The Josh Innes Show - JIS and Wake Up: Astros To The World Series....Again

Episode Date: October 24, 2022

Hello All! The Astros have reached the World Series yet again. I'm excited because I get to watch them destroy the hopes and dreams of McDougall. It will bring me so much joy. Philly people are calling me out for being a fraud because I've "switched" teams from the Cardinals to the Astros. Well, anyone who listened in Houston knows my backstory with the Astros and knows that I'm not a diehard, but I'm a supporter of the franchise. I hope the crush. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Go, go Astros! Well, here we are again, the Astros back in the World Series. Astros burning with desire. Here come the Astros. Breathe an orange fire. Here come the Astros with winning on their mind. Here come the Astros, number one every time. Go, go Astros, number one every time. Go, go, Astros!

Go, go, Astros! Way down south of Houston, baseball's come alive. From pitching to the outfield, it's flashing orange and white. It's wild what these guys have been able to do, man. Another trip to the World Series. Unbelievable. Man, let's get one for Dusty. Man, unbelievable what's happened here. Jeremy Pena's become a postseason god.

Pitching's been damn near perfect. I mean, Lance stunk yesterday, but they got the job done. Man, what a time to be alive, man. Welcome in! Telling you, I am excited about this. I'm excited about the Astros being back in the World Series. I'm excited that they're playing the Phillies. This is awesome.

Now, a lot of people who have followed me at all know that I worked in Philadelphia, so I've been getting messages from people, Oh, it's the GIST World Series. It's the Phillies and the Astros and Houston and Philadelphia. Oh, my, this is awesome. I don't view it that way. Like, I don't view it as, oh, this is the GIST World Series. And oh, what a battle between Philadelphia and Houston.

I'm not associated with Philadelphia. You know, like they asked me like, who you rooting for? A couple people did on Facebook last night. Who you rooting for? Not Philadelphia. Look, I know a lot of people in Houston don't claim my ass either. But I consider Houston to be my town. I consider Houston to be my second home. Houston's where I had the best time of my life, where I had

adopted my dog, where I met my wife, where I met most of my, I say most, a lot of my friends that I am still friends with, I met in Houston. I had great success in Houston for nearly a decade off and on. And look, we've talked about this many times. I view Houston as my place. So that's who I'm pulling for in this series. I think it's pretty obvious that's who I'm pulling for. Anybody who asks me, who are you rooting for? I'm rooting for Houston.

And I hope they beat the shit out of the Phillies. That's just what I hope they beat the shit out of the Phillies. That's just what I hope. And I was reading messages on my way in this morning and it's just people that, Philly people are real. Well, I want to be fair. There are a lot of brain dead Astros people too, but I think there's a lot more brain dead Philly people than there are Houston people. And like people are posting pictures of me wearing Philly

gear. Like, Oh, what about this fraud? What about you fraud? Oh my bad. I fucking worked in your shithole city. And if I don't go in there and like pretend to be Bryce Harper and smack in the Liberty bell with a hoagie, you guys want to run me out. So my boss tells me to wear fucking fan gear, big fucking deal. Like you make it seem like I ever went into Philadelphia and acted like I was some diehard fan, which I never did, which might be why I didn't last there, because I didn't pretend to like your shitty fucking teams all the time. That could be it.

That could be it. But, of course, McDougal's all worked up over that. A lot of the McDougal's on my Facebook. Some are like, whatever, they don't care. But some McDougal's are very, very worked up. Oh, you were rooting for the Cardinals earlier. Now you're rooting for Houston, you fraud, you fugazi! Oh, you're a fugazi fan, you! Fugazi! Then I'm fugazi, I guess. But I reserve the right to root for teams and cities in which I work. Doesn't mean I'm a diehard. And by the the way Astros people would tell you that I've never claimed to be a diehard fan of their

team either but I was a season ticket holder so I invested money into the franchise I bought a lot of people tickets I sent people to the World Series I did a lot of cool shit that involved the Astros none of which did I do with the Philly teams because the Philly teams were shit when I lived there but if they if they would have great, I probably would have done the same thing there, but I didn't. But my money was invested in the Astros. My time was invested in the Astros. I did a lot of really cool shit. You know the extent of my cool shit that I did in Philadelphia when it came to the sports teams?

We went on a bus ride to Washington to watch a football game. Ooh. You know what I did in Philadelphia when it came to the sports teams. We went on a bus ride to Washington to watch a football game. Ooh, you know what I did in Houston? Took a plane to Los Angeles with a group of fans and watched a World Series game. So I am rooting for the Astros. Like, it's amazing how childish people are, about certain things like like sports turn adult men into dopey children like brain dead mush mouth children for example i was looking at a message that i got this morning when i got here to the station i was looking at some of my facebook messages and one guy's like yeah you're rooting for the cardinals. Now you're rooting for this team. You're just a fraud.

