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Re: World Series Game 2, Astros @ Dodgers, Oct. 25, 2017
« Reply #500 on: October 25, 2017, 10:45:13 pm »
Cingrani in
Multiple defensive changes
McCann  flies out.

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Re: World Series Game 2, Astros @ Dodgers, Oct. 25, 2017
« Reply #501 on: October 25, 2017, 10:45:28 pm »
Cingrani? Isn't that an Italian aperitif?

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Re: World Series Game 2, Astros @ Dodgers, Oct. 25, 2017
« Reply #502 on: October 25, 2017, 10:47:11 pm »
He's a Rice guy, so I have to be nice to him.

It was a good-natured rib. I got no hate for Italian aperitifs.
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Re: World Series Game 2, Astros @ Dodgers, Oct. 25, 2017
« Reply #503 on: October 25, 2017, 10:47:18 pm »
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Re: World Series Game 2, Astros @ Dodgers, Oct. 25, 2017
« Reply #504 on: October 25, 2017, 10:47:28 pm »
I can smell Reddick’s funk from here.
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Re: World Series Game 2, Astros @ Dodgers, Oct. 25, 2017
« Reply #505 on: October 25, 2017, 10:47:42 pm »
Crud. Would have liked another run there.

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Re: World Series Game 2, Astros @ Dodgers, Oct. 25, 2017
« Reply #506 on: October 25, 2017, 10:47:53 pm »
Okay, three outs to get Giles!

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Re: World Series Game 2, Astros @ Dodgers, Oct. 25, 2017
« Reply #507 on: October 25, 2017, 10:47:58 pm »
We have 12 hits to their two

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Re: World Series Game 2, Astros @ Dodgers, Oct. 25, 2017
« Reply #508 on: October 25, 2017, 10:48:01 pm »
We have the league-approved 2-run Giles buffer. That's a good start.
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Re: World Series Game 2, Astros @ Dodgers, Oct. 25, 2017
« Reply #509 on: October 25, 2017, 10:48:24 pm »
 Marwin to first on ibb

Josh fouls one,  then another,  then hits into a 1-6-3 inning ending double play.

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Re: World Series Game 2, Astros @ Dodgers, Oct. 25, 2017
« Reply #510 on: October 25, 2017, 10:48:27 pm »
How bad can Fisher be?
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Re: World Series Game 2, Astros @ Dodgers, Oct. 25, 2017
« Reply #511 on: October 25, 2017, 10:49:02 pm »
How bad can Fisher be?

As bad as Reddick.
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Re: World Series Game 2, Astros @ Dodgers, Oct. 25, 2017
« Reply #512 on: October 25, 2017, 10:49:37 pm »
I'm so happy the Astros finally woke up. Now let's put these motherfucking Dogjers to bed.
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Re: World Series Game 2, Astros @ Dodgers, Oct. 25, 2017
« Reply #513 on: October 25, 2017, 10:50:49 pm »
Talk about how Puig barely got his glove on a ball that’s a double 99% of the time instead of the ball that bounced off Taylor’s brim right to the RF, Bucko.


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Re: World Series Game 2, Astros @ Dodgers, Oct. 25, 2017
« Reply #514 on: October 25, 2017, 10:51:10 pm »
Goddammit....
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Re: World Series Game 2, Astros @ Dodgers, Oct. 25, 2017
« Reply #515 on: October 25, 2017, 10:51:13 pm »
Dammit.

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Re: World Series Game 2, Astros @ Dodgers, Oct. 25, 2017
« Reply #516 on: October 25, 2017, 10:51:15 pm »
Oh no


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Re: World Series Game 2, Astros @ Dodgers, Oct. 25, 2017
« Reply #517 on: October 25, 2017, 10:51:25 pm »
Goddamnit Giles

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Re: World Series Game 2, Astros @ Dodgers, Oct. 25, 2017
« Reply #518 on: October 25, 2017, 10:51:28 pm »
Talk about how Puig barely got his glove on a ball that’s a double 99% of the time instead of the ball that bounced off Taylor’s brim right to the RF, Bucko.

Exactly.
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Re: World Series Game 2, Astros @ Dodgers, Oct. 25, 2017
« Reply #519 on: October 25, 2017, 10:51:40 pm »
Bottom 10
Giles remains.

Puig takes ball 1, fouls a FB, lays off a high FB, then hits a FB deep into the leftfield seats.

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Re: World Series Game 2, Astros @ Dodgers, Oct. 25, 2017
« Reply #520 on: October 25, 2017, 10:51:55 pm »
Nothing like pressure!

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Re: World Series Game 2, Astros @ Dodgers, Oct. 25, 2017
« Reply #521 on: October 25, 2017, 10:51:56 pm »
Giles has given up a run in every appearance this postseason. Now get three outs


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Re: World Series Game 2, Astros @ Dodgers, Oct. 25, 2017
« Reply #522 on: October 25, 2017, 10:51:58 pm »
Well, we all knew that was coming. Now it's time to get down to business.
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Re: World Series Game 2, Astros @ Dodgers, Oct. 25, 2017
« Reply #523 on: October 25, 2017, 10:52:05 pm »
We have the league-approved 2-run Giles buffer. That's a good start.
So he used it.
Everyone's talking, few of them know
The rest are pretending, they put on a show
And if there's a message I guess this is it
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Re: World Series Game 2, Astros @ Dodgers, Oct. 25, 2017
« Reply #524 on: October 25, 2017, 10:52:15 pm »
AAAARRRRGGGGHHHH
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Re: World Series Game 2, Astros @ Dodgers, Oct. 25, 2017
« Reply #525 on: October 25, 2017, 10:52:38 pm »
This is just Giles is pattern. He's got them right where he wants them.


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Re: World Series Game 2, Astros @ Dodgers, Oct. 25, 2017
« Reply #526 on: October 25, 2017, 10:53:24 pm »
1 down.

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Re: World Series Game 2, Astros @ Dodgers, Oct. 25, 2017
« Reply #527 on: October 25, 2017, 10:53:48 pm »
Grandal takes strike 1, then ball 1 high,  then strike 2 setting up the slider that he can't check off of.

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Re: World Series Game 2, Astros @ Dodgers, Oct. 25, 2017
« Reply #528 on: October 25, 2017, 10:53:55 pm »
This is just Giles is pattern. He's got them right where he wants them.


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Re: World Series Game 2, Astros @ Dodgers, Oct. 25, 2017
« Reply #529 on: October 25, 2017, 10:53:59 pm »
There we go!

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Re: World Series Game 2, Astros @ Dodgers, Oct. 25, 2017
« Reply #530 on: October 25, 2017, 10:55:42 pm »
2 down.

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Re: World Series Game 2, Astros @ Dodgers, Oct. 25, 2017
« Reply #531 on: October 25, 2017, 10:56:07 pm »
 Barnes takes ball 1, fouls off the next one,  takes a beauty on the outside corner for a strike,  strikes out swinging on the slider.

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Re: World Series Game 2, Astros @ Dodgers, Oct. 25, 2017
« Reply #532 on: October 25, 2017, 10:56:27 pm »
Go get 'em Giles!

