25:23):
One.

Speaker 12 (25:24):
This game this afternoon is really really important because if
whoever wins will win the season series, and I don't
care about that, damn silver mood. I care about the tiebreaker,
potential tiebreaker for the playoffs. So the Astros need to
win today. Also, I'd like for you to ask Dana

(25:44):
why de Senzo. I mean, obviously he's looking pretty good,
but why Decenso and not Shay wickhamb Because Wickham's and
tearing it up. He tore it up last year. So
I don't know what Desenso has that Wickham doesn't. And
I don't know if you guys listen to the radio
broadcast at all while you're watching the game. But there's

(26:05):
an interesting fact about the White Sox twenty one game
losing streak. It tied the American League record that was
set by the Baltimore Orioles about twenty years ago. I
don't look it up, bro, don't look it up.

Speaker 1 (26:20):
Brian, I already talked to We talked about this yesterday,
Ronnie nineteen eighty eight, Baltimore Orioles.

Speaker 3 (26:24):
Did you not eat yesterday?

Speaker 12 (26:28):
I can't listen to anybody for four hours, not even myself. Man, tough,
But do you know what happened in that with that series?

Speaker 13 (26:35):
In this one, I don't.

Speaker 3 (26:37):
I just know it was the nineteen eighty eight Orioles.

Speaker 12 (26:39):
All right, it's between the sheets. That's a clue.

Speaker 6 (26:44):
Gavin and Larry Larry Sheets, Yes, I know the name. Yeah,
I watched him play.

Speaker 12 (26:52):
He played for the Baltimore Orioles in nineteen eighty eight. Yes, yes,
Gavin Sheets, his son played for the White Sox this year.

Speaker 3 (27:02):
Oh wow, Oh there you go there, that's good stuff.
I appreciate that, Ronny.

Speaker 12 (27:09):
I got to give that to Robert Ford.

Speaker 6 (27:12):
That's you know.

Speaker 12 (27:12):
I don't know how he found it.

Speaker 9 (27:13):
But.

Speaker 8 (27:16):
That's a hell of a lot. Think about that, Pops.
Larry Sheets, Thanks Ronnie. Larry Sheets was my era. I
mean watching him play, and I did not know the
Gavin Sheets and him. I didn't put the correlation of
two and two together. And that makes sense, father son.
That's cool, not cool that they were both involved in
the streak. Yeah, Pops, I don't want you to feel alone.

Speaker 6 (27:39):
You and I are tight.

Speaker 8 (27:39):
Let me go get you twenty one straight so we
can talk about this together over a cold beer. But yeah,
Larry Sheets is my era. But I didn't know his
son was. I didn't put I didn't even think about it.
Putting two and two together. But yeah, there you go.
So interesting fact by Robert uh Ford And thanks so
ron Good on Ronnie for letting us know about a
little bit of a family love in there. What do

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we call a little nepotism on the amazing streak love nepotism?
Well it gets the Orioles have turned it around. Let's
see if the White Sox can doubt it. But we'll
see stock. No, no, it's not happening this year, stalkor Roger,
what was happening?

Speaker 6 (28:16):
Roger, good morning fellas.

Speaker 14 (28:19):
Hey, if if if I wanted to call a rebut
that statement, youngest and I gave up on the seas, and.

Speaker 13 (28:24):
If it sounded like that, you know that's not what
I meant. No, I'm not gonna give up all this
finish man, No.

Speaker 1 (28:35):
No, we're putting him on hold. You ain't calling us
and telling us to let you finish. Whenever you're done,
you let us know you're done. You ready, Roger? Hello, Yes, Roger,
I'm letting you. I'm letting I'm letting you finish.

Speaker 2 (28:52):
I'm not sure what you're talking about.

Speaker 14 (28:54):
I was letting you know how how the statement came
out and how how it was supposed to met because
because that's not how it's supposed to have been. People
say something, they especially when you got a forty second
choc clock and I'm trying to get out all these
all these words. So yeah, I'm not. I never gave
up on this team, all up on the team ten
ten games out and then give give up with one
and a half game out.

Speaker 13 (29:14):
That'll make sense.

Speaker 1 (29:16):
Okay, So yesterday you called us, and Sean you remember
Roger calling us yesterday?

Speaker 3 (29:20):
And what did you say? You said, I'll see you guys,
I see you. I'll see you guys next sports season.

Speaker 9 (29:26):
No I did not.

Speaker 3 (29:27):
Yes you did, Yes you did.

Speaker 14 (29:29):
Running back you're that I didn't say next season.

Speaker 3 (29:32):
Yes I didn't, dude, No I did.

Speaker 9 (29:37):
I didn't.

Speaker 6 (29:38):
Okay, I was.

Speaker 14 (29:40):
I was hopped up because of the pitching staff. It's
gonna look really really good and we're gonna have a bunch.
We're gonna have a we're gonna have a freaking uh
uh a surplus a good pitching and we could keep
it or we can we can trade it away for
really good prospects or whatever. But but I'm let's see,
I'm I'm happy about what it's going to happen in

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the future because it's actually what I get paid to do,
to think about, to minimize losses, that's what I get
paid to do. So yeah, I'm kind of I'm kind
of hyped up about what's gonna happen next year that
that's what I that's what.

Speaker 9 (30:12):
I that's where.

Speaker 6 (30:13):
But no, this year, I'm never gonna give up on
a season.

Speaker 14 (30:16):
I'm just over excited about the prospect of next year
because it's gonna be a lot better and we can
have maybe some bats to go with a good pitching.

Speaker 13 (30:23):
But no, I've never gave up on the season.

Speaker 6 (30:27):
Yeah. No, And it's a good explanation, and then that's good.

Speaker 3 (30:30):
It's clarification.

Speaker 8 (30:31):
We were kind of we were kind of just joking
about it. Yeah, we always like to joke with you.
But Roger, you need so you didn't. But but you
didn't say and I know we joke about it. It's
not that big a deal. But you didn't say, uh,
baseball season.

Speaker 15 (30:46):
He did.

Speaker 3 (30:46):
He definitely did. Yes, you did.

Speaker 9 (30:48):
I did not.

Speaker 6 (30:48):
Yes, I know you said that. I don't know how
you meant it.

Speaker 8 (30:51):
You said it, though you did say we'll see you
next I'll just see you next, Yeah, but it's.

Speaker 14 (30:57):
Not it's not like I no, I said, I see
that season because it's it's it's.

Speaker 9 (31:01):
Gonna be better. I know it's.

Speaker 6 (31:03):
Yeah. So you're talking about you're looking forward to the
future growth to this season? Fair?

Speaker 9 (31:10):
What?

Speaker 14 (31:10):
Yes, because we're gonna have an overload of top plus
pitching talent on our in our team. And you know,
it's funny because every time a pitcher comes to our
art mediocre, they end up.

Speaker 13 (31:22):
Being the best version of themselves.

Speaker 14 (31:24):
I'm not sure when teams are players are gonna realize
that that we have a pitching staff that's that's that's
a second to none.

Speaker 11 (31:32):
We just do.

Speaker 13 (31:33):
I'm pitching a coaching staff.

Speaker 14 (31:34):
I don't know what they do or how they they
slow it down or they break it down. But is
every telling that maybe freaking off speed pitches in his
life and didn't look what happened. So I just, uh,
I give it all to the to whoever is coaching
them up. But uh yeah, that when these guys realize
that on our team, and of course you gotta get

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paid and that's part of the deal.

Speaker 2 (31:56):
But I just man, I've just looked at it forward.

Speaker 9 (31:59):
I just passed.

Speaker 14 (32:00):
I was like, holy crap, it's gonna be twenty two
all over again.

Speaker 1 (32:07):
Well, appreciate the clarification, Roger. You know, we always like
to give you a hard time, man, I know you do.
Let you guys appreciate it.

Speaker 3 (32:13):
Roger, thank you.

Speaker 1 (32:14):
Yeah, so Sean, yesterday, so I was listening to Matt
Thomas show and Roger called in, and Matt and Ross
were doing this thing like what would you give up
for the Astros to score five runs?

Speaker 3 (32:26):
And Roger called in and said he was going to
give up anything.

Speaker 1 (32:28):
So I texted Matt and Ross and I said, will
you guys please let know, Let let Roger know that
he said on our show that he gave up on
the season.

Speaker 2 (32:35):
Yeah.

Speaker 3 (32:35):
I was just having fun with its.

Speaker 8 (32:37):
All was so they still got four runs though they
didn't get fined.

Speaker 3 (32:41):
Right, No, they did not. They still did not give
five runs, so.

Speaker 8 (32:44):
He didn't have to give anything up yet. But you'll
take the win and a much needed pitching performance. That's funny. Yeah,
but hey, clarification sometimes it gets lost in translation. You
never know if a guy means, oh, next year, we're
going to be off the arts or I'm done with
this year because of the frustration I think maybe we thought,
because of the way they've played recently that that's what

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he was referring to as opposed to all the young arms.

Speaker 6 (33:10):
And when everybody gets healthy, look out. So good stuff.

Speaker 9 (33:14):
Man.

Speaker 8 (33:14):
It's always fun to get in some fun banter with
with our good listeners and callers.

Speaker 6 (33:19):
So I get it, and they do.

Speaker 8 (33:21):
It's a hell of a future. I think we're wondering
can they take care of their business and the present?
And after all this, again their half came out of
first place. Yeah, they're pretty it's pretty amazing, it really is,
after what we've seen.

Speaker 1 (33:33):
This year, after everything. Yeah, they're still right there, yeah,
right there in the hunt. I mean they left and
again they left ten on yesterday still were able to
find a way to win.

Speaker 6 (33:44):
Yeah.

Speaker 8 (33:44):
That that's see you start to think if you're looking
like deeper into it real quick, Brian, those are the
things that concern you. Okay, we won four to two,
We had an we got no hit performance rate and
two thirds, but we still left ten on base.

Speaker 6 (33:59):
Again.

Speaker 8 (34:00):
I mean, you're not gonna get no hit ball for
eight and two thirds very often, so leaving ten runners
on you're gonna regret it if you don't start fixing it.
So when you're you'll take a win anyway and can
get it. But with those analytics and the metrics of
diving deeper, they're gonna say you won, Thank goodness for
that performance and getting some clutch hitting in the game
to get a lead and then New jord on some run.

(34:22):
But leaving ten runners on you're rarely You're you're you're
not gonna win a lot of games. So that that's
when you're looking through it. It's like when you game play, Yeah,
we beat a team forty three to forty two to
ten by man when we left twenty four points on
the board. That's how professionally they think. So yeah, four
to two, but theyre's still it could have been twelve
to two without any stress late in the game.

Speaker 6 (34:44):
So you're gonna have to get better put people across
the plate.

Speaker 1 (34:48):
Yeah, there's no question about it. Let's get to break.
We'll continue to take your calls. Seven one three, two,
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Let the celebration start, core Sean Salisbury. It's Sean Salisbury Show, Chris,
thank you for holding. Good morning.

Speaker 16 (36:22):
Good morning, Brian, Good morning Sean. A couple of things
based on the show so far today. I don't blame
the Fromber not getting the no hitter in the ninth
inning with two with only one out left on Fromber.
I don't even blame it on Corey Seeger who hit
the two run home run off of him. I blame

(36:44):
Robert Ford and Sparky for jinxing the no hitter.

Speaker 13 (36:48):
We all know the unwritten role, Brian.

Speaker 16 (36:51):
You do not say no hitter during a no hitter
in your compilation earlier this morning, it seemed like every
chance Sparky and Ford said no hitter, shut out as
much as they possibly could, and so I am going
to put all the blame on them. And also, uh,

(37:14):
we need to get more fired up Sean this morning. Uh,
we're going for the silver boot. We've owned that boot
since twenty seventeen. It's Western Wednesday. Let's go astros appreciate it. Chris, Yeah,
come on, Sean, get fired up about the boot.

Speaker 6 (37:31):
I yeah, you got your boots? What there is that
what they're playing for as a boot?

Speaker 3 (37:37):
It's the silver Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, that's right.

Speaker 6 (37:40):
We talk about it every year. I didn't really I
didn't know. Is that like our people? Do they really
clamor for the boot?

Speaker 14 (37:46):
Yeah?

Speaker 6 (37:47):
Man, you want to win the series? But is it
you just want to win the series or is the
is it the boot?

Speaker 3 (37:51):
It's the boot, dog people, it's the silver boot boot.

Speaker 6 (37:56):
Yeah.

Speaker 1 (37:57):
Put your put your replica ring on from last year
and go get that boot or two years ago.

Speaker 6 (38:03):
Yeah. Yeah, I feel you.

Speaker 8 (38:06):
And uh, I think it's different in radio than television.
You're calling it when you're making a call.

Speaker 17 (38:13):
Uh.

Speaker 1 (38:13):
Todd Kallis and Jeff Blum both said no hitter multiple
times as well. So I want to talk about I
want to I want to talk about sports Jinxes at
seven o'clock because I want to get your take on
it because obviously of how much you played in the league,
and I know there's things that you went through where
people talk about Jinxes and O c D and UH
superstitions and things like that. I think it goes right

(38:34):
into because I saw tons of people on social media
last night.

Speaker 3 (38:37):
They were fired up.

Speaker 1 (38:39):
Brian mctagger talked about Chandler Rome talked about it, they
were tweeting it out, they were doing their job, and
people just, I mean freak out about it.

Speaker 6 (38:48):
I'm O c D. But it's weird.

Speaker 8 (38:51):
I'm not OCD about that, right, Excuse me? I mean
I know callers that there's people that are I don't know.
On radio, it feels like because when you're watching you
can see the scoreboard, you know, when they show the
lower that you can see no runs, no hits, the
airs in between innings and all that. I don't know
how you're supposed to describe the drama on radio since

(39:12):
you don't have the visual, the literal visual and optics.
How you're supposed to describe it on radio without somebody
tunes in the seventh inning, Well, you're just at the
end of it. They're supposed say no runs, no hits,
no airs. Would people be mad at that? When they
throw to commercial break? That's seven innings and UH for
the UH for the text Home Rangers there's no runs,

(39:35):
no hits, no airs, no hits for the Rangers. I mean,
how are you supposed to let people know on radio
there's no hitter going. I'm sorry, I want to be informed.

Speaker 6 (39:47):
I don't. I don't.

Speaker 8 (39:48):
I understand on TV because we can see it, you
can watch it. You can almost feel it because you're
like in the ballpark.

Speaker 6 (39:54):
Even there on TV. Maybe it's different that the radio
and television guys look at it different. I would like
to be informed. I don't, and I know sometimes people
mean a tongue in cheek. I don't.

Speaker 8 (40:05):
That's never bothered me. I wouldn't say they do the
guy at the dugout, but the broadcast it's so weird.
So you're if a guy's made seventy five straight free
throws and it's a record, or one hundred straight free throws,
are you supposed to not tell somebody one hundred and
one makes it the all time record and if he
misses it, you jinxed him. I mean, what are you
supposed to do? If you don't do your job, people

(40:25):
think you're not paying attention. So I get the no
hitter talking. I know people are very uptied about it,
but there's been plenty of no hitters that have been
thrown where somebody's probably mentioned in the seventh inning he's
got a no hitter going on, the guy through a
no hitter.

Speaker 6 (40:38):
But I do get what the caller are saying. People.

Speaker 8 (40:40):
It just chaps people's ass when people talk about it.
But those guys are baseball men, Robert and Steve, they know.
So what's the protocol on radio? Is it different in television?
I guess I've never been overly bothered when somebody in
the sixth then he mentions it. It doesn't bother men
don't care. I'd like to know builds the drama. But
I do get people's disdain for it. I'm just not

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one of them that gets bothered by it.

Speaker 6 (41:02):
I don't care.

Speaker 1 (41:03):
Skin into the seven o'clock hour, we'll continue to talk
about this from or almost no hitter one out a way?
Do you believe in jinxes? In no hitters? In perfect games?
We'll discuss the next in sports Stalk seven to eighty.

