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Bench · « **on:** August 30, 2012, 07:14:24 pm »

Is the game not on TV?

What channel are the Texans on?

DirecTV confounds me.

austro · « **Reply #1 on:** August 30, 2012, 07:19:39 pm »

Quote from: Bench on August 30, 2012, 07:14:24 pm

Is the game not on TV?

What channel are the Texans on?

DirecTV confounds me.

They were saying on last night's telecast that there was no TV tonight. Don't really know why, but I imagine the Texans have something to do with it.

chuck · « **Reply #2 on:** August 30, 2012, 07:20:02 pm »

Quote from: Bench on August 30, 2012, 07:14:24 pm

Is the game not on TV?

What channel are the Texans on?

DirecTV confounds me.

The Astros are indeed not on TV in Houston. I have no idea why not. The Texans should be on ABC but you're about a half late.

jbm · « **Reply #3 on:** August 30, 2012, 07:24:02 pm »

I can't get the Texans game in Austin. The Astros are the free game on the MLB At Bat, but of course, it is blacked out, even though I can't fucking watch it on TV.

Astros up 2-0. Listening to the Giants radio feed.

Bench · « **Reply #4 on:** August 30, 2012, 07:26:26 pm »

Quote from: chuck on August 30, 2012, 07:20:02 pm

The Astros are indeed not on TV in Houston. I have no idea why not. The Texans should be on ABC but you're about a half late.

I just want to see Keenum so I'm right on time.

austro · « **Reply #5 on:** August 30, 2012, 07:29:20 pm »

Quote from: jbm on August 30, 2012, 07:24:02 pm

The Astros are the free game on the MLB At Bat, but of course, it is blacked out, even though I can't fucking watch it on TV.

Thanks, Bud.

Col. Sphinx Drummond · « **Reply #6 on:** August 30, 2012, 07:38:18 pm »

Quote from: jbm on August 30, 2012, 07:24:02 pm

I can't get the Texans game in Austin. The Astros are the free game on the MLB At Bat, but of course, it is blacked out, even though I can't fucking watch it on TV.

Astros up 2-0. Listening to the Giants radio feed.

Texans game is on in Austin on the alternate ABC feed, the one that usually shows weather. Almost halftime.

Ron Brand · « **Reply #7 on:** August 30, 2012, 07:51:11 pm »

3-0 Astros, I think, but I'm listening to DoRay chatter about Shane Reynolds so it could be anything by now.

Reuben · « **Reply #8 on:** August 30, 2012, 07:51:20 pm »

For those of you who can't watch the Giants mlb.tv feed, Dominguez's "triple" was 100% Classic Pence. I mean, well-hit ball, but should've been a single.

Ron Brand · « **Reply #9 on:** August 30, 2012, 07:52:27 pm »

Quote from: Reuben on August 30, 2012, 07:51:20 pm

For those of you who can't watch the Giants mlb.tv feed, Dominguez's "triple" was 100% Classic Pence. I mean, well-hit ball, but should've been a single.

My tension eased considerably when he became a Phillie.

subnuclear · « **Reply #10 on:** August 30, 2012, 07:56:45 pm »

That was a pretty good play by Altuve.

Ron Brand · « **Reply #11 on:** August 30, 2012, 07:57:55 pm »

Parked at Sixth and Red River again, watching the Hipster / Crackhead parade. Stunning blonde pulls up in her PT Cruiser and a hipster steps out, skinny jeans, stupid hat, half a beard. She gets out, it's her car, they search for the central meter and find it, and he stands back while she pays for the parking.

Christ, I hope I taught my girls better but I bet I didn't.

subnuclear · « **Reply #12 on:** August 30, 2012, 08:01:35 pm »

HR by Greene I think.

Duman · « **Reply #13 on:** August 30, 2012, 08:02:05 pm »

Greene fouls off a bucket of balls (okay just 4) and then pokes one oppo for a HR.

