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Post by abregmanfan on Oct 8, 2021 18:38:59 GMT -6
“Pardon me. Might we, perchance, just get along?” — Sir Rodney King Hey. That is my line! |
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Post by unionstation82 on Oct 8, 2021 18:40:24 GMT -6
Let’s just be insulted about everything. Just take him off a game or something. |
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Post by blcoach8 on Oct 8, 2021 20:53:40 GMT -6
Lets just be insulted about everything. Just take him off a game or something. Just gives the crybabies something else to bitch about. |
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Post by Hunter McCormick on Oct 8, 2021 21:08:02 GMT -6
Jim apologized for his remark, said Moncada was a great player and a credit to his race. (I made up that last part. lol) |
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Post by ɮօʀȶǟʐ on Oct 8, 2021 21:35:48 GMT -6
Jim apologized for his remark, said Moncada was a great player and a credit to his race. (I made up that last part. lol)Then gave him his 40 acres and a mule. |
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Post by Hunter McCormick on Oct 8, 2021 21:50:15 GMT -6
Jim apologized for his remark, said Moncada was a great player and a credit to his race. (I made up that last part. lol)Then gave him his 40 acres and a mule. Rumor has it, Kaat was there when Sherman issued Special Field Orders No. 15 |
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Post by unionstation82 on Oct 8, 2021 22:06:18 GMT -6
Our core lives for this. It's a completely different team now than the last month or so. They definitely turned it up some notches. Tucker giving some good Berkman swings today. Bregman also was less pull dependent. |
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Post by unionstation82 on Oct 9, 2021 6:36:21 GMT -6
I’m not going to lie. I rather enjoyed Dusty flip flopping Pressly and Graveman yesterday. I think managers operate on autopilot too often with their preset pecking orders. Hopefully, the last two outs jolted Graveman awake. Whatever he’s going through, at least his manager showed him he can be trusted in the 9th like when he pitched for Servais.
Dusty made the right move on Framber too. The Sox could’ve easily scored 3 more runs in that 5th inning had he stayed in the game just based on how hard they were crushing his pitches.
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Post by unionstation82 on Oct 9, 2021 7:01:37 GMT -6
It’s looking like Seattle sold us some snake oil. If we don't see Rodon in game three, we will know he isn't able to pitch. Two trains of thought here: 1. If he’s hurt but can still pitch, they might want to use him as a desperation closer. 2. They might be gracious and shut him down for his upcoming free agency. |
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Post by unionstation82 on Oct 9, 2021 7:05:54 GMT -6
I usually criticize Altuve’s defense, but the man showed his brand of leadership with excellent glove work. Five stars for that man.
Also, him going first to third on Bregman’s hit was the spark that ignited the 5-run rally. Who needs Springer?
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Post by Hunter McCormick on Oct 9, 2021 7:35:09 GMT -6
Dusty made the right move on Framber too. My only complaint there is who he brought in. I have little faith in Yimi. If Dusty went totally off-script and brought in Pressly or Graveman, that would have been impressive. If not that, using Stanek or even Maton in the fifth would have been better, imho. And if he needed to fill an inning with Yimi, do it to start an inning, say the 6th. With only one out and runners at the corners, I'd consider giving up one run to get out of the inning reasonably successful. Having both score was a fail. But ... All's well that ends well. GO DUSTY!!! GO ASTROS!!! |
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Post by unionstation82 on Oct 9, 2021 7:54:30 GMT -6
Dusty made the right move on Framber too. My only complaint there is who he brought in. I have little faith in Yimi. If Dusty went totally off-script and brought in Pressly or Graveman, that would have been impressive. If not that, using Stanek or even Maton in the fifth would have been better, imho. And if he needed to fill an inning with Yimi, do it to start an inning, say the 6th. With only one out and runners at the corners, I'd consider giving up one run to get out of the inning reasonably successful. Having both score was a fail. But ... All's well that ends well. GO DUSTY!!! GO ASTROS!!! It wasn’t an easy move. Valdez is a groundball specialist, and Abreu is a double play fiend, but Dusty had to go with the eye test there as the Sox were punishing the baseball that inning. I wasn’t crazy about using García, but it was so early that Dusty went with someone a little less meaningful who has good velocity in order to save the other guns for later. Besides the wild pitch, García did a halfway decent job. I agree that maybe Maton could’ve been used, but the important thing was giving the Sox a pitcher they weren’t used to like they were with Valdez. |
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Post by unionstation82 on Oct 9, 2021 8:06:16 GMT -6
The Astros’ defense has dominated that of the White Sox. You could break it down to two plays. Tucker made a tough catch off Grandal to keep the score tied. Engel (a great defender) was replaced by García, who absolutely botched a play on the line drive by Correa. As I discussed earlier, Altuve was on another stratosphere with his defense.
