Talkin' Baseball (MLB Podcast) - The Astros are Back in the Series | 734

Episode Date: October 19, 2023

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Hello and welcome to talking baseball and hell what I got to tell you man is Texas two step ain't going to be no joke the Houston Astros they're back they take game three let's talk about it I tell you man I was driving down up from Houston for this game I stopped by Buckees on the way got me some of them corn nuts drove up to the stadium you know I was at Texas live before the game and guys were busting my balls they're saying Houston's done Houston's up we're not done yet man we're not done yet, brother. Hello and welcome to Talking Baseball, presenting you by Seat Geek. Today's episode is brought to you by Seekkeek. Come on. Code John Boy playoffs.

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Go to two games. Click the link. Thank you, Ckeek. Trevor Goof, how you doing, Popo? Hey, y'all got me that queso dip over there? Oh, yeah, yeah. Do some of that queso. Ain't no bones in my wings.

These little nuggets. Hey, I'm going to need you get these little nuggets out of here and get me some wings, sweetheart. Give me some wang, sweetheart. Put some bones in my wings, sweetheart. And you know what I said I got the very hot? Why don't you get me some very hot back there? Is this a very hot?

Tuts. Tuts is out. Sweethearts. Texas Roadhouse, though, is. Awesome. Okay. You ever had their biscuits or rolls? I've had some rolls.

Shout out Texas Roadhouse. That, you know, one of my first ever minor league dinners. Professional baseball dinners, I'll go to that. It's a better story when I say it that way. I was a newly drafted kid, you know, got some De Niro out of the draft. So I went out to dinner and I wanted to pay for everyone. And one of my buddies is still my friend to this day, J.P. Martinez, as pitching coach for the San Francisco Giants.

Yeah. He goes, hey, bro, look, it's nice that you want to pay for everyone, but you don't got to do that. We'll still be your friend, even if you don't pay for it tonight. And I said, you know what, JP? Yeah, you know what, JP?

I like that. I like that about you, Jaype. I love it, man. Wow. Different. Nice of me. No, it's funny. Because, yeah, if any Texas people are in here

and thought we were being rude to the great state of Texas, I had some of my best times living in Dallas, Texas. And Trev, I actually had my first quote-unquote show meals in Texas. My first ever business trip in my previous life was to Texas. Hard eight BBQ out by the airport. We racked him up. And then I think we went out to a couple places in Addison. And it was like one of those out of college moments.

They're like, yeah, they're going to pay for everything. I was like, wait, even the drinks? Are you kidding me? Times were good. Did you watch this ballgame tonight, Trevor? 2328 Eagle Park Lane. They used to be my address, Arlington, Texas. Shout out.

Did I watch this game? Of course I watched this game. Are you going to burn it because we kind of made that mistake last night. We kind of started getting a game. Yeah, I want you to, you know, tee it up for me. Caress it, play with it. Were you on the back patio grilling? You're hurting your kids.

Like what mental state are you in? Out in my backyard, watching the game on my TV. I was written for sure, as I wanted to see what he was going to do. Obviously, Javier is coming into this game with, you know. Yeah. A great run. He continued that. Shursa looked good to me at first inning. And the beginning of the second inning hits your don, you know, with the slider,

back foot slider. Got him. I'm not supposed to really do that, Max. And then it kind of unraveled there. And we keep talking on these big innings, three spot top of the second puts you in a hole. I don't think Texas was out of the game at that point. But it definitely, you know, when you add on a run the next inning and add on run the next thing, all of a sudden you're looking at five netting.

That's a little bit different. Houston's got a good bullpen. That's something we'll talk about in this game. Rangers were able to see the Houston bullpen, put some runs up on them. So you kind of have to like that if you're a Rangers fan. But one thing you're not going to like is that Altovae got going today.

Tucker, no knocks, but three walks, right? Or you end up getting a hit. You end up getting a hit, one for two with three walks. That's not good for you. Those guys get going. They got, or Kiti going tomorrow, you got to go with Dunning Heaney. I know you're still

confident because your team can bang, but Altuve and Tucker waking up in this game is we talked about being up to oh can mean a lot of things for different teams, but against this Houston team, it just didn't seem as

secure as other teams it would be against, and that's the reason why is because you're starting to wake up these guys. We got Brantley running down balls. That was something else for the old man. How about that? Michael Brantley. One last ride.

