Never in my 57 years of watching Astros baseball have I had less faith in two starters widely regarded as elite. I have no idea how Brown or Valdez will perform in any given start against any lineup, and that really stretches the definition of "ace."
But hey, just four days to football....
I follow sports strictly for fun. Not a gambler or someone looking for sports minutiae to dazzle the babes on trivia night. I don't know this guy from Adam's housecat, but he doesn't sound like fun. So I'm out.
Dubomb is officially our August highlight. Good for that guy making something positive happen. Of course, the way it's going, I'm surprised he didn't tear an ACL rounding third.
Even the sunshine pumpers are starting to spew raw sewage. And I'm thinking rightly so. Because if the team has capitulated, can a mass fan exodus be far off? Hurry, football.
It's actually fascinating to see how poorly they can execute and yet somehow remain in contention. Although that says much more about the division than about the Astros.
I guess a fan could be encouraged that the team at least tends to be competitive against elite squads. (No, I didn't mean "other" elite squads.) But let's face it: This is a staggering run of garbage and plenty of justification to can the skipper.
Seems we're either really good or really bad. I'd naturally feel better if we'd played bad ball early and now were on an huge upswing. I think I really just need to temper my expectations about what these pitchers are (including guys rejoining the rotation) vs. what they were at their peak. I'll be pleasantly surprised if Yordan is back at anything close to his old self this year.
First I've seen us play. Hopefully an anomaly, because during the minutes I saw (admittedly our worst of the day), we looked marshmallow soft. Our guards' inability to get by anyone was disappointing, as was everyone's inability to shoot. Cunningham did make a few layups. Then Howell bullied us out of the deep end of the pool all by herself.