Rangers Answer the Gut Punch, Pull Even Atop AL West

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Hi and welcome to another edition of Right

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on Rangers Live coming at you immediately after

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a 7-1 victory over the Toronto Blue

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Jays.

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The Rangers taking game one of three, gaining

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a game on the Houston Astros who lost

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just moments ago to the Atlanta Braves.

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And we are back in a tie for

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the AL West and we will see what

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the rest of the weekend holds, but this

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sure is a good start.

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And you did it in a Kumar Rocker

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outing as well.

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And I know maybe that sounds disrespectful off

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the tongue, but the fact that you got

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this kind of outing from Rocker with Cal

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Q and Jacob deGrom in your back pocket,

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cannot underscore that enough.

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I know Rocker didn't give you a lot

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of length today, but I think we have

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to start with Kumar and the job that

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he did giving the Rangers essentially five innings

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of shutout baseball.

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I was impressed.

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I would love for Rock to turn into

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that guy you can count on for seven

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frames, who wouldn't?

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But I will 100% take this start

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from him in what was pretty much a

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must win game.

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I mean, look, it might not have been

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that big of a deal because of the

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Houston loss, but nevertheless, this start has the

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most pressure I think of any that Rocker

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has thrown this year.

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And you didn't have any kind of implosion.

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You didn't have any kind of meltdown.

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In fact, you had Rock throwing up a

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bunch of goose eggs every inning.

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Have to start with Kumar Rocker.

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We've been so hard on Kumar this year,

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I feel like on the ups and downs

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of his season.

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You know, he has a couple of nice

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outings in a row.

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He has a couple that just make you

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feel like he needs to be in the

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minor leagues.

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I don't think that one night, by the

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way, completely gives you the verdict on Kumar,

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but I do think that you give him

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all of the flowers and credit you can

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for this evening, for this fall game, and

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what he's able to do for a Rangers

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team that badly needs wins right now with

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limited time remaining.

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You have got eight games now left in

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your season.

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Eight.

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You have to figure out a way to

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get this done.

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And this is a good start.

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The Rangers take game one.

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You've got Cal Q, your best pitcher in 2026,

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throwing tomorrow.

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You've got Jacob deGrom, your ace $38 million

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player on Sunday.

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It's set up well.

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You cannot say that the Rangers aren't throwing

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their best, aren't throwing the kitchen sink at

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it.

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They are.

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They 100% are.

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And I think at this point, you are

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eyeing a sweep.

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We said two out of three, and I

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do think two out of three, not the

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end of the world, but with your two

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best pitchers back-to-back days, Saturday, Sunday.

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Limited excuses in my mind as to why

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you can't go out there and win a

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series.

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You're at home.

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You play better at home.

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You're a winning team at home.

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You're a completely opposite team, road versus home.

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Rangers playing in Arlington, they're a playoff team.

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They are.

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The numbers back that up wholeheartedly.

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Away, obviously, that's a bit of a different

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story.

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We talked so much coming into this homestand

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about how you had to take advantage of

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the nine games that you have to end

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this season.

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The most home games of any of the

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playoff teams that are still in this race,

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Houston, Cleveland, White Sox, Blue Jays.

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You had to be the team with the

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home games taking advantage, and you did that

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tonight.

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And so far, it has been a good

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homestand.

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You didn't love what happened last night.

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Nobody did.

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You cannot keep dropping games like that.

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But this was a great response.

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The video I put out today, one of

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my biggest worries, was last night going to

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start the downward spiral.

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Now, I didn't predict it.

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I didn't say that was what's gonna happen.

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But I did say this team has sometimes

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had a knack for losing a heartbreaker after

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a three or four game win streak, and

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then totally soiling the bed.

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Four straight losses, five straight losses.

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And you saw the response that you wish

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you could have seen all year long when

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this team dropped the game after a nice

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streak.

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You got that tonight.

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We're gonna talk all about it.

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Great to be hanging out with you on

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a Friday night.

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And look, playoff baseball, I can smell it.

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I can smell it.

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I already told y'all my prediction.

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I'm not saying it makes any sense.

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I'm not saying it is rooted in analytical

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fact.

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But I am saying, I think they find

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a way to make it in.

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It just feels like a weird, chaotic season

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in which the Rangers find a way.

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And it doesn't make a whole lot of

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sense.

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I'm not gonna sit here and come up

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with five reasons why necessarily I could.

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I just think because baseball, because baseball.

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I think the Rangers find a way, somehow,

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in some shape or form, they'll be playing

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in October, and I'm here for it.

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After a two year absence, you're this close.

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You have to get it over the finish

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line.

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Drop a comment, drop a question.

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We are pretty much all post-game today.

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Literally went live, hit the live button, just

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as my boy Alejandro Osuna made the final

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out.

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Man, it is good to see him back.

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I know that not many people have the

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amount of love that I do for Alejandro

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Osuna.

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But my goodness, it is good to see

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that man back in Rangers threat.

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Particularly on Tejas night.

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And what a night for Osuna, getting to

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meet Chicharito.

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Man, that was phenomenal for him.

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I can only imagine that dude was just

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a kid in a candy shop getting to

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meet him.

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Yeah, a legend like that, a soccer legend

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in Mexico.

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Very cool for Alejandro.

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Chicharito threw out the first pitch.

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Alejandro was catching.

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It looked like a strike to me.

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They showed the replay of it.

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Alejandro didn't have to move too much.

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It was a bit of an eephus, but

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nevertheless, you don't see a lot of people

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throwing it right down the pipe.

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It's good stuff.

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All right, let's get into the analysis of

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this one a little bit.

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And I will 100% be checking comments

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and questions along the way.

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Let's do it.

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Giving ABs to Evan Carter, it is not

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the time.

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Look, I wanna be careful.

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I don't wanna go too negative on the

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show tonight.

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But I will say this.

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It was disappointing.

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Evan Carter had some opportunities tonight and you

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were really hoping he was going to do

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a little bit more with him.

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I know he had the little squibber that

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went off Jake Burger's head ultimately for a

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run.

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Look, if you're Evan Carter, I'm sure you'll

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take it just about however you can.

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But Evan Carter tonight, 0 for 4, did

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technically, I think, get an RBI on that

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play.

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Crazy.

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That's why sometimes you just, you can't always

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really trust some of the things that you

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see.

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The RBI, I guess, for it going off

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the head, or did I miss a sacrifice

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fly?

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Yeah.

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The official scoring in baseball games, it doesn't

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make a whole lot of sense at times.

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But nevertheless, Evan Carter, I have definitely been

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critical of.

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I love Evan.

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I think he's a great dude.

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I think he's got a nice ceiling.

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He's not meeting it right now.

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I do think Chris Young and Skip Schumaker,

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for all the talk that they have put

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forth about playing the hot hand, Evan Carter,

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to me, is a bit of a head

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scratcher.

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I think it's very obvious.

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I know that this isn't rooted in fact,

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or research, journalistic, all that good stuff.

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But it just feels like favoritism.

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I've said that.

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It feels like there's a little favoritism there.

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I don't know what else really makes sense.

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I mean, you think about Evan Carter over

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the last 30 games, hitting 177.

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Evan Carter won for his last 14, six

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for his last 36.

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The numbers aren't great for Evan.

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Now, I will say this.

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I know a lot of people were pissed

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off that Evan did not get pinch hit

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for in the early frames.

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I actually agree with what Skip Schumaker did,

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keeping him in the game in a four

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run lead.

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I don't really love having to put Zeke

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Duran out there in center field, and then

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you have Cody Freeman, you have maybe Nicky

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Lopez still in the infield.

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I think with a four run lead, you

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want your best defense out there.

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I know that some of you guys, and

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I understand the other side of it.

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This isn't really a hill that I'm trying

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to die on.

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I gotta be real with you guys.

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But I see the other side, like you

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wanna take advantage of the bases loaded opportunity.

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There's two outs.

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It's what, the fourth inning?

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Is it the fourth inning where he had

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that bases loaded opportunity?

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I actually think that it was okay that

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Skip didn't pinch hit there.

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You're gonna bring in probably Foscue, and then

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at that point, you're moving Foscue probably to

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third base, or you're moving Nicky Lopez to

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third base, or you're subbing out Foscue for

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Cody Freeman so he could play third base.

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I know Foscue was kind of the name

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I saw thrown out.

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Why didn't you have Foscue hit for Evan

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Carter?

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Well, Nicky Lopez was already in the game.

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I guess you could have taken out Nicky

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Lopez.

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I just think Lopez at second, Zeke at

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third, Carter in center field is probably your

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best defensive alignment.

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And with a four run lead, I get

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it.

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The bullpen has not been great.

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You wanted to tack on there.

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I don't think that was criminal.

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I mean, last night, not running Wyatt Langford

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in the ninth inning, that was criminal.

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I don't think that not pinch hitting there

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for Evan Carter in the fourth inning in

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a game where you're up four already, where

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hypothetically speaking, pitching and defense should be able

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to get the job done.

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We know no lead is safe, but at

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the same time, I just didn't think that

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that was egregious.

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In the moment, it's frustrating because Evan Carter,

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the AB was bad.

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It didn't look good and it didn't work

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out.

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But I do think in hindsight, even, you

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live with it.

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You can disagree with it, but I think

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you live with it.

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I don't think you point to that like,

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man, that was some monumental moment in the

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game.

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It's frustrating.

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I hate that Evan Carter is not able

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to come through.

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You wanna see Evan Carter do well.

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I do.

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I know that there's some people out there

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that only catch me here and there that

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think I hate the guy.

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I really don't.

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I wanna see Evan Carter start raking again.

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I have actually put out there multiple times,

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multiple posts over the past month, would love

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to see him turn the clock back to

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at least the similar or a close by,

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nearby zip code of 2023.

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Would have loved to see that.

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For me, tonight is a night to focus

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on the positives.

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We can nitpick why didn't Skip pinch hit

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Evan Carter in the fourth inning?

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They ultimately win the ball game seven to

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one.

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And at the time you were leading by

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four.

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To me, I'm not going crazy.

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You're not gonna see me rant on that

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move from Skip tonight.

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I think you can disagree with it.

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And again, it's not a hill that I'm

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dying on either way, one way or another,

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not trying to fight anybody over it.

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I just think there's much more egregious moves

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that you've seen from Skip in the last

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154 ball games than that.

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That being said, you've got a very small

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margin for error right now.

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And I understand how every move at this

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point is getting put under the magnifying glass,

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no doubt.

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We keep going, appreciate all you guys hanging

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out.

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Cody, what's good?

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Comment from you too.

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We all know what EC is capable of,

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just weird that he never got optioned, even

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when he soiled the bed 90% of

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the season.

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The injuries, we talked about this, Cody, like

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a couple of weeks ago, I wanna say.

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Evan Carter, I think was going to potentially

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stay down in the minor leagues for an

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extended time period.

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He played in one, I think one rehab

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game and then Wyatt Langford got hurt for

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the second time this year.

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And that really ruined things.

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I thought the best play for Evan Carter

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would have been really to slow play that

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rehab assignment.

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Remember it was the Cleveland series, we were

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in Cleveland, Wyatt got hurt.

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Evan Carter had played like a Friday night

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down at AA Frisco.

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And then they called him up on Saturday

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to play in the Cleveland series.

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He had played one rehab game.

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I think he hit a home run.

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So I mean, he definitely was feeling it

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there for a day, but Evan should have

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gotten about a week, week and a half

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down there.

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And instead he only got one game.

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I don't know if that would have made

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a difference or if he would have needed

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a longer stay than that, but I do

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agree.

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And if not for injuries, Josh Jung as

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well, I think that put another wrinkle in

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it.

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Evan might've seen a little bit more time

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in the minor leagues this year.

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And I think that probably would have been

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helpful for him, but you just never got

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a super healthy run.

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And I think that is why Evan stays

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up with the big club.

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I know some people are gonna cite the

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defense and they're not completely wrong.

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I do think at this point, and I've

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seen many people make this point, this isn't

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me just digging out something brand new.

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I think long-term, you've gotta hit the

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hard reset button on Carter.

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He's gonna have to limp it out for

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this year.

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And maybe he does figure it out randomly

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because baseball, that's our term of the night.

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Maybe he figures it out.

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But I feel like right now, hard reset

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in the off season, whatever you're doing, change

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it.

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It's not working.

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Fix it.

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Hopefully Evan Carter can get the swing right.

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The Rangers need that.

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You need a guy like Evan.

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He's a second rounder, 2020.

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One of your top prospects at one point,

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gotta get that guy right.

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We'll keep rolling.

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Absolutely agree with this, Austin.

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Thank you for the comment on Facebook here.

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I think it's safe to say the goal

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should be to sweep the series.

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I think it's a partial failure if they

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don't with Cal Q and deGrom going in the last

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two games.

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Exactly what we said to open up the

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show, Austin.

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So you and I are in lockstep on

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this one.