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Re: World Series Game 2, Astros @ Dodgers, Oct. 25, 2017
« Reply #533 on: October 25, 2017, 10:56:42 pm »
Hey, we got the low call!
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Re: World Series Game 2, Astros @ Dodgers, Oct. 25, 2017
« Reply #534 on: October 25, 2017, 10:57:23 pm »
he doesn't give anything on that side Giles..

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Re: World Series Game 2, Astros @ Dodgers, Oct. 25, 2017
« Reply #535 on: October 25, 2017, 10:57:44 pm »
See you can hit it Forsythe!

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Re: World Series Game 2, Astros @ Dodgers, Oct. 25, 2017
« Reply #536 on: October 25, 2017, 10:58:54 pm »
Oh man.

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« Reply #537 on: October 25, 2017, 10:58:58 pm »
Damn it, Giles. Damn it


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Re: World Series Game 2, Astros @ Dodgers, Oct. 25, 2017
« Reply #538 on: October 25, 2017, 10:59:04 pm »
GAH
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Re: World Series Game 2, Astros @ Dodgers, Oct. 25, 2017
« Reply #539 on: October 25, 2017, 10:59:13 pm »
Can anything be easy with Giles?
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Re: World Series Game 2, Astros @ Dodgers, Oct. 25, 2017
« Reply #540 on: October 25, 2017, 10:59:14 pm »
Make him swing the bat.


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Re: World Series Game 2, Astros @ Dodgers, Oct. 25, 2017
« Reply #541 on: October 25, 2017, 10:59:20 pm »
Well crap

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Re: World Series Game 2, Astros @ Dodgers, Oct. 25, 2017
« Reply #542 on: October 25, 2017, 10:59:23 pm »
Forsythe takes a strike,  then a ball outside, fouls off the next one,  lays off a good slider away,  watches ball 3 bounce in the dirt,  takes ball 4, close pitch just low just outside (?).

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« Reply #543 on: October 25, 2017, 10:59:27 pm »
Wow..

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Re: World Series Game 2, Astros @ Dodgers, Oct. 25, 2017
« Reply #544 on: October 25, 2017, 10:59:34 pm »
You are killing me Giles.
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Re: World Series Game 2, Astros @ Dodgers, Oct. 25, 2017
« Reply #545 on: October 25, 2017, 10:59:37 pm »
Can anything be easy with Giles?

Never.
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Re: World Series Game 2, Astros @ Dodgers, Oct. 25, 2017
« Reply #546 on: October 25, 2017, 10:59:43 pm »
Fuck, Giles

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Re: World Series Game 2, Astros @ Dodgers, Oct. 25, 2017
« Reply #547 on: October 25, 2017, 11:00:42 pm »
WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON
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Re: World Series Game 2, Astros @ Dodgers, Oct. 25, 2017
« Reply #548 on: October 25, 2017, 11:00:44 pm »
Jesus...
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Re: World Series Game 2, Astros @ Dodgers, Oct. 25, 2017
« Reply #549 on: October 25, 2017, 11:00:48 pm »
Can anything be easy with Giles the Astros?

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Re: World Series Game 2, Astros @ Dodgers, Oct. 25, 2017
« Reply #550 on: October 25, 2017, 11:00:52 pm »
Giles is feeling the pressure methinks..

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Re: World Series Game 2, Astros @ Dodgers, Oct. 25, 2017
« Reply #551 on: October 25, 2017, 11:00:53 pm »
Are you shitting me Giles?

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Re: World Series Game 2, Astros @ Dodgers, Oct. 25, 2017
« Reply #552 on: October 25, 2017, 11:01:12 pm »
Why must it always be this way?
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« Reply #553 on: October 25, 2017, 11:01:22 pm »
Man. One time, Ken.

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Re: World Series Game 2, Astros @ Dodgers, Oct. 25, 2017
« Reply #554 on: October 25, 2017, 11:01:38 pm »
To give us all heart attacks.. :)

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Re: World Series Game 2, Astros @ Dodgers, Oct. 25, 2017
« Reply #555 on: October 25, 2017, 11:01:42 pm »
Come on man!
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Re: World Series Game 2, Astros @ Dodgers, Oct. 25, 2017
« Reply #556 on: October 25, 2017, 11:02:08 pm »
Great patience by the Dodgers.

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« Reply #557 on: October 25, 2017, 11:02:18 pm »
Please, I really don't want him to pitch to Taylor.
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« Reply #558 on: October 25, 2017, 11:02:32 pm »
CUSS WORDS

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Re: World Series Game 2, Astros @ Dodgers, Oct. 25, 2017
« Reply #559 on: October 25, 2017, 11:02:38 pm »
Motherfucker....
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« Reply #560 on: October 25, 2017, 11:02:47 pm »
I can't believe this

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Re: World Series Game 2, Astros @ Dodgers, Oct. 25, 2017
« Reply #561 on: October 25, 2017, 11:02:50 pm »
Fuck Ken Giles forever.

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« Reply #562 on: October 25, 2017, 11:03:04 pm »
CRAP!

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« Reply #563 on: October 25, 2017, 11:03:06 pm »
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« Reply #564 on: October 25, 2017, 11:03:11 pm »
And, by the way, f*** off. --Mr. Happy, with a tip of the cap to JimR
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« Reply #565 on: October 25, 2017, 11:03:17 pm »
Shiftfucked.
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Re: World Series Game 2, Astros @ Dodgers, Oct. 25, 2017
« Reply #566 on: October 25, 2017, 11:03:27 pm »
Damn, damn, damn. WTF Giles? Motherefuck!
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« Reply #567 on: October 25, 2017, 11:04:10 pm »
Did Hernandez go to 2nd?
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Re: World Series Game 2, Astros @ Dodgers, Oct. 25, 2017
« Reply #568 on: October 25, 2017, 11:04:15 pm »
Hernandez (potential winning run) takes low,  then ball 2 is a wp advancing the runner to 2nd, fouls a FB into the stands,  ball 3 is outside,  3-1 pitch is laced into right,  throw home not in time.

Tie game.

Astros strung by another 2 out walk

Giles done

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Re: World Series Game 2, Astros @ Dodgers, Oct. 25, 2017
« Reply #569 on: October 25, 2017, 11:04:18 pm »
Laddies and Gentlemen, I present to you the 2017 World Series.   It is always going to be this nail biting.   It is a glorious game.

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Re: World Series Game 2, Astros @ Dodgers, Oct. 25, 2017
« Reply #570 on: October 25, 2017, 11:04:39 pm »
Bats heat up, bullpen shits the bed.
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Re: World Series Game 2, Astros @ Dodgers, Oct. 25, 2017
« Reply #571 on: October 25, 2017, 11:04:43 pm »
Did Hernandez go to 2nd?

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« Reply #572 on: October 25, 2017, 11:05:21 pm »
Laddies and Gentlemen, I present to you the 2017 World Series.   It is always going to be this nail biting.   It is a glorious game.

It's not glorious. This is abject failure.

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« Reply #573 on: October 25, 2017, 11:05:34 pm »
Gotta keep it tied.
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Re: World Series Game 2, Astros @ Dodgers, Oct. 25, 2017
« Reply #574 on: October 25, 2017, 11:05:36 pm »
Giles is a total headcase. He is not a closer. I've been trying to tell you necks that all year.

