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Astros and their breakout kings
Father of the blog, Chip Bailey, often stated as the Astros were re-building, that all the team needed to do was find two solid players every year to build into a contender. Since it didn’t seem like they had two solid players on their roster in the dark days, that was not as simple a…
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Will Yordan Alvarez become the greatest Astros’ left-handed hitter?
In some ways, this is one of those throw down topics that may not be proved for a long time, but it is still one of interest. Will Yordan Alvarez, who in his 89 game Astros “career” has posted an incredible .312 BA/ .410 OBP/ 1.064 OPS with 28 HRs and 82 RBIs become the…
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Astros’ closer conversation
The possibility of the Astros making a move for a new closer has been an item for discussion since the season ended. First, Houston let the injured Roberto Osuna, who only pitched in four games in 2020, become a free agent rather than go to arbitration and risk having to pay him big bucks to…
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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…