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You've got your best two pitchers lined up.

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You've gotta figure out a way to sweep

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it.

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I don't think you get on here and

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you gloom and doom if they don't.

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If you win the series, I think that's

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enough.

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But if we're being totally real, keeping it

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100, it's disappointing if you don't sweep the

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series at this point.

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It's a disappointment.

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It's not the end of the world, but

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it's a disappointment.

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We keep rolling.

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We definitely need vintage deGrom on Sunday.

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Once again, we need vintage deGrom.

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Now we need the offense to show up.

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We definitely need more outputs like this.

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Absolutely.

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Like this was a solid night from the

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offense.

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It didn't have to come down to Latz-y

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in the ball game at the very end.

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It was great.

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And let's show some love to Trevor Williams.

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My goodness, four innings, two hits, four strikeouts.

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Now has a sparkling 2.73 ERA Trevor Williams.

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Hello.

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Good for him, man.

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I absolutely loved what they got from Williams

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tonight.

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And it was huge.

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You didn't have to use Latz-y.

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You didn't have to use Garcia.

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You got Junis a night off.

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You pretty much got everybody beyond Alexander a

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night off.

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That's outstanding.

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You do have an off day coming up

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on Monday, I believe.

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So that's nice.

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So you basically, you've got two games.

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You got an off day Monday, and then

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you've got the home stretch, Tuesday to Sunday

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to end the season.

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Let's get it.

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Let's get it.

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Whew.

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Let's see, what am I missing on TikTok?

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If anything.

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Move Wyatt to center field, Big Tech says.

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Comment from TikTok here.

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And Osuna to left.

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I have been a proponent of Wyatt playing

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center field, but with all of these reports

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that he's dealing with ailments and injuries that

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came out, what, a couple of weeks ago

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maybe, I've kind of cooled a little bit

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on the idea of making Wyatt a center

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fielder at this point.

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I do think it's an interesting concept for

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the off season.

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In fact, I said, I think they ought

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to throw Zeke Duran out there and just

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make him your full-time center fielder.

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I think you can live with some different

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third baseman.

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Obviously, Josh Jung will be in that mix.

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And you guys know, I'm not the biggest

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fan of Josh Jung, the fielder.

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Huge fan of Josh Jung, the hitter.

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Think he's the best pure hitter on the

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team right now.

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But I think you'll live with Josh Jung

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at third.

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If you have Nicky Lopez or Cody Freeman

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playing second.

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Foscue, I think, has actually done a decent

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job with the glove as well.

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Zeke Duran in center field, really, to me,

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makes a lot of sense.

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I know that he's a really good infielder,

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probably a gold glove infielder at this point,

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but I would not be shy about playing

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Zeke a little bit more in center field.

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Yeah, you definitely take a couple of notches,

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a couple of pegs down defensively, go into

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Young at third base instead of Duran.

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I do like Josh Jung DH-ing.

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I think it makes a lot of sense.

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Defensively, it's a smart move.

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Right now, it's unfortunate Evan Carter's kind of

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putting you in a spot where you're really

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getting almost nothing offensively.

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I know some people are gonna bring up

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how he walks and how he can bunt

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and all that good stuff.

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It's a bit of a black hole.

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I think we have to call a spade

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a spade here.

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Evan Carter's spot in the lineup.

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It's a bit of a black hole right

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now.

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That being said, we gotta be reminded, the

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Rangers won a baseball game today and it

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all worked out in the end.

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I know some of us are still frustrated

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about Evan Carter not getting pinch hit for,

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I'll just say this to keep it short,

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four run lead, I'm okay with it.

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If it was a one or a two

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run deficit or advantage, I probably would feel

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differently.

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Four run lead, to me, I'm okay with

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what Skip did.

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I don't think it's as egregious as, let's

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say again, not stealing Wyatt Langford last night

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in the top of the ninth inning.

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Appreciate the likes, by the way.

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Thank you so much.

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Let's keep on rolling.

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We got a lot of good stuff to

550
00:18:58.960 --> 00:18:59.520
talk about.

551
00:19:00.420 --> 00:19:02.800
We got college football coming up tomorrow.

552
00:19:03.180 --> 00:19:05.040
We got NFL on Sunday.

553
00:19:05.720 --> 00:19:08.120
We got near playoff baseball going on.

554
00:19:08.220 --> 00:19:09.380
Man, it's gonna be a good weekend.

555
00:19:10.380 --> 00:19:13.080
Yeah, so let's just get right into it

556
00:19:13.080 --> 00:19:13.220
here.

557
00:19:13.300 --> 00:19:15.780
The Rangers tonight, what impressed me the most

558
00:19:15.780 --> 00:19:18.200
is how they kept adding on, right?

559
00:19:18.340 --> 00:19:20.260
You scored the four in the bottom of

560
00:19:20.260 --> 00:19:21.680
the second, but then you scored in the

561
00:19:21.680 --> 00:19:22.000
fifth.

562
00:19:22.140 --> 00:19:23.520
You scored in the sixth.

563
00:19:23.620 --> 00:19:24.880
You scored in the eighth.

564
00:19:24.940 --> 00:19:26.500
You kept piling on.

565
00:19:26.500 --> 00:19:29.080
That has been a knock on the Rangers,

566
00:19:29.260 --> 00:19:30.880
really, all season long.

567
00:19:31.200 --> 00:19:33.300
You score once, you score three or four,

568
00:19:33.380 --> 00:19:35.180
and then you never score again.

569
00:19:35.960 --> 00:19:37.860
Tonight, the Rangers spaced it out a little

570
00:19:37.860 --> 00:19:39.060
bit, kept tacking on.

571
00:19:39.440 --> 00:19:41.060
Blue Jays put up a run in the

572
00:19:41.060 --> 00:19:41.740
top of the fifth.

573
00:19:41.900 --> 00:19:43.980
Rangers went ahead and answered it in the

574
00:19:43.980 --> 00:19:44.620
bottom half.

575
00:19:45.020 --> 00:19:46.240
That's the way you've gotta do it.

576
00:19:46.280 --> 00:19:48.920
That's one of the pillars of winning baseball.

577
00:19:49.220 --> 00:19:51.560
You respond when a team scores a run

578
00:19:51.560 --> 00:19:51.860
on you.

579
00:19:51.980 --> 00:19:53.280
You go out there and you put up

580
00:19:53.280 --> 00:19:53.580
a run.

581
00:19:54.500 --> 00:19:55.400
Shutdown inning.

582
00:19:55.800 --> 00:19:58.440
Rangers got the shutdown inning in the sixth

583
00:19:58.440 --> 00:20:00.420
after the Blue Jays scored their lone run.

584
00:20:01.060 --> 00:20:02.460
Rangers scored first tonight.

585
00:20:02.580 --> 00:20:03.780
Just a lot of winning baseball.

586
00:20:04.380 --> 00:20:06.040
Lot of winning baseball this evening.

587
00:20:07.140 --> 00:20:10.720
And look, Texas made Cease miserable once again.

588
00:20:11.540 --> 00:20:15.500
I think when you consider the walks, he

589
00:20:15.500 --> 00:20:16.780
had six of them tonight.

590
00:20:17.100 --> 00:20:19.240
When you think about the pitch count, I

591
00:20:19.240 --> 00:20:23.440
mean, look, he entered with an 11-5

592
00:20:23.440 --> 00:20:29.200
record, 2.38 ERA, 236 strikeouts, a 1.06

593
00:20:29.200 --> 00:20:29.540
whip.

594
00:20:30.720 --> 00:20:33.900
And you drew four walks against him early

595
00:20:33.900 --> 00:20:34.240
on.

596
00:20:34.340 --> 00:20:37.560
You added on another two later on in

597
00:20:37.560 --> 00:20:38.220
his outing.

598
00:20:38.720 --> 00:20:41.900
Scored four, knocked him out before he could

599
00:20:41.900 --> 00:20:44.540
really record an out in the third inning.

600
00:20:44.860 --> 00:20:45.640
So impressive.

601
00:20:46.100 --> 00:20:47.620
And they did this to Dylan Cease in

602
00:20:47.620 --> 00:20:48.240
Toronto too.

603
00:20:48.240 --> 00:20:49.480
A couple of you guys were bringing that

604
00:20:49.480 --> 00:20:49.760
up.

605
00:20:50.460 --> 00:20:53.120
They weren't mashing homers off of him necessarily,

606
00:20:53.300 --> 00:20:54.820
but they just made him work.

607
00:20:55.780 --> 00:20:56.780
That was huge.

608
00:20:56.860 --> 00:20:58.240
And for the rest of the series, it's

609
00:20:58.240 --> 00:20:59.980
huge because you made Toronto get into their

610
00:20:59.980 --> 00:21:00.360
bullpen.

611
00:21:01.020 --> 00:21:02.860
Love the fact that they just put the

612
00:21:02.860 --> 00:21:03.600
ball in play.

613
00:21:03.980 --> 00:21:05.420
They took the walks.

614
00:21:06.600 --> 00:21:09.300
They weren't giving away free outs.

615
00:21:10.820 --> 00:21:12.140
Toronto makes mistakes.

616
00:21:12.700 --> 00:21:13.960
Texas was cashing them in.

617
00:21:14.640 --> 00:21:17.700
Just a really encouraging way to win a

618
00:21:17.700 --> 00:21:18.000
game.

619
00:21:18.000 --> 00:21:20.020
When you beat a pitcher as good as

620
00:21:20.020 --> 00:21:22.060
Cease, the way that the Rangers did tonight.

621
00:21:23.340 --> 00:21:26.780
Look, Rocker tonight, we talked through his outing.

622
00:21:27.460 --> 00:21:30.080
Was he dominant, elite?

623
00:21:30.440 --> 00:21:32.520
I would probably stop short of that.

624
00:21:32.940 --> 00:21:34.580
But I do think that what you got

625
00:21:34.580 --> 00:21:37.980
from Rocker tonight was very, very good and

626
00:21:37.980 --> 00:21:39.000
worthy of praise.

627
00:21:40.060 --> 00:21:42.400
He definitely could have came out tonight and

628
00:21:42.400 --> 00:21:43.440
totally crapped the bed.

629
00:21:43.520 --> 00:21:43.980
He didn't.

630
00:21:44.180 --> 00:21:46.920
He locked down and gave you a very

631
00:21:46.920 --> 00:21:48.780
solid chance to win the game.

632
00:21:49.580 --> 00:21:50.600
More than that.

633
00:21:51.580 --> 00:21:53.160
And so impressive from Rock.

634
00:21:53.600 --> 00:21:56.180
He kept Toronto off the board through the

635
00:21:56.180 --> 00:21:56.960
first four.

636
00:21:57.540 --> 00:22:00.420
Gave Texas a manageable game while the lineup

637
00:22:00.420 --> 00:22:02.200
kept on building that lead, man.

638
00:22:03.140 --> 00:22:04.720
And look, we talked about this last night.

639
00:22:04.780 --> 00:22:08.100
He had already thrown six scoreless innings against

640
00:22:08.100 --> 00:22:08.980
Toronto in June.

641
00:22:09.540 --> 00:22:13.660
So he's now given Texas really two very

642
00:22:13.660 --> 00:22:16.220
useful outings against the Blue Jays this year.

643
00:22:16.640 --> 00:22:17.300
Good for him.

644
00:22:18.300 --> 00:22:19.260
Richard, yes, sir.

645
00:22:19.300 --> 00:22:20.280
Let's go Rangers, baby.

646
00:22:21.100 --> 00:22:22.960
We already talked through Trevor Williams.

647
00:22:23.760 --> 00:22:26.320
Yeah, Trevor Williams bridging the game to the

648
00:22:26.320 --> 00:22:30.260
late innings in probably one of the most

649
00:22:30.260 --> 00:22:31.800
important moments of the season, right?

650
00:22:32.560 --> 00:22:34.360
Just like we all drew it up in

651
00:22:34.360 --> 00:22:35.000
spring training.

652
00:22:35.780 --> 00:22:38.700
Trevor Williams bridging the game to the late

653
00:22:38.700 --> 00:22:42.180
frames in one of the most important innings,

654
00:22:42.720 --> 00:22:44.840
one of the most important moments of the

655
00:22:44.840 --> 00:22:45.120
season.

656
00:22:46.440 --> 00:22:48.000
Baseball's great sometimes, man.

657
00:22:48.880 --> 00:22:51.320
Definitely have to give some flowers to Trevor

658
00:22:51.320 --> 00:22:52.600
for what he did out there on the

659
00:22:52.600 --> 00:22:52.820
mound.

660
00:22:54.340 --> 00:22:58.260
Like last night, the bullpen and all of

661
00:22:58.260 --> 00:23:01.360
the mixing and matching, it was interesting, right?

662
00:23:01.960 --> 00:23:05.180
We talked about why Williams maybe wasn't used

663
00:23:05.180 --> 00:23:05.760
last night.

