Thursday, May 27, 2004
Sweep!
Yes, it was just two games, and it's just May, and half the Cubs roster is on the DL, but winning two from the boys in blue was a much-needed lift for a struggling Astros club.
I think the Astros fanbase is holding their collective breath about Andy Pettitte's left arm, but other than that, there isn't much in the way of negativity to take from the series.
It looks like Baggy found his power again (2 HRs in the last week), and what can you say about Lance Berkman? Lance has hit .390 in May to raise his average to .349 overall, and he's homered in 7 of the last 9 games (a sizzling .472 BA and 13 RBIs in that stretch). I think he's officially achieved Jessica Alba Red-Hot status (though a very different form of Red-Hot).
ADDED: Derek at Big Red C doesn't like losing to Houston.
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I think the Astros fanbase is holding their collective breath about Andy Pettitte's left arm, but other than that, there isn't much in the way of negativity to take from the series.
It looks like Baggy found his power again (2 HRs in the last week), and what can you say about Lance Berkman? Lance has hit .390 in May to raise his average to .349 overall, and he's homered in 7 of the last 9 games (a sizzling .472 BA and 13 RBIs in that stretch). I think he's officially achieved Jessica Alba Red-Hot status (though a very different form of Red-Hot).
ADDED: Derek at Big Red C doesn't like losing to Houston.
The Astros are New Money, but not with the egalitarian sense one sees in movies, a la Trading Places. The Rocket Men do not spend their days breaking down societal barriers, showing the stuffed shirts how empty their lives have been as they sit in their penthouses, trapped in their stratified class system, thinking they're better than the hoi polloi and everyday riff raff.Oddly enough, I found the rant pretty funny. It sounds like something I'd say when UT loses to some scrub in football.
No, they are New Money as boorish interloper. The Hawaiian shirt at the 21 Club. The loud snore at The Bolshoi. The Ugly American demanding a Diet Coke at the Japanese Tea Ceremony.
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