Daily Archives: September 25, 2004

Going, going, gone!

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The Brewers’ Wes Obermueller pitched a six-hitter for his first career shutout and the Brewers for all practical purposes finished the Stros’ fragile playoff chances with an 8-0 victory over the Stros on Saturday at Miller Park in Milwaukee. The Stros are now 2.5 games behind the Cubs and 1.5 games behind the Giants in the Wild Card playoff race with seven games to go. Folks, it’s over.
It is fitting that this type of game was the one that sealed the Stros’ fate. Except for the first month of the season and then the late August-mid September streak that got the Stros back in the playoff race, the Stros — with the exception of Berkman and Beltran — have struggled hitting generally and with power in particular. Five singles and a double off of Wes Obermueller is simply not going to win many games during a race for a playoff spot.
Pete Munro (4-7) gave up three runs — two earned — and five hits in four innings, and then Tim Redding came in and showed why he was demoted to AAA ball for much of this season.
Carlos Hernandez gets the start in the Stros’ last road game of the season on Sunday afternoon against the Brewers. Then the Stros return to the Juice Box for three games series against the Cards and then the Rockies to finish the season that could have been.

Perots hand reins of Perot Systems to next generation of management

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In a surprise move, Plano, Texas-based Perot Systems Corp. announced Friday that Ross Perot Jr. had dropped CEO from his title at the Plano, Texas computer services firm and given up the founding family’s operational control of the company.
Peter Altabef, 45, the company’s general counsel, succeeds Mr. Perot as president and chief executive. Mr. Altabef has been a Perot Systems executive for 11 years, since joining the company from the Dallas office of law firm Hughes & Luce LLP, which has long been the Perot family’s law firm. Del Williams, a longtime Perot family friend, succeeds Mr. Altabef as general counsel.
Mr. Perot, 45, will become chairman of the company, succeeding his father, Ross Perot, Sr., 74, who becomes chairman emeritus. The changes in top management allow the Perots to maintain input into the strategic direction of the company while leaving day-to-day management decisions to others.
Mr. Perot Sr. founded Perot Systems in 1988 after leaving his first company, Plano-based Electronic Data Systems Corp, which he sold to General Motors in 1984 in a $2.5 billion deal. Mr. Perot is generally credited with inventing the computer services industry.
Mr. Perot, Jr. is also chairman of the real estate investment company he founded, Hillwood Development Corp. He took the Perot Systems reins from his father in 2000 and earned generally positive performance reviews from on Wall Street.