Posted on April 11, 2008 by JackAstro in Game Recaps

Friday, April 11, 2008

Astros 6
Fish 10

W: Nolasco (1-0) | L: Oswalt (0-3)

Jogging was the theme of this affair, as the Fish took 6 celebratory laps around the basepaths, including 4 off of Roy. Having been spotted a 3 run lead after an inning, Sparky got torched for 5 runs in the third, and 3 more in the fourth before the hook came. The curve still hasn’t started working the way it needs to, and the fastball was hittable with nothing to keep the hitters off-balance.

The Good Guys made it interesting in the fifth, pulling back to within 2 on a solo cracker from Berkman, and a 2-run blast just inside the right field promotional chicken pole by Blum. That’s as close as they’d get though, never plating another run, while the Marlins tacked on a pair of insurance runs in the ninth, coming via solo smokies off of Villarreal.

Well, poop.

Posted on April 11, 2008 by pravata in News You Can Use

Wigginton was placed on the 15-day disabled list retroactive to April 6 due to a fractured left thumb. He’s eligible to return on April 21 The Astros called up David Newhan for Saturday.

Matsui was supposed to make his third start Friday in a scheduled four-game rehab with the Hooks, but he was scratched during pregame drills. JD said it was “back spasms”. Link

Suspense about suspension is over.

Posted on April 11, 2008 by pravata in News You Can Use

Tejada will not be suspended by MLB

The owners and players announced Friday that they have agreed to modify their drug agreement, calling for more testing and a strengthening of the authority of the independent administrator overseeing the program.
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Marlins at Astros – Go fish.

Posted on April 11, 2008 by Jacksonian in Series Previews

Minute Maid Park

Friday, April 11, 7:05 p.m. CDT – my20-HD

Saturday, April 12, 6:05 p.m. CDT – FSN-HD

Sunday, April 13, 1:05 p.m. CDT – my20-HD

The Astros close the home stand with a three game set against the Marlins and are still looking for their first series win. The good news is that the Astros have yet to be swept in a series. But, they are tied with the Nats for the worst record in the National League and are second only to the surprising Tigers for the worst record in all of Major League Baseball. Let’s see if the Astros can get on a winning streak now that the whining Co-ards, and the sandy vaginas Pujols and La.093 are gone. You got any Queens?

Standing up to the Goon, Wade on the first 10, Wiggy’s gutting it out, Roy predicts!

Posted on April 11, 2008 by pravata in News You Can Use

GM Ed Wade didn’t have a problem with Brandon Backe standing up for teammate J.R. Towles and not backing down from Cardinals slugger Albert Pujols during Wednesday’s confrontation in batting practice.

“I like competitiveness; I like fire,” Wade said. “You can probably take sides on both ends of it. I wasn’t crazy about the slide, but that’s part of the game. …I like when teammates stick up for one another. There’s no harm in any of it in my opinion. Here’s a guy that has enough belly to step up and say what he felt.”
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The GM on the season so far

Hunter Pence’s talking bobble head

Posted on April 10, 2008 by pravata in News You Can Use

Q: If your bobblehead doll could talk, what would it say?
Spaz: We didn’t get dressed up for nothing.
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