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28 minutes ago, UTexasFight said:

Royals and tigers tied going to the weekend.

Royals own the tiebreaker. But sporting a 3-7 L10 and have the harder matchup (@ATL who is fighting for their playoff lives) 

Tigers, sporting a 9-1 L10, are facing the worst team in this history of baseball.

 

So does Hinch want to play Houston or Baltimore, seems like it’s really his choice (unless Twins sweep Baltimore). 

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Just now, oh_snap said:

So does Hinch want to play Houston or Baltimore, seems like it’s really his choice (unless Twins sweep Baltimore). 

Yeah, the amount of fuckery being played by all of these teams (KC, DET, CWS, BAL) this weekend will be interesting. 
I haven’t checked the rotations. Clearly, none of the top 3 starters will be going after tomorrow. I’m sure KC and Det will be trying to get that last win tomorrow and completely shutting it down.

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5 hours ago, Mitch Hedberg said:

Hinch has already said they are playing to clinch and not for seeding. Once they clinch they are shutting it down. Even so, it may be hard to not sweep the White Sox and get the 5. 

Hinch is an idiot... It's highly unlikely but Minn could sweep Baltimore and Detroit could get the Wild Card at home.  Fortunately KC is in the 404 and they are playing for their playoff lives so hopefully the situation sorts itself out.

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10 hours ago, IDIOTsavant said:

The best thing Dayton ever did for the city of Houston was selling the club to Jim Crane.

Fuck brick pinstripe uniforms, open star caps, Junction Jack, Tal’s Hill, Sheriff Blaylock’s nachos and fuck Drayton to eternity. His posturing that there was nothing wrong with the Dome when Bud was trying to get a new stadium and then after the Nashville talks to move the team prevented us from ever having a realistic chance to keep the Oilers. Remember Drayton REDUCED payroll his first season at Enron Field. I did a 40 page paper on the Oilers moving and Houston stadium issues back in 1996 for my sports law class. Got an A+ on it and during my research developed a loathing for that Baylor son of a bitch.

Finally, Drayton’s lack of taste when it comes to design and architecture that is clearly visible at his toilet bowl namesake stadium at Rapelor is, unfortunately, also evident at MMP. The Sports Authority has approved money for renovations to MMP and Toyota Center. 

https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2024/08/20/hchsa-approves-stadium-renovations-for-minute-maid-park-toyota-center/

I hope some of that money goes to re-skin MMP. Bullshit, hokey, fake old timey ballpark BS aesthetic never belonged for a Houston baseball stadium. Take inspiration from Bernabeu in Madrid and do something modern and consistent with “Astros”. Get rid of the outfield train and turn the HR celebration to something honoring our history with the Dome and space travel, maybe a rocket launching or something.

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1 hour ago, Macklemore said:

I hope some of that money goes to re-skin MMP. Bullshit, hokey, fake old timey ballpark BS aesthetic never belonged for a Houston baseball stadium. Take inspiration from Bernabeu in Madrid and do something modern and consistent with “Astros”. Get rid of the outfield train and turn the HR celebration to something honoring our history with the Dome and space travel, maybe a rocket launching or something.

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Found an article from 2021 about roof closed vs open and through 2019, it was 69% closed, 22% open, 9% opened mid game

those open %s have to have gone down considerably. I feel like we get 1 or 2 games a season at most since Covid with the roof open in the regular season 

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