00:00In the spirit of Trump calling the president and getting the ballot against suspension suspended, if you will,
00:08I thought we'd have a little fun here, boys.
00:12What in Houston sports history, and this isn't a happening on the field,
00:17these are decisions that were made,
00:22what decision in Houston sports history do you wish you could have rang up the president
00:27and said, hey man, make this call and make this go away?
00:31What decision in Houston sports history do you wish you could have called the current president,
00:35whoever the president was at the time, and they would have put a call in and said,
00:40no, we're going to reverse that call.
00:41I'll start this thing off.
00:42It's easy for me, boys.
00:46I was young during the Oilers days.
00:50I was playing elsewhere in the early Texans days.
00:54And so my, whether it's covering the team or rooting for the team,
01:02my passion that I expend for this team has been short-lived.
01:06It's not been the entirety of the history.
01:10And since I've been really a sports fan at all,
01:13I've never seen anything like the Jack Easterby situation.
01:17So I'm going to go with Jack Easterby.
01:20If the president of the United States,
01:22if the president of the United States could have called Mr. McNair,
01:27as he was really liking Jack Easterby,
01:31if the president of the United States could have called Cal and Hannah and said,
01:34don't do it, don't do it,
01:37it would have changed the trajectory of this organization.
01:41Nobody can disagree with that.
01:43I mean,
01:43I don't know that we wouldn't have been the dreaded 500 for a couple of years
01:50in the Bill O'Brien exit and kind of trying to find the next guy,
01:52but I know we damn sure wouldn't have been the laughing stock of the NFL
01:56for a handful of years.
01:57So, boys, it's easy for me, man.
01:59If we could have,
02:01who was president when that happened?
02:03Was it,
02:03that had to be Trump the first time or Biden?
02:07One of the two, early Biden or Trump?
02:09That's a good question.
02:10Yeah, somewhere in there.
02:11Well, Trump was first elected, right?
02:12It had to be Trump.
02:14It had to be the end of Trump.
02:16Then you had Biden, and then you had Trump again.
02:17So, yeah, that was Trump.
02:18So, yeah, we can say the same president.
02:20I wish Trump would have picked the phone up and said,
02:22Cal, don't do it.
02:24Cal, just don't do it.
02:25Let Easterby be, man.
02:26Send him back to South Carolina.
02:27Let him go to A&M with Tyler's basketball team up there,
02:30where he ended up after here.
02:31He sure as hell did.
02:32That would be the one for me, boys.
02:34It's just, that was a,
02:35I stick to my guns.
02:37There will be a documentary at some point
02:39written about what was going on
02:42with Jack Easterby in the Houston, Texas.
02:43Unfortunately, I think it's going to make
02:45a lot of folks look bad that I like,
02:47but it's, I think that is going to be done.
02:51So, I'm going with the Jack Easterby.
02:53I think that's a great call.
02:53I think Trump's response back in the day
02:55probably would have been the same
02:56if he actually had a say over the Easterby.
02:59I saw the hires, a bad hire.
03:01The guy's been crooked and, you know,
03:03done some crazy things before.
03:07Talk to Calhoun and they're going to undo the hire.
03:10They're going to let Bill O'Brien,
03:12Mr. Butchin, handle the rest of the work
03:14from here on out.
03:15Glad I could be of help.
03:16It would probably sound something like that.
03:19I've got a few.
03:20I don't know which one I'm going to rest on.
03:22But, the Rockets.
03:272018, Game 7, Western Conference Finals,
03:29Golden State Warriors.
03:300 for 27 on the threes at one stretch.
03:34So, if Donald Trump could have, you know,
03:37picked up the phone and, like,
03:39pressed the easy button
03:40and there would have been, like,
03:41some sort of trip wire, like,
03:43that would have gone across the court
03:44and disallowed, like, Trevor Ariza,
03:46Eric Gordon, or James Harden
03:47from ever shooting another three in that game
03:49during that third quarter stretch.
03:51The decision to stay the course
03:53and do what your identity is
03:54and just keep jacking threes
03:55even though you're cold, right?
03:57Yeah.
03:58Which is not good enough.
03:59Gotta stop shooting threes.
04:00Attack the basket, please.
04:03I'm a sports fan.
04:04I knew this.
04:05I think that would have been one.
