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  • All Star break: Handing out Astros’ awards

    All Star break: Handing out Astros’ awards

    It has been a crazy down and then up first half for the 2016 Houston Astros. Looking back at the first half – here are the awards for various categories and a runner-up certificate too. Rookie of the Year. Michael Feliz. For about 10 days this looked like a sure-fire award for Tyler White. But in the…

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  • Can the Astros just skip the All Star break?

    Perhaps that question above has a definite NO answer for the two certain All-Stars (Jose Altuve and Will Harris) and the one potential addition to the game (George Springer). They all want to stop and enjoy the national acclaim of playing with the best of the best. And truth to tell, I am sure that most of…

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  • Astros 2016: Key questions for the second half

    A few games past the halfway point of the season, there are a lot of interesting story lines related to the Astros and as many questions as answers. The team after a rousing end to the first half of the season sits 7-1/2 games behind a slightly floundering Texas Rangers club. They are also 1…

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  • So, just how goofy are Astros’ fans?

    OK this goes well beyond the base question of living and dying with a team that in its 55th season of existence has still not won a championship. Fan is short for fanatic and the folks who write, read and comment on this blog are just a little …..off. (In a good way….but don’t ask…

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  • Anatomy of a Houston Astros’ streak

    Anatomy of a Houston Astros’ streak

    Between May 24 and June 26, the Astros have run off an impressive 22-9 streak. A few facts about that run….. The Astros are 5-1 in one-run games in those 31 games They are 8-3 in extra inning ballgames. They are 10-7 on the road They are a tough to beat 12-2 at home They…

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  • 2016 Astros: Who do you think they are?

    2016 Astros: Who do you think they are?

    There is a point in the classic “bad guys as quasi-heroes” movie Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, where Paul Newman and Robert Redford just cannot shake the posse that is pursuing them. The posse is close enough to be seen, but far enough away to not be identified. At this point Newman mouths that…

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