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General Discussion => Archive => Game Zone 2011 Archive => Topic started by: austro on July 25, 2011, 07:21:13 pm
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Is this thing on?
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Bourn flies out to LF. Bourgeois doubles down the RF line. Pence hits a hard ground ball right up the middle, but the Jakes were inexplicably shifted that way, so the second baseman makes a relatively routine play, Bourgeois moving to third. Lee hits the predictable ground ball to SS to end the inning.
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Bowie got adouble in th first. Nothing else good. Snack despinser is out qwith a shoulder booboo for the Chards.
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Hey Ed, let's trade Pence for those three chicks in the front row.
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Happ is coming right at 'em so far.
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Happ is coming right at 'em so far.
Yes, the sequence to Holliday was very nice to see. Looked aggressive and confident.
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Yes, the sequence to Holliday was very nice to see. Looked aggressive and confident.
He did. I was shocked.
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Altuve!
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Little Big Man.
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Altuve!
Shhh. Someone will notice him.
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Q!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Q solved McClellan's curve too. Nice!
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Nice job by Q.
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Anyone been to new busch?
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Does Molina have any hits against anybody else?
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Hunter would like to keep playing in Houston.
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Worst. Team. Ever.
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Slap fucking dick.
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I know that JD was just talking about the "8-hole" hitter, but I prefer to believe he was talking about the "A-hole" hitter.
Or maybe he was talking about our a-hole right fielder.
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Hunter would like to keep playing in Houston.
Stop making excuses for Pence, JD. He simply misplayed that ball badly.
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I'm so sorry, I laughed out loud at that. What a motherfucking idiot.
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Hunter would like to keep playing in Houston.
He has seemed distracted over the last week. Sunglasses might help.
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Stop making excuses for Pence, JD. He simply misplayed that ball badly.
Exactly. The shitty grass just compounded the fuck up.
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He has seemed distracted over the last week. Sunglasses might help.
He had them on yesterday.
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I'm so sorry, I laughed out loud at that. What a motherfucking idiot.
The conservative one was screaming at that asshole.
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I think we need HH to opine on the scoring of that
three base error hit and two base error.
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Sacre bleu! Pence made a play!
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I think we need HH to opine on the scoring of that three base error hit and two base error.
Not only that, the runner on third wouldn't have even tried to score on that, if he hadn't trip on his own dick.
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Fuck. Why swing at that one, and not the one in the dirt?
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Pence is throwing the game, with a swing at a pitch in his eyes and inside. But he gets a hit anyway.
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I really can't imagine what hunter could do if he didn't have a stuffed animal brain
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Untradeable.
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Way to go, dickhead.
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I do not think that throw got him.
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I do not think that throw got him.
It didn't. Ump called the throw, not the tag.
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It didn't. Ump called the throw, not the tag.
I thought the ump was right. Close play.
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Nice one Clint
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Hell of a play by Barnes.
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I'm so sorry, I laughed out loud at that. What a motherfucking idiot.
Was driving home from HEB when it happened, and I also LOL'ed after hearing Do-Ray's call of this slapdickery. Can't wait to see the replay and laugh all over again.
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There is one slow motion angle in particular that is hilarious
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Happ is keeping the ball down tonight a lot better than he has. That's what he needs to do. Throwing strike one would help.
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Happ is keeping the ball down tonight a lot better than he has. That's what he needs to do. Throwing strike one would help.
He's throwing enough strikes that I don't want to tear my hair out, which is how I usually feel watching him pitch.
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He's throwing enough strikes that I don't want to tear my hair out, which is how I usually feel watching him pitch.
I wish that I had some hair to pull out.
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I wish that I had some hair to pull out.
You've been watching Happ for a year now, of course you don't have any hair left.
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DoRay are blaming Pence's fall on the U2 concert a couple of weeks ago, they had to resod the entire field.
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Fucking tattooed asshole! He owns us.
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Ankle-high and he hit it out.
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DoRay are blaming Pence's fall on the U2 concert a couple of weeks ago, they had to resod the entire field.
That is obviously the company line. Had the prick not badlly misplayed the ball, he wouldn't have been in position to slip.
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That is obviously the company line. Had the prick not badlly misplayed the ball, he wouldn't have been in position to slip.
