August 2, 20223 yr 1 minute ago, tx 3 putt said: Dusty on 790 earlier today, he said - I want a CF …. https://sportstalk790.iheart.com/featured/what-s-on-matt-s-mind/content/2022-08-02-dusty-baker-discusses-astros-acquisitions-ahead-of-trade-deadline still misses straw
August 2, 20223 yr 1 minute ago, Rockethorn1978 said: Always amazed at how people bitch about dusty who’s on pace for 104 wins this year. Yet the same people neg anyone who questions 5-7 sark who hasn’t done dick yet. Dusty has won a lot of games. Dusty has never won a title. Winning 104 games and getting upset in the World Series again is a shitty season. That's the level the Astros are at right now, a successful season is based on 1st, winning the pennant, and 2nd, winning another title. No one gives a shit the Marines won 116 games in 2001.
August 2, 20223 yr 2 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said: And will never do dick A baseball game can play out a million different ways, leads to always questioning the manager I love dusty bottoms. I usually tend to back guys that win on the field.
August 2, 20223 yr Just now, HtownHorn said: Dusty has won a lot of games. Dusty has never won a title. Winning 104 games and getting upset in the World Series again is a shitty season. That's the level the Astros are at right now, a successful season is based on 1st, winning the pennant, and 2nd, winning another title. No one gives a shit the Marines won 116 games in 2001. Yet you neg anyone who says sark isn’t that great. Wtf has he ever done here or anywhere else besides riding the ballsack of saban. I know you’re a genius in your own mind but dusty does fine. It’s not his fault the front office did jack shit with two quality pitchers gone. We weren’t even supposed to make the WS last year with JV out so last year was actually a above expectations season.
August 2, 20223 yr 1 minute ago, HtownHorn said: No one gives a shit the Marines won 116 games in 2001. I do. Watching excellent baseball all summer is its own reward and the long season proves which is the best team. Playoffs are a gimmick to make the owners more money.
August 2, 20223 yr Why in the fuck are you trying to argue about Texas football in the Astros thread? There are 100 other threads for that. Edited August 2, 20223 yr by kevwun
August 2, 20223 yr Just now, Rockethorn1978 said: Yet you neg anyone who says sark isn’t that great. Wtf has he ever done here or anywhere else besides riding the ballsack of saban. I know you’re a genius in your own mind but dusty does fine. It’s not his fault the front office did jack shit with two quality pitchers gone. We weren’t even supposed to make the WS last year with JV out so last year was actually a above expectations season. We had the 4th best record in baseball. Why were we not supposed to make the WS? I give Sarkisian the benefit of the doubt because this was his 1st season and he didn't take over a club that had just played in the WS. I gave Herman and Strong the same benefit of the doubt after subpar 1st seasons. Dusty has managed some of the best talent in the history of MLB and has shit to show for it. Fuck, Dave Martinez took the same team, except without Bryce Harper, to a championship when Dusty couldn't. It would help if Dusty showed even a semblance of understanding platoon advantages and would manage toward scoring 1 run with the bottom of the lineup instead of letting them flail away and see multiple scoring opportunities a game go by the wayside.
August 2, 20223 yr 6 minutes ago, kevwun said: Why in the fuck are you trying to argue about Texas football in the Astros thread? There are 100 other threads for that. No one is arguing thread police. Defending dusty from morons who always bitch about a guy that’s gonna win 104 games. I know I know we should win 137 if we had the right manager. Just now, HtownHorn said: We had the 4th best record in baseball. Why were we not supposed to make the WS? I give Sarkisian the benefit of the doubt because this was his 1st season and he didn't take over a club that had just played in the WS. I gave Herman and Strong the same benefit of the doubt after subpar 1st seasons. Dusty has managed some of the best talent in the history of MLB and has shit to show for it. Fuck, Dave Martinez took the same team, except without Bryce Harper, to a championship when Dusty couldn't. It would help if Dusty showed even a semblance of understanding platoon advantages and would manage toward scoring 1 run with the bottom of the lineup instead of letting them flail away and see multiple scoring opportunities a game go by the wayside. Cool man. It’s amazing you haven’t been hired since your ideas would probably lead to the first ever 162-0 season.
August 2, 20223 yr 6 minutes ago, WBT said: I do. Watching excellent baseball all summer is its own reward and the long season proves which is the best team. Playoffs are a gimmick to make the owners more money. I hear you and agree on some level, but flags don’t fly for accomplishments during the dog days of summer. I do agree with it being rewarding to enjoy the ebbs and flows of ~6 months with you degenerates and other Astro diehard family/friends before the coin flip series of October starts when that 3rd cousin and college classmate you haven’t talked to in 20 years and hasn’t watched more than 2 games all year starts texting and posting about how much time they’ve invested and waited for this moment.
August 2, 20223 yr 5 minutes ago, Amos Moses said: 30 minutes or so … any rumbling on the twitter machine? I am seeing nothing
August 2, 20223 yr 2 minutes ago, Rockethorn1978 said: Cool man. It’s amazing you haven’t been hired since your ideas would probably lead to the first ever 162-0 season.
August 2, 20223 yr I know we shouldn’t have given up Urquidy and all our farm system for Soto…but would’ve been nice to have Soto at CF for the playoffs though!
