carry on. youre doing gods work.
― panettone for the painfully alone (mayor jingleberries), Friday, 21 December 2012 23:04 (eleven years ago) link
Astros' AL debut vs Rangers is the ESPN opener
http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/03/rangers-vs-astros-to-kick-off-the-2013-season-in-prime-time
― saltwater incursion (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 3 January 2013 20:41 (eleven years ago) link
watching that might feel like raucously shouting for blood at the colosseum
― "reading specialist" (Z S), Thursday, 3 January 2013 20:49 (eleven years ago) link
ha, from that article: "As usual, the Red Sox and Yankees are totally getting shafted by not being broadcast in prime time. Man."
THE YANKEES AND RED SOX ARE IN EVERY NATIONALLY BROADCAST GAME EVER
― "reading specialist" (Z S), Thursday, 3 January 2013 20:50 (eleven years ago) link
The Bad News Bears in Switching Leagues xp
Writer is having a li'l fun there, dawg.
― saltwater incursion (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 3 January 2013 20:52 (eleven years ago) link
didn't know that El Presidente was their bullpen coach.
― Pope Rusty I (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 9 March 2013 19:01 (eleven years ago) link
omg a 3-1/3 inning save! What year is it?
― Pope Rusty I (Dr Morbius), Monday, 1 April 2013 12:16 (eleven years ago) link
and...bedard will still take his turn in the rotation.
of course he'll probably tear his labrum, but i really do think the astros are not going to be as awful as people think they're going to be.
― j.q higgins, Monday, 1 April 2013 13:48 (eleven years ago) link
struck out 43x in 3 games vs TEX
― Pope Rusty I (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 3 April 2013 23:43 (eleven years ago) link
brETT wALLACE iS 1/14 wITH 11 sTrIKEOUTS
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 6 April 2013 22:52 (eleven years ago) link
'stros bust out for 16 runs, everyone in the lineup gets a hit except brett wallace 0-4, 4ks
― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 10 April 2013 11:09 (eleven years ago) link
1/21 17ks O_O
― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 10 April 2013 11:11 (eleven years ago) link
a 2-game winning streak, and only 9 Ks tonight.
― Pope Rusty I (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 11 April 2013 06:16 (eleven years ago) link
oUcH
― Mesclun United (Andy K), Sunday, 14 April 2013 04:17 (eleven years ago) link
eRiK BeDaRD pitching for HOusTOn HOU OAKC Crisp walked. 0 0D Norris walked, C Crisp to second. 0 0C Young walked, C Crisp to third, D Norris to second. 0 0J Lowrie struck out looking. 0 0C Crisp scored, D Norris to third, C Young to second on wild pitch by E Bedard. 0 1J Donaldson walked. 0 1B Moss singled to right, D Norris and C Young scored, J Donaldson to third. 0 3N Freiman homered to left, J Donaldson and B Moss scored. 0 6P Clemens relieved E Bedard. 0 6M Taylor flied out to center. 0 6
― Mesclun United (Andy K), Tuesday, 16 April 2013 02:42 (eleven years ago) link
These guys aren't very good
― polyphonic, Wednesday, 17 April 2013 21:15 (eleven years ago) link
Unreal is that two games in a row where the SP didn't make it out of inning 1? or I guess 2 out of 3? Vicious... this team makes my heart hurt.
― I've Seen rRootage (Will M.), Wednesday, 17 April 2013 21:17 (eleven years ago) link
Pitchers IP H R ER BB SO HR PC-ST ERAP Humber 0.1 8 8 8 1 0 1 30-18 6.63D Keuchel 1.1 5 6 3 2 1 0 52-30 3.86Totals 1.2 13 14 11 3 1 1 82-48
― johnny crunch, Sunday, 21 April 2013 00:06 (eleven years ago) link
i don't know how anyone could pick any team other than Houston for the worst in the AL (perhaps all of baseball ever).― Porto for Pyros (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, March 28, 2013 12:18 PM (3 weeks ago)
― Porto for Pyros (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Sunday, 21 April 2013 00:33 (eleven years ago) link
and into the 13th they go in a quest for win # 9
(I really don't think they're as bad as that Tiger team that lost 118 or whatever)
― Pope Rusty I (Dr Morbius), Friday, 3 May 2013 04:10 (eleven years ago) link
At least they're middle of the pack in runs scored? That's a thing, right?
