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General Discussion => Archive => Game Zone 2013 Archive => Topic started by: Tralfaz on February 23, 2013, 11:11:11 am
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Astros v Phillies, play ball!
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Former Astro Catcher Chris Snyder, trying for a job with the Nats, just jacked a HR off Sean Marcum. Baseball is back!
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It has been too long.
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Gary Matthews looks snappy.
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Unis look pretty good. Wind blowing out like hell.
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Maxwell with first hit of the Spring
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Boy, it's Spring Training all right.
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Uni's are sharp.
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Harrell sure does work fast.
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Single, stolen base, groundout and single = 1-0, Phillies.
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Oh yeah, Utley is still good. 1-0 Phily. Up comes Howard.
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Ryan Howard has lost a lot of weight.
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Some smelly Astro brain farts.
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Norris for Dom Brown?
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Freaky-hop rocket by Dominguez plates Brown ahead of the crap throw by Martinez and it's 2-0.
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Man, I'm so ready for Opening Day.
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Wow. Nigel Tufnel with tits. Helloooo,
Arizona Florida.
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Robert Ford and Steve Sparks have not offended me yet. So that's good.
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Robert Ford and Steve Sparks have not offended me yet. So that's good.
And then sparks says "Altuve is the perfect #2 hitter. He doesn't walk much or take a lot of pitches. He just quickly puts the ball in play, and that's exactly what you want from a two hole hitter."
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Rally...rally...rally...
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Ford kinda sounds like DoRay, but what I have heard he sounds fine. I have always enjoyed Sparks.
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And then sparks says "Altuve is the perfect #2 hitter. He doesn't walk much or take a lot of pitches. He just quickly puts the ball in play, and that's exactly what you want from a two hole hitter."
Aargh. Sparks should stick to pitching commentary.
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Ford kinda sounds like DoRay, but what I have heard he sounds fine.
His voice is lower, less chirpy.
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Ford kinda sounds like DoRay, but what I have heard he sounds fine. I have always enjoyed Sparks.
He's doing a good job describing the action as it happens. I've always liked sparks as well. It's good to have a knuckle baller's perspective.
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Hooters ball girls. Interesting.
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Hooters ball girls. Interesting.
Ah, central Florida.
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I thought this was Arizona. Duh.
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I gots the Spring Training brain farts too.
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And then sparks says "Altuve is the perfect #2 hitter. He doesn't walk much or take a lot of pitches. He just quickly puts the ball in play, and that's exactly what you want from a two hole hitter."
He must have been joking, right? It's almost like he was listing all the ways he's NOT a perfect #2 hitter, he just left out that he bats right-handed.
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Harrell sure does work fast.
That's one of his best characteristics. It keeps the fielders sharp. Dawdling pitchers risk a fielder losing attention span at the wrong time.
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He must have been joking, right? It's almost like he was listing all the ways he's NOT a perfect #2 hitter, he just left out that he bats right-handed.
It's ST for Sparky too.
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Who's pitching for Houston? He's doing a pretty nice job.
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Ah, it's Cedeno.
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Ah, it's Cedeno.
You mean Professor X?
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Boy, Darin Ruf is going to be an adventure in the outfield.
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You mean Professor X?
Yep.
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Who's that little guy who ran for JD? Michael Young looks as advertised at 3B. Step and a dive...
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Hit it to left! Hit it to left!
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Woo hoo! A lead!
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Hey, Marwin gets an RBI! And Freiman gets one plus a run!
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Wait, that was Corporan. I gotta actually pay some attention.
Dammit Porter, put the names on the jerseys!
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I'm listening to our radio broadcast and just heard Milo's voice.
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Who's that little guy who ran for JD?
Grossman.
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I'm listening to our radio broadcast and just heard Milo's voice.
It was a promo for Methodist hospital.
Villar is in at short.
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hello
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Hello
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Helloooo!
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Fake Shemp alert.
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Grossman.
Wow. He looked... littler than I expected. Seemed pretty quick, though.
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Wow. He looked... littler than I expected. Seemed pretty quick, though.
Yeah, he was motoring.
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Demel did a good job with that sinker.
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Gary Matthews with a nice rip of Sammy the Clown.
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I think I'd rather have Carlos Lee in the field than Darin Ruf.
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I'd like to see Carter get one up into the jetstream.
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Ruf seems content to play the ball on the bounce in left.
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Gary Matthews likes Ruf's pride. "He has a lot of pride."
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Grossman appears to be about 1.08 Altuves tall.
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Fry-man. I had no idea.
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Freiman has got a l-o-n-g swing.
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There's that RBI.
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I'm off to the Rosendale Chili Bowl Festival. Good to see you fellas again though.
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Enjoy!
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Three popups for Dominguez, one of them in fair ground.
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The radio broadcast is not too bad. Ford seems somewhat knowledgable, and Sparks, his Altuve homer brainfart notwithstanding, is pretty good.
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Cosart!
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The radio broadcast is not too bad. Ford seems somewhat knowledgable, and Sparks, his Altuve homer brainfart notwithstanding, is pretty good.
I've liked what I've heard so far.
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Cosart was 15 yrs old when the Astros went to the WS in 05.
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Cosart!
He's got some giddyup on those pitches.
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5-2 Good Guys after five.
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Has anybodt heard from Jane Doe lately? I'm getting worried about Opening Day.
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Nice sequence there from Cosart. Blew Howard's mind.
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Has anybodt heard from Jane Doe lately? I'm getting worried about Opening Day.
Nope, not a word. I don't want to worry, but I think I am too.
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Nice sequence there from Cosart. Blew Howard's mind.
Sounded good. Why give in on 2-2? Try to paint.
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Barnes is having a nice day.
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Barnes is having a nice day.
Didn't he get picked off when he came in to pinch run? I've only been half listening.
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If he did, I missed it. I don't remember a pickoff.
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DeShields in as PR.
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Didn't he get picked off when he came in to pinch run? I've only been half listening.
He almost did.
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Paredes with a single, scoring DDSjr. 7-2 now.
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Paredes with a single, scoring DDSjr. 7-2 now.
We're headed back to the Series this year. I can feel it.
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I've been running errands all day, getting in and out of the car, and there, right there on the radio, is baseball. The announcers seem ok. What's our magic number?
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We're headed back to the Series this year. I can feel it.
It would help to play 162 against Philadelphia.
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What's our magic number?
2016.
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Grossman with a 2B and RBI.
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8-3 Astros, bottom of the ninth.
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Enjoying having a former player in the booth again. Brings perspective DoRay couldn't. Really looking forward to Ashby.
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Just switched over to the radio feed.
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And there it is. 8-3 Good Guys.
Suck it, Phils.
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14 Astro hits, only one strikeout.
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And there it is. 8-3 Good Guys.
Suck it, Phils.
World Series, I'm telling you.
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Good start.
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Good start.
It's all down hill from here.
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wonder when the sports sites will start showing the astros as al?
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Has anybodt heard from Jane Doe lately? I'm getting worried about Opening Day.
Just to clarify, she used to get the tickets delivered to her in late March so I wouldn't expect any sort of movement or news on that front for some time yet. I hope things are ok with her.
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Just to clarify, she used to get the tickets delivered to her in late March so I wouldn't expect any sort of movement or news on that front for some time yet. I hope things are ok with her.
I might try to reach out to her on Facebook.
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Help me out with a box score nit here: it says that JD Martinez stole 2nd in the 4th inning. It also says he scored a run. But hadn't Grossman pinch-run for JD? The SB and Run should be his.
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Help me out with a box score nit here: it says that JD Martinez stole 2nd in the 4th inning. It also says he scored a run. But hadn't Grossman pinch-run for JD? The SB and Run should be his.
Yes, that was Grossman.
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Yes, that was Grossman.
I'm pretty sure the run is still scored to the batter, not the pinch runner. Maybe it's the same for the steal?
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I'm pretty sure the run is still scored to the batter, not the pinch runner. Maybe it's the same for the steal?
No. Probably just a scoring mistake. No names on unis. Lots of switches. The PR definitely gets credit for both the SB and the run.
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And then sparks says "Altuve is the perfect #2 hitter. He doesn't walk much or take a lot of pitches. He just quickly puts the ball in play, and that's exactly what you want from a two hole hitter."
Ouch. I think Sig and Goldstein need to give this fella a lesson.
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As a pitcher, I'm sure that's Sparks' idea of a "perfect" hitter.
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No. Probably just a scoring mistake. No names on unis. Lots of switches. The PR definitely gets credit for both the SB and the run.
Sure enough. I need to look things up first.
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1 - 1 after 2 innings hosting the Mets. I like the radio guys so far. Ford has a nice voice and refrains from non-baseball banter, Sparks actually played the game.
What a novel approach, having an ex-player offer analysis instead of a second pbp man in the booth?!?!?!
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I like the new radio guys, too.
Mets 2-run dinger, now 3-1.
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They seem to mesh together pretty cleanly too, it doesn't sound forced.
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Sparks sounds pretty relaxed today.
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I wonder if the info folks aren't doing their jobs - Ford just referred to Rhiner Cruz as a lefthander. Ford ain't blameless in that, I'm just wondering.
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I wonder if the info folks aren't doing their jobs - Ford just referred to Rhiner Cruz as a lefthander. Ford ain't blameless in that, I'm just wondering.
Hey - at least he didn't refer to him as Cruz-ey. That's a plus in my book.
Hopefully they're all just working the kinks out.
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Hopefully they're all just working the kinks out.
I expect that's the case.
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Sounds like Veras got his stuff together, and that Peacock will be pitching next inning.
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They are the best radio team ever compared to DoRay.
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They are the best radio team ever compared to DoRay.
It's such a relief. Now if Coke will just change their commercials out...
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Just said that the team thinks Stassi has a sports hernia and may miss all of ST.
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Peacock getting knocked around. 5-1 Mets on two walks and a double.
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Sparks said his fastball was straight and he needs to develop a cutter or something. Whatever it is, he doesn't appear to have much going on today.
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6-1. Radio guys praising Villar's range and arm. Also didn't know it was pronounced "Vee-yar."
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Not a good day for the Lowrie trade
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Not a good day for the Lowrie trade
It'll look better when Lowrie misses another 40+ games this year.
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Is Carter playing today?
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Not yet.
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Springer just came in to run for Ankiel.
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Castro 2-run shot! 6-3.
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Valdez picks off a pinch runner off of 2B. That'll cost that dumbass some money in the kangaroo court.
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Best time to get a pickoff is when they just come in the game.
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All right Grossman!
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6-5 after a 2-RBI single by Wallace.
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Springer works a walk, and DDSjr comes in from third when ball four gets by the catcher. I should probably turn it off now, before the heartbreak comes.
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It's just like 1986!
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Springer works a walk, and DDSjr comes in from third when ball four gets by the catcher. I should probably turn it off now, before the heartbreak comes.
There is no heartbreak this year. Everything is a gift.
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Baseball is a gift.
6-6 middle fifth.
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Nice avatar, Austro.
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I started listening when we were down 6-1. I like the aggressive play a lot. We may not have much real big league talent, but we can be aggressive and speed the game up for the opposition.
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Nice avatar, Austro.
Thanks, it was time to rotate in something new (well, it's old, but different). While making the change I discovered that I've hit the big time: somebody has me on ignore. I wonder who I pissed off?
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Thanks, it was time to rotate in something new (well, it's old, but different). While making the change I discovered that I've hit the big time: somebody has me on ignore. I wonder who I pissed off?
I've got two who ignore me.
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I started listening when we were down 6-1. I like the aggressive play a lot. We may not have much real big league talent, but we can be aggressive and speed the game up for the opposition.
I love putting the onus on the other guy to make a play. You don't have to do stupid things, but it seems like there are lots of opportunities to press the issue that go unexploited. I'm specifically thinking about first-to-third and advancing on deep flies. Yeah, you'll get thrown out every once in a while, but on balance I think you'll come out ahead.
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I know it's very easy to accidentally hit the 'ignore' button on a phone. I've done it a couple of times and couldn't figure out why I couldn't see posts until I took a minute and figured it out.
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I've got two who ignore me.
