Verlander is obv a big postseason asset, when frontline pitching gets more work, but Astros did Ok w/out him for 90 games or so.
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 17 October 2017 01:14 (six years ago) link
Morton's been decent aside from the discount HR
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 17 October 2017 01:17 (six years ago) link
SO WAHT
― calstars, Tuesday, 17 October 2017 01:51 (six years ago) link
damn altuve showing some defensive skills tonight
― k3vin k., Tuesday, 17 October 2017 01:55 (six years ago) link
Verlander and Keuchel and pray to St Michael
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 17 October 2017 11:23 (six years ago) link
Romine catching Gray. https://t.co/YmKc5seQwN— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) October 17, 2017
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 17 October 2017 19:30 (six years ago) link
TROUBLE
― Andy K, Tuesday, 17 October 2017 23:09 (six years ago) link
yuli
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 17 October 2017 23:12 (six years ago) link
Not sure why Gurriel thought it was so important to advance to third on that play, but I guess the damage was already done.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Tuesday, 17 October 2017 23:16 (six years ago) link
it seems conceivable that he was trying to draw a throw -- i thought there might be a close play at the plate -- but i'm guessing he was just over-aggressive. and third is a nicer place to be with one out
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 17 October 2017 23:29 (six years ago) link
The Astros completely blew the rundown there.
I'm still not sure why Devenski was pulled so quickly -- do the Astros have any middle relievers who are better?
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Wednesday, 18 October 2017 00:12 (six years ago) link
giles sux fam
― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 18 October 2017 00:23 (six years ago) link
BROTHERS GONNA WORK IT OUT
― calstars, Wednesday, 18 October 2017 00:24 (six years ago) link
I'd say it's a stunning collapse, but considering the state of the Houston bullpen, it's not all that surprising.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Wednesday, 18 October 2017 00:30 (six years ago) link
:)
― k3vin k., Wednesday, 18 October 2017 00:33 (six years ago) link
glad i missed most o' that shit
do the Astros have any middle relievers who are better?
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 18 October 2017 01:07 (six years ago) link
They haven't used Peacock in relief yet
― timellison, Wednesday, 18 October 2017 01:29 (six years ago) link
Hinch saving him for Game 8
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 18 October 2017 01:37 (six years ago) link
can't believe i'm gonna be rooting for the team with the biggest payroll in MLB to beat the yankees
― qualx, Wednesday, 18 October 2017 01:48 (six years ago) link
almost like your reasons for hating the yankees are kind of arbitrary!!
― k3vin k., Wednesday, 18 October 2017 02:00 (six years ago) link
lol
― qualx, Wednesday, 18 October 2017 02:01 (six years ago) link
their history of evil is a given, kev
a Cubs-Yanks WS would be Hillary-Trump all over again
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 18 October 2017 02:03 (six years ago) link
i'd rather root for the cubs but i'd have much less confidence in them
― qualx, Wednesday, 18 October 2017 02:05 (six years ago) link
the yankees winning the pennant at all this year is just disgusting to think about
i do not & will never want the yankees to win anything but this team is likeable to me i see it
― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 18 October 2017 02:15 (six years ago) link
qualx, shame on you for giving up on this series already, you must be one of those Momentum clowns!
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 18 October 2017 02:17 (six years ago) link
btw before he redeemed himself with the batting heroics, Judge nearly making 3 outs on the basepaths in one inning was LOL.
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 18 October 2017 02:21 (six years ago) link
if the astros ended up winning the series...
last time two 100-game winners faced each other in the world series was...1970? reds vs o's?
― Currently (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 18 October 2017 03:55 (six years ago) link
it's kind of crazy to see how often, in the last 20 years, 100-game winners have been eliminated before reaching the WS:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Major_League_Baseball_100_win_seasons
― Currently (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 18 October 2017 03:56 (six years ago) link
that's baseball, etc etc
Scrolled through, and you're right--1970. A number of times one side was one or two wins short. Tried searching most-total-wins for a Series, but you need the right search term or you just get the Yankees for most total Series wins.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 18 October 2017 12:47 (six years ago) link
w/out looking it up i know that the year before, the Mets had 100 and the Orioles... 107? (looksup; 109)
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 18 October 2017 20:23 (six years ago) link
I also remember that I was wearing a junior-size Mets jacket in 1970 and a nun in my parish who was from Baltimore japed at me, "You better get a jacket with the Orioles on it."
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 18 October 2017 20:25 (six years ago) link
excellent and true jape
― qualx, Wednesday, 18 October 2017 20:42 (six years ago) link
it's been weird listening to the astro's radio feed of these games and hearing ads for churches
― na (NA), Wednesday, 18 October 2017 21:01 (six years ago) link
btw I really hate hearing from raspy white journeymen like Todd Frazier after postseason wins every year. "The Yankee gods must've been watching over us." May his decline phase come soon.
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 18 October 2017 21:09 (six years ago) link
saw someone touting him for the mets next year -- if only to give player-manager david wright an occasional day off
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 18 October 2017 21:11 (six years ago) link
plz no
I remember Astro pitching coach Brent Strom as a Mets rookie in '72
https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4325/35973930825_82bff7eb1c_c.jpg
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 18 October 2017 21:22 (six years ago) link
fuck fox's homer Yankee kru
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 18 October 2017 21:23 (six years ago) link
happily i watched 3 innings last night in a gay bar w/ bad music on
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 18 October 2017 21:25 (six years ago) link
Astros' 2nd shows a PRODUCTIVE OUT sometimes doesn't produce.
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 18 October 2017 21:41 (six years ago) link
can't stand the hyping of the yankee stadium crowd by the announcers , as if it were more special than any other baseball crowd.
― Van Horn Street, Wednesday, 18 October 2017 21:46 (six years ago) link
also not a huge fan of the 2-3-2 home/away format, game 3 and 5 are pretty key and they get to be in the ballpark of the team with less reg. season wins.
― Van Horn Street, Wednesday, 18 October 2017 21:48 (six years ago) link
they're all pretty key
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 18 October 2017 21:51 (six years ago) link
xp agreed but I also like having a minimum # of travel days. don't much like the idea of a 3-man rotation or a dominant reliever pitching six games in a series
― frogbs, Wednesday, 18 October 2017 21:53 (six years ago) link
imo the biggest downside is that the team w/ more wins can lose 4-1 and only get 2 home games
― frogbs, Wednesday, 18 October 2017 21:54 (six years ago) link
trying to rationalise my hatred for the current score.
― Van Horn Street, Wednesday, 18 October 2017 22:11 (six years ago) link
Need 2-3 quick runs vs Tanaka; pray when the relief starts.
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 18 October 2017 22:21 (six years ago) link
fuck the yankees now and forever
― qualx, Wednesday, 18 October 2017 22:22 (six years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/9mOa2Nh.jpg
― calstars, Wednesday, 18 October 2017 22:25 (six years ago) link