Author Topic: Astros @ Giants 8/7/18 (Read 10250 times)

astrojo · « **on:** August 07, 2018, 02:53:09 pm »

Why is Tyler White batting cleanup?

MRaup · « **Reply #1 on:** August 07, 2018, 03:02:00 pm »

Why is Max Stassi swinging at first pitch slop with a runner on 3rd and no outs instead of getting something to drive?

JimR · « **Reply #2 on:** August 07, 2018, 03:03:14 pm »

Two shitty ABs. Waste a triple.

MRaup · « **Reply #3 on:** August 07, 2018, 03:03:51 pm »

Quote from: JimR on August 07, 2018, 03:03:14 pm

Two shitty ABs. Waste a triple.

Fuck JD Davis. I'd rather bat 8 than have his worthless ass in the lineup. Shitty at bat after shitty at bat.

MRaup · « **Reply #4 on:** August 07, 2018, 03:05:32 pm »

Great job, scrubbos.

MusicMan · « **Reply #5 on:** August 07, 2018, 03:06:14 pm »

That was... not good.

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MRaup · « **Reply #6 on:** August 07, 2018, 03:08:09 pm »

Quote from: MusicMan on August 07, 2018, 03:06:14 pm

That was... not good.

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The 2000 Astros were not good.

That was fucking horrible.

JimR · « **Reply #7 on:** August 07, 2018, 03:14:04 pm »

and their scrub gets a hit

MRaup · « **Reply #8 on:** August 07, 2018, 03:14:23 pm »

A good throw from Reddick might've gotten him there.

Keuchel is getting knocked around this inning.

JimR · « **Reply #9 on:** August 07, 2018, 03:18:30 pm »

Good job, Keuchel

Should be 1-1.

MusicMan · « **Reply #10 on:** August 07, 2018, 03:26:18 pm »

Quote from: MRaup on August 07, 2018, 03:08:09 pm

The 2000 Astros were not good.

That was fucking horrible.

Mark, I love ya, but you’re not exactly the target audience for understatement.

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MusicMan · « **Reply #11 on:** August 07, 2018, 03:28:09 pm »

Quote from: MusicMan on August 07, 2018, 03:26:18 pm

Mark, I love ya, but you’re not exactly the target audience for understatement.

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That said... allow me:

SWING THE FUCKING BAT!

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JimR · « **Reply #12 on:** August 07, 2018, 03:28:13 pm »

Split squad lineup strikes again.

Texifornia · « **Reply #13 on:** August 07, 2018, 03:28:48 pm »

Sana, sana
Culeta de rana

MRaup · « **Reply #14 on:** August 07, 2018, 03:32:28 pm »

Quote from: MusicMan on August 07, 2018, 03:28:09 pm

That said... allow me:

SWING THE FUCKING BAT!

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Acceptable.

JimR · « **Reply #15 on:** August 07, 2018, 03:35:42 pm »

Good lord, Stassi

MRaup · « **Reply #16 on:** August 07, 2018, 03:42:27 pm »

Blum, on AJ Hinch - "He's actually the only likable human from Stanford I've met."

TerryPuhl21 · « **Reply #17 on:** August 07, 2018, 03:54:55 pm »

Ah, the joys of pitchers batting. Would so much rather see Keuchel fail to bunt than Gattis attempt to hit.....

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MusicMan · « **Reply #18 on:** August 07, 2018, 03:55:30 pm »

MOVE THE GODDAMNED RUNNERS OVER

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JimR · « **Reply #19 on:** August 07, 2018, 03:55:53 pm »

Quote from: TerryPuhl21 on August 07, 2018, 03:54:55 pm

Ah, the joys of pitchers batting. Would so much rather see Keuchel fail to bunt than Gattis attempt to hit.....

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Yeah, rules suck. All he had to do was bunt.

MRaup · « **Reply #20 on:** August 07, 2018, 03:59:13 pm »

Quote from: TerryPuhl21 on August 07, 2018, 03:54:55 pm

Ah, the joys of pitchers batting. Would so much rather see Keuchel fail to bunt than Gattis attempt to hit.....

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You're right. This isn't the highest level of baseball or anything. It should be dumbed down so Cletus Lightenberg can understand and enjoy it.

JimR · « **Reply #21 on:** August 07, 2018, 04:01:15 pm »

Keuchel never got the barrel out in front of the plate. Big failure there cost us a run.

chuck · « **Reply #22 on:** August 07, 2018, 04:05:21 pm »

At this point I have no idea whether Yuli's playing second base or if he's playing third and they just shifted him over there.

MRaup · « **Reply #23 on:** August 07, 2018, 04:10:08 pm »

Come on Dallas. THROW FUCKING STRIKES.

TerryPuhl21 · « **Reply #24 on:** August 07, 2018, 04:14:06 pm »

Been a long time since Yuli’s gone deep....

