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General Discussion => Game Zone 2019 => Topic started by: HudsonHawk on October 07, 2019, 11:59:46 am
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ASTROS:
Springer, CF
Altuve, 2B
Brantley, LF
Bregman, SS
Alvarez, DH
Gurriel, 1B
Correa, SS
Chirinos, C
Reddick, RF
Greinke, P
Rays:
Diaz, 3B
Meadows, LF
Pham, DH
Choi, 1B
Garcia, RF
Lowe, 2B
d'Arnaud, C
Kiermaier, CF
Adames, SS
Morton, P
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If anyone can do PBP, knock yourself out. I will try to keep up as best I can.
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Verducci opining that Bregman is a product of that band box in which he plays.
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Verducci opining that Bregman is a product of that band box in which he plays.
.278/.400/.523 (home)
.315/.446/.663 (away)
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Hell yeah.
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ALTUVE!!!!!!
1-0 Astros
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Awesome AB.
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‘tuve!!!!
I got shit for a signal so not much from me today.
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‘tuve!!!!
I got shit for a signal so not much from me today.
At the game?
If so wave.
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Yordan highest OPS as a rookie in the history of baseball. So the doofus on TV asks to hear the names he was ahead of. Um... Everybody?
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Wow.
That ball ate Choi up.
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Astros at 2B and 3B, two out for Yuli...
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Yordan highest OPS as a rookie in the history of baseball. So the doofus on TV asks to hear the names he was ahead of. Um... Everybody?
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I find Costas insufferable.
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A break! Bad throw by Diaz, but Choi has to stop that.
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A LOT of pitches here in the first.
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T1:
Springer grounds out 6-3
Altuve...works the count full...homers to CF
Brantley strikes out swinging, 2-3 on the putout
Bregman...full up...walks
Alvarez...quickly down 0-2...1-2...grounds to 3B into the shift...Diaz fields it and throws it in the dirt, Choi can't pick it...Bregman to 3B and Alvarez to 2B on the TE5
Gurriel...full count...pops out F4
Astros strand a pair in scoring position, but grab a 1-0 lead.
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A break! Bad throw by Diaz, but Choi has to stop that.
Choi is brutal. He looked like a novice on that play.
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Choi is brutal. He looked like a novice on that play.
I think he's doing just fine.
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A LOT of pitches here in the first.
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I'm just following on Gameday, but very few of Morton's pitches are going in the strike zone.
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B1:
Diaz strikes out swinging
Meadows strikes out swinging
Pham grounds out 5-3
1-0 Astros
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Greinke looks sharp.
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It makes sense that they wouldn’t be able to handle more than a couple thousand people on the cellular network around the park.
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It makes sense that they wouldn’t be able to handle more than a couple thousand people on the cellular network around the park.
I thought WiFi was an MLB requirement.
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Is CFM getting squeezed? Hard to tell from here.
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Is CFM getting squeezed? Hard to tell from here.
No. Not at all.
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I thought WiFi was an MLB requirement.
They got wifi. It’s like turning off your phone.
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Great walk by Chirinos.
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Excellent at bat for Chirinos. Astros are really killing Charlie's pitch count.
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Josh was thinking anything but a fastball there.
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T2:
Correa strikes out looking, Costas calls him "Gurriel"
Chirinos...0-2...1-2...2-2...3-2...walks
Reddick...0-2...1-2...takes a meatball right down the middle for strike three...Costas calls him "Correa"
Springer grounds out 4-3
1-0 Astros
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Morton at 52 pitches after 2!
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Altuve could have had Garcia at 2nd.
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Not sure what Jose was doing there. Have to get the lead runner.
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Not sure what Jose was doing there. Have to get the lead runner.
He bobbled the ball after running in a long way in the shift. Have to get an out there.
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Ouch.
Nice slo mo on the hbp.
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Dammit.
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Fuck
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Damn it.
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Knew I shouldn't have turned on the game.
