The Big Off-Field Challenges Facing Astros Manager Joe Espada and GM Dana Brown

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The Big Off-Field Challenges Facing Astros Manager Joe Espada and GM Dana Brown
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Whether in life, business, or in this case, sports, getting in on an existing, thriving thing feels good. However, everything — life, business, sports — has an arc, and getting in on the back end of a thriving arc can be a little treacherous. Eventually, doom lurks around the corner...

Whether in life, business, or in this case, sports, getting in on an existing, thriving thing feels good. However, everything — life, business, sports — has an arc, and getting in on the back end of a thriving arc can be a little treacherous. Eventually, doom lurks around the corner. For the Astros, new manager Joe Espada and second year general manager Dana Brown may be finding that out the hard way.

Let's start higher up the food chain with Brown. The video below is an interview that Hall of Famer, and senior adviser to Astros owner Jim Crane, Reggie Jackson did with Jon Heyman and Joel Sherman, in which Jackson outlines how decisions are made inside the Astros' building: As for Espada, it's way too early to say he is the problem or a root cause of the Astros' horrible record to start the season. Thus far, Espada's decision making seems about as sound as it could be while trying to navigate a sea of injuries and a black hole at first base.

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