Technically, I'm not sure that her tweet as shown would implicate her or exonerate the Astros. She could have been shoved causing her inability to coral the t-shirt effectively, but that wouldn't change the fact that the missile made out of recycled polyester still hit her at close range. I'm just saying that is still plausible even with the tweet. In fact, he would be a great witness for her because he wouldn't want to be the one getting sued, so I'd think it's in his best interest to claim the tee shirt was in fact the direct cause of the injury. Most of the operations in manufacturing the tee shirt in question are regulated by federal and inter-national guidelines, and so the physics will need to be scrutinized. If the tag was removed, the Astros are in real trouble.
It took me about a year to stop making that mistake, so I can't really talk. Doesn't help that they both play(ed) 3rd.
Sean Bergman was a pitcher. Dave Bergman was a 1st baseman Alex Bregman is a 3rd baseman Sean Berry was a 3rd baseman
It was a shame Dierker got cut off by the inning ending the other day, he was just starting to espouse to incredible platoon they had at 3B in 98: Berry/Spiers. Reminded me of Walling/Garner, but better.
Berry was so bad defensively. Garner was so average offensively. Spiers was good but his back was not. Walling was a good hitter and should’ve played more.
Berry/Spiers 98: .304/.381/.462/.843, 44 2B, 16 HR, 89 RBI, 108 R, 70 BB, 101K, slightly below average on defense (according to numbers and visuals, plus Berry was actually better than Spiers, in case you care). Garner/Walling was the only other platoon at 3B I thought of when the Stros were good, I loved those teams. I know they are not comparable.
Yes, we all thought this. Dierker said as much before he got cutoff ("one was a glove table setter the other was an RBI guy). The numbers do say otherwise though, so take that for defensive metrics. Until Bregman, that was the best 3B season in Astros history outside of Cammy in 89.
In 1998 Spiers had a fielding% of .966 at 3rd base. Berry was .953. Also Spiers was out of position at 3rd. He was a middle infielder much of his career. Berry was not. There is no doubt who was better with the glove (and especially the arm)
You are right. Stop arguing with people who are not arguing with you. p.s. Spiers was terrible at SS and 2B by that time. Absolutely terrible. They stuck him in the OF just to get his bat in the lineup (hence the Milwaukee incident).
Well now buck, to be fair, you did say that the defensive statistics favored Berry in 1998 and they did not. I was merely pointing that out. Spiers was a good middle infielder but he was slowed by the back issues. The Astros still played him there at times and I remember him being no less than adequate in filling that backup role.