Ron Brand · « **Reply #14 on:** August 30, 2012, 08:02:15 pm »

It's 4-0 on a Tyler Greene homer. Took a couple minutes for them to say who hit it.

austro · « **Reply #15 on:** August 30, 2012, 08:09:24 pm »

Is Lyles pitching tonight?

Col. Sphinx Drummond · « **Reply #16 on:** August 30, 2012, 08:09:51 pm »

Wait, the Astros are winning?!?!?!?

Keenum is coming in this series.

subnuclear · « **Reply #17 on:** August 30, 2012, 08:11:21 pm »

Quote from: austro on August 30, 2012, 08:09:24 pm

Is Lyles pitching tonight?

1-2 vs. Pence as we speak.

chuck · « **Reply #18 on:** August 30, 2012, 08:11:56 pm »

I tell you what, this team finds a way to win every three series or so.

jbm · « **Reply #19 on:** August 30, 2012, 08:15:39 pm »

Quote from: chuck on August 30, 2012, 08:11:56 pm

I tell you what, this team finds a way to win every three series or so.

There are plenty of outs left, and they are the Astros. However, since it is not on TV, that increases the odds of winning.

austro · « **Reply #20 on:** August 30, 2012, 08:18:00 pm »

Quote from: chuck on August 30, 2012, 08:11:56 pm

I tell you what, this team finds a way to win every three series or so.

It's hard to keep a good team down.

chuck · « **Reply #21 on:** August 30, 2012, 08:18:06 pm »

Quote from: jbm on August 30, 2012, 08:15:39 pm

There are plenty of outs left, and they are the Astros. However, since it is not on TV, that increases the odds of winning.

I'm just getting all Alkie with the BBGs. Not that they care about the Astros any more than anyone else.

chuck · « **Reply #22 on:** August 30, 2012, 08:21:30 pm »

Is anyone paying attention to the Rice - UCLA game? It looks like UCLA's freshman PK missed his first two PATs. I'm not really sure how you do that.

I think the game is televised on the Rice Owls Network which is available to all Grande.net cable TV subscribers in the Bear Creek area (Harris County only) with a Cisco 08923BX digital cable box. Anyone?

Col. Sphinx Drummond · « **Reply #23 on:** August 30, 2012, 08:22:55 pm »

The BBGs fucked the Astros a long time ago. SO FUCK THE BBGs!!!!! Fuck 'em in their ass. I don't care if Astros lose tonight. The whole season is lost.

subnuclear · « **Reply #24 on:** August 30, 2012, 08:25:45 pm »

Quote from: chuck on August 30, 2012, 08:21:30 pm

Is anyone paying attention to the Rice - UCLA game? It looks like UCLA's freshman PK missed his first two PATs. I'm not really sure how you do that.

I think the game is televised on the Rice Owls Network which is available to all Grande.net cable TV subscribers in the Bear Creek area (Harris County only) with a Cisco 08923BX digital cable box. Anyone?

If I were in high school again and we had cable I would be watching it on my 14" TV I got for my 17th birthday.

OregonStrosFan · « **Reply #25 on:** August 30, 2012, 08:27:05 pm »

Quote from: subnuclear on August 30, 2012, 08:11:21 pm

1-2 vs. Pence as we speak.

1 of the ABs was a swinging strikeout on a 2-2 pitch. 1 guess what kind of pitch Hunter struck out on...

austro · « **Reply #26 on:** August 30, 2012, 08:27:55 pm »

Quote from: chuck on August 30, 2012, 08:21:30 pm

Is anyone paying attention to the Rice - UCLA game? It looks like UCLA's freshman PK missed his first two PATs. I'm not really sure how you do that.

I think the game is televised on the Rice Owls Network which is available to all Grande.net cable TV subscribers in the Bear Creek area (Harris County only) with a Cisco 08923BX digital cable box. Anyone?

