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	<title>Comments on: August 19th Houston FaF SMEAR</title>
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		<title>By: Rev. J Dazzle</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sadly, the Astros (and some of their blind fans) realize, only too late, like the citizens of Sodom and Gomorrah that they should have listened to the Lord. I speak His word. Their pride and decadence were their undoing. They thought that a handful of big salaried players together with subpar and overpriced free agents would make a good team. It does not. It makes an old, crappy team. And so, the team has been smitten -- showered in a flood of brimstone and turned into pillars of salt. So they trade Ivan ROIDriguez for what is no doubt less than they would have received before the trade deadline. If only they had shipped him, and another known juicer -Tejada - along with Valverde the Astros could have built their Ark to save themselves from the flood while all those around them drowned. Their farm system would have gotten in return the equivalent of a whole new draft class - they could have shaved a year off its rebuilding. Instead, we have a lackluster effort which comes too late to do nearly as much good as it could have. Let us bow our heads in prayer in remembrance of the 2009 Houston Astros.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sadly, the Astros (and some of their blind fans) realize, only too late, like the citizens of Sodom and Gomorrah that they should have listened to the Lord. I speak His word. Their pride and decadence were their undoing. They thought that a handful of big salaried players together with subpar and overpriced free agents would make a good team. It does not. It makes an old, crappy team. And so, the team has been smitten &#8212; showered in a flood of brimstone and turned into pillars of salt. So they trade Ivan ROIDriguez for what is no doubt less than they would have received before the trade deadline. If only they had shipped him, and another known juicer -Tejada &#8211; along with Valverde the Astros could have built their Ark to save themselves from the flood while all those around them drowned. Their farm system would have gotten in return the equivalent of a whole new draft class &#8211; they could have shaved a year off its rebuilding. Instead, we have a lackluster effort which comes too late to do nearly as much good as it could have. Let us bow our heads in prayer in remembrance of the 2009 Houston Astros.</p>
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