Author Topic: Houston Astros @ Pittsburgh Pirates - 17 Mar 2015 (Read 5459 times)

subnuclear · « **on:** March 17, 2015, 02:21:03 pm »

Houston up 10-4. Correa just homered.

pots · « **Reply #1 on:** March 17, 2015, 02:24:13 pm »

Quote from: subnuclear on March 17, 2015, 02:21:03 pm

Houston up 10-4. Correa just homered.

Another solid day for Grossman 2 for 2 and a walk. Singleton still slumping, 0 for his last 9 with 5 Ks

Mr. Happy · « **Reply #2 on:** March 17, 2015, 02:25:34 pm »

Quote from: pots on March 17, 2015, 02:24:13 pm

Another solid day for Grossman 2 for 2 and a walk. Singleton still slumping, 0 for his last 9 with 5 Ks

I'm going to go out on a limb here and predict that Singleton starts the season in Fresno.

subnuclear · « **Reply #3 on:** March 17, 2015, 02:25:51 pm »

Roberto Hernandez went 3 giving up 3 runs (1BB/1K). Alex White went 2 giving up 1 run (2BB/0K). Straily pitching bottom of the 6th.

Mr. Happy · « **Reply #4 on:** March 17, 2015, 02:29:46 pm »

Quote from: subnuclear on March 17, 2015, 02:25:51 pm

Roberto Hernandez went 3 giving up 3 runs (1BB/1K). Alex White went 2 giving up 1 run (2BB/0K). Straily pitching bottom of the 6th.

I am not a Roberto Hernandez fan. Alex White's command still looks shaky. I really hope that Straily pitches well here.

subnuclear · « **Reply #5 on:** March 17, 2015, 02:46:27 pm »

Fontana scores on a 2 out passed ball. Astros 11-4. Middle of the 7th.

Mr. Happy · « **Reply #6 on:** March 17, 2015, 02:55:01 pm »

Straily has made himself a mess here in the seventh, and the Pirates have plated three with only one out. 11-7 now.

Mr. Happy · « **Reply #7 on:** March 17, 2015, 03:02:17 pm »

Straily gets a break when the Pittsburgh third base coach sends the catcher home on a basehit, and Hoes throws him out. I'm not sure why the coach sent the catcher down four runs, other than it is Grapefruit League.

HudsonHawk · « **Reply #8 on:** March 17, 2015, 03:07:51 pm »

On a side note, Pirate broadcaster Greg Brown is in the booth, and he's referring to Chester Cheese.

HudsonHawk · « **Reply #9 on:** March 17, 2015, 03:10:53 pm »

Quote from: Mr. Happy on March 17, 2015, 03:02:17 pm

Straily gets a break when the Pittsburgh third base coach sends the catcher home on a basehit, and Hoes throws him out. I'm not sure why the coach sent the catcher down four runs, other than it is Grapefruit League.

Astros pick up a pair on an error, ridiculous throw from LF and a wild pitch. This game has gotten pretty sloppy.

Nate Colbert · « **Reply #10 on:** March 17, 2015, 03:13:57 pm »

Quote from: HudsonHawk on March 17, 2015, 03:07:51 pm

On a side note, Pirate broadcaster Greg Brown is in the booth, and he's referring to Chester Cheese.

And now on and on about the cough button. If I had to listen to the Pirates broadcasters every game I would blow my fucking brains out.

Mr. Happy · « **Reply #11 on:** March 17, 2015, 03:17:08 pm »

Quote from: Nate Colbert on March 17, 2015, 03:13:57 pm

And now on and on about the cough button. If I had to listen to the Pirates broadcasters every game I would blow my fucking brains out.

They are bad. Epic bad.

Mr. Happy · « **Reply #12 on:** March 17, 2015, 03:23:25 pm »

McCullers, Jr. on to pitch the eighth, up from minor league camp.

Mr. Happy · « **Reply #13 on:** March 17, 2015, 03:37:50 pm »

Hoyt on to pitch the bottom of the ninth, up 13-7.

