Category: Astros
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Setting priorities: The Astros headed into the off-season
Here in Houston the school year for most kids begins on Monday – so it is not a bad time to stop and reassess things as the Astros creep within 5 weeks of the off-season. If you were running the Astros – how would you prioritize these chores headed into the off-season? TV Deal –…
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Half full / Half empty: Two looks at the Astros
I thought I would steal from the best and present a take on the Glass Half Full Guy as we totter through the last 6 weeks of the season. So, here is a Point/Counterpoint between Glass Half Full and Glass Half Empty Guys or Gals. And to make a classic SNL reference, there will be…
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Questions for you to ponder, discuss and debate
Hello from California, the first of three stops on my Tour of America this week. Albuquerque tomorrow, then Charlotte and Greensboro. The Astros have their own “tour” this week through New York and Cleveland as the embark on the last 37 games of the season. Here are three questions for you to ponder, discuss and…
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What they said, what they meant: Injuries and Performance Issues
I know that everyone must be asking themselves either, “I wonder when Dan P is going to write another one of those wonderful What They Said – What They Meant posts” or “Thank God, Dan P stopped writing those What They Said – What They Meant pieces of dreck and drivel.” Well for the first set…
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Free Blog Weekend: Crystal ball on the off-season
It’s Friday and the weekend is on. That means a Free Blog Weekend. It’s a 9-year tradition, starting back in 2005 on that other site. Six months ago, if you’d been offered a 66-96 record — a 15-game improvement and 30-game swing — for the 2014 season, most of you would have accepted the offer,…
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Three years out, how do these trades look?
Supposedly, (and I am not sure there is any scientific data supporting this) a trade is supposed to be ripe to be reviewed three years out. So, let’s take a quick look at those trades that the Astros pulled off in the summer of 2011 to help become the 1-1 draft juggernaut of the last…
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Rumblings: Should Luhnow be on the hot seat?
Are the rumblings growing louder for Jeff Luhnow’s head? Maybe, but it would take failure of a gargantuan level for owner Jim Crane to blow it all up three years into the reconstruction blueprint that promises and improvement this year. Wouldn’t it? From Ken Rosenthal over the weekend. Internal tension seems unavoidable. Owner Jim Crane has…
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August and September about Astros’ improvement
Just two wins shy of the entire 2013 total, the primary question now for the Astros is how much improvement the team will realize over the next 44 games. With the talent on the roster now, the team should avoid a repeat of the horrific August/September (15-41) from last year. And that will be the…
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