Tuesday, April 27, 2004
OWA: Astros-Pirates preview
Orange Whoopass has its series preview posted, for the Astros' three-game set starting tonight in Pittsburgh.
OWA's Stain pens previews before each Houston series, and they're definitely worth a read, both from an information and entertainment perspective. He writes that tonight's Tim Redding (0-3, 10.22)-Josh Fogg (0-3, 17.00)
pitcher's duel is a case of: "What happens when a resistible force meets a movable object?"
He adds:
So as you can probably tell, I'm just making shit up to avoid predicting this game. But since I have to make a call, I'll say Redding makes a slightly less sucky appearance than Fogg, but they'll both be meeting with psychologists in the clubhouse by the 6th inning.
I concur. Brad Ausmus said, following Redding's last miserable outing, that Redding actually had his best stuff of the season. I played with a guy in little lague whose Mom used to tell him similar things, after he struck out every at-bat. But Tim should be able to handle the Bucs, whose lineup isn't known for their ability with the lumber (except for Randall Simon, who led the league last year in batting average with pork products in scoring position).
EDITED: I should have read Stain's preview a little closer. Simon went on the DLwith a strained, er, "hammy."
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OWA's Stain pens previews before each Houston series, and they're definitely worth a read, both from an information and entertainment perspective. He writes that tonight's Tim Redding (0-3, 10.22)-Josh Fogg (0-3, 17.00)
pitcher's duel is a case of: "What happens when a resistible force meets a movable object?"
He adds:
So as you can probably tell, I'm just making shit up to avoid predicting this game. But since I have to make a call, I'll say Redding makes a slightly less sucky appearance than Fogg, but they'll both be meeting with psychologists in the clubhouse by the 6th inning.
I concur. Brad Ausmus said, following Redding's last miserable outing, that Redding actually had his best stuff of the season. I played with a guy in little lague whose Mom used to tell him similar things, after he struck out every at-bat. But Tim should be able to handle the Bucs, whose lineup isn't known for their ability with the lumber (except for Randall Simon, who led the league last year in batting average with pork products in scoring position).
EDITED: I should have read Stain's preview a little closer. Simon went on the DLwith a strained, er, "hammy."
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