2023 Houston Astros Thread

[David Dennison 19,569]

Just now, Lat22 said:

Yordan can’t suck it up for one at bat?

It's not up to him.

[tx 3 putt 78,738]

Boooooo

[cabowabo 4,692]

And it comes down to Corey Fucking Julks.  What a joke. 

[Scraps 13,811]

If Yordan plays tomorrow Dusty Baker nèeds to be fired

[tx 3 putt 78,738]

Win the series tomorrow 

[David Dennison 19,569]

Ending the game with two pinch hitters.

Solid.

[Dutchrudder 11,247]

Lame.

[perfectchaos007 6,780]

Wasted opportunity tonight. Hopefully Alvarez is allowed to play tomorrow

[cabowabo 4,692]

It just too bad Yordan can’t close a door without slamming it on his hand. I’m twice his age and have never done that. 

Edited August 24, 2023 by cabowabo

[Mitch Hedberg 2,117]

Well. Yordan will never have a Kirk Gibson moment in Houston. 

[Guadaloopy 11,139]

Shitty ending. Get ‘em tomorrow, boys.  

[Lat22 4,086]

2 minutes ago, David Dennison said:

It's not up to him.

If he has any balls it is. 

[UTPhil2006 3,930]

DFA Julks 

[Storm the Field 5,367]

1-8 in extras. Jesus Christ.

[Overlord 366]

Well at least Corey recognized he’s not fucking good enough to have his shirt unbuttoned. 
 

Now if only Abreu would figure it out

[David Dennison 19,569]

1 minute ago, Lat22 said:

If he has any balls it is. 

Do you really believe that? 

[Honeysucklerose 1,006]

Who is surprised? The killer instinct is not back for this team. Yet.

[Gut Wagon 8,219]

Inning after inning of offensive impotence was more the culprit than Graveman. Should have never gone to extras. 

[UTexasFight 9,819]

2 minutes ago, Scraps said:

If Yordan plays tomorrow Dusty Baker nèeds to be fired

You know he’s absolutely starting tomorrow. 
And can’t be having a guy starting a day game after pinch hitting in extras the night before.

 

but the way he’s been going lately, he probably would have looked just as foolish as dubon.

the argument earlier though about why not have him stand on deck for Maldy to try and influence a better pitch to meyers with Chas on third in the 8th is something I would have liked to see

[cabowabo 4,692]

1 minute ago, David Dennison said:

Do you really believe that? 

I’d be interested to know if he went to Dusty during that half inning to lobby for this. If not, then he’s a pussy, especially if he plays tomorrow. 

[HtownHorn 15,231]

Just another horribly managed Baker game.

[patrickdrinksbeer 828]

I’d be interested to know if he went to Dusty during that half inning to lobby for this. If not, then he’s a pussy, especially if he plays tomorrow. 

same. i find it very hard to believe dusty wouldn’t allow yordan to hit in that inning if he’d said he was good for 1 AB.

[David Dennison 19,569]

2 minutes ago, cabowabo said:

I’d be interested to know if he went to Dusty during that half inning to lobby for this. If not, then he’s a pussy, especially if he plays tomorrow. 

Do y'all not pay any attention to how this organization operates when it comes to injuries, even minor ones?

[cabowabo 4,692]

Just now, David Dennison said:

Do y'all not pay any attention to how this organization operates when it comes to injuries, even minor ones?

Are you actually buying into the story that he slammed his hand in a door?  If he has an injury, it is likely not a hand injury and sure as hell wasn’t caused by him slamming a door on it.  That type of bullshit cover up story is right up Dana Brown’s alley. 

[David Dennison 19,569]

1 minute ago, cabowabo said:

Are you actually buying into the story that he slammed his hand in a door?  If he has an injury, it is likely not a hand injury and sure as hell wasn’t caused by him slamming a door on it.  That type of bullshit cover up story is right up Dana Brown’s alley. 

When it comes to injuries, when they play they play.

[patrickdrinksbeer 828]

they said he “jammed” it in a door, not slammed. weird phrasing. not sure if they meant slammed or did he somehow actually jammed his finger by stumbling into a door or something.

[perfectchaos007 6,780]

If I told any teacher growing up that my I had a rib broken from a massage, or my finger was jammed by slamming it in a door, or I'm bruised because I fell down the stairs, they all would have made a report to CPS because they know those are made up stories and clear signs of child abuse

[Mez2 4,048]

[David Dennison 19,569]

Fun fact: we matched our 2022 loss total tonight.

