2019 Houston Astros Thread

[Limp Brisket 546]

Bring the unhittable shit Osuna.

[Wishbone 4731]

Osuna with a 1 run lead. Can be nerve wracking.

[UTexasFight 9369]

Up 23 points the last 2 games 

Batting .800 over that span... and using the last two games as a guide, he’s on pace for 5 hits tomorrow

[UTexasFight 9369]

Osuna with a 1 run lead. Can be nerve wracking.

You apparently didn’t watch the closer we had at this time last year.

[Wishbone 4731]

1 minute ago, UTexasFight said:

You apparently didn’t watch the closer we had at this time last year.

Yeah, that’s why we got Osuna. Actally, Osuna seems better with 1 or 2 run leads that he is with 3 or more.

[Guadaloopy 10903]

Freakin bloop.  Get mad Osuna and end this.  

[perfectchaos007 6593]

Great comeback win!

[Wishbone 4731]

Damn good win tonight!

[Guadaloopy 10903]

And it’s done.  Nice job, fellas.  

[elfenix 34168]

Astros win!

[WBT 20397]

4 in a row!

[Victor Lazlo 1742]

[runthebone 7929]

His defense was shitty, but I'm loving the old Altuve.

[rvm96 1643]

Just now, runthebone said:

His defense was shitty, but I'm loving the old Altuve.

He had one bad play on defense. The grounder was just unlucky. 

[tx 3 putt 76158]

Keep racking up W’s !!!!

[UTexasFight 9369]

Thursday: we fucking suck. I hate this game. The rangers are only 4.5 back!! Omg

Tuesday: 4 in a row. We’re up 7.5.
Hard to imagine anything other than 11-0 in October.

[Victor Lazlo 1742]

We are up 6.5. 

But I love the sentiment 

Edited July 3, 2019 by Victor Lazlo

[UTexasFight 9369]

Fun fact.

Astros have played 20 games since Yordan got called up (June 9)

Our two Cubans have 13 HRs in that span

The rest of the team has 17.

 

[UTexasFight 9369]

We are up 6.5. 
But I love the sentiment 

Before tonight
We’re up 7 real time and I assumed the rangers aren’t going to come back from 5 down with 6 outs to go.

[tx 3 putt 76158]

6 minutes ago, UTexasFight said:

Fun fact.

Astros have played 20 games since Yordan got called up (June 9)

Our two Cubans have 13 HRs in that span

The rest of the team has 17.

 

Cuban Connection !

[Victor Lazlo 1742]

3 minutes ago, UTexasFight said:

Before tonight
We’re up 7 real time and I assumed the rangers aren’t going to come back from 5 down with 6 outs to go.

Ha ha ha. Apologies to you, sir  

I checked my CBS Sports app and I swear it showed the Rangers winning with a final of 5-2. I have no idea at this point what day that game was played. Probably need to update the app  

You goddamn right they aren’t coming back. 

Mea culpa. 

[Rimbo 25752]

La Piña es en fuego.

i like

[Wishbone 4731]

Currently 7.5 ahead of the Rangers, and 7.5 on the A’s. A’s still playing against the Twins. If the A’s win, we’ll be up by 7 on them and the Rangers will drop to 3rd place by half a game. Twins win, we’ll be up by 8 on A’s and Rangers stay in 2nd by a half game.

A’s lead Twins 7-6 in top 7.

Of course, none of that matters since everyone else is playing for 2nd in the AL West. 😁

Edited July 3, 2019 by Wishbone

[rvm96 1643]

59 minutes ago, Wishbone said:

Of course, none of that matters since everyone else is playing for 2nd in the AL West. 

That is not what I gathered from reading this thread a week ago. 

[Wishbone 4731]

6 minutes ago, rvm96 said:

That is not what I gathered from reading this thread a week ago. 

This is your lucky day! I happen to offer selective reading comprehension training for Surly members for only $9.95/mo. PM Derka for details on how to join.

[rvm96 1643]

43 minutes ago, Wishbone said:

This is your lucky day! I happen to offer selective reading comprehension training for Surly members for only $9.95/mo. PM Derka for details on how to join.

I wasn't talking shit about you. And I quoted the part I was talking about.

[Wishbone 4731]

1 minute ago, rvm96 said:

I wasn't talking shit about you. And I quoted the part I was talking about.

