Well, that’s positive, right?
Against the powerhouse Nationals, the Astros managed 2 walks by Pence, 1 walk by Bourn and singles by Blum and Sutton.
Wandy was shaky – gave up 2 singles, 2 doubles, a walk and 2 runs.
Capellan, Wright, Norris, Lumsden and Paronto all pitched scoreless innings and the game was finished in 2 hours, which is what happens when you get all these 1,2,3 innings and there aren’t any commercials.
Miggy Te-roider has decided to go play in the WBC for the DR. Fine – we can get a better look at Maysonnet and Manzella as one of them realistically has to make the roster because Geoff Blum can hardly play 3rd, let alone short.
And Jeff Kallman, erstwhile writer of The Catbird has restarted his blog. He writes like I wish I could if I could get more interest in baseball subjects not necessarily involving Astros or Barry Lamar.
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“He writes like I wish I could if I could get more interest in baseball subjects not necessarily involving Astros or Barry Lamar.”
You do just fine.
Bourn walking is extra fine! He also SB’d.
your right lisa, it is a positive. If both bourn and pence would consistently show more patience at the plate and draw more base on balls this season they will become better hitters and truly help the offense. pence needs also to try and recognize the down and out slider and to lay off of it much more this year, which in turn will lead to many more walks and better pitches to hit. both these guys have a lot of talent and if they could only have breakout years with berkman and lee knocking them in , it could be a pretty good offense. I also agree that with tejada being gone for awhile the stros will get a much better look at manzella and maysonet. i also wish johnson would win the the third base job and they would send boone packing, but i know wade wouldn!t let that happen. oh well lets hope for the best.
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