This is the second game post-Colby, where-in bad Jaime leads a loss to the Astros. On the bright side, Scrabble's debut scintillated!

I was sitting in the front row of section 346. The night was warm, but not too bad. I had a good conversation with an Astros fan behind me, and the mood at the park seemed relaxed. While I would have preferred to see a victory, I enjoyed the game.

Albert before the game.

Chris Johnson shared a laugh with Freese and then Jay before the game.

This view is worth the price of admission:

This one is not:

The umps were puzzled by the line-up card. "You spelled 'Rasmus' wrong," they said.

Jaime had trouble early

Jon Jay just didn't seem like his head was in the game.

The 1997th hit of Albert's career:

Later, a new pitcher!

If he gets a hit in his first at-bat, the scoreboard will explode

Cruz' finger injury

Yadi got a huge round of applause. Both Laird and Cruz had bad errors earlier in the game.

Molina points out the pecking order to the newb:

For Aranathor!

Dotel! He's better than Walters!

Carp is talking highly about Scrabble and Dotel

When Jake explains who we gave up to get them.

At least this is a welcome sight

As always, so is this:

Somehow, Lohse finished up the game.

I can't wait until I get to go again!