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Re: BASEBALL 2019---LET'S DO IT!
« Reply #375 on: August 17, 2019, 03:58:53 am »
Quote from: GrouchoTex on August 17, 2019, 02:26:18 am
Dang it!
Astros have just dropped there 2nd in a row to the A’s.
5th loss in 6 games.
I should have gone to bed instead of staying up and watching this.
Just ended, after 13 innings.
1:25 am now.
At least the next 2 games start at 3:00 pm central.

@GrouchoTex

Resist discouragement. They have all the components of a championship team. This road trip has been a grueling one. They even look exhausted, but they'll rebound. I'm sure you remember the terrible slump in June. They fought back. They'll do it again.

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Re: BASEBALL 2019---LET'S DO IT!
« Reply #376 on: August 17, 2019, 08:24:02 am »
Quote from: GrouchoTex on August 17, 2019, 02:26:18 am
Dang it!
Astros have just dropped there 2nd in a row to the A’s.
5th loss in 6 games.
I should have gone to bed instead of staying up and watching this.
Just ended, after 13 innings.
1:25 am now.
At least the next 2 games start at 3:00 pm central.

Yep, team is starting to get complacent under the glow of  it's own press.  They had a chance to deal a death blow this weekend, instead they are giving the A's hope. 
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Re: BASEBALL 2019---LET'S DO IT!
« Reply #377 on: August 17, 2019, 08:28:19 am »
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@GrouchoTex

Resist discouragement. They have all the components of a championship team. This road trip has been a grueling one. They even look exhausted, but they'll rebound. I'm sure you remember the terrible slump in June. They fought back. They'll do it again.



We'll try.  But I still have memories of 1998.  In '98 we secured the help of Randy Johnson (trade deadline) , and he played masterfully.  Many many pundits had us as WS favories going into the post season.  Problem is, you don't play this game on paper, and we ran into a buzz saw named Kevin Brown in the NLDS.  AJ and Luhnow needs to somehow breath some life into what I am thinking is becoming a complacent team. 
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Re: BASEBALL 2019---LET'S DO IT!
« Reply #378 on: August 18, 2019, 09:17:43 am »
Quote from: catfish1957 on August 17, 2019, 08:28:19 am
We'll try.  But I still have memories of 1998.  In '98 we secured the help of Randy Johnson (trade deadline) , and he played masterfully.  Many many pundits had us as WS favories going into the post season.  Problem is, you don't play this game on paper, and we ran into a buzz saw named Kevin Brown in the NLDS.  AJ and Luhnow needs to somehow breath some life into what I am thinking is becoming a complacent team.

Baseball is such a funny game.  Thanks to Jeff Luhnow a post trade deadline team has been amassed, that might be the best in the past 20 years.   A week or so later, ......  It loses 5 in a row.

The baseball gods hath urinated on us?
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Re: BASEBALL 2019---LET'S DO IT!
« Reply #379 on: August 18, 2019, 09:24:54 am »
Quote from: catfish1957 on August 18, 2019, 09:17:43 am
Baseball is such a funny game.  Thanks to Jeff Luhnow a post trade deadline team has been amassed, that might be the best in the past 20 years.   A week or so later, ......  It loses 5 in a row.

The baseball gods hath urinated on us?

Playing 3 games in less than 24 hours will take the wind out of just about any team.  And Cole missing a turn on the mound didn't help matters much either.  I'm not worried.
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Re: BASEBALL 2019---LET'S DO IT!
« Reply #380 on: August 18, 2019, 09:37:45 am »
Goshdarnnit!

Those Astros had a simple chore in front of them, sweep 4 games from the damn A's to help out the Rays....

Can't you Texans get anything done??

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Re: BASEBALL 2019---LET'S DO IT!
« Reply #381 on: August 19, 2019, 11:10:23 am »
Quote from: EdJames on August 18, 2019, 09:37:45 am
Goshdarnnit!

Those Astros had a simple chore in front of them, sweep 4 games from the damn A's to help out the Rays....

Can't you Texans get anything done??

