2022 Houston Astros Thread

[WBT 20745]

Lulz.  Goes against his never gets emotional rep.

[Seasick Sailor 3747]

 

[Wulaw Horn 19249]

Just now, Seasick Sailor said:

 

Hopefully ready to go next season somewhere other than Houston.  We don't need to pay that guy 3.5 million to be our 5th highest leverage guy in the bullpen.  But, glad he did that.  If Will Smith could just get his arm caught in a thresher and Dubon could pull a hammy then we'd take all the potential sharp objects away from Dusty.  

[Seasick Sailor 3747]

I would have flipped LMJ and Valdez, but, whatever, Astros in 3. 

[dr99 560]

3 hours ago, TonyTexas said:

“Ex-Astro cheater, Joe Musgrove, was taught to cheat by the cheatingest organization in the history of cheating. If the Padres beat the Dodgers, it will be invalid because of those cheating Astros   “

The Astros taught him how to use his earwax to grip the baseball

[henrygandorf 29199]

the way these series are scheduled, coupled with the wildcard lightning round, weirdly puts a lot of pressure on the home teams with a defined ace.  not as much fried, because atl has several guys, but think of the yankees and cole.  tonight is kind of a must win.  if you lose with cole in a clear g1 mismatch on the mound, then you're facing bieber + mckenzie (one of which on the road) against lesser sp.

yeah, the days off help, and cole could go in g4 on normal rest (on the road) but it really puts a lot of pressure on the home teams and their aces - cole, jv, fried, urias.  atlanta is already down 4-1.  if philly can win and still have their wheeler/nola powder dry, that not only flips homefield, but it flips the sp advantage.

as for seattle - castillo and gilbert scare me more than ray, so we'll see how that goes.  nice that castillo can only really start one game.

Edited October 11, 2022 by henrygandorf

[Wulaw Horn 19249]

Game 3 is a 3:07 PM Central time start.  Which is good for us as we can watch the Horns Cyclones leading in with no overlap. 

[Guadaloopy 11039]

[Seasick Sailor 3747]

16 minutes ago, henrygandorf said:

atlanta is already down 4-1.  if philly can win and still have their wheeler/nola powder dry, that not only flips homefield, but it flips the sp advantage.

Philly is going to be the NL East team we face in the World Series this time aren't they? 

[tx 3 putt 77934]

[Seasick Sailor 3747]

Cobo's?

[TexArcher 38420]

7 minutes ago, Seasick Sailor said:

Philly is going to be the NL East team we face in the World Series this time aren't they? 

Yes, please

[tx 3 putt 77934]

[Seasick Sailor 3747]

6 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

Can you please tell me whether the BBQ is actually good? I know Astros twitter is all about it, but I never see that anyone orders just meat and sides. It seems like everything is put into a quesadilla with mac and cheese or ramen or some other shit. 

[Seasick Sailor 3747]

 

[tx 3 putt 77934]

7 minutes ago, Seasick Sailor said:

Can you please tell me whether the BBQ is actually good? I know Astros twitter is all about it, but I never see that anyone orders just meat and sides. It seems like everything is put into a quesadilla with mac and cheese or ramen or some other shit. 

Ate at the house 

[Player 4576]

Dumbass:
 

That’s not how we do things here Philip.

[tx 3 putt 77934]

 

 

[TexArcher 38420]

Just now, tx 3 putt said:

 

I bet we'll be in prime time when we sweep the Yankees, tho.

[Reese Bennett 3625]

I’m in Europe. Anyone have a link?

[TexArcher 38420]

LET'S DO THIS THING

[Guadaloopy 11039]

JV not sharp to start.  Hope he finds it quickly.  

[TexArcher 38420]

A strike and then 6 balls.  Yikes.

[Wulaw Horn 19249]

Shitty call on 0-1 to change the complexion of the AB and ends in a walk. Awesome, guess we are still doing that. 

[Seasick Sailor 3747]

Just now, TexArcher said:

A strike and then 6 balls.  Yikes.

To be fair, it was two strikes, but he got squeezed.

[kevwun 15943]

His 2nd pitch was also a strike.

[David Dennison 19121]

Not ideal.

[TexArcher 38420]

Suboptimal

[Guadaloopy 11039]

Concede the run and right the ship.

[tx 3 putt 77934]

3 minutes ago, Guadaloopy said:

JV not sharp to start.  Hope he finds it quickly.  

 

[Pablo 495]

this fucking ump

[WBT 20745]

Everything high

[Pablo 495]

that was a sweet pitch - 1 down, lets get 2

[WBT 20745]

Wasn't ready for middle middle

[Rockethorn1978 6153]

Well fuck

[TexArcher 38420]

Needed the strikeout, but I'm pretty sure he didn't mean to hang that slider twice.

A little nervey here.

[Pablo 495]

bleh

[Guadaloopy 11039]

Astros were not told that catchers are allowed to hit.

[David Dennison 19121]

Walks are bad.

[tx 3 putt 77934]

his fastball is floating

[Rockethorn1978 6153]

Not the way I envisioned starting our run to our second WS. Astros always make it harder on themselves. 

[Pablo 495]

3 outs - 1 run, not terrible

[tx 3 putt 77934]

let's get that run back 

[Guadaloopy 11039]

1 run ain't shit.  

[TexArcher 38420]

Good job to get out of that with a couple of pop-ups.  

Not worried.  If you're gonna get to JV, it's usually in the 1st, and one run ain't much.  He'll settle in.

[Gut Wagon 8118]

We're fine. Settle in and rake. 

[rvm96 1643]

Could have been a lot worse. Santana scares me.

[UDontKnow 10505]

Just now, Pablo said:

3 outs - 1 run, not terrible

But 24 pitches. Potential for significant bullpen action this game.

[elfenix 34387]

Get in your seats

[Pablo 495]

1 minute ago, UDontKnow said:

But 24 pitches. Potential for significant bullpen action this game.

Definitely not what we wanted, but he has experience and hopefully the will to go deep and not give up much more.