ST Game No. 1: Houston Astros vs. Washington Nationals
by David Coleman on Mar 4, 2010 12:00 PM CST
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PrintWe don't have the 'official' game threads for spring training, but we did want to put up a post where you can talk about the games. These won't have quite the same level of information as the regular season threads, but hopefully they'll generate a bit of discussion.
Today's starters are RHP Brett Myers and RHP Garrett Mock. The Astros will also play a split-squad game, which will be started by Felipe Paulino.
Per an Alyson Footer TwitPic, here are the slated pitchers, with IP, for the Astros:
- Brett Myers - 2IP
- Alberto Arias - 1IP
- Chris Sampson - 1IP
- Sammy Gervacio - 1IP
- Garry Majewski - 1IP
- Corcoran - 1IP
- Wesley Wright - 1IP
- Casey Daigle - 1IP
- Chacin
A quick note for those that are interested. There will be six spring training games broadcast on TV this season. MLB Network will carry games on March 9th at the New York Mets, March 18th at Detroit, March 31st at Atlanta and April 3rd vs. Toronto from MMP. Fox Sports Houston will carry two more games on March 20th against the New York Yankees and March 22nd against St. Louis. FSN will also carry feeds for the March 18th and April 3rd games if you don't get MLB Network. In addition, MLB Network will be airing its 30 clubs, 30 days piece on the Astros on March 15th at 8 p.m. CST.
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As the old saying goes:
Three up, three down for Myers in the first….
http://mlb.mlb.com/news/boxscore.jsp?gid=2010_03_04_wasmlb_houmlb_1
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by Evan Hochschild on Mar 4, 2010 12:11 PM CST reply actions
all on the ground too
great signing by Wade! Gotta love the combination of small sample sizes and my overly optimistic viewpoints on the Houston Astros
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by Evan Hochschild on Mar 4, 2010 12:12 PM CST up reply actions
Milo's voice
Is bringing tears to my eyes.
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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.
Pence with a book-rule double
Good omen.
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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.
Apparently Pence got jacked over the winter
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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.
on the air?
Where can I listen live at? I am in Alaska and need my fix of Milo and the Stros!
MLB.com Gameday Audio
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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 Stephen Higdon on Mar 4, 2010 12:25 PM CST up reply actions
Myers with three walks and K in the second
On a botched DP-ball by Matsui (sailed the ball into the dugout), two runs scores.
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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.
Make it 3 runs
On a LD to center.
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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 Stephen Higdon on Mar 4, 2010 12:26 PM CST up reply actions
Inning over
HLP’s sent me an SMS predicting a Cy-Young for Myers after the first (facetiously), what an idiot. This Myers signing was a terrible idea.
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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.
can you blame Myers:
for pitching around the likes of Chris Duncan, Jeff Whitesell and Roger Bernadina?? Scary group right there.
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by Evan Hochschild on Mar 4, 2010 12:34 PM CST up reply actions
Castro out the plate
On a near RBI double.
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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.
Send him back to Double-A…he is worthless…
by David Coleman on Mar 4, 2010 12:35 PM CST up reply actions
AstrosCounty and I are trying to fuel
#SToverreactions on twitter.
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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 Stephen Higdon on Mar 4, 2010 12:37 PM CST up reply actions
Arias gives up a 2B to Adam Kennedy
Apparently Bourn made a great play in CF to keep it from being a 3B
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Matsui with his second error of the day!!!
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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 Stephen Higdon on Mar 4, 2010 12:53 PM CST up reply actions
This just in
Ed Wade second worst GM in baseball according to Tim Marchman
by Timothy De Block on Mar 4, 2010 12:53 PM CST reply actions
Meanwhile in the history of weak-ass arguments
29. Ed Wade, Houston Astros
Did you realize that six of eight Astros regulars were 33 or older last year? That five of the six pitchers who got the most starts — two of whom were Brian Moehler and Mike Hampton — were 30 or older? And that the team has arguably the worst farm system in baseball? Wade isn’t to blame for all of this. But he certainly hasn’t done anything about it.