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Speaker 1 (43:49):
Is the number to join, and a lot of people
want to talk about from ber Valdez and his performance yesterday.
To get back out to the phone lines, Holly, thank
you for holding Good.

Speaker 12 (43:56):
Morning, Good morning, guys.

Speaker 8 (43:58):
How's it going.

Speaker 17 (44:00):
I was so disappointed last night, man so so close.
But I'm like you guys, as soon as I said,
a seer comes up, Man, a seer comes up, it's
going to be over with his it's and that's what happened.
But my, uh, my comment about the Jinxes real quick
is I am super superstitious when it comes to the playoffs.
I won't move from my spot, especially if they've had

(44:21):
a good ending any before. Uh won't go get nothing
to drink, won't even go to the bathroom. But like
within the no hitter, I see you guys point about
you know, Robert and Sparky, especially Sparky, he doesn't believe
in that superstition. He's always called a no hitter and
no hitter when it's going on, and like last August,
Rumber pulled it off. So you it doesn't really matter.
I mean if he said it or not, I don't

(44:42):
think it really matters.

Speaker 19 (44:42):
In the end.

Speaker 17 (44:43):
It's just gonna happen. It's gonna happen. But my real
quiette about Farmbra is now that we've seen all these
several starts in a row where he's been good and
he's had attend.

Speaker 9 (44:52):
In the game.

Speaker 17 (44:54):
I know, when he had that rogue start a couple
of months ago, we were all thinking, man, there's nobody
we can sign this guy. But now I'm thinking, now
that he's had these several stars in a row, he
seems to handle it better. I know I was thinking
the same thing you guys were where all of them
guys went to the mound yesterday when he got low
kissed at the umpire permission that call. But now, if
I was sicking myself, that's sad that we've got to
send the whole team out there, a whole input out

(45:15):
there to coming down. But did that change your mind
on a sign of thing now that we've seen some
good starts out of it?

Speaker 8 (45:22):
Thank you, Holly, so, I continued Holly mis Holly Micks,
Sorry about that, Hollyood. So many great points, make so
many great points. Yeah, I think we all have the
same thought about the Farmer thing.

Speaker 6 (45:34):
I don't.

Speaker 8 (45:35):
I'm not bothered when radio announcing teams talking about a
no hitter does not bother me. Where's the threshold? Is
it the fifth inning? Sixth inning? It still doesn't bother me.
I might understand in the dugout why you wouldn't, But
the player doesn't hear the broadcast, So you're not you're not.

Speaker 6 (45:50):
You're not getting it his head? He and did they
know everybody in that thing? Though?

Speaker 8 (45:54):
So if I get but I do get peoples that
are bothered by it. But as far as Farmer's contract goes,
I think everybody's looking for a left handed ace.

Speaker 6 (46:03):
Yep.

Speaker 8 (46:03):
For them, it's not going to be is a guy
physically good, It's going to be when things go sideways,
can he get.

Speaker 6 (46:08):
Back on the paved path? And it proved it last night.

Speaker 8 (46:13):
When he's going good, he's about as good as ain't
lefty in baseball? He really is, I mean, because he
keeps the ball down and when he's going good, he
can he can be the ace of a lot of
staffs and from the left hand side those are you
cherish that man? But I think to answer this's question
for me, I think that the season when it gets

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to if they're pushing at the end, if in a
big moment again he goes sideways, gives up back to back.

Speaker 6 (46:42):
Home runs, and still pitches his way through it, I
think that they are right right now.

Speaker 8 (46:46):
If it was me, I'd be saying I lean towards Yeah,
I'd like to have the guy, but I still got
to see a little more in certain situations before. He's
a top three paid pitcher in baseball. But I do
believe that some people would pay him that kind of
money right now. He's got that ability, So I do
think he's gonna get paid, and I think the asshos

(47:08):
will pay him to a point. The question is his
comfort level, Brian, and what's he going to do with it?
But I don't think if I were to say, do
you think they dove all in and or one hundred
percent in on paying him what he wants, I don't
think they're there yet. I still think there's some things
they need to see on the emotional side that tell
you he's not only an ace on the mound when

(47:29):
he with when the ball leaves his hand, but he's
an ace when things aren't going well. And I think
that that that's where you know that you dig deep
into the wall and pay him. Left handed studs are
hard to find. And if they if he can prove
that the the emotional mental side matches the pitching ability

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in the next sixty games or whenever, you know, and
then his agent and the rest of it, and they're convinced,
they'll pay him. But I don't think anybody's convinced yet,
or you wouldn't have to see those guys go out
to the mountain that he can get that he can
fight through it himself regularly. Hopefully he can, because the
stuff's there there is, don't make no mistake about it.

Speaker 1 (48:08):
I don't think they're going to be overly excited or
overly eager to try to pay him what he wants.

Speaker 3 (48:15):
But it's he that way.

Speaker 6 (48:16):
Oh yeah, it's just not proving him right.

Speaker 8 (48:19):
And I think that if somebody will, somebody will pay him,
which means, you know, could he leave possibly? And then
the question is are they thinking we cannot afford to
let him leave he's too good or love to have him.
But if it's not at our price, it's not going
to kill us. I think it's that one right now

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that would be my opinion on where they felt about him.

Speaker 1 (48:43):
Seven one seven I need Julie, good morning, good morning,
How are you fantastic?

Speaker 3 (48:50):
What is on your mind with these astros? Well?

Speaker 20 (48:55):
Bell does, of course pitched a great game. But what
I kept asking myself after the game was, so he
walks the first first batter, and then we have a
history with the second batter. I don't know all their
names on the Rangers team, but we have a negative

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history with him, especially with pap up Gregman. So why
didn't he walk the second batter, which is the best
batter on their team. I just don't understand when he's
in that situation pitching that good, doing a no hitter,

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and he doesn't intentionally walking well.

Speaker 3 (49:46):
Because you're not going to put in that moment.

Speaker 1 (49:49):
You're not going to put on another base runner with
two outs and then have to face Marcus Simeon and
if he makes a mistake, there's.

Speaker 3 (49:56):
A three run homer. Now it's four to three rather
than four to two.

Speaker 6 (50:00):
US.

Speaker 3 (50:00):
The pitch cown was getting up there. He was over
one hundred pitches.

Speaker 6 (50:03):
And remember who's pitching. It's lefty to lefty.

Speaker 3 (50:05):
Yeah there's that as well.

Speaker 8 (50:07):
Yeah, that's why and when you're in And I think,
Julie you answered in your question, which it's an extremely
valid I get it you say, I think if the
situation was different, but you don't want it then to
be a solo home run, a back to back home run.
Now a solo home run away from what that would
make tying it right? So you know, hit the three
run job on the next guy EPs is a tying run.

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So think that's why. And you you answered it by
saying when he was pitching that well, when you're going
that good, if Aaron Judge came to the plate as
a right hander, you'd have thought as good as he's going,
you thought Fromberg had got him out.

Speaker 6 (50:43):
And Seeger's a hell of a hitter.

Speaker 8 (50:45):
So I get why you say, well, the way Fromber's going,
I'll take my pitcher over there hitter any day of
the week, on a day, on a night like that,
if he was laboring to get to that point, different story.
But I think it had a lot to do with
just how good he was. And you do not want
to put you don't want to let a solo home
run tie it up if that was a three run

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job by putting an extra guy on base, So I
get why they didn't. And plus you're in the you're
in that emotional mode. Let's get this no hitter, go
get Seager out, and let's keep it moving. So I
think that Troubert's performance last night had a lot to
do with dictating no.

Speaker 20 (51:20):
I just wish it could have been anybody else with him.

Speaker 8 (51:24):
Yeah, that's that's yeah, because he's he's punished a lot
of pitching, that's for sure. Thank goodness, it didn't equal
a loss by giving up that home run. Julie, Thank you,
Thank you, ju.

Speaker 3 (51:35):
And before we get to the steakhoulet's get to John. John,
what's happening?

Speaker 19 (51:39):
Hey, man, Look, I got a question ask you guys
by denying it. But look, man, I woke up this morning, man,
looking in my hands. Man, I thought somebody had hand
me the Avareze home run bottle. I might have to
worry about myself, man, Very careful.

Speaker 6 (51:58):
Yeah you might be. You might be into the baseball
game a little too much. Brother.

Speaker 19 (52:04):
But look, man, this is what I wanted to ask you, guys. Man,
this is a question for you. The night before the
Rangers came back and beat us. Okay, they came back
and beat US and last night, after Avarez hit that
home run and he had come to ninth inning and
its fire took Avarez out the game and brought it
do but I guess for defense or whatever. Obviously he
thought this game was over with the Rangers almost scared

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put a scare in US last night. My question is
to you, Sean and Brian, which you'll take an Avarez
out of that game?

Speaker 3 (52:36):
Appreciate the call, John.

Speaker 6 (52:39):
M Would I have taken Alvarez out of that game?
Is that what he said? Yes? Yes?

Speaker 3 (52:45):
Do you mean do you mean Fromber?

Speaker 6 (52:47):
Yeah? I think he was talking about the ninth inning.
Would you have pulled from bro Out after the home run?

Speaker 9 (52:57):
Is that?

Speaker 6 (52:57):
Is that what he is?

Speaker 11 (52:58):
That?

Speaker 1 (52:58):
Because Alvarez got pulled out because of defensive replacement, you
wanted Mariicio Dubon in that situation. I'm assuming you met Valdez.

Speaker 6 (53:06):
Right, But if he met Alvarez to answer that question,
it'd be.

Speaker 8 (53:13):
I think if you were concerned that you were going
extra innings and needed it bat, you probably wouldn't have.
But the fact you want a defensive replacement in Frober
was throwing a no no made it pretty simple, right.

Speaker 6 (53:25):
Yeah? I mean when you say, simple for injury purposes
and to preserve it.

Speaker 8 (53:28):
I don't think they thought they'd find themselves in that
situation if they did, or if it was a tie game.
It put it this way, if it was a tie
game in a seventh or eighth inning, guess who's not
coming out?

Speaker 6 (53:39):
You're not? Yeah, want that.

Speaker 8 (53:42):
That's exactly right as far as Fromberg goes, I get it.
I understand why with one out you say, okay, gave
it to him and Homer. But that also leads to
after that too, on Homer, what do you think that
they may have been thinking Brian and for John could
get side. That's exactly right. Yeah, so his own his

(54:02):
own past, some of the you know, some of the
demons he's had with getting sideways. After that happened, and
you lose no hitter, you can go you know, it's like, oh,
it's such a letdown. One more pitch and nounce four
to three and you're like, okay, so that that that
emotion of losing a no hitter. We know he's an
emotional guy on the mound, and so you don't want

(54:25):
to let it go any fair because how do you
let it had you kept him in and they come
back and lose.

Speaker 6 (54:30):
Joe's fine.

Speaker 8 (54:30):
I mean it would be people be you know, out
of their mind. Plus was one hundred plus pitches. I
had zero issue with a one out bringing hater in.
That's his job and that's what a closer is supposed
to do. I get the emotional part for Fromber keeping
him in, but I also get the emotional part for
the astro saying oh no, or this didn't get any

(54:52):
barsidas he homeward kind of get him out and let's
get this final out, which shouldn't be that difficult to do,
you'd hope. Okay, So I had no problem with either
guy for the in the situation of the game and
the situation they brought on, whether in Fromber's case of
they're still building that trust of if he goes sideways,

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can he finish? But I think most managers, what if
taking taking the picture out, knowing the emotion of giving
up a no hitter on most teams and going to
their closer that's in that position.

Speaker 6 (55:23):
I do. So I don't think I don't have a
problem with last night.

Speaker 3 (55:26):
You ready to stake it out?

Speaker 6 (55:27):
Sure?

Speaker 3 (55:29):
Sure, come on, dougus a steak out there.

Speaker 6 (55:30):
I mean I'm not that pump, not that pumped about it.
What Yeah, not that pumped.

Speaker 1 (55:35):
But but you do you get why we call it
the steak out, like we're staking it out, you know, like, yeah,
Salisbury's steak, but it's like also a steak out, you
know what I mean, Like you're looking at things from
a different lens, you know what I.

Speaker 8 (55:46):
Mean, you stake it out, you're looking, you're waiting, and
then you're also maybe eating steak Salisbury.

Speaker 6 (55:52):
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anythink about doctor Jeff Witzon.

Speaker 3 (55:56):
I know I need to see a little bit better.

Speaker 6 (55:58):
Well, if you do, you'll.

Speaker 8 (56:00):
Either when there's a steak out, you can see the
steak and you can see the steak out, and you
can see the peeps.

Speaker 6 (56:04):
You know, you don't have to squint to see.

Speaker 9 (56:07):
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Speaker 8 (56:07):
It's kind of like Emil who Estevez when they when
he was on the steak out with Richard Dreyfuss.

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to start breaking into some cutstown.

Speaker 6 (57:03):
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We'll get it done.

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Speaker 3 (57:18):
The Houston Sports World.

Speaker 5 (57:20):
Yes, Sean Salisbury knows how to play the game because
he really played the game.

Speaker 3 (57:26):
Yeah, former prol QB right here, he actually has it
on his name tag former pro QB. Right here, back
to Sean on Sports Talk seven ninety. All right, Sean,
what are you hearing out there now? The Salisbury stakeout?
Salsbury takeout on the Sean Salisbury Show.

Speaker 1 (57:50):
It's time for the stakout right here on Sports Talk seven.
I need the Sean Salisbury Show. Sean Salisbury, Brian Limamanuel Elmore.
Astros beat the Rangers last night. They go for the
series win and the silver boots series win. Today, one
thirty five is the first pitch, twelve thirty on Deck Show,
right here on seven on your home for Astros Baseball.
I guess, uh, you know, I guess our midday shows

(58:12):
get a you.

Speaker 3 (58:13):
Know, just a day off. It's fine country club living
around here, you know what I mean?

Speaker 10 (58:17):
What time does the game tip off?

Speaker 9 (58:19):
Today?

Speaker 3 (58:19):
Tip off is one thirty five? Wow, twelve thirty on
Deck Show.

Speaker 6 (58:24):
Nice to be a member of a country club.

Speaker 2 (58:26):
Wow.

Speaker 8 (58:26):
No initiation fee, no dues, no dues, man free golf,
man free golf.

Speaker 1 (58:32):
You know, dues are paid every day and rents do
every day, so you gotta you gotta pay it or whatever. J. J.

Speaker 3 (58:37):
Watt always says.

Speaker 6 (58:39):
Well, yeah, how is that?

Speaker 8 (58:40):
Rints do rent?

Speaker 9 (58:41):
What is it?

Speaker 3 (58:42):
What does he always say, let mean we get that for.

Speaker 6 (58:44):
Your rents, do at the end of every day or
something like that.

Speaker 3 (58:47):
E said, Rent's not actually do every day. I mean
part of the rent is you know, if you have.

Speaker 6 (58:51):
Once a month, Yeah, a little something.

Speaker 1 (58:54):
Dues are paid rent rent Quote what is it called
working out something like that?

Speaker 6 (59:00):
I don't.

Speaker 1 (59:03):
Successes never owned, it's rented, and rent rent is due
every day.

Speaker 6 (59:08):
Goods toe every day?

Speaker 8 (59:08):
Dude. Okay, wait when you break down thirty days, you're
paying fifteen hundred a month. Yeah, I mean you know
a month, break it down daily. It's due every day.

Speaker 1 (59:17):
I mean I guess, yeah, I mean I paid when
I have my mortgage. I paid my mortgage once a month.

Speaker 8 (59:22):
But you worked every day to earn that mortgage, to
earn that money to pay the mortgage.

Speaker 6 (59:28):
Right, so it's due every day. Yeah.

Speaker 3 (59:31):
Success is it just never show up.

Speaker 6 (59:33):
Just show up and show out.

