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Sandpuppy
Jun 16, 2012

Social Abscess
of the
Universe
Hangin' that Moose dong

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Doom Sleigher
Dec 29, 2004



0 game winning streak man the Astros suck now

fast cars loose anus
Mar 2, 2007

Pillbug
Our last loss was a lovely outing from the bullpen too, this is somewhat concerning

Ragnarok the Red
Jun 21, 2002
Good lord, Rangers, how was that even close? :gonk:

MrMidnight
Aug 3, 2006

Big Mean Jerk posted:

The gently caress is this goddamn World Series celebration over a single regular season win

They did beat the best team in baseball after being down 7 to 1.

Keuchel tomorrow so the winning starts again soon.

candide
Jun 16, 2002

The Tipping Point
disastros

Grittybeard
Mar 29, 2010

Bad, very bad!

MrMidnight posted:

They did beat the best team in baseball after being down 7 to 1.

Keuchel tomorrow so the winning starts again soon.

On a walk off home run. I think pretty much everyone would celebrate that one pretty hard.

Niwrad
Jul 1, 2008

xbilkis posted:

So Scherzer has 10 strikeouts through 3 1/3 innings

Is that good

11 through 4. Too many pitches though to make a realistic run at the record.

Sydin
Oct 29, 2011

Another spring commute

Niwrad posted:

11 through 4. Too many pitches though to make a realistic run at the record.

Dusty Baker: "Hold my beer."

Intruder
Mar 5, 2003

I got a taste for blown saves
loving hell Giles

xbilkis
Apr 11, 2005

god qb
me
jay hova

Niwrad posted:

11 through 4. Too many pitches though to make a realistic run at the record.

In the middle of last inning, one of the MASN announcers said he's in a good place with his pitch-count, and keeps alluding to the idea the record could be within reach. Keep on hopin!

bump_fn
Apr 12, 2004

two of them

Big Mean Jerk posted:

The gently caress is this goddamn World Series celebration over a single regular season win

p sure beating the astros at this point is prob more impressive than a WS win

shirts and skins
Jun 25, 2007

Good morning!
Oh my God Mariners

Jesus loving Christ

bump_fn
Apr 12, 2004

two of them

shirts and skins posted:

Oh my God Mariners

Jesus loving Christ

holy poo poo lol

there's something in the air tonight

Kevlar v2.0
Dec 25, 2003

=^•⩊•^=

Big Mean Jerk posted:

The gently caress is this goddamn World Series celebration over a single regular season win

Beating the best team in baseball on a walkoff after coming back from down 6 is worth celebrating imo

xbilkis
Apr 11, 2005

god qb
me
jay hova
Angel Hernandez is doing his part for Scherzer

https://twitter.com/dcsportsbog/status/872301352394919938

Chexoid
Nov 5, 2009

Now that I have this dating robot I can take it easy.
I know the Jays can't really be picky these days but can this please be the end of Carrera in left. Call up Dwight Smith Jr, or anybody. Someone who at least looks like they know what they're doing.

Big Mean Jerk
Jan 27, 2009

Well, of course I know him.
He's me.

Kevlar v2.0 posted:

Beating the best team in baseball on a walkoff after coming back from down 6 is worth celebrating imo

Yeah, excuse the salt, I'm just spoiled by this team.

Infidel Castro
Jun 8, 2010

Again and again
Your face reminds me of a bleak future
Despite the absence of hope
I give you this sacrifice




Jesus loving Christ, Twins :negative:

Kirios
Jan 26, 2010




No panic at all from me. poo poo happens, good game Royals.

Intruder
Mar 5, 2003

I got a taste for blown saves

Kirios posted:

No panic at all from me. poo poo happens, good game Royals.

I'm just sad because I was sure they were going to break the team record for consecutive wins tomorrow with Keuchel on the mound and a 4 run lead in the 8th

What is it with the Astros and 4 run 8th inning leads against KC

Kirios
Jan 26, 2010




It's very, very hard for me to complain about this season at all. It's a bad outing, literally every other team in baseball has dealt with far worse than this.

I'll start to get a little worried if we lose five in a row.

Intruder
Mar 5, 2003

I got a taste for blown saves
They still have a fairly easy schedule (in theory) in June

Two more @KC with their best two starters going, three at home against the Troutless Angels, three at home against the Rangers (ugh the curse...), three at home against Boston (legit tough series), four at Oakland, three at Seattle, three at home against Oakland

Feelin' good but still disappointed

But for god's sake DFA Aoki, he's bad and has no future on this team. Bring Fisher up

Or send him somewhere else for everyone's favorite player Cash Considerations

Big Mean Jerk
Jan 27, 2009

Well, of course I know him.
He's me.
I'm torn on Aoki. His NPB stats are great and he's interesting to watch because the Astros never had anyone from the NPB when I watched as a kid, but he's done next to nothing for us in the last few weeks and he's had a couple lovely plays in the outfield. His lack of offense isn't really hurting us that bad, but that's partly because everyone else is doing more than their fair share.

