Astros get shut out by Nats 7-0
WP: Zimmermann (2-1)
LP: Oberholtzer (0-5)
contributed by Sphinx Drummond
All time Houston Astros great and future Hall of Famer Craig Biggio wore number seven. There are seven notes in the traditional Western diatonic scale. Agatha Christie wrote The Seven Dials Mystery and Seven Pillars of Wisdom is a book by T.E. Lawrence. Stephen Covey wrote The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People. Someone spent seven years in Tibet and wrote a book about it.
In Islam there are seven heavens. The number of layers of the Earth in Islamic religion is seven. According to Hinduism, there are seven worlds in the universe, seven seas in the world and seven Rishies (seven gurus) called sapta rishis. Of course there are the so-called Seven Deadly Sins: lust, gluttony, greed, sloth, wrath, envy, and pride. And the contrasting Seven Virtues: chastity, temperance, charity, diligence, kindness, patience, and humility. And the seven days it took to create this mess.
There were Seven Cities of Gold. Atlantis had seven islands. It is also the number of stellar objects in the solar system visible to the naked eye from Earth – the Sun, the Moon and the five classical naked eye planets: Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, and Saturn.
Did you know almost all mammals have 7 cervical vertebrae? A seven-spot Ladybird has, you got it, seven spots. There is a Seinfeld episode “The Seven:” Seven is the name George Costanza desires to give his first-born, having allegedly promised this to the widow of baseball great Mickey Mantle (whose uniform number was 7). The 7th Inning stretch is attributed to the 27th U.S. President, William Howard Taft.
In Buddhism, Buddha walked 7 steps at his birth. The Seven Virgins mountain range is in Sri Lanka. Mahatma Gandhi’s list of the destructive Seven Blunders of the World that cause violence: Wealth without work, pleasure without conscience, knowledge without character, commerce without morality, science without humanity, religion without sacrifice and politics without principle.
In Galician folklore, a seventh son will be a werewolf.
The Astros got whacked by seven runs last night.
If you care to find out more about the game check out the Game Zone commentary. Thursday is an off day, Friday the Astros welcome the Sea Hags with Brad Peacock facing off against Felix Hernandez.
Damn, that Gandhi dude was smart.
Umpires: HP: Paul Schrieber. 1B: Will Little. 2B: Mark Carlson. 3B: Ted Barrett.
Weather: 74 degrees, partly cloudy.
Wind: 13 mph, In from CF.
T: 3:02.
Att: 25,172.
Venue: Minute Maid Park.