mathematically eliminated #30 the Houston Astros

The Astros escaped last night barely hanging onto a finite possibility of wild carddom, due to the Cardinals losing in D.C. Of course, the Astros lost at home to San Francisco, setting up tonight as not only do or die for them to not have them officially eliminated before the calendar flips to September. Of course, that did not go well as, even though the Cards helped the cause by getting crushed in DC, the Astros, of course, could not hold their own and were themselves beaten senseless at "home" 9-3 by the Cincinnati Reds. Thus the relevancy of their 2012 season is officially ended and over. In fact, the Astros are so completely relevant as an actual baseball team they are entering the literal minor league world of freak show attractions, potentially signing the 50-year-old Roger Clemens to pitch a couple of late season useless home starts and spike attendance, which would also postpone Clemens possible inclusion on the Hall of Fame ballot for another five years, potentially letting the "yo, all those dudes cheated, fuck them" mentality more time to sort of die down. Fucking baseball, man.
But let us remember these 2012 Houston Astros season as summed up by this sequence...