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Houston Astros @ Atlanta Braves


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Houston Astros Red-star
@ Atlanta Braves Red-star

Sunday, Jul 6, 2008, 12:35 PM CDT
Turner Field

Wandy Rodriguez vs Charlie Morton

Mostly cloudy with a 30-percent chance of rain. Winds blowing out to center field at 5-10 m.p.h. Game Time temperature: Around 85.

 

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W-LGGSCGSHOSVBSIPHRERHRBBKERAWHIP
2008 - Wandy Rodriguez 3-3 11 11 0 0 0 0 64.1 58 31 22 6 20 56 3.08 1.21
W-LGGSCGSHOSVBSIPHRERHRBBKERAWHIP
2008 - Charlie Morton 1-2 4 4 0 0 0 0 19.0 25 15 13 2 7 12 6.16 1.68

Lineup

Houston Astros @ Atlanta Braves

07/06/08 12:35 PM CDT

Houston AstrosAtlanta Braves
Michael Bourn - CF Gregor Blanco - CF
Mark Loretta - SS Yunel Escobar - SS
Hunter Pence - RF Chipper Jones - 3B
Carlos Lee - LF Mark Teixeira - 1B
Darin Erstad - 1B Omar Infante - LF
Ty Wigginton - 3B Martin Prado - 2B
David Newhan - 2B Greg Norton - RF
Brad Ausmus - C Corky Miller - C
Wandy Rodriguez - P Charlie Morton - P
Bah, I guess the experience of having a lead off guy who actually gets on base was too much for Cooper to handle, so he puts in the Michael Bourn...  I guess the .280 OBP is enough for Cooper. 

GABRH2B3BHRRBIBBKSBCSAVGOBPSLG
2008 - Michael Bourn 83 310 38 69 6 3 4 15 25 70 31 7 .223 .280 .300

No Tejada today... evidently the few days off they will receive during the All-Star break isn't enough.  Cooper and Tejada "agreed" that today was a good day to take off...

No Berkman either... but he has pink eye or some sort of infection in his left eye that is causing him to be unable to open his eye.

Don't expect the Astros to score more than 2 or 3 runs today with this lineup... even if they are facing a guy with a 6+ ERA.


 

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Opposing pitcher throws very hard...

but he is young…and given his ERA, I assume that the Astros chances depend on how patient they can be.

by clack on Jul 6, 2008 12:32 PM CDT   0 recs

Am I the only one

that on my20 is still getting MASH?

Go 'Stros!

by Stros Bro on Jul 6, 2008 12:40 PM CDT   0 recs

Ah

Weather.com shows a 30% chance of rain and possibly thunderstorms in Atlanta

Go 'Stros!

by Stros Bro on Jul 6, 2008 12:43 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Mixed reaction

I was actually slightly comforted by Tejada not playing (though Loretta at short does not inspire confidence). When I saw Berkman wasn’t playing I figured Cooper was conceding this game (this was before I read about Berkman’s eye infection in the openign remarks).

I’m trying to decede if I want this rain delay to be a rainout.

Astros fan for life

by Joe in Birmingham on Jul 6, 2008 12:41 PM CDT   0 recs

Braves lineup looks weak, too.

A Bench Player marathon today.

Astros fan for life

by Joe in Birmingham on Jul 6, 2008 12:55 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Loretta's defense is bothersome....

I don’t know why it seems that Wandy ends up with Loretta at shortstop so often over the last year or so. But, other than that, I’m not too concerned about the lineup offensively, as long as Berkman isn’t out for too long. Loretta is hitting better than Tejada right now. And Erstad has hit very well in his starts.

by clack on Jul 6, 2008 12:47 PM CDT   0 recs

All Star selection show in 10 minutes on TBS

Let’s see if any Astros besides Berkman made the team.

by entropic soul on Jul 6, 2008 12:50 PM CDT   0 recs

AL STarters

4 Red Sox (Youkilis, Manny, Pedroia, Ortiz)
2 Yankees (A-Rod, Jeter)
1 Mariner (Ichiro)
1 Ranger (Hamilton)
1 Twin (Mauer)

Althought Ortiz is injuried and won’t play so someone will need to take his place.

by entropic soul on Jul 6, 2008 1:10 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

I guess not.

They aren’t good enough, I suppose.

by entropic soul on Jul 6, 2008 1:25 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

NL Starters

3 Cubs (Soriano, Soto, Fukudome)
1 Astro (Berkman)
1 Brewer (Braun)
1 Marlin (Hanley Ramirez)
1 Phillie (Utley)
1 Brave (Chipper Jones)

Soriano MIGHT NOT play though. Don’t know yet.

