Angels @ Astros July 22, 2016

[Mr. Happy]

Your lineups for tonight's tilt:

Angels

3BYunel Escobar (R)
RFKole Calhoun (L)
CFMike Trout (R)
DHAlbert Pujols (R)
LFDaniel Nava (S)
SSA. Simmons (R)
1BJi-Man Choi (L)
CJett Bandy (R)
2BGregorio Petit (R)

LAA: Matt Shoemaker (R)  (5-9, 4.08)

Astros

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

HOU: Lance McCullers (R)  (4-4, 3.61)

[Col. Sphinx Drummond]

The Angels are hot. They've won many games in a row. Pooholes likes to hit home runs against the Astros.

[austro]

The Angels are hot. They've won many games in a row. Pooholes likes to hit home runs against the Astros.

Trout is the best player in baseball. Weaver owns the Astros.

Think that's enough to do the job?

[austro]

Sweet play by Valbuena to get the runner at the plate. And McCullers escapes the 1st inning with no runs scored after looking at runners on 2nd and 3rd with no outs and Trout at the plate.

[HudsonHawk]

Angels get runners at 2B and 3B with nobody out (single, fucked themselves on the shift, and a wild pitch).  McCullers then Ks Trout, cut down a run at the plate, then get a popup to end the inning. 

[juliogotay]

Angels get runners at 2B and 3B with nobody out (single, fucked themselves on the shift, and a wild pitch).  McCullers then Ks Trout, cut down a run at the plate, then get a popup to end the inning.

I know you don't like the shift but how did the shift cause that to get through?   they had two guys on that side and the ball still found the hole. If they only had Altuve on that side he would not have had a chance?

[HudsonHawk]

I know you don't like the shift but how did the shift cause that to get through?   they had two guys on that side and the ball still found the hole. If they only had Altuve on that side he would not have had a chance?

It found the hole created by the shift.  If they had Altuve in his regular position, it's hit right at him.  It's an easy 4-6-3 double play.  The only reason Altuve couldn't get to it is because he was shifted out of position. 

[juliogotay]

It found the hole created by the shift.  If they had Altuve in his regular position, it's hit right at him.  It's an easy 4-6-3 double play.  The only reason Altuve couldn't get to it is because he was shifted out of position.

The batter was obviously a dead pull hitter so Altuve would have been close to 1b even if the SS was to the 3rd base side of 2nd.
It was uncanny how that ball found the hole considering how slow it got through. I just can't hang that one on the shift

[HudsonHawk]

In the mean time...Marwin with a 1-out single, Altuve gives one a ride, but Trout runs it down in deep RCF, and Correa strikes out looking.

[HudsonHawk]

The batter was obviously a dead pull hitter so Altuve would have been close to 1b even if the SS was to the 3rd base side of 2nd.
It was uncanny how that ball found the hole considering how slow it got through. I just can't hang that one on the shift

No he wouldn't have, he'd have been in double play position. 

[austro]

McCullers appears to be determined to exhaust himself by the 5th inning.

[Col. Sphinx Drummond]

McCullers appears to be determined to exhaust himself by the 5th inning.

He more often than not starts out fucking around.

[austro]

He more often than not starts out fucking around.

It's a dangerous way to go about your business. The double-play they just turned certainly helped him out.

[Col. Sphinx Drummond]

I don't recall a game McCullers has pitched that he didn't have runners on base in one or both of the first two innings.

[HudsonHawk]

McCullers appears to be determined to exhaust himself by the 5th inning.

All the ground balls are a good thing, I just wish he'd get them earlier in the count. 

[Col. Sphinx Drummond]

I wouldn't mind an Astros fedora.

[juliogotay]

McCullers appears to be determined to exhaust himself by the 5th inning.

He exhausts me by the second.

[HudsonHawk]

Frustrating AB by Valbuena...gets four straight balls, none of them even close, then grounds out on Ball 5. 

