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  • YIE: But what does this horseshoe look like?

    YIE: But what does this horseshoe look like?

    A little explanation for the uninitiated on the title of this post. YIE – way back at the beginning of the Astros renaissance in 2015, I coined the acronym “YIE” for Yes It’s Early in this post.

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  • Astros 2023: It was the best of times, it was the worst of times

    Astros 2023: It was the best of times, it was the worst of times

    All bows to Charles Dickens, who, unlike your volunteer scribe, was paid by the word, but let’s be honest, a 2-3 start to the season is not the worst of times, especially for the defending World Champions who started last season 7-9 on the way to the crown. But looking at each portion of the…

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  • Thoughts on the Astros’ first series

    Thoughts on the Astros’ first series

    Just some thoughts on the first series of the season for the Astros against the White Sox.

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  • Astros 2023: Not that you’ve asked

    Astros 2023: Not that you’ve asked

    The last time the Astros played for real was almost five months ago, as they finished off the Phillies in Game 6 of the World Series on November 5, 2022. That World Championship clinching game rode on the back of two players, who are critical to the Astros’ 2023 success, Framber Valdez and Yordan Alvarez.

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  • Top 10 reasons the Astros can repeat

    Top 10 reasons the Astros can repeat

    It has been a long time, almost a quarter of a century, since the last time a team was a repeat champion in major league baseball. The Yankees (Spit!!) won the title in 1998 against the Padres, repeated in 1999 against the Braves, and felt so good about it – took the trifecta against the…

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  • The Top 100 MLB players: Astros’ view

    The Top 100 MLB players: Astros’ view

    The founder of this word feast, Chip Bailey, sent me a link to an article from ESPN. The folks over at the self-proclaimed “World Wide Leader in Sports”  have taken on one of those tough tasks in this recent post, so my hat is tipped to them over the effort.

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