Like the 2nd half of a Longhorn game.
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Hard to win 4/7 with two automatic losses built in
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Fuck Brandon Taubman, Fuck Mike Fiers.
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Iām obviously disappointed by the effort from the Astros tonight, but Iām grateful for getting to hang out here and spend another season talking Astrosā baseball with a lot of friends and knowledgable fans.
Iāll be ready to be at Opening Day 2022 when the time comes.
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What he said.
On the bright side, Iām pretty happy about not losing to the Dodgers or the Red Sox or the Yankeesā¦
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But to the Braves?? The hated braves??! Such bad memories.
Thanks OWA for another year of camaraderie and for another year of baseball lessons. Looking forward to hearing the arguments on Correaās contract and hanging out at Beer and Queso. But now is time to go drown my sorrows.
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Not discounting that. But some turds stink more than others.
Iām stunned that maybe the biggest question this offseason will be āhow do they fix this offense,ā and that would still be true if Correa re-signed tomorrow.
This crazy hot/cold pattern has persisted all seasonā¦ and that makes it hard to get through a successful postseason run, a string of probably 15+ games, without something bad happening.
Even though they have a good mix of RH and LH hitters and a bunch of visibly different styles, they all seem to respond positively or negatively to the same stimuli (pitchers, pitch types/sequences, playing conditions). Most of them are doing very well or very poorly at the same time.
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I wouldnāt be upset if they sacked Cintron and Snitker, thatās for sure.
Love him or hate him: Dusty deserved better.
Letās fire the son of the winning manager tonight. This was a hitting collapse and a periodic expected pitching managerial adventure
I hate losing the World Series. But I love this team, this city, this forum, and you guys and girls. Canāt wait 'til next time.
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Iām not one for excuses but MLB and the entire world was against the Astros this entire season.
Constant booing and worse at every road game.
Terribly bad umpiring. Iām not saying they were doing it intentionally but human nature being what it is - look at umpire scorecards almost always called in favor of other teams game after game.
Bias and hate from every media outlet all over the TV, radio, and internet.
Despite this they had a kick ass year.
Next year, hopefully itās all out of their system and the team gets the fair treatment they deserve.
Go Astros in 2022.
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No clue why umpires would hold a grudge. What was so hard about walking up to Hinch and saying āIf I hear another bang youāre getting run. And donāt even pretend you donāt know what Iām talking about or Iāll toss you right nowā¦ā
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No shot at fair treatment by the media/fans. Itāll only get worse because āthey only won when they cheatedā (ignoring that youād never be able to hear a bang in a fully packed MMP).
The media largely shrugged off Vottoās comments on Dan Patrickās show and Bassettās comments on Chris Roseās podcast. Donāt expect that to change, even if a player comes out 10 years from now and says āoh, we did the same thing the Astros did, sans trash cans.ā
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I donāt think the umpires hold a grudge.
I want to look at the compiled umpire scorecards
It sure seems to be that it was advantage whatever team the Astros were playing much more often than not.
My only guess: people like to be liked. If an ump thinks a call is 50/50 and literally has to choose its for the team people donāt hate.
That damn letter needs to get unsealed.
MLB is going to keep doing everything they can to hide any and all cheating from any other team.
If itās one team they can dictate and punish them and it goes away. Except the hatred the team gets which is fine by them.
If multiple teams are proven then itās the steroid era all over again.
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This is definitely not true. The Astros generally were slightly favored statistically per ump scorecards.
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I ended the season ruining a Braves fan picture when leaving after the last out.
I sat through the whole game, never left my seat.
Yelled/cheered every time that fucking chant started.
And now Iām lost. I donāt like ending the season on a loss. Ending on a win will take is weeks into the void. Gives us something to cheer for next season.
Iām proud off this team. I didnāt think theyād make it to the series but they did. I know they tried and wanted to win but it just wasnāt their year.
But Iām still feeling lost. And i have jury duty tomorrow.
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