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Post by bearbryant on Oct 23, 2021 18:11:53 GMT -6
I was offered seats in the OF upper mezzanine for Game 4 in 2017 for $2K That only happens if the Dodgers win. If Braves win the NLCS Game 4 will be in Atlanta. |
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Post by unionstation82 on Oct 23, 2021 19:42:26 GMT -6
It would be great to go, but even with the money you most likely would end up in nose bleed seats without connections. That’s $2K to watch Giles shit the bed. |
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Post by abregmanfan on Oct 23, 2021 20:02:24 GMT -6
That only happens if the Dodgers win. If Braves win the NLCS Game 4 will be in Atlanta. I paid 580 for 2 tickets yesterday. About 2k sounds right. Who wants to go? |
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Post by olpapa on Oct 23, 2021 20:08:33 GMT -6
I hope Strom has an answer for Rosario. That guy is on fire.
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Post by abregmanfan on Oct 23, 2021 20:15:57 GMT -6
I hope Strom has an answer for Rosario. That guy is on fire. He has been a streaky hitter most of his career. Hopefully he is on fire this week, cold as ice next week! |
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Post by abregmanfan on Oct 23, 2021 20:22:54 GMT -6
I hope Bagwell and Biggio don't have flashbacks if they attend the Series. The Braves owned them.
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Post by ɮօʀȶǟʐ on Oct 23, 2021 21:52:18 GMT -6
Dodgers eliminated!
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Post by blcoach8 on Oct 23, 2021 21:52:46 GMT -6
I hope Strom has an answer for Rosario. That guy is on fire. The answer may be to pitch around him. We managed to cool Kike down a little so maybe we can do the same with Rosario. I loved seeing those sick looks on the Dodgers' faces. LMAO. |
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Post by unionstation82 on Oct 23, 2021 22:41:03 GMT -6
Good old paper champion Dodgers.
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Post by Ashitaka on Oct 23, 2021 23:56:27 GMT -6
On the one hand, LOL Dodgers.
On the other hand, this feels really 2019-ish; Astros going to the series to face a scrappy, red-hog underdog from the NL East that eliminated the heavily-favored Dodgers. The difference being, well, we were a better team in 2019 and have a lot more injuries and holes right now than we did then.
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Post by olpapa on Oct 24, 2021 7:45:01 GMT -6
On the one hand, LOL Dodgers. On the other hand, this feels really 2019-ish; Astros going to the series to face a scrappy, red-hog underdog from the NL East that eliminated the heavily-favored Dodgers. The difference being, well, we were a better team in 2019 and have a lot more injuries and holes right now than we did then. .... and Atlanta doesn’t have Strasburg and Scherzer. |
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Post by talshill on Oct 24, 2021 15:07:18 GMT -6
On the one hand, LOL Dodgers. On the other hand, this feels really 2019-ish; Astros going to the series to face a scrappy, red-hog underdog from the NL East that eliminated the heavily-favored Dodgers. The difference being, well, we were a better team in 2019 and have a lot more injuries and holes right now than we did then. .... and Atlanta doesn’t have Strasburg and Scherzer. Astros bats were cold for most of the playoffs in '19. They struggled to score runs against Tampa in the LCS. Washington wasn't as good as Houston but won anyway. When Houston's bats show up, it doesn't matter who is pitching. |
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Post by Ashitaka on Oct 24, 2021 17:47:53 GMT -6
Framber vs. Morton for game one.
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Post by abregmanfan on Oct 24, 2021 19:15:36 GMT -6
Framber vs. Morton for game one. |
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Post by bearbryant on Oct 25, 2021 9:28:08 GMT -6
I hope Bagwell and Biggio don't have flashbacks if they attend the Series. The Braves owned them. |
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Post by olpapa on Oct 25, 2021 12:18:38 GMT -6
Here is the roster for the 2017 World Series champion Astros:
C
Juan Centeno
Evan Gattis
Brian McCann
INF
Jose Altuve
Alex Bregman
Carlos Correa
Marwin Gonzalez
Yuli Gurriel
OF
Carlos Beltran
Derek Fisher
Cameron Maybin
Josh Reddick
George Springer
LHP
Dallas Keuchel
Francisco Liriano
RHP
Chris Devenski
Ken Giles
Luke Gregerson
Will Harris
Lance McCullers, Jr.
