Billy Wagner on Houston
www.centredaily.com/mld/c...578038.htm"The last team I want to get beat by is Houston," said Wagner, whose criticism of ownership led to his trade to the Phillies after the 2003 season. Last night was...
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Quote:"That's the life of a loser," Wagner said.Fixed your typo.
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I have pulled for Wags as long as he's not hurting the Astros. He has/had plenty of fans in Houston.... But now, I'm not so sure I feel that way.
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I still like Billy but I love that the Astros beat his ass. That's what he gets for popping off. When are these players going to realize that when they pop off, they are only insulting the fans? I...
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A loss and a blown save in 2 outings. Here's my expert opinion:
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We must really be blessed to have Billy Wagner and Todd Jones as the two closers we have to beat in this race.
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This was the ultimate in your face game . To get to the guy 2 games in a row is things that payback wishes are made of . Astros 2005 ...Its On ?
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Not sure what the big deal is here. Billy was just repeating back what Hunsicker told him "he would likely be traded" and criticized ownership for it. At the time, it was an EXTREMELY fair criticism...
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Quote:He if had been "a good little soldier" then McLane likely would have pocketed the savings from the Wagner trade and spun some kind of yarn about "increasing cost of doing business" or some kind...
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Quote:I like Wagner too, but there is no evidence that the owner was trying to "pocket" the money. To say that he was going to if Wagner had not spoke up makes little sense. The only evidence I have...
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Just because the Astros payroll did not increase from 1999 to 2000 that means that Wagner made the Astros spend money with his comments after the 2003 season? The payroll in 2000 was about $3 million...
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I think it's good baseball business to trade a player once they start thinking they'd make a good GM. I was glad we shipped Wagner away when he made those comments.
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Connors,You're focusing too much on the MADE portion of that equation. I never said Wagner made the Astros do anything. To reiterate, this is what I said:Quote:No, I'm not saying the Wagner comments...
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