You Mess With Ted Lilly, You Get The Horns

TGIMFF TedHeads. For some strange reason, a limited number of folks around the Major Leagues still have not gotten the memo to stop challenging Ted Lilly and just take your spot as a spectator/admirer on Ted's trip to Cy Young station.

Case in point: your 2009 Houston Astros.

It seems that the 'Stros might have gotten a little arrogant before yesterday's game after touching Ted up for a few runs in the opening series of the year (Ted, as always, got the final laugh by getting the W), wrongly believing that, contrary to Internet lore and lipstick scrawls on truckstop bathroom walls, Ted is mortal (!).

Ted's response? 6 IP, 2 ER (from a HR by the B-12 Juice King/Manny's "source" Miggy Tejada), 5 Ks and a few walks to keep himself humble en route to his 4th win of the year. Ted has now won five straight against Houston and, respectfully, is starting to make them his personal b*tch.

Astros response? Continued futility from their pitching corps (from ESPN: "The Astros haven't had a starter get through six innings since April 28, spurring Cooper to add a 13th pitcher -- Alberto Arias -- to the roster on Wednesday. On Thursday, the Astros needed six pitchers: Ortiz, Byrdak, Chris Sampson, Wesley Wright, Felipe Paulino and Arias."), Fat Elvis throwing up a super sweet 4 strikeout game and Astros Superfan and friend of the blog Jordan Rittenberry been forced to drown his sorrows in a few Zimas.

We now stand at 16-12 and in 2nd place in the Central behind the Cardinals (sorry--no Rick Ankiel joke here--just doesn't feel right). Tonight marks the start of a weekend series against Chicago Jr. as the Randy Wells Band gets the start.

Quick note: Wells was originally selected by Toronto before making his way to the Cubs. Hmmmmm, starts off in Toronto before heading south of the border to Chicago--sounds eeriely familiar. Let's hope that he has similiar success as TL did...