My earliest baseball memories were of watching the Astros in the early 1980s. I think Al Rosen was the general manager back then. I’ve gone through Bill Wood, Bob Watson, Gerry Hunsicker, Tim Purpura, Ed Wade, Jeff Luhnow, James Click, and finally Dana Brown. I might have left an early general manager out, but I think you get the idea of how far back I go.
I’ve learned two important things over the years. First, all of those general managers said they needed more pitching and that was when their clubs’ pitching outpaced their hitting in nearly every season.