That 9 are the lineup of death, and honestly the order starts to matter a whole lot less - because there are no weak spots

Poverty baseball franchise. Sweet Lord did he have to go so hard

Since the trade deadline, we lead in:
Runs - 214
K% - 17.9%
BA - .294
OBP - .371
wRC+ - 141
Off WAR - 66.5

The menstruating is in heavy flow mode over on the 3rd place teams thread. You know the franchise with ZERO WS Championships

Arlington is BIG sad over on their thread…

AggieDub25 said:

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Altuve is on completely different planet playing slow pitch softball compared to everyone else in the league. Dude is absolutely incredible. He's the generational talent that the media will look back and realize they missed out on.

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Agree with you 100%. I love Biggio and Bagwell as much as any Astros fan out there. Those two guys are the reason I love the game of baseball itself.
However, Altuve is going to go down as the greatest Astro in history...and it won't even be close.

Let the media continue to downplay his incredible accomplishments. They aren't going to change their narrative surrounding him or our team. Just keep winning!

Chandler with an article in The Athletic on FO frustrations with the lack of playing time for Chaz.

"This week, four people with knowledge of the team's inner workings said that McCormick's weight has become a talking point for Baker."

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Farmer1906 said:

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Since the trade deadline, we lead in:
Runs - 214
K% - 17.9%
BA - .294
OBP - .371
wRC+ - 141
Off WAR - 66.5

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Must have been all those awesome bats we picked up

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Exactly! Wait....

1. Altuve - 188 wRC+
2. Bregamn - 176
3. Alvarez - 161
4. Brantley - 155 (only 20 PA)
5. Diaz - 153 (play me, Dusty)
6. McCormick - 151 (play me, Dusty part2)
7. Dubon - 145
8. Tucker - 136
9. Pena - 133
10. Maldonado - 123 (everyone is hitting!)
11. Singleton - 97
12. Abreu - 89
13. Meyers - 57
14. Julks - 42 (16 PA)
15. Kessinger - 29 (10 PA)

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Chandler with an article in The Athletic on FO frustrations with the lack of playing time for Chaz.

"This week, four people with knowledge of the team's inner workings said that McCormick's weight has become a talking point for Baker."

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Stress eating due to being benched for absolutely no reason whatsoever.

Dusty no likie thicc Chas pic.twitter.com/DxkvpEUDbm

— Space City Sports (@LiveSCS) September 7, 2023

Farmer1906 said:

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Dusty no likie thicc Chas pic.twitter.com/DxkvpEUDbm

— Space City Sports (@LiveSCS) September 7, 2023

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I thought Framber was the fat one?

Dies Irae said:

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SECcess12 said:

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This guy knew long ago what was up

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You might not like it but this guy would have been a shield wall breaking berserker 1500 years ago.

Absolute pinnacle of late middle age compound lift/hoppy beverage supersetting. Guarantee you that dude can bang out sets of 225 on the bench until you get tired spotting him, and then drink you under the table.

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An absolute unit. It took 6+ guys to stop his hate for the rangers.

pic.twitter.com/3zoHUcX8d5

— Space City Sports (@LiveSCS) September 7, 2023

I think Dusty forgot this is year 3 for Chas.

Farmer1906 said:

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Dusty no likie thicc Chas pic.twitter.com/DxkvpEUDbm

— Space City Sports (@LiveSCS) September 7, 2023

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Yeah- this checks out and aligns with what I've heard. I believe I posted a few months ago that Dusty wasn't a fan of the way Chas goes about things. This is a part of it.

Beau Holder said:

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Padres may be slightly short-handed for this series.

Choi just fractured his ankle
Gary Sanchez got hit on the wrist by a pitch and broke it
Darvish is shut down
Musgrove is out
Cronenworth is on the IL also with a fractured wrist

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Gary Sanchez not playing hurts the Astros more than Gary Sanchez playing. I could steal 3B on him.

Call me old fashioned, or maybe its the old football coach in me, but I'm over the strangers now. I'm moving onto the Padres, and more importantly the Mariners. I love some good schadenfreude as much as the next fan, but the baseball gods are fickle beings, and may exact retribution should be we get TOO cocky.

