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Title: Astros @ Sea Fucks April 12, 2017
Post by: Mr. Happy on April 12, 2017, 06:14:20 pm
Here are your lineups for tonight's late show:

Astros

CFGeorge Springer (R)
RFJosh Reddick (L)
2BJose Altuve (R)
SSCarlos Correa (R)
DHCarlos Beltran (S)
3BAlex Bregman (R)
CBrian McCann (L)
1BY. Gurriel (R)
LFNorichika Aoki (L)

HOU: Mike Fiers (R)  (0-1, 1.50)

Sea Fucks

LF Jarrod Dyson (L)
RF Mitch Haniger (R)
2B Robinson Cano (L)
DH Nelson Cruz (R)
3B Kyle Seager (L)
SS Taylor Motter (R)
C Mike Zunino (R)
1B Mike Freeman (L)
CF Leonys Martin (L)

SEA: Yovani Gallardo (R)  (0-1, 5.40)
Title: Re: Astros @ Sea Fucks April 12, 2017
Post by: MusicMan on April 12, 2017, 06:33:20 pm
Bregman out of the two hole. Interesting.


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Title: Re: Astros @ Sea Fucks April 12, 2017
Post by: das on April 12, 2017, 07:09:15 pm
Bregman out of the two hole. Interesting.

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Looking for lots of speed at the top of the order?  Maybe so the SB needle will move up from "E" or increase the 1st to 3rd's or 2nd to home's from the current baseline of almost zilch?
Title: Re: Astros @ Sea Fucks April 12, 2017
Post by: Reuben on April 12, 2017, 07:15:30 pm
Looking for lots of speed at the top of the order?  Maybe so the SB needle will move up from "E" or increase the 1st to 3rd's or 2nd to home's from the current baseline of almost zilch?
Reddick doesn't exactly bring "lots of speed" though. His career high is 11 SB. And in terms of 1st-to-3rd running, Bregman seems to do that pretty well, too.
Title: Re: Astros @ Sea Fucks April 12, 2017
Post by: MusicMan on April 12, 2017, 08:09:14 pm
No, I think this is purely about splitting up their lefty bats.


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Title: Re: Astros @ Sea Fucks April 12, 2017
Post by: doyce7 on April 12, 2017, 09:12:48 pm
I like the idea of reddick batting second

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Title: Re: Astros @ Sea Fucks April 12, 2017
Post by: austro on April 12, 2017, 09:20:34 pm
Super, walk Dyson to lead things off. Way to ease into things, Fiers.
Title: Re: Astros @ Sea Fucks April 12, 2017
Post by: MusicMan on April 12, 2017, 09:20:35 pm
Altuve singles through the right side but that's all the action in the top of the 1st.


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Title: Re: Astros @ Sea Fucks April 12, 2017
Post by: chuck on April 12, 2017, 09:21:29 pm
Do you know that Fiers spelled backwards is Sreif?
Title: Re: Astros @ Sea Fucks April 12, 2017
Post by: doyce7 on April 12, 2017, 09:23:05 pm
Super, walk Dyson to lead things off. Way to ease into things, Fiers.
Gotta pitch around that guy... or something

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Title: Re: Astros @ Sea Fucks April 12, 2017
Post by: hostros7 on April 12, 2017, 09:23:44 pm
This half inning already feels interminable and we haven't even recorded an out.


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Title: Re: Astros @ Sea Fucks April 12, 2017
Post by: Col. Sphinx Drummond on April 12, 2017, 09:24:01 pm
Do you know that Fiers spelled backwards is Sreif?
Sreif? Don't like it.
Title: Re: Astros @ Sea Fucks April 12, 2017
Post by: austro on April 12, 2017, 09:24:20 pm
Sreif Selig, little-known half-brother of Keyser Söze.
Title: Re: Astros @ Sea Fucks April 12, 2017
Post by: hostros7 on April 12, 2017, 09:27:32 pm
Do you know that Fiers spelled backwards is Sreif?

I contemplate that less when staring at it tattooed on his right forearm than I do whether or not the "s" is a take on the "pointy s" doodle that somehow spread the country before the internet.


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Title: Re: Astros @ Sea Fucks April 12, 2017
Post by: MusicMan on April 12, 2017, 09:30:34 pm
How often do leadoff walks score? 100%? 150%?


