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15 minutes ago, myrecordwashorrible said:

LU denied, stopped on 4th and goal at the 1. 20-11 halftime. 

Well not playing a bad game just need to capitalize when we have opportunity.

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2 hours ago, TxHoops said:

We shall see.  Blew out a bad NAIA team and then played it respectably close I guess against a mediocre SMU team.  We shall see.  Probably a make or break year for this staff if I had to guess. 

Yeah Lamar never lead this game and at  it was 67-48. with 7:36 to play.

I wish the program all the luck in the world but I am still disappointed the way Tic Price was treated. As I posted below Tic is back in administration with the Southland Conference.

I believe to be successful again Lamar will need to take a new approach to hiring the next head coach. 12-50 record since Alvin came on.

Well I know it is just an exhibition game but took overtime to edge St. Thomas  71-70

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Astros hold on 5-4 incredible game. Now will the home field disadvantage continue?

1 minute ago, baddog said:

Why are you such a downer? 

not a downer i am texting all my friends in case they aren't paying attention

Just now, baddog said:

And thr Defending WS Champ Astros win the A.L. West! 

Hey we got 3 innings to go...no 8 run rule.

Seattle 1 Texas 0 FINAL unbelievable

11 minutes ago, baddog said:

Tucker with an inside-the-park HR. Arguing that it was a triple with an error, but there was no error. 6-0 Stros.

Seattle still up 1-0 after 6

4 hours ago, baddog said:

Although Dak’s stats look good, if he had a little touch on the ball the score would have been much higher. He also needs to locate wide open receivers……like Lamb in the end zone.  He’s so lucky the defender dropped the pick six that he always seems to throw. He’s very bad about that particular throw. Deuce needs to get more touches. I really like that guy. 
Defense played good enough to win. I feel that if Rogers would have played, we might have been in trouble, but that’s just me. Total yards stats were close. Nice to get the INT’s, but don’t ever count on them to bail you out. 
Micah Parsons possibly the best player in the NFL. Guess I should just be happy with the win, and I don’t expect perfection, but there is lots of room for improvement. 

Agree

Dak is a weak link on this team. You just hope he doesn't do something stupid. Missed the one TD when he overthrew TE and could have just lobbed and also had wide open receiver on other side of field. He is terrible at progressions.

When Jets spread out their offense it made the defense look somewhat vulnerable. Even near the end of the game Diggs was beaten badly on one route but the Jets QB poor throw allowed the free safety to come over and make a pick.

1 hour ago, myrecordwashorrible said:

Lamar gets close to a late score but throws an INT.  Got a wonderful unsportsmanlike penalty on the final offensive play.  Coaching staff took over a mess.  Can they show improvement as the season progresses including a disciplined squad?  A few more seasons of this and box scores will show several thousand in attendance with only a few hundred butts in seats.  We shall see. 

back to normalcy after a seemingly promising game last week.

56 minutes ago, WOSdrummer99 said:

There has been alot of talk about that. Keeping Chas out of the game for a platoon being the most recent.

Chas should be an everyday player. He has excellent defense and is probably the most clutch hitter we have. Likewise, Yainer Diaz should be in the lineup daily. The weakest link in today's batting lineup is Jose Abreu.

Our biggest overall problem right now seems to be starting pitching.

17 minutes ago, rupert3 said:

Man was I wrong so far Hunter 60 pitches in 2 innings 4-0 

Brown knocked out in the third inning. The defense is sleeping as well. Astros looking pathetic.

24 minutes ago, rupert3 said:

Valdez a NO NO 2-0  Wow

Great outing by Valdez. He wants to show he is still ace of the staff. Encouraging that Brown and him both had good outings their last starts. Hopefully we can get Javier back  to being his old self again.

42 minutes ago, baddog said:

I understand that. i’m a Verlander fan. I’m just making unpopular statements. Verlander pitched us into the playoffs and won some playoff games, but the world series…..others stepped up, and the Peña bats took over. Seriously, our biggest problem right now is run support. With our starting pitching injuries, Verlander is a welcome acquisition, but even he needs run support……ask Nolan Ryan about run support. He lost so many games 1-0…2-1… yada yada yada….

Yep I was Astro fan back in 1980 as well...or  you can ask Roger Clemens in 2005. Astros lost 5 games he started 1-0 including three consecutive starts.

More run support would definitely help and it lowers the pitching stress knowing= you don't have to be perfect.

The thing I was looking at was the games from start of season to the middle of June our ERA was 3.3. In games since middle of June our ERA has ballooned to 4.84.

41 minutes ago, baddog said:

I also have a problem dealing away top prospects. I will still like to watch baseball after this year. Verlander maybe has one more year. If he is the best we can do, why isn’t he still a Met?

Of course you know it is about trying to win now. We don't know if those prospects will pan out and if they do when they will pan out. Also, we don't know if Verlander will pitch well or not so it is just a roll of the dice.

7 minutes ago, baddog said:

I understand that. i’m a Verlander fan. I’m just making unpopular statements. Verlander pitched us into the playoffs and won some playoff games, but the world series…..others stepped up, and the Peña bats took over. Seriously, our biggest problem right now is run support. With our starting pitching injuries, Verlander is a welcome acquisition, but even he needs run support……ask Nolan Ryan about run support. He lost so many games 1-0…2-1… yada yada yada….

 

3 hours ago, baddog said:

If I remember correctly, Nolan wanted a mere $million per year and was turned down. As for Verlander, who doesn’t like him? I have to admit his pitching did not help us win the WS. Valdez and Javier were the better pitchers.

I think it's a good deal for all. When Verlander walked the Astros had three other starting pitchers they were counting on. Two were injured for the season (Garcia, McCullers) and a third Urquidy has been out and is returning soon.

Having another quality starter should help all involved. They could go to a six man rotation so some of these pitchers would not have such dead arms.  If it helps the other starters then the bullpen should not be taxed as much. Also, we would not have to shuffle these pitchers that are not major league quality up and down (Blanco, Bielak, and Dubin).

So if it works out this way we should have all around healthier players and a better chance to get to the WS.

 

Astros hang on to win 4-3. Only one game out of first now.

Great pitching performance again by France. He's probably been our second best pitcher this season. Chas and Tucker continue to hit well. Tucker with a great catch for the final out of the game.

Hearing we may get some of our injured players called up tomorrow.

On 7/23/2023 at 6:16 PM, baddog said:

….and the defending World Series Champions end their road trip with a 6-3 record. Alvarez and Altuve may both be healthy for the next series. Astro have been doing very well. I’d like to see any other team lose two starting pitchers, their All Star second baseman/leadoff hitter and spark plug, plus the best player in baseball and still hold steady. What an amazing team this really is. So fun to watch.

Nice win tonight. Still too many questionable lineup decisions by Dusty. Hopefully some of this chaos will end when we get our other starters healthy again.

After nightmare loss last night, miracle win today. Not sure what to think of Astros right now. Pitching looks pretty worn even though Javier was a little better today than his last outings. Bullpen exhausted.

3 hours ago, baddog said:

Astros being aired on espn. Not crazy about that because of their woke crap, but I guess I’ll tune in. Guess they couldn’t get a Yankee/Red Sox game. 😂 

I can't stand the national broadcasts either. I usually watch the video and listen to the Astros radio broadcast even though it is not in sync.

Astros came through Friday night with a 7-5 win. Pitching is starting to leak oil pretty bad.

Waiting for some of our players to come off the injured list and see what all the teams do by the trade deadline.