Gints in Necktown, Doo-Dah, Doo-Dah

Posted on May 14, 2007 by Taras Bulba in Series Previews

By Taras Bulba

Giants (19-18) at Astros (18-19)
Minute Maid Park
AKA “The Juice Box” (No, Barry—not that kind of juice)

Tuesday, May 15, 7:05 CDT-FSN
Wednesday, May 16, 7:05 CDT-FSN
Thursday, May 17, 7:05 CDT-FSN

On paper, it’s your classic matchup—two mediocre teams, San Fran (8-8 on the road and 5-5 in their last 10 games) doing battle with the HGH impaired Astros (8-9 at home and 6-4 over the last week and a half). The Castro District Boys just took two out of three from Colorado, the last featuring some fairly rough S&M hijinks at the expense of former Astro, Taylor Buchholz. Houston, meanwhile, did the same to Arizona, although Livian Hernandez just sort of rolled over and didn’t moan or anything. He’s a veteran.

Dunn deals blow to sweep plans

Posted on May 11, 2007 by Ty in Tampa in Game Recaps

May 10, 2007

Astros 5
Reds 9

W: Harang | L: Albers | S: Weathers

Epic Game Zone
Level-headed Talk Zone

Other coverage:
Footer keeps it upbeat
YaHoo!

Whoever invented work hated baseball

I’ll admit, I barely got to watch this one but from a quick check of the 1st inning score, I could tell the good feeling from the past 5 meetings with the Reds may be evaporating. The Astros couldn’t overcome the Dickities’ 4-run 1st, 2-run 2nd and 1-run 3rd that made up all of Matt Albers’ time on the bump today and went on to drop this turd, 9-5.Read More

Diamondbacks @ Astros – Makin’ Friends (May 11-13, 2007)

Posted on May 10, 2007 by Dark Star in Series Previews

By ‘strosrays

Diamond(back)s Are A Churl’s Best Friend

Diamondbacks (19-17) at Astros (16-18)
Minute Maid Park, 501 Crawford St., Houston, TX 77002
a/k/a “The Juice Box”

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Friday, Once de Mayo, 7:05 p.m. CDT – FSN
Saturday, Doce de Mayo, 6:05 p.m. CDT – FSN
Sunday, Trece de Mayo, 1:05 p.m. CDT – FSN

The weekend matchup features two of this season’s really streaky teams so far. In arriving at their current 19-17 mark, the Diamondbacks have had two six-game winning streaks along the way, and two five-game losing streaks. The Astros, of course, lost 5 of their first 6; won 8 of their next 9; lost seven straight; dicked around for a weekend in Milwaukee, drinking Milwaukee’s Best (though not in their clubhouse, of course) and eating brats and kielbasa (i.e., Slavic soul food); and since then have won six of their last nine. What that all adds up to for this series is, well, who knows? Arizona had a mini three-game winning streak snapped Wednesday by the Phillies, while the Astros were taking three of four from the Dickities at The Great Dickitie Ball Park in Dickitieburg Town. So that means that, um, well. . . I’m betting one of the teams in this series will win two of three, I don’t know which, though.Read More

Drunken philosophers, steering SUVs, The Sea Hag

Errors help Astros best Belisle

Posted on May 10, 2007 by Ty in Tampa in Game Recaps

May 9th, 2007

Astros 3
Reds 2

W: Woody | L: Encarnacion (not really, it was Belisle) | S: Wheeler
Pigpen watch: 2,963 (1-5)

Game Zone say WHAT??
Guess the roster move.

Other coverage:
Alyson talks to a happy Woody.
Yahoo!

Personal lagniappe:
It was fun tonight to finally watch the Astros again after 5 days in a drunken musical stupor in New Orleans. Looks like I missed some good ball by the Good Guys. Let’s keep it up.

M’boy or M’boys?

The anticipation began last week when it became clear the Astros would finally face Matt Belisle, the young Reds pitcher and former teammate of the Raups. Who would they root for in what JackAstro dubbed the “Raup Heartburn Classic?” While the exact scenario Jim and Mark were hoping for didn’t quite pan out, the only runs the Good Guys hung on Matt were of the unearned variety as they went on to win their 5th straight against the Dickities 3-2.Read More

Repetitive, but fun: Dickities’ bullpen torn yet another new one in 7-6 win

Posted on May 8, 2007 by JackAstro in Game Recaps

May 8, 2007
Astros 7, Reds 6
W: Brad Lidge | L: Brad Salmon | S: Dan Wheeler
Pigpen watch: 2,962 (1-4)
Relive the Game Zone magic
Renew the discussion of slugging percentages in the Talk Zone

Other coverage:
AP story
The Footer Recap

Reds bullpen in a nutshell:
Facing adversity head on, failing miserably, not quite sure what to do next

Neither Wandy Rodriguez nor Eric Milton are going to win a ballgame this season, I’m totally convinced. It just wasn’t meant to be. In other news, the Astros went out and wrestled one away from the Dickities on Tuesday night, taking it late from the Reds’ bullpen, which is easily the Astros MVP so far in the young season.Read More

Love that Reds bullpen

Posted on May 8, 2007 by MusicMan in Game Recaps

Astros at Reds, 5/7/07
Score: Astros 5, “Chili”-eaters 4
W: Roy Oswalt (5-2) L: Kyle Lohse (1-3) S: Wheels (6)
Homeruns: Dunn (9), Gonzalez 2 (7)
March to 3000: 2,961 (1×4)
Read Alyson’s Report Here: Footer
Or the AP recap here: Yahoo!

Oh, what a night.

Let’s start with Ryan Freel, whom I sincerely hope is seeking endorsement opportunities with Aflac. Read More

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