Author Topic: Astros @Twins, April 9, 2018 (Read 7319 times)

HudsonHawk · « **on:** April 09, 2018, 07:11:54 pm »

It’s cold.

TerryPuhl21 · « **Reply #1 on:** April 09, 2018, 07:14:07 pm »

So that is about the third time in the last couple of games that George has watched a fastball for strike 3.

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Col. Sphinx Drummond · « **Reply #2 on:** April 09, 2018, 07:15:59 pm »

Lance Lynn gets bigger each year. He looks a least 270 lbs.

ETA: He is listed at 275

HudsonHawk · « **Reply #3 on:** April 09, 2018, 07:20:25 pm »

T1:

Springer strikes out looking
Bregman walks
Altuve...3-0...3-1...flies out F8
Correa trikes out swinging.

No score.

HudsonHawk · « **Reply #4 on:** April 09, 2018, 07:21:10 pm »

Man, Correa just cannot catch up to a fastball right now. Not even a slow one.

austro · « **Reply #5 on:** April 09, 2018, 07:21:29 pm »

Quote from: Sphinx Drummond on April 09, 2018, 07:15:59 pm

Lance Lynn gets bigger each year. He looks a least 270 lbs.

ETA: He is listed at 275

Did you get a new job at the carnival?

HudsonHawk · « **Reply #6 on:** April 09, 2018, 07:22:41 pm »

Quote from: austro on April 09, 2018, 07:21:29 pm

Did you get a new job at the carnival?

For one dollar, Sphinx will guess your age, your weight, or your sex.

Col. Sphinx Drummond · « **Reply #7 on:** April 09, 2018, 07:28:04 pm »

Sano looks about 255 lbs

ETA: He is listed at 262. I'm off my game but we professionals prefer to guess to light instead of too heavy.

HudsonHawk · « **Reply #8 on:** April 09, 2018, 07:29:35 pm »

B1:

Dozier grounds out 5-3
Maurer doubles to LCF...Jake laid out for it, but it was struck pretty well
Sano...full count...strikes out swinging
Rosario grounds out 4-3

No score after one

Lefty · « **Reply #9 on:** April 09, 2018, 07:29:47 pm »

Quote from: HudsonHawk on April 09, 2018, 07:21:10 pm

Man, Correa just cannot catch up to a fastball right now. Not even a slow one.

That was a bad, bad, bad swing.

HudsonHawk · « **Reply #10 on:** April 09, 2018, 07:45:00 pm »

T2:

Marwin works the count full...draws a lead off walk
McCann singles to LF, Marwin to 2B
Davis...full count...strikes out swinging
Marisnick strikes out swinging
Fisher...full count...strikes out looking

Well that inning crashed and burned.

Col. Sphinx Drummond · « **Reply #11 on:** April 09, 2018, 07:45:20 pm »

Wow, that looked like ball 4 on Fisher.

TerryPuhl21 · « **Reply #12 on:** April 09, 2018, 07:45:29 pm »

All of these strikeouts look more like 2016, not 2017.

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HudsonHawk · « **Reply #13 on:** April 09, 2018, 07:45:56 pm »

Someone else will have to do PBP

TerryPuhl21 · « **Reply #14 on:** April 09, 2018, 07:46:39 pm »

Quote from: Sphinx Drummond on April 09, 2018, 07:45:20 pm

Wow, that looked like ball 4 on Fisher.

Agree. Definitely looked off the plate.

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hostros7 · « **Reply #15 on:** April 09, 2018, 07:50:57 pm »

Someone needs to thaw the bats in the hot tub.

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JimR · « **Reply #16 on:** April 09, 2018, 07:56:41 pm »

Why is Reddick not playing?

Col. Sphinx Drummond · « **Reply #17 on:** April 09, 2018, 07:59:06 pm »

Bottom of 2
Verlander pitching

Morrison struck out swinging
Escobar popped out to third
Kepler struck out swinging.

End of 2 no socre

JimR · « **Reply #18 on:** April 09, 2018, 07:59:25 pm »

Quote from: TerryPuhl21 on April 09, 2018, 07:14:07 pm

So that is about the third time in the last couple of games that George has watched a fastball for strike 3.

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He took the pitch because the ball was inside.

