Damn Santander missed a grand slam for the Blue Jays by a few feet

So where's the ranger fan saying that the Astros and Rangers would end with the same record?

~egon

Our best bet to sneak in is going to be the Red Sox taking 2/3 against the Tigers and us sweeping the Angels. Not impossible but not likely.

Dr. Doctor said:

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So where's the ranger fan saying that the Astros and Rangers would end with the same record?

~egon

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This is like arguing over who is the taller midget.

The Sun said:

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Dr. Doctor said:

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So where's the ranger fan saying that the Astros and Rangers would end with the same record?

~egon

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This is like arguing over who is the taller midget.

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In the land of the blind, the one eyed man is king.

Dr. Doctor said:

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So where's the ranger fan saying that the Astros and Rangers would end with the same record?

~egon

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He said 87 wins for both. None of us figured we would **** the bed so badly to drop down to 87 wins.

We need 2/3 to get to 87.

Little did we know.

Grand Slam Blue Jays ... huge

A comeback from Cleveland would be nice

4-2 Tigers. J-Ram makes it a 2 run game in the 8th

AggieJ2002 said:

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Grand Slam Blue Jays ... huge

A comeback from Cleveland would be nice

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And a springer dinger makes it 6-0

This is the scenario 👇 https://t.co/N7Rn9WypYp

— Bonda (@BenOndaTop) September 26, 2025

linkdude said:

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This is the scenario 👇 https://t.co/N7Rn9WypYp

— Bonda (@BenOndaTop) September 26, 2025

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Cleveland losing 2 of 3 against the Rangers gets us in also

If we go 2-1 we need either Det or Cle to get swept

CFTXAG10 said:

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Our best bet to sneak in is going to be the Red Sox taking 2/3 against the Tigers and us sweeping the Angels. Not impossible but not likely.

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Wouldn't we be tied with the Tigers then? And they have the tie breaker?

chap said:

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CFTXAG10 said:

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Our best bet to sneak in is going to be the Red Sox taking 2/3 against the Tigers and us sweeping the Angels. Not impossible but not likely.

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Wouldn't we be tied with the Tigers then? And they have the tie breaker?

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We have 74 losses they have 73. We'd be up a game. With the Tigers winning tonight I think this is our most likely way of getting in if we do.

good news...the Astros got their bats going today

bad news...so did the Tigers

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good news...the Astros got their bats going today

bad news...so did the Tigers

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Bad news… tomorrow is a new day and the random bat exhibition for the week is now in the rear window.

The Red Sox need to win one game this weekend, but there will be no reason for them to win a second https://t.co/feBjyWZ0Hs

— Adam Spolane (@AdamSpolane) September 26, 2025

damn logic

With the season on the line the Astros turn to Jason Alexander

Imagine being told that 6 months ago

So Javier starts on Sunday if it matters

Who starts on Saturday? Blubaugh?

All hands on deck Sunday if still in it ... Might be HB on 3 days rest

Saturday's the tricky one

The final weekend of regular season baseball is finally here.

The Astros, despite all their futility, can still make the playoffs with 2 wins over the hapless Angels.

If the Astros win 2 against the Angels then they need...

1) Detroit to lose 3 games at Boston OR
2) Cleveland to lose 3 games vs Texas


If the Astros sweep the Angels then they need...

1) Detroit to lose 2 games at Boston OR
2) Cleveland to lose 2 games vs Texas OR
3) Detroit to sweep Boston

I have no idea which scenario has the best odds though none of them is very good.

BTKAG97 said:

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The final weekend of regular season baseball is finally here.

The Astros, despite all their futility, can still make the playoffs with 2 wins over the hapless Angels.

If the Astros win 2 against the Angels then they need...

1) Detroit to lose 3 games at Boston OR
2) Cleveland to lose 3 games vs Texas


If the Astros sweep the Angels then they need...

1) Detroit to lose 2 games at Boston OR
2) Cleveland to lose 2 games vs Texas OR
3) Detroit to sweep Boston

I have no idea which scenario has the best odds though none of them is very good.

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I'd say us sweep and Detroit to lose 2 is most likely of the options

tjack16 said:

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I'd say us sweep and Detroit to lose 2 is most likely of the options

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I can't stop laughing at the thought of us sweeping anything but the locker room floor Monday morning.

