White Sox @ Astros...September 21, 2017

[HudsonHawk]

For a 93-win, division winning team, there doesn't seem to be much interest...either in the stands or in the GZ

At any rate...bottom of the first...Astros have two on with one out, and Fuller has to leave the game with an injury

[HudsonHawk]

Correa grounds into 5-4-3 double play to end the Astros threat in the first

[Astros Fan in Big D]

I still love you,  HH.

How did Fullmer get hurt?

[HudsonHawk]

I still love you,  HH.

How did Fullmer get hurt?

Not sure.  Looks like something on his hand or finger.  Blister maybe?  Wasn't hit by a ball or anything, and it didn't look like his arm.

[HudsonHawk]

Top of the second...seeing eye groundball single to LF, followed by a swinging bunt, that could have been an out, but Keuchel couldn't handle it, and it's two Sox on with no one out...

[Col. Sphinx Drummond]

I'm here. Got my Smart TV set configured to watch the Astros. Also works on my laptop if I want to go out to the garage. I will try not to speak of tires or art museums or using superglue in a minor medical emergency.

[HudsonHawk]

Another infield single loads the bases...one out..

[HudsonHawk]

I'm here. Got my Smart TV set configured to watch the Astros. Also works on my laptop if I want to go out to the garage. I will try not to speak of tires or art museums or using superglue in a minor medical emergency.

feel free to talk about anything.  Just want to see some life.

[HudsonHawk]

There is a disturbing trend starting to emerge among MLB players...white shoes.  This needs to be nipped in the bud.

[HudsonHawk]

Keuchel walks in a run...1-0...bases still loaded.

[Col. Sphinx Drummond]

I inadvertently connected to the White Sox feed. It's easy to get exasperated with Kalas but we're lucky, these White Sox guys a hideous.

[Astros Fan in Big D]

Is it my imagination or does Keuchel get completely locked in to throwing in the lower 1/8th of the zone at times?

[HudsonHawk]

Keuchel strikes out the side to limit the damage...1-0 Sox

[JimR]

I am here.

[HudsonHawk]

Is it my imagination or does Keuchel get completely locked in to throwing in the lower 1/8th of the zone at times?

Well that's his bread and butter.  Though he just punched out back to back guys on fastballs at the letters.

[Col. Sphinx Drummond]

There is a disturbing trend starting to emerge among MLB players...white shoes.  This needs to be nipped in the bud.

I remember guys on the A's in the late 70s and early 80s rocking the white cleats.

[HudsonHawk]

I'm probably behind, and my internet may be spotty, but I'll try to keep things up to date

[HudsonHawk]

I remember guys on the A's in the late 70s and early 80s rocking the white cleats.

They still do.  They're hideous. 

[juliogotay]

Is it my imagination or does Keuchel get completely locked in to throwing in the lower 1/8th of the zone at times?

I saw a # the other day of how many pitches Keuchel throws at 2 ft. from the ground..  It is a high % of his pitches, more than any other pitcher.  We know that from watching him but as a hitter I would just give him that area and only swing if he gets it up.

[astrojo]

There goes Kalas crying yard again

[Aussie Astro]

I'm here. Got my Smart TV set configured to watch the Astros. Also works on my laptop if I want to go out to the garage. I will try not to speak of tires or art museums or using superglue in a minor medical emergency.

Tars is always a good discussion... the mention of Contis made me remember they were best for doing burnouts on my old 750!

[MikeyBoy]

Kalas gets so happy over flyouts.

[HudsonHawk]

Julia talking about how much the Astros like to cuddle each other.

[Aussie Astro]

For a 93-win, division winning team, there doesn't seem to be much interest...either in the stands or in the GZ

At any rate...bottom of the first...Astros have two on with one out, and Fuller has to leave the game with an injury

For me it is a matter of oppotunity, not interest.

[juliogotay]

They still do.  They're hideous.

White spikes don't bother me. Now whitewall tires......