Yep. Clearly.
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DoRay are blaming Pence's fall on the U2 concert a couple of weeks ago, they had to resod the entire field.
Right, that's why the other five outfielders have been tripping all over the place.
What I want to know is why is it permissible to schedule an event in a baseball stadium during the season? Macca played at Shea earlier in the year, didn't he? What the fuck? Why couldn't they play in the football stadium?
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Happ is starting to labor.
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Yeah, he is. He's been better tonight but that's about to come to an end.
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What I want to know is why is it permissible to schedule an event in a baseball stadium during the season? Macca played at Shea earlier in the year, didn't he? What the fuck? Why couldn't they play in the football stadium?
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
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What I want to know is why is it permissible to schedule an event in a baseball stadium during the season? Macca played at Shea earlier in the year, didn't he? What the fuck? Why couldn't they play in the football stadium?
Because the football team isn't the NY entity desperate for cash dollars.
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$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
No, I mean obviously, but why wouldn't a baseball team have a provision in the lease saying that the field may not be used for any non-baseball activities during the season?
Or maybe the new grass is a total non-issue.
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No, I mean obviously, but why wouldn't a baseball team have a provision in the lease saying that the field may not be used for any non-baseball activities during the season?
Or maybe the new grass is a total non-issue.
I think that it is a non-issue. The groundscrews in the big leagues are masters of the turf.
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I think that it is a non-issue. The groundscrews in the big leagues are masters of the turf.
Exactly. 2-3 weeks is plenty of time for this, more than they need.
Altuve!
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I guess they replaced the dirt too.
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I guess they replaced the dirt too.
Looked like he was actually on the grass on the replay when he slipped, from what I could tell at least.
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I guess they replaced the dirt too.
It was actually his step in the grass that sent him sprawling. Pence still sucks though.
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It was actually his step in the grass that sent him sprawling. Pence still sucks though.
Homer.
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I guess they replaced the dirt too.
Altuve looks a lot like he belongs out there. It's easy to forget that the organization had doubts about his ability to play, especially when you see him out there alone with no point of reference with respect to his size, such as a base.
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Altuve looks a lot like he belongs out there. It's easy to forget that the organization had doubts about his ability to play, especially when you see him out there alone with no point of reference with respect to his size, such as a base.
Expect Mills to sit him soon until he can get him going with some more favorable match ups.
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Expect Mills to sit him soon until he can get him going with some more favorable match ups.
Well, let's face it, he's not producing runs worth a shit. They currently need five and he's produced but one.
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Well, let's face it, he's not producing runs worth a shit. They currently need five and he's produced but one.
With a favorable match up he'd be driving them in wholesale.
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When Wade pulls the trigger on this deal I've got the brunette in the two hole. Y'all can play the blondes wherever you want.
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Expect Mills to sit him soon until he can get him going with some more favorable match ups.
Yeah, well he already rested him because, you know, the grind of 4 straight games had already dampened his excitement to, you know, be playing in the MAJOR LEAGUE.
Mills, I really wanted to like you, you reptilian son of a bitch.
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When Wade pulls the trigger on this deal I've got the brunette in the two hole. Y'all can play the blondes wherever you want.
Now THAT sounds like a favorable match up.
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Assist to Lee's big feet.
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I lived in a dorm called John Jay my freshman year of college. I don't think it was named after that guy.
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I lived in a dorm called John Jay my freshman year of college. I don't think it was named after that guy.
Sure it was.
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I lived in a dorm called John Jay my freshman year of college. I don't think it was named after that guy.
When were you there?
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oh my fucking christ. are you kidding me?
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Goddamn this team is bad
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Get your god damned head in the game.
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Perfect: one earned run, one unearned run. Keeps Happ's stretch of 5-earned-run starts intact.
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I'm having flashbacks to little league.
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When were you there?
2001, the year that ate my soul.
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Shittin' shitcocks!
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Death and destruction.
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Shitfuck. The route is on.
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I thought the Astros might pick up one or two against the Cubs. It's entirely possible that the team will get shut out on this road trip.
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Carpenter looked completely frustrated after the Bourgeois error.
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and I thought I wasn't going to drink tonight.
