The Josh Innes Show - JIS and Wake Up: Combined No Hitter? Cmon.

Episode Date: November 3, 2022

Hello! What a night of baseball in Philly! The Astros are back in the series after no hitting the Phils. Media people and bitter Philly types want you to know it's a combined no hitter. Who cares? All I know is that Philly had a giant goose egg in the hit column. Is anyone else tired of hearing the same stories before these games? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Go, go Astros! Oh baby! We're back! Because of Mac! Here come the Astros, burning with desire. Here come the Astros, breathing 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. Let's freaking go.

Let's do it. God, how beautiful was that last night in Philly? Way down south of Houston, baseball's come alive. From the kitchen to the outfield, it's flashing orange and white. Stealing round the bases, driving in the runs. No place else but Houston. Astros number one. Man, what an exciting time. What a time to be alive. Yes! Yes! A thousand times yes. Go, go Astros. No hitter. Go, go Astros! No hitter. Wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow.

What a time to be alive, baby. Welcome in. So, Astros threw a combined no hitter last night. And, of course, the Philly people and all the media dopes want you to remember that it was a combined no-hitter. I don't care if it took three, four, 12, 15 pitchers to do it. The greatest offense ever got zero hits and zero runs. And when I say the greatest offense ever, my Christ, I usually don't do this. Usually this is not my thing.

Usually I don't do this but go ahead and break them off a little criticism of the TV broadcast it feels like they're while not rooting against the Astros okay let me rewind I don't think that the people on the broadcast are rooting for either side

I think it's a mediocre broadcast I think Smoltz is good I think the Joe Davis guy is dreadful. But I do think they are really blowing Philly people. Like how many times can you hear the same fucking thing over and over? You know, they paid Bryce Harper $330 million. Oh, these fans are second to none. Let's talk to A-Rod about what it's like to play in Philadelphia.

Here's A-Rod with Philly Rob talking about what it's like to play in Philadelphia. Here's A-Rod with Philly Rob talking about what it's like to play in Philadelphia. Let me tell you about Philadelphia. In my experience in Philadelphia, when I would go to games there, ain't nobody was fucking there. Oh, this is like the greatest atmosphere. Of course the great atmosphere. They're winning. They're in the World Series. That's anywhere

you go. Doesn't matter. If you win, people go to games. Except Miami. If you win, people go to games, except Miami. If you win, people go to games. If you lose, people don't go to games. But God, everything, oh, these are the greatest fans ever. I'm a Cardinals fan. Everybody blows the Cardinals fans, best fans in baseball. Guess what? When they're mediocre, ain't nobody there. I saw so many games over the last five, six years where they claim it as a sellout. It looks like there's 15,000, 20,000 people there. So everybody loves to blow fans and blow cities. Oh my God, this is incredible. Like, like it's a love fest for Philadelphia. It's like, it's almost like

the announcers and the people with the network are equally as afraid of Philadelphia and the fans as the athletes who play in Philadelphia are. It is just a nonstop blowjob. Everywhere you turn, it's, oh my God, let me tell you, oh, the Phillies fans are so amazing. Do you know it's been since 2011 since they made the playoffs? This is their first World Series game since 2009. Yeah, it's been, what, 13 years. That sucks.

But it's not like the Phillies were a regular World Series participant. It's not like they were the Yankees who went to the World Series seemingly every year from 1995 to 2002. And then went one last time in 2010 or 2009, whatever year it was. And it was, you know it's been that long? Yeah, the Yankees have won 27 World Series. So when they don't go to a World Series for a decade, that's kind of a big deal. The Phillies have been to a handful of World Series ever, and they usually come 15, 20

years apart. Who cares? But it's weird. And I'm not saying this to be some sort of dopey, Homer rah-rah guy for the Astros. I'm really not. But when I watch this, and I get these games have been played in Philly, but it is just a non-stop circle jerk for

everything Philly. Hey, did you guys know that hoagies are delicious? Hey, do you guys like cheesesteak? Cheesesteaks are great. Let's go down to Ken Rosenthal with a breakdown of cheesesteaks. Hey, let's go to the Philly fanatic who's standing by live. Hey, there's live video of Jason Kelsey fucking the Philly fanatic. It's just non-stop. It never ends. These are the greatest fans. This atmosphere is tough to play, and this is loud. I think they're going to shake the Astros.

Yeah, the Astros threw a no-hitter. I don't know if the Astros can play in this atmosphere. You know, a minute made park is one thing, but when you get in front of these raucous Philly fans, they're so educated. Can I tell you the worst thing that these people say when they're kissing Philly fans' ass? Man, let me tell you, these people are some of the smartest, most educated fans in the country. That is without question the dumbest statement anybody can make.

