“What we have here is – failure to communicate.” – Cool Hand Luke.
Top Ten Reasons for The Astros Record Losing Year
10) The other teams had much better players in 2013.
9) Reason # 10 was also true during the club’s previous record losing years of 2012 and 2011.
8) The Astros are getting “better” at breaking bad.
7) The club is rebuilding. Nobody wins when they are rebuilding.
6) The club misses Carlos Lee, but Chris Carter is working hard at fulfilling that role on the cheap.
5) The DH. All the good ones play for other teams.
4} The Astros got to the World Series in 2005. That’s enough winning for one century.
3) It’s being in the much tougher American League that keeps the Astros down.
2) Baseball is a business. Sometimes businesses have to take a hit for the company profit line.
1) The Astros did their darndest to keep this horrible record year a secret, but, somehow, 900 people found a way to see their games on TV – and they told everybody else.
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