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Houston Astros @ Chicago Cubs


Current Series

3 game series vs Cubs @ Wrigley Field

Houston Astros Red-star
@ Chicago Cubs Red-star

Monday, Aug 4, 2008, 6:05 PM CDT
Wrigley Field

Partly cloudy with a 30-percent chance of rain. Winds blowing out to center field at 15-20 m.p.h. Game Time temperature: Near 90.

 

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W-LGGSCGSHOSVBSIPHRERHRBBKERAWHIP
2008 - Brian Moehler 6-4 20 15 0 0 0 0 93.2 101 46 44 13 26 50 4.23 1.36
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2008 - Ryan Dempster 12-4 23 23 1 0 0 0 145.2 110 54 47 11 58 126 2.90 1.15

Lineup

Houston Astros @ Chicago Cubs

08/04/08 6:05 PM CDT

Houston AstrosChicago Cubs
Kazuo Matsui - 2B Alfonso Soriano - LF
Miguel Tejada - SS Mike Fontenot - 2B
Lance Berkman - 1B Daryle Ward - 1B
Carlos Lee - LF Aramis Ramirez - 3B
Hunter Pence - RF Jim Edmonds - CF
Ty Wigginton - 3B Geovany Soto - C
Darin Erstad - CF Kosuke Fukudome - RF
Humberto Quintero - C Ronny Cedeno - SS
Brian Moehler - P Ryan Dempster - P

Pence promotion?  He's batting 5th...

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won't be able to stick around

for the whole game, but i just wanted to tune in and say how much i hate that stupid thing that Dempster does with his glove in his delivery.

oh, and F the Cubs…

Go Astros!

by littlevisigoth on Aug 4, 2008 6:10 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Astros take early lead

Tejada singles followed by a Lance Berkman sac fly..

Lee follows with a single to left but Fukudome throws the ball out of the stadium while trying to get Tejada at home… Lee moves to 2nd and then 3rd on the ball going out of play.

Go 'Stros!

by Stros Bro on Aug 4, 2008 6:14 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Pence almost has an RBI

but that damn Jim Edmonds makes a diving catch to save the run and the end the first.

by entropic soul on Aug 4, 2008 6:37 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

He's an Astros killer

especially on defense

Go 'Stros!

by Stros Bro on Aug 4, 2008 6:42 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Cubs scoreless through 3

Astros still lead 1-0.

Moehler throwing a bunch of strikes, I think I just heard through 30 pitches, he has 6 balls.

Go 'Stros!

by Stros Bro on Aug 4, 2008 6:52 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Lee now 2-2

1 out in the 4th after Dempster struck out teh Puma

Go 'Stros!

by Stros Bro on Aug 4, 2008 6:57 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Pence

follows Lee with a single of his own. Runners on 1st and 2nd with 1 out for Ty Wigginton..

Who Follows that with a single! Bases juiced for Q

Go 'Stros!

by Stros Bro on Aug 4, 2008 6:59 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

astros w/ 3 straight singles

w/ carlos as the lead runner, the bases are loaded

by lnewcomer on Aug 4, 2008 6:59 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

bases loaded one out

If carlos Lee had taken third on Pence’s hit or ran faster on Wigginton’s he would have scored already. and Pence would be on third.

Astros fan for life

by Joe in Birmingham on Aug 4, 2008 7:00 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

crap

erstad K’s swinging.

by lnewcomer on Aug 4, 2008 7:00 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

oh oh Out two

Erstad struck out

Astros fan for life

by Joe in Birmingham on Aug 4, 2008 7:00 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

NL record for most blown saves in a season

is the Aflac question…

It’s not Lidge!

Go 'Stros!

by Stros Bro on Aug 4, 2008 7:01 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Moehler has no hits.

Doubt he will get his first here.

by entropic soul on Aug 4, 2008 7:03 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Pence looked up

like someone threw the ball at him

Go 'Stros!

by Stros Bro on Aug 4, 2008 7:09 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Pence trying to field a foul ball that barely goes into the stands

he turns away and the ball deflects off a fan and almost hits Pence.. he jumps and then turns around and starts laughing and then throws the ball back into the stands..

