2018 Houston Astros Season Thread

[WBT 20579]

1 hour ago, maninblack said:

 

With Round Rock back in the fold and as the major league teams continue to diverge, I think central Texas is going to be reclaimed as Astros territory, as it has been historically.

[Seasick Sailor 3747]

Fuck.

[Fudge Nuggets 19190]

Somebody punch that fucker that keeps yelling “swing” on every pitch.

[Mo Horn 8846]

A's just hit a grand slam in the top ofthe 9th. 5-4 rays, one out

[Seasick Sailor 3747]

Great White!

[WBT 20579]

Whitey!

Too bad that bounce cost us another run

[Mo Horn 8846]

Rays hold on for the win. Magic number now 10.

[elfenix 34250]

astros score, rays win!

[elfenix 34250]

thank you fresno for the awesome taco hat

[TonyTexas 10515]

And Carlos is unclutch once again

 

[kevwun 15790]

He needs to drop down further in the lineup.  I don't care about his feelings right now, it's about what is best for the team and White needs to be batting ahead of him.

[Mo Horn 8846]

1 minute ago, kevwun said:

He needs to drop down further in the lineup.  I don't care about his feelings right now, it's about what is best for the team and White needs to be batting ahead of him.

White is ahead of him today

[kevwun 15790]

Excuse me, I think I just had a stroke.  On another note, I heard Bagwell said during last night's broadcast that he is pretty sure Altuve's knee is still bugging him based on how he is swinging.

Edited September 16, 2018 by kevwun

[TonyTexas 10515]

Verlander is such a horse. Another great outing

[kevwun 15790]

If it was the playoffs, I'd let him pitch the 8th too.  And Woooo!

Edited September 16, 2018 by kevwun

[TonyTexas 10515]

Woo

[Scraps 13561]

Fucking reddick pull your head out of your ass

Thanks

[Mo Horn 8846]

Wooooo

[WBT 20579]

woooooooooo

[Fudge Nuggets 19190]

Way to atone, Reddick.

[Mo Horn 8846]

Starting to steal and hit and run more to stay out of double plays. 

[Mo Horn 8846]

Tuve

[DaysOff 7951]

DBacks in full Bad News Bears mode

And again

[WBT 20579]

Lulz, nice d

[Scraps 13561]

Lol...correa with the little league "triple"

[Fudge Nuggets 19190]

Maldonado has been a pleasant surprise. 

[Mo Horn 8846]

8 minutes ago, Fudge Nuggets said:

Maldonado has been a pleasant surprise. 

Great defensive catcher and anything on offense is a bonus. He's had some clutch hits for sure. 

[Mo Horn 8846]

Making this to interesting

[Rimbo 25940]

Taking the series vs Oakland, loaning us their stadium last year... Tampa Bay has been very good to the Astros. Thanks Devil Rays Bros.

[Fudge Nuggets 19190]

Great thing about September is you don’t have to put up with any bullshit out of the pen before making a change. 

[Mo Horn 8846]

Shit 

[Seasick Sailor 3747]

Fuck.

[elfenix 34250]

Fuck

[elfenix 34250]

Astros win!

[UTHornFan014 710]

Well... That was more stressful than expected

[Mo Horn 8846]

Made it too close at the end but the win is all that matters. Magic number to single digits at 9.

[Fudge Nuggets 19190]

Osuna seems pretty good about shaking off a fuck up and getting it done. 

[tx 3 putt 76974]

Keep racking up W’s !

[Gut Wagon 8079]

It’s like McHugh sudddnly decided to make our postseason roster selection harder than it should be. 

[Guadaloopy 10973]

27 minutes ago, Fudge Nuggets said:

Osuna seems pretty good about shaking off a fuck up and getting it done. 

He pooped himself and then just changed his britches.   Giles would have smeared it all over the walls.   

[David Dennison 18860]

11 minutes ago, Gut Wagon said:

It’s like McHugh sudddnly decided to make our postseason roster selection harder than it should be. 

He's on it.

[runthebone 7983]

These ninth innings today were fucked up, but it all ended well. 

[Guadaloopy 10973]

Bevo doing the Bregman stare

[Mez2 4023]

On a Sunday night I might bang me some Maze

#HTownPride

[WBT 20579]

1 hour ago, Gut Wagon said:

It’s like McHugh sudddnly decided to make our postseason roster selection harder than it should be. 

He would have done a better job of cleaning up his own mess than Osuna did

Edited September 16, 2018 by WBT

[henrygandorf 29191]

ok so that was a nice weekend, lead is back up to 4.5, with 2 weeks (13 games) left to play.

vs sea / vs laa / @tor / @balt (4)

we're 94-55, a new high-water mark for the season.

last year at this point we were 91-58.

6-7 gets us to 100.  7-6 matches last year's win total.  8-5 ties astros win record (it's 102, right?)

oakland only has 12 games on their schedule (90-60). 

vs laa / vs minny / @sea / @laa

if we can go 8-5, they'll have to go 12-0 to tie us.  those tampa losses were huge.

let's start by going 4-2 this week.  that puts us on pace to clinch in week 2 and have the balt series not matter, so we can get rest and straighten out the rotation the way we want it.

[AtticusFinch 155]

Didnt see game today.  Was Correa able to hit a ball hard today?

[UTHornFan014 710]

Didnt see game today.  Was Correa able to hit a ball hard today?

Not really - Hit a soft liner for a single and had a bad news bears style bloop double (helped out by some iffy defense).

But it is better than multiple strike outs/double plays

[UTexasFight 9454]

On a personal note, broke through today and I’m feeling good about our chances in the postseason.
After being in attendance and seeing wins in the season and home openers, I’d been to three other games this year before today. All JV starts. All Astro losses (including that bartolo near-perfecto).
Bullpen tried to blow it but glad my jinx was overcome.

It really is incredible this team is still a 100 win team with Correa hitting like dogshit, Altuve with a bum knee and Springer turning in to a single hitter.

Tyler White and Tony Kemp, man.

[Pablo 494]

Some other dude named Bregman is pretty, pretty good.