Category: Astros
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Top of the Week: It’s only one series, but …
The Houston Astros won the weekend series with the Texas Rangers on Sunday with a 10-0 tail paddling of the Arlington bunch. This was a follow-up to Friday’s 3-2 win that they could have lost and Saturday’s 7-6 loss that they could have won. It is only one series. It is only winning two games…
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Jeff Luhnow and Astros: Top 6 decisions for the second half
The last few weeks the Houston Astros have been flopping and floundering like a newbie swimmer tossed in a pool, who after good initial effort suddenly realizes they really cannot swim. There has been a huge amount of the fan base, here and on other blogs, who have thrown out a ton of suggestions for…
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As second half looms, don’t expect the cavalry to come
The Astros spent months atop the American League West before falling a half game behind the Angles on the final day before the All-Star break. Is the inevitable end of the 2015 dream now upon us? Was that lead the Astros built just a mirage doomed to fade? Well, here are a few interesting facts as Houston…
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Astros 2015 Harkens Back to Astros 1979
Heading into the 1979 season, the Astros were the latest rendition of a terrible tradition. While not as bad as the 2011-2013, 106, 107, 111 loss seasons, the team back then had finished 17 consecutive seasons more than 10 games out of the league/division lead. In the 6 previous seasons (1973-1978), they had finished 17,…
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The Break: We interrupt this fall from the top …
Not in first place any longer. Check. The offense is sputtering like that motorcycle I could never get running again. Check. Chinks in the pitching staff’s armor seem to have appeared. Check. Injuries have finally exposed the lack of depth at the top level of this system. Check. Yeah, that’s not what I’m here to…
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Free Blog Weekend: What are the chances?
The Friday tradition returns with a Free Blog Weekend where you are free to discuss anything on your mind heading into the final weekend before the All Star break. Of course, you already do an excellent job of keeping the conversation going during the other days of the week, but today you are given permission…..…
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Astros have a handful of successful under achievers
Some times in the world of sports, things do not make sense. The 2015 Astros may be a perfect example of a team that is a true team where the whole is bigger and better than the sum of its individual parts. The Astros’ winning ways and division leading results tend to cloud the fact…
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Astros’ perspective just past the halfway point
Just passed the halfway post the Houston Astros are 48-36, desperately clinging to a three-game lead in the division and wobbling after a series of injuries to the everydays, the bullpen and the rotation culminating in the loss of George Springer, their heart, soul and dance instructor. They are currently on a pace for 92 and…
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