ALCS IST: Yanquis - Astros

[Guest Mets Willets Point]

I’ve gotten used to everything going the Yankees way so that was ... unexpected.

[Guest d'Kong76]

Time to stretch...

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[Guest Mets Willets Point]

Frayed Knot wrote: Thank you cousin George!!

Ha!

[Frayed Knot]

Now we'll see if the Astros bullpen can get through 2 innings.
They haven't been able to yet.

[Frayed Knot]

The culprit is: Mr. Peacock, with the BP fastball, in Minute Maid Park

[Frayed Knot]

Mets Willets Point wrote: Frayed Knot wrote: Thank you cousin George!! Ha!

Considering that his grandfather was a black immigrant form Panama and my clan landed in New England in the pre-Revolution era, the odds of us being kin are pretty small.
But I'm claiming him as a relative anyway, at least for the remainder of this series.

[Guest Mets Willets Point]

3 more outs to extend the series.

[Frayed Knot]

Altuve gets the run right back!!

[Guest d'Kong76]

Lil'l insurance never hurt no one.

[Edgy MD]

Goliath lands a punch, and David counters.

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[Frayed Knot]

I think Altuve should have said to Todd Frazier as he rounded 3rd: "Hey big boy, we can do cheap HRs here too"

[Guest Mets Willets Point]

Altuve Insurance Agency.

[Frayed Knot]

So dropping relay throws that turn sure outs into runs appears to be Gary Sanchez's go-to move.

[Guest d'Kong76]

Nothing like a good unraveling.

[Edgy MD]

Still no outs, Yanks.

[Edgy MD]

Think Verlander is available for tomorrow?

[Guest Mets Willets Point]

Think this offense will be back tomorrow?

[Frayed Knot]

He's using Giles?!?
Your closer with a six run lead?

[Frayed Knot]

Already more than an average inning's worth of pitches from Giles and he still only has one out.

[Guest Mets Willets Point]

Frayed Knot wrote: He's using Giles?!? Your closer with a six run lead?

He’s not really closing, is he?

[Guest Mets Willets Point]

Do it again tomorrow, Houston.

[Guest d'Kong76]

27 more outs.

[Edgy MD]

That's OK, Yankees. Why don't you head out to Cooter's to unwind before calling it a night?

[Frayed Knot]

Game 7 - 8:00, FS1 - Sabathia vs Charlie Morton

That was the same matchup as in Game 3, one which didn't go well for the boys from Texas with Morton getting pulled in the 4th
To be fair to Morton though, he wasn't all THAT bad. He got dinged in the 2nd by that 235 ft Todd Frazier HR and then when his relief corps was called in to get him out of 2-out trouble in the 4th, he
(Will Harris) instead allowed 4 runs in his first 4 pitches (Wild Pitch + 3R HR) to effectively end the game.

What would be real nice would be if Sabathia were to turn back into the 330 lb frog we all know is lurking inside him somewhere rather than this version of him who's suddenly having, at age 37, his best
season in six years and has allowed just 3 runs in 16 post-season innings.
Maybe the Astros should just bunt a lot. I mean, sure, Sabathia and the Yanx will file a formal complaint with the commissioner charging Houston under the anti-fat shaming act, but it'll be worth it in the
long run.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Brian McCann's head would explode amid the cognitive dissonance of breaking those unwritten rules, so win-win-win

[Edgy MD]

That's bunt talk.

Sweet, beautiful bunt talk.

[Frayed Knot]

Do us a solid BB Gods, you fucked up our summer so how 'bout throwing us a decent autumn. Just this one game, that's all I ask.

[MFS62]

This isn't for OUR Autumn.
This is an Eternal struggle, for all mankind.

BTW- who's Bruce?

Later

[Edgy MD]

I'm following through GameDay. Is Verlander available out of the pen tonight?

[ashie62]

The tables are about to turn Mr. Powers