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Ex-Stro Drew Sutton Beats Carlos Marmol And The C*bs
He didn't get a walk-off with his 2 out, 2 RBI double to left in the top of the 9th, but Coco Cordero did the same kind of job on the C*bs he usually does to the Stros.
Keppinger has never had the game winning hit, has he?
Drew Stubbs, the guy who coulda been an Astro if Drayton...
Bud Norris Pitches VERY Well And Wins #5
Bud looked absolutely razor sharp over the first 3 innings - had an explosive FB, a great change and a good slider. He only needed 33 pitches, threw 8 balls. He got the first 2 hitters out quickly in the 4th, but then, for some reason, seemed to either overthrow or get more tentative...
Miggy Tejada Wins The GIDP Trifecta And The Astros Lose
No idea what happened to the entry I thought I posted last night.
To summarize:
Roy Oswalt looked as if his back was most definitely not ready to pitch. His stride looked off, the pitches he did get in the strike zone were clobbered and he lasted 2 innings, giving up 6 ER. Who does...
Miguel Tejada Hits A Walk-Off Single To Beat Rafael Soriano
I was gonna title this - Tommy Hanson tells cops - gee officers, I don't know what happened. I got pulled leading 1-0 in the 9th after giving up no walks, 5 piddly singles, NO hard hit balls and 99 Ks and a whole lot of stunned, dazed looking Astros faces only to watch Rafael Soriano...
What Is Jose Valverde's Real Birthday?
My old (blog) buddy Tim Dierkes writes mlb trade rumors. I was looking through it the other day at an entry discussing Jose Valverde's impending free agency and noticed that he stated that Jose is 32.
I thought - Tim mis-typed, I'd better send him a note. You see, Jose'...
What Is Jose Valverde's Real Birthday?
My old (blog) buddy Tim Dierkes writes mlb trade rumors. I was looking through it the other day at an entry discussing Jose Valverde's impending free agency and noticed that he stated that Jose is 32.
I thought - Tim mis-typed, I'd better send him a note. You see, Jose'...
Paulino Pitches Well But Gets No Run Support And Loses
Paulino started off shakily, needing 25 pitches for the first inning and 27 for the second - gave up 3 walks, 1 HR, 1 single, 3 Ks. He went to 3-2 counts on 5 hitters, but was NOT helped by the HP ump, who made 4 egregious calls on balls in the strike zone (it's Quintero, not...
Astros Call Up Manzella, Chris Johnson, Billy Sadler RHP and DFA Matt Kata
Actually, the Astros DFA'd Kata a couple of days ago and somehow I missed it. Gee what a shame - this means that the possibility exists that Maysonet just might could actually get a few ABs no matter how much Cooper hates to have to do it. Us Astros fans should, I guess, just be...
Hot Dawg!!! Astros Sweep Phillies As Pence Drives in the Tying Run And Bourn Drives In The Game Winner
Twas a Dog Day afternoon - literally. It was hot and moistly still outside the ballpark and hot and mostly empty INside the ballpark on the first - bring your Dog to the ballpark - game. No Dogs in the seats, at least not yet, and no guys Dogging it on the basepaths or anywheres else...
Michael Bourn Steals 2 Bases On Pickoff Throws To Support Bud Norris' 4th Win
Bud Norris, The PCL Pitcher Of The Year, started his 7th ML game, this time with JR Towles catching him. I know he had skipped a start, but there was one significant difference today - he walked NOBODY and had all but one of his borderline pitches called strikes, ESPECIALLY the high...
Roy Oswalt Done Gone And Throwed An Ace Game And All He Brung Home Was Another No Decision
Michael Bourn stole his 50th base of the year in the first, after singling. Kaz, Berkman and Lee left him there. That boy done got his little self stranded on third more times this year than my kids ask me for junk that they KNOW they ain't gonna get when we go to the ballpark...
Wandy Shuts Out The Phils AND Drives In The Winning Runs
Ok, so the Wand-man had a leeeeeeetle help. He threw 7 innings, gave up 6 singles, a double off the scoreboard, NO walks, 7Ks (6 swinging). He was just magnificent - got Utley to pop up with men on second and third in the 3rd and then in the 7th, when Miggy screwed up a DP getting...
