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Game Zone 2019 / Houston Astros vs. Cinninati Reds - 17 Jun 2019
« on: June 17, 2019, 08:08:57 pm »
Top of the Fifth. No Score. 1 out.

I can't do PBP, but just wanted to acknowledge a game was happening.

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Game Zone 2019 / Houston Astros vs. Seattle Mariners - 6 Jun 2019
« on: June 06, 2019, 02:59:36 pm »
Day Game happening.

Chirinos with a 2-run HR. Yuli had an RBI single. Astros 3-0.

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Talk Zone / Hinch on Tyler White
« on: April 19, 2019, 05:39:21 pm »
From McTaggart tweets:

"He hasn't handled the fastball. He hasn't put fastballs in play like he normally does. He's getting pitched a little bit differently and he's going to have to adjust to that. It is a small sample. It's early in the season."

"The last thing I'd want to do is have a meeting with player and tell him he needs to hit for more power. That's like the kiss of death for a player. It's not going to help his swing; it's not going to help his contact."

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Talk Zone / Predictions for 2019 Astros
« on: February 11, 2019, 02:52:21 pm »
I find Dan Szymborski's predictions fairly entertaining and as accurate as any. His computer thinks Kyle Tucker will turn the corner this year, which would be great, and Wade Miley will not be a big impact, unless the Astros's staff work their magic. Gurriell is projected to be on the bench a lot, especially if Tucker takes off.

I think that is not the first time I've seen Altuve compared to Billy Herman.

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Game Zone 2018 / Houston Astros @ Oakland Athletics - 18 Aug 2018
« on: August 18, 2018, 02:41:46 pm »
I'm at the game today and they are celebrating the 2002 A's for some reason complete with cheesy sparklers and Art Howe video call-in.

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Game Zone 2018 / Baltimore Orioles at the Houston Astros - 2 April 2018
« on: April 02, 2018, 06:05:53 pm »
Baltimore Orioles

1. Chris Davis (L) 1B
2. Manny Machado (R) SS
3. Jonathan Schoop (R) 2B
4. Adam Jones (R) CF
5. Trey Mancini (R) LF
6. Colby Rasmus (L) RF
7. Tim Beckham (R) 3B
8. Pedro Alvarez (L) DH
9. Caleb Joseph (R) C

SP - Chris Tillman (R)

Houston Astros

1. George Springer (R) CF
2. Alex Bregman (R) 3B
3. Jose Altuve (R) 2B
4. Carlos Correa (R) SS
5. Josh Reddick (L) RF
6. Marwin Gonzalez (S) 1B
7. Evan Gattis (R) DH
8. Brian McCann (L) C
9. Derek Fisher (L) LF

SP - Charlie Morton (R)

Go Astros!

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Talk Zone / New Pace of Play Agreement
« on: February 19, 2018, 01:52:00 pm »
The commissioner and MLBPA agreed to some pace-of-play guidelines.

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The Championship Season Game Zone 2017 / World Series - Game 5 - 29 Oct 2017
« on: October 29, 2017, 07:02:56 pm »
Los Angeles Dodgers

1. Chris Taylor (R) CF
2. Corey Seager (L) SS
3. Justin Turner (R) DH
4. Enrique Hernandez (R) LF
5. Cody Bellinger (L) 1B
6. Logan Forsythe (R) 3B
7. Yasiel Puig (R) RF
8. Austin Barnes (R) C
9. Charlie Culberson (R) 2B

SP - Clayton Kershaw (L)

Houston Astros

1. George Springer (R) CF
2. Alex Bregman (R) 3B
3. Jose Altuve (R) 2B
4. Carlos Correa (R) SS
5. Yuli Gurriel (R) 1B
6. Josh Reddick (L) RF
7. Evan Gattis (R) DH
8. Marwin Gonzalez (S) LF
9. Brian McCann (L) C

SP - Dallas Keuchel (L)

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Talk Zone / Castro on 15-Day DL
« on: August 29, 2015, 03:27:05 pm »
Stassi recalled. Gattis taking bullpen.

Castro said quad was still sore, but getting treatment.

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Beer and Queso / Worst called game in history
« on: August 23, 2015, 11:44:36 am »
Buster Olney just linked to this video of umpiring excellence. Eric Gregg is the ump. Have a happy Sunday.

