Drayton is a champion business owner… and for what it’s worth… over the last 5-8 years, the Astros have been one of the better teams in baseball… well, minus the last 2 years or so.

Yeah, like I said, Bohls has it in for the Astros. He is quick on the anti-Stros bandwagon and rarely talks about them. Usually only when they’re down for the count.

I do all the time. :p
But I still love them. Even if they disappoint me every day. lol

for micro-management is at the root of most of the Astros’ problems. He drove away Gerry Hunsicker, one of the brightest minds and best GMs in the game in 2004. Hunsicker built the Astros’ minor league system into one of the best in baseball during his tenure, and the Astros themselves, despite being tied to a small payroll, were exciting and competitive. After his departure, the team hung on for that great year in 2005, but under Tim Pupura (who was a front for Drayton’s decisions) the team’s minor league system and its major league competitiveness eroded. It won’t change with Wade (affectionately known to his peers as “Dr. Yes”) and it won’t change until Drayton changes his management philosophy (unlikely) or sells the team (unlikely).

Meanwhile, the Tampa Bay Rays, under Gerry Hunsicker, have in four years developed, you guessed it, one of the major league’s most improved farm systems and become a competitive and exciting team, despite being tied to a relatively small payroll. Sound familiar?