Time for Houston to end the Bourn Experiment?

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Orlando's Inflated Self-Importance [Blogdome]
Published 5/12/2008 by Leitch at Deadspin
• The Magic, having trouble facing reality. [Hoops Addict] • The guys who got on base before the big homers. [Joe Sports Fan] • Didn't people used to know how to pitch? [The Legend Of Cecilio Guante] • Michael Bourn should not be starting every day. At all. [All On The Field] • What we've learned so far this baseball season. [Small White Ball] • In praise of Jack Glasscock. [The Grand National Championships] • Tony Romo, quite the singer. [Bugs And Cranks] • ...

Still Bourn
Published 5/13/2008 by Lisa Gray at The Astros Dugout
I received the following email today from a man named Kevin Hayward:  Here’s a riddle for the Houston Astros to chew on: how valuable is an incredible base runner that rarely reaches base?When the Astros acquired Michael Bourn they envisioned a spark plug at the top of the order, a speedy center fielder who could get on and steal bases. So far Bourn has fulfilled only the less important of the two expectations: he leads the Majors in stolen bases with 17, but that’s only because he steals just about ...