Cincinnati Reds at Houston Astros, Sep 27, 2009 1:05 PM CDT
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Cincinnati Reds Sunday, Sep 27, 2009, 1:05 PM CDT Johnny Cueto vs Wandy Rodriguez Mostly sunny. Winds blowing out to right field at 5-10 m.p.h. Game time temperature around 90.
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Wandy with a full blown crisis in the 2d inning....
bases loaded and 1 out. He induced a K and a grounder to 3d.
Wandy had some BB issues. I didn’t watch it closely enough to know whether it was due to the ump or Wandy.
Wandy could break 200 IP today
with a sub 3 ERA. Only 64 ER given up on the year so far. He’s got a chance for 15 wins this year… well, not really since the Astros don’t have an offense.
He could also get 200 strikeouts this season
I hope they give him a chance to make the milestone… since the next one is his last start, they shouldn’t worry too much about pitch count. He’d have to strike out ten though, so it will be a tall order.
Perhaps they could let him come out of the bullpen in the last game?
It’s unbelievable that Maysonet finally gets a start at 2d base. It’s hard to think of a player who has been so well buried on the bench for about a month and a half. Perhaps this is one benefit of Clark as the manager. I don’t think Cooper ever intended to start Maysonet unless everybody on the infield was injured.
Was just about to post this, but I'll put it under yours...
How many games has Manzella started this year? Isn’t this the guy we’re looking at possibly being our SS next year?
by entropic soul on Sep 27, 2009 1:46 PM CDT up reply actions
My recollection is that he has only started 1 game...
I thought I read something about the Astros making some sort of commitment to Tejada that he would get sufficient playing time to give him an opportunity to be the ML leader in doubles this season.
There's another base.
Dave Clark knows where it is. :p
by entropic soul on Sep 27, 2009 1:50 PM CDT up reply actions
Force out at second.
Wandy (of course) scores.
by entropic soul on Sep 27, 2009 1:51 PM CDT up reply actions
Other pitchers should learn how to do that
Astros fan for life
by Joe in Birmingham on Sep 27, 2009 1:56 PM CDT up reply actions
He knows he has to take the offense in his own hands :p
If you replay this whole inning, but make Wandy strike out instead of singling… then we score 0.
by entropic soul on Sep 27, 2009 1:58 PM CDT up reply actions
exactly my point
Astros fan for life
by Joe in Birmingham on Sep 27, 2009 2:02 PM CDT up reply actions
Earlier this summer
someone referenced Roger Clemens telling a pitcher his enitre focus should be on keepign the other team from scoring, and he should not do anything that takes away from that mission (including battig practice).
That sounded odd to me. When I think of Clemens, I reca he meant business when he batted too.
Astros fan for life
by Joe in Birmingham on Sep 27, 2009 2:06 PM CDT up reply actions
Seems like good advice.
It’d be nice if they could do them both, but oh well.
by entropic soul on Sep 27, 2009 2:10 PM CDT up reply actions
as I recall....
Clemens gave that advice to Brandon Backe before the playoffs began. I think there was a feeling that Backe spent so much time on thinking about his hitting and trying to beat out infield hits that he would lose focus on his pitching. Backe, of course, was a guy who was ultra-hyper. And I think Clemens was emphasizing to him that his job in the playoffs is to keep the other team from scoring. So, don’t expend all your energy running hard to first base….
Where is Brandon Backe today?
Is his career over or will he pitch again in 2010?
Astros fan for life
by Joe in Birmingham on Sep 27, 2009 2:49 PM CDT up reply actions
don't know.
He was considering arm surgery. My recollection is that Dr. Andrews gave him a second opinion that rest and rehab would get him past his arm injury. I don’t know if he is just focusing on rehab or what.
Astros score run on Berkman’s slow roller to short. I was afraid it would be a DP, but it was hit too slowly and the Reds could only get the runner at 2d.
Carlos Lee gets another run in on a grounder to 3d base.
That groundout RBI looked like a double in the making, but the Reds’ third baseman made a terrific play on a well hit ball.
Third base man went from sprawled on the ground
to leaping one foot off the ground in the throwing position in .005 seconds (approximately)
Astros fan for life
by Joe in Birmingham on Sep 27, 2009 1:55 PM CDT up reply actions
I tuned in as Berkman hit the grounder and Wandy scored
Astros lead 1-0
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by Joe in Birmingham on Sep 27, 2009 1:53 PM CDT up reply actions
Pence has almost 1/2 as many walks as Berkman, which may be the most telling difference between the players.
It’s worth noting that Berkman has about 100 fewer at bats than Pence.
Well, he can stay on my team cause his OBP is .346
Which is acceptable. :p
by entropic soul on Sep 27, 2009 2:12 PM CDT up reply actions
Cardinals clinched the Central last night
St Louis will be the only NL Central team in the post -season this year.
Astros fan for life
by Joe in Birmingham on Sep 27, 2009 1:59 PM CDT reply actions
did anyone here...
predict Cards as the division winners at the beginning of the season? I sure didn’t.
doubtful...I didn't.
Of course, I didn’t realize that Carpenter would make a full comeback. I thought that was unlikely.
I picked Cubs to win; Astros to be the Wildcard
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by Joe in Birmingham on Sep 27, 2009 2:08 PM CDT up reply actions
I also figured Cubs to win, and I’d be surprised if many thought otherwise.
