Sunday 6/23 vs. Houston

[elextrano8]

Does Houston's infield seem more on the muddy side than most?

[OsFanSinceThe80s]

2 minutes ago, Tony-OH said:

We've seen this Mateo spiral before. He's been very good this year, but it's time for Mayo anyways. 

Mateo is a utility player not a guy who starts 140 games a season. Time for him to shift into that role. 

[Moshagge3]

1 minute ago, elextrano8 said:

Does Houston's infield seem more on the muddy side than most?

Pena had that chop double that bounced over Urias's head yesterday, so it must be somewhat hard.

[CynBeth]

7 minutes ago, Bahama O's Fan said:

Didn't the Reds sweep us too? Or maybe it was 2 of 3?

St. Louis did can’t remember about the Reds. I don’t know what it is about teams located in the center of the country. Even though the Astros are in the AL West Division they are still in that part of the US.

[eddie83]

A week or two ago I thought about Sandoval with LAA as a possible #5 starter type. 
 

I see he hurt his elbow. It’s remarkable. 

[NashLumber]

3 minutes ago, NashLumber said:

Possibly. He was the mathematician. 

 

 Johnson, who had a degree in mathematics and an abiding curiosity in the field, would offer unsolicited advice to Jim Palmer and Dave McNally, the perennial 20-game winners.

 

 

“You’re in an unfavorable chance deviation,” Johnson would tell them, to puzzled annoyance. “You’re trying to throw for the corners, and you’re missing a foot away or you’re missing right down the middle. So I suggest, when you’re in an unfavorable chance deviation, throw it down the middle and you’ll hit the corners.”

After that, Johnson said, the pitchers called him Dumb-Dumb. 

Johnson, of course, was anything but stupid. When most of the baseball world sniffed at a book called “Percentage Baseball,”written in the 1960s by a Baltimore mathematician named Earnshaw Cook, Johnson called the author, met him for lunch and got an autographed copy. To supplement his income one winter, Johnson made speeches at high schools on behalf of a defense contractor, encouraging students to enter the computer field.

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/19/sports/baseball/davey-johnson-baseballs-oldest-manager-leading-washingtons-youth-movement.html?unlocked_article_code=1.100.c8eH.YaWx09n9u8hS&smid=url-share

[LGOrioles]

One run and 2 XBH’s in the last 13 innings. Doesn’t matter how good the pitching. If they’re just scattering a few singles it’s gonna be tough to win.

Edited Sunday at 18:59 by LGOrioles

[LGOrioles]

79 MPH exit velocity, hit 8 feet, and perfectly placed. That kind of series.

[eddie83]

I’ll take the out. 

[Moose Milligan]

Loperfido, former Blue Devil. No wonder he’s annoying. 

[Uli2001]

39 minutes ago, Roy Firestone said:

First freaking pitch...cant get out of Houston fast enough...this has been a horrible series...

You were right on the money. Friday was the pitching matchup to get a W out of this series... Too bad it was the day right after the big win and travel day. They also had some unlucky at-bats against the rookie starter. This is baseball... They have to get out of town and regroup.

[Moose Milligan]

Kevin Brown riffing on great Duke basketball players. Just what I wanted to hear about. 

[eddie83]

Keep bunting please.  

[eddie83]

Just now, Moose Milligan said:

Kevin Brown riffing on great Duke basketball players. Just what I wanted to hear about. 

Trying to make SportsGuy happy.  

[Uli2001]

43 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

And yet I don't see you going "Gunnar is going to strike out on a pitch in the dirt." like you do with Mountcastle.

Why is that?

Are you sure you can't figure this one out by yourself?