MY DARK HOUR

Posted on July 26, 2011 by Dark Star in Featured, Game Recaps, News

ST. LOUIS 3, Houston 1
July 26, 2011
Busch III

WP – Westbrook (9-4, 4.86)
LP – Myers (3-11, 4.66)

ST. LOUIS (SnS) – The 2011 Houston Astros are very accomplished at finding unique and different ways to lose, you can say that for them. I suppose in a season where they are likely to lose 110+ games, that sort of skill is a requirement. The Astros lost to a mediocre St. Louis Cardinal team here tonight, 3-1. It was the second night in a row they dropped a game to the Dreadbirds, this time squandering a nice complete game start by Brett Myers in the process.Read More

bogus Pujols HR, bullpen woes, Cardinals

SCORING RUNS IS SO PASSE

Posted on July 23, 2011 by Dark Star in Featured, Game Recaps, News

Not If You Were The Last Lefty On Earth
(apologies to the Dandy Warhols . . . Andy Warhol . . . phenobarbital . . . etc.)

I never thought you’d win the game because scoring runs is so passe
Like today
If you think that’s not depressing and all-in-all a fucking pain
you’re insane

Or you’re a fool who doesn’t care if his win-loss doesn’t match his ERA
In a way
It was still close when Mills pulled you but the bullpen let the game get away
Like every day

But I never thought you’d get the ‘W’ because scoring runs is so passe . . .Read More

another loss, daytime baseball, FTCubs

Dark Matter #2: Casey Strikes Out

Posted on July 19, 2011 by Dark Star in Columnistas, Dark Matter, Featured, News

As we all know, the freak show out in Florida that was the Casey-Caylee Anthony murder trial ended ignominiously a week or so ago, with the jury delivering a ‘not guilty’ verdict that drove “concerned” citizens and a few journalists alike to the brink of total insanity.

I will be honest – I never cared much if Casey Anthony was guilty or not, and I still don’t. Read More

Casey Anthony is so effing hot

GOOD TIMES

Posted on July 16, 2011 by Dark Star in Featured, Game Recaps, News

HOUSTON 6, Pittsburgh 4
July 16, 2011
MMPUS

WP: Escalona (2-1, 2.60)
LP: Veras (2-3, 3.02)

HOUSTON (SnS) – The slumping Houston Astros staged an unlikely comeback after blowing an early lead here Saturday night, and topped the Pittsburgh Pirates, 6-4, before a reported crowd of 35,000 (which is a fucking joke, by the way.) In a game where both starting pitchers, Paul Maholm for the Pirates and Bud Norris for the Astros, struggled from the get-go, it was a testament to the lack of prowess of both team’s offenses that it was a relatively low-scoring affair, anyway.Read More

Drayton's sorry legacy, pirates, rare win

A JOKE THAT’S NOT FUNNY ANYMORE

Posted on July 9, 2011 by Dark Star in Featured, Game Recaps, News

FLORIDA 6, Houston 1
Saturday July 9, 2011
Chum Bucket Stadium

WP: R. Nolasco (6-5, 3.70)
LP: B. Myers (3-9, 4.88)

MIAMI (SnS) – The punchless, pointless Houston Astros fell helplessly to the Florida Marlins here Saturday night, 6-1, before an enthusiastic south Florida crowd of about 150. A clown threw out the first pitch, which was fitting — Read More

SLEEPING WITH THE FUCKING FISHES

Posted on July 6, 2011 by Dark Star in Featured, News, Series Previews

Houston (30-58) vs. Miami (39-48)
July 7-10, 2011
Fish Head Stadium
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Holly came from Miami, F-L-A
Hitchhiked her way across the USA
Plucked her eyebrows on the way
Shaved her legs
And then he was a she

She said, “Hey, babe. Take a walk on the wild side . . .”Read More