First of all, I hate losing to the Rangers.
It’s not the smug look from Rougned Odor. It’s not the “rivalry” — I feel more of a rivalry with the Cardinals and Dodgers.
No, as a former resident of West Texas, I have too many friends who are Rangers fans. Every time the Rangers win, they get this delusional idea that now — NOW — is when their run at the division begins.
I hate the false hope it gives those poor suckers.
Anyway, here are three things to ponder as Astros try to keep the Angels at bay … oh, and win the stupid Silver Boot. Whatever.
1. The Astros are into the final third of the season. For those not keeping track, the Astros have yet to finish a month below .500. July ended at 12-12. But each month has been successively worse. April was 15-7, May was 16-13, and June was 15-14. So far August has been 3-3. Damned Rangers.
Part of the problem for the Astros has been — surprisingly — defense. In six games this month, Houston has given up 27 runs, but only 22 were earned. That’s nearly a run per game the defense is giving away. Of course, Houston has scored 33 runs over those six games, so a little bit of bad luck seems to be hurting the win total.
Is this defensive stumble just an oddity? The addition of Carlos Gomez would seem to help the defense. But Jed Lowrie isn’t exactly Luis Valbuena at third base. And say what you want about Chris Carter at the plate, but I think his work around the bag at first is a little better than Marwin Gonzalez‘s.
2. The Astros have two days off next week. Monday and Thursday. Better still, there’s no travel on one of those days. Houston has a day off between playing at Oakland and at San Francisco. That rest — along with the free travel day back home on Thursday before playing the depleted Tigers — should help Houston reverse its trend with its monthly winning percentage.
Meanwhile, the Angels apparently have just one more off day this month and a total of four for the rest of the season. Will that grind take its toll on the Halos? Houston has six total days off for the remainder of the season. Will those extra days help with the beleaguered pitching staff and the stalwarts in the lineup?
After all, we all saw how one bad outing by Lance McCullers seemed to affect two games. Giving the bullpen and rotation a break now and then could pay big dividends come late September and into October.
3. George Springer is probably about two weeks away from returning. When he gets here, that outfield will have Springer, Gomez and … who gets sent down. No offense, but while a defense of Springer, Gomez and Jake Marisnick sounds like a pitcher’s dream, we’re talking about left field in Minute Maid. Colby Rasmus is much better than average out there. And even Preston Tucker can handle the position. My only problem with Tucker is his abysmal OPS (.466) vs. left-handed pitching. Rasmus is at least consistent no matter the pitcher with LH vs. RH splits of .774 and .748.
When Springer returns, is Jake the odd man out in the outfield? Or do we keep his right-handed bat and his superior glove, and send Tucker to AAA until September 1? For the record, Jake’s OPS vs. RHs is .692. Not exactly stellar, but better than Tucker … and we already have a left-handed hitting left fielder in Rasmus.
Have a great weekend, Astros fans. Here’s hoping for more Correa Crushes. (I’m copywriting that.)
CHIPALATTA 
Brian, for the record, although Jake does indeed have a YTD OPS of .692 against righties, Tucker is hitting .290 with a .351 OBP and a .908 OPS against them. He’s the clear choice to be in the line up against right handed pitching.
And if you look a bit further into Jakes numbers, he’s barely produced a .500 OPS overall since the end of April. And since the All Star Break, Jake is hitting .174/.208/.283/.491. There really is no justification to start Marisnick against anyone even accepting the fact that he’s much better defensively than Tucker. There is just no way to candy coat Jakes offensive stats.
I think it’s fair to say right now, with the .466 OPS Tucker has against against lefties, he should sit against them. At the same time, Jake has a .496 OPS against those same lefties. L.J. Hoes is lifetime .697 against lefties. Not remarkable, but much better than todays options.
I think it’s testament to Jakes ability in all areas other than hitting that he is still on the roster today. He might be the worst hitter in baseball since the end of April. Can we afford to carry him any longer?
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The Astros traded for Oliver Perez from AZ. It was for a minor leaguer, but no word on who the player is that they traded.
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Ha! Ha! Ha!!! Tim our posts were nearly identical!!! Funny!!
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Perez is a good pick up. He gets his lefties out.
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Astros trade for Oliver Perez from the Diamondbacks, for a minor leaguer. No word on who that was, but we needed another lefty in he bullpen.
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It was Junior Garcia from the Tri-City club.
