Author Topic: Rox @ Astros, 9/25/11: Say Goodnight, Gracie (Read 6822 times)

Ron Brand · « **on:** September 25, 2011, 01:10:48 pm »

Last Sunday game, last game vs. Colorado for 2011. Fan Appreciation Day!

E Young CF
M Ellis 2B
S Smith RF
K Kouzmanoff 3B
J Pacheco 1B
T Wigginton LF
C Iannetta C
T Field SS
K Millwood P

J Schafer CF
J Altuve 2B
J Martinez LF
C Lee 1B
B Bogusevic RF
C Johnson 3B
C Barmes SS
J Towles C
L Harrell P

Ron Brand · « **Reply #1 on:** September 25, 2011, 01:12:53 pm »

E.Young grounds out to Altuve. Ellis bounced out deep in the hole to Barmes, who made a long looping throw that nicked Ellis at the bag. Smith walked, but Kouzmanoff rolled out to the mound to end the top of the first.

Ron Brand · « **Reply #2 on:** September 25, 2011, 01:14:13 pm »

Amazing that Kevin Millwood is pitching in the major leagues, and pretty decently at that.

Ron Brand · « **Reply #3 on:** September 25, 2011, 01:15:55 pm »

Schafer with a chopper to first, one down.

Ron Brand · « **Reply #4 on:** September 25, 2011, 01:19:49 pm »

Altuve works the count but bounces out to short, two down. Martinez up.

Milwood appears to be testing the boundaries of the strike zone.

Martinez flies out to right, end of one and no score.

Ron Brand · « **Reply #5 on:** September 25, 2011, 01:23:47 pm »

Pacheco leads off the second with a soft single to center. Wiggy up.

Ron Brand · « **Reply #6 on:** September 25, 2011, 01:25:07 pm »

Wiggy way behind on it but he gets enough bat on it to flare one to center for a single. Runners on the corners now, Iannetta up.

Ron Brand · « **Reply #7 on:** September 25, 2011, 01:27:17 pm »

Harrell gets a comebacker and goes to second to start the DP, but the throw is low and it skips past Barmes into center. Run scores, runners still on the corners with no outs. Field up.

Ron Brand · « **Reply #8 on:** September 25, 2011, 01:27:56 pm »

Field singles to left, driving in Wiggy. 2-0 Rox, runners on first and second, still no outs.

GreatBagwellsBeard · « **Reply #9 on:** September 25, 2011, 01:50:28 pm »

There's a lot of dick stepping going on here today.

Ron Brand · « **Reply #10 on:** September 25, 2011, 02:01:22 pm »

Quote from: GreatBagwellsBeard on September 25, 2011, 01:50:28 pm

There's a lot of dick stepping going on here today.

Yeah, and to continue the theme my daughter's thrown a tire 30 miles away and now I get to be the rescue squad.

Ron Brand · « **Reply #11 on:** September 25, 2011, 03:17:19 pm »

After that 50-odd mile round trip and pleasant diversion, I came away with one truth.

DoRay are completely unlistenable. I am so tired of their inane, didactic moralism and smirking know-it-all polemics.

Ron Brand · « **Reply #12 on:** September 25, 2011, 03:18:27 pm »

I left and it was working up to 3-1. I get back, and it's 11-1 and there is no doubt that the Rockies are beating the living shit out of a listless, bumbling team who should be ashamed of this performance on Fan Appreciation Day. Perhaps there is more than a little irony on display.

Ron Brand · « **Reply #13 on:** September 25, 2011, 03:23:08 pm »

13-1 on Kouzmanoff's two-run jack off the top of the wall in left.

Shit sandwich? It's the whole buffet.

Mr. Happy · « **Reply #14 on:** September 25, 2011, 03:25:19 pm »

Quote from: Ron Brand on September 25, 2011, 01:14:13 pm

Amazing that Kevin Millwood is pitching in the major leagues, and pretty decently at that.

He's got nothing. I don't understand why we're not clobbering him.

Ron Brand · « **Reply #15 on:** September 25, 2011, 03:25:34 pm »

Wiggy triples over Schafer's head. This is awful. I hope they aren't using those t-shirts for vomit bags.

Ron Brand · « **Reply #16 on:** September 25, 2011, 03:26:35 pm »

Quote from: Mr. Happy on September 25, 2011, 03:25:19 pm

He's got nothing. I don't understand why we're not clobbering him.

Brutal performance today. Just brutal.

14-1 on a sac fly.

Ron Brand · « **Reply #17 on:** September 25, 2011, 03:27:18 pm »

Austinite Tommy Field says hi to his guests and Fuck You to the Astros by going 4 for 4 today plus a walk.

Ron Brand · « **Reply #18 on:** September 25, 2011, 03:28:01 pm »

Hey, LSU is AP #1!

Ron Brand · « **Reply #19 on:** September 25, 2011, 03:46:08 pm »

Kouzmanoff gets another two-run homer, this one off of Cedeno in the eighth and it's 16-1.

austro · « **Reply #20 on:** September 25, 2011, 03:52:18 pm »

Quote from: Ron Brand on September 25, 2011, 03:46:08 pm

Kouzmanoff gets another two-run homer, this one off of Cedeno in the eighth and it's 16-1.

