The Skipper announced last week that Justin Verlander would be our Opening Day starter just like last season. How many innings did Verlander pitch on Opening Day last season?
Commentary has said this before. In 2015, the H-Town Mayor doesn’t get elected unless he has the support of Houston Firefighters. Now he is going to get rid of close to 400 of them. Let that sink in for a minute or two. Come on? Really?
It is going to be a long Spring and Summer.
This is politics. This is crazy.
Meanwhile, the Chron is reporting today that we are fixing to pay more on our water bill and you can check it out here: https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Houston-water-bills-could-rise-under-2B-deal-to-13677431.php.
Did I say it is going to be a long Spring and Summer?
On Opening Day last season, Justin Verlander pitched 6 innings and didn’t give up a run as the Astros beat the Rangers 4 to 1 of course.
On Father’s Day at The Yard, they are giving away 10,000 Hawaiian shirts – cool.
MLB returns to The Yard two weeks from tonight.