2023 Official Astros World Champs Offseason Thread

[Saint Tacky 1647]

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 7778]

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 78668]

10 more days ……

#retire10 

[tx 3 putt 78668]

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 19453]

How it started:

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

 

How it went:

1 hour ago, The Dog said:

 

[Gourmand 7778]

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 8686]

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 13798]

46 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

 

#retire10 

GTFO lmao 

[tx 3 putt 78668]

Hmmmm 

 

[henrygandorf 29225]

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 15234]

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 10740]

2023 Houston Astros Thread

[Dutchrudder 11240]

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

[Ichabod 185]

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 10740]

2 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:

’Why is Presley our closer ??’ ?

Misspelling in a thread title a personal pet peeve. 

[Planet Houston 4950]

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 78668]

2023 Houston Astros Thread - Kiss Our Ass 

 

[henrygandorf 29225]

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 8372]

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 ….

 

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Anyone remember Bill Hall ?

 

[CycleTex87 3023]

Wally Pipp’s great grandson?

[WBT 20966]

I member

[CycleTex87 3023]

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

[CycleTex87 3023]

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 13798]

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 5366]

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 411]

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

I’ll  post a few pictures 

[Gourmand 7778]

 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 6348]

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 8372]

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 411]

Spring Training 

[Soliver465 411]

[tx 3 putt 78668]

1 hour ago, Soliver465 said:

Spring Training 

Get it ! 

[Soliver465 411]

4 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

Get it ! 

Breggy Bomb giveaway today 

[Scraps 13798]

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 16437]

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

[WBT 20966]

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

[tx 3 putt 78668]

@Scraps

[Gourmand 7778]

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 78668]

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