664
00:23:07.080 --> 00:23:10.000
I think you have a good idea of

665
00:23:10.000 --> 00:23:10.920
what Skip was thinking.

666
00:23:12.200 --> 00:23:14.320
Being able to use Williams in bulk tonight

667
00:23:14.920 --> 00:23:18.100
absolutely mattered a ton, especially when you think

668
00:23:18.100 --> 00:23:19.980
about the rest of the series and how

669
00:23:19.980 --> 00:23:20.680
it's shaping up.

670
00:23:22.420 --> 00:23:24.520
And I think, too, when you consider the

671
00:23:24.520 --> 00:23:28.720
fact that yesterday was a really brutal, gut

672
00:23:28.720 --> 00:23:32.340
-wrenching loss, this team has sometimes been susceptible

673
00:23:32.340 --> 00:23:34.520
to a slide after a game like that.

674
00:23:34.980 --> 00:23:36.520
You win three or four in a row,

675
00:23:36.660 --> 00:23:39.380
you lose a heartbreaker, and you immediately take

676
00:23:39.380 --> 00:23:39.740
a dump.

677
00:23:40.280 --> 00:23:42.400
And the Rangers came out tonight and were

678
00:23:42.400 --> 00:23:45.180
resilient and showed you exactly what you wanna

679
00:23:45.180 --> 00:23:45.440
see.

680
00:23:45.600 --> 00:23:47.660
They got knocked down, they got right back

681
00:23:47.660 --> 00:23:49.360
up, and went back to winning baseball.

682
00:23:50.620 --> 00:23:53.520
They punched first, they never let Toronto rally

683
00:23:53.520 --> 00:23:54.160
in this one.

684
00:23:54.500 --> 00:23:56.820
The one time Toronto did score, Texas answers

685
00:23:56.820 --> 00:23:57.340
right back.

686
00:23:59.620 --> 00:24:02.380
Good stuff from the offense tonight, good stuff

687
00:24:02.380 --> 00:24:02.960
from the pitching.

688
00:24:03.260 --> 00:24:05.720
It was really a complete game from both

689
00:24:05.720 --> 00:24:08.420
sides of the ball, offense and defense tonight.

690
00:24:09.820 --> 00:24:11.300
Couldn't be prouder of the boys, man.

691
00:24:11.360 --> 00:24:12.000
What a game.

692
00:24:12.100 --> 00:24:12.920
You needed this one.

693
00:24:12.920 --> 00:24:15.740
You gain a game on Houston, you look

694
00:24:15.740 --> 00:24:17.860
around the rest of the league, you look

695
00:24:17.860 --> 00:24:19.240
at what Cleveland did tonight.

696
00:24:19.900 --> 00:24:22.460
Cleveland, they won again, right?

697
00:24:22.600 --> 00:24:26.260
They beat the A's, I believe, and the

698
00:24:26.260 --> 00:24:28.340
White Sox, they managed to lose.

699
00:24:28.480 --> 00:24:30.140
They are now 78 and 76.

700
00:24:30.800 --> 00:24:32.680
Wild card is not totally out of the

701
00:24:32.680 --> 00:24:34.980
picture for Texas, but with the White Sox

702
00:24:34.980 --> 00:24:38.160
taking over that third spot, you're in a

703
00:24:38.160 --> 00:24:41.040
position where you don't have the tiebreaker over

704
00:24:41.040 --> 00:24:41.480
Chicago.

705
00:24:42.120 --> 00:24:44.340
You were kind of hoping that Cleveland was

706
00:24:44.340 --> 00:24:46.320
gonna be that third wild card team because

707
00:24:46.320 --> 00:24:48.220
you do have the tiebreaker over the Guardians.

708
00:24:49.060 --> 00:24:50.840
Guardians have won three in a row now.

709
00:24:51.800 --> 00:24:54.720
The easiest path does appear to be, at

710
00:24:54.720 --> 00:24:57.480
this point, easiest path does appear to be

711
00:24:57.480 --> 00:24:58.360
winning the division.

712
00:24:59.020 --> 00:25:01.380
The Guardians are now four games over 500.

713
00:25:02.240 --> 00:25:05.760
Rangers are two games behind the Guardians, technically

714
00:25:05.760 --> 00:25:06.280
speaking.

715
00:25:07.340 --> 00:25:09.600
You would love to see the Rangers have

716
00:25:09.600 --> 00:25:12.420
multiple options, not be tied down to just

717
00:25:12.420 --> 00:25:13.700
one path or the other.

718
00:25:14.280 --> 00:25:17.820
Right now, though, essentially, you have a better

719
00:25:17.820 --> 00:25:20.800
shot with the division because of Chicago falling

720
00:25:20.800 --> 00:25:22.400
to that last wild card spot.

721
00:25:23.160 --> 00:25:26.040
Texas is a game behind Chicago, technically two

722
00:25:26.040 --> 00:25:29.660
games, and they are even with Houston at

723
00:25:29.660 --> 00:25:32.860
this point, and they need a game clear

724
00:25:32.860 --> 00:25:36.140
in order to be the AL West division

725
00:25:36.140 --> 00:25:36.780
champions.

726
00:25:37.420 --> 00:25:38.580
See if it can happen tomorrow.

727
00:25:38.700 --> 00:25:39.420
Wouldn't that be crazy?

728
00:25:39.420 --> 00:25:42.320
This time tomorrow, we're on top of the

729
00:25:42.320 --> 00:25:42.940
AL West?

730
00:25:45.290 --> 00:25:45.930
Yes, sir.

731
00:25:47.350 --> 00:25:49.230
Zane says, going to the game tomorrow, how

732
00:25:49.230 --> 00:25:49.610
we feeling?

733
00:25:49.690 --> 00:25:50.310
We're feeling good.

734
00:25:50.450 --> 00:25:51.190
Cal Q on the mound.

735
00:25:51.290 --> 00:25:53.430
I'm always feeling good when Cal Q is

736
00:25:53.430 --> 00:25:54.090
on the mound, baby.

737
00:25:54.710 --> 00:25:55.070
Always.

738
00:25:56.830 --> 00:25:58.110
Cal Q, I think, is gonna give you

739
00:25:58.110 --> 00:26:00.350
a great shot tomorrow, and I'm looking forward

740
00:26:00.350 --> 00:26:00.730
to it.

741
00:26:01.830 --> 00:26:02.310
Let's see.

742
00:26:02.370 --> 00:26:02.970
Let's keep rolling.

743
00:26:03.570 --> 00:26:04.190
What do we got?

744
00:26:05.190 --> 00:26:05.550
Comments.

745
00:26:06.870 --> 00:26:09.290
Nate says, on YouTube, our track record against

746
00:26:09.290 --> 00:26:11.410
Cease continues to look good.

747
00:26:11.570 --> 00:26:11.970
It does.

748
00:26:12.370 --> 00:26:14.410
They've had two really good games against Cease

749
00:26:14.410 --> 00:26:14.970
this year.

750
00:26:15.650 --> 00:26:16.510
Love to see it.

751
00:26:17.550 --> 00:26:19.790
On, let's see, somebody was asking about pitching

752
00:26:19.790 --> 00:26:20.530
matchups.

753
00:26:21.410 --> 00:26:23.810
They have not determined, at least on MLB,

754
00:26:23.910 --> 00:26:25.630
they have not shown who is gonna be

755
00:26:25.630 --> 00:26:28.190
the Blue Jays starter on Sunday.

756
00:26:28.290 --> 00:26:30.190
Yesavage might be the guy.

757
00:26:30.730 --> 00:26:32.770
I have heard speculation he's going.

758
00:26:33.150 --> 00:26:34.290
Tomorrow is Soriano.

759
00:26:35.450 --> 00:26:37.830
Might be Yesavage on Sunday.

760
00:26:37.830 --> 00:26:39.230
I could definitely see that happening.

761
00:26:40.930 --> 00:26:42.170
Cal against Toronto.

762
00:26:42.390 --> 00:26:43.350
Cal against Canada.

763
00:26:44.330 --> 00:26:46.090
He had a great outing last time.

764
00:26:46.170 --> 00:26:47.730
Would love to see him do something like

765
00:26:47.730 --> 00:26:49.730
what he did in Toronto in June once

766
00:26:49.730 --> 00:26:52.450
more here in Arlington in September.

767
00:26:52.610 --> 00:26:53.330
That would be phenomenal.

768
00:26:55.070 --> 00:26:56.950
Cachow says, Nimmo has been ice cold.

769
00:26:57.030 --> 00:26:58.890
We need to check his last 30 ABs.

770
00:26:59.010 --> 00:27:00.430
I got you, my guy.

771
00:27:01.090 --> 00:27:01.730
I got you.

772
00:27:02.270 --> 00:27:03.810
0-3 tonight for Nimmo.

773
00:27:04.370 --> 00:27:06.350
He did, I believe, have a, he had

774
00:27:06.350 --> 00:27:07.750
a couple of walks tonight, so at least

775
00:27:07.750 --> 00:27:08.590
he was on base.

776
00:27:09.530 --> 00:27:13.230
Nimmo is batting 175 over his last 15

777
00:27:13.230 --> 00:27:13.590
games.

778
00:27:14.630 --> 00:27:16.970
He is six for his last 26.

779
00:27:17.730 --> 00:27:20.010
The 15 game is the one that stands

780
00:27:20.010 --> 00:27:20.470
out, man.

781
00:27:20.550 --> 00:27:25.570
175 with a 482 OPS.

782
00:27:26.970 --> 00:27:27.410
Yuck.

783
00:27:27.910 --> 00:27:29.030
Oh, jeez.

784
00:27:29.630 --> 00:27:33.750
Brandon, Nimmo, where are you, my guy?

785
00:27:34.030 --> 00:27:34.870
We need you.

786
00:27:34.870 --> 00:27:39.670
Look, 482 OPS for Brandon Nimmo in his

787
00:27:39.670 --> 00:27:40.630
last 15 games.

788
00:27:40.850 --> 00:27:44.550
That is not ideal when you got your

789
00:27:44.550 --> 00:27:48.510
middle-of-the-order hitter doing something like

790
00:27:48.510 --> 00:27:48.870
that.

791
00:27:49.790 --> 00:27:50.930
At least they won.

792
00:27:51.930 --> 00:27:53.990
But Tecumseh, yes, he is definitely in a

793
00:27:53.990 --> 00:27:54.430
slump.

794
00:27:54.750 --> 00:27:55.910
Absolutely in a slump.

795
00:27:55.990 --> 00:27:57.510
You want to see Brandon, such a good

796
00:27:57.510 --> 00:27:57.790
dude.

797
00:27:58.410 --> 00:27:59.990
Badly want to see that guy break out

798
00:27:59.990 --> 00:28:00.230
of it.

799
00:28:01.250 --> 00:28:03.810
Suki, Rocker did have to cover for his

800
00:28:03.810 --> 00:28:04.290
base tonight.

801
00:28:04.290 --> 00:28:07.630
The first batter of the game tested Rocker's

802
00:28:07.630 --> 00:28:09.030
ability to cover first base.

803
00:28:09.330 --> 00:28:10.610
First batter of the game, man.

804
00:28:12.510 --> 00:28:14.270
He barely got over there.

805
00:28:14.530 --> 00:28:16.330
He almost didn't cover it.

806
00:28:16.970 --> 00:28:19.910
First batter of the game, Rock had to

807
00:28:19.910 --> 00:28:21.310
get on his horse to get over there.

808
00:28:22.090 --> 00:28:23.950
Nearly whiffed on that opportunity.

809
00:28:24.470 --> 00:28:25.890
Bacsik was actually getting on him.

810
00:28:26.250 --> 00:28:28.130
He's like, man, too slow off the mound.

811
00:28:28.450 --> 00:28:29.530
I appreciated that.

812
00:28:29.970 --> 00:28:31.070
Just calling it like it is.

813
00:28:31.230 --> 00:28:33.810
Both Raymond and Bacsik, I think, are a

814
00:28:33.810 --> 00:28:36.770
little fed up with the Rocker lack of

815
00:28:36.770 --> 00:28:39.450
efficient covering of the bag over there.

816
00:28:40.270 --> 00:28:41.590
A lot of Rangers fans are, to be

817
00:28:41.590 --> 00:28:41.830
fair.

818
00:28:42.010 --> 00:28:45.050
But sometimes the RSN guys kind of sugarcoat,

819
00:28:45.270 --> 00:28:47.130
don't really go in on people too much.

820
00:28:47.410 --> 00:28:49.010
You can tell they're a little irritated with

821
00:28:49.010 --> 00:28:51.170
Rocker, as a lot of Rangers fans are

822
00:28:51.170 --> 00:28:52.690
when it comes to the first base covering.

823
00:28:54.450 --> 00:28:57.070
YouTube comment here, Arlington will be crazy on

824
00:28:57.070 --> 00:28:57.550
Sunday.

