Author: Dan P
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The Astros’ week in review and the week ahead
The week of 9-3 through 9-9 in review Heading into this past week with the Astros playing a Twins team that was recently performing well and then playing the best team in the majors in the Red Sox on their home turf, holding serve with a 2.5 game lead over the Oakland A’s would have seemed acceptable. But…
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Astros’ ChipalattAwards for August
The Astros had a 14-12 record in August, which at one time was 6-8, so the final number is not the end of the world. The Astros’ starting pitching along with losing Lance McCullers came down to more human numbers. The revamped bullpen was overall good. The hitting was a mix of the terrific and the…
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Astros 2018: Two for Tuesday on a Wednesday
Today the focus will be on two topics critical to the team as they tumble towards the finish line of a tougher than expected divisional tussle with the Oakland A’s.
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The week in review and the week ahead
The week of 8-27 through 9-2 in review The Astros began the week at 80-50 with a one and a half game lead in the AL West over the Oakland A’s. They beat those same A’s in a 3 game series to begin the week. Monday they roared back from a 4-0 early deficit to…
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Astros 2018: Week in review and the week ahead
As you can tell, sometimes Dan P tries different things just to shake the monotony of the long baseball season. So, today this is a look at the past week, the coming week and some other odd features that will be a weekly feature until Dan P decides to do something else…
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10 throw-down, Astros-related questions
This is what we technically call a quickie throwdown post in the unpaid business of fan blogging…
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10 reasons Astros will play better down the stretch
Sure Dan P is a lot like Nellie from South Pacific. No, I don’t mean I’m from Arkansas like that nurse from the musical, though I did live there for seven years. No, I am most like Nellie Forbush, because we are both cockeyed optimists.
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