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Astros @ Braves July 5, 2017
« on: July 05, 2017, 05:35:17 pm »
Your lineups for tonight's road tilt:

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RFGeorge Springer (R)
2BJose Altuve (R)
LFJosh Reddick (L)
CEvan Gattis (R)
SSMarwin Gonzalez (S)
1BY. Gurriel (R)
3BAlex Bregman (R)
CFJake Marisnick (R)
PJoe Musgrove (R)

HOU: Joe Musgrove (R)  (4-7, 6.01)

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CF Ender Inciarte (L)
2B B. Phillips (R)
3B Freddie Freeman (L)
LF Matt Kemp (R)
RF Nick Markakis (L)
1B Matt Adams (L)
C Tyler Flowers (R)
SS Johan Camargo (S)
P Jaime Garcia (L)

ATL: Jaime Garcia (L)  (2-6, 4.35)
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Re: Astros @ Braves July 5, 2017
« Reply #1 on: July 05, 2017, 06:06:24 pm »
Correa's thumb is an issue? Is that right?

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Re: Astros @ Braves July 5, 2017
« Reply #2 on: July 05, 2017, 06:11:03 pm »
Correa's thumb is an issue? Is that right?

Yes. Day to day.  I don't know if it's the right or the left. 
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Re: Astros @ Braves July 5, 2017
« Reply #4 on: July 05, 2017, 06:25:33 pm »
Tarp on the field and likely delay to game start. 

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Re: Astros @ Braves July 5, 2017
« Reply #5 on: July 05, 2017, 06:37:59 pm »
Yes. Day to day.  I don't know if it's the right or the left.

I'm assuming the left. That's the one that got jammed/knelt on during the play last night
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Re: Astros @ Braves July 5, 2017
« Reply #6 on: July 05, 2017, 07:04:46 pm »
Game has started. Springer opens things up with a single

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Re: Astros @ Braves July 5, 2017
« Reply #7 on: July 05, 2017, 07:17:48 pm »
Gattis flare just over a gator-armed Phillips plates Springer. 1-0 mid 1.


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Re: Astros @ Braves July 5, 2017
« Reply #8 on: July 05, 2017, 07:27:34 pm »
At the game tonight. Lots of Altuve and Correa shirts at the park.


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Re: Astros @ Braves July 5, 2017
« Reply #9 on: July 05, 2017, 07:37:26 pm »
Gurriel and Gattis flashing the iron tonight.
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« Reply #10 on: July 05, 2017, 07:43:13 pm »
The defense appears determined to test Musgrove's mental resolve.
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Re: Astros @ Braves July 5, 2017
« Reply #11 on: July 05, 2017, 08:00:48 pm »
Stanton fills all the space left by Kalas.
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« Reply #12 on: July 05, 2017, 08:03:50 pm »
At the game tonight. Lots of Altuve and Correa shirts at the park.


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Re: Astros @ Braves July 5, 2017
« Reply #13 on: July 05, 2017, 08:09:54 pm »
How's the new park?
Very nice. Great sight lines but seats are too small for my liking. But they might be great for a date because they force you to cuddle with your neighbor.
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Re: Astros @ Braves July 5, 2017
« Reply #14 on: July 05, 2017, 08:17:04 pm »
That was a thoroughly impressive at bat by Musgrove.
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« Reply #15 on: July 05, 2017, 08:19:56 pm »
That was a thoroughly impressive at bat by Musgrove.
He looked like he could be a decent hitting pitcher on a NL club.
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Astros @ Braves July 5, 2017
« Reply #16 on: July 05, 2017, 08:23:29 pm »
The Springer AB that produced the 2 out RBI demonstrated his development at the plate this season and how well he's seeing up the baseball. He probably would have struck out on a huge hack at those pitches he wasted by fouling them off in past seasons.


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« Reply #17 on: July 05, 2017, 08:28:17 pm »
I love this team
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Re: Astros @ Braves July 5, 2017
« Reply #18 on: July 05, 2017, 08:29:29 pm »
Reddick hit a ball about 60% as hard as his HR last night and still walloped a double off the left field wall to score Springer and Altuve.


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« Reply #19 on: July 05, 2017, 08:29:45 pm »
I thought Gattis was going to crush that pitch. Oops.
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Re: Astros @ Braves July 5, 2017
« Reply #20 on: July 05, 2017, 08:40:28 pm »
Well that escalated quickly....

