October 3, 20232 yr 1 minute ago, Limp Brisket said: Now post days as reigning World Series champion.
October 3, 20232 yr 4 minutes ago, Scraps said: Yeah well we had 159 different lineup combos by Dusty He was playing pokemon gotta catch them all Dusty's lineup theme song Edited October 3, 20232 yr by Pimphand
October 3, 20232 yr 5 minutes ago, Scraps said: Yeah well we had 159 different lineup combos by Dusty And on one day/ he accidentally stumbled upon playing these 9 together: diaz, Abreu, Altuve, Peña, Bregman, Brantley, Chas, Tucker and Yordan. 1 time for that line up combo. We scored 12.
October 3, 20232 yr And on one day/ he accidentally stumbled upon playing these 9 together: diaz, Abreu, Altuve, Peña, Bregman, Brantley, Chas, Tucker and Yordan. 1 time for that line up combo. We scored 12. I was there. #NeverForget
October 3, 20232 yr 16 minutes ago, Wulaw Horn said: And on one day/ he accidentally stumbled upon playing these 9 together: diaz, Abreu, Altuve, Peña, Bregman, Brantley, Chas, Tucker and Yordan. 1 time for that line up combo. We scored 12. I would never bat Yordan 9th and Diaz lead off.
October 4, 20232 yr Very interesting read. The Astros are on the cutting edge, no doubt …. https://www.chron.com/sports/astros/article/houston-astros-max-bay-r-d-18378678.php? dusty’s gut feeling >>> Astros outstanding R&D dept 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
October 4, 20232 yr Not sure how much Siri's "enthusiasm" helped Tampa today. He never could hit, and now he needs to swap his glove for a jai alai basket.
October 4, 20232 yr Very interesting read. The Astros are on the cutting edge, no doubt …. https://www.chron.com/sports/astros/article/houston-astros-max-bay-r-d-18378678.php? dusty’s gut feeling >>> Astros outstanding R&D dept [emoji23][emoji23][emoji23][emoji23][emoji23][emoji23][emoji23][emoji23][emoji23]Corbin Burnes Stuff+ got stuffed right up his butthole tonight by the Dbacks.
October 4, 20232 yr 11 hours ago, uoftorange said: Sincere question: Didn't the Rangers ALSO win the division? I mean it's a tie. So I'm assuming they are raising a banner for it next year, right? And I don't really care how anyone chooses to celebrate. Hope they had a great time. Glad they lost the next day. The Cardinals did this in 2001. It was lame then and it is lame now. http://www.astroscounty.com/2015/04/2001-co-champions.html
October 4, 20232 yr 20 minutes ago, Spaceman Spiff said: The Cardinals did this in 2001. It was lame then and it is lame now. http://www.astroscounty.com/2015/04/2001-co-champions.html It's like putting a "championship" on your stadium
October 4, 20232 yr 30 minutes ago, texasdago said: It's like putting a "championship" on your stadium FUPM Edited October 4, 20232 yr by UTexasFight Wait. How the hell did Nebraska end up winning the north that year? I was in Lincoln to see that shitty Gilbert-led UT team beat an even shittier Adrian Martinez-led Nebraska team. I guess the rest of the north was just even shittier
October 4, 20232 yr From the Astros: All Astros ALDS games will be aired on FS1 with Adam Amin, A.J. Pierzynski, Adam Wainwright and Tom Verducci calling the action.
October 4, 20232 yr https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/documentary/the-astros-edge/Just watched the whole thing. My take:Suck it, America.
October 4, 20232 yr Frontline released their Astros cheating scandal video tonight. Ben Reiter does the interviews and narration. Lots of people go on record for it including Jeff Lunhow. There is a lot of background info on the beginning, history of the team, and a surprising amount of time dedicated to the Osuna stuff. It really doesn't pick up for a while, maybe about 40 minutes in it starts getting into the details. It does talk about other teams doing similar stuff, but not much detail. Not much new info in here either. Here's the fan breakdown of bangs by hitter in 2017, it was shown for a split second in the video. Altuve really didn't use it, yet he gets the most boos for it.
October 4, 20232 yr 23 minutes ago, Mitch Hedberg said: AJ Reed could have used a few more bangs. Who among us couldn’t, am I right?
October 4, 20232 yr 13 hours ago, David Dennison said: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/documentary/the-astros-edge/ The funniest part about this whole documentary was that they said Altuve doesn't swing at pitches outside of the strike zone anymore.
October 4, 20232 yr 37 minutes ago, runthebone said: Hope Toronto and Minnesota play two more, ideally 16-inning games. Don't jinx us having flashbacks to the 2022 ALDS and the 18 inning game vs Seattle.
October 4, 20232 yr 15 minutes ago, Pimphand said: Don't jinx us having flashbacks to the 2022 ALDS and the 18 inning game vs Seattle. We are just such a generous organization that we gave those poor playoff starved Mariners fans 2 games for the price of 1 is the way I look at it. Then they had the gall to get butthurt over the sweep graphic when it was all over...
