Good thing this is a regional game i believe and not everyone gets to see it...since the Yankees are on Fox as well right now lol.
What's up with Oswalt today?! This game is killing me, I wait all week to see a game and I get this crap. Come on Stros!!!! 4-0 Giants.
Come on Stros, Oswalt finally had a good inning! On a side note, Everytime we play in San Francisco now, all I think about is last year when we came back in the bottom of the Ninth to win
Apparently, Giants fans are crediting the return of Mike Matheny as their catcher as the reason why their pitchers are turning it around (as they've shown so far these last two games). I guess we all know the difference a catcher can make, with us having Ausmus turn guys like Astacio around... so I gotta respect that observation.
Did they say anything else about it? Matheny was only out for 3 days though. He's played essentially the entire season.
That's all they said... Matheny was out because of the death of his grandfather, and since he would be calling the pitches against the Astros, our bats would be stifled.
No hitting at all against above average pitching. This doesn't bode well for the postseason, when rotations are shortened and the weak links fall away...
Where did you get this stat? Since the all-star break, the Astros have scored the 15th most runs in the league. If they led the league in July, wouldn't this be higher? http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/stats/b...=182&conference=MLB&year=season_2005&sort=702
WHOOP! Thankgod for the Ch.13 One Step Closer program on the Houston Texans! I LOVE YOU ABC 13! IF it wasn't for them, I'd be one pissed off guy right now!
Who else think Garner should skip or postpone Oswalt's next start with Backe returning? Seems like he's going to need more rest than he says.
As of July 26th, they had the #1 offense in July. Not sure how things may have changed the last week or so. The team's in a bit of a slump which is a small cause of concern, but I wouldn't worry at this point. As was mentioned a couple of days ago by the announcers, the goal is to go 0.500 on the road and dominate at home. Barring a miracle, we'll be 2-3 on this road trip after today. Win tomorrow and we're "on pace". We've gotten a bit spoiled by the run we've been on the last 50 games or so.
What is it w/ this season. Either everything is clickin' or everything is going wrong all at the same time.
From that link that TJ provided, something else that is striking is that this team just flat out stinks in day games - ERA, hitting, everything is just terrible in day games.
Riiiiiight. You asked the question because you were refuting the assertion that we need bats. That's why you prefaced it with "uh..". Your question was rhetorical. Moving on, it's obvious we need bats.