[Col. Sphinx Drummond]

Colby is in a bad funk.

[juliogotay]

Colby is in a bad funk.

Really need more production from the OF.

[HudsonHawk]

Shoemaker is a wreck.  He's thrown 12 pitches this inning, one even close to being a strike...though he does have two out and only a runner at 1B....scratch that...runner at 2B as he throws a pick off attempt into RF

[HudsonHawk]

and of course Tucker is up there hacking at the first pitch out of the strike zone.  So Shoemaker throws 14 pitches, one for a strike, drills a guy in the back, throws one into RF...and gets three easy outs.  Nice. 

[hostros7]

I wouldn't mind an Astros fedora.

I'm still patiently waiting for Chuck's white paper on the Astros fedora before I make any rash judgments one way or the other. The invaluable information he provided on the authenticity, or lack thereof, of the "Panama" hat shook my confidence in all previously acquired knowledge of exotic headwear apparel style and decorum perhaps the most since I learned here that it was also a faux pas to wear a baseball cap in a chili's were I to elect to dine in one.

[austro]

Shoemaker is a wreck.  He's thrown 12 pitches this inning, one even close to being a strike...though he does have two out and only a runner at 1B....scratch that...runner at 2B as he throws a pick off attempt into RF

And then Tucker bails him out.

And while I'm bitching about stuff that doesn't matter, why the FUCK doesn't ESPN EVER put the Astros on the the MLB scoring ribbon at the top of their home page?

[Col. Sphinx Drummond]

Shoemaker has pitched well against the Astros in the past but has been a tough luck loser. If he is off his game the Astros need to take advantage and quit fucking around,

[Aussie Astro]

Did I hear that right, they played the Looney Tunes after they fucked up the pick off?

[Col. Sphinx Drummond]

Bueno! Valbuena!

[HudsonHawk]

Wow.  What a play by Valbuena to get Petit. 

[hostros7]

And then Tucker bails him out.

And while I'm bitching about stuff that doesn't matter, why the FUCK doesn't ESPN EVER put the Astros on the the MLB scoring ribbon at the top of their home page?

My hypothesis is that they know the Astros are your favorite team from analyzing page clicks and thus know you will spend additional time/clicks on the site if it's never listed on the homepage. I have the same issue, and it's why I use my MLB app 90% of the time.

[austro]

My hypothesis is that they know the Astros are your favorite team from analyzing page clicks and thus know you will spend additional time/clicks on the site if it's never listed on the homepage. I have the same issue, and it's why I use my MLB app 90% of the time.

You know, I've considered that same possibility, and I really think you might be right.

[HudsonHawk]

I'm still patiently waiting for Chuck's white paper on the Astros fedora before I make any rash judgments one way or the other. The invaluable information he provided on the authenticity, or lack thereof, of the "Panama" hat shook my confidence in all previously acquired knowledge of exotic headwear apparel style and decorum perhaps the most since I learned here that it was also a faux pas to wear a baseball cap in a chili's were I to elect to dine in one.

As a serious fedora wearer, I can assure you that the Astros fedora is not something you want to be seen wearing out on the town.  And Panama hats are certainly authentic, they're just not made in Panama. 

[Navin R Johnson]

That was about as good a play as you will see at 3rd sacker make.  wow

[austro]

By all means, let's walk the guy in front of Trout.

[Col. Sphinx Drummond]

Wow.  What a play by Valbuena to get Petit.

Are you still in Indonesia?

[HudsonHawk]

Are you still in Indonesia?

Yep.  it's Saturday morning here as I watch the Astros and stare out at the jungle. 

[austro]

Wow, two K's of Trout. That's great, but I wouldn't want to rely on it.

[chuck]

I'm still patiently waiting for Chuck's white paper on the Astros fedora before I make any rash judgments one way or the other. The invaluable information he provided on the authenticity, or lack thereof, of the "Panama" hat shook my confidence in all previously acquired knowledge of exotic headwear apparel style and decorum perhaps the most since I learned here that it was also a faux pas to wear a baseball cap in a chili's were I to elect to dine in one.

