Yep...That's 100 baseballs. When will the Astros get loss #100?
I spent yesterday with a lot of old friends. They know my obsession with baseball and once they’d all gotten the details straight about the Pence and Bourne trades and vented adequately, swearing they were “done with the Astros” a voice of reason and fun came out of the crowd. My good friend, Ellen’s husband, Sean spoke up to say, “I think we should make a game out of when the Astros will get to 100 losses. It would be the best office pool ever!”
Great idea, Sean. So great that I’m stealing it! I hope you don’t mind, Seanie, but you’ve known me long enough to know that I was going to snag that one!
Now, yesterday there were lots of roster moves as Chris Johnson and Brett Wallace were sent back down to the minors to see if they could locate their lost swings. Jimmy Paredes is coming up from AA Corpus Christi and Brian Bogusevic will once again be brought up from AAA OKC. The kids are playing ball the rest of the season at Minute Maid Park. It should be fun to see these guys start to stretch their legs in the Majors. So we’re going to have a little fun with it!
As of this morning the Houston Astros are 35-73. They are 27 losses away from hitting the magic number. When do you think they will get to 100?
Reply in the comments by Friday, August 5th, giving me your best guess as to when they’ll suffer their 100th loss and the person who answers correctly or most closely to the actual date will win 2 seats to one of the remaining Astros games this season, or if the 100th loss is late enough, the tickets will be provided for next season. You’ll also get dinner for 2 before the game courtesy of me! The best prize of all is that you’ll start having fun watching the Astros lose because you’ve got a reason to cheer either way! Go ‘Stros….er…that other team!
Terri Schlather (AGirlintheSouth) is the Senior Houston Astros Writer for Aerys Sports. You can read her Astros blog at www.talesfromthejuicebox.com, email her at agirlinthesouth@gmail.com, or follow her on twitter @agirlinthesouth.
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My guess will be Sat, Sept 24 vs the Rockies.
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It is going to be on September 17th, against those !@*&# Cubs. Soriano will hit a home run.
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Whatever the date is, I hope the Astros roll out some minor league style entertainment between innings to match their minor league roster. Personally, I’d like to see one of those dizzy bat races.
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Monday September 5th @ Pittsburgh
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I just asked Matt for his opinion. He said, “Oh, I don’t think they’ll lose 100.” Um, yeah, sweetheart. So I made him guess again, for the sake of entering the contest, and he said, “fine, Sept. 27.”
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I’m going with Sept. 11. They’ll be in Washington, and overdue for #100.
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I am thinking Wednesday September 14th with the Philly’s. At least at that game we will see Hunter once again at MMP!
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I’m going to guess September 3.
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Wow….earliest guess yet! Oh ye of little faith. Oh, wait…it is the 2011 Astros…or DisAstros as some would say!
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September 12 was going to be my guess, but since someone has already picked that date I’m going with Sept. 13. At least they’ll do it at home.
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while I think statistically you may be on target for Sept 9, I have to go with Monday, Sept 12…Astros v. Philly
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Well, that’s just rubbing salt in the wound, isn’t it?!?! LOL!
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I’d like to say it would be Sept 25 (my birthday – and anniversary of Mike Scott clinching the division with his no-hitter – WHAT A DAY)) but don’t think they’ll make it that long. So my guess in Sept 9!
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