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Justin Choi
9:03
26.4 ft/s, which is 30th percentile
jae
9:03
lots of kids are gonna immitate Pena's stance where he holds the bat a little bit back
Baseball enjoyer
9:04
Uconn, Maine, the Astros scouting dept has the northeast locked down
Zac Lowther of the Hill People
9:04
Have the White Sox interviewed Lou Piniella yet?
AvatarAlex Sonty
9:04
hush, you
AvatarDan Szymborski
9:04
TORBORG TIME
Wireless Joe Jackson
9:04
I would be really entertained by a safety squeeze here.  It would've made more sense with Maldonado, but...
AvatarDan Szymborski
9:05
But Maldonado's a Silver Slugger, you gotta let him swing away!!!111oneone
Baseball enjoyer
9:05
Astros Batting Stances Ranked
  1. baggy 2. Moises alou 3. Peña
AvatarAlex Sonty
9:07
You like the hands in the zone, huh
Baseball enjoyer
9:07
Baggy was easier to emulate as a kid because I wasn’t allowed to put in an Alou level chaw
AvatarDan Szymborski
9:07
There was this weird trend in 10th grade where all the kids were using chewing tobacco
AvatarAlex Sonty
9:08
Not sure where you grew up, but we did far less harmful and far more illegal things here.
jae
9:08
source: White Sox pursuing Connie Mac's reanimated corpse as manager
Zac Lowther of the Hill People
9:08
Is the Houston train the tackiest ballpark feature with the retirement of the Marlins sculpture?
Justin Choi
9:08
I think the Houston train is awesome!
Wireless Joe Jackson
9:09
I think Tom Kelly is probably available.
jae
9:09
Train is the right kind of tacky
AvatarDan Szymborski
9:09
This was suburban Baltimore (Towson) in about 1992
AvatarDavid Laurila
9:09
Train is a terrible band.
Don
9:10
Is Michael Jordan the most popular athlete of all time, or is there some recency bias at work? The Babe? Post 1960 or so, is it Jeter for baseball? I have no idea for football. Gretzky hockey?
AvatarAlex Sonty
9:14
It's Jordan or Ali, regarding American athletes. Gretzky, definitely, for hockey. Not sure about baseball, but when it's all said and done, why not Ohtani? (Football is Brady, btw)
Lzfreak
9:10
The Houston train feels like a mixed metaphor. Are they space-themed or locomotive-themed? Pick a lane
Justin Choi
9:10
It can be both, a la Galaxy Express 999
The 6ix
9:10
Train would be tacky if the ballpark site didn’t have a history as a train station.
AvatarDan Szymborski
9:11
Wait 45 secs
Daniel Bardo Pond
9:11
I may be in the minority, but I miss Tal's Hill. Anyone else? ... *crickets*...
AvatarAlex Sonty
9:11
Way too gimmicky for my tastes
Kiermaier's Piercing Green Eyes
9:11
*Sad Phanatic noises*
AvatarDan Szymborski
9:12
OK now
jae
9:12
KING TUCK STRIKES AGAIN
Baseball enjoyer
9:12
I interviewed train once and they are 100% in on the joke. Told me a story about playing “one of our godawful songs” for “a bunch of moms” while on mushrooms.
Andrew
9:12
The train in Houston is because the location used to be a train station. And now we get to see it again!
AvatarDan Szymborski
9:13
My favorite piece of inside info ever is that the Astros *do* arrange a toothpick supply for Dusty
AvatarDavid Laurila
9:13
The Astros drafted Alex Bregman second overall in 2015. They drafted Kyle Tucker fifth overall in 2015.
Baseball enjoyer
9:14
Preston and Kyle Tucker have combined for 7 postseason homers for the Astros
AvatarDan Szymborski
9:14
Me and Mariano Rivera have combined for 42 postseason saves!
AvatarAlex Sonty
9:15
Back to Tucker, so many tools. Such a gifted athlete.
Justin Choi
9:16
Just noticed, but that was a smooth bat flip from Tucker
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