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July 30, 2026 (Hour 1) · Zone 1150 - Chip Howard's SportsTalk

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Speaker 6: Money took our sportshalk here on a Thursday afternoon the
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Speaker 6: Kayleb Brapley here sitting in the host chair for probably
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Speaker 6: the final time this summer. Across the table from me
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Speaker 6: is Andrew Rapsolver, play by play man for the Brasses
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Speaker 6: Valley Bombers. Andrew, thank you for being here once again.
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Speaker 7: No, I really appreciate it, and it's it's always good
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Speaker 7: to get invited back instead of getting sent out the
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Speaker 7: I'm looking forward to it again this afternoon.
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Speaker 6: On the ones and twos, we have Stan and on
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Speaker 6: the other side of the glass is producer Riley. A
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Speaker 6: full house here on Sports Talk Today, and we have
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Speaker 6: a full lineup of topics to get to moments before disaster.
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Speaker 6: As I spilled my water all over the desk, so
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Speaker 6: that's just fantastic, Like as we were going on there,
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Speaker 6: so we're gonna have fifteen seconds before we're gonna have
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Speaker 6: to recover from that. You gotta start low so you
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Speaker 6: can build your way up that's right, so we will
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Speaker 6: get into our trade deadline predictions. We've already had a
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Speaker 6: few moves made as we are just days away from
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Speaker 6: the August third deadline, that is this coming Monday.
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Speaker 8: We will get into that later in this hour.
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Speaker 6: In the second segment of the show, we are going
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Speaker 6: to hear Riley's interview with Sarah Garcia, a high school
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Speaker 6: golfer from College Station. She's got a very interesting story
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Speaker 6: that we'll get into later. And then in the five
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Speaker 6: o'clock hour, we are going to do our college football
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Speaker 6: playoff predictions and conference champions for each of the power
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Speaker 6: conferences and we are going to have a field day
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Speaker 6: with that.
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Speaker 8: It is full scale preseason mode for college football. We
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Speaker 8: are all very excited.
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Speaker 6: And then to round out the show, we are going
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Speaker 6: to do another Brasses Valley Bombers segment as they kept
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Speaker 6: their season alive last night with a five to zero
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Speaker 6: win over the Victoria Generals on the road and forcing
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Speaker 6: a deciding Game three winner take all to decide who
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Speaker 6: goes to the TCL Championship, and I think Lake Charles
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Speaker 6: clinched their spot, so they will be the team that
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Speaker 6: either the Generals or the Bombers face right.
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Speaker 7: That's correct, and so it'll determine potentially the host side
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Speaker 7: as well. Tonight Victoria went in as the number one
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Speaker 7: overall seed, and so if I have that right, they
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Speaker 7: will host Saturday if the Generals win, If the Bombers win,
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Speaker 7: pack it up and go on the road to Lake
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Speaker 7: Charles for the championship.
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Speaker 8: So can we have a long drive?
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Speaker 7: Well, it's if in the event that that does happen
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Speaker 7: from Sealy. It's a little bit closer where I'm from
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Speaker 7: since instead of college station, so a bit cut off
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Speaker 7: an hour or so off of that, but still still
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Speaker 7: bit of a drive.
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Speaker 8: Yeah. MLB News and notes.
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Speaker 6: Right now, the Cubs and Cardinals are locked in a
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Speaker 6: extra inning battle, two to two in Saint Louis, the
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Speaker 6: Cubs batting with one out and a run around third
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Speaker 6: in the top of the tenth inning. And then the
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Speaker 6: other current game going on right now in the MLB
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Speaker 6: is the Yankees and White Sox, and that's in the
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Speaker 6: bottom of the tenth, So two extra inning games going
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Speaker 6: right now to keep us entertained US baseball fans. And
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Speaker 6: the Cubs actually did just score run, so they are
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Speaker 6: now up three to two in the top of the tenth.
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Speaker 6: The Rangers already had their game today, dropping a one
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Speaker 6: run loss to the Tampa Bay Raise three to two
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Speaker 6: on the road. The Rays one of the hotter teams
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Speaker 6: in baseball. They are forty and sixteen at home. That's
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Speaker 6: some twenty seventeen Astro stuff right there. That's right, coming
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Speaker 6: from an Astros fan.
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Speaker 7: Yeah, that's that's an amazing, amazing home record, and it'll
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Speaker 7: be curious pretty well, it's gonna be interesting to see
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Speaker 7: with them Tampa Bay always known as one of those
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Speaker 7: lower budget organizations. Yeah, you've proven record at home, top
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Speaker 7: of the AL in the East, and so what do
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Speaker 7: you do do you do? You go make a big move?
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Speaker 7: Is this is Tampa Bay come to the big boys
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Speaker 7: table and play here on right before the deadline. We'll
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Speaker 7: find out.
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Speaker 6: So the Rangers end up dropping that series two games
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Speaker 6: to one on the road in Tampa. But I think
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Speaker 6: taking a win away from the number one team in
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Speaker 6: the AL, not getting swept, you got to count that
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Speaker 6: as a win, especially after taking.
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Speaker 8: Three out of four from the Mariners in the past series.
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Speaker 6: So that makes this weekend series against the Astros very
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Speaker 6: crucial as the Rangers have just a half game lead
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Speaker 6: in the Al West now over Houston and the Astros
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Speaker 6: after their win to sweep the Angels last night, they
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Speaker 6: are five hundred for the first time since I think
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Speaker 6: it was April seventh, and now have an opportunity to
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Speaker 6: take back the division lead. So this weekend will be
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Speaker 6: very crucial, very exciting. We will have Game one for
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Speaker 6: you here tomorrow night. Pregame coverage starts at six point
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Speaker 6: forty here on the Zone, so stay tuned for that tomorrow.
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Speaker 6: Speaking of that win that the Astros got to sweep
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Speaker 6: the Angels last night, Hayden west Neski making his first
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Speaker 6: major league start in over a year. It was a
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Speaker 6: fantastic performance from him, especially considering that he's been gone
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Speaker 6: for so long with Tommy John surgery. Gets through five
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Speaker 6: and two thirds innings only giving up three runs, so
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Speaker 6: that was very crucial and hopefully he can continue to
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Speaker 6: have those types of performances, as this is an Astro's
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Speaker 6: pitching staff that really needs a spark from somebody. So
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Speaker 6: happy for Hayden in that one I mentioned, some moves
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Speaker 6: have already been made, and the Rangers were actually one
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Speaker 6: of the teams to get the transactions going as they
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Speaker 6: acquired Logan o' hopi and Chase Silsith from the Angels
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Speaker 6: in exchange for a minor league infielder Angel Rondido, and
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Speaker 6: they immediately decided to send Logan Ohopy down to Triple A,
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Speaker 6: which is interesting and I understand the thought behind it.
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Speaker 6: Oh Hopy's been you know, I mean, he's the last
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Speaker 6: couple seasons has had some pretty solid performances, hit twenty
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Speaker 6: homers in twenty twenty four, then nineteen homers in twenty
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Speaker 6: twenty five, but this year he's really been struggling at
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Speaker 6: the plate, hitting just above two hundred, but still a
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Speaker 6: lot of potential there. He's only twenty six years old,
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Speaker 6: it's got a few years of control left. So the
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Speaker 6: Rangers hoping to capitalize on that, sending them down to
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Speaker 6: Triple A and hopefully getting some development there.
