3,000 Hits!

I am posting this for my wife Norma.
Biggio Reaches Career Hit Milestone: 3,000

Since we are in Pittsburgh and feel a million miles away from home and Houston... we missed watching this. It's a shame because Bidge is her favorite Astro.

My favorite Astro of all time was there to celebrate with his former teammate:


Pretty cool. Finally something nice to celebrate in an otherwise forgettable season to be an Astros fan.
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Texans 27 - Colts 24

For the first time in franchise history (5 years) the Houston Texans beat the Indy Colts.

Merry Christmas Texans Fans!

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Stayin' Alive

The Astros will live to fight another day. Astros 5, Braves 4. Tomorrow it's do or die... and hope the Cardinals lose. The Cards need 1 more win or an Astros loss on the final day of the season to go to the playoffs.

I am proud of this team that they have come back and fought so hard to make the playoffs. It was a pretty dreary season, but they polished it up down the stretch. At least they made things interesting. It might just be VERY interesting. The Cardinals are no great shakes right now. They barely were able to win late in the game on Saturday. The Astros win will force them to pitch their best pitcher against the Brew crew tomorrow.

It's must win Sunday. The Astros always seem to be coming down to the final day of the regular season to win. Keeping my fingers crossed for some good luck.


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Astros Making History

ESPN.com Astors Win 9 Straight!

This is just a remarkable story.

PITTSBURGH (AP) -- The clock hasn't stopped ticking on the Houston Astros, who keep staging one of the greatest stretch-drive comebacks in major-league history. No matter how long it takes.

Roy Oswalt picked up a weary bullpen with seven shutout innings and the Astros ran their improbable late-September winning streak to nine games, enduring an afternoon-long rain delay before beating the Pittsburgh Pirates 3-0 on Thursday.

They needed nearly five hours to win the night before. This time, they waited for 3½ hours just to play. Time is running out on the Astros, but it's not stopping them from winning.

A three-game sweep in Pittsburgh highlighted by a 7-6, 15-inning marathon win Wednesday night at least temporarily cut Houston's deficit in the NL Central to one game behind St. Louis, which had lost seven of eight going into its night game against Milwaukee. The Astros were 8½ games out on Sept. 20.

I hardly want to post about it... because I am so afraid of jinxing it... but I can't hold it anymore. I am so pumped!

I am taking my Stros jersey to school tomorrow. It is "Camo" day since we play the Bears in football on Friday, but I might have to wear my jersey over top of my camo. Amazing.

They have sucked all year... but these guys never quit. They didn't last year when they had their greatest season ever after a HORRIBLE start. Now they are writing history. With St. Louis losing big tonight... they could be a FREAKING 1/2 game out tomorrow morning! Wow.

GO STROS!