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Post by Ken on Aug 1, 2010 15:40:24 GMT -5
SWEEP We won five in a row for the 1st time in TWO YEARS! Who needs Roy and that other guy we traded... (I forget his name)
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Post by iowafan on Aug 1, 2010 22:43:29 GMT -5
I would rather forget Roy. Roy has been a question mark for too many years. I started to doubt Roy way back when Vega was complaining about him. He has gotten better for little stints but has never been like he was when he first came up to the majors, the first two or three years.
Wright pitched a decent game! What a surprise. His curve and slider were working pretty well. This guy could turn out to be a decent pitcher after all. But I really don't believe, he will have a big time relapse in the next game I predict. A sweep that had Wright starting in it is really an accomplishment!
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Post by sadoug on Aug 2, 2010 7:37:07 GMT -5
I read somewhere that part of the Berkman deal was he insisted on whoever he signed with would NOT exercize his option for 2112 so he would be able to return to Houston. That brought his price down....I may not have this exactly right, but it was something like that.
If that is true, then in his misguided loyalty he screwed us into a lesser deal.
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Post by sadoug on Aug 2, 2010 7:39:01 GMT -5
amazing...I just posted on this thread, about the Berkman deal, and it showed up on another thread. Whats up with that?
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Post by sadoug on Aug 2, 2010 7:52:00 GMT -5
ok....I will just post here...
Vega...It is true that you told us two years ago that Roy O was not pitching up to billing.
What I need from you now Vega is information on the young guys we got in both trades.You have a better knowlege of players in the minors than anyone else on any board I read, so fill us in on them.
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Post by changeup on Aug 2, 2010 10:44:06 GMT -5
I like our young guys........Bourn, Pence, Johnson, Castro.....and the guys we got in trades for Oswalt and Big p*ssy.......er, Big Puma. I almost cried watching those bozos in Puma outfits at MM Park whining about Lance leaving. Good riddance and I hope the Astros are smart enough not to re-sign him, although I think that was the plan when they traded him.
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Post by iowafan on Aug 6, 2010 14:12:08 GMT -5
I guess I will continue on here since we just played the Brewers. This continues the series which started in Houston. Rodriguez will pitch and he has been very good lately. From what I understand he has had pinpoint control of his curveball. He just needs to relax and keep working and do the best he can. No reason to overwork yourself this season because the season is really already over for the Astros. I wouldn't be at all surprised to have everything go to crap again. The odds are against us in this series. Tomorrow is Myers and then we finish with our big gun, Wright.
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Post by iowafan on Aug 6, 2010 22:48:00 GMT -5
Not much to say about that game except that the closer didn't close. Lindstrom didn't have his stuff tonight. I don''t know if it was the weather or what. This loss makes it very unlikely in my opinion that we will win this series. Too bad, we had this game won.
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Post by cangrejero on Aug 7, 2010 18:01:14 GMT -5
I love Wallace. I wanted Villar in deal. I don't think much of the 2 players we got from Yanks.
I like Happ a lot, he could be a nice number 3.
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Post by iowafan on Aug 7, 2010 20:54:35 GMT -5
It is looking like sweep to me in this series. I don't have much hope for Wright tomorrow. Not unless of course the pitcher cracks and we score a load of runs. Gallardo is their most effective pitcher this year. It is looking like a sweep. Not like we aren't used to that this year. It just hasn't happened lately. Today they got outs when they needed them. We had plenty of hits. Just couldn't drive in the runs. Sanchez continues to get on base. He is a real surprise. Quintero sure has been sucking at the plate lately. SADoug jinxed him.
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Post by iowafan on Aug 8, 2010 17:31:39 GMT -5
Wesley sucked, just like I thought he would. There is something in the air in Milwaukee that made it tougher to pitch there. It was probably too humid. I just talked to a lady from Wisconsin, I should have asked her what was the deal. Wright's breaking balls were no good. The pitcher's have had a tough time the whole series, even Rodriguez who has been lights out struggled and then the bullpen went to crap after him. I don't think Wright will be any good until he gets consistantly better with his breaking balls which may be never because I doubt he has the power for it. Anyway we are going back to Texas. Maybe things will be better there.
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Post by changeup on Aug 10, 2010 15:31:29 GMT -5
Wright's little wormy a$$ has been sent to Round Rock.....please leave him there.
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Post by iowafan on Aug 10, 2010 16:40:52 GMT -5
That I am happy to say makes my day. I think it takes power to throw a decent curveball or slider under all of the climatic conditions that pitchers face in the major league and some pitchers just don't have the power. I think Oswalt shows signs of that as he has been aging. Wright has pitched and almost always does better down south were you probably are somewhat drier. We are humid as crap up north here this year. It isn't that way every year.
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Post by sadoug on Aug 10, 2010 17:48:56 GMT -5
are you saying it is more humid in miluwaki than Houston?I aint buying that.
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Post by iowafan on Aug 10, 2010 17:55:11 GMT -5
I think in Milwaukee it has been about as humid as it can possibly be. I don't know much about Houston's climate. I suppose I could look but they may be using the dome on hot days? I really don't know conditions in the two places but I have observed that our pitchers have more trouble when they travel north.
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