I lOVE tHE AStROS!

Jun 18 Bourn was back in the leadoff spot Tuesday for the first time since June 4, the Houston Chronicle reports.

Recommendation: Bourn went 2-for-5 and it appears he will remain in the leadoff hole for the foreseeable future. "[Bourn's] playing well and swinging well," manager Cecil Cooper said. "It's been that way for a few weeks now. He's starting to put a few at-bats together. When we were at our best, that's who was hitting leadoff. We'll try to go back to that."

the "supremacy" is hitting .238 w/a .290 obp and a .313 slg. but he is setting the table from the leadoff position, scoring 29 runs in 68 games. that's almost one run every two games!

Does Lance Berkman really have 12 steals?

Ya - I don't know what's gotten into him!

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3461058

HOUSTON -- Astros pitcher Shawn Chacon was suspended indefinitely by the team Wednesday for insubordination after reportedly grabbing general manager Ed Wade by the neck and throwing him to the ground.

“I sat down to eat and Ed Wade came to me and very sternly said, ‘You need to come with me to the office,”’ Chacon said. “I said, ‘For what?’ I said, ‘I don’t want to go to the office with you and Cooper.’ And I said, ‘You can tell me whatever you got to tell me right here.’ He’s like, ‘Oh, you want me to tell you right here?’ And I said, ‘Yeah.’ I’m not yelling. I’m calm.”

Chacon said things went downhill from there.

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The Dude: Just take it easy man.
Walter: I'm perfectly calm dude.
The Dude: Yeah, waving the fucking gun around.
Walter: Calmer than you are.
The Dude: Just take it easy.
Walter: Calmer than you are.

?

Ed Wade or JP Ricciardi: Who is the biggest shithead?

Brandon Backe might've killed the Astros' playoff chances w/ today's 8-run inning. ;_;

Aw, then he hit his head on the dugout after striking out. :(

And after all Ed Wade did to make this team a contender. u_u

gotta love how scrappy darin erstad only grounded into a fielder's choice and not a double play like some base clogger would have

lol @ stros letting backe bat, anyway

how in gods name did these games end up in milwaukee?

http://img235.imageshack.us/img235/9872/ike1081x1pj4.jpg

ahaaaahaaha you poor fuckers

As a sophomore playing leftfield against TCU, Berkman found himself running in circles under a sky-high popup that was swirling in a brutal wind. He slid to make the catch but missed by a mile. Meanwhile, his right foot had gotten stuck under the outfield fence, which left him squirming to find the ball, which had rolled under a white plastic bag. He tossed the bag into the air and picked up the ball. But just then, the wind picked up, hanging the bag in the air like smoke. And ...

"I threw the ball right into the white plastic bag," Berkman says. "The ball, in the bag, died after about 30 feet. My foot is stuck in the fence, the hitter's getting an inside-the-park homer and my coach is running and yelling, 'You're the worst outfielder I've ever seen!'"

― bnw, Monday, June 2, 2008 5:09 PM (1 year ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

lOl @ tHIS StORy

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=4930680

GM Ed Wade resigned "thru" 2012

Lord knows he earned it!

http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/articles/2010/03/04/clemens_piling_up_big_numbers_just_like_his_famous_father/

The organizational hope for the younger (Koby) Clemens is that he'll be the next Brandon Inge. (Astros assistant GM Ricky) Bennett worked for the Tigers when Inge was a young player, and when he looks at Clemens, he sees the same skills.

"I've talked a lot to him about Inge," said Bennett. "He came up as a shortstop and then we moved him to catcher and then he got moved to third and the outfield.

...

Clemens is just fine with the Inge comparisons.

"If I could ever be a player like Brandon Inge and play in the big leagues, that could be a dream come true for me," Clemens said. "That's what this is all about."

...

