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Re: Astros sign Mike Hampton
He had an era?
Anyways, you can't go wrong with a one year 2 million dollar offer. Who knows, he might find some semblance of his old self back where he became most famous.Member of the Official OS Bills Backers Club
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Ok so technically it wasn't an era but it was an injury plagued 6 year tenure. Being a Braves fan and seeing him collect that ridiculous salary while being injured 90% of the time made it seem alot longer than it was.Comment
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Saga, not an era.
Either way, I'm glad he pitched pretty well after he came back. I wouldn't have been opposed to giving him a one year, incentive-laden deal. The money was absolutely killing us but signing him to a low-risk deal would have been nice.
Our pitching staff is AWFUL.Comment
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Actually one of the reasons he signed with Houston instead of re-signing with Atlanta is to be closer to his kids since he is going through a divorce with his wife. The Braves offered him more money but he turned it down for Houston.Comment
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$2M! Man give that to me I can get you more innings than Hampton! At least I'm somewhat durable. That guy might hurt himself brushing his teeth.Comment
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Two things...
One, yes Hampton is extremely injury prone... but no... this is not a bad deal... infact, this is a great deal for the Astros. 2M is nothing to a MLB team... look at this deal just last year... Brett Tomko to the Royals for 3m a year, last year...
Hampton, when right, (no matter how rare) is a much better pitcher than Tomko. Plus the Astros did it right by putting most of his money in incentives.
As for question two, what is the joke about 'schools', I must of missed that one.http://flotn.blogspot.com
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Originally posted by trobinson97Hell, I shot my grandmother, cuz she was old.Comment
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He was extraordinary back when he was in Houston before ('99 I think) but that was in the Astrodome: even Jose Lima won 20 games in that pit. I'm interested - barring he stays healthy - in how he'll do in at Minute MaidOriginally posted by Gibson88Anyone who asked for an ETA is not being Master of their Domain.
It's hard though...especially when I got my neighbor playing their franchise across the street...maybe I will occupy myself with Glamore Magazine.Comment
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