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Title: Astros at Orioles, 9/29/18 (Game #2)
Post by: Nate Colbert on September 29, 2018, 02:40:29 pm
1. Altuve, 2B
2. Straw, LF
3. Bregman, SS
4. Gurriel, 3B
5. White, 1B
6. Gattis, DH
7. McCann, C
8. Marisnick, CF
9. Tucker, RF

Keuchel starts but won't go beyond 3 innings. McCullers will make an appearance in this game.
Title: Re: Astros at Orioles, 9/29/18 (Game #2)
Post by: HudsonHawk on September 29, 2018, 06:35:04 pm
Anyone know what time Game 2 starts?
Title: Re: Astros at Orioles, 9/29/18 (Game #2)
Post by: Ty in Tampa on September 29, 2018, 06:38:25 pm
Anyone know what time Game 2 starts?

Now, apparently.
Title: Re: Astros at Orioles, 9/29/18 (Game #2)
Post by: Col. Sphinx Drummond on September 29, 2018, 06:42:47 pm
Miles Straw goes deep!
Title: Re: Astros at Orioles, 9/29/18 (Game #2)
Post by: Nate Colbert on September 29, 2018, 06:42:53 pm
Just the 4th HR of Straw's professional career.
Title: Re: Astros at Orioles, 9/29/18 (Game #2)
Post by: Ty in Tampa on September 29, 2018, 06:43:06 pm
Can't do PBP but it's 1-0 Astros on a Straw HR top 1.
Title: Re: Astros at Orioles, 9/29/18 (Game #2)
Post by: Tom Servo on September 29, 2018, 06:43:44 pm
Who would have thought Straw would have a HR before Kyle Tucker?
Title: Re: Astros at Orioles, 9/29/18 (Game #2)
Post by: das on September 29, 2018, 06:50:13 pm
Good glove on display there.
Title: Re: Astros at Orioles, 9/29/18 (Game #2)
Post by: Astros Fan in Big D on September 29, 2018, 07:11:13 pm
2 shift fuck singles and it's tied.

Title: Re: Astros at Orioles, 9/29/18 (Game #2)
Post by: Astros Fan in Big D on September 29, 2018, 07:19:38 pm
Altuve got sawed off /thrown out but he looked good chugging down the line again.
Title: Re: Astros at Orioles, 9/29/18 (Game #2)
Post by: Astros Fan in Big D on September 29, 2018, 07:23:58 pm
Nifty glove flip from Bregman to start that 6-4-3 dp.
Title: Re: Astros at Orioles, 9/29/18 (Game #2)
Post by: HudsonHawk on September 29, 2018, 07:24:05 pm
Hopefully Tyler White will not play 1B in the postseason.
Title: Re: Astros at Orioles, 9/29/18 (Game #2)
Post by: Astros Fan in Big D on September 29, 2018, 07:25:16 pm
Hopefully Tyler White will not play 1B in the postseason.

That bunt play was the definition of awkward.
Title: Re: Astros at Orioles, 9/29/18 (Game #2)
Post by: HudsonHawk on September 29, 2018, 07:27:24 pm
That bunt play was the definition of awkward.

He’s slow, his footwork is awful, and he doesn’t know how to stretch. He’s just not comfortable there.
Title: Re: Astros at Orioles, 9/29/18 (Game #2)
Post by: Aussie Astro on September 29, 2018, 07:27:55 pm
Hopefully Tyler White will not play 1B in the postseason.

And no Davis please, in any position.
Title: Re: Astros at Orioles, 9/29/18 (Game #2)
Post by: Astros Fan in Big D on September 29, 2018, 07:29:09 pm
Tyler White leaps (?) to complete the 6-3 groundout.

