Tim Purpura
Tim Purpura
Tim Purpurais a former General Manager of the Houston Astros Major League Baseball team. He was with the club from 2005 to 2007. He is currently Senior Director of Player Development for the Texas Rangers...
player scouting
Scouting and player development are the R&D of baseball,
five makeup player sixth talk tool
In baseball, we talk about a player having five tools. But the way we look at it is that there's a sixth tool and it's makeup and character.
absolutely bear expect handled lives outside players
I mean, players have lives outside of the game, and what they do with those lives, that's really their decision. They bear some risks, is the way I look at it. The way Lance has handled this is absolutely first-class, and what you'd expect from Lance Berkman.
running home player
It gives us a lot of versatility and flexibility. Looking ahead, we've got a lot of good young players coming through the system. As they make their way, we'll have some tough decisions down the road. I'm just glad to have this one bat in our lineup that can drive in 100 runs, hit 25 to 30 home runs at least, and in our ballpark, maybe more.
biggest current evaluate hitting situation whether
To me, situation hitting is our biggest nemesis. We have to evaluate whether that's the current cast.
fans love
You fans have been so important to us and everything we've done this year, ... We love you, fans.
either good option
Either one of them could be a good option for us,
good longer
One caller said that when he called in May, he said I was a moron, ... He said I'm no longer a moron. So, I feel pretty good about that.
crank hear problem
But it's not the arm. He's not having any problem with his arm. I really want to hear what he has to say about how he feels, and does he want to crank it up one more year.
clubs contract issue personal run services
We have a personal services contract with him. If he wanted to do that, that's something we'd have to run by the commissioner's office. Other clubs could have an issue with it.
aware field hope hopefully issues open roof sun tomorrow
There are no issues at all that we're aware of. Our hope is to get the roof open by tomorrow to hopefully get some sun on the field -- if there's any sun to be had.
anywhere plans zero
We have zero plans to go anywhere else.
I think he'll come right back and do what he's done his whole career.
basis buy consistent flush focus guys higher might rather system themselves types winning
Organizations like ours, like Atlanta, like the Cardinals, there are similarities to winning organizations, ... You have that focus that it's about winning, only winning. You have to have higher expectations than other people. And sometimes, you have to flush guys out of your system that might not buy into it, that might put their stats first, rather than winning. In those types of organizations, guys like that don't last, and they kind of self-select themselves out, and you end up being able to win on a consistent basis because you keep the guys who buy into that.