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3-1 Rays
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Hanging changeup, right down the middle
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Freaking 2 out hbp.
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Hit by pitch gave them a free baserunner
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Greinke discombobulated now
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Middle on the double too.
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Hanging fastball to Adames, right down the middle.
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Greinke needs to get it together.
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B2:
Choi grounds out 4-3
Garcia singles to CF on the first pitch
Lowe bounces out 4-3, as Garcia moves to 2B and Costas refers to the Astros manager as "Kevin Cash". Shift on, so Altuve had to run in a long way to field it, no double play chance
d'Arnaud hit by pitch
Kiermaier homers to RCF, Garcia scores, d'Arnaud scores
Adames doubles off the RCF wall
Duffy, pinch hitting for Diaz, taps back to the mound
3-1 Rays
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Let's go, bats.
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Leadoff double for Altuve.
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Wow. Altuve would have been a dead duck at third.
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My MLB app scoring notifications were ahead of Altuve's HR, so as Kiermaier's ball sailed to right center I sat back smugly. Then it cleared the fence. Then the notification came in. Assholes.
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My MLB app scoring notifications were ahead of Altuve's HR, so as Kiermaier's ball sailed to right center I sat back smugly. Then it cleared the fence. Then the notification came in. Assholes.
It's torture when you know your feed is delayed.
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Wow. Altuve would have been a dead duck at third.
Which is why he didn't run.
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T3:
Altuve doubles to LF
Wild pitch on a swing and miss, Altuve to 2B...but Cash asking for review, as pitch hit Brantley...overturned, ball is dead and Altuve has to go back to 2B
Brantley grounds out 6-3 right at 2B, Altuve has to scramble back to the bag
Bregman...0-2...strikes out swinging
Alvarez...0-2...1-2...takes a fastball for strike three
Leadoff double sits right there...3-1 Rays
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Don't like that strike three call, but Alvarez has to protect the zone better.
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Ump that looked high, even to Alvarez
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Dunno, has been a low zone, think that was a good take (and he got jobbed).
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Tough strike 3 to Yordan.
Probably out of the zone, and up/inner half is tough to protect.
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Charlie's breaking stuff remains with a high degree of filth.
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4-1 Rays...another 2-out, 2-strike pitch
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Grrr.
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Greinke has awoken the Rays' bats.
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B3:
Meadows...0-2...1-2...strikes out swinging
Pham strikes out swinging
Choi homers to RF
Garcia grounds out 5-3 on the first pitch
4-1 Rays
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Middle middle.
Again.
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Gonna need some better offense today. From the Astros, that is.
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Greinke has awoken the Rays' bats.
Batting practice pitches will do that for you.
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4-1 Rays...another 2-out, 2-strike pitch
Another hanging changeup
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Batting practice pitches will do that for you.
It's almost like he hasn't pitched in 10 days.
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Another hanging changeup
From Chandler Rome: "Overall, Zack Greinke's changeup has been pretty effective today — it's gotten four of his nine swings and misses — but he's mis-executed two that have left the ballpark."
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From Chandler Rome: "Overall, Zack Greinke's changeup has been pretty effective today — it's gotten four of his nine swings and misses — but he's mis-executed two that have left the ballpark."
Four of his swings and misses and four of his four runs allowed. I'm not sure how effective that's gonna be for him over the long haul.
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Well, just like the first two games, our guys haven't had any trouble getting on base. Just need to do a better job breaking through.
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Well, just like the first two games, our guys haven't had any trouble getting on base. Just need to do a better job breaking through.
They have four 2-out RBIs. Astros have 0
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Correa hits a 400ft foul ball, then strikes out.
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Hanging curve: just foul.
Next curve wasn't hanging, Correa strikes out.
You might get 1 pitch to drive in an AB. Just missed it.
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That Chirinos foul ball had to sting.
Bounced off his foot all the way to 3rd, hard enough to have been a 5-4-3 dp.