Philly fans are not smart people. Bless their hearts, they're just irrational whack jobs who bitch all the time and want everybody fired. Then when they start playing well, they blow them and treat them like they're the greatest athlete they've ever seen. That's the way they work. They're not educated. I worked in the media there. I was on the radio for two and a half years. The people I came in contact with were some of the dumbest humans to ever walk the face

of the earth. They are irrational wackos. Just because they're angry and they demand people get fired all the time just doesn't make them smart. And it doesn't mean they have high standards. They're just assholes. That is who they are. That is what they are about. They are vocal. They're loud. They're obnoxious. They drove Mac to insanity to the point that he told some motherfucker to fuck off. No offense, Philly,

but this idea that they're just smart, they're not. I'd like to know where this lie started. Let me tell you, they're just smart. They're not. And I'd like to know where this lie started. Let me tell you, some of the smartest, most educated sports fans in the world are in Philly. Not true. Now, to be fair, there's a lot of dumb fucking Astros fans that just started watching baseball five minutes ago. That, you know, what, Dusty fired? They're morons, too. Every city's got their morons.

I want to be very clear. I'm going to be equal opportunity here and let you know that for every moron in this city, there's another moron in every other city. I understand that. But there are different levels of moron. Whereas I think a lot of Houston people, in particular Astros people, younger Astros people, are Johnny-come-lately types who are just now learning about baseball, so all they know of baseball is the shift and analytics and exit velos and pitchers that if they're struggling in the second inning of a playoff game, gotta yank them. Data says you gotta pull them. That's what they know.

That's a lot of Yankees people. They know Blummer, and that's who they are. Philly people are a different kind of stupid when it comes to it. They are just mouth-breathing, angry, irrational, stupid. Again, here's the logic that they have. A month ago when they were collapsing, they all wanted to feel, oh, this guy sucks, this guy sucks, this guy sucks. Now they're the greatest team that's ever walked the face of the earth, and they're

going to motor through the Houston Astros, who've been to the World Series four times in the last six years. Oh, we just beat them 7-0 and hit five home runs. We destroyed Lance McCullers Jr. It's over for the Astros. But the Astros went into this horribly tough place to play. Oh, they can't go in there and do it. Nobody can win in Philly.

This place is loud, and it's tough to play here. It's fun, but it's tough. These fans are so knowledgeable and so passionate, and they are loud and they are vocal. And what happened? The Astros threw a no-hitter. Here it's fun, but it's tough. These fans are so knowledgeable and so passionate, and they're loud and they're vocal. And what happened? The Astros threw a no-hitter. Speaking of the no-hitter, that's one of the arguments I've seen a lot of people on social media make, and it's because they're anti-Astros people.

And that's just a fact. Like, this is not coming from some guy who lived in Houston for a decade, was a season ticket holder roots for the Astros. This is coming from someone who's just seen it. We've all seen it. There is a large anti-Astros sentiment on the internet and in media because the Astros are quote-unquote cheaters, and they're the worst, most egregious cheaters we've ever seen, and oh my god, they must be stopped. There is an anti-Astros sentiment. That's just reality, right? And when you see these people on social media that say, oh, let's be clear, it was a combined

no-hitter, well, there's two people who would say that. Media people who dislike the Astros very much or Philly people who are trying to soften the blow of not getting a fucking hit in their own goddamn ballpark. That's all it is. That's all you're dealing with right now is just people who are either bitter at the Astros or people who root for the Phillies. You can call it a combined no-hitter. You can call it a no-hitter.

You can call it whatever you want. I call it a fucking dub. That's what I call it. I call it a win, and I call it the Astros are two wins away from getting that second World Series. Play the ditty again. Let's go. Two more wins, and we got home field advantage now.

Here come the Astros, burning with desire. Here come the Astros, breathing orange fire. Here come the Astros with winning on their mind. Here come the Astros, number one every time. Go, go Astros! Boy, I'm excited. I'm excited about this. And listen, I had my doubts.

I was concerned. You knew that Javier would pitch a good game, but you didn't know what the offense would do. Obviously, they had one big inning. That's great. But man, just watching the way the media covers this thing and watching the way that, like, and I get that there's three straight games in Philly and they got to look for content,

but, like, did you guys know they spent $330 billion on Bryce Harper and it's paying off great? Philly Rob, did you know that A-Rod played for Philly Rob? Here's 40 minutes of them talking about Philly Rob. My Christ. Philly fans, they haven't had a World Series game here since 2009. These people are hungry. Great. Super.

Super.