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Title: Brewers @ Astros 08/10/12
Post by: Mr. Happy on August 10, 2012, 04:45:26 pm
Your lineups for tonight's tilt (welcome back to Fernando Martinez, who gets the start in LF tonight):

Brewers

CFCarlos Gomez
RFNyjer Morgan
LFRyan Braun
3BAramis Ramirez
1BCorey Hart
2BRickie Weeks
CJonathan Lucroy
SSJean Segura
PMark Rogers

Astros

2B Jose Altuve 
SS Marwin Gonzalez 
3B Brett Wallace 
RF Steve Pearce 
1B Scott Moore 
CF Brian Bogusevic 
LF Fernando Martinez 
C Carlos Corporan 
P Bud Norris 
Title: Re: Brewers @ Astros 08/10/12
Post by: Mr. Happy on August 10, 2012, 07:09:47 pm
Well, fuck, Corporan. But that probably wasn't intentional on Morgan's part. It certainly shouldn't have given rise to an error on Corporan. Now Peen doubles home Morgan.
Title: Re: Brewers @ Astros 08/10/12
Post by: Col. Sphinx Drummond on August 10, 2012, 07:10:16 pm
Hey, my motel room in Seminole Oklahoma has Fox Sports Southwest! Yeah, it's the Astros!
Title: Re: Brewers @ Astros 08/10/12
Post by: Mr. Happy on August 10, 2012, 07:12:22 pm
Hey, my motel room in Seminole Oklahoma has Fox Sports Southwest! Yeah, it's the Astros!

That's great!
Title: Re: Brewers @ Astros 08/10/12
Post by: Col. Sphinx Drummond on August 10, 2012, 07:12:45 pm
Call me psychopathic, but I'd would really like to hit Braun in the face with a fucking large fucking brick. I'm not a violent person. Just something about him.
Title: Re: Brewers @ Astros 08/10/12
Post by: jbm on August 10, 2012, 07:15:13 pm
While the team is bad, it would be nice to catch a little break.  That play on Morgan is just bad dumb luck.

These unis don't do much for me.
Title: Re: Brewers @ Astros 08/10/12
Post by: Mr. Happy on August 10, 2012, 07:18:33 pm
Call me psychopathic, but I'd would really like to hit Braun in the face with a fucking large fucking brick. I'm not a violent person. Just something about him.

That's why he is the Peen. I thoroughly detest him, but he's one helluva ball player. He came in with a career .348 average against the Astros.
Title: Re: Brewers @ Astros 08/10/12
Post by: Matt on August 10, 2012, 07:27:04 pm
The Astros suck but that play with Nyjer is that extra bad luck the team seems to have on top of the sucking.
Title: Re: Brewers @ Astros 08/10/12
Post by: Mr. Happy on August 10, 2012, 07:29:13 pm
The Astros suck but that play with Nyjer is that extra bad luck the team seems to have on top of the sucking.

Especially since Morgan kicked the ball twice.
Title: Re: Brewers @ Astros 08/10/12
Post by: hostros7 on August 10, 2012, 07:33:32 pm
Holy shit, baggy threw out the pitch left handed. So, the rumors are true... he is making a comeback at 3rd!
Title: Re: Brewers @ Astros 08/10/12
Post by: Mr. Happy on August 10, 2012, 07:35:53 pm
Holy shit, baggy threw out the pitch left handed. So, the rumors are true... he is making a comeback at 3rd!

Did he really? That's wild!
Title: Re: Brewers @ Astros 08/10/12
Post by: Matt on August 10, 2012, 07:36:51 pm
Especially since Morgan kicked the ball twice.

Yeah what's the rule on that? I thought that was an out.
Title: Re: Brewers @ Astros 08/10/12
Post by: Mr. Happy on August 10, 2012, 07:38:51 pm
Yeah what's the rule on that? I thought that was an out.