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T4:
Gurriel singles to LF
Correa...0-2...strikes out swinging
Chirinos strikes out swinging
Reddick flies out F8 on the first pitch
4-1 Rays
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And now my notifications are ahead again. Shit.
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Greinke is literally throwing BP.
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Sigh
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And now my notifications are ahead again. Shit.
Greinke's giving plenty of input for notifications.
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Let’s see if AJ was serious about only playing for game 3.
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WTF?
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Equal opportunity gopher balls: Changeup, fastball, curveball.
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WTF?
Every home run pitch has been fat as fuck.
He's hanging a little bit of everything.
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The Greinke/Morton juxtaposition in this game exacerbates the negative feelings aroused by the difference on the scoreboard.
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Equal opportunity gopher balls: Changeup, fastball, curveball.
Kiermeyer and Choi hit changeups. That last one was a curveball.
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In a broadcast crew full of terribleness, Verducci stands out as a cut below. Jesus Christ.
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Also, why the fuck does his jersey use a lower case “d” for “d’ARNAUD”? Are there no other lower case letters in that name that are capitalized for the sake of an all caps nameplate? Stop being so cavalier and arbitrary with your lower and upper case font selections!
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And that's all for Greinke...Rondon in.
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Is Verducci drunk?
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Also, why the fuck does his jersey use a lower case “d” for “d’ARNAUD”? Are there no other lower case letters in that name that are capitalized for the sake of an all caps nameplate? Stop being so cavalier and arbitrary with your lower and upper case font selections!
Just threw some furniture in my office after reading this. Need a time out.
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B4:
WhomevLowe homers to LCF
Kiermaier...0-2...1-2...2-2...strikes out swinging
d'Arnaud lines out to CF
Adames walks
That's it for Greinke...Rondon in
And I lost my feed. If anyone else wants some PBP...
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Miley warming up.
Meanwhile Duffy bloops a single into center.
Miley enters to face Meadows.
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Well, we wondered if we'd get the good Greinke or the bad Greinke...we got the bad one. Along with the bad Springer, the bad Brantley, the bad Reddick and the bad Tucker.
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This game has suddenly turned into an effort to protect the likely pitchers for tmw's game.
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Adames must’ve thought there was one out. He should be on 3rd.
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This is fucking pathetic.
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Tomorrow is a bullpen day, so it doesn't matter if this game ends 40-1, Miley has to take a beating. He's already started...8-1
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Miley continues his suckiness.
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I mean, it's only the 4th inning, the game's not over yet, but.......
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Let’s see if AJ was serious about only playing for game 3.
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We have our answer.
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Wow this is quite embarrassing
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Why the fuck are these goons spending all their time debating a counterfactual plate blocking and out call situation?
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Why the fuck are these goons spending all their time debating a counterfactual plate blocking and out call situation?
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Miley in with 2 on, 2 out. As Ty pointed out, the runner somehow didn't get to 3rd on that bloop.
Meadows doubles over Springer's head, both runners score
It's 7-1.
Pham singles thru the right side, Reddick's throw home is just up the line, Meadows slides around Chirinos
8-1
Choi walks
Garcia 6-4 FC
End 4
Rays 8-1
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Why the fuck are these goons spending all their time debating a counterfactual plate blocking and out call situation?
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Girardi just can't help himself. He fills every second of dead air, but has nothing even slightly interesting to say.
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Tomorrow is a bullpen day, so it doesn't matter if this game ends 40-1, Miley has to take a beating. He's already started...8-1
This.
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[sorry for the multiple posts]
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...it doesn't matter if this game ends 40-1
Wade Miley: OK.
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I know splits and all that, but why not let Rondon face more than one batter? His velocity after 3.2 innings of Grienke has got to look like a missile.
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I know splits and all that, but why not let Rondon face more than one batter? His velocity after 3.2 innings of Grienke has got to look like a missile.
Leaving something in the tank for game 4?
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Greinke looks sharp.
Oops
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some days you're the windshield and other days you're the bug.
