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Title: Mariners @ Astros April 24, 2013
Post by: Mr. Happy on April 24, 2013, 12:27:34 pm
Your lineups for today's matinee:

Mariners

1. CF: Endy Chavez
2. 3B: Kyle Seager
3. DH: Kendrys Morales
4. RF: Mike Morse
5. 1B: Justin Smoak
6. LF: Raul Ibanez
7. C: Kelly Shoppach
8. 2B: Dustin Ackley
9. SS: Robert Andino
SP: Joe Saunders

Astros

1. CF: Robbie Grossman
2. 2B: Jose Altuve
3. 1B: Brandon Laird
4. DH: Carlos Pena
5. LF: Chris Carter
6. C: Carlos Corporan
7. SS: Ronny Cedeno
8. 3B: Matt Dominguez
9. RF: Brandon Barnes
SP: Lucas Harrell
Title: Re: Mariners @ Astros April 24, 2013
Post by: VirtualBob on April 24, 2013, 12:28:36 pm
Marwin's power bat getting a rest? 
Title: Re: Mariners @ Astros April 24, 2013
Post by: Bench on April 24, 2013, 01:24:41 pm
When keeping score, what number represents the DH?
Title: Re: Mariners @ Astros April 24, 2013
Post by: MusicMan on April 24, 2013, 01:26:14 pm
When keeping score, what number represents the DH?

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Title: Re: Mariners @ Astros April 24, 2013
Post by: MusicMan on April 24, 2013, 01:39:42 pm
Mid 2, 0-0.  Harrell with 45 pitches to get through the order once.
Title: Re: Mariners @ Astros April 24, 2013
Post by: Reuben on April 24, 2013, 01:44:32 pm
Carter fucking destroyed that ball.

ETA: I think it cleared the top of those ugly billboards in LF. They say 440', seemed farther than that from how high it was.
Title: Re: Mariners @ Astros April 24, 2013
Post by: Matt on April 24, 2013, 01:54:07 pm
Carter fucking destroyed that ball.

ETA: I think it cleared the top of those ugly billboards in LF. They say 440', seemed farther than that from how high it was.

When he gets into one there's no doubt.
Title: Re: Mariners @ Astros April 24, 2013
Post by: MusicMan on April 24, 2013, 01:54:19 pm
Carter fucking destroyed that ball.

ETA: I think it cleared the top of those ugly billboards in LF. They say 440', seemed farther than that from how high it was.

Apparently the GM agrees.

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Jeff Luhnow ‏@jluhnow 8m
Chris Carter, meet the Community Leaders!
Title: Re: Mariners @ Astros April 24, 2013
Post by: Mr. Happy on April 24, 2013, 01:55:03 pm
Harrell running up a pitch count. He has struggled with his command in every start.
Title: Re: Mariners @ Astros April 24, 2013
Post by: GreatBagwellsBeard on April 24, 2013, 02:05:53 pm
Attaboy, Grossman!
Title: Re: Mariners @ Astros April 24, 2013
Post by: Reuben on April 24, 2013, 02:06:16 pm
Grossman gets his 1st big-league hit, an automatic double off the chalk in RF, but is stranded at 2nd after an Altuve walk and a Laird 1-6-3 DP.
Title: Re: Mariners @ Astros April 24, 2013
Post by: Bench on April 24, 2013, 02:07:27 pm
Grossman gets his 1st big-league hit, an automatic double off the chalk in RF, but is stranded at 2nd after an Altuve walk and a Laird 1-6-3 DP.

Laird?  Has he been on the team all month?
Title: Re: Mariners @ Astros April 24, 2013
Post by: VirtualBob on April 24, 2013, 02:08:20 pm
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Title: Re: Mariners @ Astros April 24, 2013
Post by: VirtualBob on April 24, 2013, 02:09:15 pm
Laird?  Has he been on the team all month?
No.  Keep up.  :)
He replaced Walrus who was sent down to OKC to learn the concept of ball-hitting-bat.
Title: Re: Mariners @ Astros April 24, 2013
Post by: Bench on April 24, 2013, 02:10:32 pm
No.  Keep up.  :)
He replaced Walrus who was sent down to OKC to learn the concept of ball-hitting-bat.

