2021 Houston Astros Thread

[Honeysucklerose 1006]

I legit just grabbed two tickets from the Astros website. Section 417

[Wulaw Horn 19560]

6 minutes ago, Honeysucklerose said:

I legit just grabbed two tickets from the Astros website. Section 417

How the hell’s is that happen?  Awesome and congrats. 

[WBT 20879]

8 minutes ago, Honeysucklerose said:

I legit just grabbed two tickets from the Astros website. Section 417

Congrats.  I jumped on and 410 and 417 weren't grayed out on the seat map but when I clicked on each section, no tickets.

[UTexasFight 9787]

Man they jacked up the prices. those were $280 originally. Now $420.

I signed up for a Braves newsletter for the hell of it to get a presale code today and face value was over $800 for their nosebleeds

general public sale starts at 9am tomorrow for anyone going to ATL but still looking for tickets. But seems clear they are pricing whatever small sliver of inventory that hasn’t already been sold at a level they think the market will pay

[Honeysucklerose 1006]

Man they jacked up the prices. those were $280 originally. Now $420.
I signed up for a Braves newsletter for the hell of it to get a presale code today and face value was over $800 for their nosebleeds
general public sale starts at 9am tomorrow for anyone going to ATL but still looking for tickets. But seems clear they are pricing whatever small sliver of inventory that hasn’t already been sold at a level they think the market will pay

I thought they were $280 too. Crazy

[Fudge Nuggets 19407]

Bring on the titter World Series

 

vs

 

[tx 3 putt 78461]

Don’t forget Juicy’s 

😂😂😂😂

[Dnaguy 12572]

11 hours ago, Gourmand said:

He's wrong because he's framing it as a "tragedy" when the Astros mowed down the Red Sox, Yankees, and Dodgers (all teams who were also cheating) on their way to the World Series. The only reason it was ever the big story it became was not because of what the Astros did but because of who they beat along the way. 

It's just more sanctimonious bullshit that plays into the wheelhouse of weak fans like SBBruin, Helo, and MCBreath.

So much this.

[Guest]

10 hours ago, Planet Houston said:

MLB wants us to open the roof per a good Astros source.

They should have had another team win the American league then.

Fuck em.

[TexArcher 38816]

Oh shit, it's World Series Game Day.

[Scraps 13744]

I thought they were $280 too. Crazy

280 was only for the corners(405-408 and 432-434) . Sec 417 was higher.

[Mez2 4041]

Biggest game of the season boys 

[texashorne 1185]

11 minutes ago, Mez2 said:

Biggest game of the season boys 

There's playoff implications

[Horn80 6313]

Go Astros

[UTexasFight 9787]

1 hour ago, Scraps said:

280 was only for the corners(405-408 and 432-434) . Sec 417 was higher.
 

Fwiw, I paid $270 for corners (407, 408), $280 for 414 during the presale. 417 may have been higher than that, but don’t think ~$120 higher.

[Scraps 13744]

 

Yeah corners were $288 after fees.  

The secondary market right now is absurd.  I see fools trying to sell those shitty $288 seats for like $1000 each on facebook 

Edited October 26, 2021 by Scraps

[Seasick Sailor 3747]

 
Yeah corners were $288 after fees.  
The secondary market right now is absurd.  I see fools trying to sell those shitty $288 seats for like $1000 each on facebook 

The corners are going for $400 before fees on StubHub.

[UTexasFight 9787]

But dropping

and will continue to imo.

i don’t see there being a rush of buyers to the market for tonight or tomorrow.

[Planet Houston 4949]

I’m taking my 7 year old son tonight. I’m hoping it’s a lifetime memory for both of us. To UTF’s point, I am waiting it out on StubHub/SeatGeek and expect the price to be fairly reasonable ~1 hr before gametime when holders start dumping inventory. 

[Scraps 13744]

So I guess the question of the morning is Meyers, Stubbs, or Marwin? 

[HtownHorn 15243]

I go with Stubbs, as it frees Castro for more PH'ing options.

[Scraps 13744]

 

Edited October 26, 2021 by Scraps

[Scraps 13744]

 

[Scraps 13744]

9 minutes ago, HtownHorn said:

I go with Stubbs, as it frees Castro for more PH'ing options.

Agreed.  

