2019 Houston Astros Thread

[Scraps 13542]

I guess ill let him strut after that

[Limp Brisket 546]

Devo!!!  Lol

[Dennis Taylor 18706]

1 minute ago, Scraps said:

I guess ill let him strut after that

Devo don't give a fuck either way bro

[Scraps 13542]

I need the yuli sweep to the crawford boxes

[WBT 20418]

Maybe score a run this inning?

[Limp Brisket 546]

Let’s get a run or two here nice and please?

[Scraps 13542]

Oh god

[tx 3 putt 76347]

Garfield about to tie it up 

[Sleepygrad 1029]

1 hour ago, Pibald said:

CSB/ I saw a kid get hit hard in the terrible home loss against KC in the 2015 playoffs. Salvador Perez fouled one off over the home dugout a few rows up and hit a kid in the chest or neck. The crowd went silent (playoff baseball crowd) and the kid’s dad hauled ass up the stairs with the unconscious kid in his arms. Play stopped briefly, but not as long as just now. All the players just stood and watched. Terrifying. 

Despite the magnitude of the loss, my only concern post game was that the kid was ok. Found on the interweb later that he was ok. /csb

was at that game and saw that same thing. I'll never forget seeing the dad running up the stairs holding his kid

[perfectchaos007 6596]

If we can play .500 ball while Correa, Altuve, and Springer are injured I'll be content. Not easy replacing 1/3rd of your lineup.

[tx 3 putt 76347]

Take it for the team !!!!!!

[TexArcher 37508]

That ball's three inches off the plate, Blue.  Go fuck a goat.

[YChang 3430]

Not a professional hitter

[elfenix 34171]

Damnit

[Rip76 4914]

Complete bullshit

[Mez2 4021]

Fuck the Cubs

[henrygandorf 29174]

we are now 9-9 in last game/getaway day games of series.

we are 28-11 in all other games.

9-9 is pretty crazy considering we've already had two 10 game winning streaks.

33 games til the asb.  18-15 is the goal.

let's go.

[Scraps 13542]

That goal sucks

33-0 is the goal

[UTexasFight 9379]

 

That video of Luhnow should be saved and shown to Correa everytime he complains about a minor ache/pain in the future.

 

The amount of shame I would feel if my boss had to sit and answer ridiculous questions like that...not to mention having to face the other 24 guys on the roster...

 

Can’t change whatever the fuck happened Tuesday morning but have some fucking pride, come back from this as quickly as possible and never put yourself in a position for anything like this happen again.

[UTexasFight 9379]

Tucker and Alvarez combined for 13 ABs tonight...and not a single XBH.

It’s going real tough right now.

[tx 3 putt 76347]

yall realize,  he's out for 4 to 6 weeks - no physical activity, THEN he needs to get back in playing shape, then rehab assignment 

[Jshep34 2304]

Danielle and CC need to synch up thier menstrual cycles

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[jkates 313]

Of course, fans and children at baseball games need to be protected, of course. The netting could be extended, without significantly interfering with the game experience, and at a relatively low cost. Of course. 

But maybe...

Maybe if you bring your kid to a game, sit in a rocket zone, and don't pay attention, it's a tiny bit your fault.

[Hank Chinaski 6310]

10 hours ago, UTexasFight said:

That video of Luhnow should be saved and shown to Correa everytime he complains about a minor ache/pain in the future.

 

The amount of shame I would feel if my boss had to sit and answer ridiculous questions like that...not to mention having to face the other 24 guys on the roster...

 

Can’t change whatever the fuck happened Tuesday morning but have some fucking pride, come back from this as quickly as possible and never put yourself in a position for anything like this happen again.

Watch...Correa will sit out his standard 50-60 games this year and next...then will finally play a full season in 2021, just in time for some sucker to give him a $250mm FA deal. Then he'll settle back into his routine and won't come close to producing the value that he should. 

[APMP 685]

Of course, fans and children at baseball games need to be protected, of course. The netting could be extended, without significantly interfering with the game experience, and at a relatively low cost. Of course. 
But maybe...
Maybe if you bring your kid to a game, sit in a rocket zone, and don't pay attention, it's a tiny bit your fault.

Point on the rocket zone taken, but I seriously doubt there's enough reaction time to get your kid or even yourself out of the way of a 100mph screamer, even if you're paying attention.

