Author Topic: Pirates @ Astros, 8/29 (Read 8558 times)

believin · « **on:** August 29, 2011, 07:05:16 pm »

Schafer, cf
Altuve, 2B
Martinez, lf
Lee, 1B
Bogusevic, rf
Paredes, 3B
Barmes, ss
Corporan, c
Wandy, p

EasTexAstro · « **Reply #1 on:** August 29, 2011, 07:14:36 pm »

Wandy gets 3 out of 4. 0-0 going to the bottom of the 1st

EasTexAstro · « **Reply #2 on:** August 29, 2011, 07:15:16 pm »

Flash mob....

Col. Sphinx Drummond · « **Reply #3 on:** August 29, 2011, 07:15:55 pm »

Ah, baseball. A modern day opium of the people.

EasTexAstro · « **Reply #4 on:** August 29, 2011, 07:17:44 pm »

Schafer Ks looking

EasTexAstro · « **Reply #5 on:** August 29, 2011, 07:18:28 pm »

Altuve FO to RF

strosrays · « **Reply #6 on:** August 29, 2011, 07:18:46 pm »

Quote from: Sphinx Drummond on August 29, 2011, 07:15:55 pm

Ah, baseball. A modern day opium of the people.

Several must have OD'd.

Col. Sphinx Drummond · « **Reply #7 on:** August 29, 2011, 07:19:31 pm »

Nice play by Harrison.

EasTexAstro · « **Reply #8 on:** August 29, 2011, 07:19:41 pm »

JD GO to 3rd

0-0 after 1

strosrays · « **Reply #9 on:** August 29, 2011, 07:22:15 pm »

Wonder how many fans are really there? Gotta be <5,000.

EasTexAstro · « **Reply #10 on:** August 29, 2011, 07:23:34 pm »

Quote from: strosrays on August 29, 2011, 07:22:15 pm

Wonder how many fans are really there? Gotta be <5,000.

I'm there in spirit...In bathroom in reality..

strosrays · « **Reply #11 on:** August 29, 2011, 07:23:37 pm »

I guess Diaz is Pittsburgh's J-Mike.

Lurch · « **Reply #12 on:** August 29, 2011, 07:25:20 pm »

Home Wandy

jbm · « **Reply #13 on:** August 29, 2011, 07:25:56 pm »

That's some nice pitching by Wandy.

He probably couldn't throw those pitches in an American League park.

strosrays · « **Reply #14 on:** August 29, 2011, 07:26:11 pm »

Quote from: EasTexAstro on August 29, 2011, 07:23:34 pm

I'm there in spirit...In bathroom in reality..

Please tell me you are watching the game from there. On a TV. I've always wanted to meet someone with a television set in their bathroom.

EasTexAstro · « **Reply #15 on:** August 29, 2011, 07:27:31 pm »

Carlos FO.

EasTexAstro · « **Reply #16 on:** August 29, 2011, 07:31:21 pm »

Quote from: strosrays on August 29, 2011, 07:26:11 pm

Please tell me you are watching the game from there. On a TV. I've always wanted to meet someone with a television set in their bathroom.

Sadly, I am not one of those rich people that can afford the large shovels from the other thread. I have to dig my own holes.

No, just listening to the wife yelling what happened.

Col. Sphinx Drummond · « **Reply #17 on:** August 29, 2011, 07:33:07 pm »

Quote from: strosrays on August 29, 2011, 07:23:37 pm

I guess Diaz is Pittsburgh's J-Mike.

at least J-Mike doesn't pronounce his name Mich-A-Els.

EasTexAstro · « **Reply #18 on:** August 29, 2011, 07:34:57 pm »

WiFi Reception sucks in the outhouse.

Lurch · « **Reply #19 on:** August 29, 2011, 07:35:05 pm »

Dealing!!

EasTexAstro · « **Reply #20 on:** August 29, 2011, 07:36:18 pm »

Still 0-0 i top of 3rd, 2 out

EasTexAstro · « **Reply #21 on:** August 29, 2011, 07:38:33 pm »

headed to bottom of 3rd. 0-0. Wandy with one walk through 3

Lurch · « **Reply #22 on:** August 29, 2011, 07:41:19 pm »

Quote from: EasTexAstro on August 29, 2011, 07:38:33 pm

headed to bottom of 3rd. 0-0. Wandy with one walk through 3

6 Ks

EasTexAstro · « **Reply #23 on:** August 29, 2011, 07:43:38 pm »

3 perfect innings for the pirates. 0-0 after 3

strosrays · « **Reply #24 on:** August 29, 2011, 07:46:26 pm »

Trying to come up w/legitimate (non-novelty) folk/rock/r&b/country/etc. songs with pirates as a theme.

