Houston Astros 2024 Season Thread

[Gourmand 7761]

WHAT A FUCKING PLAY BY KESSINGER!!!

[tx 3 putt 75570]

that play was balls of steel there

damn 

[Gourmand 7761]

Never in doubt. 

What a bunch of former presidents on the umpiring crew. 

[tx 3 putt 75570]

[David Dennison 17804]

What the fuck is up with MLB officiating?

[Honeysucklerose 955]

Wow. Didn’t expect that outcome

[utxmike05 1825]

Wow. Helluva a play! F u umps. Game. 

[UTexasFight 9304]

They had a runner on 3rd after 1 pitch/no outs in the 10th, a ball bounce 30’ from home plate on a ball 4, and a phantom HBP…and still don’t score. 

[tx 3 putt 75570]

Just now, David Dennison said:

What the fuck is up with MLB officiating?

ny needs a kick to their cunt 

[Gourmand 7761]

1 minute ago, David Dennison said:

What the fuck is up with MLB officiating?

that was atrocious

insanely terrible

[Guadaloopy 10803]

Just now, Honeysucklerose said:

Wow. Didn’t expect that outcome

Padres’ balls shrank when it mattered.  They went overly cautious after being gifted 3rd base.  Should have scored or at least forced a great play twice.  

[UTexasFight 9304]

It crossed my mind when Altuve got ejected that baseball gods may allow grae to have a game saving catch on a liner that Altuve couldn’t get to. I figured it would be above his head, but that works too. 

[Gut Wagon 8039]

Here at 1 a.m. in Georgia, I'm quite happy to be shutting it down with a W. Didn't look like it would happen. 

[Pablo 490]

gawd damn, what a wild one

fuck yeah for that W boys

[tx 3 putt 75570]

win this fucking series tomorrow !!!!!

[Guadaloopy 10803]

Now how the fuck am I supposed to sleep?

[Hornsbay22 452]

Damn what a wild W.   Forgot the heart racing Neris can give you.

That play by Grae was bad ass. 

[UTexasFight 9304]

Not to let it get lost in all of this, magic number down from 9 to 7.

picked a game up on Cleveland too. 4.5 back.

Edited September 18 by UTexasFight

[Guadaloopy 10803]

It has to be asked… does Altuve make that play?

So maybe we actually have to thank Miller for being a shitty ump and running him?

[tx 3 putt 75570]

11 minutes ago, Gourmand said:

WHAT A FUCKING PLAY BY KESSINGER!!!

 

[UTexasFight 9304]

Just now, Guadaloopy said:

It has to be asked… does Altuve make that play?

So maybe we actually have to thank Miller for being a shitty ump and running him?

See:

 

9 minutes ago, UTexasFight said:

It crossed my mind when Altuve got ejected that baseball gods may allow grae to have a game saving catch on a liner that Altuve couldn’t get to. I figured it would be above his head, but that works too. 

 

[runthebone 7894]

Is this the worst crew in baseball?

[UTexasFight 9304]

2 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

 

Dude’s a pro.  Not as good as his grandpa, but a consummate pro, always ready when you need him:

https://www.mlb.com/astros/video/ryan-pressly-in-play-out-s-to-marcus-semien-abjihb

 

[tx 3 putt 75570]

the radio call was $$$, of course ….

 

[Rimbo 25254]

it's amazing anyone in this town still talks to me

[Rimbo 25254]

(To be fair, the Padres did win a World Series game. One. In their first WS appearance in 1984. However, Bengamin is ALSO a Mariners fan...)

Edited September 18 by Rimbo

[Pimphand 5525]

Cleveland's magic number is 7 for the first round bye.

Not much wiggle room if the Stros want to skip the Twins before the Tribe.

[kevwun 15341]

I nope'd out after Pressly let the first guy get on in the 8th.  I had to go back and watch the end this morning.  That ump crew needs to be sent to the California Penal League.

[HtownHorn 14344]

I hadn't seen Profar go off on the umps after the game. Even he was pissed about not getting hit by the pitch.

[Gourmand 7761]

I kept a promise to myself to just suffer through the ending so I could miss the traffic jam at home before heading to bed. From the moment Neris bounced his very first pitch past Diaz to allow the ghost runner to third and a 1-0 count, I was absolutely certain they were scoring the tying run AT BEST and we were likely getting walked off to lose it. Never once thought we had a chance at all to actually close that game out in the 10th, until Kessinger made that incredible play. I still cannot believe Tyler Wade didn't score on Neris' walk to Elias Diaz. How was he not breaking home there? That ball got far enough away from Yainer that I thought he would have scored if he'd gone right away. And Neris getting Arraez to ground out up the middle followed by a K of Tatis Jr??? Nails. Still didn't think that was gonna be enough though with Machado at the plate with the bases loaded. I cannot believe that review on the HBP to Profar. What the fuck.

[kevwun 15341]

It missed by inches and there was no question of it brushing his uniform.  You have to try to be that bad at your job.