I've been watching on CBS College Sports (Austin Time-Warner). What a fuck-up at the end of the half. It felt just like watching the Astros.

subnuclear · « **Reply #27 on:** August 30, 2012, 08:34:35 pm »

Greene is having a tough inning at SS.

subnuclear · « **Reply #28 on:** August 30, 2012, 08:40:16 pm »

They pull Lyles after 5. Hou still leads 4-3.

chuck · « **Reply #29 on:** August 30, 2012, 08:40:42 pm »

Quote from: subnuclear on August 30, 2012, 08:25:45 pm

If I were in high school again and we had cable I would be watching it on my 14" TV I got for my 17th birthday.

I rather think you might be watching Pat Buchanan speak at the convention.

jbm · « **Reply #30 on:** August 30, 2012, 08:43:34 pm »

Damn, it looks like the crowd at the Anderson vs. McCallum game is almost as large as the one in Rice Stadium.

subnuclear · « **Reply #31 on:** August 30, 2012, 08:44:12 pm »

Quote from: chuck on August 30, 2012, 08:40:42 pm

I rather think you might be watching Pat Buchanan speak at the convention.

That was when I was in college.

Nate in IA · « **Reply #32 on:** August 30, 2012, 08:50:54 pm »

Those were a couple of beautiful hooks to freeze Pence.

Reuben · « **Reply #33 on:** August 30, 2012, 09:04:41 pm »

Wallace fooled by a changeup that was high and outside to boot., strike 3.

subnuclear · « **Reply #34 on:** August 30, 2012, 09:09:39 pm »

Nifty hit by Perades, but out at 2nd by 20 feet.

Reuben · « **Reply #35 on:** August 30, 2012, 09:11:35 pm »

Dumb, dumb play by Paredes there. Moore and Altuve talking to him in the dugout after.

Nate in IA · « **Reply #36 on:** August 30, 2012, 09:11:53 pm »

Killed the promising inning

Reuben · « **Reply #37 on:** August 30, 2012, 09:16:17 pm »

Fern-Mart has yet to resemble a major league hitter to me. Too many swings and misses at balls in the top part of the zone, let alone out of the zone.

NeilT · « **Reply #38 on:** August 30, 2012, 09:22:07 pm »

Quote from: Reuben on August 30, 2012, 09:11:35 pm

Dumb, dumb play by Paredes there. Moore and Altuve talking to him in the dugout after.

The veterans giving advice. That's good.

subnuclear · « **Reply #39 on:** August 30, 2012, 09:22:58 pm »

Hard ball hit off a diving Altuve's glove. 1 run scores and its 4-4.

Reuben · « **Reply #40 on:** August 30, 2012, 09:24:16 pm »

Great effort by Altuve there.

NOW Wright is warming up...

FernRod is falling apart. Fast.

Reuben · « **Reply #41 on:** August 30, 2012, 09:24:57 pm »

Let's see if he can throw good sliders to Pence.

Nate in IA · « **Reply #42 on:** August 30, 2012, 09:29:06 pm »

Nope

Giants up 6-4

Reuben · « **Reply #43 on:** August 30, 2012, 09:30:29 pm »

Fuck. Instead of trying a breaking ball again on 3-2 with first base open, they go to the fastball (I think?), which was meant to be away but drifts to the inner half, Pence might've broken his bat but floats it up the middle for a single. Fuck.

Reuben · « **Reply #44 on:** August 30, 2012, 09:32:12 pm »

I guess you can blame Castro a bit for not demonstrating that he can block balls in the dirt, but mostly that's on FeRod. Shitty control/command, again.

Nate in IA · « **Reply #45 on:** August 30, 2012, 09:41:00 pm »

Awesome joke the Giants tv guys played on Milo

austro · « **Reply #46 on:** August 30, 2012, 09:42:12 pm »

Quote from: Nate in IA on August 30, 2012, 09:41:00 pm

Awesome joke the Giants tv guys played on Milo

Did they ask him about Folty?

Nate in IA · « **Reply #47 on:** August 30, 2012, 09:42:26 pm »

A walk to Bogey? Progress?

