The Twelve Days of an Astros Christmas

Merry Christmas everyone!!

 On the first day of Christmas my front office gave to me –

  • A Martes involved in no trade

 On the second day of Christmas my front office gave to me –

  • Two Oiled gloves and
  • A Martes involved in no trade

On the third day of Christmas my front office gave to me –

  • Three Hinch lineups,
  • Two Oiled gloves and
  • A Martes involved in no trade

 On the fourth day of Christmas my front office gave to me –

  • Four not booing Beltran
  • Three Hinch lineups,
  • Two Oiled gloves and
  • A Martes involved in no trade

On the fifth day of Christmas my front office gave to me –

  • (Twenty) five golden WS rings
  • Four not booing Beltran
  • Three Hinch lineups,
  • Two Oiled gloves and
  • A Martes involved in no trade

 On the sixth day of Christmas my front office gave to me –

  • Six guys a playing
  • (Twenty) five golden WS rings
  • Four not booing Beltran
  • Three Hinch lineups,
  • Two Oiled gloves and
  • A Martes involved in no trade

On the seventh day of Christmas my front office gave to me –

  • Seven farm teams a winning
  • Six guys a playing
  • (Twenty) five golden WS rings
  • Four not booing Beltran
  • Three Hinch lineups,
  • Two Oiled gloves and
  • A Martes involved in no trade

 On the eighth day of Christmas my front office gave to me –

  • Eight batters a raking
  • Seven farm teams a winning
  • Six guys a playing
  • (Twenty) five golden WS rings
  • Four not booing Beltran
  • Three Hinch lineups,
  • Two Oiled gloves and
  • A Martes involved in no trade

 On the ninth day of Christmas my front office gave to me –

  • Nine Springers dancing
  • Eight batters a raking
  • Seven farm teams a winning
  • Six guys a playing
  • (Twenty) five golden WS rings
  • Four not booing Beltran
  • Three Hinch lineups,
  • Two Oiled gloves and
  • A Martes involved in no trade

On the tenth day of Christmas my front office gave to me –

  • Ten Lourdes a leaping (to the Jays)
  • Nine Springers dancing
  • Eight batters a raking
  • Seven farm teams a winning
  • Six guys a playing
  • (Twenty) five golden WS rings
  • Four not booing Beltran
  • Three Hinch lineups,
  • Two Oiled gloves and
  • A Martes involved in no trade

On the eleventh day of Christmas my front office gave to me –

  • Eleven pitchers pitching
  • Ten Lourdes a leaping (to the Jays)
  • Nine Springers dancing
  • Eight batters a raking
  • Seven farm teams a winning
  • Six guys a playing
  • (Twenty) five golden WS rings
  • Four not booing Beltran
  • Three Hinch lineups,
  • Two Oiled gloves and
  • A Martes involved in no trade

 On the twelfth day of Christmas my front office gave to me –

  • Twelve championships coming
  • Eleven pitchers pitching
  • Ten Lourdes a leaping (to the Jays)
  • Nine Springers dancing
  • Eight batters a raking
  • Seven farm teams a winning
  • Six guys a playing
  • (Twenty) five golden WS rings
  • Four not booing Beltran
  • Three Hinch lineups,
  • Two Oiled gloves and
  • A Martes involved in no trade.

Merry Christmas!

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15 responses to “The Twelve Days of an Astros Christmas”

  2. Twelve things the Astros gave me for Christmas:
    1. A starting lineup that had a combined BA of .2795 last season.
    2. Brian McCann and Evan Gattis to replace last year’s opening day catching duo of Jason Castro and Erik Kratz.
    3. Charlie Morton in place of Scott Feldman.
    4. A DH named Beltran.
    5. A RFer named Reddick
    6. A CFer named Springer.
    7. Aoki in the lineup and in the dugout instead of Carlos Gomez.
    8. A new bench coach
    9. A new home for Neshek, who I really wish well.
    10. An increased payroll.
    11. An intact prospect list.
    12. James Hoyt and Jandel Gustave instead of Josh Fields.

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  4. To all, ” With faith, courage, and hope, every dream is achievable. If you dream, dream to succeed. May this Christmas, God bless you with determination, honesty and happiness. I wish you a Merry Christmas.”

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  5. To everyone on this forum, I wish you a great holiday season and may we all have a rewarding new year with our Astro hopes coming to fruition.

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  8. It’s Christmas Eve and my house is quiet, other than watching your football team embarrass themselves. All I want for Christmas is this year to be OVER, and to hold on to our future in the minors!! I keep checking to see if Luhnow has made one of his signature 5 for 1 trades, and thank goodness it hasn’t happened yet.
    I wish all of you guys and my girlfriends a blessed Christmas day with your sweet families. May you like all your gifts, eat way too much…..and don’t forget to kiss the cook♡♡♡

    P.S. And offer to help with the dishes!

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  10. I stuck with my football team tonight and they had some Christmas magic.
    Merry Christmas to all of you! We had our second Christmas dinner tonight and the third one is tomorrow night. Big Families!

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    • Was waiting for a newer list, as he makes some excellent observations.

      What’s most amazing than our depth is that about 7 guys don’t even qualify as prospects anymore bc they’ve at least had a cup of coffee at the show; we have an enormous amount of very young talent, and the instructional know-how to develop players like Franklin Perez.

      The future is as bright as the present!

      My gut feeling is we’ll trade for Quintana but one source says they don’t want Fiers. We’re simply going to have to make room with him, surely?

      I find this situation most intriguing and that is, we’ve kind of gone into this Spring the same way as last in acquiring Fister (as insurance) when we already had Feldman and Feliz – much the way we have this year with Morton. It seems a bit haphazard so far to not have traded McHugh or Fiers, but the longer we don’t, the more I get a sense we’re just fine without Quintana. That’s something I’m going to have to convince myself of after seeing the health of DK and LMJ, and until I get a sense that Martes is ready.

      In my heart of hearts, I like Devenski, Musgrove and even Feliz to see more innings than they’re projected. They’re upside allows me to be willing to trade more proven players! Perhaps the team will see the same in our prospects.

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