2023 Official Astros World Champs Offseason Thread

[Saint Tacky 1614]

40 minutes ago, The Dog said:

 

he released a "manifesto" on Saturday titled "My Honest Reality." It's pinned on his Twitter page. 

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[Gourmand 7774]

16 minutes ago, Saint Tacky said:

he released a "manifesto" on Saturday titled "My Honest Reality." It's pinned on his Twitter page. 

I tried to read it all but lost interest quickly.

[tx 3 putt 76881]

10 more days ……

#retire10 

[tx 3 putt 76881]

Have we decided on the season thread title ?

 

’Slamming buds after the dog pile : electric boogaloo’ ?

’Fire Dusty’ ?

’’Fuck Dubon and Maton !’ ?

’Why is Presley our closer ??’ ?

’Good luck Fuckers !’ ? 
 

thread should start when the roster is set 

[Fudge Nuggets 19189]

How it started:

On 3/18/2023 at 7:37 PM, The Dog said:

 

How it went:

1 hour ago, The Dog said:

 

[Gourmand 7774]

The only upside to Altuve's injury is the opening it creates for Dirden to crack the active roster. I assume they will put Atuve on the 60-day IL which frees up a 40-man spot for Dirden.

[IDIOTsavant 8483]

34 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

Have we decided on the season thread title ?

 

’Slamming buds after the dog pile : electric boogaloo’ ?

’Fire Dusty’ ?

’’Fuck Dubon and Maton !’ ?

’Why is Presley our closer ??’ ?

’Good luck Fuckers !’ ? 
 

thread should start when the roster is set 

I thought we fairly unanimously agreed on “Get Greedy” after the Dana Brown intro.

[Scraps 13561]

46 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

 

#retire10 

GTFO lmao 

[tx 3 putt 76881]

Hmmmm 

 

[henrygandorf 29189]

13 minutes ago, IDIOTsavant said:

I thought we fairly unanimously agreed on “Get Greedy” after the Dana Brown intro.

i thought we agreed on something straightforward like "the defending champion houston astros 2023 season thread".

paging @Planet Houston

[HtownHorn 14672]

9 hours ago, kevwun said:

It's gonna be real weird seeing his giant ass at 2nd base.

There was another giant 2B that got started in the his late 20s, that had a pretty good career, may have hit the most HRs as a 2B, and Sandberg was no small guy either, but I guess neither was 6'6".

[TonyTexas 10508]

2023 Houston Astros Thread

[Dutchrudder 11136]

Whatever it is, it should include "Houston Astros" and "2022 World Series Champions"

[Ichabod 184]

Planet Houston does the season thread like always. 

[rvm96 1643]

2 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:

’Why is Presley our closer ??’ ?

How dare you

[TonyTexas 10508]

2 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:

’Why is Presley our closer ??’ ?

Misspelling in a thread title a personal pet peeve. 

[Planet Houston 4930]

1 hour ago, TonyTexas said:

2023 Houston Astros Thread

This is the plan. I don’t see why we dwell on being WS Champs, it’s time to win another. Right?

[tx 3 putt 76881]

2023 Houston Astros Thread - Kiss Our Ass 

 

[henrygandorf 29189]

1 hour ago, Planet Houston said:

This is the plan. I don’t see why we dwell on being WS Champs, it’s time to win another. Right?

[runthebone 7967]

1 hour ago, Planet Houston said:

This is the plan. I don’t see why we dwell on being WS Champs, it’s time to win another. Right?

Seriously.  Let me know when you've won 3.

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Must buy ….

 

[tx 3 putt 76881]

Anyone remember Bill Hall ?

 

[CycleTex87 2967]

Wally Pipp’s great grandson?

[WBT 20561]

I member

[CycleTex87 2967]

So what was the opening day lineup when Bill Hall was at second?  Cause that name totally draws a blank for me. 

[CycleTex87 2967]

7 minutes ago, CycleTex87 said:

So what was the opening day lineup when Bill Hall was at second?  Cause that name totally draws a blank for me. 

2011 Opening Day lineup:

Michael Bourn, CF

Angel Sanchez, SS

Hunter Pence, RF

Carlos Lee, LF

Bill Hall, 2B

Chris Johnson, 3B

Brett Wallace, 1B

Humberto Quintero, C

Brett Myers, P

 

Murderer's Row, IMO.

[Scraps 13561]

Bill Hall's claim to fame was walk off homer on mother's day with pink bat and mom in attendance. Unfortunately that was years earlier with the Brewers

[Seasick Sailor 3747]

Confirming what we already guessed:

 

[Seasick Sailor 3747]

This is welcome news:

 

[Storm the Field 5294]

Not an ideal Spring to be honest. Altuve out indefinitely. LMJ and Brantley not close to playing yet. Yordan sat out almost all of ST and may not be ready for Opening Day.

[Soliver465 404]

Will be at the ballpark in about 90 minutes.  Warming up at the outlet mall 

I’ll  post a few pictures 

[Gourmand 7774]

 Here's hoping we see a lot more Hensley in the lineup at second base than Dubon. One thing Hensley has proved capable of is getting on base. Granted, 29 AB is a very small sample size but his .441 obp is consistent with the .420 obp he put up last year across 104 games in AAA.

I'm just tryna find the silver linings to these injuries. My bet is on Hensley being a big contributor this year and breakout candidate. 

[Hank Chinaski 6314]

1 hour ago, CycleTex87 said:

2011 Opening Day lineup:

Michael Bourn, CF

Angel Sanchez, SS

Hunter Pence, RF

Carlos Lee, LF

Bill Hall, 2B

Chris Johnson, 3B

Brett Wallace, 1B

Humberto Quintero, C

Brett Myers, P

 

Murderer's Row, IMO.

I did love Bourn though. He had a few really good years. He was fun, but yeah, that era was dreadful.

[runthebone 7967]

52 minutes ago, Soliver465 said:

Will be at the ballpark in about 90 minutes.  Warming up at the outlet mall 

I’ll  post a few pictures 

Of the new food court?

[Soliver465 404]

Spring Training 

[Soliver465 404]

[tx 3 putt 76881]

1 hour ago, Soliver465 said:

Spring Training 

Get it ! 

[Soliver465 404]

4 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

Get it ! 

Breggy Bomb giveaway today 

[Scraps 13561]

Spring Training 

Drive about 30 mins and eat here for me and give a review lol.

https://www.cheffreyeats.com/

Saw them on DDD and I want to hit them up when I do a Spring Training trip

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[kevwun 15770]

The lefty specialist is a thing of the past unless they get rid of the minimum batters faced rule which ain't happening.

[WBT 20561]

Poor Dusty.  He probably thought with Click gone he would be able to sneak one lefty onto the roster.

[tx 3 putt 76881]

@Scraps

[Gourmand 7774]

Damn it pays to be a hot chick. Surprised they hooked her up but I guess she's considered an influencer? 

[Seasick Sailor 3747]

Maybe they can catch Gage before he gets on the bus:

 

[Seasick Sailor 3747]

Or not. Sorry, Matt, you may go now:

 

[tx 3 putt 76881]

10 minutes ago, Gourmand said:

Damn it pays to be a hot chick. Surprised they hooked her up but I guess she's considered an influencer? 

I saw at least one other barstool chick get a  package