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Title: A's @ Astros, July 23, 2019
Post by: HudsonHawk on July 23, 2019, 07:12:52 pm
What comes after 11?
Title: Re: A's @ Astros, July 23, 2019
Post by: HudsonHawk on July 23, 2019, 07:13:37 pm
Miley strikes out the side to start the game!
Title: Re: A's @ Astros, July 23, 2019
Post by: HudsonHawk on July 23, 2019, 07:22:21 pm
Astros go down in order in the 1st...couple of balls struck pretty good for outs, but nothing to show.
Title: Re: A's @ Astros, July 23, 2019
Post by: Navin R Johnson on July 23, 2019, 07:27:15 pm
Looking forward to hearing Baggy on Yordan.
Title: Re: A's @ Astros, July 23, 2019
Post by: HudsonHawk on July 23, 2019, 07:29:19 pm
Miley with a quick 2nd...
Title: Re: A's @ Astros, July 23, 2019
Post by: Col. Sphinx Drummond on July 23, 2019, 07:34:21 pm
Baggy is in 6th inning form already.
Title: Re: A's @ Astros, July 23, 2019
Post by: HudsonHawk on July 23, 2019, 07:36:34 pm
Yuli with an inside the park home run!!!!

2-0 Astros
Title: Re: A's @ Astros, July 23, 2019
Post by: Col. Sphinx Drummond on July 23, 2019, 07:37:09 pm
ITPHR La Pina!!!
Title: Re: A's @ Astros, July 23, 2019
Post by: HudsonHawk on July 23, 2019, 07:37:26 pm
Baggy is in 6th inning form already.

He's probably on his 8th beer.
Title: Re: A's @ Astros, July 23, 2019
Post by: Lefty on July 23, 2019, 07:42:33 pm
He's probably on his 8th beer.

This is a great 3 man booth.
Title: Re: A's @ Astros, July 23, 2019
Post by: Col. Sphinx Drummond on July 23, 2019, 07:43:04 pm
"I've seen amputees come back quicker than that."
Title: Re: A's @ Astros, July 23, 2019
Post by: HudsonHawk on July 23, 2019, 07:45:20 pm
This is a great 3 man booth.

The best 3-man boot was when Brownie and Deshaies had Bob Uecker with them.  JD and Uecker together was solid gold. 
Title: Re: A's @ Astros, July 23, 2019
Post by: Navin R Johnson on July 23, 2019, 07:46:22 pm
He's probably on his 8th beer.

Vodka.
Title: Re: A's @ Astros, July 23, 2019
Post by: HudsonHawk on July 23, 2019, 07:46:54 pm
Bases drunk for Altuve...
Title: Re: A's @ Astros, July 23, 2019
Post by: HudsonHawk on July 23, 2019, 07:51:30 pm
Astros leave the bases loaded, but lead 2-0
Title: Re: A's @ Astros, July 23, 2019
Post by: MusicMan on July 23, 2019, 08:08:18 pm
I don’t think we fully appreciate the job Miley has done this year.


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Title: Re: A's @ Astros, July 23, 2019
Post by: Sambito on July 23, 2019, 08:21:04 pm
You think he'd accept a 2 or 3 year deal at a small premium, right now - extension?
Title: Re: A's @ Astros, July 23, 2019
Post by: Lefty on July 23, 2019, 08:23:06 pm
The best 3-man boot was when Brownie and Deshaies had Bob Uecker with them.  JD and Uecker together was solid gold. 

Wow, I had forgotten that.  In Milwaukee or Houston or both?
Title: Re: A's @ Astros, July 23, 2019
Post by: Astros Fan in Big D on July 23, 2019, 08:32:32 pm
I don’t think we fully appreciate the job Miley has done this year.


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Amen
Title: Re: A's @ Astros, July 23, 2019
Post by: Lefty on July 23, 2019, 08:38:51 pm
I don’t think we fully appreciate the job Miley has done this year.


