If he can more effectively help us steal signs then I'm all for bringing him on board as an advisory or consultant role.Milwaukees Best Light said:
As much as I like him, we need to look at Geoff Blum. Dude did it in the 2005 WS against us, and these rumors started around the time he came back to the organization. Obviously he cannot do it while he is in the booth, but he can teach the culture and skills needed before the games. I enjoy the guy on the broadcast and he seems like a great guy, but I would put him on my list of suspects.
Cinco Ranch Aggie said:
The Astros should follow the Patriots' lead by yawning and saying, Zero F***s Given.
Part of that has to do with becoming a free agent after he joined the Astros instead of under team control when he was traded to the Astros.Gator03 said:
Very brave of Fiers to leverage his Astros tenure into a WS ring, a much higher salary (avg of $389k before Astros to $6M after) then call out the organization.
Starting to sound like it might have been a case of our guys being more blatant about it. Like talking to each other coming off the plate instead of in the dugout with gloves in front of their mouths, giving aholes like A Rod something to talk about and set off the narrative.Quad Dog said:
Is this one of those things were everyone was doing it, and we just did it the best and got caught?
where did you want people to dump? The bedroom? On your futon?Wearer of the Ring said:
We used to have a "No Dumping" sign over our bathroom door in the dorm.
They are focusing on the pitch, but taking away one variable is a huge edge. You usually have less than a second to determine if fastball, breaking ball, which way it is breaking, inside, outside, high, low, etc. If you can delete a pitcher's out pitch (changeup, breaking ball) from the equation and know that you've got fastball, all you have left is to determine if hittable pitch and get the bat there.Satellite of Love said:
So how do they inform the batter when it is crazy loud in there? Also, is their live feed specifically to the dugout's CCTV? When at bat, are they implying that the Astros aren't focused on the pitches but trying to hear a noise from the dugout? There's a split second decision to be made whether to swing or not so all effort is listening for some bangs, right?
Doesn't matter, Gattis still couldn't hit that *****HtownAg92 said:They are focusing on the pitch, but taking away one variable is a huge edge. You usually have less than a second to determine if fastball, breaking ball, which way it is breaking, inside, outside, high, low, etc. If you can delete a pitcher's out pitch (changeup, breaking ball) from the equation and know that you've got fastball, all you have left is to determine if hittable pitch and get the bat there.Satellite of Love said:
So how do they inform the batter when it is crazy loud in there? Also, is their live feed specifically to the dugout's CCTV? When at bat, are they implying that the Astros aren't focused on the pitches but trying to hear a noise from the dugout? There's a split second decision to be made whether to swing or not so all effort is listening for some bangs, right?
That means fastball, right?Boo Weekle said:
https://instagr.am/p/B42OGephFrP