― lAUrEl ANNE dOWNS (GoDdAMN GOrGEOUS), Tuesday, 1 August 2006 00:51 (eighteen years ago)
― Jimmy Mod: THE HANDLESS ORGANIST (The Famous Jimmy Mod), Tuesday, 1 August 2006 03:08 (eighteen years ago)
The Astros stink because the players aren't performing. They don't drive in runners from third with less than two outs. The ENTIRE bullpen has blown leads. There are many reasons this team is failing and Garner is way down the list.
And put all posts concerning the Astros here:
Your 2006 Defending National League Champion Houston Rocket...errrAstros Thread
― boldbury (boldbury), Tuesday, 1 August 2006 03:11 (eighteen years ago)
hey LaUrEl,
Qualls ain't so bad. Granted he's blown a few, but I'd take his career 1.19 WHIP (career low 1.12 this season!) over quite a few other 7/8 inning guys out there.
Lidge on the other hand, is just plain spooked. It looks like he may never get over his playoff destruction. May be a time for a demotion.... and this comes from one of his biggest supporters on this board, from when he was setting up Dotel a few years back.
― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 1 August 2006 03:12 (eighteen years ago)
WHAtEVER.i THiNk itS A DAMN SHAME TO LEt All THOSE YOUNG PLAYERS SUFFER AFTER PLAYiNG A FlAWlESS GAME, tHEN HAVE it GO TO HEll AFtER GARNER PUtS iN SOME iDiOt.itS SO FRUStRAtiNG tO ME.
i Still LOVE tHOSE GUYS.
― lAUrEl ANNE dOWNS (GoDdAMN GOrGEOUS), Tuesday, 1 August 2006 20:22 (eighteen years ago)
I went to a bunch of Astros games earlier and they year and they looked really tough. Granted it was because of some serious statistical abberations like Everett and Ausmus hitting .300+ and Wandy Rodriguez not sucking.
BTW that short porch out in left in Minute Maid is some infuriating shit.
― Stuh-du-du-du-du-du-du-denka (jingleberries), Tuesday, 1 August 2006 20:33 (eighteen years ago)
― David R. (popshots75`), Tuesday, 1 August 2006 20:37 (eighteen years ago)
EVEREtt iS MY FAVORitE PlAYER.HES tHE BESt SHORtStOP tHERE iS.
ARE YOU tALkiNG ABOUt tHE CRAWfORD BOXES?AND YES THAT StUPiD Hill TOO. tHERES NO POiNt tO it.
― lAUrEl ANNE dOWNS (GoDdAMN GOrGEOUS), Tuesday, 1 August 2006 20:40 (eighteen years ago)
― c('°c) (Leee), Wednesday, 2 August 2006 02:29 (eighteen years ago)
LASt NiGHtS GAME AGAiNSt tHE PADRES WAS AlRiGHt. i WAS TERRiFiED WHEN liDGE StEPPED iN. SiNCE WE ONLY WON BY 1 POiNt. PEttittE iS AWESOME.
― lAUrEl ANNE dOWNS (GoDdAMN GOrGEOUS), Wednesday, 2 August 2006 22:28 (eighteen years ago)
― polyphonic (polyphonic), Wednesday, 2 August 2006 22:38 (eighteen years ago)
AND WAS lANCE BERkMAN PLAYiNG THE WHOlE GAME? i DiDNt tHiNk HE WAS PlAYiNG CUZ OF THE WHOLE GROiN iNJURY..
― lAUrEl ANNE dOWNS (GoDdAMN GOrGEOUS), Wednesday, 2 August 2006 22:43 (eighteen years ago)
― Stuh-du-du-du-du-du-du-denka (jingleberries), Thursday, 3 August 2006 20:02 (eighteen years ago)
rEViVe LOL
― Steve Shasta, Tuesday, 5 February 2008 00:29 (seventeen years ago)
damn you steve shasta
― boldbury, Tuesday, 5 February 2008 05:30 (seventeen years ago)
LoL
I lOVE tHE ROlliNG StONES.
― Steve Shasta, Tuesday, 5 February 2008 17:05 (seventeen years ago)
The King of Houston Sports Anthems
― mookieproof, Thursday, 14 February 2008 16:14 (seventeen years ago)
Chris Farley homage? Glass door gets better of Astros' Pence
― bnw, Wednesday, 20 February 2008 18:04 (seventeen years ago)
Berkman in May (14 games):
.580/.644/1.140
57 TB
― johnny crunch, Friday, 16 May 2008 01:00 (seventeen years ago)
bERKMAN iN mAY (14 gAMES):
57 tB
― J0rdan S., Friday, 16 May 2008 01:12 (seventeen years ago)
^fixed
SaRg W/ tHE sAVe
― johnny crunch, Friday, 16 May 2008 01:15 (seventeen years ago)
WhErE is Brent O??? I miss that guy.