[Astros Fan in Big D]

I saw a # the other day of how many pitches Keuchel throws at 2 ft. from the ground..  It is a high % of his pitches, more than any other pitcher.  We know that from watching him but as a hitter I would just give him that area and only swing if he gets it up.

That dude he walked has a .216 career BA and 2 HRs lifetime.

Oh well.  Glad the damage was minimized.

[HudsonHawk]

For me it is a matter of oppotunity, not interest.

You get a pass for now.  Come postseason, your ass better be here.

[NeilT]

i'm around, but understand we can't talk about anything but the baseball game.  That's great!  Except for foul balls and wild pitches, it's a game played between the lines.  That's where I'm stayin'.

[HudsonHawk]

White spikes don't bother me. Now whitewall tires......

White spikes make you look like a beer league softballer. 

[chuck]

Disappointing that Yuli didn't hit a double.

[NeilT]

White spikes don't bother me. Now whitewall tires......

I grew up in the age of whitewalls.  They always remind me of the chalk lines on baseball fields. 

[JimR]

Fuck. Inexcusable.

[HudsonHawk]

I grew up in the age of whitewalls.  They always remind me of the chalk lines on baseball fields.

I like whitewalls.  I have no idea where'd you'd buy them.

[Nate in IA]

Hawk Harelson is complaining about the home plate ump (have to watch CSN).   All in all, Steve Stone and Hawk are a pretty good broadcast team.

[HudsonHawk]

B2:

Marwin flies out F8...Kalas reaches orgasm
Bregman lines a single up the middle
Beltran flies out F9 on the first pitch
Gurriel...wearing white spikes...lines a single up the middle, Bregman to 2B
McCann...quickly down 0-2...1-2...2-2...3-2...and Bregman is picked off of 2B

1-0 Sox

[hostros7]

Bregman baserunning boner, bummer.


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[chuck]

I like whitewalls.  I have no idea where'd you'd buy them.

Next time Neil eats at Ninfa's on Navigation maybe he can ask around.

[juliogotay]

I grew up in the age of whitewalls.  They always remind me of the chalk lines on baseball fields.

So did you come back from your Arkansas fishing trip without getting a ticket at Damascus?

[astrojo]

Not just the fans interest waning.  Between Keuchel walking the #8 w the bases loaded and Bregman caught napping off the bag, doesn't seem the Astros see any urgency to regain what Cleveland has claimed.

[HudsonHawk]

Next time Neil eats at Ninfa's on Navigation maybe he can ask around.

Speaking of Ninfa's, we had a conversation last night among the expats about where's the first place you go to eat when you get back to the US.  For the Texans, it was a toss up between Whataburger and Mexican food.  Personally, for me it's the latter. 

[MusicMan]

Hawk Harelson is complaining about the home plate ump (have to watch CSN).   All in all, Steve Stone and Hawk are a pretty good broadcast team.

I would rather have Ashby back leering at Julia full time than have to listen to Hawk.


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[NeilT]

So did you come back from your Arkansas fishing trip without getting a ticket at Damascus?

We flew to Memphis and stayed down near the St. Louis AAA team stadium.  Didn't go see a game though.  Then we flew back out of Little Rock.  We did stop at every liquor store in north Arkansas before we got to the dry county we were staying in.  I caught a 24" rainbow, and if Jose Altuve were half that much taller the runner would have been out at second. 

[astrojo]

Why no challenge? Looked like he got the jersey?

[Knoxbanedoodle]

It would physically kill Altuve to wait at the bag for the runner to come to him. He'd die.

[HudsonHawk]

Why no challenge? Looked like he got the jersey?

If Altuve ever learned how to make a tag, he'd be a decent second baseman.

[Astros Fan in Big D]

I couldn't stand Hawk Harrelson 30 years ago. 

I can only imagine he's grown more obnoxious over that time.

[MRaup]

Hawk Harelson is complaining about the home plate ump (have to watch CSN).   All in all, Steve Stone and Hawk are a pretty good broadcast team.

Hack Harelson is fucking awful. He bitches constantly, says stupid things constantly, and never admits he's wrong when the stupid shit his says inevitably is incorrect.

