The Daily Astros UpdateA daily update on the Astros game from the night before. (Plus, a little venting.)September 16, 2008: Notes on Ike- September 16, 2008 My thoughts are with the city of Houston and the surrounding area. Both of my immediate families are okay, but I have yet to hear from two relatives in Texas City, one in Lufkin and a good friend in Friendswood. I am sure everything is okay with them, but it would be good to get ...http://astroskimm.wordpress.com/2008/09/16/september-16-2008-notes-on-ike/ September 15, 2008: Astros Had No Shot- September 15, 2008 The Astros had no chance of winning the game yesterday and it shouldn&8217;t have even been played. Here are some of the factors that were working against them. They were playing a game against the Cubs in Milwukee. Chicago is 1 hour and 45 minutes away. Any guess on how many Cubs fans were at the ...http://astroskimm.wordpress.com/2008/09/15/september-15-2008-astros-had-no-shot/ September 10, 2008: Is Another Astros Miracle Possible- September 10, 2008 The Astros are nowfour games out of the Wild Card race.FOUR GAMES. Did you think this was possible midway through last month I didn&8217;t, but as a true fan, I never stopped paying attention to them. (I was depressed and turned the tv off early sometimes, but never stopped looking at the score the next ...http://astroskimm.wordpress.com/2008/09/10/september-10-2008-is-another-astros-miracle-pos... September 9, 2008: Welcome to the Big Leagues, Saccomanno- September 9, 2008 On August 29, I wrote an article about who I thought the Astros should call up and Mark Saccomanno was on that list. On September 2, I wrote a follow up article about who actually got called up and why I thought the Astros made a mistake in not bringing in Saccomanno. On September 8, Mark Saccomanno, ...http://astroskimm.wordpress.com/2008/09/09/september-9-2008-welcome-to-the-big-leagues-mar... September 8, 2008: Investigating the Draft- September 8, 2008 While waiting for the Astros game to start, I thought I would try to finalize whether or not some players have signed with the Astros. Here is what I can find&8230; Did Not Sign John Poytress - dynamite LHP out of California - Everything I am reading says that he decided to go play for Fresno State. Daniel ...http://astroskimm.wordpress.com/2008/09/08/september-8-2008-investigating-the-draft/ September 4, 2008: Astros Sweep the Cubs- September 4, 2008 Randy Wolf pitched a complete game shutout last night to finish a sweep of the Cubs as the Astros crawled to within 6.5 games behind the Wild Card lead. Dagnabbit. I was getting all ready for football season and looking towards next year and the Astros are starting to put together another one of their miracle runs. Just ...http://astroskimm.wordpress.com/2008/09/04/september-4-2008-astros-sweep-the-cubs/ September 3, 2008: Drayton McClane on the Astros- September 3, 2008 On the way home from work last night, I was able to pick up one of the Houston sports stations on the radio and they had Drayton McClane on for a pow-wow. They were originally talking about the Baylor football team and their chances in 2008. Drayton was, of course, extremely optimistic about the Bears, ...http://astroskimm.wordpress.com/2008/09/03/september-3-2008-drayton-mcclain-on-the-astros/ September 2, 2008: Astros Call-Ups Not Who I Expected- September 2, 2008 Last week, I thought that the Astros would call up five players. I got that right. However, I only predicted one of the players correctly. I thought that they would call up Jack Cassel, JR House, Mark Saccomanno, Brian Bogusevic and Drew Sutton. The last two were Corpus Christi Hooks, so it isn&8217;t a real surprise ...http://astroskimm.wordpress.com/2008/09/02/september-2-2008-astros-call-ups-not-who-i-expe... |