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Rox @ Astros 9/24/11
« on: September 24, 2011, 06:44:33 pm »
Wallace hit a solo shot to CF in the second inning and JD drove in a run with a sac fly in the first. 2-0 Bottom 3
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Re: Rox @ Astros 9/24/11
« Reply #1 on: September 24, 2011, 06:49:43 pm »
Astros go down in order. 2-0 Top 4 I'm getting ready to switch over to the LSU/WVU game, but I'll check in from time to time.
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Re: Rox @ Astros 9/24/11
« Reply #2 on: September 24, 2011, 06:51:40 pm »
I'm going to miss these Saturdays with Baggy.
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Re: Rox @ Astros 9/24/11
« Reply #3 on: September 24, 2011, 06:53:51 pm »
I'm watching the Rox announcers because, for some reason, DirecTV doesn't pick up My20 games.
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Re: Rox @ Astros 9/24/11
« Reply #4 on: September 24, 2011, 06:57:23 pm »
Happ can't get past two strikes. He needs to sharpen his offspeed offerings.
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Re: Rox @ Astros 9/24/11
« Reply #5 on: September 24, 2011, 06:57:29 pm »
Quote from: chuck on September 24, 2011, 06:51:40 pm
I'm going to miss these Saturdays with Baggy.

Sadly, FSSW is showing me the Baylor Bears dismantling the Rice Owls. No Baggy for me, and I'll have to stand and take the abuse from Yboddeus and Taras Bulba.
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Re: Rox @ Astros 9/24/11
« Reply #6 on: September 24, 2011, 06:58:23 pm »
It's been said several times before, but Bags in the booth is so awesome. 
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Re: Rox @ Astros 9/24/11
« Reply #7 on: September 24, 2011, 07:07:11 pm »
Quote from: roadrunner on September 24, 2011, 06:58:23 pm
It's been said several times before, but Bags in the booth is so awesome. 

He really is. I don't think he'd add nearly as much as JD as a color guy because he's not as witty and he doesn't communicate his thoughts as well as JD does. BUT, added to an already excellent mix he is fantastic. He can be sardonic or cynical in a way that the main guys can't. He can be negative and critical in a similar way. Not that he's always or even often negative. But he's not constrained in the way that the other guys are. But beyond that listening to him and JD just talk baseball is a treat.

Any of you guys who can get the internet package rather than the DirecTV package, anyone who doesn't have to worry about blackouts, I recommend the mlb.tv service highly simply because you can choose your broadcast feed.
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Re: Rox @ Astros 9/24/11
« Reply #8 on: September 24, 2011, 07:28:42 pm »
Quote from: chuck on September 24, 2011, 07:07:11 pm
He really is. I don't think he'd add nearly as much as JD as a color guy because he's not as witty and he doesn't communicate his thoughts as well as JD does. BUT, added to an already excellent mix he is fantastic. He can be sardonic or cynical in a way that the main guys can't. He can be negative and critical in a similar way. Not that he's always or even often negative. But he's not constrained in the way that the other guys are. But beyond that listening to him and JD just talk baseball is a treat.

Any of you guys who can get the internet package rather than the DirecTV package, anyone who doesn't have to worry about blackouts, I recommend the mlb.tv service highly simply because you can choose your broadcast feed.

He's definitely Exhibit A in how a three-man broadcast team can work.
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Re: Rox @ Astros 9/24/11
« Reply #9 on: September 24, 2011, 07:36:08 pm »
Just saw the Wallace HR that he destroyed... A good sign
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Re: Rox @ Astros 9/24/11
« Reply #10 on: September 24, 2011, 07:39:03 pm »
Quote from: Lurch on September 24, 2011, 07:36:08 pm
Just saw the Wallace HR that he destroyed... A good sign

How did his back foot look?
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Re: Rox @ Astros 9/24/11
« Reply #11 on: September 24, 2011, 07:40:18 pm »
Just saw it. Still flat.

ETA: Well, not entirely flat. It lifts at contact and then goes back down. Doesn't seem like an effective transfer but then again, he hit that ball a long way and real hard too.
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Re: Rox @ Astros 9/24/11
« Reply #12 on: September 24, 2011, 07:47:07 pm »
Quote from: Ron Brand on September 24, 2011, 07:40:18 pm
Just saw it. Still flat.

ETA: Well, not entirely flat. It lifts at contact and then goes back down. Doesn't seem like an effective transfer but then again, he hit that ball a long way and real hard too.

The TV guys were talking about how his leg kick seems higher.
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Re: Rox @ Astros 9/24/11
« Reply #13 on: September 24, 2011, 07:47:42 pm »
Quote from: Ron Brand on September 24, 2011, 07:40:18 pm
Just saw it. Still flat.

