The night was not one that Brett Myers will write in his diary as “had a good night, had a blast shutting down opposing team, I am a good person”. But you cannot blame the burly right handed ace of the team, no pitcher for the Houston Astros seems to be doing anything of worth lately. Yes, the name of the game is still pitching and defense with just enough hitting. None of the three happened on this Friday Night of fireworks, provided entirely by the Milwaukee Brewers by the way, as the local nine lost 5 to zip. Hey, the buffet was good though!
Archive for April, 2011
Pitching nigthmares continue
On April - 30 - 2011
The Grind: Brewers @ Astros Series Preview
On April - 29 - 2011
Minute 24 is the most difficult for me on the treadmill. I’ve got six minutes to go before I finish my thirty minute cardio workout, the playlist that I queued up on my iPhone is starting to drag to the point that I can’t really imagine listening to another consecutive Death From Above 1979 song, and my right knee (the bad one that I sprained almost weekly when I played basketball) is starting its familiar sting. Worst of all, I’m realizing once again that because I get to the gym right after Rachael Ray’s Perky Bullshit Parade finishes up, I’m only halfway through this episode of Iron Chef America and I’m never going to find out what Mario Batali was doing with the veal sweetbreads and marscapone before I need to go do some weights.
Blackwater Night at Oakland A’s Game
On April - 29 - 2011
by Joey Trum
If any of you have been lucky enough to attend a sporting event in Oakland, be it a Raiders game, an A’s game, a Warriors game, or a gang fight, you know that it’s not exactly the family friendly, all-American, Budweiser and dot races display you’ve come to expect from sporting events in the USA. Between the drabness of the Coliseum and a suburban fan base more suited to being Giants fans, you understand that your experience at an Oakland sporting event will likely be defined by its rough and tumble quality (hitting the bong, passing the Jim Beam, and getting into fights in the parking lot before the game) and its lack of attendance.
A bad day.
On April - 29 - 2011
Cards 11, Astros 7
W: McClellan (4-0) L: Abad (1-2) SV: Salas (1)
Bullpen Beatdowns End with a Mighty Whiff
On April - 28 - 2011
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Turdinals 6
Astros 5
W: Lohse | L: Happ | S: Sanchez
Cardinals at Astros – You Want Hate? Here It Is.
On April - 26 - 2011
It’s been a stressful couple of fucking weeks for Raup the Younger here. Two weeks ago, I drove a 25 foot U-Haul from Austin to Richmond, Virginia. In case you weren’t aware of this, Richmond is a fucking pimple on the herpes sore on the ass on society. I found a nice beer bar downtown near the hotel we were staying at (and lucky for me, it was on the correct side of 5th Street, so it was safe to walk to after dark), but that was just about the only fucking highlight of the entire trip. I got home on Saturday afternoon, managed to have half a relaxing day, then get a phone call Sunday morning informing me that my mother had fallen and shattered her femur. I’m not exaggerating, folks. SHATTERED her femur. And less than a week before that, she’d managed to fall and re-break her elbow as well. The good news in all of this? I didn’t have to wake up at 5am that Tuesday and drive her to the hospital, because she was already there. Needless to say, the last week and change have been stressful and tiring and a lot of words that would probably get this website shut down by some Government Agency that monitors the internet. So, without further ado, all of my frustration, exhaustion, and downright black bile from the last few weeks will now be channeled toward the Goddamn Cardinals.