1. "Cardiff Rose" - Roger McGuinn
2. "Rescue Mission" - Kris Kristofferson

There are way more w/spacemen, so favorites only.

1. "2000 Light Years From Home" - Rolling Stones
2. "Space Oddity", "Ashes To Ashes" - David Bowie
3. "Cosmic Wheels" - Donovan
4. "Star Child" - Parliament
5. "Walking On The Moon" - Police

There have to be a lot more.

EasTexAstro · « **Reply #25 on:** August 29, 2011, 07:47:31 pm »

Harrison gets a lead off2nd in the top of the 4th.

1st hit of the game

EasTexAstro · « **Reply #26 on:** August 29, 2011, 07:48:57 pm »

Hr makes it 2-0 pirates, mccuthen. still no outs

EasTexAstro · « **Reply #27 on:** August 29, 2011, 07:50:09 pm »

walker double....I quit. Bad luck today.

strosrays · « **Reply #28 on:** August 29, 2011, 07:51:40 pm »

Dough-mitt doubles in Walker.

Col. Sphinx Drummond · « **Reply #29 on:** August 29, 2011, 07:52:11 pm »

Stop it Wandy.

Lurch · « **Reply #30 on:** August 29, 2011, 07:53:32 pm »

Strange fucking turn of events

Lurch · « **Reply #31 on:** August 29, 2011, 07:59:32 pm »

And he struck out the side amidst that mess

OregonStrosFan · « **Reply #32 on:** August 29, 2011, 07:59:47 pm »

JD got rid of the 'Guaranteed Win Jacket' last year? Really?!? How did I not know this?!? How did y'all let that happen?!?

strosrays · « **Reply #33 on:** August 29, 2011, 08:01:19 pm »

6. "Intergalactic" - Beastie Boys

austro · « **Reply #34 on:** August 29, 2011, 08:01:42 pm »

Quote from: strosrays on August 29, 2011, 07:46:26 pm

Trying to come up w/legitimate (non-novelty) folk/rock/r&b/country/etc. songs with pirates as a theme.

1. "Cardiff Rose" - Roger McGuinn
2. "Rescue Mission" - Kris Kristofferson

There are way more w/spacemen, so favorites only.

1. "2000 Light Years From Home" - Rolling Stones
2. "Space Oddity", "Ashes To Ashes" - David Bowie
3. "Cosmic Wheels" - Donovan
4. "Star Child" - Parliament
5. "Walking On The Moon" - Police

There have to be a lot more.

Jimmy Buffett probably has one or two. "A Pirate Looks at 40" comes to mind.

strosrays · « **Reply #35 on:** August 29, 2011, 08:02:52 pm »

Quote from: austro on August 29, 2011, 08:01:42 pm

Jimmy Buffett probably has one or two. "A Pirate Looks at 40" comes to mind.

OK, metaphorically.

believin · « **Reply #36 on:** August 29, 2011, 08:04:17 pm »

Quote from: strosrays on August 29, 2011, 07:46:26 pm

Trying to come up w/legitimate (non-novelty) folk/rock/r&b/country/etc. songs with pirates as a theme.

1. "Cardiff Rose" - Roger McGuinn
2. "Rescue Mission" - Kris Kristofferson

There are way more w/spacemen, so favorites only.

1. "2000 Light Years From Home" - Rolling Stones
2. "Space Oddity", "Ashes To Ashes" - David Bowie
3. "Cosmic Wheels" - Donovan
4. "Star Child" - Parliament
5. "Walking On The Moon" - Police

There have to be a lot more.

"Rocket Man" - Elton John

hostros7 · « **Reply #37 on:** August 29, 2011, 08:05:38 pm »

Are you kidding me with that pujols shit?

austro · « **Reply #38 on:** August 29, 2011, 08:06:18 pm »

Quote from: strosrays on August 29, 2011, 08:02:52 pm

OK, metaphorically.

Stephen Stills' "Treetop Flyer".

hostros7 · « **Reply #39 on:** August 29, 2011, 08:10:36 pm »

Quote from: austro on August 29, 2011, 08:06:18 pm

Stephen Stills' "Treetop Flyer".

The joker - Steve miller

Well it at least says "space"

Lurch · « **Reply #40 on:** August 29, 2011, 08:16:40 pm »

Wow, hell of a kid

strosrays · « **Reply #41 on:** August 29, 2011, 08:17:44 pm »

Quote from: hostros7 on August 29, 2011, 08:10:36 pm

The joker - Steve miller

Well it at least says "space"

I was born on this rock
And I've been travelin' through space
Since the moment I first realized
What all you fast talkin' cats would do if you could
You know, I'm ready for the final surprise

Half the morons on the internet think "The Joker" is actually called "Space Cowboy", but Miller was citing an earlier song of his own known by that title.

strosrays · « **Reply #42 on:** August 29, 2011, 08:18:52 pm »

7. "Outta Space" - Billy Preston

Lurch · « **Reply #43 on:** August 29, 2011, 08:19:09 pm »

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Keep-Kids-Connected/323050413196

Mr. Happy · « **Reply #44 on:** August 29, 2011, 08:19:32 pm »

Come on, Wandy. Throw strikes.