Speaker 3 (59:34):
That's it, dude, That's all you got to do.

Speaker 6 (59:37):
That's really when it when it really gets down to it.

Speaker 8 (59:41):
Yeah, when it gets down to brass tax, ye, we go,
okay to brass tack. I don't know why tax has
got to be brass, the brass tax of it. Huh,
when when it gets out of the concrete tax, Yep,
when it gets when it gets out of the vinal
tax of it, let alone the brass tax.

Speaker 6 (01:00:00):
It's really just showing up and showing.

Speaker 3 (01:00:01):
Out, right, That's all you gotta do. I mean, it's
a way of life.

Speaker 8 (01:00:05):
Apply any motivational speech you want from zig Ziggler, Tony Robbins,
you the Shonald you know what I'm saying. Idiot, idiot
of it you want. But it really simply comes down
to show up and show out.

Speaker 3 (01:00:22):
Simple man.

Speaker 6 (01:00:22):
You can't get any simple than that. Yeah, is it?

Speaker 11 (01:00:24):
It?

Speaker 6 (01:00:24):
Really? That's the it is.

Speaker 3 (01:00:27):
Yeah, that's really the brass tacks?

Speaker 6 (01:00:29):
Would you rather? Would you rather get to the brass
tacks of it? Or have brass nuts?

Speaker 11 (01:00:36):
You know?

Speaker 6 (01:00:36):
The Oh man, that guy's got brass balls.

Speaker 8 (01:00:38):
You know that's saying, which one would you rather be
known as the guy who gets to the brass tacks?
Or man, it's a clutch brass balls? Boy, he guys,
that's unbelievable.

Speaker 6 (01:00:51):
Which who are you? Which guy would you be described as?

Speaker 1 (01:00:55):
I'd probably I'd probably rather be the guy with the
brass balls. You know this with with the brass the Zutzkies, right, yeah, exactly.

Speaker 6 (01:01:03):
Yeah, yeah, exactly. I fail you. Yeah, I'm with you.

Speaker 3 (01:01:08):
So for the so for the steak out.

Speaker 6 (01:01:11):
Do you believe ye?

Speaker 3 (01:01:14):
Do you believe in sports jinxes?

Speaker 6 (01:01:20):
I'm a big I do believe in O, C. D
and uh superstitions.

Speaker 8 (01:01:25):
No, I don't believe that it's it's the announcer's fault
for saying guys made fifty straight free throws into the
guy misses.

Speaker 6 (01:01:31):
No, I just don't. Inevitably it's gonna happen.

Speaker 8 (01:01:34):
What about all the times that there is no jinks
and they say the same thing, and the no hitter
or the free throw or the jump shot or the
home run they happen. So sports as a whole, sports
is overcoming failure. Because you fail a lot in pro sports.

Speaker 6 (01:01:48):
Or in any sport, I'm gonna say, uh, I don't.
I don't. Now when you look at some of the numbers,
you're gonna say they gotta be jined. They just have to. Yes.
Do I believe that that e or on the dark,
you know, and Whinnie the Pooh follows some teams around
or player. Yeah, I do that.

Speaker 8 (01:02:04):
But do I believe it's a broadcaster's jink soor it's
a jinx from the high heavens. I'm not sure I
believe in that, and that's odd coming from a guy
who's has got his OCD and and played his career.
I was superstitious OCD about the way I got dressed
every I did it the same way all the time
on game day. But I know you're gonna probably give
me some all time jinxes that probably will make you think.

Speaker 6 (01:02:28):
Of course, I believe in sports chinxes. I don't know
what it is.

Speaker 8 (01:02:31):
I don't think I do or those coincidences in sports,
but maybe they do exist.

Speaker 6 (01:02:37):
I just don't pay much attention.

Speaker 8 (01:02:38):
I don't think you jinx a no hitter by saying
something about it in the sixth inning.

Speaker 6 (01:02:42):
I don't. I think it's an easy excuse. How's that so?

Speaker 1 (01:02:46):
Chandler Rome doing his job working for the athletic as
a beat writer for the Astros. He tweeted out last
night at it yep. He tweeted out as they were
going into the ninth inning. He said from er Valdez
is through eight no hit innings in Arlington. He's throwing
ninety three pitches and the comments as you can imagine
were fantastic. One guy said in all caps, no, we

(01:03:11):
don't talk about it before the ending. Come on, here's
another guy, all caps, Come on, Chandler. Another guy says,
why are you the way that you are? Nice job, Chandler,
thanks for jinxing it. Some other guys says, I must
say that although this is disappointing to read from the
other ASTROS reporters.

Speaker 3 (01:03:28):
It is very predictable from you. One guy even said,
screw you man.

Speaker 1 (01:03:34):
Then another guy said, by that f would you talk
about it before it's over? I mean, this is just
Chandler Rome's mentions. Brian Tagger and I'm sure had the
same thing.

Speaker 8 (01:03:45):
And they know that that people are gonna if it
gets broken. They know that they're doing their job, but
they know that they're gonna get hammered for right. I mean,
but they their job comes first, that their responsibility to
me and you of not letting us know. I mean,
that's what and I'm okay with it. It didn't bother me,
but I get why other people are bothered by it.
But Chandler Rome's doing his job, like you said, Brian mctagger,

(01:04:08):
doing their job.

Speaker 6 (01:04:09):
It doesn't bug me. I don't think Fromber went in.

Speaker 8 (01:04:13):
And started reading his cell phone in the seventh inning
and said, I can't believe it Chandler and mctagger talking
about the no hitter.

Speaker 6 (01:04:19):
I'm definitely going to give up a home run in
the ninth. I know I'm being a bit hyperbolic and
facetious about it. I do get people.

Speaker 8 (01:04:26):
I actually love the passion of people that are actually
they get sideways when somebody does this because they just
can't and they believe in jinxes and sports, and I
think it's I think it's great banter.

Speaker 6 (01:04:38):
I'm just not one that gets bothered by it.

Speaker 8 (01:04:41):
You know, everybody's thinking it, and it only can't talk
about so So so what happens if they don't talk
about it and then he still gives up the hit?
So where's the jenks sin? Should we say, well, you
should have talked about it, then he would have got it.
You go reverse psychology. But I do get in the
annals of time that you're not supposed to. But I
just don't know where the threshold it is for or
why it doesn't bother me with Chandler Rome or Brian

(01:05:03):
McTaggart or Steve Sparks did I like to be informed.
Five turn on the ring, Oh my gosh, you got
no hitter in the seventh Cool. But I do get
people's disdained for it. But I don't know, do you
believe in Jinxes? I so rabbit's foots and all that stuff.

Speaker 1 (01:05:18):
I mean, I'm I'm pretty superstitious. I mean that's just
from as long as I played sports and baseball through college.

Speaker 3 (01:05:24):
Like a very superstitious.

Speaker 1 (01:05:26):
But as far as like watching a no hitter or
watching a perfect game, like I said to Tripoli this morning,
like even watching the game last night, I didn't move
from the same spot on my on my couch. But
like if I was in the dugout, I'm not talking
to the picture. If there's a hitter that's five for five,
I'm probably not talking to him.

Speaker 3 (01:05:43):
Things like that.

Speaker 1 (01:05:44):
But as far as like talking about it and tweeting
it out if I have a job to do. If
we were let's say you and I were on this
show and the Ashles were playing in like Korea and
the game was going on, I would probably say hey,
Frommer's sauce in something.

Speaker 11 (01:06:00):
You know.

Speaker 1 (01:06:01):
I don't know if i'd say no hitter. But as
far as like these reporters doing their job. I don't
have a problem with it. I don't think it is.

Speaker 8 (01:06:06):
You and I were doing a Manning cast, which we've
done before on my PSF. Yeah, and it's the sixth inning,
uh huh, and people are tuned in to talk world
and like just in the banter, I have no problem
mentioning that guy's got a no hitter in the sixth inning. Yeah,
you have a choice. You're into this one to hear
our analysis. You're watching the same game. I am sure
to mute it then, yeah, I mean I honestly, so,

(01:06:28):
I don't know, but I'm not mad at people that
are frustrated by it because.

Speaker 6 (01:06:32):
I'm with you.

Speaker 8 (01:06:33):
Like when remember that sixteen inning game the Red Sox
were in the year they won the World Series in
kimberl It was like sixteen seventeen innings in the play,
I did not move from my c I sayed in
the same place the entire time. So for me, JINX,
I don't know, is superstitious and OCD the same as
Jenks and that if I get up, I guess it
is just different semantics that if I get up and

(01:06:55):
sit in somewhere else, they're going to lose. I don't
know if that's superstition or jinks. Jinks to me is like,
oh my gosh, man, no matter how good you are,
something's gonna go wrong in your game and you're just
gonna screw it up and whatever.

Speaker 6 (01:07:09):
That dark life.

Speaker 8 (01:07:09):
I don't know if I believe in chinks is yet
there are some. Honestly, when you look at them, they're like,
how is this happening to this family or to this
guy or to this team?

Speaker 6 (01:07:19):
They're jinx. We hit all the time. We hear it
that all the time. But for me, I don't know.

Speaker 8 (01:07:24):
I guess is OCD and superstition like where I'm sitting
in a game because I'm with you, if they're going good,
I won't move either. So I don't know, but I
guess they exist in sports. Maybe I just choose not
to believe it because I always am just based on performance.
The guy performs, well, how can he be jinx? But
maybe they're those things all perfect throat kicks off a

(01:07:44):
guy's shoulderbets how right.

Speaker 6 (01:07:46):
So I don't know. I don't know if people talking
about it or not.

Speaker 8 (01:07:50):
I think there's protocol in sports, and I think that's
what bothers fans that we're not supposed to talk about
something that's just the unwritten rule of sports. I think
that's part of what goes into it.

Speaker 1 (01:08:00):
Three two point two, five seven ninety. We'll get to
your calls next. Also, Jordan Alvarez accomplished something in his
career and he set a record.

Speaker 3 (01:08:07):
What is it that's next? Where the Shawn Salisbury Show continued.

Speaker 1 (01:08:14):
Jordan is now seventh in Major League history to get
to one hundred and fifty home runs in five hundred
and ninety games. So that is the top ten quickest
MLB players to one hundred fifty career home runs. Jordon
Ranks seventh, took him five hundred and ninety games. Aaron
Judge took him five hundred and eighty two, to Joe

(01:08:35):
DiMaggio five hundred and seventy three, Ralph Kiner five sixty nine,
Gary Sanchez Wow five hundred and fifty seven, Pete Alonso
five thirty eight, and Ryan Howard four ninety five below him,
Ryan Brown six' eleven, Mark McGuire six sixteen, and Eddie
Matthews six eighteen. So he's in ah, some pretty pretty
good company there. Took him five hundred and ninety games

(01:08:57):
to get to one hundred and fifty career home runs.

Speaker 8 (01:08:59):
Bet huh, I wonder if the fastest to one hundred
it was still of one hundred Tony Aro when he
got No, maybe I'm wrong because maybe somebody has done it,
but he was too one hundred.

Speaker 6 (01:09:13):
You know, you don't remember him with the red. He's
a guy.

Speaker 3 (01:09:15):
Now, I'm a big Tony Arrow guy.

Speaker 6 (01:09:18):
Tony is what they called him.

Speaker 3 (01:09:23):
Yeah, I'm a big, big Tony Ce guy.

Speaker 8 (01:09:25):
Well, part of the history is you'll I mean as
a baseball guy, is he got He was like I
think the fat at the time, and he may still
be the fastest or close to one hundred home runs.
He was that guy and built for Fenway Park and
got hit with a pitch in the eye, and it
changed his entire career.

Speaker 6 (01:09:44):
He was never the same. Went from a budding superstar.

Speaker 8 (01:09:48):
Like prodigious power guy built for that ballpark and popular
conegi Aro, big name in Boston, got hit with a
with a fastball in the in the face, in the
eye and you could go ahead and google it. You'll
see the dark circle rounder. It changed his career was
he was never the same and That's why when he
say fastest too, he was one of the fastest. And

(01:10:09):
at the time when he was it was the fastest
to one hundred. So I don't know who's got there faster.
I would imagine with the way the ball carries. Now, yeah,
now it's Ryan Howard. Took him three hundred and twenty
five games.

Speaker 6 (01:10:20):
Cane Giliero is still on there.

Speaker 3 (01:10:22):
No, no, he's not.

Speaker 8 (01:10:23):
So it was up to a certain well to Ryan Howard.
Think about how long that you know, if Tony c
was still that guy. But to get there that fast
he was, he was that guy and got hit in
the face to the fastball man and it changed, it
changed his life in his career.

Speaker 3 (01:10:38):
Wow, in his first three seasons he had eighty four bombs.

Speaker 6 (01:10:42):
That's what I'm saying.

Speaker 8 (01:10:43):
See how I mean he was the fastest to one
hundred of all time when he got there and then
got hit with the pitch and was never the same.
So good on Jordan Man and he's going through a.

Speaker 6 (01:10:52):
Lull log ball.

Speaker 8 (01:10:54):
So you're looking at a guy of his career extends,
is a five hundred home run type guy. It'll be
fun to watch as long as he stays healthy and
continues the ascent of getting better.

Speaker 3 (01:11:04):
He was hit in the face and he was only
twenty two years old.

Speaker 6 (01:11:07):
Yeah, his career is just starting. That's why it changed
his career and changed his life.

Speaker 8 (01:11:11):
And he was a star, and everybody talked about how
his his swing was built for Fenway Park and got
hit right in the face stet fast ball in the eye,
and it changed and it changed everything for him, which
was a bummer because he was I mean, he was
built for.

Speaker 6 (01:11:28):
Boston and Fenway Park was a bummer too bad. Yep.

Speaker 1 (01:11:31):
All right, let's get us back on time here and
we will continue to talk about the fromber Valdez almost
no hitter, and also Zach Dezenzo was called up yesterday
for the Astros. Dana Brown spoke about bringing up some
of those guys, and so did Joe spot it. Well,
it happened yesterday. What does that mean for Joe John
Singleton in the first base position. We'll discuss it next

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Speaker 2 (01:13:15):
The Salisbury Show continues everything.

Speaker 8 (01:13:18):
We're playing for something all the time. We're playing for keeps,
an old oaken bucket.

Speaker 3 (01:13:23):
We're playing for keeps.

Speaker 6 (01:13:24):
You know, whatever we're playing for. We are playing for keeps,
aren't we?

Speaker 3 (01:13:27):
What A what's what? Do U see? What's usc?

Speaker 1 (01:13:30):
And notre dame? They play for anything? U USC and
U c l A. I mean, what are you'll playing for?

Speaker 9 (01:13:34):
Like?

Speaker 3 (01:13:35):
Uh, like a surfboard, like the Golden surfboard.

Speaker 6 (01:13:38):
W W in the win column. We don't need gimmicks. Oh,
here we go.

Speaker 8 (01:13:44):
You guys are rivalries, You guys are I don't need
to play. Hey, blame a shot glass. You want to
eat a w we eat dubs?

Speaker 3 (01:13:52):
I bet she'll do. You're playing for the Golden surfboard.

Speaker 6 (01:13:57):
We're not gonna eat it.

Speaker 8 (01:13:58):
Nervous, We're gonna have trouble, Well, we're gonna have trouble
eating dubs this year the Big Ten.

Speaker 6 (01:14:03):
I'm anxious to see how our defense fares, you know,
you get in the physical world.

Speaker 3 (01:14:09):
UCLA and usc play this weekend. Bro, we're gonna meet
at the sig House. You know they're playing for the
Golden Surfboard.

Speaker 6 (01:14:17):
Yeah, not everybody could do that. Gold that's a good
way to do, play for the Golden Surfboard. No to day, Bessie,
I don't know. I don't know what do we play for.
It was only their quarterback, and I have no idea
what we got for winning it.

Speaker 3 (01:14:30):
I don't know.

