RED AG 98 said:

---

agproducer said:

---

WE WANT HIGHLIGHTS pic.twitter.com/rytTIlBZry

— Space City Sports (@LiveSCS) October 12, 2023

---

I dumped on DB plenty all season, but I absolutely love that after his initial "heck yeah" reaction, he immediately completes his scorecard right there. Just warms the heart.

---

He did it too after tucker made the final out in the WS lol

Ag_07 said:

---

Speaking of Jeter I like him in the studio with Papi and ARod.

It was a really interesting interaction yesterday when they were showing the Pedro v Zimmer brawl and Jeter was pissed saying Pedro should've been arrested for assault while Papi just turned his back and bit his tongue.

---

Jeter made the perfect comment yesterday before the game. They were talking about Yordan and how good he has been, and the question about how to pitch him came up.

Jeter says "I know how to pitch him." and he just holds up four fingers. Arod and Papi just said "yep".

agproducer said:

---

The Astros should have former Astros stars Pudge Rodriguez and Nolan Ryan throw out first pitches during the Lone Star Championship Series.
Who are other stars who played for both teams?
Roy Oswalt
Hunter Pence
Carlos Lee

— Jose de Jesus Ortiz (@OrtizKicks) October 12, 2023

---

How about we just go with Nolan

Ag_07 said:

---

Speaking of Jeter I like him in the studio with Papi and ARod.

It was a really interesting interaction yesterday when they were showing the Pedro v Zimmer brawl and Jeter was pissed saying Pedro should've been arrested for assault while Papi just turned his back and bit his tongue.

---

Jeter has been good, Papi is good. A-rod still needs to be taken out back and beaten, discarded in a ditch, and banned from being anywhere near the desk

Nolan probably wouldn't do it. He was great as an Angel, only good as an Astro, and legendary as a Ranger. But he's also a rare gentleman who understands loyalty and wouldn't look like he's supporting one over the other.

Pudge played for the Astros about as long as Dwight Gooden did.

That said, I would definitely try to star power the **** out of them for the home games. Like offer Beyonce $1 million to the charity of her choice to come do it. Or JJ Watt since he just got his jersey retired. Or Hakeem. Lay off the Bagwells and Biggios and Mattress Mac's for a while.

And I certainly don't want this to be the case, but if Mary Lou Retton passes during the WS, you definitely get her kids out there to let her get embraced by the city that loved their mom so powerfully in the 80s.

Bag said:

---

agproducer said:

---

The Astros should have former Astros stars Pudge Rodriguez and Nolan Ryan throw out first pitches during the Lone Star Championship Series.
Who are other stars who played for both teams?
Roy Oswalt
Hunter Pence
Carlos Lee

— Jose de Jesus Ortiz (@OrtizKicks) October 12, 2023

---

How about we just go with Nolan

---

Yeah, when I think of Pudge, I really think about those two weeks he spent on an Astros roster.

Bag said:

---

agproducer said:

---

The Astros should have former Astros stars Pudge Rodriguez and Nolan Ryan throw out first pitches during the Lone Star Championship Series.
Who are other stars who played for both teams?
Roy Oswalt
Hunter Pence
Carlos Lee

— Jose de Jesus Ortiz (@OrtizKicks) October 12, 2023

---

How about we just go with Nolan

---

How about Berkman? So as to avoid taking sides he could wear a Cardinals jersey.

Wouldn't that bring back some great Ranger memories?

How good has Abreu been at first? Seems like he casually picks a bad throw once a game.

The Porkchop Express said:

---

Nolan probably wouldn't do it. He was great as an Angel, only good as an Astro, and legendary as a Ranger. But he's also a rare gentleman who understands loyalty and wouldn't look like he's supporting one over the other.

Pudge played for the Astros about as long as Dwight Gooden did.

That said, I would definitely try to star power the **** out of them for the home games. Like offer Beyonce $1 million to the charity of her choice to come do it. Or JJ Watt since he just got his jersey retired. Or Hakeem. Lay off the Bagwells and Biggios and Mattress Mac's for a while.

And I certainly don't want this to be the case, but if Mary Lou Retton passes during the WS, you definitely get her kids out there to let her get embraced by the city that loved their mom so powerfully in the 80s.

---

he broke a bunch of longevity records as a Ranger, but not sure how you're qualifying him as "only good' in Houston, when he had a lower ERA (over a longer period) while pitching for the Stros.

McInnis said:

---

Bag said:

---

agproducer said:

---

The Astros should have former Astros stars Pudge Rodriguez and Nolan Ryan throw out first pitches during the Lone Star Championship Series.
Who are other stars who played for both teams?
Roy Oswalt
Hunter Pence
Carlos Lee

— Jose de Jesus Ortiz (@OrtizKicks) October 12, 2023

---

How about we just go with Nolan

---

How about Berkman? So as to avoid taking sides he could wear a Cardinals jersey.