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What the hell would they have done without him?
Title: Re: A's @ Astros, July 23, 2019
Post by: Col. Sphinx Drummond on July 23, 2019, 08:45:41 pm
Wow, I had forgotten that.  In Milwaukee or Houston or both?
I remember Uecker making a few one inning visits to the Astros' booth back in the day. He is the only thing associated with that wretched franchise I don't loathe.
Title: Re: A's @ Astros, July 23, 2019
Post by: Sambito on July 23, 2019, 08:47:19 pm
I remember Uecker making a few one inning visits to the Astros' booth back in the day. He is the only thing associated with that wretched franchise I don't loathe.

How about fried cheese? 
Title: Re: A's @ Astros, July 23, 2019
Post by: Lefty on July 23, 2019, 08:50:37 pm
How about fried cheese? 

Beer?
Title: Re: A's @ Astros, July 23, 2019
Post by: Snuffy on July 23, 2019, 08:55:22 pm
Pretty fancy slide for a catcher!
Title: Re: A's @ Astros, July 23, 2019
Post by: HudsonHawk on July 23, 2019, 08:57:11 pm
Holy shit, how do they miss that play?  Stassi was safe by a foot.
Title: Re: A's @ Astros, July 23, 2019
Post by: Astros Fan in Big D on July 23, 2019, 08:57:26 pm
MLB replay is unbelievably inconsistent.

Or consistently maddening.

Your choice.
Title: Re: A's @ Astros, July 23, 2019
Post by: HudsonHawk on July 23, 2019, 08:58:21 pm
MLB replay is unbelievably inconsistent.

Or consistently maddening.

Your choice.

That wasn't inconsistent, it was flat out incompetence. 
Title: Re: A's @ Astros, July 23, 2019
Post by: Astros Fan in Big D on July 23, 2019, 09:03:23 pm
Miley completes the 8th. 

Lets add a run or three.
Title: Re: A's @ Astros, July 23, 2019
Post by: Astros Fan in Big D on July 23, 2019, 09:06:55 pm
Laureano has given the Astros a runner in scoring position with 2 outs.
Title: Re: A's @ Astros, July 23, 2019
Post by: doyce7 on July 23, 2019, 09:07:11 pm
Laureano is not having a great game out there tonight

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Title: Re: A's @ Astros, July 23, 2019
Post by: Col. Sphinx Drummond on July 23, 2019, 09:08:24 pm
Beer?
I couldn't say when was the last time I had a Milwaukee beer, Or any fried cheese.
Not Laureano's best night.
Title: Re: A's @ Astros, July 23, 2019
Post by: HudsonHawk on July 23, 2019, 09:13:00 pm
Man, Buchter is a tough matchup for a lefty.

To the 9th...Astros up 2-0
Title: Re: A's @ Astros, July 23, 2019
Post by: HudsonHawk on July 23, 2019, 09:15:22 pm
Leadoff walk in the 9th brings the tying run to the plate...
Title: Re: A's @ Astros, July 23, 2019
Post by: HudsonHawk on July 23, 2019, 09:17:22 pm
Base hit, two on, nobody out, and that will end Miley's night

Osuna in to try to close it out.
Title: Re: A's @ Astros, July 23, 2019
Post by: HudsonHawk on July 23, 2019, 09:21:57 pm
Well fuck

3-run homer...Astros now trail 3-2
Title: Re: A's @ Astros, July 23, 2019
Post by: doyce7 on July 23, 2019, 09:22:06 pm
Well... shit

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Title: Re: A's @ Astros, July 23, 2019
Post by: Astros Fan in Big D on July 23, 2019, 09:22:19 pm
Fuck
Title: Re: A's @ Astros, July 23, 2019
Post by: hostros7 on July 23, 2019, 09:22:40 pm
On an 0-2 pitch?


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Title: Re: A's @ Astros, July 23, 2019
Post by: HudsonHawk on July 23, 2019, 09:22:53 pm
Had him 0-2, and give up the big fly. 
Title: Re: A's @ Astros, July 23, 2019
Post by: Col. Sphinx Drummond on July 23, 2019, 09:23:03 pm
Shit. Fuck.
Title: Re: A's @ Astros, July 23, 2019
Post by: HudsonHawk on July 23, 2019, 09:23:24 pm
On an 0-2 pitch?


