Royals @ Astros April 13, 2016

[Mr. Happy]

Your lineups for tonight's tilt:

Royals

SSAlcides Escobar (R)
3BMike Moustakas (L)
CFLorenzo Cain (R)
1BEric Hosmer (L)
DHKendrys Morales (S)
LFAlex Gordon (L)
CSalvador Perez (R)
2BOmar Infante (R)
RFPaulo Orlando (R)

KC: Yordano Ventura (R)  (0-0, 3.60)

Astros

2B Jose Altuve (R)
RF George Springer (R)
SS Carlos Correa (R)
LF Colby Rasmus (L)
1B Tyler White (R)
DH Preston Tucker (L)
CF Carlos Gomez (R)
3B Luis Valbuena (L)
C Jason Castro (L)

HOU: Scott Feldman (R)  (0-1, 9.00)

[pots]

Not terribly shocking to see Tucker back in there, but above Gomez is. 

[BudGirl]

Would it be terribly bad to sit Springer/Gomez to give Marisnick a start?

[WVastro]

Would it be terribly bad to sit Springer/Gomez to give Marisnick a start?

Marisnick was such a big part of the early season success last year, I'd like to see him too.

[MusicMan]

Would it be terribly bad to sit Springer/Gomez to give Marisnick a start?

Well, sitting both of them would be unwise. Marisnick is a great defender, but asking him to cover two positions is a bit much.

[HudsonHawk]

T1:

Escobar grounds the first pitch to SS...6-3
Moustakas...3-0...3-1...3-2...doubles to RF as Springer was shifted way into CF...can o' corn if Springer's in normal position.
Cain strikes out swinging
Moustakas moves to 3B on a passed ball
Hosmer strikes out swinging

0-0

[MikeyBoy]

Feldman looks a little sharper tonight.

[jbm]

Fucking ump should realize Jose has a different strike zone.

[MikeyBoy]

Jeezus, Springer.

[HudsonHawk]

B1:

Altuve...two strikes called in his eyes, then doubles to RCF
Springer...quickly 0-2...whiffs on a ball 8 feet off the plate
Correa grounds out 4-3, Altuve to 3B
Rasmus...0-2 swinging at two pitches that bounce in front of the plate..takes strike three at the belt.

Leadoff double wasted...no score after one

[BudGirl]

Why not have Springer bunt?  Something's gotta give.

[HudsonHawk]

Jeezus, Springer.

The last at bat last night, and the first tonight...Springer looks like he'd rather be anywhere getting a root canal than at the plate. 

[HudsonHawk]

Why not have Springer bunt?  Something's gotta give.

Before the game, they were raving about how Springer is hitting .500 the last four games. 

[Nate in IA]

It almost seems like Springer believes he's still hurt.   Not that he is but that he believes he is.

[BudGirl]

I do not profess to be great at analyzing stats, but in his last four games he's had 16 at bats and gotten 6 hits.  I also am not the greatest at math but that is only .375.

http://m.mlb.com/player/543807/george-springer?year=2016&stats=gamelogs-r-hitting-mlb

[HudsonHawk]

T2:

Morales doubles off the LF wall
Gordon with a soft liner to 2B, Morales stays at 2B
Perez pops out F2 in foul ground on the first pitch
Infante grounds out 6-3

Nice job by Feldman to work around the leadoff double

No score

[HudsonHawk]

I do not profess to be great at analyzing stats, but in his last four games he's had 16 at bats and gotten 6 hits.  I also am not the greatest at math but that is only .375.

http://m.mlb.com/player/543807/george-springer?year=2016&stats=gamelogs-r-hitting-mlb

Yeah, I was being figurative.  I didn't look up his average. 

[HudsonHawk]

B2:

White...full count..grounds out 6-3
Tucker singles up the middle
Gomez grounds into 4-6-3 double play on the first pitch

No score

[BudGirl]

He didn't seem like he was on that much of a tear.  I was pleasantly surprised he was hitting .375 in the last 4 games anyway.

[HudsonHawk]

He didn't seem like he was on that much of a tear.  I was pleasantly surprised he was hitting .375 in the last 4 games anyway.

It's been a quiet .375

[HudsonHawk]

Rockets up 49-22 midway through the 2nd. 

[HudsonHawk]

T3:

Orlando strikes out swinging
Escobar grounds out 5-3
Moustakas flies out F9

0-0 still

[Lefty]

Rockets up 49-22 midway through the 2nd. 

One great thing about baseball is that even teams that are out of it will try win games, especially if they have playoff implications.  If I was a Utah fan I'd be pissed, but that's the NBA.

[JaneDoe]

Thanks for the PBP, HH.

[HudsonHawk]

One great thing about baseball is that even teams that are out of it will try win games, especially if they have playoff implications.  If I was a Utah fan I'd be pissed, but that's the NBA.

