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Who will win? 32 members have voted

  1. 1. Who will win?

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Poll closed on 10/05/21 at 11:45 PM

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How could this happen? I heard the Yankees were 9-3 against the Red Sox if you only go back in time an arbitrary amount of games!!

13 hours ago, shadow_operative2.0 said:

There’s a Statcast edition on ESPN2 also for those that care. 

Wish I knew this last night.  A-rod is just a beating.

Hey Aaron, the league hasn’t closed the gap, they’ve widened it. 

 

16 minutes ago, MC Fresh Breath said:

Wish I knew this last night.  A-rod is just a beating.

I started with the statcast broadcast and wondered for a minute why people were griping about A-Rod and Vasgersian.  But this one had Eduardo Perez who is just hard to listen to. He doesn’t say dumb stuff as much as A-Rod, but his voice is terrible. 

7 minutes ago, Beau Vine said:

What happened to Helobious's savior Luke Voit?

All the steriods made him internally combust.

19 minutes ago, Beau Vine said:

What happened to Helobious's savior Luke Voit?

This guy here is dead!

On 10/4/2021 at 9:56 PM, Helobious said:

Yankees 9-3 vs the Sox since starting the year 0-7 against them.

Red Sox are now 1-0 in the playoffs versus the Yankees since winning the season series 10-9.

My favorite part was A-rod admitting Varitek still wants nothing to do with him. I have the picture up on my Sox wall and was wearing my Tek jersey. 

A-rod is hated in the booth, Tek is advising a team going into the AL Playoffs.

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56 minutes ago, Beau Vine said:

What happened to Helobious's savior Luke Voit?

Word is he’s in the doghouse with the org for some reason, in addition to being hurt. He’s 100% not coming back next year.

I expected a crazier rant from Turturro this is far too subdued....

Here we go I just had to keep digging to find angry Turturro.
 

 

I guess it's fitting a former Astro caused this meltdown hahah #priceless

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Either he or the Yankees messed with his delivery as soon as he signed with them.  I think it's a big reason he's never been as good for them as he was with Astros.

57 minutes ago, Pimphand said:

Here we go I just had to keep digging to find angry Turturro.
 

 

I guess it's fitting a former Astro caused this meltdown hahah #priceless

I would love to go all in on the Agent Nevin angle, because I LOVE it when the Astros shatter Yankee dreams, but Nevin never did, and still doesn’t feel like an Astro. 

14 minutes ago, kevwun said:

Either he or the Yankees messed with his delivery as soon as he signed with them.  I think it's a big reason he's never been as good for them as he was with Astros.


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That doesn't explain last year though.  Look at clips of him from when he was an Astro and now.  His delivery isn't the same.

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My theory is that he started using it more and more which had an effect on his mechanics.  

My theory is that they thought they could improve on what was close to perfection and ended up fucking it up.  Not that he sucks now, but he's not the guy they gave 324 million to.

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Haha fuck the Yankees.

ETA: Fuck Gerrit Cole, too.

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57 minutes ago, Guadaloopy said:

I would love to go all in on the Agent Nevin angle, because I LOVE it when the Astros shatter Yankee dreams, but Nevin never did, and still doesn’t feel like an Astro. 

Yeah it's a stretch since he only had like 60 at bats as an Astro before they traded him to Detroit and he's definitely wearing a Padre cap in the Hall of Mediocre but we did draft him #1 overall.  Sure would have been nice had he signed with the Dodgers and not gone to be the Cal State Fullerton punter and kicker.  Who knows the Titans might still play football.

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38 minutes ago, kevwun said:

My theory is that they thought they could improve on what was close to perfection and ended up fucking it up.  Not that he sucks now, but he's not the guy they gave 324 million to.

Cole is still a top 5 pitcher. For now. But his trajectory is going the wrong way. He might miss Strom. His catchers certainly aren’t as good. I think the crackdown on the sticky stuff has had the biggest effect. His numbers took a significant hit since enforcement began. 

When he was at his best, he was throwing his fastball for strikes around the knees.  That 98 or 99 mph fastball at the knees combined with his curve thrown in the bottom half of the zone made him pretty much unhittable.  He got in trouble last night with pitches way up in the zone.  Sanchez definitely doesn't help.  No one wants to bounce a curve in the dirt with runners on when their catcher sucks at catching.

