Brewers (Peralta) vs Astros (Brown): 5/17/24, 7:10pm

[Brock Beauchamp]

I spent a few minutes thinking about it this morning and I think the only two teams I legit *hate* in baseball are the Cardinals and Astros. I don't even know if I hate the White Sox anymore, they're just so pathetic.

So beat the hell out of them this weekend, kthxbye.

[treego14]

We oughta' win with Peralta!

Brown is going down ... Astros will be wearing a frown!

[HarryDoyle]

Will there even be a game tonight after all the damage done by the storms?

[Outlander]

It was crazy they played last night, looked scary.

[gregmag]

According to news reports this morning, much of the city will be without power for days. Officials are telling people to stay home because many roads aren’t safe and most traffic lights aren’t working.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/16/us/texas-flood-tornado-storms-outages.html?smid=url-share

[edfunderburk]

I live in north Fort Worth TX. This appears to be one of the few Brewers games I can’t watch. Houston is too close - even though I have an RSN. Apparently, only Milwaukee is broadcasting this game so I’m out of luck. I hope MLB resolves this foolish challenge sooner than later. At least I don’t live in Iowa. Apparently, Iowans are restricted from watching several MLB teams. 

[edfunderburk]

I was going to drive down to Houston tomorrow to catch the Saturday evening & Sunday afternoon games. I decided to cancel that trip because of the power outages in greater Houston.
 

We lived in NW Houston for 15 years prior to moving to DFW 21 years ago. Everyone we’ve checked on is currently without power. 

[Cool Hand Lucroy]

39 minutes ago, edfunderburk said:

I live in north Fort Worth TX. This appears to be one of the few Brewers games I can’t watch. Houston is too close - even though I have an RSN. Apparently, only Milwaukee is broadcasting this game so I’m out of luck. I hope MLB resolves this foolish challenge sooner than later. At least I don’t live in Iowa. Apparently, Iowans are restricted from watching several MLB teams. 

Yup. I'm in western Illinois, and for a while we were on Brewers, Cubs, Sox, Cards, Royals, Twins blackout. Six teams. I believe it's down to four now, but it's really messed up.

[Brian]

Not to change the subject but the Cubs look terrible today,  5-0 Pirates in the 4th. 

[Oxy]

8 minutes ago, Brian said:

Not to change the subject but the Cubs look terrible today,  5-0 Pirates in the 4th. 

Well, that's one way to put it.  Paul Skenes perfect through 4 innings with 9 Ks.

[markedman5]

Skenes is going to be a problem…….but that’s for another day……,,go pirates!

[Brian]

6 minutes ago, Oxy said:

Well, that's one way to put it.  Paul Skenes perfect through 4 innings with 9 Ks.

I didn't realize how good a pitcher Skenes is. Kyle Hendricks may be washed up 8-0 Pitates.

[folly412]

57 minutes ago, Cool Hand Lucroy said:

Yup. I'm in western Illinois, and for a while we were on Brewers, Cubs, Sox, Cards, Royals, Twins blackout. Six teams. I believe it's down to four now, but it's really messed up.

Eastern NC has Nationals and Orioles.

Western NC has Nationals and Orioles, but also adds the Braves and...the Reds.

The Braves are the only team that kind of, almost makes sense anywhere in the state.  I can't find a shred of logic in Cincinnati being blacked out in Charlotte, 500 miles and four states away.

[tmwiese55]

44 minutes ago, Oxy said:

Well, that's one way to put it.  Paul Skenes perfect through 4 innings with 9 Ks.

No hitter through 6, still hitting 100 in the 6th.   With how they've been protecting him I doubt he comes back out since getting 3 more innings would push it so much.     Also, the walk he had could've easily been a strikeout the pitch before, technically a strike but right on the line so could go either way

[Brian]

28 minutes ago, tmwiese55 said:

No hitter through 6, still hitting 100 in the 6th.   With how they've been protecting him I doubt he comes back out since getting 3 more innings would push it so much. 

Plus the Pirates are killing them so no reason at all to push him today. 

[CheeseheadInQC]

2 hours ago, Cool Hand Lucroy said:

Yup. I'm in western Illinois, and for a while we were on Brewers, Cubs, Sox, Cards, Royals, Twins blackout. Six teams. I believe it's down to four now, but it's really messed up.

Same

[Brewce]

I know it's early but Brewers can pick up a game on the Scrubs. The lost today. Let's do this!!!

[wildcat2237]

50 minutes ago, Brewce said:

I know it's early but Brewers can pick up a game on the Scrubs. The lost today. Let's do this!!!

Scrubs got killed. Hate to see it. 

Great chance to pad the division lead. 

[edfunderburk]

5 hours ago, edfunderburk said:

I live in north Fort Worth TX. This appears to be one of the few Brewers games I can’t watch. Houston is too close - even though I have an RSN. Apparently, only Milwaukee is broadcasting this game so I’m out of luck. I hope MLB resolves this foolish challenge sooner than later. At least I don’t live in Iowa. Apparently, Iowans are restricted from watching several MLB teams. 

Great news 🗞️ 

I found the Houston RSN on my DirecTV so I can watch the Brewers play tonight.

Funny pre-game story on Hader. It was suggested that he struggled in San Diego because he was so heartbroken over his unexpected trade from Milwaukee. No mention as to why he was horrible in his last month with the Brewers. 😜

[edfunderburk]

The LF wall in Houston is short. Hopefully Peralta keeps the ball in the park. This should be a good hitting park for our RH power bats. 

[duewizard]

Happy to see Caratini perform well with the Astros. Was a solid back up for us.

[duewizard]

1 minute ago, duewizard said:

Happy to see Caratini perform well with the Astros. Was a solid back up for us.

And Singleton too. Always liked him and his story. Has had rough BABIP luck but good to see that he has stayed in a big league roster

[torts]

What a relay and out by Ortiz!

[folly412]

Nice defense.  At least it didn't get out, as most pop-ups to left do in this silly park.

[Underachiever]

 Wow. Bauers bomb!