Boy! I get it! It is so frustrating to try to understand someone who thinks, constructs sentences with undefined pronouns, sometimes does not even complete sentences, and regularly talks in ways I don't understand. Very aggravating! I feel stupid b/c I don't understand! Don't like feeling stupid!
One big difference b/t that situation and OWA posts is that I can't ignore them. Communication keeps a relationship alive. I have to listen and ask questions until I do understand b/c I have to "follow" her. For some reason, my questions aggravate her. It's been a challenge we have both faced for almost 50 years. (It is a challenge that someone new and different brings to a group like OWA that has known each other very well for more than a decade.)
“Apparently, Luhnow knew....”
Do you know he knew Lucroy was about to go? Do you know LAA did not approach him first? Do you know LAA was only one of many calls Luhnow made trying to trade Stassi? I totally agree Luhnow got two somethings for nothing, but did Luhnow know about Lucroy or was he surprised if/when LAA told him Lucroy was headed to DFA?
I have known chuck is smarter than I all along, but this episode proves it. I could not have followed your post to Stassi in a million tries. I am going to go back and read it again.
Of course not. I thot that "apparently" make it clear that I did not know. Great questions! Who knows any of that?
It would not be a stretch to view at least some OWA posts as being based on assumptions, certainly mine. It's fun to guess. Some are more convincing than others and some are based more on knowledge than cogitation. Sometimes the excitement of the trading deadline may generate so many guesses that the server breaks down from all the hot wind. But that's part of the fun - and the challenge for Waldo.
Unless I link to a source to someone that actually "knows" - or at least convinces me that they "really" know - most of the time I am guessing (too) about the game and team we love so much. That's the only thing I know: I share the love for baseball and the Astros and am thankful for MLBTV and this site. I wonder about a lot of things...
It was a boring off day, not much to talk about, especially on this thread after the trade deadline cause there are not going to be many more ex-Astros for a while. My post was an attempt to inject a little humor (& action) by expanding the topic from just including ex-Astros to including the players that were released, traded, etc. to make a place for our guys. It did not work. I should have made it more clear by referencing Stassi, but thot/hoped that mentioning Lucroy's move to the Cubbies would be enuf. Another assumption. Usually when that happens, there are crickets. Appreciate the feedback, JimR, Mr. Happy, and
Coach Chuck.
I hate having to explain my jokes, but it happens sometimes. It's a constant reminder that I have work to do.
PS: JimR, I appreciate the effort of taking a 2nd read of the post!
Edit: correction changed Coach to Chuck. - thanks JimR.