Read More: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/writers/tim_marchman/03/03/gm.rankings/1.html#ixzz0hEfh107j
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Essentially:
Ed Wade inherited the worst situation in baseball, from a payroll and a player development standpoint, and in his two years on the job hasn’t drafted Buster Posey, Stephen Strasburg or Jason Heyward. What an idiot.
Hasn’t done anything about it? Really, guy who writes for SI.com who has an overly serious media photo?
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by Evan Hochschild on Mar 4, 2010 1:00 PM CST up reply actions
Pence goes yard!!
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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.
that alone makes up for our pitching staff's performance
At this point, wouldn’t the hitting be ahead of the pitching probably, because pitchers take longer to get comfortable? Like in football, how defenses are usually better than the offenses at the beginning of a season because the offense hasn’t had enough time to get into a flow?
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by Evan Hochschild on Mar 4, 2010 1:03 PM CST up reply actions
You’ve also got a lot of young guys sprinting out of the gate trying to impress the coaching staff.
by Timothy De Block on Mar 4, 2010 1:07 PM CST up reply actions
more good news: Berkman to make debut on Friday
DH on Friday, 1B on Saturday
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JR Towles with an RBI, making sure that Castro's RBI SF doesn't overshadow him
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5-5 game
Towles with a slick slide at the plate on a Bourn RBI.
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6-5 'Stros
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Manzella scored go ahead run
on Matsui’s clutch hit.
Six run inning so far
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by Joe in Birmingham on Mar 4, 2010 1:22 PM CST reply actions
Ahhhhhhhhhh Spring Training
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by Stephen Higdon on Mar 4, 2010 1:23 PM CST up reply actions
I think MLB.com
has given up updating the game…box score is still stuck in the 3rd inning
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by Evan Hochschild on Mar 4, 2010 1:24 PM CST up reply actions
Pence with 2 HR in one inning?!?!?!
3 run HR, too!!!
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wooooooooooo!!
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by Evan Hochschild on Mar 4, 2010 1:24 PM CST up reply actions
HUNTER PENCE SECOND homerun of the inning
Nice pace if he can continue.
His most disappointing at bat was a double
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by Joe in Birmingham on Mar 4, 2010 1:25 PM CST reply actions
Definitely my sleeper NL MVP candidate now
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by Stephen Higdon on Mar 4, 2010 1:25 PM CST up reply actions
The offense might not be all that bad if Berkman has a bounce back year and Pence and Bourn continue to develop.
by Timothy De Block on Mar 4, 2010 1:27 PM CST up reply actions
In a possible World Series preview
Yankees and Phillies scoreless in the sixth.
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by Joe in Birmingham on Mar 4, 2010 1:26 PM CST reply actions
BASEBALL Is BACK!!!!
I’m giddy
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by Joe in Birmingham on Mar 4, 2010 1:27 PM CST reply actions
I should stop reading this thread, it makes me sad I can’t listen too.
by David Coleman on Mar 4, 2010 1:28 PM CST via mobile reply actions
Have you tried
http://mlb.mlb.com/mediacenter/index.jsp ?
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by Joe in Birmingham on Mar 4, 2010 1:36 PM CST up reply actions
I’ve got the new MLB atbat app, but Im visiting the inlaws for the next few days. Can steal time to check TCB but not to listen in. This Thread has helped.
by David Coleman on Mar 4, 2010 1:58 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
Wholesale Astro changes
i missed most of the changes , but Pence’s day is over.
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by Joe in Birmingham on Mar 4, 2010 1:31 PM CST reply actions
I really think success in Spring Training could do wonders for this team
We don’t have the most talented roster, but confidence does strange things to a club.
the man, the myth, the legend.
The tone for last year was set
by that 16 or 19 game losing streak in spring training.
I’ve read columns proving Spring training games are poor indicators of performance during regular season, but I’d prefer the Astros finish above .500 in spring training.