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Re: Astros @ Braves July 5, 2017
« Reply #21 on: July 05, 2017, 08:40:33 pm »
Shitfuck. 2-out, 2-strike meatball to the fucking pitcher...2 runs

And then a 2-run homer. just like that we're tied.
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« Reply #22 on: July 05, 2017, 08:41:10 pm »
Musgroved.
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Re: Astros @ Braves July 5, 2017
« Reply #23 on: July 05, 2017, 08:42:12 pm »
Maybe now that it's tied up maybe Kalas will shut the fuck up about the immaculate inning bullshit.
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« Reply #24 on: July 05, 2017, 08:42:13 pm »
Oye. Vamos, vamos.

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« Reply #25 on: July 05, 2017, 08:43:51 pm »
Maybe now that it's tied up maybe Kalas will shut the fuck up about the immaculate inning bullshit.

Good thing he wasn't throwing a no-hitter, because that's all Kalas would fucking talk about.
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« Reply #26 on: July 05, 2017, 08:48:38 pm »
Good thing he wasn't throwing a no-hitter, because that's all Kalas would fucking talk about.

Gene Elston did not do the superstition either.

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« Reply #27 on: July 05, 2017, 08:52:12 pm »
Gene Elston did not do the superstition either.

Should Bregman have made the play on the single?

He certainly should have kept the ball in the infield.
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« Reply #28 on: July 05, 2017, 08:52:35 pm »
Gene Elston did not do the superstition either.

Should Bregman have made the play on the single?

I thought he should have but I'd like another look.

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« Reply #29 on: July 05, 2017, 08:52:49 pm »
I must admit one thing I do not miss is that stupid tomahawk shit they do there.  God that is annoying.
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« Reply #30 on: July 05, 2017, 08:52:56 pm »
Gene Elston did not do the superstition either.

Should Bregman have made the play on the single?

I don't think so. It was hit pretty hard to his back hand right down the line.  It would have taken a spectacular play to glove it, and then still probably doesn't get an out.
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« Reply #31 on: July 05, 2017, 08:54:20 pm »
He certainly should have kept the ball in the infield.

Then it would have been a 3-run homer
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« Reply #32 on: July 05, 2017, 08:57:25 pm »
I don't think so. It was hit pretty hard to his back hand right down the line.  It would have taken a spectacular play to glove it, and then still probably doesn't get an out.

The pitch to Garcia was going to get hit. 
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« Reply #33 on: July 05, 2017, 08:58:59 pm »
Then it would have been a 3-run homer

Exactly. Musgrove made too many mistakes.  Flowers's hit was just good hitting. Everything else was Musgrove just not making good pitches. You can't give up a 2-strike, 2-out hit to the opposing pitcher like that. You've got to be able to put him away.
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« Reply #34 on: July 05, 2017, 09:00:36 pm »
The pitch to Garcia was going to get hit. 

Yeah, but the fact that it went right down the line was just bad luck. The Enciarte AB was just bad, period.
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« Reply #35 on: July 05, 2017, 09:01:36 pm »
Then it would have been a 3-run homer

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« Reply #36 on: July 05, 2017, 09:01:48 pm »
Man, there was a nice play by Bregman.
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« Reply #37 on: July 05, 2017, 09:01:54 pm »
The final step for a pitcher is poise.

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« Reply #38 on: July 05, 2017, 09:04:48 pm »
Only if you believe in that sort of thing.

Baseball is not Blackjack.

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« Reply #39 on: July 05, 2017, 09:05:11 pm »
And Musgrove out with 2-out in the 6th...Devenski in, he'll go into Marisnick's spot, Aoki will bat in the 9 spot
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« Reply #40 on: July 05, 2017, 09:06:42 pm »
Only if you believe in that sort of thing.

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« Reply #41 on: July 05, 2017, 09:08:18 pm »
Kind of surprised Hinch didn't let Musgrove try to get through 6
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« Reply #42 on: July 05, 2017, 09:08:19 pm »
Astros production crew is still showing the league avg. inherited runner scoring % as 9%.   Posters here have claimed that it's actually 30%. It's as if quantifiable, easily verifiable facts are now subject to debate and interpretation.


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« Reply #43 on: July 05, 2017, 09:08:39 pm »
I believe for every drop of rain that falls, there grows a leaf.

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« Reply #44 on: July 05, 2017, 09:09:06 pm »
I believe for every drop of rain that falls, there grows a leaf.

