The first pitch is at 1:20 P.M.?

That means it's more or less a 50-minute PreGame show on FSN Houston.

The Astros need to win today. I can't even imagine how deflating a 1-4 record would be.

A 2-3 record with Roy Oswalt on the mound tomorrow for a chance to get back to .500 sounds more exciting to me.

People will say it's early in the regular season and it's too soon to worry about the standings, blah, blah, blah, but if the Astros don't win these games right now, what difference will it make in August when the Astros are 10 or 11 games back of first place?

I'd rather see the Astros either in first place or no worse than five games back of first place with a couple of months left to play this season.

Winning right now will make it easier and a lot more fun to play those games toward the end of the regular season.