re: Astros Drama Continues......

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he way Astros fans have reacted to Aiken having TJ is pretty pathetic

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I haven't seen one more that's happy the kid got hurt. I know I'm not, I can't wish for someone's dream/career to go down the drain. It is validation though and, as fans, helps us swallow the fact that, while he could still end up being great, they did this because they were trying to protect themselves.

As an Astros fan all my life, I don't want them to be perceived as callous or treating players like they are just a statistic. Stats and sabermetrics are all well and good but sports are about more than that. I want my team to have a good reputation who plays hard, values camaraderie, etc. The entire organization was shite on because of this by almost the entire baseball community. They haven’t come out and said “Seeeee, this is why we did what we did, assholes.”

Now, the Astros and their fans are pathetic because we feel some validation about this decision. We didn’t want to see a 1.1 pick go down the drain.