[HudsonHawk]

Sox with the bases drunk...nobody out...

[MRaup]

Keuchel is in super nibble mode tonight. And it is fucking obnoxious.

[MusicMan]

He bitches constantly, says stupid things constantly, and never admits he's wrong when the stupid shit his says inevitably is incorrect.

I thought we kept Trump complaints in B&Q.


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[Col. Sphinx Drummond]

Speaking of Ninfa's, we had a conversation last night among the expats about where's the first place you go to eat when you get back to the US.  For the Texans, it was a toss up between Whataburger and Mexican food.  Personally, for me it's the latter.

Mexican for me too. Hell, I just need to leave the state.

[JimR]

Keuchel is in super nibble mode tonight. And it is fucking obnoxious.

This has been going on for several starts.

[homer]

feel free to talk about anything.  Just want to see some life.

well, not anything

[HudsonHawk]

T3:

Moncada...3-2...walks
Abreu lines one down the LF line, bounces off of Keuchels' corner...Marwin plays it, makes a great throw to 2B which beats Abreu by 20 feet, but Altuve chases Abreu around because he has no idea to make a tag and Abreu somehow manages to dance around and reach 2B for a double.  Moncada to 3B
Garcia...infield back...3-0...walks
Smith...0-2...1-2...2-2...grounds into 6-4-3 double play, Moncada scores, Abreu to 3B
Saladino strikes out looking

2-0 Sox

[JimR]

Kuechel now is the #2.

[Astros Fan in Big D]

Kuechel now is the #2.

Yep

[NeilT]

Mexican for me too. Hell, I just need to leave the state.

Lately I've been going to El Real, not Ninfas.  I had a bad experience at Ninfas last time I went.  They used to run a shuttle from Ninfa's to MMPUS, where Brian McCann just hit a home run to start the bottom of the third. 

[NeilT]

Mexican for me too. Hell, I just need to leave the state.

You should go to Spain. 

[Astros Fan in Big D]

Lately I've been going to El Real, not Ninfas.  I had a bad experience at Ninfas last time I went.  They used to run a shuttle from Ninfa's to MMPUS, where Brian McCann just hit a home run to start the bottom of the third.

Quick,  more Mexican food talk.

[HudsonHawk]

Mexican for me too. Hell, I just need to leave the state.

On the next pitch after Bregman got picked off to end the inning...

[MRaup]

McCannonbaaaaaaaaaall!

[astrojo]

That was predictable. Prob the same pitch McCann would have seen 3-2.

[HudsonHawk]

Quick,  more Mexican food talk.

Mrs. Hawk and I go to Eva's on Kuykendahl.  Best.  Fajitas.  Ever.

[hostros7]

Lately I've been going to El Real, not Ninfas.  I had a bad experience at Ninfas last time I went.  They used to run a shuttle from Ninfa's to MMPUS, where Brian McCann just hit a home run to start the bottom of the third.

Their beef fajitas and enchiladas are choice, but I generally bring out of towners to Ninfa's for the ambience and history... and, increasingly as the quality fades a bit, because they are unlikely to know any better.


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[juliogotay]

We flew to Memphis and stayed down near the St. Louis AAA team stadium.  Didn't go see a game though.  Then we flew back out of Little Rock.  We did stop at every liquor store in north Arkansas before we got to the dry county we were staying in.  I caught a 24" rainbow, and if Jose Altuve were half that much taller the runner would have been out at second.

I stayed at The Peabody in June and there was a game that night too.  Having a cocktail at The Peabody isn't a bad way to spend time.

[HudsonHawk]

B3:

McCann, who was at the plate when Bregman got picked off to end the 2nd...homers to RF on the first pitch
Springer grounds out 4-3
Reddick flies out F8
Altuve strikes out looking

2-1 Sox

[hostros7]

Mrs. Hawk and I go to Eva's on Kuykendahl.  Best.  Fajitas.  Ever.

I'll have to check it out once I figure out where this is. Allison Cook raves about Habanero and the Gringo, another spot I want to visit.