Houston played a great game today. There's no other way around it. And, you know, you don't expect to sweep them if you're the Rangers. So, you know, take this loss. Take the L. Josh, uh. Yeah, hold up. You're getting, you're getting too far.

I got, I got, so I just asked how you watched the game. I just asked how you watched the game. And now, I said, are you going to burn it? I'm going to talk about. Nate Lowe, you got a shave the mustache, bro. Yeah, we talked about that on the stream. Not a big fan of it. I don't.

He's, he's going first. something. And part of me respects that. But it's a vibe. Hey, you know what? If they go and they win two more games in the next four, Nate Lowe can basically do whatever he wants. Trev, let's do it.

The Texas Rangers would try to continue their undefeated Fury Road with the return of Mad Max Scherzer. Well, Houston would try to take the good Christian route with Javier on the bump. scoreless until Maxwell drops his silver hammer, bounces past time, it's one-nothing, and Maldonado says you think that was bad, yo. He gets the two RBI single, and then hit the music.

Jose Al-Tuve, Jose Al-Tuva. Man, the little man hits a big fly, it's 4-0. Woo-hoo! Make it five after Mauricio do a bump with the RBI hit. But how about that thick neck? He is young. He is hung. Josh, two times for me, Poppy.

Two to run homers. It's seven to four. We're in range. Jeremy Pena with that Geico insurance run. It's eight to four. Adelis adds another, but your guy guy, Brian Presley. Uh-huh. He shuts the door.

Javier Teneres, Abraeu, and Presley, the Houston Astros win a must-win game, 8-5 final. Good job, Poppy. Where to go, Gordo? Gracias.

You had some good ones in there. High and tight. You know, this was a sneaky another, like, 20-23 post-season game, man. At one point, it's 50. Imagine me and Josh Young

wrestling together? Oh, you and you're playing weight? Like 2015 me, yeah. Yeah, I'm trying right now. Okay. I actually watched a bunch of fight videos today on Twitter. I didn't like that, bro. Like, I got to stay on my, like, for, or, like, following side of that.

Don't go on the for you. I'm not about that, like. Yeah, that's for you, page. Trev, no, it is for me. And I think it's where this game starts. And we already dipped the toe a little bit. Max Scherzer, man. We haven't seen him on a big league mound since September 12th, I believe.

You saw the pictures of him getting jazzy during the celebrations because he was going to get to go out there again. I agree with where you started. I thought Max was looking sharper than I thought. I thought there was a chance that, you know, that even in that first inning, a hungry altouvae, Michael Brantley, great career numbers on him.

He punches Brantley's ticket, which, you know, he's your, you always talk about how that guy's never had a bad swing. and by the way, if you haven't seen the clip of his dad correcting his swing from the stands the other day, that's as good as it gets. He comes out, he gets Yordan. Oh, 2, and you're like, shoot, are we getting Mad Max?

Backfoot's what they're labeling a cutter, and then he strikes out of Breu. So I guess for me, when I was mentally processing this, the lefties, you know, he ends up five-pitch walk to Kyle Tucker, Dubon gets the hit that doesn't score because he hits it so hard it's at Evan Carter he even gets Pena

to pop out and then you're like oh my God it's Maldonado like nine hitter like the only weakness in the Astros armor right and then he bounces the 01 and we before this show we were talking a lot of Jonah Heim Trev well I mean

it's going to happen from time to time they labeled it as a wild pitch according to nobb.com It was not so wild of a pitch. I don't really know how that happened. I think that was the turning point for Max Scherzer right there. And I don't really know he's obviously good enough to overcome that. But there are these little instances in games. Like you have her right there.

You get pain yet to pop out to second base and you're telling yourself as a pitcher, as a player on that field, we're about to get out of this inning unscathed. We got lucky with a Dubon ball right at Evan Carter because, of course, it is because Evan Carter is just always in the right place, right time. Love that guy. He was going to be an endodontist at Duke. Just throwing that out. So shout out for good teeth. But then you get the wild pitch and a run score. All of a sudden's like, dang, now we're behind. And you start to have that in your mind. And now all of a sudden you don't execute the next pitches as well as maybe you would have. And Maldonado makes you pay for. All of a sudden,

and you're down three nothing. And next inning, Al-Tuva. I mean, look at the ball that Al-Tuva hit out. Not a bad pitch. No. It's a bad pitch to him, because I keep telling people, if you're short, you like the ball at your neck, then that's exactly where it was.

