Talk about the series here Pitching Probables: 5-16 -- Padilla (3-5, 4.47) vs. Robertson (1-3, 8.49) 5-17 -- Duckworth (2-1, 6.46) vs. Linebrink (0-1, 3.32) 5-18 -- Millwood (5-1, 3.19) vs. Redding (3-2, 3.32) Fearless Prediction- In a surprise Saturday afternoon news conference, the Astros will announce in an unprecedented move, that Jeff Kent's moustache has signed an endorsement deal to be the spokesman for Jack Horner films.
For those who aren't aware, Sunday's game is on ESPN. I believe Saturday's game is one of Fox's games so some folks may get it.
www phillies bullpen will be horibble this series and the bottom of the order will produce the majority of the runs here.
YTF CANT WE HAVE MUNRO STARTING INSTEAD OF THIS SCRUB ROBERTSON??? ROBERTSON SUX!!ID RATHER HAVE SAARLOOS OVER HIM
robertson kinda settled down but still, givn up too many hits... on the bright side, HOME RUN BLUM!! TIE GAME
I think maybe I have figured Jimy's strategy out. Let the starter go 6 then bring Lidge,Dotel and Wagner in in the 7th,8th,9th. It seems to be working fine.
Jeriome really battled today. I was waiting for Jimi to pull him much earlier, but to his credit, he left him in there and Robo held the fort. Our bullpen is scary good. I have no problem replacing Dotel and/or Lidge with Stone.
That is awesome. We do have a great bullpen, I just wish there was a good starter(s) to join them. Don't wanna tire them out. Isn't it usually opposite for other teams? Great to see the bullpen hold on for the wins. Damn....How do you guys do it?! (the ones who do that is...) I went from a LAN connection at TCU to a dialup in saudi arabia, and now it is driving me nuts....it's soooo slow. I used to be on this site 24/7 and now the internet pisses me off to much....I was spoiled i guess...I miss my "click and you're there" connection....
Now that is good news. The Sunday ESPN game is shown live in the UK. So I get to see the 2003 'Stros. Shame it's Millwood on the mound though
hard to imagine back in spring training that the Astros would have one of the top bullpens in the league...
great start for the stros. An rbi single, then a walk in run. I love it. Perfect start for the game, love it when the opponent's pitcher is being roughed up in the first inning.