2018 Houston Astros Season Thread

[Lat22 3994]

Correa is a mess.

[kevwun 15605]

Take strike down the middle then swing at breaking ball in the dirt.

[Scraps 13536]

Correa is making me yearn for jeff keppinger

[tx 3 putt 76201]

Damn, damn, damn 

[Scraps 13536]

[Scraps 13536]

This game kinda blows. Sure hope we can hold them off. Felt way more confident with the 2 run lead as opposed to the 1

[TonyTexas 10479]

Yep. We seem very flat. Might fuck around and lose to this minor league squad

[Scraps 13536]

Oh motherfucker

 

Get altuve out of the game. What the fuck are we doing fucking around with him

 

Last thing we need is him to make whatever the hell is wrong with him worse

[Scraps 13536]

Nice JV

[Scraps 13536]

Get this run home plz

[cabowabo 4450]

It's been hard to watch Correa lately. 

[perfectchaos007 6596]

We have not put on a defensive showcase today

[Scraps 13536]

Holy shit....thanks tigers

[WBT 20405]

woooooooooo...lolol

[elfenix 34168]

Smooth DP. Just like your mom.

[cabowabo 4450]

Man, great play there by Marwin.

[TonyTexas 10479]

AJ has been pushing the right buttons lately.

[Scraps 13536]

Lulz. Tigers

[ckhorn 208]

Sometimes I wounder what we are looking for at the plate.

 

[David Dennison 18642]

I really hope Springer wasn't holding that thumb.

[Guadaloopy 10910]

Good points but Blummer last half inning.  If the Astros pull this one out after last night’s disappointment and the lack of sleep, they should feel pretty good about it.  Now get it done.  

[Scraps 13536]

I really hope Springer wasn't holding that thumb.

He was. He keeps hitting shit off the end of his bat and aggravating it.

[Gourmand 7774]

that does not look good. 

 

[Guadaloopy 10910]

1 minute ago, David Dennison said:

I really hope Springer wasn't holding that thumb.

He looked like he was shaking something off after strike 2.  

[patrickdrinksbeer 788]

niko goodrum has more HR than carlos correa

[Scraps 13536]

Damn Carlos....that makes up for that error

[cabowabo 4450]

It's been hard to watch Correa lately. 

Wut?

[cabowabo 4450]

Good win.

[perfectchaos007 6596]

Defense was really good since I made that comment lol

[elfenix 34168]

Astros win!

[Scraps 13536]

What a shitty game.

Don't care. Won. Fuck bitches.

[David Dennison 18642]

Ugly as hell but it counts!

[Seasick Sailor 3747]

Who cares if it was ugly? A win is a win at this point.

[TonyTexas 10479]

Ugly win. I feel like we would have lost this game against 28 other teams. Thanks Tigers!

[Mo Horn 8801]

Winner

[ckhorn 208]

Just now, Scraps said:

What a shitty game.

Don't care. Won. Fuck bitches.

I disagree. That was a pretty MF.

[Guadaloopy 10910]

1 minute ago, ckhorn said:

I disagree. That was a pretty MF.

Yep, with the events of the last 24 HRs, that was a beauty.   

[henrygandorf 29174]

ugly win.  which makes it a beautiful win.

a's don't play, so we're finally at an even number, and that number is 3.

90 wins.  10-8 gets us to 100.

[henrygandorf 29174]

4 minutes ago, henrygandorf said:

ugly win.  which makes it a beautiful win.

a's don't play, so we're finally at an even number, and that number is 3.

90 wins.  10-8 gets us to 100.

so obviously oakland would need to go 13-5 in that situation to catch us.

what's the tie-breaker?

[TonyTexas 10479]

He was holding it after his last strikeout

[TonyTexas 10479]

so obviously oakland would need to go 13-5 in that situation to catch us.
what's the tie-breaker?

H2H. We own the tiebreaker

[Gut Wagon 8052]

Not much risk at all in shutting down Springer for at least a few games. We’ll obviously need him healthy in October. I assume we can get to the postseason without trotting him out there every day.

[henrygandorf 29174]

9 minutes ago, TonyTexas said:

H2H. We own the tiebreaker

ok cool.  so if we go 10-8 and win 100 games, oakland would need to go 14-4 to win the west.

[TonyTexas 10479]

H2H. We own the tiebreaker

I’m wrong on this. H2H determines home field in tie break game.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_tie-breaking_procedures?wprov=sfti1

[henrygandorf 29174]

oh, well then i'm wrong too.

[runthebone 7930]

On the third swing, the way Springer dropped the bat was concerning, but he didn't grab his hand after that one.  Hopefully he just let it go immediately to be safe?  We'll never get the truth from the Astros. 

 

Anyway, I literally love Justin Verlander. 

Edited September 11, 2018 by runthebone

[TonyTexas 10479]

On the third swing, the way Springer dropped the bat was concerning, but he didn't grab his hand after that one.  Hopefully he just let it go immediately to be safe?  We'll never get the truth from the Astros. 
 
Anyway, I literally love Justin Verlander. 

[UTexasFight 9371]

Oakland is not winning 100 games this year.

I’ll tip my cap. I expected them to be about 5 or more games back by now. But I do expect them to finally crack this week with their rotation issues and the pressure that’s putting on their bullpen.

I do really hate our 7 game creampuff road trip is the final 7 games.
I think it’s a whole lot harder to be bad teams when you HAVE to beat bad teams.
Would much rather have those games next week and get the 5-2 or so record under your belt rather than having to beat them the final week to clinch.

In summary, f selig.

[henrygandorf 29174]

26 minutes ago, TonyTexas said:

I’m wrong on this. H2H determines home field in tie break game.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_tie-breaking_procedures?wprov=sfti1

jesus, it looks like post wildcard but pre-2012 we would've been fine with a tie.  now we'd still have to play a tie-breaking game.  that would really fucking suck to lose that game, then have to play a wildcard game with your sp2, then if you win, start a division series with your sp3.  of course oakland doesn't really have that issue.

[runthebone 7930]

10 minutes ago, TonyTexas said:

Maybe he had to pee?