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  • Weekend thoughts: Early spring training

    Weekend thoughts: Early spring training

    Heading into the Astros second weekend of Spring Training, it is time to make a bit of a mind dump.

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  • Re-visiting the Hinch/Luhnow posts

    Re-visiting the Hinch/Luhnow posts

    In the modern media world, it is pretty normal for the “fake news” folks to throw out an item without much thought or research and then to walk it back in the new vernacular. Today we will take a quick look back at some AJ Hinch / Jeff Luhnow related posts and see what if…

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  • Dan P does his best Stealers Wheels’ impression….

    Dan P does his best Stealers Wheels’ impression….

    Personally, I hark back to that Stealers Wheels’ classic song “Stuck in the Middle With You” today. I would like to do what friend of the blog – Mr. Bill – eloquently asked us to do in a recent comment when he said: “We can stay mad, or we can find a way to move…

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  • Astros’ 2020: Is 30 just a number?

    Astros’ 2020: Is 30 just a number?

    Over the last few seasons, the Astros team salary total has been edging upward along with their average team age. Last season their everyday players were the second oldest in the majors at 28.9 years old (a weighted average based on ABs and games played) and their pitchers were fifth highest at 29.9 years old…

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  • Some days this Astros’ writing is a tough job

    Some days this Astros’ writing is a tough job

    Your loyal servant, Dan P, is sick of “it” at this point. “It” of course being the interminable and depressing Astros cheating scandal.

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  • A quick look at young Astros’ arms

    A quick look at young Astros’ arms

    The Astros head to camp this week with catchers and pitchers reporting on Thursday. With the probability that the Astros will be relying on some of their young arms to get them through the 2020 season and beyond, let’s take a little time to give you some background on some of the most likely candidates.

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