You're a fraud is what you are. He goes, you can't just root for a team. You can't just keep changing your teams. I don't care where you worked. You only got one team. Okay. I appreciate your rules of fandom, friend. That's the most Philly argument ever.

See, that's the thing, though. Philly folks have never left Philadelphia. Like, their vacations are to the Jersey shore, which is a shithole and they've never been South of the Mason Dixon line, unless it's to go to Dallas to piss on Jerry world. Other than that, they don't go down South. So they don't know what it's like to go to other places, live in other places, work in other places. All right. If you're ready to win some real cash during the basketball playoffs,

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offer see terms at pick six dot draft kings dot com slash promos and i guarantee you if i were repping a philly's jersey on my facebook right now none of them would care that i was rooting for the cardinals well they might actually since i was rooting for the cardinals earlier and i was you know when you've lived in 12 different places over the course of your life because you're a shitty radio brat, that kind of shit happens. Guess what? When I was a kid, I was really into the Kansas

City Chiefs. As I got older, I wasn't into the Chiefs as much anymore. It's the kind of shit that happens. I am big time rooting for Houston in this one. I want McDougal to be miserable. Good. You got my team. You beat my team. My team's not as good as the Astros. The Astros are a dynasty. They are a juggernaut at this point. And just I'm going to warn my Houston

people because McDougal is not creative. I mean, McDougal is a meathead knuckle dragon type. He is very, he's an antiquated individual. So you're going to get a lot of cheater shit as if the cheating in 2017 involved the Astros and Phillies at all. It did not. But the Phillies fans will get all worked up about it and call you cheaters, just like the New York dopes do. At least the New York dopes had some kind of leg to stand on because it kind of fucked them by you cheating in theory, even though they cheated too. At least you could say, oh, it directly impacted them because we played them in the LCS, blah, blah, blah.

Fine. I can get down with that. I can entertain that. That's fine. The Phillies were not good in 2017, and your cheating had no bearing on how their season ended, but they're going to use that against you. Oh, you're going to go bang on some garbage cans now. They're all basically Barney Rubble.

They're like, that's McDougal. So be prepared for that. No need to take the bait. Just beat them. That's the beauty about being the team that everybody swings for. I got a message from one of our listeners from Philly, Joe. And Joe's a lovely guy, actually. I really like Joe.

And Joe sends a message that says, you know what? We're America's team because we're out there to beat the Astros. Good. You know what that means when you're the team that everybody's rooting for? No one's threatened by you. People are threatened by the Astros because the Astros are a fucking dynasty at this point Add another ring to it and you're telling me they've gone to six LCS's And what, four World Series over six years?

Won two of them? That's a pretty good fucking baseball team Nobody roots against Tampa You know why nobody roots against Tampa? Because nobody cares about Tampa Nobody's threatened by Tampa People are threatened by Tampa. People are threatened by the Astros because the Astros are a machine.

Look at what they do. Look at how many times they get back here. Oh, they cheated. Well, they're not cheating anymore, and they're still right back here again. Oh, they lose Carlos Correa. Doesn't matter. Jeremy Pena steps up and is the ALCS MVP. Oh, they lost Garrett Cole. What's Garrett Cole doing right now?

He's at home washing his tights. It doesn't matter. They're just well-run, dominant, and awesome. So that's what you're probably going to get. Here's a little primer for you guys. Because McDougal is not very clever. He's just a dumb human. He's a knuckle-dragger. He's a knuckle dragger.

He's a, uh, what's the word? A troglodyte, if you will, just a meathead. So, oh, I actually, you know what? This is a bold prediction and it's not even that bold because I think it's a lock. I'd say it is a, that the odds on favorite that you're going to get a lot of this. Houston, you have a problem. That seems like something that McDougal is going to get a lot of this. Houston, you have a problem. That seems like something that McDougal is going to be all about. He's going to want to just try to goad you in with, oh, Houston, you have a problem. It's the Fels. It's Bryce Harper.

