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[official] Astros offseason thread v.1.0

Discussion in 'Houston Astros' started by Castor27, Oct 2, 2007.

  1. MaxwellsTemper

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    That's terrible news. I hope its nothing serious.
     
  2. The Cat

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    Haha. Well, to be fair, I left in mid-August. :) And at the point I was there, his performance was still relatively level. I was more referring to the 2 or 3 off outings he had toward the end of September that raised his ERA a half point or so, where a lot of Chronicle writers started the psychology bull**** again and didn't mention the incredibly obvious reason that his performance would suffer -- the knee.
     
  3. msn

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    You left? Left what for whom? Were you with astros.com, or are you with astros.com? None of this Internet stranger's business; but just curious anywho.
     
  4. The Cat

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    Was. :) All of this is part of my Master's program at Missouri... I left Houston to finish coursework in the fall, and my work now is with the LA Times (Washington Bureau) which is why I covered the Clemens stuff earlier this month. Effectively, the Missouri graduate program is a mix between traditional courses and taking various positions in the industry.

    That said, I hope I'll get to come back to the Astros after I'm done with the Times and officially graduated, but we'll see. That's not my call. Hopefully they liked me. :)
     
  5. texanskan

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    LOL!

    page C8 of today's chronicle has a picture of Backe and he is wearing Jorts
     
  6. Castor27

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    I guess that answers my questions as to why I saw your name on a byline on a tory on the LA Times Website.
     
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    I saw the headline of Brad being shut down for a while...What's with all the injured former stros...
     

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