Espada failed us big time. His inexperience did us in. Choosing the pitcher with the 2nd most blown saves made no sense....or should I say that only a coach with no sense would have rested the entire season on a pitcher that had been struggling and failing in his last 9 outings. Wow ....what a bone headed move
When you are spoiled, I think it’s very difficult to conceive of the fact that you are spoiled, until the spoiling comes to an end. Then, you’re left dumbfounded. Insulted, almost. It’s a shock to the system. What do you mean there isn’t a game tomorrow?!? The season isn’t over yet! But then you realize, that for your guys, it IS over. Then you understand: oh, I’m the middle-aged asshole living vicariously through much younger, far more talented men who just happen to have gotten a job in the geographic region where I grew up. AND THEN you realize how good you’ve had it for so long. Even now, with the Astros being unceremoniously bounced from the playoffs- they were still IN the playoffs. That’s something. It wasn’t satisfying, but we had a couple more days of hope, at the very least. You’ll take that, right? Would you rather have not had it? Since 2017, the Houston Astros have brought me a lot of joy. They’ve given me confidence, when I should have felt none. They made me feel like a winner, just by virtue of choosing them to attach my fandom to. And it was needed too, because I often DON’T feel like such a winner- as just a regular guy with regular problems. The success of the Astros was mine to enjoy and relish in. For an hour after their loss, I vented in a youtube chatroom. Hader is a thief. Altuve is over the hill. Alvarez is fragile. Tucker has no clutch. Framber is a head case. Pena was never any good to begin with, Crane is just another brainless born rich billionaire, and so on and so forth it went until I tuckered myself out. Then I was left feeling pretty empty. Then I felt very much like an ingrate. After all the joy, for all those years, I turned on them just that quickly. One untimely exit from the playoffs, and it’s like the last seven years didn’t even happen. What have you done for me lately, indeed. It’s risky to pin too much on the competence of other people. If you’re getting paid, that’s one thing. But if it’s just for leisure, well, you find yourself forever on the precipice of disappointment that you have absolutely no control over, and no one to hold accountable for. All that you can do is give voice to it somehow or another- whinge and complain. Suffice to say that doesn’t quite have the same oomph as when you can fire someone for screwing the proverbial pooch. Yes, Houston Astros fans have been quite spoiled. And it has been quite nice. It’s lovely to be spoiled, afterall. For some time, it felt like Jose Altuve was personally doting on me, that Justin Verlander was feeding me sweets, that Alex Bregman was lavishing me with gifts. AND HOW DARE THEY STOP DOING THOSE THINGS BY LOSING A GAME OR TWO?!? Surely, the Houston Astros did want to win. They certainly did want to advance and go to another World Series. They aren’t happy to begin their vacations early. But as fans, we have a way of taking the sort of umbrage with these losses that would suggest that they did lose on purpose. That they played poorly to spite us. Pure silliness, of course. But when all you can do is watch it unfold in front of you, the mind races to place blame, and it simply won’t do to explain that: the better team just won (especially when you can’t quite bring yourself to believe that!) So here we are, feeling a sense of unrequited parasocial love. On the one hand it’s hard not to feel ridiculous about it, but on the other, it’s hard not to feel creepy. Ultimately that’s what this ends up feeling like to me- something between creepy and ridiculous. Penultimately, I can’t wait to do it all again in about five months!
The Astros window is closing. Their best players are aging, every season they lose an important piece. The farm system is bare. The owner isn't going to go out and buy the best free agents on the market. Astros fans should be grateful they had the 8/9 years of excellence. Just about every fanbase would take 5 WS berths and 2 rings. Looking at the AL West. The Rangers have a lot of young talent on the roster and in the farm system. It wouldn't surprise me if they become the team to beat, in that division, for the next several years.
A disappointing season yes, but I 🧡 Astros. I don't doubt they will make exciting changes for next season. Hopefully, we can start the season with a healthy roster next year. Go Astros!
