Author Topic: 2 Runs? (Read 15684 times)

Alkie · « **on:** September 29, 2005, 11:22:46 pm »

2 fucking runs against a 5th pitcher who we've seen, what, 18 times this season already, at home?

THAT was fucking weak.

Frustrating. Better get one tomorrow. Sure would like to be able to rest Rocket and Roy and be playing next weekend.

pravata · « **Reply #1 on:** September 30, 2005, 12:02:57 am »

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2 fucking runs against a 5th pitcher who we've seen, what, 18 times this season already, at home?

THAT was fucking weak.

Frustrating. Better get one tomorrow. Sure would like to be able to rest Rocket and Roy and be playing next weekend.

Rocket wants to pitch Sat., but it would be nice to only have him out there to work up a sweat and test the leg.

Alkie · « **Reply #2 on:** September 30, 2005, 12:04:16 am »

You knew what I meant.

Better to not NEED a win out of Roy and Rocket this weekend.

It's not even THAT we lost, so much that we couldn't get more than TWO fucking runs off this dope.

BudGirl · « **Reply #3 on:** September 30, 2005, 12:07:59 am »

At least Lane spread the ball around on 3 of his 4 outs.

Why is Biggio leading off instead of Taveras?

pravata · « **Reply #4 on:** September 30, 2005, 12:09:16 am »

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At least Lane spread the ball around on 3 of his 4 outs.

Why is Biggio leading off instead of Taveras?

Garner says he's "just trying it" Taveras is in a bit of a slump.

BudGirl · « **Reply #6 on:** September 30, 2005, 12:11:18 am »

I read you the first time.

Alkie · « **Reply #7 on:** September 30, 2005, 12:12:58 am »

SI just named us the favorites to win the NL.

Shouldn't we qualify first?

Alkie · « **Reply #12 on:** September 30, 2005, 12:21:09 am »

Yes, it looked all too familiar. Which is not a good sign. If we can't beat GLENDON RUSCH at HOME with the season at stake, how are we supposed to beat Tim Hudson in Atlanta on Thursday? I'm not even going to ASK about Smoltz.

Smoltz could throw left handed, and he'd still shut us out in the playoffs. FACT.

Alkie · « **Reply #15 on:** September 30, 2005, 12:25:06 am »

Well, that's all good and well, but if we're going to bother MAKING the playoffs, I'd like to see us do something with this rotation.

Besides, spending $400 to drive across this state to watch us lose to the Braves is not exactly what I have in mind.

Alkie · « **Reply #16 on:** September 30, 2005, 12:28:11 am »

And look, regarding the rest of the regular season...there are 6 baseball games which directly interest us, of which we only require TWO positive outcomes. Right now, the odds are in our favor.

Lose tomorrow and Phils win, it starts to get scary again.

Tralfaz · « **Reply #18 on:** September 30, 2005, 01:11:17 am »

20/20 hind sight say's Mansolino should have held Gipson at third. Only Taveras has proven he scores on a double from first. I think last night sent Gipson. Still, gotta be proud of Luke for bringing it late in the clutch tonight.

HurricaneDavid · « **Reply #19 on:** September 30, 2005, 01:21:28 am »

You have to send him there. They needed Patterson to field it perfectly, make a perfect throw, Macias to make a perfect throw home, and Blanco to make a perfect catch and hold on to get Gipson out. If any one of those 5 things is slightly off, he's safe. I'm not going to regret that decision at all.

On a side note, I am going to do absolutely nothing work-related at work tomorrow.

Tralfaz · « **Reply #20 on:** September 30, 2005, 10:10:33 am »

I don't disagree with sending him (only viewing this with my 20/20 perfect world glasses on) but I do expect major leagers to do all five of the afformentioned perfectly. There's no proof that Gipson is gonna out run a perfect relay, I'm just saying that Taveras could, and I think Manolino was hoping for the Cubs to screw up more than he was sure his runner was fast enough. High risk, high reward if it works, but it didn't and that's baseball.

HurricaneDavid · « **Reply #23 on:** September 30, 2005, 10:37:02 am »

Actually, Ausmus was on deck.

Tralfaz · « **Reply #24 on:** September 30, 2005, 10:40:53 am »

..and ready to knock the RCAP out of the ball.

Tralfaz · « **Reply #26 on:** September 30, 2005, 10:51:03 am »

Was Luke Scott using a shorter bat than normal? Looked like a fat billy stick.

HurricaneDavid · « **Reply #27 on:** September 30, 2005, 10:53:32 am »

Also, Scott was getting into 2nd (with no one covering) just as Macias was making the cutoff. He would have been on 3rd had Gipson scored.

