Posted on 10/25/2005 5:20:11 PM PDT by Michael Goldsberry
And now we get to the soft underbelly of the Astros' bullpen--although the overbelly of their bullpen has been pretty soft, too.
Go 'Stros!!!!!!!!
Let me ask the Astros fans a serious question. A lot of the sportscasters were making a huge deal about the hill in center, and how the Sox would have trouble negoiating it. Does the hill and pole come into play all that often? I mean it is over 400 ft to dead center. Would it normally come into play 2 or 3 times in a series or is it just a rare occurance?
GO STROS!!!
Let's get some runs.
Rosa Parks.
It hardly ever is a factor or encountered during the natural course of play. During the NLCS maybe twice, IIRC, and not a problem for either Taveras or Jim ___ (StL CFer)
My goodness, what happened to Aaron Neville? Does he now outweigh his former duet partner, Linda Ronstadt?
BTTT
I was born in Houston in the 50's
The Astros are in the World Serious
God Bless America....Man that was sweet!
Edmonds, the human highlight reel in centerfield.
The hill probably comes into play about once a series. Unless the ball has some lift to allow a good centerfielder to get out there, it just turns home runs into doubles or triples.
What was that tattooed thing singing?
Leni
Sorry, I was going for chocolate ice cream to console myself about the shutout. Ate the whole pint. I guess it worked :^)
You have to understand that Houston has a long, long history of seeing their teams collapse. It would be as if the Celtics and Bruins had never won any championships in Boston. The Houston Oilers blew the biggest lead in NFL history. They got robbed in a Pittsburgh playoff game so bad that the NFL added instant replay the next year in response. The University of Houston lost perhaps the biggest upset in the history of the NCAA championship game. In 1986 the Astros lost the greatest playoff game ever played. The list goes on and on, but we've seen it so many times before, a team chokes, messes up its head, and never recovers. This series we've lost the head of our closer, one of our setup guys, and now our best starting pitcher, not to mention that Roger Clemens may not pitch again this year, and may retire. It now is just a matter of when, not if, and the same old familiar taste in the mouth returns.
Reminds me of two songs, 'Secondhand Rose' and Howard Jones 'No One Is to Blame'. "You can dip your foot in the pool, but you can't have a swim..."
I've never seen the flag pole cause a problem, have you?
"Too bad the fans can't just sing "Take Me Out To The Ballgame" instead of this straining at being goody-goody."
We're here to watch the game. All this other crap is distracting. BTW, can't anybody sing the National Anthem or God Bless America without all the falsetto, wavering interpretations?
I know he drug it out, but I love Ronan Tynan's version of God Bless America.
I wouldn't touch that with a 410-foot fly.
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