Houston Astros at Texas Rangers, Jun 17, 2009 7:05 PM CDT
by Stephen Higdon on Jun 17, 2009 7:00 PM CDT
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Houston Astros at Texas Rangers, Jun 17, 2009 7:05 PM CDT
Current Series
Rangers lead the series 1-0
| Tue 06/16 | WP: Kevin Millwood ( - ) LP: Wandy Rodriguez ( - ) |
1 - 6 loss |
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Houston Astros Wednesday, Jun 17, 2009, 7:05 PM CDT Partly cloudy. Game time temperature around 95.
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| Thu 06/18 | 7:05 PM CDT | |
Per Alyson Footer, via Twitter, the line up is:
- Bourn - CF
- Keppinger - 3B (Thank you Coop, thank you)
- Tejada - SS
- Lee - DH
- Berkman - 1B
- Pence - RF
- Pudge - C (for the 2,227 time)
- Matusi - 2B (Again, thank you Coop, thank you)
- Michaels - LF
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So is Matt Harrison tweedle-dee
or tweedle-dum?
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by Only_A_Lad on Jun 17, 2009 7:03 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
well
the new goatee cuts down on that look. Good for him.
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by Only_A_Lad on Jun 17, 2009 7:06 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
What's the reason for moving Pence down to sixth?
just curious .
It’s hot in Arlington – 94 at game time
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by Joe in Birmingham on Jun 17, 2009 7:08 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
All I can figure
is that Coop wants to bat Tejada 3rd, and he can’t put Lee or Berkman further down the order without pissing either of them off. So Pence moves down.
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by Only_A_Lad on Jun 17, 2009 7:10 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Bourn fights back from an 0-2 count to draw the walk
Here comes Kepp
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by Only_A_Lad on Jun 17, 2009 7:09 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Bourn steals 2nd without a throw
See, it’s fun when Michael is doing well.
Moves to third on a Kepp groundout.
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by Only_A_Lad on Jun 17, 2009 7:11 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
lead off walk
David Justice ranted on Astros bad baserunning – he had the same thoughts we’ve discussed here.
Justice says Astros should not steal (except maybe for Bourn)
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by Joe in Birmingham on Jun 17, 2009 7:10 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Make that RICHARD Justice not David Justice
Justice also damned bunts (good for RJ)
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by Joe in Birmingham on Jun 17, 2009 7:11 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
and he criticized trying to make doubles out of singles
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by Joe in Birmingham on Jun 17, 2009 7:18 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Tejada sac hit to 2nd
Bourn comes home, 1-0 Astros.
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by Only_A_Lad on Jun 17, 2009 7:12 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Bourn did steal
went to third on ground out and scored on another ground out (may have been caught in double play if he had not stolen second)
Astros lead 1-0
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by Joe in Birmingham on Jun 17, 2009 7:13 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Lee shoots a line drive past the mound
kick ass
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by Only_A_Lad on Jun 17, 2009 7:13 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Lance hits a line drive to right
but Nelson Cruz is in the right place.
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by Only_A_Lad on Jun 17, 2009 7:15 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Ian Kinsler hits a high fly ball
which is lost in the sun. Double.
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by Only_A_Lad on Jun 17, 2009 7:18 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Kinsler's batting .268
but he’s better than Babe Ruth against the Astros.
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by Joe in Birmingham on Jun 17, 2009 7:20 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Jason Michaels
wears his sunglasses on the bill of his cap. Never attempted to put them on!!
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by Joe in Birmingham on Jun 17, 2009 7:23 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
yeah, I thought that was kind of funny
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by Only_A_Lad on Jun 17, 2009 7:24 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Michaels has to hit a HR to make up for that.
I bet Ortiz really appreciates losing his 17.2 inning shut out streak on a Michaels-aided Flyball.
by clack on Jun 17, 2009 7:27 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Kinsler steals third
the ball sails on him, though, and he’s able to come home.
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by Only_A_Lad on Jun 17, 2009 7:19 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Ortiz strikes out Blalock
hooray
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by Only_A_Lad on Jun 17, 2009 7:22 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Cruz grounds out to Berkman
who handled a funny hop very well.
