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Post by bearbryant on Oct 23, 2020 15:49:53 GMT -6
I think it was a move to please the commissioner i think you are right about that, but, Crane was not forced to fire either Hinch or Luhnow. He could have let them serve out their suspensions and returned to their jobs, which made the most sense. My guess is that Manfred "strongly suggested" that Crane fire both of them. What I hate about Manfred is their is little doubt that he serves as a lapdog for the Yankees, Dodgers, and Red Sox. He had no problem making an example of the little Astros who had the audacity to eliminate all three of his bosses in the 2017 post-season. The Astros eliminated the Yankees in every playoff series when they met and the media hates it. They slobber over ratings a Yankees-Dodgers WS would bring them. The Rays burst their bubble this season. talshill is correct. It doesn't do for perennial also-rans like Houston to rise up and beat down the big boys, and the Dodgers were jumping up and down for blood. Manfred wanted the architect and field manager gone
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Post by unionstation82 on Oct 23, 2020 16:49:57 GMT -6
Manfred needs to go. He makes Selig look like an amazing commissioner.
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Post by blcoach8 on Oct 23, 2020 16:54:13 GMT -6
Manfred needs to go. He makes Selig look like an amazing commissioner. Manfred should have been forced out a long time ago........the NFL needs to get rid of Goodale. I don't give a damn who the NBA has as commissioner. I stopped caring about that crap when the team rosters started being dominated by street thugs. |
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Post by Saint on Oct 23, 2020 19:16:29 GMT -6
I don't know that he jumped the gun necessarily, even though I didn't like it. I think he knew that more would be expected in order to try and appease the other organizations. He probably should have cleaned out a few more culprits, but those two were a good start if his goal was to try and save some face. Would I rather if he said "F*ck the rest of the league" and keep them? Sure. But that wasn't going to happen. Maybe if Mark Cuban was the owner... Crane made a politically appropriate move to appease other owners. Commish works for the owners though, right? |
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Post by bearbryant on Oct 23, 2020 20:58:03 GMT -6
I think it was a move to please the commissioner Commish works for the owners though, right? more like the commish was tired of reading news stories about folks having unpleasant interactions with members of Astros personnel. He decided the incidents with members of the press etc. were part and parcel of an arrogant culture that had developed under management up to and including members of the team scheming to steal signs in real time |
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Post by bearbryant on Oct 23, 2020 21:04:25 GMT -6
Even though Manfred warned all teams in a directive to the GMs that September not to do that
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Post by Saint on Oct 23, 2020 21:23:57 GMT -6
Commish works for the owners though, right? more like the commish was tired of reading news stories about folks having unpleasant interactions with members of Astros personnel. He decided the incidents with members of the press etc. were part and parcel of an arrogant culture that had developed under management up to and including members of the team scheming to steal signs in real time I agree with most of that. |
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Post by unionstation82 on Oct 23, 2020 23:35:00 GMT -6
Commish works for the owners though, right? more like the commish was tired of reading news stories about folks having unpleasant interactions with members of Astros personnel. He decided the incidents with members of the press etc. were part and parcel of an arrogant culture that had developed under management up to and including members of the team scheming to steal signs in real time The Taubman fiasco highlighted the zoo-like atmosphere and lax culture of the team regarding personal responsibility and behavior. I think that solidified Crane’s decision to make the firings. |
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Post by unionstation82 on Oct 23, 2020 23:38:35 GMT -6
The silver lining of this season was that we finally had a guy in Correa who stepped up and became the vocal leader of the team. We’ve gone years without a player having both the balls to be that guy, talk the shit, and back it up. It’s refreshing to see someone saying, “Alright, we’ve apologized long enough. We’re not doing that anymore. We’re just going to piss you all off even further by beating you.”
That’s how you get respect. Charlie Morton basically gushed over his old team before and after Game 7.