OregonStrosFan · « **Reply #45 on:** August 29, 2011, 08:21:41 pm »

Wow! Awesome play from Barmes there!

Ron Brand · « **Reply #46 on:** August 29, 2011, 08:22:34 pm »

That Barmes guy can pick it a little.

Lurch · « **Reply #47 on:** August 29, 2011, 08:23:41 pm »

10 K's, all swinging!

Ron Brand · « **Reply #48 on:** August 29, 2011, 08:24:07 pm »

Harry Nilsson, "Spaceman"

Lurch · « **Reply #49 on:** August 29, 2011, 08:24:32 pm »

Quote from: Mr. Happy on August 29, 2011, 08:19:32 pm

Come on, Wandy. Throw strikes.

seriously?!?!

Ron Brand · « **Reply #50 on:** August 29, 2011, 08:25:23 pm »

Bonzo Dog Band, "I'm the Urban Spaceman"

Deep Purple, "Space Truckin'"

Monster Magnet, "Space Lord"

jbm · « **Reply #51 on:** August 29, 2011, 08:26:51 pm »

Quote from: Ron Brand on August 29, 2011, 08:22:34 pm

That Barmes guy can pick it a little.

I hope they re-sign him. A real nice piece to have.

Ron Brand · « **Reply #52 on:** August 29, 2011, 08:28:49 pm »

He hits a little bit too. I hope he comes back next year, they need him.

Mr. Happy · « **Reply #53 on:** August 29, 2011, 08:29:36 pm »

Quote from: Lurch on August 29, 2011, 08:24:32 pm

seriously?!?!

He was nibbling to Tabata, which was a mistake given that McCutcheon was coming up.

Ebby Calvin · « **Reply #54 on:** August 29, 2011, 08:31:02 pm »

Dude, Major Tom.

Ron Brand · « **Reply #55 on:** August 29, 2011, 08:31:55 pm »

T. Rex, "Spaceball Ricochet"

Sun Ra, "Space Is The Place"

Ebby Calvin · « **Reply #56 on:** August 29, 2011, 08:32:32 pm »

There's also a decent Lambchop song called "National Talk Like a Pirate Day"

Ron Brand · « **Reply #57 on:** August 29, 2011, 08:33:10 pm »

David Bowie, "Starman"

strosrays · « **Reply #58 on:** August 29, 2011, 08:33:21 pm »

Quote from: Ebby Calvin on August 29, 2011, 08:31:02 pm

Dude, Major Tom.

I was just thinking, what was that stoopid song from the '80s that ripped off "Ashes To Ashes"? Thanks.

jbm · « **Reply #59 on:** August 29, 2011, 08:33:37 pm »

Rocket Ship.

Berkman on the Rangers would really suck. Maybe he can complete it by signing with the cubs in the off season.

Ron Brand · « **Reply #60 on:** August 29, 2011, 08:33:55 pm »

Schafer comes through again!

strosrays · « **Reply #61 on:** August 29, 2011, 08:34:16 pm »

Quote from: Ron Brand on August 29, 2011, 08:31:55 pm

T. Rex, "Spaceball Ricochet"

Sun Ra, "Space Is The Place"

Dude, you're on fire.

Ron Brand · « **Reply #62 on:** August 29, 2011, 08:35:55 pm »

Quote from: strosrays on August 29, 2011, 08:34:16 pm

Dude, you're on fire.

Just wind me up and watch me go...

strosrays · « **Reply #63 on:** August 29, 2011, 08:36:22 pm »

9. "South Saturn Delta" - Jimi Hendrix

Col. Sphinx Drummond · « **Reply #64 on:** August 29, 2011, 08:37:28 pm »

Killer Klowns from Outer Space, by The Dickies

Ron Brand · « **Reply #65 on:** August 29, 2011, 08:37:45 pm »

There was a coffee shop in downtown Austin called Little City. They had a silkscreen tryptych of Sun Ra in dayglo yellow and red. I coveted that.