Wise. For what it's worth I am more a pork-pie man than fedora. In order to pull off a fedora you have to be old enough to where it's plain you're not trying to be a douche. I don't know how old that it, only that I'm not there yet. I see backpacker types all over the place with those annoying cheap white straw fedoras. Women especially for some reason. I have no idea why people wear them because they don't shade anything and they make you look like a twat.

The Panamanian pintao that I've mentioned has the benefit of being a working man's hat and I have virtually never seen anyone wear one in an ironic or comical way. So they are easy to approve of, unlike the Colombian vueltiao, which are often worn in a frivolous manner.

Valbuena's play was as good a play as I expect to see this year.

[Aussie Astro]

And then Tucker bails him out.

And while I'm bitching about stuff that doesn't matter, why the FUCK doesn't ESPN EVER put the Astros on the the MLB scoring ribbon at the top of their home page?

ESPN Australia are the biggest dipshits you could imagine.  We have two channels and their normal deal on a Saturday morning is to show a MLB game (same game) on both channels with home broadcast on one and away broadcast on the other.  Fuck that there are 14 other games they could show.

[austro]

ESPN Australia are the biggest dipshits you could imagine.  We have two channels and their normal deal on a Saturday morning is to show a MLB game (same game) on both channels with home broadcast on one and away broadcast on the other.  Fuck that there are 14 other games they could show.

That's hilarious.

[Aussie Astro]

That's hilarious.

I would probably agree if I heard about it happening someplace else.

[hostros7]

Wise. For what it's worth I am more a pork-pie man than fedora. In order to pull off a fedora you have to be old enough to where it's plain you're not trying to be a douche. I don't know how old that it, only that I'm not there yet. I see backpacker types all over the place with those annoying cheap white straw fedoras. Women especially for some reason. I have no idea why people wear them because they don't shade anything and they make you look like a twat.

The Panamanian pintao that I've mentioned has the benefit of being a working man's hat and I have virtually never seen anyone wear one in an ironic or comical way. So they are easy to approve of, unlike the Colombian vueltiao, which are often worn in a frivolous manner.

Valbuena's play was as good a play as I expect to see this year.

Informative. Women who wear cheap fedoras also seem to be at least 62% more likely to pose in "duck face" for social media.

[Col. Sphinx Drummond]

Wise. For what it's worth I am more a pork-pie man than fedora. In order to pull off a fedora you have to be old enough to where it's plain you're not trying to be a douche. I don't know how old that it, only that I'm not there yet.

For me it was age 12. No one ever questioned me why, but I've been kind of a rebel idiot for most of my life. I will occasionally wear a ball-cap... but never ever backwards. Bogart wore the shit out of a ball-cap in African Queen,

[austro]

I would probably agree if I heard about it happening someplace else.

Sorry. Hilarious in the "ESPN are such twits" sense, not in the "ha ha, Aussie Astro got screwed" sense.

[Col. Sphinx Drummond]

My current go to hat for evenings out is a pork-pie hat.

[Col. Sphinx Drummond]

Altuve has the best hand-eye coordination of anybody I've every seen in an Astros uni. Barrel on the ball.

[Col. Sphinx Drummond]

Carlos Lee, number 3 all time in hits at MMP.

[Col. Sphinx Drummond]

Davy Concepcion and Joe Morgan?

[Aussie Astro]

Sorry. Hilarious in the "ESPN are such twits" sense, not in the "ha ha, Aussie Astro got screwed" sense.

In the end we get what we deserve.  Would they get away with that shit in a major city in the US?  I sent a couple of emails and left some obnoxious remarks in their webpage feedback messages but I don't think they give too much of a fuck about. it.  But they probably get a bit of a laugh about that guy in WA getting all pissed off.

