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i'm looking forward to the beaning.  runner on base and an ejected pitcher.  no better recipe for winning than that.  dumbasses.

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35 minutes ago, Chuckie Finster said:

Fuck Jeff Passan. Can’t throw gasoline on the fire and then act shocked when it gets too hot.

Classic arsonist fireman.  Hypocrite given what he wrote in 2017.

 

44 minutes ago, Hank Chinaski said:

The constant outrage and sanctimony (and hyperbole) of guys like Passan and Olney and Drellich and Kaplan, who have been pushing out basically the exact same article several times a day for over a month, had nothing to do with this, I'm certain. They had a story that didn't require them to think and they've milked it for all it has been worth. What a surprise that it has whipped everyone into a frenzy. 

I think this guy sums up many Astros fans feelings
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49 minutes ago, Chuckie Finster said:

Fuck Jeff Passan. Can’t throw gasoline on the fire and then act shocked when it gets too hot.

This situation proves again what a joke journalism is now

1 hour ago, Chuckie Finster said:

Fuck Jeff Passan. Can’t throw gasoline on the fire and then act shocked when it gets too hot.

Not to mention the lede on that article was the complete opposite of his reaction to the Yankees/Red Sox incident in 2017. He’s a hypocritical fraud.

29 minutes ago, maninblack said:

This situation proves again what a joke journalism is now

True and sports “journalists” are the worst. Wannabes with chips on their shoulders who’d never make it in the real world or as a player, GM or coach.

17 hours ago, Dr. Beeper said:

I just got my ass beat for daring to enter the Astros thread.

Well, they couldn't help but to prove your argument correct.

29 minutes ago, closetohumping said:

Stros fans think the hate is because you’re good.  It’s not

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57 minutes ago, closetohumping said:

Stros fans think the hate is because you’re good.  It’s not

Compelling argument.

2 hours ago, Telegraph_it said:

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So you know how some losers hate on the guy that’s rich and gets all the chicks?   The Astros aren’t the rich guy getting a lot of ass.  You’re the College sophomore buying booze for underage chicks hoping to get laid. You’re not the cool bad guy everyone is jealous of.  You’re the creep who’s never done shit that people find repulsive

Edited by closetohumping

So you know how some losers hate on the guy that’s rich and gets all the chicks?   The Astros aren’t the rich guy getting a lot of ass.  You’re the College sophomore buying booze for underage chicks hoping to get laid. You’re not the cool bad guy everyone is jealous of.  You’re the creep who’s never done shit that people find repulsive

Your analogies are almost as clever as your username.
34 minutes ago, closetohumping said:

So you know how some losers hate on the guy that’s rich and gets all the chicks?   The Astros aren’t the rich guy getting a lot of ass.  You’re the College sophomore buying booze for underage chicks hoping to get laid. You’re not the cool bad guy everyone is jealous of.  You’re the creep who’s never done shit that people find repulsive

You are way overthinking this, bro.

It's baseball and sign stealing. Cheating in this sport is as old as the sport itself. It's never going away, either.

 

6 hours ago, NeverMarryAStripper said:

I doubt any pitcher is getting ejected for beaning an Astro next season

Maybe 50 years ago. Today? They'll be protected. Opponents will need to be subtle if they want to get away with it.

It will be interesting to see how many fights the Astros get into this year.

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6 hours ago, NeverMarryAStripper said:

I doubt any pitcher is getting ejected for beaning an Astro next season

They will if it gets close to their head. Body shots will be tolerated. Sweet phrasing.

Edited by David Dennison

They’ll let the opposing pitcher bean an Astro and then toss an Astro for retaliation. I predict the Astros set a record next year for ejections

5 hours ago, closetohumping said:

Stros fans think the hate is because you’re good.  It’s not

 

3 hours ago, closetohumping said:

So you know how some losers hate on the guy that’s rich and gets all the chicks?   The Astros aren’t the rich guy getting a lot of ass.  You’re the College sophomore buying booze for underage chicks hoping to get laid. You’re not the cool bad guy everyone is jealous of.  You’re the creep who’s never done shit that people find repulsive

 

Bro, sick burn, bro.

Seriously.  Passan's been one of the main instigators fanning the flames of anger, and now he wants to tell people when their anger's gone too far, too?
If someone does get hurt because of this, I hope Jeff Passan never has another good night's sleep in his life.
You sound really angry.
Your analogy is fucking stupid.
Worse than fucking stupid, honestly.
They will if it gets close to their head. Body shots will be tolerated. Sweet phrasing.
Your mom tolerated my body shots last night.
4 hours ago, closetohumping said:

So you know how some losers hate on the guy that’s rich and gets all the chicks?   The Astros aren’t the rich guy getting a lot of ass.  You’re the College sophomore buying booze for underage chicks hoping to get laid. You’re not the cool bad guy everyone is jealous of.  You’re the creep who’s never done shit that people find repulsive

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1 hour ago, TexArcher said:

 

 

Bro, sick burn, bro.

