2018 Houston Astros Season Thread

[YChang 3570]

This team...

[Mez2 4048]

Three fucking hits. Again, at home. 

[Pablo 500]

Murderer’s Row of pitchers we’re facing here, what do you expect. 

[Pablo 500]

Lost at plate, just pathetic

Edited September 1, 2018 by Pablo

[Gut Wagon 8219]

I’m curious to know how our scoring per inning averages out. Seems we only rarely score much early. I can’t get my head around why. 

[Mez2 4048]

Are we afraid to swing the fucking bat? Why even take one up there if you're not going to use it. I hate baseball

[Mez2 4048]

I bet our fans are trying to do the wave

[Pablo 500]

Weak grounder for Carlos & Tuve watches strike 3. So frustrating to watch. 

[David Dennison 19560]

2 minutes ago, Mez2 said:

Are we afraid to swing the fucking bat? Why even take one up there if you're not going to use it. I hate baseball

If I had to bet, you hated it even more last August 31.

Completely irrelevant, I know.

Edited September 1, 2018 by David Dennison

[mbtex 697]

Altuve has earned the right not to get squeezed like he has been tonight

[Mez2 4048]

2 minutes ago, David Dennison said:

If I had to bet, you hated it even more last August 31.

Completely irrelevant, I know.

I said it last year at this exact same date and I'll say it again, but August can't end fucking soon enough. 

 

Fortunately, our "on pace record as last year for this year" title is still hanging in there, like our run differential title, so we can put those on flags

[Ldogg53 514]

I bet our fans are trying to do the wave

No. No we aren’t.

[Gut Wagon 8219]

McHugh labors in anonymity and has an ERA under 1. Big article about his new out pitch, and now he’s fairly often getting spanked. Coincidence? 

[DaysOff 8212]

Some minor league tomorrow and then that Japanese guy. We're getting swept. Everything is terrible.

[Ldogg53 514]

I hate us at home.

[Pablo 500]

Our best friend shows up too, Old GiDP!

[TonyTexas 10783]

I’m curious to know how our scoring per inning averages out. Seems we only rarely score much early. I can’t get my head around why. 

We are ranked 24 in 1st inning scoring. After that, we are pretty much top 10 in every increment.
https://www.teamrankings.com/mlb/stat/1st-inning-runs-per-game

[Gut Wagon 8219]

1 minute ago, Pablo said:

Our best friend shows up too, Old GiDP!

I’m following the game online. Did Yulie turn a fairly obvious ball four that would have brought the tying run to the plate into a DP? That’s how the location looks on the app. 

[mbtex 697]

With this ump hard to tell

[runthebone 8379]

Can't put this one on the hitters--3 whole fucking hits already

[Mez2 4048]

Oakland scored 5 in the first, so we're pretty much tied in the division. 

[Pablo 500]

5 minutes ago, Gut Wagon said:

I’m following the game online. Did Yulie turn a fairly obvious ball four that would have brought the tying run to the plate into a DP? That’s how the location looks on the app. 

It was on low and away near the plate and he pounded it into the ground to 2B. 

[TonyTexas 10783]

Oakland scored 5 in the first, so we're pretty much tied in the division. 

So 1 1/2 up is pretty much tied?

[Mez2 4048]

Have you seen us these last few weeks?

[David Dennison 19560]

7 minutes ago, Gut Wagon said:

I’m following the game online. Did Yulie turn a fairly obvious ball four that would have brought the tying run to the plate into a DP? That’s how the location looks on the app. 

TIL: Yuil leads all of baseball with 22 GIDP.

Didn't he miss the first couple weeks of the season?

[Mez2 4048]

And yes, pretty much doesn't mean exact

[David Dennison 19560]

Just now, Mez2 said:

And yes, pretty much doesn't mean exact

So if we were a game and a half back, would we pretty much be tied for first?

[DaysOff 8212]

We're not making the playoffs.

Concentrate on football.

[Mez2 4048]

Yes. Pretty much, basically a game separates us...pretty much. Not "we are tied"

[David Dennison 19560]

Just now, DaysOff said:

We're not making the playoffs.

Concentrate on football.

Ooooh, you might not want to do that.

[TonyTexas 10783]

Have you seen us these last few weeks?

8-5

[Mez2 4048]

Cool

[David Dennison 19560]

Just now, TonyTexas said:

8-5

Don't tell him we have a winning record in August.

[Mez2 4048]

Just now, David Dennison said:

Don't tell him we have a winning record in August.

Or a better record at this point than last

[Gut Wagon 8219]

We might want to score here. If nothing else, just to fake everyone out. 

[TonyTexas 10783]

Or a better record at this point than last

Yeah, that win/loss stat is overrated

[Mez2 4048]

When comparing last year to this year, agreed. Oh look Altuve struck out and Correa will roll over to the shortstop

[UTexasFight 9819]

Dammit Correa
Just once swing at the first pitch meatball

[Mez2 4048]

Slider here

[cabowabo 4692]

Good motherfucking Christ. 

[perfectchaos007 6780]

At least the crowd will get fireworks after the game. fun for the kids

[Tommy Nobis 905]

What a fucking disgrace from the top of the lineup

[Mez2 4048]

Well, we kickoff in 13 hours

[UTexasFight 9819]

K
BB
K
3F
by our big four.

Ooof

[Ldogg53 514]

Slider here

I just called every pitch that fuck threw. And I’m not a baseball player.

[TonyTexas 10783]

Runners on 2nd and 3rd, nobody out, top of the lineup coming up. Nada. Pretty, pretty, pretty bad.

[Gut Wagon 8219]

I’m pretty sure that distracting batter’s eye we put out there for the bottom of each inning is the issue. We should ask MLB if we can quit doing that. 

[perfectchaos007 6780]

1 minute ago, TonyTexas said:

Runners on 2nd and 3rd, nobody out, top of the lineup coming up. Nada. Pretty, pretty, pretty bad.

spent all of their mental energy against the A's?

[Chuckie Finster 23092]

We need to stop allowing the guys to go home after the game. Rent a fucking hotel and pretend that we are on the road.

Also, put Altuve and Correa at 8/9 in the lineup.

[Mez2 4048]

Do you think we could beat the skeeters?