Houston Astros 2017 Thread

[Joe Fan]

 

[2003TexasGrad]

I was at that game and dont remember that. Nasty. What the hell was Frazier thinking? Ugly.

 

[VYFan]

I was at that game and dont remember that. Nasty. What the hell was Frazier thinking? Ugly.

Maybe his manager told him he better not be called out looking, so he just swang.

 

[NJlonghorn]

I was at that game and dont remember that. Nasty. What the hell was Frazier thinking? Ugly.

I heard him discuss it (or maybe it was Girardi discussing it?). The story was that he decided way to late that it was going to be strike 3, so he tried to get the bat out there to foul it off. It looked horrible, and I laugh every time I see it. But it is better than just watching the ball go by. Barely.

 

[Joe Fan]

 

[Phil Elliott]

Finally the right guy won one of these!

 

[VYFan]

A year to remember for the Astros.

 

[Joe Fan]

 

[Joe Fan]

 

[mb227]

Not bad for a couple weeks of work...when you can get it.

 

[Joe Fan]

If I were him, I would pretend I never saw either of these

 

[Joe Fan]

Jose with Joel Embiid

 

[Joe Fan]

a little more perspective

 

[Phil Elliott]

He may be small, but he is gonna go down as the greatest Astros player ever IMO.

 

[mb227]

He may be small, but he is gonna go down as the greatest Astros player ever IMO.

I'd like to think his hitting is what we could have had a decade of had Dickie Thon not taken that fastball to the eye/cheek...

 

[Joe Fan]

 

[Joe Fan]

Could you imagine adding Giancarlo Stanton to this lineup?

 

[Joe Fan]

 

[Joe Fan]

That will be an interesting 4-5 in the batting order to get through, for any pitcher

 

[mb227]

That will be an interesting 4-5 in the batting order to get through, for any pitcher

Remains to be seen how he holds up to the spotlight of the New York media...there have been plenty of good players who went up there and melted. Many were still good players but were not 'superstars' and were raked over the coals...

 

[Joe Fan]

Remains to be seen how he holds up to the spotlight of the New York media...there have been plenty of good players who went up there and melted. Many were still good players but were not 'superstars' and were raked over the coals...

Yeah, I think last year was his career year and TB was taking advantage of that to dump a crazy salary (this is why I thought he would end up a Ranger). On the other hand, the NYY, as they existed, were already capable of taking us 7 games.

 

[mb227]

Yeah, I think last year was his career year and TB was taking advantage of that to dump a crazy salary (this is why I thought he would end up a Ranger). On the other hand, the NYY, as they existed, were already capable of taking us 7 games.

BUT...sometimes a team with too many 'superstars' has a breakdown in chemistry...they keep trying to spell team with an "I" - this is one of the reasons that the Astros seem to do as well as they did is they don't have the egos clashing.

 

[Joe Fan]

 

[Joe Fan]

I got one

 

[Joe Fan]

This is quite the story

 

[ViperHorn]

Never give up; miracles do happen.

 

[Joe Fan]

Too bad for them

 

[Joe Fan]

 

[Joe Fan]

 

[Phil Elliott]

Still cannot understand how AB did not get a Golden Glove.