Now that the Astros have been treading water for about six weeks its time to call their 2008 campaign officially dead. Since they began a nine game roadtrip.
Now that the Brewers have C.C. Sabathia and the Cubs have Rich Harden and the Astros have lost 6 of 7, and an 11-26 record since the end of May.
The Astros have rid themselves of Shawn Chacon, Runelvys Hernandez has had lots of bad starts since replacing him, Brian Moehler has pitched well but things just haven't gone right. Roy Oswalt has been injured even though Sampson pitched well filling in. The last two games are a perfect illustrator, with the Astros losing to the Braves by blowing the lead then going 17 innings before losing, while yesterday the Astros got shelled by the Pirates yesterday. #
The team is flawed, has the WORST RECORD IN THE NL CENTRAL, and will see better teams miles ahead of them. So now that Wade's win now plan hasn't worked what the hell does he do? Sell off Tejada to someone who needs a shortstop? Who else has good trade value for prospects right now with Oswalt and Berkman off limits and maybe Pence? We'll see. The Astros just haven't answered their question marks, and their record shows that. They've been mediocre in too many areas.
Washington D.C. was nice, and I saw the main attractions, the lincoln and jefferson memorials, and the washington monument, the capitol building and the white house. Not an awful lot to do in Philadelphia but was not able to do much because my card stopped working for three days. 4th of july was good, went to see the celebrations, saw the main attractions the liberty bell, independence mall etc. New York is lovely. Times Square is unlike anything I've ever seen, and driving into New York it just looms on the skyline. Will watch the Yankees take on the Rays tomorrow, and am in America for two more days. Also will check out the statue of liberty and other things.
