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White Sox @ Astros May 30, 2015
« on: May 30, 2015, 12:04:52 pm »
Your lineups for this afternoon matinee:

White Sox

CFAdam Eaton (L)
DHE. Bonifacio (S)
RFAvisail Garcia (R)
LFMelky Cabrera (S)
1BAdam LaRoche (L)
SSAlexei Ramirez (R)
3BGordon Beckham (R)
CGeovany Soto (R)
2BCarlos Sanchez (S)

CWS: Jose Quintana (L)  (2-5, 4.67)

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RF George Springer (R)
2B Jose Altuve (R)
LF Preston Tucker (L)
DH Evan Gattis (R)
1B Chris Carter (R)
3B Jonathan Villar (S)
C Jason Castro (L)
SS Marwin Gonzalez (S)
CF Jake Marisnick (R)

HOU: Dallas Keuchel (L)  (6-1, 1.98)
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Re: White Sox @ Astros May 30, 2015
« Reply #1 on: May 30, 2015, 01:48:23 pm »
Is Marisnick 0-May? It certainly seems that way.
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Re: White Sox @ Astros May 30, 2015
« Reply #2 on: May 30, 2015, 03:14:40 pm »
Lowest OBP in today's lineup is The King's .252.
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Re: White Sox @ Astros May 30, 2015
« Reply #3 on: May 30, 2015, 03:28:43 pm »
Who is "The King", and why?
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Re: White Sox @ Astros May 30, 2015
« Reply #4 on: May 30, 2015, 03:44:12 pm »
Quote from: geezerdonk on May 30, 2015, 03:14:40 pm
Lowest OBP in today's lineup is The King's .252.

Quote from: Reuben on May 30, 2015, 03:28:43 pm
Who is "The King", and why?
I'm guessing Carter?
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Re: White Sox @ Astros May 30, 2015
« Reply #5 on: May 30, 2015, 04:10:04 pm »
Quote from: Reuben on May 30, 2015, 03:28:43 pm
Who is "The King", and why?

Marwin Gonzales, it's an obscure play on words based on the title of a Jack Nicholson - Bruce Dern movie. The King of Marvin Gardens.
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Re: White Sox @ Astros May 30, 2015
« Reply #6 on: May 30, 2015, 04:48:26 pm »
The way Soto throws the ball back to the pitcher makes *my* back hurt in sympathy.
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Re: White Sox @ Astros May 30, 2015
« Reply #7 on: May 30, 2015, 04:57:27 pm »
Villar is a fucking idiot.
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Re: White Sox @ Astros May 30, 2015
« Reply #8 on: May 30, 2015, 04:57:43 pm »
Quote from: austro on May 30, 2015, 04:48:26 pm
The way Soto throws the ball back to the pitcher makes *my* back hurt in sympathy.
Does he have a hurt back?
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Re: White Sox @ Astros May 30, 2015
« Reply #9 on: May 30, 2015, 04:58:20 pm »
Man, that's the second major-league base-running brain-fart. Villar is a real head-scratcher.
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Re: White Sox @ Astros May 30, 2015
« Reply #10 on: May 30, 2015, 04:59:16 pm »
Quote from: doyce7 on May 30, 2015, 04:57:43 pm
Does he have a hurt back?

I don't know if he does or not, but it sure looks like it. I think I heard Blum say something about him having an ice pack on it after the game last night.
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Re: White Sox @ Astros May 30, 2015
« Reply #11 on: May 30, 2015, 05:10:09 pm »
I think that was Fowler, after his spill over the dugout railing.
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Re: White Sox @ Astros May 30, 2015
« Reply #12 on: May 30, 2015, 05:14:00 pm »
Quote from: jbm on May 30, 2015, 05:10:09 pm
I think that was Fowler, after his spill over the dugout railing.

ITYM Flowers.

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Re: White Sox @ Astros May 30, 2015
« Reply #13 on: May 30, 2015, 05:15:57 pm »
Dammit. Score some runs.
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Re: White Sox @ Astros May 30, 2015
« Reply #14 on: May 30, 2015, 05:19:16 pm »
Quote from: austro on May 30, 2015, 04:58:20 pm
Man, that's the second major-league base-running brain-fart. Villar is a real head-scratcher.