The hitter is in play on a wild pitch and is only out if the kick was intentional, which Meals ruled was not intentional..
Title: Re: Brewers @ Astros 08/10/12
Post by: Nate in IA on August 10, 2012, 07:42:40 pm
The one night I get a chance to watch a game with no interference, they have to be playing the Brewers.   Of course here in BFE Iowa we're blacked out for most of the NL Central because we can just show up to these games of course. 

FYB.
Title: Re: Brewers @ Astros 08/10/12
Post by: Col. Sphinx Drummond on August 10, 2012, 07:49:21 pm
Okay, got my obligations out of the way, now I can watch shitty baseball.
Title: Re: Brewers @ Astros 08/10/12
Post by: Mr. Happy on August 10, 2012, 07:50:02 pm
FYB indeed. Meanwhile, Bogusevic strikes out. Big surprise.
Title: Re: Brewers @ Astros 08/10/12
Post by: austro on August 10, 2012, 07:51:11 pm
FYB indeed. Meanwhile, Bogusevic strikes out. Big surprise.

Wait a minute: you only get to be surprised by not striking out, or by not grounding out to the right side. You don't get to have it both ways.
Title: Re: Brewers @ Astros 08/10/12
Post by: Mr. Happy on August 10, 2012, 07:53:07 pm
Wait a minute: you only get to be surprised by not striking out, or by not grounding out to the right side. You don't get to have it both ways.

Yessir. I would have voted for the ground ball on that plate appearance.
Title: Re: Brewers @ Astros 08/10/12
Post by: Mr. Happy on August 10, 2012, 07:54:28 pm
Hey, Wallace starts the round-the-horn twin killing to end the frame.
Title: Re: Brewers @ Astros 08/10/12
Post by: Col. Sphinx Drummond on August 10, 2012, 08:04:45 pm
Think I'll drive into OKC tomorrow night and catch the RedHawks game.
Title: Re: Brewers @ Astros 08/10/12
Post by: Mr. Happy on August 10, 2012, 08:26:11 pm
Think I'll drive into OKC tomorrow night and catch the RedHawks game.

That's always a great call.
Title: Re: Brewers @ Astros 08/10/12
Post by: Mr. Happy on August 10, 2012, 08:30:07 pm
We finally get a basehit on a bunt single by Moore of all people.
Title: Re: Brewers @ Astros 08/10/12
Post by: Bench on August 10, 2012, 08:30:11 pm
Got to love a bunt to break up a no hitter! Way to go OddChin!
Title: Re: Brewers @ Astros 08/10/12
Post by: Mr. Happy on August 10, 2012, 08:31:55 pm
What do you know? Bogusevic gets a ball through the right side of the diamond for a single.
Title: Re: Brewers @ Astros 08/10/12
Post by: Mr. Happy on August 10, 2012, 08:33:26 pm
Got to love a bunt to break up a no hitter! Way to go OddChin!

I agree. Fuck the Brewers and their Cy Young impersonator.




Title: Re: Brewers @ Astros 08/10/12
Post by: NeilT on August 10, 2012, 08:38:10 pm
What do you know? Bogusevic Insert Name of Astro here gets a ball through the right side of the diamond for a single.

FIFY
Title: Re: Brewers @ Astros 08/10/12
Post by: Mr. Happy on August 10, 2012, 08:39:50 pm
A clutch two strike two out hit from Corporan plates Moore to cut the margin to 2-1 through five innings.
Title: Re: Brewers @ Astros 08/10/12
Post by: NeilT on August 10, 2012, 08:45:31 pm
Nice Norris inning.
Title: Re: Brewers @ Astros 08/10/12
Post by: NeilT on August 10, 2012, 08:49:48 pm
It's funny, I didn't like these uniforms when they wore them, but I love seeing them tonight.
Title: Re: Brewers @ Astros 08/10/12
Post by: Col. Sphinx Drummond on August 10, 2012, 09:00:47 pm
These uniforms are my third favorite.
Title: Re: Brewers @ Astros 08/10/12
Post by: hostros7 on August 10, 2012, 09:12:38 pm
Did he really? That's wild!

According to a tags tweet, he did.
Title: Re: Brewers @ Astros 08/10/12
Post by: hostros7 on August 10, 2012, 09:23:16 pm
These uniforms are my third favorite.