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by Only_A_Lad on Jun 17, 2009 7:24 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Pudge Rodrrguez celebrated tying the most games played as a catcher yesterday
with home run.
In his record breaking game today, he makes a throwing error.
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by Joe in Birmingham on Jun 17, 2009 7:26 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Pence battles back from the 3-0 count
to strike out. Attaboy, Hunter.
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by Only_A_Lad on Jun 17, 2009 7:27 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Hey, don't stand up or anything, anybody.
That’s cool.
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by Only_A_Lad on Jun 17, 2009 7:28 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Pudge almost legged that one out
but grounds out to Young.
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by Only_A_Lad on Jun 17, 2009 7:29 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Matsui doubles down the RF line
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by Only_A_Lad on Jun 17, 2009 7:30 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
and Michaels flies out on the first pitch
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by Only_A_Lad on Jun 17, 2009 7:31 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
thanks, Mr. Michaels.
you are really helping the Astros out in this game.
by clack on Jun 17, 2009 7:32 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
another club might have called up a AAA guy to play in left during this AL stretch.
But those clubs aren’t champions, are they?
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by Only_A_Lad on Jun 17, 2009 7:33 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I suspect MOST NL teams do that for interleague play.
by clack on Jun 17, 2009 7:36 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
they just haven't learned to hate prospects like the Astros have.
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by Only_A_Lad on Jun 17, 2009 7:37 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Have the Astros ever had a good player named
Jason?
Jason Smith
Jason Michaels
Jason Jennings
Who am I missing?
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by Joe in Birmingham on Jun 17, 2009 7:34 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
hopefully Castro will change that
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by Only_A_Lad on Jun 17, 2009 7:36 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
and Lane wasn't awful
I mean, he was one of the few Astro position players who did well in 2005.
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by Only_A_Lad on Jun 17, 2009 7:39 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I forgot Jason Lane
Warning track power did him in.
I liked him. Didn’t he catch the final out in Busch Stadium the year the Astros won the NL Pennant?
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by Joe in Birmingham on Jun 17, 2009 7:41 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
yep
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by Only_A_Lad on Jun 17, 2009 7:42 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Russ throws a fastball towards the middle of the plate
catches Murphy looking.
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by Only_A_Lad on Jun 17, 2009 7:34 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Byrd grounds to Kepp
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by Only_A_Lad on Jun 17, 2009 7:35 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hey, when did we get a GCL team?
I was reading through the Bobby Heck draft chat, and he mentioned it. I didn’t think we had one last season.
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by Only_A_Lad on Jun 17, 2009 7:35 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I assume that was Kissimmee, Florida
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by Joe in Birmingham on Jun 17, 2009 7:39 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
looks like it
cool. Wade and Heck convinced Drayton to get another minor league club. I assume the fact that Osceola essentially is vacant after February aided that decision.
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by Only_A_Lad on Jun 17, 2009 7:41 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
or, rather, March
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by Only_A_Lad on Jun 17, 2009 7:41 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
From Wikipedia
GCL teams generally play at the minor league spring training complexes of their parent major league clubs, and are uniformly owned by those parent clubs. The teams generate little if any revenue, as admission is not charged and no concessions are operated. As almost all of the games are played in the heat and humidity of Florida summer afternoons, very few show up to watch the average contest. GCL games are perhaps the least competitive of all minor league games, as most of the players were just drafted in that year’s entry draft (2-3 weeks before the season’s start) and are there to develop skills under their employer’s tutelage rather than (necessarily) to win games or entertain fans.
GCL teams are not referred to by their home city, but simply by their parent club’s name, and the prefix “GCL” or “Gulf Coast” if necessary to differentiate between them and another club sharing the nickname. Some of these teams share stadiums with their club’s High-A affiliate in the Florida State League, which can lead to confusion, as FSL teams do use the city name (e.g. the Dunedin Blue Jays, three levels up from the GCL Blue Jays).
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by Joe in Birmingham on Jun 17, 2009 7:44 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
well, that's cool
why didn’t we have one before this year?
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by Only_A_Lad on Jun 17, 2009 7:51 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Here's the scoop
Astros are closing shop in [Venezuela].
