August 16, 20205 yr 12 minutes ago, The Earl of Texas said: But shirley we’ll see them in the playoff
August 17, 20205 yr 3 minutes ago, Gourmand said: Pesky As won't lose. Swept SF. Sent from my Pixel 3a using Tapatalk Call it loser talk if you want but it wouldn’t really upset me if the A’s win the west. go in as the 4 or 5 seed. Take down the Yankees in the 5 game divisional round. sorry, but I don’t like this team’s chances in a 7 game series against them that changes if we somehow get a 100% healthy (and stretched out) JV by October but you’re kidding yourself if you think that’s actually going to happen.
August 17, 20205 yr 23 minutes ago, Gourmand said: Pesky As won't lose. Swept SF. Sent from my Pixel 3a using Tapatalk Whereas we have a penchant for sucking ass in August, the A's seem to play their best ball in August. Nothing new.
August 17, 20205 yr 58 minutes ago, UTexasFight said: Call it loser talk if you want but it wouldn’t really upset me if the A’s win the west. go in as the 4 or 5 seed. Take down the Yankees in the 5 game divisional round. sorry, but I don’t like this team’s chances in a 7 game series against them that changes if we somehow get a 100% healthy (and stretched out) JV by October but you’re kidding yourself if you think that’s actually going to happen. Get the 8 seed and beat them 2 out of 3. Watch the world burn.
August 17, 20205 yr 2 hours ago, Fudge Nuggets said: Whereas we have a penchant for sucking ass in August, the A's seem to play their best ball in August. Nothing new. Unfortunately, almost half the season (28 games)is in August. Edited August 17, 20205 yr by TonyTexas
August 17, 20205 yr 2 hours ago, Gourmand said: Pesky As won't lose. Swept SF. Sent from my Pixel 3a using Tapatalk The A’s aren’t pesky anymore. They are a better team than the Astros right now.
August 17, 20205 yr 17 minutes ago, Guadaloopy said: The A’s aren’t pesky anymore. They are a better team than the Astros right now. Pretty much indisputable. Howevah... the A's have been firing on all cylinders. Houston has been searching for pitching and specifically bullpen consistency beyond consistently being shitty. Being 4.5 games back at the 1/3 mark of the season is borderline miraculous, all things considered. The Astros have a shit-ton of upside remaining.
August 17, 20205 yr we're 11-10 with almost no verlander, almost no yordan, almost no osuna, no peacock, no smith, a horrid altuve. most of the offense is scuffling, along with the 9 rookies in our pen. being kind, we have lost 2-3 games we should've won (the real number is more like 6-7, but whatever). a 3 game swing puts us at 14-7 and this team is not a .667 team right now, so i think it's just the shitty schedule. get yordan and pressly right. get uncle mike back. get altuve/bregs shit together. pray for jv to be back for oct, and see what happens. should still be fun and there are some definitely some bright spots on our pitching staff.
August 17, 20205 yr 25 minutes ago, henrygandorf said: we're 11-10 with almost no verlander, almost no yordan, almost no osuna, no peacock, no smith, a horrid altuve. most of the offense is scuffling, along with the 9 rookies in our pen. being kind, we have lost 2-3 games we should've won (the real number is more like 6-7, but whatever). a 3 game swing puts us at 14-7 and this team is not a .667 team right now, so i think it's just the shitty schedule. get yordan and pressly right. get uncle mike back. get altuve/bregs shit together. pray for jv to be back for oct, and see what happens. should still be fun and there are some definitely some bright spots on our pitching staff. No doubt. Great recovery this past week. Keep winning series and get in the tournament.
August 17, 20205 yr 2 hours ago, Guadaloopy said: The A’s aren’t pesky anymore. They are a better team than the Astros right now. Wanted to give you the middle finger because I hate what you wrote, but it’s truthful so gave you a heart instead. Sucks.
August 17, 20205 yr 7 hours ago, henrygandorf said: can we be pesky? When we start cheating again we'll be pesky af. I can't wait.
August 17, 20205 yr 28 minutes ago, Fudge Nuggets said: When we start cheating again we'll be pesky af. I can't wait. The results don’t indicate it, but who said we stopped( all methods?)
August 17, 20205 yr I still think we need to bang it with no meaning whatsoever just to troll everyone. Plus it may make us feel more comfortable at the plate lol
August 17, 20205 yr 45 minutes ago, Scraps said: I still think we need to bang it with no meaning whatsoever just to troll everyone. Plus it may make us feel more comfortable at the plate lol that would be funny af
August 17, 20205 yr they should add it to the ambient crowd noise. Astros haters... Edited August 17, 20205 yr by slorch
August 17, 20205 yr Machete named Astros Player of the Week. His influence on the pitching staff has been priceless. Throw in some timely hits and nailing runners at 2nd and Maldonado has truly been crushing it.
August 17, 20205 yr 1 minute ago, slorch said: Machete named Astros Player of the Week. His influence on the pitching staff has been priceless. Throw in some timely hits and nailing runners at 2nd and Maldonado has truly been crushing it. Agreed. Been a huge addition this season
August 17, 20205 yr Yordan playing one freakin game before being scratched with a sore knee is making me anxious about him. Guy is 23 yo DH who never plays the field and he plays one game before he has to sit again to rest his knee? Fuuuuuuck. Not good.
August 17, 20205 yr the record doesn't show it but the Astros have had some bad luck that should eventually revert to the norm. Ran some numbers to compare to previous season: Record in 1 run games 2020: 3-5 2019 24-19 2018 24-24 2017 19-13 Another weird stat for this year that stands out is that we're 1-4 in walk-off games this year. Almost 20% of our games have ended in a walk-off. Previous season, we had between 4-8% of our games ending in a walk-off. I always think that a walk-off and extra inning game come down to luck. Any team has the ability to get 1 run against another team or pitcher. Perhaps even just guessing the next pitch. I assume we won't end up with 20% of our games ending in a walk-off.
August 17, 20205 yr 18 minutes ago, UTexasFight said: Lol at those that believe Yordan is 23 Cuban años are totally different.
August 17, 20205 yr 80% of those starts were by Framber, Javier, Bielak, and LMJ off of TJ. The hell with trash cans, Strom is the secret to our success. I only wish he were 20 years younger.
August 17, 20205 yr Baker says Yordan told him that he's been dealing with sore knees since double A ball. Edited August 17, 20205 yr by Gourmand
August 17, 20205 yr 55 minutes ago, WBT said: 80% of those starts were by Framber, Javier, Bielak, and LMJ off of TJ. The hell with trash cans, Strom is the secret to our success. I only wish he were 20 years younger. Yoda was much more a badass as an elder statesman. I'm cool with Strommy as he is now. He's got quite the touch with the younglings, eh?
August 17, 20205 yr 2 hours ago, runthebone said: Cuban años are totally different. so are their bats Edited August 17, 20205 yr by slorch
August 17, 20205 yr https://twitter.com/MarkBermanFox26/status/1295481151549734913 Toro, Straw, and Garneu in the same lineup. Shiiit.
August 17, 20205 yr 2 hours ago, runthebone said: Cuban años are totally different. I just want to pause and thank you for the “ñ”and not being lazy with an “n.”
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