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Speaker 7: Well and you well, I will dive into a deadline
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Speaker 7: day more as the as the hour goes along. But
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Speaker 7: something that's really interesting is the entire al West in general,
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Speaker 7: because with the Rangers sitting at the top of the
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Speaker 7: standings at fifty five and fifty four, it's what moves
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Speaker 7: are going to be made? How much are they going
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Speaker 7: to quote go all in on this deadline. As you
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Speaker 7: look at playoff chances like to go up against Chicago
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Speaker 7: or a New York or even a Boston or Tampa Bay,
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Speaker 7: how much are these Al West teams going to go
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Speaker 7: after it? And you already saw some movement with the Rangers.
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Speaker 7: Coming As from an Astros fan here, I think it
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Speaker 7: would be grossly irresponsible if we trade the entire farm
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Speaker 7: essentially to go after say a school. But we are
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Speaker 7: not a t schoobl away from a World Series. We're
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Speaker 7: I think we are far. You know, Seattle is the
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Speaker 7: only team in the Al West with a positive run differential.
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Speaker 7: They've got great pitching. I could see them making a splash,
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Speaker 7: and we'll get into more of that later, but it's
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Speaker 7: it's really sort of you know, one of those Texas
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Speaker 7: and Houston, some of those fringe teams. It's going to
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Speaker 7: be crazy to see how much do we do these
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Speaker 7: teams go after? Yeah, for sure, And it wouldn't shock
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Speaker 7: me if they tested the waters dipped their feet in
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Speaker 7: the pool. I don't I don't expect huge, huge moves,
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Speaker 7: but we've seen crazier things.
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Speaker 6: Right, and we don't want to spoil too much of
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Speaker 6: our deadline talk. So one more MLB note before we
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Speaker 6: move on the Rangers, more good news for them as
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Speaker 6: they sent relief pitcher Cody Bradford on a rehab assignment
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Speaker 6: today to the TRIAA Round Rock Express. Bradford's been one
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Speaker 6: of their better pitchers this year, so it would be
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Speaker 6: big for them to get him back.
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Speaker 8: Looks like that's not too far away.
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Speaker 6: Last night, Texas A and M football had their celebrity
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Speaker 6: softball game, and that's always a lot of fun. The
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Speaker 6: home run derby champion was Marco Jones, who I personally
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Speaker 6: feel should not have been allowed to participate. I mean,
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Speaker 6: he literally was recruited here as a dual sport athlete
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Speaker 6: in football and baseball, so seems a little unfair that
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Speaker 6: he was allowed to compete in the home run Derby,
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Speaker 6: but he did win it. Team Maroon were the champions
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Speaker 6: of the game. Their coaches were Class of twenty twenty
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Speaker 6: wide receiver Kendrick Rodgers running back Class of twenty twenty three,
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Speaker 6: Isaiah Spiller, and Jace Sternberger tight end from the class
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Speaker 6: of twenty eighteen. So it's always fun to see some
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Speaker 6: of these big names from the past of Aggie football
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Speaker 6: come back to campus and participate in this team, Maroon
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Speaker 6: ended up getting the win, and I saw clips of
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Speaker 6: Mike Elko doing his best Joe West impersonation as an umpire,
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Speaker 6: which was a lot of fun. But the celebrity softball
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Speaker 6: game is always good time over at Davis Diamond. And
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Speaker 6: then one more Aggie football notes here as Texas. A
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Speaker 6: and M announced earlier today that they will have their
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Speaker 6: Operation Blackout game on Saturday, November fourteenth against Tennessee, which
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Speaker 6: did feel like the best fit for that. It has,
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Speaker 6: you know, needs to be a good, solid home opponent
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Speaker 6: and a night game, and Tennessee met both of those conditions,
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Speaker 6: so I think that's going to be a really fun matchup.
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Speaker 6: The Blackout game is always a very electric atmosphere since
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Speaker 6: we brought it back in twenty twenty four against LSU
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Speaker 6: and then last year Againstssissippi State. So we're undefeated in
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Speaker 6: the two games that we've had a Blackout while Elko
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Speaker 6: has been head coach.
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Speaker 8: So excited for that.
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Speaker 7: Quick note, did you have on your bingo card Elco
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Speaker 7: doing a Joe West impression? Did that? Did that catch
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Speaker 7: the radar?
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Speaker 6: He wasn't doing a Joe Western. I don't know, just
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Speaker 6: the umpire that makes it about him, you know, yeah,
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Speaker 6: that I did have sort of yeah, yeah, I thought
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Speaker 6: there would be something like that, and I'm glad that
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Speaker 6: there was because it's always fun to see the personality
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Speaker 6: come out in Elko because we know he has it,
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Speaker 6: sometimes he just doesn't show it. But back to the
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Speaker 6: Operation Blackout for a second. We now have three kind
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Speaker 6: of theme nights almost for Aggie football this season. The
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Speaker 6: Red White and Blue game Week two against Arizona State,
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Speaker 6: the third time I believe that we will have a
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Speaker 6: red White and blue game after having it. I think
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Speaker 6: it was back in two thousand and one after the
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Speaker 6: nine to eleven trategies, and then in twenty twenty one,
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Speaker 6: and now for the twenty fifth anniversary in twenty twenty six,
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Speaker 6: along with celebrating America's two hundred and fiftieth anniversary, so
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Speaker 6: that's going to be a lot of fun.
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Speaker 8: And then so many anniversaries.
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Speaker 6: Saturday, October third against Arkansas will be the one hundred
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Speaker 6: and fiftieth anniversary of Texas A and M University Celebration,
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Speaker 6: founded back in eighteen seventy six, so I'm sure there
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Speaker 6: will be some specific uniforms for that game. I'm interested
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Speaker 6: to see what that'll be as it obviously has not
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Speaker 6: been announced yet, but you know, maybe like a Core
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Speaker 6: inspired uniform. I'd be really interested to see something like that.
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Speaker 7: You'd have to think for the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary,
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Speaker 7: not only to go along with the uniforms, there's going
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Speaker 7: to be a pretty large presentation of events not only
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Speaker 7: leading up to the game during the game, so that
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Speaker 7: I'm sure it's going to draw a lot of attention
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Speaker 7: and interest as that gets closer.
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Speaker 6: Absolutely, and that's going to be a really fun rivalry
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Speaker 6: game as well, with Arkansas coming to town for the
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Speaker 6: Southwest Classic, which I know it's not really called that
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Speaker 6: anymore because we're not going to play it every year,
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Speaker 6: but still I think that was an appropriate choice of
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Speaker 6: team to play that game. Tech SAgs released a pretty
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Speaker 6: interesting article today notable weight gains and losses on the
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Speaker 6: Aggie football roster. Coach Tobby Moffatt, the strength and conditioning
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Speaker 6: coach under coach Elco, has done a really good job,
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Speaker 6: I think, of implementing what made him so successful and
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Speaker 6: what powered LSU to be the power that it was
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Speaker 6: while he was there. But we've seen a lot of
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Speaker 6: Aggie players gain weight and muscle and then a few
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Speaker 6: you know, shed weight to be more athletic. I want
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Speaker 6: to highlight KK Johnson, who went from being six five
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Speaker 6: two hundred and I think it was thirty pounds as
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Speaker 6: a true freshman early and rollie back in spring football.