Got it. Cool story. First of all, because they probably just saw Apollo 13 in Philadelphia that's number one but uh they're gonna they're gonna go with that a lot I think I already saw something was showing me something on there uh on the old interwebs last night about uh about people with like the Houston you have a problem uh signage and stuff so uh that's what you're gonna get like do you know how cool that is? Again, I don't claim to be a diehard. So if the Astros lose, I will think it will suck. But my life isn't ruined if

the Astros lose. When the Cardinals lost to the Phillies, that was no good for me. I did not handle that well. Because no matter what happens, the Cardinals are my team. I've grown up with them. That doesn't just leave you. That's my team's my team but I really enjoy the Astros and I was a season ticket holder and all that and I have a passion for them there's a passion I have for Houston and the Astros and I just I so badly want them to win this I just so I want Dusty to get one I want the franchise to get another one. I want McDougal to be miserable. It's all I want. It's all I want out of this. And it's just, they're freaking awesome. As an organization, they're freaking awesome. Again, you lose key players, you replace those key players, and the guys you replace them with show up and show out. The pitching's great. To me,

it felt like the Phillies were almost destined to get here. After they came back to beat the Cardinals in Game 1, you're like, okay. Then they faced the Braves, and the Braves never felt like they were that good of a team this year. You face them, and you just smoke them. Then San Diego, who didn't even feel like they belonged there. It was a battle of teams that really didn't

even feel like they belonged in the postseason, because they both got kind of fortunate to get in at the end of the year. But the Phillies were the hot team. The Phillies were the team with the better starting pitching. Phillies were the team with Bryce Harper crushing the baseball, hitting the ball. They were all doing everything well. So it felt like they were destined to get there. But this is a different animal. This is a team that's been to the World Series, what, four times now in this stretch? This is a team that's been to the LCS six years in a row. Veteran-led team. And the guys who aren't veterans are showing up big and carry themselves like veterans.

I honestly don't think this series is going to be competitive. I think the Astros are going to roll in this series. Maybe the Phillies get one. But I think this is where they run into a wall. This isn't San Diego. That's what's in Padres. This is a team that's been there, done that, has won. This is a team that's been to four World Series. It's a team that's been to the LCS six years in a row.

And look, the Phillies have had a great run, and they got hot at the right time and everyone's mashing. Like when Harper came up yesterday down by a run, I looked at Jill, he said, this guy's going to club a home run. Like that's the way this run has been. Like, you know that Harper's going to go up there and blast one. And sure enough, what does Harper do? He blasts one. Like you knew that was going to happen. It was inevitable. Just like when Pena came up down three, you're like, this guy's going to do something big here. And he does. Like, you could feel it.

So it wasn't shocking when Harper came up, blasted one into the seats, and the Phillies going to win that game. It's just that was the way that series was. Even when they were down 4-0 the game before, it's like, this series, this game is far from over. They're going to win this game. You got that vibe. But let us not forget, the Astros, who've been down a couple times in this postseason of well have found ways to come back and win games and win series and they have not lost a game yet and I would give my left nut for the Astros to roll and sweep and go 11-0 in the postseason

oh god I would love it god yes I would love it ah boy ready to go guys then you gotta wait a goddamn week. Five days for the start of this thing, because both teams made quick work of their opponents. But I can't wait. I'm looking forward to this. This is going to be just dynamite. I was trying like hell to get down there for this weekend, and I thought I had scored some plane tickets,

and then it fell through. So I don't think I'm going to make it down there. I'd love to. I'd love to make it down there and hang out with the GIST Nation people at a bar or something and watch the Astros. Get the vibe again, you know, get the vibe of the city again. And that pissed off McDougal on my Facebook yesterday because they read my post as me saying that the Astros were going to win the World Series, which I think they will.

But I said I missed the winning city vibe. And by that, I just mean a team that's competitive and winning and the vibe of the city. I miss that. I miss going to the bars. I miss all that. And McDougal got offended by that. I'm going to win.

Whatever. But I do. I miss that. You know what sucks? Playing tickets to Houston are insane. It costs like $500 to fly from Nashville to Houston this weekend. But the next week, whenever the midweek games are in Philadelphia, I could fly to Philadelphia for $90 round trip.

And I'm like, yeah, I don't think I can pull that one off. I can't swing it. I'd ask for the day off. I don't give a shit. But I don't feel like dealing with McDougal in Philadelphia. I'd rather feel the vibe of Houston. Although it would be sweet to watch the Astros win the World Series in Philadelphia. That would be sweet. Like, it's fun to win it at home, but I'd argue it's also fun to watch teams win it at another team's ballpark because you get to see the look of disgust on the faces of

those fans. But anyway, looking forward to it, and I really, really hope they sweep. I just hope they beat the shit out of them. I hope the games aren't even competitive. That's my hope. Is that realistic? Probably not. But my hope is they just beat the shit out of these guys.

Just destroy their lives. That's what I'm hoping for. We'll see. Go Strohs.