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1 minute ago, Guadaloopy said:

It’s a good rule.  Shortens extra innings while giving teams equal footing in extras.  

it's so impure though for a sport that values tradition.

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It’s a good rule.  Shortens extra innings while giving teams equal footing in extras.  

It’s fucking retarded. It’s honestly an advantage to the road team to score first and put the pressure on the home team who has “home field” advantage for a reason.
4 minutes ago, David Dennison said:

I'm so glad they're getting rid of this rinky dink rule.

are they?

 

2 minutes ago, Guadaloopy said:

It’s a good rule.  Shortens extra innings while giving teams equal footing in extras.  

Why is that a good thing?

Edited by WBT

Let’s not kid ourselves . Maton giving up runs whether they start on 2nd base or not. Won’t be on playoff roster so no sweat. Go Stros !

1 minute ago, Guadaloopy said:

Citation needed. 

It's literally the dumbest rule in all of sports.

Just now, Tommy Nobis said:


It’s fucking retarded. It’s honestly an advantage to the road team to score first and put the pressure on the home team who has “home field” advantage for a reason.

Visitor always has the opportunity to score first.  Your argument is invalid.  

Just now, WBT said:

are they?

 

Why is that a good thing?

Saves wear and tear in players in an already grueling 162 game season. 

Just now, TexArcher said:

It's literally the dumbest rule in all of sports.

Opinion without supporting evidence.  

2 minutes ago, Storm the Field said:

5 batters, 3 hits, 1bb, 1 sac fly. Good work Phil.

Enjoy Sugarland. He’s for sure the one getting sent down now 

5 minutes ago, TexArcher said:

It's a terrible rule and it sucks.

This is correct.

1 minute ago, Guadaloopy said:

Opinion without supporting evidence.  

What kind of evidence would you accept?

You don't have any evidence, either.  You're offering the minority opinion as if it's fact that must be countered with evidence.  It's not.  You like the rule, and most fans hate the rule.  Hence it is going away.

4 minutes ago, Make em eat Taco Bell said:

it's so impure though for a sport that values tradition.

All sports evolve.  Rules change.  It’s a natural thing.  

5 minutes ago, Make em eat Taco Bell said:

it's so impure though for a sport that values tradition.

All sports evolve.  Rules change.  It’s a natural thing.  

Would have been nice to push across some of the dozen or so runners we had on base and not have to end up in extras.

It’s a good rule.  Shortens extra innings while giving teams equal footing in extras.  
Have fun on that ledge by yourself


It sucks ass
15 minutes ago, TexArcher said:

We're gonna fuck around and lose like 8-3 in 10.

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now say we’re gonna win 9-8

Edited by D3zii

Hey, at least we didn’t hurt Gurriel’s feeling by starting Mancini. 

1 minute ago, TexArcher said:

What kind of evidence would you accept?

You don't have any evidence, either.  You're offering the minority opinion as if it's fact that must be countered with evidence.  It's not.  You like the rule, and most fans hate the rule.  Hence it is going away.

My evidence is that the length of extra inning games has dropped significantly.   Fewer innings are thrown by pitching staffs, which is a benefit to the players in a 162-game season that now has a potential 22-game postseason. 
 

The only argument against the rule is “I don’t like it.”

Another inept display of hitting. But to show we're a balanced team, we also added some inept pitching. Yikes. 

5 minutes ago, Guadaloopy said:

My evidence is that the length of extra inning games has dropped significantly.   Fewer innings are thrown by pitching staffs, which is a benefit to the players in a 162-game season that now has a potential 22-game postseason. 
 

The only argument against the rule is “I don’t like it.”

That's not evidence.  That's a consequence.  And you're assuming it's a good thing because pitching staffs can't take a few games worth of additional innings spread out over 6 months.  The counter to that is that for over a century pitchers routinely racked up 200+ IP.  But if you're actually concerned about IP, then add a roster spot.  Or start the season a week earlier and mix in more days off. 

But don't ruin good games after 3 hours by having them decided by the first team to hit a freaking single.

Edited by TexArcher

Pressly only threw 11 pitches.  I thought for sure he was pitching the 10th.

I guess we could always do like softball and play 7 innings. No dead arms, nobody getting home at 1 a.m. on a school night. Profit. 