October 4, 20232 yr 4 minutes ago, Evil Bill Obrien said: We are just such a generous organization that we gave those poor playoff starved Mariners fans 2 games for the price of 1 is the way I look at it. Then they had the gall to get butthurt over the sweep graphic when it was all over... Oh it was amazing ripping their heads off and shitting down their necks don't get me wrong just we don't have the pitching depth this year to handle an 18 inning game IMHO
October 4, 20232 yr 9 minutes ago, Evil Bill Obrien said: We are just such a generous organization that we gave those poor playoff starved Mariners fans 2 games for the price of 1 is the way I look at it Just doing them a favor since they get none this year.
October 4, 20232 yr Baltimore announced they play at 12 Saturday so we hopefully shouldn’t be any earlier than 3
October 4, 20232 yr 11 minutes ago, UTPhil2006 said: Baltimore announced they play at 12 Saturday so we hopefully shouldn’t be any earlier than 3 We will definitely be 3 since the NL will get both prime time slots again
October 4, 20232 yr 4 minutes ago, Pimphand said: We will definitely be 3 since the NL will get both prime time slots again Makes sense that they would when you look at markets. The AL is the undercard in every way this year.
October 4, 20232 yr 10 minutes ago, Pimphand said: We will definitely be 3 since the NL will get both prime time slots again Yesss roll right into the Astros game after the OU game.
October 4, 20232 yr 12 minutes ago, Pimphand said: We will definitely be 3 since the NL will get both prime time slots again TBS already has Dodgers slotted at 730 on my guide. So yeah 3 for us and 6 for Braves makes sense.
October 4, 20232 yr The Astros video guy from the Frontline Doc is doing an AMA right now on Reddit. A few things I surmised from his answers: The scheme stopped with the game against the White Sox with Fahrquar pitching in the regular season of 2017. (Game 152 during the 8th inning, Astros lost 3-1) No use of video cams for signs during away games No use during the 2017 playoffs and beyond Carlos Beltran was the initiator of the scheme and guys like Cora ran with it. (Beltran, of course, was with the Rangers in 2016...) They did use a runner on 2nd to relay signs and use Code Breaker on them, but lots of teams do that "There was definitely a mentality that other teams were doing things and we had to keep up." "Yes, there was a paranoia about [other] teams doing specific things that we would hear about through the rumor mill. Shout out to Brian McCann for always having our pitching staff prepared to change signs after every few pitches or when the other dugout phone rang. He also implemented multiple signs without any runners on in certain stadiums." The scheme was likely ineffective, and players seemed to do better at away games because they were relying on their own instincts. The benefit may not have actually had the benefits that many believe it did. (speculation) No knowledge of buzzers or watches being used as a signal He does not believe that there was any incentive or inclination of players to vote for him or anyone else to have a full playoff share of the revenue based on their involvement. Many people in the org get those bonuses and their jobs vary greatly. (the doc seemed to suggest that was the reason he got a huge playoff bonus) When asked if the scandal still gets out like it did if the Taubman incident didn't occur he says, "I think the story still gets out because I believe Mike Fiers thought we were still using the scheme in 2019. Two of his worst starts in 2019 were against us [Astros] at home [Minute Maid], and he likely thought we were relaying signs because his starts against us were so bad. He sees his ERA blow up after those starts and decides that he needs to speak to the media about it." Maldy is a great guy, standup dude and excellent clubhouse leader. He should be a coach or manager someday Edited October 4, 20232 yr by Dutchrudder
October 4, 20232 yr 10 minutes ago, Dutchrudder said: When asked if the scandal still gets out like it did if the Taubman incident didn't occur he says, "I think the story still gets out because I believe Mike Fiers thought we were still using the scheme in 2019. Two of his worst starts in 2019 were against us [Astros] at home [Minute Maid], and he likely thought we were relaying signs because his starts against us were so bad. He sees his ERA blow up after those starts and decides that he needs to speak to the media about it." Pretty much already knew this but this might be new leader in the club house for my all time MLB "what if" scenario: What if that rat fuck Fiers was just a little bit better in 2019 and didn't get totally blown out in those two starts at Minute Maid...does he move on with what was left of his career (not much) and this whole thing maybe never gets out? Or maybe it gets out way later when he is looking for some cash and a book deal or something and it doesn't blow up nearly as much (no huge investigation)?
October 4, 20232 yr 36 minutes ago, Js1 said: Yesss roll right into the Astros game after the OU game. Yeah it is actually what I want. 2005 was perfect with whipping the Sooner ass then whipping Atlanta ass right after. We should get the Sunday night slot over Bmore/Tejas but either way not too worried.
October 4, 20232 yr Man there’s a lotta sports going on these last two weekends. I love it. My liver, not so much.
October 4, 20232 yr Maldy is a great guy, standup dude and excellent clubhouse leader. He should be a coach or manager someday Well duh. He is going to be our manager next season when Dusty leaves.
October 4, 20232 yr I feel like we got ripped off last year with the RRS on 10/8 then not playing Seattle until 10/11. The only other time an RRS win was coupled with an Astros playoff win was 2018 when we beat Cleveland in Game 2 unfortunately that day I was moving from DC to Denver so I didn't really get to enjoy it to the fullest other than vicariously through texts...
October 4, 20232 yr Seeing far too many Horns fans on socials repping that team from south oklahoma. It’s Astros gang around here and we’ll whip that dallas ass again if necessary
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