Nate in IA · « **Reply #48 on:** August 30, 2012, 09:43:30 pm »

Quote from: austro on August 30, 2012, 09:42:12 pm

Did they ask him about Folty?

No, they played off of Milo's penchant for throwing small bags of cracker jack down to the crowd. So they got huge bags of cracker jack and threw those down to the crowd. Milo was pretty put out and it was funny to see.

Nate in IA · « **Reply #49 on:** August 30, 2012, 09:44:43 pm »

Bogey swipes 2nd

Nate in IA · « **Reply #50 on:** August 30, 2012, 09:46:23 pm »

And Altuve grounds out to end the threat.

Reuben · « **Reply #51 on:** August 30, 2012, 09:48:13 pm »

How the fuck was that strike 3 to Maxwell? It was low AND outside, not to mention the catcher popping up from his crouch to try to throw out Bogey. Pitcher almost never gets the borderline call in that situation, much less the non-borderline.

Nate in IA · « **Reply #52 on:** August 30, 2012, 09:51:10 pm »

Arias deposits one on the Crawford Boxes.. 7-4 Giants

Reuben · « **Reply #53 on:** August 30, 2012, 10:04:14 pm »

2nd night in a row that Castro has smoked the ball off of Lopez... both times right at the first baseman.

I think that's enough Astros baseball for me tonight. Guten Nacht.

Nate in IA · « **Reply #54 on:** August 30, 2012, 10:09:15 pm »

Cruz doesn't seem to have any idea where the ball is going.

Nate in IA · « **Reply #55 on:** August 30, 2012, 10:11:18 pm »

Though that ball was smoked into the corner and Pence scores to make it 8-4

Nate in IA · « **Reply #56 on:** August 30, 2012, 10:13:15 pm »

Don't even know who's playing where, but that was a nice relay to gun him down at the plate.

Mr. Happy · « **Reply #57 on:** August 30, 2012, 10:15:31 pm »

I'm late to the party, and I see that the Astros are playing like the Astros again.

chuck · « **Reply #58 on:** August 30, 2012, 10:16:42 pm »

This convention looks like the crowd at a fucking Utah Jazz game.

Nate in IA · « **Reply #59 on:** August 30, 2012, 10:17:24 pm »

Parades pops out to the right side. 1 out

Nate in IA · « **Reply #60 on:** August 30, 2012, 10:18:12 pm »

Sure would be nice to have some pitchers who knew how to throw strikes

Nate in IA · « **Reply #61 on:** August 30, 2012, 10:19:55 pm »

Odd little deal where Gonzalez stepped on first weird, vaulted in the air and laid on the ground for a little while. He was out though. 2 outs.

Nate in IA · « **Reply #62 on:** August 30, 2012, 10:20:25 pm »

A hit! But Bogey is up with 2 outs.

Nate in IA · « **Reply #63 on:** August 30, 2012, 10:21:59 pm »

What's that? An infield hit off the pitcher.. right up the gut

NeilT · « **Reply #64 on:** August 30, 2012, 10:22:34 pm »

Quote from: chuck on August 30, 2012, 10:16:42 pm

This convention looks like the crowd at a fucking Utah Jazz game.

Is that a straight line?

Nate in IA · « **Reply #65 on:** August 30, 2012, 10:24:48 pm »

Romo to chuck it

Nate in IA · « **Reply #66 on:** August 30, 2012, 10:25:04 pm »

And Maxwell to hopefully get a hit

Nate in IA · « **Reply #67 on:** August 30, 2012, 10:25:27 pm »

Doesn't look promising. Down to our last strike

Nate in IA · « **Reply #68 on:** August 30, 2012, 10:25:58 pm »

Oh well.

Nate in IA · « **Reply #69 on:** August 30, 2012, 10:26:08 pm »

Giants win 8-4

chuck · « **Reply #70 on:** August 30, 2012, 11:46:35 pm »

Quote from: NeilT on August 30, 2012, 10:22:34 pm

Is that a straight line?

Straight? What? No, I'm talking about Republicans.