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2-2 pitch. 
Title: Re: A's @ Astros, July 23, 2019
Post by: astrojo on July 23, 2019, 09:23:37 pm
Wow
Title: Re: A's @ Astros, July 23, 2019
Post by: Sambito on July 23, 2019, 09:24:00 pm
Yordan can tie this with one swing.
Title: Re: A's @ Astros, July 23, 2019
Post by: HudsonHawk on July 23, 2019, 09:24:15 pm
Miley is pissed with a capital "piss"
Title: Re: A's @ Astros, July 23, 2019
Post by: astrojo on July 23, 2019, 09:26:19 pm
Miley is pissed with a capital "piss"

As soon as he walked the lead off I knew they were gonna at least tie this game.
Title: Re: A's @ Astros, July 23, 2019
Post by: Ty in Tampa on July 23, 2019, 09:26:57 pm
Miley is pissed with a capital "piss"

I didn’t think he should have started the 9th but I see why AJ did. I definitely would have pulled him after the walk.
Title: Re: A's @ Astros, July 23, 2019
Post by: HudsonHawk on July 23, 2019, 09:27:16 pm
Of course Osuna gets the next three guys handily.  But the damage is done.

Astros chasing a run with three outs to work with.
Title: Re: A's @ Astros, July 23, 2019
Post by: HudsonHawk on July 23, 2019, 09:28:08 pm
I didn’t think he should have started the 9th but I see why AJ did. I definitely would have pulled him after the walk.

If you're gonna let him start the inning, you let him try to work around the walk.  Osuna just didn't get it done. 
Title: Re: A's @ Astros, July 23, 2019
Post by: doyce7 on July 23, 2019, 09:28:26 pm
I didn’t think he should have started the 9th but I see why AJ did. I definitely would have pulled him after the walk.
I thought it was a "one man gets on and your done" situation. I was surprised to not see AJ coming to get him

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Title: Re: A's @ Astros, July 23, 2019
Post by: hostros7 on July 23, 2019, 09:29:05 pm
2-2 pitch.

Thanks. My MLB app radio feed is behind the MLB app push notifications, which vexes me greatly.


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Title: Re: A's @ Astros, July 23, 2019
Post by: HudsonHawk on July 23, 2019, 09:31:05 pm
Alvarez punches out on a bouncing breaking ball...one out...
Title: Re: A's @ Astros, July 23, 2019
Post by: Ty in Tampa on July 23, 2019, 09:31:35 pm
If you're gonna let him start the inning, you let him try to work around the walk.  Osuna just didn't get it done.

He missed badly on ball 4. If you leave him in you get what you get.
Title: Re: A's @ Astros, July 23, 2019
Post by: HudsonHawk on July 23, 2019, 09:32:00 pm
Man that yard is like a funeral.
Title: Re: A's @ Astros, July 23, 2019
Post by: HudsonHawk on July 23, 2019, 09:33:01 pm
He missed badly on ball 4. If you leave him in you get what you get.

I thought Miley deserved the chance.  Hindsight and all...
Title: Re: A's @ Astros, July 23, 2019
Post by: HudsonHawk on July 23, 2019, 09:33:21 pm
Yuli with a 1-out single...
Title: Re: A's @ Astros, July 23, 2019
Post by: HudsonHawk on July 23, 2019, 09:33:45 pm
Straw in to pinch run for Yuli...
Title: Re: A's @ Astros, July 23, 2019
Post by: doyce7 on July 23, 2019, 09:34:08 pm
Be smart Myles

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Title: Re: A's @ Astros, July 23, 2019
Post by: HudsonHawk on July 23, 2019, 09:35:04 pm
Reddick with a single, Straw to 3B...runners on the corners, one out...
Title: Re: A's @ Astros, July 23, 2019
Post by: Ty in Tampa on July 23, 2019, 09:35:49 pm
Hindsight and all...

For sure...
Title: Re: A's @ Astros, July 23, 2019
Post by: HudsonHawk on July 23, 2019, 09:36:46 pm
Diaz with  sac fly...we're tied!
Title: Re: A's @ Astros, July 23, 2019
Post by: Ty in Tampa on July 23, 2019, 09:36:54 pm
Man that yard is like a funeral.

