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  1. She shot well last year? She gets a lot of hype but to be honest she hasn't lived up to it. .405/.329/.887 is legitimately awful. As far as comedians go, the only one that I can get through their specials is Dave Chappelle. I have tried Gillis, Bargatze, Rife, and Carr none can keep him interested through an entire set.
  2. I think one of the unheralded aspect of our program, especially with the relaxed rules on assistants, is we are moving closer to a NFL style coaching staff. Where each position group has 1-2 assistants on top of the named position coach. There are a lot of teams that do this as well, but not every team in the SEC can afford it. It also helps that Kwiatowski has never shown signs of wanting to be a HC and having the OC/DC combo from a continuity standpoint is just the tits with pizza.
  3. More BBs than Ks, this organization will make sure that doesn't stand moving forward.
  4. I didn't say it was a virtue. I said he fucked over the organization. The same thing Crane is doing now. At least, Crane finally saw the light with Tucker and we flipped him for premium assets, but consdering how shitty our farm system is and the lack of a quality bench guys it would have made more sense to do what they did with Tucker with Correa and Bregman as well. The Astros should never be buying FAs that are attached to the QO, unless Crane plans on spending into the tax, since he's not, it's stupid to throw away draft picks for aging vets. You could have easily brought home Goldschmidt on a one year deal. You could have easily added Tauchaman to add MLB depth to the OF. The Astros last competitive year under McLane was 2008, which we all remember us getting fucked over by the Hurricane Ike. That team had Lance in his prime (6.9 WAR), Tejada (1.9), Wigginton (2.2), Lee(2.8), and Pence(2.3). Hell even Matsui put up (1.3) in limited PT. Roy won 17 games and Valverde saved 44 but the rest of the pitching staff wasn't that great. The day before Ike, the Astros were riding a hot streak of 14-1. After Harvey, they limped to a 6-8 record to finish in 3rd place 3.5 games behind the WC Brewers. They also would have been the last WC under the current set-up. That was the end of their window.
  5. Not too mention that when Crane bought the club, he had a future HOF, a WS MVP, and Cy Young award winner in the organization. 2017 likely doesn't happen without those 3 guys. Sure he fucked over the franchise by signing Woody Williams and Carlos Lee, which cost the Astros dearly needed draft picks, Guess which stupid mother fucker is doing that now?
  6. McLanes's 1st two FA signings after he bought the club were Drabek and Swindell. He got the Astros to their 1st WS and never let Bagwell or Biggio leave. He did a lot of good and refused to let the team tear it down to rebuild when it was obvious it was needed after Bagwell and Biggio retired.
  7. Ketch's attorneys have advised him against it.
  8. Has McLane ever had to settle multiple federal lawsuits for war profiteering? I see your Carlos Lee and raise you Jose Abreu, Rafael Montero, and Christian Walker.
  9. I trust McLane over Crane. Crane has been a snake in every business he has owned. I appreciate what he allowed Luhnow to build, but his decision to play GM likely fucked off with 2-3 years of the window.
  10. It was Ryan Newsome. He originally chose UCLA but flipped to use on signing day. He transfered to ASU after a season. I want to think his mom refused to sign his LOI, but I could have him confused with another player whose mom wanted him at Texas.
  11. I heard he is committing in a hot tub.
  12. I wish the NBA wouls top subsidising the wNBA so it would then fold in a season or two. Then we don't have to talk about shitty players doing shitty things on and off the court.
  13. Happy that the stupid Death Riders story has been killed. Hopefully they write off Moxley for a long vacation. His character is too stale.
  14. Looks like we just took a RH version of Tony Kemp in Kyle Walker.
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