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  • henrygandorf
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    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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My method in the playoffs has been to use the MLB app on my phone and listen to ford/sparks through Bluetooth and I use Roku to stream FS1 on mute. Sync it up as mentioned above. The field mics are so hot for radio and tv that you can hear the pop in the catcher’s mitt after every pitch on the radio and immediately pause the one that is ahead while you wait for the other to catch up and then unpause.

I think the MLB app may not be free though. Haven’t used iheart but sounds like that may be free and should work too.

A third option for free audio: the affiliate out of Orange has had Astros games streamed every time I’ve tried it as well.  I don’t know that it’s supposed to and I keep waiting for MLB or someone to shut it down, but it has so far:

https://mainstreamnetwork.com/listen/mobile_iphone.asp?station=kogt-am
 

those are 3 audio streaming options to get Ford/Sparks. Even if you can’t get them, I was going to suggest pulling up the national radio broadcast over Buck/Smoltz, but not sure I can recommend that. Dan Shulman has the pxp and I love him, but analysts are Eduardo Perez and Jessica Mendoza and they get like nails on a chalkboard after a while.

Lastly, there is of course, the old school terrestrial radio network if you have an AM radio and are within range of one of these stations:

https://www.mlb.com/astros/schedule/radio-affiliates


For the World Series, I’ll be watching Fox over the air with old school TV antenna. So TV broadcast will be ahead of streaming Ford/sparks for the first time. But I have a memory stick in my Roku TV that lets me pause live tv so will likely be doing that to get it synced up.

 

sounds way more complicated than it really is and totally worth it. Now if only there was a surly filter to sift out all of the posts on this thread about how horrible Buck/smoltz are

Personally, I want to hear their bitchass lamentations and savor the crawdadding as the WS transpires!

I look forward to Joe Buck and Smoltz mentioning 1,000 times that Brian Snitcker doesn't do anal or analytics.

My method to sync is similar to the above, but I watch the games on my desktop (I can tab back and forth between the game and surly) so it's not complicated. I use either MLB.TV (with my VPN set to Toronto) or MLB6.ir and I use another tab to listen to the Astros radio feed on MLB.com. For whatever reason the radio feed on my phone won't allow me to pause the stream but I can pause it on my desktop. The radio feed is ahead of the video so I pause the radio pbp for 3-7 seconds and wait for the telecast to catch up. Commercial breaks tend to throw off the sync and I usually have to reconfigure it coming out of breaks, but the video is always behind so it's easy to adjust just by pausing Ford/Sparks. 

MLB TV subscription is your friend, worth the money imo. Or at least get the MLB AT Bat subscription so you can listen to every game without trying to find the feed somewhere.

 

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1 hour ago, MaybeACoordinator said:

MLB app audio only is a cool $2.99/month.


Im not made of gold !

32 minutes ago, Gourmand said:

Started/Going.

Great draft pick, Jeff Luhnow.

Correa17yo.jpg

 

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15 minutes ago, Pablo said:

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Valedictorian of his class.

and signing under slot allowed us to get lmj.

and sorting out the aiken fiasco allowed us to get both bregman and tucker in 5 picks.

all the appels and beers in the world won't offset those moves.

3 minutes ago, BornOrange said:

Valedictorian of his class.

Yep. And University of Miami commit before signing with Houston.  Hmmmmm......

2 minutes ago, BornOrange said:

Valedictorian of his class.

he looks like a baby, but has definitely turned into a hell of a talent and leader.   

Loved with Altuve sat on set with ARod, Papi and Big Hurt and said we were blessed to have one of the best talents in the game at SS.

Let's get this WS W!

40 minutes ago, henrygandorf said:

and signing under slot allowed us to get lmj.

and sorting out the aiken fiasco allowed us to get both bregman and tucker in 5 picks.

all the appels and beers in the world won't offset those moves.

