Hitting it in the gap

From the Wall St. Journal:

The U.S. trade gap with the world in February was the biggest in history and will likely keep growing. Few economists believe it can widen forever; the only question is how painful the correction will be.

On a much lighter note, MSN has some very nice things to say about the Astros, which is a little bit of a surprise to me, even though they've played pretty well the first week. And on ESPN.com, Astros broadcaster Jim Deshaies suggests that there might be a need for a Houston counterpart to the Red Sox Nation. Astros Planet, anybody?

Incidentally, when we got back to our $10 parking space at the baseball game Saturday night, there was a slip of paper on the car advertising boobeltran.com, which amused me. I'm not pissed off enough about the departure of our former center fielder to be very interested in the t-shirts they're hawking, but I do like their slogan: "Letting America know how you feel about over paid athletes since 2005."