Huston Street's Blog

Huston Street is keeping a blog throughout the postseason. Everybody keep up on it!

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I love Street

but his writing is a bit monotone. I don’t think I could read more than a couple of his entries.

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by MacFrantic on Oct 9, 2009 4:38 PM MDT reply actions

I love that he brings water to his teammates during BP.

He keeps his boys hydrated!

Also, he takes requests. Awesome.

by holly96 on Oct 9, 2009 5:02 PM MDT reply actions

this came to my mind when he said he does special requests

I need some grape drink!

by lizardlad01 on Oct 9, 2009 5:37 PM MDT up reply actions

I noticed Street handing out water..

when I attended the Rockies game in Anaheim this summer. I thought it was a one-time thing. It’s pretty cool that he always does it. I wish I had a pic of it, here’s one after they had drunk their water and were getting ready to run— notice the bottles on the ground. That’s what I remember, Street leading the pitchers in running drills during BP. He seemed like a leader and they accepted him as such.

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by Charlie77 on Oct 9, 2009 10:59 PM MDT up reply actions

that's Rincon

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by Andrew Martin on Oct 10, 2009 4:55 PM MDT up reply actions

I didn't realize how much emphasis

is put on which side of the rubber the pitcher comes from. Interesting that he felt that since Stairs hadn’t seen him from the right side, he wasn’t the same pitcher and couldn’t get the same reads. I hadn’t heard pitchers talk about that before.

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by jcn7vc on Oct 9, 2009 5:38 PM MDT reply actions

Street moving over to the right side

Was a BIG deal for him. It seems to have made him a much better pitcher. But even more than that, whatever gives you confidence is good to think about. If you are thinking “Man, this guy owns me” that will lead to disaster. Street seems to do a great job with the mental side of the game.

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by Rock Oax on Oct 9, 2009 5:45 PM MDT up reply actions

It was a big thing for Francis as well

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by Andrew Martin on Oct 9, 2009 6:14 PM MDT up reply actions

Does this mean...

Apodaca may be good?

This is partially sarcastic.

by roxintober on Oct 9, 2009 9:25 PM MDT via mobile up reply actions

hahaha

I love Apodaca. I don’t know if you saw the Counting Rocks on him, but it pretty much praised Dac, touching mostly on improvements from past organizations.

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by Andrew Martin on Oct 10, 2009 2:13 AM MDT up reply actions

I like Huston Street

But he should stick to pitching.
Great closer.
Bad writer.

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by Nominal Egg on Oct 9, 2009 9:01 PM MDT reply actions

Athletes’ thought processes don’t translate very well into writing. But to be fair, my writing doesn’t translate very well into athletic ability.

by dogs on Oct 9, 2009 11:04 PM MDT up reply actions

Good writing, like everything else, requires lots of practice.
Hopefully, he will improve over time.
He does, after all, provide some interesting insights.

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by Nominal Egg on Oct 10, 2009 2:01 AM MDT up reply actions