Mrs. Brand would not have shared the interest.

strosrays · « **Reply #66 on:** August 29, 2011, 08:39:40 pm »

10. "Theme from the Black Hole" - Parliament

Lurch · « **Reply #67 on:** August 29, 2011, 08:39:55 pm »

Cygnus X-1

strosrays · « **Reply #68 on:** August 29, 2011, 08:40:23 pm »

11. "Planet Claire" - The B52's

Ron Brand · « **Reply #69 on:** August 29, 2011, 08:40:42 pm »

Devo, "Space Junk"

Ebby Calvin · « **Reply #70 on:** August 29, 2011, 08:41:20 pm »

More Bowie: Life On Mars (though not really about Mars if I remember correctly)

Ron Brand · « **Reply #71 on:** August 29, 2011, 08:41:33 pm »

Lou Reed, "Satellite of Love"

Ebby Calvin · « **Reply #72 on:** August 29, 2011, 08:41:47 pm »

Quote from: Ron Brand on August 29, 2011, 08:41:33 pm

Lou Reed, "Satellite of Love"

Very nice.

Ron Brand · « **Reply #73 on:** August 29, 2011, 08:42:04 pm »

Patti Smith, "Space Monkey"

Ron Brand · « **Reply #74 on:** August 29, 2011, 08:42:49 pm »

The Ventures, "Telstar"

Ron Brand · « **Reply #75 on:** August 29, 2011, 08:43:33 pm »

Roky Erickson, "Sputnik"

Col. Sphinx Drummond · « **Reply #76 on:** August 29, 2011, 08:45:31 pm »

As the Moon Speaks - Captain Beyond

In Search of Space (Album) - Hawkwind

Space Ritual (Album) - Hawkwind

Ron Brand · « **Reply #77 on:** August 29, 2011, 08:46:00 pm »

Pink Floyd, "Astronomy Domine" and "Interstellar Overdrive"

jbm · « **Reply #78 on:** August 29, 2011, 08:46:13 pm »

Slow down there.

You guys really know music.

Ron Brand · « **Reply #79 on:** August 29, 2011, 08:47:06 pm »

Dang, 12 Ks in six innings? Wandy is missing some bats tonight.

Col. Sphinx Drummond · « **Reply #80 on:** August 29, 2011, 08:47:16 pm »

Space Bandits (album) - Hawkwind

Lurch · « **Reply #81 on:** August 29, 2011, 08:47:35 pm »

12 through 6. All 7 (3), 8 (3), and 9 (2) have done is K

The Spleen · « **Reply #82 on:** August 29, 2011, 08:47:48 pm »

Anything by the Georgia Satellites?

pots · « **Reply #83 on:** August 29, 2011, 08:48:29 pm »

Quote from: Ron Brand on August 29, 2011, 08:47:06 pm

Dang, 12 Ks in six innings? Wandy is missing some bats tonight.

Yeah but 6 are from a guy that was released this year and a guy whose last name starts with a lowercased letter.

Ron Brand · « **Reply #84 on:** August 29, 2011, 08:48:45 pm »

Probably half the catalogue by Man Or Astro-Man.

Ron Brand · « **Reply #85 on:** August 29, 2011, 08:49:24 pm »

Quote from: pots on August 29, 2011, 08:48:29 pm

Yeah but 6 are from a guy that was released this year and a guy whose last name starts with a lowercased letter.

I'd be happy if the entire Pirate lineup was Bill Hall.

Col. Sphinx Drummond · « **Reply #86 on:** August 29, 2011, 08:50:09 pm »

Intergalactic Laxative - Donovan

The Spleen · « **Reply #87 on:** August 29, 2011, 08:50:35 pm »

Quote from: pots on August 29, 2011, 08:48:29 pm

Yeah but 6 are from a guy that was released this year and a guy whose last name starts with a lowercased letter.

Any Uzbeks in the lineup tonight?

Ron Brand · « **Reply #88 on:** August 29, 2011, 08:50:55 pm »

The Byrds, "Eight Miles High"

BizidyDizidy · « **Reply #89 on:** August 29, 2011, 08:51:03 pm »

Even when it looks like Carlos makes solid contact, the ball just doesn't go anywhere

Lurch · « **Reply #90 on:** August 29, 2011, 08:51:15 pm »

Quote from: The Spleen on August 29, 2011, 08:47:48 pm

Anything by the Georgia Satellites?

Jefferson Starship wants in on this

subnuclear · « **Reply #91 on:** August 29, 2011, 08:51:27 pm »

"Spaceboy" - Smashing Pumpkins

Adam Ant dressed like pirate for reasons that were never clear to me.

Ron Brand · « **Reply #92 on:** August 29, 2011, 08:51:58 pm »

Quote from: BizidyDizidy on August 29, 2011, 08:51:03 pm

Even when it looks like Carlos makes solid contact, the ball just doesn't go anywhere

Yeah. At least he's getting hits.

strosrays · « **Reply #93 on:** August 29, 2011, 08:52:17 pm »

11. "Supermassive Black Hole" - Muse

jbm · « **Reply #94 on:** August 29, 2011, 08:53:01 pm »

Quote from: BizidyDizidy on August 29, 2011, 08:51:03 pm

Even when it looks like Carlos makes solid contact, the ball just doesn't go anywhere

Yeah, I question the wisdom of him swinging 3-0. He doesn't seem likely to knock it out anymore.

