2023 Houston Astros Thread

[Dnaguy 12000]

1 minute ago, Wulaw Horn said:

So legit - again just like yesterday we are winning this game if not for Maldonado’s passed ball and if he’d have done anything with men on base. 
He’s the definition of a negative value player. 

 

If Sunken Cost fallacy was a person. Maldanado would be that person. 

[Dnaguy 12000]

3 minutes ago, David Dennison said:

Tucker and Bregman have left a few on base, too.

 

Stop fucking jacking with the line-up. Why is Tucker batting second? 

Shit like this happens when it's line-up yatzi every fucking day b/c grandpa doesn't have anything better to do than tinker around with shit he shouldn't be.

Edited August 15, 2023 by Dnaguy

[Gut Wagon 8083]

4 minutes ago, Wulaw Horn said:

So legit - again just like yesterday we are winning this game if not for Maldonado’s passed ball and if he’d have done anything with men on base. 
He’s the definition of a negative value player. 

If he were cut and Baker fired at 11:00 p.m., I'd wonder what took so long. I don't think we're good enough to overcome both of them this year. 

[tx 3 putt 77042]

Grae needs to stretch 

[Scraps 13562]

Fuck....so much dubon now

[David Dennison 18922]

Some of y'all about to get your wish.

Edited August 15, 2023 by David Dennison
Or not.

[WBT 20608]

Great play.  Looks like he's staying in.

1 minute ago, David Dennison said:

Some of y'all about to get your wish.

Do people want to bench Pena?  He's not a good hitter but we don't have anyone better to play SS.

[Dnaguy 12000]

4 minutes ago, Gut Wagon said:

If he were cut and Baker fired at 11:00 p.m., I'd wonder what took so long. I don't think we're good enough to overcome both of them this year. 

[WBT 20608]

Nice jinx, talking about the low pitch count and not throwing any balls leads to a 9 pitch walk

[Dnaguy 12000]

Throw strikes.... 

[henrygandorf 29192]

loving the singleton story, but this feels like a dubon ph + sac bunt.

would love to be wrong.

[David Dennison 18922]

That was ball four.

[UTHornFan014 710]

We seem to suck at situational baseball

[henrygandorf 29192]

1 minute ago, henrygandorf said:

loving the singleton story, but this feels like a dubon ph + sac bunt.

would love to be wrong.

but i wasn't.

[Wulaw Horn 19081]

Got to say- I bet Jon singleton hits like 180 and doesn’t do much but he does give a somewhat quality AB with tracking pitches and swing/take decisions. 
I’m pretty sure the bay path is broken and he won’t ever be able to hit MLB pitching well, but if he’s a LHH bench guy that plays occasionally as a DH or 1B that can run into one occasionally there are worse things to have on your 26 man roster. 

[runthebone 8012]

Pena sucks dick, too.

[billfromlaketravis 11515]

Diaz at 1B. Call up Salazar. This isn’t hard. 

[David Dennison 18922]

Sigh.

[Dnaguy 12000]

just fucking great there pena

[cabowabo 4487]

We're gonna lose this game on a fat fuck passed ball.

[henrygandorf 29192]

cool cool.  now at least we'll have 8-9-1 vs robertson.

[UTHornFan014 710]

Of course we ground into a double play 

[Honeysucklerose 990]

Anyone who still thinks Peña is a stud is a moron. What a weak putz

[Mitch Hedberg 2090]

Unfucking believable. 

[David Dennison 18922]

1 minute ago, cabowabo said:

We're gonna lose this game on a fat fuck passed ball.

We're losing because we can't produce runs with men on base.

[Gut Wagon 8083]

Paying for all those easy extra runs we scored a few days back. Seems like a month. 

[tx 3 putt 77042]

[henrygandorf 29192]

1 minute ago, billfromlaketravis said:

Diaz at 1B. Call up Salazar. This isn’t hard. 

i'm fine with singleton, at least while abreu is out.  but he doesn't hit lefties like tucker and yordan.  duh.  it was just the spot where you have to ph and get the guys over.  if for no other reason than to clear meyers.  you gotta tie the game when the first 2 guys get on.

[UTHornFan014 710]

Hopefully we let Maldy bat for himself in the 9th so that he can redeem himself

[Overlord 366]

It’s interesting in how you can just read a hitter during an at bat and totally know when he is just at at loss and has no chance whatsoever at getting a hit. 
 

Singleton and Pena had that look. 

[David Dennison 18922]

So close.

 

[Overlord 366]

3 runs tonight?

Insurmountable

[Honeysucklerose 990]

So now are we still losing because of a pass ball??

[David Dennison 18922]

LOL

[Halohal 498]

Thanks again Fusty

[Scraps 13562]

Remember when Framber was a ground ball pitcher

[tx 3 putt 77042]

[David Dennison 18922]

Questions, I have them.

[runthebone 8012]

Well, that's terrific.

[dr99 560]

38 minutes ago, Dnaguy said:

This team wins in spite of Dusty Baker. 

We've lost 5-10 games b/c of his inability to actually manage and not just fucking roll a jumbled grouping of chicken bones & hope for the best.

 

[UTHornFan014 710]

Now Maldy calling the back to back HR pitches. Immeasurable intangibles!

[Mitch Hedberg 2090]

Games like this make me appreciate the pitch clock. 

[WBT 20608]

Dusty finally woke up.  3 straight hard hit fly outs before the 2 homers.  Probably a loss either way.  Framber evades the CG loss I guess.

 

[Halohal 498]

[Overlord 366]

Come on buddy/catcher. 

Could you not tell that Framber was getting a little wound up after that first home run?

Would have been good time for a mound visit, best friend. 

[Hornsbay22 468]

Fuck you DUSTY. We aren't leading the division by 10 games.

[cabowabo 4487]

Lol.

[David Dennison 18922]

You don't see that very often.

Well done, team.

[tx 3 putt 77042]

[Honeysucklerose 990]

Let’s keep it going! Go for 4 straight