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  1. On 5/6/2018 at 9:08 PM, Beau Vine said:

    That part continued -- briefly -- when the game started. Wood's first pitch -- a fastball -- missed catcher Sandy Martinez's glove and hit home-plate umpire Jerry Meals squarely in the mask.

    That's one way to look at it.  Another way would be to ask wtf the catcher was doing on that pitch.

  2. On 5/5/2018 at 2:02 PM, Iconoclast Texan said:

    The school has really improved over the years and is shedding its commuter school rep

    that's like your opinion, man

  3. 6 hours ago, next2naus said:

    real men play washers

    Damn right.  It's a damn shame the way that yankee game is infiltrating tailgates across the state

  4. 3 hours ago, GreenspointTexas said:

    How much longer do we as a civilization survive on earth? Most predictions ive been reading recently say between 100-200 years left, with most leaning towards 100-125 years

    What crazy shit are you reading?

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  5. https://www.theringer.com/mlb/2018/5/7/17325468/houston-astros-starting-rotation-dominance-gerrit-cole-justin-verlander

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    While it’s too early to project the Astros to, say, definitively set the record for best park- and league-adjusted ERA in MLB teamhistory (which they’re currently managing by a wide margin), it’s not too early to compare what the Astros have done to great seasons by individual pitchers. Houston’s 35 starts through Saturday are about where the league leader typically resides at season’s end (that number was 34 last season, but to account for Houston’s entire rotation pitching an equal number of games, it’s easiest to use Houston’s first 35 here). So by way of comparing Houston’s 2018 rotation to the best individual pitchers from last season, the Astros’ starters have a:

    • 30.7 percent strikeout rate. Among qualified starters last year, only Chris Sale, Max Scherzer, Corey Kluber, and Robbie Ray did better.
    • 23.8 percent strikeout-minus-walk rate. Only Sale, Kluber, Scherzer, and Clayton Kershaw did better last season.
    • 2.41 ERA. Only Kluber and Kershaw did better.
    • .188 batting average allowed. Only Scherzer did better.
    • .574 OPS allowed. Only Kluber and Scherzer did better.
    • 0.95 WHIP. Only Kluber and Scherzer did better. (Kershaw did the same.)
    • Total of 224 innings pitched. No pitcher did better. (Chris Sale led the majors with 214 1/3.)
    • Value of 6.1 wins above replacement. Only Sale and Kluber did better.

    We're due for a prolonged white hot streak when the bats start to come around.

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