Aaron Boone Instrumental In Felipe Paulino's Win - NOT
Felipe Paulino had a very VERY hard luck loss - he pitched a great great ballgame and threw exactly ONE bad pitch - a FB right down the middle, which went for a 2 run homer. Otherwise, he walked 1, K'd 7 and had a Coop ordered IBB. In fact, it was as good an outing as he threw...
Coste Finally Breaks Randy Wells' 21 Inning Scoreless Streak Vs Astros With RBI Groundout
The Headline WAS gonna say - Moehler is massively and painfully um, uh, let's say "screwed" by both offense and defense - but decided to substitute fake cheeriness for brutal honesty.
Moehler was cruising through 4 innings, giving up only a solo homer to Bradley, a single...
Aaron Boone Returns To Astros : We're Gonna WIN!!! Sez Jimmy Dugan
Oh boy, things will be just GREAT with the return of Aaron Boone, Doug Brocail and Wesley Wright.
Fast Eddie can't think of any reason to see how young guys do because hey, you can't go by September numbers (guess all they good for is rotting in AAA) and they won't have...
Roy Oswalt Beats The Cubs Thanks To Bourn And Carlos Lee
Actually, it's the first time that Roy has beaten the Cubs all year, since he mowed them down in a 4 hit shutout (with Valverde getting the last 2 outs with 2 on) exactly 1 year ago. It was such an incredibly dominating start that a few of my C*b friend fans (yes, I can't hold...
Astros Give Wandy No Run Support And He Loses Again
Wandy didn't get ANY help from the ump, who gave Haren outside pitches he didn't give Wandy, and at one point in the 5th, Wandy got upset for the first time this year and started complaining when "balls" 2 and 3, right in the middle of the strike zone, weren't...
Astros Play Dead In The Desert And Norris Loses To Garland Again
Let me be kind - the only Astros who didn't look close to dead out there today were Norris, Paulino and Bourn. Honorable mention to Coste who at least tried to work the count, which is more than I can say for the rest of the losers.
The guys have more than obviously mailed it in...
Bazardo And Wilton Lopez Throw BP At The BOB
Husband and I went out last night and so I didn't get a chance to even check the replay until early this morning.
Well, I shouldn't even say that - I checked the box score and thought that the lousy pitching would most likely angry up the blood and figured I should REALLY...
Astros Manage To Not Lose To Chris Carpenter And Thereby Avoid Sweep
Roy-0, he sure did stir it up with his caustic on the record remarks yesterday, saying that the team, uh, um, wasn't, uh, playing with determination to WIN. Berkman held a players only meeting today and the guys, uh, talked it out a bit. Whatever it was, it sure nuff took it out...
Roy Oswalt Gives Up 3 In The First And Loses To The Cards
Balls went all over the place in thbe first, and the Cards managed to plate 3 runs. Uncle, for once, wasn't the main cause of the trouble, although he DID contribute. Roy pitched out of trouble all night, leaving bases loaded in the 4th and 5th, and leaving 2 on in the 6th by getting...
Wandy Pitches An Outstanding Game But Gets Zero Run Support
And that bout says it all. He pitched 7 innings - would have easily thrown a CG if he hadn't been removed for a PH in the 8th (Jason Useless Michaels who struck out on a ball in the dirt with the tying run on third) and gave up a clean single up the middle followed by a double...
Please Help Tom Tango Evaluate Astros' Fielding Ability
Hello Astros fans and lovers of great fielders.
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Bud Norris Doesn't Last 2 Innings And Astros Lose To Arizona
Let me start by saying that he had the bad luck to have both Angel Hernandez as the HP ump and Quintero catching. AND Bud didn't keep the ball down and the few times he did, Hernandez wouldn't call it a strike. Bud only gave up one hard hit ball, Roberts' double to right...
Moehler Gets His First W In 4 Weeks Vs Ace Scherzer
Ace Scherzer is one of the 2 Boras clients who spurred the changing of the signing deadline for the draft. He's a strikeout king, beloved of fantasy players who are into that stuff, and he struck out 7 Astros all right. He can throw a fastball anywhere between 90-99 MPH (and you...
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