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Talk Zone / Re: More controversy
« on: November 25, 2019, 12:23:05 pm »Not sure any of this has fuckall to do with the integrity of the game.
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Not sure any of this has fuckall to do with the integrity of the game.
Jeter brought thrills to routine plays like no other player. He added excitement where there was none. Therefore HOF.
Amen. People forget that he came from a totalitarian country where he had no money. Being rich and free simultaneously for the first time must be like drinking from the fire hydrant.
Sorry if this is Cabrera'd.
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/sports/astros/amp/MLB-told-video-monitors-to-listen-for-Astros-14844792.php?utm_campaign=CMS
“I’m confident that, in general, most of the time we tried...”
Way to nail it down, boss.
He seemed like a “Cheers” extra, who ‘d make Cliff Clavin a Rhodes Scholar by comparison
Now, as co-author of the hit piece, the Astros are like the Black Sox and Pete Rose had a baby with Satan himself.
Looks like he likes it medium high and in. Typical righty.
Correct. The 1906-1910 FTC almost made it five in a row; won 100+ every season except 1908, when they won 99.
Far, far worse. Unlucky is a fact. “Wanted it more” sounds like HS football. Completely silly applied to professional baseball players in the World Series.
BB9 SO9 SO/W WPA
8 ALDS 8 1 .889 2.52 13 12 0 1 1 0 75.0 49 21 21 6 29 0 87 1 0 1 296 1.040 5.9 0.7 3.5 10.4 3.00 1.65
7 ALCS 6 4 .600 3.13 11 11 0 1 0 0 74.2 56 26 26 11 17 0 79 1 1 5 296 0.978 6.8 1.3 2.0 9.5 4.65 1.59
4 WS 0 6 .000 5.68 7 7 0 0 0 0 38.0 35 27 24 9 14 0 39 1 0 2 162 1.289 8.3 2.1 3.3 9.2 2.79 -0.84
Standard Batting
OK, it's the World series. If Hinch deems it an issue, then it must be. There is a trend in the above stats
Greinke put on a fielding show in G7.
I posted this in the GZ aftermath, but it works here also.
Hinch’s Harris decision, imo: he trusted Harris in that situation more than Greinke. Longer history with him, Harris had an excellent season and postseason, had Ked Kendrick in key situation in DC. As Arky said, whatever Hinch did in the 7th would have been condemned by the media and the uneducated if it did not result in a victory.
I guess I’ll get over my disappointment and disbelief about G7 in time, but I am not close to there yet.
So far first waking thought each morning has centered on the 7th inning.
I'm guessing it'll be that way for a while.
First egregious call from HPU.
So he's way behind the pace of his colleagues in this series.
When I hear “Rubberband Man”, I don’t think Bank of America, I think Guardians of the Galaxy.
Looks like another grind game, two runs look fragile
If the Astros can't hold on to win, there is your turning point.
Bregman is fucking putrid presently.
Sure, but it feels like every last hard hit ball in this series has been within the range of a defender.
Poor spelling?
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Gerrit Cole and Justin Verlander are the first teammates to each win 20 games during the regular season but lose Games 1 and 2 of a World Series since Don Drysdale and Sandy Koufax of the Dodgers in 1965 against the Twins.
The Dodgers would recover to win that series in 7 games.
This might distract people from the Taubman story for a little while... yikes.
The press release and now Luhnow’s comments are the reason why I counsel my clients to buy the crisis management add-on to insurance packages. Allowing senior executives to rake-step their way through interview after interview does nothing but generate clicks for the media and bad press for the individuals and organization.
If you would have told me ahead of time how JV would do last night and given me two choices; a) Verlander on short rest knowing you would give up the four runs, or b) take your chances with Urquidy and the pen, I take option A. Every. Single Time.
As everybody is pointing out, if it were as simple as I wish, everybody would do it.
... be more selective in certain easily recognizable situations.
And right on cue he draws a walk.
No one is criticizing him for lack of perfection, dude. We all know that the greatest batters in the league fail 70% of the time. I don't mind that he expands the zone. He gets a lot of hits on bad pitches. There have been other hitters like that. I'd just love to see him be a little more selective. More importantly, time and time again he goes up to the plate in important situations and shows zero recognition of what's needed at that time. I don't know where that comes from, why he's not more sensitive to the game situation.
