Author: Dan P
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One series: What does it all mean for Astros?
The Astros lost their three-game series in New York to the Yanks in fairly spectacular fashion. After a solid come from behind 5-3 win on Makeup Tuesday, they coughed up two big hair balls in a row. On Wednesday, Collin McHugh luckily got one out while giving up five runs or his ERA would have…
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Opening Day: What do you predict?
In the area of sports, ESPN is considered the king, while ESP is often lacking. OK – maybe ESPN is the biggest self-hype organization in the sports arena, but you get the idea. The folks who log into this blog are as knowledgeable as any fans around. So, heading into this season full of such hope…
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Opening Day: Comparing the 2015/2016 rosters
The Astros have confirmed the last of their 2016 opening day roster as Michael Feliz beat out James Hoyt for the long reliever spot in the bullpen. While the 2016 roster may morph a bit when Evan Gattis, Lance McCullers Jr and Max Stassi recover from injuries, it is still an interesting exercise to compare…
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Astros 2016 – Would You Rather
The Astros Front Office is slowly, but steadily honing the squad down towards the final magic number of 25. Looking ahead, here are some either or questions for your enjoyment and input. Would you rather: The Astros send Jon Singleton back to the minors and possibly absorb ABs that others could use or just let…
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Hang on Sloopy: 10 Reasons to shake the spring training blues
Back in the day, a lot of kids thought that the song by the McCoys was “Hang on Snoopy” (who the heck names their daughter Sloopy anyways). Either way, the sentiment can be applied to the current situation with Astros fandom. The team is struggling a bit the last week or so with starting pitchers getting…
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Astros 2016: Questions, questions and more questions
The Astros are entering the home stretch of a different type of Spring Training in 2016. They are a team with a much bigger and better base and a lot less questions than previous years, which does not mean there are not some questions to be pondered and answered in the next couple weeks. For…
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Astros’ spring training: Surprises thus far?
The Astros are near the halfway point in their 2016 Spring Training and while there have been many things happening as expected, it must be stated that there are a few surprises to date. Some items that may be seen as surprises to this point: The Astros 2015 were led in HRs (27) and RBIs (88)…
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Random Astros’ thoughts in the middle of spring training
Just some random thoughts in the middle of the Astros 2016 Spring Training…. The shoulder soreness reported on young Lance McCullers Jr. forces one’s mind immediately to the big innings increase his 21 year old arm experienced last season. Is his soreness due to overwork in 2015 or just a little early ST problem? The…
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