Friday, May 18, 2012

Checked Swings in the Rain

Posted under Featured, Game Recaps

A couple of months ago I came home from a morning TV shift. My daughters were sitting on the couch, my wife on a loveseat next to it. For some reason, my oldest daughter seemed to be in some sort of awkward position. I couldn’t make out why but nothing appeared to be…ok.

George Springer, 2011 First Round Pick

Posted under Bus Ride, Videos

There you have it, no more speculation. Could this be the next Lance Berkman or the next Chris Burke type pick? Time will tell.

Astros @ Phillies Series Preview May 14-15

Posted under Featured, Series Previews

The 16-19 Phillies (last place, NL East) play host to the 15-19 Astros (4th place, NL Central; last place, AL West) for a two-game series.

News, Series Previews

UNDER THE BIG BLACK SUN

Houston Astros (6-10) at Milwaukee Brewers (7-9) The Piece Of Shit House That Bud Built One Brewers Way Milwaukee, WI  53214 “C’mon, it’s Czechoslovakia. We zip in, we pick ‘em up, we zip right out again. We’re not going to Moscow. It’s Czechoslovakia. It’s like going into Wisconsin.” “Well I got the shit kicked out [...]

Featured, Game Recaps

Tip the cap!

Sometimes, heck, even a fair amount of the time it is not how good or bad you play, it’s how good your opposition is playing. That’s when you know you just have to tip the cap and go get’em tomorrow. Of course, tonight was free replica jersey giveaway, so I don’t think doing a raising [...]

Featured, Series Previews

Dodgers @ Astros Series Preview

I’m put together beautifully Big wet bottle in my fist, big red rose in my teeth

Game Recaps

Did you see that one??

Astros 3, Nationals 6 W: Strasburg; L: Weiland Well, I must confess I did not watch this game. I would have liked to watch it but sometimes things are beyond my control. It seems by looking at the recap at astros.com things were going okay until the 6th inning. It really doesn’t matter because the [...]

Videos

Video: Ken Rosenthal “The State of the Astros”

Video: Rosenthal: State of the Astros

Featured, Series Previews

Growing Up In Public; Astros @ Nats Series Preview

Man, talk about your two trains running, or ships in the night. This is two clubs more or less headed in the same direction, but one of them is farther along in the trip and is going a lot faster than the other.