92 win season formula Win 2/3 of the Valdez and Brown starts Win 1/2 of all other starts 16-9 Valdez/Brown 17-18 All others So we are close to hitting the mark.
Would be nice to create more distance and then get somewhat healthy. Really hope we're active in the trade market
Well dam, I went to bed at 9pm thinking it was rained out and wake up to see we win and Pena went 3-5 and Isaac hit 2 homers...............hell yea!! TGIF Baby
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/sp...rustration-rain-delay-pittsburgh-20362513.php Dana Brown said he was looking to protect the team’s players during a heated exchange with Pittsburgh Pirates officials during Thursday’s rain delay that occurred on the field and in front of TV cameras. After Houston’s 8-2 win, which ended at 12:26 a.m. ET, Brown said his concern stemmed from his team facing a quick turnaround to Friday’s opener of a three-game series in Cleveland, and that he was advocating for postponing the game, and acknowledged that he “got a little frustrated.” “My thing is I want to protect all of our players at all costs, and I was frustrated that we were starting so late and that we couldn’t find a window to get a (potential) makeup game,” Brown said outside the visitors’ clubhouse at PNC Park. “If we were here tomorrow, it wouldn’t be a problem. But the fact that we had to get on the flight and go to Cleveland and post in Cleveland tomorrow against a good team, getting in late. And I had my ace going too (Thursday). Bad weather, I was worried about guys getting hurt. So I kind of showed it.” Asked if he regretted the display of frustration, which occurred in view of those fans in the ballpark and TV cameras, Brown said: “No, not at all. Look, it’s a natural reaction to being the GM of a club and starting a game three-plus hours after it’s supposed to start … on getaway day.” At that point, Brown said, schedules were being compared for a day to possibly make up the game, if postponed, but finding a date that worked for both teams was “tough.” Brown acknowledged that the decision of whether to play Thursday rested with Major League Baseball, not the Pirates. Forecasts during the day showed a potential for rain in the evening. The possibility of moving the game to an earlier start time was not discussed, though, Brown said. “We never talked about moving it up, because I don’t think it was an 80 percent or a 90 percent chance of rain, it was always under 50 percent chance of rain,” Brown said. “And that’s probably why they didn’t think about moving it up, they thought we’d have no problem. “But on getaway day, it’s always tough when you have to wait around. That was my frustration — we’re waiting around three-plus hours, we’ve got to get on flights, we’ve got a tough team to play tomorrow, it’s early in the year. We’ve got to be able to make this game up.” A decision of whether to play Thursday still had not been made when the discussion at home plate ended, Brown said. He said the parties again looked at the schedules for a date that would work for a make-up game but “we couldn’t match up the days, so we had to end up playing.” For the first 70 minutes of the delay, no rain fell at PNC Park. But Brown said starting on time, with the potential for an in-game delay, was not something the Astros wanted, as it might have interrupted the start of frontline left-hander Framber Valdez. Not long after the home-plate meeting, the Pirates’ grounds crew pulled the tarp from the infield and began to prepare the field for play. First pitch was thrown at 10:02 p.m. ET. The game ended at 12:26 p.m. ET, after which the Astros left to board their flight to Cleveland. “We’re going to get in late, guys will probably get to bed about 3:30 in the morning, if we’re lucky,” Brown said. “But that was my concern. We’ve got a lot of schedule left, so I want to protect the boys.” Espada, postgame, said that in the discussion “we were trying to figure out what was best for both of our teams under the conditions.” Asked if he was OK with how the delay was handled, Espada said: “Yeah, you know, we needed to wait for God to hold (off) on the rain … So we waited and then we won the game and won a series.”
It was kinda ridiculous for such a late start especially since they had to fly out immediately. Glad they won, but should've postponed it. If the Astros come in flat against Cleveland...I'm not sure if it's because they’re tired or if it's because of the usual Astros performance since they like to sht the bed after a good game.
The game starts at 7:10 ET tonight…even if they got in at 3:30 AM they can easily sleep 8+ hours and still get in all their pre game warmups. Also, Gordon doesn’t have any excuse as they typically send the starter ahead of time anyway.
Dana protects his players so well that he doesn’t discover broken bones until 4 weeks after they go on the IL. He also allows players to exert force on injured areas before getting an MRI. Dana is a top notch protector. What happened last night is exactly what should've happened -- PLAY THE GAME. Both teams were already in Pittsburgh, and Cleveland is a short flight. If the Astros lose tonight, it's because they sucked too hard.
Cleveland is a 2 hr drive from Pittsburgh. They will be fine. I figured Dana was arguing for getting the game in. We don't need an extra game later in the year. We had already spent the afternoon at the park and had our ace about to face a terrible offense.
