2020 Astros Season Thread

[YChang 3430]

What a crummy no good disappointing season so far. 

[thetruth 149]

2 minutes ago, Xian said:

Not really a fan of dusty so far...

How much of this is Dusty, and how much is this a depleted pen? I've had the same concerns. 

[runthebone 7929]

Rusty pitcher, high pressure situation, leadoff walk.  Predictable.

[UTPhil2006 3790]

At what point do we actually sign @Mez2

[Planet Houston 4922]

On 8/4/2020 at 1:07 PM, Planet Houston said:

So I presume Pressley is the new closer?  Is he even healthy?  

[Chuckie Finster 22583]

why the fuck would dusty baker put in pressly in the 9th when he hasn't pitched in over a week

You know the season is going great when we’ve got fans criticizing Dusty for going to Ryan fucking Pressly over a rookie.

[Mez2 4020]

51 minutes ago, UTPhil2006 said:

At what point do we actually sign @Mez2

I'll sign for sniffing Julia's pantries 

[UTexasFight 9369]

Somehow this team still isn’t below .500...

and will be back in first after the sweep in Oakland

some nice shiny ERAs for Oakland’s starters in this series are going to look a lot worse come Monday 

[Rimbo 25752]

4 hours ago, YChang said:

What a crummy no good disappointing season so far. 

this whole year has been downhill ever since Neil Peart died

[kevwun 15594]

They turned over almost the entire bullpen and the holdovers from last year are worse or out because of injuries.  There is no managing out of those facts.

Edited August 7, 2020 by kevwun

[Scraps 13531]

Yeah blaming Dusty is laughable.  

Pressly just shit the bed.  Walking the leadoff guy is inexcusable.  Throwing a fucking 3-2 breaking ball 6 inches off the plate?  Come on dickhead....man up and go at the fucking #8 hitter who has less than like 10 ABs in his career.  

 

[elguapo 4583]

Pressly hasn't been himself for about a year, I fully expected him to blow the lead last night. I wasn't happy that he was brought in to try and close it out, but i'm also not sure there are any better options on the team right now.

[utxmike05 1825]

I know it’s early (although kinda not early w 60 games)...but at this point all I care about are the bats doing work this season to shut up the idiots hung up on the “sign scandal”. Carlos and Brantley are batting over 400 (at least as of yesterday).

We just need other top teams to suffer setbacks like us...to level the playing field. Then just go to war with bats and subpar pitching.


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[mbtex 683]

I would have tried Josh James could have not been any worse. I would not try Pressly until He gets more work in. 

[Scraps 13531]

His "work" is going to be in a meaningful situation regardless. No reason to pussyfoot with him. Either he can handle it or not.

[Gourmand 7774]

7 minutes ago, mbtex said:

I would have tried Josh James could have not been any worse. I would not try Pressly until He gets more work in. 

I suppose if you expect to walk the leadoff hitter in a close situation, Josh James is definitely a closer candidate. 

[kevwun 15594]

James would probably be worse than Giles at closing.

Edited August 7, 2020 by kevwun

[David Dennison 18601]

13 hours ago, UTexasFight said:

Somehow this team still isn’t below .500...

and will be back in first after the sweep in Oakland

some nice shiny ERAs for Oakland’s starters in this series are going to look a lot worse come Monday 

Or they wreck our shit and take out years of frustration on a struggling baseball team.

I hope your version is the right one.

[Scraps 13531]

Joe Smith's mom died

Good that he opted out and was able to chill with her

[Fozzz 152]

2 hours ago, elguapo said:

Pressly hasn't been himself for about a year, I fully expected him to blow the lead last night. I wasn't happy that he was brought in to try and close it out, but i'm also not sure there are any better options on the team right now.

I don’t know what’s going on with him. The stuff looks intact but his command seems to have degraded. 

[Fozzz 152]

1 hour ago, kevwun said:

James would probably be worse than Giles at closing.

Since Giles is an elite RP who has been better than Osuna since that trade, that’s not a very fair comparison. 

[YChang 3430]

1 hour ago, David Dennison said:

Or they wreck our shit and take out years of frustration on a struggling baseball team.

I hope your version is the right one.

Man, screw the As. Them beating up on the Stros was pretty much all I witnessed when I lived in Oakland. I hope even with our current suckitude, somehow Houston takes the series this weekend. 

[Chuckie Finster 22583]

So in the last 24 hours an Athletics coach heil'd Hitler on camera and federal authorities have charged a former Angels employee with essentially murdering Tyler Skaggs.  Looking forward to more talk about how the Astros are the scum of the league, though.

[Scraps 13531]

Yeah the Angels have a dude who helped kill a player, the A's have Nazi salutes going on, The Rangers minor league players sexually abuse each other, we banged a trash can

Seattle needs to step their game up they are letting the AL West down 

[kevwun 15594]

Hey, anybody can accidentally do the Nazi salute twice on the field after a baseball game.

[Guadaloopy 10903]

I do not have a good feeling about this weekend.

 
“Ain’t gonna paddle it. Gonna kick it.  Real hard”

 

[TonyTexas 10478]

3 minutes ago, Guadaloopy said:

I do not have a good feeling about this weekend.

 

Perfect. Astros sweep

[Guadaloopy 10903]

I think this is the first time I’ve ever posted anything saying that I didn’t think our boys would come out on top.  I’m a borderline sunshine pumper.
 

This is baseball so who knows what happens.     

[Scraps 13531]

I just don't like our CF'er for the next few games.  

[Dennis Taylor 18679]

there were plenty of reasons to hate this fucking pussy already, but...

 

 

 

[tx 3 putt 76158]

springer out for tonight - right wrist strain

[Gourmand 7774]

This dude has been about as useful as that annoying dipshit Biagini

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[Gourmand 7774]

Tucker in the leadoff spot. Um ok.

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[clapclapclap 9000]

Need the union to demand a universal Designated Runner position.  ASAP.

Edited August 8, 2020 by clapclapclap

[WBT 20397]

Kempin ain't easy

[tx 3 putt 76158]

my arm is strong as straw's 

[clapclapclap 9000]

Maybe we can sign Canseco.

[WBT 20397]

Fucking bob grossman sticks his hand over the plate to get hit and then straw is an automatic green light

[YChang 3430]

W H E W

[clapclapclap 9000]

Greinke even smiled and made joke.

[WBT 20397]

Nice, huge dp.  Also fuck whoever decided we needed fake drum audio

[Tommy Nobis 905]

Huge DP. Seems like we’ve fallen apart around this time of games lately.

[Gourmand 7774]

Uuuuuge

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[YChang 3430]

Little league 

[WBT 20397]

Christ son

Good thing Laureano was loafing out of the box

Edited August 8, 2020 by WBT

[David Dennison 18601]

Wow.

[Scraps 13531]

This motherfucker

[WBT 20397]

[WBT 20397]

fuck off blue.  Amazing job by Greinke and he should already be out of this jam.

[WBT 20397]

Justice served.