The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

Chas McCormick tagged out at 2d in the third inning of Tuesday’s game.Apologies to filmmaker Sergio Leone, but his movie provides a good title for the Astros’ performance so far. [Maybe if we expand the discussion to the Astros’ off-season, we could use the title of another film in Leone’s trilogy, “For a Few Dollars More.”] If you have watched the six games so far, you probably can recite a few moments that fit into the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.

It’s small sample size theater right now. So, keep that in mind.

The Good

The Astros’ starting pitching has been good. No, make that very good. The Astros’ starting pitchers are No. 1 in ERA (1.46) at this early juncture of the season. And, beyond…