But having said that I'm praying this happens. Partly because it's playoff baseball and anything can happen but mostly if some how some way this team makes it, Sparky will be one lit up mofo in that locker room afterwards.

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tjack16 said:

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I'd say us sweep and Detroit to lose 2 is most likely of the options

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I can't stop laughing at the thought of us sweeping anything but the locker room floor Monday morning.

But having said that I'm praying this happens. Partly because it's playoff baseball and anything can happen but mostly if some how some way this team makes it, Sparky will be one lit up mofo in that locker room afterwards.

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Me too… it's hard to imagine. I'm just saying of the slim scenarios, the rangers sweeping Cleveland won't happen… and Detroit/boston getting swept likely won't either

So am I reading this right. Say we win Fri/Sat. If Boston wins the first two and gets a real lead in the Sunday game do we have to lose that game to get in assuming the Cle/Ranger series is not going our way.

I know games are essentially played at the same time but that could be crazy if what we needed (win or loss) relied on the result of the other game.

AgHawkeye said:

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So am I reading this right. Say we win Fri/Sat. If Boston wins the first two and gets a real lead in the Sunday game do we have to lose that game to get in assuming the Cle/Ranger series is not going our way.

I know games are essentially played at the same time but that could be crazy if what we needed (win or loss) relied on the result of the other game.

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If that first part happens it's win and in on Sunday no matter. Detroit would have 75 losses. We'd still have 74.

Problem is, as mentioned above, Boston could win that first game to clinch then rest everybody.

Just fkn win

Ag_07 said:

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Just fkn win

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You're asking for a lot. The organizational strategy is clearly lose a lot but hope others lose more

this is unfun

Thursday night Astro Bingo Bulletin!




Gentlemen, I give you Marvin, the first Bingo player to 10 squares.

The six-game losing streak square was dashed, while the 85-89 win one paid off for several of us.

With 3 days to go, we are down to 5 people left who can win Astros Bingo 2025.

Marvin, who has 10
wmitchell, Chief Elko and myself, who all have 9
ntouch, who has 7, but can still hit 10.

Of course, since Marvin and I rendered ourselves ineligible the day we started by each putting up $50 for prize money, that means that Elko, wmitchell, and ntouch all have a shot at some cash money.

Ironically, Marvin and I are the only ones who can reach 11 squares.

What squares are left to decide?

• Astros make / miss the playoffs
• Walker 90+ RBI - he had 3 today to reach 85.
• Somebody goes 20/20. This only has a chance if Pena returns this weekend and hits 3 HR
• Tucker 25 HR. He's at 22, but coming back on Friday to the Cubs lineup.
• Rafael Montero <> 4.50 ERA. he's at 4.58 for the final series of the year.
• Christian Walker 25+ HR - He hit #24 today.
• Aaron Judge 55+ HR - He will have to hit 4 this weekend.

Walker up to 24 HR and 85 RBI

that should generate some interest across the league so Dana can deal him

might not have to chip in too much salary since Walker's next team would only be committing to 2 years

and Altuve...for all the ups and downs of the year...

he's provided 51 x-base hits and 54 walks in his age 35 season

I'll take that for his age 36 season too

W said:

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Walker up to 24 HR and 85 RBI

that should generate some interest across the league so Dana can deal him

might not have to chip in too much salary since Walker's next team would only be committing to 2 years

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My old Ag friends and I agreed that Walker is "trying to pull a Sean Berry" here the last few days of the season by getting up to 25 HR and 90 RBI and pretending he had a good year.

30 years ago or, Berry had 10 RBI or something the last weekend of the regular season to finish with 95 and we all thought it was such BS lol.

W said:

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Walker up to 24 HR and 85 RBI

that should generate some interest across the league so Dana can deal him

might not have to chip in too much salary since Walker's next team would only be committing to 2 years

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The way he hit NL pitching vs AL, he would be a steal for somebody in the NL.

GOAT UPDATE 9-25-25



Jose Altuve had 2 more hits today to get to 155 for the season and 2,387 for his career. In doing so, he passed Ryne Sandberg to take over #129 on the all-time hit list. As just about everyone knows, Sandberg died 2 months ago of cancer at age 65.

