By Michael N
Editor’s note – This article originally appeared on AstrosConnection.com on October 18, 2001.
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2001 Post-Mortem
Here’s a pair of hypothetical line-ups:
Line-Up A Line-Up B Roy Campanella, C Ron Hassey, C Orlando Cepeda, 1B Willie Aikens, 1B Joe Morgan, 2B Steve Lombardozzi, 2B Mike Schmidt, 3B Luis Salazar, 3B Rogers Hornsby, SS Spike Owen, SS Ted Williams, OF Dan Iorg, OF Willie Mays, OF Jeff Leonard, OF Ty Cobb, OF Larry Herndon, OF
Bad For The Health
Editor’s note – This article originally appeared on AstrosConnection.com.
Wow… nothing like an Astros playoff game to suck your scrotum into your stomach and make you lay in a fetal position all afternoon. Dropping 2 in a row to the Braves is nothing new to the Houston nine…and unfortunately nothing new to anyone who has been following this baseball team for the last 10 years.Read More
Don’t Turn Out the Lights Yet
Houston fans know this sinking feeling. The one where the team that should win doesn’t. The 2001 Astros have six games to avoid this fate.
Astros Need Reliable Reynolds To Step It Up
By David in Jackson
Editor’s note – This article originally appeared on AstrosConnection.com on September 30, 2001.
If the Astros are able to hang on and make the postseason, no player will be more important to their chances in the playoffs than Shane Reynolds.Read More
The Strongest Team
A little over a week ago, all eyes in the baseball world were on pennant races and the pursuit of records. Heroes were men who hit home runs and threw strikeouts. It seems like an eternity ago. It seems woefully insignificant. And the perception of who is a hero has changed.