2020 Astros Season Thread

[maninblack 7,975]

Baker is such a shitty manager

[Guadaloopy 11,126]

He won’t be back for the 9th.  Top of the order coming up.  Keep the score where it is and walk em off.  

[Gourmand 7,778]

4 minutes ago, Wishbone said:

I’ve been beaned numerous times. They take the wind out of you on a good (bad) one. The worst was actually “a lucky pop” because it was mid 90’s into upper thigh muscle (best option under the circumstances. However, the pain was immeasurable, and my leg went dead for a good 20 minutes) Unless you’ve been “properly beaned” it makes it difficult to tell about it and get the misery across to those that haven’t. It is something you have to go through to really appreciate the suck.

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[Guadaloopy 11,126]

Just now, maninblack said:

Baker is such a shitty manager

Reddick was 5 for 15 against Hendriks.  Not a bad play by Dusty.  Now bringing James back form more than one inning is a different story.  

[Gourmand 7,778]

i don't follow the logic of PH for Machete there with Reddick.

[Rockethorn1978 6,204]

Today might not be our day. Keep it to two runs and see what we got in the bottom of the 9th.

[Rockethorn1978 6,204]

Scrubb isn’t a good name to run out when you need to keep it a two run game.

[Scraps 13,758]

Nasty as fuck by Scrubb

[Wishbone 4,925]

2 minutes ago, maninblack said:

Baker is such a shitty manager

Are you implying he may wait too long to make obvious changes? Sometimes I think he’s nodding off.

[maninblack 7,975]

Just now, Guadaloopy said:

Reddick was 5 for 15 against Hendriks.  Not a bad play by Dusty.  Now bringing James back form more than one inning is a different story.  

Were any of those ABs pinch hitting? Especially coming into the shade like that. Another poor decision by Baker.

[Wishbone 4,925]

3 minutes ago, Gourmand said:

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4 minutes ago, maninblack said:

Baker is such a shitty manager

I disagreed with pinching for Machete.

Unless he's hurt, otherwise that's just being too fucking cute, just because.

[maninblack 7,975]

Just now, slorch said:

I disagreed with pinching for Machete.

Unless he's hurt, otherwise that's just being too fucking cute, just because.

He may have been all we could get and it shows

[Scraps 13,758]

Top of the order....letsssss goooooo

[elfenix 34,663]

Time to walk em off

[perfectchaos007 6,766]

Lets at least get a couple on base to make this exciting

[Gourmand 7,778]

6 minutes ago, slorch said:

I disagreed with pinching for Machete.

Unless he's hurt, otherwise that's just being too fucking cute, just because.

Right, and I'm not saying it's determinative of anything, I just didn't really understand it because Machete isn't terrible with the bat, Reddick isn't Yordan, and in the event the game went to extras, you don't want to have already wasted a C and a PH. 

Edited October 7, 2020 by Gourmand

[runthebone 8,324]

Let's go, guys.  2 runs at least, but 3 would be even better.

[Wishbone 4,925]

1 minute ago, elfenix said:

Time to walk em off

I’m in this camp.

[TexArcher 38,836]

Come on, fellas.  You win this and you start feeling like a team of destiny.

[Scraps 13,758]

Quit with this backstop cam fucking TBS

[TexArcher 38,836]

I believe they said Hendricks' career high for pitches was 29.

He had 26 at the start of this inning.

 

[Scraps 13,758]

Lets make LIGHTGATE a thing and win this fucking game

[rvm96 1,643]

1 minute ago, TexArcher said:

I believe they said Hendricks' career high for pitches was 29.

He had 26 at the start of this inning.

 

That's incorrect

[perfectchaos007 6,766]

I don't like how Springer is limping after that strikeout 

[Scraps 13,758]

Uhhh please don't be hurt Springer

[TonyTexas 10,685]

At least we won’t have to deal with Hendriks tomorrow. 

[utxmike05 1,833]

Jeezus guys. Leaving meat over the plate. Swingggfgg


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[Gourmand 7,778]

1 minute ago, Scraps said:

Uhhh please don't be hurt Springer

??

[David Dennison 19,442]

Butt inning was butt.

Dusty Baker lost that game.

[perfectchaos007 6,766]

We scored our runs across 2 innings while the A's scored theirs across 6 different innings

[Gourmand 7,778]

Fucking Josh mfn James

[David Dennison 19,442]

Any idea who starts tomorrow?

[UTexasFight 9,790]

1 minute ago, David Dennison said:

Butt inning was butt.

Dusty Baker lost that game.

Well he won the first four, soooo

[runthebone 8,324]

Well, get your shit together, bullpen.

[Scraps 13,758]

Any idea who starts tomorrow?

They are playing games with the Greinke situation, but I think it will be Javier.

[David Dennison 19,442]

Just now, Scraps said:

2 minutes ago, David Dennison said:

Any idea who starts tomorrow?

They are playing games with the Greinke situation, but I think it will be Javier.

Fingers crossed for really good Javier.

[Rockethorn1978 6,204]

Let's close this shit out tomorrow so i don't become "huge dickhead" guy at the office friday.

[runthebone 8,324]

3 minutes ago, David Dennison said:

Any idea who starts tomorrow?

Bullpen game!

[Guadaloopy 11,126]

Have now lost five in a row as the home team in the playoffs. 
 

 

[Scraps 13,758]

Bullpen game!

That was today....moose out front shoulda told ya

 

[clapclapclap 9,000]

Well it would have been shocking for this pitching staff to sweep a team as good as Oakland.  Overall the pitching has overperformed in the post-season, and still have needed the bats to bail them out at times.  Returning to the mean a bit today.  Can still win this, but I think the A's are favored unless we get a start out of Greinke.  Too many pitching injuries, amazing that they've gotten to this position.  

Edited October 7, 2020 by clapclapclap

[IDIOTsavant 8,673]

Never trust a man with two first or two last names, and Dusty ran Josh James and Brooks Raley out for multiple innings each....

[Scraps 13,758]

Montas for OAK

Melvin knows Fiers would fucking breakdown mentally out there

[Scraps 13,758]

You Dusty haters act like we got 7 Mariano Riveras in the pen. He is trying to not burn the fuck out of every arm and win games.

But let your hate flow. Yall already had yalls mind made up with that in March anyway.

[Rockethorn1978 6,204]

Yea he has to have the worst collection of arms to run out ever. I wouldn't want the job of picking between 3-4 guys you know all have the ability to give up 5 runs in 1 pitch which should be humanly impossible but not with our guys.

[runthebone 8,324]

It's shitty to score that many runs and lose.  Well, we just have to score more tomorrow.

[Js1 87,019]

4 minutes ago, runthebone said:

It's shitty to score that many runs and lose.  Well, we just have to score more tomorrow.

Can we allow less, please? 

[Guadaloopy 11,126]

3 minutes ago, Js1 said:

Can we allow less, please? 

[David Dennison 19,442]

Here's a fun fact: Cristian Javier was 5-2 on the season.

Guess who the two were.