Houston Astros 2024 Season Thread

[tx 3 putt 76957]

5 hours ago, hornmpa96 said:

MLB App has Brown starting tonight and Verlander tomorrow 

one in the same !

[tx 3 putt 76957]

6 hours ago, LCHorn said:

I think I'd prefer a manager, at least for this Astros team, that the players all hated but understood was ruthless in search of tactical efficiency. 

Zero loyalty, zero "he did it last year, back of the baseball card" nonsense and was relying heavily on data. 

@Wulaw Horn and others (including me) have opined that a championship aspirant shouldn't be breaking in a rookie manager--maybe it's also that THIS Astros team shouldn't be breaking in THIS manager. 

@Planet HoustonDidn't you have a contact in the GM's office?  Do you hear anything that colors Espada as more of a taskmaster behind the scenes?

 

yeah, a manager everyone hates, yet the team wins it all only works in movies 

I’d prefer a healthy team over another manager 

[tx 3 putt 76957]

Per my discussion with @Scraps the only other guy I would have interviewed was Ron Washington. 

[UTexasFight 9444]

2 hours ago, hornmpa96 said:

Do we have to play the worse defensive first baseman and DH the guy who can actually play the position?

I don’t blame Espada for putting him in the lineup but I do blame him for not DH’ing Abreu when Singleton is going to play anyway.

Fucking Morons!

I guess Espada wants to avoid the “once DH’ed a .108 hitter (after Memorial Day)” on his wiki page after he gets fired this year 

[runthebone 7982]

1 hour ago, tx 3 putt said:

wouldn’t expect Javier / urquidy / JP back this season 

McCullers will be ready soon!

[tx 3 putt 76957]

Just now, runthebone said:

McCullers will be ready soon!

 

him and garcia are the only pitchers on the IL that can even toss a baseball 

[Scraps 13561]

Hey look we got scored on in the 1st inning again

[David Dennison 18860]

The question now is do they get three?

[Macklemore 2872]

This team is killing me. Wish we could fast forward to football season.

[hornmpa96 2618]

A third of Brown’s pitches are middle-middle. You can’t do that at this level.

[Honeysucklerose 989]

A third of Brown’s pitches are middle-middle. You can’t do that at this level.

So freaking true

[Scraps 13561]

Thanks for the free out dipshit 

[David Dennison 18860]

3 minutes ago, David Dennison said:

The question now is do they get three?

Nope!

[Scraps 13561]

That Yainer commercial is kinda gay

[tx 3 putt 76957]

damn we've just short on too many fly balls 

[David Dennison 18860]

Nice play, jerk.

[hornmpa96 2618]

That sucked.

[David Dennison 18860]

[Rip76 4928]

We’re about to start hitting this cat.

[Honeysucklerose 989]

Come on clowns

[Honeysucklerose 989]

I can’t tell you why. I just really hate this team. I hate the construct of the team. I hate the lineup. I hate the pitching staff. I hate the manager and I hate the GM.

[hornmpa96 2618]

I didn’t bitch about the infield being in quickly enough. It actually worked for once.

[runthebone 7982]

Back to hating Abreu

 

Just kidding, I never stopped

[UTexasFight 9444]

Looks like vanover has the same zone as last night 

[tx 3 putt 76957]

holy fuck that was a horrible miss / call

 

hahahahahahahahahaha

[cabowabo 4484]

Do your fucking job Espada.

[Scraps 13561]

Vanover continues to blow

[tx 3 putt 76957]

Just now, Scraps said:

Vanover continues to blow

 

blind as a fucking bat 

[Honeysucklerose 989]

Do your fucking job Espada.

Surely you jest!

[UTexasFight 9444]

Woohoo!

[hornmpa96 2618]

[billfromlaketravis 11478]

Y’all keep talking shit on the Salsa King. 

[Honeysucklerose 989]

Pop-up prince popped that one out of here

[Dutchrudder 11139]

Bregman for the lead! 

[David Dennison 18860]

Alex Bregman should never hit higher than fifth again.

[Mitch Hedberg 2090]

Singleton has a pretty good eye and fouls off a lot of pitches for walks but at the same time he misses and watches a lot of good pitches. 

[billfromlaketravis 11478]

I’m in favor of letting Brown figure it out in the majors. They don’t have a choice. 

[UTexasFight 9444]

Woo hoo!

 

strike em out.

throw em …out to center

Edited May 29 by UTexasFight

[cabowabo 4484]

Textbook baserunning, but I’d prefer he not steal bases. 

[Scraps 13561]

Yordan our very own Rickey Henderson

[Dutchrudder 11139]

Big man on third with 1 out, gotta get him home. 

[David Dennison 18860]

Move Bregman to sixth.

[UTexasFight 9444]

 

1 minute ago, David Dennison said:

Move Bregman to sixth.

We have 8 6 hitters on this team 

Edited May 29 by UTexasFight

[UTexasFight 9444]

We’ve played 5 games on this road trip

and scored in 1 inning in all 5 games 

[David Dennison 18860]

Just now, UTexasFight said:

 

We have 8 6 hitters on this team 

Yeah, but I want him to be sixth the most.

[runthebone 7982]

That's ok, our bullpen doesn't need insurance

[runthebone 7982]

3 minutes ago, UTexasFight said:

 

We have 8 6 hitters on this team 

You know what they say, when you've got eight 6 hitters, you have none!

[Scraps 13561]

Big nut Brown wants an ERA below 6

[cabowabo 4484]

So when does the plug get pulled on Abreu?  He obviously didn’t find shit in Florida 

[TejasPedro 1858]

Jeff Bagwell never stopped being a douche bag!

Dana Brown was a bad hire. 

Crane, Please sell the team.