825
00:28:57.770 --> 00:28:59.950
Rangers and Cowboys playing less than a mile

826
00:28:59.950 --> 00:29:00.250
away.

827
00:29:00.810 --> 00:29:01.510
That will be.

828
00:29:01.510 --> 00:29:03.970
What times, though, are those games?

829
00:29:04.950 --> 00:29:09.110
I'm assuming Rangers is gonna be like 135.

830
00:29:09.790 --> 00:29:12.410
Yup, Rangers is 135.

831
00:29:13.090 --> 00:29:13.810
What's Cowboys?

832
00:29:16.100 --> 00:29:21.420
Cowboys on Sunday are playing at 125, so

833
00:29:21.420 --> 00:29:22.140
325.

834
00:29:22.400 --> 00:29:23.980
Okay, it's still gonna be busy.

835
00:29:24.200 --> 00:29:26.380
But, I mean, at least you have a

836
00:29:26.380 --> 00:29:28.420
couple of hours of separation there.

837
00:29:30.880 --> 00:29:32.740
All right, YouTube comment.

838
00:29:32.740 --> 00:29:35.580
Priority number one for Rocker's offseason needs to

839
00:29:35.580 --> 00:29:37.000
be covering first base.

840
00:29:37.760 --> 00:29:41.240
Look, I'm gonna say first inning woes, the

841
00:29:41.240 --> 00:29:44.880
first inning issues, the secondary pitches, gaining control

842
00:29:44.880 --> 00:29:46.960
of those, getting a really good out pitch

843
00:29:46.960 --> 00:29:49.860
mastered, that to me are one and two.

844
00:29:50.480 --> 00:29:52.520
And I think covering first base, fielding your

845
00:29:52.520 --> 00:29:54.160
position is definitely in the top three.

846
00:29:55.060 --> 00:29:56.660
It's absolutely in the top three.

847
00:29:58.180 --> 00:30:00.000
Chris, 130 and 315.

848
00:30:00.000 --> 00:30:02.760
Okay, so you've got a couple hours of

849
00:30:02.760 --> 00:30:04.020
separation, but not a ton.

850
00:30:04.580 --> 00:30:06.080
And you know people are gonna be out

851
00:30:06.080 --> 00:30:07.240
there doing the tailgating thing.

852
00:30:07.840 --> 00:30:09.080
You know that's gonna be the case.

853
00:30:10.380 --> 00:30:12.800
What a game, good stuff.

854
00:30:13.660 --> 00:30:16.600
Love that the Rangers really didn't make us

855
00:30:16.600 --> 00:30:17.700
sweat too much in this one.

856
00:30:17.760 --> 00:30:19.380
It got a little dicey there for a

857
00:30:19.380 --> 00:30:21.520
second, but we really didn't have to sweat

858
00:30:21.520 --> 00:30:22.060
too much.

859
00:30:22.980 --> 00:30:25.020
Josh Smith making his return.

860
00:30:25.440 --> 00:30:26.580
That was fun to see.

861
00:30:26.640 --> 00:30:28.200
Smitty had a nice play there at second

862
00:30:28.200 --> 00:30:31.380
base, but did not really factor offensively.

863
00:30:32.980 --> 00:30:35.100
Shockingly, by the way, it feels like whenever

864
00:30:35.100 --> 00:30:37.980
a former Ranger comes back, you always have

865
00:30:37.980 --> 00:30:39.020
them like Lioti did.

866
00:30:39.460 --> 00:30:42.200
Hitting doubles, going deep, something bad.

867
00:30:42.620 --> 00:30:45.400
But Josh Smith, quiet tonight, 0 for 3.

868
00:30:46.060 --> 00:30:49.940
Did reach via the walk, but otherwise had

869
00:30:49.940 --> 00:30:51.920
a pretty quiet evening up at the plate.

870
00:30:52.040 --> 00:30:53.180
It was good to see Smitty again.

871
00:30:53.240 --> 00:30:54.640
It does look weird him being in a

872
00:30:54.640 --> 00:30:56.780
Blue Jays uni, but good to see him

873
00:30:56.780 --> 00:30:57.120
again.

874
00:30:57.700 --> 00:30:59.420
Hopefully he can stay quiet the rest of

875
00:30:59.420 --> 00:31:01.140
the way and then go on a tear

876
00:31:01.140 --> 00:31:03.240
immediately after he leaves Arlington.

877
00:31:04.600 --> 00:31:05.500
Would love that.

878
00:31:06.720 --> 00:31:08.160
Comment from Tecumseh here, TikTok.

879
00:31:08.960 --> 00:31:10.660
Bases loaded, should have gotten more runs.

880
00:31:10.800 --> 00:31:12.900
Absolutely, the Rangers left way too many on

881
00:31:12.900 --> 00:31:13.360
base today.

882
00:31:13.460 --> 00:31:14.860
It probably should have been a double digit

883
00:31:14.860 --> 00:31:15.720
offensive output.

884
00:31:16.360 --> 00:31:18.480
Rangers were 4 for 15 with runners in

885
00:31:18.480 --> 00:31:19.140
scoring position.

886
00:31:19.300 --> 00:31:21.720
It's pretty good, but they left 12 on

887
00:31:21.720 --> 00:31:22.080
base.

888
00:31:22.460 --> 00:31:23.900
And this game could have gotten ugly pretty

889
00:31:23.900 --> 00:31:24.300
quickly.

890
00:31:24.820 --> 00:31:27.680
Rangers really did not take full advantage of

891
00:31:27.680 --> 00:31:30.940
the bases loaded scenarios, but what more is

892
00:31:30.940 --> 00:31:31.160
new?

893
00:31:31.340 --> 00:31:33.520
What else is new at this point?

894
00:31:33.580 --> 00:31:35.460
We're pretty used to the Rangers doing some

895
00:31:35.460 --> 00:31:38.660
interesting things when you have got the bases

896
00:31:38.660 --> 00:31:39.060
loaded.

897
00:31:39.320 --> 00:31:41.020
And that's me being nice, by the way.

898
00:31:42.220 --> 00:31:45.760
Eaglecraft, Rangers win, Texas Tech wins, Strohs lose,

899
00:31:46.140 --> 00:31:46.960
really good night.

900
00:31:47.560 --> 00:31:48.180
Hey, there you go.

901
00:31:48.780 --> 00:31:49.900
Who did Tech play tonight?

902
00:31:50.020 --> 00:31:51.560
I knew they were playing, but I had

903
00:31:51.560 --> 00:31:55.120
no clue what the game was, who they

904
00:31:55.120 --> 00:31:57.140
were playing, or what was going on in

905
00:31:57.140 --> 00:31:57.400
the game.

906
00:31:57.520 --> 00:31:58.940
Didn't keep my eye on it at all.

907
00:31:59.260 --> 00:32:01.340
But we definitely, I know, have a lot

908
00:32:01.340 --> 00:32:04.100
of Red Raider fans that follow the show,

909
00:32:04.220 --> 00:32:05.240
so good for y'all tonight.

910
00:32:05.380 --> 00:32:05.920
Good stuff.

911
00:32:06.460 --> 00:32:08.500
Houston, okay, that's solid, man.

912
00:32:08.540 --> 00:32:09.060
What a win.

913
00:32:10.120 --> 00:32:11.780
Very, very solid, that's great.

914
00:32:12.240 --> 00:32:14.120
Hey, congrats, all you guys that are Red

915
00:32:14.120 --> 00:32:14.620
Raiders fans.

916
00:32:14.720 --> 00:32:17.240
You know that we cover the Longhorns on

917
00:32:17.240 --> 00:32:17.640
the show.

918
00:32:17.640 --> 00:32:22.300
Hopefully they can manage tomorrow.

919
00:32:22.700 --> 00:32:23.740
I think they'll be all right.

920
00:32:24.180 --> 00:32:26.040
UTSA, the mighty UTSA.

921
00:32:26.840 --> 00:32:28.340
Tennessee's gonna be the big game for the

922
00:32:28.340 --> 00:32:30.680
Longhorns in a couple weeks here, but good

923
00:32:30.680 --> 00:32:31.680
for the Red Raiders, man.

924
00:32:32.380 --> 00:32:34.280
I always tell people the story.

925
00:32:35.480 --> 00:32:37.900
I actually, even though I really loved the

926
00:32:37.900 --> 00:32:40.180
Longhorns for the longest time growing up, I

927
00:32:40.180 --> 00:32:42.900
really did enjoy cheering for the Red Raiders.

928
00:32:44.560 --> 00:32:48.560
But once Graham Harrell and Michael Crabtree entered

929
00:32:48.560 --> 00:32:51.380
the picture, I feel like ever since then,

930
00:32:52.460 --> 00:32:54.300
it's just hard for me to cheer for

931
00:32:54.300 --> 00:32:54.440
them.

932
00:32:54.800 --> 00:32:56.820
I'm not saying that I hate them like

933
00:32:56.820 --> 00:32:59.540
I do, like OU or A&M, but

934
00:32:59.540 --> 00:33:01.760
they just broke my heart so badly in

935
00:33:01.760 --> 00:33:03.100
that game in 2008.

936
00:33:03.440 --> 00:33:04.700
Some of y'all Red Raiders fans know

937
00:33:04.700 --> 00:33:06.020
exactly what I'm talking about.

938
00:33:07.320 --> 00:33:09.540
Look, at the end of the day, I

939
00:33:09.540 --> 00:33:12.820
will probably 100% rock with the Red

940
00:33:12.820 --> 00:33:15.300
Raiders over any other Texas team, if given

941
00:33:15.300 --> 00:33:16.020
the opportunity.

942
00:33:17.400 --> 00:33:20.060
We'll definitely be following how they do.

943
00:33:20.200 --> 00:33:21.580
Impressive win, though, against Houston.

944
00:33:21.700 --> 00:33:22.100
That's great.

945
00:33:23.200 --> 00:33:24.160
Roll tide.

946
00:33:25.140 --> 00:33:26.560
Doug Deuce, all right, then.

947
00:33:27.300 --> 00:33:28.100
All right, then.

948
00:33:28.520 --> 00:33:29.920
College football is great, isn't it?

949
00:33:29.940 --> 00:33:31.380
I love how we all come together for

950
00:33:31.380 --> 00:33:33.880
Rangers baseball, but we got a lot of

951
00:33:33.880 --> 00:33:36.680
different allegiances when it comes to football on

952
00:33:36.680 --> 00:33:37.580
Saturdays and Sundays.

953
00:33:40.740 --> 00:33:42.160
Let's see, what else we got?

954
00:33:45.530 --> 00:33:47.430
Was afraid Josh was gonna haunt us.

955
00:33:47.570 --> 00:33:48.630
Oh, absolutely.

956
00:33:48.870 --> 00:33:50.510
Oh, you talking about Hambone when he went

957
00:33:50.510 --> 00:33:51.030
to the Angels?

958
00:33:52.070 --> 00:33:54.070
I really worried about that one.

959
00:33:54.130 --> 00:33:56.730
We're talking about former players haunting the Rangers.

960
00:33:56.870 --> 00:33:59.010
We were talking about Josh Smith earlier, Smitty

961
00:33:59.010 --> 00:34:00.490
0-3 with the walk tonight.

962
00:34:01.270 --> 00:34:03.790
I really did think Hambone was going to

963
00:34:03.790 --> 00:34:05.530
be a guy that haunted the Rangers for

964
00:34:05.530 --> 00:34:06.190
a long time.

965
00:34:06.750 --> 00:34:08.489
He had a little bit of a rough

966
00:34:08.489 --> 00:34:11.770
exit, the drop ball against Oakland to lose

967
00:34:11.770 --> 00:34:14.110
the division in 2012, right?

968
00:34:14.630 --> 00:34:17.750
Then in 2013, he goes to the Angels,

969
00:34:18.030 --> 00:34:18.830
signs the contract.

970
00:34:19.590 --> 00:34:21.989
I really did think he was gonna terrorize

971
00:34:21.989 --> 00:34:23.469
us, and it just never worked out for

972
00:34:23.469 --> 00:34:24.570
Josh in Anaheim.

973
00:34:25.090 --> 00:34:26.889
I mean, I don't wanna say fortunately, because

974
00:34:26.889 --> 00:34:29.909
I'm a big Josh Hamilton fan, but I'm

975
00:34:29.909 --> 00:34:32.210
glad that he wasn't crushing us left and

976
00:34:32.210 --> 00:34:32.469
right.

977
00:34:32.830 --> 00:34:34.710
He had some down years with the Angels.

978
00:34:37.500 --> 00:34:40.020
On the plus side, Sugi says, YouTube comment

979
00:34:40.020 --> 00:34:41.440
here, I doubt we'll have a lot of

980
00:34:41.440 --> 00:34:43.139
bases loaded opportunities in the playoffs.

981
00:34:43.440 --> 00:34:47.400
I mean, well, hopefully we do, but man,

982
00:34:47.520 --> 00:34:49.540
you don't have a ton of confidence right

983
00:34:49.540 --> 00:34:50.500
now with the bases loaded.

