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Special Christmas memories from Dan
by Dan Peschong Over the years I’ve had wonderful and not so wonderful memories at Christmas. I remember being so happy getting an electric train when I was 5 years old and very few things will match the extremely rare Christmas Eve snow in Sugar Land in 2004 – which had us tossing snowballs while…
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As off season turns corner, Astros still have payroll room
The baseball off-season is about to turn the corner. Many general managers, owners and managers will tell you they like to have the bulk of their roster work done by Christmas. For some teams — and I emphasize some — that has happened in 2013. For others like the Astros, some shuffling and rearrangement still…
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Quick Discussion: Buchanan vs. Wojciechowski
by Dan Peschong Weird how potential topics come up for blog postings….this one came up just because of a previous article by Chip on the Rule 5 draft. It bothered me that Jake Buchanan, who I had perceived as having good value to the Astros was not put on the 40 Man Roster and thus…
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Wait, didn’t the Astros and Jose Veras have a “mutual interest”?
Obviously, the Astros didn’t value Jose Veras as much as we may have thought. Veras, who served as Houston’s closer for the first half of last season, signed a one-year deal with the Cubs Tuesday. One year. $4 million. The deal includes a 2015 option for $5.5 million or a $150,000 buyout. A pretty sweet…
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Money changes everything for Astros … well, sort of
by Brian Todd Shin-Soo Choo is still out there. James Loney isn’t. Kendrys Morales is available at a pretty high price. Want another back-end reliever? Jesse Crain and Jose Veras are still looking for a home. All it costs is money. Jim Crane may have told us to pony up our own $10 million last…
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Dan Peschong does the eeny, meeny, miny, mo with Astros’ 5th starter
By Dan Peschong Looking back at 2013 – I will give high marks to anyone who can tell me who started the first 4 games of the season for the Astros and who was the 5th pitcher to start a game (which occurred in the 8th game of the season). Most of you probably got…
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Okay, maybe we should chat about Shin-Soo Choo
So the Astros missed out on Joba Chamberlain. Probably Matt Garza. Brian McCann and Carlos Beltran too. Most fans — including this one — expected the Astros the dabble in the low-to-mid range of free agents and other acquisitions. The three-year, $30 million deal for Scott Feldman and the trade for Dexter Fowler pretty much…
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Choo, Tanaka and other Astros’ stuff
Just a few scattershots while wondering if Jeff Luhnow’s cell phone is smoking after all the calls, emails and texts this week. The Astros don’t need Shin-Soo Choo. Seems as though some Astros’ fans want the team to get back into one of those Carlos Lee-like contracts. Sorry, at this point in the rebuild, I…
