Category: Astros
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Astros 2023: Trade deadlines during the Renaissance
The trade deadline has become a traditional time of big moves for the Houston Astros during this “Renaissance” period of their history. Most have been positive, though a few have not been that great in retrospect. Looking back, there were a few that I had forgotten or was not so sure about the details. Let’s…
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Astros 2023: Taking a time machine back to March
Today we will take a time machine back to March of this year. You are a good and loyal fan of the Astros waiting around for the season to begin. You are fairly confident in the team and why shouldn’t you be? They won the 2022 title by sweeping the first two rounds of the…
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Astros 2023 – Tell Me Why?
Back in 1970, when I was really getting heavy into music, Neil Young came out with a fine album, After the Gold Rush. His lead-off song was a lovely ballad that has stuck with me for a long time, Tell Me Why. It was the kind of a song a teenager could really identify with,…
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Astros’ questions from the head Chip: Part 3
The Chip in Chipalatta, Chip Bailey, who is the founder of this blog, has come forward to do what he did earlier in the year and has sent me a set of intriguing and difficult “interview” questions for your not-so-humble servant to address. This will be Part 3 and last of the Chip / Dan…
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Astros’ questions from the head Chip: Part 2
The Chip in Chipalatta, Chip Bailey, who is the founder of this blog, has come forward to do what he did earlier in the year and has sent me a set of intriguing and difficult “interview” questions for your not-so-humble servant to address.
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Astros’ questions from the head Chip: Part 1
The Chip in Chipalatta, Chip Bailey, who is the founder of this blog, has come forward to do what he did earlier in the year and has sent me a set of intriguing and difficult “interview” questions for your not-so-humble servant to address.
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Astros Head to the Second Half (More or Less)
The All Star break has always been considered the halfway point in the baseball season. Even when you go into baseballreference.com and pull a split on a player’s stats – the first half is before the All Star break and the second half stats are after the break.
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Astros’ All Star quiz
Before jumping into the subject of this post, let’s spend a few minutes discussing how the Astros fans’ attitude towards having their favorites on the All-Star team may have changed over the years.
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