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Huh...its weird because on my screen they are showing up normal sized. Regardless, I have the day off today which means I'll probably be doing a lot of playing and possibly updating. I'm watching the Bonderman game now. 2-0 Astros in the 3rd
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I'm doing the Home Run derby ATM... are you gonna do All-Star Weekend stuff?"Twelve at-bats is a pretty decent sample size." - Eric ByrnesComment
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It's possible, but unlikely since he is hitting in the low .200s with power. He does have 9 HR, which leads my god forsaken team. But that doesn't mean much lol.
If I had to bet on it, I'd say Bud gets the nod for me. Leading the league in ERA and all.Check out my Houston Astros Dynasties:
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Before we can get to the most fun series of baseball I've ever witnessed/played on The Show. We have some house keeping to get to in terms of how we got there. After losing 2 of 3 in Milwaukee, we took 2 of 3 from St Louis behind yet another strong performance from Bud Norris and a strong bullpen effort. We head home to face the Dodgers and there is a noteworthy item that came up after the end of the last roadtrip. Lucas "Milk Carton" Harrell was featuring the worst ERA in all of baseball of pitchers who'd made 10 or more starts with a 8.79 after two outings in which he allowed 10+ earned runs. So, the club optioned him to go visit Jordan in AAA and purchased the contract of Mike Foltynewicz to pitch in his place. And boy oh boy would it be a good time for that, primetime debut against the Dodgers!
We're slowly climbing back to .500, anything we can do would be helpful. Folty come on down!
He's a big, strong kid with a live fastball and a wicked hook...be aware that he is here to stay this season. Folty will be finishing the season with the big club, unless a horrible injury happens (things I don't even want to mention, think about, or discuss further.) He faces this Dodger lineup
Pretty decent on paper honestly, Gwynn Jr. is the biggest surprise to me. Since when is he an above average offensive player? Does he know Melky Cabrera...
Folty would oppose Jonathan "Dirty" Sanchez who we hate with a fiery passion after the way he manhandled us the last time we saw him.
His numbers have tailed off slightly since the last time we saw him, but he is nothing to be taken lightly. Except we took him lightly.
Folty pitched well, allowing 2 runs on 9 hits over 6 innings but Sanchez was just better...as you can see there.
Overall, a lot to build on for the rook and a good game to have him around for. Sanchez owns us and the next time we meet...I'll be throwing at his head to attempt and injure him
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You gonna pull a good ol' fashioned Matt Kemp on him?
I've heard that sound 3 times... once was Babe Ruth, the second was Josh Gibson, and the third was Bo Jackson- Buck O'Neil
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Alright here we go guys...the series you've all been looking forward to. Us against the Detroit Tigers. Detroit sits atop the AL Central and look particularly strong this season with their 2 headed monster in both the batting order (Fielder & Cabrera) but the rotation as well (Hamels & Verlander.) And we've got, well we have an outfielder who probably is using PEDs and a pitcher who's dominant, but that's about it.
Game one of this series features a game that the baseball gods can only dream about. Bud Norris (6-2, 1.91 ERA) vs Justin Verlander (6-4, 2.81 ERA) aces galore here at Comerica Park. Without further ado, here we go!
Ahh, what a beautiful night for baseball if I do say so myself! And at lovely Comerica Park as well? What was that? Homer you said? Why I'd never?!?! Anyways, onto part one of the best game ever (as per ESPN of course.)
Take a look at the reigning MVP/Cy Young winner, looking good again this season. But we would get to him early in this game, with a two-spot in the first inning. Suck on that! No perfect club today Justin.
Then Bud would take the mound.
Now THOSE are some numbers. JV's are nice, Bud's are ridiculous...JA Happ errr I mean, Sergei Nikolav esque. Damned Russian spy screwing up my awesome reference. Regardless of my references, Bud pitched well in the first and second innings and ran into a brick wall in the 3rd. And by that, I mean he ran into an injury which forced him to be removed from the game! Which was not good for us, we had to turn to Wilton Lopez of all people to handle the rest of the game. Thankfully we'd get 1 more of JV and knock him out after the 6th inning. And the pen was spectacular for us! Check out the midgame update with us leading 3-1
Lopez gave 3 spotless innings, and Cruz/Rodriguez/Jepsen/Escalona each gave a scoreless frame to get us through the game just fine.
