2023 Houston Astros Thread

[tx 3 putt 76,347]

2 hours ago, Scraps said:

I hope these fuckers sat in complete silence the whole flight to Detroit and thought about how fucking shitty they are the past week

[Guadaloopy 10,921]

After this shitty week, the team is still 12-10 for August.  1 game back in the division.  Need a good weekend in Detroit from the the starters.

[n64ra 1,077]

oh my

He’s a God-fearing man that’s also borderline gangster’: Why the Houston Astros can't quit the worst catcher in baseball

[Scraps 13,542]

[David Dennison 18,655]

2 hours ago, Guadaloopy said:

After this shitty week, the team is still 12-10 for August.  1 game back in the division.  Need a good weekend in Detroit from the the starters.

Also, we're in third place.

[Guadaloopy 10,921]

4 minutes ago, Scraps said:

 

"Thanks for eating the shitburger, yesterday.  Here's another one."  

[Hank Chinaski 6,310]

2 hours ago, n64ra said:

oh my

He’s a God-fearing man that’s also borderline gangster’: Why the Houston Astros can't quit the worst catcher in baseball

Goddamnit. Read this:

It's not easy to put a metric on: How does he instill confidence? How does he let a pitcher relax so they can focus on executing a pitch, rather than thinking about what pitch they should be throwing? You know, those things don't get measured.

Our pitching coach said this. It actually is fucking easy to put a metric on it: the pitchers’ fucking performance? Who gives a flying fucking shit how “relaxed” or “focused” the pitchers are if the production doesn’t improve? If it mattered, it would be evident and measurable. For fuck sake. Why does anybody give any credence whatsoever to this fucking jet stream of bullshit?

When someone talks about “things that don’t get measured,” they’re generally full of fucking shit and making stuff up. Do you believe in magic and the goddamned tooth fairy too?

Don't worry guys - we are significantly worse offensively and defensively with Maldy, but the pitchers are relaxed (while also giving up more runs). 

[UTexasFight 9,379]

Just now, Guadaloopy said:

"Thanks for eating the shitburger, yesterday.  Here's another one."  

Ford asked Sparks early in the outing  “what goes through bielak’s mind in a game like this?”

”honestly, I’m thinking about going back to AAA after this.” And went on to elaborate, but yeah, that sucks.

 

[Scraps 13,542]

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[Guadaloopy 10,921]

Just now, Scraps said:

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[Scraps 13,542]

Looks like Blanco was the move for Bielak

[Mitch Hedberg 2,090]

Maybe the pitchers being relaxed is the reason for their shit show. A little urgency and focus might do them some good. 

[Mitch Hedberg 2,090]

It makes no sense to put the guy who supposedly can’t hit left handed pitching behind two left hand batters who will most likely see left handed relievers. Especially when the guy behind him loves left handed pitching. I’m not even sure Dusty believes his own bullshit. 

[UTexasFight 9,379]

46 minutes ago, Scraps said:

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Hopefully we can win a battle of third place teams with this 

[Chuckie Finster 22,599]

36 minutes ago, Scraps said:

Looks like Blanco was the move for Bielak

Eagerly await his fourth inning appearance.

[tx 3 putt 76,347]

3 hours ago, n64ra said:

oh my

He’s a God-fearing man that’s also borderline gangster’: Why the Houston Astros can't quit the worst catcher in baseball

Mlb’s best two way player and mlb’s best Japanese player …..

 

[txduck87 982]

[hornmpa96 2,598]

Josh Miller just made the list. What a moron? Can’t measure it - it’s called Catcher ERA.

[DaysOff 7,851]

Also, we're in third place.

At this point, try to hold that last wild card and weakly exit in round one.

[HtownHorn 14,485]

1 hour ago, Hank Chinaski said:

Goddamnit. Read this:

It's not easy to put a metric on: How does he instill confidence? How does he let a pitcher relax so they can focus on executing a pitch, rather than thinking about what pitch they should be throwing? You know, those things don't get measured.