Me too. Odds that they're the same folks? Probably pretty low.
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I love putting the onus on the other guy to make a play. You don't have to do stupid things, but it seems like there are lots of opportunities to press the issue that go unexploited. I'm specifically thinking about first-to-third and advancing on deep flies. Yeah, you'll get thrown out every once in a while, but on balance I think you'll come out ahead.
Fundamentals are the crutch of the talentless.
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Fundamentals are the crutch of the talentless.
And aged. That's how my buddies and I continued to win city-league basketball games well into our 40s.
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Me too. Odds that they're the same folks? Probably pretty low.
Agreed. I have only ignored one person, but it is one whom many have ignored.
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I like that Springer has drawn two walks, both of which came in ABs that would've been easy to press in.
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I like to think there are a half dozen or so people who want to ignore me but but can't.
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I get ignored but no one has me on ignore. Hmm.
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6-1. Radio guys praising Villar's range and arm. Also didn't know it was pronounced "Vee-yar."
That's correct isn't it?
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That's correct isn't it?
I believe it is.
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Springer ties it up with an RBI single and advances to second!
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Undefeated!
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That's how it ends, 7-7. Good Guys battle back from being down 6-1. Springer and Villar both showed well today.
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I like to think there are a half dozen or so people who want to ignore me but but can't.
Frankly, I'm surprised that only two people ignore me. The rest ignore me by not reading.
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I'm not ignored by anyone. That's a change from times past.
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We sure took a spanking today from the Shitbirds. From the stats, it looked like Keuchel and Demel were really fooling them today. Not.
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Brett Wallace E5 (throwing) plates Detroit's first run. 1-0, mid-2. Bedard pitching.
ETA: Also down 1-0 to the Rays in the 2nd (Lyles on the mound).
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Castro follows Ankiel's triple with a homer to put them up 2-1.
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Ouch:
Jayson Stark @jaysonst
Just had a box-score line du jour bust out in Port Charlotte. Jordan Lyles vs. #Rays: 2 IP, 10 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, Every Ray got a hit!
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Ouch:
When Lyles misses, he tends to catch too much plate when he does. Did the Rays stack the lineup with lefties, because Lyles hasn't shown me yet that he can get them out.
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They just said that Paul Clemens, who slipped off the mound and hurt his knee, is ok.
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When Lyles misses, he tends to catch too much plate when he does. Did the Rays stack the lineup with lefties, because Lyles hasn't shown me yet that he can get them out.
Heck if I know. The lineup he faced was: Zobrist, Roberts, Longoria, Anderson, Duncan, Myers, Cust, Fuld, Lobaton. Longoria had two singles, Zobrist a double and Anderson a triple.
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Gamecast or whatever the hell it is had Lyles with 13 pitches through 1.2 innings, all strikes. I don't see how that's possible. It also says the wind is blowing out to left at 25 mph.
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It also says the wind is blowing out to left at 25 mph.
i.e., the eye of yesterday's storm.
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Gamecast or whatever the hell it is had Lyles with 13 pitches through 1.2 innings, all strikes. I don't see how that's possible. It also says the wind is blowing out to left at 25 mph.
Bottom of the 1st...all pitches hit yet he only gave up one run.
Bottom of the 2nd...all pitches hit until the last batter Duncan who strikes out on three pitches.
ETA: By "hit" I mean "in play".
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Pena with a 2-run HR and it's 3-2 Tigers now.
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Wallace cranks one out to center and it's 3-3.
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Ankiel scores on a bad throw and it's 4-3 Astros.
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Ankiel scores on a bad throw and it's 4-3 Astros.
Are you seeing this, hearing this over the airwaves, or via MLB At Bat?
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Are you seeing this, hearing this over the airwaves, or via MLB At Bat?
MLB At Bat. Paying some attention, but now I gotta go back to work.
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Sparks just called Altuve "the little second baseman."
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Wallace singles with runners 1st and 3rd. 5-3 Astros 1 out bottom 5
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He's teasing me getting all those hits today.
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Robbie Grossman with a PH 2-run double. 7-3 Astros with 2 out bottom 5.
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Trevor Crowe with a PH 2-run triple. 9-3 Astros 2 out bottom 5.
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Meanwhile, the other side of the split isn't doing as well against the Rays.
7-2 in the 6th.
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Meanwhile, the other side of the split isn't doing as well against the Rays.
7-2 in the 6th.
That game just now called a final due to rain. 7-2 Rays.
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Game tidbits of interest: While Castro hit his second HR, he had his first passed ball. Nine strikeouts for our hitters into the eighth frame. Wallace with three hits and an error playing 3B.
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Sparks just called Altuve "the little second baseman."
"Little Joe" ?
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Bottom of the 1st...all pitches hit yet he only gave up one run.
Bottom of the 2nd...all pitches hit until the last batter Duncan who strikes out on three pitches.
ETA: By "hit" I mean "in play".
Last year Gameday did not count pitches (or at least not all the time) in ST games ... is it possible they just recorded the pitches "hit"?
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I listened to the carnage. There were some balls in there.
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Last year Gameday did not count pitches (or at least not all the time) in ST games ... is it possible they just recorded the pitches "hit"?
Yep. Walks seem to be on four pitches, strikeouts on three, and balls in play on one. Haven't paid enough attention to know if it's always the case, but that's what I've noticed.
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Last year Gameday did not count pitches (or at least not all the time) in ST games ... is it possible they just recorded the pitches "hit"?
I think that's the case.
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Castro follows Ankiel's triple with a homer to put them up 2-1.
Castro seems to be developing a power stroke. He finished last season with several in the last few days. He's getting his legs under him.
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Today's lineup, per McTaggart:
Greene-SS
LF-Grossman
1B-Wallace
LF(?)-J.D. Martinez
DH-F. Martinez
3B-Dominguez
C-Corporan
CF-Springer
2B-Deshields
P-White
Should be fun. Looking forward to how DDS does in a start and Springer does covering CF and RF while Grossman and J.D. have a picnic in LF.
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For a guy that used to attend ST every year, reading this thread is a killer. I want to be there so badly. Sun, baseball, beer...ugh.
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For a guy that used to attend ST every year, reading this thread is a killer. I want to be there so badly. Sun, baseball, beer...ugh.
I haven't been in years. I'll be in Phoenix on business from 3/12-14, and I'm hoping to peel away and catch a Cactus League game.
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Anyone know the other pitchers for us today? Astros one of the only teams that don't update their MLB gamenotes for the spring training games.
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Looks like White is still going through 2ip.
In other news, the Walrus just got thrown out stealing 3rd. 'Stros up 4-0
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Arencibia HRs off of WW. 4-1.
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Springer with a 3-run dinger!
"Unloads on that" Sparks
"Absolutely crushed" Ford
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And DDS, up next, with a bunt single, takes 2nd on a WP.
2015 could be fun.
edit: then DeShields gets thrown out trying to steal 3rd. Oh well.
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Springer with a 3-run dinger!
"Unloads on that" Sparks
"Absolutely crushed" Ford
Jeff Luhnow @jluhnow
Springer bomb... out of here in no time.
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8-1, top 5th, FeMart on 2nd. 7 doubles so far.
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And it was to RCF, not his pull side.
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And it was to RCF, not his pull side.
Springer's power was never a question.
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Springer's power was never a question.
And on queue, he hits another HR, "off the scoreboard". Bottom 5, 10-1 Astros over Jays.
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And on queue, he hits another HR, "off the scoreboard". Bottom 5, 10-1 Astros over Jays.
On cue, not on queue.
/pedantry
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Well that made tuning in on lunch break nice. Springer second bomb of the day.
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Well that made tuning in on lunch break nice. Springer second bomb of the day.
Wow. Is his ETA 2014?
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On cue, not on queue.
/pedantry
To be fair, he was in line for a correction.
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Wow. Is his ETA 2014?
Probably. The insta-pundits on Twitter speculate that a strong spring could land him in OKC to start the season, with a September call-up if they're okay with starting his service time clock.
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Probably. The insta-pundits on Twitter speculate that a strong spring could land him in OKC to start the season, with a September call-up if they're okay with starting his service time clock.
I wonder if folks are letting a couple of spring bombs go to their heads. He was Mr. K last year after all. I'd be surprised if he doesn't have a lot of seasoning left.
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I wonder if folks are letting a couple of spring bombs go to their heads. He was Mr. K last year after all. I'd be surprised if he doesn't have a lot of seasoning left.
Not me. If he's not ready, then he's not ready. ST AB's often are meaningless because the pitcher might have been out there to work on a developing pitch, etc.
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Probably. The insta-pundits on Twitter speculate that a strong spring could land him in OKC to start the season, with a September call-up if they're okay with starting his service time clock.
Jeez, I hope not. Like jbm mentioned above, he still has some things to prove, and didn't exactly tear up AA in his end-of-year Corpus cameo. I think 2014, with 2015 being his first full year.
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To be fair, he was in line for a correction.
He was in the hole and on deck before he came to the plate.
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Greene is still looking for his first hit of the spring. Man, I hope that he's not the best that we have at SS. It will be a long season for right handed pitchers if he is.
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On cue, not on queue.
/pedantry
Of course. I... I knew that.
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Greene is still looking for his first hit of the spring. Man, I hope that he's not the best that we have at SS. It will be a long season for right handed pitchers if he is.
Good thing we have a several LHPs slotted for the rotation. /sarcasm
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Of course. I... I knew that.
I was so hoping your response would be something along the lines of fahqueue.
I wonder if you could get away with that on a personalized license plate. FAQUEUE or FA CUE or FAAAAAQ.
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I was so hoping your response would be something along the lines of fahqueue.
I wonder if you could get away with that on a personalized license plate. FAQUEUE or FA CUE or FAAAAAQ.
Surely 'FRAK' is taken.
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Greene is still looking for his first hit of the spring. Man, I hope that he's not the best that we have at SS. It will be a long season for right handed pitchers if he is.
Marwin. Gonzalez.
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I was so hoping your response would be something along the lines of fahqueue.
I wonder if you could get away with that on a personalized license plate. FAQUEUE or FA CUE or FAAAAAQ.
Well damn, that certainly was staring me in the face. I'd like to think on one of my sharper days I would have thought of that. I've been in my studio all day, so I'm gonna blame the paint thinner.
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Greene is still looking for his first hit of the spring. Man, I hope that he's not the best that we have at SS. It will be a long season for right handed pitchers if he is.
Greene also made an error today.
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One really encouraging sign today. The pitchers induced 12 groundball outs and seven strikeouts. Keeping the ball on the ground is going to be key in the AL.
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One really encouraging sign today. The pitchers induced 12 groundball outs and seven strikeouts. Keeping the ball on the ground is going to be key in the AL.
Cosart has been incredibly good, throughout his minor league career, at getting ground balls and particularly keeping the ball in the park. Last year in AA, 3 HR in 87 IP. In AAA, 0 HR in 27.2 IP. Hopefully he keeps that up when he gets to Houston.
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Cosart has been incredibly good, throughout his minor league career, at getting ground balls and particularly keeping the ball in the park. Last year in AA, 3 HR in 87 IP. In AAA, 0 HR in 27.2 IP. Hopefully he keeps that up when he gets to Houston.
I have noted those stats on Cosart. That's often a trait that pitchers continue when they advance to a higher level. I am encouraged by Cosart.
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Greene also made an error today.
I'm curious, why did you say Greene at SS would make it a "long season for right-handed pitchers"? I would think it would be even worse for lefties, where the opposing lineup would often be stacked with RH hitters, resulting in more balls to the left side of the infield.
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I'm curious, why did you say Greene at SS would make it a "long season for right-handed pitchers"? I would think it would be even worse for lefties, where the opposing lineup would often be stacked with RH hitters, resulting in more balls to the left side of the infield.
The majority of hitters are right-handed, no matter who is pitching.
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Cosart has been incredibly good, throughout his minor league career, at getting ground balls and particularly keeping the ball in the park. Last year in AA, 3 HR in 87 IP. In AAA, 0 HR in 27.2 IP. Hopefully he keeps that up when he gets to Houston.
Thanks for pointing that out. Those numbers are definitely encouraging.