On another subject. Profar and throwing doesn't go together very well.
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Same here. Maybe there was a zoned in view that showed it more clearly.
George didn't protest.
"That's the way baseball go."
- Ron Washington
Wasn't a problem for most of the season.
Altuve takes 2 balls then swings wildly at a slider, then swings wildly at another slider and hits a 10 hopper to short stop.
BE FUCKING PATIENT FOR FUCK'S SAKE!
No. That's not entirely true.
This is a game the Astros had control of, then shat the bed repeatedly with runners on. Instead of taking a commanding lead, their scrub-ass pitcher gagged up run after run. NOW you can blame the 4th -5th pitcher.
This is exactly how that shaky ass win against the Rangers COULD'VE gone if the offense hadn't kept their foot on the gas.
That and the Tyler White Experience.
Ok, genius. What would you do? Who pitches?
I really think this should be the last time we see Framber this year.
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The idea is to "open" with your "6th inning guy" to get the other teams best hitters out in the first. Then you go to the "bulk guy" who now gets to "ease" his way into the game and in theory would be in rhythm by the time the top of the order comes back around.
You use a guy like Framber because you expect to get about 5 innings from him, you're just using him for a different 5 innings.
The only reason why you don't have James go 2-3 innings is so that you can still use him tomorrow and don't burn 2 pitchers in one game, so to speak.
I'm not convinced it's really that effective, but that's the general idea of why you do it.
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At least it is not SRO.
I would really love to take you up on that, but I'll be 30,000 feet somewhere over the Pacific. I'm hoping I can get internet and at least follow along.
I'll take your word for it.
Tony Kemp and Tyler White have made themselves important cogs in the machine.
I don't do Stanton. I'm listening to the radio guys.
Hearing Kalas with anyone else really sort of sharpens how good Blum is.
But it's a cool thing to say at parent orientation for freshmen. Very cool.
Aw, come on, man. He shored up the catcher position to backstop McCann, and he acquired two good additions to the bully. Everything else was probably too expensive.
Probably someone who actually doesn't beat women.
Mine went from $90 per seat to $130 per seat. I may have wanted them to get a bat, but I didn’t want to pay for it all by myself. I suspect that kind of jump drives off corporate clients.
Hammering anyone at this point feels good.
What’s gotten into Pettis lately? He’s been more conservative.
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You had missed so many other points in the discussion I'm not really sure what is and isn't obvious to you.
He would never find work in baseball.
You've conflated the MLB policy with team policy. If a team wishes to sever ties with a player, they have the right to do so. They'll have to eat the contract of course (if the player is under a multi-year deal) but they fully control who they will and will not associate with.
And as far as "what the rules require or allow", my understanding of the league policy is a lifetime ban most certainly IS allowed (no minimum or maximum punishments). As you would expect there to be.
No. I wonder if he knows something about Correa and Altuve that we don't that leads him to believe that this year just isn't meant to be, and he'd be better off staying out of the feeding frenzy.
You want a bat next year or not?
Apparently the Astros have raised season ticket prices somewhere north of 40%. I wonder if they'll also raise beer prices?
Today seemed a day of no rumors but quick reports and announcements. I didn't see the Astros appear in any report that didn't involve Osuna.
I was with friends and could not follow it today. Were we in on anyone?
I would run errands to Wal-Mart for Kate.
Love the demotion. Give some time and space to it before cutting cords with someone who could yet prove to be a very valuable asset.
Wondering if it isn’t most likely re: JV that he was tending to KG in the immediate aftermath of the game; ie, let’s go talk about some shit over a beer before the press get here and you shove the shoe farther in there...
And one five foot walk-off.
Yes we are. I would run through wall for AJ. I can listen to him talk and share his knowledge all day. He has a way of communicating that I’m sure gets the message across to all of those players. He’s much more than a manager to them, he’s probably a father figure to.
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Good. Maybe Kate sent him to the store.
so its ok to keep players in triple a who would play better than the fish but even tho the astros are loosing games, needs a better bat it is ok to let him stay up and learn?
double speak at its best. where is the skeleton buried?
I know and understand this is a business but it almost seems personal with gattis. what else could be the reason.
