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I don't care how much they sucked this season, I'm just psyched about going to see Biggio's last game as an Astro on the 30th. One of the purest baseball players to ever play the game.
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I don't care how much they sucked this season, I'm just psyched about going to see Biggio's last game as an Astro on the 30th. One of the purest baseball players to ever play the game.
he will be missed
Boo to Ed Wade... mediocre GM for a mediocre owner, organization, and team.
http://blogs.chron.com/sportsjustice/
Here's the good and the bad on new Astros GM Ed Wade
First the good news. Virtually the entire nucleus of the Phillies' current team was signed and developed during his tenure as general manager (1998-2005). Ryan Howard, Chase Utley, Cole Hamels, Pat Burrell, Brett Myers, Marlon Byrd and Taylor Bucchholz were all drafted when Wade was in charge. He took over an organization that was a mess and made it almost as productive as any.
Ed Wade is tough, smart and organized. His track record says he'll fix what's wrong with the Astros at that level. From the narrow perspective of player development, the Astros couldn't have hired anyone better.
He hired two managers--Larry Bowa and Charlie Manuel. Bowa's tenure was interesting if nothing else. Manuel might be the NL Manager of the Year.
Now the bad. He traded Scott Rolen and Curt Schilling and didn't get nearly enough for them. He handed out some horrendous contracts to Mike Lieberthal and David Bell and dumb no-trade clauses in deals for Bobby Abreu and Jim Thome. He got into childish feuds with the Philly media.
That said, this is a decent hire. It's not a daring hire or a leap of faith. Ed Wade will paint the town beige. But that's okay. This organization needs someone that, first of all, will get them back on track at the minor league level.
Before anything else happens, they must fix what's broken there. Until they get more talent into the organization, nothing else will matter.
Wade knows the lay of the land. Tal Smith hired him to be public relations-director of the Astros in the '70s. He resigned after Smith was fired and went to work for Tal. He eventually joined the Phillies and methodically climbed the masthead, until being named general manager in 1998.
He became a punching bad for the Philly talk-show nitwits. Some of the criticism was legitimate, but most of it was typical talk-show gas. If anyone tells you Ed Wade is incompetent, don't believe them.
This hire tells you that Tal Smith still has huge power with Drayton McLane. That's okay. Considering who has been in charge of the baseball operation the last year, Tal Smith is a huge upgrade.
He believes in being aggressive with young players and with emphasizing pitching and defense. Ed Wade clearly believes in the same things, or he wouldn't have been hired.
Wade surely knows that Drayton McLane will have a hand in every move. That's okay. It's his team. He had a hand when the Astros went to the playoffs six times in nine years. Every organization operates differently. The Astros interviewed a lot of people that were plenty competent. Now the hard work can begin.
JR Towles!!! 8 RBI new club record!
18-1 too bad roy doesnt get run support like that.
hope towles makes club next year and splits time with ausmus.
Yeah he looks promising, I mean anyone hitting is a upgrade to ausmus.
i'm pretty sure ausmus would still catch roy o, if he does come back.
Does anyone know the game Bigg is catching?
umm i think it's supposed to be on Roy's last start... friday 28th against the braves.
September 21st is officially Lance Berkman day... 7 straight years of a homerun on sept.21st
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