Sounding like a second line now!
Title: Re: A's @ Astros, July 23, 2019
Post by: doyce7 on July 23, 2019, 09:37:02 pm
Attaboy Diaz!

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Title: Re: A's @ Astros, July 23, 2019
Post by: Astros Fan in Big D on July 23, 2019, 09:37:28 pm
I feel slightly better. 
Title: Re: A's @ Astros, July 23, 2019
Post by: HudsonHawk on July 23, 2019, 09:37:32 pm
Kemp pinch hitting for Stassi...
Title: Re: A's @ Astros, July 23, 2019
Post by: HudsonHawk on July 23, 2019, 09:37:57 pm
Who pops up the first pitch

Extra innings.
Title: Re: A's @ Astros, July 23, 2019
Post by: HudsonHawk on July 23, 2019, 09:38:39 pm
For someone with as little power as he has, Kemp has a monstrous uppercut in his swing. 
Title: Re: A's @ Astros, July 23, 2019
Post by: HudsonHawk on July 23, 2019, 09:40:13 pm
Will Harris in for the Astros...
Title: Re: A's @ Astros, July 23, 2019
Post by: HudsonHawk on July 23, 2019, 09:41:58 pm
Umpires having a bad night.
Title: Re: A's @ Astros, July 23, 2019
Post by: HudsonHawk on July 23, 2019, 09:45:35 pm
Profar with a bloop single behind 3B...two out...
Title: Re: A's @ Astros, July 23, 2019
Post by: HudsonHawk on July 23, 2019, 09:46:59 pm
Nice job by Harris...need a run now...
Title: Re: A's @ Astros, July 23, 2019
Post by: HudsonHawk on July 23, 2019, 09:50:45 pm
Springer reaches on an E6
Title: Re: A's @ Astros, July 23, 2019
Post by: HudsonHawk on July 23, 2019, 09:51:43 pm
Altuve grounds into an around the horn double play on the first pitch

Fuck.
Title: Re: A's @ Astros, July 23, 2019
Post by: HudsonHawk on July 23, 2019, 09:54:30 pm
Man, HPU is completely lost.
Title: Re: A's @ Astros, July 23, 2019
Post by: HudsonHawk on July 23, 2019, 09:54:46 pm
To the 11th...
Title: Re: A's @ Astros, July 23, 2019
Post by: astrojo on July 23, 2019, 09:54:55 pm
Altuve grounds into an around the horn double play on the first pitch

Fuck.

Couldn’t even take a pitch to see if Springer could get into scoring position. Just a horrible at bat.
Title: Re: A's @ Astros, July 23, 2019
Post by: HudsonHawk on July 23, 2019, 09:57:26 pm
McHugh in for the Astros...
Title: Re: A's @ Astros, July 23, 2019
Post by: HudsonHawk on July 23, 2019, 09:59:34 pm
One out single by Olson...
Title: Re: A's @ Astros, July 23, 2019
Post by: HudsonHawk on July 23, 2019, 10:03:12 pm
Walk puts the go ahead run in scoring position, one out...
Title: Re: A's @ Astros, July 23, 2019
Post by: HudsonHawk on July 23, 2019, 10:05:19 pm
fuck...2-run double...5-3 A's...after having Laureano 0-2
Title: Re: A's @ Astros, July 23, 2019
Post by: doyce7 on July 23, 2019, 10:05:57 pm
Goddamnit

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Title: Re: A's @ Astros, July 23, 2019
Post by: HudsonHawk on July 23, 2019, 10:06:32 pm
Laureano is not having a great game out there tonight

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You were saying?
Title: Re: A's @ Astros, July 23, 2019
Post by: Lefty on July 23, 2019, 10:07:10 pm
I thought it was a "one man gets on and your done" situation. I was surprised to not see AJ coming to get him