Collin McHugh
Charlie Morton
Joe Musgrove
Brad Peacock
Justin Verlander
I think that overall the 2021 team is at least the equal of the 2017 team. The 2017 team was better in CF and starting pitchers, but had no bullpen and employed Maybin, Marwin and Reddick to cover LF and CF. The 2021 team is much better in LF and RF with Brantley and Tucker. The 2021 is much stronger at DH with Alvarez. The 2021 team is weaker at SP, but much stronger in the bullpen. I like the Astros chances to bring home another championship this year.
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Post by dafish on Oct 25, 2021 12:34:38 GMT -6
Here is the roster for the 2017 World Series champion Astros: I think that overall the 2021 team is at least the equal of the 2017 team. The 2017 team was better in CF and starting pitchers, but had no bullpen and employed Maybin, Marwin and Reddick to cover LF and CF. The 2021 team is much better in LF and RF with Brantley and Tucker. The 2021 is much stronger at DH with Alvarez. The 2021 team is weaker at SP, but much stronger in the bullpen. I like the Astros chances to bring home another championship this year. OP.... Spot on. Putting down on paper your have sure made your case and then some. Overall, I think this team is a tad stronger, and our opponent (at least on paper) weaker. I still worry about the fact sometimes hunger outweighs complacency and normalcy. All this young Braves team has to do is catch some breaks, and their confidence will soar. If ATL wins one of the first two, I think we need to have some concern. And Charlie(f'n)Morton? That gamer would just love to tag us with an "L". I'll never bet against him. |
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Post by blcoach8 on Oct 25, 2021 14:26:07 GMT -6
Here is the roster for the 2017 World Series champion Astros: I think that overall the 2021 team is at least the equal of the 2017 team. The 2017 team was better in CF and starting pitchers, but had no bullpen and employed Maybin, Marwin and Reddick to cover LF and CF. The 2021 team is much better in LF and RF with Brantley and Tucker. The 2021 is much stronger at DH with Alvarez. The 2021 team is weaker at SP, but much stronger in the bullpen. I like the Astros chances to bring home another championship this year. OP.... Spot on. Putting down on paper your have sure made your case and then some. Overall, I think this team is a tad stronger, and our opponent (at least on paper) weaker. I still worry about the fact sometimes hunger outweighs complacency and normalcy. All this young Braves team has to do is catch some breaks, and their confidence will soar. If ATL wins one of the first two, I think we need to have some concern. And Charlie(f'n)Morton? That gamer would just love to tag us with an "L". I'll never bet against him. Morton seems to have a knack for pitching in the WS. He was there with us in 2017 and was the winning pitcher in game 7. Later, after we were dumb enough to let him walk, he signed with the Rays, and, beat us in game 7 of the ALCS last season. Now, he is with the Braves and pitching game one against us. We should have kept him. I think we have a better shot at beating him this season than we did last. Bregman and Yuli were both no-shows in the ALCS last year. We also had no Yordan Alvarez in the lineup. I think we beat the Braves in six. |
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Post by thomasj13 on Oct 25, 2021 15:12:31 GMT -6
OP.... Spot on. Putting down on paper your have sure made your case and then some. Overall, I think this team is a tad stronger, and our opponent (at least on paper) weaker. I still worry about the fact sometimes hunger outweighs complacency and normalcy. All this young Braves team has to do is catch some breaks, and their confidence will soar. If ATL wins one of the first two, I think we need to have some concern. And Charlie(f'n)Morton? That gamer would just love to tag us with an "L". I'll never bet against him. Morton seems to have a knack for pitching in the WS. He was there with us in 2017 and was the winning pitcher in game 7. Later, after we were dumb enough to let him walk, he signed with the Rays, and, beat us in game 7 of the ALCS last season. Now, he is with the Braves and pitching game one against us. We should have kept him. I think we have a better shot at beating him this season than we did last. Bregman and Yuli were both no-shows in the ALCS last year. We also had no Yordan Alvarez in the lineup. I think we beat the Braves in six. All is well if Morton loses tomorrow, and if happens to pitch again, the same can happen again....then it turned out to be a good thing.....We will start to find out tomorrow. |
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Post by blcoach8 on Oct 25, 2021 16:52:38 GMT -6
Morton seems to have a knack for pitching in the WS. He was there with us in 2017 and was the winning pitcher in game 7. Later, after we were dumb enough to let him walk, he signed with the Rays, and, beat us in game 7 of the ALCS last season. Now, he is with the Braves and pitching game one against us. We should have kept him. I think we have a better shot at beating him this season than we did last. Bregman and Yuli were both no-shows in the ALCS last year. We also had no Yordan Alvarez in the lineup. I think we beat the Braves in six. All is well if Morton loses tomorrow, and if happens to pitch again, the same can happen again....then it turned out to be a good thing.....We will start to find out tomorrow. As it turned out, we replaced him with Greinke so we would have been better off to have kept Charlie....better and a hell of a lot cheaper. |
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Post by blcoach8 on Oct 25, 2021 16:57:07 GMT -6
Now, that it seems certain that McCullers won't be on the WS roster, who do they name to replace him? If Meyers is ruled out, who replaces him? I'd like to see them take Solomon and maybe a third catcher.