― mattbot, Friday, 16 May 2008 01:15 (seventeen years ago)
aLSo - hE's g0t 3 sB s0 fAr iN mAy t0o!1!
― The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall, Friday, 16 May 2008 06:21 (seventeen years ago)
I lOVe OuR TiNy, ARrTiSaNaL, BaSEbALl bOaRd. <3
― felicity, Friday, 16 May 2008 08:04 (seventeen years ago)
StUPiD LiDGE!
this is an epochal post, miscapitalizations and all
― J0rdan S., Friday, 16 May 2008 08:07 (seventeen years ago)
srsly, surely they're the most phantom of prospering teams right now?
Pujols still getting my All-Star vote over Berkman.
― Dr Morbius, Friday, 16 May 2008 13:21 (seventeen years ago)
madness.
― The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall, Friday, 16 May 2008 16:14 (seventeen years ago)
Hate hate hate.
― Belisarius, Friday, 16 May 2008 18:00 (seventeen years ago)
http://media.bigoo.ws/content/glitter/text_miscellaneous/text_10.gif
― felicity, Friday, 16 May 2008 18:39 (seventeen years ago)
oh morbsiespaws.
― Steve Shasta, Friday, 16 May 2008 18:56 (seventeen years ago)
http://bestmessageboardever.com/uploads/monthly_05_2008/post-15-1210955554.jpg
― cankles, Friday, 16 May 2008 20:12 (seventeen years ago)
Lance Berkman is my favorite player on an opposing club. He is a dude.
Is it just me or does Berkman and race car driver Tony Stewart look like brothers? Maybe it is the lack of shaving thing.
― earlnash, Saturday, 17 May 2008 03:10 (seventeen years ago)
Lance Fucking Berkman laid down a bunt today.
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/bb/5810892.html
"That's a good play," Cooper said of Berkman's decision to bunt with the third baseman playing him deep. "That's a baseball player's play. It's a nice job. We need baserunners. If you hit a ball out of a ballpark, I call them rally-killers when you get down like that. We need to keep a rally going, and that was a nice play to me."
― Andy K, Sunday, 1 June 2008 03:29 (sixteen years ago)
Enjoy 4th place, Cecil!
― David R., Monday, 2 June 2008 20:42 (sixteen years ago)
As a sophomore playing leftfield against TCU, Berkman found himself running in circles under a sky-high popup that was swirling in a brutal wind. He slid to make the catch but missed by a mile. Meanwhile, his right foot had gotten stuck under the outfield fence, which left him squirming to find the ball, which had rolled under a white plastic bag. He tossed the bag into the air and picked up the ball. But just then, the wind picked up, hanging the bag in the air like smoke. And ...
"I threw the ball right into the white plastic bag," Berkman says. "The ball, in the bag, died after about 30 feet. My foot is stuck in the fence, the hitter's getting an inside-the-park homer and my coach is running and yelling, 'You're the worst outfielder I've ever seen!'"
― bnw, Monday, 2 June 2008 21:09 (sixteen years ago)
more: http://espn.go.com/magazine/vol5no12berkman.html
― bnw, Monday, 2 June 2008 21:10 (sixteen years ago)
Jun 18 Bourn was back in the leadoff spot Tuesday for the first time since June 4, the Houston Chronicle reports.
Recommendation: Bourn went 2-for-5 and it appears he will remain in the leadoff hole for the foreseeable future. "[Bourn's] playing well and swinging well," manager Cecil Cooper said. "It's been that way for a few weeks now. He's starting to put a few at-bats together. When we were at our best, that's who was hitting leadoff. We'll try to go back to that."
the "supremacy" is hitting .238 w/a .290 obp and a .313 slg. but he is setting the table from the leadoff position, scoring 29 runs in 68 games. that's almost one run every two games!
― omar little, Friday, 20 June 2008 00:16 (sixteen years ago)
Does Lance Berkman really have 12 steals?
― Andy K, Tuesday, 24 June 2008 17:15 (sixteen years ago)
Ya - I don't know what's gotten into him!
― The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall, Tuesday, 24 June 2008 18:12 (sixteen years ago)
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3461058
HOUSTON -- Astros pitcher Shawn Chacon was suspended indefinitely by the team Wednesday for insubordination after reportedly grabbing general manager Ed Wade by the neck and throwing him to the ground.
― Andy K, Thursday, 26 June 2008 10:06 (sixteen years ago)
“I sat down to eat and Ed Wade came to me and very sternly said, ‘You need to come with me to the office,”’ Chacon said. “I said, ‘For what?’ I said, ‘I don’t want to go to the office with you and Cooper.’ And I said, ‘You can tell me whatever you got to tell me right here.’ He’s like, ‘Oh, you want me to tell you right here?’ And I said, ‘Yeah.’ I’m not yelling. I’m calm.”Chacon said things went downhill from there.
