2018 Houston Astros Season Thread

[TonyTexas 10518]

Damn. That was a good pitch

[Mo Horn 8852]

Just now, Guadaloopy said:

No way.  Can’t put tying run in scoring position.  

With him at the plate it already is

[perfectchaos007 6677]

When we’re healthy we can take a series against anyone 

[mbtex 683]

Fuck Yeah

[Guadaloopy 10987]

Shoulda walked him.  

[Mo Horn 8852]

Huge, fucking huge

[runthebone 8023]

Yes!

[Seasick Sailor 3747]

Huge!!!!!!! 

[TonyTexas 10518]

[elfenix 34330]

Astros win!

[Guest]

Bulldogs today.

 

Way to fight!

[Horny Bull 2762]

Fuck yes

[clapclapclap 9000]

Whew.

But the Rangers rolled over for the A's once again.

Edited September 8, 2018 by clapclapclap

[Fudge Nuggets 19209]

Yes!!!!!!!!!

[UDontKnow 10447]

Just now, elfenix said:

Astros win!

This win has me in a good mood for our football game which beings shortly.

[Fudge Nuggets 19209]

What a game. 

[Rimbo 26005]

i like winning

i love this team

[Rimbo 26005]

Just now, clapclapclap said:

Whew.

But the Rangers rolled over for the A's once again.

as we knew they would

[henrygandorf 29194]

i don't know about you assholes, but my heart is not ready for playoff baseball.

huge series win.

[Telegraph_it 3358]

Just now, henrygandorf said:

i don't know about you assholes, but my heart is not ready for playoff baseball.

huge series win.

This.

[Rimbo 26005]

2 minutes ago, UDontKnow said:

This win has me in a good mood for our football game which beings shortly.

please do not remind me of that at this point in time

[Fudge Nuggets 19209]

Not that it matters, but that gives us the season series win against Boston. 

[runthebone 8023]

Nice confidence booster if these teams meet in the ALCS

[TonyTexas 10518]

Fuck you to the poster questioning this team’s heart. They love and thrive in the spotlight.

[Guest]

1 minute ago, henrygandorf said:

i don't know about you assholes, but my heart is not ready for playoff baseball.

huge series win.

 

 Watched the Astro game instead of college football.

 

I apologized to wife and she looked at me like I was crazy, “ That’s what we should have been watching!  I love CFM...”

 

LOLZ.  My ole lady is using sports nicknames.  She said something about riding in a bobsled...

 

Go Astros.

[Fudge Nuggets 19209]

3 minutes ago, Rimbo said:

as we knew they would

If we don’t give up ground while we play Boston and they play Arlington, we gain come out ahead. 

[Guadaloopy 10987]

3 minutes ago, Fudge Nuggets said:

If we don’t give up ground while we play Boston and they play Arlington, we gain come out ahead. 

Realistically, the A’s needed to pick up two games this weekend.  

[Fudge Nuggets 19209]

henrygandolf (or whatever his name is) said if we won one or two against Boston it will be all over but the crying. I hope he’s right. 

Edited September 8, 2018 by Fudge Nuggets

[Fudge Nuggets 19209]

11 minutes ago, slorch said:

 

 Watched the Astro game instead of college football.

 

I apologized to wife and she looked at me like I was crazy, “ That’s what we should have been watching!  I love CFM...”

 

LOLZ.  My ole lady is using sports nicknames.  She said something about riding in a bobsled...

 

Go Astros.

As I get older I can’t follow as many different things as I could in the past. Last year I didn’t watch more than two hours of football on any Saturday until after the World Series. Through two weeks of football season this year is shaping up to be similar. 

[Guest]

Oh, the aggy- Clemson game has been highly entertaining.

 

Watched UH kick ass early today.  I’ll watch a shit-ton of sports as long as I have any say about it.

 

Astro game today( and yesterday) was damned compelling sports.

[Fudge Nuggets 19209]

I hope McCann or Stasi get the start tomorrow because Machete took a beating behind the plate today. 

[Rustic Horn 929]

[TonyTexas 10518]

I hope McCann or Stasi get the start tomorrow because Machete took a beating behind the plate today. 

