April 20, 2006 Day off (By: MizzouAstro) The Astros have today off after losing last night to the Brewers, 7-2. This loss ended the Astros' win streak at 4, causing their record to fall to 10-5, still 1/2 a game in front of the Cubbies for the division lead. The 'Stros will start a home series tomorrow against the Pirates, so hopefully they will be able to bounce back. Yesterday I guessed that Pettite would recover from a rough start. He had a great game yesterday, giving up only 3 runs and striking out 8 through 7 innings. Unfortunately the hot bats that Astros have wielded of late faltered for Pettite. His record now stands at 1-3, however in all three of those losses, the Astros have combined to... ...[More] 0 comments >> Link     April 19, 2006   ASTROS   ASTRO FAN POST #1 (By: MizzouAstro) THE FIRST POST OF (hopefully) AN ASTROS' FAN PERSPECTIVE Listening to the most recent BaseballGeeks podcast (#15) sparked my interest to begin expressing my opinions on the defending National League champion Houston Astros (dang that has a nice ring to it). Coming off a historic year for the Astros that included the first National League championship and World Series appearance in franchise history, I had relatively low expectations for the team this year. When your team averages one World Series appearance every 45 years or so, I figured it would be awhile before I saw the next one. This, combined with the possibility that the Astros would lose Roger Clemens and the franchise leader in homeruns, Jeff Bagwell, caused me to enter this... ...[More] 2 comments >> Link   Last comment by: The Olde English Ds @ 4/19/06, 9:10pm