Look at the bullpen, don’t need 4 guys when you can roll out every single guy out of the pen and win. They did it for 2 months. Best record since the the all star break isn’t a fluke like you’re trying to portray it as
@@blatty2646there is a reason mlb is discussing the implementation of rules that would require SPs to go at least 6(?) innings. “Pitching chaos” is just the industry’s latest made up phrase disguising the fact that mlb’s product is suffering due to the lack of quality SP depth across the league. Attempting to spin my original comment into an attack against the Tigers is humorous
I told yall many times but many Astros FANS DIDN'T believe me. The Dynasty was over when Crane and Bagwell messed with our lineup after the Astros won the championship in 2022 !! They got rid of Gurriel and Vasquez, and signed GRANDPA Abreu and sorry Montero to long term deals. Michael Jordan said it the best in his documentary "THE LAST DANCE!' You never mess with a championship lineup. Let them play until that team loses. But everyone got cocky and thought you guys can just keep replacing players and win. They Dynasty ended after the 2022 championship. THANKS ALOT CRANE AND BAGWELL !!!
Time to get rid of some players that don't have that fire anymore. They're looking for high paying lengthy contracts instead. Let Bregman go. Sign Vladimir Guerrero if possible for 1st base, if not, sign Eugenio Suarez at 3rd short-term. Tade Framber and Tucker for two 1 SP's and more. Maybe trade J.Pena as well for an offensive centerfielder. Bring up the Bryce kid and other prospects to the team. Not starting over, but retooling with new hungry blood.
The Astros are a good team with poor management. They should have kept Dusty. Espada wanted to impress us with his chess moves during almost every he managed this season. He tried to micromanage the team. Framber Valdez is fair to average at best. Hunter brown is a triple a player. How do you not start your ace in game one. That is Ronel Blanco. Verlander is shot. Espada moves doing the game became a story in itself. He always was making moves. His manage style was more visceral than intuitive. He thinks is is the smartest guy in the room. He clearly is not.
AJ out coached Espada simply put. He put his best pitcher out there first. Game 2 he used a bullpen approach, changing pitchers every 3 innings so every at bat was a new unfamiliar pitcher. AJ cost Crane millions of dollars. Talk about pay back. Crane screwed AJ and Dusty. AJ got revenge thru money. Astros have a new rival stronger than Yankees Red Sox and orioles. Tigers. I had hunch it would play out like this. AJ wanted this more than life. He said after the game “ isn’t baseball great”.
The Astros front office should let Bregman walk, he's looking for his last big contract before he retires. They need to give OF Kyle Tucker his payday. They havent had a full-time star outielder since OF Lance Berkman. Yordan is more of a DH & should be moved to 1st base already, his knees are not getting any better.
This Astros dynasty is baseball's version of the GSWs in basketball. Dominant, then at crossroads of being good and somewhat relevant while trying to develop youth
IMO the team would be stronger keeping Bregman and letting Tucker go. Bregman brings good hitting and super defense. They have a lot of good outfielders and more in the pipeline. Tucker is a pretty good hitter but he feasts on teams 2nd and 3rd tier pitching but struggles in the playoffs when he only faces top pitching game in and game out
Nope. They probably won’t. What you witnessed yesterday was an utterly disgraceful franchise destroying disaster. A master class from Aj and a debacle by Joe Espada. Enjoy it.
@@Jamedia66Remember, under AJ the astros missed the playoffs with Cole and Verlander in 2018 and they both stunk it up in 2019!!! AJ isn't exactly a master manager or close to it either!!!
Verlander is done !!!!!!!!! Tucker is only good in the regular season he then turns into Maldonado in the playoffs. Sign Bregman but for a low contract 3 years the most or just let him walk. Sign Guerrero as a free agent to play first base. Get rid of Presley and trade Hader in a package including Meyers , Singleton and Dubon to get a superstar.
Yeah I think being eliminated early was a blessing in disguise I think allowing them to finally rest with some many consecutive years going deep in the playoffs and our pitching staff is finally gonna be healthy if we can focus on getting solid bench players we can make a deep run
It’s so comical seeing dopey astros fans now using the excuse that it’s because the team needs a break…😂 just own up to it, the astros failed and choked at home for 2 consecutive seasons now…fact!
