just sweep the Dodgers!!!!My marathoning uncle who lives in SD used to run with him on the beach. He’s actually a decent guy, at least according to my uncle.
I still despise Steve Garvey
I think whoever wins tonight will win the seriesVerlander on the hill
I think whoever wins tonight will win the seriesI even find that hard to go along with, because no matter what happens tonight - LA still has Kershaw coming back for more.
I even find that hard to go along with, because no matter what happens tonight - LA still has Kershaw coming back for more.if the stros come back to Houston for a 3 game set tied 1 and 1 I think they will win at least 2 of those games and maybe all 3
if the stros come back to Houston for a 3 game set tied 1 and 1 I think they will win at least 2 of those games and maybe all 3The good thing about winning tonight (if it happens) is it then becomes a "best of 5" series, with Astros having the home field advantage
Yeah, I see what you did there, Amos. And I also notice how beautifully presentiment I was in dubbing you Amos after the famous Judean syacamore fig farmer and goat herder prophet.Figs are delicious. Got a couple fig trees in the yard here. Canned figs are awesome. If any of you like fig cake, I've got a great recipe I can dig up and share.
So anyway it's Astros vs. the establishment now. Or at least that is the strawman I have built.Interesting.... that sounds a lot like broadcasts of horn games. Just insert the horns for Dodgers in your example.
When Altuve and Correra back-to-back homered, I had never heard such somber and emotionless sportscasting in my life. Then when the Dodgers tied it, Joe Buck and his boy were ecstatically creaming all over each other in the broadcast booth. I was so pissed I turned it off.
My wife told me the Astros pulled it out this morning. Eat me, Joe Buck.
Interesting.... that sounds a lot like broadcasts of horn games. Just insert the horns for Dodgers in your example.Ya get what you pay for
Interesting.... that sounds a lot like broadcasts of horn games. Just insert the horns for Dodgers in your example.It occurred to me as I was typing that, I sound like Aggy.
I saw the 4 billboards LSU put up in the Houston areaThis is all Aggy's fault.
I can't imagine turning off an exciting WS game just because the announcers seem biased.It's another personal quirk I have. I hate extra innings. I will watch the 10th inning - if it's not settled in ten I'm done. Call the game on #hits if not settled in ten innings. I'm serious.
Fred, I'll find that recipe, it's going to be a few days though.Thanks man. No hurry, of course.
It occurred to me as I was typing that, I sound like Aggy.Everyone's gotta have standards...
But in my case it's probably a response to an actual bias, as opposed to standard protocol.
Everyone's gotta have standards...Not this Big XIIer. I've always liked the open-ended nature of baseball, with no clock or other artifice involved. Theoretically, a game could go on forever, which was a component of the plot underpinning a fabulous Kinsella book called the Iowa Baseball Confederacy. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Iowa_Baseball_Confederacy)
And call a game based on hits? Akin to calling a football game based on first downs?
Guess I shouldn't be surprised a Big XIIer favors an offensive stat to decide outcomes.
And call a game based on hits? Akin to calling a football game based on first downs?I still support this. Play 9 innings. If necessary play the 10th. After that, the game should be decided on hits, runners to reach third, LOB, or some such fiddle faddle.
Guess I shouldn't be surprised a Big XIIer favors an offensive stat to decide outcomes.
If you like games that go on forever, you should watch cricket. :)I like cricket. My Pakistani roommate in grad school hooked me into that. Would love to go to a match sometime in a cricket oriented country, even if it lasted a week!
I've always liked the open-ended nature of baseball, with no clock or other artifice involved. Theoretically, a game could go on forever,This is only since you've been retired, yes? Some of us have to get out of bed the next day.
As for extra innings, I was like "Yessssss. All your pitcher belong to us"Heh, yeah. When they got to Jansen with the Gonzalez dinger it was like ... so now whatcha gonna do, cute lil baby boys in blue??
and whats up with the dodgers wolfmanI quit asking about athlete's appearances long ago. These aren't your guys on the Wheaties box anymore. They all look like Cheech & Chong or Rick James.
I like cricket. My Pakistani roommate in grad school hooked me into that. Would love to go to a match sometime in a cricket oriented country, even if it lasted a week!One of my TAs in undergrad, who became one of my best friends, was a Brit who attempted to introduce me to cricket.
That’s really cool that you got him those boots.Yup, I get that, and that's a good way to put it.
I mainly turned on to cricket when I had an appendectomy and spent about a week plus in bed recovering at the same time the cricket World Cup was on. I read up on the rules and then listened to the broadcasts of the games, and followed it play by play on my phone, just like I do baseball games. And I was in correspondence with the roommate I mentioned throughout. He had a running account of the cup on Facebook and so I stayed up with his blog and then took even a deeper dive on my own.
There’s an aspect to cricket that I really like, and that’s each player only gets one out per side. So a really good player might make an out early on, and it changes the whole calculus of the match. Puts a continual air of excitement into it, ie that every player is living on the knife edge of disaster, that really amps up the tension. So the game is like a slow burn but yet the fire is still very hot.
But you know I basically like any sport that includes a moving ball, just like my dear golden may she RIP. So cricket qualifies, bigtime, for me.
