And yes, my memory of him is significantly augmented by my Mama, seeing as how I was a small child in 86.Where was I?Oh yes, where will the Astros go next year? There sure nuff won't be MORE fans,?irrespective of the Rangers incursion into what was once Astros territory.No top free agent is going to come here regardless, and one player replica Cartier w62031y4 watch alone can not take the team to the WS and win?(see Barry Bonds, Ted Williams, Billy Williams, etc.)? and we will be stuck with Clank at 1B/LF, and at either position, he will be a huge negative, unless he somehow just had a bad year for no reason and he magically turns back into 2008 Clank, not that I'm holding my breath.
I know that Jeff Bagwell was magically supposed to have made this great difference, but fact is that the Astros offensive rankings at the ASB didn't change and the team (including all players who even had 1 PA) ended up 29th in BA, SLG, OBP, LAST in walks and 5th in K.Not sure I see much of any sort of change for next year, neither, no matter WHO they hire as a hitting coach.Very few guys actually acquire plate discipline, Sammy Sosa being a rare example (and yes, I know he has already been tried and convicted of using steroids replica Cartier w51012q4 watch based on the fact that he hit too many home runs, but I don't really get how steroid use has any effect on a ballplayer's ability to recognise pitches that will be out of the zone and to refrain from swinging at them.)Neither Brett Wallace nor Chris Johnson took much of any walks as minor leaguers: Wallace, now age 24,?
walked roughly 50 times/162 game season and CJ, now age 26, walked roughly 34 times/162 games - and, even worse, he grounded into an average of 22 DPs/162 games.Unless he changes his approach significantly, learns somehow NOT to swing at everything that comes near the plate (especially changeups - he isn't near as vulnerable to sliders off the plate, don't ask me why) he is going to have some serious trouble next year, as replica Cartier w2603556 watch pitchers will have a much better idea how to get him out (see Hunter Pence, year 2.)And CJ best spend a lot of the winter taking fielding practice, too.Even Ozzie Smith made errors, but CJ makes waaaaayyy too many (you do not want to hear his fielding scores) and he doesn't make enough spectacular plays to compensate.
