2019 Houston Astros Thread

[Planet Houston 4930]

For what it’s worth, I’ve heard from a credible source that Correa broke his ribs from slipping in the shower while fucking Daniella. Polar opposite rumors, of course. 

[runthebone 8020]

Better team won.  What a shitshow.

 

Fuck.

 

At least we have Texas football.

 

 

FUCK SHITFUCK

[elfenix 34326]

the offense this whole post season could have fucked up wet dream

[FondrenRoad 4378]

5 minutes ago, Michael Knight said:

as soon as greinke gave up the home run it was over

Wrong. He would have pitched through it.   Solo HR okay.  Walk Soto okay.  He owned the rest of the lineup.  Hand it to Cole in the next inning with a 2-1 lead. Taking Greinke out there was a horrible decision. 

[Telegraph_it 3358]

1 minute ago, TexArcher said:

There isn't gonna be any getting over this one. 

This is worse than '05, '04, '98, '86.

Even if we get another championship or two with this nucleus, this one will always bother me.

Dude. We played to 7 while underperform through the playoffs. Does it suck, yes. But it’s not like we gave it all up in the 9th or we were swept. It was a slow bleed. 

[HtownHorn 14732]

2 minutes ago, TexArcher said:

There isn't gonna be any getting over this one. 

This is worse than '05, '04, '98, '86.

Even if we get another championship or two with this nucleus, this one will always bother me.

Yes because there was absolutely no reason to take Greinke out in the 7th, then was really no reason not to pitch Cole at all.

[oh_snap 694]

Hinch definitely fucked it up tonight, this loss is on him.  But he’s still one of the best managers in the game.

We’ll be back next year. 

[F250 28788]

1 minute ago, Planet Houston said:

For what it’s worth, I’ve heard from a credible source that Correa broke his ribs from slipping in the shower while fucking Daniella. Polar opposite rumors, of course. 

Something something watery eggs, Tom Herman. Fuck!

[Planet Houston 4930]

2 minutes ago, TexArcher said:

There isn't gonna be any getting over this one. 

This is worse than '05, '04, '98, '86.

Even if we get another championship or two with this nucleus, this one will always bother me.

I disagree. The ‘17 team winning the title will always make this one easier than all the times we fell short before winning a WS. 

[youdunnf'dup 2147]

Tough series for you guys, but I have no doubt you’ll be right back in this position again next year, hungrier than ever. That’s the makeup of yalls team. I’ve watched y’all play so much this year (fantasy baseball) and have grown to respect yalls organization more than any team I’ve ever seen. 

[Telegraph_it 3358]

3 minutes ago, runthebone said:

Better team won.  What a shitshow.

 

Fuck.

 

At least we have Texas football.

 

 

FUCK SHITFUCK

I can’t agree with this. Seems like if we could have traded our home field advantage we would have won. Baseball is weird like that. It doesn’t make sense. 

Edited October 31, 2019 by Telegraph_it

[Michael Knight 12989]

Red Sox won it all the year after a heartbreaking loss , just saying. Course it took them about 100 years of heart breaking losses but the point still stands.

[utxmike05 1828]

Fuck off.

 

Fudge you. Sorry some of us are upset still one hour into this fail. It’s a long fukin season and to lose like this it’s tough to swallow.

 

I’m glad others are happy to get orange slices and wait in line for 2nd place ribbons at this time.

 

I’m still renewing season tix. Hope we have a good pitch staff.

 

 

 

 

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[YChang 3455]

Tonight fucking sucked but It was a lot of fun cheering on the Astros with y’all.

[Michael Knight 12989]

how is he supposed to drive that out of the ballpark?

[Jshep34 2317]

Welp that sucked. They should have won this. Lots of doubts on managing and lack of offense.

[DaysOff 7958]

I think this team is better than 2017, but baseball is weird. Don't go cold and step on your dicks the final month of the season and run into a buzz saw.

[Shaggy3.0 1695]

Astros eliminated last year by a first-year manager.

 

Astros eliminated this year by a second-year manager.

 

Which third-year manager will cause heatburn in 2020?