Go 'Stros!

by Stros Bro on Aug 4, 2008 7:09 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Moehler K's Ramirez

Ramirez doesn’t like it… looked like a good pitch to me, and replay confirms… easy strike call.. Go sit down Aramis

Go 'Stros!

by Stros Bro on Aug 4, 2008 7:11 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

jim Edmonds up

watch his ass get a hit…

by entropic soul on Aug 4, 2008 7:11 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

He would

lay on the ground for 20 minutes if he did… we can’t have that.

Go 'Stros!

by Stros Bro on Aug 4, 2008 7:12 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

damn

pence dropped it. maybe got knocked out by the ground. gotta catch that

by lnewcomer on Aug 4, 2008 7:13 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Edmonds

hits a liner to right field, Pence slides on his knees to try and catch it, ball hits his glove at his hip and then bounces away towards the foul line… Edmonds to 2nd

Go 'Stros!

by Stros Bro on Aug 4, 2008 7:13 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I thought

if it hits your glove, you should have caught it… At least that’s what my dad always said…

Go 'Stros!

by Stros Bro on Aug 4, 2008 7:14 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Gotta be an error on Pence

but it’s ruled a double

Astros fan for life

by Joe in Birmingham on Aug 4, 2008 7:14 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

scorers never want to call errors on OF'ers

unless it’s on a throw. they’re supposed to make judgments but they don’t seem to like to

by lnewcomer on Aug 4, 2008 7:14 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I agree... well

I’m not 100% sure that it should have been an error… but I lean that way a little

Go 'Stros!

by Stros Bro on Aug 4, 2008 7:14 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Cubs fans booing the 2nd strike to Soto

Geeze, open your eyes… It was an easy strike call… Above the knees and then curved to the outside part of the plate.. still completely over the plate

Go 'Stros!

by Stros Bro on Aug 4, 2008 7:16 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Cubs scoreless through 4

Astros up 2-0.

Moehler forces soto to ground to himself and then Moehler takes it to 1st to end the inning

Go 'Stros!

by Stros Bro on Aug 4, 2008 7:18 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Moehler gets out ok.

Jim Edmonds or no Jim Edmonds.

by entropic soul on Aug 4, 2008 7:18 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

silver lining?

at least tejada didn’t slide into 1st

by lnewcomer on Aug 4, 2008 7:24 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

lol

true enough

Go 'Stros!

by Stros Bro on Aug 4, 2008 7:25 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

He had a nice hit in the first.

Too bad it was too straight away center. :(
I thought he would do a little bit better after that.
But we all know he hates Wrigley Field.

by entropic soul on Aug 4, 2008 7:27 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Someone gave him some

catnip… he’s all f-d up

Go 'Stros!

by Stros Bro on Aug 4, 2008 7:29 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

i know the booth guys were talking about that earlier

but i’d never heard anything about berkman and chicago. i can’t really think about him and any particular city other than cincinnati.

by lnewcomer on Aug 4, 2008 7:31 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

wonder what we could have got for hunter?

not advocating trading him, but just curious. i’m sure he’s a guy a lot of teams would LIKE to have, but I can’t see anyone breaking the bank for him.

by lnewcomer on Aug 4, 2008 7:34 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Ed Wade said

one hundred 100 teams wanted Pence

Astros fan for life

by Joe in Birmingham on Aug 4, 2008 7:48 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

maybe some fantasy owners were contacting him

after seeing some of his past trades, they assumed he was the idiot in the league that every other manager takes advantage of.

by lnewcomer on Aug 4, 2008 7:50 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Ewww

Weather looks like it may get bad in Chicago…

JD just mentioned this game was 1 out away from being an official game.

Go 'Stros!

by Stros Bro on Aug 4, 2008 7:34 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Soriano

Down and away, down and away.

by entropic soul on Aug 4, 2008 7:35 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

up and in!