Chacon said things went downhill from there.
link
― mattbot, Thursday, 26 June 2008 13:20 (sixteen years ago)
The Dude: Just take it easy man. Walter: I'm perfectly calm dude. The Dude: Yeah, waving the fucking gun around. Walter: Calmer than you are. The Dude: Just take it easy. Walter: Calmer than you are.
?
― j.q higgins, Thursday, 26 June 2008 15:15 (sixteen years ago)
Ed Wade or JP Ricciardi: Who is the biggest shithead?
― Alex in SF, Thursday, 26 June 2008 17:08 (sixteen years ago)
Brandon Backe might've killed the Astros' playoff chances w/ today's 8-run inning. ;_;
― David R., Wednesday, 6 August 2008 19:39 (sixteen years ago)
Aw, then he hit his head on the dugout after striking out. :(
― felicity, Wednesday, 6 August 2008 19:48 (sixteen years ago)
And after all Ed Wade did to make this team a contender. u_u
― David R., Wednesday, 6 August 2008 19:56 (sixteen years ago)
gotta love how scrappy darin erstad only grounded into a fielder's choice and not a double play like some base clogger would have
― omar little, Wednesday, 6 August 2008 20:06 (sixteen years ago)
lol @ stros letting backe bat, anyway
― omar little, Wednesday, 6 August 2008 20:07 (sixteen years ago)
how in gods name did these games end up in milwaukee?
― johnny crunch, Monday, 15 September 2008 21:53 (sixteen years ago)
http://img235.imageshack.us/img235/9872/ike1081x1pj4.jpg
― mattbot, Monday, 15 September 2008 22:41 (sixteen years ago)
ahaaaahaaha you poor fuckers
― nsuomy (ramon cora), Friday, 12 February 2010 19:23 (fifteen years ago)
― bnw, Monday, June 2, 2008 5:09 PM (1 year ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
lOl @ tHIS StORy
― johnny crunch, Friday, 12 February 2010 19:28 (fifteen years ago)
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=4930680
GM Ed Wade resigned "thru" 2012
― Astronaut Mike Dexter (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Saturday, 20 February 2010 19:26 (fifteen years ago)
Lord knows he earned it!
― Your body is a spiderland (polyphonic), Saturday, 20 February 2010 19:58 (fifteen years ago)
http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/articles/2010/03/04/clemens_piling_up_big_numbers_just_like_his_famous_father/
The organizational hope for the younger (Koby) Clemens is that he'll be the next Brandon Inge. (Astros assistant GM Ricky) Bennett worked for the Tigers when Inge was a young player, and when he looks at Clemens, he sees the same skills."I've talked a lot to him about Inge," said Bennett. "He came up as a shortstop and then we moved him to catcher and then he got moved to third and the outfield....Clemens is just fine with the Inge comparisons."If I could ever be a player like Brandon Inge and play in the big leagues, that could be a dream come true for me," Clemens said. "That's what this is all about."..."He's really smart," said Bennett.
"I've talked a lot to him about Inge," said Bennett. "He came up as a shortstop and then we moved him to catcher and then he got moved to third and the outfield.
...
Clemens is just fine with the Inge comparisons.
"If I could ever be a player like Brandon Inge and play in the big leagues, that could be a dream come true for me," Clemens said. "That's what this is all about."
"He's really smart," said Bennett.
― Andy K, Thursday, 4 March 2010 23:21 (fifteen years ago)
smrt
― Astronaut Mike Dexter (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 5 March 2010 14:34 (fifteen years ago)
This guy on the mound right now for the Astros is on some serious Al Hrabsoky/Mike Gonzalez bizarre mound behavior trip:
Sammy Gervacio
― ✌.✰|ʘ‿ʘ|✰.✌ (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 6 April 2010 01:28 (fifteen years ago)
http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2010/04/06/space-cadets/
― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 7 April 2010 11:35 (fifteen years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQ7yS8RL-Tg
― Astronaut Mike Dexter (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Wednesday, 7 April 2010 15:45 (fifteen years ago)
keithlawYeah, that's the problem. Gervacio's wild because he's hurt. I'm sure it has nothing to do with that heinous delivery.
― Andy K, Wednesday, 7 April 2010 20:37 (fifteen years ago)
this team is going to have a longgggg season. RIP
― ✌.✰|ʘ‿ʘ|✰.✌ (Steve Shasta), Saturday, 10 April 2010 01:57 (fifteen years ago)
tHIS tEAM rRRRRRREALLY sUCKS
― J0rdan S., Saturday, 10 April 2010 02:03 (fifteen years ago)
when i can't think of a joke i just yell eD wAAADE
― rafsan (rahni), Saturday, 10 April 2010 02:28 (fifteen years ago)
They're knocking Jamie Moyer around today.