Maybe once I can actually see a few games I can keep up appropriately.  So I might as well start boning up on the 2015 roster.
Title: Re: Mariners @ Astros April 24, 2013
Post by: Reuben on April 24, 2013, 02:11:13 pm
Harrell with an 8-pitch 1-2-3 inning, although Ashby still found time to be critical.
Title: Re: Mariners @ Astros April 24, 2013
Post by: Bench on April 24, 2013, 02:14:14 pm
People with MLB EI outside of the TexLaNewMex area:  Do you ever get the CSN feed?  It seems when I watch the games on DTV's MLB HD Mix channel it's always the other team's TV feed, regardless of home and away.  Is that a DirecTV thing or all of MLB EI?
Title: Re: Mariners @ Astros April 24, 2013
Post by: Matt on April 24, 2013, 02:16:43 pm
People with MLB EI outside of the TexLaNewMex area:  Do you ever get the CSN feed?  It seems when I watch the games on DTV's MLB HD Mix channel it's always the other team's TV feed, regardless of home and away.  Is that a DirecTV thing or all of MLB EI?

So far its been about 50/50.
Title: Re: Mariners @ Astros April 24, 2013
Post by: Matt on April 24, 2013, 02:19:46 pm
People with MLB EI outside of the TexLaNewMex area:  Do you ever get the CSN feed?  It seems when I watch the games on DTV's MLB HD Mix channel it's always the other team's TV feed, regardless of home and away.  Is that a DirecTV thing or all of MLB EI?

For this Mariner's series I've been getting a Japanese feed but with the Mariner's announcer team. So I guess its a feed of a feed.
Title: Re: Mariners @ Astros April 24, 2013
Post by: seib22 on April 24, 2013, 02:21:44 pm
If anyone is watching the game. How is it now 4-0?
Title: Re: Mariners @ Astros April 24, 2013
Post by: Reuben on April 24, 2013, 02:22:32 pm
If anyone is watching the game. How is it now 4-0?
Ronny Cedeno jacked one over the Crawford Boxes after Carter walked and Corporan singled.
Title: Re: Mariners @ Astros April 24, 2013
Post by: Bench on April 24, 2013, 02:25:30 pm
Ronny Cedeno jacked one over the Crawford Boxes after Carter walked and Corporan singled.

Carter walked and Cedeno went deep?  I did not see that coming.
Title: Re: Mariners @ Astros April 24, 2013
Post by: Reuben on April 24, 2013, 02:31:56 pm
Carter walked and Cedeno went deep?  I did not see that coming.
He pretty much one-handed it too. I was as surprised as you are.
Title: Re: Mariners @ Astros April 24, 2013
Post by: NeilT on April 24, 2013, 02:34:17 pm
Grossman's having a nice start.
Title: Re: Mariners @ Astros April 24, 2013
Post by: pots on April 24, 2013, 02:34:25 pm
Apparently Grossman likes it here
Title: Re: Mariners @ Astros April 24, 2013
Post by: Bench on April 24, 2013, 02:35:26 pm
Grossman's having a nice start.

