The Trading Card Database - Astros

The regular season is under way, and the Red Sox are 2-1.  They could easily be 3-0, but they could just as easily be 0-3.  Most of the guys that had a lot of hype during spring training are off to a slow start.  And most of the veterans are cold as ice so far.  Coach Cora is even under fire already, I read.  He's made a couple moves that didn't work out.  And he didn't bring Kimbrel in for the 8th inning when the other team's meat was coming up, like he said he would, and like he could have today.  That being said, there are a lot of good things happening too.  I am very encouraged by Xander Bogaerts so far.  He seems to be back to form.  And the starting pitching is looking very good.

On the TCDB front my Houston Astros have now been entered.

The Astros reported with 1161 cards.  That ranks #23 in my collection.  I'm kind of surprised at that because they were once my second favorite team.  I remember as a kid trying to get an Astros card of a player of every defensive position.  And when I did, I laid them out on an imaginary diamond on the floor and had them play the Red Sox.  I think the Red Sox always won, beating J.R. Richard over and over again.  Ah, those were the days.

Some of my best Astros trade bait comes in the form of Nolan Ryans, Craig Biggios, and Jeff Bagwells.  I know there are a couple very active Astros collectors out there because I got two offers within two hours of finished them up.  Please take a look at my collection here, and speak up if you want anything.  EP's Astros  Select For Sale/Trade from the dropdown menu.