Speaker 6 (01:14:31):
I honestly don't know.

Speaker 3 (01:14:32):
Wow.

Speaker 6 (01:14:33):
I guess we could google it, but I I mean,
I was my time there. I don't know what.

Speaker 8 (01:14:37):
I don't even know what we played for against UCLA.
Some kind of bell or something. I can't even remember. Honestly,
players don't know this stuff. I mean maybe they do
it certain places when you want the old oaken bucket
because you're running it off. I don't ever remember, Like,
hey man, it's the third quarter, we're beating UCLA. I
can't wait till the awards ceremony and we get the

(01:14:58):
you know, the the cardinal and gold bell. I don't
even know what we played for other than winning and
try to get to the Rose Bowl. I have no
idea what we played against Notre Dame for what what
you got for it? I don't know if we got
a boot, if we got a shamrock, I don't.

Speaker 6 (01:15:15):
I have no idea. Might have got a little leprechaun.

Speaker 9 (01:15:19):
What is this?

Speaker 6 (01:15:20):
Hang on?

Speaker 21 (01:15:20):
What is this?

Speaker 1 (01:15:21):
What is this?

Speaker 3 (01:15:23):
Let's see, hang on, hold on? Uh the jewel It's called.

Speaker 6 (01:15:29):
The jeweled chalaly Chally. We played for the chalele.

Speaker 3 (01:15:36):
Usc. Notre Dame played for the jeweled Salaly and.

Speaker 6 (01:15:41):
A Leprechaun mixed in as a bonus. There you go.
I don't know. Yeah, okay, great, we played for the
jeweled Schalaly.

Speaker 1 (01:15:51):
For each victory, a respective jewel ornament is added to
the foot long club.

Speaker 8 (01:15:57):
Okay, well, as a trojan. It's first I for I've
heard of it. We added one during the during our
victories there, so there you go. I'm more concerned about
what it is. I don't know what we're playing for.
They're playing for the boot and people here, no, okay.

Speaker 3 (01:16:10):
They're playing for the silver boot. That's for damn sure.

Speaker 1 (01:16:13):
Seven one, three, two, two, five, seven ninety and learn
something new every day, Sean. The jewels nice, Yeah, I
love the Jewel Chileale, Big poor Big Schialale. Guys here
on the radio.

Speaker 6 (01:16:24):
Guys.

Speaker 3 (01:16:25):
Oh yeah, Aaron, welcome in.

Speaker 6 (01:16:28):
Hey, good, Hey, good morning guys.

Speaker 1 (01:16:30):
How you doing, good man, what's on your mind? I
see you want to talk about some of these minor leaguers.

Speaker 22 (01:16:35):
Yeah, so I was, well, so too. Comment's one thing
about the Somember Valdez almost no hitter. And I know,
just like Michael Scott says in the Office. I don't
know if you guys watch that show, but where he says,
I'm not superstitious, but just a little stitious. So I thought,
I thought, you know, I don't think I don't think

(01:16:55):
it matters whether people comment, you know, whether he's if
he's on the no hitter or not.

Speaker 6 (01:17:00):
But you might know everyone's.

Speaker 22 (01:17:01):
Always a little a little stitious about those things about
the little leaguers. Wondering why why I thought as putting
Lozenzo in when he's got other minor leaguers he brought
up like pedro Leone or even putting in Karatin as
the DH, you know, like Kroten I know has been

(01:17:23):
used in the past is DH and has done pretty well.
And he just brought up Pedro Leone, So in a game,
in a situation on this where we're trying to win
the Silver Food or even against any team, why why
do you think he's putting in a Losenzo versus Leone
or Caroten. I just wanted to hear you guys' thoughts
on that.

Speaker 1 (01:17:41):
Thank you for your time, appreciated, Aaron, And real quick
we can get to Adrian. Adrian, what's happening?

Speaker 23 (01:17:51):
Hey guysall A long time listener. Yeah, I just had
a quick calm and I remember, you know, regarding the
superstit since I remember being at the twenty fifteen no
hitter for you know, now Greater fires. But you know,
I don't think it was until like the seventh innings
from what I remember where you know, we kind of

(01:18:13):
started realizing that it was gonna you know, there was
a no hitter going, you know, and nobody said anything obviously,
you know, I just kind of looked over to my
brother in law. We just kind of nodded, and I
mean the last couple of innings, I mean, it just
turned into a full long, like playoff game. It was
a play a postseason game. Uh, It's just everybody started cheering,

(01:18:38):
you know, and just for every strike, you know, every out,
and I just thought that, you know, that was a
you know, amazing atmosphere. But I mean it's, uh, you know,
nobody said anything obviously, you know, and that's just how
it was at the game. But I mean, I think
it's different, you know when you're listening to you know,
radio or even broadcast, because I mean even last night,

(01:19:00):
you know, I was hearing Robert Ford and the Sparks
they were you know saying, you know, strong through seven
no hit and eighty no hit. So I mean it's
I don't really think it's applies too much when you're
out of the when you're out of the stadium, you're
out of the just listening to it. But you know,
thanks for tetting my calls. Guys appreciate it.

Speaker 3 (01:19:20):
Thank you, Adrian.

Speaker 6 (01:19:21):
So Sean's it's an interesting dynamic.

Speaker 8 (01:19:24):
Yeah, so some people hate it, right, we don't care
like me and some people are kind of stuck in
between de pity on where you are.

Speaker 6 (01:19:31):
Yeah, it's interesting.

Speaker 8 (01:19:31):
As far as the young players, Bran, I don't know
why Joe's playing one or the other.

Speaker 1 (01:19:36):
I don't either. I think it's a Aaron was the
caller that just asked us about it. You know, pedro
Leone was brought up and didn't start for like a
couple of days. De Zenzo was brought up yesterday. Hey,
by the way, bub you're dhing tonight right right.

Speaker 6 (01:19:51):
I don't know.

Speaker 1 (01:19:51):
I think you and I are on the same page
when it comes to Victor Carrotini. I want more at
bats from him.

Speaker 6 (01:19:56):
I listen.

Speaker 8 (01:19:57):
I think Victor Carrotiti is underutilized. That's that's how what Also?
I think he I think he could play a lot more. Yeah,
I'm with you, I do wherever you could find it.
I think I trust his bat So to me, I
think he's uh, I don't know. It's undervalued, fair to say,
or maybe and maybe the way we look at it

(01:20:19):
because he did not get.

Speaker 6 (01:20:20):
In as much run as we want. I just think
he needs won't run. I think he's underworked. How's that?

Speaker 3 (01:20:25):
Yeah, I'm with like to more of him. I would
love to see it.

Speaker 1 (01:20:27):
Switch hitting guy that can play a little first base,
or you put him behind the plate and put other
guys at first base. I know you're not going to
take out yan Yanner because he is stroking right now,
but I I I want to see more Victor Carrottin
in the line.

Speaker 8 (01:20:40):
And more and more activity. And and he also he
has good at bats a lot of times, man where
he does.

Speaker 6 (01:20:46):
So I'm a fan. I am. Yeah.

Speaker 1 (01:20:48):
And they do need they you know, Sean when it
comes to like getting you know, hitters with good at bats,
like Danie Brown has mentioned, they do need to score
more runs than their opponent to win the game.

Speaker 6 (01:20:59):
M So I've never heard that before. You haven't You
have to score more runs than your opponent to win
a game?

Speaker 3 (01:21:07):
Yeah, Tripley just whispered that in my ear.

Speaker 6 (01:21:09):
It's crazy.

Speaker 3 (01:21:09):
It's a good stab by TRIPLEI yeah.

Speaker 6 (01:21:12):
That's a first. So if you score more than the
other team, you win one hundred percent of the time.

Speaker 3 (01:21:17):
Isn't that right, Triple That is great?

Speaker 6 (01:21:19):
There it is.

Speaker 3 (01:21:20):
Yeah, you heard it from the streets.

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Hey, that's that is the word on the street.

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Yeah I knew it was a bell. Remember I said
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See we don't just have one a year. We play.

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When you get two a year, you can win the
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Speaker 1 (01:24:40):
Texans practicing this morning, and that's what we're gonna switch
to here in the eight o'clock hour. We've talked to
ashros for the first two hours. Talk a little football.
Titus Howard Shawn yesterday was carted off the field.

Speaker 3 (01:24:57):
Obviously.

Speaker 1 (01:24:57):
Titus Howard, one of the right tackles for the Texans,
has been dealing with some injuries last season, missed a
good amount of the season, and yesterday he was reportedly
carted off the field during practice. My goodness, first preseason
games hasn't even happened. And Titus Howard injured at practice.

Speaker 8 (01:25:21):
Well, you're there locally, I'm getting back to town. Is
there any buzz about what it is or severity of it?

Speaker 6 (01:25:27):
So there did to see anything about the I saw
the injury.

Speaker 8 (01:25:31):
Yeah, I'm glad we brought this up because do not
take this lightly if it's serious. But when you're carted off,
I know sometimes it can be preventive measures, but that's
never a good thing.

Speaker 6 (01:25:42):
But what's the update this morning?

Speaker 3 (01:25:43):
So there's no update as of just yet.

Speaker 1 (01:25:46):
I know they get ready to take the field here
in about like thirty minutes or so up in Ohio.
But then also I'm just going to go to djb
Enemy he's a Texans reporter for ESPN here locally. And
then also Aaron will as well. They both reported that
he was hurt, headed to the tent and then left
on a cart. But then Titus Howard yesterday tweeted out

(01:26:08):
himself at one thirty four say, and dang, I thought
I walked off the field, So.

Speaker 6 (01:26:15):
I don't. I don't know.

Speaker 3 (01:26:17):
It's weird that he would.

Speaker 1 (01:26:19):
Tweet that out when everybody else that was at practice
yesterday said that he left on a cart, So not sure.

Speaker 3 (01:26:27):
It's uh, let's see, Yeah, there's nothing.

Speaker 1 (01:26:30):
No uh messages or not excuse message, no tweets, no
updates just yet practice getting ready to kick off here.
I don't know within the hour, so I have to
wait and see. But just kind of weird man and
not good if he is or whatever the case is.

Speaker 8 (01:26:44):
Well, I don't understand. So there's a whole bunch of
eyes there. If you were carted off, you were carted off,
and if you walked off, why in the world would
anybody say you were carted off?

Speaker 6 (01:26:56):
Now?

Speaker 8 (01:26:57):
Could it be both you were carted off the field
to the sideline andalk from the sideline to the locker room?

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

Speaker 8 (01:27:02):
I don't know what he did after he carted off.
It's why would there be a discrepancy in that visual?
And what's the reasoning for if you were walking off?
Why was he carted off? And why would anybody disagree
with that? You are whatever happened happened? Are we saying
that he was carted into the locker room or was

(01:27:22):
he carted just off the field of the sidelines and
then walked into the locker room. I guess you could
be both. I just the severity. It's just it's kind
of weird that one would say one thing and the others.
I guess it's not that big a deal.

Speaker 1 (01:27:33):
All right, here we goes all right, Sorry, Sean, I
was digging and digging and digging. So it says Texans
tackle Titus Howard walked off to the blue medical tent.

Speaker 3 (01:27:43):
He's being examined.

Speaker 1 (01:27:44):
And then it also this is from Aaron Wilson, NFL insider,
obviously for KPRC Channel two Sports.

Speaker 3 (01:27:49):
I want to make sure to give him credit.

Speaker 1 (01:27:51):
Then he also tweeted later on and I finally found it.
He tweets out a lot of NFL stuff. He further
tweeted Titus Howard leaving the field with a trainer. He
walked under his own power, headed, he walked off. Okay,
this is what it was. So he walked off on
his own power to the blue medical tent. Then he
was carted off to the inside facility for further examination.

Speaker 8 (01:28:16):
So so my guestimate from this far away was right.
He walked from one to the on the field. He
walked from one of the sideline and then the cart
took him in. So both happened.

Speaker 6 (01:28:28):
Yeah, correct, yep.

Speaker 1 (01:28:29):
So then also so then I flip over to DJB
Enemy who was at practice Texans right tackle Titus Howard
just went into the blue medical tent and then he
tweeted a little bit later and said Howard has now
left practice on a cart.

Speaker 6 (01:28:43):
Okay.

Speaker 8 (01:28:43):
So so to get it right both ways, he walked
off the field under his own power, and they had
left to the facility's locker room on a cart. Yes
after he was after he was looked at. So both happened,
and I could see if somebody left. Essay, he was
carted off for dramatic fashion, left off the part that
he did walk from the field to the tent. So

(01:29:06):
when they said that, I think, well, he said one,
they said the other. They both had to happen, and
that's that's it. Both had to happen, and both did
happen yesterday. So that's no big deal because both did happen.
So the next thing is that after he was evaluated,
so he walked off under his own power, then they
looked at him and then they made him go it
out of cart. It tells me first off, it's a

(01:29:28):
lower half injury.

Speaker 6 (01:29:29):
Is that correct?

Speaker 8 (01:29:29):
Yes, there is a low lower body injury, so I
guess further evaluation, wait till swelling or whatever goes down.
Let's the bigger picture, aside from whether he was carted
off or walked off, which he did both, is this
offensive line can't afford to be beat up again. Let's
hope that this is temporary and not nothing severe and

(01:29:53):
these back in it because if there's anything they need
this year. A lot of people have this team as
a top defense. They have this team as of the
most improved coming into this season, like a top two
or three team. The hopes and expectations for this team
after just a year ago, we're going into a season

(01:30:16):
with three wins are through the roof.

Speaker 6 (01:30:21):
But I can tell you there will not be a
top three or top five or top power rank.

Speaker 8 (01:30:28):
I saw another one where the thirty third team, which's
got all those coaches the web, all those coaches and
former gms and stuff that do shows together and evaluate
and do all that, like Mike Barts and a bunch
of them. They have the Texans like in the power rankings,
like in the top six or seven, and that's in
the NFL.

Speaker 6 (01:30:46):
So we're seeing that all over.

Speaker 8 (01:30:47):
I'm just telling you the depth and physicality of the
offensive line is going to is going to be a
major issue. Good if they're healthy, and could be a
serious downfall if they're not. Hard to find guys that
are just that's solid and solidify an offensive line and
keep those guys in continuity, I am please don't let

(01:31:09):
this be a serious injury. I'd love to see Titus
Howard all season long in his position, Tunsil in his
position where you're building it, where guys play their home position,
and we see the same offensive line with a few
substitutions when necessary for the majority of the season.

Speaker 6 (01:31:26):
So while I the semantics of whether cardoof.

Speaker 8 (01:31:29):
Or walked off and did both, to me, it comes
down to, please don't let this be a long term injury,
because you can't afford to lose.

Speaker 6 (01:31:37):
Guys that can play more than one position.

Speaker 8 (01:31:39):
But it also it's time to live up to being
that first round pick and there's another level to his
game and I would expect that he'd take that leap
this year because it seems like everybody under this team's watch.

Speaker 6 (01:31:52):
Gets better.

Speaker 8 (01:31:53):
So I'm anxious to see how this turns out. Let's
hope it's nothing severe, Sean.

Speaker 1 (01:31:58):
As we get to break the power rankings, you references
at the NFL dot Com Power.

Speaker 8 (01:32:03):
Rankings, it's a thirty third the thirty third team, which
is that they're called the thirty third, which it's like
guys like the guys who've played coach gms. They watch
tape together and they break down and they do they
write blogs and they do videos and stuff. So a
lot of guys, you'd know, what's my guy, Tannenbaum, I
think is.

Speaker 3 (01:32:21):
Apart yeam is this party.

Speaker 8 (01:32:22):
They're all over the place. They have them as a
Nick Day in their power rankings. They're a top six
or seventeen.

Speaker 3 (01:32:27):
Yeah, so I've got so I've got both.

