CyKat Posted September 10, 2008 Share Posted September 10, 2008 Oh my!!! Team-------W--L--GBMilw--------82 63 0Phil---------79 66 3.0St.Lou------78 66 3.5Hou---------78 67 4.0CyKat, scared to even think about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmat Posted September 11, 2008 Share Posted September 11, 2008 Roy is throwing tonight. I live up in the Spring/Woodlands area and thinking about going to the game tonight. yall think traffic on 45 will be bad at 10-10:30 tonight? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KimberlySayWhat Posted September 11, 2008 Share Posted September 11, 2008 Please choke, Brewers (and the other teams in the way)! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westguy76 Posted September 11, 2008 Share Posted September 11, 2008 http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/5916632.htmlAstros get reliever Hawkins in deal with YankeesI'm happy for Hawkins. He's an individual who wants a job. He got one, good for him. But on a business side, there's a reason no team wanted him.What is Ed Wade doing? Seriously, he's turning our rep into a complete joke. I'd like to hear him explain this one away.I was questioning this when it happened too, holy crap look at Hawkins now, and Randy Wolf!!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmat Posted September 12, 2008 Share Posted September 12, 2008 stros got 'em again and Roy is da man! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmat Posted September 15, 2008 Share Posted September 15, 2008 For those who are blessed enough to talk about something else...did yall hear that the Astros played the last two games at a neutral site in MILWAUKEE vs. the Cubs? What a sham! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmat Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 Anything and everything 'StrosAnd to lead things off, a pretty *insert your own adjective here* story...Houston Astros may have a home for Andy Pettitte, reports sayhttp://www.nj.com/yankees/index.ssf/2009/0...ave_a_home.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fringe Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 Would be nice if it happens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
20thStDad Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 Mike Hampton...right. You can count on what, 3 games out of him? The Astros typical MO has been to get way into the cellar by the end of May, and then try to pull some amazing comeback Aug-Sep. It worked a couple times. This year they will only dive further into the cellar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KimberlySayWhat Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 I haven't been keeping up much with their off season because nothing positive appears to be coming out of it. I'll just wait until April and see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatesdisastr Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 Mike Hampton...right. You can count on what, 3 games out of him? The Astros typical MO has been to get way into the cellar by the end of May, and then try to pull some amazing comeback Aug-Sep. It worked a couple times. This year they will only dive further into the cellar.agreed, same story every year. call them dead and in the grave before the all-star game and see them try and roar back to come close to contending it he second half Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SecondTour Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 This could be an ugly year alright. However, we know that going in so that helps with the season not being a heart breaker. It's baseball and I'll be at tons of games and watching the rest on TV. It's the only sport I care about. It would be cool if they were an upper tier team, but they're not. That's not the kind of owner we have. Drayton puts profits first, championships second - always. At least I'll get to see other teams and players. As much as I'd like to rant about all of it, it could be worse. I could be living in a city with no team. I'll take bad over none, any day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProHouston Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 This could be an ugly year alright. However, we know that going in so that helps with the season not being a heart breaker. It's baseball and I'll be at tons of games and watching the rest on TV. It's the only sport I care about. It would be cool if they were an upper tier team, but they're not. That's not the kind of owner we have. Drayton puts profits first, championships second - always. At least I'll get to see other teams and players. As much as I'd like to rant about all of it, it could be worse. I could be living in a city with no team. I'll take bad over none, any day.I would agree that we could be much worse off. I think there are things to criticize Drayton for, however I also think he's been our best owner ever. He has made big moves to get us to the World Series. We may not be in contention every year, but we've been in contention more often than not the last 10 years. Thank your lucky stars you're not from N. Texas and stuck with the Rangers. They don't even have a roof in the summer. I still don't know how they sell tickets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fringe Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 Our payroll is higher than most teams so don't blame it on Drayton. Doesn't look like we are going to have much of a season unless everyone on the team has an above average year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJones Posted February 10, 2009 Share Posted February 10, 2009 Thanks for the memories Tejada. Way to go, AGAIN, Drayton !!!!http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090210/ap_on_...tejada_steroids Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crunchtastic Posted February 10, 2009 Share Posted February 10, 2009 Hey, look on the bright side! Uncle Draytie didn't bite on Adam Dunn (and his sub 250 average). At least now we won't have to watch him and Lee not make plays in the outfield. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerryartic2112 Posted March 13, 2009 Share Posted March 13, 2009 Hey, look on the bright side! Uncle Draytie didn't bite on Adam Dunn (and his sub 250 average). At least now we won't have to watch him and Lee not make plays in the outfield.That's true, that would have been an awful decision to pick him up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emirate25 Posted March 16, 2009 Share Posted March 16, 2009 http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3985628 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