You could have easily slid the Luckenbach phone book over him.
Title: Re: Astros at Orioles, 9/29/18 (Game #2)
Post by: Astros Fan in Big D on September 29, 2018, 07:33:36 pm
Bregman walk,  Yuli line drive single and its 2 on no outs for White.
Title: Re: Astros at Orioles, 9/29/18 (Game #2)
Post by: Astros Fan in Big D on September 29, 2018, 07:36:36 pm
White apparently doesn't check up and Ks.

Gattis singles to right loading the bases for McCann.
Title: Re: Astros at Orioles, 9/29/18 (Game #2)
Post by: Astros Fan in Big D on September 29, 2018, 07:38:41 pm
McCann pops out (IFR).

Jake up, still juiced. 2 outs.
Title: Re: Astros at Orioles, 9/29/18 (Game #2)
Post by: Astros Fan in Big D on September 29, 2018, 07:42:02 pm
Jake takes a 3-2 pitch low for ball 4.

Bregman scores.

2-1 Astros.

Tucker batting.
Title: Re: Astros at Orioles, 9/29/18 (Game #2)
Post by: Col. Sphinx Drummond on September 29, 2018, 07:42:57 pm
Come on Kyle!
Title: Re: Astros at Orioles, 9/29/18 (Game #2)
Post by: Astros Fan in Big D on September 29, 2018, 07:44:42 pm
Tucker flies out to center.

I'm off to the grocery store.
I'll see if I can pick up some runs for the Astros.
Title: Re: Astros at Orioles, 9/29/18 (Game #2)
Post by: das on September 29, 2018, 07:47:20 pm
I love these in game interviews with Hinch. He’s so transparent and engaging.
Title: Re: Astros at Orioles, 9/29/18 (Game #2)
Post by: das on September 29, 2018, 07:49:23 pm
Peacock is dealing.  Lots of run on his FB to righties.
Title: Re: Astros at Orioles, 9/29/18 (Game #2)
Post by: Lefty on September 29, 2018, 07:55:08 pm
I love these in game interviews with Hinch. He’s so transparent and engaging.

"Did you just let him call you 'coach'?"
"Yeah, I really don't listen to Blum when he talks."

The bit about his talk with Correa was great.
Title: Re: Astros at Orioles, 9/29/18 (Game #2)
Post by: jbm on September 29, 2018, 08:00:58 pm
Been watching football. Why only three innings for Keuchel? 

A scheduled thing, or injury?
Title: Re: Astros at Orioles, 9/29/18 (Game #2)
Post by: Tom Servo on September 29, 2018, 08:03:08 pm
Been watching football. Why only three innings for Keuchel? 

A scheduled thing, or injury?
Scheduled.


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Title: Re: Astros at Orioles, 9/29/18 (Game #2)
Post by: das on September 29, 2018, 08:12:41 pm
White has reverted to White mode. Pop up central. No more Great White.
Title: Re: Astros at Orioles, 9/29/18 (Game #2)
Post by: das on September 29, 2018, 08:14:34 pm
How in the world is the GZ this dead?  The Astros are leading 2-1 in the 6th looking for a franchise best 103rd win.
Title: Re: Astros at Orioles, 9/29/18 (Game #2)
Post by: das on September 29, 2018, 08:16:22 pm
McCannonball!!!!!!
Title: Re: Astros at Orioles, 9/29/18 (Game #2)
Post by: Tom Servo on September 29, 2018, 08:17:19 pm
How in the world is the GZ this dead?  The Astros are leading 2-1 in the 6th looking for a franchise best 103rd win.

Everything is ho-hum until Friday, I guess.
Title: Re: Astros at Orioles, 9/29/18 (Game #2)
Post by: Tom Servo on September 29, 2018, 08:17:39 pm
McCannonball!!!!!!

That was great. 
Title: Re: Astros at Orioles, 9/29/18 (Game #2)
Post by: Ty in Tampa on September 29, 2018, 08:17:44 pm
How in the world is the GZ this dead?  The Astros are leading 2-1 in the 6th looking for a franchise best 103rd win.

