Author: Dan P
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Looking ahead for the Astros: Fears for 2015
Friend of the blog, Devin wrote this yesterday…. “I’m a bit worried we have some fool’s gold here. Yes, we will be better with Springer back, but look how silly the Indians…a middle of the pack team, have made them look. If Altuve, Keuchel, and McHugh regress even a little next season… In other words,…
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Two Stars in the Heavens – Astros Beat Indians in Opener
Some in-person observations from last night’s 3-1 victory for the Astros over the Indians. General Comments Heading into September, the Astros were 20 games under .500 at 59-79 and had a tough road ahead of them with 9 home games and 15 road games down the stretch. On top of that, they were going to be…
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Perspective: BA top 10 Astros’ prospects with 20/20 hindsight
The minor league baseball season is over (playoffs ending this weekend), so I thought I would look back at the Astros’ top 10 prospects as ranked by Baseball America before the season. There are various rankings available and I picked this one because I feel too lazy to analyze someone else’s top 20 rankings instead…
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Astros’ head scratchers: What happened? What to do?
Baseball can be one of the most non-linear of sports when individual performances are looked at month-to-month or season-to-season. With that in mind, here are a few head scratchers as the Astros wind down on a better, but not good, 2014. Jason Castro In 2014, Jason Castro was an All Star. Yes, he was not…
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The Astros’ rotation is driving a solid finish
We know how this goes: Consistency in anything can end up with a person, group, product, company, etc. being taken for granted. The Astros’ starting pitching may be headed in that direction as they are the one part of the team not named Jose Altuve that has been very consistent this season, especially down the…
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A fan’s observations of last night’s game
Thanks to my good friend, Charlie from my church choir, I got to watch the second game of the Tom Lawless era (yes, it may be a one month era) in the comfort of some great seats in the club level just to the 3rd base side of home plate. So – what did I…
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Jose Altuve: Astros’ MVP by the numbers
After a series of articles and arguments that have not been about what was happening on the field – it is time to behold the glory of the best Astro of 2014: Jose Altuve. Here is a little Altuve by the numbers (all numbers toted after the games of August 30th). 0 – The number…
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Setting priorities: The Astros headed into the off-season
Here in Houston the school year for most kids begins on Monday – so it is not a bad time to stop and reassess things as the Astros creep within 5 weeks of the off-season. If you were running the Astros – how would you prioritize these chores headed into the off-season? TV Deal –…
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