Sports Justice: What’s wrong with the Astros. It’s not what you think.

Bourn is a weapon?...Uh-oh, don’t tell me Justice picked up Erlich’s “The Population Bomb.”

The more I think about it, the more I think Drayton McLane is right to push forward. Try to sign two free-agent starters in the off-season, keep the core together and don’t dare cut the budget in player development.

Now a word about Cecil Cooper. He has managed 101 games in the big leagues. He has a team that has a poor rotation and a mediocre offense. Has he distinguished him? No. But to blame him for this team’s problem is silly.

Some of you believe there’s a quick fix for everything: change the manager, change the standings. It doesn’t work that way. I don’t agree with all the small-ball stuff, but Michael Bourn is such a weapon that he’s right to take advantage of it.