"He's really smart," said Bennett.

smrt

This guy on the mound right now for the Astros is on some serious Al Hrabsoky/Mike Gonzalez bizarre mound behavior trip:

Sammy Gervacio

http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2010/04/06/space-cadets/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQ7yS8RL-Tg

keithlaw
Yeah, that's the problem. Gervacio's wild because he's hurt. I'm sure it has nothing to do with that heinous delivery.

this team is going to have a longgggg season. RIP

tHIS tEAM rRRRRRREALLY sUCKS

when i can't think of a joke i just yell eD wAAADE

They're knocking Jamie Moyer around today.

damn i had them predicted to go 0-162

kEEP tHE dREAM aLIVE

we can do this folks

Whatever the Astros did, they did it

pedro feliz is hitting 3rd

cONGRATS tO hUNTER pENCE fOR dRAWING hIS fIRST wALK oF tHE yEAR tONIGHT

u guys expecting them to lose 130 games also counting on Kick-Ass to outgross Avatar.

fOUR gAME wIN sTREAK

Way to go, Lance.

oswalt to 'stros: get me the fuck out of here

Bourn and pray for walks:

.228/.274/.321

^ Team slash stats

This was weird:

Houston Astros pitcher Roy Oswalt considers his ejection in the third inning of the Nationals 14-4 win Monday as a misunderstanding.

Oswalt said he was upset with himself during Josh Willingham's at-bat with one out in the third inning when home plate umpire Bill Hohn thought Oswalt's anger was directed at him and sent Oswalt to the locker room.

"Got thrown out of the game for saying 'not talking to you,'" Oswalt said to the media after the game. "Never done that before.

"I was actually upset I missed with a pitch a little bit off the plate and was actually talking to myself on the mound. I wasn't even looking toward his way when I turned around and he's pointing at me saying something about you are going to keep your mouth shut or something. I couldn't really tell what he said and I told him I wasn't talking to him and he kept on talking so I told him again I wasn't talking to him and he threw me out."

Home plate umpire Bill Hohn was not available for comment, but first base umpire Gary Darling, the crew chief, spoke on behalf of Hohn in an interview with FOX 26 Sports.

"He got ejected for showing up the plate umpire," Darling said.

It was pointed out to Darling that Oswalt explained to the media that none of his frustration was directed at Hohn.

"He came off the mound, pointed at (Hohn) with his glove, and got ejected," Darling said.

http://houston.astros.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=10798761

typical texan!

http://deadspin.com/5612172/bo-the-bailer-gets-his-spot-blown-up-on-facebook

biggest, best storyline of the aSTROS sEASON iMO

lolllll

<3 ilb today.

thanking u, stros. <3

And a hearty thanks from me too.

this team is going to have a longgggg season. RIP

― ✌.✰|ʘ‿ʘ|✰.✌ (Steve Shasta), Friday, April 9, 2010 6:57 PM (5 months ago)

Astros haven’t had a losing month since May, sweep Phillies and Cardinals over 10 days.

Oswalt, Berkman: clubhouse cancers.

astros have quietly turned into a decent good-pitching light-hitting team since about mid-june

get the hot rub ready

I don't know why they're pretending to scout him to see if he's ready to pitch in the majors. Everyone knows it's a publicity stunt, why not be more honest about it? It's not like the Astros have anything else going for them right now.

If I was the Cubs manager and they tried to pull some kind of publicity stunt on my club, I would be bunting every other hitter and make Clemens out of practice butt have to try field them.

You can't even compare this to the Satchel Paige situation. Paige wasn't some cheating multi-millionare trying to reform his image and from what I always understood it was partially done so that Paige would be eligible for baseball pension.

wow

Jon Heyman ‏@JonHeymanCBS
#Astros have named @Kevin_Goldstein a pro scouting coordinator. heres what we said earlier.

well, there goes my fave podcast (at least while I was able to load it)

Good for him.

KG was gaga for Altuve long before i heard about him from anyone else, so maybe Houston will have a Munchkin infield before long.

lol hope so

I guess when KLaw turned them down they decided to go after his successor at BP.

jordan lyles joins the cg shutout & hit one out club

Calling it now: 2013 AL West champs

btw, season-capping series w/ Cubs was first with two teams playing with 100 or more losses apiece since '62 Mets and Cubs.