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The Yankees stung the Astros for 5 in the top of the sixth, so the Astros came back to score 6 in their half. Currently 7-5 after 7.
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The Yankees stung the Astros for 5 in the top of the sixth, so the Astros came back to score 6 in their half. Currently 7-5 after 7.
And it's gone final...7-6 Astros. Laird's granny was part of the onslaught in the 6th.
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I taped the Astros/Yankees game replayed in the middle of the night. It was blacked out!!
They blackout a replay of a spring training game? I don't see the logic.
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Astros tie it in the 9th, but make the final out overrunning 3rd on an infield bobble. Ends in a tie. 8-8.
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a tie is better than a loss when a cardinal fan was trying to give me crap earlier today.
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6-4 Astros leading the Braves through 7. J. D. Martinez and Pena have homered for the Good Guys. Keuchel worked two scoreless, Humber three and gave up one run. Owens got slapped around and Fick is pitching now.
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6-4 Astros leading the Braves through 7. J. D. Martinez and Pena have homered for the Good Guys. Keuchel worked two scoreless, Humber three and gave up one run. Owens got slapped around and Fick is pitching now.
I'm now listening and here.
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I know I'm nuts, but I'm starting to actually enjoy Ford and Sparks. They're relaxed but seem to work together well, filling air but not choking it to death.
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Terdoslavich.
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I know I'm nuts, but I'm starting to actually enjoy Ford and Sparks. They're relaxed but seem to work together well, filling air but not choking it to death.
I'm really enjoying them too. These look like great hires.
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Springer got fooled on a liner over his head and it goes for a double in the ninth.
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Christ. They credit Deion Sanders with popularizing the Alkie Chop in Atlanta.
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Some drunk fucks are yelling that damn chant into the microphone.
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Strike-'em-out-throw-'em-out double play ends the game and the Astros win, 6-5. I think that's five ST wins for Houston so far.
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Strike-'em-out-throw-'em-out double play ends the game and the Astros win, 6-5. I think that's five ST wins for Houston so far.
Jaramillo must have a pretty good arm.
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These new radio guys are so good they make it sound like they are winning
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I'm really enjoying them too. These look like great hires.
I wish I could hear them. I thought Sparks would be good.
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Christ. They credit Deion Sanders with popularizing the Alkie Chop in Atlanta.
Everyone knows that's not true.
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Everyone knows that's not true.
We've got to increase your readership.
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I wish I could hear them. I thought Sparks would be good.
The two of them seem good together. They already complement each other. Both are very knowledgeable about both the Astros and the game in general.
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Astros and Piroots are knotted at 5. Apparently a very cold day in Bradenton. Folty had his first big league ST appearance, striking out one (looking on the outside corner) and walking one in one frame.
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I'm liking Grossman a lot.
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I'm liking Grossman a lot.
+1 I didn't think that there was any chance that he makes the club; now, I'm thinking that if they broke camp today, Grossman would be one of the 25.
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We're down early to Detroit 3-0, and Cosart, et al. have issued six free passes through three full frames. A walk-a-thon is not a way to make a club.
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White pitches around two walks to throw a goose egg in the fourth. Seven walks through four. Contrast that with Porcello, who worked four scoreless frames, striking out six and walking none.
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Alex White tossing BP. It's 6-1 now with two on and two out. Porter had seen enough. Pitching change.
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Astros making some noise. Maxwell greets a new pitcher on his first offering with a two run dinger. 6-5 Tigers now.
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White pitches around two walks to throw a goose egg in the fourth. Seven walks through four. Contrast that with Porcello, who worked four scoreless frames, striking out six and walking none.
There were a bunch of scouts presumably watching Porcello today.
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There were a bunch of scouts presumably watching Porcello today.
Based upon how he threw today, I'd be a buyer for the right price.
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Based upon how he threw today, I'd be a buyer for the right price.
Me, too, and Porcello's still very young and a few more years of club control. He could be a good fit but I can't imagine Detroit is really looking to deal him. Here is the link. http://houston.astros.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20130304&content_id=42249400&vkey=news_hou&c_id=hou
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Caught part of the replay. Chapman looked good. Real tough on lefties. The Tigers announcing crew said Maxwell's homer was as long as they have seen at that park. When he gets a hold of one, it really goes.
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Caught part of the replay. Chapman looked good. Real tough on lefties. The Tigers announcing crew said Maxwell's homer was as long as they have seen at that park. When he gets a hold of one, it really goes.
Chapman has had a good camp so far. I think he's got a future in the league.
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Caught part of the replay. Chapman looked good. Real tough on lefties. The Tigers announcing crew said Maxwell's homer was as long as they have seen at that park. When he gets a hold of one, it really goes.
Maxwell's got legit big time power. He's a feast or famine type hitter.
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Astros-Nats about to start. Who's out there today?
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I'm checking in from time to time.
See? I told you I was check in from time to time.
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Astros take a 1-0 lead on an Altuve single, scoring Corporan, who had singled and advanced to 2B on a walk to Greene.
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1-1 top 5 Harrell goes four frames, and the broadcast team said that he looked in mid-season form.
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Nats up 5-1 in the sixth, and they have two outs with runners on 1B and 2B.
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7-1 now. The route is on.
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Was Wright pitching, or was it after Wright?
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7-1 now. The route is on.
north, south, east or west?
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north, south, east or west?
At 7-1, I think the answer is yes.
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Was Wright pitching, or was it after Wright?
WW got dinged for a hit and a walk in .1 frames, both of which scored, courtesy of the fine work of WW's replacement, who was some guy named Peacock. Peacock clearly had nothing today, surrendering three hits and three runs (two earned) in .2 frames.
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Greene with his fourth error at SS already. Pitching is going to be an adventure with him at SS. An exercise in acute aggravation with constantly having to get four outs in an inning too often.
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Greene with his fourth error at SS already. Pitching is going to be an adventure with him at SS. An exercise in acute aggravation with constantly having to get four outs in an inning too often.
there needs to be at least one guy on the team like this to keep you pissed off and perseverating.
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A job that Greene was born to do.
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Bogusevic is hitting .533 with a 1.6 OPS so far this spring.
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Bogusevic is hitting .533 with a 1.6 OPS so far this spring.
He's AAA fodder at this point, I would assume. However, with Chicago, anything is possible.
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Bogusevic is hitting .533 with a 1.6 OPS so far this spring.
That must be counting intra-squad games, vs. Carlos Marmol.
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Astros fall 7-1. We scratch out four measly hits, including the three innings that we faced Zach Fucking Duke. Shitfick. Off day tomorrow. Milo joins Sparks for the thursday and friday broadcasts.
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Astros fall 7-1. We scratch out four measly hits, including the three innings that we faced Zach Fucking Duke. Shitfick. Off day tomorrow. Milo joins Sparks for the thursday and friday broadcasts.
I don't think the boys will win them all.
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Milo joins Sparks for the thursday and friday broadcasts.
Isn't he retired?
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I don't think the boys will win them all.
Say it ain't so, Joe!
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I don't think the boys will win them all.
Frankly, if the boys win two games a week, it'll be all that I expect.
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Is there really not an all-glove SS sitting around somewhere? Someone who can spell MarGo every once in awhile? Enough with Greene.
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Is there really not an all-glove SS sitting around somewhere? Someone who can spell MarGo every once in awhile? Enough with Greene.
I strongly suspect that Greene will be your opening day SS.
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Bogusevic is hitting .533 with a 1.6 OPS so far this spring.
I'm happy for him. Hope he makes a team. Sorry it didn't work out here.
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I'm happy for him. Hope he makes a team. Sorry it didn't work out here.
Same here. However, he had his chances, and it was time to move on.
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Greene with his fourth error at SS already. Pitching is going to be an adventure with him at SS. An exercise in acute aggravation with constantly having to get four outs in an inning too often.
I see this as a most excellent result ... lowering, as it does, the probability that he will make any errors at SS during the regular season (at least in an Astros uni).
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I see this as a most excellent result ... lowering, as it does, the probability that he will make any errors at SS during the regular season (at least in an Astros uni).
I see your point. However, you must understand that I view this through the prism of a pitcher. Anytime that you are asked to get four (or more) outs in the same inning, it adds to your inning pitch count by keeping you out there longer than you should have been, which can detract from later innings performance and cut short your game appearance. If pitch count means anything, and that is debatable, I have always been open to the possibility that pitch count in a particular inning may have some importance because of fatigue from being out there for so long without a rest.
You also have the fact that some pitchers don't have as much command out of the stretch while worrying about a baserunner (or more) who shouldn't be out there. The longer you are out there in the same frame, the greater the likelihood of the other team scoring from their traffic.
Finally, you have some pitchers who mentally can't get past errors and make bad pitches because they are pissed off at their alleged fielders for putting them in that position instead of focusing more attention on their next offering. Big league pitchers should be able to buck up and be.able to get past errors, but they are human too and sometimes you just can't, especially when one bad apple is causing the problem.
For this reason, I'd prefer to see the surest hands and arm at SS, and that ain't Greene.
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I see your point. However, you must understand that I view this through the prism of a pitcher. Anytime that you are asked to get four (or more) outs in the same inning, it adds to your inning pitch count by keeping you out there longer than you should have been, which can detract from later innings performance and cut short your game appearance. If pitch count means anything, and that is debatable, I have always been open to the possibility that pitch count in a particular inning may have some importance because of fatigue from being out there for so long without a rest.
You also have the fact that some pitchers don't have as much command out of the stretch while worrying about a baserunner (or more) who shouldn't be out there. The longer you are out there in the same frame, the greater the likelihood of the other team scoring from their traffic.
Finally, you have some pitchers who mentally can't get past errors and make bad pitches because they are pissed off at their alleged fielders for putting them in that position instead of focusing more attention on their next offering. Big league pitchers should be able to buck up and be.able to get past errors, but they are human too and sometimes you just can't, especially when one bad apple is causing the problem.
For this reason, I'd prefer to see the surest hands and arm at SS, and that ain't Greene.
Pissed Off and Perseverating Happy
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I see your point. However, you must understand that I view this through the prism of a pitcher. Anytime ... blah blah ... (yawn) ... blah ...
For this reason, I'd prefer to see the surest hands and arm at SS, and that ain't Greene.
I'm not sure you do see my point, actually. One of us has misplaced his sarc-o-meter. Surely you are not suggesting that I was suggesting that Greene will somehow use up his limited supply of errors in ST? My point was, let him screw up every opportunity in the hopes that the powers-that-be will release his ass and let MarGo (who is currently sporting a nine-forty-something OPS, by the way) play everyday at SS.
Thus lowering the probability that Greene will make any errors there.
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I'm not sure you do see my point, actually. One of us has misplaced his sarc-o-meter. Surely you are not suggesting that I was suggesting that Greene will somehow use up his limited supply of errors in ST? My point was, let him screw up every opportunity in the hopes that the powers-that-be will release his ass and let MarGo (who is currently sporting a nine-forty-something OPS, by the way) play everyday at SS.
Thus lowering the probability that Greene will make any errors there.
VB: I have no working sarc-meter, and everyone here knows that. Coach: check your PM.
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I'm not sure you do see my point, actually. One of us has misplaced his sarc-o-meter. Surely you are not suggesting that I was suggesting that Greene will somehow use up his limited supply of errors in ST? My point was, let him screw up every opportunity in the hopes that the powers-that-be will release his ass and let MarGo (who is currently sporting a nine-forty-something OPS, by the way) play everyday at SS.
Thus lowering the probability that Greene will make any errors there.
This might be an interesting experiment to see how long Luhnow will stick with an infatuation despite a lack of real-world results.
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This might be an interesting experiment to see how long Luhnow will stick with an infatuation despite a lack of real-world results.
I can only hope that the answer is not too long.
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I'll be listening to today's game against the Nationals. Your lead off hitter, coming in at .118 with four errors, is one Tyler Greene. Watch him have a big day today.
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TV today for MLB.TV subscribers.
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Milo calling today's game. Humber with an easy first inning. 0- bottom 1.
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Missing Ford already
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Missing Ford already
+1 I have really enjoyed Ford as well as the interaction between Ford and Sparks.
