Fire the Astros Scouting Department Now!

From this story.

We get this:

>We thought he was the best baseball player in this Draft," said Astros general manager in charge of scouting Bobby Heck.

Is it possible that they have never heard of this guy?

I mean, people are only calling him among, if not the, best college pitching prospect EVER.

The guy the Astros took, Jiovanni Mier, was ranked 17 by Keith Law. John Sickels had him ranked 22.

So, he was drafted about where he should have been drafted. No one except the Astros thinks he's the best baseball player in the draft. Expressing such a dumb opinion should get Heck the boot.

Talk up your draft pick. Sure. Say you think he was under-rated, a steal. Awesome. But don't act like he's the best pick in the draft when there was a 100% CONSENSUS NO DOUBT LOCK first pick in the draft.

It would've been like the Hornets drafting David West at 17 back in 2003 and claiming they got the best player in the draft. Perspective: 2003 was the year Lebron and Carmelo were drafted.

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Seth Godin Says Do This

Link in title.

This:

>Spend twenty hours a week running a project for a non-profit.
Teach yourself Java, HTML, Flash, PHP and SQL. Not a little, but mastery.
Volunteer to coach or assistant coach a kids sports team.
Start, run and grow an online community.
Give a speech a week to local organizations.
Write a regular newsletter or blog about an industry you care about.
Learn a foreign language fluently.
Write three detailed business plans for projects in the industry you care about.
Self-publish a book.
Run a marathon.
Beats law school.

>If you wake up every morning at 6, give up TV and treat this list like a job, you'll have no trouble accomplishing everything on it. Everything! When you do, what happens to your job prospects?

Who wants to pay my bills while I do all this? Except running a marathon. I won't do that because it's dumb.

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Note to Astros Management

From the astros.com website:
'In The Show
The Astros haven't had any players from their previous three Drafts reach the Majors. '

You suck.

Also, your entire scouting department should be fired.

Your General Manager, too.

And, if there are any billionaires reading, it sure would be nice if someone would buy the team away from the current owner.

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Gayest Hamlet Ever

http://www.avclub.com/articles/emile-hirsch-twilight-director-to-tackle-hamlet,28745/?utm_source=newswire_listing

AV Club Headline: Emile Hirsch, Twilight director to tackle Hamlet

Well, obviously, that's the logical follow up.

No seriously, Twilight is some retarded faggy shit. That director sucks balls.

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Reviewing the Crap Free Agents the Astros Will Sign Next Year

I was reading this story:

http://insider.espn.go.com/espn/blog/index?entryID=4220749&name=olney_buster

and I came across this bit:

-Adrian Beltre: He got five years and $65 million the last time around, and he'll never see those kinds of dollars again. At age 30, he's hitting .232 with three homers and 21 RBIs. At least he still ranks as an elite defensive third baseman.

and I instantly felt certain that the Astros will make a run at him in the offseason, pay him too fucking much, and try and make him into a starter when he's clearly a late-inning defensive replacement at this point in his career.

Don't be surprised if we make a run at the following once good now shitty players: Placido Polanco, Hank Blalock, Vladimir Guerrero

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