Want to see the reserves.

by entropic soul on Jul 6, 2008 1:27 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Kerry Wood??

Say what?

Astros fan for life

by Joe in Birmingham on Jul 6, 2008 1:36 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Brad Lidge, Billy Wagner

familiar names

Astros fan for life

by Joe in Birmingham on Jul 6, 2008 1:39 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Players voted him in.

No Lee (more deserving) or Valverde.

by entropic soul on Jul 6, 2008 1:41 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Players voted Tejada in

but not Albert Pujols (the manager Clint Hurdle had to add Pujols)

SoO much for the players knowing more than the fans.

Astros fan for life

by Joe in Birmingham on Jul 6, 2008 1:45 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

The whole team is made up of Cubs?

Soriano, Soto, Fukudome, Ramirez, Zambrano, Dempster, Wood.. 7 players.

by entropic soul on Jul 6, 2008 1:40 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Cubs vs. Red Sox

Your 2008 All Star game!

by entropic soul on Jul 6, 2008 1:54 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

I'm getting a liitle sick of all the Cubs games

on national tv. Yesterday on Fox, Cardinals vs Cubs. Today on TBS, Cardinals vs Cubs. I understand why it is … but it’s annoying anyway.

by mokulen on Jul 6, 2008 1:58 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Especially when...

The ATLANTA based TV network, TURNER Broadcasting Station, is not showing the ATLANTA Braves game at TURNER field.

by entropic soul on Jul 6, 2008 2:04 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

My totally uninformed calcuation is

$50,000 per out or $150,000 per inning

I assumed he pitches in 80 games a year for 3 outs a game, rounded to 250 outs a year.

Astros fan for life

by Joe in Birmingham on Jul 6, 2008 1:05 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Lidge has not pitched more than 75 innings

since 2004.

He made out like a bandit on this deal

Astros fan for life

by Joe in Birmingham on Jul 6, 2008 1:59 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

He does have...

19 saves in 19 opportunities though.

by entropic soul on Jul 6, 2008 2:09 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

That's a big contract

for a guy who was run out of Houston because he couldn’t perform… sheesh.. over 12.5 million a year

Go 'Stros!

by Stros Bro on Jul 6, 2008 3:18 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

The only time I ever had a reaction to a baseball draft was when I fumed the Astros wasted their first two draft choices in 2005 – # 1 being for what I thought was a highly overrated Brian Bogusevic. Still I was surprised at this from McTaggart’s Chronicle entry:

Lefthander Brian Bogusevic, the Astros’ first-round pick in 2005 out of Tulane University, is done as a pitcher. The Astros plan to switch Bogusevic to the outfield and will send him to Class A Salem to begin making the transition.

Astros fan for life

by Joe in Birmingham on Jul 6, 2008 12:58 PM CDT   0 recs

wow, that's terrible! :O

I mean we knew he was a bust, but I guess this makes it official.

by mokulen on Jul 6, 2008 1:16 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

he actually was a great hitter in college.

many teams viewed him as a better draft choice as a batter than as a pitcher.

by clack on Jul 6, 2008 1:32 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

So does that make him one

of the Astros top hitting prospects now? :O

by mokulen on Jul 6, 2008 1:47 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Wimbledon Tennis

Rain delay at least lets me watch some exciting Wimbledon men’s finals – now in tie break in set 4.

Astros fan for life

by Joe in Birmingham on Jul 6, 2008 1:26 PM CDT   0 recs

Going to fifth set

Battle of heavyweights today

Astros fan for life

by Joe in Birmingham on Jul 6, 2008 1:32 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

yeah, I've been watching.

I love playing tennis, and watching this match has been great.

by clack on Jul 6, 2008 1:35 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

can't be worse than MASH

So I changed it over… :)

Go 'Stros!

by Stros Bro on Jul 6, 2008 1:52 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

any estimates on when it will end?

truthfully, it’s probably to the Astros’ advantage to have a rain out….considering the effect of Oswalt’s injury on the rotation and the weaker lineup today.

by clack on Jul 6, 2008 2:06 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

I checked Weather.com

and I’d give it 30 minutes until rain gone and another 20 minutes until game time. I’d guess they wil be playing by 3:00

Astros fan for life

by Joe in Birmingham on Jul 6, 2008 2:11 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Carlos Lee is a final vote All Star candidate

GO VOTE

Other candidates:
Pat Burrel
Corey Hart
Aaron Rowand
David Wright

Lee should have a good chance to win.

by entropic soul on Jul 6, 2008 2:07 PM CDT   0 recs

Lee may have a chance but

David Wright gets the NY Media vote

Corey Hart, Aaron Rowan are good too. I’my not sure about Burrel, but he’s probably deserving, too.