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If Luhnow is gonna trade Valbuena his stock just went up with another homerun tonight………the *only* run tonight.
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One thing about worrying about LAA and Texas. If you win games you don’t have to worry. If you lose (like we’re doing) then yes. If you look at the box scores and see our averages against the better teams we don’t come close to comparing. Our pitching staff can’t be expected to throw up zeros to the opposing teams every time out. Can’t wait for Spinger’s return but I don’t know if he can do it all.
I saw a little bit of the game last night and we hit the ball hard a few times but right at their players. Glad to have Lowrie back not we’ve given away some “D”. Valbuena has been an offensive bust and of course the morass that is 1st base. I really like how we’ve performed overall this year but if we don’t get the offense in gear you can kiss the playoffs bye bye.
Good teams surge this time of year and we appear to be going in the opposite direction. I think a big majority on this blog felt that we really needed to address the corner spots at the trade deadline but that didn’t happen. As for the outfield, nobody can argue with Marisnik’s glove but his bat just isn’t there. Rasmus is OK but not going but he’s not setting the world on fire. DH, well there’s another empty suit.
Keuchel pitched good enough to win last night and that’s a shame. A bad road trip, (and this one is starting to smell) could put us behind the eight ball, not to mention out of 1st. Playing 500 ball is not going to cut it. Time to get LJ hoes back in the line up.I’d also bring Singleton back up. Got be somebody on the farm that can get hits. Overall, I’m pleased that we’re where we are. It’s just frustrating to see us starting to slide after getting here. Let’s get back in the game guys.
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Instead of Singleton why not bring up Tyler White? He has performed much better than Singleton at the AAA level. I realize we would have to create a 40-man spot for him, but we still have dead weight there with guys like Villar and Grossman so it wouldn’t be a painful decision.
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That seems a little aggressive on the Springer return. He might resume baseball activities in two weeks, bit like will not be thrust right back into the lineup. Does anyone know the milb postseason rules? If Springer is on rehab assignment on Sept 1st, could he play for, say, Quad Cities in their playoffs?
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Fresno got a two run homer and shut out the archrival affiliate Sacramento 2-0.
Who hit that home run?
First Baseman Tyler White did.
Who?
First baseman Tyler White!
You mean the guy who’s hitting over .350 Tyler White?
Yeah, that one.
Oh! Say, couldn’t he DH, too?
Nope.
Why?
He’s blocked by Evan Gattis.
Ohhhh.
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I think he’s the same guy with the .450 something OPS.
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Meant to say .450 OBP…..
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Well, what about that guy who played DH last night for Corpus? He was 3 for 5 with a home run.
We can’t use him.
Why not?
He’s too young.
But he’s two years older than Correa.
His bat speed is too slow.
But he’s hit .332 for the whole year and has 29 HRs and 103 RBIs.
He’s not in the top 100 Prospect List.
But he’s leading the minors in every hitting category?
He’s too slow.
But, he trots around the bases. He doesn’t need to run fast to do that does he?
He’s blocked by Chris Carter.
Ohhhh!
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OP1 ….hard to argue against the facts. Question is, do we want to win or do we want to admit that once in a while our player decisions don’t work out like we thought they would.
The hardest thing in the world for businessmen, baseball execs, etc. to admit is that they were wrong. A lot of times their egos simply will not let them. There are exceptions but I’d say 90% of the time they will never admit it or make the change.
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Well, sometimes they don’t have to admit it. It’s glaringly obvious..
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I would like to tag on these comments with what I have seen in business, churches, service clubs, etc. etc. Good decision makers get into the “what if” mind set. What if we bring him up and he fails? What if he becomes another Brett Wallace? What if we DFA Grossman and he becomes another J.D. Martinez? What if he can not hit the inside pitch? So they rationalize ad infinitum.
And the answer to all of that is “What if he turns out to be a legit player?” For me, in my opinion, you have the minors to see what a player can do and he is promoted when he proves he can play at a certain level. If you have a player, such as Tyler White who is performing, and you have a player like Carter who is not, it becomes an “emotional decision” and not a “rational decision.” Sort of like why my wife would never buy a blue dish towel. EMOTIONAL.
Anyone remember JL talking about how a player was promoted when his chart went “green”. And the example was Jose Veras.
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Brian,
I agree with your comments about the team in Arlington. I absolutely hate losing to those guys. As a resident of north Texas it’s all rangers all the time up here. Would’ve loved to have had bragging rights on all my friends and family.