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Title: Re: Astros @ Sea Fucks April 12, 2017
Post by: MusicMan on April 12, 2017, 09:31:46 pm
Let's go ahead and warm up Peacock.


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Title: Re: Astros @ Sea Fucks April 12, 2017
Post by: hostros7 on April 12, 2017, 09:32:37 pm
How often do leadoff walks score? 100%? 150%?


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Dyson lead off walks are the Sex Panther of lead off walks.


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Title: Re: Astros @ Sea Fucks April 12, 2017
Post by: MusicMan on April 12, 2017, 09:34:15 pm
Correa helping to ensure that we can go to bed on time.


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Title: Re: Astros @ Sea Fucks April 12, 2017
Post by: chuck on April 12, 2017, 09:34:44 pm
How often do leadoff walks score? 100%? 150%?

I recall chatting with Jose Lima. I'm not sure how it came up, but he said, Leadoff walks ALWAYS score!

He was somewhat animated in making the point. One might even say agitated.
Title: Re: Astros @ Sea Fucks April 12, 2017
Post by: austro on April 12, 2017, 09:35:33 pm
This is the shit that simply happens too frequently with Correa. It needs to stop.
Title: Re: Astros @ Sea Fucks April 12, 2017
Post by: Col. Sphinx Drummond on April 12, 2017, 09:37:46 pm
This is the shit that simply happens too frequently with Correa. It needs to stop.
I watched Lindor yesterday. Man, that guy is really good.
Title: Re: Astros @ Sea Fucks April 12, 2017
Post by: Col. Sphinx Drummond on April 12, 2017, 09:39:19 pm
I bet a thousand million dollars, the next time the Astros get a leadoff walk they won't score.
Title: Re: Astros @ Sea Fucks April 12, 2017
Post by: austro on April 12, 2017, 09:39:55 pm
I watched Lindor yesterday. Man, that guy is really good.

You know, I almost added "You never see Lindor do that shit" to the end of my post, but decided not to for some reason.
Title: Re: Astros @ Sea Fucks April 12, 2017
Post by: austro on April 12, 2017, 09:40:56 pm
I bet a thousand million dollars, the next time the Astros get a leadoff walk they won't score.

Hah, trick qestion. When's the last time they got a leadoff walk?
Title: Re: Astros @ Sea Fucks April 12, 2017
Post by: Col. Sphinx Drummond on April 12, 2017, 09:47:38 pm
Gallardo is very beatable but Fiers has to stop the bleeding... And the hitters have to score more runs than the other guys who have a two run head start.
Title: Re: Astros @ Sea Fucks April 12, 2017
Post by: austro on April 12, 2017, 09:48:40 pm
Gallardo is very beatable but Fiers has to stop the bleeding... And the hitters have to score more runs than the other guys who have a two three run head start.

FIFY.
Title: Re: Astros @ Sea Fucks April 12, 2017
Post by: MrKnuckleball on April 12, 2017, 09:48:51 pm
Boy if we don't lead the league in hit into double plays, I'd hate to be who does.
Title: Re: Astros @ Sea Fucks April 12, 2017
Post by: Col. Sphinx Drummond on April 12, 2017, 09:49:41 pm
FIFY.
Thanks
Title: Re: Astros @ Sea Fucks April 12, 2017
Post by: Jacksonian on April 12, 2017, 09:50:49 pm
Fiers played with himself last time out without getting burned.  Not the case today.
Title: Re: Astros @ Sea Fucks April 12, 2017
Post by: geezerdonk on April 12, 2017, 09:51:32 pm
Just getting a head start on their day off.
Title: Re: Astros @ Sea Fucks April 12, 2017
Post by: MRaup on April 12, 2017, 09:52:34 pm
Fuck fucking Mike Fucking Fiers and his fucking shit approach. I fucking hate him.
Title: Re: Astros @ Sea Fucks April 12, 2017
Post by: MrKnuckleball on April 12, 2017, 09:54:10 pm
Just getting a head start on their day off.
Maybe a nice bender will get their head out of their ass.
Title: Re: Astros @ Sea Fucks April 12, 2017
Post by: austro on April 12, 2017, 09:54:34 pm
Can he get out of the 2nd in fewer than 50 pitches?
Title: Re: Astros @ Sea Fucks April 12, 2017
Post by: austro on April 12, 2017, 09:56:18 pm
Excellent, let's get Cano up there again. He hasn't gone off yet, maybe we can get him started.
Title: Re: Astros @ Sea Fucks April 12, 2017
Post by: hostros7 on April 12, 2017, 09:56:21 pm
Can he get out of the 2nd in fewer than 50 pitches?