I didn't know if this moment would ever come, but I cannot imagine it being any sweeter, having spent the last 20 or so years goofing off with all of you. Tomorrow I will read the GZ and everything else, but tonight I'm smoking that special victory cigar. We here at OWA have been through a lot, and we routinely "fight like hell" because...well, that's why we're here.
But on behalf of OWA, and honestly, from the very bottom of our hearts...thank you OWA. You are the best.
B9 of Game 7, 5- 1, 2 outs
Seager,
grounder to Altuve on the first pitch, 4 - 3 3 outs !
ASTROS WIN, ASTROS WIN, ASTROS WIN
Your 2017 World Series Champions, the Houston Astros!
Dude was as red in the face as I've ever seen.
Fucking idiot. Obviously clueless about grabbing balls.
There are baseball rules, which say you put the runner where you think he'd have ended up with no interference. They didn't think Gattis would make second base.
Shouldn’t there be ground rules that dictate this sort of thing?
As long as we keep it a one run game, anything can happen.
Morton, Keuchel, Verlander (1st home start). All three flying home early tomorrow.
Uh, yes you can. you have to click the "Don't use smileys." option under the "Attachments and other options" menu.
I've turned the volume down on this game in favor of the melodious sounds of the kiddo playing minecraft.... at least the lamb turned out great.
Thanks for the advice. It honestly hadn't occurred to me that we would ever lose again.
My point was that this particular defeat to this particular team entailed an unusual sting. That is all.
Glad I could help.
And my point is that there are going to be lots of these. Dozens more before the season ends. If you let it ruin your joy of the season that's unfolding, you're probably better off just not watching.
Giles is a seventh inning guy on a good team.
People are going to rush in and insist that it wasn't Giles' fault. No shit, it's not his fault that there are three guys standing on base. But if he's supposed to be some elite closer he needs to start looking like one.
I too would like to know why he kept going to the slider. And I'd like to know why Reddick was so far off the line.
I've been fighting the urge to flip over to their broadcast.
Plus they'd have to have a meth lab.
This second line in the game day article on Astros.com got a chuckle out of me: "Both teams are heated rivals in a power-packed American League West". Hating be Mariners is kind of like hating an underage Indian coal miner in the Punjab. If you squint really hard, you can draw a squiggly line of correlation between that person and me but it's really hard to convincingly do so in any meaningful way.
Perhaps tomorrow Gurriel will get a start so Gattis can put out the fire on his bats.
FelizAstros needsthe hook. Doesn't have it tonight.
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So tell me why the Rangers are leading the league and beat the Astros to a pulp, if it's not talent.
Well, if you don't think the Rangers are simply better than the Astros, you have to chalk it up to something else. What would you say it is then?
I disagree. I think Correa is a .280/.800 OPS/20-25 HR/80 RBI guy at best. That's a nice player. That's not Mike Trout or Bryce Harper, whether he does it SS, 3B or any other position, let alone comparable to historical great players, which is often thrown around. Again, I think he'll be a solid player. I don't see him being a great player.
Yes, but it's not like .747 is anything to write home about.
Not blaming Castro. Didn't blame Altuve when he got thrown out at third coasting in on what should've easily been a triple. The team isn't just the players. They aren't well coached. I don't think you can watch a smart, disciplined team and watch the Astros and not tell the difference.
Gomez needs to wear a shock collar, every time he swings so hard his helmet flies off or he takes a knee, he needs to have the shit shocked out of him.
I would nominate this if there were such a thing.
It is sports, there always has to be someone at fault. Whether it is Hinch or the pitching coach or the hitting coach, someone is taking the fall.
Altuve is the lone Astros hitting above .270.
The Astros are 8-17. At this point last year, the Rangers were 8-16 coming into MMPUS, on a 3-12 skid, for a three game set with the Astros. They swept the Astros en route to a 19-11 May to get back to .500
OutSTANding. It sort of seemed like Arky might have been indulging in those $18 beers and when I spotted the fellow with the popcorn tub rally hat I thought, A HA! But no, sadly, he turned and I got a side profile. No Arky sightings tonight in TV Land. The way the team is playing if Arky for whatever reason continues to go to the games sightings will become more and more likely.
So think twice before putting that popcorn tub on top of your coconut.
