Leslie. Stay away from Michael's groin.
maybe he drank too much viagra?
Anybody know anything about the Giants starter?
It's about time Matsui stepped up.
Wow. Tragic.
how did he do on the last road trip? how about Monday?
Is Bourn hurt?
dudeanyone got a score?
0-0 according to sportsline.com
Everyone's Favorite Whipping Boy is the early star.
My favorite whipping boy is... oh wait, you didn't mean it that way, did you?
who are you, and what happened to the BG i once knew?
Tejada boots an inbetween-hoppper.
Why the hell are there 2 active GZ threads? Why the hell were there 10+ pages on an 8-1 game??
bloop, bloop, bloop
Death of a thousand cuts + all the crappy defense you didn't see last year.
just one error. the rest were hit too soft to play.
I'm including Pence throwing for no damn reason.However, Matsui just executed the first proper rundown in recent Astros memory.
i did not see the daily Pence gaffe.
Astros scored 100 in the 3rd. 103-2.
nothing has happened since then?
i hope the bullpen doesn't blow the lead.
for the love of godsomeone register as a new membererase jack sutherford from the bottom of my screen...
I was thinking of a persona change, but I would hate to lose my post count.
Giants tie the game an a single to LF, plating the Kung Fu Panda.
I didn't either. This does potentially give me the opportunity to swap out from the most boring name ever, created when I naively thought I would never post. Then again, it also makes me more unmemorable, which is key to survival.
Who the fuck is Eli Whiteside? He sounds like a lost Steinbeck character.
didn't he invent the cotton gin?
we can improve 10 games in the standings by changing managers.
That will never happen because the built-in excuses are there:Berkman is hurtOswalt is hurtWandy is hurtValverde was hurtHawkins is hurtSampson is/was hurtBourn is hurtMatsui will get hurtCooper will be protected from blame for those very reasons. So will Ed Wade.
Mmmmmm... apple butter.
Basically, you want everyone to be like you. Next game: MMA fight before and after the game. Thanks.
while i personally would like a good mma fight, i don't think it's appropriate for a baseball game (unless it was doug brocail against angel hernandez). but as for the things that are appropriate for a baseball game (hot dogs, cold beer, neat scoreboards and other displays, historical exhibits, etc.), i would appreciate something interesting, unique, and well put together (or "cool" as i put it) instead of things that are tepid, cheap, and mundane. all beef hot dogs instead of aramark rat dogs??? a home run celebration that's more imaginative than a train that hauls basketballs 20 feet then slowly backs up? yeah, it's just me trying to pigeonhole the diverse world into my narrow personal preferences.
8-4 giants through 7. in case anyone needed a score update.
BTW Trum, SF was hot! I got a sunburn on Sunday! WTF?
try a PM psychiatric help for this.
astros need 6 runs to tie it up. anyone think they can do it?
Is that a haiku?
another triple and score is now 10-4.
By the way, the magical Alberto Arias ride seems to be over.
can't look at one or two outings. he has been solid and has great stuff.
Agreed, but he's not a guy who will routinely have 22 straight scoreless appearances.
who will?
Which is why I said it was a magical ride.Oh, and game over, 10-6 Giants.
boy, Pence is clutch.
Everyone is speculating a tired arm, but twitter says Cooper is denying it.
JD said his arm is sore. Cooper's saddle may be hurting his back too.
Greg Lucas opines the same:"Coop has publicly denied it, but Arias has all the signs of a pitcher whose arm is a bit tired. Inning over... 10-4 Giants to bottm 9th"That is kind of like when Cooper said Oswalt's wasn't hurt because he didn't see any drop in his velocity. Coop doesn't know how to manage pitchers. Period.
Coop doesn't know how to manage pitchers. Period.
That is kind of like when Cooper said Oswalt's wasn't hurt because he didn't see any drop in his velocity. Coop doesn't know how to manage pitchers. Period.
Did it strike anyone else as odd that Cooper let Wandy run the bases after he pulled up at 1st clutching his hamstring the other night? Then he took him out before he pitched again.
Managing overall? Perhaps, maybe even definitely yes.
I say this with all sincerity. I think JimR would be an excellent choice of manager for the Astros. I would imagine him to be a slightly more ascerbic version of Joe Maddon but a superb leader with unparalleled knowledge of baseball strategy and fundamentals. I thought Dierker was a good choice back in the day, coming down from the booth with similar traits, but still not on par with JimR. The internet has matured and blog sites such as this one could be/should be the .com's of a new generation of managers and general managers. Yeah, yeah...he never played in the show....so what? Imagine following such a team knowing that it will never be out-managed and players who don't know fundamentals wouldn't be tolerated. Seriously, it would be a brilliant stroke for the Astros to do that.
Brilliant stroking works sometimes.As you know.
go fuck yourself.
Well, maybe a really more ascerbic version .... more along the lines of an Earl Weaver. But I was not being sarcastic.
Drayton McLane: "Hello, Jim. Jim R? Hey this is Drayton, Drayton McLane. You know, Ms Footer called me the other day. She was telling me that she regularly follows along at StarsandStripes...what's that, Jim? Oh, OK at SpikesnStars and she said we might have a diamond in the rough here. What I'm telling you Jim is that we here at Astros, Inc. think you'd make a fine manager. Yeah, I know the downside is that your resume is mainly at the high school level, but from the looks of it, winning seems to follow you wherever you go. Anyway, we're going to go to a bit of a youth movement, I hear we've got a pretty good crop of 28 year olds.....don't worry, Lance and Carlos and Miguel aren't going anywhere and they act like teenagers anyway so you'll still have a good nucleus. So, what I'm saying, Jim, is that I'd like to announce you as our new manager on September 1st when can call up some of the young studs on our 40 man roster so you can get acquainted with what you'll get to work with next year. Whatcha say, Jim?"JimR: "Go fuck yourself."
