man, i'm glad there's not. the season is too long for that. i enjoy watching games, in and of themselves. root for them to win in each game. i wouldn't want to be thinking in the back of my mind last night (a random game in mid-July against Pittsburgh) that it would be better for us to just lose. at that point, everyone just tunes out entirely.
I know, I was being sarcastic. I would love a big run from this team, and there are things to cheer for, like Pence, and Lidge getting back on track etc.... But outside of Roy the pitching is just almost unbearable, and to think we are stuck with Woody (The Marlbaro Man) Williams for another year....eck. At least Jennings and his pop gun arm are going to be gone. I really think Purpura/McLane are out of their league as GMs... DD
Max, you couldnt have said it better. A lot of my buddies ask me why I still watch the Astros games. I just cant not watch. I too, want them to win each and every game. Suffering through these types of seasons, makes the good ones even sweeter. Plus, the Astros are my squad.
the ball bounced between his feet and he jumped up like it hit him in the back foot. it was clearly foul.
The ball hit between his legs. It could have clipped his pants on the bounce but that's it. He sold it like he really got hit when the ball clearly didn't make contact with any flesh.
Twenty men left on base?!! Isn't that some kind of record? Wow, it isn't easy to always drive in runs, but you should be able to do it occasionally. Good grief, the Astros are giving new meaning to the term, "untimely hitting."
Dude, you're looking at the wrong LOB stat. That's cumulative. As in the first 3 men get on and load the bases and the next 3 strike out. 3 men are left on, but in the column you're looking at it adds 3 LOB for each player that struck out for 9 total even though only 3 guys were left on. We had 10 LOB tonight which still isn't good but is better than 20.
in case you weren't sure if we won or lost tonight....there's a post from MiniMing, so you can be sure we lost. kinda like a vulture that way.
People with small genitalia are genetically predisposed to get their jollies by annoying other people.
Why do the pirates own us? I thought tonite the two killer at bats were Burke's and Loretta's in seventh. Either one of them get a hit and it is a completely different ballgame. Of course, Sanchez hits a homer the very next at bat and kills any momementun the Astros might have had.
Just a side effect of being a bad team. Remember when we used to own terrible teams like the Pirates and the Brewers on a yearly basis? I miss those days too...
Woody is looking good today. He just made a grate diving play to end the 6th. He has been pitching much better of late. Could have really used it earlier in the season... Pence hurt his wrist. I'm not sure how because I was watching the British Open. He's apparently going for x-rays. Scott came in for him and drove in the lone run of the game to this point...