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MRaup · « **Reply #25 on:** August 07, 2018, 04:19:07 pm »

What a terrible decision. If that was the contact play, with a lumbering, gassed White. Jesus, so stupid.

MRaup · « **Reply #26 on:** August 07, 2018, 04:21:54 pm »

Was Reddick wearing the oven mitt earlier in the game?

MusicMan · « **Reply #27 on:** August 07, 2018, 04:23:59 pm »

Quote from: MRaup on August 07, 2018, 04:21:54 pm

Was Reddick wearing the oven mitt earlier in the game?

I saw him with it after the triple.

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MRaup · « **Reply #28 on:** August 07, 2018, 04:25:22 pm »

GOD FUCKING DAMNIT

MusicMan · « **Reply #29 on:** August 07, 2018, 04:27:00 pm »

Trying to become the first team to make double digit outs at home in one game.

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Astros Fan in Big D · « **Reply #30 on:** August 07, 2018, 04:28:15 pm »

Headfirst to the 1B side of the plate and he's safe.

Ifs/buts

TerryPuhl21 · « **Reply #31 on:** August 07, 2018, 04:29:01 pm »

How close was Reddick to making it?? I’ve got to settle for radio right now.

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MRaup · « **Reply #32 on:** August 07, 2018, 04:30:45 pm »

Quote from: TerryPuhl21 on August 07, 2018, 04:29:01 pm

How close was Reddick to making it?? I’ve got to settle for radio right now.

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Not.

He slid in to Bumgarner, who already had the ball as Reddick arrived.

If he'dve completly sold out to the pitching mound side and tried to reach back for it, he would've had a chance, but the throw got back to home quickly.

MusicMan · « **Reply #33 on:** August 07, 2018, 04:32:10 pm »

Quote from: TerryPuhl21 on August 07, 2018, 04:29:01 pm

How close was Reddick to making it?? I’ve got to settle for radio right now.

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Not particularly.

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Astros Fan in Big D · « **Reply #34 on:** August 07, 2018, 04:35:07 pm »

Quote from: TerryPuhl21 on August 07, 2018, 04:29:01 pm

How close was Reddick to making it?? I’ve got to settle for radio right now.

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As it turns out he slid awkwardly directly into the path of the ball and MB tagged him on his face.

Out by a relative mile.

MRaup · « **Reply #35 on:** August 07, 2018, 04:36:16 pm »

AJ, I give. Please. no more JD Davis hitting. Whatever you want, I'll do it. Just make it stop.

chuck · « **Reply #36 on:** August 07, 2018, 04:38:25 pm »

Quote from: MRaup on August 07, 2018, 04:30:45 pm

If he'dve completly sold out to the pitching mound side and tried to reach back for it, he would've had a chance, but the throw got back to home quickly.

Had he done this he would have been safe since Bumgarner was stumbling forward, but to anticipate that you'd have to be some sort of Bagwellian baserunning genius.

hostros7 · « **Reply #37 on:** August 07, 2018, 04:39:14 pm »

This game seems unreasonably frustrating, even simply following on gamecast.

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MusicMan · « **Reply #38 on:** August 07, 2018, 04:39:27 pm »

So, Jake will get a CS with Bregman up, right? Just the way this game’s going.

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MRaup · « **Reply #39 on:** August 07, 2018, 04:39:40 pm »

Quote from: chuck on August 07, 2018, 04:38:25 pm

Had he done this he would have been safe since Bumgarner was stumbling forward, but to anticipate that you'd have to be some sort of Bagwellian baserunning genius.

For I am... CAPTAIN HINDSIGHT!!!!!

MRaup · « **Reply #40 on:** August 07, 2018, 04:40:51 pm »

Hey TV crew, STOP SWITCHING VIEWS MID PITCH.

JimR · « **Reply #41 on:** August 07, 2018, 04:41:52 pm »

Fuck. Unlikely person to chase.

MusicMan · « **Reply #42 on:** August 07, 2018, 04:43:02 pm »

Quote from: JimR on August 07, 2018, 04:41:52 pm

Fuck. Unlikely person to chase.

He’s feeling the strain of carrying the lineup. Just look at what it’s done to his hair.

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Jacksonian · « **Reply #43 on:** August 07, 2018, 04:47:27 pm »

Quote from: MRaup on August 07, 2018, 04:36:16 pm

AJ, I give. Please. no more JD Davis hitting. Whatever you want, I'll do it. Just make it stop.

Cross your fingers that Correa stays healthy the next two nights.

MRaup · « **Reply #44 on:** August 07, 2018, 04:48:47 pm »

Fuck this game.

Not a single break all fucking game long.

Jacksonian · « **Reply #45 on:** August 07, 2018, 04:55:03 pm »

Quote from: MRaup on August 07, 2018, 04:48:47 pm

Fuck this game.