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« Reply #575 on: October 25, 2017, 11:06:02 pm »
This is sooooo the history of the Astros, right now.....  I thought we were past this shit.
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« Reply #576 on: October 25, 2017, 11:06:26 pm »
That’s our hat bill.
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« Reply #577 on: October 25, 2017, 11:06:40 pm »
They have 4! hits!

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« Reply #578 on: October 25, 2017, 11:06:41 pm »
Falling apart again

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Re: World Series Game 2, Astros @ Dodgers, Oct. 25, 2017
« Reply #579 on: October 25, 2017, 11:07:09 pm »
Finally a break from an ump.
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« Reply #580 on: October 25, 2017, 11:07:14 pm »
Wow!   I have never seen that!

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« Reply #581 on: October 25, 2017, 11:07:19 pm »
I don't fucking believe this. Now I'm expecting to see that classic three-player head-over-heels Keystone Kops thing from 2013.
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« Reply #582 on: October 25, 2017, 11:07:34 pm »
Devo will never throw a strike after that throw to second


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« Reply #583 on: October 25, 2017, 11:07:42 pm »
Yeah, let's bring in some herky-jerky reliever who is control-challenged. No pressure.
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« Reply #584 on: October 25, 2017, 11:07:43 pm »
Now devo can't throw a strike

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Re: World Series Game 2, Astros @ Dodgers, Oct. 25, 2017
« Reply #585 on: October 25, 2017, 11:08:11 pm »
So our new pitcher hit an ump and then nearly hit a batter.
Mother of God.
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Re: World Series Game 2, Astros @ Dodgers, Oct. 25, 2017
« Reply #586 on: October 25, 2017, 11:08:18 pm »
Devo in, winning run on 2nd

Pickoff throw is terrible,  hits the umpire who keeps it in the infield

Taylor takes ball 1 up/in, then another ball,  then flies out to Maybin.

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« Reply #587 on: October 25, 2017, 11:08:46 pm »
Gotta do it again boys

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« Reply #588 on: October 25, 2017, 11:09:00 pm »
How the fuck did we not survive and then survive that inning? Throw the ball over the fucking plate to Forsyth one of those three pitches in that situation...


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« Reply #589 on: October 25, 2017, 11:09:11 pm »
So, think you can win a World Series with a patchwork piece-of-shit bullpen? Good fucking luck.
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« Reply #590 on: October 25, 2017, 11:09:46 pm »
I know Giles will give up one run. But that walk and WP kill me.


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Re: World Series Game 2, Astros @ Dodgers, Oct. 25, 2017
« Reply #591 on: October 25, 2017, 11:10:17 pm »
We had the momentum.... just had to get one fucking strike...... but nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

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Re: World Series Game 2, Astros @ Dodgers, Oct. 25, 2017
« Reply #592 on: October 25, 2017, 11:10:24 pm »
They have 4! hits!
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« Reply #593 on: October 25, 2017, 11:10:31 pm »

Pickoff throw is terrible,  hits the umpire who keeps it in the infield

I have never before read this phrase in a pbp.
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Re: World Series Game 2, Astros @ Dodgers, Oct. 25, 2017
« Reply #594 on: October 25, 2017, 11:10:35 pm »
So, think you can win a World Series with a patchwork piece-of-shit bullpen? Good fucking luck.

Say we get a lead.

Who closes it out?

Leave Devo in?

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« Reply #595 on: October 25, 2017, 11:11:30 pm »
It's a tie game. This lanky dude can be hit.

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« Reply #596 on: October 25, 2017, 11:11:33 pm »
This is the last pitcher Roberts has I believe..

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« Reply #597 on: October 25, 2017, 11:11:34 pm »
So our new pitcher hit an ump and then nearly hit a batter.
Mother of God.
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« Reply #598 on: October 25, 2017, 11:12:07 pm »
Say we get a lead.

Who closes it out?

Leave Devo in?

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Re: World Series Game 2, Astros @ Dodgers, Oct. 25, 2017
« Reply #599 on: October 25, 2017, 11:12:24 pm »
Top 11

McCarthy pitching

Maybin takes ball 1  low,  misses strike 1, ball 2 is outside,  then singles over the SS to reach 1B.

1 on, no out.

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« Reply #600 on: October 25, 2017, 11:12:41 pm »
Way to go Maybin!    Keep the vaunting going!

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« Reply #601 on: October 25, 2017, 11:12:42 pm »
It's him or Liriano. Or maybe Peacock, I guess.

McHugh too. Dodgers down to McCarthy


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« Reply #602 on: October 25, 2017, 11:12:52 pm »
The Dodgers sure gave Gile's ass a workout. Holy cow what a colossal fucking he took.
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« Reply #603 on: October 25, 2017, 11:12:58 pm »
Come on George

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« Reply #604 on: October 25, 2017, 11:12:59 pm »
All of a sudden, Springer looks much more composed.
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« Reply #605 on: October 25, 2017, 11:13:18 pm »
Serve it up, rag arm.
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« Reply #606 on: October 25, 2017, 11:13:56 pm »
Go Maybin!

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« Reply #607 on: October 25, 2017, 11:14:06 pm »
Fuck yeah maybe steal you fast bastard!!

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« Reply #608 on: October 25, 2017, 11:14:07 pm »
Maybin takes a bag! Tacos for all.


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« Reply #609 on: October 25, 2017, 11:14:09 pm »
Say we get a lead.

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Leave Devo in?
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« Reply #610 on: October 25, 2017, 11:14:25 pm »
Make McCarthy work. Don’t expand the zone.


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« Reply #611 on: October 25, 2017, 11:15:05 pm »
Cameron Maybin, Hero.
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« Reply #614 on: October 25, 2017, 11:15:46 pm »
SPRINGERSPRINGERDINGERDINGER!

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« Reply #615 on: October 25, 2017, 11:15:57 pm »
WAAAAAAAHOOOOOO
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« Reply #616 on: October 25, 2017, 11:15:59 pm »
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Re: World Series Game 2, Astros @ Dodgers, Oct. 25, 2017
« Reply #617 on: October 25, 2017, 11:16:02 pm »
Springer a ding dinger!
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« Reply #618 on: October 25, 2017, 11:16:05 pm »
That's the Springer we know and love!!!!

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« Reply #619 on: October 25, 2017, 11:16:05 pm »
Springer comes through!
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« Reply #620 on: October 25, 2017, 11:16:06 pm »
Ok, let's see if our next rag-arm can hold a two-run lead.
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« Reply #621 on: October 25, 2017, 11:16:13 pm »
GEORGE SPRINGER!

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« Reply #622 on: October 25, 2017, 11:16:14 pm »
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Re: World Series Game 2, Astros @ Dodgers, Oct. 25, 2017
« Reply #623 on: October 25, 2017, 11:16:22 pm »
 Springer takes ball 1, McCarthy to first,  and again to first,  next pitch is a ball inside,  Maybin going on the pitch steals second.

Dodgers reset with runner in second,  still 2-0.

Springer fouls next pitch,  SPRINGER DINGER TO RIGHT CENTER!!!

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« Reply #624 on: October 25, 2017, 11:16:25 pm »
More runs please


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« Reply #625 on: October 25, 2017, 11:16:36 pm »
Fuck you, LA.
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« Reply #626 on: October 25, 2017, 11:16:53 pm »
Ok, let's see if our next rag-arm can hold a two-run lead.