Mr. Happy · « **Reply #95 on:** August 29, 2011, 08:53:12 pm »

Grilli has decent late movement tonight. Hopefully, we can get to him.

Ron Brand · « **Reply #96 on:** August 29, 2011, 08:53:16 pm »

Didn't Lightnin' Hopkins have one like "Blues for John Glenn"?

strosrays · « **Reply #97 on:** August 29, 2011, 08:53:50 pm »

"It Came Out Of The Sky" - CCR

Ebby Calvin · « **Reply #98 on:** August 29, 2011, 08:55:18 pm »

Sun Kil Moon - "Space Travel is Boring"
Radiohead - "Planet Telex"

Ron Brand · « **Reply #99 on:** August 29, 2011, 08:55:52 pm »

Hooters, "Satellite"

Ron Brand · « **Reply #100 on:** August 29, 2011, 08:57:05 pm »

Black Sabbath, "Into the Void"

Neil Young, "After the Gold Rush"

strosrays · « **Reply #101 on:** August 29, 2011, 08:58:13 pm »

"Marquee Moon" - Television

Matt · « **Reply #102 on:** August 29, 2011, 08:58:42 pm »

Quote from: subnuclear on August 29, 2011, 08:51:27 pm

"Spaceboy" - Smashing Pumpkins

Adam Ant dressed like pirate for reasons that were never clear to me.

He was a king of the wild frontier. Duh.

Ron Brand · « **Reply #103 on:** August 29, 2011, 08:59:00 pm »

Wings, "Venus and Mars Are Alright Tonight"

Col. Sphinx Drummond · « **Reply #104 on:** August 29, 2011, 08:59:38 pm »

Alien 4 (album) - Hawkwind
Love in Space (live album) - Hawkwind

Ron Brand · « **Reply #105 on:** August 29, 2011, 08:59:46 pm »

Bowie, "Moonage Daydream"

Col. Sphinx Drummond · « **Reply #106 on:** August 29, 2011, 09:00:14 pm »

Quote from: strosrays on August 29, 2011, 08:58:13 pm

"Marquee Moon" - Television

Good one.

Ron Brand · « **Reply #107 on:** August 29, 2011, 09:00:22 pm »

Sphinx, shoveling up the Hawkwind. Good work, sir.

hostros7 · « **Reply #108 on:** August 29, 2011, 09:00:31 pm »

This has to be cabrerad, Brain damage - pink floyd

Ron Brand · « **Reply #109 on:** August 29, 2011, 09:01:01 pm »

Wilbur Wood, Mickey Lolich

strosrays · « **Reply #110 on:** August 29, 2011, 09:01:14 pm »

"Under The Big, Black Sun" - X
"Black Hole Sun" - Soundgarden

strosrays · « **Reply #111 on:** August 29, 2011, 09:02:59 pm »

"Walking On The Sun" - Smashmouth

Mr. Happy · « **Reply #112 on:** August 29, 2011, 09:03:51 pm »

You guys confound me in music. I've never even heard of 3/4 of those bands.

Col. Sphinx Drummond · « **Reply #113 on:** August 29, 2011, 09:04:14 pm »

Celestial Terrestrial Commuters - Mahavishnu Orchestra

strosrays · « **Reply #114 on:** August 29, 2011, 09:05:17 pm »

"Miles From Earth", "Supernova" - Roy Buchanan

Ebby Calvin · « **Reply #115 on:** August 29, 2011, 09:05:34 pm »

In an interstellar burst
I am back to save the universe

Ron Brand · « **Reply #116 on:** August 29, 2011, 09:05:53 pm »

Fu Manchu, "Space Farm"

Ron Brand · « **Reply #117 on:** August 29, 2011, 09:06:43 pm »

Fu Manchu, "Saturn III"

Col. Sphinx Drummond · « **Reply #118 on:** August 29, 2011, 09:07:06 pm »

We are going to Save the Universe - The Swinging' Love Corpses

Ebby Calvin · « **Reply #119 on:** August 29, 2011, 09:08:44 pm »

So, is there a game going on or something?

Col. Sphinx Drummond · « **Reply #120 on:** August 29, 2011, 09:09:19 pm »

Except for that one inning a great game by Wandy.

Mr. Happy · « **Reply #121 on:** August 29, 2011, 09:09:45 pm »

Bourgeois hasn't done shit since the ASB.