What would you think if gold were swapped with stro orange?  I can't quite picture it but imagine it to be an improvement. 
Title: Re: Brewers @ Astros 08/10/12
Post by: Col. Sphinx Drummond on August 10, 2012, 09:25:02 pm
What would you think if gold were swapped with stro orange?  I can't quite picture it but imagine it to be an improvement. 
That would be nice.
Title: Re: Brewers @ Astros 08/10/12
Post by: BizidyDizidy on August 10, 2012, 09:30:50 pm
That's always a great call.

Except for the being in OKC part.
Title: Re: Brewers @ Astros 08/10/12
Post by: Col. Sphinx Drummond on August 10, 2012, 09:31:08 pm
Nice homerun trot.
Title: Re: Brewers @ Astros 08/10/12
Post by: Col. Sphinx Drummond on August 10, 2012, 09:34:29 pm
Except for the being in OKC part.

It's all relative, I'm in Seminole Oklahoma tonight.
Title: Re: Brewers @ Astros 08/10/12
Post by: Mr. Happy on August 10, 2012, 09:47:16 pm
Except for the being in OKC part.

I was speaking of attending a minor league game, not the being in OkC.
Title: Re: Brewers @ Astros 08/10/12
Post by: Col. Sphinx Drummond on August 10, 2012, 09:49:29 pm
Man on third, no outs.
Title: Re: Brewers @ Astros 08/10/12
Post by: hostros7 on August 10, 2012, 09:50:29 pm
Man on third, no outs.

Contemplating how this gets fucked.
Title: Re: Brewers @ Astros 08/10/12
Post by: Mr. Happy on August 10, 2012, 09:52:04 pm
Greene to 3B with no one out. Come on, Pearce.
Title: Re: Brewers @ Astros 08/10/12
Post by: Col. Sphinx Drummond on August 10, 2012, 09:52:41 pm
How about that.
Title: Re: Brewers @ Astros 08/10/12
Post by: hostros7 on August 10, 2012, 09:52:44 pm
Who is friends with jazz hands guy in the stands?
Title: Re: Brewers @ Astros 08/10/12
Post by: Mr. Happy on August 10, 2012, 09:53:09 pm
Gomez is a moron. Thank you.
Title: Re: Brewers @ Astros 08/10/12
Post by: moriartp on August 10, 2012, 09:55:57 pm
Wow, great catch there by Gomez. But Pearce tags and gets to third with one out.
Title: Re: Brewers @ Astros 08/10/12
Post by: Mr. Happy on August 10, 2012, 09:56:25 pm
Runner on 3B with one out. Can we do it? I don't think that it portend well if we can't win it here.
Title: Re: Brewers @ Astros 08/10/12
Post by: moriartp on August 10, 2012, 09:56:35 pm
Who is friends with jazz hands guy in the stands?

Dude's lucky no one's watching or he'd be a .gif on Deadspin in no time.
Title: Re: Brewers @ Astros 08/10/12
Post by: Col. Sphinx Drummond on August 10, 2012, 09:56:42 pm
Come on Bogey.
Title: Re: Brewers @ Astros 08/10/12
Post by: hostros7 on August 10, 2012, 09:57:19 pm
That reminded me, was maxwell's catch last night one of the best you've seen this year?  I was at the game so didn't see multiple replays.  Bourn prob would have made it look like cake anyway.
Title: Re: Brewers @ Astros 08/10/12
Post by: hostros7 on August 10, 2012, 09:57:57 pm
Dude's lucky no one's watching or he'd be a .gif on Deadspin in no time.