Not a single break all fucking game long.

Perhaps the BBG's weren't happy with Marwin.

MRaup · « **Reply #46 on:** August 07, 2018, 04:56:15 pm »

Jesus, this HPU just called a pitch right down the middle a ball.

MusicMan · « **Reply #47 on:** August 07, 2018, 04:56:15 pm »

Helluva job by Sipp and Smith.

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TerryPuhl21 · « **Reply #48 on:** August 07, 2018, 04:56:52 pm »

Huge job there by Smith and Tony!

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JimR · « **Reply #49 on:** August 07, 2018, 04:59:58 pm »

One fly ball and one bunt, we are up 2-1.

MRaup · « **Reply #50 on:** August 07, 2018, 05:03:52 pm »

Oh man, Huntley just took a 100mph foul tip right off the middle of his mask off Yuli's bat.

MusicMan · « **Reply #51 on:** August 07, 2018, 05:07:26 pm »

GREAT FUCKING WHITE!!

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Ty in Tampa · « **Reply #52 on:** August 07, 2018, 05:07:40 pm »

TY WHITE!!

hostros7 · « **Reply #53 on:** August 07, 2018, 05:07:46 pm »

The great white! Shark bite

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MRaup · « **Reply #54 on:** August 07, 2018, 05:08:09 pm »

Well... That was unexpected.

Tom Servo · « **Reply #55 on:** August 07, 2018, 05:08:28 pm »

Seems like the Astros have a game plan against the Giants.

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MRaup · « **Reply #56 on:** August 07, 2018, 05:11:10 pm »

White was SO overmatched his first two cuts. That was awesome. Shortened up, went compact, and fucking unloaded.

MRaup · « **Reply #57 on:** August 07, 2018, 05:12:38 pm »

Wet Blanket Davis ends another inning meekly.

MRaup · « **Reply #58 on:** August 07, 2018, 05:17:06 pm »

Yuli G. with a hell of a pick to bail out Bregman!

Tom Servo · « **Reply #59 on:** August 07, 2018, 05:18:32 pm »

Quote from: MRaup on August 07, 2018, 05:17:06 pm

Yuli G. with a hell of a pick to bail out Bregman!

Sounds like a Sasha Baron Cohen character.

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hostros7 · « **Reply #60 on:** August 07, 2018, 05:26:30 pm »

Now, whenever Derek Fisher does something inept or amateurish, I hear in my head Dr. Guggenheim from Rushmore’s voice exclaim “Fischer!”

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Tom Servo · « **Reply #61 on:** August 07, 2018, 05:29:46 pm »

That's a base hit? wow.

MRaup · « **Reply #62 on:** August 07, 2018, 05:33:32 pm »

Quote from: Tom Servo on August 07, 2018, 05:29:46 pm

That's a base hit? wow.

To Bregman's credit, he hit the shit out of it.

hostros7 · « **Reply #63 on:** August 07, 2018, 05:42:08 pm »

That was a nasty slider under the hands.

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MRaup · « **Reply #64 on:** August 07, 2018, 05:46:50 pm »

If he'dve been called out on that pickoff, the game is over. There just wasn't a good angle on the replay to see exactly when he hit the bag.

TerryPuhl21 · « **Reply #65 on:** August 07, 2018, 05:47:39 pm »

SWEET!!!

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Tom Servo · « **Reply #66 on:** August 07, 2018, 05:47:48 pm »

Whew! Big win. Great pitching. And Tyler had a good at bat!

Astros Fan in Big D · « **Reply #67 on:** August 07, 2018, 05:58:00 pm »

Quote from: MRaup on August 07, 2018, 05:33:32 pm

To Bregman's credit, he hit the shit out of it.

102 mph per radio team.

Astros Fan in Big D · « **Reply #68 on:** August 07, 2018, 05:59:50 pm »

What a road trip.

The A's won their last game, but have lost a full game in the standings since then.

Kudos to the entire pitching staff.

subnuclear · « **Reply #69 on:** August 07, 2018, 06:04:01 pm »

No game till Thursday evening. Not sure what we are supposed to do until then.

Tom Servo · « **Reply #70 on:** August 07, 2018, 06:04:53 pm »

Quote from: subnuclear on August 07, 2018, 06:04:01 pm

No game till Thursday evening. Not sure what we are supposed to do until then.

Hope Correa is ready.

WVastro · « **Reply #71 on:** August 07, 2018, 06:15:44 pm »

Quote from: astrojo on August 07, 2018, 02:53:09 pm

Why is Tyler White batting cleanup?

Well done!!

Astros Fan in Big D · « **Reply #72 on:** August 07, 2018, 06:59:42 pm »

The pickoff play in the 9th:

Our radio guys thought he was out, as did the SF broadcast team (on the At Bat video). Seeing the replay, I think he was out but understand why the didn't overturn it; both broadcasts agreed the definitive angle was missing.

