2023 Houston Astros Thread

[Pimphand 6382]

2 minutes ago, Pimphand said:

No.... We need an Oriole win so we get the official We Want Houston chants after their game.

Shit just saw the score LOL well I hope they do it anyways....

[UTexasFight 9821]

6 minutes ago, WBT said:

I thought it was afternoon game or early afternoon game?

6:07 if the rangers win

Friday if necessary would be 7:03

Edited October 11, 2023 by UTexasFight

[Pablo 500]

has there been anything said why the NLDS got a day off between every game?

[tx 3 putt 78787]

Cristian Javier is 3-0, with a 0.00 era in 3 postseason starts. 

23 Ks in 16.1 innings 

1 minute ago, Pablo said:

has there been anything said why the NLDS got a day off between every game?

 

[UTexasFight 9821]

7 minutes ago, Pablo said:

has there been anything said why the NLDS got a day off between every game?

TV.

they don’t want 4 games every day and then no games on the travel day

next year it will be flipped and AL will have the same schedule

I wish they’d start it in the WC round though. But they won’t because NFL.

If they started one league’s WC games on Tues and then the other on Wed, it would play out with 4 LDS games on Sunday and they don’t want to compete with The Shield.

There are only 4 playoff games scheduled on Sunday, 3 guaranteed: the two ALDS games two days ago, ALCS Game 1, and ALCS Game 6, if necessary.

 

[runthebone 8380]

22 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

That orioles team really need a couple of vets 

Any interest in a low mileage Maldonado, perhaps?  

[WBT 21001]

2 minutes ago, runthebone said:

Any interest in a low mileage Maldonado, perhaps?  

He would whip them into shape.  They should offer 3years/$90MM imo

Edited October 11, 2023 by WBT

[Scraps 13813]

Only Dusty would play Mashitty over Adley

[tx 3 putt 78787]

I don’t think jeter and Ortiz read the surly thread 

 

Edited October 11, 2023 by tx 3 putt

[huge 3831]

3 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

I don’t think jeter and Ortiz read the surly thread 

For all his shit, he managed his ass off in the playoffs last year.

 

I think it helps when your bullpen goes plaid but whatever, he pushed all the right buttons.  Let's do that again?

[tx 3 putt 78787]

It’s a two game season now, just win tomorrow 

I’m cheering whichever 9 we send out there. We need playoff urquidy 

Edited October 11, 2023 by tx 3 putt

[rvm96 1643]

I missed the game because of work but had ot pop in and tell everyone to join the Jose Abreu fan club 

[dr99 566]

So the Rangers weren't forced to open their roof tonight?

[Scraps 13813]

In Minny

[cabowabo 4692]

Lol. Why do they keep trotting Chapman out there?

[UTexasFight 9821]

3 minutes ago, cabowabo said:

Lol. Why do they keep trotting Chapman out there?

Obligatory

 

 

 

 

[Gut Wagon 8219]

56 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

It’s a two game season now, just win tomorrow 

I’m cheering whichever 9 we send out there. We need playoff urquidy 

The Astros are our team, regardless of who's on the field. We all just want the highest probability of winning. We can quibble over lineups and moves, as we always have and always will. That's at the core of fandom. But the goal always is to shower in champagne. Someone has to win it, so that might as well be Houston...again. 

[tx 3 putt 78787]

We need to take care of business tomorrow 

[perfectchaos007 6780]

Fuck the Rangers but glad I can now watch the game at home and not at work

 

[Rimbo 27092]

sorry it took me a while to get to this

 

[Pimphand 6382]

Time to give them what they want...

[tx 3 putt 78787]

[Dutchrudder 11249]

I love how everyone wants a piece of the Astros, it's truly amazing how that has become a rallying cry of every opponent because they are so jealous of this team's success. 

[henrygandorf 29230]

even yankee fans are done with it. 

[tx 3 putt 78787]

Damn impressive ….

Alex Bregman now has 16 postseason home runs, 3 more than any other third baseman in postseason history

[Planet Houston 4955]

1 hour ago, Pimphand said:

Time to give them what they want...

 

Video credit - me

[Halohal 557]

Go Astros 

[Guest]

I mean, "We want Houston" makes more sense than "Beat LA," but they aren't gonna like the result.

