Everything posted by Storm the Field
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Blastfurnace 2025
The stretch from yesterday through Labor Day has quickly become my least favorite time of the year in Texas. If I could make it work financially, I'd absolutely love to spend basically the next 10 weeks living out of state somewhere with a more desirable climate.
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Houston Astros 2025 Season Thread
50-34. We didn't get our 50th win until July 12th last year, at which point we were 50-44. At no point were we ever 16 games over .500.
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Houston Astros 2025 Season Thread
LMJ clearly strugling, and Espada leaves him in after HR, HR, BB, 1B, 1B, to face Tucker, allowing a 3-run HR and a follow-up 3B. That's just straight up forfeiting a winnable game where we're hitting the other starter well.
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Houston Astros 2025 Season Thread
Good work, Joe.
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Houston Astros 2025 Season Thread
Well, that's one way to waste a momentum shifter.
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Houston Astros 2025 Season Thread
i think Cam might have a future in baseball. He already got that veteran swagger.
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Blastfurnace 2025
Houston-area Blastfurnace looks like it's getting ready to fire up in earnest next week after a few more days of rain. 95+ pretty much everyday starting Wednesday. Couple of 97s in the extended forecast for week after next.
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All Encompassing Mortgage and Real Estate Thread
Can't seem to find it again, but saw an interesting IG reel earlier from an agent talking about how dismal the real estate markets are in Galveston and Bolivar. Galveston = 1700 properties on the market. One single neighborhood in Jamaica Beach has over 100 houses for sale. Bolivar = 550+ properties on the market. Only 10 sold in the past month = >50 months of supply. Basically, the gist of the video was "if you're looking for a beach house to use, not as an investment, now's the time to start tossing out some crazy lowball offers." So many people bought beach houses down there during COVID and the market went crazy for about 18 months. I know people that bought/built cabins for $400K in the late 2010's that sold them for >$800K in 2022. I can't imagine how many people are totally underwater.
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Houston Astros 2025 Season Thread
Might need the offense to break out tomorrow. I have a feeling that even with Hunter starting, we ain't holding them scoreless for a third straight game.
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Houston Astros 2025 Season Thread
Usually somewhere near the stadium. Probably Rodeo Goat.
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Houston Astros 2025 Season Thread
I've said it before, but so far we're looking like the mirror image of the '23 Stros. Will probably end up with something pretty close to that squad's 90-72 record, but go about it in a completely opposite fashion. Winning low-scoring games, 1-run decisions, extra innings...etc. This squad is on pace to hit ~50 fewer HR and drive in ~175 fewer runs than that team, but not crazy to think they'll finish with a better record.
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Houston Astros 2025 Season Thread
Same. Annual weekday game that I do every year with a buddy from work and a client/friend of ours. Pregame lunch and drinks, game, then cocktails and cigars at the Petroleum Club. I'm gonna feel like shit on Friday!
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Houston Astros 2025 Season Thread
We might actually start winning some games if we get back a couple of our starters and our superstar DH from the DL.
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Houston Astros 2025 Season Thread
Fuck yo offense, PHI. Sidenote, caught this great screenshot during the Caratini HR replay of a kid dogging his buddy wearing a Phillies jersey.
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Houston Astros 2025 Season Thread
Houdini'd his way out of a mess of his own creation.
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Texas BBQ
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Hey Oil Barons.......
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Hey Oil Barons.......
Waiting around to see what futures do at 5 pm this evening:
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Houston Astros 2025 Season Thread
Sousa! Cue the 1890's military marches!
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Houston Astros 2025 Season Thread
100% that's a game we lose last year. Glad I'm not going to bed pissed!
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Houston Astros 2025 Season Thread
If we can't score a run here we don't deserve to win.
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Houston Astros 2025 Season Thread
Seems like there's not much middle ground with this offense. We either score ~2 (losing or winning by 1) or score 9+.
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Houston Astros 2025 Season Thread
Welp fuck. 2 runs ain't gonna do it.
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Houston Astros 2025 Season Thread
Scary inning that could have gone horrible, but it's the Halos.
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Hey Oil Barons.......
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