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...
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.
difficult four injuries problem takes three weeks
It could be two weeks, three weeks or four weeks. This is one of the most difficult injuries to predict. The problem is if you restrain it, it takes a lot to get back out there.
either good option
Either one of them could be a good option for us,
days determine next several sit staff talk whether
The thing we have to determine is whether we're going to take 10 or 11 pitchers. We'll sit down with the staff the next several days and talk through the what-ifs.
andy attention game media roger
Roy, I think in some ways, this is THE game for him. He's doesn't get the media attention that Andy and Roger do.
fans love
You fans have been so important to us and everything we've done this year, ... We love you, fans.
april bad days good questions seeing
We had more questions than answers. But even through the bad days in April and May, we were developing. We were seeing some good things in every game.
I think he'll come right back and do what he's done his whole career.
later might talked
We haven't even thought about it or talked about it, ... After the 18-inning game, he might have said, 'See you later guys.'
attitude best game good hopefully job
We take it game by game, day by day. We try to do our best job today, and hopefully that is good enough, and then we go on to tomorrow. I think that's the attitude right now.
bit decided phil talked
Phil and I talked about it for a little bit and decided nothing,
player scouting
Scouting and player development are the R&D of baseball,
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.
biggest current evaluate hitting situation whether
To me, situation hitting is our biggest nemesis. We have to evaluate whether that's the current cast.