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Astros at Angels 9/30
« on: September 30, 2016, 09:17:24 pm »
Astros 3 up thee down. I've been listening to Johnny Cash and I'm on my fourth bottle of wine.
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Re: Astros at Angels 9/30
« Reply #1 on: September 30, 2016, 09:26:46 pm »
Maybe no postseason this year, but I can't not watch.

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Re: Astros at Angels 9/30
« Reply #2 on: September 30, 2016, 09:27:42 pm »
Astros 3 up thee down. I've been listening to Johnny Cash and I'm on my fourth bottle of wine.

The Man in Black seems appropriate as the season circles the bowl.
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Re: Astros at Angels 9/30
« Reply #3 on: September 30, 2016, 09:27:46 pm »
Maybe no postseason this year, but I can't not watch.

I can't not listen to Johnny Cash. And drink wine.
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Re: Astros at Angels 9/30
« Reply #4 on: September 30, 2016, 09:29:04 pm »
I can't not listen to Johnny Cash. And drink wine.
Four bottles worth? Man oh man!

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Re: Astros at Angels 9/30
« Reply #5 on: September 30, 2016, 09:29:57 pm »
I can't not listen to Johnny Cash. And drink wine.

And I'm from the South. It's "icing" dammit, not "frosting".
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Re: Astros at Angels 9/30
« Reply #6 on: September 30, 2016, 09:34:00 pm »
A big day in sport, AFL Grand Final is being played so the barbecue is lit and ribs are a cookin'.
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Re: Astros at Angels 9/30
« Reply #7 on: September 30, 2016, 09:36:10 pm »
Teoscar with an RBI double!!!
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Re: Astros at Angels 9/30
« Reply #8 on: September 30, 2016, 09:43:35 pm »
Error by Hernandez. Single. Angels on the corner, nobody out.

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Re: Astros at Angels 9/30
« Reply #9 on: September 30, 2016, 09:47:18 pm »
Fuck. 3-1 Angels.
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Re: Astros at Angels 9/30
« Reply #10 on: September 30, 2016, 10:00:30 pm »
Fuck. I love these guys. I hoped for better.
Everyone's talking, few of them know
The rest are pretending, they put on a show
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Re: Astros at Angels 9/30
« Reply #11 on: September 30, 2016, 10:00:37 pm »
Caught stealing plates another run. Peacock getting his shit kicked in. 4-1 Angels.
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Re: Astros at Angels 9/30
« Reply #12 on: September 30, 2016, 10:08:11 pm »
Correa takes stike three with two on two out. 4-1 Bad Guys.
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Re: Astros at Angels 9/30
« Reply #13 on: September 30, 2016, 10:12:35 pm »
5-1.
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Re: Astros at Angels 9/30
« Reply #14 on: September 30, 2016, 10:14:09 pm »
I hate these fucking orange jerseys.
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Re: Astros at Angels 9/30
« Reply #15 on: September 30, 2016, 10:22:13 pm »
I love wine.
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« Reply #16 on: September 30, 2016, 10:23:06 pm »
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Re: Astros at Angels 9/30
« Reply #17 on: September 30, 2016, 10:26:06 pm »
More than the Astros?

No. There is nothing I love more than the Houston Astros.
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Re: Astros at Angels 9/30
« Reply #18 on: September 30, 2016, 10:27:24 pm »
Up against the wall redneck mother...
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« Reply #19 on: September 30, 2016, 10:31:45 pm »
Astros 3 up thee down. I've been listening to Johnny Cash and I'm on my fourth bottle of wine.
Sounds like a fun night. No sarcasm.

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« Reply #20 on: September 30, 2016, 10:32:13 pm »
No. There is nothing I love more than the Houston Astros.
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Re: Astros at Angels 9/30
« Reply #21 on: September 30, 2016, 10:33:38 pm »
Sounds like a fun night. No sarcasm.

Bottle #5 underway. Fun night. Fuck the Angels. And the Ranger

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Re: Astros at Angels 9/30
« Reply #22 on: September 30, 2016, 10:40:46 pm »
How about this weather here in Houston.

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« Reply #23 on: September 30, 2016, 10:43:11 pm »
How about this weather here in Houston.

I love weather.
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« Reply #24 on: September 30, 2016, 10:44:00 pm »
UDub is beating the shit out of Stanford.

HaHa!!!
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« Reply #25 on: September 30, 2016, 10:44:52 pm »
Wild pitches suck. 
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Re: Astros at Angels 9/30
« Reply #26 on: September 30, 2016, 10:46:57 pm »
Goddammit Teoscar...hit the FUCKING cutoff man!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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« Reply #27 on: September 30, 2016, 10:47:46 pm »
7-1 Angles, Peacock mercifully sent to the showers..
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« Reply #28 on: September 30, 2016, 10:52:09 pm »
Fuck I hate poor fundamentals.
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« Reply #29 on: September 30, 2016, 11:01:21 pm »
A.J. Reed has the slowest fucking bat I've ever seen.  At any level.  How has he ever hit anybody?
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Re: Astros at Angels 9/30
« Reply #30 on: September 30, 2016, 11:03:57 pm »
Richard Hidalgo!!!
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« Reply #31 on: September 30, 2016, 11:04:38 pm »
Paulino in
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« Reply #32 on: September 30, 2016, 11:04:42 pm »
A.J. Reed has the slowest fucking bat I've ever seen.  At any level.  How has he ever hit anybody?
He needs to lose some weight in the offseason.