The Astros, who were the first team to open a baseball academy in Venezuela, will close their facility on the grounds of Venoco Oil Company at the end of spring training, opting instead to add a Rookie-level team to the Gulf Coast League in Florida.
For the Astros, they hope the closure of the academy, which opened in 1989, will help them get players into the United States at an earlier age and to the major leagues sooner. And they hope to sign fewer, but better players from Venezuela by giving bigger bonuses.
“So we’re going to try to put more resources into signing betters players and bring them to the States right away and send them to the Gulf Coast League and speed up the process. One reason we didn’t have a Gulf Coast League team is we are affiliated with the Dominican Summer League and Venezuela.”
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by Joe in Birmingham on Jun 17, 2009 7:56 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
oh, yeah
now I remember all of this.
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by Only_A_Lad on Jun 17, 2009 8:01 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
weird dp
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by Only_A_Lad on Jun 17, 2009 7:42 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Killer Kinsler bunts for a single
Astros cannot get him out
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by Joe in Birmingham on Jun 17, 2009 7:48 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Double Play third to second to first
nice and clean
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by Joe in Birmingham on Jun 17, 2009 7:51 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Carlos Lee nails one to deep center
and, oh yeah, that Rangers fan appears to have caught it over the field
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by Only_A_Lad on Jun 17, 2009 7:54 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
nah, it bounced on the top of the fence
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by Only_A_Lad on Jun 17, 2009 7:55 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
And Pence appears to have brought a large rooting contingent to the ballpark
doubles to left-center.
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by Only_A_Lad on Jun 17, 2009 7:56 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Actually, the Rangers broadcaster w/ JD brings up a good point,
which leads me to a question:
What would be worse:
A) Bidge/Bagwell in a Mets uniform
B) The same in a Yankees uniform
I’d go with A, simply because the Mets have screwed the Astros in the past. The Yankees are just hated from afar. Seeing Pudge in the Yankees uniform wouldn’ve sucked for Rangers fans, but I think Astros legends in Mets pinstripes would suck a lot more for us.
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by Only_A_Lad on Jun 17, 2009 7:59 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Kaz does something
singles up the middle, bringing Hunter home. 3-2 Good Guys.
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by Only_A_Lad on Jun 17, 2009 7:59 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Nelson Cruz answers back
with a homer to right.
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by Only_A_Lad on Jun 17, 2009 8:03 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Screw $130 Pudge bats
I’m going to go to Whataburger and get the L-Train to sign my wrapper.
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by Only_A_Lad on Jun 17, 2009 8:07 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Cubs LOSE 4-1
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by Joe in Birmingham on Jun 17, 2009 8:12 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
hooray
eat shit, chicago
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by Only_A_Lad on Jun 17, 2009 8:15 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
If Astros changed the name of Ta'ls Hill to Ryan Ridge
Would Nolan Ryan become the Astros president?
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by Joe in Birmingham on Jun 17, 2009 8:15 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
heh
screw this obsession with Ryan. He’s dead to me.
We need to start renaming everything after JR Richard and Joe Niekro.
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by Only_A_Lad on Jun 17, 2009 8:16 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Back to back walks
Tejada and Lee
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by Joe in Birmingham on Jun 17, 2009 8:17 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Berkman chases a bad pitch on a 3-2 count
for out three
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by Joe in Birmingham on Jun 17, 2009 8:21 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
ugh
that was definitely ball 4.
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by Only_A_Lad on Jun 17, 2009 8:21 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
There's only 2 of us on TCB tonight
Where’s everybody?
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by Joe in Birmingham on Jun 17, 2009 8:23 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
not true
Clack was around earlier.
And everyone else is probably deciding not to watch a non-Wandy/Roy start.
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by Only_A_Lad on Jun 17, 2009 8:23 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
or maybe they have friends or something
pfft.