@@Hay_den2005I said that when the Detroit pistons were ending their little run of deep playoff appearances. It made me feel good at the time but proved to be untrue
So I have to ask the question. Does that mean every other team that is cheated falls in this category? Like the Chicago Black Socks. I honestly blame MLB all the countless times that they have turned a blind eye to blatant actions in the game. To only then finally do something about it when it gets exposed to the mass public
Brian McTaggart, is nothing but a dope! This is the same guy who wrongly accused and misspoke about the 2023 WS Champions Texas Rangers, criticizing their 2023 playoff berth locker room celebration…🤡
This show needs to have Scott replaced. He’s just not a main host material. Looks and sounds sleepy all the time, not to mention his sloth like posture.
Espada failed us big time. His inexperience did us in. Choosing the pitcher with the 2nd most blown saves made no sense....or should I say that only a coach with no sense would have rested the entire season on a pitcher that had been struggling and failing in his last 9 outings. Wow ....what a bone headed move
Peña can’t hit. Tucker can but is a lazy looking outfielder. Altuve is in his 30s. Alveraz is really your only power bat. Bergman is satisfied.
When you are spoiled, I think it’s very difficult to conceive of the fact that you are spoiled, until the spoiling comes to an end. Then, you’re left dumbfounded. Insulted, almost. It’s a shock to the system. What do you mean there isn’t a game tomorrow?!? The season isn’t over yet! But then you realize, that for your guys, it IS over. Then you understand: oh, I’m the middle-aged asshole living vicariously through much younger, far more talented men who just happen to have gotten a job in the geographic region where I grew up. AND THEN you realize how good you’ve had it for so long. Even now, with the Astros being unceremoniously bounced from the playoffs- they were still IN the playoffs. That’s something. It wasn’t satisfying, but we had a couple more days of hope, at the very least. You’ll take that, right? Would you rather have not had it?
Since 2017, the Houston Astros have brought me a lot of joy. They’ve given me confidence, when I should have felt none. They made me feel like a winner, just by virtue of choosing them to attach my fandom to. And it was needed too, because I often DON’T feel like such a winner- as just a regular guy with regular problems. The success of the Astros was mine to enjoy and relish in.
For an hour after their loss, I vented in a youtube chatroom. Hader is a thief. Altuve is over the hill. Alvarez is fragile. Tucker has no clutch. Framber is a head case. Pena was never any good to begin with, Crane is just another brainless born rich billionaire, and so on and so forth it went until I tuckered myself out. Then I was left feeling pretty empty.
Then I felt very much like an ingrate. After all the joy, for all those years, I turned on them just that quickly. One untimely exit from the playoffs, and it’s like the last seven years didn’t even happen. What have you done for me lately, indeed.
It’s risky to pin too much on the competence of other people. If you’re getting paid, that’s one thing. But if it’s just for leisure, well, you find yourself forever on the precipice of disappointment that you have absolutely no control over, and no one to hold accountable for. All that you can do is give voice to it somehow or another- whinge and complain. Suffice to say that doesn’t quite have the same oomph as when you can fire someone for screwing the proverbial pooch.
Yes, Houston Astros fans have been quite spoiled. And it has been quite nice. It’s lovely to be spoiled, afterall. For some time, it felt like Jose Altuve was personally doting on me, that Justin Verlander was feeding me sweets, that Alex Bregman was lavishing me with gifts. AND HOW DARE THEY STOP DOING THOSE THINGS BY LOSING A GAME OR TWO?!?
Surely, the Houston Astros did want to win. They certainly did want to advance and go to another World Series. They aren’t happy to begin their vacations early. But as fans, we have a way of taking the sort of umbrage with these losses that would suggest that they did lose on purpose. That they played poorly to spite us. Pure silliness, of course. But when all you can do is watch it unfold in front of you, the mind races to place blame, and it simply won’t do to explain that: the better team just won (especially when you can’t quite bring yourself to believe that!)
So here we are, feeling a sense of unrequited parasocial love. On the one hand it’s hard not to feel ridiculous about it, but on the other, it’s hard not to feel creepy. Ultimately that’s what this ends up feeling like to me- something between creepy and ridiculous. Penultimately, I can’t wait to do it all again in about five months!
