Author Topic: Avoiding the Broom! Astros @ stRangers September 17, 2015 (Read 7300 times)

Mr. Happy · « **on:** September 17, 2015, 03:44:42 pm »

Your lineups for tonight's tilt. We've put an awful lot of pressure on young Lance McCullers to be a stopper. We'll see if he's up to the task.

Astros

2BJose Altuve (R)
RFGeorge Springer (R)
SSCarlos Correa (R)
CFColby Rasmus (L)
3BJed Lowrie (S)
DHEvan Gattis (R)
LFPreston Tucker (L)
1BLuis Valbuena (L)
CJason Castro (L.

HOU: Lance McCullers (R) (5-5, 3.10)

stRangers

CF D. DeShields Jr. (R)
RF Shin-Soo Choo (L)
DH Prince Fielder (L)
3B Adrian Beltre (R)
1B Mitch Moreland (L)
LF Mike Napoli (R)
2B Rougned Odor (L)
SS Elvis Andrus (R)
C Chris Gimenez (R)

TEX: Colby Lewis (R) (15-8, 4.45)

MRaup · « **Reply #1 on:** September 17, 2015, 04:35:04 pm »

This just in:

FUCK THE FUCKING RANGERS.

BLOW THEM UP TONIGHT, COME HOME, AND BLOW WHATEVER FUCKING SCRUB ASS TEAM WE'RE PLAYING THIS WEEKEND UP NEXT!

FUCK 'EM.

geezerdonk · « **Reply #2 on:** September 17, 2015, 06:09:53 pm »

No más.

Tom Servo · « **Reply #3 on:** September 17, 2015, 06:35:24 pm »

I'd love it if they could get out of there with a win tonight. Hopefully they'll get it together back home, and maybe it'll carry over to those last road games.

They can still do it! Be positive. And let's not forget that no matter what happens, it's been a hell of a lot fun this year.

Go Astros!!!

hostros7 · « **Reply #4 on:** September 17, 2015, 07:30:46 pm »

Why is Valbuena off the bag there? Couldn't tell if it made a difference though.

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doyce7 · « **Reply #5 on:** September 17, 2015, 07:34:42 pm »

Quote from: hostros7 on September 17, 2015, 07:30:46 pm

Why is Valbuena off the bag there? Couldn't tell if it made a difference though.

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Probably just being safe, runner would not have been out.

BudGirl · « **Reply #6 on:** September 17, 2015, 08:16:14 pm »

fuck

how can they not hit this shitty pitcher?

BudGirl · « **Reply #7 on:** September 17, 2015, 08:19:00 pm »

if Assby likes the rangers so much, he should go work for them.

believin · « **Reply #8 on:** September 17, 2015, 08:33:52 pm »

Quote from: BudGirl on September 17, 2015, 08:19:00 pm

if Assby likes the rangers so much, he should go work for them.

I like Sparks and Ford.

jbm · « **Reply #9 on:** September 17, 2015, 09:08:20 pm »

McCullers with a great job keeping the runner at third. Now get some fucking runs.

doyce7 · « **Reply #10 on:** September 17, 2015, 09:09:53 pm »

Quote from: jbm on September 17, 2015, 09:08:20 pm

McCullers with a great job keeping the runner at third. Now get some fucking runs.

Him good

AstroNut · « **Reply #11 on:** September 17, 2015, 09:15:53 pm »

Let's go get a win and go home...

believin · « **Reply #12 on:** September 17, 2015, 09:29:35 pm »

4-2 Rangers now, in the bottom of the 7th.

doyce7 · « **Reply #13 on:** September 17, 2015, 09:30:08 pm »

Conger, your call a pitch low and away in the dirt and you still don't get down and block? How are you a major league catcher? Fuck

BudGirl · « **Reply #14 on:** September 17, 2015, 09:30:10 pm »

I've really had enough of Conger. Doesn't even try to get the runner stealing 3rd. then can't block a pitch and the runner scores. He can't get enough hits for the runs he gives up.

BudGirl · « **Reply #15 on:** September 17, 2015, 09:31:07 pm »

Assby better hope he never walks in front of my car.

doyce7 · « **Reply #16 on:** September 17, 2015, 09:31:20 pm »

Quote from: BudGirl on September 17, 2015, 09:30:10 pm

I've really had enough of Conger. Doesn't even try to get the runner stealing 3rd. then can't block a pitch and the runner scores. He can't get enough hits for the runs he gives up.

If Castro was still in this game stubs would not have tried to steal third

doyce7 · « **Reply #17 on:** September 17, 2015, 09:32:10 pm »

Quote from: BudGirl on September 17, 2015, 09:31:07 pm

Assby better hope he never walks in front of my car.

Shit, he better be mindful if he's on the sidewalk

BudGirl · « **Reply #18 on:** September 17, 2015, 09:34:50 pm »

Quote from: doyce7 on September 17, 2015, 09:32:10 pm

Shit, he better be mindful if he's on the sidewalk

I'm not that bad of a driver....

hostros7 · « **Reply #19 on:** September 17, 2015, 09:36:22 pm »

Well, this is pretty brutal

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doyce7 · « **Reply #20 on:** September 17, 2015, 09:36:52 pm »

Quote from: BudGirl on September 17, 2015, 09:34:50 pm

I'm not that bad of a driver....

If you hit Ashby I'd say that's excellent driving

BudGirl · « **Reply #21 on:** September 17, 2015, 09:38:36 pm »

I'm questioning Hinch on this one. Castro was fine. They weren't going to score him anyway. And why not put Stassi instead of Conger.

I can't believe how badly they can implode.

