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re: DAT 9/28: Off-Day Discussion/Scoreboard Watching

Posted on 9/27/23 at 11:10 am to
Posted by ShaneTheLegLechler
Member since Dec 2011
61195 posts
Posted on 9/27/23 at 11:10 am to
Either would be a massive upgrade on Dusty I’m sure. This isn’t football, just need someone who isn’t a spiteful combative fricktard and the players can tolerate
Posted by Domeskeller
Astrodome
Member since Jun 2020
8495 posts
Posted on 9/27/23 at 11:10 am to
No one on Seattle will get hit tonight unless Framber gives up a HR and then plunks someone in a snit. Preemptively hitting a Mariner as retribution for the last two nights would require the Astros to show some fight, and there hasn’t been much of that recently.

There should be a brawl where someone makes a beeline for Scott Servais and creates a come to Jesus encounter for him. But this team doesn’t have the guts for that.

And, yes, fully expect the Rangers to lay down like dogs once they’ve clinched.
This post was edited on 9/27/23 at 1:42 pm
Posted by Floating Change Up
Member since Dec 2013
11993 posts
Posted on 9/27/23 at 11:11 am to
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You know he ain't passing that up if he's up or down big.


He’s all talk. If he was truly tired of it, he would have taken care of it last year when the Astros cruised to the division win. He should have told every pitcher: if you don’t hit a batter in your first 12 pitches, you’re done.

Every opposing team knows, “they won’t retaliate “. “Dusty won’t do shite.”
Posted by Domeskeller
Astrodome
Member since Jun 2020
8495 posts
Posted on 9/27/23 at 11:15 am to
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This isn’t football, just need someone who isn’t a spiteful combative fricktard and the players can tolerate


Correct. A merely below-average manager who didn’t do stupid shite like bat Abreu fourth and fifth regularly, keep Yainer Diaz on the bench most of the season and put in Jonathan Singleton in a key RISP situation more than once would have this team using this week to line up its postseason pitching rotation.
Posted by Lsuhoohoo
Member since Sep 2007
97506 posts
Posted on 9/27/23 at 11:22 am to
There's talk that the Chas plunking was payback for the Bush league glove swat earlier in the season. Maybe. Idk. But the Mariners are a desperate for wins as we are and they already had a runner on with nobody out. 4 runs wasn't an insurmountable lead. It would be really stupid to be putting runners on base like that. But I wouldn't put it past Servais
Posted by wahoocs
Lafayette, LA
Member since Nov 2004
22966 posts
Posted on 9/27/23 at 11:25 am to
Of course there's that fear, but followed from afar through the rebuild

Matter of fact, read but didn't participate in the DAT until they became competitive again

The way Kalas and Blum indirectly hammer Baker with no recourse, I have gained confidence that this is it for him

And another factor that plays heavily IMO is that a defending WS champion that draws the second largest attendance in the league is not going to go forward without addressing it.

Crane ain't going nowhere. Dana came on late with very little input. It's time to thank Baker.
Posted by Domeskeller
Astrodome
Member since Jun 2020
8495 posts
Posted on 9/27/23 at 11:30 am to
Servais is a twat, and regardless of intent, it’s time for the Astros to grow a couple and retaliate if the opportunity presents.
This post was edited on 9/27/23 at 11:34 am
Posted by Lsuhoohoo
Member since Sep 2007
97506 posts
Posted on 9/27/23 at 12:28 pm to
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Servais is a twat


Hear, hear!
This post was edited on 9/27/23 at 12:30 pm
Posted by Eighteen
Member since Dec 2006
35285 posts
Posted on 9/27/23 at 1:09 pm to
Anyone else able to get to the Astros subreddit right now. When I try it says a community not found
Posted by Jwho77
cyperspace
Member since Sep 2003
79815 posts
Posted on 9/27/23 at 1:36 pm to
Maybe hire Ron Washington if Brown wants a Braves connection? He's like Dusty with a clue and a fully functional brain.
Posted by A Menace to Sobriety
Member since Jun 2018
30681 posts
Posted on 9/27/23 at 1:38 pm to
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Maybe hire Ron Washington if Brown wants a Braves connection? He's like Dusty with a clue and a fully functional brain.


And he loves to party.
Posted by Jwho77
cyperspace
Member since Sep 2003
79815 posts
Posted on 9/27/23 at 1:40 pm to
I'm sure Dusty never partied.
Posted by Lsuhoohoo
Member since Sep 2007
97506 posts
Posted on 9/27/23 at 1:46 pm to
Please no more geriatrics.
Posted by Jwho77
cyperspace
Member since Sep 2003
79815 posts
Posted on 9/27/23 at 2:00 pm to
To be fair, Baker's age was never the problem. He's been a stubborn, egotistical moron for decades.

Washington brings some bravado but he also focuses on his players doing the little things right, the total opposite of the 2023 Astros.

Of course, the list of "better than Baker" is quite long.
Posted by LSUBoo
Knoxville, TN
Member since Mar 2006
102196 posts
Posted on 9/27/23 at 2:13 pm to
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Of course, the list of "better than Baker" is quite long.


I'm 95% sure that Peej would be better than Baker.
Posted by icegator337
Lafayette
Member since Jan 2013
3590 posts
Posted on 9/27/23 at 2:24 pm to
If we were ever going to brawl, today would be the day. With today being a get out of town day and tomorrow an off day, I'd expect our best players to get a well some well deserved rest.
Posted by ShaneTheLegLechler
Member since Dec 2011
61195 posts
Posted on 9/27/23 at 2:26 pm to
It says something that Wash Dog is a geriatric lifelong crack addict and seems 10x more competent than Dusty
Posted by texastiger38
Member since Sep 2007
25717 posts
Posted on 9/27/23 at 2:56 pm to
BAGWELLS ASTROS
Posted by Lsuhoohoo
Member since Sep 2007
97506 posts
Posted on 9/27/23 at 3:03 pm to
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If we were ever going to brawl, today would be the day.



Only guy I can count on to brawl is Alex Cora.
Posted by CaptAndrewLuck
NY mostly via Laplace
Member since Sep 2023
244 posts
Posted on 9/27/23 at 3:31 pm to
quote:

How them Yankees doing?


not sure, I hate the yankees
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