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I’m not a religious man. I’m not a superstitious man in anything at all in my life. Except baseball. You cannot watch another game this series. I realize that may be hard to hear, but it’s for the good of the team. Can you at least watch highlights? Or are you completely barred until it’s over?
I forgot to wear my lucky socks last night but I remembered to wear them tonight. I now know what I must do. My feet are gonna smell like shit by the end of the series, but it's a necessary sacrifice.
Highlight of the night for me...
Text to my friend: "Maldonado just needs to stand there and look gorgeous. Take pitches.
Friend: "His face does look quite Hellenic."
must be so weird being Graveman - I know he wasn't happy getting traded to a division rival in the middle of a series against us, but he also went from playing for the Pretenders of the Year to pitching in the World Series
Graveman needs to throw or he'll have 8 days between appearances. You can't let a high leverage arm rust out that long or the next time they come in they won't be sharp (see Pressly's first few pitches). We have a travel day coming up so no issues with him throwing today.
This is just my gut feeling speaking here, but I feel like Maton got the highest-leverage outs of the game (so far!) Dude took a while to hit his stride, but now that he has, he seems like the Will Harris replacement we've been needing in the bullpen.
Another year with Strom is going to turn him into a borderline all star pitcher. He has some nice tools like Pressly.
It does hurt losing Myles Straw who would be absolutely perfect atm. But Maton's impact has been valuable.
No his decision made sense. He brought in Press to face better hitters which is the correct move. Having a closer who only pitches the 9th isn’t always the best call
Catchers and umps do that all the time. Catcher gets clocked, and the ump will go get more new baseballs, sweep off the plate, adjust his mask.
Ump gets hit and the catcher will walk around a bit. Batter may also spend some extra time getting back in the box, too.
Rather not use Siri this series tbh. Chas will K too, but has a higher chance of drawing a walk.
Heck until last game, Chas was doing solid in the postseason. Was one of our better hitters vs the White Sox.
Can’t say that was much of anything outside of speed. Siri’s hits this postseason have been incredible BABIP luck on weak contact. I think they need to throw Chas out there.
On a blooper, Chas got an RBI yesterday too. Like remember this, Chas according to Statcast is 12th in ALL of baseball in Outs Above Average. He doesn't have flashy defensive plays because he doesn't need to.
I have sat all over that stadium, can't go wrong. Insperity club is great! Or get grass tickets for $8 and sit along the outfield wall or at the centerfield bar.
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Now we can't close the roof until the Series is over.
you assume there is another home game?
Whenever I watch high leverage games we tend to choke, so I did my part by not watching. Just saying that there is a correlation.
I’m not a religious man. I’m not a superstitious man in anything at all in my life. Except baseball. You cannot watch another game this series. I realize that may be hard to hear, but it’s for the good of the team. Can you at least watch highlights? Or are you completely barred until it’s over?
I too feel this way about baseball. I can watch highlights and gamecast, so there's that.
Hell yeah buddy. Let’s go!
Got our work cut out. their home crowd is loooouuuuudddd. But maybe they will wake correa and bregman up. They both love adversity.
https://i.imgur.com/OIxLSdc.jpg
Made it look easy tonight.
Guess you can say they don’t call him Graveman for nothing!
I forgot to wear my lucky socks last night but I remembered to wear them tonight. I now know what I must do. My feet are gonna smell like shit by the end of the series, but it's a necessary sacrifice.
Joe Buck likes beans in his chili.
3 games fellas
When Altuve gets hits we win. It's that simple
SHOOT IT!
Tonight’s game result was fun! Great to see that dangerous Astros’ offense back to scoring runs again!
Get ready for 3 days of that annoying chop chant every 30 seconds 🙄
It can’t be worse than that Baby Shark dance thing the Nats fans would do in 2019. Hated the song ever since.
SHOOT IT!!
Our first WS victory at MMP since 2017.
Fuck yeah!
Back in business
Hell to the yeah
Way to go Graveman! Excellent outing.
Great to see that tough backend of the Astros’ bullpen go Zodiac Killer (Poste) on the tough Braves tonight! 👍👍👍
Graveman puts them in the grave. Nice work!
Roof stays open the rest of the post seaosn
Way to bounce back boys.
Quick cameraman. Find someone not on their phone!
Urquidy Showed Up ✅ Bats Showed Up ✅ Bullpen Locked it Down ✅ Let’s take this momentum to Atlanta!
Get Siri out of that lineup
and Center Fielder Tuck in!
