_veeyah_ said:

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Are they gonna keep Yordan batting 2nd? Why the move for Breggy to 4th? Is it the elbow thing right??

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Yes, you put your best hitter in the 2 hole. Because he's not our best hitter.

bearkatag15 said:

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Farmer1906 said:

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Marvin said:

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Just realized Oakland is in town. Why do I feel like the odds are better that the Astros lose this series than sweep it?

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Because it's baseball and losing 1-2 is more likely in general than going 3-0. Plus Oakland has been playing decent baseball for an extended stretch.

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Bido has been pretty good all season and the A's have hit Spaghetti pretty good in 3 starts this season:

16 IP
17 H
9 Runs
15 Ks
6 BB
3 Ls

I won't be surprised if we drop the game tonight.

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A's swapped pitchers and are going with Sears. We touched him up his last time he faced us. 1st 2 times he owned us.

A's are 25-21 since the All Star break. I'd love a sweep, but I won't be shocked if we don't.

Should have lined Kuchi up to pitch tonight

Better be some good gifs, either way

bearkatag15 said:

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.@hellokitty & Friends

⚾️: 7:10pm
🏟️: Closed
📺: @SpaceCityHN
🎙️: @SportsTalk790 | Spanish: 93.3 FM#Relentless x @reliantenergy pic.twitter.com/34CIzfADpl

— Houston Astros (@astros) September 10, 2024

It's another HelloKitty night at the JuiceBox

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Was this in Kuchi's contract?

Mose Schrute said:

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bearkatag15 said:

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.@hellokitty & Friends

⚾️: 7:10pm
🏟️: Closed
📺: @SpaceCityHN
🎙️: @SportsTalk790 | Spanish: 93.3 FM#Relentless x @reliantenergy pic.twitter.com/34CIzfADpl

— Houston Astros (@astros) September 10, 2024

It's another HelloKitty night at the JuiceBox

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Was this in Kuchi's contract?

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No they talked earlier in the year about doing it again.

Farmer1906 said:

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Marvin said:

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Just realized Oakland is in town. Why do I feel like the odds are better that the Astros lose this series than sweep it?

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Because it's baseball and losing 1-2 is more likely in general than going 3-0. Plus Oakland has been playing decent baseball for an extended stretch.

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Mathguy can check me on this, but the Astros are -190 money line favorites, which equates to a 65% probability of winning. Assuming those numbers hold for all three games, the series probabilities for the Astros would then be:

Win 3: 28%
Win 2: 44%
Win 1: 24%
Win 0: 4%

So, the odds are close but favor a sweep over only winning one. The biggest probability is 2 wins, but that wasn't in my premise.

Your comment would be valid for two equally matched teams. Maybe they are given their recent play, not to mention the emotional factor of betting lines, but the probabilities indicate a sweep is more likely.

How about the Astros just win so BadAggie can post celebratory TOFA. Speaking of that, whatever happened to YPOFA? I enjoyed those...

1 hello kitty night is interesting… 2 in one season is a bit wtf?

The numbers are great for HK night and this is a business

So pink
Great success

Project Gemini said:

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The numbers are great for HK night and this is a business

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I mean, numbers have been great all season regardless of promotion.

Virus running through the A's clubhouse... Keep that away from us

Do the Hello Kitty people pay them to do this or do they just think this is a good idea?

Chas learning RF from the Ben Gamel school of watching it bounce.

Double play… nope, how about single, now,runners at the corners

Hey look we're behind

I swear that Chas could have been more aggressive on the route he took on the Rooker hit.

Athletics scratch in the 1st

And….not making a play at 1B costs a run.

It's a promotion. They don't do it just to do it. It has monetary or marketing value to the team in some way.

Mathguy64 said:

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I swear that Chas could have been more aggressive on the route he took on the Rooker hit.

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Didn't he dive at, and miss, one recently?

heavens11 said:

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Double play… nope, how about single, now,runners at the corners

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I really fear some smart team in the playoffs with speed attacking the dead zone between the pitcher's mound and whoever we throw out there to play first base. With our terrible CS % (Diaz is 18th, Caratini is 28th at 26% and 22%, respectively), I keep waiting for some team to wreak havoc on us with small ball.

Yordan singles

Project Gemini said:

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It's a promotion. They don't do it just to do it. It has monetary or marketing value to the team in some way.

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Makes even more sense with Yusei on the team now, although I know that's just a coincidence.

We say on the 1B side in the field boxes on Saturday when he pitched and counted 4 different Asian families there - smart to play to your new fan base niches.

Sears is just about 100% sweeper to LHH

4th time Sears has started vs. the Astros this year

huge blast to open the 2nd

F me

At least it was a solo shot.

Welp. Didn't miss that mistake.