2019 Houston Astros Thread

[Nueces River Rat 5743]

lolwat?  It's not 2012 anymore.  If you can't watch, it's on you.

If you don’t have Direct Tv you are basically Astroless outside of Houston. Why the Astros signed a deal with Comcast who AT&T later acquired their Sports Nets when they had limited distribution outside of Houston was not the best move by Crane. The other metro areas in the Houston Astro market are on Spectrum or some other provider.

[Cooder 37]

Biagini smoked a lot of weed in Canada

[Southernthunder 38]

That was awesome. 

[thetruth 149]

2 minutes ago, Nueces River Rat said:

If you don’t have Direct Tv you are basically Astroless outside of Houston. Why the Astros signed a deal with Comcast who AT&T later acquired their Sports Nets when they had limited distribution outside of Houston was not the best move by Crane. The other metro areas in the Houston Astro market are on Spectrum or some other provider.

/r/mlbstreams

Get on board bud. 

[Fudge Nuggets 19407]

1 hour ago, Scraps said:

Well before the game i did tell putt that Sanchez just needs to come out and throw a no hitter.

I guess this counts

Told my dad the same thing before the game.  We didn’t say shit about it until it was over.

[rvm96 1643]

Gerrit Cole always makes the most out of his interviews

 

[Rimbo 26854]

22 minutes ago, Nueces River Rat said:

If you don’t have Direct Tv you are basically Astroless outside of Houston. Why the Astros signed a deal with Comcast who AT&T later acquired their Sports Nets when they had limited distribution outside of Houston was not the best move by Crane. The other metro areas in the Houston Astro market are on Spectrum or some other provider.

mlb at bat ftw... free with t-mobile

[Rimbo 26854]

34 minutes ago, henrygandorf said:

"It's too big to be a MLB team"

[tx 3 putt 78470]

Two things :

1. Shout out to scraps for my free ticket today and tomorrow

2. Scraps called the no hitter before the first pitch. 

 

What a great evening !!!!

[tx 3 putt 78470]

Verlander will be pumped tomorrow 

the new standard for starters, 7 innings no hit ball 

[tx 3 putt 78470]

McHugh USED to have the locker next to Verlander.

Greinke now has the locker next to Verlander. Cole is in the same area. 

McHugh was moved out 

Edited August 4, 2019 by tx 3 putt

[Rimbo 26854]

and baseball is fun again

[UTexasFight 9789]

So August 3, 2019 a good day.
AL pitcher, player and rookie of the month announced
A bunch of Astro greats recognized (including guys that threw 5 of the team’s previous 11 no-hitters)
12th no-hitter.

Preeety good.

[tx 3 putt 78470]

biagini killed the post game group interview

holy hell hes funny 

Edited August 4, 2019 by tx 3 putt

[Seasick Sailor 3747]

Another trade piece had a good night too.

[tx 3 putt 78470]

I’ll call it now, scrubb will be another Lunhow gem 

[UTexasFight 9789]

ILWT

[UTexasFight 9789]

[Planet Houston 4949]

I love that our manager is trolling MLB pundits and Tyler Bauer. 

[Fudge Nuggets 19407]

Less Mumbles, more Michelle Margaux please.

[UTexasFight 9789]

Tucker got his 28th tonight.

On the mound, Mr Peacock, not so hot. Good thing Sanchez is looking like a new #5
For Peacock: 1.1 IP, 2 BBs, 3 H, 5 ER

[runthebone 8322]

713!

Edited August 4, 2019 by runthebone

[tx 3 putt 78470]

Plenty of time for peacock to tune it in. We need him for oct, not August 

[UTexasFight 9789]

This popped up from two years ago today. No idea what I was doing on a Thursday night in 2017 that had me finding these (not all original) baseball cards of Astros retired jerseys but pretty cool it popped up today of all days

[rvm96 1643]

 

[UTexasFight 9789]

I smiled

 

 

 

[UTexasFight 9789]

I’m hoping Sanchez gets through at least 3 innings before giving up a hit against Baltimore next Saturday.

[perfectchaos007 6766]

Tonight was the second Astros game I attended this year. The other game I attended we won on a walk-off walk. Good things happen when I'm there I guess

[TexArcher 38816]

1 minute ago, perfectchaos007 said:

Tonight was the second Astros game I attended this year. The other game I attended we won on a walk-off walk. Good things happen when I'm there I guess

You need to shell out for season tickets next year.