[Col. Sphinx Drummond]

Cal Ripken and Roberto Alomar?

[chuck]

Yes, chick fedora = likely duck face.

Bogart's African Queen cap was more a nautical cap than a ball cap I think. Sort of a combination between a captain's hat and a ball cap. I used to play in a band with a guy who frequently wore a white captain's hat. Along with his red cape and giant boxing champ style belt buckle. He was a total lunatic.

[chuck]

Cal Ripken and Roberto Alomar?

Best yet. Also, Robin Yount and whoever played second with him in the early 80's.

[Col. Sphinx Drummond]

Paul Molitor. Two more HOFers

[hostros7]

McCullers really got squeezed on back to back pitches. As an umpire, I would have a hard time not ringing the batter up on 3-2 after giving him a stay of execution on 2-2, particularly since the pitches were in different locations on the edge so consistency isn't a factor.


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[homer]

Gomez is a disaster at the plate.

[HudsonHawk]

For me it was age 12. No one ever questioned me why, but I've been kind of a rebel idiot for most of my life. I will occasionally wear a ball-cap... but never ever backwards. Bogart wore the shit out of a ball-cap in African Queen,

The key to wearing a fedora and not looking like a douchebag, at any age, is to not act like a douchebag wearing one.  First, a hat, any hat, should be first and foremost practical.  It's to keep the sun off your head, your head warm, etc hence there is no need to wear one indoors, especially at the dinner table.  If you're wearing a hat indoors, and you're not an athlete who is wearing one as part of the uniform or a character in a play, you probably look like a douchebag.  If you wear a fedora "ironically", you're a douchebag, period.

Secondly, wear your hat with confidence.  If you're nervous about it, you'll probably look like a douchebag. 

Finally, if you're going to wear a hat, wear a quality one, be that a felt fedora, a porkpie, a Panama, what have you...if you bought it at Target, you probably look like a douchebag.  Quality hats are not cheap (a top Panama can run upwards of $1,500).  You don't have to go broke buying one, but if you go on the cheap, you'll look like a douchebag. 

And a final thought....you'd think this would go unsaid, but wear a hat that fits your head.  If you're wearing one that sits on the back of your head like you're J. Wimpy Wellington, you'll be a walking billboard for douchebags everywhere. 

[homer]

Also, is there another hitter that asks for his own appeals on check swings besides Trout?

[juliogotay]

Carlos Lee, number 3 all time in hits at MMP.

that is shocking to me.

[chuck]

Gomez is a disaster at the plate.

No worse than Rasmus.

[juliogotay]

Cal Ripken and Roberto Alomar?

Winner.

[jbm]

Those Columbian hats look good, as does getting a runner home from third with one out.

[HudsonHawk]

Tucker with a 1-out triple...Castro with an RBI single to make it 1-0 Astros...

[austro]

Tucker with a 1-out triple...Castro with an RBI single to make it 1-0 Astros...

It's that kind of power on a good pitch that makes one reluctant to give up on him.

[MrKnuckleball]

Gomez is a disaster at the plate.

What was your first clue? Haha

[HudsonHawk]

It's that kind of power on a good pitch that makes one reluctant to give up on him.

I wouldn't give up on Tucker, but I don't think he'll ever be more than a role player. 

[juliogotay]

It's that kind of power on a good pitch that makes one reluctant to give up on him.

There is no way I would give up on Tucker. I may include him in a deal if I had to make it work but this guy has potential to be a good hitter.

[Col. Sphinx Drummond]

The key to wearing a fedora and not looking like a douchebag, at any age, is to not act like a douchebag wearing one.  First, a hat, any hat, should be first and foremost practical.  It's to keep the sun off your head, your head warm, etc hence there is no need to wear one indoors, especially at the dinner table.  If you're wearing a hat indoors, and you're not an athlete who is wearing one as part of the uniform or a character in a play, you probably look like a douchebag.  If you wear a fedora "ironically", you're a douchebag, period.

