Astros Above .500
The Astros finally got back above .500 for first time since early summer. They also pulled within 1.5 games of the NL Central leading St. Louis Cardinals. I have to say I’m not real happy about the way some Astros "fans" are acting towards the Astros right now. I was listening to the local sports radio station this morning and some of the calls they were getting concerning the Astros really bothered me. One caller actually called in and claimed to be an Astros fan, then followed that with saying he hopes the Astros lose and don’t make the playoffs. His reasoning was that if the Astros make the playoffs he thinks they will keep the exact team we have now and not add to it. How can you possibly root against your team now, who has a legitimate(albeit tough) chance to make the playoffs? If the Astros make the playoffs, they then have a chance to win the World Series! If they make the playoffs they won’t be the favorites… but what team wants to face Roy-O, Rocket and Pettitte in a 5 game series, probably seeing Roy twice? The Astros are an average regular season team, but in the playoffs, they are at the advantage(in my opinion).
Another fan said that he was upset that the Astros are now playing well when they’ve played poorly all season. How can you be upset now? They are playing good. Yes I’ve been disappointed with the way the season has gone through the first 150 games. But not upset now that we’ve won 7 in a row. 7 games ago I had basically realized(not given up.. but realized) that the Astros chances of making the playoffs were slim to none, and I was ok with that. Now anything they do good is basically a bonus. I didn’t expect it, but now that I have it.. I’m happy. One of the radio guys(ESPN 790) said it’s like putting on a suit that you haven’t worn in forever and finding a $20 bill in the pocket. That’s a great way to put it! You find the $20 and you are happy that you got an extra $20… you don’t get upset that you didn’t have the $20 earlier.
Come on ‘Stros fans… win or lose you need to back the team and root for them. If we don’t make the playoffs, be happy that you still had something to cheer for at the end of the season. We could be the Royals who haven’t had anything to be happy for or cheer for for basically the entire season. We’re lucky as Astros fans to have a competitive team and a team that will put out the $ to field a good team.
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i was pulling a car out of our shop at that very moment and i heard that comment what an idiot ,that in my opinion is one of those bandwagon fans that does not understand the game and has not watched the whole season the cards are a bad team no more woody, no more morris, no izzy no edmonds for a while, all they have is pujols and guess what he cant have every at bat just like carp cant pitch every night which speaking of was beat last night so that puts them in a bad spot cause the padres are not going to lay down and the brew crew can play spoiler like they do against us.why do the cards want to make the post season anyway when all thats going to happen is they get swept and not to mention they would keep us from going and in a short series we got the big three that would be more entertaining because according to berkman thats what mlb cares the most about,and one more thing phill better start replacing burke with bruntlett you have to strike while the iron is hot,dont stumble at the finish line .go stros
What a long sentence! I thought I was reading my own writing! 🙂 I agree with you 100% though, Brunts is pretty hot lately and Burke hasn’t been doing that great. And the Stros are WAY more entertaining than the Cards!
that,s funny the reason for no english marks is a nosey co worker i have to hurry my comments the cards need to just go away and give us a shot 3 years ago they would be o.k. and i really mean that because i,m an nl guy and i would love nothing more than take the al to the wood shed except for the angels a few years back cause i dislike barry bonds more than the al go stros just win baby!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!