***** Official Houston Astros 2017 Season Thread *****

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I'm trying to pump myself up to pick up Sunday tickets - i need you all to tell me there will be a game 5! MAKE ME BUY THE DAMN TICKETS!

My dad and I have been going back and forth on the certainty of Saturday vs. Sunday. Everything about the Sunday game works better for us, other than the very limited and improbably uncertainty of the actual game.
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htownag08 said:

I'm trying to pump myself up to pick up Sunday tickets - i need you all to tell me there will be a game 5! MAKE ME BUY THE DAMN TICKETS!

My dad and I have been going back and forth on the certainty of Saturday vs. Sunday. Everything about the Sunday game works better for us, other than the very limited and improbably uncertainty of the actual game.


No refunds if there is no game? I would guess even StubHub would have a policy for that.
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If there's not a Sunday game, will you really be upset you didn't spend over $1,000 bucks to watch us get swept?

For the record, we're not getting swept, I'm just saying that game 5 seems like the obvious play. Absolute worst case scenario is you didn't spend a grand to watch us get swept.
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There will be a game Sunday!
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We ain't getting swept. There will be a game 5.
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Schrute said:

We ain't getting swept. There will be a game 5.
Especially since we are winning the freaking Series.
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Canyon99 said:

FYI - There is going to be a Kate pic on the day of a Verlander start.


For those of us on mobile, at least have the courtesy mention it's Kate pic in the post. Some of us don't want to click thinking it could be baseball related.
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and LA doesn't?

they put together a pretty good team, too
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Texaggie7nine said:

and can you get your own thread to post Kate Upton porn? A lot of us work, and a lot of work filters can pick up urls of images that you view. It's bad enough at the ball park when I'm thumbing through this thread and everyone just thinks I'm looking at porn while at a ballgame, but some people work in the day.
I agree with your sentiments on this - but ranting on TexAgs about moving Springer from the 1 hole is not really work.

You are making a valid point that George would get a day off in the regular season, and that he is not a conventional lead off man (especially in NL games when you need baserunners and to move them around the bases). I argued against you in the NY series about dropping Springer down the lineup, but I can see the advantage of a more true leadoff hitter while playing at NL park.
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First off, sorry for the tweet below. Not trying to relive the pain.

To me, it's clear from the video below McCann sets up down and in. Dallas just misses his spot....badly. So yes, it was a bad pitch that got him.



Lets make Rich Hill pay for some bad pitches tonight!
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Turner is the one guy in their lineup I'm scared of.

Not that he's the only good player (because they have a handful of those) but he's the only one I'm legitimately scared that he could do some serious damage to us.

Sort of like the BoSox and Hanley Ramirez. That guy killed us and I hated having him step in the box.
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agsquirrel97 said:

Texaggie7nine said:

and can you get your own thread to post Kate Upton porn? A lot of us work, and a lot of work filters can pick up urls of images that you view. It's bad enough at the ball park when I'm thumbing through this thread and everyone just thinks I'm looking at porn while at a ballgame, but some people work in the day.
I agree with your sentiments on this - but ranting on TexAgs about moving Springer from the 1 hole is not really work.

You are making a valid point that George would get a day off in the regular season, and that he is not a conventional lead off man (especially in NL games when you need baserunners and to move them around the bases). I argued against you in the NY series about dropping Springer down the lineup, but I can see the advantage of a more true leadoff hitter while playing at NL park.



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"If it's 10 degrees cooler, that's probably a routine fly ball in left field."Justin Turner on Game 1 homer.
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Yeah, plus, he's been red hot this postseason.
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Yeah, plus, he's been red hot every postseason.

FIFY. He's like 2nd all time on many post season metrics.
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Can we please stop talking about hitting the pitcher 8th? Our pitchers do not get regular at bats and so are likely not going to be anything better than a terrible hitter. Regardless of how bad any position player in our lineup is struggling, you do not want a terrible hitter to get more at bats than any of our regular position players. It simply does not make any statistical sense. The people who have analyzed this strategy have essentially concluded it only works and makes sense if you have a good hitting pitcher and bad number 8 hitter.