August 2, 20223 yr Just now, Seasick Sailor said: What's with people thinking Soto is a centerfielder? No clue. He is not very good in RF this season so not sure why anyone would want him in CF
August 2, 20223 yr 1 hour ago, HtownHorn said: Dusty gonna Dusty. What's the point, Dusty wouldn't play him.
August 2, 20223 yr 4 minutes ago, Seasick Sailor said: Chandler lives for this shit: Yeah well Will smith can probably outrun Neris, Stanek, Pressly, dumbo Maton, so suck it Choadler Not to mention he is a dumbass because when compared to Machete and Brantley they are faster...so Dusty is correct Edited August 2, 20223 yr by Scraps
August 2, 20223 yr 3 minutes ago, Seasick Sailor said: Chandler lives for this shit: such a petty little bitch and he still can't figure out why no one will tell him anything
August 2, 20223 yr 7 minutes ago, Scraps said: Not to mention he is a dumbass because when compared to Machete and Brantley they are faster...so Dusty is correct Exactly beat me to it.
August 2, 20223 yr 10 minutes ago, Seasick Sailor said: What's with people thinking Soto is a centerfielder? Put him RF and play Tucker in CF, whatever. It’s about scoring runs on offense and minimizing bullshit 3 up 3 down innings in the playoffs.
August 2, 20223 yr 11 minutes ago, Scraps said: Not to mention he is a dumbass because when compared to Machete and Brantley they are faster...so Dusty is correct I’m pretty sure neither, at least recently, has an inside the park home run Edited August 2, 20223 yr by TonyTexas
August 2, 20223 yr 1 minute ago, Murfdogg21 said: Put him RF and play Tucker in CF, whatever. It’s about scoring runs on offense and minimizing bullshit 3 up 3 down innings in the playoffs. Nah, put him in LF, leave the GG winning Tucker in RF, and who gives a shit in CF at that point.
August 2, 20223 yr 14 minutes ago, Seasick Sailor said: Chandler lives for this shit: if their number is the same why aren't their rankings the same, chandler? alphabet bias??
August 2, 20223 yr Feel like we're past that window where trades typically trickle in, but it is very weird that we haven't got a Berman "Astros are done" tweet yet.
August 2, 20223 yr The Cubs are fucking morons, but I'm glad we didn't dick around waiting for Contreras.
August 2, 20223 yr 4 minutes ago, runthebone said: The Cubs are fucking morons, but I'm glad we didn't dick around waiting for Contreras. I’ll guess their ask was too high for us (and everyone else)
August 2, 20223 yr Anyone get a new streaming site? Looks like the one scraps gave me at the beginning of the season was shut down by MLB.
August 2, 20223 yr I've got Sportsurge bookmarked, usually at least half a dozen of their links actually end up working, I've never been completely skunked by them for Astros games. A VPN, ad blocker, and the usual anti-virus stuff is a good idea. https://v2.sportsurge.net/watch-5572-boston-red-sox-vs-houston-astros Edited August 2, 20223 yr by clapclapclap
August 3, 20223 yr Click is all in on Meyers in CF. They believe he is elite. Ok then. Let’s hope he starts heading that way the next couple months.
August 3, 20223 yr Prices on CF must’ve been brutal; Yankees had to give up their #3 SP for Bader and none of Happ, Reynolds, or Mullins were moved. Houston had an average deadline. Low risk low reward moves. Only 3 teams (Padres, Twins, Yankees) clearly improved more. But luckily they went into the deadline not having any glaring holes. They should get a boost from McCullers coming back and calling up Brown, and it’s possible Meyers and Brantley both get fully healthy and perform really well. I am also thinking there’s a small chance of Pedro Leon getting a shot if Meyers flounders or gets hurt; Leon has cut his k rate the last 2 months which is an extremely encouraging sign given he’s already proven he has elite speed, arm, OF glove, and power. Edited August 3, 20223 yr by Snake Diggity
August 3, 20223 yr This sounds neither optimistic or hopeful to me Edited August 3, 20223 yr by TonyTexas
August 3, 20223 yr 5 minutes ago, Mitch Hedberg said: Click is all in on Meyers in CF. They believe he is elite. Ok then. Let’s hope he starts heading that way the next couple months. If Meyers turns out to be elite, I'll rarely have been more surprised by a player's career. Really hope I'm wrong about the guy...and soon.
August 3, 20223 yr 14 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said: Y’all keep talking shit about yuli !! What’s been CF production this season ? Fan graphs has them #17 Vazquez moved them to #20 at catcher #21 at 1B with Mancini
August 3, 20223 yr 36 minutes ago, Snake Diggity said: Prices on CF must’ve been brutal; Yankees had to give up their #3 SP for Bader and none of Happ, Reynolds, or Mullins were moved. Houston had an average deadline. Low risk low reward moves. Only 3 teams (Padres, Twins, Yankees) clearly improved more. But luckily they went into the deadline not having any glaring holes. They should get a boost from McCullers coming back and calling up Brown, and it’s possible Meyers and Brantley both get fully healthy and perform really well. I am also thinking there’s a small chance of Pedro Leon getting a shot if Meyers flounders or gets hurt; Leon has cut his k rate the last 2 months which is an extremely encouraging sign given he’s already proven he has elite speed, arm, OF glove, and power. Glaring holes? The Astros have gigantic holes at LF, CF, C, and 1B. At this point I would give Leon or Julks a shot over Jake Meyers. You can't game plan around his noodle arm and horrible plate discipline. Edited August 3, 20223 yr by HtownHorn
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