― no turkey unless it's a club sandwich (polyphonic), Sunday, 11 April 2010 00:48 (fifteen years ago)
damn i had them predicted to go 0-162
― ciderpress, Sunday, 11 April 2010 01:03 (fifteen years ago)
kEEP tHE dREAM aLIVE
― johnny crunch, Sunday, 11 April 2010 14:10 (fifteen years ago)
we can do this folks
― ciderpress, Sunday, 11 April 2010 20:32 (fifteen years ago)
Whatever the Astros did, they did it
― Astronaut Mike Dexter (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Monday, 12 April 2010 00:23 (fifteen years ago)
pedro feliz is hitting 3rd
― ciderpress, Saturday, 17 April 2010 17:47 (fifteen years ago)
cONGRATS tO hUNTER pENCE fOR dRAWING hIS fIRST wALK oF tHE yEAR tONIGHT
― shipley and him (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 21 April 2010 01:51 (fifteen years ago)
u guys expecting them to lose 130 games also counting on Kick-Ass to outgross Avatar.
― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 21 April 2010 04:30 (fifteen years ago)
fOUR gAME wIN sTREAK
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 22 April 2010 02:46 (fifteen years ago)
Way to go, Lance.
― Andy K, Saturday, 24 April 2010 23:21 (fifteen years ago)
oswalt to 'stros: get me the fuck out of here
― mayor jingleberries, Friday, 21 May 2010 22:04 (fifteen years ago)
Bourn and pray for walks:
.228/.274/.321
^ Team slash stats
― Andy K, Friday, 21 May 2010 22:38 (fifteen years ago)
This was weird:
Houston Astros pitcher Roy Oswalt considers his ejection in the third inning of the Nationals 14-4 win Monday as a misunderstanding.Oswalt said he was upset with himself during Josh Willingham's at-bat with one out in the third inning when home plate umpire Bill Hohn thought Oswalt's anger was directed at him and sent Oswalt to the locker room."Got thrown out of the game for saying 'not talking to you,'" Oswalt said to the media after the game. "Never done that before."I was actually upset I missed with a pitch a little bit off the plate and was actually talking to myself on the mound. I wasn't even looking toward his way when I turned around and he's pointing at me saying something about you are going to keep your mouth shut or something. I couldn't really tell what he said and I told him I wasn't talking to him and he kept on talking so I told him again I wasn't talking to him and he threw me out."Home plate umpire Bill Hohn was not available for comment, but first base umpire Gary Darling, the crew chief, spoke on behalf of Hohn in an interview with FOX 26 Sports."He got ejected for showing up the plate umpire," Darling said.It was pointed out to Darling that Oswalt explained to the media that none of his frustration was directed at Hohn."He came off the mound, pointed at (Hohn) with his glove, and got ejected," Darling said.
Oswalt said he was upset with himself during Josh Willingham's at-bat with one out in the third inning when home plate umpire Bill Hohn thought Oswalt's anger was directed at him and sent Oswalt to the locker room.
"Got thrown out of the game for saying 'not talking to you,'" Oswalt said to the media after the game. "Never done that before.
"I was actually upset I missed with a pitch a little bit off the plate and was actually talking to myself on the mound. I wasn't even looking toward his way when I turned around and he's pointing at me saying something about you are going to keep your mouth shut or something. I couldn't really tell what he said and I told him I wasn't talking to him and he kept on talking so I told him again I wasn't talking to him and he threw me out."
Home plate umpire Bill Hohn was not available for comment, but first base umpire Gary Darling, the crew chief, spoke on behalf of Hohn in an interview with FOX 26 Sports.
"He got ejected for showing up the plate umpire," Darling said.
It was pointed out to Darling that Oswalt explained to the media that none of his frustration was directed at Hohn.
"He came off the mound, pointed at (Hohn) with his glove, and got ejected," Darling said.
― Andy K, Tuesday, 1 June 2010 13:55 (fourteen years ago)
http://houston.astros.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=10798761
― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 11 August 2010 13:37 (fourteen years ago)
typical texan!
― oreo speed wiggum (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 11 August 2010 15:42 (fourteen years ago)
http://deadspin.com/5612172/bo-the-bailer-gets-his-spot-blown-up-on-facebook
― johnny crunch, Friday, 13 August 2010 21:41 (fourteen years ago)
biggest, best storyline of the aSTROS sEASON iMO
― johnny crunch, Friday, 13 August 2010 21:46 (fourteen years ago)
lolllll
<3 ilb today.
― _▂▅▇█▓▒░◕‿‿◕░▒▓█▇▅▂_ (Steve Shasta), Friday, 13 August 2010 23:19 (fourteen years ago)
thanking u, stros. <3
― My totem animal is a hamburger. (WmC), Friday, 27 August 2010 01:17 (fourteen years ago)
And a hearty thanks from me too.
