Stubby Clapp – OrangeWhoopass http://www.orangewhoopass.com Wed, 05 Mar 2008 21:23:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.6 Astros Farm Helping Canada http://www.orangewhoopass.com/2008/03/05/astros-farm-helping-canada/ Wed, 05 Mar 2008 20:39:08 +0000 http://www.orangewhoopass.com/docs/2008/03/05/astros-farm-helping-canada/ Stubby Clapp, Lexington Legends hitting coach, and Jimmy VanOstrand, who played for the Legends last year are on the Canadian Olympic Team that is currently playing in Asia in an exhibition series with Australia to prepare for the Olympic Qualifier. The Qualifier is in Taipei March 7 – 15th.

Clapp on favorite memories of playing with the Maple Leaf on his chest:

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One of his most memorable moments came after Canada clinched its berth for the Athens Games, when the team gathered on the bus and sang O Canada together over and over.

“That sends goosebumps down my skin just thinking about that moment. It was just unbelievable, the camaraderie between the guys and the coaches,” Clapp recalled.

“The Pan Am Games sticks out, the game against the U.S. was huge. The game against the U.S. at the World Baseball Classic, there were some things in that game that were just phenomenal. There have been so many games that have meant so much.”
VanOstrand had a good game in the final exhibition game against Australia where he doubled and homered.

Former Astro Terry Puhl is the manager of the team.

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Clapp & Klassen give insight to another side of the steroids story http://www.orangewhoopass.com/2008/01/17/clapp-klassen-give-insight-to-another-side-of-the-steroids-story/ Thu, 17 Jan 2008 22:11:23 +0000 http://www.orangewhoopass.com/docs/2008/01/17/clapp-klassen-give-insight-to-another-side-of-the-steroids-story/ Stubby Clapp, Lexington Hitting Coach and Astros Minor Leaguer Danny Klassen are interviewed about minor leaguers who feel steroid users kept them from playing in the bigs.  The Canadian article mentions a former minor leaguer who is considering a class action lawsuit against MLB because those not using were at a disadvantage and were harmed from realizing potential earnings.

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“It’s easy to feel cheated,” said the 32-year-old Klassen, who lives in Scottsdale, Ariz. “It’s easy to feel sorry for yourself when you’re trying to do things the right way and other guys are going  past you.”.. .”Anyone who wanted them could have gotten them, but I didn’t know what affect it would have down the road,” he six-foot, 190-pound Klassen said.

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“I don’t have millions, but I have my dignity,” he said. “I’m more satisfied with how I got there and can look my wife, my sons, my mom and dad and family in the eye and have a clean conscience.”

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