Only thing Utah fans have to be pissed about is that their team didn't win enough games. 

[HudsonHawk]

B3:

Valbuena flies out F8 on the first pitch
Castro...3-0...draws a four pitch walk
Altuve flies out F9
Springer half-ass swings and hits a lazy looping fly ball to CF

No score through three.

[Lefty]

Only thing Utah fans have to be pissed about is that their team didn't win enough games. 

No doubt, I'm just not a big fan of teams throwing games.

[HudsonHawk]

Rockets up 64-44 at the half.

[hostros7]

Only thing Utah fans have to be pissed about is that their team didn't win enough games.

Sure, and also that their older wife won't stop sleeping in the barn since the more recent ceremony.


/sorry


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[hostros7]

No doubt, I'm just not a big fan of teams throwing games.

The problem is not so much that the players are lazy, it's that they just don't care.


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[HudsonHawk]

No doubt, I'm just not a big fan of teams throwing games.

Playing young guys isn't "throwing games".  Jazz fans have no one to blame but the Jazz.  Worry about your own team, not who the other team is playing. 

[HudsonHawk]

Sure, and also that their older wife won't stop sleeping in the barn since the more recent ceremony.


/sorry


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I had to read that like four times before I got it.

[HudsonHawk]

T4:

Cain flies out F9
Hosmer with a grounder right over the 3B bag, a hustling Rasmus holds him to a single
Morales flies out F8
Gordon strikes out swinging

No score still.

[MusicMan]

I have trouble getting excited about the concept of giving up their draft picks for the right to get swept by Golden State.


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[Astrobabe]

Good to be back


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[HudsonHawk]

There are A LOT of Royals fans there.

[HudsonHawk]

B4:

Correa flies out F9 at the wall
Rasmus flies out F8
White strikes out swinging

Still 0-0

[hostros7]

I have trouble getting excited about the concept of giving up their draft picks for the right to get swept by Golden State.


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The recent rockets first round picks:
Dekker
Capela
T. Jones
Royce White
Jeremy Lamb
Mirotic
Marcus Morris
Patrick Patterson

I'd rather they play to win and perhaps get a sense for how far away they are from a championship thanks to a smackdown by the Warriors. They need an overhaul, which I expect will come. Draft picks can be acquired when everyone on the team other than harden is on the trade block.


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[HudsonHawk]

I have trouble getting excited about the concept of giving up their draft picks for the right to get swept by Golden State.


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Making the playoffs should be a goal, being a lottery team should not.  It's pretty simple in my mind.

[hostros7]

I had to read that like four times before I got it.

Apologies for the slow start. I didn't see any major league sliders during my rehab stent in AA.


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[HudsonHawk]

Good to be back


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Wow...8 years between posts.  Outstanding. 

Always good to see an old friend.

[Astrobabe]

Wow...8 years between posts.  Outstanding. 

Always good to see an old friend.

Thanks! Has it really been that long?
No, I was not in prison.

[HudsonHawk]

Thanks! Has it really been that long?
No, I was not in prison.

According to my sources, your last post was May 17, 2008.  A lots happened since then. 

[MusicMan]

According to my sources, your last post was May 17, 2008.  A lots happened since then.

First, the earth cooled. Then the dinosaurs came... but they got too big and fat, and hey turned into oil...

[HudsonHawk]

T5:

Perez flies out F8
Infante, who appears to be the greatest hitter in history...doubles to LF
Orlando grounds out 4-3, Infante moves to 3B
Escobar grounds back to the mound...1-3

No score

[HudsonHawk]

...but they got too big and fat, and hey turned into oil...

As will we all, so I've read.

[MusicMan]

As will we all, so I've read.

Big Oil got really dumb again and lowered the price.

[Astrobabe]

According to my sources, your last post was May 17, 2008.  A lots happened since then.

Daaaaaaang. Good to see the same cast of characters here. I got transferred up to DC for a few years but never stopped following our boys.

I was impressed that my old password still worked. Well done, OWA. Thanks for not forgetting about me.

[HudsonHawk]

Big Oil got really dumb again and lowered the price.

There's so much oil, we've run out of barrels. 

[Astrobabe]

Big Oil got really dumb again and lowered the price.

I really don't want to talk about oil right now.

[jbm]

I'd rather they play to win and perhaps get a sense for how far away they are from a championship thanks to a smackdown by the Warriors. They need an overhaul, which I expect will come. Draft picks can be acquired when everyone on the team other than harden is on the trade block.


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Building a team around Harden is crazy, IMO. If someone wants him, unload him. Get rid of Morey also.

[HudsonHawk]

Daaaaaaang. Good to see the same cast of characters here. I got transferred up to DC for a few years but never stopped following our boys.

I was impressed that my old password still worked. Well done, OWA. Thanks for not forgetting about me.