[Gourmand 7761]

11 minutes ago, HtownHorn said:

I hadn't seen Profar go off on the umps after the game. Even he was pissed about not getting hit by the pitch.

Yeah that was odd, I get him wanting to be the walk-off hero but why would you not want to take your base to at least put pressure on the opposing pitcher to throw strikes since a walk or another hbp scores the tying run?

[UTexasFight 9304]

Did Grae really say this in the postgame?

lol

 

“When did you realize you were going into the game?”
“As he started to untie his shoe, I grabbed my glove.” 

[Wulaw Horn 18919]

13 hours ago, Scraps said:

"O'Nora missed 17 calls in the game and had the lowest correct call rate of the day."

And yet- the clown last night was even worse. 

[Wulaw Horn 18919]

8 hours ago, UTexasFight said:

Not to let it get lost in all of this, magic number down from 9 to 7.

picked a game up on Cleveland too. 4.5 back.

Only 4 in the loss column. 
Astros 1 more Cleveland loss away from controlling their own destiny for the 2 seed. 

[kevwun 15341]

This crew must be in training to replace the shitty older umps.

Edited September 18 by kevwun

[UTexasFight 9304]

8 minutes ago, Wulaw Horn said:

Only 4 in the loss column. 
Astros 1 more Cleveland loss away from controlling their own destiny for the 2 seed. 

Yeah was just going to quote the post above about Cleveland’s magic number for the 2 seed being 7… just like ours for the west.

but anyone with a brain would feel much more comfortable with our chances for running down Cleveland than Seattle running down us 

[Dutchrudder 11076]

Cleveland is also 1.5 back from #1 overall. If they chase down the Yankees then the bracket becomes quite different. 

[Gut Wagon 8039]

44 minutes ago, Gourmand said:

I kept a promise to myself to just suffer through the ending so I could miss the traffic jam at home before heading to bed. From the moment Neris bounced his very first pitch past Diaz to allow the ghost runner to third and a 1-0 count, I was absolutely certain they were scoring the tying run AT BEST and we were likely getting walked off to lose it. Never once thought we had a chance at all to actually close that game out in the 10th, until Kessinger made that incredible play. I still cannot believe Tyler Wade didn't score on Neris' walk to Elias Diaz. How was he not breaking home there? That ball got far enough away from Yainer that I thought he would have scored if he'd gone right away. And Neris getting Arraez to ground out up the middle followed by a K of Tatis Jr??? Nails. Still didn't think that was gonna be enough though with Machado at the plate with the bases loaded. I cannot believe that review on the HBP to Profar. What the fuck.

A really slipshod performance by the officials (onsite and in NY) made what was already a crazy game even wilder. Can't recall ever having players from both sides angry about the same HBP call. Profar's indignation at the end suggested he was more into being the hero than winning. Was a miracle for us to escape with a W. Made the Eagles-Falcons ending look routine. 

[Storm the Field 5256]

Best W of the regular season, IMO.

A rare extra innings victory, on the road, against a good team chasing a division title, and with the umpires and review officials actively trying to have us lose.

[UTexasFight 9304]

For an encore we get Framber v Cease 

playoff intensity baseball in September!

 

We hit Cease well. Altuve’s going deep today.

Edited September 18 by UTexasFight

[runthebone 7894]

I think Framber has to send a message/protect his teammates and throw at the ump first pitch of the game.

 

 

May be called a strike anyway

 

[TexArcher 37104]

I've made this analogy before, but when European football was putting in goal line technology, half the fans bitched and moaned.  Now, absolutely no one wants to go back to human error on goals. 

It'll be the same with digital balls and strikes.  Just get to it already.

[Ojo Rojo 1796]

The umpires are having far too much of an effect on the outcome of games.  It's maddening.

[UTexasFight 9304]

103.2 off the bat on machado’s ground out. Before the first game of the series, Blum was talking about San Diego’s field being one of the best/playing very true. But I don’t think he was talking about a play like that: a ball that bounced off the top of the mound, in between the pitcher’s legs, then a short hop behind the bag. Like a diabolical windmill putt putt hole where instead of you putting a ball in to a hole, it’s blasted towards you at over 100 mph 

such a damn good play 

 

[Scraps 13490]

Only posting cause the last two days have been horribad

[kevwun 15341]

That's a 90's Braves strike zone.

[TheStoicPaisano 9849]

Cleveland is dicking around with their third wave of starting pitching (Boyd, Cantillo) and the bats have gone cold since the Break. They seem to be limping to Monday’s off-day. Fortunately, Det has taken two straight from KC while Cle holds serve vs. Min.

 

[Scraps 13490]

I will say there were some great gif moments made in last nights game though.  Now I just have to find all of them.  JV reaction to delay.  JV reaction to HBP standing.  Altuves whole thing lol.  Heyward Bo Jackson impression.  Kessinger reacion after making the play can get some love. 

[Celery Man 20607]

Hey guys I fell asleep was it an interesting game?