Houston Sports Blog Roundup 4/9 Edition

The Astros' season is in full swing, and no one is swinging more than Hunter Pence. Good grief, Spaz, if you're going to be the number 2 hitter, you might want to be a little bit selective. We can't wait for Kaz Matsui to get off his aching butt and take over the job he was signed to do. Here's what the blogs are saying about our hometown teams and sporting events:

- Apparently, there was a golf tourney in town this past weekend. But since Tiger never comes and Phil Mickelson's hot wife is a bigger attraction than he is, we kinda forgot about it. Still, when we ran across this story about John Daly's breast massage (which reminded us of this), we couldn't pass it up. Keep on doing the Lord's work, Steph.

- It's been 10 years since Bud Adams (aka Beelzebud) stole away the Oilers and gave them to a bunch of hicks and country musicians in Nashville. It'd be out of character for Bud to let an occasion to thumb his nose at the Bayou City go unfulfilled, so they're unveiling a special Titans logo this season. The vile virtuosos at DGDB&D have something to say about that. Scroll down into the comments for one of the most devastating Photoshop jobs we've ever seen.

- Jose Valverde has two of the Astros three wins, but both of them have come from blown saves. Spikesnstars hears from Cecil Cooper about how he's approaching the new closer, and what to expect going forward.

- Hakeem The Dream was elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame yesterday, and naturally, The Dream Shake has their take. We agree wholeheartedly: how the hell is Dick Vitale in ANY HoF?!?

- ClutchFans managed a damned good April Fools joke this year. With Yao out, it doesn't sound like such a bad idea. At least Dream is younger than Greg Oden.

- Chris at Houston Diehards looks at the new NFL rule changes and how they'll affect the Texans.

That'll do it for this week. While you've been reading this, Hunter Pence has swung at three balls outside the strike zone, a sliding glass door, and a Chihuaua named Sunny Muffins. Keep up the good work, Spaz.

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