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The greatest Astro enters the Hall of Fame
That was a tough title to write. I love Craig Biggio. I do. He was everything you could ask for in a ballplayer. But he was not as great as the man who enters the Baseball Hall of Fame Sunday, Jeff Bagwell. Stats Look at the Astro single season records held by Bagwell: Highest BA…
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Free Blog Friday: What we don’t know far outweighs what we know
As per a Chip Bailey tradition, let’s go Free Blog Friday today. You can talk about anything you want Astro-wise, but a hunch informs us that trade deadline talk will dominate, so here are a few trade related nuggets to consider. What We Don’t Know #1 It is easy to look at teams that are…
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Wednesday Wonderings: What if they told you…
Pondering the Astros’ numbers for the month of July so far makes one wonder a bit. What if they told you that in July: Staff ace and All-Star Dallas Keuchel would not pitch an inning All-Star and #2 starter Lance McCullers Jr. would make three starts with a very un-All-Star 9.88 ERA and 2.268 WHIP…
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Big week ahead for Luhnow, Astros, but do you remember when?
The Astros are in the midst of the biggest season in franchise history. And, Jeff Luhnow — despite a long road of building, rebuilding, finding gems and busts and riding the roller coaster — could be entering a huge week for the Houston Astros. Adding a starting pitcher (e.g. Sonny Gray) would not only mean…
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Ho hum, big deal: Astros score 8 runs to start the roadtrip
The Astros started the road trip in Baltimore Friday night by scoring eight runs and the natural response for the fans these days is a shrug and a yawn. The Astros are in the midst of the greatest road offensive season in almost 80 years. The only teams to score more than their current 7.15…
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Correa injury almost guarantees a big trade for Astros
No matter how you slice it, 209 + 50 does not = 16.5. But that’s exactly where the Astros find themselves in mid-July, just days before Jeff Luhnow’s deadline to secure the best season in franchise history. Key starters — including Dallas Keuchel, Lance McCullers Jr., Charlie Morton and others — have missed a total…
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Twofer Tuesday: Where the Astros came from and where they are going
A couple of areas to look at today…… 1. How the Astros were built? The Astros are an interesting combination of old, new, cast-offs, trade chips and free agents. Here is a look at how the guys who have contributed the most got here. Thank Ed Wade. There are 4 left-overs from the previous regime, but…
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10 reasons to believe in the 2017 Astros
This is kind of like when you teach a child to ride a bicycle. There is all that angst as they fail and fall, wobble and wiggle and finally kind of get it. Astro fans have been burnt so many times before that it is difficult to completely believe in this team that has taken…
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