 

4 hours ago, Chuckie Finster said:


Your analogies are almost as clever as your username.

 

4 hours ago, runthebone said:

Your analogy is fucking stupid.

On second thought everyone hates the stros because they’re the new Yankees.  

On 2/21/2020 at 10:15 AM, Iconoclast Texan said:

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Embrace the hate.

Yes yes you guys are the new bad guys.  Come and take it?   Yea the Nats took it

4 minutes ago, closetohumping said:

Yes yes you guys are the new bad guys.  Come and take it?   Yea the Nats took it

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1 hour ago, Beau Vine said:
2 hours ago, David Dennison said:
They will if it gets close to their head. Body shots will be tolerated. Sweet phrasing.

Your mom tolerated my body shots last night.

Attaboy.

Just now seeing this thread.  Love it.  
 

Go Astros! Fuck the world!!!

50 minutes ago, closetohumping said:

On second thought everyone hates the stros because they’re the new Yankees.  

I'm not sure whether you really want to converse about why everyone hates the Astros, but I'll weigh in. I think it is a combination of things. 

1) Lunhow et al. rubbed baseball people the wrong way since they took over in 2012. The degree to which they stripped the entire organization down to the studs to rebuild was seen as "bad for baseball." They became the poster organization for "tanking." 

2) Lunhow et al. became more unpopular with their nontraditional methods of operations. There was the Brady Aiken thing. They dramatically reduced their scouting dept (essentially replacing traditional scouts with data scientists). Etc. There have been rumblings for years that people didn't trust the organization. 

3) They got good. They made the playoffs 4 of the last 5 years, including 3 straight 100-win seasons, 2 AL pennants and a WS title. They knocked out some large-market teams along the way. I know your argument is that the team's success is not the reason that everyone hates them, but I'd argue that it is a reason. 

4) The players can come off as cocky, particularly Bregman and Correa. A lot of people disliked Bregman in particular before any of the sign-stealing stuff came to light. 

5) The Osuna acquisition rubbed people the wrong way. It confirmed what had been bugging people about Lunhow/Astros for years - that they are cold, data-driven efficiency specialists that lacked baseball morals (whatever those are). 

6) The Taubman thing - not so much the doucebag himself acting like, well, a douchebag, but the clumsy attempted cover-up. That rubbed people the wrong way. 

7) And finally the electronic sign-stealing thing itself. 

I think the level of vitriol over the last 6 weeks is due to a combination of all of these things. I think a lot of baseball writers (looking at you, Buster Olney) have been waiting to stick it to Lunhow/Astros for a while (due to #1, 2, 5, 6 above), and they certainly got their chance. And, boy, they did not miss it. 

I think only a few clubs would have been lambasted to this extent if they were the ones caught; I don't think everyone would hate the Tigers or the Mariners if it came out that they were stealing signs 3 years ago. So yeah, their success has something to do with it. 

I get the hate. They broke the rule and got caught. 

But I also think the reaction has been exaggerated and overblown. I think that is because of the factors listed above as well as the absurd volume of coverage it has gotten. It's been the only story in baseball for 6 weeks, and really nothing new has come out since it first broke. Another opposing player saying he is angry at the Astros just isn't really a story, but the writers will be damned if they won't make it one. It has kept everyone's outrage top of mind. 

I can understand why fans of other teams hate them. As an Astros fan, I can say I was 100% on board with tanking, confused about the Aiken thing (though it worked out well), not terribly pleased with the Osuna or Taubman stuff, and disappointed in the sign-stealing scheme. Not so disappointed that I'll disown the team (as if anyone would give a shit), but somewhat disappointed. That said, I do think the hate is amplified by the listed factors + the absurd and exaggerated coverage it has received. 

Edited by Hank Chinaski

Some of y’all need to start using the ignore feature.

53 minutes ago, closetohumping said:

 

 

On second thought everyone hates the stros because they’re the new Yankees.  

Look, dipshit, you came in here sharing an opinion no one asked for, compete with moronic analogies no one asked for, then you started handing out neg rep to people responding to the bait you threw out there.  So either you're about 12 or you've got a little dick, which is it?  #whynotboth.gif

P.S. No one cares about whatever you're about to type next.

