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You're not alone, just know that. As someone with lifelong issues with cycles of depression, I relate pretty hard to investing more emotional energy in the hope of winning than I normally would due to not having much to be excited about otherwise at certain times.
AgLA06 said:In a game 7?Jet Black said:Sher Thing said:
I think I start Dubon at SS and Chas in CF today.
He won't but yep. Chances Diaz gets the start at C?
Absolutely none. And we'll thank him for it later.
I imagine some very obvious tendencies have shown up on film that opposing teams are taking advantage of and we are so down in the dumps we aren't adjusting.Red Five said:
Prior to August 13th loss to the Angels, the Astros were 33-25 at home (57%). Since, they are 7-21 (25%). The Oakland A's won 32% of their games at home. There is no possible explanation for the Astros performance at home other than a voodoo curse.
Welcome to the Astros 2023. Always glad to have new fans.Jet Black said:AgLA06 said:In a game 7?Jet Black said:Sher Thing said:
I think I start Dubon at SS and Chas in CF today.
He won't but yep. Chances Diaz gets the start at C?
Absolutely none. And we'll thank him for it later.
So I guess we are trading Diaz and runs for Maldys pitcher whispering.
Dusty never won a WS until last year either, lets end all the streaks so he can retire happy!Mr.Bond said:
Gotta break this ****in streak
texasaggie2015 said:
He's actually been sober for a while now. The Astros had a condition in place with Bags that he wouldn't be welcomed back until he sobered up. He's been doing much better. He was in a really dark place for a while apparently. This is just based off what I've been told.
I'd love to know if Dana is bringing this up to Dusty and it's ignored or do they just think Maldy brings more intangibles, even after the starter is pulled?AggieJ2002 said:I agree with this ... However, if we fall behind by 2 or 3 runs by the 4th or 5th inning, we need to make the change earlier so Diaz gets 2-3 ABs instead of just the 1 AB. That change should happen IMO, but it absolutely will not. Should have happened last nightbearkatag15 said:No chance. And based on how Javier has been with Maldy catching him lately, I don't want Diaz to catch over Maldy.Jet Black said:Sher Thing said:
I think I start Dubon at SS and Chas in CF today.
He won't but yep. Chances Diaz gets the start at C?
BCSGrubber said:Dusty never won a WS until last year either, lets end all the streaks so he can retire happy!Mr.Bond said:
Gotta break this ****in streak
AgLA06 said:Settle down.The Porkchop Express said:
I don't care how much we suck at home, I'm not going to sit here and let someone besmirch the good name of Torchy's Tacos.
Torchy's does that enough themselves. $6 for a taco should be a crime.
How long was it "DUSTY BAKER NEVER WON A WORLD SERIES." They' been harping on that for YEARS.Mr.Bond said:
Gotta break this ****in streak
Sher Thing said:
I think I start Dubon at SS and Chas in CF today.
Never mind, someone beat me to it.BCSGrubber said:Dusty never won a WS until last year either, lets end all the streaks so he can retire happy!Mr.Bond said:
Gotta break this ****in streak
I was at Karbach brewery yesterday, and they had a food truck there charging $17-$20 for a hot dog. didn't see anyone buy one, lolAgLA06 said:Settle down.The Porkchop Express said:
I don't care how much we suck at home, I'm not going to sit here and let someone besmirch the good name of Torchy's Tacos.
Torchy's does that enough themselves. $6 for a taco should be a crime.
I don't think player batting tendencies change that much on the road vs home. Dubon isn't all of a sudden working counts when he's on the road. The Astros were an 102-win team on the road this year, and averaged 5.7 runs per game, just behind the 5.8 rpg that the Braves averaged for the season.Boiling Denim said:I imagine some very obvious tendencies have shown up on film that opposing teams are taking advantage of and we are so down in the dumps we aren't adjusting.Red Five said:
Prior to August 13th loss to the Angels, the Astros were 33-25 at home (57%). Since, they are 7-21 (25%). The Oakland A's won 32% of their games at home. There is no possible explanation for the Astros performance at home other than a voodoo curse.
For instance. The Garver oppo HR was such an enigma to me. I can't remember the last time someone took an outside pitch over the right field wall. It seems with a full team slump everyone is trying to get a cheapie into the Crawford Boxes. Other teams know/have seen this and have adjusted.
If the food truck guy is smart, he goes to Costco and drops $1.50 on each one and loads up the hot dog water with those savory meat sticks.07ag said:I was at Karbach brewery yesterday, and they had a food truck there charging $17-$20 for a hot dog. didn't see anyone buy one, lolAgLA06 said:Settle down.The Porkchop Express said:
I don't care how much we suck at home, I'm not going to sit here and let someone besmirch the good name of Torchy's Tacos.
Torchy's does that enough themselves. $6 for a taco should be a crime.
Ag_07 said:
Wonder if they'll pitch to Yordan at all tonight.
If the O/U for total pitches that Yordan sees tonight was at 8.5 you taking the over or the under?
texasaggie2015 said:
Haven't heard anything about an injury to Pena. I think he certainly has more pop than he's shown this year but also last year was a bit of an outlier.
The hit lines are interesting. More than half of the starting lineup has better odds to get a hit than Alvarez which makes me think intentional walks and pitch arounds are being factored in.Ag_07 said:
Wonder if they'll pitch to Yordan at all tonight.
If the O/U for total pitches that Yordan sees tonight was at 8.5 you taking the over or the under?
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I really hope today is the day Peña finally breaks his cursed streak of no HR's.
When you were typing this he rolled one over to the shortstopNoble07 said:Quote:
I really hope today is the day Peña finally breaks his cursed streak of no HR's.
I'd be happy if Pena just lifted the ball into the outfield.
I dont think the batter's eye has a huge impact outside of it maybe just getting in their heads once someone said something about it. They averaged 4.7 runs per game at home prior to their disastrous 7-21 current run. As was said earlier, Minute Maid hasn't been a great offensive park this year, but 4.7 rpg would still be in the top half of the league. They are averaging 3.7 runs per game since mid-August.Phrasing said:
Did they change the batters eye this year? Honest question. I don't remember it being an issue in years past, but they could have changed it and I didn't notice.
What were our home/road splits last year and the previous? I don't remember struggling at home this much but could be off here as well.
