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…

With the big team coasting into the All Star break with a huge lead in the division and a 19-1 shellacking of the Blue Jays under its belt, it is time to glance downward at the top prospects in the minors and how they have done to date. Prospect ranking based on latest mlb.com prospect…

…you see a picture of the 2017 Astros. The Astros are the best team in the major leagues. Beyond that they are the very best offensive team in the majors. The team with the most runs/game? Astros 5.76 r/gm They are #1 in the majors in BA (.287), .352 (OBP), .493 (SLG), .845 (OPS), 1457…

If this was the month for the rest of the AL West division, the rest of the AL and the rest of baseball to make hay and cut into the Astros lead in the standings, the rest of baseball may be in trouble. Despite having four of their five starters on the DL during the…

This weekend, the Astros hit the mid-point of what thus far has been the most spectacular season in the organization’s history. As games begin on Sunday, Houston has the best record in baseball and a 14-game lead in the AL West Division. When Sports Illustrated predicted a World Series championship this season, no one —…

A few early summer thoughts as Houston hitters fill in the gap and pick up their pitching teammates. Much of the conversation surrounding the Astros these days is how many players will they put on the All Star team when the teams are announced for the mid-summer gala this weekend. George Springer, Jose Altuve and…

Today’s two for Tuesday looks at two topics from the off-season and or early season where the pundits opinion has been proven wrong. This writer was one of them and has been as much a pun as a dit….. 1) The importance of the good health of Dallas Keuchel and Lance McCullers Jr. In almost…

In real life as opposed to baseball faux life, a tropical storm named Cindy took aim at the low lying, flood prone big city of Houston and basically whiffed. Some winds, a bit of heavy rain, but no big Tropical Allison flood event. Houston has ridden out the storm. Back over in the parallel world…