JimR · « **Reply #28 on:** September 30, 2005, 11:01:44 am »

Rusch beat the Cardinals twice in a week and has pitched well against Houston. he is not some scrub.

i lost track of the spot in the order Scott was hitting. Ausmus was on deck? who was in the 9 hole?

Mansolino was going to send him on any double and hope for an off-line relay throw.

HurricaneDavid · « **Reply #30 on:** September 30, 2005, 11:16:33 am »

Ausmus was in the 9 hole. After Bagwell pinch hit for Chavez, Wheeler went into the 8 spot and Ausmus in the 9.

Dobro · « **Reply #35 on:** September 30, 2005, 11:53:59 am »

2 runs is pretty fucking weak, but the ump single-handedly shut down 2 innings that could have been big for the Astros.

Tralfaz · « **Reply #36 on:** September 30, 2005, 11:55:14 am »

Thou shall not covet another teams No. 5 scrub.

Tralfaz · « **Reply #38 on:** September 30, 2005, 12:01:34 pm »

A sin is a sin, even if she was beautiful.

Alkie · « **Reply #41 on:** September 30, 2005, 12:07:39 pm »

It's a lot more than half, although last night, he was right.

JimR · « **Reply #45 on:** September 30, 2005, 12:21:42 pm »

foresight is what caused him to send him. he was not guessing--he decided that he would send him on any double so as not leave it up to the next guy. i have been exactly where he was, and you look and feel stupid when the throw is good. it was a gamble, certainly, but a defensible one.

Alkie:to you after a loss--any loss--the pitcher who beat us is a scrub, and we were terrible. i would take Rusch on the Astros any-o-time.

Limey: down the line? did you see where Mansolino was? go watch the replay--he was 5-10 feet from the plate. he did everything right as far as positioning goes. he just made up his mind to score the guy--or get him thrown out--on any double.

calm down. we are still in first.

Alkie · « **Reply #48 on:** September 30, 2005, 12:37:01 pm »

Always the optimist. I've always said that about you.

JimR · « **Reply #51 on:** September 30, 2005, 12:42:12 pm »

no answer to that question. they guessed right on a squeeze. Ensberg hit into a DP in a blow it open inning. the LFer took a double away from Lane in another almost big inning. Rusch made some quality pitches. the other guys are major leaguers too.

it was a double, and Patterson went into a slide to get it. Mansolino was committed to forcing a perfect throw; he did not want to leave it up to the next hitter. he scores on anything other than a perfect relay. shit happens.

JimR · « **Reply #53 on:** September 30, 2005, 12:50:26 pm »

double all the way. Patterson could not get it to anyone but the cutoff man in the OF.

cuban · « **Reply #54 on:** September 30, 2005, 12:54:33 pm »

that Gipson took a wide turn around 3rd. And that he should take a queue from Bagwell and cut that bag a lot sharper.

Bill McLuggage · « **Reply #56 on:** September 30, 2005, 02:04:46 pm »

Fuck the sCrubs. The 'Stros'll get 'em tonight. Company's paying for us to go and sit in the CF patio. Patterson gets a goddamn steak thrown on his head if he gets within spitting distance of Tal's Hill.

das · « **Reply #57 on:** March 23, 2009, 02:14:08 pm »

Quote from: TheWalrusIsAl on September 30, 2005, 02:04:46 pm

Fuck the sCrubs. The 'Stros'll get 'em tonight. Company's paying for us to go and sit in the CF patio. Patterson gets a goddamn steak thrown on his head if he gets within spitting distance of Tal's Hill.

I just wanted to post this as far away from Noé’s post as possible so that when the fire and brimstone came raining down, I was nowhere near the destruction. I don't want Hampton's body parts spewing all over my back as 1) I don't look back and 2) he explodes into a million pieces.

Hampton looks like he'll be serviceable for at least some part of this year.

Mr. Happy · « **Reply #58 on:** March 23, 2009, 02:19:44 pm »

Quote from: das on March 23, 2009, 02:14:08 pm

I just wanted to post this as far away from Noé’s post as possible so that when the fire and brimstone came raining down, I was nowhere near the destruction. I don't want Hampton's body parts spewing all over my back as 1) I don't look back and 2) he explodes into a million pieces.

Hampton looks like he'll be serviceable for at least some part of this year.

Or the old pillar of salt thing.

Ebby Calvin · « **Reply #59 on:** March 23, 2009, 02:39:24 pm »

Quote from: Mr. Happy on March 23, 2009, 02:19:44 pm

Or the old pillar of salt thing.

