Everything posted by Storm the Field
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Houston Astros 2025 Season Thread
On top of bringing in a new training staff, we may want to hire some sports psychologists and maybe a witch doctor/exorcist to remove whatever curse fell upon on MMP/Daikin post '22. We started this season 32-14 in the friendly confines of downtown Houston, then went 14-21. 3rd straight year where we struggled at home late in the year (including the infamous 4 home losses in the '23 ALCS and getting swept out of the wild card last year). Despite having an overall winning record at home, we ended up a with a significantly negative run differential. Doesn't help that Walker was a completely different player on the road (.772 OPS, 18 HR) vs home (.623 OPS, 8 HR)
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Houston Astros 2025 Season Thread
Nightmare season is finally over. Amazing that we were still in playoff contention until Game 161, considering: Blanco started in 9 games before needing TJ, Garcia got 2, Wesneski got 6, Walter got 9. Arrighetti avoided TJ by missing most of the season due to a freak accident during BP. The Ghost of Cristian Javier didn't start a game until mid-August. We had to give 15 starts to a JAG named Colton Gordon. Framber pitched like an ace until late July then went 2-7 in his final 11 starts, with the team losing 9 of those games. Our all-star closer's shoulder spontaneously exploded just in time to miss the final 30 games. Meyers' calf exploded, wiping out 2 months of a career-best year. Paredes' hamstring exploded, wiping out 2 months of an all-star year. Pena's multiple injuries cumulatively cost him almost 40 games in a career-best year. Yordan basically missed the entire season aside from the 2 1/2 weeks preceding his ankle injury. It's abundantly obvious now that he was physically incapable of swinging a bat with any oomph during those first 30 games of the season. Due to a lack of OF depth, Cam was rushed into an everyday starter role despite having ~30 games as a professional and never playing anything even remotely close to 162 game season. Christian Walker led the team in HR and RBI despite waiting until the the final series of the season before registering a positive WAR (0.1). Yainer was our 3rd highest run producer despite becoming the worst pitch-chaser in MLB and seeing his OPS drop below .700. Over 700 AB's went to has-beens and never-weres (Hummel, Rodgers, Trammell, Chas...etc) or guys not ready for the show (Brice, Melton). Of the few fill-ins that performed above replacement level, one didn't make it past May before season-ending injury (Dezenzo) and one didn't even appear until Game 148 (Cole). ^^^ That's somehow the condensed version. I've got more!
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2025/2026 Hunting Thread
Getting busy with hunting season. Heading to a buddy's hunting club down near Corpus for a dove hunt tomorrow evening, then a teal hunt Friday morning. Work weekend/hog hunting at the deer lease next weekend.
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Blastfurnace 2025
Still a couple hours away from reaching the coast. Heat Index is currently 103 in Houston.
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Dumbass Shit We See On Facebook
AI click-bait horseshit:
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Blastfurnace 2025
With the crazy humidity and a dewpoint only a few degrees below the actual temperature, we set a new record for the highest low ever recorded at the IAH weather station. Only got down to 80 early this morning, breaking the old record by 2 degrees.
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Papers, please. Surly thread of deportation cruelty dominance
JD Vance and Ken Paxton already immediately rushed to Twitter to moan about "disgusting attack on our brave ICE agents" before bothering to learn anything about the shooting. The insane wing of MAGA twitter is pumping a conspiracy theory that it was a jihadi attack on ICE for arresting a muslim brotherhood member yesterday.
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Blastfurnace 2025
Blastfurnace has about 16 hours of gas left in it. Heat index pushing 100 at 11 am tomorrow right before the front starts rolling through and dragging Summer out kicking and screaming. It should really start feeling much improved over the course of Thursday as drier air settles in.
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Blastfurnace 2025
Denver, right? I saw that some areas on the front range got a light dusting of snow today.
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Blastfurnace 2025
Today looks to feature the highest low temperature by a good 8-9 degrees for the next 2 weeks. It's barely going to get below 80 in Houston, even with storms forecast for later this afternoon. We're getting close to the finish line folks! More "this ain't so bad" days ahead, fewer "this shit sucks" ones.
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Texas BBQ
Thanks, Lavaca BBQ in PL might actually work for us.
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Texas BBQ
Best bbq option between Houston and Rockport? Heading down to that area Thursday morning for a hunting trip and we're planning to grab lunch on the way.
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What the fuck is wrong with you, Houston? Non-CR thread
Charges likely:
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2025 Fitness Thread
Just realized I haven't checked this thread in a long while. Knock on wood, but have been pretty fortunate staying injury and sickness free for pretty much the whole summer, other than the aforementioned turf toe which lingered for a few weeks and limited my cardio options. Nothing that really caused me to miss any lifting. Hit a new personal mark in the gym today that I'm pretty proud of. On Mondays, I do cardio and then use the bench press machine at my office gym. When I started exercising again ~3 years ago, I could only do like 3 x 12 sets of 140/150/160 give or take. It maxes out at 200 lbs. Eventually built up to 5 x 12 of 200 but stalled out there for a long while. Been trying to bump it up each Monday for the last few weeks. I just keep doing sets of 200 until I can't do another rep without taking a long break. 81 today. Would like to hit 100 at least once before the year ends.
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Blastfurnace 2025
Autumnal equinox just occurred about 10 minutes ago. It's officially Fall. Meanwhile, in TX:
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What the fuck is wrong with you, Houston? Non-CR thread
Little league coach out in Katy catches a stray bullet from a nearby shooting range.
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Blastfurnace 2025
Happy first day of Autumn. To mark the occasion, we'll be a featuring a high of 98 in Austin and 70% humidity in Houston!
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Blastfurnace 2025
2 more unseasonably hot, muggy days ahead, but decent rain chances Wednesday as a weak front moves southward. Should actually start to feel like late September once some drier air settles in late Wednesday. The stretch from Thursday-Sunday is looking good.
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Heights/Garden Oaks/Oak Forest
We're getting some Sichuan food in the hood. Saw there's a Cooking Girl supposed to open up next month at Stomping Grounds.
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Blastfurnace 2025
Just make it to Wednesday!
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Blastfurnace 2025
Looks like ~6 more days of Extended Summer ahead before hopefully transitioning to somewhat closer to seasonal temps. Gonna be warm and muggy until then, especially to start next week. Outside chance that Monday (ironically the first day of "Autumn") we'll see our highest high and highest low of the rest of the year. Forecast of 98/76 in Austin, 93/78 in Houston.
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Covid/Influenza/Black Death. 2024 and beyond
I came down with something this week. Either a mild cold or some lesser strain of COVID. Severe sinus pressure starting Monday night. Congestion and sinus drainage Tuesday, still present but milder yesterday. Just some residual phlegm left to expel today and feel almost back to normal. Was still able to work out each day as I never really felt "sick," though I didn't feel like I was at 100% so I went less than full effort. No headache, body aches, or fever at any point. Mild fatigue at worst.
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Houston Astros 2025 Season Thread
King for closer?!?!?!?! 4 batters faced, 4 outs.
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Houston Astros 2025 Season Thread
Someone please photoshop me a "Ohh you almost had it" meme. Put an Astros hat on the fisherman and a silver boot/playoff spot on the end of his line. TIA.
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Houston Astros 2025 Season Thread
King got away with a meatball to Moore. All's well that ends well though.