Ron Brand · « **Reply #122 on:** August 29, 2011, 09:10:04 pm »

Blue Oyster Cult, "Veteran of the Psychic Wars" and "Extra Terrestrial Intelligence"

hostros7 · « **Reply #123 on:** August 29, 2011, 09:10:13 pm »

Looking for astronauts - the national

Lurch · « **Reply #124 on:** August 29, 2011, 09:11:08 pm »

Quote from: Sphinx Drummond on August 29, 2011, 09:09:19 pm

Except for that one inning a great game by Wandy.

...and he struck out the side in that inning

Ron Brand · « **Reply #125 on:** August 29, 2011, 09:11:18 pm »

Quote from: Mr. Happy on August 29, 2011, 09:09:45 pm

Bourgeois hasn't done shit since the ASB.

I wonder if he just got out of rhythm being hurt a couple of times, or if he was just on a hot streak and now it's over.

Lefty · « **Reply #126 on:** August 29, 2011, 09:11:43 pm »

Hendrix - EXP
Widespread Panic - Space Wrangler
Europe - Final Countdown

Ron Brand · « **Reply #127 on:** August 29, 2011, 09:12:03 pm »

Oh fine, break his fucking toe you bastards.

hostros7 · « **Reply #128 on:** August 29, 2011, 09:12:15 pm »

Quote from: Mr. Happy on August 29, 2011, 09:09:45 pm

Bourgeois hasn't done shit since the ASB.

I thought he was going to replace Bourn and we wouldn't even miss him, at least that's what I heard on the talk radio

Lurch · « **Reply #129 on:** August 29, 2011, 09:13:02 pm »

Why would anyone throw a first pitch strike to Altuve

Ron Brand · « **Reply #130 on:** August 29, 2011, 09:13:39 pm »

Quote from: hostros7 on August 29, 2011, 09:12:15 pm

I thought he was going to replace Bourn and we wouldn't even miss him, at least that's what I heard on the talk radio

Fucking morons. It's Schafer!

Col. Sphinx Drummond · « **Reply #131 on:** August 29, 2011, 09:14:53 pm »

Space Suit - They Might Be Giants

jbm · « **Reply #132 on:** August 29, 2011, 09:15:51 pm »

Quote from: Lurch on August 29, 2011, 09:13:02 pm

Why would anyone throw a first pitch strike to Altuve

True. I suspect they will encourage patience and selectivity to him. He'll need some to realize his potential.

strosrays · « **Reply #133 on:** August 29, 2011, 09:15:58 pm »

"Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft" - Klaatu

hostros7 · « **Reply #134 on:** August 29, 2011, 09:16:22 pm »

Quote from: Sphinx Drummond on August 29, 2011, 09:14:53 pm

Space Suit - They Might Be Giants

Nerd.

Bench · « **Reply #135 on:** August 29, 2011, 09:16:48 pm »

Quote from: strosrays on August 29, 2011, 07:22:15 pm

Wonder how many fans are really there? Gotta be <5,000.

Paid attendance 19,250. You're probably not far off at all.

Ron Brand · « **Reply #136 on:** August 29, 2011, 09:17:26 pm »

Altuve!

Ron Brand · « **Reply #137 on:** August 29, 2011, 09:17:56 pm »

Quote from: strosrays on August 29, 2011, 09:15:58 pm

"Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft" - Klaatu

Nice.

Col. Sphinx Drummond · « **Reply #138 on:** August 29, 2011, 09:18:09 pm »

Quote from: Lefty on August 29, 2011, 09:11:43 pm

Europe - Final Countdown

Especially this version.

strosrays · « **Reply #139 on:** August 29, 2011, 09:18:43 pm »

Quote from: Lurch on August 29, 2011, 08:51:15 pm

Jefferson Starship wants in on this

And UFO.

strosrays · « **Reply #140 on:** August 29, 2011, 09:19:20 pm »

Quote from: Ron Brand on August 29, 2011, 09:17:56 pm

Nice.

Of course, it's really the Beatles.

Ron Brand · « **Reply #141 on:** August 29, 2011, 09:20:55 pm »

Quote from: strosrays on August 29, 2011, 09:19:20 pm

Of course, it's really the Beatles.

Really. Just listen!

Lurch · « **Reply #142 on:** August 29, 2011, 09:21:49 pm »

Quote from: strosrays on August 29, 2011, 09:18:43 pm

And UFO.

Spock's Beard

Ron Brand · « **Reply #143 on:** August 29, 2011, 09:22:06 pm »

REM, "Kohoutek" and "Man in the Moon"

strosrays · « **Reply #144 on:** August 29, 2011, 09:22:44 pm »

"Praying to the Aliens" - Tubeway Army

Col. Sphinx Drummond · « **Reply #145 on:** August 29, 2011, 09:23:06 pm »

Weird play ties the game.