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Speaker 8: He is up thirty six pounds since then.
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Speaker 7: It's insane.
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Speaker 8: He's been getting it done in the gym.
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Speaker 6: So again, true freshman tight end KK Johnson, and then
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Speaker 6: Kiyati Armstrong, another tight end, is up to two hundred
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Speaker 6: and eighty five pounds at six foot six.
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Speaker 8: He is an.
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Speaker 6: Absolute unit at tight end two hundred and eighty five pounds.
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Speaker 6: If he gets the ball in his hands, he's going
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Speaker 6: to be impossible to bring down. And then a couple
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Speaker 6: receivers as well putting on the muscle, Mario Krager, Terry
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Speaker 6: Bussey and Aaron Gregory all putting on at least ten pounds.
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Speaker 6: So this Aggie football team looks to be bigger and
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Speaker 6: stronger coming into twenty twenty six.
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Speaker 8: Excited to see how they use it.
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Speaker 6: And with that we're going to take our first break.
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Speaker 6: On the other side, we will hear Riley's interview with
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Speaker 6: Sarah Garcia. This is Chip Howard Sports talk on the zone.
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Speaker 6: Ship Howard Sports Talk Here on a Thursday afternoon. Caleb
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Speaker 6: Rapley and Andrew Rapsilver hosting today, and we're going to
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Speaker 6: hear what Sarah Garcia had to say in this next
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Speaker 6: segment here as our producer Riley Dorsey caught up with
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Speaker 6: her earlier this week. Sarah is a fourteen year old
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Speaker 6: from colle Legetation. She traveled to Saint Andrew's, Scotland to
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Speaker 6: compete in the Craile Golfing Society Junior Open on the
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Speaker 6: historic Balcony Links course. And I'm probably mispronouncing all of
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Speaker 6: Sarah at only fourteen years old. Here's what she had
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Speaker 6: to say in her interview with Riley.
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Speaker 13: Welcome in Riley Dorsey here joining us today. We've got
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Speaker 13: fourteen year old golfer Sarah Garcia from College Station, Texas.
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Speaker 13: Sarah recently had the opportunity to compete overseas in Scotland
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Speaker 13: and came home with quite an accomplishment. We'll get into
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Speaker 13: here in just a minute, but first, Sarah, thank you
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Speaker 13: so much for joining us today.
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Speaker 14: Thank you for having me.
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Speaker 13: Yeah, of course. Well, first off, congratulations again, and you
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Speaker 13: had such an incredible experience over in Scotland, and I'm
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Speaker 13: very curious when you first found out you'd be making
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Speaker 13: the trip. What was your initial reaction.
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Speaker 14: Well, last year was my first time in Scotland and
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Speaker 14: I was there for a golf camp. It's called Saint
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Speaker 14: Andrew's Golf Camp. So I was very excited to hear
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Speaker 14: that I was coming back this year and I'm very
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Speaker 14: grateful for that opportunity.
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Speaker 13: Oh cool, Is there any like food or weather that
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Speaker 13: either surprised you or you like better? Over in Scotland?
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Speaker 14: The weather is very different from like where I live
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Speaker 14: College Station. College Station's very humid, around one hundred degrees.
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Speaker 14: Scotland is really cold, at sometimes it's windy, rainy, It's
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Speaker 14: very different, so adjusting to the conditions is hard, but
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Speaker 14: it's fun at the same time.
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Speaker 13: I bet and I do know there's like a six
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Speaker 13: hour time difference. Did that really affect you or are
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Speaker 13: you able to adjust to that pretty quickly as well?
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Speaker 14: I did adjust to it pretty quickly. Honestly, I thought
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Speaker 14: it'd be more jet lag, but I was okay, good.
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Speaker 13: Well, obviously the trip itself is incredible, but eventually it
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Speaker 13: came time to actually play some golf and everyone always
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Speaker 13: talks about how different links golf is, especially over in Scotland.
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Speaker 13: So once you actually got out onto the course, was
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Speaker 13: there anything that stood out to you the most compared
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Speaker 13: to what you're used to playing here in Texas.
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Speaker 14: Yes, so I think one thing that was like very
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Speaker 14: important to do was to get my drive in the fairway.
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Speaker 14: If you're in that tall graph, it could ruin the
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Speaker 14: entire hole for you. So I think that just really
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Speaker 14: stood out to me, because here it's everything in general
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Speaker 14: has to be good there. Your tee shot is one
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Speaker 14: of the most important things out there.
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Speaker 13: So interesting, Well, if someone from Texas who had never
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Speaker 13: played links golf before, how would you kind of describe
20:46
Speaker 13: it to them.
20:49
Speaker 14: Definitely challenging, but it's such a cool experience because you
20:53
Speaker 14: could tell, like the distance is shorter, but the difficulty
20:57
Speaker 14: is still there, because like, yeah, it's it's completely different,
21:01
Speaker 14: but it's so cool. The courses are very, very pretty,
21:05
Speaker 14: and yeah, it's so nice.
21:07
Speaker 13: That sounds amazing. And I know the wind is always
21:10
Speaker 13: a little difficult. There was it really windy when you played?
21:13
Speaker 14: Or honestly, when I was over there, we had really
21:17
Speaker 14: good weather, but I have experienced like where I'll be
21:21
Speaker 14: let's say one hundred yards out and I'd have to
21:23
Speaker 14: play one forty yards.
21:25
Speaker 7: Oh my god.
21:25
Speaker 14: Yeah, so yeah, it's terrible.
21:27
Speaker 13: Sometimes that's crazy. Well, it sounds like you adjusted to
21:32
Speaker 13: the Link's golf pretty quickly because the results certainly showed it.
21:36
Speaker 13: So just take us back to tournament day, since this
21:39
Speaker 13: was just one eighteen whole round. Did it kind of
21:42
Speaker 13: just feel like any other tournament that morning when you
21:44
Speaker 13: woke up or did something about that day feel a
21:46
Speaker 13: little different.
21:49
Speaker 14: No, I was feeling, I think, pretty confident. I was
21:52
Speaker 14: out there with my friends with the camp, so I
21:55
Speaker 14: feel like I had no pressure and that kind of
21:59
Speaker 14: made me better. Honestly, for sure.
22:02
Speaker 13: Definitely, just when you let loose, all the pieces get
22:05
Speaker 13: put together and I know you're back half of the nine.
22:09
Speaker 13: You shot a thirty two, which is insane. Was there
22:12
Speaker 13: a moment back there where you kind of just felt
22:13
Speaker 13: like everything was clicking?
22:16
Speaker 14: Honestly, what really like changed the back nine compared to
22:20
Speaker 14: the front nine was that if I wasn't on the
22:22
Speaker 14: greens in two, I would always make up and down.
22:26
Speaker 14: I'd make every put. I think everything just came together,
22:30
Speaker 14: and I feel like I had very few miss hits.