 

 

 

 

 

[Overlord 366]

1 hour ago, Cosimo de' Medici said:

Jesus fuck, this media!!

 

[Overlord 366]

Pinche Verlander. 

 

Rendon should have won that Vette

[clapclapclap 9000]

Just let Cole move on.  There's a lot of opportunity to spread that money on improvements like more pitching depth as long as Strom is back.  There are quality arms that will be willing to come here hoping he gets them to the next level and a future superstar contract. 

Team is going to be a little screwed in the head if there isn't some shakeup.  If Luhnow will put a little more value on building a better bullpen for the post-season we have a good shot at getting back into the playoffs.  Good chance he can move Greinke and Correa for value, hell move out the wifebeater while he's at it to clean things up a bit.  Am looking forward to more of Luhnow's magic.  And hell, don't have to stress anymore about securing home field throughout any future playoffs....

Edited October 31, 2019 by clapclapclap

[Hook1997 5394]

So next will be a start over for all starting pitching?  Going to be tough to make it back with that hill to climb. 

[Hate 20117]

9 minutes ago, Planet Houston said:

For what it’s worth, I’ve heard from a credible source that Correa broke his ribs from slipping in the shower while fucking Daniella. Polar opposite rumors, of course. 

Who am I to blame a guy for this?  I'd fuck her everywhere I possibly could. 

[FondrenRoad 4378]

4 minutes ago, TexArcher said:

There isn't gonna be any getting over this one. 

This is worse than '05, '04, '98, '86.

Even if we get another championship or two with this nucleus, this one will always bother me.

I don't know. We actually played pretty fucking badly through the whole playoffs.  The bats never really woke up.  Most of our scoring in every series was solo shots.  We were relying on pitching perfect games, and we straight up sacrificed some games. 

05 we played harder every game. Got swept but never lost by more than 2. Sure, you lose game 3 and you're resigned in game 4, but never got blown out in multiple games like this where we just had a complete inability to keep a game close if down after the 5th. 

[David Dennison 18927]

1 minute ago, Hook1997 said:

So next will be a start over for all starting pitching?  Going to be tough to make it back with that hill to climb. 

Verlander, Greinke, LMJ, Urquidy, pitcher to be named later.

Next year is going to be tough, especially if Cole signs with the Angels.

Buckle up.

[Fudge Nuggets 19208]

I hope we practice the “get a hit when you have RISP” play a lot in spring training.

[Overlord 366]

4 minutes ago, Michael Knight said:

how is he supposed to drive that out of the ballpark?

I have a M6. 

I might have to trade it in for that mid-engine vette. 

Most beautiful thing on the field all night

[TexArcher 37984]

1 minute ago, Hook1997 said:

So next will be a start over for all starting pitching?  Going to be tough to make it back with that hill to climb. 

Not really.  I'm guessing we come back with:

1. JV

2. Greinke

3. McCullers

4. Urquidy

5. Whitley

And Yordan's in for the whole year.  Tucker replaces Reddick as an everyday player.

There's really no reason the AL shouldn't come down to Astros and Yankees again.

[Fudge Nuggets 19208]

22 minutes ago, GottaB said:

I thought Cole was warming up? Why switch to Harris. Greinke to Cole would have been a huge change of pace. Set up for the closer. We just needed two innings from Cole.

Just guessing because it was mid-inning.

[Overlord 366]

Fucking Soto. That guy can hit. 

[DaysOff 7958]

 Yuli will be like 36 which might be 46 in Cuban years. Uncle Mike 33, JV 37, George wrong side of 30. window closing rapidly.

[David Dennison 18927]

14 minutes ago, TexArcher said:

There isn't gonna be any getting over this one. 

This is worse than '05, '04, '98, '86.

Even if we get another championship or two with this nucleus, this one will always bother me.

I disagree. In fact, you could see this coming in Tampa.

Move on and try again.

[Fudge Nuggets 19208]

12 minutes ago, oh_snap said:

Hinch definitely fucked it up tonight, this loss is on him.  But he’s still one of the best managers in the game.

I think this says more about how shitty most managers are and not how awesome Hinch is.