All they have to do is not lose 19 runs a game and that might translate to ASTROS SUCCESS
― I've Seen rRootage (Will M.), Friday, 3 May 2013 16:13 (eleven years ago) link
2003 Tigers through 40: 9-31, -79 DIFF2013 Astros through 40: 10-30, -90 DIFF
― Andy K, Wednesday, 15 May 2013 12:43 (ten years ago) link
http://www.bestsportsphotos.com/images/PF/05PenaCarlos02.jpg
― Andy K, Wednesday, 15 May 2013 12:45 (ten years ago) link
http://www.posters.ws/images/842591/carlos_pena_2004_studio_plus_photofile.jpg
― Andy K, Wednesday, 15 May 2013 12:49 (ten years ago) link
smdh
― mookieproof, Saturday, 18 May 2013 02:38 (ten years ago) link
Paredes does not like second basemen.
― Andy K, Saturday, 18 May 2013 02:49 (ten years ago) link
http://www.baseballnation.com/2013/5/17/4342322/jimmy-paredes-houston-astros-collisions-right-field
― Andy K, Saturday, 18 May 2013 03:25 (ten years ago) link
So if they continue at this pace and finish with -360 DIFF, would that be some kind of record?
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Saturday, 18 May 2013 23:21 (ten years ago) link
Some Historically Bad Team! They're already just ten wins short of the '62 Mets.
Worst run differentials via Yahoo Answers:
For a season:1899 Cleveland Spiders 529 runs scored, 1252 runs allowed (-723)
Since 1900:1932 Red Sox, 566 runs scored, 915 runs allowed (-349)
Recently:2003 Tigers, 591 runs scored, 928 runs allowed (-337)
(Mets were -331)
― playwright Greg Marlowe, secretly in love with Mary (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 27 June 2013 15:06 (ten years ago) link
alright alright. i might be wrong on this one, so sue me.
― Porto for Pyros (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Thursday, 27 June 2013 17:25 (ten years ago) link
I guess what they really needed is to get out of the NL since that's where all the good teams are.
― polyphonic, Thursday, 27 June 2013 18:12 (ten years ago) link
Really nice MLB debut by Jarred Cosart today.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Saturday, 13 July 2013 01:43 (ten years ago) link
What is an Oberholtzer?
― Andy K, Tuesday, 6 August 2013 03:23 (ten years ago) link
it is bavarian dialect for 'former brave'
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 6 August 2013 03:29 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFeBp1PDKyg
― Andy K, Tuesday, 17 September 2013 16:35 (ten years ago) link
fwiw the astros' top six farm teams all made their league playoffs, and their system overall had a .569 regular season winning pct (second-best behind the giants)
doesn't necessarily mean anything, especially at the higher levels, but it doesn't hurt either
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 17 September 2013 17:46 (ten years ago) link
http://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2013/9/17/4740812/astros-tv-record-houston-csn-angels
The Nielsen rating -- 0.04 -- represents an average of roughly 915 households or about 1,000 viewers, which is 567 times fewer viewers than tuned in for the Texans-Titans game the next day.
― Andy K, Tuesday, 17 September 2013 17:48 (ten years ago) link
That's very much like an old Bob & Ray radio bit... "And among women 18-35, your rating was... zero."
anyway:
MIA 55-95 _HOU 51-99 4
― Miss Arlington twirls for the Coal Heavers (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 17 September 2013 17:50 (ten years ago) link
Houston has 4 ties?!
― Porto for Pyros (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 17 September 2013 17:52 (ten years ago) link
hockeyhead :)
― Miss Arlington twirls for the Coal Heavers (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 17 September 2013 17:54 (ten years ago) link
;p
― Porto for Pyros (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 17 September 2013 17:55 (ten years ago) link
an average of roughly 915 households or about 1,000 viewers
damn, Houstonians not reproducing much these days.
― Miss Arlington twirls for the Coal Heavers (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 17 September 2013 17:56 (ten years ago) link
houston the world capitol of sad men watching baseball alone in their underwear iirc
― fuck your movie theater yacht (zachlyon), Tuesday, 17 September 2013 23:30 (ten years ago) link
they all worked for Enron.
Chance to play spoiler here vs Reds!