20thStDad Posted March 16, 2009 Share Posted March 16, 2009 This makes good sense. He's 10 times the hitter Ausmus ever was, even at his current age and on the decline. Toby Hall and Towles weren't the answer either. Rodriguez should also give the many hispanics in the area even more reason to support the 'stros. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fringe Posted March 16, 2009 Share Posted March 16, 2009 Sweet. That will sure beef up their lineup offensively, plus they need someone with experience behind the plate. Asmus was invaluable in that regard. To bad he couldn't hit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westguy76 Posted March 16, 2009 Share Posted March 16, 2009 I hope he can still hit. He has done well in the WBC. But last year his stats were bad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
20thStDad Posted March 16, 2009 Share Posted March 16, 2009 Ausmus (avg, RBI, run, HR, CS%)2006 .230, 39, 37, 2, .2212007 .235, 25, 38, 3, .2662008 .218, 24, 15, 3, .208 (only 81 games)Pudge2006 .300, 69, 74, 13, .5102007 .281, 63, 50, 11, .3092008 .276, 35, 44, 7, .325 (115 games)I'd say better all around, and I think he's a better kind of leader than Ausmus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trae Posted March 16, 2009 Share Posted March 16, 2009 We need to sign Pedro now, but Drayton is a cheap ass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SecondTour Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 I'm very happy with this move. I've never felt Q or Towles were our catching future, or at least I'd hoped they weren't. Pudge is a veteran addition to the team and - with the exception of Oswalt - we need all the help we can get with the pitching staff we have. Also, while his numbers aren't what they used to be, defensively he's still considerably better than what we were about to go into the season with. It's his experience that we'll most benefit from. Even if he's only with us a year or two, it buys us a little time to further develop Jason Castro or some other prospect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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crunchtastic Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 Man, I wish I could skip out of the office for opening day.Go 'Stros. Here's hoping Zambrano doesn't have a repeat of last year! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pumapayam Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 Anyone recommend other really reliable/affordable ticket reseller sites other than Stubhub and Ticketsnow? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SecondTour Posted April 10, 2009 Share Posted April 10, 2009 In the spirit of the 2009 Astros season, I thought I'd offer up my story. Baseball is the only sport I follow. It's a passion. Non-nerds, you've been warned. Part 1 For many years I followed the Yankees very closely. As a former New York City resident, I was able to follow them on XM Radio & the Extra Innings cable package after I left NYC. I live in Houston now for the second time in my life. I saw probably 120 Yankees games a year (cable), listened to the ones that were blacked-out (XM), and attended a few on visits back to NYC every year. But a funny thing happened on the way to the office. This past off-season I found myself feeling disconnected emotionally from them. It started with the way they treated Pettitte. He's been a huge part of them making it to 6 World Series during his time there, but they very nearly discarded him. Then came the Sabathia deal. I just couldn't get behind the vulgar spending for C.C. Then, after Burnett & Texiera were added, I felt like an outsider. The spending was obscene, particularly considering the economy. They also doubled ticket prices at a time when half the country can barely make ends meet. I felt removed from their values. The Yankees have always had that "best team money can buy" label, but they also built from their farm system. Outsiders or casual fans seldom saw the team closely enough to realize the pennant-winning teams had been their home-built teams - Jeter, Pettitte, Williams, etc. The free agents got the headlines and the haters let them become the focus. But this past off-season, I felt they had become a team that openly sent the message that they'll just purchase championships now and moved away completely from building teams. I not only didn't agree with it, I felt myself bothered by it. Part 2 I grew up in Houston (60s & 70s), so my first exposure to the game as a child was the Astros. I fell in love with the game through the Astros. I spent many a night in the Dome and followed the team closely through the years. Cedeno, Morgan, The Toy Cannon, Dierker, Cruuuuz, Niekro, J.R, Nolan - I was there for it all. I always followed them through the box scores in the newspaper after I moved away (pre-cable & internet). Part 3 Since I've been back, I've certainly gone to plenty of Astros games and followed them somewhat. However, after I disconnected from the Yankees I found myself drawn back to the team that first moved me all those years ago. It wasn't a conscious decision at all - it just happened over the course of a few months. Truth is, it had been happening for years. I listened to every Astros Spring Training game this year and I've already been to Minute Maid twice this year. I put away my Yankees shirts & caps and I canceled the Extra Innings package. I bought a few new Astros shirts and two new Caps. On my desk at work, the Yankees cap that has always been displayed has now been replaced with an Astros cap. Next to it is a Milo bobble-head. I went to Fan Fest last weekend at Minute Maid and test-sat in several sections of the stadium to see where I want to buy season tickets. For the most part,I had the empty stadium to myself - Fan Fest was taking place in the concourses. I tried out about ten different sections - field, mezzanine, upper deck, etc, I was all over the place for about an hour. As I looked out at the empty stadium and the resting field, I took several minutes each time and pictured the game taking place. I've returned to the team of my childhood - and I feel clean because of it. It's good to be home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crunchtastic Posted April 10, 2009 Share Posted April 10, 2009 I've returned to the team of my childhood - and I feel clean because of it. It's good to be home.SecondTour, thank you for ditching those damn Yanquis, and welcome home. (From a fellow long-suffering Astros fan since childhood in the 70s...)It's going to be a bumpy season for us, I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SecondTour Posted April 10, 2009 Share Posted April 10, 2009 It's going to be a bumpy season for us, I think. Yeah, looks like it, but I'm still looking forward to every damn minute of it. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to get a pizza ready for the oven - Hampton takes the hill in just over an hour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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