Author: Dan P
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WTSWTM: Spring training edition
Today is a flashback to that popular parlor game “What They Said, What They Meant” where we take some real quotes from mlb.com or chron.com (Spit!! Spit!!) and then translate them into real English.
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Spring training: Thoughts, thoughts and more thoughts
A couple of weeks into Spring Training and it is a day of contemplation. Here are some random thoughts and questions…..
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Astros Spring Training: Fighting for the last spot?
The Astros are a few games into their 2018 Spring Training regimen and on paper (and this is more than what dogs do to paper) they have the deepest and best team they have ever taken to ST. Listening to and reading a number of stories it would seem that the only decisions to be…
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To jinx or not to jinx: The question for ’18 Astros
Superstition is sewn into the tapestry of baseball as deeply as hot dogs and mascot races. Which is to say that it is part and parcel of baseball, but in many ways a side-show to the real thing.
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Whatcha think? Spring training version
Since we have some of the best and smartest readers in the world (if you were dumb you would be somewhere else), we here at chipalatta are always interested in your opinions. Today, let’s play a quick game of Whatcha Think……
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Astros are living in the land of Never Before
The whole off-season for Houston Astros fans has add an odd, dream-like feel to it. After the superior 2017 World Championship season, there have been three plus months that have felt like a sea level denizen being thrust into a life in the mountains. The thin air up here has made us all feel wonderful, but…
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More Astros’ stuff on a Free Blog Weekend
Here are a few subjects to toss around as training camp begins to roll ahead……
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Ranking the Astros 1-25 heading into spring training
It is never easy to rank any team from 1 to 25. How do you value every day players vs. starting pitchers vs. relief pitchers? How do you value leadership and dugout presence vs. on the field performance (think Brian McCann)? How do you anticipate how players will react to a different role they may…
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