Beer is likely going to be a quality MLB player starting next year. I do not understand why Arizona was giving playing time to Walker over him in the last month of the season. I think the more apt 1B you are looking for here is AJ Reed.

20 minutes ago, HtownHorn said:

Beer is likely going to be a quality MLB player starting next year. I do not understand why Arizona was giving playing time to Walker over him in the last month of the season. I think the more apt 1B you are looking for here is AJ Reed.

i was just thinking of 1st round picks over the past decade.  i didn't think about it that hard.

46 minutes ago, Gourmand said:

 

I mean, they clinched a WS in LA and they won every game played in DC in 2019.  I believe him. 

18 hours ago, UTexasFight said:

That is a great article.  I love baseball on the radio, and the Astros are blessed to have a GREAT radio team.  Ford has a solid voice and is seamless in his PBP and Sparky is genuinely funny and knowledgeable.  

1 hour ago, Js1 said:

I mean, they clinched a WS in LA and they won every game played in DC in 2019.  I believe him. 

it's not coincidental that we've been a strong offensive team (and w/l team) on the road since well before the cheating nonsense.

i never worry about the mental makeup of this group.

45 minutes ago, Guadaloopy said:

That is a great article.  I love baseball on the radio, and the Astros are blessed to have a GREAT radio team.  Ford has a solid voice and is seamless in his PBP and Sparky is genuinely funny and knowledgeable.  

Fuck that Jared Diamond guy though

 

 

Yeah, he’s usually really good. I like his stuff. But that annoyed me as well.

 

…But he’s also not wrong, which annoys me more I think.

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2 minutes ago, UTexasFight said:

Yeah, he’s usually really good. I like his stuff. But that annoyed me as well.

 

…But he’s also not wrong, which annoys me more I think.

He's wrong because he's framing it as a "tragedy" when the Astros mowed down the Red Sox, Yankees, and Dodgers (all teams who were also cheating) on their way to the World Series. The only reason it was ever the big story it became was not because of what the Astros did but because of who they beat along the way. 

It's just more sanctimonious bullshit that plays into the wheelhouse of weak fans like SBBruin, Helo, and MCBreath.

18 minutes ago, Gourmand said:

The only reason it was ever the big story it became was not because of what the Astros did but because of who they beat along the way. 

This is the correct answer.  

This is the correct answer.  

Yep. If the bracket has played out slightly differently and our path to the trophy went through Twins-Indians-Nationals then the story gets as much play as the Apple Watch shit.
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MLB wants us to open the roof per a good Astros source. They hadn’t said shit about the roof through any of the other runs that Crane has owned the team - the Braves brought it up and now Manfred is telling the Astros they probably want it open. It’s totally out of their hands but the temperature at game time tomorrow it’s really not going to be that cool. Wednesday will be nice though, so I guess be prepared for an open roof Wednesday night.

Whatever, if that bullshit stands then it’ll just fire up our guys even more. Doesn’t fuckin matter. 

MLB wants us to open the roof per a good Astros source. They hadn’t said shit about the roof through any of the other runs that Crane has owned the team - the Braves brought it up and now Manfred is telling the Astros they probably want it open. It’s totally out of their hands but the temperature at game time tomorrow it’s really not going to be that cool. Wednesday will be nice though, so I guess be prepared for an open roof Wednesday night.
Whatever, if that bullshit stands then it’ll just fire up our guys even more. Doesn’t fuckin matter. 

Why the fuck should the Braves have any say in our park?
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Unclear. And bullshit if that’s how it really went down. That’s what we are telling MLB - the recent precedent is to keep it closed so fuck off. 

Unclear. And bullshit if that’s how it really went down. That’s what we are telling MLB - the recent precedent is to keep it closed so fuck off. 

Also 99% of the home reps taken by our pitchers/fielders/hitters this season have been with the roof closed. It’s not just a scenery/noise thing, opening the roof literally takes away much of the home field advantage.