22:34
Speaker 14: It's just very like I had no stress. I was
22:38
Speaker 14: feeling confident, and I was having a lot of fun
22:40
Speaker 14: out there.
22:41
Speaker 13: That's amazing. And yeah, like you said, I, I know
22:44
Speaker 13: you hit seven birdies in one round, which is also
22:48
Speaker 13: just insane. So as those birdies were adding up, were
22:52
Speaker 13: you really paying much attention to your score or were
22:54
Speaker 13: you just kind of focused on the next shot each time?
22:59
Speaker 14: Honestly, my main goal out there when I'm on the
23:01
Speaker 14: courses try to make par, not try to make Bertie.
23:04
Speaker 14: And when you try to make pars, you start making
23:06
Speaker 14: more puts, better shots. And I think, yeah, the just
23:10
Speaker 14: the atmosphere I was in, just being more relaxed really
23:14
Speaker 14: helped me out there.
23:15
Speaker 13: Honestly, Yeah for sure. And I bet those pretty views
23:19
Speaker 13: definitely helped too. So then wrapping up the eighteenth hole,
23:23
Speaker 13: did you have any idea you had just shot at
23:25
Speaker 13: sixty seven?
23:28
Speaker 14: So I how did I?
23:29
Speaker 15: Like?
23:30
Speaker 14: I was like, yeah, I shot a good score. I
23:32
Speaker 14: went up to the scoring. I did not expect to
23:35
Speaker 14: shoot the woman's course record out there, and I was
23:39
Speaker 14: just really surprised and shocked. Honestly, I was proud of myself,
23:42
Speaker 14: but I was like, that's insane, Like I was very excited.
23:47
Speaker 13: Yeah, for sure, and that's amazing at someone who's so
23:50
Speaker 13: young and still is so much ahead of them. So,
23:53
Speaker 13: like you said, did you just see it for yourself
23:55
Speaker 13: or did someone tell you that you broke the record?
23:58
Speaker 14: No, somebody told me I was. I finished around, finished scoring,
24:03
Speaker 14: and I went into the dining room with like my
24:06
Speaker 14: friends from the camp and my friends like Sarah, Sarah,
24:10
Speaker 14: they need you over there. They said you broke the
24:12
Speaker 14: course record, and I was just in shock. I was like, what, it's.
24:16
Speaker 13: Crazy, that's so amazing. I love that for you. And
24:21
Speaker 13: one thing that really just stood out to me also
24:23
Speaker 13: was your sixty seven wasn't just enough to win the
24:26
Speaker 13: girls championship set the course record, but it actually ended
24:30
Speaker 13: up being lower than every score in the boys field too.
24:33
Speaker 13: So what do you think just made that round so
24:36
Speaker 13: special to where you were able to get such a
24:38
Speaker 13: good score.
24:40
Speaker 14: I think being with like my two closest friends at
24:44
Speaker 14: that camp, just sharing that moment with them, just them
24:47
Speaker 14: being there to watch it. I think that was very nice.
24:51
Speaker 13: For me too, Yeah, for sure. And so then do
24:54
Speaker 13: you go to these tournaments alone? Do your parents come
24:57
Speaker 13: with you? How does that work?
24:59
Speaker 14: No, so the camp, they bring the whole camp to
25:03
Speaker 14: the tournament, and it's no parents because they usually stay
25:06
Speaker 14: at home or I mean, they can come, but it's
25:09
Speaker 14: usually just like your coaches or your counselors watching.
25:15
Speaker 13: But yeah, yeah, well that's that's good that you have
25:18
Speaker 13: plenty of friends that you're with, because I don't know
25:22
Speaker 13: about you, but I'd be scared traveling all that way
25:24
Speaker 13: without my parents at such a young age. But yeah, well,
25:29
Speaker 13: obviously this is a huge accomplishment for you. But at
25:32
Speaker 13: the same time, your golf journey's really just getting started.
25:35
Speaker 13: So now that everything's settled down and you kind of
25:37
Speaker 13: had a chance to reflect on all of it, has
25:40
Speaker 13: this trip changed the way that you think about what
25:43
Speaker 13: you're capable of as a golfer.
25:45
Speaker 14: Yes, definitely. Honestly, when I'm out in Scotland, I realized
25:50
Speaker 14: that being under less pressure, like with friends, I have
25:54
Speaker 14: more fun playing, and once I come back home, I
25:57
Speaker 14: just have the urge to play more, And honestly, like
26:01
Speaker 14: that trip really changed how I think about golf. I
26:04
Speaker 14: really want to go out there more often than what
26:06
Speaker 14: it used to and just try to shoot better every day.
26:10
Speaker 13: For sure. That's great. And so did that kind of
26:13
Speaker 13: lead you to set any new goals for yourself or.
26:17
Speaker 14: I think start shooting that around under part scores in
26:22
Speaker 14: bigger tournaments and maybe break another course record, but that
26:27
Speaker 14: might take a while.
26:28
Speaker 13: But yeah, you got a dream big.
26:30
Speaker 11: I love it.
26:32
Speaker 4: Yes, all right.
26:33
Speaker 13: Well, then let's say you got another young golfer from
26:36
Speaker 13: college station listening in and wants to get the opportunity
26:40
Speaker 13: to compete somewhere like Scotland like you did one day.
26:43
Speaker 13: What's one piece of advice you'd think you'd give to them.
26:48
Speaker 14: No pressure, have fun, You're lucky to be there, Just
26:52
Speaker 14: take advantage of the course, don't if it's a bad day,
26:56
Speaker 14: don't worry you have a lot of other days. Just
27:00
Speaker 14: having the advantage like the experience to play there is
27:03
Speaker 14: such a big thing and I think, just be happy
27:06
Speaker 14: that you're there, Just take advantage of that.
27:09
Speaker 16: I love that.
27:11
Speaker 13: Well, thank you, Sarah, congratulations once again on an incredible
27:14
Speaker 13: accomplishment and thanks for joining us again.
27:18
Speaker 14: Thank you so much for having me.
27:20
Speaker 13: Of course, well, best of luck with the rest of
27:22
Speaker 13: the year for you and you have a great time.
27:25
Speaker 14: Thank you too.
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27:30
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Speaker 6: deadline preview and predictions. There there are a lot of
31:34
Speaker 6: teams I think this year that are really on the
31:37
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Speaker 6: So buyers and sellers are normally, I feel like a
31:46
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Speaker 6: So I don't know how many, how much any big
32:00
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Speaker 7: Yeah, that's certainly a factor. And I lest we forget
32:07
Speaker 7: the looming issue, So to say that sort of we'll
32:12
Speaker 7: deal with it later, talk about it later. We don't
32:15
Speaker 7: know if we're gonna even get baseball next year.
32:17
Speaker 8: That's a really good point.
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Speaker 7: And so what does that look like for some of
32:21
Speaker 7: these guys and contract situations and there is a whole
32:25
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Speaker 7: any cleaner anytime soon. Yeah, So I does that hinder
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Speaker 7: what the trade deadline looks like tomorrow? Do people not
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32:39
Speaker 8: I mean, I see where you're coming from there.
