The Astros had an eventful day yesterday. Here are the highlights:
- Humberto Quintero got a concussion after being knocked in the head by the bat of the Luis Maza. He was on the field for 3 minutes and 58 seconds before the Astros’ trainers helped him off. Humberto was placed on the 15-day DL which to me means it was a pretty bad injury. JR Towles has been recalled from Round Rock. JR has been playing much better this last month, but I hope Humberto is okay. I like his pluck.
> View the footage of the injury - The Astros were down 6-1 and managed to come back to tie the game 6-6 before losing 7-6 to the Dodgers in the 11th inning. It was a moral victory and a good step towards legitimacy as an average team.
- Tom Verducci of SI, probably one of the best baseball writers in the world, posted his mid-season awards yesterday. If the season ended right now, Tom has the NL MVP going to Lance Berkman. He (and everybody else) still thinks that Chase Utley will win it in the end which I still don’t understand. I think Utley must have incriminating photos of everyone or something. You have two guys in Berkman and Chipper Jones who are putting together incredible numbers and they still give Utley the love. It’s getting old.
- Roy Oswalt announced that he thinks he will be able to make his next start.
- Lance Berkman announced that he is going to be in the homerun derby on All-Star weekend. Hopefully, Lance will make the same showing he did when he was in the 2004 derby in Houston. What a great honor to be in the last homerun derby in Yankee Stadium. It is going to be a magical night and you just know Babe’s ghost will be watching from the cornfields.
Even though the Astros lost last night, I didn’t feel as bad as I have with the losses of a week ago. They battled back and seem to have a little more chemistry in their test tubes these days. It’s going to be a tough one tonight, but I am going to keep my fingers crossed.
