Yeah, silly us for thinking Roy Oswalt is better than any pitcher currently on the Marlins(or has ever been on the Marlins). Anibel has only played a handful of games this season, and even those games he's been nothing more than slightly above avg. Scott Olson? you mean 7-10 4.31 era Scott Olson? well, anyway.....good luck with your 5 games back with 15 games left chase, because personally I agree, I'd love to see a Tampa/Fla WS. Anything to piss off Bud.
Wow, Torres blows another one. Four runs in the ninth for the sCrUBS... onto the bottom of the tenth. I guess we're also hoping Tim Redding can beat Johan Santana tonight as well...
I'll agree with their future being very bright in terms of pitching. However, we shouldn't have been swept, let alone lost that series. The marlins were 77-72 when the series started, and with us being 80-69 stood a pretty good shot to win that series and SHOULD have. I'm just disappointed that we put up what we did against the Marlins.
Lol, I just noticed Ned Yost was fired? What in the **** for? So Milwaukee's doing their usual choke job, that's nothing new at all and you fire a guy with 10 games left? ****ing dumb as hell move.
Did anybody see Zambrano's line today? 1.2 IP, 8 R, 8 ER, 3 BB, 1 SO, 1 HR In my mind, this puts an even bigger * on his garbage no-hitter against us. He ain't celebrating in anybody's face today, that's for sure.
I couldn't see the game but what happened basically? Did we GIVE away the no-hitter to Zambrano or did he pitch well? It sounds like a no-hitter is a no-hitter no?
a no hitter is a no hitter. but I have been watching the Astros since the early 90's, I have never seen an Astros team play with less interest than the team that took the field that day. I'm not naive enough to blame our post-season demise on Ike, but I am also aware enough to realize momentum is a clear factor in baseball, and I still believe Selig was more destructive to our postseason chances than Ike was.
Another interesting fact: ESPN confirmed that Z's start today was the worst start in MLB history after a no-hitter. Another coincidence? I think not. I also saw a Cubs fans make the following statement in a thread on CBS Sportsline: "Someone in my thread indicated Z's grandmother died. If that is the case, he shouldn't have been pitching at all. You guys are sour grapes." I am starting to believe in karma. I can't believe a Cubs fan is complaining that a player shouldn't have had to play because of an unfortunate external circumstance. If Zambrano's grandmother did in fact pass away, then he shouldn't have necessarily been pitching but the fact is that the entire Astros team had to play after a hurricane hit southern Texas. More than one person died as a result of Ike. Plus, Zambrano had a choice. I'm sure he wasn't forced to play.
Z is an odd one; went from no hit to oh *****; pissin on Lou on the walk-off; too busy pointing at the sky turdathon today.
Unrelated, but a funny picture of Carmona wailing on Sheffield's head: I'm an Indians fan, so I'm probably biased but Sheffield was the one that charged Carmona and I don't believe Carmona hit him intentionally.
There is no such thing as a "garbage no-hitter". Zambrano is a fabulous pitcher, jerk or not. I'm sure we all hate the cubs, but a no-hitter is a no-hitter. The Cubs clinch today, most likely. Here's hoping for a three-and-out.
^^^ Speaking of Carmona, what in the hell happened to him this year? He went from being one of the most promising young pitchers in baseball to ballooning it up with a era of 5.19.
Ahh, sources in the pentagon appear to cite a late comeback due to hip injury as the source of his troubles. Is that really the case? Can a pitcher really suck this much because of that?
