Hous/Texas under 9.5 (-110)
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easily?? well they have to play the game first, anything can happen(look at texas bullpen).. but from following these two teams, i think that play looks solid..catalanotto was activated today and will play first and leadoff(might be a little rusty, dont face the likes of oswalt in rehab assignments... i think oswalt should be able to handle the end of that lineup 6-9 spots(last 4 are righties, so he should be able to keep them offbalance,) key is for him to contain the big boppers, oswalt is confident in his stuff and will come after you, so he is always susceptible to the long ball from one of texas big bats in the 2-5 slots--
houston hits a meager .220 something on the road...park needs to build from his last start(best one of the year) he can get the stros out(hell the way they have swung the bat, most anyone can right now--biggio is in a funk, bagwell has been popping everything up all yr..) but chan ho has been anything but reliable this yr, hope his first inning velocity is good, had been throwing 88 lately in the first and getting shallacked...
couple things working against ya here are the defenses in my opinion-- stros outfield might cover the least amount of space in all of baseball, ward and hidalgo are too fat to roam out there and berkman isnt a centerfielder(although he'll hustle his ass off)
also dotel threw 2 innings yesterday so he probably would throw only 1 tonight at most, so oswalt should go 7)
mccelland is behind the plate, 10-6 to the over on the year..9.88 runs per game
boy what a ramlbing post, anyway i think it looks good, just wanted to give you some feedback since i watch these two on a regular basis. GOOD LUCK--
houston hits a meager .220 something on the road...park needs to build from his last start(best one of the year) he can get the stros out(hell the way they have swung the bat, most anyone can right now--biggio is in a funk, bagwell has been popping everything up all yr..) but chan ho has been anything but reliable this yr, hope his first inning velocity is good, had been throwing 88 lately in the first and getting shallacked...
couple things working against ya here are the defenses in my opinion-- stros outfield might cover the least amount of space in all of baseball, ward and hidalgo are too fat to roam out there and berkman isnt a centerfielder(although he'll hustle his ass off)
also dotel threw 2 innings yesterday so he probably would throw only 1 tonight at most, so oswalt should go 7)
mccelland is behind the plate, 10-6 to the over on the year..9.88 runs per game
boy what a ramlbing post, anyway i think it looks good, just wanted to give you some feedback since i watch these two on a regular basis. GOOD LUCK--
SORRY WIGS obviously didn't read all of your reply just in a hurry to warn others of the umpire in this game.
Nuff said !
Nuff said !
geno
not a big deal, didnt play it but the ump did play a role, mcclelland was a little hesitant on the corners(anyone that had texas +1.5 can thank him, mench's solo bomb in the ninth could have very easily been a strikeout the pitch before). oswalt pitched superbly(one mistake pitch to a-rod that ended up in the bleachers) also dotel was spent from yesterday so stone came in the eighth and gave up one run--the total definitely could have gone either way in my opinion- chan ho just isnt the same right now, he did pitch better than most of his outings but is still making costly location mistakes with his pitches--
just goes to show how important the ump is on total plays--
not a big deal, didnt play it but the ump did play a role, mcclelland was a little hesitant on the corners(anyone that had texas +1.5 can thank him, mench's solo bomb in the ninth could have very easily been a strikeout the pitch before). oswalt pitched superbly(one mistake pitch to a-rod that ended up in the bleachers) also dotel was spent from yesterday so stone came in the eighth and gave up one run--the total definitely could have gone either way in my opinion- chan ho just isnt the same right now, he did pitch better than most of his outings but is still making costly location mistakes with his pitches--
just goes to show how important the ump is on total plays--