― Mark C, Friday, 27 August 2010 11:22 (fourteen years ago)
this team is going to have a longgggg season. RIP― ✌.✰|ʘ‿ʘ|✰.✌ (Steve Shasta), Friday, April 9, 2010 6:57 PM (5 months ago)
― ✌.✰|ʘ‿ʘ|✰.✌ (Steve Shasta), Friday, April 9, 2010 6:57 PM (5 months ago)
Astros haven’t had a losing month since May, sweep Phillies and Cardinals over 10 days.
― Fartbritz Sootzveti (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 9 September 2010 20:44 (fourteen years ago)
Oswalt, Berkman: clubhouse cancers.
― Andy K, Tuesday, 14 September 2010 22:34 (fourteen years ago)
astros have quietly turned into a decent good-pitching light-hitting team since about mid-june
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 15 September 2010 13:28 (fourteen years ago)
p sure i voted the 70+ wins option in that early season poll but was too scared 2 admit it at the time
― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 15 September 2010 13:31 (fourteen years ago)
well they're outplaying their pythag by 8 games in addition to the hitters overperforming in high leverage situations. they're basically having the best possible season you can get out of a .669 OPS offense
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 15 September 2010 19:48 (fourteen years ago)
pitching is fine though
http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lb8evwSpJu1qzoxsfo1_500.png
― macaroni rascal (polyphonic), Wednesday, 10 November 2010 23:55 (fourteen years ago)
Brett Meyers has 2 of the 3 Houston hits so far today.
― City of Jorts (Steve Shasta), Friday, 1 April 2011 18:18 (fourteen years ago)
h8 the stros
― ℳℴℯ ❤\(◕‿◕✿ (Princess TamTam), Friday, 1 April 2011 18:24 (fourteen years ago)
Knocking Halladay out in 6 innings is pretty wow...
Just checked and that equals his shortest performance of 2010.
― City of Jorts (Steve Shasta), Friday, 1 April 2011 19:10 (fourteen years ago)
RIP Doc
― Andy K, Friday, 1 April 2011 19:12 (fourteen years ago)
lol astros
― mookieproof, Friday, 1 April 2011 19:52 (fourteen years ago)
waiting for lyon to balk in the winner
― mookieproof, Friday, 1 April 2011 19:53 (fourteen years ago)
whelp
― Elegant Bitch (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 1 April 2011 20:00 (fourteen years ago)
Lyon looked awful.
― reggaeton for the painfully alone (polyphonic), Friday, 1 April 2011 20:14 (fourteen years ago)
and that's not even counting how many women he's slapped around today ...
― joyless kunt who afaik contributes nothing but toothless mockery (Eisbaer), Friday, 1 April 2011 20:36 (fourteen years ago)
jesus!
― got electrolytes (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 1 April 2011 21:15 (fourteen years ago)
Lousy letdown night for the Mets so far, but that was a LOL DP.
― resistance does not require a firearm (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 14 May 2011 01:53 (fourteen years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7B4gic1-qU
― A Chuck Person's Guide to Mark Aguirre (Andy K), Saturday, 14 May 2011 19:30 (fourteen years ago)
Finally, a reason to cheer.
― it's time for the fish in the perculator (Steve Shasta), Saturday, 14 May 2011 20:26 (fourteen years ago)
don't let a 3-run lead blind you to the home team in this series being the NL's worst.
― resistance does not require a firearm (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 14 May 2011 21:12 (fourteen years ago)
20-year-old pitcher Jordan Lyles debuts tonight (at Wrigley).
― A Chuck Person's Guide to Mark Aguirre (Andy K), Tuesday, 31 May 2011 14:03 (thirteen years ago)
closer Melancon is tied for the team lead in wins. it's that bad.
― sanskrit, Friday, 24 June 2011 14:10 (thirteen years ago)
The much anticipated 5-1/2-foot-tall Jose Altuve debuts in the bigs today:
http://blog.chron.com/ultimateastros/2011/07/20/jose-altuve-in-lineup-will-bat-second-in-major-league-debut/
― joyless shithead (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 18:18 (thirteen years ago)
jOSE aLTUVE
― tupac, bach (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 18:25 (thirteen years ago)
1-for-5, just singled in 9th w/ 2 out in a tie game
― joyless shithead (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 20 July 2011 20:54 (thirteen years ago)
hahaha, I just bet big on the Astros +1.5 vs. the Diamondbacks (meaning to win I need them to either win the game or lose by one)
8th inning, Astros lead 5-19th inning, Astros lead 5-2, feeling like I can't lose, since if the D'Backs do walk-off it would likely be 6-5
D'Backs tie it up in the 9th, then win on a 3-run HR in the 10th
serves me right for betting on the fuckin Astros
― frogbs, Friday, 12 August 2011 13:15 (thirteen years ago)
50 wins or bust
― strongly recommend. unless you're a bitch (mayor jingleberries), Friday, 12 August 2011 15:58 (thirteen years ago)
http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lpgt3fF5ES1qzrxppo1_500.png
― sanskrit, Friday, 12 August 2011 19:00 (thirteen years ago)
omg frogs that sucks :/
― Mordy, Friday, 12 August 2011 19:07 (thirteen years ago)
i'd be breaking things at that point i think
I've lost way more than that on a missed extra point in a college game - bet over 78.5 (IIRC) and they wound up at 78 after Nevada botched the XP. So I'm kind of used to the crushing loss in sportsbetting. I went to bed after the top of the 9th figuring it was locked up and had to do a double take when I saw my account balance go down. I'm actually pretty glad that I didn't watch it.
