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Chippalatta Awards for March/April 2026
The Astros finished the month of April with a lowly 12-20 record. They were tied for last in the AL West, tied for the worst record in the American League, and only above the 10-21 NY Mets in all of baseball.
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Astros’ troubles: 3 roads out of the rubble
Last place in the AL West, worst record in the AL. Rotation in shambles. A 17 percent shot at October. And December 1, 2026 coming like a freight train.
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Baseball is about to go to war: 2027 is the battlefield
Enjoy this season while you can. Because when December comes, the owners and players are going to fight the same ugly fight they’ve been fighting for 30 years, and America’s pastime is caught in the middle.
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8 questions every Houston fan should be asking right now
It’s an off day for your Houston Astros, and that might be the best news we’ve had all week. The team is 10-16, dead last in the AL West, 16 players on the injured list, and a team ERA north of 5.90. Yordan is swinging the hottest bat on the planet, Altuve looks like he…
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Homework assignment for Astros’ fans
Sometime during the Astros 7-5 loss to the Cards on Sunday, I texted my brother and said, ” These Astros are almost unwatchable. The “almost” allows me to watch Yordan Alvarez’s at-bats as he hit his 10th homer of the season, which is the most in the majors. Oh, and he leads the majors in…
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Astros’ 2026: So much change
I did not have the heart to write this during the Astros gut-wrenching road trip, but now that they had a gut-wrenching win at home, let’s talk about THAT road trip.
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