ETA: Well, not entirely flat. It lifts at contact and then goes back down. Doesn't seem like an effective transfer but then again, he hit that ball a long way and real hard too.

He crushed it.
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Re: Rox @ Astros 9/24/11
« Reply #14 on: September 24, 2011, 07:48:03 pm »
Quote from: chuck on September 24, 2011, 07:47:07 pm
The TV guys were talking about how his leg kick seems higher.

None of that Mel Ott shit, dammit.
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Re: Rox @ Astros 9/24/11
« Reply #15 on: September 24, 2011, 07:49:26 pm »
Quote from: Mr. Happy on September 24, 2011, 07:47:42 pm
He crushed it.

He gets some hellacious bat speed. I wonder if there is any kind of published metric on hitter bat speed anywhere.
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Re: Rox @ Astros 9/24/11
« Reply #16 on: September 24, 2011, 07:52:58 pm »
126 pitches for Happ. The Rockies suck, but he pitched a helluva game.
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Re: Rox @ Astros 9/24/11
« Reply #17 on: September 24, 2011, 07:54:33 pm »
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126 pitches for Happ. The Rockies suck, but he pitched a helluva game.

He has. I still think that he really needs to sharpen his off-speed stuff.
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Re: Rox @ Astros 9/24/11
« Reply #18 on: September 24, 2011, 07:55:51 pm »
Quote from: Mr. Happy on September 24, 2011, 07:54:33 pm
He has. I still think that he really needs to sharpen his off-speed stuff.

He definitely does. Gameday has him at something like 98 or 99 of those pitches as fastballs.
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Re: Rox @ Astros 9/24/11
« Reply #19 on: September 24, 2011, 07:58:49 pm »
Quote from: Ron Brand on September 24, 2011, 07:49:26 pm
He gets some hellacious bat speed. I wonder if there is any kind of published metric on hitter bat speed anywhere.

Don't know if there are any metrics anywhere, but that fat kid in Milwaukee's got the quickest bat I've seen in a long time.
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Re: Rox @ Astros 9/24/11
« Reply #20 on: September 24, 2011, 08:01:30 pm »
Quote from: HudsonHawk on September 24, 2011, 07:58:49 pm
Don't know if there are any metrics anywhere, but that fat kid in Milwaukee's got the quickest bat I've seen in a long time.

He's scary. I don't know how he doesn't rake everything he sees.
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Re: Rox @ Astros 9/24/11
« Reply #21 on: September 24, 2011, 08:12:59 pm »
It's Matt Belisle!
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Re: Rox @ Astros 9/24/11
« Reply #22 on: September 24, 2011, 08:22:02 pm »
The ad bar at the top of my Gameday display is proudly beaming:

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Re: Rox @ Astros 9/24/11
« Reply #23 on: September 24, 2011, 08:28:14 pm »
crap--he just pitched 1 inning?
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Re: Rox @ Astros 9/24/11
« Reply #24 on: September 24, 2011, 08:46:54 pm »
What the hell was Iannetta thinking there?
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Re: Rox @ Astros 9/24/11
« Reply #25 on: September 24, 2011, 08:57:11 pm »
Say, that guy Lindstrom is pretty good. He's just the kind of affordable reliever a cash-strapped, reliever-poor team like the Astros could use.
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Re: Rox @ Astros 9/24/11
« Reply #26 on: September 24, 2011, 09:21:34 pm »
Damn, Shafer got a helluva jump there.
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Re: Rox @ Astros 9/24/11
« Reply #27 on: September 24, 2011, 09:40:50 pm »
Twice they've fucked up the bunt in extra innings.  Sad.
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Re: Rox @ Astros 9/24/11
« Reply #28 on: September 24, 2011, 10:05:25 pm »
When did Bagwell bail? I missed it.
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Re: Rox @ Astros 9/24/11
« Reply #29 on: September 24, 2011, 10:09:00 pm »
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When did Bagwell bail? I missed it.

He probably had a date.
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Re: Rox @ Astros 9/24/11
« Reply #30 on: September 24, 2011, 10:09:47 pm »
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He probably had a date.

You know what? He's still there. He just hadn't said anything for a couple of innings. I imagine he was at the bar.
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Re: Rox @ Astros 9/24/11
« Reply #31 on: September 24, 2011, 10:11:17 pm »
Quote from: chuck on September 24, 2011, 10:09:47 pm
You know what? He's still there. He just hadn't said anything for a couple of innings. I imagine he was at the bar.

Definitely was at the bar.
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Re: Rox @ Astros 9/24/11
« Reply #32 on: September 24, 2011, 10:12:13 pm »
Lyles threw 17 pitches tonight, with just three strikes.
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