blogs.houstonpress.com - 10/15/2009
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So Jose Cruz is no longer the first-base coach of the Houston Astros. Now can someone please tell me why everybody is so upset? Seriously, what's the big deal?The guy was the first-base coa...
chron.com - 10/14/2009
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chron.com —
Jose Cruz, one of the most popular players
and coaches in Astros history, was shocked when team...
president Tal Smith and general manager Ed Wade told him Tuesday his services as one of the club's coaches will no longer be needed. Cruz has been offered ...
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Astros drop icon Cruz from coaching staff
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HP: Royal: The (Alleged) Tragedy Of How The Astros Are Treating Jose Cruz
BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog —
HP: Royal: The (Alleged) Tragedy Of How The Astros Are Treating Jose Cruz As if 13 years in the Astrodome wasn’t enough torture. So Jose Cruz is no longer the first-base coach of the Houston Astros. Now can someone please tell me why everybody is so upset? Seriously, what’s the big deal? The guy was the first-base coach. His job consisted of patting Lance Berkman on the ass and showing the pitchers where second base was located on those rare occasions when they reached first base. Even the bullpen coach serves a more useful function than Cruz, and I don’t hear anybody ...
Astros Fire Jose Cruz; Um, Was That Really Wise?
SPORTSbyBROOKS —
... front office folks can be when it comes to the public relations game. Jose Cruz The Houston Astros fired first-base coach Jose Cruz today. You might just as well say “The Giants banned Willie Mays from AT&T Park” or “The Cardinals kicked away Stan Musial’s cane and sent him headlong down a flight of stairs.” Not that Cruz was in that class as a player, but he’s an icon in Houston, and that franchise needs all the icons — and fan good will — it can get. Sample comment from a reader of the HOUSTON PRESS : It’s another dunce move in the Astros PR department. Just like when ...
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