Okay, you win.. Down and away

Go 'Stros!

by Stros Bro on Aug 4, 2008 7:35 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Down and away it is

Soriano grounds out to Matsui at 2nd to end the 5th.. Game is now official… Let the storms begin.

Go 'Stros!

by Stros Bro on Aug 4, 2008 7:36 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

wonder what the Cards would have given us

to just trade our entire BP for theirs. we could have got Rasmus & Anderson I bet (at least if most of the fans had been allowed to decide). i’m enjoying their pain

by lnewcomer on Aug 4, 2008 7:45 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

It has

I think maybe we’ve finally gotten all the pieces together.

I wonder about the Cubs though.. anyone know how theirs has been lately?

by entropic soul on Aug 4, 2008 7:45 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

ESPN, that is.

Not sure if some of you guys are watching on FSN Houston.

by entropic soul on Aug 4, 2008 7:42 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Yep

I’ll take the Brad Ausmus in the spotlight… I actually wanted to see this one… I’ve seen the Chris Burke one about 10 times..

Go 'Stros!

by Stros Bro on Aug 4, 2008 7:43 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

now we've got Bosox & KC?

but the Ausmus spotlight show is strangely fascinating.

oh, I guess ESPN is jumping around. that’s cool.

by lnewcomer on Aug 4, 2008 7:44 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

good seats still available at tropicana field

was it this dark inside when we were there earlier? it’s like half the bulbs are out.

by lnewcomer on Aug 4, 2008 7:47 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

i don't think hitters can really learn discipline

not saying they can’t improve some % in K/BB ratio, but overally, you either have it or not. we’ve failed because we haven’t developed or acquired players who have it.

interesting thing to think about is whether “plate discipline” declines in later years a great deal, or whether the diminishing of other more physical hitting skills deteriorates and exposes a previously concealed weakness in that area (e.g. Craig Biggio’s sharp drop in OBP over the last several years of his career)

by lnewcomer on Aug 4, 2008 7:59 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I agree somewhat that plate discipline tends to show up early for most players.

But “high OBP/low BA/HR power” is sometimes used as the profile for “old baseball skills,” i.e., many older hitters offset their diminishing ability to hit for average by taking more walks and hitting more HRs. In retrospect, Ensberg was a good example of that. Jose Cruz was a good example of that.

by clack on Aug 4, 2008 9:43 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Expect a LONG delay

I’d guess 2 hours minimum (maybe 90 minutes depending on what the light green on radar means following a heavy rain for teh next hour plus)

Astros fan for life

by Joe in Birmingham on Aug 4, 2008 7:58 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

JD just gave an update

saying they wouldn’t have any updates unless it was a final update(like the game being called, or the game being resumed).

Evidently the lightning is bad and they aren’t manning their TV trucks.

Go 'Stros!

by Stros Bro on Aug 4, 2008 8:05 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I can't sit through Chris Burke's in the spotlight again...

so I’m gonna jet for a little while… I’ll try and get back if the game starts

Go 'Stros!

by Stros Bro on Aug 4, 2008 8:11 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

For what it's worth

Buck Showalter just assured the ESPN viewership that this game would be resumed, since it’s the Cubs people that will make the call. Take that for what it’s worth.

A good friend of mine used to say, "This is a very simple game. You throw the ball, you catch the ball, you hit the ball. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains." Think about that for a while.

by DyingQuail on Aug 4, 2008 8:32 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Them's fighting words

at least in the Brewers dugout

Astros fan for life

by Joe in Birmingham on Aug 4, 2008 8:36 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

That was wild.

Prince Fielder went bonkers on the Brewers starting pitcher Parra and had to be restrained by just about every player in the dugout.

by clack on Aug 4, 2008 9:47 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Fantasy baseball, anyone

Anybody on here play fantasy?? If so: who’s been your biggest surprise, and who’s been your biggest bust?

