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Found October 11, 2009 on Crawfish Boxes:
Reflection: Bud Norris and his rookie season
TEAMS: Houston Astros
PLAYERS: Michael Bourn,  Wandy Rodriguez
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Other than Michael Bourn and Wandy Rodriguez, one of the best under-the-radar stories of the Astros 2009 season was the major league debut of Bud Norris.  It wasn't quite sparkling, marred by a four game slump, but his other six starts showed a lot of promise, especially his 13 shutout innings against the Cardinals.  And even when he was struggling, he showed great composure on the mound, except perhaps in the August 23rd game against Arizona when he only lasted a single inn...
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