I don't know about anyone else but I'm on my 12th hour working today. I'm keeping up.
Title: Re: Astros at Orioles, 9/29/18 (Game #2)
Post by: austro on September 29, 2018, 08:19:06 pm
I don't know about anyone else but I'm on my 12th hour working today. I'm keeping up.

I"m trying to figure out why my cluster hates me. No clues so far.
Title: Re: Astros at Orioles, 9/29/18 (Game #2)
Post by: das on September 29, 2018, 08:19:18 pm
McCannonball!!!!!!

He makes it look so easy. I have to swing with all my might to poke one out. He just throws the bat out there.

For those not watching, he did a subtitle side-eye stare in the dugout and the whole team erupted in laughter. Classic
Title: Re: Astros at Orioles, 9/29/18 (Game #2)
Post by: das on September 29, 2018, 08:22:37 pm
I"m trying to figure out why my cluster hates me. No clues so far.

That’s funny. That one word keys me into what you do(ish). If they hate you, you’re doing something right as respect is the underlying factor. With that, you can change lives.
Title: Re: Astros at Orioles, 9/29/18 (Game #2)
Post by: Aussie Astro on September 29, 2018, 08:23:02 pm
How in the world is the GZ this dead?  The Astros are leading 2-1 in the 6th looking for a franchise best 103rd win.

In reality, there isn't too much to be gained in these games other than a a few players finding a bit of form.   Win or lose, I will be happy if we get to the end of the home and away without any drama.   That said, I got up at 4:00 am to watch.
Title: Re: Astros at Orioles, 9/29/18 (Game #2)
Post by: Tom Servo on September 29, 2018, 08:24:15 pm
That said, I got up at 4:00 am to watch.

A true fan.
Title: Re: Astros at Orioles, 9/29/18 (Game #2)
Post by: das on September 29, 2018, 08:26:17 pm
Sweet DP to end the inning. Great backhanded pick by Gurriel to start the around the horn DP.
Title: Re: Astros at Orioles, 9/29/18 (Game #2)
Post by: HudsonHawk on September 29, 2018, 08:26:41 pm
In reality, there isn't too much to be gained in these games other than a a few players finding a bit of form.   Win or lose, I will be happy if we get to the end of the home and away without any drama.   That said, I got up at 4:00 am to watch.

I waited until 6 am, but yeah, I’m kind of ashamed of some of you yahoos.
Title: Re: Astros at Orioles, 9/29/18 (Game #2)
Post by: das on September 29, 2018, 08:28:50 pm
I waited until 6 am, but yeah, I’m kind of ashamed of some of you yahoos.

I am struggling thru IPA #4 over 2 games here at 9:28pm EST in support of my team. The struggle is real...
Title: Re: Astros at Orioles, 9/29/18 (Game #2)
Post by: HudsonHawk on September 29, 2018, 08:30:11 pm
I am struggling thru IPA #4 over 2 games here at 9:28pm EST in support of my team. The struggle is real...

You should go a beer per inning. Yes twin bills are a challenge, but sack up.
Title: Re: Astros at Orioles, 9/29/18 (Game #2)
Post by: Aussie Astro on September 29, 2018, 08:30:41 pm
I waited until 6 am, but yeah, I’m kind of ashamed of some of you yahoos.

You didn't shoot down to Melbourne for the AFL grand final while you were in the neighborhood did you?
Title: Re: Astros at Orioles, 9/29/18 (Game #2)
Post by: das on September 29, 2018, 08:31:28 pm
Tucker looks very AAAA’ish.

Altuve, not so much.
Title: Re: Astros at Orioles, 9/29/18 (Game #2)
Post by: Col. Sphinx Drummond on September 29, 2018, 08:33:13 pm
I would like to see a double steal.
Title: Re: Astros at Orioles, 9/29/18 (Game #2)
Post by: Tom Servo on September 29, 2018, 08:33:41 pm
I would like to see a double steal.

