Important Press Conference?
by entropic soul on Mar 17, 2009 6:46 PM CDT
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PrintLAKELAND, Fla. -- Club owner Drayton McLane is on his way to Kissimmee, Fla., where the Astros will hold "an important press conference," according to a press release, on Wednesday at 9:45 a.m. ET at Osceola County Stadium.
The Astros did not indicate what the news conference is about, except to confirm it has nothing to do with the pending signing of Ivan "Pudge" Rodriguez.
That's from the Astros official website by the way. It doesn't say anything else. Posted by Alyson Footer.
Anyway..
Any idea what this could be all about? Important Press conference? Maybe he wants to tell everyone we can still be champions even though we have not won in 17 straight games.
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This just in..
It has been confirmed: Cecil Cooper will be fired; Miguel Tejada to be named acting player-manager on opening day.
maybe next season..
by fire richard justice on Mar 17, 2009 7:50 PM CDT reply actions
No. Richard Justice will be the new Manager
And I spelled conference wrong. duh.
by entropic soul on Mar 17, 2009 7:57 PM CDT up reply actions
Jeff Bagwell to come out of retirement...will play third base.
or maybe the Astros have signed Barry Bonds for the league minimum. :) (don’t tell me that wouldn’t boost attendance.) And maybe it accompanied by a Cooper resignation…since he said last year that he would quit if the Astros signed Bonds.
wow...you're right.
The Astros are on the verge of signing a potential Hall of Famer as a free agent for the second team in a week as baseball sources indicated Tuesday night that they are close to an agreement with right-hander Pedro Martinez.
Martinez pitched for the Dominican Republic in the World Baseball Classic earlier this month and worked three scoreless innings in relief against The Netherlands. He drew limited interest on the free-agent market, though, after going 5-6 with a 5.60 ERA in 20 starts with the Mets last season.
Martinez, 37, has a 214-99 lifetime record in 17 seasons.
sorry, thought I included a link
actually, now I see that I did, it’s just invisible in the previous post b/c I didn’t populate the anchor tag
ESPN Deportes as well.. :p
I’m just looking at Gameday.
by entropic soul on Mar 17, 2009 8:30 PM CDT up reply actions
what I don't get
about ESPN Deportes is this: whenever they do ESPN Deportes segments on regular ESPN, it’s just soccer highlights anchored by a chick with a latin accent. What the hell is that about?
dammit
he signed with the Royals. My dream is crushed.
http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090317&content_id=4006060&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb
"he" being Ponson not Pedro
Still no clues out there on the announcement tomorrow. It’s interesting that the announcement is at 9:45.
Astros fan for life
by Joe in Birmingham on Mar 17, 2009 8:57 PM CDT up reply actions
if it's true
(and despite BBPro, I’m not betting on it)
wonder how it would affect the 5th starter spot. It’d be a mistake to bet that Pedro can be a fifth starter all year long. Given Footer’s speculation on her blog today about Ortiz over Capellan (which I think makes sense), would we jettison Ortiz over Pedro and count on Capellan to fill in as the fifth starter when the inevitable injuries occur?
Could Moehler be in jeopardy in the rotation? Maybe we go with a 6 man rotation?
That’s part of the reason it seems strange that we’d go for Pedro. Another Drayton move.
if Pedro is signed
then I’d say the rotation is:
1) Oswalt
2) Wandy
3) Pedro
4) Hampton
5) Ortiz
Capellan would probably go to the bullpen and swing into the rotation whenever Hampton/Pedro gets injured or Ortiz proves ineffective, Backe would get cut to save money.
Personally, I’m not going to bitch about this being a “Drayton move,” even if it is one. It doesn’t cost any draft picks and it probably won’t cost too much.
dammit
forgot about him.
Moehler was signed as a bullpen guy, so that might be where he ends up. Maybe that means Ed Wade tries to move some of the current relievers.
I doubt that.
They resigned him to be a starter and he’s had a good spring. I don’t see how they just hand his spot to Pedro.
I’m looking at:
Oswalt
Wandy
Hampton
Moehler
Pedro
That’s assuming Pedro even makes it. If he signed, maybe he just competes for a job too, but I really think Ortiz is out on this one.
by entropic soul on Mar 17, 2009 9:39 PM CDT up reply actions
USA strands a man at 2nd in the 8th
still trail 4-3 going to the 9th.
any idea what NA/VA mean after the inning #. So far NA is in the top of the inning and VA is the bottom.
