http://climbingtalshill.com/2011/10/12/n-l-central-news-for-wednesday-1012/ A Houston Astros Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More Mon, 20 May 2013 02:03:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 http://climbingtalshill.com/2011/10/12/n-l-central-news-for-wednesday-1012/comment-page-1/#comment-1340275 astrosince1975 Thu, 13 Oct 2011 21:11:40 +0000 http://climbingtalshill.com/?p=2289#comment-1340275 You could be right. I just remember things ended on a sour note when Ryan left Houston for the Rangers. Then he entered the Hall of Fame as a Ranger even though he played longer in Houston. You could be right. I just remember things ended on a sour note when Ryan left Houston for the Rangers. Then he entered the Hall of Fame as a Ranger even though he played longer in Houston.

]]> http://climbingtalshill.com/2011/10/12/n-l-central-news-for-wednesday-1012/comment-page-1/#comment-1077502 astrosince1975 Thu, 13 Oct 2011 20:11:40 +0000 http://climbingtalshill.com/?p=2289#comment-1077502 You could be right. I just remember things ended on a sour note when Ryan left Houston for the Rangers. Then he entered the Hall of Fame as a Ranger even though he played longer in Houston. You could be right. I just remember things ended on a sour note when Ryan left Houston for the Rangers. Then he entered the Hall of Fame as a Ranger even though he played longer in Houston.

]]> http://climbingtalshill.com/2011/10/12/n-l-central-news-for-wednesday-1012/comment-page-1/#comment-1340274 TheDimwit Thu, 13 Oct 2011 13:28:15 +0000 http://climbingtalshill.com/?p=2289#comment-1340274 I don't necessarily see it as Nolan holding a grudge from his playing days. He wouldn't have signed the personal services contract with Drayton if he still had a grudge. I think he's just stating the obvious, at this point the rivalry won't mean much if the Astros aren't competitive. The Yanks-Sox rivalry is so huge because the teams have both been really competitive in the same division for an extended period time. I think if the Astros and Rangers end up in the same division and can start battling each other for division titles, the rivalry will be pretty awesome, but as long as we are a AAA squad dressed in ML jersey's, there's really not much of a rivalry. I don’t necessarily see it as Nolan holding a grudge from his playing days. He wouldn’t have signed the personal services contract with Drayton if he still had a grudge. I think he’s just stating the obvious, at this point the rivalry won’t mean much if the Astros aren’t competitive. The Yanks-Sox rivalry is so huge because the teams have both been really competitive in the same division for an extended period time. I think if the Astros and Rangers end up in the same division and can start battling each other for division titles, the rivalry will be pretty awesome, but as long as we are a AAA squad dressed in ML jersey’s, there’s really not much of a rivalry.

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