We threw a party on your 40th birthday, but you didn't show up.    We were starting to worry.

[MusicMan]

Building a team around Harden is crazy, IMO. If someone wants him, unload him. Get rid of Morey also.

So, you're good with at least another 7-8 years before making the playoffs again?)

[Astrobabe]

We threw a party on your 40th birthday, but you didn't show up.    We were starting to worry.

You're more than welcome to throw one for the real event in June.

[HudsonHawk]

Building a team around Harden is crazy, IMO. If someone wants him, unload him. Get rid of Morey also.

Harden is one of the five best players in basketball.  It's crazy to not want him on your team. 

[chuck]

I was impressed that my old password still worked.

Eckstein123 works every time.

[HudsonHawk]

B5:

Tucker grounds right into the shift on what should be the 5.5 hole...5-3
Gomez strikes out swinging at a pitch that would have hit him in the face had he not ducked while swinging
Valbuena walks, flips bat
Castro carved up looking on three pitches

Still scoreless through five

[Lefty]

Playing young guys isn't "throwing games"

Yeah, but that's not what they're doing.  They've been "resting" players because of draft considerations.

eta:  Not complaining about it, and I don't blame them.  The NBA basically incentivizes tanking.

[Astrobabe]

Eckstein123 works every time.

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[jbm]

So, you're good with at least another 7-8 years before making the playoffs again?)

They will never sniff a championship with Harden, a team leader who holds defense in contempt. This year is a pretty significant data point. Might as well cut bait now while some feel he is a top five player.

[MusicMan]

Harden is one of the five best players in basketball.  It's crazy to not want him on your team.

Curry, Lebron, Durant, Davis, Westbrook. But top 10 certainly, and your point remains.

[HudsonHawk]

Yeah, but that's not what they're doing.  They've been "resting" players because of draft considerations.

eta:  Not complaining about it, and I don't blame them.  The NBA basically incentivizes tanking.

They can move up what, one spot?  Again, worry about your own team.

[MusicMan]

They will never sniff a championship with Harden, a team leader who holds defense in contempt.

So... last year's playoffs didn't happen?

[MusicMan]

Holy fuck that was stupid, Feldman.

[hostros7]

All this Rockets talk is causing baseball turnovers. Jeez.


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[Lefty]

Damn, Feldman did everything right and then rushed the throw.

[Astrobabe]

All this Rockets talk is causing baseball turnovers. Jeez.


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Go Spurs Go

[HudsonHawk]

So... last year's playoffs didn't happen?

They were two or three missed shots from making the finals, where they'd have run over the Cavs.

BTW, Royals get a couple of hits then a throwing error on Feldman...1-0, bases loaded and one out.

[austro]

What the fuck was Feldman thinking about there?

[NeilT]

All this Rockets talk is causing baseball turnovers. Jeez.


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Feldman was worrying about Harden's place in the hierarchy, and look what happened.  Get your head in the game guys.

[HudsonHawk]

What the fuck was Feldman thinking about there?

Forgot who was running, I guess. 

[chuck]

/sorry

Don't be. You know, those freaks got all atwitter not too long ago that someone had found archaeological remains of a Nephite city and then real scientists said, Uh, no. It reminded me that basically the entire archaeology department at BYU is dedicated to finding evidence of the Nephites and the Lamanites. It's like having a PhD in mathematics and spending your career trying to prove the Time Cube.

Another annoying thing is that the BFiB get to believe that they live in the Garden of Eden.

Above I originally typed BUY, which, when you think about it, is more apt. I think I'm going to go apply some essential oils.

[MusicMan]

Damn, Feldman did everything right and then rushed the throw.

He rushed the throw because he wasted time faking a throw to third.

[HudsonHawk]

T6:

Moustakas lines out F9
Cain singles past a diving Valbuena
Hosmer singles to RCF, Cain to 3B
Morales bounces back to the mound, Feldman throws it 30 feet over White's head into RF, Cain scores, Hosmer to 3B on the TE1
Gordon gets intentional walk to load the bases
Perez with a sac fly F7, Hosmer scores
Infante pops out F6

But two unearned runs...2-0 Royals

[Jose Cruz III]

Good evening, ladies and gentlemen.

[MikeyBoy]

Feldman WTF

[Lefty]

He rushed the throw because he wasted time faking a throw to third.

Eh, looked to me like he could have set his feet and still had Morales by 3 steps.

[Astrobabe]

There we go!!! Altuve bomb!


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[HudsonHawk]

ALTUVE!!!!!

[MusicMan]

Altuve knocks one onto the tracks!

[hostros7]

I would love to know the Spanish terminology Jose is using to describe what he just did to that pitch.


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[austro]

Eh, looked to me like he could have set his feet and still had Morales by 3 steps.

