Super Super Sunday Links 5 Feb 2012

by Timothy De Block on Feb 5, 2012 5:00 AM CST in Link Dumps

While Clack was educating us on the possibility of Chris Johnson returning to form I was putting together these delightful links for your viewing pleasure.

Interviews

What the Heck, Bobby?: An Interview with Adrian Houser
More interviews!

What the Heck, Bobby?: An Interview with Brandon Barnes
Brandon Barnes talks about his experience in Australia.

The Grand Old Game: Player Interview: Brandon Culbreth, RHP, Houston Astros (MiLB)
A very good interview in which Clubreth discusses his draft day and what got him to that day.

Astros Stuff

Analyze this: Houston Astros' Sig Mejdal takes on unique role | astros.com: News
An interesting look at Sig Mejdal.

Hometown ties add motivation to Cosart
By David Dalati

Houston Astros Complete Organizational Chart - MLB Daily Dish
A complete, live chart of the Astros organization -- leadership, rosters, salaries, arbitration and options, as well as prospect rankings.

Other Stuff

Bryce Harper, Opening Day Starter? | FanGraphs Baseball
This is probably something we as Astro fans should keep in mind.

Joe Blogs: A Chain Experiment
An interesting experiment by the Poz.

Stress and Anxiety in Baseball | FanGraphs Baseball
By Jim Breen

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My favorite quote from the fangraphs post

“…given the choice between a raw potential superstar or a mediocre role player with limited upside, they’re going to take the kid nearly every time.”

Hahahaha. Not Astros managers. “JMike, grab a bat. You’re starting!”

by ntn on Feb 5, 2012 7:53 AM CST via mobile reply actions

Those player interviews over at “What the Heck, Bobby?” are pretty cool.

The bird is struggling out of the egg. The egg is the world. Whoever wants to be born, must first destroy a world.

by Stupendous Man on Feb 5, 2012 2:16 PM CST via mobile reply actions

I found the Culbreth interview at “grand old game” (I don’t know anything about that blog) to be the most interesting. Culbreth seemed more candid and funny than the typical interview.

by clack on Feb 5, 2012 3:16 PM CST up reply actions

Culbreth Interview

Yeah, he pretty much tells it like it is. He’s not blunt or overbearing about his opinions as far as I’ve seen, but he doesn’t seem to have anything at all to hide. Thanks for your input!

p.s. Excuse the user name…I’m a recent Astros fan :)

C Riddle
The Grand Old Game

"Up your butt, Jobu."

by Wrigley Faithful on Feb 5, 2012 3:34 PM CST reply actions

I have a question. I liked this line by Culberth in response to your question about the hardest part of pitching:

Throwing strikes! haha. Ask any of my coaches…I can’t do it.

Did you take that as a joke on his part, as in, all the coaches are always telling him to throw strikes,

Otherwise, I can’t imagine a pitcher admitting that he has difficulty throwing strikes.

by clack on Feb 5, 2012 5:34 PM CST up reply actions

I take it to mean something like “according to my coaches, I can’t throw strikes”.
i.e. he throws strikes, but when he doesn’t he hears a lot about it from the coaches.

by Hal J on Feb 5, 2012 7:51 PM CST reply actions

He is a little raw as a pitcher, at least by pro standards. I think what he said was about 50/50; half joking, half serious. He pretty much puts it out there when you ask him a question, and I think he doesn’t see any harm in it. As far as I know, he doesn’t have any major control issues, but like I say he is a bit raw on the mound, low mileage arm and all that. That’s how I see it, but I can certainly ask him to elaborate on it a little.

"Up your butt, Jobu."

by Wrigley Faithful on Feb 11, 2012 12:40 AM CST reply actions

I assumed the quote means something like Hal J suggested. But I can see that it might be 50-50 real vs. joke. In any event, I appreciate that Culbreth doesn’t hold back much in his answers.

by clack on Feb 11, 2012 2:01 PM CST up reply actions

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