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Beer and Queso / Baseball and Weather
« on: August 21, 2015, 09:17:46 am »
Apparently, das isn't the only one at that intersection of interests.

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Talk Zone / Straily DFA Wojciehowski up
« on: August 05, 2015, 01:48:58 pm »
Does anyone understand the Straily DFA?

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Beer and Queso / Four-man Hidden Ball Trick
« on: June 16, 2015, 09:03:43 am »
I don't know if you have seen this, but a true team effort here.

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Game Zone 2015 Archive / non-Astro Opening Day - 5 Apr 2015
« on: April 05, 2015, 07:29:29 pm »
Cards @ Cubs. Cards up 1-0. Bottom of the first.

Fowler gets a double on his first at-bat as a Cubbie.

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Game Zone 2015 Archive / 25 Mar 2015 - Houston Astros at Philadelphia Phillies
« on: March 25, 2015, 12:24:39 pm »
Wojciechowski gets a 1-2-3 inning. End of the 1st. No score.

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Game Zone 2015 Archive / 23 Mar 2015 - Atlanta Braves at Houston Astros
« on: March 23, 2015, 12:12:43 pm »
Feldman pitching, 1 out. Young at 2nd. Top of the 1st.

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Game Zone 2015 Archive / Washington Nationals at the Houston Astros - 20 Mar 2015
« on: March 20, 2015, 12:43:50 pm »
Washington up 4-0. Top 2.

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Game Zone 2015 Archive / Houston Astros @ Pittsburgh Pirates - 17 Mar 2015
« on: March 17, 2015, 02:21:03 pm »
Houston up 10-4. Correa just homered.

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Game Zone 2015 Archive / Atlanta Braves @ Houston Astros - 16 Mar 2015
« on: March 16, 2015, 12:37:27 pm »
Altuve doubles, Gonzalez and Rasmus knock him in their at-bats. Bottom of the 2nd, Astros 1-0. 2 outs.

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Game Zone 2015 Archive / 13 Mar 2015 - Houston Astros @ Washington Nationals
« on: March 13, 2015, 12:38:49 pm »
Middle of the 2nd. Astros 1-0 on a couple of errors. 2 LOB.

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Game Zone 2015 Archive / St. Louis Cardinals @ Houston Astros (Kissimmee) - 10 Mar 2015
« on: March 10, 2015, 01:10:02 pm »
Cardinals lead 2-1. Top of the 4th.

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Talk Zone / Chass vs. Crane
« on: December 07, 2014, 10:56:16 am »
Murray Chass writes a column about minority manager hiring using Crane as the lead, but then meanders in a bunch of directions as baseball writers tend to do.

Crane writes a rather defensive letter back.

Just a reminder, Murray Chass accused Stan Musial being a racist, though I think he is saying less here and on firmer ground. I thought Crane's letter was interesting.

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Beer and Queso / Note-taking/organizing Software
« on: October 16, 2014, 11:34:58 am »
I recently have been playing around with Evernote in an effort to improve my work documentation methods. It is pretty much perfect in terms of functionality, but it's cloud-based and a lot of what I do can't go on the cloud. Does anyone know a similar piece of non-web/cloud software that does similar things? I haven't tried MS OneNote, or anything else.

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Game Zone 2014 Archive / More Baseball - 5 Oct 2014
« on: October 05, 2014, 04:24:24 pm »
Norris and Price both looking sharp.

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Game Zone 2014 Archive / Baseball - 2 Oct 2014
« on: October 02, 2014, 06:49:12 pm »
I like both these teams. O's 3-2.

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Game Zone 2014 Archive / Giants at Pirates - 1 Oct 2014
« on: October 01, 2014, 08:14:53 pm »
Crawford with a grand slam. 4-0 Giants.

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Game Zone 2014 Archive / A's @ Royals - 30 Sep 2014
« on: September 30, 2014, 08:37:09 pm »
Anybody else watching? Crazy crowd.

