Bo Porter ---> genius

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Great atmosphere at MMP tonight ranger fans were very quiet after we took the lead. Loved the way we played and the new unis. Really liked Bo sprinting out of the dugout after the botched call on Altuve in the 1st exactly the attitude we need. Gonna be a fun year, oh and we are the best team in baseball and the rangers are the worst... Feels good even if it's just for a day!

The Tank pitched amazing tonight...very fun squad to watch

Best unis in baseball
1st place in the AL West.
World Series is a lock.

Looked sharp. I love them.

Sumlin for the Aggies

Porter for the Astros

Great attitudes and like where each is headed

Damn. I almost unintentionally made a haiku.

How was the reaction when Lance was announced? I would have cheered if I was there...

Mostly cheers, but some idiots actually booed him. Lance Berkman is a Houston and Texas treasure.

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He got standing ovations as a cardinal. They booed the ENTIRE rangers team, it's going to be a rivalry they weren't singling him out

The Astros stand alone with the best record in MLB.

Happy April Fools Day everyone!

So should we go ahead and deal Ankiel/Bedard now? Never going to get more value than right now. Get on it Luhnow!

Heck no! Haven't you heard? We're buyers now!

http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=25933291&c_id=mlb&topic_id=vtp_must_c

Super weird to hear JD in this Cubs highlight.

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AL WEST:


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We run this ***** now!

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"Predictions are opinions made by people with quantitative information. The one thing they cannot measure is what lies inside the man." The good guys will be fun to watch this season!

Here's the thing that makes life so interesting: The Theory of Evolution claims that "only the strong shall survive."
Maybe so, maybe so.

But the Theory of Competition says "just because they're the strong doesn't mean they can't get their asses kicked."

That's right.

See, what every long-shot, come-from-behind underdog will tell you is this: The other guy may in fact be the favorite; the odds may be stacked against you. Fair enough ... But what the odds don't know is this isn't a math test.

This is a completely different kind of test. One where passion has a funny way of trumping logic.

So before you step up to the starting line, before the whistle blows and the clock starts ticking, just remember: out here, the results don't always add up.
No matter what the stats may say and the experts may think and the commentators may have predicted, when the race is on, all bets are off.

Don't be surprised if someone decides to flip the script and take a pass on yelling "uncle".

And then suddenly, as the old saying goes, "We got ourselves a game."

Will Fox Sports SW be blacked out in Houston tonight and tomorrow?

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We're going for 2-0 tonight against the stinky Rangers.

(Kinda hoping the Aggie baseball game gets canceled so I can watch the game! )

Line-up got shaken up:

1) Altuve, 2nd
2) Wallace, 3rd
3) Pena, 1st
4) Carter, LF
5) Ankiel, RF
6) Maxwell, CF
7) Castro, DH
8) Corporan, C
9) Gonzalez, SS

Interesting to see both Castro and Corporan in the line-up. Especially since Castro got the day off yesterday.

On an unrelated note, has anybody realized that we've got some size in the lineup?

Carter - 6'4", 245
Ankiel - 6'1", 210
Maxwell - 6'5", 220
Pena - 6'2", 225

We've got to have some bruisers in there in case we have to brawl. Somebody has to have Altuve's back.

I'm guessing that Corporan will be Harrell's personal catcher.

Corporan

Bonus pool numbers are out for this year's draft:

"The Astros, who own the No. 1 overall pick for the second straight year, have the largest bonus pool at $11,698,800"

http://www.baseballamerica.com/draft/draft-bonus-pools-rise-8-2-percent/

A lot of lefty bats in this lineup. Ankiel is the lefty coming off a good game. Corporan and Marwin are switch hitters.

Lets see how it works, though I would take Dominguez facing righties all day over Corporan.

Just because Corporan bats from both sides doesn't mean he's a switch hitter.

Done with Wallace. ****ing guy has to go...

Some tough luck for Harrell this inning, nothing hit hard just found holes