[Guadaloopy 11139]

About to board a flight in Venice and will be back on central time in about 14 hrs.  Should be able to catch part of the game after clearing customs in Chicago while waiting on connection to Tulsa.  My main hope was that the boys would still be playing when I got back from my trip and here we are - one win away from the ALCS.  It’s a great time to be an Astros fan.  

[TexArcher 39079]

Let's go ahead and end this thing today.  I'd rather not see Pablo again, ever, or at least until next season.

[Rockethorn1978 6206]

End it today so JV gets game 1 of the alcs. 

[Scraps 13813]

Today is Tucker's day to shine....no way these dummies pitch to Yordong today 

[kevwun 16449]

Probably, but managers are pretty stupid when it comes to him.  They still bring in lefties to face him.

[Huckleberry 34751]

9 hours ago, henrygandorf said:

even yankee fans are done with it. 

The "YOU GOT HOUSTON!" chants in the way out and outside the park after Game 6 last year were pretty damn fun. 

[tx 3 putt 78787]

1 hour ago, Scraps said:

Today is Tucker's day to shine....no way these dummies pitch to Yordong today 

he should be an auto walk today 

[Pimphand 6382]

5 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

he should be an auto walk during the postseason

FIFY

[Dutchrudder 11249]

1 hour ago, kevwun said:

Probably, but managers are pretty stupid when it comes to him.  They still bring in lefties to face him.

They really need some ambi-pitchers to switch arms each pitch and throw him off. 

[Js1 87305]

1 hour ago, Scraps said:

Today is Tucker's day to shine....no way these dummies pitch to Yordong today 

I hope they do so we can wrap this up today bc he hit another 2 HR

[runthebone 8380]

On 10/10/2023 at 7:26 AM, runthebone said:

Let's win today.  Feels like this game could have playoff implications

Doing everything the same today

[wildcat09 29601]

Let's get this shit wrapped up tonight so we can start a huge We Want Houston chant at home on Sunday.

[Pimphand 6382]

21 minutes ago, wildcat09 said:

Let's get this shit wrapped up tonight so we can start the ALCS with Verlander and not have to face Lopez again

FIFY

[Mitch Hedberg 2117]

2 hours ago, Scraps said:

Today is Tucker's day to shine....no way these dummies pitch to Yordong today 

Came here to say this. Yesterday I said if Bregman contributed we had a good chance to win. Today Tucker is the guy. They won’t give shit to Yordan and Abreu has at least made them think twice about pitching Tucker too fine and walking him also. Walking him after walking Yordan when Abreu has shown his power stroke is back is also asking for trouble. Tucker goes 2-4 with 3 rbi today. This ends tonight. Let’s go home and put the Astros in the third base dugout so they think they are on the road.

[Pimphand 6382]

Also if the Doyers can't beat Pfaadt tonight they probably should just quit baseball entirely.

Looks like the ALCS starts Sunday with Tues & Sat being travel days

[Dutchrudder 11249]

This is awesome

 

 

[Gourmand 7778]

*would have much rather faced Baltimore in the ALCS.

 

btw let's not overdo it with the "we want Houston" clap backs, little brother up north looks like a tough team to beat right now. Their fans can have their fun and it's not like this year's team is without enough warts to give me worries. I'd rather us play that card after a series win.

 

 

*assuming we win one of two games, baseball gods willing....

[Gut Wagon 8219]

The way we looked for long stretches of the season after a dominant title run in 2022, I feel like we're now playing with house money.  Let's put the Twins up for adoption and see what happens against Little Brother. 

[Rockethorn1978 6206]

I’ve quit trying to figure out this team so I’m just hoping we end it tonight. We know they’re coming out determined so I expect us to be the reigning champs and match it and win. Astros 7 twins 4

[Fudge Nuggets 19483]

Hope they win tonight, but has this year's team made anything easy?  

[Pimphand 6382]

16 minutes ago, Fudge Nuggets said:

Hope they win tonight, but has this year's team made anything easy?  

Frogstomping Arlington back in early September but yeah that's all I got because they immediately turned around and started puffing peters the next 5 series.

Edited October 11, 2023 by Pimphand

[runthebone 8380]

Well, are we getting World Series Urquidy?  That would make a difference.