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« Reply #33 on: September 30, 2016, 11:07:04 pm »
He needs to lose some weight in the offseason.

Not sure there is any connection between weight and bat speed.
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« Reply #34 on: September 30, 2016, 11:07:54 pm »
He needs to lose some weight in the offseason.

He needs to speed up his bat.  That fat kid in Arlington can swing like a motherfucker. 
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« Reply #35 on: September 30, 2016, 11:09:46 pm »
Astros 3 up thee down. I've been listening to Johnny Cash and I'm on my fourth bottle of wine.

I've been in the backyard with a fire (beers's's's's) and Willie Nelson playing.

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« Reply #36 on: September 30, 2016, 11:10:23 pm »
I've been in the backyard with a fire (beers's's's's) and Willie Nelson playing.

Dont' set your willy on fire
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« Reply #37 on: September 30, 2016, 11:11:54 pm »
Tyler White - 2b

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« Reply #38 on: September 30, 2016, 11:14:29 pm »
Who let the dogs out???

Arf, arf
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« Reply #39 on: September 30, 2016, 11:16:25 pm »
I'm tired
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« Reply #40 on: September 30, 2016, 11:18:00 pm »
I need voice recognition software so I don't have to type.
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« Reply #41 on: September 30, 2016, 11:21:24 pm »
I'm tired

My youngest son would always say that when he staggered in, three sheets to the wind.
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« Reply #42 on: September 30, 2016, 11:29:40 pm »
I hear the national anthem and that means the footy is starting and I have a bunch of ribs and drumsticks to eat so I will have to leave it with you.
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« Reply #43 on: September 30, 2016, 11:34:04 pm »
Who let the dogs out???

Arf, arf

One of my prized possessions is a game used Richard Hildalgo broken bat. I got hammered at a game back in "mumble mumble" and went to the gift shop mid game. I thought hidalgo was the fucking second coming... I bought the shit out of that bat. I then thought it'd be a great idea to walk home instead of getting a cab (I spent all my money on beer and a bat). I mean if you look at downtown FROM the heights it looks super close. When you are walking back to the heights with a bladder full of miller lite and a fucking Richard Hidalgo game used bat it feels much longer.... it was also very hot and I had no water. Did I mention the miller lite?

After "anointing" a few industrial buildings on the way back I did finally get home. (The hiccups set in about halfway and became so persistent I was sore the next day...) hidalgo's bat and I went on a life journey. I sorted some shit out on that walk. Got lost a bit then found my way home.

My (at the time future) wife took one look at me and that bat when I walked in the door and never asked a question about it. She's always somehow known the importance of it though. Never complained when it ended up next to every bed of every place we moved to throughout the years. Money was tight back then. Didn't even ask how I got it....

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« Reply #44 on: September 30, 2016, 11:41:01 pm »
My youngest son would always say that when he staggered in, three sheets to the wind.
Now that's funny right there

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« Reply #45 on: September 30, 2016, 11:41:50 pm »
This seems to have been one of the better gz threads. I'm sort of sad to have missed it. Relieved, somewhat, too, but.
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« Reply #46 on: September 30, 2016, 11:46:32 pm »
Paulino was probably the one bright spot tonight for us.

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« Reply #47 on: September 30, 2016, 11:51:26 pm »
If anyone is still up... There's a certain Dodger announcer calling a game right now.

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Re: Astros at Angels 9/30
« Reply #48 on: September 30, 2016, 11:56:04 pm »
Question. If you're the Giants and you have a one game wild card playoff, do you pitch Cueto or Bumgardner? I say Madison even on short rest. What say ye?

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« Reply #49 on: October 01, 2016, 12:26:37 am »
Question. If you're the Giants and you have a one game wild card playoff, do you pitch Cueto or Bumgardner? I say Madison even on short rest. What say ye?

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« Reply #50 on: October 01, 2016, 04:22:51 am »
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« Reply #51 on: October 01, 2016, 10:42:59 am »
If anyone is still up... There's a certain Dodger announcer calling a game right now.

Speaking of Scully...interesting bit in the Dallas News today. They have Sports Radio/TV column on Saturdays and the writer did a piece of Scully's short career doing NFL on TV. He called the game with the Dwight Clark catch and then went home and said that was it for his football broadcasting days. But of more interest was that when he was calling a no-hitter he would tell the audience  what was going on. He feels that is his responsibility to his listeners that may be just tuning in.

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« Reply #52 on: October 26, 2016, 10:11:01 am »
Speaking of Scully...interesting bit in the Dallas News today. They have Sports Radio/TV column on Saturdays and the writer did a piece of Scully's short career doing NFL on TV. He called the game with the Dwight Clark catch and then went home and said that was it for his football broadcasting days. But of more interest was that when he was calling a no-hitter he would tell the audience  what was going on. He feels that is his responsibility to his listeners that may be just tuning in.

Gene Elston also did not subscribe to the no-hitter superstition. He talked about it as it was happening.
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