Ode to My Astros

[droogie81]

In a way, I'm glad the Astros are out of it so I can stop being so fucking stressed out all the time. However, in a billion other ways, I'm sad it's over. The Astros are now and forever will be my favorite sports team and it may seem foolish to some of you that I would let a game upset me so much. I don't think it's crazy and if you feel the

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Re: i'm dave ng, and who the fuck is othello?

[anonymous]

we didn't resign randy johnson, and jeff kent was a non-trading deadline offseason signing. beltran wants a LONG ass contract, and houston got burned the last time they did that with some guy named richard hidalgo. provided beltran wasn't just giving houston the ol' lip service by saying he enjoyed houston (you'd enjoy anything if you were in kansas city your whole career), houston may have an average chance, but with our farm system being one of the best in mlb, i'd rather go with that. there's no guarantee beltran does what he does again, although his track record suggests that he will. i like tavarez for his speed, defense (which is important with our massive starting pitching), and miniscule minimum paycheck. i'd be more concerned with 3B, unless you start giving morgan ensberg a bunch of roids. summary: signing beltran would be nice, but i don't think it'll be economical for the future of the club.

gerd: i wouldn't be upholding my reputation as a self-made asshole if i greeted you. i've got people to piss off, y'know.
billy koch will revive his failing career in houston much like other famous stars of the past, like doug jones, john hudek, and vinny castilla (cases could be made for carl everett and derek bell). i don't think he could do any worse than tim redding, and we won't have to badger some poor softball league guy out of retirement again.

Re: i'm dave ng, and who the fuck is othello?

[droogie81]

first off, no one expected johnson back b/c he hated it here so that's not really relevant and secondly, if the astros dont re-sign beltran, it will have absolutely nothing to do with the richard hidalgo fiasco...the two arent' even comparable, hidalgo had ONE good year and they wrongly thought he was the future...beltran has been doing it for a while, he's just been under the radar, he's a surefire perennial all-star, if we dont re-sign him it wont be b/c the astros didnt try, trust me on this, it's been like beltran fest 2005 around here for the past month or so...none of us know what will happen but ill be surprised if they rush tavares to the majors that quickly, the dude has a lot of potential but the last thing the astros wanna do is rush him to the majors and botch a potentially good career...and as far as the farm system goes, it aint as good as it used to be, why do you think we were so fucked when it came to plug in starting pitchers late in the season? our younger farm system (A and AA teams) is very stacked, but AAA is pretty barren right now...i'm not terribly frightened about third base b/c i think ensberg can get his bat back, but even then, him and lamb together is enough for me to be happy with...as far as im concerned, priority number one is getting beltran back and saying adios to biggio and kent...if that happens, i really like our offensive makeup...beltran, lane, bagwell, berkman and ensberg/lamb are all potential 30 hr/100 rbi guys (and i mean lamb and ensberg combined) with the combination of everett and burke giving us speed and defense...i like things dave