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Post by Saint on Oct 23, 2020 23:41:53 GMT -6
The silver lining of this season was that we finally had a guy in Correa who stepped up and became the vocal leader of the team. We’ve gone years without a player having both the balls to be that guy, talk the shit, and back it up. It’s refreshing to see someone saying, “Alright, we’ve apologized long enough. We’re not doing that anymore. We’re just going to piss you all off even further by beating you.” I would say the silver lining is learning that we have a actually a pretty good core of young pitchers to build around. Correa being a vocal leader doesn't help us much. I'd rather him hit during the regular season, and play more than 110 games again. |
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Post by unionstation82 on Oct 23, 2020 23:43:58 GMT -6
The silver lining of this season was that we finally had a guy in Correa who stepped up and became the vocal leader of the team. We’ve gone years without a player having both the balls to be that guy, talk the shit, and back it up. It’s refreshing to see someone saying, “Alright, we’ve apologized long enough. We’re not doing that anymore. We’re just going to piss you all off even further by beating you.” I would say the silver lining is learning that we have a actually a pretty good core of young pitchers to build around. Correa being a vocal leader doesn't help us much. I'd rather him hit during the regular season, and play more than 110 games again. Agreed about the young pitchers, but Correa was arguably the postseason MVP, and he showed something to me that has hasn’t shown since 2015. He can still carry a team if he has it together. |
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Post by Saint on Oct 24, 2020 2:25:19 GMT -6
I would say the silver lining is learning that we have a actually a pretty good core of young pitchers to build around. Correa being a vocal leader doesn't help us much. I'd rather him hit during the regular season, and play more than 110 games again. Agreed about the young pitchers, but Correa was arguably the postseason MVP, and he showed something to me that has hasn’t shown since 2015. He can still carry a team if he has it together. Eh, he had a mediocre ALCS himself, offensively. He had the two HRs, but .259 with a .310 OBP is nothing to be excited about. I just can't trust him until he can prove to be healthy. I feel like people are suddenly giving him a pass and giving him more credit than he deserves just because he spoke up some. This is still the same guy that most wanted traded the last two years. He was below average offensively this year, and was one HR away from being about as bad in the ALCS as Bregman was. Yet people are down on Bregman. |
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Post by unionstation82 on Oct 24, 2020 7:41:08 GMT -6
Agreed about the young pitchers, but Correa was arguably the postseason MVP, and he showed something to me that has hasn’t shown since 2015. He can still carry a team if he has it together. Eh, he had a mediocre ALCS himself, offensively. He had the two HRs, but .259 with a .310 OBP is nothing to be excited about. I just can't trust him until he can prove to be healthy. I feel like people are suddenly giving him a pass and giving him more credit than he deserves just because he spoke up some. This is still the same guy that most wanted traded the last two years. He was below average offensively this year, and was one HR away from being about as bad in the ALCS as Bregman was. Yet people are down on Bregman. Bregman played? |
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Post by blcoach8 on Oct 24, 2020 9:45:36 GMT -6
Agreed about the young pitchers, but Correa was arguably the postseason MVP, and he showed something to me that has hasn’t shown since 2015. He can still carry a team if he has it together. Eh, he had a mediocre ALCS himself, offensively. He had the two HRs, but .259 with a .310 OBP is nothing to be excited about. I just can't trust him until he can prove to be healthy. I feel like people are suddenly giving him a pass and giving him more credit than he deserves just because he spoke up some. This is still the same guy that most wanted traded the last two years. He was below average offensively this year, and was one HR away from being about as bad in the ALCS as Bregman was. Yet people are down on Bregman. You can't stand for any other player to steal the spotlight from your little boy, Jose. He hit well in the ALCS, but, he is the ONE singular reason we are not in the WS because he handed games two and three to the Rays on a silver platter with his horse shit throws. Yes, he was outstanding at the plate, but, gave away more runs than he produced........Carlos Correa was the leader, both vocally and in what he produced on the field. He was clearly our team MVP in the series, along with Framber Valdez. Bregman was a no-show and really should have kept his mouth shut after games talking about what we needed to do do win when he never did a damn thing to put a run on the board. |
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Post by thomasj13 on Oct 24, 2020 10:47:00 GMT -6