984
00:34:51.000 --> 00:34:53.860
Like, you really don't at this point.

985
00:34:54.840 --> 00:34:57.420
I don't know how to explain it, but

986
00:34:57.420 --> 00:35:00.160
I guess as long as you're scoring runs,

987
00:35:00.300 --> 00:35:00.820
I'm happy.

988
00:35:00.960 --> 00:35:04.060
I'm okay with it, but oh my goodness.

989
00:35:04.340 --> 00:35:07.740
The bases loaded situations, I have never seen

990
00:35:07.740 --> 00:35:10.920
a season where the Rangers have been this

991
00:35:10.920 --> 00:35:12.900
poor with the bases juiced.

992
00:35:12.900 --> 00:35:15.260
It's almost inexplicable, it really is.

993
00:35:15.900 --> 00:35:17.500
It's very inexplicable.

994
00:35:18.780 --> 00:35:20.660
Rangers have to figure this out, man.

995
00:35:20.760 --> 00:35:23.660
Hopefully, like we've talked about, it's not gonna

996
00:35:23.660 --> 00:35:26.440
make sense, but hopefully just a switch flips

997
00:35:26.820 --> 00:35:28.980
and you have Texas all of a sudden,

998
00:35:29.740 --> 00:35:32.880
last week of the year, playoffs, if they're

999
00:35:32.880 --> 00:35:35.260
blessed to get there, just raking with the

1000
00:35:35.260 --> 00:35:36.560
bases loaded, right?

1001
00:35:36.580 --> 00:35:38.720
That would be on point with this 2026

1002
00:35:38.720 --> 00:35:41.180
season that just makes little to no sense.

1003
00:35:41.180 --> 00:35:44.860
It has been an up and down year,

1004
00:35:45.000 --> 00:35:47.340
but here we are, tied for the division

1005
00:35:47.340 --> 00:35:50.240
lead with the Houston Astros with eight games

1006
00:35:50.240 --> 00:35:51.200
left to go.

1007
00:35:52.300 --> 00:35:53.940
So all you can ask for, I mean,

1008
00:35:53.960 --> 00:35:56.200
you'd love to be up 10 games right

1009
00:35:56.200 --> 00:35:58.420
now, but at least you're playing meaningful baseball

1010
00:35:58.420 --> 00:35:58.980
in September.

1011
00:35:59.320 --> 00:36:01.180
You haven't done that the last couple of

1012
00:36:01.180 --> 00:36:01.380
years.

1013
00:36:01.400 --> 00:36:03.380
You did it for about a week last

1014
00:36:03.380 --> 00:36:06.040
year before the Rangers went down to Houston

1015
00:36:06.040 --> 00:36:08.920
and just totally rolled over.

1016
00:36:09.900 --> 00:36:12.240
Beyond that, it hasn't been a lot of

1017
00:36:12.240 --> 00:36:14.620
meaningful baseball in late September for Texas, and

1018
00:36:14.620 --> 00:36:16.920
it is a sight for sore eyes.

1019
00:36:17.940 --> 00:36:19.820
Nimmo and Carter, Byron, what's good?

1020
00:36:19.880 --> 00:36:20.740
YouTube comment here.

1021
00:36:20.840 --> 00:36:24.260
Nimmo and Carter have definitely been a reason

1022
00:36:24.260 --> 00:36:26.360
why there hasn't been a little bit more

1023
00:36:26.360 --> 00:36:26.660
lift.

1024
00:36:26.820 --> 00:36:28.080
Langford, I'll throw him in there.

1025
00:36:28.600 --> 00:36:31.760
If you had Nimmo, Langford, and Carter all

1026
00:36:31.760 --> 00:36:34.080
raking right now, you would have a pretty

1027
00:36:34.080 --> 00:36:34.960
dangerous team.

1028
00:36:35.520 --> 00:36:36.420
You really would.

1029
00:36:36.420 --> 00:36:40.240
Nimmo, Carter, and Langford really all aren't hitting

1030
00:36:40.240 --> 00:36:41.880
right now, and at the beginning of the

1031
00:36:41.880 --> 00:36:44.500
year, those were three of the guys that

1032
00:36:44.500 --> 00:36:47.140
you expected to hit more than anybody else.

1033
00:36:47.400 --> 00:36:48.940
I think you would throw Josh Jung and

1034
00:36:48.940 --> 00:36:51.100
Corey Seager in there, no doubt, but you

1035
00:36:51.100 --> 00:36:53.880
were expecting Nimmo to do 25 bombs, 92

1036
00:36:53.880 --> 00:36:54.380
RBI.

1037
00:36:54.860 --> 00:36:56.880
You were expecting Evan Carter to have a

1038
00:36:56.880 --> 00:36:59.000
really good rebound year after a good offseason.

1039
00:36:59.360 --> 00:37:01.200
You were expecting Wyatt Langford to be a

1040
00:37:01.200 --> 00:37:02.040
30-30 guy.

1041
00:37:02.520 --> 00:37:05.360
Imagine if this offense had consistency from Langford,

1042
00:37:05.520 --> 00:37:06.180
Carter, and Nimmo.

1043
00:37:07.080 --> 00:37:08.860
That would be a bit scary.

1044
00:37:09.200 --> 00:37:10.740
I don't know if they're ever gonna get

1045
00:37:10.740 --> 00:37:12.700
those three guys in sync with each other,

1046
00:37:13.200 --> 00:37:15.520
but that would be scary if they did,

1047
00:37:16.060 --> 00:37:16.740
it really would be.

1048
00:37:18.040 --> 00:37:20.780
Jordan Montgomery, to come to ease, he was

1049
00:37:20.780 --> 00:37:21.880
pitching the other night.

1050
00:37:22.240 --> 00:37:23.960
I think they were thinking about throwing him

1051
00:37:23.960 --> 00:37:25.680
in there tonight, but Williams was just cruising.

1052
00:37:26.820 --> 00:37:27.640
He was cruising.

1053
00:37:28.840 --> 00:37:31.000
Right now, absolutely is the time to get

1054
00:37:31.000 --> 00:37:31.260
hot.

1055
00:37:33.570 --> 00:37:35.170
A Longhorn Walcott bat.

1056
00:37:35.170 --> 00:37:37.690
We talked about, do you bring up Walcott

1057
00:37:37.690 --> 00:37:40.470
when the rosters expand, and I know there

1058
00:37:40.470 --> 00:37:42.130
were varying opinions on that.

1059
00:37:42.370 --> 00:37:44.170
I maybe would've given that a shot.

1060
00:37:44.370 --> 00:37:45.930
He could still come up with an injury.

1061
00:37:46.250 --> 00:37:47.670
I don't think you're rooting for anybody to

1062
00:37:47.670 --> 00:37:50.090
get hurt at this point, but I'm excited

1063
00:37:50.090 --> 00:37:51.030
for Sebastian Walcott.

1064
00:37:51.210 --> 00:37:52.310
I think he needs to be the starting

1065
00:37:52.310 --> 00:37:53.430
third baseman next year.

1066
00:37:53.830 --> 00:37:55.230
That doesn't mean you have to get rid

1067
00:37:55.230 --> 00:37:55.830
of Josh Jung.

1068
00:37:55.870 --> 00:37:58.250
It just means you gotta reposition a little

1069
00:37:58.250 --> 00:38:00.530
bit, maybe a little more DH opportunities.

1070
00:38:01.150 --> 00:38:02.830
Maybe you have Josh play a little first

1071
00:38:02.830 --> 00:38:03.210
base.

1072
00:38:03.210 --> 00:38:06.590
I think you can definitely have your cake

1073
00:38:06.590 --> 00:38:07.230
and eat it too.

1074
00:38:07.330 --> 00:38:08.630
You don't have to get rid of Young.

1075
00:38:08.970 --> 00:38:10.390
You could trade Josh Jung.

1076
00:38:10.770 --> 00:38:12.850
I just think it would be ridiculous to

1077
00:38:12.850 --> 00:38:14.390
not have Walcott up on the major league

1078
00:38:14.390 --> 00:38:17.070
roster next year unless he just takes a

1079
00:38:17.070 --> 00:38:20.230
massive step back in spring training next year

1080
00:38:20.230 --> 00:38:21.290
and just looks awful.

1081
00:38:21.510 --> 00:38:22.830
Otherwise, I think you should give him a

1082
00:38:22.830 --> 00:38:23.110
shot.

1083
00:38:24.470 --> 00:38:26.650
Duck Deuce, I'm a little, you know, the

1084
00:38:26.650 --> 00:38:28.770
comment was like they still can't hit.

1085
00:38:28.970 --> 00:38:31.230
I am a little bit nervous still about

1086
00:38:31.230 --> 00:38:33.910
the hitting and the offense and the consistency,

1087
00:38:34.430 --> 00:38:36.910
but you have them playing at home right

1088
00:38:36.910 --> 00:38:37.090
now.

1089
00:38:37.190 --> 00:38:38.730
I feel pretty good about them at home.

1090
00:38:38.970 --> 00:38:40.610
It's really on the road that I start

1091
00:38:40.610 --> 00:38:42.970
worrying a little bit more about the offense.

1092
00:38:43.330 --> 00:38:45.450
Offense seems to find a way when they

1093
00:38:45.450 --> 00:38:46.390
play at Globe Life.

1094
00:38:46.870 --> 00:38:50.230
I'm not saying they're a juggernaut magically when

1095
00:38:50.230 --> 00:38:52.610
they step on the field in Arlington, but

1096
00:38:52.610 --> 00:38:54.410
I do think they're a much better team

1097
00:38:54.410 --> 00:38:56.510
all the way around when they play at

1098
00:38:56.510 --> 00:38:57.450
GLF for sure.

1099
00:38:59.190 --> 00:39:01.890
TikTok comment, put Josh at first, sign C

1100
00:39:01.890 --> 00:39:03.170
.J. Abrams and Stevenson.

1101
00:39:03.750 --> 00:39:05.050
C.J. Abrams will be fun.

1102
00:39:05.130 --> 00:39:06.170
I don't know what you would do with

1103
00:39:06.170 --> 00:39:06.490
Seager.

1104
00:39:07.830 --> 00:39:09.770
Apparently they are locked in on him at

1105
00:39:09.770 --> 00:39:10.330
shortstop.

1106
00:39:10.710 --> 00:39:11.790
He doesn't want to move.

1107
00:39:12.110 --> 00:39:13.250
That would be a lot of fun.

1108
00:39:13.650 --> 00:39:15.490
It'd be nice to get a younger player

1109
00:39:15.490 --> 00:39:17.450
like that, but I'm not sure the Rangers

1110
00:39:17.450 --> 00:39:19.370
are willing to pay up at this point.

1111
00:39:20.190 --> 00:39:21.830
I have been a big fan of this

1112
00:39:21.830 --> 00:39:22.030
though.

1113
00:39:23.950 --> 00:39:26.170
Longhorn9090, appreciate you, man.

1114
00:39:26.170 --> 00:39:27.130
Thank you for the support.

1115
00:39:27.910 --> 00:39:30.630
Comment says they need youthful hitting, especially with

1116
00:39:30.630 --> 00:39:30.990
speed.

1117
00:39:31.370 --> 00:39:34.250
Yes, I've been banging this drum for so

1118
00:39:34.250 --> 00:39:34.890
long, my guys.

1119
00:39:35.010 --> 00:39:36.230
So great minds think alike here.

1120
00:39:36.810 --> 00:39:38.830
And like the college team you cheer for

1121
00:39:38.830 --> 00:39:39.570
too, by the way.

1122
00:39:40.310 --> 00:39:42.830
Let me give the follow real quick here,

1123
00:39:42.870 --> 00:39:43.010
man.

1124
00:39:43.610 --> 00:39:44.550
Thank you so much.

1125
00:39:45.070 --> 00:39:47.030
Oh, I hit you up with the request.

1126
00:39:48.670 --> 00:39:51.350
I definitely feel like the Rangers need to

1127
00:39:51.350 --> 00:39:52.430
get more athletic next year.

1128
00:39:52.490 --> 00:39:53.590
They need to have more speed.

1129
00:39:54.210 --> 00:39:56.510
They're an older team right now, and I

1130
00:39:56.510 --> 00:39:58.410
think that that can have its positives, right?

1131
00:39:58.670 --> 00:40:02.750
You can absolutely have a scenario where the

1132
00:40:02.750 --> 00:40:04.550
veterans lead you to the ship.

1133
00:40:04.850 --> 00:40:07.230
Kind of happened in 2023.

1134
00:40:07.690 --> 00:40:09.930
Evan Carter, rookie though, did help you out

1135
00:40:09.930 --> 00:40:10.290
a lot.

1136
00:40:10.790 --> 00:40:13.870
It is kind of, I would say, incoincidental.

