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  On 2/7/2024 at 6:02 PM, WBT said:

Pretty cool to see Bidge sitting with the guys

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he has zero reason / obligation to be there, but him And bagwell are probably the biggest altuve fans around. they know he’s the goat 


Astros legacy at 2nd base …

Joe Morgan (got traded because of racist manager)

Craig Biggio

Jose Altuve 

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  On 2/7/2024 at 6:07 PM, tx 3 putt said:


he has zero reason / obligation to be there, but him And bagwell are probably the biggest altuve fans around. they know he’s the goat 


Astros legacy at 2nd base …

Joe Morgan (got traded because of racist manager)

Craig Biggio

Jose Altuve 

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This Billy D erasure will not stand!

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Al needs his own plaque outside of mmp by the rings. I've stressed so much with lilshep how blessed he has been with the Astros. Especially getting to see Altuve play his career here and see the clutch, professional and team mate he is.

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Lance McCullers Jr, David Hensley, Hunter Brown, Corey Julks, Jeremy Peña, Yordan Alvarez, Alex Cintrón, Spencer Arrighetti, pitching coach Josh Miller, quality control coaches Tommy Kawamura and Jason Bell among the audience for Jose Altuve's news conference.
 

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  On 2/7/2024 at 8:35 PM, Jshep34 said:

Al needs his own plaque outside of mmp by the rings. I've stressed so much with lilshep how blessed he has been with the Astros. Especially getting to see Altuve play his career here and see the clutch, professional and team mate he is.

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my lifetime …

Cowboys 3 rings

Spurs 5 rings

Rockets 2 rings 

VY at UT for two years 

then Colt

Altuve’s Astros 2 rings ….

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  On 2/7/2024 at 6:07 PM, tx 3 putt said:


he has zero reason / obligation to be there, but him And bagwell are probably the biggest altuve fans around. they know he’s the goat 


Astros legacy at 2nd base …

Joe Morgan (got traded because of racist manager)

Craig Biggio

Jose Altuve 

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Wait, didn't we get Lee May in the Joe Morgan deal?

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  On 2/8/2024 at 11:59 AM, Focht Up said:

Wait, didn't we get Lee May in the Joe Morgan deal?

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Yeah, I have no idea if the manager was racist or not.  There were other black players on the team that didn't agree.  Joe was rumored to always be a pain in the ass, and that's what the manager said was the reasoning.  I mean it was 1971, a racist old white man isn't really a big stretch (his nickname was Little Dixie for goodness sake).  But neither is Joe was a pain in the ass and didn't want to be held accountable.  But just accepting either as fact seems a bit unnecessary.  From everything I've seen, seems like Walker was just a prick more than a racist, but again, late 60s/early 70s, racist was in a lot of people's DNA even subconsciously

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  On 2/7/2024 at 12:32 AM, formermav43 said:

Everyone who follows this team even somewhat closely knows this. But leave it to that guy to try to somehow make this news all about him.

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No shit. We’ve been operating on the assumption he’s here all winter and just occasionally wondering when. It’s a little surprising to me it’s not a 7 year deal adding in this year and lowering the tax hit for this year but once we signed Hader an extra 2 or 3M wasn’t going to matter. 

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  On 2/8/2024 at 2:32 PM, Wulaw Horn said:

No shit. We’ve been operating on the assumption he’s here all winter and just occasionally wondering when. It’s a little surprising to me it’s not a 7 year deal adding in this year and lowering the tax hit for this year but once we signed Hader an extra 2 or 3M wasn’t going to matter. 

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I was surprised there wasn't a mutual option for his 40 year old year.  I assume he'll need to play that year to get to 3000 because of the COVID year

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  On 2/8/2024 at 2:28 PM, uoftorange said:

Yeah, I have no idea if the manager was racist or not.  There were other black players on the team that didn't agree.  Joe was rumored to always be a pain in the ass, and that's what the manager said was the reasoning.  I mean it was 1971, a racist old white man isn't really a big stretch (his nickname was Little Dixie for goodness sake).  But neither is Joe was a pain in the ass and didn't want to be held accountable.  But just accepting either as fact seems a bit unnecessary.  From everything I've seen, seems like Walker was just a prick more than a racist, but again, late 60s/early 70s, racist was in a lot of people's DNA even subconsciously

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Yeah, I think Bouton basically wrote that Walker was a racist in Ball Four. Like you say, it isn’t difficult to believe that given his age/time.

