Astros v. Rangers, August 4, 2015

[BudGirl]

Altuve 2b
Gomez CF
Correa SS
Tucker LF
Gattis DH
Rasmus RF
Balbuena 3B
Gonzalez 1B
Castro C
Straily P

DeShields  CF
Odor 2B
Fielder DH
Beltre 3B
Moreland 1B
Hamilton LF
Choo Rf
Andrus SS
Gimenez C
Gallardo P

[BudGirl]

3 up 3 down
mid 1

[pots]

Astros go quietly in the top of the 1st.
 - Altuve flied out to right
 - Gómez popped out to second
 - Correa grounded out to third

[pots]

Walking DDSJr is becoming a habit

[jbm]

Walking DDSJr is becoming a habit

A very bad habit

[loganck]

Fielder sure did watch that long fly ball before starting to run.  I guess he's just that confident in his speed.

[pots]

Straily with a wall check in the bottom of the 1st

DDSJR walked
Odor fouled out to third
Fielder flied out to center
Beltré flied out to center

[juliogotay]

Fielder sure did watch that long fly ball before starting to run.  I guess he's just that confident in his speed.

I have really negative feelings about alot of these Rangers.

[pots]

I have really negative feelings about alot of these Rangers.

And then they plunk Tucker

[pots]

Valbueana with a clutch 2 out hit after a key steal by Rasmus

[juliogotay]

Valbueana with a clutch 2 out hit after a key steal by Rasmus

Valbuena is having a very nice series so far.

[pots]

Tucker hit by pitch
Gattis grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, Tucker out at second
Rasmus walked   (4 straight balls after falling behind 0-2)
Rasmus stole second on a 1-2 pitch
Valbuena singled to right, Rasmus scored
Marwin hit it on a line to third.

1-0 good guys after 1 and a half

[pots]

Straily getting hit decently hard, minimal damage so far

[MikeyBoy]

Speaking of beards, the red beard on Straily is not a strong look. Also, the heavier Hamilton looks like Seth Rogan.

[BudGirl]

Speaking of beards, the red beard on Straily is not a strong look. Also, the heavier Hamilton looks like Seth Rogan.

You leave the Gingerman alone.  Surprisingly, I don't think it is that bad.

[pots]

Straily getting hit decently hard, minimal damage so far

And then Ks Shoo 2 out now man on first


Moreland lined out to left
Hamilton singled to center   
Choo struck out swinging
Andrus flied out to left

[pots]

Gomez worked a real nice at bat for an RBI double. 

[juliogotay]

Gomez worked a real nice at bat for an RBI double.

great AB. Hit the 8th pitch for a double.

[pots]

Castro grounded out to second   
Altuve singled to center
Gómez doubled to deep center, Altuve scored
Correa grounded out to shortstop, Gómez to third - real nice play by Andrus to save a run
Tucker Ks swinging

2-0 Good guys after 2 and a half

[pots]

Gimenez flies out to center
DDSJr Ks  (much better idea there)
Odor grounds out to first.

2-0 Good Guys after 3

[pots]

Quiet 4th

Gattis flies out to center
Rasmus Ks
Valbuena grounds out

2-0 Good guys after 3 and a half

[subnuclear]

Does the accent above the 'o' in Gómez alter the pronounciation? i.e. not Goh-mez.

[BudGirl]

caca dodo shit

[pots]

Bah walked out of the room for 3 minutes, Fielder popped one

[pots]

Fielder homerun
Beltre flies out to right
4 pitch walk to Moreland....

settle down Mr Straily

...Hamilton pops it up to Altuve

Rasmus loses a line drive over his head, Correa bobbles the relay but Moreland had gone back to third

....then Straily sails the first pitch and gets a lucky bounce back to Castro.  3rd out can't come soon enough

[BudGirl]

odd that they didn't send 'em.  they totally deserve to lose.

[austro]

And now the passed ball doesn't score him either. Wow.

[jbm]

Straily is rattled. Hope he just gets lucky.

[pots]

Straily Ks Andrus......whew

2-1 Good guys after 4

[HudsonHawk]

Holy shut Straily is living on the edge.

