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Post by iowafan on Sept 28, 2010 15:17:55 GMT -5
I have serious doubts about this series. It is going to be difficult to compete with the Reds unless our pitching is perfect since we don't have Michael Bourn. He adds so much to our offense when he is healthy. Bourgouis, though he has talent, right now isn't even close to Bourn. It starts off with Rodriguez who has had a good rest. I hope he does well and I believe he will, however, I am afraid he will have to be perfect because our offense has not been good lately.
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Post by changeup on Sept 28, 2010 16:53:57 GMT -5
We will be OK if we score some runs and keep from using too many relievers. Right now, our bullpen is either worn out or just plain sucks.
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Post by iowafan on Sept 28, 2010 22:07:41 GMT -5
I thought they did a pretty good job with the bullpen tonight, however no one would expect Byrdak to give up a homerun right off the bat. Its too bad that Rodriguez gave up that second run because I think there was a fairly good chance we would have won the game if not for that. I predicted that we wouldn't hit much. That pitcher really throws hard, and was pretty good actually. I was impressed by Wallace and not sure why they replaced him. Castro had a good game too. Interesting game. Too bad we lost.
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Post by cangrejero on Sept 28, 2010 22:57:55 GMT -5
back to reality
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Post by iowafan on Sept 29, 2010 21:35:17 GMT -5
At least the Astros won tonight when they were resting all of their starters. If we could win tomorrow, we would have the series. We were actually very close to winning that first game. I think Rodriguez had a mental lapse in the 6th which he is having often lately. I think he needs to learn to keep his concentration. He is a good pitcher. Tomorrow is Myers so we should have a chance to win. I imagine we won't but still, it should be a good battle. I still like this team. They have a few holes to fill but overall they are pretty competative.
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Post by changeup on Sept 30, 2010 15:27:59 GMT -5
The main problem with Wandy has always been those mental lapses. When things start going bad for him, he seldom works his way out of situation. He normally just chokes and things get worse.
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Post by iowafan on Sept 30, 2010 17:42:49 GMT -5
He did at least work his way out of getting blown out that inning which I thought was an improvement. I think he didn't lose his cool, he lost his concentration. I think he did lose his cool in the past, but he is getting better at that. I am not sure, but I think this pitching coach keeps making progress with some of these pitchers. They keep showing improvement in exactly the areas that we have been talking about. For instance Norris is using more pitches. You just have to wonder about this new staff the Astros have. In many ways they seem to be the sharpest in my memory. That is except the manager, can't say I am impressed with him.
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Post by iowafan on Sept 30, 2010 20:31:26 GMT -5
Any hopes that the Astros might finish well went out the window with that game. Even a sweep of the Cubs wouldn't get the bad taste of this game out of my mouth. In fact might as well punt for the Cubs series.
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