During the bloggers roundtable in, Astros president Reid Ryan brought up that they were looking at removing Tal’s Hill. He mentioned at the time that the had several construction company’s putting bids and ideas for the Astros to choose. He felt that the space is being wasted, we could get the fans closer to the action by removing the hill and putting in standing room space to watch the game.
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He also mentioned that they cannot keep retiring Astros jerseys, as Houston has the most retired jerseys in baseball. Instead of retiring a players number from now on, they would create an Astros Hall of Fame in the space opened by removing the hill.