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  • henrygandorf
    henrygandorf

    there's so much to unpack from today, so i'll just start listing them. tuesday was devastating for oakland, today was twice as devastating for the yankees.  they had just started to play better. 

  • Brisketexan
    Brisketexan

    The boy and I were at the last ALCS clincher - we were walking on air for days after Altuve’s walkoff. Today, the boy is 5,000 miles and 7 hours away, with no way to watch. So we did a video chat, w

  • Enjoy it. Old Altuve, no more Correa means this is the very end of the road for your tainted dynasty. 

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1 minute ago, David Dennison said:

So it's old man Greinke to the rescue tomorrow?

 

2-2 

Hope he does well, but $35M 35+ year old pitchers will probably not be on our wish list ever again

12 minutes ago, LTtxfan said:

Not a fan of the 2/3/2 playoff structure...

Team with worse regular season record can win series 4-1 and play 3 games at home.  

Or the team with the better record can not be a bitch and lose 4 in a row

 

this is a dumb thing to complain about. No thanks to the NBA style that adds 2 extra off days in a 7 game set

1 minute ago, Pablo said:

Hope he does well, but $35M 35+ year old pitchers will probably not be on our wish list ever again

I just hope when JV and Zack come off the books we spend that money wisely. 

 

Just now, David Dennison said:

I just hope when JV and Zack come off the books we spend that money wisely. 

 

Fingers crossed for less than 8 runs in first 2 innings, but if I had my pick, I'd say a QS for Mr. Awkward

32 minutes ago, HtownHorn said:

Back to back ass kickings where the game was over in the 2nd inning. The offense needs to step up and take the pressure off the pitching staff. Their approach was awful tonight.

Also it would help the offense greatly if the starting pitching would keep the game close enough in the first two innings where the opposing pitcher can't just pound the strike zone without worry because he has a two grand slam lead.

3 minutes ago, Chuckie Finster said:

Greinke brimming with confidence.

lulz sounds like the average Surly poster hooking up for the first time after a divorce.

 

Greinke/Javier are going to go 7 combined tomorrow.  Or give up a grand slam each in the first 2.  Who can say?

I see us putting up the early crooked number this time and Greinke pitching well enough to have us in front after 5.  After that, who the hell knows.

40 minutes ago, TexArcher said:

I see us putting up the early crooked number this time and Greinke pitching well enough to have us in front after 5.  After that, who the hell knows.

when harry met sally ill have what shes having GIF

We know the pitching staff is extremely shorthanded and Click didn't do nearly enough at the deadline. And we know that collective team psyche is pretty shot right now. Hey, sometimes you run into a hot team in the playoffs.

But I want to see some fight in these guys. Maybe get it back to Houston. Starts with ABC. Altuve, Bregman, Correa. They're supposed to be your leaders. And Lance firing up the dugout a la JV in Game 2 of the world series wouldn't hurt either.

2 hours ago, TexArcher said:

I see us putting up the early crooked number this time and Greinke pitching well enough to have us in front after 5.  After that, who the hell knows.

All of this

Pivetta has a career 5.16 ERA (4.53 this year). I could very much see heavy traffic on the bases for our offense early. Just need to execute the kill shot like they have the last two games

no excuses

I expected Garcia to get cooked but it was sad seeing Urquidy get blown out like that.  Still, besides Altuve's fuckup I think the way Maldy was pitching him was a huge mistake and ensured he would be shelled in that game.  Urquidy's release points vary significantly so his breaking/offspeed pitches are pretty easy to pick up.  Maldy going back to those over and over and over again when he can't throw them for strikes was a death sentence.  You have to try to get ahead in the count and force them to expand against those breaking/offspeed pitches.  That's been Urquidy's formula for success since he arrived.

 

Also, I don't know why some on here thought our starters weren't going to get shelled this series.  

Because we were hoping our sp would step up in the moment and catch that playoff magic we’ve seen others get during October runs. It happens and we need Zach tonight to pitch like a all star not like a washed up vet. 
 

the offense needs to step up too now. 
 

biggest game of the year is tonight!

When you get 0-2 with nobody on and continue to try and pick corners until you walk them is not ideal. Would rather give up solo shot then keep walking people.

We're just luring them into a false sense of security...make them think they have us on the rails.

Tonight is hammer time....

11 hours ago, Gourmand said:

Also it would help the offense greatly if the starting pitching would keep the game close enough in the first two innings where the opposing pitcher can't just pound the strike zone without worry because he has a two grand slam lead.

