Furlock Bones said:

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It feels great to win. But these umps really are trying to lose their jobs.

Umpire Marvin Hudson (ranked 51 of 92) called the 2nd worst game of the playoffs, just a day after Doug Eddings called the 2nd worst game.

He missed 16 calls in #ALCS game 5 and 11 went against the Astros.

He also incorrectly called 2 strikeouts and 3 walks.#Astros #Rangers pic.twitter.com/1cXf0CTNpn

— Umpire Auditor (@UmpireAuditor) October 21, 2023

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2 games in a row. Won't hear the rangers complaining about umpires lol

I'll be curious to see the ump scorecard from last night

george07 said:

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I live in Fort Worth but was born and raised in Houston, been an Astros fan since I was 5. Last night was the first road playoff game I have ever attended. There were a lot of us there. The juxtaposition of the booing and pure hatred these people have for Altuve with the total silence when he hit the HR was incredible. What an amazing game to attend.

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The silence is awesome. Last year at yankee stadium, game after the no no, like 2nd pitch HR by Altuve made it a ghost town.

Did we see a coop last night
They hit Garcia hoping it would lead to Dustys ejection.
Which led to great strategic moves in ninth.

This is a joke but ?????

Wabs said:

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Maldy went all gangster last night

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So did dusty. Hiding in the clubhouse entrance was awesome.

george07 said:

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I live in Fort Worth but was born and raised in Houston, been an Astros fan since I was 5. Last night was the first road playoff game I have ever attended. There were a lot of us there. The juxtaposition of the booing and pure hatred these people have for Altuve with the total silence when he hit the HR was incredible. What an amazing game to attend.

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I hope opposing fans never stop booing him. It fuels Lil Gigante with the fire of a thousand suns.

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bearkatag15 said:

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Astros-Rangers Game 5 was the best baseball game I’ve watched this decade. Just a classic. Had everything. Great win and an even worse loss.

— Bill Simmons (@BillSimmons) October 21, 2023

Tell me you didn't watch the WS in 2017 without telling me you didn't watch the WS in 2017

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2017 is a different decade than 2023. Fyi

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Fair enough but it could also be read as in the last ten years.

Postseason Dusty >>> Regular season Dusty

It's been that way all 4 seasons.

The posters that still go with the "I hate Dusty" need professional help.

BCSGrubber said:

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Dusty and Maldy are mad geniuses

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Add in the devious idea of getting one of the best setup men in baseball ejected so your closer has to pitch 6 outs to win the game. 5D chess.

NSIAP

DUGOUT GOING NUTS pic.twitter.com/mRz9ek6PSE

— Michael Schwab (@michaelschwab13) October 21, 2023

After sleeping on it and thinking about things there is no way the Astros tried to hit hot head Adolis in the 8th, not in an ALCS game and certainly not trailing by 2 runs in the 8th, if we wanted to hit him to make up for the Rangers hitting Yordon we would have done it earlier in the game. As it turned out all,that did was fire up the Astros batters in the 9th and their pitcher got a nice warm down period. His antics probably cost them the game, similar to one of their players (Semien I believe) being an aHole to Maldy earlier in the year after hitting a home run fired up our entire team. Seems they have some character issues with a few of their players. I / we have watched a lot of playoff baseball the last few years, I have not seen hot heads like few guys they have on that team.

Look I don't know who will win this series as it reverts back to Houston, but some of the stupid stuff that Rangers team does towards other teams is doing nothing to help their own team, all that kind of stupid drama does is fire up the other team. The Astros may stay fired up after that one dumb event when this goes back to Houston tmrw.

Panama Red said:

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The posters that still go with the "I hate Dusty" need professional help.

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I hate regular season Dusty … postseason Dusty is my favorite. I guess there is a method to the madness

Jose Altuve is the ONLY player in MLB history to have 3 go-ahead postseason home runs in the 9th inning or later.

Each time, the Astros won that game.

-Game 2 2017 World Series
-Game 6 2019 ALCS
-Game 5 2023 ALCS pic.twitter.com/UBjlVDSffr

— Michael Schwab (@michaelschwab13) October 21, 2023

Their souls are forever linked thanks to Altuve pic.twitter.com/aHseBf5VDn

— Michael Schwab (@michaelschwab13) October 21, 2023

Gonna sit back and enjoy an awesome stress-free Saturday. Wheeler vs. Gallen tonight should be a good one. Pulling for the D-Backs to go up 3-2.

