From Tags twitter... brianmctaggart Hampton underwent surgery today, which showed full tear of labrum. Won't pitch at all in 2010. I have to think he's done. I know he basically stunk this year but he was a huge factor in the 90s Astros division winners and was a dominant starter in 99. The memory that sticks out in my mind is that game in 94 I believe when we were down 11-0 to the Cards and Bulldog came in to give us 4 shutout innings which allowed us to rally and overcome the Cards to win 15-13. I could tell he had great talent just needed to put it togathar, sound familiar (Wandy?) and watching Hampton with the Mets in 2000 was bittersweet yet I was happy the guy was pitching in a WS.
i was at that game when we were down 11-0 to the Cards..pretty sure it was 94. Great game!! he put in some quality innings for the Houston Astros over the years. hell of an athlete.
i loved hampton back in the late 90's but damn it's about time he should have never made the roster this year
A shame. He was a nice piece of our 1990's teams. Didn't he have some kinda radical platelet injection in his shoulder a while back though?
Without a doubt, one of the best hitting and fielding pitchers of this era, and a heck of a groundball pitcher in his prime. Enjoyed him as an Astro.
