“But it was neither one of those two guys that impressed me that night. The Astros had recently moved a pitcher up from single-A by the name of Roy Oswalt, and he threw for Round Rock that night and was absolutely phenomenal. He was lights out, I think he struck out Cust four times and won the game. I went up and asked Nolan Ryan, who was the owner and GM of the Round Rock club at the time, what he knew about this kid, and Nolan really liked him a lot. So I went home and called Astros GM Gerry Hunsicker to see if he’d make Oswalt available to us. When he agreed, I went back to the
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