hehe....did we win?....dang no one posts the scores here anymore....i am going to have to visit astros.com....I was hoping to find the scores here.
Excellent report there Nike. I'm suprised, very pleasently, that he faired so well tonight. I don't think you'll find too many people pining for Villone over him. Next year's rotation looks to be excellent if Los stays healthy(crosses fingers, toes and armpit hairs). Funny Wade would be the oldest out of the 6 candidates including himself, Roy, Hernandez, Timmy, Rosario and Robertson. With those 6 names, that means no Moehlers, Holts, Mlickis and Villones to start off the year. Woot.
excellent start by rosario unfortunately jimi managed to end it to soon yet again. anything that resembles trouble(how much trouble is a leadoff double with a 9-1 lead?) and williams yanks the starter. it's hard to complain when we're sitting in first place but how trusty is that bullpen going to be if it continues with this workload? have some kind of confidence in your starters man. great to see the bats starting to heat up as well, i don't care what kind of pitching it's against. i couldn't imagine scoring that many runs back-to-back without kent in the lineup. very nice.
As unofficial president of the Jimy must go club, I will defend his hook of Rosario. He ensured that his night was top notch because he didn't let him stay long enough to wear down or be seen yet another at bat by the Rangers. Rosarios' minor league record does not portend the kind of future last night promised. But, he did promise, didn't he?
Greg M- Thanks. I agreed with the decision to take out Rosario. The Astros could not have been expecting anything like that, especially against the Rangers lineup. He gets to walk out with his first victory, a 1.50 ERA, and the Rangers never strung hits together. Rosario seems to be able to finish off batters quickly, thus keeping his pitch count down. To me, I see lots of times when Roy or Wade, but especially Redding get a batter down 0-2 or so, and just not be able to finish the guy off, be it strikeout or have him put it in play. That's usually the main cause of their high pitch counts, not allowing lots of baserunners. I would've been much happier if Stone hadn't let the Rangers smack him around in his 2nd inning. Lidge sure is getting a LOT of work, it would've been nice to be able to give both he and Octavio the same night off. BTW, Saarloos has been nails from the pen as well since he was put there. I think I saw something, 12 relief appearances with a 1.57 ERA, as opposed to his double digit ERA as a starter. xiki- Rosario was regarded as our top major league prospect in the minors that could make the jump. I recall Carlos' numbers not being the greatest at AA ball no less, yet he came in and was electric, no?
I'm a dumbass. You're right, the homer was to left, and the double was down the left field line. This is my right hand this is my left. This is my right hand this is my left. This is my right hand this is my left. This is my right hand this is my left. This is my right hand this is my left. This is my right hand this is my left. This is my right hand this is my left. This is my right hand this is my left. This is my right hand this is my left. This is my right hand this is my left. This is my right hand this is my left. This is my right hand this is my left. This is my right hand this is my left. This is my right hand this is my left. This is my right hand this is my left. This is my right hand this is my left. This is my right hand this is my left. I'll get it straight sooner or later, sorry. Saarloos is effective because he figured out vaseline helps your breaking pitches. Watch the brim of his hat.
I believe the Chronicle said he was throwing a fastball, slider and changeup combination last night. Not sure about a curveball, because I didn't get to see the game.
ok, i'll take that. however more often than not it's hard to justify how quickly he pulls these guys. i just hope all goes well.
Come on, Billy. Slam the door on this series. Did anyone see Kenny Rogers get that foul ball with the net and throw it to the kid? Another guy did the same thing last night. What's with the Kenny Rogers look-alikes at Arlington?
ahh....who won?! EDIT: Never mind. I got it. 3-1 Good Guys! Swept the Rangers...haha. Well during this series we went from 3rd place 1.5 back to .5 up in first place....I know it means nothing right now, but i am so happy to see them up there. I remember just a month or so ago i was pissed because we were in 4th or so place. The bats have been alive and the team playing pretty well, even with out Kent.
