Houston Astros - KTE

[seawolf17]

Ah, they did it once last year. It was Jason Lane or someone like that.

[metirish]

seawolf17 wrote: Ah, they did it once last year. It was Jason Lane or someone like that.

No to Lane but can you name the someone like that?

[Guest Edgy DC]

Willy F. Taveras?

[Farmer Ted]

Here I sit,
My ass a'flexin,
Giving birth,
to another Texan



"You tell that son of a bitch no Yankee is ever comin' to Houston. Not as long as you bastards are running things."

[metirish]

No to Willy F and no to F Ted

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

Cesar Cedeno
Doug Rader
Bill F. Doran
Denny F. Walling
Roger Metzger

[metirish]

Cesar Cedeno did it two times.

Cesar Cedeno - August 2, 1972 - Cincinnati at Houston

.....................- August 9, 1976 - Houston at St. Louis

No to the others.

[Guest sharpie]

Lee May
Jose Cruz

[Guest sharpie]

Billy Hatcher.

[metirish]

No,no and no.

Three more players needed.

[DocTee]

Adam Everett.

[metirish]

No to Adam.

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

I'm going to go with the "Toy Cannon", Jimmy Wynn. I always liked that nickname when I was a kid.

[Guest sharpie]

Bob Aspromonte
Dennis Menke
Ray Knight

[metirish]

No to Wynn,Aspromonte,Kinght and Menke.

[DocTee]

Brad Ausmus

[HahnSolo]

Didn't Bob Watson cycle in both the AL and NL?

[metirish]

Yes Bob Watson was the first player to hit for the cycle in both leagues.


Bob Watson - June 24, 1977 - San Francisco at Houston

Watson hit for the cycle as a Boston player in 1979.


Craig Biggio - April 8, 2002 - Houston at Colorado

Jeff Bagwell - July 18, 2001 - St. Louis at Houston


Cesar Cedeno - August 2, 1972 - Cincinnati at Houston

.....................- August 9, 1976 - Houston at St. Louis


Two more players.....

[Guest sharpie]

Andujar Cedeno (guessing only 'cause he was an Astro and has the same last name as Cesar).

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

Lee May
Lee Maye
Jerry Mumphrey
Gerald Young

[metirish]

Yes Sharpie....

Andujar Cedeno - August 25, 1992 - St. Louis at Houston


Luke Scott was the other and more recent player.

Luke Scott - July 28, 2006 - Arizona at Houston


Some fun facts.

* Cesar Cedeno is the only Astro to hit for the cycle more than once

* After his trade to Boston, Bob Watson became the first player in major-league history to hit for the cycle in each league

* Dan Larson is the only Astro pitcher to start two games in which an Astro hit for the cycle

* Andujar Cedeno is the first Astro to hit for the cycle in a losing cause, and the first Astro to require extra innings

* Three of the team's cycles have come against the St. Louis Cardinals

* The most difficult hit, the triple, has been the first hit in three of the team's cycles

* Luke Scott's 2006 cycle was done in perfect reverse order, the first in Astros history. He was also the first Astro rookie to hit for the cycle.



Honorable Mention goes to Kevin Bass.

In the 7th inning of a June, 1987 game in San Francisco, right fielder Kevin Bass needed only a single to become just the third player in Astros history to hit for the cycle. With the Astros leading, 6-2, the game seemed well in hand. So when Bass lined an easy single to left field, he seemingly joined an exclusive group. But Bass was not thinking about individual accomplishments, but rather making sure his team won the game. Instead of stopping at first, he hustled to second and barely beat the throw in to pick up a double. He lost the distinction of hitting for the cycle, but won a place in the hearts of countless Astros fans. For that, he deserves consideration on this page. Bass batted #5 in the lineup behind Glenn Davis. Jim Deshaies started for the Astros against Kelly Downs. A summary of Bass's game:


Thanks for playing.

[Centerfield]

Kevin Bass holds a special place in my heart too.

[Frayed Knot]

How our enemy sees their enemy

[TransMonk]

Their KTEs are way dirtier than ours.

[metirish]

That person is trying way too hard to be funny.

[soupcan]

I liked this line though -

Sunday is �Take Her Out to the Ballgame� Day, when they'll give away 25,000 man-purses that Mike Piazza left behind.

[Guest sharpie]

I don't think we've ever had a KTE where we took note of the promotional giveaways of a team the Mets were visiting.

[Guest Edgy DC]

I bet we have.

[Benjamin Grimm]

The hate they have for Beltran seems excessive.

I mean, Mets fans have had plenty of scorn for Mike Hampton, but I don't think it was because of him taking the dollars, but because of that shot at New York area schools.

Beltran didn't do anything like that, did he?

[Frayed Knot]

Their view on Beltran is that he mis-led the Astros during negotiations.
Personally I think it's really just an excuse to hate on a player who left - which is the same thing Met fans used Hampton's "good schools" line to do. The fact that Carlos left Houston for big, bad New York is just added reason to pile on.

Needless to say, the folks on that board (and that guy in particular it seems) don't like New York in general or the Mets in particular very much and aren't shy about saying so. I personally find it amusing and would be disappointed if that vitriol were missing.