The throw from the hip was puzzling.

Altuve crushed that thing.

[JaneDoe]

Good to be back


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Good to see you!

[Jose Cruz III]

Wham

[HudsonHawk]

I would love to know the Spanish terminology Jose is using to describe what he just did to that pitch.


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jonron

[Lefty]

I would love to know the Spanish terminology Jose is using to describe what he just did to that pitch.

un profundo mas macho

They just threw Colby another 3-0 changeup, got this one off the plate though.

[HudsonHawk]

Astros have bases juiced with two out...

[chuck]

I would love to know the Spanish terminology Jose is using to describe what he just did to that pitch.

He's venezolano so it would be something along the lines of Le pegué pa'l coño, mamaguevo!

[BizidyDizidy]

C'mon Gomez, defy my expectations.

[NeilT]

Gomez needs to bunt here.

[BizidyDizidy]

Gomez needs to bunt here.

Apparently he agrees.

[MikeyBoy]

What a fucking idiot.

[HudsonHawk]

B6:

Altuve homers to LF...that ball got out in a hurry
Springer strikes out swinging at pitch in the other box...he must have somewhere else to go, he has no interest whatsoever in playing baseball
Correa flies out F7
Rasmus walks
White lines a single to RF, Rasmus to 2B
Tucker quickly down 0-2...grounds to SS, rolls up Escobar's arm...Rasmus to 3B, White to 2B on the E6
Gomez...tries to bunt a pitch in the other box...WTF?...eventually works the count full...check swing at a ball in his eyes, rolls out to 2B.

Astros cut it to 2-1

[HudsonHawk]

Gomez's at bat there may be the worst I've ever seen at the professional level.

[BizidyDizidy]

Gomez's Walk-up Music

[MikeyBoy]

Gomez's at bat there may be the worst I've ever seen at the professional level.

Absolutely awful.

[Astrobabe]

B6:

Altuve homers to LF...that ball got out in a hurry
Springer strikes out swinging at pitch in the other box...he must have somewhere else to go, he has no interest whatsoever in playing baseball
Correa flies out F7
Rasmus walks
White lines a single to RF, Rasmus to 2B
Tucker quickly down 0-2...grounds to SS, rolls up Escobar's arm...Rasmus to 3B, White to 2B on the E6
Gomez...tries to bunt a pitch in the other box...WTF?...eventually works the count full...check swing at a ball in his eyes, rolls out to 2B.

Astros cut it to 2-1

Gomez couldn't come close to laying down a bunt as awesome as Colby did the other night. I shot beer out of my nose when Colby did that, it was so awesome.

[chuck]

I'm 80% sure I just saw Arky. It was after the 2-2 pitch. Someone rewind and see.

[Jose Cruz III]

HMMM....I thought you were supposed to come through in the clutch, or do anything at all, before you run that head.

[NeilT]

Arky was just on the tv.  It was before the out, and he looked excited.

[HudsonHawk]

Rockets win 116-81...make the playoffs.  Yay. 

[austro]

Gomez's at bat there may be the worst I've ever seen at the professional level.

It was pretty horrible, but I think Carl Everett still holds that honor.

[hostros7]

I'd be concerned that he was demonstrating early stage microcephalic symptoms, but his behavior seems relatively in line with the end of last season.


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[chuck]

My wife just opened the door of my son's room and I hear that for some unknown reason they're in there listening to reggaeton. Then, my son, who will never wear a hat for any reason, wanders out of the room with a baseball hat turned backwards.

[Astrobabe]

Good night, peeps. Gonna listen to the rest of the game in sleep mode.


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[HudsonHawk]

That's it for Feldman...leaves with a runner at 1B and one out in the 7th, trailing 2-1

Sipp in.

[chuck]

Arky was just on the tv.  It was before the out, and he looked excited.

I was going to correct your description but then I remembered that I know Arky and that the look that registers somewhere between concerned and constipated for him does in fact qualify as excitement.

[HudsonHawk]

Good night, peeps. Gonna listen to the rest of the game in sleep mode.


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Hope it's not 2024 before you're back.

[HudsonHawk]

My wife just opened the door of my son's room and I hear that for some unknown reason they're in there listening to reggaeton. Then, my son, who will never wear a hat for any reason, wanders out of the room with a baseball hat turned backwards.

You should get him a fedora.

[NeilT]

I was going to correct your description but then I remembered that I know Arky and that the look that registers somewhere between concerned and constipated for him does in fact qualify as excitement.

In that case he looked very excited.

[Jose Cruz III]

Good game by Feldman. Great control tonight, at least to the plate. Control to first was a little rough. Hope he pitches like this all year.

[Jose Cruz III]

Good night, peeps. Gonna listen to the rest of the game in sleep mode.


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Good night, babe. We'll see ya when you wake up in 8 years.