[Gourmand 7778]

So this is what it's like to be the Big Swingin Dick at the pool party?

Goddamn it's a good time to be alive!

[Planet Houston 4949]

Meanwhile, in Toronto...😂😂😂

Man, Luhnow has the goods on at least one of the baseball gods. He can do no wrong it seems. 

[UTHornFan014 751]

Should be good for another 10 spot:

Fail!

It was only good for 9

[Mo Horn 8933]

6 hours ago, UTHornFan014 said:

Fail!

It was only good for 9

Just realized Stubbs is on this card. Are we carrying 3 catchers right now? If so, send one down and bring up Tucker. 

[kevwun 16269]

Chirinos has been out with a sore shoulder the last 2 games, but they haven't put him on the IL.  Tucker isn't coming up until the rosters expand unless someone gets hurt.

Edited August 4, 2019 by kevwun

[TonyTexas 10683]

I expect the bench to get starts today. Altuve, Machete and either Brantley or Springer will sit.

 

[UTexasFight 9789]

It’ll be interesting to see who catches today

Likely won’t be Machete with day game after night game and do they put Stubbs out there to call the game for JV?

If so, that tells me Chirinos is headed for the IL

 

But speaking of Stubbs, I saw him right in the middle of the wave rushing out to the field ecstatic as can be. And giving a “good job Stromie” in the dugout on his way back to the dugout.

That was a good thing for him to witness and hope he was dialed in on how that game was called, especially in the late innings.

[Guadaloopy 11129]

1 hour ago, Mo Horn said:

Just realized Stubbs is on this card. Are we carrying 3 catchers right now? If so, send one down and bring up Tucker. 

Chirinos has a sore left shoulder.  They are trying to give him some rest without an IL stint.  Stubbs is only up until Chirinos says he is good to go.   Then it will be Peacock back on the roster.   

[TonyTexas 10683]

Chirinos has a sore left shoulder.  They are trying to give him some rest without an IL stint.  Stubbs is only up until Chirinos says he is good to go.   Then it will be Peacock back on the roster.   

I think Peacock is a few weeks away from returning. Stubbs will be replaced by another pitcher. We’re only carrying 12 and have a stretch of 17 straight games, without an off day, coming up. Not sure who the call up will be as Urquidy, Abreu and Sneed are ineligible for 10 days.

[tx 3 putt 78470]

Perez ? Framber ?  Lot of young arms to give another look too and rotate out 

Edited August 4, 2019 by tx 3 putt

[Guadaloopy 11129]

Pressly’s 10 days are up soon as well.  

[Fudge Nuggets 19407]

25 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

Perez ? Framber ?  Lot of young arms to give another look too and rotate out 

Armenteros.

[tx 3 putt 78470]

All those you guys need more looks 

the Death Star May be fully operational, but it’s only 80% complete. This BP still has some healing to do 

[TonyTexas 10683]

Pressly’s 10 days are up soon as well.  

Forgot about him. That’s the move. He’s eligible to return on Tuesday.

[TonyTexas 10683]

Well I was pretty much wrong with my lineup prediction.

[Scraps 13745]

Yordan 4 hole....let the big dog eat

[UTexasFight 9789]

Well I was pretty much wrong with my lineup prediction.

So then I guess Wed will be the big off day.
Day game after nightgame with off day Thurs before 17 straight

[kevwun 16269]

SmartDNS has a 2 week free trial and you don't even have to give them a credit card.  I set my 2 DNS servers to Atlanta and New Jersey, so there should be minimal problems with blackouts.  Will report back to see how it works with the game, but it fixed the amazon issue already.

[Nice Guy Eddie 13707]

33 minutes ago, TonyTexas said:

Well I was pretty much wrong with my lineup prediction.

One school of thought could be that you could put out a less powerful lineup to get a win against the bad mariners, or put in the strongest lineup to vastly increase the odds of a win.    

[Fudge Nuggets 19407]

I doubt it will matter, but I wouldn’t mind seeing Diaz out thee and sit Reddick’s ass for a couple of days.

[BornOrange 1441]

During the dog days of August I expect Marisnick, Diaz, and Maldonado to get a lot of playing time so everyone can get some regular rest.

Then, during September, I hope it ramps up even more with call ups getting mixed in.

Let's make sure the Death Star is fully ramped up in October.