Eh, he had a mediocre ALCS himself, offensively. He had the two HRs, but .259 with a .310 OBP is nothing to be excited about. I just can't trust him until he can prove to be healthy. I feel like people are suddenly giving him a pass and giving him more credit than he deserves just because he spoke up some. This is still the same guy that most wanted traded the last two years. He was below average offensively this year, and was one HR away from being about as bad in the ALCS as Bregman was. Yet people are down on Bregman. You can't stand for any other player to steal the spotlight from your little boy, Jose. He hit well in the ALCS, but, he is the ONE singular reason we are not in the WS because he handed games two and three to the Rays on a silver platter with his horse shit throws. Yes, he was outstanding at the plate, but, gave away more runs than he produced........Carlos Correa was the leader, both vocally and in what he produced on the field. He was clearly our team MVP in the series, along with Framber Valdez. Bregman was a no-show and really should have kept his mouth shut after games talking about what we needed to do do win when he never did a damn thing to put a run on the board. how do you not understand the games that you're saying Jose's errors cost the game, he was basically the only offense output in those games. We didn't score any f****** runs... How can you be so dense about everything? |
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Post by unionstation82 on Oct 24, 2020 10:56:07 GMT -6
Eh, he had a mediocre ALCS himself, offensively. He had the two HRs, but .259 with a .310 OBP is nothing to be excited about. I just can't trust him until he can prove to be healthy. I feel like people are suddenly giving him a pass and giving him more credit than he deserves just because he spoke up some. This is still the same guy that most wanted traded the last two years. He was below average offensively this year, and was one HR away from being about as bad in the ALCS as Bregman was. Yet people are down on Bregman. You can't stand for any other player to steal the spotlight from your little boy, Jose. He hit well in the ALCS, but, he is the ONE singular reason we are not in the WS because he handed games two and three to the Rays on a silver platter with his horse shit throws. Yes, he was outstanding at the plate, but, gave away more runs than he produced........Carlos Correa was the leader, both vocally and in what he produced on the field. He was clearly our team MVP in the series, along with Framber Valdez. Bregman was a no-show and really should have kept his mouth shut after games talking about what we needed to do do win when he never did a damn thing to put a run on the board. Altuve was the spark plug of the offense in the ALCS, more than Springer. Regardless of his errors costing them probably one of the two games, the rest of the offense, namely Bregman and Gurriel, absolutely failed and cost the team the series because they could have easily won one of the first three games. |
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Post by thomasj13 on Oct 24, 2020 11:48:26 GMT -6
You can't stand for any other player to steal the spotlight from your little boy, Jose. He hit well in the ALCS, but, he is the ONE singular reason we are not in the WS because he handed games two and three to the Rays on a silver platter with his horse shit throws. Yes, he was outstanding at the plate, but, gave away more runs than he produced........Carlos Correa was the leader, both vocally and in what he produced on the field. He was clearly our team MVP in the series, along with Framber Valdez. Bregman was a no-show and really should have kept his mouth shut after games talking about what we needed to do do win when he never did a damn thing to put a run on the board. Altuve was the spark plug of the offense in the ALCS, more than Springer. Regardless of his errors costing them probably one of the two games, the rest of the offense, namely Bregman and Gurriel, absolutely failed and cost the team the series because they could have easily won one of the first three games. Astros lack of runs scored cost them series.... Maybe it's not as bad as 2005 WS; but still, don't expect a win if you can only score two runs or less. |
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Post by blcoach8 on Oct 24, 2020 12:10:49 GMT -6
You can't stand for any other player to steal the spotlight from your little boy, Jose. He hit well in the ALCS, but, he is the ONE singular reason we are not in the WS because he handed games two and three to the Rays on a silver platter with his horse shit throws. Yes, he was outstanding at the plate, but, gave away more runs than he produced........Carlos Correa was the leader, both vocally and in what he produced on the field. He was clearly our team MVP in the series, along with Framber Valdez. Bregman was a no-show and really should have kept his mouth shut after games talking about what we needed to do do win when he never did a damn thing to put a run on the board. how do you not understand the games that you're saying Jose's errors cost the game, he was basically the only offense output in those games. We didn't score any f****** runs... How can you be so dense about everything? I am not the one who doesn't understand so I will explain it to you as simply as possible: In game two, with two outs and a runner on first base, a ground ball was hit directly at Altuve. He fielded it and threw it into dirt allowing the batter to reach first base. That would have been the third out to end the inning. Margot steps up and hits a three run homer to put us behind 