1137
00:40:14.410 --> 00:40:17.090
You had a rookie really leading the charge

1138
00:40:17.090 --> 00:40:18.810
at the top of the order when you

1139
00:40:18.810 --> 00:40:19.750
won the World Series.

1140
00:40:20.530 --> 00:40:23.810
I definitely feel like that could be something

1141
00:40:23.810 --> 00:40:25.870
that happens again with Walcott.

1142
00:40:26.770 --> 00:40:27.710
Would love to see it.

1143
00:40:29.490 --> 00:40:32.190
Tecumseh says, why can't we steal second base

1144
00:40:32.190 --> 00:40:32.770
more often?

1145
00:40:33.090 --> 00:40:34.170
You guys already know.

1146
00:40:34.430 --> 00:40:37.730
I just think one of the failures of

1147
00:40:37.730 --> 00:40:40.510
the season, and I know this is tough

1148
00:40:40.510 --> 00:40:42.310
for some people to be able to do.

1149
00:40:42.750 --> 00:40:44.070
It's like, dude, we just won.

1150
00:40:44.230 --> 00:40:45.670
Why are you critiquing?

1151
00:40:45.850 --> 00:40:47.510
Well, guys, this is a well-rounded show.

1152
00:40:47.610 --> 00:40:48.690
We do a little bit of everything.

1153
00:40:48.890 --> 00:40:51.590
This is not just hype up left and

1154
00:40:51.590 --> 00:40:51.850
right.

1155
00:40:51.850 --> 00:40:54.410
It's a well-rounded analysis of all things

1156
00:40:54.410 --> 00:40:55.130
Texas Rangers.

1157
00:40:55.890 --> 00:40:57.410
We understand there was a win tonight.

1158
00:40:58.070 --> 00:41:00.450
And if you're a diehard like me, you

1159
00:41:00.450 --> 00:41:02.510
love talking about every facet of the team.

1160
00:41:02.690 --> 00:41:05.250
And you understand the right perspective to have.

1161
00:41:05.330 --> 00:41:07.130
And so all we're doing is we're talking

1162
00:41:07.130 --> 00:41:09.090
a little bit about philosophies.

1163
00:41:09.170 --> 00:41:10.550
We're going a little wide lens here.

1164
00:41:10.830 --> 00:41:12.650
We understand that there was a victory tonight.

1165
00:41:12.850 --> 00:41:14.110
I feel like that needs to be said.

1166
00:41:14.250 --> 00:41:16.170
But I do think it's a failure that

1167
00:41:16.170 --> 00:41:18.790
the Rangers came out so heavy handed in

1168
00:41:18.790 --> 00:41:21.850
spring training, talking about, we're gonna steal more.

1169
00:41:22.410 --> 00:41:24.210
We're going to take the extra base.

1170
00:41:24.510 --> 00:41:26.390
We're gonna put pressure on defenses.

1171
00:41:27.170 --> 00:41:30.010
And the Rangers this year have stolen less.

1172
00:41:30.170 --> 00:41:32.530
They're actually bottom five in stolen base attempts

1173
00:41:32.530 --> 00:41:33.010
this year.

1174
00:41:33.470 --> 00:41:36.430
They take the extra base less than they

1175
00:41:36.430 --> 00:41:37.250
did in 2025.

1176
00:41:38.310 --> 00:41:40.390
And I think in general, they put less

1177
00:41:40.390 --> 00:41:42.050
pressure on defenses as a result.

1178
00:41:42.730 --> 00:41:44.490
I feel like it's something they have to

1179
00:41:44.490 --> 00:41:45.430
address for next year.

1180
00:41:45.950 --> 00:41:48.270
We definitely got sold skip ball.

1181
00:41:48.830 --> 00:41:52.030
Skip was going to really revamp a lot

1182
00:41:52.030 --> 00:41:53.110
of the little things.

1183
00:41:53.290 --> 00:41:55.050
And you've seen a little more small ball

1184
00:41:55.050 --> 00:41:55.450
this year.

1185
00:41:55.570 --> 00:41:56.570
You've seen more bunting.

1186
00:41:57.290 --> 00:41:59.010
You've seen some hit and run stuff.

1187
00:41:59.250 --> 00:42:02.410
But man, they have to figure out how

1188
00:42:02.410 --> 00:42:04.770
to get better at stealing bags and taking

1189
00:42:04.770 --> 00:42:08.050
the extra base, which largely means going first

1190
00:42:08.050 --> 00:42:08.450
to third.

1191
00:42:08.750 --> 00:42:11.050
Going first to third is so huge in

1192
00:42:11.050 --> 00:42:11.490
baseball.

1193
00:42:11.810 --> 00:42:13.550
And the Rangers just don't do it enough.

1194
00:42:13.810 --> 00:42:14.950
They do have slow players.

1195
00:42:15.150 --> 00:42:16.730
Josh Jung is not gonna go first to

1196
00:42:16.730 --> 00:42:16.910
third.

1197
00:42:16.910 --> 00:42:19.150
Joc Pederson is not gonna go first to

1198
00:42:19.150 --> 00:42:19.390
third.

1199
00:42:19.790 --> 00:42:21.170
You've got a number of guys that are

1200
00:42:21.170 --> 00:42:23.150
just not fast, but you have quite a

1201
00:42:23.150 --> 00:42:24.110
few guys that are.

1202
00:42:24.490 --> 00:42:26.050
And the Rangers just have not done a

1203
00:42:26.050 --> 00:42:29.750
good enough job this year being aggressive on

1204
00:42:29.750 --> 00:42:33.130
the base paths, both stolen base wise and

1205
00:42:33.130 --> 00:42:34.330
taking the extra base.

1206
00:42:34.910 --> 00:42:36.150
It has to change.

1207
00:42:36.390 --> 00:42:37.410
There's no excuse.

1208
00:42:37.770 --> 00:42:41.530
Last night, there's no excuse that you don't

1209
00:42:41.530 --> 00:42:43.910
get Wyatt Langford at least an opportunity to

1210
00:42:43.910 --> 00:42:44.930
try to get the second.

1211
00:42:44.930 --> 00:42:47.630
And you let Jake Burger ground into a

1212
00:42:47.630 --> 00:42:48.710
double play to end the game.

1213
00:42:48.810 --> 00:42:49.710
That's just not acceptable.

1214
00:42:50.070 --> 00:42:52.210
I would never in a million years be

1215
00:42:52.210 --> 00:42:52.950
okay with that.

1216
00:42:53.310 --> 00:42:55.850
I don't know why the Rangers were, especially

1217
00:42:55.850 --> 00:42:57.890
with Burger in a righty-righty matchup.

1218
00:42:57.970 --> 00:42:59.750
It's not like lefty-righty Burger.

1219
00:43:00.590 --> 00:43:02.890
Burger against lefties continues to look like one

1220
00:43:02.890 --> 00:43:04.370
of the most dangerous hitters in the league.

1221
00:43:04.410 --> 00:43:08.110
By the way, Burger absolutely crushed that pitch

1222
00:43:08.110 --> 00:43:08.830
from Mantiply.

1223
00:43:09.050 --> 00:43:11.350
And I think you have got a real

1224
00:43:11.350 --> 00:43:12.190
weapon in Burger.

1225
00:43:12.190 --> 00:43:16.010
It's close, like Foscue versus Burger against lefties.

1226
00:43:16.510 --> 00:43:19.390
Both those dudes are just so incredibly dangerous

1227
00:43:19.390 --> 00:43:20.330
against Southpaws.

1228
00:43:20.470 --> 00:43:21.050
It is wild.

1229
00:43:21.770 --> 00:43:23.970
You almost kind of like our lineup a

1230
00:43:23.970 --> 00:43:27.670
little bit better against lefties right now because

1231
00:43:27.670 --> 00:43:29.610
you eliminate Evan Carter out of the lineup.

1232
00:43:30.510 --> 00:43:32.210
God bless you, Evan, not meaning to sound

1233
00:43:32.210 --> 00:43:34.750
disrespectful, but you get Evan Carter's bat out

1234
00:43:34.750 --> 00:43:38.510
of the lineup and you have Foscue and

1235
00:43:38.510 --> 00:43:40.150
Burger elite mode activated.

1236
00:43:41.010 --> 00:43:44.210
Now against righties, Burger looks extremely human and

1237
00:43:44.210 --> 00:43:46.190
so does Foscue, but against lefties, both those

1238
00:43:46.190 --> 00:43:49.150
dudes are becoming otherworldly at this point.

1239
00:43:51.700 --> 00:43:54.700
I think the other comment, just bringing it

1240
00:43:54.700 --> 00:43:56.680
full circle, the other comment that I have,

1241
00:43:57.080 --> 00:43:59.520
I think about, I think it was maybe

1242
00:43:59.520 --> 00:44:01.580
two weeks ago when Cam Cauley was up

1243
00:44:01.580 --> 00:44:03.280
and it was like a similar scenario.

1244
00:44:03.460 --> 00:44:05.600
They had Cam Cauley in the game in

1245
00:44:05.600 --> 00:44:06.200
the ninth inning.

1246
00:44:06.380 --> 00:44:09.440
They pinch ran Cam Cauley and it was

1247
00:44:09.440 --> 00:44:11.120
a one-run game and they didn't even

1248
00:44:11.120 --> 00:44:13.800
steal Cam Cauley, who legit is one of

1249
00:44:13.800 --> 00:44:15.080
the fastest players in baseball.

1250
00:44:15.400 --> 00:44:17.220
I think top five or top 10.

1251
00:44:17.920 --> 00:44:20.160
Cam Cauley is ridiculously fast, man.

1252
00:44:20.460 --> 00:44:22.360
I think he is in the 98th or

1253
00:44:22.360 --> 00:44:25.960
99th percentile, according to baseball savant.

1254
00:44:26.100 --> 00:44:27.620
I'm gonna go to his page right now

1255
00:44:27.620 --> 00:44:29.500
and see if I can get the read

1256
00:44:29.500 --> 00:44:29.920
for you.

1257
00:44:30.500 --> 00:44:32.680
Cam Cauley should be an automatic steal every

1258
00:44:32.680 --> 00:44:35.100
time, I mean, near every time.

1259
00:44:35.940 --> 00:44:37.580
Wyatt Langford is one of the faster players

1260
00:44:37.580 --> 00:44:38.180
in the game too.

1261
00:44:38.180 --> 00:44:40.020
I mean, it is ridiculous.

1262
00:44:40.980 --> 00:44:44.440
Cam Cauley is in the 100th percentile in

1263
00:44:44.440 --> 00:44:44.780
speed.

1264
00:44:45.600 --> 00:44:47.380
Like, and Skip, you guys remember this.

1265
00:44:47.640 --> 00:44:50.100
I forget what game it was, but you

1266
00:44:50.100 --> 00:44:52.020
have a guy that is in the 100th

1267
00:44:52.020 --> 00:44:53.820
percentile in speed in Cam Cauley.

1268
00:44:54.080 --> 00:44:56.340
He's now in AAA, but he was up

1269
00:44:56.340 --> 00:44:56.840
with the club.

1270
00:44:57.380 --> 00:44:59.080
You brought him in to pinch run in

1271
00:44:59.080 --> 00:45:00.540
the top of the ninth and you didn't

1272
00:45:00.540 --> 00:45:01.060
steal him.

1273
00:45:01.520 --> 00:45:04.080
You have like the fastest guy, if not

1274
00:45:04.080 --> 00:45:05.620
second fastest guy in the league.

1275
00:45:06.420 --> 00:45:07.240
It's ridiculous.

1276
00:45:10.140 --> 00:45:12.000
Longhorn says it's coaching, man.

1277
00:45:12.760 --> 00:45:16.760
They need the UT coach, Skip ain't it.

1278
00:45:17.060 --> 00:45:17.780
Oh, Schloss?

1279
00:45:18.240 --> 00:45:20.180
I wonder if he wants to even go

1280
00:45:20.180 --> 00:45:21.460
to the major leagues.

1281
00:45:21.680 --> 00:45:24.240
I'm sure there's some teams, maybe that'll be

1282
00:45:24.240 --> 00:45:26.700
a little more interested, especially with what the

1283
00:45:26.700 --> 00:45:29.480
Giants did, bringing on the Tennessee coach, right?

1284
00:45:30.620 --> 00:45:32.980
But at the end of the day, you've

1285
00:45:32.980 --> 00:45:33.960
just gotta get more aggressive.

1286
00:45:34.800 --> 00:45:37.060
If you're Skip, you talked a big game

1287
00:45:37.060 --> 00:45:40.940
about being more pressureful on the base pass,

1288
00:45:41.060 --> 00:45:43.160
being more impactful on the base pass, and

1289
00:45:43.160 --> 00:45:44.720
it really didn't happen this year.

1290
00:45:46.020 --> 00:45:47.360
Eric, good to see you, man.

