This team's issues are in the bullpen where other than Harris they are healthy... Harris and McCullers coming back aren't going to fix the pitching staff issues!!

I am seriously fed up with Blum's fascination with exit velocity. It's a freaking single. Nobody gives a rats ass how hard it was hit.

This team is just in complete disarray
Great teams find a way to overcome injuries
This is not a great team right now

maca1028 said:

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This seems a little bit like the 2015 season when we started off hot then played .500 ball for pretty much the rest of the season. Good thing there is still 2 months to get back on track before the playoffs.

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And we were one bad hop away from beating the eventual World Series champs then. EVERYONE CALM DOWN

still favored against the Indians?

pfft

979ag said:

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maca1028 said:

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This seems a little bit like the 2015 season when we started off hot then played .500 ball for pretty much the rest of the season. Good thing there is still 2 months to get back on track before the playoffs.

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And we were one bad hop away from beating the eventual World Series champs then. EVERYONE CALM DOWN

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I thought my post was relatively calm, after all, it's baseball, this is the dog days of summer, just going through the ebs and flows.

We also went 2 months without the best pitcher in baseball who is just now coming back

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MisterFurious said:

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I promise, nothing in my personal sports universe would make me happier than to live and see an Astros' World Championship. Frankly, I'm surprised all the posters on here that tell people "it's baseball" year after year haven't had it either.

We all know it's baseball. We all know injuries happen, and prospects don't pan out. Two teams came out of the break as the best in their league. One of them, injuries and all, made moves and have surpassed their winking clip after the break. The other.......

Why is it wrong to come on here and say as much? Plenty of fans bite their tongues all year, and I guess today was my day.

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Saying the season is "over" because of a 20 game stretch is absurd. Now if they play .400 ball all the way into October that is a different story. But you can't throw the season away after what has gone on the last 3 weeks. You could have spoke your mind when this team was also killing everyone before the break, but for some reason you only want to come on here and drag everyone down

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Dude, I'm not dragging anyone down. I'm a grown man on a fan message board that's sharing my frustration with the futility of my hometown baseball team. It smells like crap, and it is. You think this is going to stop now? You think any of us that were wanting a healthy 4th or 5th starter didn't have the baseball acumen to know something was not right with Lance, or that Fiers was on borrowed time?

I'd want nothing more than to be waaaay off, but I'm posting in good company....Astros fans. Good lord don't tell me you'll attaboy this sub .500 crap through September and "wait till next year." This team was on pace for MLB history, now they'll be lucky to win 95 games on this run.

Wouldn't be concerned if it was the '16 Cubs. They were just cold. The '17 'Stros are don't have the arms and star power. It sucks, and I hate it for all of us.

Hey! You can ignore a poster for a week instead of indefinitely! That should be long enough for the team to get out of this funk.

Dude, you literally said the season was over. No one wants to see/read/listen to that.

It's evidence that this team has been average for a couple of months now! It was a great start to the season but this team has been very average since June 5th.

Grown man? Maybe, but clearly also a whiner.

aggie0109 said:

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It's evidence that this team has been average for a couple of months now! It was a great start to the season but this team has been very average since June 5th.

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And so has everyone else but the Dodgers. It's not like anyone in the AL is beating up on everyone right now. The Stros still have the best recond in the AL by 8 or so games

No one wanted a 4th or 5th starter at the deadline, we wanted a top 3 guy

MisterWrong nails it again

hypeiv said:

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I don't know why this is a world series or bust season... I'll be happy with a 100 win season and a decent run in the play offs.

Beats the heck out of those 100 loss seasons

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To hell with that, I want to win it all.

Frok said:

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hypeiv said:

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I don't know why this is a world series or bust season... I'll be happy with a 100 win season and a decent run in the play offs.

Beats the heck out of those 100 loss seasons

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To hell with that, I want to win it all.

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This! I'm tired of watching my teams almost get there!

JJxvi said:

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Grown man? Maybe, but clearly also a whiner.

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I haven't said one personal thing about a poster on this board. Rah rah! Get em next time boys! That better?

Nice work by Martes!

the Rays and Jays have combined to score 38 runs in this 7-game homestand.

(the Astros have actually scored more thanks to the 2 blowouts)

Atta baby Martes! Keep getting better.