That's why I'm going low to you in Blitzball 4. Altupe takes him on top, get some going. I talked about that already. It's scary for Texas if Tucker and Al-Tubei get going because, you know, they've had Bregman's, like, well, he didn't have a good night tonight. He's kind of struggling. I feel like he's hit the ball.

hard though. I don't feel like he's been struggling as much as like an Altovae or Tucker, but his numbers are bad, but he's having good at bats. It's just one little thing, man, one little thing in these baseball games turns into, you know, crooked numbers, big, you know, gaps in the score and before you know, you're down five, nothing. Trevin, maybe that's, um, because something that I think both of us may have mentally forgotten. and Jose Altuva's first at bat was to the wall.

It looked like an innocent fly ball. And it's one of those like, wait, is the ball flying tonight? Or is this guy an absolute freak show? And you mentioned Bregman having good swings. He had one that goes to the wall late. Your Don has one actually pulled back. So maybe that's why 5-0, the Astros always answering when Texas answered back and with those other swings.

it just felt like the Astros were in the driver's seat in what was, if you're just being honest, this was a must-win game for them. For Texas, it wasn't. And that's not saying like they weren't trying, and Houston was trying extra hard. Like, these are baseball guys going out, doing their thing to win.

That Scherzorheim bounce ball. And maybe I'm reading too much into this, but they bounce that. You see Heim spike it. They can't believe they've given up the first run. Like there's all sorts of numbers about when you give up the first run. So, and I would have to check with Martine on this, but to Maldonado, you just bounced one.

It gets past. I would have bet that a fastball was coming, and he just jumps it. And now it's three. When it felt, it felt like when they got Pena, that it was going to be zero. Yep.

And then instantly it was three. And that, um, that set and changed the whole kind of tone of the game. Um, well i mean i want to get you guys a location of that because i think that's important let me get it up here for your maldonado's pitch because yeah you're right look you bounce that things are not great at that time but if you're the rangers like dude we're not going to shut

this team out again um can i get it up can i get it up can i get it up here we go this is the pitch you can't make right there it's the blue one people i mean that's even if you're swinging a horrible bat can't find anything, if you get a pitch right there at 93.9, middle in, a little up, a big big hitter has a pretty good chance of squaring that bad boy up. So just bat execution there after the wild pitch. You've got to locate better than that. Maldonaut makes him pay.

Let's continue to taste Houston. I feel like there's been a couple times, especially in the twin series, because you have some connections to Minnesota, that, you know, we kind of leaned into the twin side of it, because there's another matter-of-factness to Houston that it's like, I've seen all these guys do it. You know, Paxton was asking on the live stream, like, who's this year's breakout star?

And it's kind of Evan Carter right now. Last year is Pena, but it's kind of funny. With the Phillies freight train rolling and the Astros freight train rolling, there's not a lot of, not as much fresh blood on the scene as there normally is. I want to hit the Michael Brantley catch again. Shaquille O'Neal meme, I thought I was familiar with your game. I was unfamiliar. I didn't know Michael could still get that, Trev.

He's had a lot of injuries. He is now, he's 36 years old. I think I brought up his baseball savant sprint speed. I think it was ninth percentile. Michael Brantley went out and got that ball. And that was big. That would have made it 5-3, I think. And they would have gotten Aris out of the pen

and there would have been another runner on second. For me, if I was doing plays of the game, like it's the sure's or bounce. And then it's probably that Michael Brantley snagged, dude. That felt bigger than what it was. He got a great jump on it. And I think he knew right away that he had to beat on the ball. And usually when a ball is that distance away from a guy like Michael Brantley,

who's put his time in, a lot of dirt on those spikes, you know, usually when a ball sit like that, you know, you take it easy and you played off the wall, throw it in, no extra bases, just kind of do your thing. This is a do-or-die game. I think Brantley knows that, understands that, and maybe a little extra pep in the step there in the postseason. It was a great catch. So I agree.

I think that was a very important play. There was also the ball that I believe it was Carter that hit off of like almost like home plate and bounced really high to Altova and Altuve and Altuva still made the play. And I know it seems like, hey, that's not that big of a deal. It's just a big chopper. Yeah.

Do you know what I'm talking about? Yes. I think it was Carter, right? It's compliments to Altuve and Abraeu. Yeah, tough throw because Altuve. They both got caught Stargaze for a second because Treve, I ain't seen a chopper like that in a minute. I don't know if that's being dramatic, but that was, that was ridiculous.

