Gerrit Cole’s wife Amy posts farewell to Houston on Instagram
Gerrit Cole basically said farewell to the Houston Astros and their fans the second the 2018 season ended, but his wife waited until the right-hander found a new employer to express her gratitude.
On Tuesday, Cole’s wife Amy wrote a lengthy post on Instagram thanking the Astros and fans in Houston for two great years. Amy said she and Gerrit will “always remember Houston as a happy home.”
Gerrit Cole’s wife, Amy, posted a long farewell to Houston on Instagram tonight https://t.co/xmFlhzufGi pic.twitter.com/lVnztXsAk9
— Chandler Rome (@Chandler_Rome) December 18, 2019
That is probably the approach Astros fans wish Gerrit would have taken, even if he knew he was not going to re-sign with the team. Instead, Cole savagely referred to himself as “not an employee of the team” not even an hour after Houston lost Game 7 of the World Series. He also wore a hat from agent Scott Boras’ company rather than an Astros hat. Cole seemed to try to make amends with a statement he released the following day, but many fans in Houston were already soured on him by then.
Cole signed a record-breaking, $324 million deal with the New York Yankees this month, so his time in Houston certainly served him well.
