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The Astros’ road to the ALCS
We’ve beaten it to death, but the Astros are 69-68 and seemingly headed nowhere. I know what that looks like. It looks like they’re treading water, hanging on for dear life and ready to call it a season. The GM is already out the door, and the manager’s pink slip is sitting on Jim Crane’s…
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Astros’ GM situation: More Q’s than A’s
Thinking about the parting of the ways between ex-GM Dana Brown and the Astros has brought up more questions than answers. Q: Not why, but why now? Jim Crane claimed that this was done before the end of the season to give Dana Brown an opportunity to get things in order and a leg up…
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The Life and Times of Dana Brown
So many times, in the history of the Astros, the firing/resignation of a manager or general manager feels like the time for an obituary.
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An Open Letter to Jim Crane
Dear Jim Crane. Mr. Crane, we owe you a lot of thanks. You brought Houston fans a brand of baseball we’ve never seen before. Sure, we got close with Drayton McLane, and there were a few fun years there. Clemens, Pettitte, Biggio, Bagwell et al. But you brought us two World Championships and several seasons…
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Top 6 for the last 6
The Astros are entering the last 6 weeks of the season as they begin their series Tuesday with the Los Angeles (Isosceles Tri) Angles of Anaheim or some such location.
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It is time…
Perhaps, as has been suggested in our little blog, no one will win the AL West. The title will fall as a default to the team that stinketh the least. But if the title can be won by better play by the Astros, the time is now.
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