3-0. We lost the game 4-2. Altuve allowed three of the four runs. True, we only scored two runs but Altuve's error gave them the winning runs. He made another throw to first base just like that one but McCullers pitched around it. Then, in game three, with a runner on first base a ground ball is hit directly to Altuve. Correa is covering second base to start what should have been a DP. Altuve throws the ball into left field. We get NO outs on the play instead of TWO. The Rays scored FIVE runs that inning AFTER Altuve's horse shit throw. We lose the game 5-2. Realistically,we could have won 2-0. Jose put FIVE UNEARNED RUNS on the board for the Rays. There is how that little dumbass cost us games two and three. I am not the one who is dense. I saw the plays and replays........Altuve was responsible for at least SEVEN of the NINE runs the Rays scored in game two and three. Our lack of hitting didn't have a damn thing to do with him giving the Rays the runs they used to win the game. True, we should have hit better and scored more, but, we could have won the games anyway if not for Altuve's piss poor throws. To make it worse, in game three, Urquidy did his job when he got the batter to hit into what should have been a DP, Altuve throws the ball away, and Dusty comes out and pulls Urquidy like a damn fool. The pitcher gets the batter to hit into what should have been a DP and is rewarded by this stupid manager by being pulled from the game. So, Dusty covered up for the little dumbass by pulling Urquidy.........pathetic. In those two games, Jose gave up more runs than he produced. He cost us the damn games..end of story. |
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Post by blcoach8 on Oct 24, 2020 12:12:42 GMT -6
You can't stand for any other player to steal the spotlight from your little boy, Jose. He hit well in the ALCS, but, he is the ONE singular reason we are not in the WS because he handed games two and three to the Rays on a silver platter with his horse shit throws. Yes, he was outstanding at the plate, but, gave away more runs than he produced........Carlos Correa was the leader, both vocally and in what he produced on the field. He was clearly our team MVP in the series, along with Framber Valdez. Bregman was a no-show and really should have kept his mouth shut after games talking about what we needed to do do win when he never did a damn thing to put a run on the board. Altuve was the spark plug of the offense in the ALCS, more than Springer. Regardless of his errors costing them probably one of the two games, the rest of the offense, namely Bregman and Gurriel, absolutely failed and cost the team the series because they could have easily won one of the first three games. I totally agree that Altuve, along with Correa, was our most productive hitter in the ALCS. We got nothing from Bregman or Gurriel and not as much as we expected from Springer. Too bad his pitiful defense cost us two games. |
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Post by blcoach8 on Oct 24, 2020 12:13:51 GMT -6
Altuve was the spark plug of the offense in the ALCS, more than Springer. Regardless of his errors costing them probably one of the two games, the rest of the offense, namely Bregman and Gurriel, absolutely failed and cost the team the series because they could have easily won one of the first three games. Astros lack of runs scored cost them series.... Maybe it's not as bad as 2005 WS; but still, don't expect a win if you can only score two runs or less. True, but we would not have needed as many runs in games two and three if not for Altuve's pitiful throws. |
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Post by Saint on Oct 24, 2020 13:07:05 GMT -6
Eh, he had a mediocre ALCS himself, offensively. He had the two HRs, but .259 with a .310 OBP is nothing to be excited about. I just can't trust him until he can prove to be healthy. I feel like people are suddenly giving him a pass and giving him more credit than he deserves just because he spoke up some. This is still the same guy that most wanted traded the last two years. He was below average offensively this year, and was one HR away from being about as bad in the ALCS as Bregman was. Yet people are down on Bregman. You can't stand for any other player to steal the spotlight from your little boy, Jose. He hit well in the ALCS, but, he is the ONE singular reason we are not in the WS because he handed games two and three to the Rays on a silver platter with his horse shit throws. Yes, he was outstanding at the plate, but, gave away more runs than he produced........Carlos Correa was the leader, both vocally and in what he produced on the field. He was clearly our team MVP in the series, along with Framber Valdez. Bregman was a no-show and really should have kept his mouth shut after games talking about what we needed to do do win when he never did a damn thing to put a run on the board. You're the dumbest "coach" I've ever seen. |
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Post by thomasj13 on Oct 24, 2020 13:21:32 GMT -6