Wait!  No!  It's a flower that grows!  Leaves get touched. 
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It's as if quantifiable, easily verifiable facts are now subject to debate and interpretation.

That's our new reality.
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« Reply #46 on: July 05, 2017, 09:10:35 pm »
Aoki with a leadoff double in the 7th, chases Garcia
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« Reply #47 on: July 05, 2017, 09:12:42 pm »
Motte in. The march of ex-Cards continues.
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« Reply #48 on: July 05, 2017, 09:14:49 pm »
Springer with an RBI!

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« Reply #49 on: July 05, 2017, 09:15:11 pm »
Springer!!

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« Reply #50 on: July 05, 2017, 09:15:25 pm »
That's our new reality.
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« Reply #51 on: July 05, 2017, 09:16:30 pm »
Altuve's had two good pitches to hit and fouled them both back...
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« Reply #52 on: July 05, 2017, 09:17:15 pm »
That's our new reality.

I choose to accept the TZ's facts and not these "alternate facts" promulgated by the mainstream baseball media. I don't want to live in a world where Devo allows inherited runners to score more than twice as often as the league average reliever.


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« Reply #53 on: July 05, 2017, 09:17:43 pm »
Springer takes another bag!
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« Reply #54 on: July 05, 2017, 09:18:16 pm »
Altuve's just waiting for a runner in scoring position.
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« Reply #55 on: July 05, 2017, 09:18:59 pm »
Astros production crew is still showing the league avg. inherited runner scoring % as 9%.   Posters here have claimed that it's actually 30%. It's as if quantifiable, easily verifiable facts are now subject to debate and interpretation.


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« Reply #56 on: July 05, 2017, 09:19:02 pm »
Altuve with an RBI double!
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Re: Astros @ Braves July 5, 2017
« Reply #57 on: July 05, 2017, 09:19:30 pm »
Springer takes another bag!

I love the "2" signal to the dugout. These guys are having fun.

Meanwhile... Altuve!!!

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« Reply #58 on: July 05, 2017, 09:19:48 pm »
Altuve is something else.
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« Reply #59 on: July 05, 2017, 09:20:11 pm »
Motte will grab some pine, after being abused by the top of the order...
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« Reply #60 on: July 05, 2017, 09:20:46 pm »
Like I said, the 9% is the percentage of players with vegan girlfriends.
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« Reply #61 on: July 05, 2017, 09:21:21 pm »
http://stats.washingtonpost.com/mlb/getleaders.asp?rank=143

Here are the AL league leaders...

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« Reply #62 on: July 05, 2017, 09:22:30 pm »
It's going to be hard to make those numbers say that league average is 9%.

Yeahhhhhh...
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« Reply #63 on: July 05, 2017, 09:23:29 pm »
Gattis...runner on 3B...one out...infield in...
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« Reply #64 on: July 05, 2017, 09:23:57 pm »
Yeahhhhhh...

Maybe  if we put KellyAnne on it...
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« Reply #65 on: July 05, 2017, 09:24:40 pm »
Does Ted Turner still own the Braves? 
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« Reply #66 on: July 05, 2017, 09:24:57 pm »
It's going to be hard to make those numbers say that league average is 9%.

As someone said, this year's league average is 31%. Philadelphia is worst, Houston second worst. At a quick glance it looked like both teams have one absurd outlier with lots of inherited runners. Hoyt is as we know somewhere north of 60%.
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« Reply #67 on: July 05, 2017, 09:25:11 pm »
Gattis was mad hackin...swings at three pitches in the dirt, manages to roll one to 3B, Altuve has to hold.
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« Reply #68 on: July 05, 2017, 09:26:26 pm »
Does Ted Turner still own the Braves?
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« Reply #69 on: July 05, 2017, 09:27:11 pm »
I was thinking he was dead.

I think he's only 9% dead.
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« Reply #70 on: July 05, 2017, 09:27:35 pm »
Marwin with a 2-out RBI single...7-4 Astros
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« Reply #71 on: July 05, 2017, 09:28:00 pm »
According to wikipedia he is alive and 78 years old. I thought he was older... or dead.
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« Reply #72 on: July 05, 2017, 09:28:02 pm »
It's going to be hard to make those numbers say that league average is 9%.

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« Reply #73 on: July 05, 2017, 09:28:54 pm »
Does Ted Turner still own the Braves?

