Looking at the title of this post, perhaps we are past waving a white flag because the Astros’ last two weeks have been the physical equivalent of surrender.

Your loyal scribe has been struggling with comparing the Astros’ slog to or out of the playoffs to other experiences in life.

Asking the readers here to answer questions is often an enjoyable post, plus it means your writing servant has less work to do.

Out in the working world, we used to have a saying that an Expert is anyone who lives at least 50 miles away and charges twice as much as you do.

Dusty Baker is not going anywhere at this point, so let’s talk about a couple other things.

Folks, we are in uncharted territory here. Never before can I remember a situation where the manager of the defending champions lost so much support from the serious fan base in the following season.

Looking at the numbers for the starting pitchers in July, especially the ERAs for Cristian Javier (6.17), Hunter Brown (6.23), and J.P. France (5.92), it is hard to believe that the Astros finished August with a 17-11 record. On the other hand, after the mostly bad offensive numbers in July ….. ChipalattAwards for July –…