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Archive for May, 2004

Where Are They Now?

Posted by Limey On May - 20 - 2004

Bearing down on the quarter pole

39 games under their belt, the Blud ‘n’ Mudders sit atop the Central by 1 game, a tidy 9 games above .500 which is the best record on the Senior Circuit. There’s been some oddities for the team: Ensberg’s cold start; Redding’s frigid start; and Roy O’s inability to garner a win despite pitching well. There’s been some fantastic positives too: Clemens; Miceli; Berkman; Everett and even Ausmus.

The Cubs, as expected, are right there, despite having Prior, Wood and now Sosa struck down by the BBGs. Alou must be slaughtering chickens like he’s Colonel Sanders. It will be interesting to see how things go once we (finally) play each other head-to-head. As last year, the Cubs’ stretch run is the soft part of their schedule, so the Astros need to put them away early and often to avoid repeating last year’s disappointment. Read the rest of this entry »

Winning Big, Losing Tight

Posted by Arky Vaughan On May - 14 - 2004

A brief losing streak notwithstanding, the Astros are playing precisely the kind of baseball hoped for by fans when the club upgraded its rotation to include Andy Pettitte and Roger Clemens. In fact, in losing two of three to the reigning world champions, the Astros played a type of game to which they are well suited — it just so happened that the speedy, defensively airtight Marlins were even better suited to it.

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Interview with Tim Purpura

Posted by Jacksonian On May - 10 - 2004