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[HudsonHawk]

I stayed at The Peabody in June and there was a game that night too.  Having a cocktail at The Peabody isn't a bad way to spend time.

Stayed at the Peabody a year or so ago.  It was in August, and they had parties on the rooftop every Friday night all summer.  Live band, free booze...it was awesome. 

[JimR]

Altuve in Sept—.286

[Knoxbanedoodle]

I stayed at The Peabody in June and there was a game that night too.  Having a cocktail at The Peabody isn't a bad way to spend time.

Is that the hotel where the ducks waddle through the lobby everyday?

[HudsonHawk]

I'll have to check it out once I figure out where this is. Allison Cook raves about Habanero and the Gringo, another spot I want to visit.


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Eva's is on Kuykendahl just north of FM1960.   Don't know the others.

[NeilT]

I stayed at The Peabody in June and there was a game that night too.  Having a cocktail at The Peabody isn't a bad way to spend time.

We stayed there.  Having a cocktail and watching the ducks on the pond . . . Well fuck, now Keuchel's gone and ruined that for me. 

[HudsonHawk]

Someone else will have to do some PBP

[juliogotay]

Is that the hotel where the ducks waddle through the lobby everyday?

Yep. Twice a day I think.

[MRaup]

This home plate ump is fucking brutal. He's butchering the zone.

[juliogotay]

This home plate ump is fucking brutal. He's butchering the zone.

and he's killing Keuchel.

[NeilT]

Yep. Twice a day I think.

We never made it to the morning waddle, but the evening they waddle down a red carpet to the elevator.  Technically they waddle through the lobby, but really they waddle through the lobby bar with about 200 people drinking in amazement.  The Peabody (because of the ducks) and the Plaza (because of the Oak Bar) are the only hotels I've ever stayed in the lived up to their hype.  They're part of America, like baseball.

[Astros Fan in Big D]

Altuve in Sept—.286

And it feels lower.

How many rbi since AS break?

[NeilT]

And it feels lower.

How many rbi since AS break?

Altuve's April was brutal, wasn't it?  Maybe he's bookending the season.

[HudsonHawk]

And it feels lower.

How many rbi since AS break?

30.  He's hitting .348 since the break....346 before it.

[chuck]

We never made it to the morning waddle, but the evening they waddle down a red carpet to the elevator.  Technically they waddle through the lobby, but really they waddle through the lobby bar with about 200 people drinking in amazement.  The Peabody (because of the ducks) and the Plaza (because of the Oak Bar) are the only hotels I've ever stayed in the lived up to their hype.  They're part of America, like baseball.

It's disappointing that the Peabody's Chez Philippe does not offer Canard à l'Orange on its menu.

[HudsonHawk]

Altuve's April was brutal, wasn't it?  Maybe he's bookending the season.

Yes.  He only hit .326 with a .402 OBP

[Col. Sphinx Drummond]

I stayed at The Peabody in June and there was a game that night too.  Having a cocktail at The Peabody isn't a bad way to spend time.

The have a great coffee shop there with good late night desserts. Or used to.

[HudsonHawk]

The have a great coffee shop there with good late night desserts. Or used to.

It's still there.  The  bar there is pretty good too.  The bartender there is the one that recommended Miss Polly's for chicken and waffles.

[juliogotay]

The have a great coffee shop there with good late night desserts. Or used to.

It's a good hotel and The Rendezvous is across the street. I think it's highly overrated though.

[HudsonHawk]

Whoever was pitching for the Sox is out with one out in the 5th...

[juliogotay]

It's disappointing that the Peabody's Chez Philippe does not offer Canard à l'Orange on its menu.

I think that may cause a stir among the famous local fowl. Perhaps even a "walkout".

[Knoxbanedoodle]

I think that may cause a stir among the famous local fowl. Perhaps even a "walkout".

Eider way, it'd be worth it.

[NeilT]

We actually went to Memphis because of the ducks, and because HH had visited the Gibson Guitar factory, because of the new civil rights museum, and because it was on the way to Arkansas.  I loved the City, even if we didn't make it to the baseball game.  The Mexican food sucks, but the barbecue is perfectly ok.  It's only good enough for a McCann walk.

