Climbing Tal's Hill » Jose Iglesias http://climbingtalshill.com A Houston Astros Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More Tue, 18 Jun 2013 04:29:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 Jed Lowrie ready to hit it big in 2012 http://climbingtalshill.com/2012/02/26/jed-lowrie-ready-to-hit-it-big-in-2012/ http://climbingtalshill.com/2012/02/26/jed-lowrie-ready-to-hit-it-big-in-2012/#comments Sun, 26 Feb 2012 15:33:23 +0000 Alex Sandoval http://climbingtalshill.com/?p=3263 Playing in Boston, New York, Philadelphia or even Chicago is just plain different. There is nothing like the bright lights of the big city, if you produce. That is the root of how you’ll fair with the fans and media of those cities, can you produce and sustain it. Jed Lowrie knows the expectations that [...]

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]]> Playing in Boston, New York, Philadelphia or even Chicago is just plain different. There is nothing like the bright lights of the big city, if you produce. That is the root of how you’ll fair with the fans and media of those cities, can you produce and sustain it. Jed Lowrie knows the expectations that can be placed on a young player and how quickly it can come crashing down. One day, the starting shortstop for the mighty Boston Red Sox, the next moment on the DL, again. Two things bug big market media and fans more than anything, lack of production and injury prone players- they will just not have any of it. Lowrie felt his share of criticism and after the Sox  finally gave up on the young shortstop, he now finds himself in Houston. The great city of Houston is a completely different creature, pressure will come eventually but not right now. The Astros’ organization is rebuilding and Jed will attempt to do the same with his career. (more…)

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