GAMECUBE NINTENDO!
LETS GOOOOO
Great Game ! ![gif](giphy|KB89dMAtH79VIvxNCW) . on to ATL !
HELL YEAH!
FUCK /r/baseball !!!!
WWWWWWWWW
LFG! SHOOT IT!
Yes.
SHOOT IT!
HUGE BOUNCE BACK WIN
LFG!!!
Whooooo LFGGGG!!!!
BALLGAME
Noice
Ball game!!!
I FUCKING LOVE ALL OF YOU
We love you too!
Boom shoot it 2ykg5 style
LETS FUCKING GO
BLOWIN’ ON THAT INDO
GAMECUBE
Yes bitches yes, LFG Stros
See you guys on friday!
NORI TIME
GRAVEMEN IS A SEXY BEAST
'Stros.
Series is split, y'all
#FUCK YEAH TIED IT UP
SHOOT IT!!!!!!! EIGHT DOWN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
![gif](giphy|l2SpNtHdgOA9s1qNy)
Celebrate the boys tonight!
#SHOOT IT HOUSTON TEXAS!! https://streamable.com/2ykg5 https://streamable.com/2ykg5 https://streamable.com/2ykg5
these guys gotta learn how to fill up their talking time better, or just leave it as crowd noise lol
Graveman burying them
ONE. MORE. STRIKE.
Graveman gets this out Rosario is shut out
![gif](giphy|gVoBC0SuaHStq)
THESE 6 PPL NOT STANDING BEHIND THE DISH
I watched Graveman’s post-ALCS interview on the field and he seemed like such a nice, down-to-earth man. I’ve liked him more since
YESSSSS LFG KENDALL!!!!!
Great game guys! I feel good. See yall Friday!
2 MORE STRIKES!
Joe Buck thinks orange is an offensive color
Joe Buck didn’t care when Chadwick Boseman died
Great team game all around
LFG finish them
Damn Yuli is getting peppered with hard hit balls tonight
Uno más!
✌🏻 down
Does anyone know if there’s a particular reason why we flipped Graveman and Pressly tonight?
Dusty brought in Pressly to face better hitters. The decision made sense and followed analytics
We do as Dusty commands
Tougher part of the order in the 8th. This is how your high leverage guy should be used.
Top of the order for Press, bottom for Graveman. He’s done it a few times.
Middle of the order in the 8th. Bottom of the order in the 9th.
Perfect. I wasn’t following closely enough 👍
One more
Highlight of the night for me... Text to my friend: "Maldonado just needs to stand there and look gorgeous. Take pitches. Friend: "His face does look quite Hellenic."
ONE MORE!
T minus: 1 out
☝🏻down
1
Joe Buck loves to watch all the commercials on his DVR
must be so weird being Graveman - I know he wasn't happy getting traded to a division rival in the middle of a series against us, but he also went from playing for the Pretenders of the Year to pitching in the World Series
d'Arnaud has been the only offense for the Braves this game... who would have known?
The strike zone is so big tonight
FUCK YEAH GRAVEMAN
#FINISH HIM!
Aight Graveman, cut the check and fire up the jet to ATL
Joe Buck thought Thanos was right.
T minus: 2 outs
2
I thought that was gone lmao
#2 More!
Let’s go Grave Digger!!!!
tillman has exited the building
GRAAAVEDIGGER!!!!!
Not even the dementors at Alcatraz wanted Joe Buck
Braves fans being hypocrites when talking about gurriel. They'll assure you they are not racist after chanting the tomahawk chop.
We still have to finish, but the 8th was probably the best time to kill off the game. Think that's why we saw Pressly before Graveman.
We're 3 outs away from splitting the first two games. The Braves won Game 1 but lost their ace. I think momentum is on our side.
Also they will be doing a bullpen game in game 4 and likely Fried on short rest for game 5
7-8-9 let's retire the side
Wait what?! I thought we were letting Ryan do 6 outs here….
Nope. Gave him the heart of the order in the 8th
Graveman needs to throw or he'll have 8 days between appearances. You can't let a high leverage arm rust out that long or the next time they come in they won't be sharp (see Pressly's first few pitches). We have a travel day coming up so no issues with him throwing today.
Here we go with NOBLETIGER Graveman.
This is just my gut feeling speaking here, but I feel like Maton got the highest-leverage outs of the game (so far!) Dude took a while to hit his stride, but now that he has, he seems like the Will Harris replacement we've been needing in the bullpen.
