We had Springer and Reddick on 2nd and 3rd with 1 out and Altuve at the plate. He had a horrible at bat and struck out. That's where we lost the game, not in the top of that inning when Verlander gave up the 2 solo shots.
Strasburg has put on one of the most dominate post-seasons in history. If being better than that is your standard, then only one starting pitcher in the history of baseball has not been a choker: Randy Johnson in 2001 and even he had a loss in the NLDS. In 2017 in the WS Verlander was 0-1, but he had a 3.75 ERA, .583 WHIP, and averaged more than a strikeout and inning. He clearly was terrible and can't pitch in big games.
Agree completely. I'm surrounded by people who don't have a clue or else they are fans of other teams and all they want is for my team to lose so they can feel better about their loser teams (mostly Yankee/Dodger fans). I would really love to be in Houston right now.
You really dont wanna be in Houston right now. The entire city is anxious as fk...talk radio all day are being stressed out. Everywhere I walk downtown i see grumpy ass ppl lol.
I've chilled out the past few hours realizing that my **** attitude towards the world isn't gonna help anything - Unicorns! Rainbows! Love! Go Astros!
It's game 7 of the World Series........ at home with two Hall of Famers on the mound. People should be a little more upbeat...... there is basically a 50/50 chance that the Astros are World Series Champions in 10 hours. If the Astros lose, well no team had a better than 30% chance of winning the World Series entering the playoffs, just getting the World Series is an accomplishment..... this is only the third time it has happened in over 55 years of the Astros existence.
Okay boys I just bought myself a ticket to tonights game. I currently have a 14 game winning streak at MMP during the playoffs. I also currently have a 5 game rockets playoff winnings streak. I am use my good will at only select times. Using ALL my good juju for tonights game. Only other game I attended was Stros game 5 against the rays. LETS FKIN GOOOOOOOOOO. Il be bringing hell all night. Section 111 row 2 for only 843. 2 rows behind the Nats dugout. You can bet your ass ill be yelling at Dave martinez to sit his ass down if he tries pulling that **** off tonight like he did yesterday! TONIGHT WE BRING HELL EITHER WAY.
I understand, Verlander could have pitched better. Of course, he's capable of pitching a no hitter but... We are talking about how Stras went out there and as Max said 'Pitched the game of his life' he held our team to two runs, Verlander held their team to 3. It wasn't Verlander that lost us the game, it was the bullpen moreso and the bats. I'm just saying when I lay blame for game 6 (and hopefully it won't matter after tonight) but I'd put Verlander down on that list. I just hate the narrative that he's choking these playoff games when he's giving up 2-3 runs per outing.
Right....... and the next time Strasburg pitches in the post season he could get lit up. It is largely dependent on sample size. Baseball is scattered with players that have a good series or a few good series and then fail. Luck and timing play a huge part in it all.
Whatever the outcome, I'm going to make tonight a party and have a blast. Lots of food, adult libations and friends whose shoulders I'll be crying on if they lose or jumping around like loonies if they win. Enjoy, my friends!