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Crane on the broadcast with Sparks doing PBP. Through 3.1 frames, Humber is doing a good and efficient job.
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So wait, this Milo crap is just a sappy sentimental thing. The old buffoon will not be around for the real season. Correct?
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So wait, this Milo crap is just a sappy sentimental thing. The old buffoon will not be around for the real season. Correct?
That's my understanding.
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+1 I have really enjoyed Ford as well as the interaction between Ford and Sparks.
So far, Sparks is very, very good. It's nice to have a color analyst with actual baseball knowledge.
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It's like a bad comedy routine: Sparks ask Crane a question, as Crane is about to answer, Milo jumps in with a question to Sparks like Crane isn't even in the booth. Oblivious is the word that comes to mind.
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So far, Sparks is very, very good. It's nice to have a color analyst with actual baseball knowledge.
+1 Sparks has demonstrated a good knowledge of pitching, hitting and fielding.
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I wonder how much of that is Milo wanting to show Crane just how good he is at being a Hall of Fame Broadcaster and such, or how much is the instinct to fill air and self-promote.
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I am only half ass listening, but did Milo just wish a happy birthday to Hugh Jazz?
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Paul Clemens supposedly going to come in to close in the 9th (Astros up 4-2 in the bottom of the 8th). A sign of things to come for him?
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I wonder how much of that is Milo wanting to show Crane just how good he is at being a Hall of Fame Broadcaster and such, or how much is the instinct to fill air and self-promote.
The latter. Milo is annoying.
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I am only half ass listening, but did Milo just wish a happy birthday to Hugh Jazz?
People on twitter seem to confirm this.
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Clemens spots them a single, but he strikes out the side to win it 4-2. Both Milo and Sparks were marveling at Clemens's stuff.
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I am only half ass listening, but did Milo just wish a happy birthday to Hugh Jazz?
Okay, which one of you wags slipped that one into Milo?
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Is there really not an all-glove SS sitting around somewhere? Someone who can spell MarGo every once in awhile? Enough with Greene.
Greene's bat will make up for his glove.
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Clemens spots them a single, but he strikes out the side to win it 4-2. Both Milo and Sparks were marveling at Clemens's stuff.
He generated a bit of ST buzz last year. Hope it translates to better results this season.
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He generated a bit of ST buzz last year. Hope it translates to better results this season.
His stuff was never the question. It was everything else including control.
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At this rate, I'm wondering if this is the year we finally get Lo at MMP. As long as he stays healthy, he has to be on a pretty short list, even if he hasn't pitched at AA since 2010.
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Listened to Sparks interview Humber post-game. Holy mother of god, I forgot what professionals could bring to the table.
Humber mentions that he's flying open during his delivery? Sparks first explains what flying open physically is, and then asks Humber how he combats that.
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Holy mother of god, I forgot what professionals could bring to the table.
That's a good thing, considering you're married and all...
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Sparks is sugar coating it but Lyles getting blasted again. Control problems early led to a 2 run homerun to Freeman. Since then a couple of bad defensive plays and a few more hits. 5-0 Braves still only one out
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Sparks is sugar coating it but Lyles getting blasted again. Control problems early led to a 2 run homerun to Freeman. Since then a couple of bad defensive plays and a few more hits. 5-0 Braves still only one out
Lyles's problems with lefties continues. Freeman hit that one a ton.
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1 IP, 7 R, 6 H 1 E
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Yeah, Lyles era now at 25.20. My high hopes on him are suffering a bit.
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1 IP, 7 R, 6 H 1 E
Make that 6 runs and 7 hits.
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At this rate, I'm wondering if this is the year we finally get Lo at MMP. As long as he stays healthy, he has to be on a pretty short list, even if he hasn't pitched at AA since 2010.
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There were some dink hits and a couple of bad plays behind him, but Lyles continues to have problems pitching through adversity as well as to lefties as I mentioned earlier. Sometimes, a pitcher has to take the game over and get a strikeout or break a bat.
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Demel trying to make Lyles look better. 11-1 Braves still top of 2nd
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2nd inning...no out...Demel in...5 runs...3 on a no doubter. 11-1 Braves.
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11-1 now, and the second inning isn't over yet.
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Better run over to the minor league camp and get another couple of pitchers. Stros on their 3rd pitcher with 1 out in the second
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Well at least it's certain that nothing like this will happen during the regular season.
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I can smell this one all the way from Kissimmee.
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Astros make a comeback in the softball game but come up short, 14-9.
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Rather than a Race for the Lid maybe we should have a pool that solicits guesses for when Porter will first employ a double switch.
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Rather than a Race for the Lid maybe we should have a pool that solicits guesses for when Porter will first employ a double switch.
First NL game?
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Enjoy Oklahoma City, Jordan.
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Enjoy Oklahoma City, Jordan.
I think that you will be correct. Ely's performance today certainly didn't help Lyles either.
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First NL game?
First NL home game?
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First interleague game?
FYB
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Listening to the pre-game right now, Dennis Martinez being interviewed. Walrus at 3B alert. I'm not certain, but I don't think that he has played an error-free game at the hot corner yet.
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Listening to the pre-game right now, Dennis Martinez being interviewed. Walrus at 3B alert. I'm not certain, but I don't think that he has played an error-free game at the hot corner yet.
Makes the runs unearned, thus driving up pitcher value.
It's quite brilliant.
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Makes the runs unearned, thus driving up pitcher value.
It's quite brilliant.
I like it. A lot.
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Meanwhile, the steM are pasting us right now, 8-2 in the top of the fifth frame. The good news is that Pena hit an opposite field home run. The hitters have only two hits.
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Sounds like the team is rounding into shape.
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Listening to the pre-game right now, Dennis Martinez being interviewed. Walrus at 3B alert. I'm not certain, but I don't think that he has played an error-free game at the hot corner yet.
Could be worse; could be SS.
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Listening to the pre-game right now, Dennis Martinez being interviewed. Walrus at 3B alert. I'm not certain, but I don't think that he has played an error-free game at the hot corner yet.
He didn't get charged with an error today, but he still misplayed two balls, one of which was an inability to handle a throw from Fernando Martinez that allowed a run to score, for which Martinez was charged with the error. Good guys mount another late comeback and make it interesting in the ninth inning, but Parnell induced a comebacker to end it. 9-6 steM. We're 6-7 now.
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He didn't get charged with an error today, but he still misplayed two balls, one of which was an inability to handle a throw from Fernando Martinez that allowed a run to score, for which Martinez was charged with the error. Good guys mount another late comeback and make it interesting in the ninth inning, but Parnell induced a comebacker to end it. 9-6 steM. We're 6-7 now.
The tweet I saw from Tags said that the throw was bad and didn't mention Wallace at all on the play.
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The tweet I saw from Tags said that the throw was bad and didn't mention Wallace at all on the play.
I imagine that there's plenty of blame to go around.
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The tweet I saw from Tags said that the throw was bad and didn't mention Wallace at all on the play.
Ford said that while the throw was bad, Wallace still kicked it around, and I was given the impression that Ford thought that Wallace should have been able to keep the ball in front of him, which would have prevented the run from scoring.
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I predict lots of conversations like this until they get the carriage deals made.
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I imagine that there's plenty of blame to go around.
That's what it sounded like too.
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Astros scratched out a run against Hamels in the first. Peacock with two scoreless. Good Guys up 1-0 Bottom 2 In transaction news, the demotions have started. Owens and Demel to OkC.
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He flirted with trouble but overall a good job by Peacock.
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Astros down 2-1 now in the fifth inning, and the Phils are still threatening. Team ERA for ST now sits at 5.58, which is probably not too far from where it'll be when the season ends.
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Astros down 2-1 now in the fifth inning, and the Phils are still threatening. Team ERA for ST now sits at 5.58, which is probably not too far from where it'll be when the season ends.
All the major leaguers need to do is keep it close so the minor leaguers can come in and win it
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All the major leaguers need to do is keep it close so the minor leaguers can come in and win it
You're probably right about that. 2-1 Phightins Top 6 Hamels threw five frames of one hit ball. I'd say that he's shaping up well for the regular season.
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Cosart gets knocked around for three in one inning, including a two run triple by the fucking catcher. 5-1 now.
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Astros fall again, 7-1, mustering only a first inning leadoff double by Tyler Greene. Team ERA now 5.73. Sparks and Ford thought that Peacock opened some eyes today and that he'd be in Houston at some point during the season.
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Peacock's first good outing, IIRC. I hope he pans out, he was very highly regarded.
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I appreciate you guys keeping us up-to-date.
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Peacock's first good outing, IIRC. I hope he pans out, he was very highly regarded.
You are correct, sir. He'd been battling command had gotten spanked in one outing. Sparks said that, in the third inning today, Peacock was getting three of his pitches over the plate. If he can do that consistently, he'll be successful because hitters won't know what to expect at any time.
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Pena and Wallace with back to back homers. AL West here we come!
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Pena and Wallace with back to back homers. AL West here we come!
Dominguez with a 2-run shot in T2 puts HOU (the heavy hitting AL team) up 6-0 on MIA (the boring NL style baseball team).
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Dominguez with a 2-run shot in T2 puts HOU (the heavy hitting AL team) up 6-0 on MIA (the boring NL style baseball team).
Minor league game.
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Castro adds another bomb. 7-0.
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A day to strut for Astros fans: "hah, the Marlins are doormats. And they spend more money!!"
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Why, in God's name, does Porter feel the need to comfort Tyler Greene when he decided to start MG at SS today?
“He hadn’t played shortstop in four-five games,” Porter said. “We wanted to make sure that we’re keeping it balanced. I called Eduardo and I talked to Tyler also. He said, ‘Bo, we’re good.’”
Is Greene that locked in above Marwin?
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In other camps - Philly may have a problem.
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Roy Halladay's troubling line: 2.2 ip, 6 h, 7 r, 7 er, 4 bb, 2 k, 1 wp, 1 hr, 1 hbp.
Halladay hasn't touched 90 on the gun yet.
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My doormat call might be premature. Now 7-4, but Marvin made a helluva play to save one run, or so I heard.
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Why, in God's name, does Porter feel the need to comfort Tyler Greene when he decided to start MG at SS today?
Is Greene that locked in above Marwin?
Yes. Gonzalez has played 2b more often than SS this spring IIRC.
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In other camps - Philly may have a problem.
Halladay hasn't touched 90 on the gun yet.
I'm watching that one off and on. Everything he got over the plate they tagged pretty good.
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Yes. Gonzalez has played 2b more often than SS this spring IIRC.
I know he has, but thought it was more open than having to explain to a guy why he isn't starting. Marwin has played generally well, and was relatively impressive last year given what was asked of him. Greene has yet to show much of anything...here or in STL.
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I know he has, but thought it was more open than having to explain to a guy why he isn't starting. Marwin has played generally well, and was relatively impressive last year given what was asked of him. Greene has yet to show much of anything...here or in STL.
Maybe a little early to start that type of open communication, but I agree with you that it was a nice touch.
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Lyles tosses a three-up and three-down first frame, and the good guys pepper Ohlendorf for four earnies, two plating courtesy of Maxwell's triple. 4-0 through 1.
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The Nats ding Lyles for a run on two hits in the top of the second. 4-1 Bottom 2
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Does anyone know what Lo is throwing out there? 0.00 ERA so far this spring but I don't know what kind of stuff he has.
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Does anyone know what Lo is throwing out there? 0.00 ERA so far this spring but I don't know what kind of stuff he has.
Another interesting “non-prospect” due to his age is Lo, a chunky right-hander who is coming off a couple of elbow injuries (red flags) and will be 27 as next year opens. That said, I think he could be a good bullpen arm for the Astros this coming season. Lo’s fastball ranges from 88-96 but typically sits around 92-93. He throws a tight slider (due to his ¾ arm slot this may actually be more of a short-break curve/slurve) at 84-85 that appears to be a strong strikeout offering. He has a change-up and it plays up due to his other offerings.
http://www.mlbprospectwatch.com/mlb_prospect_watch/chia-jen-lo/ (http://www.mlbprospectwatch.com/mlb_prospect_watch/chia-jen-lo/)
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Lyles gives up four hits and two more runs to give him a three earned runs in three innings on six hits. Not encouraging. Keuchel gives up three earnies in two frames. Astros drop one 9-7.
