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the 8th, 9th, and 10th innings today show why Mills has no clue what's he doing.
used Wright, Lyon, and Myers for just 6 outs...in a game that was tied. Did not extend Lyon (after the 8th) nor Myers (after the 9th) even though 3 days off are coming.
runs F-Rod and his 6+ ERA out there for the 10th...and a total collapse
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A little half-way point quick reference guide:
Houston Astros are 33-53 (.384)
They are currently on pace for 100 losses even.
A few stats about your beloved team:
They are the only team with single digit road wins (9); 2nd place in this category, CHC, has 56% more road wins (14)
They have the worst winning % in baseball (.384), narrowly defeating the before mentioned CHC (.388), SDP (.391), and COL (.388)
They have the 2nd worst run differential (-72) in the NL, just ahead of SDP (-76)
Last 10? 1-9; worst in baseball
They have allowed 416 runs, 2nd worst to COL (479), who traditionally has the highest amount of RA
They rank no higher than 22nd in the major offensive team categories (Runs, BA, OBP, Slug)
27th, 27th, 28th in ERA, WHIP, BAA
Their best pitcher, Wandy, will likely be playing for an AL East team soon as a back-of-the-rotation innings eater.
Don't worry, things are looking up, no?
Brad Mills likely to be dismissed after the season. Always good when at the 1/2 way point, your team has completely given up and told the boss he's gone.
Going into the season, Houston ranked 25/30 in minor league rankings.
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It's kind of silly, but I'm really looking forward to seeing Altuve on the field tonight. I hope he gets a chance to bat, too.
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Q: Do you have a scheduled first event for Roger Clemens?
A: No. He’s got a contract that had been kind of set to the side, although we were still paying it just based upon the way baseball thought we should handle it, and that was already done when Drayton (McLane) was here.
He told me, “Jim, I’ll help you any way I can. If I can help you with instruction with kids, if I can make appearances for you, you tell me what I can do, and I’ll be there for you. I want to see another World Series in Houston.”
He’s still got some time with his kids, and he wants to do that until they get to college. And then down the road, depending on what he wants to do, I think where he could probably help us the most — and he sees himself as pretty valuable — is instructing the new young pitchers.
He’s always been good about signing autographs and making appearances, and I think as this thing gets further behind him, that’s how we’ll use him.
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Why are we wasting our time with Clemens? Please get him away from the program.