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3 minutes ago, Gourmand said:

Pesky As won't lose. Swept SF.

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Call it loser talk if you want but it wouldn’t really upset me if the A’s win the west.

go in as the 4 or 5 seed. Take down the Yankees in the 5 game divisional round.

sorry, but I don’t like this team’s chances in a 7 game series against them

that changes if we somehow get a 100% healthy (and stretched out) JV by October but you’re kidding yourself if you think that’s actually going to happen.

Posted
23 minutes ago, Gourmand said:

Pesky As won't lose. Swept SF.

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Whereas we have a penchant for sucking ass in August, the A's seem to play their best ball in August.  Nothing new.

Posted
58 minutes ago, UTexasFight said:

Call it loser talk if you want but it wouldn’t really upset me if the A’s win the west.

go in as the 4 or 5 seed. Take down the Yankees in the 5 game divisional round.

sorry, but I don’t like this team’s chances in a 7 game series against them

that changes if we somehow get a 100% healthy (and stretched out) JV by October but you’re kidding yourself if you think that’s actually going to happen.

Get the 8 seed and beat them 2 out of 3. Watch the world burn. 

Posted (edited)
2 hours ago, Fudge Nuggets said:

Whereas we have a penchant for sucking ass in August, the A's seem to play their best ball in August.  Nothing new.

Unfortunately, almost half the season (28 games)is in August. 

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Posted
2 hours ago, Gourmand said:

Pesky As won't lose. Swept SF.

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The A’s aren’t pesky anymore.  They are a better team than the Astros right now.  

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Posted
17 minutes ago, Guadaloopy said:

The A’s aren’t pesky anymore.  They are a better team than the Astros right now.  

Pretty much indisputable.

Howevah... the A's have been firing on all cylinders.  Houston has been searching for pitching and specifically bullpen consistency beyond consistently being shitty. Being 4.5 games back at the 1/3 mark of the season is borderline miraculous, all things considered.  The Astros have a shit-ton of upside remaining.

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we're 11-10 with almost no verlander, almost no yordan, almost no osuna, no peacock, no smith, a horrid altuve.  most of the offense is scuffling, along with the 9 rookies in our pen.

being kind, we have lost 2-3 games we should've won (the real number is more like 6-7, but whatever).  a 3 game swing puts us at 14-7 and this team is not a .667 team right now, so i think it's just the shitty schedule.

get yordan and pressly right.  get uncle mike back.  get altuve/bregs shit together.  pray for jv to be back for oct, and see what happens.  should still be fun and there are some definitely some bright spots on our pitching staff.

Posted
25 minutes ago, henrygandorf said:

we're 11-10 with almost no verlander, almost no yordan, almost no osuna, no peacock, no smith, a horrid altuve.  most of the offense is scuffling, along with the 9 rookies in our pen.

being kind, we have lost 2-3 games we should've won (the real number is more like 6-7, but whatever).  a 3 game swing puts us at 14-7 and this team is not a .667 team right now, so i think it's just the shitty schedule.

get yordan and pressly right.  get uncle mike back.  get altuve/bregs shit together.  pray for jv to be back for oct, and see what happens.  should still be fun and there are some definitely some bright spots on our pitching staff.

No doubt.  Great recovery this past week.  Keep winning series and get in the tournament.   

Posted
2 hours ago, Guadaloopy said:

The A’s aren’t pesky anymore.  They are a better team than the Astros right now.  

Wanted to give you the middle finger because I hate what you wrote, but it’s truthful so gave you a heart instead. Sucks. 

Posted
28 minutes ago, Fudge Nuggets said:

When we start cheating again we'll be pesky af.  I can't wait.

The results don’t indicate it, but who said we stopped( all methods?)

Posted
45 minutes ago, Scraps said:

I still think we need to bang it with no meaning whatsoever just to troll everyone.  Plus it may make us feel more comfortable at the plate lol 

that would be funny af

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they should add it to the ambient crowd noise.

Astros haters...

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Machete named Astros Player of the Week.   His influence on the pitching staff has been priceless.  Throw in some timely hits and nailing runners at 2nd and Maldonado has truly been crushing it.

Posted
1 minute ago, slorch said:

Machete named Astros Player of the Week.   His influence on the pitching staff has been priceless.  Throw in some timely hits and nailing runners at 2nd and Maldonado has truly been crushing it.

Agreed.  Been a huge addition this season

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Yordan playing one freakin game before being scratched with a sore knee is making me anxious about him. Guy is 23 yo DH who never plays the field and he plays one game before he has to sit again to rest his knee?

Fuuuuuuck. Not good. 

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the record doesn't show it but the Astros have had some bad luck that should eventually revert to the norm. Ran some numbers to compare to previous season:

Record in 1 run games

2020: 3-5

2019 24-19

2018 24-24

2017 19-13

Another weird stat for this year that stands out is that we're 1-4 in walk-off games this year. Almost 20% of our games have ended in a walk-off. Previous season, we had between 4-8% of our games ending in a walk-off.  I always think that a walk-off and extra inning game come down to luck. Any team has the ability to get 1 run against another team or pitcher. Perhaps even just guessing the next pitch. I assume we won't end up with 20% of our games ending in a walk-off. 

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80% of those starts were by Framber, Javier, Bielak, and LMJ off of TJ.  The hell with trash cans, Strom is the secret to our success.  I only wish he were 20 years younger.

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Posted
55 minutes ago, WBT said:

80% of those starts were by Framber, Javier, Bielak, and LMJ off of TJ.  The hell with trash cans, Strom is the secret to our success.  I only wish he were 20 years younger.

Yoda was much more a badass as an elder statesman.  I'm cool with Strommy as he is now.  He's got quite the touch with the younglings, eh?

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2 hours ago, runthebone said:

Cuban años are totally different.

so are their bats

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