That said what’s up with the defense? Not being able to watch the team except when they play the rangers it’s hard to gauge it. I agree that Valbuena is better defensively than Lowrie and the same can be said of Carter he just is anemic at the plate. Any chance that Singleton could be back?
The offense appeared to be overmatched by Gray last night.
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Chris Carter’s BA as an Astro month by month:
2013
April-.227
May-.217
June-.241
July-.174
Aug-.212
Sept-.258
2014
April-.153
May-.232
June-.164
July-.289
Aug-.270
Sept-.228 and let Mallee go.
2015
April-.160
May-.215
June-.209
July-.109
Aug-.000
And this guy is still on the team because he had a six week period out of three years that he hit for a good BA. He is a liability in the outfield and has a zero WAR at 1B. He strikes out more than anybody in baseball and I don’t know what else to say.
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Because my mind is not normal. When I had a foreman call me and say “I ran out of gas.” My first question was “Is the gas gauge broken?” The answer was always “No it works.” My reply was then don’t call me. When I read the above, one has to wonder why bother to keep stats and spray charts and whatever if you are going to ignore what they tell you.
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OP1: I think you touched on something in your Carter indictment that IMO doesn’t get enough attention and that is the seeming ineptness of the hitting coaching staff. When you noted “and let Mallee go.” I think you hit an important point. I was no big fan of Mallee but there was a guy named Jose Altuve who got A LOT BETTER working with him and you might even give him credit for helping Carter in the latter part of 2014. Is there a hitter on this team who has gotten better this season? Most of the returning players or those who came to us by trade are producing under their career numbers and its not because they are old and on the decline. Altuve is a case in point. Besides his BA being 50-60 points down his OPS is down 80 points, his slugging is down 40 points despite already hitting more homers than last year, his K rate while still the best on the team is up significantly and his mistakes and caught stealings on the bases are increased as well. It may be sacrilegious to suggest but Jose has become a good but not great second baseman and frankly if he gets some pressure from Kemp or Bregman in the Spring he might be expendable despite his wonderful story. It’s also a bit harsh but this is going to be Correa’s team for a long time and I’m not sure Jose can adjust to that reality.
The big problem I see with this hitting coach is that he was not all that well regarded with the Mets, he has little credibility with the veteran players and is not helping the young guys. Would Mallee have let Jake go into this kind of spiral? And then when you contrast Strom’s work with the pitching staff it makes the hitting side look even worse. For this season its probably too late to make changes although I wonder what a little mentoring from Bagwell and/or Biggio would do for Jose. Those are the only guys in the organization that I can think of off the top of my head who might be able to get him turned around.
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Mellee wanted to go to the Cubs…..he and Maddon are very close, and I would asume that the front office didn’t make it a priority to give him a new contract..
That’s just my thinking……BUT if they let Brent Strom walk, there will be a near riot with the pitchers, AND the fans.
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Doc, that is why I mentioned it.
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Luhnow is no dummy, he sees what’s ginger on with this club. I’m a gambler so I think luhnow is working the phones trying to unload a coup of guys to get better.
When these guys get back from this road trip, I would bet Karter is gone and some dead weight in Fresno as well. Tyler white has not gone unnoticed, luhnow gets updates on these guys daily. I have no idea what the steps are to release or DFA a player…..or the steps to trade multiple players for another player. I’ve got a feeling this is going to be a busy next 2-3 weeks…..hang on!!
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Going…not ginger dang autocorrect!!
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What it comes down to is this. There are players such as Carter and Marisnick and lately Gattis who are hitting so poorly that if you brought up a minor leaguer in their place and they were a bust – you would probably be getting the same production or better.
To me that points to it not being that big a risk to go down and grab an AJ Reed. What is the down side? That he will produce like Carter?
Yes, we are afraid of starting clocks or hurting psyches, but we have had good luck bringing kids up this season, even from AA or with limited AAA time.
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It’s always about money……and always will be.
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I think that has been true of the organization moves up through Correa. But if they were afraid of starting clocks they certainly would never have brought up McCullers or Tucker of Velasquez when they did. The would have limped along with one of their AAA shmoes or picked up someone off the dung heap But they brought LMJ up at 21.
