re: DAT: Your World Champion Houston Astros 2018 Spring Training Thread

I love that we have Morton, McCullers, and Peacock for extended use when needed come playoff time

Verlander, Cole, and Keuchel as starters

Let's say Armenteros and Young Forrest too out of the pen. You have to know Smith will be a high leverage guy.

No pen worries for me come playoff time, but we'll probably sweat some regular season games. Just not enough to keep us out of the playoffs. LOL

Tucker is making Fisher expendable and Kemp already had significant value towards a decent reliever, so yeah, I could see a pre or trade deadline deal timed up w a Tucker promotion

Barring injury, Tucker is on a Bregman-type path

I just can't see him spending another entire year in the minors, given his production level, along w the fact Fisher is being given an opportunity to win the LF job

Tucker's not gonna start the season on our roster, but by AS break or trade deadline, I'm damn near expecting him to get a taste in the Show

Can i watch the Astros if I got a bootleg Firestick? Or are they blacked out there too?

Want to cut the cord, but I can’t cut the cord if it cuts off the Astros

I’d prefer to watch on my television and not have to fight pop ups and being several minutes behind.

So Astros will NOT stream on a bootleg Firestick is what you’re insinuating? Or you’re just offering options outside of DTV and said Firestick? Thanks for the info, but I think I’m going to go with one of those two options.

No worries. I just find the streams a little easier, but you can absolutely install a VPN on the Firestick.

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I would be happy to assist with this if you really wanted. Yes, I use a firestick and an extra $10 a month sub. 1080 HD, no problem. I turned another part time DATer onto this but i forget who it was.

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you son-of-a-bitch


that fricking firestick is sitting next to my TV still today collecting dust

$83 for SRO tickets on opening day? $270 for Crawford boxes? Really Jim?

I expect a cost for winning, but damn!

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The cheapest ticket at Minute Maid Park for the home opener against Baltimore on April 2 is $83...for standing room only. If you want to sit behind the dugout, you'll need to shell out $400 per ticket. Tickets quickly began hitting Stubhub and other secondary ticket marketplaces including Ebay and Craigslist with increases ranging from modest to fairly high. By comparison, a ticket in the Crawford Boxes will set you back $270 if you purchase through the Astros, but on Stubhub, they start at just over $300.Those prices are bound to increase on secondary markets as demand grows closer to opening day.

This isn't to say fans weren't warned. The Houston Business Journal reported in July of 2018 (well before even the playoffs let alone the World Series), that certain seats, especially those closest to the action, could increase as much as 80 percent in the 2018 season.

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Via Houston Press...

Ted with a measly single in his first AB.