8/21 Beat the Astors

[Curt S Loew]

Number 4! That's all I asked for and I got it! But, I thought about it after yesterday and I have decided I really don't like Houston all that much either.

So I think I'm gonna need to start another game thread.

 

[absintheofmalaise]

You did pretty well when the team needed you most. You should do four more.

 

[Curt S Loew]

You did pretty well when the team needed you most. You should do four more.

I didn't want to get greedy and tempt the baseball gods. Just one more. I promise.

 

[joe dokes]

Sink the Astors.

 

[Sandy Leon Trotsky]

I live in Austin and holy shit do I loathe all TX sports teams. The Cowboys!?!?? The WORST!!! Mavericks? Rockets.... Astros.... Rangers. Can't stand 'em! The only TX team I actually like are the Spurs. I don't even like the local soccer team. Anyhow.... so many fair weather Astros fans here that didn't give a shit before 2015. There's an opportunity to knock the Astros out of the WC here.... a sweep would do it so I'm all in favor!

 

[HangingW/ScottCooper]

2 out of 4 is necessary. 3 out of 4 and I'll start to believe. Sweep and I'm buying playoff tickets.

 

[brandonchristensen]

The Astros SUCK!

 

[greek_gawd_of_walks]

2 out of 4 is necessary. 3 out of 4 and I'll start to believe. Sweep and I'm buying playoff tickets.

If you can get a 6-4 record out of this next ten, it'd be wonderful. Anything better, you're probably looking at the third wild card come game 10. A sweep puts you ahead of the Astros.

It starts with one pitch, one out, one inning, one game. Go from there. The big picture is all details.

 

[moonshotmanny]

Don't take a step back, keep on going strong!

 

[Sandy Leon Trotsky]

Stupid law of chance happenings makes it more likely that streaks get broken. Houston lost 3. Sox won 3. It's a real dumb law and should be repealed. And yeah I know it's not an actual law or anything but winning streaks and losing streaks both of more than 3 games are rare even for the best and worst teams respectively.

 

[Curt S Loew]

Stupid law of chance happenings makes it more likely that streaks get broken.

 

[Sandy Leon Trotsky]

You can fit all of Rhode Island into "Houston" 2.5 times. It's that big of a shithole!!!

Honestly though... Houston has got some beautiful walkable neighborhoods, great museums, incredible food and is the most diverse city in the entire US (sorry NY, LA). I don't get for the life of me why Austin seems to think it's so awesome. Not saying I'd want to live there since leaving the city feels like driving though hell and you have to go so stinking far before you see anything resembling a hill or mountain. The nearby coastal towns are all crap.

 

[joe dokes]

My wife grew up in Houston. She has fond memories of going along with many of her neighborhood friends and following the bug-fogger-killer truck on their bikes. What fun.
This isn't them. Just kids like them. Beat those fogging Houstons.

 

[Ale Xander]

Easier to win 3 of 4 when you win the first one

let’s do it, Carmine Hosiery

 

[SemperFidelisSox]

Javier is a 5 inning pitcher who has stunk lately, along with every other Astro. Beat these guys like a trash can.

 

[TFisNEXT]

Just keep winning series. Winning this series starts with a win tonight.

That is all.

 

[absintheofmalaise]

Verdugo RF
Devers 3B
Yoshida LF
Casas 1B
Duvall CF
Story DH
Reyes SS
McGuire C
Urías 2B

 

[azsoxpatsfan]

The lineup is so much more fun with Casas in

 

[caminante11]

Urias Grand Slam - keep the streak going!

 

[JohnnyTheBone]

Beat these guys like a trash can.

Fantastic.

Annihilate the Astros

 

[NYCSox]

A pennant race with the MFYs as roadkill is as enjoyable as it gets.

 

[Jed Zeppelin]

It's a long series but it just has that feeling here that winning this first one will go a long way to deciding the rest of them. Just feels like they need this one to overcome the previous vibes of unfortunate backsliding following periods of success.

 

[Sprowl]

Soon we shall enjoy the fabled hospitality of the Astors.

 

[Blizzard of 1978]

Verdugo RF
Devers 3B
Yoshida LF
Casas 1B
Duvall CF
Story DH
Reyes SS
McGuire C
Urías 2B

No Justin Turner? Thinking.

 

[Moviegoer]

My wife grew up in Houston. She has fond memories of going along with many of her neighborhood friends and following the bug-fogger-killer truck on their bikes. What fun.
This isn't them. Just kids like them. Beat those fogging Houstons.
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Terrence Malick making a gamethread appearance is good mojo.

 

[Red(s)HawksFan]

No Justin Turner? Thinking.

Cora said last night that Turner was going to get the night off as long as Casas was good to go. Turner's been grinding with a bone bruise on his heel. He needs a day (or two).

 

[Coachster]

Terrence Malick making a gamethread appearance is good mojo.

That's easy enough.

Let's beat them

 

[mauidano]

Soon we shall enjoy the fabled hospitality of the Astors.

Simple and plain.

 

[Blizzard of 1978]

Cora said last night that Turner was going to get the night off as long as Casas was good to go. Turner's been grinding with a bone bruise on his heel. He needs a day (or two).

