ASTROS WIN! Tech in top 10!

Last night, mom, dad, Uncle Danny and I went to the Astros game. OMG..it was unbelievable! So crowded, so loud - just too much fun. We had seats behind 3rd base on the dugout level. No one sat down - just twirled our rally rags all evening (smackin each other in the head). It was great!! I didnt get picked in the "lottery" to be given a chance to buy WS tickets...but maybe SOMEHOW we can get some. :)

from www.si.com
HOUSTON (AP) -- First baseman Lance Berkman stretched as far as he could, squeezed the throw tight and hopped high in the air with glee.
One more win and the Astros will have the whole city of Houston jumping for joy.
Poised closer Brad Lidge pitched his way out of a major mess in the ninth inning, defensive replacement Eric Bruntlett started a game-ending double play and Houston scratched out a 2-1 victory over St. Louis on Sunday in Game 4 of the NLCS to move within one win of its first World Series.
"I'm starting to believe," said 39-year-old Craig Biggio, on the cusp of a lifelong dream.

Texas Tech Achieves Top 10 Status
from www.texastech.com
LUBBOCK, Texas - For the first time since the start of the 1977 season, the Texas Tech Red Raiders are ranked among the nation's top ten teams. Tech enters this week ranked eighth in the USA Today Coaches Poll and tenth in the Associated Press Poll.
The ranking is the highest for a Red Raider team since Sept. 12, 1977, when Tech was eighth in the Associated Press Poll. Tech reached its peak for that season the following week, when the Red Raiders were seventh. The highest ranking in Texas Tech history occurred during the 1976 season, when Tech held the No. 5 position for three-straight weeks in the AP poll.