Surprise: Evan Longoria
Bust: Nick Swisher

by HighLeveragePerformer on Aug 4, 2008 8:36 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

bust

either tulowitski (even w/o the injury he started out horribly) or cano (coming around recently)

I have Longoria, but I didn’t really consider him a surprise. Adrian Gonzalez has had a decent year for me at 1B

by lnewcomer on Aug 4, 2008 8:49 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I'm betting game will be called

If I read the radar correclty, the heaviest rain has passed Chicago but about 3 more hours of lighter rain will pass over the city. That means midnight before it stops.

Astros fan for life

by Joe in Birmingham on Aug 4, 2008 9:05 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Tornado warnings in Wrigleyville

Wrigley vacated.

We may get an answer to the question, What if they finished a game and nobody showed up to watch.

Astros fan for life

by Joe in Birmingham on Aug 4, 2008 9:21 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

it will be finished

I doubt they’ll resume it tonight. Couldn’t they just finish it at noon or 1 tomorrow, and play the second game almost immediately after? There’s no way the Cubs will allow this one to be called after just 5, losing in a rain-shortened shutout by only 2. If we were up by 5 or more, maybe. But as is, I expect this game to be finished either tonite or tomorrow afternoon.

by BigTexBD on Aug 4, 2008 9:36 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

just tuned in

to crawfish boxes, that is… without having to re-read everything, can someone update me? i get that there are tornado warnings/heavy rain… anyone following, is there a chance of resuming tonight?

by exit53 on Aug 4, 2008 9:38 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

your guess is as good as ours

last official word was that there are tornado warnings, but game hasn’t been called.

by lnewcomer on Aug 4, 2008 9:42 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

cool

thanks for the info… i guess just sit back and wait.

by exit53 on Aug 4, 2008 9:44 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

On ESPN's BBTN, they said that there is still a chance the game will be continued

tonight. If it isn’t, then the Astros will win the game. The Cubs have to be pushing baseball officials as much as they can to hold off on the calling the game for as long as they can.

by clack on Aug 4, 2008 9:45 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

good news

thanks for the update.

by exit53 on Aug 4, 2008 9:46 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

ugh, but...

anyone turned over to the rangers game? i really don’t like watching them, i get a weird/uncomfortable feeling, like i don’t belong and it’s a club i never wanted to belong to anyway, every time i watch them… but it’s on and it’s vs the yankees… and seems like a pretty good game thus far..

by exit53 on Aug 4, 2008 9:49 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

well crap

right as i say that, player of the week x. nady ties the game with a HR

by exit53 on Aug 4, 2008 9:49 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

the Rangers

I have a bunch of buddies from Dallas, and whenever they rip on the Houston clubs, I always point out that the Rangers are perhaps the most irrelevant team in American professional sports. Anyone agree?

by HighLeveragePerformer on Aug 4, 2008 9:53 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

nope

irrelevant is too ambiguous, but I’m not sure how they’re worse than any of another 10-12 franchises, and pretty much all hockey teams

by lnewcomer on Aug 4, 2008 9:57 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Hey!!

I’m a huge hockey fan… Hockey is > most sports ;)

Go 'Stros!

by Stros Bro on Aug 4, 2008 11:07 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

how can hockey even be a sport?

you can’t play a sport w/ something called a puck ;-)

by lnewcomer on Aug 4, 2008 11:08 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

clarification

well, irrelevant in the sense that at least the Pittsburghs, Tampa Bays (before this year), Kansas Cities of the world are known in MLB for being small market teams that just dont compete. The Rangers are a mid market team who havent sniffed the playoffs in a decade, and havent had any “great” players in that time, save A-Rod and possibly Hamilton. Basically, they really arent worth mentioning in most regards.

by HighLeveragePerformer on Aug 4, 2008 10:00 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I root for the Rangers, unless they are playing the Astros. I was born in Houston and the Astros are my first love, but grew up in Longview, so I was forced to watch the Rangers and keep up with the Astros as a kid.

by Triple347 on Aug 4, 2008 10:11 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

ESPN's Sportscenter said update on the status of the Cubs game in 20 minutes.