And it also isn’t difficult to imagine that a young Black man from California in the late 60s/early 70s may have found an old guy nicknamed Dixie to be a racist, an an old guy in the late 60s/early 70s from the south might have thought the young Black man to be a pain in the ass. Cultures were clashing in that era.

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  On 2/8/2024 at 2:37 PM, uoftorange said:

I was surprised there wasn't a mutual option for his 40 year old year.  I assume he'll need to play that year to get to 3000 because of the COVID year

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Right. I said it above but I don’t get the matter-of-fact “Astro for life”.

I’d love it but I don’t see him getting 953 hits in the next 6 years. So if 3,000 is a big deal to him, he’s going to need another deal. 
maybe the Astros figure no way he’d walk away from a reasonable offer at that point but stranger things have happened. 

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Posted
  On 2/8/2024 at 3:56 PM, UTexasFight said:

Right. I said it above but I don’t get the matter-of-fact “Astro for life”.

I’d love it but I don’t see him getting 953 hits in the next 6 years. So if 3,000 is a big deal to him, he’s going to need another deal. 
maybe the Astros figure no way he’d walk away from a reasonable offer at that point but stranger things have happened. 

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He’s back to chase 300 if he’s within 100 hits and it will be with the astros. 
no reason to fret. 

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Posted
  On 2/8/2024 at 2:28 PM, uoftorange said:

Yeah, I have no idea if the manager was racist or not.  There were other black players on the team that didn't agree.  Joe was rumored to always be a pain in the ass, and that's what the manager said was the reasoning.  I mean it was 1971, a racist old white man isn't really a big stretch (his nickname was Little Dixie for goodness sake).  But neither is Joe was a pain in the ass and didn't want to be held accountable.  But just accepting either as fact seems a bit unnecessary.  From everything I've seen, seems like Walker was just a prick more than a racist, but again, late 60s/early 70s, racist was in a lot of people's DNA even subconsciously

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He made two All-Star teams. But Morgan ran afoul of Astros manager Harry Walker, which is what led to his trade. Morgan believed Walker was a racist, while Walker claimed to have issues with Morgan's attitude. Fellow Astro Jimmy Wynn also had his issues with Walker.

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https://climbingtalshill.com/2020/04/26/houston-astros-reviewing-the-1971-joe-morgan-trade-with-reds/

 

 

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  On 2/8/2024 at 3:47 PM, Hank Chinaski said:

 

And it also isn’t difficult to imagine that an old Black man from California in the ‘20s may have found a young guy named Chas to be a pain in the ass, and a young guy in the ‘20s from Philly might have thought the old Black man to be senile. Cultures were clashing in that era.

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Posted (edited)
  On 2/8/2024 at 6:53 PM, UTexasFight said:

I think I like it…

 

could backfire if guys like Framber and Javier don’t revert to 2022 form.

“That starting rotation is relentless at giving up 6+ in 3 innings”

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stay healthy and make a run …

line ups matter in Oct 

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Posted
  On 2/8/2024 at 3:56 PM, UTexasFight said:

Right. I said it above but I don’t get the matter-of-fact “Astro for life”.

I’d love it but I don’t see him getting 953 hits in the next 6 years. So if 3,000 is a big deal to him, he’s going to need another deal. 
maybe the Astros figure no way he’d walk away from a reasonable offer at that point but stranger things have happened. 

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Just play him at DH with a new contract and watch him play until the age of 45

à la Julio Franco

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Posted
  On 2/8/2024 at 6:53 PM, UTexasFight said:

I think I like it…

 

could backfire if guys like Framber and Javier don’t revert to 2022 form.

“That starting rotation is relentless at giving up 6+ in 3 innings”

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I saw a video of Javier jumping over hurdles on a beach so we should expect him to be close to elite this season

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