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I’m guessing Greinke, Verlander, then Cole in the first 3 games. Gonna be a slugfest if a series! 7 game series are different and bullpen use can come into play. It’s nice banking on 6-7 innings out of the 3 mentioned earlier. I think it’s good to have Greinke pitch at home and Cole pitch on the road in the first 3 games, Cole has been so dominant that the ballpark around him is meaningless. 

Texas' best golfer (and arguably the best amateur golfer in the world) Cole Hammer went -5 with a double bogey on the card today. He will make a lot of money playing golf once he goes pro!

Couldn't have asked for a better start. Cole gave one back but I expected him to be a bit more aggressive with a 4 run cushion. Lets go Astros!

I hope Collin Johnson, Whittington, Sterns, Green, and a couple other db’s are healthy. We are thin at db. I like Ehlinger in games like this!

It's been a good day. Definitely makes up for last week. LSU -26, UT -10.5, and hopefully Ohio St. at -19.5 is a win. If the Astros can win by 2 or more then it will be a great day!

1 hour ago, baddog said:

Missed the last of the game, had to go to work. Were the last 14 points for WV garbage points? You know, get into the prevent defense, the defense that can prevent you from winning?

The last TD definitely was.

24 minutes ago, baddog said:

Cole strikes out the side on 10 pitches in the 2nd inning. 5 Ks in two innings. Simply amazing.

I know its a long shot, but the fan in me wonders if they can make enough revenue by going and winning the world series then breaking off some of that revenue to sign Cole? If they do somehow resign him, that pretty much means either Springer or Correa will be gone though. There are other ways they can save money as well. Let Reddick go and let Tucker become the every day right fielder on a rookie contract.

1 hour ago, 5GallonBucket said:

I see they Got urquidy in the 4th spot instead of Miley. 

Miley had multiple chances to claim that spot in the month of September and Urquidy pitched one heck of a game his last time out. Gotta go with the hot hand.

About as ugly of a first half as I could imagine, a little better in the 2nd half but a lot of work needed before the ou game. I will give credit where credit is due, the Stills brothers on the d-line are ball players and the kids from wvu have played extremely hard, but depth and better athletes took over in the second half.

Clean sweep! Let’s go Astros!

These people need to be institutionalized. 

2 hours ago, WOSdrummer99 said:

The win last night secured home field thru ALCS. How would world series be determined? Best record or head to head?

Best overall record and in the case of a tie, best head to head record but since they didn't play the Dodgers this season it goes to the best division record (which the Astros own). Astros magic number for home field advantage in the WS is 1 with Verlander pitching tonight and Cole pitching the last game of the regular season tomorrow.

Do you think the hogs can upset aggy BG?

Greinke was 2 outs shy of a no hitter tonight. Every win sets a new franchise record for wins in a season from here on out. AL Pennant and home field advantage is all but sewn up. Gonna enjoy watching them in the playoffs!

15 minutes ago, Mr. Buddy Garrity said:

Bruins win 67-63. 50 2nd half points for Ucla. 

I wonder how many teams have given up 9 td passes and still won the game?

Wow, what a squirrelly kick!

3 minutes ago, TxHoops said:

Why would you go for 2 when that makes it a TD with a 2 pt conversion and a FG to tie if you don’t get it?   

I was wondering the same thing?

1 minute ago, TxHoops said:

So is National HS POY Jake Smith.  Really liking that kid. 

He's going to be fun to watch over the next few years on the 40 acres. Seems to mentally be ahead of everyone else on the field.

Duvernay in the slot is deadly!

Pitt just took the lead on UCF with under a minute left.

4* WR Troy Omeire flips from the ags to UT!

Astros officially clinch a playoff spot, Cole hits 300 strikeouts for the season, and they are the first team to reach 100 wins this season! Verlander will win Cy Young, Yordan will win ROY, if Bregman can lock up MVP it’ll be the first time ever that a team has swept the 3 awards. These Astros are a special group!

2 hours ago, AggiesAreWe said:

Took the under in Wash St/Cougar High game at 76.5

Cha Ching $200

I took Wazzu -6.5 and was sweating it out!

13 minutes ago, 5GallonBucket said:

Westfield beating ns. 21 -13. 4th 8:36

I hear Evans is suspended from the team.

Michael Oros coaches high school baseball at Kingwood and coached the Victoria Generals in the Texas Collegiate League for the past 5 summers. Played college ball at SHSU when Pierce was there and then bounced around a few independent league teams, mostly the Florence Freedom, for a few seasons before calling it quits to focus on coaching. DM me for more info about him or his contact info. Great baseball mind and even better guy.