Happy New Year You Surly Bastards!
Everything posted by Gut Wagon
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Texas Recruiting Notes 2026: Boulevard of Broken Bagmen
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?
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Houston Astros 2025 Season Thread
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.
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Houston Astros 2025 Season Thread
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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Houston Astros 2025 Season Thread
Bad HPU work (not a shock) on Dubon's AB, but let's face it: you finally get your first two guys of the inning on but then don't score, somebody's not earning his check. Diaz is a decent hitter but can be an absolute beating at the worst times and hasn't progressed at the plate. Disappointing for a guy who once seemed a star in the making.
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Houston Astros 2025 Season Thread
This stretch brings to mind some of the old Dome days, when the NL was full of great pitchers and we couldn't hit a piñata with our eyes open. Right now I'd take the Rockies to sweep us...at sea level.
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Houston Astros 2025 Season Thread
So we're going to have to score AGAIN? Ugh. This is a tall mountain to climb.
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Texas Recruiting Notes 2026: Boulevard of Broken Bagmen
I didn't think we'd let this kid commit, and I was happy thinking we'd moved on. But now that Browne has reopened a recruitment I never even knew was closed, I'm offended.
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Texas Recruiting Notes 2026: Boulevard of Broken Bagmen
Nimble little minx
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Texas Recruiting Notes 2026: Boulevard of Broken Bagmen
Buncha whippersnappers in here. Back in my day, those flying monkeys were genuine nightmare fuel.
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OU Recruiting 2026: Burnt Vegetables
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Houston Astros 2025 Season Thread
Just saw on the MLB site that we rank 7th among suitors for Suarez. Not that we don't need him right now, but the suggestion is that because we've won a couple rings in the past 8 years, we aren't as desperate as some other contenders. Didn't realize we'd quit trying to compete, though since around the AS break it appears maybe we have. https://www.mlb.com/news/mlb-trade-deadline-2025-eugenio-suarez-trade-suitors (Edit: Note that I'm not suggesting we're even in the market for another 3B to plug in this season. We really don't have assets to spend anyway. But if the complacency hinted at in this piece is real, that's troubling on another front.)
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Houston Astros 2025 Season Thread
I'm trying to think of something good to say about this team. I really am. But it's tough to do. You really think our staff would throw 45 shutouts? Probably what it would take.
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Houston Astros 2025 Season Thread
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Houston Astros 2025 Season Thread
I've been an Astros fan since Joe Morgan was on the team, and this is the worst assemblage of batters (don't call them "hitters") I can recall. Several of these guys wouldn't have merited ABs in the darkest days of the franchise. But sure, they're going to turn it around any day now.
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Houston Astros 2025 Season Thread
Good thing the A's don't have pitching, or we'd be having a rough series.
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Houston Astros 2025 Season Thread
Well, the alternative was for him to try to hit the ball hard somewhere, and we know how that goes.
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Houston Astros 2025 Season Thread
What's become of our wunderkind hurler lately? Diesel's looking more like a 2-cycle Briggs & Stratton.
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Houston Astros 2025 Season Thread
Kurtz for Framber? I'd allow it. Might even throw in LMJ.
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Houston Astros 2025 Season Thread
Getting destroyed by a team with a way more talented lineup. What puzzles me is how they're so far below us in the standings.
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Houston Astros 2025 Season Thread
I assume the thought is that if his teammates and the fans must endure this, so must Gusto.
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Houston Astros 2025 Season Thread
This should be really hard to do. However, we not only do it, we make it look easy. Not saying it's a product of starting a neutered lineup or a journeyman pitcher, but...wait, that's exactly what I'm saying.
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Negative Recruiting Your Own School: The aggy Screenshot Megathread
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Texas Recruiting Notes 2026: Boulevard of Broken Bagmen
With how gracefully Ojo avoids contact, he's perfect for the "Matador" Club.
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Houston Astros 2025 Season Thread
I'd like to take this opportunity to thank the Diamondback bullpen for being consistently unclutch.
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Houston Astros 2025 Season Thread
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