I am hoping we get more help soon, and I guess picking up lefty specialist Oliver Perez was a step that way. Maybe Sept. 1 we will see a surprise 1B show up…
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On the subject of starting the clock and waiting until next year….. Do any of you have any friends or family members that are Rangers fans? Well I am lucky enough to have a bunch. I can remember in 2011 when Nelson Cruz dropped the fly to right and the Cards won that game 6 and the next. Well when I kidded them, they let me know real quick that even though they lost than one, they had a great young team and would be back again in 2012. The rest is history. When you have a chance, then you go for it. That does not mean you waste your talent gold in the minors. But you certainly don’t leave them there if they are performing.
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I’m one of the unfortunates also. Got a ton of relatives in the Dallas/ Ft Worth area although I’m from Houston.
So I know how you feel.
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I know everyone (myself included) has been thrilled with the Astros sitting in first place almost all year long. No one I know had any thought that would be the case in the winter or early spring. But a wise old baseball guy once told me, a young team becomes a winning team only in stages – 1st they become competitive, 2nd they learn to win at home, 3rd they learn to win on the road and then they are ready to be champions (sorry for the Drayton reference). This was true way back when I was first told this, and it’s true today. We are seeing evidence of it now. But it also means we are moving along this trajectory to becoming the perennial winner we have been waiting for. And if by some stroke of luck or magic or whatever, all the better. But I think we are on the right track, even it’s going to take us another year or so to get there.
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Sorry, I meant to say, “And if by some stroke of luck or magic or whatever, and we can win this year, all the better.” As usual, I think somewhat faster than I can type.
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Interesting comment LJG. I have a close friend that won over 500 HS BB games. He told me that each year, 50-60% of all teams can get to the state playoffs. I asked him how can that be possible.
His thoughts. First the team needs senior leadership. Without it, they fall into the 1/2 that can not win. They need a good coach with a good plan. They then need to play some close games. They don’t need to win them but they need to learn to compete and learn to come back in games. At that point, they will believe in the coach and the plan. Then they need to win some close games. At that time, they believe in themselves. Once that happens, they fight like crazy to NOT LOSE. And that team can make the playoffs. His theory was a team needs to believe in the coach and plan first, but ultimately they have to depend on their ability and team mates. I think both of these experienced coach had the same theory.
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Good take Lester.
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With the addition of Oliver Perez, it looks like a pitcher, not a position player will be booted out. Looking at the pitchers (currently 12) I don’t see anyone who I want to part with. Can you????
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The first inning today is a microcosm of our problem. Altuve leads off with single. Gomez hits a long out. Correa works hard to draw a walk. That brings up our clean-up hitter with two men on base. For some reason, our clean-up hitter is a guy batting .230 something. He grounds out. Now we have our #5 hitter coming up with two outs and men on 2nd and 3rd. The #5 batter is hitting right at .240. He’s our DH. Do we get the runs home? Of course not. Does the 6th hitter, who is hitting 30 points higher than the guy at clean-up and 20 points higher than our DH, and #5 hitter, get a chance to bring in the runs? Of course not. Any wonder why we are in a funk?
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By the way – for every offense except the Astros – including the team in the AL with the worst record – the mantra holds true: walks = runs.
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Exactly what I just said…..*WALKS* WILL KILL McHugh. He does this every single start. JEEZE.
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Alas, our Astros only face Cy Young winners. Oh, wait .. .
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These guys have GOT to win some games………
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If you do not make the other team pay by scoring regularly when they walk or hit your best hitters, there is no incentive whatever for them to ever pitch to your best hitters.
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Who have the A’s pitched around? They have walked Correa twice, Gomez once and Valbuena once This is not wildness, folks. This is strategy – get in a bad count to an Astro who can hit the ball and just walk him. And of course nobody has stood up, gone into inning building mode, and made them wish they hadn’t.
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A.J. Reed just hit his *29*th homerun…..has MLB best 103 ribi’s. ((((( sigh ))))……
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The O’S released Bud Norris today…..his reaction “I’m not going to say anything about it”. Good move Bud, you need to keep your mouth shut if you wanna keep pitching in the MLB…….trashing your former team is the best way to *not* get picked up.
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2-1.
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Absolutely frustrating watching this team on the road. Everyone, and I mean everyone, is pressing.
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well at least we have two lefties in the pen now.
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I hope one can hit in the clutch.
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Pre-game on the radio they were talking to the non-hitting coach (my title) Dave Hudgens. I did not really like what I heard at the end.
He basically said that the pitchers have the advantage because they can go after the hitters’ weaknesses. He said he wants his hitters to go with their strengths rather than go after the pitchers’ weaknesses like bad breaking pitches.