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Wow this is quite embarrassing
WTF? A sports team embarrasses you. The other side is good.
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Top 5
Springer 6-3
Altuve Ks looking
Brantley Ks swinging
Mid 5
Still 8-1
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Girardi just can't help himself. He fills every second of dead air, but has nothing even slightly interesting to say.
I muted him a couple of days ago.
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Bentley Brantley, not the Jeffersons' neighbor, as seen some nasty pitches from CFM.
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Miley should be able to handle four more innings.
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Bentley has seen some nasty pitches from CFM.
Is Costas rubbing off on you?
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Carlos! He's not giving up!
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Bentley has seen some nasty pitches from CFM.
They has Morton on the ropes early, didn't put him away then he came back and dominated them.
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Is Costas rubbing off on you?
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Dammit.
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That was worth a hundred bucks right there.
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Carlos! He's not giving up!
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He's flashed some serious leather this series.
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Bottom 5
Lowe grounds sharply to the right side, Correa makes a fantastic diving stop; Yuli digs the 4 hopper to complete it
Darneaud 5-3
Kiermaier taps out 1-3
End 5
Rays 8-1
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Miley in with 2 on, 2 out. As Ty pointed out, the runner somehow didn't get to 3rd on that bloop.
Meadows doubles over Springer's head, both runners score
It's 7-1.
Pham singles thru the right side, Reddick's throw home is just up the line, Meadows slides around Chirinos
8-1
Choi walks
Garcia 6-4 FC
End 4
Rays 8-1
Springer played the double poorly, imo. He drifted until too late. Very catchable.
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I don't like this view they're showing from behind the plate.
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Springer played the double poorly, imo. He drifted until too late. Very catchable.
I was thinking the same thing. Looked like he had it then "oh shit", it was over his head.
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I was thinking the same thing. Looked like he had it then "oh shit", it was over his head.
I thought he had a bead on it.
Not so much.
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2nd and 3rd, no outs. Let's start chipping away at this shit.
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I was thinking the same thing. Looked like he had it then "oh shit", it was over his head.
If he goes back hard to the wall, he cates it easily. IMO, of course.
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I thought he had a bead on it.
Not so much.
Balls hit right at you are tough to judge sometimes, but I think he misjudged it.
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Yuli has been fortunate on a couple of check swing appeals.
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Balls hit right at you are tough to judge sometimes, but I think he misjudged it.
Cost several runs.
and now it matters.
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La Piña!
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Yuli! There's a pulse.
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Here we go. 8-3
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I will say Costas seems to have a better toupee.
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Correa decided he was not going to run that popup out. Luckily it didn't result in a double play.
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The only thing more predictable than Girardi shoehorning the Yankees in to conversations for no reason is Chirinos swinging a foot off of high fastballs.
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Correa decided he was not going to run that popup out. Luckily it didn't result in a double play.
Yes.
No excuse for that.
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Why not let Josh hit against lefthanders? He hits them as well as righthanders.
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Yes.
No excuse for that.
That could have been Acuna levels of bad.
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Point of fact:
No muscle car in 1979 ever saw the inside of a jiffy lube.
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I thought he had a bead on it.
Not so much.
He drifted. 5-3 with better CF defense.
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Why not let Josh hit against lefthanders? He hits them as well as righthanders.
Same.
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Point of fact:
No muscle car in 1979 ever saw the inside of a jiffy lube.
Mine certainly didn't.
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Top 6
Roe (RHP) relieves CFM
Bregman singles sharply to left center
Alvarez doubles to right, Bregman to 3rd
Gurriel chops one thru the middle, both runners score
Correa bloops out to 2nd
Chirinos Ks swinging at a chin high FB
McKay (LHP) relieves Roe
Diaz hits for Reddick, F9
Mid 6
Astros 3
Rays 8
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Ugh. Didn't need that at all.
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Smith up in the BP
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Bottom 6
Miley still pitching; Diaz in Left, Brantley to Right
Adames homers to left
Duffy lines out to left
Meadows 4-3
Pham 5-3
End 6
9-3 Rays
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Adames on the top step yelling "Fuck you!" to someone after his home run.