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Hey, at least Lyles lowered his ERA.
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Hey, at least Lyles lowered his ERA.
That's one way to look at it. It dropped six whole runs today! To 19.13. What more do I want? I can see Lyles at OkC to start the season.
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They said Lyles made some adjustments to his delivery, and Lyles thinks he is progressing. I guess he'll have a few more chances to change things. I still think if he has a couple of good outings, he'll make the club, but I'm always the optimist when it comes to Lyles.
Top of the 9th today, down 6-3 to the Nats. Marvin and Frieman going yard for our offense. Ely looks like he took it on the chin with 1 1/3 IP and 4 earned runs.
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Ely looks like he took it on the chin with 1 1/3 IP and 4 earned runs.
Wasn't paying an abundance of attention, but there was plenty of praise coming from the booth in Ely's first inning of work. Locating pitches, changing speeds. It all fell apart in his second inning. Filled the bases and Owings cleared them for him.
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They said Lyles made some adjustments to his delivery, and Lyles thinks he is progressing. I guess he'll have a few more chances to change things. I still think if he has a couple of good outings, he'll make the club, but I'm always the optimist when it comes to Lyles.
I can't disagree with you about Lyles given his age and stuff, but he hasn't shown me any signs of progressing this spring. He still is demonstrating problems getting left-handed hitters out, which is a huge problem. He's got to solve that problem.
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Sitting out in the sun in Scottsdale waiting for the Rangers-Giants game to start and feeling pretty damn grateful to be here, which was my reward to myself for missing my 6:10 a.m. flight to Denver and then onto Missoula.
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Sitting out in the sun in Scottsdale waiting for the Rangers-Giants game to start and feeling pretty damn grateful to be here, which was my reward to myself for missing my 6:10 a.m. flight to Denver and then onto Missoula.
Don't forget to root for the Giants.
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Don't forget to root for the Giants.
I'm in my rainbow Astros bullpen sweater and my 1965 Astros jersey, with one of the new two-toneAstros hats. And, yes, I'll be pulling against the Rangers. If I see the Old Man, I'll say so.
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Peacock went 5 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 4 K, 1 BB.
I'm liking his chances to make the rotation.
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Fucking MLB blackout. Completely impossible to watch the game today on whatever the new network is called when one has DirecTV, but it's still fucking blacked out. And I'm off today. Thanks Obama.
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Peacock went 5 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 4 K, 1 BB.
I'm liking his chances to make the rotation.
That sounds encouraging, especially considering his competition.
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That sounds encouraging, especially considering his competition.
Yes, encouraging. Is this the first game you've made it to in Arizona?
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Yes, encouraging. Is this the first game you've made it to in Arizona?
Yes. Nice yard.
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The good nws about today's loss is that we held them to only three runs, with Lo giving up two in one frame. The bad news is that we could muster only two hits and lose 3-0.
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The good nws about today's loss is that we held them to only three runs, with Lo giving up two in one frame. The bad news is that we could muster only two hits and lose 3-0.
3-2. Jose Martinez drove in Grossman and Paredes with two out in the ninth. Still a shitty day at the plate.
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3-2. Jose Martinez drove in Grossman and Paredes with two out in the ninth. Still a shitty day at the plate.
I spoke too soon. At least we scratched out a couple of runs.
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Rangers lose 5-2 behind Matt Cain and two Giants no doubter home runs, one by Gunther. The yard in Scottsdale, which seats 12,000, was sold out, is big in dimension: 360 down the line to LF and 430 to CF. No cheap ones there.
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Ankiel takes Strasburg deep to give the Good Guys a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the fourth frame. Harrell has thrown three hitless innings so far.
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Harrell goes four innings of shutout ball, walking two and striking out three in a 49 pitch performance. Seven ground ball outs for Harrell. Fields on to pitch the bottom of the sixth, but the Nats are threatening with runners on second and third with one out to Bryce Harper. Still 1-0 Astros.
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Dick-stepping costs the Astros two unearned runs in the bottom of the sixth after Fields made pitches to get out of the inning, but Marwin dropped a potentially inning-ending popup. 2-1 Nats Bottom 7
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Dick-stepping costs the Astros two unearned runs in the bottom of the sixth after Fields made pitches to get out of the inning, but Marwin dropped a potentially inning-ending popup. 2-1 Nats Bottom 7
I like the 'WTF just happened here' looks they give each other.
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I like the 'WTF just happened here' looks they give each other.
Grossman should have made the play on the gift popup double.
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Astros rally for three in the top of the eighth to take a 4-2 lead. Carlos Correa drove in the tying run with a single.
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Edgar Gonzalez closes it out. Good Guys win 4-2.
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Edgar Gonzalez closes it out. Good Guys win 4-2.
And the kids give us something to look forward to in the process.
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And the kids give us something to look forward to in the process.
And Sparks prophetically predicted that the kids would win the game today.
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And Sparks prophetically predicted that the kids would win the game today.
That Sparks guy...he's OK.
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That Sparks guy...he's OK.
I like our broadcast team a lot already. Ford is solid and Sparks is insightful.
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I like our broadcast team a lot already. Ford is solid and Sparks is insightful.
I like 'em too, from what I've heard.
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Luhnow is about to be on the radio pre-game show.
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Luhnow is high on Villar and Grossman, saying that both will have the opportunity to play everyday in the big leagues.
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Carter with 2 HR today, Bud with 2 ER in 6 IP as Luhnow looks to deal him to STL.
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Carter with 2 HR today, Bud with 2 ER in 6 IP as Luhnow looks to deal him to STL.
Nice power display today, but the hitting has been sparse and inconsistent this spring.
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Astros ride four long balls behind Norris and Bedard (who has been impressive this spring) to prevail 11-2 against a team of backups from Toronto.
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Astros ride four long balls behind Norris and Bedard (who has been impressive this spring) to prevail 11-2 against a team of backups from Toronto.
Morrow is a good pitcher, though. Bedard had a hellofa line today and I see Jason Castro, slugger, knocked #4 out. So did Laird who seems to be making a real push to make this club.
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Morrow is a good pitcher, though. Bedard had a hellofa line today and I see Jason Castro, slugger, knocked #4 out. So did Laird who seems to be making a real push to make this club.
Outside of Morrow and Rajai Davis, the lineup today wasn't anywhere close to their opening day lineup. Lots of days off for their regulars today.
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Good to see Correa playing with the big boys and having success.
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Useless off-day observation: the ST jerseys don't look nearly as bad as I thought they would.
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Useless off-day observation: the ST jerseys don't look nearly as bad as I thought they would.
I think they're terrific.
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I think they're terrific.
+1
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Anyone able to catch the game today? I see on GameDay that Lyles just gave up a bomb to Melky.
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Also interesting to me is that Glynn Davis is starting at 1st for Baltimore today and hitting cleanup.
In the Astros game: Lyles gives up another run in the second and continues to lower his ERA.
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Is it time to consider giving Barnes a shot to start? (Another HR today)
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I think so. He looks like he's struggled every time he advanced a level, but then figures it out. I think he's ready. Unlike Lyles.
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Bautista sends a Lyles fastball over the LF fence. 6-4 Jays.
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Lyles simply is clueless right now and should begin the season in OkC.
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Harrell
Norris
Humber
Bedard
Peacock?
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Absolutely. Close the book on Jordan, he finished at 3.7IP, 10H, 6ER, 2HR. I think I only counted 2 hits on the ground.
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Harrell
Norris
Humber
Bedard
Peacock?
This would be my preference.
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Jeff Luhnow @jluhnow
Can we agree the Jason Castro is on fire?
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Castro continues to rake with another HR. He's now slugging 1.261 for the spring.
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As in "The One and Only Jason Castro?"
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As in "The One and Only Jason Castro?"
The mayor of San Antonio or his twin brother?
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Peacock?
Might be White...in the study with the rope.
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Might be White...in the study with the rope.
Nice.
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As in "The One and Only Jason Castro?"
Castro the Astro.
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The mayor of San Antonio or his twin brother?
Neither is named Jason. Julian Castro is the mayor and Joaquín Castro is his brother.
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Neither is named Jason. Julian Castro is the mayor and Joaquín Castro is his brother.
He's the third twin!
J. Castro, J. Castro, Jackastro....
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He's the third twin!
J. Castro, J. Castro, Jackastro....
...Zeppastro...
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Question: Does Rhiner Cruz make the opening day roster?
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Question: Does Rhiner Cruz make the opening day roster?
Forgot about him. Dunno if I've seen him at all. How has he looked?
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Forgot about him. Dunno if I've seen him at all. How has he looked?
He was getting guys out early in the spring but I haven't seen him in a boxscore in a while.
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He was getting guys out early in the spring but I haven't seen him in a boxscore in a while.
I checked his ST stats. 1.93 ERA in 4 IP, for whatever that's worth.
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He was getting guys out early in the spring but I haven't seen him in a boxscore in a while.
He got nicked for an earnie today in one frame today. Given that he's only thrown four innings tells me that he's probably headed for AAA.
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He got nicked for an earnie today in one frame today. Given that he's only thrown four innings tells me that he's probably headed for AAA.
He was in the WBC which should explain his lack of innings.
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He was in the WBC which should explain his lack of innings.
Good point, but based upon his poor showing last season, he probably should start in AAA.
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Good point, but based upon his poor showing last season, he probably should start in AAA.
Absolutely agreed.
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Good point, but based upon his poor showing last season, he probably should start in AAA.
Just don't apply that metric to the rest of the team.
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Just don't apply that metric to the rest of the team.
AA and AAA would be pretty crowded.
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Just don't apply that metric to the rest of the team.
You make a good point. However, my point was that, in my opinion, Cruz didn't show me that he'd developed enough command of his clearly plus stuff (I saw a plus fastball and a plus slider at times) to stay in the big leagues. I think that he could benefit from a half-season or so at AAA working within Brocail's overall system.
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You make a good point. However, my point was that, in my opinion, Cruz didn't show me that he'd developed enough command of his clearly plus stuff (I saw a plus fastball and a plus slider at times) to stay in the big leagues. I think that he could benefit from a half-season or so at AAA working within Brocail's overall system.
If memory serves Cruz was one of the most relaible bullpen arms at the beginning of last season.
ETA.
After looking over last years numbers. He had a real good April, and a fantastic September. Didn't walk a single batter in September over 8 and a third innings
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Well, he throws hard and has the kind of arm you'd like in your system, but he's got control problems. Hopefully a little time in AAA will help to correct some of that.
He went through a stretch in July and August that was truly awful. It's a testament to what they think of his arm that they kept him on the club the whole season, because he was brutal then.
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He went through a stretch in July and August that was truly awful. It's a testament to what they think of his arm that they kept him on the club the whole season, because he was brutal then.
Given his rule 5 status and the lack of any other option in the system not sure it was that much of a stretch. Plus he wasn't even the worst guy in the pen at the time. Cordero and EDR were in the pen.
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Given his rule 5 status and the lack of any other option in the system not sure it was that much of a stretch. Plus he wasn't even the worst guy in the pen at the time. Cordero and EDR were in the pen.
I'm not sure that I agree with you. I bet that the only reasons that they kept him were his potential and the lack of other options at the time, because otherwise, RB is correct, the game performance was not there in July and August. He needs to work on his consistency.
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I'm not sure that I agree with you. I bet that the only reasons that they kept him were his potential and the lack of other options at the time, because otherwise, RB is correct, the game performance was not there in July and August. He needs to work on his consistency.
Honestly, sounds like we are on the same page. The only reason his rule 5 status would matter is because of his potential. And we agree on the lack of other options. Certainly he would of had a stint in the minors if it wasn't for rule 5. (Mosty likely the 12 day stint in June where he didn't see game action would have been at AAA)
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Astros jumped out to a 5-0 lead in the top 3. Pena 2-2 with a home run.
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Greene strikes out again in the bottom of the fourth. He came in hitting .139. Surely he has done enough wrong to spare us him being the opening day SS?
