Dale Needs A Valium

I'm sorry, but Dale Robertson seems overly dramatic when writing about the Astros lately, given that it's fiftysomething games into the season and the Astros are trying to adjust to a new manager, a new third baseman (have they even HAD a third baseman this year?), a new left fielder, a new middle-relief corps, and an injured Jeff Bagwell.

I know, I know -- I've been critical here of the Astros thus far, and they are definitely underperforming. But this is also a weblog, where the dramatic sometimes (often?) takes precedence over the sensible.

A sports columnist at a major daily (well, the Chron anyway) ought to be somewhat more reasonable than an opinionated weblog.

Then again, it says something about the quality of sportswriters in this town. I'm afraid we don't have any great ones, or even good ones.

[Posted at 22:49 CST on 05/29/02] [Link]