JULY 4, 2007
Astros 3, Phillies 8
W: Hamels (10-4) | L: Sampson (6-6)
Ben DuBose tells you what’s what at Astros.com
Yahoo! AP Recap!

If you’re really, deeply interested, the Astros lost today. Still won the series though, and I ain’t complaining. In a nutshell, the Phillies played a little long ball to break it open, and the Good Guys racked up the hits, but were pooductive when it mattered. You can read all about it here, if you’re so inclined. I have some other things that I’d like to briefly touch on.Read More

June 27, 2007
Astros 3, Brewers 6
W: Bush (6-6) | L: Borkowski (1-3)
The End is Near: 2,997 (0-1)
Relive the Game Zone
Be the first most recent to throw in your wild-ass theoretical trades in the Talk Zone

Other coverage:
The Footer Recap
AP Recap

Short(ish) recap of a long game

I thought I’d have about 2,000 words in me for this one, but work’s not letting up, so we’re going to come in a hair under this week. The poop snowball is really rolling downhill now, gaining velocity and mass, as the Good Guys got swept out of Milwaukee in 11 innings yesterday.Read More

June 20, 2007
Astros 4, Los Anaheim Halos at Disney 8
W: Carrasco (2-1) | L: Borkowski (1-2)
The End is Near: 2,992 (0-5)
Bask in the Game Zone majesty (particularly, absorb the emotional transition between pages 12 and 14)
Discuss the possibility of carrying as many as 14 pitchers in the Talk Zone

Other coverage:
AP Recap
The Footer Recap

I want so badly to see a pitcher bat again

Beer league’s almost over, kids. Hang in there. Hang in there. The ‘Stros dropped the rubber game 8-4 with another 7th inning clusterfuck, marring a good outing by Wandy and a strong performance by Thunder Pants at the plate.Read More

Smarch 13, 2013
Obliques: Eleventy, Shoulders: 0
W: Sammy Davis, Jr. | L: Spuds MacKenzie
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Super Karate Monkey Death Car
The original title of this book was ‘Jimmy James, Capitalist Lion Tamer’ but I see now that it’s… ‘Jimmy James, Macho Business Donkey Wrestler’… you know what it is… I had the book translated in to Japanese then back in again into English. Macho Business Donkey Wrestler… well there you go… it’s got kind of a ring to it don’t it? Anyway, I wanted to read from chapter three… which is the story of my first rise to financial prominence… I had a small house of brokerage on Wall Street… many days no business come to my hut… my hut… but Jimmy has fear? A thousand times no. I never doubted myself for a minute for I knew that my monkey strong bowels were girded with strength like the loins of a dragon ribboned with fat and the opulence of buffalo… dung. …Glorious sunset of my heart was fading. Soon the super karate monkey death car would park in my space. But Jimmy has fancy plans… and pants to match. The monkey clown horrible karate round and yummy like cute small baby chick would beat the donkey.

Mr. James, what did you mean when you wrote bad clown making like super American car racers, I would make them sweat, War War?
Well, you know… it’s LIKE when a clown is making like a car… racer… it’s sorta… like… the FCC. The CLOWN… the clown is like the FCC… and I was opposed to the FCC at the time, right? So it was like I was declaring War. WARRRR!

So then did the American yum yum clown monkey also represent the FCC?
Yeah, it did. Thanks a LOT!

That ended badly.

June 6, 2007
Astros 7, Rukkakes 8
W: Taylor Buccholz (3-3) | L: Woody Williams (2-8) | S: Brian Fuentes (17)
Interminable, Plodding Death March: 2,979 (1-5)
Steep in history with the GameZone thread
Discuss etiquette, manners in the Talk Zone

Other coverage:
AP recap
Astros.com recap (Tony DeMarco)

Sorry, I suck. Just too much going on this morning to put together a proper recap, so I suggest you stroll through the GZ thread to get much more cogent analysis than I could provide even if I had all day to type.Read More