The also report that the tarp is pulled off, but seem uncertain whether game will be played.

by clack on Aug 4, 2008 10:03 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Parra took a shot at

vegans, and then Fielder went off on him

by HighLeveragePerformer on Aug 4, 2008 10:10 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Looks like the game will continue soon.

I hope we don’t lose now. Last time this happened, we waited hours through multiple rain delays WITH THE LEAD and then LOST.

by entropic soul on Aug 4, 2008 10:14 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

really sucks

because it looks like moheler was doing quite well. i guess… sampson comes in? that’s my guess at least. maybe?

by exit53 on Aug 4, 2008 10:15 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Yep.

You all would have to remind me of that Pirates’ rain delay. It pretty much ruined the next week for the Astros, because of the damage it did to the bullpen.

by clack on Aug 4, 2008 10:23 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

OK THEN!

..agonizing since 1983...

by rockwalltx on Aug 4, 2008 10:24 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

man...

not many at all. looks like maybe 8-10K? i’m not good at the numbers guessing game. they are talking about the brewers fight now… stated brewers lost..

by exit53 on Aug 4, 2008 10:27 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

yes

they are definitely loud.. .but there surely aren’t many of them.

by exit53 on Aug 4, 2008 10:34 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Weak start in the sixth

Astros look like they packed it in already.

Astros fan for life

by Joe in Birmingham on Aug 4, 2008 10:32 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

9-5 texas

walk off grand slam for marlon byrd, just fyi

by exit53 on Aug 4, 2008 10:39 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

just saw the replay

he went over and high-fived Nolan who was sitting between the ranger’s dugout and the plate. nolan looked happy. funny.

by lnewcomer on Aug 4, 2008 11:38 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Whew!

Thanks for the weak grounder, Eddie.

by entropic soul on Aug 4, 2008 10:43 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Edmonds, I loathe you

Every time Edmonds comes to bat, I expect him to get a hit.

by HighLeveragePerformer on Aug 4, 2008 10:44 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

cub fans

lol. unless I missed something, but they’re cheering for a K to end the seventh like it was the end of a no hitter

by lnewcomer on Aug 4, 2008 10:52 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

also

they are booing every single astro that bats… i am a bit unclear on their phillies fan-like behavior…

by exit53 on Aug 4, 2008 10:53 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

and boo every time the ump doesn’t call strike three and cheer every time a Cub hits a fly ball

by ol Pete on Aug 4, 2008 10:56 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

i went to a white sox game earlier this year

that was rained out, but they obviously went through the whole routine of waiting to see if the rain would stop. during the three hours we waited, all of the concessions were still open, so it was just a mob of people hanging out in the concourse, getting hammered. anybody that wasn’t drinking was gone, and any slightest inclination that play might resume got everybody all excited. i can only imagine the crowd if play had actually resumed, as it did at Wrigley yesterday. i just chalked the crowd up to being well-lubricated and amped up for anything resembling baseball.

also, and i don’t know if this applies to Wrigley, but i assume it does, i was impressed by how much pre-game drinking went on at that White Sox game. i like to grab a cheap couple of beers across the street before Astros games, but the crowd in Chicago seemed to really be getting after it, more like a football game crowd.

by littlevisigoth on Aug 5, 2008 8:50 AM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

ESPN puts Berkman on their "All Switch Hitter Team"

With the best switch hitters. Then they go on and on about how good he is. :)

by entropic soul on Aug 4, 2008 10:52 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

brownie got excited

along w/ the cub fans on derosa’s FB. it looked like trouble off the bat to me, but the park held it.

where’s Jimmy? He must have fallen asleep during the last two batters.

by lnewcomer on Aug 4, 2008 11:01 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

ESPN is confusing me

The broadcast team talks more about the Astros than they do about the Cubs. Usually ESPN trears Astos as the other team. What’s going on?