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by Only_A_Lad on Jun 17, 2009 8:24 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
You're right (about clack)
I see a couple of posts up there
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by Joe in Birmingham on Jun 17, 2009 8:25 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’m also watching So You Think You Can Dance. I’d blame it on my wife, but I’d be lying. It’s over now, and I’m in time to see a Hunter Pence HOME RUN!
by AstroAndy on Jun 17, 2009 9:21 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Vizquel and Rodriguez
set (or tie) career records in the inning – games played as a catcher (Pudge – game becoems official after this half inning) and most hits by a Venezuelan player (Vizquel)
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by Joe in Birmingham on Jun 17, 2009 8:27 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
lol
pudge is pissed
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by Only_A_Lad on Jun 17, 2009 8:28 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Vizquel tries to steal
Pudge gets the ball there in plenty of time, but Matsui does not hold onto the ball
AND THEY GIVE THE ERROR TO PUDGE —Boooooooooooooo
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by Joe in Birmingham on Jun 17, 2009 8:29 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Vizquel ultimately scored
Rangers lead 4-3
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by Joe in Birmingham on Jun 17, 2009 8:31 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Pudge singled after Pence Singled
Both past second base into right field
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by Joe in Birmingham on Jun 17, 2009 8:39 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Matsui is bunting???
with Jason Michaels to bat next??
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by Joe in Birmingham on Jun 17, 2009 8:41 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Matsui "
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by Joe in Birmingham on Jun 17, 2009 8:41 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Matsui "sacrifice bunts" Pence to third and Rodrguez to second
Let’s see if Michaels puts the ball in play
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by Joe in Birmingham on Jun 17, 2009 8:42 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
nope
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by Only_A_Lad on Jun 17, 2009 8:43 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Jason Michaels stiruck out swinging
We all saw that coming
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by Joe in Birmingham on Jun 17, 2009 8:43 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Fire coop
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by Only_A_Lad on Jun 17, 2009 8:41 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Our reserve outfielders/pinch hitters
are terrible.
by Irish Pete on Jun 17, 2009 8:44 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
yup
the Astros have no depth. Well, and several of their starters are crap, too, but the depth is awful.
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by Only_A_Lad on Jun 17, 2009 8:46 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Bourn struck out
Pence and Rodriguez stranded on second and third.
First two Astros single and Astros don’t score.
Innings like that can cost a team the ball game.
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by Joe in Birmingham on Jun 17, 2009 8:47 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Does anyone happen to know our pinch hitting average
I know it is atrocious…
by Irish Pete on Jun 17, 2009 8:53 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Russ Ortiz pitching well
He has given up two homeruns, but the other two runs are direct results of two official errors (Pudge) and one unoffical defensive error (Michaels)
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by Joe in Birmingham on Jun 17, 2009 8:58 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Keppinger singled
Vizquel zipped over to catch the grounder behind second but no time to throw out Keppinger
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by Joe in Birmingham on Jun 17, 2009 9:02 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Tejada grounds into a double play
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by Joe in Birmingham on Jun 17, 2009 9:04 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Reds WIN 4-3
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by Joe in Birmingham on Jun 17, 2009 9:07 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
HUNTER PENCE HOMERUN
ties the game in front of his hometown gang
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by Joe in Birmingham on Jun 17, 2009 9:20 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Pence kicks so much ass
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by Only_A_Lad on Jun 17, 2009 9:23 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Is anyone else relieved that Geoff Geary is nowhere near this bullpen?
I feel so much better with Sampson/Hawkins/Valverde out there on the mound. knocking on wood
by AstroAndy on Jun 17, 2009 9:31 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Geary blew it last night for Round Rock
just an FYI
by Irish Pete on Jun 17, 2009 9:35 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh, I'm well aware
He should have been blowing games in AAA much sooner.
by AstroAndy on Jun 17, 2009 9:36 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I saw the question earlier...and I'm sitll here.
I had some stuff to do and was away from the computer for awhile.
by clack on Jun 17, 2009 9:36 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
hmm
I started CJ Wilson tonight in the TCB Fanstasy league. This is emotionally complex.
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by Only_A_Lad on Jun 17, 2009 9:36 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Michaels
Starts off the ninth with a single up the left side
by AstroAndy on Jun 17, 2009 9:36 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
status quo maintained
except we’ve got a faster guy on 1st and one out
Even my mother in law, who just started watching baseball this season was incredulous. “Bourn is a good hitter, why are they making him do that?”
by AstroAndy on Jun 17, 2009 9:39 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
if Bourn had bunted for a hit, I would have bene OK.
and he always wouldn’t have had that result.
by clack on Jun 17, 2009 9:41 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
In that situation, it seems like a coin flip to me between the bunt and the swing away. And it should probably be dependent on Bourn’s read of the defense immediately before the pitch.
