***** 2024 Houston Astros Season Thread ***** [Staff Warning]

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In reply to The Porkchop Express • 11:33a, 6/6/24
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Jason Bourgeois, Wesley Wright, Charlton Jimerson
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In reply to SpaceCityAg05 • 11:37a, 6/6/24
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Franklin Stubbs would also be a good gangster name, but probably not nearly obscure enough.
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In reply to texasaggie2015 • 11:38a, 6/6/24
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Jason Bourgeois


this is a 400+ page book I ghostwrote in 2022 about a time-traveling ninja, that's right. I'm now doing some touchups to it for the client. At one point , the ninja he visits his parents in an alternate 1980 NYC and I slipped in there that the Astros had beaten the Phillies in the world Series behind MVP JR Richard and it made it past the editor to the final cut.
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Ernie Riles
Man I really like this one too. I'll have to find him a spot.
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In reply to tjack16 • 11:40a, 6/6/24
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Too bad he's not a good first basemen according to some
Can someone explain what makes playing 1B so hard? Honest question.

Is it having the spatial awareness to always know where the bag is when you have the other infielders firing missiles at you across the diamond and being sure to keep your foot on the bag when catching it? I can understand that needing to drill moving to the bag to receive throw outs but it doesn't seem like a professional athlete should have too much trouble developing this pretty quickly...even if they haven't spent their whole career playing the position.

I realize there are nuances to playing every position but it seems like 1B is always kind of differentiated the other infield positions.
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In reply to Farmer1906 • 11:40a, 6/6/24
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Michael Jackson
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11:41a, 6/6/24
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Really cool Instagram account I stumbled on that is posting the first ML homer for every player ever.

Who doesn't love them some Oso Blanco?

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C7GuImBOYQ3/?igsh=MTF1OTBwb2R0dnFsbw
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11:43a, 6/6/24
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let's be honest...

the mantra of "first base is really a hard position to play or learn"

is being used as cover for the Abreu situation

once Abreu is finally DFA'd -- several players will miraculously make great strides in their defense...and be ready to start at first
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In reply to W • 11:45a, 6/6/24
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You would be surprised. It takes a lot of flexibility and quick hands. A lot of guys can't stretch and scoop well enough to be a big league first baseman. That's why Yordan didn't work out there.
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11:49a, 6/6/24
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In reply to The Porkchop Express • 11:55a, 6/6/24
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The Porkchop Express said:
I need an obscure. Astro name to be the name of a gangster in 1990s NYC. Black or at least plausibly black


Eric Anthony
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One of my faves: Scipio Spinks.
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12:04p, 6/6/24
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I picked 15's choice but I appreciation the feedback.
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In reply to The Porkchop Express • 12:08p, 6/6/24
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The Porkchop Express said:
I picked 15's choice but I appreciation the feedback.


Michael Jackson spent a lot of money to *not* be black
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In reply to The Porkchop Express • 12:34p, 6/6/24
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The Porkchop Express said:
I picked 15's choice but I appreciation the feedback.


Should have gone with Tony Eusebio.
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This is one of favorite videos on all of YouTube

And while we're on the subject of 1B defense I used to love seeing Bagwell crash hard like a absolute maniac on bunt attempts.

No one really does that anymore.
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In reply to txags92 • 12:56p, 6/6/24
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txags92 said:
The Porkchop Express said:
I picked 15's choice but I appreciation the feedback.


Should have gone with Tony Eusebio.
The guy gets killed pretty viciously. I woulldn't do that to Tony Eusebio if only for his all-time legendary interview about catching for Randy Johnson.
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In reply to Ag_07 • 12:57p, 6/6/24
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This is one of favorite videos on all of YouTube

And while we're on the subject of 1B defense I used to love seeing Bagwell crash hard like a absolute maniac on bunt attempts.

No one really does that anymore.
At bagwell's peak muscle mass, a guy could have tried to slap a hit and the ball would have richocheted off Bagwelll's muscles and out of the stadium.
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12:58p, 6/6/24
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Off days…

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Play first base is probably second only to catcher in terms of difficulty of technique. The ability and skill aren't necessarily the issue but proper technique is huge. You touch the ball twice as often as anyone not in the battery. The majority of the plays involve catching balls thrown 90+ mph while blindly finding the base behind you and reading the throw to position your body as the go between. You have to receive the throw as best you can while removing one of the central reactive abilities of athleticism, the ability to move your feet around.

You also have to do this at an elite clip. The worst first basemen field at a .99+ clip. The average shortstop is around .97 while second and third are .98 and .96 respectively. You can stash a bad fielder at second because they only have 4-5 plays a game so even at a .97 fielding clip (which is awful) they make an error once every 8 games or so. Similarly at third they only have 3-4 plays a game. At first base you close out nearly 1/3 of all outs so a .990 rate (awful for a 1B) is an error error every 12 games. If someone fielded at a .98 clip at 1B they'd have an error a week or worse.
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1:36p, 6/6/24
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My take on the Astros 1B options

Loperfido > Singleton > Abreu
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In reply to AggieDub04 • 1:37p, 6/6/24
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Good stuff

Also a boot or bobble by a infielder can be made up by a good recovery and hard throw. You boot or bobble a throw at 1B and that's it. No room for error.
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Woof … and that's an improvement from what he did before he got demoted
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Trey mancini won us a ws ring with his defense at 1st
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In reply to tjack16 • 2:23p, 6/6/24
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tjack16 said:


Woof … and that's an improvement from what he did before he got demoted
Where do we stand on the 40 AB count? Hopefully we're getting towards the end of his time with the team.
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In reply to EastCoastAgNc • 2:26p, 6/6/24
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EastCoastAgNc said:
tjack16 said:


Woof … and that's an improvement from what he did before he got demoted
Where do we stand on the 40 AB count? Hopefully we're getting towards the end of his time with the team.


24 PA

16 to go.

And if it doesn't happen exactly at 40, even if it's in the middle of the game, then Ketch knows nothing and we ban him from the thread.

No middle ground.
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In reply to Ags #1 • 2:32p, 6/6/24
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Trey mancini won us a ws ring with his defense at 1st
Mancini wasn't even considered a good 1B either. I am a fan of a really good defensive 1B. We just don't have one as an option. I'd love it if we could find a way to get Tre Morgan from Tampa Bay. LSU fans may remember him from last year's run but he's a stud defensive 1B. Will not be an elite bat but could be a Keith Hernandez lite type of player.
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In reply to TRM • 2:49p, 6/6/24
Yeah he's been on a heater since coming back. Wonder if they tweaked how swing because he was not good before going on the IL. Now he looks ready for AA.
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TRM said:

Can he play 1B?
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