Yes, I know it is “Opening Day” but seeing as how Bud and MLB decided to maximize money, “Opening Day” was actually held last week at a time and place where fans of the teams who were playing couldn’t see the actual game. More money for MLBAM, I suppose. And of course, “Opening Day” was yesterday, in Washington, DC – a nice low scoring, good pitching NL game minus the evil scourge of the DH.
But when the Astros first game of the year is not here at home, somehow, in spite of Bud, The Red Sox, ESPN, MLBAM, The New Stadium That Needed To Be Shown Off, it just doesn’t somehow FEEL like the Astros REAL Opening Day.
But the season is finally here after too long a winter and I’m just elated to be watching real Astros baseball every day now.
Tags: Houston Astros, MLB, Padres, San Diego Padres
Well, that wasn’t quite what I expected… good days from Bourn and Tejada, and bad days from Lee and Pence. Not to mention Oswalt getting hit up…
Yes, the defense was impressive, except for that screw-up by Wiggy that almost cost three runs. But Bourn bailed him out and on offense, also got on base and put himself in scoring position for the big guns. Lance also contributed by getting on base twice but no one delivered them. So we get pitching and defense but no offense. Go figure.
i apologise – i have NO idea what on earth happened to the rest of the entry…
ah well…