“It can always get worse,” Berkman said.
“At some point, I expect to not be an albatross on the rest of the lineup and be productive.” Link
Count Down Has Begun
(The Astros) held a postgame meeting with general manager Ed Wade and manager Cecil Cooper. Link
Injuries
Moehler will undergo an MRI today in Pittsburgh to gauge the extent of the injury, which has bothered him for a few weeks…
“It’s one of those things that’s been bugging me a little bit and hopefully it’s not major, nothing serious is going to show up and we’ll treat it as need be,” Moehler said. Link
“It’s in a bad spot, it’s my push-off leg and I’m just not able to drive the ball like I would like to,” Moehler said. “It presents a problem when you’re a pitcher.” Link
Matsui “…said his back started to stiffen up on him and he had problems reaching down, and that’s not a good thing for us,” manager Cecil Cooper said. “Hopefully that’s all it is, that it got stiff.” Matsui was hopeful it was nothing more than some stiffness and that the day off on Tuesday would help. Link
Innings eater
“Fulchino is a guy who can go multiple innings,” Cooper said. “…He’s started in the past, so he can go two or three if need be.” “I can eat up a lot of innings,” Fulchino said. Link
Do you feel miserable? Forbes says you should,
Forbes put out their 2nd Annual America’s Most Miserable Sport Cities. Seattle was their pick and they think the Astros are the 5th most disappointed sports city in America. This is based on the precision of “close but no cigar” comparisons. Chicago doesn’t rate because they’re never close enough to a title to cause their fans, the ones that arent hammered, significant distress. Link
Memory of Harry
Geoff Blum grew up watching NFL Films highlights and was excited the first time he heard Kalas say his name. “Harry Kalas said my name and said ‘deep drive into right-center field’ with that deep voice, and I still have it on tape,” he said. “That’s one of the things I kept.” Link