Speaker 1 (01:32:29):
I've got the thirty third team, uh Power Rankings, and
I've got the NFL dot Com with their NFL dot
Com writers as well. So I want to go through
both of those because the similarities are right there with
the Houston Texans. So let's go through those and talk
a little bit more as the Texans get ready to
start practice. Gonna wait and see hopefully an update on
Titus Howard here in the next I don't know, thirty

(01:32:50):
minutes or so let's discuss it next. On Sports Talk
seven ninety the Sewan Salisbury Show continues and they now,
you know, they play the Pittsburgh Steelers on Friday, and
that thirty third team NFL Power rankings.

Speaker 3 (01:33:09):
Sean, you mentioned the thirty third team.

Speaker 1 (01:33:10):
In uh, this group, you've got former NFL head coach
Chuck Pagano, Jay Gruden, Marvin Lewis, Bill Parcells, Wade Phillips,
Mike Martz, Leslie Fraser, Dave Wantstadt, Greg Roman, Eric Mangini.
I mean, my goodness, you got all all kinds of
different minds in this group. And they put out their

(01:33:33):
power rankings and the Texans are sixth in these power rankings.

Speaker 8 (01:33:43):
Yeah, they play pretty close attention, and it starts with
the fact that they know they're discipline, their defense is
going to be a lot better. It improved last year
to improve even more this year. And they got a
quarterback and they're they're they're bandwidth on offenses through the roof.
So it's tempting all the way around. And I understand
why they that everybody holds them in such high regard

(01:34:04):
because it starts with the head coach and the quarterback
and builts from there and they got all that.

Speaker 1 (01:34:08):
So they say in this power ranking article, the Houston
Texans are primed for a postseason run in twenty twenty four,
and their offseason moves have proved that. The additions of
the Neil Hunter and Stefan Diggs give them a bona
fide playmaker at each position that were already strong in
They added more talent on defense, and a healthy Tank
Dell should make the offense even more explosive. It wouldn't

(01:34:31):
be a shock at all to see the Texans be
the top contender in the AFC this year to the Chiefs.

Speaker 3 (01:34:41):
Chiefs still talk about that.

Speaker 8 (01:34:42):
No, I agree, it's I mean, it's Chiefs top dog.
And then there's the Ravens, Bills, Texans, Dolphins, and the
Bengals that group, and I'm sure Cleveland wants to be
included that in that next tier. Yeah, the Texans are
in the next tier. We haven't been able say that
for a long time. They're they're in. The Chiefs are

(01:35:04):
in a tier of their own, and they've earned it.
So we can say, oh, well we're better than the
chief You're not better than the Chiefs. You go beat
them in the playoffs. Great, but until somebody unseats the champ.
They were were not better than them. Now we've got
some skill offensive skill set personnel. The Texans have better personnel.
Now Kelsey is in a different world. Mahomes is in

(01:35:26):
a different world. But after that, tell me where they're better.
When it comes to perimeter offensive people, they're not that there.
Their head coach is pretty good and play caller and
Andy Reid. But you tell me, aside from Mahomes and Kelsey,
when it comes to skilled position people on the offensive
side of the ball, why the Chiefs are more talented

(01:35:48):
than the Texans.

Speaker 6 (01:35:48):
They're not.

Speaker 8 (01:35:50):
And then and while you got the quarterback, Mahomes, Stroud's
not exactly the thirty first ranked quarterback in the league,
so that that gap is closer than it may appear.
But Mahomes is the man, so you look. And then defensively,
what helped the Chiefs win the Super Bowl last year
was what is the best defensive play called in the

(01:36:11):
league in Spagnolo and phenomenal play by their defense, more physical. Well,
couple that with a quarterback. You go to Super Bowl
and when you got that quarterback, you win it. And
that head coach so well, there's not a huge gap anymore.
They're talented on defense or the Texans their skill positioned
people are through the roof. Can they hold up offensive

(01:36:32):
line wise? Because they will hold up defensively, and then
you go from there. So yes, they're in the next
tier down of about six teams or five teams that
are in the next tier that aren't the Kansas City Chiefs.
The Chiefs are in the tier by themselves, and then
in the NFC it's probably you know, the forty nine Ers,
the Eagles talent two or three teams that are bunched together.

(01:36:55):
There in the AFC, it's the Chiefs and about five others,
and the Texans are one of them.

Speaker 1 (01:37:01):
In these power ranking ships, Sorry my Michael wasn't on,
they have the Kansas City Chiefs at number one, the
San Francisco forty nine Ers at number two, the Detroit
Lions at number three, Baltimore Ravens at four, and the
Buffalo Bills at five, and then the Texans at six.
And I just I'm really curious to see how Josh

(01:37:21):
Allen's wide receivers are going to do because they lost
Stefon Diggs, they lost Cape Davis.

Speaker 3 (01:37:26):
I mean, who's he gonna throw.

Speaker 9 (01:37:27):
To so.

Speaker 1 (01:37:29):
The offense is not as good, but you still have
Josh Allen. We just know that he can't win in January.

Speaker 8 (01:37:35):
Well, to me, I almost think that that you would
flip flop Buffalo and the Texas. The reason why you're
not Josh Allen's got more experience and he's an explosive talent.

Speaker 6 (01:37:49):
And Buffalo's been there before.

Speaker 8 (01:37:51):
They've they been doing this a few more years than
the Texans when it comes to the respect at the
top of the league. But you're not going to tell
you a player for player on both sides of the ball.
They don't have to take a backseat.

Speaker 6 (01:38:04):
And I'm not now.

Speaker 8 (01:38:05):
While Josh Allen's really good and CJ's only done it
for a year, I don't think there's a huge gap
between those two.

Speaker 6 (01:38:13):
Allan's going to destroy you more with his legs.

Speaker 8 (01:38:16):
CJ's a more precise passer yet Josh Allen's a hell
of a passer, but CJ's a more precise, dynamic passer.
Allen's got an explosive arm and all that skill Seid
but red Zone throws it to the wrong team at times.
But there's no doubting his skills and his playmaking ability,
but still got to protect in the red zone. I
don't if I'm buying money, I would if you said, Sean,

(01:38:39):
you have to bet ten grand on who you like
more Buffalo of the Texans. This has nothing to do
with be living in Houston, has everything to do with
I think a little football study looking at the teams,
I would take the Texans over Buffalo on that list
right now, close, But I see enough skills.

Speaker 6 (01:38:59):
Do you know who the Texans are?

Speaker 8 (01:39:00):
They're who Buffalo was on their beginning of their Super
Bowl respect you know when they win digs and that
defense well, and Alan started to come into his own.

Speaker 6 (01:39:08):
It's like every year Buffalo, we pick him. Every year.
They're they're hanging around.

Speaker 8 (01:39:12):
They're the Toronto Blue Jays of Major League the Baseball's
version of their football's version of the Blue Jays. They
now they go deeper than the Blue Jays, and the
players on talking about with all the talent, all the
preseason hype that the last five years Blue yet they're
going to be in there Buffalo, same way. And then
somehow Toronto finds a way not to and Buffalo's found
a way out to now playoffs. So there's there's a

(01:39:34):
little more there, but they and when Toronto's got in,
they've been eliminated. So the skill set and the hype
are very similar with Toronto and Buffalo, Toronto Blue Jays
and Buffalo Bills.

Speaker 6 (01:39:45):
But that's where the Texans are now.

Speaker 8 (01:39:47):
When Allen started coming to his own now Stroud, ooh,
they got digs and they got all game, they got
all these receivers. Ooh, they got a running game. Oh
look at all these talented pro bowler types on defense.
The similarities are pretty good. Wearing new coordinator changes. You
know that when day Ball was there and they started going,
day Ball became the coordinator, boom, they hit the ground running.

Speaker 6 (01:40:07):
And then when he left, things changed. So there's a
lot of similarities.

Speaker 8 (01:40:12):
And I think it's Joe Brady now as their offensive
coordinator now that Ken Dorsey's in Cleveland.

Speaker 6 (01:40:17):
So I think, for my money on a neutral.

Speaker 8 (01:40:22):
Site right now, Buffalo or the Texans, I'm taking Houston
in the game.

Speaker 6 (01:40:26):
If they played, I.

Speaker 1 (01:40:29):
Would as well. I just think I think they're more
talented than the Buffalo Bills.

Speaker 6 (01:40:34):
Right, They're a better team. I do too. I think
they're a better team.

Speaker 1 (01:40:38):
Real quick seven is the green Bay Packers. Eight is
the Philadelphia Eagles nine, the Cleveland Browns and the Dallas
Cowboys at number ten.

Speaker 8 (01:40:47):
Think about this, Brian, two teams that have had quarterbacks
that have started a year, and another franchise that's been
that has been suffering for a long time, putting gump
numbers but not getting to I don't want to go
think about it. Five years ago, how we were talking
about the Detroit Lions. Oh gosh, here they go right.
Think about the Green Bay Packers. They're starting their quarterback.

(01:41:08):
You know, golfs come in in Detroit and what Dan
Campbell's done now they've got him. Third was the last
time that I know the last two years, it's been
fashionable to pick Detroit and rightfully so. But we're talking
about them as a is the third best team in football.
That's how the thirty third team is. And then think
about the Packers and the Texans one year starters, both

(01:41:30):
about to get maybe well Jordan Love's been paid, but
through the roof one year starters and both are Super
Bowl contenders after your quarterback starting one year. That's how
good or the respected people hold these guys in. To
have the Green Bay in the top what ten to seventh,
and to have the Texans sixth. They're right around there
wherever Green Bay is, but right side by side with

(01:41:51):
two quarterbacks in this league they have not started a
full season yet or both that are close to one
full season. If they missed a game or two, that's
it pretty impressive. And when I say rookies, i'm talking
about rookie full time starters.

Speaker 6 (01:42:03):
Love has obviously been in the league.

Speaker 1 (01:42:06):
Yeah, I saw an article the other day about C. J.
Stroud and Jordan Love basically being the two two quarterbacks
that are gonna basically hold down the NFL for the
next I don't know, five six, seven.

Speaker 6 (01:42:19):
Years, five years from now.

Speaker 8 (01:42:21):
There is a legitimate chance that I'm talking about five
years that when you're talking top two quarterbacks of the
top one in each conference. Stroud's already being mentioned on
Mahomes if he's.

Speaker 6 (01:42:33):
Still playing LEA.

Speaker 8 (01:42:34):
Obviously he's not going anywhere, but Stroud and Jordan Love's
name will not be out of the top five or
six at their position for a long time to come.
At least the early returns tell us that. So we're
in good hands at the young quarterbacks in this league.

Speaker 1 (01:42:48):
The Texans continuing on with practice, The offense this week
has looked really, really good and one of the things
being reported is that the Stroud in Stefan Diggs connection
has built chemistry every single day. Diana Russini of The
Athletic was actually out at practice. She spoke about what
stood out the most when it comes to c J.

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Speaker 1 (01:46:12):
It's every country song these days always has to mention
beer and drinking, and like the damn like change it up.

Speaker 6 (01:46:21):
What do you want to mention? It's about love life, beer,
drinking back of pickup trucks. What's wrong with it? No
red dirt roads.

Speaker 3 (01:46:31):
I'n't rather them think about red dirt roads. And here
and just for the people in back drink cold beer
in the cheap seats.

Speaker 1 (01:46:38):
Why is it that the country country folk have to
always make it seem like the country people are broke
all they're up there drinking drinking natty light up there
in the cheap seats. Who says country folk are broke?

Speaker 3 (01:46:49):
Sean?

Speaker 6 (01:46:50):
They just you know, you make a country folks are
just living a simple life.

Speaker 3 (01:46:55):
Simple life ain't up in the cheap seats, brother.

Speaker 2 (01:46:58):
Yeah it is.

Speaker 8 (01:46:58):
You want to go down there with all the added dude, Yeah,
he just let their body out of cold beer where
nobody else is. Yeah.

Speaker 1 (01:47:04):
Okay, so you're saying, okay, so you're saying country folks.
So you're saying the country folk that are they don't
want to go down there with the attitude. You're saying
they're soft ass bitches, is what you're saying.

Speaker 6 (01:47:14):
No, they're no what I'm saying, that's what you said.

Speaker 8 (01:47:16):
They're not caught up and having to sit in the
front of the bus. They're you know, like, would they
say they're in the back of the bus or the
back of the boat.

Speaker 3 (01:47:22):
Would you say, uh, they're just it just says people
in the back, people in the back.

Speaker 6 (01:47:28):
Okay.

Speaker 8 (01:47:28):
So whether it's the back of the boat, back of
the plane, back of the bus, back of the auditorium
where all the buddies are sitting up, whatever, this is
in the back, laying low, No big deal, little cold beer.

Speaker 6 (01:47:40):
I don't remember them mentioning natty light and the cut
you do you you and you threw that in. You
crowbarred that in.

Speaker 3 (01:47:45):
Well they talk about silver bullets. That's cheap.

Speaker 8 (01:47:48):
Yeah yeah, country of boats, silver bullets, tractor, I mean
a truck to pull it, yeedie won tens.

Speaker 6 (01:47:54):
It is just laid back and relax man country folk
leave alone.

Speaker 3 (01:47:59):
But the silver ball. See, it's kind of it's contradictory though.

Speaker 1 (01:48:03):
They talk about having the simple life, but yet they're
out there busting their ass with a tracker.

Speaker 3 (01:48:07):
That ain't simple. So which is it? You know what
I mean, what are we doing?

Speaker 6 (01:48:12):
Well, you're a plowboy. Why don't you tell me? No,
you're a plowboy.

Speaker 3 (01:48:19):
I'm not a plowboy.

Speaker 6 (01:48:21):
Plowboy, why don't you tell me you a tractor? No,
it's a simple life. When they get off work, they.

Speaker 8 (01:48:25):
Put all that time and effort in work their ass off,
and when they get off that train, I just want
a cold beer, relax in the back, maybe with the
yetti one ten sitting on the sitting on the bed
of their truck.

Speaker 6 (01:48:36):
Yeah, you know, no big deal.

Speaker 8 (01:48:40):
And you're you're you're sitting here, you're sitting there trying
to just trying to dress down the country folk.

Speaker 6 (01:48:45):
So what it?

Speaker 9 (01:48:46):
Wait?

Speaker 3 (01:48:46):
Hold on, what did you call me?

Speaker 6 (01:48:49):
Son?

Speaker 3 (01:48:50):
No? No, no, no, no, no, no, what what was
it before?

Speaker 9 (01:48:52):
That?

Speaker 3 (01:48:53):
A what boy?

Speaker 6 (01:48:54):
I said? You a plowboy? That's got to be racist. No,
Well that does it? It actually does it, because you know,
plowboys come in all.

Speaker 8 (01:49:06):
Shapes and sizes, and they do boys could be see
they're so good to fat.

Speaker 9 (01:49:14):
Not the.

Speaker 8 (01:49:18):
There's there's there's some that you know, don't matter what
walk of life you come from, what race.

Speaker 6 (01:49:24):
Or religion, I'll get to the bottom. Boys and plowboys
come from all side.

Speaker 8 (01:49:28):
I mean all shapes and sizes. Brother, you said they're
rip ripping the country, folks. I'm gonna they want to
have a cold beer in the back and be left alone.

Speaker 1 (01:49:35):
I'm gonna bring in our executive producer, Triple E Manuel Elmore.
Have you ever seen any brothers that are plowboys?

Speaker 3 (01:49:42):
I haven't heard that term any any Yeah, what.

Speaker 6 (01:49:45):
Do you mean You don't think there's you don't think
any brothers are farmers.

Speaker 3 (01:49:48):
I'm talking about people that he know.

Speaker 6 (01:49:52):
From his town.

Speaker 3 (01:49:53):
No, I mean yeah, I just you know, I'm just
not fall your plowboys.

Speaker 8 (01:50:00):
That's what they're called. You ever heard the song cowboys
and plowboys. There's a different farmers, see you? What is
a plowboy?

Speaker 11 (01:50:12):
You know?

