The Astros are interested in bringing back Mike Hampton after the Atlanta Braves have pretty much soaked up all that can be gotten out of this injury-prone meatball pitcher.
What the fuck is it with Drayton that makes him want to get "hometown heroes" like Woody Williams and Mike Hampton way past their prime?
Woody was done, no doubt about it. They gave the guy a two-year contract, he stunk for the first, and he washed out of Spring to pick up an easy 6 million.
The next time Drayton begs the city for favors, the city should point to Woddy Williams and say "We're going to trust you not to fuck us over after doing THAT to the team?"
Yeah, Roger and Raggedy Andy had something left in them, but not much. Just enough to boost with a little juice and then pray that Bush-43 pardons them both before blowing town. They certainly weren't part of the team when they were down here, looking for a bigger check at any opportunity.
Then there's Preston Wilson... the guy was a batting champ for one year and then took a huge nosedive, but the Astros kept mentioning that batting champ title.
Plot the guy's batting average, and you see it goes from title to toilet fast - and the toilet was Left Field in Minutemaid.
And then there's Blum. What a mistake there - why not wait until he retires before picking him up off the discard pile?
I can't wait for Drayton to ring up Nolan Ryan and say "Hey, you got 7 no-hitters... think you got an eighth in ya?"