That was a big chopper and he catches it and brings it down, palms the ball has zero, I mean, he has too much grip on the ball and kind of like changeups it over there. Bray, you stays with it. And when you're that close, I mean, they're only, I don't know, six, seven feet apart. And you're throwing overhand to someone with a change up grip. Like, you got to be nimble at first base and, and make a play. And again, people are, like, it's a, it's a fucking. and ground out, bro.

They catch the ball, you're a big league. Dude, it's the speed of Evan Carter. It's a postseason game. It's a weird play. All these things come in. It's not a routine play, dude. How many times do you see that play being made? You don't because it doesn't happen that often,

which means it's not routine. Altuvae does a great job. And it's those little things, man. Like, those are the plays that can make things happen for the other team. You get momentum, you get another runner on base. But Brantley and Altuve making those plays, I think were big.

And both these teams kind of flashed the leather, a little bit. You talked about Tavares and center field making some plays. A good game. Houston just did it better today. Yeah. On the road, because that's what they do. There's a, yeah, right? We haven't. Home team is yet to win in this series.

Yeah, and I'm, I very much want to preface this with, it's not a play this fellow should have made, but I bet he would make it three out of ten because it's kind of a, hey, how are you? The Maldonado ball bounces in front of Yucson. It's a hot shot. It's a rip. You know, there's going to be sometimes when it's, look what I found.

And you're going to pick that. There's going to be, you know, seven out of ten times. You're not going to get that one. But plays like that end up dictating the game. I guess what else for Houston? Presley comes in, walks the first batter, and then gets his gross as... For what his stuff is, or I guess, you know, we're so obsessed with Velo. for what his velocity is on his pitches,

they're as gross as they can possibly be. The sliders, cutters, when he mixes in the change-up, even his fastball, he's kind of falling to first base and slings it. And I, you know, I know we use a lot of different things to measure what pitches feel like, but it just feels different out of him. I guess for me, if you're Texas and you're looking for bright spots, You got a run off Brian O'Brien O'Reu, which I don't think he's done in his last 33 innings or something like that.

There's some ridiculous stat out there. And Young Clips Narris. So as much as we compliment Houston's formula and how much you're going to see bullpen guys in a longer series, they have a little bit of hope off of two of those guys, which maybe they can build upon. And I guess it's sinful as we wrap up the Houston side of this. Christian Javier was really good. Christian Javier was really good in another playoff start. Yeah, I mean, that's the thing with these Astros.

They have legitimate three and four starters, and really they have legitimate five, six starters, but they're pairing it down to four because they can do that in these situations. And you're going to have the advantage, you know, against the team like the Rangers who don't, they have a lot of starting pitchers on this roster. the Rangers do, but they're not treating them as starters.

I mean, Max Scher wasn't, I guess he was a starter. How many did he go five? He ends up throwing 63 and four. Four pitts, four innings. Yeah.

But you didn't expect them like, like we would have been shocked if he pitched into the sixth inning today, right? Yeah. Like that was like probably not the plan, you know, you hope for it. but these Astros, they have that ability now to say, you know what?

And Dusty does such a good job. Like when they had Arquidi facing the twins and we didn't know, you know, what his pitch count was going to be and all of a sudden Dusty's letting them roll out there, let him roll out there because he's looking to see, all right, how many stressful pitches has he thrown? What are the hitters look like against him? Is he making a pitch when he needs to make it? Is he around the strike zone?

They are. These pitchers are around the strike zone. they're making the pitches when they need to be. There's not a lot of damage being done, and I think that's going to play a huge part. They played a huge part today with Javier. It's going to play a huge part again with Erkidi. I think that's definitely an area where Houston has the advantage.

They're starting pitching. Houston, man. They were Houston tonight. And you noted before we said this, and again, I keep saying we're going to tie it off. You mentioned how Tucker, three walks in a hit, he ends up getting, you know, it's that ball off the wall that gets relayed home.