Apparently, the 'Stros think fans appreciate runs.

Ron Brand · « **Reply #21 on:** September 25, 2011, 03:52:25 pm »

Iannetta takes a looping curve from Cedeno into the arches above left for a three-run homer. It's 19-1 now, going to the bottom of the eighth.

Ron Brand · « **Reply #22 on:** September 25, 2011, 03:53:53 pm »

Quote from: austro on September 25, 2011, 03:52:18 pm

Apparently, the 'Stros think fans appreciate runs.

The first thing I thought after reading that was, "Chicks dig the..." but then what I came up with was something most chicks I've known decidedly didn't dig, although it's certainly apt for what the Astros have given up today.

JaneDoe · « **Reply #23 on:** September 25, 2011, 03:58:11 pm »

Deshaies pushing his "waive your final AB" idea again.

Ron Brand · « **Reply #24 on:** September 25, 2011, 04:03:12 pm »

Quote from: JaneDoe on September 25, 2011, 03:58:11 pm

Deshaies pushing his "waive your final AB" idea again.

That idea would get a lot of traction today.

Ron Brand · « **Reply #25 on:** September 25, 2011, 04:04:13 pm »

Nice chance to see Abreu throw though.

Ron Brand · « **Reply #26 on:** September 25, 2011, 04:08:12 pm »

My wife walked in, saw the score, started laughing heartily, and walked on. This is a good, old-fashioned Chain Whipping.

austro · « **Reply #27 on:** September 25, 2011, 04:10:25 pm »

Apropos your "celebration dragon" sig, when we went to see "Moneyball" the other night we got the trailer for "The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo". Fans of the book who were concerned that they might just draft some normal person for the title role can relax.

OregonStrosFan · « **Reply #28 on:** September 25, 2011, 04:10:59 pm »

I would seriously be willing to give Mr. Happy's right arm to see the Astros knock the Jakes out of the Wild Card race.

OregonStrosFan · « **Reply #29 on:** September 25, 2011, 04:12:39 pm »

Wait, and this was without Helton, Tulo and CarGo in the Rockies lineup today? Wow (and not in a good way...).

Ron Brand · « **Reply #30 on:** September 25, 2011, 04:12:54 pm »

Quote from: austro on September 25, 2011, 04:10:25 pm

Apropos your "celebration dragon" sig, when we went to see "Moneyball" the other night we got the trailer for "The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo". Fans of the book who were concerned that they might just draft some normal person for the title role can relax.

I haven't read the book - my wife and some friends have, and they love it - but I really like the trailer a lot.

JimR · « **Reply #31 on:** September 25, 2011, 04:13:13 pm »

19-1? holy shit.

Ron Brand · « **Reply #32 on:** September 25, 2011, 04:13:19 pm »

Quote from: OregonStrosFan on September 25, 2011, 04:12:39 pm

Wait, and this was without Helton, Tulo and CarGo in the Rockies lineup today? Wow (and not in a good way...).

19 runs. 25 hits.

JaneDoe · « **Reply #33 on:** September 25, 2011, 04:13:43 pm »

Quote from: Ron Brand on September 25, 2011, 04:08:12 pm

My wife walked in, saw the score, started laughing heartily, and walked on. This is a good, old-fashioned Chain Whipping.

Yeah, but almost better than games like last night. Took 3 of my boys to the game and we stayed through the excruciating extra innings where the boys just blew every dadgum opportunity....the failure to put down a decent bunt.....a man at second with no one out who doesn't score.....it was brutal.

But, they love baseball and we stayed. Dad didn't want to but the boys and I overruled.....you don't leave a game early, I've always told them.

Col. Sphinx Drummond · « **Reply #34 on:** September 25, 2011, 04:15:49 pm »

Come on Jose, lets get this comeback started.

Ron Brand · « **Reply #35 on:** September 25, 2011, 04:16:01 pm »

This is something like Fan Humiliation Day.

Ron Brand · « **Reply #36 on:** September 25, 2011, 04:16:40 pm »

Quote from: JaneDoe on September 25, 2011, 04:13:43 pm

But, they love baseball and we stayed. Dad didn't want to but the boys and I overruled.....you don't leave a game early, I've always told them.

Leaving a game early is Wrong.

Ron Brand · « **Reply #37 on:** September 25, 2011, 04:18:10 pm »

Look, Maude! A hit!

Col. Sphinx Drummond · « **Reply #38 on:** September 25, 2011, 04:18:53 pm »

Quote from: Ron Brand on September 25, 2011, 04:16:40 pm

Leaving a game early is Wrong.

If I was at a game like this, I might not want to be right.

austro · « **Reply #39 on:** September 25, 2011, 04:21:32 pm »

Quote from: Sphinx Drummond on September 25, 2011, 04:18:53 pm

If I was at a game like this, I might not want to be right.

If lovin' you is wrong, I don't want to be right.