But my gut reaction every time I see a bunt is that Coop isn’t respecting the scarcity of outs.
by AstroAndy on Jun 17, 2009 9:44 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Bourn fruitless bunt
Michaels thrown out at second
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by Joe in Birmingham on Jun 17, 2009 9:38 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Bourn caught stealing
Is Salty known to be a good defensive catcher? I have no idea about these things. He’s having a good inning right here.
by AstroAndy on Jun 17, 2009 9:41 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
not really.
I think he is much improved over that game last year where he gave up something like 6 SBs. I think Bourn can’t read Wilson, and that was the cause of that caught stealing.
by clack on Jun 17, 2009 9:43 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Keppinger
on-base with a bouncer up the middle
by AstroAndy on Jun 17, 2009 9:41 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Keppinger singled
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by Joe in Birmingham on Jun 17, 2009 9:41 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Tejada popped out in foul territory
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by Joe in Birmingham on Jun 17, 2009 9:42 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Rangers get lead off double
scary start to the ninth
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by Joe in Birmingham on Jun 17, 2009 9:45 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Jose Valverde started the ninth for the Astros
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by Joe in Birmingham on Jun 17, 2009 9:46 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
JD commenting that it’s a bit unorthodox to bring in your closer in a tie game in the 9th.
I don’t mind it. I think we’ve still got Fulchino out there to take a few consecutive innings if this goes into extras, and I feel pretty confident with him out there.
by AstroAndy on Jun 17, 2009 9:49 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Fulchino
has gone from short term fill-in to a dependable reliever over the past month
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by Joe in Birmingham on Jun 17, 2009 9:51 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
some obvious miscommunication between Bourn and Michaels.
Bourn has the choice in that situation. But Michaels ran into Bourn as he caught it.
by clack on Jun 17, 2009 9:47 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
One out
High fly to left center – Bourn steps in front of Michaels to make the catch
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by Joe in Birmingham on Jun 17, 2009 9:47 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
out two
Strike out
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by Joe in Birmingham on Jun 17, 2009 9:50 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
out three
called strike three
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by Joe in Birmingham on Jun 17, 2009 9:53 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
haha
fatty caught looking
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by Only_A_Lad on Jun 17, 2009 9:53 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Cleveland scored 4 runs in the ninth
to tie the game 8-8 with Milwaukee Brewers
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by Joe in Birmingham on Jun 17, 2009 9:54 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
damn you burro
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by Only_A_Lad on Jun 17, 2009 9:56 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Carlos Carlos Carlos
Andrus so rarely bobbles, and you fail to take advantage of it.
Sigh.
by AstroAndy on Jun 17, 2009 9:57 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
GRR - Carlos Lee
Shortstop muffs catch . Has to chase ball. But gets Carlos Lee who was not running hard to first
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by Joe in Birmingham on Jun 17, 2009 9:57 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
and he would have scored on Pence's double, if he was on first.
I can never excuse guys who don’t run hard.
by clack on Jun 17, 2009 9:58 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
He pulled up rather pathetically...
the other day on Lance’s late-game GIDP. He was basically walking to 2nd base.
by BTastros on Jun 17, 2009 10:03 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
THAT'S how you haul ass, Carlos
double for Hunter
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by Only_A_Lad on Jun 17, 2009 9:58 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Pence doubles
to go with a previous double and a homerun and a single
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by Joe in Birmingham on Jun 17, 2009 9:58 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
ugh
tough night for Pudge
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by Only_A_Lad on Jun 17, 2009 10:01 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I know…one would love for the record-setter to be the game hero, too.
Actually reminds me a bit of Biggio’s 3000th hit…a scored single that he tried to stretch into a double and got caught at second.
by AstroAndy on Jun 17, 2009 10:04 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Valvrde back out there you think?