Looks like we'll be sellers rather than buyers at the deadline this year. Maybe Luhnow can get something for Gattis and some pitchers.
Fucking salt in the wound.
I can't read this without thinking of Dave Dravecky.
So... Who's ready for another #1 draft pick?
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I can't help but think at the moment that the Gomez and Giles trades may have nearly undone all the work Luhnow had done to build the majors and minor league system. Combine that with missing on Appel and to a lesser extent Aiken and the volume of talent is thin enough that I'm a bit nervous they won't be able to fill the major league holes in less than 3 years.
Boy, this Kratz isn't fooling anybody.
When I was a kid I had a friend who was a pitcher. I was invariably the catcher on every team. It started when I was six or seven and I was one of two or three guys who could occasionally catch the ball. I should never have tipped my hand.
Anyway, this guy Mike, he had terrible vision and I remember him always out there on the mound squinting at me. He wasn't necessarily trying to get the signs, you understand, he was basically just trying to get me into some kind of focus.
There was a little hole in the fence between the field and the window above the fry station of the concession stand which was housed in a cinder block building. The scorers' area was on the second floor.
One year Mike and I were on different teams. My mom must have been doing her time in the concession stand because I was in there, too. Suddenly a baseball came crashing into the concession stand through that little hole. I knew without having to look that Mike was pitching. I looked anyway; he was. It's hard to explain how bad of a pitch it had to be to make it through the concession stand hole in the fence. Kratz's pitch was far worse.
That was literally the single worst pitch I have ever seen in big league baseball.
If this isn't rock bottom I don't want to see what is.
It might be time for Giles to work it out in the minors. Would love to see Gattis end it here.
So, we go through four years of baseball hell, one nice year and straight back to hell? Fuck. But, Club Astros.
I can't think of a better time to schedule a Sunday night game than before a team takes a trip to Seattle to play the next day.
I love it when rasmus does rasmus things
his story on the Astros in the BP Annual is poison pen.
Does Valbuena seem redundant in many ways, trade potential?
I have seen a couple of extended interviews of Colby Rasmus recently, and I was impressed. I think he has the potential to be a valuable veteran leader in the clubhouse.
This team will be good for a decade if they stay together.
My wife is happy she doesn't have to pay up on her promise...
McHugh was on a razor's edge for at least his last two innings. Too many hitters counts, the walks, no curve, it was going to catch up to him. I have no problem pulling him then.
This is why I didn't want Keuchel out there on short rest. I really didn't want his last outing of the year to look like this. I would have much rather gone through the off-season with his last start being that capstone of the season.
The only guess I have (and if they were going to use him then use him before Fiers) is that maybe Hinch is trying to inspire his troops before the 9th?....
It is wrong to pitch Keuchel here. Boo.
Praying for Wade Davis?
McHufh's inability to throw his curve is a big part of the story.
And I'm certain I was.
Luck is what we'd be calling Correa's error if the tables were turned.
I think the "two that got away" show that the Royals are living on borrowed time in the playoffs and the Astros have the ability to slam the door. Or, as someone else put it, they are totally beatable.
Correa made the most basic Little League mistake possible: he did not look the ball into his glove before he looked to the play he was about to make. I feel terrible for him because he was such a hero on offense.
after his great year, I feel bad for Harris. he has been asked to pitch too much, and he is getting skewered by fans. he threw good pitches, and they hit them. I thought the chopper over the mound would be fielded , but it sneaked through. the next one was a bloop to CF. shit happens sometimes. the other side is good too and wants to win as bad as we do.
Neshek's swoon cost us the game yesterday. before September, we go into the 9th up 6-2.
speaking of Neshek, why have him on the roster if you are not going to use him when you need him? Qualls would have been more useful if Neshek is not going to be used. Harris and Sipp are having to pitch every game.
Where has Fiers been? What are we saving him for? why not use him in the 7th or 8th to start an inning?
the Royals' approach and ABs in the 8th were other worldly. I am tipping my cap to them.
I think Luhnow's plan for the offseason will have high on his list a Chapman-like closer to move Gregerson to the 8th inning. the Royals were selling out on his slider, and he does not have the FB to put them away.