8 minutes ago, Guadaloopy said:

My evidence is that the length of extra inning games has dropped significantly.   Fewer innings are thrown by pitching staffs, which is a benefit to the players in a 162-game season that now has a potential 22-game postseason. 
 

The only argument against the rule is “I don’t like it.”

The paying customers don't like it is a pretty good argument.  Teams carry roughly 35 pitchers each these days, they can throw a few extra innings.

Woof, flush that game. Maybe let's try a decent lineup tomorrow.

Edited by Storm the Field

7 minutes ago, TexArcher said:

That's not evidence.  That's a consequence.  And you're assuming it's a good thing because pitching staffs can't take a few games worth of additional innings spread out over 6 months.  The counter to that is that for over a century pitchers routinely racked up 200+ IP.  But if you're actually concerned about IP, then add a roster spot.  Or start the season a week earlier and mix in more days off. 

But don't ruin good games after 3 hours by having them decided by the first team to hit a freaking single.

You’re right. We should ruin good games after three hours by having everyone K until someone hits a solo HR.  

Get ‘em tomorrow, fellas.  

5 minutes ago, WBT said:

The paying customers don't like it is a pretty good argument.  Teams carry roughly 35 pitchers each these days, they can throw a few extra innings.

That would be a good argument if paying customers stopped paying.  But no one is. 

8 hours ago, Guadaloopy said:

Citation needed. 

 

8 hours ago, Guadaloopy said:

Opinion without supporting evidence.  

Are these the new standards? If so, post counts in this thread will be plummeting. 

8 hours ago, Storm the Field said:

Woof, flush that game. Maybe let's try a decent lineup tomorrow.

Gotta find Dusty in this city before 11 or so so I can give him what I would like to see below

2B Altuve

SS Diaz

DH Yordan

3B Bregman

LF Mancini

RF Tucker

1B Yuli

CF Chas

C Vasquez

If this gets Maton sent down when Lance is back (it won’t) it’s worth it. 

Click could steal temporary skips phone. 

Just now, Wulaw Horn said:

If this gets Maton sent down when Lance is back (it won’t) it’s worth it. 

100% has to be.  If they send down Martinez over him (won't be Stanek or Abreu) we riot.

3 minutes ago, UTPhil2006 said:

100% has to be.  If they send down Martinez over him (won't be Stanek or Abreu) we riot.

I will be pleasantly surprised if you are right. Maton is making actual money and on arbitration and that was a big move for Click last year, and Dusty pitches him often in leverage situations and never pitches Martinez in those situations. It would be very surprising. 

Someone here probably knows roster rules better than me, but the rosters go back up to 28 players on Sept 1st so does that mean the max pitchers will go back up to 14 then also?  If so, whoever gets sent down could be right back up here in 2 1/2 weeks

9 hours ago, UTPhil2006 said:

Enjoy Sugarland. He’s for sure the one getting sent down now 

 

35 minutes ago, Wulaw Horn said:

I will be pleasantly surprised if you are right. Maton is making actual money and on arbitration and that was a big move for Click last year, and Dusty pitches him often in leverage situations and never pitches Martinez in those situations. It would be very surprising. 

It should be Maton. It needs to be Maton. Unfortunately, I get the feeling it won't be Maton for the reasons Wulaw points out. 

10 hours ago, Guadaloopy said:

It’s a good rule.  Shortens extra innings while giving teams equal footing in extras.  

It’s growing on me.  

WTF why are the Astros not on in Austin on the radio?

 

Yes, I can put it on FuboTV and watch it on my phone but it would be nice to listen in the car.

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18 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

 

 

Okay, it's been going on since forever, but only worth mentioning because Astros.  But it's NOT cheating.  But we should mention it.  Because the implications.

17 minutes ago, Js1 said:

Okay, it's been going on since forever, but only worth mentioning because Astros.  But it's NOT cheating.  But we should mention it.  Because the implications.

I mostly stopped and then slow-rolled through a red light at 3 am the other night when there wasn't another car within a mile of me.  I know everyone does that and there's no real harm, but I grew up in Houston, so it's worth mentioning and my car insurance should definitely go up.

Edited by TexArcher

34 minutes ago, TonyTexas said:

 

It is on YouTube, not YouTube TV (which does not have ATTSN either).

1 hour ago, Js1 said:

Okay, it's been going on since forever, but only worth mentioning because Astros.  But it's NOT cheating.  But we should mention it.  Because the implications.

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