Gut Wagon
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Viewing Topic: Transfer Cycle 2025-2026 - Helobious Is Getting Those Wrists Ready For Heavy Work
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Houston Astros 2025 Season Thread
About as good a summation as I've read. I was pretty ambivalent about losing Bregman, Tucker, Verlander and Pressly, despite their career track records. But once Paredes went down, and then Hader, the bubble burst. Maybe we just haven't had enough horses to get it done, though I can't find any excuse for the apparent lack of leadership with this bunch. The veterans have only days left to show they care as much as the fans do.
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Houston Astros 2025 Season Thread
I've seen enough bad baseball in the past two months to last me a lifetime. I know some fans are trying to wish it all away and think we'll "turn it on" any day now, but seems to me we're only getting worse. Thankful for Texas football and volleyball in the near term.
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Houston Astros 2025 Season Thread
Two garbage foulouts to 1B by the GOAT who's quickly becoming the goat. But Javier is throwing BP anyway, so whatever. It's a train wreck in slow motion.
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Houston Astros 2025 Season Thread
This clown show is no longer entertaining. Fire the ringmaster.
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Houston Astros 2025 Season Thread
True. But for now, I'd let him "break out" at 6 or deeper in the lineup. Not that other options at 4 are great, but I'd much rather have Diaz there while he's swinging it well.
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Houston Astros 2025 Season Thread
Hmmmm. Altuve at 4 seems bad. Put Diaz there. We're hamstrung enough with Trammell and Dubon in the lineup.
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Houston Astros 2025 Season Thread
I started to add a "but" diatribe noting that Altuve has fallen off the face of the earth, but I decided to see if he might do anything at all productive over the next few weeks. I doubt he will, but who knows? I suspect he's somewhat like Verlander: old and stubborn and at this point only occasionally useful. Hate it but won't deny it if he doesn't come around before October.
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Houston Astros 2025 Season Thread
Correa's swing has looked good. Thumbs up to Citron and the player for that.
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2025 Texas Volleyball - Locked and Reloaded
That was a true gut check. Errors everywhere, but tough as nails late.
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2025 Texas Volleyball - Locked and Reloaded
This dude does not abide.
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2025 Texas Volleyball - Locked and Reloaded
Good stuff. Stanford and the last few points have to build some belief, no matter how it ends.
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2025 Texas Volleyball - Locked and Reloaded
Good grief
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2025 Texas Volleyball - Locked and Reloaded
Hammer time, to go with some major digging.
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2025 Texas Volleyball - Locked and Reloaded
Not saying they're bigger than us, just that they were playing that way. Or conversely, that we seemed to be playing smaller.
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2025 Texas Volleyball - Locked and Reloaded
Looking rather small and shy out there. That's not how you beat a big, skilled opponent.
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2025 Texas Volleyball - Locked and Reloaded
Hmmm. Guess I'm blind. But on to the next.
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Houston Astros 2025 Season Thread
Not quite the way you draw it up, but a W. Too bad JA didn't get it.
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Houston Astros 2025 Season Thread
Boom!
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Houston Astros 2025 Season Thread
Always a pitch away. Always a hit away. Both signs of a team going nowhere.
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2025 Texas Volleyball - Locked and Reloaded
Louisville looks solid. Digging a deep, early hole didn't help.
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Houston Astros 2025 Season Thread
With Garcia going out, it's obvious we need to find that voodoo doll and bury it. Along with someone's glove. Perhaps while the player is wearing it. So what's different now from a few years back? I question that it's fully explained away by the departure of Bregman, Tucker, JV or Yuli or a lack of team health. We're not supremely talented across the board, but as much as anything else, there seems to be a serious lack of clubhouse leadership. Maybe that left with the aforementioned players or has been disguised by terrible injury "luck," but I have a hunch it's mainly an Espada issue. And I say that as never having been a fan of Dusty, though as this train's kept heading off the bridge he's started to grow on me.
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Houston Astros 2025 Season Thread
Brice time. We're not winning jack this year, so throw some fresh meat onto the grill. And just get the inevitable Espada canning over with.
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Houston Astros 2025 Season Thread
Who's the actual leader of this bunch of misfit toys? Do we have one? If it's Altuve, no wonder we're a wreck.
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Houston Astros 2025 Season Thread
Surprised we didn't get walked off. Nice 30-pitch meltdown, but at least we're still alive.
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Houston Astros 2025 Season Thread
If he could hit a lick, he'd have 100-plus RBIs and we'd have at least another 8 Ws. But I'm not bitter.