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00:33Hey, let's kick this thing off.
00:35Astros with a big bounce back win.
00:37They win 6-3.
00:40And, listen, we, I think, fairly express our feelings about Joe Espano when he's deserved.
00:52And that is about on a daily basis.
00:54And I want to make this very clear.
00:56I believe Joe's ass needs to go.
00:59Come on, Joe!
01:00It's just not good enough.
01:02And he needs to go.
01:04That ain't good enough!
01:07But, yesterday, he showed some Captain Joe type of performance yesterday.
01:16Oh, my God.
01:17You've got to give me whiplash.
01:18I'm going to tell you what.
01:20I was proud of Joe yesterday.
01:23Clint, I think you would have, too.
01:24Hold on, Joe!
01:24Joe walked into that game, and he acted like it was game seven of the ALCS.
01:32That was a no-brainer for me.
01:33The way he managed that game.
01:35He said, we are not losing this one.
01:37Not because of me.
01:38If we lose him, we are not losing this one.
01:41My man got into the third inning with a 4-2 lead.
01:44It looked like Emai had kind of pulled some things together.
01:49Two outs in the third.
01:52All right, here we go.
01:53He got a little single.
01:54It wasn't hard contact.
01:55A little walk.
01:574-2 lead.
01:58He said, this ain't happening again.
02:00He walked out there and pulled his ass immediately.
02:02He used six relievers.
02:04He is in the ninth inning, up 6-3, runner on.
02:11Two outs.
02:13Santa just got a strikeout.
02:15He went out there and grabbed his ass and went and got Hader immediately
02:18at a 6-3 game in the ninth inning because we ain't losing this one.
02:25And, listen, I don't think Joe needs to approach every game this year that way,
02:30but I like the, we've used this word with the Astros,
02:34in particular the Astros under Joe, urgency that he had yesterday.
02:39It was like, we just lost the game the day before, up 6-1 and scoring 11 runs.
02:45Ain't happening again.
02:46I'm not letting Emai come out here.
02:48I'm not going to let the three-run homer happen with him.
02:51If I get beat, we're going to get beat with Oakert or somebody else.
02:54And I'm not going to sit here and just let, oh, it's not a,
02:57oh, the tying run hasn't even come to the plate yet.
03:00Nope, we're going to go get Hader right now.
03:02And we're going to get our best pitcher and put him out there right now.
03:06And, listen, I think they've got to win games.
03:08I think they need to be more closer to approaching games that way
03:13as opposed to there's tomorrow even though there is.
03:17But they've got to, they're on the chase.
03:19And I had to give Joe credit for how he went about things yesterday.
03:24Yeah, look, I agree with everything you said except for,
03:27I think he should approach every game that way.
03:30If you've got to feel that, really, to be honest with you,
03:33no pitcher in this organization with not named Hunter Brown,
03:37I'll give Spencer Arrighetti his due.
03:39I'm not even there with Peter Lambert yet.
03:41And I'll give Josh Hader his due.
03:43Any pitcher not named those three, Arrighetti, Hunter, or Hader,
03:47they don't deserve the, oh, we'll see.
03:48Let's see if they can get out of this one.
03:50They don't deserve it.
03:51So, look, I'm not saying, obviously,
03:56obviously it's all going to happen that early in a game.
03:59And you're going to need six of them.
04:01But my point is, is whenever that time comes where in your gut you feel like an unproven,
04:05small sample size guy, which again, in my opinion, whether it's young or older pitcher,
04:13there's three that you've got to give the benefit of doubt.
04:15The rest of them, hey, get them out of there and get out of the situation with the best arm
04:19that you got.
04:20I think he should approach every damn game that way and keep it moving.
04:24But I agree, man.
04:25Joe Espada, I'm hard on him.
04:27I agree.
04:27I would like a change as well.
04:29But that's exactly how I want Joe Espada and ultimately my team's manager to manage games.
04:35He managed the game like we have to have this one.
04:39Like we have to have this one.
04:41And, again, Tyler, Clint, we've watched this.
04:44You're not going to run six.
04:46It's not a good practice to have to run six relievers a night.
04:50It's not even the all-star break.
04:51They're not going to be able to do that.
04:53But to your point, their mindset should be closer to that.
04:58Their mindset should be closer to that.
05:00Yo, Jose, baby, you ain't going to be able to get all these days off like we would like to
05:07give it to you.
05:07All right?
05:08Hey, you're done.
05:09You're probably going to play every day.
05:11I mean, the bulk of them are going to be at DH, but you're probably going to play every day.
05:15Esau, get it together.
05:16All right?
05:17You're going to play third base.
05:18Right?
05:18Like, it's probably – like, they've got to get more to that because they are chasing.
05:24They're in good shape for where it was.
05:27They're in good shape.
05:27Two games under .500.
05:29Two back in the West now in the division.
05:32A lot of baseball.
05:34See, I –
05:35There's your captain.
05:35And, again, man, I want to feel so good about Joe, and then I fooled around and listened to Joe.
05:40I fooled around and listened to Joe's postgame yesterday, and he just annoys me.
05:44Well, what he just said right there is – it was not how he acted last night.
05:49So, glad to hear him change his tune a bit.
05:52The – I mean, look, it's – you got a long way to go.
05:59The question is, is should they approach this thing like they're one game out, two and a half games back
06:06here, there, whatever?
06:07Or do you – do you approach – because – and I'm asking that question because the American League is
06:11so bad, right?
06:13Or do you approach this thing aggressively and move up the charts as quickly as you possibly can?
06:18Glenn, I think you have to approach this thing aggressively until you're in a position.
06:23Oh, I agree.
06:23I agree with that.
06:24And at least we're starting to see – and maybe yesterday was a turning page, right, a turning point, excuse
06:31me, because they got rid of Mike's ass.
06:35Homer Mike got sit down.
06:37That is a move of, all right, man, we've got to stop playing around.
06:40They moved on from Mike, and he approached this game all – I mean, it's close to how you could
06:47approach a playoff.
06:48That's what you see in a postseason game.
06:49Like, six receivers going out there and pitching, and you're not – any chance that a lead can be taken,
06:58Joe was out there, right?
07:00Like, he's got a three-run lead.
07:02His pitcher just struck out a guy in the ninth, and he went up there, and they're two batters away
07:08from the tying run coming to the plate,
07:10and he ran out there and got aider.
07:13Like, it's postseason level of the way of managing baseball, and I think overall it seems like they may have
07:25said,
07:25we've got to pick things up.
07:27We've got to pick things up.
07:28Moving on from Mike, approaching the game the way they did.
07:31We'll see who they put in, you know, in his place in the rotation.
07:35But hopefully this is them saying, we've got to kick it into gear.
07:38And we've got to – because, hey, man, if you're five up, I'm with you.
07:43All right, man, maybe we'll see if Emai can get through the fifth.
07:48Not now.
07:49Well, the bullpen has been nails, too, of late, I believe.
07:52Started off awful, obviously, this season, but for a good stretch of June and end of July,
07:58I mean, they have been really, really good.
08:00And so I just – I like the fact that Espada doesn't have a problem getting to that bullpen quicker
08:06rather than later.
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