I have a chance to get an SRO ticket for game 2 at face value. I've never had SRO for a playoff game. Seems like of you don't get a front row spot, you're basically watching the game on your phone. Has anyone had SRO for the playoffs? Worth it?

I have a chance to get an SRO ticket for game 2 at face value. I've never had SRO for a playoff game. Seems like of you don't get a front row spot, you're basically watching the game on your phone. Has anyone had SRO for the playoffs? Worth it?
Do it, it's a blast.
8 minutes ago, Seasick Sailor said:

I have a chance to get an SRO ticket for game 2 at face value. I've never had SRO for a playoff game. Seems like of you don't get a front row spot, you're basically watching the game on your phone. Has anyone had SRO for the playoffs? Worth it?

I got SRO for game 5, but I also had passes to the Gallagher club. If you get SRO tickets, you will want to be there when the gates open, usually 2 hours before first pitch, otherwise you will be fucked, and you might as well stay home.

We did for WS game 6 in 2019.  We got there as soon as the gates opened and claimed a spot behind the Crawford boxes in the front and had a low wall to lean on.  It was right next to a beer stand and it was fun other than the losing part.

Super happy for Jason Castro . Dude was only shining star in some very bad times. Pretty cool how its come full circle for him.

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20 minutes ago, Seasick Sailor said:

I have a chance to get an SRO ticket for game 2 at face value. I've never had SRO for a playoff game. Seems like of you don't get a front row spot, you're basically watching the game on your phone. Has anyone had SRO for the playoffs? Worth it?

 

I am closer to short than I am tall and from the games I've seen this postseason it seems not that difficult to get a decent view of the field because people are often moving around. Yeah you could stay home and watch it on your TV or go to bar but for the $250 of a SRO ticket, the vibe at the ballpark is pretty fucking fun. But if you aren't down to get ripped at an Astros game for $20 a beer, maybe take a pass on it. Depends on your expectations.

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45 minutes ago, Planet Houston said:

MLB wants us to open the roof per a good Astros source. They hadn’t said shit about the roof through any of the other runs that Crane has owned the team - the Braves brought it up and now Manfred is telling the Astros they probably want it open. It’s totally out of their hands but the temperature at game time tomorrow it’s really not going to be that cool. Wednesday will be nice though, so I guess be prepared for an open roof Wednesday night.

Whatever, if that bullshit stands then it’ll just fire up our guys even more. Doesn’t fuckin matter. 


Pull some fuses and smash them

 

49 minutes ago, Planet Houston said:

MLB wants us to open the roof per a good Astros source. They hadn’t said shit about the roof through any of the other runs that Crane has owned the team - the Braves brought it up and now Manfred is telling the Astros they probably want it open. It’s totally out of their hands but the temperature at game time tomorrow it’s really not going to be that cool. Wednesday will be nice though, so I guess be prepared for an open roof Wednesday night.

Whatever, if that bullshit stands then it’ll just fire up our guys even more. Doesn’t fuckin matter. 


they pulled that bs in 2005 too

 

Not sure I can believe all of that, but if the Braves asked Manfred to open the roof and MLB is listening to Atlanta now…after the all star game stuff, that’s pretty rich.


would be nice if that cool front stalled and the 100% chance of rain Wednesday pushed from the morning to the evening.

or just leave the roof open all day, field gets soaked, rainout until Thursday fuckers

 

Just claim the rollers or broken or some bs, fucking stupid that mlb can dictate that

1 minute ago, tx 3 putt said:


they pulled that bs in 2005 too

 

I'm kinda mixed on this one. 

I honestly don't think it's that big of a deal, but fuck MLB trying to tell the Astros what to do with the roof. I don't buy into the crowd noise angle and would prefer the roof be open for beautiful fall weather, but I am receptive to the argument that it's not what the Astros players are used to throughout the regular season and would prefer they keep the playing conditions as consistent as possible.

 

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