Jacksonian · « **Reply #19 on:** April 09, 2018, 07:59:36 pm »

Quote from: JimR on April 09, 2018, 07:56:41 pm

Why is Reddick not playing?

Illness according to Hinch. Could pinch hit.

NeilT · « **Reply #20 on:** April 09, 2018, 07:59:53 pm »

Quote from: JimR on April 09, 2018, 07:56:41 pm

Why is Reddick not playing?

he only plays north of the Mason-Dixon in summer.

chuck · « **Reply #21 on:** April 09, 2018, 08:05:08 pm »

I attended a game in Baltimore in April once. It could have been Camden Yards' first year. It was fucking cold. Not 35 cold. Maybe 45 cold. But it was colder than it needed to be strictly speaking. And I was woefully unprepared.

Of course I went to a football game in Green Bay one December when the temperature at kickoff was like minus 5. That time I WAS prepared. But it wasn’t enough.

JimR · « **Reply #22 on:** April 09, 2018, 08:07:30 pm »

Quote from: Jacksonian on April 09, 2018, 07:59:36 pm

Illness according to Hinch. Could pinch hit.

Thanks

Col. Sphinx Drummond · « **Reply #23 on:** April 09, 2018, 08:08:01 pm »

Top of 3

Lynn pitching

Springer strikes out swinging
Bregman flied out to center
Altuve with a broken bat single.
Correa strikes out trying to check his swing

still no score

Knoxbanedoodle · « **Reply #24 on:** April 09, 2018, 08:08:10 pm »

George has a hole in his bat.

These strikeouts are nauseating.

hostros7 · « **Reply #25 on:** April 09, 2018, 08:13:15 pm »

Quote from: NeilT on April 09, 2018, 07:59:53 pm

he only plays north of the Mason-Dixon in summer.

After the Great Snowball Battle of 1864, great-great-great grandpappy Reddick swore that neither he nor any of his Georgia born progeny shall ever hurl a projectile at foe or friend in temperatures approaching zero degrees Celsius and that oath has been passed down among generations of Reddick men.

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Col. Sphinx Drummond · « **Reply #26 on:** April 09, 2018, 08:16:54 pm »

middle of 3

Verlander pitching

Buxton grounds out 3-1
Castro looks at strike three
Dozier flies out to CF

End of three 0 - 0

Col. Sphinx Drummond · « **Reply #27 on:** April 09, 2018, 08:30:22 pm »

Top of 4

Lynn pitching

Marwin grounds out to Mauer at first unassisted
McCann draws a walk
Davis watches as strike three goes by
Marisnick with an infirld single to third, McCann to second
Fisher grounds out to Mauer at first unasssisted

After 3.5 there is still no score

Col. Sphinx Drummond · « **Reply #28 on:** April 09, 2018, 08:31:06 pm »

I got to break from PBP to shove some food down my throat.

HudsonHawk · « **Reply #29 on:** April 09, 2018, 08:53:28 pm »

Man this team is in a hitting funk

HudsonHawk · « **Reply #30 on:** April 09, 2018, 08:54:38 pm »

Looks like Bregman injured his hand on that slide.

TerryPuhl21 · « **Reply #31 on:** April 09, 2018, 08:55:31 pm »

WTF Jose?

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Knoxbanedoodle · « **Reply #32 on:** April 09, 2018, 08:57:33 pm »

This is ugly.

HudsonHawk · « **Reply #33 on:** April 09, 2018, 09:10:38 pm »

Correa with a lead off double...

astrojo · « **Reply #34 on:** April 09, 2018, 09:11:35 pm »

Quote from: HudsonHawk on April 09, 2018, 09:10:38 pm

Correa with a lead off double...

Why did marwin not bunt there?! We need a run!

Lefty · « **Reply #35 on:** April 09, 2018, 09:13:14 pm »

Quote from: astrojo on April 09, 2018, 09:11:35 pm

Why did marwin not bunt there?! We need a run!

I can only yell so loudly at the tv

HudsonHawk · « **Reply #36 on:** April 09, 2018, 09:14:19 pm »

Davis with an RBI knock, error puts him at 3B...Astros lead 1-0

astrojo · « **Reply #37 on:** April 09, 2018, 09:14:34 pm »

Yes! Davis!

hostros7 · « **Reply #38 on:** April 09, 2018, 09:15:02 pm »

Two out RBI by JD!