Ok. Thanks for the update.

 

[DennyDoyle'sBoil]

I hate the Astors. Hate hate hate hate hate them. Hate them. Hate every simpering stupid vacant fan-insulting moment. Hate the sensibility that thought anyone would like them. Hated the implied insult to us by their belief that anyone would be entertained by them.

I hope we take their cucumber sammiches and stick 'em where the sun ain't shine.

 

[Al Zarilla]

I hate the Astors. Hate hate hate hate hate them. Hate them. Hate every simpering stupid vacant fan-insulting moment. Hate the sensibility that thought anyone would like them. Hated the implied insult to us by their belief that anyone would be entertained by them.

I hope we take their cucumber sammiches and stick 'em where the sun ain't shine.

Any rival teams you don't hate? Oakland and Kansas City don't count.

 

[Doc Zero]

Personally, I would like the Boston Red Sox to win this baseball game.

 

[DennyDoyle'sBoil]

Any rival teams you don't hate? Oakland and Kansas City don't count.

No, I hate them all, but not with the same relative level of intensity. Also, I tend to focus my hate -- that is, I tend to only hate one at a time, except the Yankees.

And the Orioles.

And the Rays.

And the Dodgers.

And the Mariners . . . .

Actually, yeah, I just hate them all, all the time.

 

[JOBU]

I hate the Astors. Hate hate hate hate hate them. Hate them. Hate every simpering stupid vacant fan-insulting moment. Hate the sensibility that thought anyone would like them. Hated the implied insult to us by their belief that anyone would be entertained by them.

I hope we take their cucumber sammiches and stick 'em where the sun ain't shine.

What happened to the good vibes and serenity of “hoping everyone just has fun?”

 

[DennyDoyle'sBoil]

What happened to the good vibes and serenity of “hoping everyone just has fun?”

I believe you may have me confused with someone else. That doesn't sound familiar.

 

[Al Zarilla]

What happened to the good vibes and serenity of “hoping everyone just has fun?”

Aaron Boone didn't have fun. "They kicked our ass."

 

[greek_gawd_of_walks]

I want this team to stay in it for as long as possible. Every game on the 162 game schedule matter in a Fight Club Ed Norton "We're all dying" sense, but these late August games foretell of September and Autumn and Playoffs.

Of course, it could all be a shattered dream by Thursday afternoon. But that's what makes it kind of wonderful.

As has been said elsewhere, the playoffs begin now. Buckle up.

 

[Sandy Leon Trotsky]

I like the Blue Jays, Guardians, Twins…. All when they’re not facing the Sox

 

[Curt S Loew]

I believe you may have me confused with someone else. That doesn't sound familiar.

That guy was banned.

 

[InsideTheParker]

I have a HUGE cucumber crop. Glad to be reminded of cucumber sandwiches.
I hope the Sox start winning this game early, as that makes it easier on me.
Geaux etc.

 

[JOBU]

I believe you may have me confused with someone else. That doesn't sound familiar.

Definitely. Keep living your best life.

 

[InsideTheParker]

Ed Norton

I guessing that's not this guy:

 

[Al Zarilla]

I guessing that's not this guy:

Looks like he's halfway up out of his workplace.

 

[LynnRice75]

Game 125
Swept the Yanks in The Toilet. I’m no forecaster,
but that should make Y E D come a bit faster.
We’ve traveled to Houston where we plan to plaster
that beloved, round sphere of red-stitched alabaster
all over the field with some bloops and a blast or
a grand slam or two, so we make a disaster
of their playoff run and prove that we're the master.
They don’t have a prayer. (They can go ask a pastor.)
Just win the series? We want something much vaster.
Trash the hopes and the dreams of every damn Astor.

 

[Red(s)HawksFan]

Ugh. Millar on the call tonight. At least he'll actually be in the booth. Maybe that will make him 5% more tolerable.

 

[JOBU]

MLBTV is not working on the pregame

 

[Ale Xander]

Any rival teams you don't hate? Oakland and Kansas City don't count.

Personally, I hate Oakland a lot more than the Astros. Maybe I’m weird

 

[S. H. Frog]

You can fit all of Rhode Island into "Houston" 2.5 times. It's that big of a shithole!!!

Honestly though... Houston has got some beautiful walkable neighborhoods, great museums, incredible food and is the most diverse city in the entire US (sorry NY, LA). I don't get for the life of me why Austin seems to think it's so awesome. Not saying I'd want to live there since leaving the city feels like driving though hell and you have to go so stinking far before you see anything resembling a hill or mountain. The nearby coastal towns are all crap.

The Menil Collection and the Twombley museum are sick, and "Farewell Catullus to the Shores of Asia Minor" is a staggeringly good painting.

 

[joe dokes]

Ugh. Millar on the call tonight. At least he'll actually be in the booth. Maybe that will make him 5% more tolerable.

It makes it ever-so-slightly possible that someone will duct tape his mouth shut.

 

[Red(s)HawksFan]

It makes it ever-so-slightly possible that someone will duct tape his mouth shut.

The result of which would be DOB going it solo. He fancies himself a student of Vin Scully, but he is no Vin Scully.

There are no winners here.