[HudsonHawk]

Sipp gets a PONCHE! on his only batter.  Neshek in with one on and two out.

[HudsonHawk]

Good game by Feldman. Great control tonight, at least to the plate. Control to first was a little rough. Hope he pitches like this all year.

THIS is the Feldman I was excited to see this year.  If he can pitch like this reasonably consistently...

[Jose Cruz III]

Sipp sows discord between Moustakas and the HP umpire with a nasty breaking ball.

[Jose Cruz III]

THIS is the Feldman I was excited to see this year.  If he can pitch like this reasonably consistently...

Agreed.

[HudsonHawk]

T7:

Orlando grounds out 4-3
Escobar flairs one out of the dirt into CF

That's all for Feldman, Sipp in

Moustakas strikes out looking...bitches about it

Sipp out...Neshek in...

Cain strikes out swinging

At the stretch...2-1 Royals

[chuck]

You should get him a fedora.

I'm not sure where you're going with this but a fedora is more tango than reggaeton. More Carlos Gardel than, say, Residente of Calle 13 who, as you surely know, came out in support of Barney the other day.

I can't remember seeing Residente wearing a hat of any kind but if he does I am quite certain that it is a baseball hat work backwards.

[HudsonHawk]

I'm not sure where you're going with this but a fedora is more tango than reggaeton. More Carlos Gardel than, say, Residente of Calle 13 who, as you surely know, came out in support of Barney the other day.

I can't remember seeing Residente wearing a hat of any kind but if he does I am quite certain that it is a baseball hat work backwards.

I just like fedoras and want them to make a comeback.  The real ones, not the stingy brimmed hipster douchebag lids.

[hostros7]

Through a limited observation period, scientists have determined that having a marble-sized testicle removed from one's foot appears to have salubrious effects on pitcher performance.


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[HudsonHawk]

Castro with a 1-out triple.  I thought he was gonna need to stop and smoke a cigarette about halfway to 3B

[JaneDoe]

I just like fedoras and want them to make a comeback.  The real ones, not the stingy brimmed hipster douchebag lids.

I could hear you saying this as I read it....

[pots]

HInch going all in for this run...

[Jose Cruz III]

We gotta get this run in.

[Jose Cruz III]

HInch going all in for this run...

You think he will pinch hit for Springer?

[BizidyDizidy]

Nice RBI for Altuve, but would've really liked to see a bunt there.

[pots]

Altuve rbi single and swipes second when Cain naps

ETA
Nope they gave him a double

[Ebby Calvin]

Piranha!

[MikeyBoy]

Castro with a 1-out triple.  I thought he was gonna need to stop and smoke a cigarette about halfway to 3B

Way closer than it should have been.

[HudsonHawk]

Altuve plates Marisnick to tie it up!

[hostros7]

Le pegué pa'l coño, mamaguevo! (?)


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[Jose Cruz III]

ALTooooooooooooooooooooVE

[NeilT]

Nice RBI for Altuve, but would've really liked to see a bunt there.

Springer will bunt.

[chuck]

I just like fedoras and want them to make a comeback.  The real ones, not the stingy brimmed hipster douchebag lids.

I don't know what a stingy brimmed hipster douchebag lid is but I am firmly in favor of a nice porkpie. Think Popeye Doyle.

Also, I don't think there's any place in the Venn diagram where hipster and douchebag overlap. To me they are two distinct and distinctly separate things.

That little fucker has got to really piss people off.

[hostros7]

Nice RBI for Altuve, but would've really liked to see a bunt there.

Don't be crazy, the force wasn't in play at all four bases.


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[Jose Cruz III]

RISP less than 2 outs. Springer has to make contact here.

[Ebby Calvin]

Le pegué pa'l coño, mamaguevo! (?)


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I Google Translated this and it came up:
The hit pa'l pussy, I mamaguevo!

The second entry quotes Jeremiah 17:5, so I'm really confused now.

[pots]

You think he will pinch hit for Springer?

Springer can't have May without April

[BizidyDizidy]

In Carlos I trust.

[chuck]

Le pegué pa'l coño, mamaguevo! (?)

Eso e, manito!

[Jose Cruz III]

Good grief.

[hostros7]

I Google Translated this and it came up:
The hit pa'l pussy, I mamaguevo!

The second entry quotes Jeremiah 17:5, so I'm really confused now.

Sometimes Chuck's post make me feel like I'm halfway into a Junot Diaz novel, but it only adds to the richness of the GZ.


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[HudsonHawk]

B7:

Hochevar in for the Royals

Valbuena flies out to shallow CF
Castro triples to deep RCF
Marisnick in to pinch run for Castro
Altuve....infield in...lines one past a diving SS, Marisnick scores and hustles into 2B as Cain lollygags in CF...ruled a double
Springer...still completely disinterested...quickly down 0-2...half ass whiffs at a pitch in the dirt
Correa strikes out looking

Astros tie it up 2-2

[MikeyBoy]

RISP less than 2 outs. Springer has to make contact here.

