Woody

[Taras Bulba]

In a way, it's high entertainment watching him do his high wire act, last night driving the Cubs and their fans to insanity.  Sneaky little shit but he's got sand.

[Bench]

In a way, it's high entertainment watching him do his high wire act, last night driving the Cubs and their fans to insanity.  Sneaky little shit but he's got sand.

He is the epitome of the grizzled veteran, right down to the patches of grey in his unkempt beard.

[Fredia]

He is the epitome of the grizzled veteran, right down to the patches of grey in his unkempt beard.

maybe he should get some of that just for men stuff. in the commericals on tv it just magically makes your life better so it would probaly help with his pitching

[Lurch]

He is the epitome of the grizzled veteran, right down to the patches of grey in his unkempt beard.

...randomly throwing in a knuckle once an outing.

[Frobie]

I thought it was a really interesting game.

After the first four batters, the wife and I were giving each other sidelong looks... not the "Cialis commercial" type but the "this could get out of hand in a hurry" kind.  I'd have wagered some serious money against Woody going 6 innings and allowing just a run at that point.  But that's why it's such a fun game--you never know what you're gonna see.

Other thoughts...  WTF is up with Astros "fans" booing all the damn time?  Woody was getting booed in the first inning.  The first inning!  Borkowski got booed when he gave up a leadoff homer to make the score 5-2.  Pitchers give up runs--it's just what they do.  Booing when it happens is bullshit.

Also, the person who shoots off the homerun fireworks prematurely sucks as bad as the fan who interferes with a ball in play IMO.  Watch.  The.  Fucking.  Umpire.  It's not that hard.  An extra 2 seconds before the big boom will not kill the moment, I promise.

[pravata]

...Other thoughts...  WTF is up with Astros "fans" booing all the damn time?  Woody was getting booed in the first inning.  The first inning!  Borkowski got booed when he gave up a leadoff homer to make the score 5-2.  Pitchers give up runs--it's just what they do.  Booing when it happens is bullshit.
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It's how they think "real fans" act.  That's what they've been told.

[WulawHorn]

I thought it was a really interesting game.

After the first four batters, the wife and I were giving each other sidelong looks... not the "Cialis commercial" type but the "this could get out of hand in a hurry" kind.  I'd have wagered some serious money against Woody going 6 innings and allowing just a run at that point.  But that's why it's such a fun game--you never know what you're gonna see.

Other thoughts...  WTF is up with Astros "fans" booing all the damn time?  Woody was getting booed in the first inning.  The first inning!  Borkowski got booed when he gave up a leadoff homer to make the score 5-2.  Pitchers give up runs--it's just what they do.  Booing when it happens is bullshit.

Also, the person who shoots off the homerun fireworks prematurely sucks as bad as the fan who interferes with a ball in play IMO.  Watch.  The.  Fucking.  Umpire.  It's not that hard.  An extra 2 seconds before the big boom will not kill the moment, I promise.

Frontrunning bandwaggoners who've been spoied by a decade and a half of baseball to expect a first place, or damn close to it team every year, combined with the toxic nature of the local media and below average baseball IQ in general of houston sports fans is my guess as to what is driving the booing.

[MRaup]

It's how they think "real fans" act.  That's what they've been told.

To be at least somewhat fair though, sounded on TV like there were a LOT of Cubs fans at the game. Possibli some booing of the cheering, maybe?

I know I heard a Lets Go Cubs chant at one point for about 10 seconds before it was drowned out by booing on Monday night.

[pravata]

To be at least somewhat fair though, sounded on TV like there were a LOT of Cubs fans at the game. Possibli some booing of the cheering, maybe?

I know I heard a Lets Go Cubs chant at one point for about 10 seconds before it was drowned out by booing on Monday night.

Yes, at the Mets 17 inning game same thing happened.

[WulawHorn]

To be at least somewhat fair though, sounded on TV like there were a LOT of Cubs fans at the game. Possibli some booing of the cheering, maybe?

I know I heard a Lets Go Cubs chant at one point for about 10 seconds before it was drowned out by booing on Monday night.

Good catch Mark. I myself have booed (along with most of the crowd) after braves HR's b/c 5k people are doing the tomahawk.

[Andyzipp]

Seemed like the booing was for the hitter, and his bastardly way of existing, rather than for Bork.

[MRaup]

Seemed like the booing was for the hitter, and his bastardly way of existing, rather than for Bork.

And make no mistake about it. Booing Cubs is not only acceptable, its encouraged.

[Limey]

In a way, it's high entertainment watching him do his high wire act, last night driving the Cubs and their fans to insanity.  Sneaky little shit but he's got sand.

That's exactly how he always pitched against the Astros.  Drove me fucking bonkers, it did.

[Taras Bulba]

That's exactly how he always pitched against the Astros.  Drove me fucking bonkers, it did.

Yeah, he did.  Seemed like every time he faced Houston, too.  But, without the same caliber of stuff (and he was never overpowering) he had in his Cardinal years he survives even more on his ferret like instincts.

Borkowski seems to be leaking oil.

[JimR]

Yeah, he did.  Seemed like every time he faced Houston, too.  But, without the same caliber of stuff (and he was never overpowering) he had in his Cardinal years he survives even more on his ferret like instincts.

Borkowski seems to be leaking oil.

i love Woody. i wish he had come over to the Good Guys sooner.

[Amy]

That's exactly how he always pitched against the Astros.  Drove me fucking bonkers, it did.

Absolutely Limey.  He made me crazy because our guys always seemed on the verge of breaking the game open against him and he would usually somehow get out of it.  Wish he'd been doing more of that for us this year.  Last night he was like fucking Houdini.

[Taras Bulba]

i love Woody. i wish he had come over to the Good Guys sooner.

It would be nice to think that Dewey has every pitcher in the organization watch a tape of that game. 

[juliogotay]

Woody would be a good one to have as an orginazational pitching coach when he hangs 'em up.