EastCoastAgNc said:

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"We lost that game long before then," Baker said. "We were just hoping that matchup was good. No one hits Holmes. He's tough on righties and lefties, but lefties are hitting 100 points higher in OPS than righties."

— Chandler Rome (@Chandler_Rome) September 3, 2023

This is trash from dusty ... "Yeah I made a terrible decision, but hey, it's not my fault we lost, we blew it way before the end"

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He's wrong again. The difference between L/R is much less than ".100 OPS points"

No better momentum killers than playing at home and Dusty making decisions.

Maybe we would have done ok if Abreu wasn't magically inserted into the 5 spot over Chas, Brantley, or Diaz. Or if Dubon wasn't leading off.

How the **** this guy still has a job blows my mind.

Fire Dusty tonight.

tremble said:

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Maybe we would have done ok if Abreu wasn't magically inserted into the 5 spot over Chas, Brantley, or Diaz. Or if Dubon wasn't leading off.

How the **** this guy still has a job blows my mind.

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This is the kid of sh-t that makes his arbitrary use of things like OPS so maddening. He doesn't really give a crap about it.

The tweets are still up. Just easier to share the screenshot. pic.twitter.com/1ncXPYS1tM

— Josh Allen Rocks (@HugeBillsFan) September 3, 2023

He only uses stats when he makes a bonehead in game decision and then tries to justify it and is generally wrong about the stats anyway

Its never ever his fault

tjack16 said:

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The tweets are still up. Just easier to share the screenshot. pic.twitter.com/1ncXPYS1tM

— Josh Allen Rocks (@HugeBillsFan) September 3, 2023

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chas mccormick’s brother….. pic.twitter.com/dPz0dSKGEU

— cal 💫 (@calliemelancon) September 3, 2023

Lots of likes too

EastCoastAgNc said:

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Yeah let’s pinch hit singleton

— Evan Gattis (@BulldogBeing) September 3, 2023

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When the town drunk is right there's issues.

All started when our WS winning CFer didn't see the field the first 2 games of the season.

tremble said:

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Maybe we would have done ok if Abreu wasn't magically inserted into the 5 spot over Chas, Brantley, or Diaz. Or if Dubon wasn't leading off.

How the **** this guy still has a job blows my mind.

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Dubon clanking the DP ball I the 5th I think was the killer.

Pinch hitting for Chas when he almost never pinch hits for Maldy once we get to the pen is just insanity

Dusty really does play to favorites over facts and reason

you know things have gone awry this season....

Dubon has 430 plate appearances / 408 at-bats

that was not the plan way back in spring training

W said:

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you know things have gone awry this season....

Dubon has 430 plate appearances / 408 at-bats

that was not the plan way back in spring training

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Altuve, Alvarez, and Brantley being injured hurts, and requires a bit more liberal use of Dubon. He should be batting 8th or 9th when he's in though.

by the way...

after tonight's game....Yordan became the team leader in HBP with 10

In fairness Dubon did give us way more than any reasonable expectation in Altuve's absence

Some tweets liked by chas's brother:

My buddy and I are convinced a lot of this disrespect stems from Dustys favorite Myles Straw getting traded when Click wanted Chas playing more

— Lancer-Dancer (@moreofwag) September 3, 2023

Yeah ...

We'll be happy AF when Baker is gone.

Chas is a hard-core baller ... and we ALL love him ...

All of us, except for Baker.

That was hella disrespectful.

— DavidMorant (@DavidMorant48) September 3, 2023

Sorry our manager treats Chas like a pet snake

— LFGA 🚂 (@YainerMyCatcher) September 3, 2023

Sorry our geriatric patient of a manager hated your brother

— Astros Monke🦍🍊 ✞🐍 (@AstrosMonke) September 3, 2023

Dusty, do you even care to win? I mean Singleton for Chas? What are we doing here?

— Climbing Tal's Hill (@astrosCTH) September 3, 2023

Jon Singleton is hitting for Chas? Is this a F’ing joke?

— Alex (@htowncritic) September 3, 2023

Do all those fangraphs AL West predictions take the Dusty effect into account?

That pinch hit last night was the final straw on Dusty. He proved without a doubt that he is a liability to this team.

Panama Red said:

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Perhaps I am the one being a cynic, but it feels like Dusty was using this as an opportunity to hit back at analytics. I read that he said the number said Singleton would do better.


This is obviously a situation where you "ignore the numbers". It was a terrible move no doubt.

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Whatever formula that was used to generate a .275 average for any possible scenario involving Singleton needs to be tossed out as it's clearly not based in any reality

cc10106 said:

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2-8 = last 10 home games
11-14 = last 25 @ home
39-15 = difference in runs scored last 2 series w/ SEA
1-6 = record against SEA @ home

Is this really a playoff worthy team?

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I know Houston has more mannerly fans than on the East Coast, but there are times that I wouldn't mind it if our fans let our team hear about it. Quit crapping in the bed at home. Teams are getting way too comfortable in this ballpark. If you get swept by a bad Yankees team today, there should be some boos. Does it fix anything? Likely not and I get that. But damn, set a standard and play good ball at home.

I seem to recall a few years back when we had a season with lower offensive production at home that the front office was looking into centerfield hitters background and all sorts of things about playing at home. It was an interview with somebody on the radio may have been Luhnow but the conclusion was they couldn't find anything wrong and even talked to the players. But something is weird.

So we really need to win 3 of the next 4. Can't afford to get swept at home and/or lose the series against the Rangers.

I miss AJ Hinch.

Dusty is a petulant, incompetent old fart, who points to his old records before the advent of advanced analytics as proof he knows what he's doing when he has no clue

I never understood why Crane was so late in extending him but I do now

Go Mets

Go Twins

Go Rockies