McCullers has to go deeper into games. running out of pitches in the 6th to make the 7th only a maybe overtaxes the pen.
the Valbuena AB in the 7th with two in scoring position was huge. so was Marwin's inability to swing well as LH.
playoffs are incredibly intense, and a team has to make the plays to win. we blew a chance to get out of the inning with a lead. end of story.
what a great series this has been. I hope McHugh has a heroic effort left in him.
Four straight singles, Jim. The fact that the other team was trying too is irrelevant.
Never let facts get in the way of a good rant.
What is the point of this?
Stros punched a ticket to the dance. I'm feeling pretty fucking good no matter what.
Pitching in the clutch
McCullers did not
Qualls did not
I've never seen that at the professional level. It just happens too fast, and you're trained to not swing at pitches that are ridiculously wild.
Dammit, score some freaking runs!
Rangers up 5-2 in the 7th...still batting with the bases loaded and nobody out
"Ohhhhh, gator got him!"
ASU sorority girls after Colby's second jack.
I'd go with "Beef".
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So. Due to family obligations I had to spend game time in a movie theater watching Matt Damon become a space pirate. What do those of you who are well versed in bbg formalities suggest? See the same movie two more times or can another space movie get the job done? I'm willing to do whatever it takes.
That was one of the more unfortunate of Ashby's one-sided conversations.
Poor Diamonbacks.. They had to receive the wrath of the horrible month of September
If the Astros score another couple of runs they can probably go ahead and let Neshek pitch.
Hey, Ashby, not every fly ball is 'hammered'.
Correa having a dick stepping inning
This strike zone is a total joke.
BTW, I don't Keuchel out based on score, only pitch count.
Armadillo Palace has a pretty good venison Frito pie.
That's great. I called Leslie and she said she'd let me know.
So is anyone going for lunch?
As I understand it, MLB has said they'll play out any make up games or tiebreakers with two or more teams competing for the same playoff spot, regardless of whether or not one would still qualify. In other words, if both teams clinch a wild card, but need to make up a game to determine who wins the division, they will play that out. But they will not play make up/tie breaker games to determine seeding of the same "level" of qualifying. In other words, two division winners, or two wild cards tied, they will seed them based on tie breaker rules, not with another game.
I was thinking the thread title - "Destiny" - was an excellent code name for this.
Geez Arky...your wife must think you watch a TON of porn.
No.
I hope Sipp gets out of this thing so the Astros can turn the 8th over to Neshek.
Nothing gets by you, boss.
Stroke it Chris Carter!!!!
Oh, this ain't over. Expect a score in the double digits for both teams. Come get your free batting practice.. come one, come all!
I love the packed stadiums for an Astros-Mariners face off. It's electric.
Saw that coming. Meat. Pitches.
How is it that the Mariners aren't killing Kazmir's meat pitches? We're going to need a biggerboat.... errr.... bullpen.
It sounds strange to hear "raising his average to .132 on the year" for another teams player.
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Operant conditioning.
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Maybe the dumbass in the truck just shouldn't have given an ice cream cone to a kid he still carries in a baby bjorn.
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This fucking game should be 4-0.
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I'm asking the Many Faced God to handle Ashby.
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Good gods, we finally caught a break.
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I was ready to post how Jose was rolling over everything again and forgetting to go to right center on those outside pitches. See me working?
So far, Valbuena, Castro, Rasmus and Carter need to be made to wear Underoos for the flight to Phoenix.
Add sliding to the video because apparently this is the first time Carter has ever slid
Good to see Colby with absolutely no sense of urgency
The BBGs can see straight into your heart. There is no deceiving them.
El Guapo gets Correa down 0-2 in a hurry.
They should record that inning and play it back to young professional baseball players "See here youngsters, this is why you don't play wound up too tightly... you have to play much more relaxed to make the plays in this game". Not the best time for the Astros to have tight nerves. Not good at all.
A's win.
That was just not major league defense.
Error by Gomez. Crooked number for Seattle.
And, another two-out base runner for the M's.
Monumental dick stepping...passed ball plates a run
Big out.
What are you wearing, "Jake from State Farm"?
Tell her you were watching porn and masturbating. She'll understand that. Tell her you were figuring the Astros playoff scenarios, and she'll think you're some kind of nutjob.
