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All right, we got baseball going on. We got the Astros and the Royals game five. That's

on FS1. If you want to listen to it, you can listen to it on 10.50 a.m. and Buster only

is going to be part of that broadcast. That's as I mentioned, game five that series is tied

at two a piece and 8 p.m. NLCS Philadelphia at Arizona. The dumb backs trail this one two

to one. This is game four and that will be on TBS. And you can also hear it on 10.50.

So we haven't talked to Buster in a while. We love talking to him. And here he is right

now. Buster, how you doing? I'm doing great, Michael. What's going on? Not too much.

I wanted to start with the Ranger series. Obviously Montgomery and Valdi that they can

beat anybody. But do the Rangers have enough pitching, starting pitching to win a seven

game set?

No, it really does feel like that, you know, the circle of trust for Bruce Bochi, the

Rangers manager is really thin. You know, they manage to get through the first two rounds

because, you know, you play at best at a three and then you play at best at a five. But

in this situation, you can feel today, especially after they had to use their bullpen heavily

yesterday, that, you know, they need Jordan Montgomery to pitch deep into the game. They

need Nathan Valdi, you know, when they get to game six, pitch to pitch deep into the

game. And if they get to a game seven, the one Mac sure's who takes the amount, it's

going to be a fingers crossed situation. And this to me is, you know, while that the

Astros pitching is not as dominant this year as it was last year, it still is the reason

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