Hang on a minute.... This is a 2005 thread? Wow! Can I even post in here? Will it somehow affect future events if I do? This feels kinda....dirty.

In the event that my inclusion in this thread somehow reaches the 2005 versions of JimR, Noe, Limey, etc -- The Astros make it to the WS. Don't ask what happens when they get there.
Oh, and somebody named Barack Obama is now president.

Ty in Tampa · « **Reply #60 on:** March 23, 2009, 02:40:38 pm »

Quote from: Ebby Calvin on March 23, 2009, 02:39:24 pm

Oh, and somebody named Barack Obama is now president.

And get this...he was a senator!

Limey · « **Reply #61 on:** March 23, 2009, 02:42:25 pm »

Quote from: Ebby Calvin on March 23, 2009, 02:39:24 pm

Hang on a minute.... This is a 2005 thread? Wow! Can I even post in here? Will it somehow affect future events if I do? This feels kinda....dirty.

You can post in here, but be sure to avoid coming across your 2005 self. Otherwise you risk causing a rift in the space-time continuuuuuum that can only be repaired by creating a tacheon-phase shift in a static warp field and/or duct tape.

Gizzmonic · « **Reply #62 on:** March 23, 2009, 02:52:19 pm »

Wow, that was weird. For a second there, I thought Alkie was back.

homer · « **Reply #63 on:** March 23, 2009, 02:59:56 pm »

Quote from: Gizzmonic on March 23, 2009, 02:52:19 pm

Wow, that was weird. For a second there, I thought Alkie was back.

Same here.

drew corleone · « **Reply #64 on:** March 23, 2009, 03:41:02 pm »

Quote from: Ebby Calvin on March 23, 2009, 02:39:24 pm

Hang on a minute.... This is a 2005 thread? Wow! Can I even post in here? Will it somehow affect future events if I do? This feels kinda....dirty.

In the event that my inclusion in this thread somehow reaches the 2005 versions of JimR, Noe, Limey, etc -- The Astros make it to the WS. Don't ask what happens when they get there.
Oh, and somebody named Barack Obama is now president.

You're okay. When Hampton came back to the Island the record stopped skipping.

JackAstro · « **Reply #65 on:** March 23, 2009, 03:57:14 pm »

Quote from: drew corleone on March 23, 2009, 03:41:02 pm

You're okay. When Hampton came back to the Island the record stopped skipping.

DAMMIT

Wrap that shit in a spoiler tag next time. This actually explains a lot about his health issues...

Bench · « **Reply #66 on:** March 23, 2009, 03:58:35 pm »

Quote from: JackAstro on March 23, 2009, 03:57:14 pm

DAMMIT

Are we talking about Lost or 24?

The Spleen · « **Reply #67 on:** March 23, 2009, 06:42:53 pm »

<SPOILER> Galactica finds Earth. The survivors decide that they no longer need technology, pitching or defense. The music swells as they blissfully condemn themselves to 150,000 years of famine, cholera, random lion maulings and 12-11 losses. Cut to the present day, Baltar and Caprica Six, pants-pissing drunk in the Wrigley bleachers. "Maybe this time it will be different!" The End. </SPOILER>

TheWizard · « **Reply #68 on:** March 23, 2009, 11:03:40 pm »

And we all now drive around in flying cars.

chuck · « **Reply #69 on:** March 24, 2009, 01:30:43 am »

Oh, and Alkie? You're going to take up Scientology and drop out of baseball fandom altogether.

Alkie · « **Reply #70 on:** April 05, 2009, 06:31:50 pm »

Quote from: chuck on March 24, 2009, 01:30:43 am

Oh, and Alkie? You're going to take up Scientology and drop out of baseball fandom altogether.

Done. I've been gone for years. Don't you check the dates on the posts before you respond? I'm long gone; Praise L Ron.

Holly · « **Reply #71 on:** April 06, 2009, 09:59:06 am »

OK, this is creepy.

I need to buy my turtle an outfit.

Texifornia · « **Reply #72 on:** April 06, 2009, 11:39:19 pm »

Quote from: Alkie on April 05, 2009, 06:31:50 pm

Done. I've been gone for years. Don't you check the dates on the posts before you respond? I'm long gone; Praise L Ron.

I don't know about that L. Ron guy, I tried that diuretics and all I did was wear the carpet out to the bathroom.

tbone421998 · « **Reply #73 on:** April 07, 2009, 07:27:02 am »

This thread has gone from the weird to the bizarre.

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