Genius.  I hope so.  It will rival das's MDMA cat as an avatar
Title: Re: Brewers @ Astros 08/10/12
Post by: Col. Sphinx Drummond on August 10, 2012, 09:58:43 pm
The Serbian Slammer!!!!!
Title: Re: Brewers @ Astros 08/10/12
Post by: Mr. Happy on August 10, 2012, 09:59:00 pm
What do you know? We fucking win!!!
Title: Re: Brewers @ Astros 08/10/12
Post by: hostros7 on August 10, 2012, 10:00:30 pm
I'm happy, but also kind of sad simultaneously
Title: Re: Brewers @ Astros 08/10/12
Post by: OregonStrosFan on August 10, 2012, 10:00:47 pm
ASTROS WIN!!! ASTROS WIN!!! ASTROS WIN!!!
Title: Re: Brewers @ Astros 08/10/12
Post by: moriartp on August 10, 2012, 10:04:32 pm
That was nice to see.
Title: Re: Brewers @ Astros 08/10/12
Post by: geezerdonk on August 10, 2012, 10:05:04 pm
I hope Bogey gets his pension.
Title: Re: Brewers @ Astros 08/10/12
Post by: OregonStrosFan on August 10, 2012, 10:08:49 pm
37 wins! That puts the Astros just one win behind their Short Season A-Ball affiliate Tri-City ValleyCats on the season! #OutWinTheValleyCats #YouCanDoItGuys!
Title: Re: Brewers @ Astros 08/10/12
Post by: jbm on August 10, 2012, 10:24:54 pm
Really nice to see those guys experience some joy out on the field.  Great AB by Wallace to start it. 
Title: Re: Brewers @ Astros 08/10/12
Post by: Mr. Happy on August 10, 2012, 10:28:20 pm
Really nice to see those guys experience some joy out on the field.  Great AB by Wallace to start it. 

Amen. It's been long overdue for the club. Wallace's at-bats in general have been far better this season than last year. I'm very happy for Bogusevic because I really think that his big league career will come to an end after this season absent some type of miraculous finish.
Title: Re: Brewers @ Astros 08/10/12
Post by: remy on August 10, 2012, 10:30:07 pm
That was fun.
Title: Re: Brewers @ Astros 08/10/12
Post by: Mr. Happy on August 10, 2012, 11:20:07 pm
That was fun.

Indeed. I kept waiting for them to fuck it up, but it just never happened.
Title: Re: Brewers @ Astros 08/10/12
Post by: EasTexAstro on August 10, 2012, 11:27:25 pm
I was THERE!

Bagwell switched the ball to his left hand right before throwing.
Tough call on the booted ball. The guy sitting next to me coached LaCroy at Uof L? And coached/coaches at San Jac? He said it should have been an out.

Very nice exciting win. The crowd was louder than I expected.

I failed at the fist pump attempt.

The Astros organization might have been expected a loss: Music for the fireworks came from 90's movies. Mission Impossible, Titanic, ....you get the point.
Title: Re: Brewers @ Astros 08/10/12
Post by: Col. Sphinx Drummond on August 11, 2012, 07:48:21 am
37 wins!

Just three behind the '62 Mets. Man, I hope the Astros can win four more. It would be asking too much for seven wins to try to eclipse the powerful 03 Tigers. But I think this team could luck in to four wins... maybe...
Title: Re: Brewers @ Astros 08/10/12
Post by: Reuben on August 11, 2012, 02:54:16 pm
Just three behind the '62 Mets. Man, I hope the Astros can win four more. It would be asking too much for seven wins to try to eclipse the powerful 03 Tigers. But I think this team could luck in to four wins... maybe...
On August 11, 2003, the Tigers' record was 30-86. They didn't win their 37th game until September 4th. So, as bleak as things look right now, they were even bleaker for that club.

How about this! Speaking of the '03 Tigers, on September 30 of that year, according to bb-ref, they signed Rhiner Cruz as an amateur free agent. How's that for a move that "paid off" a long way down the road?
Title: Re: Brewers @ Astros 08/10/12
Post by: Mr. Happy on August 11, 2012, 02:56:17 pm
On August 11, 2003, the Tigers' record was 30-86. They didn't win their 37th game until September 4th. So, as bleak as things look right now, they were even bleaker for that club.

How about this! Speaking of the '03 Tigers, on September 30 of that year, they made this transaction, according to bb-ref: Signed Rhiner Cruz as an amateur free agent.

Agent Cruz, the bearer of bad news!!!