Astros aren't choking, since the Rockets went from choke to Clutch

[heypartner]

any other Rocket's fans annoyed by this quote from Dierker.

I think I would probably (as a fan) feel that the team was choking. <b>But I would also remember when the Rockets choked</b> and they had 'Choke City' on the front of the Chronicle. Then they went to Phoenix and won two straight games and came back and won another one and turned out to be the NBA champions. It's not too far from Choke City to Clutch City.

So let me get this straight. By this logic, the Boston Red Sox can claim the clutchness of the Boston Celtics, simply because they are in the same town. (Maybe BobFinn* can help me with this one.) ;)

ummm, the reason we had Choke City on the front page (prematurely, I might add) to the point we still talk about the Rockets being "chokers" before being eliminated is because the Rockets were being grouped with all the chokes of other sports teams in Houston. If the other teams in Houston had not choked so consistently through history, there is no "Choke City" title that is still being referred to today. So, now that the Rockets thoroughly rebuked that whole logical argument based on historical non sequitors, and they now own the copyright to the phrase "Clutch City" (true, I might add), Larry Dierker can license it to say the Astros could be following the Rockets footsteps.

...and the Red Sox deserve more respect from their fans since the Celtics are mystically clutch...

root for Astros as best you can, but don't compare them to the Rockets in an effort to borrow their history!

[Francis3]

Amen..


On the side note. Astros choke again, looks like they are going to lose this game.

CHOKE CITY!

[PhiSlammaJamma]

so, who would start Reynolds tomorrow? I don't think I'd do it. We could still win the game without him, and we'll need him for game 1. It's a tough call. Schilling and Johnson will be tough. But Maddux and Glavine have owned the Astros. So what you gonna do? Ya know.

I hope Oswalt will be ready to go for game 3. We are going to need him something fierce.

[BobFinn*]

Originally posted by crispee


So let me get this straight. By this logic, the Boston Red Sox can claim the clutchness of the Boston Celtics, simply because they are in the same town. (Maybe BobFinn* can help me with this one.) ;)



People often use/steal ideas or concepts that have proven to be successful. Dierker is simply using the Rockets scenario of being given up for dead, since the Astros have lost 7 of their last 8 games, and not given much chance of doing anything in the playoffs.

The Rockets lost the first 2 games at home to Phoenix, yet fought of all adversity to come back and win that series, and eventually the championship. The Astros, while not in that dire straights, can still get their act together and win the World Series.

As for the Redsox/Celtics scenario, the Redsox have to win their division more than once in a blue moon, to even remotely be compared to the Celtics.

Yes Reynolds should start tomorrow. I would much rather face the Braves. Glavine has had an off year by his standards, and the Astros have hit Maddux well this year, as well.