2021 Houston Astros Thread

[WBT 20642]

4 minutes ago, UTexasFight said:

Kinda cheesy at times but a good piece by Rinaldi before yesterday’s game for those that missed it

Where's the 2nd part about Pettis's cancer?

[UTexasFight 9517]

22 minutes ago, WBT said:

Where's the 2nd part about Pettis's cancer?

Gotta save something for the WS….to contrast against Washington sending runners while wiping white stuff from under his nose 

[Bender Bending Rodriguez 1693]

Fuck Foliage 
Fuck The Kennedy’s 
Fuck Cape Cod
Fuck Martha and Her Vineyard 
Fuck Cold Beaches 
Fuck Bed and Breakfastses 
Fuck Norman Rockwell
Fuck Candlepin Bowling
Fuck Southies 
Fuck Whitey Bolger
Fuck Havlicek 
Fuck Ted Williams 
Fuck Frozen Ted Williams 
Fuck Tea Parties 
Fuck New England 

[Mez2 4025]

Biggest game of the season is tonight

[texashorne 1178]

12 minutes ago, Mez2 said:

Biggest game of the season is tonight

There's playoff implications

[TexArcher 37989]

We're gonna fucking win.

[Sleepygrad 1029]

zero productivity today for me....is it game time yet

Edited October 18, 2021 by Sleepygrad

[Scraps 13570]

Correa is 6/10 with 5 walks off Rodriguez, Altuve 5/13, and Bregman is 5/12.

Correa/Bregman love Fenway...in 19 games there Correa is .347avg with 1.094 OPS. Bregman in 13 games is .340 avg 1.189OPS.

[Hornsbay22 469]

Urquidy day at least we know we will get strikes. 

[henrygandorf 29194]

4 minutes ago, Hornsbay22 said:

Urquidy day at least we know we will get strikes. 

and with any luck, it won’t be a 5 hour game. 

[Scraps 13570]

Doubt it...even with Urquidy going....every fucking Red Sox game is a beating 

[Gourmand 7774]

[TexArcher 37989]

39 minutes ago, Scraps said:

Correa is 6/10 with 5 walks off Rodriguez, Altuve 5/13, and Bregman is 5/12.

Correa/Bregman love Fenway...in 19 games there Correa is .347avg with 1.094 OPS. Bregman in 13 games is .340 avg 1.189OPS.

Welp, gonna be a while before I can get up from my desk at work.

[kevwun 15811]

I'm sure blackouts are still going to apply, so it's useless for most of us. 

Edited October 18, 2021 by kevwun

[Sleepygrad 1029]

bregman been way too quiet this post-season....need a big game from him and Yuli

[Scraps 13570]

I need Yordan to start bombing.  This 2 homers in 24 playoff games shit is getting old.  

[tx 3 putt 77231]

Let’s do it !

[patrickdrinksbeer 793]

I'm sure blackouts are still going to apply, so it's useless for most of us. 

it was a poorly written tweet, but the whole point of the service is for in-market games.

[henrygandorf 29194]

1 hour ago, Scraps said:

I need Yordan to start bombing.  This 2 homers in 24 playoff games shit is getting old.  

i will never complain about how our stars perform in postseason games.  the current era of astros baseball is beyond anything my 1998-2005 mind could even fathom.

but it would be nice to do what these other teams seem to do and have a random dude get blast furnace hot right when they're playing us.  jackie bradley fucking jr beat us single-handedly in 2018 (and then steve pearce went and won the world series).  kike hernandez (as smoltz put it, a unique combination of power and speed at the front of the lineup - he had 20 homers and 1 steal in 2021) needs to settle down.

seems like every random dodger hit a homer vs us in 2017.  and we don't need to discuss arozarena, since he did it against everyone, but tampa also had some rando's go crazy.  and yeah, the howie kendrick situation is not lost on me.

none of these are "stars" (except arozarena).  i'm ready for a couple of our non-stars to do something crazy.  channel your inner chris burke if you have to. 

[kevwun 15811]

The only guy it would be a surprise from in our lineup is Chas/Meyers or Machete.  Nobody is going to bat an eye if someone 1-7 does it.

Edited October 18, 2021 by kevwun

[Jshep34 2319]

As i tell lilshep, enjoy these past 6 years of astros baseball as much as possible. Generations of fans never saw this amount of sustained success. Wish my grandfather and dad were around to see this. Greatest time to be a astros fan. Know i waited 36 years for it in 2015.
Most important game tonight. Need to start breathing orange fire

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[henrygandorf 29194]

13 minutes ago, kevwun said:

The only guy it would be a surprise from in our lineup is Chas/Meyers or Machete.  Nobody is going to bat an eye if someone 1-7 does it.

i'll take a hot streak from a pitcher as well.