Oh, they will, they will.

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« Reply #627 on: October 25, 2017, 11:16:57 pm »
OMG!!!! I just don't know if I can handle much more of this.....

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« Reply #628 on: October 25, 2017, 11:17:08 pm »
I’m pissing my pants!!!


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« Reply #629 on: October 25, 2017, 11:17:39 pm »
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« Reply #630 on: October 25, 2017, 11:18:09 pm »
Sure look like some glum faces in Dodgertown.

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« Reply #631 on: October 25, 2017, 11:18:45 pm »
FUCK YES SPRINGER

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Re: World Series Game 2, Astros @ Dodgers, Oct. 25, 2017
« Reply #632 on: October 25, 2017, 11:18:59 pm »
Bregman gets a ball,  then  takes a meatyFB to even the count,  fouls off the next one,  chops one foul toward 3rd, pops out foul to first baseman.

1 out. 
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« Reply #633 on: October 25, 2017, 11:20:21 pm »
 Altuve takes inside,  smashes a ball up the middle,  well positioned 2B snags it throws wide of the bag but the tag is applied.

2 outs.

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« Reply #634 on: October 25, 2017, 11:21:07 pm »
Don't waste this AB Correa, keep the pressure on.

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« Reply #635 on: October 25, 2017, 11:21:56 pm »
Thankful I’m watching this game with my Astros fan neurosurgeon buddy in case I have a friggin’ stroke...
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« Reply #636 on: October 25, 2017, 11:22:38 pm »
All right. We'd better have some defense left.
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« Reply #637 on: October 25, 2017, 11:22:48 pm »
 Correa falls behind 0-2, lays off a 59 footer,  ball 2 is low,  ball 3 as well, payoff pitch is grounded to short.  Out 6-3.

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« Reply #638 on: October 25, 2017, 11:23:28 pm »
Okay, let's put it to bed boys!   Pitch to grounder contact.  let those guys get it and throw 'em out!

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Re: World Series Game 2, Astros @ Dodgers, Oct. 25, 2017
« Reply #639 on: October 25, 2017, 11:24:38 pm »
All of a sudden, Springer looks much more composed.

All of a sudden Springer is actually looking at the ball.

God bless him for doing so.

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« Reply #640 on: October 25, 2017, 11:25:40 pm »
Go get 'em Chris!

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« Reply #641 on: October 25, 2017, 11:26:01 pm »
All of a sudden Springer is actually looking at the ball.

God bless him for doing so.

He probably read the OWA thread.

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« Reply #642 on: October 25, 2017, 11:26:03 pm »
 Bottom 11

Devo remains

Seager fouls,  then lines out to Maybin in center on a well-struck ball.

1 out

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« Reply #643 on: October 25, 2017, 11:26:10 pm »
One!

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« Reply #644 on: October 25, 2017, 11:26:38 pm »
Come on, man, get Captain Caveman out.
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« Reply #645 on: October 25, 2017, 11:26:55 pm »
Listen to Smoltz, Devo...

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« Reply #646 on: October 25, 2017, 11:28:14 pm »
do. not. walk. ginger.
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« Reply #647 on: October 25, 2017, 11:28:39 pm »
That looked like a strike to me.

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« Reply #648 on: October 25, 2017, 11:28:55 pm »
Do not fucking walk people!
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« Reply #649 on: October 25, 2017, 11:29:11 pm »
WHAT!?  That was strike 3!

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« Reply #650 on: October 25, 2017, 11:29:16 pm »
Two run lead. Make him earn the base.


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« Reply #651 on: October 25, 2017, 11:29:37 pm »
Do not walk 30-something wolf.
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« Reply #652 on: October 25, 2017, 11:29:54 pm »
Bregman!

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YUGE!
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« Reply #654 on: October 25, 2017, 11:30:15 pm »
No more walks.


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« Reply #655 on: October 25, 2017, 11:30:17 pm »
Taylor takes a breaker low,  fouls a 96 FB, then takes a beauty on the outside corner,  stays alive with a tapper foul to 3rd, lays off a ball low/outside, takes another borderline pitch for ball 3, fouls a FB, and another (both up, outer half of plate), then lines out sharply to Bregman.

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« Reply #656 on: October 25, 2017, 11:30:26 pm »
Unga Bunga, you're out, dude.
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« Reply #657 on: October 25, 2017, 11:30:32 pm »
Two!

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« Reply #658 on: October 25, 2017, 11:30:55 pm »
Kill that 2 out dragon!

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« Reply #659 on: October 25, 2017, 11:30:59 pm »
motherfucker!!!!
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« Reply #660 on: October 25, 2017, 11:31:03 pm »
FUKKK

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« Reply #661 on: October 25, 2017, 11:31:11 pm »
WHAT THE HELL, MAN
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« Reply #662 on: October 25, 2017, 11:31:20 pm »
You have got to be kidding me.
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« Reply #663 on: October 25, 2017, 11:31:21 pm »
God fucking damnit

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« Reply #664 on: October 25, 2017, 11:31:31 pm »
DAMMIT!

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« Reply #665 on: October 25, 2017, 11:31:34 pm »
Culbertson takes a ball,  then hits a goddamn homer to left.

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« Reply #666 on: October 25, 2017, 11:31:46 pm »
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« Reply #667 on: October 25, 2017, 11:31:59 pm »
Has someone here lost a bet with the baseball gods or something
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fuck this shit
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« Reply #669 on: October 25, 2017, 11:32:26 pm »
My new weight loss plan is to watch the Astros and throw up.
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« Reply #670 on: October 25, 2017, 11:33:32 pm »
Oh sure, Puig, take a time out. We don't fuckin' mind.
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« Reply #671 on: October 25, 2017, 11:34:08 pm »
my cat now has 7 lives
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« Reply #672 on: October 25, 2017, 11:35:02 pm »
Ring him up!


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« Reply #673 on: October 25, 2017, 11:35:10 pm »
goddamn it he swung!!!
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« Reply #674 on: October 25, 2017, 11:35:52 pm »
And, by the way, f*** off. --Mr. Happy, with a tip of the cap to JimR
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« Reply #675 on: October 25, 2017, 11:36:13 pm »
goddamn it he swung!!!

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« Reply #676 on: October 25, 2017, 11:36:32 pm »
Hallelejuh!

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« Reply #677 on: October 25, 2017, 11:36:37 pm »
Ex Fucking Hale!!!!
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« Reply #678 on: October 25, 2017, 11:36:41 pm »
HUGE


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« Reply #679 on: October 25, 2017, 11:36:47 pm »
Yes! Way to go. Wonderful game. Great win. Where are my pills?
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« Reply #680 on: October 25, 2017, 11:36:57 pm »
Yeeeeeeeeessssssss


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« Reply #681 on: October 25, 2017, 11:37:00 pm »
Checking myself into the emergency room! Worth the stroke!

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« Reply #682 on: October 25, 2017, 11:37:12 pm »
And breath

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« Reply #683 on: October 25, 2017, 11:37:16 pm »
OMFG great win

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« Reply #684 on: October 25, 2017, 11:37:23 pm »
Goddammit --I was about tell Lucy and Charlie Brown to give me back my football.
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« Reply #685 on: October 25, 2017, 11:37:38 pm »
First world series win!    Folks, we now have a game 5 and the chance to win it all at home.