Altovae feels like he joined the party. It felt like you contained Yordan tonight. He was two for four with the two RBIs and a robbed Homer. Like contained. Yeah, like he got beat for that two RBI single and it was almost like, oh, well, hey, it wasn't a grand slam, right? Um,

on the other side, uh, you know, Scherzer, I guess we've talked about that. Corey Seeger has now entered a little interesting territory. I think he was, I think he's got... Just a click off, man. Yeah, I think he's got no walks and four strikeouts this series,

and I think last series was opposite. They flashed that stat. And maybe it's as simple as, although there's a lot of guys that had zeros in the hit column, Simeon and Seeger, like we talked about Simeon, two pitches, two hits. He doesn't have a hit in this. game. And yes, Seeger, you saw a little frustration out of him, which that's not normally,

you know, you think of Corey Sigger, you almost think calm, cool, collected, doesn't get too high, too low. And he, uh, he showed it a little bit. Yeah, I mean, looking at his swing, he's just like, I said, a click off. So what does that mean? It just means that there's something, there's a little bit of excess movement somewhere, or there's a little bit of a timing issue. He's not getting going at the right time. He's not, you know, typically, you have, have a key off pitchers where, okay, this is where I'm going to start my load. It's either that where he's just not getting started in time or he's got a little excess movement. So if you're Seeger, if you're the hitting coaches, I think you just go high Vila machine, take the pitches, train your eyes, get your body going, like good takes, good hard takes.

But just feel where you have that excess movement. Because if you get in there and you know you're taking, you'll eliminate the excess movement pretty quickly, especially on those high. via Vela machine. So I'd be surprised if he continues to look just off like that, because he is close. You can tell when guys are close. That's why he's so frustrated. He's like, dude, I'm right there. There's just something mechanically wrong. But, you know, it's the good hitters like him, they can clean it up quickly. Right. And that's, in these series two, it can change instantly. Like, Corey Seeger, even if he gets beat, but a single drops in tomorrow, like watch out for Corey Seeger the rest of the game.

Nathaniel Lowe, he gets a couple hits. He was kind of having a rough postseason. Let's see what that does for him. And then the story for Texas is really our guy. You're wrestling mate over in the wet dirt over by third base. Josh Young. How about that little curveball the other way? I was like, that's not going to go, is it?

And it kept going. And then he gets a second one to center field. and we've talked about line up depth with the Phillies. We've talked about the same guys with Houston. Josh Young, their eighth hitter. Yep. Gives them a two-home or night. Let's see how that carries for him.

Have they announced starters for tomorrow? I'm looking right now, and they have not, according to MLB.com, but I'm assuming it's Riquiti, and I'm assuming it's Heaney. Yeah, they have Heaney and Dunning. So I don't, they've started Heaney. That was against the Orr.

and they do mix up their lineup. Their most feared hitters are lefty. And it was at Camden, which now has the massive left field. Houston, a little more righty. I don't know.

Right now, this line is right. They've both done some bullpen stuff so they could each go of time through either way. Right, it was tonight. It was right left, right left. So they went first six batters

interchanging because Dusty's a G moved Tucker down to the 6th but he said he came up with that lineup on the plane ride there like what the fuck does that mean Dusty?

Yeah that that line this lineup never came through your mind before Dusty what does that mean I don't know there's a lot of things I just don't understand about the world

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C-DKNG.co slash baseball for eligibility terms and responsible gaming resources. Bonus bets expire seven days after issuance, eligibility and deposit restrictions apply. Shout out South Lake Carroll High School. My friend Aaron Luna played football there. I played a team USA with him. Once went to his house, he took him into a high school party.

This is a year, yeah, a year after I got drafted, I think. That's wild, bro. Texas high school is nuts. It's not like where I went to high school. I'll tell you that much. All boys and uniforms and shit. Trev, you've struck a little bit of a chord.

Had an ex-girlfriend that went there. South Lake, South Lake, hi? South Lake Carroll. I mean, she was, you know, prom queen and all that, It's whatever. Thanksgiving happened and maybe she ran into someone else. And it was just never the same. Is she married to Aaron Luna?

Just never the same. Fuck Aaron Luna. No, I don't think so. I don't think so. But yeah, isn't that where like Dalton went? And they've got like a serious football alumni program. They're a low college team. Yes.

Their facilities are absolutely nuts. I was like shocked. And I go, how many people come to these football games? He's like, show me videos and stuff. I'm like, but I don't really want to see this. Got like season tickets that you pass through your family and stuff to get better seats. It's another. Where are these hot Texas girls at?

Okay. Late night, Treb. That's what I asked. That's back in the day, bro. Yeah, no. High T. California kid going to Texas? I was a star.

That sounds like a Morgan Wallin song. Yeah, seriously. That's the thing about the South is a dudes from the South comes. to LA, all the chicks love him. The dude from California goes to the south, all the chicks love him. Hate. Oh. No.