I guess I missed at an attempt at humor. I was merely agreeing with you in that there are a lot of chicken little doomsday posters all throughout Surly, which is normal and just part of the the whole. I was just offering a a tongue in cheek solution to filter it out, and tbh, thought your post was meant as tongue in cheek as well.  It never crossed my mind that you were talking shit about anything. All is cool with me.

[rvm96 1643]

https://www.mlb.com/news/astros-to-sign-dominican-shortstop-prospect-dauri-lorenzo?t=mlb-pipeline-coverage

[Scraps 13531]

Trying to get pitching ninja to post the Pressly K to Arenado from last night cause that shit looked sick

[Mez2 4020]

#HTownPride 

[kevwun 15595]

Any idea who is pitching for the Hooks on Sunday?  Finally making it back to a game in Corpus.

[VirginiaLonghorn 4750]

26 minutes ago, Scraps said:

Trying to get pitching ninja to post the Pressly K to Arenado from last night cause that shit looked sick

Charlie Morton asks if we miss him, yet?  Sick shit is in the embedded clip ... 😳

https://news.yahoo.com/tampa-bay-rays-pitcher-charlie-morton-12-strikeouts-baltimore-orioles-044452580.html

[WBT 20397]

Devo's K of Blackmon was pretty sick too

[huge 3788]

Just now, WBT said:

Devo's K of Blackmon was pretty sick too

Yep, that was the COD of old.  I missed her.

[UTexasFight 9369]

Any idea who is pitching for the Hooks on Sunday?  Finally making it back to a game in Corpus.

Abreu started last night and would be in line Sunday if they use a normal 5 man rotation but no idea if that’s the case and who knows with all the the shuttling between Houston and Round Rock which I would think would have filter down to Corpus to some extent as well.

[MAROON 445]

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/sports/texas-sports-nation/astros/article/Astros-insider-How-Carlos-Beltran-helped-to-14068517.php

Carlos Beltran still contributing to the Astros.  Somehow some way I want that guy on our staff.  Someone get Lunhow on line 1.

[tx 3 putt 76158]

Beltran isn’t leaving nyc 

[tx 3 putt 76158]

1 hour ago, kevwun said:

Any idea who is pitching for the Hooks on Sunday?  Finally making it back to a game in Corpus.

Good time, I love that stadium. Be sure to post a scouting report 

Edited July 3, 2019 by tx 3 putt

[kevwun 15595]

Yeah, there aren't many better ways to spend an afternoon than baseball, beer and whataburger.

[DallasGatr 216]

10 minutes ago, kevwun said:

Yeah, there aren't many better ways to spend an afternoon than baseball, beer and whataburger.

I actually prefer a night game there.  Cooler and the bridge is an awesome backdrop at night.

[tx 3 putt 76158]

I know this is next level, a hs playoff game there is baseball at its finest. Full house and very rowdy. Hooks used to offer the stadium for little to no charge probably still do  

Also ut / tamu-cc was must watch baseball at that stadium  

[Scraps 13531]

I want to sit in the rocking chairs when i go

[TonyTexas 10478]

Usually I’d be against this but maybe it will help fix his pop up problem.

[UTexasFight 9369]

Usually I’d be against this but maybe it will help fix his pop up problem.

Or maybe he hits 10 infield flies and shows back up the next night to win his Dad a truck.

[tx 3 putt 76158]

I’m good with this 

[Scraps 13531]

CONCLUSION 

Home Run Derby curse, fact or fiction? We have no choice but to conclude that it’s fiction. If we consider all the ways that the statistics should behave if there is no curse, we find that they consistently match that model. Certainly, some players will have a decline in power-hitting statistics from the first half of the season to the second after participating in the Derby, but it is clear from the analysis that this would have occurred for those players regardless of whether they chose to participate or not.

[BornOrange 1441]

The Home Run Derby is meaningless if Yordan Alvarez isn't invited.

[WBT 20397]

How do we not have a game on the 4th of July?  What is this commie bullshit?

[Jshep34 2303]

Side note but since it involves mmp , the longhorns will be part of the 2020 college classic next year. Looks to be a stacked tournament.

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[Ichabod 184]

Why aren't we playing on the 4th and why are we the only team in all of MLB to be playing (Against the Rangers) on July 11th?