Author: Dan P
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What are we looking at here?
There always seems to be a time in every baseball season when the fans, and perhaps the team itself, doubt the team’s identity and destination.
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The Astros 2026: WWJLD?
Since Astros fans are in the blame game right now regarding Dana Brown and to a lesser (or larger) degree Joe Espada it is natural to ask WWJLD. What Would Jeff Luhnow Do? And maybe for some it is WWAJHD – What Would A.J. Hinch Do?
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Redux: Altuve vs. Biggio
Dan P needs to cleanse his palette of all the “what can the Astros do if anything…”, “where are they headed”, “who should they trade-off” talk. It is exhausting.
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Astros 2026: What’s the plan?
When Jim Crane took over the Astros, brought in GM Jeff Luhnow, and cut the budget and the team back to the studs (well, not athletic studs), there seemed to be a plan. It was not always plain that it was a good plan, and many doubted that Crane would ever go from a bottom-feeder’s…
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Astros’ 2026: What does anything mean?
The Astros eked out a win against the Red Sox on Sunday to give them their fourth series win of the season. On the negative side, they almost allowed a bases loaded / no out situation in the top of the tenth inning to get away from them (again) with the very unusual shortstop to…
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Chipalatta Awards for March/April 2026
The Astros finished the month of April with a lowly 12-20 record. They were tied for last in the AL West, tied for the worst record in the American League, and only above the 10-21 NY Mets in all of baseball.
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Homework assignment for Astros’ fans
Sometime during the Astros 7-5 loss to the Cards on Sunday, I texted my brother and said, ” These Astros are almost unwatchable. The “almost” allows me to watch Yordan Alvarez’s at-bats as he hit his 10th homer of the season, which is the most in the majors. Oh, and he leads the majors in…
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Astros’ 2026: So much change
I did not have the heart to write this during the Astros gut-wrenching road trip, but now that they had a gut-wrenching win at home, let’s talk about THAT road trip.
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