2022 Houston Astros Thread

[Huckleberry 32849]

Just now, WBT said:

Any word on Yuli?

No worries, we're gonna have Jimbo Fisher evaluate him. 

[tx 3 putt 76874]

JV getting fired the fuck up talking about chas and mancini !

[StassneyHorn 6574]

You can’t take Greinke out of the game too early if Greinke is no longer on the team.

Point Dusty

[MaybeACoordinator 8349]

40 minutes ago, Gut Wagon said:

McCormick has been decidedly unclutch in some big spots. 

And very clutch in others 

[Guadaloopy 10960]

2 minutes ago, Huckleberry said:

No worries, we're gonna have Jimbo Fisher evaluate him. 

Consulting the Dolphins med staff, too.  

[jw4381 3070]

25 minutes ago, Guadaloopy said:

My God we have some idiots in this thread.  

[Kringelbert Fishtybuns 943]

2 minutes ago, StassneyHorn said:

You can’t take Greinke out of the game too early if Greinke is no longer on the team.

Point Dusty

We do miss the extra bat on the bench though.

[MaybeACoordinator 8349]

JV’s WS win is a precursor to Dusty finally bringing it home 

[David Dennison 18851]

I want to hear the radio call on Chas's catch.

[jw4381 3070]

That was one hell of a game. Great win for the Astros.

[tx 3 putt 76874]

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[Wulaw Horn 19068]

Need 7 from Framber Saturday and then Abreu in the 8th and Presley in the 9th. Avoid Montero. 

[Guadaloopy 10960]

1 minute ago, jw4381 said:

I just couldn’t believe multiple morons saying to pull Pressly after hitting Harper.  You don’t give Harper anything to hit there and take your chances with Castellanos.  It’s exactly how he should have pitched.  

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[rvm96 1643]

1 minute ago, tx 3 putt said:

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Gave it the discomfort tag

Edited November 4, 2022 by rvm96
Tweet posted above me

[tx 3 putt 76874]

 

[Huckleberry 32849]

Baker just said Gurriel has a sore right knee but it's obvious they don't know anything about extent. But he indicated his head is fine. 

[Horn80 6114]

6 minutes ago, MaybeACoordinator said:

And very clutch in others 

Chad was passive earlier on the Tucker catch and that motivated him even more to make his incredible catch.  He may not have made that catch without his earlier incident with Tucker.

Edited November 4, 2022 by Horn80

[The Dog 44019]

 

[Guadaloopy 10960]

4 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

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Not that we’re gonna need it, but that sets up well for a Kirk Gibson scenario redux.  

[rvm96 1643]

I'm hoping it doesn't come to this but if he is hurt do we get to replace him on the roster with like a Yanier Diaz?

[UTexasFight 9429]

6 minutes ago, Wulaw Horn said:

Need 7 from Framber Saturday and then Abreu in the 8th and Presley in the 9th. Avoid Montero. 

Gotta wonder if they go back to Stanek in place of Montero?

But yeah, 7 from Framber and cut out both would be ideal 

7 minutes ago, David Dennison said:

I want to hear the radio call on Chas's catch.

It was excellent

yall really should sync up the audio stream even if it means being a pitch or two delayed

so worth it 

[TonyTexas 10508]

5 minutes ago, Huckleberry said:

Baker just said Gurriel has a sore right knee but it's obvious they don't know anything about extent. But he indicated his head is fine. 

He played in the bottom of the 7th after the rundown. Couldn’t be that bad. 

[Macklemore 2876]

 

[Fudge Nuggets 19189]

15 minutes ago, WBT said:

Any word on Yuli?

Knee.  Day to day according to the radio.  Standard response that means nothing until they get a better look at it.

[Zeus 6015]

3 minutes ago, rvm96 said:

I'm hoping it doesn't come to this but if he is hurt do we get to replace him on the roster with like a Yanier Diaz?

Sounds crazy but I'd play someone who hasn't had many at bats all series. Looks like all our DHs are lost out there.

[Wulaw Horn 19068]

3 minutes ago, rvm96 said:

I'm hoping it doesn't come to this but if he is hurt do we get to replace him on the roster with like a Yanier Diaz?

Personally I’d go with a 3rd catcher so that I could actually DH vasquez and still have that emergency option in case of emergency. 
I also wouldn’t mind getting rid of Smith (too bad he tripped walking down the tarmac headed home). Guess we need the replacement there. 

[Fudge Nuggets 19189]

11 minutes ago, David Dennison said:

I want to hear the radio call on Chas's catch.

It was fucking awesome.  That's the most excited Ford and Sparks have been the entire postseason including Yordan's walkoff in the very first game.

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[Guadaloopy 10960]

2 minutes ago, Wulaw Horn said:

Personally I’d go with a 3rd catcher so that I could actually DH vasquez and still have that emergency option in case of emergency. 
I also wouldn’t mind getting rid of Smith (too bad he tripped walking down the tarmac headed home). Guess we need the replacement there. 

I’m shocked that Wulaw would suggest a 3rd catcher.  Shocked!

[Gourmand 7774]

32 minutes ago, Rimbo said:

And this game was theirs. 

How so? They didn't do much against our pitching. 