32:41
Speaker 6: I don't know how much that will affect trades, just
32:45
Speaker 6: because I mean, if there's a lockout, then everybody's gonna
32:47
Speaker 6: be who cares on I don't know if it matters
32:50
Speaker 6: too much on who's on what team, but yeah, that
32:54
Speaker 6: could that could play a factor in some general manager's heads.
32:58
Speaker 8: We will definitely see.
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Speaker 7: Well, I think, I think I think one of the
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33:02
Speaker 7: it crossed my mind is because one of the big issues,
33:05
Speaker 7: and I don't think there's going to be an all
33:07
Speaker 7: or nothing fixed because both sides are so far apart.
33:09
Speaker 7: But you look at salary cap implementation and every single deadline.
33:14
Speaker 7: You know, one of the teams on the list for
33:16
Speaker 7: school is of course the Dodgers. Of course they're always
33:19
Speaker 7: on the list. Yeah, so that kind of stuff is
33:22
Speaker 7: going to be a factor to where if you start
33:26
Speaker 7: implementing something in terms of a maybe not fully structured
33:30
Speaker 7: but loosely structured salary cap and your big, your big
33:36
Speaker 7: bad Dodgers and Yankees can't do the same thing they've
33:38
Speaker 7: always done and just buy the league. That does make
33:42
Speaker 7: a difference. And is it the last hurrah in terms
33:45
Speaker 7: of that? So do you go spend as much money
33:46
Speaker 7: as you can now before something's implemented. So I do
33:49
Speaker 7: think it sort of matters, but not the leading issue.
33:52
Speaker 6: I can I see where you're coming from there. I
33:55
Speaker 6: will say that I I think that the MLBPA and
33:59
Speaker 6: the owner have had a little more discourse leading up
34:03
Speaker 6: to the CBA expiring than they normally do. You know,
34:07
Speaker 6: they've sent proposals back and forth, as you know, outlandish
34:11
Speaker 6: as they have been, they've still sent them back and forth.
34:14
Speaker 6: I don't think we had much of that last time.
34:16
Speaker 6: So that's encouraging. So maybe the lockout won't last as
34:20
Speaker 6: long as it did the last time. That we had
34:22
Speaker 6: one which I think was twenty twenty two, only really
34:26
Speaker 6: lost a few games out of that and they ended
34:28
Speaker 6: up playing the full one sixty two just had to
34:30
Speaker 6: delay it a little bit, right.
34:32
Speaker 8: So hopefully we get a situation like that. But we
34:36
Speaker 8: will see.
34:36
Speaker 6: You brought up Terrek Scooble, so we can go ahead
34:38
Speaker 6: and get started with our deadline preview and predictions. Scooble
34:43
Speaker 6: is the pretty much consensus number one player on the
34:48
Speaker 6: market if he if he is on the market, which
34:51
Speaker 6: I think he probably should be. The Tigers are technically,
34:57
Speaker 6: I mean, they're still alive. They're still in the hunt,
35:00
Speaker 6: only four and a half games out of the wild card.
35:03
Speaker 6: Just on paper looks that looks fine, but when you
35:06
Speaker 6: look at how many teams there are in between them
35:09
Speaker 6: in a playoff spot is where I really think the
35:13
Speaker 6: problem is. Because it's not just that they're only four
35:16
Speaker 6: and a half games out. They have to jump the Orioles, Mariners,
35:18
Speaker 6: Astros Twins to even be the next team out, and
35:21
Speaker 6: then jump the Guardians, so two teams from their own
35:24
Speaker 6: division that they would.
35:26
Speaker 8: Have to get by to make the playoffs. It doesn't
35:29
Speaker 8: seem very likely They've.
35:31
Speaker 6: They've hit a little bit of a skid over the
35:33
Speaker 6: last few games as well, which hasn't helped anything. So
35:39
Speaker 6: I think he will get traded. I think he definitely
35:41
Speaker 6: should get traded, no doubt. I'm way more confident in
35:45
Speaker 6: that he should than he will. But he most likely
35:48
Speaker 6: will be traded. Who will get him is the biggest question.
35:53
Speaker 6: And there's right now kind of three teams that are
35:57
Speaker 6: the leaders in the race for Schooble, and that is
36:02
Speaker 6: the Brewers, the Dodgers, and the Tampa Bay Rays. So
36:09
Speaker 6: and maybe, you know, maybe Andrew, I haven't looked at
36:11
Speaker 6: your paper over there.
36:12
Speaker 8: You might have a different team that you think he's
36:13
Speaker 8: gonna go to.
36:14
Speaker 6: But who who do you think is gonna end up
36:17
Speaker 6: landing Schooble when it's all said and done.
36:19
Speaker 7: I think Milwaukee's gonna make a pretty big push for this.
36:22
Speaker 7: I think the Dodgers, of course, will do what they
36:24
Speaker 7: always do and of course put their name in the
36:26
Speaker 7: drawing of going after him and giving a pretty high
36:30
Speaker 7: offer for it. I think, given how closely and least
36:35
Speaker 7: regular season portion of it, Milwaukee's been toe to toe
36:38
Speaker 7: with the Dodgers, I believe the game their game back
36:40
Speaker 7: right now of them. I think now is your time
36:44
Speaker 7: to try and make a move. Get you an arm
36:47
Speaker 7: that that has some playoff experience already. If you want
36:50
Speaker 7: to try and take down these guys, now is the
36:53
Speaker 7: time to sort of do it. And so I think
36:56
Speaker 7: I strongly lean at Milwaukee over the Dodgers. I just
37:01
Speaker 7: don't have the confidence in me whatsoever to think that
37:04
Speaker 7: Tampa Bay is gonna give a big haul for Scooble.
37:09
Speaker 7: It just is They've never they never really do, and
37:13
Speaker 7: so I kind of I hesitate to think that they will.
37:16
Speaker 7: There's been rubbling rumblings about the Cubs. I don't know
37:21
Speaker 7: necessarily that that that'll be the case there. Maybe that's
37:25
Speaker 7: just the factor of well, Milwaukee has a strong interest,
37:29
Speaker 7: so the Cubs to show a little show a little
37:32
Speaker 7: interest just to you know Milwaukee Chicago issue there. But
37:36
Speaker 7: I think Milwaukee is where I would if I if
37:41
Speaker 7: I were a betting man, which sometimes I am, it's
37:43
Speaker 7: you know, Milwaukee I think would be the way to go.
37:47
Speaker 6: Yeah, I think that's I don't know if that's the consensus,
37:51
Speaker 6: but I've seen some other people saying that as well.
37:53
Speaker 6: Anytime the Dodgers are in the mix, on somebody you
37:55
Speaker 6: have to seriously consider them, So I definitely would rather
38:00
Speaker 6: go to the Brewers. I think that would be that'd
38:02
Speaker 6: be fun. I don't think have the Brewers ever They've
38:06
Speaker 6: been to a World Series, but they've never won one,
38:08
Speaker 6: I think if I'm correct.
38:09
Speaker 7: Yeah, they have never won one.
38:10
Speaker 6: Yeah, so I would be perfectly fine with him going
38:14
Speaker 6: there for his final season before he's a free agent.