[mbtex 683]

Fuck Kevin Brown

[Gourmand 7774]

No Jake Meyers tonight according to Dusty Baker on Sportstalk 790. Close but not ready. 

[Gourmand 7774]

Just now, mbtex said:

Fuck Kevin Brown

And Jim Leyritz

[Scraps 13570]

Dusty on 790 this morning.....lmao at the ad to lead in and then Dusty commenting on it.  He thought he was back in 1975 for a minute dreaming about his pimpin days

https://sportstalk790.iheart.com/featured/what-s-on-matt-s-mind/content/2021-10-18-dusty-baker-on-game-4-starter-were-still-deciding-on-that/?Pname=local_social&Sc=editorial&Keyid=socialflow

[henrygandorf 29194]

2 hours ago, kevwun said:

The only guy it would be a surprise from in our lineup is Chas/Meyers or Machete.  Nobody is going to bat an eye if someone 1-7 does it.

i'm also ok if bregman decides to go full beltran.  stars can get hot too.

[kevwun 15811]

I would settle for a return of the Bregman who hits a homer against every good starter we go up against in the playoffs.

[Scraps 13570]

that guys name is Jose Siri 

[Scraps 13570]

red sox lineup

 

[TonyTexas 10518]

 

[Scraps 13570]

23 minutes ago, Scraps said:

that guys name is Jose Siri 

 

 

[TexArcher 37989]

Hey, Siri: can you drive in 3 runs in a playoff game?

 

[Chuckie Finster 22702]

Siri is going 0-4 with 4 Ks or he's hitting two over the monster.  No in between.

[Scraps 13570]

I expect an epic dive attempt at a fly ball that turns into an inside the park homer

[TexArcher 37989]

Y'all are fucking up my zen.

 

[Scraps 13570]

I mean we will be up 8 so it won't matter 

[UTexasFight 9517]

12 minutes ago, Chuckie Finster said:

Siri is going 0-4 with 4 Ks or he's hitting two over the monster.  No in between.

Yeah just came to post that I look forward to my espn feed showing headlines: “Hey Siri, show me a home run”

[Rockethorn1978 6101]

Hoping for the bats to explode tonight. And I’m hoping our staff will catch that playoff magic we see other teams do and pitch some incredible games moving forward all the way to another World Series trophy. 

[tx 3 putt 77231]

33 minutes ago, Chuckie Finster said:

Siri is going 0-4 with 4 Ks or he's hitting two over the monster.  No in between.

he’ll only hit one over the green monster and hurt himself during his celebration dance 

[Chuckie Finster 22702]

4 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

he’ll only hit one over the green monster and hurt himself during his celebration dance 

[n64ra 1086]

I'm nervous, guys. I plan to watch the game, which almost always makes the Astros lose. Most recent source: watched 1 ALDS game and CWS won it.

[Rockethorn1978 6101]

2 minutes ago, n64ra said:

I'm nervous, guys. I plan to watch the game, which almost always makes the Astros lose. Most recent source: watched 1 ALDS game and CWS won it.

Then you know what to do and don’t watch. Glad I could help and I’m here if you need anymore advice.

[Scraps 13570]

Why start watching now then?

[Gourmand 7774]

4 minutes ago, n64ra said:

I'm nervous, guys. I plan to watch the game, which almost always makes the Astros lose. Most recent source: watched 1 ALDS game and CWS won it.

can you just not watch the game then?

[tx 3 putt 77231]

10 minutes ago, n64ra said:

I'm nervous, guys. I plan to watch the game, which almost always makes the Astros lose. Most recent source: watched 1 ALDS game and CWS won it.

don’t do us any favors 

[IDIOTsavant 8499]

14 minutes ago, n64ra said:

I'm nervous, guys. I plan to watch the game, which almost always makes the Astros lose. Most recent source: watched 1 ALDS game and CWS won it.

[Gourmand 7774]

Siri gonna be our rookie postseason Randy Soto tonight. 

[TonyTexas 10518]

Siri might have a great game but Chas has been hot and he’s reliable. Don’t agree with the move. 

[n64ra 1086]

36 minutes ago, Scraps said:

Why start watching now then?


 

36 minutes ago, Gourmand said:

can you just not watch the game then?

38 minutes ago, Rockethorn1978 said:

Then you know what to do and don’t watch. Glad I could help and I’m here if you need anymore advice.

It's why I skipped games 1 and 2 of the ALCS (and the other 3 ALDS games). Definitely thinking about not turning it on, but it's hard to keep skipping.