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Post by fanastro on Oct 25, 2021 17:36:40 GMT -6
Now, that it seems certain that McCullers won't be on the WS roster, who do they name to replace him? If Meyers is ruled out, who replaces him? I'd like to see them take Solomon and maybe a third catcher. McCullers wasn't on the ALCS roster so no one 'replaces' him. Marwin Gonzales should replace Meyers. |
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Post by Ashitaka on Oct 25, 2021 17:54:07 GMT -6
I'd much rather have an extra pitcher, especially considering how in-flux the rotation is right now. Peter Solomon would be an obvious choice. Scrubb, James, Paredes as well. Maybe Bielak.
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Post by olpapa on Oct 25, 2021 18:18:57 GMT -6
I'd much rather have an extra pitcher, especially considering how in-flux the rotation is right now. Peter Solomon would be an obvious choice. Scrubb, James, Paredes as well. Maybe Bielak. I vote for Solomon and Scrubb. |
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Post by blcoach8 on Oct 25, 2021 19:05:09 GMT -6
Now, that it seems certain that McCullers won't be on the WS roster, who do they name to replace him? If Meyers is ruled out, who replaces him? I'd like to see them take Solomon and maybe a third catcher. McCullers wasn't on the ALCS roster so no one 'replaces' him. Marwin Gonzales should replace Meyers. Thanks for the correction. I remembered a few minutes ago that he wasn't, but, it had slipped my mind. Thank you pointing out the mistake. I wouldn't be surprised if they add a pitcher or another catcher to replace Meyers. Of course, it could be Marwin. |
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Post by unionstation82 on Oct 25, 2021 19:20:55 GMT -6
I'd much rather have an extra pitcher, especially considering how in-flux the rotation is right now. Peter Solomon would be an obvious choice. Scrubb, James, Paredes as well. Maybe Bielak. I vote for Solomon and Scrubb. I completely forgot about Scrubb. I assumed he was hurt. |
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Post by olpapa on Oct 25, 2021 20:19:12 GMT -6
If I understand the rules correctly, the rule that limited the number of pitchers on the roster to 13 was eliminated for the 2021 season. If that is the case... and if Meyers is incapable of playing in the WS due to his injury..., I would carry 14 pitchers and 12 position players on the WS roster. With McCullers out the team could use the extra arm.
With McCullers and Meyers out this would be my WS roster:
Castro
Maldonado
Gurriel
Altuve
Correa
Bregman
Diaz
Alvarez
Brantley
McCormick
Tucker
Siri
Valdez
Taylor
Raley
Luis Garcia
Urquidy
Greinke
Odorizzi
Javier
Maton
Stanek
Graveman
Pressley
Solomon
Scrubb
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Post by olpapa on Oct 25, 2021 20:34:40 GMT -6
I vote for Solomon and Scrubb. I completely forgot about Scrubb. I assumed he was hurt. Scrubb was sent to AAA Sugarland for a rehab assignment on 9/3. He pitched 7.1 innings in 8 games, allowed 1 run on 1 hit and struck out 10 in those 7.1 innings. He did; however, walk 8 batters. I would still trust him more than Yimi in the World Series. |
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Post by olpapa on Oct 25, 2021 20:40:59 GMT -6
Now, that it seems certain that McCullers won't be on the WS roster, who do they name to replace him? If Meyers is ruled out, who replaces him? I'd like to see them take Solomon and maybe a third catcher. McCullers is definitely out. If Meyers is out too, I think we will see Solomon and Marwin on the WS roster. That said, I wouldn’t be surprised to see Yimi on the roster instead of Solomon. |
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Post by Saint on Oct 25, 2021 21:18:30 GMT -6
On the one hand, LOL Dodgers. On the other hand, this feels really 2019-ish; Astros going to the series to face a scrappy, red-hog underdog from the NL East that eliminated the heavily-favored Dodgers. The difference being, well, we were a better team in 2019 and have a lot more injuries and holes right now than we did then. The main difference is we're not facing a healthy Scherzer and healthy Strasburg. Plus, our offense is completely healthy. |
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