Wouldn't that bring back some great Ranger memories?

---

lets just have Nolan throw out the FP for every game whether in Houston or Dallas

SpaceCityAg05 said:

---

While I agree at looking at the tendencies, the issue with our starting pitching this year has been as much between the ears as it has been physical, ESPECIALLY with Framber. That is why I want Framber pitching in front of the home crowd instead of a hostile crowd.

Javier is a cold-blooded assassin wherever he pitches. Nothing phases him. It is just a matter of his stuff playing or not.

Urquidy is also unrattled. I simply think that duo is well-suited for road playoff starts, while this year's Framber is more poorly suited for it.

With JV, the biggest issue will be whether MLB switches to the juiced balls again at some point during the postseason.

---

Nobody pitches well in The Bank. You don't just stroll into The Bank and think you're going to win.

Oops.

Just watched a highlight of the last batter Pressly faced. That strike 3 pitch was just ****ing awesome. Shaved the outside black and there was nothing the batter could do. ELITE pitch.

dodgers fans blaming loss on playoff format, LA sportswriter tells them to look up to the astros.

Blame the hitting, the pitching, the management, whatever. But don't blame the playoff format on another Dodgers playoff fiasco. Here's why: https://t.co/VzHPkoGXzz #Dodgers

— Bill Shaikin (@BillShaikin) October 12, 2023

Quote:

---

If five days off caused a mortal wound, the Houston Astros would be affected as well. The Astros got the bye last year. They got the bye this year. They breezed through the division series both times.

---

Quote:

---

The Astros swept the ALCS last year, sat for four days, then won the World Series. In 2019, the Washington Nationals swept the NLCS, sat for six days, then won the World Series.

---

Quote:

---

There will be talk about how to fix what might appear to be a broken system. Perhaps the wild-card round could be a single day, with the team with the worse record needing to win two games in a day and the team with the better record needing to win just one. Perhaps we await expansion, with two more teams in the majors and two more teams in the playoffs, making for a 16-team bracket with no byes.

Or perhaps there is not a problem. If the Astros can solve this, so can the Dodgers.

---

October off days…

Baseball is upside down right now, and for a sports world that loves an upset, the game is providing plenty. And yet here are the Houston Astros, still winning, still owning October. Column at ESPN, free and unlocked, on the constant amid the chaos: https://t.co/w3JpOVZccy pic.twitter.com/HkN52Cexj2

— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) October 12, 2023

Quote:

---

In this October of chaos, of 100-win teams swept and a winless American League East and lower-seed dominance, there is but one constant. The Houston Astros[url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/team/_/name/hou/houston-astros][/url] are doing what the Houston Astros do, which is to say they are owning the most important month on the baseball calendar.

...

It's what makes the Astros' run all the more impressive. For seven years -- one short of Atlanta's record eight straight championship series appearances -- the Astros have managed to win at least one playoff series. And as dissatisfying as that might be for those who harbor resentment against the organization for its cheating in 2017, anyone who refuses to acknowledge the Astros' exceptional staying power is just willfully ignorant.

---

Ag_07 said:

---

Let's be fair here...His defense sucks

It's his game calling and staff management that is valuable. That's different than catching, throwing, and framing.

---

It's funny that JP and Adam one half inning would say "if I were the Twins I would steal on the very first pitch because Maldy is slow to 2nd," and then the next half inning talk say, "the Astros have 8 and 9 up to start the inning so you get to take a breather." And then the next half inning they'd talk about how Maldy is irreplaceable and a weapon.

Don't know who has the whinier fan base. Mariners or Doyers?

https://t.co/emTW4SMYgF pic.twitter.com/B8LxCfRLkc

— Houston Astros (@astros) October 12, 2023

With all the "We want Houston" crap does anyone recall if we've ever done that in the last 7 years? Did we ever chant "We want Texas" or "We want New York" or Boston or countless other teams we were scheduled to play.

I guess part of it is we usually take care of business early so we have to wait to see who we are playing so no opportunity to really do it (and last night we were on the road).

Also, the lion does not concern himself with the hyenas and if ever a team that represented a bunch of jack off hyenas, it's the rangers.

Since this tweet, Ryan Pressly has 6 appearances, spanning 6.1 innings, and has not given up an earned run, while striking out 8. https://t.co/GEwRMBIhth

— Jeremy Branham (@JeremyBranham) October 12, 2023

We have you to thank for this

pic.twitter.com/fMKMj5Bhou

— 🏆 2X WS Champ Cockenheimer™️🏆 (@astros_dude) October 12, 2023