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I'm starting to wonder whether this team will win 50 games. Seriously.
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Carpenter looked completely frustrated after the Bourgeois error.
I agree. He's got to get past that shit and work on the next hitter.
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I thought the Astros might pick up one or two against the Cubs. It's entirely possible that the team will get shut out on this road trip.
You can select any six-game stretch you want over the remainder of the season, and it's entirely possible that the team will get shut out in that stretch.
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2001, the year that ate my soul.
You're a decade too late to know anyone I knew that was there. You picked a shit year to arrive.
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So this is what it was like to be a Met fan in 1962-68. Someone ought to write a book. "Seasons in the Wilderness." Or "Who the Fuck Cares?"
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You can select any six-game stretch you want over the remainder of the season, and it's entirely possible that the team will get shut out in that stretch.
You could look at any ten game stretch. I guess I bring it up because it's ten division games.
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I appreciate their balls-out effort in trying to get the first overall pick, but will someone please tell them it's already clinched?
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Has anybody ever had any success in cooking an octopus?
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Has anybody ever had any success in cooking an octopus?
Not I.
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Has anybody ever had any success in cooking an octopus?
If I find that shit in my kitchen, I'm getting a bat.
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Has anybody ever had any success in cooking an octopus?
I've never even tried. Not sure I want to.
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If I find that shit in my kitchen, I'm getting a bat.
Don't watch this video if you're prone to nightmares. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxQmOR_QLfQ)
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I have not, but have eaten some good renditions. I'd probably try blanching then roasting
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You're a decade too late to know anyone I knew that was there. You picked a shit year to arrive.
I went back and the west end was closed. Different times.
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Don't watch this video if you're prone to nightmares. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxQmOR_QLfQ)
Yes, but is it fresh?
A friend of mine and I were in a sushi place in Tokyo once and he asked the chef in his haltering Japanese if the tuna was fresh. I wish I could describe the look the chef gave him before shouting a deeply wounded HAAAAAIIIIIIIIIII!!!!!!!!!
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JD's defending poor play is getting on my nerves. That was a shitty swing at an obvious ball for strike three by CJ.
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The Little Guy has a pretty swing.
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Jose Altuve is the poor man's Joe Boyd.
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I have not, but have eaten some good renditions. I'd probably try blanching then roasting
You know, that's what most of the recipes suggest. I've seen several that recommend a blanching and then three or four hours at about 200 degrees. There is no fucking way I'm going to leave an oven on in the house for four hours.
I just boiled one for an hour and a half and I can't tell if it's going to do what I want or not. I'm letting it rest in the water and once the water gets to room temperature I'll take it out and fuck with it some more. The skin opposite the suction cups came off easily but the suction cups didn't want to slide off so I'll leave it for a while.
Once I get it cleaned I'll either grill it or make some sort of stew I guess. I could do something simple and tomato based or use some coconut milk. I don't know. If I can't get the suction cups to slide off I may grill it briefly over a white hot fucking fire.
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That was one cool time-lapse sequence.
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Jose Altuve is the poor man's Joe Boyd.
Didn't you say you saw U2 at Cardi's in Houston?
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Noe, why aren't their outfielders slipping and falling?
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Didn't you say you saw U2 at Cardi's in Houston?
No, Ian Hunter.
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Did brownie almost call him "drinkin Dave" or did I hallucinate?
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A grand slam here and three run homer by Altuve and we're back in the game. [/Chip]
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Did brownie almost call him "drinkin Dave" or did I hallucinate?
I thought that too.
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I thought that too.
I relistened and it's not out of question
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A grand slam here and three run homer by Altuve and we're back in the game. [Sip]
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And he just called pujols "poohole." wtf?
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Well. Ho Lee Shit.
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A grand slam here and three run homer by Altuve and we're back in the game. [/Chip]
Well then.
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Doink.
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A grand slam here and three run homer by Altuve and we're back in the game. [Sip]
Good call.
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See that AL? Get em while he's luke.
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Good call.
I'm just going to keep ordering what Jacksonian's drinking. It's working.
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Who was LaRussa yelling at? If it's his pitcher, that's a pretty shitty thing to do.
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I'm just going to keep ordering what Jacksonian's drinking. It's working.