― Miss Arlington twirls for the Coal Heavers (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 18 September 2013 00:22 (ten years ago) link
...and down 4-0 already
― Miss Arlington twirls for the Coal Heavers (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 18 September 2013 00:25 (ten years ago) link
12 straight losses
― Andy K, Friday, 27 September 2013 02:47 (ten years ago) link
Alyson Footer @alysonfooterAccording to superfan @DeLongTweets, tonight's game is record for highest attendance after 100th loss. Previous: 26,209 vs Rockies 9/24/11.
because yankees
― mookieproof, Saturday, 28 September 2013 03:12 (ten years ago) link
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Hannes_Arch_Kirchheim_3.jpg/450px-Hannes_Arch_Kirchheim_3.jpg
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Saturday, 28 September 2013 04:53 (ten years ago) link
btw I don't think we ever linked this: "most profitable ever" is bullshit.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/maurybrown/2013/08/29/erroneous-story-claiming-houston-astros-most-profitable-ever-a-massive-strikeout/
― Miss Arlington twirls for the Coal Heavers (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 29 September 2013 15:02 (ten years ago) link
What is the record for length of losing streak to end the season?
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Sunday, 29 September 2013 22:31 (ten years ago) link
Morton and Cole had good moments with the Pirates but they were also pretty inconsistent. This is way beyond what they did there. No way they can keep this up, but still that is a heck of a start and adding in Morton's playoff heroics on top, quite impressive.
― earlnash, Tuesday, 22 May 2018 00:05 (five years ago) link
As for Verlander, I think people are overplaying how good he is right now. Power pitchers seem to have a bit of bounce back later in their careers, many pitchers had them. I think part of it is that they re-gain their control which brings back the Ks and cuts down on the walks.
― earlnash, Tuesday, 22 May 2018 00:08 (five years ago) link
Verlander looked cooked 2-3 years ago.
― the ignatius rock of ignorance (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 22 May 2018 00:43 (five years ago) link
looks like he's rebounded for real. his velocity has gotten back to where it used to be basically. that usually helps
― k3vin k., Tuesday, 22 May 2018 01:58 (five years ago) link
The Astros have allowed 126 runs through 50 games, which are the fewest in the Major Leagues since 1920 (live ball era). The previous record of 128 was set by the Indians in 1968.— Brian McTaggart (@brianmctaggart) May 23, 2018
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 23 May 2018 21:48 (five years ago) link
Kevin: Are the Astros lack of luck unprecedented? Don’t think I’ve seen a team 7 games worse than their pythag this early in the season before.
Jay Jaffe: I don’t have any historical data to support or refute that, but their 4-12 record in one-run games and the Mariners’ 18-9 record in same is the big reason why Seattle is a game ahead in the AL West despite a run differential that’s nearly 100 runs smaller (+118 to +21)
― the ignatius rock of ignorance (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 7 June 2018 20:12 (five years ago) link
um, it's not "luck" when you have a shitty bullpen
― k3vin k., Thursday, 7 June 2018 20:17 (five years ago) link
huh, I guess their bullpen doesn't suck. retracted
― k3vin k., Thursday, 7 June 2018 20:37 (five years ago) link
Released 25 years ago today.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Thursday, 7 June 2018 20:47 (five years ago) link
lol, wrong thread.
(aside from some sporadic sketchiness from Giles, the Astros bullpen is awesome fwiw... they have 2 legit starters stashed in there in case of emergency).
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Thursday, 7 June 2018 20:57 (five years ago) link
Keuchel has been poor to outright terrible for the last month+.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Monday, 11 June 2018 00:47 (five years ago) link
Fresno manager Rodney Linares, Fresno hitting coach Darryl Robinson, Buies Creek manager Morgan Ensberg and Corpus Christi developmental coach Mycal Jones aren't being retained by the Astros for 2019.— Brian McTaggart (@brianmctaggart) September 18, 2018
these teams all did very well this year and linares in particular seems to be a rising managerial star?