1291
00:45:47.380 --> 00:45:48.420
I don't know if you're still hanging out,

1292
00:45:48.560 --> 00:45:51.140
but glad that you guys got a win

1293
00:45:51.140 --> 00:45:53.600
and hey, the Astros lost, everybody goes home

1294
00:45:53.600 --> 00:45:53.900
happy.

1295
00:45:54.760 --> 00:45:56.340
Everybody goes home happy, man.

1296
00:45:58.220 --> 00:45:59.100
Let's keep rolling.

1297
00:45:59.600 --> 00:46:00.800
You guys have been great tonight.

1298
00:46:00.900 --> 00:46:01.840
I appreciate all the comments.

1299
00:46:01.920 --> 00:46:04.020
We've got about 10 minutes left in the

1300
00:46:04.020 --> 00:46:04.240
show.

1301
00:46:04.240 --> 00:46:07.780
Let's talk through some Rangers news, a little

1302
00:46:07.780 --> 00:46:09.200
40-man pulse for you.

1303
00:46:09.340 --> 00:46:11.900
First of all, the Rangers did call up

1304
00:46:11.900 --> 00:46:13.560
Michel Otañez today.

1305
00:46:14.200 --> 00:46:17.880
They optioned Robby Ahlstrom and they transferred Cole

1306
00:46:17.880 --> 00:46:19.860
Wynn to the 60-day IL.

1307
00:46:20.340 --> 00:46:22.220
I don't imagine we're gonna see Cole Winn

1308
00:46:22.220 --> 00:46:23.140
again this year.

1309
00:46:23.780 --> 00:46:25.360
I don't know if there's a lot of

1310
00:46:25.360 --> 00:46:27.360
Rangers fans that are disappointed by that.

1311
00:46:28.000 --> 00:46:30.720
Cole did not have a great 2026, although

1312
00:46:30.720 --> 00:46:32.480
Cole is good people.

1313
00:46:32.480 --> 00:46:34.740
I've interacted with Cole a couple of different

1314
00:46:34.740 --> 00:46:37.180
times when the Express have come to Vegas.

1315
00:46:37.440 --> 00:46:39.340
Cole is good people, but he has not

1316
00:46:39.340 --> 00:46:40.140
had a good season.

1317
00:46:40.960 --> 00:46:43.120
And so for me, I do feel like

1318
00:46:43.120 --> 00:46:46.200
he will not be back until next year.

1319
00:46:47.120 --> 00:46:49.380
Hopefully, Otañez can give you some innings.

1320
00:46:49.700 --> 00:46:52.020
I thought maybe they would put Otañez in

1321
00:46:52.020 --> 00:46:53.920
today, but I just don't know if the

1322
00:46:53.920 --> 00:46:57.160
lead ever got totally comfortable enough, but I'm

1323
00:46:57.160 --> 00:46:59.020
not sure that Otañez will be up for

1324
00:46:59.020 --> 00:46:59.680
very long.

1325
00:46:59.680 --> 00:47:04.420
Carter Baumler, he is rehabbing at the moment.

1326
00:47:04.560 --> 00:47:07.340
I think Carter Baumler will probably be coming

1327
00:47:07.340 --> 00:47:09.560
up to replace Otañez eventually.

1328
00:47:10.300 --> 00:47:12.060
Baumler, I think, pitched a couple of days

1329
00:47:12.060 --> 00:47:12.360
ago.

1330
00:47:12.520 --> 00:47:14.880
I'm gonna look up right now if he

1331
00:47:14.880 --> 00:47:17.120
came into the game tonight or not at

1332
00:47:17.120 --> 00:47:19.120
Round Rock, and we'll do kind of a

1333
00:47:19.120 --> 00:47:20.580
little Round Rock checkup anyways.

1334
00:47:21.480 --> 00:47:24.740
Looks like Round Rock won today 5-2

1335
00:47:24.740 --> 00:47:25.680
over Tacoma.

1336
00:47:25.860 --> 00:47:27.580
Round Rock is playing at home.

1337
00:47:27.580 --> 00:47:29.340
I think this is one of the last

1338
00:47:29.340 --> 00:47:31.720
series of the season, right?

1339
00:47:32.000 --> 00:47:36.340
So box score, Cam Cauley, one for four

1340
00:47:36.340 --> 00:47:37.000
with an RBI.

1341
00:47:37.400 --> 00:47:39.260
Higgy, one for three.

1342
00:47:40.080 --> 00:47:41.200
I was about to say, dude, he hit

1343
00:47:41.200 --> 00:47:42.080
another home run.

1344
00:47:42.220 --> 00:47:44.680
Kyle Higashioka had homered in back-to-back

1345
00:47:44.680 --> 00:47:44.980
days.

1346
00:47:45.160 --> 00:47:47.740
Higgy is also on a rehab assignment right

1347
00:47:47.740 --> 00:47:47.940
now.

1348
00:47:48.000 --> 00:47:49.780
I'd imagine we're gonna see Higgy pretty soon

1349
00:47:49.780 --> 00:47:50.060
here.

1350
00:47:50.580 --> 00:47:51.940
O'Hoppe, oh for three.

1351
00:47:53.800 --> 00:47:55.620
No one else really of note.

1352
00:47:57.060 --> 00:47:58.800
Chavez, two for three.

1353
00:47:59.000 --> 00:48:02.220
He's had a good second half, .293 average

1354
00:48:02.220 --> 00:48:02.740
for Chavez.

1355
00:48:03.800 --> 00:48:07.600
Let's see, we did not have Baumler pitch.

1356
00:48:08.460 --> 00:48:09.660
Baumler did not pitch.

1357
00:48:10.620 --> 00:48:13.280
Bormie is doing really well, 2.89 ERA.

1358
00:48:13.500 --> 00:48:14.800
He got his fourth save of the year.

1359
00:48:15.280 --> 00:48:18.600
Peoples pitched tonight as well, scoreless inning.

1360
00:48:19.060 --> 00:48:20.800
Curvelo had two scoreless innings.

1361
00:48:21.220 --> 00:48:24.360
So Baumler, back-to-back days, he has

1362
00:48:24.360 --> 00:48:24.960
not pitched.

1363
00:48:25.360 --> 00:48:26.980
Wonder if they're giving him a little time.

1364
00:48:27.560 --> 00:48:30.040
Hopefully no setbacks or anything like that, but

1365
00:48:30.040 --> 00:48:32.660
there's the update for you in that regard.

1366
00:48:34.420 --> 00:48:37.440
And at this point, we're curious to see

1367
00:48:37.440 --> 00:48:39.740
what happens with the Higgy move.

1368
00:48:39.820 --> 00:48:41.600
I don't know who they're gonna send down.

1369
00:48:41.720 --> 00:48:43.100
Is it gonna be Osuna again?

1370
00:48:43.760 --> 00:48:45.420
Are they going to be getting rid of

1371
00:48:45.420 --> 00:48:45.960
somebody else?

1372
00:48:46.160 --> 00:48:49.440
I can't see the Rangers getting rid of

1373
00:48:49.440 --> 00:48:49.740
Higgy.

1374
00:48:50.560 --> 00:48:52.400
I mean, I guess they could technically cut

1375
00:48:52.400 --> 00:48:53.060
bait with him.

1376
00:48:53.500 --> 00:48:55.240
You're not gonna cut bait with Jansen.

1377
00:48:55.480 --> 00:48:56.620
I don't think you're gonna do that with

1378
00:48:56.620 --> 00:48:57.400
Diaz either.

1379
00:48:58.360 --> 00:48:59.860
We'll see what they decide to do with

1380
00:48:59.860 --> 00:49:00.740
Kyle Higashioka.

1381
00:49:00.820 --> 00:49:02.420
That is gonna be an interesting move, man,

1382
00:49:02.460 --> 00:49:02.880
for sure.

1383
00:49:03.620 --> 00:49:04.480
Very interesting.

1384
00:49:06.200 --> 00:49:07.480
Walcott is free now.

1385
00:49:07.640 --> 00:49:08.600
Riders were eliminated.

1386
00:49:08.780 --> 00:49:09.280
There you go.

1387
00:49:11.220 --> 00:49:12.600
Sookie, you're wrong for this.

1388
00:49:13.020 --> 00:49:15.320
YouTube comment, Cole win on the 60-day

1389
00:49:15.320 --> 00:49:15.680
IL.

1390
00:49:16.080 --> 00:49:21.280
That's a win, but you're wrong for that,

1391
00:49:21.340 --> 00:49:21.540
man.

1392
00:49:21.540 --> 00:49:22.800
Didn't make me laugh, though.

1393
00:49:23.440 --> 00:49:26.260
Cole, like I said, good people, but I

1394
00:49:26.260 --> 00:49:28.540
don't think that there's gonna be a lot

1395
00:49:28.540 --> 00:49:30.460
of people missing Cole Winn in the bullpen.

1396
00:49:31.260 --> 00:49:33.900
With that, we are going to start landing

1397
00:49:33.900 --> 00:49:36.380
this thing, man, on deck tomorrow.

1398
00:49:36.760 --> 00:49:39.460
We have got a 6:05 start time.

1399
00:49:39.900 --> 00:49:41.820
Soriano versus Quantrill.

1400
00:49:42.760 --> 00:49:43.920
Three things I'm watching.

1401
00:49:44.800 --> 00:49:48.960
Can Texas carry tonight's patient approach into another

1402
00:49:48.960 --> 00:49:51.080
good right-handed starting pitcher?

1403
00:49:51.480 --> 00:49:53.820
You got through Cease, another good starting pitcher

1404
00:49:53.820 --> 00:49:55.000
in Soriano tomorrow.

1405
00:49:55.440 --> 00:49:57.840
Soriano is 12 and seven with a 3.56

1406
00:49:57.840 --> 00:49:59.800
ERA, 160 strikeouts.

1407
00:50:00.480 --> 00:50:02.040
You'd love to see them take the approach

1408
00:50:02.040 --> 00:50:04.440
that they had tonight into tomorrow night's game

1409
00:50:04.440 --> 00:50:05.120
against Soriano.

1410
00:50:06.200 --> 00:50:07.880
I'm watching Quantrill, of course.

1411
00:50:08.000 --> 00:50:09.020
How does he respond?

1412
00:50:09.160 --> 00:50:11.640
Dealing with a little bit of injuries, some

1413
00:50:11.640 --> 00:50:12.480
back issues.

1414
00:50:12.620 --> 00:50:14.640
You're just hoping that Kyle comes out looking

1415
00:50:14.640 --> 00:50:18.080
healthy, looking like the steadiest piece in the

1416
00:50:18.080 --> 00:50:21.860
rotation, like he's been looking pretty much all

1417
00:50:21.860 --> 00:50:22.680
season long.

1418
00:50:23.800 --> 00:50:26.240
And at this point, you've got a chance

1419
00:50:26.240 --> 00:50:28.200
to win a series tomorrow with the Grom

1420
00:50:28.200 --> 00:50:31.420
in your back pocket for Sunday, hopefully going

1421
00:50:31.420 --> 00:50:32.080
for a sweep.

1422
00:50:32.760 --> 00:50:34.940
Houston has two more games against Atlanta.

1423
00:50:35.120 --> 00:50:36.480
Atlanta is a great team.

1424
00:50:37.040 --> 00:50:39.080
We said it last night, this is the

1425
00:50:39.080 --> 00:50:41.980
series where you really want to flip the

1426
00:50:41.980 --> 00:50:43.160
table against Houston.

1427
00:50:43.700 --> 00:50:47.040
You've got Houston playing an elite team.

1428
00:50:47.240 --> 00:50:49.960
You've got the Rangers playing a mid team.

1429
00:50:50.300 --> 00:50:51.760
I don't think Toronto's terrible.

1430
00:50:51.920 --> 00:50:52.800
I don't think they're good.

1431
00:50:53.480 --> 00:50:55.400
You've got Texas playing at home.

1432
00:50:55.680 --> 00:50:57.240
I know the Astros are at home this

1433
00:50:57.240 --> 00:50:57.860
weekend too.

1434
00:50:58.560 --> 00:51:00.840
This is the weekend, we said last night,

1435
00:51:01.080 --> 00:51:02.860
you would love to be in first place

1436
00:51:02.860 --> 00:51:04.320
coming out of this weekend.

1437
00:51:04.700 --> 00:51:06.740
Then you go into your series with the

1438
00:51:06.740 --> 00:51:10.360
Mets, which you should win, hopefully sweep.

1439
00:51:11.160 --> 00:51:13.940
This is the time to start stacking wins

1440
00:51:13.940 --> 00:51:15.680
when Houston is a little vulnerable.

1441
00:51:16.240 --> 00:51:19.480
Houston then goes and plays Seattle, in Seattle.

1442
00:51:20.220 --> 00:51:22.780
And we had actually one of the Houston

1443
00:51:22.780 --> 00:51:24.480
accounts, it was a TikTok account.

1444
00:51:25.120 --> 00:51:27.020
I forget what the name was, but they

1445
00:51:27.020 --> 00:51:29.420
basically said it was a Houston fan.