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by Joe in Birmingham on Mar 4, 2010 1:34 PM CST up reply actions
agreed
if there are games to be played, why not win ’em?
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by Evan Hochschild on Mar 4, 2010 1:35 PM CST up reply actions
C. Johnson pinch runs for Feliz
Feliz, 2/3 on the day with a run scored
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It's obviously early, but...
what’s the general consensus on who wins the battle at Catcher this spring. Also, who do we think will round out the rotation assuming Roy, Wandy and Brett Myers are all locks if healthy?
the man, the myth, the legend.
Its likely that Towles is the starter out of the gates,
with Castro heading to Round Rock. It’s not inconceivable that Castro wins the job, but a little more seasoning in AAA couldn’t hurt. At 22, Jason would be one of the younger catchers in the bigs this season, a lot to ask of a 22 year old
I think everyone, Astros fans, fantasy players, etc., hope that Bud Norris and Felipe Paulino earn the final two starting jobs, with Brian Moehler going to the bullpen in a long relief role.
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by Evan Hochschild on Mar 4, 2010 1:42 PM CST up reply actions
Jason Michaels is 3 for 3
with a homerun.
Yeah – it’s spring training
and it’s the Nationals
but it’s fun
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by Joe in Birmingham on Mar 4, 2010 1:41 PM CST reply actions
heck yea
I just want us to win a game right off the bat…it was embarrassing for us to go so long in 2009 without a win in spring training. Like you said, these games don’t really matter, but I’d rather have my hopes dashed after after a good spring record, than head into the season with zero hope that we’re going to do well because we stunk in Florida
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by Evan Hochschild on Mar 4, 2010 1:44 PM CST up reply actions
I think I've said this before...
…but if I could wave a magic wand and get Carlos Lee’s contract off the books I would be more than happy to install J-Mike as our every day left fielder. Going by his career UZR numbers he would be a significant defensive improvement, and although that wouldn’t quite make up for the loss in offense, it wouldn’t be as bad as you might think. I think maybe 0.5-1 wins.
JR Towles
2 doubles in a 2 for 3 day
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by Joe in Birmingham on Mar 4, 2010 1:41 PM CST reply actions
at least 10-5 from what I can tell
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by Evan Hochschild on Mar 4, 2010 1:45 PM CST up reply actions
10-5, 'Stros
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by Evan Hochschild on Mar 4, 2010 1:45 PM CST up reply actions
9-5...I think
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by Stephen Higdon on Mar 4, 2010 1:45 PM CST up reply actions
Gervacio
escapes without giving up a run, first Astro pitcher to do so today
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Yordany Ramirez homerun
14-5 ( I think)
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by Joe in Birmingham on Mar 4, 2010 2:17 PM CST reply actions
Bogusevic doubled
Nationals pitching coach visits the mound
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by Joe in Birmingham on Mar 4, 2010 2:18 PM CST reply actions
Another Astros homerun
I was concentrating on something else.
I think it was Chris Johnson.
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by Joe in Birmingham on Mar 4, 2010 2:28 PM CST reply actions
Astros win 15-5
Willie T struck out to end the game.
Grand start for the Astros
Sad day for WIllie T (struck out twice) .
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by Joe in Birmingham on Mar 4, 2010 2:40 PM CST reply actions
overreactions r us....again:
This obviously means that we were wrong about the offense; the Astros offense will steam roller through the NL Central. :)
Definitely
I think 1000RS is a real possibility.
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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 Stephen Higdon on Mar 4, 2010 3:04 PM CST up reply actions
On the other hand pitching is weak
No matter how many runs the Astros score a game, the entire pitching staff will record no more than one win a game.
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by Joe in Birmingham on Mar 4, 2010 4:57 PM CST up reply actions
Looks like most everybody got in on the party
Glad to see Towles, Castro, and Manzella all stepping up and logging hits right away. Gives me warm fuzzies.
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