Assuming he has enough of a brain to make a fart.
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Re: White Sox @ Astros May 30, 2015
« Reply #15 on: May 30, 2015, 05:21:46 pm »
Keuchel bailing out Villar. Nice to see.
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Re: White Sox @ Astros May 30, 2015
« Reply #16 on: May 30, 2015, 05:28:54 pm »
2-0 after Crawford Box HR by Gattis.
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Re: White Sox @ Astros May 30, 2015
« Reply #17 on: May 30, 2015, 05:29:56 pm »
The Lumberjack Caveman Oso Blanco!
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Re: White Sox @ Astros May 30, 2015
« Reply #18 on: May 30, 2015, 05:30:02 pm »
3-0 after Carter follow  Gattis dinger with one of his own.
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Re: White Sox @ Astros May 30, 2015
« Reply #19 on: May 30, 2015, 05:30:53 pm »
Carter smacks number 8.
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Re: White Sox @ Astros May 30, 2015
« Reply #20 on: May 30, 2015, 05:32:16 pm »
I picked a good time to start watching!
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Re: White Sox @ Astros May 30, 2015
« Reply #21 on: May 30, 2015, 05:33:43 pm »
Blum and Brownie work well together.
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Re: White Sox @ Astros May 30, 2015
« Reply #22 on: May 30, 2015, 05:37:36 pm »
Quote from: Sphinx Drummond on May 30, 2015, 05:33:43 pm
Blum and Brownie work well together.

Brownie and Blum play off each other well in a silly way. It's very enjoyable to listen to.

Blum is really growing on me. He's not smooth at all, but he's got a JD quirkiness to him that I really like.
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Re: White Sox @ Astros May 30, 2015
« Reply #23 on: May 30, 2015, 05:39:09 pm »
Quote from: MRaup on May 30, 2015, 05:37:36 pm
Brownie and Blum play off each other well in a silly way. It's very enjoyable to listen to.

Blum is really growing on me. He's not smooth at all, but he's got a JD quirkiness to him that I really like.

Yes, and my ears aren't bleeding.
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Re: White Sox @ Astros May 30, 2015
« Reply #24 on: May 30, 2015, 05:40:53 pm »
Quote from: juliogotay on May 30, 2015, 05:39:09 pm
Yes, and my ears aren't bleeding.

I'm also not terrifying my dog screaming at every stupid fucking thing that Ashby is saying. He certainly appreciates it.
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Re: White Sox @ Astros May 30, 2015
« Reply #25 on: May 30, 2015, 05:41:43 pm »
Fantastic game by Keuchel!
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Re: White Sox @ Astros May 30, 2015
« Reply #26 on: May 30, 2015, 05:43:33 pm »
Quote from: Sphinx Drummond on May 30, 2015, 05:41:43 pm
Fantastic game by Keuchel!

Very efficient....112 pitches.
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Re: White Sox @ Astros May 30, 2015
« Reply #27 on: May 30, 2015, 05:58:48 pm »
Wow great game by Keuchel. 
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Re: White Sox @ Astros May 30, 2015
« Reply #28 on: May 30, 2015, 06:10:56 pm »
Attaway Stros!!!
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Re: White Sox @ Astros May 30, 2015
« Reply #29 on: May 31, 2015, 12:18:00 pm »
Quote from: MRaup on May 30, 2015, 05:37:36 pm
Brownie and Blum play off each other well in a silly way. It's very enjoyable to listen to.

Blum is really growing on me. He's not smooth at all, but he's got a JD quirkiness to him that I really like.
Agreed on all fronts. It's tempting to think that Blum is fantastic only in contrast to Ashby, because he kinda sounds like a lovably-dumb goofy jock, but he's actually quite sharp and picks up on a lot of nuances over the course of a game, and season.

It's hard to imagine that the people who make the broadcast-personnel decisions for the Astros cannot realize that Ashby completely sucks. Brownie's no Vin Scully, but he's pretty good, and Blum, Ford, and Sparks are all very very good in their respective roles.

If we can't get JD back, then at the very least Ashby needs to go.
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Re: White Sox @ Astros May 30, 2015
« Reply #30 on: May 31, 2015, 12:22:59 pm »
Quote from: Reuben on May 31, 2015, 12:18:00 pm
Agreed on all fronts. It's tempting to think that Blum is fantastic only in contrast to Ashby, because he kinda sounds like a lovably-dumb goofy jock, but he's actually quite sharp and picks up on a lot of nuances over the course of a game, and season.

It's hard to imagine that the people who make the broadcast-personnel decisions for the Astros cannot realize that Ashby completely sucks. Brownie's no Vin Scully, but he's pretty good, and Blum, Ford, and Sparks are all very very good in their respective roles.

If we can't get JD back, then at the very least Ashby needs to go.
Could not have said it better
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Re: White Sox @ Astros May 30, 2015
« Reply #31 on: May 31, 2015, 12:42:11 pm »
Quote from: MRaup on May 30, 2015, 05:37:36 pm
Brownie and Blum play off each other well in a silly way. It's very enjoyable to listen to.

Blum is really growing on me. He's not smooth at all, but he's got a JD quirkiness to him that I really like.

Blum is very good at the color.  He knows the game, points out little things that people might not notice, and provides some insight as to what's going on from a players' perspective; how a guy approaches a pinch hit at bat, how the SS and 2B communicate, what a pitching coach is saying on a mound visit...stuff like that.  His voice is just irritating to the ear.  But he's light years better than Ashby when it comes to content.
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