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Total news: 473
Last news: December 31, 1969 19:00:00

Total news: 35
Last news: December 31, 1969 19:00:00

Husband really wanted to spend the 4th of July in Galveston at my cousin’s. He absolutely LOVES the water - and his sons just like their daddy, too. And I realized we really hadn’t spend a weekend at the beach during the season since 03 or 04 - we used to go weekends when the [...] - [Read more]

For the first time in years, I am going to spend Independence Day not watching the Astros. We’re off to Galveston to go to the beach and watch the fireworks. Back tomorrow sometime. - [Read more]

Well, Brandon couldn’t seem to throw the baseball below the mid-thigh level. Now I’ll excuse him for 2 of the popup hits - in the first inning, Clank sashayed over when James Loney hit a popup which unfortunately fell a couple inches to the right of the foul line and went into the stands for a [...] - [Read more]

Dave Borkowski and J.R Towles returned to the Astros for this game. Bork pitched very well - he said that Burt Hooten had fixed him right up, corrected his motion. Interesting. He pitched 2 innings, striking out 2, giving up a pop single that Tejada didn’t get, and a single to right. Towles got one of the [...] - [Read more]

I actually didn’t think that the Astros were ever going to admit that Villareal was having significant pitching problems, as they had signed him to a 2 year contract for 2.85 mill. Ed Wade worked for the Phillies for years and he should have known all about John Schuerholz’ outstanding judgement about pitchers - if he [...] - [Read more]

4 hours - 11 innings, and man oh man did this game draggggg.  I was gonna call this  - Quintero Gets The Astros Biggest Hit - but I’m too depressed to be funny. The poor guy took a backswing from Luis Maza right in the helmet on top of his head and it bout knocked him cold. In [...] - [Read more]

Roy had every one of his pitches working over the 6 innings he pitched. Of the 79 pitches Roy threw, 58 were strikes. Of those 58 strikes, 12 (21%) were swing and misses. He threw 10 sliders, 7 for strikes, 3 balls.  He threw 3 changeups - 2 strikes, 1 ball. He threw 13 curves - 10 [...] - [Read more]

I don’t understand why it takes so much longer to play AL teams in an NL park even when the scores are low - 3 1/2 hours today for a 3-2 8 1/2 inning game. The opposition managed 9 hits, 2 runs, both on solo homers, 6 walks and the Astros managed 10 hits, 1 [...] - [Read more]

Well this weekend, Drayton is charging higher ticket, parking and food prices for the bandwagon leading team. I sure wish he’d put all that extra $$$ into turning on the AC. If not that, then into improved coaches for the minor leaguers and into the Latin American scouting, academies and BONUSES!!! And I refuse to play [...] - [Read more]

WAN DY WAN DY WAN DY WANDY WANDY WANDY!!!!!!! He simply ROOLZ!!!  Yes, I didn’t miss a pitch, me being the Wandy fangrrrrl I am. Man he was just outSTANDing. Ah LUUUUUUUUVVVVV that boy… 8 innings of 5 hit, 1 run 9 K, no walk 1 HBP, 1 GIDP, 105 pitches. That FB was moving, the curve was curving and [...] - [Read more]

I didn’t watch the game live last night, but instead watched Fresno State, the Underdoggest Underdog of all time win its first ever championship in any mens’ sport. This is a team who started its year 8-12 and only even entered the NCAA tournament because they had exactly 4 teams in its division, and they [...] - [Read more]

 Well, I’m not even a little itsy bitsy bit surprised that Chacon, who made it MORE than clear he was NOT happy about being removed from the rotation, informed the media that he and his agent had demanded a trade, or if he couldn’t be traded, his release. Chacon is right that a whole lot [...] - [Read more]

Well, I got to be the first to say that I never thought Brian Moehler would turn out to be a more reliable starting pitcher than Roy Oswalt. He had another excellent outing - giving up 5 hits, 2 BB, 1 run, and 2 GIDP. I had a bad feeling when he started out - [...] - [Read more]

Yes, I know. I think I’m just sooooooo punny. First, still no idea who is going to get cut on Thursday when Runelvys Hernandez (and yeah, we FINALLY got a REAL Fat Elvys) comes up, although I STILL suspect it is Abercrombie. Second, Kaz Matsui, unsurprisingly, has some sort of hamstring something or other. Remember, when he [...] - [Read more]

As all yall know, I believe the DH is to baseball as a plastic doll is to loving intimate relations. But too many people care only for batting average, hating the sac-bunt, sneering at ballplayers who are defensive geniuses unless they hit .300. And, of course, since pitchers don’t hit all through high school, college and the low [...] - [Read more]

Husband and I went to an out of town wedding last night, and I come back to find that the Astros lost when they should have won and won when they should have lost… Today, Brandon Backe decided that it is better to walk a guy than throw him something good to hit and really, his [...] - [Read more]

Roy’s line - 7 hits ZERO homers, 2 BB, 5 K, 2 R/ER in 7.2 IP It was the old Roy - he had the FB snapping and the curve working. So be it and shall it remain. Brocail got the third out in the 8th with 2 on and Valverde gave up a solo homer, but [...] - [Read more]

Today, the Mariners fired manager McLaren the day after they fired their GM. They decided to override Bavasi’s decision to continue with Johjima as the starting catcher - AND this is a guy to whom he just gave a 3 year 16 mill contract extension. There are rumors that they are going to release Richie [...] - [Read more]

AND his second in a row, I might could add. He came into the game bottom of the 9th with the score ties 1-1. got an out, then gave up 3 singles and there went the ballgame. Dude isn’t making himself look good for prospective trade partners, gotta say that - giving up game losing [...] - [Read more]

Ah, how far the mighty have fallen. Was it only a couple of weeks ago that I was being coldly informed by LOTS of Astros fans that the Stros were headed for the playoffs and how everyone except Bourn/Towles were awesome and everything would be perfect if only we could swap out Quintero for Towles [...] - [Read more]