Just what the Astros need, right?
It was one of those things – top of the 3rd, 2 out, man on second. Groundball up the middle, Altuve fields the ball, throws to Lowrie and the runner slides into Lowrie’s foot and the force twists his foot and Lowrie went down, grabbing his knee and had to be helped off the field – could hardly put weight on it.
peachy
And fortunately, Jonathan Villar just happened to go on the DL today, so I don’t have to worry about all those errors. Angel Sanchez is hitting over .300 at AAA – wonder if he’ll be coming back up. Top shortstop prospect my ass. He can’t field and he can’t hit – all he CAN do is steal bases, like Junior Deshields. Jeezus gawd.
By the way – Scott Moore is NOT a first baseman, Brian Bixler can’t throw out my granma in a wheelchair from short and Matt Downs has no business playing RF seeing as how he can’t catch fly balls let alone throw out Pablo Freaking Sandoval from short RF. Can we PLEASE send Downsie-doo back Downsie and get one of the AAA OF please???
Tags: Houston Astros
On the plus side, Maxwell came through in the 9th.
bruce
yeah it IS nice to not get shutout again. but they just can NOT seem to win any extra inning game. 120 losses here we come
It’s very sad to see this team drop to new lows, but it’s making it so much easier for me to let go, since I need to anyway. I’ve been going to the Giant games lately, and that’s been fun. I like rooting for a team that is strong on pitching in a pitchers’ park — it reminds me of rooting for the ‘stros all through the 70s-90s. I know MMP isn’t a bandbox, but it’s not the same as the Dome. MMP is much nicer, but watching tense 2-1 games at the Dome was really fun, especially when the games were 2 hours long instead of 3 or 4. There was much more strategy, hits were harder to find, manufacturing runs was at a premium, steals were excited (and necessary) as was plate discipline (BB, HBP). Because the games were quicker, the crowd (even though it was usually small) stayed in the game, and the noise was genuine, not manufactured so much. Even the breaks between innings were quick; two minutes max. I’m not getting nostalgic — it’s just different, I grew up on it, and I like it. The Giants don’t exactly play that type of game, but it’s close enough.
the REALLY big difference, far as i can tell, was that there wasn’t the modern bullpen and switching relievers every batter – now THAT takes up a ridiculous amount of time. there are more Ks these days, but really, walks haven’t changed much. also, there are more steals in the later innings these days because most relievers can NOT hold runners.
Guys didn’t step out of the box, adjust their gloves and stare into space after every pitch. Some guys didn’t even have gloves.
steve
yeah – the stepping out all the time thing is irritating. last guy i remember not wearing gloves was towles – hunter pence wore only one.
billy
i would just say – regression….
10 second step out after each of 300 pitches is an extra 50 minutes per game.
yeah
tonight’s 2-0 game was over 3 hours