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44 minutes ago, Seasick Sailor said:

Filthy

 

That guy's gifs are going to give me epilepsy.  I don't know if he is the same guy that made them last year or not, but the ones from last year were a lot better.

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I need to get my Friday planned. When are these fucksticks gonna announce the Friday starting times?

Yeah, won’t be until after the wild cards are set.
For what it’s worth, the last couple of years they have put the league with the off day the next day as the early games (earlier jump on travel?)
That’s the NL this year...but the NL will also be the only league with a team west of Houston playing Friday (i.e. in the mountain or pacific time zone) so who knows
2 hours ago, Fudge Nuggets said:

Before this week no one knew for sure how he would come back from the injury. Did you automatically assume he would come back same as usual?  Do you think he should be in the starting rotation instead?

sorry, that was a sarcastic comment on James > Peacock.

Because something is terribly wrong with Peacock, and James has been a quality starter on a team that's making pitching history.

2 hours ago, Seasick Sailor said:

Filthy

 

good lord

If anyone can't make the Friday afternoon game, ill buy a ticket or two.

no way the red sox get the afternoon tv slot 

All right, Astros, I'm not greedy.  Just win another one this year, and I'll be good. 

5 minutes ago, runthebone said:

All right, Astros, I'm not greedy.  Just win another one this year, and I'll be good. 

if you could make a deal with the (baseball) devil, would you trade a world series victory this year for not making the playoffs for the next 15 years?

46 minutes ago, henrygandorf said:

if you could make a deal with the (baseball) devil, would you trade a world series victory this year for not making the playoffs for the next 15 years?

Compared to being competitive for 15 years?  Probably.  I think the back to back afterglow would last that long after waiting 39 years for one.  

Maybe that's what all the hugs were really about.

2nd time in franchise history with 3 guys getting 200+ Ks

Name the other time



(good luck... you’re not going to get it unless you recently read it like I did... one of the three I’d never heard of and I humbly consider myself as big an Astros fan as they come).

11 hours ago, UTexasFight said:

CFM earned a $625k bonus for making his 30th start today.

(Kudos to Luhnow/Crane for not playing games)

Nice.  Stuff like that goes a long way.

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So awesome to be a die-hard fan of this team.  It's incredible that these guys broke the franchise record for wins, and  haven't played ball where everything is clicking save for one road trip, it seems.

Tickets for Friday night secured - I'll be reppin' in Section 127.

11 hours ago, UTexasFight said:

2nd time in franchise history with 3 guys getting 200+ Ks

Name the other time



(good luck... you’re not going to get it unless you recently read it like I did... one of the three I’d never heard of and I humbly consider myself as big an Astros fan as they come).
 

I looked it up.  1969.  The other thing I found out is that the Indians, this year, became the first team to have 4 pitchers with 200+ Ks even though we've been taking them lightly.

17 minutes ago, FondrenRoad said:

The other thing I found out is that the Indians, this year, became the first team to have 4 pitchers with 200+ Ks even though we've been taking them lightly.

This Indians will be a tough out. Every pitcher we will face has the ability to shut us down. Going to need the best from our guys to win it. I actually like our chances against any of the other playoff teams in a seven-game series more than I like our chances against the Indians in a five-game series. I think we'll win, but it won't be easy. 

Do they swap leagues and network every year? I swore last year was all fox and mlb network and the National league was Tbs? At least it’s not Eckersley in a matchup vs Red Sox. Watched  one Red Sox game this year and him going on and on about David price throwing a cross seam fastball and a two seam fastball. Like no one had ever watched the guy pitch and it was a home broadcast.

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28 minutes ago, FondrenRoad said:

I looked it up.  1969.  The other thing I found out is that the Indians, this year, became the first team to have 4 pitchers with 200+ Ks even though we've been taking them lightly.

I didn't forget that they have always matched up well against us, regardless of their record.

Every win in October is icing on top of the cake to me.

Any of the five teams in the AL could win the whole thing.  Odds for Oakland to do it would be very slim as I think the luster is starting to come off (finally), but it's not completely out of the realm of possibility.

