 Yeah, always good memories and we were with a guy who's who's created some by the way we're joined with Tom Producci now He's joined us and so has three time all star for the Astros. It's their man George Springer. George always good to see you My friend let's go back to last year because there were a couple things first of all is little Astros flavor and extra innings Right you and Brightman went back to back and and then also you prevented us from playing 20 innings So you really it was we were all grateful for it But so obviously you've had wonderful experiences here. This is your third time around feel any different I don't know, you know, I just I just now I have a new appreciation for everything, you know, I understand That you never know how many of these you're ever gonna get a shot to be at or playing So it's just kind of one of those things where you go around the clubhouse hang out with guys You don't normally hang around with Just enjoy the moment. Yeah most lead-up home runs since 2016. What is it about leadoff? Is it that football mentality like take night things? I think so, you know, I understand I'm not the normal guy that you probably want to stick there But I like to I mean I take pride in it, you know, I understand that I'm there to set the tone for for our offense So, I mean if I happen to hit one great, but you know, I just won't want to have a good at bat But you know, I'd I like to hit the ball hard. I got a kick out of watching you watching Reggie Now you're too young to remember that. No, I'm not. No, I'm not Tell me about your all-star memories growing up and dreaming. Maybe someday you'd be there, too I mean the one that sticks out for me just because it was probably closer to home was the one that was in in Boston with all the homers being hit over the monster and and the homerun derby and all that stuff It's it's you know, it's it's a little surreal To grow up watching this game knowing, you know, wow, like, you know These are the best of the best of playing in the all-star game and now You know, but lucky enough that this is my third one. It's it's something special for me George, I know you like to lead off road But you ever just thought like what would I do in the three hole the numbers I could have mass What would I do in the three hole? I'd panic It's a lot of responsibility down there I mean you gotta be able to hit that, you know, that's why we got a guy like Alex Bregman hitting third for us because He's got that presence. He's you know, he he has that He has that mentality of I'm gonna drive this guy in I like to be the guy that's on base for him It drive me in so it's it's uh, I haven't really thought about it because I probably honestly would panic if I was down there But it's all good. I would love to see you in three holes I watch you all the time like this guy's a prototype with three hole in her 40 home runs a hundred forty ribbies That's what I see if you in the three hole. Hey, I mean who wouldn't take that. Yeah Apparently Frank is trying to write out your lineup So, you know, I go back a couple years 2017 on the field Dodger state and when I'm interviewing you after you won the MVP in the world series Unreal moment last year you guys had another phenomenal year and now here you are again You're playing just fantastic baseball Can you take me through the mental grind of the season after you win it and then still having that that that charge to keep On going and win it again and here you are maybe playing as well as you ever have this year. Yeah You know, I don't think a lot of people understand You know the concept of playing so late into October, which I wouldn't change it to save him to for anything That's that's why we play the game. But the next year I Never experienced it because you push everything back a month, you know, you you you normally don't start to work out Until December and then you push things back a month and a month and next to you know spring training is on you And you're playing baseball again, and then by June you feel like you never stopped So that the for me the mental grind of like, oh my goodness. It's it's it's here It's back already Was a little bit tough But then what we played further and further into the year and you're like, well, this is what I play the game for I played a play that extra month, and then we ended up getting beat by the You know eventual World Series champions, but the concept of playing that extra month You don't really understand it until you actually do it and it's it's it's something hard to explain But but it is a grind George thinking right there to the grind that you have six all stars here from the Houston Nationals represented none named Jose Altuve and Carlos Korea Wow first of all How good are you guys and will you compare this to your this team more to 2017 or 2018? I think we're really really good team I think we're a team that hasn't played its best baseball I think we're a team that that in the next half is gonna play its best baseball It's hard to compare past teams because each each of those past teams does things to differently You know it's 2017 our offense was was at the mainstay behind the pitching staff 2018 the offense Was helped out by the pitching staff and did you know, you know this year I I think what were that hybrid team of of our bullpens phenomenal, you know But they don't get enough credit our starters have been great all year and kind of offense does enough to win the game So I I think we're that that that hybrid team from 2017 2018 that still has its best baseball to play predicting you're winning. I'm sorry You know, I don't want to stay up here and say that we're gonna get beat You know, so I hope that we do take it back. That's your motto. That is our motto You have great teammates obviously with the Astros you get here your teammates now are the best of the best So George are the guys that you're playing with at the all-star game that you love to talk to about hitting kind of pick their brains Ah All of them, you know, I I I can I can honestly say all of them because every guy in that room Thinks differently does things differently has a certain way to go up You know about the way that they approach the game So it's it's it's you know, always interesting to talk to guys about, you know How they do things or how they kind of approach things and and and move vice versa George always pleasure to watch it even better to talk to you. I have fun tomorrow now, okay? All right, I appreciate it. George springer three hole one Can't let it go. He's laid off Frank. That's what he does