Super Sunday Links 7 August, 2011
by Timothy De Block on Aug 7, 2011 5:00 AM CDT
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While I was getting my first look at this new team called the Astros, I was putting together these links for your viewing pleasure.
When Things Don't Go Right
Phillies Lead All Teams With Most Minor League Drug Suspensions
The Astros make the list with one player.
If the Astros actually looked at advanced statistics they would of see the J.A. Happ has probably just been unlucky. Now that doesn't mean Happ is a good pitcher, but probably an average pitcher. He's your typically fifth starter. Some time down in the Minors with Burt Hooton should do him so good.
Behind the Scenes
That’s Entertainment " A Temporary Perspective
You want a reason to go to the balpark. How about the award winning entertainment put on by the Astros entertainment staff. As a Media Arts student this is something I am aspiring to do.
Get uniforms right and be who you are - SweetSpot Blog - ESPN
Steve Berthiaume takes a subjective look at the uniforms used by teams. Many of you will be pleased that he thinks the Astros should go back for a more traditional look. He thinks the Astros have too much of a corporate look which is exactly what Drayton McLane was going for when he changed the team colors to match his own company colors.
The Long Gone
Remembering better days for Astros - SweetSpot Blog - ESPN
A trip down memory lane and some of the great Astros that line it.
Braves say Bourn was the trade target all along | ajc.com
There's an interesting tidbit in here about the Braves wanting Bourn all along. All that speculation about them possibly getting Pence was just so the Braves could raise the price on the Phillies. Then they turn around and get Bourn at a discount. Well played Mr. Wren well played.
I wouldn't say there wasn't any outrage over Bourn getting traded, but he does have a point about the difference in reaction to the trades of Pence and Bourn.
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Michael Bourn
I really didn’t like the Michael Bourn/Hunter Pence article that much. I think that in the fans eyes Pence was way more accessible than Michael Bourn. Plus he was sort of the guy that became the defacto face of the franchise when Roy and Lance were traded. I really don’t think it was a race issue what so ever, but I think it is more similar to the same reason why more teams were interested in trading for Pence and not Bourn. Speed first guys get no love, or just not quite as much love as guys with a little power.
I also think after the Hunter Pence trade then most already expected Bourn to get traded it, and already accepted it. I liked Michael Bourn and enjoyed watching him do what he does on the bases/defense, but I think it was more of a perception thing for the local fan base. There’s no doubt Bourn loved his time here, and was also a good guy and role model, but I think Pence did a lot more of the give back to the fans stuff than Bourn did, and that has a lot to do with it.
by conroestro on Aug 7, 2011 7:49 AM CDT via mobile reply actions
Its simple: Fans and chicks dig the long ball (as well as GMs)
"This is a simple game, you throw the ball, you hit the ball, you catch the the ball, you got it?!"
Has anyone else seen today's lineup?
It’s ridiculous.
J.D. is out of the 3-hole again for the mega power hitter that is Jason Bourgeois.
It really is mind blowing what Mills is doing. He said he wants a consistent 3-hole hitter, and J.D. has been.
I think he’s hit Cecil Cooper’s level. Easily one of our worst managers in franchise history.
"Hakeem couldn't kick your ass cuz you were too
close kissin his!"- Sir Charles to Kenny Smith.
Batting order position means little—and particularly on this team. So batting order position doesn’t bother me in the slightest.
by clack on Aug 7, 2011 1:31 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
So the Astros shouldn’t be trying to maximize what they’re getting out of this team?
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by Timothy De Block on Aug 7, 2011 1:52 PM CDT up reply actions
Batting order on a normal team makes a small difference. On this team, I don’t think it makes any difference. There is just too little difference between the players’ offensive capabilities, and many of them have so little experience that it’s unclear who is the best player to bat in a particular position. Mills said he will experiment with different batting orders to find out who fits where. For what it’s worth, Bourgeois may be the best batter in this lineup, if you go by his current wOBA.
by clack on Aug 7, 2011 2:22 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
good point
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by Timothy De Block on Aug 7, 2011 2:56 PM CDT up reply actions
Definately going overboard with the Cecil comp
Remember, just for a second, just how bad Cecil was.
by Its Gonna Happen on Aug 7, 2011 8:01 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Why does everybody rave about Burt Hooten?
Genuine question
by Its Gonna Happen on Aug 7, 2011 7:59 PM CDT via mobile reply actions
He knows a lot about pitching. (Like that comment by Brocail, listening to a conversation between Arnie and Hooten, which was so high level that it was above his head.) And Hooten tutored some good pitchers who came through the system and liked him—Oswalt, for instance. That said, I’m not sure that he is as good as some people (Chip Bailey, for instance) make him out to be. If he really was that good, I think some other team would have plucked him up as a major league pitching coach. As I recall from Hooten’s days as the Astros’ pitching coach (recall that he was fired in a Drayton sweep), he is more attuned to coaching the mental side of the game than the mechanical side, or at least that is how he described himself.
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