I heard he couldn't hit water if he fell out of a fucking boat.

[BizidyDizidy]

Dunno about strike 3.

[BudGirl]

Curry, Lebron, Durant, Davis, Westbrook. But top 10 certainly, and your point remains.

No Leonard??  Oh well.

[Jose Cruz III]

I heard he couldn't hit water if he fell out of a fucking boat.

He didn't hit Hochevar

[austro]

Morales has to feel completely demoralized after that sequence.

[MikeyBoy]

There's the cat we traded a ton for.

[JaneDoe]

In Carlos I trust.

Not this one, I hope......http://my.xfinity.com/slideshow/sports-10fattestbaseballplayers/6/

[BudGirl]

I'm 80% sure I just saw Arky. It was after the 2-2 pitch. Someone rewind and see.

If it was a guy expecting Gomez to make an out, I agree it was him.

[Jose Cruz III]

Borderline Kerry Woodish according to Blum.

[HudsonHawk]

I don't know what a stingy brimmed hipster douchebag lid is but I am firmly in favor of a nice porkpie. Think Popeye Doyle.

Also, I don't think there's any place in the Venn diagram where hipster and douchebag overlap. To me they are two distinct and distinctly separate things.

That little fucker has got to really piss people off.

Hipster douchebag lid

Legitimate stylish gentleman's hat

[austro]

If it was a guy expecting Gomez to make an out, I agree it was him.

That doesn't exactly narrow the field much.

[Jose Cruz III]

If Correa is out then so is Gordon.

[BudGirl]

Seriously Giles, you wanted to be closer???

[HudsonHawk]

Fuck.  Perez with a 2-run HR makes it 4-2 Royals

[hostros7]

Fitting that Giles is from Albuquerque because so far he's represented the dichotomy between Walter White and Heinzenberg.


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[Lefty]

Giles hung the fuck out of that slider

[NeilT]

Giles might be a bit of a work in progress.

[pots]

No doubt he has earned The Gas Can nickname.

[HudsonHawk]

T8:

Giles in...Kratz behind the dish

Hosmer grounds out 6-3
Morales punches out
Gordon...full count...walks...damn, I gotta have that 3-2 pitch!!!!  Fuck!
Perez 0-2...homers to LF, Gordon scores
Infante strikes out swinging, 2-3 on the putout.

But Royals take a 4-2 lead

[Jose Cruz III]

Yeah you hit a homer on a hanger, Perez. He seems to have gone to the Carlos Gomez school of etiquette.

[HudsonHawk]

Yeah you hit a homer on a hanger, Perez. He seems to have gone to the Carlos Gomez school of etiquette.

You just hate fun. 

[chuck]

I Google Translated this and it came up:
The hit pa'l pussy, I mamaguevo!

The second entry quotes Jeremiah 17:5, so I'm really confused now.

I'll never forget the time a Venezuelan girl called me a mamaguevo. I don't remember what I'd done to deserve her ire but I can imagine. Anyway, it literally means ball sucker but in practice it's used as cocksucker. It's something that only venes use, really. A Panamanian or a Colombian would have different ways to say the same thing. It's sad to admit but the kings of profanity are certainly the Mexicans. Mexico City slang is unreal in its depth and complexity. But my people are not too far behind. We draw from all over the place. One thing you hear a lot is focop or focot, which comes from fuck up or fucked up and means basically the same thing.

I am a big fan of Junot Diaz, by the way. I lived in a Dominican neighborhood in Brooklyn and I feel like I know those people a little bit. They saved my ass one night when the Dominican bodega on my corner was miraculously still open at 2 AM one Wednesday, hosting a profoundly drunk group of Irish firefighters from the station down the block. I had been chased down Driggs Avenue by a hopped up pimp with a pistol who thought I was doing I have no idea what. It's one of those little miracles that happen. I fell into the bodega with obvious relief followed immediately by the crazed pimp who was gradually subdued by the drunk firemen and the Dominicans serving as their bartenders.

So, the Giles experiment seems to be a bust. Good thing they didn't give up very much for him. I wonder what Arky looks like now.

[Jose Cruz III]

You just hate fun.

Love fun. Hate hot dogs.

[chuck]

Hipster douchebag lid

That's that goddamn Panama hat I was bitching about the other day. Fucking Teva sandals and cornrowed hair you got done on the cruise ship.

[NeilT]

That's that goddamn Panama hat I was bitching about the other day. Fucking Teva sandals and cornrowed hair you got done on the cruise ship.

You saw me!  You should have said hello!

[HudsonHawk]

B8:

Herrera in...

