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re: DAT 9/21 Astros Off-Day Edition. The good guys are still somehow in 1st place.

Posted on 9/20/23 at 10:05 am to
Posted by A Menace to Sobriety
Member since Jun 2018
31822 posts
Posted on 9/20/23 at 10:05 am to
Is Brantley dead?
Posted by Obi-Wan Tiger
Fulshear TX
Member since Jan 2004
7593 posts
Posted on 9/20/23 at 10:08 am to
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Is Brantley dead?


Sits for three straight games in the middle of a tightly contested playoff race.

And let’s go ahead and give our best hitter a rest day while we’re at it.
Posted by Cdawg
TigerFred's Living Room
Member since Sep 2003
60797 posts
Posted on 9/20/23 at 10:09 am to
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we go sweep the 50 win royals and then have the Mariners on deck.

Posted by tiggerthetooth
Big Momma's House
Member since Oct 2010
62977 posts
Posted on 9/20/23 at 10:09 am to
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plagued with rested players and a mentally handicapped primate to overcome



Interesting how dusty only considers the rest of a select few players and cares no further for the other players.

What would our pitching staff look like with more run support earlier in the year? Where would we be if we prioritized consistent offense over micro-managed defense-only strategies employed by our esteemed manager?
Posted by Floating Change Up
Member since Dec 2013
12493 posts
Posted on 9/20/23 at 10:10 am to
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Is Brantley dead?


Report yesterday said he was fighting soreness.

So yes, He dead.
Posted by A Menace to Sobriety
Member since Jun 2018
31822 posts
Posted on 9/20/23 at 10:10 am to
Yep. Sitting our best hitter in a must win game to rest him even though there's an off day tomorrow.

FODB is the biggest fricking cock sucker in this planet's history.
Posted by Off McVoy
Member since Feb 2006
4533 posts
Posted on 9/20/23 at 10:16 am to
Just unreal. The pos is just giving us all the middle finger. He's throwing this...I'm convinced.
Posted by High C
viewing the fall....
Member since Nov 2012
57600 posts
Posted on 9/20/23 at 10:17 am to






Posted by Floating Change Up
Member since Dec 2013
12493 posts
Posted on 9/20/23 at 10:25 am to
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Altuve
Pena
Tucker
Bregman
Abreu
Yainer
Chas
Meyers
Maldy


10 games left and Alvarez sitting with an off day tomorrow?

This is not a line up by a Manager wanting to win.

EVERY SINGLE ASTROS player should be in front of every camera available -- screaming that Dusty should be fired.
Posted by Domeskeller
Astrodome
Member since Jun 2020
9102 posts
Posted on 9/20/23 at 10:31 am to
Maybe they all want to just go home next Sunday night. Dusty probably already has the flight booked from Phoenix to Sacramento.
Posted by tiggerthetooth
Big Momma's House
Member since Oct 2010
62977 posts
Posted on 9/20/23 at 11:29 am to
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On Yordan Alvarez, Dusty Baker said “I haven’t liked how he moved, haven’t liked how he’s swung.” Baker said he’s available today, but is treating this much like he did with Kyle Tucker on Sunday in Kansas City.



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Dusty Baker: "I just decided to give him today off and then he'll be good through the season, much like I did with Tucker. Sometimes you have to maybe sacrifice one game for the next nine. From my experience, I've seen it be very beneficial not only physically but mentally, too."
Posted by wahoocs
Lafayette, LA
Member since Nov 2004
23556 posts
Posted on 9/20/23 at 11:31 am to
It is very possible Baker and his people have been in discussion with Astros that are not going the way he wants, thus this shite

He can leave this job like every other one

The difference being that these guys overcame him enough to win it all
Posted by Floating Change Up
Member since Dec 2013
12493 posts
Posted on 9/20/23 at 11:39 am to
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"I just decided to give him today off and then he'll be good through the season, much like I did with Tucker. Sometimes you have to maybe sacrifice one game for the next nine. From my experience, I've seen it be very beneficial not only physically but mentally, too."
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I haven’t liked how he moved, haven’t liked how he’s swung.”


These are the words of a man whose arse is totally eaten up with his own egotistical delusion.

He truly believes the Astros won last year all because of him. NOT despite him.

He’s watched Million Dollar Arm and Trouble with The Curve so many times he actually believes he can see and hear things no one else can see and hear.

I don’t doubt he sees and hears things no one else does. I just doubt those things are reality.
Posted by ShaneTheLegLechler
Member since Dec 2011
62207 posts
Posted on 9/20/23 at 11:50 am to
Lololol
Posted by Lsuhoohoo
Member since Sep 2007
99811 posts
Posted on 9/20/23 at 12:09 pm to
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Sometimes you have to maybe sacrifice one game for the next nine


Tha frick!? We can't be sacrificing any games. Maybe if we had beat up on the shitty A's and Royals but that didn't happen.
Posted by dandan
Member since Nov 2007
4660 posts
Posted on 9/20/23 at 12:11 pm to
It’s pretty bad when you are surprised to not be losing a game or get a win.

Posted by Domeskeller
Astrodome
Member since Jun 2020
9102 posts
Posted on 9/20/23 at 12:23 pm to
Baker is a fraud. Always has been. If you don’t see how he’s always left on bad terms from every organization he’s managed, then you’re not paying attention. It’s never his fault, and there is always some national media sycophant ready to play the bleeding heart violin for him.

In his previous four stops, his last year was a pennant winner, a 96-loss season, a wild-card loser and an NLDS loser. What does that say when 3 of the 4 teams he managed let him go after reaching the postseason? One is fluke, two is a coincidence, three is a trend.
This post was edited on 9/20/23 at 1:24 pm
Posted by Tiger Ryno
#WoF
Member since Feb 2007
105606 posts
Posted on 9/20/23 at 12:36 pm to
Boys I get the frustration here but let's keep in mind this is a very long season and we have to keep these guys fresh for the stretch run when the games really matter.
Posted by wahoocs
Lafayette, LA
Member since Nov 2004
23556 posts
Posted on 9/20/23 at 12:36 pm to
Yes, we’ll thank him later
Posted by Ooh Wee Ooh
Member since Nov 2008
1516 posts
Posted on 9/20/23 at 12:47 pm to
Using Dusty logic, we should rest all of our pitchers too
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