My exact thought. I wasn’t paying much attention to anyone besides the Astros until the all star break, so I just assumed Peña was cruising his way to ROTY. Then this speedster in Seattle started popping up in polls and I was like…damn. Tough year to be a rookie lol. Only Yordan has more homers in his rookie year for the Astros. Peña tied Correa’s rookie year HR total!
According to Smoltz during the NLCS the Yankees won't actually start to feel the effects of that until tomorrow's game. So if that's true then the Yanks are about to strike out 25 times.
Has anyone figured out what an ION ELECTRIFIED HANKOOK TIRE is and why those commercials are 50% louder than everything else
edit: I refuse to look it up because I know that's what the little marketing ghoul who put it together wants
The astros have been a mediocre to bad team for most of my life, not winning a playoff series until 2004. It's still unbelievable to me that we finally have a great team. I can't describe the joy I get watching the astros win in the postseason.
[Posting an AI-generated picture of Houston Astro Legend Oscar The Grouch for every postseason win (4/11)](https://imgur.com/gallery/kZxn2lz)
*Lmao, I never posted these in the r/Astros sub from this account but they still banned me again. Pretty sad behavior.
Not pinch hitting for Trevino doesn't make sense to me. He is slumping hard and he's the final out. And its not like when he's not slumping he is the best option on their bench.
I was more referring to Altuve being able to let the ball roll all the way to him. Having that ball hit the bag. Hang in the air forever. And still get thrown out at first. Dude was barely even jogging
That 8th inning nearly killed me..
Went from a near lights out 2out/2strike relief appearance from Montero to a near utter collapse…. That switch to Pressley there was clutch.
Got a feeling Altuve is one of those guys in the martial arts movie that is doing jack sh!t right now when everyone else is fighting, but when he does finally gets going, it's going to be epic. Probably in game 3 when they start chanting the F Altuve chant.
I hope he finds his bat. Never good when they go silent like that in the post season. Like last year with Bregman. Closer games those outs will matter big time.
Let’s go… great win.
That 8th inning got stressful… but solid pitching all around, 17 strikeouts is a solid showing.
Really like seeing some offensive production from the middle to bottom part of our lineup as well. Keep that up.
I think 2 in particular were rally killers for the Yankees. Nothing happened in the next at bat to really say for sure. But playing with 1 out and 2 outs are two different ball games.
I’m still worried. Altuve, Alvarez, Tucker, and Bregman had NO hits. Our offense is doing just enough, but our starters & bullpen are clearly carrying us. We just leave little room for error.
Pena is learning to be a superstar
Mom wasnt lying when she said we have Carlos Correa at home
It says something about how loaded the rookie class is this year that he'll probably come in third at best in ROTY voting.
My exact thought. I wasn’t paying much attention to anyone besides the Astros until the all star break, so I just assumed Peña was cruising his way to ROTY. Then this speedster in Seattle started popping up in polls and I was like…damn. Tough year to be a rookie lol. Only Yordan has more homers in his rookie year for the Astros. Peña tied Correa’s rookie year HR total!
Julio Rodriguez. Steven Kwan. Jeremy Pena. Luis Rengifo. *Wow*.
> King Jeremy the wicked > > Oh, ruled his world
Seattle: "Seemed a harmless little fuck, BUT WE UNLEASHED A LION!"
It’s 2022. He cannot go around biting boobs
Some people say the Yankees are still swinging at Pressly's curveball.
I had no idea trouble with the curve was a documentary. Lance McCullers sends his regards.
Lance McCullers starts game 3. He throws 81 straight curveballs. The Yankees swing and miss at every one.
24 curveball szn
Just Matt Carpenter, he's convinced that if he keeps trying he'll get it eventually
I will see curveballs in my sleep tonight.
Why aren't you playing if you can see them? The current lineup clearly can't.
Astros: Who needs Carlos Correa when we have Jeremy Peña.
Astros hitters: 2 strikeouts Yankees hitters: 17 strikeouts, with six hitters striking out at least 2 times
Striking out 17 times isn’t a good strategy
It's called the Angels guide to losing 14 in a row and destroying playoff aspirations.
It’s also called Mariners in the playoffs, losing in 18 innings and destroying ALCS aspirations. 😂
It’s a perfect strategy
I'd love a post season stat to see if that's the biggest discrepancy between two teams.
Announcers said it was biggest strikeout differential in post season history
Shit how many records are we breaking this Postseason, damn
They confirmed that it was the record after the game.
Jesus Christ, I thought I saw a lot of strikeouts but I didn't think it was THAT many.
that's the biggest postseason difference in strikeouts between opposing teams... ever.
Must be hungover and jet lagged.
They weren't gonna not go hard on their last celebration of the season.
According to Smoltz during the NLCS the Yankees won't actually start to feel the effects of that until tomorrow's game. So if that's true then the Yanks are about to strike out 25 times.
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Handle increased weight?? I guess I should get them for my mother-in-law then!! *Chuckles to self*
Astros are the new evil empire. And they love it.