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That's what I expected too.  Osuna just didn't make his pitches.  The meatball changeup he threw right before the HR should have been hit to Katy.
Title: Re: A's @ Astros, July 23, 2019
Post by: HudsonHawk on July 23, 2019, 10:08:35 pm
Astros successfully challenge ball stuck in the wall...only one run scores, but runners at 2B and 3B, one out....
Title: Re: A's @ Astros, July 23, 2019
Post by: HudsonHawk on July 23, 2019, 10:13:11 pm
That's it for McHugh...Devo in with two on, two out...
Title: Re: A's @ Astros, July 23, 2019
Post by: HudsonHawk on July 23, 2019, 10:17:53 pm
Devo gets Grossman to end the inning...but the Astros are chasing a run...4-3 A's
Title: Re: A's @ Astros, July 23, 2019
Post by: doyce7 on July 23, 2019, 10:18:07 pm
Let's score some fucking runs

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Title: Re: A's @ Astros, July 23, 2019
Post by: HudsonHawk on July 23, 2019, 10:21:59 pm
Marisnick takes strike one, takes strike two, and takes strike three.  All in the same spot.  Never lifted the bat.
Title: Re: A's @ Astros, July 23, 2019
Post by: HudsonHawk on July 23, 2019, 10:23:01 pm
Alvarez with a shallow pop to CF...Astros down to their last out...
Title: Re: A's @ Astros, July 23, 2019
Post by: HudsonHawk on July 23, 2019, 10:23:42 pm
Man, Danley has had a rough night behind the plate.
Title: Re: A's @ Astros, July 23, 2019
Post by: HudsonHawk on July 23, 2019, 10:24:34 pm
Astros let one slip away...go down 4-3 in 11 innings.

Heartbreaker.
Title: Re: A's @ Astros, July 23, 2019
Post by: doyce7 on July 23, 2019, 10:25:30 pm
Those are the frustrating losses. Damn

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Title: Re: A's @ Astros, July 23, 2019
Post by: HudsonHawk on July 23, 2019, 10:37:05 pm
Those are the frustrating losses. Damn

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Yep. I feel awful for Miley. He pitched his ass off and deserved better.
Title: Re: A's @ Astros, July 23, 2019
Post by: JimR on July 23, 2019, 10:47:50 pm
That's what I expected too.  Osuna just didn't make his pitches.  The meatball changeup he threw right before the HR should have been hit to Katy.

AJ let sentiment get the better of him. Olson hit the same pitch he swung and missed for strike two.

Altuve had the two biggest ABs of the game. I do not understand why he did not bunt in the 10th after the error put Springer on.
Title: Re: A's @ Astros, July 23, 2019
Post by: Lefty on July 23, 2019, 11:39:26 pm
Man, Danley has had a rough night behind the plate.

The pitch chart on Miley's leadoff walk in the 9th might piss you off
Title: Re: A's @ Astros, July 23, 2019
Post by: chuck on July 24, 2019, 12:16:22 am
Altuve and Bregman being zeros, and let's go ahead and add Yordan, too, to be fair, were not hugely helpful.

But as PopRaup says, it was Altuve that had the chances today and did nothing with them.
Title: Re: A's @ Astros, July 23, 2019
Post by: Astros Fan in Big D on July 24, 2019, 12:20:33 am
The pitch chart on Miley's leadoff walk in the 9th might piss you off

Pitch 2 and pitch 4 hit both top corners of the zone.

Sigh.   Them's the breaks I guess.
Title: Re: A's @ Astros, July 23, 2019
Post by: HudsonHawk on July 24, 2019, 07:07:56 am
Not lost in this, at least to me, was the fact that you had to give up Gurriel and Brantley, your two most productive hitters lately, late in the game.  That's two at bats in the 11th, down a run, with Marisnick and Straw instead. 
Title: Re: A's @ Astros, July 23, 2019
Post by: JimR on July 24, 2019, 07:59:46 am
The pitch chart on Miley's leadoff walk in the 9th might piss you off
. One pitch pissed me off by itself—top of zone, outside corner. I wish he had grooved the 3-1 pitch and let him hit it. The pitch was not close.
Title: Re: A's @ Astros, July 23, 2019
Post by: JimR on July 24, 2019, 08:05:50 am
Not lost in this, at least to me, was the fact that you had to give up Gurriel and Brantley, your two most productive hitters lately, late in the game.  That's two at bats in the 11th, down a run, with Marisnick and Straw instead.

