Trout: Lost respect for some Astros

[well_red]

Over/under on Trout's OPS if he knew offspeed vs fastball? 

[nate]

2 minutes ago, well_red said:

Over/under on Trout's OPS if he knew offspeed vs fastball? 

4.000

[Angel Oracle]

2 minutes ago, well_red said:

Over/under on Trout's OPS if he knew offspeed vs fastball? 

Infinity?

[Lou]

1 hour ago, yk9001 said:

Good for Trout. I'm glad to hear it.

He must have skipped his hunting trip this year, eh? 

[cez]

really hoping teams don't even bother with drilling the cheating fucks during spring training.  

save it for games that actually count. 

the only problem is the mlb front office is full of cowards, and they'll have no problem punishing pitchers who do it.  all because mlb didn't have the courage to deal out appropriate punishment on their own.  really gross. 

[tdawg87]

Trout calling you out is like when you were a child and you thought your dad was mad at you and he says "I'm not mad, I'm just really disappointed".

[tdawg87]

Someone on Reddit suggested intentionally walking every batter during ST so they all get 0 at bats. That was a special kind of evil and I love it.

[winhalos]

Does this mean no group hugs at second base before games?

[ScottT]

Mike Trout is great.  

1 hour ago, Tyler said:

I have a feeling someone told Trout more than what has been released to the public.

Probably David Brosius. 

 

[zenmaster]

This season should be really telling. I’m kind of surprised some the Astros numbers weren’t even larger if they knew what pitches were coming. 

[goldenGlove]

2 minutes ago, zenmaster said:

This season should be really telling. I’m kind of surprised some the Astros numbers weren’t even larger if they knew what pitches were coming. 

Goes to show how great Trouty is. They were cheating and he was still unquestionably better 

[goldenGlove]

With what happened to Kobe, Trout has taken on a new level of hero for me. Knowing that astros players felt compelled to contact Mike and explain themselves shows others feel similarly. He’s a great guy- he doesn’t even really condemn them or lay into them as harsh as others have, and yet what he says here is profound and surely makes those guys feel sh***y. I hope Mike just DESTROYS them this year

[Rico]

I hope the Angels give away one of these for the home opener.

 

[Angel Oracle]

     Halos

 

    Asstros - Oops, they don't like to take their shirts off. 

Edited February 17, 2020 by Angel Oracle

[nate]

2 hours ago, tdawg87 said:

Someone on Reddit suggested intentionally walking every batter during ST so they all get 0 at bats. That was a special kind of evil and I love it.

Brilliant

[Lou]

2 minutes ago, nate said:

Brilliant

Thank you.

 

Edit: sorry, force of habit

[Lou]

9 minutes ago, Rico said:

I hope the Angels give away one of these for the home opener.

 

That's exactly what I was thinking about. 

[Vegas Halo Fan]

4 hours ago, Bronson said:

The Astros are gonna go through hell this year and it’s glorious. When Trout calls you out you know you really done fucked up good.

Their first trip to Yankee Stadium ought to be a whole bag of fun. It's almost at the end of the season, September 21-24 (they have a three-game road series against the Braves after that, then the regular season is over).

[Angel Dog and Beer]

This has been so much fun hearing the player's back-and-forth. It's really too bad HOU and LAD won't play each other next year. 

[Vegas Halo Fan]

Sports books are taking over/under bets on Astros hitters being hit by pitches this season.

Sportsbooks expect Astros hitters to be targeted often this season

On Monday, sportsbook William Hill set the over/under on number of Astros batters to get plunked this season at 83.5. In the past five seasons, only nine teams have been hit by pitches more than 83.5 times, but, with the anger over the sign-stealing scandal involving Houston, there is plenty of reason to believe the Astros will be targeted frequently.

I had to laugh at this:

Enough opposing players and managers have expressed their displeasure with the Astros that new Houston manager Dusty Baker has publicly urged MLB to protect Astros hitters from intentionally being beaned. "I'm depending on the league to try to put a stop to this seemingly premeditated retaliation that I'm hearing about," Baker told reporters Saturday. "And in most instances in life, you get kind of reprimanded when you have premeditated anything. I'm just hoping that the league puts a stop to this before somebody gets hurt."

Apparently reprimands don't apply to anything that actually affects the outcome of games.

 

[Vegas Halo Fan]

3 hours ago, Angel Dog and Beer said:

This has been so much fun hearing the player's back-and-forth. It's really too bad HOU and LAD won't play each other next year. 

The Astros go to New York the last week of the season to play the Yankees in a four game series.

[the dude abides]

12 minutes ago, Vegas Halo Fan said:

Sports books are taking over/under bets on Astros hitters being hit by pitches this season.

Sportsbooks expect Astros hitters to be targeted often this season

On Monday, sportsbook William Hill set the over/under on number of Astros batters to get plunked this season at 83.5. In the past five seasons, only nine teams have been hit by pitches more than 83.5 times, but, with the anger over the sign-stealing scandal involving Houston, there is plenty of reason to believe the Astros will be targeted frequently.

I had to laugh at this:

Enough opposing players and managers have expressed their displeasure with the Astros that new Houston manager Dusty Baker has publicly urged MLB to protect Astros hitters from intentionally being beaned. "I'm depending on the league to try to put a stop to this seemingly premeditated retaliation that I'm hearing about," Baker told reporters Saturday. "And in most instances in life, you get kind of reprimanded when you have premeditated anything. I'm just hoping that the league puts a stop to this before somebody gets hurt."

Apparently reprimands don't apply to anything that actually affects the outcome of games.

 

Please be the over.

[ten ocho recon scout]

9 hours ago, tdawg87 said:

 

[Angel Oracle]

Just resign, Manlessfred!

[Slegnaac]

12 hours ago, Angel Oracle said:

Just resign, Manlessfred!

Who is out of Baseball first, Pujols or Manfred?