2019 World Series, Game 3, October 25, 2019

[HudsonHawk]

A liner at Turner...whodathunkit

[astrojo]

Oh look. Another at’em

[subnuclear]

Shit. Bregman could have used that one.

[hostros7]

Damn, that’s a factoid I didn’t know. Is she an LSU grad also?

Don’t hold me to this, but I remember hearing that it was something of a modern underdog love story: he slid into her DMs and won her heart despite relative sports anonymity and her negative perception about DMs created by the many, many undeserving men who futilely attempted the same move before Joe.


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[HudsonHawk]

Well, here we go.

[Snuffy]

Omg

He DOES look like Everett....

[Astros Fan in Big D]

Fuck you,  blue.

[Col. Sphinx Drummond]

She is a THE Ohio State grad, also.

No State, Just Ohio, as in Bobcats.

[hostros7]

Damn, that’s a factoid I didn’t know. Is she an LSU grad also?

Don’t hold me to this, but I remember hearing that it was something of a modern underdog love story: he slid into her DMs and won her heart despite relative sports anonymity and her negative perception about DMs created by the many, many undeserving men who futilely attempted the same move before Joe.


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[astrojo]

Ok. Osuna. Don’t make this interesting. Please.

[Texifornia]

No drama, please.

[austro]

Time for Osuna to prove his worth.

[Snuffy]

Ok. Osuna. Don’t make this interesting. Please.

Amen!

[Waldo]

If they retire the first three batters they don't have to face Soto.

[Astros Fan in Big D]

Jake in center,  Josh in left,  Springer in right.

[Col. Sphinx Drummond]

THROW STRIKES!

[hostros7]

Nowhere near the zone.


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[T. J.]

If they retire the first three batters they don't have to face Soto.

Knock on some fucking wood Waldo!

[Astros Fan in Big D]

Another low strike!

[Tom Servo]

Low strike!

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[astrojo]

If they retire the first three batters they don't have to face Soto.

Too bad Kendrick reached against Smith or he could have avoided Rendon too

[hostros7]

Osuna gets one of the first low strike calls of the day. Throw strikes.


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[Tom Servo]

Whew

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[Astros Fan in Big D]

F8.

Everybody sit down.

[SoonerJim]

Please just two more outs

[Waldo]

Whew

[Snuffy]

F8.

Everybody sit down.

Can't.

[HudsonHawk]

My stomach hurts.

[Tom Servo]

Of course!

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[Astros Fan in Big D]

Fucking bloop hit.

[austro]

Whew

They're going to have to do better than that to beat Jake.

And so, of course, they do.

[astrojo]

Are you kidding me. Jammed him big time and it falls.

[Col. Sphinx Drummond]

Unbelievable.

[hostros7]

Ugh, how many times have we seen these nubbers and bloops find holes?


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[chuck]

Mind boggling.

[hostros7]

Two down. No walks.


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[Tom Servo]

Big out. One more against the birthday boy.

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[Waldo]

These guys are pissants.

[Col. Sphinx Drummond]

Birthday boy.

[Astros Fan in Big D]

Rendon pops out to the catcher in foul territory.

2 down,  Soto up with a man on ...

[Astros Fan in Big D]

Birthday boy.

Hadn't heard.

[Waldo]

Hadn't heard.

Did you hear that in a year he'll be 22?

[subnuclear]

Whew.

[Snuffy]

Great Game!  Great pitching!  Enuf hitting!

[astrojo]

Win!

[Tom Servo]

Fuck yeah!!!

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[HudsonHawk]

PONCHE!!!!!!!!!

[hostros7]

One down. Wake up the bats tomorrow, fellas.


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[Astros Fan in Big D]

Happy Birthday!!

[austro]

Happy Birthday, Soto!

[T. J.]

Very nice.  And the big inning for the Astros has to come soon. Didn't need it today, but it's coming....

[SoonerJim]

Halved the lead, hope Washington is back to earth and starts a different kind of streak

[chuck]

Win tomorrow and make sure we take this thing back to Necktown. Win tomorrow, it's a new series.

[Astros Fan in Big D]

One down. Wake up the bats tomorrow, fellas.


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They've hit the ball hard in each game.

Knock holes in their gloves.

[Col. Sphinx Drummond]

Great pitching with adversity tonight.

[Aussie Astro]

Nice to have finally entered the race.

[Waldo]

Cole will pitch again.

[jbm]

They've hit the ball hard in each game.

Knock holes in their gloves.

Hope those start to fall tomorrow and I hope the seeds of failure are planted in the Nats, and most importantly, go Urquidy!

[Snuffy]

Halved the lead, hope Washington is back to earth and starts a different kind of streak

Luv it!

[Astros Fan in Big D]

Great pitching with adversity tonight.

Amen.

[chuck]

Well, boys, here's the good news. Game Five means Trumpy will make an appearance.

