jim crane

1 min read 2021-02-14 17:44:19

Luhnow lawsuit dismissed

Nothing left to litigate about, apparently. Did not age well Former Astros general manager Jeff Luhnow’s lawsuit against the ballclub was dismissed

2 min read 2020-11-13 17:37:58

Because I now have the brain space to think about stuff like this again. Did not age well While baseball fans and courtroom voyeurs might long for a

2 min read 2020-11-10 17:45:58

This ought to be entertaining. Did not age well Jeff Luhnow sued the Houston Astros for breach of contract on Sunday, alleging that Astros owner Jim

2 min read 2020-11-07 17:30:01

There’s at least one podcast’s worth of material out there. Did not age well Rather than writing a sequel to “Astroball,” his 2018 book about

3 min read 2020-08-01 19:31:00

This week was really stupid and I, for one, am extremely happy that it's over. I hope everybody got to exorcise their demons from the offseason this

3 min read 2020-06-25 07:09:00

What We Know So Far: *In McTaggart's 2020 Season FAQ, we find...-Spring Summer Training will take place at Minute Maid Park, with players reporting

4 min read 2020-06-20 06:54:00

Feel free to skip past this next section, if you so wish:I mentioned this on Twitter a couple of times in the last few weeks, but I've been

1 min read 2020-04-16 05:56:00

Took a break because...well, I felt like it.*Dusty Baker's new routine is basically making wine and watching cowboy movies. Dusty:It's kind of like

2 min read 2020-04-01 07:28:00

*I don't really want to lead off with this but Jim Crane says MLB "explicitly exonerated" him in their investigation, for the expressed

4 min read 2020-02-23 19:38:00

New Stuff:*Game 8 was canceled due to rain. The Astros, featuring a lineup with virtually no regulars, got booed mercilessly by a Spring Training

3 min read 2020-02-21 21:35:04

When I first found out that the Houston Astros had reportedly cheated during the 2017 season, I was furious. Then when I found out that they had

5 min read 2020-02-17 20:26:00

Another day in paradise...*Forrest Whitley talked about reporting to camp at 230 pounds, up 40 from the 190 at which he showed up in 2019. Whitley:I

8 min read 2020-02-15 21:25:00

Photo Credit: USA TODAYFake Remorse by the Cheaters...Houston Astros owner Jim Crane is trash.It’s no wonder the Astros players resorted to a

9 min read 2020-02-14 11:24:00

When does an apology fall short of satisfying the aggrieved party? I thought about this a lot today. There are a number of reasons why an apology is

3 min read 2020-02-12 13:24:00

*Just as we all suspected - or at least hoped - they would, more details emerged about the Astros' sign-stealing scandal; Namely, that it originated