38:19
Speaker 6: I think that'd be a lot of fun. The Tigers
38:22
Speaker 6: are reportedly looking for young pitching in return for him
38:27
Speaker 6: and any deal that they make, so if they do
38:31
Speaker 6: trade Schooble, they likely will unload some of their other
38:34
Speaker 6: veterans like Labor Torres, Casey meis Kinley Jansen, who I
38:38
Speaker 6: think most of them are also going to be free
38:40
Speaker 6: agents at the end of the season, so they are
38:43
Speaker 6: looking for young pitching, you know, preferably as close to
38:46
Speaker 6: major League ready as possible, which you know everybody wants that.
38:51
Speaker 6: So that's not really right breaking news or anything, but
38:54
Speaker 6: that is what they're looking for. The Brewers have had
38:56
Speaker 6: a very good history of developing young pitching, so I
38:59
Speaker 6: think that that would be a good team to trade with.
39:03
Speaker 6: So yeah, I think I think Brewis is a great
39:04
Speaker 6: spot for Scooble for sure the next guy on the
39:08
Speaker 6: list here and this is Mlbtrade Rumors dot Com that
39:12
Speaker 6: I'm getting this top fifty trade deadline candidates from. Mason
39:16
Speaker 6: Miller is the number two name. The Padres closer, one
39:22
Speaker 6: of the most electric arms in the game of baseball.
39:26
Speaker 6: I don't know if he's gonna be traded at all. Honestly,
39:28
Speaker 6: signs sealed and delivered. He will be a Seattle Mariner. Wow,
39:32
Speaker 6: this is all said and done. Okay, They Seattle loves
39:35
Speaker 6: them a late inning reliever slash closer, and they're consistently
39:41
Speaker 6: always a really good staff. When it turns and comes
39:46
Speaker 6: to pitching. In the Al West, they lead on.
39:49
Speaker 7: A tremendous level, at least in terms of the runs
39:52
Speaker 7: allowed by team category, forty less than anyone than second place.
39:58
Speaker 7: I think if they're their pitching is so strong, they're
40:02
Speaker 7: gonna need a little more offense. Seattle always always loves
40:08
Speaker 7: a late inning reliever or closer, I think, And then
40:11
Speaker 7: they're in the running for this as well. I think
40:13
Speaker 7: I would I would not be stunned one bit that
40:16
Speaker 7: he would be a Seattle Mariner when.
40:17
Speaker 8: Okay, that's interesting. I would thoroughly hate that.
40:22
Speaker 7: I would know that would be atrocious and I don't
40:25
Speaker 7: want that. That would make me lose some sleep for sure.
40:29
Speaker 6: I mean that would be that would make the Mariners
40:31
Speaker 6: pitching staff one of the scariest in baseball for sure.
40:34
Speaker 7: And if you have good pitching, it could take you anywhere.
40:37
Speaker 6: Yeah, absolutely, you know, I think that. I think that
40:41
Speaker 6: move makes a lot of sense. I've heard the Pirates
40:44
Speaker 6: are interested in him, which would be kind of a
40:46
Speaker 6: crazy move.
40:47
Speaker 7: Well, that would be stunning, wouldn't it.
40:48
Speaker 6: Yeah, but and probably, let's be real, the Dodgers are
40:53
Speaker 6: gonna get both of them.
40:55
Speaker 7: Yeah, I hate you just said that. Right now. I
40:59
Speaker 7: do it. They always, they always do. And you know,
41:02
Speaker 7: that's you start to see some of the writing on
41:04
Speaker 7: the wall. And I hate to bring that back up again,
41:06
Speaker 7: but you see what's going on in the past couple
41:08
Speaker 7: of years, and you unload billions essentially of dollars on
41:13
Speaker 7: a payroll and congratulations, now you've won the past two
41:17
Speaker 7: World Series. It's there is a huge correlation to it,
41:20
Speaker 7: and so you go do the same thing. They're number
41:23
Speaker 7: one in the standings right now. Yeah, that no wonder,
41:26
Speaker 7: there's going to be a lockout concern that's kind of
41:29
Speaker 7: how that's all going, so you But like you said
41:31
Speaker 7: that it wouldn't It would not be stunning one bit
41:33
Speaker 7: if both of them went out there to Chevez Ravine.
41:36
Speaker 6: And then one more that I want to talk about
41:38
Speaker 6: real quick before we get to the Astros report, and
41:41
Speaker 6: then on the next segment, I want to talk about
41:44
Speaker 6: who the Astros will get. But while we're just looking
41:47
Speaker 6: at the MLB as a whole, I think the Angels
41:50
Speaker 6: are going to continue to sell. We already saw them
41:53
Speaker 6: trade logan O Hoppy away and I think the next
41:56
Speaker 6: guy on the list is read Debt Meers. He has been,
42:02
Speaker 6: you know, a very solid pitcher. He's only twenty seven
42:06
Speaker 6: years old, won't be a free agent until twenty twenty nine,
42:09
Speaker 6: so there is some control there. And I really like
42:16
Speaker 6: the White Sox have been such a great story this year,
42:18
Speaker 6: and I think that they would be fantastic if they
42:20
Speaker 6: would go out and make a move to capitalize on
42:22
Speaker 6: the success that they're having. So I think they're going
42:24
Speaker 6: to go out get a solid starting pitcher and read
42:26
Speaker 6: det Meers.
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Speaker 8: And I'm excited to.
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Speaker 7: See it because I was thinking in the al Central
42:31
Speaker 7: that would probably be the best idea. And then you
42:34
Speaker 7: know with with Southside and Chicago, they're what they're doing
42:37
Speaker 7: this year, and that's something they could They've they've got
42:41
Speaker 7: great offense and so locked down a decent pitcher. I
42:45
Speaker 7: can't imagine the return is going to be insane, but
42:49
Speaker 7: I think it could be doable for them, And I
42:51
Speaker 7: think that's that's it seems like a match made in
42:53
Speaker 7: heaven there that the White Sox could really capitalize on
42:56
Speaker 7: this not having not having a swing for schoobl and
43:00
Speaker 7: give a whole big package for that, but go after
43:02
Speaker 7: debt mers and put you in an even better spot
43:05
Speaker 7: is there, you know, game and a half ahead of
43:08
Speaker 7: of Cleveland right now. I think that'd be perfect for Chicago.
43:12
Speaker 6: Yeah, and the White Sox have three young infielders coming
43:18
Speaker 6: up through their ranks while also having a very solid
43:23
Speaker 6: infield in the big leagues right now with Colson Montgomery,
43:26
Speaker 6: Miguel Vargas, Munataka, Murray Kami, So there's that's a position
43:31
Speaker 6: of depth for them. I think that's probably one of
43:33
Speaker 6: those names. One of those prospects coming up in the
43:37
Speaker 6: infield is probably who would get dealt. Do you have
43:39
Speaker 6: anybody else, just any non astros moves left that you
43:43
Speaker 6: that you predicted.
43:44
Speaker 7: No, I'm that's these are the ones. I'm glad we
43:46
Speaker 7: talked about Miller as much as we did. That was
43:49
Speaker 7: that was one. I know there's been a lot of
43:50
Speaker 7: rumblings that he may just he may not go, but
43:53
Speaker 7: I I think he's out of there.
