What's that you say? Opening Day was yesterday? The Astros lost to the Padres? Pssh. In our world, the Astros' season doesn't begin until the boys in red win a game. Which could mean that "Opening Day" may not happen until mid-month. Regardless, Houston is pretty much a baseball town, even when the Astros are facing a rough season ahead. Assuming that you want to keep track of the ups-and-downs of the hometown boys in more detail than we can provide here, there are two excellent new resources that rolled out over the past week to help you out.
- First up, the forum formerly known as Orange Whoopass, home to some of the best scouting and analysis related to the Stros, has retooled itself as a blog called Spikes And Stars. You'll get all the on-site minor league coverage, as well as brutally honest major league insight. Beware the forums: this ain't talk radio, so your "take" is irrelevant. The rule as always: read more, post less. Despite the venom, they're the "glass half full" types when it comes to the 2008 Astros.
- Not to be left out, the miscreants behind beloved Texans' blogs DGDB&D and Battle Red Blog have gotten into the baseball bidness. Matt, Tim, and a cast of thousands bring their peculiar brand of snark and single entendres to bear on the Astros and the rest of the NL Central. (somehow they let a Cards fan slip over the fence). They're calling this enterprise Warning Track Power, surely a sign that though he's now an Oriole, Luke Scott is not forgotten.
So, the season starts anew tonight in San Diego, and this time the Astros don't have to face a reigning Cy Young winner. Just a young phenom with a live arm named Chris Young. Craaaaap.
Full links return next week.
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