Man, they’re almost as bad as the Brewers bitching about Sabathia’s game, since which they have gone 3-10.

If the Astros were focused on the playoffs, they would suck it up and play wherever they have to, instead of being “angry to very angry”. No wonder they couldn’t hit last night.

They can be mad all they want, but it was their owner who put them in this situation. They have nobody to blame but themselves for playing in Miller Park. They had to play some of these games and since they waited till the last minute to make a decision, they had to ensure that the games could be played (i.e. dome stadium) . On top of that, they wanted the games to be played in a stadium that they were familiar with. They are only two dome stadiums in the National League….The Juice Box and Miller Park.

What else could they have done at that point? I also believe that since they were getting all ticket revenue they wanted it to be at a stadium they thought they could get a decent number of people at. I have a hard time believing such a thing would have happened had the game been played in Toronto , Seattle, or some other place with a dome.

but it bears repeating:

The Astros were a hot baseball team. Had they taken the attitude of “bring it on”, things may have been different.

a really bad decision for his team and this is how they are paying for it. Do they want MLB to back up time and make the hurricane go away? This is just another in a long series of bad mistakes that can be attributed to this organization. Maybe in the future they will be smart and try to get out ahead of a situation like this instead of sitting back and hoping the situation goes away.

The “angry to very angry” comment actually was part of these paragraphs in the column:

Players’ moods ranged from angry to very angry about the decision to play here. Maybe they’ll end up channeling that anger in another direction.

They can be angry at Selig and McLane when the season is over. For now, there’s still the chance to do something incredible, something they’ll remember for the rest of their lives.

He’s right. Basically, he said what I said: if the Astros had just shut up and played ball, maybe they’d have done better. For Cubs fans and Z, that worked out real well. Hope they’re still just as angry at Selig and McLane this afternoon.

they need to remember that the season starts in April… not July. Play a little better early in the season.

Teams lose home games all the time. Who knows if a more neutral site would have helped at all? The players play; the fans just cheer. As was said in this string a few times – shut up and play, Houston.

it was interesting reading their side of things. I can definitely understand where they are coming from….to be honest im not sure there is a way they could have done this that would have made everyone happy. It’s just unfortunate.

The Astros should get the ticket revenue. They took in revenue from 23,000 tix last night and I imagine today will be closer to 10,000, On the flipside they are going to have to refund all the money from the over 40,000 sold per game from the originally scheduled three game series in Houston. Unless MLB steps up and provides McLane some assistance from MLB’s central fund, he’s going to lose a chunk of change from this.

DmL

I’m glad I didn’t go and give Houston Asspros my revenue.

“Angry to Very Angry” =

“How would you describe your portfolio, Greg?”

“Strong, to quite strong”

As Al, I and others have been writing since Thursday, the Astros had a choice to move the players and their families out of Houston and play in Atlanta. Therefore, even had it rained there, they would have had time to reschedule during the weekend.

Instead, the Astros owner decided to heed his players’ wishes and hunker down in Houston. Fine. MLB let him do that. More power to them, then.

That decision created a nightmare when it was obvious they couldn’t play in Houston. They had trouble getting out of Houston and by then there wasn’t any other place available but Miller Park.

Is that the best situation possible for the Astros? Of course, not. But it’s the only one available as a consequence of their initial decision to stay in Houston until the hurricane had passed. Why, then, are the Astros and their owner whining about the consequences of their own choices?

It’s time to " hunker down" and play ball. The Astros are letting their frustration take the best of themselves. That’s another consequence they can blame no one else for but themselves.

I suspect that the real reason for all the whining is that the Astros thought that because of their initial objection to play in Milwaukee this weekend, the whole series would be postponed until the end of the season. By then, the Cubs would have clinched the Central Division and the Astros could win the wild card without having to face the Cubs best pitchers, who would be lined up to pitch in the playoffs and not in those makeup games.

MLB frustrated those plans, however, when two games were scheduled at Miller Park. The Astros had to play tired and face Zambrano and the rest is history. If they lose the race for the wild card they will remember the plans that I suspect Selig quashed.

Considering parking was the marquee weekday rate I believe and it looked like today the concession stand were kept busy as well. Kudos to the Brewers though for stepping in twice the last two seasons when MLB needed it.