Lima Time Time

Patrick and James welcome special guest Lance McCullers Jr on to Lima Time Time to discuss the following topics: *The terribleness of Twitter *Of Mice and Men *Removing Tal's Hill *Growing up in a baseball family *Who are his BFFs on the team? *Playing fantasy sports *Favorite places to pitch ...and more! Sponsored, as always, by Bravado Spice.

James and his friend Joe's 10-year old son Sammy talk about the addition of Brian McCann, Josh Reddick, Chris Sale, and how much it would take to lock up Jose Altuve. Sponsored, as always, by Bravado Spice.

Patrick and James return from Sabbatical to talk to Astros Director of Pro Scouting - and Former Baseball Podcasting Royalty - Kevin Goldstein. Among the topics: *The crapshoot that is the playoffs *The rise of Alex Bregman *Who can we blame for the 2016 Astros? *Injury bugs and the grind of playing 162 games *Jim Crane stories! *We try to bait him into commenting on specific players *Kevin mocks both Patrick and James for their musical tastes And more! Sponsored, as always, by Bravado Spice.

Patrick & James discuss... *The end of the season *When the season ended *Keuchel's situation vs Rasmus's situation *Whose DMs get lit up *The plan for Lima Time Time in the offseason *Other things Sponsored, as always, by Bravado Spice

Patrick and James don't concede the season, but offer Last Rites for the 2016 Astros. Also discussed: *The Tragedy of Jose Fernandez *Will you miss Tal's Hill? *The randomness of a bullpen *Is this season a success? *Ken Giles' mental state *The untenability of Jake Marisnick *Sept 30: Ole Day Sponsored, as always, by Bravado Spice

Patrick and James welcome special guest Nick Mundy back on the show to discuss: *Three totally different viewpoints of the exact same season *Are the playoffs out of the question? *Who starts the Wild Card game? *Astros fans starting to travel? *Is George Springer actually Craig Biggio, and not in a good way? These topics and more are brought to you by Bravado Spice!

Patrick and James have uneasy feelings about the remaining games in the baseball season, and you get to listen to the feelings, which include: *How the Astros get in the playoffs *Revisiting Carlos Gomez's swing *How many starting pitchers do the Astros need? *Is this the most frustrating Astros team in history? Sponsored, as always by Bravado Spice.

Pat and James talk to Special Guest Levi Weaver about the Rangers' Devil Magic, The Most-Hated Rangers, The Most-Hated Astros and *How you feel about September *The Awfulness of the Rotation *Other Stuff ...sponsored, as always, by Bravado Spice

Patrick and James get real and talk about... *The state of the Astros *Is this hope? *Colby Rasmus *Carlos Gomez *Whose money are you spending? *Bad Boys of SoundCloud *Sponsored by Bravado Spice, The Nobility, and Comedienne Britt Vasicek

People asked dumb questions, and I gave dumb answers. Xoxo

Episode 23 of Lima Time Time! Pat and James talk about: *How the Astros play with our hearts *A franchise of disappointments *Carlos Gomez to the Ramgers *Cole Hamels *Yulieski Gurriel *Jeff Luhnow and the perception of Houston Brought to you, as always, by Bravado Spice!

Pat and James get together and, tired of talking about the same things, decided to hold a Twitter Q&A. Among those Qs, and As, are: *Is the season over? *Thoughts on Carlos Gomez *"Hitting for the cycle" *"Ace In The Hole" compared to the George Strait canon *Who do you wish the Astros played like? *Best mid-'00s utility player Among other things. Sponsored, as always, by Bravado Spice.

Pat and James welcome in 10-year NFL vet and Sports Radio Extraordinaire's Seth Payne to talk about: *The mental game of getting dominated by one opponent *The importance of a hitting coach *What is happening to the Astros *Nothing else matters *Bravado Spice is good *Why are we even fans of this team? *Sponsored, as always, by Bravado Spice

Sports Talk 790's Michael Connor joins Patrick and James to discuss: *Will Harris (before he blew the save) *The Trade Deadline *What the Astros didn't do *Carlos Beltran's puffy face *Astros callers *Game 4 *Ed Wade's Big Ol' Binder Lima Time Time is brought to you by Bravado Spice.

Patrick and James discuss: *A clarification of #AstrosTwitter *Alex Bregman and what happens next *Division or Wild Card? *The Minute Maid Experience *Letting Colby Rasmus go Sponsored, as always, by Bravado Spice. Get your new favorite hot sauce at www.bravadospice.com.

Patrick, James, and special guest Nick Mundy discuss: *The compensation owed to the Astros by the Cardinals *Astros Twitter is a terrible place *The Astros' Mt. Rushmore *The Yulieski Gurriel signing *Alex Bregman *Nick Mundy's wedding officiant *Astros hats Sponsored, as always, by Bravado Spice, whose hot sauce you should immediately purchase.

Pat and James ring out the first half of the season with topics such as: *Luis Valbuena's turnaround *Is the division in play *Overall Astros team confidence *The value of Sabermetrics *What Satanic rituals the Rangers are currently performing *All-Star Festivity improvements Sponsored - as always - by Bravado Spice

Your hosts Patrick McLellan and James Yasko welcome poll-winner and guest host Tyler Stafford to the show to discuss: *Britpop *The White Sox *The Angels *Drayton McLane's ownership *Who wanted to assault Bud Norris *Other stuff Special thanks to Bravado Spice, sole sponsors of Lima Time Time

Patrick and James discuss the happy events of the past week with topics such as: *The Royals series *The Angels series *Would you trade Mike Trout *How do you feel about baseball fan defectors? *A.J. Reed vs. Jon Singleton *Alex Bregman vs. Luis Valbuena *The Worst Mid-Season Trade in Astros history? Sponsored, as always, by Bravado Spice (www.bravadospice.com)

Your hosts Patrick McLellan and James Yasko talk about the Astros and: *Whether the Rangers can be caught *Lance McCullers taking on Keith Law *A.J. Reed vs Jon Singleton *Home-growing pitching vs hitting *Soccer, a decent amount of soccer As always, sponsored by Bravado Spice