It doesn't seem like he knows what's going to happen whenever he lets go of the pitch.
That too. This white-knuckling the end of the season is more stressful than post-season games.
Neshek warming.
Astros with 2 on 2 out in the 8th for Tucker...
Unlike last year where the Big 12 simply decided to not have a champion rather than go through the tiebreaker scenarios.
Yes. I have done this in Central America and in South America. The next time I do this I think I'll pay by check just to fuck with them.
As for paying with cash, if you do that here you will elicit extreme suspicion. They will pore over each and every $20 bill, and if you have anything larger, forget it. Here comes the manager, the assistant to the regional manager, hat el al. I would seriously rather be in line behind someone paying by check than behind someone paying with a hundred dollar bill.
Curiously, at gas stations here they don't even blink if you hand them a hundred. I don't know why that is.
That sounds amazing. Where is Armadillo Palace?
Armadillo Palace offers this on its regular menu, fwiw.
A couple of weeks ago I was in line in a supermarket in Colombia, an Exito, a place where (obviously) I still don't really understand how things work. Inadvertently I got into a line where you can pay with 'puntos.' I'm not entirely sure but as far as I can tell 'puntos' is Colombian for 'coupins.'
Apparently the way to do it is you overload your shopping cart with god knows what, wheel it up to the puntos line and then proceed to change your mind about which items you really want, spending twenty minutes or so deciding which eight of the seventy five things you have in your cart a) you really need and b) fit within your allocation of puntos.
I finally bailed out of that line only to find myself behind an old lady who promptly whipped out a checkbook and wrote a check. They had to call the manager, the assistant to the regional manager, the local congressional representative, the representative of the check writers' union, had to perform a retina scan and a blood test... It had never occurred to me that I might prefer to be in a Walmart behind some redneck who'd snuck coin rolls out of her sock drawer but you know me, I am open to new ideas.
... Given that the Astros have season series over the Angels, the Angels would have it over the Rangers and the Rangers would have it over the Astros ...
If I were to have purchased tickets for any games that may or may not occur following Sunday, what sort of sacrifice is necessary to appease the BBGs? Are we talking a Frito Pie, a spider, a live chicken, what?
Evan Drellich @EvanDrellich 17m
Fastest pitch of the night for Lance McCullers: 98.7. Sat 96-97. His changeup reached 92.5.
AL WC
Tm W L GB
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NY 86 70 --
Hou 83 74 --
Ana 81 74 1.0
Min 81 75 1.5
AL West
Tm W L GB
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Tex 84 72 --
Hou 83 74 1.5
Ana 81 74 2.5
No.
I often think about your line comparing the Nicaraguan canal with the Cubs' world series chances.
It's the last week of the season, and I have every reason to not only stay up late and watch my team, but to monitor loads of other games as well.
I don't care how we got here. This is what you should love as a baseball fan.
Let's go!
Trust me, a crusty old sock would have been preferable. Or at least quicker.
Not Berkman's.
Cool move if anything's still at stake.
Eh. Heat of the moment thing. I wouldn't worry about it.
ETA: Just realized I totally misinterpreted the fact that you were speaking literally and not figuratively.
Geez, another pitiful at bat by Lowrie.
20 feet to the left it hits off the wall behind the CBs. It high on the wall.
He gave it a ride, but the ballpark's pretty deep out there. If he'd hit it 20 feet to the left, it would have gone into the middle rows of the Crawford Boxes.
Damn, how close was that to getting out?
I kinda like that Orbit hat.
A's tie it up after two out and 0-2 on the #9 hitter
They're going to miss the playoffs and it's not even going to be close. They're going to be playing that last series in Arizona Grapefruit League split squad style, with whole lineups of September call-ups.
If you think about it, it's absolutely amazing how badly this team is playing.
The Rangers weren't on some crazy hot streak coming into that series... they were struggling, including getting shut out back to back in Seattle.
The Angels were playing badly. The A's have been horrible all year. And all of them have had little problem pushing the Astros around.
I'm just really hoping they can get to 81 wins.
Not sure what is worse, seeing it or not seeing it.
WTF, both MLBtv and gameday have hit the wall. Did someone pull the plug on this game?
WTF, both MLBtv and gameday have hit the wall. Did someone pull the plug on this game?
