97 thoughts on “AL Wild Card : Astros at Yankees”

1. Astros up 1-0! weee!

2. Brian McCann getting boned on balls and strikes calls makes me happy.

   1. I really wanted him to strike out. Shame, that.

   2. Fitting, since he looks like a boner.

3. Man, Kuechel is dealing.

4. GO GO GO BOOM!!!!!

5. Gomez leads off the fourth with a homer. 2-0 Astros!

6. I think I learned more about pitching (at the Major League level) from a half inning of Chris Archer in the booth than I have in the entirety of Bert Blyleven's broadcasting career.

   1. I can totally believe that. Is Archer that good, or does he have an on-air cohort that actually engages him in meaningful discussion? Bert could use some help in both areas.

      1. It's not like Bert sets a high bar or anything, but I thought he did a great job of detailing Dallas K's strategy. Plus, his voice doesn't sound like he's gargling birthday cake. He says "um" too much, but I think he has a future in the biz when he's done playing.

         1. I'm not watching tonight, but I used to watch Steve Stone call games and say something like, if he throws a slider away here, he'll strike him out. Many, many times, what Stone said was what actually happened. Slider away, strike three. It was amazing.

            1. I'm (still) a big Steve Stone fan, even if it means Hawk. Actually, I prefer him and Harrelson to Bert and Bremer. No comparison, really. There, I said it.

               #firedickandbert

               1. I saw somewhere today that Hawk is planning to cut back his broadcasting schedule. On the one hand, that means less Hawk, which is a good thing. On the other hand, it's another reminder that we're all getting older. I get enough of those reminders as it is.

                  1. Me too, Padre. Me too.

   2. https://twitter.com/jonahkeri/status/651568030086926336

      1. Boom. What'd I say?

         /pats own back

7. Chris Carter walks. And X-Files music starts playing in my head.

   1. The basepaths are out there.

      1. I want to believe!

8. Astros were 51-111 two years ago.

   Yowza.

   1. Man, baseball is a funny game.

      1. Indeed.

         (Howdy, printer.)

         1. How you been?

            1. I'm alive.

            2. And I really am coming down yo' way this winter. Need to nail down some dates for free hotel rooms. Thanks, Conrad Hilton.

               1. Dude, we'll do it up. Old dude style, in bed by 11.

                  1. I CAN DO THAT!

                     1. Alright. We got uber now so that I can get my drunk ass home, as big al Carson once said.

                        1. I'll give you twenty bucks just to shut the fuck up!
                           --Uber driver to ONE of us...
                           

                           1. You got a jazzy bunk crush. I get it. Wendell is totes balls worthy.

9. Please tell me the 'Stros don't roll over and play dead at the name "Yankees" like an other team I know.

10. So, I turned on the game (ESPN feed) to hear this announcer y'all are talking about and I get John Kruk.

    1. 🙁 🙁 🙁

    2. Heh.

       Chris Archer TB Rays With any luck, he's a decade from needing to move into the booth.

    3. Whoops. Someone probably should have let you know archer left after four.

       1. *pictures Archer doing color commentary. Giggles. *

          1. Phrasing!

11. This doesn't really go here, but the Lynx are playing some solid defense right now. Good game going (turned it on about ten minutes ago and am flipping between the two games while Caleb plays kicky piano)

    1. Winners: Series tied 1-1.

       1. They needed that one with the first two games at home. Have to win at least one on the road. (I believe it's a 2-2-1 format).

          1. Yuppers.

12. Was anyone else fearing for Altuve's knees on that double play attempt?

    1. And legs, and ankles, ...

13. I won't miss the late, hard slide into the middle infielder trying to turn a double play. Altuve very nearly had his leg snapped in half from that slide.

    1. Are they planning on getting rid of it?

       1. Not that I know. I think it'll happen though.

14. I am amazed that the Gregorius has made the Yankees even more hateable.

15. Tres!

16. How did Altuve get good contact on that ball? hahaha

    1. Seriously. He practically threw his bat at it.

       1. It was infuriating when he dropped a bunch of these in against the Twins.

          It's hilarious watching him do it to the Yankees.

          1. This. Times infinity.

          2. It's like anything Pierzynski does.

17. Man, I have a hard time cheering for anything Texas, but this is pretty good.

    1. Just think of it as Baja Oklahoma.

       1. Oh, so many Texans got all secede when you said that. I totes approve.

    2. I almost typed the same got dam thing.

18. The woman in the booth isn't bad, either.

    1. She is 100000% better than Curt Schilling.

       1. Bert is easily 10% better than Curt Schilling.

       2. Isn't a day old bagel 100k better than schilling?

    2. Sadly there's a bunch of boys on Twiitter who think you need a penis to talk sprots on the teevee.

       1. This is why I don't twitter. The hot takes burn too dull.

19. I wasn't watching earlier. Did GoGo pimp his home run when he passed McCann? Please. Please. Please.

    1. He damn near twerked around the circuit. That, or he had heartburn.

       1. There's something to be said for earning your beanballs.

    2. He did have a sweet bat flip.

20. Mark tdouche* is hurt? Oh, this is just too good.

    *the t is silent.

    1. He got hurt against the Twins. Fouled a Kyle Gibson sinker right into his leg.

    2. 
       Leave you fresh as a day old bagel

       1. Good lord ... that's somethin bootsy.

          1. Not real proud of it, but it was among my first attempts at sports related bufoonary.

             1. My bad, I wasn't clear, it made me smile.
                Also, it's not like you had a high-quality subject to work with.

                1. Last one
                   

             2. I was going to print tshirts with the crying doucheira if the twins won that game. I'll hold fast to that promise when the locals beat the yanks in the playoffs.

                1. Heh. I'd forgotten about that one.

    3. $180 million and he still can't buy a properly fitting suit.

       

       1. The third button should be reserved for playas and international war criminals.

21. Oh mama.

22. Tony living dangerously.

23. Funny game this baseball. Tony Sipp can get through an inning unscored and Betances cannot.

24. Man, the call of boo birds in the cozy confines of Yankee stadium warms my heart.

    1. Let them ring out throughout the 5 boroughs!

       G'night, fellas. Forgot how fun a lively gamelog can be. Let's do this again.

       1. Xo.

25. watching this is so much easier without the twins playing

    1. This.

26. That strike out was delicious.

27. Fuck yeah. I totes balls this.

28. The prediction spreadsheet.

    We, ahem, appear to share the same brain as it relates to the American League. The Texas teams could make us all look really, really stupid.

    1. I'm out in front of Novak, and that's all I care about.

       1. It's all any of us care about.

29. Rastros!

    1. Puppies!
       

30. That was easy!

31. Post season is off to a good start.

32. If the Yankees would have lost a few games to the Twins, they could have had the Twins in the Wild Card and we all know how that story ends.

33. I hope Joe Girardi likes his number, because he'll be keeping it another year.

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