Lastros

Here we go again. The Astros have started off miserably again, and fans are wondering, “Is it too early to panic?”

In a word, no.

The ’Stros were 1-6 before Tuesday night’s game. It’s their worst start since ’84, if you’re keeping score at home.

The GM and manager Cecil Cooper held a team meeting after Monday night’s loss. They are trying to figure what went wrong.

The consensus of the team meeting reportedly was that the main problem was that they were getting tremendously outscored.

Things are gettin’ kinda desperate in Astroland.

Short of cloning Roy Oswalt and Lance Berkman, I don’t know what the team can do.

OK, they can wait til next year, but we were hoping for something a little more positive.

It is true that they had a lousy start in the year they went to the World Series, so maybe it ain’t over til it’s over.

Still, if May 1 rolls around and the Astros are still looking up at everybody in the NL Central standings, I’d pull the old manager switcharoo and start making some trades.

After all, what’s the worst that can happen? As fans have noticed, it’s already happening.