thats awesome. Yeah its definitely something I would never do if I had to pay for the flight. But the 400 dollar flight being free makes it really reasonable.

I will even have a few hours after the game to go for some beers and a nice meal.

Lol

Anyone want a ticket to Sunday's game? I can't make it because of some tournament in College Station.

hahahahaha

I have posted my wife here before. She is a basic white girl. It comes with the territory..

blue star sir

jbanda said:

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Wet blanket question...If the Astros have as great a regular season as projected and the theydon't win the World Series, is the season a failure?

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The problem with post season baseball is it is not the regular season. You dont play 12 games in a row without a day off and you dont need a 5th starter or really even a 4th. So teams that have depth at pitching (Astros) that they use to their advantage all season can run into a team with a great #1 and #2, average #3 and crappy #4 and 5 guys and never see the crappy 4 and 5. See 1998, Padres, Brown, K. We had a huge edge in depth that year. And because of TV the Padres could toss Brown twice in 4 games. And that is not regular season baseball.

That is probably the biggest factor in the Braves not winning more WS. They stellar pitching depth could never really get used to their advantage.

tried to vote for the all stars, only to be told "sorry, you are ineligible to vote" with no reasoning

wtf??

You'll love Camden. Baltimore isn't the coolest place but go check out the harbor in Annapolis.

Mr.Ackar07 said:

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DVC2010 said:

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Anyone want a ticket to Sunday's game? I can't make it because of some tournament in College Station.

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There won't be a Sunday game in College Station!

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I know that, but I need a day to catch up with college friends!

Ag_07 said:

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Interesting

Quote:

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The Astros have agreed to sign 20-year-old Cuban righty Elian Rodriguez for $2MM, Baseball America's Ben Badler reports. The move will be subject to MLB's rules regarding international bonus spending and will be part of the pool period that ends June 15, and the Astros will have to pay an 100% tax on the signing, bringing the total cost to $4MM.

There isn't much English-language information about Rodriguez that's widely available, but Badler reports he is 6'4 and 205 pounds, and has added velocity since leaving Cuba and can now touch 97 MPH. Rodriguez also throws a slider and curve, along with a changeup that Badler says he doesn't use much yet.

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Edited because it turns out that he is NOT a lefty.

But he's a righty.....

Astros front office loves them some Cubans

Buck Compton said:

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But he's a righty.....

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Interesting. Ben Badler's original tweet said "LHP" but he's since taken it down.

IM NOT CRAZY!! I SWEAR!!! I CAN SCREENSHOT MY PHONE IF YOU DONT BELIEVE ME!!!

gigemJTH12 said:

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think Deluxe was just saying he likes to smoke a nice joint after work sometimes

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That too...

gigemJTH12 said:

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think Deluxe was just saying he likes to smoke a nice joint after work sometimes

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He didn't dispute your claim

That's awesome! Went there in 2008 or 2009, can't remember for sure now. Great ballpark! This also sounds like something I would do!

Weird hypothetical that I wonder what you guys think...

It's pretty out there.


Would yal be in favor of a shorter regular season if it meant that the playoff rounds were all extended by 2 games... best 5 out of 9? It would force teams to throw their #4/5 pitchers and with 40 man rosters, the depth and talent would usually win out more often. Something that has crossed my mind although I can clearly see the argument that would get boring because the series would be too long.

How do y'all feel about Josh Ennis? I typically avoid his show in the afternoon and listen to 610 but 610 has become a one trick pony with their nonstop Texans content which I'm ok with at times but with what's going on with the Astros I feel like they should flood the radio with Astros talk. Spent 45 minutes running around town yesterday and 610 talked about the patriots, the finals, the firing of Ohio state, and Texans draft picks, zero Astros talk.

I'd love the season to be around 140-150 games 162 is way too many.

KC_Ag14 said:

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You'll love Camden. Baltimore isn't the coolest place but go check out the harbor in Annapolis.

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Camden is awesome, and there are good parts of Baltimore too. Just stay in fells point, fed hill, or canton.

What did Charlie Pallilo end up doing?

irish pete ag06 said:

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Weird hypothetical that I wonder what you guys think...

It's pretty out there.


Would yal be in favor of a shorter regular season if it meant that the playoff rounds were all extended by 2 games... best 5 out of 9? It would force teams to throw their #4/5 pitchers and with 40 man rosters, the depth and talent would usually win out more often. Something that has crossed my mind although I can clearly see the argument that would get boring because the series would be too long.

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158 games (lose 4 total games)

12 games per division opponent = 48 games
6 games per league opponent = 60 games

Rotate each year over three years:

6 games per cross league division A = 30 games
4 games per cross league division B = 20 games
0 games per cross league division C = 0 games

Though I would not be against ending the season at the end of August and starting playoffs in early September. Not sure how many total games that would constitute.

Are the Astros going to win the 2017 World Series?

Stumbled across this article from 2014. It was written in response to the SI cover. The comments section is pretty golden.

TXAggie2011 said:

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I understand the argument for 9 games and forcing 4s and 5s to pitch but I guess I don't really care to see whoever's version of Joe Musgrove or some minor leaguer because someone got injured at some point come in and get beat up for 4 or 5 innings and see the bullpen get blown through.

You're rewarded for getting their with depth but let the better players go out and play for the championship.

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Agreed. 100%.

The better argument is make them more compact but they'll never do that thanks to TV dollars.

This pitcher is throwing some fat pitches

I wish Beltran would bat a little lower in the order.

bearkatag15 said:

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Pretty cool look at Altuve vs Biggio at this point in their careers... this was just on the Root pregame show:

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Those numbers for Biggio are his pre-steroid numbers, I will wait for the 6500 AB numbers.