Grapesoda2525 said:
jkag89 said:
What is more likely to get straightened out? The Astros offensive woes or the Rangers bull pen woes?
Keep looking over you shoulder.
The Astros thread is filled with non stop incessant whining about "dusty, maldy, and abreu". Dusty helped win your only legitimate championship in the eyes of other MLB teams and he saved you from hiring Jeff banister who is a total meathead.
The guy deserves way more respect than you guys give him.
I don't disagree that there is far too much weeping, wailing and gnashing of teeth about Dusty and Maldy. While the unceasing Abreu caterwauling is more than a little annoying, it is more or less the typical fair you see when the big free agent signing gets off to a very poor start especially when there were popular and less expensive options that could have been resigned (either Yuli or Mancini).
As kb2001 points out in his posts, while both teams are off to somewhat the equal start, Astro fans are exasperated because we've been spoiled by success while Ranger fans are excited at the possibilities after a long stretch of er, disappointment. From my perspective .the "rivalry" is more fun if both teams are competitive, well as long as the 'Stros come out on top in the long run. Either way it should be a fun season, and that is what this game is about. This game is fun, damn it! Fun!