You have to credit Jim Edmonds. That impossible diving catch in the top of the 2nd saved what likely would've been a game-breaker for the Astros.
Such is the lot of Astros fans. The BoSox have the Curse of the Bambino, which dictates they shall not win the World Series. The Cubs have the goat, and shall always be awful. But the Astros have perhaps the worst burden in baseball--perpetually good enough, but never able to put it together at the right time. They continue to be the winningest team in baseball never to reach the series.
Next year's team should be good. Beltran's probably gone--no one can match the Yankees' checkbook--but Andy Pettite and Wade Miller should be back, giving Houston the best starting rotation in the major leagues. And I suspect Clemens will return for one more year, especially if he takes home another Cy Young. Will that make a difference? I have no idea. The Astros have always been good enough, just not when it counts the most.
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The most disappointing at-bat of the game to me wasn't the one that led to Edmonds' catch, but it also involved Asmus. He came up with men on first and third and one out, ran the count to 3-0, and then stood there like a bozo while Supan threw three strikes past him. Worst at-bat for anybody in any game in the series. To me, that's the gamebreaker.
ReplyDeleteYeah. As good as Asmus played against Atlanta, he had a miserable series against the Cards. That was a piss-poor at-bat. Still, had Edmonds not made that second-inning grab, it's a completely different game and Asmus isn't even in that position. Ah well.
ReplyDeleteThe question now becomes does McLane dismantle the team completely and go with youth for the future, or try to saddle up one more time with the veterans?