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In this episode David Coleman, Sean Feist, Bryan Trostel from Astros County and myself discuss:
My apologies in getting this up so late. It's been a pretty busy week for me but it should pay off as I've got some pretty cool stuff to post next week. Yesterday we posted audio interviews from Fan Fest
I'll be combining all three into one audio file and putting it on iTunes in the next couple days so keep an eye out for that.
The winner of TCB's 2012 Houston Astro logo is "Astros baseball: we've got uniforms and everything." Look for that at the top of the website starting Monday.
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Great job guys. My favorite part was when Sean was talking about just adding an “ey” on the nicknames, and also did that an Altuve"ey" and then cracked himself up when he realized that just made his last name.
conroestro - February 16, 2012 via mobile
Even before I listen I gotta say
Chris Johnson at shortstop is a bad idea.
His reflexes are too slow.
His throwing accuracy shall we say is inconsistent.
I cringe when I think of his lateral movement
Joe in Birmingham - February 16, 2012
He has experience there
He was a SS when we drafted him
BustaPozee - February 16, 2012
On the podcast it was noted
in 14 games playing shortstop at Lexington, CJ committed 5 errors.
The most positive thing said about him by the honorable panel was that he might be a candidate for the DH spot in 2013. (or maybe first base)
Joe in Birmingham - February 16, 2012
Reflex-wise. I’d rather have CJ at SS than Wallace at 3rd. Big Daddy Brett was very bad at 1st base. He was Giambi bad.
MadMartygan - February 17, 2012
I assure you
mentioning Johnson at SS was in no way a serious suggestion on my part.
BryanTSC - February 17, 2012
I realized that after listening to the podcast
Joe in Birmingham - February 17, 2012
I was wondering what kind of audio equipment you use for your podcast? I’m in the market, as it were.
Wrigley Faithful - February 17, 2012
Two computers, mic’s (I use a gaming mic), audacity and Skype.
Timothy De Block - February 17, 2012
Big spender!
CRPerry13 - February 18, 2012
I'm as Anti-Wade as the Next Guy
But some of that conversation was inaccurate. You can’t rag on Wade for the Hampton and Ortiz signings without congratulating him on the Myers signing (signing, not extension – Wade is still an idiot). Likewise, Wade invited plenty of non-roster invitees to spring training. The reason you don’t remember it is because they were all terrible, as non-roster invitees are wont to be. You won’t remember any of Luhnows non-roster invitees this time next year either.
seanbergmanrules - February 17, 2012
Wade’s signing of Hampton was widely praised at the time it occurred. About two months into the season, Dave Cameron wrote an article on fangraphs calling the Hampton signing the best free agent pitcher signing of the off-season (taking into account cost, of course). I think calling it a bad signing is engaging in a lot of hindsight. The Ortiz signing was a NRI. The Astros got a lot more out of Ortiz than most NRI pitchers will give you. I sometimes think that Ortiz’s time with the Astros would have turned out better with a better manager of pitchers than Cecil Cooper. So, yeah, I don’t with those signings as examples of Wade’s faults (though he certainly had his faults).
clack - February 17, 2012
I dunno about widely praised
I hated it, considering Hampton had missed 29,348,723,985,792,837,392,879,582,375 games due to injury in the previous five seasons. I remember a lot of people saying the same.
CRPerry13 - February 18, 2012
…well, in saber cricles it was viewed as a “smart” signing. but then, that’s true of the saber reaction to signings like Bedard and Harding in the past.
clack - February 18, 2012
My reaction when the Astros signed Hampton
Why would you sign someone who is made of glass? Never made sense to me.
Uncle Chris - February 17, 2012
Sure, the injury risk was there. But that’s what you expect if you spend $2 – $3 million on an injury rehab starting pitcher. Teams sign players like Bedard, Webb, Harden, Smolz, etc., who are injury risks all the time. Hampton’s WAR for the Astros was worth pretty close to what he was paid. The injury risk pitchers are signed because they are cheap, and there is a chance that they can produce for a full year. I’ve always said that the worst part of the Hampton signing was the expectation that was created when Wade portrayed Hampton as a replacement for the more expensive Wolf.
clack - February 18, 2012
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