Rasmus draws a leadoff walk
White carved up on three pitches
Tucker strikes out swinging
Gomez grounds into 6-4 FC, Rasmus out at 2B

4-2 Royals

[Jose Cruz III]

I'll be a mamaguevo, Gomez made contact.

[chuck]

You saw me!  You should have said hello!

You think I'd be seen with a guy in Teva sandals and a bow tie? Are you fucking crazy?

[HudsonHawk]

That's that goddamn Panama hat I was bitching about the other day. Fucking Teva sandals and cornrowed hair you got done on the cruise ship.

That's a $6 douchebag lid.  You deserve to get your ass kicked for wearing that.  This is a real panama hat

[NeilT]

You think I'd be seen with a guy in Teva sandals and a bow tie? Are you fucking crazy?

Dangit.  I knew the corn rows were over the top.

[NeilT]

Who the hell is Devenski?

[HudsonHawk]

T9:

Devenski in...

Orlando strikes out swinging
Escobar strikes out looking
Moustakas strikes out swinging

Good think Devenski didn't get to pitch the 8th, huh?

Headed to the bottom of the 9th, Astros chasing a pair

[BudGirl]

Who the hell is Devenski?

the guy i wished pitched the inning before.

[pots]

Damn, Devenski tossing it 95.   

With his offspeed stufff, he's making a fantastic guy out of the pen.

[chuck]

That's a $6 douchebag lid.  You deserve to get your ass kicked for wearing that.  This is a real panama hat

You also deserve to get your ass kicked by walking around looking like Tom Wolfe.

[HudsonHawk]

Marwin pinch hitting for Kratz, which means if the Astros miraculously manage to tie this up, Gattis will have to catch.

[HudsonHawk]

B9:

Soria in for the Royals...

Valbuena strikes out on three check swings
Marwin, pinch hitting for Kratz...flies out F8 on the first pitch
Altuve lines out to SS on the first pitch

5 pitch 9th and the Astros whimper away 4-2

[NeilT]

B9:

Soria in for the Royals...

Valbuena strikes out on three check swings
Marwin, pinch hitting for Kratz...flies out F8 on the first pitch
Altuve lines out to SS on the first pitch

5 pitch 9th and the Astros whimper away 4-2

Some good things though.  Giles needs some work.

[HudsonHawk]

You also deserve to get your ass kicked by walking around looking like Tom Wolfe.

Or Charlie Sheen if you prefer

[chuck]

Dangit.  I knew the corn rows were over the top.

Nah, dude, your corn rows were on fleek. It's the fanny pack that tipped it. I wasn't going to go there but you sort of forced me to.

[chuck]

Or Charlie Sheen if you prefer

Jokes aplenty but decorum insists.

[HudsonHawk]

Damn...too much dickstepping tonight.  These are the games that are gonna drive me to drink in September. 

[NeilT]

Nah, dude, your corn rows were on fleek. It's the fanny pack that tipped it. I wasn't going to go there but you sort of forced me to.

I got a picture here.  bad panama, cornrows, Tevas, bowtie, fanny pack . . . I'm owning it.  Next year, opening day, with a Rasmus jersey.  Be there or be square. 

[pots]

Damn, Devenski tossing it 95.   

With his offspeed stufff, he's making a fantastic guy out of the pen.

This still has me giddy.  No one team had a 40 man spot plus 50k just 5 months ago.

[The Spleen]

Some good things though.

1, Carlos Correa is really good at baseball.
2.¡El Tiburón!
3, Devenski? I want to know more...

And aside from that, not very much. During this series it was painfully apparent who the grownups in the room were.

[chuck]

I got a picture here.  bad panama, cornrows, Tevas, bowtie, fanny pack . . . I'm owning it.  Next year, opening day, with a Rasmus jersey.  Be there or be square.

Who wears the Rasmus jersey, you? I'm getting one made that reads Awebao. And I'm there. As long as Budgirl agrees to go sprinting up the stairs whenever Daniel gets loose and makes a run for it.

[NeilT]

1, Carlos Correa is really good at baseball.
2.¡El Tiburón!
3, Devenski? I want to know more...

And aside from that, not very much. During this series it was painfully apparent who the grownups in the room were.

Feldman's pitching looked great.  The bullpen looked great except for Giles, and Giles was interesting. 

[pots]

1, Carlos Correa is really good at baseball.
2.¡El Tiburón!
3, Devenski? I want to know more...

And aside from that, not very much. During this series it was painfully apparent who the grownups in the room were.

Devenski made it to successfully through AA as a starter on a devastating changeup.  HIs fastball in the past was 89-91 range.  Apparently recently improving to the 90-93 range.  But if out of the bully it sits at 94-96, then damn, they didn't need Giles. 