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Naw, It's too darned hot to get anything done.
We have to wait until October....
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Re: BASEBALL 2019---LET'S DO IT!
« Reply #382 on: August 19, 2019, 11:16:11 am »
Quote from: GrouchoTex on August 19, 2019, 11:10:23 am
Naw, It's too darned hot to get anything done.
We have to wait until October....

I was just funnin'

Was counting on the damn Yankees to sweep Cleveland and Astros to sweep Oakland....

Didn't work out that way....

Rays end up after the weekend, 1.0 game behind Cleveland for the first wild card, and 1.5 games ahead of Oakland for the second....

Still a lot of baseball to be played!!
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Re: BASEBALL 2019---LET'S DO IT!
« Reply #383 on: August 19, 2019, 11:53:59 am »
Quote from: EdJames on August 19, 2019, 11:16:11 am
I was just funnin'

Was counting on the damn Yankees to sweep Cleveland and Astros to sweep Oakland....

Didn't work out that way....

Rays end up after the weekend, 1.0 game behind Cleveland for the first wild card, and 1.5 games ahead of Oakland for the second....

Still a lot of baseball to be played!!

Reckon the Rays will play any of it @EdJames? :bolt:
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Re: BASEBALL 2019---LET'S DO IT!
« Reply #384 on: August 19, 2019, 12:10:03 pm »
Quote from: EdJames on August 19, 2019, 11:16:11 am
I was just funnin'

Was counting on the damn Yankees to sweep Cleveland and Astros to sweep Oakland....

Didn't work out that way....

Rays end up after the weekend, 1.0 game behind Cleveland for the first wild card, and 1.5 games ahead of Oakland for the second....

Still a lot of baseball to be played!!

 :cool:

The Ray's aren't bad.
It is a shame that they don't draw better crowds at home.
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Re: BASEBALL 2019---LET'S DO IT!
« Reply #385 on: August 19, 2019, 12:44:53 pm »
Quote from: GrouchoTex on August 19, 2019, 11:10:23 am
Naw, It's too darned hot to get anything done.
We have to wait until October....

Not a good weekend.  This team had no business losing 3 of 4 to the A's.  Strom needs to pull out the cattle prod, and work over the bullpen.
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Re: BASEBALL 2019---LET'S DO IT!
« Reply #386 on: August 19, 2019, 12:46:22 pm »
Quote from: catfish1957 on August 19, 2019, 12:44:53 pm
Not a good weekend.  This team had no business losing 3 of 4 to the A's.  Strom needs to pull out the cattle prod, and work over the bullpen.
A rough week to be sure.
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Re: BASEBALL 2019---LET'S DO IT!
« Reply #387 on: August 19, 2019, 01:29:29 pm »
Quote from: Bigun on August 19, 2019, 11:53:59 am
Reckon the Rays will play any of it @EdJames? :bolt:

Well, they will at least be playing through to September 29th!

Beyond that?  TBD

They aren't doing too badly for the team with the lowest payroll in MLB!! 

Opening day payroll, 25 man roster: $49,084,731, IR: $4,360,200

Compare to top AL East competitors:

- Boston: $187,232,500, IR: $15,689,000
- Damn Yankees:  $118,832,077, IR: $87,252,771

- Your boys: $147,619,666, IR: $12,100,000

Rays are doing pretty well (73 wins) with that payroll!!
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Re: BASEBALL 2019---LET'S DO IT!
« Reply #388 on: August 19, 2019, 01:36:21 pm »
Quote from: GrouchoTex on August 19, 2019, 12:10:03 pm
:cool:

The Ray's aren't bad.
It is a shame that they don't draw better crowds at home.

That is a source of constant discussion here.....   no one seems to have the "real" or primary answer....

The park is great....  for an indoor dome.....  ticket prices are pretty cheap....  the staff is the most Friendly and Fantastic that I've ever seen...

The fans that do attend don't let the small numbers impact the enthusiasm level.....  always cheering the boys, NEVER booing any of them....  always stay through extra innings to the last out....  I usually will catch 10 or so games each season....  I would go to more but it is just so comfortable and convenient to just watch on TV....