Yeah, I just logged in and didn't see his post. Great call, Jacksonian!
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If Hunter played like Rasmus tonight, he'd be gone by tomorrow.
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Jeez Rasmus, way to be an asshole. Kid could've gone 4-4.
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My Chip was too Cub to work.
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Rasmus paced himself perfectly to execute that slide
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Melancon is a weird-looking dude.
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It's hilarious that they removed Barmes in the double switch rather than Altuve who made the last out. Apparently Mills is now a believer.
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It's hilarious that they removed Barmes in the double switch rather than Altuve who made the last out. Apparently Mills is now a believer.
Overlooked.
Or is that too obvious?
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If you're another GM looking for an outfielder and watching this game tonight, how would you not pursue Rasmus instead of Pence?
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It's hilarious that they removed Barmes in the double switch rather than Altuve who made the last out. Apparently Mills is now a believer.
Mills has set Jose up for success by playing him during favorable match ups.
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If you're another GM looking for an outfielder and watching this game tonight, how would you not pursue Rasmus instead of Pence?
I've been puzzling over why the Cardinals would want to move him.
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If you're another GM looking for an outfielder and watching this game tonight, how would you not pursue Rasmus instead of Pence?
Because there might be a reason a team in contention would trade a useful player? I've got nothing else.
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I've been puzzling over why the Cardinals would want to move him.
Supposedly he hasn't bought in to the Tank Commander's way of running the team.
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That's just some good NL ball right there. Not in right field, but on the basepaths.
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Count to three, Hunter. Fucking idiot.
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I've been puzzling over why the Cardinals would want to move him.
He had the audacity to listen to his dad for batting tips per Brownie.
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I've been puzzling over why the Cardinals would want to move him.
He's not seeing eye to eye with Tony, and they think that John Jay can take his place.
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That pisses me off more than any of his tripping over his shoelaces routines, letting the runner get to third. Ridiculous baseball from a terrible outfielder. He gave them a run.
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Austro, you remember how craptastic the Express was last season? I have the same feeling about the Astros. The gulf in talent as a team is remarkable.
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That pisses me off more than any of his tripping over his shoelaces routines, letting the runner get to third. Ridiculous baseball from a terrible outfielder. He gave them a run.
Wasn't the first time. Unfortunately, won't be the last.....
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He's not seeing eye to eye with Tony, and they think that John Jay can take his place.
You're right. He sucks. We'll take him.
He's young, he's cheap, he can hit for power, he's a good defender and he pisses off LaRussa. I'm in.
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Even Lucas fucks up tonight.
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The team has lost 35 of 45? Fuck! That is unreal. And that's before the team has traded any of its better players. If anyone wants them.
I've been wondering who will end up with the better numbers, the NL batting champion or the Houston Astros. At the moment the batting champion is the clear favorite.
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Has anybody ever had any success in cooking an octopus?
totally thought you were using this as a metaphor, somehow, to describe the astros
i hear good things about braising
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What a way to end the game.
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Even with Altuve's three hits, we got the full stack of turdcakes tonight.
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You're right. He sucks. We'll take him.
He's young, he's cheap, he can hit for power, he's a good defender and he pisses off LaRussa. I'm in.
Too good to be true....
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Austro, you remember how craptastic the Express was last season? I have the same feeling about the Astros. The gulf in talent as a team is remarkable.
Yup. Hard to watch.
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Slapdickery to end it. Shitfuck. Losers of 36 of the last 46, this team looks worse than my LSU freshman year baseball team, and we were 12-34.
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What a way to end the game.
What happened?
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The DoRay of baseball.
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The DoRay of baseball.
At least they have a great deal of talent in talking about the Cubs. Where is that equivalent on the Astros?
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Jeez Rasmus, way to be an asshole.
Rasmus is enough of an asshole that Tony La Russa has grown tired of his shit.
Think about that.
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Groundball to second, Sanchez, on first, stops halfway in front of the fielder who is moving toward him; throws to first to get the batter, then a rundown to get Sanchez.
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At least they have a great deal of talent in talking about the Cubs. Where is that equivalent on the Astros?
Bourn's better than that.