That was a nice move and great tag by Yuli.

JimR · « **Reply #73 on:** August 07, 2018, 09:01:46 pm »

Quote from: Astros Fan in Big D on August 07, 2018, 06:59:42 pm

The pickoff play in the 9th:

Our radio guys thought he was out, as did the SF broadcast team (on the At Bat video). Seeing the replay, I think he was out but understand why the didn't overturn it; both broadcasts agreed the definitive angle was missing.

That was a nice move and great tag by Yuli.

I saw White’s first two pitches and had to leave. As I was leaving I noticed he had choked up quite a bit. Cannot wait to see the replay. It is bottom 6 now.

JimR · « **Reply #74 on:** August 07, 2018, 09:28:53 pm »

Quote from: MRaup on August 07, 2018, 05:12:38 pm

Wet Blanket Davis ends another inning meekly.

and did not run it out. I hope he is in Fresno tomorrow.

Snuffy · « **Reply #75 on:** August 07, 2018, 10:26:00 pm »

Quote from: MRaup on August 07, 2018, 05:11:10 pm

White was SO overmatched his first two cuts. That was awesome. Shortened up, went compact, and fucking unloaded.

(Around 2:38) As the Giants announcers watched replays of Whyte's HR, they wondered if Boche wished Black has thrown at least one curve instead of all fb. They said Whyte was ready for the last fb. When one remembered the chin music on pitch #3, the other said, "Not THAT could add a little to his bat speed...."

After the high inside pitch that was hard for his catcher to snag, Black shook his head as he walked toward the mound. When he looked up it seemed he was suppressing a bit of a smile. Was he enjoying that last pitch?

If so, not for long....

MRaup · « **Reply #76 on:** August 08, 2018, 12:02:11 am »

Quote from: Snuffy on August 07, 2018, 10:26:00 pm

(Around 2:38) As the Giants announcers watched replays of Whyte's HR, they wondered if Boche wished Black has thrown at least one curve instead of all fb. They said Whyte was ready for the last fb. When one remembered the chin music on pitch #3, the other said, "Not THAT could add a little to his bat speed...."

After the high inside pitch that was hard for his catcher to snag, Black shook his head as he walked toward the mound. When he looked up it seemed he was suppressing a bit of a smile. Was he enjoying that last pitch?

If so, not for long....

When White swung at strike 2, I thought to myself, you're going to get another fastball, and if you don't change your approach, you're going to whiff.

Tyler choked up and was looking heater, and he mashed that shit. That is what professional hitters do. Good for him.

HudsonHawk · « **Reply #77 on:** August 08, 2018, 06:16:48 am »

Quote from: JimR on August 07, 2018, 09:28:53 pm

and did not run it out. I hope he is in Fresno tomorrow.

I have been really disappointed in Davis. I really think he has the tools and ability to hit at this level, but he just hasn't. I hope it's not attitude or coachability (see Wallace, Brett).

Snuffy · « **Reply #78 on:** August 08, 2018, 07:59:35 am »

Quote from: MRaup on August 08, 2018, 12:02:11 am

When White swung at strike 2, I thought to myself, you're going to get another fastball, and if you don't change your approach, you're going to whiff.

Tyler choked up and was looking heater, and he mashed that shit. That is what professional hitters do. Good for him.

Gotta love it!
Such an difference in size, talent, salary, status, and potential on display, but that's why we love baseball.
It didn't matter on the last pitch!

JimR · « **Reply #79 on:** August 08, 2018, 09:13:01 am »

Quote from: MRaup on August 08, 2018, 12:02:11 am

When White swung at strike 2, I thought to myself, you're going to get another fastball, and if you don't change your approach, you're going to whiff.

Tyler choked up and was looking heater, and he mashed that shit. That is what professional hitters do. Good for him.

This in spades. You learned those principles in HS if not before.

Snuffy · « **Reply #80 on:** August 08, 2018, 10:13:45 am »

Quote from: JimR on August 08, 2018, 09:13:01 am

This in spades. You learned those principles in HS if not before.

....a good life lesson.

JimR · « **Reply #81 on:** August 08, 2018, 10:18:44 am »

Quote from: Snuffy on August 08, 2018, 10:13:45 am

....a good life lesson.

Indeed. Good things often happen when you put the ball in play.

VirtualBob · « **Reply #82 on:** August 09, 2018, 06:55:09 pm »

Quote from: HudsonHawk on August 08, 2018, 06:16:48 am

I have been really disappointed in Davis. I really think he has the tools and ability to hit at this level, but he just hasn't. I hope it's not attitude or coachability (see Wallace, Brett).

Agree with all that. White has struggled some but is getting by on a lot less natural talent.