P.P.S. Go fuck a goat.

 

11 minutes ago, Hank Chinaski said:

I'm not sure whether you really want to converse about why everyone hates the Astros, but I'll weigh in. I think it is a combination of things. 

1) Lunhow et al. rubbed baseball people the wrong way since they took over in 2012. The degree to which they stripped the entire organization down to the studs to rebuild was seen as "bad for baseball." They became the poster organization for "tanking." 

2) Lunhow et al. became more unpopular with their nontraditional methods of operations. There was the Brady Aiken thing. They dramatically reduced their scouting dept (essentially replacing traditional scouts with data scientists). Etc. There have been rumblings for years that people didn't trust the organization. 

3) They got good. They made the playoffs 4 of the last 5 years, including 3 straight 100-win seasons, 2 AL pennants and a WS title. They knocked out some large-market teams along the way. I know your argument is that the team's success is not the reason that everyone hates them, but I'd argue that it is a reason. 

4) The players can come off as cocky, particularly Bregman and Correa. A lot of people disliked Bregman in particular before any of the sign-stealing stuff came to light. 

5) The Osuna acquisition rubbed people the wrong way. It confirmed what had been bugging people about Lunhow/Astros for years - that they are cold, data-driven efficiency specialists that lacked baseball morals (whatever those are). 

6) The Taubman thing - not so much the doucebag himself acting like, well, a douchebag, but the clumsy attempted cover-up. That rubbed people the wrong way. 

7) And finally the electronic sign-stealing thing itself. 

I think the level of vitriol over the last 6 weeks is due to a combination of all of these things. I think a lot of baseball writers (looking at you, Buster Olney) have been waiting to stick it to Lunhow/Astros for a while (due to #1, 2, 5, 6 above), and they certainly got their chance. And, boy, they did not miss it. 

I think only a few clubs would have been lambasted to this extent if they were the ones caught; I don't think everyone would hate the Tigers or the Mariners if it came out that they were stealing signs 3 years ago. So yeah, their success has something to do with it. 

I get the hate. They broke the rule and got caught. 

But I also think the reaction has been exaggerated and overblown. I think that is because of the factors listed above as well as the absurd volume of coverage it has gotten. It's been the only story in baseball for 6 weeks, and really nothing new has come out since it first broke. Another opposing player saying he is angry at the Astros just isn't really a story, but the writers will be damned if they won't make it one. It has kept everyone's outrage top of mind. 

I can understand why fans of other teams hate them. As an Astros fan, I can say I was 100% on board with tanking, confused about the Aiken thing (though it worked out well), not terribly pleased with the Osuna or Taubman stuff, and disappointed in the sign-stealing scheme. Not so disappointed that I'll disown the team (as if anyone would give a shit), but somewhat disappointed. That said, I do think the hate is amplified by the listed factors + the absurd and exaggerated coverage it has received. 

Good summary.  I especially agree that a lot of traditional baseball media have wanted to get Luhnow for a long time.

Look, dipshit, you came in here sharing an opinion no one asked for, compete with moronic analogies no one asked for, then you started handing out neg rep to people responding to the bait you threw out there.  So either you're about 12 or you've got a little dick, which is it?  #whynotboth.gif
P.S. No one cares about whatever you're about to type next.
P.P.S. Go fuck a goat.
 
Now this is how you burn the sauce.

Fuck you ctj.

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30 minutes ago, WBT said:

Good summary.  I especially agree that a lot of traditional baseball media have wanted to get Luhnow for a long time.

Luhnow is an enigma to me. I never felt anything but the "In Luhnow We Trust" thing for him and, from outward appearances and interviews, he seemed like a likable family man and a solid dude. He never came off in interviews as a particularly arrogant or the egotistical "smartest guy in the room" type, but apparently he must have rubbed some people the wrong way. Or, maybe he hired guys like Taubman who became more vocal and representative of the organization as arrogant pricks. I really don't know what the truth is about him. I think a lot of baseball people resented him because he came in and wiped the slate with the old guard scouting types and hired a bunch of math nerds to replace them while alienating the media by reminding fucksticks like Drellich that they were smarter than him. Meanwhile, the older/dorky smarmy fucks wanted to play hero in front of the Alyson Footers and Julia Moraleses against the organization douchebros.

I wonder what the depth of Luhnow's role was in all of this. 

lol this is supposedly the "safe" thread for Astros dissenters?

10 minutes ago, Bevo VIII said:

The alleged thread to discuss the scandal is literally just an extension of the baseball aggys other thread.

That'll show us! 

Baseball aggy, Holy bartender, great one

6 hours ago, pacman said:

lol this is supposedly the "safe" thread for Astros dissenters?