[BudGirl]

Straily Ks Andrus......whew

2-1 Good guys after 4

looked like he tossed his bat in a pissy manner.

[HudsonHawk]

And now the passed ball doesn't score him either. Wow.

Wild pitch.

[jbm]

I take it back. I was more rattled than Straily. One of his best sliders to finish off the whiner.

[MikeyBoy]

Luck of the Irish.

[MikeyBoy]

looked like he tossed his bat in a pissy manner.

He is such a little bitch.

[austro]

Wild pitch.

Sorry, I hear "Castro" and "ball goes to the backstop" and I immediately draw my pre-conceived conclusion.

[doyce7]

He is such a little bitch.

He's a ranger

[pots]

Marwin grounds out
Castro Ks
Altuve grounds out

Bad news Gallardo is settling in, good news is he's tossed 89 pitches already

2-1 Good guys mid 5

[HudsonHawk]

"Jiminez"?

[BudGirl]

"Jiminez"?

That's how I would pronounce it.  I assume that is the way he pronounces it. 

But, it does drive me crazy. 

[HudsonHawk]

That's how I would pronounce it.  I assume that is the way he pronounces it. 

But, it does drive me crazy.

You're from San Antonio and can't pronounce a Spanish name?

[pots]

out for a bit.  2-2 after a DDSJr rbi triple

[BudGirl]

You're from San Antonio and can't pronounce a Spanish name?

no, i know i would say it as though the g is an h, the same as I would a j.  i am assuming that they told him how to pronounce his name.  there are quite a few spanish names that I think are pronounced wrong.

[juliogotay]

no, i know i would say it as though the g is an h, the same as I would a j.  i am assuming that they told him how to pronounce his name.  there are quite a few spanish names that I think are pronounced wrong.

That's how the Ranger announcers pronounce it too.

[HudsonHawk]

Rangers grab a 3-2 lead, nobody out. Straily looks like a mess.

[HudsonHawk]

Couple of ground balls, but they can't get two on either. Correa backed up on Beltre's.

[chuck]

In Spanish the accent falls on the final syllable unless the word ends in an n, an s or a vowel, in which case the accent falls on the second to last syllable. Accent marks are used to indicate that the accent is irregular to the above rules, José Giménez, for example. They do not affect pronunciation.

[HudsonHawk]

In Spanish the accent falls on the final syllable unless the word ends in an n, an s or a vowel, in which case the accent falls on the second to last syllable. Accent marks are used to indicate that the accent is irregular to the above rules, José Giménez, for example. They do not affect pronunciation.

Maybe Gimenez doesn't know his name is Spanish.

[HudsonHawk]

Hit the fucking cutoff man Colby!!!

[chuck]

Maybe Gimenez doesn't know his name is Spanish.

I'm puzzled by the fact that the same people who say JIMinez also say perEZ.

[austro]

Ok, time to go get some runs and shut these fuckers up.

[BudGirl]

I'm puzzled by the fact that the same people who say JIMinez also say perEZ.

I sat behind Geraldine Perez in school  I know how to pronounce her name.  The first time I heard it pronounced perEZ I was shocked. 

[HudsonHawk]

In Spanish the accent falls on the final syllable unless the word ends in an n, an s or a vowel, in which case the accent falls on the second to last syllable. Accent marks are used to indicate that the accent is irregular to the above rules, José Giménez, for example. They do not affect pronunciation.

Every Spaniard I ever knew also treated a "z" the same as an "s". It's "Her-NAN-dez" and "Rod-RI-guez"

[BudGirl]

I can't believe how the Astros are making the Rangers look good.

[MikeyBoy]

Hit the fucking cutoff man Colby!!!

I hate to agree with Ashby, but I don't think MarGo was in position.

[BudGirl]

I hate to agree with Ashby, but I don't think MarGo was in position.

Ashby has been agreeing with everything Blum has been saying.  He doesn't seem to have a clue as to how to play baseball.

[MikeyBoy]

CarGo says fuck the Rangers!

[doyce7]

Gomez says Fuck the Rangers

[BudGirl]

Gomez got a nice hit there.

[doyce7]

CarGo says fuck the Rangers!

