Houston PR vs. the media

To say they're incredibly tone-deaf with everything they've done on this is to insult tone-deaf people everywhere. They've made a comprehensive display that they don't really feel this was that big a deal and threw Taubman over the side because it was expedient. Which means they'll keep doing this kind of stupid shit.

 

The Astro PR Department’s handling of this reminds me of my favorite line from The West Wing.

“HE HAS THE PR INSTINCTS OF IDI AMIN!!!!”

Based on the ham-handed way this was handled, I’m going to guess that the Astros subscribe to the “Young and Cheap” hiring policy that has become all too prevalent in pro sports PR departments.

Hoping there’s someone on here who covers MLB who can confirm or refute that because, from afar, this looks like a situation where an inexperienced PR guy got steamrolled by ownership and the GM because he/she was too intimidated or inexperienced to do more than nod and say, “yes sir.”

Taubman loses his job in any scenario but a PR guy with half a brain could have kept the Astros from looking like fucking idiots.

 

Can the Astros please hire a professional to handle this?

 

Luhnow cut his teeth in the Cardinal organization in the LaRussa era, so he knows a thing or two about smug sanctimony/rote hypocrisy.

 

Hans, boobie. I'm your white knight.

 

Sadly, it's not a young group. The PR staff for that organization has been in place for several years and the senior members have been there at least a decade.

It's considered one of the worst staffs around the majors. That's why, in some regards, none of this is shocking. It's definitely been one of the least media-friendly groups, eager to stonewall anything and be vindictive and judgmental in doing so.

 

Winner.

 

This feels like something from the '70s but it's 2019.

 

Just of curiosity, how does the Nationals' PR staff rank? I had a ... interesting experience with them.