[huge 3788]

40 minutes ago, jkates said:

Of course, fans and children at baseball games need to be protected, of course. The netting could be extended, without significantly interfering with the game experience, and at a relatively low cost. Of course. 

But maybe...

Maybe if you bring your kid to a game, sit in a rocket zone, and don't pay attention, it's a tiny bit your fault.

Of course of course of course you should stop masturbating on people.

But maybe they were asking for it?

[Scraps 13542]

It is dumb to have a kid down there....it is dumb to be on your phone down there....it is dumb to be looking at the person on the left side of you if you are on 3b side and right side of you if 1b side.  

Net has been extended already.  Pay fucking attention....and take your infants/toddlers to the upper decks.  

I am so god damned tired of snowflakes in this world trying to make every single god damn experience 0.00% risk.  It ain't happening.  ZOMG LETS WRAP THE WHOLE STADIUM IN NETTING SO NO ONE CAN EVER GET HURT!!!!!!!!!!  Someone will still get hurt by a homer blasting off the signs above the Crawford boxes at some point and then we will have to change them so that the ball is absorbed into the facing of the wall/sign so that it can't bounce back and hit someone.  

Just pay attention and don't be an idiot and that solves many of the problems in the world.  

 

 

 

[HoustonFrog 368]

Point on the rocket zone taken, but I seriously doubt there's enough reaction time to get your kid or even yourself out of the way of a 100mph screamer, even if you're paying attention.

If you can’t react to a 100mph baseball from 150ft away, how on earth does somebody hit one from 53ft?

Pay attention. Put up netting. Both need to happen

[tx 3 putt 76347]

It falls on that kid’s parent that his kid got hit 

[Mez2 4021]

i blame correa and his husband, daniella

[kevwun 15643]

46 minutes ago, Scraps said:

It is dumb to have a kid down there....it is dumb to be on your phone down there....it is dumb to be looking at the person on the left side of you if you are on 3b side and right side of you if 1b side.  

Net has been extended already.  Pay fucking attention....and take your infants/toddlers to the upper decks.  

I am so god damned tired of snowflakes in this world trying to make every single god damn experience 0.00% risk.  It ain't happening.  ZOMG LETS WRAP THE WHOLE STADIUM IN NETTING SO NO ONE CAN EVER GET HURT!!!!!!!!!!  Someone will still get hurt by a homer blasting off the signs above the Crawford boxes at some point and then we will have to change them so that the ball is absorbed into the facing of the wall/sign so that it can't bounce back and hit someone.  

Just pay attention and don't be an idiot and that solves many of the problems in the world.  

 

 

 

I feel like you're holding back on how you feel about this, Scraps.  You can let it all out here.  It's a safe space.

[maninblack 7974]

This guy is collecting a MLB check. 

 

[kevwun 15643]

That pitch was at least an 1.5" from being right down the middle.  You can't expect him to lower his standards enough to swing at it.

Edited May 30, 2019 by kevwun

[jkates 313]

1 hour ago, tx 3 putt said:

It falls on that kid’s parent that his kid got hit 

That's where I come down on this. I have 3 kids and a wife who is likely not going to be paying close attention to every pitch/batted ball. When we go to the game, my primary responsibility is their safety. That starts with my sitting closest to the action. I can't imagine allowing a ball to hit my daughter. I've caught several foul balls over the years. It's just a matter of paying attention. (Playing middle infield all my life probably doesn't hurt!)

[Mez2 4021]

there's so much WTF about tyler white's swing that it's not even comical anymore. he's front side flies way the fuck open on any pitch, unless it's middle-in, he's not gonna hit anything. and then when he does make contact, his shoulder drops so much that he's gonna lift any pitch he does hit, unless it's down and away. good luck catching up to anything middle away to up and away. throw in all the motion he has and it's not a real conducive stance. 

but the most egregious thing about him is he's fat. 

[MAROON 445]

Correa  bobblehead china doll giveaway night just announced by the Astros

[DaysOff 7851]

The kid's gonna be fine.

Now, are we going to be bad for awhile. I'm afraid we're going to be bad for awhile.

