Game 4 Thread / Astros @ Cubs (1 of 3)
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SP | Chris Sampson |
SP |
Rich Hill |
(2007) |
7-8, 4.59 |
(2007) | 11-8, 3.92 |
CF | *Michael Bourn |
LF | Alfonso Soriano |
RF |
Hunter Pence |
SS |
Ryan Theriot |
1B |
#Lance Berkman |
1B |
Derrek Lee |
LF |
Carlos Lee |
3B |
Aramis Ramirez |
SS |
Miguel Tejada | RF |
*Kosuke Fukudome |
3B |
Ty Wigginton | 2B |
Mark DeRosa |
2B | Mark Loretta | C | Geovany Soto |
C | J.R. Towles | CF |
*Felix Pie |
P |
Chris Sampson |
P | *Rich Hill |
Profiling the Astros:
Record: 1-3 (6th in NL Central)
Home: 0-0
Road: 1-3
RS: 12
RA: 15
Team OPS: 630 (13th in NL)
Team ERA: 4.09 (11th in NL)
Record v. Cubs (2007): 7-8
Key additions since '07: Jose Valverde (RP), Darin Erstad (OF/1B), Miguel Tejada (SS), Kaz Matsui (2B; currently disabled), Michael Bourn (OF), Shawn Chacon (SP/RP)
Key departures since '07: Brad Lidge (RP), Jason Jennings (SP), Craig Biggio (2B), Chris Burke (2B), Mike Lamb (3B), Luke Scott (OF)
Manager: Cecil Cooper (2nd year: 16-19, .457)
Manager's Nickname: "Coop" (shared by White Sox pitching coach Don Cooper and every other American male whose last name is Cooper)
Reasons to Hate Them: Team introduced AstroTurf to Major League Baseball; team lent its name to "AstroTurf"; franchise was in bed with notorious corporate criminals, i.e., "Enron Field"; stupid Tal's Hill in centerfield at Minute-Maid Park--a crippling injury just waiting to happen; Craig Biggio's helmet--why couldn't the guy bother to grab a rag and wipe the pine tar off of it?; club failed to defeat White Sox in 2005 World Series; they continue to let Milo Hamilton announce their home games and in this case I'm using the word "announce" loosely.
You don't like the Astros very much, do you?: That's very perceptive of you. No, I don't. In fact, I'm disappointed they didn't sign Roger Clemens. It would have made them even easier to despise.
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