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Free Blog Weekend: What a difference a year makes
As I write, it’s 2-1 Mariners, and Luis Valbuena opened the inning with a walk. The game started with Scott Feldman spotting the M’s a 2-0 lead. Last season, I would have pretty much written off the game if that happened. Now, I’m just waiting for Houston to tie it back up. What a difference a…
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Things we know and don’t know on a Thursday review
After 21 games, there is a lot we know about the Astros. Still, there is much we don’t know. To be sure, this ride has been stupid crazy. 9-1 in the last 10 games. Houston has won four straight series. Best road start (10-2) in team history. At 14-7, the Astros have their first winning…
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The Astros, and that one time I coached a team
I have two daughters. Both couldn’t be less interested in sports. They’ve both danced since they were 3 years old. Both love it. And I’m glad. But that means my experience as a coach will probably be pretty limited. When I was about 30 or 31, a woman I worked with named Louise came and…
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Laying out possible July scenarios as Astros raise hopes
The headlines in recent days have been horrific. Homer Bailey has a potentially serious elbow injury. Brandon McCarthy has torn UCL. Adam Wainwright out for season with torn Achilles heel. Joe Nathan will have second Tommy John surgery. And, these are only from the last week! Now, as the Astros await news on the Jed…
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YIE, but could it really be one of “those” years?
There is a new acronym to be added for use by the English-speaking sports fans. YIE. Yes It’s Early! So this blog contributor will be the first one to say: YIE. But, sometimes there is a feeling with a team, a coursing through the veins of a fresh transfusion of confidence and luck that cannot be explained.…
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Sunday update: Yes, Houston has a real live baseball team
Friends, fans and countrymen, Houston has a real live, honest to goodness major league baseball team. It’s amazing that winning can cause forgetfulness quickly. Yes, those Astros are streaky. But maybe not in the way you were thinking. Dallas Keuchel now has 11 consecutive quality starts going back to August 2014. During that stretch, he’s…
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5 questions that could stay with the Astros all season
Houston is in first place and at least a couple of the pistons in the eight-cylinder engine are buzzing. Keeping those two going and trying to get the other six working will be the challenge of the 2015 season. At present, the season is young — only one tenth complete — but there are several…
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WTSWTM: Snippets and translations from Astros’ early season
It is time for another episode of What They Said, What They Meant. This off-day version is filled with more quotes for the Astros taken from chron.com (Spit!!) and translated from baseball-speak into English by your blog meister. Jed Lowrie after the Astros won the third game of the A’s series. What he said. “The most…
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