Ron Brand · « **Reply #146 on:** August 29, 2011, 09:23:20 pm »

Gary Numan, "I Nearly Married A Human"

Lurch · « **Reply #147 on:** August 29, 2011, 09:23:36 pm »

Hard enough!

Col. Sphinx Drummond · « **Reply #148 on:** August 29, 2011, 09:23:46 pm »

KABONG!!!!

hostros7 · « **Reply #149 on:** August 29, 2011, 09:23:53 pm »

Carlo with a moon shot

Ron Brand · « **Reply #150 on:** August 29, 2011, 09:24:09 pm »

Lee puts one in the front row of the Boxes and it's 6-3 Astros in the bottom of the 7th!

BizidyDizidy · « **Reply #151 on:** August 29, 2011, 09:25:12 pm »

Even when he hits a homerun it doesn't go that far - I'll take it though

hostros7 · « **Reply #152 on:** August 29, 2011, 09:26:22 pm »

All of sigur ros feels from outer space, but it's really only iceland

Ron Brand · « **Reply #153 on:** August 29, 2011, 09:27:13 pm »

Quote from: hostros7 on August 29, 2011, 09:26:22 pm

All of sigur ros feels from outer space, but it's really only iceland

Laibach.

Lefty · « **Reply #154 on:** August 29, 2011, 09:27:15 pm »

Quote from: Sphinx Drummond on August 29, 2011, 09:18:09 pm

Especially this version.

Oh no doubt, that cracks me up every time. So much funny.

Joe Satriani - Surfing with the Alien

Lurch · « **Reply #155 on:** August 29, 2011, 09:27:38 pm »

Little kid missing that ball looked like the Zapruder film

Ron Brand · « **Reply #156 on:** August 29, 2011, 09:29:26 pm »

Flock of Seagulls, "Space Age Love Song"

Ron Brand · « **Reply #157 on:** August 29, 2011, 09:30:56 pm »

Kyuss, "Space Cadet"

strosrays · « **Reply #158 on:** August 29, 2011, 09:31:08 pm »

"Sun Arise" - Alice Cooper
"Sun Beat Down" - Sharks

Ron Brand · « **Reply #159 on:** August 29, 2011, 09:33:11 pm »

Melvins, "Zodiac"

Col. Sphinx Drummond · « **Reply #160 on:** August 29, 2011, 09:33:26 pm »

A Funky Space Reincarnation - Marvin Gaye

Ron Brand · « **Reply #161 on:** August 29, 2011, 09:34:21 pm »

OMD, "Walking on the Milky Way"

strosrays · « **Reply #162 on:** August 29, 2011, 09:35:33 pm »

"Son of Sagittarius" - Eddie Kendrick

strosrays · « **Reply #163 on:** August 29, 2011, 09:39:59 pm »

We are stardust (billion-year-old carbon)
We are golden (caught in the Devil's bargain)
And we got to get ourselves back to the garden

"Woodstock" - Joni Mitchell

strosrays · « **Reply #164 on:** August 29, 2011, 09:40:34 pm »

"Children of the Sun" - Billy Thorpe

Col. Sphinx Drummond · « **Reply #165 on:** August 29, 2011, 09:42:01 pm »

Mars Needs Guitars - The Hoodoo Gurus

Ron Brand · « **Reply #166 on:** August 29, 2011, 09:42:13 pm »

Black Sabbath, "Supernaut"

Ron Brand · « **Reply #167 on:** August 29, 2011, 09:43:26 pm »

Husker Du, "Books About UFO's"

Ron Brand · « **Reply #168 on:** August 29, 2011, 09:46:14 pm »

Guitar Wolf, "Cosmic Space Girl" and "Teenage UFO"

hostros7 · « **Reply #169 on:** August 29, 2011, 09:47:18 pm »

Pretty bunt!

Ron Brand · « **Reply #170 on:** August 29, 2011, 09:47:43 pm »

Wow. Surprise bunt by Altuve for an RBI single. 7-3 in the 8th.

Ron Brand · « **Reply #171 on:** August 29, 2011, 09:48:10 pm »

This is getting ugly now. Double steal.

Ron Brand · « **Reply #172 on:** August 29, 2011, 09:48:49 pm »

Fucking hubris.

Lurch · « **Reply #173 on:** August 29, 2011, 09:49:06 pm »

Wandy can't throw strikes, Carlos can't hit the ball deep, and Altuve can't bunt. What else you got?

Lefty · « **Reply #174 on:** August 29, 2011, 09:49:47 pm »

The song Eric Idle sings in Meaning of Life
Fly Me to the Moon - Sinatra
Echoes - Pink Floyd (while sync'd with 2001)
Sun and Moon - The Pogues

Bench · « **Reply #175 on:** August 29, 2011, 09:50:03 pm »

That was a genius display of clustfuckery.

austro · « **Reply #176 on:** August 29, 2011, 09:50:04 pm »

Quote from: Lurch on August 29, 2011, 09:49:06 pm

Wandy can't throw strikes, Carlos can't hit the ball deep, and Altuve can't bunt. What else you got?