Gonna have to start calling him Robbie Two-Times.
Title: Re: Mariners @ Astros April 24, 2013
Post by: Mr. Happy on April 24, 2013, 02:39:37 pm
Harrell has calmed down a bit on his pitch count, but still averaging 16 tosses per inning, which is too many.
Title: Re: Mariners @ Astros April 24, 2013
Post by: EasTexAstro on April 24, 2013, 02:45:04 pm
Harrell has calmed down a bit on his pitch count

I blame you.
Title: Re: Mariners @ Astros April 24, 2013
Post by: Reuben on April 24, 2013, 02:45:49 pm
Bad luck, as Dominguez dove for a ball that could've been handled by Cedeno for a possible DP, setting the M's up with runners on 1st and 3rd, no outs. But Harrell gets a DP on the next batter as the run scores, 5-1 HOU.
Title: Re: Mariners @ Astros April 24, 2013
Post by: MusicMan on April 24, 2013, 02:45:57 pm
Grossman is the first Astro with 2 doubles in his MLB debut since the immortal James Mouton in 1994.
Title: Re: Mariners @ Astros April 24, 2013
Post by: Mr. Happy on April 24, 2013, 02:46:59 pm
I blame you.

Thank you. I do what I can. We'll probably need three innings from the bully today. We need some more runs.
Title: Re: Mariners @ Astros April 24, 2013
Post by: Reuben on April 24, 2013, 02:47:18 pm
Holy shit! Altuve with an amazing play, tumbling and throwing from RF to nab Smoak at 1st.
Title: Re: Mariners @ Astros April 24, 2013
Post by: Bench on April 24, 2013, 02:49:36 pm
Grossman is the first Astro with 2 doubles in his MLB debut since the immortal James Mouton in 1994.

Please do not let that be your fate Robbie.
Title: Re: Mariners @ Astros April 24, 2013
Post by: NeilT on April 24, 2013, 02:51:43 pm
Grossman is the first Astro with 2 doubles in his MLB debut since the immortal James Mouton in 1994.

I had an Algerian roommate once.  He said that if one went to Paris, the only phrase you needed to know was "je ne suis pas un mouton."  I hope I got that right.  Anyway, all I could ever think of with mouton was baaa, and that Algerian.
Title: Re: Mariners @ Astros April 24, 2013
Post by: Bench on April 24, 2013, 02:53:01 pm
I had an Algerian roommate once.  He said that if one went to Paris, the only phrase you needed to know was "je ne suis pas un mouton."  I hope I got that right.  Anyway, all I could ever think of with mouton was baaa, and that Algerian.

Your roommate was an Algerian prostitute?
Title: Re: Mariners @ Astros April 24, 2013
Post by: Reuben on April 24, 2013, 02:53:18 pm
Seriously, anyone who's not watching, you should go look at Altuve's play in the highlights later. Really outstanding sliding scoop, tumble, and quick throw from a seated position.
Title: Re: Mariners @ Astros April 24, 2013
Post by: Bench on April 24, 2013, 02:55:09 pm
Dingo!
Title: Re: Mariners @ Astros April 24, 2013
Post by: Mr. Happy on April 24, 2013, 02:55:40 pm
Seriously, anyone who's not watching, you should go look at Altuve's play in the highlights later. Really outstanding sliding scoop, tumble, and quick throw from a seated position.

Altuve has plus range at 2B. He's really a fun ballplayer to watch.
Title: Re: Mariners @ Astros April 24, 2013
Post by: Bench on April 24, 2013, 03:02:51 pm
Oy, Grossman.  Feast or famine, amirite?
Title: Re: Mariners @ Astros April 24, 2013
Post by: NeilT on April 24, 2013, 03:03:59 pm
Your roommate was an Algerian prostitute?

No, then he would have been saying I am a sheep. 
Title: Re: Mariners @ Astros April 24, 2013
Post by: Mr. Happy on April 24, 2013, 03:04:19 pm
Oy, Grossman.  Feast or famine, amirite?

