Astros beat the Nats....Again

Even if we can’t find anything meaningful, objectively, the team’s decision makers do and that’s important.

I don’t think it makes a lot of difference whether you play more lower division or upper division teams in spring training. As a practical matter, you almost never compete against the starting lineup and regular season pitching situations no matter whether it’s a good or bad team. With respect to the Nats’ horrible spring ERA….is that because they are playing a lot against the Astros who have some hot spring hitters or is it because their pitching is horrible? Chicken or the egg? Maybe a little bit of both, but probably more of the latter. Keep in mind that many people thought the Nats would be competitive this year because they supposedly improved their pitching staff. Maybe they didn’t really improve that much (probably right) or maybe their pitchers are still trying to find themselves. The Astros got most of their runs off Jason Marquis yesterday, and he was supposed to be their big free agent addition to the rotation.

I wondered the same thing this morning. I did not come to an answer.

Almost half the Astros wins this spring have come against the Nationals. I wonder if the lack of success relatively speaking (a 4-6 record) against other teams should cause concern; or as we hear everyday – Spring training games don’t matter.

I think I’d prefer more games against tougher teams, but whatever loss in preparedness might occur, I’d think it’d take less than 2 weeks of regular season to catch up

Was George Bush Sr there this time?