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The Astros win and lead the AL West in spite of themselves
After 13 games the Astros sport a 9-4 record, which is tied for their best start in history. They have a comfortable 3-1/2 game lead over the Angels and M’s and a 4 game lead over the A’s and the Rangers in their division. With all that positivity, this is all occurring while some folks…
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Thus far, as the Astros’ bullpen goes, so goes the Astros
Good friend of this blog and commenter deluxe, Mr. Bill, recently said “…as goes Jose Altuve, so goes the Astros”. This is often the case over the last few years, but frankly through the first 10 games of the season, perhaps he should have said “…as goes the bullpen, so goes the Astros”. Through those…
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After the first week, all we know is that baseball is goofy
The first week of the season is as usual, so full of red herrings they should set up a canning operation down at Minute Maid Park. Fans think they know something about the trends, who is good, who is bad and what trades need to be made seven games into the season. In truth we…
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The Astros’ marathon begins, but what does it mean?
If a baseball season was a marathon, which it is, one game would be like running 850 feet. That is not nothing, and in fact for most of the seasoned folks on this blog that would be a nice little 280+ yard dash. But compared to the 6 month death march of a season the first…
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Astros’ preview: The season we’ve all been waiting for?
Today Dan looks at the Astros themselves as they ready themselves for the first series of the season against the Seattle Mariners. 2016 Record. 84-78 – 3rd place in AL West – 11 GB of the Rangers Last Playoff Appearance. 2015 World Series Appearances/Wins. 0 for 1 – 2005 Best Franchise Season. 102-60 in 1998 Worst Franchise Season. 51-111 in 2013 Manager. A.J.…
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Astros rotation: The gray area between worry and concern
Back when my wife was a bit of a rebellious teenager, she used to have a conversation with her father that went something like this. “Don’t be worried about me, Dad.” Her dad would reply, “I’m not worried, I’m concerned.” In some ways this ties to the feelings about the Houston Astros rotation this season. There are…
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World Baseball Classic: plus or minus for the Astros?
It seems strange to have an Astros team make it this far into spring training and have so little feel for how it will perform as a whole, especially on the offensive side. That is totally because of the local team’s “donations” to the World Baseball Classic currently occurring at locations around the globe. SS…
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13 pitchers? Then who are the 12? More importantly, who is the 12th?
It is simple math with a possible complex summation. There are 25 roster spots and Manager A.J. Hinch has announced that he plans to start the season with 13 pitchers. Taking out my old HP calculator, that would leave 12 spots (more or less to the eighth significant digit) for the Astros’ position players heading…
