The Astros’ 2009 season should be getting underway any minute now, and while their on-field prospects this year are a little reminiscent of Major League – “Every newspaper in the country has picked us to finish last… the local press seems to think we’d save everybody a lot of time and trouble if we just went out and shot ourselves” – ย Rocks Off is hoping Cecil Cooper’s club can somehow find a way to give all the naysayers a nice big shitburger to eat.
Maybe these two classic baseball songs will bring them good luck this year – hey, it can’t hurt. Go ‘Stros!
This article appears in Apr 2-8, 2009.