Damn beat me too it

[BudGirl]

Gomez says Fuck the Rangers

CarGo says fuck the Rangers!

Awesome echo in here.

[HudsonHawk]

I'm puzzled by the fact that the same people who say JIMinez also say perEZ.

And "Cha-VEZ". Though I'm perfectly fine with poo-HOLES.

[BudGirl]

Tucker's due a hit.

[austro]

Though I'm perfectly fine with poo-HOLES.

I think that emphasizing the first syllable is much more apt.

[HudsonHawk]

Gomez got a nice hit there.

That would be GO-mez, not go-MEZ.

[MikeyBoy]

Doug Brocail?

[HudsonHawk]

Tucker's due a hit.

Start calling you "Madame BudGirl"

[MikeyBoy]

Man, Blum hates the Rangers.

[chuck]

For some etymological reason every -ez ending Spanish surname that I can think of has its emphasis on the second to last syllable. For that reason in written Spanish they all require a tilde: Hernández, Rodríguez, Gómez, Henríquez, Bermúdez, etcétera.

[BudGirl]

Man, Blum hates the Rangers.

Blum is looking sexy.

[BudGirl]

Colby's gonna do something good.

[HudsonHawk]

For some etymological reason every -ez ending Spanish surname that I can think of has its emphasis on the second to last syllable. For that reason in written Spanish they all require a tilde: Hernández, Rodríguez, Gómez, Henríquez, Bermúdez, etcétera.

Most of the Spanish surnames I knew growing up ended in an "s":  Peres, Gomes, Fernandes, Dias, Hernandes...

[chuck]

Cortez, there's one. Finally. I was going crazy.

[HudsonHawk]

Freeman is the fucking human rain delay.

[austro]

We need to get a fucking cattle prod and get these dicks to pitch the ball.

[mrpink]

For some etymological reason every -ez ending Spanish surname that I can think of has its emphasis on the second to last syllable. For that reason in written Spanish they all require a tilde: Hernández, Rodríguez, Gómez, Henríquez, Bermúdez, etcétera.

I was taught those were accents, and a tilde is the squiggly mark that goes over an "n".  Is that different in Panama?

[chuck]

Most of the Spanish surnames I knew growing up ended in an "s":  Peres, Gomes, Fernandes, Dias, Hernandes...

Those names are either anglicized or Portuguese.

[HudsonHawk]

Astros have bases loaded with one out...Valbuena at the plate...

[BudGirl]

all you need is a sac fly.  that's all.  no expectations!

[HudsonHawk]

Those names are either anglicized or Portuguese.

They were all from either Spain or Cuba.

[chuck]

I was taught those were accents, and a tilde is the squiggly mark that goes over an "n".  Is that different in Panama?

I grew up thinking the same thing, but it turns out that a tilde is an accent mark as well as a squiggly thing. Fucking Spanish, yo. A finger is the same thing as a thumb and a thumb is the same thing as a toe.

There's a reason important scientific papers are not typically delivered in Romance languages.

[pots]

All up to the King

[HudsonHawk]

all you need is a sac fly.  that's all.  no expectations!

Got the fly ball, but not deep enough. 2 outs now for Marwin

[BudGirl]

i got nothing here, but I really want a hit.

[juliogotay]

Freeman is the fucking human rain delay.

what happened to that pitch clock idea?

[austro]

i got nothing here, but I really want a hit.

I don't think wants count. These guys need commands.

[BudGirl]

we need a sexy single.

[chuck]

They were all from either Spain or Cuba.

Then they changed the spelling of their names because the -es ending is Portuguese.

[BudGirl]

I don't think wants count. These guys need commands.

i can't force it.  if i could we wouldn't have 3 100+ loss seasons.

[austro]

Geez, what's happened to Sale? He's killing me. Obliterated last week, and tonight he gives up 7 earnies in 5.1 innings.

[austro]

There must be something about living in the metroplex that destroys your depth perception.

[HudsonHawk]

Then they changed the spelling of their names because the -es ending is Portuguese.

Whatever reason, that's the way they all spelled it. I knew more guys named "Gonzales" than I could shake a stick at.

My mother is/was a "Valencia", so we didn't have that problem.