Puerto Rico scores again
5-3 and Puerto Rico still batting in the ninth
Astros fan for life
by Joe in Birmingham on Mar 17, 2009 9:36 PM CDT reply actions
DAMMIT JETER
Take your .100 ave and hit the damn ball harder
by entropic soul on Mar 17, 2009 9:51 PM CDT up reply actions
yeah, she's going to get that thrown back at her for a while.
ti doesn’t seem like there was much she could do, but then again reporters are paid to be skeptical.
JJO is with her this time too and he’s directly quoting drayton.
all that plus the whole issue w/ the starting rotation really make me doubt this rumor
did you see some of the comments on her blog?
someone took her to task for getting the Pudge deal wrong…and then refers to Footer’s “meltdown” on 1560….what the heck is that all about?
I don't know
I just saw that too, the comments weren’t there earlier when I read it. I wonder if there’s a podcast of the 1560 show. I never listen to that station.
Jose de Jesus Ortiz (who is often wrong)
says McLane will NOT be at the announcement (even though blog title says McLane will be there)
It will NOT concern Pedro Martinez
Nobody will be fired or hired
Team not sold
Nothing about steroids
Bud Selig not mad at the team (Huh?)
So writeth JJO
Since McLane will not be there, I guess he is not retiring either
Astros fan for life
by Joe in Birmingham on Mar 17, 2009 9:49 PM CDT reply actions
Runners on second and third -one out
Robetrs stole second on close play
Astros fan for life
by Joe in Birmingham on Mar 17, 2009 9:53 PM CDT reply actions
Jimmy Rollins batting
Full Count
One Out
Runners on second and third
Astros fan for life
by Joe in Birmingham on Mar 17, 2009 9:54 PM CDT reply actions
Walked
bases loaded
Kevin Youkilis to bat
Astros fan for life
by Joe in Birmingham on Mar 17, 2009 9:56 PM CDT up reply actions
3-1 count on Youkilis
WALKED – one run in
5-4 Puerto Rico
bases remain loaded
one out
Astros fan for life
by Joe in Birmingham on Mar 17, 2009 10:00 PM CDT up reply actions
I think this was asked somewhere else today
which is better from astros POV – USA lose and Roy & Hawkins come back, PR loses and Pudge is official, or does it matter.
I don’t think it matters
USA WINS 6-5
David Wright hit down right field line drives in two
Astros fan for life
by Joe in Birmingham on Mar 17, 2009 10:03 PM CDT reply actions
Alyson Footer on the game
1560 monday 03-16-09
http://thegame.podbean.com/2009/03/16/jl-alyson-footer-3-16-09/
she gets kinda pissed at about 16 minutes in
mostly about Scott Boras and other reporters talking about the Astros and Pudge. I wouldn’t really call it a “meltdown,” though.
the pudge conversation starts 12 minutes over at about 19 minutes
paraphrasing:
they have a problem with steroids
too much money
all excited about what boras says but they never ask the other side (astros)
hyeman is wrong
someone else is wrong
get played by boras, (carlos beltran screwed them)
the radio guys agree with no pudge
she admits in mid-january they did talk pudge
shes says people wont come see pudge. wrong i will. maybe not tons of people put some will.
agrevated but ill agree not a meltdown
Quintero
looks like he is having another tantrum:
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/baseball/mlb/03/17/astros.pudge.ap/index.html?eref=si_mlb
On adding Pudge
“I don’t have any feelings about it,” said Quintero, who had been the projected starter. “I’m going to keep working hard. I can’t do anything about it. I’m happy for him to be here and help the team.” -Quintero
I don’t have feelings about it……..I can’t do anything about it
waaaaa!
hahahaha give it a rest even if your sent to the minors your going to play baseball for 400k/yr fuck it
Nothing yet?
It didn’t get picked up by 610 or 790 in Houston. If it were that important, I thought there might be a live feed on the official site or something. Must not be anything all that important, certainly not the signing of Pedro.
Anybody know anything?
I wouldn't totally discount the BPro rumor about Pedro.
BPro never said that this would be subject of the press conference…we all drew that conclusion from the timing conicidence. And given that Wade has already shown the ability to give head fakes to the local media, BPro still may know something.
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