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11 minutes ago, kevwun said:

When he was at his best, he was throwing his fastball for strikes around the knees.  That 98 or 99 mph fastball at the knees combined with his curve thrown in the bottom half of the zone made him pretty much unhittable.  He got in trouble last night with pitches way up in the zone.

So his control has gotten worse?  Is it just a coincidence that that happened after the league started cracking down on sticky stuff that helps with control or not?

1 hour ago, kevwun said:

Either he or the Yankees messed with his delivery as soon as he signed with them.  I think it's a big reason he's never been as good for them as he was with Astros.

 

1 hour ago, Guadaloopy said:


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1 hour ago, kevwun said:

My theory is that they thought they could improve on what was close to perfection and ended up fucking it up.  Not that he sucks now, but he's not the guy they gave 324 million to.

 

20 minutes ago, txhorns said:

So his control has gotten worse?  Is it just a coincidence that that happened after the league started cracking down on sticky stuff that helps with control or not?

Jesus it’s not that complicated. Cole hasn’t been the same since the hammy injury. There’s something about the way he throws his curveball that seems to hurt his hamstring. He’s been shy to throw it ever since the injury. He was still electric after the spider tack crackdown (member the CG shutout vs Houston? I member). It’s the hamstring. 

4 hours ago, TonyTexas said:

Hey Aaron, the league hasn’t closed the gap, they’ve widened it. 

 

A gap? They’ve won in 1 WS this century. They are 43-58 in the last 20 years in the playoffs when they aren’t playing the damn Minnesota Twins.  

The only gap he’ll see is on his resume in a few days. Fuck him.

Yeah jomboy roasted him on talkin yanks for the “closing the gap” comment this morning. Boone is an out of touch idiot.

14 minutes ago, The Ace of Aces said:

A gap? They’ve won in 1 WS this century. They are 43-58 in the last 20 years in the playoffs when they aren’t playing the damn Minnesota Twins.  

The only gap he’ll see is on his resume in a few days. Fuck him.

I keep seeing that stat but you should go ahead and give them the benefit of the doubt that this millennia they have compiled the following postseason records

Angels 7-8
A's 4-2
Astros 5-9
Diamondbacks 3-4
Indians 6-5
Mariners 4-1
Marlins 2-4
Orioles 3-2
Phillies 4-2
Rangers 2-4
Rays 2-3
Red Sox 8-11
Tigers 3-10
Twins 16-2

Totals: 69-67

The best part is the Astros dominance of the Yankees is exceeded by the Tigers, Marlins, & Rangers lol.

How many playoff games have the Astros played in this millennia 

2 hours ago, Helobious said:

Yeah jomboy roasted him on talkin yanks for the “closing the gap” comment this morning. Boone is an out of touch idiot.

that douche is just as bad; i'd kick my own ass if I looked like him

On a positive note, Cole now has more far time to spend all of that extra money he's getting from the yankees since their season is over early for the second year in a row.

Just now, realgreggym said:

On a positive note, Cole now has more far time to spend all of that extra money he's getting from the yankees since their season is over early for the second year in a row.

Maybe he can hang out with Ben Simmons and whatever Kardashian is the flavor of the month. 

2 minutes ago, ztejas said:

Maybe he can hang out with Ben Simmons and whatever Kardashian is the flavor of the month. 

Great idea. I think this is Rob's month.😁

How many playoff games have the Astros played in this millennia 
The Astros have won 34 playoff games since 2015 when they were in the wild card play in game. You remember that one, right?
How many playoff games have the Astros played in this millennia 

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10 hours ago, TonyTexas said:

Hey Aaron, the league hasn’t closed the gap, they’ve widened it. 

 

What gap?  Is he talking about Judge?  Pretty bush league for a manager to talk about a guy’s teeth.  

6 hours ago, Helobious said:

How many playoff games have the Astros played in this millennia 

49-43

On 10/5/2021 at 7:40 AM, txhorns said:

Jokes on you as we burned Sale on Sunday.

Nice ace you saved for the Rays

1 hour ago, Pimphand said:

Nice ace you saved for the Rays

The team views Sale as the ace.

On 10/6/2021 at 5:56 PM, Gourmand said:

The Astros have won 34 36 playoff games since 2015 when they were in the wild card play in game. You remember that one, right?

fify

How was your Friday, helo?

13 minutes ago, Dennis Taylor said:

 


One division title the past nine years ?

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