JaneDoe · « **Reply #40 on:** September 25, 2011, 04:23:33 pm »

A run!!

JaneDoe · « **Reply #41 on:** September 25, 2011, 04:24:13 pm »

Quote from: austro on September 25, 2011, 04:21:32 pm

If lovin' ~~you~~ Astros baseball is wrong, I don't want to be right.

JaneDoe · « **Reply #42 on:** September 25, 2011, 04:24:54 pm »

Another run!!

Col. Sphinx Drummond · « **Reply #43 on:** September 25, 2011, 04:26:46 pm »

16 is just a number. Like 3 or 1.

Ron Brand · « **Reply #44 on:** September 25, 2011, 04:27:42 pm »

It ends. 19-3.

JaneDoe · « **Reply #45 on:** September 25, 2011, 04:27:42 pm »

Quote from: Sphinx Drummond on September 25, 2011, 04:26:46 pm

16 is just a number. Like 3 or 1.

But one is the loneliest.

Col. Sphinx Drummond · « **Reply #46 on:** September 25, 2011, 04:27:58 pm »

Fuckin' Towles blew the comeback, striking out on a pitch in the dirt.

austro · « **Reply #47 on:** September 25, 2011, 04:29:11 pm »

Quote from: JaneDoe on September 25, 2011, 04:27:42 pm

But one is the loneliest.

Damn, you beat me to it.

Col. Sphinx Drummond · « **Reply #48 on:** September 25, 2011, 04:29:25 pm »

Quote from: JaneDoe on September 25, 2011, 04:27:42 pm

But one is the loneliest.

It's also first. So i guess that's why they say it's lonely at the top.

Mr. Happy · « **Reply #49 on:** September 25, 2011, 08:28:47 pm »

Quote from: Ron Brand on September 25, 2011, 03:28:01 pm

Hey, LSU is AP #1!

Long way to go. We still have to play Alabama there and Florida.

Ron Brand · « **Reply #50 on:** September 25, 2011, 08:29:22 pm »

Quote from: Mr. Happy on September 25, 2011, 08:28:47 pm

Long way to go. We still have to play Alabama there and Florida.

Gotta enjoy the steps along the way.

Mr. Happy · « **Reply #51 on:** September 25, 2011, 08:31:01 pm »

Quote from: OregonStrosFan on September 25, 2011, 04:10:59 pm

I would seriously be willing to give Mr. Happy's right arm to see the Astros knock the Jakes out of the Wild Card race.

Mr. Happy's right arm ain't worth too much today. Bet I couldn't hit 70. Shoulder is gone.

Mr. Happy · « **Reply #52 on:** September 25, 2011, 08:32:57 pm »

Quote from: austro on September 25, 2011, 04:21:32 pm

If lovin' you is wrong, I don't want to be right.

NOw that's a great song. I recall that old line "I ain't looking for Miss Right. I'm looking for Miss Right Now."

Ron Brand · « **Reply #53 on:** September 25, 2011, 08:33:40 pm »

Quote from: Mr. Happy on September 25, 2011, 08:32:57 pm

NOw that's a great song. I recall that old line "I ain't looking for Miss Right. I'm looking for Miss Right Now."

Today, Miss Right Now was the Astro pitching staff for the Rockies.

Mr. Happy · « **Reply #54 on:** September 25, 2011, 08:36:02 pm »

Quote from: Ron Brand on September 25, 2011, 08:33:40 pm

Today, Miss Right Now was the Astro pitching staff for the Rockies.

Yep. If it wouldn't have been a September game, a position player (or two) would have pitched.

Ron Brand · « **Reply #55 on:** September 25, 2011, 08:36:42 pm »

Quote from: Mr. Happy on September 25, 2011, 08:36:02 pm

Yep. If it wouldn't have been a September game, a position player (or two) would have pitched.

Maybe that's why Michaels was on the roster...

GreatBagwellsBeard · « **Reply #56 on:** September 25, 2011, 09:31:12 pm »

I was at the game today, and the only positive thing I can think to say is that I never once heard booing. And if one of the other dozen fans left in the ninth had done so, I would've heard it.

Mr. Happy · « **Reply #57 on:** September 25, 2011, 10:24:56 pm »

Quote from: GreatBagwellsBeard on September 25, 2011, 09:31:12 pm

I was at the game today, and the only positive thing I can think to say is that I never once heard booing. And if one of the other dozen fans left in the ninth had done so, I would've heard it.

Well, at least we've got that going for us.

Guinness · « **Reply #58 on:** September 26, 2011, 09:32:38 am »

Quote from: GreatBagwellsBeard on September 25, 2011, 09:31:12 pm

I was at the game today, and the only positive thing I can think to say is that I never once heard booing. And if one of the other dozen fans left in the ninth had done so, I would've heard it.

We were there too--I think it got pretty positive from a fan perspective in the 9th, lots of yelling and "go team" type stuff.
When Carlos scored in the 9th, it looked like nothing was going to stop him when he came around 3rd. Kind of funny.

Author Topic: Rox @ Astros, 9/25/11: Say Goodnight, Gracie (Read 6822 times)

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