― frogbs, Friday, 12 August 2011 19:16 (thirteen years ago)
ALTUVE!
http://houston.astros.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20110820&content_id=23483862¬ebook_id=23489638
― incredibly middlebrow (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 21 August 2011 02:28 (thirteen years ago)
SI_JonHeyman Jon Heymanwandy has been claimed by another team. #astros can trade to that team or pull back
― vajayjay batman (polyphonic), Tuesday, 23 August 2011 18:13 (thirteen years ago)
If they don't ditch that contract they are cray cray
supposedly the nats claimed him.. doesnt seem like a bad idea for dc if you ask me
― strongly recommend. unless you're a bitch (mayor jingleberries), Tuesday, 23 August 2011 18:53 (thirteen years ago)
Alex Anthopolous is hosting a press conference at 3:30. Dunno whyfor.
― vajayjay batman (polyphonic), Tuesday, 23 August 2011 18:59 (thirteen years ago)
we missed this?
http://mlb.sbnation.com/2011/8/24/2380972/brad-mills-pulls-waxahachie-swap-tuesday-night
― incredibly middlebrow (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 4 September 2011 00:14 (thirteen years ago)
wELCOME tO tHE AL!
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 12 October 2011 16:27 (thirteen years ago)
It's official?
― Antonio Carlos Broheem (WmC), Wednesday, 12 October 2011 16:30 (thirteen years ago)
well it's on peter gammons's twitter, not sure what thats worth these days
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 12 October 2011 16:33 (thirteen years ago)
It must be official if it came from the twitter account behind gems like this and this
― polyphonic, Wednesday, 12 October 2011 16:47 (thirteen years ago)
that second one is a masterpiece.
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 12 October 2011 16:53 (thirteen years ago)
He must be a hoot to edit.
― A Chuck Person's Guide to Mark Aguirre (Andy K), Wednesday, 12 October 2011 17:40 (thirteen years ago)
And...
pgammo Peter GammonsThat is a good thong
pgammo Peter GammonsAnd as the sun rises here on Lake Michigan I remember cover 18-yr old Robin Yount's first game
― A Chuck Person's Guide to Mark Aguirre (Andy K), Wednesday, 12 October 2011 17:42 (thirteen years ago)
Might not be as legit as rantsports.com, but
http://eye-on-baseball.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/22297882/32677866
― A Chuck Person's Guide to Mark Aguirre (Andy K), Wednesday, 12 October 2011 17:44 (thirteen years ago)
Predicatron on games lost next year?
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 12 October 2011 18:17 (thirteen years ago)
i don't think they're switching in time for 2012 season? probably 2013
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 12 October 2011 18:51 (thirteen years ago)
They'd have to change the 2012 schedule.
― A Chuck Person's Guide to Mark Aguirre (Andy K), Wednesday, 12 October 2011 19:07 (thirteen years ago)
I think by then the '62 Mets' record will be safe.
― incredibly middlebrow (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 12 October 2011 19:34 (thirteen years ago)
KISSIMMEE, Fla. — The Astros are “leaning heavily” toward new uniforms to accompany the club’s move to the American League in 2013, owner Jim Crane said Sunday.
I wonder if they're leaning towards garbage bags or just wearing paper bags with eye holes cut out of them instead of caps
― wolves in our wounds (mayor jingleberries), Monday, 27 February 2012 19:49 (thirteen years ago)
SOLD!
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-bgHGzPlAdwI/TaeWHdWJ9AI/AAAAAAAAANQ/4NoikxfUO3g/s1600/houston-astros.jpg
― Porto for Pyros (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 27 February 2012 20:28 (thirteen years ago)
morbs what are your thoughts on the Ryan Express?
― Waxahachie Swap (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Tuesday, 28 February 2012 17:13 (thirteen years ago)
J.R. looks like a young Wesley Snipes in that photo.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 28 February 2012 18:15 (thirteen years ago)
thoughts about him when? He finally learned to pitch in his Houston days, after all the raw wild power.
