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The potential Astros’ need no one is talking about
The Astros’ litany of “needs” this offseason has consisted of the following. Must-haves. Replacements for Michael Brantley and George Springer in the outfield (somehow replacing Josh Reddick never gets mentioned) and either a better starting catcher in front of or more likely a veteran backup catcher behind Martin Maldonado. Nice to haves. A veteran or…
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Houston’s golden age of sports hits a speed bump
The last few years have seen about as strong a run of sports success as the City of Houston has ever seen from their three big sports teams simultaneously. This has been led by the Astros, but has included some notable showings by both the Rockets and the Texans. The question at this point is…
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Writing about nothing…
I think it was in the fine Roger Kahn book “Boys of Summer” when he talks about his early sports writing career where he was supposed to be covering high school sports, but due to a teachers/coaches strike there were no sports being played. His editor basically told him that when you have nothing to…
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And now for something completely different…
Apologies to the Monty Python troop for plagiarizing the title, but rather than talk about the Astros, today’s post will be Christmas themed. So without further adieu and whether you are interested or not, here are Dan P’s Top 10 Christmas movies of all time with a bonus of 10 more honorable mentions.
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Astros 2020: A couple of points for discussion
As the off-season oozes on like a snail caught in molasses, today the blog will offer a couple points on which you fine readers may chew or opine…
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Dusty Baker is pretty smart
While most of the Astros’ fandom is concerned about the outfield situation with George Springer, Michael Brantley and Josh Reddick all joining the free agent market, Manager Dusty Baker showed the kind of wisdom you expect from someone who has been around the majors for about 50 years as a player, coach and manager.
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The offseason malaise
The one positive at this time of the off-season is that amateur hack writers can be as accurate and newsworthy as the “big guys” who get paid to speculate in print or in the cloud. Does it take special psychic powers to know that the Astros are interested in trying to bring George Springer and/or…
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Can Jose Altuve be Jose Altuve again?
While the biggest story of the 2020 season (if we ignore “IT”) for the Astros was the decimation of their pitching staff and the rise of young pitchers to try and re-float the boat, the story that received less attention was the collapse of the Astros’ offense.
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