I Miss Alan Ashby

[AggieJohn]

THESE NEW GUYS SUCK

[SWMustang]

Originally posted by AggieJohn
THESE NEW GUYS SUCK

Ash was the best. I liked hearing him trying to reel Milo back in. No offense, but Milo's losing it. Where did you hear the new guys at?

[smustangs]

ummm... who is alan ashby?

[GetRDoneStangs]

He was a catcher for tha Astros and then went to the radio booth..they canned him last year..:confused:

[AggieJohn]

Originally posted by SWMustang
Ash was the best. I liked hearing him trying to reel Milo back in. No offense, but Milo's losing it. Where did you hear the new guys at? spring training games on my local espn affiliate

[District303aPastPlayer]

Originally posted by AggieJohn
spring training games on my local espn affiliate

what cable do you have?

[smustangs]

thanx guys

[AggieJohn]

Originally posted by District303aPastPlayer
what cable do you have? 1230 am KSIX

[Eagle6Man]

Originally posted by SWMustang
Ash was the best. I liked hearing him trying to reel Milo back in. No offense, but Milo's losing it. Where did you hear the new guys at?

I'm not known to be a big Astro fan (maybe I should be)
but I remember back in the day Ashby, Jose Cruz, Big Tex, and all the rest were awesome back in the original dome with those cool unis. There was a time I lived in Louisiana and followed the Astros more closely then than I do today. Ashby was/is a great player and man.

[Fish's mom]

Originally posted by Eagle6Man
I'm not known to be a big Astro fan (maybe I should be)
but I remember back in the day Ashby, Jose Cruz, Big Tex, and all the rest were awesome back in the original dome with those cool unis. There was a time I lived in Louisiana and followed the Astos more closely then than I do today. Ashby was/is a great player and man.

Oh that puts me back in memory lane, I was raised in Spring.......And I remember going to the games and yelling Jose Cruuuuuuuuuuuuuzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. Those are the players I remember.

[GreenMonster]

Originally posted by Eagle6Man
I'm not known to be a big Astro fan (maybe I should be)
but I remember back in the day Ashby, Jose Cruz, Big Tex, and all the rest were awesome back in the original dome with those cool unis. There was a time I lived in Louisiana and followed the Astos more closely then than I do today. Ashby was/is a great player and man.

I still say Mike Scott was doctoring the baseball to get more movement out of his forkball.

[Eagle6Man]

Originally posted by GreenMonster
I still say Mike Scott was doctoring the baseball to get more movement out of his forkball.

That's vey possible:

After compiling a nondescript 14-27 record with the New York Mets, Mike Scott went to Houston for Danny Heep and became a star. Scott learned to throw the split-finger fastball from Roger Craig, then led the Astros past Craig's Giants and Cincinnati to win the 1986 NL Western Division pennant. Scott won the pennant clincher by pitching a no-hitter against the Giants. He became the second righthander in NL history and 11th pitcher overall to reach 300 strikeouts (306) and won the Cy Young Award. He was the Most Valuable Player of the Championship Series with a part of complete-game victories, including a LCS-record 14 strikeouts in the first game, the first 1-0 decision in NLCS history. In 1987 Scott and Nolan Ryan became the first teammates since Sandy Koufax and Don Drysdale to finish first and second in the NL strikeout race. His won-loss record suffered in 1987, possibly due to increasing complaints that Scott was scuffing the baseball. When Craig had taught him the split-finger, he had warned Scott that accusations would result; Craig was among the first to charge Scott with chicanery

http://www.astrosdaily.com/players/Scott_Mike.jpg

[LH Panther Mom]

Originally posted by smustangs
ummm... who is alan ashby?
Thank you for asking what I wanted to ask. :) (I was happy to know I wasn't the only "clueless" one. ;) )

[Bulldog_12]

Yeah it sucks they cut Ashby. I really enjoyed listening to him. The news guys have nothing on Alan.

[AggieJohn]

BRING BACK ASHBY