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Gut Wagon

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  1. Hector Ner'is the answer.
  2. What's the franchise record for baserunners erased in a series?
  3. Ideally to a rival. If we're scrambling to get Ws for Brown and Valdez, I doubt this jag is going to lead us anywhere but into the tank.
  4. I'd be the last fan to call Altuve selfish. But when guys are amped up to drive in runs...well, that's when a manager has to assess the situation and make sure the whole team plays smart baseball. I thought bunting was the way to play it there. Then again, Espada might not have.
  5. Let's see: Through 6 innings we have 6 hits (including a HR), plus a BB and 2 Boston errors...yet despite scoring just once have left only 3 men on base. That's a little bad luck, but also a TOOTBLAN clinic.
  6. On the bright side, we're not stranding many runners.
  7. Just wanting to make sure CC leads off T2. All part of the warped plan.
  8. Aside from that big walkoff hit, I'd say his becoming strictly a memory is my favorite memory.
  9. And not just this year. Fans can rag on him if they wish, and I get it sometimes...but Dubon started paying dividends the season we got him and still does. Every title team needs a Swiss Army knife, and I'd much prefer to keep him around.
  10. Maybe the season comes down largely to this: Do we get a full, healthy season out of Arch? If not, how long is he out, and against whom? Baxter's health is the next question, but at RB we've shown we can get it done by committee if need be. Doesn't work that way at QB.
  11. I'd be thrilled to find out that's the last K McCormick has a chance to produce in a Houston uniform. He's no longer a major leaguer.
  12. What would prompt the Pilkingtons to name their son Konnor? To distinguish him from the many Connor Pilkingtons out there? Good grief.
  13. No clue. So it will become a smaller lead and let Hader qualify for a save?
  14. Abreu abhors a vacuum at first base.
  15. What kind of sorcery is this?
  16. Whitcomb and Short's ABs make Roger Metzger look like Robin Yount. And that's hard to do.
  17. Armor these guys up like Biggio and have them crowd the plate. Oh, and don't swing. They really couldn't do worse and likely would get on base every couple games.
  18. Wait until you get to help the orthodontist pay off that new Audi.
  19. I really hope we get Benjamin and Lee. Both megastars in the making. Might as well add Kreul, too. Lanning, Moore and Venables can all go straight to Antarctica and stay there. Oh, and speaking of...no discussion of '80s freakout flicks should omit this bad boy. Its R rating was deserved.
  20. Perfect segue into a classic from the good ol' days. Gather 'round, kids, and let dear Uncle Walt and his team warp you for life. Who but Disney could weave such abject terror into lighthearted animation for the whole family?
  21. Valdez is pitching magnificently, but to what end? I'd feel better about keeping him if he'd always lit it up in October and I believed we'd somehow regain enough offense to still be playing then. He and Brown at least give us a puncher's chance in any series. Staying on the topic of hypotheticals, if we get multiple bats back within the next month but then don't make the playoffs, would you dump Espada? I'd be tempted, even if there's a sound argument that months of collective injuries were just too much for any manager to overcome. His lineups and bullpen decisions continue to puzzle, and right now they need to be perfect every night.
  22. Walker nearly cracked 40 on the exit velo. That's my slugging 1B. Is there a maximum number of guys you can DFA in a day? Serious question.
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