Astros fan for life

by Joe in Birmingham on Aug 4, 2008 11:04 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I like the guy with Joe Morgan though

by ol Pete on Aug 4, 2008 11:07 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I hate Joe Morgan

Joe Morgan, Joe Buck and Angel Hernandez are all on my shit list.. forever

Go 'Stros!

by Stros Bro on Aug 4, 2008 11:09 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

agreed

i dont understand how joe morgan still has a job as inane and pointless as most of his commentary is. must be one of those things where having someone everyone hates is as good as having someone everyone likes. weird.

by lnewcomer on Aug 4, 2008 11:11 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

JD/Brownie said

lightning struck and Lance belted for the bleachers… you can see Lance in the dugout taking off his jewelry

Go 'Stros!

by Stros Bro on Aug 4, 2008 11:09 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

They need to call this game

lightning is striking and you can see the light from it on the players…

If the Cubs weren’t in 1st place, this game would be over methinks

Go 'Stros!

by Stros Bro on Aug 4, 2008 11:11 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

yeah, i'm all about the importance of a pennant race

but they’ve gone way past the point where it should have been called

by lnewcomer on Aug 4, 2008 11:12 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Soriano has no strike zone

Okay – he does,

But he crouches and his knee is almost chest high. It must be tough for a pitcher to know th euppe rane lower ranges on his strike zone.

Astros fan for life

by Joe in Birmingham on Aug 4, 2008 11:13 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

They were patient in Milwaukee. For some reason, our pitchers never pushed him off the plate either.

Result – ugly

by ol Pete on Aug 4, 2008 11:14 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

was it officially called?

or just another delay pending decision

by lnewcomer on Aug 4, 2008 11:14 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

rain delay

but come on…really? bottom of the 8th, 1 out; i highly doubt they reconvene. i imagine soon they will say game called, astros win.

by exit53 on Aug 4, 2008 11:15 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

after commercial

fox sports went back to filler TV w/ no further announcement and ESPN has switched to Pit v. Ariz

by lnewcomer on Aug 4, 2008 11:17 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

You’d think if the game was called, they would go to sportscenter or whatever rather than “bonus coverage.”

by ol Pete on Aug 4, 2008 11:19 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

crawl on ESPN

just said it was still “currently in rain delay” so I assume not called yet

by lnewcomer on Aug 4, 2008 11:20 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

lol

this is absolutely insane.

funny to watch, but if I was one of those players I’d be pissed

by lnewcomer on Aug 4, 2008 11:13 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Lightning sends Berkman off hte field again

Looks like they are calling it now.. Fans booing

LMAO! Fastest I’ve seen Lance move in ages

Go 'Stros!

by Stros Bro on Aug 4, 2008 11:13 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

oh okay

wish I’d seen that :D

by mokulen on Aug 4, 2008 11:14 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Well

You could see the flash of the lightning and hear the thunder at the same time… Lance jumped and then hauled ass for the dugout

Go 'Stros!

by Stros Bro on Aug 4, 2008 11:14 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

the thunder

wasn’t too loud on the ESPN feed, i think. I thought maybe lightening had struck close to one of the players. :D

by mokulen on Aug 4, 2008 11:16 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

ESPN just showed a replay of the last lightning strike out in CF

hard to tell if it actually hit anything, but it struck down on something directly in line w/ the big flagpole thing on top of the scoreboard in CF and that building behind it.

by lnewcomer on Aug 4, 2008 11:25 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

big thunderclap

made my tinny little computer speakers static out for a second it was so loud

by lnewcomer on Aug 4, 2008 11:14 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I don't think so

but I don’t really know

Go 'Stros!

by Stros Bro on Aug 4, 2008 11:14 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

looked like a bolt hit a skyscraper in the background

by ol Pete on Aug 4, 2008 11:16 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

no way

it’s an official game once 5.5 innings (i think that’s the # of innings). we win if they call it

by lnewcomer on Aug 4, 2008 11:15 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I think its five.

by ol Pete on Aug 4, 2008 11:16 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

if they call the game

it’s over… I don’t think they could continue the game another day… but I don’t really know the rules exactly for these cases… I’m thinking if they rain delay it to the point to where the game isn’t going to continue that day, the game is over.

