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

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In reply to bearkatag15 • 10:51p, 10/26/22
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Smart to not give our guys any extra motivation


No ***** He coached the yanks to do similar.
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In reply to f1ghtintexasaggie • 11:24p, 10/26/22
f1ghtintexasaggie said:
bearkatag15 said:


Smart to not give our guys any extra motivation


No ***** He coached the yanks to do similar.
I listened to it, it came across like he was saying it's not just the Astros you have to protect yourself from when it comes to tipping pitches and things like that.

I didn't take it as he was suggesting others cheated.

But I guess it could have meant that.
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11:39p, 10/26/22
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Meaningless stat of the day: teams that have clinched their CS on TBS from the 2018 playoffs until now are 3-1 in the world series.

2/18 - Red Sox won
2019 - Nationals won
2020 - Rays lost
2021 - braves won
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In reply to EastCoastAgNc • 12:08a, 10/27/22
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EastCoastAgNc said:
it's mind-blowing sometimes what players are missing out on...that play on bad teams or intentionally choose to play on bad teams
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In reply to W • 12:10a, 10/27/22
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also interesting...

Mike Schmidt...one of the greatest 3rd basemen of all-time...

only hit 4 postseason home runs in 36 career playoff games covering 140 at-bats.

struggled quite a bit in October
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12:23a, 10/27/22
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In 1980, Mike Schmidt had 48 home runs. The Astros starting lineup had 63
Feels so good, feelin' good again.
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6:44a, 10/27/22
One more sleep, then gameday!!
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Or if you are old like me, it's like 4 sleeps (6 if I drink caffeine after 3pm)

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In reply to HarryRocket • 7:25a, 10/27/22
HarryRocket said:
f1ghtintexasaggie said:
bearkatag15 said:


Smart to not give our guys any extra motivation


No ***** He coached the yanks to do similar.
I listened to it, it came across like he was saying it's not just the Astros you have to protect yourself from when it comes to tipping pitches and things like that.

I didn't take it as he was suggesting others cheated.

But I guess it could have meant that.


I take it to mean his Phillies are stealing signs.
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7:33a, 10/27/22
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Y'all let that Rangers thread get to the top of the page and I accidentally clicked on it. Now I feel dirty and need a shower.
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In reply to Beat40 • 7:50a, 10/27/22
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This is a fun 5-10 minute time waster:

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/sports/baseball/umpire-pitch-ball-strike-game.html
7/7. I'm now allowed to complain all I want.
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In reply to Cromagnum • 7:51a, 10/27/22
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Y'all let that Rangers thread get to the top of the page and I accidentally clicked on it. Now I feel dirty and need a shower.
Go say 20 hail Jose's, 10 Our Yordan's and pray to Jobu for forgiveness and you'll be okay
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In reply to Cromagnum • 7:53a, 10/27/22
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Ahh gross its still there
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Ahh gross its still there


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8:01a, 10/27/22
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I've heard enough from Philly fans and their home-field advantage. I want to win in 5 with 3 wins coming at their house.
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8:03a, 10/27/22
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Fangraphs World Series Preview


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The differences don't stop there. Watch an Astros game and you can't help but think of the Borg. They're inevitable. The opposition is irrelevant. All their pitchers are aces or closers, all their hitters are All-Stars. The new shortstop isn't the same as the old shortstop, but he hits and fields like him. Their old right fielder/center fielder with a great bat is gone; the new one might be better.
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In reply to Farmer1906 • 8:18a, 10/27/22
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I've heard enough from Philly fans and their home-field advantage. I want to win in 5 with 3 wins coming at their house.


They really think obnoxious north easterner is unique to their stadium. It's bizarre.
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In reply to Farmer1906 • 8:33a, 10/27/22
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Farmer1906 said:
I've heard enough from Philly fans and their home-field advantage. I want to win in 5 with 3 wins coming at their house.
I don't think there's ever been a team more equipped to handle tough road environments than the 2022 Astros. What we're going to see in Philly is NOTHING compared to what we saw in Dodger Stadium/Yankee Stadium last year.
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In reply to Farmer1906 • 8:39a, 10/27/22
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To be fair to the Phillies, Castellanos was never meant to be in this position. He's basically a DH who happens to own an outfield glove. Since Statcast started measuring Outs Above Average in 2016, he's 240th out of 240 outfielders with at least 250 attempts in the field
That is VERY interesting. I had no idea Castellanos was that bad
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In reply to wangus12 • 8:43a, 10/27/22
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wangus12 said:
Beat40 said:
This is a fun 5-10 minute time waster:

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/sports/baseball/umpire-pitch-ball-strike-game.html
7/7. I'm now allowed to complain all I want.

6/7. The only one I missed was Musgrove's. But eff him, I don't mind squeezing his ass since he is so ashamed of his '17 WS ring
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8:43a, 10/27/22
this has been one loooooooong ass week.
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In reply to HarryRocket • 8:49a, 10/27/22
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HarryRocket said:
Farmer1906 said:
I've heard enough from Philly fans and their home-field advantage. I want to win in 5 with 3 wins coming at their house.


They really think obnoxious north easterner is unique to their stadium. It's bizarre.
Its part of the self centered "yankee" (not the team but the person) culture trait.
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9:01a, 10/27/22
From everything I've been reading the Phillies defense is horribad but their offense has been the reason they've advanced to the World Series.

If this holds true, then we win easily. I believe our pitching will shut them down while key players for the Astros will start mashing. Altuve, Tucker, and Yordan both managed to get some hits in against the Yankees and are due to break out soon. Bregs, Pena, Yuli, hell even Chas have been very productive thus far. They just need to maintain and we will be just fine.

This year we win it for Dusty. This year we prove to everyone the Astros are beyond the cheating scandal and are the current, and best, dynasty in Baseball.
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9:02a, 10/27/22
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fivethirtyeight has us as 67% favorites.

Fairly sizable pitching advantages in every matchup except Valdez/Wheeler

Game 1 - Verlander (63.3) vs Nola (60.7)
Game 2 - Valdez (58.1) vs Wheeler (62.9)
Game 3 - Javier (60.2) vs Suarez (53.3)
Game 4 - McCullers (57.1) vs Synergaard (51.4)
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In reply to AustinCountyAg • 9:07a, 10/27/22
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AustinCountyAg said:
this has been one loooooooong ass week.
I think I'm getting Carpal Tunnel from playing Mario Kart with my kids so much at night with no games to watch.
Feels so good, feelin' good again.
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9:16a, 10/27/22
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Luhnows return guaranteed. Inshallah
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In reply to EastCoastAgNc • 9:18a, 10/27/22
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Eh, I would still trade him. I would rather 7 months of a good player than what he does for a few games in October.
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9:20a, 10/27/22
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The series really be if Philly hits solo dingers or 3 run dingers. They mash, no doubt. Just no walks and go at a high strikeout percentage team.

Astros in 4.
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In reply to Farmer1906 • 9:20a, 10/27/22
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Awesome vid
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In reply to n_touch • 9:21a, 10/27/22
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Man am I glad he turned his crap around. Pop-up Bregman and GIDP Bregman the first half of the year was no fun. Dude is locked in!
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In reply to ttha_aggie_09 • 9:25a, 10/27/22
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ttha_aggie_09 said:
Man am I glad he turned his crap around. Pop-up Bregman and GIDP Bregman the first half of the year was no fun. Dude is locked in!
Yep, early season Bregman was channeling his inner Brad Ausmus.
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