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Well, the game began and ended with the pitcher striking out the side. Trouble is, speaking of side, is that Wandy pulled that muscle in his side even worse than he did last start and had to leave after one inning and who knows how long it is going to take to heal. Jack Cassel came in [...]...

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As we watched David Newhan steal home (and I can't even remember the last Astro to do that - Adam Everett? Craig Biggio? Willy T?) Husband sighed, pulled out his phone made a quick call and said - I'll pick you up. I said - pick WHO up? And he said, well, I gotta work [...]...

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Well, Bad Brandon was Backe. Gave up 9 hits, 3 solo homers (one of those would have been an easy out on the Hill back at the Box), 2 BB, 2 GIDP and 3 ER in 4.1 IP and left with 2 MOB. He got lucky because Nieve came on and got him out of [...]...

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Well, I guess there was a bug in the system, so MVN wasn't shut down for maintenance after all, but I had told Husband I wouldn't be writing all weekend and he um, held, me to that. So we had a good time (after it looked as if Gustav wasn't coming anywheres near Houston) and [...]...

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All 12,000 people actually THERE at the park (30,000 - yeah, surrrrrre, and Bradley Awes-Much gonna call me up and offer to do an, um, shall we say, in depth interview with me) looks like a Tampa Bay home game vs any team not named NY/Boston/Cubs  say Thank you Q for the nice chicken sandwich (wa......

Original Story: http://mvn.com/mlb-astros/2008/08/28/quint...

The Fogg Man actually pitched VERY well, incredibly well considering his luck vs the Astros is the opposite of Roy's luck vs the Reds. He gave up 6 hits and 2 Ks and was aided greatly by Tejada's baserunning blunder (got called out by 20? in a strike em out/throw em out, just like last [...]...

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 Wandy had Unca Charlie just KILLIN the Reds - he was all FB and curves tonight, laid offn the changeup and the boys were a swinging and missing. AND mind you, the ump had squoze wandy off the corners, so he HAD to be good and not nibble. AND he niftly picked off the only [...]...

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Oh Bradley You so fine You so fine You blow my mind HEY Bradley HEY Bradley You waited round all day Came in and hit it long I knew Coop had it right Though some thought he had it wrong Oooooh Bradley It's so lucky that you understand You had to break the tie Had to put it in the stands It's guys......

Original Story: http://mvn.com/mlb-astros/2008/08/24/bradl...

Brandon is like the most bipolar pitcher EVAH (or is it schizophrenic?) You remember the cartoons where the character has the devil (11 ER Brandon) on the left shoulder saying - hey, just throw it down the middle and MAKE em hit it - and the angel on the right shoulder saying - hey, put [...]...

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Well, well, whaddaya know - Coop FINALLY let an Astro pitcher finish a game. Mostly because after the 5th inning, Roy only came to bat once, and that was to lead off the 7th. Roy essentially lost the game the very first inning when he gave up a single, a WP, a sac-bunt and another single. [...]...

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From deep inside the tears that I'm forced to cry From deep inside the pain that I chose to hide - Left Banke sigh Wandy gave up 5 walks, 3 hits, 3 R/2 ER. He was nibbling, like he used to do when he first came up. When he threw real actual strikes, only 4 were hit out of the [...]...

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Randy Wolf managed to last 4 innings - actually, he did well until the 4th - walked the Prince, gave up a single up the middle to Hart. Then Hall flew out to Erstad. The runners advanced and Hart made a spectacular slide around Loretta to reach second - it looked as if it SHOULD [...]...

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As usual, Brandon Webb crushed the Astros. The only 2 Astros who have ever hit Webb well, Loretta and Matsui, didn't play tonight - Matsui's back is still hurting and Loretta is a righty and seeing as how Webb is also a righty, Cooper made him sit in favor of a lefty. Wiggy tonight became only [...]...

Original Story: http://mvn.com/mlb-astros/2008/08/15/dbax-...

This year, the Astros have already signed most of their picks and of the top 10, only Chase Davidson (#3) remains - guess he wants a lil more to sweeten the pot so as he won't go off to college. Anyway, here are the picks who are on a minor league roster as of 8 AM, August 15, [...]...

Original Story: http://mvn.com/mlb-astros/2008/08/15/tonig...

Brownie and JD kept repeating it - it is the first time in 38 YEARS that the Astros swept a 4 game series with the Giants. And of course those original Giants had Bobby Bonds, Willie Mays and Willie McCovey whereas these Giants have Fred Lewis and Randy Winn and, um, er, I forget their [...]...

Original Story: http://mvn.com/mlb-astros/2008/08/14/berkm...