Not now.
Title: Re: Astros at Orioles, 9/29/18 (Game #2)
Post by: Aussie Astro on September 29, 2018, 08:35:38 pm
Not now.

No steals till Friday.
Title: Re: Astros at Orioles, 9/29/18 (Game #2)
Post by: HudsonHawk on September 29, 2018, 08:35:46 pm
You didn't shoot down to Melbourne for the AFL grand final while you were in the neighborhood did you?

I did not, though I’ve been sitting around with my dick in my hand all weekend. Thought about going to Singapore or KL for the weekend, but with the earthquake and tsunami I’m glad I didn’t try to go anywhere.
Title: Re: Astros at Orioles, 9/29/18 (Game #2)
Post by: Aussie Astro on September 29, 2018, 08:40:35 pm
I did not, though I’ve been sitting around with my dick in my hand all weekend. Thought about going to Singapore or KL for the weekend, but with the earthquake and tsunami I’m glad I didn’t try to go anywhere.

Did you notice the quake?
Title: Re: Astros at Orioles, 9/29/18 (Game #2)
Post by: HudsonHawk on September 29, 2018, 08:42:52 pm
Did you notice the quake?

Didn’t feel it here in Sumatra, but it fucked up communications all over the country.
Title: Re: Astros at Orioles, 9/29/18 (Game #2)
Post by: Ty in Tampa on September 29, 2018, 08:51:25 pm
No pressure, Lance.
Title: Re: Astros at Orioles, 9/29/18 (Game #2)
Post by: Astros Fan in Big D on September 29, 2018, 08:52:00 pm
2 on and Framber walks the bases loaded.

Lance in to pitch in a jam.
Title: Re: Astros at Orioles, 9/29/18 (Game #2)
Post by: das on September 29, 2018, 08:53:58 pm
Let’s go Lance!!!
Title: Re: Astros at Orioles, 9/29/18 (Game #2)
Post by: Astros Fan in Big D on September 29, 2018, 08:54:29 pm
2 curves for strikes then he bounces the 3rd, dribbles way,  run scores.

Gets the K swinging.

2 outs.
Title: Re: Astros at Orioles, 9/29/18 (Game #2)
Post by: HudsonHawk on September 29, 2018, 08:55:25 pm
2 curves for strikes then he bounces the 3rd, dribbles way,  run scores.

Gets the K swinging.

2 outs.

McCann didn’t smother that ball too well.
Title: Re: Astros at Orioles, 9/29/18 (Game #2)
Post by: The Third Man on September 29, 2018, 08:55:51 pm
Lance looked suited for playoff bullpen duty there.
Title: Re: Astros at Orioles, 9/29/18 (Game #2)
Post by: Astros Fan in Big D on September 29, 2018, 08:56:11 pm
Lance looked good.

I think that was all curveballs.
Title: Re: Astros at Orioles, 9/29/18 (Game #2)
Post by: Ty in Tampa on September 29, 2018, 08:56:24 pm
Lance looked very good.
Title: Re: Astros at Orioles, 9/29/18 (Game #2)
Post by: HudsonHawk on September 29, 2018, 08:56:56 pm
Lance looked good.

I think that was all curveballs.

First pitch to the last hitter was a fastball but I think that was the only one.
Title: Re: Astros at Orioles, 9/29/18 (Game #2)
Post by: das on September 29, 2018, 08:57:33 pm
Wild pitch (which McCann should have blocked) aside, McCullers is filthy tonight.
Title: Re: Astros at Orioles, 9/29/18 (Game #2)
Post by: Col. Sphinx Drummond on September 29, 2018, 09:04:06 pm
Number 10 for Jake!
Title: Re: Astros at Orioles, 9/29/18 (Game #2)
Post by: Aussie Astro on September 29, 2018, 09:09:33 pm
Who is the jacket guy?
Title: Re: Astros at Orioles, 9/29/18 (Game #2)
Post by: Astros Fan in Big D on September 29, 2018, 09:09:45 pm
Combo Homer Hug/Camera Stare on the celebration.
Title: Re: Astros at Orioles, 9/29/18 (Game #2)
Post by: HudsonHawk on September 29, 2018, 09:10:57 pm
Who is the jacket guy?

