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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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Eight wins, seven random thoughts, six losses
If you’re looking for deep and insightful, you’ve come to the wrong blog. Those West Coast games go late. And I was up late. So instead of penetrating analysis, you’re getting “the stuff in Brian’s head this morning.” Be glad I’ve filtered out the song lyrics, 1980s commercial jingles, and that group of tales known…
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Tuesday notes: Stats, records and the Fields Dilemma
Don’t look now, but your Houston Astros are on a three-game winning streak. Here are some notes to whet your appetite. The Astros: Are 3-1 on the road this season. Are unbeaten (6-0) in games in which they score four or more runs. Sport a 7-0 record when they score first. Have used 12 different…
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First place and .500, time for some off season review
When is the last time you woke up to begin a new week and your favorite baseball team was .500 and in first place in the AL West? Come on now! You can get out some ooohs and ahhhs instead of some of “Oh me’s” and ugghs and groans! In fact, on this Monday, the…
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Saturday Catch up: What If … What Is … What shall be
So, Kris Bryant is now a major league third baseman. He’s not 4-for-4 with four home runs after one game, but I’m sure he’ll be bashing them out of the Friendly Confines soon. Carlos Rodon is in AAA and on the verge of the majors, so far pitching well at AAA for the White Sox organization. No disrespect…
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Free Blog Weekend: Odds, experience and your conversation
Welcome to our Chip tradition of Free Blog Weekend. There are some food for thought items below, but the blog belongs to you as any subject (Astros’ related) is open season. What are the odds? Not that this blog proponent has ever been to Las Vegas and not that these specific bets were available at the…
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