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Free Blog Weekend and 3 reasons to keep Jose Altuve
Welcome to the weekend and a Free Blog Weekend! With the All Star break just days away and the trade deadline only a couple of weeks out, let’s celebrate. There are no Oswalts, Berkmans or Pences available to Jeff Luhnow, but the Astros may be active at the trade deadline for the fourth straight season.…
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Cosart promotion: Telling move or beginning of the parade
Be sure to read Thursday’s earlier post. Let the party — and the parade — begin. The Astros called up top pitching prospect Jarred Cosart overnight. Is this is a very telling move or just another step in the still-crawling Jeff Luhnow reconstruction project? Think about this: The Astros could have delayed the promotion by…
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Thursday thoughts and a mid-week lightning round
Some suggest that Bud Norris’ latest start — one of his worst of the season — was somehow critical to his season…and the Astros’ season as well. Now, manager Bo Porter is hoping to somehow salvage Tuesday’s debacle by saving Norris for the All Star Game. With Yu Darvish headed to the disabled list, perhaps…
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Luhnow’s “guys” are a cross-section of three generations of GMs
“It’s one of those things where you’ve got a new regime in here. They want their guys and it’s coming later in the season; it’s getting closer to September. So they’re going to try their guys and see what happens.” — Lucas Harrell. Yes,eventually, all of the players on the major league roster and, for…
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Crane may be PR-challenged, but he’s not stupid
There are many lines of discussion for the Astros these days, but one of the hottest and long-lasting topics of the year is the commitment of owner Jim Crane to build a winner. Here are some Monday thoughts on that subject and others. Jim Crane. Not a fan. There’s been much written, much said about…
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No goodbyes, just a lot of memories
This was the final post in the Astros’ Fan Blog at chron.com on July 8, 2013. “There is an appointed time for everything. And there is a time for every event under heaven.” –Ecclesiastes 3:1. My dad worked for Nabisco for 41 years. My mom was the assistant to the president of a local bank for…
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Welcome!
Welcome to Chipalatta! We hope you find some things here that will inspire, challenge, motivate or just make you laugh or think. Over the next few weeks, as we populate the site, you’ll find entries from Chip’s books, as well as those about life, funny photos and quotes and, of course, plenty of entries about…
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Meet Chipalatta
Chip Bailey lives in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and is an author and former sports editor and sportswriter who has followed the Astros for more than 40 years. A native of Natchitoches, La., Bailey enjoys watching baseball at most any level, especially pro and college. Several years ago, he worked as an associate of Pastor John Bosman,…
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