OPSInteresting that his OBP is fairly constant

Of course you notice he looked REAL good in Colorado, playing around Larry Walker and Todd Helton.Let's look at a few other batting stats -He hits righties a little bettern lefties unusual for a righty 814 vs 800.He tires after the ASB hits .825 OPS before and .792 afterI should tell yall that his lifetime OPS+ is only 106 not real great, and his replica Breguet 5207BB.12.9V6 Men's watch highest was 115 (in 03 in Colorado)Last year, he saw 3.92 pitches PA, struck out 149 times, walked 45 times, GIDP 18 times in 576 PA.Now, it's true he might could not have been 100% recovering from his back injury, butI would bet that the following stat line grabbed Purpura's eyes: the Box (18 games, 67 AB) 6 doublesa, 3 HR, 13 RBI, 7 BB, 21 K, .313 AVG, .403 OBP, .537 SLG and .

940 OPSInteresting that his OBP is fairly constant (he don’t walk or get HBP much) and that he hits best with bases empty unless there’s a guy on third with less than 2 outs.But clutch he ain’t.Opposing pitchers need to throw strikes, especially 1 and 2 if there’s guys on base because that’s when he strikes out most.I should say that he is a replica Breguet Classique Grande Men's watch bad 2 strike hitter OPS is under 450.What about baserunning? Well, I never heard he has a good rep as a good baserunner (like, say, Larry Walker) and I don’t have access to stats to show how well he advances from 1st to 3rd on a single to right, but I can tell you that his lifetime SB% is 67 and he hasn’t been above 70% since he was with FLA in 01.Fielding?

Well, he CAN play LF or RF and in fact, he did so last year with the Ex-Spos, but most of his career, he has been a CF and he was a good one before he got hurt 2 years ago and he was simply horrid last year by most measures replica Breguet 5447BR.1E.9V6 Men's watch and plain ol FP.I only watched him a few times, but he reminded me of Junior Griffey running slow and careful and too late.So, my friends,WHAT are we gonna do with this guy? (We already got Orlando Palmeiro as the 4th OF.)Well, I KNOW we ain’t trading Lance, and let’s be real here, Lance ain’t playing no center so, left.And IF Purpura ain’t lying and we AIN’T trading Jason Lane, then either Lane will play center (uh-oh) and Wilson in right or vice versa.

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OK yall, please stop drowning me with emails, um, grousing (ahem that's the cleanest word I can think of) bout the team rudely dumping their best broadcaster.You preachin to the choir.PLEASE write to the team:http: fanfeedbackastros.mlbI also believe that Pam Gardner can be reached atPGardnerastros- they don't look like complete addresses, but replica Breguet Tourbillon Messidor Men's watch they are and if you click on them it will get you to the right address.Or call the Astros:(713) 259-8000Also, again, here's the web address to sign the petition to reinstate Ash.http: petitiononline ashby123 Thanks.

Well, Purpura has finally done something signed Preston Wilson to a 1 year contract at 4 million with team options (don't know the amount) for 3 more years.Preston Wilson is an outfielder, famous for being an RBI man as well as a strikeout machine.He's 31, a righty (like we needed another righty in this lineup) and this is his first replica Breguet 5140BA.29.9W6 Men's watch contract.He was drafted in the first round in 1992 by the Mets out of high school.He was still a minor leaguer when he was traded in 1998 as part of the Mike Piazza trade to the Marlins (the year of the fire sale after the WS win 1).

By 2000, he was a decent major leaguer and the Marlins, trying to prove to their 10 remaining fans that they WERE gonna invest in their good young talent, signed him to a big ol contract to buy out his arb years.So naturally they couldn't wait to dump him as he headed into the more expensive years of his contract and sent him and a worn out Charles Johnson (and HIS big contract) to the Rockies for Juan Pierre and Mike Hampton (who then replica Breguet 5447PT.1E.9V6 Men's watch went immediately to the Braves.)So let's take a look at his career stats, keeping in mind that his glamorous 03 numbers are Coors Field numbers, and that he was hurt in 04 and spent a lot of 05 trying to recover.

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Yes, I AM counting down the days.Pitchers and catchers report Feb 17 and position players report Feb 23.Like last year, the last 2 games of? “spring training” will be at home in the Box against KC.Yessiree, KC gonna be a great team this year now that they got Mark Redman and somebody or other… (sorry Royals fans, I really am.)I also replica Breguet 5817ST.Y2.5V8 Men's watch heard that Brandon Duckworth and Scott Strickland have signed minor league contracts with the Pirates.Now if they just have the good sense to use the Duck as a HITTER, they might could have something worth while for their money.Strickland might could improve, as he was just starting to get some strength back from surgery.He used to be a very good pitcher.I have NO news about our minor league signings, contracts that need to be signed with Wheeler, Everett, Lidge and Lane.