Secondly, wear your hat with confidence.  If you're nervous about it, you'll probably look like a douchebag. 

Finally, if you're going to wear a hat, wear a quality one, be that a felt fedora, a porkpie, a Panama, what have you...if you bought it at Target, you probably look like a douchebag.  Quality hats are not cheap (a top Panama can run upwards of $1,500).  You don't have to go broke buying one, but if you go on the cheap, you'll look like a douchebag. 

And a final thought....you'd think this would go unsaid, but wear a hat that fits your head.  If you're wearing one that sits on the back of your head like you're J. Wimpy Wellington, you'll be a walking billboard for douchebags everywhere.

I concur. but among the non-douche-bags you have all sorts of weirdos, eccentrics, and iconoclasts, to go along with the distinguished gentlemen about town.

[juliogotay]

Winner.

Now that I think about it, I think Chuck's post of Yount/Molitor is a better match for Correa/Altuve. Even though Chuck could not come up with Molitor's name.

[HudsonHawk]

I concur. but among the non-douche-bags you have all sorts of weirdos, eccentrics, and iconoclasts, to go along with the distinguished gentlemen about town.

True.  And there's nothing wrong with being eccentric.  Be your own man.  That's always good advice, and you'll be much less likely to be a douchebag. 

[Col. Sphinx Drummond]

Already in the 6th. 1-0 Astros.

[chuck]

Now that I think about it, I think Chuck's post of Yount/Molitor is a better match for Correa/Altuve. Even though Chuck could not come up with Molitor's name.

Molitor wasn't even the guy I was thinking of.

[juliogotay]

Molitor wasn't even the guy I was thinking of.

WTF. Gantner?

[juliogotay]

Our boy Lance has struck out Mullet 3xs tonight.

[chuck]

Yount played SS until 1984. From 1981 to 1984 the primary second baseman was Jim Gantner. Obviously not the player Molitor was but he hit a lot for a while there.

[Col. Sphinx Drummond]

Yount played SS until 1984. From 1981 to 1984 the primary second baseman was Jim Gantner. Obviously not the player Molitor was but he hit a lot for a while there.

Molitor played third in the 82 season when they went to the world series. I remember him and Yount both  went 4 for 4 in game one that year.

[hostros7]

Have Cano and Jeter been mentioned?


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[austro]

Trammell/Whitaker? They're the guys that I always think of alongside Yount/Molitor.

[juliogotay]

Yount played SS until 1984. From 1981 to 1984 the primary second baseman was Jim Gantner. Obviously not the player Molitor was but he hit a lot for a while there.

They just put Altuve's numbers on the screen vs. Morgan's for the first 763 gmaes of their careers. Altuve is way ahead in every category but BBs.

[hostros7]

They just put Altuve's numbers on the screen vs. Morgan's for the first 763 gmaes of their careers. Altuve is way ahead in every category but BBs.

Pretty amazing that Morgan had over 500 walks in those 763 games though.

[juliogotay]

Trammell/Whitaker? They're the guys that I always think of alongside Yount/Molitor.

Great players. Trammel wasn't  quite in the offensive class with Yount.

[austro]

Well, after my earlier excoriation, McCullers is into the 7th with only 85 pitches. Once again, shows what I know.

[juliogotay]

Well, after my earlier excoriation, McCullers is into the 7th with only 85 pitches. Once again, shows what I know.

He is a great talent if he stays healthy. Still 22?

[austro]

This is the McCullers that we all dream of.

[juliogotay]

This is the McCullers that we all dream of.

I dream of Kate Upton but...ok.

[HudsonHawk]

Rasmus needs to grow the beard back.

[Col. Sphinx Drummond]

Gomez with a bunt single and then a steal.

[Col. Sphinx Drummond]

Tucker grounds out to first, Gomez to third.

[Col. Sphinx Drummond]

Balk scores the runner from third.

