NY announcers are thinking it was critical to hold Pena to a single on that hit off the wall, because it kept him from being on second and scoring on Yordan's single. They think that would have tied the game. Everyone but them knows the bat was going to be taken out of 44's hands with first base open.
The problem with Alvarez at 2 and Altuve 3 is that if Yordan doesn't leave the yard, it's then in the hands of a guy who's aging before our eyes. So I partly blame the lineup.
Several guys contributing when it really matters is a refreshing change. Of course, several of the biggest contributions have been by the visiting team.
Neal Brown was said to have been hired in part because of his knowledge of the QB run game. Wonder if he's actually had any influence, because it didn't much seem that way against OSU.
Ask Akina what the five toughest red zone passes are to defend, then run those with whichever QB we trot out there.
And Milwee to waterboy, unless that's what he already is.
If anything, you let them off easy. Let's can Espada before lunch and see if that helps. No way could it hurt. I mean, it has to happen sooner or later, so why wait?
We're a decent but injured team playing poorly for long stretches. The weakness of the West has disguised how feeble we really are.
Suddenly going on a hot streak and playing deep into October might seem doable because the franchise has done it before, but objectively it's a pipe dream. We're a shell of recent Astros teams. There's just not enough hitting or managerial magic to get it done.
Please prove me wrong, team.
Nobody wants him to get injured. But we were dependent on the health of Eric Metcalf, Nate Vasher and Johnnie Johnson to a far greater degree, and they all were game-changing PRs for us. I think Littleton can be, too. Against these tough defenses we need to make something positive out of every chance, and I believe he has a way higher ceiling there than Niblett does. Your mileage of course may vary.
I also want Littleton returning punts. Niblett might not have had much room to operate against OSU, but he gave up a ton of extra punt yardage by not at least catching the ball. Let's get that part squared away before more real games arrive.
Would be an improved % over what we've been doing post-ASG. But should be doable, especially with us now have some guys back. Here's to Seattle losing today to give us a little nudge.
I can understand an insufferable egomaniac like Tom Herman continuing to go to a dry well to prove he really knows what he's doing. But this Texas team and fans should expect better of Sark. And I say that as a big fan of him as our HC.