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Game Zone 2014 Archive / 28 Sep 2014 - Houston Astros at New York Mets
« on: September 28, 2014, 12:14:59 pm »
Houston Astros

1. Robbie Grossman (S) LF
2. Jose Altuve (R) 2B
3. Alex Presley (L) RF
4. Jon Singleton (L) 1B
5. Jake Marisnick (R) CF
6. Max Stassi (R) C
7. Gregorio Petit (R) 3B
8. Jonathan Villar (S) SS
9. Nick Tropeano (R) P

New York Mets

1. Matt den Dekker (L) LF
2. Bobby Abreu (L) RF
3. Daniel Murphy (L) 3B
4. Lucas Duda (L) 1B
5. Curtis Granderson (L) CF
6. Wilmer Flores (R) 2B
7. Ruben Tejada (R) SS
8. Juan Centeno (L) C
9. Bartolo Colon (R) P

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Talk Zone / Astros vs. the Contenders using WAR
« on: September 28, 2014, 09:53:02 am »
I drank a bunch of coffee this morning and decided to sit here and figure what it would take to get the Astros into contention. I really like this list of WAR by position provided by Baseball Reference (scroll down the page a bit). WAR is not a perfect stat, but the teams with the top WAR are also the teams in contention and it tries to take into account defense.

In any case, I rated the positions for each team into four groups: Exceptional (Top 3), Probably OK (4-7), Bleh (8-11), and Exceptionally Bad (Bottom 3). I listed the position WAR in parentheses so you can see the relative value.

Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim

Exceptional - C (0.6),  SS (1.7), CF (5.3), RF (2.3)
Probably OK - 1B (0.3), 2B (3.0),
Bleh - SP (2.2), RP (0.2), 3B (-1.7), LF (0.0), DH (-0.6)
Exceptionally Bad -

Oakland Athletics

Exceptional - RP (2.4), C (1.7), 3B (4.4), RF (2.1)
Probably OK - SP (2.4), 1B (-0.3), LF (1.0), DH (-0.3)
Bleh - 2B (-1.4), SS (-1.0)
Exceptionally Bad - CF (0.0)

Seattle Mariners

Exceptional - SP (4.7), RP (3.5), 2B (3.6), 3B (3.4), SS (0.9)
Probably OK -
Bleh - LF (-1.0), RF (-1.0)
Exceptionally Bad - C (-1.4), 1B (-1.9), CF (-1.7), DH (-2.4)

Detroit Tigers

Exceptional - SP (7.1), 1B (2.5), DH (2.7)
Probably OK - 2B (2.6), LF (1.1)
Bleh - C (-0.6), CF (0.1), RF (-0.9)
Exceptionally Bad - RP (-1.7), 3B (-3.6), SS (-1.9)

Kansas City Royals

Exceptional - LF (4.0), CF (2.7),
Probably OK - SP (3.4), RP (1.6), C (0.5), SS (0.1), RF (0.0)
Bleh - 1B (-1.7), 2B (-1.3), 3B (-1.9)
Exceptionally Bad - DH (-2.6)

Baltimore Orioles

Exceptional - 1B (1.7), SS (1.4), LF (3.1), CF (2.5), DH (1.7)
Probably OK - RP (0.2), C (-0.1), 3B (1.2), RF (0.2)
Bleh - SP (-0.5), 2B (-1.0),
Exceptionally Bad -

Houston Astros

Exceptional - 2B (3.6)
Probably OK - SP (3.7), DH (-0.7)
Bleh - C (-0.2), SS (0.1), LF (-1.3), CF (0.4), RF (0.7)
Exceptionally Bad - RP (-5.7), 1B (-3.4), 3B (-3.5)

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Game Zone 2014 Archive / 24 Sep 2014 - Houston Astros at Texas Rangers
« on: September 24, 2014, 08:32:44 pm »
Baseball. No score, top of the 5th, No outs.

