Astros just lost!!!!!
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Originally Posted by chupr0kabra
1) You'd be pissed too if your team was down 0-3 and someone came in ripping the fans about making excuses. We all make excuses when our team is inexplicably not as good as we thought they were. I know (as do all Astros fans) that they are better than this, but they're not showing it.
FWIW ... we (midwest) didn't start it in this section...
https://ls1tech.com/forums/midwestern-members/399152-its-houston-astros.html
First shot was taken in that thread... after that we had no choice but to click the forum above us
Originally Posted by Nine Ball
honestly, its tough to even argue with an idiot that can't even understand what "home field advantage" means. This was laid out in another thread already.
Its NOT about having a roof open or closed. Its about the fact that we play about 80% of our regular season games with the roof closed (yes, even when the weather is nice), and we have a higher winning percentage with the roof closed. The home players also prefer the roof closed, since that is what they are used to when at home. Thats HOME FIELD ADVANTAGE. You know how baseball players are superstitious, and changes to the HOME FIELD can distract you.
What if you went home tonight, and the roof of your house was missing. Would you feel at home? Would it be the same level of comfort as the day before, when you had a roof? Probably not. That makes it a distraction.
Can that simple thing cause a win/loss? Answer that yourself, do the winning teams have better home or away game records?
No, the open roof didn't cause the Astros to lose, but it also didn't help them win. They choked in the extra innings. But, at least give us some credit here and understand what home field advantage is.
Its NOT about having a roof open or closed. Its about the fact that we play about 80% of our regular season games with the roof closed (yes, even when the weather is nice), and we have a higher winning percentage with the roof closed. The home players also prefer the roof closed, since that is what they are used to when at home. Thats HOME FIELD ADVANTAGE. You know how baseball players are superstitious, and changes to the HOME FIELD can distract you.
What if you went home tonight, and the roof of your house was missing. Would you feel at home? Would it be the same level of comfort as the day before, when you had a roof? Probably not. That makes it a distraction.
Can that simple thing cause a win/loss? Answer that yourself, do the winning teams have better home or away game records?
No, the open roof didn't cause the Astros to lose, but it also didn't help them win. They choked in the extra innings. But, at least give us some credit here and understand what home field advantage is.
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Originally Posted by Nine Ball
honestly, its tough to even argue with an idiot that can't even understand what "home field advantage" means. This was laid out in another thread already.
Its NOT about having a roof open or closed. Its about the fact that we play about 80% of our regular season games with the roof closed (yes, even when the weather is nice), and we have a higher winning percentage with the roof closed. The home players also prefer the roof closed, since that is what they are used to when at home. Thats HOME FIELD ADVANTAGE. You know how baseball players are superstitious, and changes to the HOME FIELD can distract you.
What if you went home tonight, and the roof of your house was missing. Would you feel at home? Would it be the same level of comfort as the day before, when you had a roof? Probably not. That makes it a distraction.
Can that simple thing cause a win/loss? Answer that yourself, do the winning teams have better home or away game records?
No, the open roof didn't cause the Astros to lose, but it also didn't help them win. They choked in the extra innings. But, at least give us some credit here and understand what home field advantage is.
Its NOT about having a roof open or closed. Its about the fact that we play about 80% of our regular season games with the roof closed (yes, even when the weather is nice), and we have a higher winning percentage with the roof closed. The home players also prefer the roof closed, since that is what they are used to when at home. Thats HOME FIELD ADVANTAGE. You know how baseball players are superstitious, and changes to the HOME FIELD can distract you.
What if you went home tonight, and the roof of your house was missing. Would you feel at home? Would it be the same level of comfort as the day before, when you had a roof? Probably not. That makes it a distraction.
Can that simple thing cause a win/loss? Answer that yourself, do the winning teams have better home or away game records?
No, the open roof didn't cause the Astros to lose, but it also didn't help them win. They choked in the extra innings. But, at least give us some credit here and understand what home field advantage is.
Originally Posted by TexasWS6
All I can say is Astacio has about 4.5 million people hating him right now. He gave up a homer to a nobody, and walked someone home. In the 14th inning. Unbelievable.
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Originally Posted by TexasWS6
All I can say is Astacio has about 4.5 million people hating him right now. He gave up a homer to a nobody, and walked someone home. In the 14th inning. Unbelievable.
Originally Posted by ws6gluemaker
why is the roof retractable? why not a fixed roof?
Houston heat and humidity is horrible from march to just last week and well they just happen to play better with the roof closed. so hell, if they are that much better then roll with it. they never intended to be closed so often when built. also anytime the temp is below 65 it's consider a winter storm and i can bet you the people in the upper deck were misserable last night and will be tonight. makes for a great baseball experience
most games during the summer it's open the last couple of innings.
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where are the Astros fans at, those who haven't given up and are still standing behind your boys? We have made it this far, lets not give up, I admit 4 games in a row is pretty hard, but not impossible. Let the Astros know that you haven't given up on them, and maybe they will have the confidence, when I used to play sports, and for those of you who have been on any sports teams, u know its confidence that carries you through the game. oh yeah, to the whitsox fans reading this: 
or 
= sox 
Originally Posted by SAI
where are the Astros fans at, those who haven't given up and are still standing behind your boys? We have made it this far, lets not give up, I admit 4 games in a row is pretty hard, but not impossible. Let the Astros know that you haven't given up on them, and maybe they will have the confidence, when I used to play sports, and for those of you who have been on any sports teams, u know its confidence that carries you through the game. oh yeah, to the whitsox fans reading this:
Sure, ANYTHING is possible, but look at it this way, would you go to vegas and put your money on the Stros winning the series? I HOPE they win, but realistically, I know it cant happen.
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Originally Posted by ws6gluemaker
no not at all i congratulated the stros on winning. however its time you eat crow. we (cards fans) have won a world series. and in all these years youve only made to the show once and choked.
quit crying cause your team got raped by the astros. not our fault the cardinals suck *****.
Last edited by mmmmmmmmmmmmyfault; Oct 26, 2005 at 02:35 PM.