***** Official 2022 Houston Astros Season Thread *****

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TarponChaser
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In reply to Farmer1906 • 12:29p, 4/19/22
While this is all about MLB, ultimately this has political roots. Oakland has been a hellhole wet dream of liberal, Democrat governance for 60 years and the outcomes of those policies are what have caused the flight of capital and money to remain a city with the ability to support professional sports. It's why the Raiders left, returned, and left again. It's why the Warriors moved across San Francisco Bay back to San Francisco after being almost solely in Oakland since 1971.

The politicians and policies the people of Oakland have voted for are directly to blame for the flight of their beloved teams away from Oakland.
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12:29p, 4/19/22
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and regarding the A's...

it's a no-brainer to leave for Las Vegas on so, so many levels
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12:31p, 4/19/22
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Dusty is about to come on 790
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In reply to W • 12:31p, 4/19/22
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He's had 2 really good years and been avg to below average the rest of his career. Good thing they're paying him 25 M in 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, & 28. That's all.
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12:32p, 4/19/22
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The A's last drew 2 million fans in a season in 2014, which translates to 24,736 fans a game. That ranked them 10th of 15 AL teams. They were 88-74 that year and lost the wild card.

In 2018 they went 97-65 and lost the wild card, averaging 19,427 fans per game, 13th of 15 in the AL.

In 2019, they went 97-65 again and lost the wild card again, averaging 20,626 fans, 10th of 15 in the AL.

In 2021, they went 86-76 and averaged 8,660 fans per game. They could try and blame California COVID policies until you see that LA averaged 34,625 (1st); San Diego averaged 27,061 (3rd), and San Francisco averaged 20,734 (12th).

Only Miami (7,933) averaged fewer fans a game
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In reply to TarponChaser • 12:35p, 4/19/22
TarponChaser said:
While this is all about MLB, ultimately this has political roots. Oakland has been a hellhole wet dream of liberal, Democrat governance for 60 years and the outcomes of those policies are what have caused the flight of capital and money to remain a city with the ability to support professional sports. It's why the Raiders left, returned, and left again. It's why the Warriors moved across San Francisco Bay back to San Francisco after being almost solely in Oakland since 1971.

The politicians and policies the people of Oakland have voted for are directly to blame for the flight of their beloved teams away from Oakland.


The Warriors bailed on Oakland for San Francisco because Oakland was too liberal, eh?
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In reply to bearkatag15 • 12:35p, 4/19/22
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Dusty is about to come on 790


Said Yordan doesn't remind him of Papi but of Willie McCovey. And I kind of like it.

He also said Yordan's future (assuming post Gurriel) is first base.
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12:56p, 4/19/22
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1:20p, 4/19/22
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Peña, Brantley, Bergman, Alvarez, Tucker, Gurriel, Diaz, McCormick, Maldanado
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1:21p, 4/19/22
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Gig’em Aggies!
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In reply to dshedd41 • 1:25p, 4/19/22
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What's next, Fig newton ad on their sunglasses?
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In reply to Faustus • 1:26p, 4/19/22
Faustus said:
TarponChaser said:
While this is all about MLB, ultimately this has political roots. Oakland has been a hellhole wet dream of liberal, Democrat governance for 60 years and the outcomes of those policies are what have caused the flight of capital and money to remain a city with the ability to support professional sports. It's why the Raiders left, returned, and left again. It's why the Warriors moved across San Francisco Bay back to San Francisco after being almost solely in Oakland since 1971.

The politicians and policies the people of Oakland have voted for are directly to blame for the flight of their beloved teams away from Oakland.


The Warriors bailed on Oakland for San Francisco because Oakland was too liberal, eh?
There's still enough money in San Francisco.

San Fran has about 90% of the problems Oakland does but about 1000x the money. Plus, there are still beautiful parts of San Francisco where they can isolate from the hellhole parts. Not in Oakland.
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In reply to Farmer1906 • 1:50p, 4/19/22
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Farmer1906 said:
bearkatag15 said:
Dusty is about to come on 790


Said Yordan doesn't remind him of Papi but of Willie McCovey. And I kind of like it.

He also said Yordan's future (assuming post Gurriel) is first base.
If you go to Yordan's Baseball Reference.com page, under most similar by age, the name is Willie McCovey.
If Yordan wants to hit 521 career homers with the Astros, win an MVP and make 10 All-Star teams I'd be cool with that.

Interesting rabbit hole to take, both guys were unanimous ROYs - McCovey in 1959, Yordan in 2019.
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3:07p, 4/19/22
Altuve getting an MRI today according to John Heyman
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3:34p, 4/19/22
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Theres a Jalapena in the leadoff spot
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In reply to CFTXAG10 • 3:38p, 4/19/22
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Theres a Jalapena in the leadoff spot
Spicy!
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3:42p, 4/19/22
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oh yes, Dusty with the texags-approved lineup
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In reply to W • 3:54p, 4/19/22
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W said:
oh yes, Dusty with the texags-approved lineup
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In reply to W • 3:57p, 4/19/22
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W said:
oh yes, Dusty with the texags-approved lineup
I'd swap Brantley and Tucker, and I'd rather have Maldy in front of Chas, but overall not super-terrible. Not as bad as I imagined.
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In reply to EastCoastAgNc • 4:01p, 4/19/22
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October Lance and his sub 3 ERA will be back.



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In reply to Farmer1906 • 4:06p, 4/19/22
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He is basically our big trade deadline acquisition
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4:09p, 4/19/22
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Fun little tidbit:

The Show just dropped a new program for the Space City jerseys, and one of the moments is recreate Jose Altuve's walk off against Chapman in 2019 to send the Atria to the WS.
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In reply to dshedd41 • 4:28p, 4/19/22
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dshedd41 said:
I hate uniform ads.
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5:09p, 4/19/22
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Rendon back in the Angels' lineup.

Trout still out.

Walsh getting a night off
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5:16p, 4/19/22
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Sounds like this should be a permanent thing
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I hate these railings…
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In reply to redline248 • 6:24p, 4/19/22
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redline248 said:
dshedd41 said:
I hate uniform ads.
Just go ahead and make the switch.

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In reply to tjack16 • 6:37p, 4/19/22
They aren't that bad.
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In reply to EastCoastAgNc • 6:40p, 4/19/22
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Oh he was juggling. I was distracted by those Bis
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