for an organization that's been so successful over the last few years, luhnow seems to can a lot of people -- think he's fired a bunch of scouts as well
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 18 September 2018 15:09 (five years ago) link
your cheatin' Stros
https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/the-astros-were-caught-doing-something/
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Monday, 22 October 2018 20:49 (five years ago) link
How Many Kemps
― Andy K, Saturday, 27 April 2019 23:22 (five years ago) link
Reddick with the #astros catch of the year pic.twitter.com/fAxRevByLI— Houston Sports Talk Podcast (@HSTPodcast) May 10, 2019
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Friday, 10 May 2019 15:42 (four years ago) link
It's early and this won't last and all of the qualifiers you choose to apply here, however, were one so inclined you could look at the best-ever wRC+ leaderboards and.. 129 -- @astros, 2019126 -- NYY, 1927124 -- NYY, 1930 & 31122 -- @astros, 2017120 -- CIN, 1976 (+3 others)— Mike Petriello (@mike_petriello) May 10, 2019
― mookieproof, Friday, 10 May 2019 18:53 (four years ago) link
How stacked is this Astros team? If the top six Astros weren’t allowed to bat and instead of replacing them with minor leaguers, the team filled in the missing plate appearances with the remaining players’ 2019 lines, the team would project to score roughly 4.5 runs a game after accounting for park factors. With the team’s great pitching (3.53 runs per game allowed), their Pythagorean winning percentage would be .611. The hobbled Astros would have the fifth-best Pythagorean winning percentage in baseball. Want it in BaseRuns? That still works out to a .610 expected winning percentage, fourth-best in baseball.
https://blogs.fangraphs.com/the-astros-are-ludicrous/
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 28 May 2019 14:42 (four years ago) link
it's Yordan Alvarez
https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/26934612/astros-call-minor-league-hr-leader-alvarez
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 9 June 2019 16:46 (four years ago) link
Houston's offense:
https://www.mlb.com/news/astros-have-historically-good-offense-in-2019
Most hitters with at least a 130 OPS+ in 250+ PA1) 2019 Astros: 72-T) 1993 Tigers: 62-T) 1987 Tigers: 616 teams tied with 5, including 2019 Yankees
(The seven: Altuve, Brantley, Bregman, Gurriel, Springer, Correa, and Alvarez.)
― clemenza, Monday, 9 September 2019 21:01 (four years ago) link
team wRC+ is now 124, tied for second-best ever behind the '27 yankees
― mookieproof, Monday, 9 September 2019 21:04 (four years ago) link
(Had no recollection of that '93 Tigers team as being especially noteworthy, and when you look at them, it's somewhat misleading in that they had a bunch of guys just clear the 130+ mark--two guys were at exactly 130+, and their leader was at 138+. The Astros, by contrast, have four guys in the 130-139 range, Springer at 148+, Bregman at 159+, and Alvarez at 174+ in half-a-season.)
― clemenza, Monday, 9 September 2019 21:07 (four years ago) link
Winning 11-0 after three tonight; they've outscored the Mariners and A's 32-1 over 12 innings.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 10 September 2019 01:23 (four years ago) link
two home runs for this year's AL rookie of the year!
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 10 September 2019 01:25 (four years ago) link
alvarez the second player ever to reach houston’s top deck in right
i’ll buy you a beer if you can guess the first
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 10 September 2019 02:11 (four years ago) link
Albert Pujols off Brad Lidge. I'll take a pilsner please.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Tuesday, 10 September 2019 05:22 (four years ago) link
that was in left
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 10 September 2019 08:39 (four years ago) link
The only other player to do so prior to Alvarez was former Met Jeromy Burnitz back in 2000.
(yes i cheated)
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 10 September 2019 14:54 (four years ago) link
dang Jeromy Burnitz hit 315 home runs.
― omar little, Tuesday, 10 September 2019 15:29 (four years ago) link
i'm trying to imagine where that puts him on the alltime list. In the 60s or 70s?
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 10 September 2019 15:43 (four years ago) link
lol, i should've known: 130th
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 10 September 2019 15:44 (four years ago) link
No guarantee at all that they'll win everything--the best team on paper rarely does--but with that offense + Verlander/Cole/Greinke (Miley would be the #1 starter for more than a few teams), and Osuna (good enough), they look '70 Orioles/'75 Reds/'98 Yankees good right now.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 10 September 2019 18:22 (four years ago) link
Run diff:
The #Astros have had quite the spike in recent days 👀👀👀 pic.twitter.com/CCL1gD3IAk— Daren Willman (@darenw) September 10, 2019
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Tuesday, 10 September 2019 19:05 (four years ago) link
howbout the '54 Indians?
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 11 September 2019 01:10 (four years ago) link
'84 Tigers and '86 Mets, for sure. I don't know...I'm probably contradicting myself, but to be included in this group, winning the Series seems important.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 11 September 2019 01:21 (four years ago) link