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[Official] Astros Vs. Rays ALDS

Discussion in 'Houston Astros' started by Castor27, Oct 4, 2019.

  1. Nick

    Nick Contributing Member

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    Your post count does go up exponentially in losses vs. wins.

    As does the b****ing and second-guessing... which usually also happens after losses rather than supportive/credit-giving posts after wins.

    There's a word for that sort of one-sided reactionary behavior...

    In the end, I agree that the hitting (or the Rays pitching) dictated tonight's game more than JV starting on 3 days rest. The bats won't stay dormant forever... but thus the beauty (and curse) of small sample size baseball, they need to show up the next game.
     
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  2. Houstunna

    Houstunna The Most Unbiased Fan
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    Agreed. The offense has been putrid
    True. The inept offense was a bigger problem than the pitching.

    Hopefully we turn the table and do well enough overall.
     
  3. AstrosRockets1818

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    I’m so glad we don’t play tomorrow. The hitters need a day to do something different.
    I’ll be there ****ed up as always on Thursday night!
     
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    Man what the **** ever, I give them plenty of credit when the do well and I won't apologize with venting when they don't do well. Similar to when the phone lines light up on after game shows after disappointing games.
     
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  5. fchowd0311

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    Houston upset the Chinese government and now we are paying the price.
     
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  6. Uprising

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    Whelp. Let's see what these guys are made of. Another game at home.
     
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  7. fchowd0311

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    I feel like being mad and amped up as a baseball hitter is a bad thing. It's why Yodran was chasing at everything.

    You have to be calm and collected and stick the the game plan. You also see Springer guilty of this also when he gets amped. He'll chase at everything trying to take it out of the park.
     
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  8. Buck Turgidson

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    I'm pretty sure Maldonado has caught every one of Cole's starts since Aug 1st (ie when he was traded to us). You don't mess with that.
     
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  9. fchowd0311

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    Ya, that chemistry is much more important than one marginally better bat.
     
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  10. Nick

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    Yes, congrats on being a proud member of that insufferable demographic.

    There's an exponential difference... try balancing out some. Try it in all aspects of your life.
     
  11. rdsgonzo13

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    Maldonado's been solid, solid this season. He'll have a chance to continue to atone for last year if we can advance...
     
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  12. Buck Turgidson

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    My Mule sits pretty low to the ground, even with the lift kit, but it is easy to get in and out of.
     
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  13. Major

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    Being like talk radio callers is not something to be proud of.
     
  14. Cold Hard

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    I'll take Maldonado and an encore of Cole's dominant Game 2 performance.
     
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    Lmao.....you're more insufferable than you think you are as well
     
  16. Buck Turgidson

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    Yikes, I knew they were good but this is just stupid. Cole pitching to Maldonado:

    .150 .189 .282 .471; 1.57 ERA; 10 GS, 68.2 IP, 35 H, 11 BB, 114 K
     
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  17. ItsMyFault

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    Triggered. Yikes.
     
  18. Fyreball

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    One big theme I've seen throughout this entire series is our batters falling behind the count pretty consistently in the majority of ABs. Their pitchers seem to always be pitching from ahead in the count which makes it really easy for them to keep our hitters on their heels. That's where having guys like Springer and Altuve locked in helps so much. They can jump all over early fastballs, and get some traffic on the bases. Need to see A LOT of that on Thursday night. If we're hitting out of 1-2 counts the entire night, we're ****ed.
     
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    Have to win game 5 first
     
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  20. AB423

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    Just need some home cookin with the cole train.
     

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