[Hook1997 5394]

2 minutes ago, TexArcher said:

Not really.  I'm guessing we come back with:

1. JV

2. Greinke

3. McCullers

4. Urquidy

5. Whitley

And Yordan's in for the whole year.  Tucker replaces Reddick as an everyday player.

There's really no reason the AL shouldn't come down to Astros and Yankees again.

Never mind for some reason JV was a free agent after this year.

[David Dennison 18927]

5 minutes ago, Fudge Nuggets said:

I hope we practice the “get a hit when you have RISP” play a lot in spring training.

That was a nagging issue all season.

[HtownHorn 14732]

I'd take a flier on Matt Moore, if he's healthy. He was off to a good start with Detroit until he dislocated his knee cap. The under the radar signing that Luhnow usual makes that works out. Other than that, Luhnow needs to invest some money in the bullpen. Maybe add a couple of MLB caliber lefty options.

[Beau Vine 54273]

9 minutes ago, DaysOff said:

I think this team is better than 2017, but baseball is weird. Don't go cold and step on your dicks the final month of the season and run into a buzz saw.

Reminds me of the 2004 Longhorns baseball team.  Most talented team of that era, and they couldn't get it done because Fullerton went fuego.  And then they lost a lot of guys but came back and won it all in 2005.  

[Telegraph_it 3358]

3 minutes ago, David Dennison said:

I disagree. In fact, you could see this coming in Tampa.

Move on and try again.

Sadly yes. I just didn’t want to believe it. 

[Overlord 366]

We’ll be back. 

It hurts right now, but it’ll be ok. 

Baseball’s just a game. 

 

Now excuse me while I beat the shit out of my wife. 

[Lat22 4015]

I’m now 0-3 at WS games. That hurts. Really enjoyed the thread all season and all of you MFers. We’ll get’em next year.

[Mez2 4024]

Need to get rid of the bullshit 2 hitting coaches.

[Fudge Nuggets 19208]

9 minutes ago, Hook1997 said:

So next will be a start over for all starting pitching?  Going to be tough to make it back with that hill to climb. 

We replaced 60% of last year’s rotation and won 107.

[MirrOlure 14800]

Can somebody explain to me exactly when in the fuck did it become anything other than a routine no-brainer to intentionally walk the other teams best slugger with a man on second and two outs? Has analytics killed that too????

 

[Mez2 4024]

1 minute ago, Beau Vine said:

Reminds me of the 2004 Longhorns baseball team.  Most talented team of that era, and they couldn't get it done because Fullerton went fuego.  And then they lost a lot of guys but came back and won it all in 2005.  

Fuck you kurt Suzuki, twice

[Beau Vine 54273]

Just now, HtownHorn said:

I'd take a flier on Matt Moore, if he's healthy. He was off to a good start with Detroit until he dislocated his knee cap. The under the radar signing that Luhnow usual makes that works out. Other than that, Luhnow needs to invest some money in the bullpen. Maybe add a couple of MLB caliber lefty options.

This is a joke, right?  Teams have been taking flyers on Matt Moore for nearly a decade.  The "if he's healthy" part was a nice touch, too.  

[Michael Knight 12989]

1 minute ago, Lat22 said:

I’m now 0-3 at WS games. That hurts. Really enjoyed the thread all season and all of you MFers. We’ll get’em next year.

no offense, but please don't go to another game

[Mez2 4024]

Another thing,  I'll never worry again about home field advantage in baseball. Fuck it. 

[At Ease 44]

2019 will be remembered as the year of Altuve’s ALCS HR.

 

No sense dwelling on this fluky, shitty World Series.

[David Dennison 18927]

2 minutes ago, MirrOlure said:

Can somebody explain to me exactly when in the fuck did it become anything other than a routine no-brainer to intentionally walk the other teams best slugger with a man on second and two outs? Has analytics killed that too????

 

Because Howie Kendrick was up next.

[HtownHorn 14732]

Just now, Beau Vine said:

Reminds me of the 2004 Longhorns baseball team.  Most talented team of that era, and they couldn't get it done because Fullerton went fuego.  And then they lost a lot of guys but came back and won it all in 2005.  

The most talented team Augie had was the 2010 team that ran into Purke in the Supers.