That name is already taken.
Title: Re: Mariners @ Astros April 24, 2013
Post by: Mr. Happy on April 24, 2013, 03:05:59 pm
Laird belongs up here.
Title: Re: Mariners @ Astros April 24, 2013
Post by: Matt on April 24, 2013, 03:07:59 pm
This team has more power than last year.
Title: Re: Mariners @ Astros April 24, 2013
Post by: Bench on April 24, 2013, 03:09:37 pm
Playing the Mariners is fun.
Title: Re: Mariners @ Astros April 24, 2013
Post by: Mr. Happy on April 24, 2013, 03:14:15 pm
Harrell now at 104 tosses through seven frames, meaning that he's thrown 59 pitches over the past five innings. That's really good.
Title: Re: Mariners @ Astros April 24, 2013
Post by: Bench on April 24, 2013, 03:20:29 pm
Laird bounced a bit while turning back toward the first base line after clubbing the home run.  Ashby:  "I don't know what he's hopping for because he's got to know that this out and fair."

Yeah.  Ash is a dick.
Title: Re: Mariners @ Astros April 24, 2013
Post by: Bench on April 24, 2013, 03:25:35 pm
Cruz in to pitch.  Great game for Harrell.
Title: Re: Mariners @ Astros April 24, 2013
Post by: Mr. Happy on April 24, 2013, 03:27:58 pm
Cruz in to pitch.  Great game for Harrell.

Very solid bounceback for Harrell. He was all over the place in the first two innings, but he really found his release point and turned in a fine performance.
Title: Re: Mariners @ Astros April 24, 2013
Post by: Bench on April 24, 2013, 03:28:33 pm
Very solid bounceback for Harrell. He was all over the place in the first two innings, but he really found his release point and turned in a fine performance.

What are you going to be doing in Toledo?
Title: Re: Mariners @ Astros April 24, 2013
Post by: Mr. Happy on April 24, 2013, 03:31:18 pm
What are you going to be doing in Toledo?

Working for The University of Toledo Foundation, and no doubt attending my share of Mudhens games.
Title: Re: Mariners @ Astros April 24, 2013
Post by: Bench on April 24, 2013, 03:35:30 pm
Working for The University of Toledo Foundation, and no doubt attending my share of Mudhens games.

Be sure to visit Tony Packo's.
Title: Re: Mariners @ Astros April 24, 2013
Post by: Mr. Happy on April 24, 2013, 03:38:05 pm
Be sure to visit Tony Packo's.

Will do. Restaurant?
Title: Re: Mariners @ Astros April 24, 2013
Post by: Bench on April 24, 2013, 03:43:31 pm
Will do. Restaurant?

"If you're ever in Toledo, Ohio, on the Hungarian side of town, Tony Packo's got the greatest Hungarian hot dogs. Thirty-five cents..."
Title: Re: Mariners @ Astros April 24, 2013
Post by: Bench on April 24, 2013, 03:57:29 pm
Astros win 10-3 and take their second series against the M's. 
Title: Re: Mariners @ Astros April 24, 2013
Post by: NeilT on April 24, 2013, 04:01:54 pm
Astros win 10-3 and take their second series against the M's. 

That means they're 7-14 for the season.  They're playing .500 ball!
Title: Re: Mariners @ Astros April 24, 2013
Post by: Col. Sphinx Drummond on April 24, 2013, 04:04:29 pm
Damn. Missed it. They sure play a lot of day games on Wednesdays. Anyway, whoo hoo!
Title: Re: Mariners @ Astros April 24, 2013
Post by: Bench on April 24, 2013, 04:10:35 pm
That means they're 7-14 for the season.  They're playing .500 ball!

Imagine if they could play all their games against the Mariners!
Title: Re: Mariners @ Astros April 24, 2013
Post by: OregonStrosFan on April 24, 2013, 11:44:33 pm
Seriously, anyone who's not watching, you should go look at Altuve's play in the highlights later. Really outstanding sliding scoop, tumble, and quick throw from a seated position.

Caught the SEA postgame this evening and they showed it. Fantastic!

ETA: Not a 'Web Gem' by ESPN (though Utley had a blah play that made #2... don't know why I bother...).  In any event...  Here is the video (http://houston.astros.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?topic_id=8879126&c_id=hou).
Title: Re: Mariners @ Astros April 24, 2013
Post by: moriartp on April 25, 2013, 08:04:27 am
Caught the SEA postgame this evening and they showed it. Fantastic!