[dr99 560]

39 minutes ago, Macklemore said:

SHUT PHILLY FAN UP. Enjoy that huge  HUGE victory over the Texans. Their fans were yapping it up at NRG. We gladly trade a fucking Texans loss for an Astros win. 

HTOWN PRIDE. 

jokes on them, we want the Texans to lose every game so they can draft a quarterback

[Wulaw Horn 19068]

4 minutes ago, Guadaloopy said:

I’m shocked that Wulaw would suggest a 3rd catcher.  Shocked!

I mean, everyone in the world is suggesting we DH Vasquez and the reason we can’t is???? No 3rd catcher. We couldn’t have PR Fisher and might not have won game 5 in 2017 without the 3rd catcher. You don’t need 13 pitchers to win 4 out of 7, but you might need the 3rd catcher as insurance so you can get more aggro with your catcher bench moves. JL knew what was up. 

Edited November 4, 2022 by Wulaw Horn

[tx ind 7008]

 

[HtownHorn 14670]

4-0 in Game 5

0-3 in Game 6

 

[rvm96 1643]

6 minutes ago, Guadaloopy said:

I’m shocked that Wulaw would suggest a 3rd catcher.  Shocked!

That's partly why I suggested Diaz, but they would probably go Lee

[Guadaloopy 10960]

Just now, Wulaw Horn said:

I mean, everyone in the world is suggesting we DH Vasquez and the reason we can’t is???? Non3rd catcher. We couldn’t have PR Fisher and might not have won game 5 in 2017 without the 3rd catcher. You don’t need 13 pitchers to win 4 out of 7, but you might need the 3rd catcher as insurance so you can get more aggro with your credit bench moves. JL knew what was up. 

The only reason that we had a 3rd catcher in 2017 is that Gattis was our primary DH.   Granted, all of our DH options have suh-hucked this postseason, so yeah, let’s mix it up and make the Güero our DH.   

[UTexasFight 9429]

1 minute ago, HtownHorn said:

4-0 in Game 5

0-3 in Game 6

 

Yeah but Framber is undefeated in WS game 6’s

[HtownHorn 14670]

4 minutes ago, Wulaw Horn said:

I mean, everyone in the world is suggesting we DH Vasquez and the reason we can’t is???? No 3rd catcher. We couldn’t have PR Fisher and might not have won game 5 in 2017 without the 3rd catcher. You don’t need 13 pitchers to win 4 out of 7, but you might need the 3rd catcher as insurance so you can get more aggro with your catcher bench moves. JL knew what was up. 

Especially since Hunter Brown and Will Smith apparently upset Baker and haven't pitched to a single batter in the WS.

[Wulaw Horn 19068]

1 minute ago, HtownHorn said:

Especially since Hunter Brown and Will Smith apparently upset Baker and haven't pitched to a single batter in the WS.

I mean Will Smith was never going to pitch in any game that we weren’t down (checks notes) more than 7 runs I guess. 

[Fudge Nuggets 19189]

6 minutes ago, Wulaw Horn said:

I mean, everyone in the world is suggesting we DH Vasquez and the reason we can’t is???? No 3rd catcher. We couldn’t have PR Fisher and might not have won game 5 in 2017 without the 3rd catcher. You don’t need 13 pitchers to win 4 out of 7, but you might need the 3rd catcher as insurance so you can get more aggro with your catcher bench moves. JL knew what was up. 

You always bring up the one time a 3rd catcher came in handy in the history of postseason baseball.  And btw, the third catcher technically never came into the game even then.

[tx 3 putt 76874]

6 minutes ago, tx ind said:

 

 

radio said the stadium reaction to the chas catch was amazing. from full energy to zero hahaha

 

 

[TexArcher 37770]

4 minutes ago, HtownHorn said:

4-0 in Game 5

0-3 in Game 6

 

Yeah, and Verlander had 0 wins in 8 previous WS starts.

We're getting this ring.

[tx 3 putt 76874]

 

[Chuckie Finster 22694]

[Wulaw Horn 19068]

Just now, Fudge Nuggets said:

You always bring up the one time a 3rd catcher came in handy in the history of postseason baseball.  And btw, the third catcher technically never came into the game even then.

Right. But they couldn’t have made the substitution without the 3rd catcher existing. 
Will Smith has a 0.0% chance of affecting the series. The lack of third catcher makes them not use Vasquez as agressively as they otherwise would. 13 pitchers in a 7 game series with 2 off days is dumb. 

[tx 3 putt 76874]

 

[Fudge Nuggets 19189]

1 minute ago, tx 3 putt said:

 

radio said the stadium reaction to the chas catch was amazing. from full energy to zero hahaha

 

 

Thug pieces of shit.  Glad their last home game was a big fat hairy steaming pile of 'L'.

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[Fudge Nuggets 19189]

1 minute ago, Wulaw Horn said:

Right. But they couldn’t have made the substitution without the 3rd catcher existing. 
Will Smith has a 0.0% chance of affecting the series. The lack of third catcher makes them not use Vasquez as agressively as they otherwise would. 13 pitchers in a 7 game series with 2 off days is dumb. 

You realize Bregman got a hit that worst case moves McCann to third base.  Then we had prime, nut-dragging Altuve up next.

It's not like we had zero chance if Fisher didn't score on Bregman's hit.