Sold them 21 years ago.  Where have you been?
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« Reply #74 on: July 05, 2017, 09:29:47 pm »
Sold them 21 years ago.  Where have you been?

Good question.
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« Reply #75 on: July 05, 2017, 09:30:18 pm »
Devo gets an at bat...with the bases juiced!!
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« Reply #76 on: July 05, 2017, 09:30:21 pm »
Devo's AB.
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« Reply #77 on: July 05, 2017, 09:30:23 pm »
Please let Devo get a hit, please.
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« Reply #78 on: July 05, 2017, 09:30:32 pm »
This is awesome.
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« Reply #79 on: July 05, 2017, 09:30:57 pm »
Please let Devo get a hit, please.

To heck with that.  Grand Slam.
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« Reply #80 on: July 05, 2017, 09:31:21 pm »
To heck with that.  Grand Slam.

I'm not greedy.
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« Reply #81 on: July 05, 2017, 09:31:59 pm »
Devo with the biggest shit eating grin on his face...strikes out swinging
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« Reply #82 on: July 05, 2017, 09:32:08 pm »
To heck with that.  Grand Slam.

Way to put the pressure on him Neil.
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« Reply #83 on: July 05, 2017, 09:32:23 pm »
To heck with that.  Grand Slam.

I don't care that he struck out. He was up there looking to HIT.

No fucking around in that at bat.
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« Reply #84 on: July 05, 2017, 09:34:01 pm »
If Hinch lets Musgrove finish the 6th, providing Musgrove does, he doesn't have to double switch until now, and Devo doesn't have to hit in the 7th. 
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« Reply #85 on: July 05, 2017, 09:35:53 pm »
All the while, the schmucks in the booth are blathering on about Devo and his oblique blah blah blah.

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« Reply #86 on: July 05, 2017, 09:37:44 pm »
At least Kalas brought up the immaculate inning again. But fuck it, he can say whatever he wants. He's not Ashby.

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« Reply #87 on: July 05, 2017, 09:39:09 pm »
All the while, the schmucks in the booth are blathering on about Devo and his oblique blah blah blah.

I thought that was funny. 
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« Reply #88 on: July 05, 2017, 09:40:39 pm »
So Flowers wears glasses when he hits, but not in the field.  Interesting. 
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« Reply #89 on: July 05, 2017, 09:41:52 pm »
Devo made those guys look silly.
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« Reply #90 on: July 05, 2017, 09:44:17 pm »
If Hinch lets Musgrove finish the 6th, providing Musgrove does, he doesn't have to double switch until now, and Devo doesn't have to hit in the 7th.

Great point. This is the kind of behavior from AL teams I'd always be amazed at whenever those clubs would come to Houston for interleague. I always called it "billegerent pitching changes". I do still miss the NL.

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« Reply #91 on: July 05, 2017, 09:44:34 pm »
At least Kalas brought up the immaculate inning again. But fuck it, he can say whatever he wants. He's not Ashby.
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« Reply #92 on: July 05, 2017, 09:45:17 pm »
Last night I called Altuve's and Reddick's homers. I didn't post my calls due to sheer indolence. Tonight I called Marwin's single to left but didn't post because I was sitting on the floor constructing architecturally improbable towers out of foam blocks.
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« Reply #93 on: July 05, 2017, 09:49:37 pm »
Last night I called Altuve's and Reddick's homers. I didn't post my calls due to sheer indolence. Tonight I called Marwin's single to left but didn't post because I was sitting on the floor constructing architecturally improbable towers out of foam blocks.

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« Reply #94 on: July 05, 2017, 09:50:57 pm »
Reddick with a 2-out RBI...8-4
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« Reply #95 on: July 05, 2017, 09:53:13 pm »
I hope the ball is ok after it hit Gattis.

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« Reply #96 on: July 05, 2017, 09:53:51 pm »
Your fourth tower will fall prematurely while Aoki scores on a wild pitch.

I had a good one going that fell for no reason. I screamed something angry regarding Bangladeshis and I was met with curious looks.

I had Aoki scoring on a single ripped up the middle. Oh well.
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« Reply #97 on: July 05, 2017, 09:54:24 pm »
I hope the ball is ok after it hit Gattis.

Had to throw that one out...it had a dent in it.
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« Reply #98 on: July 05, 2017, 09:56:24 pm »
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I had a good one going that fell for no reason. I screamed something angry regarding Bangladeshis and I was met with curious looks.