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Got to start the afternoon school chauffer service.
Someone grab pbp.
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Adames on the top step yelling "Fuck you!" to someone after his home run.
Probably his mom.
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Adames on the top step yelling "Fuck you!" to someone after his home run.
Probably Ty.
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Probably his mom.
Put a blue star on that play!
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Adames on the top step yelling "Fuck you!" to someone after his home run.
Let ‘em have their fun.
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Probably Ty.
Nope, but everyone around me has had their shot.
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Not a good day for George.
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The 2017 Series MVP is AWOL. Waiting for someone to say “move him out of leadoff.”
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Springer has been complete shit this series
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Not a good day for George.
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... or series so far.
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... or series so far.
This is true.
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Brantley has been nearly complete shit this series so far
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Altuve and Gurriel the only hitters who decided to show up today
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Smith still throwing.
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Imagine that, the crowd is louder with a lead.
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Imagine that, the crowd is louder with a lead.
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Speaking of the Yankees...
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They’re berating Bregman mercilessly.
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They’re berating Bregman mercilessly.
I would too, if I were the opposing team.
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10-3 on an unearned run
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Sorry, folks. This is clearly my doing.
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Hopefully they are getting all of the shit out of their system today. But Springer and Brantley need to find their stroke.
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James up.
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So who do the Rays have going tomorrow?
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So who do the Rays have going tomorrow?
Has to be Glasnow.
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The vaunted offense must not have made the trip from Houston. Tampa punished every mistake pitch so far today.
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Sorry, folks. This is clearly my doing.
Obviously. You're supposed to be watching from the parking lot of a sushi joint.
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Has to be Glasnow.
Don’t think the Rays are starting one of their prized young arms on only three days of rest, especially when he missed four months of the season. They might use Yonny Chirinos in a similar manner as they did Glasnow and Snell, or go with a complete bullpen game.
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Don’t think the Rays are starting one of their prized young arms on only three days of rest, especially when he missed four months of the season. They might use Yonny Chirinos in a similar manner as they did Glasnow and Snell, or go with a complete bullpen game.
You’re probably right but in a do-or-die, a bullpen game is a tough proposition.
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Has to be Glasnow.
Glasnow on short rest? That's bold.
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Glasnow on short rest? That's bold.
Ok bigger question, who goes for Houston?
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They said Urquidy on the radio.
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Jesus, they are obsessed with tomorrow's attendance.
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What a shit sandwich of a game.
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The 2017 Series MVP is AWOL. Waiting for someone to say “move him out of leadoff.”
I’ll be the one Jim!
Can we please move Springer down in the order? He’s really struggling.
I want credit tomorrow when he goes 4-5 with 2 HR’s.
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I’ll be the one Jim!
Can we please move Springer down in the order? He’s really struggling.
I want credit tomorrow when he goes 4-5 with 2 HR’s.
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Glad you were not serious.
I’d rather lose 10-3 than 2-1. No what ifs. I would also rather Greinke not throw gopher balls.
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JV tomorrow.
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Shitty fucking game. I was hoping Rondon was going to come in to face Adames in the 4th, but whatever. Springer, Brantley and Correa 0-13. Miley proved himself playoff dispensable. Altuve came to play and there's life in Alvarez. CFM showed up. Go get 'em tomorrow.
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JV tomorrow.
I bet it was his call.
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I bet it was his call.
Is this real?
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So says MLB
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Shitty fucking game. I was hoping Rondon was going to come in to face Adames in the 4th, but whatever. Springer, Brantley and Correa 0-13. Miley proved himself playoff dispensable. Altuve came to play and there's life in Alvarez. CFM showed up. Go get 'em tomorrow.
Springer is 0-for the series.
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JV tomorrow.
