Haha Girardi was talking smacking about giving up Hader in the Gomez trade, yea we’ve hit on a few and missed a few
I love baseball... but even a purist can admit when the game seems to drag on. 3-2 counts, endless foul balls, mound meetings, step-outs, pick-off throws... baseball is constantly trying to battle the "nothing is happening" angle.
I'm half paying attention, but I heard them spend like, what 5 minutes talking about soccer and cricket or whatever. Camera wasn't even on the game during part of it. And this is common with these national broadcasts, for them to just talk about whatever, because they think they have more interesting stuff to talk about. Our announcers have no problem filling an entire game every night with baseball-related commentary.
There's plenty of dead-time talk there too.... Julia shenanigans, Blum talks about something that happened in the clubhouse years ago, etc. I do question Fox's commitment to the regional coverage during the season.
JV hasn't quite seemed right his last few starts. Even more reason why adding another proven arm to the rotation is ideal.
And don't relinquish the lead so JV gets the win. His ERA sucked tonight, but at least get him the win.
I'm fine with disagreeing on certain percentage levels of tolerance for either scenario. No worries. I will use this opportunity to post a recent Ken Hoffman article on this exact subject, just because, hey, it exists and it's about Fox's national coverage specifically of an Astros game. http://houston.culturemap.com/news/...ny-yankees-missed-calls-ken-hoffman-baseball/
In all, Henry VIII had six wives, though technically only three according to English law. He also weighed a hefty 400 pounds, which would not look athletic in a baseball uniform, but would not disqualify him from playing first base for the Astros. Ouch.