I wouldn’t say I picked the Astros for the wild card, but that was my hope. Oh well.
The sweep of the Cardinals was definitely the highlight of the season. Too bad it didn’t portend what I hoped it would then.
we can always ask "what ifs..." about what could have been after the sweep..
of the Cards. But I think a combination of extremely poor depth, injuries, and Coop’s mishandling of the bullpen all combined to bury the Astros’ season after that series.
The Astros lost Wandy, Roy O, and Berkman at roughly the same time. The Astros’ depth wasn’t good enough to deal with that. And it would be their bad luck that the effects of Cooper’s bullpen mismanagement would come home to roost at the same time.
Quintero homerun
His fourth of the season. Considering how few opporunities he has had, that’s a good number.
Astros fan for life
by Joe in Birmingham on Sep 27, 2009 2:07 PM CDT reply actions
ugh - Tejada
Batted ball hits Tejada’s glove and continues to left field
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by Joe in Birmingham on Sep 27, 2009 2:13 PM CDT reply actions
Ok. I think 2 more outs gets him to 200.
He should make it,
by entropic soul on Sep 27, 2009 2:15 PM CDT up reply actions
Wait...
Four more outs. :p
He needs 6.1 innings to get to 200 today.
by entropic soul on Sep 27, 2009 2:21 PM CDT up reply actions
Matsui missed today's game because of the flu, but...
He’s broken his MLB career for starts. He’s got 120. Is previous high was 11 back with the Mets in 2004, I think. Too bad he sucked this year.
Then Gomes doubles, scoring Phillips.
3-1 Astros. Gomes to third….
The sub 3 ERA is now threatened.
by entropic soul on Sep 27, 2009 2:26 PM CDT up reply actions
run scoring double by the Reds....
Carlos Lee looked bad on that play. He seemed to misjudge the long line drive.
Maysonet almost got there!
and the ball was ten feet on the shortstop side of second. Maysonet was closer than Tejada.
Astros fan for life
by Joe in Birmingham on Sep 27, 2009 2:34 PM CDT up reply actions
Pence hits the ball for the first time today (after two strikeouts)
and singles
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by Joe in Birmingham on Sep 27, 2009 2:40 PM CDT reply actions
Q is the perfect DP candidate and he kills the inning with a DP.
Awhile back I showed the Astros’ players GDP% relative to opportunities….and Quintero was worst by far (something like close to 50% of his DP opportunities turn into to two outs).
Quintero
has the catcher in the only two games Astros won this week
Astros fan for life
by Joe in Birmingham on Sep 27, 2009 2:45 PM CDT up reply actions
GIDP Quintero
Surely Astros must have the highest GIDP to runs scored in the history of baseball.
Astros fan for life
by Joe in Birmingham on Sep 27, 2009 2:47 PM CDT reply actions
Drayton is so good at BS.
We’ve got a good core of players, and we will add players in the off season to get us back on track.
Wow - A championship next year
Thst ’s great news
Astros fan for life
by Joe in Birmingham on Sep 27, 2009 2:52 PM CDT up reply actions
BS is meaningless verbiage which is intended to cover up the truth. (Or at least that’s my definition.) That seems like a good job of qualifying for that definition.
sure, I agree it's BS
but I think good BS is at least somewhat convincing.
I don’t think there are any Astros fans who think we’re just on the verge of a championship.
Dave Clark
Bll Brown and J.D. DeShaies pumping up Dave Clark today.
Yet when I read posts and articles about the Astros next manager I sense no enthusiasm for Dave Clark. In fact, he’s almost a non-consideration.
Anyone sense a groundswell for Dave Clark?
Astros fan for life
by Joe in Birmingham on Sep 27, 2009 2:55 PM CDT reply actions
Sense a groundswell for Clark? No. The most positive thing I’ve heard is that the players like him. But, I’ve got to think that the way the Astros have played under his short managing stint won’t help him. That’s probably unfair, in the sense that a short period at the end of a meaningless season isn’t much to judge. But my guess is that Clark needed to get McLane’s attention with some good team play.
I think...
or rather, I hope, that it’s just a matter of treating him nicely and respectfully during a short tenure at the end of a tough season.
and...
I don’t mean that as any disrespect to Dave Clark. But I think it’s got to be best for the organization to bring in somebody new from the outside.
probably right.
By the way, one of the national sports writers (maybe Heyman?) recently said he learned that Manny Acta would be among those likely to be interviewed by Astros.
Texans lose 31-24
(and I don’t like the all-red uniforms)
Astros fan for life
by Joe in Birmingham on Sep 27, 2009 3:17 PM CDT reply actions
Red pants, red jerseys, red helmuts
and they lost
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by Joe in Birmingham on Sep 27, 2009 3:21 PM CDT up reply actions
black helmuts -( my error)
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by Joe in Birmingham on Sep 27, 2009 3:22 PM CDT up reply actions
Now.. it's time.. for the video...
One last time for the season.
(Maybe the last time ever)
http://josevalverde47.com/
Ninth inning
Astros lead 3-2
Beat the sweep!
Astros fan for life
by Joe in Birmingham on Sep 27, 2009 3:24 PM CDT reply actions
ASTROS WIN 3-2
nice to win one
Astros fan for life
by Joe in Birmingham on Sep 27, 2009 3:33 PM CDT reply actions
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