― Literal Facepalms (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 28 February 2012 18:21 (thirteen years ago)
well, not "finally".
― Literal Facepalms (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 28 February 2012 18:22 (thirteen years ago)
Buster_ESPN Buster Olney
Good call by MLB in now allowing the pistol to be put back on the Colt .45 uniforms...
(retro uni controversy)
― Literal Facepalms (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 8 March 2012 18:24 (thirteen years ago)
How many days in advance does Bodog have gambling lines? Tempted to copy the bet-$5-against strategy with the Astros, but I'm too lazy to log into Bodog every day.
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Thursday, 8 March 2012 21:45 (thirteen years ago)
I had the same idea.. Stole it from this dude who bet on the pirates to lose every game
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Aq0v0bsD6EIDdEo5OUw2WFgwRHlMSFBRMklVNTE2c0E&hl=en#gid=0
― wolves in our wounds (mayor jingleberries), Thursday, 8 March 2012 23:10 (thirteen years ago)
does Bodog still exist? i thought everyone was arrested.
― Porto for Pyros (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 9 March 2012 14:21 (thirteen years ago)
oh, I guess Bovada.fr is the thing now. Same setup.
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Friday, 9 March 2012 19:47 (thirteen years ago)
DAMN that is a pathetic offense
― World Congress of Itch (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 18 April 2012 01:22 (thirteen years ago)
Altuve 4-for-5.
― World Congress of Itch (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 26 April 2012 00:52 (thirteen years ago)
Astros are kind of adorable, posting run expectancy numbers on the scoreboard:http://assets.sbnation.com/assets/1097492/DSC_0094.JPG
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 02:41 (thirteen years ago)
whoa, that's gotta be a first?
― World Congress of Itch (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 8 May 2012 17:04 (thirteen years ago)
0.00 RUNS EXPECTEDASTROS HITTING
Since the break, the team from hOuSToN (a city so large that many of us consider the state's largest city to be Dallas) is 1-14 with a 12-game losing streak. They've scored more than four runs twice and have lost both times (13-8, 6-5).
― Andy K, Sunday, 29 July 2012 13:18 (twelve years ago)
they've won two of their last 27
― mookieproof, Sunday, 29 July 2012 13:21 (twelve years ago)
Oh, that too.
― Andy K, Sunday, 29 July 2012 13:24 (twelve years ago)
tWO oF tHEIR lAST tWENTYsEVEN O_O
― johnny crunch, Sunday, 29 July 2012 13:30 (twelve years ago)
These knuckleheads played for one run -- to tie -- during the top of the 8th inning while facing Livan Hernandez. They got their one run, and then...
Francisco Cordero pitching for HoustonJ Lucroy doubled to left. X Cedeno relieved F Cordero. N Morgan grounded into fielder's choice to third, J Lucroy to third.C Izturis reached on infield single to first, J Lucroy scored, N Morgan to second.C Ransom homered to left, N Morgan and C Izturis scored.
Also note that embattled newly-acquired closer Francisco Cordero came into the game during the 7th and promptly blew a lead.
― Andy K, Tuesday, 31 July 2012 03:18 (twelve years ago)
Also strange how, during the 7th, Cordero looked like he was about to intentionally bean Carlos Gomez (who was on second base).
― Andy K, Tuesday, 31 July 2012 03:19 (twelve years ago)
And at least the Astros didn't hit a rally-killing home run during that 8th inning. Amirite, Cecil Cooper?
― Andy K, Tuesday, 31 July 2012 03:20 (twelve years ago)
Oh, man.
― Andy K, Tuesday, 31 July 2012 03:43 (twelve years ago)
but for that mediocre summit in May, they could be historic.
http://mlb.sbnation.com/2012/8/2/3214144/houston-astros-2012-record-sad
― Pangborn to be Wilde (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 2 August 2012 17:03 (twelve years ago)
10-44 on the road
― mookieproof, Thursday, 2 August 2012 17:55 (twelve years ago)
During this slump, the Astros have hit just about exactly like a whole team of Andy LaRoche.
During this slump, Astros opponents have hit just about exactly like whole teams of Andre Ethier.
hahaha
― mookieproof, Thursday, 2 August 2012 17:58 (twelve years ago)
Jeez, Gallaraga works slower than frozen molasses.
― Your sweet bippy is going to hell (WmC), Saturday, 4 August 2012 00:05 (twelve years ago)
http://assets.sbnation.com/assets/1281243/astros.gif
― pun lovin criminal (polyphonic), Tuesday, 7 August 2012 18:59 (twelve years ago)
via SBN:
If the Houston Astros lose Friday night, they will accomplish something that hasn’t been done since 1916: lose 35 times in 39 games.
