Category: Astros
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Astros riding out, weathering the storms
In real life as opposed to baseball faux life, a tropical storm named Cindy took aim at the low lying, flood prone big city of Houston and basically whiffed. Some winds, a bit of heavy rain, but no big Tropical Allison flood event. Houston has ridden out the storm. Back over in the parallel world…
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For the Astros and you, it’s a twofer Tuesday
On a red hot Tuesday in the city of the tottering Astros who still lead their division, league and all of the majors with their record….here are two subjects for discussion and disagreement. 1) The Four Dwarfs The Astros are off to a great start to the season, even with their recent stumbles and injuries.…
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Springer, Altuve and Correa: Possibly the 3 best everyday teammates
There is a point during the Mel Brooks classic, “Spaceballs”, where the bad guys space ship led by Colonel Sandurz and Dark Helmet are getting ready to chase down Lone Starr, Barf and Princess Vespa. At first they are going to ramp up to light speed, but it is then decided that this is not…
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FREE BLOG WEEKEND: Gulp, Luhnow may have to pay the piper soon
Blackie Sherrod of the Dallas Morning News used to share his scattershots in his weekend column years ago. When I was in radio, there was something called Open Mike Friday. Then, several years ago, while at the Chronicle (don’t spit, please), I introduced the Free Blog Weekend. It was designed to start a conversation, which…
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Astros on the mountain top, but payday is coming
Someday, we’ll look back on these times as the good ol’ days! The Astros are flying high today, just as Sports Illustrated predicted several years ago. But, as is often the case in any field, it’s sometimes easy to get to the top of the mountain. The difficulty comes in staying there. You can’t argue…
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Astros 2017: ChipalattAwards for May
After putting up one of their best Aprils in history, the Astros put their pedal to the metal and smoked the competition in May with a brilliant 22-7 May. This placed them at the top of the baseball world. They are 11 games ahead of the Angels in their division, six games ahead of the…
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The 2017 Astros: Yeah, they are that good!
All sports reveal the truth over time and baseball is no exception. Any player and any team can have 2 or 4 weeks of out-of-their-mind performance, but eventually they will return to earth sometimes with a soft glide, sometimes with a thud. When a player or team is performing well for a couple of months…
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Burning Astros’ question: Can Peacock put out Fiers?
Brad Peacock has been more than a cup of coffee guy as far as major league experience goes. He has been up for a number of meals, they have just not been very good on the whole. This is the sixth season that he has made an appearance in the major leagues, but the only…
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