A Fresh Start?!?!

Saturday's excitement turned into Sunday's disapointment real quick. But, with the day off yesterday and some time to regroup and rethink about where we are on the 1st of May, maybe our boys can get it rolling tonight.

Sundays game was another dose of 'same ol same ol'. They sure crashed off Saturday's high. But what a rush to hear that crowd whenever Hunter Pence was near the plate or a ball was hit anywhere near centerfield. I said in previous posts that he doesn't have to come up here and tear the cover off the ball, he's just got to play and be exciting, and fun and give this listless team a much needed spark. The one thing that you can easily see about this team is that they are not really playing with all they got. Something is missing. Maybe Hunter can bring that to them. Maybe seeing his youthfull love of the game will light a fire under Carlos Lee and Lance Berkman, Luke Scott and Morgan Ensberg. From what I've seen, this team plays the best and is winning the best when they are just playing baseball and not trying to press.

So tonight we face Bronson Arroyo is looking for his first win this year. Let's deny his bid again with another strong outing by rookie Matt Albers and let's get this offense rolling.

On the Trade Front, all is quite right now, but I sence a storm brewing. If Morgan can't get things clicking, he might end up as bait. With the need for solid starting pitching and some top rated bodies for the Minor League system, some of our boys might find themselves packing bags by July.

On the Injury Front - Jason Jennings threw off the mound on Friday (40 pitches), all fastballs. If he feels all right, he was supposed to throw 50-60 pitches off the mound on Sunday (a few breaking balls too), but I have not heard an update on that session. Rick White is still out and Brandon Backe is just cruising through his rehab. It's a little scary if you ask me. I want to see Brandon out there as much as anyone, but good lord I hope he doesn't do more damage then good.