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...
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.
close fact relationship speculate
I'd have to speculate that a lot had to do with the fact that Grady Little is over there as a manager, and there's a close relationship with him.
hardest prepares
The hardest thing for him, he has such a ritual, the way he prepares for a game. It got him out of sync.
plus runs three type
He can play all three (outfield) positions, and he runs exceptionally well and has a plus arm, ... He's more of a speed-and-defense type of guy.
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.
fans love
You fans have been so important to us and everything we've done this year, ... We love you, fans.
anywhere plans zero
We have zero plans to go anywhere else.
biggest current evaluate hitting situation whether
To me, situation hitting is our biggest nemesis. We have to evaluate whether that's the current cast.
gone teammates ups
When you've been teammates that long, you're going to go through some ups and downs. They've gone through some down times.
adding closer focus outfield producer run toward turned
We've turned our focus toward the outfield and adding a run producer from the outfield. We're edging closer to that.
april celebrate goal july mind next stayed year
We've got another goal in mind for next year and the year's after ? but we could not have done this without (the fans). You stayed with us in April and May when we struggled. You stayed with us in June, July and August. And, now you are here to celebrate with us today. You're a big part of why we have been successful,
spring play giving
What we're going to do is use spring training as sort of a feeling-out process for Phil and Preston and our other outfielders. It gives us a lot of comfort to know that you've got a pure center fielder like Preston. But he's also so athletic, he can come in and play either corner and we'll feel very comfortable with it.
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.
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.