[chuck]

Eider way, it'd be worth it.

Ridiculous to think that the ducks' sensibilities are all that mallard.

[HudsonHawk]

We actually went to Memphis because of the ducks, and because HH had visited the Gibson Guitar factory, because of the new civil rights museum, and because it was on the way to Arkansas.  I loved the City, even if we didn't make it to the baseball game.  The Mexican food sucks, but the barbecue is perfectly ok.  It's only good enough for a McCann walk.

I think Memphis is a great town.  All of those things, plus good live music and beer. 

[Texifornia]

Whoever was pitching for the Sox is out with one out in the 5th...

McCann forced the repeal of  Volstad's Act and his replacement, Mike, had only one at bat in his Pelfrey.

[HudsonHawk]

BTW...we're through five...2-1 Sox

[chuck]

Do you know what? I've been to Memphis many times but I cannot for the life of me remember where or what I've ever eaten. I think I just unearthed one of those repossessed memories where I (shamefully) ate (terrible) Mexican food.

I do remember buying a Big Star t-shirt at Shangi-la Records. I sure would like to know what happened to that shirt.

[Col. Sphinx Drummond]

It's a good hotel and The Rendezvous is across the street. I think it's highly overrated though.

i ate at the Rendezvous with a local who knew Charles son Nick quite well. When the first rack of ribs were brought out we started chowing down. Then our waiter comes out and ask how are the ribs. They seemed fine to me, but without hesitation, my friend Jud says, "they're not meaty enough." The guy apologized and came back with a second rack that was just a little bit "meatier" and left the original rack there for us too. They weren't bad Memphis BBQ Pork Ribs. I liked Authur Bryants in Kansas City a little better.

[juliogotay]

We never made it to the morning waddle, but the evening they waddle down a red carpet to the elevator.  Technically they waddle through the lobby, but really they waddle through the lobby bar with about 200 people drinking in amazement.  The Peabody (because of the ducks) and the Plaza (because of the Oak Bar) are the only hotels I've ever stayed in the lived up to their hype.  They're part of America, like baseball.

I've always gravitated towards  The Monteleone in New Orleans. The Carousel Bar is unique.  And Mr. B's is across the street.

[NeilT]

Ridiculous to think that the ducks' sensibilities are all that mallard.

I'm down with that.

[Col. Sphinx Drummond]

Do you know what? I've been to Memphis many times but I cannot for the life of me remember where or what I've ever eaten. I think I just unearthed one of those repossessed memories where I (shamefully) ate (terrible) Mexican food.

I do remember buying a Big Star t-shirt at Shangi-la Records. I sure would like to know what happened to that shirt.

Did you visit Ardent Studios?

[chuck]

I'm down with that.

What was the room rate? When I was there it was the offseason and rooms were a sTeal.

[HudsonHawk]

Central BBQ in Memphis is definitely edible.

[Knoxbanedoodle]

I'm down with that.

Those Peabody ducks are sensitive. It's not hard to put a quack in their armor.

[HudsonHawk]

The one place in Memphis I wanted to go but didn't get to was the Stax Museum of American Soul.  I dragged the missus to the Gibson factory, but that's all she was having. 

[NeilT]

What was the room rate? When I was there it was the offseason and rooms were a sTeal.

Enough to pinion the old wallet, but less than a lot of worse places I've stayed.  It'd be nice to get some runs boys.

[chuck]

Did you visit Ardent Studios?

Drove past but didn't go in. I should have.

The Mexican place was in Overton Square. Looking at the street view I think the restaurant was in what is now Lafayette's. I see that next door there's a place called Babalu. There used to be a Latin nightclub in the Mexican neighborhood of Milwaukee called Babalu. I once ran into a gaggle of Astros in there.

[chuck]

Enough to pinion the old wallet, but less than a lot of worse places I've stayed.  It'd be nice to get some runs boys.

I was pleasantly surprised when presented the bill.

