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So Seattle walked off the cubs with a 3-spot in the 9th. What a turn of events.

Espada just turned a win into a loss. All he had to do was follow the formula. Okert then hader or abreau then hader. Or let blubaugh go until he let a guy on. But no, he chose the one option with the least chance for success in Sousa.

FIRE HIS arse!!!!

If we lose this game because of this pitching change decision Espada should be exiting the building for the last time. Why is Sousa in a close game in the 8th inning?

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Sell the team, Crane!!!!

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You’re right! And I actually said this in a previous game thread.

The problems started when he got rid of Click and got away from the analytical element that led to that run of consecutive ALCS series. He started acting like Jerry Jones and then inserted Bagwell into the mix and it’s no coincidence that this team has been trending worse and worse each year.

Case in point, this year’s trade deadline. No one could have blamed them for not selling, since we were in first place in a bad division. But they did the only thing they couldn’t do which was basically stand pat. And if they thought a struggling Daulton Varsho, whose only claim to fame was that he got hot in last year’s WS was going to make a difference, simply because he was a lefty, well that shows how incompetent they are.

What they should have added was pitching, but to do so would have required farm pieces that they were obviously not willing to give up. So if that’s the case, why not sell at the deadline?!?

And the run scoring problem at home has been a problem for years. Whether it’s the routine or the stadium design you have to fix it.

These are just a few issues. There are plenty more. But the bottom line is it’s only going to get worse if he doesn’t find a new management team that can address all of these issues.

Clean house Crane!!!!

The opposing pitching doesn’t excuse the fact that Espada keeps putting Pena in the leadoff spot game after game with the same results. If only the Astros had another guy in the lineup that has experience in the leadoff position and is actually getting on base once or twice a game lately in Altuve. When your offense struggles like these guys have over the last 10 games, you have to shake it up. At least a competent manager would.

It’s no fun to root for this team at all. They don’t do anything well but do a lot of things wrong. It’s absolutely disgusting to play this poorly against so many bad teams. If Crane doesn’t clean house after the season from the GM to the manager to some of the dragasses on this team, than just sell it, because he completely got away from what was working.

Just the start we were looking for from our ace. This team needed pitching at the deadline and got NOTHING!

It would be nice to stop letting Robles continue to do damage against us. Either figure out how to pitch him or pitch around him. It’s always one guy the whole series. Last time it was Straw. Just not enough attention to the guys that are killing us.

The only plus to them scoring that second run is do they pitch to Yordan now? Or risk walking him and bringing the winning run to the plate.