The Philadelphia A’s, who did that, finished 36-117, a .235 winning percentage that’s the worst since 1900. For the Astros to beat that, they’d have to go 3-47. You never know…
― Pangborn to be Wilde (Dr Morbius), Friday, 10 August 2012 19:12 (twelve years ago)
Lucky me, I got to see one of this chöadgäng's few wins, vs the Braves last Saturday. ;_;
Almost forgot, I took notes on Braves organist shenanigans etc --Altuve: pre-AB, "It's a Small World"; on his way to 1st after walking, the Muppet Show theme.Justin Maxwell: Get Smart themeLucas Harrell: Star Wars themeChris Snyder: 60s Spider-Man tv show theme
Out-weirding them all was Dan Uggla's pre-AB music, Mickey & Sylvia's "Love Is Strange" laid over a rock beat. Is that song used as a sample in some current hit?
― Your sweet bippy is going to hell (WmC), Friday, 10 August 2012 19:27 (twelve years ago)
i dunno man -- you (understandably) trade away your entire team, then shit on the manager for losing? was it really necessary to fire the guy with six weeks left in the season? does not reek of class
― mookieproof, Sunday, 19 August 2012 06:28 (twelve years ago)
1B and hitting coaches, too.
This team we've been shaking up all year needs a late-August shake-up -- before it's too late.
― Andy K, Sunday, 19 August 2012 11:21 (twelve years ago)
http://cjzero.com/gifs/AstrosDerp.gif
― Andy K, Sunday, 26 August 2012 13:47 (twelve years ago)
that's an infield hit and rbi for r.a. dickey
pretty nice throwing attempt by the pitcher, i guess
― mookieproof, Sunday, 26 August 2012 15:24 (twelve years ago)
Dickey's not a fan of running on dirt.
― Andy K, Sunday, 26 August 2012 15:27 (twelve years ago)
08:17 AM ET 08.31 | The fuse is lit. Roger Clemens is moving closer to returning to the major leagues with the Astros. Astros general manager Jeff Luhnow told CBSSports.com's Jon Heyman that he plans to have a scout watch Clemens pitch [for independent Sugar Land] on Sept. 7. The strong speculation in baseball has been that if all goes reasonably well that night, Clemens will then pitch for the Astros five days later, on Sept. 12 against the Cubs. Clemens, who turned 50 on Aug. 4, last pitched in the big leagues in 2007 with the Yankees. He would be on this December's Hall of Fame ballot, but that eligibility will be delayed for another five years if he pitches for the Astros.
http://www.fannation.com/truth_and_rumors/view/335597
― Andy K, Friday, 31 August 2012 12:51 (twelve years ago)
get the hot rub ready
― johnny crunch, Friday, 31 August 2012 12:55 (twelve years ago)
I don't know why they're pretending to scout him to see if he's ready to pitch in the majors. Everyone knows it's a publicity stunt, why not be more honest about it? It's not like the Astros have anything else going for them right now.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Friday, 31 August 2012 14:35 (twelve years ago)
If I was the Cubs manager and they tried to pull some kind of publicity stunt on my club, I would be bunting every other hitter and make Clemens out of practice butt have to try field them.
― earlnash, Friday, 31 August 2012 14:56 (twelve years ago)
You can't even compare this to the Satchel Paige situation. Paige wasn't some cheating multi-millionare trying to reform his image and from what I always understood it was partially done so that Paige would be eligible for baseball pension.
― earlnash, Friday, 31 August 2012 15:00 (twelve years ago)
wow
Jon Heyman @JonHeymanCBS#Astros have named @Kevin_Goldstein a pro scouting coordinator. heres what we said earlier.
― young money color me badd (J0rdan S.), Friday, 31 August 2012 22:12 (twelve years ago)
well, there goes my fave podcast (at least while I was able to load it)
― Pangborn to be Wilde (Dr Morbius), Friday, 31 August 2012 23:42 (twelve years ago)
Good for him.
― Andy K, Saturday, 1 September 2012 00:44 (twelve years ago)
KG was gaga for Altuve long before i heard about him from anyone else, so maybe Houston will have a Munchkin infield before long.
― Pangborn to be Wilde (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 1 September 2012 01:08 (twelve years ago)
lol hope so
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 1 September 2012 01:19 (twelve years ago)
I guess when KLaw turned them down they decided to go after his successor at BP.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Saturday, 1 September 2012 06:59 (twelve years ago)
jordan lyles joins the cg shutout & hit one out club
― johnny crunch, Sunday, 30 September 2012 21:00 (twelve years ago)
Calling it now: 2013 AL West champs
― Andy K, Wednesday, 3 October 2012 15:36 (twelve years ago)
btw, season-capping series w/ Cubs was first with two teams playing with 100 or more losses apiece since '62 Mets and Cubs.
― kizz my hairy irish azz (Dr Morbius), Friday, 5 October 2012 03:53 (twelve years ago)