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IDIOTsavant

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  1. 3 minutes ago, Player said:

    Heading to MMP in 2 hours for my 58th game of the season. I have a t-shirt that has my avatar on it. We haven't won every game that I've attended, but we've homered at least once, so you can bet your sweet asses I'll be wearing it tonight. 

    Just read a Verducci article that said a team's winning percentage in this year's playoffs more than doubles when they hit a second home run in the game, so....

    Image result for utah get me two

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  2. Just now, texashorne said:

    I have lucky hat. 

    I have lucky outlet, where I have to charge my phone during the game. 

    Lucky couch, and kids and I sit in respective lucky spots. Wife cannot be in the room where I'm watching the game. 

     

     

    No questions? You are a lucky SOB...

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  3. 5 minutes ago, Seasick Sailor said:

    Superstition predicament:

    I own many Astros caps.

    Every year on opening day I choose one to wear and continue wearing it until the Astros lose. Then I pick another hat and the cycle continues.

    I got a Bring Home the Pennant hat after we won the division and wore it until we lost game three of the ALDS due to the win streak we finished the regular season on. We lost game four and I switched back to the Pennant hat for game 5.

    Per superstition, I wore the hat for game 1 of the ALCS, after which I switched to my blue trucker hat. Of course we then reeled off three straight. So I wore it for game 5, and we lost. I then went back to the Pennant hat for game 6.

    After we lost game 1 of the World Series, I switched hats and switched again after we lost game 2. Then I went back to the blue trucker, and we won three straight. So, now my question is do I stick with the blue trucker, which has been so lucky over the last three games but may have tapped out its potential based on the ALCS results, or do I go with the Pennant hat that I have worn for each game in which we've closed out a series during the playoffs?

    This is a lot a responsibility for one man, and I want to make sure I make the right choice.  

    A player on streak has to respect the streak....worst case, you switch to the Pennant hat for a Game 7 victory.

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  4. 2 minutes ago, Elmer_Fudd said:

    And then this.

    On OL Javonne Shepherd...24/7 mentioned there's no chance of him returning and his locker has been cleaned out.

    He's had a few run-ins with teammates since arriving on campus, and supposedly told DE Princely Umanmielen that he shouldn't sign with Texas.

    Birds of a feather...this is a good thing IMO.

  5. 10 minutes ago, kevwun said:

    I believe the Astros chose to not make Taubman available for comment.

    I get that, but he was clearly available for comment when he made the remarks. If it was clearly noticeable as reported, why did no one follow up? Again, it just seems odd in a room full of jounralists.

  6. 7 minutes ago, Sleepygrad said:

    Right after we beat the Yankees? Who can be held responsible for what comes out of their mouth for the first 30 minutes after the game ends? There should be a grace period for stupid shit like this

    Also, the 2 named corroborating journalists are from NY. The "Chronicle" reporter Hunter Atkins was one of them. He didn't even write the story on this ordeal FOR the Chronicle. Chandler Rome did. Just a whole lot of weird in this situation.

     

    http://www.hunteratkins.com/

  7. The part I really love about the story is that it took them over 40 hours to post it, so it would be the only thing talked about on the day of Game 1. Better yet, why are they unable to interview Taubman?  If it was so profound, why didn't one of the 40 reporters in the room question him about it? Lots of missing pieces to this story.

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  8. 6 hours ago, IDIOTsavant said:

    Going to Dallas this weekend, so I'm not going to make the ALCS. I've got 2 SRO tickets for Game 1, and 4 in Section 405, Row 2, Seats 5-8. Face for each was $110, but processing fees made them $121 each. Would like to get $150 per ticket for Game 1 and $175 per ticket for Game 2. Tickets are through MLB Ballpark app, and payment is through Venmo. They use Bluetooth, so no HDMI ports. Best buy coupons sweeten your offer...obviously.

    Would like to get rid of these before I go out in Dallas tonight. Willing to accept reasonable offers.

  9. 1 minute ago, UTexasFight said:

     


    Obligatory: why not both?

    I’m giving the TX/ou, HOU/NYY doubleheader a go Saturday (and starting out in Austin).

    This is going to be really really amazing or really really awful.
    (FWIW, I’m 7-0 in Astro playoff games at home since 2015 (team 14-5)...I won’t get in to my Tx/ou record)

     

    Because I live in San Antonio now and have a terrible case of the olds...wish I could still pull this off.

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