re astros for real in article c ky kd austin ibm com marc yogi austin ibm com marc j stephenson writes in article apr ccsvax sfasu edu z millerwl ccsvax sfasu edu writes who thinks the astros are going places they re currently first place they re on the road i agree lumberjack except that they re in nd they are going places san diego los angeles san francisco cincinnati denver atlanta miami philadelphia new york montreal pittsburgh chicago st louis and points in between but they re at home but they faced the phillies a team that got off to an start i m just not used to an overly enthusiastic houston fan i really shouldn t discourage it so hang in there lumberjack but get ahold of that shift key will ya obbase apparently the new owner drayton mclain sp doesn t particularly like excuses an item in our paper the austin american statesman if you read it here it was somewhere else first said that he wouldn t take injuries as an excuse for losing because that possibility should have been accounted for uh oh i don t want an owner that ll keep everybody on edge i d never gotten that feeling about him but who knows does to be honest i think the city of houston loves the new owner he has brought baseball back to houston with key acquisitions players that were from the houston area and wanted to play for the astros i don t think that too many people are fearful that mclane will meddle in the team as he has already admitted that he doesn t know a whole lot about baseball mclane is a businessman and doesn t like excuses he makes a valid point that injuries shouldn t be an excuse to this club look at the depth of the bench this season canadele can play positions bass and james are solid outfielders and can hit well too uribe is nice to have as well the pitching staff has legitimate starters we re dealing with a young houston team so injuries shouldn t play a big role the only threat is the bullpen if jonesy goes out we may be in trouble but with the type of starters we have this season there is less pressure on the pen david s schwam university of houston st rp jetson uh edu