For some reason, Cleveland and New York scare me more than Boston.

whoever wins our series will, likely, win the whole thing. 

cleveland has great pitching.  they have a couple of the best hitters in baseball.  but they still only won 91 games while playing an unbalanced schedule including the tigers, the royals, and the white sox.  we were 25-7 vs the central.  that is crazy.

also, you should never underestimate cleveland's ability to be cleveland.

^^^^ and that includes a couple of games that we pissed away in Cleveland. 

15 hours ago, henrygandorf said:

if you could make a deal with the (baseball) devil, would you trade a world series victory this year for not making the playoffs for the next 15 years?

so a world series victory this year or 2730 games where we are not competitive.  I would not make that deal considering our current roster and front office.

yeah, i'm not saying i would right now either.  one year ago today, i would've been wheeling and dealing for a title.

16 hours ago, UTexasFight said:

CFM earned a $625k bonus for making his 30th start today.

(Kudos to Luhnow/Crane for not playing games)

Dude should have received a 5M bonus for his WS performance last year 

56 minutes ago, AtticusFinch said:

Dude should have received a 5M bonus for his WS performance last year 

he'll be well taken care of if/when he gets his next contract.

off days suck.

 

except when you already won your division and don't have to play extra game, and a fucking 1 game wild card either.  

Do they swap leagues and network every year? I swore last year was all fox and mlb network and the National league was Tbs? At least it’s not Eckersley in a matchup vs Red Sox. Watched  one Red Sox game this year and him going on and on about David price throwing a cross seam fastball and a two seam fastball. Like no one had ever watched the guy pitch and it was a home broadcast.

I do think it does flip every year.
You are correct AL was all Fox/MLB last year.
2016 AL was TBS.

And agreed, thankful if we get Eck at least it’s not against Red Sox...although that may be short lived for the LDS.
TBS has the ALCS this year as well

Who is taking the Indians lightly?  They have amazing pitching and several elite players.  We may have to face Kluber twice.

I'll take 15 years wandering the wilderness for a repeat this year.  Only 7 franchises have won back-to-back titles since the World Series started in 1903.

8 hours ago, henrygandorf said:

cleveland has great pitching.  they have a couple of the best hitters in baseball.  but they still only won 91 games while playing an unbalanced schedule including the tigers, the royals, and the white sox.  we were 25-7 vs the central.  that is crazy.

also, you should never underestimate cleveland's ability to be cleveland.

oh, and considering cleveland didn't have to play cleveland, we were 21-4 against the teams they got to face 75 times.

so do we have to wait until the WC games are done to get LDS game times?

Yes
May get an either/or time tomorrow after the NL WC but likely won’t know the set time until the AL WC game is complete Wed.

ill guess 1 because they can't risk the astros going long and overlapping the red sox 

5 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:

ill guess 1 because they can't risk the astros going long and overlapping the red sox 

Memory may be screwing with me, but I think last year's ALDS games were around 2:00 in the afternoon.  Not that it makes much difference between 1:00 and 2:00.

People are forgetting that Eckersley started his career with Cleveland before being traded to Boston.

For all that have questioned Gut Wagon’s baseball knowledge throughout the year, I offer you this validation from the playoff prediction thread:

 

 

Wild Card:

  • Cubs over Rockies
  • A’s over Yankees
Division Series:

  • Brewers over Cubs in 7
  • Braves over Dodgers in 7
  • Astros over Indians in 6
  • Red Sox over A’s in 6
LCS:

  • Brewers over Braves in 6
  • Astros over Red Sox in 7
World Series:

  •  Astros over Brewers in 5
  (Except for the WC games, I doubt I’ll get any of these exactly right. And I’m not even that confident in my WC picks.) 

 

Note Division series

 

6 minutes ago, TonyTexas said:

For all that have questioned Gut Wagon’s baseball knowledge throughout the year, I offer you this validation from the playoff prediction thread:

 

Note Division series

 

I can't wait for those NL Division series to go 7 games. 

That will be high drama.

Memory may be screwing with me, but I think last year's ALDS games were around 2:00 in the afternoon.  Not that it makes much difference between 1:00 and 2:00.

The Friday game (the day there were four games) started at 1pm.
The year before the early Friday game started at noon (blue jays at rangers).

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