[hostros7]

Ever since AT&T starting slinging the DirectTV service, my Uverse has been subpar. I'm assuming that's not a coincidence.


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[Col. Sphinx Drummond]

Neverfuckingmind.

[doyce7]

Wow

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[HudsonHawk]

3B ump calls a back on Shoemaker...now he wants to discuss?  Apparently he was overruled.  Gomez back to 3B

[juliogotay]

Neverfuckingmind.

I think Ashby actually made a good point on that balk call not being overturned.

[austro]

Why have a balk rule? It's enforced so inconsistently that it's nothing more than an irritation.

[HudsonHawk]

I think Ashby actually made a good point on that balk call not being overturned.

Couldn't hear...what was his point?

[Col. Sphinx Drummond]

I think Ashby actually made a good point on that balk call not being overturned.

I thought it was a balk.

[doyce7]

I thought it was a balk.

It was.

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[doyce7]

Couldn't hear...what was his point?

Basically that it was a balk and as such should not be overturned

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[HudsonHawk]

It wasn't a balk.  The call was correct.  What was Ashby's argument? 

[hostros7]

Why have a balk rule? It's enforced so inconsistently that it's nothing more than an irritation.

In short, because pitchers could pull a lot of BS to fuck with the runners otherwise.

[HudsonHawk]

Basically that it was a balk and as such should not be overturned

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It wasn't a balk. And I don't think it was "overturned", it was the umpires getting together to verify what they saw.  It didn't go to replay in NYC, did it?

[juliogotay]

Couldn't hear...what was his point?

they showed that Shoemaker had his hands together at his chest like he was beginning his delivery to the plate.

[chuck]

I'm with Ash on the balk call. I think maybe I'll go shower.

[pots]

Big run there

[doyce7]

It wasn't a balk. And I don't think it was "overturned", it was the umpires getting together to verify what they saw.  It didn't go to replay in NYC, did it?

I believe he balked but not strong enough to go crazy. No review just meaning that they conferred and changed the call

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[JJxvi]

His upper body went into his twisting windup while he stepped off with his right foot. I thought it was a balk.

[HudsonHawk]

His upper body went into his twisting windup while he stepped off with his right foot. I thought it was a balk.

He stepped off with his right foot, which takes him off the rubber out of his delivery position.  I thought it was clearly not a balk. 

[JJxvi]

I feel like the 3B ump thought it was a balk but failed to adequately explain why and he was overruled because the others said he stepped off.

[HudsonHawk]

they showed that Shoemaker had his hands together at his chest like he was beginning his delivery to the plate.

And then he stepped off the rubber.  With his right foot. 

[JJxvi]

He stepped off with his right foot, which takes him off the rubber out of his delivery position.  I thought it was clearly not a balk.

I would agree if I felt like his first move was stepping off. Didn't look like that to me.

[HudsonHawk]

I would agree if I felt like his first move was stepping off. Didn't look like that to me.

At least it didn't cost the Astros that run.

[chuck]

It looked to me that his first move was to go into the windup.

[HudsonHawk]

My screen is a little fuzzy...am I seeing that right...McCullers is at 134 pitches?

[juliogotay]

McCullers is dealing tonight. Against a hot team. I'm sure the pitch count will get him yanked for the 9th.

[Col. Sphinx Drummond]

He seemed to do a shuffle step on the off the rubber. It was probably just a good honest deceptive move.

[hostros7]

McCullers looks like he's getting stronger as the game progresses, but we'll probably be treated to a bullpen arm in bottom 9.


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[pots]

and who pitches the 9th....

[Aussie Astro]

My screen is a little fuzzy...am I seeing that right...McCullers is at 134 pitches?

103

[juliogotay]

My screen is a little fuzzy...am I seeing that right...McCullers is at 134 pitches?

NO,  around 104. Sure it's the screen?

[jbm]

and who pitches the 9th....

I'd assume Harris

[austro]

My screen is a little fuzzy...am I seeing that right...McCullers is at 134 pitches?

