2021 Houston Astros Thread

[Mo Horn 8,933]

2 minutes ago, Rip76 said:

Pitcher for tomorrow?

Nobody

[Chuckie Finster 22,978]

Winning 2/3 in Boston insanely exceeded my expectations. Let’s close this shit out on Friday.

Also holy fuck Framber. Legendary Houston sports performance.

[TexArcher 38,816]

8 minutes ago, Rip76 said:

Pitcher for tomorrow?

Yordan

[Mez2 4,041]

8 minutes ago, Rip76 said:

Pitcher for tomorrow?

Lone star.

 

[henrygandorf 29,223]

let’s close this out on friday and award the series mvp to who the fuck cares. 

[runthebone 8,322]

9 minutes ago, Rip76 said:

Pitcher for tomorrow?

The Bears

[UTexasFight 9,789]

Since the third inning of game 3 (24 innings), 6 Red Sox runs 

 

[Scraps 13,745]

let’s close this out on friday and award the series mvp to who the fuck cares. 

Yordan when he hits 3 more homers

[henrygandorf 29,223]

finally watching postgame. is papi supposed to at least pretend to be impartial?

figure at this point it’ll be astros v braves just so we have to deal with ajp/frank thomas -> big papi -> smoltz. 

gattis/reddick need to get into broadcasting. i’ll settle for josh donaldson at this point. 

[HtownHorn 15,243]

Donaldson and Stroman have been pretty pro Astros on twitter lately. They know what's up.

[runthebone 8,322]

24 minutes ago, Guadaloopy said:

Listening to the Dojers broadcast and Charley Steiner bemoaning the third HR given up by Urias , was envious of the length that Framber showed today.  He should also be envious of the girth that Yordan showed.  

To be fair, they did get Josh Fields.

[CycleTex87 3,003]

I like the TBS score graphic better than the Fox Sports graphic.  

[Gourmand 7,778]

The Red Sox were 18th this year in walks. 

Weird how they became the most disciplined team at the plate we've faced all year in gm 3 and 4 at Fenway, with walks leading to bases loaded situations and then three grand slams in two games with huge blowouts early. 21 postseason HRs, a new record. Their hitters laid off breaking pitch after breaking pitch, many of which weren't perfect but quite a few were pitches that often generate swings. They were hitting EVERYTHING hard and super-selective at the plate.  

Then, the Astros miraculously stop giving up grand slams and the Red Sox bats don't do shit. They scored one run in the last 17 innings. 

And then there's a weird ass light in the outfield scoreboard discovered on a day when Framber Valdez absolutely mows down Red Sox hitters and does the one thing no Astros starter has been able to do in this series......go 3+ innings.

Alex Cora and the Red Sox need to get dragged for this because we all know the Astros would.

[tx 3 putt 78,470]

3 minutes ago, runthebone said:

To be fair, they did get Josh Fields.

 

id like to know which dodger exec thought this was a good swap ?

[Scraps 13,745]

 
id like to know which dodger exec thought this was a good swap ?

The genius

[Wishbone 4,924]

1 minute ago, tx 3 putt said:

 

id like to know which dodger exec thought this was a good swap ?

You’ll never get anyone to admit it.

[HtownHorn 15,243]

1 minute ago, Gourmand said:

The Red Sox were 18th this year in walks. 

Weird how they became the most disciplined team at the plate we've faced all year in gm 3 and 4 at Fenway, with walks leading to bases loaded situations and then three grand slams in two games with huge blowouts early. 21 postseason HRs, a new record. Their hitters laid off breaking pitch after breaking pitch, many of which weren't perfect but quite a few were pitches that often generate swings. They were hitting EVERYTHING hard and super-selective at the plate.  

Then, the Astros miraculously stop giving up grand slams and the Red Sox bats don't do shit. They scored one run in the last 17 innings. 

And then there's a weird ass light in the outfield scoreboard discovered on a day when Framber Valdez absolutely mows down Red Sox hitters and does the one thing no Astros starter has been able to do in this series......go 3+ innings.

Alex Cora and the Red Sox need to get dragged for this because we all know the Astros would.

The light was being used to distract our hitters. Likely it was around Sale's release point, and made it harder to pick up his pitches. He had his best start of the postseason, until the light got shut off and the Astros immediately put 5 up on him and some relievers.

[Rip76 5,009]

Jesus.

Pitcher for Friday.  I hate you.

One too many Weller’s

[UTexasFight 9,789]

Good lord

Y’all need take off the tin foil hat and just enjoy the win

 

(and for the record, we (‘04 team) still own the record for most HRs through 9 postseason games)

[Scraps 13,745]

Jesus.
Pitcher for Friday.  I hate you.
One too many Weller’s

Which inning?

[billfromlaketravis 11,784]

1 minute ago, Gourmand said:

The Red Sox were 18th this year in walks. 

Weird how they became the most disciplined team at the plate we've faced all year in gm 3 and 4 at Fenway, with walks leading to bases loaded situations and then three grand slams in two games with huge blowouts early. 21 postseason HRs, a new record. Their hitters laid off breaking pitch after breaking pitch, many of which weren't perfect but quite a few were pitches that often generate swings. They were hitting EVERYTHING hard and super-selective at the plate.  