Exactly. The moves Hinch made absolutely were correct to win/tie the game, but when we got behind, we needed those hitters. Marisnick looked paralyzed.

Altuve mystifies me, as he always does. Bad luck with the bases loaded; he crushed the 3-1 pitch and missed a double by about a foot. But the 10th? Where was his head? Winning run at first, no outs, Springer the runner. If there ever was a situation screaming “bunt for a base hit, and move the runner,” that was it. Nope. GIDP on the first pitch.
Title: Re: A's @ Astros, July 23, 2019
Post by: JimR on July 24, 2019, 08:55:10 am
Altuve and Bregman being zeros, and let's go ahead and add Yordan, too, to be fair, were not hugely helpful.

But as PopRaup says, it was Altuve that had the chances today and did nothing with them.

The 10th inning AB made me wonder (and yell at the TV) “WTF are you thinking?”
Title: Re: A's @ Astros, July 23, 2019
Post by: HudsonHawk on July 24, 2019, 10:32:54 am
Exactly. The moves Hinch made absolutely were correct to win/tie the game, but when we got behind, we needed those hitters. Marisnick looked paralyzed.

Altuve mystifies me, as he always does. Bad luck with the bases loaded; he crushed the 3-1 pitch and missed a double by about a foot. But the 10th? Where was his head? Winning run at first, no outs, Springer the runner. If there ever was a situation screaming “bunt for a base hit, and move the runner,” that was it. Nope. GIDP on the first pitch.

His approach seems completely backwards at times.  When the winning run is on base and he needs to get that guy in scoring position or to 3B with less than 2 outs, he's trying to hit a 7-run home run...when down by two, with two on, two out and an extra base hit ties it, he's working a walk or bunting.  And it seems like it happens regularly.  It drives me nuts. 
Title: Re: A's @ Astros, July 23, 2019
Post by: JimR on July 24, 2019, 10:39:36 am
His approach seems completely backwards at times.  When the winning run is on base and he needs to get that guy in scoring position or to 3B with less than 2 outs, he's trying to hit a 7-run home run...when down by two, with two on, two out and an extra base hit ties it, he's working a walk or bunting.  And it seems like it happens regularly.  It drives me nuts.

Drives me nuts too. I was apoplectic when he swung away in the 10th.
Title: Re: A's @ Astros, July 23, 2019
Post by: Col. Sphinx Drummond on July 24, 2019, 12:48:24 pm
His approach seems completely backwards at times.  When the winning run is on base and he needs to get that guy in scoring position or to 3B with less than 2 outs, he's trying to hit a 7-run home run...when down by two, with two on, two out and an extra base hit ties it, he's working a walk or bunting.  And it seems like it happens regularly.  It drives me nuts.
I have quit thinking of him as a baseball player and more of as a bold surrealist, as a spontaneous artist not as a well planned stat-head analytical type. He improvises. He flies by the seat of his pants. When he is in the box rarely does he have a plan other than see the ball, hit the ball. Jackson Pollack drove people nuts too. So did John Cage. John Zorn. Ad Reinhardt.
Title: Re: A's @ Astros, July 23, 2019
Post by: JimR on July 24, 2019, 12:57:19 pm
I have quit thinking of him as a baseball player and more of as a bold surrealist, as a spontaneous artist not as a well planned stat-head analytical type. He improvises. He flies by the seat of his pants. When he is in the box rarely does he have a plan other than see the ball, hit the ball. Jackson Pollack drove people nuts too. So did John Cage. John Zorn. Ad Reinhardt.

He is a baseball player. Nothing more. His approach hurts his team, often when it needs him the most.
Title: Re: A's @ Astros, July 23, 2019
Post by: Col. Sphinx Drummond on July 24, 2019, 03:08:20 pm
He is a baseball player. Nothing more. His approach hurts his team, often when it needs him the most.
And Nijinsky was just a dancer. Nothing more.
Title: Re: A's @ Astros, July 23, 2019
Post by: JimR on July 24, 2019, 03:17:22 pm
And Nijinsky was just a dancer. Nothing more.

Total non sequitur