Speaker 6 (01:50:13):
Want it's talking about John Party cowboys and plowboys. Cowboy
you know.

Speaker 8 (01:50:17):
You're you're uh breaking horses, getting ready for the real plowboys.
You're out there you're harvesting crops. Uh huh, Yeah, that
that's see. You two are talking about the plowboys. You
guys hang around you got Yeah, Brian knows how to

(01:50:38):
Brian knows what a plowboy is.

Speaker 3 (01:50:39):
You ever heard of a plowboy bunny? No, no, all right, you.

Speaker 1 (01:50:44):
I went to the I went to the gospel, as
I always do. A plowboy bunny is a redneck or
trailer park version of a playboy bunny. She usually has
a heavy bottom and daisy dukes. She also likes to
go catfishing and likes to hang out with the local plowboy.

Speaker 6 (01:51:02):
There you go, caf go down her kick cat hands right,
pull catfish out with their hands.

Speaker 1 (01:51:08):
And it also says her heavy bottom and thin top
makes her attracted to most rednecks.

Speaker 8 (01:51:15):
So yeah, did you go in there and you get that?
You do you fry up that catfish?

Speaker 6 (01:51:18):
Oh?

Speaker 8 (01:51:19):
So they're saying she has uh needs a little help
of the upper body strength, but has a fat ass,
is what that's saying.

Speaker 3 (01:51:24):
What that's saying according to the gospel.

Speaker 8 (01:51:27):
Yes, yeah, so there you go. But it's okay to
just back to the original. Don't bury the lead. You
you trying to uh disrespect country folk.

Speaker 6 (01:51:40):
No I'm not.

Speaker 3 (01:51:41):
I'm wanting to know why they we sing and and now.

Speaker 6 (01:51:44):
You hear country folk kids? You said FM kids, I
did say that.

Speaker 8 (01:51:51):
You you said why are the You said why are
the country folk and their songs always saying theyre broke us.

Speaker 6 (01:51:57):
They didn't say they broke I said they're simple. So
a plow boy I have to keep him happy.

Speaker 1 (01:52:02):
Plowboy perurbandctionary dot com is a young, unmarried man of
Southern heritage, usually raised on a farm, A true Southern gentleman,
a good old country boy.

Speaker 6 (01:52:12):
There you go, raised on a farm. Okay, so that
is you know what do you do on a farm?

Speaker 11 (01:52:18):
You?

Speaker 6 (01:52:20):
Hey, and you what do you do? You raise crops?

Speaker 8 (01:52:25):
You know, grow cornfields, all the things you do on
a farm to supply vegetables for your local farm demarket. Okay,
you see what I'm saying. So that's a plowboy. Now,
a cowboy's different. Larry and maayhan and your guy tough
heataman may not. Now, you could probably be both. You
can be a cowboy and still have one of those

(01:52:47):
farms where you're doing that too. I imagine you can
do both. See it all the time. But there's a
difference between a cowboy John Wayne, John Wayne and a plowboy.
You know country folkers. Yeah, there's a third way, your
type of plowboy. But the other two are.

Speaker 6 (01:53:04):
John party song calble.

Speaker 8 (01:53:11):
The cow boys, sim old fashioned small town boys make
the world go round.

Speaker 6 (01:53:19):
Boys.

Speaker 1 (01:53:20):
So so you asked me what happens on a farm. Well,
every Friday night there's a steady cloud of dust that
leads back to a field filled with pickup trucks. You
usually got, you got, You usually have old hank cranking
way up loud, and you got coolers in the back,
tailgates down. There's usually a big fire burning. But don't
be alarmed. It's just country boys and girls getting down

(01:53:42):
on the farm. That's what happens.

Speaker 8 (01:53:44):
That's exactly right, simple simple cell phone down, cold beer up.

Speaker 6 (01:53:49):
You ready to roll call boys and plow boys. Dude,
you love the cut, don't you.

Speaker 3 (01:53:59):
Nathan l One ninety five says be Lima seven ninety.
You're so right.

Speaker 1 (01:54:02):
Nashville is making country music all sound the same, talking
about drinking a cold beer on a Friday night, watching
watching high school football that or in an old pickup truck.

Speaker 3 (01:54:10):
It's tiring.

Speaker 1 (01:54:11):
Get trip Ley to play some co Wetzel Kobe Kolby
Cooper or treat Oak Revival else Shaboozie too.

Speaker 6 (01:54:21):
We're not playing Hey, let me tell you another thing.

Speaker 8 (01:54:25):
No, the person who tweeted, send a message is right
those are and you're you're right too.

Speaker 6 (01:54:32):
There is no doubt.

Speaker 8 (01:54:34):
The basis is relationships, heartache, jeans, cold beer with a
yetti cooler, sitting on a pickup truck, bonfire, simple, maybe
a burger, and just keeping it simple.

Speaker 6 (01:54:49):
You're right, But.

Speaker 8 (01:54:52):
They somehow find a way to weave it into you know,
make us still. They tell a story. That's what country
folk do. And I understand there's a basis of it,
but you know what, it's what would you rather have that?
Or there's a knee home lad at the end of
a tunnel? Right, I'll take the the the You got

(01:55:13):
the girl because you got her off farm and she
had good direction?

Speaker 6 (01:55:16):
Did that and other cut?

Speaker 3 (01:55:17):
Ye, that's really that's Billy C.

Speaker 6 (01:55:19):
Yeah she would down. Billy C. Got yourself of some uh.

Speaker 8 (01:55:24):
Yeah, yeah, it's old jugger, sweet tea and good directions
led you right back to me.

Speaker 6 (01:55:29):
What a love story, Yeah, what a love story. What
a frigging love story.

Speaker 3 (01:55:34):
See now we got John.

Speaker 1 (01:55:35):
Now we got John, and Needville calling in saying we're
talking about his people.

Speaker 8 (01:55:39):
I mean you know, like, yeah, see you disrespected John's people,
hates kids and hates country folk.

Speaker 6 (01:55:47):
All right, great?

Speaker 3 (01:55:49):
What we we offended?

Speaker 6 (01:55:51):
Who? Who's people?

Speaker 3 (01:55:52):
John's people?

Speaker 6 (01:55:53):
John? Yeah, it does. It's gotta be somehow. It's out
of me. There you go all Did I get Can
I get Cowboys and coming back?

Speaker 9 (01:56:05):
No?

Speaker 3 (01:56:05):
No, no, no, already got already got something lined up.

Speaker 6 (01:56:08):
Just just trust me on this executive decision. What are
you okay? Who who's the who's the artist?

Speaker 3 (01:56:16):
Tim McGraw.

Speaker 6 (01:56:19):
If you lack Tim McGraw, that's Taylor.

Speaker 1 (01:56:22):
Swift, don't kiss off the SWIFTI sean football season hasn't
started just yet.

Speaker 3 (01:56:26):
We've got plenty of time of day.

Speaker 8 (01:56:28):
We're talking a country folk here, got plenty of time.

Speaker 3 (01:56:32):
Taylor Swift didn't start out a country you know.

Speaker 6 (01:56:34):
Save mine till nine o'clock.

Speaker 3 (01:56:35):
That's yeah.

Speaker 6 (01:56:37):
We'll make an executive decision. You can have. Thank you.

Speaker 3 (01:56:40):
I appreciate that. Thank you.

Speaker 24 (01:56:42):
Yeah.

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Speaker 8 (01:58:34):
Hey down, Tailgate ups. You know tomato tomato? Yeah, it's brother,
so got cold beer. You know, it's just not a
Friday night daylight for you.

Speaker 6 (01:58:44):
Right there you go.

Speaker 13 (01:58:45):
No, I'd rather high school football, Right there, you go.

Speaker 6 (01:58:50):
More of a tequila you hate you hate country folks.
So that's no.

Speaker 3 (01:58:53):
I don't, bro, That's that's.

Speaker 6 (01:58:55):
Just not I gathered from the John gathered it.

Speaker 1 (01:58:58):
Well, let's talk to you then, you want to talk
to John. I can only I can only imagine what
John's about to tell us. What's up, John Quinn with
the creepy laugh, dude.

Speaker 6 (01:59:10):
What's up?

Speaker 1 (01:59:13):
See?

Speaker 3 (01:59:13):
This is this is how I know John. You're you
ain't on all right? This is how I know John.
John ain't on damn roofs man, jump on payroll well right.

Speaker 6 (01:59:23):
Now and everything run at six? Yeah, I bet right now.

Speaker 8 (01:59:31):
John John's down under like he's like Peddy. His laugh
is like Tenny Wise. You see him, see him out
in front of your street, you.

Speaker 13 (01:59:41):
Know, Damn John's figure.

Speaker 3 (01:59:47):
Gigglin ass mother.

Speaker 6 (01:59:49):
Hey, you know what John did? John John John went
John John went got stoned this morning? Did damn dude?

Speaker 13 (01:59:59):
Hey, I'm the one who could toros the urine test,
So you know hein' no matter. You know, back in
the day, you know, back then last year raised and.

Speaker 26 (02:00:08):
Then moved over here at seven, and then raised up
in Renchmond and then moved to need del and married
my wife.

Speaker 13 (02:00:16):
My wife's from Neville, my brother.

Speaker 26 (02:00:17):
Let me tell you something, man, I wouldn't trade my
old lady for one of them city women, because anything
I asked or have shown, my old lady can do.
She ain't afraid of changing the power. She ain't got
no wide button, no dinxy.

Speaker 13 (02:00:37):
Shorts.

Speaker 26 (02:00:39):
They yeah, there you go anyway, Dixie. Whatever to matter,
tomatow you know what I'm talking about. But what was
fun back in the day is we would throw a
keg in the bed of a truck in the pasture
and just have a.

Speaker 6 (02:00:54):
Good old time.

Speaker 26 (02:00:56):
And those days are gone now because these kids and
these kids out here just don't don't grasp them. So
back in the day, you know, you could always find
a good pasture party, good field party. And you know
when it comes to the country folks and Brian bashing
on my people with you know, cheap beer, and I

(02:01:16):
ain't never seen coolers light being cheap because that's my brand.

Speaker 13 (02:01:20):
But one thing about it, we could always know.

Speaker 26 (02:01:25):
After our concerts that we'd go to we can pay
our light building next month or not have to go
and baw money like some folks do to get four
hundred dollars hairdoes and spend their money on nine hundred
dollars tickets to go see the Queen Beef.

Speaker 13 (02:01:44):
And but we kept our lights on. So that's hard
working folks out here that work from the sun up.
And then you know, I was working till eight o'clock
last night. Beep, you was home getting your lift.

Speaker 2 (02:01:55):
On right.

Speaker 6 (02:02:01):
Crazy out there, Tommy Bahama on him.

Speaker 3 (02:02:10):
It's Thursday nights. Thank you.

Speaker 26 (02:02:12):
Last night though, but last night, man, really man, last night,
Zach called it last night.

Speaker 13 (02:02:18):
You know, we're sitting there watching it had that good feeling, man,
I said, watch him give them this no hitter to
a home run and humpy dead come. That was a
good game, though Bromer pitched it.

Speaker 9 (02:02:30):
But he really did. Man, he was he was.

Speaker 13 (02:02:33):
He was working at time clock. He was working at
twenty second clock, man, because a lot of his his
movement didn't start till like two or one. And I
mean he was, he was working it. But you know, trimly,
you don't know what plowboy are.

Speaker 1 (02:02:53):
Hey, just real quick, John, before we let you go.
When we get to our nine o'clock hour. I googled
just a simple Google search of beer and guess what beer?
And guess what beer popped up cours light.

Speaker 13 (02:03:08):
You need to quit googling things, man with What was that?
What was the what was the That's why I called man?
Really was what was the Google search of the the
redneck bunny?

Speaker 10 (02:03:20):
What was it?

Speaker 8 (02:03:20):
You called it?

Speaker 3 (02:03:21):
Boy bunny? All right? John, Yeah, put put the dodge
down this morning, big dog. We gotta go and see
you later.

Speaker 6 (02:03:33):
My god, John's got the good stuff going on.

Speaker 8 (02:03:37):
Man Number one, whatever ever having, I'm ready to could
you send me it please?

Speaker 3 (02:03:45):
Number one cheapest beer right now? Is uh Natty Ice.

Speaker 1 (02:03:52):
Number two, Bush number three, Miller High Life number four,
Paps Blue Ribbon number five, Rolling Rock number six, Miller
Light number seven, Bud Love of number eight, Cores Light,
the number nine Bud Light, and the number ten spindle Tap.

Speaker 3 (02:04:03):
That's weird, man, how they get on there? No, all right,
we'll get to the.

Speaker 8 (02:04:12):
Don't ever put spindle tap in that category. That's the
that's top shelf elite. Okay, oh man, Let's get to.

Speaker 1 (02:04:22):
The nine o'clock hour. Diana Russini was at Texans practice.
She had some things to say about c J. Stroud
and Steffan Diggs. That's next on Sports Talk seven.

Speaker 2 (02:04:32):
Y say, okay, let's do this.

Speaker 3 (02:04:42):
Sean Salisbury.

Speaker 8 (02:04:45):
There to usc truths.

Speaker 4 (02:04:46):
Longtime friend, Seawn Salisbury.

Speaker 1 (02:04:48):
Ryan Lima, go Lobo. This is the Sewan Salsbury Show.
We were talking about the Texans. Last hour. Diana Russini
of the Athlete was out at Texan's practice and excuse me,
she said, one of the things that stood out to
her was CJ. Stroud and Stefan Diggs. This is Diana

(02:05:11):
Rusini explaining what she saw between those two and.

Speaker 6 (02:05:14):
I gotta know What stood out from you at practice
on Monday.

Speaker 3 (02:05:18):
The way CJ.

Speaker 27 (02:05:19):
Stroud carries himself. You know, we know he has the confidence,
we know that his teammates believe that he's the guy.
But when you're watching him in and out of the
huddle and you're watching him go through the drills and
just absolutely nailing these throws.

Speaker 3 (02:05:37):
Stefan Diggs and CJ.

Speaker 21 (02:05:38):
Shroud are going to be a problem.

Speaker 3 (02:05:39):
They are going to be a problem in.

Speaker 27 (02:05:41):
This league based on what I was just able to
see and look, you just watch a few periods, you
don't get all the action.

Speaker 3 (02:05:46):
I've only been with them one day.

Speaker 27 (02:05:48):
But I did some digging on how the transition has
been with Stefan Diggs joining this very young receiving room.
So let me just start with what I've been told
about Diggs's presence. He's been a very vocal leader, very
open to listening to the coaching staff about what they

(02:06:10):
want from him. He's already built a really good relationship
with c J.

Speaker 6 (02:06:14):
Stroud.

Speaker 3 (02:06:14):
Why do you think that is though?

Speaker 6 (02:06:15):
Why do you think that is?

Speaker 1 (02:06:16):
Because every That's Diana Russini on her podcast The Texans
with c J. Stroud and Stefon Diggs are going to
be a problem Sean for the rest of the league.

Speaker 3 (02:06:26):
A problem.

Speaker 6 (02:06:29):
You buying it?

Speaker 19 (02:06:31):
Oh, I do.

Speaker 6 (02:06:32):
I think that c J.

Speaker 8 (02:06:33):
Stroud is a problem with average receivers, and there's nothing
average about Diggs or Nicocollins or Tank Dell. I mean,
they don't have average players. So I think that Diane
Rassini is basically saying what the rest of the world
already sees and then knows is it and rightfully so

(02:06:53):
she saw it with her own eyes and in talking
to people when you get what kind of you know,
presence that stuff Diggs has been in the meeting room.
That's the stuff that matters to me. I know, he's
a player, all the stuff to help the guys around
you get better, and she saw it. I think it's
pretty obvious, and I don't think anyone has questioned a CJ.
Stratt can throw the ball, and it's not just going

(02:07:13):
to be Stephan Diggs. I think the Houston Texans offense,
when all of them are out there, along with Joe Mixon,
is going to be a problem in the league, and
Stefan Diggs will be a big part of it. The
Texans are a problem because defensively, this isn't a one.

