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UTexasFight

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  1. Always a good night when Bielak is getting loose in the 3rd.
  2. This is the annual weekend where America collectively says “Verne Lundquist is still alive?” (I know it’s his last. Wish him all the best. Here’s to him going out with a Scottie ace in the last group on Sunday)
  3. Fuck me. Picked a helluva first game of the season to go to (we probably win by 8 )
  4. yeah, scout buddy I know and those I’ve talked to connected to him have been warning about this for a while now. It will but I, for one, look forward to not having to pay $180 for third row seats like I did for tonight’s game. It does really, really suck that both of my kids are just now getting to the prime age of kid fandom and we’re too young to really experience/remember most of this window.
  5. Jordan chipping in to the water. holy shit now he’s went back over the green back to where he started. what a disaster. 9 finally went in:
  6. Can we please get the roof open tonight?
  7. Did somebody fact check this? I’m actually a bit surprised by this. but the more I think about, the more I think it shows Espada is also “1 of 1”. This says every other manager in the history of baseball has either 1) pulled a guy in the first inning before he gets to that point when he thinks his team still has a chance to come back and win or 2) says “f it. Bullpen is toast. I’d forfeit if I could, but you’re wearing it until your arm falls off” and the guy at least gets through the first. The fact that he didn’t do #1, and decided to do #2, before bailing on that idea is not great. (But granted, his hands were tied. I get at some point you have to cut bait and go get him). I will use this opportunity to reminisce on the only other Astros game that I can remember being this bad (worse) in the first inning. 7 year old me actually remembers where I was listening to Milo on the radio and blown away that a team could give up 2 TDs (with the extra points) in the first inning. August 3, 1989 at Riverfront. Starter (Jim Clancy) didn’t get an out giving up a leadoff walk and then 6 straight hits, all who would eventually score…(including a 3 run jack by Papa Griffey), before Art yanked him for Bob Forsch. Who proceeded to give up hits to 10 of the next 11 batters (only out of those 11 was the pitcher, Tom Browning) before retiring the leadoff and 2nd guy in the order on their THIRD plate appearances in the inning for the final 2 outs of the inning. add it all up, we go to the 2nd: Astros 0 0 0 Reds 14 16 0 (Epilogue: tip of the cap to the Big Bopper who, after all that, led off the top of the 2nd and smashed the first pitch he saw from Browning over the left field wall). (And lol at Browning getting the complete game on 87 pitches.) https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CIN/CIN198908030.shtml https://www.mlb.com/video/reds-1989-14-run-1st-inning
  8. How do we compare right now to 2020? …when we couldn’t break lose of .500 for 2 months
  9. Jose’s gonna go out as an astro the same way he came in, isn’t he? (Part of 100+ loss teams)
  10. And still arguably isn’t the worst start of the week
  11. ‘Member when our starting pitching ERA was like 1.00? I don’t….
  12. No, he’s throwing shit right down the middle
  13. Stros keep playing like this and the city gonna be paying us to park, amirite? (looks like they voted to “send to committee” which the trash Chron article I read did absolutely nothing to explain what that means or when there will be further action on this)
  14. Hope his nerves /mechanics are calmer than Henley. everytime I saw him this spring training his stuff had ridiculous movement but he struggled to control it…and judging by his 7 BBs in 8.1 so far for sugarland, looks like he hasn’t dialed that in since camp broke.
  15. Why April 10 vs March 28? Why would they fuck themselves out of a draft pick over 13 days?
  16. So a Ronel no hitter on my bday? Down Damn you. have tickets for my first game this season on Friday and had been excited to see Ronel (although he’s probably due to get rocked facing the same team in less than a week). But getting JP instead, big yawn.
  17. I really hope Blair told Arrighetti “try to get two outs.”
  18. He has a 7.36 ERA. (And before you say you miss Maton, he has a 10.13 ERA)
  19. Man you throw that buck tooth beaver logo on a jersey sleeve and you’d rake in enough cash to blow by Dodger-levels of spending
  20. MLBPAA membership (for $25) can get you 25% off MLBShop.com orders (jerseys included, although they’d have to pay me 25% off to get me to want one of those Nike/fanatics abominations)
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