[BudGirl]

There must be something about living in the metroplex that destroys your depth perception.

i'd like to agree with that statement but Astros fans do it too.

[chuck]

My wife will every once in a while hazard a walk-through the area where I'm watching a baseball game. Sometimes I'll gleefully shout out an Ashbyesque pronunciation of a Latin player's name - JIMinez, Rall EYEbanez, Josey Altuvy, etcétera. She usually stops and looks at me like I've lost my mind.

[hostros7]

The radio guys were also pronouncing it JIMinez, so maybe it's legit.  Other than that, I've got nothing. 


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[HudsonHawk]

Man, Altuve got carved up.

[BudGirl]

Sipp tried!!

He deserves someone to GIDP.

[HudsonHawk]

The radio guys were also pronouncing it JIMinez, so maybe it's legit.  Other than that, I've got nothing. 


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If that's the way he wants it said, that's the way he wants it said. Craig Biggio didn't pronounce his name correctly either.

[MikeyBoy]

That claw and antler shit is so fucking douchy.

[hostros7]

Fair point. 


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[HudsonHawk]

Sipp tried!!

He deserves someone to GIDP.

He made a nice play on that ball. Odor is just fast.

[Col. Sphinx Drummond]

My name, Jose Jimenez.

[pots]

Odor reached on bunt single to pitcher
Fielder flied out to right
Harris relieved Sipp
Beltre flied out to center, Odor to second
Moreland popped out to third

3-4 Rangers after 7.  Like to get them right here in the 8th

[BudGirl]

My name, Jose Jimenez.

Jo Jo Jo

[BudGirl]

Karter made the most of his pinch hitting opportunity

[Knoxbanedoodle]

Open a can, please.

[pots]

geesh, 5 pitches and done.  all ground outs.  The weakness of Diekman was his lack of control.  would have been nice to take a strike

[austro]

Scared the shit out of 'em that inning.

[BudGirl]

4 pitch inning.  3 ground balls.  those pitches must have looked fat.

[BudGirl]

geesh, 5 pitches and done.  all ground outs

that damn Ashby said 4, ugh.

[hostros7]

If Ashby ripped the "caveman" nickname from here, it would give me such immense pleasure since it would logically imply he also had to wade through all of Mark's pointed vitriol.  Unlikely, I know, but one can hope. 


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[pots]

geesh, 5 pitches and done.  all ground outs.  The weakness of Diekman was his lack of control.  would have been nice to take a strike

He threw 2 balls and the Astros grounded out on the other 3 pitches.  The guy has walked 25 in 39 innings this year.  Not a good approach against him

[Lefty]

Stros last 6 outs have taken all of 14 pitches.

[BudGirl]

I'm so sick of  these guys.

[hostros7]

Correa is ok


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[BudGirl]

Correa better never leave the Astros.

[HudsonHawk]

I'm so sick of  these guys.

Then the Astros better find a way to beat them.

[pots]

Hamilton K
Choo - Groundout
Andrus single
Jimmy singles then steals second
DDS Jr grounds out on a full count.

end of 8, 4-3 the Hated

[pots]

Bloop and a blast and Gregerson to close it out.  simple

[austro]

DDS Jr grounds out on a full count.

A man who values understatement.

[hostros7]

I haven't put much thought into the actual numbers, but I'm genuinely curious of the Astros have considered taking his temperature on 15 years and 175mm or something like that. 


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[Knoxbanedoodle]

That was bad ass.

Does Harris ever pitch inside?

[Jacksonian]

Correa better never leave the Astros.

That's what it feels like to have the best SS in the game.

[doyce7]

Correa better never leave the Astros.

Him good

[pots]

A man who values understatement.

Missed the play, they mentioned Correa and greatness in review

[austro]

Steal here?

[MikeyBoy]

The ground he covered on the Andrus base hit was AEesque.

[BudGirl]

Missed the play, they mentioned Correa and greatness in review

standard correa 6-3 but, it was anything but standard.

[doyce7]

Get. This. Run. Home.