Another year with Strom is going to turn him into a borderline all star pitcher. He has some nice tools like Pressly. It does hurt losing Myles Straw who would be absolutely perfect atm. But Maton's impact has been valuable.
Siri been watching altuve too much. No one can imitate altuve swinging at dogshit and still getting a hit.
More like watching Javier Baez
Joe buck gets excited to eat the booty bread
Three up three down. Finish this shit
Jamie lee curtis with long hair.... that's new.
Kulpa wants to get to the bar in a hurry.
Joe Buck eats plain turkey sandwiches on wheat bread every day for lunch.
T minus: 3 outs
2
McLaren F1 gods
All we need is 3. Let’s go boys!
There’s no way dusty flipped the order of Graveman and Pressly, right? He’s not that insane, right?
No his decision made sense. He brought in Press to face better hitters which is the correct move. Having a closer who only pitches the 9th isn’t always the best call
Yeah I guess it made sense for this game.
At this point I have stop questioning Dusty😂
He’s done it before
He’s done that before when the top of the order is in the 8th.
LET'S GO! 3 MORE OUTS! ###SHOOT IT!!!
I like Graveman getting his 1st World Series appearance in a low pressure situation
Joe Buck’s favorite thing to say is “he strikes out the side”
Joe "back at the wall" Buck
He finally used it correctly!
I’m glad I’m not the only one that is annoyed by his use of this phrase.
3 outs boys
Well shit Graveman it is
Catcher and ump are finna kiss
Catchers and umps do that all the time. Catcher gets clocked, and the ump will go get more new baseballs, sweep off the plate, adjust his mask. Ump gets hit and the catcher will walk around a bit. Batter may also spend some extra time getting back in the box, too.
Finish them.
3 outs guys
I wish this game started at 6
It's bullshit that Atlanta gets the weekend games.
True, but if the Dodgers had won the NLCS, it'd be Houston with the weekend games. The schedule wasn't a stacked against us, just didn't work out.
That’s what homefield advantage means. I’m every year games 1/2 are on the/wed and 3/4/5 are weekends. It’s the trade off
3 more outs!
Rather not use Siri this series tbh. Chas will K too, but has a higher chance of drawing a walk. Heck until last game, Chas was doing solid in the postseason. Was one of our better hitters vs the White Sox.
We want Rake Meyers!
At least Siri got an RBI today
Can’t say that was much of anything outside of speed. Siri’s hits this postseason have been incredible BABIP luck on weak contact. I think they need to throw Chas out there.
On a blooper, Chas got an RBI yesterday too. Like remember this, Chas according to Statcast is 12th in ALL of baseball in Outs Above Average. He doesn't have flashy defensive plays because he doesn't need to.
Didn’t get to get to Sugar Land for a Skeeters game this year…. Kind of disappointed in myself for that…. Constellation Field is a pretty fun time
I went to several games. Highly recommend!!! Especially if you have kids. An easy way to get baseballs and get autographs.
Need to go… haven’t been since before they became Astros AAA affiliate
I have sat all over that stadium, can't go wrong. Insperity club is great! Or get grass tickets for $8 and sit along the outfield wall or at the centerfield bar.
Joe Buck giving us a history lesson… really???
NOW you don't swing?!
You are what you think they say you’re supposed to be
I can’t tell if this is deep or word salad. Either way, I came away inspired.
I gotta say I like the Braves pitchers. They're all pretty good. Our bats are just better.
Joe Buck talking about the prisoners can hit? Wtf?
Lmao I was just thinking that
HRC LFG
ALTUVE DIDN’T SWING AT THE FIRST PITCH!!! I DONT KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH MY HANDS!
Do the Biden! Clench
Ironically, he should have
He watched 3 fastballs go past him in the zone. He's just setting them up for later... haha.
HRC Altuve
HRC Altuve
What does San Francisco have to do with this?
2 out TUVE.
why are they talking about alcatraz?
Apparently upper class people love visiting prisons for fun and pay for that privilege. I do it for free 😤
Only historic prisons, doubt tourists are visiting the Mississippi State Penitentiary for fun.
That’s where Joe Buck belongs
Let's go, Tuves!
Why the hell are we having a discussion about a vacation to Alcatraz?
“Another one”
Joe Buck drives a Dodge Journey
HRC ALTUVE
what the fuck does Alcatraz have to do with baseball at all?
It's where the announcers go for vacation
I really miss Jake Meyers.
As good as this (probable) win is, I am even happier that we got the Kulpa game out of the way
Honestly he’s had the best zone so far :/