Cardinals 2, Astros 3
W: Doug Brocail, L: Russ Springer
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SnS Ladies Night at Minute Maid Park tonight. We were not alone, there were a lot of Jakes fans. As usual, some were behaved, most were not. (more…)
Archive for August, 2008
WOHR
Saturday, August 30th, 2008Cardinals at Astros – The Race for 3rd.
Friday, August 29th, 2008MMPUS
Friday, August 29, 7:05 p.m. CDT – FSN-HD
Saturday, August 30, 6:05 p.m. CDT – FSN-HD
Sunday, August 31, 1:05 p.m. CDT – my20-HD
The Astros are now above .500 thanks to a .615 winning percentage since the All-Star break. Unfortunately it appears they will be working to be named “Best of the Rest.” The Astros sit 6 games back of the Thirdinals so this series will help determine who really is the best of the rest. Quick trivia (and mihoba is eligible). When was the last time an Astros/Cardinals series in late August was irrelevant to the post-season picture? I haven’t a clue either (it’s been a while), but I know it wasn’t last year. This time last year the Cards were just 2 games back of the Fucking cubs.
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Season Wrap Good & Bad Report: Greeneville
Friday, August 29th, 2008The G’stros finished the season 30 -36, 11 games out of the Western Division lead. They showed some real promise at times this season as one of the youngest teams in the league. After their last game was rained out, Greenwalt, Lyles, & Pedro Gonzalez were called up to Tri Cities. Here is where the G’stros ranked in the final Appy League stats. (more…)
Reds dispatched via longball
Thursday, August 28th, 2008Thursday, August 28th, 2008
Reds 2
Astros 3
W: Backe (9-12) | L: Harang (4-14) | S: Valverde (35)
A surprisingly efficient outing by Backe was bolstered by some offensive pop as all the Astros runs came via the solo dinger and the boys finished off this home Dicketies series with a 3-2 win, taking 2 out of 3. (more…)
As I said before…
Thursday, August 28th, 2008Cecil Cooper said center fielder Michael Bourn would get the majority of the starts in center field during September.
Wandy fixes walks
Wednesday, August 27th, 2008“His command was good. His breaking ball was good,” said Cooper. …
After giving up 11 walks over a total of 7.2 innings in his last two starts, Wandy walked 1 in 7 on Tuesday. What was different?
