January 30, 2006
Breaking Up is Hard to Do
Brian McTaggart chronicles the departure of some star Houston atheltes as Bagwell and the Astros head for a showdown over whether the first baseman is healthy enough to play.
it wasn't so bad with warren moon cuz he wasn't run out of town the way akeem and earl campbell was.
getting rid of nolan ryan was bad. B A D bad - the stros lost a LOT of fans and mcmullen is a dirty word here. still.
but this baggy saga is gonna be REALLY nasty if drayton and baggy can't work something out. drayton was incredibly stupid to never have talked this out with baggy and his agent last fall - now BOTH baggy and drayton look really bad.
richard justice suggested an interesting compromise in his column this morning