Let's just hope he gets out of the 2nd


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Title: Re: Astros @ Sea Fucks April 12, 2017
Post by: austro on April 12, 2017, 09:59:16 pm
When we were kids and used to play with just a handful of guys, the batter/runner was always out if you could hit him with the throw. Maybe McCann could appeal for that rule to be instated.
Title: Re: Astros @ Sea Fucks April 12, 2017
Post by: MRaup on April 12, 2017, 10:11:18 pm
GREAT JOB, MIKE! KILLING IT OUT THERE!
Title: Re: Astros @ Sea Fucks April 12, 2017
Post by: juliogotay on April 12, 2017, 10:12:22 pm
I regret making a cup of coffee to stay awake for this shitburger.
Title: Re: Astros @ Sea Fucks April 12, 2017
Post by: hostros7 on April 12, 2017, 10:12:56 pm
Fiers might be better known as cement mixer because he's slow as fuck and enjoys throwing pitches that approximate the movement, or lack thereof as the case may be.


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Title: Re: Astros @ Sea Fucks April 12, 2017
Post by: MRaup on April 12, 2017, 10:13:40 pm
Please please please get this team another pitcher.
Title: Re: Astros @ Sea Fucks April 12, 2017
Post by: Tom Servo on April 12, 2017, 10:14:29 pm
GREAT JOB, MIKE! KILLING IT OUT THERE!

At least we got Carlos Gomez in that trade.
Title: Re: Astros @ Sea Fucks April 12, 2017
Post by: MusicMan on April 12, 2017, 10:16:52 pm
At least we got Carlos Gomez in that trade.

Fuuuuuuuuuuuck youuuuuuuuuuuuuu


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Title: Re: Astros @ Sea Fucks April 12, 2017
Post by: hostros7 on April 12, 2017, 10:18:16 pm
The Astros Lead Off Walk: A Case Study


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Title: Re: Astros @ Sea Fucks April 12, 2017
Post by: Col. Sphinx Drummond on April 12, 2017, 10:18:28 pm
Okay, here we go.
Title: Re: Astros @ Sea Fucks April 12, 2017
Post by: doyce7 on April 12, 2017, 10:22:59 pm
Bases loaded zero outs. We all know a strikeout and double play are coming

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Title: Re: Astros @ Sea Fucks April 12, 2017
Post by: Tom Servo on April 12, 2017, 10:23:44 pm
The Astros Lead Off Walk: A Case Study


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Bases Loaded, Nobody Out: A Case Study?
Title: Re: Astros @ Sea Fucks April 12, 2017
Post by: MusicMan on April 12, 2017, 10:24:51 pm
That was as pathetic as at bats with bases loaded, nobody out come.


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Title: Re: Astros @ Sea Fucks April 12, 2017
Post by: Tom Servo on April 12, 2017, 10:28:00 pm
Bregman hits the ball well when they go foul.
Title: Re: Astros @ Sea Fucks April 12, 2017
Post by: MRaup on April 12, 2017, 10:28:33 pm
Bases Loaded, Nobody Out: A Case Study?

A case study in Mark getting thrown out of a bar for screaming at the TV.
Title: Re: Astros @ Sea Fucks April 12, 2017
Post by: Col. Sphinx Drummond on April 12, 2017, 10:28:44 pm
McCann!!!
Title: Re: Astros @ Sea Fucks April 12, 2017
Post by: doyce7 on April 12, 2017, 10:29:01 pm
A case study in Mark getting thrown out of a bar for screaming at the TV.
Has this never happened before?

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Title: Re: Astros @ Sea Fucks April 12, 2017
Post by: MusicMan on April 12, 2017, 10:30:41 pm
OH FOR FUCKS SAKE CORREA


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Title: Re: Astros @ Sea Fucks April 12, 2017
Post by: doyce7 on April 12, 2017, 10:30:56 pm
Goddamnit correa. What the fuck are you doing

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Title: Re: Astros @ Sea Fucks April 12, 2017
Post by: austro on April 12, 2017, 10:31:04 pm
If the Astros can score a lead-off walk, that's pretty definitive proof that lead-off walks always score.

