LIGHTS OUT LIDGE!!!! (K's the side!) Man... we really haven't played good baseball in any game on this homestand so far, but we're 3-1 with the Rocket rearing to go tommorow. If we can just get thru these "dog days" where all teams tend to lose some focus, things will be really looking good for September.
Anyone else a little worried about Roy? He's been human his last few times out after being untouchable for a good stretch of the year. I would like to see each one of the Big 3 skip a start once Backe comes back if we have a decent cushion.
I was looking at the remaining schedule. It looks like we have a favorable schedule, but we still need to win a bunch to get in to the postseason. If we keep our current pace we'll win 89 games. I think that we would be lucky to get in with that many wins. Anyone have any guesses as to how many wins we'll need to make it as the wildcard? My Guess: 94, which means we need to win 31 of the 47 left. That's a .660 winning percentage. I'm kind of thinking out loud, but what do ya'll think? How many wins? I think it took 94 last year.
Also, I found this article that was pretty good. I didn't thinks that msnbc had it in them. Anyway, here is the webpage: http://msnbc.msn.com/id/8747323/ I might even say that it was great article. (*side note: there is a link that goes to the second page of the article)
Given that the glutton of Wild card competition comes solely from the East, who have to play a number of games down the stretch against each other, the Astros probably will not have to win as many games as they did last year to reach the postseason. Also, the Astros have been on an amazing tear over the past two months, and have an extremely favorable schedule at home over the next month and a half, so it is far more likely that they will win 94 games rather than 89.
The "Wild Card" is definitely one of baseball's best decisions...Many hardcore fans and players didn't like it at first, but I bet even bobrek among many others think it's great now...
