If you've been reading every single entry over the past month, you'll remember that I'm the manager of the 1977 Houston Astros for the Play That Funky Ball Strat-O-Matic replay of the 1977 season.
Yesterday was Opening Day, and your '77 Astros started off with an 8-3 loss to the Cubs:
Houston finally wakes up on the late side with a flurry of hits and all three of their runs, but this is a Cubbie onslaught for most of the game. Slim Rick Reuschel puts Ferguson and Cedeno on with a walk and single to start the day, then whiffs Watson, Cruz and Puhl in a row, and four of the next six he faces.
W-R. Reuschel L-Richard HR-Gross
And I'm already pissed off.
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You could blame it on a toxic clubhouse atmosphere.
+1.
And in setting an example for future Astros, I've already held three team meetings and choke-slammed the GM.
Now now, skipper. It's a long season.
My Bosox got their butts wiped by Jim Palmer, and you don't see me crying. Yet.
JR Richard owns all
Joe - J.R. Richard does own all. Except the Cubs on Opening Day, apparently.
And Jeff, it may be a long season, but panicking early is an Astros fan's rite of passage.
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