I love McTaggarts views on the Stros - always on point
The Astros window is closing. Their best players are aging, every season they lose an important piece. The farm system is bare. The owner isn't going to go out and buy the best free agents on the market. Astros fans should be grateful they had the 8/9 years of excellence. Just about every fanbase would take 5 WS berths and 2 rings.
Looking at the AL West. The Rangers have a lot of young talent on the roster and in the farm system. It wouldn't surprise me if they become the team to beat, in that division, for the next several years.
And yet Houston's AAA team won a title.
A disappointing season yes, but I 🧡 Astros. I don't doubt they will make exciting changes for next season. Hopefully, we can start the season with a healthy roster next year. Go Astros!
Exciting changes, huh? Like when they payed hader 95 mil to blow their season because he wasn’t capable of getting the last out 😂
surprising fall in that series. Team looked solid after the slow start and had a legit rotation
“Pitching chaos” is the new term for not having enough competent starting pitching for a best of 3 series these days…
Look at the bullpen, don’t need 4 guys when you can roll out every single guy out of the pen and win. They did it for 2 months. Best record since the the all star break isn’t a fluke like you’re trying to portray it as
Starting pitching wasn't an issue. Relief pitching and hitting were the issues.
@@blatty2646there is a reason mlb is discussing the implementation of rules that would require SPs to go at least 6(?) innings. “Pitching chaos” is just the industry’s latest made up phrase disguising the fact that mlb’s product is suffering due to the lack of quality SP depth across the league. Attempting to spin my original comment into an attack against the Tigers is humorous
@@TigahStros him talking about the Astros having to play day games was just bad
@@blatty2646 how’s that working out for them today?
I guess we'll never know!
Dudes in here talking smack knowing either their team isnt in the post season or haven't sniffed a ring in over decade. 🤡
I told yall many times but many Astros FANS DIDN'T believe me. The Dynasty was over when Crane and Bagwell messed with our lineup after the Astros won the championship in 2022 !! They got rid of Gurriel and Vasquez, and signed GRANDPA Abreu and sorry Montero to long term deals. Michael Jordan said it the best in his documentary "THE LAST DANCE!' You never mess with a championship lineup. Let them play until that team loses. But everyone got cocky and thought you guys can just keep replacing players and win. They Dynasty ended after the 2022 championship. THANKS ALOT CRANE AND BAGWELL !!!
Dynasty?? Of ALCS runners ups
@@johnnyflores1978two championships and four pennants
Time to get rid of some players that don't have that fire anymore. They're looking for high paying lengthy contracts instead. Let Bregman go. Sign Vladimir Guerrero if possible for 1st base, if not, sign Eugenio Suarez at 3rd short-term. Tade Framber and Tucker for two 1 SP's and more. Maybe trade J.Pena as well for an offensive centerfielder. Bring up the Bryce kid and other prospects to the team. Not starting over, but retooling with new hungry blood.
The Astros are a good team with poor management. They should have kept Dusty. Espada wanted to impress us with his chess moves during almost every he managed this season. He tried to micromanage the team. Framber Valdez is fair to average at best. Hunter brown is a triple a player. How do you not start your ace in game one. That is Ronel Blanco. Verlander is shot. Espada moves doing the game became a story in itself. He always was making moves. His manage style was more visceral than intuitive. He thinks is is the smartest guy in the room. He clearly is not.
I say try to keep King Tuck and let Bregman go.... And keeping Yordan is a MUST
AJ out coached Espada simply put. He put his best pitcher out there first. Game 2 he used a bullpen approach, changing pitchers every 3 innings so every at bat was a new unfamiliar pitcher. AJ cost Crane millions of dollars. Talk about pay back. Crane screwed AJ and Dusty. AJ got revenge thru money. Astros have a new rival stronger than Yankees Red Sox and orioles. Tigers. I had hunch it would play out like this. AJ wanted this more than life. He said after the game “ isn’t baseball great”.
Joe Espada just got worked. Aj picked him apart from start to finish. Disgraceful showing for the Astros.
Window isn't closed they are still a good team. Yordan & Tucker weren't 100%
The Astros front office should let Bregman walk, he's looking for his last big contract before he retires. They need to give OF Kyle Tucker his payday. They havent had a full-time star outielder since OF Lance Berkman. Yordan is more of a DH & should be moved to 1st base already, his knees are not getting any better.
