tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901123.post6164934010576311723..comments2024-03-15T03:20:38.106-05:00Comments on Brains and Eggs: The Astros suck in more than just the obvious waysPDiddiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05851660342241127485noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901123.post-83036690192996636642014-05-25T22:04:16.806-05:002014-05-25T22:04:16.806-05:00I was a fan of the San Diego Padres and Chargers m...I was a fan of the San Diego Padres and Chargers many years ago. They turned into training teams, which would trade away good players before they'd demand better pay. They lost me a a fan (not only of the team, but of the whole sport), when I understood that a winning team was not a priority. I'll not pay to sit in a stadium to see a bad team - I can watch them on tv, if I really wanted to.Marchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09680604981092904582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901123.post-40572232436977882262014-05-24T14:57:05.248-05:002014-05-24T14:57:05.248-05:00The team won't. Not in the five-year plan. W/...The team won't. Not in the five-year plan. W/r/t defensive shifting, here's another excerpt.<br /><br />Baseball Info Solutions' John Dewan wrote on Twitter this month that the Astros had already saved seven shift runs - "similar to adding a 10th fielder who happens to be elite."PDiddiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05851660342241127485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901123.post-36636744606617818992014-05-24T14:03:51.173-05:002014-05-24T14:03:51.173-05:00We Cards fans miss having you in the NL Central, o...We Cards fans miss having you in the NL Central, of course.<br /><br />I halfway agree with defensive shifting, or more than halfway. It's the smart countering of the OBP + SLG = OPS approach to offense that says a strikeout isn't worse than any other out.<br /><br />The other stuff? Yeah, the team blows goats, including their suck-ass local cable contract. And, Houston's not a small-market team, and in the past, decently supported baseball, even if, per the the HPress link, some fans were front-runners.<br /><br />Team needs to spend on somebody in free agency this offseason, just to prove to fans its not acting like a small-market team.Gadflyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13075757287807731373noreply@blogger.com