Thankfully after the game, we found out that Bud's injury is a minor one and that he will be able to make his next start. Phew!
We'd take game two behind a strong outing from Kyle Weiland who got the no decision. However, he outpitched Cole Hamels...which is an achievement in and of itself. That sets up the game we didn't know was coming, that's an even bigger story! The return of Jeremy Bonderman to Detroit.
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In short...yes, if I see Mr. Sanchez again, I will be beaning him as many times as I can. And we face LAD in the last series of the season, so those games could be huge considering they are 2 games up on us in the wild card hunt right now.Check out my Houston Astros Dynasties:
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Alright that'll be great! I hate Sanchez. That punk stuck my Royals with a 7.00+ ERA and maybe 2 good innings before we shipped him to Colorado (needless to say, he's going to get what he deserves there).
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Visitor's Bullpen at Comerica Park
July 13th, 2013
6:55 pm
Jeremy threw warmup pitches to his catcher Jason Castro preparing for the biggest start of his comeback yet. His first prime-time game, a game against his former team. They were going for the sweep of his former team tonight no less. Butterflies danced through his stomach as he thought of what this start could do for him...one way or the other. It could vault him back to star status, or mark him as a mediocre pitcher with good luck. Everything depended on tonight. As he threw his slider to Castro in the pen, Jason stopped for a second and brought Jeremy closer.
That made Jeremy feel better, his catcher and his team had faith in him. Time to shine Jeremy, let's do this one for everyone who still loves you out there.Originally posted by Jason Castro
Welcome to Comerica Park, I'm Jon Miller and this is Joe Morgan*** welcoming you inside this lovely venue to see a great matchup of interleague baseball. Tonight is a story of redemption, a comeback come full circle. Isn't that right Joe?
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Absolutely Jon, this game has to mean a lot to the starter on the Astros side: Jeremy Bonderman. He was a key cog in those Tiger teams from years ago. The World Series run? That was in large part due to a great performance from Jeremy Bonderman down the stretch and in the playoffs. But injuries derailed his career, and all looked lost for the 27 year old Bonderman. A year out of the game and out of options, he took to an experimental procedure in Germany as his last resort. Now at age 29, he is making a miraculous comeback with Houston. And he runs into his former squad tonight. This game means a lot to Bonderman and it means a lot to the city of Detroit as well. This guy was a hero for them and now he's donning a new uniform and pitching arguably the best baseball of his career.
That's it for us, tonight as we'll get you back to your regular broadcaster for the start of the game. Enjoy....
Geezers cramping my style, oh well. They DID do a nice job of setting the scene for me. Bonderman versus Scherzer is the matchup tonight and it won't disappoint.
First pitch of the 2nd hitter of the night, Scherzer facing Altuve and this happens.
Ding dong, Altuve is trotting with is 2nd dinger of the year...this one was a "ringing" homer *snickers*. 1-0 Stros. And out comes Bondo for his Detroit debut. Applause could be heard throughout Comerica, classy fans here in Detroit. They gave him a 5 minute standing ovation as he warmed up.
Look at his numbers, he's been damn good all season and he was good again tonight.
There's the final line for Jeremy in tonight's ballgame. Yeah, it is a bit of a spoiler. Also there's this:
Kerpow! Justin "Melky Who" Maxwell with another dinger. This one would give us a solid 4-0 lead, and although things got shaky at the end. Bonderman would take home the win and so would the Astros.
Ballgame, and that's a sweep boys. We just swept a 1st place squad. Now we head to KC to face the Royals. Whom we swept, which means we've won 6 in a row. Following the end of this series, we're headed to Tampa Bay to face off against the Rays.
But before the team left KC, some news broke as they had acquired 1B Carlos Pena from the division leading Cincinnati Reds for CF J.B Shuck. Pena is hitting .143 on the season in 3 games. He has been rotting behind Joey Votto and asked Cincinnati for a trade after they promised him more PT in the offseason. (Note: Carlos you are stupid for accepting a deal to a team with a stud 1B) Carlos is set to arrive in Tampa with the club and should figure to start the 1st game of the series against James Shields. Matt Dominguez figures to see his playing time diminish now, with Johnson shifting back to his natural position of 3rd.
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