It's over Astrosbros
You all really brought up the Astros having to play day games?!??
This Astros dynasty is baseball's version of the GSWs in basketball. Dominant, then at crossroads of being good and somewhat relevant while trying to develop youth
Astros really lost to a AAA team 💀
Baitest bait that baited
No the 2024 Astros lost to the 2017 Astros minus 1 aspect
Wat h that triple AAA team go to the world series greatness has to start somewhere
@@rickgrimes2056Hell naw.....There were no All stars on the offensive side and no vets compared to the 2017 team...
They had 86 wins...
Astros need to get a closer, and new hitting coach.
AJ Hinch must have dirt on someone. A Manager that allowed players to cheat only received a 1 year suspension is pathetic.
Bye bye Bregman Adios Verlander
Hader gotta go
IMO the team would be stronger keeping Bregman and letting Tucker go. Bregman brings good hitting and super defense. They have a lot of good outfielders and more in the pipeline. Tucker is a pretty good hitter but he feasts on teams 2nd and 3rd tier pitching but struggles in the playoffs when he only faces top pitching game in and game out
Bregman also wants a lengthy contract. Let him go and trade Tucker. Get some top notch players in return.
A 1st yet Manager in a wild card series is not a good fit.
Slay the dragon? OMG you are giving them way too much credit. There's shit without the cheating. Pretty sure they found some other method of cheating
Aging Astros
They'll be Back !
Nope. They probably won’t. What you witnessed yesterday was an utterly disgraceful franchise destroying disaster. A master class from Aj and a debacle by Joe Espada. Enjoy it.
@@Jamedia66😂😂😂😂😂😂🤡
@@ozkarin07some just can’t handle the truth. Enjoy shit city trashstros 🤡
@@Jamedia66Remember, under AJ the astros missed the playoffs with Cole and Verlander in 2018 and they both stunk it up in 2019!!! AJ isn't exactly a master manager or close to it either!!!
HOOP
The Astros will always be known as the team that cheated.
Dummy 🤦🏻♂️
Verlander is done !!!!!!!!! Tucker is only good in the regular season he then turns into Maldonado in the playoffs. Sign Bregman but for a low contract 3 years the most or just let him walk. Sign Guerrero as a free agent to play first base. Get rid of Presley and trade Hader in a package including Meyers , Singleton and Dubon to get a superstar.
STROS need a break. Enjoy the offseason boys. We’ll be back in the playoffs next year 🤘🏼
Yeah I think being eliminated early was a blessing in disguise I think allowing them to finally rest with some many consecutive years going deep in the playoffs and our pitching staff is finally gonna be healthy if we can focus on getting solid bench players we can make a deep run
It’s so comical seeing dopey astros fans now using the excuse that it’s because the team needs a break…😂 just own up to it, the astros failed and choked at home for 2 consecutive seasons now…fact!
@@Hay_den2005I said that when the Detroit pistons were ending their little run of deep playoff appearances. It made me feel good at the time but proved to be untrue
The Astros are the team that I will remember as excellence not the Dodgers not the Yankees the Astros as a Yankees fan👍
If u truly believe that “cheating” is part of excellence, than all I can say is, pretty pathetic
Once a cheater.............always a cheater.
So I have to ask the question. Does that mean every other team that is cheated falls in this category? Like the Chicago Black Socks. I honestly blame MLB all the countless times that they have turned a blind eye to blatant actions in the game. To only then finally do something about it when it gets exposed to the mass public
Good one 👌
Ma’am your a cheater
Brian McTaggart, is nothing but a dope! This is the same guy who wrongly accused and misspoke about the 2023 WS Champions Texas Rangers, criticizing their 2023 playoff berth locker room celebration…🤡
AJ is a dummy
This show needs to have Scott replaced. He’s just not a main host material. Looks and sounds sleepy all the time, not to mention his sloth like posture.
This show is terrible. An no the Astros aren’t going anywhere! We get all our pitchers back!!! JV is gone good riddance
Ur right that the astros aren’t going anywhere…that’s why they’ll all be home for the rest of the playoffs 😂
HOOP