2021 Houston Astros Thread

[Scraps 13531]

That was a dumb fucking StroPoll.

[tx 3 putt 76158]

im ok with them hitting straw for pay back lol 

[billfromlaketravis 11352]

If Diaz could play center, this lineup would be nuts. 

[David Dennison 18605]

That was outstanding.

[WBT 20397]

Complete game!! Finally

[Gourmand 7774]

Greinke is such a fucking badass

[TonyTexas 10478]

What an outing. I can never figure out that one word to describe Greinke. Crafty?  Unpredictable? Autistic? Fun?  Baffling? Many others come to mind. I like him a lot. 

Edited June 5, 2021 by TonyTexas

[Gourmand 7774]

"and then you had the Astros offense go out there and clap some serious thunder back at the Buffalo fans."

--Geoff Blum, June 4 2021

[billfromlaketravis 11352]

Greinke has been a pleasure to watch this season.  Not as dominant, but he reminds me of Maddox. 

[Gourmand 7774]

50 minutes ago, TonyTexas said:

Now they’re just showing off. 

[Wulaw Horn 18963]

7 minutes ago, TonyTexas said:

What an outing. I can never figure out that one word to describe Greinke. Crafty?  Unpredictable? Autistic? Fun?  Many others come to mind. I like him a lot. 

Autistic. It wraps it all in. The quirkiness. The high level production at a specific skill. The cringy interactions that are amazingly funny. 

[runthebone 7929]

Glad Greinke finished it.

[runthebone 7929]

nm

 

Edited June 5, 2021 by runthebone

[Mez2 4020]

 

 

 

[Mez2 4020]

#HTownPride 

[DaysOff 7821]

im ok with them hitting straw for pay back lol 

That's exactly what it was. He took his pinch like a man.

[HtownHorn 14446]

Greinke got 29/32 batters 1st strike. Damn. If you get ahead, change speeds, and locate in and out of the zone, you don't have to have shitty mechanics to produce 95+ mpg fastballs to get a great hitting team like the Blue Jays out.

[Guest]

12 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:

im ok with them hitting straw for pay back lol 

didn't get to see the game and can't find any highlights with the HBP.

Circumstances?

[Wulaw Horn 18963]

7 minutes ago, slorch said:

didn't get to see the game and can't find any highlights with the HBP.

Circumstances?

Straw was crushing the ball so they needed vengeance. He had 2 infield hits and a double that hit the shortstops glove and slowed down enough the cd couldn’t get it in time. Tour de force for miles. 

[Guest]

Thanks.

Was just wondering how a game like like that might have gotten chippy or if it was just an uh-oh HBP.

[Wulaw Horn 18963]

52 minutes ago, slorch said:

Thanks.

Was just wondering how a game like like that might have gotten chippy or if it was just an uh-oh HBP.

Sometimes when the pitcher is getting buttfucked they will send a message pitch to let everyone know to not dig in too much. That was my sense. 

[Js1 85056]

55 minutes ago, Wulaw Horn said:

Sometimes when the pitcher is getting buttfucked they will send a message pitch to let everyone know to not dig in too much. That was my sense. 

Stupid unwritten rules of baseball. “Oh you’re winning by too much, be nice!” Like that flipping out about swinging at 3-0 in the 9th with a big lead.

Fuck that, these guys make millions of dollars to win. Considering some contracts have incentives, an 8th inning HR in a 9-1 game might be the difference between hitting a certain HR number for an incentive and losing out on money. 

Baseball players need to grow up.  Also don’t throw a 3-0 meatball if you don’t want it to leave the park.  There’s rampant cheating the last 3 decades but it’s all about “the love of the game” and sportsmanship BS. 

Edited June 5, 2021 by Js1

[Hornsbay22 461]

Long time lurker 👀here.  Decided as a true Astros fan its finally time to become a poster.  Over the years I've truly enjoined all of your terrible opinions and melt downs when we sucks. 

Couple things about me:

1) Hate Myles Straw

2) 1 time share2care winner

3) Jose Altuve is the best Astros of all time.  

4) If you leave the Stros you're dead to me.  Screw you Springier. 

