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Post by iowafan on Apr 23, 2010 21:34:00 GMT -5
We won the first game of the Pirates series. Oswalt pitched well but for some reason had trouble in the 7th. The relief has been good however and it held for the win. Of course the relief will probably break down in the near future. Still I see little hope for the future. Lee has been a slouch, and Pence hasn't been worth ten cents. Towles is back to his pathetic self, and Manzella is getting a reputation. Bourn and Keppinger have been steady. All we need Drayton, is to play the Pirates at home all the time. Then we might actually have a winning record.
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Post by iowafan on Apr 24, 2010 20:51:44 GMT -5
I am hoping for a sweep in this series. A sweep might help get the team thinking about actually trying to compete for something this year. However we all know that this is not a team that is going anywhere ultimately. They have just not got the horses.
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Post by Ken on Apr 25, 2010 5:59:16 GMT -5
However we all know that this is not a team that is going anywhere ultimately. They have just not got the horses. I can't say that i disagree...so...hell man...I've just taken the tact that; forget about playoffs being the ultimate goal and just "enjoy what you CAN out of this season!" The term "transition season" has been over-used to the point that it has a very negative...almost laughable connotation, but if you really look at it, the current Astros team fits the true definition. Lotta new faces, lotta unproven, or potential talent, lotta question marks and some definite voids to fill for next year.
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Post by sadoug on Apr 25, 2010 7:51:47 GMT -5
I said before the season thAt I thought we would be better than last year , with better pitching and defense. The pitching has been very good, but the defense(other than Bourne)has not been good......I said this would offset the loss of Miggy. I still believe it.
Teams have won titles with poor hitting, but they had to have spectacular pitching to do so. The stros have good, but not spectacular......frankly, I am happy with the job Wade has done so far.I would have prefered Hun, but Wade has done well.
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Post by cangrejero on Apr 25, 2010 16:27:47 GMT -5
I think our defense could be very good, much better than average in all positions except lf and c. And, towles is catching much better than i expected, right now he is average or better than average.
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Post by iowafan on Apr 25, 2010 20:01:15 GMT -5
Towles has been throwing some people out. The teams coming up arent that good. We could have a winning record here fairly soon which could also fall apart fairly soon.
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Post by cangrejero on Apr 26, 2010 6:47:17 GMT -5
All depends on pitching.
I think the top 3 can do a good job, now, we need Norris and Paulino to do a better job.
Both right now look like 5 inning pitchers, so bullpen must step up when they pitches.
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Post by texiban001 on Apr 26, 2010 16:37:12 GMT -5
Did the Astros draft anyone last week.....wait a minute......that was football. DAMN! At least the Texans are trying to get better!
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Post by changeup on Apr 27, 2010 11:29:45 GMT -5
Thank God the Pirates are in our division so we won't finish in the cellar.
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