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Greene strikes out again in the bottom of the fourth. He came in hitting .139. Surely he has done enough wrong to spare us him being the opening day SS?
But I took him on my fantasy team! I'm sorry, but this will never get old to me.
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But I took him on my fantasy team! I'm sorry, but this will never get old to me.
Another error on Greene.
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Greene strikes out again in the bottom of the fourth. He came in hitting .139. Surely he has done enough wrong to spare us him being the opening day SS?
I sure hope so. Marwin has hit a very solid .278/.366/.389, and, I assume, played a nice SS as usual. All I see Greene offering, maybe, is the RHB side of a platoon, because Marwin has a lot of trouble with lefties. But really, I'd prefer to see someone who can competently field the position in that role instead. I hear Bobby Crosby got released...
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Astros jumped out to a 5-0 lead in the top 3. Pena 2-2 with a home run.
And the good guys lose 7-5.
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And the good guys lose 7-5.
I listened to the whole game. The steM got a bunch of dinks and dunks where he made good pitches inside and got in their kitchens, but they fisted balls just over the infield.
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The Good Guys face Justin Verlander tonight.
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The Good Guys face Justin Verlander tonight.
Yeah, two weeks ago I said "F-it" and sent out an email asking all my buddies who wanted to make a spur of the moment 4 day trip to FL for ST. I was going to head out early this morning and make this the first game of the trip. I got zero takers. To be honest, it's all probably for the best (funds, family, etc.), but good grief...my friends and I are getting old. F-ing George Carlen and his idea that we should all start out life as an elder and finish as a baby. It's times like this that I think about that bit of his. I'm quite envious of those that are down there enjoying the rays, beer and baseball.
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Yeah, two weeks ago I said "F-it" and sent out an email asking all my buddies who wanted to make a spur of the moment 4 day trip to FL for ST. I was going to head out early this morning and make this the first game of the trip. I got zero takers. To be honest, it's all probably for the best (funds, family, etc.), but good grief...my friends and I are getting old. F-ing George Carlen and his idea that we should all start out life as an elder and finish as a baby. It's times like this that I think about that bit of his. I'm quite envious of those that are down there enjoying the rays, beer and baseball.
I was in Phoenix last week and took in the Cactus League tilt between the Giants and the stRangers. It was glorious to be among the 12,106 at Scottsdale Stadium for that afternoon game.
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Wallace came out of the game for a pinchrunner after singling off of Verlander. What happened?
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Wallace came out of the game for a pinchrunner after singling off of Verlander. What happened?
I missed it but McTaggart and Smith are both tweeting that the trainer was looking at his neck. Vampire bite?
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Our radio team is off today, so I'm listening to the Detroit radio guys.
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The Detroit radio guys have been very complimentary of Harrell, Luhnow and Dominguez's arm.
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The Detroit radio guys have been very complimentary of Harrell, Luhnow and Dominguez's arm.
As have the Detroit TV guys of Harrell, Altuve, etc. But now I gotta go walk the dog.
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Good guys win 7-2.
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Yeah, two weeks ago I said "F-it" and sent out an email asking all my buddies who wanted to make a spur of the moment 4 day trip to FL for ST. I was going to head out early this morning and make this the first game of the trip. I got zero takers. To be honest, it's all probably for the best (funds, family, etc.), but good grief...my friends and I are getting old. F-ing George Carlen and his idea that we should all start out life as an elder and finish as a baby. It's times like this that I think about that bit of his. I'm quite envious of those that are down there enjoying the rays, beer and baseball.
Neither here nor there, but there are 12 of us from Portland headed up to the Mariner home opener in Seattle on 4/8 against the Astros. Surprisingly, there are 3 Astros fans to 4 Mariners fans (as well as 3 Diamondback fans, a Cub fan, and another I'm nor sure who his team is). Like I said, neither here nor there...
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Good guys win 7-2.
I don't see how they keep Laird off this team. Peacock threw well today, again. As did Harrell.
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I don't see how they keep Laird off this team. Peacock threw well today, again. As did Harrell.
What would Laird's role be? They already have two-four first basemen, and a regular third baseman, with Wallace possibly getting time there as well. I don't see any room for him (or Freiman for that matter), barring a trade of course.
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What would Laird's role be? They already have two-four first basemen, and a regular third baseman, with Wallace possibly getting time there as well. I don't see any room for him (or Freiman for that matter), barring a trade of course.
That's a good question. I didn't think that through. Can he play RF?
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16 OF appearances in his minor league career, 0 in the bigs. He's put himself in a good position to be the first callup when a corner infielder gets hurt, but it's tough to see a fit on the opening day roster.
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And he has options, so down he goes.
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Neither here nor there, but there are 12 of us from Portland headed up to the Mariner home opener in Seattle on 4/8 against the Astros. Surprisingly, there are 3 Astros fans to 4 Mariners fans (as well as 3 Diamondback fans, a Cub fan, and another I'm nor sure who his team is). Like I said, neither here nor there...
Now that's what I'm talking about!
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Astros playing the Jakes and lead 1-0 Top 4. Bud's been a little shaky, but he has thrown three scoreless.
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Astros playing the Jakes and lead 1-0 Top 4. Bud's been a little shaky, but he has thrown three scoreless.
Astros won 3-2.
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Astros won 3-2.
Bud went 6 scoreless.
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Bud went 6 scoreless.
He found his release point in about the fourth inning and was free and easy.
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Bud went 6 scoreless.
Dude has always had Card's number.
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Astros lineup for today's ST tilt against the Braves:
Houston AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Altuve, 2B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .370
Wallace, B, 3B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .308
Pena, C, 1B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .275
Carter, LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .278
Martinez, F, RF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333
Maxwell, J, CF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .170
Castro, Ja, C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .406
Gonzalez, M, SS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250
Humber, P
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Humber is working on a 9 inning shutout streak.
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Humber is working on a 9 inning shutout streak.
He can do it, but it is a question of whether he will do it again in the regular season.
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Teheran's stuff is wicked good today. His command is the only thing that could hold him back today.
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Humber tosses a three-up-three-down first frame. 0-0 Top 2
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Humber gets roughed up for two solo dingers off of the bats of Uggla and Gaddis. 2-0 Top 3
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Nate Freiman was put on waivers and claimed by the A's.
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2-0 Bravos Top 5 Teheran has seven K's and has been absolutely filthy.
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Teheran has now thrown six innings of no-hit, ten strikeout ball. So far this ST, he's thrown 26 frames and allowed only seven hits with 35 K's. Absolutely dominant today. 3-0 Bravos Bottom 6
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Ankiel breaks up the no-no
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Nate Freiman was put on waivers and claimed by the A's.
I guess they needed a replacement for Chris Carter.
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Ankiel breaks up the no-no
And the white washing, with one out to spare.
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Astros lineup for today's game against the Fish (Ronny Cedeno is in the lineup):
Houston AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Altuve, 2B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .345
Wallace, B, 1B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286
Pena, C, DH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250
Ankiel, CF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .395
Martinez, F, RF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .308
Corporan, C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .357
Dominguez, M, 3B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .289
Crowe, LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286
Cedeno, SS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .290
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Luhnow is about to be on the pre-game program.
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The Fish scratch out a run in classic NL fashion in the top of the first frame. 1-0 Top 2
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Cedeno is handcuffed pretty badly in his first attempt in the field.
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FeMart with a spanking double to the LCF gap ties the game.
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30-35 mph wind blowing out.
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The Good Guys take a 2-1 lead on a sacrifice fly by Dominguez. 2-1 Top 3
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One week 'til.
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One week 'til.
Greg Dobbs is a hitter.
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Walrus with an oppo bomb to LCF. 4-1 now, as Altuve scores on the dinger.
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Wallace with about a 750' HR to left center.
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Ankiel is looking pretty good.
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Ankiel is looking pretty good.
I hate to take spring training that seriously but yeah, he really does. Who knew?
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I hate to take spring training that seriously but yeah, he really does. Who knew?
Same here. He'll probably hit between .240 and .250, but play solid defense in RF and give some gap pop.
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I'm telling you right now. Greg Dobbs is a legit big league hitter. I wouldn't be surprised to see some contender pick him up for pinch hitting.
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I really like Ford and Sparks on the radio, and I also really like the Cedeno signing.
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The last week of Spring Training is the worst. Just want real baseball to start.
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I really like Ford and Sparks on the radio, and I also really like the Cedeno signing.
Hard not to like the Cedeno signing. I can't remember someone having a worse Spring than Greene's.
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Hard not to like the Cedeno signing. I can't remember someone having a worse Spring than Greene's.
Agreed. Greene stunk both in the field and at the plate. Basically, he played his way off of the team, because they had practically given him the starting SS job.
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Rain shortens today's game. Astros win 4-1.
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Agreed. Greene stunk both in the field and at the plate. Basically, he played his way off of the team, because they had practically given him the starting SS job.
Thanks, Tyler, for protecting the team from itself by sucking so bad in ST.
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I really like Ford and Sparks on the radio, and I also really like the Cedeno signing.
I read that Cedeno is to be SS1. Not sure I like that. I'd like to see what they have in Gonzalez.
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I read that Cedeno is to be SS1. Not sure I like that. I'd like to see what they have in Gonzalez.
I disagree. Cedeno could be a perfect no. 2 hitter behind Altuve. Marwin will get some chances.
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Greene was beat out by Marwin Gonzalez, but the Astros signed Cedeno to platoon at the position and provide some veteran leadership with Gonzalez and second baseman Jose Altuve.
"Tyler did a good job for us last year as part of this team," Luhnow said. "He's got value. He's a Major League player and I think it's more the emergence of Marwin, feeling that after Marwin spent all year with the club last year and the things he's been able to show us this spring, being a switch-hitter, being very solid defensively, being able to play third base, second base, shortstop. I think all of that led us to feel Marwin beat out Tyler for a position on the team."
Link (http://houston.astros.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20130324&content_id=43215352&vkey=news_hou&c_id=hou)
I think they still think pretty highly of Marwin.
And sorry, Happy, I disagree, I don't think Cedeno is a good enough hitter to bat 2nd. But I'm glad they signed him.
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Link (http://houston.astros.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20130324&content_id=43215352&vkey=news_hou&c_id=hou)
I think they still think pretty highly of Marwin.
And sorry, Happy, I disagree, I don't think Cedeno is a good enough hitter to bat 2nd. But I'm glad they signed him.
I didn't say that he was an ideal no. 2 hitter; what I meant was that with his substantial big league experience and demonstrated ability to do the little things like taking a pitch, bunting and hitting behind a runner, who better in this lineup of misfits to hit in that position? I'll hang up and listen, but I'll be interested in hearing your alternative. Alternatively, Cedeno would be an acceptable No. 8 or No. 9.
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Don't make me sit down and figure out a lineup with this team. Too depressing.
I think I saw Wallace mentioned as the likely #2 hitter, vs RHP at least. I supposed if you don't have a real #2 hitter, may as well start your middle of the order. And Wallace has shown decent on-base ability.
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Don't make me sit down and figure out a lineup with this team. Too depressing.
I think I saw Wallace mentioned as the likely #2 hitter, vs RHP at least. I supposed if you don't have a real #2 hitter, may as well start your middle of the order. And Wallace has shown decent on-base ability.
The lineup is probably going to a moving target each day, as Porter will consider who's pitching and who needs to play that day to stay sharp. I guess that the only constant will be Altuve at leadoff, and the middle of the order will probably consist of Carter, Pena and Wallace, with Ankiel probably in the six hole. After that, it's a guessing game until we see Porter's tendencies and who's got the hot bat.
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Altuve 2B
Cedeno/Gonzalez SS
Carter LF
Pena DH
Wallace 1B
Ankiel RF
Dominguez 3B
Castro C
Maxwell CF
ugh
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Altuve 2B
Cedeno/Gonzalez SS
Carter LF
Pena DH
Wallace 1B
Ankiel RF
Dominguez 3B
Castro C
Maxwell CF
ugh
Actually, that's potentially a better lineup than we trotted out there last year. I might rearrange the bottom three hitters, but I think that you've come pretty close.