04:07Astros signing Jose Abreu in 2022.
04:10That would have been another one of mine.
04:12Yeah.
04:12Some folks do have PTSD.
04:13I do not, but some folks do.
04:15And then I'm going to represent the OGs
04:16even though this was three years
04:17before I was even thought of.
04:20The Renfro catch.
04:22I think if a president could have called up
04:25and said,
04:26you've got to look at this again.
04:27You've got it wrong.
04:29That would have been the first instant replay
04:32during that era of NFL
04:33and I think it probably would have been
04:35put to best use
04:36in the minds of Houston Oilers fans back then
04:39and made that a catch.
04:40T, what do you got, man?
04:42Man, I got to go with
04:44the one particular baseball game
04:47here in the Seas Astros
04:48that kept that squad
04:51the golden era
04:52from becoming a true dynasty.
04:53If you remember Game 7 Nationals in town
04:56over at the time Minute Maid Park
04:58Grinke getting the start
05:00Game 7 for all the marbles
05:02who's hoisting the trophy
05:03World Series
05:06and it didn't go well.
05:076-2 I believe was the final score
05:09Nationals won that World Series
05:11and on the way to that final
05:13manager AJ Hinch
05:14made two very, very critical mistakes
05:17in my view
05:18that I will never forgive AJ for
05:19and that is
05:20starter Zach Grinke
05:21coming out of the game
05:22at only 80 pitches
05:24This is your last game
05:26of the season, bro.
05:27You do not pull Zach Grinke
05:29at that stage
05:30at 80 pitches.
05:31You spin him up
05:32especially with the state
05:33of the bullpen
05:33for the Astros at that time.
05:35He was rolling too.
05:36Yeah!
05:36And then to follow up
05:37pulling Grinke too early
05:38for Hinch
05:39you don't put in
05:41the fellow who became
05:42a representative of himself
05:44of course talking about
05:45Garrett Cole
05:46one of the inspirations
05:47for the turd list
05:48which will return this Thursday
05:50by the way.
05:51Let's go!
05:51Yeah, I got to go
05:52with that game
05:52seven in 2019
05:53just so many things
05:55maddening about that one
05:56as the Astros lost
05:58and then we saw
05:59Garrett Cole
05:59turn to the turd.
06:00I would have won
06:01partially won some money
06:02there on Tyler.
06:03I was at this game
06:05by the way too.
06:05If we're talking about
06:06one decision
06:07hey, we need a president
06:08to call as this is going on
06:10and say don't do it
06:11the Garrett Cole
06:12not be
06:12it would be a decision
06:13that wasn't made
06:14or I guess it was made
06:15in a different direction
06:15but the Prez
06:17would have needed to call
06:18and say hey man
06:18go Garrett Cole here
06:19not what was it
06:20Will Smith?
06:21Who was it?
06:22Will, was it Will Harris?
06:23Will Harris.
06:24Yeah, Will Harris.
06:25Yeah, that
06:26I mean I said
06:28that's really stuck
06:29in Tyler's role.
06:30money to be at that game seven
06:31I was sitting right behind
06:33our bullpen
06:33on the front row
06:35for game seven that day
06:36and I saw
06:36I saw Garrett Cole
06:38get up, stand up
06:39and act like he might
06:40you know loosen up
06:41start warming up
06:41in the pen
06:42sure enough
06:43Yeah, because he thought
06:44he thought the obvious
06:44decision was going to be
06:45made too
06:45if you had the easy
06:47button to press
06:47at that point in time
06:48like sprinkler head
06:49pops up out of the field
06:51as Harris is jogging
06:53and boom
06:54he trips
06:55tears his Achilles
06:56here comes Garrett Cole
06:57here comes the secret
06:59service escorting Cole
07:00out onto the field
07:01yeah
07:02I have it covered
07:03Houston
07:04don't worry
07:04first time in 25 years
07:06they've used the bullpen
07:07carts
07:08AJ wasn't going to do it
07:09but I stepped in
07:10I knew what I was doing
07:11boy you guys got
07:12I didn't realize
07:13y'all had such good
07:14Trump voices
07:14I don't really know
07:17why I decided to go
07:18Trump there
07:18in that situation
07:19that's good
07:19that's good
07:20that's good
07:21that's a good conversation
07:22man
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