1446
00:51:29.940 --> 00:51:31.540
So we've had a lot of problems with

1447
00:51:31.540 --> 00:51:33.220
the A's and I think the A's in

1448
00:51:33.220 --> 00:51:35.320
Houston finish out the year.

1449
00:51:35.540 --> 00:51:37.000
Rangers finish against the Twins.

1450
00:51:37.000 --> 00:51:40.520
This is a great weekend to potentially take

1451
00:51:40.520 --> 00:51:43.120
advantage, man, and be sitting in first place

1452
00:51:43.120 --> 00:51:43.900
at the end of it.

1453
00:51:45.760 --> 00:51:47.920
Seattle will lose on purpose, they don't like

1454
00:51:47.920 --> 00:51:48.280
us.

1455
00:51:48.440 --> 00:51:50.360
Comment from TikTok there.

1456
00:51:51.020 --> 00:51:52.120
They better not, man.

1457
00:51:52.540 --> 00:51:54.960
For all the problems that Seattle gives us,

1458
00:51:55.000 --> 00:51:55.780
they better not.

1459
00:51:57.440 --> 00:52:00.660
Rangers, comment from YouTube here, haven't historically hit

1460
00:52:00.660 --> 00:52:02.240
Soriano well, from what I remember.

1461
00:52:02.620 --> 00:52:04.080
It's definitely gonna be tough.

1462
00:52:04.580 --> 00:52:07.340
Yeah, let's take a peek at the numbers.

1463
00:52:07.820 --> 00:52:09.140
Let's go to the preview real quick.

1464
00:52:10.300 --> 00:52:12.660
And then we're gonna finish this thing up.

1465
00:52:13.480 --> 00:52:15.860
So Burger actually mashes against Soriano.

1466
00:52:16.760 --> 00:52:19.560
Four for seven, Burger is against Soriano.

1467
00:52:20.140 --> 00:52:21.600
Carter, one for eight.

1468
00:52:23.020 --> 00:52:24.620
Duran, oh for three.

1469
00:52:25.200 --> 00:52:26.640
Diaz, one for four.

1470
00:52:27.700 --> 00:52:30.580
You've got Nicky Lopez, one for one.

1471
00:52:31.540 --> 00:52:34.940
Seager has a home run off Soriano, 364

1472
00:52:34.940 --> 00:52:35.500
average.

1473
00:52:36.680 --> 00:52:38.360
Langford is four for eight.

1474
00:52:38.500 --> 00:52:40.140
You've actually got some guys that can hit

1475
00:52:40.140 --> 00:52:40.580
Soriano.

1476
00:52:41.200 --> 00:52:44.080
I'm surprised, I'm a little surprised.

1477
00:52:45.040 --> 00:52:47.480
I thought if my memory served me well,

1478
00:52:47.560 --> 00:52:48.980
he had a pretty good game against us

1479
00:52:48.980 --> 00:52:50.360
the last time as well.

1480
00:52:50.520 --> 00:52:53.280
But hey, I guess we got a few

1481
00:52:53.280 --> 00:52:55.300
guys that actually see the ball pretty well

1482
00:52:55.300 --> 00:52:55.900
out of his hand.

1483
00:52:56.520 --> 00:52:57.380
That's good stuff.

1484
00:52:57.380 --> 00:53:00.700
All right, let's see what else we got.

1485
00:53:02.160 --> 00:53:03.440
Let's land this thing.

1486
00:53:04.180 --> 00:53:06.380
Tonight told me Texas can take a gut

1487
00:53:06.380 --> 00:53:08.180
punch loss like they had last night.

1488
00:53:08.720 --> 00:53:09.820
And that was a gut punch.

1489
00:53:10.520 --> 00:53:12.660
They can come back the next day and

1490
00:53:12.660 --> 00:53:15.960
play a complete baseball game against a direct

1491
00:53:15.960 --> 00:53:16.900
playoff contender.

1492
00:53:17.100 --> 00:53:19.000
And make no mistake, that is what happened

1493
00:53:19.000 --> 00:53:19.340
tonight.

1494
00:53:19.480 --> 00:53:22.960
A complete game, pitching was outstanding, starting pitching

1495
00:53:22.960 --> 00:53:24.760
was solid, bullpen was great.

1496
00:53:24.760 --> 00:53:27.540
The hitting came through, you left some things

1497
00:53:27.540 --> 00:53:28.480
on the table, sure.

1498
00:53:28.980 --> 00:53:31.320
But you scored seven runs, you'll take that

1499
00:53:31.320 --> 00:53:32.180
all the time.

1500
00:53:32.920 --> 00:53:36.020
Still a little unsure about whether or not

1501
00:53:36.020 --> 00:53:38.260
we can really turn this into a sustained

1502
00:53:38.260 --> 00:53:38.640
run.

1503
00:53:39.040 --> 00:53:41.260
I think this team has gotten your hopes

1504
00:53:41.260 --> 00:53:41.880
up a lot.

1505
00:53:42.080 --> 00:53:43.940
And then they've just hit a bit of

1506
00:53:43.940 --> 00:53:44.360
a wall.

1507
00:53:44.620 --> 00:53:46.480
I would love to see them get over

1508
00:53:46.480 --> 00:53:48.800
that wall with eight games left.

1509
00:53:49.360 --> 00:53:50.540
It's now or never, honestly.

1510
00:53:51.240 --> 00:53:53.360
They've got some good momentum here over this

1511
00:53:53.360 --> 00:53:53.960
stretch of games.

1512
00:53:53.960 --> 00:53:54.880
Let's continue it.

1513
00:53:55.780 --> 00:53:57.220
And then next thing I'm watching, we already

1514
00:53:57.220 --> 00:53:59.660
kind of talked about it, Quantrill versus Soriano

1515
00:53:59.660 --> 00:54:00.200
tomorrow.

1516
00:54:01.420 --> 00:54:03.340
Texas playing for a series win.

1517
00:54:04.180 --> 00:54:06.640
Possibly a chance to take first place over

1518
00:54:06.640 --> 00:54:09.060
Houston, depending on the result of the Braves

1519
00:54:09.060 --> 00:54:09.760
-Astros game.

1520
00:54:12.170 --> 00:54:13.190
Kunal, appreciate you.

1521
00:54:13.290 --> 00:54:14.470
I had a great time at the game

1522
00:54:14.470 --> 00:54:17.130
today, comment says, after being there for yesterday's

1523
00:54:17.130 --> 00:54:17.510
as well.

1524
00:54:17.670 --> 00:54:20.690
Hey, that's a night and day difference, isn't

1525
00:54:20.690 --> 00:54:20.870
it?

1526
00:54:21.590 --> 00:54:24.250
You saw last night's heartbreaker, you saw today's

1527
00:54:24.250 --> 00:54:26.150
very, very solid ball game.

1528
00:54:26.270 --> 00:54:26.890
Good for you, man.

1529
00:54:29.000 --> 00:54:30.740
Zach says, I feel like we're finally getting

1530
00:54:30.740 --> 00:54:32.440
hot at the right time, TikTok comment.

1531
00:54:33.500 --> 00:54:35.420
I am hoping you are right, brother.

1532
00:54:35.940 --> 00:54:38.020
Would love to see that come to fruition

1533
00:54:38.020 --> 00:54:40.700
and not just in the regular season, but

1534
00:54:40.700 --> 00:54:42.000
into the playoffs as well.

1535
00:54:43.740 --> 00:54:44.300
All right, y'all.

1536
00:54:44.680 --> 00:54:47.600
We are going to land this thing and

1537
00:54:47.600 --> 00:54:50.080
I'm gonna put you on hold for about

1538
00:54:50.080 --> 00:54:52.080
22, 23 hours here.

1539
00:54:52.080 --> 00:54:55.640
We'll be back next game about eighth or

1540
00:54:55.640 --> 00:54:56.100
ninth inning.

1541
00:54:56.240 --> 00:54:58.140
I know we went post game only today.

1542
00:54:58.900 --> 00:55:00.920
It'll be late, probably the eighth or ninth

1543
00:55:00.920 --> 00:55:03.420
frame and hopefully we're talking about a series

1544
00:55:03.420 --> 00:55:06.740
win and another Texas Rangers victory with an

1545
00:55:06.740 --> 00:55:09.900
opportunity for Jacob deGrom to go for the

1546
00:55:09.900 --> 00:55:10.860
sweep on Sunday.

1547
00:55:11.040 --> 00:55:12.380
We're gonna speak it into existence.

1548
00:55:12.620 --> 00:55:15.660
We're manifesting it right now and that would

1549
00:55:15.660 --> 00:55:16.180
be phenomenal.

1550
00:55:16.760 --> 00:55:22.060
Imagine a Houston sweep by Atlanta.

1551
00:55:22.500 --> 00:55:25.320
You sweep Houston if you're the Braves and

1552
00:55:25.320 --> 00:55:26.840
then the Rangers sweep the Jays.

1553
00:55:26.980 --> 00:55:28.560
That's the kind of stuff you need to

1554
00:55:28.560 --> 00:55:29.280
go your way.

1555
00:55:30.100 --> 00:55:32.220
Man, I am hoping that is what happens.

1556
00:55:32.740 --> 00:55:33.760
That would be beautiful.

1557
00:55:34.480 --> 00:55:36.340
I don't think there's anything better.

1558
00:55:37.040 --> 00:55:38.540
I don't know if that's happened this year.

1559
00:55:38.600 --> 00:55:40.380
We sweep and the Astros get swept.

1560
00:55:40.860 --> 00:55:41.800
I'd have to look that up.

1561
00:55:42.100 --> 00:55:43.580
That's the plan though and we're sticking to

1562
00:55:43.580 --> 00:55:43.700
it.

1563
00:55:43.780 --> 00:55:45.460
I hope you guys have a great rest

1564
00:55:45.460 --> 00:55:46.180
of your Friday night.

1565
00:55:46.280 --> 00:55:47.260
College football tomorrow.

1566
00:55:47.460 --> 00:55:50.480
I will be doing multiple lives tomorrow, by

1567
00:55:50.480 --> 00:55:50.800
the way.

1568
00:55:50.800 --> 00:55:52.900
So you will probably see me pop on

1569
00:55:52.900 --> 00:55:54.340
for the Longhorns live.

1570
00:55:54.440 --> 00:55:55.880
You'll see me pop on then for the

1571
00:55:55.880 --> 00:55:56.480
Rangers live.

1572
00:55:56.580 --> 00:55:58.080
So a busy day for right on Rangers

1573
00:55:58.080 --> 00:55:58.520
tomorrow.

1574
00:55:59.180 --> 00:56:00.480
So you'll get a little football.

1575
00:56:00.640 --> 00:56:01.820
Come hang out even if you're not a

1576
00:56:01.820 --> 00:56:02.500
Longhorns fan.

1577
00:56:02.600 --> 00:56:03.740
Come talk some college football.

1578
00:56:04.100 --> 00:56:06.820
Come talk some friendly trash and then we

1579
00:56:06.820 --> 00:56:09.620
will get together for Texas Rangers later on

1580
00:56:09.620 --> 00:56:10.100
in the evening.

1581
00:56:10.260 --> 00:56:12.100
So that is my plan.

1582
00:56:12.240 --> 00:56:13.540
Just to give you a heads up, we'll

1583
00:56:13.540 --> 00:56:15.920
have a couple of different content pieces out.

1584
00:56:16.080 --> 00:56:17.440
I'll have a Rangers reel out tomorrow.

1585
00:56:17.700 --> 00:56:20.580
I will have a Longhorns preview out tomorrow

1586
00:56:20.580 --> 00:56:23.960
as well and then we'll have our usual,

1587
00:56:24.160 --> 00:56:26.060
probably do a little Rangers birthday, a little

1588
00:56:26.060 --> 00:56:27.240
Texas Rangers history.

1589
00:56:27.420 --> 00:56:28.280
It's gonna be a great day.

1590
00:56:28.740 --> 00:56:30.380
It's going to be a great day.

1591
00:56:30.520 --> 00:56:32.300
Looking forward to it and then Cowboys on

1592
00:56:32.300 --> 00:56:32.700
Sunday.

1593
00:56:33.640 --> 00:56:34.900
Great weekend ahead, man.

1594
00:56:34.940 --> 00:56:36.820
I'm excited and what a great way to

1595
00:56:36.820 --> 00:56:39.620
kick it off with a 7-1 victory

1596
00:56:39.620 --> 00:56:41.120
over the Toronto Blue Jays.

1597
00:56:41.760 --> 00:56:43.020
Have a great rest of your night.

1598
00:56:43.480 --> 00:56:45.140
Hopefully see you tomorrow, if not later this

1599
00:56:45.140 --> 00:56:46.900
weekend and as I always say to end

1600
00:56:46.900 --> 00:56:50.340
every show, God bless and go Rangers.