[Mitch Hedberg 2090]

1 hour ago, Scraps said:

It is dumb to have a kid down there....it is dumb to be on your phone down there....it is dumb to be looking at the person on the left side of you if you are on 3b side and right side of you if 1b side.  

Net has been extended already.  Pay fucking attention....and take your infants/toddlers to the upper decks.  

I am so god damned tired of snowflakes in this world trying to make every single god damn experience 0.00% risk.  It ain't happening.  ZOMG LETS WRAP THE WHOLE STADIUM IN NETTING SO NO ONE CAN EVER GET HURT!!!!!!!!!!  Someone will still get hurt by a homer blasting off the signs above the Crawford boxes at some point and then we will have to change them so that the ball is absorbed into the facing of the wall/sign so that it can't bounce back and hit someone.  

Just pay attention and don't be an idiot and that solves many of the problems in the world.  

 

 

 

100 percent this

[UTexasFight 9379]

That's where I come down on this. I have 3 kids and a wife who is likely not going to be paying close attention to every pitch/batted ball. When we go to the game, my primary responsibility is their safety. That starts with my sitting closest to the action. I can't imagine allowing a ball to hit my daughter. I've caught several foul balls over the years. It's just a matter of paying attention. (Playing middle infield all my life probably doesn't hurt!)

And you’ve never left your family in their seats during game action to go take a piss, concession stand, etc?

 

Not trying to be a dick... I get it.

I have a 4 and 6 yo and like you, I’m very aware of my seats and when we might be potentially in danger of a foul ball, etc

But to expect every single person to stay alert for every single pitch over 3+ hours isn’t realistic in the world we live in today.

 

Where does it stop? Idk.

But we’re probably getting more nets.

At least it will hopefully keep the idiots from reaching over and touching live balls that skirt just inside the 1st/3rd base bag.

 

We now return to our regularly scheduled White/Correa bashing.

[henrygandorf 29174]

13 minutes ago, Mez2 said:

there's so much WTF about tyler white's swing that it's not even comical anymore. he's front side flies way the fuck open on any pitch, unless it's middle-in, he's not gonna hit anything. and then when he does make contact, his shoulder drops so much that he's gonna lift any pitch he does hit, unless it's down and away. good luck catching up to anything middle away to up and away. throw in all the motion he has and it's not a real conducive stance. 

but the most egregious thing about him is he's fat. 

no.  i'm fine with him being fat.  there have been fat baseball players before.

the most egregious thing is that he's fat, but somehow he's a slap hitter.  his biggest hits this year (all 5 of them) have been bloop singles or well placed doubles.  we're talking about a guy slugging .303 here.  german marquez is slugging .363 and he's a pitcher.  he's the first pitcher i looked up because i have him in fantasy and saw he hit a triple the other day.

marquez has 9 rbi in 26 plate appearances.  white has 8 rbi in 125 pa.  white has 7 xbh and we're 1/3 of the way thru the season.

in the old days, the brewers or orioles or whomever would have some slow pitch softball looking guys.  they would hit .212 and knock 25-30 homers, and that's who they were.  white is fat and slow and can't hit homers.  i just don't understand what the point is anymore.  gattis off the street would be an improvement tomorrow.

[UTexasFight 9379]

Kaplan on the injuries
Correa probably all star break
For Altuve, hadn’t heard we’re looking at a week or two before starting up the rehab assignment again.

• Altuve (right leg soreness): Altuve’s left hamstring strain has healed, but the Astros pulled him off his rehab assignment after he reported an issue with his right leg. His right knee was surgically repaired in October, and it sounds as if he just needs to build strength in his leg to be able to push off in his swing.

“More than rest, he needs some strengthening in his lower half,” Hinch said. “He missed (watching) most of the game (Tuesday) just being in the weight room. They have some stabilization exercises they’re doing. They’re making sure that he has strength in both legs and both knees and that he can adequately play to the level at which we know he can play.”

Once his strength deficit is remedied — it could be a week or two yet — it’s likely Altuve will restart his minor-league rehab assignment. He played in back-to-back games for Triple-A Round Rock on Sunday and Monday before returning to Houston on Tuesday.

• George Springer (left hamstring strain): Springer, whose strain was of the Grade 2 severity, has already progressed to running but is still probably at least a couple of weeks from a minor-league rehab assignment. A return to the Astros’ lineup in the second half of June seems like a reasonable target.

