2022 Houston Astros Thread

[tx 3 putt 77560]

Let’s get some runs !!!!

[PenelopeWitherspoon 19165]

14 minutes ago, Grade of D as in David said:

I'm drinking whiskey and smoking weed. 

Level up.

I'm onto Anna Pavlovas.  Vodka, egg white, lemon juice, vanilla, and simple syrup.

It was rough deciding what to drink.

 

[StruggleBus 3922]

What a terrible at bat in that spot. Didn’t throw a single strike. I’ll take it!

[kevwun 15936]

And the lesson boys and girls is never throw Abreu for 2 innings.

[Dnaguy 12109]

Just now, Macklemore said:

Neris with fucking ballsy pitching there. Let’s fucking win this now!

Not to sound shitty, but that was 100% the batter fucking up and not the pitcher throwing good pitches.

sometimes it’s better to be lucky than good.

[PenelopeWitherspoon 19165]

19 minutes ago, deadshank said:

My bar is full of select stuff. C’mon over. 

In NYC?

[TonyTexas 10535]

Pitch bounces in front of plate. Fox announcer “That was an impressive take”. WTF?

[rvm96 1643]

4 minutes ago, Wulaw Horn said:

The bullpen guy I trust the least. Gulp. 

Honest question, you trust Will Smith more?

[royiv 9383]

1 minute ago, PenelopeWitherspoon said:

I'm onto Anna Pavlovas.  Vodka, egg white, lemon juice, vanilla, and simple syrup.

It was rough deciding what to drink.

 

That's a lot of work while watching a game!

[deadshank 24653]

Just now, Dnaguy said:

Not to sound shitty, but that was 100% the batter fucking up and not the pitcher throwing good pitches.

sometimes it’s better to be lucky than good.

Mr. Positive. 

[Dnaguy 12109]

1 minute ago, PenelopeWitherspoon said:

I'm onto Anna Pavlovas.  Vodka, egg white, lemon juice, vanilla, and simple syrup.

It was rough deciding what to drink.

 

[Guadaloopy 11023]

Time to reave souls.  

[Zeus 6176]

8 minutes ago, Tommy Nobis said:

Is Dusty wearing rubber gloves to the mound?

COVID, then superstition lol

Always wears the black gloves

[WBT 20675]

1 minute ago, Dnaguy said:

Not to sound shitty, but that was 100% the batter fucking up and not the pitcher throwing good pitches.

sometimes it’s better to be lucky than good.

 

1 minute ago, TonyTexas said:

Pitch bounces in front of plate. Fox announcer “That was an impressive take”. WTF?

See, part of the challenge of hitting is recognizing whether a pitch is a strike or not in the fraction of a second it takes to reach the plate

[PenelopeWitherspoon 19165]

Just now, royiv said:

That's a lot of work while watching a game!

My TV is wall mounted and rotates.  It also slows me down, which is a good thing.

[Dnaguy 12109]

Just now, deadshank said:

Mr. Positive. 

[deadshank 24653]

Just now, PenelopeWitherspoon said:

In NYC?

Deer camp in Uvalde County.  
 

Much more interesting than Manhattan. 

[Dnaguy 12109]

Just now, Zeus said:

COVID, then superstition lol

Always wears the black gloves

[TexArcher 38080]

Big sticks coming up here with an extra half-inning in our pocket.

Let's.  Fucking.  Go.

[rvm96 1643]

1 minute ago, Dnaguy said:

Not to sound shitty, but that was 100% the batter fucking up and not the pitcher throwing good pitches.

sometimes it’s better to be lucky than good.

[David Dennison 18951]

Automatic.

[Wulaw Horn 19153]

I honestly don’t know if we can win this series if Altuve is garbage again. 

[LTtxfan 49378]

4 minutes ago, Dnaguy said:

 

[utxmike05 1828]

Mfer

[Guadaloopy 11023]

2 minutes ago, Dnaguy said:

Not to sound shitty, but that was 100% the batter fucking up and not the pitcher throwing good pitches.

sometimes it’s better to be lucky than good.

And then there’s making “bad” pitches look like good pitches or pitching to a hitter’s tendencies.   Pitching isn’t always about throwing a strike.       

[elfenix 34340]

Holy shit altuve what the fuck is going on

[PenelopeWitherspoon 19165]

1 minute ago, deadshank said:

Deer camp in Uvalde County.  
 

Much more interesting than Manhattan. 

[WBT 20675]

Just now, Wulaw Horn said:

I honestly don’t know if we can win this series if Altuve is garbage again. 

of course we can

[Tommy Nobis 905]

Drop Tuve in the lineup. For the love of winning a WS

[YChang 3463]

Lol, I guess at least Jose is on the solid contact track now….

[UDontKnow 10450]

Need Altuve's defense (thanks Verlander!), otherwise he should be subbed out.

[PenelopeWitherspoon 19165]

We need Alvarez to get something going.  

[deadshank 24653]

Just now, PenelopeWitherspoon said:

Live a little. 

[YChang 3463]

Come on, Yordan… 

[WBT 20675]

So many mid-inning pitching changes

[utxmike05 1828]

How the hell does the bottom of the order put this guy on the ropes? Yet our top of order cant do shit. 

[Guadaloopy 11023]

Thomson’s running out of bullets.  

Edited October 29, 2022 by Guadaloopy

[Wulaw Horn 19153]

4 minutes ago, Tommy Nobis said:

You’ve said this multiple times this post season and have been dead wrong. Time to admit Neris is alright.

You have to read that literally. That’s not me saying he sucks, that’s me saying I trust Presley, Stanek, Montero, Abreu and Brown more. 
With the bases loaded though it had to be him. You can’t go with Brown or Stanek bc they aren’t strike throwers. 

[perfectchaos007 6677]

The susceptible Philly bullpen is doing just fine against us.

[UDontKnow 10450]

Astros top order making it easy for Phillies relievers.

[Dnaguy 12109]

Phillies going all in … in the 7th.

Ballsy.

[WBT 20675]

Just now, Guadaloopy said:

Thompson’s running out of bullets.  

*Thomson

He's from the Jimy Williams school of managing

[David Dennison 18951]

How much longer do you let your worst hitter have the most ABs?

[utxmike05 1828]

We at least we know we can go 18innings. Outlast them 

[HtownHorn 14792]

Just for comparison, after a shitty ALCS Springer went golden sombrero in Game 1 of the WS, before going on to win the MVP.

 

Altuve should be bunting every game until he starts hitting.

Edited October 29, 2022 by HtownHorn

[Guadaloopy 11023]

2 minutes ago, Tommy Nobis said:

Drop Tuve in the lineup. For the love of winning a WS

George Springer says “hi.”

[WBT 20675]

Just now, David Dennison said:

How much longer do you let your worst hitter have the most ABs?

He's not our worst hitter.

[Rockethorn1978 6109]

Offense has gone to shit

[Wulaw Horn 19153]

5 minutes ago, rvm96 said:

Honest question, you trust Will Smith more?

No. I don’t consider him part of the bullpen in the sense he’s only going to pitch in the lowest conceivable leverage situation possible. 

[Dnaguy 12109]

Just now, David Dennison said:

How much longer do you let your worst hitter have the most ABs?

Do you even Dusty Baker brah?!