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Where's the Killer Instinct?

All grumbling aside, many of us are frustrated beyond belief with the number of winnable games the 'Stros are blowing. It's really quite disgusting.Ask yourself this:You know why St. Louis is leading...

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Quote:Why can't Wilson hit the cutoff man with a two run lead?True. That was a bad play...plus the next hitter hit a sure 6-4-3 DP. Score would have been 4-2 Houston...going to the 8th. Unfortunately...

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I'm sorry for whining. But I love the Astros. Have ever since I was a little boy in Cincinnati, where I constantly got into it with all the Reds fans as you would expect. But I go outside to help my...

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Failing to hit the cut off man has been a constant problem all year for the Astros...Wilson and Lane have both done it too often (See the LA series, for example), Willy T has had problems hitting the...

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Everybody whines. Those that say people whine, are whining about them whining. No one's happy losing...especially the way the Astros have lately.

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Quote: Failing to hit the cut off man has been a constant problem all year for the AstrosAt least Willy and Berkman have some chance of throwing the guy at the plate out, even if it's not the right...

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Quote:You know why St. Louis is leading the division?I reluctantly have to give credit to St. Louis for this:when Pujols went down, other members of the team, guys who hadn't been hitting that well,...

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Quote: I don't recall Wilson coming anywhere near throwing out a runner at the plate all year. If you can't do any better than that in a LF as small as MMP's, then you really need to stop trying and...

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More than anything, our problem has been no dependable relief help. We took for granted last year how Qualls and Wheeler were pitching far above expectations. Now, Garner has no "hot" reliever to turn...

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Your point about the bullpen is well taken, Bob. Given the Astros' overall ERA, it is surprising that the Astros have hung around the .500 mark. If we had last year's offense, the record would be much...

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Actually Borkowski has been very reliable. He hasn't given up one run thats mattered. All his runs have came when either the Astros were being blown out, or doing the blowing out (usually being blown...

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Quote:Actually Borkowski has been very reliable.I'm not the manager and this is just my opinion, but it may be time to go with Borkowski more often. Even Springer has a 2.88 ERA...lowest amongst Astro...

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I'm at work right now so I can't look up Springer's performances, but I feel like his 2.88 ERA is the product of pitching in mop-up situations. I don't recall him walking into any two on, no out jams...

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Quote:I'm at work right now so I can't look up Springer's performances, but I feel like his 2.88 ERA is the product of pitching in mop-up situations. I don't recall him walking into any two on, no out...

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Quote: It seems that almost all of the pressure moments have been of their own making.You're probably right. I'm just so stressed out by the way this season's going, I'm not thinking rationally. I'm...

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Quote:I guess seeing guys like Doug Mentkiewicz and Ryan Freel hit game-winning bombs against us has brought me to my wits end.That'll do it to ya. Not to add insult to injury, but you could add the...

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Quote:Both Zambrano and Arroyo may be good hitting pitchers, but they're not that good. Both Duckworth and Elarton left Houston batting 1.000. I'm curious what average opposing pitchers have at the...

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Just last week the general thinking was that the bullpen had seemed to stabilize. News media types, like Richard Justice, seemed to think that the bullpen had stabilized because Garner had been able...

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It was a team loss...but the bullpen isn't as reliable as in 2005. If they want to go anywhere this year is has to improve. They'll be in tonights game with Wandy starting and get their next shot at...

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Agreed.

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Re: Where's the Killer Instinct?

Maybe Nieve's move to the pen will help. We'll also have to see what happens when Backe returns. Hopefully the weak links can be bumped and the struggling pitchers can find their groove.

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