ETA: Not a 'Web Gem' by ESPN (though Utley had a blah play that made #2... don't know why I bother...).  In any event...  Here is the video (http://houston.astros.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?topic_id=8879126&c_id=hou).

Thanks for the link. That's a heck of a play.
Title: Re: Mariners @ Astros April 24, 2013
Post by: Mr. Happy on April 25, 2013, 08:10:00 am
Caught the SEA postgame this evening and they showed it. Fantastic!

ETA: Not a 'Web Gem' by ESPN (though Utley had a blah play that made #2... don't know why I bother...).  In any event...  Here is the video (http://houston.astros.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?topic_id=8879126&c_id=hou).

Fuck. Those. ESPN cocksuckers. That was a triple blue star play.
Title: Re: Mariners @ Astros April 24, 2013
Post by: Reuben on April 25, 2013, 08:26:04 am
Fuck. Those. ESPN cocksuckers. That was a triple blue star play.
Ashby made one really good point (actually made it before this play): Altuve is great at getting rid of the ball quickly. Grounders, DP feed from the SS, whatever, he has an extremely quick transfer and release.
Title: Re: Mariners @ Astros April 24, 2013
Post by: Ron Brand on April 25, 2013, 08:58:57 am
Thanks for the link. That's a heck of a play.

Sphinx linked to three highlights in his recap (http://www.spikesnstars.com/2013/04/25/astros-drydock-mariners/).
Title: Re: Mariners @ Astros April 24, 2013
Post by: Mr. Happy on April 25, 2013, 09:10:48 am
Ashby made one really good point (actually made it before this play): Altuve is great at getting rid of the ball quickly. Grounders, DP feed from the SS, whatever, he has an extremely quick transfer and release.

Altuve displayed great range last season but made too many mental mistakes. He has improved significantly in the mental aspect of his game and has improved in the field. He is a solid big league starter who would start on most big league clubs. We're very fortunate to have him.
Title: Re: Mariners @ Astros April 24, 2013
Post by: juliogotay on April 25, 2013, 09:23:04 am
Fuck. Those. ESPN cocksuckers. That was a triple blue star play.

Yes. It was.
Title: Re: Mariners @ Astros April 24, 2013
Post by: Bench on April 25, 2013, 09:52:30 am
ETA: Not a 'Web Gem' by ESPN (though Utley had a blah play that made #2... don't know why I bother...).  In any event...  Here is the video (http://houston.astros.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?topic_id=8879126&c_id=hou).

Thanks for the link!

I realized the other day that the only times I've watched non-event programming on ESPN in the last few years is when I'm in the dentist's chair.  It provides something more aggravating to focus on than whatever implement is scraping my teeth.
Title: Re: Mariners @ Astros April 24, 2013
Post by: NeilT on April 25, 2013, 10:49:24 am
Sphinx linked to three highlights in his recap (http://www.spikesnstars.com/2013/04/25/astros-drydock-mariners/).

Sphinx, that's some fearful symmetry.  The Red Sox are doomed.
Title: Re: Mariners @ Astros April 24, 2013
Post by: Reuben on April 25, 2013, 12:15:10 pm
Sphinx, that's some fearful symmetry.  The Red Sox are doomed.
'Tuve, 'Tuve, burning bright, on the ballfields of the night...
Title: Re: Mariners @ Astros April 24, 2013
Post by: Col. Sphinx Drummond on April 25, 2013, 01:31:19 pm
Sphinx, that's some fearful symmetry.  The Red Sox are doomed.
I figure the odds be 50/50.
Title: Re: Mariners @ Astros April 24, 2013
Post by: Guinness on April 25, 2013, 01:37:00 pm
'Tuve, 'Tuve, burning bright, on the ballfields of the night...

Well done, sir!