Category: Astros
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Astros’ fans multiple choice

Today it just feels like time for you to step up and make your voices heard. (OK, OK, you always get to make your voices heard, but it just felt like the right thing to say). Let’s try some multiple choice.
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Astros’ 2023: The list of open items
It is a pretty normal circumstance in the “real world” to be working on a project and have an open items or action items list. It is just a way of tracking items that need to happen, status, who is responsible, etc.
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Five critical items: Astros’ sustainability

The term sustainability normally is rattled around in the “Green” world. One definition is “Avoidance of the depletion of natural resources in order to maintain an ecological balance”.
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The Astros’ best position players for 2023

This is the time of the year when writers who get paid to do the job (i.e. not me) put out interesting predictive posts about players on all thirty teams…
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New Years’ resolutions with the best team in the world

Usually, when a new year comes around, human nature tends to push the inhabitants of planet Earth to make resolutions that we really need to attain, but rarely do.
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Since 2015: Who is the best?

Today’s post is a bit of self-subscribed homework for your loyal servant. Which team has been the best in baseball since 2015? Choosing 2015 coincides with the Astros Renaissance, so if you don’t like that cut-off….please read elsewhere. I chose to chart the teams that were the most consistently good during this period, even if…
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Merry Christmas, Dear Readers

Yes, it’s a cliche, but we at Chipalatta wish our dear readers a very Merry Christmas and a wonderful New Year. For those like my sister-in-law, Marie – Happy Hanukkah. If someone wants some other call-out – please do so below.
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A little look at Astros’ value

Today’s post is looking at something I am calling WAR$. WAR is a value that attempts to compare the statistical worth of players to a single standard. WAR$ is Dan P’s effort to compare the value of the players. Basically, this simply looks at bang for the buck – how much WAR we get per…