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« Reply #686 on: October 25, 2017, 11:37:49 pm »
I can watch now.

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« Reply #687 on: October 25, 2017, 11:37:55 pm »
My mouth is so dry I can't even swallow.
Holy shit.
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« Reply #688 on: October 25, 2017, 11:38:07 pm »
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Re: World Series Game 2, Astros @ Dodgers, Oct. 25, 2017
« Reply #689 on: October 25, 2017, 11:38:15 pm »
Puig up to face Devo.

Puig takes an off speed strike,  and another,  fights off a good one too close to take,  watches a 96 mph fb outside,  then ball 2 is in the dirt,  checks his sewing (did he?) For a full count,  fouls off the next one,  and another.

McCann out to reset.

Puig with a full count STRIKES THE FUCK RIGHT OUT!

Final Score
ASTROS 7
Dodgers 6

Series tied 1-1

Ladies and gentlemen,  that is the first WS win in franchise history.

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« Reply #690 on: October 25, 2017, 11:38:19 pm »
My throat is dead

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« Reply #691 on: October 25, 2017, 11:38:39 pm »
Where are my pills?

I passed 'em around in the 10th. We needed 'em.
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« Reply #692 on: October 25, 2017, 11:38:43 pm »
 I'm exhausted.

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« Reply #693 on: October 25, 2017, 11:38:57 pm »
OMFG great win

Instant classic --- but seriously Giles --- someone needs to get to him and have him respond from this --- forget and forgive until then end.
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« Reply #694 on: October 25, 2017, 11:39:02 pm »
"We're bery scary."
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« Reply #695 on: October 25, 2017, 11:40:23 pm »
Puig up to face Devo.

Puig takes an off speed strike,  and another,  fights off a good one too close to take,  watches a 96 mph fb outside,  then ball 2 is in the dirt,  checks his sewing (did he?) For a full count,  fouls off the next one,  and another.

McCann out to reset.

Puig with a full count STRIKES THE FUCK RIGHT OUT!

Final Score
ASTROS 7
Dodgers 5

Series tied 1-1

Ladies and gentlemen,  that is the first WS win in franchise history.

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« Reply #696 on: October 25, 2017, 11:40:27 pm »
I’ll never forget this game. A win on the road is a win. The bats need to stay awake.


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« Reply #697 on: October 25, 2017, 11:40:32 pm »
I have no idea how long it's going to take me to fall asleep. I hope it's sometime before I have to get up.
Just plan on calling in sick.
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« Reply #698 on: October 25, 2017, 11:40:44 pm »
Puig up to face Devo.

Puig takes an off speed strike,  and another,  fights off a good one too close to take,  watches a 96 mph fb outside,  then ball 2 is in the dirt,  checks his sewing (did he?) For a full count,  fouls off the next one,  and another.

McCann out to reset.

Puig with a full count STRIKES THE FUCK RIGHT OUT!

Final Score
ASTROS 7
Dodgers 5

Series tied 1-1

Ladies and gentlemen,  that is the first WS win in franchise history.

7-6 Astros my friend --- Culbertson thought he tied it up possibly
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« Reply #699 on: October 25, 2017, 11:40:46 pm »
Off the phone now. Should I watch this game or not?
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« Reply #700 on: October 25, 2017, 11:40:59 pm »
Strap in boys, it’s going to be one hell of a ride.
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« Reply #701 on: October 25, 2017, 11:41:31 pm »
Off the phone now. Should I watch this game or not?

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« Reply #702 on: October 25, 2017, 11:41:42 pm »
thanks for the support group folks. kept me from felonious activities.
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« Reply #703 on: October 25, 2017, 11:42:08 pm »
 First World Series game win!  Awesome to watch it with my kids!!


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« Reply #704 on: October 25, 2017, 11:42:29 pm »
"We're bery scary."
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Re: World Series Game 2, Astros @ Dodgers, Oct. 25, 2017
« Reply #705 on: October 25, 2017, 11:42:35 pm »
Can't wait to see what Verducci writes for this one.

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Re: World Series Game 2, Astros @ Dodgers, Oct. 25, 2017
« Reply #706 on: October 25, 2017, 11:42:57 pm »
Strap on boys, it’s going to be one hell of a ride.

Strap "in". Strap on means something completely different.
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Re: World Series Game 2, Astros @ Dodgers, Oct. 25, 2017
« Reply #707 on: October 25, 2017, 11:43:02 pm »
Instant classic --- but seriously Giles --- someone needs to get to him and have him respond from this --- forget and forgive until then end.

No more two-inning appearances. Inning Two Giles is shit.
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Re: World Series Game 2, Astros @ Dodgers, Oct. 25, 2017
« Reply #708 on: October 25, 2017, 11:43:57 pm »
Strap "in". Strap on means something completely different.
Giles could explain the difference.
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« Reply #709 on: October 25, 2017, 11:44:32 pm »
Got to believe that will open the flood gates...

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« Reply #710 on: October 25, 2017, 11:44:54 pm »
Strap "in". Strap on means something completely different.

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« Reply #711 on: October 25, 2017, 11:45:58 pm »
Got to believe that will open the flood gates...

I sure hope so.
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« Reply #712 on: October 25, 2017, 11:48:27 pm »
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Re: World Series Game 2, Astros @ Dodgers, Oct. 25, 2017
« Reply #713 on: October 25, 2017, 11:50:07 pm »
Off the phone now. Should I watch this game or not?

Not much happened.

There was a bunt.

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Re: World Series Game 2, Astros @ Dodgers, Oct. 25, 2017
« Reply #714 on: October 25, 2017, 11:52:46 pm »
Not much happened.

There was a bunt.
A long long time ago rich hill pitched in this game

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« Reply #715 on: October 25, 2017, 11:54:02 pm »
Off the phone now. Should I watch this game or not?
I mean, when we look back we'll be remembering how great this game was. So go for it

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Re: World Series Game 2, Astros @ Dodgers, Oct. 25, 2017
« Reply #716 on: October 25, 2017, 11:54:37 pm »
Strap "in". Strap on means something completely different.

You’re right.  My apologies.  Though right now I couldn’t care less about my grammar mistake.
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Re: World Series Game 2, Astros @ Dodgers, Oct. 25, 2017
« Reply #717 on: October 25, 2017, 11:58:08 pm »
Everyone comparing this to 2005 and thinking this team is out of the series regardless of tonight’s outcome needs to grow a pair and sack up.  The Astros are capable of kicking any team in baseball’s ass for an extended stretch and that includes the Dodgers.

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« Reply #718 on: October 25, 2017, 11:58:55 pm »
Until tonight the greatest game I've ever seen was the Jack Morris complete game in game 7 of Twins/Braves. Tonight topped that. This was unfreakin' real!!!


