Category: Astros
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Why Keuchel and Marwin are still out there
There is always a risk in a headline like this. By the time this is posted one or both of these Astro free agents, Dallas Keuchel and Marwin Gonzalez, could be signed. So a good alternate headline is why are Keuchel and Marwin still unsigned on Feb. 12th at 6:52 AM? One of the things…
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Astros 2019: 10 questions heading to spring training
Last spring most of the questions revolving around the Astros were concerning whether they could repeat as champions and not who was going to do the repeating. Their biggest loss was Carlos Beltran, who was also their worst everyday hitter. Of course, the loss of Beltran along with now World Champion manager Alex Cora may…
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What I found on the Interwebs made me angry
While perusing the vast expanse that is the information superhighway (there’s a term you don’t hear anymore), I spotted two articles about baseball that will impact the Astros. One, I loved. Another made me want to cry.
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Real Moneyball and the forgotten parties
First of all I want to make something perfectly clear. I have no hope that anything recommended here has any more of a chance of occurring than this writer has of either playing for or owning a major league team. But the recent talk about how unfair the current agreement is with the MLB Players…
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Wait, what? The Astros signed Wade Miley?
Wade Miley? Uh, OK. Welcome to Houston Wade “I Type Your Last Name and A Crazy Pop Singer’s Name Autofills” Miley.
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Offseason view of AL Big 3: Red Sox, Yankees, Astros
Fans of the other 2018 playoff teams (Cleveland and Oakland) may disagree, but in most quarters the three best teams in the AL entering the off-season and likely entering the 2019 season are the 2018 World Champion Boston Red Sox, the 2017 World Champion Houston Astros and the many time champion New York Yankees. The…
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A look at the Astros lineup
The other day, mlb.com ran a look-ahead at each of the teams and their probable lineup, if they started the season with the current lineup.
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Astros’ Hall of Fame: Today, tomorrow and beyond
The Astros have just announced that they will be starting what many clubs already have, a team Hall of Fame.
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