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Altuve 2B
Cedeno/Gonzalez SS
Carter LF
Pena DH
Wallace 1B
Ankiel RF
Dominguez 3B
Castro C
Maxwell CF
ugh
You forgot the pitcher. Oh, wait . . .
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OK, fine.
Altuve
Wallace
Carter
Pena
Maxwell
Ankiel (Barnes 8th vs. LHP)
Dominguez
Castro
Gonzalez/Cedeno
At least it goes LRLR very nicely.
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I'd like to see Castro in the 5th/6th spot considering how well he's been hitting this spring.
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I'd like to see Castro in the 5th/6th spot considering how well he's been hitting this spring.
Yeah, I'm cautiously hoping for a nice leap forward for him this year hitting- and defense-wise. But perhaps they wouldn't want to put that pressure on him right away? At least not the 5th spot. Hit him 6th or 7th so he can concentrate on shoring up his defense without the pressure of having to be An RBI Guy.
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I haven't heard much about his defense this spring, only his bat. Any reports of improvement behind the plate?
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Actually, that's potentially a better lineup than we trotted out there last year. I might rearrange the bottom three hitters, but I think that you've come pretty close.
Despite everyone crying about cutting payroll, I think the 2013 Astros will be better than the 2012 Astros.
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I haven't heard much about his defense this spring, only his bat. Any reports of improvement behind the plate?
He still looks pretty leaky on balls in the dirt. He's still stabbing at the ball in the dirt instead of blocking it to keep it in front of you like you are supposed to do.
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Despite everyone crying about cutting payroll, I think the 2013 Astros will be better than the 2012 Astros.
+1 We may not win more games than the 2012 Astros, but we should be more competitive.
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I expect them to be better, but mainly due to leadership rather than talent. Witness the post-Mills portion of last year.
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I expect them to be better, but mainly due to leadership rather than talent. Witness the post-Mills portion of last year.
I think both the outfield and infield are more talented than last year. The pitching is a big question mark.
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I think both the outfield and infield are more talented than last year. The pitching is a big question mark.
Agreed.
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I think both the outfield and infield are more talented than last year. The pitching is a big question mark.
If Humber, Norris and Harrell pitch like each is capable, we should be okay there. The question marks are in the last two starting slots and some of the bully.
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I didn't say that he was an ideal no. 2 hitter; what I meant was that with his substantial big league experience and demonstrated ability to do the little things like taking a pitch, bunting and hitting behind a runner, who better in this lineup of misfits to hit in that position? I'll hang up and listen, but I'll be interested in hearing your alternative. Alternatively, Cedeno would be an acceptable No. 8 or No. 9.
which Cedeno is this? I have been away.
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Ronny (http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/cedenro02.shtml).
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thanks. learned about JDM there too. interesting.
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which Cedeno is this? I have been away.
Ronny Cedeno, who is taking Greene's place. Definitely an upgrade in the field and at the plate.
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Ronny Cedeno, who is taking Greene's place. Definitely an upgrade in the field and at the plate.
+1
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White getting hit a lot. Now 4-1 Nats Bottom 5
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which Cedeno is this? I have been away.
Unfortunately, not Cesar.
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Singleton clears the bases with a triple that ties the ballgame at 4.
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Singleton clears the bases with a triple that ties the ballgame at 4.
I haven't been following closely. His suspension doesn't affect ST games I guess?
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I haven't been following closely. His suspension doesn't affect ST games I guess?
No. It doesn't start until the regular season.
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No. It doesn't start until the regular season.
Thanks. I knew the 50-game suspension didn't apply specifically to ST games, but I thought his overall participation would be stunted as well.
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Thanks. I knew the 50-game suspension didn't apply specifically to ST games, but I thought his overall participation would be stunted as well.
He's drawn some attention, especially with that last frozen rope to CF over Span's head. If he can just stay off of the pot, he's got a very bright future. Easier said than done.
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Xavier Cedeno nails down the 6-4 win.
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Interesting comments from Folty on the difference between 2013 and 2012.
http://whattheheckbobby.blogspot.com/2013/03/checking-in-with-mike-foltynewicz.html
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So in the battle for the final rotation spot White goes 5IP, 9H, 4ER, 2BB, 2K. I'm guessing Peacock goes in one of the Wednesday split squad games.
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So in the battle for the final rotation spot White goes 5IP, 9H, 4ER, 2BB, 2K. I'm guessing Peacock goes in one of the Wednesday split squad games.
White has better stuff than the results that he gets. He didn't do much for his case to start tonight.
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Unfortunately, not Cesar.
I would have settled for Andujar.
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So in the battle for the final rotation spot White goes 5IP, 9H, 4ER, 2BB, 2K. I'm guessing Peacock goes in one of the Wednesday split squad games.
Peacock goes today against the Yankmees and Sabathia.
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I would have settled for Andujar.
Let's not say anything we can't take back.
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I would have settled for Andujar.
Anyone but Roger.
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Anyone but Roger.
+1
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Anyone but Roger.
He was supposed to be here, but took a bad route.
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He was supposed to be here, but took a bad route.
/golf clap/
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He was supposed to be here, but took a bad route.
That's great. "I though spring training was in Arizona!"
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Your lineups for tonight's tilt against the Yankmees (Sabathia on the bump against Peacock):
Houston AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Altuve, 2B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .339
Wallace, B, 1B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .271
Carter, LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .259
Pena, C, DH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .224
Maxwell, J, CF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .154
Corporan, C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .313
Dominguez, M, 3B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .300
Barnes, RF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .297
Cedeno, SS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286
Totals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .270
NY Yankees AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Gardner, CF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .291
Suzuki, I, RF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333
Cano, 2B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .318
Youkilis, 3B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .262
Hafner, DH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .135
Wells, V, LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .361
Rivera, J, 1B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .316
Nunez, E, SS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .283
Stewart, C, C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .225
Totals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .245
Houston IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Peacock 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.68
Totals 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.07
NY Yankees IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Sabathia 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.60
Totals 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.26
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The game is on YES in Houston.
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The game is on YES in Houston.
Astros put a three spot on CC in the top of the first, garnering four hits, three of which were doubles. 3- Bottom 1
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Maxwell works Sabathia for two full counts, doubling once and walking the second time. Two great AB's.
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3-0 Astros top 4, as Corporan nails Gardner trying to steal 2B to end the inning. Terrific throw.
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Barnes goes deep, his fifth. 4-0 now
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Girardi saying that CC is just working on stuff, whereas Peacock is trying to make the rotation.
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Girardi likes the Astro unis.
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RBI triple for Gardner and it's 4-1.
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Youkilis doubles, and it is 4-2 now.
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WW departs, leaving runners at 2B and 3B, with nobody out, giving way to Fick.
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Nice play by Laird going to the line to get Ichiro's ground ball and throw him out.
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Nice play by Laird going to the line to get Ichiro's ground ball and throw him out.
He's made two nice plays down there tonight. Meanwhile, Ronny Cedeno made another error tonight. Hope that signing gets better.
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nice toss by Barnes. right on the money.
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Barnes throws out the would-be go-ahead run for the 3rd out of the inning. He seemed a little lackadaisical about the throw, but it was right on the money.
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We're playing extras. Andrew Robinson on to pitch.
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And it ends knotted at 4.
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He seemed a little lackadaisical about the throw
You've seen too many Pence!!! throws
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How did Peacock look? The results were obviously very good.
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And it ends knotted at 4.
Fucking Selig
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How did Peacock look? The results were obviously very good.
I only saw one inning. He's not overpowering, seemed to be working on location pretty well. He got popups and groundouts when I saw him, didn't hang the ball out over the plate.
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How did Peacock look? The results were obviously very good.
Changed speeds real well and worked both sides of the plate. Corporan/Brocail called a good game for him. He pitches to contact and won't miss too many bats.
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The kids (Correa, Singleton and Springer) are starting today against the steM. Correa singled up the middle and stole 2B in the first inning, but Niese struck out three in that frame to strand him.
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Niese has it going on today, but Correa gave him a fight in his second AB before striking out swinging. Niese has struck out the side twice through three frames of work.
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Byrd knocked the crap out that one, Singleton with a nice play on a hot shot. Now another shot through the left side. They are seeing it well off Xavier.
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The kids are pummeling Anibal Sanchez 7-0, with Singleton hitting two home runs and Springer has two hits.
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The kids are pummeling Anibal Sanchez 7-0, with Singleton hitting two home runs and Springer has two hits.
Still don't know how weed is a PED. Probably the reverse of that.
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general illegal substance???
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Wierzbicki at 1B, Fontana at 3B, Wates in CF against Atlanta now.
Kiké Hernandez now, too. Cool to see some less-hyped guys get in the game.
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general illegal substance???
Forget it, he's rolling.
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general illegal substance???
Isn't he a resident of California? He could possess a medical marijuana card. Not to mention its legal in other states now too.
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Weed not a PED? Never thought I would hear anybody say that.
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Still don't know how weed is a PED. Probably the reverse of that.
Not a PED, just a substance banned by MLB. They have different procedures and measures taken in response to violations.
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Weed not a PED? Never thought I would hear anybody say that.
I've heard it helps the gain of body mass from indiscriminate late-night binge eating.
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I've heard it helps the gain of body mass from indiscriminate late-night binge eating.
Doritos Cool Ranch Tacos should be a banned substance.
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Not a PED, just a substance banned by MLB. They have different procedures and measures taken in response to violations.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think MLB tests for it (or suspends). Singleton got hit with his 50-gamer only because he's a minor leaguer. And it's not classified as a PED, it's a "drug of abuse".
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think MLB tests for it (or suspends). Singleton got hit with his 50-gamer only because he's a minor leaguer. And it's not classified as a PED, it's a "drug of abuse".
Ah okay I thought it was classified as a PED.
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think MLB tests for it (or suspends). Singleton got hit with his 50-gamer only because he's a minor leaguer. And it's not classified as a PED, it's a "drug of abuse".
You're right. I was trying to make the distinction between drug of abuse and PED and forgot that non-PED drug testing is only in the minors. Thanks for the correction.
Another difference is that a first PED positive test results in a 50 game suspension, whereas the "drugs of abuse" 50 game suspension comes after a second (or later?) violation.
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think MLB tests for it (or suspends). Singleton got hit with his 50-gamer only because he's a minor leaguer. And it's not classified as a PED, it's a "drug of abuse".
So theoretically, he could be suspended for 50 games in the minor leagues but not in the major league?
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More incentive for Singleton to hurry up and get to the bigs - bluntapalooza.
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So theoretically, he could be suspended for 50 games in the minor leagues but not in the major league?
"Yes."
-Schreefer
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So theoretically, he could be suspended for 50 games in the minor leagues but not in the major league?
Could you just call him up to the Majors and skip the suspension? Theoretically?
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That was exactly the question I was trying to ask.
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That was exactly the question I was trying to ask.
Good question... I dunno. But in any case, there's no real reason to bring him up now. He's only 21 years old, hasn't played above AA at all, and in the meantime they can determine if Wallace is a keeper. Not to mention, the whole "service time clock" thing.
Sorry, I know you were asking theoretically, I just decided to give a literal response to mask the fact that I don't actually know what I'm talking about with the suspension stuff.
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Weed does not enhance performance, I played basketball on a team many years that had a couple of stoners and it only makes them comical, not better.
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Weed does not enhance performance, I played basketball on a team many years that had a couple of stoners and it only makes them comical, not better.
C'mon, don't be coy... you know you were one of them.
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Tonight's lineups against the FTC:
Chi Cubs AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
DeJesus, CF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .364
Castro, S, SS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .378
Rizzo, 1B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .244
Soriano, A, LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .232
Schierholtz, RF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .290
Castillo, W, C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200
Valbuena, 3B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .228
Barney, 2B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .242
Navarro, DH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .283
Totals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .262
Houston AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Altuve, 2B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .359
Wallace, B, 1B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .283
Pena, C, DH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .196
Carter, LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250
Ankiel, RF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .432
Maxwell, J, CF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .158
Castro, Ja, C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .341
Dominguez, M, 3B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .271
Gonzalez, M, SS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250
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C'mon, don't be coy... you know you were one of them.