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Post by Hunter McCormick on Oct 9, 2021 8:37:19 GMT -6
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Post by blcoach8 on Oct 9, 2021 9:25:39 GMT -6
I’m not going to lie. I rather enjoyed Dusty flip flopping Pressly and Graveman yesterday. I think managers operate on autopilot too often with their preset pecking orders. Hopefully, the last two outs jolted Graveman awake. Whatever he’s going through, at least his manager showed him he can be trusted in the 9th like when he pitched for Servais. Dusty made the right move on Framber too. The Sox could’ve easily scored 3 more runs in that 5th inning had he stayed in the game just based on how hard they were crushing his pitches. I'll give Dusty credit for the way he handled the pitching yesterday, although I wondered why he went to Graveman in the 9th with a five run lead after Graveman had thrown 26 pitches the previous day and had not looked good doing it. After showing signs of having another bad day, he battled Robert until he got him to ground out. He then just blew Abreu away before getting Grandal. Not allowing a run was big for him. He seemed to get new life after he got Robert. Hopefully, its a sign he is getting back to what we wanted. |
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Post by blcoach8 on Oct 9, 2021 9:30:01 GMT -6
I usually criticize Altuve’s defense, but the man showed his brand of leadership with excellent glove work. Five stars for that man. Also, him going first to third on Bregman’s hit was the spark that ignited the 5-run rally. Who needs Springer? Altuve's defense was fantastic and going first to third was key. But, I see no need to take a shot at Springer who was huge in our winning the 2017 WS. Meyers and Chas are both doing a great job, and, their run production and defense has been above what we expected. They are showing why we traded Straw, who can't put up the numbers of either of those guys. Maton still has to prove that we got enough for Straw. |
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Post by blcoach8 on Oct 9, 2021 9:34:06 GMT -6
As for Kaat's comment, I didn't hear it. The first I knew that he said it was when he apologized for it on the air. He didn't say what the comment was so I didn't know about it until I saw the video after the game. He could have left off saying it, but, I don't see the need for all the so-called outrage from the whiners who spend time looking for racist comments. There are some who will try to bring race into anything and that's pathetic.
Lots of white folks back in those days wished they had been given 40 acres and a mule.
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Post by thomasj13 on Oct 9, 2021 9:39:57 GMT -6
The Astros’ defense has dominated that of the White Sox. You could break it down to two plays. Tucker made a tough catch off Grandal to keep the score tied. Engel (a great defender) was replaced by García, who absolutely botched a play on the line drive by Correa. As I discussed earlier, Altuve was on another stratosphere with his defense. Through the first two games, Astros defense A+++... I lurked at a White Sox's fan forum, they repeatedly noted the difference in the quality of defenses between the two teams.... |
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Post by unionstation82 on Oct 9, 2021 10:02:45 GMT -6
I usually criticize Altuve’s defense, but the man showed his brand of leadership with excellent glove work. Five stars for that man. Also, him going first to third on Bregman’s hit was the spark that ignited the 5-run rally. Who needs Springer? Altuve's defense was fantastic and going first to third was key. But, I see no need to take a shot at Springer who was huge in our winning the 2017 WS. Meyers and Chas are both doing a great job, and, their run production and defense has been above what we expected. They are showing why we traded Straw, who can't put up the numbers of either of those guys. Maton still has to prove that we got enough for Straw. I wasn’t taking a shot at Springer except maybe that he chose to go to a team that didn’t make the postseason. |
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Post by unionstation82 on Oct 9, 2021 10:12:12 GMT -6
Lots of white folks back in those days wished they had been given 40 acres and a mule. Yeah, except they had this thing called freedom. |
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Post by abregmanfan on Oct 9, 2021 11:06:31 GMT -6
Lots of white folks back in those days wished they had been given 40 acres and a mule. Yeah, except they had this thing called freedom. We probably don't need to travel down this road as a board. |
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Post by blcoach8 on Oct 9, 2021 12:11:46 GMT -6
The Astros’ defense has dominated that of the White Sox. You could break it down to two plays. Tucker made a tough catch off Grandal to keep the score tied. Engel (a great defender) was replaced by García, who absolutely botched a play on the line drive by Correa. As I discussed earlier, Altuve was on another stratosphere with his defense. Through the first two games, Astros defense A+++... I lurked at a White Sox's fan forum, they repeatedly noted the difference in the quality of defenses between the two teams.... A fact........plus our clutch hitting has had a lot to do with it. |
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Post by blcoach8 on Oct 9, 2021 12:12:19 GMT -6
Yeah, except they had this thing called freedom. We probably don't need to travel down this road as a board. No, we don't |
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Post by blcoach8 on Oct 9, 2021 12:12:50 GMT -6
Lots of white folks back in those days wished they had been given 40 acres and a mule. Yeah, except they had this thing called freedom. Yes, and that was a HUGE difference. |
