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Gourmand

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  1. that's cool but in the interest of accuracy he didn't actually catch that ball, the seat behind him caught it.
  2. Yordan doesn't have to prove shit to anybody, he's already been an ALCS MVP and hit a Lidgian walkoff in a huge moment, but wouldn't it be fuckin awesome if he went ballistic like Beltran in '04? That was the most insane hot streak I've ever seen from a hitter in the postseason.
  3. I wish we had a fan reaction video of Carlos when Yordan bukkaked 40,000 Astros fans.....
  4. Man, they sure were and imo their performances under pressure are a testament to the standards of excellence and preparation from the Astros developmental structure. I honestly can't decide which guy deserves more credit. Hensley's 8-pitch at bat was very impressive for a guy making his postseason debut and Pena slapping a two-strike slider into center field to keep the train moving was equally impressive.
  5. Friendly reminder that we just did to the Mariners what the Yankees did to us twice this year when they never had a lead coming up to bat and then walked off winners despite having their asses kicked for 8 1/2 innings. We're gonna have to play much better from the first pitch tomorrow or the pesky Mariners could make us pay. (fuck these off days, got me all nervous again after coming down from last night's 15-hr high.)
  6. Obviously I understand the logic here but we can't get too ahead of ourselves and assume the M's are done. That was definitely a crushing defeat that has the potential to demoralize that team considering the Astros owning them for so long but they are a not out of it by any means. Stros just have to win two of four before they win three of four. I'd certainly rather be in our situation than theirs, but anything can happen in October baseball.
  7. Yeah they were/are so good. I love that they love Will Johnson. He's a fantastic songwriter and one of the nicest guys you will ever meet.
  8. And miss out on the younger son getting daddy'd first?
  9. What an epic choke job by the Blue Jays.
  10. Also consider this: Here’s one amazing stat for each playoff team. AMERICAN LEAGUE (1) Astros Houston is a juggernaut and one of their important hitters is Yordan Alvarez. Alvarez swings a powerful bat and one we can quantify with Statcast. This season, 23.9% of Alvarez’s swings produced hard contact, the highest rate of any hitter with at least 250 batted balls. For comparison, Aaron Judge is seventh on the list at 19.9%, and we know powerful he is. Why do we care about this hard contact? Because it produces favorable results. This season, batters hit .488 and slugged .953 when they made hard contact -- an exit velocity of 95+ mph. And lest we forget, this is the same Alvarez who was ALCS MVP last year for the Astros, slugging a casual .870 and hitting .522.
  11. What do you guys think about the shitty Bears offense and Darnell Mooney? I'm 1-3 but 0.35 pts from 2-2 and back-to-back league high scores (thanks to that CeeDee Lamb drop last week) and feeling pretty optimistic about my lineup despite being autodrafted Trey Lance, Hockenson (after Kelce with my first pick) and Justin Fields. My strength is at WR/TE with Lamb/Sutton/AJ Brown/Kelce and I flipped Hockenson in the first week for Pierce to pair with AJ Dillon. I snagged Goff off the ww after the Lance injury and I stashed Dak and dumped Fields last week. This roster is a shit load better than my roster in week 1, but my depth at WR is iffy right now because of the Burks injury and the Bears offense. Burks and Mooney are my WRs 4/5, dropping Burks obviously but what to do with Mooney? I'm dropping Burks for one of the rb ww adds this week (Murray, Brian Robinson, or Damien Williams)... Would you hold Mooney or drop him for any of the following players: Gallup, Zay Jones, Nico Collins, Renfrow, Hollins, Richie James, Chark, MVS
  12. Actually he is eligible but won't be on it.
  13. Corey Julks had two HRs for Sugar Land at Round Rock today. 31 HRs for the year with a .270/.351/.503 slash line for the season. Will be interesting to see if he can crack the 26-man roster next year.
  14. he deserves it but it does seem like the front office is doing everything it can to sell Jake Meyers to the playoff roster.
  15. Not exact but close https://vintagebrand.com/a/12788/p/31?gclid=Cj0KCQjwj7CZBhDHARIsAPPWv3fUG2WPS2A5Yx0Dy2nrtnZ2P6mwhDfHV6XS7qUwF5U_X6M7jrpjjUkaAsoPEALw_wcB&sku=298 https://vintagebrand.com/a/12791/p/34?sku=332653&gclid=Cj0KCQjwj7CZBhDHARIsAPPWv3cskNvQ-pmucXtmQEsCHrvpKCAZfrMw72qO-xA6EDd4GeAydTMiYlwaAjCGEALw_wcB
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