I could not help but wonder what he does when the hitters have few strengths. It just did not impress me.
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Heard that too……….there was a reason the Mets let him go. Something has to give
Can’t keep leaving 10 men on base, and only getting one run. Time for luhnow to Make a move…….PAST time to make a move. I don’t care if they ARE on the road , buy Carter a ticket back to Houston, and get someone from Fresno to take hs pace.
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Isn’t the point of coaching to help players maintain strengths and strengthen weaknesses? I will grant that coaching hitting and coaching pitching are two very different skills. For the most part hitting is reactive. One needs to have good swing mechanics and timing. If a hitter has a hole in his swing the hitting coach should help him close the hole instead of just accepting it and hoping the pitcher won’t be good enough to exploit it. Does Hudgens even consider upbraiding Altuve for his lousy pitch selection? Because of Hudgens lack of credibility I expect Altuve and probably a lot of the other hitters turn a deaf ear to him. From the interview I kind of get the impression that Hudgens has thrown up his hands and said we’re a swing for the fences group, I can’t/won’t do anything about it and why would I want to change their approach? They’re major league hitters.
Pitching on the other hand is more choreographed. It involves fine rhythms and balance that can be repeated. Mechanics can be fine tuned. The pitcher initiates the batter-pitcher confrontation and has much more in his control. A good pitching coach recognizes when something gets off track. McHugh was tipping his pitches earlier in the season. Strom fixed the problem.
In an earlier post I mentioned bringing in Bagwell/Biggio to mentor Altuve. This entire coaching staff is new to winning and in the case of Hinch even relatively new to managing. I think A J has made enough good decisions that the players respect him but he’s no Tony LaRussa yet. Managers do get fired, hitting coaches ought to be on a similar hot seat.
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I agreed with what Hudgens said about the pitchers having the upper hand of starting the action and that hitters are then more reactive.
But I did not hear about what he does to work on his hitters weaknesses and having a plan at the plate.
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Last night Colin Moran hit his sixth homer to left center and his seventh homer to left. Both were opposite field shots. Tucker goes oppo, Correa goes oppo, Springer goes oppo, and Altuve goes oppo. When you field a team of hitters that will burn you if you shift them, the shifts will cease and then you will have holes all over the field.
Right now I see no incentive on the team to start a rally. Even the announcers talk about the long ball, and never talk about stringing hits and walks together.
What needs to happen is to rid of players who don’t hit for average, because with that short porch in left and right, we will get homers at home and singles and doubles in the big parks.
The playoff run is here and the pitching will get stingier and stingier. We need hitters.
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I don’t think they necessarily have to hit for average if they are capable of working the count and getting on base via BBs. If Carter was hitting .225, with his ability to draw BBs and his power, he would have value. As it stands now we can’t have a player hitting on the interstate. I would take a .225 Carter over a .250 Gattis because Carter walks much more than Gattis and has equal power. Ideally, I would love them all to be .300 hitters with .400 OBP, but if they can jack near 30 HRs and have an OBP .330+ I will take it.
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DB14, different people see things differently. I don’t see Altuve as the problem. Does he swing at pitches outside the zone? Yes, but he makes contact on those pitches. The problem (in my opinion) lies in several guys only make contact on any pitch 67% of the time (Altuve 89%). They can not hit a strike 30% of the time. Do I wish Altuve had better plate discipline? Yes.
I wish that a coach/mentor could help 3-6 guys and improve their ability to put the bat on the ball. Yesterday we had 18 LOB per box score. Altuve was responsible for 1. He can’t get on base, steal a base, and then drive himself in. It is a team game and (in my opinion) the lack of production in the middle of the order needs addressing. Do some guys walk more than he does? Yes about double, but they K about 3 times as often.
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But, not walking at all is a problem at the leadoff spot.
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Ordinarily I would be right with you, adding an amen that obvious piece of baseball wisdom. Walks are supposed to energize an offense – and get the RBI juices flowing. But not this offense. This team is the worst I have ever seen in capitalizing on walks. The idea of patiently waiting out four or more pitches seems to put whatever offensive focus our guys have – weak as it has been shown to be – into absolute deep sleep mode. These guys thrive [well, is way too strong a verb] on swinging the bat and hearing the ‘crack’ of bat on ball. Yes, I said it. Our offense is on crack.