I had Aoki scoring on a single ripped up the middle. Oh well.

how did you have that marwin at bat going?
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« Reply #100 on: July 05, 2017, 09:56:58 pm »
This must be the best offensive team I've ever seen.  It's like they're playing a different game.
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« Reply #101 on: July 05, 2017, 09:57:59 pm »
how did you have that marwin at bat going?

I had a mild home run inkling but not enough to brag about. I did see something roped to right.
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« Reply #102 on: July 05, 2017, 09:59:27 pm »
I had a mild home run inkling but not enough to brag about. I did see something roped to right.

How are you at blackjack?
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« Reply #103 on: July 05, 2017, 10:04:01 pm »
Not one ounce of relent in this offense.
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I hate that chant. 
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« Reply #105 on: July 05, 2017, 10:06:02 pm »
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« Reply #106 on: July 05, 2017, 10:06:31 pm »
Not exactly sure where Marwin thought he was going on that hit, but I'll take the runs.

He was going to make sure Gattis scored.
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« Reply #107 on: July 05, 2017, 10:06:49 pm »
me too

It's full on hipster ironic tonight. Just enjoy it.
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« Reply #108 on: July 05, 2017, 10:11:46 pm »
How are you at blackjack?

I've had some unbelievable runs of luck but basically I've quit playing it. The rare instances where I do gamble I play craps. Not long ago I won a bunch of money in Las Vegas helped along in no small part by the shooting of a Vietnamese kid in a throwback Olajuwon jersey and a non-subtle Clutch City cap. He had never been to Houston, as it turned out. After each number he hit he'd turn to me and shout, I gatchoo, bro!!!

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« Reply #109 on: July 05, 2017, 10:14:03 pm »
I'm really hoping Stanton tries to explain the physics of air density. That would be worth staying up for.
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« Reply #110 on: July 05, 2017, 10:15:32 pm »
I've had some unbelievable runs of luck but basically I've quit playing it. The rare instances where I do gamble I play craps. Not long ago I won a bunch of money in Las Vegas helped along in no small part by the shooting of a Vietnamese kid in a throwback Olajuwon jersey and a non-subtle Clutch City cap. He had never been to Houston, as it turned out. After each number he hit he'd turn to me and shout, I gatchoo, bro!!!

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Gambling baffles me.  I'm interested in the games, but have no interest in the risk. 
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Re: Astros @ Braves July 5, 2017
« Reply #111 on: July 05, 2017, 10:18:31 pm »
Gambling baffles me.  I'm interested in the games, but have no interest in the risk.

I'm not much of a gambler either. I did discover my game is roulette though, largely because there is no strategy, and therefore no need to pay attention. I can smoke my cigar, drink my scotch, and if I'm lucky, talk to some smokin hot Latina, preferably a less than half crazy Cuban chick.
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Re: Astros @ Braves July 5, 2017
« Reply #112 on: July 05, 2017, 10:20:21 pm »
I'm really hoping Stanton tries to explain the physics of air density. That would be worth staying up for.

I wonder if the douche Knoblauch would tweet again how ashamemed Blum should be?

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Re: Astros @ Braves July 5, 2017
« Reply #113 on: July 05, 2017, 10:24:59 pm »
Btw, the Astros win 10-4.
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« Reply #114 on: July 05, 2017, 10:26:57 pm »
Btw, the Astros win 10-4.

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« Reply #115 on: July 05, 2017, 10:28:16 pm »
Gambling baffles me.  I'm interested in the games, but have no interest in the risk.

I view it as entertainment expense rather than risk. Plus, if you choose a game like craps and do nothing more than make a pass line bet you can basically stand there all night and the great mathematical likelihood is that you'll leave not too far from where you started.

Blackjack, of course, can get totally fucked up by some idiot (or a table full of them) playing like Hunter Pence runs the bases. With craps everyone else at the table can be doing the most idiotic shit imaginable and it will not affect you at all.
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« Reply #116 on: July 05, 2017, 10:35:18 pm »
My bitching from however many game threads ago was wrong.
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« Reply #117 on: July 05, 2017, 10:37:59 pm »
I wonder if the douche Knoblauch would tweet again how ashamemed Blum should be?