• Aledmys Díaz (left hamstring strain): Díaz progressed to jogging Wednesday and said he’s feeling improvement. His most recent strain was worse than his initial strain, for which he avoided an IL stint altogether. Díaz is eligible to return June 6, the last day of the upcoming road trip to Oakland and Seattle. If he doesn’t return then, he should during the next homestand.

[UTexasFight 9379]

On T White, it was a good run by the FO to give him a chance to put up some sort of numbers that would justify a trade, but times up.
Can’t afford to continue to have another hole in the lineup with all the injuries.
Really wish they had worked more with Alvarez becoming a 1B

[UTPhil2006 3791]

1 hour ago, kevwun said:

That pitch was at least an 1.5" from being right down the middle.  You can't expect him to lower his standards enough to swing at it.

That would imply he swung at all.  Which he did not that entire at bat.

[henrygandorf 29174]

31 minutes ago, UTexasFight said:

Kaplan on the injuries
Correa probably all star break
For Altuve, hadn’t heard we’re looking at a week or two before starting up the rehab assignment again.
 

 

i'm not counting on anyone returning/contributing until the asb (except diaz probably).

33 games.  the season starts tomorrow.

[Scraps 13542]

36 minutes ago, henrygandorf said:

no.  i'm fine with him being fat.  there have been fat baseball players before.

the most egregious thing is that he's fat, but somehow he's a slap hitter.  his biggest hits this year (all 5 of them) have been bloop singles or well placed doubles.  we're talking about a guy slugging .303 here.  german marquez is slugging .363 and he's a pitcher.  he's the first pitcher i looked up because i have him in fantasy and saw he hit a triple the other day.

marquez has 9 rbi in 26 plate appearances.  white has 8 rbi in 125 pa.  white has 7 xbh and we're 1/3 of the way thru the season.

in the old days, the brewers or orioles or whomever would have some slow pitch softball looking guys.  they would hit .212 and knock 25-30 homers, and that's who they were.  white is fat and slow and can't hit homers.  i just don't understand what the point is anymore.  gattis off the street would be an improvement tomorrow.

Speaking of SLG and White....

last night I was talking to 3putt and brought up that White's SLG is fucking LOWER than his OBP.  How is this even fucking possible unless you are a Willy T.  type player.  

[henrygandorf 29174]

1 minute ago, Scraps said:

Speaking of SLG and White....

last night I was talking to 3putt and brought up that White's SLG is fucking LOWER than his OBP.  How is this even fucking possible unless you are a Willy T.  type player.  

as a long time fantasy baseball player and stat junkie, i immediately notice this type of thing.

it's extremely unusual, especially for someone like white.  even just for 15-30 day stretches, it's weird, and not a good sign.

it's the kind of thing that happens to guys like joey votto, who have a great eye, but might be struggling to get xbh.  votto has led the league in obp 7x and last year almost pulled it off (.417/.419).  even this season, hitting .242 with 4 homers, his slg is still higher (.340/.366).

[UTexasFight 9379]

Speaking of SLG and White....
last night I was talking to 3putt and brought up that White's SLG is fucking LOWER than his OBP.  How is this even fucking possible unless you are a Willy T.  type player.  

T White ate Willy T and now shits singles.

[jkates 313]

 

 

 

52 minutes ago, UTexasFight said:

And you’ve never left your family in their seats during game action to go take a piss, concession stand, etc?

 

Not trying to be a dick... I get it.

I have a 4 and 6 yo and like you, I’m very aware of my seats and when we might be potentially in danger of a foul ball, etc

But to expect every single person to stay alert for every single pitch over 3+ hours isn’t realistic in the world we live in today.

 

Where does it stop? Idk.

But we’re probably getting more nets.

At least it will hopefully keep the idiots from reaching over and touching live balls that skirt just inside the 1st/3rd base bag.

 

We now return to our regularly scheduled White/Correa bashing.

I'm fine with more netting. It's still my responsibility to protect my family. Both can coexist.

[Jshep34 2304]

You assume the risk as a paying patron. There are certain parts of the park and time of game that i will absolutely not take my son to. When we have sat low towards field i sit on inside seat towards the hitter with a glove.

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[tx 3 putt 76347]

They’re not putting up more netting