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Astros Want Nothing To Do With Dierker

Discussion in 'Houston Astros' started by Nook, Mar 23, 2013.

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  1. CometsWin

    CometsWin Breaker Breaker One Nine

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    That's not true unless you want to say screwing up the farm system was a PR move. The Carlos Lee signing was certainly PR but Matsui and many other moves were just baseball.
     
    #21 CometsWin, Mar 23, 2013
  2. juicystream

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    Keeping around guys that should have been put out to pasture.
     
    #22 juicystream, Mar 24, 2013
  3. Hey Now!

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    If you think Jimmy Wynn and Jose Cruz are "reasonably young," then you are correct. Both will be prominently featured this year at MMP, starting in... roughly five days. This I can 1,000% guarantee. :)
     
    #23 Hey Now!, Mar 24, 2013
  4. juicystream

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    They did get rid of Jose Cruz as 1B coach.
     
    #24 juicystream, Mar 24, 2013
  5. CometsWin

    CometsWin Breaker Breaker One Nine

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    Biggio? We all know why they did that.
     
    #25 CometsWin, Mar 25, 2013
  6. juicystream

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    Tal Smith
     
    #26 juicystream, Mar 25, 2013
  7. theDude

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    Dierker appears to have wanted a very specific job that they had someone else in mind for. It's not like they just turned their back on him. They offered him a job with the organization and he is the one who walked away from it. I agree with Postolos that this sounds like sour grapes on Dierker's part. He seems like a cantankerous old man.
     
    #27 theDude, Mar 25, 2013
  8. Hey Now!

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    This regime didn't.

    Be on the look-out Friday evening....
     
    #28 Hey Now!, Mar 25, 2013
  9. msn

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    It isn't so nice to see names like Stretch Suba and Larry Dierker tossed aside. It also is a bit to be expected for a new regime to want to clean house in an organization that so suddenly fell apart so historically.

    The other irony: many of the same fans complaining about these developments may also have been complaining about "cronyism" previously.

    Absolutes in life: death, taxes, and sports fans b****ing.
     
    #29 msn, Mar 25, 2013
  10. The Beard

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    Dirk was a great player, a great color guy, and did a solid job as manager also. There is no way to know what the negotiations were like with him and the new regime though, hard to choose one side or the other without really knowing how all of this went down. Sure is a lot easier to side with Dirk though, the way Crane has been a total ass over the past couple of weeks
     
    #30 The Beard, Mar 25, 2013
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    Agreed. Can't stand Crane so far but I'm not going to blame him for Dierker handling the news that someone else got a job he wanted by whining like a titty baby.
     
    #31 Granville, Mar 25, 2013
  12. juicystream

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    My time is so off. Can't believe it has been that long ago. :eek:
     
    #32 juicystream, Mar 25, 2013
  13. J.R.

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    #33 J.R., Mar 26, 2013
  14. Nook

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    Glad that Crane did the right thing and met with Dierker and everything is at a minimum cordial.
     
    #34 Nook, Mar 26, 2013
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    Sounds like someone had a little hissy fit and someone had to reassure him he was still wanted and appreciated.
     
    #35 Rocketman95, Mar 27, 2013
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