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Game Zone 2014 Archive / 22 Sep 2014 - Houston Astros at Texas Rangers
« on: September 22, 2014, 07:54:21 pm »
Houston Astros

1. Robbie Grossman (S) LF
2. Jose Altuve (R) 2B
3. Chris Carter (R) 1B
4. Dexter Fowler (S) CF
5. Jake Marisnick (R) RF
6. Alex Presley (L) DH
7. Matt Dominguez (R) 3B
8. Max Stassi (R) C
9. Jonathan Villar (S) SS

SP: Nick Tropeano (R)

Texas Rangers

1. Leonys Martin (L) CF
2. Adam Rosales (R) 1B
3. Rougned Odor (L) 2B
4. Adrian Beltre (R) DH
5. Jake Smolinski (R) RF
6. Ryan Rua (R) LF
7. Luis Sardinas (S) SS
8. Robinson Chirinos (R) C
9. Guilder Rodriguez (S) 3B

SP: Derek Holland (L)

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Game Zone 2014 Archive / 18 Sep 2014 - Cleveland Indians at Houston Astros
« on: September 18, 2014, 07:32:30 pm »
Cleveland Indians

1. Michael Bourn (L) CF
2. Jose Ramirez (S) SS
3. Michael Brantley (L) LF
4. Carlos Santana (S) 1B
5. Jason Kipnis (L) 2B
6. Yan Gomes (R) C
7. David Murphy (L) DH
8. Lonnie Chisenhall (L) 3B
9. J.B. Shuck (L) RF

SP: Danny Salazar (R)

Houston Astros

1. Robbie Grossman (S) LF
2. Jose Altuve (R) 2B
3. Dexter Fowler (S) CF
4. Chris Carter (R) DH
5. Jason Castro (L) C
6. Jake Marisnick (R) RF
7. Jon Singleton (L) 1B
8. Matt Dominguez (R) 3B
9. Gregorio Petit (R) SS

SP: Scott Feldman (R)

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Talk Zone / Grantland article on Carter
« on: September 17, 2014, 03:05:46 pm »
Fine article by Jonah Keri in case you missed it.

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Game Zone 2014 Archive / 16 Sep 2014 - Cleveland Indians at Houston Astros
« on: September 16, 2014, 07:06:40 pm »
Cleveland Indians

1. Michael Bourn (L) CF
2. Jose Ramirez (S) SS
3. Michael Brantley (L) LF
4. Carlos Santana (S) 1B
5. Jason Kipnis (L) 2B
6. Lonnie Chisenhall (L) 3B
7. Yan Gomes (R) C
8. Jason Giambi (L) DH
9. David Murphy (L) RF

SP: Corey Kluber (R)

Houston Astros

1. Robbie Grossman (S) LF
2. Jose Altuve (R) 2B
3. Dexter Fowler (S) CF
4. Chris Carter (R) DH
5. Marwin Gonzalez (S) SS
6. Jon Singleton (L) 1B
7. Max Stassi (R) C
8. Alex Presley (L) RF
9. Gregorio Petit (R) 3B

SP: Nick Tropeano (R)

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Game Zone 2014 Archive / 14 Sep 2014 - Houston Astros at Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
« on: September 14, 2014, 02:45:40 pm »
Houston Astros

1. Robbie Grossman (S) LF
2. Jose Altuve (R) 2B
3. Dexter Fowler (S) CF
4. Chris Carter (R) DH
5. Jake Marisnick (R) RF
6. Carlos Corporan (S) C
7. Jesus Guzman (R) 1B
8. Matt Dominguez (R) 3B
9. Gregorio Petit (R) SS

SP: Dallas Keuchel (L)

Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim

1. Kole Calhoun (L) RF
2. Mike Trout (R) CF
3. Albert Pujols (R) DH
4. Howie Kendrick (R) 2B
5. David Freese (R) 3B
6. Erick Aybar (S) SS
7. Chris Iannetta (R) C
8. C.J. Cron (R) 1B
9. Collin Cowgill (R) LF

SP: Hector Santiago (L)

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Game Zone 2014 Archive / 2 Sep 2014 - Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim at Houston Astros
« on: September 02, 2014, 07:15:22 pm »
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim

1. Kole Calhoun (L) RF
2. Mike Trout (R) CF
3. Albert Pujols (R) 1B
4. Josh Hamilton (L) LF
5. Howie Kendrick (R) 2B
6. Erick Aybar (S) SS
7. Chris Iannetta (R) C
8. Brennan Boesch (L) DH
9. Gordon Beckham (R) 3B

SP - C.J. Wilson (L)

Houston Astros

1. Robbie Grossman (S) LF
2. Jose Altuve (R) 2B
3. Dexter Fowler (S) CF
4. Chris Carter (R) DH
5. Jason Castro (L) C
6. Matt Dominguez (R) 3B
7. Jake Marisnick (R) RF
8. Jon Singleton (L) 1B
9. Gregorio Petit (R) SS