Yeah, that would be great.

It’s going to hurt even worse when Correa leaves and goes to the MFY

 

2 minutes ago, TonyTexas said:

It’s going to hurt even worse when Correa leaves and goes to the MFY

 

I've assumed all along that he was going to be a Yankee.

Fuck all the bitchassedness.

 

Astros win tonight.  Series goes 2-2.  Astros clinch in HTown.

 

 

2 minutes ago, Shaggy3.0 said:

Fuck all the bitchassedness.

 

Astros win tonight.  Series goes 2-2.  Astros clinch in HTown.

I salute your optimism.

 

Altuve turning a triple play tonight is going to be glorious.

2 minutes ago, cabowabo said:

Altuve turning a triple play tonight is going to be glorious.


the 1st time yes but 9 innings in a row, it gets a little old 

1 hour ago, Shaggy3.0 said:

Fuck all the bitchassedness.

 

Astros win tonight.  Series goes 2-2.  Astros clinch in HTown.

 

 

At the moment, even another Game 1-type nail-biter seems optimistic, win or lose. Greinke should be the guy to deal well with the game atmosphere and hitter aggressiveness weve come to expect from Boston. He definitely needs to bring everything left in the tank for this one, or we're in a really bad way. Could be regardless, but his best effort should give us at least a fighting chance. 
 

And I totally agree about starting Castro. Does us no good to save a lefty pinch hitter for when we're down 9 runs. 

saw this yesterday, no idea if someone posted it, or if there’s any validity obviously. 

 

I'll believe it when I hear it from Crane himself.  And even then, I might need to see it in writing. 

1 minute ago, henrygandorf said:

saw this yesterday, no idea if someone posted it, or if there’s any validity obviously. 

 

Excited Oh My God GIF by Captain Obvious

6 minutes ago, Js1 said:

I'll believe it when I hear it from Crane himself.  And even then, I might need to see it in writing. 

i won't believe it until correa says it or signs for it.

that said, i would rather hear shit like this than not hear shit like this.

1 minute ago, henrygandorf said:

i won't believe it until correa says it or signs for it.

that said, i would rather hear shit like this than not hear shit like this.

Yep, it's easy to leak your 'very competitive' offer after the guy has signed somewhere else.  Uncle Drayton dabbled in this arena.

20 minutes ago, WBT said:

Yep, it's easy to leak your 'very competitive' offer after the guy has signed somewhere else.  Uncle Drayton dabbled in this arena.

That's why Crane needs to be very aggressive. Come out of the gates swinging to sign Correa, a starter, and 2+ bullpen arms.

You'll get a journeyman reliever and like it.

I'd spend the Correa money on 2-3 starting pitchers. The Astros' rotation is abhorrent. 

They can find a serviceable shortstop or third baseman until somebody in the minors is ready. 

Please neg me. 

59 minutes ago, henrygandorf said:

saw this yesterday, no idea if someone posted it, or if there’s any validity obviously. 

 

"My best friend's sister's boyfriend's brother's girlfriend heard from this guy who knows this kid who's going with the girl who saw Ferris pass out at 31 Flavors last night."

15 minutes ago, David Dennison said:

"My best friend's sister's boyfriend's brother's girlfriend heard from this guy who knows this kid who's going with the girl who saw Ferris pass out at 31 Flavors last night."

Rules 

They better not fuck around and let us win this game, they don't want the smoke.

54 minutes ago, billfromlaketravis said:

I'd spend the Correa money on 2-3 starting pitchers. The Astros' rotation is abhorrent. 

They can find a serviceable shortstop or third baseman until somebody in the minors is ready. 

Please neg me. 

our rotation is built for the regular season.  we have 6-7 legit starters but zero frontline guys (lance is close, but yeah).  too many sp3/sp4.

it's a great recipe to win during the season in the al.

Meyers ended up getting scratched, McCormick starting in CF. Would have liked to have seen Castro get the start, unless Greinke specifically wanted to pitch to Maldonado.

Yall worrying about the 8/9 guys when the 1-5 guys aren't doing shit 

I don't care if Dusty bats 9th.....top of the lineup needs to pull their collective heads out of their collective asses pronto 

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6 minutes ago, Travo said:

Meyers ended up getting scratched, McCormick starting in CF. Would have liked to have seen Castro get the start, unless Greinke specifically wanted to pitch to Maldonado.

I’d rather Greinke bat 9th than Maldy.

Red Sox: Got you caught up in a little crossfire. How you like that?

Correa:

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