David Ortiz sat at his locker, getting dressed for another road trip. The final step was to put a protective boot on his aching right foot.

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The New York Mets concluded a roller-coaster road trip on Sunday, July 31 st, with a frustrating loss to the Washington Nationals. But let's look at the bigger picture, shall we? On Sunday, the Mets worked some magic against the Nationals to tie the game in the top of the ninth...

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The Philadelphia Phillies have just finished their first West Coast road trip. For us fans in Philadelphia, it will be nice not to stay up until 1 a.m. EST to see what the Phillies do for a while. However, we have stayed up to see some pretty promising things this past week, at least...

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You tell me, who has a cooler mascot.

Greetings from Houston! It’s freaking hot here. Game one didn’t go as well as a Mets fan could hope. Homeruns did us in as Heilman couldn’t hold a 3-3 tie. That and having the bases loaded with no outs and not plating a single run, which seems like a lingering problem. Sooner or later, this team is going to start hitting with RISP by sheer law of averages.

I still hate that stupid Astros train. I was surrounded by the most uneducated ignorant baseball fans on the planet, who among other things:

-Suggested that the Mets were pitching around Brandon Backe.

-Were incensed that the Astros wouldn’t bunt over a leadoff runner with no outs in a tie game with the number five hitter at the plate.

-Couldn’t understand why a hitter would take on a 3-0 count.

-After every pitch yelled “you knew that was coming!”

-The Astros fans trash talk has fallen off quite a bit. The most common “jeer” all night was a thumbs down and “boo Mets.” I’m not big on trash talk, but I would hope I could come up with something a little better than that. Still I guess it’s better than the profanity laced threats of violence that were prevalent here after 1986.

On a separate note, Mrs. Lonestar Mets hatred for all things Astros is starting to scare me.

I did have the pleasure of meeting a fellow blogger as well as TBF. Getting ready to head to Minute Maid right now to see the Great Santana. I’ve never seen the Mets lose more than one game in Houston and I don’t plan on starting now.

I am going to see the Major League debut of Dan Murphy. The last MLB debut of a Met i saw Jose Reyes’ at the Ball Park in Arlington. Let’s hope Murphy has the same success.

The heat index is at 110 today. Thank God the Astros put a roof on Minute Maid Park.

As far as cab service in Houston, every experience I’ve had has been a poor one. Cabs are not plentiful and are usually obtained by calling the cab company. Whether the cabbies we unfamiliar with the city or elongating the cab ride was unclear, the fare was always more than parking in downtown. If you fly in from out of the area or head to Houston on a road trip, a hotel within walking distance is the way to go.

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Should be a fun series. If you’re headed down for the weekend, sound off in the comments or shoot me an email. For tips while in Houston make sure you check out Texas Road Trip

Check back over the weekend for updates from Houston, stories of drunken rampages, felony arrests and out of focus pictures.

Lets Go Mets!

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