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Questions for you to ponder, discuss and debate
Hello from California, the first of three stops on my Tour of America this week. Albuquerque tomorrow, then Charlotte and Greensboro. The Astros have their own “tour” this week through New York and Cleveland as the embark on the last 37 games of the season. Here are three questions for you to ponder, discuss and…
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What they said, what they meant: Injuries and Performance Issues
I know that everyone must be asking themselves either, “I wonder when Dan P is going to write another one of those wonderful What They Said – What They Meant posts” or “Thank God, Dan P stopped writing those What They Said – What They Meant pieces of dreck and drivel.” Well for the first set…
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Free Blog Weekend: Crystal ball on the off-season
It’s Friday and the weekend is on. That means a Free Blog Weekend. It’s a 9-year tradition, starting back in 2005 on that other site. Six months ago, if you’d been offered a 66-96 record — a 15-game improvement and 30-game swing — for the 2014 season, most of you would have accepted the offer,…
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Three years out, how do these trades look?
Supposedly, (and I am not sure there is any scientific data supporting this) a trade is supposed to be ripe to be reviewed three years out. So, let’s take a quick look at those trades that the Astros pulled off in the summer of 2011 to help become the 1-1 draft juggernaut of the last…
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Rumblings: Should Luhnow be on the hot seat?
Are the rumblings growing louder for Jeff Luhnow’s head? Maybe, but it would take failure of a gargantuan level for owner Jim Crane to blow it all up three years into the reconstruction blueprint that promises and improvement this year. Wouldn’t it? From Ken Rosenthal over the weekend. Internal tension seems unavoidable. Owner Jim Crane has…
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August and September about Astros’ improvement
Just two wins shy of the entire 2013 total, the primary question now for the Astros is how much improvement the team will realize over the next 44 games. With the talent on the roster now, the team should avoid a repeat of the horrific August/September (15-41) from last year. And that will be the…
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Some Astros’ perspective from the down under
You may or may not have noticed, but I have been out of the loop the last couple weeks, contributing no posts and just an occasional comment. My second son Peter lives in Australia and was married a week ago to a lovely young woman, Skye, so the blog and the Astros have taken second…
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Free Blog Weekend: The Astros’ Dog Days of Summer
Well, it’s been a busy week for us bloggers … though obviously not when it comes to blogging. Like our Astros, we need help. An infusion of talent perhaps. An ace in the bullpen to stop the hemorrhaging. A player to go on a hot streak. Look no further. It’s time for a Free Blog…
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