00:00Fellas, this may be the best thing as a manager Joe Espott has ever done.
00:08I am just not 100% sure he did it on purpose.
00:11We'll talk about Pete Lambert because Pete Lambert, I mean,
00:15Pete's about to just make me almost as what I expect from Big Pete.
00:20I mean, Pete gives us six innings to earn
00:27and pitches well enough to win the game,
00:31and he was going up against their ace,
00:34and he stayed and kept the Astros in the game
00:37until those idiots allowed Jordan to be a part of it,
00:41and then they go on to win.
00:42But Pete was big time again.
00:44The thing with – I know you're going somewhere else.
00:45The beautiful thing about Pete – I want you all to tell me if I'm wrong.
00:47He is damn sure peacocking out there, number one.
00:50Am I seeing stuff?
00:51Yeah.
00:51But the other thing about that, like, watching him last night, boys,
00:56it sure looked to me like if that had been a playoff game,
00:58Pete could have gave you more.
00:59He could have went out there for seven.
01:01It seems like he's getting stronger as the game goes on.
01:03And the other part is we've seen Pete the last two outings
01:07where he's really had good stuff.
01:10Yesterday he didn't have great stuff.
01:12Started rough.
01:13Right?
01:13Yeah.
01:14He started – he didn't have great stuff.
01:15I mean, he had 10 strikeouts.
01:17He's had 18 strikeouts, I think, the previous two starts.
01:20He had three strikeouts yesterday and two walks
01:23but found a way to get through his six innings and keep him in the game.
01:27Another quality start for Pete.
01:29But this is what Joe Espada said about Pete.
01:34Now, I don't know if he did this on purpose,
01:37but as soon as I heard it – now, I have been known to be a little messy.
01:43So, I mean, maybe – maybe I'm hearing it with my messy ears.
01:49But as soon as I heard this, I didn't think he was sending this message to Pete.
01:55I thought he was sending this message to somebody.
01:58Here's Joe Espada.
02:00No, you know, and there's always someone during the season,
02:04and the years that I've been doing this,
02:05that there's someone, this one pitcher that gets an opportunity
02:08and just runs with it.
02:10Last year it was Jason Alexander, and Peter is kind of being that guy for us.
02:15He has stepped up, and he's been our ace,
02:17and he doesn't back down for a challenge.
02:21He goes after these hitters.
02:22He throws strikes.
02:23He's very competitive, and he is – he's been really, really good.
02:29I heard it.
02:30I heard it.
02:31Did you?
02:31I heard a certain something.
02:33I heard it.
02:33Did you?
02:34One certain term in there.
02:36Now, I don't know if he did this on purpose.
02:38I know.
02:39He's talking about Peter Lambert.
02:40I'm just saying.
02:41Ron, what are you talking about?
02:42I'm just saying.
02:42He said he's our ace.
02:44Oh, really?
02:46And he didn't check up either.
02:47No, he's not lying either.
02:48Now, he's not lying, but he said he's been our ace.
02:51Okay, Hunter.
02:52Then he went on to elaborate and say, yo, he's not afraid of these guys.
02:58He's going right after hitters, throwing strikes,
03:01not like the guy who's supposed to be our ace who just walked six the last time.
03:05Not like the guy who's supposed to be our ace who's walked nearly 20 hitters
03:09in the last three games.
03:11Now, he didn't say all of that, but he did say he's going right after these hitters,
03:14throwing strikes.
03:15He's been a – I don't know if he did that on purpose.
03:19I don't know if he was taking that time to send a message like some of the great
03:23coaches and managers that we have seen throughout the history of sports
03:29do to challenge their guy.
03:33But to me, if Hunter Brown heard that, that is a –
03:39Hunter Brown seems like the type of dude that has the get down of what?
03:45Like that would piss him off.
03:47That would piss him off, and that would affect him in a positive way.
03:51So, I don't know if Joe took that time to send a message to his true ace.
03:58Hey, you need to pick it up.
03:59Look what he's doing.
04:00This is what we need from an ace, but you're not doing it.
04:03I don't know if he did it on purpose,
04:04but I cannot wait to see Hunter Brown's next start.
04:07Kudos to you, Joe, if he did it on purpose.
04:09You might get captain back after that one.
04:11I'm not giving him captain.
04:13Ain't no chance in hell.
04:13But I do think this is a – this was a – I think it was a calculated move.
04:17So, you think he did – you think he knows what he was doing?
04:20No question.
04:20In no way, shape, or form should Joe Espada ever refer to Peter Lambert
04:24as the ace on this team.
04:26In no world, unless he is trying to motivate one Hunter Brown.
04:34Or maybe even Spencer Argetti for that matter.
04:39So, look, yeah, I think it's calculated.
04:42And you made another comment there, Ron.
04:45You said, boy, boy, if Hunter Brown hears this.
04:47No, I mean, that's one of them you walk in and –
04:49Make sure he hears it.
04:50If I care about Hunter Brown and I'm his boy and I'm his teammate,
04:53I'll be like, hey, man, you hear Joe?
04:55Oh, you didn't hear Joe?
04:56Here, let me play this for you.
04:57Yeah, no, absolutely.
04:58And you are correct about Hunter Brown.
05:00That's something that will stick in his crawl, and he will –
05:02the fear for me with Hunter Brown –
05:04Yeah, not everybody reacts well to something like that.
05:07I think he – I don't think Emile would react well to that.
05:10I think Hunter Brown does.
05:11I agree.
05:11I agree.
05:11I think Hunter's going to respond, you know, differently to it.
05:14No question.
05:16The question I have with Hunter Brown is what we're seeing
05:21some kind of arm issue, shoulder issue.
05:24You know, again, I heard – I don't know.
05:28I didn't – I don't study the gun on every pitch in every game.
05:31But, you know, a couple weeks ago, three weeks ago,
05:34maybe the velocity was supposedly down a little bit.
05:36And then you look at the – you look at his stat line and the walks are up.
05:40As you mentioned, the runs are up.
05:41And you just look and you're like, man, is there something wrong with Hunter Brown?
05:45If there's not something wrong with Hunter Brown,
05:47this right here ought to be what gets him right.
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