Bump.
Finally got around to reading Astroball. Really enjoyed it. A few quick hits:
- if an accomplished franchise like the Cardinals is/was that fractured, how bad were other franchises across baseball?
- the parts covering the Dark Times filled me with dread, even knowing what was coming (#buttslideptsd)
- they took it in the shorts over Brady Aiken. But they made the right call not because of the outcome but because his risk fell outside of their acceptable parameters.
- the most heartening side of the book was the acknowledgment of the human factor, flying in the face of many know nothing critics of the rebuild
- the JV trade recap had my pulse racing. Holy crap.
- on a critical note I thought he didn't quite convey what a catastrophic event Harvey was.
- funny to read about Sig chewing thru towels during the WS and thinking about what a sweating, palpitating mess I was doing the same. Something we all crave deeply, a WS title, and its essentially a 50/50 proposition.
- God bless Carlos Beltran
Many other highlights of course. Most of all, I feel fortunate that our franchise is in such good hands.