SP - Brad Peacock (R)

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Game Zone 2014 Archive / 27 Aug 2014 - Oakland Athletics at Houston Astros
« on: August 27, 2014, 07:26:55 pm »
Oakland Athletics

1. Coco Crisp (S) DH
2. Sam Fuld (L) CF
3. Josh Donaldson (R) 3B
4. Stephen Vogt (L) 1B
5. Brandon Moss (L) LF
6. Derek Norris (R) C
7. Josh Reddick (L) RF
8. Alberto Callaspo (S) 2B
9. Eric Sogard (L) SS

SP: Drew Pomeranz (L)

Houston Astros

1. Robbie Grossman (S) LF
2. Jose Altuve (R) 2B
3. Chris Carter (R) DH
4. Dexter Fowler (S) CF
5. Jesus Guzman (R) 1B
6. Matt Dominguez (R) 3B
7. Jake Marisnick (R) RF
8. Carlos Corporan (S) C
9. Gregorio Petit (R) SS

SP: Brad Peacock (R)

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Game Zone 2014 Archive / 12 May 2014 - Texas Rangers @ Houston Astros
« on: May 12, 2014, 07:24:06 pm »
Texas Rangers

1. Shin-Soo Choo (L) DH
2. Elvis Andrus (R) SS
3. Adrian Beltre (R) 3B
4. Prince Fielder (L) 1B
5. Alex Rios (R) RF
6. Mitch Moreland (L) LF
7. Leonys Martin (L) CF
8. Robinson Chirinos (R) C
9. Rougned Odor (L) 2B

SP : Colby Lewis (R)

Houston Astros

1. Jose Altuve (R) 2B
2. Dexter Fowler (S) CF
3. Jason Castro (L) C
4. Matt Dominguez (R) 3B
5. Marc Krauss (L) 1B
6. George Springer (R) RF
7. Chris Carter (R) DH
8. Alex Presley (L) LF
9. Jonathan Villar (S) SS

SP - Brad Peacock (R)

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Game Zone 2014 Archive / Kansas City Royals @ Houston Astros - 15 Apr 2014
« on: April 15, 2014, 07:08:43 pm »
Kansas City Royals

1. Nori Aoki (L) RF
2. Omar Infante (R) 2B
3. Eric Hosmer (L) 1B
4. Billy Butler (R) DH
5. Alex Gordon (L) LF
6. Salvador Perez (R) C
7. Mike Moustakas (L) 3B
8. Lorenzo Cain (R) CF
9. Alcides Escobar (R) SS

SP - Yordano Ventura (R)

Houston Astros

1. Dexter Fowler (S) CF
2. Alex Presley (L) RF
3. Jason Castro (L) DH
4. Jose Altuve (R) 2B
5. Chris Carter (R) 1B
6. Matt Dominguez (R) 3B
7. Robbie Grossman (S) LF
8. Carlos Corporan (S) C
9. Jonathan Villar (S) SS

SP - Lucas Harrell (R)

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Game Zone 2014 Archive / New York Yankees @ Houston Astros - 3 Apr 2014
« on: April 03, 2014, 07:03:39 pm »
New York Yankees

1. Brett Gardner (L) CF
2. Derek Jeter (R) SS
3. Carlos Beltran (S) DH
4. Mark Teixeira (S) 1B
5. Alfonso Soriano (R) LF
6. Francisco Cervelli (R) C
7. Brian Roberts (S) 2B
8. Ichiro Suzuki (L) RF
9. Yangervis Solarte (S) 3B

SP - Ivan Nova (R)

Houston Astros

1. Dexter Fowler (S) CF
2. Robbie Grossman (S) LF
3. Jason Castro (L) C
4. Jose Altuve (R) 2B
5. Chris Carter (R) DH
6. Marc Krauss (L) 1B
7. Matt Dominguez (R) 3B
8. Alex Presley (L) RF
9. Jonathan Villar (S) SS

P - Brett Oberholtzer (L)