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« Reply #719 on: October 26, 2017, 12:03:57 am »
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Thanks.  This is the most talented Astros team in the club’s history. I don’t care who they are facing, the only thing that stops them is themselves.  No matter how much Smoltz and the entire world wants to talk up the Dodgers bullpen and starting rotation.  Are they good?  Sure.  So are the Astros.  As A-Rod said before game 1, it’s two goliaths doing battle.
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« Reply #720 on: October 26, 2017, 12:08:59 am »
Thanks.  This is the most talented Astros team in the club’s history. I don’t care who they are facing, the only thing that stops them is themselves.  No matter how much Smoltz and the entire world wants to talk up the Dodgers bullpen and starting rotation.  Are they good?  Sure.  So are the Astros.  As A-Rod said before game 1, it’s two goliaths doing battle.
The Astros don't usually win this kind of game. Not in the '80s or 90's or the naughties. In fact, losing big games in spectacular fashion was something like a franchise tradition.

All that shit is over. This is a whole other deal. These Astros can accomplish anything.
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« Reply #721 on: October 26, 2017, 12:20:58 am »
The Astros don't usually win this kind of game. Not in the '80s or 90's or the naughties. In fact, losing big games in spectacular fashion was something like a franchise tradition.

All that shit is over. This is a whole other deal. These Astros can accomplish anything.

I get it.  I’ve lived in Houston all my life and remember all the bonecrushing losses from the Oilers, Astros and Rockets.  But the Rockets had to do it the hard way in 94 and that’s just the way these kind of breakthroughs go.  Look no further than the Cubs last year, they had to overcome a 3-1 deficit to end the curse.  Or the RedSox coming back from 3-0 to beat the Yankees the year they broke theirs.
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Re: World Series Game 2, Astros @ Dodgers, Oct. 25, 2017
« Reply #722 on: October 26, 2017, 12:23:16 am »
Holy shit. What a game.

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Re: World Series Game 2, Astros @ Dodgers, Oct. 25, 2017
« Reply #723 on: October 26, 2017, 12:27:13 am »
1 - 1 on Maybin was great time to get called away for a family crisis...  all good now and I get to enjoy the end of the game with a great big smile (and zero anxiety).
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Re: World Series Game 2, Astros @ Dodgers, Oct. 25, 2017
« Reply #724 on: October 26, 2017, 12:27:34 am »
Let's not forget Agent Fields and his good work for the good guys.. Bravo sir, bravo!

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« Reply #725 on: October 26, 2017, 12:30:42 am »
Don’t give up on Giles.
I'm not. I question his skills at times, but not his ability to forget the last outing.

And, Hernandez' big hit was a grounder to a shift-vacated second.

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« Reply #726 on: October 26, 2017, 12:31:25 am »
Holy shit. What a game.

Don’t give up on Giles.
He looked gased to me at the end.

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« Reply #727 on: October 26, 2017, 12:32:07 am »
I'm not. I question his skills at times, but not his ability to forget the last outing.

And, Hernandez' big hit was a grounder to a shift-vacated second.
Also if it was hit any harder, the game ends at the plate

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Re: World Series Game 2, Astros @ Dodgers, Oct. 25, 2017
« Reply #728 on: October 26, 2017, 12:33:04 am »
Holy shit what a game!!!
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Re: World Series Game 2, Astros @ Dodgers, Oct. 25, 2017
« Reply #729 on: October 26, 2017, 12:33:42 am »
Post game show said 5 HR combined in extra innings,  first time that has happened in ANY MLB game, ever.

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« Reply #730 on: October 26, 2017, 12:38:06 am »
Post game show said 5 HR combined in extra innings,  first time that has happened in ANY MLB game, ever.
This game basically broke everything

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« Reply #731 on: October 26, 2017, 12:39:28 am »
You’re right.  My apologies.  Though right now I could care less about my grammar mistake.

You mean you couldn’t care less.

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« Reply #732 on: October 26, 2017, 12:39:48 am »
Wow! What a game, folks.  And what a privilege it is to watch these guys.  I had to wait until my heart rate was under 100bpm to post. 

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« Reply #733 on: October 26, 2017, 12:41:31 am »
Checking myself into the emergency room! Worth the stroke!

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« Reply #734 on: October 26, 2017, 12:47:25 am »
Holy shit. What a game.

Don’t give up on Giles.

Exactly! His team sure didn’t! They picked him up, and I loved how Verlander came out to remind them how great they are.

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Re: World Series Game 2, Astros @ Dodgers, Oct. 25, 2017
« Reply #735 on: October 26, 2017, 12:49:23 am »
For whatever reason they've played better this post season when I don't watch.  I stopped watching after the 7th.  I will probably not watch another pitch this season.
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Re: World Series Game 2, Astros @ Dodgers, Oct. 25, 2017
« Reply #736 on: October 26, 2017, 12:50:30 am »
Unsung hero tonight, Will Harris. What he did in the 7th inning can not be understated. He gives up that run, we lose. Hats off to Will

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« Reply #737 on: October 26, 2017, 12:53:56 am »
Sent this text to a friend of mine. Think it encapsulates the emotions of this game pretty well.

Me watching game 2... fuck yeah verlander is awesome, oh no he made a mistake now we're losing, hey we got a run back, holy fuck marwin! Shit bellinger won it, no he didn't! ALTUVE! CORREA! GODDAMNIT GILES! ok maybin got a hit, steal 2nd, he did it, SPRINGER!!!! oh fuck, here we go again. WE WIN!!!!

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« Reply #738 on: October 26, 2017, 12:55:01 am »
Unsung hero tonight, Will Harris. What he did in the 7th inning can not be understated. He gives up that run, we lose. Hats off to Will

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« Reply #739 on: October 26, 2017, 12:55:18 am »
Unsung hero tonight, Will Harris. What he did in the 7th inning can not be understated. He gives up that run, we lose. Hats off to Will

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So true, and he was also the pitcher I was least excited to see. Only Harris and Musgrove put up zeroes.

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« Reply #740 on: October 26, 2017, 01:00:31 am »
Having suffered through 4 WS losses, this was pretty damn sweet and hopefully it will be the first of many.

They are talking to George the Animal now, this is great.
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« Reply #741 on: October 26, 2017, 01:01:27 am »
What a great night.
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« Reply #742 on: October 26, 2017, 01:01:57 am »
The Astros don't usually win this kind of game. Not in the '80s or 90's or the naughties. In fact, losing big games in spectacular fashion was something like a franchise tradition.

All that shit is over. This is a whole other deal. These Astros can accomplish anything.

this one brought back memories of the '80 Phillies league championship series. That was one crazy, and heartbreaking, series.

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« Reply #743 on: October 26, 2017, 01:03:56 am »
1 - 1 on Maybin was great time to get called away for a family crisis...  all good now and I get to enjoy the end of the game with a great big smile (and zero anxiety).

Maybin came up big tonight.

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« Reply #745 on: October 26, 2017, 01:06:55 am »
Game 4 in Boston beating Sale and Kimbrel.

Game 2 in Houston: the Verlander CG; beating Chapman.

Games 6 and 7 with our backs to the wall.

Game 2 vaunting on the 98-0 after 8 innings LA pen.

We are witnesses to some seriously special shit right now, folks.

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« Reply #746 on: October 26, 2017, 01:08:42 am »
And on their side, they can thank the LF’er hat bill for saving them a run or two.

I really was afraid at the time that the hat bill was going to be the big story in the morning. 