[Waldo]

Urquidy will pitch in the game of his life tomorrow.

[BizidyDizidy]

Well, boys, here's the good news. Game Five means Trumpy will make an appearance.

And, more notably, me and my 7 year old.

[austro]

Well, boys, here's the good news. Game Five means Trumpy will make an appearance.

If anything will galvanize the spirit, that ought to do it.

[chuck]

And, more notably, me and my 7 year old.

Charles? That's not the one that always tries to hotfoot it out of there, is it? You'd want to take one of the more controllable ones if it's the World Series is what I would have thought.

[BizidyDizidy]

Charles? That's not the one that always tries to hotfoot it out of there, is it? You'd want to take one of the more controllable ones if it's the World Series is what I would have thought.

My second son, Max - he's the real baseball fan.

[chuck]

My second son, Max - he's the real baseball fan.

Ah, good. Well, you do have quite a range to choose from.

[chuck]

In all seriousness, that should be a great experience for you both.

[Astros Fan in Big D]

And, more notably, me and my 7 year old.

Enjoy it.

And thanks for representing OWA.

[Knoxbanedoodle]

I don’t know if this or something like it was already mentioned in this thread, as I was fortunate enough to get to watch with my dad tonight—who is visiting for the weekend—and so did not have to constantly retreat here for succor, but tonight really reminded me of how hard it can be to lose when you’ve been on a winning streak—by which I mean that you kind of have to make yourself do it, because opportunities keep befalling you, and that after you’ve gotten over that hump, and lose, why you often lose a couple more right quick.

What an outstanding job by the run-suppressing machine, tonight, and what an interminably-paced thing the first six innings were.

Happy birthday, Juan!

[Arky Vaughan]

Somewhere inside Alex Bregman is a primal force begging to be unleashed. Let us hope it happens soon.

[chuck]

I appreciate the fact that he's a very technical sort of player. I've always been struck by his saying that he worries about where the knob of the bat is during his swing, and if the knob is where it needs to be, he knows his swing will be good.

But I do find myself wishing he had a little bit more of Altuve in him, see the ball, hit the ball, maybe not two feet off the plate, but swing at it without thinking too much.

He overthinks things, I believe.

[Astros Fan in Big D]

Bregman fizzled in the bases loaded AB, but he also tomahawked a ball right at an outfielder and lined out to Turner (the nice leaping grab).

Another flyball was fairly well hit.

Let's hope he keeps hitting the ball hard and has some land on the outfield grass. Preferably with runners on.

[MRaup]

Bregman fizzled in the bases loaded AB, but he also tomahawked a ball right at an outfielder and lined out to Turner (the nice leaping grab).

Another flyball was fairly well hit.

Let's hope he keeps hitting the ball hard and has some land on the outfield grass. Preferably with runners on.

The slumbering Bregman farts, murmurs, and rolls over.

Will he wake up tonight? We can only hope.

[geezerdonk]

Posing after his home run in Game 2 took a lot out of him. He's saving his energy for his next pose.

[geezerdonk]

Last night's win gets the Astros to Cole in Game 5 which theoretically gets them back to Houston. Of course, theoretically the Astros should be up 2-1 since the offense put up 4 runs against Scherzer.

[Col. Sphinx Drummond]

Posing after his home run in Game 2 took a lot out of him. He's saving his energy for his next pose.

The one that tied the game, just before the Nats blew it open?

[Limey]

Somewhere inside Alex Bregman is a primal force begging to be unleashed. Let us hope it happens soon.

He is getting there.  He was hitting the ball hard to the wrong places last night*. 

* Is it just me, or have the Astros got this far despite, not because, they're hitting them where they ain't?  It just seems that there have been hard hit balls straight at people for totally undeserved outs, and it's been going on the whole post-season.  Perhaps last night was the first time in a while that (a) we found some gaps with bloops and bleeders, (ii) bounced some hits off fielders, rather than have them gobbled up for outs; (3) had some shots down the line fall just fair instead of just foul and (IV) had more than one hit in a row.

The HP ump still tried to shoo this one Washington's way with some extra strikes (with an assist from the 3B ump at one point) but, with so many LOBsters over the last few nights, it had only to be a matter of time before the Astros delivered the second hit that scored some runners.  I hope the evening out of the luck continues tonight as, with this dead ball, we can't rely on homers to bail us out.

[JimR]

The one that tied the game, just before the Nats blew it open?

That homer was in the first inning.

[geezerdonk]

The one that tied the game, just before the Nats blew it open?

It took a few innings for Washington to blow it open. After the awesomeness of his pose, Bregman went 0-3, left a couple on and made the error that was to a some degree responsible for the blow out. 

[Limey]

He is getting there.  He was hitting the ball hard to the wrong places last night.

Guess who I was talking about?