Footer's prediction: My bold prediction: Verlander five innings, Urquidy three, Will Harris one (or Will Smith; whoever runs to the mound the fastest)
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I bet it was his call.
Maybe. I read it would either be JV in short rest or Urquidy in a 2-1 series. If it goes 5, and Cole pitches game 5, messes up rotation, maybe I need to count the days. ALCS starts 10/12. Offense needs to show up.
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Cole would be starting on regular rest game 3 in NY and a theoretical game 7 in Houston, also on regular rest. Sounds good to me.
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Maybe. I read it would either be JV in short rest or Urquidy in a 2-1 series. If it goes 5, and Cole pitches game 5, messes up rotation, maybe I need to count the days. ALCS starts 10/12. Offense needs to show up.
Correct. If the Astros win tomorrow, Cole pitches Game 1 and Verlander slots into Game 2 on normal rest.
If there's a Game 5, Cole pitches. Probably Grienke in Game 1, Verlander Game 2, and Cole in Game 3. That would permit Grienke to pitch Game 5 and Verlander to pitch Game 6 and Cole to pitch Game 7 on regular/extended rest. That just leaves game 4. Not ideal, but it's all do or die at that point anyway.
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Correct. If the Astros win tomorrow, Cole pitches Game 1 and Verlander slots into Game 2 on normal rest.
If there's a Game 5, Cole pitches. Probably Grienke in Game 1, Verlander Game 2, and Cole in Game 3. That would permit Grienke to pitch Game 5 and Verlander to pitch Game 6 and Cole to pitch Game 7 on regular/extended rest. That just leaves game 4. Not ideal, but it's all do or die at that point anyway.
Thanks for outlining that.
Offense needs to get down to business quickly tmw.
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https://twitter.com/brianmctaggart/status/1181330947419049984?s=19 (https://twitter.com/brianmctaggart/status/1181330947419049984?s=19)
Astros outfielders are struggling through three games of ALDS:
Brantley 2-for-12
Reddick 0-for-5
Springer 0-for-13
Tucker 0-for-3
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WTF? A sports team embarrasses you. The other side is good.
Never really said I was personally embarrassed, just meant the overall performance with the exception of Altuve, Bregman, Yuli, and Yordan was not positive. A descriptive term not unlike many of the others used here in the Game Zone, including shitty and pathetic. But chastise me all you want. Because, well, that’s just, like, your opinion, man.
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I decided not to post during the game today.
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Rays will go with Diego Castillo as the opener. He’s opened six games this season and is 0-1 and 6.14 ERA in those games.
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Never really said I was personally embarrassed, just meant the overall performance with the exception of Altuve, Bregman, Yuli, and Yordan was not positive. A descriptive term not unlike many of the others used here in the Game Zone, including shitty and pathetic. But chastise me all you want. Because, well, that’s just, like, your opinion, man.
Baseball is a game of failures. Nothing embarrassing about that.
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https://twitter.com/brianmctaggart/status/1181330947419049984?s=19 (https://twitter.com/brianmctaggart/status/1181330947419049984?s=19)
Just to do the math, that's 2 for 33 overall. Yikes.
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Correct. If the Astros win tomorrow, Cole pitches Game 1 and Verlander slots into Game 2 on normal rest.
If there's a Game 5, Cole pitches. Probably Grienke in Game 1, Verlander Game 2, and Cole in Game 3. That would permit Grienke to pitch Game 5 and Verlander to pitch Game 6 and Cole to pitch Game 7 on regular/extended rest. That just leaves game 4. Not ideal, but it's all do or die at that point anyway.
If we win the game 5 against TB, of course.
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If we win the game 5 against TB, of course.
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Of course!
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What are the most runs the Astros have scored in a game in Tampa the last 3 years?
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Just a guess: 4?
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What are the most runs the Astros have scored in a game in Tampa the last 3 years?
Dunno, but we do not play well there.
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What are the most runs the Astros have scored in a game in Tampa the last 3 years?
6. Did it twice last in 2017. They scored 5 there on Opening Day this year.