Wait a second...there are multiple families of Pruskis in Koscuisko and they're not related?
Across the road from Koscuisko hall is a baseball field.
Valencia singles to RF...and why shouldn't he, he's the greatest hitter ever in the history of organized athletics..must be hitting about .950
Not sure the story regarding him being scouted because apparently only one has heard it. I have a feeling the truth will be revealed at the reunion should be fun.
So, my family (paternal side) have a family reunion every year around Thanksgiving. Well, one of my cousins is organizing shirts and decided to go with a baseball theme because my Grandpa was scouted by the Cards. A few things to know, #1 I probably watch the most baseball of everyone in my family--but a lot of them watch baseball, #2 my Grandpa did play baseball--but he grew up in a farming community (it's not even big enough for a city), #3 quite a few of my cousins played baseball both in high school and in the farming community my family is from.
There is no way in hell I would not have heard about my Grandpa being scouted by the Cards. No way!!!! All of my uncles talk baseball with me. My cousins that played baseball would have known and they don't seem to know. And the one that does know, didn't play baseball so why would anyone of told him that.
I'm thinking someone lied to him, but damn it would be really cool if he had been. My grandpa was a tall lean farm boy. So, maybe someone is keeping really good secrets.
When's the last time you saw somebody get dinged up sliding into an umpire?
It's a hell of a lot more emtertaining than the game, that's for sure.
Trump is going to win the nomination and then get his ass kicked by an 80 year old Jewish socialist.
I guess everyone is watching the debate.
are they going to get swept there? where is all the resiliency?
The frequency of these buttery jack commercials is troubling. Is that really a hot item?
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Both Brownie and Ashby have said "impactful". I hate them.
I prefer "eat our jerky and act like a total asshole!"
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That play was close. Jake has done well out there. which does not surprise me.
huh, huh...balls dropping...huh, huh
Have to go to the Rangers broadcast. A few channels up. No idea why it's not on the alternate like they claim.
Not on DirecTV alternate. I'm having to watch Fox.
BTW, is Gattis still due?
But it does say some can judge him for not getting there early without know why he didn't go early.
I've got next August. I'm not sure that he's the guy to take the team to the promised land.
Maybe Clemens was brought in for his laboratory expertise.
I never proposed that. I said I can't put Rivera's value over that of Jeter's. That's a far cry from "Rivera was worthless".
Why is it every time someone says Player X was not the greatest player in history, you respond with "yes, he obviously sucked donkey balls"? Everything is a false dichotomy with you.
Reminds me of the Seinfeld episode when George gets hired by the Yankees. Jerry's reaction:
"THE New York Yankees?? Ruth, Gehrig, DiMaggio, Mantle.....Costanza?"
I can't in good conscious put a relief pitcher, a failed starter, that high on any list of greatest.
Let go your conscious self, and stretch out with your feelings.
Of all the pitchers in MLB history, would you pick Oswalt to start?
I'm thinking no.
So basically Bill James thinks Roy Oswalt is the most "clutch" pitcher of all-time? Interesting.
I'm in the middle of dinner on a break from work, so I can't hit it real hard but it looks like he's putting a disproportionate weight to wins. Yes 80% is extraordinary but not being able to see through the paywall I don't know what his methodology is. If wins are the bulk of his reasoning, I'm not comfortable with that because the pitcher doesn't necessarily control that. I'd be more comfortable if he'd made the point in terms of limiting the opposition to numbers well under their established level of performance, but I can't see where he said anything along those lines.
Comparing him to Gibson by way of strikeouts and ERA doesn't work for me either because a the game is so different now from back then, markedly so in those two respects.
Just because it smells funny to me doesn't make him wrong, it's just lacking the backup I'd need to support that conclusion. That's shorthand. It just strikes me as unlikely that Oswalt is the King of Big Game pitchers given the other dominating hurlers we've seen.
What do you think?
I really like Bill James. I enjoy reading what he writes. He's done a colossal service to the game with his research, insights and conclusions and has sparked a massive wave of research. But sometimes, I think he's full of shit.
Bad news....
"Bud Selig wants a Mariano Rivera-esque farewell tour of all 30 MLB parks this season"
"I want to talk to season-ticket holders and fans," he said. "I've got a lot of people to thank."