And the extension that I HOPE we gonna be signing with Roy O soon.I keep reading that the Astros are trying to get Miguel Tejada.But not for who… Last I read (mlbtraderumors) Lidge is NOT being considered for trade and Everett and Backe are.Like he said, it's gonna take a LOT more than that to get Miggy.Peter Gammons said in an replica Breguet 5920BA.15.984 Men's watch interview in the Boston s that Roger Clemens is most likely NOT going to the Red Sox (duh) and that Tom Hicks is trying REAL hard to sign him.However, Roger has not cleaned out his locker at the Box (and I hope this means what I think it means…) Gammons also said that we didn't sign Wilson to play center because he can't run much any more and that Taveras most likely would not be traded.Oh dear.I certainly hope it wasn't their idea to replace Lane with Wilson older, slower and NOT a better hitter.

IF Wilson is going in left and Taveras and Lane aren't going to be traded, I am worried about what they plan to do with Chris Burke I HOPE he isn't trade bait, unless it's for Miggy THAT I could handle because we could play Bruntlett at replica Breguet 5817ST.Y2.SVO Men's watch second and call up Benny Zobrist to play the Bruntlett role.Except that unlike Bruntlett, Zobrist can't play the OF.By the way, Bagwell is NOT retiring.OK? He might could go on the DL all year, but if any person thinks he is walking away from 25 mill that person flat out crazy.

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But I keep telling myself it's the Hall of Fame, a tourist attraction in Cooperstown NY whose purpose is to make money, NOT the Hall of Stats.So if a BBWAA says that Sutter is more FAMOUS than Gossage for inventing (supposedly) a pitch and a more famous guy should go in, well, that's business, I guess.But the Hall doesn't give internet writers a vote (and I don't have 10 years yet) but if I DID have a vote, I would have voted for replica Breguet 3330BA.1E.986 Men's watch Gossage, Blylevin and Dawson.So in 6 years (or more), we may see the first ever Astro elected.SO, will Baggy beat Biggio into the Hall?? I'm not sure I'll have to see how the voters treat Roid McGwire next year at least Baggy isn't tainted with the roids brush and he, Frank Thomas and Fred McGriff may get in instead of McGwire and Palmeiro.

Maybe we need to change that ol saying “there is no such thing as a pitching prospect” to “there is no such thing as a sure fire hall of famer…”Well, I was replica Breguet 3700BA.12.9V6 Men's watch glancing over headlines and I saw “Astros Sign Miller” and my first thought was WADE is back??Miller IS coming back, but it's Trever, not Wade.(For 1.3 mill if he passes his physical.)WHO?Well, remember how Purpura been saying how we need a lefty reliever (guess he don't like Gallo?)Hello Trever.I'll bet yall don't remember him neither.He was an Astros?reliever in 98 and 99.

Really he was.History?Well the Tigers drafted him 1st round out of HS in 1991 (yet another first rounder who hasn't been, well, outstanding) and he was traded in the humongous 1996 trade: Lima (back when he was good), Ausmus, C.J.Nitkowski and Daryle Ward for Doug Brocail, Brian L.Hunter and Todd Jones.(We got the better of replica Breguet 5157BB.11.9V6 Men's watch THAT trade, I would say…).He pitched 102 unremarkable innings for us over the next 2 years, then we traded him to the Phillies for Yorkis Perez (yeah, I know WHO?) and he basically spent most of the next 3 years in the minors, then signed for a year with the Blue Jays, then spent the last 2 years with the Devil Rays, who didn't want him back.Hmm.Last year, he went 2-2 with a 4.06 ERA, 11 holds and 3 BS.

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That day sucked. Which image is your favorite?My favorite image is the picture of the road in Point Reyes National Seashore. It was an early morning sunrise and the road just seemed to light up. Almost like an invitation for exploration. There were deer running around on the bluffs and we could see the coast on both sides of us. It was a picturesque replica Technomarine watch road trip moment, and I think that all the beauty of the trip is kinda summed up in that photo. What did you learn during this project that youve now applied to your photography going forward?Everything. This trip was a full on learning experience for me and I feel like I can attribute all my knowledge to something I learned along the way. The one thing I learned that really stands out is how to document something in its entirety.