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Game Zone 2014 Archive / New York Yankees @ Houston Astros - 2 Apr 2014
« on: April 02, 2014, 07:16:03 pm »
New York Yankees:
1. Jacoby Ellsbury (L) CF
2. Derek Jeter (R) SS
3. Carlos Beltran (S) RF
4. Brian McCann (L) C
5. Mark Teixeira (S) 1B
6. Alfonso Soriano (R) DH
7. Brett Gardner (L) LF
8. Brian Roberts (S) 2B
9. Kelly Johnson (L) 3B

SP - Hiroki Kuroda

Houston Astros:
1. Dexter Fowler (S) CF
2. Robbie Grossman (S) LF
3. Jason Castro (L) C
4. Jose Altuve (R) 2B
5. Chris Carter (R) DH
6. Marc Krauss (L) 1B
7. Matt Dominguez (R) 3B
8. Alex Presley (L) RF
9. Jonathan Villar (S) SS

P - Jarred Cosart

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Talk Zone / Weird article about Astros and Broadcasting
« on: April 01, 2014, 08:31:22 am »
Here's an article from San Fransico newspaper complaining about how the Astros announcers are constantly babbling about adavnced stats to the detriment of their broadcast.

Here is a response from Robert Ford pointing out that this is complete nonsense.

I don't listen to the radio broadcast hardly ever and I don't really listen to announcers on the television broadcast that closely, so I don't know.

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Talk Zone / Astros appeal Comcast SportsNet bankruptcy ruling
« on: February 07, 2014, 06:26:43 pm »
Here's the article.

It reads like the Judge arranged for some offers to be made and the Astros thought they were no good. Not sure what $200 million in losses mean.

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Talk Zone / 2014 ZiPS Projections
« on: January 30, 2014, 09:38:05 am »
Dan Szymborski published his fantasy baseball projections for next year (hitting/fielding might be near ok, pitching will be putrid according to Dan's computer). In any case, he mentions in passing the player's union may have leaned on Crane to spend some money which got Feldman a nice pay day. Has anyone else read that?

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Talk Zone / Forbes writer says Astros most profitable franchise
« on: August 26, 2013, 10:20:59 am »
Whatever.

I don't think you know anything until you look at the books, but maybe you people know more.

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Game Zone 2013 Archive / 18 Aug 2013 - Houston Astros vs. Los Angeles Angels
« on: August 18, 2013, 03:43:53 pm »
Middle of the 3rd Inning. Astros up 3-1.

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Talk Zone / Braun suspended for rest of 2013
« on: July 22, 2013, 04:44:35 pm »
Waived appeal. According to twitter people.

More Biogenesis suspects to come?

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Talk Zone / Tony Bosch agreed to co-operate
« on: June 04, 2013, 06:53:21 pm »
A-Rod, Braun and 20 others are about to be suspended by MLB according to Jayson Stark on twitter.

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Game Zone 2012 Archive / 17 Aug 2012 - Arizona @ Houston
« on: August 17, 2012, 07:47:58 pm »
MLB.tv free game of the day!


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Talk Zone / Humber throwing very interesting game right now
« on: April 21, 2012, 05:24:19 pm »

http://www.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?topic_id=28665884&partnerId=aw-7594016160442756772-996

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Talk Zone / Astros sign Chris Snyder
« on: January 20, 2012, 11:49:41 am »
To 1 year contract with mutual option according to Footer and McTaggart twitters.


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Beer and Queso / Art Howe and Moneyball
« on: September 28, 2011, 11:40:55 am »
Zach Levine has a nice interview with Art Howe about Moneyball.

Do people remember why he was fired in 1993? Seemed like a good manager to me.

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Game Zone 2011 Archive / 11 Sep 2011 - Astros @ Nationals
« on: September 11, 2011, 12:58:15 pm »
Astros up 1-0. Top of 2nd.

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Game Zone 2011 Archive / 9 Sep 2011 - Astros @ Nationals
« on: September 09, 2011, 05:59:46 pm »
The ambassador from Mexico throws like a girl.

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Talk Zone / McLane denies ever discussing move to AL
« on: July 13, 2011, 08:41:33 am »
Quote
“That has not been discussed by the commissioner to myself or anyone else with the Astros,” McLane said by phone from Greenville, S.C, where he is on a business trip. “If that were part of the deal, that certainly would have emerged.”

Article Here.