Intruder
Mar 5, 2003

I got a taste for blown saves
He's 35 and has always hovered around league average OPS+ (until this year, in which he's way below it!)

When he does play, he plays left field

Fisher is destroying AAA and really has nothing left to prove, and Aoki is the obvious move to make to create a spot for Fisher

As for NPB players, we had Kaz Matsui

Big Mean Jerk
Jan 27, 2009

Well, of course I know him.
He's me.

Intruder posted:

As for NPB players, we had Kaz Matsui

I didn't watch the Astros from 08-13, so I completely missed his run with the team.

shirts and skins
Jun 25, 2007

Good morning!
As an M's fan well familiar with Nori Aoki I encourage Houston to start him as often as possible so there is at least one reliable out in their lineup. It's only fair to the rest of us.

Grittybeard
Mar 29, 2010

Bad, very bad!

Intruder posted:

Two more @KC with their best two starters going, three at home against the Troutless Angels, three at home against the Rangers (ugh the curse...), three at home against Boston (legit tough series), four at Oakland, three at Seattle, three at home against Oakland

It'll never happen because Keuchel is going today and Jason Hammel is going tomorrow for the Royals, but I'd love to win this series. Just for the oddity of the 2017 Royals somehow being good against the best team in the league while having two regular starters hitting below the Mendoza line and a handful of other guys who aren't a whole lot better.

I also hope Jason Vargas pitches well enough that you guys might be interested in renting him, even though he's a junkball lefty coming off of TJS. If there's anything you guys should want to add it'd be starting pitching right?

shirts and skins posted:

As an M's fan well familiar with Nori Aoki I encourage Houston to start him as often as possible so there is at least one reliable out in their lineup. It's only fair to the rest of us.

He's also consistently one of the more hilarious players to watch play the game, although not for being good at baseball reasons.

Intruder
Mar 5, 2003

I got a taste for blown saves
Do the Royals still see a million pitches per AB? If so they're uniquely suited to deal with 2017 "lowest percentage of pitches in the zone in the league" Keuchel

howe_sam
Mar 7, 2013

Creepy little garbage eaters

https://twitter.com/Aaron_Frey/status/872247589193830400

https://twitter.com/JPosnanski/status/872445931282731008

I don't feel like counting, but I think Posnanski easily eclipsed 2500 words.

Infidel Castro
Jun 8, 2010

Again and again
Your face reminds me of a bleak future
Despite the absence of hope
I give you this sacrifice




Wow, that was pretty bad Taylor.

shadok
Dec 12, 2004

You tried to destroy it once before, Commodore.
The result was a wrecked ship and a dead crew.
Fun Shoe
Dear Blue Jays, please don't blow this lead. Thanks in advance.

bawfuls
Oct 28, 2009

this game was bad but then Kershaw made Strasburg throw 9 pitches and now it's extremely cool and good

The Berzerker
Feb 24, 2006

treat me like a dog


Chris Coghlan's goodwill from that one fun dive thing has really run out.

shadok
Dec 12, 2004

You tried to destroy it once before, Commodore.
The result was a wrecked ship and a dead crew.
Fun Shoe

The Walrus posted:

i didn't see last night is the risp streak still going?

The RISP streak and new franchise record ended at 0-34. Ironically, on the play that technically ended it, Goins was thrown out at home so they still didn't loving score.

Kalenn Istarion
Nov 2, 2012

Maybe Senpai will finally notice me now that I've dropped :fivebux: on this snazzy av
:gas:

Jays are a suckin again

:smith:

shadok
Dec 12, 2004

You tried to destroy it once before, Commodore.
The result was a wrecked ship and a dead crew.
Fun Shoe
JOSH DONALDSON

Kalenn Istarion
Nov 2, 2012

Maybe Senpai will finally notice me now that I've dropped :fivebux: on this snazzy av

shadok posted:

JOSH DONALDSON

Josh DINGERS, SON

shadok
Dec 12, 2004

You tried to destroy it once before, Commodore.
The result was a wrecked ship and a dead crew.
Fun Shoe
Holy poo poo, Smoak.

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Some Numbers
Sep 28, 2006

"LET'S GET DOWN TO WORK!!"
Wow, Smoak'd twice.

Is it possible he's "figuring it out?"

Edit: Also, rain status: brought.

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