The Houston Astros introduced Reid Ryan as their new president on Friday.
It’s possible somewhere down the road we’ll look back at that moment as the turning point in their organization’s history. For now, though, they’re still the same old Houston Astros, which means losing games in every way imaginable will continue.
For example, let’s look at Friday night’s 5-4 walkoff loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates. The Astros held a 4-1 lead through five innings, but saw that evaporate by the time the ninth inning rolled around. The all too familiar sense of impending doom had to be consuming Astros fans at this point, and especially so when Pittsburgh loaded the bases with one out after pitcher Edgar Gonzalez botched a would be 1-6-3 double play.
However, as bleak as it looked for that moment, fans were able to let out a temporary sigh of relief after Gonzalez recovered to strikeout Neil Walker for a huge second out. Gonzalez then made the biggest pitch of the game, getting Russell Martin to hit a weak fly ball into short right field for what should have been the third and final out of the inning.
Only one little problem… Impending DOOM finally arrived at PNC Park.
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