Astros Stirring Hope at 2010 Sunset.
With the Astros’ comeback for a 6-5 win over Arizona on Saturday stoking new coals of hope for the future, their record is now 63-72. They are now in full possession of 3rd place, ahead of Milwaukee, Chicago, and Pittsburgh in the National League Central. They are 16 games back of 1st place Reds, with 27 games to go, and they are 8 back games of the 2nd place Cardinals. They are also 14.5 game back of the Phillies in the wild card race.
The Astros can no longer fear 2010 as their first season to lose 100 games. The worst they could do now is drop all 27 and finish 63-99, Of course, they way they’ve playing in August, there’s an even greater slight chance that may run the table and finish 90-72.
Wouldn’t that last outcome possibility frost some pumpkins in the planting fields of baseball ore?
I like our position prospects and I like our pitching. Iron Man Brett Meyers, Wandy Rodriguez, cured of his Jekyll/Hyde complex, J.A. Happ, angling to become the next Andy Pettittee, and Norris, Figueroa, and Paulino are looking good as other hopes for are the 2011 rotation, unless we get some other guy to blossom or join the club by trade free agent signing.
Boby Thomson's famous HR in 1951 left the yard at 3:57 EST.
Of course, I knew he recently died. I wrote an article about him. I just learned, however, that Bobby Thomson died in his sleep at his home in in Savannah, Georgia.
What a charmed life the man led. He hits one the arguably most remembered home run in baseball history. rides off into the sunset as a hero, and then leaves this troubled world peacefully as an old man living out his years in one of the most beautiful places in America.
You deserved it, Bobby!
That’s going to be it for me today. I’m a little bit under the weather.
Have a great Labor Day celebration with family and friends!
Tags: Baseball, Bobby Thomson, History, Houston Astros
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