Wabs said:

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NSIAP

DUGOUT GOING NUTS pic.twitter.com/mRz9ek6PSE

— Michael Schwab (@michaelschwab13) October 21, 2023

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Who the heck wouldn't go nuts after the stupid antics Adolis just pulled the inning before, I'm sure the blood was flowing and our players were pissed off after watching our 74 yr old manager get ejected. This may spill over (I hope it does) into the Houston games, we need some fire in our team… the baseball gods were not happy with the Rangers (Adolis) antics and they blessed us once again for his fits of anger.

Please let this fire in our teams belly follow them back to Htown… we need some motivation to win at home

Altuve has entered the conversation for best 2B of all-time.

Praying we show up with a chip on our shoulder Sunday.

BoxingAg84 said:

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Still rent free in the Yankees heads.

Yankee fans reacting to Altuve HR ⬇️

pic.twitter.com/yFEvVyjFOv

— Astros Josh (@AstrosJosh) October 21, 2023

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He's actually giving Altuve mad respect. Take the transcript of that video and put it into a post in this thread and it fits right in.

"I knew he was going to hit a home run. As soon as two guys got on, I knew he was going to a hit a home run, because that's all the guy does... Against every team!"

All I do is Nguyen said:

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I'll be curious to see the ump scorecard from last night

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Crazy we went 3-0 with how bad the umps were the last three games.

"You look like my man from Toy Story"

Jeter being too cool for a cowboy hat is disappointing. Bro’s bald. You don’t even have the excuse that it’ll mess up your hair. Just put it on for the vibes. pic.twitter.com/mHOg47x7zO

— Jared Carrabis (@Jared_Carrabis) October 21, 2023

Good morning to everyone but the entire DFW Metroplex, #GoAndTakeIt fans and @AdolisJose. You started it; the @astros finished it. On to Game 6. #Ready2Reign🤘🏼🔥 #Postseason #ad @UVCPOWERSPORTS pic.twitter.com/xXcwHzZ2SB

— Adam Clanton (@adamclanton) October 21, 2023

Papi is a national treasure. Every sport needs a Papi on a mic. Basketball has Sir Charles and Shaq is warming to it.

Astros need to check themselves into a hotel and not go home. Pretend it's a road game.

tjack16 said:

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Rangers in 6. Pathetic showing. Framber owes everybody who went to the game today an apology.

Edit: yes I'm aware this was premature and overly emotional. I just want to beat the rangers very badly

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May I present to you my entry into Astros thread hall of shame posts I've made.

Probably the most emotional in the moment post. This was after the 4 run Framber meltdown and mounting frustration from the game 1 shutout.

So in fact it will not be …. Rangers in 6

Good morning you beautiful *******s

Respect.

Jose Altuve may be one of best baseball players of all time.

However, there’s no bigger compliment than the one @ABREG_1 paid him after game 5.

“I hope my 14 month old son grows up to be the man he is.”

👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼 pic.twitter.com/urgr3s6f5x

— Will Kunkel (@WillKunkelFOX) October 21, 2023

Harry Stone said:

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bearkatag15 said:

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Astros-Rangers Game 5 was the best baseball game I’ve watched this decade. Just a classic. Had everything. Great win and an even worse loss.

— Bill Simmons (@BillSimmons) October 21, 2023

Tell me you didn't watch the WS in 2017 without telling me you didn't watch the WS in 2017

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2017 is a different decade than 2023. Fyi

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Tell me OP automatically hates everything Bill Simmons does without…

XXXVII said:

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LFG. Take this from them.

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Looked through the pages trying to figure out exactly how the Stros came back and won last night.

I'm going to go ahead and give credit to this young lady right here. Her and Altuve.

Buenos Dias!

Let's be honest, how many times have you watched this clip since the end of the game? I missed it live, so I probably went overboard on how many times I've watched it since I got home last night.

The hit heard all around Texas. pic.twitter.com/cWhkQIfBfk

— Houston Astros (@astros) October 21, 2023