hell yeah!!!! The astros rock!!!! NO HITTER!! I hope Oswalt isnt really hurt badly, though i am so happy for the history made. 6 pitchers = 8-0 win. man...these guys kick ass.
sorry i was trying to edit not quote myself. The first time the Yanks have been no-hit since 1958!!! MLB article mlb Yanks first no-hit since 1958
10 no hitters baby. This is the Astros Calling card. That's about one every four years. We are the best at it. No doubt.
this sportsline article has some cool Astros goosebump moments in it. . . Expect The Boss to boil over after no-no June 12, 2003 By Scott Miller SportsLine.com Senior Writer Tell Scott your opinion! Because of their own shortcomings and the already oversized inflated lungs of George Steinbrenner, the New York Yankees have appeared smaller than ever during these past few weeks. Juan Rivera and the Yankees make history, but not the kind that New York wants.(AP) On a stunning Wednesday night in Yankee Stadium, six Houston Astros pitchers combined to make them look tinier still. So now that the New Yorkers have suffered the indignity of being no-hit for the first time since Hoyt Wilhelm stuck it to them on Sept. 20, 1958, the world anxiously awaits to see what the fallout from this will be. Will the Yankees angrily run pinch-hitter Bubba Trammell (strikeout in the ninth) out of town the way they dispatched reliever Juan Acevedo three days after his one-pitch doozy to Eric Karros wiped away Roger Clemens' third chance at a 300th victory? Will Steinbrenner order the acquisition of another sullen blast from the past like Ruben Sierra? Will the Boss hold his breath until he turns Yankee blue and order Derek Jeter stripped of his captaincy? Tough to tell these days, what with a manic Steinbrenner alternately issuing rash orders again and shooting credit card commercials with Jeter. What we do know is this: Houston's Roy Oswalt, Pete Munro, Kirk Saarloos, Brad Lidge, Octavio Dotel and Billy Wagner combined to hurl perhaps the oddest, coolest, most fascinating/perplexing/intriguing no-hitter the game has ever seen. The most interesting decision of the night was manager Jimy Williams' move to use his closer, Wagner, in the ninth inning with an 8-0 lead. Wagner had worked three consecutive days (collecting saves in each of the games) before an off-day Monday. Though he did sit out Tuesday's series-opening loss to the Yankees for a second consecutive day of rest, this is a guy the Astros can't afford to mess around with. They've now won 10 of their past 12 games to climb right back into the thick of it in the NL Central, he's as important as anyone to the rest of their season and this wasn't exactly a save situation. But it was a situation, a highly unusual and intense situation. And with a chance to force the ghosts of Ruth, Gehrig and Munson to genuflect before the other guys for a change, the Astros went for it. And for one night, on the biggest stage in baseball, you couldn't blame them. Hey, if you can make it there, you can make it anywhere. Right? This is worse -- or better, depending on your viewpoint -- than anything Williams ever did to the Yankees when he was managing Boston, by the way. Where the Yankees go from here is a whole other question. Steinbrenner had warned he will shake things up even before Wednesday's no-no. General manager Brian Cashman had hinted that things other than Acevedo to the waivers and Jose Contreras to the disabled list are on the horizon. One thing is certain: The extended loss of Bernie Williams hurts the Yankees worse than the absence of Jeter did this year. Williams not only is a middle-of-the-lineup force, but his ability to switch-hit gives manager Joe Torre some versatility in crafting lineups. Of course, the way things are going lately, with or without Williams, Torre's approval ratings in the Boss' office appear to be diminishing rapidly: Steinbrenner pulled the rug from underneath Torre in April by bringing Contreras to Florida for extended spring training rather than acquiescing to Torre's wishes to send the pitcher to Triple-A for straightening out. He named Jeter captain last week in Cincinnati without even consulting Torre, giving the appearance of chipping away at the manager's authority a little more. The team acquired Sierra, who called Torre a "liar" on his way out of town in '96, last week. Published reports have the Boss ordering his YES television network announcers to ask tougher questions of Torre following games. Once, the Yankees specialized in acquiring winners. Now, they've got Sierra, a baseball hobo who should travel with his own therapist; Jason Giambi, a stellar offensive player who is abysmal defensively; and Raul Mondesi, a right-fielder who can be counted on only when he is playing for a new contract (fortunately for the Yanks, Mondesi is in his walk year now and has played better than he has in years.) And the least surprising thing in Wednesday night's game? Would-be power-hitter Hideki Matsui rolling a weak grounder toward first base to end the game. Quick, somebody check Steinbrenner's blood pressure. And keep him away from Rick Down, the poor hitting coach who now has all the job security of one of Martha Stewart's minions.
Good start today, Kent and Hidalgo with RsBI...Wells not looking too sharp. 2-1 middle of the second.
Who would've ever thought that I'd be relieved that Brian Hunter was batting in a bases loaded, 0 outs situation rather than Bagwell? 3-3, Astros tie it on a Hunter sac fly.
AE is the man. There's RBI's in that there glove, but today he found a couple with his bat. Yack the Funkees.
Ausmus throws out Mondesi stealing second. Do other teams scouts not see Ausmus gunning down all these runners. Why do people keep trying to run on him? Same question with our outfielders. If we lead the league in outfield assists, why do teams keep trying to take the extra base. Yeah, Biggio has a weak are, but he seems to be fairly accurate and he gets himself in a good position to make the throw, so he has been very effective. Are teams not paying attention?
Oh well...our bullpen gave us a memory that'll last forever last night, can't really be too upset at them today.
