Author: Dan P
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For 2014 Astros, it’s Altuve or bust at second base
by Dan Peschong Unless Jeff Luhnow springs another spring training surprise as he did with the Jed Lowrie trade last year – the Astros’ second baseman in 2014 will be Jose Altuve. Whether you think that is a good thing or bad thing may well depend on whether the real Jose Altuve played in 2012 or…
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FREE BLOG WEEKEND!!!
One of our most loyal bloggers, Becky, requested a free blog weekend and we are nothing if not responsive to our loyal friends. This is a Chip Bailey tradition started as a blog version of open line Friday on the radio. The normal post has a theme – not this time. Do you think Bo…
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Biggio – Skunked Again
Skunked Again by Brian Todd MLB.com writer Hal Bodley said, in defense of his idiotic ballot for the Hall of Fame (Bodley voted for Tom Glavine, Greg Maddux, Frank Thomas and … Jack Morris, and no one else) he was “not ready to vote for Biggio.” Really? Hoping he hits another double to increase his…
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Some New Year’s resolutions for Crane, Luhnow and other Astros
We know how New Year’s resolutions work – they are usually very important, very difficult to keep and abandoned faster than a ….New Year’s resolution? So, this year rather than be the source of internal disappointment, I decided to take a different tack and choose resolutions for others. A resolution for Jim Crane . Jim,…
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Special Christmas memories from Dan
by Dan Peschong Over the years I’ve had wonderful and not so wonderful memories at Christmas. I remember being so happy getting an electric train when I was 5 years old and very few things will match the extremely rare Christmas Eve snow in Sugar Land in 2004 – which had us tossing snowballs while…
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Quick Discussion: Buchanan vs. Wojciechowski
by Dan Peschong Weird how potential topics come up for blog postings….this one came up just because of a previous article by Chip on the Rule 5 draft. It bothered me that Jake Buchanan, who I had perceived as having good value to the Astros was not put on the 40 Man Roster and thus…
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Dan Peschong does the eeny, meeny, miny, mo with Astros’ 5th starter
By Dan Peschong Looking back at 2013 – I will give high marks to anyone who can tell me who started the first 4 games of the season for the Astros and who was the 5th pitcher to start a game (which occurred in the 8th game of the season). Most of you probably got…
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Happy Thanksgiving: Yes, Astros’ fans, too, can be thankful
by Dan Peschong As most people know, the Thanksgiving holiday was born from a grand conspiracy of the National Football League and the Butterball corporation to televise three pro football games on a Thursday in late November to millions of people with nothing to do but eat turkey and fixin’s and to watch Uncle Fred…
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