You can take a McCann start to the bank with a righty starting for the Sox.

[TonyTexas 10518]

This MLB season is mirroring the last NBA season. The AL is the NBA West. The Astros are the Warriors and the Red Sox are the Rockets. The NL champions are the Cavs. We all know how that turned out.

[henrygandorf 29194]

3 hours ago, Fudge Nuggets said:

henrygandolf (or whatever his name is) said if we won one or two against Boston it will be all over but the crying. I hope he’s right. 

jesus christ are you still talking?

as i said, this was the a's best chance to catch us, and now they're not going to.

[mycox 582]

A 3.5 game lead is nothing. There is certainly a chance the A's catch the Astros

[runthebone 8023]

Let's just win the World Series again so I don't have to think about Texas football until November.

[Guadaloopy 10987]

42 minutes ago, mycox said:

A 3.5 game lead is nothing. There is certainly a chance the A's catch the Astros

Of course there is a chance, but look at the remaining schedule for both.  The A’s have played one more game than the Astros, and that game is in the loss column.  Both teams have 13 remaining games against teams under .500.  The schedules are actually pretty similar with the Astros substituting three game sets with the D-Backs, Blue Jays, and the Tigers against the A’s series against the Rays, Twins, and the Angels.  

The Astros extra game left in the schedule is against the Orioles   

The A’s have 3/5 of a starting rotation and a bully that has been used heavily for two turns through the rotation since Manaea and Anderson went on the DL.

So yes, anything can happen, but this weekend was the biggest mismatch between schedules that favored the A’s, and the Astros haven’t let them make use of it   

 

[tx 3 putt 77206]

most important game of the season is tomorrow !

[Seasick Sailor 3747]

 

 

 

[WBT 20638]

And it's never been harder to have more walks than strikeouts

[Rimbo 26005]

No doubt about it -- he's gonna make one hell of a trade package

Edited September 9, 2018 by Rimbo

[Fudge Nuggets 19209]

4 hours ago, henrygandorf said:

jesus christ are you still talking?

as i said, this was the a's best chance to catch us, and now they're not going to.

And I said I hope you’re right.  For fucks sake get the God damn chip off your shoulder already.

[mycox 582]

5 hours ago, Guadaloopy said:

Of course there is a chance, but look at the remaining schedule for both.  The A’s have played one more game than the Astros, and that game is in the loss column.  Both teams have 13 remaining games against teams under .500.  The schedules are actually pretty similar with the Astros substituting three game sets with the D-Backs, Blue Jays, and the Tigers against the A’s series against the Rays, Twins, and the Angels.  

The Astros extra game left in the schedule is against the Orioles   

The A’s have 3/5 of a starting rotation and a bully that has been used heavily for two turns through the rotation since Manaea and Anderson went on the DL.

So yes, anything can happen, but this weekend was the biggest mismatch between schedules that favored the A’s, and the Astros haven’t let them make use of it   

 

I don't care what the future schedule  looks like. All it takes is a sweep from Arizona or Seattle which is possible. Or even Toronto. I have seen teams blow bigger leads.

[Mez2 4025]

That rays series for the A's is not going to be easy.

 

[Gut Wagon 8083]

12 hours ago, runthebone said:

Let's just win the World Series again so I don't have to think about Texas football until November.

The way things look over there, I don’t anticipate thinking about football in November, either.

[Tommy Nobis 905]

Can’t wait for ESPN’s knob slobbing of the Red Sox tonight even though we’ve already won the series and are going for a sweep.

[maninblack 7974]

Can’t wait for ESPN’s knob slobbing of the Red Sox tonight even though we’ve already won the series and are going for a sweep.

It's like clockwork

[TonyTexas 10518]

Can’t wait for ESPN’s knob slobbing of the Red Sox tonight even though we’ve already won the series and are going for a sweep.

The Astros get plenty of knob slobbing

[henrygandorf 29194]

1 minute ago, TonyTexas said:

The Astros get plenty of knob slobbing

mlbn loves the astros as much as espn loves nyy/bos.