43:55
Speaker 8: I think, yeah, yeah, I think.
43:57
Speaker 6: I mean, the Padres have had very interesting history with
44:03
Speaker 6: their trades, and again they're one of those teams that's
44:06
Speaker 6: still there in the mix. But I don't know how
44:09
Speaker 6: realistic them climbing climbing back into it is. I don't
44:15
Speaker 6: know if he'll get moved. I think of the of
44:16
Speaker 6: the names we've talked about, I think he might be
44:18
Speaker 6: the one that's most likely to just stay put, especially
44:21
Speaker 6: because he has.
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Speaker 8: A couple more years of control.
44:24
Speaker 6: But I think the pojects probably should move him and
44:26
Speaker 6: capitalize on his value that he has, because it's never
44:29
Speaker 6: going to be higher than it is right now. Yeah,
44:31
Speaker 6: So if they do decide to move him, they need
44:34
Speaker 6: to make sure they get a big package.
44:36
Speaker 7: Yeah. If you don't see a severe realistic expectation of
44:40
Speaker 7: success right now, market value for him is highest right now. Absolutely,
44:44
Speaker 7: bite the bullet, do it.
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Speaker 19: Astro start a bit rough last night versus the Angels,
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Speaker 20: Appall delivered deep to left field.
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Speaker 8: Back on it as Meckler, He'll watch.
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Speaker 18: That one go.
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Speaker 20: Yiner Diaz home run number seven on this season.
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Speaker 7: Gets one of the runs.
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Speaker 15: Back.
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Speaker 7: Is now a three to one game and the.
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Speaker 19: Astros take the lead in the six off the bat
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Speaker 12: Astro's lead four to three.
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Speaker 19: Astros pick up some insurance runs late and get the
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Speaker 19: win over the Angels. Seven to four brings a record
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Speaker 19: fifty four, and they'll face the first place Rangers tomorrow
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Speaker 6: Thursday, we are back from the astros report. Caleb Rapley
48:08
Speaker 6: and Andrew rap Silver with you this afternoon. And we
48:12
Speaker 6: do have a couple new a couple moves that just
48:16
Speaker 6: got made in the MLB as Jake Rogers is heading
48:21
Speaker 6: from the Tigers to the Orioles, their backup catcher in Detroit,
48:25
Speaker 6: going over to Baltimore to give them a little more
48:28
Speaker 6: catching depth. Rogers had been the backup for the last
48:31
Speaker 6: couple of years with Dylan Dingler's emergence.
48:33
Speaker 8: One of the best names in baseball.
48:34
Speaker 6: By the way, Rogers was actually one of the big
48:38
Speaker 6: pieces that the Astros sent over to the Tigers to
48:41
Speaker 6: acquire Justin Verlander back in twenty seventeen. So Baltimore adding
48:45
Speaker 6: some catching depth. And one more move that was announced
48:48
Speaker 6: this morning. Reportedly, the Detroit Tigers are calling up their
48:52
Speaker 6: top prospect, Max Clark.
48:54
Speaker 8: To the big leagues.
48:56
Speaker 6: This is a move that has been long anticipated. Clark's
49:01
Speaker 6: been one of the top prospects in baseball for the
49:05
Speaker 6: last few years after being the number three overall pick
49:08
Speaker 6: in the twenty twenty three draft.
49:10
Speaker 8: He's hitting two seventy.
49:11
Speaker 6: Six with ten homers and twenty one steals so far
49:15
Speaker 6: this season in Triple A, one of the youngest players
49:20
Speaker 6: in Triple A and has been on fire since about
49:25
Speaker 6: mid June. He's hitting three thirty. So excited to see
49:28
Speaker 6: Clark and his big league debut this weekend hopefully, and
49:35
Speaker 6: with that, we're going to get into more of our
49:37
Speaker 6: trade deadline discussions and I want to get a little
49:41
Speaker 6: more Astros focused here. As we you know, kind of
49:46
Speaker 6: took the ten thousand foot view in the last segment.
49:49
Speaker 6: So my wish list for the Astros, I want at
49:55
Speaker 6: least two major league ready can ttributing players. I need
50:02
Speaker 6: one left handed hitter and I need one pitcher. I
50:06
Speaker 6: would love to have two left handed hitters, but that's
50:08
Speaker 6: not really realistic. So here are the players my main
50:12
Speaker 6: three that I have that I would like. Number one,
50:16
Speaker 6: if this is possible, get it done, but it's it's
50:19
Speaker 6: kind of the most unrealistic. One luis a Rise. If
50:22
Speaker 6: they can go get Luisa Rise and have the best
50:27
Speaker 6: contact hitter in the game right now, paired with Jordan Alvarez,
50:30
Speaker 6: that would be an absolute game changer. I don't really
50:34
Speaker 6: care about positional fit. I know that he's been great
50:36
Speaker 6: at second base and that's where Hosel Tuova plays. I
50:39
Speaker 6: don't really care about positional fit. We can make it work.
50:42
Speaker 6: We need another solid left handed bat. I don't know
50:47
Speaker 6: how realistic that is. I've seen him projected to go
50:49
Speaker 6: to one of those big name teams that are at
50:52
Speaker 6: the top of the league right now, like the Rays
50:55
Speaker 6: or the Dodgers, But I think that that's my nonumber
51:00
Speaker 6: one that should that should be Dana Brown's number one target.
51:02
Speaker 7: In my opinion, I think, and I I touched on
51:08
Speaker 7: this earlier. We we cannot, I think, be irresponsible and
51:13
Speaker 7: be full on buyers and and go after the biggest
51:17
Speaker 7: names after the schoolbls and give anything we have left
51:21
Speaker 7: in the prospect pool or even major league ready players.
51:26
Speaker 7: You know, I taught you like to talk about the
51:27
Speaker 7: left handed or left handed bat, especially in the outfield.
51:31
Speaker 7: Look at Mickey Moniac out of Colorado. I think that's
51:34
Speaker 7: a that's a more reserved option as opposed to Luis Rise.
51:38
Speaker 7: You not have to give as much there. Jake McCarthy
51:40
Speaker 7: another option from from Colorado. Of course, pitching has been
51:45
Speaker 7: the problem. Of course, injuries have been an issue as well.
51:48
Speaker 7: When when is an ever not an issue? Sure, I
51:52
Speaker 7: think you could. You know, I've always been amazed with
51:56
Speaker 7: what the Astros pitching coaches have been able to do
51:59
Speaker 7: with some guys. Yeah, I and so I've never really
52:03
Speaker 7: felt like in terms of bullpen arms and those starters
52:05
Speaker 7: are a different story. We've revitalized so many players and
52:09
Speaker 7: like Hector Narris being being one of those in the past, Like,
52:14
Speaker 7: is there an option out there of bullpen arms that
52:18
Speaker 7: we see something in that we don't have to trade
52:21
Speaker 7: very much for that can rejuvenate some of the bullpen,
52:24
Speaker 7: or even do that with a starter in a and
52:27
Speaker 7: you know, like rental options out there like Robbie Raid
52:30
Speaker 7: right now or Jamison Tywne or something of that. I
52:34
Speaker 7: just I would not be pleased. You know, every year
52:37
Speaker 7: in the Dana Brown era, twenty twenty three you have
52:40
Speaker 7: the Justin Verlander trade. You know, twenty twenty four, we
52:44
Speaker 7: trade several top prospects to get Yuseay Kakuchi, who did
52:50
Speaker 7: not even pitch in the playoffs, and we were.