Then, the Astros miraculously stop giving up grand slams and the Red Sox bats don't do shit. They scored one run in the last 17 innings. 

And then there's a weird ass light in the outfield scoreboard discovered on a day when Framber Valdez absolutely mows down Red Sox hitters and does the one thing no Astros starter has been able to do in this series......go 3+ innings.

Alex Cora and the Red Sox need to get dragged for this because we all know the Astros would.

The Xander home run last night was probably the most obvious pitch tipping incident I’ve ever seen. 
 

Devers is at first staring at Greinke. He makes no attempt to take a lead, or get in position to get a good jump. Just stares at Greinke. Zach gathers for the pitch, Devers motions towards home with his hands, and Xander hits it out. 
 

Perfectly legal, but it demonstrates how big a part of their offense it is. 

[billfromlaketravis 11,784]

7 minutes ago, Gourmand said:

The Red Sox were 18th this year in walks. 

Weird how they became the most disciplined team at the plate we've faced all year in gm 3 and 4 at Fenway, with walks leading to bases loaded situations and then three grand slams in two games with huge blowouts early. 21 postseason HRs, a new record. Their hitters laid off breaking pitch after breaking pitch, many of which weren't perfect but quite a few were pitches that often generate swings. They were hitting EVERYTHING hard and super-selective at the plate.  

Then, the Astros miraculously stop giving up grand slams and the Red Sox bats don't do shit. They scored one run in the last 17 innings. 

And then there's a weird ass light in the outfield scoreboard discovered on a day when Framber Valdez absolutely mows down Red Sox hitters and does the one thing no Astros starter has been able to do in this series......go 3+ innings.

Alex Cora and the Red Sox need to get dragged for this because we all know the Astros would.

Cora is already calling it a “fan operated light.” How convenient Alex. 

[Smax 3,800]

8 minutes ago, Gourmand said:

The Red Sox were 18th this year in walks. 

Weird how they became the most disciplined team at the plate we've faced all year in gm 3 and 4 at Fenway, with walks leading to bases loaded situations and then three grand slams in two games with huge blowouts early. 21 postseason HRs, a new record. Their hitters laid off breaking pitch after breaking pitch, many of which weren't perfect but quite a few were pitches that often generate swings. They were hitting EVERYTHING hard and super-selective at the plate.  

Then, the Astros miraculously stop giving up grand slams and the Red Sox bats don't do shit. They scored one run in the last 17 innings. 

And then there's a weird ass light in the outfield scoreboard discovered on a day when Framber Valdez absolutely mows down Red Sox hitters and does the one thing no Astros starter has been able to do in this series......go 3+ innings.

Alex Cora and the Red Sox need to get dragged for this because we all know the Astros would.

 

I'm leaning more towards pitch tipping or the like, it would take a huge amount of stupidity for the sox to set up a technology based sign stealing

[Gourmand 7,778]

Just now, UTexasFight said:

Good lord

Y’all need take off the tin foil hat and just enjoy the win

 

(and for the record, we (‘04 team) still own the record for most HRs through 9 postseason games)

It's not tin foil hat. Three grand slams in two games????? 21 HRs? Alex Cora, the architect of the scheme with Houston? After MLB blamed their previous cheating on a rogue employee and gave the organization a free pass???

There is no way they weren't on our signs. The Astros and Strom just adjusted and made them pay. 

[henrygandorf 29,223]

9 minutes ago, Gourmand said:

The Red Sox were 18th this year in walks. 

Weird how they became the most disciplined team at the plate we've faced all year in gm 3 and 4 at Fenway, with walks leading to bases loaded situations and then three grand slams in two games with huge blowouts early. 21 postseason HRs, a new record. Their hitters laid off breaking pitch after breaking pitch, many of which weren't perfect but quite a few were pitches that often generate swings. They were hitting EVERYTHING hard and super-selective at the plate.  

Then, the Astros miraculously stop giving up grand slams and the Red Sox bats don't do shit. They scored one run in the last 17 innings. 

And then there's a weird ass light in the outfield scoreboard discovered on a day when Framber Valdez absolutely mows down Red Sox hitters and does the one thing no Astros starter has been able to do in this series......go 3+ innings.

Alex Cora and the Red Sox need to get dragged for this because we all know the Astros would.

their bats went crazy in games 2 and 3 but i agree.

[WBT 20,884]

11 minutes ago, CycleTex87 said:

I like the TBS score graphic better than the Fox Sports graphic.  

You don't like two shades of color for each team and three different fonts?

Edited October 21, 2021 by WBT

[HtownHorn 15,243]

"And if not for that missed call in the 1st inning to Devers in game 2, that lead to their GS, the series would have ended tonight." ~ Bizzaro Jeff Passan.

[Wishbone 4,924]

Cora is the common denominator in all of the cheating issues/accusations from 2017 forward.

Oh, and add Beltran.