Of course, Correa had his head up his ass again to end the inning.
Title: Re: Astros @ Sea Fucks April 12, 2017
Post by: hostros7 on April 12, 2017, 10:31:07 pm
Continuously stomping on your dick with metal spikes has to get painful after a while.


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Title: Re: Astros @ Sea Fucks April 12, 2017
Post by: WVastro on April 12, 2017, 10:31:09 pm
Shit
Title: Re: Astros @ Sea Fucks April 12, 2017
Post by: MusicMan on April 12, 2017, 10:31:24 pm
The Astros are the Sean Spicer of base running


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Title: Re: Astros @ Sea Fucks April 12, 2017
Post by: Tom Servo on April 12, 2017, 10:31:32 pm
More great baserunning
Title: Re: Astros @ Sea Fucks April 12, 2017
Post by: Tom Servo on April 12, 2017, 10:31:48 pm
The Astros are the Sean Spicer of base running


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Nice
Title: Re: Astros @ Sea Fucks April 12, 2017
Post by: VirtualBob on April 12, 2017, 10:32:24 pm
More great baserunning
Anyone care to describe the play?
Title: Re: Astros @ Sea Fucks April 12, 2017
Post by: MRaup on April 12, 2017, 10:32:37 pm
Has this never happened before?

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I generally don't watch baseball at bars.

The manager just bought me a beer because he was worried I was about to snap after that Correa stupidity.
Title: Re: Astros @ Sea Fucks April 12, 2017
Post by: MrKnuckleball on April 12, 2017, 10:34:17 pm
I think it was postgame on Sundau when Hinch said something to the extent of it's not bad baserunning, just a turn of unfortunate events. Seriously?


Title: Re: Astros @ Sea Fucks April 12, 2017
Post by: MRaup on April 12, 2017, 10:34:48 pm
At some point, someone needs to be held responsible for the shitshow that is this team's baserunning stupidity.
Title: Re: Astros @ Sea Fucks April 12, 2017
Post by: austro on April 12, 2017, 10:34:52 pm
Anyone care to describe the play?

Ball hit up the middle, deflects off pitcher's leg, Cano makes a nice sliding grab out behind second base. Correa, running from 2nd, puts his head down as he rounds 3rd, practically runs over Pettis who is throwing up the stop sign, then discovers that the ball is waiting for him in the catcher's glove.
Title: Re: Astros @ Sea Fucks April 12, 2017
Post by: MusicMan on April 12, 2017, 10:35:27 pm
Anyone care to describe the play?

Bases loaded, Correa on second. Bouncer up the middle stopped by Cano for all hands safe. Except Correa ran through the stop sign and got his ass run down to end the inning.


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Title: Re: Astros @ Sea Fucks April 12, 2017
Post by: doyce7 on April 12, 2017, 10:35:41 pm
I generally don't watch baseball at bars.

The manager just bought me a beer because he was worried I was about to snap after that Correa stupidity.
I guess the manager is in a tough spot there. He has to decide if another beer will calm you down or set you off. Good on him for being more heads up than any Astros on the bases

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Title: Re: Astros @ Sea Fucks April 12, 2017
Post by: Col. Sphinx Drummond on April 12, 2017, 10:35:51 pm
Anyone care to describe the play?
Correa ran through the stop sign because his head was up his ass
Title: Re: Astros @ Sea Fucks April 12, 2017
Post by: WVastro on April 12, 2017, 10:36:06 pm
Anyone care to describe the play?

http://i.imgur.com/MQlsUpd.gif
Title: Re: Astros @ Sea Fucks April 12, 2017
Post by: austro on April 12, 2017, 10:37:14 pm
At some point, someone needs to be held responsible for the shitshow that is this team's baserunning stupidity.

I think it seems quite reasonable to sit Correa and let him watch Marwin play short for a game. Give him some time to think about things like picking up soft ground balls, and watching your base coach when you're running the bases.
Title: Re: Astros @ Sea Fucks April 12, 2017
Post by: Col. Sphinx Drummond on April 12, 2017, 10:37:45 pm
I generally don't watch baseball at bars.