[UTexasFight 9,819]

7 minutes ago, perfectchaos007 said:

If I told any teacher growing up that my I had a rib broken from a massage, or my finger was jammed by slamming it in a door, or I'm bruised because I fell down the stairs, they all would have made a report to CPS because they know those are made up stories and clear signs of child abuse

Well, yeah. What kind of parent allows their kid to hang out in massage parlors?

[UTexasFight 9,819]

7 minutes ago, David Dennison said:

Fun fact: we matched our 2022 loss total tonight.

This seemed too crazy to believe, but sure enough.

 

I decided to look back at page 1 for some of the predictions. Some are right in line.

some are…. quite funny. 

[runthebone 8,380]

Fuck

[tx 3 putt 78,738]

24 minutes ago, UTexasFight said:

Well, yeah. What kind of parent allows their kid to hang out in massage parlors?

have you seen his mom ??

[tx 3 putt 78,738]

Finally nabbed my World Series ring paper weight. They started at $200, had been $100 and now half off, $50

cha Ching 

 

lot of markdowns in the team shop

[tx 3 putt 78,738]

Astros pitching for Tigers series:

Friday: Framber Valdez 
Saturday: Hunter Brown (in his hometown)
Sunday: Justin Verlander (back in Detroit)
 

 

[WBT 20,997]

Dusty chose to have Dubon and Julks bat over Meyers with the game on the line, again.  Cool cool.

[UTPhil2006 3,930]

8 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:

Astros pitching for Tigers series:

Friday: Framber Valdez 
Saturday: Hunter Brown (in his hometown)
Sunday: Justin Verlander (back in Detroit)
 

 

Better be a sweep 

[Ojo Rojo 2,058]

We are....not clutch.

[Mitch Hedberg 2,117]

https://x.com/michaelschwab13/status/1694725860396609795?s=46&t=0NSPXsQuydBFNWpJIm0EQw

I don’t know why tweets aren’t embedding. Lineup tweet. Sorry about that

Edited August 24, 2023 by Mitch Hedberg

[kevwun 16,447]

It's good to reward Julks for that nice at bat in the 10th.

[Guadaloopy 11,139]

5 minutes ago, Mitch Hedberg said:

https://x.com/michaelschwab13/status/1694725860396609795?s=46&t=0NSPXsQuydBFNWpJIm0EQw

 

1-6 fucks

[cabowabo 4,692]

I’d be interested to know if he went to Dusty during that half inning to lobby for this. If not, then he’s a pussy, especially if he plays tomorrow. 

Glad his finger miraculously healed enough overnight to allow him to swing a bat this afternoon. Baseball players are pussies these days.

[Scraps 13,811]

https://x.com/michaelschwab13/status/1694725860396609795?s=46&t=0NSPXsQuydBFNWpJIm0EQw
I don’t know why tweets aren’t embedding. Lineup tweet. Sorry about that

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[Gourmand 7,778]

Fuck either Dusty or Yordan or both because that's a fucking joke that he wasn't pinch hitting last night with the game on the line but he's fine enough hours later to be in the starting lineup.

[Scraps 13,811]

I really don't know why anyone on this thread would think any amount that was Yordans doing.

Dusty calls the shots. Yordan has zero control over that and could fight with Dusty til he is blue in the face and it won't matter.

Dusty is a stubborn old 80 yr old.

[Scraps 13,811]

In other news

[UTPhil2006 3,930]

5 minutes ago, Scraps said:

I really don't know why anyone on this thread would think any amount that was Yordans doing.

Dusty calls the shots. Yordan has zero control over that and could fight with Dusty til he is blue in the face and it won't matter.

Dusty is a stubborn old 80 yr old.
 

Tell that to this shmuck 

[Scraps 13,811]

He is probably one of the morons who post here

[Guadaloopy 11,139]

19 minutes ago, Gourmand said:

Fuck either Dusty or Yordan or both because that's a fucking joke that he wasn't pinch hitting last night with the game on the line but he's fine enough hours later to be in the starting lineup.

This is bullshit. Every other star had a chance to end this game before it came to that point.  Don't try and make Yordan wear last night's loss.

[runthebone 8,380]

The extra innings record is on the manager at this point.  It's beyond chance.  Dusty's good at dealing with people, but someone else needs to be the strategic manager.