Travels around. Took the ball from two girls there. Salty.
Title: Re: Astros at Orioles, 9/29/18 (Game #2)
Post by: Astros Fan in Big D on September 29, 2018, 09:11:02 pm
Who is the jacket guy?

He was in Detroit, and I think his jacket was hanging up in one of the field-view hotel rooms in Toronto.
Title: Re: Astros at Orioles, 9/29/18 (Game #2)
Post by: austro on September 29, 2018, 09:11:38 pm
Who is the jacket guy?

Julia interviewed him in Toronto earlier in the week. I'm not exactly sure who he is, but he's apparently been everywhere, and he even got some time in the batting cage (and his swing isn't too bad).
Title: Re: Astros at Orioles, 9/29/18 (Game #2)
Post by: Col. Sphinx Drummond on September 29, 2018, 09:12:27 pm
Who is the jacket guy?
Nguyen Li (http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/21200614/houston-astros-superfan-nguyen-le-long-journey-baseball-fandom)
Title: Re: Astros at Orioles, 9/29/18 (Game #2)
Post by: HudsonHawk on September 29, 2018, 09:24:02 pm
Pressly in for the 9th, up 5-2
Title: Re: Astros at Orioles, 9/29/18 (Game #2)
Post by: Ty in Tampa on September 29, 2018, 09:28:51 pm
Travels around. Took the ball from two girls there. Salty.

Yeah, he stole that ball. Looks like a wanker to me.
Title: Re: Astros at Orioles, 9/29/18 (Game #2)
Post by: austro on September 29, 2018, 09:29:10 pm
Ok, guys, let's wrap this up.
Title: Re: Astros at Orioles, 9/29/18 (Game #2)
Post by: Ty in Tampa on September 29, 2018, 09:32:37 pm
103!!
Title: Re: Astros at Orioles, 9/29/18 (Game #2)
Post by: HudsonHawk on September 29, 2018, 09:32:50 pm
103
Title: Re: Astros at Orioles, 9/29/18 (Game #2)
Post by: austro on September 29, 2018, 09:32:53 pm
103!
Title: Re: Astros at Orioles, 9/29/18 (Game #2)
Post by: Texifornia on September 29, 2018, 09:33:15 pm
103!!
...where no Astro has gone before!
Title: Re: Astros at Orioles, 9/29/18 (Game #2)
Post by: Col. Sphinx Drummond on September 29, 2018, 09:33:59 pm
Woo Hoo!!
Title: Re: Astros at Orioles, 9/29/18 (Game #2)
Post by: Astros Fan in Big D on September 29, 2018, 09:34:20 pm
I think that I shall never see
A sight as lovely as 103
Unless of course they add 1 more
Title: Re: Astros at Orioles, 9/29/18 (Game #2)
Post by: Texifornia on September 29, 2018, 09:34:44 pm
I got knocked out of the Race For The Lid, though...
Title: Re: Astros at Orioles, 9/29/18 (Game #2)
Post by: austro on September 29, 2018, 09:35:57 pm
It looks like chaos in the NL Central and NL West. I love it!
Title: Re: Astros at Orioles, 9/29/18 (Game #2)
Post by: das on September 29, 2018, 09:36:05 pm
Lots of Astros fan ther in Baltimore
Title: Re: Astros at Orioles, 9/29/18 (Game #2)
Post by: Col. Sphinx Drummond on September 29, 2018, 09:36:27 pm
Yeah, he stole that ball. Looks like a wanker to me.
Yeah, I think he has an interesting story but he looks like a wanker to me too.
Title: Re: Astros at Orioles, 9/29/18 (Game #2)
Post by: das on September 29, 2018, 09:36:34 pm
103!
Title: Re: Astros at Orioles, 9/29/18 (Game #2)
Post by: Col. Sphinx Drummond on September 29, 2018, 09:40:05 pm
I got knocked out of the Race For The Lid, though...
Gonna be either Ebby or Hostros.
Title: Re: Astros at Orioles, 9/29/18 (Game #2)
Post by: Aussie Astro on September 29, 2018, 09:43:29 pm
Yeah, he stole that ball. Looks like a wanker to me.

