Editor’s note – This article originally appeared on AstrosConnection.com on August 25, 2000.
Perhaps the best predictor of a pitcher’s longevity and future success is his strikeout rate. From that perspective, although he hasn’t filled Mike Hampton’s shoes, Octavio Dotel hasn’t been such a disappointment this season. Read the rest of this entry »
Perhaps the best predictor of a pitcher’s longevity and future success is his strikeout rate. From that perspective, although he hasn’t filled Mike Hampton’s shoes, Octavio Dotel hasn’t been such a disappointment this season.
Editor’s note – This article originally appeared on AstrosConnection.com on August 14, 2000.
It could be worse. That’s small consolation for Astros fans, but by winning their 42nd game last week, they avoided the inglorious distinction of suffering the most catastrophic single-season turnaround since 1901. That ignominy belongs to the 1915 Philadelphia Athletics, who endured a reversal of 56 games. Read the rest of this entry »
It could be worse. That’s small consolation for Astros fans, but by winning their 42nd game last week, they avoided the inglorious distinction of suffering the most catastrophic single-season turnaround since 1901. That ignominy belongs to the 1915 Philadelphia Athletics, who endured a reversal of 56 games.
Editor’s note – This article originally appeared on AstrosConnection.com.
Thud.
Tuesday night on a humid, rain-dampened diamond located in what used to be known as Joe Robbie Field, there was a dull almost inaudible noise. If you weren’t paying attention, you might have missed it. (Well you might have missed it if you somehow missed the 962 replays from differing angles in the constant and overwhelming effort of all-sports networks everywhere to bring you the “news” as they see it.) But as Craig Biggio’s weight came crashing down on his knee, there was a deep, but somehow quiet thud. And not just the thud of 190 pounds of hustle hitting the ground, but the thud of a season and an era coming to an end.
