2023 Houston Astros Thread

[Rip76 5022]

What a play

[UTexasFight 9819]

I don’t think Altuve makes that play.

and don’t think Dubon makes that pick at first.

 

[Gut Wagon 8219]

Dubon has been fantastic tonight. 

[Smax 3800]

Nice play doobie

[David Dennison 19570]

Dude has been calling that all night.

[WBT 20998]

Let's go Seth, huge K to give yourself a chance

[David Dennison 19570]

HOLY FUCKING SHIT!!!!!!!

[Mo Horn 8939]

Miracles of miracles

[elfenix 34782]

Astros win!

[UTexasFight 9819]

Holy shit  thought he threw that away 

[Rip76 5022]

Never in doubt

[perfectchaos007 6780]

Bregman almost air mailed it

[tx 3 putt 78763]

Never a doubt boys !

[Guadaloopy 11139]

Good D to finish it off.  Great work, Martinez.  

[WBT 20998]

Never in doubt.  Dusty pushed all the right buttons imo.

[rvm96 1643]

Just now, Rip76 said:

Never in doubt

[Guest]

wow.

The boys in orange looked to committed to blowing the fucking game.

 

LFG!!!

[Dennis Taylor 19385]

Miraculous win

[Seasick Sailor 3747]

Angels and Rangers lost tonight.

[Wulaw Horn 19599]

It doesn’t even matter that we won, outcome isn’t what matters it’s process and the process is fucking broken. 

[Slacks 7078]

Positives... Everyone played well except Montero after 2 batters. 

Negatives... Dusty does not care what you think. (which is a positive) 

[Dennis Taylor 19385]

2 minutes ago, WBT said:

Never in doubt.  Dusty pushed all the right buttons imo.

 

[WBT 20998]

Just now, Seasick Sailor said:

Angels and Rangers lost tonight.

[Pablo 500]

Based on the ESPN guys, all Dusty cared about was going fishing tomorrow.

That makes a lot of sense after this shitshow today

[Slacks 7078]

Just now, Wulaw Horn said:

It doesn’t even matter that we won, outcome isn’t what matters it’s process and the process is fucking broken. 

Montero is broken. Bullpen is shaky. 

[Dennis Taylor 19385]

Just now, Pablo said:

Based on the ESPN guys, all Dusty cared about was going fishing in early October 

That makes a lot of sense after this shitshow this season 

Fixed it

[runthebone 8380]

Fuck you, Montero

[Honeysucklerose 1006]

Blind squirrel. Nut.

[Rimbo 27092]

i love winning man

[David Dennison 19570]

It is hard to believe this team is only 5.5 back.

[Slacks 7078]

2 minutes ago, runthebone said:

Fuck you, Montero

[Harrison Stafford 3392]

Nothing comes easy for this team

[David Dennison 19570]

Just get through this and start playing better. Haven't even made the turn yet.

 

[Gut Wagon 8219]

It does help my psyche knowing the Mets are even more abysmal, with fewer excuses for being so. 

[Chapo 104]

26 minutes ago, Wulaw Horn said:

It doesn’t even matter that we won, outcome isn’t what matters it’s process and the process is fucking broken. 

But be grateful that this is made possible by REAL bAsEBaLL people instead of microsoft excel dorks judging players' performance with metrics that nobody can explain. 

[UTexasFight 9819]

5 minutes ago, Gut Wagon said:

It does help my psyche knowing the Mets are even more abysmal, with fewer excuses for being so. 

And if this helps, had we not tucked around and blown last night, we’d have a better record than the Dodgers

[Guest]

13 minutes ago, Harrison Stafford said:

Nothing comes easy for this team

Blowing late 3 run leads seems easy enough.

[Wulaw Horn 19599]

13 minutes ago, Chapo said:

But be grateful that this is made possible by REAL bAsEBaLL people instead of microsoft excel dorks judging players' performance with metrics that nobody can explain. 

Not sure if you listen to the best Astros niche podcast to start in the year 2023, breathing Orange fire but if not think you might like it since that’s sort of our lane. 

[Harrison Stafford 3392]

1 minute ago, slorch said:

Blowing late 3 run leads seems easy enough.

It’s a gift.

[Harrison Stafford 3392]

And, unfortunately, it’s a gift that keeps on giving.

[billfromlaketravis 11870]

Montero needs a phantom 60 day IL stint. 

[Wulaw Horn 19599]

4 minutes ago, billfromlaketravis said:

Montero needs a phantom 60 day IL stint. 

That’s aggressive. I laughed. 

[HtownHorn 15231]

1 hour ago, UTexasFight said:

I don’t think Altuve makes that play.

and don’t think Dubon makes that pick at first.

 

Altuve is a negative defensive player at this point in his career. He needs to share the DH with Alvarez; they can take turns.

[HtownHorn 15231]

45 minutes ago, Harrison Stafford said:

Nothing comes easy for this team

When your manager actively sabotages your chances of winning every day, it will start to take its toll.

[uoftorange 1391]

Took the kids into the lions den today. Honestly most Dodgers fans weren’t bad. We even got a small “cheater” chant going with Mookie. Was actually really funny the Dodgers fans just nodded and laughed around us.

Then we ventured to the upper deck and the fans were a lot bigger set of dicks. Though most shut up when I pointed that their local “cheater” had most of their runs. Got a little more riled up when I called their 2020 title a bigger asterisk than 2017. But it was mostly in good fun. Ventured back down to the field level where my seats were behind the Astros dugout

That was my last of the classic stadiums and it didn’t disappoint. Much like Wrigley and Fenway it’s a dump. But an awesome dump. The views are better than anywhere save maybe PNC or Oracle. And they are spectacular from the top deck.

Dusty made that game stupidly difficult and I blame base running issues on the manager. It’s his job to get the team in the right place for that. Not to mention refusing to pinch hit for Maldy (or better not playing him at all). And resting Altuve was just dumb.

[wood 11770]

35 minutes ago, uoftorange said:

Took the kids into the lions den today. Honestly most Dodgers fans weren’t bad. We even got a small “cheater” chant going with Mookie. Was actually really funny the Dodgers fans just nodded and laughed around us.

Then we ventured to the upper deck and the fans were a lot bigger set of dicks. Though most shut up when I pointed that their local “cheater” had most of their runs. Got a little more riled up when I called their 2020 title a bigger asterisk than 2017. But it was mostly in good fun. Ventured back down to the field level where my seats were behind the Astros dugout

How did they react when you brought up Trevor Bauer and the huge Dodgers' staff spin rate jump in 2021?

[Gourmand 7778]

10-13 for the month of June with four games remaining.

The worst June since the Bo Porter era.....

[runthebone 8380]

Every time Montero is in there (and, obviously, fucks up), I just think...wow, I kind of get how Cowboys fans feel.

[UTHornFan014 755]

3 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:

 

This legitimately makes me want to break things 

[Planet Houston 4950]

Thank god they pulled that one out. Would be extra miserable if they dropped it, but things are not great. Big handful of games coming up. 

I’m heading to St. Louis this morning with Mrs. PH and Lil’ PH. We will be in the stadium tomorrow. First time at a Cards home game. Fuck ‘em.