Unfortunately, there is no magic bullet. Springer and Marwin will need to step up at some point or we will lose. It is what it is and no amount of lineup tinkering is going to change it. Turner is basically the Dodgers version of Marwin during the regular season. Marwin definitely has it in him, as does Springer, so here is to hoping they figure it out this series.
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Ag_07 said:

Went yard in BP yesterday.


Chicks dig the long ball
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cpsencik04 said:


Chicks dig the long ball

George is that you?

Shorten your GD swing man
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Springer had a dry spell early in the regular season. Hinch didn't move him then and he sure as heck isn't going to move him now. We just have to hope that someone (Mr. Beltran, where are you?) gets into his head & convinces George he is a beast.
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The hitting coach needs to try the technique I use with my son - $1 for every ball you drive up the middle or opposite field during BP.
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Make it $100s
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Cheer up folks; we're in the World Series! I feel good about tonight. If we come away from LA with a split then we're in awesome shape. Go astros!
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Just realized something...game 4 is right in the middle of the A&M game and I'm sure many of us will be at the game and perusing this thread. If I see any of you sheetheads looking at Kate Upton at the game I'll buy you a beer.
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To me, the crazy thing about Springer is he batted .412 in the divisional series. I wonder if having been in a divisional series before helped him play more loose.

I also wonder if seeing his other teammates struggle has made him feel it's more on him than it really needs to be.

Either way, someone needs to be in his ear and remind him of is earlier postseason success as well as that the team has his back and he doesn't need to kill the ball. Remind him to go have fun at the plate - it's looking like he's dreading going up to bat.
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k20dub said:

Just realized something...game 4 is right in the middle of the A&M game and I'm sure many of us will be at the game and perusing this thread. If I see any of you sheetheads looking at Kate Upton at the game I'll buy you a beer.
I don't see what everyone's so fascinated with....

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so oddsmakers have tonight as a coin flip

who you got?
byfLuger41
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I'm snapping my 11 year Aggie home game streak for WS game 4.

Totally worth it.
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Probably been covered by that was Turners first homer on a pitch up and in this season. Kuechel had gotten him up and in on the previous two ABs. Might not have been perfect but I don't think it was a huge mistake pitch. Turner made the adjustment and got it. Sometimes you have to tip your cap.
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last time a leadoff hitter got the golden sombrero in world series, he went 2-4 the next game and his team went on to win the series!

INEVITABLE SPRINGER DINGER
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BMX Bandit said:

last time a leadoff hitter got the golden sombrero in world series, he went 2-4 the next game and his team went on to win the series!

INEVITABLE SPRINGER DINGER
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k20dub said:

Just realized something...game 4 is right in the middle of the A&M game and I'm sure many of us will be at the game and perusing this thread. If I see any of you sheetheads looking at Kate Upton at the game I'll buy you a beer.
Yeah... I'm not particularly thrilled about that. Any way we can get one of those corner screens on the Stros?
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MosesHallRAB04 said:

Probably been covered by that was Turners first homer on a pitch up and in this season. Kuechel had gotten him up and in on the previous two ABs. Might not have been perfect but I don't think it was a huge mistake pitch. Turner made the adjustment and got it. Sometimes you have to tip your cap.
I agree with you. The only reason I posted it was because people were saying last night how stupid it was for them to go up and in on him like that.

I only said it was a bad miss because of McCann's glove position and where the ball actually ended up. Agreed that it still wasn't in an outrageously terrible location.
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Pasadena academy was out of a lot. Most of the world series shirts they have are 3X or 4XL... but luckily I got the shirts i wanted online.
I did pick up a pretty sweet 47 brand hat. World Series logo on the front, and the astros logo on the side.

https://www.academy.com/shop/pdp/47-mens-astros-world-series-trophy-side-clean-up-cap#repChildCatid=4908265
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Smith&Co1970 said:

I'm snapping my 11 year Aggie home game streak for WS game 4.

Totally worth it.
World Series Games are never guaranteed. Aggie home conference games are guaranteed every year.


That is a hell of a streak though!
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We seem to predict Springer to Dinger every game. Here is my prediction. He won't. He's not seeing the ball well. He's not making good contact. He hasn't hit Hill well in the past. Springer will have another rough night.
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