Edited October 21, 2021 by Wishbone

[billfromlaketravis 11,784]

I think it was generally pitch tipping. Strom said as much. Live by it, die by it Cora. 
 

The outfield light should be investigated, but it probably won’t. 

[Wishbone 4,924]

3 minutes ago, billfromlaketravis said:

I think it was generally pitch tipping. Strom said as much. Live by it, die by it Cora. 
 

The outfield light should be investigated, but it probably won’t. 

Probably a proctologist’s scope given the recent series trend.

[tx 3 putt 78,470]

dusty said it was a piece of reflective tape 

[Gourmand 7,778]

Just now, tx 3 putt said:

dusty said it was a piece of reflective tape 

that's what he said he was told it was by Alex Cora

[Mez2 4,041]

Reflective tape doesnt have light bulbs

[tx 3 putt 78,470]

 

 

 

 

 

[TexArcher 38,816]

19 minutes ago, HtownHorn said:

The light was being used to distract our hitters. Likely it was around Sale's release point, and made it harder to pick up his pitches. He had his best start of the postseason, until the light got shut off and the Astros immediately put 5 up on him and some relievers.

I'm not 100% sure I'm ready to jump in on this yet, but if this is true, wouldn't it be damn near impossible for the home plate ump not to notice it as well?  Did our guys point it out to the ump?  There's got to be more to this story.  There isn't one good reason for any type of light to be flashing out there at any point during a playoff game.  And it wasn't some rogue fan, so...  What happened?

Thank goodness we have the ethical journalists at ESPN to ask the tough questions.  Answers are surely coming...

[Wishbone 4,924]

3 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

dusty said it was a piece of reflective tape 

Hmmm… maybe. Looked like a flashlight to me.

Rechargable Q-Beam.

Edited October 21, 2021 by Wishbone

[tx 3 putt 78,470]

1 minute ago, Wishbone said:

Hmmm… maybe. Looked like a flashlight to me.

 

looked liked a led strip or something

[Shaggy3.0 1,695]

50 minutes ago, Rip76 said:

Pitcher for tomorrow?

No one.

[StruggleBus 3,922]

29 minutes ago, CycleTex87 said:

I like the TBS score graphic better than the Fox Sports graphic.  

The fox score graphic is a massive pile of shit 

[henrygandorf 29,223]

4 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

 

 

 

 

 

it looks great on tv and i'm a sucker for baseball history, but man that place is a fucking dump.

it's been a while since i've been, but last time there was water dripping on someone sitting in the seat like 3 to my right from...somewhere above us?  and the usher/red sox fans acted very non-surprised by it.  she just had to deal with it.

[Guadaloopy 11,129]

53 minutes ago, Rip76 said:

Pitcher for tomorrow?

Sidd Finch 

[Guadaloopy 11,129]

2 minutes ago, henrygandorf said:

it looks great on tv and i'm a sucker for baseball history, but man that place is a fucking dump.

it's been a while since i've been, but last time there was water dripping on someone sitting in the seat like 3 to my right from...somewhere above us?  and the usher/red sox fans acted very non-surprised by it.  she just had to deal with it.

Absolute dump with obstructed views everywhere.   But a great place to watch a game.  

[billfromlaketravis 11,784]

4 minutes ago, henrygandorf said:

it looks great on tv and i'm a sucker for baseball history, but man that place is a fucking dump.

it's been a while since i've been, but last time there was water dripping on someone sitting in the seat like 3 to my right from...somewhere above us?  and the usher/red sox fans acted very non-surprised by it.  she just had to deal with it.

Clam chowder concession stands doesn’t do it for you?!

[billfromlaketravis 11,784]

10 minutes ago, Guadaloopy said:

Absolute dump with obstructed views everywhere.   But a great place to watch a game.  

Wrigley Field is just two years newer and still is a magnificent ballpark with excellent sight lines throughout. A good architect makes all the difference. 

Edited October 21, 2021 by billfromlaketravis

[Huckleberry 34,407]

Am I missing an old joke? It looked pretty clearly like a flashlight and whoever was using it even started walking down some stairs before turning it off. I guess I could be seeing it wrong but that's what it looked like.

[The Dog 44,773]

The outfield light was some clueless employee looking for something. There’s a bar under the bleachers there and they close it at game time.

[Wulaw Horn 19,560]

1 minute ago, billfromlaketravis said:

Wrigley Field is just two years older and still is a magnificent ballpark with excellent sight lines throughout. A good architect makes all the difference. 

Blame the site as much as the architect in my opinion as it relates to Fenway. But yeah the one time I went my view was obstructed and I hated the experience of actually watching the game 

[IDIOTsavant 8,673]

[Wishbone 4,924]

Just now, Wulaw Horn said:

Blame the site as much as the architect in my opinion as it relates to Fenway. But yeah the one time I went my view was obstructed and I hated the experience of actually watching the game 

Probably not a good idea to look into construction contracts in Boston, however.

[runthebone 8,322]

I love Fenway.  Sitting in the outfield is great. 

 

You guys should love it, too, we just won 2 of 3 there.