The manager just bought me a beer because he was worried I was about to snap after that Correa stupidity.

How is your dog's PTSD?
Title: Re: Astros @ Sea Fucks April 12, 2017
Post by: chuck on April 12, 2017, 10:38:15 pm
groundcontrol//:recalibrate[baserunning]
Title: Re: Astros @ Sea Fucks April 12, 2017
Post by: MRaup on April 12, 2017, 10:42:58 pm
I'm lucky. The manager is a friend of mine. Otherwise I'dve been sent home 2 innings ago.
Title: Re: Astros @ Sea Fucks April 12, 2017
Post by: chuck on April 12, 2017, 10:44:08 pm
Man, I tell you what, this not having to throw the four pitches for an intentional base on balls just makes these games FLY by.
Title: Re: Astros @ Sea Fucks April 12, 2017
Post by: austro on April 12, 2017, 10:45:41 pm
Might have been nice to have that double with a couple guys on base, eh, Correa?
Title: Re: Astros @ Sea Fucks April 12, 2017
Post by: MrKnuckleball on April 12, 2017, 10:46:31 pm
Sipp warming up, oh hell.

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Title: Re: Astros @ Sea Fucks April 12, 2017
Post by: WVastro on April 12, 2017, 10:49:32 pm
Despite the tomfoolery the Astros are still in this. I'm surprised Gallardo is still pitching.
Title: Re: Astros @ Sea Fucks April 12, 2017
Post by: austro on April 12, 2017, 10:57:13 pm
Sipp time. Cover your eyes.
Title: Re: Astros @ Sea Fucks April 12, 2017
Post by: WVastro on April 12, 2017, 10:59:22 pm
I haven't given up on Sipp yet. He was so money on that playoff push two years ago. I think there's still some good times left.
Title: Re: Astros @ Sea Fucks April 12, 2017
Post by: Col. Sphinx Drummond on April 12, 2017, 11:01:14 pm
That was the best inning Tony has had in a year.
Title: Re: Astros @ Sea Fucks April 12, 2017
Post by: austro on April 12, 2017, 11:01:27 pm
I haven't given up on Sipp yet. He was so money on that playoff push two years ago. I think there's still some good times left.

Well, he did his job there. When's the last time he had a 1-2-3 inning?
Title: Re: Astros @ Sea Fucks April 12, 2017
Post by: MusicMan on April 12, 2017, 11:02:15 pm
I haven't given up on Sipp yet. He was so money on that playoff push two years ago. I think there's still some good times left.

"I know we fight every night and the kids are always scared, but just think of the good times..."


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Title: Re: Astros @ Sea Fucks April 12, 2017
Post by: doyce7 on April 12, 2017, 11:02:25 pm
I haven't given up on Sipp yet. He was so money on that playoff push two years ago. I think there's still some good times left.
I still have a sliver of hope he can dig deep and find that Tony sipp. Would go a long way on this team

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Title: Re: Astros @ Sea Fucks April 12, 2017
Post by: WVastro on April 12, 2017, 11:03:22 pm
Well, he did his job there. When's the last time he had a 1-2-3 inning?

I promise I started that post before the first out. I'm streaming so it's likely I'm behind.... and I have a six pack next to me...
Title: Re: Astros @ Sea Fucks April 12, 2017
Post by: Aussie Astro on April 12, 2017, 11:13:05 pm
I promise I started that post before the first out. I'm streaming so it's likely I'm behind.... and I have a six pack next to me...

Swearing on a six pack, is this some new type of affirmation?
Title: Re: Astros @ Sea Fucks April 12, 2017
Post by: WVastro on April 12, 2017, 11:17:09 pm
Swearing on a six pack, is this some new type of affirmation?

Ok I lied. It's now a three pack. Soon to be a two pack.
Title: Re: Astros @ Sea Fucks April 12, 2017
Post by: WVastro on April 12, 2017, 11:24:18 pm
Can we calm down about Altuve yet?
Title: Re: Astros @ Sea Fucks April 12, 2017
Post by: chuck on April 12, 2017, 11:27:19 pm
Can we calm down about Altuve yet?

