Day off for Correa, too.
Good Lord, Morton is slooooooow.
In the National League, pitchers are trained to pitch slow to give the manager more time for complex strategizing.
I meant running to first.
That's completely different.
I really don't like that steal call. This guy can't throw strikes, he's going give you that base in a minute anyway.
Today is my birthday and I had a minute so here's what I've got: since I dropped, the Astros are 13-18. Nolan Ryan was the pitcher of record in the initial loss (1980) and the initial win (1983). The 90s were the best decade (5-3) and teens (2-5 so far) will have to close out strong to avoid tying or trumping the 80s for the worst (2-6). Roy Oswalt pitched them to a .500 record on April 17ths with a dominating performance in 2007. Last year, Altuve hit his 4th homer of the year on April 17th. At first blush, I'm having a hard time squaring these facts with my long held belief that they "always" win on my birthday.
Happy Birthday!
Astros need to make a point of sliding into a bag and kicking the shit out of it. If some asshole's ankle or knee are in the way, oh well.
WAR, uh,What is it good for?Absolutely nothin'Say it again y'all.
Your haiku is really bad.
Fuckin AokiAt least he's not a Red DickMorton hears a whoYup. I'm bad at it too.
Wasn't Satchel Paige brought out at 59 to pitch so he could qualify for a player pension?
Wasn't Satchel Paige brought out at 59 to pitch so he could qualify for a player pension?Yes, I believe so, I vaguely remember him pitching for the Kansas City Athletics in the mid 60's
Horton will likely hand it to Devo. I can't wait to watch that change up tonight!
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Shit. I think that may have been auto correct or just an odd brain fart. Morton.
Dragon is unleashedCircle of death comes for allLong walk to dugout
An all-Haiku game zone could be pretty spectacular.
Wow, what a clinic on change of pace by Devo that inning.
Indeed. Or, 50% chance it could be the SlamZone V2.0.
Kalas thinks none of us should take issue with the base running decision, and he should "take that risk every time"
Kalas thinks none of us should take issue with the base running decision, and he should "take that risk every time"Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Giles!!!!
What issues do you have and why?
There were no outs, and he made the first of the inning at 3B. It all worked out in the end, but I'd rather have a runner in scoring position with no outs. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Of course you would We all would rather have a runner on base than an out. But do you think every time a runner makes an out on the bases, it was because he fucked up?
If you're asking me to ascribe blame, i don't know if it was on him or Pettis, and I don't mind a calculated risk but would rather see it trying to stretch a single into a double than a double into a triple with no outs.
So you don't think that was a calculated risk? Or you don't mind calculated risk, except from Altuve...on that particular play. Sounds to me like you just immediately looked at the outcome and said "Altuve thrown out = bad", as if every undesired outcome was the result of a bad or poorly reasoned decision.
I don't like when any player is tagged out at 3B for the first out of an inning. It has nothing to do with which specific player made that out. Generally speaking, aggressive base running is positive when speed, situational awareness, and instincts align, and those three things generally serve Altuve well on the base paths. In this instance, I would have preferred he stay on 2B with no outs. He didn't, and it took a pretty good play to throw him out at 3B.
Right, I understand you don't like it when a player is thrown out on the bases, none of us do. I'm trying to get a little deeper on the source of your reaction, which was he should have avoided the risk. I'm trying to understand *when* you think it's OK to take that risk, and why, the bottom of the 8th of a game you're leading 3-0 with your closer coming in to face the 7, 8 and 9 hitters, is not it. Or do you never want to take that risk with nobody out?
I only want them to take that risk when it's successful.
Precisely. It's poppycock. Every manager in the game will take the risk that Altuve took.
I have seen Altuve make mistakes on the basepaths, and they're especially painful because I think he's a pretty fine baserunner. Because he's good, it's easy to assume when he's out that Mistakes Were Made. I wasn't at all surprised he headed to third. I wasn't surprised he was out. That was still an envelope worth pushing.
Everyone makes mistakes, base running, fielding errors, wild pitches, what have you. They're part of the game. And I understand, and generally agree with, the old adage about not making the first or third out at 3B. But I'm not a slave to it. Situations mean everything in baseball, plus I'm a firm believer that being aggressive is rewarded in the long term. I can accept getting thrown out, or getting picked off on occasion if it means swiping bags and taking extra bases regularly.
Right, I understand you don't like it when a player is thrown out on the bases, none of us do.
I don't like when any player is tagged out at 3B for the first out of an inning.
Not what he is saying.
Right. I'm trying to understand whether that's just a standing "rule" with him, or what his philosophy on trying take an extra base is.
I have heard the truism or clique (or whatever it is) many times 'never make your fist out at 3rd base' but people say a lot of things about baseball and not all of them make sense to me.