Edited June 5, 2021 by Hornsbay22

[Wulaw Horn 18963]

1 minute ago, Hornsbay22 said:

Long time lurker 👀here.  Decided as a true Astros fan its finally time to become a poster.  Over the years I've truly enjoined all of your terrible options and melt downs when we sucks. 

Couple things about me:

1) Hate Myles Straw

2) 1 time share2care winner

3) Jose Altuve is the best Astros of all time.  

4) If you leave the Stros you're dead to me.  Screw you Springier. 

Those are terrible takes. Go back to lurking. 
Just kidding. Welcome. 
 

[Scraps 13531]

Long time lurker here.  Decided as a true Astros fan its finally time to become a poster.  Over the years I've truly enjoined all of your terrible opinions and melt downs when we sucks. 
Couple things about me:
1) Hate Myles Straw
2) 1 time share2care winner
3) Jose Altuve is the best Astros of all time.  

[Gourmand 7774]

This is a pretty damn stout lineup. I personally need Yordan to start hitting HRs again. 

 

 

[DallasGatr 216]

Long time lurker here.  Decided as a true Astros fan its finally time to become a poster.  Over the years I've truly enjoined all of your terrible opinions and melt downs when we sucks. 
Couple things about me:
1) Hate Myles Straw
2) 1 time share2care winner
3) Jose Altuve is the best Astros of all time.  
4) If you leave the Stros you're dead to me.  Screw you Springier. 

Your take number 4 is really not nice.

[Sleepygrad 1029]

Att SportsNet having video difficulties....fuck

[Wulaw Horn 18963]

1 minute ago, DallasGatr said:

Your take number 4 is really not nice.

And #3, at this point in time, is just objectively wrong. It’s Bagwell at peak and right now Biggio for longevity. 
I love Altuve but he’s probably 3rd right now, maybe even 4th behind Berkman. 
he’s moving up the lot and I expect him to end his career no lower than #2. 

[David Dennison 18605]

I love Jose Altuve, but he is a garbage base runner.

Good grief.

[David Dennison 18605]

We have to have the dumbest base runners of all time.

 

[tx 3 putt 76158]

slide you dumb mother fucker 

[Wulaw Horn 18963]

Went over here to see if scraps checked in yet. Surprised he hasn’t. I will say- that was a spectacular throw by Gurriel the younger. 

[David Dennison 18605]

It's staggering how incompetent they are.

[Hornsbay22 461]

We can all agree on point 1? Myles Straw isn't even good at the one tool he is supposed to have.

[TonyTexas 10478]

6 minutes ago, Hornsbay22 said:

We can all agree on point 1? Myles Straw isn't even good at the one tool he is supposed to have.

Yeah. Shit like this should  cost him some playing time. But it probably won’t. 

 

[Wulaw Horn 18963]

I like Diaz and all,  it if we had to have a Cuban end up with a broken hand I’m glad it was him and not one of the other 2. 
straw gonna go yakety yak grand slam here. 

[tx 3 putt 76158]

straw is a dumb mother fucker, well known fact

 

that diaz hbp was ugly 

[Gourmand 7774]

if Diaz isn't out for a while I think he will have dodged a hollow tip bullet because that sounded and looked really fucking bad

[Wulaw Horn 18963]

This is a really fucking frustrating game. I’d be shocked if we win this one. We’d been pretty crisp lately when trying to win (Dusty inexplicably punting the Thursday game) but this is not that. 

[Honeysucklerose 957]

Bregman isn’t that good anymore

[Gourmand 7774]

good situation for Paredes to get some work

[Gourmand 7774]

ay yi yi Enoli 

nowhere near the strike zone

[cabowabo 4449]

How many chances is this guy gonna get?  He needs to be sent down to the minors. 

[Gourmand 7774]

Dad just chewed him out

[Gourmand 7774]

Just now, cabowabo said:

How many chances is this guy gonna get?  He needs to be sent down to the minors. 

did you see his last outing?

[Gourmand 7774]

Stripling needs to step in the fucking batters box against Enoli

[Gourmand 7774]

 

[Gourmand 7774]

21 minutes ago, cabowabo said:

How many chances is this guy gonna get?  He needs to be sent down to the minors. 

[Hornsbay22 461]

0-1 since posting, back to anonymity is it.  PS fuck Straw and Parades.  Also Smith should opt out again....pussy.