Speaker 6 (02:07:30):
Sided football team.

Speaker 8 (02:07:31):
That's what we got to remember that Diana Rossini in
her the thought process, I think she's, you know, telling
us what I think a lot of us feel the
same way. What she said, she saw so and then
we'll just see how the digs and then how he
fits in and when things when he doesn't have his
best game, excuse me, how he responds as a leader

(02:07:52):
as opposed to when things are going well, but the
expectations are high, but it's easy to get caught up,
and when you have a great quarterback, of thinking, this
is a just an offensive football team. What if I
told you by the end of the season that the
Texans defense could be ranked higher than the Texans offense
when it comes in the top five, top ten offensively
or defensively.

Speaker 6 (02:08:12):
I can see it happening. So that's a good thing.

Speaker 8 (02:08:16):
And the Texans offense, we know, reputation wise because the
quarterback and the pub and the hype, and they'll hopefully
live up to it. But don't discount if they're going
to get where they want to go. It's the guys
on the other side of the ball that are they're
going to elevate. But offense, we got to you know,
people score a lot of points in this league, but
if you can get a few stops along the way,
that's a difference maker. So I wouldn't if I'd be careful,

(02:08:39):
if we all get caught up into it the offense,
the excitement and oh man, look at the quarterback. But
I think you're going to enjoy watching the defense play
and that may very well be the next step that
gets them over the top, not just in the division,
but to give them a legitimate opportunity to make a
deeper run in the playoffs.

Speaker 1 (02:08:56):
Do you think they're going to have Do you think
he's going to have any any issues distributing the I mean,
you know, people in the national media try to continue
to make little narratives about Stefan Diggs and the attitude
and the quote unquote diva, and yet I mean, look,
they're loaded as far as wide receivers. Tank Dell, in
my opinion, is going to lead the team in receptions.
That's just that's just how I feel about it. Nico
Collins is going to have to show that he's worth

(02:09:18):
that contract, and he's probably gonna elevate another level. Stefan
Diggs has been a top ten receiver in the league
for for a couple of years now. And then there's
other guys like John Metchi that's still trying to prove himself,
Scrolling sko Vernick, I probably butchered that Againknick that's going
to be trying to get catches and things like that.

(02:09:39):
I mean, they've got so many weapons. Dalton Schultz, I
mean I can.

Speaker 11 (02:09:41):
Go on and on.

Speaker 3 (02:09:42):
Do you think he's gonna have any issues?

Speaker 6 (02:09:44):
Mean you c J. Stroud, Well, only a.

Speaker 8 (02:09:49):
Quarterback who cares about people have been his receivers. You know,
he wants to make them all happy. But only a
quarterback doesn't go through his reads and is a one
dimensional guy approaches it that way. I think we've seen
personality wise that for him, it's not about I think

(02:10:09):
he makes a good point of like all quarterbacks who
have getting your best players involved, you want them to
have the ball.

Speaker 6 (02:10:15):
But if you're doing this right, which I think c J.

Speaker 8 (02:10:18):
Stroud did last year and will he won't let one
guy dominate the room of the conversation. Meaning there are
gonna be games when three or four different receivers. There'll
be probably three or four games when a different receiver
has led the team and catches a year one day
and maybe mix it and catches eight balls for eighty
yards out of the backfield, and maybe Stefan Diggs. It

(02:10:39):
may be you know, Tank Della the other day. It
may be Schultz at the other days.

Speaker 6 (02:10:42):
That's a good thing. I don't think that c J.
Stroud's gonna get caught up. I mean strong. I played
with you know, Chris Carter's strong personality.

Speaker 8 (02:10:51):
We had Anthony Carter, we had Steve Jordan, we were
Jake Reid and you Just the truth is there's enough
throws to they all get there.

Speaker 6 (02:11:00):
So CJ.

Speaker 8 (02:11:01):
Stroud's that is fighting off a guy in your ear
all the time. You just got to go through what
he did as a rookie. This is going to sound simple,
but I'm going to simplify it for you throw the
ball at the open guy, and if the open guy's
are back in the flat throwing the football. So when
you get in trouble is when you start to think,
I have to force the ball to the guy because

(02:11:22):
he's going to be loud in the locker room in
the sideline.

Speaker 6 (02:11:25):
That's not a CJ.

Speaker 8 (02:11:26):
Thing, that's a that's a that's on the receiver thing,
because they're always open, just ask him. So for him,
it's too His thought process will be to keep five
guys happy, not one. And when you do that, the
distribution of the football is better. When one guy dominates,
the rest of the guys get stagnant, that's not good
for your football team.

Speaker 6 (02:11:45):
And I think he knows that.

Speaker 1 (02:11:48):
Let's get into oh another thing real quick. Sorry, just
I forgot about it. I feel like the way that CJ.
Stroud through the football in college, because you remember how
loaded that wide receiver room was for ohiose eight.

Speaker 3 (02:12:00):
He had a very I mean he had three or
four guy.

Speaker 1 (02:12:03):
It's never been a problem. Yeah, I mean yeah, three
or four guys and they all you know, as the
kids are saying, they all ate with c J. Stroud
at quarterback. I mean, those dudes were unbelievable. That's gonna
help him when it comes to this loaded wide receiver
room that they got this year.

Speaker 8 (02:12:16):
Well, he had first round er after first rounder after
first round or sitting in the room like from freshman
to senior I mean or junior. I mean these guys
are thirty year sophomore whatever. Yes, So he knows what
the what that's like to have to get and he
could throw it. Then he could throw it now. I
don't think he's gonna worry about somebody's a little louder.

Speaker 6 (02:12:32):
It's good. I like a receiver wants the ball. I
want them all to want it.

Speaker 8 (02:12:34):
But just understand it's not gonna We're not gonna change
what we do to make one cat happy. We're changing
what we do in a game to make sure the
best you know, the open guy gets football well, get
the best chance to win and in the process, everybody
will get theirs. And that's that's the maturity of the
quarterback position. And I think he's got a pretty good

(02:12:56):
stronghold on it. It's everybody fitting into the offense, not CJ.
Stroud make making sure that one guy's happier than the others.
And in truth, but I do like there's certain guys
that you've got to get started early, and it didn't
didn't need the ball early in the game. So you
devise something that goes through the normal progressions but has
them at the top of the list of the progressions
that you know you can get the ball in their
hand quickly to get it going. And that's how you

(02:13:18):
get guys. Oh okay, my energy's into it. You don't
want to let steff on Dick's wait till the middle
of the third quarter to get a catch. But I
can devise stuff without forcing the ball to him, create
it with formations to get him the ball early so
he gets into the game.

Speaker 1 (02:13:32):
All right, Let's get back to these Houston Astros where
we got to Astros general manager Dana Brown joining the
show at nine to thirty, and fromer Valdez one out
of way from a no hitter. Let's look at his
performance last night right here on Sports Talk seven ninety.

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More, Sean right now on Sports Talk seven ninety Astros
kicking off at one thirty five today and that's a
twelve thirty on deck show right here on seven on
your home for Astros Baseball. One out of way from
that no hitter last year, Sean, I mean excuse me
last night?

Speaker 8 (02:16:01):
Yeah, last yeah, which would have been which would have
been two and two in a year a little over
right around a year.

Speaker 3 (02:16:07):
Yeah, Yeah, it sucks, man, But oh well they got the.

Speaker 6 (02:16:12):
They got the dub take the win anyway you can
get it. Yeah.

Speaker 1 (02:16:18):
And uh for Fromber, I mean his a yeah, no,
there's like a there's yeah, there's a delay. There's a
pretty big delay for whatever reason this segment.

Speaker 6 (02:16:25):
So well, let me hang up and call back.

Speaker 3 (02:16:29):
Okay, that'll work.

Speaker 1 (02:16:31):
So for Fromber eight and two thirds innings, one hit,
two turned runs five K's three walks on the evening.
For his outing, he's now eleven and five Jose Al
two v two hits, Bregman, two hits Uh Jordan, two hits,
Yan Here, two hits John single time when they pound
it out, eleven hits last night in that game, Josh

(02:16:53):
Hader came in got his twenty third save.

Speaker 3 (02:16:56):
Uh.

Speaker 1 (02:16:56):
He had to just get one out obviously with fromber
Uh giving up that home run to Corey Seeger. He
walked a couple, but he's had some really really good outings.
Let's look at his last five. He has one let's
see all but one seven innings back on July tenth,

(02:17:16):
then five and two thirds, six and a third six innings,
and then eight and two thirds last night. He just
picked pitched exceptionally well over the last probably a month
in about a week when we saw, you know, he
kind of went rogue, went off the game plan, did
not pitch well. But he has turned it around here

(02:17:37):
as of late. And this is exactly what you need
from fromer Valdez. You need the ace type stuff because
for a while there you didn't know what you were
gonna get. I mean, I go back to let's just say,
I don't know. Back in June June twenty ninth against
the Mets, only four and two thirds innings, pitch eight hits,
six runs, three of those being earned ninety five pitches

(02:18:01):
and four and two thirds. And then let's go back
to June twelfth, four innings, pitched eight hits, five earned runs,
I mean, fifty nine pitches, and he was yanked, he
got the loss. Uh So, yeah, Sean, just kind of
going through the game log for from er Valdez. I mean,
he's been fantastic over the last month.

Speaker 8 (02:18:20):
In about a week, yeah, six weeks ago, I'm not
sure I would have had.

Speaker 6 (02:18:26):
Him as my ace.

Speaker 8 (02:18:26):
Matter of fact, I thought Hunter Brown was the guy
that was even with Renelle Blanco, Hunter Brown felt like
he was emerging as that guy. And so if you
can still trust Blanco, which you can, if you love
what Hunter Brown's all about, which I think a lot
of us do. Now and when you watch from ber Valdez,
this fromer Valdez, and now you add the one start
of Kakouchies, if that's who he is, the decision is

(02:18:51):
not going to be do we have three guys that
can pitch in the playoffs.

Speaker 6 (02:18:55):
I mean start in a long series, it's going to
be whitch three. It's a good thing.

Speaker 8 (02:19:00):
Yeah, And that that's what you're hoping to create to
where you're like, well, we got a fourth, maybe a fifth,
and then we may have to move one started to
the bullpen and we may have to you know, depending
on somebody's gonna be disappointed, that's what you ho. I
hate to say this, but somebody's gonna be Man, didn't
I earn the right to be in the top three
in the rotation?

Speaker 6 (02:19:20):
So this is a good problem to have. And we're
saying this, And do we have an update on Verlander?

Speaker 3 (02:19:28):
Yeah, so it looks like he he could be joining
Sugarland this weekend.

Speaker 8 (02:19:32):
There you go, Okay, what about Garcia the Snocles' that's
exactly right. So with this in mind, and not knowing
the Verlander situation, the Garcia situation and obviously we know
them a color situation, think about all this or Katie
and and Javier and here we are and now it

(02:19:53):
could get to the point if these pitches in and arragett,
he's gonna be probably an odd man out and he
just struck out twelve. If you're I'm a rotation postseason.
So all that and you still got a chance with Blanco,
Kokuchi fromber and Hunter Brown with Araghetti there if you
need it. Those four guys at the front of a rotation,
if they're the way that they've pitched recently, if that's

(02:20:16):
who they are, then Kokuchi is the real McCoy that
he's that this team has helped him and he looks
like he did in his first start?

Speaker 6 (02:20:25):
Are we on it?

Speaker 8 (02:20:26):
We're sitting here saying, so we do have a good
front end, uh, starting rotation in the postseason.

Speaker 6 (02:20:32):
Now that's just got to keep. It's so weird. Yeah,
and that's without all those guys.

Speaker 8 (02:20:36):
So the craziness about it is they're like nine deep
now ten deep, and they still could be solid.

Speaker 6 (02:20:44):
Once the postseason starts if they get in.

Speaker 3 (02:20:46):
It's crazy how that that's worked.

Speaker 6 (02:20:49):
It's good. So it's nuts, Yeah, it really is. Yeh Wow.

Speaker 1 (02:20:52):
All right, let's let's get a break because we got
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For the Sean Salisbury Show continues, Yeah, we sure do.

Speaker 6 (02:22:59):
And it's great to him on for his Wednesday visit,
his weekly visit. We'll get to the.

Speaker 8 (02:23:03):
Trade he made last week to bring Kakuchi in and
that very first start and we'll see him again, Ay Sap.
As a matter of fact, Dana, welcome in. It's great
to have you. Asktros GM and always grateful for our Wednesdays.
Let's start just with your emotion and watching which was
a big win yesterday.

Speaker 6 (02:23:21):
They all are especially at this time.

Speaker 8 (02:23:23):
But watching your your ace pitch last and now we've
seen a Hunter Brown look like an ace. We've seen
Renelle Blunkle look like an ace. Kokuchi looked like one
in his first start. But Fromber's been that guy three
straight years. He's been run out there first emotion, going
through that game, heading into the ninth inning last night, Dana.

Speaker 9 (02:23:41):
Yeah, absolutely, Fromber is the definition of a workhorse. I
mean he he really showed up for us last night.
You know, very emotional ninth inning. You know, right there
on the verge of a no hitter. Uh you know
I I I actually thought he was gonna and off.
Then I got a little nervous when he walked the

(02:24:03):
guy and then all of a sudden the home run.
But still all in all, it was an outstanding outing
for him. You know, he was locked in from first pitch.

Speaker 8 (02:24:14):
Dana, have you seen just in your this year, second
year here, He've been in baseball for thirty plus years,
second year here watching from but you know what aces
look like.

Speaker 6 (02:24:22):
You had him in Atlanta. You've seen him throughout your career.

Speaker 8 (02:24:25):
Does the you have you been impressed in the last
couple of years of his mental and emotional growth or
is it not where.

Speaker 6 (02:24:32):
It needs to be yet for you?

Speaker 8 (02:24:34):
Because he could have gone sideways yesterday, but locked right in.
Joe sent out the pitching coach and he locked back in.
Where have you seen growth there when it comes to
the mental and emotional side, because the stuff's a no brainer.

Speaker 9 (02:24:46):
Yeah. I think all all frontline starters are very very competitive.
I think it's more competitive than competitiveness than emotion. I mean,
I think guys like that get they get locked in, man,
and once they get locked in, you know, they're in
a fight. That's how they see it, and that's how
he That's how he views it. He's a competitor. I

(02:25:08):
don't think it's really emotion as much as competitiveness. And
so he loves to compete. And you know, sometimes you
know he has to just turn the dial down a
little bit, but for the most part, he's he's a
fierce competitor and he's the guy you want to hand
the ball to, regardless of what game it is. And
you know, we we love frompers So he's been outstanding

(02:25:31):
for us.

Speaker 6 (02:25:32):
And mental toughness.

Speaker 8 (02:25:34):
I mean, you know, fans will wonder, well, gosh, thank
he gets a little and they're the competitiveness what you're
talking about the line between competitive and the slope and
mental toughness. You trust his mental toughness in any big
game you're going to play. Is that where you are
with him and his future right now?

Speaker 9 (02:25:49):
Dana, Yeah, absolutely. You know that mental toughness is what
you see in a ace pitchers. You know, if you're
in an eighth you have that ment for toughness. You know,
it's it's one of those things where you're so competitive
that you get locked in. And this guy, he gets

(02:26:09):
locked in and I love handing him the ball, and
he pitches big games for us time and time again
when we need to win. You know, a team was
struggling a little bit there for a few days and
hand the ball to Fromber and he goes out and
he gives up one hit and you know in eight
and two thirds and so he's a lockdown pitcher. He's

(02:26:31):
the guy that you want to hand the ball to
for sure.

Speaker 8 (02:26:34):
Dana Brown asked us Gim for his weekly visit here
on Sports Talk seven ninety Sean Salisbury Show.

