Ah Yes, Remember This?

Ah yes, the infamous tombstone that the Houston Chronicle printed in 2005. The Chronicle counted the Astros dead and buried that year, but to their surprise (and everybody else that would be honest) instead "The Good Guys" turned it around and went to the World Series for the first time in franchise history.

Ah yes, the good old days. Back when "The Good Guys" had a pitching staff, The Big Puma hit the ball out of the park, Jeff Bagwell was held together by duct tape, and Lights Out Lidge hadn't been lit up!

Ah yes, I almost forgot, the Dis-astros had a real G.M. back then by the name of Jerry Hunsicker. Sure, Jerry wasn't here after 2004, but this was the team HE put together, not Little Timmy Purpura.

Ah yes, the disaster that is Little Timmy Purpura. LTP I'm sure is a "Good Guy", besides, who on the Astros is not one of the "Good Guys". But it's time for LTP to go! That's right, I said it, give him the boot Uncle Drayton! He has turned your World Series team into, well, good guys that don't play ball well together. LTP is incompetent as a General Manager. I know it, the team knows it, and I hope that Uncle D knows it too. Memo to Uncle D, look at your team's results with Jerry and compare it to the team's results with LTP..... Hhmmmmm.....

Ah yes, it was LTP that wasn't aggressive enough to get the Rocket back, wasn't aggressive enough to re-sign Pettitte, put Burke into center field and then move him to Triple A after a month, continues to believe in Jason "Clubber" Lane, trade for Jason "I can't win a gave to save my life" Jennings for three players that are more valuable than Jennings on their worst days, can't even sign his High School draft picks, and waited until there were no more options to promote Hunter Pence! The ONLY thing good about the Jennings trade is that it forced LTP hand to promote Pence to the bigs. I'm sure by the LTP philosophy of baseball that Pence wouldn't be ready for 5 more years, after all, we don't want to rush the youngster...

Ah yes, the disaster that is the Astros is of LTP making. Sure, the players still have to hit and pitch, but a lot of baseball is about chemistry and putting the right players together. LTP doesn't have a clue on how that works. Uncle D, suck it up, admit to Hunsicker that you NEED him and can't run this club without him, fire LTP, and get Jerry on the first flight back to H-town! If you don't, we'll be looking at the above tombstone for many more years. This just in, LTP has done nothing to build your farm system...

Ah yes, it's going to be a loooong 3-5 years for Astro fan. I will still root for them and still go to the games (Minute Maid Park is a great ballpark). Afterall, I'm a baseball fan and an Astros fan. I will still cheer for the home team, boycott "Deep in the Heart of Texas" during the 7th inning stretch (And we wonder why peeps make fun of Texas?), and enjoy baseball. But Uncle D, not everybody shares this view. You best act quick, Houston fan is a very fair weather fan, which means your ticket sales are going to bottom out. Show us some good faith, fire your G.M. and get the old one back....QUICKLY!!