Astros 3
Braves 0

Craig Biggio, accustomed to leading his team out on the field, ran out on the field today for the last time, all by himself. We didn’t get a chance to see this with Jeff Bagwell and I doubt he would have embraced the role as completely as has Biggio. These teammates created the Houston Astros, brought them from a team that competed sometime to a team that is always expected to compete. They brought the franchise the respect they now enjoy throughout baseball.Hunter Pence, Lance Berkman, Carlos Lee will try to build on that, but they will never mean what Biggio and Bagwell mean to us. They could be just as good, maybe even better, but it will definitely be different. The beginning has ended for the Astros.

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By MRaup

Minute Maid Park

Friday, September 28, 7:05 p.m. CDT – FSN
Saturday, September 29, 6:05 p.m. CDT – FSN
Sunday, September 30, 1:05 p.m. CDT – FSN

Well, here it is. The moment we’ve been dreading. Craig Biggio is riding off into the hustle-colored sunset. Apparently hustle and the constant smog over Houston look a lot alike. Drawing the last preview of the year is both a blessing and a curse. This will be the preview you remember going in to the void.

Or it will be the preview you wish you could forget about all off-season… No pressure or anything.

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Thursday, September 27th, 2007

Astros 4
Dickities 3

W: Borkowski | L: Majewski | S: Lidge

Lidge had ‘em gripping in the Game Zone
Cable, dish or fiber in the Talk Zone

Other coverage:
Alyson knows the score
AP via Yahoo!

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As the shit snowball that is 2007 slows to just a steaming pile, from any Astros fan’s perspective - anyone not named Raup - getting perfected by a young Reds pitcher would be a dubious, yet somewhat appropriate exclamation point to this “lost season.” Yet there I was, watching it all. What am I feeling? Have Jim and Mark given me pause to consider this lad who they know so well, as he lays zeros upon my favorite team? Am I actually rooting for him to do it??
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September 26, 2007
Astros 7, Redlegs 6
W: Sarfate (1-0) | L: Burton (4-2) | S: Qualls (5)
The Footer Recap
AP Recap! via Yahoo!

Talk Zone, teetering on the brink of The Void
Brief, poignant Game Zone thread

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The Game

Last night’s game featured everything you would expect from 2 long-since-out-of-contention teams in the last week of the season, if what you expect is a plethora of home runs, mediocre starting pitching, and a tight back-and-forth bullpen war culminating in a one run squeaker decided in the late innings. Twinkie was huge – both in physical size and on-field performance – driving in 4 to reach the 100 RBI plateau for the 5th time in his career. Read the rest of this entry »

Astros 8, Reds 5
W: Paulino (1-1) | L: Coutlangus (4-2) | S: Lidge (17)
HRs: Pence (16) Votto (3)

AP recap from that ya-hoo site
Alyson’s wrap

Time is running out on Craig Biggio’s career, but he drove in the go-ahead run in game one of his final road trip as the Astros rallied from a four-run deficit to beat the Reds 8-5 Tuesday night at the rainy Great American Empty Ball Park. Read the rest of this entry »

By Craig Elliott

Great American Ball Park

Tuesday, September 25, 6:15 p.m. CDT – FSN
Wednesday, September 26, 6:15 p.m. CDT – FSN
Thursday, September 27, 6:15 p.m. CDT – FSN

This series will wrap up the Astros’ road schedule for the year. Their record away from home is 28-50, which is the worst in the National League. The Astros could conceivably pass the Reds for fourth place in the Central standings before the end of the year; not that it really matters, but at least we wouldn’t have to stand downwind of them all winter.

Also, here’s my Public Service Announcement for Astros rookies, since this is their first visit to Cincinnati:

* If someone offers you a Three-Way, DO NOT take it. They aren’t offering you a half-hour with the Brady girls. No, a Cincinnati Three-Way is a bowl of noodles with a pile of shit on top. With chocolate and cinnamon garnish. An hour after eating this, your ass will start wafting “Cincinnati Air Fresheners.”

* If you’re in bar and a guy says, “Hey, let’s grab our sacks and play some Cornhole,” it’s OK. But this offer is only good in Cincinnati, and never, ever in San Francisco.

No decent giveaways this series, though fans who run onto the field can go to jail and play in a free cornhole tournament with the Bengals. Read the rest of this entry »