DVC2010 said:

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"I get hit many times, in my neck and shoulder and nobody says anything about it," Gomez said. "I just react and I told him, 'What do you want? You want to do this or do you want to play baseball?' I waited for him last time and he run like a little cat. You want to be tough when there are 50 men outside? Or do you want to be tough when you have me face to face and no one around? I'm here to play baseball. Every time I get blamed."

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When has he ever been hit in the neck, besides with his own helmet as it flies off his hollow dome?

titanmaster_race said:

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So how many times has rangers pitching nailed an Astro this year? Particularly altuve? Is that something easily looked up?

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Jose Altuve has been hit 9 times this season. Never multiple times in a game.
ARL - 3
MIN - 2
OAK - 1
MIA - 1
NYM - 1
LAA - 1

May 1
Altuve gets plunked by Andrew Cashner on a 0-0 count with 2 outs in the 1st and no one on. Jose then proceeds to steal 2nd and scores on an E9. Benches cleared earlier when McCullers threw one behind Napoli. 'stros won 6-2.

June 14
Altuve gets plunked by Jeremy Jeffress on a 0-0 after he gave up 3 hits in a row. A HR by FIsher, a HR by Jake from Rakefarm, and a single to Springer. Altuve was also 3/3 with two doubles and a single before that AB. 'stros won 13-3

Spet 25
Altuve gets plunked by Jose Leclerc on a 3-1 count. Again this was in a game where the benches cleared earlier. Of course, 'stros win 11-2.

All 3 times he was HBP the Astros won easily. All 3 were Cashner starts.

Speaking of Cashner, he is now 10-11 on the year. The 'stros have given him 5 of those 11 losses.

Astros have hit the Rangers 8 times in 5 of the 18 games played

Rangers have hit the Astros 15 times in 9 of the 18 games

Those die-hard, non-bandwagon Rangers fans posted 4 times in their own thread during the game last night.

It wasn't convenient for them.

titanmaster_race said:

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remember when we all thought Gomez just played with emotion and we kinda liked him?


It's a shameful memory. That guy is a complete chode.

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Speak for yourself. I always hated the dude

CSWendt said:

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titanmaster_race said:

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remember when we all thought Gomez just played with emotion and we kinda liked him?


It's a shameful memory. That guy is a complete chode.

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Speak for yourself. I always hated the dude

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"The second pitch, he took a big swing and fouled it off and took about five steps out toward the mound, looking me straight in the eye. I just asked him if we had a problem. It was a rhetorical question because, clearly, he's got a problem with me. I don't exactly know what it is, but whatever the case, he came out and I asked him what the issue was and he said, 'Yeah, I got a problem with you.' That was it. Everybody else was out there by that point in time. The game goes on. I don't want to spend any more mental effort thinking about Carlos Gomez."

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tjholley17 said:

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not gonna lie i'm a little worried about Boston catching us... that series this weekend is the biggest of the season

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They are 5 back with 6 to play. And the Rangers quit last night in about the 4th inning.

As long as we don't lose the next 2 (highly unlikely with Keuchel and Verlander going for us) they can't catch us.

Hell even if we manage to lose 1 of these and they make up 1 game they'll have to sweep us.

A) It's highly unlikely to happen
B) If it does that means they've expended a lot of resources to do it and that ain't a bad thing.

With them losing last night's win was big.