shano0603 said:
irish pete ag06 said:
I did it all backwards as an Astros fan on Texags. I easily posted the most in this forum and the Astros threads from 2012 to about 2016.
Had kids and some life changes after that. I plan to be more present this year.
Good to have you back. Weren't you part of the TexAgs drinking games on this thread back then?
Let me re-introduce myself to all.
I'm Irish Pete and I spent many a day at war with Rangers fans in this forum from 2012 to 2017. I had to continually remind them that they were on borrowed time at that they were statistically one of the luckiest teams of all time in 2016 when we didn't make the playoffs and they won the division. I live in Ranger country and always heard Silver Boot this and all-time record that, and I always told them that it would be flipped in a decade. Turns out I was wrong, we're going to flip it sooner than that. Potentially this next season! I was always an avid poster in the Rangers trash talk thread with maybe my best contribution being this: post:
https://texags.com/forums/53/topics/2845850/replies/48785747I spent many nights with a subscription to MiLB.TV in the early 2010s watching Correa, Springer, and even Altuve as minor leaguers... I even watched Mark Appel make many starts. I really wanted Andrew Aplin to be a stud and I thought Preston Tucker could have been a 30 HR guy. Following the draft and prospects as a coping mechanism for just how bad the Astros were. Listened to the accusations of tanking when the Cubs. I even became a part of the Crawfish Boxes staff covering the minor league and prospects.
I'm also a sabermetric nerd who's first stop is fangraphs when evaluating things. On that note, I think Chas McCormick needs to continue to play CF for now.
I always believed in Luhnow. I always believed he would make us the next Cardinals. Turns out we're even better than the Cardinals of his day.
Planning to be in here more often again. Looking forward to this offseason!