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Gut Wagon

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  1. I might be the only person to say this, but I hated watching him play. In part, that’s because as a hardcore Astros fan since before the Big Red Machine, I hated Cincy in general. But Rose came across as a special sort of douche. He seemed to think you got style points for making a routine play look way harder than it was. He’d dive for fly balls that didn’t require it, then flop around like a clubbed chicken to complete the show. And he’d mastered the whole hair thing long before Harper was even born.

    I’m sure not saying Rose wasn’t a highly accomplished player. Anyone can see he was. Ridiculous hit numbers. But the gambling revelation didn’t even make me blink. He’d seemed like a tool all along. 

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  2. 1 minute ago, formermav43 said:

    Or they could let him continue to pitch for multiple, high leverage innings, which is much more valuable.

    Great to know the guy can do both. There's not a huge sample size to go off, but at this point, I trust Peacock more than Devo as an alternate closer. 

  3. Just now, TonyTexas said:


    I think it’s telling that AJ left Peacock in there instead of bringing in Giles.

    Absolutely. The Astros have been a little sloppy closing out a couple games so far, and with how hard it was to get a lead in this one, no point risking the W by getting cute. Giles will keep getting his chances, no doubt.

  4. 1 minute ago, WBT said:

    Defense isn't helping him today.  And he relies on it more than our other starters.

    Certainly the case with the defense, no question. But he's also missed the plate a lot so far. Hopefully he'll settle in and be the DK of old.  

  5. 5 minutes ago, Alvin89 said:

    I think he's been that way for a while now. Some of it is obviously joking but there are definitely times where I have thought he was being a tool. I remember during the World Series he was throwing a fit because one of the local reporters for the news wore an Astros shirt while reporting from MMP during a game. That's not counting the few months he got pissed for everyone asking him if we were getting Verlander.....Which he was dead wrong about. His U of H takes are beyond stupid as well.

    Having a journalism degree makes you an insufferable twit. I know because I have one. 

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