how do you not understand the games that you're saying Jose's errors cost the game, he was basically the only offense output in those games. We didn't score any f****** runs... How can you be so dense about everything? I am not the one who doesn't understand so I will explain it to you as simply as possible: In game two, with two outs and a runner on first base, a ground ball was hit directly at Altuve. He fielded it and threw it into dirt allowing the batter to reach first base. That would have been the third out to end the inning. Margot steps up and hits a three run homer to put us behind 3-0. We lost the game 4-2. Altuve allowed three of the four runs. True, we only scored two runs but Altuve's error gave them the winning runs. He made another throw to first base just like that one but McCullers pitched around it. Then, in game three, with a runner on first base a ground ball is hit directly to Altuve. Correa is covering second base to start what should have been a DP. Altuve throws the ball into left field. We get NO outs on the play instead of TWO. The Rays scored FIVE runs that inning AFTER Altuve's horse shit throw. We lose the game 5-2. Realistically,we could have won 2-0. Jose put FIVE UNEARNED RUNS on the board for the Rays. There is how that little dumbass cost us games two and three. I am not the one who is dense. I saw the plays and replays........Altuve was responsible for at least SEVEN of the NINE runs the Rays scored in game two and three. Our lack of hitting didn't have a damn thing to do with him giving the Rays the runs they used to win the game. True, we should have hit better and scored more, but, we could have won the games anyway if not for Altuve's piss poor throws. To make it worse, in game three, Urquidy did his job when he got the batter to hit into what should have been a DP, Altuve throws the ball away, and Dusty comes out and pulls Urquidy like a damn fool. The pitcher gets the batter to hit into what should have been a DP and is rewarded by this stupid manager by being pulled from the game. So, Dusty covered up for the little dumbass by pulling Urquidy.........pathetic. In those two games, Jose gave up more runs than he produced. He cost us the damn games..end of story. So you are saying we would have had a shutout if not for that error??? that everything else would have remained constant for the rest of the game?... |
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Post by blcoach8 on Oct 24, 2020 13:25:24 GMT -6
how do you not understand the games that you're saying Jose's errors cost the game, he was basically the only offense output in those games. We didn't score any f****** runs... How can you be so dense about everything? I am not the one who doesn't understand so I will explain it to you as simply as possible: In game two, with two outs and a runner on first base, a ground ball was hit directly at Altuve. He fielded it and threw it into dirt allowing the batter to reach first base. That would have been the third out to end the inning. Margot steps up and hits a three run homer to put them behind 3-0. We lost the game 4-2. Altuve allowed three of the four runs. True, we only scored two runs but Altuve's error gave them the winning runs. He made another throw to first base just like that one but McCullers pitched around it. Then, in game three, with a runner on first base a ground ball is hit directly to Altuve. Correa is covering second base to start what should have been a DP. Altuve throws the ball into left field. We get NO outs on the play instead of TWO. The Rays scored FIVE runs that inning AFTER Altuve's horse shit throw. We lose the game 5-2. Realistically,we could have won 2-0. Jose put FIVE UNEARNED RUNS on the board for the Rays. There is how that little dumbass cost us games two and three. I am not the one who is dense. I saw the plays and replays........Altuve was responsible for at least SEVEN of the NINE runs the Rays scored in game two and three. Our lack of hitting didn't have a damn thing to do with him giving the Rays the runs they used to win the game. True, we should have hit better and scored more, but, we could have won the games anyway if not for Altuve's piss poor throws. To make it worse, in game three, Urquidy did his job when he got the batter to hit into what should have been a DP, Altuve throws the ball away, and Dusty comes out and pulls Urquidy like a damn fool. The pitcher gets the batter to hit into what should have been a DP and is rewarded by this stupid manager by being pulled from the game. So, Dusty covered up for the little dumbass by pulling Urquidy.........pathetic. In those two games, Jose gave up more runs than he produced. He cost us the damn games..end of story. "So you are saying we would have had a shutout if not for that error??? that everything else would have remained constant for the rest of the game?... ' What I am saying is that we would not have needed to score as many runs if not for the errors. We could have had a shutout, but, we will never know. Y You can't predict exactly what would have happened, but, we DO know we would not have given up four runs if not for Altuve's error in game two and we may not have given up any if not for the error in game three. We don't know what may have happened. We DO know what did happen, and what did happen was Altuve's errors giving up runs to the Rays. |
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Post by batman007 on Oct 24, 2020 14:50:15 GMT -6
If the pitching hadn’t given up 4 runs in game 7, we’d be in Arlington right now.
There’s no way to know the outcome. If Altuve doesn’t make the errors, there’s no way to know that the next inning we don’t give up 10 runs, or we might give up no runs.
It’s possible we win those two games without the errors. Stating it as an absolute is asinine.