Stubbs is garbage, but I think we have to bring him along since NL rules and shit 

[texashorne 1185]

13 hours ago, UTexasFight said:

Not sure I can believe all of that, but if the Braves asked Manfred to open the roof and MLB is listening to Atlanta now…after the all star game stuff, that’s pretty rich.

would be nice if that cool front stalled and the 100% chance of rain Wednesday pushed from the morning to the evening.

or just leave the roof open all day, field gets soaked, rainout until Thursday fuckers

 

The roof should be closed; 70 percent chance of rain Wednesday.. But even if Manfred forces the Astros to do it, and the Astros do not, what is the penalty? If its a fine, go ahead and just pay it... Then, weld the fucker shut this offseason and create the Juicedome. 

 

 

[Enchubben 5597]

i'm getting nothing done today if these hype videos keep getting posted. 

[UTexasFight 9787]

5 minutes ago, Enchubben said:

i'm getting nothing done today because it’s World Series day. 

Fify

[WBT 20879]

The roof should be open when the weather's nice.  Regular season and playoffs.

[Rip76 5009]

LFG!!!!

[Dondrysdale1 375]

1 hour ago, WBT said:

The roof should be open when the weather's nice.  Regular season and playoffs.

But it’s not nice weather. it’s overcast and quite humid with chances of rain today and tomorrow 

Edited October 26, 2021 by Dondrysdale1

[henrygandorf 29218]

7 months and 450 pages ago, we stalked @Planet Houston to start this thread. 

today it finally pays off.

happy world series day!

[Guadaloopy 11129]

Yep… I’m not quite a full kit wanker, but repping the Astros pretty hard today. 

 

[runthebone 8322]

Today's a great day for the Astros to win their first World Series Game 1.  Let's go!

[Scraps 13744]

11 minutes ago, Dondrysdale1 said:

But it’s not nice weather. it’s overcast and quite humid with chances of rain today and tomorrow 

rain should be gone by like 1pm tomorrow and then it is going to be amazing

[HtownHorn 15243]

It appears that the media have finally caught onto Mattress Mack. Fan Duel offered him $5M to cash out, obviously they are idiots because he's making money either way.

[Gourmand 7778]

I've watched Bonda's video about 25 times this morning. 

Chills man. 

LETS F'N GOOOOO ASTROS. 

[Guadaloopy 11129]

7 minutes ago, Gourmand said:

I've watched Bonda's video about 25 times this morning. 

Chills man. 

LETS F'N GOOOOO ASTROS. 

That Machete/Baker hug at the end is beautiful.  

[WBT 20879]

Nosebleeds dropping below the $500 barrier already

[Rip76 5009]

Sorry, one more.

I'm f'ing ready....

[tx 3 putt 78461]

Roster ?

[Jshep34 2425]

I’m taking my 7 year old son tonight. I’m hoping it’s a lifetime memory for both of us. To UTF’s point, I am waiting it out on StubHub/SeatGeek and expect the price to be fairly reasonable ~1 hr before gametime when holders start dumping inventory. 

Come find us and say hi

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[Seasick Sailor 3747]

[Seasick Sailor 3747]

Marwin replaces Meyers. I know Stubb's was the choice for some, but I'm not sure Castro would get any meaningful ABs against a RHP given the make up of Atlanta's pen.

[UTexasFight 9787]

[henrygandorf 29218]

carrying both marwin and aledmys makes some sense when 2+ games are in an nl park.

[UTexasFight 9787]

1 hour ago, WBT said:

Nosebleeds dropping below the $500 barrier already

Try $400 (before fees anyway)

[Scraps 13744]

I am good with Marwin. The chances of him coming up big late in a game is way higher than stubbs. Stubbs benefit would just be more backup/flexibility at catcher if needed.

[TonyTexas 10682]

[Seasick Sailor 3747]

I thought Garcia would start 2 and 6*. But I guess Dusty wants the best defensive outfield for Urquidy, which he couldn't give him and start Yordan in game 3. 

[IDIOTsavant 8673]

1 minute ago, Seasick Sailor said:

I thought Garcia would start 2 and 6*. But I guess Dusty wants the best defensive outfield for Urquidy, which he couldn't give him and start Yordan in game 3. 

Plus I'm not sure Luis is a guy you want to start on short rest.