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Talk Zone / Posnanski's List of Dominant Performances
« on: June 24, 2011, 09:11:47 am »
A fun list except the one where the Astros are mentioned:

http://joeposnanski.si.com/2011/06/24/the-14-most-dominant-performances/

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Beer and Queso / Alamo Drafthouse video
« on: June 10, 2011, 08:33:59 am »
Maybe you have seen this voicemail video bouncing around the web. I go to the movies all the time and someone using their smart phone never bothers me (as long as its silent).  When I go to the Arlington Cinema Drafthouse (where you sit by small tables and waiters bring you food and beer), it would bother me even less because people are more spread out and in general more acitivity. Is there something about the Alamo Drafthouse that would make it more annoying?

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Game Zone 2011 Archive / 18 May 2011 Houston at St. Louis
« on: May 18, 2011, 08:39:00 pm »
After making diving cash, Berkman out of line-up.

This game is pretty hard to watch.

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Beer and Queso / Friday Photo
« on: March 25, 2011, 03:33:52 pm »
My co-worker showed me some photos of Satchel Paige, one of which he is wearing a 1965-era Astros uni. No story with it, but I thought it was cool.

http://90feetofperfection.com/2011/03/23/its-a-satchel-paige-kinda-day/

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Beer and Queso / Happy Birthday, Texas!
« on: March 02, 2011, 10:16:31 am »
175 years young!  Long may she provide a home for noble sports franchises, well-named Gulf Coast watercraft and awesome Taco Stands even way the fuck out on 290.

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Talk Zone / Fire Joe Morgan Succeeds
« on: November 08, 2010, 07:29:52 pm »
ESPN doesn't renew Joe Morgan's contract for Sunday Night baseball, Jon Miller might stay on as a radio announcer:

http://bats.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/11/08/espn-breaks-up-sunday-night-baseball-team/

Joe was my favorite player as a kid, so I never minded him all that much.  I'm sure Orel Hershiser and Bobby Valentine will be much better.  

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Beer and Queso / Smartphones revisited
« on: January 20, 2010, 07:28:07 pm »
I know we've had about 5 smartphone threads here, but I just got a new job that doesn't provide a work cell phone and there seems to be couple of new smartphones on the market since the amazing technical minds assembled at this site have last discussed this topic.

The most appealing feature for me in a smartphone would be to access Google maps.  A phone that did this best would be the one I would be mostly likely buy.  It wouldn't necessarily have to have GPS since I'm ok at reading street signs.  Though I still need it to work as a phone and access the web. 

I'll accept the iPhone as the answer if that's the answer, but it would be nice to hear what the smartphone aficionados here have to say.  If you know a good article comparing the latest phones that would be nice to read as well. 

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Game Zone 2009 Archive / Chicago Cubs @ Houston Astros - 7 Apr 2009
« on: April 07, 2009, 07:15:43 pm »
Cub Lineup

A. Soriano LF
R. Theriot SS   
D. Lee 1B      
M. Bradley RF
A. Ramirez 3B   
R. Johnson CF
G. Soto C   
M. Fontenot 2B
R. Dempster P

Astros Lineup

K. Matsui 2B
I. Rodriguez C   
L. Berkman 1B   
C. Lee LF      
M. Tejada SS   
G. Blum 3B      
H. Pence RF   
M. Bourn CF   
W. Rodriguez P   

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Talk Zone / NL Schedule Strength
« on: September 08, 2008, 07:57:15 am »
With 19 games left, I was curious about who was playing whom in the NL playoff race and I came up with this list which I thought I would share.

NameWLHGAvg. Win % Opp.
CHC*865760.552
MIL8261120.513
NYM*8063120.465
PHI7865130.466
STL7766100.503
HOU7667130.469

W = Current Wins
L = Current Losses
HG = Home Games Remaining
Avg. Win % Opp.  = Weighted average of current winning percentages of remaining opponents
(*) = denotes leading their division

NL West is irrelevant. 

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Beer and Queso / Cheap Beer Summary
« on: August 13, 2008, 01:28:45 pm »
I know its not friday yet, but I thought this tour of America's cheap beer industry worthy of this board's attention :

http://www.salon.com/mwt/food/eat_drink/2008/08/11/cheap_beer/index.html

I agree with the comments on Yuengling and Shiner Spezial Leicht. 


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