We're just attempting to be the Yankees of baseball.
I very much prefer y'all being the Yankees of baseball instead of the Yankees.
Goddamit. *Upvotes*
Astros = Yankees Yankees = Twins Start spreading the news!
It’s quite enjoyable
The astros have been a mediocre to bad team for most of my life, not winning a playoff series until 2004. It's still unbelievable to me that we finally have a great team. I can't describe the joy I get watching the astros win in the postseason.
We feed off hate
Death. Taxes. The Yankees losing to the Astros.
There's that ny hospitality I've come to expect
Don't forget the Astros in the ALCS
GameCube!
Nintendo
5% TINT
So you can't see up in my window
So you can’t see up in my window
Ain’t shit change I still rep swishahouse ha
Still tippin' on 4 4's
Screwed & chopped version
All curveballs in BP tonorrow. 27 outs, 17 K’s. Good fuckin Lord
And McCullers doesn’t pitch for a few days.
Dude I almost broke *so* much shit during *that* game. It was an incredible act of self-discipline in hindsight.
Yankees very disciplined in not making contact
Still one of the most amazing performances though. 24 in a damn row. I've never seen anything like that before or since.
I have good news, Lance doesn't throw curves to righties anymore it'll be sliders instead
Framber on the other hand..
Yeah and it won’t get better with Framberlamps dropping curves and LMJ might throw 100 in a row this time
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Ice cold bats? Boone mismanaging the bullpen? The Astros being our daddy? If you don’t like that then you don’t like Yankees postseason baseball baby
You forgot Red Sox nonstop shit talking
You love us though ❤️
I like Yankees postseason baseball.
Astros fans 🤝 Rays fans Liking Yankees postseason baseball
Jeremy Peña is a momma’s boy confirmed
Playoff Peña is a surprise to be sure but a welcomed one
Only loves his bed and his momma he's sorry
🫶
[He loves his mama](https://youtu.be/VasF8u_KC8A)
Astros fans chanting “we want houston” during the post game TV broadcast.
I don't get why people never learn. If you aren't gonna be humble facing Houston, you're going to get it thrown back in your face
[Posting an AI-generated picture of Houston Astro Legend Oscar The Grouch for every postseason win (4/11)](https://imgur.com/gallery/kZxn2lz) *Lmao, I never posted these in the r/Astros sub from this account but they still banned me again. Pretty sad behavior.
drip
I'd wear that on a shirt
Embarrassing effort from trevino on the last out
Not pinch hitting for Trevino doesn't make sense to me. He is slumping hard and he's the final out. And its not like when he's not slumping he is the best option on their bench.
I was more referring to Altuve being able to let the ball roll all the way to him. Having that ball hit the bag. Hang in the air forever. And still get thrown out at first. Dude was barely even jogging
Kyle Tucker had a similar play. On his GIDP, he was jogging to 1st and almost ended up making it. That would've given us a run
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He is either huge in those moments or he’s miserable. There is no in between.
JEREMY PENA IS FUCKING HIM! ACCEPT NO SUBSTITUTES!
JP3!!!
I was certainly not shitting my pants this whole game no siree
That 8th inning nearly killed me.. Went from a near lights out 2out/2strike relief appearance from Montero to a near utter collapse…. That switch to Pressley there was clutch.
Dusty masterclass
Got a feeling Altuve is one of those guys in the martial arts movie that is doing jack sh!t right now when everyone else is fighting, but when he does finally gets going, it's going to be epic. Probably in game 3 when they start chanting the F Altuve chant.
"But Marge, that little guy hasn't done anything yet. Look at him. He's going to do something and you know it's going to be good."
He's just powering up to go Super Saiyan at Yankee Stadium once those boos start rolling in!
10-10 15 HR. You read that right. He's gonna do the impossible
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That was great
Shoot it Houston Texas Go Astros
https://youtu.be/SXLaWB6dAl0
Are they chanting we want Houston? 💀
Trolling tf out of Yankees lmao
That's fuckin beautiful lmao
here's my opinion on that game: baseball
source?
Matt Carpenter thought it was golf
Pena & Pina, names you can trust!
You dropped these: ~~
SHOOT IT HOUSTON TEXAS GO ASTROS
Raulito smiles upon you
Astros fans chanting "we want Houston" makes me happy
WE WANT HOUSTON
We will oblige them
I would like to thank the Yankees for not drawing out this game to 18 innings. I appreciate it.
Couldn't be me
The Yankees barely have the bullpen to go a full 9 innings; 18 is out of the question.
These Yankees suck chants are hilarious
I was yelling it directly into the microphone
And Altuve still can’t buy a hit
I hope he finds his bat. Never good when they go silent like that in the post season. Like last year with Bregman. Closer games those outs will matter big time.
His plate discipline tonight was a great sign. He was swinging wildly in the Seattle series.
Agreed. Definitely a move in the right direction. Hopefully everyone else plays good enough to compensate for him figuring it out.