No way. ESPN says 105 pitches.

[HudsonHawk]

NO,  around 104. Sure it's the screen?

That makes more sense. 

It's 9:45 in the morning.  I'm not tuned up yet. 

[hostros7]

Of all the unexpected things I've seen today, Choi dropping into a full split may top the list. And I saw a transvestite wearing a nice summer dress buying boxer briefs at Nordstrom.


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[austro]

Man, great throw by the catcher. I was sure Altuve had that stolen.

[Aussie Astro]

That makes more sense. 

It's 9:45 in the morning.  I'm not tuned up yet.

Watching your baseball in the AM is certainly different.  Especially after a tough loss and you have to carry the shitty feeling around for the rest of the day.

[Col. Sphinx Drummond]

Nice throw by (Mo) Bandy

[juliogotay]

No way. ESPN says 105 pitches.

I'd like to see him go out for the 9th but come out at any sign of trouble.

[Col. Sphinx Drummond]

me too

[juliogotay]

Watching your baseball in the AM is certainly different.  Especially after a tough loss and you have to carry the shitty feeling around for the rest of the day.

I suppose you should know about AM baseball.

[HudsonHawk]

Watching your baseball in the AM is certainly different.  Especially after a tough loss and you have to carry the shitty feeling around for the rest of the day.

It's definitely a different feeling.  I guess I'm just so used to having baseball to watch in the evenings, but I like drinking a cup of coffee and watching the game first thing too. 

[pots]

Time for Rasmus to break out of this slump

[chuck]

Nice throw by (Mo) Bandy

If that's your surname Mo and Jett are about the only two reasonable pairing options.

[pots]

Time for Rasmus to break out of this slump

damn

[Col. Sphinx Drummond]

Colby...

[juliogotay]

looks like McCullers in the 9th

[austro]

It's definitely a different feeling.  I guess I'm just so used to having baseball to watch in the evenings, but I like drinking a cup of coffee and watching the game first thing too. 

I can't imagine what's it's like to watch the NFL early in the morning in Hawaii. Or even on the West Coast, for the matter. I suppose the Brits think the same thing about me getting up to watch EPL matches at 7am.

[Aussie Astro]

Why do they put twitter messages on the screen?  If I gave a fuck about what these people think I would get an account.

[pots]

crap. 

[Col. Sphinx Drummond]

McCullers vs the meat for the 9th

[austro]

I don't really understand why Hinch is doing this with Calhoun, Trout, and Pujols coming up. By the time you decide he's in trouble, it may be too late.

And now he walks Calhoun, and you're in trouble.

[HudsonHawk]

Ugh.  Leadoff walk.  That'll be it for LMJ.

[Aussie Astro]

I can't imagine what's it's like to watch the NFL early in the morning in Hawaii. Or even on the West Coast, for the matter. I suppose the Brits think the same thing about me getting up to watch EPL matches at 7am.

I remember a time when the Astros were worth getting out of a nice warm bed at 1:00AM to watch.

[pots]

I'm picturing Apollo's manager screaming right now

[Col. Sphinx Drummond]

I don't really understand why Hinch is doing this with Calhoun, Trout, and Pujols coming up. By the time you decide he's in trouble, it may be too late.

And now he walks Calhoun, and you're in trouble.

+1

[hostros7]

Castro will have a hard time gripping or throwing a ball after taking that foul ball off his right hand/wrist


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[pots]

Wow, This could have went better

[HudsonHawk]

McCullers a mess in the 9th...walks the first two hitters, not the Angels have the winning run at the plate without having to put the ball in play. 

