Category: Astros
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Quick Look at the Astros Top 30 Prospects
Yes, this may be a sign of the Astros not being that interesting on the major league level so far this season, but here is this blogs’ early season grading of the top 30 Houston Astros prospects as they were ranked by Jim Callis of mlb.com in March with stats through May 10th. 1. Alex…
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Critical two weeks are ahead for Astros
The Astros have shown signs of life the last week winning five of their last seven games after their 7-1 thrashing of the Cleveland Indians and former Cy Young winner Corey Kluber Monday night. Their record stands at 13-20 and they are 6.5 GB in their division behind the Seattle Mariners and 5 GB in…
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Help needed: Questions — and no answers — for Astros
Happy Mother’s Day to everyone! Spending the day in my childhood home with my parents. My dad is 87, my mom 81 and they are celebrating their 62nd anniversary this Mother’s Day! Double celebration! While sitting around with them, I had a few questions and realized I’m not sure I have the answers. Will you…
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Astros’ AL-tuve: One of the best in the AL
Amidst all the angst about a very slow start by the Astros, the story of Jose Altuve‘s start has been almost taken for granted. Even after a rare 0 for 4 in Friday’s win over the Mariners, the mighty mites’ production to date has been outstanding. Look at the following stats through May 6th: Category…
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Jeff and HAL Having a Talk
This post goes forward with a nod to Mr. Bill and his Star Trek parody, which inspired this revisit to 2001: A Space Odyssey. The scene opens in a bunker 20 feet below Minute Maid Park. Yes bunkers are usually placed 100’s of feet below the earth’s surface, but you understand it is hard enough…
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For your discussion: Jeff Luhnow is the Anti-Christ
Reading the recent verbal attack by former Speaker of the House John Boehner on Ted Cruz, calling him “Lucifer in the flesh”, makes one wonder if Citizen Boehner had been reading some of the comments here about Astros’ GM Jeff Luhnow for inspiration. There is a lot of frustration with the Astros GM after a…
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Astros 2016: So many (MANY!) questions
As we awoke to another Astros loss 11-1 to the M’s this morning and the continuation of an early season 6-15 death march, many questions run through the minds of all Astro fans. Where did our fun-loving, dugout dancing, slightly obnoxious young team go? Did the Mother Ship return for them and dropped off the true team?…
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Panic time or adjustment and tweak time for Astros?
Writing this post on a sunny Monday afternoon is a struggle, almost as large a struggle as the Astros have experienced over the first 19 games and a 6-13 record. It is hard to believe that this team has only one series win to date and has a long winning streak of one in a row, accomplished…
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