That idea came about, he said, in part because several clubs reached out to him after his announcement and asked to honor him, but also because Rivera's farewell tour got Selig to thinking about ways to connect with people who love baseball.
"I like that," Selig said. "I like talking to people. And ... that's what I want to do: [speak to] season-ticket holders, people who work at ballparks. I just like to walk around and talk to people. I love that. I did that when I ran the Brewers. And I enjoyed it. I miss that.[/i]
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-big-league-stew/bud-selig-wants-mariano-rivera-esque-farewell-tour-202535395--mlb.html
If he thinks he can come to Houston and expect anything less than boos and eggs thrown at him, than he is even more out of touch with reality than ARod.
I doubt they did it regularly.
http://www.spikesnstars.com/docs/wp-content/uploads/dome-chairs.jpg
Can't figure out how to paste a pic in a post, but a link will do. There's a white state of Texas plate on the side that's kinda washed out in the pic. It shows Row 7.
very nice. Where'd you get the brackets?
The BBWAA permanently stripped Le Batard of his vote and banned him from attending baseball games as a credentialed media member for a year.
But hey all the assholes who send in blank "protest" ballots have "earned the right to do what they want with their ballots."
What a bunch of dumbasses.
Then I'd say their raw stats are not a one to one comparison.
Where would Schilling have ranked had he pitched in the same years, the same number of innings, against the same opponents as Morris?
Of course you do. You're looking at career totals in a vacuum. For 17 of his 20 years, Schilling was decidedly mediocre, and sometimes worse. No doubt he had some tremendous seasons late. But there is no way his career had the kind of consistent excellence that Morris had. But if you think Schilling is worthy, by all means put him in your HOF. He's not in mine. And I'm glad he's not in the real one, though I suspect it's just a matter of time.
Maybe the ones who voted for Clemens but not Bonds remembered that a jury of twelve Americans found beyond a reasonable doubt that Clemens never used PEDs.
The entire process is fucked up. If the ballot were not limited to 10 players, Biggio gets in. Several writers have already said they left him off because they didn't have room.
If it weren't the first Astros ever I really would just stop giving a shit, but I can't.
the other 2 are columnists who write to inflame more than inform.
And if Morris got to throw as few innings as Schilling did, his stats would likely be better Schilling's. Still, WAR and VORP and Range Factor and XYZ aren't the be all to end all. I know it's gauche these days to consider things like consistency, length of excellence and actually contributing to winning baseball games, but those things still are part of a "career" for me. I'd take Morris over Schilling for my large Hall every day and twice on Sundays.
Nolan never won the Cy Young either.
So you're saying that you have to have won a CY award to be considered an ace?
"HAL BODLEY, senior correspondent
Glavine, Maddux, Morris, Thomas
I'm not ready to vote for Biggio and once again have no intention of ever punching my ballot for the steroid-suspected candidates."
So Biggio is clean but Bagwell is not? Why would they be any different? It's far more believable that both Bidge and Bags used steroids than just one.
If this is all an elaborate ploy to get me to complain then you win. I've been to all the celebrated sushi places in Houston and they are all terrible. Not terrible as in they fail to meet my impossibly high standards (they do) but terrible as in terrible.
It is amazing to me that in a city with so many excellent dining options of such variety and quality no one has managed to open a sushi restaurant that is not terrible.
There are some new places opening up, like Tiger Den and Ramen Jin that are getting good write-ups. The "sushi" places like Kata Robata and Soma can turn out a fine bowl of ramen as well.
The Astros wanted the roof closed in 2005, because the atmosphere in there was truly intimidating. It's no mystery.
Why Selig ordered it open for the World Series is also no mystery: he's a fucking arsehole.
2 seats from the Dome
Seems like lots of Rocks hitters do poorly on the road... Something about getting into bad habits at home because curves don't break as much at Coors? Hopefully getting out of there won't ruin him.
I'd guess leadoff.
Fowler
Altuve
Castro
Carter
Springer
Wallace?
Dominguez
Grossman
Villar
Presumably/hopefully Springer will ultimately hit 3 or 4, but likely not at the beginning of the year.
My recollection of him is a plus defender with some speed, and a serviceable bat with some pop. He certainly isn't some stiff that can barely play first.