BMX Bandit said:

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Other than because he was with Rangers, why all the Bannister hate?

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Honest answer: I think he's a *****.
Semi-playful answer: we went to rival high schools
Worth repeating: I think he's a *****.

Been going on for over 30 years at least.....

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Oh yippee, Boras says the Astros' players have nothing to apologize for. They were given a system installed by management and were told to use it. At bottom, the players were just following orders. I agree but we don't need Boras chiming in on this, he's far from the moral ideal.
Rosenthal: Why Scott Boras says the Astros players don't need to apologize


Stripling directly asked Reddick if they used buzzers, Reddick said no.
Stocks, workouts and Astros questions: A day in the life of Ross Stripling

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That's a pretty good article about Ross.

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https://www.houstonchronicle.com/sports/astros/article/Lance-McCullers-Jr-expects-Astros-to-come-14999951.php

"My focus and my comments and my intentions are going to be on moving forward," McCullers said Thursday night during an interview on SportsTalk790. "You can't say anything right about whatever the report has said or what people will continue to say. People every single day will come out with new conspiracy theories. I'm just going to lay low, I think other guys are going to do the same, and we just want to play baseball again."

"You can't change what's happened in the past. You can't change the topics that have been discussed about us," McCullers said. "All we can do is roll into spring and come together as a group which I know we will and win about 100 ballgames again."

After some of the players received criticism for how they handled questions about the sign-stealing scheme last week, owner Jim Crane vowed Tuesday that the team will get together in spring training and could issue a "strong statement" of apology.

"I think everyone is going to talk about it as much or as little as they want," McCullers said. "I'm speaking to you guys a little about it more because we were talking about the charity stuff. But it's not something I'm going to talk about a lot. I think everyone is going to speak for themselves and have their own opinions on how they want to address it."

McCullers said he will begin to throw bullpen sessions next week in preparation to pitch a full 2020 season, one that will undoubtedly contain contentious meetings with enraged opponents in other ballparks.

"Yeah, I'm sure it's going to be hostile," McCullers said. "Whether it would have been this or whether it would have been something else, usually everybody on the road is not so nice to us anyway. We're going to come together as a group. We still have a very close-knit group of guys. We still all care for one another."

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bilbobag said:

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Bannister getting the nod

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You get traded to the Stros?

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Bill O'Brien has now also been given control over the Astros

Frok said:

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n_touch said:

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bilbobag said:

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Bannister getting the nod

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You get traded to the Stros?

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Bill O'Brien has now also been given control over the Astros

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Frok said:

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n_touch said:

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bilbobag said:

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Bannister getting the nod

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You get traded to the Stros?

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Bill O'Brien has now also been given control over the Astros

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Ok Ok Ok...I'll take Dusty Baker.

BMX Bandit said:

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Other than because he was with Rangers, why all the Bannister hate?

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Agreed, out of all the candidates I like him the most

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Marvin said:

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Not sure if already discussed...

Altuve is arguably on a HOF pace. I wonder if he will face a steroids-like protest from the baseball writers for a few years.

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If he retired today, would he get in?

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No, he would not even make the ballot since he has not yet played the requisite 10 full seasons to be considered.

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Marvin said:

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Marvin said:

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Not sure if already discussed...

Altuve is arguably on a HOF pace. I wonder if he will face a steroids-like protest from the baseball writers for a few years.

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No, he would not even make the ballot since he has not yet played the requisite 10 full seasons to be considered.

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You guys are being so literal. Damnation, I was just trying to start a conversation about something other than cheating! I'll try harder next time, haha...

Friday is always a good day to dump some news, wonder if Crane will pull the trigger today or take a little more time to mull it over. Other than the "mystery candidate" it seems like all interviews have been completed.

Not a surprise

BMX Bandit said:

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Not a surprise

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Sounds like the consensus of this thread is Espada or we riot.

Should be an interesting next few days...

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Man listen to us. this has to be the most lackluster managerial search in the history of sports

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Yep. Crane will now be more concerned about having a good image rather than winning.

Meanwhile, as the Twitterverse turns....

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Meanwhile, as the Twitterverse turns....

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Way to go, Judas

I'd be good with Ausmus as manager. He is an Astro. He's always been an Astro. The incident with Jake -- he was just defending his guys. I have no issue with that.

Ausmus has been the manager of two teams with aging and past-their-prime stars who were often hurt.

He embraces analytics, but also has an old-school mentality.

I made the argument earlier in this thread the Astros should consider Phil Garner to help right the ship. Garner guided the teams in the 2000s to the playoffs and the WS. So, he has ties to the old Astros glory days, and the fans have always seemed to like him.

Ausmus fits the bill of ties back to the Astros glory days and checks that box. He is just missing the playoff managerial experience.

that's what happens with the owner fires the manager in January instead of October