Charlie don't surf.

Ron Brand · « **Reply #177 on:** August 29, 2011, 09:50:17 pm »

Quote from: Lurch on August 29, 2011, 09:49:06 pm

Wandy can't throw strikes, Carlos can't hit the ball deep, and Altuve can't bunt. What else you got?

Relievers can't hold a lead.

Astros can't win.

Bench · « **Reply #178 on:** August 29, 2011, 09:50:39 pm »

I haven't checked every page in this thread but... Grateful Dead - Space?

Col. Sphinx Drummond · « **Reply #179 on:** August 29, 2011, 09:50:49 pm »

Lonely Planet Boy - New York Dolls

Ron Brand · « **Reply #180 on:** August 29, 2011, 09:51:19 pm »

Quote from: Bench on August 29, 2011, 09:50:39 pm

I haven't checked every page in this thread but... Grateful Dead - Space?

No, you gotta go back and check first.

Ron Brand · « **Reply #181 on:** August 29, 2011, 09:52:38 pm »

Quote from: Sphinx Drummond on August 29, 2011, 09:50:49 pm

Lonely Planet Boy - New York Dolls

Have you seen a reunion show? Nice little medley of that for Johnny T.

Ebby Calvin · « **Reply #182 on:** August 29, 2011, 09:53:21 pm »

Quote from: Bench on August 29, 2011, 09:50:39 pm

I haven't checked every page in this thread but... Grateful Dead - Space?

Hippie

Ron Brand · « **Reply #183 on:** August 29, 2011, 09:54:48 pm »

Abreu throws hard.

hostros7 · « **Reply #184 on:** August 29, 2011, 09:56:13 pm »

Quote from: Ron Brand on August 29, 2011, 09:54:48 pm

Abreu throws hard.

90 mph change. Must be nice.

Lurch · « **Reply #185 on:** August 29, 2011, 09:56:37 pm »

Abreu threw a 9 pitch K to start hs major league career

Ron Brand · « **Reply #186 on:** August 29, 2011, 09:56:49 pm »

Gil Scott-Heron, "Whitey on the Moon"

Ron Brand · « **Reply #187 on:** August 29, 2011, 09:57:16 pm »

Quote from: Lurch on August 29, 2011, 09:56:37 pm

Abreu threw a 9 pitch K to start hs major league career

He has no clue where that ball is going.

Ron Brand · « **Reply #188 on:** August 29, 2011, 09:58:59 pm »

T. Rex, "Planet Queen"

Col. Sphinx Drummond · « **Reply #189 on:** August 29, 2011, 09:59:48 pm »

Kiko and the Lavender Moon - Los Lobos

Whole of the Moon - The Waterboys

Pink Moon - Nick Drake

There's a Moon in the Sky (Called the Moon) - The B-52s

Bark at the Moon - Ozzy Osbourne

Moondance - Van Morrison

Ron Brand · « **Reply #190 on:** August 29, 2011, 10:00:20 pm »

Pere Ubu, "Cloud 149"

Col. Sphinx Drummond · « **Reply #191 on:** August 29, 2011, 10:01:43 pm »

Quote from: Ron Brand on August 29, 2011, 09:52:38 pm

Have you seen a reunion show? Nice little medley of that for Johnny T.

Saw 'em at Stubbs about 4 years back.

Lurch · « **Reply #192 on:** August 29, 2011, 10:03:09 pm »

Shitfuck

Ron Brand · « **Reply #193 on:** August 29, 2011, 10:04:14 pm »

Public Enemy, "Fear of a Black Planet"

strosrays · « **Reply #194 on:** August 29, 2011, 10:05:07 pm »

The satellite was out of sight
Radioactive though
Quite alright when it was high
But now it’s very low

"Boom Boom" - Trio

strosrays · « **Reply #195 on:** August 29, 2011, 10:07:01 pm »

"Beach on the Moon" - Kurt Vile

Bench · « **Reply #196 on:** August 29, 2011, 10:07:40 pm »

Quote from: Ron Brand on August 29, 2011, 09:51:19 pm

No, you gotta go back and check first.

harsh

Ron Brand · « **Reply #197 on:** August 29, 2011, 10:07:51 pm »

Rob Zombie, "Mars Needs Women"

Ron Brand · « **Reply #198 on:** August 29, 2011, 10:08:29 pm »

Astros win!

Col. Sphinx Drummond · « **Reply #199 on:** August 29, 2011, 10:09:26 pm »

Planet of Sound - The Pixies