Daily Archives: May 29, 2006

Garner said what?

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Garner3.jpgMy latest Stros review noted Stros skipper Phil Garner‘s limitations as a big-league manager. A reader asked me to elaborate.
First, let me be clear that I like Garner. He is a genuinely nice man and he represents the Stros well. He’s not the worst recent Stros manager by any stretch of the imagination (remember Jimy Williams?). He is just not as good a manager as Larry Dierker.
Apart from allowing the odious Mike Gallo (5.74 ERA/-3 RSAA) and Trevor Miller (4.63 ERA/0 RSAA) to be on the same pitching staff together, Garner gave us a good example of his limitations in the following recent Chronicle blurb regarding two of the Stros’ underachieving outfielders, Preston Wilson and Jason Lane:

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Maggert breaks through at Memphis

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Jeff Maggert.jpgMy neighbor in The Woodlands, Jeff Maggert, shot a 31 on the back nine yesterday of the TPC Southwind Golf Course in Memphis on his way to a final round, five-under-par 65 and his first PGA Tour win in seven years. Maggert’s 72-hole winning score of 271 won the Fed Ex St. Jude’s Tournament by three strokes.
Maggert is an interesting fellow. A 42 year-old graduate of Texas A&M, he has an impeccable swing, has played on three Ryder Cup teams (1995, 97, and 99) and has often been in contention in major championships over his 15 year PGA Tour career. However, his three career wins seem somewhat low for a player of his talent, although his streaky putter probably explains much of that.

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