I'm with you. I'm waiting for the end of the season to dance on their grave. I've seen a lot of tweets that make me cringe because this season is still far from over. Take care of business and then we can have some fun.

Bag said:

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As much as I wanted the Astros to sweep the rangers this was a seriously disappointing 3 days. I would have loved for them to at least put up a fight

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Stahp

This was beyond our wildest dreams….we (the team, the fans, everyone) needed this total and complete destruction

The best part is every single player contributed in some form

Yall the amount of temp bans being handed out on the Rangers thread is ridiculous. I guess staph has to protect the fragile egos of the other baseball team in Texas.

Is Chas fat or something? I never knew this was a thing.

Losers talk about other teams' fanbases. Winners talk about their winning team.

Dies Irae said:

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Is Chas fat or something? I never knew this was a thing.

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So now we have Obese Framber AND Chunky Chas???

I love it

All I do is Nguyen said:

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Dies Irae said:

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Is Chas fat or something? I never knew this was a thing.

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So now we have Obese Framber AND Chunky Chas???

I love it

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Wait til they find out about maldy

Dies Irae said:

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Is Chas fat or something? I never knew this was a thing.

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"I feel stronger. I like being this heavy," McCormick said. "I guess if I was a little lighter it'd be easier, but easier to move a little better. I feel stronger. I feel healthier. I feel I can do more being at 220 (lbs). Usually I'm at 216. When I'm 210, I'm too light. I was 214 last year, I think, and I felt too light again. I kind of like being where I'm at right now, at 220."

McCormick said most of his weight gain arrived after his stint on the injured list. He is slashing .292/.372/.526 in 331 plate appearances since being activated on May 8. McCormick is covering 28.1 feet per second when he sprints, down slightly from the 28.6 clip he boasted last season.

"Usually, I vary. I've been 218. I'm at 220 right now," McCormick said. "Usually I'll lose a lot of weight in the season, but I'm kind of happy I haven't lost a lot of weight … This year I'm pretty happier about being heavier at the end of the year. I just feel healthier. I feel I can do more. I feel like I won't get hurt as easy."

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Yeah it's really weird. After the deadline I was having a normal conversation with a couple of them about the deadline moves. Completely normal back and forth with no smack talk. My posts got deleted and I got warned not to post there again.

texasaggie2015 said:

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I'm with you. I'm waiting for the end of the season to dance on their grave. I've seen a lot of tweets that make me cringe because this season is still far from over. Take care of business and then we can have some fun.

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I mean, we didn't just beat them, though. We ripped out their souls and fed it to them in historic fashion.

When your team makes history with a beat down, that just happens to be on the home field of your in state rival and is literally the moment you regain sole possession of first for the first time all season, it's gonna be celebrated. Loudly. As it should.

That being said, obviously the guys need to keep that momentum going. Anything can happen in 20 games with division and WC hunt this tight.

Farmer1906 said:

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Losers talk about other teams' fanbases. Winners talk about their winning team.

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We live in Huntsville and have craptastic Suddenlink/Optimum and it was glorious listening to the Rangers broadcast on Bally Sports just be beside themselves each game as we torched the South Oklahoma Rangers.

Farmer1906 said:

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Dies Irae said:

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Is Chas fat or something? I never knew this was a thing.

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"I feel stronger. I like being this heavy," McCormick said. "I guess if I was a little lighter it'd be easier, but easier to move a little better. I feel stronger. I feel healthier. I feel I can do more being at 220 (lbs). Usually I'm at 216. When I'm 210, I'm too light. I was 214 last year, I think, and I felt too light again. I kind of like being where I'm at right now, at 220."

McCormick said most of his weight gain arrived after his stint on the injured list. He is slashing .292/.372/.526 in 331 plate appearances since being activated on May 8. McCormick is covering 28.1 feet per second when he sprints, down slightly from the 28.6 clip he boasted last season.

"Usually, I vary. I've been 218. I'm at 220 right now," McCormick said. "Usually I'll lose a lot of weight in the season, but I'm kind of happy I haven't lost a lot of weight … This year I'm pretty happier about being heavier at the end of the year. I just feel healthier. I feel I can do more. I feel like I won't get hurt as easy."

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Can I use these lines myself?