By Michael N

Editor’s note - This article originally appeared on AstrosConnection.com on October 24, 2001.
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By Noe in Austin
Editor’s note - This article originally appeared on AstrosConnection.com on October 23, 2001.

The other day I was wondering if one could channel the same spirit that invades columnist John P. Lopez of the Houston Chronicle to write a Bleacher Rap. Then I wondered why one would want to. Yeah, what’s so good about writing a column or article chock full of my own opinions, conspiracy theories and paranoia’s all rolled into one. Well come to think of about it, this could be fun in the trying to park a M4 Sherman Tank in a compact car parking space sort of way. You can do it; you’re just going to have to accept that you’re going to have to squash, maim, destroy, push, run over and generally stomp a few things along the way to gain your objective. Damn the destruction, full speed ahead, let’s see what a Lopez-like diatribe? err? column about the media and all it’s foibles in the current Astros situation might read like. Here goes, my try at satire (from a bunker somewhere in the hills of central Texas): (more…)

By Michael N

Editor’s note - This article originally appeared on AstrosConnection.com on October 18, 2001.
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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

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 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. (more…)

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.

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