Author: Dan P
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The Astros’ biggest series (so far) in 2020
The last time the Astros saw the A’s back in early April…..er……August they were coming off of road series against the Dodgers and D’Backs that had dropped them from 1/2 game up in the division to 2-1/2 games back of Oakland.
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Astros 2020: Halfway thoughts
Ironically, the Astros crossed the halfway mark of the season midway through an unexpected and unscheduled doubleheader on Tuesday night. Those are the perfect adjectives for this craziest of baseball seasons – unexpected and unscheduled. Rather than go through a bunch of full-year projections today, the theme will be to throw out some random thoughts…
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Do we know who the Astros are? Do they know?
The Astros have taken on the 2020 season like a drunken sailor walking down the street trying to look sober. They take a few solid steps, followed by uncontrollable stumblebum toddling.
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Astros’ offense: Under-the-radar heroes
Heading into the 2020 season, the Big 3 of the Astros’ offense would have been Jose Altuve, Alex Bregman and George Springer. If you were going to throw a fourth person into the mix,
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Astros’ youngsters giving rotation a boost
In the Astros off-season, the Astros potential rotation for 2020 looked something like this.
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Astros’ numbers at the 1/3 mark
Even with a reduced schedule this season, specific numbers are easy to interpret while others are not.
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Astros-Mariners: A must-win for Houston?
This year, 2020 will be best seen in our rearview mirrors. It has been hurtful in so many significant ways between health issues, death rates, bankruptcies, job loss and loss of freedoms.
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Astros 2020: What are the positives?
As Dusty Baker said after the Tuesday night loss to the Giants (in Brian McTaggart’s post in mlb.com) “They say one of the biggest downers in sports or in baseball is when there’s a blown save — and then the opposition, it gives them energy.”
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