Or is it too soon to go two innings?
by AstroAndy on Jun 17, 2009 10:01 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Pudge strikes out
Bad night for him on an historic night for him
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by Joe in Birmingham on Jun 17, 2009 10:02 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Fulchino pitching
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by Joe in Birmingham on Jun 17, 2009 10:04 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Keppinger error
bad way to start the inning
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by Joe in Birmingham on Jun 17, 2009 10:04 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Killer Kinsler steals second
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by Joe in Birmingham on Jun 17, 2009 10:06 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Cardinals WIN 4-3
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by Joe in Birmingham on Jun 17, 2009 10:07 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Young singled
Runners on the corners with no outs
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by Joe in Birmingham on Jun 17, 2009 10:08 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
IBB to load the bases
brings up Nelson Cruz with bases loaded
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by Joe in Birmingham on Jun 17, 2009 10:09 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
This game is nearly over.
Bleeder into CF, puts runners on the corners with no outs. And IBB will load the bases.
by clack on Jun 17, 2009 10:08 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Essentially both runners got on base due to bad defense.
by clack on Jun 17, 2009 10:09 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
a run here would join the undeserved run in the first....
which resulted from Michaels failing to catch a ball.
by clack on Jun 17, 2009 10:10 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Bourn is a bit zealous on defense tonight.
Doesn’t work well with Michaels it looks like
by AstroAndy on Jun 17, 2009 10:11 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
It was a popup to shallow CF
Bourn and Michaels both on it, second time in two innings that they were just a few feet from a collision
by AstroAndy on Jun 17, 2009 10:12 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I could do without seeing the footage of Nolan Ryan grinning
by AstroAndy on Jun 17, 2009 10:13 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Like I said before
he’s dead to me.
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by Only_A_Lad on Jun 17, 2009 10:17 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
One out
Pop to shallow center
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by Joe in Birmingham on Jun 17, 2009 10:12 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Yeah yeah yeah
good for them. Their city is still a piece of shit.
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by Only_A_Lad on Jun 17, 2009 10:13 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
When you play defense the way we did...
you don’t deserve to win.
by Irish Pete on Jun 17, 2009 10:14 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
ASTROS LOSE 5-4
Bad defensive game . Bad baserunning game,
and I’m still peeved about two singles followed by a bunt and two strikeouts a few innings back
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by Joe in Birmingham on Jun 17, 2009 10:15 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Post-game show
Kevin Eschenfelder looks like he’s just happy to be at the ballpark. Footer looks like she’s this close | | to going down to the locker room and giving the ballclub a lecture on the importance of defense and hustling to first, especially in close and late situations.
by AstroAndy on Jun 17, 2009 10:18 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I don't really like the excuse made by JD for Astros' play:
“it’s a hot night, and sometimes the focus isn’t there.”
by clack on Jun 17, 2009 10:19 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
you'd think they'd care enough to put things together for Pudge
by AstroAndy on Jun 17, 2009 10:22 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
he was so pissed
after Kaz dropped that ball. Looked like he was ready to stab somebody.
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by Only_A_Lad on Jun 17, 2009 10:23 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
i immediately regretted that comment
It’s not that they don’t care. But something was certainly missing.
by AstroAndy on Jun 17, 2009 10:23 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Pirates WON 8-2
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by Joe in Birmingham on Jun 17, 2009 10:21 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
And now it's up to Brandon Backe to prevent the Silver Boot Series Sweep
I’m not sure I can bear to watch.
by AstroAndy on Jun 17, 2009 10:25 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
the Astros are screwed
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by Only_A_Lad on Jun 17, 2009 10:26 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
And there’s no more “we still have more than 100 games left in the season” excuses
by AstroAndy on Jun 17, 2009 10:28 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Cooper was angry in the post-game press conference.
Somewhat testy with questioners. That’s understandable. Cooper is upset with the defense…says the Astros just kicked the ball around and lost because of it. He said Ortiz deserved a better fate.
by clack on Jun 17, 2009 10:37 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Coop saw the same game we did
From what clack wrote, I agree with Cecil Cooper
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by Joe in Birmingham on Jun 17, 2009 10:40 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Brewers WIN 9-8
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by Joe in Birmingham on Jun 17, 2009 10:43 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I hope the Brewers win the division
Either them or the Reds.
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by Only_A_Lad on Jun 17, 2009 11:25 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
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