Geez. The NY broadcasters have been bashing and laughing at that Division Series Champs banner ALL NIGHT long. (The camera keeps showing it.) "Ha ha ha ha! The definition of the Wild Card is that you DIDN'T win the division!" STFU, haters. You don't even know what that banner is referring to in the first place.
Thankgod I don't have the NY feed.....actually, I'd rather have that than what I do/don't have. I don't have a video feed, because COX cable hates Houston.
LIGHTS OUT LIDGE TIME! Listen to this crowd!!!! GAME OVER! "Strike Out! ASTROS WIN! ASTROS WIN! ASTROS WIN AGAIN!"--Milo
It was a conventional move. Runner on 2nd, 2 outs, single to left field. Everett's a fast runner, and we have a 3 run lead. In any other ballpark, he's probably safe. Because of the Crawford Boxes, the LF is shallower. Any time with 2 outs and a fairly safe lead, you challenge the outfielder to make a good throw, especially with a guy who's not one of your better RBI men on deck in Taveras. The Mets just threw their 2 best records/ERAs against our 2 worst ERAs and lost twice. Now we bring the pain with Pettitte and Roy O. This team is fun to watch, and with this starting pitching and the Wheeler/Lidge end game, we will be dangerous down the stretch. Wandy and Zeke have pitched exceptionally well lately...enough to make me consider moving Nieve, Buchholz, or Hirsh if the right deal is there.
Read this on the ESPN site. Anti-Beltran sign of the night: "We Miss You Beltran" with the guy next to him holding up a banner that read, "He's Lying."
This team just seems so unbeatable right now. At home or on the road. To me, the biggest test was right after the Cardinals series. We had been on a tear going into the All Star break, and then we suddenly get brought down a peg (or two) by the Cardinals. It would have been real easy for the Stros to get discouraged at that point and think that maybe they aren't as good as they had been playing. Instead, they go right back to their winning ways as if they had swept the Cardinals instead of being swept. That was gut check time, and the Stros passed with flying colors.
haha. I went to the game, and was actually sitting about 4 rows in front and to the left of that He's Lying sign down the 3rd base line. The booing for Beltran was non-stop like I expected (was loudest when he scored that run and almost hit a HR), and my seats were great to see those homeruns. Wasn't as dramatic as some of the other games, but with Beltran, 3 homers, and a young pitcher pitching good, it was exciting.