Mr. Happy · « **Reply #14 on:** March 17, 2015, 03:38:40 pm »

Hoyt gets them up and down in order. WIN 13-7

austro · « **Reply #15 on:** March 17, 2015, 08:58:55 pm »

I was just watching a replay of this game on some channel that was carrying the Pittsburgh feed, so I got to see the Correa homer. It was a low outside pitch (probably a fastball), and he just kind of swung through it to right field, and the ball went out over the RF fence on a line. Effortless and powerful. The announcers commented on how, unlike somebody else's earlier wind-blown homer, Correa's ball was never really high enough to benefit from the wind and it still went further.

jbm · « **Reply #16 on:** March 17, 2015, 09:31:06 pm »

Quote from: Mr. Happy on March 17, 2015, 03:17:08 pm

They are bad. Epic bad.

I don't know about that. I thought mixing them with Ashby made them look good by comparison. I'm loving that the Astros will be on TV, but hating that it will be Ashby.

Oh, and Singleton's ABs looked fine to me. A hard hit ball and a terrible called strike three.

HudsonHawk · « **Reply #17 on:** March 17, 2015, 09:37:46 pm »

Quote from: jbm on March 17, 2015, 09:31:06 pm

I don't know about that. I thought mixing them with Ashby made them look good by comparison. I'm loving that the Astros will be on TV, but hating that it will be Ashby.

Yeah, Astros fans don't have a lot of room to talk smack about other teams' announcers. We got the bottom of the barrel with Ashby.

Mr. Happy · « **Reply #18 on:** March 18, 2015, 04:36:52 am »

Quote from: HudsonHawk on March 17, 2015, 09:37:46 pm

Yeah, Astros fans don't have a lot of room to talk smack about other teams' announcers. We got the bottom of the barrel with Ashby.

I agree. I can't watch Ashby at all, and in my opinion, he's as bad as DoRay, but in a different way. However, he's the most annoying former player on the air. And that's saying something, because a lot of former players suck at broadcasting.

Col. Sphinx Drummond · « **Reply #19 on:** March 18, 2015, 03:34:21 pm »

Quote from: Mr. Happy on March 18, 2015, 04:36:52 am

I agree. I can't watch Ashby at all, and in my opinion, he's as bad as DoRay, but in a different way. However, he's the most annoying former player on the air. And that's saying something, because a lot of former players suck at broadcasting.

The Hawk is a lot worse than Ashby.

Knoxbanedoodle · « **Reply #20 on:** March 18, 2015, 03:39:25 pm »

No one is "a lot" worse than Ashby.

I miss Bill Brown sometimes but am so grateful for radio feeds and ballpark sounds.

Mr. Happy · « **Reply #21 on:** March 18, 2015, 04:25:58 pm »

Quote from: Sphinx Drummond on March 18, 2015, 03:34:21 pm

The Hawk is a lot worse than Ashby.

Damn you. I had forgotten how bad he is. He gone.

Ebby Calvin · « **Reply #22 on:** March 18, 2015, 11:04:32 pm »

Who's the clown that broadcasts ChiSox games? I lucked into Juan Abreu on my fantasy team last year and fucking HATED watching replays of his HRs on MLB At Bat. You can putitontheboAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARD YAMMO! Or somthing like that. Embarassing.

Nate Colbert · « **Reply #23 on:** March 19, 2015, 12:03:52 am »

Quote from: Ebby Calvin on March 18, 2015, 11:04:32 pm

Who's the clown that broadcasts ChiSox games?

Ken "The Hawk" Harrelson.

mrpink · « **Reply #24 on:** March 19, 2015, 09:34:12 am »

As if I needed another reason to hate the Mets....I loathe Ron Darling.

Knoxbanedoodle · « **Reply #25 on:** March 24, 2015, 10:22:39 am »

What's to loathe about Ron Darling? Surely you mean Keith Hernandez.

mrpink · « **Reply #26 on:** March 24, 2015, 12:02:03 pm »

Quote from: Knoxbanedoodle on March 24, 2015, 10:22:39 am

What's to loathe about Ron Darling? Surely you mean Keith Hernandez.

No, definitely Darling. Maybe he doesn't always do the Mets games, but I've seen him on a few. I can't handle him on MLBNetwork. He's a smug James Woods - sounding yankee prick that thinks Matt Harvey is the second coming of himself. Darling never put up half the season that was Harvey's 2013. Oh, and he thinks MMP is a shit-hole.

I've got no opinion on Hernandez.

Knoxbanedoodle · « **Reply #27 on:** March 24, 2015, 12:26:02 pm »

Weird. I lived in Long Island for a couple years and watched a lot of Mets games. They're often cringe-inducing but, for me, it's always because of Hernandez, who is almost comically self-centered (almost). Darling I've always found to be generous and humble and good at what he does.