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  • Ironman92
    Crazy ending. Marte is an exciting player
  • Ironman92
    Hopefully all baseball fans know this guy by now...

    http://m.mlb.com/video/v32661767/texcol-arenado-makes-a-nice-play-at-third?partnerId=as_mlb_20140507_23395334
  • Heretic
    Ironman92;1613367 wrote:Crazy ending. Marte is an exciting player
    And getting moved down in the order seems to have broken him out of a pretty bad slump, too. He'd turned into a black hole at leadoff, but has probably been around .300 while moving around the 5-7 spots.
  • Classyposter58
    Detroit is absolutely rolling early on. 19-9 and already a 5 game lead in the Central. Helps they have a few more games against the Astros coming up, I don't think I have seen a worse professional team than Houston. So bad
  • Heretic
    Classyposter58;1613570 wrote:Detroit is absolutely rolling early on. 19-9 and already a 5 game lead in the Central. Helps they have a few more games against the Astros coming up, I don't think I have seen a worse professional team than Houston. So bad
    Houston's been playing the "Well, we have a stacked minor league system so it won't be like this forever!!!!" card for a few years now. Granted, not as long as Kansas City has been, but coming in second to the all-time record holder in "wait until the future is here!!!!" promises is still something!
  • Classyposter58
    Heretic;1613571 wrote:Houston's been playing the "Well, we have a stacked minor league system so it won't be like this forever!!!!" card for a few years now. Granted, not as long as Kansas City has been, but coming in second to the all-time record holder in "wait until the future is here!!!!" promises is still something!
    It's bad some of the mistakes they make. No one except Altuve and Springer can actually produce solid at bats consistently and some of the mistakes they make are unbelievable. Like the first baseman missed the ball on an easy toss from 3rd lol
  • Heretic
    Classyposter58;1613575 wrote:It's bad some of the mistakes they make. No one except Altuve and Springer can actually produce solid at bats consistently and some of the mistakes they make are unbelievable. Like the first baseman missed the ball on an easy toss from 3rd lol
    Yeah, I find it depressing they left the NL Central, just when you could start consistently counting on going 13-5 or 14-4 against them.
  • Azubuike24
    Houston's GM absically said in 2011 it's going to take 7-8 years. They are on-track. They have made no friends by admittedly tanking and trimming all extra fat from their expense docket. It's a miracle that they still draw the fans they do, albeit they are bottom 5 in attendance over the last 3 years.

    I don't mind it. It's a bold, but smart move for a franchise that was running with an unsustainable model in the 90's/2000's. As a fan, I just wouldn't support it until they started to show something, and I wouldn't feel bad about it either.
  • Mulva
    What was the unsustainable model? Spending money? Houston is top 5 in population and a top 10 tv market in the country. They have no excuse to be cheap.

    Regardless, it should never take that long to rebuild.
  • lhslep134
    Mulva;1613627 wrote:What was the unsustainable model? Spending money? Houston is top 5 in population and a top 10 tv market in the country. They have no excuse to be cheap.
    The unsustainable model was spending on players that could only keep you afloat instead of swimming to the destination. With the MLB's revenue sharing model, there's no reason not to blow it up and build your farm system.

    I just wrote a 30 page paper on competitive balance for my sports law class lol, I harped on the MLB quite a bit.
  • like_that
    lhslep134;1613632 wrote:The unsustainable model was spending on players that could only keep you afloat instead of swimming to the destination. With the MLB's revenue sharing model, there's no reason not to blow it up and build your farm system.

    I just wrote a 30 page paper on competitive balance for my sports law class lol, I harped on the MLB quite a bit.
    Id like to read that.
  • lhslep134
    like_that;1613644 wrote:Id like to read that.
    PM me your email address. I'm already warning you I'm a bad writer, but I'm sure you'd be interested in some of the numbers in there.
  • Ironman92
    Nolan Arenado now with a 27 game hitting streak. Going Saturday to watch Reds/Rockies.....can't wait. Get to watch the Reds and 3 studs on Rockies.
  • Ironman92


    Young Todd Frazier
  • thavoice
    Mulva;1613627 wrote:What was the unsustainable model? Spending money? Houston is top 5 in population and a top 10 tv market in the country. They have no excuse to be cheap.

    Regardless, it should never take that long to rebuild.
    Read an article a few weeks ago that the astros had a ZERO rating for a game or two already.

    ZERO!
  • Ironman92
    Unfuckingbelievable.....Jesus Alex Rios just fucking took it easy during a PERFECT GAME and 2 outs in the 7th.

    2nd baseman deep on the shift....RF has to take charge.

    Official scorer gave him an error
  • Ironman92
    Mitch Williams just pwned Harold Reynolds lol
  • Ironman92
    No hitter thru 7
  • Ironman92
    Abreu just murdered his 14th HR.....about 450
  • Ironman92
    No no thru 8

    Definite asterisk though....that error given ( which I'm ok with)....is never ever called an error
  • Ironman92
    Official scorer in talks with ELIAS
  • Ironman92
    Rule 10.12 sides with official scorer
  • Ironman92
    Lol....that's awesome
  • Ironman92
    Needs 1 more out
  • Fab1b
    Lost it