No, I thought weed was ok for recreation but not for a way of life.
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White runs into too many bats in the first frame and surrenders three earnies. He's got good stuff but just catches too much plate.
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White lasts only one inning. Chapman on to pitch the second.
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Is Pena at bat supposed to be better than a pitcher at bat?
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Is Pena at bat supposed to be better than a pitcher at bat?
Get used to Pena striking out a lot. And hitting under .200. So, not too much different than a pitcher.
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I sure hope they don't forget to put the names on the jerseys.
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I sure hope they don't forget to put the names on the jerseys.
They won't, because CraneCo wants you to buy a $10 game program.
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Wallace has lost weight.
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Get used to Pena striking out a lot. And hitting under .200. So, not too much different than a pitcher.
Excited we let Freiman go in favor of Coach Pena
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That triple was straight to the gap.
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Excited we let Freiman go in favor of Coach Pena
I agree with you.
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what are ya'll watching the game on?
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They won't, because CraneCo wants you to buy a $10 game program.
#63 needs to pick it up a little bit.
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Big crowd there. Almost a gathering.
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what are ya'll watching the game on?
The field.
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Nice turn there, #73!
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It's the Wiley Wiggins of Japan!
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Kris says it's a rainbow gusset. Only a woman would know such things.
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If it was raining outside, and they just happened to have opened the doors to the stadium, it would probably draw about this many people.
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what are ya'll watching the game on?
MLB.TV. I think it's the free game of the day.
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FeMart will be evaluated again tomorrow for his strained oblique and may begin the season on the DL.
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Cruz just threw a 97 fastball. That's pretty cool.
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Nice play by Springer to end the inning.
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Cruz just threw a 97 fastball. That's pretty cool.
Rizzo was on top of two of those. I kept waiting for something offspeed or on a different plane, but Cruz didn't really change it up until the last pitch.
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I sure hope they don't forget to put the names on the jerseys.
They won't, because CraneCo wants you to buy a $10 game program.
When asked to respond to Ron Brand's and Mr. Happy's comments, Crane responded as follows: "It doesn't bother me that people like Ron Brand and Mr. Happy want me to spend more money, but it's not their money it's mine. Mine. MINE I TELL YOU. This is a private company, even though I intend to bilk the public out of cash every chance I get. If Ron Brand and Mr. Happy want to write a check for 10 bucks for every name I have to put on a jersey this season, they can give me a call. I should warn them, however, that I plan on trading anything of value at any time and shuffling league-minimum has-beens, will-never-be's, and/or minor leaguers on and off the roster throughout the season to keep my costs down so it could get very, very, expensive for Ron Brand and Mr. Happy."
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I guess we'll just have to resort to making up names for the players then.
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Ronny Cedeno keeps on showing us why he's an Astro.
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Ronny Cedeno keeps on showing us why he's an Astro.
'Splain please. [The only part of tonight's game that I've seen was the 3-run shot from Marwin, so I'm not quite sure what you mean.]
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'Splain please. [The only part of tonight's game that I've seen was the 3-run shot from Marwin, so I'm not quite sure what you mean.]
Quick whiff.
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Got it, thank you!
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And J. D. Martinez just looked completely overmatched on two offspeed pitches, ending in a swinging strikeout.
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And J. D. Martinez just looked completely overmatched on two offspeed pitches, ending in a swinging strikeout.
Are you sure that was him? I mean, without the name on the jersey, for all you know it was gleach in a celebrity cameo appearance.
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Josh Fields looks a whole lot faster than the gun reads.
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Are you sure that was him? I mean, without the name on the jersey, for all you know it was gleach in a celebrity cameo appearance.
Maybe ybbodeus, but definitely not gleach.
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12 different Astros with a strikeout tonight
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I think we're going to enjoy watching Fields pitch this season.
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12 different Astros with a strikeout tonight
12 Astros have struck out, or 12 different Astros pitchers have struck somebody out? I'm pretty sure I know which one we're talking about, but I'd like to know for sure.
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I think we're going to enjoy watching Fields pitch this season.
Well, on the broadcasts we can see, I mean.
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Fields has got some nasty, nasty stuff. All he needs is control, and he doesn't seem too far off from that.
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12 Astros have struck out, or 12 different Astros pitchers have struck somebody out? I'm pretty sure I know which one we're talking about, but I'd like to know for sure.
The other way the number is 6
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Crowe with a nice double to the LCF gap, leading off the bottom of the eighth.
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Barnes sacrifices Crowe to third. Springer up.
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Wild pitch, and we're tied at 6-6.
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Ambriz sets them down in order in the ninth.
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Astros strand runners on the corners in the bottom of the ninth, and turn a spiffy 5-4-3 double play to erase a FTC threat in the top of the tenth.
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Astros strand runners on the corners in the bottom of the ninth, and turn a spiffy 5-4-3 double play to erase a FTC threat in the top of the tenth.
Heck of a play by Martinez there.
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Who is this clown calling the game with Brown?
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That's Sparky.
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Valbuena hurtles a game-ending groundout into the dugout and Springer goes to second.
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That's Sparky.
No, it's Kevin E I think. Sparky is a bit dry but he's not an idiot. This guy is an idiot. Plus, he mentioned earlier that he hadn't played major league baseball.
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Corporan pops up, and the game ends in a 6-6 tie.
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Rangers beat San Diego 5-4 today in the Alamodome. 285' down the right field line.
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I went back to the beginning. It was Kevin E. Good lord that guy is awful. I wonder where the hell Ashby is. Did he quit already?
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I went back to the beginning. It was Kevin E. Good lord that guy is awful. I wonder where the hell Ashby is. Did he quit already?
Sorry, I thought it was Sparks. Ashby fell down some stairs and broke a couple of ribs, so he's been off for a few days. He's supposed to be back Sunday.
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Rangers beat San Diego 5-4 today in the Alamodome. 285' down the right field line.
I wondered about that. One of the guys at work was taking his two boys to those games. I couldn't believe it when he told me that they were playing baseball in the Alamodome. I figured it was going to be 250' down one line and 400' down the other.
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Sorry, I thought it was Sparks. Ashby fell down some stairs and broke a couple of ribs, so he's been off for a few days. He's supposed to be back Sunday.
I guess you can see how closely I've been paying attention.
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'Splain please. [The only part of tonight's game that I've seen was the 3-run shot from Marwin, so I'm not quite sure what you mean.]
Plus, his fielding has been suspect.
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Sorry, I thought it was Sparks. Ashby fell down some stairs and broke a couple of ribs, so he's been off for a few days. He's supposed to be back Sunday.
Sparks was doing a fine job with Ford on the radio side.
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Why the fuck is the roof closed today? It is gorgeous
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Why the fuck is the roof closed today? It is gorgeous
Keeps the locusts out.
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Prospects starting today's game - Correa, Singleton, Springer, Santana and DeShields are all in today.
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Here are your lineups for today's matinee:
Chi Cubs AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
DeJesus, CF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .373
Castro, S, SS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .390
Rizzo, 1B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .234
Soriano, A, LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .233
Schierholtz, DH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .273
Castillo, W, C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .208
Valbuena, 3B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .233
Barney, 2B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .243
Hairston, S, RF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .172
Totals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .262
Houston AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Crowe, LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .275
Correa, SS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286
Singleton, 1B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250
Laird, 3B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .339
Martinez, J.D., DH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286
Springer, CF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286
Jaramillo, C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .273
Santana, RF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
DeShields, 2B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .385
Totals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .267
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The difference between White and Peacock is that when Peacock is in trouble and needs to make a pitch, he does it.
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White's been suffering from tendinitis all spring. He just had an MRI and they're waiting to find out if there is some explanation as to why his velocity has been down.
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White's been suffering from tendinitis all spring. He just had an MRI and they're waiting to find out if there is some explanation as to why his velocity has been down.
Why were they letting him throw? If it is elbow tendonitis, which I used to get every spring, you have to shut it down for a couple of days.
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Folty on to pitch, and Sparks loves him.
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Why were they letting him throw? If it is elbow tendonitis, which I used to get every spring, you have to shut it down for a couple of days.
I think he said that he always gets it and he tried to pitch through it but it kept getting worse. You know how pitchers are, especially when they're trying to make the team.
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Folty on to pitch, and Sparks loves him.
He's been very impressive for two innings. Better than advertised except for the Sparky-love.
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Sac Fly by Correa. The Kid's Are Alright!
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Why were they letting him throw? If it is elbow tendonitis, which I used to get every spring, you have to shut it down for a couple of days.
I read an article earlier this morning where someone wrote about someone striking a similar cord, and now this headline (http://blog.chron.com/ultimateastros/2013/03/30/astros-alex-white-undergoes-mri-dealing-with-unnormal-velocity-drop/). Fucking idiocracy.
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He's been very impressive for two innings. Better than advertised except for the Sparky-love.
96s and 97s on the fastball. Faster than I remember him throwing in the past. Throwing out of the pen doesn't hurt, but that's a good 3-4 MPH faster.
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6 Ks in three innings for Folty.
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96s and 97s on the fastball. Faster than I remember him throwing in the past. Throwing out of the pen doesn't hurt, but that's a good 3-4 MPH faster.
I'm sure he has quite an adrenaline rush. Maybe this is the top of the rotation guy everyone says is missing. In a couple of years of course.
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Santana is 3 for 3 with a single, double and triple today.
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Showing all these guys on TV would've been a nice ad for the team.
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Four innings, one hit, one walk and 7 Ks for Folty.
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Folty impressed the shit out of me.
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Showing all these guys on TV would've been a nice ad for the team.
I was expecting eyewitness reports but apparently it's impossible to get any sort of cell signal in there with the crowd.
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Martinez turns this one into a pumpkin, giving up three runs on four hits and only retiring two.
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Folty impressed the shit out of me.
Has Bushue dropped off the face of the earth? I don't recall seeing his name recently.
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I was expecting eyewitness reports but apparently it's impossible to get any sort of cell signal in there with the crowd.
It is absolutely unfathomable why the cellular providers don't add additional coverage to a ballpark on gameday.
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Has Bushue dropped off the face of the earth? I don't recall seeing his name recently.
He had a real bad year at Lexington and was sent down to Greeneville, where he was better but still not good. He made it back to Lexington late last year and showed some improvement, and he's been reassigned to Lexington this season. He'll be 22 in June.
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Astros get three in the eighth and win their last game, 6-3.
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How did Santana look in the field? I know he's big, but he's supposed to be "athletic" too I believe (ie. not a lumbering clod).
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He had a real bad year at Lexington and was sent down to Greeneville, where he was better but still not good. He made it back to Lexington late last year and showed some improvement, and he's been reassigned to Lexington this season. He'll be 22 in June.
Thanks. I seem to recall that he had some back trouble (cracked vertebra?). I wonder if his regression was due to that, or if he just doesn't have what it takes.
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Thanks. I seem to recall that he had some back trouble (cracked vertebra?). I wonder if his regression was due to that, or if he just doesn't have what it takes.
A cracked vertebra would slow me down. I hadn't heard that. I think with the infusion of talent into the organization he is pretty an afterthought.
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Is Pena at bat supposed to be better than a pitcher at bat?
Don't expect much out of Pena on Opening Day. Career wise, he's 0-8 against Harrison with four K's. I think that Bud could outperform that.
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How did Santana look in the field? I know he's big, but he's supposed to be "athletic" too I believe (ie. not a lumbering clod).
I saw him against the Mets. He cut off a would-be-gapper. It was a athletic play. Didn't look lumbering at all.
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It is absolutely unfathomable why the cellular providers don't add additional coverage to a ballpark on gameday.
And beer should be cheaper at the ballpark, along with lower ticket prices.
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And beer should be cheaper at the ballpark, along with lower ticket prices.
Can I get an amen?
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And beer should be cheaper at the ballpark, along with lower ticket prices.
And no stinking dynamic pricing unless they're of the Wal-Mart variety!
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White's been suffering from tendinitis all spring. He just had an MRI and they're waiting to find out if there is some explanation as to why his velocity has been down.
Looks like White is staring at TJ surgery.