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2:43p, 7/10/24
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Twins down 3 to the White Sox after a Luis Robert homer.
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2:46p, 7/10/24
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Interesting. Glad we're near the top.

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In reply to Farmer1906 • 2:50p, 7/10/24
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Farmer1906 said:
Interesting. Glad we're near the top.

Being near the top would imply that the umpires are going to call it against you if it is close, and make you go to replay to overturn it. Squares up with the umpire scorecard data showing the Astros getting screwed by the umps on pitch calls more than any franchise in the league.
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In reply to txags92 • 2:59p, 7/10/24
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txags92 said:
Farmer1906 said:
Interesting. Glad we're near the top.

Being near the top would imply that the umpires are going to call it against you if it is close, and make you go to replay to overturn it. Squares up with the umpire scorecard data showing the Astros getting screwed by the umps on pitch calls more than any franchise in the league.
At this point it's either subconscious or intentional or a mixture of both (likely) and I'm really f***ing sick of it.

It's bad enough that we were Manfred's scapegoat to allow Boston, NY, LA and others to escape scrutiny but 5 GODD*** years later still getting hosed by the umps pisses me off.
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3:00p, 7/10/24
It looks like about half the teams have had as many or more calls overturned as the Astros, so maybe we are just more adept at recognizing the bad calls vs. futile challenges.
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In reply to Serviam • 3:10p, 7/10/24
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Serviam said:
I've said it before and I'll say it again; Lance McCullers is a cake eater who is more interested in his hair part and sideburns angle than he is in pitching. He wants to be an actor, not a ball player so I assume he'll go through the motions pretending to be coming back the next 4 years while he makes $70 million

Finally got service constant enough and time to scroll so I'm catching up on the thread since Monday….cant say I've ever actually heard someone use the term cake eater in regular conversation
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In reply to Lonestar_Ag09 • 3:15p, 7/10/24
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Serviam said:
I've said it before and I'll say it again; Lance McCullers is a cake eater who is more interested in his hair part and sideburns angle than he is in pitching. He wants to be an actor, not a ball player so I assume he'll go through the motions pretending to be coming back the next 4 years while he makes $70 million

Finally got service constant enough and time to scroll so I'm catching up on the thread since Monday….cant say I've ever actually heard someone use the term cake eater in regular conversation


I watched the Mighty Ducks with my kids the other day
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3:17p, 7/10/24
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Afternoon DH game 1 results:

Royals beat StL 6-4
Twins lose to the White Sox, Kopech with an immaculate inning save
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3:19p, 7/10/24
We need a really good Framber tonight.
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3:20p, 7/10/24
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Diaz is catching, so I'd say 50/50
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In reply to mwm • 3:21p, 7/10/24
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Interesting to see the Marlins are using Hoeing as an opener. I would like to think our bats look better tonight; wonder who will take the bulk innings.
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3:33p, 7/10/24
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The Bregman conversation got me thinking.

Is Jeremy Pena now a candidate for an early contract extension?

I would think so.
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In reply to Faustus • 3:35p, 7/10/24
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Faustus said:
It looks like about half the teams have had as many or more calls overturned as the Astros, so maybe we are just more adept at recognizing the bad calls vs. futile challenges.


Or maybe we are not challenging enough calls.
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In reply to txags92 • 3:48p, 7/10/24
txags92 said:
Faustus said:
It looks like about half the teams have had as many or more calls overturned as the Astros, so maybe we are just more adept at recognizing the bad calls vs. futile challenges.


Or maybe we are not challenging enough calls.
Only two teams challenged fewer than us (one of which was even more accurate in its challenge rate), so that could be. But with half the teams having just as many and more bad calls overturned as us it's tough to say we've been getting the short end of the stick.

We didn't challenge enough to make that case one way or the other.

A stronger case could be made with the umpscorecards, although again that's tough to pin on one thing. Is it Diaz' framing? Taking pitches?

https://umpscorecards.com/teams/

Regardless we are 24th in total runs favored at -6.52, and 28th in percentage of games favored in at 41.8%.
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4:20p, 7/10/24
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Verlander played catch! Haven't heard this update since…. Oh wait pretty much everyday
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In reply to tjack16 • 4:32p, 7/10/24
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tjack16 said:
Verlander played catch! Haven't heard this update since…. Oh wait pretty much everyday
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In reply to EastCoastAgNc • 4:45p, 7/10/24
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EastCoastAgNc said:
Please baseball gods, can we have Garcia, Verlander, and Tucker back for the second half of the season?
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4:51p, 7/10/24
It's just a saying, but it's a little funny that baseball has a pantheon of gods rather than a monotheistic deity.

It implies there's a god of the tootblan, errors, and wild pitches like Loki causing mischief.
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In reply to Faustus • 5:00p, 7/10/24
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Funny that you mention it. I've always said Gods but still believed in their wrath singly.
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In reply to Faustus • 5:07p, 7/10/24
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Faustus said:
It's just a saying, but it's a little funny that baseball has a pantheon of gods rather than a monotheistic deity.

It implies there's a god of the tootblan, errors, and wild pitches like Loki causing mischief.


Jobu take fear from bats
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In reply to EastCoastAgNc • 5:15p, 7/10/24
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EastCoastAgNc said:
He has the easiest power I've ever seen.
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5:40p, 7/10/24
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The team definitely looked like they had all been through this story last night, very sluggish (albeit understandably). It might be like that for this series
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In reply to EastCoastAgNc • 5:41p, 7/10/24
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EastCoastAgNc said:

The team definitely looked like they had all been through this story last night, very sluggish (albeit understandably). It might be like that for this series
Chaz has been basically without power all season
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In reply to Lonestar_Ag09 • 5:44p, 7/10/24
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I legitimately thought it was going to be a tweet along these lines
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5:48p, 7/10/24
Anyone hear from Ketch about any trade rumors? He's about to be a busy man with the deadline coming up.

Also just wanted to say, I believe I speak for all of us when I say we greatly appreciate the info you provide us 2015!
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5:51p, 7/10/24
Hahahahahahahahaha

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In reply to All I do is Nguyen • 6:56p, 7/10/24
Does he have a tumor on his neck? Dude should really get that checked out.
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6:59p, 7/10/24
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Yeah, that's not gonna be as well received as he thought it would be... Don't come at the Astros
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7:04p, 7/10/24
Probably hosted more than a few folks without power who paid for the tix and were able to enjoy the AC.

An extra cooling center.
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