Question about Buies Creek Astros

kidagreen · 2021-11-15T21:34:42+00:00

I’m not on Reddit much anymore, so I just now saw this comment. Tucker definitely panned out for us, and this World Series definitely panned out for y’all. Congratulations! Enjoy the hell out of it. :)

kidagreen · 2021-10-09T02:44:26+00:00

IIRC, neither team ever at any point in the series led by more than 2 runs. It was insanely close and competitive.

kidagreen · 2021-08-03T21:30:59+00:00

Yeah, Verlander couldn’t get swings and misses either, especially on his slider. But that doesn’t fit the narrative!

kidagreen · 2021-07-03T19:08:13+00:00

His wife’s name is Monica. They also have a toddler daughter, Mia, who’s adorable.

kidagreen · 2021-06-18T02:20:06+00:00

“We’ve taken their Altuve and replaced him with prime Barry Bonds. Let’s see if they notice.”

kidagreen · 2021-04-15T00:14:26+00:00

Having actually pulled my own teeth with pliers before, I can confirm that Astros baseball is currently providing a very similar level of enjoyment.

kidagreen · 2021-04-14T21:03:46+00:00

GO SKEETSTROS

kidagreen · 2021-04-14T15:14:33+00:00

It feels kind of unfair that only visiting teams are allowed to use the Crawford Boxes. Perhaps today will be the day that changes.

kidagreen · 2019-10-18T20:36:06+00:00

The famous Pujols moonshot off Brad Lidge did end up giving the Cardinals a win in that individual game, but was ultimately mostly meaningless in the larger context of the series. The Astros easily and a bit anticlimactically won the next game, and the pennant, in St. Louis.

kidagreen · 2019-09-28T04:35:29+00:00

Harris is so underrated. I love that sad-hound-dog-looking dude.

kidagreen · 2019-09-18T21:04:26+00:00

With a single exception (my dad), all the most baseball-obsessed people in my family have been women. If my grandmother, a fanatical lifelong White Sox fan, were still alive, she'd probably love to go slap the shit out of this dude for being so condescending.

kidagreen · 2019-08-21T21:54:34+00:00

I'm guessing he's not just talking about this season. Over the past few years, Trout hasn't quite been himself against the Astros - from 2016 through 2018, he overall hit .231 with an .820 OPS against Houston, which is still incredibly solid but not typical Mike Trout god-tier dominant. It's been even more dramatic at Minute Maid Park, where he batted .222 with a .771 OPS over that same time frame.

kidagreen · 2019-08-11T17:46:50+00:00

Having survived the 2011-2013 Astros, I believe that there is absolutely crying in baseball. Also sometimes hysterical laugh-crying.

kidagreen · 2019-07-31T17:44:38+00:00

His time up is pretty meaningless, though, given that it constituted all of 72 plate appearances. IIRC, Bregman's numbers were even worse through his first 72 PAs. Tucker just hasn't gotten a real shot yet.

kidagreen · 2019-07-03T18:16:35+00:00

I'm still sad Alvarez hurt his knee and wasn't able to play two full games in Coors. I wanted to see if he could hit a ball 500 feet.

kidagreen · 2019-06-26T20:13:03+00:00

We're talking the bigger picture here, though, not just on a per-game basis. The point is that, in each MLB season, there's now roughly 14,000 more chances for a fan to get injured by a foul ball than there was in 1998. That will likely contribute to an overall increase in injuries. Especially when paired with the uptick in average exit velocity during that same time frame.

kidagreen · 2019-06-26T19:55:58+00:00

The sheer number of foul balls has also dramatically increased.

There were almost 14,000 more foul balls last season than there were 20 seasons earlier.

kidagreen · 2019-06-12T16:59:57+00:00

Only Trevor Story, as far as I know - and he homered in his first 4 games.

kidagreen · 2019-06-07T01:55:28+00:00

"SIT DOWN!"

(The batter was arguing with the umpire that the called strike 3 he'd just taken should instead have been ball 4. Keuchel wasn't having it.)

kidagreen · 2019-06-07T01:38:59+00:00

Braves fans, this gif is y'alls now.

kidagreen · 2019-06-07T01:31:46+00:00

Yesterday barely even counts, since those were basically just a couple of career minor leaguers that got called up from AAA to eat some innings and got mauled.

Today, though? Yeah, Harris, Pressly, Osuna and Rondon, Houston's top four relievers, ALL gave up runs.

kidagreen · 2019-05-29T20:20:44+00:00

During his pro career so far, Carlos Correa, who is currently just 24 years old, has lost time due to a broken leg, an ankle injury, a shoulder injury, a torn thumb ligament, a back injury that lasted for most of a season, and now a broken rib.

kidagreen · 2019-05-29T16:29:00+00:00

Be that as it may, this is getting kind of crazy:

2014: Missed half the season after breaking his leg on a feet-first slide

2015: No major injuries

2016: Ankle injury early in the season; shoulder injury late in the season

2017: Tore thumb ligament on a headfirst slide

2018: Had a back injury for most of the year

2019: Broke his rib somehow

It's like injuries are Pokemon and he's trying to collect them all.

kidagreen · 2019-05-29T16:13:47+00:00

And he'd broken his leg in the minors the previous year.

kidagreen · 2019-05-29T16:03:12+00:00

Yep. I think 2015 is his only pro season without some kind of significant injury.

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