That looks like the little fucker I know.
Title: Re: Astros @ Sea Fucks April 12, 2017
Post by: WVastro on April 12, 2017, 11:27:32 pm
Correa!!!!!
Title: Re: Astros @ Sea Fucks April 12, 2017
Post by: Col. Sphinx Drummond on April 12, 2017, 11:28:08 pm
The Astros are in this game in spite of themselves.
Title: Re: Astros @ Sea Fucks April 12, 2017
Post by: MusicMan on April 12, 2017, 11:28:13 pm
The ASTROS used SITUATIONAL HITTING.

It's SUPER EFFECTIVE!


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Title: Re: Astros @ Sea Fucks April 12, 2017
Post by: doyce7 on April 12, 2017, 11:31:35 pm
Attaboy

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Title: Re: Astros @ Sea Fucks April 12, 2017
Post by: WVastro on April 12, 2017, 11:31:42 pm
Bregman!!!!
Title: Re: Astros @ Sea Fucks April 12, 2017
Post by: Col. Sphinx Drummond on April 12, 2017, 11:32:03 pm
Sweet. The Astros take the lead.
Title: Re: Astros @ Sea Fucks April 12, 2017
Post by: chuck on April 12, 2017, 11:37:30 pm
GAME JUST FLYING BY. IBB. AINT NOBODY GOT TIME FOR THAT.
Title: Re: Astros @ Sea Fucks April 12, 2017
Post by: WVastro on April 12, 2017, 11:37:49 pm
What a shit call on Gurriel 2-0. Changed that at bat.

Oh well! 7-5
Title: Re: Astros @ Sea Fucks April 12, 2017
Post by: MusicMan on April 12, 2017, 11:42:10 pm
I cannot for the life of me understand how Brad Peacock started pitching like this.


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Title: Re: Astros @ Sea Fucks April 12, 2017
Post by: doyce7 on April 12, 2017, 11:43:05 pm
I cannot for the life of me understand how Brad Peacock started pitching like this.


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Maybe he's finally healthy?

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Title: Re: Astros @ Sea Fucks April 12, 2017
Post by: Nate in IA on April 12, 2017, 11:43:15 pm
Maybe he finally decided to quit pussyfooting around..
Title: Re: Astros @ Sea Fucks April 12, 2017
Post by: WVastro on April 12, 2017, 11:43:50 pm
Does Todd Kalas's voice remind anyone of Patrick Warburton's voice at times? You know... Joe Swanson from Family Guy.
Title: Re: Astros @ Sea Fucks April 12, 2017
Post by: juliogotay on April 12, 2017, 11:45:36 pm
Does Todd Kalas's voice remind anyone of Patrick Warburton's voice at times? You know... Joe Swanson from Family Guy.

every once in a while I hear his dad in him.
Title: Re: Astros @ Sea Fucks April 12, 2017
Post by: doyce7 on April 12, 2017, 11:47:38 pm
Does aoki remind anyone else a little of david eckstein with 2 strikes?

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Title: Re: Astros @ Sea Fucks April 12, 2017
Post by: juliogotay on April 12, 2017, 11:48:09 pm
Aoki is a good pick up for this club. He is a different kind of hitter and someone at the bottom of the order that is not an automatic out.
Title: Re: Astros @ Sea Fucks April 12, 2017
Post by: WVastro on April 12, 2017, 11:48:25 pm
Aoki can hit.
Title: Re: Astros @ Sea Fucks April 12, 2017
Post by: doyce7 on April 12, 2017, 11:50:42 pm
Nice job by reddick for an insurance run

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Title: Re: Astros @ Sea Fucks April 12, 2017
Post by: WVastro on April 12, 2017, 11:51:05 pm
Red Dick (iPhone auto correct that I'm choosing to keep) with a sac fly to make it 8-5
Title: Re: Astros @ Sea Fucks April 12, 2017
Post by: Tom Servo on April 12, 2017, 11:52:42 pm
Red Dick (iPhone auto correct that I'm choosing to keep) with a sac fly to make it 8-5

New nickname?
Title: Re: Astros @ Sea Fucks April 12, 2017
Post by: WVastro on April 12, 2017, 11:54:30 pm
New nickname?

I'm far from in charge of these things.
Title: Re: Astros @ Sea Fucks April 12, 2017
Post by: WVastro on April 12, 2017, 11:57:29 pm
Fuck. Yes.
Title: Re: Astros @ Sea Fucks April 12, 2017
Post by: Col. Sphinx Drummond on April 12, 2017, 11:58:10 pm
10 to 5 now.
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Post by: doyce7 on April 12, 2017, 11:58:14 pm
That's more like it beltran!!!!