ETA
Reason why the bus riders follow this guy is he has had some games/stints that somebody like Appel was suppose to have.
16 K no hitter in 2012
Started last year at AA with 27 scoreless
and of course the 7 inning one hit outing he had in the AAA championship game last year

[chuck]

Just to close the circle...

Mexican slang.

Lyrics.

Panamanian slang.

Lyrics.

I understand almost none of the Mexican bit. I understand all of Kafu Banton, loco.

[Ebby Calvin]

I got a picture here.  bad panama, cornrows, Tevas, bowtie, fanny pack . . . I'm owning it.  Next year, opening day, with a Rasmus jersey.  Be there or be square.

I'm holding you to this.

[BudGirl]

Who wears the Rasmus jersey, you? I'm getting one made that reads Awebao. And I'm there. As long as Budgirl agrees to go sprinting up the stairs whenever Daniel gets loose and makes a run for it.

I'm not scared of Daniel.  As long as I can see him, it's all good.

[Mr. Happy]

Excellent GZ tonight. Good to see Astrobabe. Being a wearer of both fedoras and bow-ties, I enjoyed that discussion.

Feldman pitched much better tonight. I still don't trust him to be able to consistently deliver for a team in a playoff hunt. I hope that he proves me wrong. Tonight was a great effort by Feldman.

That slider that Giles hung was a AA slider. If that's all his slider has, I'd leave it in my back pocket and continue to work on it in the bully.

Situational hitting continues to be a problem.

[juliogotay]

Excellent GZ tonight. Good to see Astrobabe. Being a wearer of both fedoras and bow-ties, I enjoyed that discussion.

Feldman pitched much better tonight. I still don't trust him to be able to consistently deliver for a team in a playoff hunt. I hope that he proves me wrong. Tonight was a great effort by Feldman.

That slider that Giles hung was a AA slider. If that's all his slider has, I'd leave it in my back pocket and continue to work on it in the bully.

Situational hitting continues to be a problem.

He threw some devastatingly good sliders prior to the hanger though.

[jbm]

Damn, Devenski tossing it 95.   

With his offspeed stufff, he's making a fantastic guy out of the pen.

I missed his inning.  95 with that change would be something special.

[pots]

I missed his inning.  95 with that change would be something special.

Here is all three Ks.  All on the fastball

[MusicMan]

Remember when we traded 2 top prospects for a home run dispenser? That was awesome.


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[BudGirl]

Excellent GZ tonight. Good to see Astrobabe. Being a wearer of both fedoras and bow-ties, I enjoyed that discussion.

Feldman pitched much better tonight. I still don't trust him to be able to consistently deliver for a team in a playoff hunt. I hope that he proves me wrong. Tonight was a great effort by Feldman.

That slider that Giles hung was a AA slider. If that's all his slider has, I'd leave it in my back pocket and continue to work on it in the bully.

Situational hitting continues to be a problem.

I sometimes feel like you post something like this (and I'm not trying to say you are wrong for it) and I just want your proven wrong.

[Mr. Happy]

I sometimes feel like you post something like this (and I'm not trying to say you are wrong for it) and I just want your proven wrong.

Hey, we agree!!! I sincerely hope that I'm wrong about Feldman.

[BudGirl]

Hey, we agree!!! I sincerely hope that I'm wrong about Feldman.

Oh shit, the world is going to end.

[JaneDoe]

Here is all three Ks.  All on the fastball

Thanks for the link! 

[austro]

Hey, we agree!!! I sincerely hope that I'm wrong about Feldman.

I don't know if Mr. Happy saw the entire inning or just saw the highlight of the homer, but I'm guessing the latter, and in that case it would certainly be easy to be very disappointed. But the AB against Morales was really eye-opening: he threw two sliders that just disappeared on the inside part of the plate, breaking so hard they almost hit Morales in the back foot, sandwiched around a change-up that Morales was so far in front of that he could have hit it with his follow-through. If he can harness that stuff consistently, he'll be untouchable.

[Mr. Happy]

I don't know if Mr. Happy saw the entire inning or just saw the highlight of the homer, but I'm guessing the latter, and in that case it would certainly be easy to be very disappointed. But the AB against Morales was really eye-opening: he threw two sliders that just disappeared on the inside part of the plate, breaking so hard they almost hit Morales in the back foot, sandwiched around a change-up that Morales was so far in front of that he could have hit it with his follow-through. If he can harness that stuff consistently, he'll be untouchable.

I agree with you about Giles' stuff. It's also very unfortunate that Giles has been off while VV has been on fire. Giles will figure it out.

[das]

Daaaaaaang. Good to see the same cast of characters here. I got transferred up to DC for a few years but never stopped following our boys.

I was impressed that my old password still worked. Well done, OWA. Thanks for not forgetting about me.

I'm pretty sure OWA works here in DC.  :^P

Good to have you back!