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« Reply #747 on: October 26, 2017, 01:09:32 am »
You mean you couldn’t care less.

Ugh.  It’s been a long night.  You wouldn’t know it from those two posts, but I majored in Journalism in college and write for a living (social media/digital marketer)
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« Reply #748 on: October 26, 2017, 01:12:24 am »
Maybin came up big tonight.

In Springer’s interview, the very first thing he said was how big Maybin’s contribution was. After he stole second, Springer said all he was trying to do was get him over. Boom.
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« Reply #749 on: October 26, 2017, 01:22:43 am »
No more two-inning appearances. Inning Two Giles is shit.

It's a lot to expect. It hurt the Dodgers, too.

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Re: World Series Game 2, Astros @ Dodgers, Oct. 25, 2017
« Reply #750 on: October 26, 2017, 02:14:58 am »
Just read the entire GZ. Great job guys.

Two posters said the Dodgers would sweep.

One poster commented only to gloat over an Astros failure. Wonder who?

Y’all are awesome! 1-1, and going back home.

What a game!
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« Reply #751 on: October 26, 2017, 05:41:51 am »
And on their side, they can thank the LF’er hat bill for saving them a run or two.

As the game wore on that kept popping up as a "this is going to give me an ulcer moment".

Turns out the entire rest of the game did that too.

Agree with above on Harris.   So important.

And my goodness did the first 3 batters B11 tattoo pitches off Devo.  And what a battle to get Puig.

Now,  somebody in Houston needs to go bolt the roof closed.  The Dodgers haven't heard a real postseason crowd yet
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« Reply #752 on: October 26, 2017, 06:18:21 am »
It was good to see that the Astros strapped on. 
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« Reply #753 on: October 26, 2017, 07:41:49 am »
I feel the same way waking up this morning as I did going to bed this morning...exhausted and elated.
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« Reply #754 on: October 26, 2017, 08:29:14 am »
A friend pointed out that Giles is Selig backwards. 
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« Reply #755 on: October 26, 2017, 08:30:44 am »
I was awake until almost 2. The 8th-11th roller coaster was insane, and Mark and I were also. My poor dog did not know what to think about our swings of emotion and barked his head off at our yelling and high-fiving.

What a game. What a team.
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« Reply #756 on: October 26, 2017, 08:34:09 am »
A friend pointed out that Giles is Selig backwards.
This bit of knowledge has brought energy to my tired morning.  I'm trying to interpret in a very positive way.

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« Reply #757 on: October 26, 2017, 08:36:28 am »
I was awake until almost 2. The 8th-11th roller coaster was insane, and Mark and I were also. My poor dog did not know what to think about our swings of emotion and barked his head off at our yelling and high-fiving.

What a game. What a team.

The good part about watching a game like that in the morning  is that you walk around for the rest of the day with a real spring in your step.
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« Reply #758 on: October 26, 2017, 08:47:46 am »
I was awake until almost 2. The 8th-11th roller coaster was insane, and Mark and I were also. My poor dog did not know what to think about our swings of emotion and barked his head off at our yelling and high-fiving.

What a game. What a team.

Woke up my father in law (he lives upstairs) in the ninth,  frightened the cats in the 10th.  I think the kids slept thru it.  By the 11th my wife was too stressed so she went to bed.  I woke her up to tell the news (she wasn't acutely asleep,  just closing her eyes teeing no to stress); she ran to the living room and watched the replay with me.

Went to bed well after MN, wide awake by 0430.

Gonna crash this afternoon I'm sure,  but for now still in the stratosphere.

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« Reply #759 on: October 26, 2017, 08:52:39 am »
A friend pointed out that Giles is Selig backwards.

I’ll say again, don’t give up in him. The tying hit was a shiftfuck. We’ll need him.
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« Reply #760 on: October 26, 2017, 09:08:08 am »
I’ll say again, don’t give up in him. The tying hit was a shiftfuck. We’ll need him.

He's the man.

Somebody listed all the relievers we've gotten to, turns out the other side is trying to do the same to our guys.

Multi-inning save attempts don't bother me.  If he's you're best,  go with him and live with the results.

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« Reply #761 on: October 26, 2017, 09:08:40 am »
I’ll say again, don’t give up in him. The tying hit was a shiftfuck. We’ll need him.

One of the most interesting things to watch in the series will be how Hinch uses Giles. 
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Re: World Series Game 2, Astros @ Dodgers, Oct. 25, 2017
« Reply #762 on: October 26, 2017, 09:10:21 am »
I’ll say again, don’t give up in him. The tying hit was a shiftfuck. We’ll need him.

I don't think Giles pitched that bad.  He challenged Puig with a 2-run lead, which I want him to do, and then got the next two.  The 2-out walk is what hurt him, and I think he fell in love with his slider there.  Then the wild pitch and a groundball that would have been routine in normal fielding position.  And like it or not, he will pitch again this series, likely in a crucial situation.  So everyone better get used to the idea. 
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Re: World Series Game 2, Astros @ Dodgers, Oct. 25, 2017
« Reply #763 on: October 26, 2017, 09:11:44 am »
I take the Giles/Selig thing as Ken is the anti-Selig, helping bring wins to the Astros rather than open roofs in the WS and home games in Milwaukee while the lights are still out in Houston.

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Re: World Series Game 2, Astros @ Dodgers, Oct. 25, 2017
« Reply #764 on: October 26, 2017, 09:22:33 am »
I don't think Giles pitched that bad.  He challenged Puig with a 2-run lead, which I want him to do, and then got the next two.  The 2-out walk is what hurt him, and I think he fell in love with his slider there.  Then the wild pitch and a groundball that would have been routine in normal fielding position.  And like it or not, he will pitch again this series, likely in a crucial situation.  So everyone better get used to the idea.

I hope he pitches often. Means we are in the game. Prior to last night Dodgers had not lost this season when trailing after 8. 98-0. That is a little hard to believe. https://twitter.com/ESPNStatsInfo/status/923388650150354944
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« Reply #765 on: October 26, 2017, 09:27:09 am »
I’ll say again, don’t give up in him. The tying hit was a shiftfuck. We’ll need him.
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Re: World Series Game 2, Astros @ Dodgers, Oct. 25, 2017
« Reply #766 on: October 26, 2017, 09:34:29 am »
Some worthy quotes post-game:

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« Reply #767 on: October 26, 2017, 09:47:46 am »
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Re: World Series Game 2, Astros @ Dodgers, Oct. 25, 2017
« Reply #768 on: October 26, 2017, 09:56:02 am »
I got no problem with Giles. As HH said, he pitched pretty well and made a couple mistakes. I don't know if 2 innings is his best use but I'll be fine with him in the same scenario.
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Re: World Series Game 2, Astros @ Dodgers, Oct. 25, 2017
« Reply #769 on: October 26, 2017, 10:08:55 am »
I don't think Giles pitched that bad.  He challenged Puig with a 2-run lead, which I want him to do, and then got the next two.  The 2-out walk is what hurt him, and I think he fell in love with his slider there.  Then the wild pitch and a groundball that would have been routine in normal fielding position.  And like it or not, he will pitch again this series, likely in a crucial situation.  So everyone better get used to the idea. 