[juliogotay]

The one place in Memphis I wanted to go but didn't get to was the Stax Museum of American Soul.  I dragged the missus to the Gibson factory, but that's all she was having.

we did Graceland about 8 years ago. Glad I did it once. Still never made Sun Records.

[NeilT]

Maybe Altuve's not free-swinging enough. 

[HudsonHawk]

we did Graceland about 8 years ago. Glad I did it once. Still never made Sun Records.

Did Graceland.  It was sort of a pilgrimage.  Not something I want to do every week, but it was a cool place.

[chuck]

The one place in Memphis I wanted to go but didn't get to was the Stax Museum of American Soul.  I dragged the missus to the Gibson factory, but that's all she was having.

I need to go there. I also want to go to Al Green's church.

An interviewer once asked Elvis Costello if he believed in the supernatural. After a pause he replied, I saw Al Green once.

I saw him once too and sort of know what he means. It was at President Clinton's first inauguration celebration. Now that I think about it, I also saw Booker T and the MGs at the same shindig.

[NeilT]

we did Graceland about 8 years ago. Glad I did it once. Still never made Sun Records.

Graceland's been re-done, and I was surprised how much I liked it.  We made Sun, and drove past Stax.  The Stax neighborhood is pretty rough.  Damn there's a lot of great music out of Memphis.

[HudsonHawk]

It was at President Clinton's first inauguration celebration. Now that I think about it, I also saw Booker T and the MGs at the same shindig.

Hmm...I wasn't invited to that fiesta. 

[chuck]

Hmm...I wasn't invited to that fiesta.

Great chance to really shake a tail feather.

[HudsonHawk]

Graceland's been re-done, and I was surprised how much I liked it.  We made Sun, and drove past Stax.  The Stax neighborhood is pretty rough.  Damn there's a lot of great music out of Memphis.

A lot of Memphis is "rough".  But you ain't lyin' about the music.

[NeilT]

I was pleasantly surprised when presented the bill.

Mine left me beaked. 

[Col. Sphinx Drummond]

Went to Graceland about 25 years ago. I was amused at what a manic Elvis was. Still am. Never made it to Al Green's church.

[HudsonHawk]

Will Harris to start the 7th...

[chuck]

I cannot fucking believe that I did not work Octavio Dotel into the Babalu story. I did in fact see him in there and we spoke at some length.

Man, I'm slipping.

[NeilT]

I cannot fucking believe that I did not work Octavio Dotel into the Babalu story. I did in fact see him in there and we spoke at some length.

Man, I'm slipping.

Ok, I thought the quack in the armor was great.  Bringing up Octavio Dotel may be better. 

[NeilT]

Harris has looked good.  That's good.

[HudsonHawk]

Harris with a 1,2,3 seventh....need to vaunt a little.

[Col. Sphinx Drummond]

I hope they score 2 or more runs this inning. Or at least one.

[juliogotay]

I hope they score 2 or more runs this inning. Or at least one.

it would be sorry to lose the season series to this bunch.

[NeilT]

I've always gravitated towards  The Monteleone in New Orleans. The Carousel Bar is unique.  And Mr. B's is across the street.

We're going to New Orleans in October after the Series to fish the fall redfish.  Monteleone it is. 

[HudsonHawk]

We're going to New Orleans in October after the Series to fish the fall redfish.  Monteleone it is.

Get a shave and a haircut at the hotel barber shop.

[MRaup]

THAT PITCH WAS SIX FUCKING INCHES INSIDE YOU COCKSUCKER.

[HudsonHawk]

Kalas and Blum can't seem to figure out when New Year's Eve is...

[NeilT]

Bummer.

[Col. Sphinx Drummond]

Dammit! What a bummer.

[Col. Sphinx Drummond]

The Astros should try harder to not make outs and also score more runs.

[Col. Sphinx Drummond]

Martes for the 8th

[NeilT]

The Astros should try harder to not make outs and also score more runs.

The pitchers should give up fewer runs.

[Col. Sphinx Drummond]

The pitchers should give up fewer runs.

