Cardinals 1, Astros 6
W: Brian Moehler, L: Braden Looper
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Tonight was a night that started out with “What’s” and ended with “What’s.” After a 2-7 road trip you knew the Astros would try and mix things up a little bit. The announcing of the lineup was the first sign of things were not the same and change was in the air. Little did we know how much exactly.Read More
Thursday, June 5, 2008
Astros 3
‘roots 4
W: Maholm (4-5) | L: Backe (4-7) | S: Capps (13)
Right up front, I didn’t see but about 5 minutes of this game. The 5 minutes I saw though, were the deciding moments of the contest. Backe, who had been cruising since a shaky, 3-run 1st, gave up a deep fly ball to center to Jason Bay with the game tied, a man on first and 2 out in the 5th.Read More
THE JAKES AND THE FAT MAN
Retardinals (36-26) at Astros (31-30)
Minute Maid Park
501 Crawford St.
Houston, TX 77002
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After a 17-11 record in the month of May, to the Astros June looks like it is shaping up to be a bigger sinkhole than the one swallowing up Daisetta, as the team has floundered so far to a 1-3 record this month. Maybe some home games, a rarity this season, will help.
The fucking Cardinals roll in sporting a 10-games-above-.500 record, despite having a pretty unimpressive lineup, a patched together rotation, and – after closer Jason Isringhausen essentially collapsed in upon himself last month – a bullpen in disarray. They still scare me though – I fucking despise them.
They can come in here this weekend and do whatever, just don’t bring that dancing faggot along with them. When I saw that guy, my first thought was, Jim Edmonds! But, oh yeah, Anaheim Jimmy now sashays around in centerfield in Chicago, not St. Louis.Read More
Astros at Pirates, 6/4/08
Pirates 5, Astros 2
W: Duke (3-4) L: Oswalt (4-6) S: Capps (12)
HR: Pvt. Wigginton (3)
AP recap
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Two who can say it better than I – the lovely Ms. Footer:
Call this loss uninspired. … The few who took in the Astros-Pirates game watched the home team prevail, 5-2, thanks to timely hitting aided by a sluggish Houston defense that could have prevented at least two runs with a tiny bit more effort.
And pravata:
Lee hestitates on a liner to left and it drops, Matsui misplays a one hopper, Tejada lets a grounder bounce off his glove, the dumbass rundown, wild pitch, no one can hit the ball with runners on. Hose down day at the monkey cage.
And sad to say, the defensive “effort” might be secondary to the fact that Roy still looks nothing like Roy Oswalt, Pitching Ace.
I leave you with these thoughts:
Roy Oswalt, 2008: 5.38 ERA, 1.46 WHIP, 16 HR/82 IP
Woody Williams, 2007: 5.27 ERA, 1.43 WHIP, 35 HR/188 IP