Astros fan for life

by Joe in Birmingham on Jul 6, 2008 2:10 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Done

Go 'Stros!

by Stros Bro on Jul 6, 2008 2:28 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Carlos Lee has a good shot

Pat Burrel is probably the most deserving, but he won’t get the vote. He’s not a marquee name.

David Wright is from New York, so he might get some votes… but only ONE Met made the All Star team. And it was their closer, who may not even pitch. He’s 19 and 24 in save opportunities. He snuck on to the team because they needed a Mets player. Wright wasn’t even in the top 15 outfielders for the fan vote.

Carlos Lee is a pretty big name because he was fairly recently a big name free agent, so he probably has more name recognition than a lot of the other players. Plus he was the highest vote getter in the fan ballot on the list of candidates last time the numbers came in. (They may have ended a little differently, though.)

Fan votes:
Lee: 6th
Hart: 8th
Burrell: 10th
Rowand: -
Wright: -

by entropic soul on Jul 6, 2008 2:29 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Plus we get to see:

Berkman and Lee battle it out in the home run derby, possibly. :p
Who doesn’t want to see that?

by entropic soul on Jul 6, 2008 2:30 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Game is on!

Go 'Stros!

by Stros Bro on Jul 6, 2008 2:28 PM CDT   0 recs

Pence gets a hit

and then thrown out trying ot steal 2nd.

Go 'Stros!

by Stros Bro on Jul 6, 2008 2:30 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

He's such an idiot.

The one time he manages to get on base and he still makes an out.

by entropic soul on Jul 6, 2008 2:33 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

2 outs

I don’t really hold it against him

Go 'Stros!

by Stros Bro on Jul 6, 2008 2:45 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

When...

He’s been caught more times than he has been successful, I hold it against him.

by entropic soul on Jul 6, 2008 2:53 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Pence is a bad base stealer

I wouldn’t give him a universal green light.

by clack on Jul 6, 2008 3:02 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Strike em out, WANDY!!!

Gotta bounce back from the bad outing last time.

by entropic soul on Jul 6, 2008 2:35 PM CDT   0 recs

Wigginton gets an IF hit

just like a leadoff hitter should :)

Go 'Stros!

by Stros Bro on Jul 6, 2008 2:44 PM CDT   0 recs

I was watching

the Girls US Softball team yesterday playing against VTech(in which the US Olympic team was no hit and lost 0-1)... anyone ever watched girls softball before… Their infield is freaking small!!!!

Go 'Stros!

by Stros Bro on Jul 6, 2008 3:07 PM CDT   0 recs

Yeah, it's so tiny.

Softball is an evil abomination! They should just play baseball.

by entropic soul on Jul 6, 2008 3:11 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

They hit a ball sharply to 3rd

and then almost beat out the play at 1st… it’s crazy..

I don’t mind them playing softball, but they need a bigger field.. we had bigger fields in my co-op church softball league.

Go 'Stros!

by Stros Bro on Jul 6, 2008 3:13 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Maybe it's based on how far a softball can be thrown effectively?

It’s 40 something feet, isn’t it? Maybe if the pitchers set up farther than that the balll is too easy to hit. ???

by entropic soul on Jul 6, 2008 3:38 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Loretta with a 2 out single

Brownie mentions it is an 8 game hitting streak for him.

Go 'Stros!

by Stros Bro on Jul 6, 2008 3:07 PM CDT   0 recs

Pence

walks to put runners on 1st and 2nd for Carlos Lee.

Time to show us why he should be on the All-Star team

Go 'Stros!

by Stros Bro on Jul 6, 2008 3:11 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Tied up!! Lee singles

Scoring Loretta form 2nd

Go 'Stros!

by Stros Bro on Jul 6, 2008 3:13 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Erstad walks

to load the bases for…....... Ty Wigginton!

Go 'Stros!

by Stros Bro on Jul 6, 2008 3:16 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

GO TO YOUR HOME!

GRAND SLAM FOR TY WIGGINTON!

Go 'Stros!

by Stros Bro on Jul 6, 2008 3:18 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

TY WIGGINTON ALL STAR!

Take that Chipper Jones. Ty’s home run was worth four times as much as yours.

by entropic soul on Jul 6, 2008 3:20 PM CDT