I had no idea about this and am tremendously appreciative that you brought it to my attention. I laughed myself to tears reading the twitter thread where he tagged the wrong Stanton. After of course criticizing a guy who wasn't even there. Greatness.
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« Reply #118 on: July 05, 2017, 10:41:52 pm »
I had no idea about this and am tremendously appreciative that you brought it to my attention. I laughed myself to tears reading the twitter thread where he tagged the wrong Stanton. After of course criticizing a guy who wasn't even there. Greatness.

He's still missing his throws.
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« Reply #119 on: July 05, 2017, 10:43:16 pm »
My bitching from however many game threads ago was wrong.
This is an elite offense.

Yup.

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« Reply #120 on: July 05, 2017, 11:15:33 pm »
I had no idea about this and am tremendously appreciative that you brought it to my attention. I laughed myself to tears reading the twitter thread where he tagged the wrong Stanton. After of course criticizing a guy who wasn't even there. Greatness.

Kids, drunk tweeting is bad, ok?

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« Reply #121 on: July 05, 2017, 11:31:40 pm »
I view it as entertainment expense rather than risk. Plus, if you choose a game like craps and do nothing more than make a pass line bet you can basically stand there all night and the great mathematical likelihood is that you'll leave not too far from where you started.

Blackjack, of course, can get totally fucked up by some idiot (or a table full of them) playing like Hunter Pence runs the bases. With craps everyone else at the table can be doing the most idiotic shit imaginable and it will not affect you at all.

I have been pretty indifferent to gambling most of my life but I learn how to play craps in Las Vegas a few years ago.  I met up with a mate from Chicago and he was showing me the ropes and we had great time.  I started off with a few spectacular rolls and people all around me were pretty happy.  Funny part was a few yahoos at the other end of the table kept pointing and yelling at me saying buy that guy a beer, buy that man a drink and stuff. I thought it was funny because the waitresses kept bringing beers to us at the table.  The guy that was teaching me the game let me down a bit because I had a fuckin mountain of chips I front of me and he kept saying let it ride, let it ride.  Next thing you know I roll seven and they took all my chips, those bastards.  I eventually got the hang of what was going on and learned to take a little of the table now and then.  I had a few good rolls but none as good as the first one when I had no idea what I was doing.  I just like to bet on the pass line (called the win line down here) and rarely take the more complicated bets.  No craps table at the Perth casino, that may not be a real bad thing, I think most casino games are a snooze but if you are a people watcher the casino is an interesting place to hang out.
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« Reply #122 on: July 06, 2017, 01:40:36 am »
The whole point of playing craps is that it is the only place in the casino where you can find a bet where the house has no advantage at all. Which is why that particular bet is not indicated on the table.

The house has a slight advantage on a pass line bet (or a don't pass bet), but no advantage on an odds bet. So the rational thing to do is get as many maximum odds bets (or 5X or 10X or whatever your tolerance is) as you can on the table and hope some Vietnamese kid in an oversized throwback jersey hits fifteen numbers in a row.

If you're looking to hang out and not lose too much money you can play anywhere making a minimum pass line bet and hope that the waitress service is reasonably brisk. If you're trying to make money, and the craps table is, in my experience, the only table in the casino where that is reliably possible, you need to play correctly and, crucially, play only at tables that offer 5X odds or, better, 10X odds (or more), and a $5 minimum.

If you play 3-4-5X odds tables you will never, ever win any money. All of the big Strip casinos are 3-4-5, and their minimums are equally ludicrous. There's some shithole across from the Mirage that has always offered good odds, 100X if I'm not mistaken, with a $5 minimum. But you could get lung cancer just standing in there. The Cromwell is now the place on the Strip to play. It's newish and cleanish, high odds and low minimums. It's across from Caesar's.

There are tons of places in downtown that offer good odds but I don't really like to go downtown unless I'm going book shopping. I usually seek out a locals place off the Strip. I played with the I gatchoo bro guy at Green Valley, a place that had moved its odds back to 3-4-5 the last time I was in there. I've done well at the Sunset and the Silverton, too. The Sunset still has good odds as far as I know (and a Gaudi-inspired bar!) but the Silverton is a useless place to gamble anymore. I only go over there to look at the aquariums and obviously to go to Bass Pro Shops.
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« Reply #123 on: July 06, 2017, 07:32:05 am »
I wonder if the douche Knoblauch would tweet again how ashamemed Blum should be?
That guy has a real problem. Sad.
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« Reply #124 on: July 06, 2017, 09:00:41 am »
That guy has a real problem. Sad.

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