As a huge Astro fan in the 80s, Sandberg was mostly the guy who kept Billy Doran from starting at least 2-3 All-Star games. Doran was like the Houston Oilers of the late 70s. Really, really good, but in the same league as an All-Time great.

Most people don't know that Sandberg was actually NOT a career Cub. He was drafted by the Phillies and played 13 games with them at the end of the 1981 season. He was a 20th round pick from North Central HS in Spokane, Washington, and most thought he'd go play college football. He was an All-American QB and had signed an LOI to Washington State. The Phillies signed him for $20,000.

In his first year in the minors - 1978 - one of his teammates was George Bell - who like Sandberg would win an MVP in the 80s. Since neither of them won that MVP for Philadelphia, the point can be made that the Phillies had no ****ing idea what they were doing in the 80s.

Sandberg played shortstop in the minors and was a monster from the start. He hit .311 as an 18-year-old, and in 1981 jumped from AA to the majors. But then the Phillies said, hey, you know that we need to get back to glory? Ivan De Jesus. Let's trade 35-year-old Larry Bowa and this Sandberg kid for him. That seems like a good idea."

De Jesus hit .239, .245, and .247 the next three years and forgot how to steal a base. Then they traded him to the Cardinals in 1985 with Bill Campbell for Dave Rucker. I know a **** ton about baseball history and I have never heard of either of those guys.

Meanwhile, ol' Ryno went to the Cubs and won a starting job as a 22-year in 1982. He played 3B, SS, and 2B in those first few years. He scored 103 runs as a rookie and stole 32 bases.

In 1984, the Cubs briefly stopped sucking ass and went 96-65 and Sandberg had one of the most legendary seasons of all time, and one of my favorite stat wise.

With an 8.5 WAR, he hit .314, led the league in runs scored (114), recorded 200 hits, had 74 extra-base hits with the unique pattern of 36 2B, 19 3B, and 19 HR, stole 32 bases, and drove in 84. He was 24 years old doing that. On June 23, the "Sandberg Game' took place. The Cubs trailed the Cardinals 7-1, 9-3, and 11-9 but Sandberg hit a home run to tie it i the 9th, and another to win it in the tenth. Willie McGee hit for the cycle in defeat. The game featured 23 runs, 27 hits, and Sandberg was 5 for 6 with 7 RBI.
The Cubs were favored over the Padres in the NLCS, and Sandberg hit .368 for the series, but, well, it's the Cubs. They lost in 5.

The rest of the 80s, he was a stat beast. In '85, he hit .305 with 26 HR, 83 RBI, and 54 steals. In '89, he hit 30 HR for the first time at age 29 and led the league in runs score. He also dragged the Cubs back to the playoffs. That team had 23 year old Greg Maddux, Wild Thing throwing 76 games, and ROY Jerome Walton, who then vanished off the face of the earth. In the NLCS, Sandberg hit .400 with a 1.258 OPS in 5 games, and they got destroyed 4-1 by the Giants. That was the year Kevin Mitchell set the all-time Giants record for steroids that was later broken by Barry Bonds.

Sandberg surprisingly announced 1994 would be his last year. He was hurt and the strike cut the season short. He sat out all of 1995, which I'm sorry to say is also the year he got divorced. And then remarried a month later. And she was neighbors with the Sandbergs, so, that's not great, but it happens.

Anyway, at some point, Ryno said - I gotta get the Fuq outta here and returned to the Cubs in 1996, making things super awkward for Rey Sanchez, who was the 1995 starting second baseman.

The 1996 Cubs featured pre-steroids Luis Gonzalez, steroid novice Sammy Sosa, and captain ****** bag himself, Scott Servais. I actually saw that team play the Astros 3 times at Wrigley in August 1996 when I quit my first job and took a 3 week road trip to avoid responsibilitiy.

Ryno hung around for 2 more years, finishing with 2,386 hits, 403 doubles, 282 HR, 344 SB, and a .285 BA.
He made 10 All-Star games, won 9 Gold Gloves, and 7 Silver Sluggers. In 2005, he and Wade Boggs made the HOF together.