Go 'Stros!

by Stros Bro on Aug 4, 2008 11:16 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

on the chron blog

http://blogs.chron.com/unofficialscorer/2008/08/another_rain_delay_1.html

just reading the rule suggests ump may not be able to finally call the game until 30 min after game has been suspended for rain delay. I think that would mean 30 min after the last suspension, so maybe we’ll hear something after another 15 min or so.

by lnewcomer on Aug 4, 2008 11:33 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I was driving and listening to Astros radio broadcast before the 2d delay...

and the two guys (OK, I still don’t know their names or tell them apart) were just ripping the officials up and down for failing to call the game earlier. They were using terms like “outrageous,” “dangerous,” and “absurd.” One of them said, “even a chicken has a big enough brain to know when to get out of the rain.” Even before the last big lightning bolt struck the scoreboard, they were saying that it was very dangerous, with lightning visibly striking the parking lost next to Wrigley. One of them said, “if you have a heart condition, this would not be the place to be,” and said that the players on the field seemed scared. They wondered how batters could concentrate with frequent lightning strikes nearby. They said that the Cubs must be pressuring the officials to keep it going because these conditions would have caused the came to be called anywhere else. One of the guys said, “Oh, I know they’re telling them, ‘we have to play the game, because the Cubs have to go the World Series, blah, blah…’ but with several hundred million dollars of payroll on the field, keeping players from getting injured or killed is more important.”

by clack on Aug 4, 2008 11:47 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

sounds like the radio guys are over the top as usual

but I basically agree that it was a shortsighted decision to proceed w/ the game. i’ve never seen a ballgame keep being played with so much thunder & lightning around before.

by lnewcomer on Aug 4, 2008 11:51 PM CDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Angels trying to blow their game in the 9th

had 5-1 lead, but error by Texeira, 2 run single and now a WP have runners at 2nd and 3rd w/ 2 out

by lnewcomer on Aug 4, 2008 11:57 PM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Astros Win!

http://blogs.chron.com/unofficialscorer/2008/08/game_over_astros_win.html

at least per the chron game blog


Game over: Astros win

The game was called during the second rain delay, giving the Astros a 2-0 win.

by lnewcomer on Aug 5, 2008 12:00 AM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

ASTROS WIN 2-0

game called

Astros fan for life

by Joe in Birmingham on Aug 5, 2008 12:01 AM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Second consecutive shutout win for the Astros!

Don’t look now, but the Astros are starting to get within shooting distance of the WC race. 6 games out on the loss column. I know that may be “fool’s gold,” but it is interesting.

by clack on Aug 5, 2008 12:09 AM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Cubs Fans Pissed

Good :)

Game is called – Astros win 2-0
by va cubsfan on Aug 4, 2008 11:53 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs BS!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Theriot, Fonty, and Johnson = The Scrappy Pyramid of Victory

by BrewCrew’sPrinceofDarkness on Aug 4, 2008 11:54 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Truly BS! Wait it out

by Itchy on Aug 4, 2008 11:55 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yea, because the 12 hour delay already wasn’t enough… 6 hours after the game started… if the game is still in the 8th inning… it’s time to call it

Go 'Stros!

by Stros Bro on Aug 5, 2008 12:23 AM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Bleed Cubbies Blue views

I checked out Bleed Cubbies Blue to see how they saw the rain delay with Cubs behind. I was surprised tha most of them thought the lightning and storms were so bad the game should have been called early. The situation was a lot worse than we felt watching on television. Umpiore blew this one. Luckily no one was killed.

Astros fan for life

by Joe in Birmingham on Aug 5, 2008 8:56 AM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

24+ innings

without a run from the Houston pitching staff!

hopefully Wandy can keep it going. should be a quiet day at the office with T.S. Edouard blowing by. looking forward to catching the game today.

by littlevisigoth on Aug 5, 2008 9:00 AM CDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

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