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I still can't believe it...Ensberg having a "magical" season.

Discussion in 'Houston Astros' started by ROXRAN, Aug 11, 2005.

  1. ROXRAN

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    ...You read the article in the chron, and I don't think the feeling or the understanding has sunk in. How can you put Ensberg with the great Albert Pujols in the same level?...

    This year you can, the numbers now pretty much mirror one another...

    Watching Ensberg is like watching David Blaine do street magic...You see it, but you can't come to terms with what you are seeing! You just want to pull Ensberg to the side, and ask him: "How did you do that,.. how did you do that?"

    How has Ensberg done this? Tell me if anyone has seen this kind of production coming before the season... What has he done last year? Nothing! That's what, and now he has made his production go from watered down nothing coffee to filled count on it money...

    It's not right...What we are seeing from Ensberg is something I can't believe. I don't know when I will start believing it, but until then, I will continue to enjoy the show and the run to the playoffs, due in large part to something fun and magical...
     
  2. Stack24

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    The best was when they showed the salaries of Pujols, Lee, and Ensberg against each other and the stats they are putting up this year. We have him at a nice bargain alright.
     
  3. lost_elephant

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    I was at the game yesterday and everytime the guy went up to bat, you got this fluttery feeling in your stomach that something great is about to happen. Everytime, and then he delivers with a monster double out to right center that bounces over the fence adding 2 needed runs to the board.

    After all the success this season, he's still humble. I saw someone hit a popfly and I saw Morgan running from 2nd and rounding third until the ball was caught, hustling and scraping like he was some rookie just trying to make the team. I saw the guy make a mistake and got caught in a rundown in todays game, and usually I see players kind of give up in that situation, but he just kept pushing and forced an error and made it to third. He's got alot of heart.
     
  4. v3.0

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    Seems to me he changed his batting stance this year, especially his foot stance, thought it had something to do with his breakout year...
     
  5. PhiSlammaJamma

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    He's swinging the bat with that same confidence you see with guys like bonds alou, and pujols. Either the light went on or he's on roids. I dunno. But he looks way different. Absolutely no fear. I didn't see gim that gitst year. But Day'um, he looks confident.
     
  6. Svpernaut

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    I really thought he would come around and be a superstar, and he is defiantely going to be just that. I love the fact that he is a stand up guy, as well as an amazing player too... like tonight he pointed a kid out in the crowd to give a ball to, he is the first and last guy before every game to give autographs to the kids, and tonight after the game they showed a shot of him going up and praising Bruntlett... he's an all around great guy and amazingly great player.
     
  7. Stack24

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    Yeah, one of his old coaches told him his stance last year was different from when he was hitting in high school and college and even the year before. So he went back to that stance this year and opened up a bit wider and boom, he is having a monster year. I dont think he will be changing up anytime soon.
     
  8. Svpernaut

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    I think his struggles of last year helped give him the confidence we see in him now... What doesn't kill you only makes you stronger.
     
  9. Deuce Rings

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    Many off season decisions and statements by Astros management had me shaking my head in disgust before the season and the first month of the season and certainly one of them was the rumors out of Spring Training about Morgan Ensberg batting clean-up. I mean at the time I was thinking "Clean Up??!!!".....what has this guy done to merit such a promotion? I don't know if Astros managment saw the full extent of this coming from Ensberg this season, but you have to nod your cap to them on this one. You could argue they didn't have a choice after the Beltran and Kent departures, but they could have gone out and purchased a replacement on the free agent market in the form of a Burnitz-type and decided to give the chance to Ensberg.
     
  10. Joshfast

    Joshfast "We're all gonna die" - Billy Sole
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    ....and some people thought Beltre should have been plan B.
     
  11. HAYJON02

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    I love Fox Mulder. Turned into a hell of a 3rd baseman. He's making me not miss having Spiers, Castilla or Caminiti anymore. If only his last name was Bensberg...
     
  12. Uprising

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    Morgan rocks.
     
  13. Joshfast

    Joshfast "We're all gonna die" - Billy Sole
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    I will always miss Spiers - but Bruntlett is like having Spiers kid or something though. :cool:
     
  14. HAYJON02

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    And I love that they call him Mo. Its washing away that unpleasant "other Mo" taste..
     
  15. No Worries

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    Career year. Enjoy it while it lasts. I am.
     
  16. RunninRaven

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    Well, when Morgan finally admitted this season that he played much of last season injured, his sub par performance started to make a lot of sense. His first half season when he busted on to the scene with those 18 homers was really more telling of what to expect from Morgan than last year. This year just proves it.
     
  17. Aceshigh7

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    I admit, I was wrong about Ensberg. Hard to believe now, but I used to advocate benching Ensberg and making Mike Lamb our everyday 3rd baseman.
     
  18. gwayneco

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    At least that was a logical position to take in 2004 and early this year. But Jimy Williams insistence in 2003 on playing Geoff Blum at Ensberg's expense should have gotten him fired. The Astros only missed the playoffs by a game that year, and I can't help but wonder if about 75 more ABs from Ensberg would have done the trick.
     
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    In 2003, with roughly the same amount of at bats for the year as he's had to this point, he hit .291 with 25 homers, so I don't think that the power he's shown thus far is a big shock to anyone on the Astros. The surprising stat was last years lack of power. I think we can expect more 30+ homerun seasons from him in the future. Just think back to last year's team, and then say "Let's get rid of Beltran and Backwell and see what happens". Could anyone imagine how well they have done to this point?
     
  20. today

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    Morgan's name always reminds me of Good Will Hunting, and this classic baseball-related scene:

    Chuckie: Morgan, if you're watching pornos again in my moms room, I'm gonna give you a beating!

    (Morgan Comes Downstairs wearing a baseball glove)
    Morgan: Sup Fellas?

    Billy: Why don't you jerk off in your own house, dude?

    Morgan: I don't have a VCR at my house.

    Chuckie: Come on, not in my glove.

    Morgan: I didn't... I didn't use the glove.

    Chuckie: That's my Little League glove.

    Morgan: What do you want me to do?

    Chuckie: I mean, what's wrong with you? You hump a baseball glove?

    Morgan: I didn't... I didn't... I just used it for... for cleanup.

    Chuckie: Stop jerking off in my mother's room, please!

    Morgan: Is there another VCR in the house?

    Chuckie: It's just sad bro.
     

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