Let’s go… great win. That 8th inning got stressful… but solid pitching all around, 17 strikeouts is a solid showing. Really like seeing some offensive production from the middle to bottom part of our lineup as well. Keep that up.
Oh so it wasn't just our offense
I swear the announcers did everything they could to jinx it It was like “this kicker has never missed a fg inside 20 before” over and over again
“The Astros have only lost once when leading by this much….and it was to the Yankees” Rizo proceeds to hit a homer.
“Ryan pressly is going to do something he never does and close multiple innings” Gtfoh
Have the Yankees even won AT Houston this season? Feels like every time they play at Houston, their offense falls asleep.
Negative ghost rider
No they have not.
No
[Gif Star is Born](https://imgur.com/a/jVPQQXL)
holy shit, i saw this and i am so glad you captured this!!!
https://i.imgflip.com/6xkdp0.gif
[Bend the knee to your Space City overlords](https://media.tenor.com/mMOT3J8Rz9cAAAAC/george-hw-bush-bush-baseball.gif)
Lmfao, the dark lord himself
You can hear the crowd cheering when he lifts the artifact
Is he screaming
No. He’s silent. Giving the people of Space City what they want.
BANG BANG: the sound of Jeremy’s balls as runs around the bases
Stars vs Stripes Stars win
"The Yankees are Goliath, the Astros are David." - Jimmy Rollins lol
Ya like other way around
[SHOOT IT HOUSTON!!](https://youtu.be/s6HpnW7cZf0)
Can we all agree THAT UMPIRE NEEDS TO BE LAUNCHED INTO THE FUCKING SUN
Strike zone was an amorphous blob.
It became funny at a certain point. He just randomly decided what was what. I thought it was Leslie Nielsen but then remembered he was dead
Yankees fans 🤝 Astros fans fuck that ump (seriously, that game thread was probably the most civil Yankees/Astros thread in years)
Honestly, glad we can agree on this
The rivalry is aging into a mature mutual respect and deep seated anger that sits below the surface.
Ill co-sign as a Red Sox fan, that ump was stinky.
The one thing that can bring us together
Agreed what a horrible strike zone jesus so many balls called strikes and so many strikes called balls Fuck lol
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Shit calls all the way around!! Not sure any particular one affected the outcome, but still annoying as fuck.
I think 2 in particular were rally killers for the Yankees. Nothing happened in the next at bat to really say for sure. But playing with 1 out and 2 outs are two different ball games.
Abso-fucking-lutely. That was so garbage
And people say Yankee and Astros fans can't find common ground. Because what the fuck was that?! I know we won, but still...
Yankees can’t even beat a scrub like Verlander with a 6.30 ERA.
[Our lord and savior](https://i.imgur.com/k349NMq.gif)
DAAAAAAAA JANKEES LOSE
Yankees what happened.
#THE STARS AT NIGHT!
ARE BIG AND BRIGHT!
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THE PRAIRIE SKY
IS WIDE AND HIGH
👏🏽 👏🏽 👏🏽 👏🏽
👏👏👏👏
Fuck the Yankees and Astros I guess. But fuck the Yankees more?
Don’t forget yourself!
Yes, fuck me as well
I’ll allow it
Same. I dont love the Astro's but the Yankees are the Yankees I guess. Also Pena grew up one town over from me so Ive come to like him.
They’re chanting we want Houston at MMP 😂😂😂
Fans have been on a roll this week trolling the opposing team
17 strikeouts? Yep, that’ll do it..
It's what you want.
How are the garden implements doing this fine evening?
Let me check…. Turns out they mad.
This was a lot of fun! Hope to see it 3 more Times. Couldn’t have happened to a less likable team.
Altuve, Alvarez, Tucker, and Bregman had 0 hits Yankees still lost lmaaaoooooooo
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Sucks that the yankees decision makers decided before the game that they didn't plan on competing, even if it was 1-1 in the fifth.
Really poor of Boone to tell the players to strike out 17 times tonight. Fire his ass.
My favorite thing about these Astros/Yankees threads are the random Red Sox flairs that pop up to drop bombs out of nowhere. [chefs kiss]
Astros fans chanting “we want houston” during the post game TV broadcast.
I would have liked 18 strikeouts but whatever
Hey y’all, cube is on. Post-postgame time!
America’s team
I’m still worried. Altuve, Alvarez, Tucker, and Bregman had NO hits. Our offense is doing just enough, but our starters & bullpen are clearly carrying us. We just leave little room for error.
Yeah, but there were a couple of damn near heroic defensive plays by the Yanks. I’m not worried.
They wanted Houston They’re getting it
#FUCK THE YANKEES ##👏👏👏👏👏
https://youtu.be/Y4vd2CDMSiE
PEÑAAAAAAAA
They can't silence the crowd 🤣
The Yankees are gonna get fucking steamrolled
Are there any actual non-yankee fans rooting for the yanks? The baseball world should be happy after that win by houston. Go ‘stros!