FG on Fox: The Astros Might Not Suck

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May 30, 2014

Entering Friday, the Houston Astros feature the longest winning streak in the majors — and a rookie slugger on a home-run tear.

Thursday’s 3-1 victory over the visiting Baltimore Orioles was the Astros’ sixth consecutive win. The streak started with the final two games of a four-game series in Seattle and included a three-game sweep in Kansas City. No, wait: Make that a clobbering of the Royals.

The Astros certainly earned their status as a punch line, losing 100-plus games in three consecutive campaigns. Before this season, the Astros had lost more games in the last three years than 15 different teams had lost in the last four.

The perception is that the Astros are an experiment, and the perception is that the experiment is a long ways from completion. The Astros still get no respect, and they had a miserable beginning to 2014. But don’t let the start and the history fool you. The Astros, 23-32 through Thursday, are actively shedding their losing reputation and are perhaps, no longer a punch line.

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M W
11 years ago

They still suck, they are just hot at the moment. But there is some light showing in the tunnel.

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Yirmiyahu
11 years ago
Reply to  M W

Yeah, despite the title, it sounds like Cameron’s premise is really “The Astros Might Not Suck *As Much*”. They still have the third worst record in baseball at the moment, and they’re still projected to be the second-worst team the rest of the season.

That’s still very clearly in the ‘suck’ column, but it is significantly better than: 11 games behind the second-worst team (2013) , or 6 games behind the second-worst team (2012), or 7 games behind the second worst team (2011).

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Westside guyMember since 2016
11 years ago
Reply to  Yirmiyahu

You might want to read the byline.

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Yirmiyahu
11 years ago
Reply to  Westside guy

My bad.

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M W
11 years ago
Reply to  M W

Since this post they’ve won just 18 of 49, and only 10 of their last 35. They are very likely going to lose 100 games again – that’ll be the fourth year in a row (which is ridiculous).

They still suck!

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