Today is the day. Pudge joins his new mates.
Minor League Ball took note of 2008 draft choice Chris Hicks as a sleeper/breakout candidate for this season. There is very, very little to go off of, as far as his professional career, and his college statistics aren't eye-popping either. One aspect of his game that has improved is his control. Just another name to keep your eye on..
Astros prospect, Chris Hicks
Don't worry, folks. The Astros are working on improving their defense. How we went from good to bad so quickly is sort of scary.
A Cubs Blog, Wasting Away in Wrigleyville, compares Astros' fans to Dick Tracy villians. **Scratches head**.
Baseball Musings takes into account Pudge's arrival when determining our best lineup, and the runs it would generate. With him batting eighth, our probable lineup in worth 4.50 runs/game, a .04 improvement over the Humberto Quintero version.
A federal prosecutor has suggested probation for Miguel Tejada, in regard to his lying to Congress. Basically, Miggy isn't a threat to himself or others, appears to have learned his lesson, and won't be repeating his crime.
Brad Ausmus rarely ever met a double play opportunity he couldn't hit into.
A bar in Boston has created the A-Roid Cocktail, served complete with a tomato juice beverage served in a syringe.
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Ah..
At least Pudge is good at grounding into double plays too, so at least we’ll still have that. And, sorry, but Cubs fans are retards.
entropic soul - March 22, 2009
no shit
This is stated unironically, of course.
From my experience (we’ve got a lot of yankees at Tulane – like 3/4 of the school, actually – and many come from the greater Chicago area) Cubs fans spend a lot of time bitching about the Sox “2005 bandwagon” (again, stated unironically).
Only_A_Lad - March 22, 2009
as for the Astros' defense...
it is mighty important to the Astros’ this season. But I’m not getting overly concerned about the errors this spring. Recall last spring training that the Astros looked godawful defensively….and the worst was Tejada, who I became convinced wouldn’t make it through the season at shortstop. Then the Astros were terrific on defense when the season started, leading the majors in least errors and ranking near the top of most defensive metrics. And Tejada had sort of a renaissance defensively too.
I’m glad that Cooper is making them work hard on defense…maybe that is the benefit of error ridden springs…. When Cooper took over, he felt that the team had become a little lackadaisical on putting in defensive work. I think you have a group of guys on this team who will gladly put in the extra glove practice which Cooper wants.
clack - March 22, 2009
Chris Hicks
I’m not sure if Hicks is the biggest sleeper in the system. However, the Astros must see something in him. He didn’t sign until August, pretty close to the deadline. He was playing in one of the summer collegiate leagues, and the feeling was Houston was wooing him pretty heavy to forego his senior year at Georgia Tech
farm_stros - March 23, 2009
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