[pots]

Rasmus walk
Valbueana single against the shift

[doyce7]

No greggerson? Qualls and neshak warming up

[pots]

damn, Marwin whacks it hard, too hard.  Rasmus can't score on it, Valbueana to second

[chuck]

That's what it feels like to have the best SS in the game.

I took my kid in to the doctors office today to draw blood for some work he's supposed to have done around his first birthday. It was a fucking Fellini circus in there and despite traumatizing the little guy, his mother and his grandmother they never got any blood out of him. I had a few choice remarks for the staff and the administration and so on, but on the way back my mind was wandering and it occurred to me that if things go well my son will reach adolescence and possibly beyond and not know of a time when Correa wasn't the team's shortstop.

[mrpink]

Marwin's smoked the ball at least three times tonight with nothing to show for it.

[hostros7]

Well, this is frustrating.


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[pots]

Castro Ks.  Altuve up...

[doyce7]

Goddammit Castro

[HudsonHawk]

Fuck!!!

[BudGirl]

runner at 3rd and no outs.  there really is no reason not to at least tie this game up.

if altuve can get a single, it should be the lead.

[HudsonHawk]

Altuve gets a slider here.

[HudsonHawk]

Altuve swings at strike three over his head.

[pots]

Damn, Altuve Ks.  Bah

[BizidyDizidy]

That was fucking terrible

[BudGirl]

i knew that was going to happen (I think we all did) I just couldn't say it out loud.

[doyce7]

Sucker punch in the nuts. Altuve misses on a pitch over his head.

[Jacksonian]

Too much Ike last year's team.  Lots of missed opportunities.

[MikeyBoy]

Shit at bat by Altuve. Watch a fastball down the middle and then swing at shit the rest of the at bat.

[austro]

That's a really disappointing outcome. So what was it, 1-9 wRISP?

[hostros7]

Altuve's at bat wasn't the problem in that inning. 


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[HudsonHawk]

Altuve got carved up like a little leaguer a couple of times tonight. He looked completely overwhelmed that at bat.

[Nate in IA]

Dangnabit!

[HudsonHawk]

Two innings they had the tying run at 3B with nobody out, and couldn't punch a run across in six tries.

[pots]

Just a game, still up in the division.  Get em tomorrow

[juliogotay]

Part of being a young team is learning to win on the road. It'll come.

[HudsonHawk]

Just a game, still up in the division.  Get em tomorrow

All ain't well. They're 2-12 in their last 14 road games. They'd better fucking get it together or they'll be at home watchinng in October.

[HudsonHawk]

Part of being a young team is learning to win on the road. It'll come.

Here's lesson #1:  put a fucking ball in play with a runner at 3B and less than 2 outs.

[Jacksonian]

All ain't well. They're 2-12 in their last 14 road games. They'd better fucking get it together or they'll be at home watchinng in October.

The road is where your weaknesses are tested.

[austro]

All ain't well. They're 2-12 in their last 14 road games. They'd better fucking get it together or they'll be at home watchinng in October.

The pitching has been pretty spotty for the last week or more, too. They could really use a shutdown performance.

[BudGirl]

Just heard on the post-game that Tucker left because of the hit by pitch he took in the game.

[Jacksonian]

The pitching has been pretty spotty for the last week or more, too. They could really use a shutdown performance.

A rookie last night.  Straily on short rest tonight.

[juliogotay]

Just heard on the post-game that Tucker left because of the hit by pitch he took in the game.

Hinch said a bicep contusion. Day-to-day. After the game he couldn't lift his arm though.

[juliogotay]

All ain't well. They're 2-12 in their last 14 road games. They'd better fucking get it together or they'll be at home watchinng in October.

Since May the Rangers have a better W-L than the Astros. Houston is pretty much treading water since that great April.

[JimR]

Since May the Rangers have a better W-L than the Astros. Houston is pretty much treading water since that great April.

right. treading water in first place.

[MusicMan]

RECAP: Astros squander opportunities.

[NeilT]

RECAP: Astros squander opportunities.

Thanks!  I think I'll try to watch tonight's game by plugging the tv cable into the new personal info port I had embedded.  I hope the television manufacturers don't sue.

[BudGirl]

RECAP: Astros squander opportunities.

I believe it is HoMeRuN