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... first of all, which is genius in its own, uh, right.

But, uh, you guys are getting a good guy in Spencer Arrighetti.

He's, uh, honestly, he's one of my favorites.

And, you know, we, we learned about Spencer Arrighetti a couple of years ago in the minor leagues.

Uh, you know, he's a local kid right out of Katy, just about, you know, 30 minutes west of Houston, out of Cinco Ranch High School, so playing for his hometown team, which was, uh, incredible for him to be able to do.

And he kind of burst onto the scene.

Why Dalton Varsho? Why do the Astros want Dalton Varsho?

As someone who's looking at them from an opponent's point of view, why have they been so good?

Um, you know what, uh, we, we...

I remember we talked a couple of times and we were noticing how they had, they had drafted pretty well.

They're starting to develop, to develop a little bit better, and then you get into that Asian Pacific market and you bring over a guy like Murakami.

Um, and all of a sudden you've got this, th- the, you know, this veteran influence.

You've got this, uh, you know, overseas influence, some different angles coming at you, and then you get these young guys who ju- who are just exuberant and ready to play.

And then you get a guy in, at, at the helm in Will Venable, who has experience and who's kind of maybe testing some of his managerial limits at the same time.

What, what's it been like calling those games n- night in and night out?

As someone who's looking at them from an opponent's point of view, why have they been so good?

Um, you know what? Uh, we, we...

I remember we talked a couple of times, and we were noticing how they had, they had drafted pretty well.

They're starting to develop, to develop a little bit better, and then you get into that Asian Pacific market, and you bring over a guy like Murakami.

Um, and all of a sudden you've got this, the, the, you know, this veteran influence.

You've got this, uh, [smacks lips] you know, overseas influence, some different angles coming at you, and then you get these young guys who are ju- who are just exuberant and ready to play.

And then you get a guy in, at, at the helm in Will Venable, who has experience and who's kind of maybe testing some of his managerial limits at the same time.

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