Happy Birthday - 11/10

Happy Birthday to ~

RHP Ryan Connolly (23)
Signed as a non-drafted free agent by the Astros in June 2013, Connolly spent his first professional season with the Greeneville Astros. In 20 appearances out of the bullpen, he was 1-2 with a 5.22 ERA and a 1.670 WHIP.

OF Eric Thames (27)
Originally drafted by the Blue Jays in the seventh round in 2008, Thames was claimed by Houston off waivers from Baltimore in September 2013 and, although he was assigned to Oklahoma City, he only played in one game. In the final post-season game, he went two-for-four with a home run, walk and two runs scored. Thames has played in 181 games at the major league level in 2011 and 2012 (for Toronto and Seattle), hitting .250/.296/.341 with 36 doubles, eight triples and 21 home runs. Thames just showed up on the roster for Caracas in the Liga Venezuela Beisbol Profesional this past week.

C Matt Pagnozzi (31)
Originally drafted by the Cardinals in the eighth round in 2003, Pagnozzi was purchased from Atlanta in September 2013 and appeared in nine games for the Astros that month, hitting .143/.182/.143. He was outrighted to Oklahoma City after the season and is currently a free agent.

Funky Foto Friday

I've been playing with the BeFunky photo effect site again. Here are a few of my favorites. Enjoy!

Andrew Thurman

Andrew Aplin

Michael Feliz

Chase McDonald

Jonas Dufek

Jandel Gustave

 

Jon Singleton

Marc Krauss

Ryan Connolly

Preston Tucker

Matt Duffy

Foto Friday - Greeneville Astros Edition

I haven't had a chance to finish transcribing my interviews from last weekend in Greeneville yet so let me share a few of my favorite photos from the trip in the interim. More photos from my visit can be found here (but be forewarned that I haven't finished weeding through them yet and I haven't even started labeling them). Photos from previous trips can be found here. And if you're really, really bored, here are a few vacation photos from my trip to Vermont.

Cristian Moronta

Ryan Connolly

Gonzalo Sanudo

Juan Santana and Parker Hipp

Jandel Gustave 

 

Ariel Ovando and Company

Juan Santana

Photos by Jayne Hansen

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