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Title: Re: Astros @ Sea Fucks April 12, 2017
Post by: WVastro on April 12, 2017, 11:58:32 pm
Beltran with a 2 out 2 run 2b. Top of the order has had a good night tonight.
Title: Re: Astros @ Sea Fucks April 12, 2017
Post by: Col. Sphinx Drummond on April 13, 2017, 12:00:45 am
Red Dick (iPhone auto correct that I'm choosing to keep) with a sac fly to make it 8-5
Never hear about anyone named Greendick or Bluedick or Pinkdick but Reddick is fairly common.
Title: Re: Astros @ Sea Fucks April 12, 2017
Post by: MRaup on April 13, 2017, 12:03:23 am
I told my buddy Bobby we'd need to score 8 runs to win this game. Feeling a little vindicated now.
Title: Re: Astros @ Sea Fucks April 12, 2017
Post by: WVastro on April 13, 2017, 12:05:31 am
Never hear about anyone named Greendick or Bluedick or Pinkdick but Reddick is fairly common.

Some people have it worse: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_with_surname_Dick
Title: Re: Astros @ Sea Fucks April 12, 2017
Post by: chuck on April 13, 2017, 12:06:38 am
OK, OK, can we get back to grasshoppers?

Title: Re: Astros @ Sea Fucks April 12, 2017
Post by: Col. Sphinx Drummond on April 13, 2017, 12:08:25 am
Some people have it worse: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_with_surname_Dick
I've wondered about the etymology of a name like Dickinson.
Title: Re: Astros @ Sea Fucks April 12, 2017
Post by: WVastro on April 13, 2017, 12:08:35 am
OK, OK, can we get back to grasshoppers?

**DO NOT google grasshopper dick**
Title: Re: Astros @ Sea Fucks April 12, 2017
Post by: WVastro on April 13, 2017, 12:12:52 am
Can we also calm down about Gurriel yet?
Title: Re: Astros @ Sea Fucks April 12, 2017
Post by: MRaup on April 13, 2017, 12:15:43 am
Can we also calm down about Gurriel yet?

Nope. Unless we're calming down because he's a great fielder and a decent hitter.
Title: Re: Astros @ Sea Fucks April 12, 2017
Post by: MusicMan on April 13, 2017, 12:17:07 am
Yeah, I expected Gustave in mop up duty tonight.


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Title: Re: Astros @ Sea Fucks April 12, 2017
Post by: WVastro on April 13, 2017, 12:20:15 am
Yeah, I expected Gustave in mop up duty tonight.


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I would love to see the Astros have a problem deciding who to send out after McHugh (hopefully) returns.
Title: Re: Astros @ Sea Fucks April 12, 2017
Post by: MusicMan on April 13, 2017, 12:21:12 am
I would love to see the Astros have a problem deciding who to send out after McHugh (hopefully) returns.

I wouldn't count on it. I'll be surprised if he makes a 2017 appearance.


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Title: Re: Astros @ Sea Fucks April 12, 2017
Post by: Col. Sphinx Drummond on April 13, 2017, 12:22:33 am
That's a wrap!
Title: Re: Astros @ Sea Fucks April 12, 2017
Post by: MRaup on April 13, 2017, 12:23:20 am
I wouldn't count on it. I'll be surprised if he makes a 2017 appearance.


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I'd rather see a gibbon with a hat on pitch than Fiers again.
Title: Re: Astros @ Sea Fucks April 12, 2017
Post by: WVastro on April 13, 2017, 12:23:32 am
Good win. Shitty start. I wish there was baseball to watch tomorrow.
Title: Re: Astros @ Sea Fucks April 12, 2017
Post by: Aussie Astro on April 13, 2017, 12:26:36 am
Nice win, we had not scored when I picked up the game so it was all good.
Title: Re: Astros @ Sea Fucks April 12, 2017
Post by: chuck on April 13, 2017, 12:27:10 am
Some people have it worse: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_with_surname_Dick

I had a professor in college whose surname was Dick. Doctor Dick. Actually, now that I think about it, I'm not sure that I ever took a class of his but I was something of a force in the department and I knew everyone and everyone knew me. At one of the initial department meetings of undergraduates a graduate student, a woman, told us, shockingly, I thought, that women should be aware of Professor Dick because at department parties he would 'get drunk and try to take advantage of you.'