 

19 minutes ago, Bevo VIII said:

The alleged thread to discuss the scandal is literally just an extension of the baseball aggys other thread.

It’s not supposed to be a “safe space.” It’s to try to keep this sort of trolling off the Astros thread.

It’s not supposed to be a “safe space.” It’s to try to keep this sort of trolling off the Astros thread.

It’s literally the exact same thread as the other thread just titled differently at this point.
23 minutes ago, Bevo VIII said:


It’s literally the exact same thread as the other thread just titled differently at this point.

Well...yeah? The idea is to clean up that thread. 

On 2/22/2020 at 12:28 PM, closetohumping said:

Stros fans think the hate is because you’re good.  It’s not

Haters thinking we give a fuck...

If we cared we’d be posting in the MLB thread seeking your affirmation.

Turns out, it ain’t remotely like that, chief.

17 hours ago, Gourmand said:

Luhnow is an enigma to me. I never felt anything but the "In Luhnow We Trust" thing for him and, from outward appearances and interviews, he seemed like a likable family man and a solid dude. He never came off in interviews as a particularly arrogant or the egotistical "smartest guy in the room" type, but apparently he must have rubbed some people the wrong way. Or, maybe he hired guys like Taubman who became more vocal and representative of the organization as arrogant pricks. I really don't know what the truth is about him. I think a lot of baseball people resented him because he came in and wiped the slate with the old guard scouting types and hired a bunch of math nerds to replace them while alienating the media by reminding fucksticks like Drellich that they were smarter than him. Meanwhile, the older/dorky smarmy fucks wanted to play hero in front of the Alyson Footers and Julia Moraleses against the organization douchebros.

I wonder what the depth of Luhnow's role was in all of this. 

I had the pleasure of meeting Luhnow several times. He never came across as a douche or egotistical asshole. I found him to be a very personable guy. Educated and cosmopolitan - he grew up in Mexico City and is fluent in Spanish. The guys he had under him like Taubman had Ivy League educational pedigrees and would be working on Wall Street if they weren’t in baseball.

He was a disruptor and created the best and most advanced organization in baseball. Old school baseball guys jealous by our success and losers like Drellich had it out for us. Drellich in particular has a massive inferiority complex which is well deserved considering he couldn’t hold the jockstrap of Luhnow and his team when it came to accomplishments and pedigree. It is not hyperbole to say Luhnow’s firing is an absolute tragedy. The guy responsible for the best teams in Houston sports history deserved a lot better. Luhnow understands loyalty and has the back of our players, Crane and the organization unlike Hinch and that rat Fiers. My respect and admiration for him has grown with how he has handled everything and kept his mouth shut. He will have no problem bouncing back. Any consulting firm, investment bank, etc would jump to have him come aboard and pay him millions.

Edited by Iconoclast Texan

1 hour ago, Iconoclast Texan said:

I had the pleasure of meeting Luhnow several times. He never came across as a douche or egotistical asshole. I found him to be a very personable guy. Educated and cosmopolitan - he grew up in Mexico City and is fluent in Spanish. The guys he had under him like Taubman had Ivy League educational pedigrees and would be working on Wall Street if they weren’t in baseball.

He was a disruptor and created the best and most advanced organization in baseball. Old school baseball guys jealous by our success and losers like Drellich had it out for us. Drellich in particular has a massive inferiority complex which is well deserved considering he couldn’t hold the jockstrap of Luhnow and his team when it came to accomplishments and pedigree. It is not hyperbole to say Luhnow’s firing is an absolute tragedy. The guy responsible for the best teams in Houston sports history deserved a lot better. Luhnow understands loyalty and has the back of our players, Crane and the organization unlike Hinch and that rat Fiers. My respect and admiration for him has grown with how he has handled everything and kept his mouth shut. He will have no problem bouncing back. Any consulting firm, investment bank, etc would jump to have him come aboard and pay him millions.

You've already dropped this horrifically dumbass take in the Astros thread, so I have no idea why you thought it would be a good idea to drop it here, too, other than the fact that you're a complete and total moron.

lol this is supposedly the "safe" thread for Astros dissenters?

Lol imagine being in this climate and whining that you can’t bash the Astros enough.
On 2/21/2020 at 1:48 PM, Mez2 said:

Facing yu dervish twice helped us

Especially since you were stealing his signs. 

 

 

On 2/21/2020 at 3:49 PM, runthebone said:

Yes, I am looking forward to non-Astros fans joining when their team's method of stealing signs electronically is revealed.

You should definitely do this. That'll show em!

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