The Houston Astros of the American League West

2003 Tigers through 40: 9-31, -79 DIFF
2013 Astros through 40: 10-30, -90 DIFF

http://www.bestsportsphotos.com/images/PF/05PenaCarlos02.jpg

http://www.posters.ws/images/842591/carlos_pena_2004_studio_plus_photofile.jpg

smdh

Paredes does not like second basemen.

http://www.baseballnation.com/2013/5/17/4342322/jimmy-paredes-houston-astros-collisions-right-field

So if they continue at this pace and finish with -360 DIFF, would that be some kind of record?

Some Historically Bad Team! They're already just ten wins short of the '62 Mets.

Worst run differentials via Yahoo Answers:

For a season:
1899 Cleveland Spiders 529 runs scored, 1252 runs allowed (-723)

Since 1900:
1932 Red Sox, 566 runs scored, 915 runs allowed (-349)

Recently:
2003 Tigers, 591 runs scored, 928 runs allowed (-337)

(Mets were -331)

alright alright. i might be wrong on this one, so sue me.

I guess what they really needed is to get out of the NL since that's where all the good teams are.

Really nice MLB debut by Jarred Cosart today.

What is an Oberholtzer?

it is bavarian dialect for 'former brave'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFeBp1PDKyg

fwiw the astros' top six farm teams all made their league playoffs, and their system overall had a .569 regular season winning pct (second-best behind the giants)

doesn't necessarily mean anything, especially at the higher levels, but it doesn't hurt either

http://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2013/9/17/4740812/astros-tv-record-houston-csn-angels

The Nielsen rating -- 0.04 -- represents an average of roughly 915 households or about 1,000 viewers, which is 567 times fewer viewers than tuned in for the Texans-Titans game the next day.

That's very much like an old Bob & Ray radio bit... "And among women 18-35, your rating was... zero."

anyway:

MIA 55-95 _
HOU 51-99 4

Houston has 4 ties?!

hockeyhead :)

;p

an average of roughly 915 households or about 1,000 viewers

damn, Houstonians not reproducing much these days.

houston the world capitol of sad men watching baseball alone in their underwear iirc

they all worked for Enron.

Chance to play spoiler here vs Reds!

...and down 4-0 already

12 straight losses

Alyson Footer @alysonfooter
According to superfan @DeLongTweets, tonight's game is record for highest attendance after 100th loss. Previous: 26,209 vs Rockies 9/24/11.

because yankees

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Hannes_Arch_Kirchheim_3.jpg/450px-Hannes_Arch_Kirchheim_3.jpg

btw I don't think we ever linked this: "most profitable ever" is bullshit.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/maurybrown/2013/08/29/erroneous-story-claiming-houston-astros-most-profitable-ever-a-massive-strikeout/

What is the record for length of losing streak to end the season?

Fantastic:

http://espn.go.com/blog/sweetspot/post/_/id/41008/the-year-in-happy-astros-quotes

Favorite post-loss quote:

@brianmctaggart
Porter on base running gaffes: "I'm done with conversations."

http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BhaG-ZaCEAERJaU.jpg

he looks like gerald laird once he finally gets to let himself go

Brooms out for the Yankees.

BP Hit List:

The Astros have given up 25 runs, tied for fourth-least in baseball which is pretty good wait that’s just their bullpen never mind.

Ben Lindbergh:

The Astros have a collective .189/.264/.349 slash line in 541 plate appearances, “good” for a .222 TAv (14 points worse than the Royals, who rank 29th). Of the 134 hitters who made at least 500 plate appearances last season, only Alcides Escobar, Adeiny Hechavarria, and Darwin Barney hit worse than the 2014 Astros have as a team.

Somehow missed this a couple months ago:

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/big-league-stew/bo-porter-chews-astros-players-disrespecting-roger-clemens-021825761--mlb.html

“Obviously, as an organization we’re fortunate to have some people like Roger Clemens and Craig Biggio and different people that will come in here over the course of the year and speak to our ballclub,” Porter said. “Even that being said, we have the 9 o’clock meeting when it comes to the synergistic chemistry lab.

“Out of respect to your teammates, out of respect to the people that take time out of their day to come out there and try to do everything they can to help this organization, it’s the right thing to do to make sure you’re dressed and ready and attentive when that person shows up or when it’s time for a team meeting.”

Maybe this thread's fill title should be The Rocket-Disrespecting Houston Astros of the American League West Featuring Bo Porter's Synergistic Chemistry Lab

full, not fill

George Springer got called up.

so did ex-met Collin McHugh (W, 1-0) 6.2IP 3H 0ER 12K

oopsy daisy

http://www.sbnation.com/2014/4/30/5670194/damn-it-astros-george-springer-errors-nationals

Has the Astros' long-game strategy made them an OUTCAST?

http://www.houstonchronicle.com/sports/astros/article/Radical-ways-paint-Astros-as-outcast-5501982.php?cmpid=twitter-premium&t=307e02ca9cd87bd7f9

five straight! winning outcasts!

I like the Astros orange road uniforms but they do remind me a bit of the old Giants orange uniforms from the 80s.

http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/dallas-keuchel-groundball-pitchers-pitching-astros-053014

half a game better than the rays

BANDWAGON TIME

@JeffPassan
Source: Astros, minor league 1B Jon Singleton agree on historic long-term deal. $10M guaranteed, up to $35M.

also calling him up

kinda wonder if his w33d issues have anything to do with his willingness to take the guaranteed money

(Had no recollection of that '93 Tigers team as being especially noteworthy, and when you look at them, it's somewhat misleading in that they had a bunch of guys just clear the 130+ mark--two guys were at exactly 130+, and their leader was at 138+. The Astros, by contrast, have four guys in the 130-139 range, Springer at 148+, Bregman at 159+, and Alvarez at 174+ in half-a-season.)

Winning 11-0 after three tonight; they've outscored the Mariners and A's 32-1 over 12 innings.

two home runs for this year's AL rookie of the year!

alvarez the second player ever to reach houston’s top deck in right

i’ll buy you a beer if you can guess the first

Albert Pujols off Brad Lidge. I'll take a pilsner please.

that was in left

The only other player to do so prior to Alvarez was former Met Jeromy Burnitz back in 2000.

(yes i cheated)

dang Jeromy Burnitz hit 315 home runs.

i'm trying to imagine where that puts him on the alltime list. In the 60s or 70s?

lol, i should've known: 130th

No guarantee at all that they'll win everything--the best team on paper rarely does--but with that offense + Verlander/Cole/Greinke (Miley would be the #1 starter for more than a few teams), and Osuna (good enough), they look '70 Orioles/'75 Reds/'98 Yankees good right now.

Run diff:

The #Astros have had quite the spike in recent days 👀👀👀 pic.twitter.com/CCL1gD3IAk

— Daren Willman (@darenw) September 10, 2019

howbout the '54 Indians?

'84 Tigers and '86 Mets, for sure. I don't know...I'm probably contradicting myself, but to be included in this group, winning the Series seems important.