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TerryPuhl21 · « **Reply #39 on:** April 09, 2018, 09:17:31 pm »

JD almost hit that too hard. Thought LF was gonna catch it. Nearly fell out of the bed trying to get that ball down!

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astrojo · « **Reply #40 on:** April 09, 2018, 09:28:01 pm »

Huge K there! Now DP!

hostros7 · « **Reply #41 on:** April 09, 2018, 09:30:06 pm »

Sientate, sano!

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Lefty · « **Reply #42 on:** April 09, 2018, 09:32:12 pm »

Verlander is a goddamn wizard

Knoxbanedoodle · « **Reply #43 on:** April 09, 2018, 09:32:32 pm »

“Big boy baseball right here.” - Steve Sparks on JV

BudGirl · « **Reply #44 on:** April 09, 2018, 09:40:37 pm »

Verlander is a MAN. He's no boy. He's a full grown MAN. And I like it.

astrojo · « **Reply #45 on:** April 09, 2018, 09:40:43 pm »

Verlander out for the 7th. Literally love this guy.

LonghornCDR · « **Reply #46 on:** April 09, 2018, 09:42:07 pm »

So exciting to watch this team pitch. And then they have to bat.

Texifornia · « **Reply #47 on:** April 09, 2018, 09:46:38 pm »

Quote from: BudGirl on April 09, 2018, 09:40:37 pm

Verlander is a MAN. He's no boy. He's a full grown MAN. And I like it.

I'll take "Grown Ass" for a hundy...

astrojo · « **Reply #48 on:** April 09, 2018, 09:54:05 pm »

Marwin! Correa scores!

HudsonHawk · « **Reply #49 on:** April 09, 2018, 09:54:38 pm »

Marwin with an RBI double. If it’s 5 degrees warmer that’s a home run.

BudGirl · « **Reply #50 on:** April 09, 2018, 09:55:28 pm »

Rosario in LF has not had a good night for the Twins.

LonghornCDR · « **Reply #51 on:** April 09, 2018, 09:58:32 pm »

Quote from: BudGirl on April 09, 2018, 09:55:28 pm

Rosario in LF has not had a good night for the Twins.

I don’t think many LFs make that last play. Marwin put a good charge in it.

LonghornCDR · « **Reply #52 on:** April 09, 2018, 10:03:09 pm »

I’m not a fan of PA gimmicks for when the home team pitcher strikes someone out, but I do like the “When Doves Cry” flourish there in Minny.

LonghornCDR · « **Reply #53 on:** April 09, 2018, 10:05:43 pm »

How does Peacock move the ball this much in the cold?

HudsonHawk · « **Reply #54 on:** April 09, 2018, 10:15:15 pm »

Not a good decision by Bregman there. Gotta get an out. Now Twins with the bases juiced, one out.

Peacock out, Devo in

BudGirl · « **Reply #55 on:** April 09, 2018, 10:17:22 pm »

Quote from: BudGirl on April 09, 2018, 09:55:28 pm

Rosario in LF has not had a good night for the Twins.

I stand by my comment. Thank goodness for theCoD.

The Third Man · « **Reply #56 on:** April 09, 2018, 10:17:51 pm »

Just like we drew it up.

HudsonHawk · « **Reply #57 on:** April 09, 2018, 10:18:05 pm »

Rosario is ready for this game to be over.

hostros7 · « **Reply #58 on:** April 09, 2018, 10:21:10 pm »

Quote from: BudGirl on April 09, 2018, 10:17:22 pm

I stand by my comment. Thank goodness for theCoD.

My only regret from the last 5 minutes is not having a last name that begins with a “D” so that I might one day father a son with a name that gives him the initials C.O.D.

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HudsonHawk · « **Reply #59 on:** April 09, 2018, 10:27:41 pm »

Devo will try to close it out...

NeilT · « **Reply #60 on:** April 09, 2018, 10:29:49 pm »

I haven’t seen this many Astros with bags on their heads since 2013.

HudsonHawk · « **Reply #61 on:** April 09, 2018, 10:31:22 pm »

Twins with the tying run at the plate, one out...