Our pitching coach said this. It actually is fucking easy to put a metric on it: the pitchers’ fucking performance? Who gives a flying fucking shit how “relaxed” or “focused” the pitchers are if the production doesn’t improve? If it mattered, it would be evident and measurable. For fuck sake. Why does anybody give any credence whatsoever to this fucking jet stream of bullshit?

When someone talks about “things that don’t get measured,” they’re generally full of fucking shit and making stuff up. Do you believe in magic and the goddamned tooth fairy too?

Don't worry guys - we are significantly worse offensively and defensively with Maldy, but the pitchers are relaxed (while also giving up more runs). 

I was hesitant to include the pitching coaches in the "get the fuck out of here" group, but after that article, yeah fuck those guys as well. Entire organizational reboot under Brown.

[Hank Chinaski 6,310]

30 minutes ago, HtownHorn said:

I was hesitant to include the pitching coaches in the "get the fuck out of here" group, but after that article, yeah fuck those guys as well. Entire organizational reboot under Brown.

Remember when we used to be a smart organization? You know - one that won a lot? That was cool.

[UTexasFight 9,379]

Orange fire for a Framber start.

interesting 

[UTexasFight 9,379]

And 90’s night in Detroit tonight.

I actually liked the navy and gold

f the haters

 

Throwing harder in warmup than game action.

 

[David Dennison 18,655]

54 minutes ago, Hank Chinaski said:

Remember when we used to be a smart organization? You know - one that won a lot? That was cool.

We still win a lot.

[tx 3 putt 76,347]

Tuck !!

[Jshep34 2,304]

PAY THE KING

[Scraps 13,542]

Shocked Mashitty caught that

[Honeysucklerose 957]

Throw strikes Framber. Geeze

[cabowabo 4,452]

When is the last time they have worn the orange bill caps?  Been a couple of years at least no?

[perfectchaos007 6,596]

Defense by Tucker and Bregman get Framber out of the jam. We need to start scoring runs

[UTexasFight 9,379]

It can be hard sometimes to see through those….intangibles.

 

[Scraps 13,542]

Laz Diaz is a fucking waterhead dipshit

[UTexasFight 9,379]

 

1 minute ago, Scraps said:

Laz Diaz is a fucking waterhead dipshit

But he’s our fucking waterhead dipshit

#game2 #neverforget

Edited August 25, 2023 by UTexasFight

[tx 3 putt 76,347]

Pena left 13 guys on base vs the Red Sox 

[tx 3 putt 76,347]

Go Astros Go 

[tx 3 putt 76,347]

Rogers is the last player left from the JV trade. Astros won that trade 

[perfectchaos007 6,596]

Could have have been a much needed crooked number inning for us, but Bregman's double play killed that from happening

[Scraps 13,542]

Blum: "Altuve gets first hit of game"
Kalas literally 2 secs later: "Altuve reaches on Detroit 3rd error of the inning. Oh actually they are giving Altuve a hit on that play"

I hope Blum is in the booth just pulling this:

Rogers is the last player left from the JV trade. Astros won that trade 

Yeah but he is like the 2nd best catcher in the league or some shit....remember????

[Scraps 13,542]

Lame shit

[David Dennison 18,655]

Warning track power.

[perfectchaos007 6,596]

Yordan is just missing

[Wulaw Horn 18,980]

I remember when Yordan wasn’t a warning track guy. 
sad. 

[David Dennison 18,655]

Window's closed, y'all.

[tx 3 putt 76,347]

Windmill was a damn solid ball player 

[UTexasFight 9,379]

13 minutes ago, perfectchaos007 said:

Yordan is just missing

Or this park is bigger than Yellowstone to straightaway center 

 

Air is heavy tonight too, FWIW

Edited August 25, 2023 by UTexasFight
84% humidity

[Wulaw Horn 18,980]

Nice error to get the pitchers spot cleared this inning. 
if I was this tiger pitcher I might go punch my 3B in the face. 

[Guest]

This game is shitty.

68 errors or close calls

[Wulaw Horn 18,980]

If we don’t get a legit hit they ought to change that Altuve hit to an error. 

[runthebone 7,932]

Laz Diaz's zone sucks, by the way

[perfectchaos007 6,596]

The only difference between today and yesterday so far is we haven't given up 17 runs