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Post by iowafan on Sept 6, 2010 12:55:51 GMT -5
The Astros have been rising lately and the Cubs sliding. Actually I looked at it and the Cubs are in a fairly hot stretch since they got an interim manager. Rodriguez and Coleman are the starters. Those should be on the side of the Astros. Coleman has been alright, nothing spectacular. Rodriguez has been very good and so has the Astros bullpen, and Lindstrom seems to be back pitching well. However, the Cubs really want to win right now, so they should be tough. The interim manager would like to win the job.
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Post by iowafan on Sept 6, 2010 15:51:29 GMT -5
Rodriguez did not have a good day and neither did the manager. I did not think Lopez was the guy to put in. He has not been effective lately. You go with the ones that are doing the job. However, it is not that important since we are not in the race.
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Post by cangrejero on Sept 6, 2010 21:37:22 GMT -5
defense was not good today.
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Post by changeup on Sept 7, 2010 11:13:16 GMT -5
The defense was bad and Wandy reverted to being his gutless self when he got into trouble. If this guy ever grows a pair of balls, he will be a good pitcher.
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Post by iowafan on Sept 7, 2010 22:40:16 GMT -5
Tonight Micheal Bourn had another really great night. Brett Wallace got his first homerun which I was looking forward to. Castro also had a good night. His batting average has been going up. We got to Silva when he was out of form. Tomorrow it is Myers and Wells. Should be a pretty good chance for the Astros to win the series. However I expect them to lose. When it looks too good then it turns bad. All is well in Astrotown.
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Post by cangrejero on Sept 7, 2010 23:15:08 GMT -5
We are going to win another series tomorrow.
Wandy pitched a good game in a day when the wind was blowing out.
Nelson struggled a bit today, but the bullpen was very good. Manzella does not hit, but his D is very important, if Castro continues to hit the way he is hitting and becomes a good number 7 hitter for us we can have Manzella playing ss and hitting 8th next year.
I like the way this team is shaping up.
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Post by iowafan on Sept 8, 2010 10:36:31 GMT -5
I just want to say, it sure is good to have you back this year, Vega. With you and Jb here it feels like home. I just wish some of the other guys would post more.
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Post by iowafan on Sept 8, 2010 22:08:12 GMT -5
The Astros win again and win the series with the Cubs. It was no surprise that they win which was what made it such a surprise. Earlier in the year any win was a surprise. Myers was tough, as usual, and we got offense from many places. The Cubs were lucky we didn't score more, because the Astros left lots of people on base. Would have been nice to get the sweep, especially with Rodriguez pitching the first game but it didn't happen. It is time to go to Houston to face the Dodgers.
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Post by changeup on Sept 9, 2010 14:37:09 GMT -5
Maybe if we knew how to contact some of the old group we could get them to post more.
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Post by iowafan on Sept 9, 2010 15:19:18 GMT -5
The ones that are here are great, they don't post much. I imagine they are busy but they couldn't be any busier than I that is about impossible. I can contact houstonbuff or whatever his name was, he still keeps in contact with me. It is hard to tell what he is doing these days. He was a good fellow, a little over sensative like so many of them. The rest, I don't know.
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