Ok it’s been a while, but I don’t want this to turn into a negative gripe fest on the Astros.  I’ll try to keep this blog as positive and optimistic as possible, but I won’t be afraid to point out the obvious. 

First lets talk about Mike Hampton.  What a pitching performace he had against the Pirates.  I honestly feel that Hampton, Oswalt, and Wandy have pitched pretty good so far.  Now don’t get me wrong, they have made some mistakes, but overall, I’ve liked what I’ve seen.

I wanted to talk about Oswalt’s outing against the Cards.  I’m going to go out on a limb here by saying that I think Roy got frustrated with his teams lack of offense.  He was pitching perfect, but when his team played aweful and he had no run support, I think that it frustrated, and just started making mistakes in the zone.

Now on to the present.  I hope that this second win is a start for the offence.  I REALLY like Michael Bourn at the leadoff spot, and Pence in the 5 hole.  Let’s go for the season’s first back-to-back wins!!!

Peace,

Mexigun