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Post by blcoach8 on Oct 9, 2021 12:13:42 GMT -6
Altuve's defense was fantastic and going first to third was key. But, I see no need to take a shot at Springer who was huge in our winning the 2017 WS. Meyers and Chas are both doing a great job, and, their run production and defense has been above what we expected. They are showing why we traded Straw, who can't put up the numbers of either of those guys. Maton still has to prove that we got enough for Straw. I wasn’t taking a shot at Springer except maybe that he chose to go to a team that didn’t make the postseason. OK. If we make Correa the kind of bullshit offer we made George, he's gone, too. But, as it turned out, we made the right move in not overpaying Springer due to what we see from Meyers and McCormick. We will have the money to overspend for Correa and that would be the right thing to do as long as his demands are not totally unreasonable. If I were Crane and negotiating with him, I'd start with at least a 7 year offer. I'd also tell Carlos to give me the last shot at an offer to get the deal done. Crane should not let him go without asking for a shot at the the last bid. It will take more than we want to pay, but, he will be worth it in many ways. |
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Post by unionstation82 on Oct 9, 2021 12:19:33 GMT -6
I wasn’t taking a shot at Springer except maybe that he chose to go to a team that didn’t make the postseason. OK. If we make Correa the kind of bullshit offer we made George, he's gone, too. But, as it turned out, we made the right move in not overpaying Springer due to what we see from Meyers and McCormick. We will have the money to overspend for Correa and that would be the right thing to do as long as his demands are not totally unreasonable. If I were Crane and negotiating with him, I'd start with at least a 7 year offer. I'd also tell Carlos to give me the last shot at an offer to get the deal done. Crane should not let him go without asking for a shot at the the last bid. It will take more than we want to pay, but, he will be worth it in many ways. I don’t disagree. |
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Post by blcoach8 on Oct 9, 2021 12:26:09 GMT -6
OK. If we make Correa the kind of bullshit offer we made George, he's gone, too. But, as it turned out, we made the right move in not overpaying Springer due to what we see from Meyers and McCormick. We will have the money to overspend for Correa and that would be the right thing to do as long as his demands are not totally unreasonable. If I were Crane and negotiating with him, I'd start with at least a 7 year offer. I'd also tell Carlos to give me the last shot at an offer to get the deal done. Crane should not let him go without asking for a shot at the the last bid. It will take more than we want to pay, but, he will be worth it in many ways. I don’t disagree. He is showing his value in this series. He has always been great in the post season. |
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Post by thomasj13 on Oct 9, 2021 12:42:05 GMT -6
Yeah, except they had this thing called freedom. We probably don't need to travel down this road as a board. Up for POTY |
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Post by thomasj13 on Oct 9, 2021 12:47:29 GMT -6
I wasn’t taking a shot at Springer except maybe that he chose to go to a team that didn’t make the postseason. OK. If we make Correa the kind of bullshit offer we made George, he's gone, too. But, as it turned out, we made the right move in not overpaying Springer due to what we see from Meyers and McCormick. We will have the money to overspend for Correa and that would be the right thing to do as long as his demands are not totally unreasonable. If I were Crane and negotiating with him, I'd start with at least a 7 year offer. I'd also tell Carlos to give me the last shot at an offer to get the deal done. Crane should not let him go without asking for a shot at the the last bid. It will take more than we want to pay, but, he will be worth it in many ways. Start negotiating at 7 years, like that is the floor? Jeez...Talk about a contract a team would hate and be anchored with down the road....Just b/c the Mets and Angels are downright stupid with their big money, long term contracts, doesn't mean the Astros need to be....If it takes at least 7 years to keep him, let him go elsewhere... |
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Post by blcoach8 on Oct 9, 2021 14:10:54 GMT -6
OK. If we make Correa the kind of bullshit offer we made George, he's gone, too. But, as it turned out, we made the right move in not overpaying Springer due to what we see from Meyers and McCormick. We will have the money to overspend for Correa and that would be the right thing to do as long as his demands are not totally unreasonable. If I were Crane and negotiating with him, I'd start with at least a 7 year offer. I'd also tell Carlos to give me the last shot at an offer to get the deal done. Crane should not let him go without asking for a shot at the the last bid. It will take more than we want to pay, but, he will be worth it in many ways. Start negotiating at 7 years, like that is the floor? Jeez...Talk about a contract a team would hate and be anchored with down the road....Just b/c the Mets and Angels are downright stupid with their big money, long term contracts, doesn't mean the Astros need to be....If it takes at least 7 years to keep him, let him go elsewhere... Tell us WHO we have to replace him that can do what he does for this team, and, I'll gladly agree with you. It will take at least 7 unless we go over $30 million a year. Crane should ask for the last bid. Then, he can decide if he wants to match or beat the other offer. I'm sure Correa knows he pays no state income tax in Texas, and, that is worth a good deal of money. |
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