I agree that a 162 game season is a bit ridiculous. There is no reason it should take that long or that many games to determine the best teams in each league. The season could be cut in half and you'd be fine. Of course, that would lead to fewer games... which means longer breaks between games... which means your best pitchers are pitching more.... leading to less scoring.... etc. And oh yeah, that ol' issue of far less revenue for owners. So it won't ever happen.....what if everyone had the same attitude about beer
I'm sorry for your loss, as well as all others that knew Tom Kite. It seems the great ones are taken too soon, that's for sure, and his legacy remains through the memories that you and others shared with him. Fuck Cancer.Im a little confused
Im a little confusedYes, you are confused. I'm talking about a different person with the same name. Moose out front should have told you. :)
Tom Kite the great golfer did not pass away
Tom Kite (golfer) did lose his wife to cancer but he is still alive
must be someone with same name
and Im sorry for your loss also
But baseball is a nice change of pace, lovely and lyrical. I've started hitting H-town in April to get the first taste of sports after March Madness and I've started playing fantasy baseball so I have a vested interest in following the success of players throughout the league. Games are fun. The history is amazing. Hell, they've been keeping records since the Civil War and the Stros are breaking some of them this year.:great:
It's amazing! I love it.
I just had to grow into it.
I'm also sorry for your loss Utee. It's very hard to lose such a good friend, and that was a very nice tribute to him that you posted.Thanks Cuz, and to Erin for earlier. I was feeling a bit melancholy last night. Might have had something to do with the bottle (plus) of Bordeaux I drank. Man I do love a good Bordeaux.
And also ditto what Erin said.
My sincere condolences
Ya know, I really wish Bregman could've played in Omaha as well as he's played for Houston this WS.just a matter of priorities
Ya know, I really wish Bregman could've played in Omaha as well as he's played for Houston this WS.Semantics
SemanticsOof. You are correct. I wish Bregman would've played as well in Omaha as he's played for Houston this World Series. "Could've" does imply that he didn't play there.
This carries the added bonus of coming at the expense of the Dodgers. I root against all L.A. and NYC teams. I've never known why.I find it annoying that LA is the city of excess teams.
This carries the added bonus of coming at the expense of the Dodgers. I root against all L.A. and NYC teams. I've never known why.I have my reasons, but you don't really need one
In the '70s and '80s, Austin was a Cowboys/Astros/Spurs town. Then somewhere over the last 15 years or so, it became increasingly and predominantly a Rangers town.As a native Austinite, I'm happy to root for any and all Texas teams in their respective sports. The Cowboys are by far my favorite pro team, but I also was always happy to root for the Oilers, especially in the Earl Campbell Luv Ya Blue days. I haven't really gotten into the Texans since the Oilers left town, but I don't dislike them either.
About a decade ago, the Rangers had some success and many coworkers and friends were giddy about it and looked askance at me as if to ask "Don't you care?" to which I retorted, "Not really, I'm an Astros fan."
And when I would say that, they would look at me with unbridled mirth. Like I was somebody who made poor decisions who should be pitied instead of censured.
Over the last week or so many of those same "Ranger" fans have been celebrating like they invented the Astros.
Bandwagon fans.
They may think they're cool, hopping from one winner to another but I think every true Astros fan knows that the invested decades of disappointment is what really makes this success sweet.
I don't know any Rangers fans like that, I guess. The ones I know look pretty much like the Astros fans I know, who look pretty much the same as me.That's a lotta John Stamos's out there.
Black ten gallon hat and a hockey jersey?I believe they call them hockey sweaters but given geography, you would likely know better than I would!
That's a lotta John Stamos's out there.Well, they don't all look exactly like me, of course. There are some Brad Pitts and Colin Farells mixed in there. Which is to say, yes, we all look exactly alike...
I believe they call them hockey sweaters but given geography, you would likely know better than I would!(https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&ved=0ahUKEwjk3Lrs06LXAhVE_IMKHVzSCDAQjRwIBw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.marymaxim.com%2Fadult-hockey-sweater-size-small-38.html&psig=AOvVaw0WttvG4YdGb_yEXAOaMf9Q&ust=1509806897767853)
Can any Astros fan comment on the home-run ball the guy snatched from his sister-in-law's hands and threw back in Houston the other day? Game 5, I think? I saw on some show that a lot of people Mad Online about that, so the show found them and it turns out they weren't strangers, the couple sitting next to him was his brother and his brother's wife. They also claim that it's a tradition for Astros fans to throw back HR balls in the playoffs or something like that. That may not be the exact tradition, but he did claim there was some tradition that mandated throwing that back. And the brother and his wife were totally cool with it and wanting to let everyone know everything was all good.Yes, you are correct that the BIL took the ball from his SIL's hand and threw it back out of a tradition of not keeping the opposing team's homerun balls.
I ask partly because I'm curious, and also partly because I know a Rangers fan, and on facebook he's more pissed than he needs to be about the incident.....what a jerk that guy is and he wished the other guy woulda slugged him. I told him what I saw on TV and he says that's insane, there is no such tradition, yada yada.
Also, I'm probably about to quit facebook, again.
I've not been lucky enough to get a foul ball or a HR ball, so if I did, the home town fans might boo me or my daughters for not tossing it back, but I'd be keeping that souvenirWhether I'm watching the Stros, Horns, Express or some little league team, I try to sit where no balls are likely to be coming at me. I would not consider it lucky to have some ball land on my funnel cake or hit me upside the head.
Everyone cheered and they came over and interviewed him and in fact bought him a new beer on the house. Likely a Bud.that's beautiful, Man