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  • Thank you Mr. Cosart, it’s fun to be an Astros’ fan again!

    Tell a friend about this site and entry. Use the Facebook and Twitter links below. • •• ••• •• • It’s fun to be an Astros’ fan again! You can circle the date July 12 on your calendar. Talk about tipping points. This may well be the moment in time we can all point to…

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  • Free Blog Weekend and 3 reasons to keep Jose Altuve

    Free Blog Weekend and 3 reasons to keep Jose Altuve

    Welcome to the weekend and a Free Blog Weekend!  With the All Star break just days away and the trade deadline only a couple of weeks out, let’s celebrate. There are no Oswalts, Berkmans or Pences available to Jeff Luhnow, but the Astros may be active at the trade deadline for the fourth straight season.…

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  • Cosart promotion: Telling move or beginning of the parade

    Be sure to read Thursday’s earlier post. Let the party — and the parade — begin. The Astros called up top pitching prospect Jarred Cosart overnight. Is this is a very telling move or just another step in the still-crawling Jeff Luhnow reconstruction project? Think about this: The Astros could have delayed the promotion by…

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  • Thursday thoughts and a mid-week lightning round

    Some suggest that Bud Norris’ latest start — one of his worst of the season — was somehow critical to his season…and the Astros’ season as well. Now, manager Bo Porter is hoping to somehow salvage Tuesday’s debacle by saving Norris for the All Star Game. With Yu Darvish headed to the disabled list, perhaps…

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  • Luhnow’s “guys” are a cross-section of three generations of GMs

    “It’s one of those things where you’ve got a new regime in here. They want their guys and it’s coming later in the season; it’s getting closer to September. So they’re going to try their guys and see what happens.” — Lucas Harrell. Yes,eventually, all of the players on the major league roster and, for…

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  • Crane may be PR-challenged, but he’s not stupid

    There are many lines of discussion for the Astros these days, but one of the hottest and long-lasting topics of the year is the commitment of owner Jim Crane to build a winner.  Here are some Monday thoughts on that subject and others. Jim Crane. Not a fan. There’s been much written, much said about…

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