Speaker 6 (02:26:38):
Danna, before you came on, we were just kind of discussing.

Speaker 8 (02:26:41):
And Marvel, I'm not telling you anything you don't know,
But I'm just trying to get your feel for the
sting with all the injuries, Javier and Arkeaty and Garcia
and mccullors and France and Berlander and here we are
from ber almost those a no hitter. Renelle Blanco's been
sensational for the most part all year long, consistent, Hunter
Brown looks like a frontline ace. And now Kakuchi, if
this is who he is, and you said you'll get

(02:27:03):
a lot of swing and miss and I'll be damned
double digit strikeouts in his opener. Think about where you
are and you still got four guys, and look at
Arragetti's twelve strikeouts after all this nine deep. It's got
to be impressive to you to see the way these
guys have come up and stepped up big in lieu
of all the nonsense with injuries.

Speaker 9 (02:27:23):
Yeah, you know, I've said it from day one when
I got here, I watched these guys. You know, A
big tribute those to our you know, our pitching staff
and what they do with pitchers. You know, these guys
are probably you know, some of the best in the business,
and I think they do an outstanding job of getting
guys ready and getting mentally prepared and just having the

(02:27:45):
depth that we have. You know, it's it's been unbelievable
when you have six starters on the il and your
starting rotation is really starting to firm up and pitch well.
And you know, we see we should see Erlander back
here soon and that you know, we could probably go
to about six man rotation at that time and this
dog days of August and really get through this thing.

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And right now we're half game back and we got
our starters all lined up, and so you know, this
is a tribute to this organization and how well they've
done with pitching. And I honestly it's fun to be
a part of it. It's it's pitching.

Speaker 6 (02:28:21):
Pitching.

Speaker 9 (02:28:22):
Pitching is what you need to win. And it's no
you know, it's no mistake that we've gone to seventh Straights.
Yes's with the pitching that we've had and developed here
in this organization.

Speaker 8 (02:28:33):
Dana, what we saw on the trade you pulled off
and you told us last week this guy's got really
good stuff.

Speaker 6 (02:28:39):
It'll even be better here.

Speaker 8 (02:28:42):
You you went through a litany of things of why
this was a good trade and why you were better
with Kokuchi. Well, double digit strikeouts was impressive. Is that
who you expect him to be regularly? Is that the
guy when you made the trade that you expected?

Speaker 9 (02:29:00):
Yeah, I mean, I know, we knew that this is
a strikeout pitcher. You know, he can get it done.
The one thing, the first inning there got off to
a little bit of a slow start. We just he
had to mix his pitches. You know, he came out,
you know, you can't just overpower major league hitters with
a fastball, so you have to really uh, you know,

(02:29:21):
adding some track. And as soon as he started to
add and adding some track, you know, the fastball started
to play up and he started to get the swing
and miss that he's capable of getting. And I think that,
you know, we needed to add a starter like that,
and hopefully he can continue this because down the stretch
we're gonna need him. And right now we're rolling out

(02:29:43):
five starters in the movie that that can win games.
And that's how you get on these winning streaks. And
then you add JV to the mix. When he comes back,
it's got a chance to be special. And so hopefully,
you know, we can get on this roll and the
offense can pick up, because right now we're really pitching.

Speaker 8 (02:29:59):
Well, hey, Dana, what was the you know, a guy
who Kokuchi in Toronto's doing this thing all of a
sudden comes here and decides first start to mix in
what more change up off speed stuff and you mentioned
which makes the fastball even better. What was the deciding voice?
Why they in truth it was like an overnight change.
Why did he decide to switch and use more stuff?

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What was a convincing factor for him?

Speaker 9 (02:30:23):
Yeah, I think what we do is we do a
lot of preparation before the game, and you know our
advanced reports, We have advanced guys, and you know, we
go through this and then you know, you take a
veteran catcher like Kartini who caught him. You know, he
knows how important it is to mix it in and
and honestly, it was just the perfect storm and hopefully

(02:30:45):
we can continue that with his start today. You know,
you use that fastball, you know you got a good fastball,
but you can't overpower these guys. You've got to mix
in the fighter. You've got to mix in the change up.
And I think that was part of you know, the
advance report, and uh, you know, we got him to
buy in and he had a good adding. Hopefully we
get that today as well.

Speaker 6 (02:31:06):
Boy did he?

Speaker 8 (02:31:07):
Boy did he ever get that second start today in
the day game against the Rangers. All right, let's roll
through a few quick injury reports here, jv uh minor
leagues get going. When do you expect him if it
goes as expected, how how long before we can have
him on the major league Rosser?

Speaker 9 (02:31:23):
Yeah, so he's got to start this weekend, probably in
sugar Land Friday or Saturday. So that's you know, going
to be tell tale. So depending on how that goes,
you know, we'll you know, we'll be able to talk
more about it next Wednesday. But depending on how that goes,
you know, we could see him back here soon. We're
hoping he goes through and carves those guys up and
maybe get another start, you know, in the minor leagues,

(02:31:45):
and then he should be ready.

Speaker 6 (02:31:47):
Good.

Speaker 9 (02:31:47):
That's there's a good chance he'll be ready sooner rather
than later. So you know, he's made great progress over
over the last three weeks, so we're looking forward to
him coming back.

Speaker 6 (02:31:59):
Well, I won't that be a nice shot of red Bull?

Speaker 8 (02:32:01):
All right? Garcia? A little setback? How severe is the
setback and how much longer are we waiting before he
gets back out.

Speaker 9 (02:32:11):
Yeah, we don't have a timeline on Garcia yet. You know,
I was talking yesterday and I said, you know, one
of the things we have to remember is when you
have a guy that's you know, had Tommy John like this,
and we have to really think about his future. So
when he has a little discomfort, we have to pay
attention to it. He said he felt a lot better
the other day, which is a good thing. We're going

(02:32:34):
to really need Garcia going forward, and so we don't
want to push them too hard. You know, we tried
to push them a little bit, but we don't want
to push him too hard because what happens is you
don't want to you know, miss him next year. Next
year is going to be a big year for us too,
with these starters. So I think that, you know, we
don't have a time We don't have a timeline right now,

(02:32:56):
but I think for the most part, we'll have more
you know for you guys next week, uh, seven to
ten days. But you know, make no mistake, we're gonna
we're gonna need him going forward in the future, and
we don't want to push him too hard. We really
feel good about our six starters right now, and so
we'll we'll stay locked in on his progress.

Speaker 8 (02:33:17):
So is GM Dana Brown for a couple more minutes
here on Sports Talk seven ninety and in the most
severe bone bruise maybe we've seen in a long time.

Speaker 6 (02:33:24):
We're into two months now.

Speaker 8 (02:33:26):
I had asked you probably three weeks ago if if Tucker,
if there's a chance we wouldn't see him till September,
and you said that it would really disappoint you if
the injury lasted that long. Are we in danger of
not seen him in scept until September?

Speaker 9 (02:33:41):
I think we got I think we should get him
back sometime this month. You know, he had an outstanding
day yesterday with some baseball activity, and so you know
he's he's pretty much you know, paying free, you know,
so he's making great progress. You know, we got good
reports from you know, yesterday, I saw some video. He's

(02:34:02):
back in Houston. You know, we're up here in Arlington,
but he's back in Houston, and he's he's he really
had some real good activity yesterday and and so that
that's very good progress. And so I've said it before,
I think when you go through this type of injury
and it starts to feel good, things move a lot

(02:34:22):
quicker than you you would expect. I know it's been
a long time, but this is the type of injury
that once it starts to feel really good and you
can rotate and turn and pivot and do all those things,
I think you come pretty quick. It's just at that point,
it's just a matter of getting some running in and
getting back to shape and getting you know, h three

(02:34:43):
or four minor league games in and then hopefully we
get them back to the big leagues. It would be
great to get them back to the big leagues. Sometimes
it's a month. I think there's a chance that that
can happen. You know. The disappointment if it happens in September,
it's just that we you know, we need him so bad.
You know we're going to a stretch right now in
our offense that you know, we we were playing well

(02:35:05):
without him, but you knew there was just a matter
of time that you need Tucker back in that lineup.
And you see it the other day when they walked
down the ridge twice. I mean usually if you got
Tucker hitting right behind him, you know, it's like pick
your poison. So and that's the tough part. When he's out,
we show we've been feeling it more over the last

(02:35:26):
week than ever before and.

Speaker 8 (02:35:27):
He's paying free though right now. Yesterday was a pain
free day, you said, correct.

Speaker 9 (02:35:32):
Yeah, he felt really good. It was outstanding. So, uh,
you know, the big tell tale is today after you
have a good workout, you know, how does it feel
the next day? And so you know, we'll no more,
you know, by midday today. But he had a great
day yesterday. It was really exciting.

Speaker 6 (02:35:49):
So good, that's good news, good news for everybody.

Speaker 8 (02:35:52):
And I know need that left handed bat in the
lineup data with that you mentioned, even though they win,
I think left ten runners on.

Speaker 6 (02:35:58):
Is is it a major can concern? You know? Is
it minimal concern? Kind of a concern.

Speaker 8 (02:36:04):
Major concern about the inconsistency to push runs across and
score runs the last two or three weeks and leaving
runners on, which has been kind of a problem all year.
Do you trust you can come out of this or
is this just who you are in twenty twenty four?

Speaker 11 (02:36:18):
No?

Speaker 9 (02:36:19):
I think you know, we had that stretch where we
were you know, average dominates runs per game, you know,
And so I don't think this is one of those
things where it's going to be like that all year.
You know, we've been good. That offense has been really good.
It's just been a little up and down at times.
And I think right now we're really missing Tucker. And

(02:36:41):
you know, when you have a bat, I mean, that's
one of your best bats right there, and the fact
that it's left handed it is even more special. But
you know, I think the offense is kind of cold
right now, but I think we'll definitely heat up. You know,
it's just a matter of bearing down and seeing seeing
more pitches. What happens is these guys they start to
press a little bit, you know, and and when you

(02:37:05):
start to press, you start to chase pitches. I think
we have to see a few more pitches get locked
down into our zone. And uh, you know, we we
brought up De Senzo because we felt like, you know,
he was having a really good year and trip Awa
and you know, we could use a nice little spark.
And so I think the bats, I think the bats
are going to be fine.

Speaker 8 (02:37:26):
Yeah, Tucker back will help is from I mean, uh
or Dancie a few more pitches, which would be nice
to get this thing heat up. The home run yesterday
was good to see it. And then lastly you mentioned
de Senzo, you a guy like Whitcomb. What goes into
the decision to choose one guy over another, Dana? I
mean when when you guys decided to bring some of

(02:37:46):
it because you're relying on some young players on the
mountain in the field to help you guys through this.

Speaker 6 (02:37:51):
So what goes into that decision on who to bring?

Speaker 9 (02:37:54):
Yeah, either guy we could have called up, either guys.
Decenzo had been playing so well, you know, with a
twelve like a twelve hundred ops and triple A, and
so we decided on him. I think Wickham is right
right there. He's just a phone call away. He's right
behind him. He may be the next position player that
we bring up, depending on what happens here at the

(02:38:16):
big league level. But either guy is worthy of being
called up. It's just the Sinzo was so hot, you know,
with a twelve hundred ops and swinging the bat well,
and like I said, we needed a little bit of
a spark. Hopefully you know today he gets in there
and gets his first hit. But you know, Wickham, you
know he's got he's got a chance to be pretty

(02:38:36):
good in this organization. So he's been he's done well
in the minor leagues. I think he's you know, he's
just a phone call away and he could be here,
you know soon as well.

Speaker 8 (02:38:47):
Sounds good, Dana, good stuff, good luck today in this
afternoon game, and another start for Kakuchie, and we appreciate it,
and hopefully we'll have some great injury news in a
winning streak when we talk to you next Wednesday.

Speaker 6 (02:38:58):
We appreciate the time.

Speaker 9 (02:39:00):
All right, Hopefully we win today and Seattle loses and
we'll be back in first place. Let's go Astros, which is.

Speaker 8 (02:39:06):
A phenomenal way to be considering all you've been through.
Great stuff, and we'll talk to you next week. That's
Dana Brown, Astros GM. We'll come back and wrap it
up and discuss you got some young players. It looks
like there's some good stuff on the injury front, and
we'll finish little. Kyle Tucker Talk Sports Talk seven ninety.

Speaker 3 (02:39:22):
The Shawn Salisbury Show continued.

Speaker 1 (02:39:26):
It looks like Kyle Tucker was gonna be back in
the big leagues at thumb point this month.

Speaker 6 (02:39:31):
Blumber.

Speaker 3 (02:39:33):
Hopefully he found its crown for good.

Speaker 6 (02:39:36):
Love it uh.

Speaker 1 (02:39:37):
Starters for the Texans not practicing today. Joe Mixon is
still not practicing, Laramy Tunseel, Stefan Diggs, Titus Howard, Christian Harris,
will Anderson, Kamari Lassiter, Brevin Jordan, and Denico Autry.

Speaker 3 (02:39:48):
My goodness, you.

Speaker 6 (02:39:50):
Me and all their starters. God bless a bunch of
difference to makers. Hey, it's a merrit Don not a yeah.

Speaker 1 (02:39:58):
Let's see, Wow, we're going okay, Titus Hower not not starting,
but but right, good news.

Speaker 3 (02:40:06):
Let's hop Kyle Tucker returns this month.

Speaker 6 (02:40:08):
Yeah, let's get this.

Speaker 8 (02:40:09):
Team healthy for football wise and get ready to go
and get mixed on the field.

Speaker 6 (02:40:13):
Make sure Titus Hour is okay.

Speaker 8 (02:40:14):
And as far as baseball, great protection for Jordan, getting
Tucker back in the lineup and get him rolling so
he's rolling at the right time and peeking, you know,
at the posts heading into the postseason, and get him
some at bats and these young guys contributing this pitching
to continue and Kakuochi start to look like it did
the first one. Just a faster start than the first one,

(02:40:34):
but a great finish for him. So yeah, it would
be nice to get Tucker back on the field. The
fact that he said he worked yesterday paying free is huge. Yeah,
that is huge, big time, big time.

Speaker 6 (02:40:48):
I did, right.

Speaker 1 (02:40:49):
And then also we should see Verlander back here soon.
Going to start in Sugarland this weekend.

Speaker 8 (02:40:55):
Two starts most hopefully at the most and then back
pitching and mow him down like he said for two
Get him two starts, and that would mean in the
next two weeks he'll be on the mound pitching for
the Astros, you'd think.

Speaker 1 (02:41:07):
So let's see. Let's look at the schedule. I would
say he's gonna return. So they go to Boston, they're
off tomorrow, they play Boston Friday, Saturday Sunday. Then they're
in Tampa Bay Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday. I would assume that
he's going to return to start that Monday seven to

(02:41:30):
ten start against the Boston Red Sox. That's August nineteenth
in Houston, in Houston, correct, Right, That's what I'm saying.

Speaker 8 (02:41:39):
That sounds about right. A couple series and get Boston back,
Boston from Fenway Park back to minute May Po.

Speaker 3 (02:41:46):
Fenway pack.

Speaker 8 (02:41:48):
Yeah, Fenway at Verlander, that JV Guy Fenway Pack.

Speaker 6 (02:41:53):
Let's see how does it.

Speaker 8 (02:41:54):
Min in May he can't come into Fenway pack justin Vilande.

Speaker 3 (02:41:59):
Minute May.

Speaker 8 (02:42:01):
We got the sucks. Hey, hey hey those astros. That sucks.
Those ass is something. Verlander's on the mountain.

Speaker 1 (02:42:09):
Let's go get a boot today, dog Man Wickedissa, there
you go, Let's go get the boot.

Speaker 8 (02:42:16):
Let's do it, get a boot, have a great one,
good stuff today. Thanks to Dana Brown.

Speaker 1 (02:42:20):
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