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  • Astros 1980: A season to remember

    Astros 1980: A season to remember

    The Astros made their first playoff appearance in 1980. This was after their first 18 regular seasons ended unsuccessfully with trips to their homes and another hopeful off-season rather than a post-season series. While the expansion Amazing Mets (five out of six 100+ loss seasons) and the Astros of the early 2010’s (three 100+ loss…

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  • How do you rank the Astros’ losses entering 2020?

    How do you rank the Astros’ losses entering 2020?

    The Astros enter 2020 after an off-season of more loss than addition. The players that were with the team at the end of the 2019 regular season that have moved on include Gerrit Cole, Wade Miley, Robinson Chirinos, Jake Marisnick, Collin McHugh, Will Harris, Hector Rondon and Aaron Sanchez.

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  • Could baseball finally kill the goose who laid the golden egg?

    Could baseball finally kill the goose who laid the golden egg?

    This discussion has occurred before. Baseball’s players’ unions and the MLB owners have bumped heads over the years and folks have wondered if these collisions would bring baseball to its knees.

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  • Astros’ 2020: Thursday thoughts

    Astros’ 2020: Thursday thoughts

    We are in the depths of baseball boredom right now. So, the only thing to do is for Dan P to stand up and tip his head over and see what thoughts pour out.

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  • Is Justin Verlander the new Nolan Ryan?

    Is Justin Verlander the new Nolan Ryan?

    With Justin Verlander pitching so well at 35 and 36 years old, some folks are wondering if he could be like Nolan Ryan and pitch effectively into his 40s.

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  • Houston Astros’ Mount Rushmores

    This is always a ridiculous proposition for any team. How do you pick four folks from an organization and honor them with a place on Mount Rushmore from what is 50 to 100+ seasons depending on the organization? So, we are going to try to make this it a little easier by imagining that there…

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