The schedule maker really had it in for Astros fans this July, straight from a stadium crammed with barnyard animals to one overflowing with arrogant SOB’s, led by the the Grand Poobah of BFiBs himself: LaRussa, aka the Best Fudgepacker in Baseball.  And of course, you can’t forget the Biggest Fink in Baseball, who leads the NL in homeruns after a “miraculous comeback of epic proportions”.  Soon, Co-ard fans everywhere will be picketing Disney to make the Fink the topic of their next over-the-hill-down-and-out-ballplayer-makes-it-back-from-the depths-of-mediocrity movie.  What else would you expect from the Bestest Fartsmellers in Baseball? 

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Cubs 5, Astros 4 (10)

W:Grabow (2-0)
L: Carpenter (0-1)

Waiting for the mercy of Jim Crane

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Not If You Were The Last Lefty On Earth
(apologies to the Dandy Warhols . . . Andy Warhol . . . phenobarbital . . . etc.)

I never thought you’d win the game because scoring runs is so passe
Like today
If you think that’s not depressing and all-in-all a fucking pain
you’re insane

Or you’re a fool who doesn’t care if his win-loss doesn’t match his ERA
In a way
It was still close when Mills pulled you but the bullpen let the game get away
Like every day

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As we all know, the freak show out in Florida that was the Casey-Caylee Anthony murder trial ended ignominiously a week or so ago, with the jury delivering a ‘not guilty’ verdict that drove “concerned” citizens and a few journalists alike to the brink of total insanity.

I will be honest – I never cared much if Casey Anthony was guilty or not, and I still don’t. Read the rest of this entry »

Nationals 5, Astros 2
W: Jason Marquis, L: Jordan Lyles

Boxscore and Recap

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