Within Mark Berman's piece on Happ's agreement, we get this note:
Meanwhile, the club has no comment on the departure of Charlie Norton, the Astros director of baseball research and analysis.
Norton is the second long-time Astros employee to leave in as many weeks.
I had never heard of Charlie Norton, but he had been with the Astros since 2002, and in his current position since 2009. Interesante.
We didn't come out here to play tiddlywinks, son.
-Hal Smith
