Hunter Pence vs Chris Burke vs Craig Biggio vs Uncle Drayton vs Fat Boy

That's kind of a sad way for a grown man to view a child's game played by other grown men, dontcha think?

"We" do not win or lose. We are spectators. That's it.

 

Many, many people think a lot of things.

 

Screw all the ignorant Lane bashers in this thread.

How soon they forget the clutch hits that he got in the 05 playoffs that helped us get to the WS.

Ensberg needs to go before Lane does.

 

No, it didn't. There weren't league championship series until 1969, so in only took 35. There weren't divisional series until 1994, so in only took 10 years to win one of those.

 

I agree that there is still potential in Lane, and it's possible he could return to form as a productive 6- or 7-hitter. The Astros brass still think so as well. I'm not sure about Ensberg needing to go, but if he pulls this "I'm hurt but won't tell anybody about it" crap again, he certainly needs to go.

 

Ensberg has shown me a lot more than Lane ever has. And they're about the same age.

 

Well, first of all I'm sorry if you couldn't tell I was joking around with you.

But, if you want to split hairs, you drew a clear distinction between "championships" and "series", and there has only been a distinct "series" other than the "championships" since 1969.

 

Texanskns and Aceshigh007 I think like you andI AGREE 100% Per cent. I think you guy's POWNDED Buck TUrdisgon!!! Morgen Endsburg Chris Burk and Brad LIdge shoud be Fired or Trade! I also thnk we shoud pro-mote Gunther Pense. Gunther Pense is the TOP PROSPECTOR I also think Randy Rodregez shoud not be in a the starter rotate top 5!

 

So, Buck--how does it feel to be POWNDED?

 

Haha, I hope that guy was joking. Do you guys know if he is or not? A part of me thinks he is serious.

 

It's very common for top prospects to jump from AA to the Majors. The Braves do it with their top guys all the time. If Purpura were running the Braves, Brian McCann would still be "working on things" at AAA.

 

If you ignore him, he'll go back to Astros Daily where he belongs.

And, yes, it's an act.

 

Brian McCann has no holes in his swing. Hunter Pence does at this point. Why don't we see if he can continue his success with his odd swing and if he does then we will call him in a couple of months. It's not like we won't see him for two years or something. Also, let's see if he can even handle CF consistently at AAA.

 

Of course, you're ignoring that the Braves of the last 2 years were in serious cost-cutting mode & were forced to go with younger players.

 

there's too many questions surrounding the team to assume that pence is the answer in center right out of the gate.

until we see some results (good or bad) in the regular season the most logical approach is burke in center, lane as a backup, biggio at second, and pence getting regular swings in AAA. after a month or so, then maybe we can debate about it.

 

Put me in the camp that thinks Gunther Pense should start. He looks like he is going to be a stud. Anyways, it's not a big deal now, because I truly believe one of Burke, Lane, or Scott will struggle and he will be starting by the end of the year. Book it!

 

While I see your point, I am one of the many spectators who feels a tribal affiliation with "my" team.

Sure some .180 hitting defensive replacement middle infielder has infinately more effect on the Astro's actual performance than my 34 years of watching em (since age 2). I still consider myself a part of the Astros.

If you didn't feel an affinity with a team I don't see a point in watching sports, movies and TV are things where everyone is striving to entertain me. When I go to MMP one team is trying to send me home miserable, the other team, MY team is trying to make me and the rest of my city happy.

 

Buck, Max...how you guys keep the arguments intelligent and continue to back your statements up is beyond me. If I would've tried to reply to most of the posts in this thread, I think I would have just gotten frustrated.

And yeah...why is Drayton in the thread title? Not only making fun of him, but talking about his money at the same time.. you think he's making the call to save a few bucks? I think if he thought it meant generating a winner, he'd know that a winner makes a lot more money than 1 guy's salary difference for a single year..