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The Astros game Monday drew a 0.0 Nielsen rating. What problems?

1. It's a game in April, so the kiddies aren't out of school yet.

2. Houston fans right now are either behind the Rockets (NBA Playoffs) or Texans (NFL Draft).

3. It was played on a Monday afternoon.

4. The Astros have had strings of 100-loss seasons with virtually the same team, so what's different this time?

5. A s#itty cable deal.

6. The Anaheim Angels aren't a sexy road draw to begin with.

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The Astros game Monday drew a 0.0 Nielsen rating. What problems?

1. It's a game in April, so the kiddies aren't out of school yet.

2. Houston fans right now are either behind the Rockets (NBA Playoffs) or Texans (NFL Draft).

3. It was played on a Monday afternoon.

4. The Astros have had strings of 100-loss seasons with virtually the same team, so what's different this time?

5. A s#itty cable deal.

6. The Anaheim Angels aren't a sexy road draw to begin with.

I agree with everything you said, but a 0.0 is a 0.0. #6 is interesting however. The Angels have baseball's best player and yet that's not enough to get people to tune in.
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To reiterate, the Astros have a very bad TV deal. Like "the goddamn RSN isn't available in more than half of Houston and filed for Chapter 11" bad.

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I like the idea of that rule, but that's a questionable application. The catcher didn't move into the baseline until he was fielding the throw ball; certainly he has to be allowed to do that.

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So evidently whoever in NYC is reviewing calls has no idea what "during the transfer" means as there have already been 4 clear catches (one was a catch at 2nd during a double play, the other three fly balls in the outfield) overturned because they dropped it while in the process of taking it out of the glove. Replay would work a whole helluva lot better when the ones deciding it actually know the rules.

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The Astros game Monday drew a 0.0 Nielsen rating. What problems?

1. It's a game in April, so the kiddies aren't out of school yet.

2. Houston fans right now are either behind the Rockets (NBA Playoffs) or Texans (NFL Draft).

3. It was played on a Monday afternoon.

4. The Astros have had strings of 100-loss seasons with virtually the same team, so what's different this time?

5. A s#itty cable deal.

6. The Anaheim Angels aren't a sexy road draw to begin with.

I agree with everything you said, but a 0.0 is a 0.0. #6 is interesting however. The Angels have baseball's best player and yet that's not enough to get people to tune in.

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The Astros game Monday drew a 0.0 Nielsen rating. What problems?

1. It's a game in April, so the kiddies aren't out of school yet.

2. Houston fans right now are either behind the Rockets (NBA Playoffs) or Texans (NFL Draft).

3. It was played on a Monday afternoon.

4. The Astros have had strings of 100-loss seasons with virtually the same team, so what's different this time?

5. A s#itty cable deal.

6. The Anaheim Angels aren't a sexy road draw to begin with.

People can't watch the Astros because the Texans are developing their draft strategy for the event that's a month away?

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Billy Hamilton is fast. If he figures out major league pitching he will reach Ichiro levels of infield hits.

Scoring on what nearly an infield pop fly was so ridiculous and impressive. Jealous and nervous about seeing him in the division for the next decade, especially when Molina is exiting his prime. Every single is gonna be basically a double.

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Too bad he can't hit, though. But the kid's got speed.

5 hits in the last three games. 3 of those doubles and one triple. He's figuring it out. I would like to see his OBP go up, but he's still so raw.

Doesn't help that he has the body of a high school sophomore. Will never be a home run threat.

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Too bad he can't hit, though. But the kid's got speed.

5 hits in the last three games. 3 of those doubles and one triple. He's figuring it out. I would like to see his OBP go up, but he's still so raw.

Doesn't help that he has the body of a high school sophomore. Will never be a home run threat.

The good thing is that he'll never need to be a home run threat. His speed is enough. He won't have a very long career, though. Once he hits 32, he'll be done.

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Too bad he can't hit, though. But the kid's got speed.

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