So you want to make sure Yordan hits fewer HRs?

Bruce Bochy would hold up 4 fingers and send him to 1B

Dusty holds up 4 fingers and says "that's where you hit big man".

I'm going to have to game cast this game tonight, and I'm letting you guys know if we win, I'll absolutely game cast the rest of the series.

Looks like eastcoast may have had his posts deleted and banned potentially (edit: not banned)

All I'm gonna say is this: their main complaint was thread derailment and mischaracterization of staff behaviors.

We need to avoid those things and we will be fine I believe

Ban check

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I really hate that the lineup tinkering has continued into the playoffs. Tucker may not be hitting but he's one of the two best hitters on the team. He will most likely get one less at bat than he normally would get now.

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I think Dusty realizes the 'stros are getting near desperation time offensively

and the slumping players...are probably not coming out of their slump

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Ban check

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pretty weak check….

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Frok said:

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I really hate that the lineup tinkering has continued into the playoffs. Tucker may not be hitting but he's one of the two best hitters on the team. He will most likely get one less at bat than he normally would get now.

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I think Dusty realizes the 'stros are getting near desperation time offensively

and the slumping players...are probably not coming out of their slump

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Why not? Slumps last a day, a week, a month, or in Abreu's case 4 months.

Playing the hot hand is risky because the hot hand ends at any time.

My thoughts on the lineup is I am surprised Brantley is #2 and Yordan is NOT #3. I would flip Bregs and Yordan IMO

Flip Bregman and Alvarez and that is a great lineup IMO. I love Brantley in the 2 hole for nothing else than he usually works the count. Something we've struggled at recently

All I do is Nguyen said:

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GUESS WHOS BACK MUH SUCKAS!!!!!!

I plead my case to the mods and apologized for thread derailing and they found grace.

Thank you mods.

NOW LETS GO TAKE THIS SERIES BOYS!!!!!!!

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Congratulations!!!

The Porkchop Express said:

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Dusty putting the lineup together tonight.

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Honest question, where do people get AI photos? Follow Up, I thought people had said they were getting better with technical issues like hands and logos

Lonestar_Ag09 said:

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The Porkchop Express said:

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Dusty putting the lineup together tonight.

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Honest question, where do people get AI photos? Follow Up, I thought people had said they were getting better with technical issues like hands and logos

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I did some blogs for these guys that run an app called Mage.space. You can do a few without signing up, but eventually they want your email account. They gave me a look at their beta, which is now live, sometimes it does cool stuff, sometimes it makes no sense, but it's way more advanced than the early ones that had like 3 heads on one body.

I got my Astro Thanos from there. It's free, but only does 1 picture at a time. It definitely has a threshhold for famous people, It showed me Dusty Baker managing the Reds the first time I tried to create that picture. I think Bing has one as well that isn't that great and Google is coming out with one soon.

The supposed game changer is GenAI, which can approach human level creations.

https://www.mage.space/

We absolutely need to come out hot and make Sherzer work

Peña is hitting lasers at BP currently, please let BP translate to the game finally

Do you just type in "dusty baker working at Dunder Mifflin" or did you out specific other keywords in

All I do is Nguyen said:

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Do you just type in "dusty baker working at Dunder Mifflin" or did you out specific other keywords in

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That's exactly what I did!

Astros Postseason wRC+

Alvarez: 347 wRC+
Brantley: 198
Abreu: 161
Dubón: 111
Bregman: 106
McCormick: 75
Peña: 47
Altuve: 24
Maldonado: 18
Tucker: 5
Diaz: -100

— Tony Adams (@adams_at) October 18, 2023

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Just some historical good karma.

And yes, I remember the World Series but this was still a good memory.

19 years ago today Jeff Kent walked off the Cardinals in game 5 of the 2004 NLCS to bring them within 1 game of their 1st World Series. Brandon Backe pitched 8 innings and allowed 1 hit with 0 runs in one of the greatest Astro games ever played. pic.twitter.com/oCkLkOvpZB

— 🏆 2X WS Champ Cockenheimer™️🏆 (@astros_dude) October 18, 2023

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That was the loudest baseball stadium I had been a part of until Yordan's bomb in game 6 last year. Everyone was hugging in the outfield seats.

BCSGrubber said:

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annie88 said:

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Just some historical good karma.

And yes, I remember the World Series but this was still a good memory.

19 years ago today Jeff Kent walked off the Cardinals in game 5 of the 2004 NLCS to bring them within 1 game of their 1st World Series. Brandon Backe pitched 8 innings and allowed 1 hit with 0 runs in one of the greatest Astro games ever played. pic.twitter.com/oCkLkOvpZB

— 🏆 2X WS Champ Cockenheimer™️🏆 (@astros_dude) October 18, 2023

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That was the loudest baseball stadium I had been a part of until Yordan's bomb in game 6 last year. Everyone was hugging in the outfield seats.

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Stupid Jim Edmonds robbing the crap out of Brad ausmus.

BCSGrubber said:

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annie88 said:

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Just some historical good karma.

And yes, I remember the World Series but this was still a good memory.

19 years ago today Jeff Kent walked off the Cardinals in game 5 of the 2004 NLCS to bring them within 1 game of their 1st World Series. Brandon Backe pitched 8 innings and allowed 1 hit with 0 runs in one of the greatest Astro games ever played. pic.twitter.com/oCkLkOvpZB

— 🏆 2X WS Champ Cockenheimer™️🏆 (@astros_dude) October 18, 2023

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That was the loudest baseball stadium I had been a part of until Yordan's bomb in game 6 last year. Everyone was hugging in the outfield seats.

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Nice close up of Astro legend Pete Munro there