Posts Tagged ‘houston astros’

Why We Watch – 2008 Houston Astros

Monday, March 17th, 2008

There’s 200 days or so of baseball to come this season and it can be quite intimidating to jump into the deep end of the baseball viewing pool.

To help, Refrigerator Logic is providing a list of reasons to watch every Major League Baseball team for the 2008 season. Anyone that’s read all the team lists should be able to pull up the MLB schedule on any day in early June and find reasons to enjoy any contest on the board that night.

Please join in the comments to add your own reasons. Tell everyone why your team is worth three and a half hours of their lives on any given day. Make us care and we’ll be there with a tasty beverage and an appreciation for what you feel each time your team takes the field.

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Hunter Pence… AND AWAY!

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Hunter Pence was riding through the deserts of West Houston last winter with new manager Cecil Cooper when Coop’s 1980 Plymouth Volaré broke down mysteriously, miles from anywhere. Also, their cell phones were dead and Coach’s OnStar just kept giggling at him. What on Earth could be happening?
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