Part of that is on the fielders too.

[Col. Sphinx Drummond]

Fuck, Martes...

[HudsonHawk]

Part of that is on the fielders too.

Someone should have fielded that home run.

[Col. Sphinx Drummond]

After the Anderson homer it's now 3-1 Sox

[NeilT]

Someone should have fielded that home run.

Marisnick's on the DL. 

[chuck]

Someone should have fielded that home run.

They could have last year.

[HudsonHawk]

They could have last year.

Thanks Gerry.

[Astros Fan in Big D]

We're going to New Orleans in October after the Series to fish the fall redfish.  Monteleone it is.

Fly or conventional?

[NeilT]

Fly or conventional?

fly.  We never actually catch fish because we fly fish. 

[NeilT]

fly.  We never actually catch fish because we fly fish.

Sort of like the Astros offense so far.

[Astros Fan in Big D]

fly.  We never actually catch fish because we fly fish.

Ha. That's my preference as well. La in October is on my short list.  Report back after the trip. I'm sure it'll be awesome.

[HudsonHawk]

Best I can tell we go to the bottom of the 9th, Astros chasing a pair.

[Col. Sphinx Drummond]

Last chance opportunity.

[NeilT]

Altuve walks. 

[juliogotay]

Minaya was an Astros MiLeaguer. Waiver pickup by ChiSox.

[NeilT]

Correa grounds into a FC.

[HudsonHawk]

Winning run to the plate in the form of Beltran...two outs...

[NeilT]

Not my favorite game of the season.  What do you do with Beltran in the playoffs?
 

[HudsonHawk]

Beltran swings at ball four, then makes an out. Gameday won't say how, they just end it.

[HudsonHawk]

Not my favorite game of the season.  What do you do with Beltran in the playoffs?

He's your starting DH, like he has been all season.

[chuck]

Beltran swings at ball four, then makes an out. Gameday won't say how, they just end it.

Ground out to second. Strike two was terrible.

[NeilT]

He's your starting DH, like he has been all season.

Yeah. 

[HudsonHawk]

Three hits...Bregman single, Yuli single, Bregman picked off to end the inning, then McCann homers to lead off the next.  That's it.  Against a team that's trying to lose as many games as possible.

[Aussie Astro]

Mrs. Hawk and I go to Eva's on Kuykendahl.  Best.  Fajitas.  Ever.

When I was staying in Spring, I was out driving with the guy who we were staying with and he stopped on Kuykendahl Rd and pointed to the road sign and said, how do you pronounce that?  Fuck it was a struggle, even after he said it I still need a half a dozen tries to get it right.  It was easier than Atchafalaya though.

[MRaup]

Sure would be nice when the club decides to take a night off if they'd send out a Tweet about it or something.

[JimR]

Sure would be nice when the club decides to take a night off if they'd send out a Tweet about it or something.

So true. That was no effort at all.

[das]

It was an underwhelming game, indeed.  Thru about the 6th inning, I kept thinking that the bats were going to come alive then, from 7 on, I though, "oh, wait, I've seen this before".  I didn't even watch the 9th inning.

Edited to add:  I was impressed with Keuchel's adjustment from nibbling down in the first two innings to coming just a hair up to start getting strikes.

[HudsonHawk]

When I was staying in Spring, I was out driving with the guy who we were staying with and he stopped on Kuykendahl Rd and pointed to the road sign and said, how do you pronounce that?  Fuck it was a struggle, even after he said it I still need a half a dozen tries to get it right.  It was easier than Atchafalaya though.

I grew up near the town of Thonotosassa, Florida.  Listen to the tourists pronounce that one for a while. 

[chuck]

I grew up near the town of Thonotosassa, Florida.  Listen to the tourists pronounce that one for a while.

Thonotosassa has a thriving tourism industry, does it?

[HudsonHawk]

Thonotosassa has a thriving tourism industry, does it?

Well, I mean the tourists in the Tampa area, as it's right near the junction of I75 and I4, and there are signs everywhere.  But...there are some nice places along the river there, including some nice state parks.