Author Topic: Angels @ Astros September 22, 2016 (Read 7851 times)

Mr. Happy · « **on:** September 22, 2016, 05:07:41 pm »

Your lineups for tonight's home tilt:

Halos

3BYunel Escobar (R)
CFMike Trout (R)
DHAlbert Pujols (R)
1BC.J. Cron (R)
SSA. Simmons (R)
LFJefry Marte (R)
RFRafael Ortega (L)
CCarlos Perez (R)
2BGregorio Petit (R)

LAA: Ricky Nolasco (R) (6-14, 4.78)

Astros

RF George Springer (R)
3B Y. Gurriel (R)
2B Jose Altuve (R)
SS Carlos Correa (R)
DH Evan Gattis (R)
1B Marwin Gonzalez (S)
LF Tony Kemp (L)
C Jason Castro (L)
CF Jake Marisnick (R)

HOU: Mike Fiers (R) (11-7, 4.46)

MrKnuckleball · « **Reply #1 on:** September 22, 2016, 07:12:02 pm »

MMP is empty, everyone must be watching the Texans.

MrKnuckleball · « **Reply #2 on:** September 22, 2016, 07:16:49 pm »

Damn it

HudsonHawk · « **Reply #3 on:** September 22, 2016, 07:17:39 pm »

Well that didn't take long. First pitch meatball to Pujols makes it 2-0 in the first

HudsonHawk · « **Reply #4 on:** September 22, 2016, 07:19:17 pm »

Fiers throwing puss. Better get the pen ready.

MrKnuckleball · « **Reply #5 on:** September 22, 2016, 07:20:41 pm »

What the hell Jake

MusicMan · « **Reply #6 on:** September 22, 2016, 07:23:19 pm »

Running Fiers out there is criminal negligence.

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MrKnuckleball · « **Reply #7 on:** September 22, 2016, 07:24:34 pm »

Quote from: MusicMan on September 22, 2016, 07:23:19 pm

Running Fiers out there is criminal negligence.

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Fister has been worse. Hope he has a short leash tomorrow night.

hostros7 · « **Reply #8 on:** September 22, 2016, 07:26:53 pm »

Of course Pujols is still playing out the string against the Astros

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NeilT · « **Reply #9 on:** September 22, 2016, 07:41:04 pm »

That may be the truest thing Ashby ever said.

Aussie Astro · « **Reply #10 on:** September 22, 2016, 07:44:18 pm »

If bat catching was a sport, that guy would be in the starting line up.

austro · « **Reply #11 on:** September 22, 2016, 07:48:06 pm »

Quote from: NeilT on September 22, 2016, 07:41:04 pm

That may be the truest thing Ashby ever said.

What did he say? "Man, I'm an idiot!"

NeilT · « **Reply #12 on:** September 22, 2016, 07:51:07 pm »

Quote from: austro on September 22, 2016, 07:48:06 pm

What did he say? "Man, I'm an idiot!"

high and inside called strike on Gattis, "I bet that's not a strike on Trout."

MrKnuckleball · « **Reply #13 on:** September 22, 2016, 07:59:56 pm »

Strike zone is WEAK. Springer got shafted.

NeilT · « **Reply #14 on:** September 22, 2016, 08:08:38 pm »

Quote from: Aussie Astro on September 22, 2016, 07:44:18 pm

If bat catching was a sport, that guy would be in the starting line up.

He is the starting lineup. I've never seen a bat actually caught before.

Col. Sphinx Drummond · « **Reply #15 on:** September 22, 2016, 08:36:13 pm »

Shit! God damn! It's 2 - 0 in favor of the Angels, top of the sixth. It is time for the Astros to quit fucking around already.

NeilT · « **Reply #16 on:** September 22, 2016, 08:41:23 pm »

Quote from: Sphinx Drummond on September 22, 2016, 08:36:13 pm

Shit! God damn! It's 2 - 0 in favor of the Angels, top of the sixth. It is time for the Astros to quit fucking around already.

The Texans are playing and Beyonce's in town. This is the night for it. Nobody's watching.

Col. Sphinx Drummond · « **Reply #17 on:** September 22, 2016, 08:41:45 pm »

Over time have the Astros had a greater nemesis than Pujols? And if so who would it be?

NeilT · « **Reply #18 on:** September 22, 2016, 08:43:22 pm »

Quote from: Sphinx Drummond on September 22, 2016, 08:41:45 pm

Over time have the Astros had a greater nemesis than Pujols? And if so who would it be?

Maybe the Braves pitching staff in the 90s?

hostros7 · « **Reply #19 on:** September 22, 2016, 08:54:04 pm »

Quote from: NeilT on September 22, 2016, 08:43:22 pm

Maybe the Braves pitching staff in the 90s?

Seconded.

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MusicMan · « **Reply #20 on:** September 22, 2016, 08:55:49 pm »

Quote from: Sphinx Drummond on September 22, 2016, 08:41:45 pm

Over time have the Astros had a greater nemesis than Pujols? And if so who would it be?

Bud Fucking Selig

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hostros7 · « **Reply #21 on:** September 22, 2016, 08:58:24 pm »

Quote from: NeilT on September 22, 2016, 08:43:22 pm

Maybe the Braves pitching staff in the 90s?

