Author: Dan P
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Ten quick questions for fans of the Astros
So, another team, not named the Astros, has ended a long term world championship drought. The 2016 season is over and we are “enjoying” the first weekend without baseball in a long time. Maybe you checked out when the Astros missed the playoffs, maybe you checked out earlier than that, but now is the time…
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Is there one reason for the Astros’ 2016 pitching fall-off?
Our blogging friend Mr. Bill was pondering the reasons behind the fall-off of the Astros’ pitching in 2016. Let’s recount the failures and discuss: Dallas Keuchel, the reigning Cy Young Award winner coming off a 20 win season and a 2.48 ERA in 2015 (Career 3.58 ERA prior to 2016) had a 9 win season…
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What’s more likely for the 2017 Astros?
Today let’s play a little game of “What’s more likely” looking at your crystal balls for the Astros’ 2017 season. The merry blogster will provide a baker’s dozen of questions and you will provide the answers. What’s more likely….. The Astros make the playoff or they don’t make the playoffs? Dallas Keuchel or Lance McCullers Jr leads…
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What if the Astros did almost nothing in the offseason?
Of course, the Astros can’t completely shut down shop in the upcoming off-season. They do have to make decisions on Rule 5 protections, 40 man roster moves, and their own free agents. But let’s say they decide to not pursue a big free agent like Aroldis Chapman, who if the Cubs win the WS with…
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What Astros’ fans want! It’s pretty simple
This was supposed to be one of “those” posts. You know, a wonky stat-filled romp through the needs of the Astros from starting pitching, through left-handed relieving, past failures to close games, and across the bad offense from the DH, 1B and 2/3 of the OF with stops in Prospect City and trade possibilities. But…
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Honest look back at Astros 2016: Blame the starting pitching
No, I have not been on a bender the last week, unless you count bottled water. I have been a little depressed about another 6 months invested in a season that as Chip succinctly stated was “just not good enough for Houston”. And I was struggling to decide on what to write about. “Dave Hudgens…
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Houston Astros 2016: The Lazarus Affect
Perhaps calling the Astros latest rise from the dead The Lazarus Effect is a misnomer as that faithful disciple only rose once. Perhaps this team that has been on the brink of ending their season more than a half dozen times in 2016 is really showing symptoms of the Michael Myers Effect or the Jason…
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Another Astros’ must win turns into another loss
Sometimes a team enters a game knowing it is a must win game. Sometimes a game becomes a must win while it is being played. The Astros 4-3 extra inning loss Monday night was one of the latter. With the Astros 2 1/2 games back of the wild card entering the contest it was a…
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