Agree, up until the walk he'd been fine.  Felt like he had run out of gas, he was all over the place starting with the batter he walked.
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Re: World Series Game 2, Astros @ Dodgers, Oct. 25, 2017
« Reply #770 on: October 26, 2017, 10:14:09 am »
In Springer’s interview, the very first thing he said was how big Maybin’s contribution was. After he stole second, Springer said all he was trying to do was get him over. Boom.

Smoltz, who has been awesome throughout the playoffs, had a fantastic point that Springer’s effort to move the runner over basically fixed his swing.


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« Reply #771 on: October 26, 2017, 10:18:04 am »
Didn't see it mentioned here, but Verlander came back out of the locker room (dude has some seriously hairy shoulders) and shouted into the dugout.  After the game, he was asked what he said and he was just telling them that they've "got this!"

Amazing esprit de corps here.  Everyone on the same page and no one preening their own home runs (or outfield catches) to make themselves the story.  Compare Culberson's dance of the sugar plum fairy around the bases after his non-tying homer in the 11th, vs. how the entire Astros team reacted to multiple moments.

Also, I think Puig is still stand at the plate following his 10th inning homer.  So nice that he stuck around long enough to whiff at a slider in the dirt to end it in the 11th.
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« Reply #772 on: October 26, 2017, 10:19:25 am »
Didn't see it mentioned here, but Verlander came back out of the locker room (dude has some seriously hairy shoulders) and shouted into the dugout.  After the game, he was asked what he said and he was just telling them that they've "got this!"

Amazing esprit de corps here.  Everyone on the same page and no one preening their own home runs (or outfield catches) to make themselves the story.  Compare Culberson's dance of the sugar plum fairy around the bases after his non-tying homer in the 11th, vs. how the entire Astros team reacted to multiple moments.

Also, I think Puig is still stand at the plate following his 10th inning homer.  So nice that he stuck around long enough to whiff at a slider in the dirt to end it in the 11th.

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« Reply #773 on: October 26, 2017, 10:19:38 am »
Did anyone else see Altuve, following his homer, tell Correa “now you go hit one”?


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Re: World Series Game 2, Astros @ Dodgers, Oct. 25, 2017
« Reply #774 on: October 26, 2017, 10:20:05 am »
Smoltz, who has been awesome throughout the playoffs, had a fantastic point that Springer’s effort to move the runner over basically fixed his swing.

I think his swing had been "fixed" before that.  He said afterwards that he simply slowed everything down, which is why he was able to wait on a curveball and bash it down the line past a stumbling homeless person Turner.
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« Reply #775 on: October 26, 2017, 10:20:43 am »
Did anyone else see Altuve, following his homer, tell Correa “now you go hit one”?

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Re: World Series Game 2, Astros @ Dodgers, Oct. 25, 2017
« Reply #776 on: October 26, 2017, 10:28:25 am »
Agree, up until the walk he'd been fine.  Felt like he had run out of gas, he was all over the place starting with the batter he walked.

Yeah, mid-30's on pitch count for Giles (or any other closer) is thin ice.  I still like Giles in a 3-4 out scenario.
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« Reply #777 on: October 26, 2017, 10:31:14 am »
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« Reply #778 on: October 26, 2017, 10:35:13 am »
In the post game the MLB network guys asked Marwin what Verlander said and Marwin replied that he couldn't repeat it.

I found a quote in Nightengale's USA Today writeup.

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« Reply #779 on: October 26, 2017, 10:35:20 am »
This should be pinned on the TZ.

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« Reply #780 on: October 26, 2017, 10:37:03 am »
This should be pinned on the TZ.

Smoltz was pointing out, astutely/obviously, last night that a few off games in a 162-game season is no big deal, because the numbers will be there at the end of the season.  In a short series, it gets magnified.  Glad to have Hinch at the controls, who has made arguably only one mistake - pulling McCullers in Game 4 of the ALSC - but that looked like a mistake only in the full glare of hindsight.

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Re: World Series Game 2, Astros @ Dodgers, Oct. 25, 2017
« Reply #781 on: October 26, 2017, 10:41:26 am »
Hinch's "people" skills are elite.

Not only people skills. He knows not to give up on guys who have done it all year merely because of a bad stretch.
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« Reply #782 on: October 26, 2017, 11:02:59 am »
Did anyone else see Altuve, following his homer, tell Correa “now you go hit one”?


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« Reply #783 on: October 26, 2017, 01:40:11 pm »
I might buy a shirt they simply reads “strap on and vaunt” but would probably refrain from wearing it at the corner of Fairview and Grant.


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« Reply #784 on: October 26, 2017, 01:41:26 pm »
I might buy a shirt they simply reads “strap on and vaunt” but would probably refrain from wearing it at the corner of Fairview and Grant.


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« Reply #785 on: October 26, 2017, 01:59:13 pm »
That's probably one of the few places you could get away with it.

Yes.  I don't believe there are any schools or Chuckie Cheeses within 500 feet of that spot.
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« Reply #786 on: October 26, 2017, 02:59:02 pm »
In case you don't want to go back a re-read all 40-something pages of this here GZ thread, the NY Times posted a nice inning-by-inning digest.
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« Reply #787 on: October 26, 2017, 03:03:21 pm »
In case you don't want to go back a re-read all 40-something pages of this here GZ thread, the NY Times posted a nice inning-by-inning digest.

that's a good recap.

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« Reply #788 on: October 26, 2017, 03:19:29 pm »
This should be pinned on the TZ.

But we'd have to add the footnote:

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« Reply #789 on: October 26, 2017, 05:03:02 pm »
But we'd have to add the footnote:

*except for McCullers, who's a lazy, me-first primadonna with a ten cent head.

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« Reply #790 on: October 26, 2017, 05:12:48 pm »
If you aren't worn out reading about the game, Jayson Stark has a good article detailing the madness that was game 2.

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« Reply #791 on: October 26, 2017, 05:15:15 pm »
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« Reply #793 on: October 26, 2017, 05:27:44 pm »
Posnaski's article about Game 2 is really good.
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« Reply #794 on: October 26, 2017, 05:34:04 pm »
Bauman's writeup is quite good as well.  I particularly liked this line:  The intensity of playoff baseball lies in anxiety over what could happen but rarely does, but in the last three innings of Game 2, it all happened, without cessation.
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« Reply #795 on: October 26, 2017, 06:53:27 pm »
Bauman's writeup is quite good as well.  I particularly liked this line:  The intensity of playoff baseball lies in anxiety over what could happen but rarely does, but in the last three innings of Game 2, it all happened, without cessation.
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« Reply #796 on: October 26, 2017, 07:06:42 pm »
Posnaski's article about Game 2 is really good.

Posnaski's done a good job covering the Astros for the WS. 
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« Reply #797 on: October 26, 2017, 07:59:42 pm »
Bauman's writeup is quite good as well.  I particularly liked this line:  The intensity of playoff baseball lies in anxiety over what could happen but rarely does, but in the last three innings of Game 2, it all happened, without cessation.
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« Reply #798 on: October 26, 2017, 08:51:21 pm »
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« Reply #799 on: October 27, 2017, 09:28:25 am »
Posnaski's article about Game 2 is really good.

Agreed.  Best of the bunch, I'd say.  He captured the rollercoaster perfectly.
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