I still get surprised by what some people will do to get there hands on a foul ball.
Title: Re: Astros at Orioles, 9/29/18 (Game #2)
Post by: das on September 29, 2018, 10:00:12 pm
I am loving the NL West race, btw. Tomorrow will be fun.
Title: Re: Astros at Orioles, 9/29/18 (Game #2)
Post by: HudsonHawk on September 29, 2018, 10:01:42 pm
I am loving the NL West race, btw. Tomorrow will be fun.

Me too. Oh please, please, please, please let there be two ties after tomorrow.
Title: Re: Astros at Orioles, 9/29/18 (Game #2)
Post by: HudsonHawk on September 29, 2018, 10:07:17 pm
I still get surprised by what some people will do to get there hands on a foul ball.

I keep a few balls on my office shelf...a home run ball from the Dome, a college ball, and a couple from Denial League signed by my friends and teammates...interspersed with rocks and a drill bit. Sentimentality and all that, you know. But it’s a $4 baseball. Don’t be a dick about it.
Title: Re: Astros at Orioles, 9/29/18 (Game #2)
Post by: moriartp on September 29, 2018, 10:18:23 pm
It's hard to believe that, after all the GZ angst (much of it justified), this year's team set the franchise win record. Our expectations have gotten so high. The organization has come so far so quickly. What a remarkable time to be an Astros fan.
Title: Re: Astros at Orioles, 9/29/18 (Game #2)
Post by: das on September 29, 2018, 10:22:12 pm
I keep a few balls on my office shelf...a home run ball from the Dome, a college ball, and a couple from Denial League signed by my friends and teammates...interspersed with rocks and a drill bit. Sentimentality and all that, you know. But it’s a $4 baseball. Don’t be a dick about it.

I was at Astros game at Camden Yard probably 15 years ago. I went to the bathroom and came out on the first base side, ignoring the “watch for batted balls sign“. As I walked back in to the lower bowl,  there was a sharp foul ball that whacked me right in the chest. It hit me hard enough that I had a bruise with baseball seams on it for the next week. It hit me hard enough that it dazed me yet I was still able to pick the ball up.  There were all these young kids scrambling around trying to grab the ball. I gave it to the closest kid. Grabbing a ball as a 40-year-old is a great thing. Giving it to the next generation is absolutely the right thing to do.
Title: Re: Astros at Orioles, 9/29/18 (Game #2)
Post by: Astros Fan in Big D on September 29, 2018, 10:23:42 pm
It's hard to believe that, after all the GZ angst (much of it justified), this year's team set the franchise win record. Our expectations have gotten so high. The organization has come so far so quickly. What a remarkable time to be an Astros fan.

Well said.

Go Astros.
Title: Re: Astros at Orioles, 9/29/18 (Game #2)
Post by: HudsonHawk on September 29, 2018, 10:35:33 pm
Good game in NY tonight. Mets walk it off in the 13th 1-0.
Title: Re: Astros at Orioles, 9/29/18 (Game #2)
Post by: Jacksonian on September 29, 2018, 10:45:50 pm
Me too. Oh please, please, please, please let there be two ties after tomorrow.

So, you want a playoff for the postseason.
Title: Re: Astros at Orioles, 9/29/18 (Game #2)
Post by: HudsonHawk on September 29, 2018, 10:54:44 pm
So, you want a playoff for the postseason.

I want a 163rd game in the Championship Season.