52:52
Speaker 8: That wasn't that wasn't his fault, and he pitched really
52:54
Speaker 8: well for us.
52:55
Speaker 7: And he did for the remainder of the regular season.
52:57
Speaker 7: But more of the story, you go to playoff time,
53:00
Speaker 7: when you're out in two games in the wild card
53:02
Speaker 7: yep and then Korea Trey Way, if you count that
53:05
Speaker 7: as the big splash last year, of course, there's that.
53:09
Speaker 7: I just I think less is more this year when
53:14
Speaker 7: it comes down to it, I think we have such
53:16
Speaker 7: a talented offensive side of the spectrum, but I feel
53:21
Speaker 7: like we've needed a left handed outfielder for several years now,
53:26
Speaker 7: so it would be great to get that done.
53:28
Speaker 6: Yeah, that's the number one I just said to Riah
53:31
Speaker 6: is because he's the most talented hitter on the market
53:35
Speaker 6: and if we can get him, I would love That's
53:38
Speaker 6: so that's why it was my number one.
53:39
Speaker 8: My number two is Jake McCarthy.
53:41
Speaker 6: I think he's the best option as far as left
53:44
Speaker 6: handed hitting outfielders go right now, and I'd be fine
53:47
Speaker 6: with Mickey Moniac if it's not McCarthy, But McCarthy is
53:50
Speaker 6: my number one, just because of that speed and defense
53:53
Speaker 6: that he also brings to the table that you know,
53:55
Speaker 6: if he ends up not being if his offense falls
53:59
Speaker 6: off a little bit, we know that he's going to
54:01
Speaker 6: be an elite level base runner and defense in center field.
54:07
Speaker 6: So not that you know I want him to do that,
54:10
Speaker 6: but if it does happen, he at least will contribute
54:12
Speaker 6: in that way. And then, like I said, Mickey Moniac
54:15
Speaker 6: would be would be nice. I'd be fine with that.
54:18
Speaker 6: As far as the pitchers go, I think maybe like
54:21
Speaker 6: a Kinley Jansen I mentioned earlier, could be a possibility
54:25
Speaker 6: if they want to get bullpen help, But I don't
54:27
Speaker 6: I don't really know that I want them to spend
54:30
Speaker 6: anything on the bullpen. I think the priority definitely needs
54:35
Speaker 6: to be starting pitcher right over bullpen, just because our
54:39
Speaker 6: starting pitchers this year have really been what's held us back,
54:42
Speaker 6: yes the entire season. And I agree with you as
54:47
Speaker 6: far as being conservative for this year that they prop
54:52
Speaker 6: that that would be the smart thing to do. But
54:55
Speaker 6: I think Dana Brown's job is probably on the line
54:57
Speaker 6: this year if he doesn't if if we don't make
55:00
Speaker 6: the playoffs, I think he.
55:01
Speaker 8: Might be gone. I would think he's going to be
55:03
Speaker 8: a little over aggressive.
55:04
Speaker 7: I was set to ask you that just as soon
55:06
Speaker 7: as soon as you were getting finished. How much does
55:10
Speaker 7: the fact that Dana Brown is on quite the hot set? Yeah,
55:13
Speaker 7: you know the famous quote from Jim Crane, whenever I'm here,
55:17
Speaker 7: we are always in a championship window. Well we're not.
55:20
Speaker 7: We're not at the moment, and so that falls a
55:23
Speaker 7: lot on the shoulders. Potentially if Dana Brown Joe Aspata's
55:26
Speaker 7: expiring contract as well, potential that both of those guys
55:30
Speaker 7: could be out the door at season's end. Twenty twenty
55:33
Speaker 7: two World Series Championship, Dana Brown's first year was the
55:36
Speaker 7: next year, still a lot of core pieces, so that
55:38
Speaker 7: we go to the ALCS Game seven, lose to the Rangers,
55:41
Speaker 7: and then you drop off, and you lose in the
55:43
Speaker 7: wild Card in twenty twenty four, and you don't even
55:45
Speaker 7: make it in twenty twenty five, very very quick, after
55:49
Speaker 7: those over half a decade of appearances in the ALCS
55:54
Speaker 7: and the several World Series appearances and a couple of
55:57
Speaker 7: rings thrown in there as well.
55:58
Speaker 6: That's so I wonder why to drop off. It makes
56:00
Speaker 6: you wonder why we got rid of James Click.
56:03
Speaker 7: They're always that, We always heard the internal tension between
56:07
Speaker 7: him and Crane, who cares. Yeah, if you win, that's
56:10
Speaker 7: what I'm saying, put it aside, put it aside, and
56:13
Speaker 7: get over your personal ego. If you've hoisted a World
56:16
Speaker 7: Series trophy, grow up. That's all I've got.
56:20
Speaker 6: And yeah, because Click, we we won the World Series
56:24
Speaker 6: and then he didn't.
56:25
Speaker 7: Come back after that, that it will never mind blowing.
56:29
Speaker 8: It's mind blowing and.
56:30
Speaker 7: So and it's been an incredible disappointment since then. Yeah,
56:34
Speaker 7: I know, and I know you're not gonna have the
56:37
Speaker 7: You're not going to make the ALCS for twenty straight years.
56:40
Speaker 7: You're not going to have that happen. But the competitiveness
56:44
Speaker 7: in terms of being consistent playoff performance. You know, look
56:48
Speaker 7: at the Yankees, for instance, there's a couple of years
56:50
Speaker 7: where they missed out, but they're always in contention for
56:53
Speaker 7: the division, make it to the Alcs, even you've got
56:55
Speaker 7: the World Series appearance. They just had the Astros built
56:59
Speaker 7: that to where you can be year in and year
57:01
Speaker 7: out contenders. Yeah, you have been. Dana Brown, come in now,
57:05
Speaker 7: and it's it's sort of been a not disaster, but
57:09
Speaker 7: not good either. So it's it's certainly a the wheels
57:15
Speaker 7: have sort of fallen off to a degree, and so
57:17
Speaker 7: how do we get it back on? And I think
57:19
Speaker 7: I do wonder about that with with Dana Brown in
57:23
Speaker 7: his last year, I think he may say, just you know,
57:26
Speaker 7: with with forget everything else, just I'm gonna save my
57:30
Speaker 7: job and go do whatever we can to get the
57:32
Speaker 7: biggest name and try and win as much as we can.
57:34
Speaker 21: Yeah.
57:34
Speaker 8: I agree.
57:35
Speaker 6: Well, that's about all the time we have in this hour.
57:37
Speaker 6: We're gonna take a break and in the five o'clock hour,
57:39
Speaker 6: we're gonna get into our college football predictions. This is
57:42
Speaker 6: Chip Howard Sports Talk on the Zone.