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Assuming you are still Astros fans…Why?
Chip’s blog is a refuge for true Houston Astros’ fans. If we were a separate species, we would have to be protected under the Endangered Species Act. Anyone who is the least objective has to stare at us and wonder – why do they still care after almost a decade of terrible fan abuse and…
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MMQB: Second guessing Porter and Luhnow
It’s Monday, so we’re throwing out the questions and second guesses while wondering if teams from the NFL and major league baseball from the same market have ever drafted #1 in the same season. The Texans face a quandary this week while the Astros have narrowed their choices down to seven. What are the chances…
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Roster juggling: A fun and therapeutic experiment
Six weeks ago, Dallas Keuchel and Collin McHugh were after thoughts for an Astros’ rotation that had high hopes with Scott Feldman, Jarred Cosart and Brett Oberholtzer at the top. Now, Keuchel and McHugh are the hottest Astros’ pitchers, Saturday’s crazy game notwithstanding. Six weeks ago, if someone had told you the Astros would be hitting…
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FREE BLOG WEEKEND: Singleton, McHugh, Change of Scenery
After an almost unprecedented two-days-off-in-one-week, a roster move, more DL news our band of still-struggling major leaguers tries to get its act together this weekend facing one of the few teams it has a winning records against. With the first full month behind the Astros and now looking the June draft square in the face,…
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Yes I Went There: Are Donald Sterling and Jim Crane Cut from the Same Cloth?
Maybe everyone is already tired of the Donald Sterling story – but since Bryant Gumbel painted Jim Crane with the same brush as Sterling and since long time blog contrarian, Bopert, has a giant “I told you so” hanging over our heads – I think it is a reasonable thing to discuss. As a reminder…
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Random Astros’ stats on a passing scene
The Astros’ front office is all about the advanced metrics. And I get it. Numbers can explain a lot. Sure, you can’t play the games on paper. But without the real world, those numbers wouldn’t exist. Kinda existential, huh? Anyway, there’s a bunch of numbers that explain why the Astros are where they are. Here…
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MMQB debate: The Luhnow Chronicles
Turning the microscope to Jeff Luhnow on this final Monday in April while giving the two-year GM the benefit of the doubt and wondering if Jonathan Singleton will have a ticket to Minute Maid Park as the Astros take a day off to catch their collective breaths. Most general managers make a handful of off…
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Finish the Phrase: Natives are restless edition
It is not that any of us were that happy to begin with – but the Houston Astros’ fans are really in a growling mood as more than half of the improvement add-ons are on the DL (Matt Albers, Scott Feldman, Jesse Crain), the team is still playing brain dead at times and more and…
