With the completion of the Rangers series, the Astros have now won 6 series and lost 20, and tied another. 6-20-1 in series.
Hypothetical question: If the 'stros would've won Game 2 of the Houston portion of the series 4-3, the season series would be tied 3-3 and the total runs scored would be tied at 26. Who "wins" the Silver Boot in that case? Do the Rangers get to keep it since they're the defending Silver Boot champions of the World?!? Hoping Wandy is building up his trade value - what a miserable decade to be a Houston sports fan.
real-life question: how many people reading this forum give a rip about who has the silver boot or whether it exists?
Interleague, as a whole, sucks. The luster is gone. I don't know if the increased attendance numbers are still enough to support it, but I guess its not going away (especially if they move a team to the AL). I still wish for a time where the leagues were totally separate, separate umpires, separate league presidents, hell... separate TV coverage. Then, World Series games and All-star games would be much more interesting.
I completely agree. Everytime I hear a sports radio host talk about how interleague play is a feather in the cap of Bud Selig I throw up a little. I don't get the attraction.
Me, too, Nick. On top of the reasons you list, I like that the NFL, NBA, and MLB all handle their respective leagues/conferences in very different manners. I *like* the diversity. I don't want to see any of the leagues become more like any of the others. Plus, MLB is just better than those others. (I realize I'm almost completely alone holding that opinion!:grin
It's easy to not care about interleague when your team sucks and has no chance at contending anytime soon. The Philadelphia-Boston series should be a great draw.
How about that Philadelphia-Toronto winner though? Or Boston-Washington? For every marquee matchup, there are five or six worthless duds.
What decade? The past 10 years haven't exactly been miserable (Houston regained a NFL Franchise, the Astros went to the WS). It is more like what a lousy few years it has been. I dislike interleague play, but to me, the problem is the rivalry games. Outside of the inter-city matchups, I don't think the forced rivalries mean anything. I would still like it to exist, but only to allow people who are in an AL city to get a chance to go catch their favorite NL team (and vice versa). I also wouldn't mind playing the Rangers one series every 3 years, but I don't want this home and home series every year. It would be similar to what the NFL does with scheduling between the NFC & AFC.
But is that any worse than Philly-Florida? or Boston-Baltimore? There are plenty of duds - but at least they are different duds. Is Astros-Kansas City exciting? No. But it's no worse than Astros-Pirates. At least you get to see some players and matchups you wouldn't see otherwise. I don't think interleague is great, but I don't see it as particularly bad either.
The one where the Rockets went something like 12 years (1997-2009) without winning a playoff series. The one where the euphoria of regaining a football team in Houston left us with, well the Texans. The one where the Astros went from one the best-run franchises in MLB to their current day status. That decade.
maybe the vocal minority who lives in Dallas and has to endure life amongst fans of the Mavs, Rangers, and Cowboys. Anything to give us bragging rights is note-worthy to me; even if it is a silly Silver Boot. Gets harder and harder to stick up for the Rockets when the Mavs have been better than us for a good 10 years now, the Rangers are better than the Astros - and will probably continue to be so for the next 4-5 years, and the Cowboys have won the past two head-to-head regular season games between the two squads and have at least been to the post-season recently. [sigh]
Point of view I guess, I quite enjoyed the 2000s. Rockets may only have won one playoff series but at least they were relevant with guys like Francis, Yao and McGrady. Astros made the WS, something I thought might never have happened in my lifetime, that alone made my decade. Having crappy to mediocre football is better then no football...enough said there. Some cities had better fortune but I like what we saw, now the 10s....not so much
still plenty of time for the 10s to turn around. 2007-2011 haven't been much fun, outside of that one Rox 1st round win (whoo. hoo...)
Yes, shame on me for wanting my teams to be competitive and win. Don't bring that weak take in here. If it's wrong to miss the days when we had a STUD of a player manning the middle for the Rockets, or go to games in an opponents gym wearing your Rockets gear when you know you're going to get trounced, or shell out money every year just so you can watch your football team - then yes, by your definition, I'm a spoiled fan.
dude, we were *all* spoiled by Dream and be the Astros' success during the Bagwell/Biggio/Hunsicker era. can't speak for 'juice, but I mean "spoiled" in a not-so-negative sense, as in them were some good times, they were.
Perhaps we were spoiled. But thinking back, I really didnt think so at the time. The main difference between then and now, is that then, even when those teams failed, there was optimism. You just couldnt wait till that next inning or next qtr, because you just knew the makeup of those teams could pull out the victory at any time. Could go on a run and make you proud. Now, im finding myself usually looking for ways they are going to lose. Waiting for the next error or stupid foul. Knowing no lead is safe, and that coming from behind is rare. But perhaps the greatest difference is that even when we played poorly, those Dream and killer B teams had the respect of other players. You knew our best players were as good or better than theirs. You knew that even when they lost, the fight to win never left them.
No, but don't talk negatively about the past decade when our baseball team, which had existed for 40 years prior, won their first playoff series, went to the World Series, and watched Biggio get to 3,000 hits (ensuring the Astros would finally get a cap in the HOF). If you would rather go back to there being no NFL in Houston, just because you can't take that the team has been bad to mediocre in its 9 years of history. There is nothing wrong with missing those days, and there is nothing wrong with saying it sucks to be a Houston fan right now, but don't mention it as if the past 10 years sucked, because they didn't. They had their ups and downs for all 3 teams.