Although the inability to escape Pujols even after being exiled to the AL does make him a compelling candidate.

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NeilT · « **Reply #22 on:** September 22, 2016, 09:08:59 pm »

Quote from: MusicMan on September 22, 2016, 08:55:49 pm

Bud Fucking Selig

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How quickly we forget.

Aussie Astro · « **Reply #23 on:** September 22, 2016, 09:12:06 pm »

Quote from: NeilT on September 22, 2016, 09:08:59 pm

How quickly we forget.

I think it is called post-traumatic amnesia.

JimR · « **Reply #24 on:** September 22, 2016, 09:37:26 pm »

Fuck you, Pettis. Teoscar should have scored.

Col. Sphinx Drummond · « **Reply #25 on:** September 22, 2016, 09:40:04 pm »

Quote from: JimR on September 22, 2016, 09:37:26 pm

Fuck you, Pettis. Teoscar should have scored.

Teo was visibly frustrated by the hold, he knew he could have scored.

Aussie Astro · « **Reply #26 on:** September 22, 2016, 09:55:38 pm »

JimR · « **Reply #27 on:** September 22, 2016, 10:30:05 pm »

They were not going to throw home. The tying run would have gone to second. Crap.

MRaup · « **Reply #28 on:** September 22, 2016, 11:33:42 pm »

Quote from: JimR on September 22, 2016, 10:30:05 pm

They were not going to throw home. The tying run would have gone to second. Crap.

As frustrating as that was, the complete lack of offense against Ricky FUCKING PIECE OF SHIT Nelasco was worse. Good lord, way to make a scrub look like Cy fucking Young.

HudsonHawk · « **Reply #29 on:** September 23, 2016, 08:04:54 am »

Quote from: JimR on September 22, 2016, 10:30:05 pm

They were not going to throw home. The tying run would have gone to second. Crap.

"What team do you play for? Well I was just wondering why you would throw home when we've got a 2-run lead. You let the tying run get on second base and we lost the lead because of you. Start using your head...it's that lump three feet above your ass" - Jimmy Dugan.

There's actually some good baseball strategy in that movie.

MusicMan · « **Reply #30 on:** September 23, 2016, 09:18:09 am »

Quote from: HudsonHawk on September 23, 2016, 08:04:54 am

"What team do you play for? Well I was just wondering why you would throw home when we've got a 2-run lead. You let the tying run get on second base and we lost the lead because of you. Start using your head...it's that lump three feet above your ass" - Jimmy Dugan.

There's actually some good baseball strategy in that movie.

Jimmy Dugan and Lou Brown are a pretty close call for best manager in a movie.

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juliogotay · « **Reply #31 on:** September 23, 2016, 09:24:11 am »

Quote from: Sphinx Drummond on September 22, 2016, 08:41:45 pm

Over time have the Astros had a greater nemesis than Pujols? And if so who would it be?

Not even close. I remember Marichal would shut them down every time but that lasted less than ten years. Claude Osteen used to be an automatic loss so Houston traded for him and he couldn't do squat when he got here.

BlownRanger · « **Reply #32 on:** September 23, 2016, 12:05:42 pm »

Quote from: HudsonHawk on September 23, 2016, 08:04:54 am

"What team do you play for? Well I was just wondering why you would throw home when we've got a 2-run lead. You let the tying run get on second base and we lost the lead because of you. Start using your head...it's that lump three feet above your ass" - Jimmy Dugan.

There's actually some good baseball strategy in that movie.

"Quit thinking with your tits! We want a big inning!"

Lefty · « **Reply #33 on:** September 23, 2016, 12:27:43 pm »

Compared to his career and to other teams, he hasn't destroyed the Stros. I still hate him though.

Memorable moments and clutch situations and such notwithstanding, but we handled him better than about 2/3 of the teams in MLB. Ask the Pirates, Reds, Brewers or Cubs what they think about him.

The correct answer is Bud fucking Selig, or whoever decided to trade away Finley, Cammy and Lofton.

Nate Colbert · « **Reply #34 on:** September 23, 2016, 03:24:00 pm »

Quote from: juliogotay on September 23, 2016, 09:24:11 am

Claude Osteen used to be an automatic loss so Houston traded for him and he couldn't do squat when he got here.

Another SPECtacular move, acquiring a nearly 35-year old pitcher for a player (Jimmy Wynn) who still had a few good years left in him.

juliogotay · « **Reply #35 on:** September 23, 2016, 03:32:23 pm »

Quote from: Nate Colbert on September 23, 2016, 03:24:00 pm

Another SPECtacular move, acquiring a nearly 35-year old pitcher for a player (Jimmy Wynn) who still had a few good years left in him.

Yes, thanks Spec. BTW if you look at his Wikipedia page there is this cryptic notation;

To his credit, Richardson recognized César Cedeño as a potential superstar, but the Astros spent his tenure and several years after it mired in mediocrity. Sabermetric research shows that the Astros would likely have been the best team in the National League throughout much of the 1970s. Instead, the team would not appear in the playoffs until 1980.