My theory: anger and dissatisfaction with the ownership....  never spending what it takes to resign good players....  just let them walk or trade away for prospects.....  been going on for too many years....  it is why Madden picked up and left....

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Re: BASEBALL 2019---LET'S DO IT!
« Reply #389 on: August 19, 2019, 01:59:55 pm »
Quote from: EdJames on August 19, 2019, 01:29:29 pm
Well, they will at least be playing through to September 29th!

Beyond that?  TBD

They aren't doing too badly for the team with the lowest payroll in MLB!! 

Opening day payroll, 25 man roster: $49,084,731, IR: $4,360,200

Compare to top AL East competitors:

- Boston: $187,232,500, IR: $15,689,000
- Damn Yankees:  $118,832,077, IR: $87,252,771

- Your boys: $147,619,666, IR: $12,100,000

Rays are doing pretty well (73 wins) with that payroll!!

They are indeed!  Just yankin your chain on Monday morning.  wink777
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Re: BASEBALL 2019---LET'S DO IT!
« Reply #390 on: August 20, 2019, 11:04:56 am »
Quote from: Bigun on August 19, 2019, 01:59:55 pm
They are indeed!  Just yankin your chain on Monday morning.  wink777

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« Reply #391 on: August 20, 2019, 12:57:46 pm »
Carlos Correa out again with what they are calling back....






....discomfort.

the Astros medical staff's favorite new word.
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« Reply #392 on: August 20, 2019, 01:13:50 pm »
Astros win percentage for the first 126 games this season is .635. To get to 100 wins the need a .555 win percentage for the last 36 games.  Will they make it?   I personally like their chances.
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« Reply #393 on: August 20, 2019, 02:01:59 pm »
My NATS have scored 43 runs in the last 3 games...where the heck has this offense come from??
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Re: BASEBALL 2019---LET'S DO IT!
« Reply #394 on: August 20, 2019, 02:14:04 pm »
Quote from: GrouchoTex on August 20, 2019, 12:57:46 pm
Carlos Correa out again with what they are calling back....






....discomfort.

the Astros medical staff's favorite new word.

I tell ya.  The quality of back massages must have really gone to sh__ the past few years.  :cool:
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« Reply #395 on: August 20, 2019, 02:37:32 pm »
Quote from: catfish1957 on August 20, 2019, 02:14:04 pm
I tell ya.  The quality of back massages must have really gone to sh__ the past few years.  :cool:
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I was going to make some crack about Correa being the backbone of the team but thought better of it.
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Hinch says best case scenario is 3 days, and he doesn't want to think of worse case.
He says he is definitely not playing tonight.
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« Reply #396 on: August 20, 2019, 03:34:11 pm »
Quote from: DCPatriot on August 20, 2019, 02:01:59 pm
My NATS have scored 43 runs in the last 3 games...where the heck has this offense come from??
@DCPatriot
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« Reply #397 on: August 20, 2019, 03:47:37 pm »
Quote from: Bigun on August 20, 2019, 01:13:50 pm
Astros win percentage for the first 126 games this season is .635. To get to 100 wins the need a .555 win percentage for the last 36 games.  Will they make it?   I personally like their chances.

That's 20-16 which should be doable, for sure.
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« Reply #398 on: August 20, 2019, 04:22:36 pm »
Is it me, or does it seem like Correa is fragile? I love having him healthy and playing, but in the two years I've been a baseball fan, he's spent a lot of time on the DL/IL.

(Please, no smart-a$$ answers. I truly want to learn.)
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« Reply #399 on: August 20, 2019, 04:23:25 pm »
Quote from: GrouchoTex on August 20, 2019, 03:47:37 pm
That's 20-16 which should be doable, for sure.
Especially with the near cream puff-looking schedule they have the rest of the season: except for two games with the Brewers (2-3 September) and four with the A's (9-12 September), the Astros don't play against anyone with a winning record the rest of the regular season. That's 36 games, by the way. They should go 20-16 on a remaining schedule like that.

But . . . beware the spoilers. Who won't take the AL West from the Astros but might keep them from 100 wins.
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