IST ALCS 2019: HOU vs MFY — Astros R Us

[G-Fafif]

Been a huge Houston fan for minutes now.

[Gwreck]

Out of the four remaining teams, preferred choices to win the World Series, ranked:



1. Houston

100. St Louis

999. Washington

[Lefty Specialist]

From the immortal Ball Four:



Now, the Astros are a team that likes to go out on the town,

We like to drink and fight and fuck till curfew comes around

Then it's time to make the trek,

We better be back to Buddy's check,

It makes a fellow proud to be an Astro.



Now, Edwards is our catcher and he's really No. 1,

Dave Bristol said he drinks too much and calls some long home runs,

But we think John will be all right,

If we keep him in his room at night,

It makes a fellow proud to be an Astro.



Now, our pitching staff's composed of guys who think they're 'pretty cool,'

With a case of Scotch, a greenie and an old beat-up whirlpool,

We'll make the other hitters laugh,

Then calmly break their bats in half,

It makes a fellow proud to be an Astro.



Now, Harry Walker is the one that manages this crew,

He doesn't like it when we drink and fight and smoke and screw,

But when we win our game each day,

Then what the fuck can Harry say?

It makes a fellow proud to be an Astro.



Now let's go pound some Budweiser.

[Centerfield]

You can do this Houston.

[MFS62]

That song would make me proud to be an Astro, too.

Go 'Stros!



Later

[metirish]

I am friends with a few really die hard MFY fans, they also happen to loathe the Mets , it's all good fun of course but christ they can't win this ...I will never hear the end of it

[Frayed Knot]

=Gwreck post_id=24230 time=1570766013 user_id=56]
Out of the four remaining teams, preferred choices to win the World Series, ranked:



1. Houston

100. St Louis

999. Washington

[Frayed Knot]

btw, should the Yanx get eliminated in this series, this decade (2010-19) would represent the only one of the last ten with no MFY appearance in a World Series (last appearance/win = 2009)

and also the second in the last ten with no MFY WS win (the 1980s saw only their 1981 loss to LAD in six games)

[G-Fafif]

Not a promising Game One.

[batmagadanleadoff]

Frayed Knot wrote: btw, should the Yanx get eliminated in this series, this decade (2010-19) would represent the only one of the last ten with no MFY appearance in a World Series (last appearance/win = 2009) and also the second in the last ten with no MFY WS win (the 1980s saw only their 1981 loss to LAD in six games)

That's great. The Yankees win the pennant at least once a decade and for the Mets, it's two first place finishes in 31 seasons. You know what? I'm rooting for the Yankees. Because fuck the Wilpons. They should be tarred and feathered and chased out of town at torchlight by crazed villagers, like in Frankenstein.

Edited October 12, 2019 by Guest

[bmfc1]

Bregman is one of the few non-Mets I like but take a damn pitch.

[kcmets]

I'm aggravated and not happy.

[Frayed Knot]

This game would have been a helluva lot more interesting had the Astros, y'know, shown up.

[Frayed Knot]

Geez Houston, ya wanna leave a few more runners on base?!?

[Frayed Knot]

Six innings; 2:39

Imagine where they'd be if this were a high-scoring game?

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

Just hit a home run already, Houston Twins

[G-Fafif]

Carlos Correa makes it all better.

[Fman99]

Watched none of this game. Between Houston leaving all of those on, plus it being a MFY game, plus the national broadcasters, and the pace of play, well, let's just say, not really sucking me in.

[Centerfield]

This is the first time baseball has made me happy since Dom Smith touched home plate.

[Frayed Knot]

Watched none of this game. Between Houston leaving all of those on, plus it being a MFY game, plus the national broadcasters, and the pace of play, well, let's just say, not really sucking me in.

4:49 was the final time of game which, 11 innings or not, is fucking ridiculous for a game with a total of 5 runs & 13 hits. We're MLB, and we make sure to end prior to One AM!! (even if just barely)

Some of that is the extra commercial time, but so was NINE mid-inning pitching changes (5 NYY, 4 HOU). That, in my mind, is the biggest easily fixable culprit.

Some of that goes away next year if they go through with the proposed three batter minimum. I'd prefer simply making the changes quicker rather than rule changes which dictate strategy.

Eliminating the on-field warmups on top of the bullpen warmups would save probably a minute or more per change (hey, it's something). Last night two different pitchers threw more warmup

tosses after they were called in (8) than they did actual pitches: Sabathia faced one batter and threw just 5 pitches, Ryan Pressley threw 3, while four others threw a dozen pitches or less.

That's 48 Additional warm-up pitches thrown by six hurlers who then amassed a combined total of 52 actual pitches!

Oh, and the mound visit limit seems to have gone out with the bathwater as well. I've heard no mention of it during the playoffs so far and no one seems concerned with running out of them.

[Fman99]

Yeah, fuck all that, exactly.

[Frayed Knot]

Houston turning to some red hot Joe Smith action trying to protect their 4-0 lead in the 8th

[G-Fafif]

Houston Astros, American heroes.

[Frayed Knot]

The Astros have now done something they failed to do in the 2017 ALCS: win a game in the Bronx.

That series two years ago was entirely a home win affair with the 'stros winning games 1, 2, 6, & 7 but none of the middle three.



Game 4 tomorrow is reportedly in serious danger of being washed out which would push it to Thursday and Game 5 to the scheduled off day on Friday.

The series would then go straight on to Games 6 & 7 (if needed of course) in Houston over the weekend with no "travel day" break in between.

[Frayed Knot]

Game Off!!





Talking heads (and maybe even us) now have 24 hours to debate whether this found day off in exchange for the final four games being in a row benefits the Stros or the Yanx

[G-Fafif]

Astros 6 MFYs 1 in the 6th inning of the 4th game of what is, tentatively speaking, a not altogether objectionable ALCS.

[G-Fafif]

6-3. Forget I said anything.

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

CC ends his CCareer with a mid-at-bat injury

[Gwreck]

Astros >>> Twins. Keep it up.

[G-Fafif]

Astros win, 8-3. 4:19 well spent.