Holy Crap, We Won A Series!

I don't know if it was getting a day off, or the players-only meeting after sunday's loss, or the roster shake-up that came on Monday night, but the Astros are suddenly playing better baseball. Yeah, it's only two games, and yeah the Angels have been playing badly, but the Astros just strung together back-to-back close game wins over their division rivals, 7-6 and 3-1. Jose Veras just put together back-to-back saves. Bud Norris just threw 8 innings and only needed 84 pitches to do it. Jimmy Paredes has been with the Astros for 2 games and already has 3 doubles. That, in case you're keeping track, is more than Chris Carter has this season. And speaking of Carter, Trogdor the Bombinator has now homered in 2 straight games. That's huge! Even a devastatingly bad call on a missed tag at home that killed a rally and took a run off the board couldn't deter the Astros tonight. And I'll be honest, when Trout and Pujols gave the Angels 1st and 3rd with no one out in the 9th, and Trumbo, Hamilton and Kendrick due up, I started feeling queasy. But hey, they pulled it out. And I love it. More to follow tomorrow, but I just wanted to get this out there because I am PUMPED right now. The Future is Bright. Go Astros.