HudsonHawk · « **Reply #62 on:** April 09, 2018, 10:32:59 pm »

That’s it for Devo. Giles in to try to get the final out...

BudGirl · « **Reply #63 on:** April 09, 2018, 10:33:11 pm »

Giles in to face Buxton. Hinch must have a feeling.

astrojo · « **Reply #64 on:** April 09, 2018, 10:33:16 pm »

Giles in for the final out.

jbm · « **Reply #65 on:** April 09, 2018, 10:33:44 pm »

Are those scarf/neck roll things heated?

jbm · « **Reply #66 on:** April 09, 2018, 10:36:42 pm »

Damn. One long foul ball.

astrojo · « **Reply #67 on:** April 09, 2018, 10:36:56 pm »

NeilT · « **Reply #68 on:** April 09, 2018, 10:37:48 pm »

Giles is such an exciting pitcher.

HudsonHawk · « **Reply #69 on:** April 09, 2018, 10:38:29 pm »

Astros win,,

The Third Man · « **Reply #70 on:** April 09, 2018, 10:38:35 pm »

I could use less excitement.

moriartp · « **Reply #71 on:** April 09, 2018, 10:44:29 pm »

In their MLB-leading ninth win, 6 guys in the Astros' batting order for the night finished the game at or below the Mendoza line. What a pitching staff this team has.

Astros Fan in Big D · « **Reply #72 on:** April 09, 2018, 10:50:38 pm »

Quote from: NeilT on April 09, 2018, 10:29:49 pm

I haven’t seen this many Astros with bags on their heads since 2013.

Thanks Rodney Dangerfield.

Astros Fan in Big D · « **Reply #73 on:** April 09, 2018, 10:54:55 pm »

Quote from: moriartp on April 09, 2018, 10:44:29 pm

In their MLB-leading ninth win, 6 guys in the Astros' batting order for the night finished the game at or below the Mendoza line. What a pitching staff this team has.

What's the line below Mendoza?

The first run came thanks to a single by an 0.068 hitter.

HudsonHawk · « **Reply #74 on:** April 10, 2018, 06:22:50 am »

Quote from: Astros Fan in Big D on April 09, 2018, 10:54:55 pm

What's the line below Mendoza?

The first run came thanks to a single by an 0.068 hitter.

The line between the Mendoza Line and the Blutarski Line? Hmmm...

juliogotay · « **Reply #75 on:** April 10, 2018, 09:46:46 am »

Quote from: NeilT on April 09, 2018, 10:37:48 pm

Giles is such an exciting pitcher.

Before Sunday's game, Giles worked on sharpening his mechanics with starter Justin Verlander in the outfield. It looked like Verlander was reviewing the importance of staying on top of the ball and squatting deeper with his lower half.

Craig · « **Reply #76 on:** April 10, 2018, 11:55:30 am »

Quote from: HudsonHawk on April 10, 2018, 06:22:50 am

The line between the Mendoza Line and the Blutarski Line? Hmmm...

A few years ago we had the Men Dozing Line -- .083 -- because that was Tony LaRussa's blood-alcohol content when the police found him asleep at the wheel.

moriartp · « **Reply #77 on:** April 10, 2018, 12:04:51 pm »

Quote from: Craig on April 10, 2018, 11:55:30 am

A few years ago we had the Men Dozing Line -- .083 -- because that was Tony LaRussa's blood-alcohol content when the police found him asleep at the wheel.

Holy shit that's great

Astros Fan in Big D · « **Reply #78 on:** April 10, 2018, 12:29:10 pm »

Quote from: NeilT on April 09, 2018, 10:37:48 pm

Giles is such an exciting pitcher.

I didn't see that foul ball until after the game on the At Bat game recap. Whew.

JimR · « **Reply #79 on:** April 10, 2018, 12:43:57 pm »

Quote from: Astros Fan in Big D on April 10, 2018, 12:29:10 pm

I didn't see that foul ball until after the game on the At Bat game recap. Whew.

It was a popup compared to Sano’s off Peacock.

austro · « **Reply #80 on:** April 10, 2018, 07:38:30 pm »

I turned the game off when Giles came in. I told my wife that the expected value of the Giles appearance on the agony-to-joy spectrum would be harder to sleep on than the uncertainty of knowing what happened.