Houston >>> Detroit

So the mighty (cough, cough) Detroit Tigers came into Houston this weekend for a series against the lowly (cough, cough) Astros, and they basically laid a doodie. The Astros won the series after grinding out a win on Friday, losing a heartbreaker in the ninth inning on Saturday, and scattering hits all over the place against Drew Smyly on Sunday.

As mentioned in my first post here, sports are one of my main passions, especially baseball, and similar to my other blog about the Kansas City Royals, I will likely focus a lot on the Astros in this one. So for all you Houstonians (Houstonites? Not sure yet what you call yourselves), or even just casual baseball fans, here are some thoughts from the weekend series:

First of all, shame on ESPN:

The Tigers lost the game, but ESPN seemingly expects them to win all the time, and probably got lazy with their graphics. I know they are not perfect, but after suffering through their love affair with Mike Trout this weekend, I am losing even more respect for the Worldwide Leader in Sports.  

Second of all, JOSE ALTUVE. The pint-sized dude is nucking futs right now. He batted 9 for 14 against the Tigers, almost single-handedly willing the Astros to their first series win over Detroit since 2009. He now leads the majors with 116 hits. He also has the most multi-hit games in baseball (suck it Miggy Cabrera), and just tied a 97 year old Major League record with multiple steals in 4 straight games after he swiped two on Sunday. Not surprisingly, he also leads the majors with 9 games with multiple steals. Oh, and he leads the American League with a .347 batting average (suck it Miggy!). AND HE CAN FIT INTO ONE OF MIGGY’S PANT LEGS, SO SUCK IT YOU FAT DOUCHE.

Third of all, GEORGE SPRINGER. After a rocky start to the MLB, he has been on a tear. He is quickly becoming my favorite player in all of baseball. He leads the Astros in home runs, RBI’s and swagger. He has been playing phenomenal defense, has a super awesome range in the outfield, but hilariously also leads the Astros with 92 strikeouts. Quite honestly, I don’t think anyone notices his strikeouts because he does everything else so well. I think a recurring theme on this blog will be JOSE ALTUVE AND GEORGE SPRINGER BECAUSE THEY ARE BASEBALL BEASTS. 

And finally, Tony Sipp is looking pretty solid. He has only allowed 4 earned runs in 22 innings. His WHIP (walks and hits per inning) is at 0.63. I think Astros manager Bo Porter (University of Iowa represent!) should name Sipp the closer and let him feast on batters in the ninth. The Astros are only 2 games behind the Texas Rangers, and assuming they can keep games close, Sipp can help them close the games out and move ahead of the Rangers. 

Detroit needs to clean up the doodie they left in this beautiful city and go back to their miserable town. Until next time- Go ‘Stros!