The boys don't like those Cali boys. And the Northeast, not welcome anywhere. Anywhere. We're like, get out of here, losers. Everyone's out. Go yell at something. You guys are miserable. You'll be upset.

Treve, you teed it up, Burkitti. We'll see if Texas gets funky. It should be. some combination of Heen Dog and Dunning. I guess... Especially because we got Gray and Perez tonight, so... Exactly. So there, you have to assume more or less they're out. Let me bring up Heen Dogg's game log real quick.

Houston, April, five innings, no earned runs. Interesting. Whoops. Texas Houston in July, five innings, no earned runs. And those were his... start. So if I'm going out on a limb right now, I might lean hindock, but you know, Bochie and Dusty are old school. You know, Dusty writes his lineups on the flight. Bochie might, he might see something in the, in the smoke of his bathroom tonight. Uh, I'm, I meant like, I didn't mean smoke, but I guess it

kind of works. I meant, like, neon lights, they'll smoke around. No, I meant when like it fogs up in your shower and then like, you know, you see the ghost writes in the mirror. Like, Dunning. Oh. Yeah. But I don't see that happening. Okay. We also snakes it too, Trev. Yeah.

To West Coast. To West Coast. Let's let people know we're not, an episode will not be out tomorrow night following the games. We're recording it Friday morning, so it'll be out Friday morning. Why everyone to know that? Because I don't people like these late night episodes.

Tomorrow we just got a few things we can't do. Late night feels a little friskier, you know? Yeah, we're talking about a lot of things here. I love our Texas accent. I think it's spot on. Yeah, I think people like that. People did enjoy our catcher conversation last night. So that's always good to see.

It's good to see that. We'll give the people something. You know, the baseball fan, every baseball fan. Every baseball fan has a little bit of loser in them. And you just got to lean into that. You know, I think of Frank Catalano's name every day. I'm no idea why. It's just in there.

You walk up to the plane and you see Salvi. Oh, what's up, Bobby? Stop trying to backpick me, bro. I'm not stealing, that's what I'll tell. Crack a big smile. And then I got a stolen base off in the one time. You pissed me out so much because him and Mustakis would backpick me at third base on, dude, what are you doing, man? Paying attention.

Third base on third base crime. And I told Sal, I'm going to get a bag on you, and I did that day. He overthrew it. I was out, but he overthrew it. Did you ever, so I think probably the best sports comparison would be playing pickup basketball, and sometimes you'll, if you're lined up with a guy, you kind of give each other like, hey, like, you know, easy on the back door cuts, like, no elbows when we're rebound and like, let's be cool. Could you ever give like a first baseman like, yo, like don't, I bang my ankle up.

Like, don't backpick me today, dude. Like, my ankles jacked up. Yeah, of course. Okay. All the time. I'm like, I play third base. Do you want that? Do you want that?

because I can do it too. I play third base. I can throw my glove out there. Eye for an eye. But for what catchers I would do, we can, I don't like talk about myself. I swear, I never do. I don't get.

When I knew guys were like good framers, like frame rate dudes, I would legit go and be like, hey, say whoever, Chris Gucci yelling he's on fire. Gouche, this dude's trying to deceive you. Look at his numbers. He's trying to fool you. Don't let him fool you today.

And the catcher did not like that. That's true. I wonder why. Don't let him fool you, Chris. This guy's literally trying to trick you, dude. Yeah. Play this game nice and fair, guys. September night, you walk up.

And who's behind the plate, but Hank Conger? Oh, man. Back in the day, I didn't know Hank that well. I just knew him from TV. I watched him play in the Little League World Series. Right. I believe like maybe Long Beach. He was part of that crew.

Didn't know him that well, but we were always, you know, cordial. Now he's my guy. We played cards late night and drink wine. I drink wine. He just plays fun. Jason Castro? Sanford guy. Okay.

And Team USA together. So very much respectful between him and I. I think we found our landing spot for the night. Everyone enjoy the two games tomorrow. Let's see if the snakes got some venom left in. And man, massive game in Dallas, dude. I mean, 2-2 or 3-1. Boogity, boogity, boogity.

We will see you guys Friday. Almost there. 2-1? 2013 Houston Astros. Altuve. Carlos Pena, J.D. Martinez. Yeah. L.J. Hose.

Ooh. Yeah. Chris. my queso dip.