From Hunter: Ready for Kissimmee!

Hello,

The off season is finally over! I cant wait to get to Kissimmee and meet all the new Astros we have signed. I’ll be making the drive from Arlington, TX which is a good 18 hour drive. I’m not looking forward to that, but we are finally going to have some baseball to talk about.

It’s going to be really exciting to get on a baseball field with the new team and see how everything is going to play out. We have a lot of options this year, so it is going to be interesting to see how Cooper puts us together.

Everyone keeps asking me how I feel about hitting 6th in the lineup? My answer to this question is that I’m excited to be a part of the team and wherever I can help us win, is fine with me. I’m also going to give my prediction that Berkman is coming back this year with the usual thunder in his bat from day 1. If that’s the case its going to be a fun year because we have a lot of fire power around him.

I’m not sure if I mentioned this before, but the other thing that’s going to be exciting to see play out is the speed of the defense this year. The addition of Bourn, Tejada and Matsui up the middle is a great bonus to all of our pitchers. There’s a lot to look forward to this year and it all begins next week.

Until next time …

Hunter