[Col. Sphinx Drummond]

Fuck. Pooholes. Fuck Pooholes. Fuck. Pooholes. Fuck Pooholes. Fuck. Pooholes. Fuck Pooholes. Fuck. Pooholes. Fuck Pooholes. Fuck. Pooholes. Fuck Pooholes. Fuck. Pooholes. Fuck Pooholes. Fuck. Pooholes. Fuck Pooholes. Fuck. Pooholes. Fuck Pooholes. Fuck. Pooholes. Fuck Pooholes. Fuck. Pooholes. Fuck Pooholes. Fuck. Pooholes. Fuck Pooholes. Fuck. Pooholes. Fuck Pooholes. Fuck. Pooholes. Fuck Pooholes. Fuck. Pooholes. Fuck Pooholes. Fuck. Pooholes. Fuck Pooholes. Fuck. Pooholes. Fuck Pooholes. Fuck. Pooholes. Fuck Pooholes. Fuck. Pooholes. Fuck Pooholes. Fuck. Pooholes. Fuck Pooholes. Fuck. Pooholes. Fuck Pooholes.

[austro]

Royals beat the Rangers 3-1. It would be really nice to get this one.

[Col. Sphinx Drummond]

Fuck. Nava, Fuck Nava. Fuck. Nava, Fuck Nava.Fuck. Nava, Fuck Nava.Fuck. Nava, Fuck Nava.Fuck. Nava, Fuck Nava.Fuck. Nava, Fuck Nava.Fuck. Nava, Fuck Nava.Fuck. Nava, Fuck Nava.Fuck. Nava, Fuck Nava.Fuck. Nava, Fuck Nava.Fuck. Nava, Fuck Nava.Fuck. Nava, Fuck Nava.Fuck. Nava, Fuck Nava.Fuck. Nava, Fuck Nava.Fuck. Nava, Fuck Nava.Fuck. Nava, Fuck Nava.Fuck. Nava, Fuck Nava.Fuck. Nava, Fuck Nava.Fuck. Nava, Fuck Nava.Fuck. Nava, Fuck Nava.Fuck. Nava, Fuck Nava.Fuck. Nava, Fuck Nava.Fuck. Nava, Fuck Nava.

[Col. Sphinx Drummond]

Shit.

[austro]

You can't walk the first two batters of the inning and expect to escape unscathed.

[Col. Sphinx Drummond]

Harris has been playing with fire.

[pots]

throw the curve

[pots]

throw the curve

Yes!! Astros win

[hostros7]

Nice win! Tidy ballgame


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[HudsonHawk]

Harris has been playing with fire.

Harris?  He didn't walk the first two hitters. 

[austro]

throw the curve

He was saving it for the right moment.

That was a lot more stressful than it needed to be.

[hostros7]

Rangers lost. 2.5 out.


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[juliogotay]

Piece of Cake.

[pots]

He was saving it for the right moment.

That was a lot more stressful than it needed to be.

Perfectly set him up for it

[Aussie Astro]

The good part of AM baseball is now walking around feeling pretty good for the next ten hours.

[Col. Sphinx Drummond]

Harris?  He didn't walk the first two hitters.

It was a hedge,

[HudsonHawk]

The good part of AM baseball is now walking around feeling pretty good for the next ten hours.

Yep.  Astros win and I've still got most of the day in front of me.  That's the good part about AM baseball. 

[juliogotay]

Stanton says it was a balk. He was absolutely trying to deceive the runner.

[Aussie Astro]

I am a little surprised that no one is berating Jake for not getting a hit.

[HudsonHawk]

Stanton says it was a balk. He was absolutely trying to deceive the runner.

Every throw to a base is an attempt to deceive the runner.  This is league play.  There are rules here...

[HudsonHawk]

I am a little surprised that no one is berating Jake for not getting a hit.

We discussed how to wear a fedora without looking like a douchebag.  Only one distraction at a time I guess. 

[juliogotay]

We discussed how to wear a fedora without looking like a douchebag.  Only one distraction at a time I guess.

I wonder how Jake looks in a fedora.

[MusicMan]

I wonder how Jake looks in a fedora.

Jake wears khakis.

[Aussie Astro]

Jake wears khakis.

Slouch hat?