First of all, to make that sort of accusation publicly you really need to be able to substantiate it. Second, Professor Dick was plainly a homosexual. Still is, if he's still alive. So it was kind of weird.

I guess I got to know him better when I ended up teaching some of his first year classes and we ended up discussing various students over the course of the semesters. I was strangely respected by my/his students. That's a gratification that I draw from more often than you might think.

I last saw Doctor Dick on the DC Metro. He was northbound on the Red Line, bound for Shady Grove, I should clarify. I was exiting I suppose. It was in the afternoon, right around rush hour. I must have been exiting at Tenleytown. My rich girlfriend would drive over and wait for me as I returned home from work. Anyway, I saw him standing inside the train and sort of hoped he wouldn't see me outside. But he did, of course, and he took two long, quick strides towards the window and half playfully jabbed his index finger into the window, hard, with a sort of don't be a stranger look.

But I never went back there until I had to go to the emergency room, and at that point I didn't really have the time for social calls.

Of course, that was when I had hair like Taylor Motter. It looked awesome.
Title: Re: Astros @ Sea Fucks April 12, 2017
Post by: Mr. Happy on April 13, 2017, 09:07:33 am
I watched Lindor yesterday. Man, that guy is really good.

I see him almost every day, and he's terrific. I'd put him above Correa.
Title: Re: Astros @ Sea Fucks April 12, 2017
Post by: juliogotay on April 13, 2017, 11:30:41 am
some nuggets from astroscounty.com from last night's game.  Reddick credits Beltran with spotting a flaw in his swing which made a difference for him. Jake Kaplan reports last night was the first game the Astros have won when trailing by at least five since September 2008 and it took last years' club 18 games, rather than 10, to win their 6th.
Title: Re: Astros @ Sea Fucks April 12, 2017
Post by: Reuben on April 13, 2017, 12:33:03 pm
I was browsing around on bb-ref yesterday and came across a guy who pitched for the (new) Senators in 1971 named Dick Such, which I think might be my new favorite baseball name, Dick Pole and Rusty Kuntz be damned.
Title: Re: Astros @ Sea Fucks April 12, 2017
Post by: Bench on April 13, 2017, 01:38:32 pm
Question:

I've wondered about the etymology of a name like Dickinson.

Answer:

every once in a while I hear his dad in him.
Title: Re: Astros @ Sea Fucks April 12, 2017
Post by: BlownRanger on April 13, 2017, 01:52:34 pm
some nuggets from astroscounty.com from last night's game.  Reddick credits Beltran with spotting a flaw in his swing which made a difference for him. Jake Kaplan reports last night was the first game the Astros have won when trailing by at least five since September 2008 and it took last years' club 18 games, rather than 10, to win their 6th.

Didn't the Astros trail the Angels by 5 when they made that 9th-inning rally late in '15?
Title: Re: Astros @ Sea Fucks April 12, 2017
Post by: juliogotay on April 13, 2017, 03:25:29 pm
I was browsing around on bb-ref yesterday and came across a guy who pitched for the (new) Senators in 1971 named Dick Such, which I think might be my new favorite baseball name, Dick Pole and Rusty Kuntz be damned.

Hell, I remember Dick Such.
Title: Re: Astros @ Sea Fucks April 12, 2017
Post by: Col. Sphinx Drummond on April 13, 2017, 05:31:32 pm
Hell, I remember Dick Such.

I bet he dreaded gym class roll call as a kid.
Title: Re: Astros @ Sea Fucks April 12, 2017
Post by: HudsonHawk on April 13, 2017, 07:59:35 pm
Didn't the Astros trail the Angels by 5 when they made that 9th-inning rally late in '15?

No.  They scored 5 with two out in the 9th to win, but they only trailed 3-0 at the time. 
Title: Re: Astros @ Sea Fucks April 12, 2017
Post by: juliogotay on April 14, 2017, 07:50:47 am
I bet he dreaded gym class roll call as a kid.

Such, a LHer, had one major league win but served 14 years as Tom Kelly's pitching coach with the Twins.