Oswalt Found in South St. Pete Car Trunk, Lifts Team To Win

Posted on June 21, 2008 by Ty in Tampa in Game Recaps

Friday, June 20th, 2008
Tropicana Field – St. Petersburg, FL

Astros 4
Rays 3

W:Oswalt (6-7) | L: Garza (5-4) | S: Valverde (17)

The banging sound coming from the back of the 1969 Buick Skylark got louder as authorities approached. They had received a tip that there may be someone trapped in the trunk of the vehicle parked in a vacant office park about half a mile from Tropicana Field. Their fears confirmed, police picked the trunk’s lock and to their surprise, they found someone who had been missing since mid-April.Read More

Astros @ Tampa Bay “Pulp Friction”

Posted on June 20, 2008 by Limey in Series Previews

Astros (33-40) at Tampa Bay (43-29)

Tropicana Field

Friday, June 20, 6:10pm CDT. FSN
Saturday, June 21, 5:10pm CDT. No TV (makes Homer something something)
Sunday, June 22, 12:40pm CDT. My20 (watt Meccano TV station)

No, your eyes do not deceive you. Only one side of the Astros’ W-L record moved since the last Series Preview, and Tampa Bay’s record is not transposed. The Astros are on a run that has seen them lose 8 in a row, 10 of their last 11 and post a June record of 3-13. You almost have to be trying to lose, to lose that much. I only list those dreadful stats because you may not have been fully aware of it if, like me, you’d been watching them with your hands over your eyes.

Such is the Astros’ luck that they get to limp into Tampa Bay, then get back on the bus and go to St. Petersburg where the Field of Inferior Quality Juice resides, to play the Devil Rays only after Hunsicker has had a chance to make them good. By “good”, I mean 5.5 games better than the Orioles that just swept us, 3.5 games better than the Yankees who swept us last week, better than everyone in the Softball League save the Red Sox and better than everyone on the Senior Circuit save the Cubs (although the Cubs are working on that). Yep, that good.

I aint afraid of no ghosts and it’s like falling from a 10 story building

Posted on June 20, 2008 by pravata in News You Can Use

After being told the hotel in Tampa is famously haunted, the players had some recommendations and strategies for handling nocturnal visitations, but Chris Sampson had the best solution

Lyle & Austin Impressive as Greeneville Wins, Everyone Else….Well, They Lost

Posted on June 20, 2008 by Duman in From the Bus Stop

At the Bus Stop, we like to reward winning, so we will being our trip around the farm with the only team that won last night.

Greeneville started Jordan Lyle in Kingsport last night. He only went two innings but they were shut out innings. Lyles gave up 3 hits, hit one batter but walked none and struck out one in his two innings of work.

“We wanted to limit him starting out,” said Linares. “His fastball was good and he was effectively wild.”

David Denelli followed up with 3 scoreless innings allowing only one hit. However, Denelli gave up 5 walks while striking out 2. Zack Grimmett added two scoreless innings in his pro debut and Colton Pitkin completed the shut out with two scoreless innings of his own.Read More

Minor game recaps

Bird Droppings Hit Astros a 3rd Time, Dump 8th Straight

Posted on June 19, 2008 by Ty in Tampa in Game Recaps

Turdsday, June 19th, 2008

Astros 5
Birds 7

W: Burres | L: Chacon | S: Sherrill

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Phew, the stench is heating up on the horseshit show as it finished it’s stop in crime-infested Baltimore on about as low a note as can be played. Tonight’s shitburger marks the 8th straight loss, the 2nd straight sweep and the 7th straight series loss dating all the way back to just after the Phillies split in late May. Add to that 6 straight interleague losses and there’s not a lot to feel good about this team.

Veteran leadership

Posted on June 19, 2008 by pravata in News You Can Use

Brocail, sporting a left hand wrapped in ice yesterday, explained

“Bunting practice,” Brocail said. “I got hit in the hand.”

Now, that’s a veteran. Punch the wall with your non-pitching hand guys.