Author: Dan P
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ChipalattAwards for June 2024
Due to a late-month surge, including a seven-game winning streak, the Astros had the best month in the majors in June at 17-8. After the early season swoon, this helped the team ease over the .500 mark at 42-41 and back within a reasonable gap behind the plummeting Seattle Mariners.
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Astros at the halfway mark
The Astros’ frustrating 7-2 loss Friday night to the Mets, in which they were held to 2 runs despite putting up 12 hits and four walks, left the Astros at 40-41. After talking to my CPA and a couple of Nobel Laureates, it was revealed that 81 games mark precisely the halfway point to an…
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Astros 2024: Questions turning the corner
It is unclear whether the Astros have turned the corner, having cut 4-1/2 games off their 10-game deficit in the AL West in the last week, or at a crossroads on the season.
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Astros 2024: Now, about that hitting
There has been a lot of focus on the Astros’ starting pitching problems this year, mostly due to their many injuries. The hitting discussions have been more sporadic and spent a lot of energy on the undeniable truth that Jose Abreu needed to go. Well, Jose is gone, but the offense still has problems. Kyle…
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Astros 2024: A little retroactive time travel
Sometimes, late at night, after I eat something that gives me a little heartburn, I have these “dreams.” I call them dreams because if I called them what they appear to be (a visit from the future), folks may call those nice young men in their clean white coats to my home.
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Jose Abreu is Released: Our Long National Nightmare is Over
On SNL back in 1996, Dana Carvey did a hilarious skit playing Tom Brokaw, who wanted to go on a long sabbatical to Barbados for the summer. His producer made him pre-tape all these announcements about potential big news items happening while he was gone, including many variations on Gerald Ford’s future death.
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Astros 2024: Let’s talk money and performance
We rarely discuss money in this blog, as, frankly, it is not our money, and we don’t really have a say in how Jim Crane spends it. But today, based on how the 2024 season is unfolding, it seemed like a good time to look at the most highly compensated personnel on the team and…
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An Open Letter to Jim Crane
One of the things I enjoy doing is to wander down memory lane with the blog. Sometimes I just randomly go back in time and read through some old posts and the comments. I try to ignore the ones where I want to trade Jose Altuve or think that Preston Tucker is the next big…
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