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But what good is weak contact, especially early in the AB? Of course Altuve CAN make contact with poor pitches but when he does so before he is forced to he gets himself out. He made the last out of the game yesterday by swinging at the first pitch of the AB and it was way off the plate. His making contact with the pitcher’s pitch with less than two strikes is a detriment and not a benefit. As for the LOB stat, that is a mere total of each individual failure. The real team LOB was 9.
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Hey guys, it’s the 8th inning, and Altuve just led off the Astro’s half with a BB. Can we capitalize?
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Uhh, never mind. CS #10.
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If that’s the case…..I have a real problem if the hitting g coach has “thrown his hands up because this is a team that just swings for the fences group”. They probably are but that doesn’t mean you can’t ask another hitting coach for advice. Right now, and it’s the last 6-7 weeks of the regular season……it might not hurt to ask Bagwell to add his 2 cents in on the way these guys are swinging at everything. It’s WAAY past time to get back on track. As with some other series…..these guys *have* to split it.
Going into San Francisco….Losing 3 games to the A’S would spell disaster. Nothing
Takes the wind outta your sails like coming home with your tail between
your legs.
*BUNT*!!!!!
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Gomez batting cleanup? !
That’s. ..odd…
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Well, he hasn’t exactly been killing it in the 2nd spot. And at least his BA is .40 points better than Valbuenas and 30 points better than Gattis’. And we absolutely have to have somebody batting behind Correa who at least gives the opposing pitcher some reason not to walk Carlos and get into the long list of pushovers we usually line up after the 3 spot.
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For our guys right now seeing a runner on the bases in front of them means swing for all you’ve got – and of course when our guys swing like that, they usually miss. 3 Ks in two innings – 2 with runners in scoring position.
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So I would like to ask everyone about Matt Duffy.
He had two stints in AA and the first one, in 2013 was meh, but the second one, in 2014 was very good.
So, in 2014 he was promoted to AAA and his numbers were meh.
But this year in AAA his numbers are very good, he is hitting over .300 for the season with good power and his K rate is down significantly and his BB rate is up considerably.
So here is a 26 year old hitting over .300 in AAA and his splits are right on. His RHP/LHP
splits are even, his RISP splits are even, his road/home splits are even.
His power is to his pull side but his hits are spread evenly to all fields.
The most interesting of all of his statistics is that, for the last three seasons, he has hit .368 against opposing pitchers who were Top 20 prospects for their clubs. Translating, that means he hits good pitchers at a rate 60 percentage points higher than normal pitchers. He gets up for them, bears down, I don’t know what to call it but if this is his makeup it means he just might hit much better in the majors than one might expect.
What do you guys think?
I think I always judged Duffy’s performance as he moved up, but never bothered to go back and realize that the second time around was what he used to improve himself. He is somewhat like Tucker, in that it took him a while to adapt and adjust, but when he did, he turned out to be a .300 hitter with some power.
I think he’s probably better at 1B than 3B, but he has played both all through the minors.
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When I say “guys” I mean everyone. I respect and invite every opinion.
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I don’t think it matters much what we think. So far, unless and until Carter is given hs walking papers……we are sruck with him at first base.OR the musical chairs will keep on going, with Valbuena, and Marwin. So, your guess is as good as ours on what they want to do about Kris Karter and his abimal hitting line, but yeah I’d give ANYONE a chance to come up to play 1st base, and Matt Duffy is as good as anyone else I guess. I’d love to see Reed, but that ain’t happening.
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Welp…..there go the A’S got their run,so we can just call this game because our guys won’t score any runs. By the way….their short stop has made *29* errors this year!! Lord have mercy, I can’t wrap my brain around that one!! As a matter of fact they hired Ron Washington just to work with this kid!! They must not have anyone in their minor leagues that can play SS…..like we did!!
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Wow I’m sick of watching these guys hitting so poorly. Yuck!!
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Stand in line………..
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Tied 1-1…hopefully we can shut them down the rest of the way.
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I have a headache……………
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Watching the Astros lately has reminded me of the early years of the Colt 45’s. They would get a well-pitched game out of Farrell or Bruce or Nottebart or Ken Johnson and the team would just not score any runs. It is so frustrating watching this team.
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RASMUS!!!! 🙂
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Yahoooo!!! 3 run HR
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There are no words…
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There are words. There is just no point.
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I took my earpiece out of my ear, when they had two on and pitching to Reddick.
Don’t know what else to say. I’m just so sad.
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Now I have a headache
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I thought this at the break………not landing a closer was gonna bite Luhnow in the ass.
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