Prosperdick said:

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Have this ready just in case for tomorrow.

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Aaaaand it's accurate.

This thread is my safe space on this site. This and the men's BBall forum. I only post the hotties threads on the zoo. Otherwise i avoid that place

Prosperdick said:

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Prosperdick said:

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Have this ready just in case for tomorrow.

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Aaaaand it's accurate.

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There's not enough room in that picture for all the things the Astros need to shield us from

Thank goodness for the Astros

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Bioish said:

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Who is all going to the game tomorrow?

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I'll be there. Currently sitting at .500 (5-5) so hoping to end the year strong

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Bro, aren't you riding a FIVE GAME LOSING STREAK? Do all of us a favor and sell you tix!

Prosperdick said:

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Prosperdick said:

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Have this ready just in case for tomorrow.

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Aaaaand it's accurate.

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I blame you

Since 2017 I've all but ignored Aggie football.

I've gone from watching every game intently to just keep up with it in the background.

And to think there were some on here contemplating skipping an Astros playoff game to see the Ags lose to Bama.

If no ones got me I know the Astros got me.

Okay that's enough crosstalk we have just over 24 hours until we BTHO southern Oklahoma

Astros baseball in the fall

Not your fault we paid 100 million to a fraud of a coach

15-2 playoff record

Going to both of next two games

But I was 14-0 at one point

We had the Maldy black hole last year, but we pitched a lot better & Pena turned it way up.

I think I'd take the 23 Ranger offense over everyone else we faced last year except for maybe a push with the 22 Phillies.

Tale as old as time.

The Maldy defenders are ridiculous

Sure we can win with him, but why handicap our chances
Are we trying to make it more difficult for ourselves


We all know he's playing, but there is no reason to pretend on this message board that our chances of winning are improved with him playing

Im actually fine if Maldonado starts. I dont want him to touch a bat in 2024 but for this postseason… go with what got you here.

And I'm a huge Maldy hater

4-1 playoffs. I think.

Undefeated in JV starts (3). Upper bleeds tomorrow with brother.

BadAggie said:

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astros4545 said:

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The Maldy defenders are ridiculous

Sure we can win with him, but why handicap our chances
Are we trying to make it more difficult for ourselves


We all know he's playing, but there is no reason to pretend on this message board that our chances of winning are improved with him playing

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Why Martin Maldanaldo plays despite the collective infinite wisdom of this board:

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Yes, Minnesota led the world in strikeouts on offense. But Correa knows what happened to the Twins' offense is what he saw happen in four previous Octobers with Houston: opponents get Maldonado-ed.

Playing the Astros with Martn Maldonado behind the plate is like walking into a fun house room of mirrors. Nothing is as it seems. Confusion reigns. Houston starter Jose Urquidy makes one start in the past 48 days and suddenly he is Mike Scott, an unhittable Astro from postseasons past. The Twins swung and missed 19 times at his pitches in Game 4, four more than Urquidy obtained in any game this year.

This kind of pitcher whispering has been going on for years. Why have the Astros won four straight postseason series? Here's a good place to start: their pitchers have won the strikeout war, 212155.

"I don't want to give credit to Maldonado, because, you know, he'll bring it up at some point when I talk to him in the offseason," Correa said, shaking his head. "But he knows what he's doing behind the plate. And he knows every hitter's weaknesses and he's going to try to exploit. He pitches against the [hitters'] expected slug.

"He does all that and we knew it and still it was hard to make the adjustments. The way he was pitching backwards ... hitters counts, he will go off-speed and then counts where you throw off-speed regularly, he'll go fastballs up. You know, they did a good job of mixing and matching. We just have got to get better, and we got to have a better plan and there's a lot of things that could have gone better for us and they didn't."

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https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/mlb/martn-maldonado-pilots-the-astros-to-yet-another-alcs/ar-AA1i4Yrd

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Sounds like a nice former teammate

Wow, Maldonado invented pitching backwards?!?!?! What a savant

i can tell you each hitters expected slugging weakness by zone and pitch type. pay me 25% of what Maldy gets and ill memorize every hitter in baseball.

Farmer1906 said:

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i can tell you each hitters expected slugging weakness by zone and pitch type. pay me 25% of what Maldy gets and ill memorize every hitter in baseball.

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You just have to make flash cards before each series.

Normal people in that role do it from the dugout and don't waste a roster spot.

BadAggie said:

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astros4545 said:

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The Maldy defenders are ridiculous

Sure we can win with him, but why handicap our chances
Are we trying to make it more difficult for ourselves


We all know he's playing, but there is no reason to pretend on this message board that our chances of winning are improved with him playing

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Why Martin Maldanaldo plays despite the collective infinite wisdom of this board:

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Yes, Minnesota led the world in strikeouts on offense. But Correa knows what happened to the Twins' offense is what he saw happen in four previous Octobers with Houston: opponents get Maldonado-ed.

Playing the Astros with Martn Maldonado behind the plate is like walking into a fun house room of mirrors. Nothing is as it seems. Confusion reigns. Houston starter Jose Urquidy makes one start in the past 48 days and suddenly he is Mike Scott, an unhittable Astro from postseasons past. The Twins swung and missed 19 times at his pitches in Game 4, four more than Urquidy obtained in any game this year.

This kind of pitcher whispering has been going on for years. Why have the Astros won four straight postseason series? Here's a good place to start: their pitchers have won the strikeout war, 212155.

"I don't want to give credit to Maldonado, because, you know, he'll bring it up at some point when I talk to him in the offseason," Correa said, shaking his head. "But he knows what he's doing behind the plate. And he knows every hitter's weaknesses and he's going to try to exploit. He pitches against the [hitters'] expected slug.

"He does all that and we knew it and still it was hard to make the adjustments. The way he was pitching backwards ... hitters counts, he will go off-speed and then counts where you throw off-speed regularly, he'll go fastballs up. You know, they did a good job of mixing and matching. We just have got to get better, and we got to have a better plan and there's a lot of things that could have gone better for us and they didn't."

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https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/mlb/martn-maldonado-pilots-the-astros-to-yet-another-alcs/ar-AA1i4Yrd

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Here's the fundamental problem with that explanation. Maldy caught 85% of the games this year, which is still mind boggling for a catcher his age with a manager who LOVES to gives guys a day off. If he is Rain Man back there catching how in the F*** did we only win 90 games?

I get that we had key injuries but all teams deal with that, just ask the rangers. We should have had enough fire power to win at least 5 or more games this season if we had the savant behind the plate Correa suggests.

I think Correa was using Maldy as a scapegoat to hide the fact that Minnesota strikes out...A LOT, and they've been doing that all year so this was a way to soften the blow.

Do pitchers love Maldy...yes. Does he work his ass off preparing and game-planning...yes. Could he have called games from the bench with Diaz catching...yes.

It is what it is at this point but I really hope Diaz at least gets to catch Urquidy and maybe provide something offensively because I have a feeling it will be all hands on deck this series.