Welcome to the Machine.

^{Ed Wade and his brother Odo from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, out to shake up the 'Stros in 2009.}

Since he obviously doesn't have half the baseball knowledge that I do. How'd he get a GM gig while I'm forced to work offshore? Over the winter meetings he didn't impress me with his Rule 5 picks. Yesterday the Astros non tendered Ty Wigginton & Reggie Abercrombie, while resigning hometown guy, Brandon Backe. Wigginton hit .285 with 23 homeruns last season while missing time due to a jacked up thumb and something else. When Carlos Lee went down with a broken hands towards the end of last year Wigginton filled in out in left field. Backe, even though his a Galveston born local guy, pitched like shit last year. He gave up more HR's than anyone else in the majors. Houston's pitching is in desperate need of help, but keeping Backe around isn't what I had in mind. Neither is Jeff Fulchino, Gil de la Vara, or Tim Byrdak. I'm not sold on Mike Hampton having a good year and I doubt Moehler will come anywhere close to being as decent as he was last season.
Regardless, I can't not watch the Astros. So I'm getting ready for a loooong season. Maybe we can do something crazy and sign Derek Lowe. Maybe.