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Post by blcoach8 on Oct 24, 2020 15:34:36 GMT -6
You can't stand for any other player to steal the spotlight from your little boy, Jose. He hit well in the ALCS, but, he is the ONE singular reason we are not in the WS because he handed games two and three to the Rays on a silver platter with his horse shit throws. Yes, he was outstanding at the plate, but, gave away more runs than he produced........Carlos Correa was the leader, both vocally and in what he produced on the field. He was clearly our team MVP in the series, along with Framber Valdez. Bregman was a no-show and really should have kept his mouth shut after games talking about what we needed to do do win when he never did a damn thing to put a run on the board. You're the dumbest "coach" I've ever seen. I am glad I never had to coach an idiot like you. I doubt if your ass would have ever stepped onto the field. You show your ignorance and bias by refusing to recognize and acknowledge anything Altuve does wrong. He made the errors I pointed out. He gave away three runs in game two and ALL FIVE in game three and old Dusty pulled the pitcher to make it look like the pitcher's fault. I am sorry if you are either too blind or stupid to see that little Jose is not perfect. He did a great job at the plate in the ALCS and cost us two games with his damn throws. If you can't see that, you are the dumbest clown on this forum. |
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Post by blcoach8 on Oct 24, 2020 15:37:58 GMT -6
If the pitching hadn’t given up 4 runs in game 7, we’d be in Arlington right now. There’s no way to know the outcome. If Altuve doesn’t make the errors, there’s no way to know that the next inning we don’t give up 10 runs, or we might give up no runs. It’s possible we win those two games without the errors. Stating it as an absolute is asinine. If Altuve hadn't given away games two and three, we would be in Arlington because game 7 would have never been played. We could have won in five and games six and seven would not have been played. I never said it was absolute.......In games two and three, the Rays scored a total of NINE runs. Altuve's errors led to EIGHT of them. Do the math. |
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Post by thomasj13 on Oct 24, 2020 16:04:33 GMT -6
You're the dumbest "coach" I've ever seen. I am glad I never had to coach an idiot like you. I doubt if your ass would have ever stepped onto the field. You show your ignorance and bias by refusing to recognize and acknowledge anything Altuve does wrong. He made the errors I pointed out. He gave away three runs in game two and ALL FIVE in game three and old Dusty pulled the pitcher to make it look like the pitcher's fault. I am sorry if you are either too blind or stupid to see that little Jose is not perfect. He did a great job at the plate in the ALCS and cost us two games with his damn throws. If you can't see that, you are the dumbest clown on this forum. So he gave up the HR after the error?....on the next error, you are saying he would hit the next batter, walked the one after that one, and then give up a HR.... Not only did he make a bad fielding throw... he apparently sucks as a pitcher too. |
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Post by thomasj13 on Oct 24, 2020 16:07:43 GMT -6
If the pitching hadn’t given up 4 runs in game 7, we’d be in Arlington right now. There’s no way to know the outcome. If Altuve doesn’t make the errors, there’s no way to know that the next inning we don’t give up 10 runs, or we might give up no runs. It’s possible we win those two games without the errors. Stating it as an absolute is asinine. If Altuve hadn't given away games two and three, we would be in Arlington because game 7 would have never been played. We could have won in five and games six and seven would not have been played. I never said it was absolute.......In games two and three, the Rays scored a total of NINE runs. Altuve's errors led to EIGHT of them. Do the math. If Altuve was not playing in the series. If his substitute was as effective as the other Astro players that played, how many runs would have his substitute scored for the team? |
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Post by blcoach8 on Oct 24, 2020 17:09:32 GMT -6
If Altuve hadn't given away games two and three, we would be in Arlington because game 7 would have never been played. We could have won in five and games six and seven would not have been played. I never said it was absolute.......In games two and three, the Rays scored a total of NINE runs. Altuve's errors led to EIGHT of them. Do the math. If Altuve was not playing in the series. If his substitute was as effective as the other Astro players that played, how many runs would have his substitute scored for the team? He may not have produced as many runs, but, it is doubtful he would have given away as many. Since he was having problems throwing, it would have made sense to DH Altuve and let Diaz play second base. The fact is that Altuve's errors AND our lack of hitting....especially Bregman and Gurriel........caused us to lose the series. Some keep griping about Springer's lack of hitting, but, they forget that it was George who drove in the two runs that put us ahead to stay in game six. |
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Post by bearbryant on Oct 24, 2020 17:25:25 GMT -6
more like the commish was tired of reading news stories about folks having unpleasant interactions with members of Astros personnel. He decided the incidents with members of the press etc. were part and parcel of an arrogant culture that had developed under management up to and including members of the team scheming to steal signs in real time The Taubman fiasco highlighted the zoo-like atmosphere and lax culture of the team regarding personal responsibility and behavior. I think that solidified Crane’s decision to make the firings. |
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