Please keep this to talk about the series. As usual no Play-by-Play, or general Astros talk. If you need play by play see one of the many other sites that have game casts. 7-23 Travis Wood, LHP vs. Bud Norris, RHP 7:05 on FSH 7-24 Johnny Cueto, RHP vs. Roy Oswalt, RHP 6:05 on FSH 7-25 Mike Leake, RHP vs. Wandy Rodriguez, LHP 1:05 on FSH Sorry about the spam guy earlier. I have been at a conference all day and did not have BBS access.
Travis Wood is due for a bad outing and Oswalt is due for a win, Wandys dialed in to beast mode in his last few starts, hope the Astros sweep the Reds
Anyone have any ideas into how this is possible? In yesterday's USA Today in the Sports section, they listed MLB attendance for all teams for both home and road games. The Astros were ranked #2 in all of baseball in average road attendance at 33,460. Huh??? The Yankees were ranked #1 at 35,438 and the Red Sox were #3 with 31,305. Those teams I understand, but the Astros at #2?!?
I wouldn't say that he was beastly in his last start. It started to get away from him a little despite the huge lead. In general, he's obviously been much better over the last month or so.
It's probably just a fluke. I don't think people out of town come out specifically to see the Astros. Either it's due to a) who they've faced over the first half, i.e., they've happened to play a disproportionate number of games against teams that have good attendane, or b) fans expect wins when the Stros come to town. I'm leaning toward the former. The latter was just a lame joke. And if it's the former, I guess it's not really a fluke, other than due to the scheduling.
Budchuck! Man, Phillips is hating that one. The ball was 3 feet wide and ankle high and he got called on the check swing.
I hate to be a Debbie but such a small sample size. Remember Maysonet? I just think there is too much of a track record to expect Onhell to be anything more than a temporary plug. I think his numbers will drop dramatically as the sample size becomes signficant. Hope I'm wrong. I think it was a fine deal but largely a no-brainer with 2 teams having matching needs for fringe players.
To put it in numerical terms, after that last hit, he probably has about a .740 OPS. If he keeps getting regular ABs, I think he'll drop to the low .600s, maybe worse. He has the advantage of being an unknown right now. The longer he hangs around, the more opposing teams will have on him. He doesn't know the pitchers either but there are scouting reports available on most of the guys he faces.
Does anybody think Budchuck will connect with a pitch one of these days and deposit it into the Crawford Boxes? He takes a mighty hack for a pitcher. Not a bad looking swing at all.
