Following the Astros’ game on Tuesday night, Cecil Cooper pulled Pudge Rodriguez aside to tell him he was going to drop him in the order the next game.
The Bunt Was On, Kent Relaxed
Cooper said. “In that situation a lot of times it is tough to put down a bunt. Guys do have the green light to be able to do something with the ball other than to bunt it right into an out. I thought it was a pretty good play. It just didn’t get quite executed.”
162-0 no longer possible
Roy not comfortable
“It might sound stupid, but I thought I was throwing the ball too far back on the mound,” he said. “I wasn’t really getting out there like I usually do. It seemed the ball was getting on guys later in the game than it was early.”
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Tinkering with the lineup
Cooper warned not to over-analyze his lineup choice for Opening Day. In fact, as soon as the Astros face a lefty, Pence will probably move up to the six-hole.
“None of this is etched in stone,” Cooper said. “My No. 3 [Berkman] is etched in stone, my No. 4 [Carlos Lee] is etched in stone, my No. 5 [Miguel Tejada] is etched in stone. The rest of it is today, it might be this, tomorrow it might be something else. Some days you play the numbers, some days you go with how you feel.”
Bourn on his bunting
“I don’t think I’m that good at it. I’m OK at it. I know I can get better at it.”
He should have a lot of opportunity, hitting in front of the PITCHER!
Cooper feeds Bourn a line
“Just let him relax, get off to a good start and we can make changes later,” Cooper said. “I’m not going to limit him in any way. I’m just going to tell him to go play his game. With the pitcher hitting behind him, or whoever is going to hit behind him, just go play, relax, have fun.”
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Yeah Michael, relax, have fun, what’s the worst that could happen?
Baseball is a season
Baseball is a season. Fall,Winter, Spring, Baseball, it’s in the rotation
of the earth.
The Good Lord Will’n and the Creek Don’t Rise
Lance “To me, this is the best team we’ve had, probably since ’04. I really like this team. Call me crazy. … ”
Keppinger knows ‘Stros?
“I know Matsui plays second, Tejada plays short,” Keppinger told reporters in Sarasota, Fla. “I don’t know who plays third base. I know Wiggington played there last year. Blum? I’m not sure, I have no idea. I’ll find out in a couple of days.”
Wade likes him because
“He doesn’t strike out a lot,” Wade added. “He’s a rare player who has more walks than strikeouts every season. He’s a contact hitter, a blue-collar player and he fits perfectly on our club.”
“I’m not prepared to say Chris Johnson is not going to make the club or anything of that nature,” Wade said. “I think we need to let this play out. But from the standpoint to be able to go out and find somebody who fits the role that Boone was going to fit and then some, I don’t think we could have done any better than Keppinger.” Link
A couple of days ago, 3/29
“There’s lot of different ways to go,” Wade said. “We don’t have to carry a pure shortstop because (Class AAA) Round Rock is only a couple of hours away, and if somebody goes down, other than (Miguel Tejada) getting a day off and putting Blum over there — we can grab somebody. We have some decisions to make.” Link
Tell it to David Newhan.