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Spring Training Word for the Day – Relax
Sometimes I look at the dates that music came out and go – Huh? Like the single “Relax” by Frankie Goes to Hollywood hit the top 40 in 1984. That was 40 years ago. 40 years!!! I keep thinking that is a new song.
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Astros 2024: May the fake games begin
Saturday night, the Astros (or likely a subset from the lower part of the 40-man roster) will face off against their Spring Training park-mates, the Washington Nationals, in the first exhibition game of 2024.
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2024 Astros’ Spring Training Bingo
The beginning of Spring Training has brought the usual litany of quotations from the Astros. The ones you hear every spring reminded me of something.
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The one thing that might derail an eighth straight ALCS appearance for the Astros
Ok, truth in advertising, this one thing is really one area of the team, not just one player. And that one area is the starting pitching.
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Putting Alex Bregman in perspective
All the recent talk about the Astros saying they will tender an extension offer to Kyle Tucker and Alex Bregman has led to discussions about possibly letting Breggy follow the free agent paths of Gerrit Cole, George Springer, Charlie Morton, Carlos Correa and Justin Verlander (with JV bouncing back at the trade deadline).
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Astros’ 2024 Offense: Addition by addition (And a little subtraction)
In the early days of the Astros’ bottoming out and turning around, a component of the improvement was a bit of addition by subtraction.
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Jose Altuve Forever
It was the summer of 2011, and things were very grim for Astros’ fans. The team was on the way to a club record worst 56-106 record, which would be followed by club worst 55-107 and 51-111 seasons. In the middle of despair, the team jumped three players from AA to the big club, JD…
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Astros 2024: What about Ryan Pressly?
Since Josh Hader signed his 5-year/ $95 million free agent contract, we have not really heard from the closer emeritus Ryan Pressly.
