At that time, I believe the hold up was more about Clemens wanting a contract extension than the players involved.
I remember him wanting to renegotiate his deal, too. He got some bad press in H-town around that time.
WOW, forgot about that part. I remember the prospects being an issue and then Hunsicker talking crap about the Hendricks brothers on TV.
Yep - Clemens really wanted to play for his hometown team... for something like $25MM / year. This was a time when $10-15MM was a whole lot of money.
Just because Morgan had that one huge season doesnt mean he did steroids. He was hurt but played through it. Its on his blog. If we had a better system, Morgan could have healed but and be that 3 baseman we have been missing.
Who is the "we" that made Morgan stare down fastballs over the plate? He quit swinging the bat. He was in the middle of the lineup to drive in runs. Can't do that with your bat on your shoulder.
Yeh it was the Astros' system. That's why he couldn't catch on with the Yankees, among several other organizations. What you won't find in MoBerg's blog is how uncoachable he was. Hitting instructors gave up on him because he would bristle at any attempts to help him with his lame-assed ever-changing "stance". Mo always knew better. Nice guy; below-average ballplayer. I don't miss him.
I think like golf with the "yips" in putting, whether injury or bad slump, you start over thinking and it all starts to unravel. Some players just never can regain that form and disappear...
LOL I love the typical "It's not your team, why refer to it as we" responses. If you read Morgan's blog, he talks about how he was injured and basically everyone begged him to play. An unhealthy Morgan Ensberg was a better option than anything we had at the time. He drew a good amount of walks due to his explosive previous year. If he was on roids, why wouldnt he swing? Oh its because he's scared. Thats a dumbest explanation I've ever heard. Had Morgan not played and rehabbed, we (yes as someone who goes to games frequently) could still have a very formidable third baseman and have one less hole to fill.