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Slapdickery to end it. Shitfuck. Losers of 36 of the last 46, this team looks worse than my LSU freshman year baseball team, and we were 12-34.
20-50 over the last 70 games.
For those of you educated in Oklahoma, that works out to 46-116 for a season.
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totally thought you were using this as a metaphor, somehow, to describe the astros
i hear good things about braising
I bet. I don't have the ready supply of duck fat that some of you do, though.
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20-50 over the last 70 games.
For those of you educated in Oklahoma, that works out to 46-116 for a season.
So you're saying there's a chance?
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So you're saying there's a chance?
To be historically inept?
Well, we may have blown it in April, but the right combination of trades, field mismanagement, and continued slapdickery might get us there.
Apropos of nothing else but my evening: FUCK YOU, SWA.
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To be historically inept?
Well, we may have blown it in April, but the right combination of trades, field mismanagement, and continued slapdickery might get us there.
Apropos of nothing else but my evening: FUCK YOU, SWA.
Did they sponsor this broadcast and make you watch?
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Just what is the record for losses in a season?
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Did they sponsor this broadcast and make you watch?
No, but at 8:00, when I left my house, their 9:30 flight to Dallas showed as leaving at 9:45.
15 minutes later, I arrive at Hobby at the flight is pushed back to 12:20.
Topping it all off, it's 2011 and both their "app" and mobile web site are incabable of indicating a delayed start time; they only say "delayed".
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Just what is the record for losses in a season?
Modern record is 120 by the Mets. Modern winning percentage is .235 (36-117) by the 1916 Philadelphia A's.
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Supposedly he hasn't bought in to the Tank Commander's way of running the team.
Doesn't want to bat ninth?
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Modern record is 120 by the Mets. Modern winning percentage is .235 (36-117) by the 1916 Philadelphia A's.
That's do-able.
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That's do-able.
Just one good fire sale away from owning both records.
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Just one good fire sale away from owning both records.
This team's good enough on their own. They don't need to add players.
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4 out of my last 6 flights with them have been delayed, most in excess of an hour (on an hour flight), including missing date night with babysitter lined up. Fuck SWA
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How late am I to the party that I just realized the Astros dealt their best hitter only to immediately add their best hitter?
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4 out of my last 6 flights with them have been delayed, most in excess of an hour (on an hour flight), including missing date night with babysitter lined up. Fuck SWA
They don't control the weather, but they sure as all hell control a piss-poor job of communicating with their customers.
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No, but at 8:00, when I left my house, their 9:30 flight to Dallas showed as leaving at 9:45.
15 minutes later, I arrive at Hobby at the flight is pushed back to 12:20.
Topping it all off, it's 2011 and both their "app" and mobile web site are incabable of indicating a delayed start time; they only say "delayed".
I'm confused. So you wanted the app to show you'd be delayed enough to miss tonight's game?
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Only half of those were weather related - on the worst one, they kept telling us 30 minutes for 3 hours while 6 other flights left
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I've only had raw octo. Duck fat is a delicious addition, but why add to octopus? I've neverbhadnitcooked, but it doesn't seem the best medium form duck fat. I would kindly like to reserve judgment, however.
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Confiting in duck fat would not be a bad idea at all - you can buy a bigass tub from hudson valley foie gras for pretty cheap when you are orfering your foie and magret.
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4 out of my last 6 flights with them have been delayed, most in excess of an hour (on an hour flight), including missing date night with babysitter lined up. Fuck SWA
How did you swing that with your sitter? Wife must be cool as a mofo. My two SWA flights today arrived early, but I'm not a big SWA proponent.
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I am planning on using half of it in a ceviche and gilling the other half. I don't know why, but I feel like making a fire.
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To tie the modern record of 40 wins, the Astros would have to go 7-53 and they'd be 40-122 .247; if they go 5-55 they'd be 38-124 and tie the win percentage record of .235. It won't be easy.
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Sitter was sister so I won't go there
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The worst thing about SWA is that they are by far the best option for getting around texas
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To tie the modern record of 40 wins, the Astros would have to go 7-53 and they'd be 40-122 .247; if they go 5-55 they'd be 38-124 and tie the win percentage record of .235. It won't be easy.
If it were easy, everybody would do it.