I hate that crowd in Arlington. Entitled bunch of asshats.

BudGirl · « **Reply #22 on:** September 17, 2015, 09:39:09 pm »

Quote from: doyce7 on September 17, 2015, 09:36:52 pm

If you hit Ashby I'd say that's excellent driving

It just seems like he gets so excited when the Rangers get a hit. Fuck him.

AstroNut · « **Reply #23 on:** September 17, 2015, 09:42:36 pm »

Can't take it anymore...bad baseball week.... Switching to old movie

doyce7 · « **Reply #24 on:** September 17, 2015, 09:44:14 pm »

Quote from: BudGirl on September 17, 2015, 09:39:09 pm

It just seems like he gets so excited when the Rangers get a hit. Fuck him.

Agreed. Fuck him

BudGirl · « **Reply #25 on:** September 17, 2015, 09:44:30 pm »

I don't think they even care about this game anymore. they just want to get out of there.

chuck · « **Reply #26 on:** September 17, 2015, 09:46:54 pm »

This stretch of absolute futility is to be expected from a young and highly imperfect offense I suppose, but god damn is it boring.

Tom Servo · « **Reply #27 on:** September 17, 2015, 09:49:06 pm »

Carlos is so good throwing on the run.

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Tom Servo · « **Reply #28 on:** September 17, 2015, 09:58:29 pm »

Conger, on the other hand, is a mess.

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hostros7 · « **Reply #29 on:** September 17, 2015, 09:58:37 pm »

A guy who has no chance at throwing out a runner cannot be a major league catcher.

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chuck · « **Reply #30 on:** September 17, 2015, 10:02:46 pm »

How much worse would the team be with Conger as DH and Gattis as catcher? Or how much better?

The Rangers are just mocking the Astros' ineptitude.

believin · « **Reply #31 on:** September 17, 2015, 10:05:04 pm »

Sparks says he hopes this makes the team think as they head home, and get mad. He is of the opinion that they have been playing tentative this series.

I've only got radio access. Is that how it has looked for his series?

BudGirl · « **Reply #32 on:** September 17, 2015, 10:07:42 pm »

Quote from: believin on September 17, 2015, 10:05:04 pm

Sparks says he hopes this makes the team think as they head home, and get mad. He is of the opinion that they have been playing tentative this series.

I've only got radio access. Is that how it has looked for his series?

Brownie or Ass made a comment earlier that the pitchers weren't throwing many breaking pitches, it was one thing McCullers was doing. I can see them not throwing anything but a fastball to Conger. I don't think he can catch anything that isn't in a straight line, and sometimes not even that.

The strike outs are down, which can also make you think they aren't taking aggressive at-bats.

So, not surprising, I rather agree with Sparks.

BudGirl · « **Reply #33 on:** September 17, 2015, 10:08:12 pm »

A four-game sweep. How stupid

Jose Cruz III · « **Reply #34 on:** September 17, 2015, 10:12:49 pm »

I have stayed out of the zone all year for good luck but I figure maybe if I join the luck will change now. It's been a fun year but I hate the Rangers.

BudGirl · « **Reply #35 on:** September 17, 2015, 10:13:01 pm »

I suck and I could have hit the final out harder than Conger did.

The Spleen · « **Reply #36 on:** September 17, 2015, 10:13:32 pm »

Quote from: believin on September 17, 2015, 10:05:04 pm

Sparks says he hopes this makes the team think as they head home, and get mad.

Maybe it's time for a table-flipping rampage... what is there to lose? Screaming at a team that's already tight usually just makes them tighter, but at this point I don't think there's anything Hinch could do to make this worse short of going nuts and stabbing somebody...

Jose Cruz III · « **Reply #37 on:** September 17, 2015, 10:15:04 pm »

Quote from: Tom Servo on September 17, 2015, 09:58:29 pm

Conger, on the other hand, is a mess.

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Lunhow has done a lot of good things but the Conger trade is a head scratcher. I don't believe he could throw out Tony Eusebio if Eusebio waited until he caught the ball to take off for 2nd. Think the Halos would give us Topeano back for him?

believin · « **Reply #38 on:** September 17, 2015, 10:22:13 pm »

Quote from: BudGirl on September 17, 2015, 10:07:42 pm

Brownie or Ass made a comment earlier that the pitchers weren't throwing many breaking pitches, it was one thing McCullers was doing. I can see them not throwing anything but a fastball to Conger. I don't think he can catch anything that isn't in a straight line, and sometimes not even that.

The strike outs are down, which can also make you think they aren't taking aggressive at-bats.

So, not surprising, I rather agree with Sparks.

Thanks for the description. It's different, following without eyes.

The Spleen · « **Reply #39 on:** September 17, 2015, 10:28:37 pm »

Quote from: believin on September 17, 2015, 10:22:13 pm

It's different, following without eyes.

Where we're going we don't need eyes to see.

Maybe that will be our marketing slogan for 2016...

Col. Sphinx Drummond · « **Reply #40 on:** September 18, 2015, 06:11:00 am »

Quote from: chuck on September 17, 2015, 10:02:46 pm

How much worse would the team be with Conger as DH and Gattis as catcher? Or how much better?

The Rangers are just mocking the Astros' ineptitude.

Gattis 23% at throwing out runners.

austro · « **Reply #41 on:** September 18, 2015, 07:17:57 am »

Quote from: Sphinx Drummond on September 18, 2015, 06:11:00 am

Gattis 23% at throwing out runners.

I'm imagining there would be even more passed balls and wild pitches, if that's possible.

NeilT · « **Reply #42 on:** September 19, 2015, 08:07:01 pm »

Well. Well. Damn.